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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-11-27

~ We have very little to say this
week about the mails. The Mouth of
the River Stage has made its regular
tri-weekly arrival here and each time
without mail. The Right Way and
the Fannie Gilbert, however, pitied
our misfortunes and each brought a
mail. We tip our old royal beaver to
them in the name of suffering COM
munity,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-11-27

10 The light draft and nice little
Fannie Gilbert, commanded by Capt.
Ben. B. Kouns, will make regular trips
between New Orleans and Alexandria.
She leaves the former place every Sa-
turday and goes down every Tuesday
morning.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-11-27

u We are requested to state that
the beneficiary Cadets elected to the
State Seminary, who have not as yet
reported on account of the epidemic,
will now be received. tits to be hoped
they will report without delay. There
has not been single case of fever at
the Seminary since the opening of the
present session.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-11-27

B@@ Thad. Stevens charges the late de-
feat Of the Radicals upon their "cowardice. .
He thinks some of his friends have been
entirely too mealy-mouthed in their advoca-
cy Of impeachment and negro equality.
The RAIDS are in q bad fix. If they don't
keep their abominable heresies in the back
ground, the party is utterly ruined with
people; if they do, the policy is denounced
as '.cowardice" and atreacherous," by their
own friends. Truly, the way Of the trans
erosion is hard. q
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-11-27

~ B. II. Hill's letter to General
Grant, which we publish on our first
page. is worthy an attentive pernsal.
Headquarters in the saddle will yet
hunt other quarters than Georgia, be-
fore he is successful in banishing white
men, like Hill, from her soil.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-11-27
Compliment to Bishop Wilmer.

During the recent session of the Pan
Anglican Conference at London Rev.
j. P. B. Wilmer, D. D., Bishop of Lou
isiana, delivered sermon by invita-
ton, which was reported in the Times
and was spoken of as an exceedingly
able and appropriate production. Du-
ring his absence Bishop Wilmer, to-
gether with the other American bishops
present, was still further complimented
with the honorary degree of L L. D.
from the University of Cambridge.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-11-27

U Old Thad. Stevens has published
his "last words" If he will promise
that they shall in reality be the last,
we will undertake to raise a committee
to hunt up grave yard in which no
white man was ever buried, and will
guarantee to bury him deep between
two of the blacklist and meanest niggers
that ever 'tshuffled off this mortal coil"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-11-27

b5r We are obliged to the officers of
the Irene, Rightway, Flicker and Fan
ME Gilbert for New Orleans papers.
The obliging clerk ofthe latter furnish
ed us besides with file of Northern
and Western papers. This is an extra
favor these days.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-11-27

u King Pope, of Georgia, Alabama
and Florida has ordered his Conven-
ton in Georgia to meet at Atlanta on
the 9th of next month.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-11-27

Fy Biossat g. French have received
another lot of new molasses, which
they offer for sale at the cheapest mar
ket rates,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-11-27

70 See Captain Boardman's notice
about goods taken from the wreck OF
the Cuba, and act accordingly. He is
in earnest and knows exactly where
many articles are concealed. Beware
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-11-27
A New and Grand Epochin Medicine

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 virulent sores with 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. Magggiel's
Pills and Salve have opened the eyes Of
the public to the ineficiency Of the $50,
calle1 remedies Of Others, and upon which
people have SO 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
gels 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 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 extinguished by the
disinfectant power Of Maggiel's Salve. In
fact, it is here announced that MAGG1EL's
BL1ous, DYsPEPT1c AND DrARRHEA PILLs
cure where all others fail. While for
Burns, Scalds, Chilblains, Cuts and all
abrasions of the skin MAaG1EL's SALvE is
infallible. Sold by F. P. DucoSeE, No
SO Chartres street, New Orleans, and all
druggists, at Is cts. per box.
"CoUNTEaFEITs! 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, M. D. The genuine
have the Pill surrounded with white pow.
der"
F.P. DUcoNeE, No. 80 Chartres street
New Orleans, is the Sole Agent for the
State Of Louisiana. ~
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-11-27

n We have no tidings from TIC as >,
sembling Of Jaybawker No. 2 wa =
be up with the animals IN our next an4
stir them up.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-11-27

u The weather remains warm and
pleasant. We had fine rain on Sun
day night, which was much needed.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-11-27
New England Civilization

