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$4,5OO.00 in Gold Coin to Give AWay

We will give e2,5OO 90 in uOLD
COIN to lSS persons who send us the
largest, number Of subscribers to our = ba-
xanr. at 81 10 each, before March /,
1876. As follows; To the Getter-up Of the
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RAILRoADsag z,
LOUISVILLE AND NASHVlLLE.
AND A"ii-
Great Southern Rail bad,
SCHEDULE.

9~AAAA - ~ $1,000
Express train leaves daily Except
Sunday. 400 Am
Mail Train leaves ily...,............l2:30 p. IN
Accommodation leaves daily.......... ...... $500 p.m
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on all night
trains.
For tickets or information. apply at. Ticket
Office. 2S7 Main, northwestcOrnero Of Madison
JOHN t. FLYNN. sup't Memphis Div.
jams SPEED, Ticket Agent. ut
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-16
RAILROAD TINE TABLES.

MEMPHIS AND LOUISVILLE RAILROAD.
Arrives. Leaves.
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Aeon except Sunday..... $40 500
Depot at head Of Main street. ~ y =.
Ticket Office, 2d Main street. corner Of
Madison. = - =
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-16

Sleepig cars on mail train. Ticket Offices,
Louisville Depot, 2S7 Main (cor. Madisonl
and 27S Main street. -.
W. E. SMITH, Act's Gsn'l Sup't.
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, An. r.x. Az. r.H.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-16

n. BURKE. Hen1 bup't.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-16
I. WIN. DEAN & CO.. TS9 Poplar Street.
FASHIONS and GOLD,C ,COIN PRESENTSE

shlonsble Manner. Is draws all
The fullness to the back. making tho
"straiRht 'front.'" IL Saves moro
than Ten Times its Cost, Il can ba
changed from One DreSg 70 another.
Price, 46 cents eaehs Mailed.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08
Plain Talk.

The people of Rapides, the true
people, whose cause we have espoused
and specially championed since the
war, although they may consider
themselves nearly out Of the cane
brake and meshes, which have &C
cursed them for mere than six long
years, must not slumber on their
newly vol laurels. We can perceive
from all signs visible to our own OBJ
servant eyes, and from the feeble
vaccinations Of a fen Supposed to
be friends, that the next Parochial
canvass in Rapides is to be pecu
liarly hot one, for we are to be met
with q fire in the fron. and Z fire in
the rear. We are no ;liarlnists, never
were, and HOW write by the card with
more certainty than ever, and plainly
tell our people to DC on their guard
and watch with both eyes these
would be friends. They are to be
dreaded just now more than the De
.I4acys, the Orsborns, the Ilelsos, or
any Of the straight Radicals, for we
know where to find them, and stand
some show to face them squarely,
but our patriots, who would rather
rule under Radicalism than serve
their country, must be watched and
checkmated at once and at all times.
Our country friends must be on their
safeguard against the ,wiles and sweet
talk of these cute chaps and take ey-
cry thing conveyed to them from
these quarters with a large degree Of
allowance. We.can't be too explicit
on this point, and trust that they
will remember and follow the Domo-
Gratis old saying and advice: 'swhcn
you dance with a bear, keep your eye
on your partner
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08
LETTER FROM MIR. DAVIS.

We regret exceedingly to learn, as
we do from the following letter to the
President of the Association, that
Mr.. Davis has been unable to accept
the invitation extended him by the
Directors to deliver the Address at
their annual meeting, next month. =
1t would have Afforded us, of course,
great pleasure to have listened to m
orator as eloqdent as Mr.. Davis is
well known to be; but aside from a
disappointment in this respect, we
regret, in common with the mass Of
our citizens, that we shall be de-
prived the pleasure and privilege of
expressing to him in person the great
admiration and respect, which is uni-
vcrsally felt for the leader of great,
but unfortunate cause, and for one of
the very foremost men Of our time:
MEMPHIS, Tenn,
A. Aug. %, 1879
4. Sep, Esq:
Mr. DEAR s1H:-After long delay
in replying to your kind invitation
to attend the meeting of the Agricul
tural Association Of Rapides Parish,
October 18th proximo, regret to
announce that it will not be in my
power to meet you as invited.
An apology is due to you because
of the honor you conferred in select
ing me TO deliver the address, and /
should have answered earlier if I
had known when your letter was re-
ceived that it would not be possible
for me to be with you as invited.
I gratefully acknowledge the assn
rance of the regard felt for me by the
people of your section, and feel very
confident that it cannot exceed that
which | feel for them.
Please return my sincere thanks to
the Directors Of your Association,
and with best wishes for yourself
personally,
Believe me to be respectfully and
truly yours,
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08
Gather Up the Fragments.

