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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-08-31
THE POSTAL COMMITTEES.
The following circular will be read
with interest by all who take an inter

The following circular will be read
with interest by all who take an inter-
est in postal matters
New ORLEANS, Aug. %, 1877.
The undersigned, IL Committee on
Postal Relations appointed by the
Mayor of New Orleans in furtherance
of the plans and suggestions Of the
Postal Convention held in July Mt Old
Point Comfort, desire the cooperation
of other sections of the State.
We therefore suggest that the mayors
of cities and towns in the interior
should appoint committees to acquire
Information AS to-
1. Any reform or Improvement
needed in routes now established.
2. Information as to such routes as
were once established and now aban-
doned, and which should be resumed.
8. AS to new routes required.
These committees might report di-
rectly to the members of Congress from
their respective districts, or through
this committee to the Postal Commits
sion appointed by Congress.
It is the intention OF this committee
to cooperate with the Postal Commits
sion and the members OF Congress from
Louisiana, to the end that we may Sc
cure an equal snare OF the aPprOprla-
tious for the Postoffice Department,
and that our commercial and agricul-
tural interests may not longer suffer for
the want of an extended and efficient
mail service.
For the renewal of old routes or the
establishment of new ones, we would
suggest that diagrams be appended to
a petition setting forth the towns or
settlements through which the routes
should pass, the population which
would be thereby supplied, distances
between points where postoffices should
| be established, and the products of the
section.
These petitions should be as extern
sively circulated and signed as possible
by the officials and citizens of such
neighborhoods rs would be benefited
by the proposed mail facilities.
! 1t would be we'll to have = separate
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petition aud diagram for each route re-

petition aud diagram for each route re-
quired. r. -
AS to the Irregularities to be correct
ed or improvements needed, It would
be we'll to attach the certificates to the
facts stated of the postmasters along
the routes, or at least of those at the
termini of the route.
ANY member of the committee will
receive communications as to postal
business, and bring the matter to the
attention OF the committee.
To render effectual our efforts, COM
munications should be sent in without
delay, as during September the propos-
ais for bids for mail service in this
State will be prepared for publication
ON the first Of October.
Newspapers desiring to cooperate
will please publish this circular, and
endeavor to create among their con-
stituencies appreciation OF the impor-
lance of these measures.
T. UPPER, JOS. A. AIKEN =.
CHAs. CHAFFE, A. J. GoMILA,
G. l.. WALKER.
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TWO HORSE THIEVES KILLED.

On Sunday afternoon last, posse of
men, under the direction of Constable
Thos. e. Davis, started from Delhi to
the Rayville Jail with two prisoners,
Lewis and Ansel Bagley, charged with
horse stealing; and according to the
sworn statements of the posse, after
they crossed Big creek the prisoners at
tempted to make their escape into the
woods, when they were fired upon by
the posse and both instantly killed.
The posse returned to Delhi and report
ed what they had done, whereupon
Justice r. H. Dollerhide summoned a
jury and repaired to the spot where the
men were left lying, on Monday, and
held an inquest. The verdict of the
jury, now on file at the Clerks office in
this place, is in accordance with the
above facts, and to the effect that the
homicide was eXcusable.
1t seems that the BaSlcys (Or what
ever their names may have been) had
been staying about Mr.. Jas. A. Grubbs'
for some time, and had acted in such a
manner as to gain his confidence; but
to his surprise, q few days since they
stole two of his horses and made off
for Arkansas with them. They were
pursued, captured, brought back to
Delhi on Saturday evening, where
they were guarded until Sunday after
noon, when the posse started with
them for this place, as above stated
RickIU,ld Beacon
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MISCELLANEOUS.
TAMES REYNOLDS,

l AMES IL EHNOLDS,
STEAM MARBLE SAW MILLS
AND DEPOT OF
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC MARBLE,
Water st. to New Levee ST.,
River Front, bet. Washington Av. & 9Th st.
OFFICE AND wARERooMS,
Nos. l6O to 1G6 Poydras Street,
NEW ORLEANS, LA. .
