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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-10-26
LINES
ON THE DEATH OF GEN. Il. E. LEE,
BY T.. I.

Hark the cries and lamentations
Sounding through our peaceful vaics-
'Tis the peoples heartfelt mourning-
IT'S nations bitter vail.
Proud Virginia lowly bending,
Anguish DER her son,
Dead-in all his fame and glory
Of Gods work, the MODEST one
And her Southern sisters sadly
Weep the noble. good and brave;
Hearts that at his name beat proudly,
Throh in anguish DER his grave.
Like noble, good1y cedar,
Towering lofty aud sublime
Glorious i'll his perfect manhood,
Rose lie DER the ills of time.
Naught could his proud spirit humble,
Bowling meath the conqueror's rod
Unsubdued, he gave as ever,
Allegiance only to his God.
Peaceful in Virginia's bosom,
Rest, thou Patriot, Hero, brave!
And to Southern hearts shall ever
A Mecca, be thy grave.
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fectuaI remedy than any other. Those who have
not know that itcures theirneighbors and friends;
and all know that what 1t docs once II does al
ways that it never fails through any fault or neg
elect of its composition. We have thousands upon
thousands of certificates of their remarkable cures
of the following complaints, but srcn cures are
known in every neighborhoSd, and we nes st;n nos
in all climates; containing neither calomei nor any
deleterious drug, they may be taken with safety
ey MAKES em to take While
being purely vegetable, no harm can ARISE nom
their use in any quantity.
internal viscera to purify the blood and stimulate
it into healthy action-remore the DISTINCTIONS
Of the bowels ana o O.ner
and by correcting, wherever tney cNiSt, such oe'
rangements as are the first origin OF disease.
the box, for the following Complaints, which these
For DysPepsia or indigestion, Listless-
should be taken moderately to stimulate the stom-
ach, and restore its healthy tone and action.
For Liver Complains and its various symP-
toms, Bilious Headache, Sick Heal.
ache. JauMslfce Or Green sickness, Asti.
tous Collie and 9siliOus Fcyers, they should
be jadcionsly taken for each case, to correct the
diseased action or remove the distractions which
For Dyscntery or Diarrhoa, but ono
mild dose is generally required.
For Rheumatism, GOut, Gravel. Pal.
ysitatiOn of the Heart, Pain In the
Side, Back and L07ns, they ShoHid De c0Rtin-
uously taken, as required, to change the diseased
action of the system. With such change those
complaints disappear.
For Dropsy and Dr0rsical 6wcllinss
they should be taken in large and frequent doses
to produce the effect of a drastic purge.
For Suppression large dose should Dc
taken as it produces the desired effect by SYM
patty.
AS a Dinner Pill. take one or two Pits to
promote digestion and relieve the stomach.
An occasional dose stimulates the stomach and
bowels into healthy action, restores the appetite,
and inyigorates the system. Hence it is often aG-
vantageous where no serious arrangement exists.
One who feels tolerably wen, often finds that .
dose of these Pills makes him feel decidedly bet
ter from their cleansing and renoyating effect on
the digestive apparatus.
DR.. j. C. AVER d co., Practical Chemist,
LOWELL. MASS, U. 8. 4.
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Northern Tribute to the Late Gen.
Lee.

