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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-05-14
A LEGAL RAY.

| 1uc UtUtNS III luc Nay OOUC, DS
which it appears undeniable that
our criminal statutes have been
repealed and no provision made
for the re-enactment of other laws
in their stead, is brilliant COM
mentary on the intelligence, learn
ing and patriotism OF the legis'
lators, who are, by a violent
fiction, supposed to give some
protection to life, limb and prop
erty. The lamentable fact is adj
mitted, after close investigation
by judges and lawyers, learned in
the law, that Louisiana has no
statutes to punish criminals, and
that it has become the paradise
OF thieves, cut-throats and mur-
derers, with 'snone to make them
afraid" The Legislature selects
one of its own members, John
Ray, a back~oods, swamp lawyer,
who has been for several years
divorced from his profession, de-
voted to planting and politics,
slightly mixed up with railroad
schemes Of doubtful propriety, to
codify the laws, and make new
Civil Code and Code of Practice
"a work that took Justinian.
aided by the most tiistin nguished
.jurisconsults of Rome, years to
perfect, and Napoleon, with the
aid Of the wisest lawyers of
France, some three years to de-
bate, is pretended to be accom-
plished by Ray in six months or
less, and for compensation equal
to the Presidents yearly salary.
TO make it q more complete blum
der, it is printed in the backwoods
by a brother of Rays, on a bro
ken down country press, in q style
that entities it, as Beckwith says,
to be called The "unwritten or
imprinted law of Louisiana, and
very common law at that.''
The detention and support of
the prisoners throughout the State
who will be released by this u1l-
pardonable ignorance, will amount
to half a million dollars at least,
and it is fair to suppose that their.
renewed depradations and the
loss and expense it will further
entail on the State, will be a mil
lion more; and all this expense
the direct result Of a mans under
taking a work of the most gigan-
tic Importance without the repu-
tation, qualifications and skill
necessary to accomplish it. How
true it is that .s TITS better to bear
the ills we have than fly to those
we know not Of" After more
than half century, the criminal
statutes of our State are sudden
" and unintentionally eliminated,
and we are left to grope in the
dark, or to dwell together like
the aborigines Of the forest, whose
title to this country had to yield
to the onward march of civilized
christianity, and what is thought
to be government regulated by
iaw.-N. O. Times.
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who received q very large sum
of money for what was alleged
to have been an arduous and pro-
tractcd labor, had no explanation
to offer. There was an oversight,
he said, and that was all. A
large number of prisoners, thus
relieved of accountability fog the
deeds imputed to them, were yes
terday discharged from custody.
-Bnzletin.
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Shakespeare thought that con-
versation should be pleasant with
out scurrility, witty without affec~
tation, free from indecency, learn
ed without falsehood. And Roch-
cfoucault said that to hear
patiently and to answer precisely
are the great pcrfections Of con-
versation. One reason why wo
meet so few persons who arc rea-
sonable and agreeable i'm CONVEX
sation is that there is scarcely
any one who does not think more
of what he has to say than of an
swering what is said to him.
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tPLEBIsCITUM.'- this word
frequently occurs in our French
dispatches, and may not be under
stood by that portion of our read
ers who are unacquainted with
foreign tongues, it may not be
amiss to explain it's meaning-at
least it's general Specification. 1t
is composed of the two Latin
words, plebs, plebis, people, and
cit,tna, an ordinance; and in an
cient times was used to desig-
nate q law or ordinance made by
the Roman plebians or common
atty. on the requisition of Trib-
une, "a representative of the rights
and interests ofthe plebians) with
out the concurrence OF the Senate
or patricians. AS now used in
France, without any accurant
knowledge on the subject, we pre-
sumo it designates a constitution
or bill of rights modifying the en-
pire, to be presented by the EN-
peror and voted on by the people
without the Intervention of the
French Legislature.
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RANDOLPH's WITTICIsM.-John
Randolph was one of the most
sarcastic men that ever lived
One time young man attempted
to make his acquaintance. He
obtained an introduction, and
among tho first remarks said:-
81 passed by. your house lately,
NLr. Randolph" II hope you al
ways WILL" was the reply. An
other one twitted3 him with his
want Of education. "The gentle
man reminds me-" said Randolph
in reply, "of the land about the
head waters Of the Montgomery.
which are poor by nature and
cultivation has ruined them.''
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Any rumor is sufficient against
misfortune.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-05-14

