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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-02-13

THE SEQuEL.-0ur readers. says an ex
change, have all heard the story Of soapinl
the clergymans tin horn at camp meet
ing, so that when he wentto cali his hocl
together, he blew the soap over his brothe
clergymen, and how he exclaimed
F" Brethren, have served the Lord thirty
years, and in that time have not Uttered
profane word, but I'll be id i'll CAM
whip the man that soaped that horn L
Our readers, We say, have all heard this, bu
have perhaps, never heard the sequel, giver
us by . gentleman present. 1t isaas fol
lows
Some two days after, a tall, swarthy, vii
lianous-looking desperate strolled upon tht
ground and leaned againsta tree. listening
to an eloquent exhortation to repent
which was then being made by the preacher
After while be became interested, fnall,
affected, and then taking a position Oh thu
anxious seat, commenced groaning ~ thu
very bitterness of his sorrow. TIL,
clergyman walked down and attempted t
console him. On consultation, he was too
great sinner, he said: No, he was too
wicked there was no mercy for him.
Why, whatcfime have you committed
asked the preacher; have you stolen 7"
"Oh, worse than that"
What have you, by violence robbed
female innocence Of its virtue?:"
Worse than than-oh, worse THAI
that |"
ss-" Murder y gasped the mortified minis
ter.
Worse than that !" groaned the sinner
The excited minister commenced "peel
ing off his outer garments
:. Here, brother golem he shouted; holt
my coat I've found the fellow that soap
ed my horn.!'
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-02-13
The Early Home Of Jesus.

aH From Hepworth Dixon's Holy Land.l
-Four miles south of the strong Greek
city Of sephoirs, hidden away among gentle
hills, then covered from the base to the
crown with vineyards and fig trees, lay a
natural nest or basin Of rich red aud white
earth, starlike in shape, about mile in
width. and wondrously fertile. Along the
scared and chalky slope Of the highest.o Of
these hills spread a small and lovely Evil
lage, which, in a land where every stone
seemed to have story, it is remarkable for
having had no public history and no distin-
guished native name. No great road led
up to this sunny nook no traffic came in
to it; no legions marched through it.
Trade war, adventure, pleasure, pomp,
passed through il, flowing frem1 east to
west, from west to east, along the Roman
road. But the meadows were aglow with
wheat and barley. Near the low grounds
rama belt ofgardens fenced with stones, in
which nlyriads q green figs, red pomegran-
ties and golden citrons ripened in the SUM-
mer sun. High up the Rhine at Bingen,
hung vintages .ofpurple grapes. In the
plain, among the corn and beneath the
mulberry and ig-trees, shone daisies, popies,
tulips, lilies and aneraones, endless in their
3proiusion, brilliant in their dyes. al
Low down on the hiilsdes sprang a well
Of water. bubbling, plentiful and sweet and
above this fountain Of life, in a long street
struggling from the fountain to the syna-
gogue, rose the homestead Of many sheph-
lerds. craftsmen and vinedressers. It was
q lovely and humble place, Of which no ru-
Ter, no historian of Israel had ever yet Ia
ken notice No Rachael had been met and
kissed into love at this we'll; no,Ruth' had
gathered up the sheaves of barley in ,yon
fields; no tower had been built for obser-
walton on its height; no camp had been
pitched for battle in that vale. That one
who would become deaser to the fancies Of
men, than either Ruth or Rachael, then
walked through these fields, drew water at
this spring, passed up and down the lanes
of this hamlet, no seer could have then
surmised
The place was more than obscure. The
Arab may have pitched his black tent by
the well, the magistrate Of Sephoirs must
have known the village, but the hamlet was
never mentioned ~ Jewish scribe. In the
Bible, in the Talmud, in the writinss ..
Joseephus' We scarcaa in vain for an Iiscordi
oi inns sacred pace. Likeits happy neigh
! pors, Main and Endor, it was the abode Of
husbandmen and oil-dressers, whose lives
were spent in the synagogue and oil grove,
away from the bright Greek cities and the
busy Roman roads. No doubt it had
once been possessed Of either an Arab or a
Hebrew name, but We do not know the
name except in its Hellenic form. The
Greeks called the town Nazaret Of Naz.
ereth. e
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Terrible Scene in a Ball Room.
Vienna Correspondence London Tele
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While hetacombs of fowls and oceans of
beer were disappearing in these apart.
ments, the chairs were all being cleared
out Of the concert room, anusat about half
past twelve o'clock dancing commenced,
shortly to be brought to an untinely close
by one,of those terrible tragedies Of every
day life that realize the ghastly Egyptian
custom by which one guest, at least, at
every FEAST was compelled to accept q
skeleton for neighbor. A very charming
and accomplished young lacy, the wife Of
Ernest Won Teschenberg, the editor Of the
Weiner Zeitung, was leaving the supper
room with her husband intending to re-
turn hcme. While crossing the,ball.reom
where u brilliant waltz was being played,
q friend asked her to take single turn
round the room. The temptation was too
great to be resisted, go consigning her
bu,wous to her husband, she joined tie dan.
GERS, and was whirled off with great ra-
pidity by her partner. She had scarcely
got half round the huge circle when she
fell from his arms, as though struck BY a
thunderbolt, dead. They raised her from
the ground gently. and carried her into
anotherroonl. A dozen doctors were in at
tendance, and every expedient that science
could suggest was tried to restore con-
seriousness to the fair young form lying so
strangely Ytitl in its gay toilette. All was
in vain. She was dead. A smile, upon her
lips; flowers in her hair. OF the scene
cannot convey an idea; snch agony as that
! witnessed on Sunday morning in the
robing@roofl of the neutrality-suspicious.
is too dreadful to recall too tacred to des-
cribe. The gay groups melted away in
breathless, horror.strickell hurry within
ayfew minutes the, spacious ballroom was
silent and empty; Of all the "Hesperusp
members and their guests, none but a
handful of niournefs remained behind to
watch over that which half an hour before
had been a happy wife and mother
have now witnessed three sudden deaths
in bathrooms first two were, if posi-
BILE, even MORO terrible than the last. In
the first case, lovely girl was shot
through the heart by the man whom she
was engaged to; in the second, the belle
Iof the ball was burned to death before her
garments, which had caught fire while she
was being whisked past the open roplace,
could be torn Off. But the tragical episode
of yesterday morning is rendered more
melancholy than either by the remem.
brance that two little children, the eldest
not three years old. are left motherless by
the consequences of q waltz
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-02-13

