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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05
The First Fruits.

We observe that the Democratic State
central Committee of New York. and the
johnson Republican Committee, have uni
led in q call for Union Convention to
nominate common State ticket of the
friends of the administration to be sup
ported at the election in November. The
leading papers Of both parties are recon-
mendnp that the same thing be done in the
several Congressional districts, and that
every effort be put forth to carry a majority
Of the Congressional delegation. This is
what we have suggested from the first. We
are glad to observe that the action Of the
Philadelphia Convention is already telling
on the country, and that efforts are making
TO bring forth substantial results from its
recommendations. BY proper exertons
there will be no difficulty in securing a
majority of the Congressman from the
Northern States.
Before the New York election takes
place, elections WILDE heldin several Others
Of the most important States. The Yer
mont election was held on Monday last,
and the Maine election will be held on
Monday next. Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Iowa hold theirs on the first Tuesday in
October
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05
Lovers in q Fix the Dangers If
Pitch,

~ Il IL
ve li ~ e. Guy taa o9h rose over the
III anu tale 1les-tops, siuiug the spires
RAYS w tbers na;s,ht haye heen ~ saos silvery
th hs yo s afan Egynt;an cottas seen upon
is flat. and covered will, nnre u whs.
oroyels ami n;teh 4 coun,a os !" nle
seated, ENJOYING the beauty oftbe scs1 ~
and
aTbouol few The 1,1,,rs tbs ,,a,n,, !, 4,
fsw - ~ A1ol1eAs 4
So warm with heart, SO rich with love thas {.
few,
That their full souls forgot the will 10
roam, -.
m -, 5,,n;,. a. ' - nome
vary warm and tbns tl,sr I, = aau Deel
tho aeeting hours Of tw;I; VIII taoo ospend
ths nleasant braaze - th hat A. enloymg
Tho maanni;a ~ ,.sle WI, ha,, oa.Iu up RON IS
tnn,h - S;nn tIa;, so D1n 'a.. dlu ID.
, .ra r ~ of;,na Na eo.ioiislngs ana
, va, " aat ,v;.' mea eion o.ner the
a no; ;a' oe r 4ha wy o. alm he enclrcled
h h'io s aa.,s0 " VIZ oeau'nh creature at
~. siu
+ her h nv mana Jay gently confdingly in
:, .'s'
and all passed quietly and lovingly I'M
| til the bell tolled the midnight hour.
None but the living and beloved
Should be awake at this sweet honr.r
The tolling Of the bell reminded them
that
s.Tired natt,re.s sweet rastorer h.,.
81 sleep,n - '"iu'
uas raou;s;ta for lowers 90 n,o,,..
ether st;Il seated near ea s n oth % lVI
llnl;ahtad vows wera aoain and s oma;,, .,'e
erheaaaJ and saalad ys;4h d L;s.a e an an TX
s ,'''A '' "in A'ss's Lay
a6I Llnhea sweetness long drawn a''n.t out"
At length, after many VAN attempts
to sever these pleasant pleasures, the
transported lovers found that they were
bound to each other by more sticking
bonds than lovers vows the hot sun
had melted the pitch, and after sitting
SO long, and the night ar having cooled
the resmous matter, they found they
were both stuck fast" The young
gentleman first attempted to disengage
himself, but found, like Aunt Jeminla's
plaster; 1.-THE more you try to pull it
of the tighter it sticks the faster"
The young lady then attempted to
get up, which she did-minus the skirt
OF her dress, and all her under clothes,
as far as the "tiiters." In this plight
she, aftAmDted to relieve her dispOnso-
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05

ra- On the 18th inst, the quiet commu-
nifty Of Jerusalem, Lancaster county, Pa,
was thrown into state Of the widest ex-
element BY the mysterious murder Of Mrs.
Mary Emerson, wife Of one Of the veal
thiest citizens IN the county. She was
found in the nursery, her child in her arms,
with dagger in her heart, around which
was twined o cord. She had been nursing
her child when the fatal blow was struck,
and the dagger passed through one cheek
Of the infant, pinioningi it fast to her bosom.
Mrs. Emerson, when discovered, had prob
ably been dead about an hour. The wound
to the child was not serious. There is not
the slightest clue to the murderer. The
affair is wrapped in profound mystery.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05

