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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-06-25

TO PLANTERs.-The following
heterogeneous are propounded by
a well-known attorney in New Or
leans. We should be glad if some
of our planters would furnish the
desired information. The land is
supposed to be alluvial land:
/. How many lineal miles of
mule or horse ploughing is made
to one acre of cotton land, begin
ming from the breaking up of the
land, preparatory to its receiving
the seed, UP to the last working be-
fore the cotton picking?
3. How far apart usually are
the rows of cotton? .
3. How many, feet or feet and
inches, between each plant?
4. Consequently, how many
plants on row and. on a square
acre7
5: How many pounds of seed
cotton usually to a 400 pound bale
OF lint cotton7
8. What is the average number
of bolls to a pound of seed cotton
ENQUIRER.
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Letter from e--Physic for
the conservative"
Bustrop, La., June 18,s1S7O.

Bustrop, La., June 1S,,s1S7O.
81. EDITOR TELEGRAPH:-That ir-
repressible family man. who pre-
sides over the weighty destinles OF
the "Morehouse Conservative" has
been dishing up, for this communl-
ty, so many hallucinating vagarles
Of late, that a general opinion pre-
walls here that benevolent at
tempt should be made by some
one to prick the bubble, and let
out some Of the supertluOus gas,
lest an opinion go abroad unfavor-
able to the heathful character OF
our climate politically.)
An increasing demand is felt
here for your deseryedly popular
journal, and we ilnplore you to as
sist us in these sanitary measures.
AS Il preparatory diuretic, l beg
leave to PROFOUND, through your
columns, the following interroga-
tories to the editor of the Conscr-
vative:
LIST. How do you reconcile your
oft-repeated assertion OF Conserva-
tivisnl, as an impartial ch2o'eacler
OF events, with the fact that you
have only honied words of mild
exculpation for the Convention
(so-called) of April 9th, whose pro-
ceedings You ignore, and 4 super
fluffy Of riiicule and condemnation
for the Democratic Convention
which you admit was equally res
pectable?
End. Did YOU not leave Bastrop,
as the acknowledged delegate OF
the Convention OF April 9th, as
the bearer of their resolutions and
scith the intention Of presenting
them to Peoples Convention i'll
New Orleans, had such COnven-
ton been held7
| 3rd. On your arrival in New
Orleans, and the Peoples ConVen-
ton being a failure, did you not
submit said preamble and rcsolu-
tons to the considerations of Judge
e. North Cullom? .......-.... .
4th. Judge C's dictatorial and
aristocratic letter to the ssConser-
yative" endorsing said preamble
and resolutions in toto, being Il
matter OF history, was not said
favorable opinion and endorse
ment given at your solicitation?
9Th: The third and fourth IN
terrogatories being answered in
the affirmative, (ls can be proved
they should be,) is it reasonable to
suppose that you recommended to-
the favorable consideration of 9TH
ers what you did not yourself at
the time endorse?
An answer to the above interro-
gatories will go far towards eluci-'
dating the Convention of pril 9th
here, and, unless public sentiment
is at fault, will prove very conclu-
sively that, instead Of holding one
man responsible for its proceed
ings, all connected with it did at
! the time endorse it and are equally
responsible. Their attempted de-
sertion of "a manly leader is un-
generous. The masses expect a
little consistency-to say nothing
OF political honesty-in those who
ape the leadership in their affairs.
More anon from z
- DOCTOR CLERICUs.
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North Louisiana & Texas Railroad.
= VERY AGREEABLE NEWS!


