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The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1871-02-25
MARKET REPORTS.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. %.
Flour-supr. $3.50, double ex. 100
treble 7.25.
Corn-72@75.
Oats-72@75.
BRAZIL 40.
Hay-prime $24.OOC,, $500.
Pork-mess $23.25.
Bacon--104, 123 and 123.
Hams-sugar cured 16sM17.
Lard tierce 12I@13; key IA.
Sugar-prime 9s@9s; common 7@,71.
choice 10@1O3.
Molasses-prime 4S@,5o.
Whiskey-western Eectified s0ca1 90.
Coflee-prime l5l@l5a.
Cotton--quiet; sales 5000 bales; good
ordinary l2l@13, low middling 13s@14.
middling 14s@14g. Receipts for past
two days 1888 bales. Exports to for
eign ports 9l0l bales-coastwise 1865
Stock in market 294 ,6lS bales.
Sterling 21l. Sight disc. Gold TIA.
NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-Cotton dull:
sales 1850 bales at 1871, Gold 1114.
Money very easy, 304 per ct. dis.
Govt bonds very firm, ll2a. Louisiana
bonds 6S for old issue, and 81 for new:
Levee bonds Y.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1871-02-25

The newspaper should be independent
and nnstackled Even if the editor be
not always safe counselor, still if he
acts as his Judgment and conscience die
tate, uncontrolled by any other dicta-
ton, he will in the long run effect more
genuine good, than if he were set upon
. pivot and could, be turned this way or
that by the hundred best men in his
parish. There must be some stamina
and hxedness in a newspaper-some
standard Of moral worth-if it is to ex-
ert a wholesome, Or any but q. bad, in
fluenee. It is the absence Of these qdali-
ties in her leading journals general
belief that her press is a marketable in.
stitution TO- be bought and sold-that
has in a great degree kept "the South"
so far in the rear in the great march of
progress.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1871-02-25
A Mississippi Editors Experience In Grow.
ing Cotton.

A crop, raised under the direction Of
the senior editor of this paper, has been
subject Of frequent comment by the
people and the press. We have prom
lsed to give the manner of preparing
the ground so that all our readers NAV
have the advantage of trying the exper.
lment that was regarded to be so sue
cessful i'll our case For cotton we bedded
out the land the usual width, then run
three subsoil burrows In the water fur
row, one in the center and one ON each
side OF that. On this loose water ft,rrow
we rebedded, giving the soil the adyap-
tage OF two workings and the plant a
BED OF loose earth some eighteen inches
deep. On this land--a lot of ten acres
there grew ten bales of cotton; the
land was about half valley and half hill
side, and had been in cultivation more
Than thirty years, and we are of opinion
that this land was never manfred since
its clearing. We had tenants that cni.
tivated in the ordinary way, with crops
wholly in the valley, that didn't make
haif as much to the acre. We planted
our corn after the following preparation:
we bedded the land withla two-horse
piow that cut three inches deep, follow
ed by a sharp bull-tongue; after bedding
the land we run the subsoil pillow in the
wafer iurrow, as in the cotton land, then
threw two burrows back, opened and
planted. This corn produced three
times as much as corn planted IN the
ordinary way, in The same fed and
same character Of hand. 49, IElYv ,sD,j,,,,S
,Soutb.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1871-02-25
Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

AS noon approached the masquerade
grew general, and the city was in the
full tide Of the carnival.
AT no former period have such dense
crowds appeared upon the streets. Ere
quently it was impossible to get along,
and ludicrous accidents were all the
time occurring. Sometimes the observer
engaged in earnestly watching group
of maskers would run full tilt against
Others, loosing their balance and tumb-
ling to the pavement. The scramble
would provoke excessive merriment,
but taken in good part by all, none
seemed to care for 1t. 10 .2cAsfch<
AS upon every occasion OF the kind
some peculiar costume gained distinc-
ton by the eccentricity of the wearer,
or the peculiar antics it gave rise to. On
Canal street the most noticeable of these
lnasqueraders was the Monkey and the
Indian. Evidently much care had been
observed in the selection of the costume
Of both, and their chief popularity was
discerned in the extraordinary gallantry
they displayed. Their devotion to the
ladies was something marvellous. One
young lady, dressed fashionably and
bearing about her an evident air of re-
finement, was shocked to discover herself
suddenly clasped in the arms of Draw
ny MANDARIN" Her scream Of indig-
nation and surprise had hardly given
warning of her alarm before she discov-
cred in the n1asque her brother. Such
tricks were common, but to the credit of
the Carnival be it spoken, there were
no acts of disorder and turbulence, and
the efficient judgment and care mani
tested by Chief of Police Badger pre-
vented all disturbances. AS night ap-
preached preparations for brilliant
illumination were pushed forward, and
all at once the kindling of innumerable
jets Of flames made the wide city as
light rs day. Many curious devices
blazed from the balconies, and curved
and twisted around the. corners Of the
buildings, until all the principal
thoroughfares were gorgeous with the
pagent. 1t was such scene, indeed,
as only Mardi Gras can produce, and
every man and woman alike contri-
buted their mite to the splendor of the
festival. But the hours sped rapidly,
and midnight, with its glorious burst
of music, its sounds of revelry and re-
ioicing, showed how the population
We're chasing the glowing hours with
flying feet. With the stroke of mid
night was inaugurated in hunkred
places the balls of the Carnival; and
with them ended the festivals Of Mardi
Gras.-N. O. PcdYune
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1871-02-25

