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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-05-27
Or total fund upon the $50 miles
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There are also two millions of acres of
public lands ON this portion (ten millions on
the whole line) not Immediately available,
but much of it of great value from its tim
ber. OF this amount about SlS,OOO,OOO will
have been spent in the construction, and
liberal equipment. Upon the remaining six
hundred miles the Government subsidy is
$4,000 per mile, or more than half sufficient
to build it. The company is authorized TO
issue its first mortgage bonds to the same
amount per mile, which, together with the
income from other sources, puts the problem
of finances in very satisfactory condition.
So far the business of the road, although
lying wholly up the mountain side, has been
large and profitable. During two years, IN
which the distance stretched from thirty-one
to ninety-fcur miles, whence the freight could
be forwarded with difficulty, the net earnings
were SO considerable as to leave three-quarters
OF a million of dollars applicable to the work
OF construction, after payment of all expenses
and annual interest obligations. AS this road
will command exclusively the business from
the coast to the interior basin. and can null
uply It's own natural traffic by developing the
region through which it passes. there Is no
longer any doubt of the financial success Of
the enterprise.
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k~15g7 DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
~ OFFICE No. 1OI South FIFTH Street,
IlLIII IIaIII AInar
NoTIoE no coNSTFRIACT66RSs" G5ES TFIpIIT6 RS"y 20 I0V7'


NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed Proposals will be received at the Office of the
Chief Commissioner OF Highways until IL o'clock NJ
on MONDAY, 9th instant, for the construction of a
sewer on the line of Fourth street, to commence at
and intersect the Fourth and South Streets
and TO extend southward along the line of Fourth
street to point about forty feet south of the said
South street, to be built of brick, circular In FORM
with a clear inside diameter of feet inches, with
such inlets ana holes may be directed by the
Chief Engineer and Surveyor.
The understanding to be that the contractor shall
take bills prepared against the property fronting
said Sewer to the amount of one dollar and twenty
five cents for each lneal foot OF 'front.' each side
OF the street, as so much cash paid; the balance
limited by Ordinance TO be paid by the city, and the
contractor VIII be required to keep the street and
sewer In good order for three years after the sewer Is
finished.
When the street is occupied by a City Passenger
side of said track in such manner not 10 obsruc
and no claim tor remuneration shall be paid the con-
tractor by the company using said track as specified
In act OF Assembly approved May 8, 1866.
All Bidders invited to be present the time and
place of opening the said proposals. Each proposal
will be accompanied by certificate thatR Bond has
been filed in the Law Department direct9d by Or
dinance OF May 25 1850 II the lowest bidder shall not
execute "A contract within five days alter the work is
awarded he will be deemed declining and will be
held liable his bond for the difference between his
bid and the next highest bid.
Specifications may he had at the Department of
Surveys, which VIII be strictly adhered TO.
W. w. SMEDLEY,
5252t Chief Commissioner OF Highways
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revolutionary engine Is under full headway,
he cannot escape being torn to pieces and
scattered to the winds, Tribune, old hat, white
coat dirty boots, straw-bail bond, and all.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-05-15

-rr 4
a. Co, a name that has ranked with the
best in our city for the past ten or fifteen
years. Thiswas caused by the suspension
of their New York, Hoqse--Watts, Crane
&scoA The City Bank, on Commercial
Alley,was managed, and belisys, owned
by this house, under the firm S9f Ray,
Given & CO, and payment has lilo been
suspended BY it. Thiswas aprisate bank.
ing house, anu issued no bills, but had a
fair amount Of patronage in other respects.
It was started about two years ago by
Wm.- S. Mount, Esq, who sold out his in
terest some months ago, to resume his con-
nection with the Merchants Bahk, which
he expects to have in operation againsoon.
Given, Watts & Co. hope that their sus-
pension will 'be only temporary and in
their troubles they have the sympathy and
confidence of the entire community The
cotton factorage house IF 1Thos.. NJ Scott
& GO. have alsoresolyed to go into liquida.5
ton. Their unfinished business with the
planting interest Shas been transferred to
Mr.. J. Pinckney Smith, q young and ener-
getic merchant Of our city, u.rvp.
ARE, haging beautiful weather now,
but no trade. ~ y :. y SO ! 2asaA's
a IYonn Tldl2,A YIIa VII !
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4 NeWand Grand Epochin Medicine,

