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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-01-22
TIE NEW CURRENCY BILL.
The New York Tribune, in its finan-

The New York Tribune, in its finan-
cial column, says: -...... .
The general impression concerning
the bills seems to be that so far as il
proposes to substitute silver change for
the fractional currency now in use, it
will be found to be impructicabie; and
that no legal tenders will berctircu un-
der its operation, for tho reason that
unless there shall be n more rapid and
important revival OF business than
there is any good cause to anticipate,
there will bo no considerable addition
to the national bank currency now In
circulation. So the conclusion is that
beyond the bare promise to pay the
long dishonored legal tenders four years
hence, and without taking any eiIectivo
measures to enable tho Treasury to full
fill the promise, "thcrc's nothing in IT,"
Those among the bankers and brokers
who are students of politics and human
nature gravcly doubt it tho measure
will even "save the party" which
seems to have been its chief aim. AS
this "grcnt financial nc;tsIrc" will not
be likely either to contract or expand
the volume of paper currency material
ly, business men will perhaps find
some consolation in the not unrcnsonn.
bic hope that there will be no more
currency tinkcring done by this p.,rtic-
ular Congress. What it has done to
save the party we have seen. Now let
us wait, without being too sanguinc of
the result, in the hope that tho next
Congress may try to do something to
save the country. 1t was intimated in
this column, n week ago, that the tenn
porary high rates for money would not
probably be OF long duration, and we
find now II plentiful supply Of currency
offering on call at 3 to per cent. though
higher rates prevailed in the earlier
part Of the week.
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TIE COMMERCIAL VIEW.

The F'inancicr has an able article
upon the question of government, and
concludes as iollows:
"Gen. Grants epigrainatics ointment,
shct us have peace" helped to make
him President; but we have not had
peace. Kellogg now says tho great
want of Louisiana is peace; but she
does not have il, and it is lille to talk
of peace and prosperity until the qucs-
ton is settled whether States are to
govern themselves or be governed ut
Washington. Tho rule must also be
uniform, for there is not democratic
government really in Maine while
there is not in Louisiana. That any
State should be happy and prosperous
under II foreign rule is impossible, and
we need not expect to have real pros
pcriLy until the government becomes
AL ono thing or all the other, and it. is
no longer possible to make every
interest in the country subordinate to
the struggle of two parties for power.
The government question is, what sort
Of Il government are we to have, and
the sooner met and settled the better.
! ( an other form is better and rcprcscn-
tative government is TO be bcabandoncd, ,as
II failure, 50 be it; if ii is to be adhered
to, let u3 have that. But what VIC
have now is Il mOnstrosity and cannot
last"
The American Grocer says: awe
enter our earnest and solemn protest
against the au,lacious and unwarrantcd
interference ofthc General Government
in the affairs of the State of Louisiana,
and extend to its noblc-hcartcd but
-troddcn people our most sincere
sympathy in their afflictions. 1t is all
we can do, but we do it with n warm
heart
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cred opposite Gordon's right, which
moving in the direction of -AppomattoN
Courthouse, drove back the left of the
cavalry and threatened to cut off Cor
don from Lcngstreet. his cavalry at the
same time threatening to cnvelop his
left flank. Gordon withdrew across
the AppomattoN River, and the caval-
ry advanced on the Lynchburg road
and became separated from the army.
Learning the condition of affairs on the
lines where 1 had gone, under the cN-
pectation of meeting Gen. Grant, to
learn definitely the terms he proposed
in Il communication received from him
on the Sth, in the event of the Surren-
sion of hostilities until these terms
could be arranged. In the interview
which occurred with Gen. Grant, in
compliance with my request, terms
having been agreed on, l surrendered
that portion OF the Army of Northern
Virginia which was on the field, with
its arms, artillery, and wagon trains,
the officers and men to be paroled, re-
tanning their side arms and private
effects. ....s
1 deemed this course the best under
all the circumstances by which we
were surrounded. On the morning of
the 9th, according to the reports of the
ordnance officers, there We're 1882 Or
ganized infantry with arms, with an
average of 75 rounds of ammunition
per man. Theartillery, though reduced
to 6s pieces, with 93 rounds of ammun-
ition, was sufficient. These compris-
ed all the supplies of ordnance that
could be relied on in the State of Vir-
ginia. l have no accurate report of the
cavalry, but believe it did not exceed
2,400 effective men. The enemy was
more than five times our number. If
we could have forced our way one day
longer, it would have been at Il great
sacrifice of life, and at its end did not
see how a surrender could have been
avoided. We had no subsistence for
man or horse, and it could not be gat-
hered in the country. The supplies
ordered to Panplin's station from
Lynchburg could not reach me, and
the men, deprived of food and sleep
for many days, We're worn out and en-
hauSted. I.-
With great respect, your obcdient SER
want, II. r.. LEE, General.
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kELLOGG'S DILEMMA.

