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THE TELEGRAPH: PUBLISHED $VTRY SATURDAY AT MONROE, OUACHITA PARISH, LA.; G-. WV. MoCo-NIATIE, E)ITOR AN)D P ROPRIE'TOR Terms of Subscription. The follow g rates of subornpton will be rigidly adhered to in all cases: 'One copy, one yeasr - - - - $3,00 One copy, six months - - - 2,00 Single copies - - - 10 cents. Any person sending us fvre new eash subsdribers, to the same poetoffioe, will be entitled to a copy of " r'a1 TaLuauoWa" gratis, for one year. C Subscription price einariably in adrance. , protteeional Qarsb. SDr. D. H. Tvey, TRENTON, LA., CAN be found at his office over the Drug store. March 3, 1869. n24:10m Da. R. D. WHYTE TAS resumed the practice ot Medicine I and offers his services to the citizens of Trenton and vicinity? Office over the Drug Stbre. January 30,'68 Iy Drs. Calderwood & Richardson, HAVING associated themselves in the practice of Medicine and Surgery, offer their services to 'be citizens of Monroe and vicinity. They can be fonre4, when not professionally engaged, at their ,4aie, opposite the Catholic Church, at all hours, day a.d night. 'Ipecial attention given to Chronic Surgical eases. Monroe.Jnns22 1568. E v2u37:chv3n40:lv COLULMBIA, L.A., WILL practice in all the courts of the 12th Judi el District. u7-tf ISAIAH GARRP.TT. FRANKLIN GARRETT. GARREiFTT & GARRE~TT, ATTORNEYS AT LABF Corner Wood and St. John Streets, (Opposite Recorder's Office.) ORO ................ .........LOTISIZA'A. August 5. 186S. n46-tf A. L. SLACK, MON ROE, LA: PRACTICES in the Parish and District Courts as follows: O sachita Parish. Monroe; SMorehouse Parish, Bastrop; Franklin Parish, IWinnaboro. Monroe, Aug. 2'1. 186.. 5:17 It. RICHARDaoso. JAI. D. ScENETY. RICIARDSON a McENERY, ~Attorneys at Law, DMONROE, La. DbRALTICE in all the parishes of North T.outlsana. *.n the Supreme Corrt at Stourne, the; Federal Curts. and in the Land Oli0ce Department of the 'eneoral Government. nl9-tf $OIcn x'ENERY. S. D. M'ENERY. J. & S. D. McENERY, MONROE, LA. PRACTICE in the Parish and District Courts of Ounchita, .Morehouse. Franklin, Richland. Cald well and Catahoula Parishes, in the Supreme Couxt at Mouroe, andl U. S. Courts. Lad o P.articuiarattention paid to business in the Land OtlSo at Monre and the Land Oflice Depart nuent of the General Governrment. in 7: tt C. H. MOtRRISON. W. W. FARMEIR. Morrison & Farmer, AT TORNE YS AT LA IV, Monroe, La.. Will practice in the Parish and Diatric, Courts in the Parishes ofOuachita, Morehouse, Frapklin, Ca' vell, and Union. Also in tht aoreme Court of Louisiana *nd in the United States Courts n41:v3 P. P. TUBBS. i G. COBB. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, .Jionroe, La., $V'ill practice in the Courts of the 12th Jud' crial District, compused of the parishes of More house, Ouachita, Caldwell, Catahoula and Franklin. And also In the Parishes of Jackson and Union. v4 132 B. Wius Richarduon, eobt. W. Jermison RICII.ERuDSO ar JE# rSO$, , ATTORNEYS AT LAW, RA.CTICE in the Courts of Catnhonla, "Caldwell. Franklin, Onachita, Morehouseh . Richland, Carroll and M3adison. in the Supreme Couit tof Louisiana, in the United States Courts and in t he Land Office Department of the Government. Special attention paid to the collection of claims. marl0-n eSa' DENTAL NOTICE. HI[JAVING determined to settle permanently J in Monroe for the purpose of practicing my pro tession, I can be fo mnd at my office oppoait'e the south-east corner of the public 'quar. in thu house lately occupied by the Le'h'tsfilce, at all hours. My family will live in the sanme building. Having had a very large experience in all the different brachele of my profession, the treat ing of children's teeth and all the diseases of the teeth of adults, and the extracting of teeth and arranging ar tificial teeth; I feel justified in satying th:at I am prepared to do anything in any dep:rtrnent of my profession as well as can be done any where, and at reasonable prices. N. F. McCRAW. Jan. 6, 1869. n15:tf Onaohita Female Academy. T HE FALL SESSION of this Institution will open on the Third Mionday of S'ep tmber. The Rector will be assi-ied by an entireg new corps of efficient siMi experielced teach era; he. therefore, assures the public, that io effort will be spared on the part of himself and assistants, to render the Academy worthy of the confidence and support of all who advo cats a thorough and liberal course of educa tion. For further information, auply for a catalogue to RayV. T. B. LAWSON, ReCTOR. Motroe, La., Aug. 18, 1869. n47; tf "ENGAGED IN THE DEFENSE OF AN HONORABLE CAUSE, I WOULD TAKE A DECISIVE PART."