The female teachers of San
Francisco are married Off more
rapidly than their places can be
properly supplied. Out of sixteen
teachers in the Lincoln school
thirteen have been married within
five years, and the other three
were already married.
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Grant a Candidate in 1872.

| NluNk q III 4Of1s
"Mack," of the Cincinnati En-
quirer, has this to say on til,
subject:
Nothing is more certain in th<
political future, I. think, thar
Grants denomination by the re
publican party in 1872. His only
possible rival was buried in Troy
n. Y, last Friday-the noblest
Roman Of them all-the hero OF
Chickamauga. Grant was at the
| funeral; so was Sherman-witl
Grape on their arms, but not il
their hearts. And as I heard o;
their going, l couldn't help think
ing OF the response of 4 Kentucky y
Confederate to me, when / asked
him why he had attended the fu-
neral Of a Federal General. Ger
tainly," said he, "I'll go to any
Yankee Generals funeral with
the greatest pleasure" Grant and
Sherman had done their little
best to break the old hero down,
but he triumphed in spite of them,
At the time Of his death he was
increasing in popularity every
day as the Republican candidate
for 1872. True, you couldn't point
to a single act expressive of
his favor of Radicalism or it's
leaders, but the same could be
said Of Grant 1868.
With Thomas under tho sod,
Grant has no 1,val that I know of
for the succession, if the Republi-
can party is to maintain snprcn-
acy.. The Republican leaders don't
like him, yet they have educated
themselves up-or down-to a
habit of fawning sycophancy and
disgusting adulation which has
no parallel except in that of the
French Legislature toward Napo-
leon in the way of the ascendan-
icy. !! shall not be surprised to
hear it saidof Grant in the Sen
ate of America, as it was said of
Napoleon in the Senate of France
in 1907, that ''the conception
which his mother received in her
bosom could only have flowed
from Divine inspiration" There
AAC AAolI 1CtIu9 ~ Sdly ILLS cO-uitS :,
but for the fear of. incurring the
displeasure Of the venerable Jes-
Sc r.; and yet in their hearts they
know the administration, so far
from being q success, has been q
disgraceful failure. No disguise
is made here of Grants desire for
a denomination. He speaks of it
himself to his friends and repeats
the specious plea which was so
powerful in behalf Of Lincoln in
1S64-that the work he was call
cd upon to do will not be finished
in 1871; and that he would like to
retain the Presidency until it is
brought to successful completion.
Exactly what he means by this
it is not easy to determine. If,
however, it be the restoration of
peace and fraternal feeling, I
agree with him that his mission
is not likely to be concluded in
1872. And if he expects to re-
main President until that desira-
bic end can be accomplished,
with tho assistance of a Radical
Congress, he must think himself
good for q thousand years in the
White House.
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The Printers Typographical
Union, of Philadelphia, has adj
mitted to membership lady now
engaged in study for profession
in that city, and who supports
herself by doing compositor's
work in her spare time.
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The President has decided not
to appoint q successor to the Ma
jor Generalship, vacant by tho
death of Major General Thomas,
until the army bill now before
Congress shall have been finally
disposed of in some shape.
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terday discharged from custody
l-Buzzetin.
Radical Syphering. (.
The peculiarly just and enlight
ened principles which govern the
House committee ON elections
and the Radical majority in that
branch of Congress, received 4
most charming illustration or
Wednesday last in the Syphe1
case. Mr.. j. II. Sypher, radical
carpet-bagger from Pennsylvania
and Hon. Lewis st. Martin, con
servative, were candidates for
Congress in the. first Louisiana
district. St. Martin received 49,
S1S votes out of 19,2O9 cast, and
might therefore have been con-
siderably we'll elected, but Sypher
did not think SO, and promptly
contested the seat. The commit
tee on elections examined into the
matter with their usual impartial
ity, and having ascertained that
st. Martin was "disloyal' and Sy-
pher q magnificent specimen of
modern "loyalty," reported in IA
vor of the latter. The House ac-
cepted the report, and Sypher,
blushing in the sweet conscious
ness of triumphant virtue, ad-
vanced to the bar to take the
oath.
Meanwhile the Democratic men,
bers executed a brilliant flank
movement which deserves to be
ranked among the best effor s of
parliamentary strategy. They con-
veyed to the Western Radicals
the inform alton that Sypller was
4 high tariff man, and pledged to
Pennsylvania pig-iron interests.
This was enough; Mr.. Moore,
Radical, from Illinois, who had
just voted to admit Sypher,
sprung to his feet at the moment
that gentlemen was opening his
mouth tor official sw' airing, and
moved a reconsideration. 1t was
carried. Fitch, of. Nevada, an
other Radical, then offered :. res
olution to the effect that thtre
had been no valid cleo ion in the
first Louisiana district, and con-
sequently neither Sypher nor st.
Martin was entitled to the seat.
This, too, was carried, and Door
Sypher found himself kicked out
into the cold before he fully COM
pretended the animus Of the kick
ers. We do not, of course, regret
the expulsion of this man, but
the reason for his expulsion, I'M
der the circumstances of the case,
is simply infamous. st. Martin
was fairly elected, rs we have
said, by over twelve thousand
majority, yet his claims were ig-
nored, and those Of his competi-
tor endorsed. Then the vote of
admission is reconsidered, and
Sypher repudiated, not on the
ground that he had no shadow of
right to the seat, but because he
was unsound on the tariff qles-
ton! The Radical party in the
house have done many outrag-
eous things in the last ten years,
but nothing to equal the sublime
impudence of this Gecision.-St.
Louis Republican, 23d ult.
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BY outward acts we judge the
inward thoughts.
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, 1870-08-28
Puriklula UonlGqs

