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LAGER BEER AND GERMAN LOYAL

LAGER BEER AND GERMAN LOYALTY.
The extraordinary consumption of
beer during the past month has caused
an unusual demand for he er stamps, and
the superintendent of tho Printing Bu-
reau is transferring them at the rate of
200, 900 daily, Sundays excepted, of
course to supply the acquisitions made
by collectors of internal revenue at New
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore. Cincln-
natti. St. Louis. Chicago and Milwaukee.
The demand is principally for quarter
barrel stamps, and if the love for Father"
land is commensurate with the love for
"zwei lager'' the loyalty Of the Teutons
in the country cannot be doubted. The
nearer the Prussian forces advance to-
wards Paris the greater demand for the
stamps appears. Should King William
enter that city it is question whether
this printing Bureau willbe able to meet
the requisition of the Chief of the Stamp
Division of the Internal Revenue Bureau
FE @,. N. 7. Herald.
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DON'T CROWD.

sDsnF crowd; this world is broad enough
- Faf you ~ well as me;
The doors of art are open vide
!; The realm Of thought is free;
= ,tOf III earth's places you are right
5'% 70 ohsose tho best you can;
:, Provided that you do not try
= j. TO crowd some other mau.
What matter though you scarce can count
Your piles Of golden ore,
Whilehe can hardly strive to keep
''1 Gaunt famine from his doori
OF Wiling hands and honest heart
Alone should man be proud;
1rhen rive him all the room he needs,
Ind never try to crowd.
nopt crowd, proud Miss; your dainty silk
sWIl skssea nons the less =
> Recause it comes in contact with
>@sa Aheggars tattered dress;
y This lovely world was never made
For you and alone;
A pauper has right to tread
.1lThe pathway TO a throne.
..7 ..7Esnscrowd the good from out your heart,
Bg fostering sll that's bad;
- fsut give to every virtue room
fhs ss& Chat may be had;
BE each days record such one,
4Zhat ypa may we'll be proud;
ls aise seea his right-give each his room,
And never try to crowd.
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- ~ -.
Ehs People will do the Work.

