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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-03-19

There is man living in the
mountains of North Carolina, not
more than thirty miles from
Greenville, S.. O., who has reach
ed the extraordinary. age of ono
hundred and forty-three years.
At the time of Braddock's defeat
he was twenty years old, and had
a wife and three children. A
gentleman at Greenville, says that
this man, who has come down to
us from a former generation, has
always been in moderate circum-
stances, and has lived upon
plain, coarse, vegetable diet; that
he has never drunk any liquid
but pure spring water, and bids
fair to live many years longer.
He enjoys perfect health, posses
ses all of manhood's attributes,
and wants to marry. He has sur
vived seven wives, and having
lost the last one about sixty years
ago, he now naturally begins to
feel quite lonely. .
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-03-19
No. 26.

SHIP BUILDING IN THE YVES
TERN RIvERs.-In the report of
the special Congressional Com
mlttee on navigation interests
appears the following: "The Com
mittee have been strongly i'm
pressed by the facts brought
before them, of the capacity of
our Western rivers for ship-build-
ing purposes. The almost bound
less resources of the Missouri,
the Ohio, and the Tennessee, and
other Western and Southern val
leys, in the way of coal, iron. and
timber, with'the opportunities of
reaching the sea, point to them as
capable of becoming at an early
day ship-building entrepots as
important as the Tyne and Wear,
the Clyde and Thames. On this
point the strongest evidence was
presented in a paper forwarded
by Mr. John Playen, of Philadel-
phia. formerly an English iron
master, and practically acquaint-
ed with the localities referred to
in his statement. MIR. Playen
states that his points are made
to show that it is not the low
wages of Europe alone which pre-
vents the revival of our shipping
interests, but the lack of organi-
zation, and the situations of the
different establishments, that pre-
vent ship plate iron being cheap
ly produced. ...t =
''He says that it is a fact be-
yond dispute that pig iron can be
made as cheaply, and coal can be
obtained more cheaply, on the
Ohio than ON the Tees, in England.
Ships can, in his opinion be built
as cheaply on the Ohio and float
ed to the sea. He declares that
our failure is due to the want of
organization. The best locality
for building iron ships in the
United States will be found on the
Mississippi or Ohio Rivers above
Cairo. Iron can be obtained and
made on the Ohio as cheaply as
in England. Mr.. Pfayen declares
that it is rhe magnitude and ex-
tent of the grand rivers of this
continent which enable one to
see the foregoing plans as quite
practicabIe.' He also argues that
American iron is superior to Brit
ish, enabling our vessels to he
built of lighter material, giving
greater tonnage than that ofGreat
Britain. He declares that scores of
places can be pointed out where
pig iron can be made as cheaply
as in England, beside tho Ohio
Valley"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-03-19
FISH SHOWERS IN NAvADA AND

FISH SHOWERS IN NAvADA AND
CALIFORNIA.-During the rain,
last week, a quantity of small fish
fell in one of the showers at Six
mile Canon, Nevada. The fish
are described as two or three
inches long, blush in color, with
brown stripes down the sides.-
CastrOrjUe Argus. .
We are creditably informed of
a still more strange occurrence of
q fish shower in this county,
which occurred a few weeks since
in the vicinity of Laguna Seco,
ten miles north of Monterey.-
The shower extended for a dis
tance of three OF four miles; there
were no clouds visible at the
time. The fish were of different
kinds, and varying in length from
six inches to three feet. A per-
son who witnessed the shower,
and is deep in piscatorial knowl-
edge, pronounced them of the
species inhabiting salt water
Will some of our Savans give a
solution of this phenomenal
Monterey Republican. ...
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-03-19

The corruption in cadetships is
we'll fastened upon a number of
Southern Radical carpet-baggers
the meanest of all creatures
Hartford Times.
These creatures represent the
South in Congress just about as
much as the convicted thiefin the
penitentiary represents the peO-
pie upon whom he preycd-.Ez,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-03-19

amendment as condition of res
toration to the Union. AS they
could not be trusted to come in
and then ratify it, they ratified
first and then come in. They
were, therefore, not in the Union
when they acted on the constitu-
ton, Or else they were never out
of the Union. Either, then, all
the reconstruction laws of Con-
gress are invalid: or these South
ern ratifcations Of the fifteenth
amendment are invalid. If the
States we're in the Union there
was no need to admit them, and if
they were not in the Union they
could not participate in making
laws for States that are in.''
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-03-19

