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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-04-24
FREIGHT.

FREIGHT.
Freight received daily for Norfolk. Portsmouth,
Smithneid, and Hampton; Washington, ID. c.,
Newb.rne, Washington, ano Tarboro'. y. c.. and
all points in Eastern Nortf Cardinal also for Fast.
eTn shore Of Virginia, old Point and an regular
landings on james river, at LOWEST RATES,
aud through bills issued. l.. h. TATUM,
an 10 SUPERINTENDENT
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DICHMOND. FREDEEllk>EIpe

ID ! E ii NJ y u, FREptkli h>BI Pe
III AND POTOMAC RAILKDAp.- .......-.
mencing MONDAY. February ~. lr-i
5:0S a. VI, leaves Byrd street static. ...t ...
only AZ Milford anu Ff...
$50 A. NJ, leaves BN rd->frc.t rtt.... .... .,
ctpi sunday,
500 +. VI HAYES Byfd-Sirect station
400 +. NJ, Accommodation for lr. s
Broad-Slrert station lti. ..I.... I'D.
ddysl
1908 Il. W.. arrives at Byrl->fra.f
1913 4. NJ, arrives al Byro->ireot ..,'..
make no local stops,
9:js +. NJ, arrive, az Byrd.>'icG .a.. dip
excerpt SuurdyL
Sal 4. NJ, ACCOMMODATION, arrive. % l..f.
Street station daily leH0uf ~H..
4. A.Itl f.t.
Geu'rflT. ...t t..-
+. T. d. MYERS. General sup'rIftEd o.
nd Oh
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By II. Seldom Taylor
successor 10 james NJ. Taylor Son),
Real Estate Agent and Auctioneer,
Eleventh and Bank streets

THAT LARGE AND DESlRABL1-
i LOCATED BRICK DWELLING. No. 1000.
AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF CLAY AND
TENTH STREETS, FOR SALE AT AUCTION.
On
MONDAY, APRIL rs, 1881,
at o'clock L. NJ, will proceed TO sell at public
auction upon the premises. that d. sirabe THREE
STORY BRICK DWELLING as above located con-
taipng thirteen rooms. sides hi chen ana sefvan's
rooms, with all necessary cUlyed connections. &c.
There Is also a large brick stable upon The premises.
The LOT fronts 45h feet, aud runs back 1913 et TO
wide alley. The stu itOn OF this properly, and The
fact that IL can, at comparatively small cost, he
remodelled aud converted into Two hrst-ciass
dwellings, and the lot is sufficiently
deep to cut OFF building iOt fronting on Tenth
sreet-should he a sufficient in iucement for any one
to purchase either for speculation or Tor solid in-
vestmeni. Let those seeking good and safe Invest
ment attend this sale.
TERMS: One third cash: the balance at six,
twelve, and eighteen month, for negotiable notes,
with interest added and secured by deed OF trust.
apl7 II. sELDON TAYLOR, AmciiOneer
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UCTION SALE OF ABDELKADER
N MARE. FIVE YEARS OLD. SOUND AND
GENTLE in SINGLE OR DOUBLE HARNESS,
AND GOOD MOVER We will sell this nice
MARE al II. G.. Aiken's auction sale on
MONDAY. APRIL 20. 1881,
I'm Chesterfield county. near Manchester. see adj
vertlsement. X. B.GHAffIN 4 CO.,
mn 24.lt< AuctiOneers.
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DOR NORFOLK, BALTEcf@s,
MORE, THE NORTH, AND REGULAR LAND
INGS on JAMES RIVER,
ALSO
OLD POINT,
SMITHFIELD AND HAMPTON.
GREATLY REDUCED RATES.
THE SPACIOUS AND ELEGANT sTEAMfR
CITY OF RICHMOND
ARIEL,
(carrving IYnita5 Sfatas nnanl

