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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-12-04
An Amusing Scene.
A woULD.BE BRIDE HEsITATEs so LONG THAI
sHE FINALLY MISSES BEING M6RRIED.
From the St. Louis Republican


From the St. Louis Republican.
In Justice Jeck's Office, yesterday even.
ing, an amusing matrimonial Incident oc-
CURED. The justice received Notification
that his services would berequired to unite,
in bonds of wedlock, two youthful lovers.
He consequently remained after business
hours the gas was lighted and all the ne
cessary preparations were made. After
waiting some time, q young man, accom-
panied by yelled female, was seen outside.
They appeared to hesitate somewhat about
coming 10, and constable Berger, ever ready
/ to facilitate such matters, stepped ont and
invited them in. The lady still held back,
and said there were too many men in
there" This objection Was removed by the
Justice ordering several deputies who were
present to leave, and when they had gone.
the young woman and her companion en-
tered. A conversation took place with the
Justice, when, to the establishment of her
companion, it appeared the girl did not
want TO get married just yet. She said the
man was " in liquor" and that she wanted
to see her mother first. Her lover expos.
tulated and vowed that he was sober as a
Judge, which was evidently the case. The
lady, however, finally declared she wOuld'n
be married that night, and the parties left
the Office. In about ten minutes they re.
turned. Lady still reluctant, bat overcome
by the moral suasion Of her lover. Thejus.
tice put the usual questions, which she
answered. Then came the question az Ia
her age. She declared she didn't know
Was she eigbteenf asked tie justice. She
couldn't tell, would have to ask hefmother
This kind of hesitation aroused the impa.
thence Of the justice, and he said he would
not perform the ceremony, and the yoang
people went away evidently discom6tted.-
/ Presently they returned, the Young woman
approached the justice and whispered that
she had made a mistake, that she was over
thirty, and asked, that the ceremony pro.
coed. But it was now the turn Of the JUS
tice to be obstinate, and he refused to marry
tie . at all. In vainIthe woman entreated.-
The justice was memorable. She said i
they were not married that night they never
would be; still the justice refused. and
finally, the disconsolate lovers left the Of
fee to look for some one else to make
them one flesh according to law.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-12-04

p We believe we can safely an
nounce that Alexandria is at present as
healthy Town as any in the Fifth
Monarchy. All our people who had
fled on account of the prevailing fever
have returned home and assumed theil
duties with fresh hopes and renewed
energy. The Town has picked up
little in liyeliness and thrown off its
graveyard solemnity. Caster oil and
kentucky mustard are now ruling at 81
per cent discount.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-12-04

Ey The Board of Health Of New Or
leans state in their last daily report
that g there were q interments report
ed for the twenty-four hours ending
Friday evening at 6 P. NJ. Of these
there were 8 deaths from cholera and
from yellow fever.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-12-04

COB AND MokAtfrY. Minnesota nas
rejected negro suffrage; and yet hi1ne-
sofa has but 2S9 blacks all told sno 8
4 white population Of 10000. VIA
sublime consistency and Virtue, Ain.
n,esota sends Senators and Represent
t;yes to Congress pledged to force =
gro suffrage upon the South at g
point Of the bayonot, and negro sup. :
macy at the command OF . palf q D'
itary pantalooi1s.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-12-04
Letter From Washington.
Especial Correspondence Of the Picayune'
WASHINGTON, Nov. %, 1867. {.

