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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-03-21
Meat Marger.

J. z. HULirF. $50 Main street.
FEEFnAS A Bios, 73 Second street.
81. SEEssEL. sR. d SOUS, % Jefferson. ls9 Main
GEORGE CROSBY, l231f Union street.
NJ. DALsHrINER, los Main and los Adams.
J. A. MCCtRvFE a Co, Wholesale, so shelby.
.ScHrLLryG a BEo.. s. Jefferson street.
Gao. THOMAS, 3 Popiar street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-03-21

For ArHhnshb HIVeF.
Memphis and Arkansas River Packet Com
pany-U. S. Mail Line For Pine Blue,
Little Rock. and all points through to Fort
Smith.
CLARKSVILLE,........ ,Pritchard, master
WILL LEAVE AS ABOVE ON RSH n
JOHN N. HARDIN, Agent,
17-lS Office 900 Front street.
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Administrative Sale.

II. 7. Elicit. Attorney.
March g. 1874 a.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-09-12

We clipt thefollowing from the la
State Register ola late date, as sigui-
ticant, considering the sourse from
which it comcs--tlat Of Republican
paper. We con only say, and in the
statement We defy contradiction that
the Republican party, $50 Called" in
this parish have not one single rer-
son within ranks, or in utilization with
them, who is any Improvement upon
the bumnlers that have filed our Leg.
islative Halls for'tl'e past six years
q 1.-THE republican, party, by a fair.
vote. succeedsat the coming election,
1t will be because a very much. better
class OF men arc nominated for Office,
than have heretofore been selected.
Where nominations hare been made
We are sorry to say that in many
cases, We see no improvements. The
same old BURNERS who have figured
in the legislative jobs for the last five
years are trying to get nominations,
aud get back to the Legislature. Their
success in getting the nomination will
defeat the party. y, ~
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-09-12

we are in sad need Of q telegraph
ourselves, and agree perfectly with
our worthy contemporary that re must
have one. Our people Subscribed
once $3.50 and is willing now to nut
up that amount to be refunded in
the manner mentioned in the follow
Ing extract from the Caucasian.
WE NEED y TELEGRAPH. - Our
%nole community feels tho want of
teleSraIhic communication with the
world, and all we require to obtain =
line from here, either to Bayou Sarah,
NatcI'es or Shreveport is very little
money and a cheap of energy. The
Western Union Telegraph Co., a wear
or twoago offered us very favorable
terms, and we have no doubt would
make the same or a better offer again.
Fifteen Hundred Dollars for our
share a, to be refunded in Tclegraphiug,
with what can be raised in Natchito-
ches, Mansfield and Shreveport, will
raise r; one-half tho Company wanted
then OF the cost. They offered to
pear malt t4e cost and We one half, to
oe refunded III kilograms. Who will
raise II $500 here, to be paid this Fall :
How much will Natchitoclies raise.
p''hE'ct1for !? What will Shreveport
40 for a telegraph down Rcd River,
Mr.: Times? Help US out this time
both of you and we will remember
you kindly and pray for you tcrventIy.
.CauCusiQM. ls, a.,. '.,,....o... ~
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publishers @ The Welfare Of the People s the Supreme Law
st NATCHlTOCHES, LOUISIANA, SEPTEMBER12 1s71

party of between forty and fifty men.
supposed to be all Texans, who had
come into Coushatta, started in pur.
Smt win the avowe1e purpose of
lynchlng the prisoners. Later in tho
day Mr.: Carr was appraised of this
fact, and pqt his horses aud those Of
the prisoners to the top of their speed
to avoid being overtaken. While
nearing the Hutchinson plantation on
Ked river some thirty miles below
Shreveport, with the view Of cross
ing there and destroying the flatl,oat,
to prevent further pursuit, he was
overtaken by the pursuing party, his
guard orsrpowerea and tho prisoners
taken ,awayefrom him, and three of
them, Edgerton, Twitchell and Dew
ees shot on thespot. The other three.
Howell, Holland and Willis were car
ried back a short distance to near
Wards store and there shot, :,
Our informant learned that the citi.
zens In tile neighbo,hood assembled
and buried tho parties who had been
killed, the first three in the grave
yart! near Hutchison's plantation, and
the last three on the spot where they
had been killed near Wards storc.--
Shreveport Times. 't 1871
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-09-12
Twilight Mew-sings.

