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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-06-12
Yank Forever.

Verify Yankee is hard to beat wbet, i
comes to " driving penny! As fail
specimen read the following:
Bryan Tyson, the man whom the Post
Office Department uses to enable it tt
dodge the test oath lew in the South, hui
lately received another lot of contracts
He has now obtained flty-four. He takes
all the oaths himself and then lets the con
tracts out to all rebels who will take them
at Eve per cent off the contract price. Mr.
Tyson draws the money and turns ove7
ninety-fve per cent to bis Southern credi.
tors. 1t is reported that Postmaster Cen
eral Randall holds that the Supreme Court
decision will justify his action.''
We should like to charter this fellow to
come to Alexandria and take the test oath
for We, Us & Go. who are unable, under
the Military Bill, to vote. We will ensure
him q handsome fee.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-06-12
Radical Progress.

In late number Of Forney's Chronicle
in an article under the caption Of "The
New sodth," We find the following signif
cant passage:
No division into States or sections can
accommodate our form Of civilisation-no
path of land like Delaware or Rhode Island
could elicit earnest patriotism. The na.
tional polity is the only true one for our
form of civilization, and despite all inAuen.
ces, it will be adhered to. Whatever mod.
ifications in the form of our Government
are necessary to the realization of this pur-
pose will be made. Written Constitutions
are made for the people, not the people for
constitutions: No bli1d veneration for a
form ofexpression ora compact made in a
less developed state of society will prevent
the people Of the United States from so
modifying their institutions as will best
subserve their national advancement. It
is for statesmen and jurists to consider
whether they will be wise betimes and &C.
cept with good grace that which is inevi
table, or whether they will try to retard
that which they cannot prevent by reviv-
ing laws and traditions ofthe past.
The obvious meaning of all this is that
Capitalization is the great desideratum, &C
cording to the Radical view, of "our form
Of civilization" and that the constitutions
of the United States and Of the several
States are old fogy affairs that must not be
permitted to stand in the way Of the ina
tional advancement"
The FUNERAL OF L1BERrY.-The follow.
ing extract is from the Marion (Ohio) DEM
ocrat:
!" Come let the funeral rights be said,
The funeral dirge be sung,
In honor of the queenliest dead
That ever died SO young"
American Liberty--long in helpless de-
cline--is at last deed, and nothing remains
except to consign the body to the tomb!
Send for the Gar Alexandria, ad-
mirer ofthe Lincoln admipistratioh--to dip
the gravel 425i
Send for the Bomba, the tytant Of Ma
pies, that he may throw clods upon the
coffin.
Send for sorroWing Hungary, and for
gashed and slnitten Poland that they may
be pall-bearers!
And let the States Of the Federation
not yet enthralled by dram-head law, head
the dolorous procession as mour1ers in
chief.
"Let the bells toll
A nations soul.
Has crossed the Stygian river.'
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-06-12
Gen. Butler on the Missing Leaves
in Booths Diary,

General BUTLER has written a letter
since BoorH's alleged diary appeared.
IN which he reiterates his belief AZ to
its rnutilation after il came into the
possession Of the Government. He
says:
again let me examine the assertion
that the story that eighteen pages had
been taken from Booths diary is also
an invention, Booths diary has been
before the committee, and eighteen pa-
ges are carefully cut ott, being the pa
ges down to the very day of the assas-
sinatiotf: The only question raised was
when and by whom were these leaves
cut out. Booth, while hunted for his
life through swamps and byways, after
the assassination, would hardly have
leisure for such amusement. Besides,
on horseback, with one leg broken, it
might be difficult to get d ruler or
straight edge by which to tear the
leaves as nicely as it is done. Every
thing taken from Booths person was
put in evidence on the trial of Mrs. Sur
raft, even to bill of exchange taken
out Of this same diary, except this dia-
ry itself, and a valuable diamond pin
which be wores Thess alone were kept
back. Why can not eighteen leaves of
the diary and the pin now be found Z
Until those having had the custody of
articles taken from the body can account
tor all OF them, must be excused from
believing the testimony that the arti-
Giles are all now in the same condition
as when found. If the witness can be
found who has got the pin, perhaps he
can tell us who has the missing leaves.
Do you really think that missing leaves
are an invention?"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-06-12

