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I. R. 3LOSSAT. "THE WORLD IS GOVERNED TOO) IUCH ." EI'TOR AN D PROPRIETORL VOLUMIE 21. ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA, APRIL 4, 1866. NUMBER 43 T :E R /i. S: 'rTi DEMOCRAT is published weekly, at Five DOL.LArs per annum, 'HREE for six months, payable in advance. No subscrip tion taken for a less period than six months. ADVERTIS.EMENTS inserted at the rate of $1 50 PER sQCARE for the first insertion and 75 Czsts for each subsequent one. Eight lines or less, constitute a square. The fol lowing are our rates to yearly advertisers: One column .............. ..... S.300 00 Half column.................. 175 00 Third of column............... 130 00 Fourth of column .............. 100 00 Cards, (occupying space of eight lines, or less,) ......... ...... 20 00 Obituary notices, marriages, public meet nga, cards of thanks, etc., to be paid for as 1 dvertisements. Stenewall Jackson. [The memory of Stonewall Jackson has received few tributes more touching in sim plicity and pathos than the following beauti fui poem, published in the New York Citi sen, of which Mr. Charles G. Halpine is the editor. Mr. Halpino himself is a poet of rare taste, was an officer in the United 1 States army during the late war, and is well I known to fame as "Private Miles O'Reilly." The poem in question, he says, is from the pen of a distinguished officer of the United States Navy.-Petersburg Express.] He sleeps all quietly and cold Beneath the soil that gave him birth, Then break his battle-brand in twain, And lay it with him in the earthl No more at midnight shall he urge His toilsome march among the pines; t Nor hear upon th,, morning air The war-shout of his charging lines. Cold Is the eye whose meteor-gleam f Flashed hope on all within its light ; And still the voice that, trumget-toned, Rang through the serried ranks of fight. No more for him shall cannons park, Or tents gleam white upon the plain ; a And where his camp fires blazed of yore, d Brown reapers laugh amid the grain I No more above his narrow bed Shall sound the tread of marching feet, ' The rifle volley and the crash Of sabres when the foemen meet. And though the winds of autumn rave, And winter snow fall thick and deep, t Above his breast-they cannot move e The quiet of his dreamless sleep. We may not raise a marble shaft t] Above the heart that now is dust; t; But nature, like a mother fond, ti Will ne'er forget her sacred trust. Young April, o'er his lowly mound, Shall shake the violets from her hair; And glorious June, with fervid kiss, Shall bid the roses blossom there. And round about the droning bee, With drowsy hum, shall come and go; s; While west winds a!l the livelong day W Shall murmur dirges soft and low. Ic The warrior's stormy fate is o'er, ic The midnight gloom hath passed away; And like a glory from the East, Breaks the first light of Freedom's day ! And white-winged Peace, o'er all the land, Broods like a dove upon her nest; While iron war with slaughter gorged, di At length hath laid him down td' rest. t, And where we won our onward way, With fire and steel, through yonder wood, if The black-bird whistles, and the quail g; Gives answer to her timid brood. dr Yet oft ini dreams his fierce brigade Shall see the form they followed far, of Still leading in the farthest van- A landmark in the clouds of war, to And oft when white-haired grandsires tell Of loody struggles past and gone, The children at their knees will hear ne How Jackson led his columns on t 0ha ASoTfas CONsTITUTIONAL AMENDiEwr.