ARIEL,
carrying United states MALL
z. G. CLIFFORD. Commander.
leaves Richmond every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY,
and FRIDAY at A. NJ. for abOve-named places,
connecting at Portsmouth with the Bay Line same
afternoon, which arrives AT old Point ~ $50 Il. Ne
and AT Baltimore next morning IN fun time tor :
\. VI. train for Philadelphia, New York ami Boston.
Returning the steamer leaves Norfolk TUESDAY,
THURSDAY, and SATURDAY al 4. NJ, ar
irving here about L. VI.
Fare TO Norfolk ly........................S1 80
Fare round trim 2 80
rare 10 w
Fare 10 Philadelphia Observation-Disclosures. 90
Fare TO New fork................. 10 90
10 II W.
Through tickets on sale on steamer city Of Rich
mOnd or Ariel aud al Carriers Agency, sZ6 Main
stTeet. Baggage checked through.
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CHES APEAKE AND ONO RAUVt
~ Trains from aud to Richmond ArfI4 ..,I
Mail. Arcpm. ptf....
Leave 500 \. VI. 3:31 81 I..l.l. F,
Arrive....... 600 +. VI. 300 =. ". -Irt o.
For further details, apply ~ 1000 Nt. s.-. II.
Chesapeake and OHIO railway depot flrsts .r.. '
CONWAN 4. tinNtfn'
app 9. p.tr.F.t.
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nv Grnlihs & Milllams.

Real Estate Agents aud Aucti0neers.
Eleventh street between Main aud Bank.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-04-24

PacKers leave Howardsyilie TUESDAYS, Ilrr...--
aDd saturdays al \. VI.
Close connection AT williamson w''h tr..,.....
and ohio railroad ~ points east and vet
For other information app'y ~ ~. lf.s
1907 Bank stree. Il. :. BAENNfn
General Fret hf ana 1lthrt a..
DECATUR ANTrLL. General Manager.
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DTCHNOYD AND PETFRSBTr

'tflf I ~ . .'.
I'D .e.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-03-11
TIE INTENSITY OF ARTIC COLD.

The chronscler of Lieutenant Schwat-
ka's recent expedition in search OF the
remains of Sir John Franklin records
some interesting facts regarding the
great cold Of the Arctic regions. The
lowest temperature met with by the
company was 1O3 degrees below the
freezing point or seventy-one degrees
below zero, Fahrenheit, a degree of cold
almost impossible to imagine by the
people of more temperate climes The
effects of suchlintense cold upon the
human system were not 80 marked in
the case of the lieutenant and his CON-
panions as might be supposed, and even
during a month in which the average
temperature was sixty-five degrees be-
low zero the health of the party remain
ed unirnpaired. The men adapted
themselves as much as possible to the
habits of the natives, feeding largely
upon blubber and fat meat, by which
the vital heat was sustained. Plenty
of game was found by the adventures,
who were able to secure with their
repeating rifles enough reindeer at one
time to last them for several days. The
difficulty of approaching these animals
was often very great, for In the still
cold air the steps of a man upon "the
snow could be heard two miles away,
and the grating of the sledge runners
resounded like clashing OF tempered
steel.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-03-11
A TOWN BUILT ON DIAMONDS.

No town in Africa can boast such
rapid growth as Kimberley, the seat
of Government IN Griqualand West,
and the headquarters of the South
African diamond digginss. Eleven
years ago not a hut stood where now
some 10000 people, with n trade of
over two millions year, form one of
the most thriving communities on the
African continent. 1t is now discov-
cred that the town is built upon land
which promises to be as productive of
diamonds as the neighboring "dig-
gings," which have been the source of
its wealth and the very origin of its
existence. Kimberley it identical with
the "New Rush" Diamond Settlement
of 1870 and the thousands who flock
ed to the locality to secure a "claim"
in the valuable reefs, which have been
worked further and further to the east
of the site of the future town, were in
such a hurry to seek their fortune in
the diggings that they forgot to inquire
whether the soil on which they pitch
ed their tents or erected their log huts
were not equally diamondiferous.
AS the wooden shanties have given
place to more substantial buildings, it
has -been found that kimberley itself
has been built on a diamond field, and
that the West end or residential part
of the town is as full of gems as the
actual diggings themselves at the
eastern or working end of the town.
New claims are being taken up in all
directions, and which was beginning to
acquire considerable value as building
sites has suddenly assumed fresh i'm
portance rs possibly containing some
new sStar of South Africa.' How
many houses will. be pulled down in
the search for the diamonds upon
which they arc built it would be diff
ficult to say. But it will be interest
ing to watch the future progress of a
town which owes its existence and its
subsequent partial destruction and re-
moval to the same cause.-the abun-
dance OF the diamonds in the midst OF
whic!, it appears to have grown.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-03-11
WHERE 1T NEVER RAINS.

