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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-06-24
STATE NEWS BY PARISHES.
tIAlBORN l..

The Advocate has the following in
reference to Il deplorable occurrence
We regret to learn that a difficulty
between DIR. J. f.. Gladney, Mr.. \. NJ.
Simmons and j. T.. Ferguson, occurred
near town Il few evenings since, in
which Mr.. Ferguson was Scvcrly wound
ed bya cut. lie lived but Il short time.
We do not know the particulars, and as
the matter will undergo y judicial in
vcstigatiOn, we refrain from expressing
any further opinion.
EIENVIl.LE.
The Times has Il notice calling for a
taxpayers meeting. The following
from the Times will interest the. friends
OF Gen. Henry Gray:
'i'hc many friends of Gen. Gray will
he pleased to learn that he is GONZALES
cent, although he Is regaininS his Won't
ru good health but slowly. He has
been in attendance ut the parish court
in this place for several days, but is not
sufficiently restored to attend to the
duties Of his profession.
! JACKSON.
The Standard says several farmers;
are laying by their corn. Cotton is very
!
| We record with sincere sorrow and
regret the death of Mr.. Ebert Perry,
who was accidentlN killed in this, parish
by his younger brother last week.
The terrible accident occurred at the
home of the deceased, and was occa-
stoned by taking the gun down from its
rack, when the hammer somehow hung
and fired it Off just rs the muZzIe hap
pened to be pointed towards the head
of the unfortunate young man. The
whole load which Was buckshOt, en-
tered his brain, killing him instantly.
HIGHLAND.
The Beacon is satisfied there will not
be more than halfa crop of either corn
or cotton made in Richland. The fol-
lowing practical hints from the Beacon
receive our hearty approval:
! We are glad to sec that some Of oul
friends had not sold all their cotton
during the prevalence Of low prices.
Cotton is looking up again, and several
bales have been shipped from this place
since it commenced rising. While VIC
congratulate them we regret that the
most Of our people sold all their cotton
for almost nothing. We will rejoice tC
soc the time come when planters will
be able to hold their cotton until it
brings good price. AS it is, they are
slaves to commission merchants and
cotton factors. Ifthcy were only out
of debt and would learn to make their
own supplies, they would then be i'll
dependent.
BY careful fnancicring, rigid ccono-
my and inClOmitablc perseverance, this
country is bound to arrive at a degree OF
prosperity as great rs any other in the
N-op1I
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-06-24

>. Snaer, Il young man of color, has
escaped the snares set for young law
students and has obtained license from
the Supreme Court of this State to prac-
tice law. His name now ought to be
N. Snaer.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-06-24
ViCksBuIsC * MERIDIAN
RAILROAD COMPANY
OUAOhiTA RIVER PACKETS.

! SfTED STATES MAIL OUACHITA
PACKET COMPANY
80 - 49,
Leaving every Wednesday and Saturday
at > p. m. for CAMDEN and all interme-
diHtc landings on the Onachita river-The
new steamers
-. T.. Tally,
X. SISNOTr. Master.
lizzie Hopkins,
j. w. BLANKS, Master.
May Flower,
J. w. CARLTON, Master.
These steamers will leave positively as
above, making close connections and Civ
ing clear bills of lading for Bayous Macon,
Little River, TcnSaS, D'-ArbOnne Bart holo-
new, nj all the tributaries ofthe Ouachita
river.
~ E:-PnSSengcrs and shippers can rely
upon this line leaving as per advertisement.
tebl-Stl.cW.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-06-24
Railroad from Trenton to Fulton.

