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Parish Of Rapides Parish Court.
No. 123-Succession. of Duncan C. Good
win for homologation Of Final Account.
WHEREAS Thos. II. ]. Bowles has
w filed his Final Account as Executor
.Of the Succession of Duncan e. Goodwin !:
Notice is hereby given to all whom it dotl,
or may concern to show cause, within ten
.,iays from the date hereof, why the same
.shOuld not be l,omologatcd.
Clerks Office. Alexandria, La, January
14tl, 1869. WIN. u. CHANDLER,
Jan. 2Gtli-2t. Deputy Clerk.
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n, ea JOHN DELACY, Sheriff.
Jane tds-PriEter's Fec SIS 90.

JanO-tuS-IflECefS rec 80 w.
SU ESSION SALE.
Edward johnson, deceas'dS 279.
Parish Court of Rapidcs Parish, State
7at b. of Louisiana.
PURSUANT to an order of Sale is
l. sued from the above named, Court
in the above entitled and number. suit
and addressed to me as Sheriff Of the
above named Parish commanding me
to sell for the payment of Debts the
property hereinafter described, ! will
offer for sale to the last and highest
bidder on, w ...atasH 1f!..
SATURDAY the 9th day of FEBRU-
4t.. AIRY, A. ID. 1869. asJ-.
commencing at II o'clock A. NJ. at the
Court House door in the Town of AL
cxandria Parish Of Rapidcs: A certain
piece or parcel of ground situated in
the Parish of Rapidcs. State Of Louis
lama, and in the Town of Alexandria in
Square No. 8. of said Town, fronting
on third street, being in the lower back
corner Of said Square, and being q
dwelling House and improvements and
the last residence OF, the deceased; and
tile House in which Pauline Lott, F
w. C. now resides. M a
TERMS CASH.
>, JOHN DELACEY, Sheriff.
Jan. 6. go. ids. Printers fee SIS 90
SHERtFFs SALE.
Joseph W. Moore, No. 1857 Ninth Dis
JOSEPH Wolf; SRapides State Of Lou u
.I" isiana
DY virtue of a writ Of Ficri Facias iii.
- rected to mo as. Sheriff of the above
named Parish from She 9th District Court
Punish of Rapidcs, issued in the above en-;
titled suit l have seized and will offer for
sale to the ast.and highest bidder on,
SATURDAY tho 9th daX Of FEBRUARY
A. D. 1850
between the hours of II A. NJ. and A p NJ
at the Court House door in the Town OF
Alexandria the following described proper.
ty seized as the property of the defendant
by special order of said writ to-wit; Ger
tain piece or parcel of ground situated ~.
ing and being in the upper snburb OF the
Town of Alexandria Parish of Rapides
and. designated on the plat Of tho upper
suburb of said Town as part of lots in
square No. IS, having front on Second
Street of fifty-five feet by the depth of the
square bounded above by property Of
Willis FAINT and below by property of Mrs
Mary Ann Haynic deceased, with all the
buildings ana improvements situated
thereon. .rte ss FL.
TERMS OF SALE: CASH with the bone
| fit fappraiscment.
| '''s@ JOHN DELACY,
| Jan. 9Th, 1869, tbs p. i. $I5 Sheriff.
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of everything. ',,..-.....-........,.......
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Notice to Sugar & Cotton Planters.
wv S. RIDGE MAKES NEW SHEARS
W. to your sugar and cotton plows ut
{, small cost. They are just rs good rs
new after they go through his hands.
Dec 30, 1SU6-3t.
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TNRY ST. JOHNS COUGH EXlsEC
Il ToRANT.'
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SUCCESSION SALE.

SUCCESSION SALE.
Catherine Rowe ct al. M o.. De-
VS.. -, Go, ~
Heirs of Reagan, ISL; ISL, cont &c Pa lar rar-
For Partition. 'n - "l' ''''
PURSUANT TO AN ORDER IS
il sued from the Honorable the Par
isll Court of the Parish of Rapidcs, to
me directed, ordering me to sell the
following property, therein named. to
effect a PARTITION, in accordance with a
decree Of said Court in the case of Cath
crime Rowe ct al. vs.. Heirs of Reagan,
l will proceed to sell at Public Auc-
ton at the residence of tho Plaintiff, in
the town of Pineville, on
SATURDAY, tho 9th day of FEBRU-
..fa q. AIRY, 1860, -, @
between the legal hours, the following
described property, to-wit:
A certain tract of land in the Parisl,
of, Rapides, on Hudson;s Creek, about
10 miles from Pineville, containing
about GAO acres. "a ,ri b. sii4 sat:
A certain piece or parcel of ground
in the village of Pinevillc, containing
nine arpcnts, with Il commodious dwell
ling, store house and other improve
ments., .ssas 'rsf
A lot of household and kitchen fur
nituge. $50 - b 4
Contents of tho store,
2 Horses,
Old Wagon, .4t
Buggy or Wagon,
IL Cows and calves,
80 Horned Cattle, .aae
Wheelbarrow,
] Cart. IS .gat,.-
TERMS OF LE:-CASH in U. S.
Treasury Notes. $40
JOHN DELACEY,
Jan. G, 1sG9-tds. Sheriff.
Printers Fees 800.
|
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+, OH SHERIFFS SALE.
Mary and Fanny Dyas) ua

