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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-10-29
I. Why the South is Poor.

Why the South is Poor.
kNKOM tho cradle to the grave. we are
~ dosed With all kinds Of unknown Medi.
cines made abroad, Of which We know no.
II your baby is sick, you give it Northern
soothing Syrup, instead OF Heinitsh's Rose
1fyoar Liveris not right, you take North.
ern ea piils, instead Of the "Blood and Liver
II your Blood is impure, you take North.
Delight" ~on
II you have Chills and Fever. you take
Northern chill cures, instead Of Heinitsh's =
Our health and our wealth is thus de.
sstroyed. Encourage your own doctors; take
Medicines made at home, and buy those
that you know are good. Hein1t sh has an
experience Of forty years in making ali
kinds Of Medicines for every lisease known.
90 At once and consnlt with him. Por sale
ut ENTHUSIASTICALLY DRUG 6TORE. ~
Oct II
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NEW Livery Stables.

Family Supplies.
CHOlCE GOSHEN BU rTER and CHEESE,
~ fresh Lemon, Milk, Soda and Cream
BISCUIT; Smoked Boef; choice TEAS. Jaya
and Mocha CUFFEES; Fella London MIS-
TARD; Nelson's London QELATINE. Fla.
voring EXTRACTS and SPICES, DO for
sale low for cash. HOPE N HVf
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GEORGIA
COTTON PRESS.

7HHE above PRESS is the moet SIMPLE.
Il STRONG and DURABLE in the market
Price, complete. 1925. Send for circular.
PENDLETON Il BOAKDMAN,
fntcnttcs ard Manufacturers, Foundry and
Machine Works, Kollock street. Aurusta n
NcorGla. Aug ~ 3nlos
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FIRE INSURANCE.
GEO. HUGOINs, Ag't, Columbia, S. c.

Ii1tn" insurance Co.. OF Hartford, Conn.
Assets sec ,000-- incorporated Il. d. 1919.
WHAT WE DON'T SAY:
WTE don't say that the "ErNA" pavs
wv losses more promptly than some other
t1re insurance companies.
We dont say, that the "ETNA" insures
property at lower rate OF premium Than
some other companies.
WHAT WE DO SAY:
We do say, that the '.ETNA" has the
largest amount OF cash aseets OF any fire in.
suranco company in the United statcs.
we 10 say, that the "ErNA" has paid
losses amounting To over $40 600 OGO. during
the la.t fifty. four years
We do say. that the ".ErNA" has paid
losses to the citizens Of Columbia. amount
ing to over $3.50. COO, without SUSTAINING n
lawsuit since it established nm ageilcy
in l849. " e"'
Also represonts Tho
i, !!MMPEKlAL ,FIKE INSURANCE COM
PHOENIX FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
OF New. York. Total assets, s1G, 900 600.
Kiskstaken on Buildings. Merchandise and
Cotton. GEO. HUGGINS, Agent.
@ @ Office opposite the Columbia Hotel.
oot4 t13
Planters Can Get the Highest Price
EoK their COTTON, and buy their GRO
T. CEh1ES a. tho cheapest rates, at
sePtI4 HAkDY:SOLOMON'S
Bagging and Ties.
> 000 YARDS HEAVY BAGGING.
M:NOO ~: " 5000 lbs. A6R{, AaRoW TIEs, for
Fresh Bisonits and Crackers!
CONSISTING Of Soda, Lemon, Butter,
~ Oyster, Jumbles, Cornhill's, Ginger
Snaps, &C., &C., for sale at "the cash store"
OF JOHN AGNEW & sON.
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90 Boxes Shoulders,
ENOR sale at cents per pound, at
II Got IA SOLOMON'S.
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A Whole Family Cured
NIITH one bottle OF HEINITSH'S KINA
>" CHILL CURE. Cures in every case.
For sa1e only at HEINITSH'S
Oot ~ Drug Store.
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Bonds, Stocks. &c.

T BUY and SELL on COMMISSION and
my own account, at current rates:
Bo9ds and Stocks of States and United
States, Bonds and 5tocks OF Cities and other
corporations. Bank Notes. Coupons, Gold
and q; SILVER Coin, and approved Claims gainst
D. GAMBRILL, Broker, Main street.
Aug 10 t8mo I'd door South Wheeler House.
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1a1tn" insurance Co.. of Hartford, Conn.
Assets sG,Ct 0,000--I incorporated 4. d. 1919.
WHAT WE DON'T SAY:
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Planters Can Get the Highest Price
LNOR their COTTON, and buy thcir ono
u CER1ES a. tho cheapest rates, at
SeptZ4 HAkDY.SUIOMON,S
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-02-01
Tho Result OF BnyOnct Rule.

