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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-12
CHINESE LABOR.

The following is from the Shreveport
Times:
John johnson, Il Chinaman, but who
certainly Anglicised his name, has
been in this city for u few days past
contracting with some of our planters
to supply them with Chinese labor from
Western Texas. Mr.. James Pickett
engaged twenty and Mr.. Dave Adams
fifteen, besides which there were n few
others who contracted each for one or
two hands. The parties pay fifty cents
for each laborer ut the time of signing
the contract and the same upon their
arrival here. These taborcrs are repre-
sentcd to have three or four years
experience in agriculture in Texas.
They are to receive $50 per annum and
fed. Each foreman is to receive $50 or
800 per annum, we believe according
to the number of lahorclS under his
charge.
Mr.. johnson says he can furnish Il
large number.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-12
A RADICAL WITNESS,

Mr.. T.. l.. Pierson is a member of the
Kellogg legislature from Natchitoches.
He testified before the Congressional
Committee. This is what the Natchi-
tochcs Vindicator has TO say of Mr..
Pierson:
The testimony of j.. J.. Pierson, COM
monty known as cooley Person." is a
startling document to say the least, and
as tissue Of lies compactly stated,
1T stands unrivaled. He "defies
this community to say aught against
his personal character,' and here is
where the richness comes in, for to the
good people Of Natchitoches, it will be
news to learn that HCoIey'' Pierson had
any personal character. True it is, that
the very gentleman he most SANDER
ously and outraseously assails, did
every thing in his power to give him
standing and character, and we must
admit that from this bit of Persons
evidence he failed most signally, and
in 1T we have another instance of the
fable of the "Woodman and the Asp"
Upon previous occasion when this
fellow assailed the character OF Col.
VIM. NJ. Levy, we RETAINED from
| making any comment upon it, for we
knew then, and know now that he was
far beyond the reach ofthe vit,peration
OF such low ours as this PierSon, but
public duty requires us to say some
thing at least in adherence and conClem-
nation of this lying braGgart.
Does he not remember that to Col.
Levy he owes his miserable existence;
that to him ne is indebted for the only
glimpse he will ever behold of /, future
honest and honorable life: Had he but
followed the advice and example of the
gentleman he attempts to traduce, he
would now be respected at least, instead
of being loathcd and dcspised by every
honest man, white and black, in Louis
lama, who knows him.
ellis personal character!" We grow
too angry for utterance at the defiance
thrown out by this man. lie is IL liar,
a thief, u forger, a dcsertcr, and a thous-
and other things too indecent to name,
and he deties ";ny one to attack his
personal character"
In no capacity has he acted but that
he has betrayed; an opposite to a thou
sand creeds and a Judas to them all; as
Il boy pilferer and a stOry-teller; as {,
soldier Il deserter and Il forger; as IL citi-
zen theicf and unreliable; as q lawyer
he embezzled moneys collected for his
clients; as Il politician Il cheat and /,
swindler; and MS Il witness before /;
committee OfCOngrcss,a most unmitiga-
ted 1arand sianderer. Lie1sOU is oil these
ana D1O1r, anu arta can produce Thousand
witnesses to lorOre Tie truth Of or tsse7,-
tons. He deties us, does he! Then by
all tho saints in the calender, will we
give him 4 surfcit of his personal charac-
tc1(:)
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-12

y dispatch from Baltimore says
Bishop Whittingha'n, of Maryland,
refused to countcnance the conservation
of DR.. Dudley, Bishop-clect of Southern
Ohio, and refused to sign his creden-
tlals. He bases his action, il is under
stood, on the language of st. Paul, in
the third chapter of the First Episttc to
Timothy, wherein the Apostle says ::
"a Bishop shall be the husband of one
wife" DR.. Dudley having been twice
married, the Bishop holds that he is
Ineligible to the iIpiscopate,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-12

Andrew johnson first took his scat in
the United States Senate in 1857. OF
those who sat there with him then We're
Toombs and Davis and Benjamin, Sill
doll. Mason and Hunter. Douglas and
Crittcndan and Ecsscndcn, Sumner and
Seward: Frederick and Houston and
Bell are dead. IIamlin, Wilson and
Cameron will greet him in the Senate
on his return. Wade, Trumbull, Har-
Ian, Foster, Dixon and Doolittlc are
among those who, stili living, have re-
tired to private life.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-12