The action of the Kellogg Legisla-
ture in re-electing Pinchback to the
United States Senate has placed thei r
chief in rather an awkward pretlica-
ment, to say the least of it. Ifhe Is not
utterly overthrown there by we shall
be much mistaken. The points in the
case against him are so clear that a
child may appreciate the difficulties by
which he finds himself surrounded. -
Pinchback was elected in january,
1873, as United States Senator for six
years; and unless the Legislature which
elected him was Illegal, there is no va
cancy. The present kellogg concern,
however, claim that there was vacan-
cy, and proceeded to an election !; there
fore, they have proclaimed by their
action the illcgality OF the Legislature
of 1879 and '7S. .E - t.itv -as
AS that Legislature was the one
which declared Kellogg Governor, and
named the present Returning Board,
the complications necessarily growing
out Of such action will Mt once suggest
themselves. s..si .-.....,7 0..
Some Of the leaders of the Radical
party seeming appreciate Mr.. Kellogg's
entanglements called upon him last
evening to suggest, as was understood,
some definite plan of operations.
Tho details of the council did not
transpire, but it was reported that tele-
grams were sent to Washington urging
that either the congressional committee
now appointed or one to be appointed
specially for the occasion should he
without delay dispatched to the scene
OF action in Louisiana, to deal with tho
existing complications.
This committee, 1t is thought by
Kellogg, could be induced to go into AN
examination of tho election of 1872,
and arrange some plan of adjustment
similar to that sought to bc reached by
the proposition recently made to tho
committee. which Is
familiar to our readers.--N. q. bulletin.
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{ New York Times, (Rcp.1


1t is hardly necessary to rccitc in dc
President under the grants of power
made to him FOR the management OF
Southern affairs. 1t has brcu charac-
tcrizcd by n curious mixture OF bold
ness and moderation, the latter being
so conspicuous and so comncndublc in
the eases where il has been shown, as
in Arkansas and Mississippi, that it
renders the former the more noticeable,
as i'll the case of Louisiana. On the
whole, it may be said that the rresi-
don't, when left by Congress to decide
FOR himself what were his duties and
his powers, has construed them gradu-
ally more and more broadly, until in
Louisiana he has practically reached
the point of governing the state by the
military arm. Against this stretch the
popular protest is very unniStakablc.
ignore the disapprobation which has
been shown. We do not believe if any
election OF Represent tativcS, turning on
the question of the LotiSiana policy Of
the Administration, could be held to-
morrow that the Administration could
carry fifty out of the three hundred
districts. The occasion for the latest
manifestation of the reaction has come
somewhat suddenly, but tho reaction
has been going on for long time, and
has been growing stronger rs the Prcsi-
dents policy has gradually driven him
to greater lengths.
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Dentistry.

nR. s. L. BRACEY, Dentist respectfully
- offers his professional services to the
citizens of Monroe and surrounding coun-
try. Having an experience of fourteen
years in the practice, he feels confident of
giving satisfaction in all branches of his
Office near the Courthouse and next door
south of the OWnchitoL Telegraph office on
Grand street, Monroe, La. vT-mar:lGl
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IoHN MENERY. 8. D. M'ENERY.
j. Il y. ID. McEnery.

4 TTORNEYS AT LAW, Monroe, La.
~ Practice in tho Parish and District
Courts of Ouachita, Morchouse, Franklin,
l.ichland, Caldwell and CatahoIla Parishes,
i'll the Supreme Court at Monroe, and Uni
tod States Courts. Particular attention paid
To business in the Land Offce Department
OF the General Government. nl7tt
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THURMAN ON WEST.

