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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-19
WHERE LOUISIANA Is GOVERNED.

NEW Orleans Correspondence N. Y. Times.
The State House is situated in the
French portion OF the city, and was
once Il fashionable hotel. 1t is Il low,
ambling, tumblc-down structure, en-
tircly untitled for the uses to which it is
put, and cost the people Of Louisiana
several hundred thousand dollars \
majority of the members of the lcgisla-
ture now in session arc unable to read
and some of them never learned to sign
their names. This is particularly true of
the Lower House. It's no cNaggcration
to state that half tho mcmbcrs of that
body arc unable to read print. Nearly all
of them arc negroes who, n few years ago,
were fabOrcrS on rice and sugar pfanta-
tons. On tho day of the correspond
cnt's visit all the entrances to the build
ing were filled with a crowd of wrang-
ling negroes. They were of all ages and
colors, many of them being field hauds
who had como to town, as they stated,
''tO see dat legislature show They
were all we'll supplied with bacon and
corn bread, and we'll filled whisky bot
ties. Tho dirty floor Of the hall was
strewn with the ends of half-snaoked
cigars, m0uldy bits of meat and a bono
or two. All light and air were exclud-
ed by the huge plank barricading the
windows. One sirkly gas jet was burn
ing, but only tended to hoightcn the
gloom. This did not seem TO Giaupen
the spirits OF the legislators, however.
The scenes in the Legislature were indie
scribable. Six or seven black men
were on the floor shouting like maniacs
Twenty different motions We're put, and
none Of them acted upon. The OK
pressionS '.liar" and "ni"ger'' were
frequently used, and ut one time it
seemed us if the meeting would hreH k
up i'll a fight. The Speaker was pow
erlcss to preserve order, and finally
Kellogg himself came in, bareheaued
and excited, and coaNed them into
comparative quiet. Such scenes, says
the correspondent, are of daily occur
renee in what is called the Kellogg
Louisiana Legislature.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-19
i NEW TERRITORY.

The Senate Committee on Territories
have under consideration the project of
forming 4 new Territory ont of the
northern half of Dakota and will report
favOrabiy. Three names have been
suggested for the new Territory, (Which
viii contain i.2bn square miles
Ojibway, Algonquin, and Pembina. The
committee will report in favor of the last
The capital Of the now Territory will be
bismarck, Il little town at present
western terminus of the Northern Pacific
Railroad. One of the reasons for the
erection OF 4 new Territory is that the
members of the Legislature Of Dakota
and others having business at Iankton,
the Territorial capital, residing in
Northern Dakota, are obliged to travel
thirteen or fourteen hundred miles to
reach their destination. The average
annual cost to the Federal Government
of Il Territory is about twcnty-sevcn
thousand dollars.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-19
SPEAkEIs ELAINE'S VIEWS.

The following is given as an authcn-
tic outiin" of tho remarks made by Mr..
Blaine in the Republican caucus Friday
night last, the subject under discussion
being the suspension of the writ OF
haheas corpus in the reconstructed
States, with other similar propositions,
to pcrprtuatc Radical rule i'll those
States:
Tho speaker confined his remarks
wholly to the proposition for II general
suspension of the writ OF habr:,S cor
pus, and made no reference whatever
to amy other subject. lie stated that he
could not see amy possible reason for
giving the President the power to s,,s-
pend the great writ ut his discretion in
Maine and Michigan because there was
Il disturbed condition of affairs in Lou
iSiana or Mississippi. Ifthcrc is Il condi-
ton of affairs there to warrant it let the
suspension be confined to the disturbed
districts. He could not see why South
crn States like Virginia, North Caro-
lima and Tennessee, that were trying to
sustain good governments, should be
menaccd and excited by Il suspension
of the habeas corpus. Moreover the
pending proposition was unlimited as
to territory, and unlimited rs to time.
The bill, if it should become Il law,
would confer upon the President Of the
United States for all time to come,
whenever that President might be dis
posed, the right and power to suspend
the habeas corpus ut his sole and abso-
Lutte discretion, in any city, country,
or State within the Union. He
felt great respect forPresi.lent Grant, and
would trust him as far us he would any
executive officer, but he would never
vote to confer this autocratic power
upon any President, now or hereafter.
Even if no actual harm should come
from it for long period of years, people
would in the end become too much
t;,mitiarizcd with the suspension, and
would lose that intense jealousy of i'll
dividual personal liberty which is the
great characteristic of the Anglo Saxon
race, and which all our legislation
should stimulate rather than rcprcss.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-19
THE USES OF SICKNESS.

