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a,rx,xnRrA. La, January 8, 1868.

ALEXANDRIA, La, January 3, 1865.
The Jury met accordingto adjournment:
present-D D Arden, President; j Il
Ransdell, c W Boyce, s D Williams, y
Villain, c L Zimmerman, J J Myers, Allen
Lewis. 49, = =. - = ~ -
On motion of J Fl Ransdeli,
Rcsolred, That Whereas, experience has
proved that the leasing out OF the Bayou
Robert Plank Road is detrimental to the
interest of the Town of Alexandria. very,
onerous to the planters living Oh Bayou
Robert, Bayou Beuff, and an expense to
the Lessee instead of a benefit,
Resolved Therefore, That whenever the
sun Of Two thousand Dollars shall be
raised BY private subscription and paid
over to tile Parish Treasurer, for the pnr-
pose of assisting to pay c L Hosea for his
interest in said road, that the President OF
the Police Jury shall be. authorized to is
sue warrants in favor of said Hosea for the
sum of FonrThousand Dollars, which shall
be payment in full for all his interest in
said road.
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in favor of the Sheriff for the sum of 100
dollars, if so much be necessary to pay for.
utensils, wood and water for the use Of the,
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On motion of C. W. Boyce, ,..i !.
z Resolped, That J. j. Wilson be appointed
captain ofpatrol from Pineville to Flag
cor. and J.. r. Martin be appointed the
3 from Flaggon to Big Creek. is2 6
On motion of s. ID. Williams. pfA e
,ResolcM, That the change made by y j
Swami the syndic on the road from Che.
neville to Hineston opposite his house
be recognized as the Public Road. E5a.
On motion of c., i. Zimmerman,
Resolred, That Five Hundred dollars be
appropriated to repair tue floor sof Iexadas 5
Bridge to be paid out Of the contingent
fund and that j. w. TcXada, w. q. Taylor
and John 4. Texada be commissioners to
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NTETAH1O <A-A)1A1o L0>
AND now THEY LIVED, FOUGHT AND -
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Incidents and Sketches q lie II tbs confsdency. -
There is certain portion of the war that
will never 70 into the regular histories NOR
he embodied in romance of poetry, is y
very real part of 1t, and will, If preserved,
convey to succeeding generations o better
idea Of the spirit of thg conflict than many
dry reports Or careful narratives Of events
and this part may be called the gossip, tho
fun, Tho pathos Of the war. This illus.
tratos the character Of tho leaders, the hn-,
nor Of tile soldiers, the devotion Of women
Che bravery Of men, the plnck Of onr ,h0- )
roes, the romance and hardships Of tho ser.
! vice. ga ~
The Valiant and Brave Hearted, the Pic
tnfesque, and Dramatic, the Witty and
Marvellous, the. Tender and Pathetic, and
the Whole Pahoraina Of tho War are here
thfill|ngly portrayed in a. mastery man
ner, at 6nce historical and romantic; rem
dering it the most ample, unique, brilliant
and readable book that the war has called
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brilliant wit, and authentic history, are
akillfllly interviewer in this work of liter
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w BOYCE, !
J J MYERS, c;ttoo
S ID WILLIAMS, oo''oo'
ALLEN LEWIS,
On Motion ofC w. Royce

On Motion 0fC. W. Boyce, ..,..
Resolved That Al. Walls be appointed
syndic on the road from the Red Hill in
Pineyille, Oh the Marksville road to Brushy
Fork, and j. Ryland from Brushy Fork to
Parish line on same road, and BENZ. Tur-
ner on the Harrisonburg to Flaggon Bridge
Vice Armstrong removed from the place.
On motion of c. L. Zimmerman, 4
RESOLVED, That Jno. T. Cruikshank. w.
K. Burney and J. S. Compton be appointed
commissioners to let ont the Bridge across
/ Billy Bayou and to let ont the sameto the
lowest bidder after the first publication in
the Louisiana Democrat, provided the bid
does not exceed Interpretations.
On motion of Allen Lewis,
Resolred, That VIM. A. Hatch he appoin-
ted syndic on the road from Eddleman's
store to .Whiskacheta. 4 IL. taytr
On motion of G.. W. Boyce, 's'S
Resoleed, That the Report of the Com
mittee to examine the Jail be accepted. =
On motion of J. II. Ransdell, .s-aqssa'l
! Resolred, That warrant for Six Hun
bred Dollars be issued to, the Mayor of AL
eSandria for rent of Court House, and
offices attached thereto. 80 ii i5s..
On motion of j. Fl Ransdell,
Resolred, That a committee be appoin-
ted to. procure suitable room for Court
House and offices and that the President
of the Police Jury, Nv. Boyce and II. S.
Losee, be appointed to procure the same.
The petition of Frederick Flnck to keep
a drinking saloon was rejected. d .aai3sa.
On motion of C. w. Boyce, a q,r, ..es5
Resolred, That the following special Ii
cense be taxed and ordered to be assessed
and collected for the year 1868 to take eff
feet from and after this date to wit:
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Letter from Hon. A, z, E. Stuart