-Junuvs. VT . '. ' MONROE, LOU'ISIANA, SEPTEMBER ý, 18 O. °~.No. 1 CORNER OF DESIARD & WAL:U'T STREETS M1ONROE, LA., L. W. . STURG~HNOR, Proprietor. THE ABOVE HOU-E HAS BEEN EN tireiv repaired, and refitted, and the Pro priet.,r promises the publi. every comfort and convenience. Board moderate. n 20 TRINTON ~ HOTEL JOWR NOBLE,, - - PROPRIETOR THE above House, recently erected and newly Sfurnishe, is now open to the public. The Pro prietor engages to do all in his power to render guests comfortable and contented while under ihis roof. His Bill of Fare will be kept fully up to the market and ether accommodations maintauedin- a style that will insure satisfactior. A liberal patronage is reapectfully solicit Trenton. La.. Jan. 20. 1867. v21l7 NEW 1 OTEL. LEWIS HOUSE, (Oppoaik OcathoLic Church and Female Academy,) MONROE, LA. .te. J. LE irIS, PROPRIETOR. tgHE Proprietor, formerly of the OUAC.ITA . HOUSE, itforms the public that the large and commodious residence of Col. ION, Robt. Richardson has been purchased u and handsomely furnished, and is now complete in every particular, as a First Class Hotel Am ple accommodations, good, fare, and conven. eut location. Board reasonable v28 St. Hyacinth Academy WKTILL he opened on WEDNESDAY, Sept. 15th V for the reception of boarders and day scholars. Apply to SrISTER SERAPHL'A, Superior. Monroe, La., pt 15th. 1869. uo524t MONROE MALE ACADMY. T HE Fall term of this Institution will open on Monday, August 30th, 1869. JAMES A. BETHUNE. w2m n46 DAY SCHOOL. f RR. C. E. PHILLIPS will open a school I for girls, in the Union Church, on the first Monday in August. A few boys will be r.,ceived under ten years of ago Rates of tnition, three to four dollars per month. July 27, 1869. 2m ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY VHE FO~RTIET ANUL& SEssION OF STUD i ea in the ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY will opr.,, Monday. Soptem'er 6, 1669. Tl'he colrse of studies o(tThr. every f:cility tor agnqiring a thorough Classical and Conm mercial education. REFERENCER: J D. McE aERY, Esq., Monroe, La.; A. G. BREAnr,, Eeq., " " HI. FILHIOT., Esq., " " For catalogue, &c., address REV. F. H. ;TUTFrasaEc, S. J.. Pres't St. Louis University, St. Louis, Mo. n47 I m Trento1n 'chool .M3 LE .2''D FE.M.qLE. t HIE Session for 1869-'70 will open on t. the Fourth MInd:nty in September. It will be composed of thsee Terrns-thirteen weeks each. One hall of the tni, inn must be paid in advance and one half at the close of each term. TUITION PER. TERM: Primary Course, $9,00. Intermediate Course, 12,00 Academic Course, 15.00 Contingent fee, to Pupi!a are charged for thre wh'le term du ring which they cuter, when there are no, speci:al arrangements made. No de:lnetion made except in cases of erotracted illnes-. ,irculare in.dicative of tie correct scholastic and general status of Sch:ara are i-sued at the close of each term. Pipils are thnrongly prepared for college and 'o- entering npon the entire duties of life. For further information applyv to J.L :NE: B)P, )DE'N. Trenton, Sept. let. 1869. no 51t" B9ARIING AND DAY iIHOOL FOR Young Lad ies, .E TV ORL E.?JS. AIfDDESS LOCK BoX, G630. Mrs. LEONI.DAS POLK. Principal. This School will opnrt on Mrnda,. September i6th, 18609. T'ro will be twvo Sossinns in thu Srhcrol y.:ll: the tir-t clditlr on .Tnlllal:r lIRt, 1l70; the sec ond, on the last F'riday in Jusne, 170. .'rI'RMIS: Boarderw, Board with Tuttion in French English and Math. ematies, per mdonth ..........................4.,04, Us,, of PiinUo, per month, .....................3 00 Entrance Fee, which covers fuel. light and so of furniture................................20 00 Washing, per month............................5 e0 DAY SCHOLARS. Sunfor Class, per month................. ...l,00 JPinile Cllass. per month, . .....1......... 