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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-04
Mnrt,f Gras ia 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 n group
of maskcrs would run full tilt against
others, lOOsing their balance and tumb-
ling to the pavement. The scramble
would provoke excessive merrinent,
but taken in good part by all, none
seemed to care for it.
AS upon every occasion of the kind
some peculiar costume gained diStinc-
ton by the cccentricity of the wearcr,
or the peculiar antics; it gave rise to. On
Canal street the most noticeable ofthcse
masqueraGcrs was the Monkey and the
Indian. Evidently much care had been
observed in the selection of the costume
of both, and their chief pcsl,liarity was
disccrned in the extraordinary gallnntry
they displayed. Their devotion to the
ladies was something marvellous. Ono
young lady, dressed fas!l!onab}y and
bearing about her an evident air of re-
fincmcnt, was shocked to discover herself
suddenly claSpcu in the arms of Il br;lW-
nv uMandarin.' Her scream of indig
nation and surprise had hardly given
warning of her alarm before she discOV
cred in the maSuue her brother. Such
tricks We're 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
fcstcd by Chief of Police Badger pre-
vented all disturbances. AS night APP
preached preparations for Il brilliant
illumination We're pushed forward, and
all at once the llindling of innumcrablc
Jets of flames made the wide city rs
light as day. Many curious devices
blazcd from the balconies, and curved
and twisted around the corners of the
buildings, until all the principal
thorought;trcS We're gorgeous with the
pagent. 1t was such Il scene, indeed,
as only Mardi Gras can produce, and
every man and woman alike contri-
buted their mite to the splcndOr of tho
festival. But the hours sped rapidly,
and midnight, with its glorious burst
of music, its sounds of rcvclry and re
joicing, showed how the population
were chasing the glowing hours will
flying feet. With the stroke of mid
night was inauguratcd in hunkrct
places the balls of the Carnival; ani
with them ended the festivals of Mard
GraS.-N. q. /fcly,aae
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-04
Clippings.

Five thousand copies of Bret IIartc's
volume of stories, and three of his pO-
ems, have been sold by OsgOOd d Co.
The new Governor of Maine has just
appointed his predecessor in Office Il
Justice of the Peace.
A citizen of Georgia writes that he
"has applied for Postmastership," and
shall sspress it with vigger."
Ifyou take a thing at all take it easy.
It isn't worth while to convert yourself
into baggage wagon.
Mr.. Greeley says Gin the Boston Post)
this is a good month to SOW pickle seed
in hot beds, for transplanting in May.
Boston is in Il convulsiOn of laughter
over q woman who refused to buy beef
on account of the cattle disease, and
took pound OF liver instead.
The dearest spot on carth-thc store
that don't advertise.
The paternity Of the following rcada-
BILE hits belongs to the Couricr-Journal:
Heavens last, worst gift to man-thc
strong-mindcd women.
He who has trade may travel eve
! rywhcrc.
The loss OF Prussia in tho present
war is estimated to be about 5000
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-04
Southern 0utrnGsS.

The proceedings of the "Outragc'
Committee are thus rccitcd in theWash
ington Chronicle, and republishcd here
that our people may see how Southern
affairs are viewed by the Radicals:
Tho Special Senate Committee, ap-
pointed to make an investigation into
the condition ofafl;,irs at the South, has
held daily sessions during the last two
weeks. Thus far, twenty-five witnesses
have been eXamincd-all from North
Carolina-among them Judges Settle
and Henry, and other prominent citi-
zcns.
Governor Holden will be examined
in a few days.
The Democrats, it is understood, viii
summon eX-Judge Battle, B. =. Moore,
and other well known politicians, to
testify in behalf Of the Kukiux.
The defence and apology for the out
RACES arc laid on two grounds: One, the
existence Of the Union League; the
other, the alleged railroad frauds.
The witnesses already examined have
uniformly testified to the existence Of
the Order known as the kukluX, and
come from all parts Of tho State.
One fact already proven is that the
Associated Press agent at Raleigh, who
prepared the dispatches of last summer
concerning the movement Of tho militia
and the ku<luX 1\lanS, and who col
ored his statements in the interest of
the rebels and insurrectionists, Gas eN
posed at the time by special cores
pondent of the New York Tribunc,) is
a member of the kukluX Khan!
This person is an cmploye in the Raj
eigh Sentinel, edited by Joseph Turner.
The members of the committee are
much Interested in the startling dcvel-
Opments made, and are busily prose-
cutting their labors. y large number
of witnesses will be subpenicd here
after, many of them persons actually
scourgcd, several eX-members of the
KukluX organization, and others, who
are officially acquainted with the fail
ure of State civil law to punish or sup
press the KukluN. 1t is evidently the
intention of the committee to prosecute
the work laid out for them thoroughly
and impartially. To do this, Judging
from the progress made, Will require
months of continuous labor.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-04
Ouachita Coal.

