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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-12-11
GOODD EQUAL no RAlIPLEl.

Buyers cannot generally devote the time
necessary 70 examine beyond tho samples
HhoWn. BY our system OF Determination and
rejection, bayern are protected nom receiv-
Ing goods inferior 70 aamples, ABIDE nom
the recoGnlzed duty Of dealing % We would
DO dealt BY, We regard Il % pecuniAFily our
Interest 30 70 act a. to secure and retain the
conndenee OF all who may favor ua with
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-12-11
Land For Sale.

r AND SUITABLE FOR GARDENING
II purposes, within three miles OF the city,
Ou the National Road. Plat OF the prOper-
" can be seen ut ]. II. Goods law office.
nOYD.I q, II, PARKS,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-12-11
9aE ReHt.
For Rent.

TIME STORE ROOM NOW OCCUPIED BY
l. Mr.. y. Kline, No. l1 Main street. Pos
session given April LIST, 1910.
For terms, &c., apply 70 -
noyl8.lm Real EStAte Agent,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-12-11

In the department Of women'a, misses and
ehildren's goods We defy Oompetition,
MoTeovaT, We can give TO our customers, out
Of our best work, any alEe they may want;
thus enabling them 10 at up and work on
clean their broken stock. fhis IL an In.
ducement offered BY very few dealers, and
It will be appreciated a. q very great ad.
yautage by those experienced In retailing
Boots and Shoes.
~HvT No TIwTpn,,v-v
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-12-11
RHAD AGAIN.
EXTRAORDINARY CURE OF MERou.
RIAL DlsEAsE,

DEAR DoCroR:-You know what was my
condition when called upon you. I WGs
s s,Is an ever. literally. covered with nasty
night, that hle0p or ret Wns uttsfly imro =
hble. NY constitution Bo0ned ontiroly
oroken down, and ]. was almost IN despalr
ot ever being cured, having tried many hy-
HeiAns, and used numefoua preHafaf lions
H uiPoIGngsto 70 femodie9, without the
! y! hgn q success. But ] am now hanpy
% say, that amer using tho6o fiye bottIest X
your 5arapafilla and Dandelion, and Ioniy
Two boxes OF the Pills, became perfeoIly
restored have returned 70 my post on the
3oat and nal 81 this time % stout a. ever I
S ana hs,Inyya IS. rlease aeeept my thanks
nr, n, n,-, SAMUEL MAYS.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-12-11

Especial attention 10 called TO our own
make OF meme THICK and KIP BOOTS.
They arc made out Of the very best Kip up
per and sole leather; they arc solid double
sole; have our trade mark stamped on the
bottom, and can be confidently relied upon
70 give excellent service and satisfaction 70
tho consumer.
THICK BROGAHs q RALMORAIS.
Our stock OF Brogans and Balmorals for
Men, Boys and Youth q OF endless variety;
and our best work Will be found 70 be made
out Of the very best material and In the
most W0rkman.like manner.
NROmERIa nIIn0El 4 nHILnREN1a
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-12-11

WE INVITE THE ATTENTION OF
W. Merchants 20 our very large assortment
OF Boots and Shoes now In store for Fall
and Winter Trade. - ia
With an experience OF many yearB, four
house having been established In lS87l We
can, with truth, aaBGrt that our stock for ex.
tent, variety, durability, freedom nom all
itregnlarity, and adaptation 10 tho wants OF
hA RuFnnRleSl,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-12-11
LOWEST lIARKEr pRIOE1.

LOWEST MARKET PRIOE8.
AZ all good merchants will seek and md
the Cheapest Houses 70 trade with, we shall
sen our goods at the very lowest market
! ORD ERb.
Az orders receive the prompt and careful
auR8 MCCLELLAN q KNOX.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-12-11

So rs at ForSey's.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-12-11
ALL OUR WORK
MEMS THICK d KTP ROOTS,

ID made and selected mainly with q view 10
BKRVICR and RIAL VALUE, securing for
them AL thestyle we can WithoutR sacrifice
Of quality.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-11-06

u There are not less than a
dozen froedwomen in Monroe who
are incapacitated for any kind of
steady work by reason of excess
sive indulgence in the use OF
whisky. They drink like fish.
We know of one mother and
daughter who are both almost
habitual drunkards. We should
not be surprised to see, in time,
that the freedmen and freedwo-
men are greater sufferers from
stimulants than even the poor In
dians have ever been. The pro-
gress made in this branch of "civ-
ilization'' by the negro, during
the few years he has enjoyed
freedom, would, if manifested in
the other branches, soon place
him in the foremost rank of the
civilized peoples of the earth.
There is, we learn, a likelihood
OF the completion of between 80
Il
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-11-06
Tacjt Mortgages.