Especial Correspondence Of the Picayune' }
WASHINGTON, Nov. %, 1867.
There was a full house at the opening
of Congress on the 2lst, and apparent
harmony prevailed. There was the
usual rush for seats in the galleries at
the opening Of a session, and some dis,
graceful scenes occurred. These would
not have taken place if white people
alone had been the actors. But the ne
GRO element turned out in force; and 1t
seemed as If the dirtiest, flthiest ne
groes in all creation had poured into
The capitol in crowds. Their conduct
showed, too, that they seemed deter
mined to assert, not negro equality
simply. but negro supremacy. They
| crowded and jostled the white people,
both ladies and gentlemen, at the en-
frances to the galleries, and their Ian
guage and manner was in all respects
most offensive. By this brutal conduct
they secured one-half of the best seats
in the galleries. The doorkeepers
seemed afraid of the consequences OF
interfering with them, and there was,
therefore, nobody to control them.
Mr.. Boynton made one Of his politi-
cal prayers, as usual, and then the SEES
sion began.
Thaddeus Stevens made his appear
ance, but retired after few minutes,
and took no part in the proceedings.
Nothing is more absurd than for some
Of the papers to speak of him as still
welding a commanding influence over
the House, and as being a kind Of
American Richelieu. The sooner this
twaddle is stopped the better. Thad-
deus Stevens is far into his dotage. He
can neither reason, nor argue, nor talk
coherently, nor even remember what
he is talking about. His influence il
utterly gone, and so are his mental and
bodily powers.
j It is refreshing to see that OCCASION
ally, at least, the President gives some
indications Of executive energy. The
J recent action of Gen. Mower was 81
flagranly tyrannical and unjust thai
the President did not hesitate a mo.
ment, but ordered Mower at once te
revoke his order of dismissal, and viii
: follow that up by an order removing
Mower from New Orleans altogether
It is a matter Of the sincerest congratu
lation that before this reaches you thu
: affairs of Louisiana and Texas Will b.
under the administration Of a gentle
man of refinement, culture and taste
; an officer of high rank in the regula
army; of a man, in word, the whole
!, bent Of whose mind will lead him Il
!, pursue the course suggested in you
able article on the subject a few days
ago. Depend upon it, Gen. Hancock
will call to his councils, to enlighter
him in regard to the true interests o
the community, that class Of citizen
alone to whom your article refers
: Gen. Hancock has no sympathy will
canting Adventures from the North
: who are Installing the most detestabl'
principles into the minds of the negroes
It is reported that Gen. Pope is TO b
> Immediately removed, but no successor
= for the place has been designated.
- KINDERHooK.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-12-04

" The Thibodeaux Sentinel, Of the
23d inst, says that:
"Capt. George Butrich, who has been
residing here for several months has
been appointed Agent of the Freed
mans Bureau in Rapides Parish. We
prophecy that he will be the most gen.
tlemanly and efficient agent that Rap
ides has yet had. 3n@gi tyl giia
The Captain has been duly installed
and it is to be hoped the prophecy Of
ths Sentinel may be fulfilled" eai
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-12-04

u The weather, since our last, has
partaken of the four seasons Of the year
At the present writing we cannot fore.
tell whether it win snow, freeze, rain ii
torrents or remain warm and sultry
Hard to keep up with the fantastic
freaks Of the clerk. Il
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-12-04

CAPrA1N Halls SEARcH FOR THE RI
MAINS or Sir JoHN FRANKLIS.--By the aF-
rival of the steamer Nimrod Captain Cha
pei, ct st. Johns, Newfoundland, from the
Arctic fishing grounds, We have some in
formation OF the progress Captain Hall is
making in his search for the remains OF the
late Sir John Franklin. It appears that
having been disappointed in obtaining .
team ofdogs, Captain Hall had Started on
sledging tonr, in the course Of which he
met . party Of hostile Esqui naux, from
whom he learned at about the time OF the
loss Of Sir John FranklinS vessel some
white men carried q dead Eody on shore
and built brick vault, which they careful
|ly cemented, and 10 which they deposited
the corpse, afterward covering the vanlt
with heavy stone flags, This body Mr.
Hall believes to be the body Of Sir John
Franklin. and his intention lis to visit the
locality, and satisfy himself upon the point
| if possible. Since however this region il
inhabited BY hostile natives Mr.. Hall has
thought it necessary to take with him I
small force Of white men. 20 secure thi,
he offered $500 in gold eadh to any fvs
men from the whaling feet Who would &C
company him. OF Course he secured biz
men, and all hands will start this Fall OF
their journey, 80 thatit is 4ot improbable
that next Summer we may receive definite
Information as to the resting-place Of ST.
John franklin. Captain Hall has secured
many valuable articles formerly owned b.
Sir John Franklin's party Boston Tray
nlnr "a a8S lg tras.5 "a
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-12-04
Gen. Hancock's First Order.
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH MILITARY DIST,
New Orleans. La, Nov. 20, 1867. !

