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@eM3OWAcTAWIT At LA; c.-w o1o3n NIEr Z. EDITORA(t.PR.OPRI-ETOR Torei. of Salbselptiton. Thisllowlaig w1tes of Uub00 ptton will be Algia adhered to is all shoes (.aok oapy, oie year + - -- # 8,00 One deopy, pix months - - - 3.00 inslle copies - -- - 10 oents. Any p son edink us Ave neow cash subscriber. to the same pgsot efice, will be entitled to a Sopy of .ti tkl.i3034B' gratis, for one year. W Simpti@a ptle saiO9 £ b l0y In Advance. .& 'rarif' of Advertising " ites. dvertlspents will be nserted at One Dollar and ityCents .er pausre of onee inch orapsc, or lees, for toe first, andeventynve Cents for each 8ubse gqOenast.inser, for im m unadoronomonth. Lor. eaaeperiodsaA follows : Tw.... ............. 79i 12 0 1o anc 22 o 3o'n0 Your ........... ..... 50 2I 6 001 8 00 0 0o 0 PFive & Column.)... .1800 0 3.. 42 4000 a ( .llmun )_.. -30" 00 45 00 5509 75'00 100.00 I.tlnm.) 45700 6 50 150010 00 141 00 Tw.aty-pae.( Col.. 5 5 90 00 3 0 00 lrstaksetonal Erarb.. ~-aOne o E, L ., OFFICE: REAR BOOM orRICHARDSON i Mc. Enery's Law oflloe. Feb'y 19. 1870. . nI-ly* Dr. T. P. -RICH ARDSON, HTSCSICIAN, SUttGEONANDOBSTETRICIAN. SOrrmc At Dr. Calderwood'a old stand. SSpociaL attention. given to Chrtoic Surgical oases. n,0:ly DR. J. CALDERW00D, # FPEItS HIS PROFESStONAL SERVICCS TO ethe eltisons of .Monroe ad vicinity. 0 PFcC Over tinrghnorr& Mnlin's. Grand Street, whore he can be fond atall hours of day and night when not prefeaainially engaged. Dr. R. C. Strother-, Vthe citiene-of Mono d vicinity. OFFcE: Ovsr the stere of Snrthnor & SMullin, Grand Street. It ulght ean be foand at the rea!dence of Mrs. War February 5, 1870. n2C: 1L J4JAMt. . DRIEW. SCotectingr Agent. Q PICE.: Monroe, La., with A. L. Slaok. Esq S Trenton, La., with Standifer &'Mcnire Jawy 17, 1870. n 19 ly IA1 A. ARRETT. PRANKI.IN GARRETT. GAR tETT & GAtR ETT, ATTORINEYS AT LABW *Ceuler Wood and St. John Streets, (OppoeitfRec f erers Omce,) r0O10r ....X..................... OZOAr A. Jan'y 1. 1I70. ly A. L: SLACK, hfON ROE, LA. Dp.&C[iCKS in the Parish and District Courts as rfollows: . Oaackita Parlar, Monroe; Morehouse Parish, Sastrop; Franklin Parish, Winnsboro. Monroe. Any. s6. 1869. 5:17 B. tcICHausox. JAe. D. Mckaaar. RICE! RDSON A& IcENERlY, Attornes-m gat Law., MONROE, La., PRACTICE in all the parishes of North Louisiana. .n the aupreme Corrt at Monroe, the Federal Courts, and in the Land Oltoo Department of the -eneral Government. - nl-tf O0A5 M'ENERY. I. D. M'ENEItY. J. & S. D. McENER Y, MONROE, LA. PRACTICE In the Parish and Distrirt Courts c -_ Ouachita, Morehouse, Franklin, R.ichland. Cald well and Catahoula Parishes, in the Supreme Court a t Monr., and U. . Courtsa. ti Particular attention paid to business in the Land Oflae at Monroo, and the Land Office Depart ent of the General Government. nl7:tf. C. H. MORRISON. W. W. FARMER. ATTOIRNEYs AT LAW, Monron, La., Will practice in the Parish and District Cours in the Parishes ofOuachita, Morehouse, Frarklin, Caldwell, and Union. Also in the Supreme Court of Louisiana and in the United States Courts, n41:v3 V. P. STUIB. R. O. COBB. ATTORNEYS AT LA W .Monroe, La., Will practice in the Courts of the 12th Judi cial District, comnpused of the parishes of More. house, Ouachita, Caldwell, Catahoula and Franklin. And also in the Parishes of Jackson and Union. v4 n32 . iWiis )ticehardson, Robt. TV..Jaeisen RIIC.elrDSO.M JE"ISO.S', ATTORNEYS AT LAW, MLIONRO"E, .LA, PRACTICE in the Courts of Catahoula, Caldwell Franklin, Osbchita, Morehouse, Richiand, Carrel and Madison. in the Supreme Cou t, of Louisiana, in the United States Courts and in the Land Office Department of the Government. Special attention paid