Dennis Sullivan. ave ~
District Court Parish of Rapidcs, State
of Louisiana.
DY VIRTUE of writ of Fieri Fa-
ID cias issued out of the 9th District
Court, Parish of Rapides, State of Lou
isiana, and to me addressed in the
above entitled suit, / have seized and
will offer for sale to the last and high
est bidder, on 49,. .,.. g, -
Saturday the 9th day of February A.
4.lf., D. 1869, s...
between the hours of II o'clock a. M,
and 4 y. m., at the Court House door
in the town of Alexandria, tile follow
ing described property seized us the
property of the defendant, by special
order of said writ, to-wit: - r..
Lots Nos. and 8 in square No. ~,
in the town of Alexandria, fronting on
I'd street and running through to Sd
street, bounded below by the street
first above the rail road, running back
from the river, with all the buildings
and improvements situated thereon.
Terms of Salc-Casb, subject to APP
praiscment. tl"i1I t.'t
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HE STATE OF LOUISIANA.

HE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Parish Of Rapides- Parish Court
No. 146-Succcssion of VIM Leonard for
homologation of First Account.
WHEREAS Gervais Baillio has filed
w his First Account as Administrator
of the Succession of VIM. Leonard: Notice
is hereby given to all whom it doth OF
may concern, to show cause, within ten
days from. the date hereof, why the same
should not be homologated.
Clerks Office, Alexandria, La, January
18th, 1862 u
,.,Qs WIN. D.. CHANDLER,
Jan. 20-2t, Deputy Clerk
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THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.

Jan. 9th, 1869, ids p. +. SI5 Sheriff.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-04-04

According to an old tradition of the village of
Bddenosn, in the middle of Kent, England. the
Siamese twins are not the only known example of
such Union. Early in the twelfth century, ii is
said there lived in that parish two sisters, Eliza
and Mary Chulkhurst. who. from their birth were
joined together by double lgature, at the
shoulders and at the hips. 1.-The Biddendsn
Maids" It is said, were born In the year IlOO
and lived In this "twinship" for Just thirty.fonr
years, when one Of them was taken III and In A
short time died. The survivor was advised to
be separated rom the body Of the deceased
sister by dissecting the ligaments, but she sb-
made, saying, GAS We came into the world To-
gether. so We will leave IL together In sbeut
six hours afterwards abe too was taken III, and
died also. The memory of these maids of Bid.
denden" no doubt would have died out long AGO
II Il had not been for the fact that by their viii
they bequeathed to the churchwardens Of their
native parish certain pieces or parcels Of land
In Biddenden, and that every Easter Sunday, q
the end Of the afternoon service, there are given
away to ell persons who are present at the
church some little rolls, or rather cakes, stamped
with an impression OF their portraits, while the
poor parishioners are RECALLED with some 800
quartern losvss and cheese in proportion.
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TO STUFF A PIG TO ROAST.

