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Year: 1868

Judging from the increase in the number
of registered voters in New Orleans, the
entire registration in the State must be, or
would be, if completed, about lG5, 900. The
Democrats.at the election on the second,
obtained some so, 600 votes. We are satisfied
that the figures represent much larger
number than they could legally or fairly
poll.


How this fraudulent vote was obtained
is question which will receive some
considerable attention, if we are not mis-
taken.


We saw number of men from one of
the eastern parishes few days ago, from
whom We learned a few significant facts.
At several voting places the whites attend
ed with their guns, from whence they sal
lied out in bands, surrounded the colored
men and actually drove them to the polls,
and at the muzzle Of their firearms com
PEELED them to vote the Democratic ticket.


The returns from several of the parishes
will show that the Democrats have polled
nearly the entire registered vote. 1t can
be shown that large numbers of colored
men did not vote, and upon the face ofthe
result there is fraud.


10 the opinion of those connected with
registration in the several wards of this
city, there were frem two to three tbous-
and illegal and fraudulent naturalization
papers voted upon.


Thus in every part of the State did this
party of violence carry on its high-handed
measures of outrage and fraud. Desperate
in defeat they became reckless, and or
ganized systematic intimidation il SO
open manner, that the whole country
knew the fact. Intolerant of opinion, they
embodied their hatred Of Republican prin-
ciples in acts Of violence. Regardless of
the rights OF men, they knew no right but
their claims to rule, aud acknowledged no
criterion but success.
Year: 1868

The Camp street papers having rendered
such signal service to the Republican
party during the late campaign, show a
determination to follow up their advantage
by instructing General Grant in his duties
after he is inaugurated. The Times has
figured 1t out to its apparent satisfaction
that the man it has so largely contributed
to elect President is a famous conservative.
His cabinet has been selected for him, and
it is reported that "Gito' is now engaged in
writing the inaugural message The
PicaJins has kindly smoothed the way for
him to retain his present position in the
army and be President too. A Radical
Congress is to extort from Andrew johnson
four years leave of absence, and thus
give General Sherman a chance to be
General-in- Chief.


Ia short, we have reason to believe that
full claim will be set up for the advan-
tages of the fifty thousand majority in
Illinois, the seventy thousand in Massachu-
sets, and the overwhelming vote of other
anti-Ku-klux States. Whether it viii be
allowed or not is an open question.
Year: 1868

h ASHER royal
Is understood t
bed in New Or
berty Hirers, to
landlords hav
s an excuse d" t
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tax, the tenaI
n to demand a


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do not pay th


their city tax


on the dolla


The cry Of " e


Hence the 1
Year: 1868

The San Joaquin Valley Railroad Company have filed articles of incorporation in the office If the Secretary of State, at Sacramento, Cal Ii Is their intention To build railway connecting with the Western Pacific at Stock ton, from the latter place up the San Joaquin Valley, and ultimately to connect with the Southern Pacific at some point in Tulare or San Bernardino county.
Year: 1868

BY not taking his county paper.


Keeping DO account OF home opera
tions.


Paying no attention to the good old
maxinI = y stitch in time saves nine,
in regard to the sowing of grain and
planting of seed at the right time


Leaving reapers, plows, cultivatOrs,
eJe.. uncovered from the rain, and heat
of the sun. More money is lost in this
way than most people are willing to be-
lisve.


Permitting broken implements 10 be
scattered over the farm until they are
irreparabie. By repairing implements
at the proper time many dollars may be
saved, a proof Of the assertion d" that
time is money"


attending the auction sales ana pur-
chasing all kinds of trumpery, because
In the words of the vender the artiele.
are every cheap"


Allowing fences TO remain unrepaiTed
until strange cattle are found grazing IN
the meadow, grain fields, or bruising the
fruit trees.


DisbeIieyiug the principle of rota-
iion Of crops. before making single ex-
pertinent


Planting fruit trees with the expccta
ton Of having fruit without giving the
trees half the attention required to make
them profitable.