Z
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH MILITARY DIST,
New Orleans. La, Nov. 20, 1867. )
General Order No. 40. e e.
I. In accordance with General Orders,
No. 81, Headquarters Of the Army, Adiu-
tant Generals Office, Washington, D. c.,
August 9th, 1867, Major General w. S.
Hancock hereby assumes command OF the
Fifth Military District, and Of the Depart
ment composed of the States OF Louisiana
and Texas afF aiift. !
The General Commanding is gratifed to
learn that peace and quiet reign in this
Department. It will be his purpose te pre-
serve this condition Of things. As q means
to this great end he regards the mainten.
ance Of the civil authorities in the faithful
execution Of the laws, as the most efficient,
under existing circumstances. ,s-
In war it is indispensable to repel
force by force. aud overthrow and destroy
opposition to lawful authority. But when
discretionary force has been oyerthrown,
and peace established, and the civil author.
tiles are ready and willing to perform
their duties, the military power should
cease to lead, aud the civil administration
resume its natural and rightful dominion
solemnly impressed with these views, the
General announces that the great princi
pies of American liberty still are the law
ful inheritance Of this people, and ever
should be. The right of trial by jury, thu
habeas corpus, the liberty Of the press, thu
freedom Of speech and the natural rights
of persons and the rights of property mus
be preserved. aa
Free institutions, while they are essen
tial to the prosperity and happiness Of thu
people, always furnish the strongest in
ducements to peace and order. Grimes ant
offences committed in this District mus
be referred to the consideration and judg
ment of the regular civil tribunals, an,
those tribunals will be supported in thei
lawful jurisdiction. ,rrss u
Should there be violations of existin,
laws which are not inquired into by tn
civil magistrates, or should fixtures in tn
administration Of justice by the courts b
complained of, the cases will be reporte'
to these Headquarters, when such order
will be made asmay be deemed necessary
While the General thus indicates his pul
pose to respect the liberties Of the people
| he wishes all to understand that arme
|insurrecti0ns or forcible resistance to til
! law viii be instantly suppressed by ARM
/ By command Of
i Major Gen. w. S. HANCOCK.
1 WI. G.. MITCHELL
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-12-04

10 There are at this present time
more lazy, idle, loafing Freedmen So
called in and about Alexandria, than
we remember ever to have seen. How
they live and what they expect leading
such a life is getting to be deep and
serious mystery. We hear every day
of some citizens milch COW or fine heif-
er being killed and spirited off right in
the limits of the Corporation. Where's
the remedy or how to arrest this in.
creasing evil and nuisance is more thar
we can venture to divine.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-12-04
BIG DRuNK.-T The New Yofk = y

A BIG DRuNK.-T The New Ycsk r. e
press says:
The Frenzy which brought e
Buchanans administration 70 = eea-
clusion, was not in any true sense !
Presidential election nothing but !
Big Drunk-the South being % into.l'
Gated after it's fashion, as che North, 90
East and Vest /.
Nations that get drunk NTH blood %
vomit crime. Repentance and Dlck'
headache are now orders Of the aay'
Look ont for another big drnk ~.
headache and repentance have pssseo
away. M
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-12-04

x The Southern Sentinel has been
revised under the auspices of jackson
and Gale. These gentlemen are both
practical printers and white men. We
wish them success and shall exchange
with their paper with pleasure.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-12-04
D The NJ. D. faculty of Shreveport
have issued a notice declaring "yellow
fever no longer epedemien in that city.

