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E. A. iO'S , .... ''..U., U , rric--CORONEaO . SECON. AND FhITOT STS. Our Agents. " liomas McTotyre,.......New Orleans J. Curtis Waldo,......... " " S. .M. Pettengill & Co.,... .New York Griffln & Hoff'man,.....Baltimore, Md ALEXANDRIA, LA.* W'ednesday, .... January 29, 1873 MW R. M. Kilpatrick, whose term of office as Slayor of Alexandria expired on Monday, vacated the robes of office on that day, and they were placed on b the shoulders of R. L. Fox, the newly elected Mayor. Mayor Fox goes into office under favorable auspices and fluds al a clean Corporation slate to figure on, and it is to be hoped our community sa will give him a fair trial and lend him their moral weight. We are almost sure he will come up to public estima- ti tion. We give his incoming adminis- b tration the Democrat's blessing, with a sincere good wish for the fultillment of our Town's good rule and'government. a 17 The Supreme Court of our State have rendered a political opinion, called a judgment, asserting the infamous Bo vee-Longstreet concern, to be the legal to Returning Board. This was expected d of them as Casey and Packard had al ready written to Grant assuring him g they were true to the party and would 'save it. Justices Wylie and Kennard 8 differed in toto from the three political u Judges and rendered a dissenting opin ion accordingly. D "¶Next Monday evening, at the magnificent Ball Room of the Exchange Hotel, comes off the Second Anniversary Ball of the Stonewall Hook and Ladder r Company. We know the boys will be c honored on that occasion with the beau ty and chivalry of Rapides. One spe- a cial fact should be remembered-it is the LAST BALL 10 be given in our Town before the Lenten season. Remember the Hooks! W One of our Town features of the week has been the arrival and location in our midstofaPictnreLottery. From what we could notice in passing and re passing the charmed spot, those hand- s ling and pointing the long stick at the c pretty pictures, took down less than n they put up. At any rates most of them I have the consolation of possessing fine additions to their Art Gallery. e General W. L. 3Meclillan, elected I to the United States Senate rice Kellogg, by the Louniiana Legislature, and John j Ray, elected by the Bayonet Legisla- t ture to the same position, have both reached Washington. Their credentials were presented by Senator West, at one. and the same time, and both were re ferred to the Committee on Elections. """ Tie duly electecd Pa:-lh ofilhials of Rapides and t lie Kellogg-Durell pre tenders, are all snugly seated and doing some work and no harm that we know of. The same Iay be said of our dnal government all around. We have cause to be haply, that is if miwry and pov erty can conduce to the-colntentmcnt of any set of mortals. ro THE PEOPLE OF CIIENEYVILLE.-- We call the attention of our Cheneyville pa trons to the fact that Mr C. Mantel, a first class Photograpie Artist, will visit their Town in a few days. Should you want any thingone in his line, we guarantee perfect satisfaction. We have known Mr. Mancel for some time, and feel no delicacy in recommending him. Be sure and give him a trial. iV Governor McEnery has been crea ting excitement, in and about Alexandria. HIe has made appointmeuts of Tax Collec tors all around Rapides, above and below. We never knew patriotism to wax so warm and fierce before. Somebody must fll high and then d--n McEnery and the Fusion party. IHow interesting such lit tle scenes are to outsiders. SWe are pleased to announce to the people of Alexandria, and the surround ing country, that Jonas Roaenthal has just arrived from New Orleans with a new lot of Groceries and Dry Goods. Give him a call; he selli cheap for cash. SThe Lou i s iana Legislature are still playing funny in balloting for Uni ted States Senator for the long term. Wairmoth still runs ahead in this great trial race. Louisiana in CongresS. . It is given ot frop Washington tha personestld iipers ill sent fQr tO a: foa evfienc4,ar i " mittee e)il ' They d" not fear to "have the wbole ele- po tion and its surroundings, toronghly ti^ ventilated. All they ask is that the in-eta vestigation be an impartial one; and that an( the Repnblican majority in Congress will thi not forestall the result for the purpose of l "saving the party," in imitation of Gener- to al Grant, who thought more of his party of fri4ts ia of ih% into 8 h 'Ptate b aundtlaepefce and .iarrnonf' tie r'i"i. Fvery day our causJ,ia