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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-09-25
Jefferson Davis's Finances.

Jefferson Davis's Finances.
Ex-President Davis has been
frequently charged with having
accumulated great wealth during
the war. His Postmaster Gener-
al, Mr.. Reagan, of Texas, in
recent letter furnishes the follow
ing interesting items in reference
to Mr.. Davis's pecuniary affairs
at the close of hostilities:
In this connection I think it
right for me to make a statement
in justice to Mr.. Davis, which has
not heretofore been made public,
as far as l know, and part of
which is only known to him and
myself:
In coming through South Car
olina, he and myself riding ahead
of our company passed a cabin
on the road side, when he asked
a woman who was standing in the
door, for drink Of water. On
! handing it to him she said, care
You President Dayis?'' On his
reply in the affirmative, she said
to him, pointing to a little boy
barely large enough to walk a
little, "that is your namesal1e, we
call him JEFF. Davis?' He took
from his pocket gold coin, ap-
parently the size of a three-dollar
piece or sovereign, and handing
it to her told her to give it to the
little boy-sayinG to me as he
rode off that that was his last
piece of coin, which he had kept
as sort of keepsake on account of
it's being a coin seldom seen in
this country.
/ subsequently, when in compa-
ny with several members of his
Cabinet, the subject of their
finances was mentioned and their
poverty was made, among them
! selves, the subject Of passing
amusement. Mr.. Davis took out
his Pocket-book and counted l
| think about two hundred and
seventy dollars in Confederate
treasury notes, then almost entire
ly worthless, and said, laughing
ly, that was his fortune in money.
| liz thSh thot IL '" DIS IL
source of qualification rather than
of regret that himself and nearly
all the members Of his Cabinet
had sacrificed their private for
tues inthe struggle for the liberty
of the people. I will also add,
that when it was determined,
after the surrender Of General
Johnston, to transfer the field Of
military operations to the west Of
the Mississippi, one Of his Cabinet
told Mr.. Davis that he had money
enough to take them across that
river.
These facts are given to show
the injustice which has been done
to one whose hopes and thoughts
and energies We're all wholly de-
voted to the cause, then so dear
to us, in which he was engaged;
and who, amidst his all engross-
ing public duties and responsible
tiles. took no thought Of his pri-
vate fortune Or of his personal
safety.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-09-25

The Texas election occurs 30th
November, 1st, 2nd and 3rd De
cemher. People will only vote
at the court houses,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-09-25
John A. Logan recently made

John a. Logan recently made
speech at Carbondale, Illinois,
in which he said the election of
Lincoln s'caused the Democracy
to reel and stagger.' Logan op-
posed the election of Lincoln bit
terly. The Quincy Herald, in this
connection, says: The only Dem
ocrat that We saw that sreeled
and staggered" was John A. Lo-
gan, who was beastly drunk
around the streets Of Springfield,
threatening to shoot stephen a.
Douglas because he had taken
ground in support Of the war.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-09-25

The work on the Memphis, El
Paso and Pacific Railroad is pro-
crossing rapidly, and the hands
being well fed and promptly paid.
More laborers are wanted.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-09-25

Cabel Gushing lives in Wash
ington City, practicing law, writes
for the newspapers, and will be
seventy next january.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-09-25
BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL
FOR
Y O II n g J. a a g -
NEW ORLEANS,

ADDRESS LOCK Box, $50.
Mrs. LEONIDAS FOLK, Principal.
This School will open on Monday, September 9Th,
1869. Tfsre will be two Sessions in the School
the first ending January 3st 1870: be
ond, the last Friday i'll june 1870. 't
TERMS:
Boarders.
Board with Tuition in French. English and Nath-
Use of Piano, per month, 3 90
Sc OF - 90
DAY SCHOLARS
Senior Class, per month SI5, 90
Middle Class. per month, nth,---.---.-.-...--.l2 90
Junior Class, month 10 90
Primary Classes, per MONTH ---.----..- 6 to 90
Shndries. opens, pencils etc. 81
EXTRAS.
Music (Instrumentaf,) per month, .--.... SI2 90
Music. Vocal per month"; l2, 90
Soltore, month, 3 oO
DanClnE per month e
Drawing, Painting and other accomp iishnents at
the Professors charges
Bills payable in advance. Each pnpil ahond be
provided with two pairs of Sheets. two Blankets
three Pirlo n Cases and six Iorels. s.
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Rates OF Advertising.

