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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-10-17

of race, color, or prev iOus condition.
There is a family living in New
Orleans completely white, but whose
negro blood is indisputable and I'M
denied. Unfortunately tor the
Younger members, the old grand.
mother, through whom the African
blood comes, survives, and Instead
of getting rid of this troublesome
deaths head, this ancient female,
AN octoroon. still resides with them.
She being one.eiGhih negro, the
present generation of girls are,
consequently, one thirty.seeond part
colorcd. This would seem to make
them white, hut pnblic opinion III
Louisiana, like Congress III the
Vallaudigham Campbell contest,
holds that one drop of negro blood
IN 100 of white communicates. The
Urls are ideal blondes. Being
handsome aud personally attractive,
they entertain many male visitors,
and generally wind up their career
by marrying ~ell-and white men,
of course. A young man OF very
good family was married to one oi
the girls some years ago. The fruit
of their union is II child which. is,
of course, Just one sixiy.iourth part
colorrd. By one of those curious
freaks common, however, in cases
of herrdlty, this child shows, III an
exaggerated form, all the features
of it's negro ancestors. 1t is per
t.cily white, but "A white negro, al
least in features. Its hair is wooily,
it's mouth protrudes, its nose is HAT
and it's lips are large aud sensual
After several generations the org
inai type is produced. IL Is acci
dents such rs this, only too frequent
tina, Tighten susceptible Young met
from miScrppnatiun, more surely
than the stories frequently told ant
implicitly believed before the wa
that the mulatto race became strill'
AT the fourth or fifth generation
and that the descendants were sui
icct to a most horrible disease re
sembling leprosy that spotted I'd
skin and caused the teeth to dro
out.
Before the war the two races wer
mixing with such extraordlnar
: rapidity that it was mere quest'"
u of time when the last pure'hloodc
V African would disappear. Freed"
: has stopped miSceecna'ion: ~
l. Quadroon and octoroon girls WI
l. were without prospect IN the o
5 DAYS now marry the leading colnr'
- men who have worked their way
ii TO prominence and n comiortau
q fortune, if not wealth. Thus q
'r negroes of Louisiana are growi'
ut darker yearly instead Of light
II There is perceptible decrease
e. the families of mixed descent, "a
a continued increase in those
", pure negro blood.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-10-17


lett the faet legally established that
her memory covered the space OF
more than a century. The decision
in the case was III favor of the
plaintiff.
Not 50 lucky was the plainiih IN
a similar suit Just after the war, |
when things had changed some
what. This gentleman was u can
didate for high, or rather for IA
lucrative, Office worth over $50, 900
"A year. An opposition newspaper
oNerhauled his record, am charged
him with being II traitor to the Con-
tolerate cause, having deserted the
Confederate army in the field, and,
Furthermore, with being of negro
blood. These two charges, by the
hy, elected him to office, inr the
negro aud Union elements hap
pcru..l To I've in II majority inst then;
but. far from pleased with his good
fortune. he brought n suit for llbti
and damages against the Offending
journal. lie WAS promptly ruled
ont of court. The Republican Judge
held that "nrgro" was not an op.
notorious or librllous term, aud il
was no insult to call "a man negro,
aud that certainly no action could
lie for showing that he preferred
,hn Union to the rebel cause.
About his time mixed blood was
At premium because oi ITS I'm
mcuSc benefit in politics, and men
who in their color aud features did
not hcirly the slightest trace oi
Gr-ro ancestry actually boastcd OF
it. \ curl ms ease Was that al Il
Rcpuhliran ward leader. II" was Il
native New Orlrancan of Spanish
descent. Ills mother, Il fine old
creole. came from one ot the West
Indies. aud chung paiIlotlcallN IL
the dress of her native isle, stNlt
uufortunatclN very familiar TO tha'
warn ny the creole darkles. He
son lived in negro ward, and rr
quncd negro votes To elect hlm
B,irg hard pressed in ii race To
the Legislature, he hit on the move
and brilliant idea of passing him
self fl rs quadronn, which, thank
~ the dark complexion of III
Sp.rilsh blood, he Was very We
able to do. He took Il number
: his rolnrcd constituents around I
T. his house, pointed 10 his moth'
and her cnlur"d head handkcrChle
i and claimed to he of African li'
: ranr. and thus the old lady, posse
" srd of all the bitter race preIudi'
of the West Indian against mike
: blood, was made most el"r'''
: electoral card. lntil one day h
= whole history was shown up al
il Charlie, being discovered to TIE
white man and II fraud, WAS re
It gated to private life.
Tisi.odh handkerchief, 10y the |
III c,,,, emblem in Louisiana. "a
l" .,,.. ,.r,r,i,rr, in ,
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-10-17