~ u
1 The Anti-Slayery Standard thinks
that an Imminent danger of the present
period is that continuation of the Gree.
ley.Repdblicah management will result in
giving the next Presidency to General
Grant" To party this danger the Stand.
ard calls General Grant "a mau of doubt.
inl opinion, if any, and whose personal hab.
it's, with reference to intemperance, are, it
Is said, little If any bettef than Johnson's."
AS Wendell Phillips is the acknowledged
leader Of the Radical party, this may be ia
ken as the keynote Of the personal abuse
which the Radical press throughot the
country will pour out upon General Grant.
AZ yet, this vituperation Of the gallant
soldier has been confined to a few journals;
Phillips NOW gives the command, and it
will soon be general. New York World.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-06-12
n Remember that j. E. Gibson
has a fine lot of cheap Boots and
Shoes.


r. The most extraordinary strike q,
which we have heard within a few DAYS
is that of the uhdertakers in Paris
The New York Times states the case
As follows:
They are paid largely for attending
the funerals of the rich, and their pay.
ment decreases with the wealth of their
subjects. And what they complain Of
is, that so many more of the poor die
than Of the rich. Why don't they 90
to the Legislature for redressa Prob
ably because they have not the rood
fortune to live in a free countrv
When the question presses for solution
here, our Solons vii, settle it by law,
# the poor perish too fast, punish
them by fine and imprisonment. If the
rich don't die fast enough, make it a
capital oAense.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-06-12

Mo- A dispatch from Washington 5tates,
on the information Of members III the
Judiciary Committee, that certain docu-
ments exist in Canada proving that Mr..
Davis was . party to the plot to kidnap
Lincoln, and that the parties having pos
session Of these documents want to sell
them to tho Government. Slice Conovet
is in The pehitentiary, it would seem that
the committee has opened correspondence
with the other perjured scoundrel Hyams.
What committee. What Congress
What party!
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The fidelity Of Mr.. Davis Ser.
wants.

Married, on Tuesday night, May 7th, at
Fortress Monroe, Carroll Hall, by the Rev
O. S. Barten, Rector of Christ Church
Notfork, Frederick McGinnis to Ellen
Barnes.
The above deserves more than passing
notice. 1t is not often, in these days, that
we witness such faithfllness and devotion
on the part of servants. Both parties be-
longed to Mr.. Davis household, and have
shared with him and his family their long
protracted Imprisonment They were his
servants in Richmond, and have remained
true and devoted to him through good and
evil report. When, after the evacuation of
Richmond, the family were compelled to
move southwark, Ellen could not be per-
suaded to leave them, but faithfully shared
with them the toll and suffering Of those
fearful days.
When, after Mr.. Davis capture and his
removal to the Fortress, his anxious, almost
distracted wife, was waiting for tidings
from him who, by the chances of war, had
been thus cruelly torn from her side, Fred
erick, ever faithful and true; sought her, Of
fering bis services to 90 to him and help in
to his wants. Whentold that
the slender means of the fallen family would
never permit such expenditure, bis servi.
ces were offered freely and gladly, without
reward of remuneration. When at last, ar
were made and means provided
for him, and he found himself within the
Fortress, part Of his wages were careful
ly laid aside, and have been regularly sent
home to South Carolina to his cd mistress
Dixie many Others impoverished by the
war;, who in his own words, had been as
good to him; and whom he loved Us a
mother. A Ike faitbfulness and liberality
must be recorded Of Ellen.
Surely such an instance speaks for it.
self! Who does not feel that the unobtru-
sive faithfulness and devotion of those
good people are noble tribute to one who
will ever be regarded, By all aaAo, kaosc Ains,
with peculiar affection, whom bis friends
admire and cherish for his high integrity
and noble bearing In public, and quiet gen.
tleness and refined sympats in private.
God bless the happy pair May Heay-
en- smile upon them and give them all the
good things of life which they so richly de-
serve.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-06-12

The REPUBLICAN AND THE SPonsxBv.
At the Woman's Rights Convention, in
New York, last week Parker Pillsbury, the
well known Abolitionist, delivered a lee:
ture, in the course of which he thus an.
nounced the condition Of the dying Re.
public. He said:
The United States, youngest among the
nations, wet-nursed by forty centuries Of
history, and schooled by the experience Of
the age, with half the globe for their
inheritance, with Christianity their faith,
and republicanism their form Of govern.
ment, survived a precocious childhood, and
then fell a victim of their own vices. To.
day they are III the hands Of many physi.
clans, but of very doubtful reputation ;
physicians who seem far less desirotis OF
curing the patient than Of dividing and
sharing the estate"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-06-12
A Birds Song in the Night.