Practiciug economy by depriviDg stock
Of the proper shelter during winter, and
giving them unsound food, such as halt
rotten and niouldy hay and fodder


Keeping an innumerable tribe of rats
On the premises, and two or three lazy
dogs that eat up more in a month than
they are worth in a whole lifetime


And lastly, he looses by not reading
the advertisements of those who patron
ize the printer, they being invariably
the most enterprising and liberal house:
to deal with when he goes TO town.
Year: 1868




THE Third Volume and second year of
Lippineotts Magazine of Literature Science
and Education viii commence with the
number of January, 1869; and it IS the in
tention Of the publishers that the Magazine
shall not only maintain the high


LITERATURE REPUTATION
which it has acquired during the FIRST year
of its publication, but that 1t shall be in
deed still more valuable, attractive, and en-
tertaining.


The publishers, encouraged by the great
success and marked appreciation which the
Magazine has already gained, have made
liberal arrangements for ;he future. Their
object viii continue to he, to present to the
American public a monthly magazine Of the


HIGHEST CLASS,
thoroughly national in its tone, and treat
ing the questions of the day in a philosophi-
cal and statesmanlike manner. Zach num-
Der viii contain a large proportion of light
reading, together with articles of more
thou gh'ful class.


The January number viii contain the
opening chapter of a brilliant and
ORIGINAL AMERICAN NOVEb,
written expressly for this magazine, which
Year: 1868

Secretaries OF Democratic Clubs
Will confer favor upon the editors of this col.
umn by sending to the Crescent Office after each
meeting of the several clubs which they represent
a synopsis of the proceedings. We are com.
PEELED to ask this from them, as the rapidly in.
creasing number Of Democratic clubs in the city
render it impossible for a local force, however
large, TO attend every meeting. We wish to make
this column a complete compendium of local
political intelligence, and, with the aid of our
friends, will certainly do so. But such assistance
is necessary. We trust that the Democrats of the
city will give il.
Year: 1868

Nor is IL pleasant consult physician for the relief Of
these various delicate affections and only upon the most
urgent necessity will far sacrifice her great
charm DO this The viii then thank us for
placing their hands simpt specifies witch will be found
ecacious relieving eung almost every Of those
troublesome complaints peculi4r to the
Year: 1868

The Nstehitoches Times says: Gan the cotton in
this parish, with the exception of perhaps an oc-
casionsl field, is stripped Of its leaves by the
csterpillsrs. The general estimate is half crop
that is, one half the yield which would have been
gathered il the cotton had continued to grow until
froat
Year: 1868

For this season the regsttas have ended
pleasantly to all engaged in them. May we not
hope that another year may give us more pros
perity and more devotion TO this manly, health
ful and invigorating amusements. We are happy
10 record that the three days Just closed have
passed of without anything 10 mar that good
feeling and unity of friendship that have so long
bound our yachtsmcn to their fellows on the
coast. MAY Il ever be so.
Year: 1868

general then stepped out into the street and
thanked the Fossils for their kindness, in a few
expressive words and retired The wee sma' hours
Of the morning had fairly been reached by this
time, and the club marched down town to dis
band at their headquarters, not, however, before
complimenting the CRESCENT.


Such pleasant evening as the one spent by
the Fossils, must be long remembered by them.
Year: 1868

Farms in Arkansas sell at from three to five
cents an acre. local paper says that dirt is
SO cheap you have to look sharp, or they will
smuggle an extra forty or so on you in making
out the deed.
Year: 1868

There is time when trifing should cease.
There is point in the history of nations
when their salvation demands the unsparing
use of the sword. When rebellion struck
its knife at the life 0. the Tepuhlic, the esword
was called into service. No sacrifice would
have been too costly to have maintained our
unity and integrity. That unity and integ
rity was maintained, and thank God, the
nation still survives. This nation is again
threatened. But the danger is in the Gis-
tance. There is but dim spcck of war in
the horizon. The atmosphere is but slightly
tainted with the smell of sulphur But how
soon can the cloud, but the size of mans
hand. swell with the rapidity of the Eastern
tornado, and envelop us in the fire and smoke
of gunpowder. Passion still RACES in mad
ness and fury. Reason has not yet resumed
her sway. There are thousands of suilen
and discontented spirits who hope for no
other fortune than death of proud defiance
on the battlefield where they can at least
Stlue Ill iuC Cdlili vi ttcdlu Ghc HIS
which consume their souls. 1t is not neces-
sary that the Republican party should repeat
a thousand times that they are the party OF
peace and order. and that they are pledged
to maintenance of the Constitution and the
laws. The Republicans have pIoughed these
lines broad and deep in the history of the
American nation. No party so thoroughly
abhors riot and violence; no party will go to
a more desperate length to perpetuate this
government and maintain the supremacy of
legitimate authority. As public journalists,
we believe that the leaders of the Democratic
party aim to destroy the government by rev.
olution and civil war; We are equally well
satisfied that the loyal men of this nation
will resist this wrong to the bitter end,
Blair's letter is before the people. So is the
Democratic platform. Both mean war.
Grant calls for peace; the Republican party
calls tor peace. This is no vain alarm. Let
the people act as the solemnity of the times
demand.
Year: 1868

