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The New York herald., 1872-10-19

IyOR SALE-THE STOCK, FIXTURES AND GOOD
will OF business paving a handsome profit: will be
sold cheap Apply at the Little Notion Store IS Nassau
street
The New York herald., 1872-10-19

LyOR SALEM PERFECT WORKING ORDER, A
J. 2iinch head Hoe Co Stamp, Gold or EnbOss-
ing Machine for paper han2ings; also assortment OF
Dies Address box 752 Post Office.
The New York herald., 1872-10-19

Xxx EAST 39rH STA FIRST CLASS OPERATOR
1CC on Wheeler 4 Wilson's sewing machine. who
thoroughly understands all kinds OF family sewing and
dressmaking and is good button hole maker wishes to
go OUT by the day In private families Call on or address
The New York herald., 1872-10-19

0c7 Sd Av, BETWEEN I7ru AND 18TH SITS
LOU yorkylle.t young girl Ia do general house
work IN small private family; good city reference.
The New York herald., 1872-10-19

yNANTED-A BABY TO WET NURSE, by A RE-
w spectacle woman. at her home has lost her
own child Inquire OF DR.. HENRY SHEPPARD, 2.5 East
18th II
The New York herald., 1872-10-19
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

n Business for sac. -Doinc good , ,,,s
eoTy ESs 'na reason. SC a0sDsa s.ssa "a SsS
tiuU II. ...ng. Audrcss Dox ~ Stu
The New York herald., 1872-10-19

E'oR SALE, CHEAP-A NICE BUTCHER SHOP; 10
Gated IN the best part of Jersey City. Inquire
of Waync and Coles streets, Jersey City.
The New York herald., 1872-10-19

QS BEACH STA WIDOW LADY. FROM CANADA
eD housc keeper; oicc ton TO the country Cali
address r. n. a.
The New York herald., 1872-10-19

1VANTED-BY FAMILY or THREE PEBSONs A
w Protestant girl Ms chamberlnad and waitress Ger
man preferred Apply between and r. NJ at 25j West
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-01-13
Down With Him
Jan. 4, 1872.

We ask no f:,VOrS of either wing of
the Radical party in the legislature,
and conlitle in neither no further than
their acts shall justify the confidence.
We have endorsed some Of Warmoth's
acts, and condemned some; and so We
have acted toward his opponents. In
the existing Legislative controversy
WarmOth is acting the usurrer. His
partisans were legally and EIGlITTUL-
IN kicked out of the house on the 4th
He had no authority for his Subsc-
iucnt revolutionary course in convoIl-
ing an ..cXtra session." when the leg
iSlaturc was already in session, and no
shadow of law in placing policemen
and miiitia soldiers in charge of Nc
chanics' Institute, to defeat the legally
expressed will of II quorum of the
House, and which building he now
holds, Ito prevent impeachment, to
the exclusion of the men whom he
knows to be his opponents.
Our people cannot trust this man.
lie mstst Submit to tie treatment he h,ts
crtc!toftd 10 the people. He cannot re-
pudiatc his own prccc,lents, and defeat
legal results by force. He is an uSurprr.
Il craven and an upstart. Down with
him!
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-01-13
Governors Message.

At length the powerful young man
who rules Louisiana, has made TIP his
mind to recommend certain needed
measures of reform. In his annual
message, just published, he recon-
mends the "modification'' of the cleo
ton, printing and revenue laws, tho
repeal of the metropolitan police law,
and tho enactment of Il law limiting
the expenses of tho Legislature to $l25,-
900 annually.
We are told that his recommends
tons, if carried out, would s'save" the
city and State annually about one and
n quarter millions of dollars. Suppose
the Governor had never had bad laws
enacted and had never approved those
he knew 10 be bad, how much would
he have nsavcd" the State thereby :?
He talks of saving; what would bet
ter become him and his situation, are
| acts Of restitution!
He recommends the people to sssave"
| when they have no longer anything
he would have, or, willing to have, is
unable to get.
He comes out in his message for re-
form, when he and his followers have
grown rich by dishonesty, and when
he is forced to do so by public opinion.
But for this his recommendations
would be an insult added to his cata-
loguc Of outrages upon the people.
] We put no faith in the Governors
promises, for the simple reason that
it is impossible to exercise faith where
one has it not. We have faith only in
his infidclity. His demonstrations
have all been to one purpose, to-wit ;
to convince the public that no conf
dcnce can be placed in any but the evil
side Of his nature. tFoistcd into oul
midst, n disgraced Federal officer, pen
niless and destitute, he has contriVed
by means unknown to us to grasp tho
highest civic honors of the State, and
now rolls in Wealth. -
He recommends reform and retrench
ment, but where is the single graceful
upright act of his administration, dur
ing which the State has been bank
ruptcd, to recommend him, or avoucl
for his sincerity?
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-01-13
An Erroneous statement I,ef,.tcd.

