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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-10-15
4 SUBMARINE VOLCANO.

WAsIIINGTON, Oct l.-Commandcr
steamer Alert, in a report to the navy
department just received, says that
while on a Surveying cruise in the Pa
citic, south Of Fortsizio and the Bovin
islands, on approaching the island of
San AlesandrO his attention was called
to strange appearance on the water,
apparently ten miles distant. A vol
ume of vapor was rising as though
some vessel was blowing off steam.
This was followed by an appearance of
breakers, and while some of the officers
were discussing the probable cause,
some thinking it was the blowing and
preaching of a school of whales, the
question was definitely settled by the
upheaval OF an immense black mass.
As tho ship approached the subma-
rine volcano the black masses thrown
up were distinguished as mud and
ashes. The uphcavals were accompa-
MED by dull reports like those from
submarine mines, and by an odor of
sulphur. Several days were spent in
making the reconnaissance. Command
CIR Huntington says he did not think it
prudent to approach tho volcano in the
Alert, but Il boat was lowered and
pulled within a hundred yards of it.
A reef or island is in process OF
formation. Soundings We're obtained
in from five to twenty-ninc fathoms
The water was full Of ashes and mud,
and some of this and ono specimen of
the bottom were brought on board.
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SPEECH OF GENERAL s1CKLEs.

FELLow-ClTIZENs:M Many years have
passed, many important events in the
history of our country have transpiretl
since l last had the pleasure to receive
the greetings of my old friends of the
Third Congressional District. 1 thank
you for your visit. 1t recalls the gen.
erous. confidence of q constituency l
was proud to represent in the councils
of our State and of the Republic. When
Il sense Of duty impelled me to offer
my services in the defense of the Union
the regiments l raised were largely
filled by voters who had given me
their suffrages in successive elections.
And l found that good voters made
good soldiers. Although withdrawn
for some time past from any part i'll
politics, l cannot be an Indifferent
spectator Of II Presidential canvass in
which Il distinguished and esteemed
comrade is named for the highest Office
in the gift of the country he has so
brilliantly served. No one need be
afraid to contiue the Presidency to Il
soldier who fought for the Union as
Hancock fought. Among all the Illus
trions men who have been called to
the Chief Magistracy, none have more
commended themselves to the favor Of
the people by scrupulous adherence
to the best traditions of our public life.
Unused to the arts of a politician, sepa-
rated by his profession from political
organizations and never seeking Office,
his nomination by vote that repre-
sented all parts of II reunited country is
a pledge Of fraternal feeling that will
become Il guarantee of peace and union
in his election. The wiser opinion of
the day is against sectional politics.
Enjoying universal tranquility and
prosperity, appeals to old sectional ami
mosities are offensive to the good feel
ing and common sense of the people.
Now York desires cordial relations
with all her sister States and, ac-
cePting Southern support of Hancock
as Il fresh bond of union, tho sssolid"
support is proof of "so1id'' loyalty.
Gen. Hancock will do his duty. Poll
ticians will not control him. Neither
factions nor sections will intimilate
him. He will execute the laws of the
fand-with all their safeguards and
guarantees-without fear or favor. The
support he receives in the South re-
Dukes if it does not silence geographical
prejudices. And if the North refused
its favor to one of the greatest of its
commanders the reproach Of ingratitude
that would rest upon us might chal-
lenge unwelcomc comparisons with our
late adversaries. The North is not un-
grateful. Gettysburg deserves to name
Il President-and Hancock imperson-
atcs Gcttysburg.''
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A POETIC STORY.
IWaterbur,. Conn, American !

