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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-01-25

and expect the people will be satisfied.
Gentlemen Of the General Assembly,
you IRE not doing your duty. The
danger is too imminent for child's-Play.
give tie disease heroic treatment. If
you cannot Recommend this treatment,
resign and appeal to your constituents.
Take some thought of the real dangers
threatening the down-trodden people.
of H,ouisfaua.---.y.-e- -' -----
And are you aware, Democrats OF
the General Assembly, that you are
leading the Democratic party Of this
State on to- destruction The people
are talking about you! And we hear
them saying, oftener than we care ia
hear, that our Democratic leaders have
not Improved the opportunities afforded
them. They say more, and harder
things, which we will not repeat. II
may be true that much of this talk
comes from a natural inclination to
talk and to. find fault, but the evil Of
bad leadership undoubtedly exists, and
the party. which it has taken 50 much
trouble, thought, effort and anxiety tc
place In power in this State is sinking
from a lack of vim and grip among
the men chosen to lead and who have
|solemnly contracted to discharge thai
duty: There ought to be some one
man in the legislature possessed o.
both the ability;and the courage to ar.
rest this disintegration. II he BIZ
there, he has a magnificent opportuni.
~. We are not surprised ut the grow.
ing decay in the Democratic party
expected it when the legislature last
year failed to call Constitutional Con.
vention-but it is not too late to re-or.
tt:anize, at least. AMI something, bold
and stunning, must be done, Demo
Gratis Of the legislature, to save YOU
party and your State.
We reserve comments. .---
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no place for Radical politicians to
wash their dirty linen. 1t had pleased
the Democratic meuiherstO introduce
u substitute for the resolutions. 81
While he did not consider it duty
to glority the Administrations and
while the Democratic party considered
that they had elected their President,
who was deprived of his seat by fraud,
they had submitted the question 10 4,
tribunal for decision. Rather than
plunge the country into civil WAR, the.
Democratic party, always the party oi
law, order and the constitution, was
willing to sacrifice private cotlsidera-
tons. And when that tribunal. placed
Mr.. Hayes in the Presidential ict,air,
the bulk of the Democratic party never
dreamed .of dispuiingi the title by
which he gained his seat. They con-
sidered that ii the Republican purity
could bear the responsibility Of INSTALL
ing a President who was not elected,
the Democratic party could afford to
wait for the time when the voters of
the country would reject him ut the
polls. 4 vi g.Ai.. .tss..sst 49,. :. -.
While he did not admire the method
by which Mr.. Hayes became President,
he wished to give him credit for per-
forming what he (the speaker) COM
sidered his simple. duty in regard to
Louisiana, and for abstaining from
acts which have furnished tile record
of his predecessor forever. The policy
which has permitted the people of 1.-The
State to assume control Ut the Govern
lnent called into being at the ballot
box should be indorseC, no matter by
what title Mr.. Hayes held his seat.
He found this policy opposed by the
men who stole the vote Of Louisiana,
! who We're the principal actors in the
c0usummation of the great fraud, who
for months before and after the cleo
ton disturbed the Government by
the men who sought to impose upon
Louisiana Il similar fraudulent govern
inent to the one they had imposed upon
the nation. a..-s: ". -. .-.ts- a.a4,-.-
The speaker denied that s. Ii. Pack
ard was elected, and expressed sur
prise at the remarks made Dy the gentle
man from st. Charles. who had taken
the oath ut the, desk of the legally elect
ed Speaker of the House.. There. was
only one Government then; the men
imprisoned in the State-HOuse, waiting
for the tramp of Federal troops coming
to their assistance, did not constitute n
Government. I. ."l 1855 ..s...-a ,
That Legislature assembled in the
went through the farce of electing /,
United States Senator. Ii the Legisla-
ture had been a de jstse Legislature, the
members should have died before sur
rendering their rights. The speaker
described the events attending the
election Of Kellogg by the Packard
assembly, the capture of u Democratic
Senator, who refused to vote, and the
swearing in of other persons who were
not elected, in order to make the SEM
b!ance of II quorum. No action of the
United States Senate could deprive the
right of protesting against the seating
OF VIM. i. kellogg. -.t...G,. -a,.. e.3
In concluding his remarks, Mr.. Jonas
said that if the Democratic members
could indOrse the action Of a President
whose election they had denied, it i'll
became the Republican members to
nnnsrif. the raSnlntinnS "a.
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'SHERiFF'S SALE.
II. Richardson T. b.
VS.. No. l349.

