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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-02-12
55a SILVER CITY, NEv, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY r. 1875
Financial Statement.

HNO THE CITIZENS AND TAXPAYERS
Il of Lyon County, Nevada: The under
signed, Auditor of said county, submits the
following report of the finances of said coun-
ty, from January LIST, A. D. 1878, to January
lst 1879:
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-04-25
AN EXTRAORDINARY LAWSUIT.

While MIR. Seward was member of
tho New York bar in active practice in
1S4s, tho postmaster of Syracuse re-
fused to deliver newspaper to n Miss
FELTON,, to whom it was addressed,
without the payment of letter postage,
the sender having placed upon it the
initial letter of his name. Miss FELTON,
thereupon sued the postmaster in tro.
yer for the value of the paper, and the
case was tried before Il Justice of the
Peace, who held the postal instructions
illegal, and consequently gave six
cents damages and costs Of 81 80 for
plaintiff. The case was carried by the
postmaster to the court Of Common
Pleas, which affirmed the judgment
with additional costs of So 95. From
there it was carried to the Supreme
Court of the State, which added $37 65
to the Judgment rendered; and the
postmaster then appealed the case to
the Court of Appeals, where the judg-
ment was affirmed with the additional
sum of $50 Ga, making Sl36 10 in all.
Not satisfied with the measure of Jus.
tice in the State courts, the postmaster
Went with the case to the Supreme
Court of the United States, where it
was elaborately argued by Mr.. Seward,
affirming the findings of the other
courts and rendering Judgment accord
ingly, but with what costs the record
does not snow. The case as decided by
the Court of Appeals in New York is
reported in l Comstock 5s7, and as de-
cided by the Supreme Court Of the
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-04-25
NEWS ITEMS.

New Orleans had $4,000 fire on
the 22d.
There are nine postoffices in Louisi-
ana whose receipts exceed $1,000 per
annum.
thrown from his carriage last Tuesday,
and seriously if not fatally injured.
A bill comforting the right of suffrage
on women was recently defeated by
one vote in the Massachusetts Legisla-
ture.
Lieutenant NJ. +. lamar, OF the 18th
sor of Military Science and Tactics, at
the Louisiana State University. He is
very highly spoken of.
AS cotton manufacturing State
North Carolina ranks next to Georgia
in the South. There are fifty-four mills
in operation, with an aggregate capital
representing 81 $3.50, 900. The industry
is steadily growing in importance.
There has been an extensive revival
among the Baptist churches of South
Wales, chiefly as the result of Miss
Sheppard's preaching. The converts
were so numerous in some instances as
to require a whole day to baptize them.
The Secretary of War has directed
Gen. Sherman, that in case of the re-
turn Of Sitting Bull, or any of his fol-
lowers from the British possessions,
they shall be taken and held as prison
ers of war, until further orders from
| the President.
The telegraph reports that Gen.
John A. Dix, of New York, is dead.
Dix was famous man in his day,
| having probably held more offices than
any man in the country, except HAM
lin of Maine, but disappeared uncere-
moniously from politics after his defeat
for the governship of New York by
| Tilden. His chief claim to Office was
the words placed in his mouth during
the war: eff any man pulls down the
flag, shoot him on the spot'' On this
remark he lived comfortably in Office
for many years.
The attempted assassination of the
| Car of Russia, on Monday, has ex-
cited great alarm among court circles
in st. Petersburg. Every day gives
fresh proof of the growing strength
and boldness of the Nihilists, and I'M
less the Government is more successful
in coping with them in the future than
of late, u serious crisis in Russian
! affairs cannot be long delayed. The
many assassinations of the last six
| months were not caused by the whims
of individuals. They were ordered by
the secret tribunals of this powerful
secret society, and it is safe to suppose
! that more will follow.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-04-25

