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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-09-28
Judge Parsons is holding the Fall
term OF the district Court in Richiand,

The City Weigher informs US that he
has weighed up to date of this years
crop of cotton, $50 bales, and that this
is some 25O bales short of the receipts
for last year same time.
The cotton received has been chiefly
for sale, not on account of customers.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-09-28

Hayes should be very proud of Key.
He ought to take the same tender in
terest in him that Dundreary felt in his
servant when he was impelled to say !:
81 mustn't part with that fellow;
might not get such another fool."-
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-09-28
EDITORIAL CONVENTION.

A convention of the editors OF this
State will be held in Baton Rouge on
Monday, 18th day of October next. 1t
is hoped that the press will be general
ly represented on the occasion as busi-
ness of importance to the craft will he
brought forward for consideration.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-09-28

A correspondent of the Shreveport
Times who signs himself GA Constant
Traveller" has discovered that
Leaving out a short scope Of country
this side of the Ouachita river, Shreve-
port has become the e,atrep0st of North
west Louisiana, section which until
two winters past gave us no trade at all.
Why not include "the short scope of
country" trading at Trenton, Monroe,
Farmerville, Homer, Minden and
other towns, and why exclude the inn
mense territory west of Shreveport
which trades with Jefferson, Dallas,
Marshall, Galveston and Houston =?
Leaving out Shreveport there would
be, according to this writer, no market
for the producer of North Louisiana.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-09-28

At the recent term of the Parish
Court of this parish u young white ma u
named Wright was sentenced to the
penitentiary six months for stealing u
duck worth 25 cents.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-09-28

Yesterday was certainlya red-letter
day for General Mcclellan. He had u
public reception at Faneuil Hall, Bos-
ton, and was nominated for Governor
at Trenton. The best Of it is that
neither the reception nor the nomina-
ton were solicited beforehand. Phil
adell1hia Times.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-09-28

The New York Tribune says: The
nomination of Gen. Mcclellan for Gov
ernor OF New Jersey by the Democratic
State Convention was riotOusly made,
of course-nO Democratic body can
hold itself in when his name is men,
toned; but it is one against which no
and moreover will fire the heart of the
Democracy from Hudson to Camden
with a great enthusiasm. The plat.
form, too, is better than might have
been expected, though it might have
comprised a greater number of subjects.
It is moderate in tone, and the ssfraud''
yell is mild. The workingmen, how
ever, will be chiefly delighted with it.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-09-28

A flour superior to "Crown -
" Sholars & Keys Best, +" by new pro-
cess, from New Wheat.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-09-28

NOTICE.
THE public free schools will be open on
l. the first day of October and are to he
continued for ton months. Also, tho col
ored mixed school will open on the same
day and will be kept open for the same
period Of time. FIR. ENDOM,
1t President o. S. r.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-09-28

Choice Seed Rye and Red Rust proof
Oats for sale by Sholars & Key.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-09-28
NEW ADVERTISEMENT
NORTH LOUISIANA RAILROAD.

SHREVEPORT, La, Sept. %, 1877.
There will be meeting OF the North
Louisiana Railroad company at their Office
in this city, on Wednesday, October 10th,
1877. All stockholders are urgently re-
quested to attend as business of great i'm
portance will be laid before them.
JOSEPH BOISSEAU, Vice-President.
w. p. FORD, Secretary. Bot
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-03-02

able quarterly In such coin at the rate of
per cent. per aunum. Such bonds shall be
In addition to the loan authorized by the
acts Of July IA, 1870, and Jan. 20, 1871.
SEC. @ That during any one year there
shall not be issued of said bonds, or re-
deemed OF said notes, more than S25 000, 600,
nor more than S4,00O,000 during any one
month; and when said Treasury notes shall
have been so redeemed they shall not again
be reissued, but shall be Cancelled and de-
stroyed. No commission in any form shall
be paid for exchange Of bonds issued under
the provisions OF this act.
SEC. 3. That the Secretary of the Treasury
is hereby authorized to issue in exchange for
legal-tender notes Of the United States silver
coin TO an amount which, including the
amount heretofore authorized to he issued by
the act of April IA, 1875 (Chap 63) and by
the joint resolution of July 22, 1875 (No. ~,
shall not exceed SS0,0e0, ,CU0, and the legal.
tender notes so received shall be cancelled
and destroyed, and be held TO be portion OF
the sinking fund provided by the existing
law, the interest to be computed as in the
case of bonds so redeemed
SEC. 4. That the necessary expenses of en-
craving, printing, preparing and Issuing
bonds and of redeeming aud canceling United
States notes, as provided in this act, shall be
paid out Of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, but the whole
amount thereof shall not exceed one-quarter
of per centum of the amount of bonds is
anad
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Commercial Failures.