EV' General Palmer had an alteration
with the correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune in the hail Of the Leland House at
Springfield, in reference to the stealing and
suppression Of a package Of our papers a
few days since. 1t is the unanimous testi-
mony of those who witnessed the affair,
that orr correspondent bore himself with
more dignity aud eomposure than the gal
laut General Nobody has charged the
gallant General with stealing our papers.
We do not believe that he did. Such an
enterprise would have been too puerile fol
"a full grown man to engage in. What
about the alteration Of the date Of the letter
to Judge Trumbull, from January !Gn tc
"December-?"-trhcag Tribune.
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Love Powders.

4 +As-sF fs &FkF 4
| Not many days ago in this free age,
where fast is the word, and 'the devil
take the hindest" the practice, verdant
American citizen of African descent, whose
upper lip and chin were displaying, proba-
bly, for the first time, the moustache and
fgoatee' Indicative Of manhood, entered one
Eof our Main street stores, and purchased a
tlice little bill of goods, payingfor the same
promptly. Having concluded his pur-
chaSes, he fingered in the store for short
time, seemingly much embarrassed, and
finally approac ching the merchant, inquired
OF him in eager and excited, though low and
tremulous tones, "Have you got any love
powders" ,,Y IA 4s-a.s.n
Fer ansinstant only the merchant was
staggered, nonplussed but thought
struck him, and drawing nearer to theyouth
with sundry winks, mods and shaking ofthe
head, and with hand on the side of his
mouth to deaden the whisper and throw its
full force on the ear of his alert listener, he
replied, Hush, hush talk low ;penitentiary
offence to buy or sell such things. Talk low
Be cautious. Yes ] have got the love
powders. but you must never let anybody
know it," saas4t asts gsle,,
But will they charm tie woman | want.
love her and want to marry her, but she
doesn't love me, :. want. the .!oye powders
to fastcn her affections on me-" 81 : - =
"All right, all right, my boy. One dose
Of these powders will settle her and make
every womaa Oh the plantation, love you to
distraction"
That's it, golIy," said the now intensely
animated youth Just let me have them
and I'll pay llyyoar price, "a
"Hush, impressively whispered the mer.
chart, mouth close at the ear of the SWAN
and finger indicatively on the side of the
nose; "hush, step this way" +
They went to the back of the store. and
there the merchant produced aneat little
paper box containing three ball of lllyw white
lastly done up inpink cotton. The aroma
of these reaching the alactories of the
youth, produced an immediate and decided
sensation
These are the powders" explained the
merchant.
They'll d." responded darkie, "But
want you to tell me how to FIX them "
Easiest thing in the world. Bring me
three apples and Ill 'doit in an instant"
The apples were had and brought in, and
tskillmHys taking out the core of each, THE
merchant scrapetl off portion of the lilly
white, and depositing in the hollow Of the
apples, c!osedup aperturess ~ Yff9
Give one of these apples to the girl oil
woman you want to love yon, and she will
eatit and then dote on you s
"Goly, what's the price,"
HWly, asiyou have madesa good bill with
me, III let you have thesei Tor two dollars
and a-half but hush never say wore
about it; they sell at FIVE, dollars. Re
member the penitentiary, not . word OF
your life 2Ysq
The money was paid, and the darkis, lilly
white, and the apples disappeared.
These was an unseen observer of anc
listener to this transaction, and it Leaked
out. Up to the present writing it has cos
the merchant just eleven dollarsior treats
mot to say anything about the love pow
ders. - Natcliez Courier.
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HAPPY FE1Low.-The local editor Of the
Danville (Va) Times the most contcnted
man we know Of. Hear him:
We are happy in being no more misera-
ble-no fwood-no money--snow three
inches deep, and more, we fear, coming
ink rozen-roller ditto.-the devil with q
bad cold, and our heels frost Litten. We
don't care constitutional for the country;
it may sink or swim; the probability now
is. it viii freeze. Fact is, we've been out
SO long IN tie cold, we are Indifferent, and
don't know that we'd "stand treat if I'm
Gle Sam woull offer to take US in. We are
pretty much in the temper Of the obstinate
urchin who had kicked the cover off and
woke his nanny in the night. crying
out g he ives cold. -" Well, pail the cover
on you, Johnny, saidthe "'fhan't do it,
replied the youth; durned'if don't freeth
furthst!w
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-02-13

