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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-03-09
BRADLEY PLAINLY REBUKED.

WASHINGTON, February l6.-The
hveiiest passage at arms in the COM
mission occurred after the several votes
on exclusion Of evidence had been
taken and the commission had gone In
to secret session again TO pass finally
on the vote. Morton had moyed that
the vote of Louisiana be counted for
Hayes, tiunton moved to amend by In
sertins the word ssnot," and Payne got
the floor. He had been aching to fee
his mind all day. His first words were
not altogether amfcable and Morton
undertook to get him ruled or tho
floor.
Clifford ruled that Payne was entitled
to tho floor, and then he let loose the
Walls of his wrath. With u flush ON
his palc face and his slight form straight
ened to its full height, he told Morton
and the Infamous eight to their teeth
that their gag-law could work no l0l,R-
or, that partisanship had done its
worst, and now he proposed to have
his say. Thcreupon he proceeded to
declare that the decision of the Com
mission was an outrage on justice, and
that while the decision might possibly
be acquiesced in, it would never satisfy
the people, and would return to plague
Its inventors. Then turning full to-
ward Bradley, who sat covering across
the table, Payne went on In IL repr0ach-
full voice to say that neither he (P.syne)
nor the country expected anything but
from the rest, but that
from Bradley he had expected some
thing else, and the country had expect
ed something else.
Bradley pleaded that Payne ought
not to hold him moro responsible than
the other seven, but Payne told him no
knew tho responsibility when he ac-
the position, and he had proved
recreant to his great trust.
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putous1y observed. But they rely upon
fatthteSSncSs to trusts and common OBJ
legations, upon combinations against
the policy OF the law and fraudulent,
and upon confederate and successful at
tempts to deprive them wronSfully OF
property in which they had u large in
terest. Homologation is no obstacle to
such u claim"
Having declared that neither 4 scrup-
uious ADHERENCE to the forms of law nor
the confirmation of the Circuit Court
should protect the thieves in the enjoy
ment of their plunder, or could 81 ,e
validity to their title, Mr.. Justice
Strong went on to say severe we to
sustain it, we should sanction great
moral and legal wrong, give encourage
ment to f,aithtcssness to trust and conti-
deuce reposed, and courtenance cOmbi-
nations to wrest by tie forms Of irm
from the uninforned and confding
their just rights"
In tho case of the People against
Rutherford B. Hayes and others, the
greatest case that Mr.. Justice Strong
ever has been or ever will be called up
on to judge, tho possessors OF the stolen
property have obtained it not only by
''confederate aud successful attempts to
wrongfnl!y Deprive" but by countless
direct violations OF tho forms of the
law. They cannot, like the Louisiana
railroad robbers, plead formality and
homolugation. Yet MIR. Justice Strong,
with Justices Bradley and Miller, ioin
with Morton Garfield and Hoar in re-
tusins even to inquire whether the |
thieves have taken the trouble to Oh
serve legal formality in consumnatins
their StupcndOus crime
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-03-09
FOUR MEN LYNCHED.

On last Monday night the warehouse
of Mr.. Thcrrouse, on the Macon, was
destroyed by fire. The warehouse had
II considerable amount of freight In 1t,
and it is supposed was first Piundered
and then burned. No clue to the per-
petrators OF the flendish deed has been
found up to this writing.
T.. S.-Sincc the above was in typo
we have received tho information that
after the burning steps were immedi-
atcly taken to ascertain who were tho
perpetrators OF the decd, and 1t was
found that n number of negroes were
tho authors of it. They were arrested
| and placed in the hands of Constable
w. a. Craig, and during tho night
were taken from him by an armed body
! of men. This morning four of the num-
Der were found dead, hanging by the
neck to branches Of trees on the Delhi
and Harrisonburg road. There were
nine negroes engaged in the theft and
arson. The following are the names OF
those found hung Gabe Hill, Yes
ThOnIns, Lou Duncan and Turner Grlf-
fin. The others arc missing.-Ern,.k-
lin SIM,
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STRONG ON THIEVES.
tfrom New York Sun, 22nd