Dun, BARLOW & Co.'s circular for 1876
gives the whole number of failures in
the United States during that period at
9,092, against Z, 7,740 for the year previ-
Gus. The liabilities in 1875, however,
were but $191, III, 1856, against $201,.
060, 353 in 1875. The circular says:
G. 1t is a significant circumstance that
the failures in the Middle States are one
in every fifty-seven names reported in
business, while in the Western States the
proportion is one in every seventy.two;
but the comparison between the East
and South is even more significant, for
in New England, with all its wealth and
solidity, one in every fifty-nine has
yielded to the pressure of the times,
while in the South, with all its poverty,
its political and other disabilities, the
percentage of failures is only one in
every sixty-four. Even in Canada, where
there is gold basis, light taxation, free
dom from political complications and all
other favoring conditions, the above
showing is indicative of much greater
pressure than in the United States, the
failures in the Dominion being one in
every thirty-twO"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-03-02
Women in the Treasury.

The conviction of another thief in the
cash-room of the Treasury affords me the
opportunity of calling attention to the
superiority of women over men in resist
ing temptation.
Since the first greenback was printed
the counting and putting up of packages
of money have devolved entirely upon
girls and matrons. There are few in
office now who have been there from
the beginning, and billions of dollars
have passed through their hands without
the fraction of dollar sticking. Have
they been rewarded9 No. Numbers of
men like Winslow, the last thief caught,
have been appointed by political in
fluence at salaries double those paid wOm-
en-; and these experienced, tried and
trusted women, who cannot be dispensed
with, are not only never promoted, but are
treated as though they should be thankful
that they are permitted to serve the Gov
ernment for seventy-five dollars month.
Sometimes a package that has been
counted by women has been found
short, and, no matter how innocent the
counter may be, the amount missing is
taken from her months salary. In al
most every instance of this kind eventu-
ally the thief has been found to be a
male messenger, or some man who re
ceived the package from the lady, and
abstracted one or two notes. Wash
ing Cor. Louisville Courier Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-03-02
Legislative.

In the Senate, on the Goth, bills were
passed-to provide for obtaining and
publishing reports of banks, savings in
stitutiOns and trust companies organized
under the laws of this State; to increase
the rates of toll on turnpikes, as pre-
scribed by the law of 1875. Several
memorials were presented. The con-
tested election case of Cox os. Harmon
was taken up, and resolution that the
Senate hear no evidence as to the legality
or illegality of votes cast at the October
election, and only receive evidence as to
the legality of the commissions issued by
the Governor, based upon the certificates
of the Clerk of the court Of Hamilton
County, was laid on the table-24 TO ~
by party vote. The Codiiication bill
was further considered. f. In the House
the amendment to strike out the section
of the Codification bill prohibiting the
intemarriage of white and cOloTed
persons was withdrawn. Bills were
passed-to protect policy holders in life
insurance companies by requiring such
companies TO furnish TO all policy-hold-
ers full information as TO all particulars
affecting the validity of their insurance.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-03-02
WASHINGTON.

Rear-Admiral Louis NJ. Goldsborough died
at Washington on the Goth, of typhoid
pneumonia. This is the sixth death among
the Rear-Admirals in five weeks.
James NJ. Watmough, Pay Inspector of
the navy, has been appointed Paymaster-
General.
By mutual agreement 1t has been decided
not to go into the examination of papers
and accounts Of the leaders OF either pollti-
cal party.
Ex-Gov. Palmer, OF Illinois, was before the
Senate Louisiana Committee on the 20th and
testified that Littlefeld never asked him for
a bribe and he neither offered nor intimated
an offer of brlbe TO him; his recollection
OF the facts about the altered Vernon Parish
return was substantially as stated by Little
leld.
The President on the Goth said he had no
intention Of changing his Instructions to
Gen. Augur.
About 800 feet Of the east end of the st.
Louis bridge was destroyed by fire on the
night Of the 10Th.
d. kreigh, an extensive dealer in provis.
ions and produce at Chicago, failed, Sith
heavy liabilities, on the Goth.
The Grand Jury OF the District on the 2lst
found true bill against Dom Piatt, Of the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-03-02
WEST AND SOUTH.

