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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-10-27
Tacit Mortgages.

By the present constitution Of the
State of Louisiana all tacit mortgages
existing in favor of wives against the
property of their husbands, Of wards
against the property of their tutors, and
such like, are null unless recorded be-
fore the first day of January, 1870. As
only little more than two months in
tervens before that time it would be
well for those interested to take inn
mediate steps to secure their rights in
the premises. The last Legislature
passed an act to facilitate tho recorda-
ton of these rights, which lays down
the rules to be followed in the registry
thereof.
Where there is q judgment, the sim
pie recording of the Judgment is snfi-
cient, but in other cases one can hard
ly proceed intelligently without the
aid of a lawyer. The same act mo.
95 of the acts Of 1867 contains also
other provisions with reference to the
appointment of tutors, the preserving
of liens and privileges &C., which it
would not be safe to ignore. The
whole matter should receive the imme-
date attention of those Interested.
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. 4 q 4
TT The London Telegraph's Paris
writer tells this story of the Arince I'm
periai aiaa youEg Conneau, at 81. Cloud:
The other day they were wandering
along the less frequented alleys, when
they were struck by the dismal APP
pearance OF one Of the showmen, who
was beating tawdry old drum, by
way OF attracting a multitude, which
seemed in no hurry to respond. A
worn bit of carpet lay at the feet of
the mountebank a miserable hungry
looking child of five years old stood by
his side. The Prince aud the friend
stopped before this piteous spectacle !;
gradually small crowd was formed,
and the poor fellow, ia his tattered
boots and patched Aeshings, set to
work to break stones with his fist, and
to jnggle with the child in the usual
way. "DOes this amuse youf said
the Prince. mot exactly; and you n
answered young Conneau. "Give him
this, and let us be OFF, said the Prince
slipping q napoleon into his friends
hand. The JOY aud surprise of the
poor creature may be imagined it was
certainly the first time so rich harvest
had ever fallen into his net and when
he turned to thank les braves jeunes
bourgeois for their liberality, they had
disappeared, f se'ss sssz.
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reach market without paying q cent
ofduty." "Some of these vents are
we'll Concealed" Others again are 80
palpable that the only wonder is how
any officer, however blind or Inefficient,
fails to see them. "The whiskey reg
,ulations have made a vast fraud prac-
ticable, and it has been used to the
disavantage of the Government" The
article ends TINS "Since the revenue
districts are filled with all manner OF
officials, two or three officials in eve-
ry registered Distillery, q whiskey
meter which is believed to measure the
product of tho still with the accuracy
PIN gold balance-how is it the gov
ernment is still defrauded ont of por-
ton OF its revenues, Business democrat
lied and honest men, or those who de-
sire to be honest, set at serious disad-
vantage in their trade" Here is re-
liable Radical journal in terms chars-
ing the commissioner with remissuess
in his. dnties or limiting even worse,
possibly COLLISION with tho whiskey
men. The same has been charged by
the whiskey firing" in Pennsylvania
with regard to the collection of the
whiskey tax in Ohio, for the reason
that Delano being . candidate for Uni
ted States Senator from that State "le'
up" ON the whiskey men therein order
to effect that end. Let us hear no more
of Delano and his collection Of the
whiskey tax, or we may have to quote
some more Radical authority to show
how shallow are his claims in that res.
pect Adieu Christopher Columbus
Delano. TREBLA. /
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New ADVERTISING MEDIUM. Gene
raj Grant circulates SO extensively
that he is said to have been selected
san advertising medium by enter
prising manufacturing companies,
who present him with their wares,
and bring themselves thereby before
the public. In this way the Presi-
dent is doing q good deal of good
The Democracy will probably use
him in q similar way on the eve Of
the next Presidential election, affix-
ing label to his gorgeous back, like
that which the keepers of restan-
rants sometimes append to live tur-
ties in front of their shops Soup
to-moryoac." $40
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-10-27

