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The Ouachita telegraph., 1875-01-29
FLORAL GUIDE,
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Received at New Orleans, La, 2Gth Oct.
A. ID. 1871, of tho Piedmont and Arlington
Lifn lnsIir:incn Company, through q. w.
Terrell, Gcnor:,l Agent in Now Orleans La.,
.te stun of four thousand dollars i'll fun
the life OF Jos. G. Godfrey.
(Signcd,) LEVY e HAAS,
Atty's in fact.
Witnesses: G. II. c. Brown, Gabe Kahn.
Oct, 3O:lm.
Received ut Monroe, La., 18th October.
a. ID. 1874, of tho Piedmont and Arlington
l.ifo insurance Company, through G. w.
Terrell, General Agent and Manager in
New Orleans, La, the sum of five thousand
dollars, in full payment OF claim under
policy No $3.50, on tho life of ISAIAH
GARRETT.
NARCISSA GARRETT.
RENSHAW, CONIMACK & CO.,
New Orleans, La.
Witnesses: Franklin Garrett. r.. Purcell,
Robert NJ. Purcell, rhos. NJ. Simmons, IL.
=. Bell, of New Orleans. oct:l0:lnt.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1875-01-29
@na;thitaT aTetegraph.
PETTY GAMBLING.

Under the head of"Petty Gambling"
the Atlanta :News" has the foffoWihs
sensible talk - so q
One of the curses of the age is the
spirit of petty gambling now rampant
all over the country, and it is more
dangerous and insidious than regular
card playing. The desire to sstakc the
chances'' is almost universal, and it
matters not what sort of inducements
are offered, plenty of people will be
found to patronize these things. If a
show offers prizes it ssdraws'' we'll. If
a church fair is held, it is literally
patronized. If "wheel of fortune"
sets up, an eager crowd spends its
money. If a soap ssswindle," prize
candy concern, or anything of like
character comes along, it attracts hun
cry set, who will patronize it so long as
they can raise a dollar.
These things are the most dangerous
kinds of gambling, for they are not
licensed by municipal authority, and
are allowed to set up in the public
streets where boys are allowed to pat
ronize them, and become imbued with
q spirit of gambling that will follow
them through life. Let our people re-
call scenes that they have witnessed in
our streets. a few years since prize
jewelry concern set up here, and Offer
ed a large sum ofmOney to be ttdrawn"
for, and minister of the gospel quiet
~ slipped in, took the chances and lost
a considerable amount. A young mar
ried couple came to the city with
pocket full of money, with which to
purchase some; goods preparatory to
keeping, house, and lost every dollar.
Only d few days since couple of gentle
men lost eighty dollars in the streets,
Htaking the chances of getting one
hundred. And yet these things have
not been licensed ,and it is claimed that
there is no law to prevent it. 1t be-
came such a nuisance in Virginia, that
its Legislature passed a sweeping stat
ute Oh the subject, and even the church
fairs are put under the law. We repeat
what we have frequently said, that it
would be much better to license faro
banks than to allow this public gam
bling. The latter are generally con.
Quoted by men whose bond is their
honor, and their calling is carried on
in secret, where but few men are al.
lowed. The former is carried ON by
virtue of legal authority, and absorbs
the hard earnings of the poor and Ia
boring classes. We have seen men bet.
ting ut these things whose families did
not have the commonest necessaries O
life. They gamble off their wages ir
the hope of winning something, ant
they most generally lose. These leech
es are curses in any community where
they set up. People are crazy to "bet'
against one of these "professional's
tricks" because they make it II bust
ness and start out to swindle. They
take hundreds out of a community, ,anc
from q class the least able to stand it
whereas the city treasures are only in,
creased by small licenses. They &c
the means of the poor, beget II spirit O.
gambling, demOralize the young, anC
are an eye-sore to people who disap
prove of such things.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1875-01-29
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-09-10
Hartranft's Extravaganza.

