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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-04-20
M. J. Lewis. Proprietor.

This house is under the efficient manage
mcnt of Mr.. VIM. Lewis, who has twenty.
five years continuous experience in Tia.
business. W"ll-rcgulatcd. neatly kept, and
supplied With excellent beds and table fare
the Lewis House, located near the wharf
and passed going and coming by the ShreS"~
port stages. is confidently Recommended to
the travelling public as Il model hotel.
October |. 1870. n2:ly
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-04-20

The House Judiciary Committee is
engaged upon a bill providing for the
election of.post-masters, and one giving
Congress power to fix the tenure of a
large class of officers.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-04-20

Every week is made memorable by
land were the latest fields, and the loss
and destruction of property was almost
,incalculable BIG "f'f
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-04-20
nJAtnlTA HOUSE.
" Cor. Dc~ard and Third SITS, Monroe, La
:. L. Aunsickcr, Proprietor.

Tho above named Hotel. SO long and III
NorablV known throughout the country has
been rctittcd and newly furnished. and j.
now complete in every department. rh,.
Proprietor pledges himself I" spare no cr
fort to make all comfortable who may faN.,1
him with their patronage. April p, 80. y
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-04-20
MATTRESSES RENOVATED.

Mrs. pI.ESEN i prepared. ut her resi-
,lrnrr 10 repair and r"nnNalr old Mputtr..~~
~,,S. at reasonable charges. Residence: fn-
dom Place in Ercarl's Addition.
April u. i>71. lnl
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-04-20

The weather fol. the past week has
been clear, and favorable for farming
purposes.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-04-20

The National Colorcd Convention, in
New Orleans, closed its labors on the
18th inst! q =.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-04-20
nIIAtIIIIA LIVERY
AND SALE STABLE,

IT. G. DOtSON, PROPRIETOR,
Cor. INiIr1 ana Dt'SinrH Streets ll0Uync, L.,
Horses bugGieS and hacks kept for hire.
Horses and mules bought and sold. Good
lots for tlrONcrS connected with the stable
SHREVEPORT STAGE. OFFICE AT THIS,
STABLE.
October 10 1870. n4:ly
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-04-20
NEW ORLEANS CARDS.

j. LEE PETIT,
WITH
T BLOOM a. CO.,
WHOLESALE GROcERS,
And dealers III Western Produce, Wines
Liquors., Cigars and Tobacco,
30 Peters ST., Qa,c Now I4evec) New Orleans.
l.. BLOOM. II. w. GOODMAN.
December 8, 1871. 12:lN
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-04-20
I EN Is HOUSE.
MONROE. l.. Il.

Oi). tHthrlc CU"rch ana Ernnie Icu.lr.u1,
, 1872-11-14
Incidents Of the Election

There are many incidents connected
with the late election in this county
which it is we'll to consider. The first
of which is the utter breaking up of
official rings, which were maintained
through caucus management and party
discipline; and the consequent breaking
down of party lines, the maintainance
of which had only resulted in defeating
or misrepresenting the popular viii and
public interests. No organized party
achieved any victory as party. While
Judge McFadden. the candidate of the
people, had nearly two hundred major
ity in the county, the county officers are
about equally divided between members
of the two old political parties.
Tie chief contest was upon the Office
of Sheriff, and the success Of Mr.. At
kins, the regular Republican nominee.
is one of the most notable triumphs of
the election. He was opposed by some of
the leading politicians of his own party,
by all the power and influence which
could be commanded by his defeated
competitor for the nomination. who had
severaltimes been nominated and elected
to that office by the Republican party,
and who, in violation Of all party usages.
bolted the nomination of Mr.. Atkins,
and used all the means which the pos
session of the Office give him to elect
the candidate nominated by the opposi-
, 1872-11-14

