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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-25
THINGS ABOUT HOME.


Harvey's meditation among the
Tomhs could not certainly be more sad
and dull, than the present appearance
of Alexandria. Never in our recollec-
tion has our Town shown such fearful
signs of lard times and scarcity of mon
ey. How she is to recuperate, how
pass through this fiery ordeal some pro-
phet or some kin to prophet must
come along and foretell!
With the exception of a stray Freed
men here and there acting Courier for
some regro aspirant, and some white
niger hugging newly enfranchised
Guido to get his vote at the approach
ing reconstruction jubilee, it is hard
task for the most gifted writer to find
a stray item worth jotting down. We
await with becoming patience the hap
by hour when we will be able to record
something better; until then we can
safely say that the weather is cool, dry
and pleasant, the Town is perfectly
healthy and the River still falling, Civ
ing us now a full sight of Bailey's far
famed dam, with now and then small
Niagara roar of the waters. Steam
boats are scarce and those coming do
not bring any papers, which is inexcu-
sable and outrageous. A steamer left
the City on last Tuesday the 18th and
Thursday the Goth and neither brought
a mail. Tuesday, Thursday and Sat
urday are the days the New Orleans
Post Master fixed upon, to ship the
mails and still he palpably neglects to
fulfill this duty. No excuse can be Of.
fered for such malfeasance in Office and
the sooner the Post Master General
gives us a Post Master at New Orleans
the better for all concerned. Up to the
present writing we are entirely bare o.
late papers and have seen nothing later
than a New Orleans half sheet of the
18th and that entirely bare Of news
We hope before going to, press to re.
ceive later news from the outside
world. saa .aE
The fnepacket Elnora, Captain Muse
has reached here having left Saturday
evening and brings large mail ant
full files of papers, which are both &C
ceptable. .~,,., TEA ,.',,ss3.) 5si
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-25
She Waves! Z

We are rejoieed to see our distin-
guished fellow-c citizens, whose pure
blood flows from Afric's scented shores
and who in their ardent zeal and fer
vent patriotism have to a man become
members Of the 'sRadical Republican
Party up to the demands of the day
and the times and determined not to be
ont loyalized by the common white
trash of this country. In furtherance
of these patriotic and unselfish motives
they had grand gathering, q regular
Wake up Jake jubilee on last Saturday,
on which important occasion the cold
Flag" was raised to fine flag staff and
thrown mot nailed) to the breeze. Sew
eral appropriate gems of native orato-
ry were delivered in commemoration
of the day and deed and all went off
happily and merrily: 4,
Oh! may it wave, gea t ee
Der the land of the free, Hal g
And the home of the-nigger.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-25

Ba% We are panied to- announce the
death of good and estimab1e citizen,
o worthy man and reliable merchant of
our Town. James E. Gibson died at
his residence on Sunday night last and
was buried on Monday evening
Mr.. Gibson was a native of Alabama,
came to this Parish eighteen years ago,
and followed the avocation ola Mana
ger on several of the largest plantations
in the Parish up to the breaking cut
of the late war. At That period he,
like thousands of others, Joined the
ranks of the late Confederate armies as
a private and fought the war through.
He belonged to the famed Crescent Reg
inert and in it bore his musket right
shoulder shift, common time in the ter
yible and grand charge at Mansfield
where Mouton, Garfield, a Baird
and hundred other brave spirits fell
At the surrender he laid down that
musket and entered life anew as q mer-
chant in Alexandria and up to his death
was successful and prosperous in his
dealings. He was thirty six years old
and unmarried. Peace to his spirit.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-25

UNITED STATES BoNDs. Republican
papers are abusing the Democrats of Ohio
for proposing to pay off the funded debt Of
the country. in legal tenders. This il call
ed "repudiation," tie sacrifice of the ma
tional credit" and other hard names but
it is rot half so bad, if bad at all, as the
measures that the Radicals have already
endorsed and forced upon the country
Who made legal tenders good payment for
debts incurred in gold and silver, thus le-
CALLING the reputation Of private
contracts Who compelled the creditor to
accept q deprecated currency for his
demands, giving him oftentimes only
| fifty cents on the dollar? If we are to
suffer the name Of .repudiators, the
stigma has already attached. The public
debt was incurred in greenbacks: why
should it not be paid in greenbacks? II
was distributed when gold was two hundred
and eighty objection can hardly be made
to its payment now that gold is one hun.
dred and forty. If the Radicals can point
to any law guaranteeing the payment Of
the public debt in gold, they need not hunt
SO far as they do at present for their argu
nents. If there is no such law there is nc
| obligation, express or implied, to repay
| other money than that loaned. But in any
event, simple way Of ayoiding all question
is to buy up the bonds in open market
New York Citizen.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-25