An automatic lock has boon Invented
for bank vaults, which can only be I'M
locked during banking hours. The \.
y. Daily Bnllctin says:
s'ThH lock was purposoly invented to
obviatC bank officers from being taken
from their beds at night ana compelled
10 open their vault by burglars, as has
hccn frequently done in many parts of
the country. the tuct> is said tO he no
longer IN experiment.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-12
From the Vienna Sentinel :

Col. John BAY says in his testimony
before the Congressional Committee
that there We're % more votes pollcd
in Lincoln parish than there were re-
gistercd voters. Every honest and fair
minded citizen knows this to be untrue,
and to prove how absurd and false the
Colonels statement is, we append the
number OF voters registered and pollcd
in this parish:
Registercd....... Observation-Disclosures. 1912.
Pole. ..l4sO.
Unpollcd.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-12

The Stats Zeitung is laboring to dis
sipatc the common, though erroneous
opinion, that the Germans have no
conception of Il joke. An Indiana
paper having said of Gov. Allen that
'sE.vcry time he opens his mouth he
puts his foot in it," the Il. s. translates
it thus: alt is said that every time
Herr Allen speaks he puts his foot in
his mouth. = tNic0yo Post.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-12

In regard to a portion of ''thc great
West, 'it isa private opinoin extensively
held that country which is eaten out
by grasshoppcrs in the summer, where
the whisky freezes solid in the winter,
may he advantagcously left for the
exclusive occupation of the noble rcd
man and the prairie dog.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-12

MO STARVING:
There is no need for starving, long as
II. KINDERMA ANN,
On Desiard street, has for sale plenty of
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS,
Such as Al Coffee and Sugar;
Excellent Syrup and Molasses;
Splendid Cheese, Macaroni and
Vermicclli; New Buckwheat
Flour in any quantity; New
Sugar Cured Hams (first in
Market); Plenty of Eggs,
Spiced Pigs Feet, Oysters,
Sardines, Potted or Deviled
Meats, HOLSTERS, Salmon and
Mushrooms; Assorted Canned
Fruits and Vegetables;
Potatoes and Onions;
Choice Carolina Rice;
White Beans and English
Peas IIominy and Grits;
Cranberries, Raisins, Citron
And Currants; Nice Jcllics
And Preserves Dried Figs;
Crackers, Cream Biscuits and
Cracl>neis; Toys, Dolls and Il
Variety of nice and useful
Ornaments Also, a
Small Assortment of Crockery and
Shelf-Hardware, such as is mostly
Needed for General Use.
Come and sec for yourselves, but do not
fail to bring along the ''Spondulix," because
l must have more ready money and less
merchandise. Fair dealing and no humbug
or child-in trading for cash at the store OF
l4tf II. KINDERMANN.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-12

Referring to the defeat of Matt. Car
penter, the New York Herald uses the
following emphatic language:
One by one the friends of Caesar are
falling. Butler was swept away in
September, and with him fell many
less famous but not less jealous adhcr-
ents OF the Executive policy. It was
still believed after the battle, however,
that at least two of the leaders were
saved where SO many nameless heroes
were lost forever. These were Chand-
Ter and Carpenter. But first the former
was slain, and now we have news that
the latter also is destroyed. There is
i'll all this most salutary lesson. The
people have determined that personally
and politically ourstatesmen shall here
after maintain themselves upon a much
higher level than was the practice in
the last few years, and the Senate and
the country will be all the better for
the admonitions which the downfall of
Carpenter and men like him bring to
the attention of our public men.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-12

an acquiescence in the government of
that fraud and usurping triclsster, by the
grace of the vicegerent Durell, called
Gov. Kellogg.-N. O. Bulletin.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-12

The country never had a greater ora
tor than the celebrated Sargent S.
Prentiss, of Mississippi. We give the
following extract from a speech he once
made III Congress to show what he
would say if he were alive in regard to
the wrongs of Louisiana. He said:
"Upon all the States 1 do most SOL
EMMY call for that justice to another
which they would expect for themselves.
Let this cup pass from Mississippi.
Compel her not to drink its bitter in
gradients, lest some day evenhanded
justice should commend the poisoned
chalice to your own lips You sit
here in Judgment upon the most sacred
right of Il sister State that which is to
Il State what chastity is to woman or
honor to Il man. Should you decide
against her,you tear from her brow the
richest jewel which sparkles there, and
forever bow her head in shame and
dishonor. But if your determination is
taken; if the blow must fall if the
violated Constitution must bleed, l
have but one request to make. When
you decide that she cannot choose her
own representation, at that seif-same
moment blot from the starspangled
banner Of the Union tho bright star
that glitters TO the name OF Mississippi,
but leave the stripe behind, a fit en-
t!enl OF her degradation
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-12

