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h1itiau 4 jcimctatt . E. R. BIOST, ......... ..EDITOR OFI"ICC-CORNiER OF SECOND AND EL;T,TJIOT STS. Our Agents. Thomas McTntyre, ....... New Orleans J. Curtis Waldo,......... ", " S. M. Petten.gill & Co.,.....New York ALEXANDRIA. LA.* Wednesday,....January 21, 1874. The ball and supper which we announced last week, would be given by the Masonic Fraternity of our Town has been definitely settled up on, and Tuesday the 17th of next month (Mardi Gras) is the day fixed for the Feast. From what we know of the men of the Order at the head of this affair, we are certain it can but be a complete success and a pleasant reunion of our good people. *- John Lee Carroll, who has ijust been elected President of the Maryland Senate, is the great grand son of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last survivor of the Declaration of Independence, and Win. Pinkney Whyte, just elected U. S, Senator from that state, is a grandson of Win. Piukney, the greatest lawyer of his day. I0. Another big lire in Jeffer son, Texas; loss over one million of doll; s. Among the sufferers is our old friend Dillard, of the Tri banne. Ilis compilee and line prin ting office was cnali'ly deshoyced in the fithe, which loss hills heavily on the veteran of the Press. Va. We are in receipt from the "World" office, of our usual and annual rememibriance, a copy of the World Almanac for 1S74, which we expect to enjoy as a rare intel lectual treat, and leport on hetealf ter. F Big lifus, row and h--I to play in Terrelbonne Parish; all a la Colfax nigger and all in the inter est o f that turbulent element.- Kellogg has sent his troops there and all will be well and whitewash ed as pure as uoww! [f We can find no terms harsh enough for the bad conduct of the clerk of the weather in our locality. Since our last we have had sleet, n;uow, rain; cold weather, warm, sul try weather, in fact all four seasons of the year in quick succession. ab. Hon. . . C. Davidson, our uiemlier of Conlgress, pa)sed up on ':'e Gov. Allen, on Monlay. Ile is a)luck to the last, of good cheer and will return to Washington in time , make our light. j Judge Oi iboi n is back from id!lependent Grant, Court having (oii'onried on Satllrday. Very lit ; business there, all peace and h.unger at Col lax; short horse soon c(nried. ---- o~----~/c ~at. The latest accounts from +Washington, concerning the Texas cr, ete, has ])avis, the dead beat (i;,vernor, still crying for bayonets, i-i8 Attorney General Williams is banking on moral suasion. c Our regular and ever pane 1,I Weekly Packet St Mary, alone i her glory, reached her Alexan !; ia home, early Monday, and goes down this day at 12 M. ie The venerable Gail Borden, the inventorof "soup meat biscuit" ad:l of"condensed milk," died on lihe 11th inst, near Columbus, Col arado County, Texas. [F General Withers, Conserva. l .- and Lieutenant Governor of V'irginia, has been elected to the * V. S. Senate, from that good old 1 St:dte. a The Texas Troubles. A bad example is easily followed. I When ambitious candidates for of fice in Louisiana, in defiance of the ;* will of the people of the State, set up = a Slate government and were - rs tained in their usurpation by the Republican administration at Wash ington, it was to be expected that k others of their friends would follow their example. It is so easy in lo calities where the Radicals are in a minority, to elect their ticket by a Presidential proclamation, a decision e of a venal court, and a squad of sol n diers, that the temptation is a little r too strong to be resisted. The State of Texas is thoroughly t Democratic. In a recent contest, d whose fairness is not doubted, the v Democratic ticket was elected by d 43,000 majority. But the Radical n ticket wanted to stay in and bit upon a a precedent to accomplish their ob ject. The Radical Governor held on to his position over his term. He g got the Supreme Court to decide the e election unconstitutional. This was t in imitation of Louisiana, where Du ,t rell's Court decided in favor of Kel e logg and Ludeling's Court was "with LI us," in the language of Packard.