How many lives are, so to speak,
meN relics Of an ended feast, frag.
ments which may be either LEFT to
waste, or be taken up and made the
most of! For we cannot lie lust
when we wish it, and because NC
wish it. The fact may every unro-
mantle, but it is fact, that a too
large dinner or a false step on the
stairs kills much more easily than
great sorrow. Nature compcls US TO
live on, even witt, broken hearts, Us
with Topped off members. True, NC
are never quite the same again, never
the complete human being; but We
may still be very respectable, heal
thy human being, capable OF living
ont our tlircc-scor years and ten
with tolcrssble comfort after all.
These fragments Of lives how.
they strew our daily paths on every
side. Not. house do we entcr.,llot 4
company do We mis- with, but We
more than guess-we Esnow-that
these Your friends, men and women,
who go about the wu!,l doing their
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08

SPRoULE & MCCowN. This old
firm, justly popular with all who have
ever dealt with them, will remove on
the LIST Of October next to the spa
cious store, corner of Common and
st. Charles streets, New Orleans
In the meantime they will sell their
immense stock of fashionable cloth
ing, elegant shirts, neck wear, under
wear and furnishing goods at enor-
nous reductions in prices. Those
who wish to secure bargains should
write to them or call at their present
location, 40 and AZ st. Charles ST.,
opposite the st. Charles HOTEL
Captain Billy Rogers, an old citizen
of Alexandria, will be found in this
house ready to serve his friends in
the best. possible manner. Mr.. Nc.
Gown is now in the North selecting 9
stock for the new store.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08
- -
RAILROAD WORK.

We visited the works OH the New
Orleans Pacific Railway, on last Fri
day, and had good opportunity to
observe we'll and correctly. how the
work and general management pro-
gress. We went unsolicited, uninvi-
ted and with our left bower of the
Democrat for companion, and thus
had a fine chance to see and judge
for ourselves. We found about l25
Iaborers, nearly all negroes, at this
end of the Road, q mile and a half
from Town, busily and quietly at
work, and working we'll as i'll days of
old when labor was worth something.
Good order, perfect system and rigid
discipline were plainly visible from
every stand point, and above all the
laborers showed their keeping and
nailed the SANDER, that they were not
properly fed and were i'll treated
We remained there over an hour and
took close observations in the labor
and the laborers and must frankly
state, that it has been many q long
year since we have seen work done
in such style and with so little pa
rade, giving us assurance of good
food and plenty of it given to the
men, and in all other respects good
and proper treatment. We are
pleased to assure the just public
here, that these things we have seen,
and seen them under peculiar cir
cumstances ola surprise and an I'M
expected visitor. We interviewed no
one, had no bottle drawn on us by
the head ones, but simply viewed for
our own satisfaction, regardless Of
all inside influences, and came home
satisfied with our trip and the good
lesson it learnt us. We wish most
ofour people, specially the doubters,
would do likewise and see for them
selves, for then they could with us
give the lie to the SANDERS already
Kissed here against the management
and construction of the Road.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08

THE MAILs.-In our last issue we
left the Shreveport mail full fledged
nuisance, under the guidance and
self control of the driver, utterly ig
noring connections Or schedule time,
and again we have to easily drop it
in the same fix. The three trips of
last week are preservation OF the
ills we have to bear and which yet
seem to be inflicted on us, and which
for the present can't be cured We
can denounce them, however, right
now add this leaflet to TIE nuisance,
and we wonder how long Post Master
De Lacy, who should in the matter
be our shield, will permit it to go on.
We left our important New Orleans
mail 70 hours behind time, which
was followed On Thursday by fur
ther failure, which was made up on
Saturday, AZ hours behind time
The mail due Saturday came to time.
and proves that we are to have one
out of three mails in good and due
time.
And to cap the climax Of this in
famous and accursed mail arrange
ment, now run specially to suit the
whims and sordid caprices of those
paid to give us decent mail facilities,
and not with single glance in be-
half of the peoples lean rights,
Mondays stage reached here before
o'clock of that afternoon and with
out mail. AS this is our most i'm
portant mail, and now will have to
remain unreceived u hours after
due, the Contractor can we'll conceive
how obliging he is. We ask again
how much longer are we to stand
such imposition and shameful neg
lect of paid and sworn duty? how
long before the Post Master here will
take the proper steps to abate the
nuisance and force the Contractor to
bring the mails when he reaches here
go early and so easily with his light
ming coachesl We are annoyed hey
ond endur; nee, and We must ,ain
protest in the name of an i'll treated
community against such. abuse of
power.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08