The Harrisburg letter in another column
should he read by all who desire to compre-
hend the magnifcence Of the Governor Of
the commonwealth of Pennsylyania-Mr,
Hartranft. The correspondent is reliable
gentleman who has access to the official re-
cords, and what he states may be depended
upon as exactly correct. 1t is refreshing to
know that while the people are oppressed in
all quarters by the hard times, while the
property of many is being sacrificed and all
are compelled to economy, their Governor
revels in the luxury of the most frivolous
but gaudy vanity, upon the taxes he wrings
from them. Another correspondent men
tions the payment of eighteen dollars for re-
pairing a mattrass, when three new ones ol
the same quality and style could have been
purchased for that sum, The item is insig-
nifcant in amount but Is illustrative of the
manner in which Gov. Hartranit and Other
Republican officials at Harrisburg spend the
peoples money.
Notwithstanding the fact that the walnut
doors of Gov. Hartranft's horse stable are
visible to every body, as we are assured by
reputable citizens of Harrisburg, the Repub-
lican papers have the audacity to deny thei'
existence or that they were paid for by the
State. We shall take the pains to prove
what has been asserted regarding their eXis-
tence and their payment by the State, or adj
NIT that the whole is a fabrication. We
have not the least disposition to misrepre-
sent Gov. Hartranft or any body else, and if
we can not prove what we have asserted, or
have been imposed upon, our readers shall
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-09-10

The DanVllc MicHycHccr makes very
lame reply, indeed, to the Lycomiug propo-
siton in regard to district representation, for
it fails to touch at all upon the main point
at issue, viz that representation should be
in proportion to popuation-in other words
that Democrat in one part of the Senatorial
district should have just as much weight
land no more) in making a nomination as a
Democrat in another part. If any one
thinks differently let him show wherein or
why that proposition is not perfectly just
and fair to all. AS to the IateHigcncer's
threat to bolt, we have to say that we do not
suppose any body in the district will be
materially frightened about it and if they
are determined to bolt if they can not die
tate, they may as we'll begin now. a proper
nomination, fairly made, upon just basis of
representation, can not be defeated in this
district, by boilers or other enemies.
As to the recommendation of the last
Senatorial conference, it was of course only
recommendation and nothing more, as no
conference can bind future one on that
point. unless expressly elected for the pur-
pose of settling that question. The lateHi-
gencer, however, mistakes when it says there
were only two conferees present from Ly-
coming, as it does also in its assertion that
all the counties were not notified, Judge
Eldred having given notice TO each, as the
conlerees present were informed by him.
The Lycoming basis gives fair representa-
ton at this time, but may not at a future
period. We would prefer that the conferees
from each county should cast the Democratic
vote of the county they represent, and Il
majority of the whole to make nomination.
That would represent every Democrat upon
perfect equality with his fellows, and
would therefore be eminently just.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-09-10
Blind Philosophers.

1t Is stated III telegraphic dispatches that
the Catholic priests of the vicinity of Nor
ristown, New Jersey, all preached on Sun
day last in opposition to ~ proposed amend
meEt of the Constitution of that State pro-
hibiting the appropriation of any part Of the
school fund to sectarian schools whercupon
the protestant clergy Of course unanimously
resolved to support said amendment with all
the influence they could bring to bear
Some years ago quite an excitement was
raised in this State, by the discovery that
there were too obsolete sections in an old
school law authorising the payment Of pro
rata shares of school funds to endowed aud
sectaran schools. These sections had really
been so loaded with conditions at the
time of their adoption that no such school
could comply with them, and they might as
well not have been enacted. They were so
utterly ineffective that there was never even
cent applied for under them. But it suit
ed a crazy political organization cX ting at
that time to represent that it was a scheme
of the Catholics to insist upon division OF
the school fund between the schools under
the system and those of that Church. The
fact was that the sections had been adopted
twenty-years before at the instance mainly
of the Quaker school at West Town, Chester
county, and nobody but members of the So
ciety of Friends had asked for their adop-
ton. Yet these Intellectual Quaker sections
were made to serve the purpose Of adding to
the then existing excitement against the
Catholics, and to this day many believe from
the representations of the time that the lat
ter then made an effort to seize upon a por-
ton of the school fund, though an indignant
officer of the State school department of that
date declared, in reference to the charge that
there was such intention, that "whooycr as
serts it is a liar-whoeyer believes it is an
ass. But with the disappearance of the
Know Nothing patty the charge died out
No such attempt was ever made in this
STATE
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-09-10
GOuthprn TrOubIeS,