An Iowa paper hastans t. make chs
correction; I'VE reported that NJ. u.
a. Dodd's wife had seven pairs oftwins
and TWO oad children during ten years
OF m;sr!led life. We were wrong. iIr.
Dodd, just in our Office, informsus here
are eienI pairs OF twins and three odd
ones, nineteen in ai.--teu girls andnine
boys-in fourteen years, and they arc
all living" ',H
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1871-02-25
A Child Attacked by a Wild Cat.

A colored woman, living on the plan
tation Of Major Waddill in this parish,
took her infant child to the field where
she was engaged in picking cotton, few
days since, and laid it down at the end
OF the row and proceeded to her work.
While the mother was still near the
child it was attacked by wild cat, and
would undoubtedly have been killed
but for the presence Of the mother. She
succeeded in rescuing it from the fero-
clous animal, and one Of the men COM
ing up to her assistance, the cat was
Killed. The child was not seriously in.
jured, though it has the marks of teeth
and CONSTELLATION Journal. -. 4
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1871-02-25
Especial to the Daily Telegraph
Miller, Senator from Georgia, Seated
Insurrection, in Algeria.
Conflicting. Statements as to Peace.


WASHINGTON.
WARRINGTON, Feb. 24.-Miller, from
Georgia, was seated in the Senate to-
day, upon taking the modified oath.
Congratulations seemed general.
Hosse.--The omnibus appropriation
bill is up. 1t appropriates $$S, SOC, 600,
including 1926, 900 for the freedmen's
bureau ,isz ie..,er t1s,'. q" ISL.
Winnie Ream gets 5000 more for her
statue Of Lincoln. ... -.
Senate.-The House amendments to
the bill providing for better security to
travellers on steamboats, passed and
the bill goes to the President.
Trumbull, from the Judiciary COM
mittee, reported favorably on the bill
abolishing the test-oath.
MISCELLANEOUS.
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-It is reported
that the Quaker City, from San Domin-
60 for New York, exploded her boilers
and is lost at sea. rs.-t " -',
- FOREIGN INrELLIGENcE.
LONDON, Feb. 4.--The Brazilian
loan of 100000 has been put on the
London market. 70 -,,:i ....tr.. 10.
Dispatches from Amiens are unfavor-
able.
German troops are already in motion.
There will undoubtedly be an insurrec-
ton in Algeria. ...:. .. Esp
VERSAILLES, Feb. 24.-Paris is quiet.
Theirs ia expected here to-day.
LONDON, Feb. "a, p. m.-This even
ing's edition of the Times has the fol.
lowing from Versailles to-day: Count
Bismarck has doubts OF the conclusion
of peace at this time. France has asked
for a prolongation of the armistice.
Hostilities will be renewed at midnight
of the 18th. The guns in the forts have
been turned towards Paris. A long
conference was held to-day.
LONDON, Feb. "a, 4:3O p. ma dis
patch to the Standard, from Versailles
Today, announces that the treaty of
peace has been signed by Theirs and
Bismarck.
Some OF the details ara unarrangad
nut will be adjusted tomorrow. !
France pays Germany 100000, 900
halers. Alsace, Lorraine. Metz and
Nancy are coded.
IheGerman army will not enter Paris.
Emperor William leaves Monday for
Berlin.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1871-02-25

Independent Southern Journalism.