- d According to Morton, when the State a Courts so decide the battle is over. e But Davis knew that the Texans have a way sometimes of unceremoniously cutting the throats of people who stand in the way. Hence he writes a to Grant to send him troops to main is tain the "legal State government." i. If Davis had learned a lesson from j. the Louisiana question, so had Grant. d He has discovered that the people y everywhere rebuke his interference in the Louisiana matter, and is evi dcntly sorry for his action in it. e Hence he telegraphs to Davis that he l had belter submit. The Terans, e therefore, not being met by Federal h bayonets, walk over the track and I- are masters of the situation Te'xas f- will have the officers she elected, and Rladicalism in her borders is doomed. So would it have been in Lonisi ° ana had Grant acted toward her peo ple in the same sensible and maguan imous manner. If Grant had held off last winter the Kellogg govern ment, the pretended choice of the majority of the people, would not have lasted fifteen minutes. May we h not hope that, now the Radicals hare .e seen the error of their ways, the ad - ministration may yet repair the t, wrong it has done the State? 1- - -** - 3s We refer the afflicted to the card of Drs. Jordan & Jacques, the distinguished practitioners who have r effected so many wonderful cures of ri disease of which they make a speci 8 alty, who have for some months past .1I been established at No. 17 RIampart o St. between Canal and Common Sts. New Orleans, where they may be consulted in person or by letter. They have established a reputation for skill and care in the treatment of even the most difficult cases, which will justify all who are afflicted in seeking relief at their hands. Their medical work the "Medical Essays on Marriage, the causes and cure of Premature Decline in Man" which has been highly advised by both the press and scientific men, is replete with valuable information. I'B Elsewhere we publish a short, but plain article from the N. Y. Times, a leading Radical Jour nal, on the nomination of Calcb Cushing for Chief Justice. The candor of the Times we can but ad mire, as it forcibly writes that none but an avowed and pronounced Radical must be placed on the Su preme Bench. 1 The Parish Court was not held on last Monday, owing to the severe illness of Judge Ledoux. a Old Red is on another big bender, 'and has gone to] falliig again, t Two Foes of Health. 3. Cold and damp are inimical to health f- and we generally have an unwhole 1e some combination of the two at this season. They penetrate the skin and S integuments and affect the muscular, glandular and nervous organizations, producing rheumatism, neuralgia and chills and fever, and where there is a tendency to dyspepsia or liver com W plaint, provoking an attack of indiges tion or biliousness. The best advice II that can be given under such circum a stances is to keep the external surface n of the body warmly clothed, and to I keep the internal organs in vigorous e working order with the most whole sonic and genial of all tonics, Hostet ter's Stomach Bitters. Gradually but constantly this famous invigorant is superseding the adulterated liquors of e commerce, as a medicinal stimulant Y and corrective, in all parts of the coun tl try. It will be a happy day for ha a inanity, and it will surely come, when this pure restorative shall have taken althe place of raw spirits as a stimulant e in all our public and private hospitals. e It is not, however, merely a harmless substitute for the. fiery- stimulants re ferred to. Its stimulating properties are not its chief merits, although in this regard it surpasses all the unmed icated products of the still, domestic or - imported. The powerful influence it 0 exercises over the torpid and toneless - stomach, the disordered liver, the con e stipated bowels, and the relaxed y nerves, render it a positive specilic in o dyspepsia, liver complaint, intestinal g constriction, nervous weakness, hypo chondria, rheumatism and sleepless a ness. All chronic complaints are ag n gravated by a cold, moist atmosphere, and it is therefore particularly neces sary for those who are afflicted with ailments of this nature, whatever their " type may be, to meet this predisposing - cause of sickness with a wholesale au - tidote, Hostetter's Bitters should be e taken daily at this season by all per t, sons laboring under chronic ailments 11 that tend to weaken the system. Ts't Tor PLANTsrs' AND FAr;I:s' PA ( rir:c.