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North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-08-19

. Badness, Grayness and other Imperfec-
tons Of the hair will be regarded as mex
.cusable after a trial of Mrs. S A. Aliens
Improved (new style) Hair Restorer or
Dressing. lin one bottle.) Every Druggist
sells it. Price $l,OO. n6l8
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1868-11-07

laws In voting, and tbuaa who de-
not go uo and vote VIII have only
themselves 10 blame for it. The
Radical leaders, Buspicious 81 De-
feat, have been advising the ne
groes not to vote, and we have it=
from good authority, that Rtrthe
various churches and places Of
meeting, last night, the negroes
were harangued upon this subject,
and actually. ordered to keep away
from the polls. They were told
that no matter if they lid not votep.-
that Congress would take caro-
that the Radical party IN this State
should not suffer. ao,qova,aauF
Whether the negroes; who look
upon the right to deposit their ball
lots ais a divine one, will submit to-
the teachings Of their CARPET bag
leaders, IN this instance, reiaains
to be seen, So far as the Radical
bugaboo of ointimidationdw and
slaughter at the pollsis concerned,
the negroes would not be likely to
be kept away by this. They know.
very well that, they have never
been interfered with, save when
they, urged on by their white lea
ders, have assumed the aggressive.
II, therefore, the negroes refrain
from voting Tomorrow, alter every
precaution-has been taken by the
military and the civil authorities
to secure peace and quiet, and a
full and fair vote, it may be taken
for granted that it is only because
their carpetebag white leaders have
convinced them that this is the
only ghost Of a chance for making
any capital out Of the election,
a@ NO. Picagane, 3d.
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Alittle boy two years and a half
old, was one day asked -
Whose child are youP ] d
"I'm Gods child" said he. .-s
The State of Lollisiana.l

Parish Court, Parish of Ct15casiaa,-----.
Sucoesstons Of Eli Langley and his aog'e.
uyHj 1.Morte a. CazendOe. loi ft-tG
John LANGLEY, Administrator of
lei the Succession Of Marie. g.. ,Caze-
nave, having filed in my office q final
Tableau and Account of the administra-
ton Of the, above named SUGGESTIONS,
with d petition praying that Che same
be homolosated, and that he be dis
charged from his said administration;
I Therefore, notice is 1herebyDgiVen to-
all persons interested that, unless writ
ten opposition thereto is fled in, my
Office in the town Of Lake Charles, with
in thirty days from November It'll, 1868,
the date Of the first publication Of this,
notice, in the weekly Echo" newspa-
per, the said Tableau and Account of
administration will be approved and ho-
mologated, and said John Langley, Ad-
ministrator, be discharged from his
administration, and his bond as admins
TRAITOR cancelled. /" .#"'' " t".'', .....
.afjt po 4aHa1a] @ro ID. j. READ,
mh @n H~.H Imn- 81 Perish Judge.
lake Charles, November q, 1858. &
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The Election.

