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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-12-26
In the Wrong Bed. !

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IHE ROMANCE OF REALITY.-IIndsr tb;s
the Hannibal Republic, published avs a',
ep IN Missouri, regales it's readers with tia
following good story: % II 80 - ~ ! -
certain young gentleman, who boards
at q private house--a respectable honsa
Oo-had occasion to remain away from his
Ded until 4 o'clock yesterday morninp
some time after tea on the evening Of that
eVentfal morning, two beautiful. bnxon
young ladies from the country, friends and
acqualntances Of the landlady. arrived
BEDS being rather scarce, and tina vomna
gentleman not expected to be home tha3
night, Without word of explanation 0" ~
wa warning, one OF the young ladies was
placeu IN the young gents room. We will
aos.se we gear creature in her ,slumhersl
ana see What las become Of The vonng
gent. 1t is now nearly o'clock IN tie
morning, Yonng gent, not WISHING tn
AWAKEN the inmates of his boardinc.honso
approaches the door. and after
carefully inserting his night-key Il nlaas .ai
70 lind the bolt yields without 8 st,neaL 9eu
tie softly feels his way tolie room it'll
dreaming OF what he would be comna,,aS
lTlf ,IltS-SSrI - y ACW ouOCG Ul0uGeS. Younnp
gent approaches his room, and know;ns
me location of his furniture, etc and ny
hg without matches, enters the raon
loses the door. and immediately disrohes
, , Without further Ceremony Ia
!, his wearied limbs and BODY nna 1
ne bed. AS a matter Of course. he wos
surprised to find it occnnied
ND wishing to know who his bed.fafIo,r
Eas' he rolled over and gave the Young Ia.
rude as it may seeu-a de .i IN t Ia
lde, nquiring, as he did 80, "who.ih the
EVIL are you9" A slight movements on
ne part OF the young lady followed this his
and then, very franticallv
ne exclaimed, GOOD God!p and in an ~
ant she was standing in the middle If
le room, frightened SO badly that abe was a.
naoie to say Q word. The young gentle.
Ian IA dacked his head under the e
10 IN this position endeayored. to explain
Dung lady slid out, and, we have been in.
! I. med, failed to appear at the breakfast
'Dle as the proper time. The position
as, we should judge 50 at least. : ysru )
y,ng one aud both parties have our sym. !
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-12-26

GRAVEYARD PHrLosorHY.-They have :
srave-digser at Spring Grove Cemetery
Cincinnati, who is a fair match for The
erave-digger in Hamlet. Here il an ar.
count of him:
One gets some grim views Of living as
well OF dead humanity by visiting q show
graveyard such as this. There is q si,nnle.
minded, good-hearted attache by the name
Oh, am very fond of talking to. ia
has given me many lessons not soon for.
gotten. 9@'t
It's a little grief and d good deal of
pride that makes EN- do it, sir. don't
mean to say that it amt material. Il is
nateral. Mater can be found in cemetary
as well as anywhere. One afflicted family
puts Q monument, and another afflicted
lam'iy wants to Guido it., And they eener-
ally does, efit's done at onct. Fits mt
off.a little, they get more reasonable. y
i" Time cures all ill., $3.50 sa, as,.1
Well, it noes. Use seen party mt IN
hat vault to stay till a lot could be bought
md monument putup, and the grief Was va
ieep. You'd spose there was 10 end to
me grief, and no bottom, either. Well at
ne end Of three months the company has
lad trouble to get them to take out the
'arty and giyeit Christian burial"
a,Ihere are exceptions to that W
IN course, any number of them. / can
now you graves here ten YEARS old, and
very summer you'll find fresh flowers
trewed on EN-" ','
More flowers than ornaments" m
:. )" Cant say that. Real deep, feelin'
RET belongs as much to the rich as tie
oor. Leastwise find it so. But ayin' il
natural as liyin, aud in course people
cts overit. Therefore is that monuments
oine with the first burst. Them graves
lat have flowers over 'em for more than
year isn't healthy graves" $3.50
" . do you mean by that 2"
/" ! mean that the mourners amt ia their
lteral health, or they'd fnd their feelings
rected to the care ofthe liym.p
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-12-26
The Freedmen's Burean,

