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as already described, gave the. order,
"Attention, General I" and in chronic
absence of the Bible, drew from his
holster case pocket edition Of the
Massachusetts, Pilgrims Progress, is
sued under the Maine liquor law, and
kissing the end devoutly, with his face
turned upward lie administered to
himself a solemn corporal, and general
oath, that so long as his colored COM
panions would vote to make him Gov
ernor of Massachusetts, OF Represen-
tative in Congress, he would spasmod-
ically devote the idle moments of the
remainder of his political and official
life; in a feeble effort to secure to them
the great constitutional right to at
tend, "without distinction of race, COL
or or previous condition Of servitude,"
every theatre, circus, and menagerie
in the United States of America aud
the Territories thereof. Laughter
and manifestations of applause in the
galleries.] ~ 4.
The President pro tem.-Order
Applause is out of order. The Chair
will remind those pesons occupying the
galleries that if the rules OF the Senate
are violated the galleries will be
cleared.
Mr.. Norwood.-He then sealed his
oath by pressing his feverish lips once
more to the bibulous end of that cher
ished volume, aud calling in the eye
which had meanwhile stood sentinel
on the enemy, he dismissed himself
from the parade.
Such is a tame picture of the !leroism
displayed on that fearful day. Truly
and Witty has it been said that history
is his story! But true in every essen
tial, or false in every particular, as
may be the grandiloqnent description
of that charge, it serves my purpose
with equal force. For / am not trying
to sift the truth from history. l am
arraigning the Republican party tor
the manner inl.which they treat the
colored freemen of America, in refus-
ing to recognize them in all the social
relations of life, while endeavoring by
national legislation to force the poorer
class of whites, who are their constit-
uents, into social equality with the
blacks. s.. a.,.
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Seeing is Believing.

If in this liberal age there are per-
sous to be found who are so blinded BY
prejudice az not to believe that a med
ical stimulant is an item of immense
Importance in the catalogue of human
remedies, we should like them to wit
ness the wonderful effects which Hos
letters Stomach Bitters are now pro-
ducing all over the country in cases of
intermittent fever, rheumatism, bilious
disorders, dyspepsia, nervous COM
plants, constitutional debility, mental
depression and premature decay. To
be sure these effects are nothing new.
The great vegetable invigorant and it's
cures have been before the people for
more than twenty-five years, and in
every year of the twenty-five its popu-
larity has increased and it's sale has
become larger. Yet there are no doubt
many thousands of intelligent citizens
who have never had an opportunity of
observing for themselves the surpris-
ing changes which this unequalled ton
ic and Alternative produces in systems
which seem to be hope;essly broken,
and in cases Of diseases which are not
amenable to ordinary remedies. Prob
ably many of these regard the state
ments made in relation to the sanitary
properties of the Bitters with some de
gree of incredulity. Would that all
such skeptics could see with their own
eyes what the medicine is doing for
the sick and feeble every where, what
staff of life it is proving to the aged
and inirm, what help in time of
trouble to feeble women suffering from
the complaints and disabilities peculiar
to the sex, what a protection to health
and life 10 malaIiUus districts, what q
panacea for languor and depression,
what specific for all diseases in which
the system requires to be vitatized and
sustained. Of all stimulants it is the
purest and safest, of all tonics the most
genial, effective and agreeable, of all
alternatives the least violent aud most
certain in its beneficial results.
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IN MEmORlAs.

These few lines are dedicated to the
memory of ANDREW JACKSON
SMART, only son Of DR.. E. f.. and Mrs.
r. N. Smart, who breathel his last at
Leesville, in Vernon Parish, on Tues
day, June I'd, 1874, at 8 O'Clock A. NJ.
No more will the ripple of his laughter
be heard;
No more the prattle of his darling voice
He is gone, this dear one, gone from
To the realms by angels trod.
This lonely bud adorned homes bower,
Aud shed sweet fragrance round;
1t grew in beauty, hour by hour,
Till ah the spoiler: came in power,
And crushed it to the ground.
Yet not forever in the dust
That beauteous bud shall lie
No! in the gardens of the just,
Beneath Gods glorious eye trust,
Twill bloom again on high.
Why weep you, kind parents the bios.
SONS that fade
Not long shall inhabit the tomb;
They only are planted in Deaths gloo.
my shade
10 prepare for an angelic bloom.
And soon shall that flower, that so late
from your arms
Was so rudely and painfully riven,
BE transplanted and robed in imperish-
ing charms, I'D
In the bright, blooming garden Of
|. Heaven. !. WIN. j. =. RYAN.
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Manhood:
HOW LOST HOW RESTORED {,

