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The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-05-23
! u OLD GOLD AND SILVER
WARE BOUGHT TTHE HIGH
EST CASH PRICES, BY
FERGUSON & SCHNACK,

JULIUS LEVIN EsQ.-This prince
OF caterers, having opened his Ice
Cream and Soda Water Saloon un-
der the Town Hall, has placed us
and all the littHe Caucasians under
obligations to him for a bonntifnl
donation ola freezer of Ice Cream,
thanked with a waiteE,ull Of cake $
and candies. For generosity onr
friend Levin cant be beat, and for
Knowing just how to pnt before
his customers tho most delicious
ice cream and most tempting con.
1ectionary, he has no superior any
where, and but few equals. His
elegant saloon is filled up for the
entertainment of ladies and gentle
men and we advise all who are
fond Of nice things to give him an
early and frequent calls.
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IHE RENEEIr EnR TILE S1errns

THE BENEFIT FOR THE SISTERS OF
Mrncr.-We dssire to call special
attention to the advertisement in
another place Of the performance to
be given by the Thespian Association
for the benefit Of the SISTERS of MERCY!
These charsable ladies, we under
stand, are gratuitously educating
many poor children whose parents
are unable to pay regular scnoys
charges, and the rediness and promti-
tude with which they respond to the
call of the sick and needy, and the
Witness with which they sacraice
personal com forts and deny them
selves for the benefit of others, with
out reference to churches or creeds,
comments them and their school to
the favorable notice and good wishes
OF our community. The generous
and enterprising, as we'll as talented
young gentlemen, of the Thesrian
Association will be ably assisted by
several ladies who have kindly voluLe
tered their services.
We bespeak for them crowded
house and financial SUCCESS.
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The Printing Law.
From tho Shreveport Times.

From tho Shreveport Times.
~Rcccntly the question Of ovcrcl,arce fo1
official advertising by the Shreveport Tel
egram WIS brought before Judge Looney
VIII" decided that tho charges were in &C
cordanco with the printing law. Doubt
ing the accuracy of this decision, n gentle
man wrote to the New Orleans Republican
aud no publish the reply, which shows
very clearly tlii,at the organ here has beer,
making overchargey on official advertise.
mcnS:
| DEAR SIR; Your motto Of April 9th is
inst received In reply, tho custom Of the
country has established agate as the pro-
per type for advertisements, it being tho
smallest size in use in this city and in
the United States, with ono or two ex-
cep'inns. Jas' right is conceded to the
advertiser tsyaue his advertisement SCI
IN the least possible space. and in the
absence of any specific Instructions, il is
construed according to the rule. When,
however, larger type is asked for by the
advertiser, OF display required. he must
SOLID agate had been used. United States
ton to the rule We set all our public
advertisements in solid agate, unless
specially otherwise instructed, and charge
Tor all the space occupied in orr columns
according to the measurement Of our ten
line agate square measure. The laws and
Journals are, by special order set in ,ninun,
as are Gle proceedings and ordinances of
the Council. They are charged as though
the same space WAS occupied by solid
agate lines. All other municipal, State
and judicial advertisements go in agate.
The sheriff generally orders display head
lines for his advertisements, but we never
use them without special Instructions
Where publisher. is unable to comply
with these rules, by reason of having no
agate type, he is in default and ought not
t" require the advertiser to pay for his
own shortcomings Tn. act No. & Of 1870
requires all country papers authorized to
publish the laws to conform to the rr,les
which prevail in this office, which are as
stated above. A Square" in any sort Of
according to the law and the
cnstonl, is the space ten lines Of agate
w"nld occupy, and publishers have no
right to use aud employ larger type than
az 'teG for re purpose, nor to display the
and charg. for the excess
Of space, unless specially requested 10y the
party in interest.
In case they have nc agate they should
50 adopt their measure as to give as nmny
words to Il square AS the same matter
would make in the proper type.
Yours respectfully,
Manager N. o Republican.
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~ We are under obligations to
that courteous gentleman and prince
Of steamboat clerks, Geo. 9. Ham.
ilton, Esq, clerk Of the steamer
Bart Able, for a con,Qleto file of
New York and New Orleans papers.
Such tavors Captain George-are
highly appreciated and secure for
you, your gallant commander, Cap
tain Dick Signot and your magnifi-
cent boat, the earnest good wishes
OF the Caucasian.
Long may she wave!
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Louisiana would perish with want.