to the eollectlo of cltaims. marl0.n 025 DENTAL NOTICE. H AVING determined to settle permanently H- in Monroe for the purpose of practicing my pro tesaion, I can be forand at my ofice oppositie the south-eaat corn'r of the public Siquare, in the house lately occupied by the Land Office, at all hours. My family will live in the same building. Having had a very uarge experience in all the different branches of my profession, the treat ing of children's teeth and all the disea.sesof the teeth of adults, knd the extracting of teeth and arranging ar tificial teeth; I feel justified in saying that I am prepared to do anything in any department of my profession as well as can be dune any where, and at reasonable prices. SN. F. McCRiAW. man. 6, 186. n t' "' i. c ' . ... ·- ·---i -. ,. d , "ENGAGED IN THE DEFIE-NSE OF AN HONORABLE CAUSE, I WOULD `TAKE A DeISIi PART ,..3Iv,..'-; ý -, , Vol, V. Monroe, Ouachita Parish, La., Saturday February. 26, i E- -. - ýutcls, SBcools, tljribnts, Vic. Ouachita House, (corNls or W DEsrIAD TIRD STRETir) . MONR6bE, LA. J. L. • I.ECi¬ troprieter. THE above .named Hotel so long and favorably 1 I known thronughbout the country has been refltt,*d and newly furnished, and is now complete in every ] department. The Propretor tpegoes himself to spare no efforts to make all comfortable who may favor Limh with their patronage. April 2t, 18110. ly NE W H OTEL. LEWIS HOUSE, (Cppos~ t Cacolof Chureh aad Female Aeed.,nv,) i MONROE, LA. 1 .1W. .. LETIS, PROPRIETOR., rktlE Proprietor, formerly of.- th OTVAOTJ2' J HOUSE, informs the public that the large and commodious residence of Col. tRoit. ilfardison' had heen panthidatedI and handsomely furnished, and. is nor', complete in every partiealar,.as aFirst Class-ef-el Ample accommodations, good fare, and .onven I ent location. Board ,rasonab n8 Vienna I ns ti-tute, VIENNA, LA. - HBIE Trustees feel gratided in auioanoing to the I publie,-that tthe Spring Term o tis Institution will be opened on the ist Monaday in February. 1870, Mrs A. 1. JONES, Music Department. And other teachers will beadded as the demands, i of the Institution may requiire. T'I'JEAmit ER IB ES3810NT s Primary Department ...................... 815 00" Intermediate Dopartment.......... . ..... 90 . Higher Englishk and Scientific Department 25 00. Aucient Languages (extra) ................ 00. Music, with Ilnstrumntn... .............. 30 00t - Conltingot'fee paid inaldvance............1 0. Tnition payable at the close of the- session and 8 por cent. luterest charged when payment is delay ed.L Those w wish to avail themselves of the ad vantages of this Institution. should enter their chil dren or warts, promptly at theneopningo o4.be seesion, I an a delay of a fw days frequently optrates seriously to the disadvantage ot tiae pupil throughout the Term. Pupils, though, will be received at any time during the session, and after tenu dav from the ooen iuc, will he charged to theclose, unless confined rby sicknees:at least ten days, or byapleial arrangement otherwise with the Principal. We wunld invite those seeking a healthy locality. free from the coutaminating vices ofhlrge townasnd cities, with iiterary and -reigius a.PVantages, to visit the thrifty little town or Vicunna. Boarmd can e obutimiod with private families on reasonable ternms. Fr farther information, apply to the Principal, or Secretary of te.oard of Tru - te.. C. TMONTON,- 1 Presalebt Board Trustees. A. G. COiB, Secretary. Vienna, La., Feb'ys5,1870. nllnt SADDLE AND ILARKESS SHOP. j RIESPECTFULLY inform my friends and the piblic general:y, that I am prepared to ironufacture SADDLES, HARNESS, and everything in my line. I have a good stock of.materi:tls on hand which