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MEMS FURNISHING GOODS.
FIELD,
LETTER eco:
State & Washington-sts.,

State & Washington-stsy
VIII open on SATURDAY,
Feb. II, a choice line Of GEN.
TLEMEN'S NECKWEAR, in
entirely new colorings and de-
signs, comprising ENGLISH
WINDSOR, THALIEN, and
ALBION SCARFS and TIES;
and New Importations of FAM
CY HALF HOSE, BALBRIG-
GAN and BRITISH; also some
new shapes in Linen Collars
and Cuffs, exceedingly desira-
BILE and attractive.
STATE AND WASHINGTON SITS.
, 1874-02-14

In retiring from the f1a of Clarke Abbott Co.,
take this opportunity to hAnk patrons for their
favus, and would solicit continuance of tho to ha
new frm OF L. l.. Abbott Co. TH0S. G. CLARKE.
, 1874-02-14

1oSooS. Eng, Feb. 13.-Ths bark Punchi
nello, from New York for Bristol, With graia,
VAS wrecked on the Irish coast during ge.s
"Wednesday, and twelvo Of her croT Tc5s
drowned
, 1874-02-14
DISSOLUTION.


DISSoADIl
The 1a Of Clarke, Abbott Co., Is this day dissolved
By mutual consent, Thos G. Clarke retiring to giro his
attention to manufacturing. The business Of Railroad
and Machuiss' Supplies will DO continued BY Lewis L.
Abbott and Goo. 81. Campbell under tho firm al
L. L. Abbott Co.. who will take ali assets and assunaa
all liabilities Of Clarke, Abbott ca.
THOS. g. CLARKE,
L. l.. ABBOTT,
Chfc.rn Fab IN ]a7i GEO. H CAMPRFTY.
, 1874-02-14

MILWAUKEE, Dec. 13.-An Atwater, Minn,
dispatch reports that the house OF L. &. Guinu,
OF Lake Lillian, burned On Wednesday orsninE
His two little children perished in Lie famea.
Guish and his wife were away from homo.
, 1874-02-14

Two Lumbermcn Killed bT = Log
Slide.
HAnKIaBrss. Pa. Feb. 13.-Tvo lunbezmen
were killed this morning 1t RidgsasJ By Aida
Of iQRs-
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22
DISBARRIN& ATTORNEYS.

The u. S. Supreme Court has deliver
ell an opinion of Importance, concern
ing the powers Judges to disbar attor-
neys. In the case of ex-parte Robinson,
we have the following synopsis of the
Courts decision:
In this case the judge of the United
States District Court for the Western
District of Arkansas, disbarred the petit
toner for q refusal to answer certain
questions required by the court in a
proceeding before it, in answer to alter
native right of mandamus issued by
the court. His honor said the language
used by petitioner, 81 shall answer
nothing" taken in connection with
his tone and manner, was such as to
merit summary and severe punishment,
and it was accordingly inflicted. The
court holds that the power to disbar
attorneys can only be exercised when
there is such conduct on the part Of the
parties complained of as shows them
to be unfit to be members OF the profess
sion. They hold their Office [ex-partc
Garland) during good behavior, and
can only be deprived of it for miscon-
duct, ascertained and declared by the
judgment of the court after opportunity
to be heard has been offered. Before
a judgment disbarring an astorney is
rendered he must have notice of the
grounds of complaint against him, and
ample opportunity Of explanation and
defense, in accordance with the rule of
natural justice applicable in all cases.
a peremptory mandamus directed to
the court below to restore the petitioners
name to the roll of attorneys. Mr..
Justice Field delivered the opinion.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22
A JUST DISCRIMINATION
The Shreveport Times says:

The New Orleans Bulletin learns
from Il gentleman just returned from
New York, that while there he called
on Il number OF bankers and capitalists
who held Louisiana bonds, and solicited
aid from them for the sufferers by the
overflow. In every instance, however,
they refused to contribute, giving, as :,
reason, the bad faith of the people OF
Louisiana in repudiating. their debt.
Now, this is the grossest Injustice we
ever heard of. The people ofLouisiant
had no more to do with creating the
State debt than the man in the moon,
and they have had nothing to do with
the scaling or Reputation business.
The debt was created by Wnrmoth and
a ring of white and negro thieves, the
reputation scheme was got up by Kel-
log and ring of white and negro
thieves. Our peopIe.have had no voice
in the matter one way or the other.
They We're indeed the sufferers by the
frauds out of which the debt grew, but
they will not, and do not expect to be
in any way benefited by the reputation.
Let the Bankers and capitalists of New
York and other northern cities exert
their influence to restore to the people
of Louisiana the right of self-goVern-
ment, and we guarantee them, though
the debt was conceived in fraud, that
they will eventually be paid every dol
lar of their claims. 1t is not $40, 900, 900
of debt that is crushing Louisiana, but
bad government. Give us a good gov
ernment, and in a few years we would
be in condition to insure the final pay
ment of the whole debt without feeling
it as burthen. Under the present
regime we cannot pay, and never will
be able to pay so, 100000 nor 100000
600
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22
PRACTICAL CREMATIONISTS.

The discussion of cremation has
brought up the case Of Shelley, and the
burning of his body when cast up by
the sea, as told by Trelawney and
others. a writer in the New York
World brings to notice the burning of
the body of Henry Laurens on his
plantation in South Carolina ,on Deem
Der IL, 1892. Laurens succeeded Han
cock, as President of Congress, and was
afterwards Minister to Holland. The
story of his confinement in the tower of
London is we'll known. The following
clause was found in his will:
~ solemnly enjoin it to my son las an
indispensable duty, that rs soon AS he
conveniently can after my decease to
cause my body to be wrapped in twelve
yards of tow cloth and burned until it
be entirely consumed, and then collect
ing my bones, deposit them wherever
he may think proper"
Laurens was seventy years of age at
the time of his death. His body was
burned by his son OH the plantation,
and the ashes earthly gathered and
placed in a silver urn. 1t is said that
Laurens feared being burried alive,
and for that reason left the directions
quoted from his will.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22

The editor Of the lntelligencer will
yet become famous for cheek. The
proverbial government mule" ia hard
ly his superior now. He exalts himself
for securing the city printing at one
hundred dollars less than we bid, an
nouncing the fact with great particu-
larity, and concluding with the follow
ing lucid and lu.ty thrust at the TELE-
GRAPH:
Evidently our neighbor il not SO
much in favor Of economy and reform
when printing Is on the tapis, thar when
some other fob is on hand.
Our mole-hill has grown into inn
mense proportions. The work which
we offered to do for 1895 is worth $500.
The fact that the Intelligencer takes it
at 800 (its own estimatei is no evidence
of the value Of the labor to be performed,
nor of the EDITORS notions of economy.
Enjoying II monopoly of public printing
he ought to work for the city for moth
ing. But his greediness would never
allow that. 1t is well enough that the
Democratic Mayor should be deprived
OF a salary, but a Radical organ must
be paid.
We did not want the City printing,
and declined to bid after solicitations,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22

And now Judge Aleck Walker comes
into court and asks judgment of Charles
Clinton ct ais. for the sum of $4,000,
because the said Clinton has caused
the publication OF a malicious prosecu-
ton and writing which was defamatory
of the said Walker, who AYERS that his
list. 1t ought to be consoling refiec-
ton to Judge Walker that no editor
ever begins to make money until he
begins to lose his character. a truly
grand scamp, who sets no value upon
his character, never fails to coin money
with a newspaper.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22
QUANTRELI..

The Louisville papers have renewed
the discussion over the alleged death Of
Quantrell, the famous Missouri guer-
lila. The Courier-Jo urnal, Of tho 9th
and also 18th, has in each issue lengthy
accounts of Quantrell's career, from his
boyhood to his supposed death in Louis
Vile as "Capt. Clark" Whether Guam
trcll be dead, or not, there are other
men killed in the Journals sketch,
who have been in Monroe, or near,
seen and conversed with since the war.
The Journal kills Barker, for instance,
when he died Of consumption, since the
war, in Texas, having married in an
adjoining parish after the war. Robin
son is also killed, when Robinson was
in Monroe, since the war, and met some
of his war acquaintance, who author
ize this statement.
AS for Quantreli, his existence or
non-eXistence il not important, except
to his foes and as q matter of fact. But
that he died in Louisville, or is dead
at all, does not seem to be the opinion
of some of his followers. Capt. Joe
Lee, one Of the men who left Missouri
with Quantrell, stated, on visit to
this place last year, when asked about
some of Quantrell's men, that they
went to Mexico with QuantreT. Capt
Lee separated from Quantrell at Shreye-
port, when the original band was dis
solved, but knew the command well. Is
man to be relied on, and knew, doubt
less, of what he was talking
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22