From q source entitled to full
credit we have obtained the fol-
lowing information relative to this
road: .-.---..
Negotiations have been for some
pending between the present own
ers Of the North Louisiana & Tex
as Railroad and certain wealthy
and reliable Eastern railroad own
ers and contractors, for the build
ing and equipment of the nnfin-
ished gap in the road between
Monroe and Shreveport. Tho
agreement contemplates the COM
plction of this gap within two
years; but the interest the con-
tractors are understood to have in
it's speedy completion warrant the
belief that they will accomplish
the work in less time. This agree
ment is yet to be formally ratified,
but we are warranted in saying
that no serious obstacle whatever
stands in tho way. 1t. is more
than likely that tho negotiations,
already satisfactorily arranged,
will be finally and formally set
tied within the next week, and
that work will be commenced at
several points on the line within
the next seventy days.
We are further authorized to
state that the roalwill be opened
to the Mississippi river from this
point on the first of July.
We will not attempt to conceal
the delight it affords us to lay this
information before our readers
TO the. citizens of the hill parishes
"a region of country which has
borne it's full share of the bur-
thens Of taxation and had more
than an equal share of disadvan-
tages and drawbacks-the pros
pect of an early completion of the
RAILROAD will appear too gratifying
to be believed. Nevertheless, We
heartily congratulate them that
there is a reasonable and almost
absolute certainly that all we
have stated will be- realized.
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THE NEWS.

THE NEWS. 81
The Baptist State Convention
convenes at NIinden on Friday the
lst prox. The Rev. j. r. Graves
is expected to attend.
The return Of Col. Louis ST..
Martin, late representative elect
from the LIST district, to his home
in New Orleans, is announced.
The Colonel's friends gave him a
handsome dinner at the Lake.
Judge Ryan has also reached
home, and is highly conplimented
by the Alexandra Democrat. ...-r-
The jackson railroad is now in
the possession of HI. S. McComb,
a Northern capitalist and principal
lessor of the Mississippi Central
road, tho two roads connecting at
Canton. The question of title to
the Jackson road has yet to be
passed upon by the U. S. Supreme
Court. whittier it will go after
judicature in the State Supreme
Court.
Q. A. Weed, proprietor of the
n. 0. Times, is up before Com
missioner Urban for a violation of
the Civil Rights Act. The alleged
offense was committed as di-
rector in the Slaughter-house
company, and consisted in unlaw-
fully depriving butchers OF the
right to follow their calling. Gov.
Warmoth, Dunn, and two of the
Times editors have been exam
ined in the case. It seems Weed
had lost $4,000, and was deter
mined to get it back. He will
need that much to keep the ''six-
cylinder in motion. -.s.-.-
Sixmonthly parts of Mr.. Dick
ens's story, ''The, Mystery of Ed
win Drood," arc finished. The
story is so outlined as to leave it's
completion easy. It is understood
sWilkie Collins will undertake the
task. Mr.. Dickens left a fortune
of $4,000.
The Mechanics Bank of Louis
Vile was the scene of q daring
robbery on the afternoon of the
18th. The robbers, two in num-
Der, boldly entered the bank,
seized and chloroformed the cash
Ter, who was the only person in
the room, and then quietly put
him to bed in a rear room. They
then"gobbled UP" $4,000, with
which they got safely away,
leaving a trifle of $4,000 scat
tered promiscuously about the
floor. a Mr.. Dix, some years
ago, being discovered i'll robbing
the same bank, blew his brains
out, poor fellow.
Mrs. Lincoln has a hard time
getting her. yearly pension of
$4,000 allowed. The House gen
erously voted to pay her off with
that amount, but a large number
of Senator'S, headed by Senator
Edmunds, who is q wheel-horse,
oppose granting the pension.
Mrs. Lincoln, some of them pub
licly allege, has demeaned herself
in a, manner not very becoming
to her position.
TO PLANTERS.-The following
interroCatOries are pronounced bv
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-06-25
VALUE OF TAXABLE PRopERTY

VALUE OF TAXABLE PROPERTY
OF Observation-Disclosures Grady
has kindly furnished us with the
following recapitulation of the
taxable value Of the property of
this parish for the year 1869:
Amount. q gross sales from, june 30, 1869
Cash lands lots ground 49, 100
Amount of merchandise for sale and capital
employee! in trade and commerce. ess. 60,
amount of money loaned on interest 1oi ss9
n .ms value IN OF Steamboat stock $1,000 200
Cash value Of horses mares. muies &c.. sIi'5 s1s
Cash value OF Carriages and other vehicles ~. 9e5
Total; .ss - I4a
Total taxable property 81, ooo 14s
to Juno 80 1865. s434, 6s7
The total value of the taxable
property of the Parish in 1865 mot
assessed until 1862 was $685.
O47, showing an increase in one
year of s36S,1O1.
The number of children and
minors between the ages of 6 and
81 years was, in 1869, 4,O45,
classified as follows:
Wits Whte Males Males: So
Coiored Males $50
Colored emaes 1,3l2
Total. CAS-
The OUACHITATE says
we are ''illiberal, ill-natured, am
bilious, indiscreet.' - Morehouse
Conservative.
Begging our cotemporary's par
don, we said no such thing. What
we said was-"We fear our More
house neighbor is as illibera1 and
as he has shown himself
to be ambitious and indiscreet.'-
There lisa wide distinction between
a positive assertion and the eN-
preston of miseiving.
Advices from nearly every
portion of this district report the
Third Party not to be founu.
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MORE SOPHISTRY.


