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sembles upon the joint call to decide as
to which committee it recognizes as re-
presenting majority Of the people of
the Parish of Rapides, and that the
committee in whose favor the decision
of the Convention Is made shall con-
duct the canvass in this Parish, and
that the other shall withdraw as COM
mittee and bind themselves individu-
ally to support the nominees of the
Convention and indorse its acts.'
The Democratic convention after a
full and fair deliberation upon the pro-
positions made by your committee as
above, decided unanimously that they
were inadmissable, and instructed me
to say that they are at loss to under
stand how your committee could, after
rejecting the propositions made by this
committee for harmony and union on
the ground that your committee were
without authority to accede to them,
could make such propositions to US,
involving, if accepted, the setting
aside by this committee of the entire
action of the Mass meeting of the 18th
inst, from where we derive our author
ity. If you cannot abate or modify
any of the acts or propositions of your
Mass meeting, how can you demand as
q condition precedent that we assume
the authority to set aside entirely the
delegates appointed By our Mass meet
ing, and agree in certain contingency
controlled By yourselves to abdicate
our positions and leave those we repre-
sent without an organization. must
be permitted to remark that these pro-
positions cannot have been made seri-
ous'y by your committee,
l conclusion I am directed to say
that it is with extreme regret that this
committee find that the proposals made
by them Tor union of all the elements
of opposition to the Radical party has
been rejected by your committee. In
making the propositions we have, we
thought and still think they were libe
raj and fair, and such az could be &C
cepted readily by your committee as
a peace Offering. All of our PROPOSE
lions having been rejected by you, we
have none Others to make, but will at
all times gladly receive any proposals
your committee may desire to make
Hoping however that you will in the
future recognize the fact that in treat
ing with us we claim a perfect equality
with your committee in our rights as
the representatives of the Democratic
Party of this Parish, and if it be true,
as you assume, that the majority of the
people are in accord with you, still mi
norities have rights as we'll as MAORI
ties. Respectfully,
President of the Democratic Parish
Committee,
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ALEX ANDRIA,

Aug. ~, 1874. !
To ROBERT P. HUNTER, Chairman of
the Executive Committee of the
White Mans Party of Rapides
s1R-Your letter in reply to the COM
munication from the Democratic Par
lsb Committee sent to you on the 18th,
was received yesterday, and the COM
mittee of which 1 am the chairman was
called toge her Immediately to act up.
on your propositions. In my official
letter above referred to, the request
was made that your committee with
draw "your separate call for Parish
Convention to meet on the 5th of Sep
TENDER, and that Your committee and
ours be consolidated into one, and that
we unite in joint call for Parish
Convention at a later date than the 5th
of September, and that the ticket to
be then nominated be designated "The
Peoples Ticket" or the conservative
Ticket" In your reply to our request
you say "your committee have no au-
thority to accede to either of our pro-
positions. But you make the follow
ing counter propositions: "Yonr COM
mittee will withdraw the call made by
them as to time and place for holding
of the Parish Convention, and leave
the selection of the time and place for
the holding of the Parish Convention
to your committee Democratic COM
mittee) provided that your committee
Democratic commi.tee) will withdraw
the appointment Of delegates to the
State Convention at Baton Rouge,
made on the 10th inst, and will ratify
the appointment Of delegates to the
same convention made by the Mass
meeting on the 9th inst" Again you
say: "Upon the question of the name
of the ticket and the consolidation of
the two committees, the Executive COM
mittee of the White Mans Party makes
to your committee the following addi-
tional proposition, which is made a
part Of and conditional upon the ac-
ceptance of tie following proposition,
to-wit: That the two committees leave
/. it to the Parish Convention when it as
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-08-26
900 PRIZES IN THE FAIR LOT
900 Terry to he WON by ONLY
RISKING SEVENTY FIVE CENTS.

