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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-11-20

or commence his Improvements
What they shall be, whether cut
ting "coon-tree" or s'bee-tree,'
or digging fish bait on the land,
is not expressly stated in the act
If he will hang on though, and
"abide IN well DOING" he can, at
the end of five years, claim a
patent from the United States
and dispose of his land at his op-
ton. At any time before the eX-
piration of five years; even ten
days after filing his application
and affidavit, he can also obtain
complete title, and sell his land
if he will come forward and pay
to the government the price at
which the land would be held if
subject to private sale: that is
50 so an acre for Railroad lands
and 81 25 per acre for all other.
10 effect an entry under the
Homestead acts a party is not
required to go to the Land Office
in person. This would be a very
unjust requirement when all the
Land offices but one have been
removed to New Orleans. The
party may make out his papers
and send them to a friend or at
torney here, and the matter may
be consummated as efectually as
if the party were personally pres
ent and acting.
The old graduation act was re-
pealed in 1862. Under it's pro-
visions lands were purchased for
cash at a price per acre which,
starting at ST. 25, gradually de-
! creased in proportion to the
lengthof time the land had been in
market, until it got as low as 129
cents-at which moderate figures
the diminution ceased. Now,
however, the law has no force or
effect, except SO far as proceed
ings may be necessary to perfect
titles obtained under it's prOvis-
ions.
1t is believed that the Home
stead Act of June 81, 1866, which
applies expressly to the five
States before named, and with
draws all lands i'll them from any
mode Of acquisition or disposition
I whatsoever save under its peculiar
provisions, will be repealed, or so
far modified by Congress- at it's
coming session, as to place pub
lie lands here upon exactly the
same footing of the public lands
| elsewhere. If that is done, capi-
tai, land warrants and other land
scrip, will be free to find invest
-ments, as Of old, in the public
lands, without impairing any in
terests of the Homestead classes.
| The State lands of course are
not affected by the. laws above
alluded to. They remain subject
to disposition under the various
State laws relating to the Inter
nal Improvement lands, the school
lands and the swamp land grant.
In view of the increasing pros
perity of our State, the rapid rise
in all kinds of lands, the promised
Railroads., and the hoped-for tide
Of Chinese labor, the foregoing
may be Of practical use to many
persons who wish to obtain homes
on the public domain. Hoping
that it may be so, have the hon
or to be
Your most obd't serv't,
J. l.. BRADFORD,
No. IS Royal ST., Now Orleans.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-11-20

God bless Maryland! Not only
has that brave little State given
a clear Democratic majority in
every county. but it has elected
Democratic legislature clear
through. Not single Radical
will contaminate the Legislative
halls Of Maryland with his unhal-
lowed presence.
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Rates or Advertise ng.

typo first insertion. 80
Each subseqnent insertion IS.
Specia! contracts made advertising by the yesr
at liberal rates.
Cards of personal chardcser-when admisstb1o-
viii be CHARGED double regular advertising rstee
All advertisements sent to this,ofiice, when not
Otherwise ordered win be inserted till forbid and
charged accordingty.
No fractions of squares counted a. ssech but they
will be charged as whole squares in every instance.
When displayed, all advertisements win be charge d
by measurement and not by the number of lines.
Obituary and Marriage notices will be charged a.
advertisements.
.,E Professional cards $40 Per annum; months
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-11-20

Berdan the sharpshooter of the
war, is in st. Petersburg, build
ing an immense armory for the
manufacture of his breech-load-
ing rifle, which has been adopted
by that government as the ma
tional arm. While that establish
ment is in progress, Colts Armo-
ry at Hartford, Ct., is almost
wholly employed in making the
Berdan rifle.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-11-20
@. L. HERNDON. L. v. MARYE..-
HERNDON g. MARYE,
GENERAL COMMISSION AND
Grand Street, Monroe La,

WILL attend to the SALE shipment storage of
w cotton and to making purchases % for r. planters
BY insurance unless otherwise instructed. Policies
in gins issued upon liberal rates. Liberal advances
made on cotton sent to them for shipment to their
frtends IN New Orleans, New York or Liverpool J..
sept. f2 feVs 81:
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Ed. McINitrick
ARCHITECT AND BUILDER,
Monroe, La.

