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The Weekly Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 1871-18??, 1872-04-10
ESTABLISHED 1910.
WASHINGTON, ARK, APRIL 10, 1872,

The special Washington oorrespon-
dent Of the St. Louis Republican tele>
graphs as follows on the 2Sth ult:
Through the systematic efforts of
claim agents in the southern states, the
government and claimants have been
defrauded of large sums of money.
This fact has been long known to the
second auditor, and the utmost scru-
tiny has been exercised in the exami~
nation and paymentof claims. Parties
in Newbern, N c., Memphis, Tenn,
and Little Rock, Ark, have been dis,
covered as engaged in these fraudulent
practices, and indictments found
against several Of them. The Mem,
phis agents, with their runners, are,
through the detection of the courts,
perhaps the most troublesome to deal
with, but it is now reported that ore
OF the most notorious rascally agents is
under several indictments, and that
his trial is set for next week. A nos
torious colored swindler is also under
arrest for aiding and abetting in these
frauds"
The Weekly Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 1871-18??, 1872-04-10

AMNESTY TR1FLING:-A little in
cident in the House of Representatives,
yesterday, illustrated the absurdity of
triiling with Amnesty, as Congress is
now doing. 1t has been agreed that
the members shall pass up to the clerks
desk the names of rebels whom they
wish restored to the rights of citizen.
ship, to be passed upon without the
list being read. But this was with the
understanding that none Of tLo class
specially excepted by Act. of Congress
should be so favored by any member.
In the last list Of candidates, the name
of ex-Gov. Vance of North Carolina
was discovered, and, as he Is one Qf the
"proscrihed" rebels, q hubbuh was
created. There is something pitiful
in the fact that this sharp cutting of
corners and lodging about is necessary
in order slightly to divide the nicely
shaded classes of rebels. All this
would be avoided by a single statesman
like act-Uniyersal Amnesty.-Ne,C
York Tribune.
The Weekly Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 1871-18??, 1872-04-10
AT $3.50 PER ANNUM.

In recent letter, declining to be,
come candidate for governor of Jndi-
ana, Mr.. Voorhees, says Nor do
any doubts as to the resuh of the
coming election in Indiana induce the
course | have taken. regard the
overthrow of any party which attempts
to support and prolong the present
administration as certain as the polls
are opened to free people. The
oldest, the ablest and the most distin>
guished leaders of the Republican
party are now engaged in proving that
General Grant is wholly unworthy Of
repoct or confidence. The Republican
State convention of Indiana, on the
twenty-second Of this month, took
issues with the very founders of the
party on this point. | have not the
shadow OF fear as to what the verdict
Of the people will be in October and
next"
The Weekly Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 1871-18??, 1872-04-10

DR.. r. V.Pierce, Of Buffalo, N. Y,
in his book on Chronic diseases, says
in regard to his Golden Medical Dis
covery, with which our readers are
familiar: "From its wonderful power
over Consumption of the Lungs, | had
thought strongly Of calling it my Con-
sumptive Cure; but frora the fact that
it is a perfect specific for the sore throat
and hoarseness to which ministers and
other public speakers and singers are
subject; and also for Bronchitis, and
all serere Coughs, and is an invaluable
remedy for diseases Of the Liver, and
also as a Blood Purifier. | decided
not apply to It name which might
mislead and prevent its use in other
diseases for whioh it is so admirably
adapted.
cit will cure a cough in one half the
time necessary to cure with any other
medicine, and il does it not by drying
it up, but by removing the cause
subdueing the irritation and healing
the effected parts"
This valuable medicine is sold by all
frst-olass druggists,
The Weekly Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 1871-18??, 1872-04-10

Agar said, "Give me either power,
ty nor riches" and this will ever be
the prayer Of the wise. Our incomes
should he like our shoes: if TOO small,
they will gall and pinch US, but, if too
large. they will cause us to stumble
and trip. But wealth, after all, is a
relative thing, since ho that has little,
and wants less, is richer than no that
has much and wants more. True con.
tentment depends not upon what we
have; a tub was large enough for
Diogenes, but world was too little
fer Alexander.
The Weekly Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 1871-18??, 1872-04-10
THE EARTHQUAKE.

