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rades and this noble xon, !. a..

rades and this noble young stranger W 49,.
l loved as brother. This fearful "n Cum
must hold the secret of their fate eaye
what it may. Let us CO." 20 II
Without word, but with white face
in sort OF mute terror, the men monnt-,
their horses and resumed their ionrueu
The above is all of this story that Ill
published in our columns. The copt;noe
ton of il from where it leaves off here ou
be found only in the New York I,edo can
which is for sale at all the book-stores sef,
news depots. Ask for the number ANU au9
April 10, 1869, and in it you will find ST ~
continuation of this beautiful tale Tue me
Ledger is mailed to subscribers at Gil tne
dollars o year. The publication Of Po ee
DIR. Tyng's great story, which has b b'ev'
written expressly for the Ledger. is inaa
commenced in the Ledger, so that Jus! oSI
readers will get the whole of these t Our
stories in it. The Ledger has the S t~o
stories OF any paper in the world oed
Henry Ward Beecher, James Parton s sn9
Fanny Fern, have articles in every nnn uu
Der, "n
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Nuh1 EN- I.
A LIFE GLORIOUSLY STAKED !

CHAPTER l.
A LIFE GLoRIoUsLY sTAKED
Towards the close of beautiful day il
June, 1867, man and woman, mounted
upon fleet horses, came galloping over one
of the great plains of the West, and drew
rein in the shade of q clump of cotton
woods upon the bank of q beautiful river
They had ridden far and rapidly. Theil
steeds we're painting, and covered with sweat
and foam.
"We must give the borses breathing
SPELL" said the former, slipping to the
ground; and his companion nodded a grace
full assent, as she followed his example.
The couple were evidently father and
daughter.
The man was in the prime of life, hale
and hearty, with large frame, which was
sinewy and athletic, without ceasing to be
refined and prepossessing. He had the
keen, shrewd look peculiar to the advance
honest, frank expression on his sun
Drowned face that proclaimed lis integrity
and courage.
In her way, his daughter was equally pic
turesque and attractive.
In the early flush of womanhood, with a
pure, sweet, and tender face, with eyes
darkly glowing, with coral-tinted lips, and
cheeks softly flushed with the hue of the
rose, with amber curls floating behind her,
she was as graceful as a gazelle, as light
hearted as bird, as lovely as flower, and
as spirited as an untamed antelope.
The stream by which the couple had
halted was Wood river, branch of the
Platte, in Nebraska, at point fifty miles
northwest of Fort Kearny.
"Are you tired, Miriam ?" asked the
hunter, George Dane, With .fatherly solicit
tude.
Tired. father ?" rejoined the maiden,
with happy laugh. "Oh, no. How could
minute has been filled with pleasure and
excitement. I feel as fresh as yonder
bird"
The father smiled Understandings. with
a look full of the fondest affection.
81 can guess the cause of your lightness
of heart said he smilingly. "The return.
now daily expected, OF certain Hubert
Earle, from the mine of idaho, may &C.
count, suspect, for your present glad
ness"
Aheightened color appeared on Miriam g
face, for the name mentioned was that of
her lover. She answered the glances of
her father, however, with frankness that
attested his entire sympathy with her, and
said
"True. father, my heart has been unu-
sually light for several days past. How
could it be otherwise, Isince know that
Hubert is coming?
Mr.. Dane did not reply. He was look
ing, with kindling eyes, over the fair flower
dotted plain and his next remark showed
how widely his thoughts had strayed.
81 wonder what mother has been doing
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used for roofs in Montreal and New Or