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Special contracts made for adyerasinK by the Jese
at liberal rates.
will be charged double regular Advertising sstee
All Advertisements sent to thi0:ofhce, when NOS
otherwise ordered, win be inserted till forbid ana
charged accordingly.
will be charged whole squares in every instance.
When displayed, VIII be charRe0
by measurements, and not by the number Of lines.
Obituary and Marriage notaceo will be chaf8eo ~
Advertisements,
..U Professional cards $40 per anaun; months
ol25O in advance.
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AGENT.
THos McIS1rRE Esq. 10 the duly authorised
agent for the Telegraph in New Orleans
E~ Agents wanted throughout tho State to whom
liberal Per cent will be paid out Of all moneys re-
ceived by them.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-03-05
"SOMEBODl."

There's a meldlesome somebody" going about,
And playing his pranis, but We can't and him
out;
He's up stairs and down stairs from morning
till night
And always in mischief, but never in sight.
The rogues have read Of in song or in tale
Arc caught at the end and conducted to jail;
But Somebody tracks are all covered so
well
He never has seen the inside OF q cell.
Our young folks at home, at all seasons and
times,
Are rehearsing the roll OF somebody's crimes ;
Or fast as their feet and tongues can well run,
Come 10 tell the last deed the sly scamp has
done.
q" Somebody has taken my knife" one will
say;
r tSomebody' has carried my pencil AWAY"
q" Somebody has gone and thrown down all
the blocks"
=. Somebody ate mp all the cakes in the box"
II is somebody" breaks all the pitchers and
plates,
And hides the boys sleds, and runs OF with
their skates,
And turns on the water and tumbles the beds
And steals all the pins, and nelts all the dolls
heads.
One night a dull sound like the thnmp Of head
Announced that one young,ter va. out OF his
bed;
And he said half asleep, when asked what il
meant,
" Somebody Is pushing me out OF the tent
Now If these high crimes Of somebody" don't
cease,
We must summon in the detective police;
And they. IN their wisdom, a; once will make
known,
The culpri, belongs to no house but our own.
Then should il turn out, after all, to be true,
Thai our young folks, themselves, are "Some
body" too,
How queer ii would look, If We saw them al
go
Marched OF to the station house, six In a row :
iOur Young Folks.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-03-05
Selttt Storp.
4 GENUINE ROMANCE.

In the beginning of 1910, Henry Letting
we'll was a well-to-do mechanic living
near the suburbs of London, England. In
the month of March of that year larceny
was committed near his residence, and
circumstances pointed TO him as the per-
petrator. He was arrested and examined
before one of the stipendiary magistrates,
and fully committed for trial. A month
after be was convicted and sentenced TO
hard labor in the penal colony OF Austria
liza for period of ten years; and, in less
than a week thereafter, he was on his
way to the far-off land. His devoted wife,
who all the time belieyedin her husbands
innocence, at once made preparations to
follow and remain near him during his
confinement, so that she might be the
first, when his ticket-of-leave came, TO
cheer him with good counsel and COM
fort him with wifely love. The ship con-
tanning the convict arrived safe and her
cargo of living human beings was at once
transferred to The government work
houses. Not so, however, the ship upon
which Mrs. Leflingwell embarked. When
about half way upon her journey the
vessel encountered fearful storm, and
after bufeting the waves for two days
foundered and went down, the crew and
Mrs. Lefiingwell barely escaping on q
raft hastily constructed when twas found
that the ship could not be saved. After
an exposure of several days they were
picked up by the American ship North
Wind, bound from New York to China,
where Mrs. Leffingwell was at length
landed only to find herself further than
ever from her destination, and with no
immediate prospect ofreaching it. After
several months of patient watching and
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-03-05
Enalish and american WOmen.