Confessional and business cards, of ten
ar les, in l.ngth, So per annum: for
,nrth.. so: for three months. 81
~ ,no.. advertisements Of grraterlength
, n IL. inserted at above rates.
,..I advertisements will he charged NJ
II r,,.... where fixed hv law: 'thrr"'s"
.na.iI rates ~ published above.
p S,,,fil notices 20 c"nt' per 'ln''
.,,.r,L notices Of less than ten lines.
i n,rriisr and religious noticc-in'erted
:rlti>.
,r.rl executed in the nratest style,
ii ., reasonable prices.
An ,p,t ~. l-71.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-10-17

A wise bat isruotsen teReeq
has said sl1af thtss AZ te
taut boxes in ~ s y ii
fridge box, the iass
l,ox and last -
box.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-21
COURT CHARGES AT JACK
SON.
Resignation of Judge 4IcCOrry
and Clerk and Master ID.
NJ. Wisdom.
jackson Tribune and Sun. I'll

jackson Tribune and Sun, 81
On Monday last Judge H. W,
McCorry resigned the judgship of the
Common Law and Chancery Court Of
Madison county, after having filed il
with signal ability, frmness and integ-
rity for seven or eight years. Satur-
day before his resignation Colonel D.
NJ. Wisdom resigned the Office OF
Clerk and Master, held by him fol-
about eleven years, and Mr.. M. l.. We.
sey, for many years Deputy Clerk and
Master, was appointed in his place
Colonel Wisdom retires from the
Office with the affectionate good will
of all who have had dealings with
him, and we may truly say that no
man in jackson has a warmer corner
in more hearts than he. May pros
perity and happiness shine on his way
through life is our wish of earnest
heart.
Mr.. NJ. L. Vesy richly deserved the
honor conferred on him. He has long
served as Deputy Clerk with marked
ability and faithfulness, and he enjoys
fully the confidence and respect of the
public, and especially the bar of Jack
son.
1t is believed that Judge Thomas
c. Muse will be appointed to FIJI the
vacated Judgeship, and we are con-
strained to say that his appointment
would give satisfaction to both bar
and people.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-21
BY CABLE.

LONDON, January 2l.-A Paris cor
respondent says, many Roman noble
men and the vatican suffers through
the fall in the Union Generate. Con-
siderable sum of Peters pence
are reported to be invested in shares
in that bank.
ChilderS, the Secretary of State for
War, says the Government intesds to
pursue unAinchingly their Irish policy.
Lieutenant Danenhauer's party
left Iokutsk on the 9Th of the present
mouth.
PARIS, January 2l.-Lyon's Branch
of the Union Generate is beseiged.
If the concern can meet its engage
ment mischief may be averted. If il
has bcurse liabilities beyond its pow.
ers, still worse may be expected. Ly.
on's brokers have stopped payment
and the bankers held a meeting Fri.
day evening to consider the situation
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-21
Minnesota Neus.

ST. PAUL, January 21.-While a
gang of men we're working on the Chi
cago, Portage & Superior railroad
near Superior City, the earth caved in,
completely burrying three of them.
Their unipjured comrades worked
hard to get them out, but when at
last this was accomplished one ofthem
was found to be dead, and the two
others dangerously injured.
During dispute about some grain,
between party Of Durand, MINI,
farmers, one of them named Hoyt
was struck on the head with a pitch
fork and killed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-21
River Kilograms.

