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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-08-06
READING.

Let us take time for reading. II
will never come il wc wait to have
every specl> of dirt removed from each
article We use. Wo can always find
else to do and conscicn-
tious housekcepers, with littlo taste for
mental pursuits, arc apt to make great
blunders. The life Is more than meat,
aud body than raiment, which means
If mny be allowed to preach q wcc
bit of sernon-that you yourself,
with uit your immortal faculties, arc of
more, vastly more, importance than
your house and furniture, clothing and
cookery and those arc utterly worth
less If they serve rs hihdrnnces In
stead of helps, to your Individual
culture. No kind of labor Is dcyrad-
ing If done from worthy motive, and
no motive can hc nOblCr than the
womanly desire to make q pleasant
home. With this end in vicw-with
love as washing nnd darn
| ing and scrubbing are all elevated from
drudgery to noble place. but our
home can not be properly attractfyc
| and profitable to our families If Wc
ourselves arc dali and liarassed. Our
brothers and fathers and husbands and
sons need cheerful and intelligent com
panions at home inr moro than thoy
need nicc dinners and spotless linen.
1t is necessary that good housc-llccp-
ers should also read and reflect and
listen and converse. n'.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-08-06
NANCOCK'S STAFF OFFICER.
Now York IIcrald.l

Gen. Hancock, yesterday, was in an
| unusually genial mood, and talked to
all without restraint. He was qucs-
toned by one of the visitors as to
when he would have his letter OF
acceptance written. The General did
not seem to have heard tho inquiry,
but he was quick to catch question as
| to his correspondence and give it Il
prompt answer.
ayes, receive a great many letters, -
remarked tho General to his group of
! attentive listeners, "and some very
curious ones. / am very careful not to
bctray confidential correspondence, but
the letter to which / am about to refer
does not come under that head. 1t is
a conunlrum, in fact--a Confederate
| CoIonel's conundrum."
81 hope you were able TO answer the
donundrum," interrupted one of the
| party.
"I viii! tell the story" continued the
General. at is the conundrum and
the answer together. Tho fight at
Beams Station was a severe one, and
lasted from morning until night. The
enemy outnumbcrcd us about three to
j one, and had it not been FOR this fact /
probably would never have had this
story to tell. 1t resulted in the capt
urc OF one of my staff. lie was q
branc man, none more SO, and an able
man, very few in intellectual accom-
plishmcnts surprising him. Ny only
regret is that l did not know him
better at the time, as l could then
have engaged him to write my reports.
The fact is, / didn't have time to get
acquainted with him So as to fully
appreciate his merits, he was so per-
sistenly getting captured or wounded.
Wei, after his capture he was taken
to Petersburg, and, with other prison
crs, put in !. tobacco shed for safe
keeping until he could be taken to
Richmond. lie managed to stow
himself in Il tiercc and was left there,
while his accompanies were marched
off to the rebel capital. In the dark
ness of the night he stole away, reached
in safety the banks OF the Appcmat-
tox, divested himself of his clothing,
pioungcd into the water, and made foi
the opposite shore. 1t was destined
; that he should sec Richmond before
coming back to my camp. Instead O
landing behind the cnemy's picke
line, as he had calculated, he landed
inside of it, and was recaptured. Now
I my Confederate correspondent, wh'
, had the good luck TO capture him, ha
written, asking mo to give his name
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STORY OF GEN. HANCOCK.
Norfolk LaMllmark.j