TUST PUBLISHED-A NEW EDI-
q ton of DR.. Culverwell's celebrated
Essay on the radical cure, without
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riage, ETC.; also, Consumption, Epilepsy
and Fits, caused by self-indulgence or
sexual extravaganza: Piles, ETC., etc.
u Price; in sealed envelope, only
six cents.
The celebrated author, in this adj
mirable Essay, clearly demonstrates
from a thirty years. successful prac-
tice, that the alarming consequences
of self-abuse may be radically cured
without the dangerous use of internal
medicine or the application of the
knife; pointing ont mode of cure at
once simple, certain and effectual. by
means OF which every sufferer, no
matter what his condition may bo.
may cnre himself cheaply, privately,
and radically.
w This Lecture should be in the
hands of every youth and every man
in the land.
Sent under seal, in plain envelope,
to any address, postpaid, on receipt
Of six cents, or two post stamps. Also,
DR.. S1LLSBEE'S REMEDY FOR
PILES, Send for circular.
Address the Publishers,
CHAS. j. G. KLINE e. CO..
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Box 1856.
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Proceedings Of the Grand Ecor,
Packet Company.
ALEXANDRIA. Ia. J

ALEXANDRIA, La, J
June IL, lS74.}
At A MEETING OF THE STOCK
II holders Of the PEOPLES NEW
ORLEANS AND GRAND ECORE
PACKET COMPANY" held at Alex
andria, on Thursday the 18th of June
1874, DR.. E. B. Price was elected Chair
man and W. w. Wilmington, Jr., Sec
rotary.
The President upon taking the chair
explained the object of the meeting,
which was for the purpose of electing
two Directors for the Parish of Rapides,
as provided for by the Charter of said
Company. John S. Butler and James
G. White, were unanimously elected
Directors.
On motion it was ~
RESOLVED, That the proceedings of
this meeting be published in the Alex
andria papers.
The meeting then adjourned sine die.
E. B. PRICE, Chairman.
W. W. WHrrr1NGroN, JR.,
Secretary.
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FIRM AS A RoCK.-Let the winds
and waves Of adversely blow aud dash
around you, if they will but keep on
the path of rectitude, and you will be
as firm as rock. Plant yourself upon
principle, and bid defiance to mistor-
tune. If gossip, with her poisoned
tongue, NEEDLES with your good name,
mind her not. Garry yourself erect
let your course be straightforward,
and by the serenity your counte
nance and purity Of your life give the
lie to all who would underrate and be-
little you
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"De 9PervisiOns, J0siar !"
A COUPLE OF DARKEYs EXPRESS THEIR
.5. IDEAS ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS.

A sapient looking Fayetteville dar-
key, oscillating between twenty and
twenty-five summers, overlook an old
negro on the street the other day, and
wedging him in fence corner, pro-
ceeded to acquaint him with all the
provisions of the Civil Rights bill.
Young Africa impaired to old Africa a
fund Of valuable information, thusly
-"Well, Uncle Billy, Summers swivel
rights bill has passed de Senate OBJ de
United States widnnt murmur."
Is dat ST., J"siar :"
"Jess so, Uncle Billy. And say,
Uncle Billy, We col"red pussons is
gwine to STE whose provisions is in de
pot. We are gwine to be allowed to
ride free on dc railroads, smoke in de
ladies car, and rHt our feet on lie per-
cussions Oh de seats wheneber we dam
pleas" &c. ','
s.s'ls dial, 80, Jnsiar :"
,-''Jess = 80, Uncle Billy. And say.
Uncle. Billy, Yves gwine to be allowed
to stop at de hotels and set at de head
oh de table, and hab de biggest slices
oh de chickens, and lay around 10 DE-
parlor and spit on de carpets, and make
dc white trash hustle themselves and
wait on US widout grumbiing; and
wheneber de boss ob de concern shoves
a bill at US, we'll hab him sent to
Washington and obscursd in de pleni-
potentiary."
at dat so, Josiar7"
"Jess SO, Uncle Billy. And say,
Uncle Billy, we's gwine to be allowed
to 60 to de white schools and set up or
de flatform wild de teacher and learn ge-
biography. triggermanometry, gehom-
my, Latin. Dutch, Choctaw, French,
algeebray, rheumatics, de rule Of thrice
aud de diarrhea."
"Good God !! is dat go, Josiarq"
"Jess 30, Uncle Billy. And say,
Uncle Billy, we's gwine to be allowed
to be buried in italic coffins wild look
Jog glasses on top OBJ dem, and dey
will hab to carry us on hearse to de
graveyard and bury us on top OBJ de
white folks, so when de day Oh resur-
rection am arrived and de angel Ga
briel comes tootin' along, he'll sing out
troo his trumpet, All you colored gem
men rise fust!' And cay Uncle Billy,
de pervisions ob dat bill"-
whats dat you say bout pervis-
ions, Josiar Z"
"Well, Uncle Billy, as was gwine
on to state, de provisions Oh dat bill -
"Stop right dar, Josiar. You say
dere's pervisions in dat bill 7"
"Jess 80, Uncle Billy. De pervis:ons
oh de bilp- NJ H..
"Stop right dar, Josiar. Eff dere's
pervisions in dat bill, / want sack oh
-four dis berry minnit. Dam de
smokin' in de ladies' car, an de gehog.
raphy, an de Latin, an dc italic cof-
fms! / want de provisions, Josiar
Dey's all dere is in de bill wuff a dam
centl"-[N. 0. Bulletin.
FIRM AS RoCK.--Let the winds
and waves of adversely blow aud dash
around you, if they will but keep or
H. .a.I.A,la ..l ..a.. Ill L.
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THE END ATiLAST!
The Verdict in the Grant Pa
IRISH Case.
Cruikshank, Hadn0t and
Irwin Guilty.

