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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-24
MONROE, LOUISIANA, FRIDAY, MAY "a, 1878

widow, renewed the courtship OF forty
years before, and this timewas sue
cessful. After their marriage they
went to Toms River, N. j., to live, he
having retired from the stage. Their
home was beautiful place, and they
are said to have lived very happily to-
gether. In July of last year Mr.. Pla-
eide committed suicide by shooting
himself. He had suffered protracted
agony from cancer in his mouth, and
in letter written just before the deed
he explained that no could endure no
more. Mrs. Placide was prostrated by
his death, and her health thereafter
steadily declined.-Al61ny Argus.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-24
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.
IClaiborne Guardian.l

lSlMOOrnO uuAfOANu.l
We have not In our possession the
names of the executive committee OF
this Congressional district and have at
present no means of ascertaining who
they are. The chairman resides at
Monroe, we believe. Doubtless before
this that gentleman has given some
thought to the matter of calling con-
Vention but perhaps may be awaiting
some suggestions from the press as to
the time and place. In the absence OF
any proposal from any one else we
take the liberty of proposing that the
convention be called to meet at Mon
roe ON the first Monday of July next.
There could we presume be no better
point than Monroe. It Is q central
place and can be easily reached by all
tshes. The time too would, We think,
be fitting, for the reason that the Su-
preme Court being In session at that
time gentlemen from all the parishes
In the district will be called there ON
business. We mako this suggestion AS
the best possible for all concerned but
will of course be guided by the action
of the executive committee, feeling
sure that they will consult tho con-
venience of tho people In their choice
of time and place.
Commmentfng upon the recomnen-
dation of the Central Communities
that candidates for Congress should
DO nominated at Baton Rouge, tho
ltichland Beacon says:
To none of which wc have any par
ticular objection except the one feature
| of nominating candidates for Congress,
and to this we do most omphatically
object. The nomination OF these dis.
trict candidates Is, we think, a matter
with which the State convention has
nothing whatever to do. The people
of the different districts are alone tho
proper judges as to who arc the most
suitable persons to represent them In
Congress, and they alone arc proper
persons. to nominate their candidates.
This nominating of them by the State
Convention will not be satisfactory,
and If the Executive Committee wishes
to harmonize and unite the party all
over tho State for the campaign, 1t
should Mt once abandon the idea of
choosing In State convention the dis
trict candidates.
We suggest that the Fifth Congress-
ional District Convention meet In
Monroe on Monday, the 18th day of
July next, for tho purpose of nominat-
ing II candidate. What say the other
Democratic papers of the district to
this suggestion? Let us. hear from
Won
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-24
4 STRANGE LEAP.
TNew Orleans City tom.

[Now Orleans City Itcnl.]
This morning, at a quarter past ten
O'Clock, Il man named Henry Lloyd, Il
native of Bristol, England, residing ut
No. 41S Chippewa street, was seen go
ing toward the river with n child in
his arms. Arriving at the wharf, be-
tween Philip and Jackson streets, he
jumped overheard, still clinging to the
child.
A young boy named Theodore Rich
ter, noticing Lloyd's fatal jump into
the river, attempted to rescue him or
tho child, but all his efforts proved
fruitlcSs. Richter picked up in the
river the unfortunate mans hat and a
blue veil which was wrapped around
the child. The launch of the United
States monitor Canonicus attempted to
rescue them, but also failed.
Lloyd, in jumping over, held the
child under him, with face down
wards, no doubt to make its suffering
as brief as possible.
Mrs. Lloyd, the dcccascd's wife, call
ed ut tho Sixth Station, and identified
the hat and veil. The child was three
months old. The cause attributed for
the rash act is want of employment,
and lack of money to pay arrears in
rent.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-24
AN INDIAN LEGEND.


