The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-02-25
TELEGRAPHIC.
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WARRINGTON.
! WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-Nearly all
the windows on the Avenue are engaged
and all reservations on the same are
equipped with seats for the accommo-
dation Of spectators. A large force is
engaged in putting the Avenue in a
proper condition for the carnival. The
preparations for the masquerade ball at
the National Theatre promise d brill
liant success.
Bowen has been arrested ON another
charge of bigamy at tho instance of
Frances Hicks. She charges him with
having married her in Augusta, Ga, in
1852.
The Commandant of Fort Dodge,
Kansas, telegraphs the Secretary of War
| that he is apprehensive of renewal of
Indian attacks on the frontier settle
| ments.
Judge Wylie, upon discharging the
Bowen jury, said that, as the prosecu-
ton failed to obtain a verdict on that
evidence, he did not think they would
ever have verdict. He said that one
bribed juror was more than a match for
his eleven fellows, but he did not mean
to insinuate that there was q bribed
Juror on this panel. He did not see
how q juror could hesitate for moment
in finding a verdict in a case like this
and he thought that the evidence of
two witnesses, who testified to their
own infamy, should not have much
weight. Wretches Of that kind ought
not to be believed.
The Committee on Reconstruction Or
u hot, 11> tn 1>i1
repeating the test-oath, according to the
Presidents recommendation. The COM
mittee also reported, but had reconmit-
ted with privilege to print, Cobb's bill
creating a ku-klux Commissioner in
each county of the States lately in insur-
rection and in Kentucky. The bill gives
| the commissioner extraordinary judicial
| powers he can call out posse c0naitnt,Gs
or the militia, or the nearest army or
naval forces, to serve his processes.
iSe,aate.-Pool submitted several affi-
davits attcsting to the signatures to the
petition against tho removal of Gov.
Vance's disabilities.
| HO,Gse.-Wheeler, chairman of the
Committee on Pacific Railroads, gave
notice that on Tuesday he would call
up the Southern Pacific Railroad.
The West Point case was resumed,
and the resolutions were finally adopted
as reported by the committee of militia
ry affairs. 1t restores the three desert
ers, and orders Il court of inquiry.
The bill for the safety of travellers
carried by steamships contains II Sec
tions and covers SIS printed pages. 1t
establishes regulations to guard against
fire, leakage, explosions and other ac-
cidents; the bill passed, and goes to the
Senate. Adjourned.
! -NNI,n Srfo nm
or Tybc is due at New York on the 22d,
when news from the Tennessee is OK
pected.
The Herald's special from Havana
says that the insurgcnt leader for the
Cinco Villes district is about surrender
ing.
| Articles of impeachment have been
presented in the Arkansas House of
Representatives against Gov. Clayton.
The performance ut the Opera House,
Chicago, for the benefit Of the "Littlc
Church around the corner" nettcd tho
sum of $500.
The steamer Pacific, from Liverpool,
was lost on the Shetland Islands, with
| 26 of her crew.
Senator Davis, Of Ky, made an argu-
ment before the Senate committee on
commerce, against the proposed ma
| tiOnal charter for tho Cincinnati II
Southern Railroad. Mr.. Davis thinks
that the constitutional grant to regulate
commerce between the States does not
cover such propositions.
| House.--The Military Appropriation
is up. The Democrats are attacking it
for the use made of the military in elcc
tiOns.
| MISCELLANEOUS.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-The total sub
scription for French sufferers by the
war amounts to $77 $50.
ST.. LOUIS, Feb. 16.-A special to the
Republican says nearly a square in
Helena, Ark, was destroyed by fire;
loss 49,, 900.
| LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. 1G.-The first
number of the Daily Ledger, Il new
Democratic paper, appeared this morn
ing.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
| LONDON, Feb. 16.-Thc Queen OF
Spain is at Nice en- route for Madrid, cs-
cortcd by her husband. Ex-Queen Isa-
bella has offered to swear allegiance to
! Amadeus.
In consequence of certain preparation.
service the military class of 1872, Bis
mnrck will consent to proiong the arm.
istice five days only.
The capitulation of Paris has been
, signed, and the garrison withdrawn
with their arms and baggage.
The Journal Des Debats says thai
Theirs is universally regarded as tn,
future President of France, with Favrc