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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-18
Tragic Death Of a Young REM.
Ky Girl at Havana, wy
A late Havana letter saws


Ever our local sensation news !.
ally caused by some American or fo,s; .aes
the last Case being the suicide of saes
American girl yesterday EVENING '0 -
was one Of the number Of those n y. o g
fortunates who by some means, had , $. ~
ed from the paths Of virtue, and then ' s
en-. by force OF circumstances, to becomss' Wy.
inmate ola brothel. The young rirl wa g
by the name Of Josephine Stuart {, s ss1t
undoubtedly was a nonsne de ouey,. ". icy
according to her statement, was . nst;, saa |.
Kentucky, Of German descent. S hs s.e
very handsome, and occupied a front mt ,s sIs
among the members of otr deni, Am -
ever since her arrival id this eity i n IS.s
or 1854. Her last abode was in ca ali l &.
Miguel, No.. In company WITH 81, ss, -
others Other class and some men. sh sS va.a
on Friday, to the notorious Cero Re. ~
rant, largely frequented BY the sportiiI, s'ss,
ternity Mirth and jollits reigned suus s =
Josephine being the gayest Of the pa -. Il
though for several days previous en- E, h y
been in a bad humor caused, 1t is stated H. !.
the absence or departure o! soma N.Y. !!
whom she loved with that fsrveor and ;n s,aa
|sity often found among women Of hsr 1 W.
Of . sudden she grew pensive, her corn n,ss,'
ions ralIying her about her silence, u SIS,
q click was heard, as Of the cockins = Z.
pistol, but as nothing seemed to be S, ~
nobody paid any attention to Il. az
sudden she took up glass, and shoatss 4
others Here's to our loves" PLACED ! Z
volyer under the right side Of her e 1
and, before any one could, interfere az il.
pulled the trigger, the bullet crasb Il,
through her brain, producing instant d ea,S,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-18
John Browns Soul Still March
ing Oh.

The New York Herald is wincing terri
bly, under the Abolition dose the Radical
managers are forcing down the threats OF
the people. II urged on the Congression-
al plan DEMONSTRATION, but its nerves are
not made Of the stuff to stand the ruin the
revolutionary element, it sees, is bringing
upon the country. In its grief it ex-
claims:
h AOver thirty millions Of people to be
ruled by the Puritans and the negro! This
is the result Of four years Of terrible war;
the sacrifice of two hundred thousand
lives; the sinking Of National morality; the
wrecking Of commerce, the ruin Of our az
ricultural interests; the imposing Upon our
country a debt Of three thousand millions
ofdollars. The mad revolutionary element
that blindy urges the nation to ruin still
continues its race" 3
That is just It; and here in Ohio the
managers have got upon the stump every
thing bold and rotten to continue, if posi-
bic, the condition Of things at which Che
Herald stands aghast. And all for the ne
gro! We suppose that never before we're
people SO blinded TO their material and
permanent interests as are the people 81
Ohio and other States in supporting the
policy Of Radical managers. "Over thirty
millions Of people to be ruled BY the Puri-
tans and the negro!" That is on axclam
alton Of horror and disgust that should be
uttered BY every citizen that has the vel
come Of the Republic at heart, [Cincin-
natl Enquirer:
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-18
Concerning the Niger.

