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Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-08-10

nay. ALLKN d co. wsolrsals 6rocers orners
Uff I'm country Merchants promptly aHse ase
iooot prices ~ and IT, kandolps ssrss,
GAINING ION a AKK rTka. isurcessurs 10 IL
u u Thompssi,A Wholesale tsroosrs liz and IL
~atsr strrrt. Cnacaro
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-08-10
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AfLLkk. BROS KEEP Importers ana aHtHrv
~ Az Kara wafr, 0atirry. AgriCniiErsI 7pas. AEsH
q ior American HI. 80 Inc Wheeling ts.is, ss
Stnie
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-08-10

rrouG Noi1ner's lo0aA09 REoOo9.
vssave apA water rrsof on 1lscsA .. - nsso
rr1.E MilIer.s RreDaso1 0ass
49, on Blacking. for oiline nsfssssss. Carriaos
-. - ready fuf No.. With cssrfions I'm ustaG
rrapk MslBer's PO1AeA Oh 0o0coEs
,re For sale generally ID {. q. md candas.
Rrsnk MILLER 4 &C.. ia 20 6sessEt.
Ne, york SOLD by u D. HNASe AV.
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-08-10

NKITE kEOTnk Kris Hs. Gap, sue Furs, n llll-
" iers And straw t,es'ds, BrnnIo Eobes and kurs
ooees, mbreliss Pssnsois. rte. % sno % n
Avenue
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-08-10

| MALL. klMhARk a Co, Importer and D-sisrslt
lros. siesl. sais and Heavy Hardware. ~ ~ snc
| ~ NlcAlgan As~L0e
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-08-10

CAScaxo Led ed sIiI ~ ~vA~.
r ~ RlATrHFoKp b co nanuisriur~rs 81
s lest Pipe. sh~et Lad brf lrsd. fig Lad Lir-
seed OF rsv boiled, Nv North Clinton street
asoshe. lass1oeree. &C
nInRALl. sTks ENs = CO.. wholssAls Cloth
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1868-08-22

SAVE Your. ONI0Ss.-The onion crop 10
the South this year surpasses any that has
ever been grown here. They are a great veg
etab.e to give appetite and give vigor and
strength to the stomach. The time has now
arrived for pulling them Up as the tops Of the
plants fall over. One gentleman living nine
miles north Of Corinth, Informs US that be
has already gathered his, and that lie gath
cred twenty Bushels from a piece Of ground
not exceeding ten steps square, snd sold them
Tor 81 80 per bushel. The owner made as
much from this small tract Of ground as he
would have done from an acre Of cotton. In
ruling up onions they should be thoroughly
dried before stored for winter, and spread in
a COOL Place.--ioisl Farmer, Aug. Is.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1868-08-22

A celebla ted comedian arranged with his
green grocer, one Berry, to pay him quarter
ly, but the green grocer sent in his account
long before the quarter was due. The come
dian, in great wrath, called upon the green
grocer, and, Iaboring under tue impression
that ms credit was doubted, said: 81 say
here's a pretty aul, Berry, you have sent in
your ball. Berry, before it is due, Berry your
father, the elder. Berry, would not have been
such g goOsr, Berry for don't care s'rq'',
Berry, aud shall not pay you till Chris,H'1s,
B.rry.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1868-08-22

Mr.. johnson has Informed his cab
met that he recognizes the Southern
State Governments as legitimate,
and win hencelorth treat only with
the Governors Of the Southern
States To this end the Secretary
Of War is directed tie issue an order
to all department commanders to act
in harmony with the civil authorities
in maintaining peace.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1868-08-22
pOttrp

-" 1t is the gift of POETRY to hallow every
place in which it moves to breathe round Nature
an odor more exquisite than the perfume of the
rose ana to shed over it tint more magical than
the blush of morning."
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1868-08-22

