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Mr.. Davis Family Matters.

Sore Of the Eastern papers having
alleged that Sir. Davis withdrew his
daughter from the Montreal Catholic
nunnery for fear she, might become 9
Catholic, the Freemen's journal ex-
plains the matter az follows:
But, as it happens and a. we know
from near family connections OF Mr..
Davis, there is not one word oftruth in
the story. Mr.. Davis, however, enter.
taips some of our own old-fashioned
notions. He believes in children les
.pecially girls-beirg brought up inside
of families they belong to-when there
are circumstances that permit this
home education. More than q year age
Mr.. Davis family connections estab.
lished a family home in Montreal. He
BY an unspeakable outrage, was stilf
prisoner Of State under orders Of An.
drew johnson.
But so soon as there was home
even temporary, for his children to re-
sort to, it was the natural impulse o
the heart of the Industrious prisone1
that his children should not be left t.
the care Of strangers however kind O
| good. Prison life intensi6es the regart
| for home, in noble natures. The in
| fant daughter of Mr.. Davis was, there
fore, more than d year ago, taken t.
her grandmother house, as her natu
raj home, while her illustrious fathe
was in the prison Of his political perse
cutors. ~
There was no question at all abou
her religion. Her infancy was too in
choate to admit such suggestion
The good ladies of the Sacred Hear
near Montreal, were sincerely thanke
for their loving care Of the little ont
in moment Of terrible misfortune
But the natural place for such 9 littl
one was with her own family. Il va
cruel to wound the affections Of "a
heart by newspaper paragraphs.
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4 q 4 II, ~
srooss AND GREEsBAcKs.--The Western
papers h indie Gen, Butler somewhat
]. roughly since his proposition 70 pay hSe-
twenties in greenbacks, The Illinois
Stats zeitang, the most influential German
paper In the West, says: when man is
accused Of stealing silver spoons, he ought
to think twice before he tries to convince
me world that stealing is q virtue. Gen
ersl Batter has been accused for the fast
five wears, BY the Democrats Of ha l''l
stolen silver spoons i'd New ts $ or aea Az
now heis trying 70 prove tA lH So Y s'sa'as J
not exactly virtue, it is at least WIS.,
craftsmanship, =,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-10-23

BASE IssHArrupE.An editor who oc.
cupied . room in hotel absented himself
from town for night. The hoass being
crowded with rguestss the obliging lanlord
put q stranger in the editors bed. This
kindness the ungrstefdl fellow requitted by
aerawling upon piece Of paper, which be
pinned upon, the pillow the following
rhymes:
II slept Ii "a editors bed last night,
And Others may say what they please;
SAY there's one editor in the world
Eg Who certainly tdass his ease' :
When / thought ofmy humble cot away
Icould not suppress q sigh,
Butthought.s I rollediuthe fsathsynssi
| How easy EDITORS ne
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-10-23

~ In London nsx paper spubliahed.
called the "City Walters Pfovident So
cietys Journals" which is the organ Of the
craft Of xaisers. Il appear from this jour
nal that there are more than 6000 regular
walters ia the city Of London, and 1000
Others who hase not yet asriyedas the rank
Of regulars. -.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-10-23

ar It is proposed that the Kentutky
Legislature prohibit the collection Of
Federal taxes in that State until she is
permitted to have . voice in Congress
through her Representatives, who are
now excluded By the Radicals.
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GEN. KIRBY SMITH.--The Louisville
Standard makes the following mention Of
the whereabouts and occupation of Gen.
Kirby Smith, late G. s. A.
Gen. Kirby Smith, now citizen OF
Louisville, and President of the Southern
Telegraph Company, has been chosen
Principal ofthe High School Of the Uni,
versity Of the South, at Sewanee, in the
Cumberland Mountains. The location Of
this University is o place Of great natural
beauty, and but for our late war the insti
tuition would now have been in operation
1t was designed to be the great institution
Of the South, and was nobly endowed BY
the Episcopal Church. p y
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-10-23

~ Il il said that the hotel keepers at
the White Mountains are about 10 petit
sipn to Congress to haye the name OF
those hills changed to Black Mountains,
IN defersuee TO tho popular sentiment Of
New England,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-10-23

pa- A company is about to establish a
line Of telegraphs down the pacific coast Of
South America, and in year or two we
shall probably have our daily dispatches
from Valparaiso, Santiago, aud Lima, as
We do now from London, Chicago and
other distant villages.
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What They Expected Before the
Elections