Major Lees speech at Great Bridge
was undoubtedly Il beautiful perform
ance-the most robust, manly, and
eloquent address we have ever heard
from him, and We regret that its liter.
airy beauties could not have been pre-
served by stenographer. Wherever
he may DC able to repeat it the effect
must be to enhance his reputation,
and should he be able himself to re-
produce it we wish he would write it
out. In the course OF his noble eulogy
on Gen. Hancock he narrated a little
incident which we wish we could re-
peat in his own glowing language, but
even at the risk of spelling it VIC ven-
ture to repeat it. When Gen. John.
ston evacuated the Peninsula, and the
Federal troops advanced, two plain
farmers who We're not in the army be-
cause Of age stood talking mournfully
in the highway. Their hearts were
sad and heavy within them. They
had seen the last of their own kith
and kin, the last of the Confederate
battle flags, and they We're bowed
down with manly sorrow. They were
filed, too, with gloom and apprehcn-
sion. They had known something OF
the war waged by Butler when he
commanded on tho Peninsula, and
expected pillage, and fire, and sword
as their portion. Thus standing, an
officer, evidently of rank, rode up and
asked them Il few questions. They
were near n house which Gen. johnson
had recently occupied, and after in
quirins how long since the Confeder-
ate leader had left, the unknown Off
Ger observed that the ruined farmers
were in great distress. One trying to
put on a bold front, and seeing that
the stranger was smoking, drew out
his pipe and tried to light it, to show
how cool and composed he also could
be under calamity; but tho old mans
hand shook and his eyes were dim.
When the Federal general saw this he
threw himself from his horse, steadied
the old mans pipe, held his own
cigar till it was lighted, and by this
homely act revealed his native benev-
| o!ence. Then he said: "GcntIemen,
go to your homes, go to work, and at.
tend to your own affairs as law-abiding
and peaceful citizens, and no ono shall
molest you" That man was Gen.
! Hancock, and when he performed
this simple act of kindness hc never
dreamed, said Major Lee, that it would
be narrated to his fellow citizens of the
South on the authority of one of those
old men, still surviving, to show Iii:
noble nature, in such Il canvass as tn,
present.
We have spoiled the story in the
telling but its point is not lost, anG
great in small things Gen. Hancock
has proved great in big things also. Il
it wonder, then, that tho people car
| take such a man to their hearts and
give him their love, and confidence
and admiration?
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MONROE, LOUISIANA FRIDAY AUGUST g. 1880.

as he wants to renew his acquaintance
and apologize for the suit he then pre-
Sented him."
"Did you give his name ?'' eagerly
asked one Of the listeners, whose curl.
osity in the denouement was such that
he could not wait for the General to
finish.
no objection to telling you, gentlemen.
1t was my adjutant general, Francis
a. Walker"
"What, the superintendent Of the
censuss
s.None other.'
s.The Yale College professor ::''
ssThe same"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-08-06
INGRATlTUDE OF THE WHITE RAD.
ICAL.
tGreenvillo Tinos.1

EGreenvillo Timos.1
The quality Of the carpetbagger and
the scalawag, hos never been more forci-
bly, brought to tho surface, than in
their treatment of John Lynch, tho con-
gressional nominee of the Republicans
of this district. For no reason what
ever except that he is a negro, for INTEL
lectually and morally he is their equal
at least, the white Republicans have
utterly abandoned him, aud with curses
consigned him to defeat. Ex-senator
Alcorn, We have heard, wrote to him
that he would not supp0r him. NIessrs.
Clarke and Jeffords plainly imply that
they desire his defeat. We have been
shown q letter from another white Re
publican bitterly REVEALING his nomlna-
tion. Mr.. Libby, Bolivar delegate,
has openly avowed that he will support
Chalmers, and in fact we have yet to
hear of II single white Republican who
will give him the slightest aid.
Our comment upon this matter is for
tho colord voters, who will not be slow
to draw the true moral from this ev-
idence of the ingratitude and unworth-
tness of men whose leadership they
have trusted and followed; and who
have become enriched through them.
Let them compare 1t with the action
| of the Democratic executive committee,
which we elsewhere publish. -,lf
The treachery of his white allies en-
sures Lynch's defeat. In fact, his rnce
is now as farcical as was that Of CAS-
tello two years since. .. ..,.,.1. '.T
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wANTED--A REvERsABLE FAT MAN,
[Detroit Free PrcSS.1