ton. Mr.. Atkins was opposed by the
united efforts of all the professional
gamblers. brothel-keepers, and lawless
characters of every description, who
regarded him as their special enemy,
and his election as likely to deprive
them of large share of the immunities
they had enjoyed under the present
administration of the laws. With these
large elements controlling the balance
of power, as heretofore, had party lines
been strictly drawn, Mr.. Atkins would
been defeated by an overwhelming
majority. But he ives elected by Dem
ocratic votes, and the rowdies have been
taught that they can no longer control
elections in Seattle, or put the laws at
defiance with impunity.
1t is but justice to Mr.. McRedmond,
the defeated candidate to say, that he is
man of unblemished reputation and
not at all in sympathy with the lawless
interest which supported him. Failing
to get one of their own kind on either
ticket, the rowdies went in for Mr..
McRedmond only to defeat Mr.. Atkins,
and the Democrats who voted for Mr..
Atkins would have cheerfully sustained
Mr.. McRedmond under other circum-
stances.
The rowdies were more successful in
defeating Mr.. Smithers and Mr.. Mad
docks, the candidates for Commissioner
on the Peoples ticket = whom they
opposed in body-because the fight on
those was not made so openly as upon
Mr.. Atkins, and because the party
Republicans were not so ready to suDor-
dinate party to public morals as were
the Democrats who supported Mr.. At
kins to rebuke the insolence of his
lawless enemies. Thus, as often hap
pens to the scandal of party politics,
the exclusive temperance men coopera-
ted with the exclusive rowdy element, to
defeat candidates inimical to the latter.
We do not object to the men elected, but
to the manner of the election. Messrs.
Maddocks and Smithers owe their
defeat to the hostility Of the rowdies,
aided by the votes of party temperance
men. This is the fact and it may as
well be known.
The worst beaten man on either coun-
ty ticket is Mr.. Bryan, and we are sat
isfied he owes his defeat more to bad as
sociation than to any vicious propensi-
ty of his own. We are assured by those
who know. that no man in this cOmmu-
nifty stood higher in private morals and
public confidence than he, before he
permitted himself, through the exam
pie of the Sheriff, to become the instru-
ment of designing knaves in swindling
the taxpayers out of a large amount fol
the purpose of subsidizing mercenary
press to the interests of party. We are
inclined to believe that it was an error
of Judgment rather than design, but 1t
was such wong as honest people do
not tolerate in q public officer, as there
, 1872-11-14


''THE WICKED FLEE WHEN NO MAN pUR
sUETH.-The day after the election a no.
ted "sport" and saloon-keeper exclaimed
" We have got to stop that PAPER or
hunt our holes!' This is undoubtedly
true of Il certain class who have hereto
fore practiced their lawless vocation in
public with impunity in this city, to the
great scandal of our town and the dis
grace of those officers charged with see
ing that the laws were inforced. TO
such we have only to say that paper"
cannot be stopped, intimidated or sub
sidized in the interest of squaw brothe!s
or other dens of infamy; and all such
may as well hunt their holes, for Z" to
that completion must it come at lust
We have never made war upon any
class, or upon any vocation which the
law sanctions, or public opinion toler-
ates. The man who complies with the
law regulating the sale of spirituous or
malt liquors, has vested right under
the law, which we have no inclination
to disturb. But the man who under the
color of a hquor license keeps squaw
brothel, or an open gambling hell, upon
our public streets, in open violation of
the law, is no more to be respected than
a thief, or any other offender against
the laws; and where such lawless prac-
tees are tolerated, the character and
business Of the town must suffer in pro-
portion, and in our vocation of a public
journalist we would be false to our trust
not to protest against such proceedings
In doing this we have given no ground of
offense TO any law-abiding citizen, wheth-
er engaged in selling liquor or any 9TH
er lawful business. We are determined
to see that the laws are enforced, or
that the public shall know the reason
why they are not. We have declared
an extermlnating war upon that sink of
pollution and DISGRACE to our civilization
kept by John Pinnell, and for this we
have only been assailed by the lowest
and vilest PORTION of society, who sym
pathize with him and are his tools in
maintaining his nefarious traffic. The
avengins spirit of too long suffering
and outraged community will soon COM
pei all such to hunt their holes,'' for
they are only curse and disgrace to
any civilized community. If we have
contributed in any way in bringing
about this result, we are more than COM
pensated for the ribaldry and abuse of
which we are made the object.
, 1872-11-14

''THE WICKED FLEE WHEN NO MAN pUR.
sUETH.-The day after the election no.
ted "sport" and saloon-keeper exclaimed
" We have got to stop that PAPER or
hunt our holesn' This is undoubtedly
, 1872-11-14