WeTcopy the fantext of the lletterfof
Hon. a. II. Fl. Stuart, Of Virginia, in re-
ply to an invitation to participate in the
celebration ofthe 9Th of January IN Wash
ington City, which was, as usual, mansled
by the telegraph:
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SUISSE RIPTIoN.

Address all communications to .t
Southern Society,
t.,,a, No. '226 w. Baltimore Street,
ss .f. M Baltimore.
!, jan. q, 1863.
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Society and Young Girls.

Or Continental friends are astonished
checked. indeed at the freedom which society
allows 9Gr Dung girls. We can well in agine
Do" q French MaUou, who thinks young
Homan-uuGi Cor society until she has a hus-
taut. should f0st up her eyes at the freedom
of American girls in Paris.
so, too, III Germany, where young man
IS not allowed to call upon lady, except in
the presence of her parents, until he is en-
gagged 20 marry her. it is hardly to be won
dered at that the liberty of young American
womanhood should DE regarded with suspi-
cion.
Some of their correspondents have discov-
cred, indeed, that the ''effects Of American
customs on society is not bad OF course it
is not bad. American society is in this re-
spect the nearest approach TO what is good
and what is good, is proper. The Con
tinental habit Of keeping girls under the
lock and key of custom, reminds one very
strongly of Oriental barbarities. The idea
thai young man must fall IN love with q
woman, and marry woman. with barely an
acquaintance with her. is very suggestive OF
Circassiau money transactions, trading for
female flesh, bartering for "a slave. Ihls,
however. is the custom both in Germany and
France like those accustomed to other alb
surdiJies the German people and the French
have come to think their own ways are the
only proper ways and are just waking up to
the fact that society may possibly be pure
in which young girls are not kept studiously
in the shadows OF back parlors, protected
from young men by the intervening skirts of
mau.ma and the spectacles Of mon pere. For
eign customs are in fact, a perpetual insult
to the women of society. Young girls are
constantly reminded that they can not be
trnsted. Among a very large proportion of
Continental women this impression is never
eradicated. The effect of such state of
things can not certainly be good. We may
have too much license at times in American
society, hut it is infinitely better that young
women be trusted, and learn to trust them
selves, Than that they should be taught that
society has no confidence in them.-Ne1O York
Mil
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Bible and shakesneara.

