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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-01-25
Special Message Of Gov. MeEnery.

To tho Senate and House ofRepresentatives
The time has arrived when the legfs-
lative and executive departments OF
government should inaugrHate, with
| as little delay az possible, the necessary
| measures Of legislation looking to tho
practical reforms in the administration
of our public affairs, imperatively de-
manded by the will of the people; and
upon us the eyes of our people are now
fixed, and are justly exactln1 speedy
fulfllment Of the pledges on our part to
relieve them, az far as In our power,
from the gr1evOus and onerOus burdens
imposed on them by hitherto reckless,
unjust and oppressiv legislation.
Therefore recommend that the Legls-
1ature at once address itself to the great
public duty Of practical reform, and
initiate without delay the much needed
measure of legislation that will at least
promise the people of the State a COM
parative relief from the almost intolera-
bic evils OF misgovernment, under
which they have so long and patiently
suffered.
Notwithstanding the obstruction that
lies on our way, in the shape Of an OPP
posing State Government, that is
known by every intelligent and honest
man in the State to be the offspring OF
violence, fraud, corruption, and usur-
patton, we should not be deferred ftom
a prompt exercise Of all the practical
functions inherent in and pertaining to
government, and exhaust every peace
full remedy and resource, to put in
efficient and actual operation the practi-
cal powers Of the only truo and legal
and legitimate government in the State
of louisiana.
To this end shall proceed at an
early day to issue commissions to all
persons shown to be elected by the
only official returns Of the late election,
! and now on Ale In the office OF the Sec
| rotary Of State.
shall likewise proceed with delibe-
rate action to nominate to the Senate,
and by and with the advice and con-
sent of that honorable body, appoint to
the various offices in the State within
the gift Of the Executive, such citizens
who in my Judgment will discharge
their official duties with capacity and
honesty.
At some future but early day will
transmit to our honorable bodies speci-
ture, character and scope Of legislation
deem important and necessary in the
present disordered condition Of our
public affairs, my only purpose being
now to indicate an intention to exercise
tho powers and functions Of the depart
| ment Of government over which I
| have the honor to preside, to request
| that you may pursue the same limo OF
policy in the legislative branch of the
Government.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-01-25
Aechanics' Institute.

We copy the following items from
the Picayune Of last Sunday:
The strong guard ofFederal soldiers
which has latterly been kept stationed
in the main lobby, or hall at Mechanics
Institute, has peen withdrawn. Occa-
sionally a blue coat was observed yes
terday, mingling In the crowd OF per-
sons that from day to day dance atten-
dance upon the proceedings Of the bay
onet Legislature; but that was all.
It has been stated that the command
to which the soldiers hitherto doing
duty at the Institute belong has been
ordered to Barancas.
There was also observed diminutlon
in the number ofpolicemeni in the ante-
room Of the Governors parlor.
The crowd OF office seeking individ-
uals at mechanies' Institute IS suGoea-
ting. They throng the Hobbies and
halls Of legislation like buzzards around
a carcass, and each clamors for the bone
that is supposed to have the most mar
row in 1t. An attentive listener will
| not fail to hear the hungry cormorants
| in their discussions over tho relative
| value Of different offices, and 1t is not a
little amusing to witness with what
nonchalance they divide out the spoils.
One says, "You take the port warden's
place and will be a tax collector"
and thus they fix 1t up. Nevertheless,
in some instances fierce contests have
I arisen, In which much bitterness of
| feeling has been manifested.
In the matter OF appointments an en-
| te7tc cordiafe seems to exist between
Mr.. Kellogg and the Senate, the latter
being allowed pretty much their own
| way in the distribution Of executive
patronage.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-01-25

At White Plains, last week, Nathan
b. Greedy testified that his brother
Horace, during his lifetime, frequently
gave him and his father aid and assi.-
lance, and that the amounts SO given
were many thousand dollars, although
he could not specify with eNactness.--
His sister received y house and lot
worth $1,000 from Horace, aud she, be-
ing very poor, received an annuity OF
$500 from him in addition. Nathan's
son Horace has farm in New Jersey,
paid for ny his famous and benevolent
uncle.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-01-25

