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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-11-25
OF SCHEDULE.

CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
NORTH LA. & TEXAS RAILROAD,
October 18th, IS7!..(
On and after Monday, the 23rd inst. trains
on this road will run as follows:
PASSENGER TRAIN
Leaves Monroe daily at ESQ a. NJ.
Arrives Monroe daily at 900 p. NJ.
FREIGHT TRAIN
Leaves Monroe, Monday, "Wednesday and
Friday, at 700 A. NJ.
Arrives at Monroe, Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday, ut 400 p. NJ.
Through freight will be shipped per pas
sengcr train. Way freight carried cXcfu-
5:tf Eng'r ~ Sup't.
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Mcssrs. Andrew Byers l. Co. opened
last Saturday in the Geiscnberg build
ing with a large assortment of jewclry,
wearing apparel and fancy articles at
one tl0h,u' each. No lottery or humbug
about it. Everything is offered for in
spection, and if approved is taken on
paying one dollar. Many bargains
have been accepted and as many more
arc offered. We are assured that they
arc permanently located, and that they
have e,e route a large stock which will
embrace everything usually found in
fancy stores, together with clothing,
hats, shoes, &c The agreeable gentle
men who minister to the wants of pur-
chasershave already won for the houds,
by their uniform courtesy, a large share
of business. Wcconsidcr scheap goods"
one of the necessities of the times and
advise every body regardless of friend
ship to forego prefences and never in
vest too when you could spend one
dollar on the same and probably bet
ter article. 1t is surprising we admit,
but go and sec for yourselves. Clerks
are ready to show goods or answer
questions. No choice, no charge. Sue
cess to the dollar store, or any other
enterprise calculated to give wealth
and Importance to the city.
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FOR SALE,

A Number of choice lots in Layton's
n addition.
nlO-tf G. CHAMBERLAIN, Agent.
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Dr. X. IL. IuEwirT.
lrormerly oil Louisyille, Ky.l

(FormcrIy of Louisyiflc, Ky.) A
This is the real, or nssunled, nanciof q
travelling impoStor, whose ostcnsiblO. bust.
ness is tho practice of MEDICINE and surgery,
but whose real business is swindiiTig the
crodufous aud confitiilig. lie came to- this
place in February last and remained about
tive months, practicing medicine ~ little,
but swindling much more. He left In debt
TO his landlord, his liotol-koepor, Ills printer
and to whonlsocvcrw was green enough to give
f,miiy' eo,,sstimr of wife o,;c child and i
brothor-in-law who starnmers terribly
Hewitt is n dappcr little follow who puts on
style; is about five feet eight inches high:
has dark complexion, hair and whiskcrs
carries cane, and wears a stove-pipe hut.
uo has mean visage, a stoop-shouldered
dozen good citizens of this place join inc in
warming the public against trusting this
follow Hewitt in any way whatever.
q. w. MGCRANIE,
Ed. and Pro. TELEaRAFIf.
September o. 1871,
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FOR SALE,

VINHE Wimbcrly place in the Colony, tel,
i miles from Monroe, containing SCI
acres, 100 cleared. Terms cash.
n1O-tf G. CHANIBERLAiN, Agent.
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Deal ESTATE AGENCY.

The undersigned has opened in this place
in this and adjoining parishes. Parties
having places for sale or rent, Will consult
ton of Same, fixing price and terms of pay
ment. Address s.-f-
GEORGE CHAMBERLAIN,
Monroe, La.
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CHARTER

-idoptc,i at tt co'.rc"sto, meta At co'o"itt
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FOR SALE.

NyILLI ANS plantation II miles from
w Monroe, near the Monroe and Vic<s-
burg road, containing AL acres, 200 cleared
Terms cash.
nlO-tf G.CEIAMBERLAIN,A Agent.
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TiiE TRENToN, HOMER 4 FULTON