used for roofs in Montreal and New Or
leans, is unaffected by the heat or cold.
| As the steam blown reed fibre can be
supplied from Norfolk, Va, and Whining
ton, N. c., to New York, Richmond, Bal
timore, Boston, etc., for fifteen to twenty
dollars per ton, and the pulverized slate
can be obtained at about the same price,
and the tar is cheap also, it is claimed that
this invention secures the cheapest as we'll
the best and most durable roof ever made
The roof resembles solid block of slate
or stone about an inch thick. A coating
of sand i. forced into the composition SO
as to tighten the color and make it resem-
BILE stone. The cost is less than that of a
tin roof.
The inventors propose to make the same
slabs available for the outer walls Of build
ings in lieu of bricks, stone Or wood. The
same company have also obtained a patent
for a substitute for lsth and plaster. For
this purpose fbrous composition panels
are made by the above method from the
steam blown cane fibre. in combination
with silicate of soda liquid flint. lime aud
clay. These panels are fire proof. aud
we'll adapted for ceilings, inner walls and
floors, also for cabins of STEAMBOATS, and
! railway cars. 1t is claimed that the ferrous
composition panels are much cheaper than
lath and plaster, and that they do not warp,
crack, peel, crumble or decay, and that
they keep out heat and cold.
Certainly these inventions open wide
field of usefulness. They seem to be based
upon the most practical ideas, and in fact
have been tested to sufficient extent to es-
tablish their utility. AS already stated in
this paper, it is designed to erect in this
city manufactory OF boards out of the cane
fibre
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physicians of North Carolina and the whole
State may we'll be proud.
Wy, ,y1 ..,ol, n ~ Tpsfitution that

p0yS1clanS Oh NOEGn 0akOianA I'@~A A'1o 1850
State may we'll be proud.
Whv then should such an-Institutlon, that
calls for no revenue or money from the
State to sustain it. that is self-supportIng,
that is composed of practitione who emil
nently enjoy the confidence of the pnoiic,
that adds to public health. and thus TO the
productive industry and tn the comfort
and happiness of all classes be stricken
down by the Legislature. 1t Is no party
measure. It was enacted by Legislators OF
all parties, and appeals for support from
partisans of all parties, from men OF no
marty. and from citizens of oil Churches,
and of no Church, and from all men who
wish for the best good of the State.
We trust it may not be repealed. Let
the general work of change and destruc'
ton spare this monument of the liberality
humanity and wisdom of the past. En-
courage, rather than embarrass, and not op'
pose the benevolent, scientific, enterprlslne
measure of the Medical Profession OF the
State to elevate their standard, and to
benefit the health and protect the lives of
the community.
We appeal to members of the Legisla-
ture of all parties to reject this attempt to
iniure profession that We all should de-
sire to see improved and promoted in all
these laudable efforts of the State Medical
Society, and the County Auxiliary Medical
Societies to do good to cure disease +; to
assuage the sorrows and pains of the human
family. and to benefit the State at large.
We shall recur again to this subject.
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Notice is given by the Rev. L. McKiu-
non, Stated Clerk, that the Presbytery OF
Wilmington will meet in the Presbyterian
Church, in the town of Clinton, on Thurs
day, the LIST day of April, at IL O'Clock M.
There will be conveyances at Warsaw on
Wednesday evening, March 31st, to convey
nersons desiring to attend, to Clinton.
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A PosToFFIoE RoBBER ARREsrED.-Yes-
terday detective W. ii. Moore (colored)
arrested in onr city freedman named
Robert Culver, on the ground of breaking
into the Postoffice at Magnolia on the
night of Saturday, the 18th instant, and
robbing it of some $50 in money contained
in letters and quantity of postage stamps.
Culver came to this city on Tuesday night
last, and after he left Magnolia he was sus-
pected of the robbery. These suspicious
were communicated to the officers of this
city. DIR. Jobe, the special agent of the
department., himself came here with a
warrant for Guiver's arrest. The officers
have been on his track for some time, but
he left the city for the Sound during the
week, and did not return until Friday
night. After being arrested he confessed
the extent of his guilt to the City Marshal,
and gave an account Of his movements in
detail since the robbeay was committed.
He was sent to Jail yesterday morning. to
await an examination before United States
Commissioner Rutherford tomorrow
Monday morning. Journal 21st
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RED KNIFE g;
OR,
KIT RSON'S LAST TRAIL
CHAPTER I.
BY LEON LEWIS.

AUTHOR OF THE WAGON TRAIN" 1.-THE WITCH
FINDER" SO THE WATER WOLF" ETC, ETC.
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Pniitfcai DiAa

The action of tho House upon the ques-
ton of the removal of political disabilities
may be a matter Of curiosity to some, GER
tainly of interest to very few. Possibly
the different feeling displayed by the color
ed member, Price, from the two carpet
baggers who represent New Hanover i'll the
House, may be matter OF interest for
future reference. No doubt the course of
Price will be endorsed by the colored
voters of the county, while that OF their
white representatives is dictated by malice
and selfshnesss. It would be expecting
too much of men to aid in removing the dis
abilities of intelligent and virtuous citizens,
when by this very means they have &C
quired temporary prominence.
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New Peri odicals.