Cruikshank, Hadnot and
Irwin Guilty.
(From our Extra of Saturday, June 1877
The MARIA LOUISE reached here
this morning, at 6 o'clock, thirty-six
hours out from New Orleans, passed
on in a great hurry, but threw out a
paper, the N. 0. TIMES, of the 18th,
giving the result of the close of the
trial Of the Colfax Prisoners, which
we. publish in full in our EXTRA:
At 9 O'Clock on Tuesday morning,
the jury in the above case having ex-
pressed desire to be again instruc-
ted in some legal points, were called
into court, and the Judge again read
his charge to them, remarking at the
close that they were bound to agree
upon verdict, and that he would
perform his duty to the United States
by keeping them in till such time as
a verdict was agreed upon.
THE VERDICT.
Last night at half past eight
o'clock, the jury returned verdict
contrary to general expectation-as
it was generally supposed they would
follow the example of their illustrious
predecessors, and "agree to disagree"
The announcement that verdict
would be rendered, had the effect of
assembling an immense crowd, num-
bering fully two thousand people,
who ,congregated in the Custom
House, blocking up the stairways,
corridors and banquette, eagerly
awaiting the announcement of the re-
suit of the jury's deliberations and
on whose honor hung the fate of the
eight men who for over eight months
languished in prison - whether
they would be found guilty, or wheth-
er innocent men had been arrested
and thrown in jail whose only crime
consisted of being white and resi-
dents Of Grant Parish. The priso-
ners, VIM. j. Cruikshank, VIM, Ir-
vim, j. P. Hadnot, Clement Penn,
Prudhomme, Lemoine, Donas Le-
moline, Oscar Gibbons and Thos. J.
Hickman, were accordingly sent for,
and
WHO CAN TELL THE AGONY
they endured, the hopes and fears
that in turn racked their breasts,
during the journey from the Parish
Prison to the Customhouse, and with
what expectancy they must have
awaited for the foreman of the jury
to answer the usual interrogation,
"Gentlemen Of the jury, is this your
verdict?' and when in a clear voice
the verdict was read aloud, for the
moment, self was their first thought.
The tumultuous feeling Of joy that
took possession Of the acquitted, and
the expiring hopes of those found
guilty, are indescribable. The YER
dict was as followsA
William Cruikshank, John P. Had
not and William Irwin guilty Of the
first sixteen counts. The first eight
counts consist of banding together
and the second eight with conspir-
acy; and not guilty of the other six
teen, which are like the first half, ex-
cept they charge in carrying out
these intents they killed negro
named Alexander Tillman, therefore
their punishment is fine or imprison-
ment, or both.
Donas Lemoine, Prudhomme L.
moine, Clement Penn, Oscar Gibbons
and Thomas Hickman not guilty of
all the counts.
Thus ended the last act in the
tragedy at Colfax.
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YOU WILL NOTONLY SAVE FROM
L 25c. to. rs cents on every pound of
Tea you consume, but will get an inf
nitely better and more palatable article
into the bargain. The following is a
price list of our leading varieties -
Oolong black tea, q 5Oc., 6Oc., 7Oc., SOC
best 81 per pound. #s4.a,,,.s
Imperial green tea @ &c., co., sOc.,
best 81 40 per pound.
Gunpowder green tea q $1.00 and 81. 40
best $l.6O per pound. '.a
Tyson green tea @ 800. and 81 .OO--the
best $40. =.
English Breakfast BLACK Souchong)
@ Goo. and $l.-best $l.2O.
Uncolored Japan Natural Leat} a 81
and $l.2O. .sr -,
Flowery Orange Pekoe a $1.2O, $l.4o.
For BEST Black Tea we recommend
our Oolong @ 81 per pound.
For a BEST Mixed Green and Black)
Tea, our MIXED" at $3.50 is without
exception the best com bination of fine
tea ever offered in this market.
For a GOOD STRONG. we'll favored
Tea, our Black or Mixed at Coo. per
pound will be found excellent, and is
especially suited to economists and
large consumers.
eB Orders unaccompanied with the
money will be sent by Express or Boat,
amount of bill to be collected on deliye-
ry. Goods paid for in advance can he
shipped as freight or in any manner de-
sired by the purchaser, at their risk
Money, as rule, comes safe when sim
ply enclosed in letter, but to ensure
safety we advise our friends when max
ing remittances to send either by Post
Office Money Order, Registered Letter,
or Draft. All remittances should be
made payable to
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CARPET WAREHOUSE!
II CHARTRES ST.,
NEW ORLEANS
A. BR0UssEAU.