gaiIgwpgrtd. it amo!ng thinking people of both sections. cor Nor ate able defenders wanting on the is' floor of Congress. To say nothing of the Democratic members, leading Radicals ser have become so heartily ashamed of the the position of the party in Louisiana, and of ert the ruin its leaders are working, that they t are openly espousing the cause of the peo- da, ple and ably' discussing the points at is- (los sue. pal An informal proposition bas been sug gested to the effect that those members of wi the Legislature, who have been returned int by both Boards, should organize the Log- th: TRI islature and then decide upon the qualifi- , cations of the others. This plan was in. adopted in Alabama on the snggestioa of an the Attorney GenBral, but the Radicals wl flew the track when they found that the Democrats had a majority in the Coompro-pr mise Legislature. Perhaps their ageeing an to the same compromise in Louisiana will He depend upon the question, whether they ca will thereby obtain control of the State He government. The people are getting anxious for the is settlement of this question, but they are of unwilling to take any settlement that fat will compromise the interests or the boen of the State. We hope that the end is not f'rc far distant, and that the isbue will be sat- Sty isfactory to the people. er 7 Mr J. Compton French has re- is moved his grocery to the old stand an of Moses Rosenthal-Front Street- Co where lie will be pleased to wait on ce all cash customers. He is also now an tii the proprietor of that favored resort an known as "The.Horns," where lie eli keeps always on hand the choicest of P liquors. L, - *- th p' The riser still keeps pace with to the weather. Never knew the ancient co stream to act so fickle and passing strange. A decline of two feet since our last, and on a stand as we write, is li as faithful a report as we can give to ar keep the marines posted. el I' A merited tribute of respect to the b. memory of the late Samuel K. Johnson, m I has been passed by the retiring Board of fo Councilmen. All the Corporation officials joined the Councilmen in this just memen- ti to to the memory of a good man. It will el be found in our columns to-day. or 'General John B. Gordon, ex-Con- tU federate Major General, and a man of the finest order of talents, and the pur- w est of men, has been elected United tr States Senator from the Ntate of G 'oi Sgia. l His main competitor was Alexan- re der H. Stephens. b m I We must still report a continu ance of horridly cold and disagreeable of weather. Really the present winter has been the severest and of longer dura tion than any known to the oldest in habitant, or ever dreamed of in the phil a osophy of the Demnocrat. 1 k5Plenty of steamers arrived from e New Orleans last week; but few from 14 Shreveport. All have as much freight ( as they can pack on the present water. r. Yet all complain of hard times and not Sma'king salt. e Peace, quiet, but not plenty, reign in our Town. NNthing has occurred to Smar the genial harmony of her good : folks at home, and this reporter has to I1 c. stop short the present issue for the want , of stirring locals. 40 A colored deck hand on the stea- i e mer Flirt, was drowned on last Sunday. I He was upset from the skiff of the stea mer, whilst on duty with the mate and three others. This occurred near the ie Upper Falls. s The new Town Council were ush , ered into office late Monday evening.- m We have not tinme, on such short ac quaintance, to say any more about them. We shall reserve our compliments sour re ue astrefois. SRoscoe Conklin; Grant's own, has at been re elected to the United States Sen ate, from New York. 3 iifirmities are the lot ofall. T ways sick. z-No n , W. is Sil1l,[vor, of the okne an fre ba w1inph rn4er life a rden to i. n onoiw .f. beings is td tare t ' 'id ne ct, A might an to t f of disea as' n Oi p h mless atis Cie pt poisonoit drnug enters Into as composi- oif tion. It is an undefiled stimulant, tonic de Jeurkg v..which every ingredient is veg- In etable. This unexceptional preventive and restoratve medicine is not "a new 'n thing under the suann." Hostetter's Stom.