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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-10
THE MINERAL WEALTH OF GEORGIA.
ATLANTA Constitution ]

Since the beginning of the actual
geological survey of the State, five
years ago, fifty gold mills with five
hundred stamps have been put into ac-
tual operation in Georgia, represent
ing a capital of nearly $500, 900,
brought into the State from the north
and west. The collection of minerals
in the Office of the geological survey
shows the vast undeveloped resources
of Georgia. There are specimens of
ore from seventy-one counties, granite
from forty-ffve counties, gold ore from
sixty-one counties, limestone from
forty eight counties, quartz from forty
six counties, soapstone from twenty
two counties, mill-roclz from seventy
one counties, asbestos from twenty
eight connties, copper from twenty
seven counties, corundum from nine
counties, kaolin from eleven counties,
manganese from fifteen counties, mar
BILE from six counties, serpentine for
mantels from eleven counties, and 50
on through the list. From the rail
way depot at Gainesville there was
shipped last year about 100000 worth
of manganese, which is used for the
manufacture of Bessemer steel. When
the geological survey first began in
Barlow county, the pig-iron in which
this valuable metal is contained was
thrown away as worthless. In the
same county the demand for the brown
hematite iron ores has been SO great
that q broad gauage railroad four
miles long has been constructed to
reach and render available one of the
ore beds described in DR.. Little'S first
annual report. The copper beds in
Harralson county are now in process
of development, the maris in southern
Georgia, and the large deposits of
| green sand in Houston and Twigg
counties, discovered by the survey,
will soon be utilized.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-10
A.RoMANrIc CAREER.

The Washington correspondents of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, gives tho follow
ing news item:
of the recent death, in Egypt, of
Madame Van Dcnnest, whose romantic
career has given scandai-mongers more
food than that of any other lady who
was ever conspicuous insVSashtngton
society. Her maiden name was EVE
Taylor, and she was daughter Of Col.
Joseph Taylor and q niece of President
Zachary Taylor. Her first husband,
Col. Kingsbury, left his fortuneto their
child, born after his death. Her second
husband was Gen. GalIatin Lawrence,
a son of Hon. William Beach Law
renee, of Newport. Mrs. Eawrence's
elopement with Mr.. Van Dennest, of
the Belgium Legation, at Washington,
is of comparatively recent date. Gen.
Lawrence followed his wife to Europe,
where he challenged and fought her
paramour. No blood was shed, as
Van Dennest fired in the air. The
diplomat WAS discussed by his govern
Gen. Lawrence had been divorced he
married the lady, and subsequently, to
that was given a small diplomatic posi-
tion in Egypt, where he and his wife
were living until her death, after n
short illness, few weeks ago. Mrs.
Van Dennest was blonde of much
beauty, and n spoiled butterfly of
fashion. She leaves 81 second child,
which had been legitimized by her
marriage with NJ. Van Dennest.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-10
NOT INCONSISTENT.


Gov. j. g. Brown, In his recent re-
marks at the reception given. Mr..
Thos. A. Scott by the citizens of New
Orleans, said
He desired before closing to say ono
thing which he hoped his past associa-
tlons with the people of the South!
would enable him to say without Of
fence and without fear of being misun-
derstood. He thought the time had
come when the South should turn It's
back upon national party politics and
push forward energetically and vigor-
ously for business apl commercial
prosperity. 8
uLet the Northern Democrats and
Republicans, he said, ssscraxnbie and
fight over national party politics, but
let US of the South take care OF. our
material interests and work for the
restoration ofour people to prosperity. -
There is no inconsistency in attend.
Ing to business aud at the same time
taking lively interest In national
politics. No section is moro tntexcsted
than the South In national politics..
For four years we tried to cut loose
from the Union and get rid of national
politics, but our friends north of the
Potomac objected. Now that we have
been compelled to be part OF the
political body of the Union we propose
to do our whole duty and attend to
Federal as well as State politics, other
wise Federal politics may attend to us
in way we Will not Hike. Mobile Re
gister.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-10
WHAT MIR. ENGLISH ESCAPED.

