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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-22

q u The Lever tells an anecdote Of
one of the substantial men of New
Haven, who had been chosen to the
Deacon's Office in one of the Congress
sional churches in that city about the
time that Augur's Jephtha, now in the
Yale Art Gallery, was the subject Of
general conversation. Two members
Of the church were discussing the new
appointment, and one of them remarked
that he feared Deacon B., didn't know
the "Scripter" enough for q Deacon.
"Why,n said he, am prove it." The
two, weighed down almost by the grav-
ity Of the matter in hand, proceeded
to the store Of the worthy Deacon,
and asked him if he could tell who
was this Jephtha and his daughter
that everybody was talking about
The good Deacon suspended work 70,
q few minutes to take a good think
and, after bordering the question for a
little while, slowly answered: "Jephtha
let me see-yes-yes- Jephtha-why
he was-of course--yes, Jephtha-he
was one Of Napoleon's marshals!"
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New Orleans Market.

Our latest dates of the market are
up to last Thursday morning.
Cotton-The supply on sale to-day must
have reached 1000 bales; but at an early
hour most of the pending orders were
ceuntermanded The demand was conse.
quently limited, only three brokers coming
forward, and, in the face of further de
Uline of 1c. at New York, factors found
themselves compelled to make additional
concessions or tako the chances Of
to-morrow's market. Under these cir
cumstanees, they gave way to the exten,
noted above, Low MiddIing selling at 2s4c
and 29c. and Middling at 3Oc. Early in
the morning, before the subsequent de.
cline, Strict Good Ordinary to Low
Middling sold at 29c. -
Sugar-In fair demand, Fair l2c; Prime
l4c; Choice l4d015c l-@ t4ltt21.- 30
Fiomr-Dull, Super. $5,750$5,s5i Double
Extra s6,250s6,5o per Dbl. aE02 FaB
s. Corn-scarce at 81 10 per bushel 5iI
Pork-Dull. at S35 5O0ss6,Oe per. Dbl.
o Bacon-Firm, Clear sides l9a; Shoulders
16a; Hams 24025o. per pound.
Lard-Firm, Tierces 20a; Kegs 23c. .-lt
Cheese-Scarcc. Western 16c; Factory l6!
also.
Sau-Coarse 1925; Fine $40 per. sack
Begging Active at full prices. India
258; Hemp 26@a7c. per yard. i5o'i8 D ,'5'
IRON 1yes-Active demand at CT per lib
retail. ald 8 5eHasa aSitfb u.l5
rFhiskey-Dull, at sl.2o0sl,s5 for Rec
titled. 5iiffl s.g#Y 35.F T.gsr ;T.r
Above quotations generally repre-
sent wholesale prices. 1set sgff ga
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-22

The DuTY OF a MoTHER.-She should
be firm, gentle, kind, always ready to at
tend to her child She should never laugh
at him, at what he does that is cunning
never allow him to think of his looks, ex-
cept to be neat and clean in all his habits
She should teach him to obey look to
respect those older than himself; she
should never make o command without
seeing it is performed in the right manner.
Never speak of child's faults or foibles,
or repeat his remarks before him.. It is a
sure way to spoil child. Never reprove
a child when excited, nor let your tone Of
voice be raised when correcting. Strive to
inspire love, not dread; respect, not fear.
Remember you are training and educating
q soul for eternity.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-22

( PEACHES FOR FAMILY UsE.-Ripe
peaches, pared stoned and quartered
To twelve pounds of the cut peaches
six pounds Of best brown sugar; stew
the sugar among the peaches, and
LET them stand twelve hours; and add
the kernels of the stones, and put the
whole in a preserving kettle, and
boil slowly for about two hours
skimming well. When cold, put ur
in jars. a
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-22

D@-An anecdotc is told of Frederick the
Great, that Just before the battle Of Ros
bach he said to ono of his generals, who
was on very intimate terms with him. al
lose the bate, shalt retire TO Venice
and thera practice physic." g Ah." re-
piled the general, always a murderer, al
ways murderer :"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-22
Death of Honorable John Bell.