IOtliSlduU WOulu IJcTISu WIN want.
While his government has been
calamitons to all, it greatest calam-
tiles have falIe:. upon his own race.
In the midst Ut insecurity which it
has created, he is the most insecure.
IN the midst Of poverty he is the
poorest. Without a single public
improvement under hiSrnle Of eight
years, the State debt has increased
$40 600 600, and that in the face of
n taxation twenty times as great as
in the days Of her prosperity. The
Turks have made phe worst govern
mcnt in Europe, but we doubt if
the Turks would, in eight years,
have made 40 complete dcsolatiOn
Of so fair d country. The negro
rule in South Carolina is even
worse, 1t is no better in Arkansas
and Mississippi and was fast reach
jug the same conditions in Icnnes-
see. Texas and Virginia. All this
bad gove'gment, although the re-
suit Of negro majorities, is not the
work OF negro thought. His crra-
tive genius cannot even claim that
Infamous honor. In government he
has only exhibited the same traits
which have marked his character
for three thousand years. He has
been the mere instrument in the
hands OF others; in the Legislature
he has been AZ open to the bribery
OF thieves and robbers as his ances.
tors were to those of the Shaver. AS
ready to sell the liberties of thu.
State for greenbackS, az his amces-
tors were to sell their neigh!ors, or
even their own children for a few
brass trinkets, or yards Of curtain
ca'lco!s As ready to obey the car
pet .bagg.sr aud Scalawag at the
ballot boy, as the overSrcr on the
plantation, as ready to believe that
1t was right to steal and aid the
carpct.baggrr to steal the public
money, as he was ready to believe
~ was right to steal his masters
hogs. Thus in whatever situation
he has been placed; whether urS the
coast Of trica, aiding the Shaver in
kidnapping his own race, or ut he
ballot box, or in the halls of lreis-
latlon, or on the plantations OF the
South, he has ever been the same
passive instrument, without Il plan
OF the own, and ready and eager to
obey the will Of another. In the
hands of the wicked he has e,ren an
instrument Of evil and only evil.
and there have been few greater
Benedic' Arnolds, traitors to librr
ty and honor, than the Scalawags
and Carpet Dagger of the South. Az
we have said the negro in slavery
is curse full of curses, to the
South, and we fear will prove an
equal curse to our republic ~ his
freedom. 1t sounds like irony when
the Chronicle cites his political ca
'err as evidence Of the rapid pro.
gr"ss which the negro has made in
since his emancipation.
we are willing to do h m more JUS
tlce, than to Judge his futsre from
such a standpoint; the standpoint
from which he makes his worst an
prarance. But our space forbids a
further discussion of his claims at
present.
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The Sheriff, John DeLacy carried
down to the penetentiary at Baton
Rouge, on the Bart able on Wednes-
day, two convicts, ono for COW stenl
ing convicted andoscntenced ut this
term Of the District Court, and the
other sentenced in December for
manslaughter, whose case has been
pending in appeal. We suppose that
Kellogg the Usurper, has their par
dons already prepared.
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The Boat Notwithstanding to
previous notice the regatta came
of on last Saturday evening with
the following entries:
Jose Bouillotte's. Etno
.. A. Hooper's. Tnkno,cu
Joe Fitzpatrick's. Lillian Lee
John B. Smiths. Caucasian.
The day was clear and calm, a
alarge crowd lined the banks on
both sides of the river and tha
sport was truly exciting. The
boats came out closer together than
IN any Of the other races. Our
namesake made a gallant run and
contested theo race manfully to
the end but she was too short to
contend with the long crafts. The
Aetna won the race keeping the
horns, the Unknocn was second.
Caucasian third ans Lillian Lee
fourth. Time 5 min 4 sec. Four
seconds longer than the time Of
last rase.
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~ We request particular notice
to the advertisement of our and
everybody's friend JONAS We'll, who
has moved his store frem Second
Street to the store formerly &C.
cnpied by Kraft, Levin's Brick Store,
on Front Street.
Jonas can hand you out anything
You have mind to ask for in the
Dry Goods and Grocery line, and as
he sells cheap for cash and keeps
only good articles you will be certa n
to be pleased if You give him call.
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Mrs. Oanaelds Entertainment.