ROUND PLANS and Elevations for Cot
VI tages Villas, Suburban residences, ac-
companied with specifications, estimates, &c.
All orders in his line of business promptly
attended to.
August 2, 800. n46:tf
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THE BYRON SANDAL The
strongest proofs against Mrs.
Stoves calumny have just been
brought to light-a number of
letters written by Lady Byron af
ter her separation from Lord By
ron to Mrs. Leigh, his lordship's
sister. They are good evidence
that the horrible and disgusting
''true story of Mrs. Stowe is one
Of those periodical scintillations
Of malice which have made Mrs.
Stowe more notorious than distin-
guished. These letters forever
set at rest the fouIest outrage
ever perpetrated upon the memo
ry and reputation of the dead. It
is to be hoped that we shall hear
no more from Mrs. Stowe upon
this or any other subject of the
kind for a hundred years.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-11-20

A fellow who successfully pass
ed himself off as a french Count
in New York five years ago, and
set hundreds of silly hearts a-fiut-
tering, now keeps a lager beer
saloon on Sixth avenue.
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There is a revolution in progress
in the Mormon Church, the Nor
mons are only waiting for Brig
ham to die to carry out their con-
certed measures.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-11-20

The Queen of Prussia orders
$500 to every woman in the king
dom that has given birth to twelve
children.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-11-20

There never was but one Irish
Mormon, and it killed him; and d
NJ ormon Irish-woman never was,
known.
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An Important Decision.

An Important Decision.
( The Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States has rendered an impor-
tant decision in a suit on q note
given in one of the Confederate
States during the war. The prin-
clples of this decision are old in
English law, and the present
application of them recognises
that the authority maintained by
military power which was para
mount in the Confederate States
tor more than four years, was the
actual government of the region
1t occupied. During this period,
one Of the parties to the present
suit gave note for fifty-five
thousand dollars. But being now
sued for the balance due on it, he
pleads that he promised not to
pay the lawful dollar of the
! United States, but the Confeder-
ate dollar, which at the time Of
the contract was many hundred
per cent. below, par.
rms the Court permit the de-
fendant to show, and limit the
! demand Of the plaintiff to the
value actually stipulated at the
, time the contract was made. The
! following points were answered
af1irmatively by the Court:
, l. Can a contract for the pay
ment of Confederate notes made
during the late rebellion, between
parties residing within the So
called Confederate States, be en-
forced at all in the Courts of the
United States?
. Can evidence be received to
prove that a promise expressed
to be for the payment of dollars
was i'll fact and for the paymon
OF any other than lawful dollars
OF the United States?
5 Does the evidence on the
record establish the fact that the
note for the ten thousand dollars
was to be paid, by agreement of
the parties in Confederate notes?
The general tone of the decis-
ion indicates disposition to sub
stitute law and reason for the
Ignorance and passion that have
marked the political treatment of
questions arising out Of the late
civil war. The necessity under
which the mass Of the Southern
1 people lay to submit to the Con-
federate government is clearly
recognized by the court; and this
alone exhibits the injustice of the
Radical policy which has found in
the simplest acts of civil obedi-
ence to a powerful de .fucto gov
ernment a pretext for disfranchis-
ing citizens who are in willing
submission 10 the restored author
ity of the Federal Government.
The court declares that the obli-
CATION of the citizen to that
Government were suspended in
the region controlled by the
Confederate power, and that civil
obedience to it was a necessity,
though this would not Justify acts
Of hostility to the United States.
This seems to be not only the
Illegal, but also the common sense
:: view of the matter, and it is the
interest of all civilized coun ntries
to maintain these principles
| which mitigate the evils of war,
and solve some of the perpIexi-
ties that attend it.-Phila. Age.
THE BYRON SCANDAn.-Th The
strongest proofs against Mrs.
Stoves calumny have just been
~ \ n
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Gen. Lees College will have
twenty-five newspaper scholar
ships.
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Importance of an Honest Census 70,
1870.