THIS is beautiful, payer, that every farmer and
every farmers wt.e-flat every uUrscrymal and
bis vile. and every stock "a ser aud his vie. and
TIE Sons uf these ~IDll read and IFS advice follow.
From two pdpers learn the verdict OF the South
eTn Press:
One Of the best agricultural papers ia the coun
try is the SOUTHERN FARMER, published az Mem
phis, by N W Philips & co. We will take pleasure
u forwarding subscriptions to it.--tiaigf q EEI8ii.
We know of no better agricultural journal 70 The
country. Eyey farmer should subscIiBe.-SOaih
en- EGs's. Mss.
The lamar number is worth the years 81
OOye's Rgrgi NfJc I'Wsar
Every man should read in his profession TIE
farmer must read and stud, hrs by The best lights,
or be wit! ly-e LIuurt. He should cultivate iu li
sons love for agriculture. horticulture aud stock
rl'sH and be can d. this no more chefBly or auc
ee-s.aIiy Than by taking an agricultural paper
one well conducted S0ltherd paper. located a.
The Southern Farmer is in the centre Of The south
and West. and conducted b. the South's ables
pens. T. worth more % Southern farmers thsn all
'bc papers written Il the Nor b and for Northern
iameEs. Try the FARZER nc year. apl lOti
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1868-08-22
the ruins of liberty and the scattered
fragments of the Constitution.

= -
ulaed and controlled exclusively by
the political power Of each State, re.
spectiveIy and any attempt by Con
gress, on any preteXt whatever, to de-
priNe any State of this right, or inter
fere with this exercise, is fragrant
usurpation of power, which can find no
wPrrant IN the Constitution. and, if
sanctioned by the people, will subverl
car form of government, and can only
cad in a single, centralized, CO soIidat>
ed government, in which the separate
| existence of the States will be entirely
absorbed, and an unqualified despoism
be established 10 place of fedora
union Of equal States; that we regard
the reconstruction Pcts of Congress, so.
called, as uSurpations, uncons Itulonal,
Evolutionary aHd void - that our sol
diers end sailors, who carried the flag
OF our country 10 vic DRY against most
gallant and determined foe, must ever
be gratefully remembered, and all the
guarantees Civ in their favor must be |
faithfully carried into execution - that
public lands should be either disposed OF
uader the pc emption homestead laws .
or sold in reasonable quauilies, and TO
none but actuaI occupants, at the min
mum price, as established by the gov
csT nent; when grants of the public !
lands N be allowed. necessarily for |
the encouragement of important public |
Improvements, the proceeds Of the sale
of these lands and not the lands them |
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-14

MoRE NEGROES PoR TIE PENITESrIARY. Last Y ed
nesdny the sheriff of Bosser parish passed through thi-
city having in charge thirtynine negroes destined o'
the Penitentiary Baton Rouge. These negroes wer"
found guilty ct the last session Of the court the
jurors r#hieh largely black, Of attempting and
partially carrying out All nsHrection at Bossier Point
about month since. Most Of the white scaawags who
agged on this affair, are already below, but instead OF
being in the pcnieAtiary where they properly belong,
elegantly located Dryades street New Orleans,
egislaag for their carpetbagS oilaly' now consist
in putting money in their pockets and getting ne
groes killed put in tue penitenti'ry-the former,
for personal benefit and the latter, for political effect
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-14
The flood and its Effects.

From the New Orleans PicaEune, Sd inst.
New Orleans swept clean last night by the wind
and rain All night long the wind blew furious gale,
which drove the ceaselessly falling rain with binding
fury in every conceivable direction.
But few pedestrians ventured out, and those who
did so took to the middle of the streets and batted
the dement's with umbrellas that played the most fan
tastc tricks and served no purpose poorly that
for which they made The city looked as though
it had been built in lake. while the miniature rivers
seethed and foaIned, and ciated their limits,
like very mountain streams, seeking their way to the
sea. Debris Of all kinds oated about upon the swollen
tide and in many localities bridges were swept utterly
away, and nov blockade remote streets,
In Jefferson City the rain seems to have been par
ticuarly heavy, and dry places are the exceptions
Passengers riding down III the Ca1roon cars look out
on either side upon sea OF water, in which horses
ard cows are wadiug about hopelessy, wondering, nc
! doubt what has become of the green pastures upo!
which they RECALLED themselves yesterday
! The Nicholson pavement was in many cases com
| pletely submerged and many Of the finest trees-olC
| oaks that have wtlst0od many a storm betore-are
lying PROSTATE along the route while the srouad Is
literally strewn with branches.
At daylight this morning, all the streets above the
| New Canal opertowcd, which is attributable tt
| the fact that the Second street draining machine ha
long since ceased it's OPERATION the rckey old concern
in Melpomene street being the only left to throw
out the accumulated water Of the section above thu
ton, they frequently found insufficient for thu
purpose for which they were intended.
The inhabitants i'll the vicinity of the Jackson rail
road depot are in rather awkward predicament, be
ing compelled to resort to deep water wadlnS or tt
take Clio street cars which species OF semi
submarine propclers the water threatening to take
| possession OF the seats
The Pouchartrain road is in some places quite twt
feet under water, and of course, all ocomotion lia
been temporarily suspended thereon. No damage Il
steamers on the Lake has as yet been reported.
| The rain and the back water from the Lake have
burst the banks of Bayou ST. John and roodedthe ad
jacent country Portions of the city are under waite
i'll that direction that have always been dry heretofore
A gentleman living on Dorgenois street found th
water the first oor of his residence this morning
and left home for his Office in a pirouge.
| As go to press we learn that the troops wert
compelled to leave Fort McComb on account of th
water which has been driven in by the gale. The tee
graph operator also evacuated his position at tina
point.
The last accounts from the Lake End represent tn
bath houses as all having been blown washed away
The main wharf is still unnjured
The wind which, at y midnight, had changed tt
N. W., giving some hope of better weather, has sine
gone back to the old quarter, and continues to blow
gale.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-14