By the explosion of the boiler of porta.
BILE saw-mill at Alvord, Ind, on the 22d, four
men were instantly killed and four Others
severely injured.
The Superintendent Of Insurance of Mis-
souri, has filed petition in court asking for
the appointment of receiver for the Colum-
bia Life Insurance Company Of st. Louis.
| The Ohio Prohibition Convention was held
at Columbus on the 22d. A platform was
adopted and full ticket nominated, headed
| by H. A. Thopmson for Governor.
At meeting of the wool. growers Of Ohio.
Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia and Penn
sylvania, at Cincinnati, on the 22d, it was
decided to erect capaciOus store-house at
steubenville, Ohio, for the purpose of stor-
ing their product and asserting il before
placing upon the market. They are Grangers,
and will dispose of the stock directly to
manufacturers.
! President Grant having issued an order on
the 2lst forbidding the parade of the So
called reorganized rifle and saber clubs at
Columbia, s. c., it having been represented
to him that trouble would ensue If the parade
occurred, on the 22d the stars and stripes
noated at half-mast, draped with black
Grape, from the public buildings in that city,
and in various other parts OF the city the
same sad insignia was observable. Business
was generally suspended, and the city was as
| quiet as on the Sabbath.
Hough and Pierce, President and Secretary
| OF the Life Association of America were in
dicted for perjury By the Grand Jury Of the
st. Louis Criminal Court on the 24th.
Gen. Macarthur, Postmaster Of Chicago, is
reported to be a defaulter to the amount of
$4,000. He resigned on the 23d and imme-
diately went into bankruptcy. His bonds
men are also bankrupt, II is said.
The Nichols Legislature of Louisiana on
the 4th adopted resolution that the people
OF the State would pay no taxes TO any other
authority than the Nichols Government
The Indians attacked aud captured two
cattle trains near Crook City, d. T., on the
gath and killed two men-MacGonig aud
Riley-and wounded another named Jones.
The Iowa Deaf and Dumb Asylum. a few
miles from Council Bluffs, was completely
destroyed by ire on the 25th. There was no
loss Of life, and all of the 1853 inmates es-
capped without serious injury, and with most
OF their effects. The loss is estimated at
100000; no insurance.
The second trial OF Alexander Sullivan for
the murder of Francis Hanford was begun
at Chicago on the Goth.
A New Iberia Qa.) dispatch TO Gov. Pack
AID reported a collision between whites and
blacks on the 25th. Both parties were un-
der arms at latest adyices.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-03-02
FonEIGN INrELLIGENCR.

In a speech in the House Of Lords, on
the Goth, the Earl OF Beaconsfcld said the
policy of Europe was to maintain the in
tegrity and independence Of the Ottoman
Empire.
II is reported that the Russians arc actively
working to induce the Shah of Persia to join
them in the event of war.
Thirty vessels many with their ertire
crews, were lost in a gale on the English
coast on the night Of the 10th.
AT the opening of the German Parliament
on the 22d the Emperor, referring to East
ern affairs, expressed the opinion that the
peace OF Europe would not be broken.
The Spanish Government on the 22d pub
lished decree permitting the return Of Car
list refugees.
Cardinal Cullen has refused TO allow the
remains Of John O'Mahoney, the Fenian, to
lie in state in the Dublin Cathedral.
The remains of John O'Mahoney, the
Fenian leader, arrived at Queenstown on the
23d from New York, and were thence for
warded to Cork in charge of a local commit
tee.
Turkey and servia have concluded an
agreement.
Gen. Cortina, the Mexican guerrilla, has
been arrested by order of President Dlaz,
and will probably be shot.
An immense demonstration was made at
Cork on the 25th over the remains OF John
O'Mahoney. The procession accompanying
the body to the Dublin Railway depot was
over a mile in length and all therein were in
mourning.
A question of precedence having arisen
between Queens Counsel in Nova Scotia, an
affidavit was read in the Supreme Court on
the oath that the seal used by the local Gov
ernment was not the great seal of the
Province, but the old one ordered returned
in 1862 The Premier admitted that the Gov
ernment had used the old seal. The Court
stated that all acts requiring the great seal,
done since 1869, were totally void. This
leaves Nova Scotia without parliament aud
without government, with all grants OF
marriage licenses, and consequently mar
riages, and all commissions since 1869,
totally void. Imperial legislation will be re-
quired to rectify matters.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-03-02