.wEEaE =E---F p EE'EEE sfs
Our Parish will undoubtedly,
again be the Banner Parish of the.
State, IN proportion 4. to p the regis reg is5
tered voters and the actual number
Of votes poIled. As will be seen
By tbevaboYe official return ,, the
vote is nearly a unanimous demo
cratic vote. Out Of more than 800
votes, there Being only nine radical.
Were it not for an unaccountabl6
mistake at the Spikes Ferry pre-
cinOt, where the names of the cleo
tors were all striker out, the entire
votes with the exception of those
nine would have been cast for
Seymour and Blair. AS tits we
think we can challenge any Parish
IN the State, in proportion to the
number Of votes polled, i1a .a.a."
all the radical votes are said to
have been given by white men.
The black population, to q man,
voted the democratic ticket: Let
our white fellow-citizens recollect
this fact, and IN all their inter
course with our colored friends, let
them endeavor to maintain and
preserve this feeling Of friendship,
BY afording them.every assistance,
and protecting them in all their
just rights. LoLet us prove to them
&hat, unlike Radical promises, ours
are made in good faith, and will be
kept. They may notsbs soextrava,
CANT, there may not be 40 acres o.
land and mule. No! but what
ever we have promised them,rle
us make good, When once the
negro is convinced that the South,
ern white man is his best friend
We VIII have in him d firm I'm 9n6
gtaunch ally -, go
We have wait6d3 until the last
moment before going to press, Atc
be able to give our readers the re
turns aOf the election as far al
known. All the returns by tele.
graph, whatever may be the cause
are very doubtful and aunsatis.
factory! And our mail communi
cations have failed, entirely Thu.
whole week. Ttois said chat 'tht
mail contract has been changed
and will now serve us onlY1o ,
week. We cannot therefore Civ,
any other returns to-day. q E
OurlofFiBnd Nathan Hirsh hal
a. &c., "a fG1-.,ss M 80 C6.g-s4y..
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GORE pondencs Of the Banneg q tho
South.
Very naany good, honest, simple
souls il the South, Judging all
others by themselves, "a very good
general rule, but not without exr
ceptions,) persist in thinking that
the mass Of Northern and Western
people are equally heightened as
themselves. In most instances, no.
doubt, the swish lis father to tho
thought, 2 and these good folks
proceed on the theory, that where
ignorance is bliss, It's folly to be
wise. It may be, perhaps, they
win not thank me for trying to I'M
deceive them but they can hardly
blame me Tor SIMPLY statIInlg plan
facts, without any comments, which
viii continue to be9plain facts, and
very solid, hard facts, whether
stated or not. .1 '.'ll'...1s.,# ant
Fact LIST, is the following extract
from an article In the ST. Louis
National Democrat, OF a few days
agosf 'a@..'s.E.. loha1r a'.E .h...,.
"A great howl went up over
sacked and desolated Lawrence,
but not a pious Puritan marred
the platitude of his Sleek meek
face, by froWning at the enornnities
in Jackson, Cass, land other.
Counties in Missouri. White,
plethoric eyes, turned horli6ed,
heavenward, when .Anderson's
death charge rolled over that lone
prairie, by Centralia town, terrible
as the yawn Of an, earthquake;
but, those same eyes glittered glad
ly with. a sanctimonious twinkle,
when Palmyra's butchery was
done, and McNeill had sIneafed
his hands in innocent and accusing
blood. Col. James Porter captured
Palmyra in the Fall Of 1862, and,
| during his Occupation of the town,
one Allsman, an ex-soldier of the
L Sd Missouri Cavalry, and a'spy,
guide and traitor, was spirited
away, no one knew how or where.
| Mcneil rerentered. Palmyra upon
its evacuation by Col. Porter, COM
fined ten worthy and good men,
land issued a notice to Porter,
Idated. October 9Th, informing him
that, unless Allsnan was returned
within ten days from the date
thereof, the" prisoners in his pos
session should be executed. w.
R. Strachan wasthe Provost Mar
shall, and was just as cruel and Just
as bloodthirsty as his master.
Allsman was not returned ?; indeed,
Porter never saw the notice until
Natter the men acre shot J; and, even
had, it been placed before him, he
could not possibly return, Allsman,
for he knew nothing whatever Oh
the man required to be produced
Deaf to all petitions, steeled
against every prayer for mercy
eager and swift to act, McNeill or
tdered the execution at the end Of
the 5appointed time Ten brave
and good men were led out for the
death shots. They met death with,
Out, a shudder. a ht*<~itH* m.%
al young Spartan, one of the above
mentioned men, had volunteered to
take the place of an old man whose
family was large and helpless; and
was accepted 4 Untouched3by the
heroism Of the boy, and Indifferent
! to one Of the finest exhibitions 81
chivalry on record, Mcneil and
Strachan ordered his .6.cecttti,oa stttl
the rest() thus covering their names
with everlasting infalny. n
, I
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can never be justified, even
military necessity,
TEN men for OEE Ten lives tor
one Supposed to be token tor ne
evidence ever appeared OF Ais
mans death-Was a requisition un-
heard Of iii military annals, and
never made by an army, or q capse,
which protested to be fgh5ing in 2
civilized struggle, and to be con- CON.
Quoted tor q great, Immortal pur
pose, ,,,#sf ls -, ~ ~. rz.s.
There, with his eyes unbandagsd,
and his fair hair blowing back in
the haze of October airs, was the
young hero, who had volunteered
for death, and now stood up to
embrace it, as an eager lover
stretches out his arms to the idol
of his affections "a faint flush on
his young face, and y tender, holy
light light Ia Il bis young eyes. Z-@ = :
I Reddy | The quick dressing Of
Regulars, and the ominous, clear
springing Of strong locks. - lz,
Him I! Between the earth and
the sky, a clump Of muskets crept
out straight and tremulous, gaping.
into the faces Of the Confederates,
not ten rods away. ....., q a..,r,,. -.
FIRE! Only ten ''rebels," stark
under the sunlight, pouring. out q
great stream, red to eternity. ..rt"1
And, sweet in his,innooent boy
hood, half smile on his young
face, and a sungleam5 on his silken
hair, with cold, white hands, and
pale tinarticulate lips rested in
Sleep the Volunteer. for Immortal
ity8 " - ..,-..,.e. ,~.t'a@| 49,.
Fact I'd, Is the following extract
from a letter just received from a
citizen of St. Louis 49, n.'% I'"''"'
eve have heard positively that
the missing AlLsman returned
home. Also, that his wife had
inplored Gen. Mcneil, on her
knees, not to retaliate on innocent
men the Supposed murder Of her
husband, because she felt con
WINGED, knowing his character and
habits, that he was not dead, but
aaOaY, with his own free 2OiU.4. a.a
This incident should be placed
before the public in so strong a
light as to confounda the murder
ers, andcover them with the shame
they deserve. ~ arinItN G.q 43-'.rl
Il "GEN. MCNEITL HAS BEEN SHEER
IFF OF ST. LoUIs FOR THE LAST TyWo
YEARS pa .' WV .1t@ z.,&"n " "'7t
I AS before intimated, I make no
comment8, but will allow our. good,
easy-going, credulous Southerners
to Judge from the bare facts, wheth-
er there is much hopes of a'good
Government existing among d
peopl8 who permit their great
metropolis &c. remain for two years
under the rule Of such a creature.
From the late State elections, il
wouldseem the people Of the North
and West are still sound to the cal
of the conc or-still hug, the
chains of calism. Well, ]
/" suppose it right" Ii they
are willing to stand another f0Ul
years Of National Distinctions, It's
rather their affair than ours-W
have precious little more to lose.
Perhaps, after all, thiss political
troublewill have to be settled by
cyphering. Ifit took thirty odd
years to arouse the South to resist
the gentle entertainments of Yam
keedom, how long can the Puritan
al y.
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ELL dc Ia Loufsiane.