The War Department reports, il ~.
70 a resolution Of inquiry passed ~ w. q
House in its closing days Of last 49, \.
that the aggregate receipts Of the s.
mems Bureau, dating from its orpan,. ~
June lst, 1865. up to October lst 1ass
period OF twenty-one months, are as foiss.
From freedmen's fund, S83,36e ,s2a. ~
returned amounts, Sll ,523, 649; from Nv hvs
ing, fuel, subsistence, ETC., $977,S7s s ss
sales OF farm crops: $ls,64l,slo from -, ~.
of buildings. slS,5s4 20; from tss s ssa !.
lands, $23,9l6,37s from Quartz. mss ma
Department, $685. $50; from cons
fund, 81 .363,806 !; from school tuition.!i
taxes. $9,863,244;. total, Sl6l ,44ssss
The term freedmen fund embraces nos sv
received from sales Of confscated MONS!
lines, marriage certificates. donations ~
The amount held as retained bounties -.
not properly be considered as funds ofs|s
bureau, as It Is merely held in trust ~:
colored soldiers or their famiIies i, 4.
cordance with general order No. 80. M
partment of Virginia and North Carol;ns
since 1854. The conscript fund originals
IN military order in New Orleans beSos
The organization Of the bureau in behalf
antilles Of colored soldiers conscripted, "A
las beed expended as contemplated ina
order. The expenditures for the Bupeas
or the twenty-one months ending Octohs;
|, 1856. were as follows: aFreedue51
und, sl0.420 46; clothing, fosl and s1e
istence, SS,637 ,49S; farms, fencing, tool
'tc., $i7,7 80 81; labor BY employees, $s6s,
ll574; rents Of buildings. S6,l655ls.
epairs Of buildings, S2,l475O3; rents 4
ands restored, ss96,o 5S household furul.
urc, $3.50, 400; internal revenue. 1894 .50A
onscript fund, $8l7,93s; transportation
2,333,257 schools, s43,0sl Is; conf.
ent expenses, Sl2O.635 10; retains
ounties, $2,40l ,32O-total. $l2 ,4O7, 76o Is
he report gives number Of rations issue5
'om June lst, 1865 to- April LIST, 1866. Is
egroes and freedmen. The greatest nam s.
er issued in any ons month to refugees ~
, March, 1866, when 1924 were furniL.
d., The greatest number issued in s..
lonth to freedmen was in September. loss.
hen l,OSl ,0l0 were furnished. 3he 3.
regate Tor the entire period Of ten mont,
e az follows: to refugees, l.s73,52s ID
eedmer, S,ol4, 4S0--total, 1885, Ooa.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-12-26
Launch Of the Steamship Celestial
.e''5a 2 Empire. 7fss

This vessel, intended for the California
Japan, and China trade Of the Pacific Mail
> eamship Company, was launched in New
FORK on the 9th inst. The New York
Evening Post says:
The extreme length Of the Celestial EN-.
plre 1880 feet; breadth, forty-one feet six
inches; depth thitty-onefeet sixinches ; her
customs measurement il about 1000 tons.
and her carpenters measurement something
over 5000 tons. She is built of white and
live oak, and hackmatack, is double stran.
ped over her frame and in her ulankinep
with fve-inch iron bands; and is also
doubled. planked. There are four water.
tight bulkheads. ~
The vessel has at American beam engine !.
one lO5 inch cylinder, with u feet stroke
Of piston flour boilers, sixteen furuacea and
$4,000 square feet Of heating surface. The
power OF the engine is one-fth greater
t ~ ,. slat Ct the vessels usually run on the
Paclilc. Her ordinary speed viii be thir.
teen knots m hour.
Inns ls TIE second of the vessels built hv
Inls company for the Japan and China
trade. TIE first vessel was the Great I Rs'
public, ladnchedjust one month AGO. The
Uoiorado WILL however, start from San
= francisco, as the first of the new line. on
sne ist OF January, and the Henry Chaun-
sey IS 70 leave this port on the l tn instant
'o ~ : anam TO connect with the Golden CITY
:! Aspinwall and the Colorado at San
y francisco. The trip Of the Colorado to |
okohama, Japan, is to besmade in nine.
zen days. and she will reach Hong Kong
\ seven days more. The next trip Of the
colorado from California will be made on
April Sd, and in the latter part Of the sum-
ner OF 1867 there will be monthly COM
aunicatlon between the United States and
ASIA. At Yokohama the new vessels will
onaect with the English or French steam.
rs for Shanghai. .silsa5 $3.50.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-12-26