As unused upon the visions q.
e That before my thoughts arose,
While I sat beside my window,
% With my fingers on my nose.
Came two cats with untitled footsteps,
Like the silent hours Of even,
And they raised a cat-er-wauling,
81 Like to devils six or seven. .t
Gloomy shadows fit before me,
:" And my soul is overcast;
Yet l can't forget the ,new-sings' -.
OF the kittens in times past o ......
How they spent whole hours in fighting
Meath the placid moon beams light,
While the stars were sadly smiling ..s
Through tho cloudy wings OF night.
Once again their mew.sic greets me,
5 And ! SEQ each glistening eye, -
And ! hear their cat-er-wauling, .o ,-,..e
=, As in nights long since gone by; r.
But, erewhile, the shadows deepen;
!, And III just forget the past, ~,
When I hear that drafted mew-sic t.
'Borne'upon the midnight blast. .'..
! iH' ff.L ..i. l!gCrEssy
f.. .,us. a. it....- ;t,-f....i..r -7'T.,O -.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-09-12
The Political Banditti of Lou.
a.f ~. 'isiana. '.si.ta

The New York Sun, in commenting
on the composition and acts Of tLt
late Radical Convention, held at the
St. Louis Hotel, and in reviewing the
status of affairs in the State general.
", makes tho following savage com.
ments: .o-,.. ....., ..,
Why, this very man Kellogg is nc
more tho legal Governor there than
he is Of New York. Falsehood and
perjury are upon his pretended Gre.
dentials, and Hypothetical ballots and
fabricated footingspf the returns are
the title deeds to his office. He hat
tho SAME color Of claim to the Gov
ernorship as the thief to his stolen
goods. It is a minor usurpation, sus.
taineat by the overshadowing law.
lessness Of the President and by a
spborDed judiciary, which flashes d.
cisions in the twinkling Of an eye and
extcmporises constitutional law by
galVaqism. agdl ~ g., u. psis,ys
ln what terms o., scorn shall we
speak Of such cant as this lin a con.
clave Of political banditti "Duty
and sound policy alike constrain US to
nominate. and support forsofice none
but men Of known honesty aud ca.
pacity, and that men who are unnlind.
full Of the interests Of the State, and
those whose records are 4 reproach
to the party, shall not be permitted
to force, themselves upon us in any
capacity under any pretense what
ever" 8'i''fAi!i3
Is the State to be left without an
administration, and are ali of the Of
fees to he declared vacanti Ifssllon.
!esty and capacity'I,is the, test, the
sweep will be universal, and this ad.
ventdrer Kellogg, roaming from hi.
nois 10 Nebraska, the Nov Orleans
Custom.H House and the Gosernorship,
BY false registers and ab1icated re-
turns, will head the list OF. martys to
returning decency. Whether murder
in detail and massacre inlagsregate
they deprecate "a war of dees;" and
yet every act and deed OfItheir con.
spiracy against public tranquility and
social order has been to place, an
otlious Black basliawship Over The
white constituents; while tie con.
federating allies Of the 4aler race
1 robbed its! Golfers and ,jo6hed, in it,
Is there any. any escape from. this con.
aitioni Ths at Is . question IS ton which
the the people will answer il in the 'e, coming
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-09-12

The New Orleans eRepubNcan .says
nNith a Senate composed, ofmen like
Geo. G.. ,Benham, Louisiana can have
no cause for complaint" We would
like to know ii this IL the. same man
who was at thela session . member
ofthe House and who had something
to DO with Lowell in putting up the
Saint Louis Hotel State House lease,
for nineteen years, for the sum Of
$3.50, 600, which the State was to pay.
1t he is the'samo man, q Senate COM
posed of men like him wDuld be a
curiosity, to say the least.-La State
Register.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-09-12
The New York Tribune saws thing,

The New York Tribune says things
have come to q pretty bad pass in
the carpet-bag government of Louis
lana, when a State officer who is
actually in possession. insists upon
getting out because Of the disropata-
bIe character Of another State officer
who has been renomipated. Men
who could servo under Kellogg and
get along thus far, have stomachs
that Gun stand a good deal. That an
officer has been found so ,lisreputal,le
as to make even their gorge rise, is.
take it all in all, about the most as.
tonishing thing we havc'tet heard
from or about the burlesQue of Re-
publican government which has 80
long held tho boards at New Orleans.
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I have not been very successful

