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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-07-29
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION,

"vALLE cRUcIs," NEAR COLUMBIA, 5. c.,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23
The Crops.

Mr.. Joseph Swan, who is one
of orr best farmers, informs us
that he expects to make not more
than GOO pounds of seed cotton to
the acre, and he has fully an :lv-
erage crop. OF corn, he has made
IL bushels to the acre by meas
urement, but he says some corn
in the country will not yield over
2 bushels per acre. The average
is between - and > bushels per
acre. We consider it settled be-
yond doubt that the Ouachita
valley will not make more than
half the crop made last year.
Capt. FauntlcrOy, of NIindcu, who
has recently been through Mis-
sissippi, Alabama and Georgia
tells us that the crops in those
States are not half so good as
ours. and he returns i'm cXubcr-
ant spirits over the superior pros
poets enjoyed by North Louisi-
ann.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23
ParsOn CONWAY the

Parson Conway the biggest
dog in the Union League ring in
this State, has notified the Sec
rotary of the National League,
that there is "a perfect state of
peace" in Louisiana; that the
Ku-KluX is deal, and that he sees
ono need for the League longer,
as a means of peacefully securing
the rights of loyal men, \ law
yer, with forty-horse power of i'll
terrogation, could not, three
years ago, have compelled the
Radicals to admit they had a
League in this State. The army
in Flanders swore terribly, but
not half as positively as all the
Radicals have, until now, that
they had no secret league-bound
political association in Louisiana.
They denied it on the stump.
through their presses, and denied
it repeatedly under their solemn
oaths before the Stevenson Con-
gressional Commission. The truth
is ont at last.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23
Trenton & Homer Railroad.



HOMER, La, Sept. 18th, 1871.
TO Judgc j. G. Egan, John Young,
01a0 others:
MISUNDERSTANDING made a
preliminary survey for line of
Railway from Trenton to Homer,
l hereby submit the same for yOur
consideration:
1t has been traced as nearly
upon an "air line'' as practicable,
endeavoring to avoid heavy and
expensive grading. I have found
line of easy grade 10y keeping
near the edge Of overflow of the
D'Arbonne bottom until / reach
Walnut Creek, then following
good ridge ground until / reach
Douglas, Qeaving it a little to the
South), thence taking the general
direction of the "T'renton and
Homer" road, making the dis
lance from Homer to Trenton
about sixty miles.
About forty miles of this line
is very light work, not costing
over $4,000 per mile and the res
idue varying from $1,000 to 3d.
600 per mile, one mile only rum
ming up to the extreme point.
The total cost of grading the sin
ty miles will be $:343, 800, for IRON
ing and Bridging Sl5G,5OO, max
ing the total cost Of the line
100000.
Respectfully submitted by
RICHARD SERPELL.
This project is received with
universal favor by every planter
along the line, and q very Gencr-
Gus subscription to the stock OF
the Road can safely be calculated
on. r. S.
The Claiborne Advocate, CON
tanning the above, cditoriallN
comments as follows:
In this connection we may
mention that Mr.. \. McCranie
offers to be one of sixty to bnill
the road, and one or two Other
citizens are ready to take him NJ
safely enough, too, as the fol-
lowing figures will show:
The first year the road is com
pleted there will be shipped from
this parish alone $4,000 bales
10000 from the parishes below
; 25, 900 from Ark, and 10000
from the immense Red River
country bordering Texas ant
the Indian Nation 2G miles wide
and 400 long. At 81 a bale fol-
La, rates and So for Ark, woul(
Dive = S,1m total of $3.50. 600 fO]
down transportation exclusive o:
other freights. AS the provis
ions, machinery, store supplies
etc, exceed the cost of cotton
transportation, it can easily DC
shown that the gainings of the
road for the first year woult
largely exceed the expense OF
! M,ilIinU it.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23
Arrival and Departure OF the Mails.

