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Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-01-19
HISTORICAL.

(CisciSxaH Gasste Eer Oresms Lefser.l
But there IL One novelty there I
never heard any Of the fiat. boat.
men tell of-an old negro, on the
Chalrnette place, who remembers
all about the hattle-an was an
eyewitness. He isn't q day over
sixty years old, but he remembers
the battle NIL the same, AMI gives
u somewhat more graphic accOunt
Of II than IL confirmed in cnrrent
histories. Here il all I can r..
narmlrr oft ayes, sal, ; yea, sah I;
! was right heah, anl Mssl it a;l.
" str Ginral jackson hc come
down along hral., and fo' q five
dem Brhlislsehs slry crep down dat
ride 'la fence: aud one slipjnsl trOO
on 0imral jackson, aud tried to
cut him down de hack vida razor.
Den I've turm r0um' and fist swing
his big 6St an'l,e knock dat Br,l.
isl'ct clcsr fr0O dat iencU y scc
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-01-19

OVER R-PRODrCTION.--Canae rs.
sigDesl for ron. Unemployment of the
people. and consequent "har', times.
Catherine Grover died for want ri
proper nourishmcnt. in n miserable
attic. ~ South Waren-st. Baby,
fifteen months old. Husband. work.
ing for two dollars q week - Trenton,
New Jersey, papers, November,
Is77.
Income "f a silver.mine owner IN
Nevada, twenty five dollars n mimi.
te.- -Asnesicnn papers, December,
The earth Il the I.ord's, and the
fnllness thereof. - Bible.
Thompson.st. family starving
New York papers.
Feed 70 my sheer.-Christinr
Scriptnrea.
A woman In room 81, of the Ash.
ley building, starved to death.
Child, reduced to a skeleton. HIS.
hand, feeble and helpless st. Louis
papers, Decemle-, 1877.
"Abundant harvest"--President's
Messnge, Dec. ~.
FROM the True AmericaN, Tren.
ton, New-Jcisey.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-01-19

journals Of the day: journals in
whose pages are to I've fOundn prompt
and true record of everyrlement of
progress in the practice If medicine
and surgery. A physician who does
not and will not do this is unworthy
of the anppOrt and rsrect Of any
community. In taking medical
journals, il il hest to secnre those
which are we'll known and thorough.
~ established. Among these are to
I've ranked the "RichmOnd anil I.Onis-
vile Medical Journal" and the
"Amrrican Medical Bi-Weckly :"
both of them edited by DR.. +. s.
Gaillar,l, Of Louisville. Kentucky.
The first il n monthly: l.2M large
pngcs annually; beautifully issued
on tinted paper; Illustrated; and has
now r. arl,rd its twenty fifth volume.
Its ~ontribntors are among the most
prominent physicians Of this conn
try. and tie work is q mirror of mo-
drrn medicine aud surgery. Its
price. postage paid. is s5.95 annual
ly. The Bi-Weekly has reached its
eighth volume. II Is equally well
issned. and is n most valuable work.
costing for 62O double pages only
s3.lC annually /; postage included.
We are anthorized ~ say that any
one not n aubscriler to these jour
mails, can obtain them on the follow.
ing unpreceeding terms, viz, hy
sending tn the editor of this paper
the annual subscription price of the
paper. less one dollar, and four doll.
ara additional. the paper aud the
Journal will be sent fnr one year,
postage paid. This q clear gain tO
the subscriber cf S2.2j. Bnt to ma
ke the offer through this paper still
more liberal. there will he sent to
every such snbscrihrr to this Jour-
nal Kolera complete work M EURO
nology," with six l~antifnl steel en-
gravings. So that each physician
taking advantage If this offer gains
s3.O thereby. The same. offer is
made !. behalf II the Bi.Wrrkly if
e2.W for Il We arnt tc this office and
the work on "Ur"n0lOgy" will he
sent to each snbscriber rs q present.
Such offers are unprecedented.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-01-19
ECLIPNES, 1873.