Every sickness, great Or small, comes
from God on its special GRAND, as truly
as John the Baptist was a messenger,
sent from him. The merciful Lord
sees 4 sinner or servant of his over
whelmed with worldly business and
neglected. of his souls concerns, and
so he lays him on a siclS-bed, where for
days and weeks together he has to give
up all thought and mention of trade.
and lie face to face with death, and the
grave, judgement and eternity, without
the possibility OF looking away from
them, in order that he may have, as it
were, Il rehearsal of the actual scene
when it shall come, and know how he
shall bear his part in it, and be prepar-
ed to bear it well; and then God lets him
up with the warning, go and sin no
more; go, and be ready for that call
which viii allow no delay or release.
And sometimes the individual is oblig-
ed to have many such rehearsals in the
course of life, because he is dull in
learning, and needs them to perfect
him i'll his part. We can not well con-
ceivc of any moro impressive, effective
and merciful teaching; and one who
comes forth from a Sicl-rOon when he
is told, and knows that he had Il mar
row escape from death, to be just as
worldly and God~forgetting as ever,
may we'll fear that he will meet the
doom Of him who, being often reprov-
cd aud hardcneth his neck, shall perish
suddenly, and that without remedy.
| Disease usually comes on in a very
merclful manner; by a gradual descend
ing scale of degrees: "First the patient
thinks it best to keep in; then the re-
port day by day is not so well-worse
! to-day-hc has called in tho doctor
then he is Eighty, or delirious, or in
sonsiblc-and SO on to, just alive; and
lastly to the turning point for recovery
or for tho end of tho struggle" For
the most part the mind is left clear at
the outset, SO then the man begins to
think that this may be his last sick
ness, for SO cit has come upon others,
and so it may be coming upon him;
and to arrange his; temporal concerns,
and ask, Am ready to meet my Gol?'
And sometimes throughout the whole
illness the believer has his mind clear
enough to enjoy the consultations of the
gospel and gather preparedness for his
change. If we study sickness in it's
moral and religious bearing, we shall
feel that it is Il wonderfully and merci-
| fully devised means for the welfare and
salvation of the precious soul. Thou
sands have been raised from it to noW-
ness of life, and blessed God for its Wis
itation, as no doubt the NobIcman's
family did, and thousands have found
that 4 loving God has made all their
bed in their sickness. The field of the
world must be cleared from time to
time of its stalks and culms to make
room fora new harvest of souls, Gods
own way Of doing the work, though
ut the best y sad one, is wise and mcr-
( riful
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-19

According to the Corpus Christi
CTCNaS) Gazette, the largest annual
branding of calves ever heard of is that
of Capt. NJ. Kennedy, owner OF tho
ranch clos l.aurelcs''-thc number
reached 10000 heard.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-19

\ special telegram to the ST. Louis
Democrat says that Senator Gordon, OF
Georgia, proposes to invite Wendell
Phillips to visit and make 4 tour
through the Southern States, and give
his views of their condition, political
and social.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-19
tsCOMMON SCHOOLS.o