The most persistent efforts have been
made, and are atill being made, by the
nsA Of official power aud patronage, to
control the coming election adversely to
fLe true interests of the people, and for
ffle continuance in power of the present
state and municipal authorities, who
faye ruined, every Interest they have
fnuched, and brought dislonor upon the
fair fame and name Of Louisiana. We
nave Witnessed the pitiable sight of par
ticnlar individuals ignebly bowing their
heads and accepting Office from the hands
6fa tyrant and usnrper' and in return
therefor fofeswear lifelong convictions
Ind lifelong friends Greed of office
tiihs control some, and necessity others !;
Int such instances cannot materially af-
feet the result. The great heart of the
people is right. Its pulsations arc pure
and strong, and must arouse such action
as win sweep away all position, aud in
yolye our foes in irretrievable disaster.
Some few iadividuals, at heart in the
Interest OF, ,onrs ssppressorss have done all
in4heir power to SOW disattection in the
ranks If Democracy; but we can tell
them their labess are i'm vain. The peo-
aEeao6k at the pending struggle in ito
aszfseAsA importance, and will demean
, thsnselves accordingly. They see and
know that all CONCESSIONS to, and cont
prsaitses with, q few disappointed aspi-
rants, only adds to the strength of the
foe;., and more than that, they see and
kpow, that there, 10 but one vitality Or
ganizsd party capable of meeting and
vaiquishing the carpet -baggers, and
that is the Democracy. In every State
In the Uuion its hammers are seen, as the
anaysoFgsnized Opposition to Radicalism
forgetting or ignoring all minor consid.
esatioss, We believe the people will do
tho work in November. Our trust is in
ttspeople.--N. o. Democrat.
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~ Josh Billings says There are but
two things in life for which we are never
prepared, and that is twins.
r. takes oreat deal Iov money tew
make a man ratch. but it don't take but
q little virtew. +
Whenever minister has preached a
sermon tiIatsnIeazes the hole eongrega-
shun he has ps0bably preached one the
Lord won't indorse- r.: ~. :.
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!. wAt Vienna, says the Independence
Beige, Manufacturer has carried ont
the happy idea of pripting pscket hena.
kerchieis with mapsfof the theatre OF the
war. They have been great success,
everybody wishing TO poke his nose Into
Alsace and Lorraine without risk.
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SINGULAR MODE OF REDUCING POLL
T1CAL MAJoRITIEs. At apolitical club
meeting held somewhere up town last
Saturday night, presided over by the
poet warrior, Col. Duganne, rather
summary method of reducing the great
democratic majority in New York was
proposed hy one of the speakers. This
was nothing less than foE the members
of the Soldiers and Sailors Central Club
"A branch, probably, of the Grand Army
of the Republic-to station themselves
at the various polling places aud blaze
away with their revolvers ut sucha aAmeri-
can sovereigns as might offer to vote
without the approval Of these guardians
of the polls. In this way it was celeu-
lated that the registration in this city
might be cut down from one hundred and
seventy thousand to one hundred thou
sand. Gen. John A. Foster, who recon-
mends this cool process, was made use
of during the war in the capacity of
Judge Advocate to frighten off or sup
press the Presidential votes of, the army
for Mcclellan; but he did not venture
on 80 sanguinary aplan as he now pro
poses. The ballot is truly in these days
a glorious privilege of freemen. "Vive
la liberte IN. 7. Herald.
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TILE WIHE.--Only let . woman be sure
shefHpfS Seiaus. .s6 her .husband-not use
fnl, not valuable, not convenient simply,
but lovely and beloved let her be the
recipient of his polite and hearty atten-
&ion let her feel that she has the sincere
RESPECT Of her husband, and that her care
aAsi love are noticed, appreciated and
rskurned; let her opinion be asked, her
approval sought, and her judgment res
pecfed in matters Of which she is cogni-
zanS; in short, let her only be loved;
honored and cherished in the true spirit
of the marriage VOW, and she will he to
her husband, children, and society q
wesfsprfng of pleasure. She will hear
pain and toll and anxiety, for her hus-
bands love to her is o tower and fortress.
Shielded and sheltered therein, adversely
will have Lost ibs .sting. VI She may suffer,
but sy ympathy will dull the edge of sor-
row. 4 house with love in. it--and by
love. H. snean love expressed in words
and looks and deeds tfor, have not one
shark of finn III. love that never crops
QUITS Ia a house without love as per-
SON 90 maDhine one is life, the other
is n,sshanisui. The unloved woman may
have bread jist as light, a house just as
sss t.3 = 9sss sssiss assas e bsas's sss,'
about hef. 4 Joyousness, an aggressive
penetrating and pervading, brightness to
wbiglgfSeI 39smeg A q stranger. The
deep happiress mher. heart shines out
tn hax She CLEANS over it. She il
full cf dssices and plots and sweet sur
prises for heasausband andstamily. She
e never a. itk the roaDa9oe and poe
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Tin Shop.

VVVHE undersigned takes this opportunity to
Il inform his customers and the public in gen
eral that he has just received an assortment of
materials for the manufacture Of Tinware of all
descriptions, and that he continues to work ct
his shop, near Mr Johns, where he has been since
bis childhood He win manufacture all kinds
Of Tnware to order, and he hopes by his work
and prices to continue to merit public encour-
agement. JOSEPH SARRA1LLE:
IOpelousas, August 20, 1870. 3m
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PRIVATE BOARDING,
H.un<iresh'~ Garden Seeds,

TROWN hy David Landreth Il Son. The at
W tention of Merchants, Planters and Gar
dtncrs is asked to one of the largest and most
complete assortments of Fresh and Reliable
Seeds ever offered in tht South, end for sale i'll
quantities to suit purchasers. Garden Almanac
and Catalogue mailed free. on application.
L. +. VIRGIN. Dealer in Seeds,
26-lyl ?S t'ravier ST.. New Orleans.
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ELG In WATCHES
MANUFACTURED BY
THE NATIONAL WATCH CO.,

PRONOUNCED BY
Dealers and COnnOisseurs
throus hout the country to be the best time
keepers now offered to the public for
Ladies' or Gentlemen's Use.
They combine improvements not found In any
other Watrhes of either Foreign or American
make. Ladies' desirous of purchasing hand
some. strong. and correct tme-piece will find
the elegant Watch bearing the trademark Of
LADY ELGIN,"
to ne all that they desire. Inquire of your Jew
cller for the LADY ELG1N.
No Morennents Retailed by the Company.
Business Office and Salesroom National Watch
Company, 80 and l6A Lake Street,
Ap2-aml CHICAGO, Ill
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STEAM TOBACCO MANUFACTORY.
J. P. SA B. E AIM,
Mos. 81 and %,