DR.. Hollan d (Timothy Titcomb) writes
from England to the Springfield Republi-
can.
confess TO little disappointment in
the Englishman physically. No Ameri-
can passing through the streets ofLondon
would imagine that he was among peo-
pie superior, physically, to his own. l
speak only of the men. The English
woman is larger and stronger than her
American sister, but am yet to be con-
vinced of the physical superiority OF the
Englishman TO the American.
have the authority of a competent
and candid English woman for the state
ment that the American women are the
handsomer. There can be no question,
think, that the average American girl is
more beautiful than her cousin across the
water. She has greater delicacy of fea-
ture, and generally finer make up. She
natures earlier, and it is quite likely,
fades sooner; but the fact that she is pref
tier is not to be disputed. The girl here
is also under the usage of English society,
a suppressed creature, without the free
dom that favors vivacity. The American
girl is perfectly at home in society before
the English girl sees society at all, or has
ever been permitted to escape the eys OF
her goveness or her mother.
The American girl may be much too
forward, but am sure the English girl
suffers by too great bondage. The fe-
male education in the two countries diff
fers greatly; and. singular as it may
seem, the education of the English girl
is more snowy than that of the American.
As a general thing, the English girl
kuows little or nothing Of mathematics
and the natural science. These branches
in America absorb great deal of time,
as you know; and you will findmultitudes
of American girls who are adopts In them.
That, in the education of the English girl.
which strikes an American, is their
knowledge of languages, of literature, OF
music, and of drawing. Everything
which contributes to show in society is
acquired by the English girl. cannot
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-03-05
The Empress CdriOttd.

I'm 1850. Louise Maria, who was known
throughout her realm rs the Holy Queen.
died. leaving her daughter Carlotta, a very
beautiful child, but ten years of age. Leo
pold, her father, was one ofthe purest and
noblest of men. He has been called the
Nestor Of kings. Under his reign, the
throne was established with the most
sacred and attractive virtues of private
life. Such was the parentage of Carlotta.
The young princess inherited the virtues
of both father and mother She was tall
in person, graceful in figure, beautiful in
features. Her endowments of mind and
attractions Of heart won both admiration
and love. She often appeared In the
public park of Brussels. accompanied by
her two brothers, her tutor, and her gov
erness. In one of the private apartments
of the places at Brussels her portraitnow
hangs, exhibiting her. as she then APP
peared, in the rare loveliness of child
hood.
Her education was conducted with the
utmost care, German, French, and English,
being nll, as it were, her vernacular
tongues. She was, of course. trained, to
perfect familiarity with court etiquette.
Her devotion to study was such, and her
association with her superiors in age so
constant, that she seems never to have
enjoyed the ordinary lightheartedness and
playfulness of childhood. Deeply sad
dened by the death Of her mother, whom
she loved with the utmost tenderness of
earthly affection, Carlotta remained for
several years after the event quite in
seclusion. devoting her time and energies
to mental culture.
The intellectual attainments of the
young princess consequently became such
as few ladies ever acquire. In addition
to the English. French, and German
languages, she both wrote and spoke
Italian and Spanish with fuency.
Her fathers court, pure in its character
and decorous in all its .Observances, was
never the scene of much gaiety. When
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-03-05
Striking Illustration.

Rev. Z. p Thwing recently delivered
an eloquent temperance address in Quin-
CIV, in the course Of which he used the
following thrilling illustration. Said he;
1T is sometimes said. Rum never hurts
those who let it aloLe.' Go, stand to-
night beneath this waning moon. on the
south westerly slopes of Mount Auburn,
aud you will see 4 little new made grave.
Over it bend the branches Of walnut
tree through which the struggling moon
beams reveal the resting place OF our latest
born and earliest taken. 1t is sweet with
flowers and tears, and consecrated by
prayers and psalms. Autumn showers
have stepped the sod. yet by the cuttings
of the spade the stranger sees 1t Is the
grave of a child.
"When 90 to the little grave. can
not help feeling new conservation to this
noble reform. Do you ask why' Startle
not when speak ont my heart Rum
helped 10 dig nay y'sgrace! Indirectly.
perhaps, but really. Yes! intoxicating
drink stole away the senses of one who
was in charge of these two little brothers
while their parents were absent at the
death-bed Of mother.
"Deserting her charge, she wandered
about, incoherently talking Of unfulfilied
duties, and left them without food or
drink, companionship or care. Half
starved and chilled, the little GONZALES
cent relapsed, and passed away, ere long,
to the safer custody of Christ above.
81 have no curses to pour on any hu-
man being, however deeply he may have
sinned but on the traffic which can not
only stultity man, but besot woman
which puts property in peril, and renders
life insecure-upon that heap my hottest
hale! BY all the love | bore that child, by
all bore to others just as precious, by
all that is high and holy, lvow against
this trade eternal war; Boston Nation.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-03-05
Wanted--Erenings at Home.