near the ancient town of Silver Town,
is to be seen a large mound. A tradi-
tion comes down, through the abort
gines, that deep down beneath this
mound is entombed a living Indian of
the Natchez tribe, imprisoned and in
perpetual chains, to expiate an offense
almost objectionable. The Natchez
Indians were fire-worshippers, and ira
dition told them that the fire which
burned upon their altar was from the
Great Manitou, who lived in the skies,
and that 80 long as they fed that fire
and kept it burning, their tribe would
be happy and prosperous; but If from
any cause the altar fire became extin-
guished, they would all be extermina-
ted. Consequently the Sacred Fire
was constantly guarded by the most
trusty of their priests, and constant
vigil was kept up day and night.
On q certain occasion, when the
young braves were on a hunting expe-
dition, the son of the Great Sun (that
was the title of the Chief of the
Natchez) wandered far into the lands
of the Choctaws, and there was held
neutrality-suspicious. by the match
She was beautiful, but as cruel as she
was beautiful. The young Natchez
offered marriage. She exacted, rs a
proof of his devotion, that he should
extinguish the Sacred Fire that burn
ed on his country's altar. She was
stern and unrelenting. In vain he
told of the terrible consequences that
would follow such q deed. In vain he
told her that the damning deed could
only be done at night, and that the
aged priest who nightly guarded the
fire was his preceptor, his foster
father, who had taught him all the ira
ditions of his fathers and forefathers,
and to raise his hand against him
would be parricide. His protestations
were in vain. She persisted in her ex-
actions as an evidence of his love.
Maddened by passion, blinded by
love, he hastened, under cover of dark
ness, to the temple, drove his dagger
into the bosom of the aged guardian of
the Sacred Fire and extinguished the
light from heaven.
The consequences are we'll known.
Under the leadership of Louisiana
Governor, the Natchez Indians were
killed and dispersed. The remnant of
women and children who escaped were
finally captured and sold in the West
Indies into slavery.
But the parricide was consigned to
eternal punishment. In a sitting pos
ture, he is chained within the great
mound mentioned above. His arms,
from the elbow, are free; two hickory
sticks are given him, and when he
kindles a flame by their friction, he is
to be free. He rubs these sticks one
year before he strikes spark. Scald-
ing tears constantly trickle down his
furrowed checks, and as fast as one
spark appears, it is extinguished by
these tears of sin, and the unhappy vic
tim begins again the work of ages.
Such is one of the traditions that
give interest to one of the largest Indi-
an mounds in the vicinity of Natchez.
Point Co,tpee Pelican.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-24

There is some point in the satirical
remark of a Georgia newspaper "that
the greatest Southern outrage at pres
cnt is the happy and prosperous condi-
ton of the colored people under DEM
ocratic rule"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-24

The exact legal value of the MeXi-
can dollar rs officially defined by the
Secretary of the Treasury in a circular
OF January 1, 1873, is 1913 cents. It's
commercial value, that is the price it is
selling for in New York, is 96 cents.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-24
TALBOT STILLMAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MONROE. LA,

Will practice in the Parish and District
Courts of North Louisiana. Will attend
these courts in person.
Will give special attention to Land Office
matters connected with the Land Office at
Monroe.
viii give to all business immediate at
tentiOn and abundant care.
Will answer all communications with the
least possible delay.
August 10, 1877. 1y
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-24

Josh Billings is said to have made
more money than almost any Ameri-
can author.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-24

The cold world little realizes tho
sense OF dcsolation that shuts down on
a man who thinks he has been handed
too much change by his grocer, when
he lodges around the corner and finds
it right to q penny.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-24

Referring to the terrible number OF
suicides in San Francisco OF late, a con-
tributor of the News Letter adverts to
the tendency of one suicide to make
many. The writer thinks that were
those who feel so downcast by misfor-
tune as to make away with themselves
to remember how many now prosper
GUS people have been through similar
trials, but courageously bore up under
them, they, too, would take heart. But
men at such times are apt to look only
at their own failure. The poet Cow
per, who twice resolved on self-dcstruc-
ton wrote:
Beware of desperate steps; the darkest day
Live till to o-morrow,will have passed. away.
And it is q wholesome reflection.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-24
DIR. "A. H. ShOlarS.

ONROE, la,
lFFEFsS his professional services to tho
- citizens of Monroe. Office i'll his Drug
Store on DeSiard street.
September "a, 1875. ~.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-24
Dentistry.