In Peru, South American, rain ia
unknown. The coast of Peru is with
In the region of perpetual southeast
tradewinds, and though tho Peruvian
shores are on tho verge of this great
southeast boiler, yet 1t never rains
there. The reason is plain. The south
eart tradewInds In the Atlantic ocean
first strike tho water on the coast
of Africa. Travelling to the north
west, they blow obliquely across
tho ocean until they reach the
coast of Brazil. BY this time they are
laden with vapor which they con-
tinue to bear along across the conii-
nent, depositing IT as they go and ap-
plying with 1t the sources of the Rio
lie In Plath and the southern trlbutar-
les Of the Amozon. Finally they reach
the snow-capped Andes, her Is wrung
from them tho last particle OF moist
ure that n very low temperature can
attract. Reaching tho summit OF that
range, they now tumble down as cool
and dry wi nds on tho Pacific slope be-
yond. Meeting no evaperature colder
that to which they were subjected
on the mountain-tops, they reach tho
ocean. Thus we SEQ who the tops Of
the Andes become the reservoir from
which are supplied the rivers Of Chilli
and Peru.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-03-11
ADVENTURES OF AN AERoNAur.

Inc ~. petersburg Herald contains
the particulars of the adventures OF the
Russian seronaut Rudolph, who as
cended by balloon and had been SOW
eral days reported missing. ssThe day
select Tor the dlght was not q Rood
one. the wind being strong and boister.
Gus. My companion was Professor
baranovsky, OF the Meteorological OBJ
| servatoey. Ga entering the car, I sanr
out to the twelve sailors holdink 4, to
let 1t GO. As the men dropped. the
ropes sudden gust of wind struck the
balloon and dashed 1t against some
neighboring trees, the branches Of
which tore q hole In the SILK before it
had time to rise. threw out blasts.
but to no purpose. The car drifted
along the ground till It approached q
lake, when begged the professor to
leave 1t with his Instruments. Tho
hold OF the ropes aud enabled Haranov-
sky to get out. They begged me car
nestly to do the same, on account of
the dangerous condition of the balloon,
but I refused. The professor being
clear of the car, I shouted to them to slet
Co. All Obeyed the summons except
one man, who was carried several feet
into the air, and dropped amid q 9epc-
raj roar Of laughter. After this the bal.
loon sailed along tolerably well, and
flew for fifty minutes through the air,
when, the gas being exhausted, 1t fell
near the village of Rootchi. Ina very
few minutes 1t was surrounded by men
and women, who proceeded to tear 1t
to pieces and appropriate all the ar
ttcles Ia the car, including a flftcen-
guinea binocular glass, forgotten By
Professor Baranovsky. In all proba-
bllitv ahOuld alsO have n~noriouro.1
rough usage, but for the opportunc ar
rival of colonel of tho imperial guards
and two soldiers from neghborlng
chateau. For q few minutes the peas
ants refused to release me, and defled
the colonel, but his determined at
titudeaud threats to send for moro
soldiers, coupled with a few rublea to
buy them drink, induced them to
reltnquish me, through not my proper
ty. Tho colonel very kindly took me
home, aud aftcrward put mo into his
garbage with the balloon, and giving
me two soldiers to protect me, sent mo
of to the railway station" ....!a3
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-03-11
SOME GARFIELD GOAyIp.