There is no greater want in these days.
in al the households Of New England,
than evenings at home. We have lament
ed the loss OF the old fashioned fire place,
with its cheerful wood fire roaring up the
chimney, and its outposts of apples and
cider. But they would do little good in
these days, when nobody would stay at
home to enjoy them. Everybody and
every institution seem to have conspired
to make it impossible to gather the family
at home for quiet evening. There are
lectures and concerts and fairs-to say
nothing of opera and theatre and ball
which are yet quite Of the past. If
family belonging TO the church and do
not turn aside to the frivolities, and but
occasionally to the public social and in
tellectual entertainments. there are prayer
meetings and conference meetings, there
are preaching meetings and special
meetings and revival meetings. And
then there are reading rooms and Christian
associations and unions for Christian work,
and the lyceum and the singing schools
and the glee club. II is not easy to say
which of these institutions Of civilization
or Christianization should be- given up.
Rather the effort Of society is to invent
and organize new appliances for pl easure
and profit. The church adds n lyceum.
the literary association prayer meeting.
or the Christian union u billiard training
room. We are not sitting in Judgment
on these notifications OF society, nor
inclined TO write ourselves old fogy by
lsmenting the degencracy of the times.
Yet one may be pardoned for desiring to
find room III these crowded days for SO
good an institution rs IN evening at
home
Christian associations and unions and
reading rooms are all good SO far as they
afford safe and pleasant retreats for
strangers in the city, who are shut out
from the privileges of the home circle.
and lure the wandering from the tempta-
tons of vice. But SO far as they lead our
youth from the quiet of houlc and create
or increase the craving for publicity they
are not blessings. Better the few books
and well read Of our fathers in quiet
homes, than all the crowded shelves of
great libraries, than reading rooms filled,
with the trashy, sensational literature OF
the day, with the loss OF the home atmos-
phere. Our merchants and wealthy
employers are princely in the bestowment
of their means to build up public institu-
tions for the benefit of the homeless.
Would they not do more good at less
expense by making their homes free 70
their clerks and employers, and providing
for them pleasant social evenings at
home.-[ Providence Journal.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-03-05
HOw to Tdik-COnfess Ignorance.
BY EDWARD EyERErT HALE.


You are both so young that you cannot
yet conceive of the amount Of treasure
that will yet be poured in upon you. by
all sorts of people, if you do not go about
protesting that you have all you want
already. You know the story of the two
schoolgirl on the Central Railroad
They were dead faint with hunger, hav-
ing ridden all day without food, but on
consulting together, agreed that they did
not dare 10 get out ut any station to buy.
A modest old doctor of divinity, who was
coming home from a meeting of the
American Board overheard their talk,
got some sponge-cake, and pleasantly
and civilly offered it to them rs he might
have done to his grandchildren. But poor
Sybel, who was nervous and anxious,
said, mo, thank you" and SO Sarah
thought she must say 'No, thank you."
too and so they were nearly dead when
they reached the Delvan House. Now
just that same thing happens, whenever
YOU pretend, either from pride or from
shyness, that you know the thing you do
not know. If you go on in that way, you
will be starved before long. and the coro-
ner's jury will bring in n verdict, Served
him right" could have brayed girl,
whom | will call Jane Smith, last night,
at Mrs. Pollexfen's party, only | remem-
bered, Though thou bray fool in y
mortar, his foolishness will not depart
from him." and that much the same may
be said of fools of the other sex. could
have brayed her, | say, when saw how
she was constantly dcsrauding herself by
cutting Off that fine Major Andrew, who
was talking TO her, or trying TO. Really,
no instances give you any idea oft. From
n silly boarding school habit, ! think, she
kept SAYING Yes" Us if she would be
disgraced by acknowledging Ignorance.
You know said he, "what General
Taylor said 70 Santa Anna, when they
brought him in?" Yes simpcrcd poor
Jane, though in fact she did not know,
and | do not suppose five people in the
world do But poor Andrew, simple as
soldier, believed her and did not tell
the story, but went on alluding to it, and
they got at once into helpless confusion.
Still. he did not know what the matter
was, and before long, when they were
speaking of one of the Muhlbach novels,
he said, "Did you think ofthc resemblance
between the winding up and Redgaunt-
let?" 30 yes" simpercd poor Jane again,
though, as it proved, and as she had to
explain in two or three minutes, she had
never read a word of Rcdgauntlct She
had merely said Yes" and Yes and
Yes not with a distinct notion of fraud,
but from an impression that it helps con-
versation on if you forever assent to what
is said. This is an utter mistake; for, Is
hope YOU sec by this time. conversation
really depends on the acknowledgement
of ignorance-being indeed, the proviien-
tial appointment of God for the easy re-
moval of such ignorance Our Young
Folks for March.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-03-05
TentildtiOn and Drafts.
by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.