I woke Up in the night, and heard
The soft sad music Of a bird
A dropping, gurgling little note,
That seethed to fall from out his throat
Halfboldly and half timidly,
As if he felt It strange, that he
Alone in all the world should be,
And felt its great immensely.
Again the music, low and cleat,
Charmed with it's strain my listening eAr;
It made no echo in the ali,
II only stirred the silence there;
Then softly, gently sank to rest,
As if he hid it in his breast;
And only night and l had heard
The sweet song Of the dreaming bird.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-06-12
Kiss Her for Her Mother.

"Let me kiss her for her mother
The sweet Lucretia Ann
Let me Kiss her for her mother
Or any other man.
"Let me kiss her for somebody.
Anybody in the world,
With her hair SO sweetly aburn,
And SO gloriously carled.
LET me kiss her for her feller,'
And I do not care . red,
II he taps me on the smeller
with his billy made Of Lead
".l'et me kiss her fot her daddy
The pretty pouting elf
Or if that don't suit the family,
Let me kiss her for u,yselfr'
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-06-12
ELECTION OF GOVERNOR WELLS,
From the Executive Office of Louisian,

This morning, at half-past 8 o'clock
Brevet Brig. Gen. John W. Forsyth, 81
Gen. Sheridan's staff, called at the Ex-
ecutive office, at the Mechanics Insti.
tute, and told Gov. Wells that he bore
a written communication to him from
the General Commanding; which was
found to be as follows:
HEAD'oRs FIFTH MILITARY Disr.. }
New Orleans, june Z, 1867.
Mr.. ]. Madison Wells; Ex-Governor Of
Louisiana New Orleans, La:
Sm-Gov. Flanders has Just informed
me that he made an official demand on
you for the records OF the office which
yon have heretofore held as Governor
OF Louisiana, and that you have declin-
ed to turn them over to him, disputing
the right 70 remove from office By me,
which right you have acknowledged
and urged on me up to the time Of your
own removal. / therefore send Breyet
Brig, Gen. James W. Forsyth, Of INV
staff, to notify you that he is sent by
me to eject you from the Governors
room forcibly, unless you consider this
notlheatlon as equivalent to election.
P. H. SHERIDAN.
Major General; d: s. Army,
Com'dg. Fifth Military District.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-06-12

na. The Cincinnati Gazette heads its
Geographic announcement of the death OIL
Mr.. james W. Campbell, the Virginia
Sheriff who hung old John Brown, Death
Of Tool ofSlavery." This is in very poor
taste. Brown was criminal of the deep.
est dye, and if he had possessed a thousand
lives, their forfeit to the outraged law would
have been insufficient to atone for his afro
cious crimes. We must not forget, how
ever, that this old negro-thief and murder
er is the first saint in the Radical calendar.
What party! 6
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-06-12

l9n All the hotel bars have beer, closed
in Boston, in compliance with the anti
liquor law, which goes SO far as to prohibit
the sale of beer and cider. How Yankee
ingenuity will be taxed to evade and check
the law. We venture to say more liquor
is sold in Boston to-day than before the
enactment of the law. Since the time
when yirtuous Massachusetts burned witch.
es she has been fanatic, and, withal, an
arrant hypocrite. SpiHtualism, abolition.
ism, freeloveism, and every other abtnon.
inableism on the face Of the earth, have
their home in Massachusetts.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-06-12

CoNFIscAr1oS.--The N. 7. Times says
."We hear from the Southern States daily
Of the general fear that system of confs-
cation will yet be- enforced. We are not
much given to offering assurances Of any
kind as to political fnture but we assure
all and sundry inquirers in the South that
we consider no fear could possible be more
groundless than this. There are as nisany
people in the North inJapor of republic
ting the national debt as there are in 1ap0r
Of cogfscating the estates Of Southern
DrODertu-k0ldesS,"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-06-12
Major General; y: S. Army,
Com'dg. Fifth Military District.