M 1t is rumored that the. ex-King Of
Naples will soon take his departure from
Rome for America, and that be isnow.
treating with Napoleon III for the sale Of
the Fafnese place, the palace and feudal
at Caprarola, and the Neapolitan
steamer at Ciyita Vecchia, for the price,
altogether, Of | 100000 scadi.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05

w The weather, since our last, has
improved somewhat. The rains have
ceased, but in lieu thereof wehavebeen
revisited by the heated term. Our old
Fahrenheit has gone up to9Sin the shade,
and keeps near there the better part Of
the day. The River has stopped rising
aud is in statu quo. There is plenty
water for the largest boats and the Fails,
though the Baily -dam is visible, are
crossed with little difficulty.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05

Hss- Since the backing out from the
trade Of our large boats, their successors
have commenced piling it up in the freight
line. They have gone up from fifty cents a
barrel to one dollar and fifty cents. Why
all this? Plenty Of water in the river and
no good cause can be assigned for these
high rates. Dust think, one dollar freight
on sack ofcorn, bra9 or oats, and seven
dollars and fifty cents on a cask Of Ice
from New Orleans to this place. The same
boats charge the same to Shreveport double
the distance from New Orleans than Alex
andria. Our people and merchants com
plain bitterly Of these things and, it is to
behoped, some remedy will be found to put
stop to such injustice.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05
Pistols and Coffee.

We learn that Rufus King Cutler, aggra-
waited by General sheridans dispatches and
remarks, sent friend to the Commander
Of the Department Of the Gulf 10 inquire i
that great military parsonage would accept
a challenge? The General very appropri-
ately replied that Cutler was a id thief,
and if he or any ofhis friends called on him
for any such purpose he would kick them
out of his quarters.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05

seya In noticing the many valuable i'm
proyements which are now being brought
into our section Of country, our especial
attention is called to one, which will inter
est the planters to great extent, and that
is the " Celebrated Cotton Press" manu-,
factured by II. G. Canlkins of New Orleans.
We ere informed by Captain j. r. Utz, of
this place, that Mr. Caulkins will soon be
here with one Of them to publicly exhibit,
and when he arrives, we will take pleasure
in announcing it to our friends and patrons,
that they may have an opportunity of test
ing it themselves.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05

q a. G. w. Wood, Us. Tax Collector
shot Col. Galloway, editor fthe Mem
phis Ayalanch, having called him outof
his Office for that purpose. The shot
passed through one Of Mr. CTS hands
Wood was saved from popular fury
by Gen. Forrest.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05

Hr The Topeka Kansas) Record an
nounces that Gen. Howard, of the Freed
mems Bureau, has been invited to assume
the Presidency Of Lincoln College, in that
place, and he has promised to take the
matter into favorable consideration.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05

ar The Richmond Enquirer Of the
18th says that q placard is posted ap
at the police Office in that city offering
a reward for the apprehension Of james
Stewart, late colonel Of the 10th lll-
fnois Us. cavalry, accused Of petty lar
cenr
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05

We call particular attention to the
important notice Of P. Coulin, the U. S.
Internal Revenue Collector for this Parish.
There are his orders and we must obey
them. They may appear hard, bat we are
assured Mr. Conln, with his usual accomo-
dating habits, will make things work easy
and smooth So read them we'll and come
down to your work without croaking.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05

aA- We had the pleasure Of a visit from
Monsieur Emile Lefranc, Editor of La
Renaissance. the leading French Journal
published in New Orleans. We were high,
ly pleased in making the acquaintance Of
this cultivated gentleman and take great
pleasure in recommending his paper to the
favorable consideration Of our readers and
patrons.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05

aD~ The Houston Journal finds fault
with our State Seminary because j. NJ.
Wells is its President" Our contempo-
yary could not have read much of 1.-THE Greg
ister," the receipt Of which ne acknowi-
edges. Mr.. Wells is not the " President ="
of the Institution, but only of the Board OF
Supervisors, the law comforting that Office
on the Governor of the State e.c-o6lcio.-
Mr.. Wells has nothing to do with the Sem
mary and it is impossible even to get him
10 attend meeting of the Board when his
presence is necessary for its organization.
He has too much toldo attending to his
niger duties in New Orleans to pay any
attention to the interests of white men.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05

ssS Major Alexander Green, brother to
General Tom Green, the best cavalry Off
Ger in the late Trans-Mississippi 9. S.
Army, has been appointed by Governor
Throckmofton Secretary of State.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05