- les It is rumored that a prominent member of w the Committee on Reconstruction has pre pared, and means to offer in Congress, in a id few days, the subjoined additional amend- flu minent to'the Constitution. It meets with tin great favor, and will be engineered with es- n pecial energy by the projector of several t, great, but still incomplete military enterpri- sat Des. It is as follows: int AnRTIZLS XCV. That no State shall be wil admitted to representation in Congress until, by a provision embodied in its funda- 1 mentallaw, it pledges its citizens never to foll claim restitution of any pianos, watches, 1 finger rings, spoons, silk dresses, books, Me pictures, sideboards, wines, liquors, carria- Ial ges, and other portable property which may the at any time, under the pressure of military ma necessity, have been transferred, shipped, HI removed or carned away from their resi- pre deunces, cellars, grounds, outhouses, or sta- sor bles, and delivered into the scare and keep- ato ing of loyal citizens of New England-and the all persons claiming or asserting title to the any such portable property so removed, mir shall be excluded from the basis of repre- sai, sentation, and be forever disqualified to lak hold any office of trust or proflit under the in State or General Government.-- [Richmond tha EBnqnirer. ly, The Central Directory, Is there in all history. a parallel to the " Reconstruction Committee?" Did the statesmanship of any age or country, ever conceive an institution of analogous char it acter? It is an inquest on a nation; and x by its decision the liberties of a great peo ple are to be determined for all tirre. " The profoundest of political philosophers ax vowed his inability to frame an indictment against a whole community; but the con Sclave of which Mr. 'Thad. Stevens is the d presiding genius, assumes to convict sover eign States of crime, and to demand against it them the penalties of disfranchisement. 1. Are the men who control the counsels of Government, so deficient in power of ob 0 servation, th.it they cannot discern for themselves the temper of the Southern 0 people? Are they so incapable of general 10 izing obvious facts, that they must solicit 0 the assistance of any casual individual to tell them the condition of the Southern States? Whatever be the truth of the 0 matter, it is no', in the vanity of )fr. Sum t ner to confess this inability. He plumes a himself on his statesmanship, and would be prompt, of his own impulse, to pronounce dogmatic judgment on the character and circumstances of the Southern community. No ; the junto of fifteen is instituted for another purpose than to declare the condi tion of the " Confederate" States, and in struct the intelligence of an ignorant Con gress. i- It originated in an impulse of unappeas i[ able animosity to the South ; and its do sign is to collect evidence that may justify the disfranchisement of the Southern peo t ple. 'lThis was the final cause of its crea d tion; and nothing is more foreign to its II purpose than to shed a ray of honest light , on the subject of its investigation. It is a plagiarism of Mr. Stanton's pet invention; e it is the Military Commission in a civil d guise, and directed to the destruction of an entire community. The measure of justice meted to Mrs. Surratt, is reserved for the South by this committee of Reconstruction. Its pro coeedings are a copy from the Record of its blood-stained prototype; only they are exaggerated to an enormity of proportion commensurate with the scope of its more comprehensive purpose. Instead of a soli tary Baker to " work up " its case, its de tective, is the Freedman's Bureau, and in every village of the South it subsidizes an informer. Its witnesses are collected with painful partiality; nor do we doubt but its foregone conclusion will be supported by evidence quite as unimpeachable as that which established the atrocities of Ander sonville among the indisputable facts of history. Indeed, the thing is done already. Has not an aged spinster, yclept " Clara Barton " been examined by "Mr. Howard ;" and did not this philanthropic female, un der the skillful manipulations of her inquis itor, develop a reign of deviltry in the South that should shock the moral sense of Christendom? I[e who doubts it, need but betake himself to the supplement of The Tribune, where, in copious complete ness, he will find the testimony of Miss Clara Barton. But, despite its ludicrous aspect, this Reconstruction Committee is a very bad and shameful business. It is a reproach to the public intelligence; it is an affront to every sentiment of truth, honor andjustice; it is the opprobrium of republican govern ment-it accumulates within itself all the fabulous horrors of the Star-Chamber and a the Inquisition. God grant that its catas trophe may exhibit as signal an instance of tretributive chastisement.