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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-07-13
Cuba


The Baltimore San Of the 9th inst.
publishes an account of a rumored revolt
in Cuba. brought By the captain of a
steamer which arrived from Havana. 4.h.
The revol. is said to have occurred at
Porto Principi, the ne ss of which caused
intense excitement 10 Havana. The au>
thorities paid no attention to the rumors
of revolt until news came that portion
of the population had declared for their
independence from the Spanish COVERT
ment. On the lot inst. military force
consisting of five companies, was sent
against the insurgents to bring them 10
order. A fight occurred, in which the
colonial was killed and two other officers
mortalIy wounded, while three companies
Of Spanish soldiers went over to the iu-
surgents. The latter, now reinforced and
numbering about 1000 men, proceeded to
the mountain region.
News from South America states that
Chilli p,ru, Bolivia and Ecuador have
formed league to free Cuba from Spain,
and an application was made to Venezuela
and Columbia to join the alliance The
three first named are to furnish the money
and the others men, while hopes are en-
tertained Of be- p from the United States
bv the emigration Of southerners through
Florida.
The Internal Tax Bill
The new Internal Revenue tax bill has
passed both IIcu.es Of Congress and will
become a law, as it is understood ,ha
the President has no special OBJ
ions thereto. 1t reduces the internal
taxes hom fifty TO seventv-ive millions.
The Income tax is left as il is now. but all
the petty taxes upon mantua makers,
miIliuers, DC, are abolished. Agr;cul.
tural lmplem ents are also exempt from
lakes. Senator SHERMAN estimated
that this bill would relieve Ohio alone of
five million dollars TAX. The whisky tax
was left undis:urbed. 1t still continues
at two dollars per gallon. The tax on
cotton has been raised from two to three
cents per pound. That appears to be
about the only article which Congress
thought would bear al increase Of taxa
ton. When the Conference Committee
reported to both Houses there was an
animated discussion upon the cotton tax.
The bill passed the House by vote of
II to 81.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-07-13

RErrRN OF Wlsco>sIH BATTLE FLAGS.
At Madison on the Fourth, The ceremony
Of presenting The S;ae with tie battle
flags of the Wisconsin regiments was
cairied ont. It is estimated that from
thirty TO fifty thousand persons were
present. We will publish lhe dresses
Of Gov. FarcnlrD and Hon. WIN. =.
LYON, Of Racine, IT, our next issue; also
the letters received in response to invita-
'lons TO be present, written by President
Jou>soS AID Representative ELDREDGE
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SgAKIl AN ACcIDEaI--We have been
shown, al the Office Of Df BALcoM. in
this ace, large piece Of what was once
cannon, anu with which the good
people Of the TON of CATO, in th;. coun,
y. were ,r!irg 10 make loud noise will
on the Fourth. Wishing for good loud
report, the cannon was charged with
powder and ,hen filled up with sand.
which resulted in bursting II into a thou
sand fragments, sending it in all direc-
tious. Luckily, the crowd which had
been previously standing near it, dispersed
on hint given them by An old soldier,
thus preventing what would otherwise
have proved an appalling accident, as a
very large crowd had been Standing in
close proximity TO it tlre'ious to It's last
discharge.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-07-13

WISNEBAGo AND SUPERIoR RAIL RoAp
Co.-The directors Of this Land Grant
Co., organized by act Of the last legisa-
ture, will meet at Do,y's Island on the
18th inst, for the purpose of eIecting
officers and transac,ing such other bu.i-
ness as shall properly be brought before
them.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-07-13

LIE Fox AND WISCONSIN, RIVER IN
pRovEMENT.-The Green Bay Aicocate
is informed by Senator Howe that the
Secretary Of War is authorized By a re.
cent act of Congress 10 cause survey to
be made Of these rivers, to ascertain lhe
practicability Of a ship canal connecting
the waters Of Lake Michigan and the
Mississippi River.
This action on the part Of Congress
was taken, as we believe, on the sugges>
ton and at the earnest solicitation Of the
Hon. HIRAM BARNEY, Of New York, and
he is entitled to the thanks Of our citizens
for this step in the right direction which.
may lead to the most important result. in
developing the resources o: Wisconsin, and
promoting The interests Of the great North
West. We hope our people will foster
this improvement, in all Legitimate
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04
Extraordinary Arrest.