TO any one who is closely observing
passing events and reading the newspapers
OF the day, it is amusing to see the maneu


vering of the Sentinel of this city. With all
its changes and quirks, it is still true to one
thing, and that is, hatred of Republicanism.
Its bitterness is shown from day to day to-
wards every measure which is proposed to
insure order and promote peace in this State.
If colored member of the Legislature, du-
ring the proce' dlngs, happens to vote or act
with the Conservative party, he is immedi-
ately praised and fattered. Could that class
of men be induced, which they never can he.
to act with the Conservatives, so-called. all
would he right. ls


The daily fulminations OF that sheet show
the agony which corrupt and dying aris-
tocracy endures. 1t dies hard. But 90 it
must. Its doom is sealed The first match
which was applied to the cannons bearing
on Fort Sumter settled the fate of slavery,
and slavery going, the proud and bloated
arlstocracy which had always ruled the
South was doomed to follow. The same
spirit is manifested almost daily in the two
branches of the LEGISLATURE Sometimes
the conservative leaders are very plausible,
affable, and quiet. Nome so loyal and TRUE
as they-they have nothing but the gnoa of
the people at heart. But let some measure
be proposed which looks towards keeping
them and their friends out of Power, and
Year: 1868

they ut once become furious They then
threaten and bully and ridicule.a None can
speak louder or longer than they on Consti-
tutional rights. They are great sticklers for
strict construction" and they are much
Mortified when other men construe it differ
emily from what thev do.


The class which has heretofore ruled here
the men who caused all the distress and
carnage ofthc past seven years, must 60 un-
der. Their crimes have been great and will
be punished. A too lenient government
has lndulged them beyond measure. Hence
their .impudence and disposition to eomi-
neer. 1t is useless for men to ignore the
cries for justice. They must he needed, and
it is nothing hut right for all those who are
guilty to be set aside The public good re-
quires it. Those who now have the power
in the State should be very careful whom
they trust. Power is always stealing from
the many to the few; hence we should be
vigilant. These men are guilty, and they
know and feel it. They cannot escape their
fate.


"The mills of the gods grind slowly,


But they grind exceedingly small"
Year: 1868

SI14NAlL-


Mr.. Wynne said:


Mr.. PRESIDENT The Senator from
Sampson stands to day quivering before his
God to answer for the deeds done ON this
earth. The manly form of yesterday rests
quietly in his shroud and coffin, not to
awake until the elements shall have faded
away-nOt until the great, grand, and glorl-
Gus purposes of the Almighty shall have
been consumated, and the destiny of every
country and person, shall have been fulfilled.
A Senator of North Carolina is dead p Life
is but shadow, and men pursue but a sha-
dow" This sudden death is the voice of God
speaking to this Senate. Let US not mscon-
strue the lesson, or fail to be warned in
time to prepare to pass to the presence OF
that Being. before whom the bright and
beautiful rays of the sun fades into nothing
before whom the greatest and the best.
with all the earth will stand at the great
judgement bar to hear their sentence, and
receive their reward The deceased was a
man Of many virtues. Peace to his ashes. -
May mercifll God have mercy on his fami-
ly, and protect the widow and orphan.


