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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07
The Lcvee Prospects in Louisiana.

We clip the following discour-
aging levee news from the Plea
yune: "
The delay of the Levee Com
pany in commencing work is ex-
citing inquiry throughout the
State. The terms of their char
ter contemplate an immediate re-
pair of the broken levees, and
initial steps to be taken for the
construction Of the new embHnk-
ments. r. ..t -...ir,s. 3
On one pretext or another the
public have been delttded with
the assurance that the ensuing
week would see the work fairly
inaugurated yet each stipulated
day has given place to another
promise, and now the prospect of
anything being done by the
Levee Company is rs far off as
ever.
But these delays do not pre-
vent the collection OF the inn
mense resources the law gives
them. Even if it did, they are
authorized by the terms of their
charter to mortgage them. The
law is so worded that whether
they work or not they can col
lect the money. And i'm case the
company do not intend, accord
ing to the terms of their charter,
to construct the three millions of
cubic yards of levee the present
year, but one alternative is left !:
it is for the Governor to declare
their charter forfeited. He has
already pledged himself to do SO,
in the event of any failure on
the part of the company to COM
ply with the conditions OF their
monopoly. -.: .a4 Hn f,-,ein
That the Governor will have
this duty to perform, there is
now very little doubt.
The Bee, of the 9th inst, says
in regard to it: .'a% '' -H' #a -.
1t will be seen from this re-
port that there is very, little de-
pendence to be placed upon the
Levee Company. Its officers
have had ample time, since the
Legislature adjourned, to make
the necessary preparations for
the work they had engaged to
execute. tits no excuse to say
the directors of the company are
absent, or that the engineer has
not arrived. 1T is the duty o,
the directors to he present ant
not absent, aud to have secured
the presence of their engineer
If the company could not begin
and go on with the work, they
should have notified the Cover
nor of their inability to do so.
The people are entitled to fair
ness. The safety of their fa,ni-
lies and of their dwellings, as
we'll rs their means Of livelihood
are involved. '' r'''' hHE
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07
Frank Moore.

PARRISH SURVEYOR for Ouachita, and
/ General Land Agent tor North i.ouisi-
ana, viii attend to any business in his or
adjoining Parishes. Parties wishing to sell
purchase real estate in this section viii
find it to their interest to address him. He
has for sale several fine bodies OF land in
Onachi,a, Richland, Morehonse, franklin
and Caldwell Parishes. Persons wishing to
sell will send mum bers, descript ion as to in1-
provements, and terms. Having formed
connections in both Washington and New
Orleans, he is prepared to represent litigants
in cont est ed land eases, obtain patents, &c.
Office rear room of Richardson q McEnery's
Law Office. For particulars address him,
care Of Richardson X Mrt:nery, Monroe, La.
August q, 1870.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07
Dexter's Time Reat.


MILWAUKEE, Sept, 23.-Mr.
Haswell, sent here from New
York city by the ''rurf, Field
and Farm" has this day mea-
sured the Cold Spring track
course Mt this place, over which
Goldsmith Maid made her record
of 2:17. and makes the course
fourteen feet over q mile, mea-
suring three feet from the pole.
The measurement was witnessed
by many Of our citizens. Mr..
Haswell accounts for the best
fast time from the long, regular
turns on each end, which turns
he says, are not equalled by
those of any other course i'm the
country. g. "a
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07

At the meeting of the Demo-
cratic Parish Committee, held
last evening, it was resolved to
reorganize the committee, and
for that purpose the various
ward clubs throughout the city
were requested to elect, on the
Gath Of October next, two dele
gates to represent each ward in
the parish committee.--N. o.
Buleti7t, 2Sth ult.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07

Gen. Ewen owns 5000 acres of
land in Maury county, Tenn,
l 200 of which are under cultiva-
ton. He has 1920 sheep, South
downs, Cotswolds, half-bloods
400 head of cattle. He works a
dairy with fifty COWS, averaging
each Il pound of butter per day.
His entire butter product is
bought by one large hotel.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07
EEMALE INSTITUTE.
MONROE, La,
Hsx Charles r Evans Rrinripal.