An article i'll the New Orleans Re-
publican under the caption-ssA Silly
Etunor," denies that Governor War
moth had made oycrtures for q coali-
ton with the Democracy. The Dem
ocratic members of the Legislature
think it but just to themselves that
they should make statement of the
occurrence which gave rise to this ru-
NOR.
On the night Of the 2d of January,
while the Democratic members We're
assembled in caucus at their rooms, No.
167 Customhouse street, their l'resi-
dent J. G. Moncurc, was called to the
door by General B. B. SHINES, who
requested an interview with him.
Gen. SHINES proceeded to say that he
had been requested by Gen. Heron to
communicate with the Democratic
! members and ascertain if some arrange
| ment could not be effected between the
WarmOth party and the Democrats,
Gen. S. declaring that the Warmoth
party was willing to concedc to the
| Democrats the Speakership of the
House.
| Upon some question arising as to
the authority of Gen. SHINES to rep
resent the WarmOth party, he assured
Mr.. Moncure that the proposition
came from that party. Gen. =. was in
vited in. to make his proposition in
person to the caucus, but declined to
do so.
| Gen. SHINES asked that a commit
tee of conference should be appointed
by the Democrats to confer with q
similar committee Of the Warmoth
party in respect to this arrangement.
Mr.. Moncure returned to tho room
and presented the proposition made
by Gen. SHINES to the Democratic
members, whereupon a motion was
made and unanimously adopted that
the Democrats decline even to appoint
4 committee of conference.
| At the request Of Gen. SHINES two
gentlemen, viz: Mcssrs. Stevens and
Meadows were appointed to go the
st. Charles Hotel and inform him, Gen.
| HERON, of this resolution.
There wasa gentleman present whose
name need not now be mentioned, who
heard and cam subStanti:,tc this state
|ment. J. &. MONCUEE.
! Chairman Democratic Caucus.
| q. II. ELLIS,
| Jan. 4, 1872. Secretary.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-01-13

Thos. G. Anderson, in the Senate,
and Thos. G. Davidson, in the House,
are the representatives of the Demo-
cratic or conservative elements in the
State who side with Warmoth in his
present hostile attitude toward" re-
form.
We are not surprised at the course of
Anderson, who has been Il consistent
renegade to the interests of tho anti
Radicals, nor ut that of Tom Green
Davidson who has always been Il loud
declaimer, but an impotent performer.
We have not forgotten Davilson's
course in regard to secession, and how
soon he obtained his certificate of 10y
atty from Congress and how readily he
supported West for tho Senate; nor
the uncommon merit of Senator An
dcrson who obtained from Warnoth
an appointment on the board of State
CanvaSScrs. The Democracy can we'll
afford to spare tho services of such
champions us Tom Anderson aud Tom
Green Davidson.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-01-13

GAS was to be expected" says the
New Orleans Republican, Judge Dur
rcil s,,stains the Warmoth faction. 1t
is very proper that he whom nobody
sustains should range himself on the
side of Warmoth. Durrcll has no more
interest in Louisiana than Il man in
Lapland, and he is only following the
compact mass of thieves and aliens
Q'rom Northern Statcs) who have pro-
nonunced in the same direction, when
he declares in favor of Warmoth.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-01-13
Taxes.