CA1LAMuRA, by Julia Peasants. Claxton, Remsen
Haiieltinger publishers, ol9 Market street, Phila-
delpha, 1905
CALLANu RA.-We at last begin to have literature
of our own. Smms and Kennedy, Harrison and Cay
ARE Mrs Hcntz Miss Evans, Marion Harland and
their associates will prove strongest defense against
ern song aud Southern story will yet preserve intact
the virtues the political principles, the ancient GUS
TOMS the honored shape and form Of our country if
we meet rising authors with judieious encourage
rant for literary honor waits the intelligent verdict of
apprecative people. Callamnra is highly wrough
picture of life the Louisiana plantations during the
civil war The authoress is of us, thoroughly i'm
bued with that love of her State its honor and its pco-
pe which constitutes the Southern idea of patriotism
Intimately acquainted with the details of our country
fe thoroughly conversant with our doctrines of State
pride, of individual honor, the reverence due to
woman, the open-handed berality Of heart and hand
that looks beyond the object Of its lrgess with
all the springs Of Southern character and OVERLOOKING
with exubcrant poetic fancy, she is in the highest
degree qualified to write social history. The char
acters Ill Cailamura are OF own time closely and
truthluly drawn, and the general dramatic effect Of
assemblage is good. We cannot here anal Use the plot
OF the story or indulge in any extracts from its pages,
but trust that its gifted author will meet with such
encouragement from her readers TO insure suc-
cession Of kindred works from her facile pen.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-14


THE OyEEELow.-We believe that since New Or
high as to food the suburbs before few days ago.
gether changed from its general aspect All along,
down INTO the Thld one vast sheet Of green water j.
to be seen, dotted here and there with rising
knoll Oh line Of city railroad track. Wherever there
is elevation, lot of household furniture is to be
secl Families have been driven from home. Grocery
and dry goods stores have been destroyed, trees up
rooted gardens washed away, and the higher portions
Of the rcar"a!d full Of snakes touds and other rep
tiles.
At the Old Bayou the water on Monday was waist
deep in front OF the hotel At the PontcIarrAn rail
road end it ones knees at Niguers, and it
up Yesterday at along the line of the city, as
high as Hercules street, in the First District, Cai-
borne in the Second but away beyond i'll the Third,
which is the highest portion of tue whole parish.
The beautiful little yachts which recently in the
regaras put to test byold Boreas.
The Minnie Gilmor is all broken to pieces, the Ele-
plant started several paks, and her deck and stern
are insecure The Domino saved from material
injury by her nGomtable sea-dog of master, Major
Tracy.
We saw Mcssrs IIcwctt and Griffin on m errand Of
mercy from the Howard Association with wagon
load of bread and -four foundeliug about in the water
seeking to relieve the distressed and laInsed dehizens
of the drowned regions. The water midday, yester-
day had not fallen an inch below st. Annie street. In
the First District and upper portion of the Second it
had fallen several inches, and informed the
Canal Carondelet and Bayou st. John had recedcd
three feet. n o. Crescent 9Th.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-14