By the present constitution of
the State of Louisiana all tacit
mortgages existing in favor of
wives against the property OF
their husbands, of wards against
the property of their tutors, and
such like, are null, unless record
ed before the first day Of January,
1870. AS only little more than
two months intervenes before that
time it would be we'll for those
interested to take immediate steps
to secure their right in the
premises. The last Legislature
passed an act to facilitate the re-
cordation of these rights, which
lays down the rules to be. follow
eel in the registry thereof.
Where there is a Judgment, the
simple recording Of the Judgment
is sufficient, but in other cases
one can hardly proceed intelli-
gently without the aid of law
yer. The same act (No. 95 of the
acts of 1869 contains also other
with reference to the
appointment Of tutors, the pre-
serving of liens and privileges,
&c, which it would not be safe
TO ignore. The whole matter
receive the immediate at
tentIoD OF those interested.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-11-06
From Washington.

We find these dispatches from
Washington in our Western LIZ
changes:
louisiana ELECTION FRAUDS.
1t will be recollected that at the
las, session Of Congress the Lou
isiana delegation elected to the
House, with one exception, were
thrown out of their seats on the
charge OF fraud, and a sub-com-
mittee of the Elective Committee
were appointed to proceed to Lou
isiana and investigate the eiec-
ton of last November Tor CON
rress. This committee have com
Dleted their labors and brought
to Washington an extraordinary
quantity Of evidence showing a
good deal Of corruption in both
parties, but illustrating on the
whole the fact that the negroes
were not kept away generally
from the polls by intimidation:
Not a few Republicans TESTIFY
very strongly against the COY
ernor of Louisiana. Ghe full
committee will take up the cases
the first week in December and
decide them. The prospect is that
the members elect will be refused
seats, and the Governor asked to
order new elections for the pres
ent Congress.
LEGAL TENDERS. ..-
The Supreme Court only par
TALLY decided the various legal
tender cases before them last
winter, and then only went so TAR
as to sustain a specific contract
made for coin at date anterior to
the passage of the legal tender
act, and to4ulfill which legal ten
ders had been offered and refused.
The main question now before the
court is the constitutionality OF
the legal tender act, and it is be-
loved that on this very important
issue decision will be made some
time in December. The case was
argued at the last term of the
court. 1t comes up on an appeal
where the Lower Court has deci-
ded that the act in question is
unconstitutional.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-11-06
Hon. JAMES M. MAsON.-The
1axondria Gazette has the follow

HON. JAMES M. MASON.-lne
Alexandria Gazette has the follow
ing:
time one Of the United States SEN
ator from Virginia, and the rep
resentative of the Confederate
States to the Court Of st. James,
is now a resident ofSeminary HILL
and almost daily drives into town
in an ordinary no-top spring
wagon with blue body, and be-
hind q dark-brown horse, 10y no
means remarkable for it's looks or
gait. The ex-ambassador wears a
black felt hat with Il broad brim,
a bob-tail beaver cloth sack coat
grey breechcs, the legs OF which
are stuffed in Il pair OF heavy
boots, and long buckskin gaunt,
let's. He holds the reins, ana
handles the whip, too, as though
he had not forgotten his boylsh
days; and the hale, hearty OLD
man, as seen going into the bank
or the stores on King street, pre-.
sents little of the appearance OF
the distinguished gentleman Who'
but a short time ago, was acting
conspicuous part in the drama
of life where the scenes were lald
among courts and places, ana
When a nations life was the ob-
.ject sought for.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-11-06
Raical Attempt to Defeat Reconstruct
ton

