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The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1871-12-16

On motion, Resolved, that this
body adjourn, to meet again on the
I'd Monday In January, 1872. W.
~ JOS. i. RYAN,
..... President Police Jury.
Attest:
J. V. Moss, Clerk P. Jury.
Lake Charles, Dec. Y, 1871. Is
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-02-08
The Poll Tax.

The effort now making in the
Legislature, by some of the best
members, to devise some means by
which men can be made to paw
their poll tax, is q praiseworthy
one, and ought to succeed. What
cen be done to bring that about, is
not SO clear. No doubt, if a law
could be made that deprived a
man of the right to sit as a juI or
SO long as his poll tax remained
unpaid, it would stimulate many
persons to discharge this obliga
tion, which they owe to the State ;
but. whether it would prove the
panacea for all our troubles in this
line, is by no means certain.
With a provision in the consti.
tntion, which prevents the denial
OF the right to vote, on account OF
the non-payment of this tax, it be.
comes difficult question to settle.
That the tax ought to be paid by
every man in the State, cannot be
questioned, and probably there is
no class in the State, who would
derive SO much benefit from full
collection of the poll tax, AS the We
ry men who now refuse to pay it.
Paying taxes is not a pleasant du.
ty, at least to those who have the
pay part to do. We have made
an examination into the poll tax
business, and find that only about
every other man pays this tax.
If we desire to derive the utmost
benefit from our school system, we
must take steps at once to secare
this, the larger portion of the rev.
enue to that fund. This is a mat.
ter in which not a few, but all ,nen
are interested, for the less We col.
lect by poll tax, the more we must
collect from property. 1t is some.
thing that appeals to the pockets
of ns all, and we desire to see that
those who derive the benefit, help
pay the bills.
An amendment to the constitu.
tion, striking out the clause that
forbids the denial Of the right Of
suffrage, on account of non.pay
ment Of poll tax, wonld accomplish
this result. Why cannot this lie
done ?-DaiIy Union.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-02-08

BLUsuEs.-Goetlie was in com.
pany with mother and daughter,
when tie latter being reproved
for something, bluslled and burst
into tears. lie said to the mother /:
a." How beautiful your reproach
has made your daughter. Tie
crimson hue and those silvery
tears become her much better than
an ornament of gold or pearls ;
those may be hung on the neck of
any woman; these are ever seen
connected with moral purity. A
fnll-blown flower sprinkled with
purest hue is not so beautiful as
this child blushing beneath her
parents displeasure, and sheading
tears of sorrow for her fault. A
blush is the sign which nature
hangs out to show where chastity
and honor dwell"
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-02-08

If farming is q science, and a
trade as we believe, then it ought
to be done by rule. IL has a sys
tenn in principle, and it ought to
have in practice. There is a time,
a place and a way for everything
connected with the bnsiness--and
the best success, is to be found in
practicing the best system. Farm
ing is like housekeeping, or shool.
teaching, or manufacturing, in this
respect t-if it is not done system.
atically it is done to a great disad.
vantage. There is a waste and
loss at all ends and corners-the
waste in time is very great the
waste in produce is not q little.
How many farmers there are
who do everything by guess or at
random. They pIow all soils alike
for all crops |; they sow when they
happen to get ready, whether the
season, the soil or the weather is
right or not (; they have no idea of
the size of their fields nor the
quantity OF seed they put OH to
the acre. They guess it is about
right. They have no system Of
rotation of crops no plan for saw.
ing manures or fertiiizing their
soil no way of draining; or feed
ing to their stock the most good
with, the least feed the road is
their wyard and pasture the
door.yard is their hog-pen +; a rail
fence is their only gate; their
fowls are everywhere, where they
ought not to be. destroying and
wasting their tools, carriages and
harness are always ont of order,
and generally exposed to the sun
aud rain their stock is wandering
they no not where their fences
are fast going down or fast going
to ruin ; unruly horses, hogs and
cattle, are often breaking in where
they ought not to be; fence cor.
ners and headlands are growing
up with briars and brush or,
cbards uptrimmed gardens are
neglected; weeds grow; crops
fail stock die; tools break; fami
ly gets eick F.; expenses multiply ;
profits diminish; spirits flag
! h. mo L----..--'- -,srrirHpPy--wnu can
tell what does not follow that is
miserahle2 All this may be
avoided by systematic farmlng.-
Every merchant knows, that ii his
business is not done in order and
in time, he is the loser. Ihe
farmer ought to know it. In no
business is system more requisite
than in farming. The farmer has
to do with fixed laws-they must
he obeyed or he or his crops sut:
fer. Order is heavens first law
SO it should be the farmers.
Rural World.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-02-08

