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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11

In recent colored Republican meet
ing in Wilmington, ". c., an anima-
ted, il not somewhat belicose debate
arose upon an irritating question. In
the midst of it n sable orator arose and
said: "Gemmen, sich proceedings as
desc, in de time of General Washing
ton, would have been deemed s,,oiigry-
ous!" AT this, the speaker who pre-
ceeded him, instantly sprang to his
feet and exclaimed, "Sir, did l under
stand you to say smaiige'o,.s7" The
first orator again arose and solemnly,
but emphatically, replied, 81 haze
spoken ~ 'rhcn," says the orator the
second, 81 resist ~ and took his seat,
when the meeting proceeded with its
business.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11

f{fCiNHDSUN. jas. II. VI f..< F.'
Richardson & McEnery.

I TrORNEYS Az LAW, Monroe, La,
n practice in all the Parishes of North
louisiana, in the Supreme Court at Monroe,
the Federal Courts, and i'll the Land Office
Department of the General Government.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11

An cX-Tribunc proofreader says: off
Horace Greeley had written the in
scription on the wall in Babylon, Bel
ahazzar would have been n good deal
more scared than ne ";as.'
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11
DIR. II. l.. Whytc.

I ATE of tho Charity Hospital, New Or
IL leans, has permanently located in Mon
roe, and offers his professional services to
the citizens of the city and surrounding
country. Office-Slack'S new building, OPP
posite Courth ousc square. maEi lS72:lN
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11
The Wandering Jew.

The Hebrew Observer refers in
complimentary way to an address de-
livereti by DIR. Felsenthal, II Jew, before
the Young Mems Christian Union, at
Chicago. The following extract will
prove interesting:
"But," says the pious interrogation,
sis not the dispersion Of your people
amongst the nations visibly Il sign Of
the wrath of God, n punishment, II
curse?''
"No," is the Jewish answer, awe
don't sec it in this light. Not only that
we do not look upon this dispersion as
II curse, on the contrary, we regard it as
n blessing-a blessing for you and all
mankind. God said to the Jew when
he handed to him the wanderers staff,
s.As I have chosen thy ancestors, Abr.,-
ham, Isaac, and Jacob, and his childred
and defendants from amidst the ma
tions, that they should know Me and
My ptecepts and laws, and should pro-
serve this knowledge in their midst
as have selected them that they should
be the first banner bearers Of religious
truth !; so ! have now selected thee to
go forth among the nations, to thy
brothers III the Gentle world, and to
bring them, in my name, gifts and
treasures of the highest value, and
thereby thou wilt become their benc.
factor, their Messiah, their Saviour and
Redeemer! And obeying the behests
and decrees Of his Heavenly Father,
the Wandering Jew went forth, and
brought invaluable presents to the Cen
tile brethren. For its salvation from
heathenism, for its deliverance from
the grossest immoralities, for the pos
nf n hi r,r 1n
purest religious truths, and of the most
sublime moral tenets, the world Is in
debted MOTTO Buddah? to Confucius
to Zoroaster? to the soothsayers of
Delphi to the augurs of Roms to the
Druids of Germany and Britain? No!
to the despised Wandering jew. In
decd, we have the authority Of New
Testament writer for saying, Salvation
has como by the Jews.'"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11
DIR. j. CALDERwOOD. DIR. TIIOS. y. AE'
Drs. CnIierWOOd s. Ably.
MONROE, LA

OFFICE in rear of Bernhardt'S building
JSecond st rect bet ween DeSiard and the
Railroad. Jan 5, 1877 u&W
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11

The Republican Publishing Company
propose to furnish the Memph Weekly
Republican till Grant is reelected for
only 81.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11
DR.. Win. SaIIslel
DIR. II. II. frar<ISo 1,

physician, Surgeon and Obstetricia,
L Office adjoining Methodist church.
Special attention given to Chronic SHrs;
cal Cases NO: |
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11

Women in Austria perform the dit
ties of brick-layers' laborers, and may
he seen carrying hods of mortar and
baskets of brick up high ladders. More
than this, they dig and wheel bnrrows
of "ballast" almost AZ nimbly as the
men. They chop wood, they carry
water, they offer to black your boots in
the street, and perform many other
little offices, which, according to our
notions, do not and should not, come
under the denomination of WOnen'S
work.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11