It is leaking out as the Con-
gressional session approaches, that
the red-mouthed Radicals are mot
yet satisfied with reconstruction.
Like Oliver Twist, they cry for
|s'mOre," and are moving to keep
out the Southern States still lon
ger. TO this end writes a Wash
ngton correspondent Of the New
York Herald: ''Stories are being
industriously circulated and let
ters written by interested parties
in the 'Sohth, to the effect that
there is q general understanding
among. the Southern leaders that
as soon as these States are adj
united, their Legislatures will
undo all they have done in COM
pliance with the demands Of Con-
gress, and that tho action Of the
Tennessss Legislature, as well as
that Of Georgia, viii be generally
followed. 1t is known that such
conduct is disavowed by the men
who have been most prominent III
the work Of reconstruction in the
South, and it is believed that the
purpose attributed to these men
has. no existence except in the
minds Of those who are anxious
to keep these States out of Con
gress. The President is known
to oe anxious for the speedy adj
mission Of all the States vet
represented, and it is said he vii
use his influence for the purpose
He does rot pay any attention &c
the stories about latent treacherS
on the part Of the Southerners
nor does he believe that there vii
be any developed.'
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-11-06
FRUIT TREES
ND

WIN r.
JHROM the extensive Nurseries of p. J. BERCK-
Il MANS AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, will be furnished by
me during the season of 1869 and 1870. During nav
ration on the ouchita and trbutarles Will dellv.
point the n L. q L. r: r. Descriptive catalogues
showing prices at Nurseries, mailed free to appli-
cants Freight shipm is addition al to be paid
by purchasers.
TERNs.-Each order must be accompanied by cash
or sight draft on some house in New Orleans Mon
roe Trenton
Wv FARMER
Monroe La. Sm AIrSr
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-11-06

We are again deprived of our
regular kilograms, from some I'M
known cause.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-11-06
Special Attention

Given to the storage and shipment OF cotton,
and to the receiving and forwarding Of all kinds
Of merchandise. Consignees notified of arri-
walls of freigh, a, the earliest mrme"t. Wsre-
houses convenient to access, and situated on
the river bank,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-11-06

More than twenty of the lead
ing papers of Texas now support
the Hamilton ticket. They are
led by the State Gazette and
Houston Telegraph.
Per contra, Gen. Parsons, an ex-
Confederate brigadier, supports
the straight-out Radical, e. J {.
Davis, and moreover challenges
the Democracy combined to q
discussion Of the relative merits
of Davis and Hamilton, opposing
candidates for Governor. He
thinks Davis more liberal than
Hamilton, which means, of course,
he thinks Hamilton possesses no
liberality whatever. And then
there is a straight-out Democrat
ic ticket in the State, making it a
triangular fight.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-11-06
"Fallacies About Gold"

Under this heading the editor
of the Commercial Bulletin dis
c1sses the objections offered by
the TELEGRAPH to the Bulletins
objections to a coin monetary
system, or, to be more specific 10
the sale of cotton exclusively Tor
gold. The article of the Bulletin
is lengthy, able and dignified, but
fails, in our Judgment, to meet
conclusivly the objections to. a
greenback money market for the
staple production Of the South.
Noticing our position in favor
of a sscoin market for agricultural
products" the Bulletin says:
To be sure, there has been in time
past, and there may be again SO,
called .cein market for agricultural
productions" But inasnuch as com
"a AT item of merchandise. one of the
intrinsic values of commerce, an actual
coin market for any sort OF products
can. only exist under the same law of
supply and demand which governs the
existence Of an actual iron market, an
actual cutlery market, an actual Jewel
nv market gu actual cloth market,
clothes market, hat market, shoe mar
ket.
The Bulletin urges as an argu-
ment against coin market, the
very consideration that impels us
to favor it. It is because 3<coin IS
an item of merchandise and be-
cause we wish to make coin the
currency and greenbacks an item
of merchandise" that we have
urged the sale of cotton for gold.
AS a metal, gold has an intrinsic
value, and is an article of mer-
ehandise, and so it will always be;
but we hold that it's. merchanta-
lie quality should stop there, and
should not attach to gold curren-
cy, like SO many cannon balls,
bars Of lead, Sc. Let greenbacks,
not gold, be the article bought
and sold.
The Bulletin inquiries why two
persons, one with cotton wanting
cloth and another with cloth
wanting cotton, should be COM
PEELED to buy gold, what neither
wants, in order to obtain the COM
modities they respectively need
The general query is answered by
the laws and necessities of trade.
But if our contemporary will only
substitute greenbacks for gold in
the casersupposed, it will have it's
own theory eXemplifed. and a
case stated repugnant to all the
requirements Of foreign and do
nestle commerce. Simplicity in
trade, even according to the Bull
letin, is the aim Of all commercial
lawmakers. Itis atnquestioa,ably
the interest Of the producer.
American cotton, as the Bulle-
OAAA ANAAAeSA fASo3 Al0.y ACNOI uSttc DScu
sold for actual gold to the English
purchaser; but certainly the Bull
letin will. not deny that the farm
er received the actual gold for
his crop. This is what we urge
now; it is the producer whose in
rests we would protect, the fac
tors will protect themselves. Let
them 'scarry" the cotton crop, or
the greenbacks for which it sells:
but let the planter carry nothing
but specie.
The Bulletin holds that the val
lie of greenbacks and of labor an d
its fruits are mutually changea
BILE. The proposition will not
bear the close analysis of ex-
perience, if the Bulletin means
that these changes always cores
pond. True, they are both gov
erned by the same law of supply
and demand; but there is no
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-11-06
uncomfortable