The Cleveland (O.) Herald, (Radical,)
takes pleasure In contrasting what the Radi-
Gals expected in the election with what they
got. 1t says:
The following dispatch in the New York
Evening Post, of the 18th inst, is not With
out certain amount of grim humor:
"Advices received yesterday from Ohio
show that there is NO probability of that
State rejecting the Constitutional amend
ment. A leading Democratic politician
from the West, now here, who is a frequent
visitor at the White House, said last night
that it was conceded by those heretofore
most sanguine of the defeat of the amend
ment that the very vigorous campaign made
by the Radicals, in connection with the
apparent apathy Of the Democrats, had
proved too much for the latter, and there
fore rendered their defeat certain.
1.-THE Democratic leaders here have been
in active Geographic communication with
Ohio for three days past, obtaining the
estimated majorities and very heavy amounts
have been wagered on the result.
II have seen three private dispatches re:
ceived this morning, from three leading
Radicals, at three points of the State
Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland. The
former places Hayes majority at thirty.
FIVE thousand, and the adoption of the
amendment at fifteen thousand. The Col
umbus dispatch places Hayes majority at
thirty-three to thirty-eight thousand, and
the amendment at twelve thousand; while
| the dispatches from Cleveland estimates
Hayes at twenty-five thousand and the
amendment at ten thousand.
| We should like to measure the facia
longitude of that sanguine Clevelander as
he compares this prediction with the facts
on the amendment for instance. 10000,
quotha! How many thousand does he nov
think buries it out Of sight-for the
present?
| The Chicago Journal, speaking before
the election, says:
"Of course it would be absurd tor tn
Democrats to pretend to expect success
Their hope Of gain, however slight, will
We anticipate, Be disappointed. Genera
Hayes and the Republican nominees for tn
Legislature are likely to receive the indorse
ment 4 majority Of nearly, if not quite
| 10000 The Legislature elected to day WI
be called upon to choose United State
Senator to fill the place now occupied b
the Hon. B. F. Wade. Mr., Wade ha
been in the Senate longer than any othe
| member of that body. except Nr, Sumne
who entered it atthe same time, 1851. ]
lis probable that he will be reelected witt
, out serious opposition"
The whole Of that paragraph needs to b
rewritten now. E s,o
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-10-23

D65p In the absence of Judge Howe
the briefless lawyer who was appointed to
a seat on the bench of the First District
Court by Gen. Sheridan-Judge Thomas
has been called upon to do judicial duty in
his stead. The business of the week was
commenced by the selection of half grand
jury-a curious mixture ofthe African and
Caucasian races. In his charge to the
grand amalgamated inquest Of the parish
the Judge made some very sound and prac-
tical remarks. all of which have appeared in
our local columns. But he found it impos-
sible to let well enough alone. The heaven
of Radicalism within him could not be sub
dued, so he gave it vent by calling the at
teution Of the new and mixed jury to the
old riot of July, 1866. He broadly intima-
ted that the revolutionary cabal which met
at the Mechanics Institute on that occa-
sion, for the avowed purpose ofoverturning
the established authorities selected by the
people, was "lawful assembly" and that
after all the Investigations had by military
authorities and Congressional Committees
the affair should still be inquired into by
the highly colored grand jury which he had
the honor to address. :.
This, to us, looks very much like an at
tempt to revive the bitterness occasionee
BY that unfortunate conflict, in order t.
make new capital for the Radicals, who's
policy, though condemned at the North, i
still triumphant in Louisiana. Herepubli'
opinion-or at least the expression Of i
Through constitutional forms-has beel
stiaed by fraud and usurpation. hstea'
Of going ont Of his way to treat Of matte
which has ready been sufficiently ventila
tied, Judge Thomas might have suggeste'
1.-The propriety Of inquiring into the registra
tion frauds by which tens Of thousands
our citizens were deprived Of their inaiien
able rights Such suggestion would nav
been far more pertinent to the issue tha
that in which be indulged.-[N. o. Times
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JOSH BILLINGS OuTDoNE.--The following
contribution, evidently from q very young
chap, is said to be a composition handed In
at a recent examination. The young stu
dent chose for his subject "The OK and
discoursed as follows:
"Oxen is very slow animal, they are
good to brake ground up. | would drathel
have horses il they didn't have kollick
which they say is wind collected in a bunch
which makes it dangerrer for to keep
horses the people would have to whea!
thare wood on whealbonow, it would
take to or three days to wheal a cord q
mile. Cows is useful to. have heard
some say that if they bad to be tothe or an
OK they would be a COW. But | think
when it come to have them tits pulled OF q
mornin they would wish they wasn't fol
oxen don't generally have TO raise caves
If had to be emmy would rather be 9
heffar. But iii coodent be heffur ant
he'd to be both i wood be an OK"
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i pea. The Houston Telegraph Of the End