The congressional committee closed
its labors on Monday, and adjourned to
meet in Washington, where the testi-
mony will be examined, printed and
submitted to Congress. 1t is hardly
practicable for the report to be acted
upon before the adjournment of Con-
gress.
The testimony, as published covers II
wide field, and may be construed to
ones own liking. The members of the
committee, in their political course
heretofore and in their personal bear
ing, afford the best basis upon which
to predicate conjecture as to the re-
port which will follow the investiga
ton. We are persuaded that the con-
clusions the Committee will reach will
not differ very widely from those of
the Foster committee. 1t must be ex
pected, however, that an effort will be
mace to sustain the action of the Pres
laent and to pailiate in q measure the
ohenses of the Republicans in this State.
py majority of the Committee, by
charges OF violence, intimidation and
1awiessness on the part of the whites of
Louisiana.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-12
n FIRST,

CN1Tl N FklSI,
~ OPRIETORS,
& a Il l; / 4 q ]; \ y d S NJ T II S II O p
GRAND STREET, MONROE.
Have the pleasure of notifying the Public
that they are prepared to build and repair
Carriages and Buggies, to Shoe Horses, and
execute all kinds of Plantation Work.
ne Owners of Burdens Subsoif Attach
mcnt for Ouachita Parish. mars 73:25tf
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-12

z L n I z
DEALER IN
II H Il s III N Il Il T. S
DEALER IN

Notifies tho public that he will keep at
his Market House near tie depot, on De-
Sairl street. tho hest qualities of Fresh
Hccf and Mutton. and will deliver orders
for regular customers at their residences.
..c' Tho highest prices paid for A No.
bcevcS and sheep.
October l6 1874. 1y
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-12

The Natchez Democrat thus refers to
the recent visit of General Sheridan to
Vicksburg:
General Phil Sheridan wasn't afraid
even to travel on such banditti boat
AS the steamer Robert T.. Lee. He
passed up on her, with his staff and a
party of ladies, yesterday morning, des-
tined, 1t is supposed, for Vicksburg.
we are told by a passenger that, during
the whole trip, not one of the banditti
aboard, and there were many addressed
a single remark to the reCloubtable Phil.
They all gave him il wide berth, and
the only passenger that was seen to
speak to him at all, during the trip to
Natchez: was a Republican official Of
Concordia parish. The rest had pro-
badly read his infamous dispatch, and
were afraid.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-12
FOR SALE!

4 HOUSE and one acre of land, in rear OF
n Monroe, formerly owned 10y VIM. HAM
ilt"n. Very cheap for cash. Apply to
Jan /, lSS5.-tf =. u. MCENERY,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-12

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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-02-25

A Love Letter
The following Is copy Of . love letter
written to a respectable young lady Of
this county, BY a loving youth.
this the II day of January 1875.
Dear miss ! take the present opportu,
nifty to write you = few lines to let you
know that ! am we'll and l hope that when
these few lines Come to hand tina will End
you well Jour Cheeks are rod your smiles
arc sweet and you are the prettyest girl it
ever has been my lot to meet aud rs i did
cit down to write ! thout Of that dark and
drery night that you did set and sing
your songs Of love you appeared as inno-
cent as the mournful dove and that night
you won my love aud can say that when
we are far apart you was the 6rst girl that
ever won my heart.
tie stars were made to shine
Pretty girls was made for boys.
aud | hope you will be nina
May from you one thing 6nd out
l have a fear and a dot
Come now q question will ask
to you il will be 4 tack
See now il you can fad it out
You then will no what i am about
the rose is red the violet is blue
tandy is sweet and SO are you.
| wish ! was an apple and you was anotb.
or and We was both on one lin together.
this i, yours truly
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-02-25
Woman's Boar | of Foreign
Missions.