. After reading this communication
Gov. Wells stated to Gen. Forsyth,
"Sir l surrender the Office / hold ONLY
to the sword," and called upon Judge
Ryan, OF the parish Of Rapides, to bear
witness Of what he said. Without
making any response whatever, Gen.
Forsyth withdrew. This new appoin-
tee, MI. Flanders, will therefore take
immediate possession of the Executive
Office: Ex-Governor Wells is consult
ing with eminent counsel as to the pro-
per course to pursue at law.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-06-12
An Original Income Return.

The following is copy Of return for
warded to an assistant assessor 10 til,
Seventh United States internal reyeuu,
district of Massachusetts:
Dear &r-Ih acknowledging the receip
OF the blanks which you were SO kind as t.
leave at my residence, have to say that
however much / may regret the fact, it il
nevertheless true that my financial standips
does not, and from all appearances will not
allow me to assist in lubricating the wheels
of the Government. | cannot refrain
however, from filling the blanks, as re
quested.
have some little property, and although
not enumerated in the printed sheet, will
you allow me, if for nothing else than m,
own qualification, to place them in my as
sets?
One little bay mare named -, (sound
and kind in all harness, stands without ty
ing, and eats anything,) and of but little
value.
A buggy, not yet paid for, though good
for several years. Otis now repairing.)
l have also a dog, FIVE cats, and two
pigs, and the sexes Of the latter are equally
represented.
Judging from the past, I am free to say
that if | keep the pigs through the summer
| shall be obliged to call upon the United
States to assist me. l do not know how
in the world ! do get along, and am happy
only when l know that rich man cannot
enter the kingdom of Heaven.
My clothes are all secondhand, and nv
boots are about gone. 10 tailor has made
me suit for years and since the publish
ing of income returns was commenced, my
credit has been sadly shaken. But, being
poor, get hope and strive, and work, and
wish, and better than all, l am happy.
Find the man who pays his twenty thou
sand income, then come and visit me, and
judge yourself of " life among the lowly,"
and which is the happier.
When my boy grows up, hope he may
excel his father in financial ability, of which
no one who knows me doubts, and that
you, Mr.. -, may live long enough to
visit him for many years to collect bis in-
come tax. ..-,
800 Yours. etc. 4 X xx*xxxx*
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-06-12

n Judd; Of Chicago, and Thad. Ste
yens have been examining the gold
mines in North Carolina, with q view
to working them. It is believed these
mines can be made to pay, and zap.
propriate legislation" can easily clean
up any little cloud on the title Of Ste
yens and Judd,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-06-12

l1 The wife Of THEODORE Stuyvesant
one Uf the most prominent and wealthy Of
New York city, was on Thursday detected
by her husband and some of her friends in
an improper intimacy with q man whom he
had received in his house as b guest. The
friends of the injured husband summarily
elected the seducer from q window. The
woman Old Friday, while arrangements
were being perfected by the husband to
leave her, attacked her husbands mother,
cruelty beating and maltreating her, for
which she was arrested and is now con6n-
ed in the Tombs for trial.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-06-12

@- Professor s. F. B. Morse, the ven
cradle l inventor Of the telegraph, is now
residing with bis family at Paris. His
health is good, and he is bus;ly engaged
upon history Of the telegraph, and re-
ceives visitors but one Afternoon during
the week:
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-06-12

s@- The radicalized negroes of the
South are said to favor Thad. Stevens for
the Presidency. IfBrownlow should enter
the lists for their favor, the only way to
settle the matter would be for Satan him.
self to step in and overtop them both.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-06-12

n A clergyman in F1iht, Mich; du.
ring the delivery Of a sermon denounc-
ed waterfalls as abominable deformi-
ties, The next morning pretty widow
Of his congregation hung q mohstroua
head gear upon his door with d card
attached stating "this Lie the latest
stYle.n
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For Sale.