b. D&ae Inc Houston Telegraph OF tne Anu
says:
"The total number Of deaths from the
fever, from August IL to September 80, a
period of fifty days, has been 302, or an
average of six per day. The total from
other diseases, during the same period, has
been ll8. making total from all causes Of
APO, OIL. an average Of eight per day, since
the announcement Of the first death on the
18th of August. Allowing the mortality
in yellow fever cases to be one in ten, we
must have added to our acclimated popula'
ton 5000 persons. This eatimateis rath'
er under than over the mark. a singular
fact connected with the table is, that the
combind Sundays, during the period men
toned, exhibit greater mortality than
that Of any other day of the week.
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Abandoned Property.
MILITARY JuaIsDIcrIos IN CIVIL CASES.

! .
Major Gen. Mower, commencing this
District, has issued the following order:
In,tt,e matter of W. H. Harris vs.. Dan
iel B. Stats, No. 1852, ia the District
Court, Thirteenth Judicial District, Parish
Of Carroll, State OF Louisiana, tits mani.
fest from an examination Of the proof and
exhibits submitted that the attachment pro-
ceeding therein, is fragrant wrong. both
against the rights Of person and property Of
the defendant Stats. 1t is clear that the
property claimed by the plaintiff as owner
in his petition had been abandoned -" dur
Ing the late rebellion, or at leAst WAS 20
abandoned when duly taken possession of
BY an authorized Gov eminent, agent, who,
in due form, leased the same to defendant
Staats, and by him the same was rightfally
possessed in good faith as avered in HE
snswef, and that he did not otherwise have
possession, and therefore the plaintiff has
no cause Of action.
Therefore, by virtue Of the laws Of Con-
press III such behalf, and especially the
laws, dated, March I'd, 1867, directing the
I..proaection of the rights Of person and
property, "it is ordered that any and all
wits Of attachment, seizure, OF other pro.
cess, issued OF to be issued, judicial or 9th
or wise in said Cause or suit in said court
against the said Daniel B. Staats are here.
BY aunulled and abrogsted and the execu'
| ton Of any such writ or writs, in such be-
half, forbidden. -.
Further, that the said Daniel B. Stats
have the ABSOLUTE use and dispdsItion o.
said property, attached, without molesta
| ton either on account ofasy delivery bono
] or pretended bond, or otherwise.
4 A similar order has been issued 10 tn,
case 81 Mrs. N. E. Vim, vs. W r. Gree
and W. 81. Smith, No. 2O3, in the Distric
Court, Thirteenth Judicial District, Parisl
}, | Of Madison, in this State. a
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Merited Punishment.

We published, some time since, an &C.
count Of the smashing up and closing of
the Office Of the Constitutional Eagle, pub
lished at Camden Ark. by Major Pierce of
the U. S. Army. He committed the out
rage because that journal denounced the
exhibitions of drunken men in uniform.
The Major tY has been court-martialed
and the following is the result in. his case.
1t is certainly merited and scathing re-
buke:
Brevet Major Geo. S. Peiree, q. s. A.,
has been tried and convicted by court-mar-
tial, convened at Camden Ark, of violating
the fifty-fourth article of war, in causing the
destruction of the Constitutional Eagle of.
fee, at that place, on the 9Th Of August
last. The sentence condemned the accus-
ed " to forfeit his monthly pay for one year,
and to be degraded in rank so that he shall
have his name placed on the list ofcaptains
of infantry, and shall take rank next after
the fifty captains now next below him in
rank, and to be reprimanded 10 general
ORDERS" Heqta, 81
Gen. Ord, in approving the sentence
takes occasion to edify Major PIERCE in this
way:
1.-THE article in the newspaper, which
provoked the accused to commit a peniten.
tiary offence, denounced exhibitions Of
drunken men in uniform on the streets Of
Camden. Major PIERCE seems to have
been aware that untruthful criticism does
not provoke man of sense, but that news
paper comments usually are resented only
in proportion to their fidelity to fact. The
General Commanding hopes that this view
of the subject will impress itself upon him
and that hereafter he will have no occasion
TO feel resentment at any publication upor
the subject of drunkenness" 80.
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q A negro by the nan,,e OF ulysses
:. Grant, was recently hanged Id MO
que for rape and robbery. Not ione
ago, darkey, named Horace Greeley,
Tas brought up on similar charge at
charleston. It's said that hundreds Of
negroes have taken the names of Ben
wade, Charles Sumner, and Of Other
suen worthless. In due time, we shall
undoubtedly hear that Sumner an(
wade are also hanged for these or sim
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FOURTH EDITION


