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MEN.
oct "a, 1866. st.
.GR A N D OF BNluG!
B. w ELS S
HAS opened on FRONT STREET,
II opposite tile Ferry, a large, fine and
well selected stock Of
TALL AND VIb3BR GOODS
Ofall kinds, aud offers them to the market
at low and very favorable rates. He offers
NO BATS, but sells every thing cheap.
His stock consists, in part, of
Dress Goods,
Ladies' Cloaks,
Mantillas, French
Poplins, Alpaca, all
colOrs and shades, Hos
Jerry, Boots, Shoes; La
dies finest Caters and
Slippers CLOTHING; knit
and silk nndershirts; Ladies'
Misses and Children's hose and
half hose. Calieoes, MHslins of all
colors, shades and prices.
In short let the public give him call
and he will deem it a pleasure to display
his goods.
Alex, Oct. 10, 'G6-tf.
New Goods! New Goods!!
7 WOULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM
u my friends and customers that / have
just returned from New Orleans, with q
fresh supply of
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
HARDWARE.
TINWARE,
CRoCKERYWARE
and many other articles too numerous tc
mention, all Of which | will soil at tho
lowest CASH prices. 1 keep constantly Oh
hand largo supply of
Cetg, Cats and Dran,
ut reasonable rates. I have also ONT
HUNDRED FLOWS: Calhoun pattern
Peacock and Hall & Spear; Nos !, /, i.
and 2, at NEW ORLEANS PRICES.
Give me call and Judge for yourselves
but don't come all ut once and don't for
get your pocket books.
Twill either advance or give q reason
ablepricc for Cotton. Inqnirejust aboyeth,
ICE HOUSE HOTEL.
feb 90 If JACOB WALKER.
J. GOULDEN,
ITO UESsE +, ST GsN
and
ORNAMENTAL PAINTER
Glazing and Paper Hanging.
|SH0P ON THIRD STREET.
INREAR or THE T0WNHALz,
mar 20, 1867, If ALEXANDRIA, LA
~-"~N-o~>~>~->o~-o>o-o-r-c~
MRS. MULCAHY,
MILLINERY AND LADIES' FASH.
IONABLE STORE,
FRONT STREET, ALEXANDRIA, La.
Cruikshank & Hyns0n's Old Stand.
DONNETS, Ribbons, Silks, Trimmings
I'D Laces, Gloves and all and every varie.
ty Of Ladies' Furnishing Goods constantly
on hand sand received weekly from New
Orleans. Prices Moderate.
July II, '67-tf.
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Oh! gladdening is the yernal time,
When buds expand and gay birds sing,
Sounding the soft precIuding chime
Of airs that April's MINISTRIES fling,
And nature speaks in words sublime
From the melodious lips Of Spring.
Now, meath the suns. inspiring rays,
The grasses spread in emerald sheen;
The streams, unlocked, resume their ways
Through valleys of enchanting green,
And all the mild, auspicious days
Pour benedictions on the scene.
The cowslips spang1e all the meade,
In affluence of green and gold;
The sweet anemones, snow freed,
Swing joyous eenscrs manifold,
And yiOlets the summons heed
That calls them from their secret hold.
Tho farmer with his heart aglow,
Turns the rich sward with hope and trust;
lie sees, in faith, the herbage grow
III beauty from the teeming dust;
He heeds the promise of the bow
Set i'll the cloud by one all just.
Feeling that, though man SOW the grain,
The increase is alone with Him
Who sends the sunshine and the rain,
To work in earth's recesses DIM,
Drowning with bounteous wealth the pain,
And clarifying leaf and limb.
The blood asserts kindling sway
And quicker pours through swollen veins,
Its torpid dullness giving way,
As ice before the vernal rains;
The genial attributes have play,
And healthful happiness obtains.
We welcome with gladstone heart,
The dawn of Aprirs natal day;
For though, with coquettish art,
She trifes with our hope Away,
We see with her the germs upstart
That eliminate in flowers Of May.
And as we feel the genial air
Our brow with grateful touch invest,
The spring-time efluence we share
And breathe one hope above the rest,
That time and worldliness may spare
The hope of Summer in the breast.
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Qoetieal.
DEATHS BRIGADE.


DEATHS BRIGADE.
The wolf is in the desert,
And the panther in the brake,
The fox is on his rambles,
And the owl is wide awake;
For now It's noon of darkness,
And the world is all asleep, :.
And some shall wake to glory,
And some shall wake to weep.
KU-Klux.
A river black is RAINING
To blacker sea altar,
And by its banks is waving
A flag without star:
There move the ghostly columns
OF the swift Brigade of Death,
And every villain sleeping
Is gasping now for breath.