There should be a law in this coun-
try to keep fat men out in the woods
during the summer. If it wasn't for
fat men on the streets, on the cars, in
the halls and other public places, lean
folks would never feel the heat half as
much as they do. They are unabridged
thermometers. They are the annoy
ance of every group and crowd. Let
two lean men make up to go fishing
and along comes fat man with his
face as red as beet, the sweat trick
ling down his back and his collar look
ing like a wilted cabbage leaf, and he
begins to tell how Internal hot it is
and what danger there is of sunstroke,
and how he wishes he was an iceberg,
and in two minutes he knocks the
fishing business in the head.
One fat man at a church festival will
do more injury than a thunder storm.
I'm the first place he tries to discourage
the committee from holding the festi-
val. When he can't do that he goes
and tries to shut out all the air by
standing in the door. If people stand
that he goes putting and blowing around
and says he is fifty-seven years old and
! never saw such a hot evening before.
| He warns the children that strawber.
rics will sour on the stomach, tells the
ladies that ice cream is the foundation
of consumption, and gives out that he
has had two sons die from the effects
Of drinking lemonade on hot even.
ing. Perspiring though he is, he casts
a cold wave over the gathering and
manages to leave four gallons of ice
cream on the committees hands.
1t is on the street cars that the fa
mans influence is most apparent
Everybody in the car is all right unit
he comes in. He drops down with ar
wful grunt, begins to mop his old bale
head and growl aud in two minutes h,
starts the perspiration all around. HI
takes up three seats, works his elbows
into other peoples ribs and is indig
nant at anybody who has to climl
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-08-06
DoMliStrY.

DR. ST.. BRACEY, Dentist, respectfully
~ 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
office ut residence on jackson street, near
the Female Academy, Monroe. La.
v7-mar16:1y
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-08-06
DENTISTRY

Painless extraction of teeth by the aid
of nitrous oxide gas, administered by DIR.
d Beatty, dentist of 25 years experience,
and can refer to work of twenty years
standing in Monroe. Office over Bank.
west room.
Monroe, La, Jan. 2, 1850 IT,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-08-06
STATESMAN AS WE'LL AS SOLDIER.

Tho Ingenious Mr.. Carl Schurz has
made tho interesting discovery that
Gen. Hancock, though Il good soldier,
Is not II statesm an. a-,. ..,u..
Mr.. Schurz seems TO regard tho two
characters as impossible to be united
in one individual. AS he has tried
both himself, and undoubtedly enter
tains the complaisant opinion that hc
is not Il nobody, ii might be interes-
ting to be informed which ho considers
hinself--a statesman or soldier.
! AS tho very foremost soldiers Of tho
world have been equally distinguished
as statesmen, IL is difficult to Imagine
on what Mr.. Schurz founds his opin-
ion. .. -..
Not TO go back to ancient times, was
not Napoleon a statesman as we'll us Il
soldier? ...,..f. .....
From the date of the battle of Water
loo to that Of his death, whose opinion
had greater weight in civil affairs in
Great Britain than that OF the Dulto OF
Wellington? .....,..... t..,-
But, above all, how docs Mr.. Schurz
get over the example of George Wash
ington? s......l
So far az Gen. Hancock has shown
himself in civil affairs, he has furnished
most ample reason TO be ranked ~ a
statesman OF the first class, one who
understands and regards the funda-
mental, constitutional ! principles OF
our free Government. I....r .
a curious legal question of ini,cri-
| tancc has arisen from q recent railway
accident tn Germany, which resulted
in the death Of several passengers.
| Among its victims wcro two Breslau
gcntlcmcn, Messrs. J<oschel and Cal,
! linich, who had been close friends for
many years, and were so strongly at
tachcd to one another that. some
months previous to the journey which,
proved so fatal to both OF them, thoy
had executed deed, in virtue OF
which, on the demise OF either, tho
survivor should become entitled to tho
whole property of the deceased. AS
both parties to this "IIrbvertras", or
heritage agreement perished in the
accident above alluded to, their bodies
having been found among tho ruins OF
the second-class carriage in which they
had been travelling together, the Gues-
tion arises which, if either Of them,
died last, thereby becoming his friends
legal heir, and, assuming that their
deaths took place simultaneously, what
disposition can be made of their prop
critics? =?
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-08-06

Mr.. Tildcn in an imincntly practical
manner has manifested his approval
of the nomination of Gen. Hancock.
It is in the shape of a check for $780,
600 payable to Hon. w. II. Barnum
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-08-06
MONROE FERRY.