H.-.f @ . 2
Dr. Maggiel is the founder of a new
Medical System! The quantitarians,
whose vast internal doses enfeeble 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 Nirulent sores with a box or SO 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 Maggiels
Pills and salye have. opened the eyes Of
the public to the ineffciency of the $50
called remedies Of Others, and upon which
people have 50 long blindlyg depended
Maggiel's Pills are not of the class that are
swallowed by the dozen, and ofwhich eve
ry box full taken creates an absolute me-.
cessity for another. One or two of Mag
gels Pills suffice to place the bowels in
perfect order, tone the stomach, create
an appetite and render the spirit light and
bbuoyant! There is no gripping, and no
reaction in the form of constipation. If,
the liver is effected, its functions are re-
stored and if the nervous system is feeble,
it is invigorated.. This last quality makes
the medicines very desirable for the wants
OF delicate females. Ulcerous and eruptive
diseases are literally extinguislled by the
dilsslpfectant power of, .Maggiel's salye. In,
fact, ills here announced that MAGe1Ep's
BILIOUS, DYsrRrTIo AND DIaRRHEA PILLS
cure. where all Others fail. While for.
Burns, scaids, Chilblains, Cuts and all
abrasions of the skin MAGG1Ei s sALvs is
infallible. Sold by F. P. DucoSGE, No,
SO Charities street, New Orleans, and all
druggists, at 20 cts. per box. t9io.'s
@CoulsrERFElTs! Buy no more Maggiel
Pills or salve, with little pamphlet inside
the box, They are bogus. The genuine
have the name Of J. Haydock on box with
name of J. Maggiel, MD. The genuine
have the Pill surrounded with white pow
der.p .. ..is .,.
+. P, DUcoNeE, No. 80 Chartres street,
New Orleans, is the Sole Agent for the
State Of Louisiana.
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r We have gone through week Of
the finest and ost.sensonabe weather on
record, in the calendar of 1867. The erops
have improved very much, and were it not
Tor the come to Town and get-your-ticket
business, that has ragged like q Natchez
tornado among the Freedmen, grass would
be among the things that were in the fields.
Little or no work was done last week in
consequence, but the engine has cooled
down, and most Of the, darkies have hid
away their tickets and picked up the hoe,
and gone to2work again. Is So 1fa..
P. s.-The clerk has changed his tao
tics. A heavy rain, accompanied with
hail, has fallen and bids fair to continue
for some days. I223 50 "a ~, :
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S PECI "A i.
Germ and Pork.

We are requested to give notice that
some corn and pork has been received
here, from the Missouri Southern Re-
lief Association" for distribution a.
mong the widows and orphans of Con-
federate soldiers, as well as disabled
soldiers. Application must be made
with proper vouchers from r. G. Hyn-
son ESQ.,, at the Warehouse of Biossat
& French in Alexandria. 3'tf
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Registration. l.

The Registration of voters in our
Town has been going on now full eight
days, and the Registers have lost no
time, met with no delays and have
worked eleven hours each day. The
books for these eight days show the
following whites Stand blacks 500.
These figures seem to call strange and
ineXphcible statitics to all. Under the
census of 1860, when the slave popula-
ton ofRapides was certainly more than
double the present number Of blacks,
the voters among this class Of people,
according toiall well established ratios,
could not have been more than 225O
black voters. At present what do we
see? One thousand voters of this class
already registered at this single pre-
cinct alone and the office still crowded
with the same sort waiting for their.
papers. We can, under these, mystic
ries, form no estimate Of where this
vote will stop. The white vote Of
fRapides is certainly eighteen hundred
and only Isl have registered! This
we can account for without doubts; for
more whites have been rejected under
"private instructions" than have been
permitted to register, t . .bIta,s,si
1--WE shall, during this week, take to
our figure books, read Haryey's Medi-
tations among the Tombs and endeav-
or to unravel the mysteries of this Rad
ical Sphynx, and give the result to the
world and the balance of the niggers.
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Negro Rejected.

