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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-01
OUR RAILROAD.

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~, ,,,,,r ,,,.,,ters
r,,I,athar
~; .,sa.,,tens !, fafing off their
-. ,,,,-.,,a;, IN ha retarded by the
n.i4, ,,,ds aud .he exnensive and
,,,oo,f.,;n pavioation of the bayou
Far Inc want of proper communication
with the market a LARGE percentage
of t,,oH nrofits is lost. to saw nothing
of tbe wear and tear OF horse flesh. and
Tho CONSIGNMENT vacation of mind they
e,nse III is now four wears since the
wa, aud vet nothing has been done
tovnrds restorino the railroad to Lee
comte. although the grading lies fin
ished ready for the rails. and almost
nathino towards ,improvina the navi-
cation of The bayou. one of the finest
natural canals in the world We fear
very much that our people will render
Themselves amenable to the charge of u
| want of nn,Jic snirit II is true that
thpv hive hgpn too unfortunate III tnelr
cro,s 70 eonf,;hnta mncb individnailv
| +o tho construction of works of internal
;p,royement But they AFRO ,,ot moor
or tb,n othnr sections ne the South
.,,hc.a a,. 1;,as I,.no 1>oon ra;a.tad
on,, ,bo,o tln ,co,I, of .oosi,.n.d;,, *,
ran;1Iv nroorassino Tba difference
t,;a, a.. t,,t .ta raonla nf otbar
80 ~ ca,th how Tho eparoy and
80 p,o North
- .horo i n,etbora off w,it;n %
e,r f,uorobla o,,,orfun;tias Of invest
,,;,. o,r nao,la lilo ;dIa and ex-
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- hnn,;,;afno. - ,r saction,, ,r;de
- t,,ot 10 1aa 20 ;,,,ort y,n-
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e., Ill. !, +h.t ,h,, NOT 10 bore
tI,on, milf A. oil
wv, aoneaant dot no ot,,.r Moo
.,ho 1r,ion ,on,a have s,f.ared
as fsr.i,. = seot;on "a the Red rive,
,a1,ou :, remain Tins ,ono 1enendent
solely %, the ,racar;ops NAVIGATION of
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Late Reviews.

= y
We tender our thanks to the Leonard
scott Publishing Company, New York,
fer the July aunbcr of the Edinburgh
Review and Westminster Review
They afford excellent reading for the
present heated term. The Edinburgh
has the following table of contents: :
/. The Unpublished Works of Guicci-
ardini q. LeclSy's History of Euro
pean Morals; ;. Victor Jacquemont's
Letters; 4. Shaksperian Glossaries;
5. John BalPs Alpine Guide; 6. Mrs.
Somerville on Molecular Science; Z.
The Ring and the Book; s. Free
mans History of the Norman Con-
quest; Fontei's Life Of Landor; 10.
The Marriage Law of the Empire.
The Westminster has the following /:
u. Indian Railway Reform; 3. Tie
-Four Ancient Books of Wales; 3. La
boz and Capital; A. Patents, Paten-
tees and the Public; 5. Mr.. Mills
Analysis of the Mind; 6. Prostitution
in Relation to the National Health
II. Contemporary Literature.
As usual the able resume oil the re-
Gently published works in every de-
partment of Contemporary Litera-
ture Z" is deeply interesting and keeps
one informed of what is going on in
the book world. The Sixth article
is an exceedingly interesting one. We
recollect having read an article on the
same subject in the same Review just
nineteen years ago, which was thought
able enough to republish in pam
phlet which has gone through several
editions. The present article is re-
plete with valuable information de-
rived from the recent progress of med
zeal science 1t shows how this great
vice ruins the health of thousands, not
only among the vicious, but among the
yirtuous women and innocent children.
A second article is promised on the
problem allow prostitution is to be
.stopped.n This is what we should all
like to know. 1t has been generally
admitted hitherto, even by distinguish
ed divines, that there is no cure for it.
For fear that his article should be ta-
booed by squeamish old women this
essayist invokes the attention OF wo-
men particularly to the subject, and
bespeaks their cooperation with men
in the social amelioration of this evil.
He keeps his promise ''to say nothing
but what the most delicate and refined
woman might hear from her physician.
nothing but what every woman, if she
be capable of understanding it, should
know" He thinks that woman will be
the chief agent in purifying the foun-
tains of love and causing sexual inter
course to become Fonly the intensest
expression of Affection
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Science Advances.