-[New York News. A Happy Woman, "What are you singing for?" said I to a Mary Maloney. "Oh, I don't kpow ma'am, without it is because me heart feels happy." "Happy, are you, Mary? Why, let me see, you don't own a foot of land in the world." "Fut of land, it is ?" she cried with a loud laugh, "Oh, what a hand ye be after a joke. Why, sure, I've never a penny, let a lone a fut of land." 4 "Your mother is dead." "God rest her soul. yis," replied Mary, a with a touch of genuine pathos. "The c Heavens be her bed." "Your brother is still a hard ease, I sup- i pose ? "Ye may well say that. It's nothing but drink--drink, and beat his wife-poor cray ture." "You have to pay your sisters's board:" "Sure, the bit crayture! and she's a good little girl, is Hinny, willin to do whatever I axes her. I don't grudge the money that , goes for that." "And you haven't many fashionable a dresses, either ?" "Fash'nable, is it? Oh, yis, I put a bit e' of whalebone in me skirt, and me calico d gown spreads as big as the leddies. But bh then you say true; I haven't but two gowns o to me back, two shoes to me fut, and wun tl bunnit, barren me old hood." bh "You haven't any lover ?" "Oh be off with yez! catch Mary Malo- t, ney wid a lover those drys, when the hard , times ia come." "What on earth have you to make youa happy ? A drunken brother, a poor help 1: less sister, no mother, no father, no lover why, where do you get all your happiness ?" "The Lord be praised, Miss, it growed up in me. Give me a bit av sunshine, a clean ly flure, plenty o' work and a sup at the right time, and I'm made. That makes me laugh and sing. And thin, if troubles come, I try to keep my heart up. Sure it would be a sad thing if Patrick McGuire should take it into his head to ax me; but the Lord !s willin' I'd try to bear up under it." ju i The Portage Lake Gazette has the following story: This fall nearly all the ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, stationed on Lake Superior, went down to conference on the famous propeller Lac La Belle, the first mnate of which is a gruff but dry old joker. M Having heard that there were hmlf a dozen preachers on board, he remarked in a gruff sort of a way that the trip would be a stormy one. "How so?" inquired one of A the ministers, who happened to overhear Ri the remark. "Because there's so many foi mintsters on board,"said the mate. "Why," DT said the minister, "I've travelled on the lake for the last five years, and never was bu in a stormn vet; how do you account for ha that ?" "lhy," said the mate, hcitating. 1y, "perhaps you're not much of, preacher." THE DEM.OCRACY OF PENNSRYLVANIA.-The Democratic State Convention of the Key stone State has just finished its session at e Harrisburg. It is conceded that the assem e ,blage was more enthusiastic and number er ously attended than any of its predecessors i of the kind for the last ten years. There was a strong contest for the nomination, "- which is regarded as a most hopeful sign for the campaign, it being an old maxim rs that a spirited convass for the nominations is a sure sign of the success of the party at le the polls. The platform was adopted with great harmony, the leading feature of which rt was the full endorsement of the President's st policy towards the South. of b- i;i There is a bankruptcy even in the natural world. The day breaks and the rn light fails. LI it SUP A giinsling does not