Ferriage at tho Monroe ferry, on sun
days, for carriages and buggies, has been
II xed at half ratios.
Pleasure skiffs kept for hre at all times.
+. J. LARKIN.
Monroe, Jau 80, 1880. If Lessee
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-08-06

Hear how Judge decides in Hun
gary: Some time ago man died
bankrupt, and though he did not leave
his widow a single penny, he be-
queathed her very large unpaid bill
at a local public house. His creditor
did honor to his memory by bringing
an action against his widow for the
payment of her husbands drinking
account. She proved that she was
absolutely pcnniless, but the judge CON
dcmned her to pay tho bill with costs,
on the ground that by her evidently
capricious and impracticablc temper
the had driven her late husband to the
public house, in order to find there
the comfort and peace which were
denied him at homc.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-08-06

1t is understood that Gen. Grant will
receive q salary of $2j, 900 as president
of the New Mexican Mining Company
which position he has just accepted.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-08-06
DDEf.L,
ROatner Il Lilllell.

4 T"TORNEYS 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 i'll tho Land Office Department
of the General Government.
Office fronting northeast corner of public
square. January 3, 1879.
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JOHN cALDERwOOD. THOS. Y. AB1
n,.S Ho1I1nrwnOj (. Ahv

Practitioners in Medicine and Surgery.
o flee on Grand street, in rear of q. w.
McFee's Drug Store, and opposite j. w.
Smiths carriage shop.
January %, 1880. n2O:ly
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Dr. +. II. Richardson

" AS resumed tho practice of Medicine.
III Ho may be found, when not profess
siOnally engaged, at Moore's drug store
during tho day, and at his residence at ali
other hours. Monroe, Fob. 6, 1879.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-08-06

The whine Of tifc-thc daily conVcr-
aation of n frcfting woman.
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Il. RICHARDSON. SD. M'ENER1
J. $. YOUNG.


TTOKNEYS AT LAW, monroe, la. ),
n will practice in all tho parishes OF
North Louisiana, the Supreme Court of tho
state, the Federal Courts, and in the Land
Office Department OF the General Govern
mont. January II, 1879.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-08-06
John HI. Dinkgrave,

A T'TORNEY AT LAW, MONROE, LA.
II Office opposite Court House. Practices
in all the Courts of North Louisiana; also
in tho Supreme Court of the State and tho
Federal Courts. All claims, including cot
ton claims, will receive prompt attention.
Land Office and Pension matters attended
to- March %, 1879,
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F. p. STUBnS. TALBOT STILIIMAN
Stubbs I& Stillman,

A TTORNEYS AT LAW. Monroe, La,
4 3acna W a tnG a marses 81
and in the Federal Courts. Will take
claims for collection in all other parishes in
Louisiana, with privilege OF managing
same in connection with attorneys residing
there. March Z, 1879. ly
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Joseph e. Johnston.

A TrORNEY AT LAW, MONROE, LA.
n will practice in all the Courts of
North Louisiana, and in tho Supreme
Court of the State.
January 25, 1870.
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JAMES r.. STROTHER,

TFORNEY AT LAW, Monroe La.
IA Will practice law in North Louisiana
before the Supreme Court at Monroe, Fed
eraI Courts of Louisiana, Court of Claims
and Supreme Court OF tho United States al
Washington City.
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John T.. Lu<lelinx,

John +. Lu&le1inK,
A TIORNEY AT LAW, Monroe, La, will
II practice in the State and Federal Courts
in Louisiana, and in tho Supreme Court at
Washington City. IL
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-08-06

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Obituary and Marriage notices will bo
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Any person sending us five new cash sub
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-02-19
Ordinanoo Committee.