As soon as an article pnrporting to be OF
utility has been tested, and its merits en-
dorsed by public opinion, unprincipled
parties endeavor to replenish their deple-
ted purses by counterfeiting, aud substitu-
ting % spurious for the genuine article.
Some time since, mercury, in the disguise
Of pills, powders, &c, was given for all
diseases of the stomach and liver, while
outline was freely administered for the
chills. At length IIOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BTTTERS made its advent
and an entire new system of healing was
iDaugurated. The beneficial effects Of this
valuable preparation were at once ac-
knowledge, and mineral poisons suffered
to sink into that obseurity to which an
enlightened age has consgued them
There have beenmany spurious Bitters
dalmed upon the community, which after
trial, have been found perfectly worthless
while HOSTETTER's has proved bles-
sing to thousands, who owe to it their res.
toration to health and happiness.
For m ny years we have watched the
steady progress of HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BTTTERS in public estimation
and its bencficient effects as cure for all
complaints arising from tho stomach, of a
morbid nature, and we are free to say that
| it can be relied upon as Il certain Ielefand
remedy. It's proprietors have made the
above preparation, after years of carefn
/ the reward claimed by this valuable spe
cifc, and which they so richly merit +
is the only preparation of the kind that il
reliable in all cases, and it therefore de
mands the attention of the afflicted.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-01

GLOW CAN I Coon ?n--The follow
ing story is good, because it is truo.
We have it from the lips of q good wo-
man, who was told it by the principal
actor himself:
"Ven l first come to Filaaelfy to
serve, wasvery unciyil, said katrine,
now a tidy servant in q respectable
family; 81 laugh mooch and feel
ashamed to remember how behaved
ven know SO little. Sbon--that was
my beau --Shon, he took me to that
teater one nigat, ven / was in Filadel-
fly but three weeks. We sit in do gal
lery, and we, not see goot, and Shou
said he get another seat. So he put his
leg round der post, aud slides down
nit der pit, and looks up and calls out,
'sKatrinc! Katrine! COON down! coon
down! fish good place herep' and
leaned over and said :---fsHow can
COON down, Shon 20 And he said
s.Shnst slide down!n Sol put my legs
ronnd der pillar and | slides down
Dunder; how the peoples laugh! Dey
laugh so dey play DO more dat nigh
upon dc stage. Everybody laughed
| and yelled and visited all over del
house! / vas much ashamed, den
tonight / knew not any harm. Blu
now pushes red every time I thinks
| NIT it,
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Louisiana Avenu.


SuARP-OUR PRESIDENTIAL FAIL
URE.-What have we for a President ?
A jockey and seaside lounger; Il rest
less boy, needing constantly to be
amused, and so impatient of his bust
ness that he cannot stay at his post
more than,a week at time. Five
months in office, he has not yet given
us an administration. But, posting a
copying clerk here and there, keep the
machine in motion, he hulries off to
idle q week at watering place, act
Dummy at a monster show, or Helpless
at a steamboat excursion. The Presi-
dency must indeed be sinecure if, in
such an honr'as this, a man, bred in a
camp and lanyard, can properly dis
charge its duties three hundred miles
from the Capitol, in the intervals of
the race-course and the half hours left
latter theatres and concerts. To your
tents, o Israel! for another Buchanan
sits in the White House, temporizine
while the enemy gets into battle array
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4 Just Tribute to the Charter Oak
Stove.
LOUISIANA AVENUE,
December u. 1868.

December u, 1868.
Messrs Rice Brothers s. Co., 50 and 81
Camp Street,
As a practical housekeeper in these
times, when the answer to the ques-
ton: Where are the servants is,
Where Allow me to respond. | find
the Charter Oak Stove an incompara-
BILE one, which, with very little trou-
bic, furnishes family with thorough
baked bread, biscuits and l1qsts, and
as proof of its utility, economy and
durability, l send herewith piece of
a twelve pound fruit cake baked by me
in a number 6 Charter Oak, bought OF
you, and which has been in daily use
in my family for six years. For any
and every species of cooking, l find it
the most convenient, economical and
reliable stove l have ever used.
Mrs. DIR. P. YEISER,
Louisiana Avenue.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-01
STREET NOTES.

