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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-12-02
The History Of the Habeas Corpus
[From the Bridgeport Farmer.

X From the Bridgeport Farmer
About $50 years ago, on an island mead
ow in the River Thames, still known as
Runnymede. OH the 10Th of August. the
iron-clad friends of freedom in England
met King John, and wrested from hinl the
same rights that have been trampled upor,
by Abraham Lincoln and the Radical par
ty for the last seven years. That day was
the birthday of Magma Cbarta, the great
charter of English liberty It contained
these words: "No man shall be arrested,
| imprisoned, or deprived of his own free
customs, OF outlawed and banished, or in
Jured in any manner; nor will we pass SEN
tence upon him, unless by the legal judg-
ment of his peers; or by the law of the
land. !" This is the great germ of our civil
liberty. 1t was defended in England by
many bloody wars, aud has been ratified
by many acts Ct Parliament, and at the
present day no King or Pafin.:sment of Eng
land would dare. in any way, to iassttrr..eat
the privilege of the habeas corpus. It
was engrafted as q fundamental principle
in our constitution and our forefathers
oel!eNed 1T to be sure guarantee for the
rights OF future generations. 49,, 80
About six years before the Federal Con-
st1tutlOn was adopted, remarkable nro.
phecy was uttered under the following cir
'cumstances In 1850, Henry Laurens, for
meT EreSldelt OF the Continental Congress,
was sent rs Minister to Holland. On his
way he was captured and imprisoned in
the Tower of London for fourteen months
When Lord Shelburne became Premier,
Laurens was brought up on habeas corpus
and released After his release he dined
with Lord Shelb,irne, when the conversa-
ton turned on the separation of the two
countries, Lord iShelbnrne remarked: II
am - sorry for your people, "Why so 2"
asked Laurens "They will lose the ha.
,beas corpus" was the reply. close the
habeas corpus" said Laurens in astonisl-
ment. YES" said Lord Shelburne. ave
purchased it,w1th centuries of ,wrangling,
many years of fighting, and had it con.
firmed by at least fifty acts of Parliament.
All this taught the nation it's value; and
1t so engrained into their creed as the very
Foundation of their liberty, that no man or
party will ever date traniple on it. Your
people will pick it up and attempt to use
it. but, having cost them nothing, they
will not know how to appreciate it. At
the first great internal foud that you have
the majority will trample upon it, and the
people will permit it to be done, and SO
will go your liberty" 81 a'sg IA
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-12-02

SeaS~ Among the newly elected Dem
ocratic members of Congress from Mis-
souri, is General James Shields. Gen
fcra1 Shields is one of the most success.
full of peripatitic politicians. On the
strength of severe wound received in
the Mexican war he was elected to the
y. s. Senate from Illinois over Hon,
Sidney Breese. Having failed ofan cleo
ton at the expiration of his term he re-
moved to Minnesota and very soon af-
forwards was elected to the Senate
from that State to, fill a vacancy.
Having been defeated for reelection
he removed to Oregon and came near
being sent to the Senate from that
State. He has resided in Missouri on,lv
two years. '1y 49, - t''' s,'i
Old Governor Reynolds of. Illinois
once said that. the bullet which went
through Shields in Mexico killed Breese.
We presume that the swiftness with
which he got out of the valley of Vir-
ginia when Stonewall jackson was on
his track, had something to. do with his
election to Congress from Missouri.
The General has always been a good
Democrat o. and will doubtless prove a
good representative of the interests of
the State which has recently Lonored
him. . $50. -.
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with it's bursting. Goods are cheap, the
lprices in all lines are much lower tlinn
they have been. before or since the war, and
| if our country friends want bargains now
is the time to pitch in. Still there is such
thing as buying too cheap. Look out
for those who offer, the best of shoes at a
dollara pair. silk hats at q dollar and a
half, beaver cloth coats at five dollars and
Lansdale cotton mt a bit. have heard OF
parties who bought one article, and found
when they reached home that quite anoth-
er and inferior article had been sent.
- 81 HOME MANUFACTURES.
I was shown yesterday by Messrs. Christian
g. Hyatt, No. 80 Camp Street, one of the
most elegant set of blank books that
have ever SEEM The ledger, jonrnal and
cash books, were large. bound and tipped
in beautiful style, and ruled and PACED as
evenly as machinery could do it. The pa
per was fine, white and glossy and the en-
tire set was such as wonld reflect credit on
any house that used them and especially
on the one that made them. They were
for large commission
house by Messrs. Christian g. Hyatt, on
their own promises, and will do to put
along side of any work ever turned out in
the country. When blank books and eve
Observation-Disclosures the stationery BUSH
ness can be had here at home. of as good
quality and style, as these were, the man
who sends his money away to distant cit
les, to patronizo those who are perhaps op-
posed to our interests and welfare, can not
be called q true Southern man. am not
preaching prescription at all, but believe
in patronizing home people, encouraging
home enterprise and industry, especially
when you can do better at homo than
abroad. -
sG.J rag Yours Truly, h go.
a TIM LINKINWATER.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-12-02