We understand that the State tax for
the present year 1871 will be two per
centum on the assessed value of all
property. The tax Of this parish will
be one per centum, and the city tax is
already levied ut one per cent. This
aggregates only four per cent, per an
mum, upon the value of all property,
whether the same consists of land, per-
sonal effects or money, and it is levied
not only on production, but on proper
ty yielding no revenue.
The tax for last year was but two per
levied in one year, and was tho
most oncrous ever borne by our people.
In the same ratio, next year, we will
he called on to pay eight per cent. 1t
requires but limited knowledge of
financial affairs to comprehend, that,
at that point, we shall, practically,
have become bankrupt; for money, or
capital, is recognized by tIe laws of
our State as worth but eight per cent
per annum, and if we are called upon
to pay the whole product of our capi-
tai to the tax-g:ttlierers, then on what
do WeSubsist
Still, we are not happy! New Offices
are created, salaries and fees increased,
and we are crc.libly informed that the
first proceeding of the General Assem-
bly,, in which both Warmoth and Car
ter, Customhouse factions are united,
will bc 4 bill, or joint resolution, to pt.y
"U 4Dice'S Of tie state, 1'aochial ana
n'nticii'M corporations IN currency! 1t
will require about one and half mill
lions to pay these three classes of pub
lie servants, and how that amount can
be raised from this poverty-striclSen
country, in addition to ordinary taxes,
is more than our financial ability cna-
blcS us to inform our cNpcctant and
faithful public servants.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-01-13

Walter Wheyland, II Warmoth rep
rcscntativr from Sabine, lately UNI
seated Ivy tho CartcritcS, was killed on
Canal street, on tho 9th, in Il scutiic
between another Warmoth legislator
and an assistant sergeant-at-arms of
testimony is that Wheyland was shot
accidentally hya policeman who had
come to help Wheyland out. Whey
land was once bureau agent ut this
place, and one of the sorricst of all
that capacity at Monroe, ono or two
excepted.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-01-13
Washington Items.
louisville Ledger,


WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-Republicans
tire predicting the Acknowledgement OF
their party, owing to the new civil
service regulations, which prevent
members of Congress and Senators
from getting appointments for their
friends. AS tho members arrive, and,
upon making applications for appoint
ments, find out their influence conf
1iiands no attention for the petty posi-
ton of messenger even, their curses
are both loud and deep. Postmaster
General Crcswcll, however, evidently
docs not intend to be sllorn of his
power by any laws of Congress, as he
yesterday appointed John II. Callahan,
of Texas, rs special agent i'll his de-
partment, without complying with the
new civil service rules.
Gov. Bowie, in his annual message
to the Maryland Legislature, follows
in the footsteps Of the Governors of
Illinois and Pennsylvania, and ar
r:signs the present Administration for
it's interference in local elections in
that State, and also tho unconstitution-
al acts committed by various Federal
officers. He predicts that unless the
American people rcbuke these auda-
{cious acts and usurpations the Ieepub-
lie will be soon under military dcspo-
tism.
The Administration organ here, III
commenting upon the disgraceful pro-
cccdings Of the Radicals in Louisiana
throws cold water upon the carpct-bag
gers. IT says that no matter what the
positions of Southern Republicans may
tbc, they will only be regarded as
Grants friends who seek to promote
reform and honesty in the public scr
vice. This is regarded here as not on
Iy ominous TO Warmoth, but also t.
, Scott, Blodgett and the rest of thu
tribe Of thieving carpet-bag officials.
Senator Sumner will withdraw hi:
equal rights amendment to the amnes
ty bill, which now seriously embar
rasses that measure, and Schurz viii
offer an amendment striking out all aftc
the first clause, which will make am
nesty universal, in case it should sue
lceed
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-01-13
Lessons Of the Fire.