We had thought thatsander the pro-
visions of the Military Bill, which was
intended to favor the negroes and OPP
crate harshly only against white men,
if was impossible to exclude negro
from the right Of suffrage. A case,
however, was recently presented to the
Registers of this Parish, which brought
up novel question for their decision,
and ended in the exclusion of a very
respectable colored friend of ours from
the right of manhood suffrage" which
the Radicals would have us believe is
not only an "inalienable right" but a
very good thing in its way. I The, Reg
listers have been inexorable in their
rule to exclude every one. born out Of
the country who could not produce his
naturalization papers, and in some in
stances even those who have them in
their possession. A few days since
1"Guinea Mose," who iswell known to
many Of our citizens. as o faithful and
honest gentlemen 1of the African per-
suasion, presented himself before the
registration council and demanded d
recognition of his inalienable right and
ihestimable blessing. In the midst of
the thorough examination to which he
was subjected, in answer to a categori-
cal question, it transpired that Nose
was not born under the !'old flag" the
protecting aegis,"' the Palladium OF
Liberty and all the other Fourth of
July good things, but in Guinea, and
that he was brought to this country be
Laftte, or some other humane Yankee
slave trader, who, in the plentitnde Of
his philanthropy, desired to introduce
him to the 'Tbest government in the
worldT and to some Of itssspeculiar in
stitutions."l Nose could not produce
his naturalization papers because he
had none. The bred Scott decision
would notlhave given him an opportu-
nifty to renounce his allegiance to the.
"prince or potentate"' who presides
over the, sable inhabitants of Guinea,
even if he had had any desire to do so,
or had been CONSULTED on the subject Of
his change of rulers. Nose, therefore,
under the rule had to give up his en-
eranchising pretensions; and while we
may regret that Nose, who we are sure
would never vote the Radical ticket,
'annot get himself reconstructed, we
ne pleased to see that the Registers
lpply the law as they are instructed to
interpret if to both races with the most
'igid impartiality. edt ii bra ,E5 aT !
: ~ s4n
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-05-15

~ An interesting case is on trial
before the Supreme Court of the United
states between Virginia and West Viz
glnia, in which is involved the title to
Two counties claimed by both parties.
Inc question will turn on the legality
OF the government of old Virginia, and
the case is likely to throw more light
on the status ofthe old States, than the
injunction cases sued out by Georgia
and Mississippi. ] aaa 1la ,S i
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-05-15

4 A NOBEL DEc1sroN.--At a grand ball
given afew nights since, at Geyers AS
sembly Rooms, prize Of d silver cup was
offered forIthe best gentleman WALTER.
Two worthy aspifafts for terpsichorean
henors, named Henry Langwofth and Jas
Mccormick, entered the list Of contest
ants, and on the light fantastic toe disputed
the right Of each other to the possession Of
the cup ,9 - ~ ~ l1s, T. e,, ... t''i
"a Teutonic individual, rejoicing in che
ccgnomen Of Charles Feirst, was made tile
Judge Of the occasion, from whose decision
there, was, no appeal After thesdaacing
had been concluded, Mr.. Felrst mounted a
table and gaye,h his opinion in stentorianI
tones, and in language something after this
style: as97bha >Gi9 St li.fa '{t fts,- . ,l5I11
"Yentlemans una Ladiesh2 1t tish my
b'ief dat vat 4 links ish right about dish
matter, is Just SO or Otherwise. Mr.. Lang
worth ish to Indian Queen man, unit be
dances well, SO much 50 as dat oder Teller.
After thus delivering himself in this ln-r
cid manner, Charles sat down! IA little
later twas ascertained that in his remarks
hes had awarded the prize to- Mr. Lang
worth, and SO the baudle was given him. g
We only give MrFeirst's speech thatit
may be cut out and used on similar occa. !.
sions By persons gifted with less forensic
ability than he. = : 's'A ls,' ,f
&C.,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-05-15