AN OLD FRIEND HEARD FROM.
publish to-day the advertisement Of
Messrs. Sproule and McCown, Nos. 40
and AZ st. Charles street, New Orleans,
dealers in fine clothing, gents furnish
ing goods, neckwear, &C., &c. They
have recently moved into this new
store and offer new and very attrac-
tive stock of coats, pantaloons, vests,
overcoats, oil cloth coats, &C., &C., at
prices favorable to those in want of
such articles. We are pleased to. learn
that Mr.. William II. Rogers, long and
favorably known in Rapides is with
this House. He was one of Dick Tay-
lor's most faithful and gallant soldiers,
and we trust that our friends visiting
the city will make it point to call on
him,
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PARTY OF PnoanEss.-A Dragging
Radical journal boasts that the Rad
ical party is a party of Progress u
is indeedl But its progress = nom
the top of the hill to the bottom
It's progress is from Union to Dlsun'
ion /; from prace to war; from no N.
tional debt to an enormous naslonA
debt 7; from no national taxaticn p
the heaviest taxation in the woria'
from specis to rigs; from vast con-
mercial prosperity to no commeroe
and no ships from George Wssn'
ington to y. s. Grant.
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MrscELLAxEous.9

We are having lovely weather nov.
the air'is just cool enough to be plea.
ant and at night the moon shines fora
with q calm and silvery light a..
would charm the most romantic avail. :
ever guilty Of poetry. The Cranle,,-
crop Of Orian county, New jersey ri.
year is valued at O., 300, 600. An -.
of Cranberries is worth from el0oots
$500. Think of that and then tain =
Coolie labor, when we have the Sp.,.
fruit growing country in the world "a
only require intelligent, white cultiv,.
tors to develop the mines Of wealth
1t is believed that nearly half tie Whit.
emigyants coming to this port this 50.
son, and are arriving three ANA n,
hundred at time, will remain. in =.
South. All hail to them!Athe ~.
the merrier. A singular discussion for
this age of progression, has recently
occurred in our medical society. ia
wise members of which have forbidaea
advertising, on the ground that it en-.
courages quackery-As quacks vim
advertise any how it is difficult to -
how this rule will affect them. To :
business man it would seem that apAv.
stefan who had by long study especial.
ly adapted himself to the treatment n
consumption or any other disease.
ought to advertise, 50 that his fslIox.
men might benefit by his experienoe-
Since DR.. T. St. C. Ferriss, opened s.;
Office at No. 8 st Charles street, Inn.
dreds of sufferers have either applied
in person or by letter for his supporter
truss, and the immense amount Of god
that he has done, would not have hsea
accomplished had he followed the q.
bitrary rule Of this society. d.. Fer.
riss las spent years in perfectinI hb
knowledge Of hernia and rupture, md
in adapting his trusses to the require
ments of the disease aud the uni1hn
success that attends his treatment =
almost miraculous. John Broughan,
has had fattering engagement at u
Varieties and his performances win
live as pleasant memories for years to
come, with these who have been fas-
tunate enough to see him. The vArie-
ties is always q favorite resort with on
Theatre goers and deservedly %.
Yours Truly,
TIM LlNKINWATER.
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" Ratsbane Corbin."

Mr.Abel Rathbone Corbin, of New
York, has recently acquired quite an
unenviable reputation BY his COM
plicity with the speculations of the
gold ring" in Wailstreet. It seems
that he was put forward as the agent
of Grant and Boutwell, in the dis
graceful gold specuiations, in which
the highest officers Of the government
figure as Spectators in the currency,
to the imminent risk of precipitating
a. distressing financial crisis on the
country. 49, G.
As q matter of course, this Mr..
Corbin is one of the Presidents re-
lations. Though we have known a
good deal of the individual for the
last fifteen years we never heard OF
him before as one of General Grants
'able-bodied relations" but it seems
that his third or fourth wife is the
Presidents sister, married last Spring
when the groom was turned Of sixty,
and the bride over thirty, having
found it much more difficult to OBJ
tain husband when her brother was
q tanner, than when he had become
q general Of the army, President o.
the United States. Second Wash.
ington" and all that, gH
Now This Mr.. Corbin was twenty
years ago the editor of a small pape,
in st. Louis, and for his spitefulnesf
had his middle name transformed by
Col, Benton into tetratsbane." He
afterwards obtained a small clerk.
ship in one Of the departments al
Washington, the salary Of which hi
managed to increase a little by plea
yunish lobbying with ignorant peo
pie, under the pretense of having
influence with the Western members
He is now (since he became q Presi
Dental brother-in-law) the owner o
a five story brown stone mansion il
Fifth Avenue, andis said to be wortl
three millions. He has managed ii
feather his nest by certain little Job
put into his hands by his Presiden
tial relative. Of which the recent Wal
street transaction may be taken as
fair sample. Of course this must b
the "best government in the world,
when poor, obscure, private indi
vidual, like t.ratsbane Corbin" cal
make fortune in few weeks. Blu
unfortunately the President hasn'
Sisters for us all.
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Arrival Of Father Hyacinth.