L
WHO BouoHr The CnycAco TmEs pr
rms 'i ls the interrogative caption to the sub
joined extract, which we copy from the d
Crosse Democrat, brick Pomeroys,) d
the 23d ult:j ga 1ss,
We wonld like to know who bought liz
chicago Times since election, and cansed
IT to advocate the adoption of the so-csllSd
constitutional amendment by the Sonthe1
We do not know that the Times was
bought up BY the rnonopolists Of New Eng
land, but We do know. thata sum Of mony
was raised in Boston to be used for ths
conyersion.of the Chicago Times, and 70
induce the editor Of this paper to forego biz
articles and arguments against bond holders
And we know alsd' that in New York city,
before and after the I ines sold its Demo
cratic readers, Mr.. Pomeroy. the editor 81
thls paper, was offered, to urge the amend.
ment, so-called, as the Times has done, Or
quit conducting his paper, and to quit work.
ing against bond holders and class taxation
to use the words of the committee which
waited on him" More money than could
oe made inayear at the printing business. !"
Sometimes
"a Cash moves in q mysterious way
Its wonders to perform!
We do not like the man who sells, Bis
the Democrat was mot sold.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-12-26
A Bold Feat.

| We learn from the Buffalo Express, that
q painfully intense excitement was ex.
perienced by hundfeds Of people living
along niagara River, 90 few days ago. at
the sight Of a vessel, with three men on
board, being rapidly borne down the cur
rent toward the Falls. without any ap-
parent possibility Of rescue from the shore.
The Express says the facts are as follows
AS small Canadian trading schooner,
the Whip. Capt. J.. I. Young, was being
towed out Of Chippewa harbor by the tug
Buffalo, the line by which she was attached
to the tug was broken by the strength of
the current, and she was carried swiftly
down toward the rapid above the falls.
The captain and two men on board saw
at once that they were in imminent danger,
having neither anchor nor small boat, and
being in such . position that no onedared
attempt their rescue from the shore. By
this time hundreds Of people were gather.
ing along the banks, expecting nothing
else than certain destruction to the vessel
and her crew; but when within a couple Of
hundred yards of the commencement Of
the rapids, the cool head of the captain
conceived an idea which saved the lives
OF the whole party as well as the vessel. !
There was quite q gale blowing up the |
river at the time, and the master, with the
aid Of the two men. seeing oil other relief
out Of the question. ordered all sail hoisted,
and sailed out Of the very jaws OF death,
against powerful current of the river,
landing soon after ut Hog Island
n safety, having gone further down the
Niagara Nversthan any other man ever
lid in boat and escape.
The admiration and relief Of the people
long the river banks upon the execution
It the captains plan, found vent in fire..
luent cheers when it became apparent that
lis efforts would prove successful.
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been very harmless things if it had moi
been for the Connecticut and Massa.
chusetts peddlers. Not only do the
shoddy books come amongst us, bat
Shoddy ook-wrights arise also in our
land, the Yankees who captured our
armies having generously permitted us
in return to make reprisals on some Of
their motions" Southern writer's,
stimulated by the reports of the i'm
mense gains of their Northern neigh
bors, have set to boiling their own
brains at high temperature and scat
tering their worthless efferescenee
over our atmosphere. We have in our
mind one notable instance of South
ern author who is entitled to high
seat in the House of Fame" which
shoddy has filed with its countless
dignitaries. Three "histories" of one
war, within year after the war closed,
will do pretty we'll for beginning, and
gives us reason to say, as we used to
say at college Of boys first compost
ton, "the gentleman has encourage
ment to proceed" Incorrect recitals Of
past events, flippant comments on i'm
portant political questions, descrip-
lions of great battles dispatched in q
half page-all give an unmistakable
promise that this author is destined to
win all the laurels and gather all the
fruits that are likely to fall to the lot of
the most accomplished Shoddyite in
the land. sl.a.Bs9k
But Stiffness and worthlessness are
not the only features of these ridicu-
lous productions. The malignant abuse
which the author, for four years as an
editor, lleaped on the heads of the
Confederate rulers, in the insane at
Tempt to embarrass the administration.
has been transferred to these pages
The vast superiority of the Northern
numbers aud resources had nothing to
10, forsooth, with the failure of the
- {
Confederate cause, but it was all owing
% the imbecility of the Confederate
'ulers! If somebody else except JEFF
erson Davis, "ruled by his wife, and
he "dupe ofpreachers and old wo-
men," had been at the head of the gov
rnment the cause would not have
'een "lost." In plain English, if Mr..
edward A. Pollard could have had
hlngs his own way the independence
i the Confederate States would have
cen accomplished.
We think the people Of the South {
I'LL treat this new candidate for shod-
y laurels as he deserves. His books,
neither he calls them the First, Sec 9
nd, Third, Fourth, "Year Of the !
War; Southern History or the {
Lost Cause" will be treated with the :
and neglect with which his i
sane rawlings in the columns of the t
edmond Examinerwere whilome trea. . .
d by the Davis Administration and Q
e people at large. s BE 20 g
aa e.l3 e...-s SO d. s.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-12-26

