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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-05-28
THE TARIFF.

THE TARIFF.
WASHINGTON, May TO- The
demonstration for the virtual de-
feat of the tariff bill, which has
heen threatened since last week,
was made in the House to-day
from a most unexpected but sue
cessful quarter. The cha1fmeh
of the Committees Oh Approprl-
atoms and Of Ways and Means
got into q wrangle over the oraer
Of business, the former declaring
that, but one of the appropriation
bills had become a law, and that
nnless these were taken up and
considered now, the Govern
1nent would be without money on
the LIST of July. This created
quite a sensation on the floor, and
Influenced the motion made by
the first chairman to postpone the
tariff bill until all the approprla-
ton bills have passed the House.
which was carried by thirteen
majority. The practical effect is
to law the tariff over for five or
six weeks, which will bring it SO
near the end of the session that
it will be too late to consider 1T:
The chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee became very
irate over the resolution, and &C
cused Mr.. Dawes with grossly
violating his faith. The Demo-
Gratis, with a single exception,
voted to postpone the bill.
cE<ERAI AMNESTY,
wAsH1NGroN, May 1.-the
Senate was to-day the scene OF
quite an excited debate, which
showed wide division among
some of the Republican Senators
on the question of general amnes-
ty. Mr.. Ferry, one OF the Repub-
lican Senators from Connecticut,
who has been from the last Con-
.gress supporter of bill to re-
move all political disabilities, lead
off in the discussion in a very
conservative speech, during which
he declared that the fifteenth
| amendment was delusion, and a
snare, while these disabilities re-
NAMED unremoved. Morton, of
Indiana, replied in a fierce strain.
He declared that Ferry had made
a Democratic speech of ultra char
acter, and that if general amnesty
were inaugurated, jeff. Davis
would again be Senator from
Mississippi, and that John G:
Breckenridge would even be sent
here as the successor of Garrett
Davis. Mr.. Warner, of Alabama,
ventured an interjection that the
success of the Republican party
in Mississippi did not depend
whether jeff. Davis remained I'M
pardoned or not; to which Morton
replied with great bitterness that
if all the white people in Alabama
were enfranchised Warner would
never be returned to the seat he
now holds. Mr.. Sawyer, of South
Carolina, also made conserva-
tive speech in favor of a liberal
policy, to which Drake replied.
Altogether the discussion was
one Of the warmest Of the session,
and shows that new conserva-
tive element in the Senate is
gaining ground.
4 ,.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-05-28

another part of to-day's paper
will be found in full the proceed
ings of the Democratic mass meet
ing, held in Bastrop on the 14th
inst.
The resolutions adopted by the
meeting will awake responsive
echo in the heart of every South
ern Democrat. The Democrats
of Morehouse justly appreciate
the urgent necessity of unite)
and vigorous actionson the part
of the good people of Louisiana,
and have wisely adjudged it es-
sential to success to stop the work
of Reorganization at it's incipien-
cy. Nothing whatever can be
gained by change of organiza-
ton or of names, SO long as the
issues before the people are purely
local and SO long as the only ma
tional party at all friendly to us
is that party whose position on
national questions is identical
with ours.
ssLet us have peace!" We can
not believe there is a voter in the
parish of Morehouse, of the class
which was wont to control the
destinies of the State, who when
he sees that the masses still cling
to the Democratic party as their
only hope of regenerating the
State, but will generously yield
his individual opinions and pref
ences, and labor for the good of
a cause where the triumph of one
is the triumph of all. Tho ap-
preaching struggle in Louisiana
will be no ordinary one. 1t will
be decisive of the fate of Louisi-
ana for years to come. At such a
critical juncture good citizens
should not entertain irreconcila-
BILE differences, inasmuch as they
may lead to irreconcilable rup-
lures which in turn will lead to
hopeless ruin. In the spirit of
harmony and in a sincere desire
to see the interests of all secured
and advanced, we appeal to our
.Morehouse friends to act as true
patriots who set country above
everything and to reconcile all
the conservative elements. to a
combined, hearty and irresistible
attack upon the corrupt citadel of
Louisiana Radicalism in Noyem
Dor next.
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DISTRICT COURT.