We learn from our telegraph
dispatches, that there is great prob
ability of Congress taking mp the
Southern Pacific Railroad Bill
during the present week. We
sincerely trust this may be true,
and that when once mp, it will be
pressed to successful conclusion.
There is no reason why Congress
should not aid this enterprise to
the same extent, and in the same
manne., that it did the Union and
Central Pacific roads. Justice to
a section of the country that needs
assistance in this line, demands
that Congress be not partial in the
distribution of it's tavors.
With Southern Pacific Rail
road open.sto the golden gates OF
California, a new future would. be
open to the South, and we hore
our delegation in Congress realize
this fact, and will use their united
efforts to secure favorable action
by the National Legislature.
Columbia Union.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-02-08
,ent Of the 9tates nriO Conntru.
The TRIAL OF Hon. r. r. Bur.

The 'TRIAL OF Hon. r. r. Bur.
Eth the Criminal Court of
Washington City, before Judge
'Wylie, Yesterday morning. tile
case of Hon. r. r. Butler, of Ten,
nessee, m an Indictment tor forge.
ry, was called, and the witnesses
from North Carolina having arriv-
ed, the Government, represented
by Jud 90 Fisher and Mr.. Harring.
ton. said they We're ready, and the
trial was proceeded with. Mr..
Butler appeared with his council,
Messrs., Davidge, Riddle and N.
II. Miller, and waved arraign.
ment, pleading not guilty to the
first indictment, which charges
him with forging the name of Mrs.
Bcfthemy Farmer on q draft for
the payment of a pension. Mrs.
Farmer was the only witness ex.
amined for the prosecution, and the
facts, as sworn to by her, were di.
rectly controverted by several wit
nesscs. The Court, at the close of
the examination, stated. that there
was not the slightest, ground f.
the, prosecution, and the case was
given to the jury, who promptly
brought in verdict of not guilty
!. Washington Chronicle.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-02-08
Oepote0 to 1tfps

street, New York. Here he be-
calno acquainted with the thieves,
gamblers and eounterfeiters, and
being naturally smart and intelli.
gent, soon became leader of his
feliow.criminals. He established
a saloon, which became the head.
quarters of all the rconnterfeiters
and showers of the queer In,
the country. and in due time be
came an expert in the business
When the counterfeit $50 Treasury
notes first made thsir appearance.
he showed seventeen of them i'm
one day.. purchasing a sufficient
amount Of clothing to supply him.
self and mistress for over two
years. Shortly after this, he be.
came one of the leaders Of one of
the worst gangs of counterfeiters
in the United States, and was con.
nectcd with the stealing of certain
plates from the United States Trea
snry cffice. In 1866, the gang to
which he belonged went. into the
fractional cnrrancy business, and
to them the country is Indebted for
the iirnumerable fifty and twenty
five cent notes with which every
community, both East and West,
were flooded, and it was while i'm
this business that he was detected. i.
In November, 1869. his gang had
agents in all parts Of the country.
to who they sent their worthless
currency tor circulation. His bold.
ness getting the better OF his dis
creti"n, he was. detected and ar.
rested by Colonel Wood. Chief
Detective of the Treasury Depart,
mont. escaped from a train from
the New York and Albany Rail,
road, and made the best of his
time and started West. He has
made some successful hauls, and
scattered "the queer" in Omaha
and St. Joseph, and was traced up
and arrested a few days ago upon
a train between Cheyenne and
Denver. .
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-02-08

