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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-12-28
A CARD.
CLERKS OFFICE,

CLERKS OFFICE,
Alexnndria, December 10, 1870.
General Montoyt Wells:
My Dear Sir n your card of the
18th inst. issue of the Louisiana Dem
ecrat, you insist that the testimony of
Dir. I. II. Maddox and Mr.. c. V. Lee
doux were stolen from the records of
suit entitled .sWells, Curator, VS..
Wells, Ex'tr., No. 25i, District Court,
Parish OF Rapites.''
With due reference to your opinion
aud prejudices, and the report Of the
lawyer so familiar with the run OF the
Clerks Office, | insist as strennoussy
that those records never were stolen,
or removed, aud returned. Now for
the probabilities.
/. They would be of no value to any
one. The witnesses were both alive
and convenient to Court and not only
that. yon had given me an order for a
certified copy of the testimony III qnes-
ton, which had made out, carefully
comparing the same with the original,
and handed it to You, and for which
received ample pay from yonr hands.
Ex-Governor Wells had done the same
thing, viz: preenred IL certified copy OF
the evidence aforesaid, aud paid mt
for the same, so that there were two
certified copies extant-one i'll your
hands and one in the hands OF your
brother.
2. saw your very generous reward
offeredfor the papers aud the thief al
most the moment they were published
to the world. | promptly examined
for the lost documents and at once dis
cnvercd them. with every appearance
! of having remained undisturbed, and |
believe just as had placed them ii few
day before.
Hoping that this explanation will be
quite satisfactory to you and finally
dispose of the lost record question,
am, sir, respectfully,
Your nbedieut servant,
0. X. HAWLEY,
! Deputy Clerk.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-12-28

Among the other anecdotes, says
the New Orleans Picayune, told of
General Magruder, the following is
nutsthe worst. The General is no.
toriously proud of his genealogy,
and when gallant ccts sas III theU.
s., army, never lost an oprortuni-
~ TO regale his hearers with sto-
rics of the deeds and prowess OF his
Scotch ancestors. Meeting an old
ScOtchman on one OCCASION. many
years ago, MagIuder entered into
conversation with him. and, de,
lighted to learn that he hailed from
the same section of the Gland o
Cakes" from which the McGregorS
| (his ancestors came, asked him If
he had known old, McGregor. The
countenance OF the old man lighted
up as he replied: 81 ken him aceet;
he aca' hanged at IybWn."
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Cur Theatre.

We sincerely trust our good pee-
ple. amid their Christmas hllarlty
and rest from work and for intel
lectual treats, will bear in mind
that the Thcspians, under the gul-
dance of our best young men, ably
assisted and tutored by Mr.. Fitz-
gerald, the popular comedian, are
in full blast at the Town Hall. Mrs
w. III. Leighton, from New Orleans,
the truly accomplished commedi-
enne and artistic, with able assis-
tants, is playing a short engage
ment, with the Thespians, and the
company in full cast will appear to
night. AS we remarked Mrs. H.,
is an actress Of we'll earned rcputa-
ton and acknowledged talents and
abilities, and should be patronlzed
and encouraged. Let our young
pallants now turn out en- mdsse,
with tile better portion of Gods
creation, to greet and welcome
the Thespiaus as we'll as Mrs Leigh
ton. True merit demands this mucl.
and should receive it. Our friend
Mr.. Thomas Crawley, has again
taken the stage, this fact alone de
serves for the Thespians a "inll
house"
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OLIDAY PRESENTS!
IL at LEVIN g. FERGUSON'S