The Washington Post draws n
gloomy picture of the vice presidency.
1t says No matter how ambitious,
vigorous and active statesman may
be when he Is iuducted Into the vice
presidency, from that hour he is a
doomed man. Slowly but surely he
loses all interest in sublunary things,
becomes mere mechanical manipu-
lator of the gavel, mournfully mouths
the set phrases which parliamentary
usage has ascribed to the chair of the
Senate, drops out of his old political
activity into dreary isolation, and,
when his term is at an end, is ready
to go home and be cipher for the
residue of his days. When the elder
Adams described the vice presidency
as the most Insignificant position that
an ungrateful people ever contrived
for n statesman, he spoke by the card.
With no patronage but the catership
and pie-stands of the Senate, no vote
except in case of tie-which happens
no privilege of debate, the vice presi-
dent is really a forlorn and de5olate
creature. Four years of such an eXis-
tence for one who has been schem-
ing, busy politician, is terrible or
deal. To sit, month after month, and
listen to the dull drizzle of tedious de-
bate, in body whose soporific is COM
mensurate with its dignified decorum,
is enough to transform any politician
into such a condition that suspension
of respiration would leave him a mum
nv.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-10
JUDGES REFUSING
RESIGN.

The Supreme Court of the United
States is the last resort of the people to
obtain confirmation of their political
and civil rights, aud to settle ON sound
principles of law and equity contro-
versies respecting property and con-
tracts of performance. The central idea
of this court is right. Honor is its
soal. That its Judges shall be Impair
tial, absolutely FREQ from interest, be-
yond the reach of a brihe or corrupting
influence, is essential. The idea of this
court of final resort for nation of fifty
millions of people requires that each of
its nine Judges shall be just, honorable,
and manly to full roundness.
Over year ago one of these Judges
was stricken with paralysis and per-
manently disabled. It was his duty,
as soon as he could hold pen in his
fingers, to sign his name to resigna-
ton of his Office. He had no right to
hold on to public post whose duties
he was unable to perform. He had no
right to continue to take pay for work
not done. He had no right to throw
upon his associates his share of the
heavy work of the court. Above all,
he has done wrong by presenting the
spectacle of Il wholly disabled Judge
refusing to resign, and hanging on to
vided for Judges who retire under cer-
tain conditions ofage and service. The
act is dishonorable to him. And u
dishonorable act by Judge of the
Supreme Court of the United States
hurts the moral sense of the people.
Every one of the nine Judges should,
in his relation to the court, he su
premely abovs consideration of per-
sonal interest. We do not hesitate to
characterize Justice Hunts refusal to
resign as public scandal.
The case of Justice Clifford, similarly
disabled by paralysis, is recent. While
the sympathy of the public with the
| misfortune which has fallen on a great
and honored lawyer is fresh ana kind
| ly, a care for his good name, and
jealous reg ard of the reputation of the
supreme tribunal in which he has
conspicuously served, should impel
him to prompt resignation. II is idle
to talk of the recuperation of men
paraIyzed at the age of siXty-five or
upward. They are never as affective
as they were before. The Supreme
Court should be composed of strong
men. The manifested purpose to make
it a hospital of invalid pensioners is u
startling token of moral as well rs
political decay.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-10
4 PROGRESSIVE RACE.
[Tnllnhassee Floridinn.l !


An enterprising darlSy, of Il calcu.
lating turn of mind, called q few days
since on gentleman who owns q gar
den In the western part of the clty,and
represented that tho garden was part
ly growing up with grass, which, If
left to go to seed, would render 1t Inn
possible to grow vegetables on the spot
next year, and proposed to cut 1t down
for certain sum, which the gentle
man agreed to pay. He then went to
the gentleman who had recently rented
the premises and made him the same.
proposition, which was again accept
ed, the latter not knowing, of course,
that the owner had agreed to pay for
the work, as the darky had studiously
kept that to himself. After cutting
the grass and collecting pay from both
gentlemen, our hero proceeded to the
owner Of COW, sold the grass for
double what he charged for cutting 1t,
pocketed four times as much money as
the work was worth, and went on his
way humming: "Jesus my all to
Heaven is gone" Now, who says the
African is not progressive race?
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-10
TO AyENeE HIS SISTER.
The Man who sho. Lord Leitrim.