'AssSO AsOo ~SSA WY @uSNSSSAVl
with my experiments in grape culture,
I bought a vine some time, ago, and
the man who sold the cutting to me
ehjoined me to he careful to water j,
thoroughly every day;1 did 50, but
it didn't seem to thrive. One day
asked my neighbor Putnam what hi
thought was the matter with it, aud
when l mentioned that I watered il
daily he said: %
"Be gracious, Aileler, that'l kill
any one! A grapevine don't want no
articticial waterin'." ,HaT"ot >.i
Then he advised me to discontinue
the process, and to wash the vine
with soap suds in order to kill the
bugs. My anxiety to know why j:
still didn't thrive was relieved some
time aftorwarl by oveThaaring a man
in the cars remark that '';.some men
kill their grape vines BY thoir burned
foolery in putin soap suds On EN-"
He SAID that all a grape vine wanted
was to have the earth around it loos.
encl now and, then with a spade.
Then / began to dig around my vine
every morning but, one day, while
engaged in the exercise, Cooley came
and leaned over the fence and said !:
+ "Adeler, you'll kill that there vine
if you dop't stop liggin' at it. Moth.
in hurts a vine wuss tllan, disturbin'
the soil around the roots, now mind
me. That vine don't want nothin'
but TO- he trained up on a., teiiis AM
fastened with wire.n .l,o,;f,r
:" | ordered q trellis, that afternoon,
AID tired the tender shoots of the
vine to the cross pieces. The job
cost me thirty -four dollars. On .the
following Tuesday l read in my .agri.
cultural paper that if man wants
to ruin a grape vine, the quickest
way is to- tie it up with wire, ~ the
oxidation destroys the bark. . 50 l
took off the wire and replaced it with
string. 4 was talking about it to the
man who came over to bleed my horse
for tho blind-staggers, and he assured
mo that there was only one sure way
to make q grape, vine utterly. worth,
less, apd that was to run it up on a
trellis. In France, he told me, the
vineyard owners alf trained their
vines on poles, and that was the
right way. So. 1'Ygot the axe and
knocked. the tre}lis to pieces, alld
then fixed the vine to q bean pole.
Still it didn't thrive very Well, and
/ asked' a. 'liurserynah near me to
come and look at it. He said he
couldn't come, '5nt he knew what was
the matter with that vine rs we'll as
if he saw it. 1t wanted pruning. I
ought to cut It down within ten feet
Of the roots and then manure it well.
Ibid cut it down, and emptied q bag
Of, gpano, over, it ), but, as it seemed
sort Of slow, | insisted on the niirke;
ryibailp coming over to examine II.
He said that Ms'fee was ten dollars
in advance. l paidrhim and he came.
He looked At the vine moment
then he smiled md then hc'' said j:
'.:Byi gosh, Adeler, that isn't i grape.
vine at all! It's a Virginia, crseper.''
So I have kind of Knocked Of on
grape culture and am paying more
attention to my cabbage, ~ 04itape
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Why does an engine resemble a
young lady Because it has a train
behind, and puffs in the air (hair>.
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To'boil otar' preservesAturn them
into the, kettle. aud place over 4 slow

To boil over preservesAsturn them
into the, kettle, AVID place eoverl& slow
tire when tho foam rises skim it off
carefully, and when it rises no more.
skim out tho fruit into jars; then
boil the juice once tn0re, skim thor.
onghly and pour int"a pitcher to set
tie; when nearly cold, ( pour ovct tho
preserves y and seal ND tightly hy Dip
ping . cloth into rosin and tallow. and
pressing it closely over tho mouth Of
tile Jar; then'put Oh the cover. ,-,li
Cdrrant Jelly.-pickl fin floe i,,r red, , rho
curants from the stem bruise them
with q pestle or meat FOUNDER, and
strain through q thin flannel. 6r co.,
ton 'basn' Tp each pint Of juice put
J. pound Of heat wbibc sugar, and stir
until it is we'll dissolved ; set itoycr
a slow fire, ard when ii i,oifs kim
WELL Ietit boil for Is or'ooO minntes,
then try it by cooling {. spoonful a
Little and pouring it into . cup of COLI
water !; lift sinks to tho bottom di.
rectly, and scarcely colo1s the water.
it is done if not, let j: boil S min.
ntes louger: Stain it into small
jars or glass tumb!ers, and, when cold,
cover with thin, white. paper dipped
either in spirits Of the white If m err,
and paste thick brown paDcr over tha
FAIRS. s'''''" q 'f'''' 'f'A 81 ~
cae .rHme,illw .9,l .'s3l:!,> + N .fl5e-
+, a Nice Dish ,fprl Dessert. -Gatl.cr
large ripe, clusters Of tho, cherry. cur
rant; dip them into thu" i,n6caten
white Of an egg, and roll"i pnlveri-
zed sugar until perfectly coated with
it. Serve in glass diy|l..-s. o. d..
in Country Gentleman.
The Portland daily press., 1874-04-24
Current, Notes.