Thesc will be tour Eclipses thi'
ysar-two ri the Sun, and two of the
MoGn and . transit af Mercury Ovel
the SMG's disc.
]. An Annnlar Eclipse of the Snn
Feb. 2. Ip-isible. Visible to Austria
liz.
II. A Partial Eclipse of the Moon
Feb. u. Visible, except son'e part
Of EnroI'c and Africa.
III. A Total Eclipss IT the Snn
Jsly "a. This Eclipse will l'e total
near tO = line drawn through Kimgs.
TIM, Jamsaica Galveston, Texas
Demver, Colorado Virginia City,
Montana; aud Behring's Straits, run
ming into Siberia.
u w. A Partial Eclipse u the Moon
Ang. u. visible to portions ri oil
tlss C0ntlneMta.
v. A TraMsit Of M~rcnry, May 6
viaihls to . large porti"n II TN
world.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-01-19

dab! Den pIckmmn he crcp down
along Ivy some cotton bales, an
tried tO slip mp on Ginral Jackson.
But Ginral Jackson he sce,l his
head over lie cotton bale, anl he
Jest went for him! Lawd, how de
fiall hQO from d'r soalIjS! was
right h. nh, whar I'm standin' dis
mi. it. Well. reckon it was 'aiWnt
tree in de afternoon when dey went
at it, AMI day fit an fit till nigh
onto dirk. den Ginral Jackson got
in - big lick and knock Packmun
in de ditch, and cnt oft his head
with one lick, and dat ended il. I
WAS hcah, sab, and seed it ALL"
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-01-19
IMPORTANT TOPHYSICTAN Ms
UNPRECEDENTED OF,PER.

Thongh the times arc stringent
and srssWom'y h proper f"r all, no
physician In practice ram honestly
abstain from giving to tlo~~ who ~m.
plsyy vlms tlss brat aid which a,rslical
arlsnce Misssvla. And ~ each mouth
esMsvil,ntss asnusthing valuable Ia
the s~assWrc~s Of the medical prOfrss.
i"m. sll who employ = physician have
the riglst 3. expect that they will r..
csiv~ ftUm him every p,ssiblc nd.
vaMtaRr which l'is profession alls'rsls.
~ Vhysiriam can pssssil,ly give to his
Isat,OWs I'LL of the practical mslvanta.
gsa Wf Wsesliesl srirmce unless l,e
keeps hiwsarlf faithfully informed ~
tn the pr.xreaa ssf that scirncc; am,l
thi. can Only l,s accomplished hy hi.
regularly sa@dyi"g the tcst G'c,lical
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-01-19
VICK'S
FLOWER AID VEGETABLE GARDEN

world. II contains nearly 10 pages. hum
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vick's Caiaicgse,-;Oo illustrations. only 2
ccats.
Aslslress. JAMES WICK. Rorheatcr. n. Y.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-01-19

There M been recently incOr.
pOratesl IN Boston an association
ot teachers and others interested
in the introduction Of the Metric
weights and measures, under the
name Of the AmericaH Metric BM.
reaM. Art. 2 OF its constitution
reads m follows:
1.-THE object Of this Bureau shall
le tO disseminate information con.
cerning the Metric System; to M.
&c lts early adoption +; and to bring
about actual intrOs!uctiOns where.
ve, practicable. To this emil it will
secure the delivery Of addresses ;
publish articles; circulate hooks.
pamphlets and charts; distribute
SCALES and measures (; introduce
the practical teaching Of the sys.
tenn in sch0ols; and in all proper
ways, an far as the means at its
disposal will allow, the Bureau
will urge the matter upon the at.
te"tion of the American people till
they shall join the rest Ofths. world
IN the exclusive nSe Of the Inter.
national Decimal Weights aud
Msasnrcs."
This bureau already includes
among its members many Of out
prominent educators, and its mum.
l'ers are rapidly increasing. An
Office has le~m opened Mt Is T-r.
mont place, Boston, anslas sOOn IA
suitable arrangements can be ma.
de-, branch offices are tn be open.
esl ~ New York, Philadelphia,
ChicagO. and other central lOcali.
ties, where all persons interested
are invited To call or tO write free.
" In regard to any matter pertain.
ing to the work Of the Bureau.
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VICK'S
Flower and Vegetable Seeds

TEA. SEG
viek's Catalogue. Illustrations, only
? cemts.
vSekis lHsssraarf MosGkly Magnsims. ~
pages AW~ Illustrations. and Col rrd Plate
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vek's Flosxr and veSeAubls Garssu. 20
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And my qualifications arc printed In En-.
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Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-01-19

Steamboat Siirer City M,kc hcI
wheel shaft last week and had tn lay
mp for repairs. Captain Ransom in.
fSs,us M That he will come np next
Monday aud that his bMst will con.
tinne her regular trips In the Coast
and DonaldsOmvills trade.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-01-19
VICK'S
ILLUSTRATED PRICED CATALOGUE