I will sell at Rea- I sonable Prices. PETERI EZELIrITS. February 3, 18di9. n20:tf EDWARD BURNETT. CHAS. DOuILLT. BURNETT & DONELLY BRICKLAYERS AND BUIIDERS, I GRAND STREET, H[ AVING permanently located in Monroe. I offer their services to the people of the t town and vicinity, in the erection of houses. chimneye, w allls, tombs, monuments, &c. Materials will be furnished upon reasonable terms, when desired, and at short notice. October L6, 1869. n4 ly 1 C. CBOFENSCIIE T, I Watchmaker and Jeweler, MONROE, LA., DEALER IN Clocks aInd JEWELRY, I Of Every Description. All work in his line executed with neatness and dispatch, rnd guaranteed for 12 months. ( CHAS. BOFENSCIIEN. Monroe, Lt., Feb 44, 1869. n23 8. W. RBAWVLNS, ISAAC MURRELL, I New Orleans. raindbn, La RAWLIN[ & RIIURRELL, COTTON - FACTORS General Conmmission .Merchants, 60 CARONDLET STREET, NTew Orleens Cash, and Merehandise orders paid witbout charge for advancing, when drawn against cotton shipped I) to ns. n 51:6m S. L. JAMEI s C. B. BUCKNBR, TOIM BYNUM. ii JAMES, BUCKNER & Co.,~ @Q0,3O VAGUaSU t AND II COMMISSION MERCHANTS, I M lf A TrFACTURE S of Cotton and Woolen Goods, Boots, Shoes, rrels, Hogeheade and Brioks, No. 140 Gravier 8t., NEw Orleanos. a~rer as, tyare, a1 a GEORGE ID. PRBENTIOE. ExaoRCTS FROM .THE 'MEMORIAL ADDiESS OF HENRY WATTER SON, BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE or KENTUCKY, Feb. 2, 1870. -There certainly never arose in this country a more pointed or a more finished wit, and where his passions were not concerned, a more refined, exquisite and pene trating juldgment. For nearly a third of a cenitury he was, as Hazlitt said of Cobbett, a sort of fourth estate in the politics of America. Whatever cause he es poused, he defended by a style of argument that was never trite nor feeble, nor muddy nor confused, hut was luminous and strong, enriched by-all that was- necessae ry to establish it :nd decorate it, and suited exa ti to the temper of the times ~aud the comprehen sion of tho~ple, which he sel dom .fail ed'';hit =between .the, acorn.and th~iull. In consider ing his ce~ethowever, I shall "; ask leave to sp-eak of him rather as I kneaw him in his own pe than as. he Ws4irown to the pub lie threugl. -transactions.- in' which he b A part. I takeMit for grn. _are not at all curious to . hat opinion I or any man ' entertain of this or that politieal..eent; and at the very best, opinions will differ on these points, leaving us, in the end, nothing assured or distinct. If we would understand history, we must study the men who made it, and, in order to get a clear notion of their characters and motives, we need not .take .the record, but the spirit ofi their lives. Of his marriage, after his wife bad been taken from him, he was himself n6t averse to speaking, and dwelt upon her mem6 iy with touching fondness. He loved to refer to her as a girl. -and-it is curious, that she is the only wo man I ever' heard' him Apeiik of with genuihe warmth and tender ness, although there were many good and gentle women who had been, his life-longu friends. -"I have not had' credit," he said on one occasion, "forbeing a devoted husband; but if I had my life to go over, that is the-only relation I would not alter;. she was the .wisest, the purest, the best and 'the most thoroughly enchanting woman I ever knew." Most per sons'will call to mind the exqui site verses which he addressed to her. Verses, you are possibly aware, are not always truth-tell ers; but in this instance they ex pressed the impulses of a nature which, -reailjr impressed as it was. by all things agreeable, could not be drawn out to the full by one of less grace of mind and heart. His affection for children was