The false delicacy for which Americans
are noted aud ridicnled by intelligent for
eigners is not limited to prndish old maids,
who would faint to hear the genuine Eng
lish pronunciation of the good old Saxon
word leg. The same disgusting Alteration
Of refinement is found extensively peryad-
ing large body of American politicians,
who persist in employing the Portuguese
word negro, and in rejecting as vulgar the
more expressive anglicise6 Latin word mig.
qer. The reason why they 90 this is worse,
If possible, than that which persuades the
ancient spinister of New England to say
limb when she means leg.
The original Of the word in question is
the Latin niger. The Latin pronunciation
gives the long sound of l. The soft sound OF
q, and places the accent on the first sylla-
In French, the photography is changed to
aegre. 1t is difficult to indicate the exact
French pronunciation by the ordinary
characters of the English alphabet. Any
one, however, who has been in the Southern
States, and has heard Southerner pro
nounce the word Niger, has heard very
nearly the exact French pronunciation Of
the word negre. The Southerner says neg:
ger. The Frenchman also says negSer, ar:
ticulating the. final SO lightly that it is
next to inaudible. y
In Portuguese, Spanish and Italian, the
word assumes the form of aegro--an or
biography which IS a further departure
from the original Latin than either negrs
or Niger.
The word Niger IL one Of very MINER:
GUS class Of Latin words that have come
into the English tongue through the French.
The square Saxon pronunciation Of Niger,
as heard in the Northern and Western
States, is more in accordance with the. in
nate yigor Of our grand and stately "lan-
guage Of el0duence " than the softer and
more Frenchifed nsgger of the Southern
States.
But negro is not English, and cannot be
made English by adoption. tits a bastard
from the Bay Of Biscay that only some
prudish spinsters in anthropologfcal no
menclature have attempted to introduce in
place Of the more expressive Saxonized
Latin term, Niger 1t is an attempt at in
novation of the same character as that
which essays to disguise the tolerably well
known fact that women have legs, and SO
on, by designating them as limbs, and so
on 1t is on affectation Of delicacy which
is disgusting to well-bred people in one
case, and ought to be III the other.-LChi-
scago Times. l
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-18
GOOD ND GLORIOU

Behold how brightly breaks the morning "
Last week we gave our readers the
cheering intelligence Of the democratic
tornado in California-and we now
give them further glad tidings of the
steady tramp of the unterrifed democ-
racy of this country. Verify the old
cry is again heard electrifying the
whole land, and bringing joy and COM
fort to the true patriots of the country.
The Democracy are on the war-path
to victory and have put on their war
paint. HaZ ts iiiH
The State of Maine that last year
gave the Radical candidate for Govern
or over $4,000 majority, this year bare
~ reflects him by a small majority.
TheState Legislature which was almost
entirely composed of Radicals is now
composed of more than one-third ster-
ling, sound, constitutional democrats.
The recent election in the Territory
of Montana is complete democratic
success. The Legislature is almost
unanimously Democratic. The Dele
gate to Congress is the Democrat who
took Beast Butler down at the Charles
ton Convention and brought him to
grief. ss.
This is but the beginning of the
reaction, the beginning of democratic
and better days. Be of good cheer =
All will yet end well! In commemo-
ration Of these triumphs we have called
"Old Chapman from his retiracy and
have placed him in a course of training
for the grand Democratic victory that
awaits us in New York, Pennsylvania
and Ohio!
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-18
Flanders Axe.

The Military Governor Of Louisiana
so-called is amusing himself a la sheri-
dan. The following viii show some Of
his little fantasies:
Hylas Stiles, Recorder of Mortgages
in and for the Parish of Orleans, vice
II. I. Burgess, removed.
w. Fl. Goodwin, Clerk of the Court
of the Eighth judicial District in and
for the Parish of Lafayette, vice Col.
umbus Eaton, removed.
Abner D. Minor, Justice Of the Peace
for the Parish ofSt. Martin, vice Theo.
dore Fonlelieu, removed.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-18


~ The Radicals seem hard to please
in nominating their ticket for the Con-
vention. They have held several pow
vows and finally, Saturday night, nomi-
mated the following ticket in lieu OF
the one we made mention of q few
weeks since: G. Y. Kelso, Samuel E.
Cuny and G. W. DearingJr. The two
first are decent and we'll behaved f. M.
C's and the latter q whiteman so-called.
One thing is very apparent the Freed
men of the Parish, who constitute the
entire Radical vote, are ignored and
left in the cold. We are assured they
do not fail to be cognisant of this glar-
ing injustice and will make themselves
felt at the polls. We'll bet our potatoe
crop that Col. Brooks will beat one of
these nominees five, to one. The old
horse is running head and tail up, with
ears thrown back and under a heavy
pull.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-18