Lessons Of the Fire.
It Is encouraging to know that tbei
bulk of tho losses incurred by the re-
cent fire WAS, the accommodation OF
only the past six years. This tact
demonstrates the vitality of our city, |
aud affords the sufferers a reasonable
belief, that, disastrous as their fortune
has been by the fire, they have a fair
chance of recovery. The extra eXer-
lions they will use and the sympathy
aud succ0r wlllchsinu naturally hoW
towatys them, will, combinctl, lift
them moro speedily than they now
imagine from the unf;ayorablc position
s In which tilcy have been placed. None
OF iss know Of what achievements we
are capable until the test is made.
Ont Of this progressive, determined
spirit to succeed, now SO manifest on
every hand, let us hope there will
grow not only greater individual en-
terprlse and wealth, but, what we have
50 long needed, n greater unanimity OF
feeling and purpose directed to the full
saevelopement of our little city. Let
us now call to our aid that potent
lever In success, the combined and har-
monious determination and support of
aiwhole community to build up pros
porous and beautiful city. Tho spirit
OF old fogyism has received severe
rebulke in the results achieved by the
: Fire Department and in the loss of no
1 little property which had not been lost
: but for want of q proper public spirit
in the Improvement of property. The
wisest policy of the sufferers them
selves is to encourage liberal public
spirit md a harmonious endeavor tC
rebuild substantially the interests sc
seriously retarded.
,"What's writ is writ" and what is
? ing where fires of a most destructive
character have proved real and lasting
benefits. How idle, then, are regrets
how unmanly and selfish are crilnina'
tions. That mans heart is vilely cor
rupt who docs not deeply deplore the
laE3SesS SUSAAlleu, uilu VIC SuHcTcE WIN
exhibits too much readiness in imput
ing to others disregard of his tribula
!. tions, affords, unwarily, evidence tina
there exists no bond between him ant
the remainder of mankind. The great
est of all virtues is CharH.y-the subj
NEST of all spectacles a noble self-de
NAL. That mans cheeks ought t.
burn with shame who could, at such :
crisis as this, attribute malicious Gle
signs to his neighbor, or who would
view the miseries of II single sutferc
in n sortlid or selfish light. If we ar
to reconstruct our tratle-if we ar
even to remain ut what we arc nov
wOrth-therc must be exhibited Il,
unselfish and enterprising will to carr.
the city along. The spccdiest route t.
reconstruction is not in wrangIing, bu
in concert of action. The sufferer
least of all, is prepared to pull back
and the more willingly and strongl.
he pulls ahead the greater will be tn
snccOr afforded him.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-01-13

Mr.. Johnson, the Democratic nomi-
nee, was reelected Mayor of Memphis
ON Thnrsaday by II handsome majority.
The contest was warm hut economy
and honesty triumphed.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-01-13

The Democratic State Central Conn
mittcc has issued II forciblc address to
the people, in which it unhesitatingly
approves the course Of tho Democrats
in the legislature who have made
common cause With certain Republi-
cans against the further continuance OF
| the disastrous rule of Gov. WarmOth
| in the atl:,irs of State.
From all we can gather in tho pub
| lie prints and otherwise, we are salts
| fled that the Committee only reflects
tho unanimous Judgment and prefer
encc of the pcopl" of New Orleans,
who, being upon the spot and being
deeply interested ia the struggle, are
| unqucstionably well qualified to Judge
! of the matters ut issue and to fore
! shadow the safest course for tho honest
masses of the state.
We, therefore, join the Committee
in its recommendations in opposition
to tho course and plan of WarmOtl,,
and engage for Il term of service to
last during the war.
Tho people of Louisiana ought to be,
and must be, united, i'll order to nc
complish the purposes they have SO
much at heart. The enemy is divided,
and We must take sides with that wing
which promises the SpccdicSi and sur
est means of escape from our troubles.
No confidence can be placed in the
Executives, because his chief reliance
is in the measures we SO much dctcst,
and which alone enable him to pro-
long his struggle against Gen. Grant.
The people, moreover, will not and
cannot support III. G. Warmoth. They
cannot sustain u branded coward and Il
ticspot. 1t will be Il moral death to
him who dare enter upon such al
course.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-01-13

The reform recommendations of Gov.
Wurmoth arean insult to the people
and the age. We have carefully read
his message, and speak advisetlly, and
we are more convinced than ever that
he is an nnmitigated cheat. The
changes he proposes in tho Election law
are meaningless and worthless. He
still purposes the retention of the pow
er given him under that law to make
"these fingers" (his) paramount and
supreme over the will of the people.
The constabulary, the militia, the
school laws he does not mention. The
printing law he does mention, but not
to recommend the repeal Or change OF
it's most otlious features. Tho printing
board he would pcrpctuatc, and also
the enormous eXtravagancc that board
may continue.
A more undigniticd, dcsultory and
impotcnt document than this message
in it of real significance are that there
is deficit in last years budget of two
millions of dollars, and that we are
paying an annual bonded interest of
nearly one and u half millions of dol
lars. The remainder of the message
Is puerile in thought and execution,
but not moro so than VIC had Il right
to expect from the occupant of tho EN-
ecutive chair. The people will never
be deceived by such verbose dccl;,ma-
ton from him who has proven that he
is totally unworthy of belief or conf
dence.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-01-13

About the best thing the legislature
c;ui do is to give way to Il convention,
of the pcoplc
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-01-13