[From New York Sun, 22nd.l
Mr.. Justice Strong, one of the three
partisan Judges who hold that stolen
goods belong TO the person in whose
possession they arc found, was called
upon Il little more than two years ago
to deliver an opinion in the case of
Jackson against Ludeling, brought be-
fore the Supreme Court on appeal from
the United States Circuit Court for the
district of Louisiana.
In this case Il railroad, the Vicks-
burg, Shreveport and Texas, had been
stolen from its owners 10y Il combina-
ton of rascals, headed by Ludeling, the
infamous Chief Justice of the Louisiana
carpct-baggers. The conspirators had
acted from first to last in accordance
with the forms of Louisiana law, and
the robbery, shameful as it was, had
been confirmed by the lower court. Mr..
Justice Strong, however, dccreed a re-
vcr5ai Of the judgment of the court be-
low, holding that technical legality was
no protection for q transaction essential
ly and notOriousiy fraudulent. He did
not then refuse to go behind the forms
OF the law, but he went straight to the
real facts and exposed the fraudulent
nature OF the transaction, characteriz-
ing it as 'fa great wrong, perpetrated by
the agency of legal FORMS" We quote
his words
"The omplaintantsre rely upon no ire
guiarity of procccding,upon no absence
OF form. The forms Of law We're scru-
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bodies of the State of Louisiana, the
following officers were elected and in
stalled:
NJ. w. CRANE LODGE.
Officers for 1877.
Samuel J. Powell, M. w. Grand Mas
ter.
Edwin Marks, IS. w. Deputy Grand
Master.
WIN. r.. Whitaker, Il. w. Grand
Warden.
A. l.. Abbott, X. w. Grand Junior
Warden
a. w. Hyatt, IL. w. Grand Treas
urcr.
J. G. Batchclor, NJ. d., r.. w. Grand
Secretary.
Rev. $. Burford, w. Grand Chaplain.
Deacon.
Jas. G. White, w. Junior Grand
Deacon.
George Souic, w. Grand Marshal.
J. q. Richardson, w. Grand Sword
Bearer.
II. Hamburg, w. Grand Pursuivnnt.
II. &. Young, w. Grand Steward.
James Todd, w. Grand Steward.
ID. l.. Morgan, w. Grand Steward.
a. w. Connolly, w. Grand Steward.
Thos. Crippa, w. Grand Organist.
e. r. Martin, Grand Tyler.
GRAND Il. a. CHAPTER.
Officers for 1877.
Jos. Ii. DeGrange, Grand High
Priest.
Jas. T.. Trimblc, Deputy Grand High
Priest.
Il. II. Fay, Grand King.
Andrew Hero, Grand Scribe.
Sam'I Manning Todd, Grand Treas
urer.
J. G. Bachelor, NJ. D., Grand Sec
retary.
w. r. -. Dalzell, Grand Chaplain.
Vim. II. Gooda!e, Grand Captain OF
the Host.
John w. Todd, Grand Principal So
journer.
a. l.. Abbott, Grand Royal Arch
Captain.
Vim. B. Loudon, Grand Master 3d
Veil.
G. l.. Hall, Grand Master 2d Veil.
T.. Indom, Grand Master lst Veil.
J. w. Maguirc, Grand Guard.
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a touching romance of the No Name
series comes all the way from Old Vir-
ginia. She was tall, she was beautiful;
and a citizen Of Fauquier county was
enamOrcd of her. She accepted his
love, ,and the only bar to their marriage
was the fact that he hadn't any real
name. He became an orphan soon
after he was an infant, and nobody
seemed to remember who his parents
were. a Christian name.was improv-
ised for him, and in the course of time
he built on temporary extension in
the form Of surname. Practically he
was outside the pale genuine nOmencla-
ture, and she would not consent to be
known as Mrs. Anonymous. He
sought for relief from the courts, but
the lawyers argued that they could do
nothing for him; court could change
name, but he hadn'tany name to change.
He has applied to the Legislature for the
passage of a bill giving him n name.
The day no is named she will name
! the day.-N. \, Iribu"e.
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TARIFF OF ADVERTISING RATES.
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dollar and fifty cents per square zone inch
of space or less), for the first, and seventy
five cents for each subsequent insertion, for
any time under one month. For longer
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llr. Il. II. Richardson
fsr. T'asOs, u. .Aby,
DIR. a. II. Sllolars.

ihONK KOG, Ia,
OFFERS his professional services to the
~ cltIzcns OF Monroe. Office in his Drug
Store on Des;iard street.
september ~, 1875. w.
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MASONIC ORDER.

At the annual election held during
the past week Of all the Grand Masonic
bodies OF the state of Louisiana, the
following officers were elected and in
stalled:
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-09-28
RetMeen Two Fires.