The AMENITIES Hou Soldiers Meet.-
Under this head, the Louisville Journal
gives the following pleasant account of a
recent meeting in that city between Gen.
=. K. Smith and Gen. J.. B. Hood. and
also between the latter and Gen. George a.
Thomas, Of the United States army.
During the past few days several distin.
guished Confederate officers have been in
the city on business connected with their
peace avocations. The meeting between
=. Kirty Smith and John B. Hood vas
more than cordial--it was affectionate.
They had not met before since the close Of
the war, and their greeting was that Of true
and tried friends, who loved and trusted
each other. We have no inclination to
pry into the privacies Of two such men, but
the twinkle Of laughing eyes and inferred
fun expressed in III ir greeting. and use of
old nicknames their significance best
known to themselves-told Of pleasant by
cones.
But q nobler exhibitions OF the xenerosii-
ty. OF mind and personal honor was that
afforded yesterday in. the meeting of Gen.
Geo. H. Thomas with his old comrads.in.
arms, ex.Gen. John B. Hood. Upon two
disastrous fields for the Confederacy. Gen.
Thomas had been marched against Hood,
and had overwhelmingly beaten him at
Franklin and Nashville, and added lustre
to the stars and stripes. Yesterday, as |
Gen. Hood stumped into the dining.ryoom
Of the Louisville Hotel to take his midday
meal, Gen. Thomas rose from his seat to
meet the MANNED and gallant Hood, and
cordially greeted his old companion in.arms.
The two Generals dined together like old
friends, and no doubt Lad many reminiscent
;es to recall Of scenes BY Hood and Geld in
luld lang syne. Their Interview was most
'enial and pleasant, apparently, and we
relieve that such meetings go further to re-
mite the late opposing sections than
thousand resolutions Of wordy fealty.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-12-26

Ia Mrs. Maleahy will. in few days.
remove her fashionable Millenery Store in
the building on Front Street recently oc-
eWpied ~ John s. Sullivan. She has lust
received fall and select additions to her
stock and will be glad to receive cali from
Der patrons at her new stand.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-12-26

JUSTICE 10 THE PIGs.--"Is this g. freq
country :" said our friend Mick .Sessensck
to Jacob Schneider yesterday, when ~
missed. his brindle boar @Can't gingls.
man hare . bit Nv . pig about do house tot
TO play wid the childhar but Whist thu
blagards Of pelace are after him e. tnYYsh.yg
answered Schneider ich noding know vat
dem pigs Az dun. be aoding hert'in got tr
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-12-26

/. Ss The Steamer st. Nicholas, j. G..
Dowty Master and A. Rachal, clerk, ar
rived here on herfrst trip Mon'ay morning
andgoes down this morning at 10 0 o'clock.
She will run regularly as weekly packet,
the balance Of the season, leaving New
Orleans on Saturday and this town, on her
down trip, every Wednesday. Her officers
furnished our Office with papers. 4a.,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-12-26

Ma Major Sheridan, well-known to
many of our citizens in the days Of the
'onfederacy, now fills the responsible post
ofsteward of the Dan. Able. To him we
are obliged for handsome remembrance
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-12-26
The Northern Door Closed, to 4
Man and q Brother.s