Washington Capital, for seditious publca-
tion, and he was arrested and placed under
$50, 900 bail.
The Secretary of State Of Louisiana laid
before the Senate subcommittee on Louis
lana on the 2lst the returns Of twenty-five
challenged parishes of that State, together
with the papers and affidavits attached
thereto. They were referred to counsel to
schedule
The President on the 2lst signed the act to
encourage and promote telegraphic commu.
nicatioR between America and Europe.
The ratihcations OF the extradition con-
vention between the United States and Spain
having been exchanged, the President on the
2lst made proclamation of the same
The Democratic caucus OF the two houses
on the oath adopted a resolution directing
the House Committee on Powers, etc. TO re-
port bill providing for filing the Presiden-
tial vacancy in case no candidate shall he
declared elected, and also providing for an
election in May next; also instructing the
committee to bring in bill authorizing the
institution Of quo Ddrranto proceedings In
the U. g. Supreme Court TO test the legality
of the Hayes electors.
Inc army Appropriation bill, as reported
to the House on the 24th reduces the num-
ber Of cavalry regiments to eight, artillery to
four and infantry to sixteen, and contains
proviso prohibiting any money appropriated
by the bill from being applied for the pay,
transportation or subsistence OF troops to be
employed in the support Of the claim of
either Nichols or Packard as Governor of
Louisiana, or in support of the rival Legis-
latures in said State, and prohibits the en-
ployment Of any portion of the army in sup
port OF the claims of any State Government
or Of any officer of said State until recog-
nized by Congress.
Senator Thurman, of Ohio, on the Goth
resigned as a member OF the Electoral Com,
mission, on account Of physical disability,
and Senator Herman, of New York, was unan-
imously chosen TO fill the vacancy.
The President on the 26th nominal ed and
the Senate confirmed Gen. Frank w Palmer,
of the Inter Ocean, as Postmaster of Chicago.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-03-02
Specie Resumption.

WASHINGTON, Feb 81.
The following is full text of the bill
to aid in the resumption of specie pay
ment, reported to-day by Senator Sher-
man, from the Committee on Finance:
Be h Enacted, etc., That the Secretary Of the
Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to
issue, In sum or sums not exceed
ing in the aggregate 500, 600, In
redemption OF an equal amount Of
United States notes, under authority OF
the acts OF Feb % and July IL, 1852,
and March 80, 1868, coupon or registered
bonds ofthe same description and character as
those authorized by the acts Of July IA. 1870,
and Jan. 20, 1871, redeemable in coin OF the
present standard value at the pleasure OF the
United States after thirty years from the
date of their issue, and bearing interest pay
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-03-02
The Joint Convention.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.
The session of the joint convention was
resumed at l;25 p. m. The action of the two
houses on the decision OF the Electoral Com
mission having been read the presiding Of
1cer announced that, the two houses not haY.
ing decided otherwise, the de siOn CT the
commission would stand in force, and the
tellers were directed 10 declare the vote OF
Louisiana. Senator Allison, one OF the tell
ers, thereupon announced that Louisiana
had given s votes for Hayes and Wheeler
The opening and counting of the certificates
then proceeded, Maine giving votes for
Hayes and Wheeler, Maryland votes for
Tilden and Hendricks, and Massachusetts l3
votes for Hayes and Wheeler
When the certificate from the State Of
Michigan was read, giving eleven votes for
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-03-02
THE EAST.