Cards % Il personal Characterization adj
n,issiblc-will be charged double our reg
ular advertising rates.
Obituary and Marriage notices will he
charged as advertisements.
ANY person sending us tive new cash sub
.cribers, ut the same post Office, will be en-
titled to copy of THE TELEGRAPH gratis,
for one year.
AGENTS:
Tardrew .E Co...............New York.
Mcintyre 81 CO................-.New Orleans.
Frank MichauX. New Orleans
Jas. G. Drew, and Bchen Brothers,
Travelling Agents.
All other agencies are hereby revoked.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11

A Western traveller came up to II log
cabin and asked for Il drink, which was
supplied by II good-iooitfng young wo-
man. AS she was the first woman he
had seen in several days, he offered her
IL dime for IL kiss. ! I was duly taken and
paid for, and the young hostess, who
had never seen Il dime before, looked
at it Il moment with some curiosity,
then asked what she should do with it.
He replied what she chose, as it was
hers. "If that's the case" said she,
you may take it back and give me
another kiss"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11

The New York tinnnciers have been
looking into the status of Colonel Tom
scott, the railroad Cirsar, and the ex-
animation does not seem to inspire
very great confidence. The New York
Einancicr, II very able and reliable
journal, furnishes figures to show that
it is only Il question of time when the
" Pennsylvania Central - crash will
come. The corporation is too large and
stretched and appears in the market
too often for new loans to last very long
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11
1TA II iAKREFT. FItANkI-IN VNKRI.1
Garrett ~ Garrett.

1 TTORNEYS AT LAW, corner Wood
n and st. John Streets, Opposite Record
er's ot1ice), Monroe, La. Jan. l, 1872. ly
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11

PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
H. Il. Cobb.
4 TTOKNEY AT LAW, MONROE, La.
IA Aug. 10, 1871. Gv4-tf
\. H. Slack.
4 TTORSEY AT LAW and Commits
n sioner for Texas. Office Wood Street,
Monroe, La. Prompt attention given to col
lectiOns in North Louisiana. Aug. 26, 6S.5:l
DR.. WIN. Sanalel
rnNENDERS his services as Physician and
Surgeon, to the public. He can be found
upon his plantation, four miles below Mon
roe. March II, 1872. 25-ly
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11

The dospairing editor of a Petersburg,
Virginia, paper makes tn" following
wall: - man from Main" ha" our
post-Oitice, II Vermont man represents
" in Congress, n fellow from PcnnsEl-
Vania is our Street Commissioner, oar
Commissioner Of R"Vcnn" il Nas9a-
rhueette man, u fellow from Philadcl-
phin il jailor, the Chief of Police is a
rcnnaylvanian, two mcGr""@ represent
rs IN the Legislature, a Maine man
represent Us IN tho senate.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-05-11

y writer in the "hmcrican Journal
Of Microscopy" has been exploring the
forests of bristlcs in a hair brush sur
rcptitiously purloincd from n lady's
toilet stand, and though it contained
nothing which We arc acCuSton cd to
regard with unqualified horror, the re-
suits Of hiH investigation prove that
there are mysteries ordinarily un-
dreamed Of in simple appliances of the
toilet. There are concealed in the
damp linl Of hair brushes, unless kept
clean by the use of bicarbonate Of po-
tngaa or CarhOnat" Of soda, many living
thing", too small for detection by the
naked eye, some of which, We are told
are of more than suspiciouS character,
being known ~ the originatora of scald.
head and other diseases of the scalp
The author concludes Hiq article by :
caution against wcttipg the head, re
commanding dry bruehinE instead. IIt
also recommends the use of a weak 80
/ luton Of carhonic acid or sulphatc o
@oda a" cleaning material for hai
rT;IrEc~.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-06-21
NEW YORK.

Nkw YoRK, June 2l.--The members
of the Japanese embassy who have been
ON an excursion to West Point, Niagara
Falls and other places Of interest, ar
rived in this city last night from Boston,
and are at the St. Nicholas Hotel.
The celebrated horse Harry Basseit
has taken up his quarters at Monmouth
Park in the stable adjoining Longfellow
Race horses are arriving there daily
from all sections OF the country, and it
is thought there will be nearly two hun
bred clippers at the Park before the end
of the week. The races commence on
the 29th inst, and continue On July I'd,
Sd and 4th. The stakes to be contested
for have been filled as follows: Jersey
stakes, $500, iorty-one nominations;
Hopeful stakes, twenty-six nominations;
Monmouth cup, twelve nominations;
stakes, thirty-fve nomina-
tons; Mansion House stakes, thirteen
July stakes, twenty-five
and Monmouth sequel
stakes. twenty-four nominations. The
Of the meeting is looked
iorward to with great interest by all
classes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-06-21
LATEST iTELEGRAMS.
LHRRIoAE PRKss ASSOCIATION. VIA Q. ?. . A.
TELBeRAPE COMPANY.
Specials 10 the Ledger.
FEARFUL EXPLOSION.
Boiler Explosion I'm the Ohio Penf-
tenIfary.