DR. S. L. BRACEY, Dentist, respectfully
IL offers his professional services to the
citizens of Monroe and surrounding coun-
try. Having experience OF fourteen
years in the practice, he feels confident Of
giving satisfaction in all branches of his
profession. Is willing to warrant all work.
Oilce at residence on Jackson street, near
the Female Academy, Monroe, La.
y7-mar16:1y
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-24

A rude investigator went to spirit
ual scance in Memphis, with squirt
gun in his pocket filled with bright
red dye, and, when a "matcrialized"
form appeared at the aperture OF tho
cabinet, he shot the liquid with skilful
aim. The medium was afterward re-
ycalcd with his face stained red.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-24

preston in the field can be pointed out.
The visitor has to pay twenty-five
cents for glimpse of the Crater and
the interior of shed stocked with
battle relics.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-24
NEW USE FOR THE RIFLE.

"A now use for tho rifle in warfare
has been suggested by tho experience
gathered in the late campaign In Tur-
key-namely, its application to vertl
cal firing. 1t was found according to
Il letter to tho London Times from Blu
charest) that numbers of Russian SOL
diers were struck by tho Turkish balls
when, under the old conditions Of
lighting, they might have been cOnsid-
cred safe, being not only far beyond
the usual range, but actually concealed
hills lying between them and their op-
poncnts. A remarkable instance of
this occurred ut the Shipka pass, when
Gen. DragOmiroll was wounded in the
knee by bullet, Notwithstanding that
the mountain intcrvened-the Turkish
bullet rose high In the air, passed over
the summit, and came down ON the
other side as it fell. Some of the Rus
sian rank and file wcro hit in like
manner ut the same place. The writer
suggests the question whether 1t might
not be possible to devise q regular sys-
tenn Of vcrticle or dropping fire to
reach the enemy when quito out OF
sight, hidden behind wood or ridge.
Tho distance being determined by tho
ordinary range. finder, all that Is nee
cssary is Il simple instrument to indi-
cate the correct elevation which should
be given to the barrel of the rifle, and
about this there does not seem to be
any difficulty. 1t is easy to conceive
how dcmoralizing to a body Of troops
waiting in reserve without tho excite
ment of action-wOuld be shower OF
bullets from unseen enemies dropping
over the very ridge they relied on for
protection. The datling gun appears
capable of utilization in this way.
There is no reason, it seems, to fear
that bullets will lose their pcnetrative
power Mt such ranges. At 1000 yards
the bullets from the Peabody rifle used
by the Turks came with such force as
to bury themselves sixteen inches In
hard clay soil.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-24

r. RICHARDSON. SD. MI EMERY.
Richardson 4 McEnery,
A TTORNEYS AT LAW, Monroe, La,
II will practice in all the parishes of
North Louisiana, the Supreme Court of the
ate, the Federal Courts, and in the Land
,ffice Department OF the General Govern
ment. January IL, 1873.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-24
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Obituary and Marriage notices will bo
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Anyperson sending us five new cash sub
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for one year.
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TARIFF OF ADVERTISING RATES.
Advertisements will be inserted at one
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of space or less) for the first, and seventy
five cents for each subsequent insertion, for
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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-24
II. W. RICHARDSON. c. ]. BOATNER.
Richardson 4 BORtMcr.

4 rTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT
n Law, Monroe, La, will practice in all
s%preme Sue sncs Court M at % Monroe, % the Federal M raj
Courts, and in tho Land Office Department
of the General Government.
Office fronting northeast corner of public
square. January ), 1873.
The daily gazette., 1878-07-20
Warm.Weather Poetry.

oh, for lodge in garden of cucum bers |
Oh, for an iceberg or two at control
Oh, for vale which at midday the sun
cumbers
Oh, for plessure-trip up to the pole
Oh, for little one-story thermometer,
With nothing but zeros all ranged in a
o. rowi
Oh. for big double- barreled hygrometer
To measure this moisture that rolls from
my browl
Oh, that this cold world were twenty
times colder
(That's irony, red hot, It seem eth to mel
Oh, Tor turn OF It's dreaded cold should er!
Oh, what a comfort an ague would be
Oh, for grotto to typify heaven,
Scooped in the rock under cataract vast!
Oh, for winter of discontent even!
Oh, for wet blankets judlciously cast!
Oh, for soda fount spouting up boldly
From m, every very hot lamp-post against the
Oh, tor q proud maiden 10 lock at me
coldly,
Freezing my soul with glance Of her
eye!
R0ssiter johnson.
The daily gazette., 1878-07-20