If we inspire and expire forty hogsheads
of air day, rob it of some pounds oi
oxygen, and load ii with other pounds OF
carbonic acid gas, we must need very
large supply for our daily use. The
ventilation ofbuildings, public and private,
is accomplished easily and safely enough,
if people will take the pains and spend
the money. Yet it is sadly neglected by
those who spare no trouble and expense
for lnxuries much less important. have
been at elegant dinner parties, where,
what with the number Of guests crowded
together in a small apartment, the blaze
of numerous lights, and the long sitting,
10 say nothing Of the variety of wines that
insisted on being tasted, the greatest care
was no security against such headache
the next morning as only debauch
ought TO account for There were
dozen courses for the palate, and only
one for breathing organs. Let no host
expect his guests 10 be anything but
sleepy and stupid, If they are imprisoned
in an atmosphere which reduces them all
to state of semiasphyxia.
II is our own fault, in most cases, If we
DO not get ventilation enough at home,
without any dangerous exposure to
draughts. But once cross your own
threshold and 90 abroad you are no longer
safe. a friend grapples you. warm with
exercise, and keeps you talking, with the
wind blowing through you, charged with
catarrhs, rheumatisms, ung-fevers, and
other complaints, any of which your
particular constitution may happen to
fancy. Never stopon n doorstep 10 discuss
the origin OF evil, or lingrr on n street
corner to settle authorship of Junius and
Eikon Basilike, unless you are impregna-
bic to the blast rs an iron-clad to bullets.
There are some, no doubt, who can run
half dozen times round the Common,
and sit down on Park Street Meeting
house steps and cool OFF, without being
the worse Tor it. But sensible persons arc
guided by their own experience. Ii is
not their affair how much exposure other
people can bear. Least of all must be
the delicate male sex be guided by the
conduct of their rugged and insensible
female fellow creatures. Either God
tempers the wind to the bare shoulders
AZ 10 the shorn lamb, or these dear sisters
of ours are the toughest of organized
creatures
The railroad car is the place where
your danger is greatest. Adelicate little
woman, sitting on the seat before you,
will throw window wide open, and let
the winter wind in upon you III steady
current for hours, without the least idea
that she is committing homicide. There
is no need of assassination" says the late
Professor Harris, "to temper the asperities
of politics. When your victim starts for
Washington, let there always be woman
on the seat before him. He will die Il
natural death before long,-perfectly
natural. under the circumstances. At
lantic Monthly for 1869.
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perceive that he makes some very strong
points in very forcible language. Ros-
coe Conkling is the most influential man
among the younger Senators. Gazing
on him, no power on earth could con-
vince me that by nature he is not haugh-
ty and overbearing; but one sees also
that he has great nobleness Of nature,
and brings as true devotion to his prin-
ciples as he does powerful talent in their
defense, which is saying much.-Mary c.
Ames, in Independent.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-03-05

recall among my English travelling ac-
quaintances lady who could not speak
French, and several of them have spoken
French, Italian and German with entire
facility. With those languages at conf
mand, with a wide acquaintance with
history and with bellies ieares, and with
the accomplishments of sketching and
playing the piano, ,itmust be acknowledged
that the English girl shows for all that
she is; and that for social purposes her
acquisitions are greatly superior to those
of the American girl.