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- We are prepared to furnish
200, 900 Bushels, of the Best Shell Limo
FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES,
FROM OUR
KILNS AT CANTON, OPPOSITE FORT
McHENRY,. BALTIMORE, MD.
In quantities to suit, al the lowest market
rates, and on the best terms. Time given on
good City acceptances.
We are Agents for the Indianapolis, Indiana,
GROUND BONE,
Which is warranted to be the Purest and best
sold in the city. .ulJF} f3l obs
OUR Xxx BRAND OF THIS BONE
Is sufficiently fine for drilling, and our MEAT
AND BONE, valuable manure, is, at SIS per
ton less, equal to many Raw Bone Phosphates,
selling at high prices.
Lodi Company's Poudrette Common and Refined.
- ESQ BOWEN & MERCER,
No. Exchange Place, Baltimore, Md.
n. B.-We can deliver vessel loads of our
Shell Lime on any of the Virginia Rivers, Eas-
tern and Western Shores of Maryland, Delaware,
Pennsylvania Tide Water Canal and N. Jersey.
feb I2-6t L. & NJ.
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CtARDoZo, ALSOP Il FoURQUREAN are
" buying at auction, and from every other
source where cash will command bargains,
SILKS, DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, EN-
BROIDERIES, LACES, GLOVES, HOSIE-
RY, CARPETS, AND HOUSEKEEPING
GOODS in every variety; CLOTHS, CASSI-
MERES, and GLOAKINGS, &c; which they
offer at extremely low prices. No. 9lS BROAD
STREET, between 9th and 10th.
Also, very large assortment OF Iarlatans and
Swiss Muslins, white and light Kid Gloves for
parties, at very low prices, chiefly from auction.
ia Oft c., A. & f.
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LIAM h JOHNSON,
SEED GROWERS AND DEALERS,
15o6 MAIN ST.. RIcHMoNp. VA.

SEED GROWERS AND DEALERS,
1906 MAIN ST., RICHMOND, VA.
DESCRIPTIVE Catalogues for Spring of 1868
now ready, and will be forwarded to any one
applying for them. ornc
Particular attention paid to sending SEEDS
BY MAIL. =,
Upon the receipt of Catalogue price, we will
forward any Seeds ordered and guarantee their
safe delivery For Peas, Beans, Corn, and other
heavy Seeds, cents per ID. must be added to
the remittance to pay postage.
There is a special Postal arrangement for
transmitting seeds by mail, and for all packages
not weighing over four pounds it is the safest
and most expeditions way of obtaining them.
Larger quantities will be forwarded according
to Instructions.
Remittances by. check payable to order, by
Post Office draft, or in registered letters are at
our risk. DAG hH- Hl
Send for Catalogues, and address
ALLAN & JOHNSON,
mr. 4-3m i Box 49S, Richmond, Va.
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T1REsH AND PURE GARDEN SEED

T1RESH AND PURE GARDEN SEED
We have on hand very large stock OF SEED,
warranted fresh and pure.
CABBAGE OUR SPECIALITY,
none can excel and but few equal us in pure
ness of Seed.
Catalogues furnished on application, free of
expense. n
Address PALMER & TURPlN,
No 1925 Main street, Richmond, Va.
ia 30-Iy
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IMPROVED INSTRUMENT FOR SURVEY
ING AND CALCULATING AREAS.
INVENTED By
j. NJ. LILLEY, Staunton, Virginia.
HNHIS INSTRUMENT has been adopted al
the United States Military Academy, West
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ed by the Professors of Mathematics and En-
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Universities and Colleges of the country, and
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ments
Circulars containging description of the In.
stument, price list, and certificates of recon-
mendation, will be sents to persons who apply
| for them.
Orders for instruments filled promptly.
Agents wanted to introduce the Instrument
| into the different States
Address R. D. LILLEY,
Staunton, Virginia,
| feb 1-6m or Box SO, Billsboro, Ohio.
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GARDEN SEEDS.

