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HEAVY LoAN.-It is said that Commodore Wander
bt was personally on the street in New York, on Fri
day. the gold field day. and it is reported that he has
effected loan Of ten million dollars with Barring Broth
ers, giving Hudson River ct par collateral. One
half OF the sum he used to purchase the seventy thou
sand shares Of Lake Shore sold him by Lockwood Co.
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Texas PoLIT1cs We notice that good Iaany of
the 1 aass opposed to the
nomination of full Democratic ticket. The Galveston
News publish the following from ex-Goy. Henderson,
a leading Democrat Of the State
Houston, October 1, 1869.
The socaled Democratic Convention at BRENNAN
consisted of FIVE editors, The Democratic party,
through it's Executive Committee refused to call
vention or make any nomination for Governor. The
Democratic party of Texas has connection with this
move.
J. W. HENDERSON,
One nf the Cnmmittae
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CLAIBORNE PARIsH-Tbe Homer Advocate of the
9th saws that about the lst inst gang of negroes
went to the house of white lady, living near Lisbon,
in that parish in the absence OF her husband who had
gone to Trenton, and broke down her door and raw
ished her. The negroes arrested and they con-
fessed their crime The Advocate learns that two Of
the negroes were regularly tried and committed by
the magistrate at Lisbon and sent to the Homer Jail
for safe keeping. On the road the officer in charge
of the negroes surprised BY band of men and
the prisoners released. The Advocate says this band
is supposed to be of negroes who had in view of
two purposes-to aid the villains to make their escape
or to vindeae their race, by administering summary
process to those Of their race who are unworthy a
house or home in land of plenty and peace. We
Rave noble set of negroes in parish who are de-
termned to do right and they would freely burn the
accursed black seoundrels who would dare dream of
committing such damnable deeds. Yes, our good ne
groes enraged at this foul crime and are on the
hunt for the demons and if they find them, our slow
moving courts will not be troubled with indictments
LYNCH Law IN SABINE PARssH.-W We Copy as follows
from the Natchiteches Times Of the 9th:
Not long since named Chambliss, keeping a
small store in Sabine parish murdered and robbed
Three men, two brothers named Watkins, and Tomp-
and confined il Jail at Nanny charged with the CONF
mission of the crime Very recently further develop
ments we're made showing the crime TO have been Of
most henous character and fixing the guilt clearly
on the accused parties. The excitement among the
people was very intense and Monday night Of this
week large party took the three out Of jail and
hung one OF the Watkins brothers and shot Fompkins
The other atkins has not been heard OF since, and 1t
/ is supposed that he escaped.
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MORE OF THE RADICAL PARTY ABOUT VIRGINIA
Washington dispatch of the Sd inst, says that there
is evidently Radical plot foot to prevent the ad
mission Of Virginia when Congress meets. Not only
have certain Radicals in that State and in the North
combined to have Congress exact the test oath Of the
Legislature but they have arranged for inyestiga
ton into the election held in July They have also
got up charges that some of the Congressman elect
are opposed to paying the national debt. Whether
this will succeed or not remains to be seen.
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STORMS IN THE SUN.-scientfc investigation into
the mysteries of the suns surface has beer great this
year. great magnetic storm is predicted An ex-
animation Of the sun through new and powerful in
strumens has revealed and wonderful appearances
on Its surface Immense spots, millions of miles in
extent, are said to have appeared. One of them re-
Gently moved a hundred thousand miles III second
We are told, too that violent physical changes are
gong on; that the magnetic storms regulated by
fixed laws and occur every eleven wears. The next
one is to be in 1870 Its effect upon magnetic instru-
ments will be noted with intense interest by the first
scientific men of the day What effect these storms
will have upon the atmosphere, vegetation and the
light Of the sun, will afford plenty of food for specu
laton and thought
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DANES Gordon Bennett Of the New York Herald,
not II 50 preearons health the papers have stated
Advancing years and the intense mental activity Of
almost half century of Journalism have doubtless
produced some effect upon him. but he still supersses
tne Herald Mr.. Bennett commenced his career in
Charleston South Carolina, ia 1922 Afterwards he
came TO New York and became connected with the
Courier and Enquirer. On the Sth of May, 1885, he
issued the first number Of the New York Herald,
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A London telegram announces the arrival there Of
the first cargo Of tea from China But the ST. Louis
dealers claim to have received considerable consign
ment Of that same crop some weeks ago. over the
Pacific railroad So Brother Jonathan, for once, is
ahead OF j. b.