SAN FRAYoIsco, March 3l.-Ad-
vices from lnez county say that on the
area stretching from Owens Lake to
the Mexican line there are innumera-
BILE volcanoes, not long extinct, and
several mud volcanoes are now active.
1t is supposed that some of these old
volcanoes may be eruptive again. A
gentleman from Independence asserts
that smoke and ashes from these volca-
noes have been distinctly seen south
ward of that place. lie further SAYS
that lava is reported TO have been seen
floating down the mountains, which
intelligence, however, has not yet boon
confirmed. The shocks continued,
though decreasing in force, up to
Thursday morning, when over a thou
sand had been counted. At Tibbitt's
Rancho, fifteen miles above Indepen,
dencc, forty acres ofground have sunk
seven feet below the surface Of the
surrounding country, The big Owens
lake has risen four feet since the first
shock. The Owen river ran over its
banks, dePQsiting shoals of fish on the
shore after it receded for Il distance of
three or four miles. Tho earth crack
ed and one side remlined stationary,
while the other sank seven or eight,
feet, leaving a wall of earth extending
three miles in length where formerly
it was level plain. Innumerable
cracks were made Throughout The val,
ley. The Kern and Owen river turn,
ed and run up stream for several
minutes, leaving their bells dry, and
finally returned with a largely increas-
cd volume.
In the neighbQrhoqd of Lone Diuc
the most violent earthquakes were felt.
Over three hundred distinct shocks
were perceptible within a period of
four hours, some Of them of several
seconds duration. Almost every
building in the vicinity was thrown
down; fences, trees and barns were
Frustrated, and the town rendered a
complete ruin. Over twenty persons
in the town were killed, and ten in
jured. The violence Of the shocks
opened the earth through the valley of
the Lone Pine, forming a chasm fif-
teen miles in extent, varying from
three inches to forty feet in width.
This phenomenon was also attended
with u large loss of life. The names
of over fifty killed and two hundred
wounded have been received here.
There is no PARALLEL to this earth
quake since 1912, when the missions
of San Juan, Capistrano, and Lupres-
sima, Southern California, were de.
stroyed. 1t was ofoourse the matter
ofcommon conversation in California,
but created not the slightest apprehen.
sion outside Of the district affected.
The Weekly Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 1871-18??, 1872-04-10
NEW ORLEANS FLooDr

NEw ORLEANS FLooDED.--A dis,
patch from New Orleans on the 91st
ult. says that the whole of St. Thomas
street, in front of the city water,w works
reservoir, gave way, suddenly releasing
bulk Of water covering half a square
twelve feet deep, doing much damage.
Loss estimated at $4,000. The lower
floors of many houses in the vicinity
we're almost instantly flooded, causing
great alarm among the occupants. The
center walls Of the reservoir remained
firm, so that only half the supply Of
water escaped.
The Weekly Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 1871-18??, 1872-04-10

CURTosITIEs OF THE BiBLE.-A
man who was condemned to solitary
confinement for life in a prison, relieved
the tediousness of the years by ascer>
tanning the following facts: The Bible
containg 1886, 4S9 letters, 1882
words, 81, 173 verses, 1889 chapters,
and GO books. The word "and" occurs
46.277 times; the word Lord occurs
1855 times, the word reverend" occurs
but once, which is in the 9th verse of
the 1 18th Psalm. The middle verse is
the 8th verse Of the 18th Psalm. The
DIST verse of The 18th chapter of Ezra
contains all the letters in the alphabet
except the letter j. The finest chaps
ter to read is the Goth chapter Of the
Acts Of the Apostles. The 18th chap
ter of III. Kings, and the 37th chapter
Of Isaiah, are alike. The longest verse
is the 9th verse of the Sth chapter OF
Esther. The shortest verse Is the Both
verso of the 1lth chapter of st. John.
The Sth, 18th, el.t and 31st verses OF
the l0Sth Psalm are alike. All the
verses Of the 136th Psalm are alike.
There are no words or names Of more
than six sylables.
The Weekly Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 1871-18??, 1872-04-10

a student in one of the New York col,
logos was charged lay the Faculty with
having had a barrel of ale deposited in
his room contrary, of course, to rule
and usage, He received a summons
to appear before the President, who
said; "Sir, | am informed that you
have a barrel Of ale in your room"
Eyes, sir"
"What explanation can you make?'
"Why, the fact is sir, my physician
advised me to try little ale each day
as 4 tonic, and not wishing to stop at
the various places where this beverage
is retailed, | determined to have a
barrel taken to my ROOM"
"indced! And have you derived any
benefit from it!7
"Ah! yes, sir. When the Darrell
WIS first taken to my room, n few
weeks since, | could scarcely lift it.
Now | can carry it with the greatest
ease.'
The Weekly Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 1871-18??, 1872-04-10