IA hh6ts VOAy AASCA<S "e'sS S>SAAS 49,
first week on account of the alb
sence of many of the attorneys
The second week opened with a
united bar in favor of Quashing
all indictments for offences ante
terror to the LIST of April. Judge
Ray reserved his opinion until
the decision in the case of Brewer
relieved him of any responsibility
in the premises.
Thomas Parker, charged with
murder subsequent to LIST of April,
did not come within the excep-
ton. was tried and convicted,
.swithout capital punishment
The Jury stood four whites and
eight blacks. The evidence was
short, circumstantial but pointing,
with almost absolute certainty. to
the accused. The verdict was
right by accident, as three or more
of the Jurors were asleep the
greater part of the examination
of the witnesses and argument
of counsel. The Sheriff took up
on himself the duty to rouse up
one old fellow two or three times.
The second Jury case was J.
III. Mitchell, Exr., VS.. A. Levi, of
four days longth. a veritab1e
drought of incident and q power
full anBsthetic even to apprecia-
tive minds. The Jury stood in
the same proportion as the other
and one-half of the negroes liter
ally slept through the whole pro-
ceedings. There was a Judgment
for the plaintiff: The exception
having been overruled, Anthony
Jones, charged with murder, had
panel of six whites and six
blacks. He confessed the killing,
discovered the body where he had
hid it, but alleged that he did it
in self-defence. There was a YER
dict of"not guilty.. On Wednes-
day Ned Washington was put
upon trial for larceny, before q
full panel of his color. It created
some interest, and when the
names were called the risibilities
of Cours and auditors burst their
bounds when tho eleventh Juror
answered lecu1n. Order was
promptly restored and after three
efforts to get the responses the
trial commenced. It was plain
case and conviction followed very
properly. George Rodney was
tried Thursday by seven whites
and five blacks, for shooting with
intent to kill. Verdict, guilty.
Other cases of minor Importance
have been disposed of, but we
have not space to detail them.-
1t is highly creditable to our peo-
| pie that there was not a white
man among the number tried.
Trial by jury has always been a
riddle; supreme in their province,
no law can guide or punish them
for their Judgment; partially in
telligent, or wholly ignorant,ju ris-
prudence takes a new turn, and
prejudice, sympathy or caste may
supplant the wisdom and learn
ing of all ages. The principle is
fixed, but it is the duty of every
man to look to modification Of
the rule. There should be an in
tellectua1 basis for the exercise OF
intellectual duties. Intelligence
is the same in white or black, and
it is to the interest of both that
their rights when questioned
should be decided by q panel ca
pable of judging the law and the
facts.
PUBLIC MEETING IN JACKSON.
lin to days paper will be found
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-05-28

AID TO RAILROADs.-The peo-
pie of Jefferson county, Arkansas,
have voted almost unanimously
to take stock to the amounts OF
100000 in the Little Rock, Pine
Bluff and New Orleans Railroad
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-05-28

e A fortunate thing for Mr..
McCranie has just trailspired.-
That old harlot, the N. O. Times,
has at once villified and, by it's,
villification, exalted him. We
will have more to say next week.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-05-28

MONROE, LA, MAY 20, 1870.
Mystery aud Retribution in VIM
Parish. s.1a
The recent lynching Of num-
Der of dcsperadoes. mnrderers and
robbcrs-nine in afiii-in the south
eastern portion of Vim parish
has led to the disclosure of anum-
Der of bloody deeds which hither-
to were enveloped in a mystery
that defed- the sharpest and clos
est scrutiny Of the law. These
men, headed by q man named
West, have been operating as
highwaymen with ,1nvarying sue
cess lever since the close of the,
war. and perhaps before it's close,
and have sent tnberalded and UNI
prepared into eternity the soul of
many. an innocent victim, stimu-
lated thereto solely by an ungod-
ly greed for gain.
Among these victims, it now
turns out, was Lieutenant Butts
of the Federal army, whose unac-
countable disappearance in 1866,
while en- route from Natchitoches
to Vernon where he was detailed
as a Bureau agent, excited at the
time the yirtuous indignation of
the people of jackson parish, and
was the cause of calumny in
Northern prints upon the reputa-
ton of that people, the New York
Tribune taking the lead in the
work Of denunciation. Mrs. West
and man named Dean, one of
Vests accomplices, now clear up
the mystery of the Lieutenant's
death. He was killed by West
not far from the Saline Mills in
Winn parish. Information had
been conveyed to West that the
Lieutenant had drawn s2.7OO at
Natchitoches, and this sum West
desired to obtain and did obtain
from the Lieutenant's person af-
ter his murder. West, Dean and
another man overlook Butts on
the road, and to allay suspicion
told him they were hunting cattle.
Riding on, they came to a point
near which there is fine spring.
Butts was induced to turn off to
the spring to get some water
While drinking from the spring,
West deliberately shot the unsus-
pecting man through the head.
His bones we're some time after
discovered, but until now the
manner. of his death was o pro-
found mystery.
Still another victim of these fiends
was a Texan named Jones, who
had been to Alabama and was re-
turning home. Going, he had
shared the hospitality of West,
and returning, in compliance with
a pressing invitation, he spent
another and his last night on earth
with West. He had told West
tho object Of his journey east,
(which was to collect some mon
ey) and West set the snares into
which his confiding victim, weeks
after, so unsuspectiugly fell. Mrs.
Jones subsequently made dill
gent search for her husband, tray
cling over the route he had trav-
eled, but no ingenuity could trace
him on his return beyond Vests
house. The reason is now made
plain. $50 ..g
1t is also stated the same band
murdered the families of two
movers, said to be from Franklin
parish, not leaving of the two
families, composed of men, wo-
men and little children, a single
soul living. It is thought West
died Sn fh0 nnccorcin,, or q on mn
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-05-28
Special Attention

