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THE TELEGRAPH: Published every Saturday. Al Mlosnroe. Ouna.lita Parinsh. La. C(r.

TNT. ELAL-lbTI Editor and Proprietor. OF 0 N. I)n't- tc nlo me ttI six lonl ADVANCE 1L.rlQ: tI, I Silnt cCopy, six lltl PHYSICIANS. Dr.

Iwalk. I. his servit 4l I tie. II eo Isuth fools I lantil II, 1571r Dr. WI.

V. Iticlnsardn onl, 1)1! YSIUI AN, hslel ais.itu l1isee tIt 1)1. Is el stali. peeiul 5hllau tol 's. Dr.

K. l4. Mtrotha4W his jtprodl.usi,,Ill selrvice toI th the store Ill Surgha lel a Mullill, 1151111 of Mrs. Warulieldl. Felb.

5i, 15i74.11. J. eA.DRIIN()Ol. "it. Yv.

AnlY. DEW. t'aiherwootI Aloy. MO LIltlO, I A. E01FC iii rear of Berhruilirt's hulelidlr.

Mesouti street, hettWesO I I Sol I Ill dl lrleld. 1571 IIA DENTISTRY. L. L. IHRAtEY.

N. I. M'C. 1 BRACEY IIcCIliVW, DENTITS' Meeeroe, Lee. (()othee over ('chauLbcrlain'.

store.) WVe have all the uodelrlu iUlcnrovencincts in the eroelest.ion. lneorthle othlerto lie letilntc at tlhe otfliie at all time.e. Il1lll, '71. ly II. MILES J.

I. ANKIfEI', D1E NT IS.5, No. 127 WVaslhingtonll Street, 'VIC'KSIBiUiR(, 3.188. 2, 1870. Dr.

E. Tell. EN'IIST, has retul'ncedl tee tc)rlt, iatnd niay tee foundcel at 1l7 Sti. (ICharlesi 1t. ('cnmplieatelt and diltticult Sueelichitetl.

I refer in North Loulisialna tee tlhose I lhave lhad the of serving thIe plast two cvuceere. el'March 4, 1571. T.l FRENCII, I)ENTA SU It I() Next door to, Messlrs. llifrlawy I I I' Jc I A. July 2,1870.

ATTORNEYS AT LAW. to. hII. iiiipio iSqi.i, c'nit, t.AWMef I hi lit ut (11001, lll ill liii' I pi Iiiiiitl Suit liii 1:1 It 1 1( OlI lclnA('. dL11 it 'lutiti i.l At.pui lip Nni alto, wil tilllt tor i (Ill I 1 lrilt Ii) Peix titltl (l)ii.

pe1l P0thei tIljl. HOTELS. I1011sE, Op. anI.r. F.

1.1. MW. J. Lewis. Proprietor.

tellll 3ths.ete is, kinte ittite SIII the pi'tili (tvet ir lMrtt. l.r.n l)CTCII'I'A HfOUSE. J. L. Hunsickr, Proprietor.

lil ll-ri(gll jZ (IIl I WITIIEtaes, Mi'Oi tl-S (.. theta eling trlie ii 1.1titi UME VI. MONROE, LOUISIANA, SATURDY, Jrap, 1871. NUMBER 3. VOLUME VI.

MONROE, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1871. NUMBER 30. SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. ()lA1orr1'rI A FEMALE ACAI)EM1, A I) JIAY FOR YOTcUN(. LA.

4Iks. TI. V'. Principali, 144( (). I l.l, Instrhctolr ofi the I Mrs.

1'. 1 Mmatroni. 1Ptinrv (las s( pero. 1.144, Aeltlt. .00 UsC 4)iIIsI.

rulniezit) 0.191 it :i.oo ItIsirl, includling; 1)4441) jg, 211.00 April 1.1, ls71 LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES. CAIO1LINA LIFE INURIIANCE I.1PIIIS, TENN. Assets. ....................,11 03 IIon. rs)ou vi, President.

.1. Vice-President. .1. '1'. Petit, 2nid Viee-Presidenlt.

I'. IBoyle, Secretary. J. II. Edumonson, general Agent.

RIOAiCD oU1 Wiceks, 1e. AM. Aperston, .1. P'ctit, W. It.

lunt, 1. It 1reenlatw, James lPulan, F'. Titus, Napoleon hill, .1. (. LonIgsdale, 'Vini.

Joi ner, A. Iessel, 1V. 1,. Vance, NS. B.

ruce, B. K. Pullen. I'ellehn Brothers, State Agents for North Louisiana. .1.

IE. Becher, Special Agent, Monroe, La. I' lhe: (orner anlld DeSiard Sts. llr. 1).