Rev, g. ]. Goodspeed, distinguished
Clergyman in the city of Chicago, re
Gently discoursed on the Bible and Shakes
peare. We take the following extract:
He characterized the Bible & Shakespeare's
works as the masterpieces of Goa in the
realms Of literature. After a glowing eulo-
gy on the attainments Of the great writer,
he said that all the teachings and doctrines
of the Bible are themes upon which his flu
est passages are based, and from which he
derives an almost inspired subinity Of Illus
, tration grandeur of diction. He drew rar
allel between Shakespeare and the Bible,
wherein the coincidence OF expression and
thought were clearly shown. Yet hos great
difference Of the present condition Of the
books; one had come down for ages giving
the history of the world Of Christ au8 His
Apostles but ifs pages were pmugaged,
while the works Of Shakespeare III our own
err. and age are more mutIlated than the
Bible and comparatively little is known of
him But his beauties have been preserved,
and OF the two books their pages contain ev-
erything that is grand and good Mr. Good
speed quoted profusely from Shakespeare,
and showed his recognition Of what the Bible
taught and what Christians believe HGmtet
be regarded 70 the finest drama, and the
thoughts therein as next TO the Bible in sim.
plicity and grandeur Shakespeare had no
word Of displeasure, but only pity, compass
sion and sympathy for humanity. Ia his
pages are no traces of scoffiug iuhdelity; bat
the exceleucies attributes aud providence
Of God glow with lustre therein Pfeiudices
exist agaiust him for the fsncied iudelicacIes
IN many Of his lives but those who bear
such should remember that he wrote as so
ciety then existed Socie'y vas not then SO
refined as now aud If ms W lrks represent it
they must represent 1t as it IS This prejudice
was absurd, as 10 the Bible existed many
passages unfit for family perusal Overlook
lug this. the impartial mind perceives lever
10 both to lead to magnaninlity and virtue.
| exhortations to nobility Of sonI and to eleva
ton of character AS to acting the plays,
on that account many would ignore them /;
but would they shut out the suns rays be-
cause they crept into impure places No
better text book exists than Shakespeare ;
be is one Of the purest and healthiest Of
teachers, and, in conjunction with the Bible
the most effective teacher of religion aud
morality.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-02-27
A fashionable I,adv.

Mark Twain attended one of the Grant
receptions in Washington. OF one of the
toilets prepared for the occasion he saws /:
Sat Grants reception, the other night.
the most fsshionably dressed lady was Mrs
u T. See wore pink satin dress, plain in
front, but with a good deal of rake to ito
the train, mean it was said to be two or
three yards long One could see it creep
ing along the ltoor some little time after the
woman had gone. Mrs G. wore also a
white bodice. cut bias, with Pompadour
sleeves lounced with ruches low neck,
with the inside handkerchief not visible !;
white kid gloves. She had ON u pearl neck
lace which giinted lonely, high up in that
barren waste OF ueck and shoulders Her
hair was frizzed Into tangled chapparal
forward OF her ears; aft it was drawn to
gether and c0mpactly bound and plated
into d stern like ponys tail, aud further.
more was canted upward at sharp angle
ard 'n8eniousiy supported by red velvet
crupper, whose forward extremity was made
fast With half hitch ar )uud q hair pin on
on her upper deck which means. of course.
on the top Of her head, if you do not under
stanI fashionable technica lities Her whole
top-hammer was neat and becoming. She
had beautiful complexion when she first
came in, but it faded away by degrees in
toe most unaccountablo way However, it
was not lost for good. | found the most of
it on ny shoulder afterwards Ct had been
standing by the door when she had been
squeezing in and out with the throng.) }
There were other fashionably dressed ladies
present, of course, but only took notes Of
one, as specimen.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-02-27
What an Illinois Farmer Is doinn

M. l.. Sullivant, of Chatsworth ;v;pe.
stem county, owns forty thousand acres -
arabic land, partly in Livingston and mart.
~ in Ford counties On this ground he has
800 miles of Osage-orange hedge in thrifty
condition. This year he will break up and
put into cultivation 10, 900 acres in addition
to the broad area now sown, g. 900 of which
he Will plant in corn, the balance in wheat
and grass. For this work, he has left an
order with Gregory & Hasting, live stock
commission merchats of this city, for the
purchase Of fifty pairs of oxen, and fifty
mules teams, which will at once go forward
to his plantation
MIR. Snllvant last year found that one of
his out lots was not yielding him the profit
that ne expected, so purchaser coming
along one day, he sold him for cash "a, 600
acres In Champaign county, in one body.
Mr. John L. Alexander, Of Jacksonville, was
the lucky purchaser.
In relation to the profit Of such extensive
farming as Mr.. Sullivant carries Oh, we may
say that rumor has it that his net income
is from $780, 900 to $500 year from his
agricultural operations, most of which he
expends for widening the area of his vast
possessions and for redeeming and improv-
ing the land acquired.
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A False Statement Refuted.