We select, rs most worthy of repro
duction from among the obituary ref
ercnccs to the great Firginian in the
New York papers, that with which the
Herald preiaces its sketch of the life
and services of mourned soldier and
citizen:
On quiet autumn morning, in the
land which he loved so well, and, as lie
held, served so faithfully, the spirit of
Robert Edmund Lee left the clay which
it had so much ennobled and travelled
out of this world into the great and
mysterious land. Yesterday the OK
pressions of regret which sprang from
the few who surrounded the bedside of
the dying soldier and Christian will be
swclied to-day into one mighty voice
| of sorrow, resembling throughout our
country and extending over all parts
of the world where his great genius and
many virtues are known. For not to
the Southern people alone shall be
limited the tribute of tear over the
dead Virginian. Here in the North,
forgetting that the time was when the
sword of Robert Edmund Lee was
drawn against us-forgctting and for
giving all the years of bloodshed and
agony-we have long since ceased to
look upon him as the Confederate lea
der, but have claimed him its one of
ourselves; have cherished and felt
proud of his military genius as be-
longing TO MS; have recounted and re-
corded his triumphs as orr own; have
eXtOlled his virtues as rejecting honor
npon us-for Robert Edmund Lee was
an American, and the great uation
which gave him birth would be to-day
unworthy of such son if she regarded
him lightly.
:. Never had mother nobler son. In
him the military genius of America
was developed to Il greater extent than
ever before. In him all that was pure
and lofty in mind and purpose found
lodgmeut. Disnifed without presump-
ton, aflable without familiarity, he
united all those charms of manners
which made lin the idol of his friends
and of his soldiers, and won for him
the respect and admiration of the world
Even as, in the days of his Triumph
glory did not entoNicate, so when tho
dark clouds swept over him adversely
did not depress. From the hour that
he surrendered his sword at Appomat-
tox to the fatal autumn morning he
passed among men noble in his quiet
simple dignity, displaying neither bit.
terness no regret over the irrevocable
, past. He conquered us in misfortune
by the grand manner in which he sus
tanned himself, even as he dazzled us
by his genius when the tramp of his
soldiers resounded through the valleys
of Virginia.
And for such a man we are all tear:
and sorrow to-day. Standing beside
his grave, men of the South and meI
, of the North can mourn with all thu
bitterness of four years of warfare
erased by this common bereavement
5 May this unity of grief--this unselfsl
, manifestation over the loss of tn
, Bayard of America-in the season o
S dead leaves and withered branche
I which this death ushers in bloom ant
: blossom like the distant coming sprin!
: into the flowers of a heartier accord.
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LOUISIANA. STATE UNIVERSITY,
Name changed from La. State Seminary
BATON ROUGE, LA
Founded and Supported by the State of
Louisiana.
NINTH SESSION,

NINTH SESSION,
Now in progress, will close last Wednes
day in June, 1870 The neXtssession will
begin first Monday in September next, and
will continue ten mouths.
ACADEMIC BOARD
Consists of n full corps of able Instructors
in all branches of Observation-Disclosures
usually taught in the best Colleges aud
and Universities.
COURSE OF STUDY
Embraces a Preparatory and an Academic
Department. including q Literary, Scien-
tific and Optional Course, Special School
of Civil Engineering and Commercial
School.
LIBRARY, APPARATUS AND CABINETS,
Well selected and valuable. The GeOlogi-
cal and Neurological Cabinets. etc, the
largest and most complete in the South,
embracing the extensive collections of the
late Colonel Wales, of Mississippi, and
the Cabinets of the Typographical, Geo
logical and Botanical Survey of Louisiana.
ADMISSION
Granted to Cadets not under fifteen years
of age, who know Arithmetic, English
Grammar and Geography.
EXPENSES
OF every kind, except clothing, for ten
months, $3.50; 5000 payable in advance,
balance February list; or by accepted
Draft at per cent, for ninety days.
Payments may be made through the Canal
or Citizens Bank.
Cadets received at any time during the
session and charged from date Of entrance
DISCIPLINE,
Military, with daily drill. A battery OF
four guns will afford facilities for instruc-
ton in Artillery. Uniform of Cadet-Grey
Cloth, to be had at the Institution at a
cost ST S25 90 per suit.
For further information, address,
D. F. BOYD, Superintendent,
May LIST, 1870 Baton Rouge, La.
u Oflice of the University, in New Or
leans, at Swarbrick g. Co.'s, No. 50 Camp
| Street.
until the rebuilding of the College ed
| ifice lately destroyed by fire, near Alexan-
! dria, the Institution is temporarily located
at Baton Rouge, in the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum. Location very healthy, and ac--
commodations ample for a large lumber OF
| Cadets. Number this session, 170.
| Nav 25-1y.
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Curious Species of Barter.