Meeting our friend Jean Mocquard, a
day or two since, limping along with his
feet encased in a pair Of large woollen
overshoes, we said, "Hello, Jean, where
have you been for the last month ?"
"Ah, sare, one Situation miserable have
detain me to me house. Zee gout, zee
gout! | am cruelty all zee time wis dose
two feet of me. have, besides, trouble
diabolique wis my landlady and my land
lord, Madam Dobb and Mistair Dobb. If
drink somesing I suffer as do zee people
offer bad place. s'pose I not drink,
Mistair Dobb he give to me fits. So you
see I am place between what you call two
fires.
"When zee big American holiday arrive,
Mistair Dobb become extremely elevate
wis too numerous whiskey ponch. go
into me room and make Of it one fortifca-
ton. Dobb he say to me, Come out and
drink I says to him, Ny room is lock,
is fortify. no can drink. I am afraid,
you see, of Madam Dobb."
'Dobb he go away, aed presently return
and project through zee keyhole one straw
of zee rye or zee wheat, don't know, and
hello to me in one small voice zat I sail
suck ofze same. | do SO, and find one
what you call mint of zee julip at zee out
side end Of zee straw.
Il have done all can, I have fortify,
but Debb he invade me, SO | suck of zee
julip-I compromise wis zee enemy.
"Now Madam Dobb she one very ingen-
ious woman. She have perceive zee little
julip entertainment from a distance.
Presently one more straw project himself
into zee keyhole. | suck him, and, by garl
what yon sink Salt watair, by gar salt
watairI Outside I hear Madam Dobb
remark, 'Ho, no, ho ! he, he, he'
"Ah, me friend, zee situation yer dis
treesfol. am constant between two fire
-Dobb and Madam Dobb E5rginio
Enterprise
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FORT BENTON, NJ T, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER %. 1877

hunt was but indiferentlY successful
though the dog seemed to he quite indus
trious. He was long-bodied, short-leg
ged, long-tailed animal ofan old-fashioned
yellow color. He showed no desire to ride
until start was made for home, when he
came whining about, and was taken upon
the horse behind our hunter. All went
well enough for a time, but presently the
horse started of on a keen run. When
stopped he stood quietly enough, but as
soon as started up he broke into run
again, and could not be held in. Says the
old man:
"What had got into the 'tarnal eritter /
didn't know but presently, happening to
look back, Ieaught that Internal yaller dog
standin' up on alhfours, a-whippin' the
hoss jist as hard as he could lay on with
that long timber tailo' his'n ; he was bound
to get cut Of that hoss all the run there was
in him."
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Poor Biiah.

The old noanwae lo,k;na nala whom the
,ono,+ars ,nallad !. e+rannor fron
saa;.ov bod boan tbore tal.;no Il him
~ had falt of R;;ob,s nnlsa nod hin,
u.n a,4h;a 4o,,ano osl,al h;n, ,,ha. ~
c,nast;ons ,nd eo;d
u4t i no,o of 49, bns;nays of oonreo
IN, > doctor and canobt siabt If Won as
was na ss;ng tho door The nncnl;ar nal
Ior of vour face caught nv eve in an in
stant and hence these onestions Won are
ooina to die Won ora -
aW-vbat,s tbat!,, pasned the old man.
j. he sat down
nyou ara - tha varoa of tba crave
8.
uy.wbv feel well-Tm al riobt
acan,t helm how Won feel air. You are
II sad vay
SIT won't be long before the sody
viii on your coffin tall;
ana you y 0s se saIrea -, .hfe'sh ne streets
II ! bana nj doctor 4a almost IL
,.l1;.a J. t.,l.a eastoro;1 ratbar tIan d,a.,.
The strange man onened his little satcl.
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LACONICS.

