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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-07-27
The Fall Elections.

Previous to the great Presidential
contest in November, the following
States and Territories hold elections
this fall: North Carolina, August I;
kentucky, Montana and Utah, August
s; New Mexico, September /; Califor-
mia. September 2; Vermont, Septem-
ber 3; Maine, September 9; Colorado
Territory, September 10; Dakota, In
diana, Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio, Penn
sylvania and District of Columbia;
October 3; South Carolina, October IG,
West Virginia, October ~. All the
States vote for Presidential Electors on
the 5th day of November, and on the
same day the following choose State
officers: Alabama, a Arkansas, Delaware,
Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas,
Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Mis-
souri,, Nevada, New Jersey, New York,
Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin.
Arizona holds her Territorial election
on the 9Th of November.
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average yield of corn was estima
ted ut fifty bushels per acre, and the
yield of cotton, it was thought, would
have been immense. Over all this al
luvial belt the deluge Of water has
swept forseveral days, to the depth of
many feet above the top Of the grow
ing crops, which have thus been en-
quilted In a watery grave, and either
totally destroyed or damaged beyond
the possibility of even the minimum
yield Of the shortest crops ever grown
upon the same lands in former years.
The consequent loss to the owners of
these fine river plantations isim,nense.
Sober estimates, by the best Informed
persons with whom we have conversed
upon the subject, place the aggregate
loss for Tuscaloosa county, alone, at
One-haIfa u million Of dollars. The Ca
lamity is truly an appalling one.
Correspondence Tuscaloosa Tihies.l
iTTLESANDv, TUSCALOOSA Co,
Tuesday, July 16, 1872. }
write to say that the destruction on
the Warrior River is complete. One
vast sea Of water rests quietly over our
destroyed crops. Being perfectly fam
iliar with all the plantations, ON the
river, from Tuscaloosa to the county
line, l have carefully enumerated the
probable number Of families, both Ia
borers and farmers on said plantations,
and find that there are five hundred
and sixty families left destitute! Aver
aging the families mt Ave each, we
have $500 souls whose all is swept away.
How mauy there are above Tuscaloosa
that are sufferers l will not attempt to
say; but some are, l know--enough to
swell the present figures considerably.
Mobile Tribune, Goth.
Our afflicted people have new ca
lamity to bear in the freshets now pre-
vailing throughout the valleys Of the
Alabama, the Tombigbee, and their
tributaries. 1t is to be hoped that tho
estimates of damage done are exagger-
ated, but, with all allowance, 1t must
be fearful.
A private letter just received from
Camden, Wilcox county, written on
the 18th inst, says: ...-.
Such an overflow has not been
known by the oldest citizen at this sea-
son OF the year. Planters are ruined.
Thousands of acres of cotton and corn
are under water. In some instances
planters have lost their entire crop.
Montgomery Advertiser, 10.
The river is receding very rapidly.
The green surface of the lately sub
merged lands is beginning to appear
here and there, but II is somewI hat soiIed
with mud. 1t Is thought by some of
our hest posted friends that the loss re-
sulting from the late freshet through
out the State will approximate 81 ,OOO,-
600.
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FROM f.\-IIEUT. GOV. VOORHEES,.

FROM E\-IIEUT. GOV. VOORHEES,.
NEW ORLEANS, July ii, 1872.
Dear Sir-owing to professional en-
.:agcmcnts in the city, cannot accept
your invitation to address the mass
! meeting, assembled ut Monroe, TO ratify
the nominations of the National Dem
ocratic Convention, and the United
State ticket of the Democratic and Re-
form parties of louisiana
The ratification meeting of the 10Th
inst, on Canal street in New Orleans,
was an imposing demonstration and
in quick succession will similar demon
strationS follow in the various parishes
arrived; and the political canvass is
now fairly inauguratcd.
The provisional committee of the pro-
spcctivc Liberal party takes the De-
uOcracy to task for this decisive action,
Nnd while thousands of Democrats
were enthusiastically ratifying tho NOM
nation of Greeley and Brown and of
NlrEnery and Jonas, that committee
did not hesitate to charge these Demo-
Gratis, in Il public address, with colspir-
ing and bargaining to give the vote of
Louisiana to the Grant and Kellogg
party! The Liberal party may shuttle
off it's original name of Liberal Repub-
lican party but that is no reason why
Democrats and Rcformcrs should aban-
don their organization in order to cX-
pertinent upon the formation of Il new
party. ] remain very respectfully,
Your ObcUient servant,
ALBEIT NOoRIIII:s
70 Hon. CIV. Mct'ranie, Chairman.
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FROM IIDN. ROB'T NJ. LuSIIEH.