Our PAcKET.--The C.. II. Durfee,
the regular substitute of the Bart.
Able, had good trip down for Fall
commencement. Size had for cargo,
go baies cotton, 22i sacks cotton
seed, 0 bags seed cotton, 2 barrels
molasses, I'll head of cattle and sun
dries to order. She reached here OH
regular time Monday evening, with a
good trip of freight and people, aud
viii go down this day at noon.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08


The Observation-Disclosures, rough
hewn though it be, compels us to re-
mind our friends that our Journal is
the only one in the Parish devoted to
the true interests of the honest, tax
paying people, and uncompromising
ly opposed to the Rings, Cliques and
Combinations of Louisiana Radical
ism; and that by patronizing the
Democrat and charging it's circula-
ton, you help sustain paper that is
fighting your battles. Every dollar
you contribute to Radical papers
goes to strengthen your oppressors
and their pap fed apologists and de-
tenders, .andsassist in fastening your
woes more firmly upon you. You
should stand by your friends and let
your enemies take care OF them
selves.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08

TIM rider on the Shreveport
mail route ran away from his connec-
tions, and reached here Sunday night
q hours ahead Of schedule time--as
a consequence we did not receive the
Vindicator Of Saturday will have to
wait for it till Wednesday evening,
the new time established by the DIFF
yer. And yet the Post Master here
blinks at all this nuisance.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08

"A BELL, to weigh 10, 900 pounds,
has been ordered for ST. Johns Cath
Ole Church in Cincinnati, the lar
gest bell in America. It's six feet
high and the clapper weighs one hun
drcd and fifty pounds. Whether the
Republicans Of Ohio will ssring' this
bell into the campaign as an Issue
remains to be seen.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08

The Democracy are again on the
war path. They have carried Cali
fornia, having elected Irwin, the reg
ular nominee, Governor, by hand
some plurality. The balance of the
entire Democratic ticket is success
full throughout the State.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08
CORRESPONDENCE.
NEW OR4.rsNs

NEW ORLEANS, La.
August %, 1851
~. Edoun,a Veil, lluyor Of 1le,..
d,ia, A lerdadtia, La. ~
SIR: This letteris to notifyvn,,
as Mayor Of Alexandria that diva, Is
persons did Oh or about tic 2lst So!
August a. D. 1875, wilfully aud u,
liciously destroy my Printing Pea.
known as and called the g RAPIDS,
Gazette, Newspaper Printing Pres. !,
The Legislature having thrown 3.
safe guard around such property 4,
making Corporations responsible as S.
its distinctions by the lawless With,
Corporate limits, shall, unless your
Corporation repair my losses within
a reasonable time, institute legal nm.
ceedings against it for the recoye,v
ofa sum of money adequate to NV
losses, which | estimate at not ID.
than ten thousand $4,000 dollars.
Very respectfully
j. MADISON Wells.
ALEXANDRIA, La,
September |, 1875.
]. Madison Wells, Esq,
sIR:-I am in receipt of yourletter
dated August 2sth 1875, notifying
me as Mayor of Alexandristhat al. /
vcrs persons did on or about the 2lst
of August, A. D. 1875, wilfully and
maliciously destroy your Printing
Press, known and called the Rapidcs
Gazette" and further you claim dam
ages ETC., from the Corporation.
In reply Sir, / have to state, that
you are badly informed in the mat.
ter you write to me about, and that
no such destruction ever occurred
here at the hands Of any s'Iarless
persons within our corporate limits"
Very respectfully,
+. WE'LL, Mayor.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08