The New York World aiiuding to the
of representatives of the Democratic
party from various parts of the country,
says:
The men who addressed the DemoC-
racy of all the States from Maine to
Louisiana, and from New York to
Nevada. each and all reaiiirmeu
with fresh and various instance, drawn
from the special needs and special feel
ings of their own homes, the principles
common to the Democracy from one
end Of the country to the other, and
from the time Of Jefferson until now
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22

until the last moment, and then made
our bid simply to prevent the Radical
majority In the Council, and the Intel
ligencer, also, from making the plea,
in case of extravaganza, that only one
paper offered a bid. Our neighbor is
welcome to the job; but will he open
his other contracts, and show his SINGER
ity, to the arbitration of the lowest bid !?
If he will he may relieve himself of the
odium of straining at n gnat and swal-
lowing the contents of sewer.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22

the good men who sat in Warmoth's
legislature, that their presence was
nesded to project the interests Of the
bet people Of Louisiana. What bene-
fit the State derived from that COM
mfngfing of good and bad men, the
bad being in the ascendancy, no one
has yet been convinced of. The stream
of corruption poured steadily onward,
and to-day Kellogg is justifying his
unmanly crusade by citing examples
from Warmoth's administration-sup-
ported by Democrats, too in many of the
most iniduitous acts of his administra-
ton.
But such has been the timidity OF
the people of this State, who ought to
know right from wrong, and that, in
conflict between the two, right must
triumph, if there be, indeed, real dis
tinction between the two and a Divinity
which shapes and moulds all things for
the best, that representative men have
been led to countenance wrongs, by
their own constituency, when every
moral precept of their life condemned
the acquiesceuce. Leaders should never
be towards. Better suffer defeat and
go into retirement than pc party to
An act which violates and outrages the
principles underlying and upholding
free government.
The action of the Fusion representa-
tives referred to, has been made the
pretext by Senator Sherman for sup
porting the Kellogg government. This
Senator admits the gross frauds and
wrongs perpetrated to inaugurate that
government, but says that the repre-.
sentatives of the people have acquiesced
and that this is ga controlling fact
with him. And Senator Sherman an
nounces that he will vote to sustain
Kellogg, ON that consideration alone.
we forbear additional punishment
to that which this announcement must
bring to those who, pretending to ap
prove the McEnery government, have
recognized the Kellogg usurpation.
When they reflect that their own DELHI
crate acts have made vote in the u.
8. Senate against the State, the penalty
is, and ought to be, all that a sensitive
! being can require. That this recogni-
ton was given under mistaken views
Of it's bearings, is but the FOOLS confes'
sion that the teachings of the past are
Like snow-ftakes OH the river,
A moment aDhite, then gone fOrever!"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22

the free trade, hard money, and home
rule which the Manhattan Club has
announced as the sum of it's own politi-
cal creed. This is the confession of a
Democratic faith, quoA a,6ique, q'tod
sen,pe1, q,tod omnibus. This is the creed
alike of McEnery, and Fitch, and Bay
ard, and Potter, and Bradbury. Never
in our history has it been avowed more
frankly and more clearly. Never in
our history has there been such instant
need of the practical, immediate,
universal application of it to our
pOIitics
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22

There is a mania in England for collec-
tions of old china. At present the fash
ionable hobby is old Sevres ware, which
is being sold at auction i'll London at
fabulous prices. A small cabinet collcc-
ton Of not over a score of vases, dishes,
and cups was sold in London the other
day and realized over $4,000 in gold
a couple of vases about Il foot high with
Crosse du Barry foliage brought S32 )
500; pair of fan-shaped flower holders
was sold for $4,000, and I, single spcci
men of the same kind of ornament
brought So, 800.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22

Senator NIorton's proposed amend:
ment to the Constitution providing a
new way of electing the President and
Vice President, has received the unani-
nous approval Of the Senate Committee.
1t gives the vote of every Congressional
district to the candidate receiving a
plurality of votes, and the votes of the
two Senatorial electors are to be given to
the candidate receiving plurality Of all
the votes in the State.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22

Mr.. Kellogg says In letter to the
Times and Picayune, in which he en-
deavors to prove that his Administra-
that "the day for riots and public dis
orders in New Orleans has passed
never, I trust, to return" Would to
God the same thing could be said Of the
causes of riots and disorders! ..
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22
RECOGNIZING KELLOGG.