MEERsCHAUM, FROM PoTAToEs.- Chem
lstry has discovered new and interesting
use for potatoes and other vegetables, il
l'tstrations of which were seen by visitors
at the Paris International Exhibition. IF
potatoes are peeled, maceratetl for about
thirty-siN hours i'll water, to which about
eight per cent. of snlphuric acid has been
added. well washed with water, dried in
blotting paper, and then in hot sand for
several days, on plates of chalks or plaster
OF Paris, which are changed daily, being
compressed at the's;,ne time, all excellent
Imitation of lpeerschaum answering well
Tor the carver or any purpose not requir-
ing high temperature, will be obtained
Greater har,lness, wiiitencss aud elasticity
will be produced if water containing three
per cent. of soda, instea d of eight per cent.
of snlphuric acid, is used; and if, after the
potatoes have been macerated iii this solu-
tion (sotla) they are boiled in a solution
containing nineteen Per ceat. soda, n snb-
stance resembling stays horn, and which
may be used for knife handles, etc, will be
formed. Tnrnips may be used instead
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A Negro Congressman-An Excru-
ciating Dilemma.

i Wien Mr.. Warmoth and his Radica
confreres set to work to swindle til,
Democracy out of the vote of the
State of Louisiana they perhaps had nc
intention of doing as big Radical .jol
as they have done. In counting Mr.
Hunt out they have counted Menard
into the present Congress to fill Colonel
Mann's vacancy. Now this Meiiard is
Radical niger, and worst of all, a
Radical Carpet-bag niger from Ohio.
For two years past the Radicals have
work cd to keep the negroes out of. Con-
gross for fear, as they said, of injuring
the party. Now they have him, and a
pretty big elephant he will prove him
self to be too. They must either re-
ject him or admit him; and this is d.
lemna, between the two horns of which
there is but little choice. If they re-
ject him their hypocrisy will be SO
clearly demonstrated as to cost them
the whole negro vote of the Southern
States. If they admit him, they will
admit him to the companionship of
men all of whom, except perhaps Sum
ner, Bingham and few others, loathe
and detest negro equality, social or
political. In either event the party
must suffer seriously from the smart
ness of Mr.. Warmoth and the Louisia-
ma Radicals. A 5af lE 81 %
To the Honorable Mr.. Menard him
self, we would say, enjoy your honors
to their fullest extent. Let him worm
himself into the caucusses of his Radi-
cal white brethren at Washington. Let
him work his way into private parlors
of President Grant, and Senator Sum
ner and Editor Greeley. Let him pay
assiduous court to the lovely wives
and daughters of all the white Radical
They dare not snob him.
He is the biggest gun that has appear
ed in Congress for many a day He
ought to create as great sensation as
Mr.. Randolph's black man Juba die at
the Russian Court. So let the Radical
congressman have enough niger ,du-
ring the short session-nigger in front
Of them, niger behind them, niger
to the right of them, niger to the left
Of them, niger all around them.
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Universal Negro ST Grage.