likewise intense, and the loss of his elder son was a terrible blow. I know of nothing more affecting than his fondness for a little, fair-haired, bright-eyed boy, a grandson, who bears his name. Strangers supposed that he was decrepit, and there existed an im pression that he had resigned his old place to younger and more ac tive spirits. He resigned nothing. I doubt whetherhe ever did more work,or better work, during any sin gle year of hislite than during this last year. He said, on the let of January, 1869, "I will make the last years of my life the best years 1 of my life, and I shall work like a tiger;" and he did work like a 1 machine which seemed to have . no stop in it. In a note to Mr. 1 Haldeman, two or three months ago, he wrote: "I work twenty four hours a day, and the reason I do not work more is because 1 the days are no longer." I have had some personal knowledge of the working capacity of the two newspaper writers in this country who have been reputed the read- i iest. and most profuse; but I never 1 knew any one who could write as much as Prentice in a given time, i or sustain the quantity and qual- I ity of his work for so long a time. I Mr. Raymond used to run abroad i when fagged out, and Mr. Forney i takes frequent recreative inter- i nals. Prentice was unresting.- j He actually averaged from fifteen i to eighteen hours a day, and kept i this up month after month, turn uing out column upon column of all sorts tf natter, "from gay to I grave, from lively to severe." He was a careghl as well as a voluiuiinoiwrfkiter; let geat store by critical accuracy of expression' and exactness in marks of pune tuation;and wasanamateur grau% marian, learned in all the meth ods, though wedded to his' own. liHe invariably revised the mann script of his" amanuensis, and sead his. proofýsheets to'the: last. And yet, except to have his manit ter appear correctly, he was in-, different to it. He used to say, "iUse no cerenony with my uatt *.ter.. .-A man-who wMiis as as Ldo cannot epeet -b hif -e nail always:on the .:heaeP Bat he did hit .it .zearer than.-apyl : else. He was very much attached to Mr. -Shipinan, and had tp efct confidence in the taste and S~itg ment of that -able- writer, and, Mholar. Some ;times he weald write: a paragraph, not oyer nie l but always funny, intended to bbe struck out i'by Shipmap. 'Often' ,enough the wit got- the better Of Shipatlan's iscruples; an ,the zagrapli went in, which seemedto aumusp Prentine vastly. -Ie was by nii means sensitive to what we call tlie"'proprietie;," anu eg4rd - ed :many of the comnvetfional rno tipons of society as affected and absurd, and enotitled to little respect. Oni his 'poems .Perintice himself put no'sg&eat iecount.' They wee thrown off' idly. He ~rrfdte verses; he said, _as. a discipline, or ftf recreation. The. beat of them is undo6litedly the "Closing YearJ' which hI is many fine lines and images; and will always be a fa voritereeitative. - The "Lines on my Mother's Grave,'~ and "the Lines to my Son,", are also exqui sitely pathetic. AlbertPike once reitedfthe "Lines op. My MFoth er's Grave" at a" club par'ty in Washington in a way that: left not a dry eye in the rooi..