Respectfully announces to the citizens of
North Louisiana that he has appointed Mr..
RICHARD FULLANI OF Monroe, La, his re-
preventative and agent for the sale of all
articles in his line of business. And having
a large and varied stock Of Manufactured
Monuments, Tonbs, Nantes and Head
Stones, Vases, Urns and every description.
of Ornamental Cemetery Work of the late :
and most elegant. designs, constantly on
hand, and employing full corps of exper-
fenced artists, is at all times ready to exc
cute orders in Il prompt and satisfactory
manner upon terms that will defy competi--
ton.
Any information that may be required
will be promptly and cheerfully furnished
by Mr.. Fullam, and all orders through him
will receive especial attention.
Aug. "a, 1877. Tins
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AN ACT

~ AN AVA .
To limit the appropriation and ex-
penditure of Parishes and Mu-
nicipal corporations; to prohibit
the issue of warrants by their Off
GERS; to permit Police Juries to
make certain contracts, and pro-
hibiting certain penalties.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives of
the State of Louisiana, in General
Assembly convened, That no Police
Jury of any Parish, nor any municipal
corporation in this State, shall make
any appropriation OF money for any
year, which appropriation or appro-
priati0ns of the same year, shall be in
excess of the actual revenue of said
Parish or municipal corporation for
that year. 49, ..~s... g..
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That no Police Jury of any Parish or
municipal corporation in this State
shall approve any claim or make any
expenditure which shall separately, or
together with other claims approved or
expenditures made, be in excess Of the
actual revenues of that year.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
That the revenues Of the several Par
ishes and municipal corporations of
this State, of each year, shall be de-
voted to the expenditures of that year;
provided, that any surplus OF said re-
venues may be applied to the payment
of the indebtedness offormer years.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, etc.
That the Police Juries of the several
Parishes in this State may and are
hereby authorized and empowered to
to contract for fixed and determined
sums of money with those officers who
received in compensation for services
under existing laws, fees, commissions
or mileage from said Parishes; provid-
ed, the compensation allowed shall not
exceed fifty per centun1 of the fees al
lowed by the laws of the State. n.-
SEC. 5. he it further enacted, etc.,
That no {eviience of Indebtedness orr
warrants for the payment OF money
shall, after the first day of October,
eighteen hundred and seventy-seven,
be issued by any officer of any Par
ish or municipal corporation in this
State, except against money actually in
the treasury of said Parish or NUM-
ctpal corporation. Any person violating
the provisions of this section shall, on
conviction, be punished by imprison-
ment or fine, or both, at the discretion
of the court; provided, that this Sec
ton shall not apply to the certificates
issued to jurors and witnesses for their
services in the courts. go.
SEC. s. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That all laws in conflict with this act
are hereby repealed.
(Signed) LOUIS BUSH,
Speaker of House of Representatives.,
(Signed) LOUIS A. WILTz,
Lieut.. Gov. and President of the Senate.
Approved March %, 1877.
(Signed) FRANCIS T. NICHOLS,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy: ...
WILL A. STRONG,
Secretary of State.
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NEGRO ORGANIZATION.

we ma In the Shreveport Times the
following serious account of a model
organization Of freedmen in Shreve-
port. We suggest, as an Improvement
on the charter of the sisity, that no
member shall sell groceries or real
estate for more than one per cent profit,
and that In the sscultivation of litera-
ture and science'' the members shall
use Brinly's subsoiler:
Some time ago movement was set
ON foot among the colored people of
this city to organize q colony to emf
crate to Liberia. The movement had
several very strong advocates in the
city, but they did not meet with much
encouragement in the rural districts.
hence the movement fell through,
Quite recently, DIR. Cromwell aud a
number of prominent colored men set
to work to organize an association for
the aid and protection of their own
race, to invite immigration to our State
and to foster all kinds of industries.