From Monroe to Nicksburs-Carryin
all mail matter fOr the Western, Eastern,
Middle. Pacific and Atlantic States, and New
Orleans,
Departs daily III \. NJ;
Arrives daily at : Il. NJ. Sundays except
ed
From Shreveport 10 iionTac--
Arrives daily lS,ii.daya rNccpted) al -
P. NJ;
Departs daily Sunday excepted AT 6 M
From Camden Arb. via Eurmer.iilr 1"
Monroe. l,a.,-
Arrives Tuesdays. Thursdays and Satur-
days at Z. NJ;
Departs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days at 4 \. NJ.
From lsontirr!io. Arb, viz fIaetrnpo 10
Arrives Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satnr-
days ut p. NJ:
Departs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days nj \. NJ.
From lMonrnr la slnrrisonbHrs-
Arrives Tuesdays. Thursdays and :S;ilnr-
days at u. NJ.
Departs Mondays, Wednesdays :',h Fri
days ut q \. NJ.
From EIi.isbUr1- = i., via Dunri.itn CIT,
to Monroe
Arrives Tuesdays nnd Saturdays III /
p. NJ;
Departs Mondays and Fridays III & y. Nj q.
All mails closed precisely III ""'''I"rk til"
evening previous /" departure.
N"dclivery, except from i"ri< boxes, hiis
opening and asserting mails.
Office hours from \. Nj. to? T.. Nj. except
on Sunday. Sundays from ~ \. NJ TO 81.
A. NJ. VIII. DiNK,'E>Vi. Asst 4. NJ
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23
Good for the Jews.

1t is fact that has attracted
the attention OF Il Radical paper
in Mississippi, that the Jews do
not aspire to any offices, and the
editor asks, through his paper,
why this is the case. \ jew,
living i'm Canton, replies that the
Jews "cannot hold office under
Radical rule without becoming rs
corrupt as the party itscl!'
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23
Organization Of Trenton e. Fulton
Railroad Company.

We have been favored by DR..
f. b. Blocker, of Trenton, with
Il copy of Il dispatch received by
him from II. G. Mitchell, Esq, Of
Homer, to the following effect:
HOMER, La. Sept. go, 1871.
To Dr.. f.. Il. Blocker:
Organized with !. IL. Flournoy
as President; Messrs. MaXcy,
Stampcr, Burton, PcnninS tOn,
Pipes, Irchcr, Gill and Mitchell,
Directors.
(SigncD III. G. MITCHELL.
This would Indicate that the
Convention at Coluuitt on the
18th accomplished the main Oh
ject for which it was called, name
ly, the organization of Il compa-
ny to build the road from Trcn-
ton to Fulton, and we infer
from the names of the directors
that the route by Homer, and
not the airline route, has been
determined upon as the most
practicable route. If our infer
ence be correct, it is proposed to
locate the road in Il line from
Trenton to townsville, thence
South of the D'Arbonnc, passing
some 6 miles south of Shiloh and
6 miles south of Lisbon, to Ho-
mer; thence to Hayncsvillc, and
thence direct to Fulton.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23
Walsh VS.. WarmOth-A NOn.Suit.

Gov. Warmoth and Major
Walsh failed to have their little
duel, and equally failed to have
it determined who was right and
who was wrOng,-whether Walsh
in asserting that Warmoth was
willing to sign Il certain bill for
$4,000 and two and a-half per
cent OF the profits, or Warmoth
in pronouncing the statement of
Walsh wilfully false. Walsh
sent Warmoth Il challenge, which
the latter declined to accept for
the reasons, first, that whatever
mi Gilt be the result of the COM
bat, the point Of ve:acity would
still remain unsettled; second,
that Walsh in offering Il bride
had forfeited the position of a
gentlemen, and, third, that the
Governor was sworn to see the
laws executed, and could not,
therefore, accept challenge to
fight Il duel.
The next scene in the drama
is Il published card from Walsh
which we have not seen, finish
ing the exposure of the Governor
and this is followed by q counter.
card from Warmoth composed OF
four or five certificates going tC
show that Walsh had prevarica.
ted and was himself u voluntary
witness to Warmoth's official i'm.
tegrity.
If the Dunn people want to get
Warmoth down, they must select
another champion. Maj. Walsh
labors under the very great dis.
adv antage of having attempted
to bride the highest officer in the
State, an effort which may have
been well enough considering
only, the party to be bribed and
the regular course of Legislation
of late, but wholly incompatible
| Will luC VI oIC In
seeks to obtain public confidence
and thus destroy an enemy. AND
supposing Warmoth had openly
confessed that he was guilty OF
the charge, we do not see, after
all, what Major Walsh would
have gained, or Warmoth would
have lost. And, hence, it may
we'll be doubted whether it is
worth the while of the Dunn par.
ty to trouble themselves farther
to prove Warmoth's corruption
If everybody believes he is dis.
honest, and of this public oppin.
ion appears to be convinced, what
in the old Scratch is the use in
wasting time to prove it The
prevailing belief in this case is
fully us strong as any proof cal
be. There need be no small bills
specifying particulars.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23