Father Hyacintf has arrived in New
York. Having thrown a bombshell into
the Ecumenical Council and broken
his vows as aCarmelite Monk, he is
now ready for any other sensation of
whatever kind it may be. Hence
his visit to the land of sensations. He
cannot have forgotten the Yankee fu-
rore over Jenny Lind, Kossuth and
Japanese Tommy. Perhaps, too, he
remembers the sensational Yankee re-
vival of religion in 1860, and the sin
gular manner of putting their religion
into practice by a sensational fraternal,
throat-cutting carnival the very next
year. The eloquent father, therefore,
came to just the proper place, and at
just the proper time, because Ameri
can sensations have just about played
out. 1t is true Mr.. Grant, Mr.. Bout
we'll and "ratsbane" -Corbin came near
having one in New York lately, but ii
was squelched by the bulls and
BEARS" before the immaculate individ-
nails could make more than a million
a pieces }eE
AS soon as the Father landed the
Putnams announced in press a full ed
ition of his sermons, translated by Mr.
Bacon Che belongs tothe Stowe and
Beecher family all done within the
space of,twenty-four, hours. We shall
next hear of his being called TO d fash
ionable Church in Boston or Chicago
at $4,000 year. 1t is trae that his
pure French (which is said to equa
that of Massillon or Bourdaloue) will
be rather out Of place among the Hoos
iers, but plenty Of Yankee teachers
will be found to teach him English il
"six easy lessons" Our word for it
in few weeks the pero will be chroni
cled as delivering the "most eloquen,
prayer that was ever addressed to 6
Chicago audience" s.ia ~
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sIN TINES OF PEACE, PREPARE FOR
WAR."-But as there seems to be no
"speck of war" on the horizon of Amer
lean politics, we call attention of hun
tiers, sportsmen, planters, heads Of fam
lilies and others needing arms or anu
milton, to the advertisement of j. H.
Lyon, No. S. st. Charles street, New
Orleans. Mr.. Lyon, succeeds E. j.
Watkinson and has every thing in the
line, that our people can want.
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sssd-Csrn.

There is yet, among farmers, says Cols-
mans Rural World, = very great slackness
in selecting field seeds. This is inexcusa-
BILE. because there is ample time on rainy.
or stormy. wintry days when this matter
could be attended TO il there was dispesi-
ton. OF course every farm whose owner
has been in possession Tor any length u
time has barI, either large or su,nll log.
frame or st0nc-somehow We Cannot think
of farm without barn, no moro thAa
We can think Of house wiihant a d ,or a.
4 window. This is the place. then. t.
clean up your seed grain. Improve the 6r.s
chance. Instead Of sitting by tina sts've.
and in the way Of your good wife. or tit
ing back in chair against the vail. e.
out, rig up your fanniue- mill aud CHAN ~
seed, ind remember that. ~ . general nh
in nature, "like produces like" Al ~
rate. If you s.,w and plant the best seed
you have done your duty in shis dirsAiss.
But, We Intended, just now, u sfise
about seed corn. A very tew thsssaeh
fnrmers, who have found throash bsg
gears Of experience that it pays. IN : ~
habit If selecting their seed san il H.
-6eid, before the corn is fit to Lssk. ssd =
suon as the corn is well glazed. Il = -
mitted that this corn will shrink % -
cob: but, ifwell braided BY abe hash ~
hung up in . dry, airy place (never ovts
bin Of small grain, which seetss to kiu ~
germ)- 10 very sure to grow, very in-
portant point, as every farmer kssus.-
This, then, is the best wayto selrcs ~
cOrn. 1Afssis fs
lfwant Of time is plead. d, and Il essat
| - .~>l 4. --~lrI .~Ac.-a>2 kka
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-10-27
SENATORIAL ELECTIONS<