suit a broken to arm. *n to > If you jump at conclusions, you may n- take a leap in the dark. 35 1e _ Why is a fly one of the tallest of °e insects? Because he stands over six feet id without shoes or stockings. Y. r 1Tottoe. " m THE UNDERSIGNED begs leave to S1. inform his friends and acquaintances " that he has resumed his former profession, at the residence formerly occupied by U. ;" WESTBROOK, on the cross street above the Jail. Having made arrangements and v renewed my subscription to A. F. Ward's "- Philadelphia Fashions and Tailor's Arche a types, will continue to receive them for the it Spring, Summer and Winter of each year; and by strict attention to business he hopes a to receive a liberal share of patronage. the flatters himself that he will be able to In give satisfaction to all who may favor him with their custom. Prices moderate. ml4-5t. 0, C. WOOD. NO. TTIOE. ts OFFICE OF THE POLICE JURY OF RAPII)ES PARISH, n ALEXANDRIA, LA., February 8th, 1866. e IN ACCORDANCE with a resolution - of the POLICE JURY of the Parish - of Repides, State of Louisiana, this day n adopted. Notice is hereby given to all a persons having claims against the said h Parish, that the same must be presented to I s me, duly authenticated, on or before the y 31st day of MAY, A. D. 1866. FRANK E. FORBES, Clerk Police Jury. f i New Orleans Crescent please copy P. 7 times daily and 6 times weekly, and send a bill to-4his office. febl4-llt. COTTONSEED. 3e BUSHELS Red River Cotton ,f iUU Seed, (crop of 1865,) for sale, d at $1 00 per bushel; delivered at the Ian f dine of Willow Point Plantation, De Soto Parish. s ml4-4t* E. T. ROBINSON. STOLEN FROM my residence, on Second Street, A BLACK TRUNK containing clothing.- ¶The trunk was marked at the end in white d letters: D. C. CARNAL. I will give a c reward of fifty dollars for its returq,,.to me c and no questions asked. Mrs. M. B. CARNAL. f March 14th, 1866. DRS JAMES S. FISH, SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN, Offers his services to the Citizens of Alex- a andria and vicinity. During the day he may be consulted at St. John's Drug Store. SAll orders left there will receive prompt L attention. At night he may be found at 3 the residence of Mrs. Carnal's on Second Street. March 14, 1866, 3m. PLANTATION FOR RENT. SITUATED on Bayou Bauf, twenty.nin miles below Alexandria, and one mil above Cheneyville. It consists of 650 acres Sol land, with cabins, corn houses, etc., all in b good repair. For partico'irs ihnd terms, ap - ply to Mrs. S. B. WRIGHT, Cheneyville, Louisiana Jan. 31, '66, 13t5* .uctidszenat. el Mrs. R. J. Stafford No. 113-Dis- el vs. trict Court, Par- * Thos. Jefferson Stafford, ish of Rapides, p Her Husband. State of Louisi IN this case by reason of the law and evidence being in favor ofplaintiff, it is or- . dered, adjudged and decreed that she do 9 have and recover of the defendant the sum of four thousand two hundred dollars, and th that she be seperated from defendant, her w husband, in property and have entire ad ministration of the same free from his con trol. IJt is further ordered that plaintiff recover from defendant the costs of this suit to be taxed. Thus done and signed in open Court this 12th day of March, A. D. 1866. W.B. LEWIS, B, Judge Ninth Judicial District. tii * District Court, Parish of Rapides. Filed R; March 12, 1866. W. W. WHITITINGTON, Jr., pa Clerk. wi State ofLouisiana-Parish of Rapides. sa I hereby certify the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original judgment obtained in this office. SGiven under my hand and seal ofoffice as Clerk of the Ninth District Court. Parish of Rapides this, the 12th day of March, 66 W. W. WHIIITTINGTON, Jr., Clerk. March 21, 1866, 3t. Printer's fees $15 00. A due bill made and executed by Eliza Richardson in favor of T. H. J. Richardson for the sum of four hundred dollars, dated December 11th, A. D. 1866. All persons are hereby warned not to P: buy or trade for said due bill, as payment has been stopped. W, L RICH ARDSON. March 21, 3t* at he Jos. n. WILKINSON, JR. ADOLPIIE RALCHAL. l Wilkino-n & giahal, ly er ers Commission Merchants, re I), AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN ne PLANTATION SUPPLIES, c at th :Doat S9t0ore.9 ch o ch AND 's WESTERN PRODUCE. J he No. 53 Front Levee Street, a he Between Bienville & Conti Streets, NEW ORLEANS. en 'January 31, 1866, 6m.