II y 1 l. Il o y ID.
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Bo it known that on this day. before me,
John X. Ramsey, Recorder and cN-oilici&
sworn According TO law. pcrsoMnliN calmo
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nELTA AND NEW ORLEANS

nELTA AND NEW ORLEANS
INDEPENDENT PACKET LINE.
Season Arrangement, 1s71-'72-Commcncing
October 9th, 1871.
For Nicksl,urg, Dclta, NatchcZ &c., twice II
week, tho new and swift Passenger
IS. Mail Packet,
E%n FRANK PARGOUD,
Nv. ToBIN, Master,
.-l CURT HOLMES, Clerk,
Leaves Now Orleans every Friday ut II.
NJ, touching at all landings through to
Vicl<sburg and Delta, making connection
with North Louisiana RAILROAD for Monroe
and Trenton. Returning, loavcs Delta every
Monday evening.
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Tho Board OF Directors shalt have all the
power necessary to carry out.all the objects
embraced i'll this act of incorporation. pro-
vided, however, that they shall not Have
tho right OF borrowing money and mort gag
ing tho road to amount above two hun
drcd thousand dollars, without the consent
of the cll-holdcrs, obtained Ill II meeting
called for that purpose.
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CENTRAL HOUSE,

oo,4,e,. Dc.sfa,w t,nd IFatn,a streets, 11o,,,.de
center of tho city, and its nearncss to tie
steamboat landing, give it advantages pos
attention will be paid to the comfort, of
guests and pains spared to mako the
CENrI,AL IL homo for its patrons. Rooms
comfortable, with one, double bed to- eacii.
Oct III. 1871. . -d.lv
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In max ing, tho above announcoilont, i.
'Droyitis - 60. return thanks to the custom
ers of =. Ncil u Bro, andfthc public sycnor-
ally, asnl would l,o glad to receive thcIn.
1'hcY are assured of receiving the. same at
te,ftioi -sts from the old House.
< 0cGob cr Il $780, T4H 't31 3 Nifty
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SECTION /.

SECTION /.
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Tho President of the Company, WHO shall
DO a stock-holdcr therein, and Il monber Of
the Board of Directors, shall be elected by
tho Board. Tho first President chosen NH
der this act OF incorporation shall DO elected
Immediately after the organization of tic
Company, and continue III Office till thc1irSt
Monday in October, a. d. 1872, and tile
President shall be elected annually there
after on the second Monday of Oct6fsef.: |
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Any failure on tho part. OF. the stoclI-liol-
dciHs to elect Board of Directors, as provi-
lod, shall not operate, II dissolution of tho
Company, but the old Board shall continue
in Office until their successors arc elected
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The Board ofDiroctorS shall be composed
of eleven Stockholders, six of whom shall
constitute quorum for the TRANSACTION of
business, and in the ABSENCE of the Prcsi-
dent, they shall have the power to elect IL
President pro tenn
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The President Of the Com siEsiL 4 h
removable by II majority. OF stwo-th ilslss DE-
the Board of Directors, and inst.asct .af.;s vi
cancy, in the Office Of PRESIDENT .tIonf7s.;u,ss
cause, the Board Of DiroctoIri-:Shali Ut c,llc4S
III SAID vacancy as soon us convenient by
now election. The Board of Directors
shall, also, ut the time of clecting :, prcSsi-
dent, olect from among the stocll-holdcrs a
the President and other officers OF tho Com
pany shall be fixed by tho Board of Dircc-
move the Secretary and Treasurer by IL ma
jority vote, for any cause, and have the right
of filling any vacancy occurring i'll their
own body. y. = 80 -
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-11-04

A REMARKABLE PHENOMENON re-
markable geographical phenomenon has
lately been presented in the district of Tel
chef. in Luthuania, Near the little town
of Wromin, on the road from Telchef to
Koyno, was lake eight versts in length
and five in breadth, noted for its abun-
dance of fish, the fishery of which was
worth 1,500 roubles year. A few
weeks since, during perfect calm, the
waters of this lake rose and were agitated
as if by violent tempest, while strong
sulphurous smell rising from them per-
vaded the locality. After two or three
days this ebullition ceased, and the sur
face of the lake was covered with dead
fish, some of which were SO large as to
weigh two hundred pounds each. Fear
ing their decomposition would breed pes
thence, the inhabitants of the neighboring
villages were called upon to collect them,
and they were buried, with a goodly COW
ering of lime. Since then the lake began
to sink, while the sulphurous odor in.
creased daily, and the lake at the latest
accounts had become nearly dry. 1t is
supposed that the limestone and chalk
bottom of the lake has given way, and
the waters have sunk into a subteranean
canal.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-11-04