II. Key will attend to the business of the otiee alt Trenton. NIi, Our( Harry Hays, T. 11. and J.

M. Allen Gtalbreath, Stewart ''izer, Jennings, Gates Nelson I aulphied Beadles, Wingo Sll.m: MT. Johnson, banker; Ardis wholesale nerchants; ('omnlning, Miorrison T. li. mioirris, Druiggist, Gregg Martin, Jessup, Viggins, Ilyamns Kennedy.

lassms 'Pli ies on all the the improved ltuis. No reistrietiosll oni travel or within the settled liimitsof the United lriish North Aiierist or Europe. policies uon-l-rfeitable for their table dedn'tious made oln hministers. intelligent gelitllomen wanted as agents ill Soverl parish. SMedliial examiner, Monroe, Dr.

Strother. BUSINESS CARDS. iI'1'' IA((GAG((E WVA(ON estalishled in tie city of MlX urnall expres.s alnd baggagge are inow prepared to do kinds Ittiling. Palrticular attention paid to unoviig frllrniture. C(onnections with the N.

L. T. R. R.and boats, and all wishilng to have their bagga'ge have it done. We will icheek Iti baggage at all the hotels ill tihi VWe have inll onnlection with our in a OMNIBUl! dlilery of pasPsenige'rs oni the trains ald ftail, Private eitizenrsoan oi' deliveryi's of thenll tggage by imaking aptplication at thie us he uliponl Ilih, A sharel of publlic platlronage ill received.

Vt(Ill Managers. I tI I ansilv'er 'Wathes, ail ral' alid A merican ('loc'ks, line a -olid lry, Pino' a lo-. Instrili't ients all descrilt ijlts, music, solicitor the. plianos, oithll St. l.olis ii ik slit that hI is now as well prepared ias llre tihe wari i nllt letter, to ido all kindsll Sof work, eith lck ii ring or ('Alt lA I lES, ll'tilE lA('i malde kept on speo.IIits of' lIls eil te seen by calling at the i liIe will also arr oll ai geI.eIral shop, arranged tos do all kinds of blacksmtithintg.

'rTermsa reasonable. April 2it, i li t. ENDI)M. I in Stoves, 'I'inware, iturial (Cases, I has constantly on hand, Iv''ry variety of cooking andi heatinig stivesi, friom the fIchetories; e.s''ri description of tinware; also ehtallie Ituni(tl vtarvili in size tandl style to Imeeit anlly givenl order. All -ir r.pairs' promptly attended to, and orders fir tinware tilledt at Newv i rloani Iprice's, with freight added.

Is, 170t. ly SI ANI) CARRIAGES FORI L. Hiunsicker Ils. iiat hi, arriage actory, on I il tndI catrriages to rder, 'li'ioitlly fir this imar'ket, cheap for ili' ill want "of anything in this lino all o) bi 'omp their tlth liflhJllI.ElSll 1 ni sm 'rilht, 1 lvoi' la. I in 'I ltl I 1 1.

IVIk i' ASKS, 'I'( (R V'' Al. ll kinda neatly ll i 'r Ielow It-. ttne I1s, 1 t70. I hNli- Il AN II.IItNES SIHOP. i'int i iuiinl I brn business of her I hit' he iiundersignedo will tur disoription of fHtrness, uall ill stillly work, at HS i guaranteed.

1-I ass. PE'T'ElR TZil.l l'S. 'NNW', I I I It -I I' E.doi's L.i Se3 11 I- ied with the bi wini, ind lilgnr, ni brands of cigars. attention ita L.od order -ua-anteed. Ap.

rl' I 1. SWORN EVIDENCE OF BRIBERY IN I THE LEGISLATURE 1 A Senator Reveals What He Knows About "Brass Tacks True Typo of Lecislativeo onesty We findl, in the the following sworn evidence of Senlator Braughn, representing one of the New Orleans districts in our State Senate, in a case where one Mr. Angln)iar was sued upon a note given for a vote in favor of a bill for the relief of that individual. We trust Senator Braughn will further relieve his conscience by disclosing the names of all the guilty parties in this nefarious transaction After the meeting of the General As- 1 sembly in 1868, the first Assembly after adoption of the new Constitution, a joint committee was appointed to inves- I tigate the conduct of the Board of Levee Commissioners. That Board had disposed of six millions of dollars of Levee bonds without any tangible sign of improvements.

John Ray and myself were the Senators appointed on this committee otn the part of the Senate. During the sessions of this commlittee, Mr. Angomar proved to be an inxportant witness; he was familiar with the operations of the Levee Board from beginning to end; and he gave us valuable information; and without his information our labors would have been useless. It also turned out, that sometime in 1866 or '67, Mr. Adgomar and Mr.