- F aeh Bitters will seeoon have been before the Pt wdrld a; quarter of a centuiry; and itis not pr too much to aver that thousands, aye, tens hi of thousands, are now using it who would to havee ip~ their ves" years: ago h d $i1 they fit._ tren]tiffed apd snstailtll i y this llo ~so1 stnn1ant. Tie po tibs witll oh..miomer. saiments.tTe ieo come, when neglected, obstinate diseases, g is well known. This tonic is famous for at the immnediate check which it gives tq on these breeders of deadly disorders. The at sensation of languor. the sick headache, a the nervousness, the indisposition to ex in ertion, the nausea the confusion of brain, do the physical debility, which are intended t to premonish us of the, approach oferiousl danger, are invariably removed by a few closes of the Bitters. The fame of the.pre paration as a genuine specific for dyspep P1 sia, bilious complaints, malarious fevers, ki rheumatismi and chronic debility, is as m wide as the world; and in thesedays of vi infitmons charJatanial, when fierce ca- ti thartics, that rob the invalid of the last a remnants of his strength,are advertised as fi invigorantg (!), it is indeed .a blessiug to mankind that Hostetter's Stomacl" Bitters li are everywhere procurable, and every where popular. C General B. F Butler seems to com- le prehend the situation of Louisiana affairs, L and very plainl+.talks..it out in Congress. 1He has condensed the whole facts of the 13 case in a very small compass.. In the House debates, on the 14th inst., he said: "The facts on the one side are that there to is a government going on without the use of the legal machinery to ascertain the fact of the right of its members to act as such where no election returns have been t made public and where they are enjoined se ifrom being made public hy the United fI - States Court, or being used and the gov- II erunmeut from acting under them. That w is the Warmoth Government. And on tl the other side, the Pinchback Government hi - is going on without over claiming to have I any return; the Pinchback Government coming together upon affidavits, certifi- ti cates only to show their election. But Ci certificates and affidavits are not the legal tI - and proper evidence which the constitu- I tion of the State of Louisiana ordained p 1andl provided for the ascertainment of the I a election of its State ollicers." At this t ,f point General Butler was interrnpted by General Sheldon. who stated that the e Lynch Board of Returning Officers. had the returns oft the United States inspec- I i tors for their guidance. General Butler q t continued: "The facts stated by the gen- II tleman are not different from what I nlup- o J! posed; but there is the very difficulty. e The supervisors of the United States are not returning officers at all for the elec Stion of State officers in Louisiana. They S D are simply to certify the returns of the a election of the United States officers. F They have no more power to make a re turn in State election in and of themselves, i e by the act we passed called the enforce I, ment act, than you or I have. And there- c of fore I call their returns certificates And P I claim, as the gentleman claims, that the a Pinchback Government as a new Legisla- t, I- ture, as a government holding under the o II election of November 4, is alone standing 11 on their certificates and affidavits; where- "I as, on the other side, they have the re turns duly made by the returning offier, hat the.y dare not show them, and are en joined by the court from using them. And, s - while I db not believe those returns to be fl d true. because there are some suplpressions t of returns-I believe, some in the gentle- 11 manl's own distri-t-the officers having c l- refused to make returns, yet it is shown a by the only legal and required returns made that that government is elected."' t - "Again we must record the death e of another of Rapides' oldest and best women. -Mrs. Mairgaret Swartzenbach, I in the 63th year of her age, died at her residence in 'ineville, on the 23d inst. I 1- She was a native of Germany, came toI Rapides in 1839, and has been an h6nor m ed resideut of Pinevile ever sinee. "'She m leaves behind her a large family of chil it dreu and g'rantdchildren, and a memory r. that will be preserved in our commu ot nity. trThe Rev. Robert Collyer says .he would like to see "every gin-mill Sclaineld in thile bottomless pit of hell." to This the Louisville Courier-Journal d believes to be the sentiment of every to loverof good whliiskey. nt --- g Isaac l'atterson, colored, a well known and good man, a native of Rap-, a- ides, aged 54 years, died at his home, y. near Pineville, last Sunday evening. a Alexander II. Stephens has been he unanimously nominated for Congress iii his District, to fill the unexpired term of General Wright, who died last month. E° Dogs are getting too