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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-12-16

~. Quite ! lively discussion has sprung
Punishment. Gov. CS.sSsrisiu i b.s 'g ;asi
issasd . warrant Tor the hanging Of q man
by the name Of Haris. The statute under
which he acts was passed in ee37, and sew
eral newspapers assert that by the terms Of
this act capital punishment Was indirect
II" abolished. The Governor takes the
opposite view, insistine that in cases Of
conviction for capital oheoses he is shut up
to the alternative Of ordering the execution
OF the sentence OF oonmuting it to impeb-
onrnent for life. AZ the sheri6 to whom
this last warrant uas directed has nysts-
riously disappears" Harris remains an.
hung. sand the whole question will come y
for decision q the next session offhs Leg.
islature. bsa.f n
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The Happy Family.
A LETTER FROM SWEET WILLIE NO.

| A LETTER. tNOM SWEET WILLIE NOs q
h ID. 81. g. p
/ We have had placed at ourlisposa
the following lotter, which We publish
| as d mi liter of Indignation to our be
nighted people and "a give them an in
| sight into the management and, tricks
of the Buzzard Crew. We have tn.
promise of other epistles, which shall
be laid before our readers in due
time: Ty-lT
New ORLEANS Nov. 26th 1868
Dear Sir DO you think that you
could come down here soon, if 10 write
and let me know, az there is M ap-
pointment't to be nude to the best kind
of a paying Office which I can get 70,
Rapides, or can get It for you If q
proper understanding could be had, al
it would pay two well during the year
1t is a business that you could put
through we'll. NY ,tt taaa ofs
It will not require attention until
after General Grant IL in a position to
protect and re-reconstruct Rapides,
and tramp to. the ground the Joud
mouth, cut throat iassassifls that now
control the parish
Answer Immediately.
w-5xvknbsk I Yours Truly,
aLssI,T ave Nv. F. MCLEAN.
P.S.3 L learned about your being
knocked down, and have reported the
fact to the committee of the Legislature
sitting and taking testimony on the
late Elections held April 18th and 10Th
and the, Election. held November 4tll
also on the pence and good order Of the
State. I have already reported the
fact but write me all the particulars,
and 1 will make . good point Of it in
your favor when / 60 to Washington
city which shall in about 8 weeks. y
Let me know all that. you have
learned about the destruction of the
office.
have been invited to Washington
by our whole delegation, Senators and
Congressman, to present Louisiana rs
she is to General Grant.
! i'll am successful in getting some
warrants soon will send you IS more
you asked for. Remember me to
Barlow, Colamy and others.
Charley, didn't you not play hell on
your watch when yon told DeLacey
that / was leading the Sheriff's sales.
BY the way, what will you charge
me to act as agent for the Tribune in
Alexandria for me until l return from
Washington whereupon shall imme-
diately re-establisii my Office in Alex
andria. ' -. ,9 ,'' 80 ~ -.
It is now printed in Natcl.itoches but
published in Alexandria. should want
you to get the papers ont of the Post
Office and distribute to subscribers, and
receive the judicial advertisements
from Sheriff and Club, and get up the
items of news and send them to Nat
,chitoches. '-. 80 .. 49, 6.'! '' ~.
There an enough subscriptions due
to p you and would giveian order
TO collect them. .13-E 81 t0,s2 ion
Let me know i'll get the office spoken
of myself will yon do the business for
one half the net profits, or if can get
it for yon viii you give me one third.
! am satisfied that it will be wortl.
from S TOT thousand dollars o. year. It
will not be appointed until the last OF
January or first of February 1869. p
Answer this in full and write plain,
aa1sioF 2" .s.if taa Yours Truly
sFa.. e Ill. Ny.k. 10
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Proceedings Of the Town Council