Our member of Congress, Gen. Paine hav
ing been charged 10 the copperhead papers
Of having attempted to dodge the vote i,
committee, on the question of impeachment
made the following REPUTATION of the charge
which we copy from the Congrassiona
Globe of Feb 18th inst
| PERSONAL EXPLANATION.
| Mr. PAINE | hold in my hand copy
of the New York Tribune of yesterday cor
taiuing communication, dated the 18th
instant, from this city The communication
purports to contain statement of facts which
occurred during tie session of the Committee
on Reconstruction. | seud to the Clerk desk
aud ask TO have read the portion which
have marked
The Clerk read as follows:
Before the vote was taken Mr.. PAINE. who
voted for impeachment last year, attem pied
to dodge the question in committee, and moved
toward the door to leave the room Mr. STEW
EMS, observing his movements, said, shaking
hi. fingor al him, PAINE, come back: Won
have goJ to face the music. Go on either one
side or the other PAINE hesitated, and then
STEVENS said, CLERK, put him down against
impeachment, and Mr.. PAINE was so register
ed .
Mr. PAINE Now, Mr. Speaker, of course
have 40 knowledge as to the source of the
Information obtained by the writer of that
communication. But it so happens that every
single statement purporting to he state
ment Of fact, relating to my conduct in that
committee, is without the slightest shadow
Of foundation in fact There is not even
scintila IF truth in any one Of those state
ments; every one Of them is incorrect.
] did not attempt to dodge the question
1t is, perhaps. improper for me to state here
what | said or did there But can assure
the House that went very wide of any at
tempt To dodge the question | did not
move toward the door to leave the room y
Dir STEVENS did not shake his finger at me,
and say PAINE come back !" lie did not
say TO me- Iou have got to face the mu-
SIC HE dld Dot say to Inc, Go on either
the Que SIDE or the other" PAINE did not
hesitate, and STEVENS did not say. CLERK,
put him down against impeachment"
No one of these things happened. nor any
thing which in the renotest degree 1esem-
bled any of them. There is not only no truth
in them, but they are not allied to fact.
There Is nothing upon hch found any such
statements My friend from Massachusetts
[Mr BOUTWELL, was present ask him to
state bis recollection Of what took place.
Mr. DAWES That is not at all necess-
aTy.
Several NUMBERS No need for that
Mr. ELDRiDGE. Does the gentleman
know what source Of authority there was for
any such statement in regard to him?
Mr. BINGHAM. 10 body knows or
cares
Mr.. PAINE do not know.
Mr.. WILSON, of Iowa. Does the article
give the authority for the statements?
Mr.. PAINE. Not that know I have
not read the entire communication.
MIR ELDRIDGE. desire to say, from
what my colleague Mr.. PANEL states, that
these statements in regard to him are
lies
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-02-27
What incompetence Costs.

The yearly cost of supporting criminals
and paupers in the State Of Pennsylvania,
whose dependent condition results from the
intemperance of themselves and their par
ents, as appears from report to the Legis-
lature by the Citizens Association of Phila-
delphia, is 50, 204, 244-or 1894 for each
in the State. This is a startling presentment,
but it is by no means peculiar TO Pennsylva-
MIA. Probably a like examination in other
States could disclose an equally deplorable
condition of things.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-02-27

A professor of medicine at the Vienna
University has succeeded in saving the lives
Of many cholera patients, who had already
been given up by the other physicians, by
the SO called TRANSMISSION process. The blood
of healthy young men or women IS IN
fused into the veins Of the patients to the
extent about twenty ounces. la many In.
stances the success was almost immediate.
The face of the patient assumed moro nat
ural appearance during the operation, the
mise grew more normal, and the patient
was entirely well, though feeble yet, in the
course Of a few hours.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-02-27

The Committee on Education Of the Mas
sachusetts Legislature recommended the ap-
poiutment of women on the School Com
nittee throughout the State. There can
hardly be question as to their fitness for
the duty, and in most cases they would
probably be found more competent than the
general run Of men. Indeed, the Commit.
tee declare that in all the towns i: is diff
cult 10 find the men who, with ability to
fill the Office. have time to devote to its du-
ties. The proposal of the Committee is en-
inently sensible.--N. Y. Tribune.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-02-27

Switzerland still preserves the custom Of
beheading by the sword criminals condemn.
ed to death An execution took place in
this manner at Modem in the Canton If
Vaud, on the 10th of last month. An i'm
mense concourse of people was present, es-
timated by some to number as many as
twelve thousand The condemned man
was seated in chair, with his eyes bandaged
and his hands tied behind his back An as
sistant seized his hair, and the principle ex-
ecutioner raised his sword, which was short
and broad, and weighed about five pounds,
sort of whistling sound was heard. and
the head fell
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FOR ONE DOLLAR EACH