00 Junior ClIas. per monthe.....................10 00 Piimary Classes, per month.............C.. to t 00 Sundries. (pens, pencils, etc ,)...................)B unel, perSession;.............................2,50 EXTRAS. Mosic Iustrtumental.) per month,...........12,00 iiuisic, Vocal. per month,................-...12,00 Solfogo, per month...........................3,o0 Dancinog, per month............................6 0 Drawing, Pinattng and other accomplishments at the Professors' charges. Bills payable in advance. Each pupil shond be provided with two pairs of Sheets. two Blankets, one Counterpane and losqto Bar for a single bed. three PiLe- Cases and sior £'s-el. 3t IFrom the Natchitoohs Times. The Democratic Party. We are glad to see that the embrace of Conservative Republi canism by the Democratic party was only a temporary expedient to overthrow Radicalism in two or three States where proscrip tion had made a consolidation of opposition necessary, and not a permanent union foreshadowing the dissolution of the party. Al ready the press and leaders of the grand old party which has weath-! ered the storms of over half a century, are boldly and emphati cally protesting against the aban donment of principle for the sake of expediency, except where cir cumstances render it necessary to break the trammels of Radical proscription; and the indications are strong that the Democratic party has vitality enough not only to preserve its organization, but to engage in future contests with the enemies of right and justice with all its ancient vigor and power. Those who have be lieved it dead, will find them selves mistaken: like the fabled giant of old, it has only stretched its limbs along the Mother Earth that it might receive a new vigor and inspiration in its future con tests with wrong and injustice. Right can never yield to might. Error may triumph temporarily. Its horrid front may rear itself in the land, and overawe the nations and suppress the truth for a sea son; but it r~nk its course, and truth and justice triumph in the end. We do not want conservatism, except as a means of accomplish ing the ultimate object, which is rejfobrm. There is nothing to con serve. TWe may check the mad career of Radicalism by a union of forces, but we shall then only have arrested the hand of destruc tion. We need something which can build up and restore. The Democratic party alone can do this, and if we are faithful to our-. self and our country, we can never abandon its organization without abandoning at the same time all reasonable hope of restoration of constitutional liberty. Yielding, what has been lost, let there be no compromise with evil, nor any change of front or title. If the few who so loudly clamor for the formation of a new party, will not come to us, let them go back to their flesh-pots. We can offer them a national policy and con stitutional ground to stand on we can point them to a proul history of sixty years as evidence' of our devotion to the great fun daniental truths which underlie the Federal government-and if they will not come with us, let us not go after them, remembering the fate of those who forsook the true faith and wandered after strange gods. Acquiescence in settled results is perhaps a political duty. Ques tions of mere policy may be aban doned: as times change we may change with them, without the imputation of an abandonmuent of principle. The past is the chart by wll ch wise men work out the problenms of the fulture; and the I)emocratic party, in yit'ldi':i" up its present organization, would renounce those traditions, by which and through which, as the only exponents of true comistitu tional government, the American people can hope to restore peace, harmony and proslerity, and equal andl exact justice to all men. In the language of the