half way up Lookout Mountain, the place where
memory Is stirred by . thousand thrilling assoca-
tons, and where the brave boys of both armies
met and fought hand to hand, where the blood of
both friend and foe was mingled together and ran
down the mountain-side In rivulets, Is Q smooth
faced rock, upon which poor, wounded soldier
inscribed the following:
"6. T.-ls60-X-EsrIy h the battle I was
wounded, and carried to this spot BY two clever
'fsnks.' They bsde me farewell, and Is they
supposed. to die, for was 20 weak from loss Of
blood that could but family thank them for their
bottle Of Plantation BitterS, to which owe my
life, for it strengthened me, and kept life within
me until help came and my wound was dressed.
God bless them for their kindness, and for the
Plantation Bitters.
"HxSzr DAvAGEI, Company B. 10th Gar
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A Mister Of Mercy.
BIZ SARAH n. B. PRATT, m APRIL GALAXY.
There, by the man condemned TO die, she read
Christ's promise in the Cruci6xion tale.
She dropp'd her cross and ned
From the long shadow Of the veil
And. as from her loosed convent-coif she shook
Her youthful hairs free length Of beauty, he
Threw from bis face the scarr'd and sinful look,
And fonow'd her across the sea-!
There, In Land Of Distance, vague with Spring,
She, fair as that one morning bud she wore,
Held him her frightened hand to take the ring
They found upon his prison floor
" The ring was full OF poison $50 they said;
"a Sister Of Mercy left II ct his side!"
The gathering crowd must know the wretch vas
I dead, tf r..
Nor blame his TAILOR that he died -
Perhaps their prisoner gray and CHASTITY lay;
Perhaps the black-robed Sister, worn and how'd,
Who prsy'd there with that prisoner yesterday,
Was at st. Mary's In her shroud:
Yet, In some Land of Distance full Of Spring.
Whittier their Youth of Love had pass'd before.
He gave her hand the spirit Of the ring - : :.
They found upon his prison foorl
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Che lttu Orleans Qfesttnt
sFcnl JOURNAL OF THE CITY Of NEW ORLEANS
SUNDAY MORNING. APRIL 1. 1868.
Run wnd.
~ rflI - WEHEfF
Here Was the gate. The broken psling,
As II befors the wind, inclines.
The post bflfrotted. and the pickets, falling,
Held only up BY vines.
Thep plum tees stand. though gnarlsd and spssklsd
With leprDsy OF old disease
By cells of vormy life the trunks are freckled,
And moss enfolds their knees.
Ipush aside the boughs and enter;
Alas! the gardens nymph has fed,
With every charm that leaf and blossom lent hsr,
And left bag instead.
Some female sssyrI rom the thioke.,
Child OF the bra1hble and the weed,
Sprane shouting over the unguarded wicket
With all her savage breed.
She baDished hence the ordered graces
That smoothed Q way for Besuty's feet,
And gave her ugliest imps the vacant places,
To spoil what once was sweet
Here, under ranking mulIeins, dwindls
The borders, hidden long ego;
Here shoot the dock In many rusty spindle,
And purflane creeps below.
The thyme runs wild. and vslnly swestens,
Hid from Its bees, the conquerinQ grass:
And even the rose with briery menace threatens
To tear me a. pass.
Where show the weeds erayer color,
The stalks Of lavender and rue
Stretch like lmploring arms-but, ever duller
They slowly perish too.
Only the pear trees fruitlsss scion
Exults above the gardens fall;
Only the tbsck-maned ivy, like lion,
Devours he crumbling wall.
What still survives becomes as savage
As that Which entered to destroy,
Taking an sir Of riot and of ravsge,
or strange and wantonjoy.
No copse snpruned, no mountain hollow,
So lawless In its growth may be;
Where the. wild weeds have room to chase and
They graceful are, and free.
But nature here attempts revenges
For her obedience unto toll;
She brings her rsnkest life With losthsome
changes,
To smite the fattened soil.
For herbs Of sweet and wholesome SAVIOR
She plants her stems of bitter Juice;
From flowers she steals the scent, from fruits the
flavor,
From hOmelier things the use.
Her angel Is knocking devil,
II once the law relax its bands;
In mans neglected field she holds her revel.
Takes back, and spoils his lands.
Once having broken ground, he never
The virgin sod can plant again;
The soil demands his services forever
AndGod gives sun and rain
tBayard Taylor, In the Atlantic of April
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like brother. q shall love you Ike sister"
And thsn-WeIl, there's no harm n these things
between brothers and sisters-snd then vent
home, rather faint and weak, TO explain Matters
As for Julie, the family property Of the De Bon
heun was restored to the old gentleman some
months Afterwards, and they quilted England |;
soon after which received from the Marquise de
Clarendon letter which at once burned. be-
ginning. Ny dear Brother" and ending, "Your
most sffectionate sis.er, Julie."
Among the treasures Of the past which I, like
others, keep 70 carefully and 20 secretly there IL
packet that contains six inches Of steel, and on
Il Is engraved but one word" julie"
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Digestive 1lixir o. Pspsine.
0R1AULH Z 90. uHENLHTs. PAKm

PBPsNE the latest scientific discovery Of DR. Corvi.rx
hy.eisr % hs majesty The Empsrm OF the French, tbs
oetc juice itse rstner The dgestve principle purified
other the supply Of digestive rud small the Inevitable
seneequences are bed Digestion kastrt gatraga nss-
nation Of the ucous costs Of the stomach and heart
surn p,tuite s.mmiA st o. strength and Gin fsmalss)
appreciation Of The Paris Aesdemyof nsors speedily cur
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O. NIXON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.