TnE Dh4ocRArIc ELhcroRAL IT, Krr-Ne place al
the head Of our columns this week. die names OF the gen
tlemen nominated by the Democratic Stte ConFentlon'
as Presidential Electors They all possess the requisite
qualifications, aud well known i'll Louisiana as III
tellicent, earnest and Jealous Democrats They VIII
do good service in the canvass, and contribute much
to the success of our candidates next month.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-14

CQYE 70 SHREVEPORT TO REalsrER -Citlzens OF TINS
parish who do not reside in the ncighborhood OF Marks
precinct or upper and lower Rush Island, will have to
come to Shreveport register as the Board wl! rot
have tae visit any other precincts IN the parish
Come soon. Come once, registration closes OIL
the 23d The books will be open every day in this
city until the 23d There is no trouble about regis
tcring whatever. All you have to DO is to swear tt
one of the four oaths prepared for yon. Don't let
Democrat fail to come 10 matter if he thinks he
not REGISTER Come to the city by all means and talk
the matter over.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-14

TIE CAMPAIGN DEMoCEAT.-Col. S. Il. Calhoun has
transferred the Democrat" to Caddo Club No /, anc
retired from the editorial department. Colonel Jack
Wharton has also severed his connection with the cd
toral department account of the pressing nature o.
lis private business. The Journal is now edited by
Aessrs. g. G. Henderson, A D.. Land, and Robert J
Looney, and right good campaign sheet they make
nf il
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-14

RATHER CRoPIsu.-IAe New Orleans Picayune is
after the country press for giving much of THEN
pace to politics. to the utter exclusion of local notices
or crop paragraphs This is pretty good for the Pic
considering it has lately given column after column, in
controversy with the Times about the best medium
for advertisers in other words which of the two has
tie largest circulation subject which people gener
ally take but little interest Oar Pic contemporary
have felt the blow, dealt by the Times, with dead mar
for an implement of destruction in to its age
standing and respectahty, lick
In regard to the crop up this way, the matter was
settled some time ago and forgotten At the time, ii
published to the world and then disappeared as
dead matter For the information OF the Pics CLEANER
OF crop items, will state that have made corn
enough to do US, and We will gather at least e-thrG
more cotton than did last year, provided we have
more negro instructions in this vicinity.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-14

The VOTERS New 0RLFANs.-The New Orleans
Crescent estimates that there are IS, 600 white ant
$4,000 negroes old enough vote in New Orleans, anc
SHOULD they all register, would make total of 46 00(
voters. The registration under the reconstruction
laws only S3,0Ca.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-14

Let every body bear III mind that all former regis
traton will avail them nothing in the coming election
None can vote who are not registered by the pFeseh
boards Of registrars.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-14

WHAT WE OWE Foreigners Financial Chron
se gives the figures showing that debt to foreign
fCs amounts to 1898, 400 900. OF this amount 500,
100000 are United States bonds. Will we ever pay
our Indebtedness? @ %@ III aa@-
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-14

IRE ROAD TO CALrFoENIA.-Yhere are yet to be
completed 25S miles by the Union Pacific road and
9"3 miles by the Central Pacific, making $50 miles
and as they are now building nearly 100 miles a
month"; 1t is highly probable that the entire road will
De completed by the 4th of July, 1852
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-14

TIE ELECTIONS YEsTERDAY-The interest felt in the
State elections OF Pennsylvania Ohio and Indiana,
which came off yesterday is most intense, the
suit hinges the Presidential election. Republicans and
Democrats are pretty well agreed, 60 these States,
so goes the Union in Norenber-or at least as goes
Pennsylvania, goes the Union. Under these crcum-
years not without interest. We copy from the Louis
Vile Courier
Pennsytrons 1.-The vote o.! Pennsylvania III the last
three elections follows:
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-14

REaISrRAIIo& IN New ORLEANs.-We learn from the
New Orleans papers Of the 6h that thirteen thousand
persons had registered up to the night of the 9Th.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-14

We are under many obligations to Mr, Teah, Of the
firm Of Teah Reinsch of this city, who has just
turned from business trip North fer full file Of late
papers, .4r H. H.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-14