Hal.tead, OF the Cincinnati Commercial, ia
in Paris. What ts more. he haa escn como Of
tho Partisan womes1, 1ud the following il his
opinion OF them, told in pl.in Anglo Sa1oa
prose:
~ sketch Of Pa1ts, however slight, would.
sppr.htDd, he considered deficient II nothing
were said ii the women Of khe CITY. Ny obae'yx-
f9 ~ 1o aa M thso fSe ea,,e
There u, indeed. painful scarcity Of babies, and
lear there IL ptejutisce against them. fnn
crest perfection by The P.1itian female. sae
puts o. her clothes with wonderful grace, Taese
Is nice In the 1T Of the gtoves, and the
1t,,bons Aze VII mounted with csnsuumase skill,
s..d The fo!ds OF the irApe!J aru stuis, and the
result OF hlEa as1- A l'aslst&a woman, as7aJed
tess aagest Is a!s unLa;ae:s,! Object. SAG !osks M
costume, OF the SCI Of getting IN or out Of IN on
| nibut, or any extraordinary movement or cxer-
rop. pruye Destructive 70 the harmony Of design
executed IN her exquisite attire. but not 50.
| TIE dsecttnposure Of hall or proEenAle are net
| oufy traFed with tupdatsy-the5 nee usefal 70
Y ee = II sle
But decent respect tor the eternal Etne~s OF INC
truth Ut history cosupels me 70 -! It once. anu
personal beauty comparable vita shat Of A1,es1'
can Et men- OEe saUcSiEg tat5S @a.s ssy 1. En-
sy AM !, nhgs .e sa y Tne m mt
! Object to 4 reasonable 2n1ount OF that Hatca Is
| koesf, hut even the precious female nus! become
| Tounde. too much Iho.e outiines % pea1ng %
] isrVrt; - Is to exceed he Ines Of beauty. and
grossly then. and s1uare:y tsere Is tco nnch fst
distributed anonE she fctnaie PAE!staIA Per-
| h1rs ought to add thss do not shtnk one hun
cred aud nfty pounds Sn excessive wet1hr IN 4
! pleasant woman, and that ona hundred and
Axr5 po9nds well placed mar not b.
| oorD1ious hut The numeer Of young women he.e
| tnsF weigh mo.s tnaa rwo hundred pounds 2voi,-
dnpois each, suggests that the cll1sse, or tne
| gnche Of living, the rartssxn air, OF butter, OF
wine, or bread, or abstinence FROM b2btes or the
a,noeph~Ie OF alulasion Of females, leads e1tra-
ordlnarllS to the Accuaalauoa ct the iAtty scc1e,
| SouST
, 1870-08-28

