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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-01
Profane Masons.

The Square l. Compass administers the
following bold rsbuke to those who ore
guilty ola disgraceful and degrading vice:
The Ancient Institutions have from time
immortal, in all their charges, persisteDtly
inculcated. and rigidly enjoined becoming
reverence for the Author ofonr being.
DesecratinQ the holy name Of Deity. either
by profanity or by mentioning it in my
other manner than in terms Of "reverential
ave." is expressly forbidden BY Masonic
law. And in order that the injunction may
be more faithfully observed certain penal
ties are attached to its violation. But as
in every other form Of human government.
where statutory enactments become dead
lumber, the non.enforcement. Of the penal
ties thus incurred has invited repetition
of the ofanse, and. thereby rendered the
prohibition dead letter IN Masonic legis-
hilton. Were the laws fully carried out;
did speedy and condign punishment follow
their inlraction. the eyes of true Masons
would not be blighted at the sight Off
swearing Mason, nor their hearing outraged
with his profanity. A swearing Mason |!
What misnomer! Vice and Virtue, sac
rilege and piety are equally consistent In
the "true pnrport and intent" Of legitimate
Masonry the terms are incompatible.
The inconsi tency exhibited by Mason
of.this type is too palpable to pass upre-
buked. Ifsuch mans moral perceptions
Of right and wrong have not become utter
" stultified, if long and unremitting per-
sistence in course of profanity has not
rendered his conscience invulnerable to re-
proof or expostulation, he cannot help but
see and feel that such conduct is Of the
most henious and aggravated character
conceivable. How can he dare to claim
the least privilege appertaiuing to Masonry
while he is endeavoring to undermine the
principles upon which it is based? How
can he have the effrantry to recommend ito
claims to all the world, while he is violat-
ing its most cherished precepts with impu-
nifty, thus bringing stigma upon the Or
der.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-01
Tho New Year.

The year of our Lord eighteen hun
drcd and sixty-eight, which dawns
upon us to-day, comes not in ascheerfll
q garb as the New Year usually wears
Butstill, it opens to MS new hopes, new
Joys, new prospects, and its coming
should be honorcd and welcomed with
joyous hearts and sanguine spirits.
The lot of man is full of yicissitudes
~-~of dark and sunny spots; but there
are few of us who have not within our
selves the elements of happiness. II
men would spurn inordinate ambition,
eschew the love of gain, and cultivate,
as they should do, the domestic afec-
tons, who could not be happy
That all our readers may share
abundantly of such happiness, is our
fervent hope. We wish them all hap
by, happy New Year, and many returns
Ut the same.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-01
r ANDRETH'S FRESH SEEDS
to arrive by the Goth January.
HENRY ST. JOHN.
jan. l, Ct

s@. In the address Of the Philadelphia
Union League we read that "the develop
ment Of the ideas of the Union party has
been great moral movement" Wonder
fully moral, indeed The elevation Of black
barbarians over white men and women is
q heightened moral movement. It is en-
tirely moral, Of course, for loyal thieves
and plunderers to be rohbiDg the country.
1t was sublimely moral in the Alabama
Convention Of white rascals and black
savages to grant divorces and consider
bigamy cases, and inexpressible moral in
that and other Conventions, organized by
the "Union Party" to ordain that black
and white children must sit side by side in
the school room, and to refuse to forbid
the marriage Of black men to white women.
or black women to white men. It's mar.
yellously moral for Fhad Stevens to make
obscene speeches in the House OF Repre-
sentatives, and the acting Vice President
Of the United States, Mr.. Ben Wade, to
blaspheme like q street rowdy, whenever he
talks politics in private. It is moral in the
highest degree for Parson Browulow to
enact the part Of rufian and cut-thront in
Tennessee, and another "moral idea
parson, Hunnicutt, to tell the Virginia
negroes to take torches and burn down the
dwellings of the whites. ., very mora
indeed, lis the movement for the develop
ment Of the ideas Of the "Union Party
but if the devil does not get hold ola good
many of Che leaders in that movement, he
will be cheated as be never was cheated
before.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-01

D0> tits cheerful to hear Of "good
times" somewhere. The Helena (Mortana)
Herald says: Everything in the line Of
trade and traffic presents lively aspect,
Breadstuffs and provisions are cheap, and
within the reach Of all. A half dozen or
more quartz mills, within radius Of five
miles, are in full blast, constantly grinding
out the needful "dust," andth consequence
in that money, which few months since
could scarcely be obtained on the most ap-
proved securities, and at an exorbitant in
terest, is now exceedingly plentiful, aud
everybody has his pockets phletoric with
the yellow dirt"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-01