- - IA Ak ~ "A a. AS
Nos. 81 and %,
Corner Chartres and Cont Streets, and
IS Poyl'as St., Corner 1chou
pitoukls, Ner Orleans.
Hnn porter Of Pipes and Smokers
Articles.
TNNHE undersi .ncd offers to country merchants
IL the most complete assortment III his line to
be found in New Orleans, such as-
Mecrschaum Pipes, Meersrhaum Cigar Hold
Imitat Metrs Pipes, erS and Match Holders,
Bruyere Root g, Tobacco Bags,
Caout cho,ic - Pipe Stems of Cherry,
Charcoal Amber and Caouteheuc
Rosewood Matches,
In fact, all kinds. Flint and Steel.
SMOKING TOBACCO:
Maryland, Reliance, Rough and Ready,
Virginia. Gamblinus, Grand Turk,
Ptriuuc, Industry, Club, kilickinick,
and the Maryland Right Bower" which must
not be confoundcd with the hight Bower" of
Gail & AK, of Baltimore.
SNUFF:
Virginia halfcoarse, Macouba, Rose, Perique
and Natchi:orhcs. Also a large stock of
CHEWING TOBACCO:
in plugs, and fine cut in tin foil, and natural
fine cut in barrels of 10, 20, 40 and 6O pounds
And not less than million cigars Of every
quality constantly on hand.
Jan. ], 1862 j. T. SARRAzlN'
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The Moulrl City Mutual Life Insurance Com
,nllly being I, Home Institution. it shonll be pre-
trrred Ivy citizens of the South for many reasons.
We will however, cnumcratr onlv two or three.
|. The money invested in it is retained at home
where it assists in prnnutrg Western and South
crn trade and commerce, in building up towns
and cities. III developing our rich mineral and
agricultural rtSn,lrccs in building our great lines
OF railroad. and III cultivatins our honndlrs1
pi;tirirS. For these reasons Southern and West
crn lnrn should insure in it.
,. As its funds are all invested where high
rates Of int crest prevail. it can grant nsurarc"
cheaper alrlpaN better dividends than any East
crn Company. For this reason all persons deslr-
ing to make certain aud safe provision for ther
families should insure in it.
3. Its Local Board of Louisiana Directors being
composed of ,ncn Of high standing i'll the Gem
, ln'tnity, Is i sufficient guarantee that widows
and orphans will he protected in their rights,
when policies issued by this Company mature by
reason of death or otherwise. This feature is pc
culiar to this company (no other institution be
yond the limits OF the State having local board.)
and is, therefore, worthy of the hiy lest consid
eratinn
All kinds of Life Policies are issued by this
Company, and non torieitug after an annual
payment.
This Company makes no charge for policy, fee
or stamps.
: The Louisiana Branch Office is at No 33
Carondcct street, New Orleans
b. B. SHINES,
A~Tn
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7. LOEB & co,
G, H, MOutOn & Co,

TOTTUN AND SUGAR FACTORS and Cen
y eral Commission Merchants, No II Caron-
delet Street. NEW OIiLEANS,~ Ia.
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ADoLPHE ALEX. MoUTON,

TOTTON and Sugar Factor and Commission
y Merchant No lS6 Common Street,
:H-lyi NEW ORLEANS, La
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Almost all the business in and about
Upclousas have their lives insured in this Com,
pany among others Henry L. Garland, Dr. X.
H. Littrll, j. J. Morgan. Judge A. GarrigucS,
DR.. John \. Taylor Joel H. Sandoz, James u.
Hayes, Judge A. Bailey, &c, &c.
Persons desirous to take insurance policies
will apply to Z: d. ESTILETrE, Agent.
Law Office Of Bailey g. Estilctte,
!; oct 2--lyl Opelousas, la
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0pelousas Parish of st. Land =, La, October 1870.
A Leaf from Confeaera.t LIN /! History.
From the Houston Tele