This Society was organized 10 January,
1871, in the Presbyterian Church Of
JOnesboro', and has been kept up month.
ly ever since with the exception OF two or
three meetings.
This Society held its annual meeting in
the Presbyterian Church last Sunday
night FEB ~ and We are glad that We
had the pleasure Of being present and
enjoying the very interesting and profit.
able exercises which consisted Of q very
well gotten up paper by the President,
the Secretary and Treasurer's reports, an
address, concert exercise. and music.
The children showed that they had thor>
ough drilling and are being rightly
trained to serve tho Master.
The rehearsal by Miss Hattie Gibson.
commanded complete silence by the en-
tire audience, and many comments which
we're we'll deserved.
The reading by Miss E. Eva Mason,
was highly co~mplimented by all, but
could not be spoken Of in too high terms.
the piece Asleep was so we'll rendered
that We can only say it could not be sur
passed by any male or female, and evi,
denced a self-traiuing in elocution that
but few have.
Master Eddie Mason deserves much
praise for the manner in which ne deliv.
cred his very impressive piece.
Competent judges Of music said the
singing BY the choir, surpassed any they
ever heard in Jonesboro.
Rev. p. b. Cowan. delivered IN adj
dress Of about thirty minutes, which
was very appropriate, interesting and
pointed. encouraging the ladies TO greater
zeal. as we'll as cOmplimeuting them for
what they have done. The members Of
this society number about twenty-five,
they pledged themselves to give fifty dol.
lars to the Missionary aus yearly. bu;
so far they have contributed more than
that annually. The members Of this
board would be grssi6sd to welcome any
christian lady as a member who may de-.
sire to work ia this way for the Master.
Come join this army, it isa battle and .
cross; but Without the cross there viii be
ne Crown. Ii.
Jonssboro' Feb. 18th 1875.
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OUR PAPER.
A Splendid Premium.

A very liberal contract with the Wee
Sewing Machine Company will enable
US, We hope. to place their celebrated
Machines in many families. So 6ne an
opportunity to secur a FIRST class sewing
machine seldom occurs. May We not ex.
poet our friends. and all interested in our
work, to make an earnest united effort to
extend our circulation and thereby in.
crease our influence? Cannot the reader
form a club in his or her n~eighborhood
and secure this sewing machine as a pre-.
MUM? A few hours Of well directed
effort will obtain it. Are you a post.
master IN soma country town or village?
Witha little thought and effort you can
easily send us thirty.Gve names. Pass
the subscription paper. Thirty-dvc names
ut ~ each will secure thir,y.6vc copies of
this paper for one year, and a $50 dollar
sewing machine. 10 forming such a club
you will help us in our work, benefit your
neigbbors BY placing in their families
good reading and at the same time make
yeur " or some 9th er family happy in
the possession Of q great labor-saving ma.
chine, warranted to be perfectly new, of
the latest improved construct on end in
perfect order.
s. subscribers at 50 each, will secure a
No. ! Machine worth SEQ.
40 subscribers at 50 each, will secure a
No. 2 Machine worth SG5. .
As subscribers as 50 each, will secure a
No. 8 Machine worth $40.
Many ladies who have not yet secured a
Sewing Machine, can now get one at but
little expence. One or two days active
work in every village would no doubt be
sufficient. Go to work at once. Send us
the accompanied with the money
and your machine will be orlered i'm
mediately
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-02-25

Dyspepsia
Dyspepsia is the most discouraging
and distressing disease man is heir to
Americans are particularly subject to
this disease and its effects: such as
soul stomach, sick headache, hibitual
~costiveness, heartburn, water.brash,
gnawing and burning pains in the pit
Of The stomach, coming up of the food,
coated tongue, d~isagreeabie taste in
the mouth.i,apure blood and all diseases
of the stomach and Liver. Two doses
of GREEN's AUGUST FLOWER will re.
lieve you at once, and there positively
Is not a case in the United States it will
not cure. If you doubt this go to
your Druggist, John s. Mathes, and get
3 sample bottle for 10 cents and try il
Regular size IS GEMS.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-02-25
hoping you will write soon.

Personal.
Mr.. Geo. s. Ruble, Of Chattanooga
favored us with a call yesterday. lie is
making arraugmentsto sell a large number
of Agricultural Implements this Spring
He offers to furnish the farmers with any
article they need direct from bis store
and will deduct the per cent that he has
heretofore been paying his agents. His
advertisements will appear in all the
leading papers Of East Tennessee, in a
few weeks.
Rev. Mr.. Petty, of G~reeneville, visited
US last week. lie has many warn friend.
at this place.
Rev. JAS. G. Mason, returned to Wash,
ington City last Monday. lie speaks Of
visiting Palestine this Summer.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-02-25
Y. N. C. A.