TREATMENT or DrARRHEA.-J. w. Curran
reports in the London Medical Times and
Gazette the successful treatment Of num-
Der Of cases Of diarrhea, attended with con-
vulsions, which illustrate the beneficial
effects Of the therapeutical method recon-
mended by DR.. Chapman. Cold was ap,
piled by means Of ice bags at certain points
along the spine. It arrests the CONFUSION
with surprising rapidity, and exercises q
sedative and specially curative influence
over disease extremely harassing to both
physicians and relatives, and often terribly
destructive, especially when it attacks chill.
dren.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-01
4 New and Grand Epoch in 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 lis
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 Salve have opened the eyes Of
the public to the ineficiency Of the $50
called) 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 suite to place the bowels in
perfect order, tone the stomach, create
an appetite and render the spirit light and
buoyant! There is no gripping, and no
reaction in 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 eruptive
diseases are literally extinguished by the
disinfectant power Of Maegiel's salve. In
fact, it is here announced that MAGGIEL's
BII1oUs, DYsPEPTrc AND DIARRHEA. Pitts
cure where oil others fail. While for
Burns, Scalds, Chilblains, Cuts and all
abrasions Of the skin MAGa1EI.'s SALvE il
infallible. Sold by F. P. DucoseE, No.
80 Chartres street, New Orleans, and all
druggists, at Is cts. per box.
"CouSrEaFEITs! Buy no more Maggiel
Pills or Salye, with q 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
r. P. DUcoNGE, No. 80 Chartres street
New Orleans, Is the Sole Agent for the
State Of Louisiana.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-01

Bsa The negro Governments about to
be estab' ished irten ofthe Southern States
will need at least 10000 soldiers to uphold
them land the cost of every soldier now is
about 81 200 per annum, making for pay
and provisions only thirty-six millions Of
dollars. Millions in other cases must be
added on to that-more than it costs the
Federal Government to govern all the
Northern and Western Whites. These
expenses will continue until the North
gives up the idea governing the Soutl
by soldiers or negroes.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-01

@-The Paris Univers rrlates the follow
ing: Day before yesterday til esurgeons told
John Scholsy, an English Garibaldian,
taken prisoner by the pontiical troops,
that gangrene had began to work in
wound 10 his arm and that in few days
amputation would be inevitable. "Why do
you not take it of tOnce 7" inquired the
Englishman, with naughty GOODNESS. The
surgeons prepared their instruments.
"Wait,' said Scholey "if the pain is stron-
ger than my will and I cry out. pay no
attention, but-cut away" They proposed
chloroform. "Not; cut away" Not q
muscle Of his face moved during the ampu-
tation. He looked on, impossible as, if
watching the operation upon another
When the stump had been dressed he
asked for the amputated arm, took it in his
right hand, looked at it with inefable dis
dain, then turned to Sister Of Charity :
"Here' this is of no use to ME !; give it to
you." He then called for his pipe. and be-
gan to smoke with stolid indifference.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-01

10 Alexandria may now be said to
be the head of navigation on Red Riv-
er. Boats can't succeed in passing the
Falls and have to unload here and re-
turn to the City. The Caroline and
Caddo were in this predicament the
past week both returned to New Or
leans with a full cargo of Texas bulls
The little Lotus No 9, the hghtesI
draught boat in the river, after -four
days hard Juggling. and leaving ovel
half of her freight at the foot of the
Lower Falls, made successful pas.
sage across and is onward bound fol
Shreveport.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-01
Louisiana Central Stem Railroad.

Can nothing be done to finish this
road from Baton Rouge, by Alexandria
to Shreveport No step seems to have
been taken towards its completion
since the war. The State Of Louisiana
would be greatly benefited by this rail
way, which would pass through natu-
rally the richest agricultural region in
the world; and just at this time when SC
many of our best citizens white and
black, are out of employment and al
starvation's door. What God-send
would its construction be. 1t would
give employment and food to many
and soon our dead country would be
quickened with new life, new energy
and new enterprise. We believe moth
ing can save this country but the spec
dy completion of this road. Already,
by using the old railroad from Alexan-
dria to Lecomte, the whole line is gra-
ded from Baton Rouge to this place,
except sixteen miles from Huffpower to
Lecomte. With So much done, is the
road to be q failuref We cannot be-
lieve it, and respectfully ask the Presi-
dent of the Road if his company cannot
at once begin workq If not, we would
suggest that another company can be
had to take the work as now done, as
sumo all the liabilities Of the present
company, and bind itself to complete
the Road to Alexandria in one year and
to Shreveport in three years. We be-
lieve the road can he sold in New York
or in Europe on these terms; and many
wise planters living on the line Of the
Road, would give up portion Of theil
now worthless lands to aid in its con.
struction knowing we'll that once the
Road is completed, the balance Of Their
lands would be Immediately valuable
We have just seen that the Memphis
Fulton and Ell Paso Railroad Compa.
ny has been able to command foreign
capital for the construction of that
road. Shall a,great enterprise in Lou
isiana much more practicable, and one
fourth completed, fail simply for the
want Of an effort. We hope not, and
beg our people to agitate this subject
till something is done.
Let a meeting of the Stockholders
be called as early as practicable in
Alexandria.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-01