Given to the storage and shipment Of cotton,
and to the receiving and forwarding Of all kiRds
OF merchandise. Consi2 nees notified OF arri-
walls of freight at the earliest moment. Ware
houses convenient TO access, and situated so
the river bank.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-05-28

~
follows:
For Michael Ryan 244
Ryans majority. ..-................s.s $685.
Notwithstanding Judge Ryan's
well-known Union sentiments, the
Committee reported him ineigi-
BILE, and Notwithstanding his large
majority, they found, predicating
their decision upon alleged intim-
idation and violence in Caddo,
DeSoto, Bossier, Sabine and Winn
parishes (allDemocratic,) that Mr..
Newsham was elected, after ex-
Guiding those parishes. by ma
jority of 1905!
This report has been adopted,
to the extent of seating Mr.. New
sham in preference to Judge Ryan,
as we learn by late intelligence
from Washington, and thus is adj
ded another item to the long list
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-03
ORGANIC WEAKNESS
DIR. JOHNSTON.

MrmI-y "i IA" Royal CoucRr of Surgeons,
London, graduate nom one ~ the most EN-,
mont Colleges In the United states, and the
CIJTucr plrt nf whuS.' life has hcen Spent In
the hospitals ~ London. Paris PhiladelphI.
and elsewhere, has effected some OF the most
astonishing cures That were ever known.
Many troubled with ringing in the head
AMI CsItS when Asleep. great ncrVoususrS
being alarmed at sudden sounds hashflI.
u,>S, with frequent hluShing attended some.
iiHIr> with dCrIgciucnt VI mind, were curNd
Wlwu,ttHt'lV.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-03
FINANCE AND TRADE.
wheeling wholesale market.
WEpxEsnAr. June Ii X

WEDNESDAY, June Isl, lS70.
The market during the week has been
/ very firm at our quotations There has
been a large advance in Rice. Provisions
show a strong upward tendency. We quote:
( APPLES-Nery few in market. r.. T..
BTTTER-There Is n steady demand for
the better grades, while common and infe-
rior are abundant and very dull; sales OF
prime at y}a2jc.
CHEESE-GoOd supply and fair demand
al l5c.
CARBON oII.-Priccs are firm; standard
brands, in a jobbing way, &c and no charge
for package.
CANDLlsS-S,ar at Is@9Oc; city mould at
l3Zc.
UOFFEE-Rio at 2l@22]ze for prime; 2ss
pc for. choice TO fancy.
DRIED FRUIT-Quiet and dull. Apples,
no sales. Peaches at 7119Gts11zc for quarters
and s1IaI01<c for halves.
FEATHERS.sales at 75c, and the usual
advance for small lots In retail way.
FLOUR-Active local demand; We con-
tinue to quote AT s. j0dT 20 for fancy; - -
40 80 for family; - 5O95 20 for spring, ana
S 70 for Rye.
FISH-Nfackerel, No. halves at sIi 20; No.
edo at - 90; No. 3 do AT 8 Co., No. quarters at
s. OO; No. 2 at S. o.; No. 8 do at 9 90; No.
kits at So 10; No. do at g .; white fish al
S. 50; lake shad at 81 3; lake herring at 81 %.
GRAIN-Wheat steady; we quote at 81 ~
al q for white, and 81 01dl 10 for red. Corn
firm at SOC Oats in demand at sc Rye
at SOC. Barley nominal al SOC for spring
and fall.
GLASS-First quality sxl0 at 81; l0xl2 at
81 "A; second quality sNl0 At 81 W; lON al
g 30 per box Of ~ feet. Discount 10 per
cent.
GINSENG-At sc r 10.
HAY-Quiet; prime baled Is still quoted
at SIC OOdl7 %; loose at sl2 0Odlj ".
LARD OIL-EXtra winter strained at i -
per gallon.
PROVISlONS-Market firm; we quo.e
mess pork at 81 0O. Sugar cured CanvaS>ed
hams at 2ic. Family nj l9c. Plain hams
at iSc; breakfast bacon at lSc; clear sides
at lSc: clear rib M l7c; shoulders at lic.
Lard at l1c ia tierceS; kegs at lS14c.
RAGS-COttOn AT 4c per pound.
RICE-Largc advance; Prime South Caro-
lima at PC.
SEEDS-Seasona about overa and quotations
nominal: Clover al $40 ~. Timothy al " W.
Flax seed AT q -.
SYRUPS-Btltimore at J1dGJc; New York
at 75GSc; choice driI~ at 81.
SUGARS-New Orleans AT l2isH l3i4c'
Porto Rico at llixgl2 1c; Cuba at ll@lllzc
crushed at sc; & coffee at 1915; b coffee al
l3lSc; & coffee at l34C.
SODA-At Sc in papers; b'-St New Ca>tlcat
&C. in keg.
SOAP-Family ut &c German ut = g;
Eastern at lUdl2c.
SALT-Dairy mt 81 -; Ohio River at - IL.
TOBACCO - Firm; manufactured un-
changed: navy Mt GST75c; dark l0S aud rs
AT Gsa7jc: bright lbs and - AT IUHSVc.
TEA-Gunpowder nj = JItl ~; Young
Hy>On ri Il st"l W; black at Il ptti ~.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-03
Potatoes arese Paesty is1Msy 1879,