We have received from the Leonard
Scott Publishing Company, New York,
the juno number Of Blackwood's Mag
azine and the July number of the North
British Review. These two numbers
as usual contain vast amout of useful
and entertaining reading matter. The
following is the table Of contents o
Blackwood
l. Late for the train; 2. Historical
Sketches of the reign of George the I'd ;
The sceptic (Houma); 3. A year and a
day, part u; 4. Sir John Lawrence,
part 8; S. American reasons for peace;
Is. Cornelius O'Dowd.
The North British has the follow
ing:
i. DR.. Hanna's Life of Christ; 2.
Henry Crubb RObinson's Diary; 8.
History of European Morals; 4. Geol-
illogical Time; 5. Danish Literature
Ludoig Holberg; 6. Memoir of Sir
William Hamilton; 2. The Early His
tory Of Man; 8. Walter Savage Ian
dor; 9. The Irish Church Measure.
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Rev. A. D. Mccoy.

We were pleased to receive a few
days since private letter from our old
friend, Rev. A. D. Mccoy, which con-
tanned the gratifying intelligence that
he would be in Rapides on the first of
September with the intention of again
making urparish his permanent home
His many friends will be delighted to
learn that his health has been COM
pletely restored and that he has fully
recovered the vigor and energy which
characterized his earlier years.
We learn, though not officially in
formed of the fact, that Brother
McCoy's visit is with the expectation
of resuming his old position as Rector
of st. James Church. If SO We con-
graduate our friends on the prospect
of securing the services of one whose
fervent piety, substantial learning, and
untiring energy and devotion to duty
reaped for them so abundant harvest
in former years. Without a Rector for
several years past, with their beautiful
church edifice, built through the eff
forts of Mr.. Mccoy, burned to the
ground, they are now in such condi-
ton as to need just such man as he to
restore their church to its former posi-
ton. Our people generally, of what
ever creed, will welcome the return OF
SO liberal minded and public spirited a
citizen.
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PAPER PErTICoArs.-The uses to which
paper can be put seem to be in 40 way ex-
hausted yet. Paper collars have become
q great fact of the present nineteenth Gen.
fury, but what will ladies soy to paper
petticoats These have been produced
with great success. and will rival ia every
way the snow-white and deliberately ornate
garments poor male mortals are accustom-
ed to look upon with fear and reverence
We have all heard of the artist who used
to make caricatures of his friends upou bis
shirt collars, and the author who inscribed
an epic upon couple of dozen Of the same
usefult articles Of attire. Thus we see q
field of great usefulness for the petticoat
of the, future. Young ladies can make
sketches from nature on their own petit
coats. Every dan,sel her own sketch book,
will be their motto. Poets can inseribe
sonnets to their mistress ankles round the
hem of her petticoat. Mothers can have
fairy tales, alphabets, aud small scholastic
works inscribed on their garments, and 80
instruct their children as they walk about
with them.-Fancy an announcement,
"Mapame Percale begs leave to call the
attention of ladies about to visit the sea
side to her new and richly embroidered
petticoats, at one shilling each. Eeacb
petticoat contains an instalment of new
novel Of great domestic interest, by Mr..
Anthony Trollope, entitled 'Tucks or Frills.'
The story will be complete IN fifty weekly
petticoats." There is no reason whatever
that journalism should not be represented
in this way. For example, The Daily Petit
coat, a journal for ladies' or The Weekly
Pinafore and Girls Gazette.
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latter by the way, said truly when nc
declared he had no policy. He has
uone, but "fanlily ambitions de-
sire to build upa "house of Grant,
which shall play at least the part Of
Neville in England aud the Douglas,
in Scotland, if not that of Hapshurg il
Austria. Aud it will not DO wise il
politicians who prefer profit to princi
pie and are fighting on The strength O
Grants popularity, to oppose the lat
ter's desire to build himself mp fami.
" name. Andrew johnson never
fought for his policy as bitter as Gram
will fight for his hobby.
Ex-Supervisor Noah, of Tennessee
has been here for some days, and hal
been giving the newspapers some in,
formation as regards that State. HI
thinks that Mr.. johnson will not bt
made Senator from that State, that thu
old wing element will eventually sup
port the Republicans instead Of coal
escing with the Democrats, and thai
while Senter will be elected, and the
Legislature conservative, the State viii
be saved to the Republicans. It is con.
coded now by nearly every intelligent
man that the backbone of Republican.
ism is broken in the South, and it on
" requires q determined effort to re-
deem every Southern state, including
South Carolina from his terrible in.
cubus which has proved more destruc-
tive to true Democratical interests in
four years than slavery, the army worm
Monongahcla whiskey and every other
destructive article ever raised out Of
New England for the past fifty years
Mr.. Noah, I am inclined to think, al.
lows his prejudices against johnson to
interfere with his judgment. That
the ex- President will, ere long, be a
a Senator from Tennessee, I.regard Of
a foregone conclusion. It is impossi-
BILE to keep man of.his vigorous mind
and body out ola political place. And
Mr.. johnson, had lie committed very
many mistakes fewer than he did
would nevertheless be very acceptable
to a people like the Tennesseans who
need at this crisis man of brains and
a man Of pluck to represent them in an
assembly where the choicest specimens
Of intellectual and physical manhood
is at once an intellectual and physical
eunuch. And the conservatives Of
Tennessee have too much good sense
now, when victory is in their grasp, tt
play more foolish part than ever die
Esau for the Jewish hunter, got hi
mess of the soup and the Tennessee.
Democrats would not get even that, i
they gave up to their Radical foes.
,a.s8 TREBLA.
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HEAVY ON HIM.-The Harrison
tTexasl Flag tells the following:

HEAVY ON HIM.-The Harrison
(Texas) Flag tells the following:
We have friend, formerly foreman
of our Office, who is now on visit to
that glorious old State Alabama, on
whom we are constrained to tell good
joke, from the fact that we enjoy a
good joke, even it be at our own ex-
pense or ono of our friends. The facts
Of the case in question will be suffi-
GENTLY enjoyed by our local readers
without embellishments. This friend of
ours rejoices in beautiful hair, which
is red, but called auburn by some folks
who cannot distinguish colors very
easily, was standing in crowd on the
streets of a beautiful village in the
above named State, talking in an hon.
est way of the State of his adoption /;
OF her vast and almost illimitable re-
sources of her productive lands and
salubrious climate-of her gallant men
and beautiful women-of the exposures
he had undergone on the wild frontier
when the Commanches were on the war
path, and danger lnrked meath every
blade of grass; all of which was nara
ted with the earnestness, nervousness
and candor of the speaker, when un-
lucky wight, he was interrupted by a
stranger with the inquiry, 4'Say, Mr..
amt your name Tom OchiltreeF Our
friend, our dear friend, with an inward
regret for having red head and fluent
tongue, bodily denied the impeachment
cut short his talk, and "cut dirt or to
use Texas phrase, "yamosed the
rancho"
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E@~ We are glad to announce the
important fact, that the Bayou Robert
Internal Improvement Committee have
gone to work in good earnest and with
energy. Three of the Lakes in. the
Bayou Robert Road have been drained
and good brick and mortar roads made
over them. Travellers can now move
along without their pontoons, and no
further fear of death by drowning
need be apprehended. Too much
praise cannot be lavis1ied on those, who
have at last moved in this much need
ed reform. We hope to soon hear of
others initiating such good example.
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~ The Celeste, on her last trip,
took down another dimnutive bale of
new cotton. Tt came from Grant Pa
IRISH and was from one of the p]anta-
tions of our own Sweet Willie. None
shipped from Rapides as yet.
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ES The elements in and around AL.
exandria, are about to melt with fer
vent heat. The toldest inhabitant, >
who is an attache ofthe Democrat office,
looses his memory if you ask the ques-
ton if ever such weather was ever ex-
perienced before in Alexandria. Our
thermometer has been up to 81 several
times the past week.
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nap It is net what we consume
that makes us fat and healthy, but
what we digest. 1t is not what we
read, but what we remember, that
makes us wise.
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~ The GREAT weakness of the Rad