The movement was very popular, and
1t the objects set forth in the constitu-
ton and bylaws are faithfully carried
out, II will enure, not only to the bene-
tit OF the stockholders, but to the entire
~~~S~s A~S9sOAuS1yS q uuuAOSE Ol the sign.
ners met at the Office of DIR. r.. I. Croln-
we'll, and went into an organization
aud election of officers. The name and
style of the organization is, ssThe Ne
gro Union Cooperative Aid Associa.
tion," with its dOmicile in this CITY.
The capital stock has been fixed at
$4,000 in shares of $25 each. The fol-
lowing named parishes are included in
the provisions and privilege OF the char
ter: CaddO, Bossier and De Soto.
The following are the principal OBJ
jects of this associations:
ARTICLE 5-1st-TO buy and sell
groceries and dry goods, etc., in
Shreveport, La. 2d-To lease and Gull
tivate lands or farms. 3d-To select
government lands and aid the men,
bers to locate and settle thereon; to pub
iish q newspaper in Shreveport, La.
4th-The cultivation of literature and
science and the mutual Improvement
OF the members and those who may be
brought within the influence of the as
ISOLATION, and to that end to maintain
a social and remunerative organiza-
ton, under whose auspices a library
and an annual course of lectures can be
sustained. 5th-To encourage immi-
grafton to this State; to buy and sell
real estate.
ARTICLE 6-To give advice; obtain
for the taborer good and sufficient con-
tracts; purchase supplies; sell crops and
Keep a labOrers, account and exchange
offices.
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MONROE La, August l5 1877.
hereby give notice to the tax-y,ayers of
Ouachita parish that the assessment rolls
OF 1877 have been completed and are now
filed in the Recorders office of this parish
where they will be exposed for inspection
for thirty days as required by law.
tt T. z. SHELTON, Assessor.
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how would the Legislature dispose of
peopossl aaAendments? We presume
the members OF the Legislature, AZ SEN
sible representatives, would prefer to
hear directly from their several con-
stitaencies. At least, we should. The
cost Of discussing amendments In the
Legislature, at % per day, and publish
ing the proceedings and Publishing the
amendments in each parish In the
State, ali of which and more would be
necessary to submit amendments,
would not fall far short OF the cost Of a
constitutional convention. It would
be unreasonable to- expect the Legisla-
ture to reduce the per diem Of its MEM
bers from eight to four dollars per day,
but 1t Is reasonable that Constitution
al Convention might reduce the pay to
- per diem, as It was before the war.
There should be other reductions In the
pay of State officials and In Parish OH
cials, and when the whole saving would
i,e summed up, the people OF Louisiana
could congratulate themselves that the
in vestnent In q Convention was the
best one Of their lives.
The TELEGRAPH maintains, rs it set
out to maintain, that there is no re-
demption In Louisiana until the pres
emit aLominable Constitution is wiped
out, It was one of the greatest blum
ders of the Legislature that, at the very
moment the members knew they were
safe In their seats, they did not enact
new laws for the management Of cleo
lions, and then call = convention of the
people to enact new Constitution.
Instead OF doing this-a very impera-
tive duty-we read of Acts after Acts
u dozen in number, and not an Act to
call the people In convention to frame
an organic law.
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Many leading members of both bran
ches OF Congress have appealed to the
President to revoke his proclamation
calling an extra session in October, con-
sldering the session unnecessary. 1t is
said the President says he made the
call after maturely considering all
points, and there are good reasons why
an extra session should be called,
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A flour superior to "Crown -
scholars & Keys Best" by new pro-
cess, from New Wheat.
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August, 1877.

A few weeks since Mr.. Thomas
Winn, residing near Collinsburg, in
Bossier parish, was shot and killed by
some unknown party while sitting at
a window of his residence just after
dark. -Donuldsonrille Chief.
Well what occurred since Mr.. Winn
was shot and killed Was not Mr..
Winn shot aud killed n few weeks
ago?
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The press and printing material
lately used In publishing the Homer
lliad have been purchased by Messrs.
A. McCranie aud J. H. Simmons, who
have leased the same to Mr.. b. ID.