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TEXAS RAILRoD.-There is no question in the world
but that the railroad companies in Texas moving
heaven and earth to build Retrospective This
is apparent when contrasted with the lukewarm-
ness and apathy of the Louisiana companies. 1t is
seldom that pick up Texas paper but what we
find encouraging account Of the progress OF
some local railroad, and on the other hand we seldom
pick up Louisiana paper but we find some discour-
aging accounts Of the progress of the few roads To-
Gated in the State This should not be the with
us, for our very existence as commercial people, de-
ponds upon the further extension Of the roads now
under way. 1t is really dscouraging to to the
energy and perseverance manifested by the Texas
panies and then witness the indifference and apathy of
foregoing remarks after readiag the annexed article
from the New York Sun:
Passing BY the office Of the Memphis 81 Paso and
Pacific Railroad Company yesterday, we learned from
Colonel B. II. Epperson, its efficient and energetic
President that Messrs. Campbell, Gentry Co., con-
tractors for the construction of the Texas division of
that road had entered into contract September 49,
1869, with Mr.. G. Koopmanschap, for 1000 select
Cinnamon to work upon their job and that the money
in gold had been deposited in bank for the payment
of the transportation. large force of frst-cass
mechanics such as carpenters, blacksmiths, bridge
builders, steam engineers and axmen, has already
started from Chicago to Texas to work this road
These contractors shipping large quantities Of TOOLS
portable saw mills, steam pie.driving engines and
other machineryof the most approved kind now used
in the construction Of railroads, with view to push
ing this road to rapid completion.
Calling at the Texas Land Company's office, we
learned that this company the President of which is
P. A. Spoford and among the Directors Of which are
T. W. House, W. R. Baker, and W. J. Hutchins, all
well known in Texas as solid potential citizens had
contracted also with Mr.. Koopmanschap for large
number Of Chinese to work upon their lands in Texas
this corporation, which has extended its road $50
miles from the coast into the interior Of Texas,
G"i-Ant had inst se1ed contract with Mr-Nieis p
laborers from Germany and Sweden, to work upon;
its further from Calvert to
the Red River and Kansas. This latter company nau
also just bought iron rails to lay the next fifty miles Of
their roads from Calvert and Brennan.
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Mrs. Abraham Lincoln is still in Frankfort, Germany
living in retirement and in very unpretendng quarters
She sees but few persons and those generally Ameri
man ladies,
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CAPT CHAs. W. READ.-The telegraph informs US
that this gentleman was navigating officer Of the
oaoan pIlyateer Hornet. Capt. Read. distinguished
himself ~ the Confederate navy during the late war
somahdef OF the privateer Taeony, off the coast Of
New England. He was Lieutenant On the Florida when
she escaped from Mobile. He was also in command of
the Webb when she went down Red river. and ran by
New Orleans Capt. Read Is Mssissppian, and grad
uated at Annapolis Naval Academy in 1850 He is a
most accomplished navigating officer, and with intre-
pidy OF spirit IS noted for GOODNESS and sound udg-
ment He s regarded by those who know him best
and haze seen him surroundedby trying circumstances
TO &c man Of superior ability At least that is what
our boys who were on the Webb with him say.