1t would be very safe to offer Il large
'eward for any Democratic paper in
which has published a single
article on the subject of common schools.
Our neighbor does not, of course,
refer to articles condemning the iniqui-
tous management, under Radical rule,
of the common schools. We feel safe
in offering u reward for The production
of any Independent Democratic paper
that has not condemned, in strong
terms, the pet humbug of the Intelli-
gencer. The public school system of
this State, even with the favorable
showing made by salaried Republican
officials, is II dollhouse of corruption.
It is not simply humbug, but a dis
grace to the Intelligence of the age.
This system has been in operation in
this parish, in one form or another, for
nine years, and yet not Il single scholar
has been given to this parish by it's
operations. We have watched the
course of many of the pupils entered
years ago in the "common" school
established in Monroe, and the sum
nothing. Not a single passable scholar
has boon turned out, while thousands
of dollars have been expended in the
experiment. Robust young men who
c ,uld m ike SO nj thing to increase the
country's wealth, have year after year
maneuvred to get places as teachers and
received good salaries, and year after
year Il certain routine has been pursued
in the sciOol-rOom, one teacher follow
ing the other in Il failure to develop
any beneficial results. We are told
regularly that such and such Il school
house has been built, that large sums
of money have been expended, that
Glass so-aud-so has advanced, that the
Superintendent has Travelled hither and
thither, and that the country ought to
be grateful. But what of the influence
this teaching has eXerted? Where is
the decrease in crime and poverty? OF,
the corresponding moral elevation of
the black people and corresponding
luCISiGoc VI pIOuuClltS 1AuuSLiy " ny
have not these apostles something of
this nature to show? We believe the
reason lies in the system and it's man.
agement. No system of education is
defensible which, disregartling the
right of property, teaches the student
want OF Independence, and harbors q
horde of strolling fellows who care not
what they teach so the pay is prompt
and is sufficient to keep them from
hand work. There are school houses
in this parish more costly than thou
sands our fathers attended, built where
only frogs and mosquitoes live and
thrive, and built when the people were
struggling to keep the wolf from the
door and there arc teachers, and have
been all along, who could not tell the
difference between G hard and Il *, and
| who carry II lead pencil or Il h-pick
| over their right car. 1t is impossible
for one who is educated, and at tho OK.
pensc of his ancestors, to believe that
these abortive efforts to educate II pco-
pic, deserve anything but ccnsurc. 1t
is not education it is Imineistry and
corruption combined in Il solemn farce
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-19

One of the absurdities our Republican
friends are agitating is the re-enactment
OF the iron-ciad oath, so as to exclude
some fifty or more Democratic members
Oh the next house. Are e.r-post fitcto
laws unconstitutional?
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-19
a New Orleans correspondent of the

New York Times, says:
No fair minded man who makes it
his business to inquire into the matter,
can doubt that the white people, the
men whoown the property and pay the
taxes in Louisiana, have been oppressed
and plundcred by clique of rascals
who came into power by the votes of
ignorant and simple minded negroes.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-19

Judge Wheeler has left the tripod of
the Bastrop Republican, and j. G.
Weaks, Esq, takes his place. Mr..
Weaks announces himself Il Conserva-
tive, and proposes to act Independently
of both parties. Nevertheless, our old
friend seems to set two sails for the
Republican breeze, to one for the DEM
ocratic. But we are pleased to have
Mr.. Weaks among the fraternity, and
trust his editorial experience will prove
satisfactory to himself and in the end
profitable to the country.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-19

DEALER IN
+ R T. $ II N f. rs.

Notifies the public that he will keep at
his Market House near the depot, on De-
Sard street, the best qualities of Fresh
Beef and Mutton, and will deliver orders
for regular customers at their residences
10" The highest prices paid for A No. l
bcevcs and sheep.
October tt, 1874. "
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-19
CMIrH \ FIRST.