STARTLING METEoRIC PHENo
NoN.--Ncar Schenectady, New York,
Il few weeks since, Il huge meteor was
observed TO pass through the uir, from
northeast to southwest, with great
velocity, leaving behind it asdrnse
column of smoke, and emitting a bril-
liant array of sparks, which illumina
ted the heavens most beautifully.
Seyeis,l smaller mrteors were observed
about the same hour. A farmer resi-
ding in Chenille, who SAW the meteor.
says it looked like red hot criHdstone
and another person says it rcsenblesl
a sbig yellow cheese; with II blonde
cute" switch Of immense length
streaming on, behind. Farther north,
in Saratoga county, strange noises and
IA tremendous explosion that shook
buildings, ratified windows, crockery,
tiuware, etc, were heard Immediately
after the meteor had passed A low,
deep, rumbling sound as il from flr
very bowels of the earth. was also
heard 8kiiile the vibration of he earth
was, distinctly felt. The column of
smoke left in lis trail remained sta
tionary for nearly. an hour after ward
when it gave the appearance ola white
cloud and passed off.
The most remarkable plienomenm
connected with the meteor were seer
ut North Adams. Here the citizen.
were greatly alarmed. and snppnses
from the rnml,ling aud trenor of til,
earth that the glycerine works a
Iioosac Tunnel had been blown mp
But it turned ont from the observation
of numbers IF persons that the mcteo
burst in that vicinity, and that it wa
he cause of the c,inotion. The ex
plosiDn shook the buildings and cart
for miles around.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-12-28

ggThe fine steamer r. Il. Lee,
on the ED inst, sunk in nine feet
water, opposite Natchez. She was
on her up trip with II fine cargo and
full Of passengers. All on board
were saved. She collided with the
steamer Potomac, and was then
run ON the bar Oh which she sank.
Hopes are entertained Of her being
raised.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-12-28

The Steamer Nick Wall, of the
Carter Line Of st Louis packets,
with a full cargo for Alexandria,
Shreveport and Jefferson, struck a
snag, near Grand Lake, ard sank
above her cabin floor. She had on
board % cabin passengers and q
on deck; 40 of the latter WERE
drowned.
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CROP PROSPECTS FOR 1871.

The planters are busy making ar
engagements for running their rlanta-
tious the ensuing year. We presume
that hands can be employed without
mach difficulty. 1t is true that every
election year political demagognes re-
yiye the stoiy of a farm and mnle being
intended for each colored voter, and
each one indulges some sort Of hope
that he may be able to set up farm
of his own, and cut loose entirely from
the white proprietors. But as the cleo
ton excitement wears away, and the
prospect of food and clothing begins TO
get as dim as The prospect of obtaining ii
farm, the dariiey generally settles down
to some kind of work on some of the
old plantations. Nearly every laborer
finds himself at the end of each year,
with the present low prices ofproduce,
without any ready money, and he is
sensible enough to go to work to avoid
starvation. We say, then, that the
planters will probably get enough
hands, and that the colored labor
ers will generally make mp their minds
to work faithfully the approaching
year.
The crop prospects ahead, however,
are By no means encouraging. Cot
ton is down to ruinous figures. 1t is
very evident that the unsettled state
of European affairs has had p great
deal to do with the low price of cotton.
As far as we are able to judge, a settle
ment of the European question is still
far distant, and the end of another year
may find the planters i'll the same con
dltion as at present. But the European
war is not the only cause OF the low
urfce of cotton. If the South will con
time TO raise large crops ct cotton.
and thus crowd the market, prices will
not fail to tumble down. 1t is the law
of supply and demand, as old as
trade itself Cotton cannot, by amy
possibility, be as high in a crop OF 4,
O0O, 900 bales as in one ct 2.O0O.OO0. II
Southern people go on increasing the
crop, without cheapening the cost OF
production, they will inevitably ruin
themselves.
We should, therefore, learn some
thing by experience. We cannot make
money at the present price of cotton.
and there is but little prospect ofan in
crease in the price under the present
Isystem. Let the planters, then, tnri
their attention to something else
Plant less cotton and plant more o
such articles as can be used for sup
plies of the plantation. The good crol
of corn made the past season has proved
of incalculable benefit to those wh'
would now be unable to purchase If i
were necessary to buy elsewhere. |
planters would raise their OWE sup
. plies they would thus be Independent
of the fluctuations in the price of al
article which cannot be eaten, ant
which sometimes cannot be sold at re
. muneratiye rates.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-12-28

Words are little things. but they
sometimes strike hard. We WELD
them so easily that we are apt to
forget their hidden power. Fifty
spoken, they fall like the sunshine,
the dew and the tertiiiZing rain;
but when unfitly, like the frost, the
hail and the desolating tempest.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-12-28