Ku-Klux.
Thrice hath the lone owl hooted,
And thrice the panther cried,
And swifter through the darkness
The Pale Brigade shall ride.
No trumpet sounds its coming.
And no drum-beat stirs the air.,
But noiseless in their vengeance,
They wreak it everywhere.
Ku-Klux.
Fly! fly ye bastard bandits,
Who are bleeding all the land,
The Dread Brigade is marching
With viewless sword and brand;
Nor think that from it's vengeance,
You in deepest dens may hide,
For through the darkest caverns
The Dread Brigade will ride.
Ku-Klux.
The misty gray is hanging
On the tresses of the East,
And morn shall tell the story
Of the reyeI and the feast.
The ghostly troop shall vanish
Like tho light in constant cloul,
But where they rode shall gather
The coffin and the shroud.
KU-KLUX.
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CTATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OE
- RAPIDES.-Estray taken up by Louis
Deabourn, at Mrs. Thos. McNealy's place,
about eight miles above Cotile P. O., in
the Parish of Rapides, A SMALL SOkREL
FILLY, very thin in flesh, about five OF six
years old, branded on the left shoulder un-
known, bald face, both hind legs white
Appraised by Sevcrius Riney and Gray
McLochlin to be worth Twenty Dollars in
currency. The owner is requested to come
forward in sixty days, prove property, pay
charges, and take her away, or she will be
sold according to law.
Given under my hand, this, the 4th day
Of April, A. d. 1868.
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April Is, 1868-3t. Just. Peace.
Printers Fees SO 90.
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THROUGH THE WORLD.

Some hearts go hungering through the
world,
And never find the love they seek;
Some lips with pride or scorn are carried
To hide the pain they may not speak.
The eye may flash. the lip may smile,
The voice in gladstone music thrill,
And yet beneath them all the while
The hungry heart be pining still.
These know their doom, and walk their
way
With level steps and steadfast eyes,
Nor strive with Faith, nor weep nor pray
While Others, not sadly wise,
Are Knocked by phantoms evernore,
And lured by seemings of delight;
Faith to the eye, but at the core
Holding but bitter dust and blight.
see them gaze from wisttul eyes;
Imark their sign on fading cheeks;
I hear them breathe in smothered sighs,
And note the grief that never speaks,
For them no might redresses wrong;
No eye with pity is impearled,
o misconstrued and suffering long!
o hearts that hunger through the world!
For you does life's dull desert hold
No fountained shade, 10 datc-grOye fair,
No gush Of waters clear and cold
But sandy reaches wide and bare,
The foot may fail, the sonl may faint,
Aud weigh to earth the weary frame,
Yet still We make no weak complaint,
And speak no words Of grief or blame.
O eager eyes which gaze aflr!
O arms which clasp the empty air!
Not all unmarked your sorrows are,
Not all unpitied your despair.
Smile, patient lips so proudly dumb
When life's frail tent at last is fnrled,
Your glorious recompense shall come,
O hearts that hunger through the world
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| G.. w Z A N H Y
It's now at ALEXANDRIA, and respect
Il fully offers his services as DENTIST
to the citizeDs Of this place and surround
ing country.
All diseases of the Teeth and Gums will
be attended to by the most improved treat
ment.
With his complete facilities cooperating
he feels sure Of giving general satisfaction
upon those organs so essential to Comfort,
Beauty and even Health itself.
Those wishing his services, will please
call as early as possible at his Office.
Teeth extracted wlthoutpain, if desired.
p. S.-For the qualification of those snf-
fering with Aching Teeth, he would say,
he uses remedy that efectually destroys
the nerve ANTIQUARIAN. Prices Reduced.
0FFICE-
At Mrs. Canhelds Residence.
Adjoining Ladies' Parlor.
Alexandria, La, JANUARY 6th, 1868.
TNRY JOHNS COUGH
Il Expectorant.
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CONCENTRATED LYE. Washing So.
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GARDEN S.EEDS.
ALEXA. ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
Mrs. AUGUSTA CANFIELD, will
M open at her residence on Second
Street, on the first Monday Of January, 1868
select school for GIRLS, which she
hopes by assiduous care and attention and
aliberal share Of public patronage to devel-
op into Young Ladies' Seminary of the
highest rank. Particular attention will be
paid by Mrs. G. to the language and man
ners Of the young ladies placed under her
care, and she will endeavor by every means
to incutcate uniform correctness of expires
sion and the elegant and lady-like deport-
ment so admirable in the female sex.
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Englisli-Primary Glass. ......s 300
English--Second Glass. ..........$ 500
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NIB. Boarders will be received ifde-
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rHEWING TOBACCO, Smoking Tobac.