Stokeley Rep.) was reelected Mayor of
Philadelphia on the Goth by 1000 majority.
In n communication TO Senator Herman,
published on the 22d, ex-Gov. Tilden states
that he repudiates any agreement entered
into not to examine the accounts of the po-
litical leaders on both sides, and dsclaims
any such immunity, protection or benefit
from it. Closing, he says: "As to this ar
rangement now reported, l have only to say
that l can accept decorum and deceucy, but
not fictitious equivalent for a mantle of
secrecy to anybody else"
The American Paper Manufacturers As
sociation organized at Rochester, n. Y, on
the 22d. Representatives were present from
one-fourth of the paper producers of the
country. j. W. French, of Three Rivers,
Mich, was elected President, and J. Ruble,
of Louisville, Ky, Secretary.
The suit against s. J. Tilden in the case of
Boody Us. Tilden and Ogden having been dis
missed, in accordance with the statute of
limitations, Mr.. Tilden appeared as witness
for Ogden at New York, on the 23d, and
testified that he only took shares Of the Ga
lena Railroad on his own account as a
private transaction.
olOllg observation-disclosures, Mchugh
and Tully-on trial at Bloomsbury, Pa, for
the murder of Alex. Rea, Oct. II, 1868, were
on the oath found guilty of murder in the
first degree.
Gen. Andrew Denison, Postmaster of Bal
timore for eight years, died suddenly on the
oath.
Fox's New American Theater, at Philadel-
phia, was burned on the morning of the 25th.
Loss $l50,00O The Mercantile Library, ad-
joining, by the destruction of books was also
loser to the amount of S65 900. Royes
wagon factory was also burned, and Lee,
fireman, was fatally injured by falling from
the roof. Geo. Newman, Of the Fire Patrol
was buried in the ruins of the same build
ing, and although alive when rescued, eight
hours later, will probably die.
BY the fall of scafolding in the blast
furnace of the Bethlehem (Pa) Iron Com.
pany's works, on the Goth, two men were
killed, two fatally and two dangerously in
jured.
]. P. Hassler, late Cashier of the Carlisle
(Pa.) Deposit Bank, hanged himself on the
26th in the garret of his dwelling, which was
attached to the bank. Hassler was Cashier
from 1895 until last October, when he was
discovered to be defaulter. Criminal pro-
ceedings were instituted against him on the
26th and he was unable TO procure bail. He
was found hanging to the same rafter on
which the Cashier preceding him, W. NJ. Ber-
tram, hanged himself in 1855.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-03-02

THE sum total of railway lines through
the principal countries of the world now
reaches distance nearly fourteen times
the circumference of the globe, or one
and half times journey to the moon,
OF this total the United States lines ex-
tend rs, 5s5 miles; Great Britain, at home
and through her foreign domain, SO, 101
Russia's, in Europe and Asia, 34,914;
those of France, 30,T79, and of the Ger
man Empire, $780,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-03-02

The wife Of literary man should be
intelligent enough to share in her hus-
bands highest joys. She should not only
be able to get up early in the morning to
make the fires and pick up the stray
pages of manuscript with which he has
paved the Aoor, but she should also be
glad to get down on her knees with a
rag and a basin of hot milk to scrub the
ink out of the carpet.-N y Herald,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-03-02

Eleven years ago a Syracuse lady
swallowed a needle. The accident
caused some alarm for the time being,
but was soon forgotten as it did not
disturb her health. Recently she com.
planned of severe pain in the hip in the
region of the sciatic nerve. Medical aid
was summoned and two physicians sue.
ceeded, after careful operation, in re-
moving the identical needle swallowed
eleven years since. II measured one
inch and half in length, and was not
rusted, but perfectly black and polished
in appearance.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-03-02
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20


The Electoral Commission reasscmbled
immediately after the two houses separated
all the members present, Senator Herman,
seat for the first time. The papers referred
to the commission were read by the Secretary
Mr.. Hurd announced that Mr.. Cochrane
and himself would appear for the objectors
TO certificate No, 1, and Mr.. Lawrence said
Senator Christiancy and himself would APP
pear for the objectors to certificate No. g
Mr.. Hurd said he was not prepared to
state at this time who would appear as
counsel, but would announce counsel to the
commission tomorrow morning. Judge
Matthews stated that Mr.. Shellabarger and
himself would appear IN favor of certificate
No. 1: The commission then adjourned till
ten o'clock tomorrow