tentfary.
COLUMBUS, June 2l.-Between six and
seven o clock this morning large boiler
in the Ohio brush and wire-works al
the penitentiary exploded, killing and
wounding between thirty-fve and sew
enty-fye prisoners. Some twenty-five
are said to be killed, including guard
named Adams. 1t is impossible to
learn fall particulars. az rp
It is now stated there were sixty killed
and forty-fve wounded in the explosion
this morning 90 AZ
LATER-About half past six o'clock
this morning the northern portion of the
city was startled BY the sound Of ter
rife explosion, which proved to be one
of the large boilers belonging to the
works Of the Ohio brush-works at the
penitentiary. At this early hour it was
impossible to get anything reliable re-
garding the extent of the explosion, as
no one was admitted at first after the
explosion.
Rumors were current on the streets
that from twenty-five to one hundred
and fifty were killed and wounded. All
these rumors proved incorrect and
greatly exaggerated. On visiting the
scene Of the disaster at $50 a.m. it was
ascertained that the boilers used to run
the works stood at the west end Of the
shop, running north and south. The
fires were started up as usual under the
boilers this morning, with three gauges
Of water in them, and at the time of the
explosion the steam gauges showed
that they were carrying eighty
FIVE pounds Of steam. The engi-
neer says be had just washed and was
on his way to breakfast, having been re-
lieved by his assistant and had proceeded
as far as the engine, some thirty feet
from the boiler, when the explosion oc-
CURED. 1t completely demolished about
twenty-five feet Of the west end Of the
shop, not foot Of the brick walls stand
ing. aud throwing the mass Of bricks,
timbers, tools, machinery and brush ma
teriAl several hundred feet in the air.
1t seems the men we're all at prayers
at the east end Of the shop where the
explosion occurred. except a gang Of
about thirty who had finished their morn
ing devotions and were taking their
places in the west end Of the building to
Commence work. which accounts for the
small number injured.
On going through the prison hospital
it was found that some thirty men were
injured BY the explosion, twenty-five of
them confined to cuts, badly bruised and
burnt, and FIVE or six badly Jared and
had pieces Of skin torn off by flying
missiles So far no one is known to
have been killed, and their escape from
death is a miracle.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-06-21
WASHINGTON.


WASHINGTON, Jane q Attorney Gen
eral Williams returned TO Washington
yesterday morning from two months
political tour on the Pacific coast. Mr..
Belknap returned Wednesday night.
Mr.. Fish remained here after the Cabi-
net meeting Tuesday, and Secretary
Delano has been compelled to stay on
account Of the absence Of the Assistant
Secretary. All the members of Che
Cabinet, therefore. are here except Sec
retaries Boutwell, and Robson. Their
stay, however, will be brief. Most Of
them viii leave on Monday for the Bos-
ton jubilee. They will remain in Bos.
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ton until after the grand ball on the
26th inst, when the President will return
from Boston to Long Branch, and the
others win come back 70 Washington.
The President appointed VIM. A,
Britton TO be United States Marshal for
the Northern District Of Arkansas, vice
E. Logan H. Rootes, removed.
Very favorable kilograms have been
received in official circles regarding the
result of Wednesdays sitting Of the
Geneva board Of arbitration. 1t seems
that England has now reduced her de-
mands to such form as gives hope of
q speedy adjustment Of the question.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-06-21
"TWo-rHIRDs RULE" IN CoHvEN-