The monthly meeting Of the Y. NJ. c.
A. will be held in the Baptist Church,
Tuesday, March ind, at Z O'Clock p. M.
Rev. James Atkins Jr,, will deliver an
address. Subject; enquire thou whose
son the STRIPPING Isl" or From the sheep
fold to the Throne. Mr.. r. n. Dosscr
will read the address of Vice President
Wilson before the Y. NJ. G. A. of New
York. Subject: Opportunities andre
s~ponsibilities of the Christian Young
Men of America"
The various committees will give their
reports. The exercises will be inter-
spersed with music by q selected Choir.
Both Professors and n~on-Professors, las
dies and gentlemen will be welcomed.
Let US have u croWded honse.
5. II. ANDERSON,
President.
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Wheat W Meeting

1t is suggested that a Wheat Grow.
ers, Association be formed in this
county, whose object will be to foster
and improve the cultivation of this
our most important cereal crop; and
to take steps to raise o handsome
fund, to be distributed as premiums
among our wheat growers at our An
nual Fair, for 1876.
To this end a meeting Of all who
feel an interest in this subjet is call
ed at the Court House in this place on
the first Monday in March next
Farmers now is your time, let there be
q full attendance.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-02-25

From ktndrick's Creek.

Aicoo'o. 10
promise l shall write you the locals of
this community, though greatly fea r
shall run short" Of something of real
interest both to you and your readers.
Much excitement has existed among
the citizens over the Great Victory"
gained by Ex>Presldent johnson.
When l say citizens, l mean, of course +;
the Republicans, like all other vicinities.
there are several real "Royal Bengui
Bourbon Democrats living down
here, Oh how it hurts them 1t seems
that their transient victory gained IN
the last election of ',ongressmen, &C.,
has turned a little, and if they will
wait till the next Congressional and
Senatorial race their present joys will,
no doubt, 'be turned into mourning"
The friends of education met at
Pactolus last Thursday night 10 organize
a kind of "~Lyceum" /. s. Dolen, was
was elected President and Mr.. Samuel
Shipley, Vice. President The exercises
were very good, especially the Spell
ing race" Matters Joe. Wilson and
Rufus W. Hunt were the captains. The
race resulted in favor Of Ma. ter Rufus
Hunt.
The Mount Lebanon Grange, has
purchased a fine LOT of coffee and sugar.
We partook of a grand display of both
sugar and coffee at Mr.. +. Hunts yes
terday.
The health of this vicinity is tolera-
bly, good with a few exceptions. Mr..
A b. Buckaleu and Mrs. j. B. Clark
are indisposed.
MIR. I. j. Cox, q gentleman of the
North side Of Holston River who ha s
been confined to his bed for some time
is now able to go about"
The two old gentlemen that used to
cie each other in talents lit erature. &C.,
are row reading their Bibles together
and marching along life's path. way as
c~ontentedly and as gentle as two
streams, cascading and spa'terins along
in the pleasant sunshine. This is
right, brethren says the Bible.
As a general Lthi, 6 the people Of
Sullivan are opposed ,o's School Tax"
Bad policy.
Hendricks Creek is 0 small town. y,
yet the citizens can boast of one store,
q Post Office. saw-mill, blacksmith
shop, AMI as many dogs as any village
to its size. 1t is about one mile long
and twelve feet wide.
Wheat looks bad at present.
The weather has been very disagree
able this month. Snow, rain, freezes
and mud in abundance, l hope, how
ever. that it will fair off, shortly and
give the farmers a chance to work.
A friend informs me that there has
been Debating Club, and Spelling
Match organized at Patton's School
house, in Washington county. Tenn.
have already spun this out to too
great a length, guess / had better close.
More Anon,
HEN.
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Who Is To Blame d?

Who Is To Blame
The roof Of the Court House j, in q
miserable condition. We we're in the
Office Of the Circuit Court Clerk yesterday
while it was raining and found the floor
almost covered with water, f!es Of paper
vet and the Clerk in a very bad humor.
Somebody is to blame for this negligence,
and we do not know who it is, unless it is
the County Court, or County officials.
Every taxpayer in the County has an in
tsrest in the preservation of this building.
and In behalf Of them We demand that
the necessary repairs DO made ut once
Ii We mis- axe not the Grand Jury at the
last term Of the Circuit Court reported to
the Judge the bad condition Of tho Court
House, and We are informed that this re.
port WIS read at the January Term of
County Court, still no action has been ia.
ken to have the repairs made. W. ask
again. Who is to blame?