During the debate in the Senate on
Louisiana, the following rich colloquy
occurred:
Mr.. West, Of Louisiana, said, while
Congress was considering the events
occurring in Louisiana, it might as
well give some attention to events near
at home. 1t should not forget that
here, in the city Of Washington, in the
Ctpital, ,on yesterday, was direct propo-
sition for the assassination of the Presi-
dent.
Mr.. Thurman, (Dem.) Of Ohio
Which capital: Don Piatt's Capital or
this capital? Laughtcr.l
Mr.. West then sent to the Clerks
desk and had read an article from the
Capital of yesterday, commenting on
the recent anonymous letters threaten
ing assassination, and stating,of course,
that such a course would be dcplorabIc.
But lawlcss violence is q dangerous
game and sometimes ends in the dcs-
truction of its irstiSatOrs. He also had
read Il communication, signed 81. II.
H." published in the New Hork Tr-
bune of Saturday last, concluding as
follows: "SOmc one Will play Brutus
to this Grants Caesar without fail which,
by the way, would be Il great blessing
to the country"
Kcsuming his argument, Mr.. West
said thc;c was an atmosphere of aSsaS-
sination not only in Washington but in
the metropolis of the country, and
asked if the Senator from Ohio, (Nlr.
Thurman) would be Elcetious over this.
He Mr.. WesD knew the Senator would
rise in his seat and condemn assasSina-
ton. He thought it bad taste for any
Senator to state that Major Merrill was
under arrest unless he knew the fact.
Mr.. Thurman said he was not in n
dramatic mood this morning ,and there
fore did not propose to take part in the
comedy which the Senator from LOuisi-
ara had seen fit to present on the stage
this morning. AS to the righteousness,
he (Mr. Thurrnam thought if the editor
Of the Capital was not facctious next
Sunday over the speech of the Senator
from Louisiana (Mr. NNcst,) then Don
Piatt would have lost that wit of which
he had had the reputation for the last
thirty years. AS to the Tribune, ne
{Mr. Thurnan) never saw the article
read, though that paper did not need
any defense from him ; it was able to
take care Of itself. When the Senator
(Mr. WcsD asked if any Senator hero
defended assassination he put an imper.
tincnt and an insoIent question. This
was not Il country for assassination
| There never was an assassination in
America which tho whole American
people did not condemn. The attempt
of the Senator (Mr. WcsD to create Tho
impression here that assassination was
in the Air was about the airicst bubble
ever found in an empty hcad.--LG q rea
| laughter.
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a dispatch of the 18th from Washing
ton to the New Orleans Bulletin, says
Gen. Buffers resolution ordering q ncw
election in Louisiana, which had been
referred to the Judiciary Committee, of
which he is chairman, was this morning
defeated by Il vote of s tO3. The Cen
eral is disgustcd. The Republican Sen
ators, in caucus this morning, agreed to
endorse the Presidents message, TO
sustain Kellogg, and accept the conciu-
sionS OF the Returning Board.
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DIR. Wnl. S:alltlel

T1NEN NDERS his services Physician and
Surgeon, to the public. He can be found
upon his plantation, four miles below Mon
roo. March IL, 1873. 25-ly
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TARIFF OF ADVERTISING RATES.
Advertisements will be inserted at one
dollar and fifty cents per square Zone inch
five cents for each subsequent insertion, for
amy time under one month. For longer
periods as follows:
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-01-22
GRANTS ADVANCETO 70 WEIR.

u. s. GRANT, Sec. War ud interim
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;. II. MORRISON. w. w. FARMER.
Morrison a. Farmer

4 TTORNEYS AT LAW, Monroe, La
~ will practice in tho Courts Of the Pa
rislies of Ouacllita, Morehouse, Richland
Franklin and Caldwell, in the Supreme
Court, and in tho United States Courts.
Will also attend to all business intrusted to
hem in the State and Federal Land Offices
M vs.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-01-22

Tn Philadelphia, out Of fifteen daily
papers and seven wccklics, only two
have had the face to back Grant in his
recent military exploits in Louisiana.
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Eer. XS. &. StrOtlter.

y ESUM tho practice of his profession,
1S and oilers his services to the citizens OF
Monroe and vicinity. Office: In second
story of Breard's Brick Store, corner Grand
and DeSiard streets. June 2S, 1873, ly
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-01-22
BENJAMIN NIcLcr:all,

DARISH SURVEYOR OF OUACHITA.
Il Office at the Land Office, Monroe, La.
viii survey land, furnish Plans and
Specifications for the construction of Lev
ecS, Embankmcnts,D Drainage canals, Roads,
Bridges, and other works of public inn
improvement. Oct. II, 1873. 1y
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-07-29