RADICALS WARNED AGAINST GEs.
GRANT The Washington correspondent
of the Boston Post, says:
It's given out that Charles Sumner has
addressed letter to an important person
age here, earnestly warning the Radicals
against Grant. The letter charges duplici.
ty and conservatism npon the General, and
lurls several Latin .and Greek denuncia-
tions at his head for his abetting the dis
placements Of Stanton BY accepting the
Secretaryship, Grant is said to be ex-
ceedingly annoyed at the insinuations Of
Sumner and Greeley, and in consequence
Of the Tnbune's impudent assaults upon
him, eherishes an aitipathy towards all
newspaper men, which has proved fatal to
the enterprise Of the correspondents who
have within o few days had occasion to
visit him.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-18

GEN. PORES V1SDnrrvENEss.-At the
recent commencement Of the Georgia State
University at Athens, young man deliv-
cred a speech on the Vital Principle Of
Nations, 2 the tone Of which was similar to
some of the Hon. B. Fl. Hills letters,
which have been SO generally published. e
The speech was received with much ap-
plause. The band played Dixie thing
more. The offence was objectionable with
John Pope" The Atlanta Fra says that
Pope has forbidden the payment of any
money out Of the State Treasury to the
Faculty at Athens. The Era is good au.
thority on that point. Such is the paltry
spite Of the military satrap who lords over
the people of Georges and AlabamM He
was . citizen III var, but is a soldier 10
peace
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-18

nea- A movement is on foot among the
"loyal' loafers in Washington, who claim
to be citizens of Louisiana and Texas, to
petition Congress to reinstate Sheridan in
the Fifth Military District. Aslong as the
Constitution remains as it's, Congress will
have no authority in the matter, as the
appointing power belongs to the President,
That, however, will make but little difference
either to the Rump or the petitioners, as
neither are in the habit of regarding such
trifes when they stand in the way Of a
partizan object.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-18

vor of overcoming the negro vote at the
South by the cnfrnnehisement of all
the whites9
The truth is, the right of suffrage is
inherent in the States by reason OF
their paramount sovereignty. Neither
tho President nor Congress can take it
away or modify it in the slightest de-
gree. The President undertook to reg
ulate it by his proclamations Of 1865
organising provisional governments ;
Congress undertook to regulate it by
the military bills passed last winter
Both acted beyond the Constitution,
and usurped powers not conferred by
that instrument. Neither is, therefore,
in the right and the triumph of either
would be the triumph of 'unconstitu-
tional power. From present appear
ances Congress will triumph and the
Southern States will confer the right of
suffrage in accordance with its will ;
and among the strongest indications OF
this result is the support afforded by
Mr.. johnson to the military bills. tits
possible, however, that Mr.. johnson is
preparing the way for some decided fu-
ture action which may defeat the will
of Congress and accomplish reconstruc-
ton after his own original policy. If
his hands should be strengthened by
further Democratic victories this Fall,
he may feel himself powerful enough to
disregard the Congressional policy and
reconstruct the Southern States with
the right Of suffrage conferred on all
those whom he shall have pardoned. =
If the Radical party should be disinte-
grated there will be very pretty op-
portunity for a brilliant coup d'etat,
and we believe that Mr.. johnson has
the will to attempt it. In such con-
test between the Executive and the
Legislative Departments, the strongest
will be the victor, and the strength Of
each depends only OH the endorsement
Of the people.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-18

nea- It is proposed to reduce the wbiskey
tax to fifty cents gallon. and tax each still
according to its capacity, discharge all in
spectors and detectives, and appoint only
q few gaugers and inspec DIS ofstills. This
will give US more revenue and curtails
frauds.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-18