* R. W. BRINGIIURST. CIIAS. R. BOYD LY ýii jhtir f & air et Land. Survevors t -and-- I Civil :Ernginieers, t to Office next door to Losee's law office, n, BOGAN'S BUILDING, r Fe F~ront Street, n S.A.1exancz.dia, La. t e- January 31, 3m* r; THE IRVING HOUSE. t Bs t d to e n THE undersigned has the pleasure to I announce to his friends and patronsthat he has opened his DRINKING SALOON --and-- y In the new BRICK BUILDING recently erected 'o by Jacob Irving, on t e t The corner below the Ice House. d d He hopes, as heretofore, to merit and re- 2 - ceive a'beral share of patronage. n Julius Goodman, March 28th, 1866, tf. 0 SHERIFF'S SALE. Janmcs Hicks vs. J. S. Camp. No. 49-State of Lobisiana, Magistrate's Court, Parish of Rapides. L By virtue of an execution issued from the fr - Magistrate's Court, Parish of Rapides, and p e directed to the Sheriff thereof, Will be sold S a on the premise,, on li e SATURDAY, the 5th day of M AY, 1866, S the following described property, to-wit: tt The north half of the southwest quarter, and the southeast quarter of the southwest al quarter ofsection twenty-nine in Township T 3. range 5 north; seized in the above suit to satisfy said writ. ''ERSIS OF SALE, CASH with the benefit of appraisement. E JOHN ROUTH WILLIAMS, Sheriff. • Sheriffs Office. Alexandria, March 28.1866. M March 28, '66 tds. Printer's fees $15 75. DOCOTOrP oAiN PRACTICES IN ALEXANDRIA AND VI~INITY. OFFICE: March 28th, 3m*. Notice of Election, SI Notice is hereby given to the qualified S electors of the Parish of Rapides, that an th election for Parochial officers having been by the Governor ordered throughout the a: State according to law; an election for Police Jurors is hereby ordered to be held sL on Monday the 7th day of May, for mem bers in the following wards: Alexandria, yf Pineville, Cotile, Rigolet, Lamourie, Spring 5, Hill, Cheneyville, Plaisance, Calcasieu, 1)1 West's, Bayou Rapides and Annacoco. sI Commissioners of election will see that be the same is held according to law and ford sa ward returns immediately. ty ROBT. C. HYNSON, to President P. Jury. se March 28th, 1866. cer - on ILost N\otes. no Two promisory notes drawn by John Bogan to the order of the legal representa, . tives of O. N. Ogden, endorsed by M. Ryan, each for $1000, one dated January 6, 1862 and the other 6th January, 1863.each wr payable one year after date. The finder will be liberally rewarded on returning the same to the nndersigned. GEORGE O. WATTS. March 21, 1866, 3t. N. V. HEBERT, pie att No. 94 COMMON STREET, the wil Between Camp and Magazine. bin NEW ORLEANS. DRY GOODS, Domestic, Fancy and Gents3 fro bul FURNISHING GOODS, rer Pocket Knives, Stationery, Etc. pr, N. B.--Mr. ROBERT McREE is asanc, ated with Sir. II. Jan. 2-1, '6G, ly, All ELECTION NOTICE, BY virtue of a proclamation to me di rected by his Excellency J. M. Wells, Gov ernor of the State of Louisiana, an election will be held at the different election pre cincts of the Parish of Rapides, on _ Mondxay the-7th day of 31y.ne-lt, For the following officers, viz: One District Attorney for the Ninth Judicial District, composed of the Parishes of Rapides, Natchitoches, Winn and Sabine. One Sheriff for the Parish of Rapides. One clerk of the District Court. One Recorder. Or One Assessor. TC One Coroner. cy Four Justices of the Peace. and three constables for the Alexandria Ward. And one Justice of the Peace and one constable for each and every Police Jury Ward in the Parish. Commissioners of election, are required to hold the said election