The second term of this Inst tuition viii
commence on Monday, ith OF September
next, in the Methodist T.. Church in Monroe.
a thoroughly competent teacher has been
employed who, with myself, will give faith
ful attention 20 the advancement of the
rlasSas.
I"ition per term Of ftrenty recIs:
Primary classes $500; intermediate $1,000;
academic $500; music, extra, $500; modern
languages. extra each, $500; bookkeeping
extra, s4.0o incidentals Sl.O0.
From tho date Of entry to the close of the
term no deductions will be made for alb
aence, except in cases of protracted sickness.
Reports OF standing of pupils viii be made
monthly.
IT viii be greatly TO the interest of the
scholar and he school for those intending
to pat atronize either the Male Female
school TO start promptly on the 4th of Sep
,emher. For further informal ion apply to
G. T.. EVANS. Principal
Monroe. .tuS. ~, 1871. lT-tf
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07
An Incident OF the War.

General ATcAllister, late of the
Federal army, in a letter giving
an account of the battle of
Hatcher's Run, fought on the 9Th
of February, 1865, relates the
following. We take it from tho
New York Citizen, in which the
letter is published
After the breastworks had been
pushed forward rapidly, and
when I was giving directions to
Col. Price, of the Seventh New
Jersey Volunteers to bring his
regiment to the left and throw
up works along the Armstrong
Mill road, telling him the neces-
sity of being rapid in his move
ments, as the enemy could come
in along the road and cut us off
from the main body-on looking
around l saw major sitting on
his horse to my rear. He sa-
lutcd me and remarked:
General, T almost took a rebel
officer
"Why did you not altogether
dO it?" was my reply.
He said: ''The Rebel officer
was well armed.''
$50 are you," I answered F;
s'and who are you?"
81 have got charge OF the
picket line in 'front.'
S'Then," said l, lyon belong to
the Second Division1" (My own
pickets were not in my front) -i
eyes," he replied.
l said nothing more to him,
but finished giving my orders to
Col. Price. On looking around
again this officer (the major) was
gone. Then, and not till then,
it occurred to me that he was a
Rebel spy-and so he was. He
reported back to Gen. Gordon !;
told our situation and the gap
that lay between my brigade and
the Second Division. Gen. Cor
don formed his three divisions in
three lines-tlivision front-and
moved on me. MY official re-
port and narrative tell you the
result.
After the war had ended, I'm
aid of mine-Lieut. Plimley, of
the One Hundred and Twentieth
n. Y. V.-learned from Lieut.,
Jones, an aid of Gen. Gordon,
that when we rode to the front
of our pickets, we came within
easy range of some of Gordon's
men lying in ambush, and thai
they had their guns leveled at us
and cooked when Gen. Gordon
watching my movements through
Il field-glass, ordered them not to
fire, saying, ",Fhat man looks too
honest to he shot down like a
dog" Lieut.. Jones said that had
they fired not one of us would
have been left. .
In Il conversation with Gen.
Gordon since, that battle was
alluded to. I asked him if he
had 4 Lieut.. Jones on his staff.
He replied, "Yes;'' and added,
"a reliable man he was" I then
referred to what he had told my
aid-de-camp, Lieut.. Plimley, and
asked him if it was SO. He re-
piled, "Yes."
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07

The Rev. VIM. FL. Milburn, OF
Jacksonville, ILL.,, lately preaching
under Episcopalian auspices, has
addressed n letter to the bishop
Of his diocese announcing his re-
turn to the Methodist church,
from which he at first seeded.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07

The opinion is very decidedly
expressed, in Il recent letter,
written by Wade Hampton of
South Carolina to General ID. III.
Hill, that the Southern Democ-
racy should take no part what
ever in the next National Demo
cratic convention, except so far
as their moral support and sym
pathy are concerned.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07
The Columbus (Miss.) index

The Columbus (Miss.) Index
has this good one: ra
The white RAIDS had consul
tation meeting, not long ago,
and in the course of business, the
motion was carried that all can
didates for office retire during
the settlement Of some point.
There was nobody left in the
room but q NANCY dog, who took
the chair and called the fees to
order.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07

\ correspondent who has been
sailing along the Massachusetts
coast wonders why Gloucester is
spelled the way it is; and if that
is right, why shouldn't lobster be
spelled colchester :" He thinks
OF consulting Mr.. Webcester's s
dictionary on the subject.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07