10 promote the social material and political wslbsne Of
the city Of New orsaa the stsss Of Louisiana the srss
Southwest win be IN the future. has BEEN shs pss
the purpose Of lis journal Ths columns each days Issue
are referred 70 a. an earnest Of We fshfsnus end sss
with which this design ID uscutsd
While The stand Of the CRESCENT independent
one with reference 70 al the subjects Of Newspaper comment
and discussion m opinions VII always b found 10 - csn
didly, definitely and sarisssly sxprsssd
A carefully sslectsd corps Of
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1shsu1lese-fwslvs months 81 n nsu>ns. n n -
v.1es 1his ls.g sssasshed journal becomes v: dsrsbs
be- r.iIosd eonnuziestion. With de Nothvssk M
4 Z Ssvossa q a. ,ss~s.s :, 1,s5s.ns ps..
.sssss o. ne 49, e florida "a = N local L.
pe9ent oevotee special attention 70 The unGnso LumbP
sna 11n6f szsds go.dng spin N Vicinity e ls . e1h
csuneeza it, vH0 y ~ carsfh Foa1sR vm hdien1s
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PARIsLAN TRFuKERY.

PARI5AN TRFpMERY,
rsun,sd BY ths Hnrrss Of lie Ysnoh ana srssr~sv,ly
used m I'll fashiooas circles i iss sosIisaes and superb
lIoAUp = 0o.y YLAEsYLiEa s.1 MANILA
BOUQUELs The scent Rigszn %. the only lIn-
Rorsn Europe Of the fragrant extract Of YAngyiand from
kiaztb ! cos foLurnxE, s)dsl,c,ous rolIss water.
wIsrlsr 70 kas d Cologne. Ionft Vinegar. .Fodds
RIeAUD . oo.s. Miranda soar, s.suius.1y -.
hmed ela hopping ~ faersses 10 ths Last -
=. kis s1 s 4 Coz nkASDA PohATuN. ss< prsssrv-
kIGAUD Z Co.'S DENfoKrkK. . s.os ssy...s,.
ss1F ,s Rrs;srsns ne ssssh scs the brsaa
p,ratien, Xroduc!ns sl.iant vhssss 10 the teeth
kigAuD co ROSE P0WIlER superior V viola
The LIIILk hoNIToR; GUiDK TO THE TOILET.
s ,ss eA'''''A's 'sF''a' w ''n' On receipts saa;
wheissa,s Hss,d o.. q re g R,chsl!su. Paris
don- -
pspst oawL h Esx Orleans q
" DgOoE9Ba
% ChnrfroG Etrss
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Dpoo.gEs.
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MAGNOLIA WArzR--Superior to the best i'm
ported German cologne, and sold ct half the price.
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PREVENTIVE OF FLY IN WHEAT.

Dissolve Blue Vitriol, generally
known as Blue stone, in water, in the
proportion of 5 lbs. to every 100 lbs. of
wheat to be sown. If the solution be
strong, let the wheat remain i'll about
10 minutes only. | weak, for longer
time, in proportion to its strength.
The above receipt was procured from
California for us, by Mr.. John Steele,
of this county, as the remedy used there
with perfect success. Indeed, we arc
informed that wheat soaked in Blue
Stone water and planted in the centre
OF field, was untouched, although the
remainder of the field, sowed with un-
prepared wheat, suffered severely from
the lily. We therefor e publish the above
and request our farmers TO experiment.
with small quantity of wheat, some
that has been affected with the fly, and
see if it possesses the merit mere which
is claimed Tor it in California. -Staunton
VindiCator.
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MARvELLous OYSTER EATING.

"While | was at Versailles, )" narrates
the author of the Physielogie de Cont. II
came frequently in contact within. La
perte, who was voraelously fond of cys-
ters, of which he complained he could
never geta bellyful. This pleasure |
resolved to give him, and for that pur-
pose invited him to dine with me. He
came. | kept company with him to
the third dozen OF oysters, and then al
lowed him to go on alone. lie swal-
lowed on steadily to the thirty-second
dozen--that is to say, during more than
an hour--when stopped my guest, just
as he remarked that he was beginning
tO enjoy his treat. Alas J | exclaimed,
lit is quite clear that you are not to have
YOUR bellyful of oysters to-day. Let us
begin dinner We dined, and Laper-
te acquitted himself with the Nigor and
appetite OF nan who had been suffer-
ing from long, t2ssE,N