We,are panied to learn Of the death
of the venerable John Bell at his resi-
dence in Tennessee on the 9th inst.
Mr.. Bell was a native Tennessean,
born near Nashville, on the 18th of
February, 1897, aud was consequent
ly at the time of his death in the I'D
year of his age. He obtained in his
youth very good education, having
graduated at Cumberland College at an
early age. He was admitted to the
bar in 1916, and though he spent much
of his time in politics, he always main
tanned quite a respectable position as a
lawyer.
In 1917, when only twenty years old,
he commenced his political career by
an election to the Senate of Tennessee,
in which he remained but short time.
In 1927 he was elected to Congress
over Felix Grundy, one of the ablest
statesmen the country has ever pro-
duced. For the next fourteen years
lie was a member of the House of Rep
resentatives., In 1884, on the resigna-
ton of Andrew Stevenson, appointed
Minister to England, he was elected
Speaker over James X. Polk, subse-
quently President of the United States,
who was the administration candidate.
Mr.. Polk defeated him at the election
for the Speakerslip on the opening of
the next session. In l94l Mr.. Bell was
appointed Secretary of War by Presi-
dent Harrison but retired with other
members of, the Cabinet on the Access
sion of the Tyler administration, one
month afterwards. The next winter
he could have been elected U. S. Sen
ator, but declined in favor of Hon.
Ephraim II. Foster. In l847 he was
elected to the State Senate and, while
member, was elected to the Senate of
the United States. He was reelected
in 1858, and finally retired in 1859. In
| 1860 no was nominal candidate for
the Presidency on the platform of the
.'Union, the Constitution aud the En-
forcemcnt of the Laws" Exactly what
| that meant no ono has over been able
satisfactorily to explain. During the
war he was in retirement though it was
understood that his sympathies were
with the South in its struggle for indie
pendence. Since tho war he has been
a valetudinarian. rrsJ n.so
Mr.. Bell, though doubtless honest in
his convictions was among the most
inconsistent of politicians. An origin
al friend of Gen. Jackson he broke with
him and joined the opposition first un-
der Mr.. Calhoun and afterwards under
the Wing party. A supporter of Cal
lloun he was opposed to notification in
1882, He was on both sides, at differ
ent times, Of all the leading Wing
measures. A protested Democrat he
voted for Hugh L. White for the Pres
idency in 1886 over Martin Van Buren,,
the Democratic nominee. A Southern
man he sustained the presentation OF
Abolition petitions and voted against
the Anterior resolutions in 1888. He
opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Bill and
went off with Douglasin his opposition
to the Lecompton Constitution. re}I
Mr.. Bells public life was, therefore,
a decided failure SO far rs beneficial
results are concerned. He had surviv-
ed his age and reputation and it was
time for him to die. We hope he has
gone to a better world. IS 3Ha1'ha H'f
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-22

~ The reliable. Dromgoole g. Cos
Bnchu. -..s.r4 o,,.
Dromgoole & Cos Buchu 10 the favori.e
Gravel cured with Dromgoole & Cos
Buchu
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-22

Dar Nothing else equals King Of Chills
King of Cnills cures old and young.
Z The planters best friend. King of Chills.
e a cheap chill remedy, King Of Chills.
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Death of Senator Fessenden.

Senator Fessenden died on tho 9Th
inst: i93b sil3 d} )a4pa55,}aal lao isif
b. The death of Senator William Pitt
Fessenden terminates the earthly career
of, perhaps, the ablest man in the
dominant party of the U. S. Senate
Originally an old Wing, and as such
elected to the Legislature of his native
State and to Congress he advanced
under the organization Of the Republi-
can party to the U. S. Senate, to the
post of Secretary of the Treasury
under Mr.. Lincoln, las the successor of
of Mr.. Chase,) which place he resigned
again to be honored by his State, as
its chief Senator in Congress. sinit
For thirty years and more, Mr..
Fessenden has been before the people
of his State, and for twenty-eight, we
believe, a member of Congress.
Mr.. Fessenden was born Oct. l6,
1906. graduated at Bowdoin College,
Me-, in 1923, studied law and was
admitted to the Cumberland (Me.) Bar
just 40 years ago. He was elected to
the Legislature in 1881, and in 1s45-46
1884. He was first elected to Congress
in 1910, and renominated in 1843, but
declined. He was member of the
National Conventions which nominated
Gems. Harrison Taylor, and Scott.
He was chosen to the Senate in 1854
by the Wings and Free Soil Democrats,
and reelected in 1859, and again in
1864. During all these years of public
service he took very active part in
the debates in Congress, and distin-
guished himself in the discussion of all
questions brought before him. During
most of the time he was at the head Of
the Senate Finance Committee Chair
man of the Joint Committee of Recon
lstruction, of the Peace Congress of 1861
and twice had the degree of LID.
first from Bowdoin, and then from
Harvard. tisea 90 Yt9ss7 a5FQ '.iia
Mr.. Fessenden, as an able lawyer, an
independent Senator, and just juror
had moral courage enough to vote
against President Johnson's impeach-
ment, and his reasons were so ably sci
forth that they have never been fairly
answered. His death is loss to his
State, his party, and the body of which
he was a conspicuous member.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-22