4 A DE Sc UO.
We are now receiving our supplies of Garden
Seeds for the coming season, to which we ask
the attention OF FARMERS, GARDENERS,
and MERCHANTS. a~.f.
Our seeds are selected with great care, are
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faction.
Our Almanac and Descriptive Catalogue for
1868, with practical directions for cultivation
and other useful matter, is now ready and will
be mailed to all applicants.
BSs~ Garden seeds sent by mail at regular re-
tail prices, free of postage.
ALLISON & ADDISON,
Seed Merchants and Dealers in Agricultural
Implements and Guano,
1920 Cary street, Richmond, Va.
ia 22-3m
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-02-26

A Coop STORY or llGARLYLE.--A good
story is told by the London correspondent
of.t6e Tribune One evening The great
novelist, Dickens, was reading the trial
scene in Pickwick TO an audience Of rank
and fashion in london. Presently rank
and fashion began to have their attention
drawn.tol an explosive merriment nd one
part Of the hall. On the front bench sat a
tall man, blue eyed aud gtaylhaired who
ever aud auon swung his steeple- crowned
felt Hat forcibly down on his knees, burst
ing into peals Of such ,ineztingaisbable
laughter as the gods on Homer's Olympus
when thep beheid limp footed Vulcan halt.
ing round the circle as cup-bearsri Rank
ind fashion here inclined to be shocked at
this unconventional mirth; but by-and.by
the whisper went round that he Of ting stee.
pie hat was no other than Thomas Carlyle,
Of Chelsea, and for the rest Of the evening
Mr. Dickens had (but a sdiaidad + attention
from his reyerently- wondering audience.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-02-26

NrEREs TING. NEwsPAPER SuIy.-Quite
% novel case was tried last week in the Su.
prerne Court of New York before Judge
Mullin, 1.-THE World Newspaper Com.
pauy against Charles r. Oineh, ''inswhich
some points Of great Importance to the
Journalistic profession we're decided Tn.
asmuch as every newspaper publisher has
frequentlyohad to apass through similar
ordeals, we condense the results OF this
trial act va
/ Soon after the death Of Collector King
who. it will be remembered, committed
suicide by jumping offa ferry boat in the
East river, the plaintiffs inserted an adver-
tisement several times in the World offer.
ling reward of FIVE hundred dollars for the
recovery of the body. The advertisement
was sent to the Office with The NAMES ofthe
defendant and tive other custom house
officials attached. The present suit is
brought for the sum Of one hundred and
eiehty-eight dollars, Che price Of the adver.
| tisement. The advertising agent Of the
World testified that Mr., Clinch had told
him to insert the advertisement. Mr.
CliGch admitted that he did, but alleges
that he told the agent it was for the beue
fit Of the heirs. The jury found q verdict
for the plaintiffs for the full amount
claimed.
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g1gaA RADICAL Or GoRHp, Schenck, who
was always a notorious advocate Of the
.pimp and spy system, introduced during
the war, and who thought even q fair eriti-
cism Of old Abe, oflthe government" as
they used to call the President, as little
less than high treason, grew quite indig,
nant IN the Honse yesterday, at the sen
'tencs oflx naval codrt-niartial sdspending
an officer for one year for dsrespectfal
words Of President johnson. He charae.
1terized the Conduct iofthe informer as "a
poor, mean, dirty pimping business" and
the action Of Secretary ofthe Navy in
employing spies as "contemtible." We
are glad to see that Sctenrk. is repenting,
but In view Of the fact that it is his OK that
lis gosed this time, rather fear that it Is that
hurts him instead Of his conscience
laLosalty with Schenck and his friends
means faithfulness to the Radical party,
and every thing else is Treason. q [[Cincin-
natl Enquirer. i r asI,.vil 46t .tsayfe
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NEGRO RULE.-1'he New York World

says: lff 8 4
If wa oft North cannot tolerate the
negroes powerIess participation in our
politics, what abon.inable, what insuffsra-
bIe tyranny it is for us to insist that tho
South shall be ruled by them! The re-
pugnance TO negroes is equally implanted
by nature as that to snakes. What is the
reason that respectable white man would
think his sister orshis daughter disgraced
ifshe should endure the courtship and car
esses Of q negro! Her negro suitor might
be well-dressed, well hammered, upright, in
tellisent; nay, he might have been her ben
efactor, might have rescued her from flames
or drowning at the peril ofhis life. and yet
her father Or brother would cast her Oft if
she consented to marry him. What God
has thus deeply planted ii our nature is
not to be rooted, out by all the, radicalism
in the world. We cannot abolish the dis
junction Of race. forit isa distinction es-
tablished by God himself. Why He saw
6t to create the African black and the
Caucasian white to put wool upon his bead
and harnpon ours, to bestow upon him IN
oder which We do not regard as perfume,
is not given US to know. But, our ignor-
ance Of the reason cannot abolish tho
fact.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-02-26