The Boston Journal Of C2seh,i*iry calls at
tentton to the different preparations sold by
drugEi<te for dressing the hair. It tells us
that all Of the oils aud grcasy ponAdss With
eurhupious names are re1nanufacturedf from lard
oil and simple la1d. Besrs' grease is the uoss
filthy OF sll animA fats. and it is safe TO ssE
that the genuine etun Is but raIelv or never
sold hy the d1uegi=ts. Castor oil and cologne
spirits make good aud cheap dressing. The
oiiderived from the castor bean possesse. pecu-
liar properties which admirably adapt it lot use
On the bsis. The Journal concludes:
A cheap and verE good dressing ia ms 10 by
di.eol.inE four ouncea OF perfectly pure
dsnse eleccrine in twelve ounces Of
yosc water GIrceEne evaporates only
At high temperatures: and, therefore,
nuder its influences the hair is retained
in q moist condition for long tlme+ As
c,..e, the vegetable oils arc better for the
hai. than animal oiis. They do not become
rancid and offensive 20 rapidly; and they are
subject to different and less Objectionable
chemical changes, Olive oil. and that derived
from coeoanut have been largely employed,
bat they are far inferior in every respect to
that from the caetor htAn.
Do not use any oils whatever, is the best
advice. Those men and women having the
fueet and gfoesiest suits Of hair, simply use
soft water, washing the head every few DAYS
With pure CASTLE soap. But aa Nc do not az.
pect every body to subscribe to this foemuls,
II Is well to caution the general public aesipsi
the indisc1iminsse use Of preparations eoli
fot the hair.
, 1870-08-28

1 Powerful Insect.

Tho tendency Of soldiers to grotesque e1sg..
scration is well illustrated by the remark o.
ore Of shem concerning the greatest pest Of
tie camp which the dictionaries denon3anate
"sr1an insect Of tho genus PsdIet1 !
presume cyeE army u histoT has been an
I'd ftora ii, and at the same time: made i the
sIejec, OF hatitu.l Jest, tefore The srEiss OF
or sar as F. tns eass nmbed It it. phloso-
rhized over it and laughed 1t i;
Il could bar ,hs M IT,, fe,'9TS w ;afer asa si i
h1ue ssv 10 Ii eoorades Ut reycitlc to[l-eal,
one "bas such 9asta,s, ,;st It Isbs thsbs
foot ot ny bunt- He h:a his haek 70 nc, sd
there xss great {. 5; J: on i; b9t ~ xhsn sn, he
turned 1oand-g1est Scott! wha: dye think
"Esting 6ard tack, suggested one, with
wink. -,
uSo he wasn't; he WAS picking his t1etl
III, ~ b-ycce..."-L;rrp:=e3Ts Magazine.
, 1870-08-28
TO TIE PLIOCENE SKULL.
4 Geological Address.

- Gc1R0ElCA1 address,.
By 4 cAL1foR>4AS.
SEsak; r. & man. less recent! Ffagmcutasy fossil!
llii Ii iowtat drf i below Tic exf .sst stratum,
or volcanic tui4I
OLDER iran the beasts. tho o,dr~t ps,,o,h.-,n7,.
o;aes tran the Tees, tie Oldest cryptDga,nIa;
Older thau the hills. tauae inranslle efu,kioa2
Ut ea1th'h cp,dcrmIs.
o-Aio-rlio-whatsoe'er the "rene~y
1aat tnoae xaeans sockets rlle1 with aHe and
Whether ahorea Devouian cr Sllr,sn beaches.
Tell us .by auanRe story!
Or has the Professor slightly an.e.latetI.
n1 sone tnoasand years, th3 Advent on this
Giving mean Al. t.sa,'s r,u,cwha, better tlt,e.
fucoEd-bloodesl ctcaiures.
Mer thou true Spectator Of that mighty forest,
Nhen ttose thy head tho stately SixlNaiia
Neasets IL cetumned tfants In that remote aud
carbousierous epocts.
Tell us Of that Scene the DIM and watesy wood
sonelesl. si.eut, hushea, with never bid or in.
rcliea win spreading tronas and screened with
tall clut-ruo.se.,
Lycorodt1cea-
When 'seeis'e thee walked the solemn p1esto.arus,
ALL s1aurd Lie crei't the festive Ichthyusaurus.
WAllc ironl line to tine ahoye thre new and
clkclrd
Cheerful Ptesolac:yls
Tel .,s Of thy foothnse ,,a1f marine reflections,
Crtnut'ss nn tae shelf and 1S-achtcoals au nattrr-
tnstIe-usis. IL which The psrutre ol Victor Hugo
6tcMs PetiTLnkie,
Speak, thou awful Eestige Of the ca.ths Grey
sft+h-.
Solitary fragment of refna! otranJc!
Tell Inc mt'nddnus srcrets OF thy past existence
Speak thou oldest pr1Matc.
, 1870-08-28
Prince Leopold OF Dcsxnu.