The Bangor (Me.) Democrat describes
a recent occurrence in Bangor as follows !:
A few days since some twelve or more
as fine little boys as ever graced school
room, and as upright in conduct as can be
found Of the same number in this or any
other city, were, while attending school on
Pearl street, most inhumanly whipped and
beaten with greenhides by their respective
teachers. . 3
Their coats were first removed from
their persons; and then they were told if
they screamed while being punished, a more
severe chastisement would surely follow
Yet they did scream; and their cries were
heard through the neighborhood !! And
how could the little; sufferers avoid their
lamentations They were whipped until
some of their shirts were cut into rags and
hung dangling from their arms, and their
tender skin and flesh was lacerated in the
most pitiful manner.
One little fellow, while being whipped.
tainted and fell upon the floor, and his
teacher (kind souI ordered cold water to
be applied to his person, with the view, no
doubt, to revive him sufficiently 70 receive
and appreciate the remainder orhis exqui-
site punishment. Another, after returning
home, was taken to bleeding at the nose,
and is now quite feeble in consequence.
The offence was merely an alteration
with some other children in the road
Had this occurred ID. the South and the
victims been negro children, what howl
would have gone ug from the Black Re
publicans Of the land; but as it was only 9
few white children, and their parents
Democrats, the matter excites no remark
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-11-27

ly Major Willauer, WHO has acted
as Superintendent of the Freed
mems Bureau for our Parish, since July
1866, has resigned his position in the
Army and in q few days leaves us.
His successor has reported and will
soon assume the duties of running the
Bureau in Rapides. Major Willaner.
in the performance of the duties of his
Office, has certainly acted we'll and Civ
en- general satisfaction to all. We are
sure we speak nearly the unanimous
sentiments of our people when we &C
cord to him strict sense of justice and
impartiality in the many difficult de-
cisions he has been called upon to
make between the Whites and the
Freedmen. He leaves here with their
good wishes for thus performing those
duties, without entailing on them hard
chips, that many in his position would
have delighted to infict.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-11-27
Me Bull Fight

Satrap has turned up, who bids fair to
out-Sheridan Gen. Mower! He has
made his first appearance in the pro-
mitigation Of the following shoulder
strapped bull:
HEADQUARTERS, Posi- OF SHERMAN, J
SHERMAN, Grayson county, Texas, :
October26, 1867.
Messrs. Hare & Dickelman, Editors Sher-
man Courier: @
GENTLEMEN have the honor to
call your attention to an article headed
"Pin it Down." on the third column,
second page, Of your issue of to-day I
presume that the meeting in solemn,
secret, midnight conclave," to which
you allude has reference to the Loyal
Union League. It lily becomes you,
gentlemen, who were hostile to the
Goverpment during the late rebellion,
and who are now remaining in the U.
s. on suferance, to assault, through
the columns Of your paper, an organi-
zatiOn of men who are now, and who
have been in times past, true and loyal
to the Government aforesaid.
| hope, therefore, fnever to see such
sentiments expressed in your journal ;
for should l, I shall be forced to take
other means for the suppression Of such
disloyal opinions, than merely warning
you in writing. | would also advise
you when cutting extracts from other
papers for publication in your own, to
ignore such doggerel as the piece head
ed "The Freedmen's Bureau" printed
in your last issue.
am, very respectfully,
H. E. SCOTT,
r. TT G Houo1rv ENnnn,on1inn pnot
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-11-27
N O II @ E
The Health Of the Town.