BE IL Ordained, BY The Mayor ant
Board Of Councilmen of the Town of Alex
andria, Louisiana, That according to an Aca
Of the Senate and House Of Represents
tives of the State Of Louisiana, and ap
proved by the Governor on the. 29th o.
September 1868, it is ordered that the Cor
poration Of Alexandria, Louisiana be diyi
ded into five Wards.
WARD No. /. Commences at the Mouth
Of Bayou Rapides and extends to the lower
end Of the square on which John We'll re.
sides, extending back to the Corporation
ditch. .+aIgnS sl.ziaiat
WARD No. q. Commences with the
square on which Julius Goodman resides
and extends to the Ice House Hotel, ex-
tending back to the Corporation ditch. 'la
WARD No. 3. Commences with the
square on which the leo House Hotel is
and extends to the Court Houss square
extending back to Bettie's Bayou.
WARD No.F4. Commences with the
square on which the Court House stood
and extends to the lower end Of the square
on whict. r. s. Smith lived, extending
back to Bettie's Bayou. shi g 'tslaTet
# WARD No. S. Commences with the
square on which Hon, NJ. Ryan resides
and extends to the lower end Of the square
on which s. X. johnson resides, extending
back to the lire Of the land, formerly be-
longing to G. 7. Keiso, and the line OF
the land belonging to Fanny Blue f.w.c G. /,
Be Hfurtaer, Ordained, That on Mon
day January 4th 1869 there will BE- an cleo.
ton held in each Ward for one Mayor, one
Treasurer and one Controller for said
Town, also one Councilman for each Ward,
Polls will DO opened at the following pls-
ces, viz Ward No. at the store OIL.
Gossens.-Commissioners Of election, T..
Gossens, b. Glatt and r. L. Fox, Ward
No. 2 at the Warehouse Of E. r. Biossat
Commissioners, r. w. Jeffreys, VIM.
Mills and w. FAINT. Ward No. ut the
Market House. - Commissioners John Be-
gan, Mires Rosenthal and j.. Fellows.
Ward No. 4 at the Paint shop of W. O.
Dammon.- Commissioners, w. o. Dam
mon, NJ. A. Grogan and P. Lynsky.
Ward No. S at the Office of q. II. Staring.
Commissioners, OH. Staring, W. c..
johnson and J. G. French. H ats.f1
b Polls will be opened at 3 o'clock A. NJ.
and closed at 4 o'clock p. NJ. re .''s 81
JAMES W. Osborn, E. r. BIOSSAT,
Secretary. - Y Mayor.
Dec. 18th 1868. .EtjE Z OF
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D~ Because d man vas always talk
e and liked bis own way" could talk
himsest into passion at any De@s
very excitable,r va wanted his eva n.y.
quick tempered, ;" |" stsbbovs, )" qss9 = ~
tics, !" irritable" determined, !" tempe
rate, 20 truthful, Correct "iuteliissat
" reliable. "sharp," "talkatiye," "Pos'-
tive" Pennsylvania law tribunal pro-
nounces him insane. We know hundreds
of insans4 people. fthat be the correct
Measurement. - $50, s.. -...-s. -.-.a>
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a. A writer In . New Haven paper,
over female signature; says that several
ladies' OF that city Having given o. little
time TO collecting the names Of married
men and the vicious women who travel
with them" This might be thought sus.
picious business; except Tor the inevitable
deduction that those "ladies" are only
seeking to bring ab, ut storm or divorces
that they may pick up the windfalls.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-12-16

NJ Silver spoons, that we're once ham
mered oQt ou an anvil. are nov struck out
ct single ponderous blow and the silver
tsaPot end the hundred little slegancies for
preseots. which everybody likes to give and
take, wereiso dear mol long since - TO b
beyond tho means Of sny but the rich. A
Providence paper says that forty ysass go
Jabez Gosham. founder Of the e,aosisotus-
iag company which beses his nsme, pso-
duced his silver TRIES Ia little hack shop
in That city. which = few peddiers sold
among the farmers wives In the vicinity
now, q great factory, employing, over tosr
hundred men, with machinery dnvea By .
hundred horse power, has taken ia place,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-12-16

EB The River is once more on the
decline, but navigation, from this down
good, above the boats are having some
trouble. Single card rates are yet the
go, but no telling how soon the Associs-
tipa win pile it on. ,i S.. d
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a, Home Policy Already Estab.
yar- tf5gj'a s7.a lished, Ia~.4 ~ r

We must confess ourselves surprised
ut the rapid popularity obtained by the
TEXAS TONIC SYRUP as cure for
chills and Fever. The proprietors
have recently been obliged to much in
crease their force to supply the great
demand. The purity of tile medicine
and its great value as a remedial agent,
carefully prepared as it is, form the
chief reasons for this success, unprece-
denied perhaps in the annals of medi-
cine. MANSFIELD & HIGBEE, Mem
phis, Tenn, Sole Proprietors. rsm :.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-12-16