- But, after., all the, fame of P.entice. imus>; -"tand not. upon, any, one piece of work which he did, but upon the purpose anrid iufluence` of his whole life;; its realization of every public demand; its adcpta tion to evey party need;its 'cur rent readiness and force; i'ts thor ough consistency from first to last. He did more for others and asked less for- himself thfin any public man of his day. He put hundreds of men. into office, but he was never a candidate for ofilce himself. He relied exclusively, 'upon his newspaper. and by this agency alone rose to emitrence. PoLITICS A NECESSARY STUDY. -We find the following excellent sentiments in the Morehouse Con servative: It is true that all we have, and all we expect to have, whether of christianity or -civilization, must go hand in hand with and come from our political surroundings. It behooves every man then to be earnest in politics. Show us an indifferent or neutral Christian 'and we will' show you a lukewarm one. Show Us at -indifferent or neutral anything or anybody, and we will show you.a luklewarm de votee-a passer, not an actor in life. Thus a lukewarm politician is an indifferent patriot. The earnest patriot cannot separate politics from social life. The ac tion of the social upon the politi cal system, and the reaction of the political upon the social system, are so intimately con nected that to have healthy ac tion, and-bring forth good results, one must operate on the economy of the other like. the heart and brain on our physical organiza tion. A NOVELTY.-In the Constitu tional Convention of 'Tennessee, now sitting in Nashville, there is not a single member whose nativ ity is beyond Mason and Dixon's line. Five are from Virginia, five from North Carolina, three from Kentucky- and two from Mary land. The remainder are all na tives of Tennessee. What a hap py people-a Convention to frame the organic law which is to act as the guide board of the future leg islation of the State, has in it not a single carpet-bagger to mar the harmony of the body, Badical Opinioia-dfWaomth and.the' The fllowing 'rather decidecl. sentiments we fiAd'bxpressed edi toriallyyin the columrsiof 'the N'ew Orleans ,Tribune, a 'dRe al paper edited by free men .of color:. But the indignation against this -Administration is not confined ,to Louisiana alone,--it is those. very authors of the Reconastrnutlon scheme that are equally edardest with' ourselves to denounee. or vicious leadear, "and- ba foe- the s that ,the State has swan I mediate Federacustody to. rae theiff, not a'vweek 'wouli4 ea se isefr-e the Bttlets, thefl ~eys andthe -Swmners it the 3atioeab Capital, witld .hasten to rem ia the cruel distortio to. lWieh t ajlan r estorationn has been )is-: otet hered and disperse e ~t~ :rai tficketersi who hav6e d r-t I .preabhed the -iRepublican pollcy nQu-. whose statesmanship is sim-ga his Mvii pocket with othei peoji'~;] money. Nothing bet t&etrhot tion 'of .'the -ipeopl+,-w -less. of Repuallicans than atD esoerats- . than the new Election. :'l,-,- ' miost. infamous, a tjEýPu bLicau instr~ment: I`he Governor nows that outside cf-h p he has Mo. friends g eitiesi e , .-bh ,eapeeoa.se weve e. `wkitheri. aid to,dps teolred element E anew, espee y in; the country, l -aMd 'Whreverhis cause is. pre udiced by adv@irse' v'otes be ist furnished in the Bill -wit 'faoili.~ ties- to inent a -riot and mthea eit as arbiter. He .can instigate ap e~ieute at his conuvnien~e, prose-l 'ute it' andi thbe ijdirciarly eax amiale it. "We-propose to serttina ize- this Bill thoroughly ain. few l -days,-.-we .wilR say now that it is 4 mere desperate sDsam to c~~i quer hit weaknes twiBt the j o pie; .pe Irih Immigration. Mr. A. H. Browne,,- of Jeanwy rette, has kindly furnished us with a letter from his brother, Mr. Sam- I uel Browne, commission merchant ( and general agent, No. 9, Frank- - ,fort . Terrace, Lower Gloucester I street, Dublin, Ireland, from which we make the following ext$acti "In relatio to that Dart of your I letter which refers to Emigration: I I think I could easily obtain a full cargo. of good laborers, tIf paying 1 their passage out; indeed, want of t means has prevented many thou- ' sands from emigrating. 