~
~ PRoPRIEroRS,
& y X X AG T. A n ID S NTH HO 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
re Owners of Burdens Subsoil Attach
mcnt for Ouachita Parish. mars 73.25tf
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-19

MONROE ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE GREAT FINANCIAL PANIC
Has not prevented
.. M z Y e n,
From occupying his Splendid New Store,
on the corner of Grand and Grammout
streets, and from offering to the Public a
stock of
G e N e II A !. M e Il CHANDISH
Unsurpassed in the Monroe market, His
stock WIS selected in Eastern mark ets, with
Especial Reference to this trade, and COM
prises, i'll part
FASHIONABLE PRINTS.
FANCY DRESS GOODS,
GENTS AND BOYS CLOTHING,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS;
STAPLE GOODS, DELAINEs.
woRsTEDs, CAsSIMEREs,
GENTS UNDERWEAR,
And, in short, Every Article usually
called for at a First Glass Dry Goods House.
These goods are offered for sale, with the
Guarantee to be expected of House in
tending not to be second to any establish
ment i'll North Louisiana in the Quality,
Variety and Cheapness of its Goods.
REMEMBER
MYERS NEW BRICK STORE.
Corner Of Grand and Grammont Streets,
MONROE, La,
And call and examine the Goods for
yourself Attentive statesmen will take
pleasure in showing the Goods and answer
ing all inquiries. s. MEYER
October ), ls73.-1Y
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-19

NO STAKviN<::
There is no need for starving, as long as
H. KIN DE1sNI ANN,
On Dcsard street, has for sale plenty Of
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.
Such as Al Coffee and Sugar;
Excellent Syrup and Molasses
Splendid Cheese, Macaroni and
Ncrmicelli; New Buck wheat
Flour in any quantity; New
Sugar Cured Hams (first in
MarkeD; Plenty of Eggs,
Spiced Pigs Feet, Oysters,
Sardines, Potted or Deviled
Meats, Lobstcrs, Salmon and
Mushrooms; Assorted Canned
Fruits and Vegetables;
Potatoes and Onions;
Choice Carolina Rice;
White Beans and English
Peas; Hominy and Grits;
Cranberries, Raisins, Citron
And Currants; Nice Jellies
And Preserves Dried Figs;
Crackers, Cream Biscuits and
Cracknels; Toys, Dolls and a
Variety of nice and useful
Ornaments Also,
Small Assortment of Crockery and
Shelf-Hardware, such as is mostly
Needed for General Use.
Come and see for yourselves, but do not
fail to bring along the "spondulix - because
l must have more ready money and less.
merchandise. Fair dealing and 10 humbup
will be found by every one-lnan. woma6
or child-in trading for cash at the store OF
ll:tf II. kINDERMANN.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-02-19
FOR SALE :

4 HOUSE and one acre of land in rear OF
n Monroe, formerly owned by VIM Ham,
itt"n. Very Cheap for cash. Apply to
Jan, l, lS15.-tt =. ID. MCENERY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-09-10

THE LIBEL ON Mr. BEECHER.-The pro-
prietors OF the Twin Mountain House pub
lish the following In the New York Krpress,
denying statement made by q CORES
pondent Of that paper TO the effect that they
had paid Mr.. Beecher $50 per week for stay
Ing there, and that he hal left because they
refused TO accede TO his demand for 500 per
week:
4" Mr.. Beecher does not leave us till the
1hi:t week In September. His audiences
~eIr never SO large as last Sunday. There
has never been the shadow Of disagreement
be! zen him and ourselves, but the utmost
GoI -dence and affection. He never asked q
pei for his Sunday services, nor did we
1ree-R u labors. The substance and details
are " bout the slightest foundation, and
are " oily false"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-09-10

: he editor of the Cincinnati Commercial
RSo hasn't been wearing a "bloody shirt
80 far as his paper shows, and whose CORE
spondents in the southern states are gener-
ally the most intelligent and fairest who
send accounts from that section, has this to
say,-based on late letter from Vicks-
burg,-in regard to the current troubles In
Mississippi: There Is little room TO doubt
1hat the massacres In Mississippi, of which
we have had very imperfect and unfaith-
ful account by telegraph, were deliberately
planned, and that the object is to terrorize
fhe negroes so that they will cease to vote
1t is worthy OF remark that recently the ne
groes are not allowed TO assemble peaceably
In Mississippi. The desperadoes, armed with
bottles of whisky and revolvers, who dis
furbed barbecue and killed all the negroes
they could, were not acting without con-
cert"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-09-10