1~ A reporter recently lost frst-ciass
item BY want Of orethoaeht. according 70
q Boston paper A young man attempted
to jump from trim Of cars which was aP.,
preaching that city. and the knight Of
Pencil, with an eye to business, inPrsdent..
" requested his mare, age occupation and
residence. for an obituary item. The man
concluded not to jump:
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-12-16

" Captain Dowty desires US to au-
nounce, that Tie St. Nicholas will on
her down trips, leave positively at 10
A. N. Shippers and passengers must
regulate themselves accordingly. =,
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! .skfs-ttti. }ftT- 1if-- sslt -lf4Et1-
"a, A New York correspondent main

~. A New York correspondent main
tains that the gambling Of BADEN Baden is
not nearly 80 reckless = that observable in
Wall street. lie alludes to, an elegant
church building 10 this city. towards the
erection Of which one young man gave
$4,000. This young man owned > zine
country seat on the Hudson /; 40 elegant
establishment in New York; hsd bis fast
team on tie road made; it. was said, sell
dom less than $4,000 day. Thirty days
ago, his name was good for any amount at
the banks. His country thonse haa gone,
he has given up the city eetablishmsnt, aud
he has not now money enough "a. buy D
bag Of oats for his fast beam. Erie and the
Paci6c Mail carried them under. Requi-
escN IN pace. 95& Td 1881 @''| CT f-fit
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Washington 4" Society"

'"'''eS". W. y
Haysn paper, writes: 81
Under that ambiguous torm oftsoS Iety, >
|4sas are many ladies hsso who "a prssam.
( I'd to had Il. Mrs. SprIgue, Mrs. Chand
Ter, and Mrs. Morgan are among them, all
three taking rank from their wealth and
establishments the former also from hel
public grsces and natural social accomplish
ments. do not know that any Of these
ladies, IL poor, would be distinguished Is
Queens of Society,"" which is, I believe
the term used in fashion books and annu.
als. MIS- Spragues is o very slender and
dAicats LADY, pitkout the repose OF the
We're 1ls vefes, being rather nervous and
|nailsbiting beauty. cspsble Of strong sfiec,
ton aud jealousy, should say, and upheld
in her1a6ofs Ia please by the stfonk snbi-
ton she inherits from her father. can
imagine her; poor, holding the place Of .
public scha0l teachers position where /
am warranted In jsupp0sing her, beoaase of
her fathers lifelong Interest in Democratic
education. Well, as q school teacher, she
would charm the directors, BE- quoted a. \
very interesting yoane girl, receive bou-
quets from the girls on New Years day,
and 30 asked good many questions % TO
what dresses Would be becoming, and
whether blue eyes in man were sign oil
. deceitfal nstare. Finally. Ire youngest
and richest directors would fall 10 love with
her. Everybody would have Isywpathy for
her and congrat.:sss her. She would step
into society where she is, so naturally, that
afterwa.d people would ray There IL no
vueen about her at all. She Is inst the
same girl sNe was when she taught school.
To Be q queen. Won know, one must strut
q little, swing .itrain "---or trail, which is
It : and look scornfaiiy ovt Of the front
window upoi, peanut bows and shoeblScks,
Mrs. Spraeue & not . Queen, I snii var
ranted IN saying. Mrs. Chandler is 4 II.
tie more "on" that order, holding herself
,very straight and ststusqse. aMis. Morgan
is merely bankers wifs. Who rides beside
her husband in a resnectablei broushau, !.
looks ~ II born to the useof . silver plate
and Sevras china. and She eives Won q teeI.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-12-16

sea We have had, the past week,
the worst weather of the season. Ii
has been cold, very cold, with plenty
of rain, ice and sleet. A snow storm
will next be in order,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-12-16

az The Steamer Lizzie Tate, on her
mp trip, one hundred miles below this
Towu, broke her main shaft, and must
turn her cargo over to some other boat
and be towed back to the City. !s Il
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-12-16

ne- Raftmen and all engaged in the
lumber business, will find an adver-
tisement, in our columns, that may be
of some interest to them.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-12-16

SNAKES FROM FLORIDA TO CuBA.--
Within the last six months there have
been more than fifty snakes of various
kinds caught, in the vicinity of this
place and shipped !, to Cuba. These
snakes were paid for from one to TWEEN
ty-five dollars each, and if the demand
were, to continue, q year longer this
country would be greatly lbenefltted
thereby, because the snakes would be
compeiied to yield to the greenback
question. Among the isnakes shipped
we noticed several large rattlesnakes,
one OF which was eight feet long, and
one gopher snake, which looked 10 he
about twelve feet ,long.-Tampa Pen
insuil' .isrst.alf ei,t ~ TIa1 N5t~s
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-12-16