The suggestion of Governor Worth =
the Northto provide for removing 4 81.
ZION OF the negroes to the North, there g
oe educated, cared for enfranchised s6d
developed" generally, it seems did not
originate with that gentleman. In letter
written In September last, to the Johnsnn
meeting at Alexandria, the Hon. ,janee
Lyons, Of Richmond, propounded This y;ew
ana enforced it with much ability n
sald. speaking of the Yankees, eff they
are actnated by 10 such motives. why rs
they not put an end to the agitation which
now disturbs the repOse, and retarfls fbe
prosperity of the country, by placinr IN
colored people Of the South npon the nnk
nc lands in the West and Northwest s.
Congress will then havcentire control ovar
them, can make them all that they an
capable OF, and bring them into the Union.
and into the Senate and House Of ReDro.
sentatives, when they please"
Ihis idea does not meet favor At the
North. The scheme there is to try ths
problem of negro emancipation. perro M
frage and negro equality at our exnenae :
exclusively. It is a little remarkahle tist
illinois, Indiana. Ohio, Pennsylyania "a
New iork-all Of them having free neproes
- their midst, have none Of them rrante6
the negroes the privileges which t6ey an
on us to accord to them. Could hynocrisy
further go2 What makes it worse Il fhSt
p !, 70 the small number Of negroes Ii
Inese States the experiment could be triea
WIN y little comparative risk To % With
our ml,ilons OF negroes, 1t would be ruin,
3 I1f much ofthe South--a Jamaica-awmIe
nan. { South America. They ask US to sub.
MT an alternative proposition. We ptu
'ose then, that they shall try, in modaf
we way: me experiment they commend y
Is, and It, at the end Of two years, Il works
ven, iet,them renew their recommends
Ion. II Richmond Examiner.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-12-26

!. IA g, boy caught . hungry dog, the
S S;ner gay, tied him BY his tail. and coaxed
n, MN ont Of his skin with piece 81 liver.
Inc. Inc aog IS as we'll as coald. be expected
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-12-26

M~ We have thanks to return to the
officers ofthe Elnora, Monsoon, Navigator
Dan. Able, Bart. Able and Texas far full
supply oflate papers. ea
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-12-26


Ma Captain ]. D. Clarke has made his
first trip with his superb and magnificent
Packet Dan. Able and has met with but
poor encouragement to run such boat in.
the Grand Ecore trade. From this out he
will extend his trips to Shreveport and
make the bold attempt to make weeklytrips
from New Orleans to that Town. He has
the boat and is the man for this task and
We wish him ample and renumerative sue
cess in his career. The Dan. Able leaves
New Orleans this evening and will bs here
by IL o'clock tomorrow night. Her time
on her first trip to this town is the fastest
by many hours made since the surrender.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-12-26

sar The River is rising yet, but rather
Slowly. We can stand two feet more with
ont much damage to the streets. From
above news still comes gilmore rise.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-12-26

s> The weather, up to the present
writing, is beautifully clear and delightful
especially for Christmas times.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-12-26

sA. We call particular attention to the
card ,ofC. Y. Ledouy to be found in our
columns thi week.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-12-26

er Lieut. Gen. w. T. Sherman is in
New Orleans. We should like to have
call from our Sherman.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-12-26

Ir 70 We are panied to learn of the
death, on the 18th inst, of Lieut.. Don.
aid G. Graham, eldest son of our fellow
citizen, Gene Mason Graham, in the
18th year of his age. Mr.. Graham had
been at school in Virginia, but return
ing on account of delicate health was
seized with the illness which termina-
ted his life in New Orleans while
'on his way to his home in this Parish.
He was remarkable for many fine traits
of character, his life, now SO early cut
OF, had afforded an unusual promise of
much usefulness in the future. We
deeply srmpathise with his afflicted
father and his many friends in their
sad bereavement. - l..l
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-12-26

m- Mule thieves are on the rampage
again. See advertisement of F. Seip.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-12-26

u The literary critic of the New
Orleans Times announcing a new work
ny the distinguished author of "Joseph
Ger zweite ind sein hof," says: mrhe
author is. to Germany what the Wizard
OF the North was TO Scotland. His his.
torleal romances are full of fine DIES
criptions." Louisa is rather an nm
common name for a man, don't you
think SO neighbor?
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-12-26

ta u During the discussion in the Sen
ate on the proposition to repeal the
clause of the amnesty act comforting on
the President the right to pardon, Mr..
Trumbull said that the Constitution
gives that power to tho President, and
that the repeal of the clause could not
take it away. This is very true. Even
without the act the President can 60 on
granting pardons and restoring confis-
Gated property, and no power can take
away the right from him without an
amendment of the Constitution. Judge
Trumbull is too good lawyer not to
see the absurdity of the legislation pro.
posed by his Radical colleagues.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-12-26

UThat staunch old firm of Given,
Watts & Co., New Orleans, publish
their business card in our columns this
week. They lived through the war
with honor and credit, and now, more
than ever, command the confidence of
the business public. The firm of
Watts, Given g. Co., Paducab, KY,
Watts, Crane & Co., New York, w. C.,
Watts & Co., Liverpool, are all part
ners in this house.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-12-26

u See notice Of lost notes as adyer.
thed by the Mayor of the town.