. A proviso is inserted that after
such apportionment shall have
been made, when any new State
shall he admitted into the Union,
the Representative or Representa-
tives OF such new State, shall be
additional to the number of $50,
herein limited.
Upon this basis, the only States
whose representation will be re-
dnced will be New Hampshire and
Vermont, each Of which will lose
one Representative. The States of
Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
Delawar G, Louisiana, Ohio, Flori.
da, Oregon, West Virginia, Neva-
da and Nebrask, will each retain
their present representation. The
States of Massachusetts, New York,
Maryland, Virginia, North Caro-.
lima, South Carolina, Alabama
Mississippi, California and Mime
sofa, will each gain one over their
present representation. The States
Of New jersey, Pennsylvania,
Georgia, Texas, Wisconsin and
K""sUs, VIII each gain two. The
States of Missouri, Michigan and
Iowa, will each gain three, and the
State OF Illinois will gain four.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-02-08

YouNe men who 60 to see young
ladies: have adopted a novel meth
cd Of obtaining kisses. They as
sert that, on the authority of scien.
tific writers, that the conclusion
produced by kiss, will cause the
flame of a gas jet to flicker, and
easily induce the damsel to expe-
riment in the interest Of science.
The first kiss or two tho parties
watch the flame to see it flicker,
but soon become so interested in
the experiment as to let it flicker
when it wants to.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-02-08

THE disruption of the Imperial
Court has caused the exile of all
of the Enperor's friends, many of
whom are just now settled in
Switzerland. Geneva fairly over
flows with titled exiles. Isabella,
of Spain, and Henry ", of France,
lead the royalties-the latter nnder
the modest title of M. Aubry.-
Prince Plon and his wife, Princess
Clotilde, lead the minor notables.
Having sold their .luxurious villa,
Prangi, they live quite plainly in
ain hotel. A number of ladies
and gentlemen of the court cluster
about these Imperial relics, and
two or three ex-Prefects keep up
the illusion of the old days of
riotous fesIivity. There are seve
raj editors of the late regime
Mr.. Vilemessant, Of the Figaro,
among them.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-02-08
VOLUME XVII~N0. SO.

We are informed, by good aas
thority, that the railroad, now in
process of construction between
this city and Sumpter, will be
pushed forward with all possible
dispatch, and that it is the inten
tion of those controlling it, to have
trains on the road before mid
summer. This is good news, if
only true, as we trnst. il is. Colo
mel Bridgers is .; thorvugh rail-
road man, and when he once fixes
upon thing, he generally accom-.
plishes:it. This road will bring
Suinpter within two hours' ride
OF the State cipital, and will open
up for, settlers much good land.
now comparatively worthless, on
account OF it's inaccessibility.-
Property in that section ought to
increase in value very materially,
just as soon as the first evidence is
manifested that trains will be put
upon the road. tits a long, round
about way to Sumpter by the
present route, and we are not sur.
prised at the small amount OF
travel from that quarter.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-02-08
A Sudden Marriage.

In a little town in the county OF
Marion, Missouri. a few days ago,
a curious wedding took place, and
tTIc TTrfturiuuri~v -i~.~-i:.-,x a.. -.l,at
important even are thus descrlb-
ed: Mr.. joseph Chipman and
Miss Mamie llutchison engaged
in game of forfeits-that is to
say, they agreed to do certain
things which, it not copied by the
other party, was to subject the one
refusing, to the payment of a
specified forfeit. Both. by the
way, were engaged for marriage
to other parties. Joseph declared
that he could beat Nanny that
very day by getting married.
Nanny retorted, that he could not
run into greater danger on the mat
rimonial track than she was willing
to do. Neither was willing to
give in, or retreat an inch, and
each vowed that there would be q
wedding that night unless the 9th.
er withdrew.
1t happened that no clergyman
lived nearer than Emerson, a
town four miles away. The
young man proposed to go after
this minister, and have the nup.
tials solemized, then and there =
The young lady, with a shrewd,
ness, not to say suspiciousness,
that does her honor, said that she
would go along too. Hence, they
started together in buggy, with
80 real purpose, it is said, even
then. of figuring as principals in a
wedding, and leaving their &C
qnaintances laughing at what they
deemed frst.rate joke. They
arrived at the clergyinan's house,
each armed with the indomitable
resolution not to give in; each,
however, secretly believing that
when matters came to a decisive
point the other would back down.
Bnt Nanny was full of pluck, and
so was Joe, and the pair were
married in the buggy as it stood
before the parsons door, and re.
turned to their friends as Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Chipman. Whether
this marrying in haste may pro-
duce the proverbial leisurely re-
pentance, or whether two actions
of breach of promice may grow
ont of the affair, time must re.
solve; meantime, the sddden mar.
riage has created a great local
sensation, as the parties, up to the
time the knot was tied, did not
want TO marry each other, had
never intended doing 81, aud had
10 idea OF being nntil their union
was a tact. s.,, ...
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-02-08
Sslrrtrh purtry.
Good Night.