investments offered for the en-
ployment of surplus capital. Our
assertion to this effect was intend
ed to apply to our immediate Sec
ton of country. OF course, we
advocate aid to railroads and all
substantial public works; but 1t
does not appear that any such en-
terprises are at this time. asking
for help in this portion of the
State.
A subject of so much import
ance rightfully demands more
agitation. We should have given
the Bulletins article q more eN-
tended review but for indisposi-
ton at the time this article should
have been prepared.
The good people Of Winnsboro
are somewhat beset about the APP
pointment of two freedmen as
school directors of their Ward,
while the people of the parish are
son pins because of a rumor
| to the effect that Gov. Warmoth
purposes sending an armed inva-'
sion Of the mighty militia into
their peaceable and prosperous
territory. Weadmonish Franklin
mot to get excited Or depressed
tThe two exalted freedmen will
livery likely be comfortable, for all
good purposes, and as to the neelish,
Gf any has been organizeO, it.
will support most powerfully the
appeal not to be sent to franklin.
| IF, Notwithstanding the rumored
invasion should appear imminent
and the authorities unappeasable,
there is very simple and HARM
less expedient which may be re-
sorted to by means of which the
whole business may be arrang-
ed satisfactorily. In our view, it.
would be a. matter of business
i"Aldermen's bread must be but
tered" said the six Jefferson City
Aldermen appointed by Governor
Warmoth and subsequently, pur-
chased by Dr.. Miner. In other
words, there is such thing as
business. There are parties in
Monroe who will understand us,
and who possess the moral cour-
age to negotiate this transactio
for pecuniary considerations.
Low-WArER NAvIG ATIoN.-It
has been clearly demonstrated
within the past six weeks that q
great many Of the distractions to
navigating the Ouachita during
the low-water stage, are purely
imaginary. There are three first
class small boats plying regularly
from Trenton and Monroe to the
head Of navigation for boats rum
ming to and from New Orleans,
and they deliver fright and cotton
with promptness and dispatch,
Notwithstanding the fact 1T is hard
.ly possible for the river to get
below it's present stage. We pre-
dict that next year we shall see a
much larger feet Of small boats
in the upper Ouachita, and that
in keeping with the spirit of the
age, they will not stop for a few
shovelsfull of sand or a summer
drouth. Means and appliances
will be used to cut q channel for
the water, OR force the water to
make a channel for itself, which
done, a sufficient quantity of wa
ter may always be found to this
place to bear up small crafts with
from $50 to 200 bales of cotton.
There are not less than a
dozen froedwomen in Monroe who
are incapacitated for any kind of
Staa1v work Inv MASON of n~.oc
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-11-06
The Levee System Of the Louisville
Commercial Convention.

The report of the Committee
on Levees appointed 10y the Lou
isville Convention has been pre-
pared and it's recommendations
announced in the. public prints
The outlines of the project are
thus sketched by the Bulletin
To organize a company with a
capital OF from fifty to one hun
bred millions, the domicil of the
corporation to be in this city, ana
to procure from Congress ana
from the Legislature Of Arkansas
Mississippi and Louisiana the
LEGISLATION necessary to secure to
the company the control OF the
levees, with authority to collect
assessments to compensate 1t for
OUTLAWS. This compensation 1T Is
proposed to obtain by taxing
alluvial lands benefited, and col
lect toll upon the products OF
such lands. The company is to
guarantee that the levees shall be
kept in such condition as will
always protect the lands from
overflow, and, this guarantee
failing, the company is to indem-
nifty proprietors for all losses they
may suffer from inundation. The
works to be surveyed, the specSti-
cation to be made by United
Estates engineers, and the levees
to be built under their supervision.
The report is approved-b by ex-
Gov. Hebert, an accomplished
engineer who is practically con-
[versant with levees on the Mis-
sissippi. The plan above devel-
oped appears to us as e1ninently
feasible, and the approaching ses-
sion Of Congress an opportune
occasion for soliciting the appro-
val of, that body. Gen. Grant will
hardly refuse to give his sigma
ture to. measure Of SO much inn
portance and withal destined to
be so popular. We congratulate
the Mississippi river planters up
on the reasonable prospect that q
way has been discovered for the
final and permanent reclamation of
their lands.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-11-06
Another Investi cation.