Harrison without any restriction ex-
cept that the material and press shall
be used in publishing Democratic
newspaper. Under this arrangement
Mr.. Harrison, rs Publisher, has issued
the first number of the Claiborne
Guardian, a copy of which ia before us,
with the name of our friend Drayton
e. Hayes as editor. The Guardian Is
II very well-printed sheet, showing ex
cellent taste and skill mechanically,
and both ability and industry in the
editorial department. We wish the
Guardian an abundant harvest.
Mr.. Blackburn, leaving the Had,
and Homer also, has Issued II prospectus
for the publication of n paper in Min
den, the scene Of his first journalistic
iabors in Louisiana, now many long
years ago. Blackburn has wandered
after strange gods since he first settled
down In Minden-has not been as
charitable, especially to young men, as
ne might have been; has been down
aud up, but still lives, and purposes
publishing the Statesman in Webster
parish, with the motto, we infer, 81
still live" We cheerfulty give place
to his prospectus, end we trust with
better grace than Blackburn Of the
Louisiana Herald welcomed McCranie
Of the Southern Times In 1867:
NEW PAPER IN MINDEN.
1 have at my disposal a full and
complete outfit for n tirst-class country
newspaper establishment, and l pro-
pose to take charge of 1t and start a
paper in Minden, Webster parish, La,
to be called the "Webster Statesman
1t will be a first-class paper in every
respect-iarge and neatly printed, and
carefully and attentively edited; de-
voted especially to the advancement of
the section in which 1t is published,
and to the whole State in general. 1
have squit the printing business" in
Homer, for reasons binding If not sat
isfactory, but have no disposition to
leave the State of Louisiana-oneo of the
best il not the very best State in the
Union; but would much like to spend
the brief balance Of my days in aiding
to develop her great natural resources
aud making glad once more her idle
and waste places. And in no other
way could 1 aid in doing this 40 effect
ualiy AS ut the head of a newspaper.
Hence l make this proposition, in
every degree of candor and good faith,
and with the most kindly and mutual
purpose in view.
As to politics, 1 have and have had
no interest nor desire at variance with
any patriotic man of any race, and
shall ever seek to strive with the best
of the land to keep the reins of govern
ment in the hands of the most virtuous
and the most intelligent.
The price of the paper Will be 81 per
annum, no subscription to be paid until
the paper is received and pronounced
satisfactory.
| w. JASPER BLACKBURN.
AuplSt 1877
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NORTH LOUISIANA STAGE LINE.
TIME. FARE
AND RATE OF FREIGHT SCHEDULE.

Freight and passengers registered at The
Office at the Monroe House.
j. ID. EMERSON,
Aug. p, 1877. Superintendent.
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Z And now New York city sends a
colored cadet to West Pointl
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in this way in one year will more than
cover the entire expenses of the com
ventfOn. -BakOn Rouge AdvOcate.
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THE STEAMER
TO NJ PA Il K T. K,

JoE MUIR, Master.
Leaves Monroe every week, connecting
with through New Orleans boat during the
entire lOw-Nater season.
l.. w. SURGHNOR, Agent,
August II, 1877. '' Monroe, La.
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VICKSBURG, SHREVEPORT
AND
TEXAS RAIL ROAD
10 49, ;jsiE sas;fI@:@

OFFICE OF RECEIVER IL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Monroe, April !, 1877. !
On and after Saturday, 7th instant, trains
OH this Road will run as follows:
Leave Monroe daily at .............G.OO A. NJ.
Arrive at Monroe, 200 p Nj.
Close connection made at Vicksburg with
trains OF Vicksburg q Meridian X. r., for
points North and Fast, and for New Orleans
at Delta with Steamboats, for all landings
on the Mississippi River.
j. w. GREEN,
Receiver and Superintendent.
May q, 1885,
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NEW ORLEANS

NEW ORLEANS ..
OUACHITA RIVER TRANSPORTATION
COMPANY.
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TOR SALE CHEAP
A LARGE NEW IRON SAFE,
Halls Patent, double-door.
II. ID. KING,
49:4t DeSiard ST., Monroe, La.
A SCISSORS NOTICE.