recent I)latform of the Democratic party of Mia-.sachuse-tts, we can say: :'Rlceunt events, as wltl os thie ex periencc of our early history, serve to conivince us that the far ther the nation wanders from the old and cherished principles of Democracy, the more urgent grows the need of a return to them.'" Its history contains the charter of our liberties: its expe rience is the gui(lc which directs to the sure haven of peace: its tradlitions the land-marks which warn us of the dangers lying to the right or left of the ,true path of duty. Shall we then abandon all these-shall we give up the I precious memories of a history so closely interwoven ~with that of the cuontry and its prosperity and advancement that they cannot be separated, to wander after strange lights and into uncertain depths, for the sake of securing tempora ry advantage? WVe think not, and are therefore rejoiced to see that the Democratic heart beats true to itself and to the country, and evinces a degree of vitality which neither the storms of the past nor the disasters of the pres ent have been able to destroy. Jefferson Davis's Finances. Ex-President Davis has been frequently charged with having accumulated great wealth during the war. His Postmaster Gener al, Mr. Reagan, of Texas, in a recent letter furnishes the follow ing interesting items in reference to Mr. Davis's pecuniary affairs at the close of hostilities: In this connection I think it right for me to make a statement in justice to Mr. Davis, which has not heretofore been made public, as far as I know, and a part of which is only known to him and myself: In coming through South Car olina, he and myself riding ahead of our company passed a cabin on the road side, when he asked a woman who was standing in the door, for a drink of water. On handing it to him slhe said, "Are you President Davis?" On his reply in the affirmative, she said to him, pointing to a little boy barely large enough to walk a little, "that is your namesake, we call him Jeff. Davis?" He took from his pocket a gold coin, ap parently the size of a three-dollar piece or sovereign, and handing it to her told her to give it to the little boy-saying to me as he rode off that that was his last piece of coin, which he had kept as sort of keepsake on account of its being a coin seldom seen in this country. Subsequenitly, when in compa ny with several members of his Cabinet, the subject of their finances was mentioned and their poverty was made, among them selves, the subject of passing amusement. SIr. Davis took out his pocket-l)ook and counted I think about two hundred and seventy dollars in Confederate 4 treasury notes, then almost entire ly worthless, and said, laughing ly, that was his fortune in money. lie then added, that it was a source of gratification rather th:n of regret that himself and nearly all the members of his Cabinet had s. rificedl their private for tues in'the struggle for the liberty of the people. I will also add, that when it was determined, after the surrender of General Johnston, to transfer the field of military operations to the west of the Mississippi, one of his Cabinet told Mr. Davis that he had money enough to take them across that river. These facts are given to show the injustice which has been done to one whose hopes and thoughts and energies were all wholly de voted to the cause, then so dear to us, in which he was engaged; and who, amidst his all engross ing pllic duties and respoiisibil ities, took no thought of his 1mri vate fortune or of his personal safety. John A. Logan recently made a speech at Carbondale, Illinois, in which he said the election of Lincoln "caused the Democracy to reel and stagger." LogRan o1p posed the clection ofLi||,olnm hit terly. The Quincy Hierald, in this connection, says: Tie only D)em ocrat that we saw that "reeled andl staggered," was John A. Lo gan, wlho was beastly drunlck around the streets of Sprin"gfiehi, threatening to shoot Steplhen A. Douglas because hie hadl taken ground in support of the war. The work on the Men.phis, El Paso and Pacific Ratilroad is pro