~ GO, Pipes, SC. The celebrated Lou.
isiana PERIQUE SMOKING TOBACCO
kept for sale. warranted genuine, is cut on
the Premises.
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The Georgia negroes, who number nine
out often of the Radical voters of that
State have no representation at the Chi
cago Convention.
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Uuripe Potatoes for seed.

This subject having been recently
discussed in the Country Gentleman, an
Ohio correspondent calls our attention
to the following article, by Judge Buel,
published in the The Cultirdtor,
March, 1889:
To produce early potatoes, or to bring a
crop to early maturity, it is advised to
gather the seed before it has attained
maturity, to expose it some days to the
influence of the san, and to select the
top ends for the earlier crop. We have
a strong illustration of the correctness
of these conclusions, in Loud0n'S Gar
dener's Magazine. A correspondent of
that journal made the following expert
ment: He dug every other row of po-
tota patch for seed while the vines
were fresh, and exposed them in the
sun until they had become green. In
February, he cut them crosswise,
leaving the bottom and top in separate
sets. He cut those which had been
suffered to ripen in a similar manner,
aud planted the four kinds in alternate
rows. They were all planted on stable
litter, and covered with about three
inches of earth. A part of each kind
received no subsequent earthing. We
give the result in the writer's own
words:
"Jhe early potatoes not earthed up
grew close around the stock or stem,
like eggs in a nest, aud so near the
ground that they might be picked off
with the finger, leaving tho STOCK or
stem uninjured, to produce more pota-
toes from the runners. From the eye
sets of the unripe tubers We had q sup
ply every day for fortnight; when
those of the bottom sets came into use
for another fortnight; at that time, Po-
tatoes from the eye or top sets from the
ripe seed came into use, and were sue
ceeded by potatoes from the bottom sets
of the ripe seed. Those kept for seed
or the table, were earthed up as usual,
and each row produced almost as large
crop as any two rows not earthed up
the luxury of an early potato being a
greater object than the quantity"
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been sufficiently proven, although no
charge was publicly made or proven
against him.
A Mr.. Grossly, whose christian name
we do not remember, was summoned,
and almost the same proof was adduced
for him as in behalf of Mr.. Boyce. His
name was also erased. These are sam
Piles of the form of trial gone through
with before this irresponsible tribunal
that sits in judgment upon the most
valuable rights of the citizen.
Mr.. William Harrison, of Bridgeport,
was summoned because the Board had
been informed that he had declared that
Isaac d. Ross, the Registrar for Simp-
son township, ought to be takon cut
and hung; and his name was only re-
tained on the list by his proving the
falsity of the charge. And yet the law
prescribes that only those shall not
vote who since the 1st day of June,
1861, voluntarily have given, or shall
give, aid and assistance to the rebel
lion against the Government of the
United States. The gross Ignorance of
the Board, or its corruption, can be an
derstood when we tell our readers that
the declaration imputed to Harmison
was declared to be aid and assistance to
tho rebellion, though made in the year
of our Lord 1868, nearly four years after
the close of the rebellion.
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evidence was insufficient to entitle Mr.
Martin to be registered, but they tcenj
farther, and declared that not any Of tht
eridence had any application to the cast
,chdterer-that IL did not touch the qHes
tieR to be tried.
Amazement took possession of the
people who stood around. The counsel
proposed to go on and try another case,
and asked the Board to explain what
kind and degree of evidence they in
tended to require. They answered sim
ply that applicants must prove their
loyalty"
The people cried out in despair. Old
men, men whose heads have whitened
with years of devotion to their families
and to the welfare of their fellow citi-
zens, and the honor of their country, rails
ed their hands ia token OF their aston
ishment, and begged that counsel would
90 no farther, expressing their convic-
tion that the Board had already deter
mined to pay no regard whatever to tes-
timony. The counsel for the applicant
argued before thG Board that they had
no right to subject the loyalty of the
citizen to any test but tn at prescribed
by the Constitution and the law, cir
cumstance worthy of mention only be-
cause the Board affected to be insulted
by the argument, and by the objection
interposed by the counsel to the imper-
tinent questions put to the witnesses.
The President of the Board arose, and
with the majesty of the true Olymplan
Jove, pronouAced the Board adjourned.
His two associates concurred, and the
"THREE FURIRs" descended from their
exaltation, and became as other men.
This is enough for one letter. Sec
my next. Yours truly,
ALIVE AND WELL.
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A Lizzie Work Now, Friends.

Our information from the various
portions of the State is such as to leave
no doubt in our minds that the State
can be carried by the Dcmocratic-Con-
servative party, if every man will do
his duty.