The Legislature OF Virginia nhs
elected its Senators and the Legis-
lature of Tennessee has failed to ell
ect up to the present moment. The
|Incky individuals who have been
transplanted to the companionship
of Sumner and Thayer, with author
ity to represent the Mother OF
States and Statesmen" are John T.
Lewis and James W. Johnston. Who
these individuals are we have no
means of ascertaining. We thought
we knew all the Senatorial timber in
all the States, particularly in Virgin
la, but we must confess our ignorance
of these gentlemen, as painful as it
is to confess our ignorance Oh any
subject whatever. There are some
very good people in Virginia, and
also some very mean ones, by the
name of Lewis. The great and good
George 1--WE mean the young gentle
man who cut his daddy's peach tree
with a hatchet) had a nephew nam
ed Lawrence Lewis, but we fear that
none of his blood flows in the veins
of the new Senator. They say that
he is the present Lieutenant Gov
ernor of the State, but the logical
inference from this fact is that he is
either carpet-bagger or a niger
We will do him the justice to say,
however. that, while we know moth
ing of his pedigree we have heard
that he is both native and white
| man. F8 us Gapt35mo1 f
OF Mr.. Johnston we know no more
than we do of his colleague. From
his locality and the peculiar manner
in which he spells his name with q
y we have an idea that he may be a
nephew Of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston,
and consequently that he has the
blood Of P. Henry (another internal
rebel) in his veins. But as some
very mean Virginia people have a
very aristocratic way Of spelling thei,
names, this is all purely .conjectural.
The two new Senators are said to
be the representatives of the new
Walker-C Conservative party--that is,
the anti-carpet-baggers with car
|pet-bag governor. Whether the new
party has done any better than their
imitators in Louisiana threaten to dc
we have no means of ascertaining.-
We have some consolation to know,
however, that Mr.. Grants brother
in-law Zone of his brother-in-laws
always turns up when there are any
pickings around the public crib) and
the man who married Judge Doug
las pretty widow, without marrying
the sittle giants" brains, were no.
where in the race. Whoever gained
anything by this Virginia election, il
is very certain that Hyram Ulysses
has nothing to brag Of.
In Tennessee on the second ballot
Andy johnson came within twelve
votes of an election and was, by al
odds, the strongest candidate. He
has that unfortunate amount O.
strength which puts him in just such
a condition as to invite a combina.
ton against him. We very much
fear they will swindle old Andy out
of it. But the old veteran has way
of falling on his feet whenever he is
thrown down. When we know the
result we shall give him o First rate
notice" that is, if he is elected.
|
Noru 0p1oopo MorLo%
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We are pleased to notice the ar
rival of onr young friend Mr.. VIM. L
Bringhurst, who has been pursuing his
studies in Germany for the last three
years. Mr.. Bringhurst has just gradu-
ated with the degree of Doctor OF
Philosophy at tho University of Leip-
Zir.
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Special Notice ! I

The performance that was to have
taken place on Tuesday, for the benefit
of j. w. RILEY, has been postponed,
owing to the inclemency ofthe weather,
until
SATURDAY, the 3Oth Of OCTOBER.
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The Veterans Of 1914

General Andrew Jackson was made
President of the United States be-
cause he eft the battle of New Orleans
with q small force against so many
thousands of veteran British soldiers.
But it has been recently shown that
history has lied most outrageously and
that General jackson should never
have been President at all. 1t is esti-
mated that, under the late act of our
Legislature, about three thousand vet
Grams have come forward to get their
bounties, and the cry is Hstill they
Gomez If there are SO many survivors
then the original army must have been
one the largest that ever fought, and
ought to have swallowed all the Brit
ish live. And what is little stranger
still most of these veterans are blacks.
Verify, it was reserved for our day to
prove that the "colored troops fought
nobly.n
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DRUGs AND GRocERIEs.-The old,
reliable house of E. j. Hart & Co., 70,
IS, ~ and 70 Tchoupitoulas street,
New Orleans, advertise their wares in
onr columns to-day. For many years
this firm has fourished and prospered.
their continued success, proving their
high character with the merchants and
consumers of the South. Give them a
call.
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Err & SMITH.-This enterprisine
firm, Successors to Wheeler g. Forstall
notify our friends that they are pre-
pared to do Plantation and Steamboat
work, in copper, tin and sheet-iron,
and We advise those who. need any
thing of the kind to call ON them at the
Corner of Magazine and Girod streets,
New Orleans.
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gunisiaua 9ell1utrat.
.lDHcE.