There Is some gossip going as to the
relation between President Hayes
and President elect Garfield.
1t Is said In some quarters that with
in the last year or so Gen. Garfield has
been almost without any influence Mt
the White House. Gen. Garfield once
gave way as candidate for the Senate
in order to allow Stanley Matthews to
secure an election. After all of Gen.
darfieid's substantial work for Hay es
he never received any reward, and In
nothing was this more marked than i'm
fight over special postoflice agent
in Garfleld's own district, where Hayes
went directly against the President
elects recommendation.
One day last winter an Ohio gentle;
seeking an Office, asked Gen. Garfield
to help him. Tho latter replied:
"My Recommendation will do you no
good whatever. 1t will injure you, If
anything. The President makes
point of ignoring any suggestions 1
make to him." This was said with n
good deal of feeling. 1t is current gos-
sip among Ohio people here, that Gen.
Garfield resented, In Il quiet way, this
treatment Cincinnati Ne,cs 5tuy.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-03-11

The Senate being a continuous body,
tho organization stands until over
thrown by an adverse majority. The
Democrats control it for the time be-
ing, and they will hold this power so
long as they can command the ncccs-
sary votes, and no longer. There is
no disposition to oppose any Cabinet
the new President may select; and
there is nothing else for dispute at the
outset.
The standing rules of the Senate re-
quire a majority to elect the Chairfnen
of committees, and substantially to or
ganize the body. AS is well known,
with the seats of Mr. Blaine and the
late Mr.. Carpenter filed, the two par
ties are equally divided, with 81 Dem
ocrats and 81 Republicans. Judge
Davis and Mr.. Malone are Indepcn-
dents. There is no longer doubt about
Mr.. Mahone's position. He has gone
Davis should vote to retain the organi-
zation, as he did to make it, there
would be a tie.
Now-putting aside any question
about the right of the Vice president
to give the casting vote in that condi-
tion of things-a motion to suspend or
repeal the existing rules or resolu-
ton to confer the appointment of the
committees on the President of the
Senate, or Il resolution naming the
committees, would either of them be
in order, and would circumvent the
technical difficulty, if it really exists.
In either of these cases the Nice-Pfcsi-
dent could undoubtedly vote on an
equal division. Hence it is only 4
question of time, without some unex-
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-03-11

The date of the earliest elipse of the
sun, recorded ih the ANIMALS of the
Chinese, when, on the first day of the
last month of Autumn the sun and
moon did not meet harmoniously In
Fang" or in that part OF the heavens
defined by two stars in the constella-
tion of the scorpion has been deter
mined by Professor Won Oppolzer, Of
Vienna, to have been the morning Of
October %, 2l37 B. G.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-03-11

The progress of languages spoken by
different people is said to be us follows:
English, which at tho commence
mcnt of the century was only spoken
by 22,O0O,OO0, is now spoken by 0o,-
600, 600 Russian by G3,000,000, in
stead of 100000 ; German by GG,OOO,-
600 instead of $4,000, 900; Spanish by
Al, ,0OO, 90, instead of 32,o0o,Ooo /; Italian
by 3O,0OO,OOO, instead Of 1s,O00,OO0 I;
Portuguese by 1900, 900 instead of s.
OOO, 900. This is for England an in
crease of 80 per cent for Russia,
40 per cent; for Germany, 20 per
cent. !; for Spain, 3G per cent, etc. In
the case of France the increase has
been from 3i,00O,0Oo to 1900, 700, or
3G per cent.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-03-11
BOYS.

Some people imagine that the world
was made for men. All u mistake; it
was simply Intended for boys to amuse
themselves in. Who enjoys life except
the boy, five except an occasional girl
or two? Nobody. Grown-up folks try
to think they do, and some really i'm
agine they do, but they are mistaken.
Men work themselves tip into fever
of excitement over an election. They
hold mass meetings and get UP torch
light professions of great length and
noisy roar, but do they get any fun out
of 1t? Not IA bit. 1t is the boys on the
outside who do that. These are the ones
who build the bonfires on street corners,
and they do a large share of the hurrah
ing. Men in procession move along
as solemnly as though they were going
to their own funeral, If such thing
were possible, but the boy who OBJ
serves them from the curb-stonc, or
who trots along close to the Drum
Major, In all animation and JOY. He
takes 1t all in, and is the freshest one In
the party when the tramp is com.
pleted, no matter how long he is in
passing multitude of given points.
No one gets such keen enjoyment out
of play as the gallery god. And all
circuses in the country are gotten up
with an eye single to his special
amusement. If we could be a girl
again we wuld prefer to be n boy
B,tOaiO Express.
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pected interference, when the Repubii-
cans will organize the Senate by the
casting vote of Mr.. Arthur.
Although the point has never been
tested i'll regard to the organization of
the Senate, it was held in the debate
on the right of the Vice-President to
vote in cases of equal division, thirty
years ago, that it extended to every
conceivable case, and that no action
by the Senate could cripple the power
conferred by the Constitution on that
oflicer.-Ner IOyI, ,Sth2
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-03-11
CT. BOATNER. NJ. J. LIDDE1.
KkORlncr ~ I.laGSIeIl.