numerous,in Town and should be cared for. Where m. is the dog law ? ner IT Thanks for late New Orleans pa pers to the La Belle, Lotus No. 3 and as B. L. Hodge No. 2. en- I Early Rose Potatoes, for planting purposes-can be purchased of H. St John. Message of vernor Ml very. To the Senate d usa.f Re reae -lti and e at' kt tt of our piblic affairs so perativ to demanded by the will of the people; wi nod upon us the eyes of our people are now fixed, and are justly exacting a di speedy fulfllhnent of the pledges on our co part to relieve them, as far as in our Id power, from the grievous and onerous s burdens imposed on them by a hither- qw to reckless, unjust and oppressive leg- ev xi i le di eLeg- o islatnre at once address itself to the and initiate l1thofll debJt the much needed measure of legislation that will th at least promalis the peoplelof the State Pi a comparatiiv -rlief ffro-t the almost nt intolerable evils of misgovernment, nn- di der which they have so long and pa- do tiently suffered:: . - bi .' Notwithslf thfld g't btrctlon that lies in our wqy, in the shape of an op posing State' Government, that is known b every ijtelligent and honest tano in' thý Stit.s be~tiea 'opringf d, f violence, fraud, corruption and usurpa- a tion, we should not be deterrred from et a prompt exercise of rall the practical w functions iniherent .in Sid pet'taiding to at government, and exhaust every peace- p, ' ful remedy and ronuree, to put in effi- ai cient and actdal operation the practical powers of the only true and legal and o0 - legitimate. governmen.tin the State of o0 i, Lonisiana. To this end-I shall proceed at an ear ly day to issue commissions to all per sons shown to'be elected by tlhetoily official returns of the late electioti, and v now on file in the office of the Secre- at tary of State. so SI shall likewise proceed withidelib- xt erate action to nominate to the Seiate, tt and by and with' the advice and con- C; sent of that honorable body, appoint to c: I the various, offices in the State within - the gift of ,he Executive, such citizens fc t who in my judgment will discharge 1 their official duties with capacity and E honesty. At some future but early day I will b transmit to your honorable body spe t cifc recommendations touching thena 1 ture, character and scope of legislation el - I deem important and necessary in the 1i. I present disordered condition of our i, e public affairs, my only purpose being ce 8now to indicate an intention to exer cise the powers and functions of the a department of government over which t' I have the honor to prieside, and to re- L r quest that you may pursue the same - line of policy in the legislative branch~ Sotf the Government. rIMPORTANT DECISIoN.--The United y States Supreme Court, has decided a h e somewhat important case in the suit of 3- Perham vs. Way. The point is, that f where a debt exists payable by prom- e issory note, ownership in the dpbtanpd claimn canndt.bA tr'nsretried bI legal i d process of execution unless the note 11 e accompanies the sale and is delivered y a- to the purchaser. According to )he e e opinions of many, a promissory ntt is c g not a de6t, but an evidence of debt.- g The liability exists without reference a to the paper on which the proof of the c r obligation is written,. If. the note ii should, be destroyed, the fact that the e debt is due morally could not be des s troyed with it. This would he the case, e- undouhtedly, in regard to ordinary t g contracts, the terms of which mnight'be ii n established by writing. Promissory E 's notes in croinmerdial transactions carry t the debts with the paper on wlich the 1I note is written if the transfer has been t t according to the terms of law. The X particular.ase to which we refer came ' up on a note which was held by a per-i er son who had joined the rebellion. The it. process was iht the nature of a confisca- ' to tion, anld the debt was attempted to be sold witiou thlie. possession of thle dote. I - Tie clhilnm was bought by the debtor1 e and maker of the note, who thereby il- supposed that his obligation was dis ry charged. This is denied by the decis u- ion of thle court, which thus establishes a doctrine as curious as it is iwp r tant.