In the district of Benin Sooar lin
Western Barbary), mountainous
country inhabited entirely by Berber
tribes, there is one place where, during
the fair, barter of very curious kind
takes place. This fair is only held
once a year, and is chiefly resorted to
for the purpose Of bachelors finding
wives, married men adding to their
matrimonial treasures, and maidens
or widows getting husbands. In fact,
the whole affair resolves itself into the
women selling themselves. but to es-
cape the ignominy of such procedure,
the traffic is carried on as follows:
Each maiden desiring to enter into
wedlock dresses herself in her best and
most becoming attire, aud taking with
her a piece of cloth of her own weaving
sits down unveiled in the market place.
The men, both young and old, who are
candidates for matrimony, parade
about the market examining the tex
ture of the cloth displayed by the Ia
dies, and scrntinizing at the same time
their looks and behavior. Should the
customer be pleased with the maiden
he inquiries the price of the cloth; she
replies by naming what she would ex-
pect as q dowry, and the amount OF
this she raises or depresses, according
as the candidate for her heart may
please her, rcsortiDg to the demand OF
an exorbitant sum should she be averse
to the purchaser.
During this barter, the -enamored
swain is able, in some degree, to judge
her temper and character. If they
come to an agreement, the parents OF
the girl are appealed to, and they have
the right to assent or not, as they
please. Should they assent, the par,
ties adjourn to a public notary, the con
tract is made, and the purchased bride
| is carried to her new home. In thi'
traffic widows are at a low price il
general, and divorced ladies sell thei
cloths very cheap.
The wife TINS purchased can not b
resold, however much the purchase
may repent his bargain. She is nj
lawful welded wife, and retains tn
purchase money, which is herjointur
or dowry. 1t is evident that this cur
Gus system of barter is resorted to b
these Mahomedan mountaineers as
means of evading the law of their prt
phet, which interdicts all courtship b'
fore marriage Hays Western Barb'
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~ Great tracts of pine wood are ev-
cry year destroyed by fire i'll the south
Of France. NJ. Schrader, who has tried
to discover the origin of these fires,
has come to the conclusion that they
are caused by the suns heat setting
fire to the vapor of turpentine which i:
contained in the trunk, and which il
exposed to direct contact with externa
heat by the holes bored for the extrac
tion Of turpentine,
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BY +. c..

Let our second Washington rest
Make him q grave near
The church he loved best,
Where the soft Southern winds
Will blow DER his breast,
Like the song of some angel
From the home of the blest.
Great, noble and brave,
With a name so fair,
Let him sleep, let him sleep,
Meath the soft Southern air;
For the Spring will be coming,
With its buds and its flowers,
And the dear little birds
viii sing way the bright hours.
Yes let him sleep
Near the church he loved best,
With the soft Southern winds
Blowing DER his breast,
And the moon sinking slowly
In the far distant West,
With the stars keeping vigil
Ger the place of his rest.
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Charges Against the Radical Party

The Democratic Executive Commit
tee at Washington city have issued q
circular in which they array the follow
ing charges against the party now in
power:
First-we are taxed S1O,28 per cap
tia, as against 50 per capita in 1861.
Second-Instead of having funded
the debt at dslower rate of interest, the
bonds are not even printed and the six
per cent. bonds are still under par in
Europe.
Third-The expenditure of SIS, 600,
900 for war purposes in time OF pro-
fonnd peace, is dangerous to the re-
publican form of government.
Fourtll-The expenditure OF 81 ,7OO,
900. for the navy is a disgrace, mas
much as we have nothing to show tol
it.
Fifth-The reduction of internal
taxes is entirely in favor of capital ano
monopolists.
Sixth-The gold which our people
so muth need at home is shipped tt
Europe to buy bonds at premium
which are not due for fourteen years
| Seveuth-That the currency furn
ished to our people is worth St cent
on the dollar.
Eighth-That the government
controlled by to the monopolists
{ Massachusetts.
To remedy these evils let the peopl
rally to the Democratic and Conserve
tive party, which is fighting their bal
, ties against monopolics, land grabbe'
! protectionists and class legislation
every description, hoping to restol
1 the government to the honest admlni
;. tration which prevailed before the II
8 publican party came into power.
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CgA woman in recently had a New
Orleans policeman arraigned the board
of Commissioners, on charge OF rude
ly insulting her. Being called upon
to state the nature of the insult, she
said he had called her "woman," Il
term never before applied to her. She
wanted it understood that she was a
"lady" It turned out that the officer
found her with her feminine ear at a
neighbours keyhole, and informed the
people inside that "woman' was en-
deavoring to eavesdrop at their door
The "lady" left the court in dis
gust.
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TO THE PEOPLE OF RAPIDEs.