Comr des P,eaoes, Po,.otisss Caloaste,t,
SUGGESTIONS de III Langley a son (poase,
Marie @. Cazenope.
Holm LANGLEY, Administrators
J de la succession De Marie G. Gaze
nave, ayant d6pos6 d mon bureau I'm
Tableau ct compile final de son admins
tration DIES dites successions, demand ant
Fhomologat d'icelJi, ct quill soft de-
charg6 de son administration; 1
htiEn CONSEQUENCE, avis est par le pre-
sent donp6 aux int6ress6s, que 81 oppp-
sition par 6crit nest pas fate ct d6pos6e
d mon bureau en- 10 vile de Lac Charles,
dams les trente iours q perth du z No
vembre 1868, date de Ia premiere publ
cation de Get avis, le dit Tableau ct
conpte administration sera apprCuv6'
ct hoInologue, ct le dit John Langley
Administrators, deeharg6 kle son admir-
pistration, ct son bond ,cancell4.
n. ..f, .,s..l.,. y. u, READ,
JUICE de Paroiese.
Lac Charles, Z Novetnbra 1868. -
IN otiees gs ~.
STOCKHOLDERS Of the Galoasieu
- en- Company are hereby notified 70
come forward Immediately ahd pay up
their instalmants. Those failing tu 10
SO within ten days after che publieaii9n
of this notice will positively forfeit thals
interest ID che company. aaHl N
.aa Co. NV la klk2sA lAN M l},1
Oct. ~, 1858, Director.
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Our friend Nathan Hirsh has
Just returned from New Orleans,
With q comp Bte assortment of Dry
Goods, Groceries, etc, which he
is now Offering at The very lowest
figures. Can and examine his new
stock.
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galicos and gottons B 2 40
cents yard, at b than Hirsh.
south)