The New York World says: eff
the census next year be accurate
ly and fully taken, so that it's
figures, whatever they may prove
to be, can be safely accepted as
being completely authentic, they
will furnish an invaluable basis
for the legislation of the next ten
years: but if the work be slurred
over, slovenly performed, or in
trusted to dishonest or incompe-
tent persons, so as to permit sus-
picion to arise of either it's good
faith or of it's complete accuracy,
it will turn out to be of little val
ue, and will serve for little more
than an additional monument of
the imbecility and treachery of
our present rulers.''
There is no doubt of the cor
rectness of these views. But
then, how is it possible for COR
rect census to be taken by the
Radical party, and under the
existing order of things7 In the
first place, it is doubtful whether
they really desire one. If it
could by any possibility abridge
the power of their party, they.
certainly do not, and will take no
steps to secure a faithful esti-
mate.
Secondly, how is it possible, in
view of the agents to be used for
the purpose at the South, for the
census to be correct7 The Ad-
ministratlon is restricted in it's
appointments of census-takers in
the Southern States to corpo-
RAILS guard of mercenary natives,
a few struggling carpet-bag adj
ventures from the North, and the
negroes. Is it possible for it to
secure capacity and fidelity from
these classes for every State,
county and township of the South,
or even one-half of them? We
think it is not, and that if Con-
gress does not enlarge the sphere
for the selection of Government
officials, and the President show
a more tolerant and independent
spirit toward that class Of our
people. known in Government
parlance as "Rebels," the coming
census will not only be unrelia-
BILE as truthful estimate, but the
groundwork of all manner Of po-
litical infainies.
Pope Plus TX, is now II years
Of age, and he has been Pope %
years. He is described as q Wig
orous old man, Of most benevolent
and venerable aspect. PERSONAL
ly he is extremely popular with
almost all classes of his people.
He is said to be a man of blame
less life and the best possible in
tentions, but he adheres to the
ideas Of the past, both political
and theological, with tenacity
most wonderful to witness, espe-
cially to his power as a temporal
sovereign. He is a man Of the
simplest manners and habits.
Berdan the sharpshooter of the
war, is in st. Petersburg, build
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-09-02


TOBACCO. WESTERN.
i 20 boxes Niagara los back,
25 caddies do. l0s, and Navy TO-
boxes Russell's los, black,
10 boxes Enegantus los, black,
25 caddies lOs,
20 Highland Chieftain Is black,
- " Mermaid Navy Is
20 " Pine Apple Navy Is
OLD VIRGINIA.
10 boxes Sweet Rose bright lbs,
5 Ambrosia " lbs,
10 Curiosity lbs
10 Twin FL Dorado, soft pressed is.
Bright Twist
10 Millers Fine Twist
10 Diadem Soft Pressed ts
SMOKING TOBACCO
Is bills r. G. cut and dry,
10 half bbls +. q. cut and dry,
10 kegs McKean's twist for sale.
MAXWELL 4 TINGLE
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-09-02
New York Money Market.


The great sensation of Wall Street is
the unexpected election by the North
western Directors of Alexander /,
Mitchell, of Milwaukee, to the Presi-
deucy of the road. Commodore Van
derbilt, Daniel Drew and the Amster-
dam holders of preferred stocks pressed
the claims of Mr.. Baxter. A bogus re-
port that the latter had been chosen
caused lively advance, which was lost
upon a correct announcement being
made. 1t is believed that the election
of Mitchell means the leasing of the
Western Union road and probably the
ST. Paul, or both, of which he is the
President, to the Northwestern. John
Z. Williams, of the Metropolitan Bank,
was elected a Director in the North
western Company.
MONEY-Easy at Sal per cent, chiefly
az & per cent. The transfer of FIVE mil
lions of currency from Washington to
the sub Treasury here has been ordered
STERLING-Dull at lO9sal09s.
GOLD-Opened at 1884, and closed al
3tal33s; 1t is believed that the Treas
ury must increase the sales of gold, in
consequence of reduction in the cur
rency balance, to twelve millions; car
rying rates were e per cent to fiat.
GOVERNMENT STOCKS - Opened
strong; the Assistant Treasurer bought
81 900, 900, principally registered bonds,
at 20 3.lu0 to l20 lO.1O0, which leaves
with dealers only the coupon bonds
from which the Government must take
its future supply; the market closed
firm, though lat per cent lower than
the best prices of the day. Coupons OF
81, l23tal234; do ~, l23tal23t; do ga,
l22Sal224; do 49,. l22sal224i do new,
12l4a12ls; do '67, l2l!al2l:; do '6S, 1911
al2lt; U.40s, ll2sall2s.
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FINANCE AND TRADE
Boston Wool Market.