- [Erlihasge.. he ry Within thle past year 2oo00,00oo bo~s of Dr. Tutt's Vegetable Liver Pilea have been sold, and not a single, - elII stance is known where they hIave fBts Lp, given satisfactiont, If youan would .;ieJ r jtus host rt ae;n.:upoeIte aa4do bust health, use. these Pills. en ns A'noembvr,1869. in D W. H. TUTT. m It affords mle muchl pleasure to tes th. tixr t:he gra raa e v eof your,'Liver Pills. They are all they are represent. in ed tuope.' In my opinion, there are no Pills so well adapted in the Sonuthern "r climate as they are. •,Yours JOS BRUMMEL. nd DR TUTT's HAR DYr Is- ENDOIosIaBY THE BEST CIIEaMSTS . og 2" What part of a book is moat like . a fish? 't'lie tin-is. "Save tl "Parties intereste t c x~ arty,a es, ar ythe p4 s Iit fdragoo e I o y ofetoalhot fe , e o sare ti1<r It to withstand. Ther'p is anger that will break our quor . "The delay in plac at disposal of Governor Plnchback, in ra cordance with the joint resolution. Monday, is disheartening to our fries and cheering to onrei e Jf quisition is complied aWil, a rdl e will be dissipated, the party saved,l everything go onso 1 I thiL done, the tide will be bied a our favor."-[Caseyt pa President, Decerpbe. 11th, 187', =~d now made pubtli dH. w pregnant wita dir"a,evillto free pepple. tIli p1e)lth dgcpmeonts. needs not to, bqe twgrej' brthes noughtbut dislionesty1 detiot t izatiop a Dui dlespolis m, an. the ai. tltr of'thle di'patch tle 'frowp oftl . cent meni. shoukl be henceforth "Itjl utntelentingly.. . It is utterly awl absolutely falset4 desperate effortswere" being made"'i array, the people against us'--the ausu ers. It is a fou& eatpmany. he' . n were, and are, still, positively shoce at the "desperate"scoundrellsm of "t party," and needed not one' wort tb arouse them.tn I "Old citizens 'are dsagooned' itob - I opposition they donot feel.' Falseood on falsehood! PeLion upont)basal Roiiýt out, Mc:. Onsey, one slugl4t u_ citizen thus "d'rra orred." YoPk.'i o Mr. Casey, that tin is a vile slnad'~ "Our nmmbers are poor and our sI versaries rich.'' Rich, sir! Prove it, and you wit) gladden the hearts ofthop. sands of your "';adversaries," who i1 tlsis great erises are hourly gyam~tl their poverty. Show us onu riches , Casey, or stand convicted of anoth" 1calumny. "And offers are ma .lhat are dfllcuilt for them (the-lrity),. u withstand." Immaculate rule of a civilized Statel Each man hi Mr. President; send on y.t'n etop e all is lost! Bayoeonets on @ n e y wil break tlqueck n of t"he a.y I" "Del' hi-lploeing trooljs at'.he dieo. sal of Governor ]incihback sdisiesit-. ening toour friend!, - _,tw justice, right,hove no home in "'the tarty;"lt ris weak,&.nd r "troo)ps"' ibdn osential to R cheer "o0afr friends!" "' r it e, awith, Law. justice,, right,. are not with us, r. DPresident* cLvilization itself is ag "T''roops" are our l;ialion. arutefoir must he pitted against liberty, or "tlb pai t," is lbat... ,.!1, .' ,. t.lo ,ILet the civilized lvorld look upon tE hideous picture of the conflicl.betw, "pai'ty" ant civilfzrtion.:' Wh'a I~al have we here, even at this very moment; for some to contemplate, whom theest civilization of Louisiana have intrusted [1 with her welfare!. Does riot this dis. 1 patch",ofCql)1eptor Casey clearlydq1ie l the' political stainus to this peoi6|?-. WI hat is the conflict but that of dishon e estv and despotism again~st iberty d . civilization ? Is there longer room a - groveling "ioilhy?" Cana this "pl afford to ble divided another da' tbe e class of political aspir:ats so brilliaslU illustrated in ,Colifcpr' Cisey?-[lew Orleans Picayune. s, T'Li JIMr. Sv¥.Tr ' osO y thi 'jnl'f syste 1it a e is loonin up 'oii evy. 'd ; Sotlirthy hnield taken tiis bold y tio' in refqard too t'ii lta er: 'e In our humble opifit the i en itsn ei.nit conducted,' one e 'grehteit hmbligs "dff taie C ought to be abolisli'il.'iT l'e - in this '.onnty at e~b ir"Ci e cost the 'Cominonweditld at e 4 lded by teli.Jdge a.lr tifac '*oFt atrtie - WThen fathe t s lb ee'Cd to hli'' '6 Is bbttql -tcidc it tcan f'Tto "u iii ii~ ea5 t 6bIbifIbe3 a e canou a Judge, while by bribbI a: 5 ryman you caq often gd asTh bjurImt id bre'.u duhil - interested parties than the Judoe t it is a very easy matter o - man out of twelveotbatean be;oo - upon at a very small outlay., had a very importatrt ease in cob would rathei'trust itto thip de amau likb 'Coler thadl a thu 'or A ReD*-HT Akir.L._Figures*r It. -exorabl6, and lthey somnetimes o ny capers, For instance, a let In pears from Secretary lelknap, for a splecial appropriation of $ to furnishl thi$ hrua with stoves, 00.a!ready having been ,exisa that purpuose. :.A tlerease I in esenarmy, tlhi,,would.givees=b a $4 stove, South asa ell ae Telicrjq'us re~ider will ask whl Sry man in the army wants a for,--[Chicago Tribune,