In the following statement wo find
the cheerful hope of getting rid of a
nuisance in the shape of one of the most
corrupt Of our public men-Senator
Morton, Of Indiana. The Democrats
of this State have pretty much made
up their State ticket. Thomas A.
Hendricks will be nominated for Gov.
ernor, Chaunoy De Pauw for Lieuten-
ant Governor, and Dan. w. VOORHEES,.
who declines to have his name men
toned in the gubernatorial connection,
for Congressman at large, There is a
first-rate prospect for a Democratic
Senator, as out Of the twenty-five Sen,
ators holding over, fifteen are Demo,
cratic, leaving twenty eight to elect, Of
which the Democrats are confident Of
their ability to carry more than half
So the prospect Of getting lid Of Nor,
ton Is an excellent one, which we trusl
may daily brighten and strengthen.
iojac Register.
The Weekly Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 1871-18??, 1872-04-10

DO not run away from your neigh.
bor5 because they are not just what
you would have them to be; you may
go further and fare worse; you may
jump from tho frying-pan into thofre.
Better set about improving those
around you, by your own conversation
and example and by inducing them To-
read and time
The Weekly Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 1871-18??, 1872-04-10

COMPUTING IYTEREsT.-H is a
new rule for computing interest. 1t
is 80 simple and 50 true that every
banker, merchant or clerk, should post
it for reference. BY no other arith>
metical process can the desired infor~
nation he obtained by so few figures:
Six per cent.-Multiply any given
number of dollars by the number of
days of interest desired, separate the
right hand figure and divide by six;
the result is the true interest on such
number Of days at six per cent.
Eight per cent.-Multiply any given
amount of the number of days upon
which it is desired to ascertain the in,
terest and divide by IS, the result will
be the true interest for the time re-
quirod.
Ten per cent-Multiply the same
as above and divide by 36, and the re.
suit viii show the interest at ten per
cent.
The Weekly Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 1871-18??, 1872-04-10

New YORK, April IA special
from Cairo, Egypt, says that Gen.
Sherman was splendidly entertained
by the khedive. A state breakfast
was given in honor Of him, and he was
invited to a review, A special train
was provided for himself and suite,
and a palace was rendered him for hi:
residence, but he declined it. lie
leaves Tuesday for Constantinople
where ha viii be the guest Of the sui,
tan.
The Weekly Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 1871-18??, 1872-04-10

The Chicago Times says of the
Stringent law recently enacted by the
Radical Legislature Of Illinois; Its
nice law,this new temperance statute.
You can get drunk, larrup your wife
and knock smithereens out of tho fur-
niture, and then make the man who
sold you the virus pay all the dams
ages
The Weekly Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 1871-18??, 1872-04-10

Emerson preached a whole discourse
in few lines thus, "Tho accepted
and betrothed lover has lost the wills
dest charms Of his maiden in her aceep~
lance of him. She was heaven whilst
he persuaded her as star-she can not
be heaven if she stoopg to such q enc as
he.n
The Weekly Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 1871-18??, 1872-04-10
4 WHOLE ProPLE's OPINIoY

y WHOLE ProPLE's OPINIoN-
When a nation of forty millions accepts
and endorses as a Stamford Restorative
an article that it has had the fullest
opportunities Of testing during peri
oil of twelve years, who can be so abb
surdly incredulous as to doubt the ex-
cellonce Of the preparation? Plantation
Biiters has passed through this ordeal
and is now the most popular proprie-
tary medicine on this continent. II
would be difficult to find on adult of
either sex between the Atlantic and
tho Pacific, or between the northeast
corner of Maine and the Gulf of Mex
leo, who does not know, either from
personal experience or observation.
that this renowned vegetable remedy
is the purest tonic and stomachic and
the finest Alternative and regulating
medicine at present before the world.
AS a preventive Of, aud cure for, dis
eases generated by malaria, and as a
specific for dyspepsia, rheumatism, AMI
all nervous and bilious affections, it is
admitted to be fairly pronounced the
faporite Household Toaic and 4Aherctive
Of tie Western Hemisphere.
The Weekly Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 1871-18??, 1872-04-10