-Our Home Journal and Rural 1Southland has just completed its sixth volume, and has, fiom the start, con tinued to improve in usefulness; its ar ticles are from the pens of the most plactical agricltlural writers of the douth, the continued popularity and progress of the paper are the best e proofs of its worth; the seventh vol t ume commences Janua.y 1, 1874; the e paper is a large sixteeu page weekly; e its great variety of reading matter L makes it the favorite of the Southern e weeklies. Now is the time to sub scribe; every new subscriber will re ceive a fine pair of chromos worth $3, upon receipt of $3, the subscriptiou price 'of the paper; send for it, it is I just the paper fur every Southern far mer or planter and their families. Address, Our Home Journal and Rutal Southland, New Orleans: I~i Every time the President makes an appointment, it looks as thogh lie puts his foot in it. This time it is the l c;lse of thel Cincinnati posltmsl:ter. - T1'he Gazelte (Iepubli;eu), of that city, I says lthaiit, in making the appointlment, I the President has "done no credit to t himself, or rendeled any service to the I Republlican party," but that he has s i"caused general dissatisfietion, and lowered the Adminis'ralion iu thie es e r timatiou of our citizens." Iftthis thing t Sgoes on, thIe Alminisltration will soon s Sreach that lowest depth below which r there is no other deep. .I~Senator Barber and the official journal disagree on 1te Terrebonne controversy. The former declares that while men are nmiurdering unegroes by scores; the lItter avows Ilat thus far nobody has been hurt, aud that the difilculty is altogether among the blacks themselies. Of course, neither comes within a C mile of the fhcts, but why this discord i between brothers Why not agree on some statement? -[N. O. Picayune. li. We have, the past week, e been fmnished with New Orleans t papers, by the Lotus No. 3, Gov. E Allen, La Belle and 8t. Mlary. p r~" The Legislature of Ohio have re-elected the Hon. A. G. Thurman to the U. S. Senate. w Governor McEnery has gone , to Washington. cl Sambo's Tax Receipt. Lh A negro living in a" neighboring B- county, having been fortunate enough to accumulate considerable of this m world's goods, desired, as all loyal sub d jejts should, to pay tax on the same. r, It being a new business to him, he did not know there was a proper officer for id receiving the tax, and concluded all that was necessary was to find a man a with a white skin. - Consequently lie hailed the first man t- he met with, "Say, boss, I want to pay .e my tax; inns' I gib it to you " On be ing told it would be received by the comprehending white gentleman, the enegro gave himn $25, and asked him if o that was enough. "I suppose it is," is said the white uman. "Boss, gim me showin' for dat,"said the negro. Again the wits of the white man were at t work, and he soon handed the negro a t slip of paper with the inscription: -"As i Moses lifted the serpent out of the wil f derness, likewise have I lifted $25 out of this d-n negro's pocket." Not "long after this the negro met - the tax collector proper. "Done paid - it, boss, and here's dd 'ceipt," at the n same time handing the piece of paper to the officer. Ile read: "As Moses 4 n lifted the serpent out of the wilderness, I it likewise have I lifted $25 out of this , d-n negro's pocket." "Hold on, boss, is you read us wrong," ejaculated the astonished darckey, as he snatched the paper and carried it to another man, s who began to read, "As Moses lifted-" n Here he was interrupted by the negro, who exclaimed : "Look-a-yar; jest gim me dat paper. I'm gwiue to lift dat r lrite man out'n his boots, 'fole God I it is." With this lie left, and, not having 4 Is been heard friom since, it is supposed ho is still looking for the man to whom 4 Irhe paid his tax.-[Dawson (Ga.) d Journal. rI FASnrox vs. Fooo.