SPIRITUALIsM AND INsANITY.-The
Supreme Court of Maine has been
called upon to decide q curious will
case, arising from the fact that the
maker Of the will believed that her
dead husbands spirit appeared to her
and dictated or indicated his approval
Of the will. The main issues were
whether or not the testatrix was of
sound mind when she made her will,
and whether or not she was unduly in
auenced in its preparation. A jury
sustained the will, and when excep-
tions were taken to the verdict the
Supreme Court over-ruled them, and
ordered judgment on the verdict.
The Court refused to say that belief
in the appearance Of G spirit was such
a proof of insanity as to avoid will,
and further said: eff the testatrix
was so Influenced by others that the
instrument was i'll fact their will, and
not hers, it is void, for undue indu-
ence, but mere advice, opinions, or
arguments, however persistently and
strongly urged, will not amount to
undue influence if the testatrix re-
tanned her own judgment and free
agency, so as to be governed ultimate
ly by her own will whether she fol-
lowed the advice given or rejected it;
nor does it make any difference
whether this advice came from living
persons or was supposed to come from
one deceased, if she regarded it SIM
ply as advice or opinion.
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Death Of Colonel Ig. Szymanski.

To the large circle of friends of the
late Colonel Ig. Szymanski, the an
nOuncement of his death will come
with a suddenness, for which they
were little prepared. Last evening
at 4:30 o'clock, after short illness,
he breathed his last, passing away
as quietly as the approaching twi-
light stole on.
Colonel Szymanski was native of
Poland, from which country he was
driven by reason of his political opin-
ions, and at an early age enigrated
to this country. Not long after his
arrival here his great experiences with
the sword won for him the professor
ship Of arms at West Point, where he
remained for some time.
Attracted by the glowing accounts
Of the fertility of Louisiana, he after
wards came to our State and engaged
in planting, to which occupation he
has given much attention ever since
When the cotton trade of New Orleans
began to assume such enormous pro-
portions he started into the cotton
press business, in which by his tact
and energy he soon accumulated a
handsome addition to his fortune.
In years past he was president of
the Opera Association, the Metairie
Jockey Club, and acted as one of the
commissioners for the exchange of
prisoners in the department of the
west during the late war. At the
opening of hostilities between the
Confederate States and the Federal
Government, Colonel Szymanski was
among the first to offer his valuable
services to the cause and raised a
regiment for his adopted State
Throughout the contest he served
with distinguished honor, and no one
commanded more esteem for bravery
and obedience to duty than he.
A gentleman, courteous in bearing,
generous in disposition and knightly
in character, he drew around him a
large circle Of warm, admiring friends,
upon whom his loss will fall heavily.
1t is with sincere regret that we have
to chronicle the demise Of such
public-spitited citizen and patriotic
man. His death will be severely
felt, and we tender to the bereaved
family our earnest and heartfelt SYM
pathies in their affiiction.-N. O.
Bulletin. ..... ....
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emitting the holder admission Fair chance the GRAND
LOTTERY In larger Twenty
Fifty Tickets for $25.00 " = 80 ~ ''
Persons holding numbered
In the Lottery, as those who their tickets
DIRECTORS the Association
o obtain from the ordinary methods raising sufficient
will enable them
classes the public To accomplish the following
OF all debts which
suitable buildings for the Mechanical
ana Tor the protection ockhe Directors
ing pan which seems to them the feasible practical raising
ene funds proposing this scheme Directors
the difficulties which attend its executions but
pride the citizens especially
spirited
TO build up and develop the
the Association to create renewed interest
our coming Fair and at the offering Inducements
sumnate the sale OF Its tickets will
amount adequate to its pressing The
tickets at ckethe price admission the Fair.
with coupon attached bearing number emitting
one to the being
will be placed in Wheel and all Of prizes another when the Grand
Drawing will take place under the following
gentemen- '
Cow r. o. MOORE JUDGE T c. MANNING GEO. E. FRENCH
=. DR. JOHN CASSON, JOHN
l. Il. ~ pU"11ho JUDGE e. RAlLllO, GENERAL NJ WELLS
d. T. PAUL. "A. B. {. DEAN.
FOR further Information as to tn 9
! scheme address, @.t
], COMPTON FRENCH Secretary.
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Watchmakers and Jewellers.
Special.