We felt pretty confident, when Fusion
members of the legislature went into
Kellogg's legislature, that the fact
would be used to make the kellogg
usurpation permanent thing. 1t was
claimed by those who took this leap,
that the good of the State demanded
representation in that assemblage OF
nsurpers; just as it was claimed, by
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22
NOTICE o" ELECTION.

NOTICE is hereby given, that pursuant to
Y sect ions two, three and four of Act No.
81 of the Acts passed by the General As
sembly OF the State of Louisiana at the
first session OF the third Legislature, began
and held i'll New Orleans, January 9TH
1S.:s, an election will be held in the city OF
Monroe, on the first Monday t4th day. of
May 1874. by the qualified voters OF Monroe
for ono NIuVor and Seven touncilmen.
GEO. II. HAMLET,
Mayor.
Monroe. La. March Is, 1871, n2.:7t
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22

Carl Schurz, says the Springfield Re
publican, is not going to leave Missouri
or public life to edit Il German paper
either in Chicago or New York. On
the contrary he expects to go before the
people of Missouri next fall, on his
merits as man and his capacity rs Il
Senator, land ask and secure triumphant
reelection.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22

The election of successor to Mr..
Buckingham in Connecticut will give
to New England the first Democratic
Senator from that corner Of the moral
vineyard which it has had in twenty
years. Isaac Toucey was the last of
that Political faith from the Nutmeg
State, and Mr.. Sprague was the nearest
approach to it in Rhode island.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22

Charles Clinton, Auditor so-called,
has brought suit against the New Or
leans Bulletin, for $4,000, for alleged
defamation of character. Clinton was
charged with paying illegal vouchers
and OF being guilty of corruption.
What man wants with ten thousand
dollars, who runs the State Treasury, is
a tantalizing mystery to us.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22
POLITlCALa NOTES.

~
The Knoxville Press and Herald says
that ttthe unwillingness of the Demo
cratic party to remain dead is truly
cruel.'
The Chicago Tribune, in canvassing
party prospects,, says: ssThe general
lesson taught by the April elections is
that the Republican party has received
prem0nitofy stroke of the general
paralysis that it will experience in
November, 1874. Its discontinue is
inevitable"
The Nashville Banner says: "Just
wait until the State elections out West
take place! The character of the Rad
ical routs then will depend on whether
the Republicans remain in the field to
be routed and overwhelmed. When
the tidal wave reaches Tennessee-well,
there will be slaughter then, my coun-
trymen!
Commenting on the continued sue
cesses of the Democrats, the st. Paul
Pioneer says: elf the little State of
Rhode Island is excepted, every election,
either last fall or the present spring,
has been continuous triumph of the
people over banded monopolists and
iron-bound rings. 1t is a great awaken
ing, and before the impulse ceases, the
Radical name will be blotted from the
list of parties.''
The Springfield Republican thinks
that administrative reform, a sound
currency, and local seIfgOvernment
are the three great land ;narks by which
| the intelligent and earnest refOrmer
must steer his course, however much
the wind blows and the waves ehurn !;
the foundation stones which, though
rejected never SO contemptuonsly by
the partisan builders of to-day, are to
become the head Of the corner"
! There are some things (which no
fellow can understand" and in view of
the Credit Mobiliers Developments, this
seems to be one of them. The Bridge
port Odd Fellows recently gave Schuy-
Ter Colfax a gold-headed cane, and the
chaplain of the lodge in presenting it
said "This gold is mathematical Of the
purity and brilllancy of your character,
the steel ferule illustrates the firmness
and trueness of your principles, while
the wood represents the perishable char
acter of the calumnies uttered against
YOU"
A Washington correspondent writes
that the humiliating position in which
the Administration and the country
has been placed by the Sanborn expos
ures are beginning to be realized by
public men in Washington, and the
effect of the late disclosures upon the
party and upon the country has been
the topic of conversation in all the
hotel Hobbies where politicians congre-
gate. The general feeling is that the
elections in the coming fall will result
in the overwhelming defeat of the Adj
ministration party. .
The Raleigh News charges that the
Republican party came into power il
North Carolina making all sorts O.
promises of good in general and educa
ton in particular, and that it did moth
ing but bankrupt the State and squandel
the school fund in the act of so doing
The News adds: GA Conservative
Democratic Legislature was elected
and it has reduced the taxes on the
} people and the expenses OF the State
: Government in every proper and posi-
BILE way, and made as liberal provision
for the instruction of our children as the
effect of Radical extravaganza woul'
allow them" .r-..
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22