We have to report almost the entire
disappearance of the prevailing fever
in our midst. We can learn of but one
single new case the past week. Not q
single death has occurred during that
time.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-11-27

Radicals have a two-thirds majority in
both branches of Congress, and there
is no guarantee that they would be
willing to abate any Of their monstrous
demands. The reconstruction Conven-
tons are all called, and there is no ev-
idence that they are the less malignant
since the defeat of their party, or that
they will be the less sustained by Con-
gress in whatever work they may per-
form. If reconstruction is to go on, all
the damage may be inflicted upon US
by the present Congress before the peo-
pie can have an opportunity to sweep
it from existence. But, on the other
hand, there may be moderate Radicals
in Congress, coming from districts
which have recently given Democratic
majorities, who fear the people and
who may assist in defeating the Con-
situations when they shall be brought
before Congress. 1t would of course
be bitter pill to have to undo theiI
dirty work, but it is not worse than to
be compelled to relinquish forever theil
hold upon the public plumber. The
most natural course would be to admit
the Southern States under the Presi-
dents policy, but of this there is not
the slightest prospect. The Conserva-
tives would doubtless be willing to
meet the Radicals on some middle
ground, since they have learned from
sad experience the folly Of being toe
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-03-06

$3.50
VENDEEs NOT LIABLE on NOTES GIVEN
FOR PURCHASE OF SLAvEs.-Judgc Gates,
of louisiana, has decided that in contracts
iof sale there are mutual obligations-that
of the seller to deliver and warrant the
things sold and its peaceable possession;
that of the buyer. to accept the delivery
and pay the price-and. that the. logical
sequence of the action of the. State in
emancipating slaves must be, that when
the right of property in that (which had
heretofore been treated as such by the
laws is destroyed, the laws to regulate the
righS of parties to that property, and to
enforce payment of obligations given for
it, must follow the fate of the property
itself, ard al contracts based upon those
laws be annulled.
Judge Gates holds that the tenure by
which this species of property was held
was different from that by which all other
property is held. 1t was not based, says
he, ON natural law; and the right Of iber-
ty was pre-existing right which belonged
to the person held as slave, however
much public policy and the supposed in
tcrest Of the country may have prevented
the enforcement of that right by the per-
son claiming it. But when the sovereign
power ofthe State intervened to recognize
and enforce that right, it cannot be said
that the property was destroyed by any
fortuitous event.
Government cannot say that tract OF
land, which is property by the laws Of ma
turc, shall no longer be property. 1t can
appropriate it for public use by compensa-
ting the owner, but it still possesses the
quality of property. But q slave, once
emancipatcd, can, by no subsequent act OF
the Government, be legally held rs slave.
He loses all the essential characteristics
of property, and becomes free by virtue
of the enforcement Of his natural and pre-
existing right of liberty.
The French Government recognized
this principle, when in 1889 it abolished
the feudal rights without indemnity, and
enacted u law to the effect that all suits
instituted and not decided by final judg-
ment, relative to fcudal rights, should be
extinguished, (clients), and consequently
that all arrears due by vassals could not
be collected by process of law.
montgomery MaA.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-03-06

USED TO Ir.-Therc was a fire at Fair
fax Courthouse, Virginia, week before
last, which burned down five houses. 1t
was successfully fought, in the absence of
engines, with SHOW. a good story is told
Of very old gentleman, q farmer of the
neiyhbolhood, who came In alter the fire
had died away and asked the first man
whom he met-"Are they gone? ?" "Who
gone? 2" "Why, the Yankees. ] see they've
been in again aud burnt something
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-03-06

Life is an enigma We are here to-
day all activity and hustle, and to-mor-
row VIC are gone. We die but the world
moves on as when we wero actors on the
stage. AS we drop away, others take our
place and we are scarcely missed. Thus
since the creation, man lives, moves, and
dies. If there were not a solution to this
enigma, beyond the confines OF the grave
how dull, how moagrc, and unsatisfactory
would be the few hours we pass on earth.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-03-06
Seeing q wrctchcd looking lad on

