Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-11-30

ARRAY LOOK place at Fort SeIden on
the 23d ult. Lieut.. Warner was tho
aggressor and shot Lieut.. Hazolbnrst
in the stomach. The latter who was
unarmed, then ran into the ouartarS
of the commanding officer, but was
followed by Warner, with pistol cooked
and bent on accomplishing his bloody
design. Seeing no chance of escane
Hazelhurst closed with Warner. and
wrenching the pistol from him. shot
him dead Oh the spot. Hazehur,t
was mortally wounded, and expired
in four hours afterwards.
A Texas paper says that in ten
years Texas will manufacture millions
of pounds of cheese.
FLOGGING CRIMINALS IN RICHMoNb.
Five white men and one negro
were logged by order OF the Hastings
court, on conviction for petty larceny.
This is the first instance here in many
years Of the infiction of stripes on
white men by judicial sentence.
A despatch from Brownsville saws
that Gen. Ortega and his suite ar
rived at Brazos Santiago, off the
mouth Of the Rio Grande, on the Sd
inst, and were Immediately arrested
by the commanding officer of the
United States troops at that point.
Ortega published a protest against
this act in the Rio Grande Courier
of the 18th instant, in which he claims
that the United States is thereby in
terfering indirectly by armed force in
the solution Of questions local to
Mexico.
A DISGUISED DEMOCRATIC COMMIT
TEE.-The National Executive or
Democratic Committee held a meet
ing in Washington lately, and broke
up in disgust. They found themselves
$4,000 in debt, nearly all advanced
by prominent banker Of Baltimore,
the elections, the people, and congress
against them, and the South refusing
TO reassume political power BY ac-
cepting the constitutional amendment.
A violent quarrel took place. 1t was
openly stated that they had the presi-
dent and the attorney general on
their side, but that the rest Of the
cabinet had been made a political
unit against them by the recent elec-
tiOns.
In the four cities of Cincinnati. ST.
Louis, Nashville and Memphis, the
deaths from cholera, since August lst,
number over 1000. In the midst OF
this quadrilateral Of death the escape
Of Louisville with only Il cholera
deaths is little less than miraculous.
Gen. Lee accepts the notes Of all
students who are unable TO pay the
fees at Washington College, believing
that young men who receive their ed
ucatiOn under such circumstances will
pay when able. Gen. lees hypothe-
SIS IS diSproved by his own case.-
Educated by our government. he re-
paid It's bounties by basely trying to
destroy it.
MY yoke is easy and my burden is
light, as the young fellow said when
his girl was sitting in his lap with
her arms around his neck.
A boy caught a hungry dog. the
ether day, tied him by his tail and
then coaxed him out Of his SKIN with
piece Of liver.
Sir" said a fierce lawyer, "do YOU
on your solemn oath declare this is
not your handwriting ?"
Il reckon not" was the cool re-
ply"
Does it resemble your handwrit
ing ?"
Yes, sir, think it don't"
"Do you swear that it don't resem-
Die your writing -
"Well, | do, old head.
You take your oath that this
writing does not resemble yours in a
single letter ?"
Yeas, sir"
'Aow, how do you know ?"
cause | can't write"
A Western paper tells story of a
distressed agricuIturist thus: 4 farm
er dropped in here on Wednesday
last to pay his rent, putting on a long
face to correspond with the times
On entering the house he told the
landlord that times being so bad he
could not raise money enough at all;
and dashing bundle of greenbacks
upon the table, said-"There. that is
all that | can pay" The money was
taken up and counted by Mr..
the landlord, who said: "Why. this is
twice as much as you owe" Dang
1t! give it to me again" SAID the
farmer, Il am hanged if l hain't taken
it out OF the wrong pocket
An "old observer" informs the
Name Farmer that apples and pump
klnS never flourish well the same year.
They are fond of titles in the East.
Among his smiling titles the King of
Ava has that of Lord of twentv-four
umbrellas" This looks as if he had
prepared for long reign.
The London Field says well man.
aged COWS should yield 500 to 600
gallons of milk yearly. Shorthorns
have produced 500, and Ayrshires $50
gallons. The same paper estimates
the average annual production of but
ter at 200 pounds per COW.
The New Orleans Tribune, in a