~ See card of DIR. B. A. Kennedy
Surgeon Dentist. He has located IN our
town and offers his services to those need
ing.them. For the present be can be found
at the Ice House Hotel.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05
The Horrors Of War The Gallant
Pelham.
TIM. LINKINW ATER.

horse artillery of stuart's cavalry, in the he
fight at Kelly's Ford was wounded in the
head by q fragment of shell. He was taken
from the field by Col. Harry Gi'mor, laid
upon his own horse and placed in the
charge of two dismounted men, with orders
to carry him to an ambulance and call q
surgeon. Col. Gilnor thus relates in his
book, entitled -Four Years in the Saddle,
the subsequent fate and brutal treatment
Of one of the noblest spirits that persisted
for the "lost cause::"
On my way to Culpepper ] overlook,
near Brandy station, the two men had
placed in charge Of Pelham, making their
way back to Culpepper with the body
across the horse just as they had started
from the field Of battle. his head and hands
hanging down on one side, his legs on the
other-face, hair and hands caked and clot-
ted with mud and blood!
Overwhelmed with horror, | had him
laid on the grass in afence corner, and them
to my astonishment, found him still alive.
Imagine my Indignation and vented wrath
when learned that, instead of looking 70
Oh ambulance, they had moved on toward
Culpepper, distance Of eight miles, four
ofwhich they had already accomplished. I
firmly believe that, had surgical aid been
called to remove the compression on the
brain, his life might have been saved.
An ambulance was Immediately sent for
him, and by the time | had dispatched my
bushes with the telegraph Office Pelham
had arrived in town, and was at once con-
yeyed to Bessie's home. where the ladies had
all things IN readiness for his reception,
Three surgeons were soon in attendance
land after, by gentle hands, he had been
washed with warm water, his feet and hands
swathed in flannel, and some brandy pour
ed into his mouth, the surgeons conmenc.
ed relieving the compression Of the brain
! The piece Of shell that struck him was
not larger than the end Of my little finger
1t entered just a, the curl Of the hair on tbs
back Of the head, raked through the skull
without even piercing the brain, coming out
! two inches below the point where it entered
! The skull was badly shattered between
the entrance and exit Of the shell. AS thu
surgeons removed the pieces I selected on,
as a memento of one of the most gallan
and highly esteemed officers Of the South
ern army. He was just twenty years old
4 The surgeons soon pronounced his cas'
| hopeless and left him to the care Of BESSIE
and myself--other friends crowded in
About l p. NJ, his eyes opened-he turne'
J toward me an unconscious look-close,
thcm-drew long breath, and died with
out struggle.
4 We dressed Rim in his best uniform, an,
had but just laid him on the bed, when tn
door was gently opened, and Stuart entel
ed. having returned from the fight at Kelly
Ford. Great tears rolled down his cheek
: as he silently gazed upon the lifeless form
and then retired.
Exhausted with fatigue, Ilay down hpo
the floor, and slept soundly beside the mo,
tai remains ola companion who had riddle
to the field that morning in unusually FIN
spirits; but such is the fortune Of war:
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05

@n@- The negroes of Shepherdstown,
Va, got up grand tournament the other
day. Twelve black knights entered
the list, and FIVE we're endorsed in contend
ing for the prize.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05
The New Orleans s Martyr