Throughout the South and South
West the great leading idea with the
people is railroads. The great net work
of railroads is now being drawn, and in
our humble judgment we do not know
of a link of more importance than a road
from Trenton to Fulton. The air line
distance is 100 miles, running through
a densely populated country. This pop
ulation is of first-class, energetic, stirr-
ing farmers, with thousands Of land,
and plenty of money. The lands are
all good hill and bottom, with but few
acres Of waste land. These people sell
dom fail to make heavy crops, and are
the most solvent people in the world.
Their only drawback now is want of
railroad communication. With it they
would treble their population in five
years. A railroad through this 12O
miles would be like running wagon
! through richly ladened wheat field
ground. The millions of cotton, corn,
meat, fruit and a thousand smaller ar
ticles would make the aXels of the iron
horse groan with their burden.
Railroad men will at once see the feed
to this road at both ends. Trenton is
at an important point of navigation on
the Ouachita, and connects with the
road from Y iciSsburg to Shreveport.
This road would command an immense
travel to the northwest. Fulton will
be a grand railroad point, and all the
freight and travel to the southwest
will seek this road. This added to the
local trade will make it one of the best
paying roads on the continent.
And why may not this road be built
at once: We answer that it can be done
if the people will only act. The people
along the whole line, for breadth of
ten miles, on each side of the road will
donate ene-half OF their lands, 50 81,
money can be raised by the 50. t't''t'e'
pie, if they will only beget confidence
in the work, and determination to
build.
The aggregate cost at thirty thousand a
mile would be only So 600, 900. The land,
at five dollars per.acre, would be s., s4O,-
600, and if the road was completed
would realize double that AMOUNT.
The parishes through which this road
passes will aid the road. Arkansas will
aid to the sum of SIC, 900 per mile.
| Now, what is to hinder this work !
We answer, nothing but the great stu
pidity of the people. This is the only
chance for that section to ever have a
Railroad and if they will not take
hold of this, then we must conclude
that they don't want one.
We suggest to our Trenton friends to
send a messenger at once to Fulton, and
make preparation to organize the COM
pany and petition the next Legislature
for a charter. Choose you a man and
send him out among the people, and
let it be his mission to arouse them to
action. You have waited long enough
for something to t,un up. 1t has turned
up that you are about to be left out in
the cold. Come out of your holes; look
around; stir up your fires, and COM
mence to do for yourselves what Others
will never do for you.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-06-24
CEASDN ARRANGEMENT,

181OS1-
STEAMERS r.. +. LEE, AND j. FRANK
PARGOUD.
The Magnificent Passenger Steamer
lily, p r. F.. LEE,
J. w. CANNON, Master,
Leaves Delta. the eastern terminus of the
n. l.. Il Il. X. r., for New Orleans. every
Friday, at ) u. NJ
The Elegant Passenger Packet
, IT,, -, J. FRANK PARGOUD
!. w. ToHIS, Master,
Leaves Delta, for Greenvillc every Satu,-
day. ut $ y. NJ. Returning, leaves Delta,
for New Orleans, every Tuesday, at 5 p. NJ.
Ouachita trade particularly solicited.
Oct. /. 1870. season.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-06-24
NEW ORLEANS CARDS.
COITU .RN PREMIUM STORE.
T.. 4 . TYLER

ll3...... t",'0T street, N'ctc Orleans ..II5
Diplomas and Gold Medals at the first
Texas State Fair ut Houston, Texas
Diplomas at the second Mississippi State
Fair at Jackson, Miss.
Has ON hand and is constantly receiving.
II large and we'll selected stock of Watches
Clocks. Jcwclry. Silver and Plat ed-wares
Spcctaclos and E.yc-Glasses, and Fancy
Goods. All Of which are offered at greatly
reduced prices.
Sole Agents of the celebrated watches OF
ChaS. T.. Jarot and Thos. Russell & Sons
Masonic and odd Fellows Jewels. Wat
and Jewclrv carefully repaired. Diamonds
reset. Dee Il. 1870. nl3:Sm
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-06-24

menu 10 Uc'eHtS unOer Il law winch was
avowedly enacted to break down DEM
ocratic papers and build up Radical
papers. How came he so popular with
the Radicals? How came him to pos
sess their confidence: What, in their
eyes, made him worthy of n especial
appointment? These are questions
we should like to see fairly answered,
and without reservation.
Admitting words for all they are
worth, what is their value compared
with acts? The Conservative maintains
a strange and almost unbroken silence,
at time Of unbridled corruption and
dishonesty among Radical leaders, in
reference to the foul wrongs such men
as Warmoth and others are inflicting
upon the State. Occasionally, as in the
case ofAuditor Graham paying Belden's
claim, it even ventures to hope that the
acts of these men may not be SO bad as
represented; while, in the case of some
Southern gentlemen, possibly of eN-
IRENE Southern views, this same journal
as often speaks in terms of severe con.
1t has published ten words
against the editor of this paper for one
against Warmoth, when, if we had the
disposition to wrong the people, we
have not the fortieth part the means
possessed by Warmoth and have not
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-04-18
.1s1I STAUNTON, VA, TUESDAY, APRIL 49, 1871.