Seventy five Jsacrs-:OO illustrations. with
Descriptions If thousands If the best
Hlowrrs aud Ir.rt,,lrs in the world. and
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gl.sh.
Viek's FiSs~rr and Vegetable GarsieM. 81
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vjek's W.sfr~ied Monthly Magazines!
pa~es. fine Illusi ratious. and C"lOr,sl Plate
In every nnm,~r. Price Si.2j a year; Five
copies far sj0.
Address. JAMES WICK. Rochester. n. Y.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-01-19

Mias Liae Perret. Of St. John the
Bapttst, died In NJ n Orleans on the
llth wlt. At the age of ~ years. Her
remaina were deposited in the Gene.
tasy II 1t. John the Baptist Church
lsse Ruaday morning.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-01-19
SHERIFF'S SALES.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
PARISH or ST. .IOuN THE BAPTIST.
Parish Court.
Nucce ssion of Dr. GMstare Cha.
baud d. Community.
NO. 249--
L. DEPOoRrsR Attorney.

Ny virtue of and in obedience to an order
Is, and To me directed by the Honorable
In, Parish Court Of thi. Parish. ! will offer
on the premises hereinafter de-cribe'l. nj
public auction, 10 the highest bidder, "n
SATURDAY. the 10Th day Of JtNCAEY.
1873, at u o'clock A. N.
Five Horses. Two Carriages and harness.
Or" Lot If Medicines. and other movables.
Also a certain tract of land situated in this
Parish. on the right hank oi the Mississippi
river measuring ninety nine feet and four
inches. more ~ less front on said river.
bounded on the upper line by the prop, ~ of
Nsssrx. T. Wth-e 4 Co. on the lower line
by that Of Mr. jules Joseph. and !, the rear
bv tbr' of Mr.. Cla:rville Webrc. the said lof
having d.pth Of one arpent and one fourth.
more or less.
Which tract Of land is To he .old in ts"
distinct portions known as Lot No. ! and
Lot NJ. ,. Lot M. having 20 feet, and Lot
No o'9 feel insLrs. more or less, front on
thu liver. with the above depth.
Also one carriage house and one corn
house.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
Cash on the spot. in L. s. Treasury Notes.
bc pail bv the purchasers.
Shrrih-s Office. Parish Of st. John the
Baptist, December stl. 1871.
JOS. T. BCRCARD.
S,lcc'7. Sheriff.
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EVERY BOX WARRANTED:

$1Oa $25 E ~ .sy y1s.s;:::;;;s: :s:: %;s:
omr Chronos. Crayons, and Reward, Motto,
Scripture Text, Transparent, Picture and
Chrome Cards. 100 samples. worth d, sent
postpaid for s5c. Illustrated Catalogue free.
J. u. BCfFORDSS SONS, BOSTON. Estab.
lished 1850. 23at'7ly.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-01-19
Local Items.

Thanks to the officers of stea Mera
Blxe WiSy and Mary Ida for files Of
New Orleans l'apc 3.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-01-19
TERMS:

Cash IN the spot. In U. 4. Trcaanry Notes
Sheri6a Office. Parish of ~. John IN,
Baptist, December .s,tn, 1877.
JOS. I. BURCARD.
"ict. Sheriff
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-01-19

I'm. jill. DESLATTES returns thanks to
those who have kindly offered him the prac-
ficc of the late DR. Chahau,l. and informs
the public that he has located in the vicinity
of the Court House and the late residence Of
Dr. Chal,aud. ld17.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-01-19
ESTRA Az.

Was driven IN the Pound Of the i;h Wari
fron, The field az I,a,'le Iaplacc ON the 9th
slay of December l>s1. ONE DARK RED
cow and 'er CALF.
More tllaa ten days havi ing elapsed and no
one claiming the said Cow and Calf. alihough
due notice has been given ~ tire law directs.
] will prreed to .ell the same ut public
auction. on
TUESDAY. JANUARY ?.nd 1873,
At u O'CLOck 4. ~.
ut the 5th Wari Poun.l. Ia this Parish nj
Felix v cknairs place.
TERMS:
Cash on the spot.
Parish of 81. John the BAPTIST. January
l2fh. 4. j. 1879 JOHN HALL.
iJy2t. Syndic 9Th Ward.
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List OF Letters
remaining at Edgar P. o.
I....... "a 0lel

Bonneville Leo
D'Arensl'Ourg Gnstavo
Hunter I.Onis
Hyme' I.onis
Hymri =.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-20
SOUTHERN REPRESENTATIVES.