1sH~ According to the New York Tri-
bune almanac, good radical authority, the
seventeen loyal States, which held elections
in 1867, cast democratic vote Of l,577,-
507, and radical vote Of 1,55l ,945. The
democratic majority III these seventeen
States is, q ,5G2.l Local elections were held
in eight OTHER Northern or Western States,
the result showing that II there had been
general election the democratic majority
would have been inceased. Yet, in both
branches of Congress there are only sixty
democrats to one hundred and eighty-fve
radicals. By a fraudulent apportionment.
l $4,000 democrats have but one-third az
many members Of Congress as l,5S4,OOO
Radicals. Giii 5ii il:.'t 50 iFsF'P8
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: fl,-1IS " s-x-I- : ! 80
A Brave Man. !,
,sij$4ta ~ Il aiiaklii1-

Nobody, we suppose, eter doubted Gen
eral Grants courage. The man who cap,
tured Vieksburg, after starving odtits &C.
cupants, and sacrificed nearly hundred
thousand men in o FIVE weeks, campaign be-
tween the Rapidan aud the james, and was
not afraid to confront Lee for nine months
in front IF Petersburg, cannot be regarded
as deficient in certain kind Of valor. But
he never, before exhibited, 90 reckless au
audacity as when he entered into potent
cal correspondence with President ohm.
son. In such controversy he was sure to
encounter defeat, but be brAVely consented
to sacrifice his reputation and to act as
Stantons foriorn hope, in an assault on
his superior officer. 1T is very true that
Grant.bad very little reputation left after
his conduct in the affair ofthe war office
but considering his position before the
county as prospective Candidate for the
presidency, he would naturally, have tried
to preserve that ,astenuated remnant. As
the Sibyllinslbooks became more Valuable
in proportion as their number increased, SO
General Grants character became more
valuable to him as he found it Diminishing
But with the courage of hero, i not tbs
|isagacity IF q philosopher, ~ has sacrificed
the whole of it by rushing wildly into con
flict with the President when ne must have
known that humiliation awaited him.
Macaulay somewhere Gays that it's q hope
less task to try to make an Ethiope white
butt is even noreYabsured to attempt, 70
make an EtAiopei appear white by giving hin
an additional coat of black. This is just
Grants position. / It vas difficult enough
for him to preserve his character for truth
and fairness before he wrote his last let
tiers, bat it is ridiculous for him to try to
preserve it by paradins It's osni shame as
evidence Of his innocence. Crescent.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-02-26
Mysterious Disappearance Of q
Lake in Michigan.

"A correspondent OF the Goldwater
|tMich) Gazette gives some particulars con-
|,necsed with the disappearance Of the water
from Ottawa Lake, in Monroe county,
Mich: me-
"For some days past Ottawa Lake has
presented very exciting scene. The
occasion was this; Those living near the
lake observed for some. days previous that
the ice on the lake was falling. Soon they
discovered that the fish,wefe crvwdiDg to
the holes In the ice where they watered
their cattle. They increased in numbers,
large and small, the former having their
mouths vide Open and 50 exhausted that
the people caught them With their hands.
As MANY teams daily, visited the Jake,
hauling stones from les shores for building
purposes, the news soon spread to dis
ttance all around. The work ofedaarrying
and hauling stones was soon abandoned,
and III a short time scores OF teams and
hundreds of men might be seen on and
around the lake. The men With hand
spikes, crowbars, and axes, were busily EN-
| Gagged cutting and raising huge pieces Of
| ice, and then STOPPING down and lifting the
| fish, some Of which were dead, some, alive,
and some frozen fast in the ice, fof the
water having, departed from the lake by
some subterraneaneons passage, the vast
sheet Of ice lay on the bottom. For three
days immense quantities of fish were car
ried away, principally pickeraL and bass,
while vast quantities Of white fish are left
to rot on the ice and in the mud, for, mud
and ice are all that are left of Ottawa Lake
numerous pieces Of ice being left standing
on edge, like so many grave stones. The
lake, or rather its bed or graveyard, pre-
lsents novel scene. Some say the water
will soon return by the same source by
which it departed, bringing a fresh supply
lof fish with it, for Lake Erie is supposed
Ito be its headquarters. II. viii be, well if
! it does, Otherwise sickness may. be feared
lin the vicinity of9the bnryinggroubd Of
Ottawa Lake. In thes,neaniime the farm
srs in the vicinity will greatly feel the loss
fof the departed waters. Z, - stfass
about seven years ago, am told, this
lake departed Id the same way, aud ola
men say it departed and returns periodical
Iy." g y. a. sse s-;r' sss'S.s
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YuBA Dams PoLITIcAL PLATFORM