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 23.-The State
Supreme Court to-day rendered u de-
cision in the returning board contest
in favor Of the Lynch Hawkins board,
Ludeling, TaIIiferro and Howell con-
curing, Wylie and Kenuard dissent
ed, each rendering an opinion. The
opinion of the majority and dissent
ing opinion cover ninety pages of
foolscap.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-01-25

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 2t.-The Ke1-
iogg House resolution expeIling nine
members postponed one week.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-01-25

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-Gen. w. L.
Mcmillan, Senator elect Of the F'usi on
Legislature for Kellogg's vacancy, has
arrived here. He served as surgeon in
in tho Russian army during the Cri-
mean war, and was decorated by the
Gear for distinguished services; COM
manded regiment Of Ohio volunteers
during the war, attaining the rank of
Major General; afterwards settled in
Carroll parish, Louisiana, as cotton
planter; was elected to the House and
Senate Of Louisiana as Republican,
to which party he has pe1sistently
adhered; was not identified with the
Liberal Republican party during the
recent canvass. Mcmillan married the
sister Of Gov. Dennison, Of Ohio. He
will not present his credentials until
Mr.. Ray, his competitor, elected by
the Pinchback Legislature, arrives;
they agreed that neither should take
advantage by an earlier arrival.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-01-25
MURDER AND VIOLENCE.
a Respectable Lady Dragged from Her
Eyorso on tho Highway and Murdered.

| On Tuesday evening the startling in
| telligence was brought to Sheriff
| Aycock at Homer that Mrs. Kidd, Iiv-
ing near Athens, had been missing
from her friends for many hours; and
that n suspicion Of her death by viO-
lence was entertained. When last seen
she had mounted on horseback at the
| house of Mr.. Altman, neighbor whom
she had been visiting, and had started
home, about dusk. Shortly afterwards
the horse she rode was found in q field,
Il distance OF not more than half a
mile from where's he had started, rider
! less.
Suspicion having been aroused, 1t was
found upon inquiry that n negro, named
Henry Moore, living near Alec Rag
lands place, had had q quarrel with
his wife that day and whipped her,
and had afterwards started towards Mr..
Altman g house. Upon examination Of
the rOad.marks OF a violent struggle
were found.
The neighborhood thereupon turned
out in mass and it was learned on
inquiry that this negro had been seen
by black children near Mr.. Moreland's
walking by the side of Mrs. Kidd. It
appeared to them as If she wanted to
speak; but a threatening motion he
made at her with his arm prevented
her.
The woods and every portion Of the
country was secured, though no further
information was obtained until dusk,
when q party rode up to Calhoun's
Mills. At that point, happening to
mention that Henry Moore was the
negro suspected, this negro proved at
the moment to be present, and imme-
diately upon hearing the remark broke
and run. He was hotly chased as far
| IT'S r. G. Evens' plantation, and had
| not, at last accounts, been taken.
The, place where the unfortunate
lady was last seen by the children was
! only q short distance from Calhoun's
Mill, and search was Immediately di-
rected thither.
! Afteran examination of every thicket
and cluinp of trees, the body was finally
found by Mr.. S. Y. Gladney of the
Homer Drug Store and others, from
| whom we gather these facts. The find
ing was about q half an hour by sun,
and the victim had evidently been
compelled to walk to tho spot where
she had act her death. In tho opin-
ion of those who had first seen the
! corpse tho life had not quilted the
| body later than at SHUTDOWN. The
death wounds had evidently been made
with some knot OF wood that came con-
veniently to the hand of the assassin,
and with which he had fractured her
skull.
! The body Was taken from the thick
Jungle of woods in which it WAS found
and transported to the house OF her
grief stricken family in 81 wagon.
| 1t is needless to state that the dread
full tragedy has been the only subject
l q
and has awakened a deep feeling OF
horror and sym pathy which viii not
be readily forgottcn.-- Claiborne Atzro-
| cate.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-01-25