u We desire to call the special at
tention of all concerned to the Procla-
nation of the Mayor of our Town, and
the endorsement by Lieutenant Colo
mel Bates, Commander Of this Post, as
we'll as that of the Election Commits
sioners. 1t will be readily perceived
that one thing at least is clear and spec
iae: there is no elashing of authority,
but on the contrary all are determined
to work in concert and preserve the
public peace, at all hazards and all cir
aumstaaces. Where such harmonious
arrangements are perfected forthe pub
JIG good, all may be assured they will
be strictly enforced and carried out to
the letter. We sincerely trust to re-
cord in our next peaceful quiet and
orderly conducted election as ever was
held in the Parish.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-25
THE ELECTION.

1t has been reported that the Presi-
dent of the United States would issue
an order directing the District Com
manders to hold elections throughout
the Southern States on the same day
which would have the effect of post
poning the election called for Louisiana;
but at the present writing no such or
der has been issued, and we presume
that the election fer members of State
Convention will be held as ordered on
Friday and Saturday next. This cleo
ton was called against the wishes of
the people of Louisiana and its ma
chinery has been regulated with the
undisguised intention of saaaiing the
State with government in whose for
nation the people cannot take any
part, and which cannot by any possi-
bility reflect their will. From the mo-
ment that General Sheridan set foot
upon the soil of Louisiana, until the
moment when he was summarily dri-
ven from it, he labored assiduously to
bring the State under the complete
control Of the Revolutionary party, of
which he is contemplate and an TN
principled tool. Even before the last
Act of Congress, which gave the finish
ing stroke to the Radical conspiracy, he
so managed the work of registration as
to secure the Radical ascendancy and
when that bill passed Congress only
endorsed work which he had already
but too faithfully accomplished.
Registration is now finished and Rad
ical ascendaney complete. II the Con
servatives should attempt to elect del
egates they would be unsuccessful in
every Parish in the State; if they
should vote against the Convention
their vote would have no perceptible
influence upon a foregone result. All
they can do is to sit in dignifed silence
and view the farce that is enacting.-
Their inaction will be the best protest
they can offer against the unjust and
illegal proceedings by which then
rights are to be taken from them. We
presume that the people have no par
ticular desire to be smutted up in q
scramble for Office with niggers and
Yankee adventurous; we, therefore
have no fears that our advice will bt
disregarded.E %&5
But that relief which we ourselves
are powerless to obtain will, we hope
yet be afforded us by the conduct Of Thu
Radicals themselves. There is such .
thing as OVERRIDING job, and the Rad
icals have undoubtedly overdone theirs
! The barefaced attempt to throw TIL
| Southern States into the hands Of th,
enfranehised slaves has already caused
a'revu1sion in popular sentiment at til
North and signs of a reaction are be
ginning to be visible in every direction
We have an abundant hope that tn
Revolutionary party will be driver
from power before it's nefarions object
shall have been fully accomplished
The more thoroughly they do thei
work the more surely will just retri
button finally .overtake them.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-25

1 Brig Gen. Charles P. Stone, ma
tive Massachusetts, who was distin-
guished officer in the volunteer service Of
the United States early in the war, but who
was removed from his command in 1862,
after the battle Of Balls Bluff, and confn-
ed in Fort Lafayette, is at present leading
citizen Of Chesterfield county, Va, where
he is extensively engaged inicoal mining.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-25
Ftl' g x e 3
A New and Grand EpOchin Medicine