IMPORTER AND DEALER, OFFERS
i at Wholesale and Retail, CARPET.
lNGs, 1900 pieces English and American.
OIL CLOTHS, Floor. Table and Enamel.
MATING, 1000 rolls, White, Check and
Fancy. WINDOW SHADES, Cornices,
Table and Piano Covers. CURTAINS.
Lace and Nottingham Lace. BROCA.
uELLE, Coteliges, ferries, Reps, ETC.
HAIR CLOTH. Gimp. Plush. etc.
Jan 7-6m. A. BROUSSEAU
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J. J. Martin,
CANAL ST, =.
! New Orleans, La.

GUBSCRIBE FOR ,rgs.r ....
~ THE DEMOCRAT.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-02-26

Old papers for ssls u ihi, Once.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-02-26

started out the past fall az they dld The
fall before, 10 buy pork III thIep COLLARS
expecting again 10 gel double we
price when they sold as they DID last
year Hut the grangers were 100 sharp
for them this time, They said, rather
than sell at these low figures we WIZ
pick our own pork, 80 nll over me
West the grangNrs comblhedl lelef,
mined 10 puck unless they coma sel
what their pork was honestly worth
Pork came In slow not fast enough 10
meet the demands Of the packers inc
grpngers went 10 putting up lhclr own
pork, The packers became alarmed
aud thought they Ind better make
smaller profits, aud so commenced OF
ferlng higher prices, The grangers
were llrm, rcsOlule. and Insisted on lhlr
prices, aud the packers were compelled
10 pay them The result II, pork To-
any Ii worth from I.25 10 500 per
hundred instead Of three dollars,
The farmers have trlumphed over me
combinations TO wrong them Millions
more Of dollars have been saved To
them than otherwise would have been.
They needed the money, aud have got
II, They were entitled 10 II, and have
got only what was their due, The
farmers can combine on larger ana
grpnder scale than any other class,
when II becomes necessary, Rural
World
We hope the Changers may be sue
cessllIi in breaking many other combs
nations that are robbing the labor and
production OF the country Of their Just
rewards,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-02-26

HoNoRED be the name of every SEM
ator and representative in the Legisla-
ture of Texas who votes for q conven-
ton to make q new constitution, under
which freeman can live. Per contra,
dishonored Is the name of every man
who opposes the measure. The friends
of convention, in so far as the ques-
ton tests principles, are patriots. Its
enemies, by a parity of reasoning, are
not patriots, but men who have 10 re-
gard for the intelligence of the people,
and believe it right for few to control
the many. That the representative of
Stephen f. Austin, the father of Texas,
should side with this monarchlcal
spirit, gives us a pain we cannot ex-
press. The DALLAS HERALD was the
first paper in Texas, to nominate Guy
NJ. Bryant, of Galveston, the reDresen-
tative of Austin, for speaker Of the
house Of representative. 1t did so
largely because Of conviction that he
was Jeffersonian Democrat, believ-
ing in the idea that the people had a
right to govern themselves. We are
simply disappointed in finding that he
favors the plan of the governor and
our Legislature appointing acommittee
to make q constitution for brave peo-
pie and great State. We are disap-
pointed-that's all. II Is at war with
freedom.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-02-26