One Of our citizens, and a member OF the
present Legislature, Joseph W. Texada,
was arrested on Sunday at bis house, and
isto be conveyed to New Orleans for ex-
animation The public will be curious to
know by what authority citizen is taken
from his home in time Of profound peace,
and spirited away three or four hundred
miles, merely to appear before an examin-
ing or committing Magistrate. Their sur
prise and Indignation will equal their Gu
siosity when they read the particulars,
Last Summer Mr.. Texada met one Dan
lei b. Haynes in this town, and gave him a
sound drubbing. 1t was o fair fight with
fists, and Haynes was whipped. The cause
Of the assault was offensive conduct of
Haynes to the ladies Of Mr. Texada's fam-
y during the second raid Of General
Banks.
Haynes has now, ten months after the
fstieafHng) made an affidavit before Mr..
Shannon, .. s. Commissioner, oi,an as
sault committed upon him by Texada with
intent to kill, and Commissioner Shannon,
of the Eastern District of Louisiana, has
issued a warrant and arrested Texada, who
lives in the Western District, and ordered
him to be brought to New Orleans.
Mr. Shannon may not know what he is
about, but is well for the public to know
under what pretences a citizen, living qui-
city at home, may be carried to distant
part of tbs State without color of right,
and to answer for an offense, which is cog
nisable alone by the State Court. 3
There are three separate and distinct
bills OF indictment against Haynes, on the
criminal docket of-the District Court of
this Parish, found at the last October term.
Two are for "laweny" and the other for
receiving goods knowing them to be sto-
len" and hehas not been arrested proba-
bly, because OF absence from the Parish.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04
An Abolition Confession.

When President Lincoln, on the surren-
der Of Sumter, called seventy.fve thousand
men to arms there was not a shadow Of a
statute to justify his demand. Down to
the meeting of Congress he scarcely did q
constitutional act Tribune, June 4th.
That is just what The Day Book said at
the time, and for saying which it was de-
MED the use Of the mails Now, the Til
bune says it after the revolution which MIR.
Lincoln's unconstitutional acts created has
been success. and rather glorious in say
ing it, though it was fierce in denouncing
everybody rs traitors y who said it in
1861. The simple truth is, and it cannot
be too often repeated, that the Federal
Government, as created by the Coustitu-
ton ofl7s7, was overthrow the very mo.
ment MIR. Lincoln called out 10000 men to
coerce the Southern States There was no
issue ofobedielte to the Federal laws in
these States, as some Democrats tried to
make themselves ana other people believe.
The South did not refuse to obey the con-
stitutional laws of Congress, and were ready
upon any point, within the province Of the
Supreme Court, to leave to that tribunal
the decision OF the question. The real
point at issue Was, d sectional p0sty, COM
bined upon a sectional issue Of declared
hostility to the institutions Of certain
States, had acquired power, audit refused
to gice guarantees that it you'd not make
acar upon these Institutions.
The government, which was organized
for the general welfare Of all, was shout
being used to destroy portion Of the peo-
pie. But although Mr.. Lincoln represented
aseetional and revolutionary majority, yet
even then he might have saved all trouble
if he had been bit faithful to the forms Of
our system. He might have carried out
his negro equality principles so far as the
Federal Government was concerned, and
yetit would not have materially affected
the States. True, in time, unless arrested,
it would have been fatal, but four years
might have remedied that. When, bowev-
er, Mr.. Lincoln called ont $4,000 men to
compel Virginia to accept his negro eqaali-
ty theories, then the government was not
only deJare bat de facto at an end. The
Constitution Of 1881 was overthrow, ard
it has never been restored from that day
to this.
The Tribune, therefore, is quite right in
its statement, and it only needed to have
gone one step further, and said that down
to Lncoln's death, he scarcely did consti
tutional act. and it wonld have hit the nail
squarely on the head. And we feel conf
dent that this will be the calm judgment Of
posterity upon his acts.--[New York Day
Book.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04
Allen Memorial Meeting.