" The st. Nicholas, regardless Of
hard times, dull season and low water
was at our Wharf early Monday morn
ing. Among tie valuables on board of
her was our large and well selected
package of late papers from every
where outside of the 5th Monarchy
Rachal,l her chief Clerk, has our bene-
diction for his continued favors.
The st. Nicholas leaves this morning
at 10 o'clock for the Headquarters Of
the bully fifth!
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-18

w The "loyal" Chicago Post, Of the
2sd, has the following slur at Major Gene
raj Silver Spoons Butler and his yalorous
brigade Of Massachusetts, "melish:"
Twenty policemen, in uniform, have
been detailed to guard and protect from
injury the first brigade, Massachusetts mi
-litia, at their approaching encampment at
Hull"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-18
What's in the Wind.

The New Orleans Times of the 12h
inst contains an advertisement of a
Banking firm for the purchase of from
halfmillion to a million of Confederate
bonds of the issues of Aug. 1861 and
February 1863.
A Banker of Washington City adver-
tises in the National Inte1ligencer that
he will purchase Confederate bonds un-
til further notice.
A commercial firm of our Town are
in receipt of a letter, which we have
seen and read, from a well known Ban
king House in New York, authorising
them to purchase at once Confederate
bonds to the amount of three hundred
thousand dollars.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-18

MAT. STILL LIVES Elsewhere we
publish very nice and recherche piece
of epistolary composition from 81.
Madison Wells, Governor of Louisiana.
Truly and verify the idtrite saying Of,
Put a thief to catch thief" comes
around now and then! ~ VS.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-18

II In the Radical Convention in Ohio
there was no name that was applauded
with so much fervor as that Of General
Sheridan, or King Philip of Orleans. It is
only necessary for q military man to play
the tyrant and the dictator, destroy all
civil government, in order to be the idol
of the Radical faction. The greater the
tyrant the more the favorite he is of them
They thus show what admirable ideasthey
have OF liberty and free institutions.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-18

RAJ A. j. Sypher, the newly appoin-
ted military Sheriff for Rapides, was
duly qualified and sworn into Office
on last Saturday evening. John Glenn
ents has been sworn in as his chief
deputy.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-18

sega The last New Orleans papers
contain the intelligence, that General
Griffin, now in command of the Fifth,
is i'll of Yellow fever.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-18

fy The River is falling at a regular
lick; there is slight rifle on the
Bailey dam and soon we may expect
low water.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-18

.sssah
GETTING FEEBLE.-It has been teleesapa
ed over the country that the iETspfesslD'.
1had Stevens is "becoming more ana .. y a0's :,
feeble every day" We do not credit 'lss !
tales, for they have become stereo'stsa.
Whenever Richlieu wanted to excite =,
populace he fpigned illness; and 80 anas
Stevens, when the world is about to '0'sss
him, reminds the world Of his e1lS1en.' ].
. sick grunt. He will consaleses De,0,'
the meeting Of Congress, unless the =. =
stitution strike home to his Illustrate ~
neys.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-18

na- It is said that John MorrisshS's
tiger had his claws clipped to the extent Of
100000, this season, at Saratoga.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-18

sea we have received New Orleans
papers, the past week, from the Elnora,
Flicker, Warren Bell and Cuba No. 2.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-18

Ey The Police Jury met in special
Session on Monday the 9th inst. Their
proceedings WILDE found on our first
page. 81
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-18
Yours, etc., v. y
LOVE IN a CABIN.