Ray 1t is said that forty-six members OF
the House notified the Speaker Of their in
tention to speak OF impeachment, and this
induced the anti-impeachment men to re-
fuse them the opportunity. But writer
in the Tribune intimates the real reason
Why impeachment failed, was the fear that
debate would become so warm and fierce
that it might lead to serious break in the
Republican ranks Such result might
be a bad thing for that party, but it would
be q blessed thing for the country, and
must come sooner or later.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-01

: ASEcDorE OF DEAN R1cHxosD.-The
New York News tells the following good
one" on the late Dean Richmond:
An honorable Senator from the rural
districts, paragon Of rural virtue, was
once approached BY the late Mr.. Dean
Richmond in regard to bill to increase
the fares on the Central Railroad. Mr..
Richmond ably and earnestly discussed the
point. He alluded to the high prices OF
iron and labor, and appealed to the men,
ber's sentiments of justice. "Sir," aaid, he
with your vote the bill will pass. Of
course to such man as you can not talk
money" aCan't youf answered the rural
member, 4then if you cant you had better
send somebody to me that can ]" It may
be unnecessary to add that the member
voted Tor the bill,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-01

AZ Sumner never opens his mouth IN
the Senate unlesss to speak about negroes,
He has no other happiness in this life bat
to tell Of negroes, but last week he was
made inexpressibly happy, was translated
to the third heavens, for he had twspty.
Thousand negroes on his hand all ct once.
Through him twenty Thousand negroes
from Kentucky made q petition Of con-
plant to Congress. Happy, hapy Sumner
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-01

" The Fannie Gilbert, our regular
weekly packet, is at our wharfas usual
Monday evening. To her ever atten-
tive officers we are again obliged for our
usual package of late papers from the
four sections Of the United States. On
this the first day of the New Year 1863,
we tip to them our old imperialbeayer,
a veteran of 1861!
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-01

70 We are pleased to learn that
Hon. Eugene Casserly has been elected
to the u. S. Senate from California fol-
six years from the first of March, 1869
in place of the Radical CONFESS. Mr.
Casserly is q prominent lawyer of Sar
Francisco and had formerly attained
considerable distinction at the the bal
in New York. He is a sound and con
sistent Democrat.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-01
-o-o--~o~N~~>~oo-

nea- Acknowledgement stanbery has had
under consideration for some time the ques-
ton whether the government holds pos
session of Harper's Ferry in fee simple, OF
merely in trust for the specific use Of the
armory, and no other. He says, in an off,
cial communication, that the rust, or use,
declared in favor of the United States, is
aot confined to any specific purpose or OBJ
saat
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-01

W A good old fashioned Quarter
race comes off to-day for q side bet OF
two hundred and fifty dollars. 1t has
created quite stir among the Alexan-
dria sharps and the mucks from the
Bridge. They will be out in force to-
day to witness the race, and somebody,
is bound to be hurt.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-01
Troubles Of the Loyal Conven
ton.