: Old Prince Leo9oid Of Dessaa was Qua OF
tie Dctt e1traoEd.n1f; men 6f any age Ha
invented the iron ramTol, and Also al modern
1ciIitasy tsct:ea. "ILc soE:icfy of every civil
the psrade-Eelde and ta:t!e-delds, its word Of
command. Out Of his rough head proceeded
tie essential Of all that the iununetsble Drill
SergeaIta in VARIOUS languages repeat and Gu
force.
with beautiful yonng 1a41r, Mademioselle Fos.
She wae the daughter Of AZ apothecarT. His
arirtocratic friends we're shocked st the idea o{
60 rrequal marriage. 1he sturdy Will or
Leopold WIS unlielding, They sent him away
Of Europe. After an absence Of fourteen
mouths he returned. The first thing he did
wa. to call upon 1Iaiemoisellc Fo3. After
that he called upoa his widowed mother. It
na1 in min to resist tie will Of such man.
In 1929 ho married her, and Eoon, by his
bride that all were ready to DO her homage
For half century ehe was his loved and hon
oGed spouse, attending him in all hia cana-
pnigns.
With tender hes.t, Leopold Was one Of
the most stern and rugged Of men; spending
seemed even ineensible to fatigue, and re-
gardless Of ali physical comforts And yet
there vas rein Of truly feminine geutgeness
and tenderness in his heart, which made hun
tGa Oh the lNus1 ltsAlE "a lAsohi3Aa auA 1atll-
Ills youns daughter, Louisa, bride Of
Victor LeoFola,. reigning Prince OF An
Eslt-Ee1nburg, lay dying OF u decline. a
few days before her death ehe
said, !" I wish I could geo my father At
tho hesd Of Its regiment once again, before
die" The remark Was reported to Leopold
Re Vas then with his regiment 1t Halls, thirty
miles distant. 1mmediately the troops we're
burg. With banners flying, music playing,
and .11 customary display of military ponp,
theE entered the courtyard Of the pal.ce.
The dying daughter. rsle and emscaste, sat 1t
stirrups to salute his child, and then put his
regiment through all its most interesting
nanGuvuDgs. The soldisrs vera then
marched to the orphan house, where the eo.n-
mon men were treated with bread and beer,
an the officers dining at the Princes table.
"An tho officers. except Leopold alone, who
stole SWAY cut Of the crowd, sat himself upon
the sssle bridge and wept into the riyer."-
Harpers Magazine
, 1870-08-28
Cnmphor to Expel MQsQuttoczs

writer in a South Carolina paper SAYS that
he has tried the following, and finds that u
works ike charm: Take Of gum camphor
piece about one-third the sizs Of an GEE, an4
ho.ding It over lamp or eaadle, taking a,, sssa
that it does not Ignite. The smoke viii s9on nan
fill the room. and e1pel the mosq qn!.oe ,tsn Un1
night l was terribly annoyed by them, h;sh Tash !
thought Of and t1isd the above. 1iies "mn WI ~
never raw nor heard than that 1lsnt, T. 40 fornI
ns3f s Is osSh sostS he I'D bes s
ansn m iii n;rht.-B9eoa Joos7'ol Of c"s7"lstFK,
, 1870-08-28

different place, with n,1ers blooming
about It, md fair-faced woman in il, and
Hen's children toddling round the door. or
running to meet him md mo rs wo co.ue of
the water. Lord knnwst