EDITOR DISPATCH Again are the peo-
pie of Seattle brought under renewed
obligations to our City Council for COM
ing forward and making another effort
to rid our town of the effects Of the pol
lusiou continually arising from that
cess pool of iriquity- and others of like
nature that abound in our midst. 'Tis
true, it would have been better and
much more effectual, had they struck
at, and removed the cause, instead of
merely trying to arrest the effects. l
refer to the City Ordinance No. 80,
which says, ''any person leading an
idle, dissolute, an immoral, or profit
gate life, shall be deemed a vagrant;
and upon conviction thereof before the
City Recorder shall be fined in the sum
of not less than five dollars nor more
than one hundred; and in case of non
payment of said fine, shall be commit
ted to work for the use of the city, at
the city prison. until such fine shall be
paid by due course of law" Now let
the citizens see to it that this Ordinance
is put in execution, and its provisions
fully carried out. Let every one that is
leading dissolute, an idle, an immoral
or profigate life, Ono matter if they
be worth their thousand be brought
up before the City Recorder, and dealt
with in accordance with the provisions
of the Ordinance. Pity the Council
had not made the fine payable only in
work, thus giving the idle, the immoral,
the dissolute and the profigate among
the wealthy of our citizens chance to
exercise and strengthen their muscles,
and protect them tfor while at least)
from spending their time in riotous liv-
ing. Let not their wealth nor position
shield them from being promptly dealt
with. 1t is more necessary for the well
being of Seattle that those of her veal
thy citizens who are living in idleness
and debauchery should he made respon-
sible to the city, as provided in Ordi-
nance No, 32; than that a,few misera-
BILE beggars should be made to wo.k for
the use of the city. Those few half
starved wretchas, who have been robbed
of what little they possessed, in those
dens, (the sight of whose seething pol
lutions, would make even His Satanic
Majesty blush with shame) and then
turned out upon our streets to perish;
are not the ones that plant these places
in our midst, and support them with
their patronage and their money. 1t is
the wealthy, who living in idleness spend
their time in debauchery.
1t is high time that the tide of moral
and physical disease and death that is
surging and sweeping over our fair city
should be stayed and we doubt not that
the enforcement of City Ordinance No.
80, will have most salutary effect on
, 1872-11-14

is no way of Furnishing the knaves who
profited by his indiscretion.
The result OF the election upon the
whole is gratifying to all who desired
reform and very hopeful for the future.
, 1872-11-14

Peoples Ticket those marked
both tickets.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-13
Til Mississippi State Pharmsceuti-
cal Association.

cal Association,
Held its annual meeting at Holly
Springs, on the 9Th inst. After hear
lug the Reports of the Treasurer and
Secretaries, and standing commit
tees, the following officers were
electsab-fcr the ensuing year:
President, NJ. r. Ash, jackson.
". President, j. F. Jones, Macon.
Recording Secretary, j. L. Buck,
Jackson
Corresponding Secretary, Hamp-
den: Osborne, Columbus.
Treasurer; &. NJ. Scott, .OkolOna.
Tie President:delivered an excel
lent address, abiding to the cOndi-
Won, progress, aAd requirements of
Pharmacy in the State. nj
The following standing commit
tees were appointed:
On Code Of Ethics.
Osborne, j: F. Butler, j. T. Buck.
On Pharmaceutical Legislatioa-
NJ. Il. Ash, John T. Buck, Sidney b.
Street
The President was elected, ex-
e3fciO, delegate to the State Medical
Associations, and that Association
was invited to send "a delegate to
the Mississippi State PharAaceuti-
cal Association. at its next meeting.
After discussing questions and
transacting rontine business, the
Association adjourned to meet at
Eicksburg, on the LIST Wednesday
an April, 1873.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-13

COOKING FISH.--The following
method OF cooking fish in India is
very much in vogue in that country,
and, indeed, constitutes q part of
the morning meal of every inhabit-
ant when fish can be procured, any
kind answering the purpose almost
equally well:
First, fry the fish to a golden
brown, with egg and bread crumbs
and clarified butter. Keep it very
hot in a metal dish while boiling
some. fresh eggs thalf dOne), aud
have q pot OF rice prepared and
dessicated. Take the fish, and with
q fork Ill each hand, break it up,
and remove all bones as speedily as
possible before il becomes cold. Fill
the plates with rice for each person,
sprinkle black pepper and salt there
on; chop up rather fine two or three
green chilies Cor capsicum), and
sprinkle some over each plate of
rice, Or, us Il substitute, use little
Cayenne. Now break two eggs over
each plate of fish and rice, stirring
all together with two forks.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-13
McMahOn's Last Battle.