THE DIRECTORS OF THE FAIR
il Association will please publish
t Ii g following additional premiums
DEPARTMENT A.
Special Premium offered by John NJ.
Sandidge Il Co., Of New Orleans, for
the best bale Of cotton, either upland
or lowland, both class and staple to be
taken into consideration. $4,000
Special Premium offered by Judge
T. c. Manning for the best field of
corn, not less than ten acres, Silver
Cup or Goblet value $4,000
DEPARTMENT D.
Special Premium offered by Judge T.
G. Manning, for best specimen of use
fnl, plain needle work by hand-Gold
Thimble.
TO THE PUBLIC!
DARTIES WISHING TO COMPETE
l. for tile Special Premiums offered
by the Agricultural Fair Association
in Department A, will please commu.
nicate with DR.. K. H. Carnal, the Su.
periatendent, at Kanowmie. Bayou
Boeuf, La. j. G. FRENCH,
Secretary.
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|" Two communications, which
we publish elsewhere, from Vernon,
the staunchest and truest Democratic
Parish in the State, settles the claims
to the one pretending to represent
her in the late New Orleans Radical
Convention.
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CO.. From the signs of the times
we think we can safely predict, that
the Parish Convention of the 9Th,
will be composed of representative
men of the Parish, determined to dc
their whole duty. $780,. ...
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60 Put none but good and true
men on duty and in nomination, when
the Parish Convention meets. Leave
your fools at home!
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Died /:

AT her residence, near Alexandria, on
the 22nd, inst, MRS. NJ. E. LEDOUX,
aged So years, wife ofJudye Z. V. Le-
doux.
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~"An educated ram turns q
grindstone in Crown Point, Indiana"
two unruly ones here are butting
away at Democratic rindstones!
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CoNUNDRUM.-Will the White
Mans Convention nominate a black
man on its ticket D.?
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@ No tidings from the Baton
Rouge Convention. All about it in
our next. .g g.
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/" More water melons and fine
vegetables from the same goo6
friend!
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CO.. Late papers from the Fleta
this week. Thanks.
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6SOO IN GREENBACKS CAN
OCUO be WON, in the FAIR
LOTTERY by RISKING JUST SEW.
ENTY- FIVE CENTS.
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NEW THIS DAY.
TEMPERATURE

AS REPORTED BY FERGUSON scHNAcK
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any concessions in their power to secure
the union of EVERY white man in Rap
ides into one solid opposition to Radical
misrnle and the efforts of the negroes
united as they are upon the basis of
color or race to Africanize our State,
they cannot exceed tho powers which
have been conferred upon them by the
authority which gave them their exis-
tence, and it is clear!Y not in their pow
er to undo what has heen done BY the
Mass meeting itself. The time and
place of the assembling of the Conven-
ton, it is within the province of this
Committee to control, and you will find
below an expression If our willingness
upon certain conditions precedent, to
withdraw our call a to time and place,
and to leave that matter entirely to your
Committee.
Upon the second OF FOUR propositions,
the Committee find themselves without
any authority whatever in the prem
ises. They cannot control the Conven-
ton itself to determine whether it has
the authority and dc re to change the
name already adopted by the large and
enthusiastic Mass m ting Of the people
on the 9Th inst. This Committee has
no control over the convention when it
assemblies. 1t will be composed of del
egates chosen by TIL people themselves,
and from its membel5, position, etc., it
will have more authority and power
than are possessed " this Committee.
Any attempt on our part to control it
would be necessarily regarded as dicta-
ton, and any action of ours calculated
or intended to compromise the Conven-
ton would not be binding on it. For a
precedent which his guided US in this
determination, we refer your Committee
to the Enclosed published report of cor
|respondence of recent date between the
Committee of Seventy and the Demo-
cratic Central Com mittee, in which pro-
positions very similar to yours to us,
were made by the Committee of Seventy
to the Democratic state Central Com
mittee, and which We're answered by a
simple resolution of the latter Commit
tee, changing the place of the assem-
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ousiy disappeared from q Maine lu-
matte asylum, and on whose alleged
skeleton a local coroner held an en-
tirely satisfactory inquest, has turn
ed up as an eremetic resident of Deer
Island, in Boston harbor, and the
provoked coroner aforesaid observes
that no one but a mailman would 60
off and leave his skeleton behind him.
John Morrissey's club house at
Saratoga is in full blast. Most open
and shameless is the various gam
bling carried on in this really elegant
establishment. 1t almost joins Con
gress Hall, and young gentlemen and
old steal away from gay partners in
the waltz in the evening, and 60 from
the parlors of the Grand Union and
United States over to the gambling
den of the illustrious law-maker.
AT q recent prayer meeting of
colored people at Erie, the decency
and good order of the meeting being
disturbed by q negro named Brown,
whose prayers in public were only in
coherent rawlings, the pastor said:
what fool nigga's dat prayin' down
dar nea' de do?" A dozen people re-
piled with one voice: "It am Brudder
Brown, sab. "Den," replied the pas
tor, ',Brudder Brown subside, and let
some one pray dat's better 'quainted
wild de Lord
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-23
DR.. RAILWAYS
Perfect PQrgddVe and Regulating Pills,