We are pleased to see that our
to have II newspaper of then
own. 1t would long since have
been our pleasure to publish 4
paper in Trenton, could we have
been satisfied the enterprise would
be self-sustaining. But it re-
Quires something beside 4 good
trade to build up Il paying news
paper. The TELEGRAPH, although
published in Monroe, has earn
estly and honestly sought to pro-
mote the Interests of Trenton,
and, in the absence of q Trenton
paper, to act the part of 4 faith
ful substitute. If more has not
been done, the failure is due to
inability to give the task our i'll
dividual attention, and to pro-
cure the constant aid in Trenton
of some one willing to devote
his time and pen to her interests.
Every town and village should
have its local papers; but the
papers ought to reflect credit up
on their location, and not their
location upon them. If the local
paper docs this, it should be lib
orally sustained. \ good local
paper is the very best paying
stock Il community can invest in.
1t is Il sign-board and an index
to all the outside world, and 4
friend and an advocate of every
advantageous public interest in
its vicinity. 1t is at once the
teacher, the preacher, the coun-
Scllor and the bcnefactor.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23

The proposition to build 4 foot
and wagon bridge across the river
at this place should receive attcn-
ton before the railroad company
decides upon it's plans for Il bridge.
This is one public work Monroe
cannot we'll neglect.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23

,oats in Red river, the st. Louis
md Vicksburg line, the White
river and st. Louis line, and the
Arkansas and st. Louis line in
the Mississippi; to the rapidly in
creasing trade with st. Louis,
and Louisville from
Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana,
Arkansas and Texas. The Or
ders for single flour house in
st. Louis, from this place and
Trenton, amounted at a single
shipment last year to $4,000, all
of which ought to have gone to
New Orleans, and this is only one
instance of many. There is q
house in Monroe now, with the
parent house in New Orleans,
which is purchasing supplies, for
age, &C., in st. Louis, and will
sell as cheap as any house in
New Orleans. Thus, we see that
even New Orleans men, doing
business in the interior, are
forced by the trade cxactions of
New Orleans to turn trade from
their own city. This fact, alone,
refutes the Picayune's assertion
that New Orleans affords equal
facilities with any other mart,
and shows most conclusively
who is killing the goose.
Another significant fact worthy
the attention of the Picayune, is
the fact that great inducements
are offered for the shipment of
cotton direct from the interior to
st. Lonis and New York. Pre-
limiary to this coup Getat of the
West and East, we have to chron-
icle the additional fact that it has
been demonstrated in this city,
within the past ten days, that
goods may be shipped through
by rail from New York at half
the expense charged over the
ocean route by New Orleans.
And the principal saving in ex-
pense is in the lopping-off of the
high commissions and extras
charged by consignees in New
Orleans.
The course of trade is not only
changing, under the favorable
regulations adopted by the rivals
of New Orleans, but he is blind
who does not see it has changed
very greatly already. And we
do not hesitate to declare our be-
lief that eighteen months hence
the loss of New Orleans by the
change will be quadrupled. New
Orleans must fight for her trade
with energetic measures, if she
expects to retain it, and she must,
above all, crush out the ruinous
system included in commissions,
inspections, drayage, fire and
river insurance, short weights,
repairs, damages and discounts
now depressing her commerce.
She has means in abundance; her
banks are reducing the rate of
interest. But what benefit does
the country derive from the pie
thora2 The merchant still dis
counts, charges for advances and
''makes his Jack" as before. No
citizen in the interior gets money
from the bank, but must get it
from q merchant, if at all, and
pay therefor from ten to fifteen
per cent on the money, and not
less than fifteen per cent on the
cotton sold to liquidate his note.
This is not aid or protection to
the planter, but is the slow pro-
cess of ultimate absorption of all
he possesses.
Parson Conway the biggest
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23

"The President in the hands of
his friends is the heading of an
article in the st. Louis Times.
His friends hands must be in
their pockets, then.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23

The river is now very near the
lowest low-watcr mark, probably
not more than two inches above
it. The prospect is very tatter-
ing for Il late river. The Econ
omist passed down to return last
Saturday, but is still below.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23