New ORLEANS, July H. 1872
4. u. Ntfttt3tjc 0Htl 0NcfS:
GcntlcnCn-l deeply regret my ina
hiiity to respond, in person, to your
kind invitation of the 18th inst. The
necessity of teaching, for the support of
my f;lmily, and, also, of personally at
tending to the correspondence and
other duties dcvolvcd on me, as agent
of the Peabody educational fund for
Louisiana, preclude me from leaving
the city, even for Il short respite, Gre
the second week of August.
The speeches Of Col. McF,nury unu
Mrss'rS. Ogden, Jonas and others, at the
monster ratification meeting held in
this city on Friday night, and the plat
form of principles then enumerated,
have excited profound interest in this
community; and | cannot for II mo-
mcnt doubt that those principles will
command the earnest approval OF every
honorable citizen Of Louisiana. TO
effect the success, however, of the uni
tel State ticket, Il hearty union of al
cnlightcd citizens, and 4 vigiIant pro-
lection Of the halIot-bONcS, will, con-
criVc, be Indispensable.
Very respectfully, gentlemen, your
friend and cp-labOrrr,
EnE'r NJ. Lu9uEn.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-07-27
Frank Moore

PARRISH SURVEYOR for ouachi:H, and
General Land Agent for North l"ui~,-
ana, will attend to any business in tai or
adjoining Parishes. Parties wishing. I" ssI'ii
on purchase real estate in this section viii
find it to their interest. to address ham. tl"
has for sale several iiuc bodies pi lEult an
rtuarfit:t, Rich land, NtrcfuIt~", Fftftl> lin
and caldwell Parishes. Persons wishing to
sell will send numbers. description a. /" inn
IroNrnpntS. and terms. Having Formed
connections in both Washington and %cW
Orleans. he iS prepared to- represent tit-r'tui~
IN contested laud eases. obtain pat tents. NH.
Office rear ronn of Richardson x M,'E.u"rN' y
Law oilirc. For part rticular~ address nina.
care of Richardson n M"iEnery, Monroe. I.H.
August u, 1870.
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Dentistry.

rR. s. l.. ERAtE.N, Den, ist. respect fuUE
/ offers his professional %rrNi','- to tn"
clt iZrnS OF Monroe tnf StirrnUuiiu!" "rttua
tN. Having an experience ct fourteen
yearS in the practice. he feels confident Of
giving sat iSiuction in all branches of his
profession. Is willing to warrant all work.
office near the Courthouse and n"Nt door
south of the Onnchitn I|i"Hr"ph' office on
Grand street, Monroe, la. N1-narlG:l y
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-07-27
MONROE, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1872

utmost endeavor to rescue our Oppress-
ed and insulteti state from the grasp of
the spoiler Mt the coming election, and
may God crown our efforts with success.
1 have the honor to be, gentlemen,
your obedient servant,
A. l.. Tuck Err.
To q. w. McCranie and others.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-07-27

turc-will once more be restored to her
proud and happy position.
l remain, gentlemen, most respect
fully, your obedient servant,
j. j. DUCOTE.
To G. w. NIcCranic and others, committee.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-07-27

Senator Thurman says Greeley is cer-
tain Of two hundred electoral votes,
without counting Ohio. A careful cal
culation made here gives Greeley two
hundred and twelve electoral votes,
counting Louisiana for Grant.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-07-27
j. a. =. -. NIcEncry.

4 TrORNETS At LAW. Monroe. la,
IN practice i'll the Parish aud Dist rI't
Courts, of Duachita. MorchotE+". tr:Hti lin.
Eirhland, Caldwell and tatahouia l'ari,h"S
in the Supreme Court ut Monror. AVID nj
ted states Courts. Particular attcnt ION I,:tid
to business in the Land pilicr department
of tit+. t:t.t,ertl t:pNrrnniciit nlIIi
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-07-27
MONROE ADVERTISEMENTS.
TO THE PLANTERS OF OUACHITA