About 1000 men and women as
sembled in the Academy of Music,
Newark, last evening, at Il mass meet
ing of the new Irish Land League Of
that city. The mother of Mr.. Parnell,
the Irish agitator, and Miss Ellen A.
Ford We're among the occupants of the
crowded stage. They were greeted
with applause. The motto, "Justice
to Ireland" was displayed in the pros
cenium arch. Mr.. James Z. Connelley
presided, and introduced Mr.. James
Redpath, who arrived from ireland
yesterday noon. Three cheers were
given for Mr.. Redpath. He at once
began to speak of the land system in
Ireland. In certain counties, he said,
tenants who has reclaimed bog land
were driven out by the frequent rails
ing Of their rent. Some of these
tenants emigrated to America, but
men with "long'' families could not
do this.
A sslong" family, he explained, has
from nine to fourteen children. "A
woman who had only four children
apologized to Mr.. Redpath by saying
she had not been housekeeping long.
Ninetenths of the landlords are absen-
tees. zone man." the speaker said,
ahas driven thousands of tenants to
the poorhouses and to their graves. If
that man is shot I shall not wear
mourning. Concerning this subject of
shooting, 1 have been unable to find
that any decent landlord has been
shot. Wherever there is a decent
landlord the people would die for
him."
AS to the eviction of tenants, Mr..
Redpath said there has not been SO
much oft this year. ssThis," he said,
ssis because there was n Land League
in Ireland. IApplause. Ireland
| never had a more honest leader than
Charles Stewart Parnell. [Great ap-
plause.l Parnell has been asked what
he wants. He wants nothing, except
that the landlords shall get out of Ire
land. [Laughter.l All this year
there have been only five cases of sac-
cidental DEATH that any one can attri-
bufe to the tenants. One of the men
killed was Lord Leitrim. If he had
not been shot it would have been an
eternal disgrace: He ruined thirty
pure girls, and the brother of one o.
and shot him down like the dog thai
he was. TApplause.l I profoundly
honor him for it," continued the
speaker, Hand if L meet him in Chi
cago, will congratulate him on being
a good shot. I hope he will disclose
his name that we may give him tes
timoniaI. MIR. Froude has condemned
that shooting, and l charge him with
defending debauchery. 1t is time tC
speak out about this thing"
Mrs. Parnell and the Rev. Father
Carr also made addresses.-N. Y. ,Su'a,
| 30W.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-10
JUVENILE SMOKERS.

A British physician, observing the
large number of boys under 10 years of
age on the streets with cigars and
pipes In their mouths, was prompted to
examine the breath of this class of
smokers, and for that purpose selected
thirty. eight boys between the ages of
o and 10. In twenty-five of these
cases he found various disorders OF the
digestion, paIpitatioD of the heart and
more or less marked taste for strong
drink. In twelve there was frequent
bleeding of the nose, and twelve had
slight liberation of the mouth caused
by tobacco. The doctor treated them
for their ailments, but with tbut little
effect until the habit of smoking was
discontinued, when breath and
strength were soon restored. The
effect of tobacco in creating taste for
strong drink is unquestionably very
great. If the testimony of some to-
bacco users and medical men is of any
weight, one of the most radical
methods of keeping the young from
being led to Incorporate drinking is to
] deny them fobacco.--Ite ,StQ,stta7sazl.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-10
now THE TARIFF WORKS.

The Louisville Courier-J Journal hits
the nail on the head as follows:
Every taxpayer recognizes the duty
of paying taxes for the support of local,
State or General Government, although
he may grumble sometimes at the
large assessments. Under the opera
ton of a protective tariff, however.
everybody is required by law to pay
taxes, and very heavy ones, to group
of their fellow. citizens, who, bY com.
bining, have secured the passage of
laws laying large import duties on the
products of foreign countries to prevent
them from being brought into this
country, and thus force the people to
buy the same class of excluded foreign
commodities from them: Perhaps
protection is seldom looked at in this
way by its victims; nevertheless, the
naked fact is that American consumers
are every day paying heavy taxes to a
select group of their fellow-citizens TO
enable them to carry on their manu-
featuring business and malssn1 'uey.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-10
| MATRIMONIAL INSURANCE COM
pANY.