Waterbury (Conn.} Americana
There is quite singular fact in con-
nection with Stiles Hill, in tho town
OF Southbury, known to the country
residents living within sight of that
eminence. For six decades two tall
elm trees stood side by side, little
distance apart, upon tho topmost point
OF the elevation these trees were visi-
bic for many miles around, aud from
this fact they became noted landmarks,
More than sixty years ago two little
girls were wont to pass over the sum.
nit of this hill daily, during the sum-
mer season, to drive their fathers cows
to pasture. They We're impressed by
the slightly elevation, and often stopped
to gaze at the widespread lantlscape.
One day they conceived the idea of
planting each Il tree upon the hills
summit, which would be to them a
reminder of their childhood days In
the years to come. They put their
idea into effect, and two slender elm
shoots soon waved their green branches
as solitary scntinels in the open space
round about. Years passed by and the
shoots grew into tall, stalwart trees.
The girls grew to womanhood and
passed out of tho parental home into
the great wide world. Occasionally
spreading branches OF tho mammoth
elms. About five years ago one OF tho
girls died, an aged lady of almost so.
Scarcely had the intelligence of her
death reached tho neighborhoou of her
youth than the residents observed that
one OF the old elms was dying. Its
leaves Wifted and Withcred as though
scorched by flame, and although mid
summer yet tho foliage fell to tho
ground, leaving tho naked, lifclcss
branches and stock looking desolate
enough. Decay quickly followed in
the great trunk, and during n high
wind one night the following winter,
it fell to the earth. The other girl,
though an octogenarian, still lives.
But the people to whom tho above cir
arc known, watch it with
interest, feeling that subtle relation
ship exists between tho two lives, and
that the one will cease with tho other
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PRESIDENT TYLER.

President Tyler, who was 81 years
of age when he took possession of the
Executive Mansion, was somewhat
above the medium height, and of
slender figure, with long limbs and
great activity of movement. His thin
auburn hair turned white during his
term of Office, his nose was large and
prominent, his eyes were of II BLUSH
gray, his lips were thin and his cheeks
sunken. His manners were those of
the old school of Virginia gentleman,
and he always Invited visitors with
whom he was acquainted to accompany
him to the sidcboard i1 his dining-
room and take Il glass Of wine, or some
thing stronger. The ccremOnious eti-
quette established ut the White House
dent lived precisely as he had on his
plantation, attended by his old family
slaves. When Hcaley, tho artist, was
invited to reside at the White House
while he was copying Stuart's portrait
Of Washington for Louis Philippe of
France, he was forcibly struck with
the absence of all ceremony. The first
day OF the artists sojourn, he accom-
panied the family to the drawing
room, after dinner, and then said,
with profound bow, "Mr. President,
with your permission / will retire
to my work." "My good fellow"
replied Mr.. Tyler, edo just what you
please.'
When one day the President jolScd
Mr.. Wise about his little one horse car
riage, which he styled ga candlcbpX
on wheels,' the Representative from
Accomac rctortcd by telling Mr.. Tytcr
that he had been riding for Il month in
/
the sale of the effects Of Mr.. paulding,
the Secretary of the Navy under Mr..
Van Buren,, with the Pauifing coat-of-
arms cmbluzoncd on the door panels.
The President laughed, aud gave or
dcrS at once to have The armorial bear
ings Of the Pauldinss painted over
| Fi,.fOIc,' fVn,i,fic.
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has more attractiveness than twenty


igtelligent men.
Another foe of the domestic relation
is Free Love. All advocates of it,
without exception, get to be libertines.
They first break up their own homes
and then they break up other homes.
Free Lovers are frequently Spiritual.
lists. They get the people Of this world
so mixed up with those of the other
world that they do not know who be-
longs to them. Frees Loveism aud Spir-
itualism are twin sittcrs. But they are
so bankrupt in morals that they don't
pay one per cent. of righteousness.
"Another great foe of domestic life
is easy divorce. How many enter the
marriage relation recklessly: In
France the laws We're made easy for
divorce, and there We're 10000 divorces
in year in Paris. There We're IS, 900
children carried into the foundling
hospital and kindred institutions-4S,-
900 foundliugs in q year! When law
lets down the bars, all the cattle of
beastliness break into the garden OF
home. While Rome was moral there
was only one case of divorce reported
in 500 years. She changed the law
then the dcluge. divorce is too easy
in this country. ln La Crosse, Wis,
there were in one year seventy-siN di-
vorces; in Philadelphia there were
2S4. 1t has been announced that di-
vorces have increased largely in New
York lately-at least 800 per cent.
Now, all this is right if marriage be
merely Il civil contract. Then you
may dispose of Il conjugal relation as
you would Of Il house, or a barn, or a
horse. But if it be divine institu-
ton, then no other ground than that
by the Almighty himself
can dissolve that relation"
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\ MINERS DARING.
''lf Don't Come Back i'll Fifteen NJ in-
utcs shut the Shaft Forever.,,