CONsCIENCE.-The murderers ,,f
Mrs. Surr;att have nearly all come
to a terrible end. Stanton, the
head criminal, may not have died
by his own hand as King and
Lane did, but his remorse must
have been awful! In his agoniz-
ed writings he said: 11
Judge, it is terrible! That,
woman was murdered to appease,
the wrath of a party. And was
the coward that struck the blow
for those who demanded this
wrong. But / have snffered-O |!
God! how have suffered-how I
do suffer. Every hour of the day
see her on the scaffold-swing-,
ingin the air-bound-strugglinr
"t'
every night of my life, 7 stand
face to face with her-I hear her
prayers for justice-I
see her in her coffin-I see the
Court which sentenced her dane
ing like devils in hell and saying
to me- .- T
"sYou! You! You DID IT.
You Edwin NJ. Stanton-Edwiu
Stanton, compelled us
to murder your. victim, and we
will murder yosI.' -
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-03-19

kilograms have been sent from
Nashville to the Cincinnati En-
quirer and Louisville Commercial
to the effect that r. r. Butler,
member of Congress from tho
First Congressional District, had
acknowledged he had used mon
ey in the Senatorial contest to
defeat Andrew Johnson.-[Ex.
Give us news, gentlemen, give
lis news. We knew all this in
anticipation. Gould the man be-
a Butler and be honest9 There
was butler in Pharoh's household
once, and Pharoh hung him, which
goes to Pharoh's credit.-EE.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-03-19

RESUMPTION NEXT FOURTH OF
JULY.-1nasmuch as the natural
tendency of gold is to still lower
prices; would it not be we'll on the
part of Congress to appoint a
special committee, with instruc-
tions to Investigate the feasibility
of resumption ON the Fourth of
July next, and thus put at rest
the vexed question before the
termination of 1902 The reasons
that have been operative against
specie payments heretofore are
now less pointed. The great gold
smash of last September has rem
dered our importers more than
usually conservative. The un1y
persons who could suffer are a
few importers, and a few of our
cotton and produce merchants.
The extinction of the premium
between now and July would
tell less heavily upon the trade
of the country, for the reason
that the great bulk of our cotton
and produce has been shipped.
We should thus strike the happy
median line between the last of
our exports in summer, and the
next installment of our imports
in the fall. With gold at par in
the autum, new impetus would
be given to enterprise over the
whole country. Capital would
lose its caution and labor be in
demand. a thousand and one
engagements, which are now in
allegiance through the contingent
cies of a decline in gold, would
be entered into with promptness
and spirit. The nation would re-
sumo the activity of the days
before the war. The fear that
prices will decline with gold is
exaggerated. With gold at par,
we should have a thousand mill
lions of money to set the enter
prises Of the whole country in
operation. While we are SO abun-
dainty supplied with capital,
prices cannot yield SO greatly as
to fall back to the figures of cid
times. Prices have gone up all
over the world. With us they
are three or four times as great
as before the war, because we
have three or four times as much
money. 1t is the history of the
world that money becomes cheap
er as countries grow older.-N Y.
Herald.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-03-19

The New York Tribune says
there are probably at no time lesA
than twenty thousand men III
that city who would readily COM
nit a safe murder for hundred
dollars, break open a house for
twenty and take a false oath for
five. The Tribune is authority
on the subject. .... '
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-03-19