DR.. Maggiel is the founder of new
Medical System! he qaantitarians,
whose vast internal doses ehfseble the
stomach and paralyze the bowels, must
give precedence to the man who restores
health and appetite, with from one to two
of his extraordinary Pills, and cures the
most yitulent sores with a box or go of his
wonderful and all healing salve. These
two great specifics Of the Doctor are fast
superceding all the stereotyped nostrums Of
the day. Extraordinary cures by Maggiel's
Pills and salte have opened the eyes Of
the public to the ineficiency of the $50.
called) remedies of others, and upon which
people have SO long blindly depended
Maggiel's Pills are notof the class that art
swallowed by the dozen, and Of which eve
ry box full taken creates an absolute ne
cessity for another. One or two OF Mag
giel's Pills suffice to place the bowels in
perfect order, tone the stomach, Great
an appetite and render the spirit light and
buoyant! There is no gripping, and nc
reaction in the form Of constipation. i
the liver is effected, its functions are re
stored; and if the nervous system is feeble
it's invigorated. This last quality makes
the medicines very desirable for the wants
Of delicate females. Ulcerous and eruptiye
diseases are literally extihgaished BY the
disiufectant power of Masgiels Salve. In
fact, it is here announced that MAeG1EL's
BILIOUS, DYspEpT1C AND DIARRHEA PILLS
cure where all Others fail. While fol
Burns, Scalds, Chilblains, Cats and al
abrasions Of the skin MAaG1ELs SALvE il
ipfallible. Sold by r. P DUcoseR, No
80 Charities street, New Orleans, and al
druggists, at Is cts. per box.
"CoukTERFElTs! Buy no more Maggie
Pills OF Salve, with little pamphlet inside
the box. They are bogus. The genuine
have the name Of J. Haydock on box viii
name of J. Maggiel, N. D. The genuine
hare the Pill surrounded with white pow
der"
| F. P. Ducoser, No. 80 Chartres street
New Orleans, is the Sole Agent for tn
State of Louisiana. e .sis
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-25
The Decay Of Radicalisn.

u = III
The result of the recent elections at
the North affords delightful promise
that the end of Radicalism is fast ap-
preaching. Little Connecticut aston
ished the Radicals last Spring by elect
ing her Conservative State ticket and
three out of four congressman by hand
some majorities. In Vermont, the Glib
raltar of Radicalism, the Conservatives
made an immense gain. Recently Cal
ifornia elected her Conservative State
ticket, and three Congressman, and the
complexion of the Legislature will Sc
cure q Democratic Senator in place of
the Radical CONFESS clear Demo
cratic gain of thirty thousand votes.-
Maine followed with a Conservative
gain of fifteen or twenty thousand
votes. And finally the new territory
of Montana elected ny large majority
a Democratic delegate who slapped the
face of Butler, the Reast, at, the
Charleston Convention. These results
are cheering to the Conservative feel
ings Of the people and the Radicals are
already discussing the dangers to their
party which they would seem to indi-
cate. 1t is believed that Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Wisconsin and even New York
will give Conservative majorities at the
elections soon to take place. The cleo
ton in Ohio, particularly, is attracting
no little attention, as on it depends the
fate of Senator Wade, and the question
of negro suffrage is put at issue by "a
clause in the Constitution comforting It,
in which the people are to vote when
they vote for State officers. It is be-
lieved that the people of Ohio will re-
fuse to adopt negro suffrage for them
selves, and that they will speak out en-
phatically against its being thrust upon
their brethren in any of the other
States of the Union. t
The causes of this reaction are too
plain to need any special illustration
The people are beginning to perceive
that the Radical party is incompetent
to the task OF governing the country
and that it is fast hurrying it to des-
truction. The Revolutionary party is
about to be arraigned at the bar of pub
lie opinion, and is on the eve of receiv-
ing that judgment which such crimes
as it has been guilty of during its as
cendancy cannot long escape. aaTE
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-25

r u 80
THE CANVASS IN OHIo.-A CORES.
pendent Of the Cincinnati Commesesl
says the Democrats claim that they
will have majority in BOTH branclses
Of the next General Assembly 0fOmol
and since the California election y t1e
least sanguine Of them even g. eTp I,sss
great confidence that they Will sles
their entire State ticket. They nave q
gone to work with renewed rim ana
Vigor, and not a stone will be lei e, p y.
turned from now till the election. lne',
figures give them both the Senate !. aD 4.
House of Representatives, Witnog:s
counting Hamilton county og tue y
side, and they are not without bope =
carrying Hamilton county. They n y
they are sure Of carrying every coen.i
and every Senatorial District they -.
ried two years ago, and these are gen'
orally conceded to them by the nsluo
licans. In addition to these the Demo
Gratis expect to carry all the clos 8
counties and Senatorial Districts. ile'
are directing special attention TO tne s;ss
and the fight therein is getting qn:. .l
hot. There are thirty-twoI SenasoI'n: !.
Districts in the State, and the Senase =
composed of thirty seven members 3
The Democrats are confident q aifS y
ing nineteen members. The House = :
Representatives is composed o. on ~
hundred and five members, Of ws's ].
number the Democrats expect 20 s'ess
fifty-six-a majority OF that BODY 7sis''
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-25
The Earth Burning--A Remarks
sa Bile Event. i4