SECONDHAND so SAW WlNSH1P GIN,
n and Craig HORSEPOWER for driving
Gin, will be sold at bargain, if called for soon.
Apply to l. w. CLAWooN.
July 20 80 tt
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ASSIGNEE'S SALE.
In the District Court of the United States for the
District of South Carolina.
In the Matter Of Tn R,nkrnntcv
J.R. CASTLES, Bankrupt. LII oS"Af"p''s'
nY virtue of an order from Hon. George 8:
ID Bryan, Judge Of the Court aforesaid, will
expose to public sale at York Court House, on the
FIRST MONDAY IN AUGUST, NEXT,
the Homestead belonging to said Bankrupts es-
tate, containing
ONE HUNDRED e. NINETY-NINE ACRES,
more or less, situate in York county, and bound.
ed bv lands of D. T. Byers, Thomas G. Wylle and
others.
TERMS OF SALE.
One-fourth cash-balance payable lst February,
1876. to be secured by bond and mortgage of the
premises. Purchaser to pay for papers.
J. H. CLAWSON, Assignee.
JulyS 4
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THE Y0RKYILLE EMQUfRER.
was the raising of funds for compa-

tainment was the raising of funds for compa-
ny purposes. Independent of the refresh
ments, the call for assistance by the Stone.
walls, who have rendered very efficient service
ON several trying occasions, was OF itself
sufficient reason for attracting large crowd.
The merry throng that filled to overhowing
the rooms and halls of the spacious hotel, in
conversing, promenading, and participating
in cool beverages, passed the time delightful
" away. The String Band, ever ready and
willing to lend a helping hand to every good
work, greatly enhanced the enjoyment of the
evening by rendering airs as soft and sweet as
"harp of houri's stringing." The different
tables of refreshments were presided over by
beautiful and interesting young ladies, who
discharged the high trust committed to their
fair hands, with grace and dignity. The
Stonewall festival was distinguished for the
brilliancy of its success, numerically, socially
and financially.
The case of James Mcclure Us. E. M. Shan
non, upon which the jury, on former occa-
sion failed to agree, came up for second
hearing, before Trial Justice Sanders, on Fri
day. A statement of the principal points OF
the case, in a previous correspondence re-
moves the necessity of restating them at the
present time. 1t may be we'll, however, to
say that the soundness of mule sold by the
plaintiff was the point upon which the case
hinged. The testimony at the trial on Friday
was substantially the same as that given be-
fore. The jury, composed entirely of whites,
found in favor of the plaintiff: The case will
probably be carried to the Circuit Court.
A severe hail storm, which fell last week
on the southern side of the county, inflicted
some injury upon the crops The damage
was not so great as that occasioned by the
hail in the Lowrysville section short time
ago. Mr.. Archy Owens was probably the
greatest sufferer by the last visitation. He
represents hail stones to have fallen upon his
place of the size of hen eggs. There is
small scope Of country on the western side
that is suffering dreadfully for rain. l have
been informed that the crops in that section
are already injured to a very considerable ex-
tent, and that unless the rain comes soon, they
will be ruined. Fortunately, the drought is
confined to u limited space. Elsewhere the
crops have been visited with timely and re-
freshing rains, and are in fourishing condi-
tion.
A man with flying trapeze, Is in town.
1t has great attraction for negro boys. One
of them, Jeff Mcdaniel, while taking ride
on Saturday, collided with tree, and broke
his leg. 1t is thought he will probably die.
DR.. w. H. Heath, an excellent citizen Of
our county, returned this morning from an at
tendance upon the Methodist District Confer
ence at Rock Hill. He gives glowing &C
count of the agreeableness of the meeting,
and the unbounded hospitality of the people
of Rock Hill. The Conference was we'll at
tended-about sixty delegates being present,
and all the proceedings in connection there
with passed off most pleasantly. QUI.
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MERE.MENTION.