!
tude.
Sec. 2. Congress shall have
power to enforce this article by
appropriate Legislation.
The following are the names of
the States which may be said to
have ratified this scheme for the
perpetuation of Radical rule:
New Haznpshirs. Michigan.
Rhode Island. Iowa
Connecticut Kansas,
Pennsylvania, Missouri,
west Virginia. NeSada@is
The States wherein Congress
has ratified the amendment
through the agency of the bayo-
net are the following:
North csrolin.. Ai;sissippi.
Aiabsma, TeIasMI0
The following are the States
which have rejected the amend
ment:
Ssw ssw jersey. GFs; MhnasRn; Marsiand,
Delaware. Kentucky,
Tencessee, California
Tennessee and Oregon have not
voted, but they are known to be
against the amendment. New
York retracted her ratification, de-
claring it null and void. The rat
ificatiOn by a fraction of the In
diana Legislature, there being less
than Il quorum present at the
time, is, of course, illegal. There
is little doubt, however, that both
Indiana aud New York will be
counted in the affirmative.
Nobody pretends to believe that
Il single one Of the Southern States
if LETT free to act for itself, would
have given its Endorsement to this
monstrous fraud, and it is known
that in nearly every Northern
State its ratification was obtained
through fraud and corruption.
When Terry's negro, carpet-bag
and scalaWag tools, who consti-
tute what is called the Georgia
Legislature, had gone through
the mockery of ratifying the
amendment, a Radical journal in
New England said:
To Georgia belongs the honor
of capping the editice of liberty
with the granite of suffrage.
In response to this, the Boston
Traveller, another Radical journal,
and one, too, whose ''loyalty" is
very far above suspicion, tells the
story truthfully thus:
And a mighty wry face Georgia
made when, under the pointed
elOquence OF the bayOnet, she was
! made to see the excellence of the
'capping' process, as Mr.. Heep
saw his fOllies when he found him
self i'll the penitentiary, out of
which he could not get. Left to
herself, Georgia would have kick
ed the amendment into the Sa-
Tannah, and sent it's supporters
there to look after it, or to keep
it company. Not being left to
herself, but having General Terry
to look after her, she capped ''the
| edifice Ofliberty with the granite
of suffrage" with the same readi-
ness thatsi lin 1864, she submitted
to General Sherman. There was
no compulsion about it, only she
had to ratify.
That was just the way of it.
"There was no compulsion;" Geor-
gia was at perfect liberty to do as
she pleased-''only she had to
ratify." And it was the same way
with all the other Southern States,
from Virginia to Texas. There
was no compulsion-onIy they
had to ratify. The bayOnet at
the breast of Virginia, of Georgia,
of Texas, did not mean blood; it
merely meant ratification. The
Traveller has q very clear COM
prehension of the way in which
the fraud was consummated.
The New York Herald puts it
thus: Southern States were re-
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-03-19
} Washington

The Washington Chronicle
makes the startling statement
that the agitation of the question
of removing the capitol, "has
alreadySost the people of Wash
ington not less than S12,5OO,OOO
within a year in the depreciation
of real eState.'
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-03-19

A great thought wakens in our
mind whole world of new per-
ceptions, as q sunbeam streaming
into the darkness shows a thou
sand atoms floating in it's path.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-03-19

It is reported that Swedes bv
the hundreds are on their way to
colonise in Mississippi.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-03-19

1t is proposed to let youths Of
eighteen vote in California, pro-
vided they have distinguished
themselves by industry and mo-
rality."
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-03-19

The story is current abroad
that Father Hyacinthe has sent
in his submission to the Church,
and is soon to be in Rome.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-03-19

Since the assembling of the
Ecum enical Council atROme, sew
en- of it's members have died, and
four have left the city.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-03-19

California with all her claims
of singular superiority, is now
in condition to claim the honor
of being the Banner State of the
Union. She is the first to man
ufacture silk in the Republic,
having begun literally above, from
the eggs produced the cocoons
and carried the usual processes
to the completion Of beautiful
texture; such as may stand Il com
parison with the silk of the Old
ContiL ent. Part of the Califor-
nfa silk has been shaped in 70 flags,
one of which is to wave from the
capitol of Washington, and an
other from the dome of the State
capitol, to signaliZe one of those
peaceful victories which are gen
orally of more Importance to a
people than. the victories of war.
A BILL CONCERNING CONVERTS.
"A bill has been introduced into
the Legislature of Pennsylvania,
by which all nUnnerieS and con-
vents, and similar establishments,
are made subject to inspection
'"ASO CHSlS SOdL, DJ luSpSCtOIS
appointed by the courts. All per-
sons wishing to be released, and
SO expressing themselves to the
inspectors, are to be forthwith
set at liberty. Offenses against
the law, or resistance to it, are to
be punished by fine and impris-
Onment. A register of all inmates
of these institutions is to be kept,
and false returns of the number
is also made a punishable offense.
A foolish girl in Chester, Vt,
died few days ago from the
fashion of tight lacing. To such
a fearful extent had this been in
dulged in that the ribs we're found
Tapped over one another, and the
breast bone was pressed over one
lung so that she had entirely lost
it's use. For several months pre-
viOus to her death the victim had
been obliged to sleep with corsets
on and tightened to the last notch,
for the lOosening gave such pain
in the internal expansion that
she could not bear Il.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-03-19

An Indianapolis paper tells OF a
man who reprOved his vito wjaA
an aKe-haRdls.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-03-19
Terms Of subscription.
Tariff of Advertising Rates.