from the Corinth (Miss,) News, Sept. 81
Several persons were in Corinth on Sat
urday last, who gave some startling &C.
counts of the earth being on fire abont four
miles southwest of Hamburg, Tenn. We.
did not see the parties who gave the par
ticulars Of this startling event, but COM
pile the following as the substance of their
representation Of the facts. Mr.. Brooks,
who lives IA miles northeast of Corinth,
had pasture in which was pond of wa.
tel about rs by rs feet, and the water dur
ing the summer having disappeared, he
cleaned off the ground to SOW it in turnips
While burning the brush from this piece of
ground, the locality had been covered with
water ignited from the burning brush, and
the entire space where the pond had for
merly stood has continued to blaze bril-
liantly for the past ten days. He, becon-
ing alarmed and fearing that his entire
farm would be consumed and turned into
ali embankment of ashes, dug bitches
around the burning space and filled them
with water. He has poured large quanti-
ties of water on the burning earth, but it
does not extinguish the flames. The
smell from the burning earth is represent
ed as being peculiar and marked. We
knew that Tennessee wasl o hot country,
and that Satan's right bower is reigning in
that section, but had not dreamed Of his
majesty opening up mouth to his infer
nal regions SO early, to receive Brownlow
and his imps. a .ss,.
The fire, it is said, has consumed the
earth, of bituminous substance, to the
depth Of IL inches, and does not appear to
diminish its vigor. Ifit should prove tob
the oozing Of petroleum from the surface to
that point, it would indicate rich or bold
vein of that valuable fluid. No doubt
some enterprising man will, at an early
day, sink a shaft to TEST the question
whether coal oil can be found or not.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-25

DEFIsIrIoNs.--The difference between
Radical conservatism and Radical radical
ism is, that, while the latter disowns the
Consultation, the former betrays it. This
lis the difference between Stevens and
sherman. :liii't's
So says the louisville Journal. The
Points well put 1t might have defined
Southern Radicalism as . combination Of
both. -
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-25
Effects Of Amnesty.
The following is among the Washington
dispatches Of the Chicago Times Of Sep.

The lOiioWlng IS among tue T" ashinstouu
dispatches Of the Chicago Times Of Sep.
TENDER To-: q g 4F5ss
The semi-authoritive statement Of the
Iutelligencer of Saturday, that it was IN.
animously decided in the Cabinet on Friday
that any one pardoned BY the proclamation
Of to-day was restored to his civil rights
and allowed to register as voter, has
caused widespread inquiry to-day in Off
cial headquarters for an executive order
requiring the registration in the. south to
be opened to the alleged newly enfran'
chised class. At Grants headquarters no
intimation Of such an order had been re-
ceived, and on inquiry at the white house II
was learned that no such order was in course
Of preparation.
While the cabinet were Of the opinion
that pardon conveyed the right to vote,
it was not held that it could be enforced
against q positive proposition in the recon
stfnctlon law. An executive order, it is
stated III the proper quarter, will not be
issued therefore for the opening of the reg.
istration books to the class enfranchisedby
to days manifesto. 4.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-25

Ey All we can CLEAN about the post
ponement of the election we find in the
following special telegram from Wash
ington, in date September p, to the
Picayune.:
The decision in regard to elections in
the South, as telegraphed yesterday,
may be considered final. They will
occur on the first Monday in November
throughout the Southern States.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-25
aa~ The question of reputation seems

4 a9r The question Of reputation seems
to be very exciting subject of discussion
!" down Best" 1t makes its appearance on
the stump, in the public Journals, and
around the fresides. Shouldn't wonder,
now that the liquor fermentation is dying
out, lift became the paramount question Of
the hour.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-25