The Cincinnati Enquirer, democratic
paper, is scarcely complimentary to the DEM
ocratic legislature of Ohio. 1t says ut has
rendered little valuable service to either tne
party responsible for its actions or to the peo-
pie of Ohio, on whose behalf it has been ac'-
ing. 1t has frittered away the money OF the
people in abortive attempts to make pre-
tensa of doing something. 1t has worked
.nout two or three days week. IL mas
a.lded scarcely anything OF value 10 Tue slaI-
MES OF the State. 1t certainly nas uone
nothing which could NOT nave peeh uohe III
30 days as well as in 1oo."
.T,et us thank God and take courage" is
the Providence Journals feleitation over the
Presidents veto.
The New York Mail argues that if the
newspapers would let Gen. B. F. B. severely
alone for six months he would drop into an
obscurity tar more dreadful than to be pillo
ried by the entire American Press.
The Connecticut correspondent of the New
York Times, discussing the prospects of the
Senatorship in that State, thinks that Mr.
Eaton will not be Senator; that Mr.. Barnun
will be if he can get it, and if he fails throw
his strength in favor of Gov. Ingersoll, ano
will win in that direction, unless Eaton get.
out of the way in time to assist an organiza
ton in behalf of r. d. Hubbard. The safe
est guess will be that Ingersoll will get it.
The Portland daily press., 1874-04-24
News and Other Items.


Hon. Robert G. Winthrop will pass the sum-
mer abroad.
Colfax, California, was burned Wednesday
afternoon, except three brick buildings. Loss
$4,000
The women crusaders of Portland, Oregon,
who were sentenced to pay a fine of five dol
lars each, are serving out their time in Jail.
The city of Des Moines, Iowa, has been sued
for damages amounting to $4,000 for the death
of a little girl who was washed into sewer in
in the winter and drowned.
A Webster Democrat remarked in Boston,
Thursday, of the veto message, that all things
considered it was the noblest act President
had committed for twenty years.
The grand jury Wednesday, returned an in.
dictment against Wintermute for the murder
of Gov McCook, and he was remanded for
trial.
The officers pursuing the murderer Vasquez
and party, came upon them iu the mountains
near Los Angeles. They abandoned their horses
and camp and fled on foot, closely pursued.
If overtaken there will probably be bloody
fight.
The Chicago Tribune says that since March
1869, the United States has been employing
Col. Whitley, chief of the United States secret
service, to put a stop to imitation by arresting
all persons who have added to the volume oil
the currency by means of private bank notes,
commonly known as counterfeits No less
than 1400 of these gentlemen are serving tern
in the penitentiary.
The Portland daily press., 1874-04-24
Washington News and Gossip.

The RESULT OF THE VETo.-The result of
the veto will be long and tedious debates, prob
ably prolonging the session far into the summer,
and ending with the passage of some comprom-
Use free banking bill with adequate safeguards
for redemption of bank notes and the ultimate
resumption of specie payments.
| That President Grant will be triumphantlv
sustained by majority of the thinking, intelli-
gent members of the Republican party, cannot
admit of shadow of doubt, and any opposition
clamor which will he raised will be drowned in
acclamations of applause from the great mass
of the people.
Had President Grant signed the bill which he
has vetoed. 1t would have been the entering
wedge toward reputation. The despondency
and gloom which has overshadowed the bust
ness of the country will NOW disappear, and
good and true men will again rally around the
financial flag which the President has dis
played, and with which his will lead the Repub-
Hcan column to victory.
The VACANT JUDGEsHIP.- is much
speculation as 10 who will be nominated by the
PRESIDENT for the vacant place on the bench of
the Court OF Claims. Two years ago, Judge
Richardson, who likes Washington life, would
pmsopa3iy nave accepted the place had it been
oneteu nm But his present business engage
nents IN France would probably prevent his
no om . Va rg IL. The friends of Horace Nav
syivania, and Luke p. Poland of Varmnnt ~
all active VI Vernoht are
hoMoRs ABOUT THE TREASURY PoRrror1o
One OF the rumors afloat this evening is that
the PRESIDENT has so framed his veto messa.,o
as TO conform to the views of Mr. Patterso, of
Ihiiauelphia, who is to be the next Secretarv of
the treasury, ana another is that the nortfol;o
OF the treasury Will be offered after JrJ
Richardson goes abroad, to Senator Hamln s0
IHE WESTERN MEN AND THE VEro
feeling among western members relative 70 obo
veto was very strong yesterday morning. some
even threatened new party Some demanded
nepuohoan caucus Others opposed caucns,
seatlng that it would be public announcement
VI tne withdrawal of Western Republicans
from their present associations. others threat
Gu W W ke public attack upon the Comptrol-
Ter OF the Currency for having distribnted soma
nara money speeches under his official stamps.
"a BETTER FEELING.-The infationists are
more qulet' and it is very evident that although
some OF them may continue to urge their
scheme, Congress will sustain the President
de mas received from every section of the I'm
ion, kilograms commencing his conduct, and
there is no danger that he can be cajOled or
driven from b S position
The SANBoRN REPoRT-The report recon-
mends repeal of the law, but the Committee
have been so impressed by the information
furnished by Sanborn's testimony relative to
the very large amount of taxes Intentionally
withheld by corporations and individuals that
they are understood to favor the passage of a law
which shall give the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue more extended power in such cases.
The Portland daily press., 1874-04-24