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The OFFICE OF PRESIDENT. Senator Sum
ner presented a memorial, asking for an
amendment of the Constitution to abolish
the office of President, and transferring the
duties to a commission appointed to Con
gress.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-02-27

1, nerves Kidneys, bladder, womb blood Elections
" we urinary orgrns, gravel scroula tism ca
&Airh Asthma, bronchitis, dyspepsia.
S'r practice is not of experiment hut of twentv
Years standing founded the laws Nature with years
experience and evidence sustain it, not ten down
=" build up. make sick to make weno harsh treatment;
~ trising; no Aatteing We know the cause and cht
@edy needed no guess work but knowledge gained by
eSTs Of experience in the of these diseases ex
T"sVey--no encouragement without prospect Candid
c.r opinions reasonable in charges claim NOT Ia
z~ow everything everybody claim 10 rea-
seA and common sense. We invite the sic IL nc matter
sbat their ameRt to call investigate before they abap-
Goa nope make interrogatons and decide themselves
t viii cost nothing consultation free This is the
sixth year that have visited this place. shall max
every eight weeks. ~
DIV CLARENCE PRIcE CAN BE CONSULTED AT
Kenosha City Hotel, during Saturday
the 18th of April, 1863.
g3y Residence and Laboratory, Waukegan Ill
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-02-27

Miss Harris, Of Boston, has presented to
the Orthodox Church on Harvard Hill a
chime of sixteen bells, which is now being
placed in the tower.
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RATES OF ADVERTISING

vear sor .S AND BUSINESS CARDS 81 line nor
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sinr1e oI NOTICES, published four weeks. az no fo
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Book, Blank, job and Card Printing Of every de-
scription executed with neatness. cheapness and
promptness, at this Office. Plain, Fancy and Orna-
mental Printing in Colored Inks aud Bronze. With
Five Power and Hand Presses. and an extensive va
Establishment is not exceled in this part of the
West.
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School Books at the Corner Book Store.
DR.. v. CLARENCE PRICES
NOTICE FOR 1868.

II " ( III z OK 1905.
'HNHfS ONLY only Physician of his KIND in the
ID West mas met with the greatest success, gained A
better reputation effected complete cures visit.
ed places the longest without missing an engagement
than any physician that travels has outlived Them ali
and become noted for his skill in treating su chronic
diseases of the
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1868-02-27
POSTERS AND HANDBILLs.

= For Programmes and Bills requiring an unusual
amount ofcom position, or for bordering and other
extra work. reasonable charges will be made.
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KENOsHA BUSINESS CARDS.
TEETH FOR THE MILLION.

DaVe Tic IaTest IMPROVEMENTS IN the
ID 2EI Ts az Ia Ez
And all those whose purses are not running over.
viii find il to their interest 10 paronize meunless
they wish 10 pay a large premium for unusual pre-
tensions
56tf ISAAC GEORGE
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PREMIUM HARNESS & SAD

sCHRGDER & LIMPERT, Manufacturers and
Dealers in Harness Saddles, Trunks, Buffalo Robes
and Blankets, Whips &c.
Particular attention paid to Carriage Trimming,
80 Main Street, First Door north Of fmmons' Store.
kenOsha, NOV. "A, 1851. ly24
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-09-11

fell upon his neck and kissed him and
hugged him to their bosoms, and
elected him a delegate for LOngenecher i!
This was the coup de grace to Captain
Stuckey and gave Longenecker the in
structions Of the convention. No SOON
er, however, was Longenecker pre-
sented by the county, than Cessna, in
turn, sought to defeat his nomination.
That he failed in accomplishing his
end, was no fault of his or of his per-
sonal friends.
For the truth of what we have here
stated, we appeal to the Radicals who
had an inside view of the struggle for
the Legislative and Congressional
nominations. We will not swear that
Cessna and his friends really did Kiss
their Southampton delegate; that is a
figure of speech but as to the rest,
there are plenty of men who can make
affidavit, if they WILL
The question now is, will the people
sustain nominations thus fraudulently
made?