\ reporter oftho Now York Tribune,
who has been interviewing some mem
mcrs Of the committee OF citizens Of
Louisiana who visited Washington in
hopo OF getting Grant to do their State
Justice, who wcro recently In Now
the existing condition OF business
affairs In New Or1ouns, t,s tho result OF
the subvcrsion orthc State government
to military rule. We quote as follows:
Property in New Orleans will not
sell for onc-fourth OF its valuation.
Many persons would willingly accept
onc-third the value of their property,
in order to invest their money else
where. One OF the best reasons for
this great depreciation is the enormous
contiscation. Land owners pay 8 per
cent. taxes, and the present Legislature
contcmplntcs m increase OF the rate.
One case was piece of property which
rented for $4,000 per year, on which
tho proprietor has to pay $1,000. There
are innuinerahle elegant private resi-
dcnccs and many stores which can be
! occupied by the lessee merely giving
an agreement that he will pay the tax
s. Plantations thnt formerly were
valued Mt sl5O,OO0 can now be bought
for $4,000. In the most desirable bu
sInc+s localities OF New Orleans there
| are moro vacant stores than over be
! fore
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-02-01
CURIOUS CASE IN LITIGATION.

Tho former home OF Thomas Jcircr-
son, located on the Monticello noun
tain, near Charlottesville, Albcmarlo
county, Nirginin, is fn litigation at
present before the Supreme Court OF
Nirginia. 1t is well known that Mr..
Jefferson expended IL large fortune In a
lavish hospitality and died poor. Mon
ticello, his estate, was sold and Pur-
chased by Commodore Levy, OF tho
United States navy. Commodore
Levy devised the estate at his death,
to tho United States, ~ trustee, for the
purpose Of establishing an Agricultural
Farm, ON which to educate to agricul-
turnt pursuits children of the warrant
officers OF the navy whose parents
were dead. In aid Of this scheme he
also devised three hundred Thousand
dollars worth of property in Now
! York. In the event Of the United
States not accepting the trust, he pro.
act "a the trustee for the purpose
named, md in tho event OF tho Stat,
OF Virginia not accepting the trust IN
devised tho property to the Portuguese.
Hebrew congregations Of New York
Philadclphia, Baltimore for the bcnc
fit Of the children whose fathers wcr
dead. His legal heirs brought suit i
New York to cot aside thcsc provision
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MONROE, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY l, 1878.

questions alone competent for Con-
gress to decide, and unite they arc de-
finitely settled by that power, there is
no end to the contest in this State.
The great case Of Louisiana has passed
beyond tho jurisdiction OF the Courts.
Under the theory and practice Of our
Government in q controversy such rs
we have in Louisiana, no other power
can intervene for the settlement and
solution of our troubles other than that
of Congress, which under the Federal
Constitution, is bound to guarantee to
every State in the Union Il government
in form. therefore reitcratc the re-
commendation contained in my previ
Gus message, OF the assumption and
exercise, as far as practicable on our
part of all the powers Of Government.
The real question is not what tho
Wharton board has declared as the re-
suit Of the election, but as they came
fresh and officially from tho Commits
sioners of election determining in an
authentic and an official shape, who
was elected and who was not, and this
great question is untouched by tho
decision referred to, for it was not nor
could be before the court in a suit be-
tween the two returning boards, and
as Congress has now before them this
primary and only official evidence Of
election, 1t is presumed that Congress
in the due exercise OF its jurisdiction
will look minutely and rigidly into
those evidences upon which alone
can any legal State government
be established and organized in this
State. In addition to this, no court In
the State of Louisiana or elsewhere can
decide upon the qualification Of the
Legislature. Under our constitution
the Legislature is the sole judge Of tho
qualifications of its own members, and
any interference or Intervention by any
court In that direction Is simple and
sheer usurpation.
{SigncD JNo. MCE;NEHI.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-02-01

a. II. Stewart, who is worth anything
in the neigborhood of S7j, ,000, 600, gives
$1,000 TO the New York fire department,
and Immediately the Board of Com
missioners return their pr0fountlcst
thanks for his unboundcd generosity,
and the local newspapers make IL big
spIurgo over the affair. Now if II 49,
600 man had given 81, would the New
York newspaper have blown his baZoo
toany amazing extent? And If a $3.50
labob had donated ono cent, would not
to his fortune as that Of tho magnani-
nous Stewart?
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-02-01
A LITTLE FESTIVE.