On the evening Of last Wednes.
day we repaired to the fine Hall OF
the Exchange Hotel, to witness the
performance Of the .Charades and
Tableaux, gotten up BY and for the
benefit OF The young ladies of Mrs.
Canfield's School, and found a large
and most respectable audience al.
ready assembled. AS we entered,
the band OF that accomplished mu.
stefan Professor l.. Chantz, was
discoursing sweet music to appre-
cjative listeners. Then we were
treated to q series. Of Tableax, EN-.
bracing: The Gypsey's Warning,
The Wreath Of kosebuds, Rebecca
md Howena, Snow White and Rose
Red, The Wreath of Roses and IT.
tania and her Court. These were
all well rendere,l-noticeable among
them for perfection, being that of
Rebecca and Rowena, in which the
beautiful daughter Of our friend
Julius Levin, Miss Julia was Re.
bpcca with her dark hair and eyes,
and Miss Emma Wilmington, with
her tair hair aud blue eyes was
kSwena.
Then we had "Changeable" a
Charade, in which Miss Julia Levin
had the principal character, ably
assisted by Miss Blanca We'll in
the other feminine role, who render.
ell her part in most excellent and
satisfactory manner. The male
characters ofs the pcjce were we'll
performed Ivy Mr.. WIN. Leckie as
Don Carlos Smythe, the young
gentleman whose foreign travel
had changed his primitive ideas
about sweetl,earts, home made O.
der, &C., g., and-shall we say it Z
by onr head devil, Mr.. Eddie Bud.
whose services as the
worthy and steady Abel Smith had
been specially engaged for the oc-
casion. With all the printers ink
washed off his face and. hands, his
caudle appendage rolled up aud
safely hid in his pocket, and his
club foot slowed away in huge
pair of red top Jack boots, we
hardly knew him and when his
steadiness and devotion were re-
warded with the hand and fortune
Of the heroine, and he stepped up
to take her hand, we felt like wri-
ting up first class marriage no.
tice or obituary, we didn't know
which.
Next in order came more tab.
leaux, being: The Growing of the
May Queen, the Statue Bride, the
Pyramid of Flowers, Faith, Hope
and Charity, the Bridal, the Paint
ers Last Touch and the Execution
Of Beatrice Cenci. These were fol
lowed by another Charadc, The
with the following cast
Of characters:
Polly, Mrs. A. Garfield; Bertha,
Miss. Blanca We'll 2 Maid, Miss Co
ella We'll; Mr.. Evergreen, Mr..
J. w. REILLY; Harry, Mr.. Murray
IIetherwick Mr.. Morris, Mr.. J p.
1rogan. The performance Of this
Charade was excellent, all the per-
formers acquitted themselves with
credit, and to the satisfaction of the |
audience. We all went home we'll
pleased with the nights entertain
ment.
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A CARD.
Notice.

Having leased tile plantation Of G. o.
IL Watts, one mile below Alexandria
and having placed the enclosures in
complete repair; we are prepared to take
cattle on pastnrage, at reasonable rates.
All persons who do not wish to pay
pastnrage on their stock, now on the
plantation, are hereby notified to re-
move the same within Fifteen days or
pasturage will be charged.
E. v. MARYE e. BROS.
May q, ~ r.
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The Police Jury meets on the first
Monday in June. Persons having
buriness before that body may take
notice. The estimates for 1876 IRE
to be made at this meeting and n
matter of about $1,000 due the Court
House Contractors will claim their
attention. This is the most imporS
ant meeting of the year.
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The Parish Court met for its@ re-
gular Civil Ordinary Term on Mon
day Inst and adjourned over from
day to day until Thursday oyng to
the session Of tho District Court. On
TINT day it met regularly, some con-
fessions Of judgment were proved up
and the court adjourned.
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The last sensation novel is, we hear,
to DO entitled "The Poisoned Gum
Drop; or, the Candy Womans Re.
venge. q
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District Court adjourned on We'd
nesday last to court in course first
Monday in December next The
boys had some lively times lodging
the Sheriff in search OF taIismen.
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No rain for four weeks. Every
body wants it, without prospect OF
getting it soon. g
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A boat race for this evening at
Q 6 o'clock.
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Crops are improving. Corn doing
very well, Cane ditto. Cotton com
ing out. %
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LOCALS.

Tempature o., hot enough for
August.
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Anehy!'
TIE NEWSPAPER NAN.