LOUISVILLE, January 2l.-The river
is falling, with 20 feet 6 inches in the
canal and l8 feet 4 inches in the chute
on the falls. Weather cloudy and
warm with a light drizzling rain last
night. ThOs. Sherlock, New Orleans,
lam; JAS. D: Parker, Memphis to
Cincinnati; Coal City, Smoky City
and Fred Nelson with tows of coal,
from Pittsburg.
CAIRo, January 2l.-W Weather
cloudy and mild. Arrived: j. P.
DroOillard, Nashville, II am; Bright
Light, Pittsburg, Z am; Common
wealth, st. Louis, Tam. Departed:
Bright Light, St. Louis, 8 am; ]. P.
Dronillard, Nashville, 9 am
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-21

Only two cases of smallpox are
known to exist here, one out on Win.
chester street, the other on Broadway
At the southeastern limits of the city.
Many fear that it will spread from
these cases, however, as several darkies
have insisted on visiting the girl pa
tient at the last named place. A couple
OF curious women are said to have
been noticed coming from the front
door Of the infected house on yester.
day, after strict orders were given to
check the business.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-21
A PHENOMENAL FIDDLE.
Rare Virtue In q Violin Made
From Wood That Grew Be
fore NOah's Day.

Richmond Qnd.) Palladium.l
Harry P. Cain, violinist Of some
note, has recently come into possession
Of a rare treasure. 1t is nothing less
than violin made of wood that grew
before the food. Some forty years
ago workmen engaged in digging a
mill race through the farm owned by
Daniel Bulla discovered, at depth
of six or eight feet beneath the surface,
the trunk Of a tree in a good state Of
preservation. 1t was lying across the
line Of the race, and they had to cut
out piece Of it several feet long be-
fore they could go on with their work.
Local geologists say that the wood is
many thousand years old.
Recently the wood was taken to
A. b Clark, who was engaged in re-
pairing a Cremona that was captured
in the siege Of Mexico. Clark was
delighted 1t was the very thing. He
made models of the old Cremona, aud
in the course of three months had
given the finishing touches to the new
violin. The belly was of the old
antediluvian wood and the back and
neck Of wavy maple, cut in Pennsyl.
vania fifty years ago and rated down
the Ohio to Cincinnati, and carried
on to Dayton for an old cabinet
maker, who was never able to use it.
The figure of the old instrument was
followed exactly, and when the new
one was finished it was an exact fac
simile of those built by Stradivarius.
When the bow was drawn across it
the two connoisseurs went into costa
cies Of delight, The glue was barely
set and the varnish was still green,
but when they played the room was
filed with the richest, sweetest mel
ody. There was an absence Of the
thick, raw quality that marks new
violin. The notea came out sharp and
clear, and when the lower strings
were set vibrating they gave out rich,
mellow music that reminded them Of
the violins Of Amati and Guarnerius,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-21
Colder Weather and Higher
Water,

WASHINGTON, January 2l, noon.-
For Tennessee and the Ohio valley,
rain, followed by partly cloudy and
colder weather on Sunday, winds
shifting to north and west and higher
barometer. For the Missouri valley,
rain or snow, followed by much colder
and partly cloudy weather, winds
shifting to north and west, and rising
barometer.
The lower Mississippi will continue
to rise. 1t is now only five inches
below the danger line at Vicksburg,
one foot two inches below at Memphis
and five feet four inches above the
danger line at Cairo. The Cumber-
land and Tennessee rivers will rise
slowly.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-21

A DISPATCH from New York to. day
states that Marquand is understood to
have authorized the payment of the
defaulted January coupons of 8 per
cent bonds of the Memphis & Little
Rock railroad. Parties, in the interest
Of the Iron Mountain road, are said to
wish to have the rate Of interest re-
duced, but such an effort will be re-
sisted by the wealthy bondholderS.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-21
No More Smallpox at william.

Brownsville States and Bee, 2Ol
The nearest point to Brownsville
where the smallpox has occurred was
Milan, and it is pretty we'll disap.
peared from that place as the EXCHANGE
Oflast week says: mo new cases have
developed in Milan, and none in fifty
miles that we have heard Of. There
has never been but one case in town
reported heretofore-and it has been
nearly three weeks since she was sent
to the pesthouse. She has recovered,
and no one has contracted the disease
by contact with her. The cases in
the country were discharged as conva =.
lescent by DR.. Harrison last Sunday.
Come on to town everybody. The
storm is over, and lit wasn't much of
a shower nohow."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-21
ADDITIONAL COTTON.