A company under the above name
has been organized at Cincinnati, with
the following rules
Any person unmarried (including
widows and widowers), of good charac-
ter and reputation, regardless of nge,
may become members without SUBJ
mitting to medical examination, but
by simply paying the admission fee,
dues and assessments. There will be
three divisions of the company. The
First Division will entitle the member
to policy Of $500, the Second to $1,000,
andthe Third TO $500.
The dues, assessments and admission
fees, of course, win differ accordingly.
In the First Division the admission fee
is to be So, the assessment not to ex-
ceed 81, and the yearly dues SO. Divis-
ion No. 2 has $40 admission fee, an
assessment not to exceed 81 80, and
yearly dues of SO. The Third Division
has an admission fee of $15, an ASSESS
ment not to exceed 50 and yearly dues
of 50. Any member who marries before
having been member one year for
feits his right to membership.
Whoever marries after one years
membership, but before having been in
the Association two years, shall receive
half OF his policy within sixty days,
and the other half at the expiration of
his second years membership. All
who have been members two years or
more before marriage shall receive the
entire amount within sixty days after
depositing their marriage certificates
with the company. This is The system
as proposed.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-10

a poison of any conceivable descrip-
ton and degree of potency, which has
been swallowed, Intentionally or by
accident, may be rendered instantly
harmless by swallowing two gills of
sweet oil. An individual with a very
strong constitution should take twice
the quantity. This oil will neutralize
every from of vegetable poison with
which the physicians and chemists are
acquainted.
Cut this out and save it, you might
have great cause of congratulation fol
doing so.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-10

The Disciples, Western religious
body, with which Gen. Garfield is as
sociated, have taken preliminary steps,
through the board of the General
Christian Missionary Society, to build
a new church in Washington. As the
object is to be attained by contributions
from the whole country, the society
has designated man named Joseph
Smith, of Cincinnati, to receive the
subscriptions. General Garfeld's con-
tribution is not stated. The Disciples
hope to lay the cornerstone about the
| Ist of March.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-10
Dentistry.

nR. 8. L. BRACEY, Dentist, respectfully
II offers his professional services TO the
citizens of Monroe and surrounding coun-
try. Having an experience of fourteen
Ae7rs, in the practice, he feels confident of
satisfaction in all branches of his
ession. Is willing to warrant all work
residence on Jackson street, near
Academy, Monroe, La.
v7-mar16:1Y
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-10

OF the stalwart newspapers the
Cincinnati Commercial was undoubt-
edly one of the iiercest and most vim
dictive during the progress of the
Presidential campaign, yet in late
issue there is an article filling column
after column in which a strenuous bid
is made for Southern trade. In the
head lines the whilom Radical editor
speaks with the most natural air OF
'the South and her, Cincinnati
ffiends.v
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-10
John HI. Dinkgrave,

A TrORNDY AT LAW, MONROE, LA.
II Office opposite Court House. Practices
in all the Courts of North Louisiana; also
in the Supreme Court of the State and the
Federal Courts. All claims, including cot
Land Office and Pension matters attended
to. March IS, 1879.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-10
THE HISTORY OF A DOLLAR.

A few days ago q large circle of
friends were called upon to mourn the
loss of a resident of this city. In the
prime of life, at the head of firm
ranking high in commercial circles,
ton, and but recently welded to a
lady of great charms of person and
mind, his death was d terrible blow.
In order to properly administer his
estate and to comply with the law
governing such cases, the court direct
ed the notary and appraisers to ex-
anime and report upon the value of
the property of the lamented gentle.
man.
In pursuance of this duty they re-
paired to one of our oldest moneyed
institutions, and from its vaults drew
the bank-box containing the evidences
of his investments. Slowly and care
fully each paper was scrutinized, in
ventoried and appraised. AT last the
officers of the law came upon a leathern
wallet of peculiar shape, and curiously
stitcAed together. They turned it
over, passed it one to the other, and
were strangely puzzled to conjecture
it's purpose or its contents.
Finally, as in duty bound, the no.
tary cut the strings and then dropped
upon the table a round substance
wrapped in fine tissue paper.
Opening the package, a Mexican
dollar was disclosed to view, black
with age, and on the paper was writ
ten in a clear running hand, words
about as follows:
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-10

One of the family of General Garfield
at the White House will be his mother,
now seventy-nine years old.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-10