TO take The sense OF the people on the ex-
pediency Of calling Convention to form
Constitution, and, to provide for the
election Of delegates, and for the holding
Of the, Convention,
WHEREAS, The people Of the State CT
- @e.~~,,ana have had no opportunity since
the termination Of the wcent war to rerno-
del theirIorganic Law. and adapt it to the
great changes produced by the war and,
whereas the people HAYES right to assem-
ble in Convention, whenever they, may
deem Convention to be necessary, there
Fore -.
sEcTleN !, Be 1t enacted By the Senate
and House Of Representatives Of tie State
Of Louisiana, in General assembly con-
rened, That on the second Monday Of
April, 1867, poll shall be opened at each
ofthe election precincts ofthis State, now
established by law, for the purpose Of re-
ceiving the votes ofthe qualified voters Of
the State for or against the calling Of a
Convention to form Consultation for this
State, and for the election OF delegates to
such Convention.
SEC 2. Be it further enacted, sc. That
the Sheriffs Of the different parishes in this
State shall open the polish the time, man
ner and form now prescribed by law, for
ordering q pol! to be opened for the cleo
ton ofmenbers to the General Assembly
without any further notice or authority to
said Sheriffs than is contained in this Act
which the Secretary Of State shall cause to
be published 10 each Parish newspaper
throughout this State during the thirty
days next preceding the said election
And the said polls shall be presided ovel
by the same commissioners. to be appoint
| ed in the manner, and the voting shall b
conducted, and all proceedings had in til,
| same manner as is DOW provided by law il
cases ofelection to the General Assembly
as may be hereinafter ordered.
SEC. 8. BE it further enacted, &c. Tha
the voting for or against the calling Of
Convention, and the voting for Delegate
to such Convention, shall be conducts
separately, though held at the same tim
and place. There shall be two ballot boxe
at each election precinct, in one Of whic
every qualified voter, voting for or agains
a Convention, shall deposit his ballot, ha,
ling written or printed thereon tie wor
laConyention,p il he be in favor of sue
Convention according to the terms an
conditions and for che objects Of this .Ac
and the words no Con, eption" if he |
lopposed to such Convention !; and in II
|other ballot box, the qualified voters
this State, voting for delegates to sue
Convention, shall deposit their ba!lo,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-02-13