The negroes of Pennsylvania are got
ting little restivc, because the Radical
politicians do not give them a fair share
Of the loaves and fishes. Our National
Progress, the negro organ at Harris
burg, thus s'speaks out In meeting:"
awe and tho colored people of tho
State of Pennsylvania feel chagrined at
being so sought for during tho troubles
Of the late canvass, and being now so
forgctfully thrust aside.
"Scnators and Representatives say 1t
was I'm oversight-it was not thought
Of in time. All we have to say is, that
these ovcrsights are too internal COM
mon, and that tho caucusscs Of each
house knew Of tho necessity In this case
in time sufficient to remedy the diff
Guilty.
"Thc colOrcd voters urc now in con-
sultation over all such matters, and
they have nearly come to the conclu-
sion that to radically remedy these
things, holding rs they do tho balance
of power in the county and State, they
must strike OUT for thcmselves."
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of the will. The court In Now York
declared the charity to be indefinite, and
that the United States could not take
tho property as trustee. Virginia, not
being II party to that suit, instituted a
suit for its recovery rs a secondary
trustee. The case Is ut present being
exhaustively argued in the Supreme
Court OF Virginia, now in session ut
Cincinnati Commercial.
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FORTUNES OF THE PRESIDENTS.

Washington left an estate worth
nearly s3oo, 900.
The elder Adams left moderate
fortune at his death.
Jefferson died comparatively poor. II
Congress had not purchased his library
at price far above Its value (s2o, ,00o)
he would with difficulty have kept out
of bankruptcy at the close of his life.
Madison saved his money and was
comparatively rich. The fortune Of his
widow was increased by the purchase
Of his manuscript papers by Congress
for sc, 200.
James Monroe, tho sixth President,
died so poor that he was buried at the
expense of his relatives, in u cemetery
between Second and Third streets, near
the Bowery, in New York city.
John Quincy Adams loft about $780,
900, the result OF industry, prudence
aud small inheritance. He was mo-
thodical and economical.
Andrew Jackson loft a valuable cs-
tate, known as the Hermitage, about
twelve miles from Nashville, Tenn.
Martin Van Buren, died rich. His
estate was estimated ut nearly $500, 900.
James X. Polk loft about $500
John Tyler was II bankrupt when he
became President. He husbandcd his
means while in Office and married q
rich wife, and died wealthy In worldly
fortune.
Zachary Taylor left about S150,000.
Millnrd Fillmore is wealthy man.
Frank Pierce saved 100000 during
his term OF service as President.
James Buchanan died bachelor,
and left an estate valued at $500, 900 at
least.
Abraham Lincoln loft about S75, 900.
johnson Is reported to he worth about
a50, 900. Record.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-02-01
Frank Moore,

EFAnk nOOTN,
pARISH SURVEYOR for Ouaclita, and
Il General Land Agent for North Louisi-
ana, will attend to any business in this or
adjoining Parishes. Parties wishing to soil
find 1t to their interest to address him. He
has for sale several fine bodies OF land in
Ouachita, Ricllland, Morehousc, Franklin
and Caldwell Parishes. Persons Wishing to
soil will send numbers, description to i'm
provements, and terms. Having formed
connections in both Washington and New
Orleans, he is prepared to represent litigants
in contested land cases, obtain patents, &c.
Office rear room of Richardson & McEnory's
caro- OF Richardson g Mcl1ncry, Monroe, La.
August 9, 1870.
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Tho Washington Chronicle Is severe

Tho Washington Chronicle Is severe
upon Senator Cameron. 1t says: .
Simon Cameron stood in awe of Hor-
nee Greeley while he lived, and cringcd
to tho Tribune as he does to I'LL sources
of power. But Mr.. Greeley dcnd,
Cameron dons tho lion - SIX in and css,,ys
to kick. When Mr.. Lincoln threw
Cameron from his Cabinet, on account
OF his pcculntions in contracts, the
Tribune was rather free in its opinions
Of tho justice OF the act. Cameron ncy-
or forgnvc Greeley for this, but he nev-
ofn popular victory Of the Republican
party and the death of his enemy made
him feel secure from harm. t
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-02-01
Dentistry.

HR. s. l.. BRACEY, Dentist, respect fully
offers his professional services to the
citizens OF Monroe and surrounding conn-
try. Having experience OF fourteen
years in the practice, he feels confident of
giving salts faction I'm all branches OF his
profession. Is willing to warrant all work.
Ofrice near tho Courthouse and next door
south OF the Ottuchittt Telegraph office ON
Grand street Monroe. La, ~T-marl6:lv
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-02-01
TERRIBLE MARINE DISASTER.