In the depth OF the sea the wa
tiers axe still; the heaviest sorrow,
is that borne in silence; the deep
est love flows through the eye and
touch; the purest joy is unspeaka-
BILE; the most impressive prayer is
silent; and the most solemn preach
er at a funeral is the silent one
whose lips are cold.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-12-28

No Parish Judge has yet been
assigned to duty to- Rapides. We
have no idea who he favored one
will be.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-12-28

A large rainbow was visible on
Christmas day, in Alexandria; 1t
looked strange to see a rainbow on
such cold day. 1t extended from
North to West. having q small
opening in the middle. What does
this mean?
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-12-28

1t is beautifully SAID by George
S. Hlllard, that "there have been
heroes who never wore the laurel
and martyrs who never gained the
CROWN
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Reasons Why

You should use TUFTS IMPROVED IL
QUID HAIR DYE.
Because the BARRIERS say it is the best
Because it imparts . natural color.
Because it does not injure the hair.
Because it leaves the hair soft and
glossy.
Because it does not stain tho skin or
bed linen.
Because its application is simple and
easy.
Because its effect is instantaneous.
! Because it is the best in the void.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-12-28

THE GREAT SOUTHERN PIANO FAC
refer with special pleasure
to the advertisement of the Great
Piano Manufactory of Messrs.
VIM. Knabe s. Co., OF Baltimore. This
factory is now one Of the largest in the
world, employing three hundred ard
fifty hands, aud turning out over forty
Instruments per week.
The Knahe Piano has by its snperi-
ority net only well nigh driven those
of Northern manufacture from the
home market, but also enjoys a large
sale in New York, Philadelphia and
throughout the entire North and West,
besides their largely increased South
eru trade. They have received no less
than sixtyhve first premiums, among
which we note those at the Fairs at
New Orleans, jackson, Memphis, Will
mington, Richmond, Macon, SC, re
ccived this season. For durability We
would specially. recommend them n.
being made in IA Southern City, Will
special view 10 the trying changes o
Southern climate.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-12-28

mWe are more than thankful
to Mr.. Pat FIannery, of the Excel
sior saloon, for his kind reisAm
brance of the Democrat Office.
Success to You, Pat, till next
Christmas any how.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-12-28

na- We haW meagre returns
from tho Georgs election, which
indicate that tt Democrats haze
swept the Stat
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TO OUR PATRONS.

Now that the year of 10 is rapidly
approaching its end, we would be
much oblige if our delinquent sub
scribers would COME TO SEE rs. y
Otherwise we will be compelled to
put our bill in the hands OF u collec-
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-12-28

The District Court las adjonrn-'
ed. We shall in our lext, endeav-
or to publish its varims decisions.
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The evenings entertainment will COM
mence with the beautiful ORA
ma. entitled:
Laughing Song. Mrs. W. II. Leighto

The evenings entertainment will con-
clude, by particular request, with
the laughable Farce, written
expressly for Mrs. w. Ii.
Leighton, entitled:
2HE FOOL or IUE F.d.3lIL I
Betty Saunders. Mrs. w. II. Leighton
Saunders. w. Riley
Gumption- --------------- j. I. J0ilec
zebulon -----G. Fitzgerald
Doors open at CT : Performance COM
mences at u o'clock.
ADMISSION ---..--.-.5 so CENTS
CHILDREN 70
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-12-28

Our weekly thanks are due the
South Western, Rapides, Texas,
Belle of Alton, Fontenelle, Era No
10. Lulu d., G. Ell Dur.ee, b. L.
Hodge No 2 and Alex Mitchell ioI
late New Orleans papers.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-12-28

MILK.-"If you desire to get sarss
yield of milk. give .onr COW three tina
day. water slightly warm, slight!
salted, in which bran has been stisrca
AT the rate of one q,.art tn two gallctp
of water. You will find that sosf
cow Will gain twenty five per feub
Immediately under the effects oft
ank SHE will become SO ATTACHED y
the diet as TO refuse 10 diink clea
water, unless very thirsty, but TIA
mess she will drink almost ans iime,
and ask for more. The amount Of fhn
drink is an ordinary WATERFALL fnH Y
each time morning noon and Dlsn.
Your animal win then do her best
discounting the tactical"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-12-28

u Henry st. John, Druggnt, ofthis
town, is the Sole Agent for tie sale Of
the Great Medical Electric
Oil and Carbolic Cancer Sayc. Kills
all Pain i'll two minutes-Gncers, III
GERS, etc.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-12-28