femarkdbte Career Of Renas,atsle Cruft-
fate Of Lieut.. Diron and his Conindes.
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Fighting is going on near Paris daily
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. sT A French staff officer who cscap-
ed from Sedan, gives highly dramatic
description of the part take n in tho con-
flict 10y the lion-heartcd Mcmahon. He
says.
ITO relate what Mcmahon did is inn
possible-steel, fire, melted metal, expio-
sive balls, and don't know what other
internal mixtures tho Prussians there
made use of for the first, appeared to
stream off or to rebound from him like
hail from a roof. He went to the front
seeking death. Leave mc, my friends,
he said to us all, who sought to prevent
him from going forward, tlet me show
those kings, those princes who hide be-
hind their masses of men, that mar
shal of France knows how to fight, and,
when beaten, how to die And he smil-
ed upon us sad smile, which made MS
weep, and redoubled onr rage. The
plain, the horizon, was black with dust.
We were but ants in o large ant-hill.
Marshall said, we have at least 300
600 men before u.s. NO he replied
gently, 800, Goo"
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The Grand Central Hotel.

Among the most striking types of the
progress of the age, is the development
of palatial hotel enterprises. New York
has just ushered in a new triumph in
this particular. The Grand Central Ho-
tel, situated on Broadway, midway be-
tween the New York and Metropolitan
Hotels, rears its magnificent marble
front and swallows up almost an entire
block. Only opened, as it were, Oh yes
terday, it has become already crowded
with guests, from every parttof the coun-
try. As you enter its magnificent por.
tails, the brilliant coup d'Git exceeds any
thing yet produced in this country. One
becomes absolutely confused with the
surrounding magnifcence. 1t has to be
seen to be appreciated. The Grand
Central bears about the same relation to
other first class hotels as the Great East
ern did to other first class ocean steam
ers. With between one and two hun
dred rooms more than any other hotel on
this continent, the Grand Central is the
colossus of the age. In all the appoint
ments everything is fully up to the mark
: for first class New York city hotel.
The carpets, furniture, parlors, linen,
and all the ct cetera are gorgeous. The
proprietor, Mr.. H. L.. Powers, of hotel
renown, and all his vast corps of assist
ants, are most attentive: polite and kind,
and appear to run the vast establishment
with natural ease and system. Already
the Southern element is concentrating
at this house, where one is almost GER
tain to meet with friends and acquaint-
ances without the trouble of crowding
around in the search at other hotels. To
enter upon minute description of this
new wonder of the world would be ia
tiguing, from the inexhaustibility Of de-
tail. Suffice it to say that those who
may favor the immense establishment
with their patronage cannot fail to be
pleased with the genuine courtesy ex-
tended, and to retain agreeable remcm-
brances of the uniform and polite civili-
ties showered upon them The price
Of board at this hotel is exceedingly
moderate, ranging from three to four
dollars per day, according to location of
room.-N. O. Commercial Bulletin.
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Medical Examiners L:
Louisiana Directors


J. y. FOLWELL, VI. D., J.B. RITClIIE, VI. u
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LIFE INSURANCE.
MOUND CITY. MUTUAL LIFE lSsUE-
ANCE COMPANY
OF ST LOUIS MISSOURI.
Louisiana Agency-33 CaTondelet st.

Officers for Louisiana Branch:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-22
CHINESE WHISKY.
John I'm the Role of n Fiery, I'm
tanned Distiller.