WILLIAM b. Stokes, Radical ex-
Congressman from Tennessee, two years
ago the defeated Radical candidate for
Governor of that State, and now supervi-
sor of internal revenue for the same, was
arrested on his arrival at Washington last
week for swindling the treasury through
certain bounty claims. The amount sto-
len by him is estimated to be from sirty
to one hundred thousand dollars. Stokes
has been ranting, bowling loyalist, in
voking with his foul tongue political pains
and penalties on all Southern Democrats,
and always ready in the intensity of his
patriotism to walk three miles out of his
way to kick dead rebel. If even hand
ed justice is meted out to this arrant hypo-
critic and thief, the Penitentiary will soon
claim him as its own. But as bis Con-
gressional colleague in infamy, Roderic
r. Butler, not long since escaped convic-
ton for similar crime, 80 will Stokes be
able to brush away the cobwebs of the
law and embark in another career of fraud
and plunder.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-11-04
DEATH OF A DISTINGUISHED MAN.

DEATH OF A DISTINGUISHED MAN
Dispatches from Lancaster, Ohio, an
nounce The death, in that place, on Thurs
day of last week, of the Hon. Thomas
Ewing, in the eighty second year of his
age. Mr.. Ewing in his lifetime occupied
several positions of trust and Importance
in the service of the State and country,
and, In the prime of his years, was re-
garded as man of far more than usual
power and ability. He was native of
Virginia and emigrated, at an early age,
with his parents to the then wilds of Ohio,
where he grew up with the State and in
his manhood assumed a position of COM
manding and wide spread influence. He
was elected to the United States Senate
and served in that body from 1880 to
1887. He was Secretary of the Treasu-
ry, under President Harrison, Secretary
of the Interior under President Taylor,
an appointee to the United States Senate,
in 1850, to fill vacancy, and member
of the Peace Convention of 1861. After
the discharge of his duties, in the latter,
he retired from public life and lived in a
quiet and unobstrusive manner up until
the time of his death. Mr.. Ewing was
one of the links in the chain of great men
that connects the past with the present,
and the severance, although not unlocked d
for, is one that will be seriously felt not
only in his adopted State, but throughout
the country.
His funeral took place from ST. Mary's
Catholic church, Lancaster, Ohio, on Sat>
urday. The friends took final leave of the
distinguished dead at his residence, where
the remains lay in a superb burial casket,
on the plate of which was engraved ''Tho-
mas Ewing, born December %, 1899,
died October &c, 1871" The features
wore calm and dignifed expression.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-11-04

The AREA OF THE CHICAGO FIRE.-
Careful measurements and calculations of
the area of the burnt district of the city
place its length, from its starting point to
its place ending, at four and half miles,
and its average width little over one
mile. Along the south side lake shore,
however, and westward five blocks, Harri-
son street, the southern limit of the confa-
grafton, and the distance from that street
to Fullerton avenue, its northern limit, is
only three and half miles. The point
of the fires beginning on the west side was
about one mile south of Harrison street,
south-westerly.
The number of acres laid waste is not
far from $500. A pretty careful COM
putation places number of buildings of all
kinds destroyed at $4,000, of which at
least 1900 were substantial business
structures.
The actual total of the pecuniary losses
is estimated at three hundred million dol
lars, but no fair estimate that we have vet
seen or heard of places the grand total be-
low two hundred million dollars. We
still believe the latter will cover all the
losses. - Chicago Journal.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-11-04

HON. GEORGE CoNNELI., who was re-
elected member of the State Senate
from the Fourth (Phifadelphia) District
at the October election, died in that city
on the 26th of last month. This will
make tie uote in the Senate, 16 Demo-
Gratis to 16 Radicals-even conceding
that Weakley, from the Cumberland Dis
trict, gets his seat AS Mr.. Connell was
not a Senator, and had not yet taken the
oath of Office, but was only Senator elect,
it is plain and not controverted that the
Speaker of the Senate, Mr.. Broadhead,
cannot issue a writ for new election to
supply the vacancy until after the meeting
of that body on the first Tuesday of next
January. How the Senate will be organ
lied, or whether it will fail to organize al
all until after the special election in the
vacant district, remains to be seen. There
is Radical precedent for the latter view oi
the case,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-11-04