A meeting was held here on Saturda,
the 30th ult. for the purpose Of organizing
an association, subordinate to that formed
at New Orleans, and at which the follow
ing organization was made.
An Allen Monumental Association O.
Rapides Parish is formed, the object o.
which is to raise fund sufficient to defray
the expenses Of removing the body of the
late Governor Allen from the City of Mexi
co to the State of Louisiana, and Of erect
ing a suitable Memorial of him.
It is assumed that contributions will be
made by children as well as by adults, by
those whose means are limited as well al
the more fortunate possessors of this
worlds goods. None will give of their
small means more gladly than the poor and
the young, who were always the objects Of
Aliens thoughtful attention. Every per.
son therefore who pays any sum, however
small, will be member of the Associa.
ton. lsa .fps ia Ii lt3
It will be auxiliary to the principal As.
ISOLATION IN New Orleans, of which Major
General D W. Adams is President. There
shall be a President, Secretary, and Treas.
urer, and an Executive Committee The
following officers were designated:
p rs
President-Judge I. C. Manning.
Secretary-W. A. seay.
Treasurer-E. R. Biossat.
Executive Committee. G. Wise, s. w.
Henarie, Julius Levin, Moses Rosenthal,
w. L. Sanford, Lewis Texada, M Ryan,
j. M Cavanaugh, NJ. Nugent, P. Boggas,
Stephen Holstein, r. w. Marshall, Benja-
min Turner, G.. w. Stafford, j. H. Rams
dell, +. M. Wells, John J. Swan, Dempsey
Fennell.S Id $50 ts3{4s s.9 te
1t is expected that the Ladies of this
Parish will be the real Executive Commit
tee of this Association. Selections are not
made from among them, because South
ern Lady has no desire to; have her name
heralded in newspaper, and their admi-
ration of the high chivalry, and self sacri-
icing patriotismof Allen is too great to
permit them to remain quiet, when a pur-
pose so worthy Of their exertions is sought
to be accomplished.
The Ladies Of the Parish therefore, and
the Executive Committee, are charged
with the duty of collecting subscriptions
to the Allen Monumental Fund.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04
The Allen Monument.

q ~
We publish in another column the pro-
ceedings of q private meeting of the friends
Of Governor Allen held in this town on
Saturday last, for The purpose of aiding the
laudable object Of removing the remains Of
the lamented decease to his adopted State,
and erecting a suitable monument to his
memory. We need not urge upon the peo-
pie of Rapides the necessity Of responding
suitably to this appeal in behalf of their
benefactor in the time of their greatest
need. 1t is proposed tosremove the body
ct a very early day, but we suggest that as
regards the monument, it be not commenc-
ed until sufficient funds shall be collected
to erect one worthy Of the State and of the
memory Of the lamented deceased. The
committee should set to work in earnest,
and though our people have been impover-
ished by the war, and by other causes, they
will still be able to give something to such
an object as that We have in hand.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04

aS~ John A. Williams, formerly at the
Rail Road Depot, who was the largest suf-
ferer by the late food and whose large and
commodious Warehouses were entirely
washed away, has again gone at his old
business. He has formed partnership
with lsaac Levy and is ready to receive the
calls of his old friends and patrons at his
new stand. The firm is under the style Of
Williams h Levy. We cali attention to
their card.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04

be the tardy decision of the authorities as
to his future trial. It is known that Presi-
dent Johnson is 10 favor of releasing him
on parole, or bail, and, as the President
has way Of heading off those who would
thwart bis designs, we hope that he may
circumvent the Radicals in this matter. and
entitle himself to the lasting gratitude Of
the Southern people by an act which they
cannot understand why he has not long
since performed.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04

