The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-02-23

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consequently becoming more plentiful.
Twenty cents a-dOzen is the street
price.
The Independent planters are procur-
ingt ~eir. hay, corn, oats, pork and meal
fron She merchants. The ruling fig
ures for advancing touch bottom at 20
per cent on local cash prices.
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The fishermen with their set-netts,
arc taking from the river the finest
specimens of trout, speckied perch and
bar fish, which they sell at reasonable
figures. There are few Southern rivers
equal to the Ouachita in the variety
and quality of its fish. Trout, perch,
bass, cat and buffalo, too, in February!
The weather for the past ten days
has been cool, and in the main cloudy,
but not unfavorable for farm work.
The ploughs have been kept pretty
busy, and the ground is in fine con,.i-
ton, except in very low lands. We
hear Of no scarcity of labor, but the de-
n,and for supplies is both great and
earnest.
BY request of our Jewish friends, the
Hon. Benjamin T.. Peizetto, cx-consui
to Roumania, has kindly consented to
deliver, some time next week, a lecture
upon the trials of the Jews in the
Turkish doninfuns. Large audiences
in Washington, New York and Phila-
delphia have been attendant u;,on Mr..
Peizetto's lectures. We arc assured
that the proposed lecture will be the
effort not only of a scholar, but of one
who is thoroughly acquainted with his
subject
The committee Of arrangements is
composed of d. Stein:,u, Rev. T.. M.
Rosenfeldcc, J. L. Kalis!Si, J. Baer, II.
Gerson, Jr., and S. Meyer.
There are thirteen prisoners in the
Parish jail. Eight Of the number are
colorc;!, the remainder white men.
One is a lady of color, incarcer;ited for
having stolen silvcrWuro in her pos
session belonging to Judge Slack. The
prisoners have but limited resources
for amusenents, and spend their time
mainly in playing "sevcn-up." One of
the decks of cards used, the Ja;lor tells
us, would exercise the ingenuity of an
expert to tell one card from another.
lie thinks the deck is fall six inches
thick. One of the white !ncn ought to
be released. His o:icnsc was simply
the wearing OF his deceased partners
coat, without any attempt at conceal
n.cnt and with no purpose to commit
q felony. The prisoners are beautifully
fed with good food by Mr.. Trousdale,
but the Jail is reported to be greatly in
need Of ventilation aud cleaning.
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We have Il fricna-ana Il very good
one he is--who tells it OF himself that
he found it very difficult to get out in
the late war. He visited several towns
and cities, and interviewed the cap
tains of companies in each, but, like
Noah's dove, could find no resting
place. He retired in suIlenness to his
boarding house, and gave himself up to
despair. His military career was an
I:lGV1CdD1G litlitlfCaC UnS start. lie COuiu
not get out. When he had reached
this point, and was entirely given over
to grief, it CHANGED that the military
CONSUMPTION Act OF the Confederate
Congress was passed and became law.
Our friends blighted hopes revived.
Here, at last, was an opportunity to go
into the army, and, singularly enough,
the very opportunity he had been
searching for so long. The way was
open time and occasion We're exactly
suited, and our friend Of conscript age
speedily enlisted, and finally arose to
the dignity of a captain and ball in
tho calf of his leg.
This bit of personal history has been
recalled to mind by the results of a
humorous little article in last weeks
paper concerning the cotton marl<e
We had often noticed the uusecmly
scrambiing between buyers over a bale
or two of cotton offered for sale, anu fire.
qucntly thought it was hurtfui to both
buyer and seller. Oftile latter class We
have seen men who were nearly cias
ed ont Of their reason. Buyers, time
l.