The past week has been remarkable
for the Immense number of wild pig
cons visiting this section, and for two
very heavy hoar frostS.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-01-13

reform that will Interfere with his am
tocratic powers.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-01-13

The parish of Ouachita is divided in
the legislature. Senator Ray is among
the absent, or anti-Warmoth Senators,
and Antoine Overton, (colorcd) is with
Old Quilts, (Brewstcr) though leaving
here opposed to Warmoth, is now ut
the head of the Warmothites in the
House.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-01-13
T EWIS HOUSE,

This house is under the efficient manage
ment of Mr.. VIM. Lewis, who has twenty
five years continuous experience in the
business. Well-regulated, neatly kept, and
supplied with excellent beds and table-fare,
the Lewis House, located near the wharf
and passed going and coming by the shreve-
the travelling public as a model hotel.
October l, 1870. n2:ly
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-01-13
Policy of Insurance Companies.

risks IN Tic recent great iAS1 NEW w
ter,nincd to make policy-holders suffer
a loss of onc-fourth the amount of
their insurance, regardless OF the
amount of loss not covered, we unhes- |
itatingly dcnouncc such action as UNI |
Just, niggarlly and wholly unjustifia- |
bic.
The company advocating or approx
ing such Il step should be held up tot
universal execration.
Such a proceeding involves the fur
Their loss of nearly $4,000 to our I'M
fortunate people, and ut q crisis when Il
dollar in money is of extraordinary
value and Importance. Fifty thou
sand dollars in cash, ut this time,
would be equivalent in our CONNER
cial dealings to fully one hundred and
would, alone, relieve an untold amount
of hardship in this region Of country.
The law does not authorize, or even
sanction a proceeding SO unfair as this.
If the assured party takes one-fourth
the risk, in value not insured, the
spirit and meaning of the law, and
certainly tho common understanding Of
| policy-holdcrs, are complied with. The
merchant, with property valued Mt
fifty thousand dollars, who insurcs for
thirty-seven thousand and fifty dollars,
and is burned out, is clearly entitled to
the full amount of his policy.
1t is matter of regret to us that the
Board of Underwriters in New Or
leans-our commercial emporium, the
chief city of our State, and tho bcnefi-
ciary of all our bounty-should par
/ ticipatc in Il movement SO uncharita-
bic and ungratcful as to compel in
surers to lose one-fourth of their poll
cics. It is a reflection upon New Or
leans that her business men should in
dignantIy resent and repudiatc. Oul
suffering people ask no fi,vors. ZHei'
risks they are willing to lose, however
hard the loss may prove, and they arc
manfnlly eXcrting every faculty and
Ievery honorable effort to rebuild theil
fortunes; but they insist that New Or
leans insurance companies shall keel
faith with them and abide by their OBJ
legations. No man wants an excep
ton in his favor. The calamity ha:
been public and general in its charac
ter; every possible cXcrtiOn was made
to prevent it and to protect those wht
were carrying policies of Insurance. 1
ought to be and will be an everlasting
reproach upon those companies tina
shall now insist upon paying onl.
thrcc-fourths of the amounts insured
and in that light we demand that thi
unfecling, miscrly and ungenerou
!, policy, SO unbccoming Southern asso
Citations, shall not be pursued.
Il We learn from Mr.. J. +. Bchcn
local fire insurance agent, that tin
, companies he represents do not ask q
their patrons any such sacrifice as tina
J, we have noticed. He represents th
Georgia Home, and several foreign
companies.
d The Democratic State Central Com
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-01-13

EOR SALE, LEASE OR Remit
One of the best residences in the best part
Of the city of Monroe. Inquire of Capt. q.
w. McCranie Or DIR. T. p. Richardson.
Monroe, December 9, 1871. l2;3t
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-01-13

NH,KINNA'S SALOON,
A'A DE $ a X ID s TR e EFT,
Opposite IGndom's Livery Stable)
MON ROE, La,
Is kept VOL supplied with the best wines
and liquors and favorite brands of cigars.
Polite attention and good order guaranteed.
April Is, 1871. n3O-sn
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-01-13

VIC. Haislip to Trinity Conference !;
Seabor J. Graves to Texas Conf; Her.
man IIber to Virginia Conf; Reynolds
$. Trippct to Mississippi Conf, and
stationed ut Port Gibson.