We are having very warm weather,
making outdoor work in the middle
of The day anything but agreeable
One who travels around to see what is
going on, will nearly melt before the
cool breezes of evening come to his re-
lief. And the nights!! Phcw! awful
hot after ten o'clock, when the little
breeze dies out and leaves us to soak
IN oar ouens!! But there's good time
coming, and-s'if the old boss lives
he'll get some oats!w 1t is relief in
such days to drop in at No. 106 Canal
street and spend an hour or so in look
ing over the elegant books, ink stands,
gold pens, etc, SO temptingly display
ed by our we'll known friends, Krall
& Dickey, booksellers and stationers.
1t is not only nice place, with plenty
of interesting subjects to inspect, but
you are always sure of apolite welcome,
which makes it more genial still. Our
Curtis has reached the venerable age
of thirteen months, and is a "broth nv
boy intirely." From morning till
night he is on the go, into all sorts OF
mischief and never is in "presentablo
trim" over ten minutes at time. His
sister, Annie, who is three years old
considers herself quite a woman and
is often terribly shocked at his pranks
The other day he was shaking the lit
tie kitten to hear it squal, and shout
ing all the while at the top of his lungs
'Oh! Catis!w exclaimed Annie, will
a very Mortified look on her little face
"you'se such a bad boy-I wonder yo!
amt 'fraid Of bod A'mitey !! y Th,
ladies have heightened the skirts AM
lowered the bodies of their dresses
whether from scarcity Of materiaL mo
tives of economy, or otherwise,
would not be arise to conjecture. Mai
dens of twelve and matrons of sixty
Eappear on Canal street, in dresses Gu
so low in the neck and short in til
sleeves, that the display carries OH
back to the visions of Gerry youthful
days. OF course this style will not d
for those ladies who use cotton, as OF
Gen. Jackson did, and it kills I'll
E..patent india rubber and spring. sub
i stitutes. Seriously speaking, the an
& dress is carried to such an extent, tbs
most men would prefer seeing it j
I their neighbors to having it practice
in their own family circles. Burglarit
/ continue to be of nightly occurrenct
: and the morning papers tell chow
/ was done," but very seldom chroniel
, the capture of the thieves. Speakin
of this inetficiency of our Metropolita
police, a friend explainedit by remarl
ing that ga fellow feeling makes i
wondrous kind" Yours Truly,
TIM. LINKINWATER.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-01

~ The working model of steam
boat with new style of propellers,
has been exhibited at Bridgeport. The
wheels are made like augurs, cause no
jar to the vessel, no commotion in the
water, and are said to secure greater
speed. They can be attached either at
the stern or side of vessels. A patent
has been obtained, and experiments
are making to test the merits of the in
vention.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-01

~ For diarrhna, use Red Diarrsea
Remedy s.
II. DIR. cures acute and chronic diar-
rhoea.
For the stomach and bowcls use r. y. II
X. u. r. cures vomiting and puEeIps.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-01

TRIPLES TO A YouTHruL MorHER. A
correspondent Of Che Savannah Republican
writing from scriven county, gives the fol-
lowing
A good lady acquaintance of mine Mrs.
B., oil this county. gave birth few days
ago to three liue, healthy boys, which up to
this time, are doing finely, aud give every
promise of being raised, and possibly
growing into great men. The fact that the
good lady is. only some fifteen summers
old, and being the first time she has given
birth and that her mother gave birth at a
Iiko tender age, may be considered re
markable. and to the scientific men inter
esting. A waggish friend suggests that
with this unusual arrival in Scriveu, there
lis certainly something ahead, probably
Squads.
------------s - ~
~ 7CF TTy, cRHG.Es GEED-Enr sal,
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- nThat,s a tarnatiop tan horse :

ty "That's a tarpatioD tall horse,
said Laidlaw. cYes; i guess you
can't account for it" said Johnatlian.~
ssNo; how ?" said Laidlaw. ale De,
longs to HumnIins, the livery man.
replied Jonathan, "and his taines'
comes through bis having been fesu,
larry higher'd (hired) every day Tor tho
last seven years"
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NOTICED

In accordance with petition, signed
by twelve free-holders of the Parish
Of Rapides, a SPECIAL session of the
Police Jury viii be held in Alexandria
MONDAY the 18Th of SEPTEMBER.
c. w. BoYCE,
President Police Jury.
ALExASnAtA, La, August %, 1860
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VUIS uIy3
TIM LlNKINWATER.