TERRIBLE RIoT AT Los ANGELEs. San
francisco, Oct, PA terrible riot is 20
ing at Los Angeles. A fight having oc-
Cured in the Chinese quarter, Officer
Bllderson attempted TO arrest a Chinaman
for shooting another. He was resisted
and he called on Robert Thompson. a cir,
izen, TO assist him. The Chinese on both
sides of the narrow street opened fire on
both of them. Mr.. Thompson fell shot
through the breast, and died immediateIv
Officer Bilderson was shot thronob tho
shoulder, but succeeded in gettinp on
horseback and escaped. A Mexican how
named Juan Jose Manderes, was also shot
through the leg. A mob soon collected
and the greatest excitement prevailed =
They attacked the whole Chinese quarter
and were resisted by the Chinese. Five
hundred armed men surrounded tho Chi.
nese quarter to prevent any from escap-
ing. Fifteen Cinnamon were HANGED bv
the mob and their houses set on fire. The
fire was, however, extinguished.
a cable dispatch dated p NJ, saws
that order at Los Angeles has been par.
TALLY restored, and no more bloodsbed
has taken place. Several Cinnamon have
been arrested and are lodged in iaI.
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Hon. william A. wallace.

After man has unsuccessfully exerted
all his powers and resources in attempting
to accomplish difficult task which has
been imposed upon him, it is poor and
shabby return for his self>sacrifcing labors
to lay the cause of failure at his own door.
As soon as the result of the late elec-
tion was asiascertained, vague hints, equiva-
lent indeed to direct charge, were made
by three or four Democratic papers pab-
lished in the eastern part of the State, that
our defeat was attributable in great
measure to the inefficiency and misman,
agement Of VIM. A. Wallace, Chairman
of the State Executive Committee. This
charge is as unjust as it is untrue. Mr..
! Wallace has heretofore acted in the same
capacity, and his untiring zeal and active
industry in managing political campaigns
have been recognized by the Democracy
of the State and willingly conceded by his
political opponents. Too much is expect
| ed from the Chairman of State Commit
tee, and the idea prevails to a great extent
that he must and can achieve success, if
he will. His principal duty is one of or
ganization, but in order to make that effi-
cient and decisive at the ballot box, he
must have the active cooperation of the
leading men of his party in every election
district of the State. He is neither all
powerful, nor is he ubiquitous. He can
neither change a mans Views nor compel
him to deposit his vote. He may urge
him by strong and powerful reasons to do
so, but the act rests with the voter himself.
One may cal! spirits from the vastly deep,
but will they come
Wherein and in what respect did VIM.
A. Wallace fail to perform his whole duty
in the late campaign? 1t seemed to US
that he was constantly at work, and that
all his efforts were properly directed,
After a political contest is over there is
always to be found class of unhappy
men, chronic grumblers and fault-finders,
who claim that they can see where mis-
takes were committed, and that they could
have done the work very differently and
with quite other results. If they were tc
attempt it, they would perhaps find them
selves undeceived.
If the editor of one of the papers to
which we have referred was asked to ex,
plain why the Democratic vote in his own
county was tt0enty-One hundred less than il
was at the election for Governor two years
ago, he would perhaps charge it to Mr..
Wallace, when the fact is that his own
paper is wholly responsible for it, owing
to the disorganizing course it pursued both
before and after the meeting of the State
Convention.
We render simple justice to Mr.. Wal.
lace when we express our conviction that
in the late canvass as Chairman of the
Democratic State Executive Committee
he was active, vigiant and energetic, and
that he did all that could reasonably be
expected from him. The Democracy oil
the State, although defeated. are neither
so ungenerous nor SO ungrateful as to
sanction these gratuitous and undeserved
assaults upon him.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-11-04

DRFALCAToNs, embezzlements, and
thieving generally, are the order of the
day, and tread close on each others heels.
The Radical Treasurer of PHILADELPHIA
[Marcer loaned G. L. Yerkes, a broker
or stock gambler, nearly halt a million of
dollars belonging to the city, for the use
of which Marcer of course was to receive
handsome interest. Last week Yerkee
suddenly and disastrously failed, and tie
city loses the amount, unless Marcer's s
bail are able to pay it, which, as other
defalcations have proven, is not at all
probable. Robert w. Mackey, the pres
ent State Treasurer, was also friend of
Yerkes', and kindly gave him 100000
of the peoples money to gamble with 1t
is said that Mackey repaid the amount
into the State Treasury. If he has, it
would about exhaust his profits of tho of.
flee for the current year. Will the next
Legislature look into this little affair and
ascertain whether OF not Mackey has
made the treasury whole7 This is the
first time, we believe, that Mackey has
had his fingers burned. He deserves no
sympathy and none will be felt for him.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-11-04