Soft glimmcrs the moon through tho trcllised
vines, "a E
But softer splendor quivers and shines
In eyes tear-wet, yet bright;
Like the crimson flush OF the coming dawn,
Tho rose ON her check blooms quick, and Ia
gone
"Good night, dear Love, good nigbtw
swaycd in the wind, the rose buds pour
Their perfume at the cottage door,
From petals purple aud white;
But their honeyed sweets are mixed with
pain,
For lovers who part to meet again
|, "aood night, sweet Flower, good night ~
Sad IS the touch Of the wavo on the sands,
But sadder the pressure of trembling hands,
The brown one clasping the white;
And heart. throbs are wilder than waves on
the shore,
As those sad, sweet words are faltered once
moro
"Good night, pale Trcmbler, good night"
From leaf to leaf, from flower to flower,
The new spirits dance in the midnight hour,
With slippers Of silver bedght;
But pcrfecter pearls are the tears that shine
On the fair young cheek meath the eglautino ::
"Good night, bright wecper, good night ~
But the moon must wane in an hour more,
And the flowers that swing mt the cottage
door
Must dream of tho morning light
So love must .slumber, so loves sleep beam
With the trust and the truth of morning
n---- .ra.a...s.
Good night, hearts Dearest. rood nIobt y,
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-02-08
MEN Who MAKE FARMING PAY.

MEN VINO MAKE FARMING PAY.
Mr.. j. b. Lyman read an inter-
esting paper, stating several in.
stances OF men who had begun a
few years ago with nothing, and,
had already accumulated fortunes
by farming alone, concludediw with
the following advice:
"In times like these, when
valnbles decline and merchants
tremble, it behooves every man
who knows how to grow beans or
feed cows, to set forty acres of
firm earth beneath his feet"
j. w. Gregory mentioned one
or two similar cases, to which
were added two or three corrob.
rating facts by other gentlemen,
the remark Of the case being per.
tinently closed, Mr.. A. S. Fuller;
saying: /
was not aware that nybody
conceived the possibility of failure
in farming or other business, If
the motto, work and save,' be
adopted at the outside and lived
up to faithfully"
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-02-08

In the Louisville Courier Jour
nal, cf the 10th, we find the fol-
lowing: "A letter from Mrs.
Lee says that it is her intention to
have the Generals remains re-
moved to Richmond should she
ever leave Lexington, and if not,
she wishes them at her death, to be
placed in Hollywood, and that she
be buried beside him there. -
This settles the question that
Richmond is to be their final rest
ing.place, and makes it appropri
ate that there his grateful and low,
ing countrymen should rear their
greatest monument to lis memory.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-02-08

The House Judiciary Commit.
tee, to which was referred the sub.
ject of a new Congressional Ap.
pointment, has made a report, &C.
companied by a Bill based npon
the census just completed, which
proposes that from and after the
Sd of March, 1878, the House OF
Representatives shall be composed
OF 2SO members, to be apportioned
among the several States as fol-
lows:
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-02-08
a Western Claude Duval-Remark
able Carer Of a Young Thief