It'll given outb by the Radical leader
that as soon rs Congress meets an &C
will be passed comforting the right o
suffrage on all males over twenty-on,
years of age, in every State of the I'm
ion, without regard to race or color
This was one of the Radical pet meas
ures at the last session, hut the largo
majorities with which negro suffrage
was defeated in some of the Radica
States led them to fear the unpopular.
| ty OF the measure and Il disastrous eff
feet on the election of their candidate
for the Presidency. Now, however
that the niger candidate has been ell
ected by such alarge majority they think
that they can commit this outrage "out-
side of the Constitution with impuni-
ty. 1t is the first of series of Radical
measures which will enable the party
to continue to maintain its tyrannical
and revolutionary reputation. 10,
So far as the South is concerned the
measure will have but little effect
The whole African population has al
ready been enfranchised in accordance
with the wishes of the Radical parity
IF only the South were interested in
the question we doubt whether the
Radicals, with the light of the late ell
ection before them, would insist very
strongly upon. Having discovered
that the negro element can always be
used effectively against them, they
would not object to seeing it abolished
in the South, together with the conse-
quent loss of one-half of the Southern
in Congress. But the
question has some practical bearing on
the State of parties at the North. New
York and Ohio have about ten thou
sand negroes each who would be en-
by such an act as the one in
question:, and that number of voters
would be sufficientat most elections to
give those States to the Radical candi-
lates. 1t is, therefore, worth the ex-
pertinent as Radical measure for the
benefit OF the Radical party of the
North. aH4sf't i7ti51-- Tod !siis estia
1t may be, however, that the Radical
states which have SO overwhelmingly
defeated negro suffrage, will have
to say on the subject. IfI
ohio can defeat negro suffrage by fifty
thousand majority and Michigan by
thirty thousand will they tamely sub
nit to having it thrust upon them by a
iadical Congress F? We should not be
therefore, if the measure
hould cause a greater loss than gain
o the Radical party for whose benefit
has been brought forward. But we
an predict nothing with q confidence
hese days. 49,,
z ms III ~,II1.r XIII. V=..-Cg E-N ft-eI |
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They Have Done II.

a. LIFE UslRt,t ~ FEsrF fEff lIt7fttH.t
The he I I" Radical trioY have counted
1 1lie votes OF Louisiana, at the recent
81 elfeecftloon' and have decided to throw out
'slt' vote of the following Parishes: Or
leans cans Jefferson, Ayoyelles, West Fell
ciana, Franklin. Jackson, st. Bernard,
Sabine, st. John the Baptist, st. Mar
TIN, Ierrebonne and Washington for al
teged irregularities. The total vote of
the State, as reported to the Secretary
OF State, for President was as follows
Fer Seymour, "A, 672, for Grant, 3D.
IA. Throwing out the Parishes above
mentioned reduces the vote for Sew
mour to Al, 1853, and that for Grant to
27,9lI, and the Democratic majority to
I3,447. Judge Ryan's majority is
placed in this District at 1929. tasI /
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. New Orleans Market.

The last New Orleans quotation. &c: 70,
Sugar are: inferior 81, "a sae; fo,r,. r, com i,
mon mon, ioc e. lie; for fair, and good
fair ~ q 1244e;; for prime l2a "a, 1sc.,
Molasses, So q 65 for common, 6ab q
81 ls for fair and good; ,66e. zoe for prime
and 72c. III for choice s,I02
:, Cotton, ordinary 81 g. alae. Good
Ordinary at 2s4e 2si and strict midliue
at 2ic 2l5... ~ y .'','', s'.' q '''
Corn, See 81. ~ ~. p : - 7.,s
r.7l Bran s. 90 per 100 h.. r.. q. ,.-'
Oats, G24c ga. s,
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It . R - a T. II.
NHO1CE Strawberry PIants-Wil
~ sons Albany. 10 Triomphe d
. Grand. Apply to 9y- (" 2saa5
III .aai.ata III. ST. JOHN.
What Was It :?

IT. On last Saturday evening, at about
o'clock, our whole population were
startled at a quick, fierce and loud
shock, sounding like the bursting of al
immense shell or the report of large
gun. Every building in the Town
fairly slivered by this strange report,
and for miles in the country it was felt
The Frolic and Fletcher had just gone
up, and many were the fears and con
lectures that one of these boats had
blown up, for SOON they remembered
the ill-fated Cuba last Fall. Three
days have elasped and we know that
the Frolic and the fletcher are safe.
and still no one can tell whence came
TINS young earthquake. 1t is indeed
q mystery. Fa.f sefa7a,sa rf5}.,f IN Il.
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~ D
" The Celeste, Captain Dowty's
regular and more than reliable Packet,
Is now at her wharf and leaves to-day
at noon. We are authorized.to correct
malicious statement, that has been
very covertly circulated in our Parish
1or the purpose of injnring Captain
Dowty and other parties. 1t is to this
effect, that the steamer Celeste, a few
trips since, charged some parties three
and half dollars freight to New Or
leans on sugar and Others only three
dollars. This is not true; all reports
to the contrary are simply false and
the freight bills receipted to the Mer-
chants, in New Orleans, will verify
it. F'"@fa .5'-a ~ eao 9 1ls7'
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-12-02