We learn from a recent book that
Adam (whom many OF our readers will
doubtless remember as the first many
was, according to a rabbinical tradition.
one hundred miles high. If this is
really true, every ono ofus ought to be
tervently thankful that the race has
dwindled since Adams day. 1t is ap-
pa!ling to think ofthe Inconvenience and
expense to which we should be subjected
if We retained Adams dimensions A
man would require, we should Judge
trowsers fifty miles lopg and about four
hundred furlongs of suspeuder And, if
we were to preserve the proper proper,
tions in our dress, we should each re-
quire about sixty thousand cubic feet
of high hat When a small family of
such men died they would occupy the
entire State of Pennsylvania as a GEM
etery and the way the undertaken
would accumulate charges for collins
would be simply frightfal. SO it is
better as it is. Adam did very well
while he was alone in the world; but
Just at present man of his inches, who
lived in Philadelphia, could hardly sit
down without MASKING Lancaster out
of existence Pi,is5urg Leader.
The Weekly Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 1871-18??, 1872-04-10

Oswego eolored conservation; 81
say, Baz, where do dat comet rise at ~
ut rises in De forty-six meridian OBJ do
frigid zadiac, and laid down in tho
comic almanack.Y DWELL, where does
it set, Baz' "set, you black tool !
1t doesn't set, nowhere. When it get
tired of shining it goes into its hole"
The Weekly Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 1871-18??, 1872-04-10

The greatest run of luck on record
is that ola baltimore cigar dealer, who
within the last three months has inber,
tied fortune, drawn a big lOt.erypriss.
found 81 900 buried in the cellar of bic
house, and lost his mothersin-lsW.
The Weekly Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 1871-18??, 1872-04-10
A youth who annliod for a marrinn.

A youth who applied fhra marriage
license in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
the other day, was reminded by the
clerk of two previous applications. and
said: eyes, but the other two girls
didn't know wanted to get married
ill I showed them tho document- this
one does" He got the paper.
The Weekly Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 1871-18??, 1872-04-10

A sneak thief recently stole coat
which had been hung on the fence 10
be disinfected from smallpox. lie
was arrested, put in jail, and "hrOko
out next DAY.
The Weekly Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 1871-18??, 1872-04-10

4 farm is advertised for sale in Ears
mington, Connecticut. for no portion OF
which any deed was ever given. It hays
ing remained in the same family for
232 years, ever since the original purs
chase from the Indians.
The Weekly Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 1871-18??, 1872-04-10

Agaug Of burglars we're hoisted with
their own petard, at Manchester,
Ohio. They we're about 70 blow open
the safe with powder, when the key
exploded and blew up them and their
scheme simultaneously.
The Weekly Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 1871-18??, 1872-04-10

TIM NEXT DEMOCRATIC CoNvEN-
TIoN. The National Democratic Elk,
ecutive committee will hold a meeting
in Washington, in May, after the
meeting ofthe Cincinnati convention,
to fix the time and place for holding
the National Democratic convention.
1t is supposed by the leading Demos
Gratis here that the time will be Fourth
of July, and the place st. Louis.
The Weekly Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 1871-18??, 1872-04-10

A ursl TennesseeSn resented tho
kind Offices Of Memphis publican
who gave him yennicelli soup. sishise
to know III yau'uns eat these lsfsrpas
Wurrums.
The Weekly Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 1871-18??, 1872-04-10

len. Humphrey nIafshal! died q
his residence ia Louisville ea he 2eiH
ult, of pDeumenia and bsercb;fis
The Weekly Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 1871-18??, 1872-04-10

ADJUFANT GENERAL COOPER. =.
General Cooper, Adjutant General of
the Confederate States, is in deep pow
erty. He is working like common
laborer to support his family, He is
seventy years old, A call has been
made for aid for the gallant old soldier.
Tie is a native New Yorker.
Subscriptions may be sent to Col.
Arthur Herbert, Aiexaudria, Virginia,
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1872-08-23

Grant declines Chattanooga.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1872-08-23
DANIEL wE3sTER's OLD HOME.