4 man who has SO long to fight agains
misfortune, wants strength to meet a sud
den kindness.
Ifmankind are unhappy: it is of little
consequence what occasions the disoui
etude. Real and imaginary evils are synon
ymaus.
The world is as a cocoa-nut; there is
the vulgar outside shell good for beer
cups; and the white delicate kernel, the
real worth, food for the gods.
Never pronounce man to be a wilful
niggard until you have seen the contents
ofhis purse. The distribution should be
in accordance with the receipts.
Women are all alike. When they're
maids they're mild as milk; once make
EN- wives, and they lean their backs
against their marriage certificates, and
defy you.
There are some people who, though very
amiable IN the main, and obliging III
their Offices to others have yet that most
unhappy propensity of being gloomy over
everything.
Prudery is ten the mantle chosen to
conceal triumphant vice. Where inward
remorse prevails, there will always be a
corresponding absardity in affecting gen
uine virtue.
There IS more virtue il obsearity than
IS commonly supposed /; and perhaps there
have been nobler specimens of magnanim.
ity in low life than even the page Of his
tory can boast.
1t seems to be the business Of life to Law
by fresh cause for anxiety and discontent
by increasing our estate whereas We
should rather know how to lose it ali, and
Jet be contented.
Deceit las the effect Of impoverishiag
as vel as enriehing, men: the prodigaI
becomes poor BY pretending to BE richer
than he really is, while seeming poverty is.
he very making of d n1iser
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What Yellow Dog Did.

!. An old fellow just Ut from the Kern
River country says that one day while down
IN that region he vent out hunting. he
procured fine, gentle horse, and borrow
ed dog that vas highly recommended as
. naser-out Of almost any kind cf game,
from . quail to . fnll-grovn Buck Indian
He vas told that the dog once belonged to
some Mexicans, who had taught him to
ride, and that il case Of his becoming tired
he might be taken up Oh the horse until u
likely place for. game was reached The
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An Tnpatented Re,slelY-

Johns health was really very poor; bu
he had, | am sorry to say, unlimited faitl
in doctors and quack medicines. Accord
/ ing to his theory, there is a remedy fol
every evil which flesh is heir to; SO thai
people really need not die, and if it were
not for the obstiaaey Of human beings in
refusing to take the nauseating drugs,
cemeteries would soon be tenantlcss in.
stead, the ground might be used for fac.
tories and dwelling houses
There isuothing like the faith some men,
especially feeble ones, have in medicine.
If there was half as much real belief in the
authenticity of the Scriptures as there is in
quackery, skeptieism would soon vanish
from the land.
have known John to leave unread the
telegraphic dispatches and city gossip, in
our morning paper, and to turn first to the
advertisements ofthis medicine and that,
carefully dwelling on descriptions Of symp.
toms Of diseases, and comparing them with
his own.
Affairs were really growing serious. A
long shelf in the cellar was devoted to
empty bottles piIl-boxes were in every
drawer Of the bureau; advertisements of
medicines were pinned to every available
space on the walls Of the bedroom.
taaatba. ,,;t1, 4a.t;..a,;,l, - .,..,. .p.''''
cures. N'0''lsil''s
Meantime Johns health was ran;9lv
falling. Oflate the liver has hean his ba6
by, and DR.. A. 4 Mills bis snae;al ,a,,o5.
The worst Of Il IS. if / am little n
John stands over me with his dreadful box.
Of medicine
"A clear case Of diseased liver, savs
that monomaniae. II il lust read The svmn
toms: Liver Complaints Bil;ons D;sor
ders, etc, arise from torpidjty and conoes..
ton or liberation Of the liver Ether If
these arrangements IN the Office of tba
liver causes dark, greasy, yellow skin
yellorish eyes, a brown, sometimes whit.
ish coat To the fonana--.r,in n,nlae .hlotolo,
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His Point.

An aged man, always noted for his sol
emn advice to his friends, and his serious
bearing under all circumstances, yester.
day sat on box under a Woodward Av,
enue awning, and greeted every acquaint,
ance who passed as follows:
"say, you! I've got big thing here. y
When the man had halted, the aged
citizen would continue
"sposen kept shoe store p
eyes"
"And sposen man should come along
and predict that the price Of leather was
going up soon?'
"Yes."
"Well, sposen I invested thousand dol
lars on his prediction, and either made or
lost, to what account should | charge the
transaction 2"
No one could answer, and the old man
would chuckle and gasp and finally squeak
out:
Why, to prophet and loss, OF course
NEw-NowS HAY-A day or two ago, a
family carriage containing four ladies
halted, and one Of the females snufed the
air and cried out:
"Ah, how delicious is the scent of that
new.nlown hay !"
"Ahl ! all ah r the rest af fheta exelainl-
ed, as they elevated their noses.
A man in his shirt-sleeves was leaning
over the fence, but they did not see him
until he cried out:
IT begs your pardon, ladies, but the old
horse fell into the ditch there three days
ago and died, and | didn't find the body
till an hour ago. I've sent team to haul
it away, an I'm sorry about the smell.
Drive along a little. and you'll get to wind
ward Of the corpse"
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An Appreciated Joke.