perfectly tastele.s, elegantly coated With sweet
en-. kADWAY;s PILLS, fof the cure Of al disoI-
Der %s, Of The STOMACH, Liver, Bowels: xia1eys,
tion, Costiveness, Indigestion, DysPePsia, Bill
iousness, Bilious, Typhus aud Typhoid fevers In
ments Of the Internal viscera. Warranted 70 ef
no me1eury. mi%efa ; or dsletsTioas Drug
81 Observe the following symptoms, resulting
Constipation, Inward Piles, Fullness Ofthe Blood
in tho Head Acidty Of the Stomach, Nausea, Heart
burn, Disgust Of Food, Fullness or Weight in the
Stomach, Sour Eructations, Sinking or Flutterins
at the ri Of the Stomach, SWIMMING Of the Head
Heart. Choking or suffocating Sensations when in
Lying Posture, Dimness Of Vision, Dots or Webs
before the Sigh Fever and Dull Pain in tho Head
Deficiency Of Precipitation, Yellowness Ct the Skin
den Pushes Of Heat, Burning in the Flesh. A few
doses oiKADWAY'S PILLS viii free the system
from all the ab0ve-named disorders. Price rs
cents Per nox: sold bX Drs8gists.
READ FALSE AND 9RUE.n Bend one letter
stamp to RAILWAY CO., NO 50 Warren st., n. \.
Information worth Thousands will 10 sent y0u.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-23
The MOurnfMl Ballad Of Sad william.

HaA NHllam was man Of mark;
For miles and miles around
Each worthy dog At him did bark;
He necr was sober found.
Deep wisdom lit his eyes;
kind Of royal purple bloom.
Did OH his face arise.
His voice was thick with wistom's speech,
And from his lips did roll
Long cautions loud, dear youth to teach,
To slun tho sinful bowl.
lied n,o,rnful stop and think;
Then, shaking sad his head, he'd 60
And take another drink.
Some tender friends Of this sad man,
ny Christian love inclined,
Did 'mong themselves story plan
TO work upon his mind.
With awful looks they told III fright
That one who drank like sin,
And, like him. went to bed each night
ENhaling clouds Of gin,
Had sought to blow tho candle out,
When 10! his breath took fire,
And straight he died and left no doubt
That drink had lit his pyrc.
"Oh, William, think Of this dread fatc,''
To him these friends did say,
And stop before it is too late;
Oh, William, do, We pray!"
Then William sat him down to mourn,
They left him in his fear;
And in the morrow's early dawn,
Said he, as they drew near:
"lvc thought, with many fears and true,
VI all YOU said last night,
And now I, solemn, promise you
Ill nc'cr blow out light"
Nom IDrE YOrI,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-23
General Items.

E. d. DAvENl'oRT has givon up play
ing for the present, owing to his i'll
health.
The Georgia papers are roiterating
their cry Of ",ess cotton aud moro
corn"
STnAKoson will bring out Wagner's
"Flying Dutchman" in Now York next
year.
In tho election in tho Nutmeg State,
tho demt cratic party proved itself the
crater.
WoMRN who "blow up" their hus-
bands aro called inaationists in western
New York.
THOSE whose deeds are evil prefer
darkness. Satan went into the Garden
of Eden after Eve.
THEY are successfully experimenting
with the Eucalyptus, or fever tree, in
some parts of Florida.
MORO for Cremationists-De Nor
tuis nit aisi bur,s'ew Hichno,,d En-
quircr.
TAILOR, measuring fat customer {:
"Would you hold tho end, cir, while /
60 round ?"
Why are clergymen like railway por-
ters? Because they do good deal Of
coupling.
"SALRs ladies now advertise in the
newspapers. "Washer lady" "char
lady" and "lady of all work will fol-
low in due course. ~
JENNY LIMBS eldest son is at Corpus
Christi College, at Oxford, and she has
a daughter just coming into woman
hood.
DIR. JoHNeoN didn't like to hear any,
body talk about the weather. Well, it
is a disagreeable subject about this
time of the year.
The Danbury News man. is merry
over the fact that Sheppard & Gill have
sold "a, 900 of his book and 10000 of
his almanac.
The worst case of attempted IMPOSE
ton is that of Pennsylvania editor,
who says that he set up stove and
didn't swear.
AN aspirant for School Commissioner
in the Third Ward claims to be sound
temperance man. That's what's the
matter. His temperance is all sound.
l-PittsbsIrg Gazette.
PmLADRIPH1A's latest aspiration is
for an American drama by an American
author, which may be shown to for
eigners in 1876 as a production Of
home industry and an evidence of
high art.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-23