gressing rapidly, and the hands being well fed and promptly paid. More laborers are wanted. Cabel Cushing lives in Wash ington City, practicing law, writes for the newspapers, and' will be seventy next January. The XVth Amendment. The obstacles in the way of the XVth Amendment are thicken ing. The refusal of ten States to -ratify will kill it. Thus far we have against it beyond contin gency-New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Ohio, Geor gia, California--7. A rejection by three more of the States ends the controversy, and leaves the settlement of negro suffrage, in its borders to each State. Can we count upon three more? %We think so. The Tennessee Legis lature, represented by men like Etheridge, will certainly reject it. If Pennsylvania goes for Packer -and the prospects for his elec tion are encouraging-she will re scind her former vote. One more State will be wanting. We can get that State from Oregon, In diana, New York, Virginia, Mis sisippi, Texas, or Maine. Even supposing that the three unre constructed States, in order to escape military rule, should ratify the amendment, we have still Oregon, Indiana, New York and Maine to fall back upon. Before the requisite number of States can be obtained, we think Indiana will annul the bogus ratification which was extorted from her. Oregon will refuse to ratify, if we may judge from the result in Cal ifornia, and the dangers which threaten her from Chinese suf frage. New York cannot be count ed for ratification so long as a Democrat is Governor. It is true that her Legislature ratified the amerdAment, but the old method of ratifying amendments was by an act of the Legislature, approvoed by the Governor. In this instance, o ily c.ncurrent resolutions were passed, which was an intimation that the- Legislature considered the business to be exclusively their own. Hence it is that the State Department has no official notice of the action of its party friends in Albany, and it devolves upon the next Legislature to rec tify the error. Will the next Legislature do so? We doubt it. In Maine, also, we have a chance. 1 -Monotgomery Mail. PENNSYLVANIA.-The Age, the able Denmocratic organ in Phila delphia, indulges in pleasing' hopes of Democratic prospects in that State: During the past week we have seen several gentlemen who, in the routine business, have travel ed the State from the Delaware to the Ohio, and the reports they 1 give of the tone of public senti ment everywhere uniformely point to an overwhelming Demo- I cratic victory. Our info-mants I are gentlemen of intelligence, who would not misrepresent facts. Their opportunities for observa. tion have been very extended, and but for the fact that we can place implicit confidence in their statements, we should feel incli ed to doubt the possibility of such an enthusiastic awakening of the masses in behalf of the Demo cratic nominees tas they report. In the large cities and towns, in retired villages, and throughout the rural districts, the universal cry is: Give us a change of rulers. Anly change must be for the bet ter, is the general opinion. If this feeling is taken advantage of in a proper manner, Asa Packer will be elected by a large major ity. The President's father, now in his seventy-.sixth year, has lately expressed bitter hostility against negro sufrlage in the following ti.rcible termns: "And," added he, after abrief paiuse, "I don't blame 'em much, if'they are rebels. I am opposed to havi ingniggers vote. I always was and always will be. I w¢ouldn't' now, and never will, vote for niggers. If I was an able-bodied young man, and was elected to the Legislature, and a nigger was elected to sit along iide of me, I would say: 'Nigger, take both seats.' " The Boston Journal says that drunkenness is just as common in tme streets of that city as ever, and that intoxicating liquors flow just as freely as when there was no law to restrain their sale. ' Rates of Svrtestl t e) fia t I n mewb q L . B oo c~rwt Mo a foe.o ... U$ 6 m liberara s. Cards o uetos eaei - -V b willl be hsge donb~ cs segkt af otherwise ordered, will bsia1-· "MU tu W W tssi slar eerea asau. bt in will be charged Me whole squares n v- ia iisra . When displayed, .alaavettismeuft5w b_ hzra by measurement snd not by the nXu*W ef line.. Obituary and larrsiags ntlees wil bh eaebdreei adverttisements. Professional card. 83 per aumaa* mt" *1tw in kdvanceo Taos M Uclnrr s a... is the duly mtlu agent for the T _egrap NeW , Orleans Agents wranted thouthbut the State io wbota a iber per ent. wilt be pad out of all mss re ceived by them. The Oondition of the South. The Northern press teems with eulogies upon Southern prosperi ty. Our agricultural products pour back into our laps the wealth which was destroyed by the war. Rising from the chaos of a revo lution which uprooted our insti tutions from the very bottom, without capital, and with eman cipated slaves, the Soutb has steadily advanced towards pros. perity. There is no example in history of a more complete ruin, nor can there be found an in stance of such rapid recovery in the face of such difficulties. Our political enemies ascribe it to the beneficent operation of the gov ernments which they hage estab lished over us, but to those who are conversant with the shameful misrule and extortion which make up our postbellum history the ar gulnent of "The Imperialist," that the prosperity of America so far from being the result of wise republican institutions is in spite of them and the sole result of natural advantages, seems not unplausible. But the South is pursuing the true course.' Let us render our selves independent of other sec tions as far as possible and our favor will be sought. There are those who would fain enter upon a crusade for eternal, "hopeless poverty over the South, but the mostflagrant oppression, the most heinous decrees cannot wholly counteract the operation of laws more powerful than man's. If only the sword and torch be kept away we will soon get wealthy, and in accumulating riches we are placing ourelves upon a van tage ground where we can succes fully contend for our rights under the constitution.-N. 0. Price Current. An invention has been pro duced in Paris for settling dis putes between cab-hirers and cab drivers. It not only reckons the distance traversed but indicates. the exact sum of money due to the driver. Two dials are fixed on the back of the driving seat;. one contains a clock, while on the • other the distance traveled is in- - dicated by a hand acted on by the. wheels; it is entirely beyond the control either of cabby ..or his. "fare." The apparattr is put in and out of gear by thnering" and raising of a level g word "Libre," which--l *t" i. ble when the cab is empt ia the "compteur" consequently un employed. There is no danger of the driver omitting to lower this lever as soon as he is hired, as it is his interest to have the greatf est possible distance paid for, Hon. J, A. Royce, of Cincinnati, heretofore a prominent Radical,. in a communication to the Cin- cinnati Enquirer, says: "I have. severed myself from the Republi can party, because it is an organ ized hypocrisy, a shuffling dissim ulation, a fraud, a delusion, and ap snare, a combination of grasping fanatics, fattening on the vitals ot the wealth-producers and wealth distributers of the country." It is evident that Mr. T'oyce, during his connection with the Radical party, kept his eyes about him, A little black and tan dog, nat meed Andrew Johnson, was re cently, by accident, locked in doors by his master, on leaving lhouo, in Upper Alton, Illinois, andl was found nineteen days after, still alive, but in an emati ated condition. Ie soon recover ed. lie had not a morsel all the nineteen days;, he must have had his narmesake's eonstitution, how-. ever. Meetings of sugar planters are being called ii. IJafourche, Terre-. bonne and lber-ville, for the pur, pose of considering the recent decision of the Supremle Court of the State, giving Mrs. Brasheair the exclusive right to use sulp4u. Sto clarify sugar cane juice. The Texas election occcrs 30thi " November, 1st, 2nd and 3rd )e-. Scember. People will only ,ety at the court house. " :