love, and there is abundant proof of the fact
IN the writings of the evangelists; so that we
may be assured that the one is perfectly consis-
tent with the other. m
Manly Christianity is needed for the world s
salvation because effeminate Christianity has
thus far failed 1t has been weighed in the bal
ances and found wanting. We must be true
to God and to His word whether men will hear
or whether they will forbear. There must be
no letting down of the standard Of Christian
duty and morals among u.s. And when we
come up to the full measure of the Gospel we
shall no longer have men pious in the church
and mean on the street. nor women gentle and
meek in the prayer.meeting but scolds and ty-'
rants at home, For ourselves we may say that
we believe that here in this land there is being
noprished and strengthened that manly type Of
Christianity which is permeating the nations
of the earth and is causing the thrones and the
kingdoms of the Old World aud the New,
which have existed for centuries upon fraud
and deception, to totter and to fall The words
OF Christ and the influence Of American Chris
tianity weigh more and 60 further day in di-
rectng and shaping the goyerlments and leg
islation OF the earth than ever before The
greatest and the grandest sight which we can
imagine here is to see Q band of manly men In
whose hearts Christ rules supreme doing man
ly work for Him, and it will be found to be a
universal rule that suah men are the most pop
ular In the church and in the world Would
that We had more Of them in our city and in
our land.-M Y Herald 9t >5 u
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-04-18
Poetry.
The Long Ago.
BY CARRIE BELL SINCLAIR.


There's beautiful isle in the long ago,
All flooded with golden light ~,
And river that flows by the margin green. {
Whose waters are wondrous bright
There's a bark that glides with snowy sail,
Al nd the music of silver oar,
mat carries US back to the shining gates
/ OF that beautiful past once more. q
Ali every heart holds some sweet dream
Of beautiful long agol
There were bright hopes nursed in the long
And the walls Of this beautiful past is hung
9 With many an image fair!
And oh there is sroom for the feet to tread
+ This path of the by-gone years;
+, There are joys that bloom in memory's fields
And fount for our bitter tears, aata
And that fopnt holds many hallowed tear
we've wept in the long ago.
I There are happy dreams that the heart holds
Bright dreams of the long ago; (dear
And sacred tears for perisled hopes
That will return no more. a8
: And thus in the tangled web of life -at
"a We weave our smiles and tears,
7 ct the soul has holy memories
n That clings to departed years.
!, Ab drop the silken curtain now iea
Of the beautiful long ago. 81
Shut out the light of those perished years,
"a Close the door of the past again;
And hush the yearning thoughts that fill
Thy soul with so much pain
Then roll the heavy stone against
81 That sepulchre-the heart!
; Why should these buried forms again
q To life and beauty startl
The future may hold some dreams as bright
q As those OF long ago 3ih
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-04-18
KU-KLUX HORRORS.
~ AAU0 0VhhVNO.
Testimony of j. Smith, of Tennessee, Be
fore the Reconstruction Committee

IeStlm0ny OF j. Smith, OF Tennessee, Be-
fore the Reconstruction Committee.
In 1895 colored man, weighing about two
hundred. avordupois, was strapped on the bare
cutlce for chewing slippery elm.
Shortly before the year 1868 every Union
man IN Podunk was murdered at the ballot-box,
and the poles fenced in with their defenseless
bodies to ntimidate the loyal vote.
A fed-mouthed, copper-headed, copperas-.
breechered. Democratic, rebel-hearted secesh
stood up IN peaceable colored convention,
and said that He didn't care d-n what col
or they painted the engine so long as they
painted her red, with b-ullock's heart on
the s-h-idel'
In the year l6 a man was kicked over a
church-steeple, tearing out the gable-end of
his pantaloons, for telling Union man his 10y
atty was like dab of putty on glazier' hat
it was all over his face
In 1859 Sho Fly was hissed in the theatre by
rebels, supposed to be 'Ku-Faces, or Pale
Klux.''
Two hours ago 100 colored men were taken
from Huntington Jail and hung or shot-it's
immaterial-by five colored women in dis
guise.
Preachers were shot dead in the pulpit every
Sunday of last year.
la church of Chattanooga Union citizen
had his hat jammed over his eyes for copper
ing the ace against two cyred box" when
it was dead
In 1900 Union men of Nashville were warn
ed to leave by cabalistic signs on the streets
and alleywalls signed Poor PATIO Flynn"
Since | arrived here have heard of several
murders in Havana, and few innocent Piegan
citizens massacred by Phil Sheridan, an ex-
rebel officer
Dogs have been poisoned every August for
their Union sentiments, while rebel cats exult-
ingly sing .'holy moriah-h' from house-roofs
of moonlight nights
And yet the civil officers do nothing.
The Constitution vacates judicial officers.
The laws are ineffective.
Inter arma silent leges
Let us have peace and Provisional Govern
ment, and bully boy with glass eye to catch
Ku-Klux.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-04-18
Lee in Mexico-A Thrilling Incident.