LIVERPOOL, January 2l, 2 p.m.-
Cotton quiet and unchanged. Up
lands, 6 l1-16d; Orleans, 6 13-16d.
Sales to-day, 5000 bales. Receipts,
1900 bales; American, 2lOO bales.
Futures opened firm and closed barely
steady.
New YORK, January 81, 12.4O
pm. - Cotton opened quiet and un-
changed now dull. Ordinary, 9
3 l6c good ordinary, 10 1i-16c;
low middling, II 9-16c; mid
ding, l2c; good middling, 12sc;
middling fair, l3sc; fair, 135c. Flu.
lures are easy at 8 to Z points below
last evenings closing prices.
New ORLEANS, January 2l, 1l:3O
ss-m.-CottOn g quiet. Middlint, 1lsc.
Sales to day, 400 bales. Receipts to.
day, l483- bales; stock, 1872, ,483 bales.
coTrnu ur.-y,,rv-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-21
New York Stock Market.

New YORK, January 81, II am
The stock market opened firm and /
to II per cent higher than clos,
ing prices yesterday. Manhattan
Elevated, St. Louis, Minneapolis Il
Manitoba we're leading. In early
dealings the market recorded a decline
Of lalt per cent. Denver & Rio
Grande, Reading, Michigan Central and
Wabash preferred we're the most
prominent in the downward movement,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-21
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

Second Presbyterian Church, corner
Main and Beal street-Sabbath school
at $40 am. Services at II am. by
q. M Richardson and 7;30 pm. by
Rev. j. NJ. Rose, pastor.
Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
Court street-Servioes at II am. and
at 7;3Op.m. Morning subject: EN-
piricism in Religion" Rev. H. A.
Jones, pastor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-21

Now we will have it. That miser-
able assassin, egOtist and clown,
Guiteau, is to be allowed to address
the jury in his own behalf. We pity
the jury, but hope that he will but
tighten the rope around his guilty,
cowardly neck.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-21

OVER 10000 people have been vac.
cinated at the health Office in Chicago
since the first Of this month. There
are l42 patients at the pesthouse and
the hospital is full.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-21
Schooner and Crew Supposed to
he Lost

PoRT TOWNSEND, W. T., January
2l.-The schooner Carrie Hayden ar
rived day, having on board the rig
giug and sails of the schooner 0rios,
found sunk off Long Island, one of the
San Juan group. The officers and
crew are supposed to be lost.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-21

terry. 1t is a very fine piece of work,
Of Quincy granite, finished in the
highest style Of the art, and put up in
Philadelphia by the same house that
made the monument for ex-President
Johnson's grave at Greeaville. 1t is
twenty-four feet high. and one of the
finest monuments in the cemetery.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-21
Liverpool Market.

LIVERPOOL, January 2l.-Pork-
Prime mess Eastern, dull. 82s; West
ern, dull, 75s. Beef-Extra India
mess, steady, l13s; prime mess,
steady, 9Os. Lard-Prime Western,
dull, Dos, Cd. Turpentine Spirits-At
London, steady, 42s, Sd.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-21
CIearinghouse Renori.

A quantity Of miscellaneous goods,
taken from suspected persons and con-
fscaled, will be sold at auction in a
few days. 1t will almost be as inter
esting as an auction of a pawnbroker
shop.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-21

The Nashville Banner, in late
number, has an article relative to the
position and future of Memphis, which
is not only just in the main, but very
complimentary to our public.sp spirited
citizens. The Banner takes broad
view; it comedies that Memphis is to
be the commercial metropolis of the
State, and will yet rival st. Louis.
Like the LEDGER has always held, the
Banner argues that the prosperity of
one city in the State stimulates others,
and that there is no real competition
after all. Each has its own peculiar
field. There may be a pretty sharp
rivalry between Knoxville and Chat
tanooga for the trade of the rich
counties Of the Sweetwater Valley
and North Georgia, but there is am
pie scope for all the capital, expert
ence and enterprise of both places.
AS between Nashville and Memphis
there is still less competition. Mem.
phis does not reach out for Middle
Tennessee trade, and Nashville is wei.
come to all she can gather this side of
the Tennessee river. Nashville is
growing; the place has a regular build
ing and business boom. We are glad
OF 1t; we are proud Of the capital city
of the State, which is also the educa
tional seat of learning in the South,
and is rapidly being transformed from
an old country town into cosmopoli.
tan city and manufacturing center. 1t
is to-day one of the busiest places in
the South, and will have population
Of 100, 600 people in a few years. Mem
phis, the largest interior cotton mar.
ket in the world, occupies
field which is fttingly de-
scribed by the Banner. We have
the utmost confidence in the future of
Memphis. The two trunk line rail-
roads that will soon be here, one from
Chesapeake Bay and the other from
Kansas City, will give the place an
entirely new status. st Louis will be
fanked and vast grain and meat trade
from the northwest will be distributed
over the South from this point.
and manufactures will spring up
as in Nashville. The sanitary prob
lem has in a great measure been solved.
The rate Of mortality in the resident
and permanent population is almost as
low as in any city in the country. Much
remains to be done, it is true, but we
have continuation of strong city
government. The President is COM
mercial man who knows the value of
public health to a city, and he
is in accord with a health Of
fcer who is worthy of the
high and responsible position he holds.
The people of Memphis will appreciate
the kind expressions of the Banner,
and we pass without remark or discus
sion the one erroneous idea at the
close that there is spirit OF repudia-
tion in this community. 1t is possible
for people to divide on questions of
public policy without either side being
dishonest or insincere. Whilst Nash
vile is set on a high hill, the people
down this way do not admit that all
the light, all the wisdom and integrity
of the State is necessarily confined to
that highly favored spot. Conceding
that others should think and act for
themselves, we claim and exercise the
same right. But let us pass this and
agree that come what come may, we
will all pull together for the develop.
ment and common welfare of tie
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-21
TIIncss Of the Nlexican IDresident