Aavertisusnts will be inserted at One Dollar and
V1fty Cents per SO of one inch of space less
for the hrst, seventy five Gents for zach subs+
uont for any time der one month. For
oaxsr periods follows.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-03-10
[From the scloto Gazette, !
Vas Ish Dis?
MINE HOUSE BY DIS HILL,
FEBRUARY Is, 1870.

MIsDER GAZETTE: = Yust two
weeks ago, in your baper vot read,
you chust makes a little fun nit der
Ground hog vot die wedder fore
dells.
Die wedder vos very nice wen
you makes your baper, dot'titi but
vOt you dinks now allewhile, heh ?
! writes dis in mine own house,
und last night, die Schno gone
down yust like everydings, und
mine winder is yust piled up. Now
vot you dinks, mister brinter man ?
You dinks dat die Ground hog don't
know vot he knows, heb =?
You youst let me spheaks NIT
you; das Ground hog knows more
as Won, two, dree, four brinder
mans, und pesides, ven de brinders
is all de viles shticken up das leedle
dypcs for to make brint die neus-
baper nit, das Ground hog he chust
shtays by his hole, und ven de right
day comes, he looks round for to
find his shadder; und dis last dime
he sees dat shadder, yust SO blain
as you see das creenback, vot /
paid nit you by dis Gazette.
Misder brinder, ven your crate
grandaddy vas a leedle bapy, yot
got shpanked for cryin in te mite,
der Ground. hog knows den chust
so much vot he knows now!
Unit now / shpeaks NIT yOu.-
You chust dake my advice, und
makes not fun any more nit der
Ground hog. If you must sic fun
haben, shpeak by das poliditions
vot don't know any better, allie
while. Vot you dinks bout dis
dalks nit you some more, allie
while, agin, some oder days, bime-
by, don't it?
DIEDRcK KRAUTz.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-03-10
DIEDRICK KRAUTz
Rascality Punished.

The recent investigations of q
Congressional Committee in refer
ence to the sale Of West Point Ca
detships have brought forth practic-
al and exemplary results. Itis one
of those exceptional cases in which
rascality is caught and punished
through the efforts of a Congress.
sional investigation. 1t has been
ascertained that not only in the
present Congress but in many pre-
ceding ones there have been mem
bers who sold cadetships in the
West Point Military Academy for
money. The committee has un-
earthed unmistakable evidence that
Messrs. Whittemore, of South Car
olina, and Dewcose, of North Caro-
lima, have thus disposed of cadet
ships controlled by them, and in
imminence of expulsion these indi.
viduals have confessed their guilt
by resigning Golladay, of Ken
lucky, the virtuous champion of re-
pudiation, having been likewise in
culpated by General Logan's com
mittee, has defeated Justice by A
otill moro summary REIMBURSEMENT
of Congressional honors. 1t has
been asccrtained that money was
paid for cadet appointments made
by Mungen, of Ohio, and Coyode,
of Pennsylvania, but these gentle
men deny having ever received it
or had any knowledge of its pay
meut, and proof has not been OBJ
tanned contrary to their assertions,
One or two other cases are now in
course Of investigation, and we are
glad TO know that General Logan
proposes to probe this corruption
to the bottom. Let the rogues,
whoever they may be, have thor
ough exposure and exemplary pun
ishment.-[ Delaware Gazette
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-03-10