THE announcement that "Mr. Horace
White of the Chicago Tribune, Mr.. Murat
Halstead of the Cincinnati Commercial, and
Mr.. Henry Watterson of the Louisville Cour-
ier-Jourr,dl are on their way to Boston for a
pleasure trip" in this dreary and delusive
month of April brings with it a suspicion that
an attempt will be made to revive that move
ment by which three or four great journals
audaciously sought to overthrow the admin
stration of President Grant in 1872 We are
prepared to hear that Mr.. Samuel Bowles of
the Springfield Republican, and Mr.. White
law Reid of the New York Tribune, are also
en- route for Boston. Unless these gentlemen
succeed better as resurrectionistst than they did
as parer is their April trip will be productive
of no permanent results.
The Portland daily press., 1874-04-24
In CONSEQUENCE

I'm Consequence
Dr. increasing deafness, which has for some years
~ past practically transferred his business TO
other hands; and induced by the desire of deyoting
more particular and exclusive attention to manu-
iacturing chemistry and pharmacy-the undersigned
has disposed Of his retail stock to
CHAS. l.. HOLT, M. D.,
who will carry on the business of Apotbecary and
Druggist at the old stand,
No. 413 Congress, east of State st.
In thus leaving occupation in which he has
spent twenty-four years and half of the best part
of his life, and parting with his old patrons and
friends. the writer would thank them for the kind
ness and support they have accorded him and he
speaks for the new Proprietor the goodwill they have
so generously shown him hitherto. He will mil
further notice. continue at the old place AMI will he
happy to attend to the wishes such of his old
rons and friends SHALL for any reason prefer his
handiwork to that of others. MS
Portland April q, 1874 apasdst
The Portland daily press., 1874-04-24

REV. DIR. OsGooD considers Charles Sum-
ner to be the Yankee Cicero, not only in tie
sweep of his rhetoric and the swell of his peri
ods,but in the pride OF his citizenship and his
as transcendental Radical, but scholarly
jurist, who did great service to the Radical in
dividualism of his time and community by
pointing out the essential unicn between en-
Gghtened conscience and civil law, the ethi-
cal sense and public loyalty Ee had some
thing of the dignity of Justinian, who in 533
issued his civil code in the name of the LORD,
and commended it to the conscience of the
youth of his empire in sentences worthy OF
being compared with the American Senator's
first Grafton on '.The True Grandeur of Ma
tions." DIR. Osgood holds that Mr.. Summer
knowledge of the best Latin jurisprudence
did much to save lis from the alleged recent
tendency of the revived civil law in Europe
to exalt the rights of property over the rights
of persons.
The Portland daily press., 1874-04-24

Poor FoRNEY is very savage on the Presi-
dent for vetoing the currency BILL In his
'Napoleonic style he says that the President
has declared that the s'panic shall be perma-
nent.' 1t looks very bad to Forney; the
chances of the centennial appropriation may
be injured and Tom Scott's little scheme to
raid on the treasury for 100000 for his
Texas Pacific Railroad will fare very badly
when there is no chance for new gush Of
greenbacks. Suppose Cameron and Forney
settle their little unpleasantness and start a
party whose leading principle shall be an L.
o. U. money.