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TAKEN OUT OF JAIL.-The Alexandra Democrat
says that Mr. John Simmons, the cadet who shot q
negro man in that town some little time back, was
foreenby taken out of Jail few days SINCE by party
Of unknown and disguised persons, and has not since
been heard Of #{
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oNE OF Mrs. ASTHoSY's PETs-Brick Pomeroys
Democrat reports meeting of women in New York,
who advocated women's rights, mentions Miss. Susan
Anthony and speaks follows of an old acquaintance
of many Of the citizens of New Orleans:
Miss Edmonia Highgate, nice looking octoroon,
who brought her coored servant with her, declared
that in Mississippi where she had been teaching those
oil nigh rank IN society, the white and black women
wanted equal rights, the State motto being mix in
every thing that the white women there had hearts
large enough to take in eooredme or any other men
Miss Edmonia declares herself to be branch Of
susan's tree Says Susans arms Graded her infant
form; that Susans ideas are in her brain.
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i, Bob Hart, the negro MINSTREL George Morris, the
pilliardst, and Jim Mas, Of the Winter Garden Chi
cage, bad very funny race in that city few days
ago. IL was race in washtubs, each tub drawn by a
team of six geese hired for the occasion Of Al old
woman in the neighborhood at two dollars per goose
Here IS the summary: Lake Front Basin, Chicago
September 49, 1863 Race for sweepstakes. Of SON
between sextupe goose teams dash 800 yards to
wash.tubs George Morris enters gray goose, Anna
Dickinson and mates, sired by their respected progeni
tors and damned by all the neighbors in the vicinity
of their birthplace, / Bob Hart enters white goose
Formosa and mates, pedigree unknown, but believed
to be disreputable 2; Jim Mas enters blue goose
Queen Isabella and mates, pedigree forgotten, g.
Time-7:30n
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The Marshall Flag congratnlates the editor OF the
Of the late pro tenn Of the Flag, as local editor.
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NORTHERN DEFINITIoN OF A CARPET. BAGGER.-
me oireeve lOhio) Democrat enrehes the political
vocabulary with the following definition:
There is no difference between carpot-bagger
and scoundrel. The words are synonymous 1t
cannot be otherwise. We do not care whether he is
man OF long prayers short ones or of no prayers
at all. He is an Adventures of sordid, yengeful,
reckless sensual cast He cares only for SELF in point
of worldly profit and has no care as to how his in.
terests are promoted Rule or ruin is lis MOTTO force
is his weapon deceit and alsehood his main allies and
canng piey his refuge The carpet-bagger in his best
estate is a hypoerte and scoundrel Under the
preext Of extra philanthropy he is doing the DEVILS
work wherever he goes, keeping up excitement, pro-
,agatng falsehood and feeing.n n.
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our Laws Relative to Mortgages.

The following are the provisions Of our laws rela-
- t,,o oho1eon IF toot ,,or,oaees and The forms
stSe " sHe "os','iOA :.
to be observed hereafter;
CONSTITUTIONAL PRoyIsIoN-Artice l23.-The Cen
eral Assembly shall provide for the protection of the
rights of married women to their dotal and parapher
nal property and for the registration of the same
but no mortgage or privilege shall hereafter affect
third parties unless recorded in the parish where the
property to be affected is situated The tacit mort
cages and privileges now existing in this State shall
to have effect against third persons after the first
of January, 1870 unless duly recorded. The General
Assembly shall provide by law for the registration Of
all mortgages and privileges Constitution Of 1865.