49:4t
The daily gazette., 1877-12-27

OINNER AT THE AIMS House -
though the kind liberality of the Tras-
Ices OF the Poor the inmates of the Aims
house were treated to bountiful suppiy
0i roast turkey, celery, and all the neces-
saly side dishes calculated to make a first
class Christmas dinner. The inmates
sat down about 1870 O'Clock, and it is
hardly necessary to say they enioyed
themselves to. their hearts content. About
one hundred pounds of turkey were re-
quired for the dinner.
acceptable PreSents.-Miss Kate Clax-
ION, who performed in Wilmington on
saturday night last, is now in Baltimore.
ana made neat Christmas present to
the members OF her company on Christ
mas eve. At the close Of the performance
cach OF tie seventeen members of the
company was presented with a package
OF Wtetn eats, which, upon being orened.
was FOUND TO contain ten-dollar piece,
The OrphanS' Fnr.-The fair for tbe
benefit OF the Catholic orphans of this
city, opened at Institute II all last even
!Eg under the auspices of the various
Catnohc Churches. The attendance was
good, aud VIII doubtless continue so, as
numerous attractions are offered in the
way OF useful aud fancy articles for sale.
doyEREoR CcLQuIrr, Of Georgia, has
lIsuru his proclamation declaring that
L. " constitution is now of force and
eject that Atlanta is the capital of the
STATE OF Georgia, and that the homes
sl'ad article is a part of the organic
.aw
The daily gazette., 1877-12-27
THE BRITISH GRAIN TRADE.
Business Confined to the Iam te Re-
quirements Of tie MilIers.

Business Confined to the Inam te Re.
QuirementS Of the Millers
LONDON, Dec. 25.-The Mark Lane Ex-
press of this week In its review of the
British corn trade says: "The aspect of
the winter-sown wheat plant gives rise
to no complaints, but its TOO rapid devel-
opment may render it more sensitive to
the action of frost later on. In the pres
ent scarcity of roots and winter fodder.
the weather and the greenuess of the
pastures are favorable for stock farmers.
The approach of the holidays has exer-
cised the usual quieting effect upon the
grain trade. Business has been confined
to the supply of the immediate require
mentS of millers, and, as a rule, prices
have been fairly sustained. Large arri-
walls from American Atlantic ports, in "A
few instances, led to a slight reduction
but 1T has been scarcely quotable, and
as the Baltic ports are now closed, there
Is no alteration in Russian wheat. The
stocks ON hand are, however, large, and
tine imports from India show no diminu-
non, while the export movement con-
tnues fairly active, and healthy tone
anlmates the market In maize last
weeks prices for grinding have been
fully supported. Barley and oats have
given way slightly"
The daily gazette., 1877-12-27
A FAIR STATEMENT.

We have been interetted in looking
over a report on the Texas and
Pacific Railroad, and make no
apolgy for occupying SO much space
upon the subject.
This route is claimed to bring
San Francisco seventy-six miles
nearer New York, two hundred and
fifty-three miles, to Charleston
and sixty-eight miles nearer New
Orleans.
San Diego is nearer Now York
by four hundred and twenty-three
miles, to Charleston by seven
hundred and fifty, and to New
Orleans by twelve hundred miles.
This route is five hundred miles
nearer to China, Japan and the
South Pacific Islands. The richest
mineral regions on the continent
will pay their tribute of geld and
silver when facilities are made
available for Shipment, and the
traffic in ores, bullion and mer-
chandise will become immense
Salem Mass. Register.
The daily gazette., 1877-12-27
THE STARTLING 1NrEL1IaENoE !

The STARTLING INTELLIGENCE is
supplied by Senator Conkling's Utica
organ that Senator Patterson is {.
another victim of Southern BULLDOG
ing," and should he die champion
and Butler will only have added
another murder to their long cata-
logue of crimes" How Senator
Conkling can allow President Hayes
to encourage the atrocious crimes we
cannot see. If the New York Sen
ator doesn't hurry back to Washing
ton every carpet-bag Senator III the
United States will be bulldozed into
a sick bed.