'' The Cubans, during their strug-
gle for independence, having
very little artillery, and of rather
an interior quality, have invent
ed a most ingenious and useful
piece of artillery which has
proved Of moro service than any
other. Tt is called the leather
cannon, being made of raw hide.
The mode of manufacturing these
curious weapons is as follows:
A piece of raw, green hide is
wrapped around n wooden cylin-
der of the required dimensions
or bore, and then several other
layers of raw hide are wrapped
over the first until they have ac-
quired q thickness of about four
inches. Over this are placed
two layers of strong cord, aud
the whole covered with several
coats of tar. These cannon,
which weigh about 80 pounds
each, are carried on mems shoul-
ders (they are not mounted on
wheels or carriages, but are fas-
tened to trees, or mounted on
wall,) and will do great execution
at u distance of half q mile.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07

Mr.. Gladstone, the Premier of
Great Britain, u late speech at
Wakefield, England, gives to the
policy of free and Unrestricted
trade, which prevails in that
kingdom, the main credit of in-
creasing the trade of the United
Kingdom 400 per cent, while the
population has only increased
twenty-five or thirty per cont.
within the last thirty years.
Here, under the policy of a high
tariff, what different results!
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07

My dear, will you play your
thousand dollar polka said Il
farmer to his charming daughter,
six months after her return from
a fashionable boarding-school.-
The young lady's musical perfor-
nance did not embrace any more
Than the usual one piece.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07
intlS M'ESEHY. :. II. MESERN
J. Il =. ID. NcEmery.

4 YTUREEYS AT LAW, Monroe, La,
IL practice in the Parish and District
Courts of Ouachita, Morehouse, Franklin,
kichlnnh, Caldwell and Cat ahonla Parishes,
in tho Supreme Court at Monroe, and Uni
red States Courts. articulnr attention paid
business in the Land Office Department
.,f the General Government. nlTt
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07
SNT. Louis lNlvERSIUN

This institution, 50 long aud worthily
known 10 the citizens OF Louisiana. will re-
open on September ith, 1871. 1t offers il
stud dents every facility for obtaining thor
",lgh CLASSICAL 4 Nd CU.NlILKCII l.
EbLtIIlDN- Terms: For board. init ion,
washing, Nc.. (per session OF ten months
500. For details, see Catalogue 10 be had
u Rev. L. Eergaud NJ X. Ercard, Mon
toe, La. T.. \. STU STERECk = j.
Aug. 10. ISL. .i.-tf
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07
4. T.. Slack.

rrORNEY AT LAW and Commits
II siouer for Texas. Office Wood Street
Monroe, La. Prompt attention given to col
ert ions in North Louisiana. Aug. 2i, GS.j:l
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07

ii~,i-.'S
EHtt.'.. MEDICINES. PAINTS. OILS, .vc.
l29-Canai Street, New Orlesus, La.
Sept. 10, 1870 n5Iay
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07
XII II 4 NI1~DN. .INS. II. NJ I'.~ 7.
Richardson IL N1cEMery.

1 ifDRNENsS AT LAW, Monroe, La,
n practice in all the Parishes of North
louisiana, in the Supreme Court at Monroe,
the Federal Courts, and in the Land Office
department Of the General Government.
nj
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07

The irrepressible George w.
Carter, pending the imbroglio
between himself and Warmoth
in this State, has Kindly consent
ed, according to the Marshall
Weekly, to canvass the State Of
Texas in the Radical cause. He
will speak in Marshall on the
3Oth instant. \ more mean and
unbIuslling renegade than Car
ter does not exist, and a fellow
that would publicly handy his
shame among Il people that he
has deserted, should be driven
into associations alone of 4 like
character with himself. The col
ored element Of his party is too
respectable for him, and he should
be required to mix purely with
the white scalawag branch. Prob
ably Carter finds that he has
made an error in deserting War
moth, and is preparing to change
his base to the Texas political
field. 1t is to be hoped that
something may occur to rid our
State of even one of'the rene
gades, although we sympathize
with our sister State if she has
to acquire him.-,Shrerepoyt .So"M-
N.Psfpf'32.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07