A gigantic swindle has just come to
light, by which 1t appears that the
taxpayers have been cheated out of
ee00, 600 by the Indian ring. Last year,
under Grants famous Peace policy
with the Indians, Congress appropria-
ted this large sum for the ''Ieton
Sioux" tribe OF Indians out in Mon
tana territory. The money was ex-
pended and the vouchers returned, ap-
parently correct. But It now turns
out that there is no such tribe of In
dians in existence-that the whole
thing was grand swindle, organized
by the Indian ring. The vouchers
were manufactured to suit the occasion
and the money went into the pockets
Of the swindlers. Congress is asked to
appropriate s20o, 200 at the present ses-
sion, but whether the expose already
made will prevent 1t Is not known.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-01-25

The manufacture and sale Of sewing
machines and their attachments has
been, for \ number Of years, one Of
the most thriving and lucrative branch
es Of business In the country. Twenty
years ago man would have been con-
sidered a good subject for 1unatic
asylum to have prophesied that in
1871 the sale OF sewing machines would
reach the number Of 900, 900, OK that
the sale ofsew ing machine attaehment,
a tuck maker, for instance, which 70
tails for only "a each, could possibly
the proprietors to pay royalty, the
aggregate OF which, at forty-hve cents
each, would amount In 1871 to ~, 900;
yet such is tho fact. The aggregate
sale OF two Of the older machines
amounted in the year 1874 to over
300, 900.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-01-25

A recumbent statue of Gen. Lee on q
aarcophagus is to be constructed from
Vermont marble.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-01-25

Fred. Douglass was Grant candi-
date for elector at the late Presidential
election, and his vote fell 300 short
Of that cast for his white associates.
The negroes Of the South would do
we'll to consider the significance of
this and similar results. They are
very much disposed to band together
and form black mans party. No
greater mistake could be committed
by them. 800 New York Radicals
refused to vote for the most prominent
and ab1est negro in the Union simply
because he was negro, it is clear that
the drawing of color line would leave
our colored fellow citizens permanent
~ ont In the cold.-Courfer-Jo, tr5aal.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-01-25

The birthday Of Gen. Robt. e. Lee
was celebrated with great eclat in Sa-
vannah on Monday. The first parade
Of military since the war took place.
The LIST Georgia Volunteers, 9Th Bat
TALON, Cheatham Artillery Battery and
the Georgia Hussars paraded in uni
form. Gen. Wade Hampton delivered
an address. The day was generally
observed rs holiday, and resembled
the 4th Of July before tho war.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-01-25

wAsH1NGToS, Jan. 22.-The bill
abolishing the ranking privileges,
commencing July next, passed.
The committee on privileges and
Election. will commence the Louisiana
investi cation at 10 o'clock tomorrow
probably with open doors. Large NUM-
Der OF witnesses have arrived.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-03
A Transportation Item.

Steamboats, are now carrying flour
from ST. Louis to New Orleans for
twenty-five cents a barrel, and the rail
roads are carrying it to Boston for $1.36
per barrel-the distances being about
the same, 1900 miles. The rates for
grain are respectively To New Or
leans by water, 1910. per hundred; to
Boston, by rail, 65cf per hundred. A
little comparison of these two rates
shows that the steamboats, are carrying
fUe barrels of flour to New Orleans for
the same price. that the railroads charge
for carrying one TO Boston, and that the.
boats are carrying five bushels and a
fraction of corn for the same price that
is charged by rail for one bushel the
same distance.
Steamboatmen complain of the pres
emit low rates, 12I cents per hundred,
or 80. so "a ton, at which they are now
carrying freights still these rates show
what can be lone when there is plenty
of water in the river and navigation is
easy ; and they show, too, how import
ant it is to the grain-growers of the
West to have sufficient water in the
rivers at all seasons of the year. The
difference between 124 n IS cents per
hundred is $10.45 per ton-as sum which,
calculated on one-half the Western pro-
duce that passes down the Mississippi
and its tributaries, would, in few years,
pay the cost of all the improvements
needed to secure easy navigation at all
seasons of the year.-St. Louis Repu6-
Licd7l.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-03
A Man Who Knew One Hundred and
Fourteen Languages. H.,