TO THE PLANTERS OF OUACHITA
AND ADJACENT PARISHES.
take pleasure i'll Informing my friends
and patrons that have established COM
mission House in Monroe, with tho view of
doing General Commission and Western
Produce Business.
will regularly be i'll receipt OF
PORK, BACON, FLOUR,
HAY, CORN, OATS, BRAN,
WAGONS, PLoWS,
FARMING IMPLEMENTS, AND
GENERAL PL.ANTATION SUPPLIES,
whicl, I will sell AT the very lowest market
price.
AS l receive on consignment, direct from
first hands, and sell only for cash, can fur
nish all OF the above named articles us low,
il not lower, than any house in Norti, Lou
isiana.
Particular attention will he paid TO filling
orders, my long experience i'll and close
personal attention to which will, | feel as
Surcd, give entire satisfaction. Cash, how
ever, must accompany each order to ensure
the filling oft.
Soliciting the patronage of my friends and
tho public generally, I remain,
Very respectfully,
GEO. IAMEl.i;I4NIN.
Monroe, March9, 1872. % If
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-07-27
FROM HON. IL. X. LOTT,

by Telegraph
FLOYD, La, July ~, 1872.
TO NcSSi;S. McCrttnic u,iH others:
Severe indisposition of my family
prevents my yBcing with you to- o-nlorrow
My feeling and sympathy are with
you. God speed the cause.
SiGneI IL. II. Lorr.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-07-27

Postal cards will not he ready for
distribution for at least one month yet
They will he furnished by contract,
and advertisements for proposals will
be issued by the post-otficc Department
next week.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-07-27
Responses from Leading Men Endorsing
Greeley and Brown and the United
State Ticket.

mass meeting held here on the Goth
the State, the following replies have
been received:
FROM EN-GOV. wICKIIFFE.
By Telegraph
BAYOU SARA, La, July 10, 1872.
TO &. ". IlcCrunic and others:
Your invitation was received too late,
or 1 would be With you on the Goth. l
have every confidence in the success of
our ticket. An active and energetic
is all that is wanted to redeem
the State from the hands of its present
l will do my part in the
fight. Signed
tOB'T G. WICKI.IFEE
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-07-27
WILLIS RICIIARDSOE. ROlsT I;ICUAiiDSpN
JAS. d. M'ENERT.
Richardson's ~ NNcEnery.
w. NJ. Dc;ssoI1. VI. d..

" AS permanently located in Monroe, and
IL offers his professional services i'll all
its various branches to the citizens of Mon
roe and surrounding country, and hopes TO
merit II share OF the public patronage. lie
has had over twenty-five years experience
in his profession in the South.
Fciy II, 1872. 2l:lN
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-07-27
u. II. MORRISON. W. W.
Morrison ~ Farmer.

4 TrORSEYS At LAW, Monroe, La,
IN will practice in tho Courts of the Pa
r.SiieS of puachita, MorchouSc, Eichlani,
Franklin and Caldwell, in the Supreme
Court, and i'll tho United States Courts.
VIII also attend to all business ntru>tcd t"
them in the State and Federal Land Offices.
~,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-07-27
Dr. VIM. S:stsslcl

VlNEN DERS his services as Physician and
l. Surgeon, to the public. lie can he found
upon his plantation, four miles below Mon
roe. March II, 1872. 21-lN
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-07-27

Cards OF personal chn1rtcte''-whcn adj
missible-will be charged double our reg
ular advertising rates.
Obituary and Marriage notices will be
charged as advertisements.
Any person sending us five new cash sub
scribers, at the same post Office, will be en-
titled to IL copy of THE TEEEt;HArH gratis,
for year.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-07-27
TIN, IRON AND COPPER
NJ \ = Il l. a 1T Oh; y ,

Tho undersigned announces that havin@
employed the services of Mr.. .JNo. l..
MooEE, he is prepared to fill orders for AL
lcscript ions of Fiuwarc and for articles
made of Copper or Iron, and will :SIaran-
tee sat tiSilction. Repairs otnll kinds l,ronl,t-
lN executed.
\ good supply ofStoNcS, office anI cook
ing, and of atatnIcd tinwHrc, kept ON iinud.
SHOP on Grand street. Opposite McErc'%
Dru. store. }. w. LOCKE.
March 8, 1872. - lv
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s'isEs SSE.t.-

1 not ~ AND LOT. on th,. corner ri
l / truunR'ut aud ,Htulpa streets: lot
trvui~ 10" feet "G ''raunI"ut :uld TUt.~ back
1916 iCrj: ne" house with ~iN rooms: GOOD
ki"ht'u nuj .surl"m: Iulnl,"r nfih~ srl.y.
h"~t iIlIi' lr"'s-. For part riirI;lar-. apply tN
i:urHl Mir. e. NI;I',llr. Monroe.
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To q. w. McCranie and others.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-05-04
THE PICTORIAL
Phr e 0logicaI Journal
n FIRST Glass
FAMILY MAGAZINE.