Ky Again is the Office of the Lousi-
lana Democrat, under many obligations
to tho obliging officers of the Lizzie
Hopkins, Glide, Frolic, Judge Fletcher
Lizzie Tate and Pioneer, for late New
Orleans papers. 6s5 dG il
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-12-02

~ We desire to call the special at.
tention of Rapidians, who go to New
Orleans on business or pleasure, to the
card of the st Louis Hotel. Majo,
Hur,l, we'll known to many of us, as a
fine caterer and accomplished gentle
man, is manager of the st. Louis; a
call from any of our friends will more
than satisfy them that our eulogies of
this gentleman and his fine establish
snent are not vain, but our assertions
will more than come true. gE
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-12-02

e WELL ASswEBEn.-An oil maid, some
what advanced in years, whose viyacity sP
preached the borders Of impertipepce, asked
an.o'dtman, 10 rather . jeeriug tone why no
was always dressed in black. and what he
wore mourning for? ~ 80
For your Charms, MISS hc CALAMITY re-
piled.
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The Cry is Still They Come,

Certificates continue to be received
from all quarters of cures performed by
the TEXAS TONIC-sYRUp. No chill
or fever can resist it, and not unfre-
quently brings relief Testimony is,
however, not needed. This medicine,
before all others, stands upon its own
merits, and each bottle sold, has intro
9 ducod hundred. Try it and he con-
WINGED. Mansfield 81 Higbee, Sole Pro-
prietors, Memphis, Tenn, and sold by
dealers generally. aag
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-12-02

TIE LOADED DICE.--If General Grant
has that respect for "the will of the peo-
pie" which he expresses in his letter ac
cepting the Chicago nomination, it viii
scarcely be satisfactory to him to know, as
he must know, that he is not the choice Of
the people of the United States as their
President. f'he Democracy, have carried
Oregon, and if the electoral vote. were
justly counted it would stand as follows
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-12-02

sas A mutton weighing 277 pounds.
was offered in the A'exseldria, Va, market,
few days since.
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my dear lady, your daughter is love
iy, SAID flatterer, "a perfect little pearl. +,
ana pray, Sir what am 2" "Oh. Won
arc the mother of pearl"
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e Ell don't believe its any use, this vac
clpation," said a Yankee. II had a child
vacclnated. and he fell out Of window a
week arter, and got killed."
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NEWSPAPER CHANGEs.-In common with
thousands in the South, we deeply regret
the suspension of the Charleston Mercury
and trust we shall have the pleasure d
once more welcoming it to our sanctum
renewed, revived. immortal. le,fI eIrq 4
The Louisville Democrat, ono of the
most vigorous of our exchanges, has chang.
cd hands. Messrs. Harvey, Hughes & CO.
retiring in favor of Messrs. Hatcher &
Perrlp, late of the Journal The valedic.
tory OF Mr.. Harvey is model in its- way.
Among other good things he says !: "Tie
worst sin have on my conscience is beln.
ing to make great men out Of very small
material. sil - 2iass ~ - :
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A "GooD HusBaND."LA lady adveri-
ses for sale one babboon, three tabby cats
and a parrot. She states that, being nov
married, she has no further use for them.
for the reason that their amiable qualities
are all combined in her husband. y584T
Happy man and still happier wife. he
must have all the fondest heart could wish,
and she-weIl, we decline saying anything
for one ofthe sex who has lived for any
length OF time with baboon, three tabby
cats and parrot, is beyond our compre-
tension at present. We have not risen 70
that degree of appreciation.
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Aristocracy.
"suopnY" AMERICANS ABROAD NOW s,aa rurY
Jstilg ~ Haj bus /. = ACT. ittl - t..s z s.ss
from the London Snectato o.. !