Nc niSScr COuSeuulOu, OH tHc ~ou
day of its session, had done nothing
towards the formation ola Constitution
but was still exhausting its ingenuity
in devising the means of defraying it's
expenses. Up to the last accounts the
Convention had not obtained Que cent
to pay the ten dollars per diem which
the modest delegates had voted them
selves as a remuneration for their val
liable services. The ordinance provid-
ing for the sale of 100000 worth of
state bonds had to be repealed by its
movers for the reason that the individ-
uals who promised to take them could
not be found when the nmment for me-
gotiation arrived. The Radical Cen
trail Committee at Washington, which
had been expected to come to the relief
of the Louisiana Radicals, unfortunate
ly finds itself in a lamentable state of
impecuniosity since the defeat of the
faithful at tie recent elections has
thrown a damper upon their arder and
enthusiasm in subscribing for the sup
port of the party. The Louisiana men,
dicants are, therefore, given the cold
shoulder. What is the next step to be
pursued is not so clear, and there ex-
lists no little diversity of opinion on the
subject among the mendicant loyalists
themselves. One member suggests that
they pay themselves by warrants upon
the state treasury. But a serious diff
Guilty here presents itself in the fact
that there is not a cent in the State
treasury, and if there were the treasu-
rer would not pay it out to the MEM
bers of the Convention. Mr.. Wiekliffe
says that since he has failed to raise the
money from the "loyal". he proposes
to levy tax upon, the "rebels " for the
purpose. But here, too, q serious OBJ
stacle is presented in the fact that the
revenue officers of the state do not re-
gard the work Of the Convention as
binding until accepted by the people
and by Congress, and would, therefore,
pay no attention to such an ordinance.
In view of all these difficulties the con.
dition of the "loyal" black-and tan
Convention is truly a pitiable one. II
cannot be possible that it can hold out
uluch longer against the opportunities
of washerwomen and boarding house
keepers, unless better security can be
afforded than any they have hitherto
proposed. 1t may be that the infamous
body will be forced to adjourn before
it shall have provided the fat Offices ii
Which its members hope to luxuriatt
for the future. That it may break up
whether under the complications OF Its
financial difficulties, or for any othe1
reason, is contamination most de-
voutly to be wished.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-01

Purr PASTE. Put one pound Of -four
in your basin q hole in the centre beat
one yolk and as much water a. will vet it
with the juice Of lemon and pinch Of
salt. Mix it into flexible paste, but do
not work it, rolling it out twice. Put
your butter one pound into cloth,
squeeze all the water out, then fold the
butter in your paste, put it away for an
hour, then roll twice more, and it is TT for
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-01

Ey' The cranberry cropof the Uuited
States this year, it is said, will amount
to three hundred thousand bushels,
worth one million two hundred thou
sand dollars, and Of this amount New
jersey produced one half.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-01

EprroR1AL CouRrEsY.-Ths editor Of the
Foxton Fusileer is q generous fellow 70
his last number be says: !.
Postcrip-We stop the press WIN
pleasure to announce the dscease Of our
contemporary. Mr.. snaggs, editor o. 10
Foxton Flash. He is now gone 70 another
and better world. Persons Who have taken
the Flash will End the Fusilear . good pa'
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-01

Coop FAMILY ADvICE.-Let all trouble
some topics be avoided at meals Do not
dwell upon the difficulties Of business. ths
delinquencies Of domestics, or discipline
the children at the dinner table, fx :
cheerful spirit not only gives relish bs
food, buts good start at digesting ~
same.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-01

~ The weather has at last assumed
some signs of winter. Since Sunday
morning it has veered around and we
are having plenty of rain and fair cold
snap.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-01

u Old Talaferro is making loyalty
pay in his old days. He is now draw
ing a salary of five thousand dollars a
year as one Of the Judges of the SUI
preme Court, and twenty dollars . day
as President of Jayhawker No. 2. Who
would not be loyal ~lnendicant and
union shrieker when it pays at these
ticks?
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-01

A6r It is said that if Congress wers.
forced to vote on the question Of psylhe
the Government Bonds, the House woad
probably vote no" on the coin pledge, ths
Senate q ave-"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-01

neaA. A sentimental old bachelor says {
woman's hearl is the sweetest y thing ii
the world; in fact a perfect honeycomb-
full Of cells.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-01

~ DR.. St. John will have the lar
gest and best supply of Garden Seed
by the Goth inst ever offered in this
market.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-01
A Freedman Killed.

A Freedman by the name of Wesley
Brown, was, on Christmas night, stab
bed with a Spanish dirk knife just be-
low the pit of the stomach, by white
man named Bias Despallier. This oc-
Cured at a negro ball about three miles
from this Town. The freedman died
about twenty-four hours after receiv-
ing the stab and is said to ave suffer-
ed intensely. Coroner Wood held an
inquest on the body Of the deceased
and the verdict was in accordance with
the tactsas'above. Wesley Brown was
good, well behaved negro and from
all the testimony had not given the
least provocation to Despallier for the
commission of the deed. AS matter
of course Despallier has escaped, not
the least effort being made to arrest
him. We mention the last fact to re-
mind the public that Sheriff Andrews
was removed on the alleged presump.
ton that he failed to do his duty in q
similar case. Every body at the time
knew the charge was false and only
trumped up to make room for mendi.
cant loyalty. The latter article has
had several chances offered to perform
wonders, but failed to come to time
Will not the pimps and bloated buz'
cards of the Alexandria ring for once
acknowledge the corn and report the
truth this time to Flanders? Now is
the time to show yourjustice for poor
murdered Freedman and not by the
hands of q d-n rebel.