A diseased imagination Is the usual con-
comitant OF II torpid stomach. There is nc
complaint to which humanity is subject
which the dyspeptic does not at different
times suppose that he has, or is about &c
have. The only way to dsabuse the sufferers
mind of these tancies, which arc realities to
him, is TO diffuse life and vigor into his di
gestive organs, and the most potent prepare
ton for this purpose is Hostetter's Stomach
Bltters. There is no affection of the stomach
no irregularity of the liver or disorder Of tn,
bowels, consequent upon indigestion, fol
which 1t is not an absolute specific. During
the twenty-five years that 1t has been tn,
standard tonic and Alternative of America
millions OF dyspeptics have recovered theil
health and the capacity to enjoy life by the
sole aid of this wholesome and searching
vegetable preparation. AS an assimilant
and an anti-bllIous agent, a remedy for lass
tude, debility nervousness and morbid fan
cies, there has never been anything compar
able TO II In any age or country. deod&wlw
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THE iden that men who opposed the
election of Throckmorton to the Uni
ted States senate, on the ground that
he was not sufficiently orthodox in
Democracy, who yet oppose the call
of II convention to make q constitution
worthy of freemen, is so supremacy
ridiculous that we have no language to
express our feelings on this subject.
Throckmorton advocates n convention
as u measure to which the Democracy
are committed by every principle of
honor, and, moreover, as n just and
wise measure in political economy.
Yet, we see men who aided to defeat
him in the Legislature, taking ground
in favor of high star chamber COM
mission to draft n constitution of this
great and free State.
The men in the Legislature who
oppose n convention are professed
Democrats, but we repudiate their in
depreciation of Democracy. They are
not true interpreters. They are not
faithful representatives of God-given
principles. They are not lights to
guide the people, but betray selfish
love OF place and power unworthy of
the heaven-born principle Of Democ-
racy.
We tell all sucn men, whether in the
senate or the house, that they are SOW.
ing the bitterseeds ofdisintegration and
disruption in the Democratic party OF
Texas. The Democratic people of Tex.
as want a free constitution of their own
making, and they cannot cherish in
their bosom protested Democrats who
seek to palm a constitution on them,
created by an irresponsible committee,
selected, not by the people, but by the
governor and Legislature! Democrats
we implore you to pause and pay de-
cent respect to the intelligent, well
matured and unalterable opinion o
the majesty of the people. We i'm
plore you to pause. We implore yor
to let the bitter cup of humiliation
pass away from US. We implore yor
to rise to the full measure of Jefferson.
ian Democracy, recognising that THE
PEOPLE compose the government, and
not the man who accidentally holds
the office for the moment. Pause and
beware!
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MONEY MARKET.

Money continues in great abundance,
and strictly tirst-class buyers find all
the accom-. Hodation they want at per
cent on government bonds. Other call
loans have been made at from to j
per cent, according to the security Of
fered. This state of things seems like
ly to continue, for business is dull be-
yond precedent at this season, and II is
feared that national legislation will IA
vor an increase of the currency even
beyond the forty-four millions of the
so-called reserve. Commercial paper
is in good demand at 5 to o. per cent.
We clip the above from the financial
article of the New York Observer OF
February II.
Thus, it will be seen that while
money is loaned in Texas, secured by
first-class real estate, at from two and
half to five per cent month, it is
abundant in New York at from three
to five per cent per annum. In New
York interest is limited by law. In
Texas the constitution prohibits the
enactment of any law OH the subject,
and the money holder may with i'm
punity loan one dollar for two, if he
can find a customer. In New York
men OF enterprise can borrow money
for investment in manufactures or
other legitimate business and sustain
themselves by so doing.
In Texas money seeks investment at
such ruinous rates as to limit its loans
only to drowning men, driven to ex-
IRENE uneasiness by pecuniary embar-
rassment. Men who pay higher inter-
est for money than is warranted by the
average yield in business or agriculture,
must sooner or later go to the wall.
An occasional bold Spectator may
be an exception, but the rule will stand
true.
Were no man allowed by law to loan
at higher than some reasonable rate of
interest, money would be invested i'm
healthy enterprises--farming, building,
mechanical or mercantile pursuits
and thousands would be saved from the
ruin which exorbitant rates bring ON