in accordance with law, which is the same as under the Con stitution of 1852, and make due returns to this office. I Every white male who has attained the u age of twenty-one years, and who has been a resident of the State twelve months next preceding the election, and the last three months thereof in the parish in which he offers to vote and who shall be a oitizen of the United States shalt have the right of voting. In addition to the .foregoing qualifica tions, every elector is required to produce MI the amnesty oath prescribed in the Presi dent's proclamation, either of the 8th De- Ml cember, 1863, or that of the 29th May, :o 1865, sworn to and subscribed by him be fore competent authority. e JOHN ROUTH WILLIAMS, li March 28, '66, te. Sheriff. Printer's fees $42 00. ye uIS 111-5 ho; THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. ex' District Court-Parish of Rapides, me NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. ' No. 266-Estate of Whereas William CA d Mercer Canfield for B. Hyman has Administration. ) made application MI to this Court to be appointed Administra- MI tor of the Estate of Mercer Canfield; No- Ml tice is hereby given to all whom it doth or ll may concern, to show cause, within ten days from the date hereof, why the same should not be granted. Clerk's Office, Alexandria, La., March ST 28th, 1866. W. W. WHITTINGTON, Jr. Clerk. Eq SHERIFF'S SALE. 7 P. Ann E. Watts and Husband, A vs. A John Clark, et all. A No. 212-Ninth Judicial District Court, A Parish of Rspides. Do By virtue of a writ of.fieri facias issued p i from the Ninth Judicial District Court, Parish of Rapides, and directed to the A. Sheriff thereof, Will be sold at the Court House door in the town of Alexandria, on T SATURDAY the 5th day of MAY, 1866, stoc the following described property, to-wit: lion The undivided half of square No. 36, with the all the improvements thereon, sitqated in the- all 'Town of A!exandria. ten Three horses, and it ; Twenty-three head of Beef cattle. mar Seized in the above suit to satisfy said Exqcution. TIERMs or S r:, CAsn in U. S. Treasury H, notes and with benefit Of appraisement. arn JOHN ROUTLI WILLIAMS, par Sheriff. por Sheriff's Office, March 28th, 1866. March 28th, '66, tda. Printer's fees $21. I, sal sire SHERIFF'S SALE., sRh tere Stephen Mead, No. 252-9th Ju vs. . dicial District Court. C Robert Crulkshank. Parish of Rapides. Wh "DY VIRTUE of an execution issued from alle ) the Ninth Judicial District Court, Parish of Rapides, and directed to the [I Sheriff thereof, Will be sold at the Court are House door, in the town of Alexandria, on Paln SATURDAY, the 5th day of MAY, 1866, will mar the following property, to.wit: M Section 18, containing one hundred and ban sixty-eight 18-100 acres. perf Section 19, containing one hundred and or e: sixty-eight 21-100 acres, and Section 20, containing one hundred and fifty 71-10)0 acres, all in township No 4 and Nev 5, North of range No 2 West, Southwestern surp District of Louisiana, with all the improve. ch:at ments thereon, all in the Parish of Rapides, fise being samne property sold by Plaintiff to d said Defendant, and above desc sbed proper- tin ty to be sold for cash, to satisfy three notes Inco -ow due and amounting to F'bnr thousand tion seven hundred and fifty dollars, with 8 per cent interest from January let, 18~4, and A on a credit for the balance due on three gg notes amounting to 64750 00, each for $1583 33, with eight per cept interest from At January 1st, 1864, payable each respect. ing ively January 1st, 1867, 18, 1869. vers Seized in thbe above suit to satisfy said writ. JNO.ROUTII WILLIAMS, 4 Sheriff. . Sheriffs Offiee,'Alexandria, Marph 28, 1866; Mari~h28,'66, tds. Printer's fess $26 25. Is al male Notice to Creditors and Debtors. ma *LL persons having claims against the Succession of Levi Wilson, deceased, will please present them without delay to my The attorney, H. S. Losee, Alexandria, La., and