Tie ViolpBelle, Garter Line, has
furnished our Office with late st.
Louis papers.
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U We have to put on local re-
cord the most unprecedented and
coolest spt Il of weather, Known to
Rapides. For four days and nights
we have freezed through t h S
weather, without intermiSson or a
resting spell. The Thermometer
has been down to 10 and there re-
NAMED for hours. The sugar plan
ters, owing to this extraordinary
freeze, have suspended work-no
Juice to be bad from the cane.
The Packets are behind time, cat
tie are suffering and dying the
roads are gone down-in fact all
is confusion in the labor line. Wei
tits Christmas times, hence i;
should be endured. Let us hope
that 1871 will be ushered i'll under
more genial auspices.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-12-28

Judge thysclf with Judgment
of sincerity. aud thou will judge
others with a Judgment OF charity.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-12-28

Alexander Dumas, t h great
writer is dea.
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ALEXANDRIA, La, Dec. 23d 1870.
10 the Officers and Members Of the Ora

ALEA y SDbiAt LA, ~ W. ~1N' -
10 the Officers and Members Of the DrG-
MATES
GENTLEa1EN:- 1T is with a deep
sense OF appreciation, and feelings
of the warmest gratitude that l asis
swer, and accept your KIND ana
generous tender OF Il compliments
~ benefit. Let me thank you from
my heart, and assure you tn at
nothing will be left nndone on my
part to please those who may hon
or me by their presence. And gen
tlemcn, your kindness will ever at
tend me witt, grateful renenibfen-
&C and shall ever hold the fore
most place in my memory. ! would
most respectfully suggest Wcdnes'
day, December 2Sth 1870, as the
evening of the entertainment
Most Respectfully.
MRS. w. FL. LEIGHTON.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-12-28

nA- The prayer which Socrates
taught Alcibiades deserves a place in
the devotions of every Christian:
''That he should beseech the SUI
preme God to give him what was
good for him, though he should not
ask it, and to withhold from him
whatever would BE hnrtful, though
he should be so foolish, as to pray
for il"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-12-28

PORTABLE SAW MILLS, MACHINERY,
&c.--Alr. George Page was the crigi-
nal inventor of the first Circular. Saw
Mill ever successfully used for saving
lumber from the log. Thirty years CT
esI,erience has enabled the firm OF Geo.
Page s. CO., of Baltimore, to perfect
the original design, and to present to
the world the most complete Portable
Saw Mil ever known. Tlle recent I'M
proyements, "Patent Friction Feed
and independent and Simultaneous
Patent Ratchet Headblocks." place the
Page Mills beyond competition. The
,arpe number of these machines IN use
all over the country sufficiently attest
their value. Messrs. Page & Co. arc
also extensively engaged in the manu-
facture of Portable and Stationary
Steam Engines, Boilers, Grist Minis
Wood working Machinery, and genera
machine work of every description
We refer with pleasure to their aasef
ltisement i'm another column.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-12-28