! u Sir Frederick Bruce, the British
Minister to this country, was attacked
by fit of apoplexy and fell dead in the
streets of Boston on the morning Of the
10Th inst.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-25

Sea. Eighty-one counties in Indiana re-
port the dog tax for 1866 at $4,000.
The fund is used in paying for sheep killed
by dogs, the surplus going TO the school
fund.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-25

Go IT Boots.-Gen. Mower, in cola-
miand of the Fifth, has suspended arti-,
cles 1873 and I34 of the constitution Of
Louisiana. $3.50 is f,+,.-.at.. $50. i
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-25

~ A. T. Stewart, the Merchant
Prince of New York, died the 10th inst.
He leaves an estate valued at $40, 900, :
600. s
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-25

u Charles Fairfax, one Of che edi-
torial staff of the New Orleans Times,
died of yellow fever on last Friday.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-25

pag The St. Louis Democrat, q yloles :;
Radical journal, attributes The deleM ~
its party to the nomination OF corrgpt W. W.
standard bearers. What an honest col'ss'
sion! .,i..stl
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-25

y The Frolic brought one late pa
per and the Lotus No. 2 did the same
thing, for which we are infinitely
obliged.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-25

Total. 1897.
In the revision the names of eight
whites were stricken off as improperly
registered, whereas no black names
were stricken off for the same cause.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-25

tT There is reliable rulnor o., tn'
streets that the Jail under the neM
regime has been emptied. Straw ps'' y.
lis in the ascendant. a
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-25

" We were in error in enumerating
Xhe status Of the Jury drawn for the
October term Of our District Court. On
proper information and examination
I've find the following to be the true
result: 5 saa
Whites s.--.--.-.-.-.----.-.---.--l1
Freedmen ~ y. ...36
f. NJ ]
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-25
Mayors Proclamation,

ALEXANDRIA, La, Sept, %, 1867
Whereas it is the official duty of the
Mayor Of the Town. sof Alesandria to
preserve the public peace, keep strict
and efficient police for the same and
especially to afford ample and full pro-
lection to all. in the exercise of the
right of Franchise at the coming cleo,
ton to be held on Friday and Saturday,
the 9th and 18th inst:
Now, therefore, |, Eugene R. Biossat'
Mayor of the Town of Alexandria, do
order or proclaim that to commence
with Thursday the Goth inst at 6 o'clock
P. NJ, and continueto 6o'clockA A. NJ. ofthe
goth inst, all drinking housesand stores
or shops where liquors of any kind are
sold in any quantities, must be closed
and the sale ofany Intoxicating drinks
is strictly forbidden on said days or
nights.
In furtherance of the duties imposed
upon the citizens in the strict prcserya-
ton of the peace and quiet ofthe Town
Oh those days, it is earnestly enjoined
on all coming to the Town on election
days, as well as the residents of the
Z.
of the Town, not to bring with them
weapons Of any kind concealed or 9TH l
erwise.
A full, effective and extra number of
Policemen will be sworn into Office and
on duty during the time mentioned
above, and it is hoped and to be expec-
ted that they will be strictly obeyed in
the discharge Of their duties.
E. R. BIossAT,
Mayor.
se e3tlsls.8 $3.50 lt8 aia9tia{ i1F38
HDoRs. PosT OF ALEXANDRIA,
J Alexandria La, Sept, %, 1867.
The above proclamation of the May
or of the town of Alexandria is hereby
fully endorsed and in the execution Of
its provisions the Mayor will be sup
ported by the troops Of this Post. And
the prohibition Of the sale Of spirituous
liquors for the time specified is hereby
lEextended to the environs Of the town
| Of Alexandria and the town of Pineyille
and it's enyirons. g,of,,a =. sts4
&c. BATES
Bvt. 1t. Col. U. s. A., Comdg. Post.
ALEXANDRIA, La, Sept, 90, 1867.
The above Proclamation Of the May
or of Alexandria we fully approve, anc
delegate the authority and power W.
have under General sheridan's Election
order to the Mayor as above. si4n =
| sa J. II. G.. BARLOW, d
70 ~ sea- e NJ. A. GRoGAN,
HARRY Lori l3ee
Commissioners Of Election.
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| A Gard To The Public.