STATISTICS SHOW that of the thousands
who die annually, alarge proportionare
destroyed, not by oldage, or by the nat
ural exhaustion of vitality, but through
intemperance, or disregard either on
the part of the sufferer, or his parents,
of the simplest laws of nature. Such
being the oase-and figures cannot mis-
represent facts conclusion is that
were the causes of intemperance, its
kindred vices, and a disregard of natur-
al laws, removed, the average length of
the human lifetime would be extended
proportionately. What agent most rap
idIy ho,'nelcssly and certainly will
eradicate these vices, or the tendency
to them, is the question which has been
as thoroughly and persistently agitated
as has the search for the Philosophers
stone. The discovery has been made
by DIR. Joseph Walker, whose widely
known VINEGAR B1TTERs are accomplish
ing wonders which the old fogy doctors
never dreamed of. Try them and Judge
for yourself, as thousands are doing all
over the country.-Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-23
Graet Minds Run in tho Same Channel.

Acorrespondentwrites tous: ;" Pardon
my calling your attention to a simile
that threatens to be hunted to death.
Between the years 1858 IS, Oliver Gold
smith in that charming essay of his, "A
Revere at the Bears Head Tavern,
Eastcheap,' wrote, "a monstrous ruff
was put round her neck SO that her head
looked like that of John the Baptist
placed in charger In the Scarlet
Letter (chap. viii. }, I read: The wide
circumference of an elaborate ruff.
caused his head to look not little like
that of John the Baptist in a charger.
At page % of novel I read a week
ago, called The Surgeons Secret
discovered sombre face, resting on
an immense ruff, like the Baptist's head
on charger: And yet again, at page
118, volume Ill, of 9 recently published
novel called The Mystery Of ;Ashliegh
Manor, perceive AN old dame in a
big ruff, like the Baptist's head in a
charger Talk of condolences, sir =
says the militia captain in 'Aman made
of Money!"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-23
ROYAL Amity.

The Gear of Russia will visit Strut
guard this month, to be present at the
betrothal of his niece, the Grand
Duchess Vera, with Duke William
Eugene of Wurtemberg. This event
will put an end to the long-standing
disagreement between the houses of
Romanoff and Wurtemberg, which
dates from the beginning Of the present
century, aud the times Of the intrigucs
which marked the reign of the Emperor
Paul, who wished to set aside his own
son afterwards Alexander L. and make
Prince Eugene IAN ancestor of the Duke
William Eugene) heir to the throne of
Russia.
Ar recent trial Mt Paw Paw mich. }
IL little boy swore that his father gave
him ten dollars to swear falsely, that
he might escape the punishment for his
crime.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-23

MonE than a thousand Physicians REQ
ommend tho National Surgical Institute Of In
dianapoliS, Indiana, and direct their patients
there for troatmont-for Physicians in general
practice have not tho apparatus, Appliances and
facilities to do tllem Justice. This Institution
with $500, 900 Capital Stock, treats thousands
Of cases OF Paralysis, Dseasod and Deformed
Joints, Crooked Logs and Foot, Piles, Fistnla,
Catarrli and Chronic diseases. Address tho
Institute for circ,,lar.--Com.
PHILADELpH1A has thirteen Aldermen
who have never been: accused Of corrup-
ton.
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wan Yen S19er5

TO al persons suffering from
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Cramps
in the limbs or stomach, Bilious
Cholic, Pain in the back, bowels
or side, We would say TIE
HouskHoLD PANAcEA AND FAN
LII LINTNENr IL Of all others the
remedy you want for internal
aud external use. 1t has cured
the above complaints in thous-
ands Of cases. Thcre 10 no mis-
take about 1t. Try it. Sold BY
oil Druggists.