Giuseppe Mezzofanti was, without
doubt, the greatest master of languages
who ever lived. He was born in the
year 1774, and his father, a carpenter,
destined him for the same calling.
He worked on a bench standing with
in hearing of some boys IN Greek and
Latin, and without knowing the Greek
or Latin book, he picked up by ear. a
considerable knowledge of both Ian
guages, thus discovering to himself and
others his wonderful aptitude for linguis-
tic studies, and attracting the notice of
a priest who arranged with him for his
education. In college he mastered
Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Spanish, French,
Swedish, German, Arabic, and Coptic,
and at the age of % was appointed pro-
lessor of Arabic IN the University at
Bologna. ~.
During the Napoleonic wars he was a
constant visitor to the hospitals, wheth-
er he went mainly for the purpose of
learning the various languages spoken.
by the prisoners there, among whom he
found Bohemians, Russians, Walloahs,
Servians, Hungarians, Creates and
Poles, and from them he learned to
speak iuentIy al their languages.
Late i'll life he went to Rome, first as
keeper of the library of the Vatican,
and afterwards as a Cardinal. Here he
continued his linguistic studies, master
ing Sancrit, Persian, Georgian, Welsh,
Irish, Lappish, Armenian, Chinese, and
a number Of other tongues, and when
he died, in 1S49, he could speak correct
ly one hundred and fourteen different
languages. The most astonishing part
of the matter, however, was that he not
only spoke these languages correctly,
but knew perfectly their peculiar idioms,
and was even familiar with the little local
dialectic variations in each.
Lord Byron, astonished at his perfect
mastery of good English, tested him
with English slang, and found the Ital-
ian priest more than a match for him
self, even in that, ~whereupon he pro-
nonnced him "a monster of languages,
a Briarous of parts of speech. and a
walking polyglot." Another of his -ad-
mirers thought that if he had been at
Babel he might have acted as interpret
er for the confused host without any
difficulty!
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-03
Foreign.

VALPARAISO, in Chill, was recently visited by
an earthquake. Several people were killed, a
large number wounded, and many buildings Sc
riously injured. &. The italian Parliament has
passed, by a vote of GO to 20, the bill for the
suppression of religious corporations. . 1t
was recently stated that President MacMahon
had demanded of the French Assembly that
one. of its members, a mmu named
Ranc, be delivered up for trial. The matter
was referred to a committee, and the commit
tee have voted almost nanimousl that the
demand be acceded to. ~
STUDENTS of Biblical geography have long
been in doubt as to the exact locality of Monnt
Calvary, where Christ was crucifed. The
Oriental Typographical Corps, sept out from
England to study the topography of Bible
lands, think they have at last found the spot
so llallowed to Christians, in the hill outside
of Damascus gate, near the north wall of Jeru-
salem. The profile of this hill is skuIl-shaped,
and this popularity strengthens the SUPPOSE
ton that it is really the scene of the cruelty
ion, which is described in the Bible as a ''place
called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a
skull -. The Shah of Persia arrived at Lon
don on the 18th of May, and was welcomed
with great display and abundant enthusiasm.
News has been received at Petersburg
that the Orensburg division of the Russian
army had encountered the Khivaas in two
battles, defeating them in both engagements.
At last accounts Gen. Kaufman, commanding
the advance column. was within twenty-five
miles of the Khiyan capital.
4. AwoMAN was hanged in Sarnia, Canada, last
week, for the murder of her husband The
French Assembly has consented, by n vote of
1856 to 1877, to permit the prosecution of M.
Ranc, one of its members, who is charged with
having taken part in the outrages of the Com
mune -. 1t is proposed that all the Spanish
Republics unite in a manifesto call
ing on Spain to concede Cuba her independ-
ence. Colombia leads i'll the movement and
has been joined by Costa Rica Another
party of farmers from the south of England
have sailed for America. They will settle in
Minnesota.
THE Catholics in Mexico do not. seem dis
posed to submit quietly to the expulsion of
the J~esuits, and serious riots are reported in
several towns. 1t is rumored that the Ger
peror William as Regent. The late munich
pal election in Strasbourg resulted in the
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-03