TgPEmkL DISPATCHES TO KvEEING TELEGRAPH. ]
@ - WASHINGTON, April IL.
Expense Of the Russian Negotiation.
The only extra expense incurred by the
Government in the acquisition of Russian
America was the cost of telegram sent during
the negotiation from Washington to General
HalleCk, at San Francisco, asking what would
be a reasonable price, and Of his reply, that
reasonable price would be from five to ten
millions of dollars.
The Explosion OF GasOlIns.
There was a serious explosion of gasoline at
the City Post Office this morning, nearly re-
sulting fatally to three persons. Two gasoline
machines of rival patents are being tested to
) light the Post Office, and it is charged that
some person in the interest of one of the
patents opened the stOp-cock of the other
machine, whereby the room was filed with
gas resulting in an explosion, when it was
entered with lighted candle about five
o'clock this morning James A. Kennedy,
Superintendent of the Post Office, was badly
burned, as were A. H. Doubleday and L. b.
Moses, clerks. The latter cannot recover.
The police are endeavoring to develop the
affair.
The Supreme Court.
A brilliant array of counsel is gathered in
the Supreme Court room to-day, in anticipa-
ton of the argument upon the Georgia petition
against the Military Reconstruction bill. Most
of the leading members of the New York bar
are present. Attorney General Stanbery, Tin
an elaborate argument, is opposing the motion
to grant iniunctions in the Mississippi and
Georgia cases. The courtroom is crowded
with spectators and brilliant array of counsel
on both sides.
The present indications are that the motion
in the Mississippi injunction case will be
denied.
Death OF Newspaper.
The EUening Leader, the afternoon paper
lately started here, has been suspended.
j. wilkes Booths Skeleton.
The National Medical Museum, late Ford's
Theatre, where Lincoln was assassinated, will
be opened on the anniversary of Lincoln's
death. 1t contains the backbone of Booth,
with the ball that killed him.
The Adjournment Question.
The Senate is engaged in discussing the
adjournment question. Mr. Sumner thinks
they ought to stay and fight it out; others are
for yielding. They will probably agree on
some day next week.
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DANCOAsT d WARNOCK, AUCTIONEERs
No. 24O MARKET STREET,
DY THOMAS BIRCH q SON, NO. lllO CfIES
ID NUT Street, above Eleventh street.
Sale al No. I27 s. Tenth St

Sale at No 1877 S. Tenth Street.
SUPERIOR FURNITURE, OIL FINISH: ELE-
CANT VELVET AND BRUSSELS CARPETS,
MANTEI. GLASSES. SPRING AND HAIR MAT
|TliESSES, PLATED WARE, CHINA, GLASS;
WARE. GAS FIXTURES ETC, ETC,
On Tuesday Morning.
At 10 o'clock, at No l27 s. Tenth street. will be sold
the furniture OF q family removing from the city,
comprising elegant velvet and Brussels carpets,
walnut parlor furniture covered with plush; large
French plate nantel mirror with walnut frame three
of walnut chamber furnture large and elegant
walnut sidebOard: extension dining table; walnut
hat-raek; spring and hair mattresses; China, plated
ware, kitchen furniture, etc,
The furniture is of superior quality and has been In
Catalogues can be had At the auction store on
Monday. 4Rd
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DRY GOODS.

Imported Cloakings, elegant new styles
American Cloaktngs, cheaper, andYery hand-
some.
Single Width Oloakings prices very low.
CASSImEREs.
rs cent Cassimeres all-wool, fair quality.
80 S0c. ana Sl'00 Cassimeres, good goods:
Sl25 CassimeTes last years price was Sl1o'
Fine Black Cassmeres Sl50 upwards
UnriValled assortment mems and boys wear
rs. LINEN GOODS,i
Fancy Linen Drills for boys,
French Fancy Drills and Duck.
White Linen Drills and Duck.
Coating and Blouse Linens, cheap.
Bay Linens low by the piece or yard.
Dress Linens, Brown Hollands, etc., piece or
yard. IA. ..,l..
Tailors Canvas, every grade, piece or yard.
Some large auction. purchases at unusually
low prices by the piece. ...
--i-'H WHITE GOODS.
Soft Finish Cambrics, Jaconets and Main
socks.
Large and Small Plaid NainsoolSs.
PItfn swiss, Dlmity, India TwiIs. ...
Bishops Lawn, Long Lawn, Linen Cambria.
White Pique, some extra cheap lots.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Hemstitch, from auction, 25. 33, 8S, As and Soc
Linen Oambric, 1917, is, 25, 81, and 81 cents.
Tucked, Mourning, Clear and Boys Hdkfs.
Silk of merican manufacture. -.......
Ladies' Gloves WI ite, buff, and mode Berlin
Hosiery a verv fair assortmont II stnth4D
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Pnhlic Sale ON the Premises.