4 I'rORNEYS AND COUNSELI4ORS 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, 1881-03-11
John NIclInery,
ATTORNEY AT LAW & LAND AGEN

ATTORNEY AT LAW & LAND AGENT,
No, 8 Carondelet ST., New Orleans.
T AND BUSINESS at the Land Offices in
IL New Orleans and Washington City at
tended to. Agency for sale and purchase
of Plantations, Farms and unimproved
lands solicited.
MS- Major J. G.. Richardson is associated
with Mr.. McEnery in the land business,
to which he will give his entire attention.
January 6, lSSl.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-03-11
TALBOT STILLMAN,
j.. p. sSTCBBS. IALBOI STI
StublDS Il Stillnlnn,

4 T,rORNEYS AT LAW. Monroe, La,
n will practice in the Parishes ., O.
and in tho Federal Courts. win take
claims for collection in all other parishes in
Louisiana, with privilege of managing
tme in connection with attorneys residing
there. March 7. 1879. 1Y
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-03-11
John III. DilAkgrave,

4 TTORNEY At LAW, MONROE, La.
IN Onice 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
ton claims, will receive prompt attention.
Land Office and Pension matters attended
to- March IS, 1879.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-03-11

Michigan has female type-setter
who set up 5000 ms, made up the
paper, took in fifty dollars on subscrip-
tions and sued the editor for breach of
promise, all inside Of day and half.
--JDctrOit Free Press
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-03-11
POLL TAX ANDPUBLlC SCHOOLS.

country parishes that tho poll tax Is
dtmcult OF collection. This tax was
imposed for the especial benefit OF the
cotored people. The poll tax was de-
voted to the support of the public
schools, and these schools, outside OF
New Orleans at least, are largely pat.
ronized by the coiored people. It Is
the colorcd children who chiefly profit
by the public schools. Unable to pay
for the education of their children In
private academies, the colored people
send them to the schools supported by
the State, and are, In fact, the chief
heneticiaries OF our free school system.
To the colored people, therefore,
should we locke for a prompt and en-.
thusiastic response to the poll-tax law.
Being the especial beneficiaries of that
law, they ought certainly to be
expected to accord 1t a prompt
recognition and enthusiastic support.
The white people, in convention as.
sembled, and representing the sover-
ing power OF the State, tlecreed that
all the male inhabitants of the State
over 2i years of age should contribute
machinery Of the State. This law was
designed for the especial benefit of the
colored people, and and to 1t the
whites lent a cheerful and enthusiastic
support. 1t was the desire Of all parties
to place within the reach of the colored
people every advantage Of education,
so that the coming generation might
develop into intelligent and conserva-
tive citizens and become, in common
with the better class of whites, a bull
wark against the encroachments Of ig-
norance and superstition.
1t appears, however, that four fifths
of the opposition to the poll tax comes
from the colored people. Whereas the
whites, outside of the parish of Or
leans, in almost every case came for
ward with cheerful aiacrfty to settle
their poll tax, the colored people hang
back and make a point of discouraging
their compatriots. The colOred leaders
seem to think that 1t Is not their duty
to advocate the progress Of the schools,
and that they will best serve the inter-
ests of their people by opposing the
school tas. Tho consequence is that
this tax is not being paid in any part
Of tho State, and especially Is II being
neglected In those parishes where tho
colOred people arc most numerous and
| where their interest would be supposed
to be largest.
We regret this. We are sorry to
find the cOlored people so blind to their
own best interests. SO long as they
refuse to pay their poll tax, and thus
contribute to the maintenance OF the
schools, so long will the public cduca.
fstion languish and their children re.
main unprepared for tho duties of citi.
zenship. 1t is their affair more than II
is the affair of the white people, but
none the less do we regret their apathy
and deplore the lack of solicitudc
which they dispfay.-N. q. Democ,uf.