EXTRAORDINARY SELr-1MMoLATIoN
-Serentcen Hmndred Russians Bars
Themselves to Dcath.-The following
statement appears in tho Pail Mall
Gazette: ohia.I NJ 81
All tho extraordinary proceedings Of
the many fanatical sects whose rapid
increase has excited 90 much anxiety
in Russia are fairly thrown into the
shade by o terrible act Of self-immola-
ton which is reported from the Gov
eminent of Saratow. A few months
ago the prophets Of new religion
made their appearance in that part OF
the empire, preaching self-destruction
by fire as the only snre road TO saliva.
ton and so readily was their dreadful
doctrine received by the ignorant ana
superstili0us peasantry, that In one
large village no less than seventeen
hundred persons assembled in some
wooden houses, and, having harricaded
the doors and windows, set the build
ing on fire, and persisted in tho flames.
The authorities are doing all they can
to stay the progress of this new mad
ness, but their task is obviously a dim
cult one. Tie punishment which the
law can inflict must have little tefrQ
for enthusiasts who deliberately choose
a death 10 horrible as 'The true road
to Heaven. cs-sail4 z.1
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Science Advances. j z

H-AA 80 = = { II = = -
As soon as an article purporting to be Of
utility has been tested, and its merits en-
dorsed by public opinion, unprincipled
parties endeayor to replenish their deple-
ted purses by counterfeiting, and substitu-
ting spurious for the genuine article.
Some time since, mercury. in tho disguise
of pills, powders, &c, was given for all
diseases Of the stomach and liver, whi'e
quiuine was freely administered for the
chills. At length HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS made its advent.
and an entire new system Of healing wss
inaugurated. Tho beneficial effects of this
valuable preparation were at once &C
knowledge. and mineral poisons suffered
to sink into that oheeurity to which an
enlightened age has consigned them.
There have beenmany spurious Bitters
dalmed upon the community which After
trial, have been found perfectly worthless.
while HOSTETTER's has proved . ble,-
sing to thousands, who owe to it their res
toration to health and happiness.
r For m ny years we have watched tho
steady progress of HOSfETrER'S
STOMACH BrrrERS in public estimation
and its benefcicnt effects as cure for all
complaints arising from the stomach. of q
morbid nature. and we are free to say that
it can be relied upon as a certain reliefand
remedy. Its proprietors have made, tho
above preparation, after years Of careful
study and sitting, and are now rearius
the reward claimed by this valuable spe-
cific. and which they 30 richly merit. II
is the only preparation Of the kind that is
reliable in all cases, and itl therefore de-
| mands the attention Of the afflicted.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-22

KING. OF. GHILLS
Cures all ferns of chills and fever. on
Cures eiils after all else fails.
Cures chills Of swamps and bayous. i
Cures every other and third day chills.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-22

rsa- Orr weekly thanks arc. due to
the officers of the Era No.9, Gladiola
and Lotus No. 2, for late city papers.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-22

: B1a A court buffoon having offended
his sovereign, the monarch sentenced him
to death. The culprit, in great terror, fell
upon his knees. and cried for mercy. al
will extend no other mercy to you" said
the prince, "except permitting you to
choose what kind of death you will die.
Decide Immediately, for viii be obeyed. +"
81 adore your clemcncy," said the crafty
jester; !, l choose to die Of old age" iiiai
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-22