by honorable dealing with all who
may be affected by your new constitu:
ton, and by maintaining the honor
and fair fame of our cherished State
and for this, too, your neighbors Will
applaud you. You are sent mere Dy
free men who love liberty and revere
the institutions by which 1t Is main
tanned; who trust in your own aaect1on
for that great boon, and who oeheve
that you will fortify its possession by
every practicable means that you can
devise. If you thus fulfill the desires
of those who have clothed you with
delegated powers and put in practice
your we'll known principles, the free
citizens whom you represent must In
dorse and approve your course. For
men who thus come in the name of
liberty, honor and Justice, with clean
hands and true hearts, to build up the
fabric of State Government for them
selves no less than for the citizens who
sent them, there cen surely be nothing
to apprehend. Public opinion has no
terrOrs for men who are wise enough to
know what is right and brave enough
to do it. If the work we have to do
is open to criticism of our constituents,
it is also open to the approval and
commentator of all the statesmen of
the Republic. When we have made
for Louisiana the best constitution in
our power to devise, We may safely
wait for time to render just judg-
rsont upon our action. Let US there
fore s'be just and fear not"
Nominations for Secretary of the
Convention were declared in order
Mr.. Stille nominated w. HI. Harris, o.
Pointe Coupee, and Mr.. Allain nomi.
mated w. HI. Dinkgrave, of Madison
The ballot resulted as follows: Harris
100, Dinkgravc 80, blank l.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-04-25

The cry OF too frequent elections, and
calls upon the Convention to make the
tenure of Office longer, surely cannot be
serious. AS matters now stand, cleo
lions are held every two years for GER
tain officers. Suppose the tenure was
extended, would there not be an cleo
ton for congressman? And is it not
just rs expensive to elect ono officer rs
an entire set? Then, rs there must be
an election every two years, 1t ought
to be moro Of a general election than
at present. All the officers of four
years. tenure ought to be divided so as
to choose half Of them mt every cleo
ton.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-04-25
THE FAMINE IN EGYPT.

A correspondent of the London Daily
News, who has just been up the Nile
inquiring into the state of the villages
personally, writes from Cairo:
It is an unpleasant truth, but an un =
deniable one, that the people have been
unable, under their crushing taxation,
to save money or stores against the
failure of their crops; and the imme-
date result is naturally famine. So
long have the fellaheen now been accus-
toned to work for the tax.gatherer in
stead of for themselves, that no man
ever thinks of making more than suffi-
cient for his wants from day to day.
From Slut to the Cataracts there is
scarcely a village or town which can
not count its dead by fifties, some by
hundreds. At each of the larger towns
along the banks the fellahs from the
inland villages have crowded in,
sought for relief or for work, have found
none, and have lain down and starved.
The sight of these poor wretches is
sickening. Their condition is only
comparable to that of the natives in
the last Indian famine. With shrunk-
en- skin and staring bones, they resem-
| bic the mummies Of their land more
than fellow-creatures. In the open
market places they lie prostrate in the
sun, covered with flies, half or wholly
naked, till death puts an end to their
sufferings. AS long as they have
strength they fight like wild beasts
over the smallest morsel of food, and
when they are past this they die with
less attention paid them than if they
were street dogs.
At Belyaneh, Bagour Hau and such
towns the people have been and are
starving in utter neglect. Sitting in
the fields and in the open streets, many
of them have been supporting them
selves for days on sorrel and the foul
refuse from the cane factories. All
human feelings are lost, and in trying
to distribute n few morsels of bread at
Belyaneh the stronger toro it from the
lips of those weaker than themselves,
and struggled till exhausted for the
merest scrap.
At Edfoo there lay an old woman by
tho bank, with the water washing
half over her, too weak to move or
speak. Her eyes were sunk into her
head, and her whole skin was like dried
parchment from the sun. Her body
was shrivelcd to the size of an apple.
She could not swallow except by fric-
ton, whilst another woman forces the
| food down her throat. This was no
| uncommon case, women and children
from their smaller strength affording
tho most CHASTITY spcctaclcs Of the
march of famine.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-04-25

The vote on the State capital ques.
ton last Fall had Il meaning, and ex'
planned itself too clearly to be over.
looked or misunderstood. It was an
unqualified aud unconditional declara
ton to the members of the Conven.
ton, that Baton Rouge, and not New
Orleans, should be the scat of govern
ment. In the face of that vote 1t is
idle to weigh the advantages and dis
advantages for or against either place
any further. Tho people have decided
It for themselves, and it now devolvcs
upon the Convention to execute 1t.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-04-25