fNHE ARTIzANS SAVINGS BANK.
502 MARKET STREET.,
INCORPORATED JANUARY 24d, 1861.
Open TO receive deposits daily from 9 A.
M. until P. M, and on Tuesday and SAT-
urday evenings from to o'clock.
SEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND,
regularly made in April and October.
When dividends are not withdrawn they
reaccounted as deposits. Thus permanent
deposits compound their interest twice in
each year.
MANAGERS.
Clement umyth, George W. Bush,
Chas. W. Hown d, George 8. Capelle,
Nathan,l X. Benson, N. L. Lichenstein, Z
Henry F. Dure, Edward Darlington
W. Hastings, Job 81. Jackson,
Edward Pusey, VIM. II. Swift,
Anthony Higgins.
GEO. W. BUSH, President.
GEO. g. CAPELLE, Vice President.
feb2l f. TAYLOR. Treasurer
The daily gazette., 1878-07-20
1yHE HOME INSTITUTE,

Home Institute opens its SPRING
TERM March 18th, with unabated eneIgy
competent and wide-awake teachers. Tn
only home day and boarding school in the
city. Object system. Special advantages
for French and music. Eight instructors.
Method of drawing taught in no other
school in Wilmington. MODERATE
RATES. THOROUGH WORK. Primary,
middle and senior classes. Monthly re-
ports sent to parents 10 be signed and re-
turned. Select number OF boarding pupils
Address lfor circular) MRS. & MISS
HOUSTON, Home Institute, No. 800 Della
ware Avenue, Wilmington, Del.
marll-d&w'
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WANEEzD =.

GOOD LIVE BUSINESS MEN 70 Sell
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copies Instantly. Agents outfit $3.50.
Agents make from $40 to s15 per day.
Only necessary TO show sample 70 make
fessionaI men. real esJate and Insurance
agents, bankers, railroad and ether corpo-
rations buy 1t. Exclusive territory gwen
With this and our PATENT INK Eta
SER you can saake $500 per month. =, EA
Sale ST., Chicago. incorporated, 1910.
Capital, 100000. Jyis-ih
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=, and Commercial.

r,,.rsolos, pei: I,sn: ju,y IuEynisnss 20 .s7' BY
STOCK cisyton House Building
= Co.. o'hsi at IL M. to-day:
hgtOT, ~ Deiaa x fIOTATIONS.
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WANTS.

WANTED Copy ofthe Daily Gazette
w for Thursday. January 10. 1878. Ten
cents will be paid for the same at
jy12-tf THIS ofFlCE.
The daily gazette., 1878-07-20
EDUCATIONAL.

WESLEYAN FEMALE COLLEGE,
w WILMINGToN, DELAWARE.
At the opening of the Fall term, Mon
day, Sept. 8. 1873, there will be a N E w
President, NEW furniture, NEW repairs
throughout the building, NEW pianos,
the modern conveniences NEWLY intro
ladies' both in the public and private
rooms, and all this at the OLD prices.
For catalogues address the president,
REV. j. M. WILLIAMS. A. M.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-07-30
COL. SAVAGE.
His Speech OH the State Debt
and other Questions, Last
Night.

Col. John H. Savage spoke from
the steps of the Old State Bank
building, last night He said that
he was speaking on a subject about
which he had been speaking for two
and thinking about for over forty
years. The sufferings of the present
we're not due to the people, but to
political leaders who had mislead
them after having been elevated to
offices, and forgot the people TO serve
the aristocracy, by leaving the high>
est taxes. and giving their time to
banks and bonds.
The "so-called" bonds of the
State of Tennessee were against the
letter and spirit Of the Constitution
of the United States. The hungry
wolves on the top of the Cumber-
land Mountains had as much consti-
tutional right to issue bonds as any
hundred men who might be sent to
Nashville and dubbed legislators =
Ninety cut of every hundred
OF these bonds were held fraudulent
ly, and payment could not be forced
by suit, even If the holders were
allowed to sue. The whole bond
system of this State and of the Units
ed States was against the will and
law of God himself.
No man had a right to kill himself.
sell himself into slavery, kill others,
or sell them into slavery Then with
sublimity of impotence to claim that
a hundred men could issue bonds to
pay which the poor men of the State
would be ground down With taxes,
and go to the grave burdened with
sorrow for the destitute wives and
little children.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-07-30