LONDON, january 23.-Rcports of n
terrible marine disaster last night in
tho English channel have just been re-
ceivcd In London.
The cmigrant ship Northflcct, which
sailed from hero several days ago for
Australia, with i12 passengers, cXclu-
sivc Of the crew, was in collision Mt
with an unknown foreign steamship
and was cut to the waters cdgc. Only
eighty-tivc persons are known to have
been saved, and it is believed that
every other person who was on board
has found watcry grave. No attcn-
ton was paid by tho steamship to tho
cmigrant vessel after tho collision, and
she proceeded on hcr course, leaving
the sufferers to their fate.
LONDON, January 23.-Additional
particulars OF tho terrible narine disas-
ter off Dungcnc5s lighthouse last night
have been received. Tho NOrthilcct
was lying at anchor at tho time tho
collision occurred. Her cargo consisted
Of railway iron.
Three hundred and twenty-onc pcr-
sons were drowned, including tho cap
! tain of the i'll fatcu vessel. The name
of the steamer which ran into the ship
lG,s not yet been asccrtaincd, but she is
believed to have been Spanish vessel
bound from Antwerp. The Board OF
Trade of this city has offered u reward
of one hundred pounds for her discov-
cry.
| LoSDoS, Jv;ntary 23.-Tic collision
between the cmigrant ship Northflcct
and the unknown steamship happened
| former vessel. The passengers, who
were asleep, rushed from their bcrths
| to every portion of the vessel where
they thought they would be safe, and
utterly refused to obey the orders of
| the Captain. That officer, rs Il last re-
sort to enforce obedience to his COM
lnands, was forced to fire upon the ter
ror-strickcn people, and one OF them
was wounded. 1t Is believed that il
the passengers had obcycd the ordcr'
of the captain more OF theffi "ouf'
have been saved.
LoSDoS, January 23.-Twclvc othc,
persons have been saved from the emf
: grant ship Northhcrt, which make
: nincty-sCvcu lives known To have beer
saved The Lloyds have telcgraphet
: to their agents at all the Souther,
States to stop, if possible, the 9tcamc
which ran the EoIthflect down.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-02-01

l1nrinY been in this business upwards OF
Sixteen Years, GHO.s BROTHERS feel thcm-
solves competent to mako purchases in Il
way to give the Customer tho tull benefit
Of his money. Their assortment Is fun
and complete, and ofsuch varieties, both In
kind and quality, IA will meet tho demands
Of this market.
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4 TIMELY ORDER.


Under this head, the Now York
! Tribune makes some very sensible and
| s'timely" observations on the subject
| Of the order Of the President forbldding
United States officers to hold Office
| under State or municipal authority.
The Tribune says:
The Executive Order relating to
Federal officers holding State positions,
published to-day, has been anticipated.
In New Orleans, where the most mis-
chief has been wrought by mixing
Federal and local politics, removals
and designations have been quietly and
discreetly made with express reference
to what was about to happen. But the
official promulgation of such an order
J will have an excellent effect Oh tho
morale of tho office-holding corps gen
orally. Men in Federal office have too
often made their official honors and
position serve us a meaEs OF leverage
for other and ulterior purposes. The
Presidents order notifies to them that
they cannot accept State, county, or
municipal Office and. still keep that
which the National government has
conferrel; there can be no sllutfiing here;
an ncceptanc Of one place vacates the
other, with a few unimportant specified
exceptions.
But perhaps tho best effect of tho
rigid enforcement of this new rule will
hp fc SnDorofa fo soypa axtant pofi,pol
| and local politics. If, us tho President
says, the discharge Of Federal and
State official duties is incompatible
| with the spirit of our institutions, the
| use Of power and influence Of Federal
patronage and Office in locel politics Is
also pcrnicious aud unfair. We do not
look for any order to restrain officials
in this abuse of their position, but their
withdrawal from competition for sub
| ordinate places in municipal govern
| 1ncnts, State Legislatures and local
boards of control will have it's influence
| on the men who havo been willing to
| "run" all the Offices and all the politics
of the country. When tic postmaster
at Podunk learns that he cannot go to
the State Legislature and leave his
clerk IN charge of tho mails for the win
ter, he will find thut he docs not care
half so much as he did about controll-
ing tho Podunk primaries. Certainly
we shall be spared the scandal OF SEQ
ing deputy-suryeyors, tide-waitcrs, and
euston,-housc officers generally sitting
in the Legislature, as they have in
Louisiana, making laws for the State
and choosing United States Senators.
Nobody wants to deprive men who
hold Office under the National Govern
| mcnt Of their legitimate share in the
| duties and obligations which rest upon
! every citizen Of the Republic; but dc
ccncy and just regard for the rights of
their felIow-citizcns ought to restrain
! them from throwing their share of the
national influence into the scale of do
mestic politics. The Executive Order
will have its significance with the mon
who have packed conventions and
| primaries With their official rctainers;
and we thank the President right
heartily for his timely interference.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-02-01