- Hr The telegraph states that Hon
Elijah Hise, a few days after he was
elected to Congress from Kentucky al
most unanimously, blew out his brains
with a pistol. He gave as reason
that he was very old and therefore
could not possibly be of any farther
service to his country. AS Mr.. Hise
was not much older after the election
than before, and as his convictions. of
his usefulness to his country could not
have been much stronger, we think
that he ought to have committed the
deed a little sooner and not have leo
parded the Conservative party in his
district by depriving it of its legally
elected representative so soon after the
election. If every body, who is of no
use to the country would follow Mr.,
Hise's example we might begin to be-
fieve that there is yet some hope for US
in the future. 2 @ih t'2 1a5st9slo
MIR. Hise practiced law in Alexandria
IN the years 1886 and 1882, after which
ne returned to Kentucky and rose to
eminence in his profession. He was
considered one of the ablest lawyers in
that State.TTal s5eS baFeisl9haD CIT !
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-05-15

Mr The River can't register nor vote,
so old Red has had no extras on hand to
interfere with its decline Since our last
we have to report steady fall Of about
three inches in twenty-four hours. 7a
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-05-15


WWe hayesseen in the, papers the
correspondence between General Sheri-
dan and General Grant with reference
tothe exclusions from the right of reg
istry under the Military Bill. 1t /, ap-
pears General Sheridan applied at an
early day for an authoritative opinion
on the subject, and the delay has been
occasioned by no fault of his own, but
by the dilatoriness of the ATTORNEY
General. It's singular that that officer
has been guilty of such gross delay
with regard to this important subject.
AS General Sheridan has shown every. e ia.r,p
disposition to facilitate the registry,
we hope that he willextend the time of
Registry to such period as shall ciye
every one the opportunity to register.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-05-15

sSr The Bart. Able, this trip, beat bad
~ all the Boats leaving Saturday. She
touched our landing inside of thirty-tive
hours from the City. William Culbertson,
her attentive clerk, sent us our usual file Of
papers. -. - II
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-05-15

n~j At New Albany, Indiana, the en-
tire Democratic ticket for city officers was
elected by a large majority at the recent
municipal election. The Democrats. of
Terre Haute also elected their entire ticket.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-05-15

u We are pleased to 1ea,rn, that
VIM. NJ. Burwell, ESQ.,, one of the edis
torsof the N. O. Commercial Bulletin,
will deliver the annual address at the
commencement exercises of the State
Seminary on Friday, the .2sth day of
June next. Mr.. Burwell is an accom-
plisled gentleman, and an orator of
considerable ability, and will doubtless
add considerably to the interest Of the
occasion referred to.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-05-15

BsT A wax doll inthe Virginia Memo.
rial Bazaar is inscribed as presented by
Julia, child Of the South, daughter Of
Stonewall Jackson" Bsa 3.f4 q.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-05-15

G@- G. F. Lewis has been duly appoint
ed aud installed as Parish Auctioneer, and
is ready to take charge of all business en-
trusted to him.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-05-15

ssa% Our packet the regular St Nicholas,
reached here Monday evening with'a fall
freight and a fine passenger list. She will
back out from our landing this morning. at
l0o'cloCk. b lf5I bfe $50 n H5tg
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-05-15