The Representatives sent from the
South, since the Republican rule OF
carpet-baggers and bayonet has ended,
are of such sort as to convince the un-
prejudiced people of the North that, If
we are to judge of the tree by the fruit,
in accordance with Divine precept, the
change has been most blessed and
beautiful. The gang of stupid, MERGE
nary rogues has given place to gentle
men of ability and culture, and instead
of shame mantling the cheek of the
patriot at roll call of ignorant negroes
aud low, dishonest whites upon the
floors of Congress, we have from end
to end of the conquered country a rep
resentation of men who are feared by
the Republican party, not because of a
solid South, but for that it is made up
of the courage, intellect and honor
which entitled it to leadership. If the
ballot boxes were stuffed and the isno'
rant intimidated, it is the only part o.
our land where stuffing and intimida'
ton result in giving us lawmakers
who. through their integrity and intel
ligence, have claims to be considered
statesmen Washington Capital.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-20

from maintaining any of the supposed
causes of action which they mentioned.
Judge Ludlow, when the matter
came up before him yesterday for ar
gument, said that as he had been,
years ago, counsel for the heirs, he did
not think he should sit to hear IT..
Ex-Judge Brewster, representing the
Board Of City Trusts, requested the
Judge to sit, but as the other side ex.
pressed the desire to have the argument
before a full bench, Judge Ludlow
suggested that as the case would go K
the Supreme Court anyhow, PR
foy7nu decree be entered sustaining thu
demurrer. This was acquiesced in ant
| the decree was so entered.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-20

Hamburg (Ark.) Times: The cal
endar clock man sold to the people OF
Ashley county 6s clocks at $36 each,
making the sum of $2,44s carried off
from our people to enrich some huge
Yankee factory. just think of it {:
S2,4lS buried in clocks! Is it any
wonder that our people are poor and
have their noses to the grind-stone
Remember, too, that Il very good time
piece can be bought for $3.50 to 50.
Let us see what the price of calen-
dar clock, 1886, will buy to-day in st.
Louis in the way of family supplies
1t would buy ten barrels of good flour,
or five barrels of pork. If the pur-
chaser wanted to mix it, he could buy
two barrels flour, 200 pounds bacon
soap enough to keep him clean fol
twelve months. But instead of al
this, he preferred a calendar clock
DE g,tsti6us non est disputo'ad,tm.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-20
OFFICIAL PRINTING.

While the Legislature has done
much to improve the tone and to m
crease the responsibility and indepen-
dence Of OUR rural press by the abolition
of the infamous Radical printing law,
vet we think that in justice to a pro-
fessfon as honorable as any, they ought
to have gone step further, and lett
publishers of country newspapers en-
tirely free as regards rates OF adver-
Using.
We concele, that as regards State
printing, to be paid for by the state,
Of which there is annually a very large
quantity to be performed, 1t - not only
lust end proper that such works should
he let out to the lowest bidder, which
saves the State money and, at the
same time, leaves a margin to the con-
tractor.
An editor is not, and cannot properly
be considered public officer, and he
should no more he forced to work at
certain rates than the butcher and ba-
ker can be forced to buy or sell at pre-
scribed prices. He has as good q right
to place his own price upon his own
work as has the carpenter and black
smith his press is his own, and thu
LEGISLATURE has no right to regulate tn
compensation for the work it turn
} out. The injustice of this law become
clear when we reflect that it stipulate
the same rates for work done in a hun
dred different offices, in which tn
: cost of production must be wldel'
divergent. In some Instances Tn
profit may be 80 small! as to be unfal
, to the printer; in others he may b
enabled to work cheaper, but will nc
/ not do It, because he is entitled by Ia,
to higher rates, and the public are tn
the losers.
There is no good reason for an.
"Printing Law' whatsoever. Let
! be repealed !-Zs1re6one Progress.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-20
AFTER GIRARD'S ESTATE.
philadelphia Record