A French officer escaped to Bel
GUM says: To relate what Nc
MahOn did is impossible; steel, fire,
melted metal, explosive balls. and l
don't know what other lMierr,al mix
lures the Prtlssians there made use
OF for the first time, appeared to
stream off or to rebound from him
like hail from a roof. He went to
the front seeking death. .sLeave
me, my friends he aid to us all,
who sought to prevent him ixOm
going forward let me show those
kings, those princes who hide be
hind masses of men that marshal
of France knows how to fight, and
when beaten how to die. Aud he
smiled upon us sad smile, which
made US weep, and redOubled our
rage. All, miserable! We kill, We
mas sacre, and the living appear to
spring up from the dead which we
heap around us. We climbed little
might reckon how long the hatchery
would last. My sabre, broken and
reekjug ielI. from my hands when 1
saw what masses We had still to deal
with. The plain, the horizon, was
black with dust. We were bnt ant y
in a large ant-hill. Marshal I
said, we have at least 2O0, 100 men
l~fore u.s. No. he replied, gently,
5000 o. At that moment u cloud
passed before my eyes, and l went
mad. We regained our senses only
when we found ourselves beyond
the hOrdes OF Uhlans who attacked
MS: We had been fortunate enough
to reach the Belgian frontier. w
were safe, but ut what . sacrifice -
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-13


rave ask attention to The adver;
tisement Of Messrs. Wilson & Man
ard in to-dav's issue. 1t will he
seen that they have located at No.
HT Poydias street, New Orleans,
where they reeeiv.. and sell to The
best advantage all cousignments OF
fruit vegetables, poultry, eggs aHd
game. This is an item OF interest
to oursfroit-grOpersAnd otkeqEhO
wish reliable agents to dispose of
their mMketabie wares. These gen
tlemen give the very best names for
reference to our friends in this VI
cinsty-as for E. X. Manard, every
body in Madison county knows him.
We have circulars of the firm w1lich
we will give to airy person calling
for them. $50. T..
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-13
GrumbIins at Newspapers.

1t is strange how closely men read
the papers. We never print any
thing that anybody don't like, but
we soon hear of it, and everybody
tells us of it. If, however. once in
while we happen to say a good
thing, We never hear of that no.
body seems to notice it. We may
pay some man a hundred cempli-
ments, and give him a dozen puffs,
and he takes it as IL tribute to his
greatness, and be never thinks Of it
never thinks it does him any good.
But if we happen to say things that
this man don't like, or something
that he iIHagines is reflection on
him OF his character, see how quick
he flares up and gets mad about it.
All our evils are duly charged to
IL, but we never, apparently, get
any credit for what good we do.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-13

+ H>Weaentler our thanks to the
PreshleAt-e6th the Mechanics aud
Agricultural Fair Association of
Louisiana for an invitation to attend
the Sixth Grand State Fair, on the
cath inst, We think we shall have
to 60 down and see the great gath
ering. On our way home We will
touch at Natchez in tim" for their
Second Annual Fair on the 9th of
May.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-13
New Orleans Cotton Market.

New ORLEANS. April IL, 1872.
Editor Am riean Clizen:
Operations in the great staple
have been On q moderate scale for
the past week, New York and Liv-
erpool both being quiet and dull
Yesterday, however, Liverpool be-
come more active and stiffened up
little, with sales of $4,000 bales.
Buyers here came forward rather
more freely and the sales we're a
little over a 600 bales, the market
closing firm.at 22c Tor Low Middling.
and 22a for Middling. To-day both
Liverpeol aud New York markets
are weak, aud our buyers are rather
indi6ezenf, unless at lower figures,
which factors are. unwilling to ac-
cept.':'-' ... ..
= The, stormof Sunday and Monday
up Nest hroke down the wires SO
that otrr news has been somewhat
behind tiaar for the. past few days,
but will soon.be all right again.
The. &}onxehtiOn of the Colored.
Sovereigns of These reconstructed
States. is now in session here. For
particulars see the daily papers.
!. VIXEN. your and 1 were young,
john" prophet who shonld have
fOretoId US of such an event taking
place here, in our time, would have
been looked upon. as quite crazy.
But steam and electricity are now
he motors, and those who do not
use them soon fall behind their fel-
lows. Steam plows tor the field,
steam wagons for the common
roads, and the wire for correspond
jience will be the pattern in these
glorious States of oars in "the
good time coming"
Yours truly,
CHYRRH.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-13

We have added to our extensive
JOE PRINTING department, and at
considerable expense, q new
Gordon Press, Type, Stock, &C..
and are now prepared to print BILL
HEADS, LETTER HEADS, CARDS,
LAWYERS BRIEFS, PAMPHLETS,
BLANKS (of every description), Flu
NERAL NOTICES, CHECKS, Bulls
OF FARE, &C, &C, &C., in city
style, and at the shortest notice.
An experienced and reliable prin-
ter will always be found in the Office
ready to fill all orders.
Our friends and the publf6; Whd
wish ANY KIND. OF JOB WORK done,
would do well to call at The CITI.
ZEN Office.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-13

~ Messrs. Steele & Yeargain,
agents Of the Liverpool and LssadOn
and Globe Insurance Cosn,.aaies,-
also Of the New York Life Incur
ance Company. show by the state.
Deat Of the condition ef said con-
pasies that they are all reliable,
having . large amount Of cash in
hand, besides uaiDcuabered real
estate, aDoaatisg to near Ave nil.
lion Of dollars.
These are the companies in which
to insure either life or properly
without risk or danger Of failure.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-13

~We ask attention to the sale
of a portion Of the real estate of
the late VIM. g. Thompson. BY Jos.
g. Richards. Executor, advertised
in another column. TIE sale takes
place on the 18Th May. This proper
ty lies hear the city aud is deslra BILE.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-13
ITEMS.