PuOIlc Sale on the PremlseS.
HANDSOME RESIDENCE AND FURNITURE,
No. 1921 Wallace Street.
On Saturday Morning,
April ID at 10 O'clock on the premises, the modern
three story Brick Residence, with two-story back
building, and lot of ground 20 feet front by lS0 feet
deep Noret street. May be at any time Also,
THE HANDSoME FURNITURE. ELEGANT
MANTIcL AND PIER MIRRORS. FINE CUR
TAINS. HANDSOME BRUSSELS CARPETS,
ETC ETC. 494t
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M THOMAS q SONS, NOS. 139 AND 1ll
lNI. s. FOURTH Street.

M THOMAS q SONS, NOS. l39 AND 14l
1NL. S. FOURTH Street.
SALE OF REAL ESTATE AND STOCKS,
EXECUTORS SALE
2el0OO per cent. Union Canal Coupon Bouds,
S27O Scrip North Pennsylvania Railroad.
5shares Philadelphia and Reading Railroad.
haTes shaTe ERSfHSn Raroae Co. cOmmon
d5 shares Oh Gty P PfToeu% E and RRsraning Co.
100 shares Freedom Iron and steel co.
70 shares steubenville and Indiana Railroad.
if2 AZ s6aTs, sfTip r,nio6 Rank of Te6Sossee do
"a shares Planters Bank of Tennessee.
400 shares Broad Top Improvement Co.
500 shares Back Heath Coal Co.
share Point Breeze Park Association.
100 shares Anti lncrustation Co.
100 shares Central TRANSPORTATION co.
25 shares Cape Island Gas Co.
shares swede Iron Co;
No. 143 Church of the Holy Trinity,
Estate OF July Ann and William schively, de.
COUNTRY SEAT and FARM aud STONE
Executors Peremptory Sale. Estate OF Hugh
sECoN D and sHIPFEN sTREETsSs. w. corner,
SECOND stTgetENO ss7, store and Dwelling
C0 sEC0ND s.ree!-NO No IA; @ store Ore and Dwelling Dwelling.
FRONT Street.-The. SO4 Brick Dwelling.
NINTH and CArHARINE-N. f. corner, Brick
Third street.-the. 1920. Brick Dwelling
EkW SsS TSe2 2 Hyerq s riat Ht P%ens P%snS
sAGK sAU ssEsetNS s s5 %fsRi Bek SSeSsg
| SIXTH Street.-The. 9Oi, Brick Dwelling
siXTH street-No. sl2, five ,S Bcick Dwengs g
QUEEN street.-the. l23, Frame Dwelling.
QUEEN street.-the. 333, Brick Dwelling
REDWOOD Street.-The. 532 Brick Dwening.
| SECOND Street-No. lgO5, Store and Dwelling.
| SECOND SLrCet-Two Building LOIS.
| FRONT Street-BuildiDg Lot, two fronts.
LOMBARD street Frame Dwelling.
WASHINGTON Street-Building Lot.
ELFR ETH'S Aey-No 1856 Brick Dwelling.
RICHMOND and PALMER Streets-N. w.
corner. Tavern and Dwelling.
seven GROUND RENTS-s2O2, $3.50, SIG, sl2. $ls, So
| S5962 a year.
Full particulars of the above I'm and-bills which
| D. A
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SALE ON MONDAY, APRIL is, Will include
MODERN FOUR-SToRY BRICK RESIDENCE,
No. 923 Clinton street.
Thompson street, east OF Seventh street.
SPRING GARDEN STREET.-Valuabe Building
Lot 80 by feet through to Brandy street. north
side of Spring Garden street, l6 feet of Eight
eenth street, adjoining the new row of brownstone
residences.
RESIDENCE, southwest corner of Tenth and Rod
man streets.
TWO THREE-STORY BRICK DWELLINGS, Nos.
1902 and 1904 Rodman street.
TWO-STORY BRICK DWELLING, No. GAO N.
VALUABLE LOT OF GROUND. northeast corner
OF TAllegheny avenue ana second street.
FOURTEEN DESIRABLE BUILDING LOTS, 10
by 1852 feet EACH North Broad street, OF Susque
TWo.sToRY BRICK DWELLING, No. 2O25 Catha
rin