There was no court on the face of
Gods globe in which the bOndhoder
could sue for the payment OF his
bonds. Why was this? Because the
bondhOlder was an outlaw, and had
no remedy. In law. every wrong had
a remedy. There was no law for the
bondhOlder, and therefore no remedy.
But while there was no law for
these men, he would be willing that
the people should vote, not as a pay
mept. but as gratuity, 331 cents on
the dollar, if the people were all
willing. The bOudhOlders had staked
few millions against the liberty of
the people forever, and deserved to
lose it for so doing, He would advise
everybody to settle the debt at 80
cts. but if they settled it at less. their
will be done.
As to greenbacks, if he had the
power he would issue a thousand mills
lions now, and keep on issuirg till it
was up to the war standard. aad then
let it stay here. Lincoln, johnson
and Grant had spent twice as much
as the people of the Uaited States
were worth.
The national debt was nearly half
as much as the entire amount of gold
in the whole world.
II had been said Savage was a re-
pudiator, that he wished to dishCnor
the S ate. In 1888, the bonds were
selling at from 20 to so cents, and
never since had they been worth what
they were represented to be worth
The State was dishonored forty years
ago, and had been dishonored ever
since By the high-tax politicians. -
In 1875, Gov. Porter went to New
York and could not borrow a dollar.
Thank God for that. He hoped that
not dollar ever would or could be
borrowed again in the name of the
State. Where were the swarms of
high>tax orators gone? They had got
out Of the way, and the next thing
that would be heard of them they
would be pteping out and proposing
to ''do what's right Settle the
debt on a basis just to the creditor
and creditable to the State" These
expressions were the marks of rogues
and thieves.
Col. Savage then paid his respects
to Col. Burch and to the Amerjcun.
The reorganization CT the State bank !
was then discussed, from his stand
point.
The remainder of the speech vas
principally an enlargement on the
points already stated Col. Savage |
spoke so long that tie crowd had |
considerably in size before
he concluded. -NuShUNe Americ,u
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-07-30
VEGETINE
FOR DROPSY.
never shall
Forget the First Dose.
PR0YDESCE.


Ma. II. r STEVENS
Dear Sir,-I have been great So fFerer from drop-
sy. was confined to my house more than wear
Six months Of the time WAS entirely helpless
was obliged to have two men 10 help me in and
out of bed. ! was swollen 10 inches larger than
man could and live ! tried all remedies for Drop
sy. l had three different doctors. Ny friends All
expected would die many nights was expect
ed to die before morning. At last Vegetine was
sent NE by friend. / shall never forget the first
dose. l could realize its good effects from day to
d2y a.; ! was getting better. After had taken some
or bottles could sleep quite well nights. /
began to gain now q1ite fast. TER taking some
10 bottles, could walk from one part of my room
to the other. Ny appetite good the dropSy
had at this time disappeared. / kept taking the
Vegetino until | regained my Ususl health.
heard Of great many cures by using Vegetine
after rot out and was able 20 attend 10 my work.
l am carpenter and builder. ! will also say It
has cured an aunt Of my wifas of Neuralgia who
had suffered for more than % years She SAYS
she has not had any neuralgia for eight months -
have give2 il to one Of nv children tor Grpke-
Htn0r. have no doubt in my Mid it viii cure
any humor il is a great cleanser Of the blood IL
is safe to give child Twill recommend II TO the
world. My father Is so years old, and he saws
there Is nothing like it to give strength and life TO
an aged person cannot be too thankful for the
use OF 1t. am, very gratefully, yours,
JOHN S. YOTTAGE
ALL DISEASES OF THE BLooD.-If VEeFrINR
will relieve pain, cleanse. purify, and cure such
diseases. restoring the patient to perfect health,
after trying different physicians, many remedies.
suffering for years, is 1t not conclusive proof il
you are sufferer, you can be cured why is
this medicine performing such great curesY i
works in the blood, in the circu latlrg inid. Il
can truly be called the Gre 4 Blood Purifier. The
great source Of disease originates in the blood
it. to purify and rcnovnte, has any just claim up
en- pc bic attention.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-07-30

For Congress, Legislature, or County off,
es, each S5 90
Town and Township offices $50
The above rates will be rigidly adhered to