lnueDCeQne69 70 TINS ONCE, or not, l6 I'M
material. : The point u Of q dineren
character. Haputs forth a papencalled
"The South, y expecting TO be sustained
when his acts demonstrate he Is un'
worthy Of pablic confidence and not 9
suitablepersontc speAk for s.the South. y
Hhe is able to start q paper worthy o1
"the South, !" he is able. to pay ovel
money collected, which he has moi
done. We are simply exhausted OF pa.
thence with these newspaper dead-beats
We do not aspireato the eminence Of
reformer, but merely desire to contri.
butte our mite by example and by the
influence Of our columns to elevate the
standard Of Journalism, now so sadly in
need of elevation. Men have crept into
the business who are totally Unfit for
any respectable place certainly not
such men as should be teachers and
leaders to the public. : It seems to have
become the prevailing notion that Who
=
ever is q failure at any of the profess
sions, IS, iipso tactd, a suitable parsonage
to edit aridseontrel q newspaper. The
result iss tfatthe power and influence
of the press are, eQyrespondingly dow
cred, and every ragamuffin, bully,
schemer and upstart in the land esteems
it favor to a newspaper if he simply
permits the publisher to place his name
upon the papers books or his card or
notice in the papers columns. This is
not altogether the fault of the public,
but is participated in very largely by
newspaper men themselves, many of
whom are so modest, sordid, or short.
sighted, as to dispose of their ink aid
paper, and even their opinions, for
trifie, or perhaps for promise which
is never redeemed and was never in
tended to be. .,.. 30. .s. !
Our rule is to place living estimate
upon our iabor-whether the word
means simply. manual labor, or the
benefits derived from the use of our
columns-and to exact from all patrons
alike the compensation due US. We
never beg or tease individuals for work,
but make it rule to leave that matter
entirely optional with him who pro-
poses to engage our services Or use our
type. If he patronizes us, he must ex-
pect to pay; if he does not like our
rates, and thinks he can do better, we
always prefer; as a matter of justifica-
tfon, he should pass on. 1t is another
rule with us to do by every patron the
best we can. II his job is slovenly exc
cuted, we have it worked over if he is
of opinion his advertisement has not
had fair showing, we are always ready
to see that it has; if he is not pleased
with the paper; he can return it., and
the balance due him will be at once re-
funded. Thus, we seek to be justified .
in demanding what ~-tl+se- u.s. and at =
the same time carry on a fair, legiti- S
mate and honorable business. f.'t ID
We work for our living, and feel Q
proud of the fact we know how to work.
NO community, party or interest has "
'ver had us to carry one minute. On b
he contrary, we have labored, even in 81
he teeth OF ridicule and defamation, to =
urther public enterprises and to arouse !.
public spirit. We are not content to i,
oliow in good works, but essay the a
'art OF their champion, whether the
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1871-02-25

Mr.. Greeley says Tin the Boston POST
TINS is good month to SOW pickle seed
in hot beds, for transplanting in May.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-05-11
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and
Minnesota Railway.

The completion of this Road has given to these
Bonds an established character equal to any mort
gage issue dealt in at the Stock Exchange. We are
prepared to buy and sell them at any time, at our
Banking House, at market price, thus placing them
on the same basis, for temporary or permanent in
vcstment with Governments or any other security.
These bonds are drst and only mortgage on a
railroad that has cost double the amount of the is
sue, ana which commands, without competition all
the traffic of Northern Iowa and Southern Mime
sota-shortening the distance from st. Paul to
Chicago 40 miles, and to st. Louis more than ninety
miles.
The net earnings are already largely in excess of
interest the bonds, and doubt exists that they
will more than double within the ensuing year.
A contract has been secured with the Chicago,
Burlington Il Quincy Il. r. Company, obligating
the latter to invest so per cent OF gross earnings
derived from traffic with the Burlington, Cedar
Rapids 4 Minnesota Road in the bonds of this Com
pany. This arrangement is a strong guarantee of
the Bonds, and establishes large sinking fund for
their redemption.
The convertabty privilege in these bonds
abes them to be exchanged for stock, at par at any
time. This secures to the holder, at his option,
share IN any excess of earnings the interest
obligation.
An exchange of Government securities for these
bonds returns ~ per cent interest, instead of per
cent, which is all that Governments pay at present
price, besides leaving an immediate gain of about
20 per cent. in price Tor re-investment
All marketable securities taken in exchange free
of commission and express charges.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-05-11