Last night the Council Committee on
Ordinances met nj the city building To
dispose OF mattrtS before them. Tue
hrst subject taken up WAS Lawrence
Heller, Who has been reported rs hay
ING been twi,r convicted oi selling
liluor on SUNDAY. The penalty IN suCh
"A cnac ~ the revocation at his lrcnoc,
but the committee postponed action
until next "Wednesday night -
William Zimmerman wants To De
changed an amusement license, tho
same ~ the Opera House, Tic ~ pro
prictor oi the Rcllryuc Garicu, aud
charges au admission lyC oi lO cents To
.re the female walkers. Tie has been
PAVING - per day loT u livrusc, and
thinks Il too steep, Council rcicrrcd tho
matter Ia the committee, which dvcidci
to reject the PRAYER ul the petitioner.
The next subject Was an important
one, but the committee spout but httlc
time over H.. ID MAS the question oi
p~rrparing an ordinance by which the ct
lice OF ScnNaut shalt become salar,rd
one. Mr.. uandlau offered the Irsolu,
ton, which Was unanimously adopted
hy both branches, directing the commit
tee tn prepare the ordinance. ami, ~
there was unanim,tN IT opinion tn the
cnmmitlcy, there va nothing I" hc Sard.
The Solicitor will DRAFT the ordinance
and Il will b. reported to the committee
ON "Wednesday next 81 this provision
Il will not affect the present incumbent
but there h no doubt, nom The present
general sentiment, that hts Successor
will pccciyO "A salary Instead at lees.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-02-19
RIVER ~INTELLIGENCE.

River last night Is feet and declining
steadily.
Weather clear und cool.
The peoples packet. G. W. Bachelor,
leaves Tor Pittsburgh at Z 4. ".
The niurnal is tho rarkersburg packet
to-day.
The Welcome, Telegram, Phacton,
O'Ncil and Ellison, nil make their regular
trips to-day
The lronsides will get away 10 day
with tho Gmy's Iron Rargcs loaded here
for ~. Louis. She will take several
thousand kegs OF nails, and ONE mis-
Ccllancous freight. The Ravens bargrs
will load for the SAINT port this week.
The big steamer Carrier will probably
pass down this week Tor 81. Louis.
The Emma Graham pissed down last
night
Tho Chancellor In due down tonight
from Portsmouth.
The Coal City aud u lew other tow
boats took down fleets Of coal yesterday.
The bad weather made business rather
dull on the wharf yesterday.
The Fleetwood, st, Lawrence and
Pittsburgh, being unable TO gct under
the Newport bridge, landed at the Little
Miami depot. The Telegraph and Do
nanEa came down 10 the wharf. The
rcshipping OF the ST. Lawrence 10 the
Mary Houston was brought down from
above the Newport bridge on n barge.
The Houston received 800 kegs Of nails
from the sourcc mentioned Gneinnah
1imoi.
The following additional tows OF coal
were ready Yesterday Ia leave ior Louis
Vile and Cincinnati: sam Clarke. los.
600 bushels; JoA W. Gould, l20,00
bushels. Onward, 10000 bushels. Hor-
net No. ?, 5000 bushels Veteran,
10000 bushels: samson No. 2, 10000.
Total, 9l7 .OSg bushels. This makes the
total shipments on this rise, 5,b55. 500
buAhels.- Pittsburgh IoL
The John Porter sunk a large below
ST. Mays
The following paragraph from the
riycT column Of the Pittsburgh T,mo, Is
consoling; There are worse places for
steamboats, than Wheeling OF Pitts.
buRh. The Montana on her inst trip
down put oil one dollar and Iorty cents
worth Of irehght at PalucAh, and paid
out hour dollars ior the privilege Of 30
doing"
Capt John Porter, while attempting
10 ride across the dump al New Cum.
beriand while the water was over II,
the other day, Lost his bearings, and
horse, rider and all we're pfccipitated
over the wall into deep water. The
horse reared and plunged In q feariaI
manner, but the Captain chung 70 him
bravely, and alter stfuesling In the
wafer Tor so,ne time nanaud b hcad
the hous ios the shofs. vhich be enc.
eeeded In reaching With hb rider In
saIety, bat not without Q oomplets