GES. GRANT on THE Floor OF rae House
"A Washington dispatch Of the 2Sth ult
to the New ork Herald, says
General Grant was to-day on the aoor oil
the House in conversation with Mr.. Wilson
of Iowa, chairman of the Judiciary com
mittee. In conversation with some of the
radical members he stated, with reference
to the subject Of his going to the Paris
Exposition, that "Ec would not be found
ten hours away from this city for a year to
come" He spoke of the Presidents late
trip as mistake, and said, in substance
that no man, however distinguished or
venerated, could depart from the right track
and carry the people with him. In reply
to one Of the members that evea lie (Gen.
Grant, would be dropped quicker than a
hot potato by the people if be should
deviate from the right track, he said, 81 do
not doubt it, Members speak OF his con-
versation as unequivccally in favor of the
congressional policy.
LIE favored the confirmation of General
Dix, as he was less Objectionable than the
next nominee would be, who would be o
military man. and that the Senate would be
forced into the position Of appearing un-
friendly to soldiers interests. tie said that
Gen. Dix was not wholly averse to Con
gress. Gen. Grant occupied the seat OF
Mr. Boutwell,, Of Massachusetts, and Tor
some lime was engaged in conversation
with Mr.. Hooper, of the same State. The
report that bill was to be introduced to-
day providing that he should be appointed
acting president in case Of impeachment
and removal of the President. and the re-
vival of Mr.. kelso's resolution declaring
that the impeachment and removal of the
President were necessary, are supposed TO
be among the reasons why he was present.
These may also account for the fact that
not single Democratic member was seen
to pay his respects to him.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-02-13

HEREBY HANGS A TALE.-We clip the
following paragraph from the New York
World .33-
A sister-in-law Of the Radical member of
Congress from the st. Joseph Mo.) Dis
trict, during the war, gratifed her maligni-
ty by going out to see four Confederate
youths hanged in cold blood by jayhsWkers.
The woman was enceints 1.-THE time, and
soon after q. son was born to her whose
tongue Tolls continuously from his mouth,
and whose neck bears the fraved appear
saEce Of one in the final agoDies Of suffoca-
ton. While many will pity her, none will
say it is not deserved.
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Horrible Statement Madame Res.
tell and Her Furnace for Des.
troying Babies,
New York correspondence Cincinnati

New York correspondence Cincinnati
g Commercial.
Still another way Of making a
liyingis unfoled by some speculations about
Madame Restell, a notorious woman who
resides in the upper part of Fifth avenue,
in one.of it's .fine-looking residences, and
makes her living and small balance for a
rainy day out of procuring abo1tions for
ladies of the more refined circles of our
New York society. 1t is said that Madame
Restell has in the basement Of her establish.
ment large furnace, which an ill-behayed
servant girl has had the tenerity to say
must be used for brving newborn BIZ
bies," as she never saw itused for anything
else This must be gto avert the rude
necessity of having schildren's funerals
passing down Fifth avenue ard its ad.
jaeents. 2 ff3as'F' ks ~
1t is questionable and counted common
for respectable ladies to have babies any
more, and when they fall into Madame
Restell's hands for treatment, the mere
burning of the offspring is but a small
atonement for human natnrc to make for
the horridsintFusion, which, every juvenile
Youngsters are guilty of in these days. !
imagine that babies hereafter tpsbe born,
if they would avert the calamity that might
be their fate if there istlie shghtesttenden-
cy Of their being born in Fifth avenue,
had better study the manner in which
Torsy came to grist without encornteTing
the dangers incident to lofty birth. 1t is
much better, to be, raised" Or to grow
than to be nartyred for the sake ofsociety.
in a red hot furnace. That madame is
frightened about this statement, is APP.
parent by her rushing ntoprint in card
complaining Of counsel who defended a
poor servant girl charged with Stealing
some towels, asking questions about things
which were not towels. e - T q, VS.
The madamewnl find her house the sub.
iect of q very close scrutiny within q few
days. The sanitary department. OF the
Board Of Health is going to search for the
terrible furnace. 1t may be interesting to
know that this not very fascinating lock-
ing person, Nine. Restell, was originally a
tail0ress, hut not satisfied with that slow
method of earninga livelihood, she went
to Paris to .acquaint herself with the "baby
business" and having become thoroughly
indoctrinated into the French system, re.
turned to fame and fortune. Viii the fact
that such den is near the nss7u cathedral
that is to he, he'll it to responsibility
Ih'""aA OF tEo respectable society sustaining
such an institution-such q practice
Think of women who know no better than
to turn up their noses at any urchin whe
dareS to call them mother" OF mamma,
or anything of a maternal kind, "before
people,
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OFFICE Of LEE cRANDALL & &C
COTTON FACTORS
AND
-CoM MISSION MERCHANTS.