To BE AMENDED.-he civil rights" or
negro equality bill, ibich has lately been
passed over the Predent's veto, is It is
said, to be amended iortly, imposing the
following penalties oithose who refuse to
recognize " Cuffee" a abolition IN thinks
he should be recognized:
For neglecting to &p off the pavement
as sambo Or Dinahbasses, a fine Of FIVE
dollars,
For neglecting to bw and take off yonr
hat to them, a fine I three dollars and a
half.
For refusing to sfke hands, eight dol
lars.
For refusing to kt wench when you
meet her, seyentyk dollars and thirty
days imprisonment
For neglectiDg tohrse their babies in
street cars or chur4s, thirty.six dollars
and ten days imprisSment:
For refusing to seine home from church,
twelve dollars.
For passing themh the street without
smiling, two dollar
For asking them twork, ten dollars.
For refusing to lite them to your Ia
BILE With you, forty llars.
For believing thaton are as good as
negro, five hundredpllars and three years
imprisonment. M
For saying that ~ are better than a
negro, ten thousandbl pillars and fifty years
imprisonment.
For refusing to nifty one, imprisonment
for life and the conlcation Of your pro
perty. mi
For saying the gotnment was made by
| white men, for whit men, six thousand
dollars fine and fen years imprison-
ment.
For saying that Vie soldiers fought as
bravely as did the folored Troops two
thousand dollars an4ree years imprison-
ment.
For refusing your hghter to any buck
that wants her, to b(ung BY the thumbs
uutil dead, and hav(bu wife and chill.
dren turned out on Y highways TO starve.
The fines in all cato be handed over
to the executive conSttee ofthe abolition
party, and when dmoney liz not to be
had, B. r Butler is De sent in order to
collect it in spoonsk whatever else be
may be able to find.
H n 49,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04

s9- The Freedmen's Bsreau agents at
Meridian have notified the colored popula-
ton who have no visible means Of support
that from this date the Sheriff Of the conn.
y will arrest them, and hire them out I'M
der the vaerant act.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04

n- We have waded through another
week Of extraordinary weather. Thursday
Friday and Saturday last were cold enough
for January, blankets and fires being called
into requisition. Since then it has gradu
ally simmered down to a pleasant, warm
spell and, the next thing will be a heavy
rain, a Natcbez tornado or an earthquake,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04

"a A new paper, to be called the Hieks.
burg Daily Times, is about to be started at
vicksburg BY Messrs. J. B. Manlovs and
Harvey Shannon. The Times will be con.
sentative in tone, and ''opp0ae tsxas'en'
without representation. M we
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04


A RECEIPT FOR HAPPINESS -Itissinply
when you rise in the morning, to form q
resolution tomake the day happy one to
q fellow creature. It is easily done--a
left-of garment, to the man " no needs it
kind word to the sorrowful; an encour,
aging expression to the striving-trifes in
themselves light as air,-will do it, at least
for the twenty-fOar hours and If you are
young, depend upon it, it will tell when
you are old; and If you arc old, rest assur.
ed twill send you gently and happily
down the stream oftfnle to eternity. Look
at the result, You send one person only
one, happily through the day; that is,
three hundred aud sixty Ave in the course
Of the year and supposing you live forty
years only, after you commence this course,
you have made fourteen Thousand six hun.
bred human beings happy, at all events fol
a time. Now, worthy reader, is this not
simpleq and is it not worth accomplishinp9
We do not often indulge in a moral dose.
but this is SO small q pill, that one need.
no red cnrrant jelly to disguise it's flavor,
and requires it to De taken but once a tlay.
that We feel warranted in prescribing #.
1t IS most excellent for digestion, and a
producer Of pleasant slurnber.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04

sm+ On last Friday evening E. C. Small
was killed. in entrance Hall of the Ice
House Hotel. by John Hays. The hitter
has been arrested and lodged in Jail to await
his trial.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04

pa See card of P. r. Kerrigan among
our new advertisements. Mr.. Kerrigan
will give special and personal attention to
all ordera or woodwork entrusted to his
care
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04

" The Hamilton-Abolition-Bn zzar
Crew Ticket has been defeated in Texas
by laundering majority. Alas! poor
Buzzards!
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04

~ In another column, we publish the
advertisement of the Louisiana State Sem
mary Of Learning and Military Academy,
announcing new commencement Of its
exercises on the first Monday Of September
next.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04

II Another Of our citizens, Archie
Smith, has been arrested under similar cir.
cumstauces as those under which Capt.
Texada has been placed under arrest and
taken to New Orleans.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04

" We have been remembered, as usual
by the obliging officers of the National
Mittie Stephens, Louis Dor, Alabama, T
D. Hine and Frolic.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04

mA- The St. Louis circuit court has de.
-cided against Gen. Frank Blair IN his suit
against the judges ofelection, who refused
to receive his vote without the general take
ing the oath Of loyalty. ags.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04