lcorres ondenos Of tho Banner q the
The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1868-11-07

CoWi, des P'euoes, Porotsss CaJcasie,t, =
SUGGESTIONS de EH Langley a. son 6pouse
I'D !. Marie @. CQzenQpe.
New-York tribune., 1868-07-03

Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South
Carolina; in all of which States they probably
and in the last three certainly, have so large
majority of the population that the admission
of all Rebels to vote would not prevent tho
Radical vote from carrying those States we
doubt, therefore, if the exclusion OF the
few Rebels who are shut out from the
polls really affects the result in any one State
Il certainly does not in any except Virginia
and Georgia. We have always believed that
tho clauses excluding Rebels from voting
would result in great cry and little WOOL
They have already greatly prejudiced us in
the Northern elections; and we think We could
to-day moro easily and proftably carry the
Southern States without them than with them.
We doubt if they exclude seventy thousand
votes all told in all the nine Southern States
We wish they were all repealed. Nevertheless,
we have no fit terms in which to characterize
the mOnstrous lying which would represent the
entire White population of the SOuth as dis
franchised. The complaint that unless tho
ninety mine choose to vote, the hundredth man
will have everything his own way, is like
complaining that, unless the sane people Of the
State of New-York choose to vote, the lunatics
will elect all the officers. Under every system
of suffrage yet accepted by nations as just or
wise it is those who vote, not those who stay
at home, that control the results. We know OF
no party that profits more by this than the
Democratic, which IN the Northern States Is al
ways ready enough to vote, and will be equally
ready to vote at the South when silence ceases
To be accented instead.
New-York tribune., 1868-07-03
MUSIC.

Boston has welcomed the Grand Duchess
Of erolsrln" with enthusiasm, and the critics arr az
loss for words 10 express their delight Ihe part oI ms
herne IA tayed or alternate nights by De Fecouu and
Tostee and Madame FleuTy LoEgehamps does ba''aG
Madame Kapp-Y Young advertises grand
CONCERT nj steuway Hail tomorrow evening wien SIZE
Will have the assistance of Madame Paropa Rosa sgnos
Belni Autonueei and Barag Carl Rosa, Oscar Pteler
- NJ q NJ Colby Ihis is the most attractive
combination we have for long tne and the house
ought ~ Dc o full one.
Maretzek has resigned the management OK
his Italian opera company TO Mr.. Leonard Grover VINO
purposes making tour Of the provinces with the prhe
nal members the troupe. In March, t Is said, they WIZ
1--WE Wallaees LUrlHe IN NewYOrk but We hear no more
Of the intended production OF Ambrose Ihomass hs
non."
The soirees of Chamber Music which have
been so popular this city during past years are 10 Oegn
again tomorrow night ut Irving Hall. The series VII
consist Of six performances, and the artists are an
Mason, Theodore Thomas, ]. Mosenthal. g. Matzks n
Berguer and Mr s. B. Mills On the programme Tor To-
morrow MoZaTts string quintet In mlnor Beetno-
yens sonata IN for violin aud piano, op a., ana Schu-
bert's posthumous strung quartet IN ID minor
New-York tribune., 1868-07-03
TIE CITY FINANCES.