~ ING. s9S GRAViER STREET,
NEW ORLEANS, FEBRUARY !, 1867.
#HAVING just completed arrangements
Ii with the house Of = f4ggs3f5.
McCOMBIE & CHILD,
General Commission Merchants, formerly
of st! Louis, now Of 81 Broad Street, New
York, we have, in addition to our former
resouNes, at our command unlimited
means to conduct our business as Cotton
Factors and Commission Merchants, and
from this time forth will be prepared atall
times to make the most liberal advances
on consignments. We fatter ourselves
that our arrangements are such we can
offer as strong inducements to Planters
and Manufacturers as any house now do
ing business in this city. IA
We give our personal and special alton
ton to the sale Of Cotton, Wool, Hides.
Manufactured and Packers Goods, Pro.
duce and Merchandise of every descrip-
ton ~
In connection with the above named
house we have also made arrangements
with our. Liverpool correspondents to peo-
tect our interests in all shipments that We
may find it advantageous to make for ac-
count Of our friends.
Orders received for Merchandise and
Plantation Supplies will meet with cur
special attention, and care will be taken
to purchase at the best possible advantage
Soliciting your early consignments with
the earnest assurance that any business
~, truetad IN mr. cal.e will he prf,pnnflv and
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n Prentice says that the chief object
Of a lady in using a fail is to give herself
airs.
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NKTHEN YOU PURCHASE
G4RDZ SEED,

8 X :
GARDZ.F ,SEED,
see that you get the BEST KIND; these
grown by LANDRETH are the most relia-
Bile. They do not cost more than any
other, and can always be depended on.
Apply to II. 81. JOHN
feb 6-tf
PUBLIC BRIDGE.
TINE undersigned Commissioners
i viii, on
SATURDAY the 10th of MARCH, 1867,
let ont to the lowest bidder, at the
Court House door in the Town of Alex
andria, the repairing Of the Bridge
over Bayou Rapides, known as La
mothc's Bridge.
JOHN INNS,
J. G.. BLEDsoE,
w. E. TAYLOR.
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DENT a T. N0TTGT

nOGTOR KENNEDY having concluded
IL to leave Alexandria Oh or about the
lst April, begs to iDfUrm persons having
engagements witaa him, aud Others Wishing
TO make engagements, they had better APP
ply sool, az il. will have but little time H.
spare, iab !3-ti
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POTATOES, &c.
contained in the Store Of Cruikshank g.
Hynson, some of which are partially
damaged, for account of whom it may
concerns. .8 NJ. lsEGRAS, II
!, Feb. IL, 1t Auctioneer.
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feb 10 1867 sod
febs 10 1867 sod
TEE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
District Court Parish Of Rapides.

No. 703--Succession Of Meraday Neal-Fi-
nal Account Of Administrative.
NTHEREAS the Administrative has
wv filed in this nifee her Final Account
Of the Succession Of Meraday Neal; Notice
is hereby given to all whom it doth or
may concern, to show cause. within thirty
days from the date hereof, why the same
should not be granted.
Clerks Office, Alexandra, La, January
18th. 1867. j. ". HICKMAN,
feb I3-5t CLERK.
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.t0ur very oneftiellD Servants S
LEE CRANDALI. a. co.

DRY GOODS AT AUCTI0Ngi
|nN FRIDAY the 18th, at o O'Clock,
~ wilTbe offered at Auction, the en-
tire stock Of sss
DRY GOODS,
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a N ACT

To take The sense Of the people on the ex-
pediency Of calling a Convention to form
q Constitution, and, to provide for the
election Of delegates, and for the holding
of the Convention.
Tennessee staatszeitung. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-187?, 1867-10-30

(eine @nlidten iiber Die Mangel Scr
Contribution Der Ser. Staaten auseins
anOer unO taoelte Defenders, oaB Oie
8eainteu mdbreuo Der Dauer ibrsr
almtsseit Su piele @iadt beiaben, pab~
reno in england ieoer Miniiter iOfort
abtreten miiiIe, iueldem Oas &olf ourd
feline Gertreter elm MiBtrauen gu ers
fennen gebe. Douglas brans auf
Ibi6afTung folsenber llebelitanOe:
9ie Dem 4raioenten sufeben0e Be-
fusniB, Omter gu befesen, bas Be
gnubisnnssre@t be1elben, bas geto,
Die BON geles anseorOnete strt Der
Grtuabtnne oes Gicee 8rafOenten.
8as Denomination une gSabIbe<
redtigune Der 9feser betrifft, 10 min err,
Dap Der Gon9reb unO nidt bic einsel@
men @taaten oaS 8ert in Sic Sanb
nehnteu.