M Ford's Thea building, in Wash
ington, is being fstd p under TIE direc-
ton Of Surgeon Gem Barnes. The up
per story will be use the Army Muse
nm, and the first and ond stories for the
valuable records Of MAR.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04

r4 Ell PRESIDED Fillmore and wife
we're ' At last account q Paris, greatly On
joying the pleasurea easyatias Of the
French capital. IS
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04

a@. Peter Conlin, U. S. Internal Reve.
nue. Collector, has removed his Office to the
residence Of l.. O. Rorick.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04

~ An old lady bearing somebody say
the mails very irregular, said: 1t was
Just so in my young daya--no trusting any
eis'em." -
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04

~ A large and valuable plantation,
near this town, is offered for rent. See our
advertising columns.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04
Hitting the Nail on the Head.

It is not often, says the New York Day
Book, we encounter a more perfect hit than
one made by Mr.. Louis Shaefer, Of Canton,
Ohio. 1t appears that this gentleman sent
Ex-Gov. Wise, Of Va, 800 for the orphan
Asylum Of Richmond. The Abolitionists
OF that town got wind of the matter some
how, and raised hue and cry about "the
Copperheads Of Canton" raising money ior
the rebels with much more such trash
Mr.. Shaefer. however, came out and &C.
knowledged that he was the guilty party
and that no one was responsible but him.
self, and then delivered the following treun.
endous hit, a regular Heenan "feeler", right
in the face and eyes of the Mpngrels. IN
his published card he says:
"Theonly regret have in the matter is,
that my pecuniary abilities did not permit
me to increase the amount to one million
instead of one hundred dollars, sa sa
"In conclu ion. / would merely add, that
| have never voluntarily contributed farth.
ing nor ever spoke one encouraging word
in favor Of either Of our too late Abolition
rebeRioas, one headed BY John Brown and
tie otter By abraham Lincoln.
We should suppose that Che Abolition
lists Of Canton would see double after that
knock. We presume they viii not be like
y to wake up MIR. Shaefer again after this
specimen OF bis careless and reckless hit.
ting.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04

~ Those in want of good wood will do
well to call on Boyce & Turner. Pineyille.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04

N Henry A. Wise continues to sign
himself Henry a. Wise, Brigadier Genesal
". y. ~. prisoner Of war on parole. as
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04
The Bogus Convention.

. I & e.
At last accounts the celebrated jayhawk-
ers' convention of 1864 was holdiaga meet.
ing in New Orleans preparatory to the re-
assembling Of that immaculate embodiment
Of the goodmen who gave US the remarka.
bic instrument which they call the "Con-
stitution of Louisiana" 1t will be remenl-
bered that when they adjourned, after hav.
ling immortalized themselves by their labors
and filled their pockets with quarter Of
million dollars in the way Of their own pay
to say nothing Of millions more spent in
the way Of fat jobs to their favorites, they
passed an ordinance providing for theil
convocation again by the President at'any
future day the public exigencies should de
mand their presence. Their pockets hay
ing been considerably depleted by the hare
tunes, they have suggested to themselves
the possibility of swindling the state ou'
of another quarter of a million of millage
and per- diem and Of conjuring up other
schemes Of robbery forthe benefit Of those
against whom the indignation Of the people
is already aroused to its highest pitch.
What should be done with this treasona
bic gathering it is not easy to say. How
they are to get at their pay, or how they
expect to invest their work with proper au
thority is beyond the comprehension Of the
uninitiated. The governor ought to dis
perse it by his militia or police force, but il
is given out that the governorsh himself il
the very person who has set the movement
on foot. It is thrownbut that the govern
or, having failed to conciliate the "bad men,
and having failed to receive the approval O
President johnson, has, thrown himself in
| to the hands Of the Radical faction, and i;
connecting with them some plan for the far
ther degradation of the State Of Louisiana
This convention is part Of that pro-
sramme; to be followed perhaps, by efforts
to get up bogus ratification Of the Radi
cal amendment to the Constitution of the
United States.
! y
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04

II We are without Smelfuugus and
Rambler this week. o! Temporal Oh the
mails, SO called.