North Carolina has furnished
the model colorcd juror. y ne
gro juror i'm that State took to his
heels and left the Court upon
hearing it whispered about that
the jury would probably be
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23
T!iz; SIT; 7;se

saQI Il: i, 90 ~ - = ' '''''''''''
T. NJ. WuIrE. Master
T.. \. Hanks. Clerk.
Has recently been entered III the Nirli:-
burg and b,.n,~ trade max ING weekly trips
to and from New Orleans.
r-\-:-i!S BE!.rA:
Going up. every Saturday III T. NJ. coming"
down, every Monday ut - NJ.
Passengers may rely upon speedy tranAi!
and the best of fare. .Jul V ~, 1871. 44-tI
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23

The festive season has ut last
opened in \idalia, the inititory
ball having taken place on Sat
urdaN night of last wcck.-H"f-
uM.
Now, what j. an ''inititorN
ball -
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23

1t is Gov. Il. Graft Brown, of
Missouri, to whom the world is
indebted for the postprandial
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23
A Bright Star Fallen.

A Bright Star Fallen.
Our New Orleans exchanges
lengthy editorial notices
Of the demise of Major A. j.
Wagner, of that city, who died.
after Il painful illness, on the
14th, in his forty-seventh year.
Major Wagner was indeed a
gentleman - noble, generous
manly, brave, talented and char
liable in whatever he did or said.
ssThcre was,' to borrow the elo-
uuent words of the Picayune,
Gin his character, such symmetry
that no single trait could have
been changed for the better
And Nature, seeing she had to
lodge spirit so noble, gave him
features and form in harmony
with his character, SO that who
ever beheld his manly figure, or
heard his winning voice." must
needs know that he stood in the
presence Of one of "Nature's no
blemen.''
Major Wagner was a journal
ist, and the profession has never
yet shown us q brighter, better
specimen of the journalist, as he
should be, than our dead brother.
Knowingly he would not harm
the meanest insect, and yet he
had within him that PrOmethean
fire that could consume fear in Il
twinkle, and throw u clear and
steady light upon the most haz-
arlous undertakings. TO his
country and his principles he
was as true as the planets to
their orbits. He was vivaciOus
and kind-hearted, making friends
of all he met but not wanting
when the stern dictates of duty
demanded he should act. He
was a scholar, and 4 writer eN-
ceedingly graceful BOTH in thought
and in execution. He was assid-
uous in the performance of his
tasks, and affable and gentle to
all with whom he had to do. If
he lacked in anything, it was
perhaps in energy; but who
knows the trials, failures and as
pirations Of a poor broken-down,
moneyless Confederate who,
choosing the path of honor and
consistency, came to his grave
poor, when, others taking a diff
ferent and more prosperous road,
have amassed wealth and live in
luxury, but with their honor tar
nished and their country afresh
given 4 martyr to their grasping
avarice and ambition? Poor
JACK! honored and hallowed by
thy green grave among those
who watched thy boyhood, thy
youth, and thy struggles in and
on through an honorable life of
hopes blasted and purposes baked!
The pale and silvcry moon, from
her watchtower i'm the sky, will
look down upon no humble
mound around which will cluster
Sweeter rccOllections and hOlier
of friendship than that
that marks thy last earthly home.
Would we had the Gift of pocsy
like some Homer Of old, we would
we'd thy name and life OF noble
purposes to immortal verse!
Alas poor STATE! still battling
with thy greatest trial, you have
lost Il noble and Il true son!
We are pleased to see that our
Trenton friends have concluded
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23

"Tle Ku-KluN" is the name of
"a new paper in Mississippi. And
they have an Insane Asylum at
Jackson, too.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23

Thin-blooded people have been
using fires and blankets for the
past four or five nights and morn
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23
THOMAS Nkt-t:E.TEN.

Dealer in Stoves. TnWarr. Burial taSc1.
&c, Monroe. Lat. has constantly on hand.
for sale. every variety of cooking and heat
ing stoves. received direct from the factories
also, every desert ptiru of tmWarc; also
Fisk = Metallic Burial Cases. VARYING in size
ana 81 Vie 10 meet amy given order. All or
dcrS for repairs promptly attended to. and
wholesale" orders for tinWHr" filled NJ New
Orleans prices. with freight added.
june Is 100. II
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23

The customs receipts i'm gold
ut the port of New Orleans for
the present fiscal year exceed
those of the last by S317, 400.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23

The undersigned taxi IS pleasure III maxi ing,
known that he * well prepared a.
before II" war, if unt better. in de- all kind
of work. cit her III
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23
Tb EssE sbE'gssN PLANTERS Oh
ak Ss'EEigs