Mr. Cook said but yesterday the deceased
was one of us-we could hear his voice
listen to his counsel, and realize that he was
a man in our midst. But what of to-day ?
Do we see him now-do we hear his voice
do we have the advantage of his counsel
No. he rests with his fathers. He is now
one OF that number who have their being
beyond the river of time-one who has ta-
ken up his abode with the millions who
have passed from earth to immortality. 1t
is fitting that We should pay man of so
many good and Christian virtues some
tribute. 1t is fitting that we should express
our own sorrow by wearing the usual badge
of mourning, and forward to his widow and
family the resolutions proposed. Keeping
ever before US the loss we have sustained,
let us forget as near as we can all the past,
and all that will tend to cause any unkind
feelings in the future, and one aud all, en-
deavor to promote harmony and peace
among all mankind Believing that the de
ceased is the gamer by this sudden exit
from life to immortality, let US try and fol-
low his example, that we may he ready to
pass through the dark valley of the shadow
Of death and fear no evil"


Mr.. Sweet moved that the Senate, in a
body, accompany the remains of the deceased
to the depot Agreed ta.


The President, in accordance with the
resolutions of Mr. Harrington, appointed the
following committee to attend the body to
its last resting place: Messrs. Harrington,
Love and White


A message was received from the House
nt Representatives announcing the appoint
ment OF Messrs. Sinclair, Argo and Keener,
asthe committee to confer with the Senate
committee as TO the forms necessary to he
carried out in relation to the death OF Mr.. L.
ID. Hall, Senator.


The Senate, on motion, adjourned.
Year: 1868

Seymour and Blair are good leaders for
the rebel Democracy. Seymour was a trai-
tor to his Government as far as he dared be
in the agony of rebellion. For him went up
the sympathies and the prayers Of the South
ern rebels. And Blair, shades of the chiv-
airy! Who is he9 The chief spoon-stealer
and hummer in North Carolina and who
also declared to ''colored female" that she
was just as good as any other woman. The
refnemens the intelligence and north OF
the State must experience most profound
satisfaction in voting for this man Blair.
Their joy is their own and a "scallawag" in
termeddleth not Herewith.
Year: 1868

The Democratic Conservative party waged
a three years war on the Union of the
States, and now claim to be better Union
men than those who stood by the Govern
ment during all this time, and who fought
and bled for its preservation.
Year: 1868

In the days Of slavery the man who in
sisted on justice being shown the slave was
a gentleman. In the days of freedom, the
man who insists on justice being shown the
liberated slave, is a scallawag." Both
these definitions are from the Conservative
dictionary.
Year: 1868

GENTLEMEN: AS many of you have writ
ten to me asking If the Standard will be as
ably edited as when under the direction of
Governor Holden, take this method to in
form you that do think it will. The gen
temen who have this paper now in hand, 1
take pleasure in saying are competent,
worthy and truly reliable This company
will also in few days have two short hand
reporters in the Legislature, and then the
Standard will truly be very interesting. Do
no. only continue your subscriptions i,ut en-.
large the circulation. 1t is the leading Re.
publican paper in the State and Considered
the organ OF the party.


Respectfully,


Your obeflient servant,


j. W. ETHERIDGE.
Year: 1868

The shouts at Chicago, when Grant was
nominated were recognized as the same IS
those which went up after each Union vic
tory during the war.


The shouts at the New York Convention
were recognized by all the boys in blue as
the rebel yell which invariably went up after
a disaster to tn e Union forces.
Year: 1868

IMPORTANT TO PATENT RIGHT MEN-Tbe pro-
visions of the late law passed in reference to the
sale of patent rights require that any person pro-
posing to sell or barter any patent right shall
submit to the Probate Judge OF the county where
in he proposes to sell, for his examination, the
letters patent or an authenticated copy thereof,
and his authority to sell or barter the right so
patented; and shall swear or affirm before such
judge, stating the name, age, place of residence,
and former occupation OF the applicant, and ifan
agent, the name, occupation and residence OF his
or her principal The affidavit shall be filed and
preserved in the office of the Judge, copies of
which may be had on demand, as Of any other
public document ANY person receiving q GER
tiicate shall exhibit the same on demand ANY
person who may take any promise or obligation
in writing, for which patent right shall form any
part of the consideration shall insert in the in-
strument the words "given for patent right"