We, therefore, appeal to our friends
in every neighborhood, to bestir your
selves. Know that your tickets are
printed and in proper hands. See that
you have an abundance of them that
there may be no possibility of running
short even at the last houI. See that
the name of the proper candidate for
every office is on it, in its proper place,
and properly spelled. ..r
Know that your organizations for
election day are complete in every par
ticular; that your arrangements for
bringing the aged, the infirm, the sick,
and the dilatory, to the polls, are all
they should be; that your challenging
Committee, and your Committee to see
that no legal voter is bullied, intimid-
ated or swindled ont of his right to vote
as he pleases, are composed OF your
best, most determined and most discreet
men.
Let ample means be taken to secure TO
erery man his rights. Let the Radical
knaves and scoundrels, who are daily
concocting crime to cheat their neigh
bors of the right to vote, understand
that every man entitled to vote on
Thursday, the 22d inst, riH rote, at
erery hazard and erery extremity, and
that the yelping of no Radical hound,
at the heels of freemen, will prevent
the full exercise of this great duty.
Notwithstanding the fact that
large number of properly registered
voters have been stricken from
the lists, and others, having
all the lawful qualifications, have
been denied registration, we have
enough left on the books to carry the
State. Our information leaves us no
room to doubt that this is fact.
1t is clearly within our power to
achieve grand-a glorious-victory in
West Virginia, on Thursday of next
week! Shall it not be donei Every
shoulder now to the wheel-and roll it
on to victory.
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PRESTON COUNTY.
October 6, 1865.

October 6, 1868.
Editors of the Register
l have been looking for piece from
Preston in the columns ofyour weekly,
concerning the treatment by G. c. Nc
Grew of Union soldiers wife, in the
fall of 1864. Permit me to ask the SOL
diers and citizens of the I'd district,
Will you vote for q man who attempt
ed to turn soldiers wife with four
little helpless children out of house and
homei Her husband had been a pris-
oner for seven months, and she had re-
ceived nothing from him for some time
prior to his capture, and under these
circumstances, he &c. C.. McGrew, the
Radical candidate for Congress in this
district with his thousands of dollars,
in the fall of 1864, because Mrs. Suns
berry could not pay him the rent for
the house she was occupying, he order
ed her to 60 to the woods with her help
less children. She was a nice, virtuous
woman; and there were other vacant
houses at the same place (TuDneltoR),
hence he had no use for the house.
Think of it, my fellow soldiers; he,
rich man, treating a soldiers widow in
such manner. Her husband was dead
at the time, but she did not know it.
Indeed, my heart swells with indigna-
tion and contempt to think of such
shameful treatment towards helpless
soldiers wife. UNION SOLDIER.
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Cause of Taxation and il. Remedy

The cost of incorporating the negro into
our political system. This is a very ex-
pensive business, and swells the volume
of taxation fcarfully. The object being
TO change, most thoroughly, the old
character of the Government from a
white mans to a mOngrel, or Mexican
basis-the cost must be proportional to
the magnitude OF the undertaking Vast
sums must be spent to make the negro,
that, never in the history of his race,
showed any capacity for civilized gov
ernmeRt, appear TO be fit to be taken in
to political partnership with race to
whese intellect, energy and persever-
ance the world owes its present advanc-
ed civilization. The Freedmen's Bu-
reau must educate him not only in let
ters, but in the art of business-fOr he
is Just emerged from slavery and is ig-
norant of both. He must be fed and
clothed and provided for, that be may
appear on an elevated plane and give
promise of improvement up to, or even
beyond, the white race.
Then, TO initiate him into politics
and put him into official position, to
make legislators, judges and magis-
trates of him, the strong arm Of the
military is required; for the repugnance
of the white is not easily overcome, and,
without bayonets to back him the ne
gro could not make much headway, in
placing himself on the same social, civil
and political plane with the white.
Millions of dollars are required TO sup
port the military in this negro elevat-
lug, cnfranchising and whitening pro-
cess.
And the expenses of both the Freed
mems Bureau and the military main
tanned in the Southern States, on ac-
count Of the negro, are borne mainly by
the tax payers of the North. These ex-
penses the Democratic policy would
abolish. Il would reduce the army
which, in the last twenty months, cost
S2l4, 4,G53 .03l, and would do away entire
ly with the Freedmen's Bureau and its
millions of dollars expenses annually.
The Democratic policy opposes this or
any other plan of forcing the negroes
into a position they are utterly uuqual-
flied to maintain, except the vast out
lays OF the public funds, and by the
constant presence of sustaining bayo-
nets. 1t would cut off entirely all that
drain upen the pockets of the tax pay
ers