FOR SALE! PRICE 500 CASH,
TNiREE sc"oud hand 81 SAW T.. Carver. 4
l. Co. Gin Stands. Warranted a. good a
new, and in perie,t order. Address Glass
RO% 2ltT +. O.. New orleans. HI
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23

rAI;I;I AGES. Ett;Gir.S. HACKS. IN

Ready mad" work kept on hand; Spe,.i-
mems OF Wiih may h." seen by calling III the
Factory. He will also carry general
Blacksmith shop, arranged to do all kinds of
blackSlnithinr. Terms rc:tSuEnhlc.
April 20. lS,i.j. n:!n-s FIR. F,\ DOM.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23

Our city folks should not forget
the Railroad Meeting to-day.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23

Hon. Ben. Fl. Hill, of Georgia,
has permanently located at At
lanta.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23
RUSiNESS CARDS.
~ IiDs'ENSsIiE:N,

VI .-DrAi.E: IN
Fine gold and silver Watches, and Gea2>
French and American Clocks. fine E:-I.A,
solid gold JrW"lrN, Pianos aud Mclu- sN,..1
dionS. Musical Ius,! rtIiurntS Of all dcScrip
tionS, sheet music, Nc. tn't solicitor for the
celebrate ed planes of iir ST. Louis Manut fac.
tmriM.r (NmlnllN. tlrc.!O-n:mI:WN
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23
DIt:t:lES AND CARRIAGES
i'VI ~NI.I'..
J. Z. iSunsiGker

Has, ut his Carriage Factory. ON >gs-..
DcSiard Street. Il tin" stock of -NGeSS=c5s9
handsome Bu"9i'% aud r:IrringrS made tr
order especially for this uinrk"t. ch,ry, E,i-
cash. II" * also receiving
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23
GEORGE ilI:EELf:Gs.
GUNS. PISTOLS. CAPS. TUBES.
t.ARrRI BGE.S. POW DER FLASK
HArE,\N EI-NS'rII GIN ".

Repairing OF all Kinds neatly ~ 70 ~
done. III - per cent. below for -.A<,s
mcr prices, and W"rl "rHrIu- * TX
tccd. juno Il. 1870. " 81 W -
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-23
CApnlE MD l.AIN..S SHOP

- Continuing. In" hU-n"-.; of her Il
late husband, TIA" undersigned will EaSE
manufacture every description of 70
.StfdEcS, Harness, &c.,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-05

faltb. One 0 the sects made strouc cr. IN establish
achurch at stkai hut after the expenditure Of large
suHs the mission proved failure II ~ the intention Oh
he Russian Imperial Government 10 give suscal atten
uoh 10 the religious wants Of the hlaskans, and thus
ward on tho PROSECUTING missionaries of other scots
While IN Alaska, Bishop Johannes dccrecd that hereafter
IN an ecclesiastical matters the GregOran year would be
substituted for the Julian or Greek calendar year Tho
Russian Sunday observed Monday will in the future
Dc observed 90 with The RussiauCireek Church m
America VIII consequently celebrate their New Years
religious ceremonies the Of January and not
on the 18th formerly their New Year. This import
ant concession and the first step taken toward healing
the differences between tho Rus
tan-Glcek Church and the great branches Of the
falth among Western nations
The resources OF Alaska and the Aleutan Islands hith
eitO exported, have principally consisted OF seal
SKINS ana turs but there IN every prospect Of moro i'm
pOrtant and valuable commodities being shortly added
from prospecting voyage for coal the result being
most satisfactory. The Wild Gazele returned sun
day last with $50 sacks OF coal which had been taken
from large scam situated in bluff the Islands
and with sheltered harbor aOrdng good anchorage for
vessels OF any size within 500 yards OF the spot This
coal T. sald 10 resemble description OF Irish coal which
is used largely in Great Britain for drying grain hops
etc. II H. described being of fine quality OF bitumn
coal glossy black, throwing of an intense heat with
very little smoke and only leaving small amount OF
ashes Traces Of iron pyrltes to be found in the
Jumps taken from the surface The other vessel
the George Harvey found coal the coast in about
latitude 5S 80 and competent judges pronounce this sam
pie TO be of excellent quality that she has returned
for another cargo A company VIII shortly be formed
for working these veins proper steps having been taken
to the title to the discOvercrs In addition to coal
both copper and iron have been found ana Is believed
that gold asO exists but yet steps have been taken
for prospecting these metals.