Monroe to Vicksburg-Leavcs daily at
SIS a. M. ; arrives 5.35 p. III.
Monroe to Shreveport-Leaves daily at
: D. IN. arrives a. IN.
Monroe to Monticello, Ark, via Bastrop-
Leaves daily, Sunday excepted, at p. IN. ;
arrives a. IN.
Monroe to Camden, Ark, via Farmer
ville-Leaves daily at 6 a. m. arrives E r. M.
Monroe to Vidalia, via Columbia-Leaves
Monday, Wednesday and Friday at a. m. ;
arrives Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
at 6 p. M.
Monroe to Flat Creek-Leaves Monday
at a. ~; arrives Thursday at p. m.
Monroe to Camden, Ark, via Ouachita
Riycr-Leaves Tuesday and Saturday at 4
.. m. ; arrives Tuesday and Saturday At
10 II.
April IL, 1879.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-04-25

A Washington dispatch says the bill
providing 500, 900 to test the Ga,ngee
process of killing the yellow fever by a
freeze-out, has passed the House. Gen.
J. Floyd King made his first speech
upon the subject, and was listened to
with interest. It was clear, we'll spoken
and convincing, and aided greatly in
tho passage of the bill.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-04-25

10 tie People Of the United States:
Within the past two weeks over q
thousand negroes, direct from the South,
have been landed at Wyandott. None
OF them have money to carry them
further West, or to purchase the where
withal to supply their most urgent
necessities for food and shelter. But
few of them are sufficiently protected
from the inclemency of the weather,
and on account of exposure, want of
proper food, care and medicine, they
suffer severely, and a terrible mortali-
ty affects them. Large numbers have
died, and at least five per cent. of the
whole number are sick with pneumo-
mia and kindred complaints. In a
word, over o thousand paupers have
within q very brief space of time been
thrown into a town of about five thou
sand people, who are unable to prop
erly provide for their wants.
These people are possessed OF the
most visionary ideas concerning what
they must confront by coming to Kan
sas. Their sole idea seems to be to get
West to where Government land can
be occupied, but they are wholly desti-
tute of means to improve it or to sus-
vate crop. Go where they will in
Kansas they must be provided and
cared for, or they will perish. We
have reliable information that thou
sands more are coming. If so, the sit
uation will soon be very serious one
for the deluded, helpless and ignorant
negroes who are thus blindly rushing
to Kansas, and mighty burden will
be thrown upon our people. There is
not sufficient demand tor farm labor to
give employment to snch a mass of
people. They must become virtually
a public charge upon the communities
where they may happen to be cast.
In view of this state of facts, we, the
undersigned, citizens of Wyandott,
Kansas, denounce those who are en-
Kansas as really their worst enemies,
whatever their intentions may be, and
we call upon humane and rejecting
people everywhere to use their best
efforts to check this most disastrous
movement on the part of the negro
population of the Southwest, and to
correct the utterly baseless and vision
airy ideas concerning what is before the
negro immigrant in Kansas, which
seems to have taken hold on the minds
of the thousands who are leaving their
I Southern homes. We further say that
the sentiments of this protest and
memorial are those of the people of
Kansas without regard to party; and
we request papers throughout the coun-
try to publish this, our protest and
warning.
J. S. Stockton, Mayor of Wyandott
Ant. Kuhls, Catholic Priest w. H.
Ryus, Sheriff; III. M. Northrup, Bank
er; j. A. Hale, City Attorney; L,
Cook, Councilman; D. S. Young, Farm.
er; G. w. Bishop, Merchant; 1. b.
Sharp, Attorney, and many Others.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-04-25
MoNaoE AovERrtsEMENvs,

MONROE ADVERTISEMENTS.
NEW ALEXANDRIA RESTAURANT
Has been removed to the corner of st.
John and st. Ann street, In the rear OF b.
Rills' book store, where will be found at
and the public with the best that New Or
leans aud this market can afford.
Oysters in every Style;
Fish, Crabs,
shrimp, Game,
And everything else to he found In a
FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT.
I will give my personal attention to all
who call upon me and guarantee the best
&C. ENssMINGER.
Monroe. October 6. 1877.
MRS. III. HOLLAND,
DEALERI IN
FASHIONABLE MILLINERY,
Has Just received q stock Of millinery goods,
consisting of Hats, Feathers, Velvets;
Ribbons and Fancy goods generally. Also,
FINE GOLD WATCHES,
JEWELRY, CLOCKS.
SILVERWARE,
AND GOODS FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
All OF which will be sold at
AS1ONLSHXNGLY Low PRICES
Call, before purchasing elsewhere, on
MRS. n. HOLLAND.
Grand street, Monroe. La.
November q. 1875. tt
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-04-25
ELECTION THIS FALL.