CRY OF MEXICO, January 2l,-
President Gonzales has been confined
to his bed for the past two days. His
frequent illness is caused by the bone
working through the old wound .of
his amputated arm.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-21
Grand WindUp.

TORONTO, January 2l.-Thc Can
ada Farmers Mutual Insurance Com
pany, after deing business over thirty
years, have suspended.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-21
RroWnIoH,n Tomb.

KNOXVILLE ohroniele.l
A very handsome monument has,
within the past few days, been erected
over the grave Of the late Governor
William G. Brownlow, in Gray Gene
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-21
Turning Back the Tide of Emf.
grafton.
speeial 10 the Liitle Rock GaEette.l

Special to the Little Rock Ga1ette.l
DALLAS, TEXAS, January 19.-Since
the opening of the through line to
California, railroad officials report a
wonderfully heavy immigration from
the Pacific slope to Texas, most of it
stopping in western counties. A great
many capitalists are among the num-
Der, who como to prospect and invest.
An immense tract Of land has been
purchased between the Rio Grande
and Staked Plains, in El Paso, Pre-
sidio, and adjoining counties, the bulk
of which will be devoted to wheat
raising. but a great deal to be for
grape culture. The immigrants are
said to be first class, aud railroad
officials advise companies further east
to send agents to FL Paso to soc some
of them.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-21

Arrival of GOVernOr-GeneraI
Horne.
HALIFAX, January 2I.-The Par
isian, with Governor. General LOrne
on board, is coming up the harbor.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-02

Shreveport Times: "Mr. John
Caldwell has resumed personal SUI.
pervision of his stables and the Cad.
do Carriage Works and guarantees
entire satisfaction to customers. He
is prepared to turn out better work
than is imported and warrants it to
be durable-he builds to last, not
simply to sell. There was never a
truer saying than that the best is
the cheapest in the long run. Aside
from this, there could not be more
suicidal policy than to send money
abroad when the same, or better
goods can be made and sold at home.
Will our people never learn this
plain propositions"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-02

LIVE MEN.-The firm of Messrs
Hicks & Howell, dealers in staple
and fancy groceries, at Shreveport,
are emphatically firm composed oil
live men, and what is more in this
country, liberal men. By fair deal.
ing they have succeeded in building
up good business, and are deter
mined to keep it, if attention to
business, politeness to customers,
and reasonableness in prices have
anything to do with it. If our read
ers should have occasion to buy GRO
ceries in Shreveport, We hope they
will give Messrs. Hick s Howell a
call. as we are satisfied that. they
will be found as liberal as the most
liberal in prices.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-02


EH We can drink tea, a little bit.
We mean water which contains the
essence of that Chinese production
which comes to us in boxes with all
kinds of crooked marks on the out
side of them, which we are informed
make the Chinese alphabet, but we
want it understood we have no
hankering after it. But we tested
some of the same which that popu-
luar druggist, Mr.. A.. j. Bogel, of
Shreveport, has for sale, and we
must say that with a few good things
mixed with it, to-wit: sugar and
cream, it was real good. The cream
and sugar alone, would have been
nice, however, but the tea flavor was
also good. z