~ English Female Bitters regulate
and restore.
T. +. b. will cure your sick wife.
Physicians are Invited to test T.. +. u.
Il. L. b. is adapted to old and young fe.
males.
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The State Seminary,

We are indebted to Col. ID. F. Boyd
for copy of the lately published an
nual Register of the Officers and Ca
diets of the Louisiana State Seminary
of Learning aud Military Academy
notwithstanding the, hard times the
Seminary numbered on its rolls the
last session one hHudred and forty-one
cadets. We are pleased to witness this
evidence of prosperity in our State
School, but we still believe that it has
not met with the encouragement it de-
serves from the people of Louisiana
No institution has an ADLER or more
devoted corps of instructors, and in
none in the country can an education
be acquired on SO moderate TERMS
The next session commences on Mon
day next, and we are pleased to learn
that the prospects of a full session are
very encouraging.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-01

Ia We desire the particular attcn
ton of our numerous readers directed
to the advertisement of the Septoline
Oil Company, No. Is Dauphine street,
New Orleans. Cotton and Sugar plan
tiers are very materially interested in
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-01

The Celeste is the regular Packet
leaving Alexandria for New Orleans on
Saturday at II NJ.
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~ King of Chills never fails.
Substitute for quinine, King of Chills.
King of Chills cures dumb aud shaking
ehills.
King of Chills cures every other day
chlls.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-01

" Our young friends and townmcn,
w. w. Wilmington Jr., and r. p.
Hunter, whose admission to the prac-
tice of the law we mentioned, q few
weeks past, make their appearance,
with their cards, in this weeks issue of
the Democrat. We renew our wishes
Tor their successful career in life.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-01

Nc NJ. Rosenthal & Bro, have just
received per Steamer Celeste large,
full and complete stock of dry goods,
clothing, groceries, wares, notions etc
They solicita call from purchasers.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-01

TnE TESNEssEE SExAToRsuIr.-AN Nash
vile dispatch to the Louisville Courier
Journal says:
"a straight-out Conservative will Ger
tainly be sent to the United States Senate,
and the impression now obtains that hmer'
son Etlieiidge is the coming man. Andy
johnson will fight desperately to secure the
place, but the opposition against hun will
be formidable. Mheridge viii certainly be
elected Speaker Of the Senate.
Judging from the iuklings already
drawn out. the Fifteenth Amendment Is
not likely to pass the Legislature"
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FROM NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS. Aug 70, 1860.

NEW ORLEANS, Aug~ ~, 1860.
Friend Democrat IL have lately. re-
ceiyed from Messrs. Sterling Price g.
Co., Commission Merchants, No. 81
North Commercial street, st. Louis,
Missouri, a prospectus of the
APPROACHING FAIR
which is to commence in that city on
the 4th of October next. Among the
premiums to be awarded there is a very
liberal list for samples of cotton, the
amount having been largely increased
by voluntary subscriptions among the
merchants of that city, having a deep
interest in Southern prosperity. With
their usual hberality, Messrs. Sterling
Price s. Co., offer to receive and at
tend to any samples of the great sta
pie that may be sent to their care fol-
exhibition. These fairs have widely
felt beneficial effect on business, at
fording manufacturers and others an
opportunity to exhibit their produc-
tions, and giving the people chance,
not only to SEQ all that is new and m
tercsting, but also to learn who the
men are, who have the energy and
tact to supply the wants of the public.
At our recent State Fair, Messrs Glynn
s. Wintz, No. 9 Camp street, brought
out their new style of slippers, the
"Maiie Antoinette" which has gained
so much favor the ladies. This house
was already well known and very pop,
ular in their line of bnsiness--and their
skill, perseverance and upright dealing,
are adding daily to their good reputa-
ton. In fine goods for ladies, gentle
men and children, they stand equal to
any house in the South, and received
at the Fair one silver and two bronze
medals for their own work.
The political position of our neigh
Dor
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-01