= Seeing q wrctchcd looking lad on
the llumbolt desert, nursing q starving
baby, traveller asked hm what tho mat
ter was. g Wall, (" responded the youth,
" [ guess I'm kinder skcart Old dads
drunk, old woman's got the mysteries,
brother Jim's playing pollcr with two
gamblers; sister SAILS down thar Il court
ing of an entire stranger; this here baby
has got the diarco right pert; the teams
clean guv out, the wagons broke down
its twenty miles to the ncxt water-G
don't caro- darncd if I mover 500 Cali
forncy."
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-03-06

A CLOSE SToHY.-Thc different mean
ings of many English words which sound
alike, arc the occasion of ludicrous mista-
kes with those who are learning our Ian
guage. An instance has just been related
to rs which occurred at the saloon of
French hair dresser, not q thousand miles
from this city. y customer stepped in
one morning to have his hair cut. The
weather was quite warm, and glowing
fire in the stove rendered heat more OPP
pressive. Taking his scat, the French
artistic, who knew little of English, said
in broken accents" Long or short, Mon
sieur ?"
'Just so So" said the customer-and
feeling very hot-he just then observed,
every close here"
"Aye, Monsieur, yer close" said the
knight of the shears, and he commenced
to whack away vigorously at the long
flowing locks of the young man, who was
now al ,eglow with persperation and anx-
idtls to get t'out into a cooler atmosphere.
Every moment or two he would repeat
his observation every close here" and
once or twice, a friend who was present
ayers that he accompanied it with the ex-
pletive beginning and ending with d, thns
-"d-d close" To all of which the
dapper Frcnchman would reply
"Aye, Monsieur, Yer close''--while he
kept on sacrificing the .alnbrosial locks of
his customer.
AT length the usual finishing touches
were applied, and the complacent artistic
led the shorn victim to the glass in trii-
unph. Judge of his.anscr Wien he found
his hirsdte glory completely sacrificed
the innocent barber having understood hrs
frequent muttcring about the heat of the
room to mean a renewal Of the direction
to cut lis hair "close."
The young man went away in the
worst possible furnor, -ane though the
French barber soon learned to speak good
English, he ayers that he has never allow
ed himself to get "close' 10 him since.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-03-06

"WnAr's THE NEWS ?"-This question
is asked daily and hourly when friends
meet, but often with no expectation of re-
ceiying any satisfactory answer The
Norfolk Journal hits off this propensity as
follows:
."It comes rs natural for man to ask
en- passant, What's the news as it does
for the party thus addressed to reply
'Nothing.' This constant question does
not arise out of any real desire on the
part of the one to learn anything, nor does
the invariable reply mean that there is no
news. 1t simple nreans on the first part,
Il must say something,' and on the second,
4 must make some reply; there is Of
course, some news; but as | haven't time
for details, it's best should simply say
nothing-for, in fact all I know amounts
to nothing much We heard very scn-
sible, as well as amusing anecdote yester-
day, of much respected Irish gentleman,
who in former years edited the Herald in
this city, and who possessed the povcrbial
readiness of his race for VIII and repartce.
Standing on the corner Of Main and Roam
oke streets, gentleman, in passing, halted
and asked, 'Well, Mac, what's the ncws?'
Buy my paper and you'll find out was
the ready and very sensible reply.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-03-06
A GHOST SroRy.-Last Tuesday fort