GEORGE o. Evans was brought before
Judge Pearson, of Harrisburg, on yester-
day week, on a writ of habeas corpus. -
The cause of his commitment to the coun>
ty prison was argued at length by the
counsel on both sides. On Monday last
Judge Pearson delivered his opinion dis
charging Evans from Imprisonment on the
charge of embezzlement. The ground
taken by the Judge was, that Evans, not
being estate officer" as contemplated by
the Act of Assembly, had not committed
an embezzlement within the meaning OF
the statute. We are bound to acquiesce
in this decision since Judge Pearson has
declared that such is the law. The very
first business of the next Legislature
should be the passage of law to change
it and make it so plain that no man can
misconstrue it. In the civil proceeding
against Evans, the Judge fixed the amount
of bail at 800, 900, in default of which
he was remanded to prison. Will his
partners in the plunder release him A
few days will decide.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-11-04

II must be source of deep humiliation
to..every intelligent Republican to read the
dull and insipid addresses delivered by
Grant whenever he is honored with
public reception during his constant pere,
grinations throughout the country. 1t is
not to be expected, of course, that every
President should be as scholarly as Jefer-
son nor as eloquent as John Quincy ADJ
ans, but it as expected that be will be
able to say something appropriate to the
occasion. But Grant is not equal to this
trifiing requirement, and whenever he at
tempts a speech at one of these receptions
he becomes the subject of laughter and
commiseration by his own political friends
During his late trip to Maine he made the
following reply to an address of welcome
delivered by ths Mayor of Bangor:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: 1 congratulate you
and the people of the State of Maine and the
people of the nation at large upon the occasion
which has brought all of US here. 1t is a mat
ter In which you are particularly interested; :;
and the nation at large, believe, is almost
equally interested with you. l hope that the
railroad may prove 20 you and to US all that is
expected OF 1t, improving and building up
friendly feeling between US and the people of
the same language with ourselves, who, think
ars equally interested il the preservation of the
most cordial friendship.
This is very touching and as clear as
mud. Nothing but itself could be its own
parallel. One would suppose that high
er reach of bold and impassioned elo-
quence could not be attained by the same
man. This is a mistake. Grant far
eclipsed it at Portland, where, having
been introduced by the Mayor of that city,
he made the following thrilling and bril-
liant speech:
L have vivid recollection of visiting your
city six years ago. This is the second time 7
have been in your city. and am much plea.ed
with the reception here as we'll as at other
places | have visited in your State. If do
not oftener than have heretofore. T sball not
make many more visits here before l shall he
quite an old man.
1t was saying of the ancients, that
the statue of Hercules could be Judged
from the size of his foot From the two
foregoing specimens of oratory we can
form correct estimate of Grants mental
calibre and his shining qualities as
speech maker.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-11-04

SUGGESTIONS. +. Jordon, Sec
retary of the State, in communication as
to the changes needed in tho Constitution
of Pennsylvania, suggests the following ::
l. An increase of the number of Senator'S
and Representatives in the Gen eral Assembly
q Biennial sessions of tho Legislature
3. The election by the people of sundry State
officers now otherwise chosen.
A. Minority representation
5. Modification of the pardoning power.
6. A change In the tenure and mode OF
choosing the judiciary.
7. A change in the date of our annual fall
election to the time of the Presidential, to pre-
vent what ia called colonizat alton from surround
ing States, and to dispense with one election
every fourth year.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-11-04
RELIEF.-The Treasurer of the Chica.

RELIEF. Treasurer of the Chica-
go Relief Committee reports the following
as the receipts for the relief of the Chica-
go poor. Cash received, $500, ,276; to-
tai amount for which drafts have been
drawn and to be forwarded for collection,
&c, S996, ,7O8; aggregate receipts, ST.
486, ,986. Of this sum S34, 400 has been
distributed, the balance remaining on hand.
The committee estimate that they will re-
quire Sl,975,000 for the next thirty days,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-11-04

Andrew Stever, a farmer, living six
miles northeast of Delpbos, Ohio, was
confronted in his own house, on Saturday
night, by robber, who, after asking for
matches, presented revolver. Stever
knocked the pistol up ard stabbed the thief
to death with pocket-knife. A coroner's
jury exonerated Stever.