A New York letter of the Goth
says: cit is no longer denied any
where to-day, with the constantly
increasing evidence, that the Rad
zeal administration Of General
Grant is so thoroughly implicated
in the great gold swindle, that all
the excuses, all the explanations
made by partisan friends, will no
longer wipe out the all-important
fact that there is corruption at
headquarters. Whether General
Grant knew or not what was go
ing on between his wife aud that
arch-scounGcel, Mr.. Corbin, it can
no longer be denied that members
Of his family have been benefited
largely by knowing the secrets OF
the Treasury Department, and
that he himself has been induced
to appoint corrupt men TO Office,
who have helped the conspirators
in the carrying out Of their plans.
Mrs. Grant may not have received
money direct from Corbin, but
she has had some valuable real
estate IL New Jersey conveyed to
her, and the uan who has acted
as Government agent here has
been UP to his shoulders in the
pool, with q result somewhat un-
fortunate to himself, but showing
fully how corrupt are the men
who have charge of the Govern
ment under Grants administra-
ton. An official erpose will be
brought out next winter, when
Butler, in the House of Represent
tativcs, will move for committee
Of Investigation TO -unearth those
hidden secrets, which as yet lie
buried to the eye ofthe most eX-
| perienced reporter. In the mean
time, the jury here are eNamin-
ing witnesses, and Mr.. Jay Gould,
the man who has the brains Of the
gold clique, was on the stand this
! morning. 1t is said that about
fifty persons, more or less, con-
: nected with the recent Wall street
!, furry, have been subpumaea."
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-11-06

T. c. sTAkDIFER. THos. M'ev1RR.
STANDIFER & MCGUIRE.
RECEIVING AND FORWARDING
merfbants,
TRENTON, LOUISIANA.
TTAVE just received, in addition to their
Ill large and varied stock Of groceries and
dry goods a fresh and extensive assortment Of
Fancy Dress G00l1s,
Fancy and Staple Dry Goods,
Boots, Shoes, Haks,
Ciotht.sg, Hasass0ase, etc.,
purchase n New York expressly for the
Trenton trade, and now offered at reasonable
prces.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-11-06

There is, we learn, a likelihood
OF the completion of between 80
and so miles of the n. l.. Il II.
railroad, accst Of the Ouachitu, du-
ring 1870.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-11-06

WE respectfully invite the attention of the
w public to large and varied stock.
Having bought the same for CASH, at the
,o~est rates, and having twenty years expert
-nce at this point, authorizes Us in saying the
best a da pied to the wants of the people OF any
vet offered in this market. All Of which We
viii sell at
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-07

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR PRES
ENTs.-Our Democratic County Board,
in accordance with the time honored Gus
tom, have made their usual Christmas
and New Year presents to some of the
faithful, for their valuable services.
Among the proceedings of the County
Board, just published in their party pa
pers, we notice a little item of one ham
dled dollars allowed to District Attorney
Geo. n. Woodin, for Office rent. 10 be
sure the people of the County own fine
County Buildings. with rooms for all Of
ficerS; but as matter Of course, if one
of the faithful, for his own accommoda-
ton rents an office, the County must re-
imburse him for It, If it is right that
the District Attorney should be REIN
bursed for rent of office, the County
Judge and the School Superintendent
are also entitled to it, and if ali the rest
of the County officers should rent rooms,
in place of using the Offices in the County
Buildings, the County Board, in order
to be consistent and show no partially
would. be in duty bound to pay these
bills also. liz this manner the tax pay
ers would be swindled oct of two or three
thousand dollars, and all by an extraya-
CANT Democratic County Board. The
swindling goes bravely on, and the Coun-
ty tax continues to increase.