We briefly announced, last week,
Levin's business arrival from New
Orleans, and again announce that he
returned after making the rarest and
largest purchases of pure wines,
WHISTLES and imported brandies, ever
brought to the Town since the I'M
plcasantuess. In fact his entire
stock of Family Groceries has been
beautifully replenished, and being Sc
lected in person, great and favorable
inducements are offered to pur-
Ichasers.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08

--ELsEwHERE we publish a CORES
pondence which reads for ITSELF and
as the matter has q tendency to go
into Court, we have no comments to
make for the present, but we are in
clinsd to think that before we carve
our Christmas gobbler we shall have
something to say about it.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08

linz river, since our last, has ia
ken a fresh falling notion, and thus
far has gone down nine inches. AT
these ticks, with the present showing
of a dry spell, we may yet have a lit
tie low water.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08
ALEXANDRIA, La.
Wednesday,. September s, 1875.
NOTICE.!

NTENIBERs OF THE HEBREW BE-
Ifl nevolent Congregation of Alexand-
ria and over the Parish of Rapides, will
have their business closed OH Thursday,
September 30th, and Friday and Satur-
day, October 1st and I'd, also on Satur-
day, October 9th.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08

we were supplied with New
Orleans papers by the clerks of thu
Lotus No. 3, and as a matter Of
standing Monday certainty, those
of the G. II. Dnrfec served rs hand.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08

TRADE is brisking up right
sharply since the lst inst. Cotton
has commenced to reach Town and
the "boys' are on the qai uice for
every bale which heayes in sight
Thirteen cents SO far is the price we
have heard rs given for the new sta
pie, part cash and part in truck.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08
oFFICE--CoRNER OF
SECOND e. JACKSON SITS
Our Agents.

Thomas McIntyre,-----..New Orleans
j. Curtis Waldo, -.-.--
S. NJ. Pettengill & Co... New York
Geo. p. Rowell 81 Co.,..-.-
Rowell & Chesman, ...St. Louis, Mo
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08

''THE ORGAN. The Rapides Ca
zette, now the property of Ex-Gov-
ernor j. Madison Wells, with A. D.
Wright as Editor and Business Man
ger, made its appearance Saturday
morning, and really looks like and
hsa the appearance of a newspaper,
having dotted its diminutiye shape
and once more thrown to the breeze
its broad and official folds. The few
original articles in its columns give
some indications of life and spright
ness, and its tout ensemble is hug
improvement OIL Bill Howard 'artful
dodger, and waving plane in Ra-
pides' Radical beaver.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08
IUBscRIBE FOR
y TIE DEMOCRAT
.-A~--..o,-,-o.,>

Tan preliminary trial of j. D.
Mccoy, at Colfax, resulted in q bail
able case. The Court fixed the bond
at $1,000, which has been duly given
and the prisoner released accord
ing!y.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08

"A NEW daily Democratic Jour
nal, under the auspices Of the Com
mittce Of Seventy, is about to be
started in New Orleans. Robert
Tyler, son Of cx-P President Tyler, is
to be Editor-in- Chief.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08

Tine convict who escaped from
the Railroad works was captured in
side Of twenty four hours after his
escape.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08
The three PRINCIPAL New

Tue three principal New Or
leans dailies, Picayune, Times and
Bulletin, turned out On the First of
September, the best, most complete
and by far most interesting annual
Statement" which in our long expe-
ricnce We have ever seen or read
This is very commendable in these
Journals, and convinces us that the
Fourth Estate has yet worthy repre-
sentatives in the Crescent City.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08
ooo-----e------ ~

-HARDTNER, the model boot and
shoe maker of our Town, yet flour
isles at his headquarters, on Muir
ray street, in Leyin's brick row.
Give him call.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08

-THE courtesies Of the ''whang
doodles" and the freedom Of the town
were, few nights since, accorded g
a distinguished stranger aud new in-
portation.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08

-THE Post Office has been paint
cd and vanished up, and partly
turned into News Depot. Such
Improvements help al ayould.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08
A REGISTERED LETTER.