BOsTON, August IS.
The receipts for the week were $50
bales, against 1900 bales for the CORE.
spending week of last year. The sales
for the week comprise SIS, 900 pounds OF
domestic fleece and pulled, and l2S bales
of Cape and Mediterranean.
The changes in the market since our
last report have been very slight. Buy
ers have not been very numerous, and,
with a few exceptions, the sales have
been in small parcels 10 supply lmme-
date wants. Holders generally are
quite firm, although on these grades
which are plenty there has been mani
Tested n sligh hit disposition towards easier
rates Combing and delaine selections
continue in good demand, andtprices
are well sustained, but coarse and me-
dunn grades are not in SO active request,
although there is no change in price.
Extra fleece, which comprises the bulk
of the staple here, has been less active,
and buyers are not willing 10 pay the
rates current two weeks ago. Fine
fleece has been in fair demand, bat the
sales have been in small lots. The stock
OF pulled wool is light, and there are
but few choice lots of extra on the
market. Long stapled wool is selling
freely, but there is not large assert.
msnt In the dealers haLds. California
WOOL exhibits no Improvement, and the
demand continues light. Included in
'hs sales for the week are:
tLEECE.-N and NN-7OOO lbs Y Ohio
Que; 8, 500 lbs Michigan and y Ohio.
loa'oc; 1900 lbs Ohio y, soc; 6. 900 lbs
y ana No. Ohio, iSa49c; - 600 lbs Wis.
conSin and Illinois y and No. | 17a1Sc.
l2uUV lbs Michigan y. 4sc: 5000 lbs Ohio
\, 3Uc; 10000 lbs M Ohio. so. M O0O
lbs Michigan y, 4Sc; $4,000 lbs do 37!c.
$4,000 lbs do do, lSc; % 900 lbs \ Mich
gan, lsc. Coarse and medium-3nu0 IN.
coarse Michigan, 4S!c; 1000 lbs low 10.
1000 lbs coarse, 44c: 1000 lbs coorsa
Western, 46c. Combing and DelainaN
5000 lbs domestic combing, Coo: II 0oO
lbs delaine, SIC: 1000 lbs combinr. soc
| California and TeXas-2O, 600 lbs coarse
Texas, 23;c; 5000 lbs do, &2ic; 1000 lbs
California full clip, 23c; l. 600 lbs do
22c: 1000 lbs Northern California, 3ia4O .
/ 10000 lbs California, Sic; 5000 lbs Cali.
toruia, 27a32c.
/ PULLEp-35OO lbs super, 52la55c; 20ol
lbs lambs, Ate; 5000 lbs Maine sapel
and extra, 4la45c; $4,000 lbs super, 4la
4Sc: 5000 lbs lew super, 423c; 2OOo lbs
extra, 45!c; $4,000 lbs supers, 41a52c
quo lbs superS, 42c: 5000 lbs No. pulled
<0c.-- Boston idrCriiScr.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-09-02
Chicago Market
CHICAGO, Septemb,

CHICAGO, September L.
FLOUR-Quiet; spring extras at : 75
aG75
WHEAT-MOre active and excited;
No. quiet and firm at l 3Oal 81; No. :
advanced 2a2!c: sales at l 2Sal 29t
closing at 25!al Isl; this afternoon
the market firm; l %! bid seller Sep
TENDER.
CORN-Active and shade higher;
sales No. 2 ut 81 taSS4c, closing at SSaSStc;
No, , sold at .SStc seller September. .
OATS-Quiet and Il shade hrmer NJ
4ia4iIc for No. . and 40ailic for reject.
ed, closing al 44a4l4c for No. =.
RYE-Quiet and steady; sales No. | at
| 90; No. : at Ole; rejected at ol3ao2c,
closing firm at 9lc for No. . and Sl3ao2c
for rejected.
BARLEY Quiet at | 80 and buyers at
| % seller this month.
CATTLE-Firm and steady at 4 GOA
4 80 for common: 7Oa5 30 for good to
choice: ) 75a6 10 for fair to medium;
Is 5Oa7 80 for good to choice shipping
steers.
HOGS-DuH at . OOa9 40 for common
to medium; 9 50al0 90 for good to extra
prime.
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Allegheny Live Stock Market
ALLEGHENH.August 81.


CATTLE-Tbe market this week
ruled more active and shade stronger
than last week, owing to the better IN,
curry and lighter supply-the wn SsS
number Offering aggregating Duv ~ y
head, against $50 last week -.
three fo1rths of the number on suio
CHANGED hands. and the balance were
driven n tbs Central Stock 1afGs.
Choice cattle sold readily at q slgut
advaUce in prices, commanding ioI
aunaot 70 extra 7 25a7 rs per cwt, and
to;r ~ GOOD 6 O0a7 90 per cwt. AS was
.ba case last week, large nnmoer OF
IL h offerinps we're from the ADJOINING
LUG nn o and were in fair condition,
selling quicker than last week. Inc
number from Chicago did not numDet
over $50 head, and from various parts VI
Ohio about $50 head. There was some
improyement in the demand for fresh
cows. the best Offering bringing from
10 90 to 90 90, and from that down 10
40 90 per head.
HOGS-There was but light de-
mand, and the market ruled very quiet
and without change. The sales were
all made in a retail way at from III 25a
IL % for prime to very choice, and fol
stock hogs from 9 75al0 10 per cwt
Tbete were not many left unsold.
SHEEP-The supply of sheep was
large, aggregatiDg nearly 23OO head
The quality generally was of the lower
and medium grades and ruled dull, con
cessions having to be made in order To
effect sales. The few choice sheep mel
with a ready sale at full prices. Lambs
were also in demand and commanded
from OOa3 90 per head as to quality
and condition. The most of the lambs
were disposed of at 5Oa2 30 per head
The best sheep commanded 4a4tc pei
ID, and other grades nominal at prices
ranging from 75c per head up to 3!c pei
ID. Most of the offerings were from
Butler, Crawford, Lawrence and Wash
ington counties, Pa.
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miscellaneous.