A LIvE MAKs ESTATE ADMINISTERED
Upox.-One Of the New York pupss
gives the following account Of an adnf,ie-
tration upon mans estate before his de-
cease: = .R' alf-f5a Heii
Twenty years ago man living in this
city made deposit Of money in a eayinga
bank here. He then!vent away. For e.
teen years he was not heard from. About
FIVE years ago another man applied to tho
surrogate for letters Of administration upon
the estate of the man who had deposited
the money in the bank. He repreeented
that the deposition was dead, and he was
appointed administrator upon the deposit.
tors estate. He then went to the bank
and demanded the money. Although be-
did not present. the bank book which is
furnished to 'depositors, the officers swer0
satisfied that all was right, and raid essr
the money TO him. The absent deposifor
recently returned to New Y ork. He vent.
to the bank, showed his bank book to he
officers, and asked for his money. The.
compound interest had made the amounts
about twenty-six hundred dollars. oss
The officers recognized the man as tho
one who had placed thes money in their
Keeping, and admitted tho authenticity lof
his bank book, and that. if it had not been
for the administration upon his property,
he would be entitled to his money. They
informed him that they paid it TO his adj
ministrator. and referred him TO that per-
son, whose name he had never before .eyss
heard, for the missing sum- The teller
wrote upon his bank book. We refer
you to year own administntef.f The de
positor has thus far been unable to fiud tb
man who took his money, 1t is understood.
that he has commenced proceedings againsl
the bank. The case will mise some novel
and very interesting questions Of law. 1t
would see, that there is Elittlc difficulty in
New York in taking out letters of sdmin-
istration 1pon the estates ofliving persons.
judging from the facts of this case
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e. y. zEf a. n
RFaPpEARANcE OF Mr.. BREcKINR1DGE
Ar THE BaR-The Louisville Express, OF
the 18th ult., says that ut the court
house at Lexington, on the 18th, General
Breckenridge made his first effort at. the
bar since the beginning of the late terrible
conflict. 1893 4salc ~ GFs'io -"
He argued before the court in the case
of Cook VS.. Innis, administrator, which
involves some abstruse legal questions
He also addressed the jury as only General
Breckenridge can, the power of his oratory
and his handsome personal appearance
having the usual striking effect. 1t has
been almost decade since Gen. B. has
attempted the conduct of a legal case, and
the long years elapsing that were full of
romance, the victories and defeats, the
crushed hears and blasted hopes of an I'M
successful war, caused this first appearance
of Gen. B. at the bar to be regarded with
peculiar interest, and his remarks to be
listened to with the closest attention.
m r Y S t. 10 Ii n IS co q GU
u Expectorant, i.tE
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-04-13
4 NfOassrOIs Fraud.

New YORK, April 1.-The Times In
speaking of the recent Developments
in the Pacific railroad litigation says 6
great deal of Congressional wisdom has
been wasted III pretended efforts to in
vestigate the af;lirs of these railroads
but two or three days. work before {
court Of justice has sufllced to lay bare
one of the most monstrous frauds that
was ever perpetrated upon any govern
ment. The Vice President of the Tn.
ion Pacific railroad company was forced
to testify, admitting that construction
contracts had beer made at rates vary
ing from $4,000 to S96,000 per mile
prices notoriously equal to thrice the
actual cost Of construction, and ccmpar-
ing these prices with the receipts Of the
company it viii be found that they are
calculated with great exactness to strip
the company of every penny Of its
funds, so that in a short time its proper
ty may be sold under foreclosure Of the
first mortgage bonds, leaving the United
States to look where it may for its pal
try loans of S30,000,oO0 to S50,000.000
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RaiIicaaisi,l SOutsis

The Radicals of Virginia having had
a clear field for the elevation of the State
on their patent high moral reform plan
are now crying Justify, "Save us from
ourselves Three hundred of them
have signed card, praying to have the
Old Dominion saved from ''the manage,
ment and control of designing and sci
fish politicians" It's not at all surpris.
ing. The leanest, lankest, land most GOV
etously grasping RAIDS in all Massachu
sets pointed straight for Virginia as
soon as the war was over, and they have
been at work there ever since There's
not a thing that swims, flies, walks
crawls or spouts, that they have not fas
tened to with their usual avidity, and
the result 10 the people who belong there
is the same, whether they have crops ol
not They may well cry to be ''saved
from their friends for few Southern
RAIDS can hold a candle to the New En-
gland type of Jacobin, and the longer
they are suffered to remain the worse
will it be for the native-born-in fact, the
color of the colored population is al
that will be changed in any way tc
tighten things in their locality.-N. Y
Democrat.
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Itmay be said Of sn ugly man, that
Nature when she made him was so asham Z
ed Of her work that she couldn't even
put good face upon the thing.
a tail fellow, stanling in the pit Of
theatre, was repeatedly desired to sit
down, but would not, "Lct him alone,
he's tailor, and he's resting himself"
Il tell you what, sir" said Yankee
of bis opponelt-''tla man don't amount
to sum il arithmetic; add him up, and
there's nothing to carry"
"Ah, Jenny" said sympathizins
friend to man who was just to late for
the train, "vou did not run fast enough"
YES, ] did" said Jenny "but didn't
start soou enough '
A pedestrian in ireland met man,
and asked him why the miles we're so
long. Pat replied, "You see, now, the
roads are not good, SO the contractors
makeup for it By good measure"
Oar own correspondent who went up
| the Tip. Top House," in a shower at
rain, says that after dinner~he sat romd d
a charcoal fire and counted noses, and
found that the. party consisted of ave
! rain dears, and twelve rain beaux,
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NUMBER Z
isealasIkabae Revelations I'D Rug