Ihere are no Drawer men in the
world than can be found among the
mines of the Comstoek. Accustomed
to face dangers every day of their
lives, they never shrink from the call
of duty. An instance of personal
bravery occurred recently ut the Hale
Il Norcross, which is worthy Of record
as showing what men will do and
dare. When the pump column in the
mine burst, the flow of water which is
usually pumped at the Hale Il Nor
cross, large portion Of which comes
from the well.known north drift on
2200 level of the 'tSavuge," and is very
hot, was sent through connections to
the G. n. 5. shaft to be raised to the
Sutro Tunnel. One day this flow of
water was unusually strong. The
pumps laborcd assiduously to Keep it
down, but labored in vain. Bailing
tanks We're admitted but still the ac-
emulation could not be kept down.
When the 2iOO station at that shaft
was down some three hundred feet I'M
der water, information was sent to the
Hale Il Norcross of the fact and de-
sire was expressed to know the cause
OF the increased flow. The necessity
of an investigation thus became inn
perative. Superin-
tendent DeideSheimcr, not knowing
what might have happened in that
confined locality to threaten the safety
OF the mine on the lower levels, and
not wishing to send men where he was
unwilling to so himself, sent for Fore
man kellogg, who was working on
the broken pump column, informed
him of tho situation of affairs and
asked him to go with himself and sec
y1NNf I, - all -
not allow Mr.. Deidesheimer TO incur
the risk of the exploration and sct
about preparing to go alone. He sat
urated woolen shirt with ice-water
and bound it on and over his head,
leaving but a single eye exposed. He
then mutlled both hands and, thus pre-
pared, entered tho drift, leaving with
the superintendent Il request that if he
did not return in fifteen minutes the
drift should be closed behind him to be
opened no more. This could we'll be
done, as the Savage had bulk kheaded
that level, tho air had been shut out
and the workings there practically
abandoned. After enduring that terri
ble heat for twelve minutes, MIR. Kel-
logg came back and reported nothing
amiss. The extra water was but an
unusually large intermittent flow from
the old north drift in Savage. When
stripped from his mutiings Mr.. X Kclloge
found that in some way one of his
hands had become barred while he was
in the DRIFT, and the back of it had
been burned to Il solid blister by the
dry hot air to which he had been OK
posed. Water boils in the Comstocll
at 19So, and he had sustained for twelve
minutes temperature only IO' below
that of boiling water and sufficient TO
have roastcd him in Il very short time.
--f;nlI mn .Nc,,.r
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The growth OF Atlanta, Georgia, con-
tinuca. at the present time a half
million dollars worth of buildings are
in course OF construction, and during
the season blocks of stores, several at
tractivc public buildings and many
handsome residences have been erect
ed. The tax books show an increase of
over S2,o00,000 in taxable values over
last year. AS the increase in the Whole
State is less than 10000, 900, it will be
seen that Atlanta alone has over one
fifth of the entire growth Of the State
of Georgia.
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The clothing Of II workna was
caught between cogwhccls in mill ut
Davenport, Iowa, and the was being
slowly drawn in, when two comrades
graSpcd his arms, and Il desperate "tug
of war" ensucd. The wheels would not
let go, and he men braccd and pulled
with all their might. The workman
was finally rescued, but without n
particle Of clothing about him.
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'sOrPOSED TO NIGGER DOMINATION. ~
New York Sun, I