It is charged by the new party
that the Democratic
party is corrupt, and it is urged
that the State needs new men to
lead. This is precisely what was
urged in the spring elections OF
people must choose
new men and unohjectionable
men for office. And the people
accordingly did choose new men,
sending to the Legislature q mum.
Der of representatives never be-
fore heard of. And now see the
result: of all the men thus
elected, perhaps not haff-a-dozcn
have escaped being charged with
completely in corruption, and
with being leagued with the Radi--
Gals in the enactment of some of
the most odious laws now upon
our statute books. And when
any one charges the Radicals
with corruption, they retort, with
a significant wink, that some of
our people are not as good as they
ought to be-that some of these
'tnew men, are as deep in the
mud as they (the Radicals) are in
the lnire. This is the legitimate
fruit of selecting men because of
their availability and because it is
they will suit the Repub-
licans. ,.. s.r -
Has it never occurred to the
advocates of this policy that the
Radicals had rather have in pub
lie positions a few such Demo
Gratis than to have the same num-
Der Of Radicals? It is frequently
very convenient to have the aid-
of an opposition minority and a
very conclusive way of beating
down charges of corruption and
dishonesty to say to your oppo-
nent, Well, sir, your party, can't
complain; here is this and that
member of your party who sup
ported the same measure with me,
and now purge your own party.
before assailing mime And such
is the logic of,human nature that
the purging process must be gone
through with before the objection
against the other party will, lie.
This is what we would propose to
the people at this time. Let them
rid the Democratic party of such
men as have been found unwor-
thy of being trusted, align their
ranks with precision, put eighty
of ammunition in the cat
ridge boxes and then set forward
to beat the Republicans off the
field and out Of the State. If
there be any faint hearts - any
men who have dirt instead of hard
tack in their haversacks-any mon
who prefer doing the heavy Stand
ing around with a surgeons Ger
tificate in their pockets, let them
go to the rear as non-combatants
and they will bc protected. But
we believe there will be found
but few such men in Louisiana.
rY 1t must have been observ-
ed What a tender regard the Re-
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-06-25
BRIDGING THE 0UACHITA.