Twenty-six additional miles of
the Missouri River, Ft, Scott and
Gulf Railroad, South of TT. Scott,
Kansas, were completed and open
cd to business Wednesday.
The total amount of imports in
to the United Ststes during the six
months ending Jan, |, was $2l3,-
693, 1872 The exports during the
same time amounted to $l09, 1884,
I'll.
Every effortis being made in Rome
to induce the American Bishops to
declare for infallihility, but they
are fallible enough to see the effect
at home, and so are centumacious.
The track layers Of the Kansas
Pacific Railroad are in sight Of
Pixies Peak, and reached the first
station, about l6 miles from Kit
Carson,
The Pope is confident of his abil-
ity to carry lnfallibility, The
French Foreign Minister has writ
ten q letter to Rome saying that If
the dogma is declared, the French
troops will be withdrawn from
Rome. The London Times says
Spain and other Catholic powers
have sent similar protests.
The House Committee on Com.
merce has agreed on bill for leas-
ing the Alaska seal fisheries, The
lease is to be for twenty years, at
not less than $500 q year, and q
tax of two dollars a skin, One
hundred thousand seals may be
killed yearly, unless the Secretary
of the Treasury restricts the num-
Der.
- Now York makes olive oil
from the lard or western hogs.
The internal revenue receipts for
the present fiscal year arc Sll6,-
246, 4S9.
BY the destruction Of steamboats,
on the Missouri river, above Oma-
ha, S6O,76S worth of Government
stores have been lost
The Reconstruction Committee,
yesterday, considered the question
as to the power Of Congress to in
terfrre in affairs in Tennessee, but
adjourned without action.
The Wisconsin Assembly has in
dorsed Senator Carpenters speech
in favor of the Cubans, and has
killed tho female suffrage broject.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-03-10
SUGAR GAOvr, o., Feb. &c, 1870.

SUGAR GRovE, o., Feb 26, 1870.
Ems HERALD:
Every community is cursed with n
class Of people who make it their
concern to attend to cverybody's bn-
siness but their own. The vicinity OF
Sugar Grove has not escaped these
low, vile specimens Of humanity,
but has more than an equal share
Of these liends in human shape. 1t
is known that a class Of persons in
this neighborhood make tale bear
ing the chief pursuit Of their lives.
They understand everybody's faults.
no bIunder Of impropricty escapes
their yigIlant watchfulness. They
are posted in everything connected
with courtship and matrimony, and
If there is the slightest chance to
create disturbance, they take Imme.
diatc advantage Of 1t and do all in
their power to keep up a constant
quarrel, They go from neighbor-
hood to neighborhoodand spit their
venom on persons Of all occupa-
tions, and especially school teach
ers, and when their cOwardly ma.
ture prohibits them from approach
ing certain officials with their de.
famatory harangues, they will dis.
grace paper and ink with their info-
nous slander and withhold their pu.
sillanimous signaturer. We find
them among the rich and among
the poor, in the church and out Of
it. They are people who have no
higher ambition than to be well in
formed in regard to other peoples
business, to retail scandal to the
neighbors ard exult in the hendish
triumph over the bruised heart and
wounded feelings OF q victim.
Contempt OF such miserable crea.
lures should know no bounds -
They are worse than the lowest
class Of thieves and should be dc.
spised by every lover Of peace and
quietness but no words can ex-
press our hatred CT them What
punishment they deserve we don't
know; but God knows, and as sure
rs eternal justice reigns, they will
receive rctrihatiou in proportion to
the magnitude Of lh'ir otIenscs
again .tlhc law Of God and the in.
terests ofinjured humanity
Tattlers ponder and reflect, and
turn from your evil ways before II
is too late, for the scripture tells
us that all liars and mischief max
ers shall have their portion IN the
lake that burneth with fire and brim.
stone. Us. o.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-03-10

The old Delaware Gazette
now in its 51st year, came before
its readers two weeks ago in a new
and beautiful dress. The Gazette
is an old and highly esteemed ac-
auaintance Of ours. 1t has always,
except at one short interval, sup
ported the Wing and Republican
cause, and has maintained an amia-
ble reputation among the newspa-
per institutions Of Ohio.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-03-10
PLANTATION BITTERS.
-. T.--IROO-X.

This wonderful vegetable resto.
rative is the sheet anchor of the
feeble and debilitated. AS a tonic
and cordial for the aged aud Ian,
guild, it has no equal among stom,
achics, AS a remedy for the ner-
vous weakness to which women are
especially subject, it is supersedins
every other stimulant. In all eli
mates, tropical, temperate or trigld,
it acts as a specific in every species
of disorder which undermines the
bodily strength and breaks down
the animal spirits, For sale by all
druggists. l6m6