Ata large reception given BY Mrs.
Grant, little incident happened, which
showed that General Grant can quickly
take a joke when he pleases.
The wife Of ! Western Senator, Who il
both beautiful aud witty, wished 10 leave
the blue parlor, but directly in her path
stood the President, surrounded BY quite
Z large group. Catching lis eye, Mrs. G.
laughingly asked, Mr. President, may
pass through your lines q.
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Certainly, if you are not an enemy,
responded the President
"You couldn't have anticipated enemies
from this direction said the lady, "for I
saw no pickets out
"No, madam = answered the President,
drily II rarely have occasion to send pick
cts to the rear I throw them out in ad-
vance,
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piisr.a3 mn9 is this mysterious leader ofthe Nose
sE. .'a Indians? Who i this bold.
b. S' ,y extraordinary man that terrorizes
northwest, and outmarehes, out
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sOHIelHlHS VI the kl1Q In case 0I Ialntnesa.
Father, | know, sent me down cellar for d
suitable bottle, and all / could find was
one that once had ink in it, and anotheg
half full Of fvarnish so, rather than 90 to
the expense of eamphor, bottle aud all,
we went without the whole, and no one
tainted, either. tell you, john" sai.'
getting earnest, "it is better to die with the
disease that the Lord sends than with the
poison the doctors put up for u.s.
"But just see how accurately DR.. A.
describes your case An absorption Of bile
into the blood, giving the skin and eyes a
yelloWish or greenish hue-'1'
0I'll not hear another word" I said,
angrily; i know I'm not such very
good looking woman, but when it comes to
lnsinaating that have regular snakes
eyes-ttlllztt's too much. Of course the old
doctors advertise their wares-that's the
way they get rich-it is out of the credu-
lity ofthe other people. I wish the whole
Of them were in the lunatic asylum. nv
sympathies are all with poor deluded
humanity. I pity the victims Of the quacks
from the bottom of my heart
| had spoken to John warmly; | knew
| had touched him on sensitive point.
He was a little angry but I laughed and
said that, although my liver might have
been little torpid, it was rapidly resum-
ing healthy action under the excitement
Of our talk.
Our controversy had the usual effect:
that of Strengthening each in his previous
belief.
That night John could not sleep; knew
he was thinking Of his liver. About mid
night he went to the bureau-drawer, in the
dark, futabling over my laces and collars,
swallowed something, came back, and was
soon in profound slnmber.
Next morning he said to me:
My dear,2-he called me that vet, in
spite Of your quarrel the night before
my dear, you cannot say but that medicine
did me good last night. I had such an
oppressive feeling in the chest-spch
difficulty Of breathing but I took Just one
pill, and it relieved me instantly. The ef:
feet was fairly magical
| wisely said nothing.
On getting up, | saw the familiar pill
box lying on the top of the bureau. The
cover was of. One glance filled me with
CONSERVATION; the next moment | was
ready to shrek with laughter.
John had gone to the wrong drawer.
We had 50 many pill-boxes around that |
mad used an empty one, filing it with disa-
oied shoe buttons, mostly those that had
lost their eyes and could not be of further
service. You see [ am ola saving turn,
and wish nothing wasted.
"John," | said, did you experience in
stant relieflast night?"
Indeed / dill I should not have slep
moment if had not taken that pill.
4eu see, my liver was almost coDgested,
as it were-saeh a pressure of bile"
But cut his speech short by presenting
to him the piIl-boz, and showing him its
contents.
That pill has done permanent good.
John is trying my fayorite remedies now:
a simple diet, fresh air and exercise. He
is really growing stout.-PorHosd Tran
script.
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ADVERTISING RATES.
Poetry.
THREE DEgTINIEs.

iii ri EG JE5 HIN 4 ESs
Three roses nod and talk
Across a garden walk
One, lifting up her head,
Clad all in daInask red,
Cries gayly, in her pride,
My beauty shall be seen
Adorning Beauty's queen
"And J." the blush-rose cries,
"ShaIt be the envied prize
A hyer shall convey, -...
BEFORE the end Of day,
Unto a maiden fair,
And she will kiss and wear
My bushes in her breast;
There I shall sleep and rest
"And ], the white rose sighs-
"Before the sunshine dies,
I shall lie hid from sight
Within a graves dark night;
But not in vain my bloom,
Ifl have eheered the gloom,
Or helped to soothe and bless
4 mourner's loneliness"