Between St. John and Halifax there is also
| an unfinished link, but it will be complet-
ed during the fall, and then the line of
railway will be complete from Halifax to
Boston, New York and all parts of the United
States. The uncompleted portion between
here and Halifax is from Truro to Amherst, in
Nova Scotia, distance of about sixty-five
miles.
The distance between Halifax and New
York by this new route and the distance pc
tween the principal intermediate points as fol-
lows Miles.
Halifax 10 ST John 260
st. John to Bangor Zoz
Bangor to Portland ios
Roston 70 New York 236
Total from Halifax to New York ga
Fast express trains, made up of drawing
room and sleeping cars Of the latest and most
luxurious character, will be employed for the
transportation Of passengers, and mails. Spec
ial steamer express trains will be run on the
days of the arrival and departure of European
steamers from Halifax, and the time occupied
between Halifax and New York will be less
than forty hours. Passengers and the mails
will, therefore, be sent through from New
York to Liverpool, and rice rersa, in about
two days less time than is consumed in going
around by steamer between New York and
Halifax Passengers to Montreal and the Can
adas can also effect similar saving of time
by taking the Grand Trunk Railway at Dan
Vile Junction, in Maine. The roads forming
the link to New York, after leaving the Eu-
ropean and North America at Bangor, will
be the Maine Central to Portland, the East
ern to Boston, and the Boston and Albany
and New York and New Haven Railroads to
New York. Cars can be run through with
poses and cleanliness one or two changes will
be desirable on such long route, and they
will, probably, he made here and in Boston.
The fastest time will be made between New
York and Boston, where it is proposed to put
on a train to make the entire distance of 242
miles in about seven and a half hours New
cars have already been built by the compa-
MES between New York and Boston, and the
roads between Halifax and Boston are also
getting new coaches ready to run over their
portion of the route.
The formal opining of the road will proba-
| bly, be some time in September, and business
will be commenced in October. 1t is intend
ed to make the opening great event in the
history of the Dominion, and the ceremonies
will probably occupy a full fortnight. Prom
inent railroad officials and public men from
the States and provinces will be invited, and
barbecues and carnivals generally will be in
order all along the line. The occasion, how
ever, will justify an exhibition OF Joy and
pride, for the work will be one of the great
est and most important of all modern railroad
| enterprises.
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plenty of them!" "Then why" she asked,
"did not the Queen send one here?"

plenty of them!" "Then why, she askeu'
"did not the Queen send one here'"
William Schouler, in the Boston Journal,
describing the late Sam Houston as he ap-
peared while representing the State OF Iexas
in the United States Senate says "When not
speaking or writing he sat in his seat with
long bladed knife in one hand and piece OF
wood in the other, whiting. Go when you
would into the Senate gallery and look upon
the Senate, you would see him working with
his knife upon a piece of wood, and around
his chair would be the chips he had cut off
He did not appear to be making anything of
use or ornament from the block he was whit
Ting, but cut steadily on uutil he had used it
up, when one of the pages would bring him
another piece. He appeared to be very
kind-hearted man, and fond of children. He
was great favorite with the boy pages, and
frequently you would see one or two of them
standing by his desk talking with him. The
only popularity about his dress was vest
which he generally wore when in Washing
ton. 1t was made of the skin of some wild
beast, with the fur outside
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-05-11

Of lesser articles. 1t is shame-this
wanton destruction of property. From 8
man comfortable in life Mr.. Hoffman is
getting into reduced circumstances. lie
said he had lost about thousand dollars
during the past year.
The whole matter is confounding. There
are, however, several plausible theories
for the cause, of the seemingly marvellous
transactions. Careful watch has been
kept, vet no clue to the perpetrators OF
the outrages has been discovered: Hun
dreds of men and women have visited the
premises II is said that the spiritualists
propose holding meetings at the house,
and get up a circle to see if anything can
be developed. From the Wooster (Ohto)
Republican.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-05-11
HENRY CLEWS & CO.,
32 Wall Street, Ne,o York.
FOR SALEBY
BANKS AND BANKERS GENERALLY.