; 1t IS easier to blame than to dc
lHtter.
A capital misunderstanding
money.
Donkeys and facts are stubborn
things.
Fair dealing is the bond aud ce.
ment of society.
Excuse haste and a bad pen, ~ as
the pig said when he broke out.
To have ideas is to gather flow.
ers. To think is to weave them into
garland>.
The National Bank circulation
outstanding is 1884,, 96S.327.
1t is said that there is hardly any
flesh OF fish in creation that is not
fit for human food, if cured and
cooked with skill.
The pork crop of the past season
was immense. The nun Der of hogs
packed in the Northwest was 1865
44S, against 3,695 Psi the year pre-
viOuS.
Four young men of Dubutlne are
making preparations to start on a
trip from that place to Cuba in Il
boat twenty-five feet long and SIX
feet beam.
The exports of coffee last year
from Porto Rico were 81 COG, 500
pounds.
During the two years of invasion
ana civil war, the population of
Paris has decreased more than
50O.OOO
Prince Johann SchwarzeRberg
offers one thousand forms for the
best beet root sugar to be sent to
the Vienna Exposition in 1878.
In 1889, seven years before eman-
cipation. the island of Jamaica pro-
duced 100000 hOgsheads of sugar !;
in 1876 the crop was $4,000 hogs
heads.
England paid $4,000, 900 for corn
last year, S9S. 100000 tor wheat aud
-four, So, 200. 900 for oats, and $l4,-
600. 900 for barley, all this to for
elgn countries.
The yearly value of cigar stumps
picked up Ill tuc SiTeetb VI Z arts anu |
sold to tobacco manufacturers for
snuff making, is said to be 25e .0O0
francs.
Poverty and pride are inconveni-
ent companions but when idleness
unites them. the depth of wretched-
ness is complete.
A firm in Sheffield, England, has
jus. succeeded in rolling the largest
arm0r plates ever made. The plates
are intended to protect the turrets
of the great war ship Devastation,
which is being bnilI at Portsmouth.
Each plate weighs twenty -four tons
and measures twenty feet in length,
nine feet in breadth, and eight
inches in thickness.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-13
TO ALL Wa0 IT NAY CONCERN.

THE: undersigned takes this meth
i cd to inform all, who are indebt;,
ed to the late firm of SEWER &
CLARK, that he expects every debt
or to cali and make promp, settle
ment with him; as he is compelled
to have money to pay the claims OF
parties against said firm. All who
do not observe this requirement, will
.abe dealt with, according to the law
in such cases
THOS. SEWER.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-13

:: Are Kos Gs1aG West Elf SO. take our ad-
vice. and purchase your Tickets the old reliable
and popular M s..Suri PaciAc Hsafis ond which
a. fosavely the only line that three daily ex-
press trains from st. Louis to Kansas City and the
West; and is positively tie only line which runs Pull
mans Palace SleeperS and fine da' coaches especial
ly movers) equipped with Milers Safety Platform
and patent steam brake. FROM ST. LOUIS to Kan
sss Civ Scott Parsons Lawrence. Lea, euworth
Atcbison ST. 10 eph. Nebraska City, Council Bulls
and Omaha without h.nget For information In re-
gard Time Tables Isfes, ETC.. to any point in Mis-
souri, Ksp-as. Nebraska, Colorado Texas or Califor
hi. call upon .diress J. F. Thompson. Agent, Mis-,
souri, Pacific R. r. Chattanooga Tenn Atlanfn Ga.
or Z. A. Ford Gen1 Passenger Ag't, st. Louis, No.
No trouble an questions!
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-13

The General Railroad Committee
of Madison county ara called to as
semble At the courthouse on We'd
nesday, the 10Th inst, at LIZ O'clock
A. M. for the consideration. Of i'm
portsnt interests. Tho public at
large are invited to attend.
8. 8. CALHOON, Chm'h..~
J;S. VAN RONKEL, Sec'y.