The penalty for refusing to comply with the
requirements OF this act SHALL on conviction, be
a fine OF not more than $500, or be imprisoned In
the county Jail not more than six months, or
both, at the discretion of the court, and be liable
to the party injured, in civil action, for DANA
ges sustained, ..-......
Year: 1868

BEAUTY IN HOME EMATTERs.-Eugraving she'd
their spirit over household. The calm portraits
OF the great and worthy dead exercise great In
fuence over me. could look on those over my
own fireplace until they seem neither absent nor
departed, but living yet. Every good picture ID
the best of sermons and lectures. The sense in.
forms the soul. Whatever you have, have beau
ty. Let beauty be on the paper on your walls.
It is as easy to choose paper suggestive OF the
lovely in form and color as the uncouth. Why
should not every household object be sanctifed
with this grateful charm? Each chair, each Ia
BILE, each tea or chamber service, and every OBJ
ject for kitchen or parlor, for the home OF the
poor man, artisan or mechanic, would have
them all worthy Of home Of taste.-Sidasy
iSnnifh
Year: 1868

"WhRt a pity" says DR.. Adam Clarke,
that the best part Of the lives of SO many of
our yeuth should be spent, if not wasted, in
studies and languages, that in ninety-nine
cases oHt of one hundred, serve only to pass
through the forms of schools and colleges,
and however they may have acquitted them
selves in Greek and Latin, Mathematics, and
a still inefficient Aristotelarian Philosophy,
enter upon life scarcely requisite for. pass
ing honOrably and usefully through it many
Of them not being able properly TO read,
scarcely at all to aEalize, and hardly to spell
their mother tongue


Parents would do well to inquire most
pointedly into the character and qualiicatins
Of the boarding schools to which they send
their daughters; and the academies and coli
leges to which they send their sons. Let
them never sacrifice their sterling coin for
the tinsel lackering and gliding Of learning
Let them give all diligence that their
children may be taught what win make them
useful to themselves, profitable to others,
and respectable in society. say nothing to
the necessity of attending to the advice Of
the wise man, Train up a child in the way
he should 60, and when he is old be will not
depart from it, This, believe, was never
better understood than in the present age,
and at no time more practically applied, and
hence there is at this time greater proper
tiOn OF moral and piouS youths than was ev-
er before in this country, or is now in any
other country in the world. To God be praise
forever"


If good old Adam Clark had lived in these
latter days of Rebel degeneracy instead Of
ezclaiming I" To God be praise forever p he
would have exclaimed, " God have mercy or
usp
Year: 1868

DEAR PETER IL have persued your
grafton with great deliberation, and
little consideration at the great in
fatuation Of your weak inauguration
to show such veneration on so slight
a foundation. After mature dclibera-
tion and serious contemplation, 1
fear your proclamation is filed with
adulation, or saying from ostentation
to display your education by an odd
enumeation or rather multiplication,
of words Of like termination, though
different in Specification. But as
admire association, and am in favor
of annexation, l acknowledge my ap-
probation, and indeed my incliaation,
to accept with qualification the lovO
and alteration set forth in your decla-
ration and will, with preparation
love, and animation, remain with ro-
and rejoice in the appella'
tiOn of
Year: 1868

P. ST. suggest the Information
that we meet in consultation, and
make some preparation for the final
consumation of the intended anexa-
tion, when l bear the same relation
to your homo and occupation that
bear to myself.


MARIF MopER ALTON.
Year: 1868

NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 23, 1868.


In accordance with q resolution
adopted by the Republican State
Central Committee, at a meeting
holden on the 2Sth ultimo, a State
Convention Of the Republican party
is hereby called TO assemble at the
State Capitol on tho 10th day Of June
proximo, to consider tho nominations
made by the National Republican
Convention, recently held at Chicago
and to take appropriate action In
reference thereto; to nominate can
didates for Electors for the State at
large; 10 nominate q candidate for
Congressman for the State at large
for the unexpired term of the Fortieth
Congress and for the Forty-arst Con-
Rress; to take such other action as
may be deemed expedient.


The committee recommend that
tho Republicans Of the several coun-
ties Of the State assemble in conven-
ton on Monday, the first day Of June
next, at their respective county seats
10 select q number Of delegates to
said convention in accordance with
tho basis representation adopted by
the last State Convention, by which
the serveral counties are entitled as
follows: