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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-03-23

General Butler has discovered that
xll the credit for Bismarck's recent back
down on Samoan matters belongs to
that other doughty old warrior--Geu.
Bouiapger. This is the way he de-
monstrates II in an Interview in the
Washington Post: "On the 9th day
OF January General Bou'anger was
elected by over 81 900 majority in Paris.
Thereupon the ministry resigned.
Bouianger's coming Into power means
war in.med ate and bitter and TO the
death between Germany and France.
On the 9th war was made 10 seem not
only possible, but probable and near,
aud on the 2Sth Bisnark took measures
to avoid having another war over some
outlying isiauds on his hands. Bou-
laDger'S election caused the reversal o.
Bismarck's policy, and to him Presi
dent Harrison owes his relief from tn,
Samoan difficulties"
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TIE OLD NERRlMAC.
A Diver Tells of Two Skeletons Mama.
l.. clcd to Her Floor. .......
Especial to The Times Democrat.l


Especial 10 The Times -Democrat.l
RICHMOND, Va, March lS.-Pfivate
Jas. l.. Bolton, an inmate of the Con.
tederate Soldiers Home nosr this city
tells u startling story of the finding in
the hold Of the old Confederate ram
Merrimac the skeletons OF two men,
Bolton was member OF Johuson'a
Battery during the war and was
wounded at Brandy Station. IIs is
now almost in a dying condition. lie
declares that the discovery OF these
skeletons has preycd on his mind for
years. According TO Bottoms story,
he was employed as wrecker in 1873.
The party with whom ho was engaged
at that time was employed in getting
the old copper off the Merriinac. While
engaged in this work, Bolton says that
on one OCCASION he dived down III the
fore castle Of the Confederate sunboat;
there he found the two skeleton men
manacled TO the floor. He supposes
that they were members of tho crew,
who were incarceraied for the violation
of some rule of the navy, and when
the craft was sunk were forgotten by
her commander and vert drwn to
their watery graves.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-03-23

echo whist I say, knowing II TO be true.
Now, do not complain of it for my.
self. I can remedy 1t for myself if i
choose to do so. II do not choose 10
endure the privation-for 1 use that
,word-which . senator of the United
States compelled TO live on his salary
must endure, can remedy that by re-
signing my place and going home to
my constituents and allowing them to
send somebody here who has an income
which he can devote to living Ia WASH
ineton. think that it is quite time
that some plain words were spoken on
this subject, aud ! have taken this oc-
casion tO speak them.' .s-,.,.t
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GEEMANY AFTER HOLLAND.
wiIhe,m's Energy aud Gaii.

a |, mdor CAbiegram, Of date March
lS.h, To the n. o. City Item, says:
Sjncc Germany became so great, she
has ,h,rsted for the Holland sea ports
IA ardentIy as Russia for Constantine
pie and the Dardauelles, or Australia
for the lower Danube. .... .s.,.1
Jus, now crisis impends, which
thrusls the Nctherlaud question into
the face OF Europe aud the world.
While the king Of Holland lies dying,
Bismarck is laying his plans to capture
the magnificent colonial empire OF the
Dutch. If his span Uf life will not
hold out for Trieste, it may for Bats-
via, and he leaves an apt scholar In
William ii.
The most astounding production of
monai chical and Ieudal Elrops IL un-
doub!edly William III. Through the
deaths of his grandfather and father he
has succeeded at an early age TO the
first government in Christendom. He
has not been slow in asserting himself.
He first visited his tro her moDarchs
aud personally saw whom no had to
deal with. He went to work and per
sonaiIy Investigated his army and navy
"a good deal more than the old officers
,iked-and is now satisfied everything
is being brought up to the highest state
of perfection.
"Little Billy" now conceives him.
self to be the true successor Of Charlie.
magne, and he considers himself tough
enough TO accomplish IL. He has th'
army, the church and the people, aud
with that, he may yet restore the
| ON nj ro of CharIpruapna and reign ir
, Paris, everything beiug possible II
Paris nowadays. AS in The Meister
saenger, Europe may yet say:
= C'est Charlemagne.
lie heros de PAliemagne.
L'Empereur de l'Occident."
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STRUGGLE FOR PLACE.
PIncl.back Regarded as a Sure Winner
The IIcrwig Wing of the Party Becom-
ing Alarmed ut the Appointment of
Coleman Men--SenaiOr Demas Says
the Negroes will Get a Good Share
of Offices. 'Fa. r.. .. 81.
tTimes-Domocrat.1

The activity in Republican circles
remains urdimiuished, and the s:rug.
gle between the Coleman and IIerwig
factions OF the party is being carried
on as fiercely as ever. The appoint,
ments Of Kursheedt, johnson and
Lines ,ali avowed sympathisers wit n the
Coleman faction, have provoked con-
siderable talk among the Herwig wing
of the party, and by a wavaring few is
interpreted as implying tho supremacy
Of Cofemah's adhercnts. On the other
hand, knowing ones contend that the
three or four offices allotted to Congress
man Coleman possess no Significance
at all, and that al the proper time the
othe, wing OF the party will come in
for full measure of representation.
Henry Demas, Senator from the
Seventh Senatorial district, reached the
city yesterday after an absence Of sew
erai weeks in Washington. Senator
Demas spoke in glowing terms of his
visit to the capital. He attended the
inaugural ball of President Harrison
and circulated with the hes, people, 10
use his words,in Washington City. In
speakin of the political situation, > ,n-
aior D.mas said that the selection of
=. Il. s. Pinchback'to the naval Office
was a foregone conclusion, inasmucl
as he was supported by Congressman
Coleman, whose influence at Washing
ton was all powerful.
Upon this the speaker laid pariicu!s!
stress, intending To convey the idea
that the weight of Colemau's iniiusnc,
with President Harrison would not b,
gainsaid, and that the claims OF aspir
ants who are fortunate enough To b
supported by Coleman will not l.
ignored.
In refsrsuce TO the recognition ,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-03-23
TRIED 1T ON-TME DOG.
New York State Authorities Test the
New Death.DealinY Electric
Chair With CRAFTY l-E 80
ing Results. E5

New YORK, March l2.-F.nai ex-
perimenis were made this afternoon by
the New York Safe authorities IL
satisfy themselves ns to the best means
Of executing condemned criminals by
electricity. The first animal 10 leave
his troublss behiHd him was Il small
white cur weighing twenty -ane i'uu ntis.
One of the wires was wrapped over
some cotton waste, saturated with wa
ter, on his right front leg aud the other
attached in the same way TO his left
hind leg. The alternating current at
700 volts pressure was applied for ten
seconds, aud tho animal died painlessiy
without noise or struggle. The second
was q black mongrei Newfoundland,
weighing eighiy-seven aud one.haif
pounds. Come ctions were made upon
the middle Of his forehead with the
metal plate covered With felt, aud upon
the right hind leg. Eight hundred
volts OF alternating current for fifteen
seconds killed him instantly. The
other dogs, weighing sixty aud thirty
five pounds, were killed in the same
way with the, alternating current AT
500 and 700 volts for ten seconds. -Four
calves of approximately the weight of a
man were killed in the same way, at
500 volts pressure for contracts of from
fifteen to twenty seconds. An $50 pound
horse then took the alternating current
in the same way at 900 volts pressure
for twenty-five seconds, aud died
instantly. In every case death was
instantaneous aud without sound or
struggle. The experiments were under
the charge of DIR. Carlos +. Macdonald,
OF the Auburn State Asylum, assisted
by Mr.. A. L. Kenneliy,. Mr.. Edison's
chief electrician, and Harold p. Brown,
the electrical engineer. Among those
present were DR.. A. ID. Rockwell, the
prominent medical electrician, Dr.
Edward Tatum, of the Pennsylvania
State University, and others represen-
ting the State authOriiies. r.at
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CONGRESSIONAL SALARIES.
A strong Sentiment in Favor Of an In
il crease 10 10000 Fer AnauR.

7a hsWAsHINGTON, March 1.-THE Tss
tgnatiOn of Senator Cnace upon tht
threshhoad at his second term Of SIX
years Ia the highest legislative body
in the WOrtd has aroused renewed iu'
Il terest in subject that IL bound to- re-
ceive early aud earnest consideration
inEthe congress-. at
Senator Chace, in private, gives q
1.-The season why lie can no longer serve
his State and country as u legislator,
u, that the compensation Of a senator was
u not su fficipi., to warrant him in longer
= u. saerting HIS business. He has ex-
pressed the opinion that he ia cOnsid>
sersbly poorer for mis- legislative expP-
.s ri4,.ce than he would have been had
!. Gl.t. $ remained At the helm Of his bust.
ness ship and directed its course
through ;t,e breakers OF the pest dozen
@Or fifteen years. ft+ @f'-}+s''. t..
) He ia one Of the lsrges, cOttOn manu-
3 Lfncturers, in New England aud several
times durinE the recent tariff debate in
) the senate evinced his familiarity with
IS that subject u. It's relations to the in~
:alusirv which he was interested in, and
gave valuable assistance to his Rspub-
iican colleagues in the discussion of the
seuniei Substitute ftsr the Mills hill. ta
The question of increasing 10 -s...
THE COMPENSATION OF CONGREssNES
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1889-12-07

lie lived for eight years the quiet life Of
cotton planter. Then came a ''oriss" the
/ annexation of Texas may be taken as the
first issue over which distinctively northern
and southern parties confronted each other.
In 1913 Lieut. Davis took an active and most
effective part in the state campaign and il
1914 he was one of the Democratic electors
for Mississippi In lS45 he was elected
representative in congress, and III December
of that year took his seat in the house. 1t
was called then stormy session" but in
retrospect after the long session of $3.50, it
was thought mild.
Mr. Davis took an active part in the dis
cussions on the tariff, the Oregon boundary
issue, the Mexican imbroglio, and the slavery
question so far as it came up, but his speeches
at that time indicate position far more
moderate than was afterwards attributed to
, him 1t is of no great conseqI ence now, but
worth noting curious matter of history
that in the heated discussi )ns regarding
Texas the threats OF disuniou came largely
/, from the extreme northern llen, while the
: most eloquent eulOs les upon the union came
from the south. In a speech IN the Oregon
question, Feb. +, 1916 Mr.. Davis said;
"From sire to SON has desc ended the love
of union in our he lrts, as il our history are
mingled the names IF Concord and Camden,
of Yorktown and Saratoga, o. Moultre and
Plattsburg, of Chippewa and Erie, of New
Orleans and Bunker Hill Grouped together
they form a monument to the common glory
of our common country; and where is the
southern man who would Aish that that
monument were less by one of the northern
names that constitute the massn
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1889-12-07

The inaugural address of President Davt,
was read with breathless interest in every
part Of the country as, in the prevalent
ignorance and confusion, men sought in it thd
indications of peace or war. But it was not
in the power of any man, however WISE at
that time to give assurances. The most sig
nidcant passage in it, perhaps, was this;
We have entered upon a career of inde-
penience, and it must be infexbly pursued.
Through many years of controversy with
our late associates of the northern states We
have vainly endeaVored to secure tranquil
lily and obtain respect for the rights to which
we are entitled. As Il necessity, not of choice
we have resorted to the remedy of separation
and henceforth our energies must be directed
to the conduct of our own affairs, and the
perpetuity of the Confederacy which we have
formed.
Commissioners were sent to Washington
and fruitless negotiations conducted. Be
tween the inauguration and the 1st of April
public opinion in both sections turned to the
contemplation of war In vain did President
Lincoln proclaim that he certainly had nc
desire and believed he had no authority tc
interfere with slavery In vain did Presi
dent Eavis reterate that he longed to avoid
the effusion of blood. On the 18th of April
1861, the war began with the attack on Eert
Sumter
"The uprising of the nor6h'-that noSl
marvellous of all recent popular phenomena
followed at once. The uprising of the south
was scarcely, if at all. losst prompt and un3Sn
'ndus, save in the northern tier Of states
Virginia seeded April II; Tennessee and
Arkansas followed May &, and on May 20
North Carolina completed the list of eleven
Confederate states. May GO the Confederate
government was transferred to Richmond
and President Davis followed in a few days
His journey was a continued ovation: hi,
speeches were chiefly exhortaCions to unity
md courage, with brief arguments which
were merely variations of the clause il
his first message to congress, April 80
viz, "All we ask is to be let alone-thaj
hose who never held power over u.
hall not attempt our subjugation by arms
This We viii, we must, resist to the diresi
extremity"
At montgomery the congress had alread,
provided for "a vigorous prosecution of Uh
yar'-that is, for a loan of $4,000, 900 at
Der cent, in addition to previous loan o.
l5Gj0000, and the creation of an arm,
which might, III the discretion of the presi
lent, be increased to 100, 900 menm Priva
,eerinG was also organized. The people ~
5ponded with sUch alacrty that Presiden
Davis ON arriving at Richmond, had only t.
officially confirm their action. In a surpris
jngly short time $1,000 men were organize
IN Virginia, and fifteen vessels commissions
rs privateers. The Federal government wa.
also moving with a celebrity that now seem.
wonderful, but to the impatient people at the
ime seemed criminal slackness. A bockad
If all Confederate ports was proclaimeo
April 10, and nearly 100 vessels were soor
rmed to enforce it, By the LIST of July .
Federal army of over 100000 men was or
5anized
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Mississippi had appointed him commander in
schef of all bar forces, with the rank of major
general o the 4th of February, 1861, dele.
4atcs from s. ver"l states convened in Mont
7gonary, Ala. AM soon adopted a constitu-
tion Tor the Confederate states. On the 9th
the convention unanimously elected jefferson
Davis president. Alexander II. Stephens was
named for vice president and inaugurated at
once, On the lGth Ir. Davis arrived; on
the 18th he was i!,augurated.
TIE CONFEDERATE CABINET.
He named for his cabinet; Robert Toombs
3of Geo.gia. secretary of state; Leroy Pope
Walker, Of Alabama, secretary of war
Charles G. Momminger, Of South Carolina
secretary of the treasury; Stephen R. Nal
iory, of Florida, secretary Of the navy; JUDAH
P. Benjamin, attorney general, and John H
Reagan, Of Teas, postmaster general. II
the divisions which soon arose, Messrs
Toombs, Walker and Memminger retired
the others remained in the cabinet TO the last
Mr.. Benjamin was popularity credited Will
being the 'ruling spirit He was among
the last to leave Richmond and to part will
President Davis; he escaped arrest and i'm
prisonment by fight to London, where he
became British subject, and soon entered OF
a career at the bar so brilliant and successful
that il caused his American failures to be al
most forgotten.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1889-12-07
and friendship

In November, 1861, general election was
held, and President Davis and Vice President
Stephens were reelected for the full term of
six years. Feb. IS, 1862, the first congress
under the permanent constitution assembled
in Richmond; on the 22d, President Davis
was inaugurated, and delivered carefully
prepared message. Disasters had already set
In, to continue with scarcely an intermission
for three months. Before President Davis
was this ominous situation: III all the Con-
federate states there were not quite COCO, 00C
white people, among whom the per cent. OF
men capable of bearing arms was sulpris!
ngly small. In the Federal or "adhering
states, " excluding all the doubtful and dis
puted strip, We're at least 100000 white
people among whom the per cent. of adult
males was phenomenally, one might say UNI
naturally, large.
By the census of 1860 the south contained
about 900 more women than men, the
north about 100000 more men than women
so the north could send into the field 800, DOC
men and still have at home percentage of
men equal to that of the south in peace OF
the enormous immigration of 1845-'6i, con-
sisting largely of young and strong men, only
3 per cent. had located in the south This
explains the paradox that such states as Kan
sas and Nevada sent a larger per cent. of
their total population into the field than any
state of the south, and yet had many more
men left at home than older states ever have
during the longest peace. The disparity in
wealth was far greater-by some estimates
four times as great. Without accepting SO
strong a statement it may yet be admitted
that the Federals were three times as numer1
Gus and eight times as rich as the Confeder1
ateS
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1889-12-07
WAR SEC 7ETARY DAVIS.


His Able Admins ration of the War De
pnrtment.
March 4, 1853, President Franklin Pierce
named Col. jefferson Davis As secretary of
war That of Pierce was a strong cabinet,
and secretary Davis was certa My among the
strongest men in H. Men of all parties agree
that his adniniotr, ton of III war depart
ment was marked y ability al energy, and
many old officers estify tina of all secre-
taries in their time Col. Davis was save for
his quarrel with Gen. Scott most populalI
with the army. He reOrgan ed almost the
entire service, drafted a new code of army
regulations, mtroC uced the light infantry
rifle system of tactics, tried the experiment.
! Of camels for transportation on the south
western deserts, added four regiments to the
regular army, and improved the entire svs-
TEN of sea coast dcfenses. He also had the
boundaries between Mexico ard the United
States fixed accurately, and secured the COM
pietc survey and almost the adoption of the
southern route for a Pacific railroad. He
sent Capt. George B. Nee. elan and two
other officers to the Crimea to study the mill
tary tactics of the armies tlere I'm 1919
and was so pleased with thei, report that he
retained warm personal feel ngs for them
even tn rough the civil war.
With the events of President Pierce's adj,
sministration congress and the country may
be said to have en- cred in full course upon
I the proceedings which led to the civil war.
! 1t is not to be expected that any American
could at this time take a dis passionate and
philosophical view IF that part of history.
All chat remains then is to re ute the princi-
pal events and quote briefly the matured
judgment of friends and foes.
At his retirement from the cabinet in
March, 1891, the legislature of Mississippi had
elected Mr., Davis as United States senator
for the term to close March 4. 1868. He
spiunged at once into the heated debates Of the
time, maintaining the rather extreme southern
view and with an ability and courtesy which
selicited warm praise even from his foes The
editor of Harper's Weekly has this sketch of
him in 1858:
sin the north, Col. Davis is regarded
somewhat unjustly, perhaps-,tsa type of the
ssouthern fire eater. Many persons who have
never seen him fancy him qualrelsome, petu-
liant, hot headed, tuI bulent His appearance in
the senate does not il stify these views. A prim,
smooth looking mar, with precise manner,
stiff sodierly carriage, and Geld expression;
his head fuller, seemingly, of statistics and
hard, dry principles than anything else; his
voice cool and firm, without tremor or ex-
element; he is the last person spectator
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COL. JEFFERSON DAVIS.



Buena Vista.
While Mr.. Davis was active in congress in
July, the First regiment of Mississippi volun-
teers enrolled for he Mexican war elected
him their colonel. He resignel at once, over
took his regiment at New OIL sans organized
| and drilled it to high state of efficiencyi
and early in September was on the Rio
. Grande, in the army Of his father-in-law
( Gen. Zachary Taylor. A few days later he
bore conspicuous part in the siege and
storming of Monterey, and, as commissioner,
aided in drawing 10 the terms of capituIaI
ton.
Five months of comparative quiet followed,
and then came tie browning glory of his
military career the achievement of which
more than all else fixed him firmly in the
affections of the southern pc )ple, aided him
effectively at each turning point in his subsel
queut career, made him secret ary of war and
finally president OF the Sout lern Confederl
acy. This was his gallantry, ;oolness in DAM
ger and soldierly sill at the hattie of Buena
Vista, Feb. %, 1871
In July 1916, Nj Davis W Is in congress. in
September he was leading his regiment
against Monterey; in Februal v 1847, he was
!; at Buena Vista, and July of the saune. ,,ear
found him again peaceful plant, the regi-
ment's term Of s.! vice havi~ig expired. In
August, 1917, the 8 32y2fnor of Mississippi APP
; pointed him q [ ii ed States senator to fill
. Jae3Incy; the legislature in 1913 reelected
!. him to complete he term, and in 1850 re-
: elected him for full term. The ever mem
/ orable congress of iS4925l, at is long session,
: had adopted the noted compromise meas.
!. ure, - but fully satisfied neither party.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1889-12-07
"ThE LOST CAuSE.N


Years IN ReAce.
Nevertheless hope and confidence wer
strong President Davis first state paper
showed great ability, and he assented, some
what reluctantly, to a conscription law
which was among the first acts passed by the
congress. 1t excited much opposition, O
course, and a little later the habeas corpus
was suspended in district ten miles arounc
Richmond, and military police organized
under Gen. Winder, which continued during
the remainder of the war. The summer
closed favorably to the Confederates though
they regained little or none of the grounc
lost in the spring; and in December Presi
dent Davis made a tour of the western
,camps, from which he returned greatly en-.
|couraged. In April, 1868, he issued a rather
.exulting address to the people, but the
claims in it were just The Confederacy was
then at it's maximum as a military power
The disasters of that summer from Gettys-
burg to Vicksburg need not be detailed
The year closed under the black shadow of
looming doom.
The real greatness of Jefferson Davis shone
,conspicuously as disasters thickened. He
!resoiutely defended his appointees, and as
sumed the responsibility wherever it was not
Iclearly theirs He regained the hearts of
the people and almost nullifed the opposition
in the congress- A committee of investiga-
ton entered upon its work in hostile spirit,
and ended by indorsing almost every one of
the presidents acts, and even exonerated