those who are indebted to said Succession will come forward and settle at once with . him or the undersigned. GEO. L. WILSON, March 7, '66, 4t. Administrator. Plantation for Rent or Lease. MY "'Emfild" plantation, nine miles from Alcxandria on bayou Robert. No1| bullding on the place. Plenty of rails to repair fences. The le.se: can pay rent in hnilding cabins, gin, etc., if the work is ap. proved. The plantation is one of the best in Louisiana, and will be i~ased for three p years. For terms upply to Judge Manning. TF1 OS. 0. MOORE. TJ Alexanudria, Dec mber 8th.;1865, tf" Ed, SIR & R098703,18 GREWAT SOUTHERN C 7 I T . O S . E T E oNJNATLOW id Organized expressly for the SOUTHERN th TOUR, and in order to Mivit atbriliau' c and et, obied ith e MR. DENNY STONE, formerly of the Great. . Southern Circus of Stone & McCullum. e. MR. FRANK ROSSTON, connected for many years with celebrated Southern Circu estabsOhments. ee MR. JOHN MURRAY, formerly so distin guished as one of the two great Acrobats, Murray & Holland. Those gentlemen have for the past five years exhibited in England, France, Ger many and Spain, and upon the cessation of hostilities in America organized the'present excellent troupe for Southern entertain ment. m CAPT. THOMAS USSHER TIDMARSH, s DIRECTOR. 'u MR. FRANK KELCH...........Manager. a- MR. M. COYLE................Treasurer. o- MR. D. A. KEYES......Advertising Agent. Dr MR. OSCAR PERRY, the renowned n Soloist and Leader of the Orchestra h, STONE. ROSSTON & MURRAY'S GRAND COMBINATION Equestrian and Dramatic Troupe, - Will exhibit at Alexandria April 9th at 7 P. M., and.on Tuesday 10th at 2 and 7 P.M. At James' Store on Cotile, Wednesday April 11th. At Cloutierville, Thursday, April 12th. Doors open every Night at half past 6 ( P. 1M Performance to commence , at half-past 7. e ADMISSION ........-............. $100 The Proprietors wish it distinotly under o, stood that the entrance way to the Pavil. lion will be made very commodious, that the entrance to the different class seats will a. all be separate; and that respectable gen tlemen are engaged as Ushers, whose duty it will be to see that every lady and gentle- i man is comfortably placed. OAPT. T=D1ARIE SHas selected six of his old companioii in arms, now residents of Memnphis, whose particular duty it will be to attend to this portion of the arrangements. . In the selection of Artists for this Colos sal Alliance, it has been the proprietors de sire to secure such a variety that no patron shall fail to find in it much that will in terest the mind and enchain the attention. The brilliant CLUSTER OF CELEBRITIES, Which adorn this fanedl Circus, are unpar alleled in their several specialities. SThe Magnificent Scenes In the Arena are enriched and beautified by gorgeous Parapharnalia and superb music, and they will be rendered with faultless grace and ' ·marvellous splendor. . Messrs. Stoie, Riosston & Murray having Sbanished the Antique style and reached perfection in this organization offer no stale I or exhausted facts. New Features and Fresh Novelties, i Never before introduced to the pnblio,,will - surprise and delight the eye. The subtle charms of this organization will be made fascinating by a Myriad of boeautias, won dorful in conception, and datalingin execun tion, and onforced wit:n all the brilliant accessories and ",pulent resources of this incomparn'oie combination. Public atten. i tion is called to the annexed ] Array of PreElEminent Talent, IERY ARTI BTAR, AND EVERY Tf A G1M, Among the professional celebrities adorn- h ing this perfect construction of talented ' ersatility is the wondeXfulljy talented O.NE OF WHICH IS Mdclle. SIBplhie. Is absolutcly unapqroached by any rider, mald or female, in either hemisplheres. Also MONB. PFELLbE ANDMI TER ENRIE - The Wld Horseman of the West. O d PROF. G. P. BlTCHIN8018 TRI.A.Il9EDj fDOGS, -.4'icnlcd to perform. a great yariety of ex. coedingly amusing, wonderful and difficult