From q recent issue of the Natchito-
ches Vindicator we copy the following !:
We believe the Constitution 10 be
framed by the Convention shortly to
assemble will be submitted to the peO-
pie for ratification. There are reasons
why this should be done, which our
friend Of the OUACHITA TELEGRAPH
has overlooked.
The Federal government has made
vast tnroads upon what We believe to
be the sovereign rights and powers Of
the respective Commonwealth of the
Union. Particularly can this be said
Of the elective franchise and the super
vision of elections, hitherto free from
federal interference. The Democrats
In Congress, or at least majority,
have yielded to those principles by re-
f1sing to repeal the Statutes making II
q crime to commit frauds In elections
consequently, It has become the duty
Of the States to protect their rights as
best they may. In view OF this fact
we shall vigorously insist that elections
for all State officers shall occur this
coming November, and every two or
four years thereafter. This places It be-
yond the power Of the Federal Govern
ment to interfere In any manner what
0V0H WASu SASO 0A0SSAOAA Va ASVS1s0 SsaAu kScAA-
fish officials, which It does now under
the guise Of CIRCULATING the manner"
of holding elections for members Of
Congress.
In doing this another point is gained.
We start out with new Constitution,
and with new men, fully In consonance
with all its principles, as officials under
IL; whereas, II we allow the Convention
to both frame and adopt the organic law
and retain the present officials, or such
ofthem as may not be displaced, no such
happy condition will be consnmmated.
The TELEGRAPH will make no issue
ON that suggestion. We did not want
to risk the matter alone. A general
election would call out a full vote of
the State and insure a ratification be-
You'd a peradventure. We admit that
It is customary to submit constitutions
for popular approval, but that it is at
all necessary or obligatory we most
emphatically deny. Tho party that is
able to dictate a change of the funda-
mental law, is able to control its pro-
visions and is able to impose it upon
the State. We cannot recall q single
instance as an exception to the rule, no
matter how bad the instrument may
have been.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-04-25

We return thanks to Hon. Jacob
Frolich, Secretary of State of Ark.
ansas, for copy of the "Acts, resolu-
tions and memorials OF the General
Assembly of the State of Arkansas"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-04-25

In the Democratic caucus, the vote
for President of the Convention resulted
as follows: l.. A. Wiltz Al, n. w.
Richardson %, T. B. Lyons 81.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-04-25

The present drouth is unprecedented
In Texas. The oat crop is past redemp-
ton, wheat is cut short, and cotton
and corn prospects poor.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-04-25

Gen. T. III. Benton, Jr., son OF the
famous Missouri Senator, died in ST
Louis a few days ago.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-04-25
NOTICE.

NOTZCECe
Mayors OFFICE, April 10, 1879.
All owners of real estate, or those in
charge thereof, whether rented or other
wise, as well as all heads of families, are
hereby requested and notified to have or
cause to be removed any accumulated
trash or filth which may be found by ex-
animation of their premises, which by fail
any epidemic disease in our community i;
and as the hot weather is now fast approach-
ing, the above named are hereby earnestly
requested to attend to their duty at once,
without being urge.l to do so, by the police.
FIR ENDOM, Mayor.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-04-25

For SALE OR LEASE
THE INGLESIDE PLANTATION,
roe 200 acres of land, 800 open and under
fence. Place in splendid condition. we'll
fenced and ditched !; good stables and quar-
ters and a large gin-house. A very large
dwelling; eight rooms, with all necessary
outbuildings, and beautiful yard and sur
roundings.
For terms and further particulars, apply
to or address
HUGH w. MONTGOMERY,
l6O Common St., New Orleans, a
April IL, 1879. 20. BOX z3Ao.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-04-25

United States In II Howard 284,
in which volume it occupies nine
pages.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-04-25

Garibatdi's health has greatly i'm
proved.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-04-25
NEW MARKET HOUSE.