3@. We are thankful to- the officers
of the FroliQ, Lizzie Hopkins and St.
Nicholas for full files of late New Or
leans papers. sttt sfs' Ut -7.7.. .saEE ri
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Farragut,
GRANTS SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
from the N Y. Cor. Of the Rocheste,
Chronicle1

IRON the NJ Z. Cor OF the Rochester
tChronicle-s
The return of Admiral Farragut has Leo
to speculation upon the probabilities of the
appointment of that distinguished Officer
to the position of Secretary of che Navy
Admiral POrters's friends are hard at work
in opposition to any claims of Farragut
and some of them venture to predict that
Porter will be the appointee. q. don't be.
lleve it; i know of one OF two little tricks
of an unciyil nature, that the latter indi.
vidual played upon Gen. Grant, and he can
hardly think that the President elect will
fail to remember them. During the vicks-
burg campaign, when the army was ready
to cross the Mississippi, Porter's feet at.
tackled the rebel Notifications at Grand
Gulf, and after hard fight, hauled off de-
teated. AS the gunboats were unable to
reduce the Notifications, General Grant
determined 20 cross the, river and take them
in the rear So he moved the army over
and fought the battle of Port Gibson; the
rebels in Grand Gulf became alarmed, blew
up their magazines, and evacuated the fort
in the night wv,> -, ~xrx
Next morning Porter moved up, fred a
shot or go, and, on receiving no reply, ven
tured to land. His first order was for a
paint-brush, with which he marked the
guns as prizes to thu, navy, "eaptured~ by
the Mississippi fotiils, d. D. Porter com.
handing. When Grunt saw the guns he
smiled and lighted fresh cigar, and said
His chief of staff ordered that
the superscription should be carefully pre-.
served, and believe that one of the labeled
guns was taken to the arsenal at St. Louis,
where it remains n monument of the cheek
of Rear Admiral.
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% Dear 6ir--YOurs Of even date received
and contents noted. I have No Aeabt bat
that made the statement ~ set forth in
yonr note Of the 9Th inst, which vas, =
before stated. an error npon ms part, mads
in the harry Of the mOsacnt. Z, 80 -
~ n i remain. very traly yours, 1...,.,s-
,,f.,d-r 40 e. ,.,r.- "a , WM. NCDuvy.
Major General I. II. Rousseau, Esv OK
leans, LA. LII .-.,.,t ,',.-.l.

NJ Meoard has not trseeiyed esetiE
cate Of election 70 Congress for ~ vseas-
cy in the SECOND District, nor 10 Is JsG 81
tain that hs will have one. ,lThs Govenos
was aboat 70 give It to him 1t one tine. -
% being introduced 10 Hos. C.S. Hist
some time ego, The latter askisg to Asss I
fun statement Of the retarns or votes ~
eeived By the Secretary of State, alike thess
regarded e regularly returned and tAoss
not, and on it, being pointed ont 70 H.
Govsraor that II the votes Of the parish Of
Orleans wees throws oct, The person who
would be declared to b elected would not
recsiye . sisg3s vote nom the district which
Col, Mann represented, bat from parishes
which wsee 6et In It, and which did BOT
vote either for Mann or Jones, he took The
matter again under sdvisement. Bsv -
1enard IN out Aapn's term vie1Use -
ting vote in Mannis distsist-lN. O.
= WV on r~-s,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-12-16

D We are bad OFF for papers and
items of news this week. sH We miss
New Orleans papers of Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday last.1 Hence we
are without the Presidents Message
and cannot lay it before our readers
Saturdays New Orleans papers contain
the comments of the English Press on
it, which we care not to publish. Our
readers must wait for the vehicle even
no letter from cold T'im1 this issue.
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SPECI.AI,,

The Reverend A.. G.. Blackwell will
preael. in this Town on next Sunday, at
II o'clock, at the usual place. .,....
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-12-16

