The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-04-19
A NEGRO MANS HOARD.

A NEGRO MANS HOARD.
The Wilmington (DeI.) Republican
says: "On Saturday last n decrepid
old colored man came into the Farmers
Bank, of Delaware, and surprised the
officers by handing them a rusty old
bag in which was about 81 900 in specie,
5000 being in gold dollars chiefly and
the balance in silver. The bag, of
course, was heavy, and although tho
colored man who brought it was known
as IL regular depositor at the bank OF
money in notes, from time to time,
some surprise was manifested that he
should have brought SO much specie
at one time. In answer to interroga
! lions the colored man said he lived
near the canal between Summit Bridge
and KirkwOOd, that he was now some-
where between seventy and ninety
years old, and that he had worked on
the canal ever since he was young
man, and that he had been saving up
his money for great number of years,
he could not tell how many, and that
the only place he had for its secretion
was up an old chimney. Some of the
silver gave evidence Of the truth of
what the old gentlemen said, for it
was black and smoked, and had evil
IDENTIFY lain Il long time in one position
without even having been turned
over. He was asked why he had not
sold the gold when it was bringing
such high price during the war, but
he expressed surprise to think it had
ever been worth more than a dollar,
| and could not see why ono dollar
should be worth more than another.
Under the instruction of Mr.. Robinson,
the cashier, tho colored man took his
800 in gold up to Robinson & Co.,
where he sold it for one per cent, pre-
MUM, which it was bringing, after
which he made full deposit at the
farmers Bank
Official returns state that the Russian
losses in killed and wounded during
the late war amounted to 80, 3O4 officers
and men. Among these were ten
Generals killed and eleven wounded.
One Prince of the Imperial family and
"a members of the higher nobility of
| Russia fell on the field of battle. OF
the wounded, 36, 1924 are already per-
fectly recovered, and 10000 more will
be able to leave the hospitals during
the next few weeks. The proportion
of killed and wounded to the total
number engaged was very large, one
out of every six men who went into
action being either injured or left dead
on the battle field. In the great actions
of the Franco German war the proper
ton of killed and wounded to men en-
gagged was very nearly the same, being
one-siXth in tho battles Worth and
Spicheren, and one-eighth in the battle
Of Mars-La-Tour. The returns also
show that one out of every eleven
wounded men received into the Rus
sian hospitals died from the effects OF
tho injuries received. During the
whole campaign only two men were
punished with death one for the crime
of desertion, the other for robbery ac-
companiel with violence. On the other
hand, 10000 rewards were given in the
form OF decorations, promotions, or
!. awards of money, the Eighth Corps,
which SO long held and defended the
Shipka Pass, receiving the greatest
proportion.
The Columbus (Ga.,) Enquirer
prints this diamond story: "Prot. J
f. Bassett, of French Broad, N. c.,
who is now in Wetumpka, Ala, has i,
diamond not only of enormous size,
but of remarkable purity. 1t was
found by his wife, Mrs. a. III. Bassett
on the banks of the Coosa river, just
below the falls within the corporate
limits of Wetumpka AS soon as the