The Williams laundalet is to be put
to political use. Judge Wright has
purchased the vehicle for 81 500, and it
will be exhibited and made to point
the moral of campaign speeches next
fall in Ohio, Indiana and other States
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22

"Don't prevaricate, sir!' thundcicd 4
Columbiad judge to n witness from the
mine. "Can't helpit, judge" answered
the miner. "lIVer since gotta kick from
a mule that knocked my teeth out, I
prcvaricatc 4 good ltaf.'
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22
assrTssIEss-s NOTICE.

Mr.. y. Klein he@s leave to inform his
friends and former customers that he will
rC-oppn his Market House on the StlI OF
September. and every morning following
he viii always keep on hand The best Beef
the country affords and also Mutton and
Pork. when it can I've bought. Every effort
viii be made by the undersigned to accom-
modate his customers, hoping liberal
share of the public patronage.
Sept. 8, iS7S.--tf y. KLEIN.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22

The New Orleans Republican says
that at tho next State election there
will be but one State Office filled, and
but few parochial offices, "including,
we believe, both sheriffs." So, the
number Of sheriffs in Louisiana has
been reduced to two?
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22
20 TO G. BOFENsCHEN's

~ AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES!
The following articles now on exhibition
and for sale {oaD for cash:
WATCHES,
Consisting in part of fine Gold and Silver,
American and Swiss make, for ladies and
gentlemen key and stem winderS.
A SELECT STOCK OF JEWELRY,
Such as Gold and Silver Watch Chains,
Gold Sleeve Buttons, Shirt Studs, Gold
Ne e n and Bracelets et tsold and Hf'f e
fine sets of Ear-drops and Breaches, Cen
tlemens' Bosom Pins Gold, Silver and
Steel Spectacles genuine pebbles). a very
select stock of sterling
SILVER PIATED-WARE,
Consisting of Casters, for dinner and
break fast; Ice Pitchers Soup and Gravy
Ladies', Napkin Rings, Tea and Table
spoons, Table Forks and Knives, Butter
ing); Fine China Vases; Ornamented French
and American Clocks: Musical Instru-
ments; Howe Sewing Machines (the best
machine nlade.) Monroe, May "a, 1878.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22

A recent medical writer says that in
case of wounds and burns, if the part
affected be immersed in alcohol the
pain Immediately ceases, and the sub
sequent progress ola cure is greatly ac-
tolerated..
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22

Photographs of the Prince Imperial,
about the size of a postage stamp, are
being stuck to house-walls, monument
and raillings all over Paris and France.
Straws, perhaps, to tell which way the
wind blows.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22

The lightning struck Buffers house,
in Lowell, Il few days ago, but not find
ing the General ut home, left in n hurry.
Commercial.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22

Tom Bowling, the racer, at iIcxing-
inGton. Ky, the other day, ran 4 mile
in :4l3, said to be the fastest time on
record. \ two-Near old made half
mile in 1873 seconds.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22

An absent mined merchant i'll New
York copied I love letter to his ''heartS 5
idol" in the letter-hook ofthe firm before
sending it.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22

Editing II newspaper is very much
like raking a tire-every one thinks he
can perform the operation better than
the man who has hold of the poker.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-05-22
MoNRoE ADVERTISEMENTS

MONROE ADVERTISEMENTS.
Nas" ''THE OLD RELIABLE!" -Sssa
DRY GOODS,
CLOTHING,
HARDWARE,
STAPLE GOODS,
. GROCERIES & PROVISIONS!