Senior Roberts, accompanied by Sec
rotary Fish, called on the President
this morning to deliver sealed letter
from the Spanish Regent.
The President, after leaving Wash
ington tonight, will be absent for two
weeks,
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BY THE CABLE.
by Telegraph TO the Register. !

PARIS, September 1.-The COnstitu
tionel says Serrauo is daily becoming
more prominent candidate for the
throne of Spain.
MADRID, September l.-Proceedings
will be- commenced Immediately against
several bishops apprehended for dis
obedience to government orders.
BERLIN, September l.-Blaiser's bust
of Humboldt has been successfully cast
and will be shipped to New York.
PARIS, September l.-Discussion OF
the Senatus Consultnm commenced in
the Senate to- day.
LONDON, September l.-Mr Whelpley
said to be an American, was up at the
Mansion House to-day on the charge o
forging bills of lading on timber from
Quebec.
EDINBURG, September Miss Cush
man is quite ill in this city.
CAIEo, September l. The Suez cana
is completed. The opening is expected
on the 18th of December.
PARIS, September 1.-The Emperot
to-day presided at the Council of Min
listers. Marshal Mcmahon had arrived
in Paris. In the Senate to-day Prince
Napoleon made a speech on the Senatus
Consultum. He protested his devotion
to the Emperor and Prince Imperial and
gave his complete adherence to the pro
posed reforms, which he hoped wcr,
but the beginning of fresh reforms. He
denounced as irrecoucilable those who
opposed the loyal application of these
reforms.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, September IA
message has left this city with the Sui.
tan's reply to the Viceroy of Egypt. Il
is reported that the Sultan expresse.
satisfaction with the Pacha's assurance
of loyalty, but commands him to sell o.
transfer TO the Turkish Government tn,
iron clads and breech leaders ordered
IN Europe; to keep his forces within
the presented limits; abate taxation
publish his annual budget, and abstain
from negotiations with foreign govern
ments.
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From Halifax.

Haitian, August 31.-Prinoe Arthur
left Charlestown in the gunbOat Dart
AT , o'clock this morning, arriving at
Picton, by special train, at , O'Clock.
Great enthusiasm was manifested by
the inhabitants along the line. At New
Glasgow the Prince was presented with
an address of welcome, and also at Iuro,
at which place he took a short drive
around the town. He arrived at Hall
fax at O'Clock this evening, and was
received by thesauthorities, who pre-
scented him with an address of welcome
l. the evening an immense ball was
rendered by the garrison in honor of the
Prince. The decorations of the ball
room were splendid, and about foul
hundred couple took part in the dance
| The whole affair was elegant.
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Cincinnati Market.
CINCINNATI, September !

CINCINNATI, September !.
FLOUR-Unchanged; new standard
family at 6 25aG 30; old standard al
6 O0a6 -.
WHEAT-Firmer but closed quiet a
25al 30 for red and 45al 30 for white
CORN-Steady at l Oh.
OATS-Firmer at 55a5cc.
RYE-Sales at 90.
TOBACCO-In good demand at ful,
rates. sales Al hogsheads at 7 OOa23 90
WHISKY-Unsettled; holders asked
Il and nothing done; feeling firm al
the close.
MESS PORK-Sales at 33 90.
BULK MEATS-Held at l34al6tc
small sales.
BACON-Sides quiet at lSfc; shoul
ders in good demand and all to be haG
at l5c sold; the sales reached l 90 hogs,
heads.
LARD-Nomiually unchanged.
OILS-No change; Linseed at 95al 90
Lard at iOal -; Petroleum at 29a3lc
GOLD-l33t buying.
EXCHANGE-Steady 1T 10 per cent
discount buying.
MONEY-The demand continues gooC
at Sai2 per cent.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
State Of West Virginia,

IN the Municipal Court Of Wheeling-
august Rules, 1869