Tricks. A description of the various feata that these sagacious social favorites have been taught to execute would sUrrpaSt b lief. Their intelligence, style aIl linishl exceed every kind of trainihng the bint species ever developed,. and, the' amusing alacrity, and the inuncnse docility display ed in their unique perfoirianeces, ' Call rth shouts of Applause. MESSRS, MURRAY & ~ICfTiI4W, The Renowned Sensation Acrobats. CfARLEs, RUDOIbP AND iALENTIf .. SIG. FERDINAND, i The daring Gymnast, the intrepid Equill. brist and the dashing Summersault Rider. MR. DEN STON. ' The popular Humorist and accomplisheh gentleman of the Circle. MR. JOHN -BOYCE THE TALENTED AMERICAN CLOtVN. MPR. ,.AN E RC05TON,0 - The Skilllfl Direotor of Amusement, The collection of Trained Horses, Perform* ng Ponies and Trick Mules are unsurpasa able, and cannot fail to elicit praise. Messrs. Penny, Goldie, La. Rue, Perry., George Murray, Mastera lenrie, Charles, Leon, Clarance, etc., etc., versatile perforni era, the whole forming a congress of peer less talent. THE FRISKET GAMBOLERS, C-AB A"LTD I0 AT'El Will show how much livelier they are than all other Comic Mules, Trick Mules, Funny Mules, Dancing Mules or any other Quaint Mules known to fame, for being queer in their conduct. 8TEAM ENGINES & BOILERS, Circular Saw Mills, HOE & CO'S CIRCULAR SAWS,. R'Eubber TBeltig and Packing, CORN AND FLOURING MILL, DRAWING PUMPS. Woodworth's Planting Machines. COTTO.N GIN .SHAFTING,. And a general assortment ol MACHINERY, for sale by EDWARD M. IVENS, No. 53 St. Charles Street Nsw OaR ANS La D)ecember 13th, '65, tf. SHERIFF'S SALE, Pauline Boutelt No.166, Ninth District vs. Court, Parish of ltapide:s HIliare Rey. BY VIRTUlE of a rrit of seiture a~i sale directed by the Honorable Ninth Judicial District Court of Rapides in the above entitled cause, I will proceed to:*ell at Publie Auction at the Court House door iii the Town of Alexandria, on 8 ATURDAY theth.7day otAPRIL, 1866. The following described property, tewj Four certain lots of ground situated iq the Town of Alexaudria in the upper sublirb of said Town anuddesignated as lots No. 1, 2, 3 and 4 of square No. 21, together witl all the buildings and improvements thereoa to satisfy said writ. TEnMS or SA~I.: Cash in U.S. currency wtth bjpeft of appraisement. '* ROUTIH WILLIAMS, SheriE Sheriff's Office, February 28th, 1866. Feb. 28th, t. Prhiter's fees $15 75. F. A. BIOSSAT, Steailboat .Agent; AND GENERAL COLLECTOR. Advances Cash on all freight bite~ to steamboats. Collections promptly attended to. TEETHI TEETHI! TEETHRli D R.. W. H. IRWIN and his assodb ate DR. W. H. SANOBIEZ, will open their office and be prepared to perform at I branches of D entistr~, . in the neatest possible manner and prompt dispatch, On MONDAY 19th FEBRU. ARY, 1866. All the new and prograeive iprovenmentns. Offitce at Julius Good man a Front Strcot, feb21tm.' ItCCESSlON SALE. Etate of Win. Dcloach. Ninth Judicial DI)istrict Court ., By virtue of an order issuied from the Ninth Judicial District Court, Pl~.t'."f Rapides, and directed to' the ~Sherlf titol, Will be sold on THUR1SDAY, APRIL. 12th, 1861, at the residence of M; Laysard, the, olpp: log property belongiig to the lstateW.e o- " Four hundred bushelS eacorn.': . ." i' T'raxo or SYI,, CAsU in U.4S. Treasmr JohN .iburu WiLLiAMs, Sieriff.' : Sherifs oflfice, Alexanidria. Martcht 28, 66. March 28, '66 3t. Printer' es e $9.00.. TOST 01 two large envelopes. One con U taining $2850: three 5500 notes and one hundred one dollar bills; the balanes ii differet denominations.., ... The other envelope containse bills of Groc.eje and Merhaiddiae bolg ht in N'ew Orle~ans. . The said envelopes were lost on the 13tb of March, 1866, between Alexandria and Cheneyville. I will pay to any one who will'delivt to me the same, five hundred dollars. . March 21, 3t* G. H. $ALIJS. JOSEPH DEYN)OODT, GENERAL COMMISSION MiRCHA N, No. 2 Carom lest Street. NEW ORIE'N6. Auge. A '65 lye