: -
A very remarkable affair has recently
been brought to light in Russia, through
the revelations of a merchant in the
town of Morshtchansk, fourishing
place southeast of Moscow. This mer-
Chant accused one Plotitzin with hav-
ing unlawfully amasscd and secreted an
immense amount Of money, which he
said vas slowed away in cellars under
the owners residence Furthermore.
lie declared that Plotitzin held strange
doctrines and performed hideous. cere-
mouies in secret, The representations
of the merchant were such as to arouse
the attention Of the authorities, and they
proceeded to investigate. Plotizin's
house was searched by the police, and
in the cellar scene presented itself
which might recall the ole tales of ths.
Spanish conquest Of Mexico. Stores
of gold revealed themselves la every
direction; pots. pans, leather bags, eau
yass, sacks, all filled with the precious
metal, aud even number Of large casks
which stood at the further end OF the
vault, were found to be crammed with
bars and ingots to the very, top. The
gold coins were mostly of an ancient
date The whole scene formed such q
tableau as the Oldest man present, in alt
probability, had never before gazed up
on; and the lowest estimate (probably
an exaggerated one) rates the treasure
as high as 100000 roubles-consider-
ably over FL 100000 sterling. The al
legged accumulation of wealth having
been fully established, the authorities
extended their examination to the other
matter charged against Plotitzin, which
[according to the official record, was that
Plotitzin is one of the principal leaders
and supporters Of secret but vcry ex-,
tensive sect, comprising many rich mer-
chants and money changers, whose doc.
trine is apparently the abjuration Of all
ordinary pleasures and the devoting Of
themselves, heart and soul, to the amas-
sing Of money. They form secres
commercial league, distinguished by the
practice of rigid colibacy. The exis.
tence Of such sect among the wealth..
est class in the community might seem
to be the idea Of disordered mind or
the invention of malicious spirit, but.
it is said that the testimony Of respect
able witnesses fully establishes the fact
of its existence. Hideous stories are
told of the entrapping Of young men
into joining the league and submitting
themselves to the high priests Of this
insane fanaticism. Such reports would
be deemed incredible in any other coun.
try, but in Russia superstition has ter.
y'ihlc power. Not'many years ago sey-i
eral hundred persons, of both sexes and
all ages. deliberately shut themselves in
to small village church, and then fired
the edifce over their own heads, in
compliance with some imaginary ordi:
nance requiring them to submit to sire
baptism" Plotitzin will shortly under
go trial at Moscow.
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Weed and Seward Brought 10 the
Block.

A Ia ge number Of revenue and other
appointments for this city were rumored
this afternoon, including brother.in-
law of Horace Greeley to be Assessor
for the Thirty second District, which Is
the most important in the United States.
The appointments, as ruHoreat Indicate
the steady progress of the work of de-
capitating every friend Of Weed and
Seward, an putting Greeleyites in their
places.
1t has been supposed that Postmaster
Kelley would be saved, but the indica-
tions are that he will have to go with the
fest.i
'.IErREScHlya" on TIE woEzIHMES
The wages of the mechanics in the
Brooklyn Navy Yard have been reduced
twice by Secretary Borie, and they pro-
pose to hold an indignation meeting to
denouuce his action --Ness York Die
patch, Apra 9.
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EThe following paragraph from
the Hartford Daily Times,is decidedly to
the point, and tells more than many col
umns:
"There are million of people in New
York city Located in that city are the
ablest business men, the learned of all
professions, the men of wealth as well as
the men of labor. But the Radical par
ty deny the people of that great city the
privilege of governing themselves
They have taken from them the power
even to appoint the policemen who guard
their stores and dwellings by night, and
set over them dictators and masters.
This is the spirit of Radicalism.