We nublish in another column c0mplsint
from the Citizens Association 70 Controller
Connolly. the burden of which is, that large
balances are constantly kept on hand IN the
bank, averaging $2,5OO,OOO upon when the
City has been receiving no interest, whlle IL
has been paying Six or seven per cent on an
eouol sum in revenue bonds. These bonds are
issued in the Spring and Summer, in antieipa-
tion of the taxes but although most OF tho
taxes are paid during October and November,
the Revenue bonds are not made payable then,
but extended into the next year. On January
I. 1860, the balance in the Treasury was
$3.50, $780, This balance was caused in part by
s2,3O71OO of revenue bonds issued in July and
August, 1865, and still outstanding, although,
from Oct. 81 to Dec. 81, 1865, there was an
average balance of $5,26O,325 in the Treasury.
The object of keeping such large balances on
hand was to enable the Chamberlain to receive
four per cent for lending it to the banks.
In March, 1866, by the payment of the revenue
bonds, the balance was reduced to S1,151,252 7S.
If money were then needed to meet the obli-
cations of the city, it could have been borrowed
from the Sinking Fund. this account having
to its credit some $642,513 SO then, and the loan
being mere transfer from one account to an
other on the books of the bank. Our financial
officers however, instead of doing this, borrowed
on revenue bonds in March $7Oj,2OG, in April
s1,3O5,lOO and in May s1,274,3OO, although
during all this time there was an average
balance in bank of about $2,5OO,OOO. In No
vember, 1865, the balance in bank amounted to
S76SS,07S Is, upon which the city was losing at
the rate of s5OO,OOO year, and the Chamber
lain was receiving at the rate of S3O5,55S q
year. or nearly $1,000 per day. The actual
loss to the public by this extraordinary system
of financiering was between 100000 and S4OO,
900 year.
1t is due to Controller Connolly, however, to
say that the matters referred to in the Citizens
Association letter occurred previous to January
I, 1867, when his term of Office began.
New-York tribune., 1868-07-03
fABOUT ADVERTISING.

II ia o great while since a new year has
onened upon n severer depression of business
than the present. The holidays have lacked
much of their accustomed merriment; the shops
have not worn their usual Christmas gayety;
tho puryeyors of gifts have for the most part
coptented themselves with furnishing up their
old stock and making as decent show with 1t
as circumstances would permit; and the streets
have been less crowded than is their wont
about the close of the year with busy people
choosing presents for their friends and families.
Almost every branch of trade has been dull all
the past season, and there is little prospect OF
revival before Spring. Then We trust better
times may be in store for us.
We are not alone in our misfortunes. From
the Old World comes the same complaint OF
commercial stagnatiOn. and from many OF the
English and Continental towns, no less than
from our brethren of the SOuth, arises the cry
of the starving America indeed Is not, and
for many generations cannot be, liable to the
periods of distress which every now and then
fall upon Europe. When trade is dull in En-
gland and mon are thrown out of employment,
hunger and misery follow as surely as night
follows morning. But here, if all else fails,
IuB DOuHultoS htob II uiNhJo oPNh =" 'HN
emigrant fertile homestead lands invite the
laborer TO work; wealth is always to be wrung
from the teeming earth by industry; and dis
tress can never be general or long continued.
Tho cities and towns may contain for time
more operatives than they can find profitable
work for, but the surplus is soon drafted off
to the farms; the Territories receive fresh
wave of immigration the social balance re-
adjusts itself, and all business reyives.
In tho meantime how are business men to
keep ahOati Prudence and economy. of course,
are the two great lessons to be learned; but
there is one part of these lessons which in dull
times is especially apt to be forgotten. BE
sure of one thing: whatever you have to sell,
there arc many people ready to buy even IN
the most depressed seasons. Find them out;
show them your wares; persuade them to buy
of you rather than another. When buyers are
reluctant. sellers must be active 1t Is neither
cheap nor sensible to sit still behind your counter
and wait for the hustle of trade to revive.
When business is dull, that is tho very time to
advertise. In the first place that is when you
most need to advertise and In the second that
Is when people devote most time TO reading
the newspapers, and when your advertisement
consequently is most generally seen. A few
dollars invested in the columns of The TRIBUNE
will do more to revive q sluggish business than
anything else in tho world.
New-York tribune., 1868-07-03
&mnsnntnts.