| YuBA DAMS PoLIrlcAL PLATFORM
Notwithstanding positive reasons which
to- a superficial observer, point to me 81
tile coming man for assassination, hav'
some negative objections yet stronge
which, to save writing letters in answer tt
invitations to political bauqaets in New
York. / will state ut length:
!. ] was not born in Tennessee.
q. Inever expected to be. ,.,..sl
3. ] do not love the people. Z, 81
4. Durn The people. 2 7, i.i'8
$. LIDO not believe in the ultimate stnse
Of justice ofthe people. aii If' Il
6. The people is a mane-headed conglom,
crate jackass. .........-
Z. j never read The Constitution, and
never intend to carry It about I'M one hand
8. The people did not make me what
am. l am ii5t Of them,
3. thiuk the whisky-guzzling, dirty.
faced cusses ought to have king. l1si.
10. | doDtsktow how many stars there
are on the AMERICAN flag and don't care q
cuss. t@@-t -
II. When my term Of office should be
terminated by pistol OF poison, / don't want
Mary Jane accused Of stealing the silver
ware, tile sheets, towels, tablecloths, dia.
pers, napkins and other table ware of the
white House.
II. / cannot bear the thought. OF having
that angelic being compelled to show her
old clothes for a living.
IS. I don't want to be pumped every
quarter by Mack ofthe Cincinnati Com
merciaI
Il. I could no. stand the Kentucky del
egations that do continually vibrate be-
tween Kentucky and Washington for the
purpose Of procuring the redrcssing Of
grievances and the appointment Of another
man to Office Louisville Courier.
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A DUTcHMAN's CHAEAcTER.-A Dutch
man was,desirodsIof becoming a.citiaen q
this great country, and therefore, calico
HanSlte testify as TO his character The
Judge asked the latter
aHow long have you known tie appli
"a Veil Knows Him six years. ~ ! = :
ais be q man Of good moral character ?
"Yaw he ish no thief"
"True, but is the general character good
|, in "a moral point ofview Pr ] ll3<-2' 9.
sg alYaw. he will not steal nothing SOC az
j" But what do the people generally say
about bis characterS's' gm,fsalIi t.ta baao5
seq Veil never hear any body say dat
Sbon steals nothing ed85l4ag sadllah
( stBut what do you know about him
yourself, a. . good o. bad man T. Fo.y
h l"HVelI, 50 far as knows he never takes
anything vat does not belongao him"
The court weakened, The applicant
was admitted, and the Witness was heard
to mutter as he left the court rooms
."vell I makes Shon vote. Yawi is NOR
al character, dat ish good Shonl will not
not steal, but, he does Yip his frau and
cheet people, and lie like te very tyvils"
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PRAcr1cAL MEN, RsAp.-For thirteen
years Il SAT to 1860 cotton ruled from 6
to u cents per pound. Those thirteen
years We're truly prosperous for the United
States. The cotton growers Of the South
poured $lOO,QO0O0O to s2OO,0O0,0OO per
year profits directly into the pockets Of the
whole nation, and were the means Of NOV
ing trade machinery, which resulted IN indi.
rect profits Of 100000, 600 per year more.
Our ships Heated on every sea. Our man
uiactursrs all over the North were kept
busy Our merchandise brokers, insdrance
companies, wholesalers, ,warehousemen,
were full Of activity, Northern hotels, wa
tering places, railway cars, theatres, retail
stores, etc, from July to October, were Gil
ed with Southern patrons whose pockets,
plethoric with gold, literally disgorged
their contents: Everything prospered /;
everybody was happy; no taxation; no
national poverty. Contrast the picture
with that Of to-day with cotton, not at 6
to II cents, but II to SO cents. Now, we
are enjoying the blessings Of" free labor !"
in the cotton field, a big debt, and the rule
of Mongrelism! Voter, what do you think
Of it T. In. Y. Day Book. ae. 4t.t
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80 Ils3.IT fl3f.4 sEfts.t z lffF fFII
TAKE NOTICE,

THAT ] have in my possession at INV
/ Store in Pineyille, . number or Guns.
Pistols h., which were, lefs at the shop Of
p. B. Smith, for rer.air. Those claiming
tho same will cons forward, within dirty
days, prove property pay charges, Or they
will be. sold according to law Ne.nI
.f,qiJ. B. JARREAU, Jr,
feb. h6. ct 81. i u. -.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-02-26

p@- sadk county, Wisconsin,, produces
this year one third of the whole crop of
hogs raised in the United States. Its total
agricultural products for theyear amount
to five millions of dollars, So says the
Republic, printed at Baraboo. ~
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I Ma. The Springfield tMass.l Republican

| SAs The Springfield Mass Republican,
a republican organ, says that its party has
forgotten the maxim that whom the gcds
Intend to destroy ore first made mad. that
it is bliudly persisting in course which iss
sure to overwhelm it that the measures
kindred to- those now being perfected in
Congress cost thsparty it's ascsldancJ in
sixrfree States ;and that the utter delasion
evidenced by persissing in such a course
lean be explained only upon the principle
that ''madness precedes destruction" il
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-02-26