-An oisetrver, - writing about the English factory girls, . gives an aunsing description of the manner in which one of I1the1( passed her dinner hour. Crowdsol'lhese gills had ;isseclbled outlside of a cheal cook shop during the half hour allotted to h ilinunier. Aiolug them was a ra.ged. ir seali ly-clold l.d chlild abhiit fo0nreen years old. She stoold lit a Io ' (liiIe gin 1(front. of tthe codk-shop ' wilndow look in,: lonlingly wilhin. All the others e had gone, and the plor iorlorn child still remained tihere. rittling a few 111half penceC in her hand. At itst, wiih a hS lugin lohok at the tceiipling vianls, she paused for a ,moment at the open door and thel dshled odff down the street. TIhe oIlr ivt r followed h e r ti inking thalt she was in search of a 1 clhe;ipr coiok-shop, anil pilyiniIg her Ii ,1hard fate. 1 it; she soon ieached a store where second-hl:ild fine y was i for sale, entecrl, atntd reurnedl in a few minutes wihi a tIaded but gor ;t geons bundle of a: liflti.l hlowers, crin c iiuing a 'fu!l-blown lose, a ,poplpy or d two, and a huir -in inkling of wheat. With a glow of ti iumph on her face, old before its time, she looked eag.clly airoulnd to see if a0ny oe oblserved ,lher. o Then spy'in, close at hand (lie nechn tied gateway of a Imnuber-yaid, she darted across the road, aiid croiuching in a corneru was quickly observed in n retrinning thile battered old hat which rested on her knees. , A IEPUBLICAN AssAULT ON TEE An- I a SIINISTuAIATION.-A Washington dis- a s tch of the 8th1, says: Mr. Kasson to day led off on the part of the anti-mo- I nopoly party in the House, in a speech t . of great power and boldiness, against t .1 the education bill, taking the ground l that it wasa step townads cenlraliz7- e tion and another assault of the Fede t ral power against the rights of a State. I A He also opposed it on the ground that e it was part and parcel of the public S land policy of the Republican party c for tlhelast twelve years, which he hIe- I Snounuced, and to put an end to which, hesaid, was one of the main objects of li Sthe gleat reform movemonut now a sweeping over the West. His position e seemed to be accepted by the Eastern 0 Smonopolists, Republicans and South- t ern carpetnbaggers as agage oj defiance t to the Administration, and thie repre- s Ssentative of ithe latter element, Rode- . rick R. Butler, took strenuous issue ! with Kasson. Thle speech of the lowa o reformer, however, was the sensation h of the day, and opened the eyes of a good many, hitherto, skeptical, to the g fact that there is a big break in the c Republican party.-[St. Louis Repub- ' lican, a ,- 1 ti Li Gen. Barber, Morris Chester, and n other colored orators and statesmen If cannot make a speech without charg- a ing tihe white people of the Red River i Parishes with the responsibility for the re Colfax massacre. Now comes ex-Gov- ti ernor Michael Hahn, who represents a an almost unanimous negro constitu- tl ency, and imputes the chief blame of h this dismal tradegy to no less an indi- d vidual than his "Excellency W. P. b Kellogg." it Cannot these chiefs of the Radical al party settle so simple a fact as this be- or ttween themselves T-[N. O. Picayune. fa I" The Dean of Canterbury, when speaking in defence of his action in tihe L joint communion matter, rather star ft tied his English audience by giving itI A as his opinion that "an established p. chiurch.is not altogether a gain." To m Bentonu's Daughters. ig "Aaron Boilenn, who was sentenced ith to imprisonmeot by a Freneb court for is his connection with the Memphis and -- El Paso'railroad affair, isconfined in e. the conciergerie. Madame Boileau is id at Boulogne. Slie and her six children ir live through the generosity of their .11 friends." To many people of Missouri in (says the St. Louis Dispatch) this brief paragraph will convey more than a n passing interest' Nine or ten years y ago Baron Boileau was the French con. . sul at New York city, trusted and re. e spected by his government, and popu. e Inr and accomplished in his intercourse f with the people of Amelica. He mar. rn ied, while consul at New York, Susan, e daughter of Colonel Themas H. Ben. n ton. The marriage tras a most happy l one. Baron Boilean wasai terward ap. a pointed Minister to Ecuadot, and it s was while performing the functions of his office in that locality that he was itrecalled and discharged by