ACApEMY oF MusIC-This Evening" Richings's
BngIlh Opera hahauA'
AcApEMY or Music, BFooKLYN-This Evening"
"Tbusueiis." Miss Fanny Jsususchsk
FRENCH THEATER-This Evening" Marie Antoi-
ntte" Rkton.
BANvAED's OPERA HOUSE, This Afternoon and
E5enug." Our Mutual Friend"
BARNuM's AMERICAN MUsTUM-Day and Evening.
Little Dew Dop Living GonistGn Amburgh Co.'S hea'
gerie-3o 900 CuroSues
BRoADwAY THEATEI-This Evening" Mary Stu
art" Mrs D. P. BOseH
BUNYAN Hall Union Square-This Afternoon and
EVening-"1be pilgrim"
EXHIBITION or BNL's STATUE OF FORREST AS
CoAioLANs-pEy sud B'euing At No. 5l2 Broadway
NEw-YOFK CIRCUS. FOurteenth-st.-ThisA Afternoon
and Evening Yeats o. Equesrsnfu"I The hser Of Bsgi'd
NEw-YORK TUEATEE-Ihis Evening" Under the
Gaslgbt" The WoueA Sisters
NImo'S GARDEN 49, THIS Evening The Black
Cruok"-Grrst Purisienue Ballet Troupe
OLYMPIC THEATEE-This Evening" A Mdsum-
Nights Dreala."
WAIIAcK'S-This Evening" Oliver Twist" John
Gilbert T. l.. Davenport NJ Ss EOse El tbge
STFINwAY Hall. 80 This Evening. - Mt Ghaues
Dokens RangS Christmas Carol and Boots al me ioD 4ree
New-York tribune., 1868-07-03

IL we want to talk about horses or tobacco, we
may find him the most voluble of men. Not
one word upon the question that racks the
heart of the country "Take mo IL you wlli'
as Ulysses s. Grant, General, and when am
" President l shall do as 1 please" Per
haps we must take him, but we do not feel
like cheering over it certainly not so long as
great statesmen remain in our ranks. give
"us Grant, because we can elect him. Again
that cowardly argument. Friends, is there
nothing in this great party but ofice-hunger !
Is the chief end of man the post-ofice and rev.
enue servicef Are We willing to follow a
doubtful leader into an uncertain battle for
unknown principles -'"
We expect to do as much as anybody else
to elect whoever may be nominated. These
very leaders are only too glad to have us labor
in season and out of season when the nomina-
tions are made. Everybody is popular" In the
white heat of Presidential canvass. Just
now we prefer to follow the path OF duty, ana
lead the party into it. Perhaps it is new and
strange. 1t will be tramped and beaten soon
euOuQh
New-York tribune., 1868-07-03

The new year, which we have just entered,
bids fair to become of more than ordinary i'm
portance in the history of the East Asiatic
countries In Japan, the whole form of gov
ernment is to be altered. The peculiar position
of the Tycoon, it seems, viii be abolished, and
the Mikado will henceforh leave his eremitic
isolation and personally take notice, not only
of ecclesiastical, but of mundane affairs. A
Council of Daimios will assist him in the ad-
IninistratiOn of the country. Two new ports
will be opened on the first of January, two
others on the first of April; among these four
are the two most important cities OF the En-
pire-Yedo and 0saca. In China the time has
arrived when the celebrated treaty OF 1853,
From which dates the intercommuDiOn between
the Christian nations and the Chinese Govern
ment, will have to be revised 1t is remark
able sign, that the Chinese Government should
desire the United States Minister as its Com
missioner in conducting the important negotia-
tions relatiYe TO this revision.