This rule, adopted years ago for party
purposes, has been applied successfully
since that time for the purpose Of de-
feating the strong men before the people
and bringing into prominence the weak
er vessels. In national conventions the
delegates are elected By majority vote
of the people, but the tWo-thirds rule is
regarded as necessary to nominate; yet
q majority of the electoral votes will
elect President. When this rule be-
came part and parcel of the machinery
of State conventions, and those Of lesser
importance, the effect OF ii on nomina-
tons became more clearly apparent and
more Objectionable. The result Of this
rule is simply to give political traders a
chance TO indulge in speculative pur-
suits, and by keeping the two strong
candidates in sharp opposition by
seriesIof well managed ballots, pave the
way for the introduction Of the "un-
known candidate, who always hovers
like a ghoul on the outskirts Of
the political battle field. Where
q number Of Offices are to be filed,
the inscriptions politicians are
enabled to trade numberless times by in
dulgng in the theory, Ever fair but
false, so as to secure the support Of the
friends Of candidates for other Offices,
when the worthless themselves are unable
and often unwilling to keep the pledged
faith in any particular. The majority
rule system is becoming popular, and
will eventually be generally adopted by
the people. Should the National Demo
cratic Convention at Baltimore foist
Quaker gun candidate upon the PEG
pie, death-blsw will be struck at the
life Of conventions, and not a voice viii
be raised to bring the criminal to justice.
Il viii be considered clear case Of self
defe1se-a victory Of the people over
political jugglers and mountebanks that
even now are eking out a questionable
existence BY suferance. a 6Il
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-06-21
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, June 2l.-There were seve-
raj cases of sanstroke yesterday, one or
two of which were. fatal A fine ram
last night cooled the air, and to day it is
cloudy and comfortable.
David A. Cages celebrated trotting
mare, Clara G., was sold yesterday at
auction to L. C. Chase. of Boston, for
$4,000, which is $4,000 less than Mr..
Gage expected to receive. He paid only
$500 for her in 1868. She has made
half mile in l:OS several times. There
were sold at this sale dfty-one horses,
yielding a total Of $49.937. gBmn@
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-06-21

WESDELL PHILLIPS, the oratorical
Radical apostle, Acknowledges himself
70 be in a quandary. In recent letter
he says; Il am neither a Republican
nor Grant man. Whom I shall vote
for, or whether shall vote at all, ! do
not know" Phillips has become the
political Dundreary, and has reached
the pitch Of mental bewilderment. When
the paternal ancestor Of Radicalsm thus
ignores bis own offspring. there must be
something wrong With the latter.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-06-21

BELL RINGERs The entertainment
presented last evening at the Memphis
Theater by the Peak Family Of Bell
Ringers attracted a large and fashiona-
BILE audience. The Ladies' Cornet band
and the different specially performers
created the most pleasing impressions
on the audience. Tonight the troupe
will appear and give series of bell
playing, vocal solos and duets, charac-
ter songs and instrumental quartettes.
Tomorrow there will be a matinee for
ladies and children and the entertain
ment will be repeated tomorrow even
ing. sh0M af atsanltrAM 81
IRON MoULDERs' PIoNrc. Tomorrow,
June 22d, the Iron Moulders Union
No &C, of Memphis, will give its second
annual picnic at James Park. Com
mittees have been appointed to make
the affair one of pleasure to those in at
tendance. T
Books OPERA sE.-Broom has
now one of the best variety companies
in the South, having made such addi-
tons as entirely complete the combina7
ton, and places it in the power of the
present management to arrange a
to suit the tastes Of all who
attend this popular place of amuse-
mcnt Manager Broom is determined
not to be outstripped by any like estab-
lishment in the country.
OLYMPIC VARIETIES. Manager Buch-
anan has secured the services of first
class variety troupe to appear at his
Washington Street Theater every even
ing. The Olympic is well patronized
and attended. 1t is the coolest resort in
the city. Go and see the star troupe to-
night. The programmes are changed
nightly, and are filed with rare attrac-
lions.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-06-21
OFFICIAL.
Ordinance Amendatory Of Tax
Ordinance.