the French authorities. Durinlg his stay in New t Yoilk he had become involved in rail. d road schemes, and had been induced in e an evil hour, to recommend, in his ea r pacity as an official agetlt of the gov. 8 ernment. the negotiations of the Mem. , phis and El Paso railroad bonds" In s this he violated the plain law of his , country. Rigid in such matters, the e French government carried out tlie law e to its utmost, and imprisoned him. , Fremont is a brother in.law of the bar. on, and the same court which tried and found his connection guilty, also sen n tenued the General to serve a term of t years. Be made good his escape from I France, however, and in thie absence of anythfug like an exlttilition treaty will probably keep it good. There was Sonce a period in the affairs of Missouri when Colonel Benton was its political autocrat. Troubles not a few have come to those whom lie nurtured and loved. Mrs. Fremnont, the wife of a man who has been declared a felon, be cause of a speculation which has ruin ed his brother in-law, bankrupted his Ihmily and consigned his wife and children to charity. Another daugh ter, Mrs. William Car;v Jones, now a widow, residing in San Francisco, Cal ifotrnia, has felt almost terribly the misfortunes of life, and though not en Slnilug all the privatlions of extreme poved ty, is suppoi rting herself and chiil dren on the small wages paid to her as a teacher in the public sclhools. I STAND I LrA LiKI A LA3mJ.-Whean I was a little hubaby, gls would never "let me be," ifor evetry one would Satlch me up and place me on her ~" i;ee; then so kiss. and squeeze, and lihg me, lPti si,.e "''ad" a ndt "mtnw" i must have wonder 'd I anrvivedl it- b I stood it like a Ilimb And agai while in boyhood, they'd tempt me from my lhome, ihro ugh gardens and thloighll pleasul'e o,"rouilhls, o'er fairy spots to ionlim; then willh luscious fruits r and sweethneats my sinall iuinmy they would cram, and half stifle me with kI;isses-but I stood it like a lamb! W\hen older still, they'd Inre. me through dingle, dile, or dell, to gather nuts, or flowers, ferns-and they seem ed no sham, they'd fling their arms around me-but I stood it like a lamb! At last one chariing ceanture, (ohio could my soul eolhance.) Iby wohndrons winning archness, and ten|der, me.ting/ glance, seemed to say, "You know youn love fue, why not take me as I amnle. and I felt obliged to do it-but I stoo6d it like alamb! Thus through childi frhood, youb, and ahood, .y ! eacl muonment of Tny life, my heart has fehi the wit clhing power of girl, or maid, or I wife; and tihe '.pell will leav e me nev ter, for, like a potent dram, woman's chlarlns uiwltre me ever-but "I stood it like al amb " OLD LErTTvtrs.-Never burn kindly written letters; it is so pleasant tb iead them over when tue ink is brown, the paper yellow with age, and tIme hands that traced the friendly words are folded over the hearts that prompt ed them under the green sod. Above all, never burn love letters. To read' them in after years is like a resurree tion to one's youth. The elderly.spin ster finds in the impassioned offer she toolishly rejected twenty years ago a fountain of rejuvenescence. Glanclog over it she realzes thatshe was once a belle and a beauty, and beholds her former self in a mirror much more coni: genial to her tastes than theone that. confronts her in her dressing room. The "widow indeed" derivesa sweet and solemn consolation from the let, ters of the beloved one who has jou~ar uneyed Ifore her to the far-off land,' from which there comes no mesiag and wheme she hopes one day to johk hilm. No photographs can so vidlh; recall to the memory of the mother thie: tenderness and devotion of the childi'ef who have left at the call of heaven 55 the epistolary outpourings of their love. The letter of a true son eoi daughter to a true mother is somethlin5 better than animage of her featarea-, it is a reflex of the writer's soul. ep all loving letters; barn only tlhe'h " ones, and in burning them forgive d: forget them. - : iP New York-'is trying hard to rIft London in the matter of impenetrabh fogs, and is succeeding beautifully.'i At least thatis the verdict of all 'ti people who have to eroes the fe1dl* twice daily ..