|. ..;- boo .-l Il. Richardson q. 'nis. .i.f.' ..
l'.. VS.. No. l349.
William Dunn ct al.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Ouacliita
/ 18th district Court
BY virtue OF a writ of fieri facias issued
from the Honorable 18th District Court in
the above entitled and Numbered suit, 1
have seized and will offer for sale at the
door of the Court House III the city OF
Monroe, within. the hours prescribed by
law, on -
Saturday, February l6, 1878,
the following described property, to.wit.
Section twenty-one anu the south half of
the southwest quarter of section sixteen,
township fifteen north. range four Gust
containing seven hundred and twenty acres.
more or less.
/ Seized as the property of. defendants,
and will be sold to satisfy said ii. ia. and
costs. .'-
Terms OF sale, cash, with the benefit of ap-
pralsement. r. L. ICIIARDSON,
Ot Sheriff..
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To Plan tSsra !

To arrive at r. J. Nelson's;
100 barrels Standard mess pork guar
anteeh, Mt $l3 per barrel; 80 barrels
meal at 81 per barrel; 20 barrels choice
seed potatoes at $2.75 80 sacks choice
white corn at Toe per bushel; 20 sacks
oats at soc per bushel.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-01-25

Capt. b. Il. Walshe, no Canal street.
New Orleans, is the acknowledged
leader in shirts and mems furnishing
goods, and we know he sells the best Of
goods ut lowest prices.
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CHERIEF's SALE. ;E@t.E tgt.|

CHERlEE'S SALE. ;E,.t'i| tg| Z" . !
State of Louisiana, Parish of Ouachita,
.-'-- III. - Parish Court. .-..'
Estate Of G. l.. II. Botenschen
David Conover & CO. and A. 4. Gunby ants
X. G. Cobb.
BY virtue OF q IT, ta. issued from the Hon.
Parish Court in and for said parish and
State, have seized and will offer tor sal es
at the door of tile Courr House in the city Of
Monroe, within the hours prescribed by
law, on .-'-- 81 g. u
Saturday, February 2, 1878,
the following described property, to-wit:
y certain lot OF ground SITUATED on the
west side OF Grand street, above DeSiard
street, III the city of Monroe, fronting
thirteen feet on Grand street and running
back between parallel lines to the Ouachita
RIVER, with - two-story brick building
thereon, being ne xt north of u lot OF ground
owned by Thomas NJ Conner
Seized as the property of defendants, and
will he sold to satisfy said ii. ia. and costs.
Terms of sale, cash, without the benefit
of apprasenent. .l,-f 6 E,.t sssl''.l ..-
Up. RICHARDSON,
6t -E..s. to-. ~ p 90 - Sheriff.
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Buy the celebrated Milburn Wagon
sold by Sholars i Key.
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The people of Bienville parish, the
home of the Sparta Times, have petit
toned the Legislature, through their
representative, Mr.. Brice, to call a
constitutional convention. Brother
Head, does the Times represent these
people in the matter of a convention
And we would be glad to have you
make u note of the memorial above re-
terred to.-MoreI0uSe CLARION.
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=. THE RETURNING BOARD CASE