A GHOST SroRy-Last Tuesday fort
night as Mrs. -, lady of rather lite
raTy taste and studious habits, sat read
ing in the drawing room, the clock on
the mantlc-piecc struck twelve ! AS the
last stroke reverberated through the
apartment, the door was flung wide open !!
In the act of raising her head to repcl
the intrusion (unrung for) of her servant,
her eyes rested on the form of her late
husband! She screamed and fell sense
less on the carpet! This brought up
such members of the family as had not
retired to rest rcstoratives were admin
s.ered and when Mrs. had regain
ed her suspended faculties, and bcing q
woman of strong mind and highly cult
waited intellect She felt disposed to con-
si,ior the whole distress she had under
gone as the result of certain associations
between the melancholy tale she had
been perusng and her late loss, operating
on partially derangcd nervous system.
She, however, considered 1T advisable
that her maid servant should repose in
her chamber, lest any return Of what she
considered a nervous affection, should
distress herself and alarm the family.
Last Tuesday night, feeling stronger and
in better spirits than sho had boon fer
several months past, Mrs. - dispensed
with the presence of her attendant, re-
tiring alono to her chamber, and went to
bed little before ten o'clock. Exactly
as the clock struck twelve, she was AVA
kcned from sleep, and distinctly bchcld
tho apparition she had before seen, ad-
vancing from the table, on which stood
her night lamp, till it stood opposite to
and drew aside the curtains of her bed.
She describes her very blood retrcating
with icy chillness to her heart from every
vein. The countenance Of her beloved in
Life, wore not its benevolent aspect; the
eyes once bcaming with affection were
now fixed with stern regard for the tren-
bling, halfdissolved being, who, with the
aguc of desperation, thus adjured him i:
''Johnny! dear Johnny ! why have
you come again ?"
:'Jcssic," slowly and solcmnly aspira-
ted the shadowy form, waving in his
hand small roll of writing paper, "Jes-
sic, pay my newspaper account, and let
me rest in peace !"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-03-06

WILLIAM AND HIS WRE.-Once on a
time, not long ago, not SO far from Millers.
BURG as it might be, good natured man.
and his long tongucd wife attended a So
cial party. Almost every three minutes
his wife would check her husband thus
"Ncw William, don't talk SO loud.
Come, William, don't lean on the chair
that wayl
Now, William, don't get noisy over
that way!
Say, William, let the girls alone and sit
by me !"
At last forbearance ceased to be a vlr-
tue and the husband, who was really pit
tied by all III the room, rose and said:
sI beg pardon of the company; but as
my wife insists on being boss all the time,
it is right she should have these.''
And he deliberately took off his pants,
handed them to her, and sat down in his
boots and drawers.
The company was astonished; the wo-
man burst into tears; the happy couple
soon went home; but neither of them
wore pants. How the matter was settled
we cannot tell, but the last time VIC saw
William, he had on the pants We are in,
cincd to think she will not attempt to boss
in company in hurry.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-03-06

CAN'T BE TRuE-A Western CORES
pondcnt tells Of a young man from one
-of tho rural districts who got married in
the morning, andtook the train for Gin
cnnati. After seeing all the sights du-
ring the day and visiting the opera at
night, the happy pair returned to- the ho-
tel, and the bride retired to her room.
Late in Tho night the boot black discov-
cred the raw youth sitting in the hall,
near the door of his wife's room. He in
uuired for the clerk of the hotel. We
rive what followed, verbatim, with tho
remark that we don't believe word Of
III
-,"Couldn't you make me bed in the
parlor" cried the disconsolateindividual.
aIn the parlor?" echoed the clerk, 'I'm
afraid not"
.NNell, I'd like to have one spread down
somewhere"
"Why don't you go into your own
room ?" asked the clerk.
~ don't like to-" said the blushing
1esWhy, what's the matter continued
the clerk. elias your wife turned you
out Of your room ?'
"NO, said he, drawing. -abnt you sec
I havn't never been married before, and
so l don't like to go in, particularly in 6!
strange place"
"oh! go right in" said the clerk "she
won't think it wrong"
Here the door of the room opened about
an inch, and through the aperture chine a
voice, coaxingly, saying
"Do como in, John, i won't hurt you.
I know'd they think strange Of yer
standing out there. Come in now, won't
yer? I've blowcd out the gas and it's
all dark in here"
The odor of the room assured the clerk
that she had, indeed, "blowcd out the
gas" so, pushing open tho door, he
stopped the flow, raised the window, and
returned to the hall to persuade the YER
dant husband to retire with his wife. All
arguments were fruitless, however, and
he was compelled to assign the simple
individual separate room from that his
wife was in that night.