Tower, Giddings & Torrey,
Brewster, Sweet e. Co., Boston.
General Agents for New England, and for sale by
Spencer, Villa g. Co., Boston.
FOgg Bros. d. Bates, 50
Head T. Perkins, IS
Richardson, Hill e. Co.., Z"
Il. Rollins Morse g. Co.,
Atwood e. Co., IS
Hubbard Bros. a. Co., So
Beck Bros,
stone a. DOwner,
Il. A. Hayvley e. Co., 8.
j. ID. SturtevaMt, ss
George w. Warren g. Co.,
Potter BrOs.,-Bankers, Augusta.
J. l.. Adams,-Cashier, 80
VIM. II. Johnson
Swan e. Barrett, IS 50
Henry NJ. PaysOn, " 60
Or any of the Banks of Portland, of whom pamph-
lets and information may be obtained.
Aher careful investigation of the merits of the
burlington, Cedar Rapids and Minnesota r. Il.
First Mortgage Bonds, we can confidently recon-
mend them as safe and desirable investment
TOWER, GlDDlNGS Il TORREY.
VISIT BREWSTER, SWEET II co.
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7-3O GOLD LOAN
OF THE
Northern Pacific r. r.
RAPID PROGRESS OF THEgWORK.

The building of the Northern Pacific Railroad
(begun July last,l is being pushed forward with
Several thousand men are employed in Minnesota
and on the Pacific coast. The grade is nearly
| completed 266 miles westward from Lake Supe.
rior; trains are running over 100 miles of finished
road, and traekaying is rapidly progressing toward
the eastern border of Dakota. Including its pur-
| chase of the St. Paul 4 Pacific Road the Northern
Pacific Company now has Ala miles of completed
road and BY September next this will be Increased
A GOOD INVESTMENT. Jay Cooke & Co., are
| now selling, and unhesitatingly recommend, as a
Profitable and perfectly safe investment, the First
Pacific Railroad Company. They have 80 years
to run, bear Seven and ThreeTenths per cent gold
secured by fret and only mortgage on the entire
road and its equipments, and also, as fast as the
road ss o is co oTp let d. on ,xn. ,,o 90 .,
or 500 Acres for cash q 600 Bond. They
empt from y, 5; Tax; Principal and Interest are
70 : 1000; Registered, sl0O to $4,000.
LANDS FOR BONDS. Northern Pacific 1905
are at all times receivable at ten per cent above
par, in exchange for the Companys Lands at their
lowest cash price. This renders them practically
interes. barring land warrants.
SINKING FUND. The proceeds of all sales of
Lands required to be devoted to the purchase
| and cancellation of the First Mortgage Bonds Of
the Company nip , The land Grant Of the Road ex
Fund will undoubtedly cancel the principal of the
Company's bonded debt before it falls due. With
their ample security and high rate of interest, there
is no investment accessible to the people, which is
more profitable safe.
EXCHANGING U. S. FIVE-TWENTIES. The
success of the New Government per cent. Loan
will compel the early surrender of United States
per cents. Many holders of Fiye-Twenties are now
exchanging them for Northern Pacific Seven-Thir
ties, thus realizing handsome profit, and greatly
increasing their yearly income.
OTHER SECURITlES.-All marketable Stocks
and Bonds will be received at their highest current
price in exchange for Norther n Pacific Seven-Thir
ties. Express charges on money or Bonds received
and on Seven-Thirties sent in return, will be paid
by the Financial Agents. Full information maps
pamphlets, etc. can be obtained on application at
any agency, or from the undersigned.
For sale by
JAY CooK T. sAs 60
PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK, WASHINGTON,
Financial Agents Northern Pacific Railroad
Company.
b. E. Potter Bro.
w. T. johnson, Cashier Granite National Bank,
Agents in Augusta. feb6 teod&w3m
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-29
THE IIIBERN MANS.

! rur ryER-oIoRToUs FOURTH PIC'
SIC At THE FLORA GARDEN.
The IIibcrnian fire company, second to
no company IN the city in efficiency, have
resolved to celebrate the coming Fourth
by a picnic at Flora Garden, and appeal to
the citizens for that patronage TO which
their labors for the public good has entitled
them. They have procured the services
of the silver cornet band, and will open
the festivities by marching, headed by the
band, through the principal streets of the
city. Arriving at the garden the DECLARE
ton of independence will be read by
NJ. b. Harrel and an Grafton delivered by
q gentleman whose name will hereafter be
announced Tables will 10 prepared for
the hungry, mild drinks furnished TO those
who are dry, and an opportunity to dance
given to those who affect that amusement.
No improper characters will be admitted
and the best of order will be preserved.
Those who attend this picnic will enjoy II
pleasant day and be in no danger by either
field or food. Tickets, so cents.
The committee of arrangements is COM
posed the following gentlemen; William
MclIalc, James Kennedy, james ii. Eng
lish and John Hogan.