When Gen. Scott commanded the army In
Mexico, it became necessary to explore noun
tain that lay between him and the enemy's
camp. 1t was one of those lofty peaks whose
summit cleft the clouds, and reached the re-
gions of eternal snow. The sides were precip-
itous, and clad in a tangled web of brush-wood,
and rugged rocks, which made the ascent seem
perilous if not impossible. There was some
difficulty, therefore, in flding an officer bold
enough to undertake the task At last young
lieutenant stepped forward and offered his SER
vices. He was accepted, and having selected
a small company of men, set out for the noun
tain. They found it more unpromising than
even their fears had foretold. There was no
sign of path, no trace to show that human foot
step had tried the toilsome ascent. They used
both hands and feet with diligence, swinging
themselves up by the underground, climbing
over rugged rocks, or making toilsome Jour-
ney around them, till one after another gave
up, and determined to make the best of his
way back. Before half of the ascent was ac-
complished the young leader was left alone
Most men would have given up in utter des-
pair. Not so with the young lieutenant
There was spark of heroic fire in his breast
not to be quenched by difficulties, however ar
duous. He paused long enough to take breath,
and away he went again.
The path became wilder and wilder, but our
nero, ike Milton friend
O'er, bog and steep, through straight, rough
dense or rare,
With head, or hand, or feet. pursues his way,
And sinks. or swims or wades, or creeps,"
till he stands painting on the icy summit
There was moments pause of exutation, he
saw beneath his feet the clouds that, few
hours since, had seemed so far above him. -
But the broad summit was yet to be explored,
and he fastened on. The rari6ed air affected
him painfully, and the cold was intense Just
as Immediate descent became matter of life
or DEATH he discovered the whole mountain
side was sheet of ice.
There was no time for thought; any death
seemed preferable to the one which would over
take him if he delayed a moment. With a
hasty prayer he threw himself feet foremost
on the slippery surface Down he went, at a
dizzy, breathless speed. The clouds passed
upward and became sky once more, and away
down below, stretched deep, clear lake
There was not tree or shrub to break his
course and death seemed inevitable. Down,
down, down but 10 the ice grows thinner
and thinner, it softens, it cracks and his feet
are planted in firm, moist earth, on the verge
of the lake that had so nearly been his grave
The sun had melted the ice just enough for it
to give way in time to save him.
Since then, he has stood on more perilous
height-the summit of fame-gained by the
same dauntless courage that characterized his
youthful exploit-for the young lieutenant was
ROBERT f. LEE The substance of the above
incident was related by himself during the
| summer sojourn at the Peaks of Otter, in Vir-
ginia, short time before his death. N. O.
Rcdyune.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-04-18
Make a Scran Book.