On the evening Of the s0th of Au-
gust, 1875, after due notification, we
were handed the following letter, and
made to sign duplicate receipts
therefor, We give publication to it
in order that the people Of tue Par
ish of Rapiles, who have some vital
interests in the matter, may see for
themselves the drift these matters
are about to assume in our Parish
We presume VIC are acting right in
thus giving the largest publicity to a
matter which specially concerns
those in whose cause we have hum
bly, and earnestly devoted our best
abilities and honest convict ons to
champion, and ei deavored to lead to
good results. For the present we
shall forbear further comment, assn-
ring our people that we shall be pa
ticnt and watchful under the threat,
but with the sacred pledge that the
Democrat shall continue in the even
tenor Of its ways and strive to main
tain its position to the bitter end:
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08

SUNDAY was the hottest day in
the week to this Editor, his Their
mometer notching Sc in the coolest
corner of his sanctum-but we had
our usual bottle Of Leoyille and ice,
converting it into a pocket edition Of
the Sample Room"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08


The latest New Orlcans.quota-
.tions ofcoston are: Ordinary LII q
IL, Strict Ordinary 1l3-4 @ 1s;
Good Ordinary III q 1913; Low Mid
ding l2s @ 1873; Middling 141 lag.
ALFRED MoULToN has been elect
ed a Director of the New Orleans
Pacific Railway, in place Of G. w. R.
Bailey, resigned most excellent
change.
WEATHER fair, fine and very hot
all Of the past week rather llnplcas-
ant for man, but just what is wanted
for the crops, particularly the fash
opening cotton.
s.->e-~-~o>~-o. --e-~-,>-o~
-THE Col. A. z. Kouns, on the
down trip, and the Carrie A. Thorn,
on the up trip, faced the paper music
handsomely for the Democrat.
GoLDssIIrH MA1p has just trot.
ted a mile, in second heat without
skip, in 2:l4z.
I SPECIAL attention is desired to
| the advertisement of A. W. Nc.
Laurine.
1 ----y-.-.e---- -o>4xS.-.S-..~
TIM narrow gnaee skirts i: the
lnew name for en-.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08
Death Of Joe Gonnaughton.

!. .
New ORLEANS, Sept. 3.--Joseph Con-
nanghton, elected 1neabcr of the House
from Rapides Parish, but left out by the
Wheeler compromise, fell dead this eve
ming at the corner of Royal and Canal
streets.
The above weclip from Saturdays
Shreveport Times; and transfer it to
our columns tosannounce the event.
The deceased was a colored man,
born free, of good and respectable
parentage, who are yet we'll remem-
bered by Our Oldest citizens. Lie
was native of Rapides, aged about
~ years, and a carpenter by trade.
Though he was allied politically to
the bad band in our Parish, who
have sought our ruin, still we have
always considered him a head and
shoulder above them all in good,
personal traits Of character, and he
was anything but q bad man. We
have known him from boyhood and
can bear personal testimony to his
good traits as a good man. These
traits he has more than proven to us,
when others of far more pretensions
turned us the ungrateful shoulder.
-->~S-aUs-~-~>~~~>e~---
The extracts from the special
correspondent Of the Richmond Dis
patch, which we psblish elsewhere,
plainly show that it was a nigh com
| pliment to our fellow townsman,
Judge Manning, for him to be che
sen to preside, where so many dis
tinguished men we're.
--~24~~r~--. .---,y~-->>~- RI
| GRAEsnorrE.s -danccrs on, the
green.
/ Az old maitl--a woman who has
been made for & long time.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-09-08
Our Fair.

We are again pleased to note the
quiet and energetic zeal the Direc-
tors ofthe Rapides Agricultural Fair
Association arc displaying in favor
Of their Third Annual display.
Though more thap month must yet
elapse before the opening, still all is
now ready and in'apple pie order for
the exhibition. The Directory are
consid era b ~ ahead of time
and are already and prepared for &C
tive operations. VIC trust our plan
tiers, farmers, housewives, lovers of
s. olSs and amateurs are equally pre-
pared to lend their best licks to the
perfect enhancement and material
good OF these honest and matured
acts of the Directory, and will not
fail to meet the fervent expectations
OF all parties concerned.
All the rights and privileges were
leased out on Saturday, and hence
the caterers for the solid comfort of
all alike, will be On hand to fulfill
their various duties. The Bar has
been awarded to ,Julius Goodman
the Cigar Stand to Daniel Gehr and
the Restaurant and Refreshment Sa-
loon to Julius Levin. Thus it will
be perceived that the decks are clear
ed for action and that only the day
and the hour are liking to cause us
all pleasure, fun, solid enjoyment, in
tellectual treats and sports of the
field.