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pHHpHs, 1HH STATE ars0'sshf, DoniNa WITH BIG
AUGER.-Belden, the Attorney General Of the State,
is trump. He is none of your small fry who bore
with gimlet but real artisan borer and one who,
apparently understands his business He is not quite
up to our Charles Lowell in the number of Offices at
his command, but he is endeavoring to make the one
which he does hold fill the measure of his bliss and
that is much as Charles do with his six different
sources of revenue AS it has been some time since
we have heard Of cool an attempt the part of
official to rob the people Of the State, it is quite
refreshing. He scorns to tread in the path which
others of his k have beaten with their horned hoos
before, buthe strikes out in and unbeaten track
hoping to make $35 600 out of the people under the
cover of the law. This scalawag sues for mandamus
the Auditor, to show cause why he should not war
rant on the Treasurer for the above sum, over and
above his salary of $500 per year. The New Orleans
Times says he bases his claim on this:
That, in the capacity of Attorney General, he is
entitled to salary Of $1,000 year, and five per cent
on all sums collected by him, and in his official duties
he has collected, caused to be collected, for the
State the sum Of 100000 that is to say, all the
money received under the operation of the one per
cent tax law, act No. ia. He claims this sum, be-
cause in the suits brought to test the consutonay
OF the tax he by his professional advice and assls
lance, succeeded in getting decision in favor of its
constitutionaty and had not this decision been OBJ
tained the tax would not have been paid in and there
would not be So, 100000 in the Treasury Except
what is not n.) Hence he claims his FIVE per cent
The Times, in commenting on this attempt of Bel
dens to rob the State, says: sit would respectfully
qure for what the Attorney General receives salary
for it is not for the performance of just such duties
those for which this extraordinary claim is set up
He entitled to no per centage except which
be actually collects aid all know that as far as
this special per cent tax is concerned, the ma.
chinery of collection is exceedingly expensive, but the
Attorney General has nothing whatever to do with it.
Indeed this claim the part of Mr. Belden is one Of
the coolest pieces of professional mpertinence that
has before the courts and tho public for many
day. But it is too ridiculous to be entertained for
moment by any court or jury, and the mere demand
Of it would suy the reputation of any gentleman who
had really prominent position at the Bar"
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CRANES METALLIC BURIAL CASKETS
FTsHE undersigned, having purchased the exclusive
Burial Baskets IN Shreveport and Caddo parish, has
just received and will keep hand very large assort
ment, embracing every size apd style which will be
sold at very low prices.
All orders promptly attended to. The Baskets are
ready for deHery or shipment at moments notice.
j. 8. KENDALL,
aul IyI Corner Of Texas and Mcneil street
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rs now open for the reception Of Patients male and
il famale. Rate of charges-Rooms, per day, So to
ST; Wards per day, So; Capital operations, extra.
Terms-Invariaby in ADVANCE or upon satisfactory
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hostile TO Pendleton The committee was
controlled by his friends Hence, the com
mittee proceeded to nominate him. and he.
realizing how great a mistake he had made in
suffering the convention to put some other
man over his head as the choice of the Ohio
Democrats, accepted. Very likely he will be
whipped, but he still clings to the party aud
holds his place as its leader. Better whipped
with party than ignored without one. SO
Pendleton throws himself into the breach, Cor
it is his last chance to keep himself above the
surface. The tide is swiftly overwhelming
all the old Copperheads, and to escape drown
ing he catches at any chip.
The Republicans ought TO defeat him, and
if they work with vigor will do so. We can
not believe that the people of Ohio will suffer
this insolent revival OF that Copporhcadism
which they have repeatedly crushed down.
To permit it to prevail now, with the old
leader and the old platform would be to ac-
knowledge that it was right and that those
who stood by the flag during the war were
wrong But by giving the Democrats another
severe whipping, it may he possible to teach
them that they have no chance for the future
but in adopting new men and new ideas.
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THE ATTEMPT TO DIVIDE THE RE
PUBLICAN PARTY"
INC ~ LOUIS RepuJlican (Demooratic).

FROM me 81 Louis Republican De1nocratic).
Nobody will deny ''that there has been an
attempt made to divide the Republican party"
as PRESIDENT Grant expressed himself in his
interview with General Tarbell and very
successful attempt too. 1t can be traced
through the columns of a great number of
hepubhcan newspapers, and the return of
many schlsmatic Republicans to the old pro
scnphve radical church is certainly proof of
tne existence OF this attempt. But thev re-
turned only when they observed that others
Ihah themselves had profted by the split;
tor' Il sucking together would secure to them
forever the fruits of their victories" " thev
would continue through all eternity to dis
franchise their fellow-citizens and treat them
as If they were helots.