| Yesterday about O'Clock the great
! quartette, Anderson, Wells, Casanave
and Kenner, OF the Returning Board
flied into the Superior Criminal Court
| room. With the same stcheek" that
| has marked their past career, they
took seats and gave no evidence of the
least discoli1 future. When called to the
bar for arrafgnnent on the charge oi
entering false records, tile parties plead
ell not guilty, and Messrs. Castellanos
and hCullom, of counsel, filed the fol-
lowing plea III bar: ,... -.
State of Louisiana VS.. J. Madison
Wells ct als.-Superior Criminal Court.
And now, on this day, the eighteenth
day Of January, 1873, come by theil
undersigned attorneys the said J. AIadi-
son Wells, Thomas G.. Anderson, Ct.
Casanave and Louis NJ. Kenner, who
are under arrest by virtue of an in.
formation by the District Attorney On
behalf Of the State on Il supposed charge
uf ssuttering and publishing II certain
altered, false, forged and counterfeit
| public record" and say that this honor
able court ought not to have or MAIN
tain any action or Jurisdiction ON said
information, because
| l. These said, defendants have never
been examined OH the specific charge
i 1Sl Sut \hcA VII oNACl) I'LL NillTSSs
examination, nor have they ever had
an opportunity or knowing or meeting
face to face the witnesses Gf any to be
produced against them nor OF cross
! examining them.
,. Because there has been no finding
by an examining officer that the oftense
described had been committed, nor
any adjudication or finding by such
officer that they were guilty of such
offense, nor any determination requir-
ing him to appear and answer to a
charge therefor before this honorable
court and
3. Because the Information filed in
this case is in fragrant violation of Sec
ton 1910, Revised Statutes, unless said
statute is to be deemed void, inopera-
tive and Of no effect in this State.
Wherefore, they ask the Judgment
of this honorable court on said informa-
ton, and that the same may be quash-
without any further plea on their be-
| half. CULLONI X CASTELLANOs,
Attorneys.
I'm the argument Mr.. Castellanos
urged that the State, with its machin-
cry, had advantages in such Il case, and
he, therefore, would ask the courts
serious consideration of the case. He
cited several decisions referring to the
plea.
Judge Whitaker overruled the plea
and the accused were discharged on
their bonds.---M. O. Democrat, 1871.
The people Of Bienville parish, the
home of the Sparta Times, have petit
toned the Legislature, through their
representative, Mr.. Brice, to call a
constitutional convention. Brother
Head, does the Times represent these
rx>f
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Special attention given to repairing fine
wstclies clocks and jewelrv. All work OK
routed in the latest and best 81 yle, and sat-,
lsiactio:' guaranteed. Shop at ,Behen's
General Insurance and Sewing Machine
Agency. Nov. 80, 1877. In '..-
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ed every RepuDllcan 10 stand Oy the
party nominee, to support his Southern
policy and the effort at civil service
reform.
HON. Il. Il. JONAS
then addressed the House in reply to
the remarks made by Gov. Hahn.
Mr.. Jonas spoke, in substance, AS fol-
lows: He considered the remarks of
the gentleman from st. Charles extra
ordinary, end deprecated the rekind-
ling of partisan fires and the reopen
ing of old issues.
He characterized the words Of Gov.
Hahn rs the most partisan which had
been spoken since the Inauguration of
the new era of harmony. The resolu-
lions had not been brought before the
General Assembly by Democrat, but
were originated by a resolution intro
duced by the Senator (Burch) from
Baton Rouge, Il Republican, to instruct
the Representatives of the State in Con-
gress to vote for any measure looking
to an investigation of the electoral
count. In his remarks the Senator
(Burch) had quoted from the remarka-
bic manifesto OF Chandler, which as
sails the President. When asked his
opinion OF the proper action to be taken
by the Democratic members in regard
to the resolutions, he (the speaker) had
advised that the Senator should be per-
United to express himself on the SUBJ
ject, and to lay bare the truth of a
transaction which had always been
considered conspiracy to overturn
the expressed will of the people, but
that the resolutions should then he
laid upon the table, as the Senate was
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Smyrna times., 1878-04-03
Eleotrict Time-keeping.

Imagine piece of iron (called the "arra.
ture suspended in every telegraph stu.
ton between plate of sonorous metal and
a coil Oi wire, the coil being a continna,
ton OF the telegraph wire outside. which
conducts the electric current into the buiId.
ing through the coil, round an iron core
out, and on again to the next station
While the current is passing tbrouob tho
coil ltexercises that very magnetic yirtneI
the early speculator dreamed of, the "armo.
ture " being attracted and held as firmly IN
IL as by common magnet. IF the wires
on the telegraph poles were cut. and the
severed ends separated by so much as the
huhdredth OF an inch. the current would
cease all along the line at once; at once
every armature" would be set free. and
ialilng back against the resonant metal be.
NINA 1t, produce sound dictinctlv and
simultaneously SIN y heard at every station.
men the wires are joined, the current
leaps IN fraction Of second through
thousands OF miles, the coils regain their
attractive power as suddenly as thew lost IL
the armatures move again, to fall back and
SOUND once more when the next interrup.
'ioii comes, ana 80 on, without end, so long
as the circuit IS unbroken, and the dis
canC battery, which sends the impulse, is
ied with ITS zinc and acid fuel. At GER
tam nour IN every day, in any one of the
principal offices of the railroad-at Jersey
City or at Philadelphia, for instance-tbere
Is moments pause in the rattle of the
telegraphic instruments, and then in ono
ot them we see and hear the armature
moving back and forth, not with the
irregular motion impressed upon il by the
operators finger, but with uniform beat
every second. 1t sounds like clock tick.
ing somewhere in the room il is a clock
ticking. but the clock is many hundreds of
miles away. and it is marking off minutes
and seconds in this manner, at one and the
same moment, in hundreds of points. in
distant cities, or scattered along soma
thousands of miles of main or branch
roads.-Harpcr's Magazine
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03
Memoranda,