The undersigned has opened has opened
this new market house, and will be pleased
to supply the best of meats at all hours Of
the day. His old patrons are respectfully
invited to come and see him.
@- Whole hogs, neatly butchered, sold
at SC per pound. j. l.. NELSON.
Dec. 10 lS73.-l4:tf.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-04-25
A PROTEST

Of the People of Wyandott, Kansas,
Concerning the Negro Immigration.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-04-25
III c. DOWNS,
PRACTICAL. PAPER LANCER,
MONROE, L.

Dealer in Wall Paper. Gold and Velvet
Border, etc. Aside from a superiority III
quality of paper, persons will find my prices
20 or 20 per cent lower than those 81 othet
dealers, Sample books on exhibition AT
Moore's drug store, where parties are re-
auestc cd to leave their orders. 22-6m
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-04-25

if it confines legislation strictly to its
proper sphere, il it surrounds cxecu-
tive and judicial trusts with ample and
appropriate guards and restrictions, ii
it embodies all the excellence of mod
crn constitutions without their defects,
still it will not escape the censure AMI
criticism of chronic fault finders, nor
satisfy the unreasonable demands of
asitators, nor meet the vain hopes Of
that numerous class of citizens who
habitually look to legislation for a rem
etly for all that is defective in the So
cial system. 1t is in vain to remind
them that State constitutions cannot
heal the wounds of war nor repair the
ravages of pestilencc, nor make good
the losses by fires and floods, nor up
root the prejudices ofcnemies, nor stay
the progress of commercial revulsions,
nor create a spirit of thrift and enter
prise, nor change the rooted habits and
hereditary customs of the people. They
will still look to the trainers of consti-
buttons and the makers of laws for the
fruits which can come only from tenn
perance, industry, enterprise, frugafity,
forethought and economy. y X
We hear it said that this Convention
will be the graveyard of political as
pirations. l regard this IT'S 4 bugbear
which could have terrors only for those
who watch the changes III popular ia
vor and caprice. For just and honora-
bic men, who act here for their fair
minded aud intelligent neighbors, it
has no moro Significance or alarm than
hobgoblin of the nursery. AS just
men and lovers of justice, you come
here to promote and establish it by the
best means and methods that your
joint wisdom, experience and labor can
find out and put in practice; and when
you have done this, all just men
among oursovereign constituents will
render thanks to you for your good
and faithful service. AS gentlemen
and lovers of honor, you come here to
act out the hehcsts of that noble virtue
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-10-09
rhis last thonnht decided her nnt to I

This last thought decided her not to
consult her minister So she told neither
him nor any body else about the man
who had lived on Crohanroe for hun
dred years, the spring at the root of the
ash, her night at Squire O'Hara's old
fort, and the little red cap she had
brought home from the field.
There was fair held half-yearly in
the town of Donegal. The day came,
and Mrs. Mcpherson put on her clean
cap and tartan shawl, and set forth to
spend the fairy money. She was unde-
cided whether to buy a pair of blankets,
or " slip of pig" to eat up the pota-
to-skins and buttermilk
The town was crowded with people
from all parts of the country, and a gay
scene was the fair-the booths covered
with such goods as would be most
tempting to poor farmers and their wives
and daughters.
As Mrs. Mcpherson stood watching
the sprightly black-haired maidens teas
/ ing their sweethearts for fairing, and
the mothers anXiously counting their
! halfpence, she observed dwarfish man
making his way up the street. He
seemed to stop at every stall to take
something or other off it-nOw a cravat,
now pair of socks, now an orange or
a wedge of bacon; and she could not
perceive that he ever paid for any thing.
His brown jacket was bullying out with
the quantity of goods he had managed
to stow away But the most remarka-
BILE thing about the whole affair was that
the owners of the stalls did not appear
to call him to account; they put up in a
surprisingly philosophical manner with
the loss of their property; indeed, they
did not seem even to see the little thief.
Nearer and nearer he came, in and
out among the crowd, snatching articles
from the booths and slowing them away
upon his person. The good woman
touched him upon the shoulder when he
got close enough, and asked:
"Why do you TAX the things frae the
stalls without paying for them, sir?"
The dwarf did not reply to her ques-
ton. Instead of doing SO he asked an
other.
(Which of your eyes do you see me
WITH" he asked
"With my left eye" replied the poor
woman, wondering ut the question.
The man said nothing more, but max
ing a sudden spring into the air, thrust
his finger into Mrs. McPhersOn's left
eye, putting it out completely.