The adoption OF an imitation platform by
the Pennsylvania democratic convention
yesterday can hardly fail to add considerable
moral strength to the party In Ohio this fall,
and IL must also go very far toward forcing
HE democratic national convention upon
That platform next year. THE STAR, 1t will
be remembered, expressed the opinion some
Z re ago that this would be the probable
3 itude Of the party by that time, and all
p .;ical events since seem TO confirm the
c.s-TectneSs of that view
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"a Circulation More than Double
that of any other Daily Paper
published In Washington.

The present would seem to be q proper time
for the government TO be at the seat Of gov
eminent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-09-10

In the New York republican state conven-
lion on Wednesday debate occurred on the
resolution recognizing as conclusive the
Presidents public declaration that he Is not
a candidate for denomination, and express
ing the sincerest gratitude for his patriotic
services, but declaring their unalterable OPP
position to the election Of any President for
third term. One OF the delegates, Mr..
Anthem moved to amend by striking out that
part which refers to a declension having
been made by President Grant. He though
1t not only unnecessary, but unjust to the
President, by putting him in the position Of
declining a nomination before il had been
rendered. Mr.. +. Delafield Smith was en-
tirely opposed to this resolution because the
sentiment of opposition 10 a third term did
not originate with the republican party
Gen. Washington, he said, retired to private
life after second term, not because he
deemed IL improper to hold the Office third
term, but because he wanted rest. He asked
If, in case Abraham Lincoln had lived 1t
might not have been as wise TO elect him
In 1855 as IL was In 1864, an objected to max
Ing declaration on proposition 70 which
even the democrats are not committed. He
moved the resolution be stricken out entire
1y. One of the delegates referred to the fact
that Alexander Hamilton advised Washing
ton to become a perpetual President, and
said Washington was superior TO his adviser,
a remark which was greeted with warm ap-
plause. Mr.. Smiths motion to strike out
was then negatived amid loud applause, as
was also Mr.. Anthon's motion to amend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-09-10

1t looks very singular that the governor of
a state should publicly confess his inability
10 suppress domestic violence when the
number Of his political adherents greatly
Dutnumber Incorporation. According to the
census OF $50 the state Of Mississippi con-
1ains So ,S22 Inhabitants, divided as regards
race as Whites, So, 500, colored,
Aii,2Ol; Indians, 500; other races, japanese,
Chinese, &C., 16. The preponderance, there
lore, Of blacks over whites In 1870 was 6l ,3O5.
Gov. Ames was elected mainly by the col
Dred vote, hence the authority for the state
ment that his partisans outnumber the con-
eervative or democratic element II is an
Other singular fact that the governor does
not call out the state militia, but, after ALL
lot SO singular, when IL is understood that
his troops are colored, and that their en-
9loy ment would aggravate instead of rem
edy the evils complained Of Altogether,
Gov. Ames is placed In rather an uncom-
Portable position since the government hes
1tates 70 extend him the aid he seeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-09-10

Verify IL is hard TO teach an old dog new
tricks. Alderman McMullen, commonly
known as "Bill' McMullen, of Philadelp hia,
called "time" on the president of the PENN
Sylvania democratic convention yesterday,
and forced him to resume his seat. William
evidently can run a state convention on cor
rect principles as well as prize ight,
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Houng men, at O'Clock.
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1t is gratifying sign of the times when
southern judges, in trying cases where col
ored men are charged with serious offences,
deliver strictly impartial charges to the
jury. Judge Herschell V. Johnson lately did
This. and his example has been followed by
judge at Wrightsville, Georgia, who yes
fertay told the jury in the case OF q number
OF colored men charged with inc4ting an in
surrection, that the facts would not warrant
a conviction Time was In many portions of
1he south when the legal accusation of a col
ored man was equivalent to his conviction.