The law office of old fpsZ~,tevens is
now barber shop, coxsxs.Ss1 by Ike
Smith, son of Stevens rs. house
keeper. The womaY 2.n keep
ing Philadelphia boa cd part
Of the money Steven .sr.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-10
r.T.P. Ikichnrdso,,

"AS resumed the practice of Medicine.
III He may be found, whom not profess
sionally engaged, at Moore's drug store
during the day, and at his residence at all
other hours. Monroe, Feb. 6, $40.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-10
G. ]. BoATNER. NJ. j. LIDDl
BOatner 81 Litldell,

!. A TTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT
N Law, Monroe, La, will practice in all
the Parishes of North Louisiana, in the
Supreme Court at Monroe, the Federal
Courts, and in the Land Office Department
of the General Government.
Office fronting northeast corner of public
square. January 3, 1879.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-10
"uIsroRY OF THE DOLLAR"

ssAt the final surrender of the Confede-
rate army under the command of Gen.
Joseph e. Johnston, in North Caro-
lima, in the year 1865, each private
soldier who remained on duty with
his colors to the last, was presented, by
order of President Davis, with the
sum of one dollar and quarter in
silver.
uThanks to the generosity and hos
pitality of the people along the route,
I was enabled to traverse the entire
distance from North Carolina to Lou
isiapa without being called on to ex-
pend but twenty-five cents, and it is
my desire that this dollar, being the
last money ever paid me for services
IN the Lost Cause, shall be kept for
ever.'
Silently and reverently the piece of
of silver was returned to its receptacle.
OF the men who looked upon it all had
worn the gray, and though fifteen
years had rolled over them, years of
aspiration perhaps, of vicissitudes GER
tainly, the sight OF that little piece of
money brought back in an instant
memories of that hallowed past now
gone forever, and their hearts melted
at the thought of the tenderness which
had guarded it in life and provided for
its safe-keeping, even when the owner
should have gone to answer his roll
call in the great beyond. Sleep gall
liant soldier, brave gentleman, true
friend Faithful to the Lost Cause,
faithful to Louisiana, loyal to every
trust, rest has come to you at last, in
the abode of eternal peace and love
and bappiness.-N. o. States.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-10
JOHN CALDERwooD. THos. !
Drs. Calderwood s. Ably,

Practitioners in Medicine and Surgery.
Office on Grand street, in rear of q. w.
McFee's Drug Store, and opposite ]. w.
Smiths carriage shop.
January 23, 1850. n20:1y
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-10

Cards of personal characterization adj
missible-wi1l be charged double our regu-
lar advertising rates.
Obituary and Marriage notices will be
charged as advertisements.
Any person sendingus five new cash sub
scribers, at the Same post-ofice, will be en-
titled to copy of THE TELEaRAPT gratis
for one year.
ADVERTISING REGULATIONS.
Transient advertisements must be paid
for in adUGnce.
All advertisements sent to this Office
when not otherwise ordered, will be in
serted "till forbid" and charged accordia9Iy.
Editorial business notices will be made,
free of charge, of all advertisements ordered
in the paper; for other editorial notices a
charge of 25 cents per line will be made.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-10

a woman is always waist full about
her belt,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-10
+. p sTUBBs. TALBOT STILLMAN.
Stubbs 81 Stillmau,

A TTORNEYS AT LAW. Monroe, La,
n will practice in the Parishes OF
Oaachita, 1foreho,Gse Richl1a,d and F1aaklim
and in the Federal Courts. VIII take
claims for collection in all other parishes in
Louisiana, with privilege of managing
anne in connection with attorneys residing
there. March z, 1879. 1y
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-10

r. RICHARDSON. s. d. M'ENERY.
J. S. YOUNG.
Richardson, McEnery d. Young,
A TTORNEYS AT LAW, Monroe, La,
N will practice in all the parishes OF
North Louisiana, the Supreme Court of the
State, the Federal Courts, and in the Land
Office Department of the General Govern
ment. January IL, 1879.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-10
w. f. NIiIIsaps,

A TTORNEY AT LAW, MONROE, LA.
II will practice in the courts OF the Fifth
Judicial District, and in the Supreme Court
at Monroe. Will take claims for collection
in all the parishes of North Louisiana, with
privilege of managing same through resi-
dent attorneys.
November 4, 1850.