New ORLEANS, Jan. 2i.-Thc fol-
lowing is Gov. Mctncry'a message to
the Senate and House of Representa-
tives OF tho State of Louisiana:
The extraordinary decision rendered
by majority of the Supreme Court
yesterday, in the Returning Board case
in my Judgment, does not affect In the
least degree tho great political question
involved in our political troubles, and
now engaging profound attention Of
solution of our difficulty has passed
beyond the control Of the courts; it is
Of purely political character, which
must be definitely determined by the
political and Legislative departments
Of the General Government.
There arc two State governments in
Louisiana exercising the political func-
tons of government, and it is not COM
pctcnt for any court, either State or
Federal, to determine which is lcgiti-
mate. That question can alone be de-
tcrmincd by Congress, and no decision
by a court a. to which was or was not
legal returning board can affect the
Of the one or the other Of these State
governments. The controversy
wolves the inquiry now being vigorous
ly prosecuted by Congress, which is tho
! legal government, and whether or no
there is legal State government il
! Louisiana, and whether there is gov
ernacnt republican in form in the Stat
/ aud which government is founded an,
! erected on the official aud legal rcturn
Of the lat" election and tA"-" ar
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-02-01

Joseph Harrison, Jr., of fPhilalclphia,
probably tho richest man in that city
to-day, was apprenticed in machine
shop when hc was fifteen. He was
foreman in the Same establishment
when hc was twenty, and Mt twenty
seven partner in ono Of the earliest
locomotive manufactures III this couu-
try. Every life, however humble, il II
m example, and
sometimes warning; but lesson
always. Joseph IIarrison's experience
is an example. Born In 1910, and now
in his sixty-third year, it is interest
ing to follow his career, and to trace
the effect OF foreign travel, careful
study, and busincs ambition upon II
mind which had few or no advantages
Of carly education. IIc was ~ worker
in iron and proud OF his trade. 0.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-02-01
JOHN MRSERY. e. u. AESEfI. |
j. & y. ID. McEnCry,

4 TrORNEYS AT LAW, Monroe, La.,
~ practice in the Parish and District
t'vurts OF Ouachita, Morchouse, Fran kfitt
Ki-hfnrd, Caldwell and Catahoula Parishes
in tho Supreme Court at Monroe, and Cni-
ted states Courts. Particular attention paid
to business In the Land Office Department
IL tho General Governments nl7tt
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-02-01

In the election of Gen. John Is. Cor
don to the u. s. Senate, the Legislature
ofGcorgia has shown it's wisdom and its
care for the interest of the State conf
dcd to its care. We congratulate our
sister State upon her now Senator; for
he il one of those rare men who has
proven himself clcarmindcd and prac-
tical i'll the arts of peace, no less than
prompt, trclc5a and sure in war. If
every state in the South were as care
FIJI in her choice Of mon to represent
her nj Washington, the day would not
dc FAR off, when our section could once
more force the recognition Of her equal
ity, in one sense at least.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-02-01

Dickens considered "David Copper
field" his bcst novel. it, sale continues
ut an almost unhfninish"h rate.
Lately there were e3,o"" copies sold in
three weeks.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-02-01

Tho London Morning Post has en-
tered upon the 1019t year. It was
founded November ,, 1772, and in its
issue OF Novcmhcr ., 1872, devoted an
article OF eight columns to rcminisccn-
CO. Of men and things 81 hundred years
ago.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-02-01
Dr. WIN. SaMdcl

vaNENDEIsS his services as Physicinn and
Surgeon, to tho public. He can be found
uIpn his plantation, four miles below Mon
zoe March IL, 1872. 25-ly
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-02-01
"a. II. MORRISON. W. W. fARAF
Morrison & Farmer,

4 T.TORNEYS AT LAW, Monroe, La,
"A will practice in the Courts OF the Pa
FRANKLIN and Caldwcll, in the Supreme
Court, and in the United States Courts.
viii also attend to all business intrustel to
them in the State and Federal Land Offices.
n1lVS