loi From the London Spectator. :;
We wish the Americans on the cont.
nent would behave like the Scotch, whom
on points they closely resemble, but fbey.
don't. Nobody in the world is quite to
kindly or SO tolerant as the AMERICAN who
knows something, but there is class OF
Americans just now in Europe who are to
experienced travellers the most intoierabls
ofnankind. American gentlemen say they
are "tlle shoddy aristocracy,r but they have
uniformly, three distinctive and annoying
characteristics -boxes for which they ought
to Ply rent, and not merely, fares, loud
voices and bad tempers. In pretty large
acquaintance with Americans Of all grades,
we declare that, except ON the continent,
We never heard q loud voice or met yisi-
bly, bad temper, asd their own description
OF themselves ia that q yalise, with tooth.
comb and two "dickeys' is too much lug
gage. Nevertheless, q class with the pecu ;
iiarities We have mentioned, in fact Class
exactly resembling the English of thirty
years since, is flooding the continent, il
running half its best hotels. not by ex-
travagance, but by the Introduction of
pad tone, and in concentrating or the Un-
ION oil that angry distaste which for years
was -ielt and expressed toward our own
countrymen. Tho widest caricatures
friends Of the South ever painted of YAM
kees.are weak descriptions of these people
who are at last, fortunately for US, ceasing
to be mistaken for Enslishmen. Who they
are, why they want half-atlozen boxes
apiece, why thew shonld ALWAYS quarrel
with all service. what induces them to criti-
cize the guests at tables q hofe in al, audi
bic yDices; above all, why they should be
so invariably cross, passes human comprc-
hension. Americans at homo or in Eng
land display none Of those foibles, and why
special class of them should give them
selves that reputation on the continent re-
mains to be explained. The evil will pass
away, but if some American satirist would
laugh his travelling, compatriots out Of their
ways as Englishmen have at last been
laughed by satirists ont of theirs, he would
make the great routes far pleasanter to the
remainder of mankind. s.7hf,. Egsss
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New Reviews.

We have received from the Leonard
Scott Publishing Company, New York
Tue Edinburg Review and the West
minister Review for October. The fol-
lowing is the table of contents in the
Edinburgh:
l. Sybers History of the French Rev
olution. 2. Senior or Irelard. 3. Hin
doc Fury Legions. Kinglakes Inva-
sion of the Crimea. 5. Darwin or Var
alton of animals and plants. 6. The
Papacy and the French Empire. 2.
The Agricultural laborers of England.
Is. The Spanish Gypsy. 9. The Expi-
ring Parliament. 49,. 5.
The Westminster has the following
l. Landed Tenure,in the Highlands
2. Poems by William Morris. 3. Re-
form of our Civil Procedure. 4. Spiel
hagans novels. The Property of mar
ried women. 6. China. 2. The Sup
pressed Sex. s. ea-sickness. 9. Mid
die Way Schools. 10. Contemporary
Literature.
--o~~-~>.--a~.--~ +'~'
u River again on stand-will be
falling by the time our paper goes to
press-weather again delightful, genial
and comfortable-sugar planters max
ing 2.40 time. the yield of cane being
immense and unprecedented.
1 .
@.We hope our planters and others
interested will not forget the mass
meeting of planters to be held in this
town OH Saturday next. The time is
ut baud when arrangements must be
made for another crop and in order to
perfect them there should be perfect
understanding between the planters as
to the course to be pursued. A fair
crop this year has encouraged our plan
ters to hope that their labors next year
will eamply renumerated by pro-
ductiye and profitable crop. :
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THE VINE, CRop.-It is stated in the
Wine and Fruit Reporter, that the wine
crop OF the present year is extraordinary
both in quantity and quality. From
France, Germany, Portugal and California
the reports are all to this effect, and, it is
only in some parts of Spain that there is
any deficiency. In all these countries the
grapes have not only been free from disease,
but they have attained their full ripencss,
and were not gathered until they were fully
matured. The wine will accordingly be
Unusually fine and delicate, not so alcoholic
as that Of 1865, but superior to that Of any
year in this century. The best crops Of ali
are those of Germany and California. In
the former country there are not casks
enough 10 contain the unexpected yield.
In France--whose wines a,e consumed in
oil parts OF the world more than those OF
any other Countrywide production is not
large, though its quality has never been
excelled. 4gea - ri. -
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ALEXANDRIA, La:
ST. JAMES, CHURCH.

There will be a meeting of the Exec
utiye Committee at the Ice House Ho-
tel, on MONDAY next, Mt 10 NJ.
ft All the members of the Committee
are urgently requested to be punctual-
lv in attendance. ~ l-t
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TRY Sr. Jon y S COUGH
ESpectorant. 5
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itI7Tz Thelsos Franks, Richmond aud
Celeste have our special thanks for
fiavois. .9 4 os BIZ
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rE>RY ST. JOHNS COUGH EXPEc.
u TogANT.