Every intelligent, progressive farmer, takes
paper. This is fixed fact 1t is to be
hoped, too, that he has half dazen journals
of one sort or another, coming every month !;
but however that may be, when he reads them
over he often says: Now, wish I could re-
member this item, and put it in practice next
season. [ believe will cut it out and save it
somewhere. He does cut it out and puts it
into his vest pocket, or between the leaves of
book or in some odd, out-of -the-way place,
where there is little chance of his ever seeing it
again.
Now, when he cut it out, he took a step in
the right direction. Why did he not go a little
further, and paste it into scrap-book Then
it would have been permanently saved, and
very convenient for reference. Preserving pa
pers in files would save all the articles, but few
would ever take the trouble to look all through
them for some point they wish to read over
again, It would seem too much like looking
for the proverbial needle in the hay-mow
The scrap-book gives you the very cream of
your papers There are usually only few ar
ticles in each one which seem to have been
written expressly for you, and you do not care
to save those belonging to everybody else.-
You do not care to read the columns on bee
keeping, when you never owned a bee in your
life but probably your neighbor takes moro
interest in that department than any other. 1t
is the beauty of good paper that it has some
thing in it for every one.
The house mother can never buy us as good
receipt book as she can make by carefully
saving the useful receipts and suggestions she
meets with in her weekly paper. The book
should have simple classification the re-
ceipes for cooking should be placed by them
Selves those for general house-work may be
placed In another part of the book-the same
for directions on gardening, care for children,
&C.
Such book is great means of economiz-
ing in the course of year. Just the right
thing in the right place, often saves dollars of
money and dollars worth of time and trouble
Just such hints and directions we meet with
from week to week In every good paper. and it
is the carrying them out into practice that
makes the difference between the thrifty, sue
cessful farmer, and bis opposite. Of course if
they are forgotten they cannot be put into
practice. The mind, unless it has been severe
ly disciplined, is apt to hold knowledge much
as a sieve does water. 1t needs many helps
TO make the memory useful. The very act of
cutting out the slip and pasting it in is great
help toward recalling it; and if the details are
forgotten. there is the article itsef-you can
turn to it readily Thus you can benefit by the
experience Of hundreds Of people you have
never seen. but who have kindly noted down
their own success or failure in the various de-
partments in which you are most interested.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-04-18
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
FIRST SESSION OF 42Np CoNaREss

SENATE. Monday, 1Oth.-The House Ku-
Klux bill was reported, with amendments,
from the Committee on the Judiciary. A dis
cusslon ensued upon proposition to meet at
an earlier hour, and to hold night sessions for
its consideration, in which it was stated that
the Democratic members would not endeavor
to pr0tract the debate, and Mr. Edmunds
thought vote might be taken on Thursday
next and that Congress could adjourn by Sat
urday or Monday.
The cases of Messrs. Blodgett and Godth.
waite were debated, but no action taken PEN
ding discussion, the Senate, at p. NJ, ad-
journed.
HOUsE.-A number of bills and resolutions
were introduced and referred. A resolution
opposing the policy of the Secretary of the
Treasury In reducing the public debt at the
present rate, was offered by Mr.. Bell and dis
cussed until the expiration of the morning
hour.
A general amnesty bill was introduced by
Mr. Hale, and passed, after discussion-yeas
134, nays 46.
A resolution was passed-yeas 13O, NAYS 2I-
declaring that the House re-af6rmed the reso-
luton adopted December 18th, 1870, declaring
that the establishment of the Internal Reve-
nue. Bureau was war measure which should
cease with the war, and that the time had ar
rived when all internal taxes should cease, ex-
cept the tax upon distilled spirits and tobacco.
SENATE. Tuesday, April lth-The House
Amnesty bill was laid before the Senate, and
Mr.. Robertson gave notice that he will move
its consideration during the present session
A resolution in favor of the reduction of taxa
ton was offered by Mr. Sherman and laid over
temporarily. The resolution providing for the
admission of Messrs. Goldthwaite and Blod-
gett was laid on the table-yeas l9, nays H.
The Ku- Klux bill was read, and MIR. Edmunds
explained the amendments made by the Judi
ciary Committee. Messrs. Johnston and
Stockton opposed the bill, and Mr.. Trumbull
favored the bill as passed by the House, but
objected to the amendments made by the COM
mittee The Senate, at STOP NJ, adjourned.
HoUsE.-The Senate bill in relation to the
! payment of the salary of the Hon. r. c.
Schenck, Minister to England, was taken from
the Speakers table, and passed. A resolution
was passed declaring that the election of men,
bers of Congress, held on the Sth of Novem-
ber 1870, was held on the day fixed by law,
and that such elections were not illegal. The
deficiency Appropriation bill was taken up,
and Mr. Dawes delivered an address upon its
general features. A long debate ensued, and
several amendments were made. Pending dis
cussion, the House, at P. NJ, adjourned.