Our people, it wonld seem, havo lost
sight of the fact that we have almost
unlimited wealth buried in the Garth
Immediately around our growing city.
Before and during the first years of the
late war, the Ouachita Coal Mines,
were worked to some extent, and oil !,
in paying quantities, was manufnc-
tured. But the "break up'' buried, for
the time, this interest in the general
ruin.
But now, that the country is begin
ming to recover from the general pros
tration, it behooves us to look around,
and bring to light the treasures of
wealth that Providence Himself stored
away for us, in the pre-Adamite age.
Immediately along the banks of the
Ouachita, and only ten Or twelve miles
above this city, is a stratum of coal,
ranging from to feet in thickness
and covering a considerable area of
country. 1t is known to cross the Qua
'chita river both above and below this
city, Corning the bed of the river at
each place. and probably lying under
the city too.
We are assured by the members of
the old company, that the coal can be
mined and delivered into boats on the
river, for 3 cents per bushel. The
mines were worked before, were only
three-fourths of a mile from the river.
They had a wooden railway from the
mines to the river, constructed at a
very trifling cost.
This coal is known by the miners as
stbrown COAL" but to Minearalogists as
sslignite." 1t is found in the tertiary
deposits, and for heating purposes, sur
passes the bituminous coal.-Cunden
Bulletin.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-04
A Child Attacked by u Wild Cat.

A colorcd woman, living on the plan
tation OF Major Waddill III this parish,
took her infant child to tho 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-
cious animal, and one OF the men com
ing up to her assistance, the cat was
killed. The child was not seriously in
jurcd, though it has the marks OF teeth
and claws.-AEddis0, Journal.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-04
Mississippi Editors Experience In Grow
ing Cotton.

A crop, raised under tho direction Of
the senior editor of this paper, has been
q subject of frequent comment by the
people and the press. We have prom
ised to give the manner Of preparing
the ground so that all our readers may
have the advantage Of trying the exper-
iment that was regarded to be 30 sue
cessful in our case. For cotton we bedded
out the land the usual width, then run
three subsoil furrows in the water fur
row, one in the center and one on each
side of that. On this loose water furrow
we rebedded, giving the soil the advan'
tage OF two workings and the plant q
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 manured since
it's clearing. We had tenants that cul-
tivated in the ordinary way, with crops
wholly in the valley, that didn't make
half as much to the acre. We planted
our corn after the following preparation:
We beddetl the land with a two-horse
plow that cut three inches deep, follow
ed by u sharp bull-tongue; after bedding
the land we run the subsoil plow in the
water fl,rrow, rs in the cotton land, then
threw two furrows back, opened and
planted. This corn produced three
times as much as corn planted in the
ordinary way, in the same field and
same character Of land.-HolIy Springs
South.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-04
Written for tho OUAC1I1TA TELEGRAr11.l
AND WHO WILL YOU WE'D!
by wN. BEHEN.

a little girl with dancing oyes,
A dimpled chin and look wise;
A littlc girl with curly head
OF silky brown: That's who I'll we'd!
A little girl with graceful form,
A naive expression, which londs charm
And acts magnet-so tits said
To attract heart That's who I'll wed!
A little girl with rounded check,
Like peaches, and Il look so mock
That one just thinks, "a sanity head
And heavenly eyes - That's who I'll we'd!
A little girl with temper sweet,
That cen the gam,i,,s Of the street
Will doff their hats, whene'er they meet
Tho dancing eyes, i'll kindness bred:
And that's the girl whom will we'd.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-04
Frank Moore.