Petatses aress faesty inJAsy ls7e,
That they may in remote places'be had
for the hauling. The sale of7aT lot in
the cities at the rate of three bushels
for 10 cents, recalls the old times, When
good fresh eggs sold three dozen for ;
cents. But their cheapness gives us an
opportunity to learn their value as a
food, for stock. | have never seen. such
growth made by hogs, as some fedunder
my care this spring. on boiled potatoes,
corn and clover The potatoes are fed
early, clover at ten o'clock, potatoes
again at IL, clover again between six
and seven, and all corn atsundown. II
is nv observation that corn, clover and
potatoes, fed as above, will make twice
the weight of pork in a given time,
than corn fed alone, rs clover and pota-
toes fedtogether will
As to feeding raw potatoes to fatten-
ing cattle, have a high opinion Of
their value, fed in connection with corn;
so high that would feel safe in declar-
ing could put as much flesh on a
bunch of fattening cattle with one ton
OF corn, fed together with one ton of
potatoes and liberal supply of good
sweet hay, as the next man could with
unlimited hay and corn both. When
corn and fodder or corn and hay are fed
without stint, half the corn passes undi-
gested, and even if hogs follow, a good
deal OF il must necessarily be lost
When potatoes are fed first without stint
and then followed by corn, both are d.
gested. No .. f.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-03
SOCIAL CHIT.CHAT.

The Bey OF Tunis has imprisoned all
the jewellers of his capital and closed
their stores, because they have refused
to trust him any more.
oh pray let me have my way this
time, said II young gentleman to his
lady love We'll, Willie, | suppose |
must this once; but you know that after
We are married | shall always have a
Will Of nv own.
Anna Garrschna, a young girl ut
Kietf in Russia rescued recently seven
children from burning house which
none OF the tiremen dared TO enter.
The Emperor, upon hearing OF her he.
roiSm. sent her Il thousand silver roubles,
and the Empress presented her with Il
valuable necklace
The word husband is derived from
the Anglo7Saxon words ''hus aud
bond which signify the bond Of the
house" and it was ancicntly spelled
''h"use-hond, and continued to he thus
spelled in some editions of the English
Bible after the introduction of printing
4 husband, then, is a house bond-the
bond OF a housc-that which engirdles
the family into the union Of strength
and the oneness Of love Wife and
children. and the stranger that Is with
in the gates all their interests and all
their happimc->-are cnclrcled III the
house bonds embrace, the objects of
his protection and OF his special care.
What a fine picture is this Of a hu@-
bands duty and family's privilege,
We know no qualities that should be
cultivated more sedulously than com-
tesy Of Of department and kindness Of
mauner. The effect is beneficial in al
most every point of view. \ favor Is
greatly enhanced 10y the tone and man
ner by which it is characterised while
refusal to confer an obligation may
he soitenrd and stripped of much bitter
ness bv courteous and kindly expires
>ions. 1t is So easy, too, for this grace
to become hahitual. Nothing so pol
i,hCs and reiinc~. nothing so fully soft
en- anil suhduc- The agreeable and
the diSagrccahle are the strong con
tra~t- ia society They may be seen in
every department in life. \ harsh
.p;rit j. easily detected. \ bluff man
ner is alway- rcpulsivc and offensive.
What's in q kiss? Really, when
people come L. reflect upon the matter
calmly what can they ace in kiss ?
The lips pout slightly and touch the
cheek softly. and then they just part
and the joy is complete! There is a
kiss in the abstract. View it in the alb
>tract-take il rs it stands-look at IL
ALPHABETICALLY What il there in 1t,
after ali? Millions upon millions OF
souls have been made happy, while
millions upon millions have been plung'
cd into misery and despair by this kiss
ing: and vet, when Won look at the
character Of the thing, it is simply a
,,ou,ing ui the lips. In every grade OF
socicry there i kissing. Go where You
viii. To- what country YOU will, and YOU
are perfectly sure to find kissing? There
i. however some mysterious virtue III
kiss. and we levoutlv horeit may never
go out Of fashion
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4 devoted Horse.