DR.. A. P. Dostie, the Montgomery
county barber, who was killed in New
Orleans the other day. while engaged
in trying to subvert the government of
Louisiana, is, just now, a rising martyr
in the Abolition calendar. He may yet
eclipse the fame Of old John Brown,
and Redpath ought to lose no time in
coming to the defense Of his Kansas
hero. No doubt Dostie was a SCALA
wag patriot oil. the very first water, bat
we Doubt whether John Brown would /.
ever have been guilty of the mean,
sneak thief acts that stand to the credit
of the New Orleans tool of Stevens,
Greeley & CO. A little over a year
ago we published an account Of the
Convention in Louisiana which framed
the present Constitution, and gave q
few of the items Of its expenses. This
very Al. p. Dostie figures in that mat
ter SO conspicuously, and in such true
Ecolors, that we repeat the information.
The entire cost of the convention was
$3.50, 900, and shortly after its adjourn
ment, the-New Orleans True Delta con
talhea the pli, lem iof l1em, nlmng
over 9 : Two columns mus q tnal paPe el ine
interesting Of these items;
Paid for Ice. 4l4 50
Paid for Liquors and Cigars s,4 = 8. 9
p paa 1 so .4 asr AZ aap.n ri.,i ,sO
pad for S snnSsv y .rt; oss snuh
Goblets Wine classes assess s neea Il
tiers Spoons Wash,bowls. Pitch.
ers, Towels, Water Buckets, etc. 7sl 90 /
Paid for one Pen case for Gen.
Banks . -....... l l!,ol W
i Paid tor Daily Papers ;S Ky ~ ~
pa!a iof roIce Duty w ~
BY ~ t s3 n n1l.io 20 :.
a for Ia Iahar s rarrage Hire atc AaMN
Paid for Bill 81 PTintinav erro. s
neously charged to contingent
expenses 1000 90
Paid for amount for which no
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05

nA- Gen. Howard is to be dismissed
from the charge Of the Freedmen's Bureau
in a few days, as he declines to resign
Gen. Tilson will succeed him,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05

gs5ss- The source of the best and hottest,
nom the universe up to God, is hidden be-
hind night fall oftoo distant stars.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05
BE- We are thankful for papers furnish
cd US by steamers Caddo and Homeyer.

Has> We are pleased to learn that the
State Seminary opened on Monday last
with nearly one hundred pupils. This fat
tering commencement of the session indi-
Gates prospective prosperity in this ex-
cellent Institution which cannot fail to be
highly gratifying to the friends of education
in the State. We have no doubt that the
extensive Seminary buildings will be filled
to their utmost capacity before the close Of
the session. "
-. -o--o--~r-o~ae.-~~~o
z Ea~ Lincoln, who died of too much
Booth little more than a year ago, left
word with Mrs. L. some months before he
passed from the private box Of a theatre to
well wherever is located-to give Fred
Douglass something to remember him by.
She has accordingly sent the darkey oneoi
Abes old canes.
The people do not need any relics to
bear the defunct remembrance. A hall
million graves of murdered men, dissev.
cred Onion, debt of three thousand mil
lion of dollars-eripples by the tens thou
sands-taxation Of the most burdensome
description-many generations of Ameri-
cans will bear him in pery dear remem
brance-and find it an impossibility to for
get him. La Crosse (Wis.) Democrat.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05

~ The Cincinnati Times has receiv-
ed the following in answer to matri-
monial advertisement; tits from Spring
Hill, Tennessee: " Esteda wants hus-
band who is not q farmer. In me she
can find one Of many trades and profess
sions. / left the plow and babe adieu
to farming in boyhood. Since then
have been lawyer, artist, shoemaker,
pedlef, printer, phrenologist, merchant,
and auctioneer. | have been employed
in various other pursuits incident to
wild adventure, not calculated to win
Estell's hand. am a bachelor Of for
ty-six winters. Estefla can have me,
selecting from my trades and profess
sions which I shall follow for her sup
port. have nearly starved at then,
ALL
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05

na- We are glad to learn that there was
an immense and huge revival at the "Dar-
kie Church, on last Sabbath night, aud
that several notorious, dad darkies y
Joined the church. This is much needed
in our town, fer since the opening of sever
al Tanglefoot Dead Falls, Drunkenness and
idleness have run riot among majority OF
the freedmen of the male gender, and Ia
king to the Church may help the thing.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05