rAitISII SURVEYOR for Ouac hita and
Ecnor:l Land Agent for North LOUISE
ana. will attend to any business i'll this or
;Ajonins Parishes. Parties wishing to sell
tiud it to their interest to address him. lie
has for Silo several fine bodies of land in
Duarhita, Richland, Morchousc, Franklin
and Caldwell Parishes. Persons wishing to
sell will send numbers, description as to i'm,
provcmcntS, and terms. Having formed
connections in both Washington and Now
Orleans, he is prepared to represent 1itlSants
in contested land cascs, obtain patents, &c.
Ofico roar room of Richardson u McEncry's s
Law Office. For particulars address hun,
care of Richardson 4 MciInory, Monroe, La
August g. 1870.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-04

Thorough experiments made at the
machine shops Of the Illinois Central
road, at Chicago, appear to have estab-
lishcd the following facts as to the use
of petroleum for fuel:
/. Much greater power from the same
boiler capacity. Tho master OF the
shops stated that he could obtain more
steam from one boiler with petroleum
for fuel, than from two boilers fed by
cGal.
=. Less labor is required IN managing
machinery for the consumption Of pc
trolcum than under the old method OF
the use of coal.
9. Greater cvcnnes5 in running, clean
lincss in the surroundings of the ma
chincry, and in the personal habits OF
the employees.
/. Petroleum as fuel is a saving of fifty
per cent over the expense of coal.
! The application of the principle t.
the locomotives of the road is under
consideration, and the difficulty viii
be merely OF mechanical detail. f1rc
! boxes, cindcrs and smoke will disap
! pcar, and neatncSS within the cars vii
be accompanied by loss expense ant
! cheaper fare, let Us hope, without.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-04

Beauty don't draw us bya single hair
as much as she did, because the strand
is apt to be a matter Of purchase rather
than of nature. Hence the story of the
Halifax man. He attended a ladies'
fair not long since, and being solicited
to buy something by a fair creature
who kept one of the tables, said he
wanted to buy what he feared was not
for sale-a lock of her hair. To his sur
prise and delight she promptly cut off
the coveted curl and received the price
Offered-ten dollars. Tho happy pur-
chaser was exhibiting his trophy to one
of his friends, who very suddenly blast
ed his joy by saying, ssShe rather out
fanked you, for, to my certain knowl-
edge, she only paid three dollars for the
whole wig!"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-04

That old harlot, the New Orleans
Times, has recently excited the ire O.
the New Orleans Bulletin, and the way
the latter ssgets away" with the former
evinces great familiarity with the vain
tricks and blatant pretensions of the
Times. The following is clipped from
the Bulletin of the 10th instant:
The Times, after admitting that its
editor was a party to transaction OF
denounced, says:
GAS to the Bulletin, if its course had
been as high and straightforward as that
Of the Times, it's friends would not be
forced to the humiliating necessity of
soliciting private subsidies for its sup
port"
We are free to confess that if the Bull
letin had pursued not the same "high
and straightforward course" but the
tOrtuous and doubtful course of the
Times, the financial condition of the Bull
letin would have been better. Had we
engaged in the slaughter house monop-
oily and been incorporators Of levee bills
and other such measures Of Radical
plunder, our Golfers would have been
fuller. And did we possess the won
derful faculty of availing ourselves of
the bankrupt law, paying our creditors
FIVE or ten cents on the dollar, and then
emerging from the bankrupt court the
sole owner of a daily newspaper, our
bank account would compare favorably
with that of the Times. Admitting
that we are tsforced to the humiliating
necessity yofsoliciting private subsidies"
which is not true, is it not better to do
this than to grow fat by feeding upon a
tax-ridden people and withholding
from our honest creditors their just
dues: We submit that it is and we be-
lieve that the community will 50 con-
slider it.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-04
Bishop Andrews.