The Vicksburg HeraH gives an account of
a riot at Clinton, Miss. which shows that it
was sanguinary. 1t appears that there is a
law prohibiting the sale ofliquor in Clinton,
and a young man named Siveley, who had
brought a bottle of whisky from neighbor-
ing village, was about to take drink with
some friends when he was forbidden to do
50 by the col0red marshal of the meeting.
They paid no attention to marshal, and
when he attempted to seize the bottle struck
him on the head with it. A colored Senator
named Caldwell started to settle the diff
Guilty, and was followed by twenty other
/ colored men. He told them to 60 back but
| Il hundred others came on. Atthis juncture
"some one fired shot," and Il general dis
charge of firearms and scattering Of the
crowd ensued Siyeloy, after diacharging
| all the barrels Of his revolver, surrendered
to the negroes and had his brains knocked
out. lie was then stripped Of his clothing
and one of his fingers was cut off to get Il
ring. Charles Chiffon was killed in the
yard Of his house, yoanS lawyer named
Thomasson was shot off his horse, and John
II
Neal was fatally shot in the lung. On the
other side four negroes were found "dead in
| the field and two mortally wounded, and
"six additional negroes have been found
dead about Clinton since" The white men
"organized at once for self protection" and
telegraphed for reiniorcements, which speed
lily arrived giving them absolute control Of
| the town. One of the trains conveying
reinforcements from Jackson was fired into
on Saturday night and distractions were
placed upon the track, but no one seems to
have been injured. A telegram direct from
Clinton last night, says that 40 negroes have
been killed, and that the leaders of the
whites in this business are reported to be in
| Jackson, the capital of the State. Governor
Ames has called upon General George, Chair
man Of the Democratic State Committee, to
assist in restoring order,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-09-10

Among Dhc cNtul,nt resolutions adopted
by 'be Northumberland democratic county
convention we fld the following:
Tha; 10 avoid the dangers to he apprc-
hendcd from a consolidated government we
allirm that the principles Of unicttcred home
rule in all the states is the true recognition
of the sovereignty OF reserved rights.
That we are in favor of a uniform Currcn-
Cy op specie basis, and believe return to
the same should be accomplished by efforts
so gradual as not to dCrange the business in
tercsls of the country and further, 80 long
as the present national banking system eX-
lists, that the national banks should be linz
tied In the amount Of their loans and dis
counts TO one hundred per centum in excess
OF their capital, for the reason that an inllat-
cd or extended credit upon bank ledgers
WORKS greater injury to the business Of the
country than au augmented volume Of the
currency, and they also be required to retain
the gold interest paid them by the govern
mcnt on thcr deposited securities, with a
view Of ultimately rodeeming their notes
with coin
That the exhaustive demand made upon
the industrial energies of our people for the
support Of the Federal government suggests
a reduction Of our state revenues to Il point
that will be sufficient to meet the expenses
of the government, honestly and economi-
caliy administered, allowing an excess for a
reasonable reduction of the State debt.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-09-10
The Organization to Commit Grand Larceny

One of the ablest statesmen of this country
in conversation with the writer hereof, de-
nied a party attitude to the Republicans, but
described them as simply an organization to
commit grand larceny. In support of his
idea he iorcibly referred to the immense in
crease of office-hOders and Of official salaries,
to the terrible increase by them of all man
ner of taxation and governmental expendi-
ture, to the almost universal defalcations Of
the officials having control of public money,
to the proAigacy and corruptions Of Office
holders, of Congresses and of Legislatures,
appropriations of all legislative bodies con-
trolled by the Republicans, as well as to
the fact that all ofiice-holders now grow rich
in brief periods, whether deEiuters or not,
and TO the additional fact that all Republi-
cans who can in any way reach the public
crib engage in eXtravagant personal specuIa-
tons upon the peoples money, lie also re-
ferred to the fact of the creation of immense
public debts, governmental, municipal and
corporate, and notwithstanding the collcc-
ton AID receipt of extraordinary amounts
| of taxation and other receipts, far exceeding
in the sum totals the debts themselves, that
| these latter were in no case materially di-
minished but that new expedients were con-
stantly devised to increase their volume, by
specious means and disguised names so art
fully planned as to keep them from obserya-
tion-the governmental debts under the
name of guarantees alone representing an
underlined and illimitable but enormous sun
besides various other similar contriyance'
which at some period not in the far future
must cause extraordinary oppression.
There is great force in this view and i
will be well for people to consider it, The
reasoning is unanswerable, and the whole i.
illustrative of the fact that the Republican
party can not long survive, The hard time
and general ruin it has already brought upoI
the country, are only slight lore-taste o
what is coming, and no party can endure
under the tremendous load of odium thu
Republican organization is responsible for
The violence of its death struggles only
| exhibits the fatal character Of its disease
and indicates the nearness of its end. IL
corruptions are of immeasurable depth anC
beyond other power of remedy than tota
| destruction. 1t has committed grand larceny
on the hugest scale the world ever saw, it il
daily continuing its depredations, and it'
abuses can only be stopped by destroying its
| power. "
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-09-10