IN Mower, the defunct Monarch pro
tenn Of our Hell, died in full harness
He issued No 1877 just before expiring
looping off the heads Of two Lieuten-
ants of Police. ~
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-12-04

Ey DR.. Bishop, tho notorious Niger
Bureau Agent, in jackson Parish, or
dered negro regularly committed for
perjury, to be turned out ofjail there,
aud it was done on his order.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-12-04

u We are thankfully obliged to
Sam. lawson, Of the fine steamer
,Coosa, for a package Of all the decent
New Orleans papers and a late N. Y.
Day Book. aq.,,ss
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-12-04

SIaNrFfcAxr APPOINTMENT ---S's.' IS
Baltimore Gazette's Washington le''s. 8. !,
aThe signs indicate that 0ens mi.
Thomas Ewing will finally g nona
mated to tho Senate for Secresal s''f
of War; a..
This is General Sherman's or E +.
|in-law. The same correspondent aa a'
/ uThe President, / learn, remains .1 n,n'
in his determination to regard ms PO !, n
er as ample to remove stanton J, =. , s
under no circumstances will ne % . E.,
mitted to resume the position uo'p
which he has been elected"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-12-04

To Our Geographic items from WASH
ington are taken from the specials Of
the N. 0. Times and Picayune.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-12-04

1MoTHERs, WIDows AND DAUGH-
rERs. ga committee pf ladies of
Charleston, s. c., have established in
that city q home for the mothers, WI
dows and daughters of deceased Con-
federate soldiers, who arein restitution
and want. They will, if possible, ena-
bile the inmates of the home to aid in
the support Of the 1nstithticn by Civ
Inc q portion Of their time TO some
| suitable employment provided by the
association. They have rented the
CafoIins House for the purpose, at a
yearly rent Of 1880, and have made
al earnest appeal to the public for aid
ltccarry out their humane purpose.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-12-04
An Apology.

The New Orleans Picayune allowed
q communication favorable to Mower
to slip in its columns. Some folks
thought that Pic. had lukered on the
Mower question, but the next day Pic.
makes the following explanation, which
shows plainly that PIC. is oil right on
Mower:
We rather astonished the readers of the
Picayune yesterday morning, BY publish
ing, with the signature of Justice, and
without any accompanying comment, Q
communication defending and eulogising
the departing commander of this district,
Gen. j. A. Mower. We do not suppose any
one Of them suspected the sentiments
therein contained to be ours. We have
been daily expressing the contraryviews
with so much earnestness and persistence,
that revolution so abrupt could not be
supposed possible. The matter wonld
have been better understood if the article
had been marked, as it should have been,
as an advertisement TWAS sent up among
the advertisements, after the editors had
Quilted for the. night. So stnltifying .
document, might not have been permitted
to appear, even as an advertisement, but
for q possible fit Of indulgence to the one
friend, out Of the few that are supposed to
exist somewhere in this community, to the
ex-commander, to say his word for his
moribund favorite. Even the hero Of
Rome, of whom Gen. Mower has been a
cory in petto, had a friend to lay an anony
nous tribute on his grave, thus recorded
by Byron: 800 sas. M,
when Nero persisted by the justest doom
Which ever the destroyer yet destroyed
Amid the roar of liberated Rome,
OF nations freed and the world over3oyed
One hand unseen strewed flowers upon hi
tomb"
Why then may not the weakness of a 70
mantle friendship be permitted to plant it,
leaf by the official grave Of Mowerq There
is no danger Of its ever growing IN this eli
mate. -
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-12-04

Er Leopold O Donnell, Marshal and
ex-Premier ofspaiD, died on the 9th
.ult.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-12-04
a New and Grand Epochin Medicine