TAKE NOTICE THAT THE ROLLS
l. for the years 1867 and 1868 are open
at my Office in the Town of Alexandria for
collection, and all parties, person OF per-
sons indebted for State Taxes for those
years (IS67 and 1869 are hereby notified
to come forward Immediately and make
prompt settlement of the same, in default
of which, at the expiration of thirty days,
the said taxes will be collected according
as the law directs. All those wishing to
save cost can do SO by coming at once to
the Office and settling the same and obtain
receipt for their taxes. All persons hav-
ing paid taxes for the year 1865, to James
r. Andrews, are hereby notified to forward
their receipts to me and get duplicate
for the same, SO that can make a final
settlement of the said taxes of 1866, within
forty days from this date.
NJ LEGRAS,
Oct 10, 1s70-4t. State Tax Collector
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,-sr sinn sinn State Prison noH con.

ty Sing Sing State Prison now con,
tains 1900 prisoners. Before our civil
war. it usually had an average OF 500
convicts. This is sad commentary
on the demoralizing effect which war
has upon the community. The army
is a school of vice and many a young
man learned his first lesson of crime
while in the service.
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II A woman lecturer says womans
sphere sis bounded north by husband,
on the east by her baby, on the south
by her mother-in law, aud on the west
by q maiden aunt"
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To the Subscribers
CHURCH FAIR.

TIME LADIES of ST. JAMES EPIS-
i copal Church will hold FAIR in
the town Of Alexandria, on WEDNES-
DAY and THURSDAY, the 9th and
10th of NOVEMBER, and the members
of the Church and congregation are ear
nestly requested to assist them in con-
tributions of articles and money.
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CONQUERED, BUT NOT CONVINCED
That gallant soldier and true Southern
gentleman, General Wade Hampton,
used the following language when ded-
icating the monument which rises above
the dead of the Washington Light In
fantry of Charleston
A noble cause, upheld heroically by
honor, courage and patriotism, may die
along with its supporters. A great
| truth never dies, but eternal as the
Godhead from which it springs, it lives
forever amid all the changes of dynas
ties, the wreck OF empires and the death
of nations. 1t is, totally false in fact
as in logic, to assert that the sword can
or does decide Justly between right and
wrong, With the sword the Goths and
Vapdals drenchcd the fair fields OF TIA
lis with the best blood of her SONS. 1t
rave nearly half the world to Mahomet.
i Ii allowed the Turk to trample out the
civilization of Greece. Its keen edge
has dismembered Poland. 1t has left
Hungary bleeding at the feet OF the
! oppressors. 1t has turned over SPAN
and Portugal to the tender mercies OF
the Saracen, and on this continent III
our day, directed by interruptions
power against tne titioatS vi PloeVi az
| States. reeking with parricidal blood
J it enforces the laws which it alone ha
e made. Tell me not, then, that thu
sword can rightfully turn the scales o
a Justice. 1t is the exponent of tyranny
a not the arbitcr of truth-the badge o
e the tyrant and the executioner, not tn
: symbol of justice. 1t is not at all IN
), consistent with these views that we, a
: a conquered people, should observ
: scrupulously the terms dictated by tn
Y sword and accepted by us. We can q
|. this. and should do it, in perfect goo
G faith; but we should claim and exel
: else the God-given right OF freedom
opinion. We acknowledge that til
If cause for which these men died is los
p but we should be false to them, false
II that cause, were we to admit that the
5, were. because of failure, necessarll
e wrong. We believe that they wei
n right, and we therefore honor and re-
1t pect their memory.
IS We, comrades of the Waslnngtc
y Light Infantry-we who gave our
to the same cause in which our br0the
fell-can entertain no doubt as to Il
v place which will be accorded them
th history. Stigmatzed now as rebeI
ed posterity, we hope and believe, W
IS, give to them the more appropria
ey name of patriots.
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Classical and Mathematical School
AT ALEXANDRIA.

r WILL. omen n school on Monday, Sep
i TENDER S, 1870, in the house recently
occupied by Judge Barlow, on Second St,
i'm the town of Alexandria. There will be
taught the usual branches of a liberal ed
ucation, and boys can be prepared either
for college or for the active duties of life
The undersigned is a graduate of the Lou.
isiana State University. to the Faculty OF
which he would refer for testimonials OF
character of scholarship.
TERMS OF TUITION:
English branches, per month"; 81 90
Languages or higher mathematics %
Good board may be had on reasonable
terms with respectable families in the
town. JOHN RANSDELL.s
August 10, 1670-tf.
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~~~NN
LINES

RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE MEMO.
RY OF OUR MUCH BELOVED COUNTRY.
MAN, GENERAL ROBERT L. LEE.
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Political Items,