parish has appropriated S@,oOO 10
bird ge Turkey Creek and to levee
the '.interlnetliate" swamp. This
reminds us that the people of this
parish should begin to agitate the
building Of q good wagon and
foot bridge across the Ouachit;s,
in connection with the railroad
bridge, the building of which, we
aregsatisfied. will be commenced
atsno very distant. day. The alb
soIute necessity for such a bridge
is SO apparent that no one can
doubt it will be built ut some
time, sooner or later. The sound
policy of preparing to build it
now, it appears to us, must be
equally as apparent. It's construc-
ton, at the same time with the
railroad bridge, will materially
lessen the cost of building at any
other time, and will also insure
it's rapid completion. The enter
prise, in this way, will have the
aid Of the best engineering skill
and the advantage of securing
building material much better and
cheaper and mechanical skill SUI
perior to any that could be OBJ
tanned, except at q heavy adj
ditional expense, at any other
time. The whole structure-both
bridges = would be built with
direct reference to mutual support
and mutual protection and to a
degree of safety and security
unattHinable when building the
two separately and at intervals of
The Railroad Company, wehave
been assured, will willingly CO.
operate with the citizens in the
work, and doubtless would aid
otherwise in it's material advance
ment. AS owners of real estate,
both as citizens and in their cor
porate capacity, the members of
the company could but feel it a
good investment for them, both
us individuals and as corpora
ton, to aid literally in the pro-
posed enterprise. Every citizen
of the parish should certainly feel
>aninterestin promoting thesuccess
of an undertaking so important, ,.
and withal so certain to add to the
prosperity Of the parish. Monroe
confessedly stands at the gateway
between the Mississippi swamps
east and the high lands west,
through which every winter flows
in part the tide Of immigration
to Texas and the West. The
completion of the Southern Pacific
road will greatly swell this tide.
and the. fact that a good bridge
had been constructed over. the
Ouachita at this point, would
bring these immigrants through
orparisll, increasing the demand
for supplies and augmenting the
number of our Inhabitants.
AS a local convenience, the
merits of agood wagon and foot
bridge need not to be enlarged
ulon-they are too patent not to
he recognised at. once. Neither
is it necessary to show in what
respect, or how handsomely, it
would return to our citizens a
pecuniary profit. We imagine,
if by expanding $4,000 such al
bridge were built and had stood
six months, and was then de-
stroyed, twice that amount of
money could be raised in ten days
to rebuild it.
The matter of means, it would
seem, in a parish with $4,000, 900
of taxable property. could be
readily arranged. In fact, a sue
cessful plan to raise the REQUESTED
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Special Attention

Given to the storage and shipment Of cotton.
and to the receiving and forwarding of all kinds
Of merchandise. Consig nees notified OF arri-
walls Of freight at the earliest moment. Ware
houses convenient to access, and situated on
the river bank.
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MASS MEETING.-Seec call for q
mass meeting of the citizens of
Ouachita. Tt is hoped there will
be full attendance. Let a day
be taken from business and given
to the country.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-06-25
w. II. NANNY, {. B. BLocKER,
New Orleans Trenton
M A X E Y T. BLOCKER,
a- TRENTON, La,

D ECEIVING AND FORWARDING rorchsr+s
~ and dcalers in Dry Goods, Groceries. Boots Shoes
Clothing, Western Produce and Plantation Supplies
We have erected = large WAREHOUSE thu,
bank of tn" river and prepared all freight
n low
We respect fully solicit the atr"na 70 of the pubic
H,yheStm1r,ct price p1tS for cotton. nA.i
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plantation, Supplies Generally.
TRENTON, LA.

WE respectfully invite the attention of the
Having bought tho same for CA 81, at tho
lowest rates, and having twenty years. expert.
ence at this point, authorizes Us in saying the
best atapted TO the v ants of the people Of any
vet offered in this market. All of which we
will sell at
PRI01s As Low
a. they be sold
OUTSIDE OF NEW ORLEANS.
We have extensive storage room in the way
Of warehouses for storing Gotten and freights,
and to facilitate our re shipping, " ha,s built
LARGE AND CoMNoD1oUs WHAREBoAZ
which enables us to- receive and forward
treights without the slightest exposure in rainy
bad weather, which is an important item in re-
shipping. We will at all times purchase cot.
ton or make liberal advances on the same in
supplies money. And for such persons
the EAST SIDE of the OUACHIrA Elay wish
to store sell their cotton, we have q new
WAREHOUSE and COTTON SHED on the
East bank Of the river where can receive
their cotton without having /" cross the river
with it,
HEAD. WILLIAMSON g. co.
Trenton, La, Oct. l6, 1869. n4
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- 1t must have been observ-
ed what a tender regard the Re-
publicans have for the Third party
advocates. Let our readers note
the fact, however, that the Repub-
icans themselves seek no affilia-
ton with any but Republicans.
Their plan is to create a breach in
the Democratic ranks, and then
they expect to capture all the dis
who split off. The simple
question is, Can't we all agree
that the policy of forming a new
party shall be definitely settled
by the people in their primary
meetings, and then abide by that
decision3
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G-g Advices from nearly every
portion of this district report the
Third Party not to be founu.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-16