The TERRIBLEcs DEsrlrUTIoN IN THE
SoUTH.-M james M. Lane, from New
ton County, Ga, in an interview with the
editor Of the Louisvill Journal, thus des-
cribes the terrible famine prevailing there.
He says:
"He informs IA that one-half, if not
threefourths Of the inhabitants Of his coun-
" are in the most alarming, state of desti-
tuition. At the time Of His departure
many were without grain Of corn, q peck
Of meal, or & pound Of meat, and not
farthing or equivalent, to, buy with. The
worst Of oil for them is that nobody 10 that
section is ableto supply their wants Or to
give them the least assistance. There is'a
dreadful equality Of penury. All Of the
means ever possessed by these sufferers
have been consumed, and their only hope
and resource is to apply 70 those who are
more favored" i3s-sFf- ii15R '.s3Ss1 r
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-05-15

sm- The Houston negroes have de
batting society.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-05-15

MA country paper speaks ola MIA
who "died without the aid ola physician
Such instances are very rare,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-05-15

% Great bargains to be had at
J. E. Gibson's.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-05-15

esAp We must return thanks to the
steamers Fannie Gilbert, B. L. Hodge No
2, I. D. Hine, Starlight and St Nicholas
for New Orleans papers. / 8 = g p
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BDr The Report Of the Grand Jury and
an interesting communication shall both
appear in our next.
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The Kentucky Election.

.r
At the recent election in Kentucky
the Democrats swept everything before
them, electing every member of Con-
gress. TThis result is gratifying in the
highest degree. The Radicals left no
stone untnrned, and in order to injure
the Democratic ticket, a third 'Union
party"t was put into the field under the
auspices of Garrett Davis. The Radi-
calls have been thoroughly discounted
and the idisorganizers rebuked. gaiGa
Among the members elect are the
venerable Elijah Hise, Hon. John
Young Brown, who is remarkably gift
ed and was elected to Congress some
years since at the age of "a, and Hon.
J. Proctor Knott, who was elected At
torney General of Missouri in 1860 on
the same ticket with Gov. jackson, but
had to leave the State during the war
on account of the prosecutions of the
AbOlitionists, ej e
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-05-15

1.
sAcR1IEslous ? RocEDuRE-A MAN GAR
RoTED IN A CHURCH --Joseph Kellen, an
lrishman, whose family resided in NYinona,
MinD., but who has been at work on the
North Missouri Railroad for some time
past, arrived in the city yesterday morning.
Desiring to see friend on O,Failon street.
ne inquired Of two men Whom be met On
Fourth street the direction thither. !, They
very Kindly, as, he thought, proposed to
show him the way, and while walking
along, Keller. haying taken, q little some.
thing was exceedingly communicative
telling his new-made frieIdswhere he lived,
where he had been andwas going, and how
much money he had about him. Arriving
opposite st. -Patrick's Church, corner Of
SixthaDd Biddle, one of the fellows told
him it was one of the finest Churches in.
side in the United States, and that he him
self did the painting. Kelle1 went in on
invitation, and, like a. good Catholic, mo
sooner did he enter the threshold than he
knelt down to give thanksrfor the, blessings
youchsafed to him. There was. no onelin
the Church at.the time but theithree men,
AS kellen arose. from his kneeling posture,
the larger and stronger of the two ruffians
seized him in the true gardting style, and
IN !, less time than it takes TO tell it, he was vas
robbed OF his pocket book, containing $40,
and passage tickets on the steamer Rob.
hoy up the river. Before he had time to
recover :, his equilibrium, the garroters had
disappeared. He at once repaired to the
police station, gave an account 81 the bro.
cedure and description of the scooiuundrels..
This is the first case Of the kind on re- re-
cord il this city, and for bold, dash and
successful execution will compare favorably,
with anything in modern history. Chicago
must lock to her urels.---[Saint Louis
lines. Hoiati{qa3a 7f919 }a Ygtsipg{ fH
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-05-15

"a Remember that j. E. Gibson
has a fine lot Of cheap Boots and
Shoes,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-05-15

% 1t You want cheap Clothing,
call at j. E. Gibson's.