Be il ordained BY the General Council Of tho
City Of Memphis, That paragrpph .2S Of sec
tion 2l of An ordinance regulating taxation
In the city Of Memphis. approved April ~.
1872. be amended so MS to read. and TO be in
lieu thereof, as follows:
Sec. ~. From each and every marine. fire,
life, or accident insurance company lexcepting
those having home Office in the city Of N EN-
phis and assessed upon their capital seock) =.
having an Office in the city for the purpose of
transacting its business or represented in the
city by any agent. broker or solicitor for the
purpose Of transactinF business. or renewing
or continuing in force any business heretofore
transacted through agents. brokers or solici-
tors at Memphis, annually. in advance, $500
and two per cent: on the gross premiums.
whether note or cash, and VIII ether renewals or
first premiums, on all business transacted for
said companies through their agents. brokers
or solicitors, in the city of Memphis; said per
centage tax to DO paid quarterly on. sworn re-
ports to be made by such agents. brokers or
solicitors, at the end Of every three months.
Passed first reading by Board Of Aldermen
June 5, 1872, rules suspended, and ordinance
passed second and final reading, per require,
ment of the l4th section Of the city charter.
Passed first reading by Council. June s,
1872, rules suspended per requirement Of char
ter. and passed second and final reading BY
Council.
Approved jane Z. 1872.
& JOHN JOHNSON, Mayor.
Attest: l.. r. RICHARDS. City Register. y
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-06-21

STATE CONVENTION The State Con-
vention to be held at Nashville for the
purpose of nominating Congressional
candidate for the State at large will con-
yene on the 2lst Of August next. At a
meeting of the State Executive Com
mittee held yesterday Duncan McRae,
Esq, of this city, was appointed one of
the additional delegates from the State
at large to Baltimore vffn 81
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-06-21
THE LAST RELIC OF BARBARIsx.

The well authenticated accounts OF
the prosecutions of the Jews in Rouma-
ria have aroused the most intense spirit
of indignation throughout the civilized
world, and even now the courts OF Eu-
rope are preparing diplomatic remon-
strances against the atrocious wrongs
committed on an in6fensiye people.
The humane and divine spirit of Chris
tianity has failed to visit the land Of
Roumania or to impress the impotent
Roumanisn government with the objects
of its blessed mission on earth. Many
of the most enterprising and prosperous
business men in Roumania are Jews, and
the thrift and prosperity of this class
has probably aided to excite envy and
hatred, leading to the persecution of the
whole race. This spirit is of the Trium-
yirate composed Of Jewish persecution
in that country, Know-NOthingism in
this. and Communism in France.
The European Jews have made a
step in the right direction, however.
A meeting of the leading bankers
in Berlin was recently held. at which
sixteen Jewish firms were represented,
when il was resolved unanimously that
in view Of the continuous oppression to
which the Jews in Roumania had been
subjected, none of the firms would as
sociate themselves with the negotiation
of any loan for the Roumanian govern
ment, or promote in any way any indus
trial enterprise in Roumania. Copies
Of this resolution have been sent to the
correspondents of these bankers in Lon
don, Paris, Amsterdam. Frankfort,
Vienna and Hamburg. with the expecta-
ton of securing their cooperation in an
organized effort to create financial
stringeucy in Roumania. The Rou-
nanian government shares with Presi-
dent Grant the grossest spirit of bigotry.
The latter worthy issued the following
order:
HEADQUARTERS 18th Array CORPS, !
DKP'I or THE TENNESSEE,
OXFORD, Mss, December II, 1872.
General Order No. II. ~
The Jews, as class, violating every |
regulation of trade established by the |
Treasury Department, also Department
orders, are hereby expelled from the De- |
partment within twenty-four hours from !
the receipt Of this Order By Post Com.
manders
They will see that all this class Of peo-
pie are furnished with passes and re-
CURED to leave, aud any one returning |
after such notification will be arrested |
and held in confinement until an oppor- |
tunity occurs for sending them out as
prisoners, unless furnished with permits
from these headquarters.
No passes will be given these people |
to visit headquarters for the purpose Of
making personal application for trade
permits.
By order Of Major General Grant.
JOHN A. RAWLINGS,
Assistant Adjutant General
Official: J. LOWELL, Captain and As
sistant Adjutant General.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-06-21

The Courier-Journal gives the follow
ing choice bit Of historical literature:
g 1t is said that Davy Crockett's marriage
bond has been deposited in the State
Library Of Tennessee. or his signature,
which is said TO be attached to it, we
give herewith what we suppose to be a
fac smile: X"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-06-21

A REMINIsCENcE. The well-known
lawyer of San Francisco, and leading
counsel of Mrs. Laura Fair who killed
a man because he kissed his wife, is Mr..
N. Green Curtis, formerly of Memphis.
Twenty years ago Esquire Green Curtis
had his magisterial Office near the corner
of Beal and Shelby streets. Some years
after he went to California, studied law,
and now stands at the head of his pro-
fession.