DR.. Maggiel is the founder Of : new
Medical Systeml 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 virulent sores with a box or SO Of his
wonderful and oil healing Salve. These
two great specifics Of the Doctor are fast
superceding all the stereotyped nostruhs q
the day. Extraordinary cures BY Maggels
Pills and Salve hare opened the eyes Of
the public to the inediciency Of the (so.
called) remedies Of others, and upon which
people have 50 long blindly depended,
Maggiel's Pills are not Of the class that are
swallowed by the dozen, and Of which eve
ry box full taken creates an absolute ne
cessity for another. One or two Of Mag
gieps Pills suffice to place the bowels il
perfect order, tone the stomach. Great
an appetite and render the spirit light ant
buoyant! There is no gripping, and NJ
reaction in the form Of constipation. /
the liver is effected, its functions are re
stored !; and if the nervous system is feeble
| it is invigorated. This last quality make'
the medicines very desirable for the want
Of delicate females. Ulcerous and eruptiv'
diseases are literally extinguished BY tn
disinfactant power Of Maggiel's Salve. i
fact, it is here announced that MAeGIEL'
BILIOUS, DYspEprrc AND D1ARRtlEA iPnL
cure where all others fail. While 70
Burns, Scalds, Chilblains, Cuts and al
abrasions Of the skin MAGG1EL's SALvE i
infallible. Sold by +. r. DucoSoE, No
80 Chartres street, New Orleans, and al
druggists, at Is cts. per box. " 6
"CouarERrEIrs! Buy no more Maggie
Pills or Salve, with a little pamphlet insid
the box. They are bogus. The genuin
have the name of J. Haydock on box wit
name Of j. Maggiel, N. D. The genuin
have the Pill surrounded with white pow
der" II @
4 F. r. DucoScf, No. 80 Chartres stree
New Orleans, is the Sole Agent for tn
State Of Louisiana.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-12-04

RErREsH1xa CAgDoR.-Tns ss :.
York Tribune, after saying mos Z J
the ignorance, depravity and dirt g =. =
found at the North votes the penoe,'
tic ticketn with admirable ana e ''.,,.
~ !, trankuess admits that the nep !. !,
lican party at the South ccrsesp 0nus :
social position to the Democratic parry
at the North"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-12-04

Biossat q French advertise new
sugar and hay for sale.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-12-04

sfucn APO. Suppose the cotton sa1
be repealed, suppose cotton, thefeop.s
decline two and a half cents Per podnal
viii not all the fuss about h'e y J.
be much ado about nothipd 4le oss 9
way to repeal the cotton - Y psNl'
planting cotton. It's vesy PeO. ~.
ness, as times 60 and as they promise
to go.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-08-15

WIFE II SEARCH OF HER TRUANT Hrs
EAND.-There came 10 this city yesterday a
we'll. appearing lady named Elizabety Van
Week, who had travelled all the wav from
Seneca Falls, N Y. in search of her truant hus-
band. She represented that her husband had
formerly been employed as a master workman
IN q wooden factory at Seneca Falls. at a salary
sum cient 10 place himself and family above
want. But becoming infatuated with a factory
girl, named Susan Bergman, during the past
winter he gradually NEGLECTED his busIne 81. and
Tor days at a time would absent him self from
home, while his wife and children were com
peIeo TO depend upon their own resources for
sustenance. His employers sought by good
AdTice and ieniency ID overlooking his short
comnes, TO wean him from his newly acouir-
ed habits OF dissipation, aud TO induce him to
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eether with his wife's pleadings and the cries
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lion, and an object of contempt. On the 10th
the W. man Bergman, and nothing was heard
OF them until few days since, when Mrs. Van
Week received letter from friend in dis
liant part OF the State. informing her that the
runaway pair were in this city, living together
III der the name OF Hubbard. Leaving her chill
Gren in the care OF friends, the deserted wife
gathered together her few effects converted
them into money, and started in pursuit. She
arrived here via the Great Western Railway
yesterday, and al once applied TO the poltce
for aid Up 10 late hour last night no traces
had been found.-Detroit Free Press Of |TeGaes.
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