The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-08-09


do it with the bayonet.-[New York
Evening Post, Radical.
They may say what they please,
but those who are the most condeent
do not know these Democrats. They
are the most dangerous when they
seem the most whipped. Do not put
any faith in them and do not trust
them. In retreat they are treacberous
and often fatal.A Louisville CONNER
cial, Radical.
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LOST TREASURE. Herr Won Techu-
di, in his South American travels, 1e-
lates seve. al instances Of the discove-
ry of treasures buried by the Span
iards during the war of independence
i'll Bolivia. One of these cases was
rather curious. A poor man had
long attended dying spaniard, and
as a reward for such kindness, the
Spaniard gave him an exact descrip-
tiou of the place where nearly mil
lion Spanish dollars were hidden. It
had long been known that q Spanish
officer had buried large sum of
money in that neighborhood, and
many people made a search for il,
but the exact spot was not known
Now that the minuter details were
given, their recipient determined to
lose no time. He had no sooner bur-
led the Spaniard than he made the
best of his way to the place described
and began to dig, as he lad been di-
rectcd, along the foot of the rock
lie opened the ground, and worked
night and day until he had made !
trench some twenty feet in length;
then he felt rather tired, aud sudden
ly remembered it was Good Friday.
Working on such day, he reflected,
would not bring him a blessing; SO
he went home again, intending to
resume his work after Easter. An
other man, however, who had long
searched for the treasure, andwho
had secretly witnessed his operations
took them up the very next night at
the place where they were suspended,
and, before he had carried thetrench
two feet farther, stumbled upon four
leathern trunks full of Spanish dol
lars and ounces of gold, mailing two
mules burdens. With the lelp of a
discreet comrade, he soon ctrried off
the money. When t h 9 original
treasure seeker came batk 10 his
work, he found that his religious
scruples had been hostile to worldly
advancement.
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A RACE BECOMING EXrEcT.-A let
ter in the Russian Exchinge Gazette
announces tue gradual extinction of
the Samojedes, who have been reduced
from a numerous people 10 an insignif-
icant tribe of seven thousand copy
This is ascribed by the correspondent
to the Samojedes havifg come in con-
tact with superior race; formeyly they
we're proprietors Of large herds Of rein
deer, while now theyhave to work for
the Russians, who fupply them with
brandy and other luiuries, which de-
moralize and impoYesish them. Not
withstanding this, odds the correspon-
dent, the Samojedes are not without
abilities, some of them lave proved
excellent men Of business, and there is
now Samojede ship Captain on the
White Sea who Knows how to read and
write, and speaks the Russian, Danish,
German, Engliih and French Ian
;guages. The samojedes have no ma
tional songs OF traditions, and if, as is
all but certain, the race should die out,
it would leavenothing behind it to re
call it's existesce.-[ Exchange.
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pa- L b g Ariail, Captain Ora
hams new Ferry Boat, is now fin
ished, and will, this week, receive
her machinery. She will be ready
to commence operations on the 10th
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