VAXo8ED TIE RANcEE.-The killing Of scala*ne
Smith and tao of his negroes, last Sunday at Jetfer
son, so alarmed the balance of the that they left
those .djggius in double quick time. Judge Caldwell
so-cal!cd and his family, with or two more, came
down on the Coss4mcr his way to the North
where he will no doubt giva highy-coQred account
of the state Of affairs in Texas On the same day the
train from Marshall brought down from fifteen IL
twenty negroes from Jefferson, who were fleeing from
the wrath TO come Most Of them were arrested here
and held in custody until further information could BE-
bad from Jefferson.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-14

TIE BANKRUPT LAVA New York disI''''-
2Sth ult. says: IN tbs @4
The progress ofmercantiIe bankruptcy ,bs e Td
is Significantly shown by the records Of II fD he BOB
States District Court Since the passage " .,os Js'
ruptcy act eighteen hundred and twenty p''''
been entered in nearly all the cases. -,
Was it through accident or the Ia" o. of Arka1sa,
that Clayton, the carpet-bag Governor III bis jnhD's
recently blew off the hand that -sIghea N'' "
Proclamation?
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-14

Hon. n. RYAN.--TLis gentleman is the Democratic
candidate for Congress from this district and we trust
that he will prove acceptable to the Democracy. The
Alexandria Democrat says he has been resilient Of
Rapides parish many years. during which time he has
served in both branches of the Stlte legislature, and
been Judge Of the District court. lie is good Scholar
a fluent speaker ard prominent lawyer. He labore
under no constitutional disability and if elected, can
take the test oath now required by Congress.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-14

= NEGRO NOMINATED FOR GoSGREss-Ihe Repuh-
leans naFe nominated ]. Willis Menard, coloret man,
lot congress TO I'll re uncxpred term Of Col. Mann.
Here We go!
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-14

The employees Of this Office return their thanks to
Mr. F x Mulhaupt for dozen bottles of his lager,
which they pronounce the hest they ever drank
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-14

At a recent performance of drama IN I nv, O,
theatcr, one Of the most conspicuous oo 2o Sd,
cuped by lady surrounded by her cai1'Vf+ he boz
denly she stood up, advanced to the front ., m
and, pointing her finger at the actor anu t.,' sr3
on the stage, exclaimed, "Gentemen, 'laI bsea fr
my husband for the last three years ne , il' *
ing with that actress; these are his chllIs r, 7os
you if such scamp is worthy to appear s,,ss ao.
Both actor and actress Immediately lett '' liant. IL
the piece was not repeated on the following IL 5@+
parties who were the cause of this scAp0S'
have left for the United States.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-14

REsIGNED.-Messrs. Smith and lizard, who have been
connected with the police Of New Orleans for more
than twenty years and who widely known through
out the country for their great skill aud energy in fer
reting out criminals have rendered their resignation
They could not stand their saalaWag associates.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-14

REc1srRArloH IN THIS Cry Two hundred ano
xty-"ght were registered yesterday IAt't
the total registry thus far one thousand and one.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-14

ANOTHER PAPER DE4n.-Attef 4, s" New QrisaD
that sprighy and readable paper the 13 f IS nov ~
Evening Delta, gave up the " COAST anu
bered among the things .ha. were.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-14

The ladies of the Episcopal Church propose to give
an entertainment for the benefit of the Church. Oh
"Wednesday evening next, Che 2ls), at the fhaii On
the corner Of Texas and Spring streets, under the
South cstcrn Office. Tickets of admission 80 cents
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-14

1t will seen from the above that though the Of
1865 "a G63 votes larger than in 1864 the Repub
can majority decreased 1891, while the vote of
1867 gives Democratic majority of 927 making an
actual Democratic gain, as compared with the result Of
1865, of IS, lU5. But the total vote in 1867 60,
795 votes smaller than that cast in 1865 The decision
Of the question this fall hinges therefore upon the point
which party will this year be able to control the 81
900 votes not poled last year? The Democracy claim
that the bulk o! the vote will be cast for Sey
mour and Blair. .@~-..-
Ohio.-The vote in Ohio at the three elections which
have occurred since the last Presidential year. as fol
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-14
For Ccrgress.-Fonrth District:
II. RYAN, Of Rapidcs.

INV ELrcr1oxs.--The elections yesterday resulted
disagtrousy for the Democracy. From the returns IL
another column it will be seen that Hennsy wanna "S
gone for the Radicals by 10000, Ohio from 10000 &c
10000 and Indiana 1000 majority.