Edmund c. Steadman has visited
the old home of Daniel Webster al
Mansfield, and thus describes some
of its features in letter to the Tri.
bune:
The mansion-a long. low, cross.
rooted wooden pile-has been so
often pictured that l need only speak
of it as owing its attractiveness to an
appearance os having grown foot
after foot by alteration from some
Old building. and of not having been
mabe bran new and at once; to the
long piazzas. where roses and the
Virginia creeper wander at will to
its peaked gables; hastily. to the
indefinite feeling one derives from it,
that there has been a sturdy presence
Of manhood in the past, now gone
forever; but leaving its latent individ-
railtv stamped upon the less transit
ory inanimate objects which surround
it. We are what suns ard winds and
waters make US; bnt here nature is as
Webster transformed it. The house
grew with him; the trees, except the
white apple tree, and the famous
elm, were planted by his hand; and
the rolling acres, the unbroken lawr
are the impress and the reflection OF
the man himself. The elm. under
which Mr.. Webster used to place
his chair. and was painted sitting in
country farmers grab, differs from
any specimen Of New England's royal
tree that l have ever seen. The trunk
Is of the largest. but the limbs shoot
ont not far above the ground, and
whether by art or nature, are trained
to cover circle of 100 feet in diam
eter, dropping low, so that the tree
casts shadow beyond that of anv =
Windsor oak, and enhouses YOU like
a banyan. The great limb has
Welded to recent blast, and touches
the ground with leaves still green up
On it. As if a servitor smitten in
lefense of the mansion had sunk his
wounded limb to earth. the tree still :.
holds his head proudly. and wards off :
he tempest's onset with It's unharmed
branches.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1872-08-23
G0LDEN GATE ACADEMY,
OAKLAND, CAL.

A fr.t class Boarding School for Boys.
U'HE NEXT TERN WILL COMMENCE
l AUGUST l+th For particulars and circulars
aI1re D SACEETT. A. NJ, Principal; Rev.
A l.. STONE. D D. President of the Board of
Trustees; Rev. VIC. POND, Sec'y. jy15Im
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-10-03
JUDGE JOHN r. HARRIS.

This gentleman. who received so large
and enthusiastic a vote in the Convention
called to nominate a candidate for Con-
gress IN the Rockingham district. is max
ing vlgoraus canvass for Greeley and
Brown. We are glad to hear that his
election over his independent competitor,
who refuses to support Greeley, and IS
supported himself by the GRANTEES OF the
Valley, is assured; and we trust his
majority will be so large as hereafter
to keep cut of the field all opposition to
the Conservative nominee. Il SO happens
in The present canvass that Judge Harris
is the only candidate for Congress select
ed by oar party from the entire Valley
of Virginia, and this fact gave him a
decided advantage over Col. Duke, his
gallant competitor 3for the nomination
the faithful manner in which Judge
Harris has heretofore discharged his du
ty as Representative gives assurance that
the Interests of the Valley, during his
term, will be in no dergee neglected.
II we would preserve the usefulness OF
our Conservative organization, and save
the State from the horrows of Rad zeal
rule. we must not only preserve harmony
IN the ranks Of the party, but set our face
against the worst Of '1fecian horses, in
dependent candidacy. Independents is
only another. name for Radical. Rich
7,oUd En01i7,er.{ 95zi 90.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-10-03
Commissioners Sale
REAL ESTATE :!
VIM. H. Miller, and wife, vs.. George Lind

VIM. H. Miller, and wife, vs.. George Lind
amood &c. j..
BY virtue of decree Of the Circuit Court
of Shenandoah pronounced in the above
named cause on the End day If april, 1872
the undersi gned conn issioner will on
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5th, 1872.
on the premises offer at PUBLIC SALE to
the highest bidder, the land of which John
Shouman died, seized and possessed lying
on Swoover Creek about one mile from Zion
Church in said county
CONTAINING IT'S ACRES, roods and 81
square poles, being the sama which said
John Shouman inherited from his father
Stephen Show man. 80 acres l rood poles of
which including the buldings,a
GOOD Two STORY HOUSE,
barn and other oat-baildings has been as
signed TO Lydia Evy. formerly Lydia
Shouman wife of John Shouman deed, as
Dover. but will be sold subject TO the said
dover interest the purchaser coming into
the possession of said dover interest at the
death Of sal Lydia Evy..
The land is Of good quality and we'll tim-
berel fhe lots which john Shouman dtc'd
purchased of jackson Wctzel and Levi Hels-
ley,
CONTAINING 4ACRES, 2 ROODS AND SO
POLES,
adjoining the home tract and the lands Of
VIM. Fl Miller Geo Andrieh and others,
and upon which there is Good Dwelling
Houst will also be offered for sale
At the same TIME and PLACE l will offer
for Sa1e