The Reconstructed Farmer tells the fol-
lowing story When the first Rhode
Island battery went to Washington a
pair of French horses which had worked
together were sent with it. Owing to
difference OF color, they were separated
and rematchcd But after the change
one of them refused to eat, and Plned
away, so a. TO I've unserviceable, and TO
all appearances seemed sick unto death.
4 member of the battery, familiar with
their history and with horses, expressed
the opinion that the separation from his
mate was the cause Of his sickness, and
at his suggestion he was returned to his
place With evident pleasure at the
change, Ire began immediately TO I'M
prove in health. grew fat as well Is
happv. and faithfully with his loved
mate did his duty at the battle OF Bull
RIM
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New Mich Cows.

The spring is the time when a large
portion Of cows drop their calves, and
the time therefore, when especial atten-
ton should he paid to them. Even
when kept with excellent care through
the winter, when the time near parturi,
ton arrives, difficnlties will occasionally
arise that require both care and skill
Sometimes the udder becomes greatly
enlarged by superabundance OF milk.
which, if not taken away, is quite like
~ to break and destroy il, and greatly
distress the COW. The popular belief is
that no milk should be taken away III
such eases But it Is an erroneous one
At any rate the danger must be less
than that of Il broken udder If the
udder is hard, and no milk can lie
drawn from it, it should be bathed III
warm water, warm soapsuds, together
with a great deal OF gentle friction by
the hand If the milking, bathing and
friction 10 not succeed, rub the udder
with liniment made of sweet oil and
ammonia, or simple lard, or fresh but
ter. In such cases the condition of the
bowels must he regarded, and EPSON
salts given a. laxative. All COWS
should have entire liberty for week or
two previous to calving-such as an
open dry shed, or pen twelve feet square
in the barn After dropping the calf
the cow should have drink OF shorts
and warm water once each day, for two
or three days, in addition To her usua!
fool
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-03
Democratic and Conservative
State Convention.

The citizens OF West Virginia who favor
the repeal OF all proseriptiye laws now in
force in this State and the enactment of
such measures as will give the State charac-
ter abroad and harmony and prosperity at
home, are requested TO meet in their respec
tive counties or townships, at as carly day
~ may be practicable, and choose delegates
to State Convention to be held in the
town Of Charleston, Kanawha county, on
Wednesday. the Eighth day OF June,
1870. To nominate candidates for the offices
of Governor, Auditor, Treasurer, Secretary
OF State, Attorney General and Judge of the
Supreme Court OF Appeals.
Each county or delegate district will cast
ten votes in this Convention for every rep
r,->-ntative IN the House OF Delegates to
which such county or district may be en-
titled.
The elect Of our proscriptive system in
driving large numbers OF useful citizens
nom West Virginia, and in preventing I'M
migration from other States, renders the
speedy abolition of that system necessary
To the public good. This call is therefore
addressed 10 all liberal-minded men, wheth-
er Democratic, Conservative or Republican,
who desire to promote the welfare OF the
State and vindicate the rights of her citizens
10y appropriate legislation.
LEWIS BAKER,
GEO. II. TINGLE,
J. W. GALLAHER
w. w. MILLER,
WM. c. HANDLAN,
Democratic State Executive Committee
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$50 Nice for Biscuit"

ME HAVE HEARD THIS EXrEiS>-
w sion thousand tin,~ from ladi'~, ~
regard tu Logan. List a Coz Wheeling
". Va Excelsior Rtking Powder.