the Kansas City Bulletin, of
the 21s: ult.. relates The f"lluwiny /:
There arrived at the Union De.
pot, Yesterday morning, from Che
yenne, sec'.rely ironcd, and under
care of :, United States detective,
named L. S. Gleuden, of Cincin-
natl, one of the most daring boy
impostors ever caught by the an.
thOrities. His name is said to be
Dennis Harrison, and he is the
younges: son of a machinist living
in Columbus, Ohio. At an early
age. the boy developed a vicious
disposition, and was detected in
an attempt to rob the United States
mail car on the Pan, Handle Road.
For this offence he was sent to the
House OF Refuge.
Finding The accommodations of
this establishment unsuitable to his
fastidous taste. he made such earn
est protestations of pietv and re-
pentance, that he was allowed to
return to his parents at Columbus.
Here he again developed his vi
cious instincts by beating his
mother. setting fire to the house
and running. away. Tie next
heard of him he is enlisted as a
bugler in cavalry regiment, en-
route TO the Rocky Mountains
Here he proved himself such an in.
corrigible young thief, that after one
years service in the guard house,
he was drummed out OF the army
at Fort Laramie. He was soon
:afterward taken, disguised as an
Indian, in an attack upon a supply
train, together with another white
renegade, who was forthwith hung
to tree. Harrison was spai ed
on account of his touih, and taken
to Fort Halleck, whence he soon
0fterward escaped.
He became acquainted in Den.
yer with q desperate gang of stage
robbers and took part in their at.
facks npon the overland mails in
1S64-5. He soon after left the
West aud returned home to Ohio,
and Joined the Methodist Church.
de became acquainted with a
yonng country girl and married
her, but deserted her soon after
He became a brakeman ON the
Central Ohio Railroad, but was
discharged for laziness. lie was
married again in GAINESVILLE, and
was arrested in Newark for sednc
tion, but managed to escape the
deluded victim, with some Of 5000
in money.
Il d came to Kansas City in the
winter of 1867, and, assuming the
character OF hayward son of
wealthy banker East, and made his
way into good society, both here
and at Wyandotte. Being good.
looking and free with money, he
"toOk WELL" and became engaged
TO two OF Kansas City's fair dangh.
fers. He remained here a brief
period, and lett the city and a re-
spectacle family in Wyandoue
cnrs'ng him and his deception.--
His next scene Of rascality was at
q counterfeiter's den in Houston
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-02-08

A YOUNG MAN at Davenport,
Iowa, named Van Evra, nineteen
years old, committed suicide by
jumping in the river. His girl
had got.her Grecian bend elevat-
ed about something, and he
thought to show her that there
were as good fish in the river as
ever were caught. lie is fishing
for them yet.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-02-08

The Whittemore cadet at West
Point Military Academy. whose
appointment cost the South Caro-
lima Congressman his scat in the
House OF Representatives. has
just been discharged from the
Academy for non proficiency
The father of the young man con.
siders the purchase of the cadet
snip very bad investment on his
part.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-02-08

a, CAUTION To LADIEs.-A respondent
from Liberty, Pa, writes that physician of
that place has discovered n species of mcros
scopic insects which infests the material used
Tor chignons, called mohair. These insects
enter the scalp, and causes immediate death:
lie states that young lady, who had been
wearing the article in question. now lies in a
critical condition, her scalp being filed with
these insects, and her recovery is considered
hopeless by the bost physicians of the local.
ity.
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JOHN c. & EDWARD BAILEY, PR0,RS.
Two Dollars per annum.

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{this sized type) or less for the first insertion,
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insertions. Yearly contracts will he made.
Az advertisements must have the number
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inserted till ordered out, and charged for.
Unless ordered otherwise, Advertisements
will invariably be "displsyed.'
Obituary notices, and oil matters inuring to
to the benefit Of any one. are regarded as
Advertisements.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-02-08

INHUMAN.-A human fiend who
resides in Marblehead, Mass, went
home q few weeks ago in a fit of in.
toxicatlon and threw his wife out
Of doors and broke her leg. 1t
was set and doing we'll when a
night OF. two ago be returned
again under the influence Of liq-
uor, andh deliberately broke the
limb again in two places.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-02-08

On The goth or 2Ist ult., says the Edge.
field Advertiser, in the neighborhood of Mr..
Tillman Clark's on the c. c. & r. r.,
negro man. whose name we have not learn
ed lenped from the platform of a car. struck
his head against something, WIS run over,
fearfully mangled, and died on Sunday. H.
is only people perfectly ready and willing
to exchange this world for better one, who
ought 70 essay such leaps.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-02-08

Tie Columbia Union says tn at General
Anderson has returned from his inve.tiga.
'ion Of the troubles ia Union county. aid
from what 1t can CLEAN, matters have quiet.
ed down very much there, and seeming
disposition prevails. 10 prevent a recur.
renee OF The fearful outrages. that have dis
graced portion OF the county, on several
occasions