4All whio had the means have gone before t this, and many theousands were 4 taken out, I am sorry to say, by a your paternal grand-mother and S made "fod, for powder," in order c to subdue the noble Conf~ederate ' people, who were strugglipg for the Very same thing that the peo ple of Ireland have' so lor'g -been sighing for. I would be glad to correspond with any .posut. who are desirous of having good hard working men, accustomed to the soil. None other wrould I send- unless, indeed, yogu wished' some good 'mechanics.. You would re- ' quire to specify the class of .eMi- t grants most suitable; also, the , probable amount of wages for each class. I would like, also, to know tle prospectindustrious young farmers would have of becoming , possessors or proprietors of soil, a with a statement of your land laws, mode of culture, most profi- 1 table crops, and any other facts desirable for farmers to know. I would especially be glad to.know the kind of people, morally or physically, objected to, etc.. We are just now promisdd some bene ficial changes in our "Irish tand Laws," and many who woTld oth erwise emigrate will wait the re- - sult, but I know too well- the character of English legislation h to put any confidence in that"j quarter." " Here is a good opportunity for t our planters to supply themselves 4 with the very best class of -Jablbo-~ ii eres, and they should enter into immediate correspondence with Mr. Browne, tnmaksilgarrangem~nts for any number of laborers they t may need next' fall; as of eourse, J it is too late to secure them for c this year's crop. - New Iberia 0 Times, ~28t Wr, ,d !xi pew ý! tum £AUTS3 "H~ o~i~ ear s p. w·n =sa 4b si at -ý -..:.:J1 Y ttwsie Yetk. .s3.«:is.' ýT rraa nIh eV II; Ill; ..- elares.tbv .s, 'Io thilea nos. teli3s 'State'to nai a. ' :i tiee lt i 1 al of s ptliet f by toil Irghi.n""Ispap tl# thase twuo Snhowth b. was t t 1e 9h n't, See ti tri the dsa pid thieves. ofshtliciente o lantation eft thave aeie e..Ihave oda 4 toi, n r Ipo; the. ta h . a g-hof of scient womes a aese i ave sholly -i 'o * e r a, Capt.l Tkbin s.elf tqitf tl re is n doubta abodt ht&Pid bo, the vWae' H anp'Itoii, fiv pt y, as ad er 'k $ii t , the 19th inst. Sf ll wilniik trial trip on Thirsiay, aiter c she will c aoiti-enee .reeflts in t. Htr indaohner i'All and there is nothingt t c `ome gilding a;d' ornfien Se shippersi eed hot" thin ,i ,uee she'is a new boat she will it get off at the advertised-time.-Cdwrwr Joural, 1i aStOinstt. The plan who don't al ueerttse has his store tohinga1patuatwith shingles and barrebbeads; indcrib ed withu ampbslak,Eirish'- Terta tersf" "Korn Meel,; '`" ower," "Ali kinds- of, kontury piajhce," "Kaikea :and .aundies. - fort sail here.". He says. "There arn't no use in noospaper -advertising so long asi a manis esmnOt enuft to tend to-his own businessi i and kin, stand at the door and holler the fellers in." - THn,; WAsEHIu1aTON RELICS, The House Committee on Judici* ary has agreed to repbrt a bill to return to iMrs.b i. E." Lee t'he' rtic lei formerly the lpe.pprty of Qen era.l Washington, talkeun Woz Ar lington in 1861 by 'OGenera' Mec Dowell, and ow i ie posdesibnh of the Interior. Department,> and which have since that J time been on exlibition in the PatlaiJ Office. 'The bate 'eii, st John Li'alell, an. aeoouirt'of whbe' 'ddati'' was given in ~uwr issue of ySserdlay, had effeeted ~ninsuranoeenpon his li'.. f three ~Ji. i n age5lr eepa nies, amounting io. tliea ggrgate to $30,000, v'i: I" 'tbiaond Oity, $20D,000; i theGIol, iOO.5000; in the :Piedmont, $ 500-.~---Y) O. Picayuaw. ' ;t - - ' Th4 anuttal rert-of the6 ecre tary o-f the Peabody E~rat nal Fund shows that Ifaowtsalra.!re ceived eineet~tp p ~loov 1, 000;,and ao a its nolinmr so}tjaon ts.