the sea. '''''0 '"''i
Humility is tho true cure for manv
heart ache. many
a long one. ''-'o i
Electric lights illume the waters of the
Texas has brood of remarkably solid.
hoofed hogs. '0''o''
Texas IS threatened with an excursion Of
to hennery" 80 e' '''e0
hog CackIIng men usually marry growing
Winnie Ream is reported to be on tba
eve OF matrimony.
Raising fast horses is q fatal fascin,tio,
to fall on Il farmer.
A German writer calls mushrooms "the
mamma of the poor"
Bull frogs are rehearsing cantatas on
thelr lower registers.
v Black kids are all the fashion in New
! lork' even for opera.
Olive culture is attracting increasing at.
tentlon in California.
The "calla" is one of the favorita dasions
IN flower embroidery. 80
" Gold given in change. Frooront
placard i'll New York.
Nineteen species of food fish arc talon
along the Jersey coast.
The largest edible fish that swims in tbo
Atlantic is the halibut.
Before many years all our chief citios
Will DC lit by electricity.
Boston has just dispatched her first Grain
laden steamer to France.
Navigation on the Chesapeake and Ohio
lanai Will reopen April 10.
There's a poisonous substance in old
tobacco pipes called pcolin.
" Eggs direct from the fowL"-rEntar.
orislng sign in the market.
Palladium don't tarnish by exposure b,,t
l IS too dear for general use.
Elegant $1,000 cars are to run on the
New York Elevated railway.
Inc Russian war cloud has dimmed the
heatrlcal business in London.
White honey-combed cloth makes a
'retty sack for very little girls
I'm a yard wide and all WOOL
Ae"tucky phrase for hilarity.
with men our heart is known hy our
'oras; :, rus but with God our words are weighed
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

AN ARKANSAS Cow.-The Weld Of mill,
from Northern dairy cows is incredible 70
people IN regions where cattle are raised
mostly for beef and hides.
Judg &c Grant was in Little Rock. Arl, i,
attendance at the United States CONT
Cne morning he saw farmer with =
siouch hat, and genuine butter nnt sr;t
Trying to sell a COW in the market there
| was large, long-horned animal. and tba
planter was informing man that the COW
well. ''N u"y' II Ied
Up stepped the judge. "What do Won
ask for the COW ?" Wv y"
About $50 She'll give five Quarts of
milk II you feed her WE'LL" replied the
planter, and he proceeded to describ, her
good qualities. ''' 'ie'
= SAID the judge: 81 have COWS on nv
tarm, not much more than half as b;o as
your cow which give twenty to twenty-five
quarts of milk day"
The planter eyed the Judge sharplv for
a moment, as if trying to remember
whether he had ever seen him before or
not, and then asked: stranger where do
you live?" "'''io w
My home is in Iowa."
es, stranger, don't dispute it. There
was heaps of sogers from Iowa down here
during the war, and, stranger. thew woo
Ihe ail'hredest liars in the whole Yankee
army Mebbe you mout be an officer in
some OF them regiments?"
The judge slid for the court house.
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03
The Silver Currency.