From the Washington Chronicle.l
The Internal Revenue Department
yesterday received report from Super
visor l.. NJ. Foulke, of California, who
states that he has recently been en-
gagged in hunting up Illicit whisky
distilleries run by Chinese distillers.
The liquor they manufacture is known
as "Sam Soeyp Supervisor Foulke
succeeded in capturing several stills, and
in his report gives interesting descrip-
tions both of the stills and the process OF
distillation.
The arrangement of the still COM
pletely puzzled the American distillers
who examined it, and a Chinaman had
to be found, who put together the scat
tered parts, purposely displaced by the
willy distillers. The still consists of a
large copper boiler rugged over a fur
mace, over the top of which, and fitting
closely thereon, was large inverted
copper pan with an aperture in the top.
Above this there swings around by
means of crane, large iron vessel
with an aperture in the bottom fitting
closely to the one in the top of the cop
per pan. The cast-iron vessel was very
peculiarly constructed on the inside with
chambers and fiues, and had small hole
on one side near the bottom. The YES
sci was larger at the top than at the
bottom. Another large copper pan was
placed ON top, and so made to extend
down into the iron vessel quite dis
tance, and so arranged as to be con-
stantly filled with cold water (this evil
IDENTIFY being substitute for worm).
The Chinaman was put under oath and
made the following statement as to the
manner of operating such a distillery:
Take rice-cake imported from China,
together with leavings of boiled rice from
the hotels; put it in barrel with water,
leaving it stand from ten days to two
weeks, fermenting; then draw off the
water into the boiler over the furnace
The steam rises through the aperture in
the first copper pan into the iron vessel
when, after passing through the channels
arranged for the purpose therein, it strikes
the bottom of the upper copper pan, in
which the cold water is placed, con-
denses, and passes out through the hole
in the side, and is conveyed by the pipe
into the earthen jars"
This is the pure rice whisky. They
then take some alcohol, fat pork, and
some Chinese substance, and mix them
with this liquid. The whisky is then
complete, and after standing few days
it is sold as Sam Soey," favorite
Chinese drink. The capacity of such a
still is from twenty to thirty gallons per
diem. The collector seized and destroyed
about twenty gallons of mash found on
the premises.
Sing Kee, the name of the delinquent
John, and his friends had rented four
adjoining cellars, SO arranged as to mis-
lead any one as to their operations, Be-
sides the rice cake, Sam Soey" and
other stuff seized, there were some
Chinese Josh fxins," which
John says should be exempted because
of a sacred character. Cinnamon here
after operating in this business will have
to suffer the penalty of the law in regard
10 illicit distilleries.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-22
TDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20, 1870.

meal" The trouble of persuading the
man who wields the coffee-pot with a
long, straight handle) that you do or do
not want milk in your coffee sometimes
becomes serious, and might eventually,
/ believe, be ranked among the torments
of existence.
On the streets our traveller will find
enough to occupy his time, and to
amuse, instruct, fascinate, or warn. His
privations begin with his return to his
palatial hotel. The gas blazes without.
Within the rooms there must be candles
or darkness. Perhaps the night is hot,
and the rude American wants a little
free air. He will, in the first place, find
his bed in recess, SO nicely put away
that it is not possible to raise in the
vicinity of the bed the slightest breeze
to provoke
The slken, sad, uncertain
Rustic of each purple curtain"
Not only is the bed bestowed in recess;
it is environed and fortified against air
by double curtains, with cords and tas-
sells of amazing length and weight.
There is no possibility of raising
zephyr within that becurtained domestic
casemate. Then the comfort will appal
you-perhaps a brilliant green silk on
one side and delicate white silk on the
other, and so well stuffed with inestim-
able plumage, no doubt, that it invariably
slides to the floor. The French are san
itary gentlemen. They exclude the air
from their beds in order to keep their
sleeping forms out of draughts. The
young American custom of sleeping
naked between two windows would seem
to them the most frightful form of sui
eide. odl
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-22
A STRANGE STORY.
Three Thousand Confederafcs mt
the Dry TOrtugas.

The Abingdon N1rginlan contains the
following communication, which is well
calculated to excite profound interest.
If the revelations it makes be true, the
matter should engage the attention of
our people. The following is the letter:
SALrvILLE. VA, August 2, 1870.
Editors Abingdon Virginian:
| saw man to-day, who gave his
name as Edward Parker, and represent
ed that he was lieutenant in Captain
J. w. Kelly's company *" Colonel
Greer's regiment, 40th North Carolina
cavalry, in the Confederate army; that
he was captured at the battle of Chicka-
mauga, on the 18th of June, 1862; was
sent to Camp Chase, and from there to
Dry Tortugas, where he has remained
until the lst day of June last.
His tale is a strange one, but am
forced to believe every word of it-and
so would you if you could see the man
and it may be of some interest to some
of your readers. He says there are still
about three thousand men on the island,
who have no means to pay Gheir passage
and no way to make money enough to
do so. Among those still there whose
names he remembers are; James Grady,
Thomas W. Stinson, William Stinson,
and George Taylor, of Washington
county; Thomas Carter and Jesse Carter,
of Russell; John Black and William
Black, of Scott; James Higginbotham,
Thomas W. May, Jesse I. May, and Will
liam A. May, ofTazewell county. Parker
says that the prisoners were all released
at the close of the war, but they had no
means of communication with their
friends, and they are still there in most
wretched condition, their only means of
support being derived from labor at the
levees at fifty cents per month and by
begging. He worked over five years at
fiity cents per month, ana saved