The venerable Bishop Andrew, the
Senior Methodist Bishop, is now so
journing in New Orleans. At the age
of S9-and after q service in the minis
try, of 60 years, he looked few days
ago, full of health and vigor. We re-
gret to say, that on Monday evening
he was smitten by severe stroke OF
paralysis. And his present condition
is such as to excite serious apprehension.
N. o. Presbyterian.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-04

An Iowa paper hastens to make this
correction We reported that Mr.. ID.
A. Dodd's wife had seven pairs oftwins
and two odd children during ten years
of married life. We were wrong. Mr..
Dodd, just in our Office, informs us there
arc eight pairs of twins and three odd
ones, nineteen in all-ten girls and nine
boys-in fourteen years, and they are
all liyinG.'
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-04
ADVERTISING REGULATIONS.

Transient advertisements must 'be paid
for in advance.
All advertisements sent to this office
when not otherwise ordered, will be inserted
"till forbid'' and charged acoord1sngly.
Editorial business notices will be made
free of charge, ofall advertisements ordered
in the paper; for other editorial notices a
charge Of 25 cents per line will be made:
An extra charge Of 25 per cont VIII IN
in width, and upon all double-column ad-
vertisements u similar charge will be made.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-04
r oUIsIANA A STATE UNIVERSITY,

l
Name changed from La. State Seminary.)
BATON ROUGE, LAT
FOUNDED AND SUPPORTED BY THE STATE OF
LOUISIANA.
NINTH SESSION,
Now in progress, will close in Juno, 1870.
The next session will begin first Monday in
September next, and will continue ten
ACADEMIC BOARD
Consists Of a full corps of able Instructors III
all branches of Literature and Science, usu-
ally taught in tho best Colleges and Uni
COURSE OF STUDY
Embraces Preparatory and Academic De-
partmcnt, including a Literary, Sclontlhc
and Optional Course, n Special School OF
Civil Engineering and Commercial School.
LIBRARY. APPARATUS SANDCABINETS
Well selected and valuable. Tho Gcolog-
ical and Mineralegical Cabinets, etc, the
largest and most complete in the South, en-
bracing the extensive collections Of tho late
Col: WALES, Of mississippi, and the Cabinet"
OF the Typographical, Geological and Botnn-
ical Survey OF louisiana
ADMISSION
Granted to Cadets not under fifteen years OF
age, who know Arithmetic, Grammar and
Geography. -
Oh every k1nO, Ccn llontIk, $SoO, $-OO
payable in advance, balance February lst,
or by accepted Draft, at per Ct, for ninety
days. Payments may be made through tho
Canal or Citizens Bank.
Cadets received Mt any time during the
session and charged from date of entrance.
DISCIPLINE,
Military with daily drill. a battery OF four
guns will afford facilities for INSTRUCTION in
Artillery. Uniform OF Cadet-gray Cloth to
be had at the Institution at a cost OF $25
per suit.
For further information, address
d. F. BOYD, superintendent,
Baton Rouge, La.
Office of the University, in Now Orleans at
Swarbrick Il Co.'s 50 Camp Street.
~Until the rebuilding of the College Edi-
flee, lately destroyed by fire, near Alexan;
iria, the institution il temporarily located
at Baton Rouge, i'll tho Deaf and Dumb
Asylum. Location very healthy, and &C,
co,nmodations ample for large number OF
Cadets. Number this session, 10.
May %, 1870. n36-1y
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-04

GA Friend of mine,'' said Erskine,
"was suffering from a continual wake
fulness, and various methods were tried
to bring him sleep. At last his physl-
clans resorted to an cxpedient which
succeeded admirably. They dressed
him in a watchman's coat, put a Ian
tern in his hand, placed him in a sentry
box, and he was asleep in ten minutes" J"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-04

The Rome (Georgia) Commercial
made its appearance the other morn
ing with q hole in it. The editor OK
planned it in the next issue by stating
that he had discovered an Objectionable
article after the edition had been
worked off, and had clipped it out of all
the papers before mailing. What
would that establishment do without
it's scissors?
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-04