~ The great weakness of the Radi-
cal party is stated by a prominent Rad
ical journal to be the " widespread
dissatisfaction with the administration
of General Grant, which exists to so
alarming an exteut among the active
members" of the party, because of his
stature to redeem pledges and meet Just
expectations" That's just what's the
matter.
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n w. w. Wilmington, Jr., and R.
. P. Hunter, both natives of Rapides and
residents Of Alexandria, have just re-
turned from an important trip to Nat
chitoches. They made their call Oh
the Supreme Court and after undergo
ing a rigid, thorough and honorable
examination before that august tri-
bunal, have come home, with parch-
ment, with the broad seal of Louisiana
attached to it, confirming them as At
torneys and Counsellers at Law. The
old man of the Democrat extends to
them his best wishes for their future
success in life.
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EDUCATIONAL.


A young lady, entirely competent
and highly recommended, desires a
situation as Governess and Teacher in
a respectable family. She can teach
all the branches of the English Lam
guage, and Music. Best references
given. Apply to the
EDITOR OF THE DEMOCRAT.
August 18th, 1869.
School Notice,
MISS GRIFFIN WILL RESUME THE
Nl exercises of her school on the LIST day
of September, at her former scho u house
TERMS:
For Boys and Girls. -----.----.s3 and 81
August IS. 1S69-tf.
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II w. j. Sheldon, No Sc Old Levee,
New Orleans, a staunch and reliable
business house, adyertises its card in
our issue of to-day.
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y The River is still on the decline.
AS yet navigation above and below
the Falls, good. All the large boats
have left our trade and the sternwheel-
ers are plentiful.
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Ice Cres m.

The following directions for making
ice-cream are furnished by a lady who
is noted for her success in the prepara-
ton of this most acceptable refresh
ment: 8
'sTo the making of GOOD ice-cream
Ave things are essential
pure sweet milk or cream, fresh epes.
good favoring extracts, and maizena,
or corn-starch, or arrowroot. The Iaet
mentioned it IL difficult to obtain in an
unadulterated state, and maizena, i.
nice enough for the most delicate taste.
"The most common fault in ice-creem
is f1akiness, which may be produced bv
the use of milk which has been water.
ed, or by an imperfect method Of freez.
ing. There are several kinds of patent
freezers now advertised. each of which
claims the superiority. I have one in
use which promises to do its work in
five, and actually does it thorouRhly in
from eight to fifteen minutes, according
to the quality of the cream. The more
pure cream there is in it, the longer
will be the time required for freezing
it. The best fayoring extracts ever
used are Lubin's. They can be OBJ
tanned in half-pint bottles, a much
more economical way of buying than
by the small bottles 90 much in use.
81 have for the last three years ex-
perimented quite extensively with diff
ferent recipes, and have settled upon
the following as making the beat ice.
cream:
No. /.
"Two quarts of milk, four eggs,
three quarters of a pound Of white
sugar, two tablespoonful of maizena,
aud a little salt. Boil the milk with
the salt for two or three minutes in
tin pail, set in q kettle of water. Re-
move it from the fire and stir in the
maizena, dissolved in little cold milk,
then the sugar, and lastly the eggs.
Stir it constantly for two or three min
utes to keep the eggs from cooking.
Add the f1avOriDg extract just before
freezing. The mixture should be
thoroughly cooled before freezing,
as otherwise the process is retarded.
No. 2.
"Skim a quart of cream from five
quarts Of milk, which should have been
standing in summer twelve hours, and
in winter twenty.four hOnrs; add to it
one quart of new milk, two table
sp0onsful of maizena,, three quarters of
a pound of sugar, a little salt, four
eggs or less, or none at all. With the
four eggs it Is very rich, too rich for
some tastes. Flavor as You like. The
cooking process is the same as in No. 1.
No. 3.
"a still richer article may be made
by using clear cream, and in this case
no eggs should be used. The same
proportion of other Ingredients should
be observed.
"There are a good many articles of
cookery which require only the whites
of eggs; the remaining yolks are very
nice in either of the first recipes, in
stead of the regular number Of entire
eggs. From four to twelve y0lks may
be used in No. 1; from two to six in
No. 2.
"The first recipe makes more econ
omical desert than most pies or pnd-
dings.