IT William Francis Mclean, late
Editor and Proprietor of the Tribune,
one wheelbarrow concern, valued at
about three hundred and fifty dollars
in greenbacks, which he alledgesg was
pitched into Red River, has sued the
corporation Of Alexandria, in the q.
S. District Court, in New Orleans, for
the modest sum of forty thousand dol
lars. Isn't this a grand Radical farce 7
Will such fellows as Mclean never
cease their huge. jokes for the aake. Of
loyal eapitala We fancy We can see
linn and his crowd here packing off
the forty thousand dollars in corpora
ton script. fahi.7a Gle asats ge... s.r.ar
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-12-16

II The st. Nicholas arrived here ON
Monday morning, her first trip this
season. She has been entirely repair
ed and renovated and looks finer than
ever. She leaves this morning at her
old usual hour, 10 O'clock A. NJ.
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HS~ Two young men Of the senior class
OF Dartmouth College were recently sus-
pended, and large portion of the class es-
corted them, with a band of music, to the
cars. For this thirty7one members of the
class were themselves suspended until they
should make satisfactory apology to the
faculty. The required apology was made.
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The Colored Police Force of til.
City.
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN crr ~.
sEAU AND COMMISSIONERS xcp,v,

N~"ANA-0h VNDhNCE BETWEEN GEN. m.
szAu AND COMMISSIONERS xcDurr
ri From the n. o. TIM.
The reading public are doubtle,. !.
miliar with the attempts that h..
been made by Packard and otbe,, -
impeach Gen. Rousseau's yer.c;e, :
the statements he sent to Washins..-
in reference 70 the eolored police go.
city. Gen. Rousseau then -copte.a.s
that the negro element on the -
was largersthan the white, and h Ia
the belief of almost every enc n
knew=A.ytAing -Aleat ths-nafte,sI
sustain him in the statement. Heh.s
too, the asthesity q Mr. Wn. Heu.S
one OF the Police Comnissiouer.
one indeed who then had control ca
force, and for whose wise admipiat,,
ton at the time it may be said tin ~,
stands indebted for, an escape In.
many evils. The following corresp..
denee, which we have obtained thro,.a
the courtesy Of o staff officer, VIII a
cieptly explain the facts NO hsy. -
ted s51 TYsfl.s Tsq g "a far.ta
Headquarters Dept. Of Leuis;.n.
Estates Of La. and Arkansas.l
New Orleans, La, Dece~ber, 1864 {
Ny Dear Eir-Tho est;mate of A..
police force of New Orleans during ~
recent troubles here, contained s. ~ ~
annual report to Gen. Grant, to-vT
243ipegroes and 40 whites, was 49,
on your abatement, twice made 10 -
once while I was making out INV IA.
port. Same Of your political ffieed.
are harping upon the report as insccp-
rate in that particular, As well a Oh
erk. 's- 20
As you were then, and still are. a
leading and active member or the NJ
trop0iitdn Poles Boafii; and had, "a
SILL have, aecess - its records. Mn
you please tell mo whether your state-
% ns,s IT., to me nss, ss Tat subject we's or
80, p. e. I am, very truly, s,i .s'.9
(Signed) Low. II. Rousseau, q. 8. A
VIM. McDufE, ESQ.,, Board Of Metropol.
!. itsn Police, New Orleans, La. IN
SUPERIxrrxDESTfs Orr1CE Nkrrososs1
-, & ''f'Si'J TAN POLlCE, 81
'fs"i9 ID Now Orleans, La, Dec. 10, 1865.
Z Dear Sir-Your favor Of the 9th Inst, h.
quiring whether my statement rsspeeiinr
tho strength Of the Police force, q esc..
tanned in your annual report to 0enessl
Grant was correct is as hand. In reply I
desire 70 say, that Il made the statemest
blacks. was mistaken, a. Il shosla hsvs
blacks Yours respectfully. ~. 800 ~,
- y.r :, 80. 80 WIN. NCDUyY.
Orleans, Ia. '-' 20, Syn Z.
nvvr ~, r .,,.,., a., \
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TRY ST. JOHNS iCOUGU
EXpectoraut.
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TRY ST. JOHNS COCGH EXPEC-
TOgANF
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1tUH' UUSePH WllS01, C0mMlSslOneFs d
the General Land Office, has decided that
where man and woman have each taken Q
homestead, and subsequently marry, they
may select which homestead they will re.
side upon, and cultivate and pay. for the
other under the 9Th section of the Home.
stead Law, which, requires the settlement
and cultivation from the date of entry.
The fact that woman marries after enter
ing homestead, does not debar her from
holding the same, provided she complies
with the requirements Of the law. 80. a,F