Nobody wanted the Philadelphia Times
to shed tears over the publication of the fact
that certain Radical gentlemen of large po-
litical proportions were endeayoring to effect
the withdrawal of Hartranft and the fustion of
the Republican and Temperance tickets, but
every body will be delighted with the re-
freshing information it vouchsafes that it is
not well to underrate the strength Of an
enemy, and that Napoleon said SO. Now
if it will 20 to the additional trouble of es-
tablishing that Napoleon once actually lived
but is now dead, it will shed more light on
current questions than it has yet done. The
sublime impudence Of the Times in its at
tempts to advise the Democratic press will
soon give it a reputation for presumption
equal to the little biped that attempted to
swell itself to the dimensions of an OK
with like result.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-09-10

Andrew Jackson, James X. Polk, and
Andrew johnson were all born in North
Carolina were all elected to the Presidency
while citizens of the State of Tennessee, ,and
all lie buried beneath the soil of the latter
State Poll, and johnson were immigra nts
Jackson was made a citizen Of Tennessee by
the act of Congress erecting it into State
out of a part of North Carolina. There is
project afoot to place the remains of the
three Presidents together and erect grand
monument over them; bat it will be bctter
to let them lie where they are, in places
familiary known and dear to them during
their lives and nearly associated with their
memories in the aiicclonate regard of The
peoplc,-Er.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-09-10
Sullivan County Democracy.

The Democrats of Sullivan have nomi-
mated the following ticket, to wit: Senator
Geo. d. jackson, Treasurer Walter Spencer,
Commissioners James NJ Mahan and Griffith
Phillips ID, Coroner r. ". Henley, Auditors
Geo. w. Bennett and Adelbert l.. Williams,
Surveyor Job l.. King. a resolution was
adopted claiming an equal number of confer
ees in the Senatorial conference with the other
counties: that is, that 900 Democrats in
Sullivan should have an equal representa-
ton in conference to 1000 in Columbia or
5000 in Lycoming! That Sullivan abounds
in great men we have long known and freely
acknowledge but that one there is equal to
four here is little too eXtravagant for us to
believe, Great as they are they have but
one vote per head when it comes to the
election and in that respect we are equal to
them here. In broad presumption and some
other qualities of the human mind we GER
tainly do not claim to rival them.
General Jackson's candidacy, like some
others, may be explained upon the same
theory that Thaddeus Stevens once explain
ed his, Meeting an acquaintance something
like the following occurred:
Steyens-Can you support me for Congress
again?
Friend-Why, when you were a candid
ate before you said you would not ask il
again.
Stevens-But an old farmer convinced me
l should be a candidate again, notwithstand,
ing my promise.
Friend-IIow did he do that?
Steyens-Hc said it was not worth whilc
to spoil another man
The argument was effective and Stevens
was reelected.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-09-10

A newspaper editor down east-the land
o. tricks complained to the p. NJ. General
that the yankee postmasters opened his pa
pers and enclosed circulars of hostile polt-
ical character in them before delivering
them to his subscribers, whereupon Mr.. Mar
shal Jewell comes to the front with fierce
pronunciamento threatening to take the
official head off of any cheesy postmaster
caught at such shabby tricks. From the
days that William the Testy fired his bloody
proclamatons from the trumpet of Anthony
Van Corlear against the Weathersfeld pred
ecessors of the postmasters, who lived on
onions raised on territory that William
claimed, such missiyes have not served to
very materially frighten people, yet we hope
the commander in chief of mail bags will
FIRE one some of these days at the miserable
mail service on the North Branch. A proc
lamation might wake even the sleepy oili-
ais of the Lackawanna and Bloomsbury rail
road,