MRS. THOMPSON will, hereafter,
IHl. in addition to her School, give.
on WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY even
fngs, from 81 o'clock till p. NJ, in
structions in that beautiful and fash
ionable Afghan work, and Decalcoma-
MIA or the art of painting on China,
Glass. Wood, Silk or Linen-also, EN-
broidery of all kinds, Crochetting, Tet-
ing, &c. 80 a
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u We have received full fayors
from the officers of the Lizzie Hopkins,
Lotus No. 8, Celeste, Right Way,
Rapides, Era No 10, Rose Franks,
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LETTER FROM NEW ORLEANS

Friend Dem0crat:-The season of the
year has arrived when our city puts on
her gayest appearance and the prin-
cipal streets begin to look full Of peO-
pie, while after dark in the sections
where pleasure seekers most do con
gregate there - . sound Of revelry by
night aud everything goes merry as .
marriage bell. The stranger who pas
ses mp St. Charles street during the
day, win zee groups Of elegantly dress
ed men, trigged out in . style that
would do credit to Walshe or Sproule
and MCGOWAN, and he.may think that
these are the large merchants and
bankers Of our city, but it will he ad
visable to avoid an intimate acquaint-
ance with these gentry, as they are
the troopers in" of the gambling bells,
which he may see in full blast after
night. These gambling saloons, food
with light, radiant with decorations,
and filed with the sweet strains of mu-
sic. from the hand which each one
now provides. are fearsul temptations
to the unwaIy, and many man, who
has entered them from mere curiosity
has lost money, honor and character
before he left. Every attraction that
can be thrown around such places has
been secured, fine lunches and gener-
GUS wines. pictures and mirrors, and
then the games look 90 simple and
easy. And that nice young man with
light moustache and such gentle
manly addess has such streak of
luck-why couldn't the stranger do
the samei Simply because the taking
young man is a decoy dnck aud is al
lowed to win, SO that his apparent
luck may rope others in Our frst
class saloons present their liveliest APP
pearance by gas light and are always
thronged by crowds of careless pleas
ure seekers. The theatres are open
once more, and the FREQ concerts given
from their balconies by their ochestrai
attract great crowds, who line the aide.
walks and curb stones, and criticise
the performers of the bands. Free
and Easy saloons some what toned
down from what the extravagances
that characterized them last winter
are again much In yogue-Here lager
| is the principal drink, and 10 served BY
waiter girls, intended to be pretty but
generally far short Of tue usual stan.
dard of beauty, and music, on the pi.
ano, violin or harp, sometimes al
three combined, with rather discord.
ant vocal efforts thrown in, charms
the visitor, and makes him think him.
self in the Garden of Eden-perhapsi
The ball mania has set in too, and from
this until the golden leaves come agar
the votaries Of Terpsichcre, will hole
almost nightly revel in our leading
halls. Taken all together, although
business has not opened with tina
whirlwind of prosperity 80 fondly ex
pected, we have now entered upo,
o season that promises TO be very go,
and attractive.
s, COMMERCIAL. y~,
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Music AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
Mr.. Louis Grunewald, No. 100 Canal
ST., (Touro Buildings) New Orleans,
has for sale superb stock Of Pianos
from all the favorite makers, organs,
violins, sheet music ETC., which he of
fers for sale at low prices and on rea-
sonable terms. This store is in cen
trail and convenient location, and his
goods are bought direct from manu-
facturers, both domestic and foreign,
and this enables him to offer great in
dueements to purchasers.
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DRY GooDs.-Messrs. j. A. Brasel-
man & Co., corner of Magazine and st.
Andrew Streets, New Orleans, have an
extensive stock of Fancy and Staple
Dry Goods, Cloaks, shawls, Dress
Goods, Trimmings and Notions. They
own the elegant stores they occupy
and consequently have no rent to pay,
which, with the many other advan-
tages possessed by them, enable them
to supply those who call on them at
the lowest prices. Consumers and
dealers should not fail to visit them
before buying elsewhere.
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peA- Bonner and Grant have been
corresponding on the gold panic.
Grant says he had nothing to do with
it-that he made "nasy red" The
backwoodsman swore that Colonel
johnson killed Tecumseh, because the
Colonel told him so himself.