1t is estimated that the cotton crop
will realize to the South this year about
81 ZOO, 900 less than last year, and that
the shipment Of Government and 9TH
er securities to Europe this year will
decrease from twenty-five to one hun
dred and fifty millions dollars from last
year.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-04

James II. Randall, author of "My
Maryland," has resigned the editor
ship of the Augusta, Georgia, Consti-
tutionaiist, and become an insurance
agent He has a volume of poems in
press.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-04

The bill to declare the charter of the
Crescent City Slaughtcrhouse Compa-
ny forfeited and to open the business of
slaughtcring to unrestricted competi-
ton, which passed the House of Rep
rescntativcs a few days ago, passed the
Senate by a vote Of 81 to /.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-04
JOHN M'ENEEY. $. d. NJ
i. d. >. ID. McEncry,

TTORNEYS AT LAW, Monroe, La,
n practice III tho Parish and District
Courts of Ouacllita, Morehouse, Franklin,
ltichland, Caldwell and Catahoula Parishes,
in tho Supreme Court at Monroe, and Uni
ted States Courts. Particular attention paid
to business in the Land Office Department
OF the General Government. n17tt
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-04
James r. SlrOtller,

4 TTORNEY AT LAW, General Collec-
~ tor and Real Estate Agent, Monroe,
La. Office opposite southeast corner OF the
courthouse sdiIarc jan2S-n19-1y
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-04

Horace Greeley says that of those
hired to work his farm more votes have
been cast during the last sixteen years
for the Democratic than the Rcpubli-
can ticket.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-04

The Engineering Magazine says:
awe are on the brink of a new era in
railways-thc era of the narrow gauge
railways-an era of renewed activity,
when every village, almost farnstcad,
NAV have it's railway"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-04
a. l.. Slack, ,

T'TORNT;Y AT LAW and Commits
~ sioncr for Texas. Ot1ico Wood Street,
Monroe, La. Prompt attention givon to col
!cctious in North Louisiana. Aug. 2j, 6S.5I7
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-04
Advance iii Real Estate In Selma, Ala

Since the Democratic victory in Sci
ma, Ala, and tho commencement Of
Forests road, real estate is said to have
advanced fifty per cent, and all kinds
of business to have grown brisk. The
news of the action of our County Court
subscribing $500, 600 to this END OF their
road, assuring its completion to this
city, and the prompt commencement
of the work, OF which we hope soon to
be able to send them Intelligence, will
further increase their good fortune.
And it would seem cxtravagant now
to predict the advantage to our city
and the country along the line of the
route, which is to result from the COM
plction of this important enterprise.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-04
Jas. q. Drew,

ItDLLECTINCi AGENT. Ot1ico Monroe,
I La with A. l.. Slack. ESQ; Trenton,
la, with Starditcr Il Mctiuirc.
J;n1Inry II 1870 n19:1y
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-03-04

A lady writes to the Chicago Rcpub-
lican: stl was present when Miss or
Mrs. Woodruff interviewed several
members of the House, some of whom,
to their honor be it said, could not be
mcsmcrizcd, and did not relish the
apple; but at last came Mr.. Julian, of
Indiana, who proved an easy prey.
The process was perfect. She sat very
close to him on the sofa, put her face
very near his, and fastened upon him
her magic orbs. She laid the tips of
her magnetic fingers upon his hand and
arm, as if to enforce and make emphatic
her arguments. IIcsoOn looked dreamy,
smiled as if gently waited on a sea of
bliss, and one could sec the apple was
tasting very sweet. She talked on
until he was completely under her in
tiucncc, bowling his head and respond
ing, while that sweet, dreamy smile lit
up his noble face, till at length she
placed in his hands her memorial,
! which he took, when they gracefully
rose to their feet, joined hands whilc
screrW adieus were spoken, ana the u1'
| pie ,rl,s ssrollouel. Mr.. Julian returned
To his seat to ask and obtain leave tt
have the memorial printed in the Con
| grcSSonal IlObc.'