Gen. Grant says that Gen. Hancock
told him that he was opposed to nigger
nomination. This was in the early
part OF Andrew JohnSOn's adninistra-
ton, and lie thinks it sufficient
ground for defeating the election of
Gen. Hancock to the Presidency now.
But did no! Gen. Grant oppose negro
domination quite as strenuously? Did
he not say in this city, long after the
war was over, that he was not an
Abolitionist in any such sense as Chas.
Sumner was?
Aud what, even in the conversation
to which he refers, was his answer to
Gen. Iancock's remark? ? According
to his own showing, he went on to
convince Hancock that it was safe to
do justice to the blacks, because they,
from their paucity of numbers, would
De poWerleSS as against the whites.
Truly an exalted sense of Justice for
him to manifest,
But that is all there has ever been of
Grants pretended sympathy for the
colored race. When his true instincts
were brought out, before the war, he
was pro-slavery, Breckinridgc Dem
Ocrat, aud nothing else.
Now, when he thinks an afTcctation
of n broader humanity may pave the
way for him to power and to empire,
he is as Phin nthropic as Louis Napo-
Icon was under similar circumstances.
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One Of the beauties Of the present
license law is that a man might en-
ploy half ii dozen people to run drays,
trucks, carriages and cabs, and paya
license Of s. to the State, provided he
swears that his receipts are not over
$4,000. Whereas, Il poor man with one
dray drawn by II crippled horse pays
the same license-and yet the liberal
gentleman who originated this bill
was willing to give tax collectors tho
muniticent remuneration of ono per
cent for collecting samc.--Wc,niNc
,SOtHH.
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SOMETHING FOR FARMERS.

AS generar thing tho farmer il
liable for all tho public injury his hired
man may cause while actually en-
ploycd by him. If ho sends him into
his lot to burn old brush, and he, tor
any purpose whatever, leaves it and
the fire runs into his neighbours
lot, destroying his fence and injuring
his crops, the farmer is linble for tho
damages caused by the wanton neglect
of the man. If he sends u hired man
into the road with II team, aud he, by
negligence, runs into another vehicle
and Injuries il, or tho person who may
be in it, the farmer is liable for the
damages but should the hired man
leave tho road he was directed to go
and travel another road for his own
pleasure or profit, then the farmer
would not be liable for damages should
any accident occur. If Il hired man,
in going to or from the lot with Il
scythc, and by the careless handling or
carrying lie iniurcs u pasSer-by, the
farmer is liable for trespass and dam
ages. ffin cutting wood the hired man
cuts down tree in another lot the
owner is liable for the trcespass and
damages, although he distinctly showed
him the boundary, and though the
man may have cut the tree with
intent. Should tho hired
man, from malicioustless, run into any
team, even if it blocks his way, vet
the farmer must pay the damage,
though done contrary to his positive
orders. IN all these cases tho farmer
can compel the hired man to pay him
back if he has anything to pay with;
but this is rarely the case unless the
farmer keeps back his wages and only
settles when his time eXpiles.
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"What delightful place the country
must be-" said young F'itzalmont to
an ethereal being who had lived on a
farm all her life. "Nothing to do but to
pluck buttcrcups and daisies, and hear
the little birds chirping all day. And
then the gurgiing brooks. All, me I!
we city folks don't know what the
country is" Then the maiden looked
up into his face with the coycst kind
OF a smile, and warblcd: "Eou're way
off, young 'un. This is pig-stickin'
'iine, an we have no daisies, an but
tcrcupS, am gurgling brooks. Some
body's been stui1in' youH' That
young man viii not visit the country
soon again.
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Dentistry.

HR. l.. BRACEY, Dentist, respectfully
J offers his professional services to the
citizeus of Monroe and surrounding coun-
try. Having experience of fourteen
wears in tho practice, he feels confident OF
giving satisfaction in all branches of his
t'oi.atession. Is willing to warrant all work
-.''ce at residence Jack kson street, near
ne Female Academy, Monroe, La.
v7-mar16:1y
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John II. Dinkyraye.