Little they know, or even think e-ra~e5
Of the work there is in shedding ink
By the busy wielders of pen and ink
Generally known rs newspaper men
, "Jottings," "In General ''Spice of Life,
Variations" and rumors rife,-r. .s..t
Saturday Notes" and Sunday news,
a"All Sorts of Paragraphs" to amuse. i.
Market reports and marine disasters,
Puffs of pills and patent plasters; ai u
Now at the theater in white cravat. q
Claw-hammer coat and open hat; ar
Then to the prize ring, whereiyo write
Sickening details of a bloody fsht- r
Back to the city, just in time ai ! a. r
To report the sermon of some divine;
Steamboat collisions, smash.up of trains,
Election returns to bother yonr brains; q
Agents dramatic. with long-winded story,
To write mp his star to theatrical glory.
Deaths and marriages, murders, rows,
Balls and parties, minstrel shows,
Stock speculations, bubbles Of air,
Tossed about by bull and bear; ~" ~.
Prais;ng the limb in the dancers pose,
And next the calves in the cattle shows;
Pencil in hand at the racing course,
Taking the time of trotting horse;
Jotting down each stroke and catch
Made in famous baseball match;
Now of street row taking note 81.
And then of row in college boat. ,.,
hese are q lew ot 'ne many taihsS .:.stu
At which the tireless pencil swings
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l,5,e5ls J.R. CoGKERML.
Speaker pro ten, of the HoaseQf Reps,
j. G LEE.
President Of the Senate.
- D. 7 OF a. ftfriffffti -
Passed February "a, 1871.

isi e>>->>------~---< . 4S<>---~--~->-v----s T..
Two heads are better than one--es-
specially In barrel.
A Chicago minister is atfectionatelv
advertised as being "out Of o job'' il
ss Anew York dentist gives aapremium
cbromoEfor every. tooth he draws, gean
|. Inscription on tombstone in Colum-
bia, Tenn: Escaped the bullets of the
enemy to he assassinated by cowardly
pup-a kind husband, an affectiopate
father" 20 -
n the cause Of the redness Of "a Ger.
tain Chicago deacon's nose were only
discovered, very important theologic-
al question in that city would be at once
disposed of. se. aisi 81 70 'h9Oii.sqzs
"You must be quarrelsome fellow"
said phrenologist to man whose
bumps he was examining. "Says that
again and III knock you down., was
the response.
You can get q good bonnet in Paris
for from twenty-five to thirty five dol
lars.-Boston Post What does night.
cap cost Miners Journal. About q
franc glass. a0s - eiF iss
A Chicago gentleman who recently
travelled through Ohio says that every-
body he met called potatoes "taters,"
except one young lady, who called him
q "small pertater."
Confirmed old topper soliloquizest-,-
"They say whisky Is curse. And
they say brandy is a curse. Aud they
say tobacco is another curse. Well, ]
wish all those curses would come homo
/ to roost, and roost low, at that, 80 - ]
could pull 'em down whenever ! wanted
lem" ss sa' q & 4 s
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dts foreign aaS Domestic pebs, 4aname s 9s na sies @madn
ladder gone did they give up all hops

ladder gone did they give up oil hope
of escape.cu i.iw 9iqeaq tu{ .s9ls3dagnE
Taking the bodies of our dead, foes
with us, we went back, and found Fred
explaining to 1nez the particulars of our
victory. He had found ner IN d cell
leading fl ION the main chamber, and
had lied her from her confinement to
freedom. f.i,. ..gs., a,,,.,
1t took US but q short time 10 lay our
foes bodies side BY side, and to explore
the cave, in which We found rich treas
ures. This done, We laid down and
slept few hours, previous to- our de-
parture.. ~.as---.
Next day we went to Melbourne, told
our story, delivered the rpbbers' booty
and treasures to the. government, and
became the heroes Of the day.; And no
wonder. Australia had been rid of its
most dreaded scourge 3theifoul murder
of hundreds had teen avenged. and
justice had overtaken those who, for
two long, bloody years, had defied all
the laws, both Of God and man. i' .''
Little more remains to be told. The
government publicly buried the bodies
Of the robbers. and took possession of
their late retreat This Fred aud N.Y.
self afterward purchased, and from it
many thousands of dollars worth of
gold was dug. Gw.a ale n9ea afad 3
Our arrangements for returning to
America having been completed, and
everything left in good hands, We. set
sail, at last, for home We lefs Amer.
lea with d fewthousands, and returned
with many. We we're rich men, as far
as money goes, and could now live in
dependently. Long before leaving Aus.
traliao my. fair ward had received my
full and hearty consent. to. her .betrothal
to my dearest friend and partner, Fred
| Morgan, sA' - 9''.':' 7''ii ''i '2S
Two weeks after our arrival in New
] York there was double wedding at q
Fifth avenue manslon,i and next morn
ing the following appeared in the pa
pers, under the head Of Marriages p
| Thursday evening, by the Rev. .-,
at the residence of the brides father,
No. Fifth avenue, Mr.. George w.
Wilmington, late Of Australia, and Miss
| Abbie So, of this city. ot.,
"Also at the same time and place,
Mr. Frederick J. Morgsn and Donna
Inez Montaccllo. both ofQAustralia ngl
oWetools our brides on aforeign tour,
and then settled, Fred in Philadelphia
and in Boston, and in these places we
reside to-day, happy in the bosoms Of
our families, and enjoying that wealth
which we encountered so many dangers
to accumulate. eF, ssa.. .5.,.e. !,
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Veterinary Surgeon.