The State canvass in Ohio is progressing,
the principal question with the opposing par
ties being initiation or contraction. The De-
mocracy, with Governor Allen as their leader,
favor an inflated currency. '''''''''L Louisville,
Kentucky, is competing with St. Louis for the
honor of the next Democratic National Con-
vention. .'''''''"Gen. Longstreet spent day in
Charlotte, N. c., last week. '''''''''There were
956 deaths in New York last week, an in
crease of sixty.six over those of the preceding
week. .'''......The internal revenue department
is still engaged in the war upon illicit distil-
lers of the West A large distillery was
seized at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and one at
Chicago, last week. .'''''''''There is considera-
Bile alarm at Memphis and in that vicinity,
in regard to an apprehended overflow, and
prayers have been offered at the various
churches for its abatement. '''''''The Gov
ernment has purchased small boat at New
Orleans, which will be properly armed and
manned and sent to the Rio Grande for duty
in protecting the Texas frontier from incur
sions of Mexican cattle thieves. leon
Bear, one of the Cheyenne prisoners, confined
at Fort Marion, Florida, has become insane.
The population of New Orleans by the re-
cent State census is about 5,000.' .'''''''''A
Georgia farmer claims to have raised from
one grain of wheat 191 stalks and 100 heads.
The largest head had 1s5 grains. '''''''Clai-
borne and Canal street Railroad Company of
New Orleans recently sold to the Shakespeare
foundry $4,000 worth of counterfeit nickles
collected by them in the last two years. 1t
takes S54O worth of nickles to make a
pound of lead, and the nickles were sold to
the foundry for melting at sixteen cents per
pound. .'...'..''The Confederate ram, Merri-
mac, is to be raised from the bottom of Hamp-
ton Roads at once. .'....''"General Joseph Z.
Johnston, of Georgia, has been elected presi-
dent of the Arkansas Industrial University.
William Pangborn, an old gentleman of
Maine, aged 50, is under arrest for having
killed his wife aged 81. He claims that he
committed the deed while dreaming that he
was fighting bear. .'''''''''Isaac M. Singer, Of
the Singer Sewing Machine Company ofNew
York, and inventor Of many of the most i'm
portant improvements to the machine bear
ing his name, died in London last Friday
evening. '.....". An Indiana court has decided
that the fact of a girl being engaged to sever
al gentlemen at once is no bar to her suing
each of them for breach of promise. ''"'"The
Conservatives of CASTOR county, N. c., at
meeting held on Friday last, nominated Jas.
H. White, Esq, as candidate for the Con-
vention.
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August Flower.

The most miserable beings in the world are
those suffering from Dyspepsia and Liver Com
plaint.
More than seventy-tive per cent of the people
in the United States are afflicted with these two
diseases and their effects such Sour Stomach,
Sick Headache, Habtual Costiveness, Palpitation
of the Heart, Heart-burn, Water brash, gnawing
and burning pains at the pit of the Stomach, Vel
low Skin, Coated Tongue and disagreeabc taste
in the mouth, coming up of food after eating, low
spirits, &c. Go to the York Drug Store and get
Il 75 cent Bottle, or Sample Bottle for 10 cents.
TRY it, Two doses will relieve you.
,juue II ~ eawly
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finantial al1b Commercial.

YORKVILLE, July 2s.-CoTToN-Extremes II
@l3.
CHARLOTTE, July 6.-CoTToN.-Thc follow
ing are the quotations at the close on Saturday !:
Middling, l32 low middling l3t; good ordinary,
l23 lower grades, 9@ll!.
Western Flour from stores, S6.5O@S.50 per
barrel; Country Flour, S3.25@S3.HO per sack !;
Wheat, S1.35 q $780, Corn, 80 cents; Meal, 95GS!
NEW YORK, July 27.-Cotton dull and nomi-
nal Uplands l4I. Futures closed quice, With
sales of 80, 600 bales as follows: July IA 1920 l4t
August, 1882 September, lat October, IA l-32
November, IA 1872 December, II 80 January,
IA 5-32; March, IA 9l6@4 9-32; April, 14a(g IA
25-32; May, Is l-32@l5A June, l54.
CHARLESTON, July 27.-Cotton quiet. Mid
ding, l4l low middling, lat good ordinary,
LIVERPOOL, July 27.-Cotton firm. Mid
ding uplands, I'd.
Comparative Cotton Statement.
NEW YORK, July 23-The followingi is the
comparative cotton statementfor the week end
ing to-day: 1912: lsrd
Receipts at all ports for week~.-293S 5,G37
Total receipts to date.".. .......3, 345 13O
Exports for the week k,.........:.o,ol2 ao,u1 ao,du2
Total Exports to date.....~.2, 63l, $50 z, ibO9i l
Stock at all United States ports...l35342 lSa 992
Stock at interior towns............."ll,2ol 2o,oio
Stock at Liverpool, .1 ,03G, OoO vs. Ooo
American afoat for Great Britain, ,56,OO0 oZ,ooo
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ASSIGNEE'S SALE.
Tn the District Court of the United States for the
District of South Carolina.
c. sUTToN 5n 19s MATER BANKRUPT Gt In Bankruptcy
DY virtue of an order from Hon. George 8:
ID Bryan, Judge Of the Court aforesaid, will
expose to public sale at York Court House on the
FIRST MONDAY IN AUGUST, NEXT,
the Homestead Tract, belonging to said bank
rupt's estate, containing
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY ACRES,
more or less, situate in York county, on the Ca
tawba river, and bounded by lands of Mrs. M.
Harris and others.
TERMS OF SALE-CASH.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
July8 n 4t