There seems little doubt that neither
those who opposed nor those who favored
the reconciliation of silver had a very
clear idea as to what would be the imne.
dlate practical effect of the issue of tho
new silver coin. The law is a very different
ono from what the bonanza speculators
wished to make it, and we said immediately
that the full provisions of the act yere
seen and read that its effect would be to
put down the price of gold, and so if has
proved. This effect was, of course. i'm.
mensely aided by reason of the balance of
trade being largely in favor of the United
states at this time. Therefore we have
nothing IN foreign movements, except il be
the return of our bonds from Europe. to
interfere with the introduction of silver in
our domestic currency and trade. Gold.
not oelng necessary to pay duties now that
the SILVER performs that function, and being
IN limited demand even to 20 abroad as
yet, has literally now no market amono ne
It's legal value in our home affairs Is no
more than silver. What NAV be its market
or commercial value hereafter depends
altogether upon the turn of the FOREIGN ex.
changes, either by a change in the course
OF trade or the inflow of our bonds from
Europe. Therefore it is not surprising TO
see how the free introduction of silver os
Iegattender currency is working lust at
TINS time. Al many stores gold dollars are
gwen In change, and this interchange of
gold, silver and greenbacks on an equality
appears at present as if it were likely to 20
on, at least until something shall occur to
occasion large expectation of gold.
otherwise the absence of any demand for
gold in payment of customs duties will
continue to keep silver up to the level of
gold in general circulation until such time
as the supply of silver coin has increased
largely in excess Of what it now is. If
there is no further silver legislation
Secretary Sherman is credited with saving:
q" have this opinion, which can express
strongly, that, under the law rs it now
stands, we can MAINTAIN the silver dollar AT
par with the best money ahoat, either cold
or currency, and can issue fifty and perhaps
one hundred millions Of these silver dollars.
giving great relief to the people. think
we can issue from fifty to one hundred
millions at par in gold, but we can do it
enly on the basis Of the present law" 1t
certainly looks at present as if this were |
possible, but if silver certificates shall here. |
after be made exchangeable for bullion, as
desired by the Bonanza men, new element |
OF imitation may be brought in and the |
result be difierent--Bah Sun.
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

A homeopathic war has broken out in
New York which promises to lead to a new
departure. The quarrel is confined at
present to an attempted change in the con.
stitution Of the society, which, as it stands,
requires members to conform their practice
strictly to the principle of sim,ilia sisiiIibus
c9rantur. Those physicians who claim the
right to exercise their judgment in making
use of new therapeutical facts and expert.
ence, so far as they judge them to be bene.
fetal to patients, whether they square with
the rule laid down by Hahnemann or not,
are in open revolt, and they are likely to
out-vote their more conservative bretheren.
Hence war, and the usual fearful array of
big words which doctors, either for the
flesh or the spirit, always have about them.
--PhiLa. Record.
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

ANOTHER TEMPERANCE IDEA--While
various States are proposing to initiate
Virginia in collecting a tax on the sale of
liquor by adjusting the Moifet bell.punch,
the Massachusetts, House of Representa-
tives has voted that saloons shall have no
curtains or ground. glass windows. Custo.
mers must drink in front rooms exposed to
the gaze of all passers.by.
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

PERILs OF ARTIFICIAL FLOWER MAKING
The perils of artificial flower making were
illustrated in New York last week by the
death of Mary Ann Dougherty, who died.
the doctors say, from the absorption of
Paris green into her system. She inhaled
the poison in an artificial flower factory in
which she worked, her special duties being
the dying of the flowers.
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

LAw-ABIDING SENTIMENT but those
who are willfully blinded by their preiudices
can fail to see how much better more
orderly and peaceable is the condition of
those Southern States from which President
Hayes removed the army than it was before
that time. Outrages and kuklux have
become mere dreams of the past. and
every one of those States is as quiet and
iaw.aoiding as any other State of the
Union. ''o
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

The value Of shipments from Boston last
week was Sl,320,56 and since January /,
Sl2'2S9,96S, which is nearly $3,OOO,OO0 in
excess of the same period last year. Since
the opening of the new year their trade
has averaged over $l,000,0O0 each week,
and up to the present date have shipped
over 81 100000 worth of goods more than
they did during the whole oflS70.
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

:. A person recently met lady who is
distinguished as having been four times a
widow, and has now again entered the
ponds OF matrimony. Said the friend: @
think | once had the pleasure of dining
with you in New York P' "When ?n asked
the fair stranger. ain 1867" he replied.
" Yes" she said, reaectively, at may have
been SO, but Il had forgotten it. You
see, she added, "it was two or three hus.
binds ago.u NV9
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

AdVices from India show that the Mos.
lem population of British India are eager
Tor 10 war with Russia. In case England and
hussla come to blows there will be great
inducements to bring a Mohammedan
army ar. INTO the field, commanded by British
1ancers Srl experienced in Indian affairs.
mere are said to be no more splendid
specimens of physical manhood than can
9e 0 found in the Sepoy regiments in the
British Indian army. Wv
Smyrna times., 1878-04-03

The depression of ship property in Eng
land is quite as marked as it is in this
country. Speculative building has ceased,
and both sailing vessels and steamers are
freely offered at 25 per cent. below the
prices current five years ago, with few
buyers.