Tam j friend Of De Yankes, OF more Des
ter, de Periodicals, and as hear de o. w,
in to make demselbs our equal WI ~.
pond wid any good and tu Perrsoleal -
De sdbject OF margin. And ! 81 8 n y r. y
mise to treat him as mi equa " Pc ., =.
white skin.) has nice cabin, gcod c ~.
am young, %, and has but one spons,o!pa a:
whose father is one Of the full blcoo la
radical, and Twill answer any Letters 4, W =
q view 70 margin. / will pledge nise y = y
make him mi equal in oil things, y =
HAYES hisself. Address,
Berry SPIsEs' =
Freed woman, Adams Station g, cas :
my old boss.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-18
A New and Grand Epochin Medicine,

Dr.. Maggiel is the founder Of 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 virulent sores with box or SO of his
wonderful and oil 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 Salye have opened the eyes Of
the public to the ineficiency Of the ESQ.,
called remedies Of others, and upon which
people have SO long blinaly depended
Maggiels 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
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 no
reaction I'd the form Of constipation. II
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 eruptiye
diseases are literally extinguished' by the
disihfectant power Of Maggiel's Salye. In
fact, it is here announced that MAeerEL's
BILIOUS, DYsPEpT1c AND DIARRHEA Pills
cure where all Others fail. While for
Burns, Scalds, Chilblains, Cuts and all
abrasions Of the skin MAcG1EL's SALvE is
infallible., Sold by. F. P. DucoSoE, No.
80 Chatres street, New Orleans, and al.
druggists, at Is cts. per box. a
"CotsrEsFEITsl Buy no more Maggiel
Pillsor 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, NJ. D. The genuine
have the Pill surrounded with white pow,
der"
| F. r, Ducosas, No. 80 Chartres street
New Orleans, Is the Sole Agent for the
State of Louisiana.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-18

M. The HeruId's Washington alsls a..
SAYS the Cabinet are unit as to the eD ~.
| Of the Amnesty Proclainat'on--.hae : - -
whites are relieved from oil disability - "
the exercise Of the right Of suflase'
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-18

~ We would earnestly remind a
large number of our patrons, that they
are now running over six months into
new years subscription of the DEM
ocRAr, and have so far failed or for
gotten to call at the Office and plank
down the dough, All such we hope
will take the gentle hint and come and
see us.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-18

l~ A Woman. of color, says the Sau'F
ter Republican, who has had some dsslilp
with tHe Radicals wishes to enter into colyes'
pondehce with some Radical friend WIN.
the vis# Of concentrating . matrimoula
alliance. We let the correspondents
speak for itself:
ADAMS Station, Aug, n, 1867
Mr.. Editor:-I have q freed woman y
nv employment who was most previously
treated and Airted with last year, ~ ON. @
the brave Yankees, to say nothing 81 aDsD J,
doning her at time when she most 9eedee
bis services.--And now, as she has learned
to write tolerahJ well, she wishes 70 open !,
correspondence with some Radical nend
more confding than the one spoken o.
She dictates the following advertise
ment: rs
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-18
The Hand and tho Pa.asoL
From the New York Ga,

TT fOn the NEW IOfK Gazette
For some time past tawny hair has ~,
considered by the bellies an enviable ds
'tinction, and such appears to be tie a.
cination Of the fuluous tint, that 1t 81 4.
ready extended to kid gloves, and msy "a
further! The young ladies who lithit Il, n
our fashionable promenades with Their ~
sence, on fine afternoons, may be observed
to wear extremely closesftting gloves 4
present. 1t is a wonder how they manar
to, coax their delicate integuments II
without fracture Of the seams, and set III
is an accident that seems bnt rarely 4
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-06-19
WHEN TO MAKE RA1Ls.-It,is very.im

WHEN TO MAKE RA1Ls-It>is very,inl-
portant that farmers should know when to
split rails SO that they will keep longest.
Colman's "Rural World" expresses the
opinion that the timber should be cut and
split in September, as the sap has then
performed it's Office. When the rails are
split the bark should be pealed off SO that
they may season and dry. This is a moo
ted question, and comparison of expert
ence is desirable. In their present situa-
tion Virginia farmers have to consult
rather their convenience than scientific
rules; but as our affairs improve 1T will be
necessary to observe the proper times and
seasons for all manner of farm work.
When we consider the vast amount of
fencing to be done,in Virginia and neigh.
boring States, this subject Of rails looms
up as one of the first Importance. We
invite information on the subject.