Beg Al Pasisian left directions before
his death that copy ofone ofthe morn;
ing newspapers should be placed on his
tomb every day. The eccentric request
is duly carried eai.
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feb. 2e. ct

F.ZffS & ss5 sts5' Il II
THE STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish Of Rapidss District Court,
NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Succession Of Frank 3. Forbes, Final nc.
count Of Tatrix.i No. Sal.
WHEREAS Amelis C. lBailIio Forbes
w TURK has filed in this Office her f.
nal account with the Succession Of Frank
E. Forbes: Notice 10 hereby given to all
whom it doth or may concern, to show
cause, within ten days from the date hereof
why the same should not b honolegated
Clerks Odice, Alexandra La, February
18th 1868. 49,
feb 2s. il3a 'i p isas.ts
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DlED.--On the 22d inst; PrERR1,
BAx, a native Of France, aged sixty six
years; and q resident Of Alexandria
since 1887.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-02-26

erea- A postmaster died in Maine the
other day Who was appointed " Andrew
Jackson, and has been ID office ever since
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Cultivate tie Soil.

Tie Richmond Enquirer and Examine
is urging the yonng men ofsthe South tt
cultivate the soil. Il exposes the sad con
ditioa of'niany youths who sought employ
lnent as clerks III cities, aud contrasts thei
forlorn condition-Shen otit Of employ
ments, as thousands are-#ith the better
estate Of those who manfaily grasped thu
plow-hand|e and wrunga generous support
from tillage. The following extracts art
just as applicable to Louisiana as to Virgin
ia, and, thong they may not prove palata
BILE to some, they are words ofwisdom aud
truth, Let any stou! young fellow, Who is
at loss fof something to do, give heed to
this good advice. The Examiner says:
'Many soldier who surrendered with
General Lee at Appomattox Court House
in April, 1865, with the all Of a broken
down. cavalry horse or CALLED and btoken.
winded mule, managed to make good crop
of corn. And we cannot recall single
instance ola young man Of industry and
energy, who engaged in agricultural pur.
suits after the war, who has not done bet.
ter than had he cote behind a counter to
measure calico and tape, OF enrolled himself
in those unhappy armies Of martyrs, who
announce to a needless public their vii.
lingness to practice law and medicine.
Owe sincerely hope that during the next
two months every young ihan who does
aot see his way clearly to support in
commerce or the professions, will try his
hand at farming. IaIf Of the best land is
lying idle for want Of hahds to till it, and
however, anpropitious the seasons may
prove, the cultivation Of corn, wheat, oats,
etc, is sure to yield . support to tie in
dustrious laborer. We do not mean that
an incu:ably lazy white man, whose farm
ing consists III hiring worthless negro or
two, whom he overlooks by sitting on a
stump with IN umbrella over his held, is
likely to succeed. God forbid that such a
cumberer Of the earth should demoralize
the youths Of the South by succeeding at
anything For bis example would bea bad
one.
But, looking TO the cheapness Of lands,
and to their fertility, and the great ease
with which they are cultivated, and to their
accessibility to the very best markets for
grain, the Industrious farmer is sure to do
better for the present than the struggling
merchant or the unemployed professional
man, There can be no real prosperity as
long as agriculture languishes.
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NJ Al, ordinance has been passed by
the Convention requiring The, same regis
trars and commissioners appointed by the
commanding general to receive votes on
the constitution also to receive and count
Che votes Tor all officials requirsdalto be
elected under it ON the same day and at
the same places. III case the commanding
general does not authorize The registrars
aud commissioners to receive these votes.
a committee Of seven, appointed by the
Convention, to take charge Of the matter
Of the ratification of the constitution shut
make the, appointments, through q special
registrar for each parish Of commissioners
Of elections. Tho civil officers elected will
enter upon their duties upon the second
Monday after the official PRONUNCIATION Of
the ratification Of the CONSTITUTION. II
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sg Henry Ward Beecher 1is Writing 3
life Of Christ speculation. sii3 I'll