NJ Old Red continues to run down
aud go down. BY our next the boats
will be seeing some trouble at the up
per falls.
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u New cotton is being received in
New Orleans at a very slow rate. Up
to Friday IS bales had been received
against 256 TO the sponding date
last year. Middling is selling at 32
and 80 cents.
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t We have received paper favors
from the officers of the Rapides, Iatan,
Lotus No. ,, Celeste, Lulu D., Early
Bird, Era No. 10, Era No. 9 and Rich
mond.
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EF The fhcspians treated our peo-
pie to a good performance on Saturday
night. All, as usual, went off well and
the audience retired highly pleased.
In another place, it will be seen that
next Saturday night has been set apart
for Complimentary Benefit TO Johnny
Alien. We bespeak for flc beneficiary
"a fHll. crowded aud fashionable house.
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~ Joseph Hoy q Co. publish their
card in o-day's Democrat. 1t is sure
~ a useless task for US to recommend
this house to the favorable considera-
ton OF the people of Rapides. One
half Of the planters of our parish have
intimate business connections with this
firm, which speaks palmer language OF
good report than we can write. Joseph
Hoy, with Unparalleled liberality and
moral courage, came to the help of the
broken and impoverished planters OF
Rapides in 1863, when no one in the
world wonld look at them, and, now
with fine prospects ahead, we viii
vouch that they will not desert him
and his house.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-01

IG AS a big cotton crop is now a
sure thing in Rapides, and thousands
of bushels of seed will be a surplus,
and perhaps wasted, We think all such
lucky ones eau still add a few dollars
to their pockets, By needing the card
of S. T. Power, New Orleans. The
thing is important and worth looking
into.
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JEFFERSON CITY

is in very muddled state, the appoin-
tees of Governor Warmoth have pos
session, however, which is always
"nine points of the law" Speaking to
one of the Aldermen the other day, |
asked him if he thought his Office,
coming as it did by appointment OF
Governor Warmoth, was secure
"well, / don't know he replied, and
then frightening up, he added, "but
they can't turn us out for six months
any how" The books of the little city
are in sad condition, some of them are
gone into and others are torn and de-
faced, so that it would puzzle "phil-
adelphia lawyer to tell how the fnan-
ces Of the place stand. The record OF
some forty or fifty '.cash warrants" in
one batch has been destroyed. Who
did the work .'deponant sayeth not,''
but it would not take man with very
sharp ideas of right and wrong to de-
eide that there had been naughty peo-
pie around the office of the treasurer
and comptroller. The Warmoth men
stand ready to receive all the money
that the good people of Jeffersonchoose
to pay in for taxes, but wherSany one
comes to draw salary, cash warrants
and $50 FORTH" why, ''yon see, we
can't tell anything about it, may be its
due you and may be it isn't, you will
have to wait until we can have the
books examined. "That's what's the
matter !"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-01

EY We regret to learn that our fair
and gifted friend, Mrs. NJ. B. Williams,
is on the eve of removal from our pa
Iish, having determined to make the
town of 0pelousas herfuture residence.
Mrs. Williams has few equals among
her sex in this country in the extent
and solidity of her learning, or in the
beauty, force and elegance with which
she wieids her pen. For Il number of
years past her productions, both in
fact and fiction, in prose and poetry,
have adorned thepages of the Southern
press, and have attracted much atten-
ton in literary circles. We lopo that
she may how find time to devote the
maturity of her powers to the building
up of some more lasting monument TO
her genius.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-01

to- Among our new New Orleans
cards will be found the advertisement
OF Ben. We'll, a former aud well known
citizen of Rapides, who has opened a
general commission aud purchasing
house, at 173 Gravier street. We are
certain, that his old friends and GUS
toners, will remember him il his new
home and new business. We are sure,
if correct principles of business, energy
and attention are any recommendation
10 success, Ben. We'll will certainly be
more than slrowcred with business.
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w The weather continues hot,
awfully hot and showery, often show
cry. These showers do no good to the
cotton, which otherwise is doing well
and opening fast. Every where we
hear of good picking. The first bale of
the season was shipped on the Celeste,
on Saturday. In q few days this staple
will be coming to Town thick and fast.
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ulIisIaaa 5le,uofrat.
ALEXANDRIA, LA.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. /, 1860
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ctTg1AR OF LEMON Made fresh
y every week By II, 81. JOHN,
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ED ascUE GRASS .SHED-For sale
~ by II, ST. JOHN.