Ihls attempt which is now So mucb de-
Piored by the President was inauourated bv
hlmseIt on the very day when he asked Con.
Gress Tor additional legislation in regard to
lne reconstruction of Virginia, Mississippi.
ana IeNas'- Being himself opposed To dis
iranchisement, he wished Conpress TO leois-
late SO as to have these States adopt their own
constitutions, bat reject the disfrancbisino
clauses II they chose, and thus return to their
allegiance to the Union with their popula.
tons not dlsgraced by political death or
lntenorlty; What has happened since was
the natural consequence of this new nolicT,
1t was favored by a large number of Re-,
] publicans everywhere, and in the three States
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which follows fast in the train of the new
works, is at the rate of 100000, all of whom
become efficient co-operators in a common
cause.
Such an increase of population and wealth
secures to us advantages possessed by no
other nation. If trade or manufactures be
overdone or slack, the passage of a single
wear brings 1,25O,OOO additional. consumers.
with slight pause in our industries con
sumption overtalies production. Each day
1000 additional persons share in the burdens
of taxation. What is tolerable to-day becomes
less onerous tomorrow. and with the GER
tairtv of their steady reduction and of a full
release from them at no distant day.
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NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Es u Fl & AU VERETAs
FRENOH LLOYDs).
INTERNATIONAL REGISTER FOR
CLASSIFICATION OF VESSELS.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

THE REGISTER VERITAS, containing the ol,sa,
noa'on Oh vessels surveyed in the Continental British
and American ports the year 1869 is FOR SAIE b
the Agents in New York. --1- "
ALE MERRIAM CO.
SO No. A. EXCHANGE PIAOu
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ID II l. OSOPHY OF MARRIAGE
New Course of Lectures, as delivered at the New
iI toTk nuseum OF Anatomy, embracing the SUBJECTS
nov 70 lave, ana what to Live for; Youth Maturitv ana
Ed ~ age; Manhood Generally Reviewed; The Cause Of
uSeStlon flatuence and Nervous Diseases Accounted
5ori Marriage Phlosophicaly Considered etc eto
rocket volumes containing these Lectures will be for
dt g. LEAEG 2S JF:i S e. corner of FIFTH and WALNUT
,et2oSe nlHuolI,nla. 23S
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Total. III 1,0O7,51s sos. 800 2,O56,1Os 1O,2so,5ll

IOJal.. ,6OI 5lS S,O3(,59O 2O5b,lOo lO2SO,5lO
The increased vote, in the period of four
years, was ass, $50; the increase of population,
2,292, $50. In 1868 there were nearly half a
million of able-bodied men at work in those
States more than in 1864 Their productive
capacity, from the increased facilities for
transportation, in more sRilfully directed
labor, and in the more extensive use of labor
saving implements, has probably increased in
twofold ratio to that of their numbers.
There are still more striking illustrations of
the rapid progress of the new States in mate
rial prosperity and wealth. There were
opened within those named, within the past
four years, 5000 miles of railroads. These
roads transport annually 2000 tons of freight
to each mile of line, or 10, 00O 600 tons in the
aggregate. The greater portion of this ton
mage consists of the products Of the soil-food
and is a most satisfactory evidence Of the
vastly augmented supply. The increase Of
tonnage of the roads in operation in these
States previous to 1864 will equal the total of
the new lines. The aggregate increase of
all since 1864 cannot be less than l5,OOO,OOO
tons, having an aggregate value of S2,0OO,0OO,
1t is usually estimated that a farmer living
within fifteen miles of a line of railroad can
avail himself of it in sending his crops to mar
ket. Every 1000 miles of line constructed,
consequently, opens up 10000 square miles
Oh new terntory-an area equal to good
sized state. But during the present year fully
1000 miles OF new line will be constructed,
opening up 100000 square miles, the greater
portion OF which was last year wholly beyond
the reach OF commerce and of markets The
addition to the wealth of the country which
IS due TO such an increase of the means OF
transportation can hardly be estimated. In
the meantime, the increase Of our population
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