1.-THE SCIENCE OF NAM and his I'm
provement, by all the means indicated by
SCIENCE, is the object
PhresaoIOgw.-TheB Brain and its Func-
ti6ns; the Location and Natural Language Of
the Organs, with directions for cultivating
and restraining them; and the relations sub
sisting between Mind and Body described.
Phvsfoe3sosssv-with sll the ''Signs of
Character, and How to Read Them" ID sPe-
cial feature.
Etkss0logN-or the Natural Hstyory' Of
Man, Customs, Religions and Nodes of Life in
different Tribes and Nations, will be given.
PhNsioIoSu-The Organization, struc-
ture of the Human Body; the Laws of Life
How we should be Clothed, and how to Exer-
else, Sleep and Live, in accordance with Hy
gienic Principles.
Portraits, Sketches ard HiOgru.
ph tes-Of the leading Men and Women of
the World in all departments of life, are also
special features
Parents asad Teachers.-Asa guide
in educating and training Children, this Mag
azine has no superior, ~ it points ont all the
peculiaFities Of Character and Disposition, and
renders government and classification not only
possible but easy. ,.,,..
Much general and dusefdl information on the
leading topics of the day is given, and no eff
forts are spared to make this the most interes-
ting and instructive as well as the best Picto
rial Family Magazine ever published.
EstaDltshea.-TheJ Journal has reached
its SID Volume. The form is Octave. It has
steadily increased in favor. during the many
years it has been published, and was never
more popular than At present.
Ittssss.-Monthly, at S. year, in advance
Single numbers, 30 cents. Clubs of ten or
more, q each, and an extra copy to Agent.
We are offering the most liberal Premiums.
Inclose IL cents for . sample number, with
new Pictorial Poster and Prospectus, and .
complete List of Premiums
Address 8. r. WELLS, Publisher,
$50 Broadway, New York.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-05-04
HARDEE'S OFFICIAL.
MI - !"
LOUISIANA.

lust Published, and now ready for deliver
y embracing all the new Parishes, and ever
thing else of interest in the State. Every ma
of business, and every head of family shoul
have this map.
Price, I'll, per copy.
For sale by r. w. Bringhurst, sole Agc1
for Rapides and the adjoining Parishes.
May 13-tf
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-05-04
LOCAL ADVERTISEMENTS.

LOCAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
EaUok At Th164
A MAN
Can and ut th, store, pf Jonas Wells
as well an assorted stock Of goods, -
can DO &: aE>
FOUND
in the South, such as Dry Goods, Gro
cerieS, etc. The Proprietor IL not 3
DEAD ..
man, but alive to his own, and the in!
terest of the public. Those wishing to
patronize him can do 90, by calling
ON
him at his establishment, in the rear
of the Ice House, on
SECOND STREET,
where will be found as cheap . stock
of goods, as can be found
IN ALEXANDI A.
= Dec. 24-1y.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-05-04

DR. a. COGKERILLE,
Having returned to Rapides, oners his pro
fessional services to the citizens of Alexsn
dria and vicinity.
Office at g. X. Johnsons old stand.
April 20 1y.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-05-04

IMP ORT.A VT
TO PLANTERS, AND OTHERS ON RED RIVER, IN
-. WANT or LUMBER. ~
ORDERS will be filed at the low rate of
" SIS per thousand feet, delivered at the
Aoaf landing in PiueviIla A disconnt
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NEWSPAPERS.
NATIONAL
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Contains original stoges Of . high and chasts
order of excellence and also srticles from
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Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-05-04