On the 18th of September, 1870,
Henri Roche(ort, perhaps more
than any other man, was instru-
mental in exciting that popular
movement in Paris that over
threw the Empire of Napoleon
I'll, and ultimately drove him i'll
to exile. For some months he
was one of the heads of the new
Government of the Republic.
Now, in one short year, the Re-
public which he started banishes
him to n distant penal colony for
q lifelong Imprisonment, He
has Jared worse from his friends
than from the Empire. Napoleon
is enjoying his ease in England,
while his great enemy is writh-
ing with a fate that is little bet
ter than that of death. Such
are the changes and vicissitudes
Of political life in France.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07

measure upon the aptitude of the
South, and by the movement l
have discussed you will relieve
those misgivings and apprehef-
sions which still are clogging. the
best impulses of the Northern
mind, and infuse new, freer and
healthier spirit into our whole
political life; bnt still more, yon
will render a signal service to
the cause of self-government and
free institutions throughout the
world for in thus wisely provid-
ing for their own needs, the
Southern people will prove in the
eyes Of mankind that there are
no disasters ever SO crushing,
that there is no confusion ever SO
perplexing, that there are no
evils ever so grave for which self
government, exercised by a brave
and intelligent people, does not
evolve natural and efficient reme-
dies. Is not this object worthy
of the noblest ambition2 The
Southern people are proud of the
bravery Of their soldiers which
shone briShtly in many contest.
They will have reason to be
prouder still of that moral bra
very which breaks through cher
ished traditions, throws old pre-
judices aside, with bold resolu-
ton rises manft1l]y above the
disappointmentsa and heart-burn-
ings of the past, and invites
friend and foe for the achieve
ment Of Il great common futnre.'
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07
Trouble in Utah.

y d r.
There is q prospect Of Il small
war i'll Utah, in consequence of
the legal prosecution of promi-
nent Mormons for bigamy. The
dispatches of the 2nd contain
the following, 49,
a special to the Herald from
Salt Lake reports the rumor that
Brigham Young has been indict-
ed and will be tried this week.
The Mormons continue to buy
arms. The Mormon journals ad-
yocate open resistance. It is
understood the federal authori-
ties will ask for reinforcements.
Three companies of United
States troops arrived sent by
Gen. Augur upon. a. requisition
from Gov. Woods. ,,D;t
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07
Morrison Il Farmer.

4 t'fORNEYS AT LAW, Monroe, La,
~ viii practice in the Courts Of the Pa
Franklin and Caldwell, in the Supreme
Court, and in the United States Courts.
viii also attend to all business intrusted to
Them in The State and Federal Land Offices.
n4ly,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07
Il. W. NcCranie.

4 l"rOHNEY AT LAW, MONROE, LA.
n viii pract ice in Otachita and adjacent
parishes and in the supreme Court ut Mon
roe. June Ia. 1871.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07

\ man making his way with Il
iackaSS through Park street, New
York, the other day, was delayed
for some time by number OF
Irish women, who were anxious
to have their babies kiss the don
keys back, that they might be
cured of the Whooping-couUh.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07

ISAIAH GARRETT. FRANKLIN GARRETT
Garrett II Garrett.
4 l'rORNETS AT LAW, corner Wood
IL and st. John Streets, (opposite Record
'er's oflice), Monroe, La. ian. l, 1871. fE
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07

Raking among the oyster beds,
says the n. o. Picayune, is a poor
business thus far III the season.-
Boats are compelled to go several
miles beyond the usual resorts, as
old Mississippi's muddy tide flow
ing through the Bonnet Carre
Crevasse nearly destroyed in toto
the bivalves in the old and west
banks. To secure 4 load now of
even tolerable oysters, boats must
go from ten to twenty miles fur
ther out, pretty near to the Gulf
shore and not far from the river.
But notwithstanding the destruc-
ton wrought by the waters from
the crevasse, oysters are abundant
enough, but us to quality. they
could hardly be poorer.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07