philadelphia Rccord.l
Fourteen heirs-at-laW OF Stephen
Girard, seven of whom arc citizens OF
France and the others of Pennsylvania,
have brought a bill in equity against
the city of Philadelphia and tho Di-
rectors Of the City Trust to recover the
real estate owned by Stephen Girard in
Philadelphia ut the time of his death
and the payment of all surplus income
above the expenses of Girard College
for the past twenty years. The bill
sets forth the devise of the real estate
in question for the purposes of the
charity, etc.. !; AYERS that the defendants
have had possession since Girard's
death, and that plaintiffs are entitled
to its possession because the contingent
cies on which the devise was made to
rest had failed.
The heirs claim that the bill limited
the number OF orphans to be accom-.
modated in Girard College, but thai
the Board Of City Trusts is now putting
up additional buildings for the accom-
mediation of more orphans; that tn,
Girard College has been completed t,
the full extent designed by Stephe,
Girartl; that the devise was Vol,
which Girard made applying all sui
plus income over and above the amour
required for the maintenance of til
college to municipal purposes, an
that this surplus belongs to the heir
at-law after the lawful purposes of tt
college have been fulfilled.
The defendants demurred to the bi
setting up that the bill was not file
until upward of 46 years after the pr
bate of the will, and the plaintiffs we
therefore barred by the lapse of tin
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-20

WAsHINGToN, Dec. 13th.-Senator
Eustis and Representatives Elan, Ellis
and Robertson of Louisiana have signed
a statement announcing that they have
examined into the charges made
against the social character of Congress
man Acklen by an affidavit In the
possession of III. l.. Smith and they
pronounce most cmphatically that the
charges made against Mr.. Acklen are
entirely without foundation and base
attack upon his character. Congress
men Foster of Ohio, Frye OF Maine,
Calkins and Cobb OF Indiana, Money
of Mississippi, aud Yeates of North
Carolina, who were requested to ex-
anime the evidence submitted to them
in the same case, give rs their inevita'
BILE conclusion that the charge was
maliciously made and had no founda'
ton in fact.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-20

There is visible smile on the face
of the country, from Passamaquoddy
to Alaska, at the bare idea of President
Hayes presuming to rise in meeting
and rebuke election frauds, and OF all
other places, too, in the State of Louis
iana.-BoSton Post.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-20

"A Paris reporter, describing duel,
says: seThe witnesses placed the two
adversaries at an equal distance from
each othcr.'
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-12-20
MISCELLANEOUS.
nERKsu1RE AND ESSEX PIGS.

Thoroughbred and acclimated. Without
donht the hest breed for the South. The
Subscriber breeds from the finest and best
bred imported Berkshires and their pro
CHESTER Cardiff, )" "Robin Hood, )" "Toplash,"
astumpy Sweet ssve .%s head s or the
har5 Stock entered for the third " lume
"American Berkshire Swine Record" where
mono but Thoroughbred stock are adn,i NJ leo;
Pigs for sale at all times, as good rs can
DO found in the United States. Price,
boxed and delivered at Trenton. or Monroe
La, SIS per pair.
For further particulars, address
Dotc,.svilyc. Union Parish, La.
References given if desired.
! February %, 1878. ~
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-05-23

Last Monday, May 20, the first
new wheat arrived at st. Louis, from
Dallas, Texas. It graded No. 4, and
sold at auction at 81 %.
A terrific storm passed over
Vicksburg, Miss, Saturday night,
18th May, unroofing many houses.
No lives lost. Velocity of wind, IS
miles an hour; II inches rain fell in
two hours.
After July LIST the daily mail SER
vice between Shreveport and Red
River Landing will be reduced to
three times a week. Efforts are
being made to persuade the Post
office Department that we not only
need daily mail over that route,
but a much faster one.
Senator Kellogg introduced an
amendment to the River and Har-
Dor bill, appropriating $4,000 for
the improvement of the Falls in
Red River, at Alexandria, La,
The Senate Committee on Com.
merce reported against the bill au.
thorizing the North Louisiana Rail-
road Company to build a bridge
across Red River, at Shreveport,
and Ouachita River, at Monroe.
The army appropriation bill calls
for twenty millions of dollars, and
10000 men. Too much, by half.
The House defeated the PROPOSE
ton to subsidize q line of steamships
between New Orleans and Brazil.
Eustis introduced another bill in
the Senate providing for a semi
monthly service between those ports.
Mr.. James DeLong::was recently
murdered in the Black Hills, Wye
ming Territory. He was formerly
employed in the Telegraph Office, at
Shreveport, La. Murderer unknown.