Veterinary Surgeon.
Having had considerable experience as q
Veterinary Surgeon, offer my services to the
people of this place and the county. Ring
bone and SPAWN speciality. II not re-
moved in six days, no charge will he made.
Place Of business, one door west Of Scheu
fele's Barber Shop. MAY z7. 1871,
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THE SPIRIT. OF DEMOCRACY.
= Published Every Tuesday.
I -, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: t
G, One Dollar and Fifty Gents per year. r

90 + J OBJ P.RIeN TIN @, rtti
Kxecuted With .neatness and dispatch at this
cHsee, and at reasonable prices. p rar s1f
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GENERAL.

Cincinnati has shipped 50, ZOO worth
of provisions to Louisiana.
Steerage passengers are now booked
from Liverpool to New York for $15.
Mr.. A. B. Mullett, supervising archi-
tect of the treasury department. pronounces
Knoxville marble unequaled in the United
States.
The federal council of the Interna-
honals has resolved to dissolve, the organiza-
ton having proved a complete failure In the
United States.
The Executive committee of the Ma
tional Grange have sent 81, 900 to the. master
of the Louisiana State Grange for distribution
among the distressed.
The Freedmen's Saving and Trust Co.
have informed its depositors that sixty days
notice will be required before any money can
be withdrawn. Arrangements are making to
help the needy depositors.
The London Times, commenting on
the failure of the senate to pass the currency
bill over the presidents veto, remarks that it
is probable the danger of increasing. paper
currency has been permanently avoided, and
advises the substitution of treasury currency
for the present national bank issues.
Frederick Douglass, president of the
Freedman's saving bank, says depositors need
give themselves no uneasiness and should not
dispose of their claims at a sacrifice. Those
employed at the bank assure him that if the
depositors will be patient for a very short time
the bank and its branches will be able to paw
dollar for dollar
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ChiIdren's $ Ways.

Gail Hamilton, writing of children,
says &C should be sorry to say any
thing that might aid or abeb our Idle,
lax, and worth ess American fathers and
mothers. But it Is an indisputable fact
that children do take an immense deal
of spelling without permanent injury if
there IS good stock in them. Nature
seems to think moro of substance than
training, for she gives children not when
people are wisest, but when they are
freshest and strongest. It is delightful
to see children always behaving with
perfect prOpriety aud politeness but If
they kick and cuff and scream and grab,
all Is not lost. There is a certain gov
ernor whom not having seen I love, be-
cause he sends word to his son that his
grandson Is the best little fellow in the
world If you do not thwart him, and
always obedient If you do not hurry
him about It. The baby IN breeehes
was standing by my chair, and I clan
destInely snatched kiss, whereupon up
flew his chubby hand and gave me a
smart slap on the cheek. 1t was in nv
heart to retort with a thump, but I re-
Trained. and by and by, when I wl,is-
pered. Why did y0u strike me ? he an
sEered. innocently, because You stole
a kiss. Innocent as an angel. for Il
was pure frolie, and no nalica or rude
ness at ell. But We expect to take lib
critics With children, and then have
them perfectly wise and aware Of the
exact degree of respect to be observed
toward ourselves.