The Picaynne, of last Sunday,
says:
The cotton crop of Georgia
seems doomed, all the elements
being Ieagued against it. There
has not been, according to the
Macon Telegraph, more disas-
trous season since 1916, during
which year there were not more
than ten consecutive days Of sun
shine from seed time to harvest.
The prospect is about repually
gloomy in each of the other cot
ton States east of the Mississippi.
Texas and Arkansas have not
suffered to the same extent,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07
At LAW.
K. Il. Cobb

R. Il. N'ODD.
4 I"rORNEY AT LAW, MONROE, Ia
"A -Ang. 10, 1871. 6N4-tf
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-10-07

We have all the modern improvements in
The profession. One or the OF her to be found
at the Office at all times. tiebll. IL. 1y
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1871-06-06
r: Al am irving to earn Susan.

ear: Il am trying to earn Susan"
"She's yours" shouted the old man,
regardless of the bystanders or the
court, which having now an inkling of
the matter, gave loose rein to their
jubilant feelings. How Susan felt,
however, can be better imagined than
described. She blushed like one of
her mothers peonies, and hastily hid
her face in her veil.
When the merriment had subsidized
and old Mr.. Lippe had secured his
equanimity, the happy attorney pro-
ceeded, and finally made so clear a
case for his involuntarily client, as
caused the judge to dismiss the suit.
The old man left the court in triumph,
and with his hired hand, proceeded
forthwith to the clerks Office, where a
license was procured. The judge gave
the court short recess and united the
happy pair in the bonds of matrimony.
Since that event, Mr.. Lippe has
changed his views on educational mat
ters. The other day as Judge Cover
dale was teaving home to take his seat
in Congress, he said to his grandson
"Lippe Coverdale, get your lessons
well, and who knows but what you'll
go to Congress too.
"Who knows exclaimed the
happy Susan.
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SEASON OF 1S7O-71.
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ORGANS.
Important improvement s.

AnpOrtduC improvement B.
Patent June 2lst and August 23d, 1870.
REDUCTION OFPRICES.
The Mason q Hamlin Organ Co., have
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provements in their Cabinet Organs, for
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They are also enabled by increased faoil-
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They now offer Four Octave Cabinet Or
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The same, Double Reed, $65. Five Oc-
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Knee swell and Tremulant, in elegant case
with several of the Mason and Hamlin
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A new illustrated catalogue with full
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A New Orleans paper tells the fol
lowing story: One Of our coast plan
ters, who has number of Chinese la
borers in his employ, seeing diposi
ton on the part of some of the ne
groes to annoy the Orientals, and ap
pretending resort by the latter tc
the use of the sharp knives which they
alway wear, cautioned them not tc
take law into their hands, but in case
they were troubled by any negro &c
bring the offender before him and he
would see that justice was done. Ac.
csrdingly one day the planter, whils
sitting OH his gallery, abserved a pro-
eession of the Cinnamon coming from
the quarter, bearing at their head q
package. The marched with great de.
Liberation and dignity up to the man.
son and laid their burden on the gal.
lery at the feet of planter. 1t proved
to be negro, securely bound as only
Cinnamon know how TO tie a parcel.
The negro was scared out of his senses,
though entirely unhurt. Laying him
quietly down on the gallery, the lead
er of the Chinese, pointing to the mass,
said to the planter; "Niggahl too
much too much niggahl" and then
the whole party trotted back to their
work. 1t was an hours hard work to
unite the frightened negro, who on his
release, very cheerfnlly acted upon the
suggestion of the planter to "make
himself scarce"
"Clara" writes from Brooklyn to
say that she has no sympathy with
those "sham modest" girls who com
plain because young men gaze at them
in the street. Clara says she is a pref
ty girl, and is perfectly willing that
poor young men VINO admire beauty,
and cannot afford to get a specimen
for themselves should look at her
square in the face, provided they do it
in delicate manner. Clara adds that
she has beautiful feet and wears short
dresses, and that her object in wearing
such dresses is the same as that OF all
the other pretty footed girls in the
world.
Hobbs, the old rascal, says an
American girl loves with her eyes, an
English girl with her arms, a French
girl with her lips, and Italian and
Spanish with all three. A Boston
woman capitulates in three, months. a
New York woman in two, and New
Orleans woman in one. Causes,
partly climatric and constitutional,
and partly few words from the old
folks in the back room.