Since the Radicals took control of
South Carolina they have trebled the
taxes and doubled the debt.
A Southern Radical organ is of the
opinion that the indications are that
the North is ':going back" on Radical
ism. Indications do seem to have Il
bearing that way.
Secretary Boutwell, has not yet said
whether he was mistaken or not when
he declared in his speech in Congress
in July. 1868, that the debt had been
reduced under JOhnson's administra
ton more than thousand millions of
dollars.
Every man in the United States buy
ing hair cloth is taxed to swell the
profits of two or three factories in
Rhode Island. What patriotic service
have the owners of those factories per-
formed emitting them to a monopoly
by act of Congress
The votes polled at the recent Jul
dicial election in Tennessee have been
counted. and it is found that the Con-
servative candidates received the fol-
| lowing: Nelson, 100, 654; Deaderick,
ft4, Sot . uiHcS tbf 200 NfSHoiSof
lO4, 641; Sneed, 107, l63; Freeman;
1O2, 4sl. The Radical candidates re-
ceiyed an average of 1880 votes.
The New York Stats Zeitung asks
| if it is ''right that the President, with
his whole Cabinet, should loaf around
the country for months together, and
that meanwhile the conduct Of oul
foreign relations should be left to al
Assistant Secretary-Bancroft Davis
who had been convicted by the Legis
lature of Massachusetts, of the crosses
corruption 2"
The recent important election il
Wilmington, Del, the Radicals seen
: wholly disinclined to notice; but tn
) contest was warm from twelve o'clocl
to seven, the hours in which the poll
! were opened in the nine wards of tn
city, and the result glorious. Della
ware will continue Democratic Stat
by majority larger than ever before
!, They have for the first time in years
l majority in the City Councils, and
ma ority for the chief municipal officer
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ALEXANDRIA INSTITUTE.

TyHE FOURTH ANNUAL SESSION OF
l. the Alexandria Institute for young
ladies, will commence on the First Mon
day of September next. The large in
crease of public patronage will enable the
Principal Mrs. G. A. Garfield, to secure
the services of an able corps of teachers;
and to offer to parents the assurance that
their children can receive at home every
advantage of education which the most
expensive schools of other States or Par
isles could afford them; and also avoid
the dangers and temptations too often at
tendant on a prolonged absence from the
protecting and sanctifying influences OF
home. Mrs Garfield hopes that the pub
lie spirit of the people of Rapides will con-
tinue to support All Institution SO essen
| tial to the well-being aud prosperity OF the
| Parish, and which has been SO long need
| ed in our community.
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Ayers Cathartic Pills,
For all the purposes Of Laxative
Medicine.

Perhapsnoo one medi-
cine is souniyersally
required by every
body as a eathartic,
nor was ever any be-
fore so universally
adopted into use, in
every country and
among all classes, as
this mild but efficient
purgative PHI. The
obvious reason is,
that tits q more reha-
hle md far moro Of.
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1870. CIR. |
Sept. 80 By paid Warrant 90, |
W. o. DamInOn, part
payment work on the !
Town Hall S45 OU
Part warrant 81, ID. /
McManus, plas tering
Town Hall. -..- rs 90
W. .Hnstmyrc, 5pcr ct.
on $40 90 sol
Ii. A. Biossat, 10 per
cent. on SI25. II so
Warrant No. SO, Z. r.
Biossat, printers bill. % 90
JOG, Wm. Praiim, sala-
ry, percentage and az
Part Warrant 81, ID.
McManus, plasterin
Town Hall % GU
n per cent. commits
sion on S1i3. 3 81
BY Balance ---.---- w
1864 Sd
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j. C. ROGERS,
TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT WITH CoRro-
RATION OF ALEXANDRIA,.
1870.

1870. DR..
Sent. ]. TO Balance 1921 81
80. Rent Town Hall-per-
formancc ~ w
Wharfages for month
September ---..---- l25 GO
Fines for September. W
Tax on dogs for Sep
tember- . w
1894 81
Oct. 1. To Balance so OF.
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Straved or Stolen

LHROM the undersigned, five miles be-
Il low Alexandria, about one month
since, a YOUNG SORREL MULE, with a
white spot on one of her hips and branded
with c. with j. in the lower part of it.
A liberal reward will be given for the re-
turn of said mule. j. CHAMBERS.
Oct. 26-2t.
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Cooper Wanted.

A COOPER wanted to make hogsheads
IA for sugar. $3.50 per hogshead, with
board, will be paid. Also labor to help
take off cane crop. $40 per month will
be paid for good hands For further infor
nation apply to Z. 4. BIOSSAT.
Oct 26-tf
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p,RJsH DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL
C0lIiEITTEE.
7. G., WHITE,

J. G.. WHITE,
". L. Sanford, d. a. w aiker'
J. W. Prescott d. " " iSo'