The SKEPTICAn CoNvINcED.-Every
advance in Medicine, every new remedy
has encountered an opposition, which is
the test of truth. Galen and Jenner
only were believed when they had proved
their discoveries against opposition.
But men are observing, and benefits
always make believers. No incredulity
can stand the silent argument of good
results. When DR.. Walker proclaimed
that he had produced from the medicinal
herbs of California an Elixir that would
r~egenerate the sinking system and cure
diseases not organic, the incredulous
shook their heads. Yet his VINEGAR
BTTTERs is now the Standard Restorative
of the Western. World. The truth
could not be resisted. Under the opera
ton of the new remedy, Dyspeptics re-
gained their health, appetite and
strength, the Bilious and Constipated
were relieved of every distressing symp-
tom the Consumptive and Rheumatic
rapidly recovered Intermittent and Re-
mittent Fevers were broken up the
faint of Scrofula was eradicated Who
could gainsay facts like these? Not
even the faculty. Skepticism was
routed. All doubts as to the claims of
the Bitters to the first place in the first
rank of modern medicines were silenced,
and this wonderful preparation is to-day
the most popular Tonic, Alternative and
Blood Depurent ever advertised in
America. In common with other jour
n~alists, we are free to add our testimony
to this remedy. 1t is a domestic medi-
cine, and no household should be with
out it.|[Com.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-03

triumph of anti-German candidates. e. The
steamer Columbus was recently wrecked near
H~olyhead, England, and fifteen lives LOST
A dispatch from Toronto states that de-
structiveI forest fires have been raging in the
vicinity of Camden, Southampton, and other
places. Some lives have been lost. The
pecuniary loss will amount to hundreds of
thousands of dollars. Senior CASTELAR, is en-
For the Spanish Federal Republic, modelled
after that of the United States. The number
elective by universal suffrage, to hold
to be chosen by the States, and the
Deputies to be elected by the people,.
ago has been dissolved, and Senior Margall is
looking about for a new Cabinet. jackson s.
Schultz, COMMISSIONS of the American depart
ment at the Vienna Exposition, has resigned.
Sir Samuel Baker, of whose safety assur-
ance was given about q month ago, has been
heard from by a letter written i'll February and
received at Khartoun, in Egypt, April 30. He
reports himself and his noble wife to be in ex-
cellent health the 1,500 soldiers put under
his command by the khedive have been rein
forced by several hundred others, and he will
push on Immediately to the Albert Nyanza.
THE magnificent new docks constructed at
Cardiff, Wales, by the Marquis of Butte, at a
cost of 81, 500. 600, have been burned. The
Shah of Persia, in a conversation with our
Minister Schenck, the other day, expressed
his regret that that the distance and want of
time prevented him from visiting the United
States, a country he had heard much of, and
desired that his compliments should be sent to
President Grant -. Gambetta and his Radical
friends were prohibited from giving a public
banquet at Versailles on the anniversary of
the death of Gen. Hoche. The Russian
Gen. Kaufman is laundering at the gates of
the Khivan capital. The projected Canada
Pacific railroad seems to hang fire. The
Queen of England treated the Shah of Persia
to a grand naval display at Portsmouth, which
is described in the cable kilograms in terms OF
enthusiastic admiration. -f' =
The Sultan of Turkey has formed an alli-
ance, offensive and defensive, with his for
mer subject, the Khedive of Egypt. More
Carlist defeats are reported from Madrid.
The Cure of Santa Cruz has ordered the pros
titutes to leave Guipuzcoa, Spain, on pain of
death if they remain after q certain time....
Areport comes from Spain that Germany and
Italy nave formed an alliance to rostst any
movement that may emanatc from the friend
ship of Mcmahon toward the Pope....The
municipality of Paris refused to vote the
granting of money for expenses of the recep-
ton of the Shah of Persia, and the festivities
will consequently take place at Versailles.
The announcement of the burning OF the
Butte docks at Cardiff was without founda-
ton. -..a =
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-03

ENDLESS BURNING LAME. Among
the lost arts is that of the endless burn
ing lamp. It is said that in the time of
Edward VI. a lamp was discovered in
the grave of Constantine at York,
which had been burning since his burial
t. that time-a period of 1900 years.
Also, in the grave of Tullia, dau ghter
of Cicero, was found a burning lamp,
which was lighted at her death 1850
years before. It went out as soon as
daylight was admitted. Yet it is GER
tainly a clever device of the ancients to
invent a, lamp which would illuminate,
through all time, the home of their
dead. -.,f.. ~,
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-03

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