gv A man in Mercer county, ~
claims to have discovered a new pm
ciple of motive power to answer 81 "
purposes of steam, water, horse, e's
lie is about to have an iron mscliln
made with q capacity capable o. a esa
veloping a starting power equal 20 >"
pounds, that will by force and mome en-
rum, increase its capacity to i,on
pounds of working power. Hedecia!e
that he is not insane, and that ne y.
tends to have the matter brought ~
fore Congress ut the next session, WIN y.
the view of having the exclusive n
of property in the invention secured
his heirs, administrators and assi~s.
RLaughter is an extaIaFaTv
sion of JOY; it is the MS; for it az
all the bodily moyeand the soul
tatos both the promotes digestio
the same tihd eniivens the yit'
circulatiasry orgaa.
'powT
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rag The Iver is on the ascen-
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TTOLIDAY PRESENTS!
Ia at LEVIN e. FERGUSON'S
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{TyOYSI TOYS! TOYS! ,.,,,,
ut LEVIN s FERGUSON
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yvOLIDAY PRESENTS!
ut LEVIN g. FERGUSONSs
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DUTToN ONIONS,
d FOR PLANTING,
atH. ST. Johns
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dency.
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now settled that Schenck has ac-
cepted the English mission and that
he still contests the seat Of Hon. L..
D. Campbell, who beat him for Con-
gress. That the Senate will confirm
General "Schenck" is not so certain.
He is an irascible wrong headed in
competent, neither gentlemanly in
appearance nor in manners, and il
the Senate does not desire to pro-
woke war with England, in the inter-
est of Grant, Ben Butler or ssany
other man." they had better keep the
hero of Vienna at home.
The other day Senator Casserly,
of California, offered a resolute cal
| ling for information from the Presi-
dent as to the using of troops to aid
the civil power. This is a sore point
TO touch upon, and the Radical Jour
nails, not daring to harp at the cor
rectness of the resolution, are out in
a protest against the length of it.
(which gives SO much labor to an ar
my of clerks to answer The Re-
publican Of this city wants more
breyity. In other words it wants
questions which can, through the
shrewdness Of the Attorney General
be answered without touching upon
the true point, and at the same time
save the administration some emhar-
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-05-13
Equal Rights, Continued
INDEPENDENCE, Iowa, !
Nav IL 1870.

May III, 1870, !
MY DEAR SNYDER:-I am sorry
you exhausted your reply to my
questions in your last issue, in estab-
fishing your "gallantry." That is
no doubt an important matter to you
personally, and / alluded to the
awkward position in which Sou had
placed yourself by first asserting
that the gallantry of men could Go
noless than give free field to tlie
advocates of woman suffrage in Iowa,
aud then proceeding to do battle
against them, for the simple purpose
or giving you an opportunity to set
I Yourself right before the appreciative
lady readers of the GAzErTE,-a the
same time suggesting that the ques-
ton of woman suffrage was not one
OF gallantry at all, but of right and
justice. Honest opposition in this
cause may spring from gallant mos
tives. Indeed it is groundless fear
OF harm to woman that gives the
only strength possessed by the opposi-
ton. But after having vindicacated
your gallantry, why could you not
come TO the point and answer my
questions? / asked whether YOU de-
MED that woman has a natural and
inalienable right to say how and by
whom she shall be govern. ed, and
stralghtway you proceeded to estab-
lish your gallantry without once al
iudlhg to this very cogent query. In
requesting you not to give an "eva
sive answer,"eI had in mind the
story OF the English nobleman and
his Irish servant, which you have
after all most graphically illustrated.
One sultry day, the noblcman. while
busily engaged with important pa
pers, and anxious to remain un-
disturbed, saw, through the open
library window, very distinguished
and valued friend approaching his
mansion. At any other time this
would have been a pleasing circum-
stance and cordial welcome would
have been extended, but now some
means must be devised to preyen;
interruption. Calling his Irish s9ry.
ant, he babe him obey the summons
at the door and reply to any inquiries
concerning his presence at home
with an evasive answer. The dis
tlnguished friend was soon seen to
depart, apparently in great excite,
ment. Upon the return of Patrick
his master questioned him as to what
had transpired at the door. Judge Of
his horror at the reply, "Sure and ]
gave the gintleman an euasiuc an
Stoer, as yer honor told me. He asked
was my master at home, and | told
him, was his grandfather n monkey
Now friend Snyder, how can we
possibly argue this question so Ions
as my inquiries concerning your
position are met with "evasive an
swers"' Let us come to the point a.
once and not waste ink over non es
sentials. The friends of this caus,
want no free field, all they desire i.
active, candid aud direct discussion
Of the merits of the case. II is cas-,
for you to tdik about "showing u,
the failacics advanced by the woman
suffrage leaders," but why do yol
not proceed to the task? Trusting
you will see fit to give direct an.
swer to my inquiries. remain,
Very Cordially Yours,
J. l.. LOOMS.