4 TTORNEY AT LAW, MONROE, LA.
IA Office opposite Court House. Practices
in all the Courts of North Louisiana; also
in tho Supreme Court of tho State and the
Federal Courts. All claims, including cot
ton claims, will receive prompt attention.
Land Office and Pension matters attended
to. March 2S, 1879.
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.IDDl:T.I.,
Z. j. EOATNER. NJ. J.
EB0RtRGr IL Ii sl<lell.

4 TrORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT
~ Law, Monroe, La, will practice i'll all
the Parishes of North Louisiana, in the
Supreme Court at Monroe, tho Federal
Courts, and in tho Land Office Department
OF the General Government.
Office fronting northeast corner of public
square. January }, 1879.
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X. RICHARDSON. .
]. =. YOUNG.
Richardson, NKcEllcry Il Young,

4 TrORNEYS AT LAW, Monroe, La,
n will practice in all the parishes OF
North Louisiana, tho Supreme Court of the
State, the Federal Courts, and in the Land
Ohice Department OF the General Govern
ment. january IL, 1879.
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Dr. T.P, Richardson

"AS resumed the practice of Medicine.
III He may be found, when not profess
sionally engaged, at Moore's drug store
during the day, and at his residence at all
other hours. Monroe, Feb. q, 1879.
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John Sherman, William NJ. 1Lvarts,
and their associates in tho Fraudulent
Cabinet arc drawing tens of thousands
of dollars yearly from the public Treas
ury. In return for this money they
are supposed TO be at work at Wash
ington, attending TO the public busi-
ness. In point of fact, now one and
now another of them turns up hun
drcds of miles from Washington, in the
act OF making Credit Mobilier stump
speech on the necessity of saving the
country from the clutches of the rebel
brigadiers by ciecting De Gclyer Gar
field. Tho spectacle is not n new one,
but familiarity docs not make it any
the less scandalOuS.-N, y. SIN,
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joseph r.. Johnston.

4 TrORNEY AT LAW, MONROE, LA.
n will practice in all tho Courts of
North Louisiana, and in tho Supreme
Court of tho State.
january %, 1879.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS,
e.. III. TrOuSdaIc.

4 TTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
n MONROE, La,
Win practice in tho Courts of tho Fifth
judicial District and in the Supreme Court
at Monroe. Collections promptly attended
TO- Aug. 20, 1850.
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;. =. STIIBDS. TALBOT :
StIlbllS l. Stillllan

4 TTORNEYS AT LAW. Monroe, La,
"A will practice in the Parishes OF
Ouachitn, lloreAoeAsc, RicAlaad t.n1 Franklin
and in the Federal Courts. Will take
claims for collection in all her parishes in
Louisiana, with privilege of managing
same in connection with attorneys residing
there. March 7, 1879. 1y
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IOIIN CNl.DERwOOD.
THOS. y. -tHY.
DrS. CalderwOOd & 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 %, 1850. nG0:ly
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JAMES Il. SrlsOTlIEl.,

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Monroe La.
IA Will practice law in North Louisiana,
before the Supreme Court at Monroe, Fed
eral Courts of Louisiana, Court of Claims,
and Supreme Court of tho tied States at
Washington City.
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H. II. Russell,

A TTORNIIY Il COUNSELOR AT LAW,
IA MONROE, LA.
viii practice in the Parishes of tho Fiftl
Judicial Dist rict'and in The Supreme Court
at Monroe. Collection of claims prompt V
attended to. Aug. 20, 1SS0.--ly.
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John Il, Llyslelillw.

A III ORNEY AT LAW, Monroe, La, will
n practice in the State and Federal Courts
in Louisiana, and i'll the Supreme Court ut
Washington City. II
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Il. q. COBB.
a. a. GUNBY.
Cobb l. Gunby,

A TFORNEYS AT LAW, MONROE, +.
n Jan. 2. 1879.