s. - e. ss.Fet
Two stepped from tne poA. q co'lmon
theatre 70 ms prepared SHRINE how haa
ne won MS place IN the Apoii6ion c''ie'luafs
lie found gu a iand at peace, ne gave "
bloody *ar-he. scattered a hali million
graves all over the South, from the foto-
mae to the GULF from the Atlantic, m the
east, beyond the mississippi IN the vest reg
he sent free men like beasts TO the sham
bles--lle crushed out free press ana stined
Tree speecsh-he converted the Iof1 1 made
for the peoples defense into bastlles ana
dungeons for the peoples enslavement--he
abolished the Constitution and destroyed
the Unlon-he converted the temple OF
Liberty into negro pot-hou se--er real tod,
what did ne not 90
And he who chooses His own agents, in
his own good time, permitted this despot,
drunken mixer with power, at the very plnnacle
OF success possessed OF more thai kingly
grandeur, 20 pass rom ms palace to q the
atre on that solemn Good Friday night
ana with smile upon his ups called there
10y the silly words OF player, through the
meoium q . Duileo az . zeaiots nand' God
summohed ADfahah Alhcoih Deiofe His
great wnl1e tnrone s,
BUT " needed one more Abolition on. notable sl,
TO complete inc INDUSTRIOUS TRIO, ana 81 tne
brutal oragggar1' Jlm' Lane 1renzied per-
haps BY the stings OF conscience or the
modification OF disappointed ambition,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05

B A Richmond editor says; there
should be new cabinet officer called
the Secretary Of the Exterior appointed
from the South.n
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05

nea- Howard, the Chief Of the Bureau,
says that after the LIST Of October draw
ing rations will have ceased and that the
State and Parochial authorities must issue.
Glad Of it, and hope these drawers will now
60 to work and make an honest living
for certain the State and Parish authorities
are not such ad-n phools" as to encour-
age idleness, yagrancy and debauchery.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05

our streets can be cleansed independent of
the @old fogy" concern styled the "Com.
mercial Water Works."
The "grest riot Of the 3Oth Of July is
becoming an old story, the column after
column Of comments and versions by aeye
witnesses which have filed our papers
and their exchanges since the occurrence
had worn it about out, when fresh start
was given to it by the arrival here Of Har-
per's Weekly, with a full display Of wood
cuts, portraying the scenes as they oc-
Cured q and taken g on the spot by our
own artist" Not one Of the whole batch
is in the least degree correct, they are 50
many additional Radical lies, gotten up
with view to deceive the people of the
North and influence the Fall elections ~
The news boys made a good thing of it
selling the paper for twenty-five cents a
copy, people bought it to see how much
the facts had been distorted-and the cur
SEES of one enraged purchaser, would start a
half dozen more off to buy and see for
themselves. The most faneiful Of these
inre tions Of our own artist deserves
mention. These were pictures ofthe clutch
cry of Union men and therefore there
must be flag, SO many loyal citizens .
could not be murdered, Yin Harper's Week
W without the display of our flag" SO
the Rev. Mr.. Horton is represented as
coming down the steps of the Institute
waving an American flag, topped by a
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-05
The Trinity Of Abolition Gods
John Brown, Abraham Lincoln,
and Jim. Lane.
(From the La Crosse Democrat. J

Another of the great men of the Adolf
ton party has been "calied home'--who
by d life of infany, crime and blood had
.earnedsthe highest rewards which could be
paid to one, Abolition traitors delighted to
honor,
God moves in mysterious way his won
ders to perform He calls men from their
lives Of wiakedness and villainy in various
WAYS. When he summoned John Brown
from earth to His Awful Presence. He per-
rnitted him to consumate and finish his
life Of sin by planning rapine, murder, the
.besotted revenge Of a fanatic, and perish
like 4 worthless cur on a Virginia gallows.
Madly The horse-thief called his free-boot-
ers about him, raided Harper's Ferry, paid
the penalty of his failure with his life, and
was cannonized as Saint. No one in the
Abolition calendar. Bells were tolled !;
buildings shrouded in black; he was made
the theme of orations and poems, and it
was declared by one OF his impious Wor-
shippers that as Christ had consecrated
the cross, SO John Brown had made the
gallows holy.
Little more than year ago Saint NO.
Two stepped from the box. Of q common
theatre to his prepared shrine. How had
he won his place in the Abolition calendars
He found land at peace, he gave it
bloody *ar-he scattered a half million
graves all over the South, from the Poto-
mae to the Gulf; from the Atlantic, in the
east, beyond the Mississippi in the West
he sent free men like beasts to the sham
bles--he crushed out free press and stifed
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