DIVORCES.
| UN1TED STATES
OE "A q ENCr.
ESTABLISHED 1856. ,.,f
1 %
ITIVORCES legally obtained In
- every State where the laws are
liberal on the subject, and under the
United States laws, for persons from
any State or COuntry-legal every.
where-desertion, u 1t y, non-sup.
port, drunkenness, ETC., sufficient cause
mo publicity reqnired-no tee until
divorce, obtained.
Call on, or address
GOULD d BURGER,
CoUNBfLLORs-AT Law.
Broadcay, ID door keiov .Jobx st.
Nes0 York Ctr.
Mvs.sZ. REV
|XxTOULD Inform her friends
wv that she is now prepared to
supply her customers ct all times.
with
Bread,
that always weighs the Same. The
proof Of the pudding is in eating it.
She only wants trial, and she
guarantees satisfaction. Bread de-
livered dailg,
SUNDAYS
not excepted. MRs. 3. REY.
f. RH Y,
HAS
just Arf.1vox1
FROM NEW ORLEANS, with N asserted
Il stock of
FANCY GROcERiEA
His stock consists Of
ER.s.rDSEa
CAKES CANDIES,
AND A VARIETY or OTHER|
DELICACLES,
which he will be pleased Ct all tinss, y li..
play to his customers.
Attached to his store, there iss
ID ~ TX H -
and he prides himself upon making the best
bread that can be found In Alexandria.
Give Rey a Triall
dec. N-1y. ~ ff
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-11-02

Philadelphia has dry goods house 121 years
old The proper thing for paragraphs, to OBJ.
serve in this connexion is, Of course. that the
original partners are all dead.
Carlinvlle paper tells the following tough
ish story:
Jacksonville barber found a milestone in
the HAIR of a rural customers head he was shear
ing. I've missed that thing ever since last
haying time" explained the farmer, land
looked over a ten acre lot for it, but darued if
didn't forget all about stickin' it over my ear"
The campaign jus. drawing to close has been
unusually quiet yet occasionally our cotem.
Giraries are betrayed into the use of some what
vigorous Anglo Saxon, as witness the following
from Peori. paper:
What has our candidate done that reptile
mpor4ry, whose foul and fostering chaps drip
mortal gall, should slime him with its fetid
praise?
: Texas editor, in discussing the right of
lauh2r of Congress from that State to his seat,
E,: The seat is lis by one of the highest
,..s known to the law of civilized landslide
r.tat OF purchase-for he bought his seat and
I.s5 for it!'
The business of reporter often brings him
iul, yll places In a report Of New Orleans
wedding, we read that the bride wore silk.em.
oco'deged stockings.
The LaSallc Press which was so sweet on D.
l.. -al IN last spring, don't seem to like him 40
Wei Just now. 1t says:
We learn that our distinguished fellow citizen,
ID. Il. Eough, Esq, has gone into the colporteur
business and is very busy distributing II dirty
little track containing something that he knows
about hackbiting and lying.
Whom Hough travels he generally makes
TT t.. bat that he deposits something in his
track. about backbitng," Nc, is a new idea.
Nobody but man bearing soma such name
Is Pogs)n would undertake to reconcile such op.
losi'a' as Grantism and temperance. Pogson
g. though not much of politician either.
"A inference is warranted by what the
l try Nccs says:
--.. j. Pogson, well known to our citizens as
reranCe lecturer, is still in the field as a
-..'a-er and remains true to republican princl.
--., Though he does not claim to be thor.
oushbrci politician.
Calico, the well known cotton cloth, is named
from Calicot, city in India, from whence it frs.
came. Calico was not known in England until
as ate as the year 1851.
J.obs thinks the young fellows in England
must have had awful dull times when there was
no calico about.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-11-02
How Indians Catch Eu.lcs.

Tho camp of Indians which We visited were
chiefly engaged in c,tchinI war e'vles. to IN Ike
henddresses. Thr eagles are brought alive into
the camp, and after some ceremony the tails are
pulled out, aud they are let 20 t" grow another
tail tor the next yeur. The trap consists Of u
hole in the ground covered with sticks ard
grass A d,'d rabbit, fox or prairie chicken il
tied to the top; the eagle swoops down and
tastens his claws into 'tand tries TO fly away
with it, but the Indian twho it concealed in tho
hole) puts out his hand, catches the eagle by
both legs. hauls him into the hoe and ties HIM.
He then fixes the top and waits for another
eagle Wesaw one man there who had caught
six eagles in one day in this way. They say II
they do not hold fast mud do their medicine
properly the eagle will get one Of his claws loose
and tear their bands. Some have had their
hands ruined forever in this way. II hunter
does not catch an eagle daring tho day, he IL
obliged to mosn sna cry al night we could
hardly sleep will Nr mise n, de ~ night by the
unsuccessful hun s..--Fu. Bafnd Letter.