The working classes will not always consent
that the national territory should vest in a
few hands. All the recent political reforms
in Great Britain must be regarded as q pre-
lude TO a vast social reform, the commence
ment of which will depend only upon the
circumstances of the period and temper of
the people If the present administration
had not made the Irish question the pivot
of its existence, the proverbial sluggish
ness of the English mind would probably
have STAYED off public agitation on So
cial questions for another generation; but the
prominence given to the grievances of the
Irish peasantry tends to arouse the English
masses from their apathy, and opens fair
field of action to the conscientious reformer
as well as to the demagogue. When saga
cious and liberal statesmen like Lord Grey
are in favor of ooercive measures in Ireland
and of crushing in its bud an agitation which
threatens the supremacy of the British
oliearchy, Mr.. Gladstone's mettle is put to
a severe test; and the appeal for forbearance
which he addressed to the Tory leader, Dis
raeli. betrays consciousness of weakness
which bodies no good to the stability of his
administration.
Most of the evils of which the Irish pea
santry complain are common to their English
and Scotch fellowship jects. Parliament re-
presents the landed gentry only and not the
peasantry, and even the so-called radical
members have not yet gathered courage to
grapple with these questions in a practical
spirit. But the time is evidently approach
ing for bold statesmen to solve the problem
of social questions, and when that moment
arrives Mr.. Gladstone may find it convenient
to return to his classical studies, and Mr.. Dis
raeli will be nowhere.
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lated in the laws under which they have thus
far acted. It would be scarcely consistent
with good faith now TO lengthen their term
of probation.
If Congress should render naturalization
more difficult, the States will soon be found
amending their constitutions so as TO allow
aliens to vote on proof of settlement and a
brief residence. Then the proposed act will
have no other effect than to render our inn
migrant population more unanimously and
bitterly hostile to those who passed it.
wouldn't that be quite superAuous?
On the whole, we trust Congress will
think twice-yes, thrico--before passing any
such law.
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often pointed out a way Of deliverance.
But our warnings and our instructions have
been equally disregarded. The council seems
bent on running the Church. While the
world rushes on with lightning speed towards
a grand and glorious future, towards an inn
mense unity--a unity which shall know no
differences in religion, no conflicting ma
tionalities, no confusion of tongues; unity
which will meet all the high requirements of
prophecy and satisfy the highest aspirations
of the human race-the Church, looking back,
sighs for dead and buried past, and with
feeble hand tries to apply the brake. But the
forco is irresistible. If the Church cannot
follow 1t must remain behind, and as another
monument of folly take its lonely place on
the deserted highway of time.
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SOUTHWARK FOUNDRY, FIFTH AND
~ WASHINGTON Streets,
PHILADELPHIA.
MERRICK IL SONS,
ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS,
manufacture High and Low Pressure Steam Engines
for Land River, and Marine Service.
Boilers, Gasometers, Tanks, Iron Boats, etc,
Castings OF all kinds, either Iron or Brass.
Iron Frame Roofs for Gas Works, Workshops, and
Railroad Stations, etc.
Retorts and Gas Machinery OF the latest and most
improved construction
Every description Of Plantation Machinery also,
Sugar Saw, and Grist Mills, Vacuum Pans, Oh
Steam Trains, Defecators Filters, Pumping En-
gines, etc
Sole Agents for N. Bieux's Sugar Boiling Appa-
ratus Nesmyths Patent Steam Hammer, and Aspin-
ing Machines 3Os
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my HELMBOLD'S CONCENTRATED EX-
~" TRACT BUOHU is the Great Diuretic HELM.
pOID's CONCENTRATED EXTRACT SARsAPARIIrA ia tho
Great Blood Purifier Both prepared according to
rules OF Phamacy and chemistry, and the active
thnt be made.
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TROUBLE BREWING IN ENGLAND.

FTOnb Uie W. Il oN"'
Agrarian troubles are increasing in Ireland,
and MIR. Gladstone will soon discover that by
stirring up the land question he has perhaps
been opening the foodgates of revolution.
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Jet GOODS, NEWEST STYLES DIxoN's,
- No u s. MGHTn Street IOIssW
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

my HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU AND
IMPROVED RosE WASH cures all delicate disorders
in ell their stages at little expense little change
diet and Inconvenience. 1t is pleasant in tast
odo immediate in its action, and free from all injurious
propertjea.