TWENTY THOUSAND acres Of yalu-
i able Pine Woods land, with come i'm
provements, near Alexandra, Ia, north
side Of Red river. For terms, etc., apply
to H. S. Losee, ESQ. at Alexandra, Be.
CANS buildings, Front Street,
GEO, i. WILSON.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-06-12

A. A young woman residing in Bur
lington, w., has husbands living in Yer
mont, Massachusetts,, and Connectitut-
tie effect of divorce laws.
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|EPlscoPAlH HIGH SCHOOL
or VIRGINIA.
Tire. Miles West d Alexandra, Va,

UvHE L0CATfON If this lnstitntiSn, 10
I peculiarly healthy and beautiful
being within 4 abort distance of the 20
TOMAC RIVER and commanding fine
view Of The Cities Of Washington, George.
town and Alexandra.
The Twenty.Eighth Session begins on
the 18th Of SEPTEMBER, 1857.
TERMS:-@300 Per School Year
with no extra charges.
: " For thttlter Information address the
Rector; REV. WIN. r: GARDNER,
Theological Seminary P.O,
Jnne12-3m. Fairfax Co., Virginia
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-06-12

~ Chicago complains that it has no
good beef to eat-nothing but widowed,
emaciated COW: supsrannuated old bull
aged and invalid stag"
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MAGGIEL'S PILLS and SALVE
Are almost universal in their effects. and q
cure can be almost always guaranteed.
Each Box contains twelve Pills,
ONE Pill IN 4 DOSE,

;, % NOTICE.-None genuine without
the engraved trade mark around each not
or box, signed by DR.. MAGGIEL, New
ork, to counterfeit which is felony.
e0 Sold by all respectable dealers in
medicine throughout the United States
and Canada at
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-06-12
Removal Of the Street Commissioner
Appointment of Successor.

Appointment OF a Successor.
Special Orders No. 59.l
Extract.
6. Many complaints having been made
by every class of society in this city of the
danger anticipated from yellow fever and
cholera, on account ofthe uncleanly condi.
ton of the streets, the major general com.
handing, in company with the medical di.
rector of this military district, made thor
ough inspection of the streets on the 29th
ultimo, with the following results:
The main streets of the city were found
ina fair condition of cleanliness, but the
back streets-the thickly settled portion of
the city-were found with an atmosphere
poisonous and appalling, from neglect on
part of the street commissioner to perform
his duty; and efforts having been made
heretofore by repeated communications
from these headquarters to the city officials
to remedy this evil without avail, the pres
ent street commissioner, A. Belanger, is
hereby removed from Office, and Mr.. Will
liam Baker appointed in his place.
His honor the mayor is hereby directed
to compel the people to keep their yards
and premises in Clearly condition, by the
enforcement of the city ordinance through
the iDstrumentality of the police.
By command of
Major Gen. p Ell. Sheridan:
ISL GEO. L. HARTSUFF,
Assistant Adjutant General.
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REPLY or aovRkNoR WELLS.

State OF LOUISIANA, EXECUTIVE DFp'r. |
New Orleans; June A, 1867
10 Major Gen. P H. Sheridan,
Commanding Fifth Military District;
Eeneral-I had tho honor to receive at
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-06-12

Va Carl schurz says Of Browntow :
He scars above loyal governors like a
God" Yes, spelt backwards!
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EXTRAOKDIN EFFECTS
MAGaIEL's
.ANTI-BILI0US PILLS,
ONE PILL IN A DOSE,
ONE PILL IN. A DOSE,
ONE PILL IN A DOSE.

What one hundred letters 4 day say
from patients all over the habitabts Globe.
, ~, "Dr, Maggiel, your pill has rid ME Of all
mo more noxioas doses for ME in Ave
or ten pills taken at time: One Of Won,
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Thanks, Doctor. Ny headache has left
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after sufsring tortures from billions
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| was incurable. Your Maggisl's Pills
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Il had no appetite : Maggiel's Pills esve
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"Your Pills are Marvellous
u send TOT ahother box, and keen them
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was chronic"
Il gave half Of one of your pills to nv
babe for cholera morbus. The dear i little
thing got well in q day.
"My hauseau ola morning is now cured. /"
"Your box Of Maggiels Salve cured me
OF noises 10 the head. rubbed some salve
behind my ears and the noise left"
"Send me two boxes; l want them for .
poor family"
, II enclose dollar; your price is twenty
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a dollar.0 "'
"send me five boxes Of your pills.
LET me have three boxes Of your Salve
and Pills BY return mail"
For all diseases Of the Kidneys, Hsten.
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