Izard were sent to Washington to procure national aid for the levees of the State. They were a long time there; lived there upon their own means, and manipulated the lobbyists there, upon their own means, upon the promise that they were to be reimbursed. When the session of the committee was ended, M. Angomar requested that in our report we should include a recommendation to allow these gentlemen, Angomar and Izard, compensation for the amount of their expenses. Mr.

Ray, I think, told them that it was foreign to the purpose of the coinmittee was appointed for a specitfic purpose, and could only report on that. But he recolmmended that Angomar introduce a bill for his relief; and Mr. Ray and myself promised that we would vote for the bill, knowing all the facts. The bill was introduced in 1868, I think in the latter part of the session, in the House. It did not make its api pearance in the Senate until the following session, or perhaps, the last session.

But when it came to the Senate, after having passed the House, Angomar accosted inme one day in the hall of the Mechanics' Intitute, and told me that he found it impossible to get the bill I passed in the Senate, as lie had found it in the House, without resorting to bribery. That. did not astonish me, as it was a matter of public notoriety, anld everybody knew that no private bill could pass without resorting to such nmeans. 1 told him then that I advised hint to get the hill through the best way he could; and 1 thought he was justified in doing so. I saw no mlore of Angolmar Ulntil one day when cantoe to lily office and said, lie had seen sonic genltlemen who would support his bill, and they had agreed to dso so foir eacli.

lie did not have thle mottney, he said, and Mr. Barrett, his partner, did not wish to advance the mIoney. But they proposed-this is all Angonmar's statement to me--they proposed that if lBarrett would accept the drafts for their amounts, they would take thelm. tie then went and saw Barrett, and lie agreed to accept them. 110 then tendered them to these parties; but they saitl they wanted them all put up in the halndls of sotmne responsible party- this is still Angomnar's statement to ime.

Angomnar told them lie did not want them put in the hands of somie parties they named, but he said he would put them in my hands, as I had been his attorney, employed by hiin freqluently. These parties agreed that if I took charge of thelm they would be satietled. Angomallr relalted to me this onversation. I consented to receive an envelope with twelve or sixteen notes. I told Angomar that I would give himl ino receipt, as I did not wish to be compromisedm in the matter.

lie told mle: ''Take it, antd put it in your bank-box; and when the bill lasses I will give you ia list of those to whom to give the notes." 1 did so. I umay lilve erred in taking this envelope, but as I said before, it was a matter of notoriety that private bills could not pass without members of the Legislature being bought. Not only did Senators know this, but Iteiporters of tile Prtss, and every one conniecttl with the Press knevw it; andL iwhenll such a bill was up tlhere were ir (ertain tSenator.s wlho would go alroulld ant ''Any brass lack.s in this lill; atlnd if so, how niucli Every one knew that; and I prtesutmed that acting as AZngnolar's legal adviser, I was Inot doing anything seriously wrong inl ad. visitig this course. After the bill had i he hatndabl me a list, anol iil accordancte with that Slist I distributed thotse notes left witllh me in that envelope.

I heard niothing rmore of this until one day, when my office was graced by Sthe aiipearance of seine Senators who held some of those notes. Tllhey asked me about them and I advised them to tear up the nIotes as they were not worth the paper they were written on. They said that the notes had been left with me, and it was understood that they were to. be paid. I remindedl thlem that I had given no guarantee for their payment, and I had nothing to do w-itli it.

They tlhen ask(ed me to Swrite to Angomar and request payInent of the-c notes. I addressed a letter then to Angonmar, stating that we had foir collection these bills. There were other business Imatters Ientioned In that letter. No reply caine, and 1 told those gentlemen that we would have nothing more to do with it. The i next thing I heardt of this was to re- ii ceive a subpxena to attend as a witness It ill this court.

I decsire and emphatically to say that I had no interest inl these notes, did not any of them, a would not receive any, received no i money or consideration, nothing in ii any shape to influence my vote, except Ih my knowledge of the fact that Ango- (a mar and Iardl had spent a certain ii antountof money in Washington. That i impelled Mr. Ray and mnyself to vote ti for the hill; and we advised the introduction of the bill, because we knew 0 and we told Angomar that that was 0 the only way he could get his (cotipel 11 sation. Ii Shall we tax Ourselves to build Rallroads tI That every tax-payer may under- A stand this question, we present a communication to the Galveston News, a which we hope will be preserved for future reference: When the startling proposition was made to increase our taxes by making donations to railroad companies, even out of the State, it looked to me very I1 much like the last hair that broke the Ii camel's back; and when you referred 1 us to Memphis as an example of such expedients to advance the prosperity of communities, I set to work to investigate that example, and with the following result: I Memphis, is situated on the Mississippi river, 794 miles by railroad a from New Orleans, and 761 by railroad from Charleston, S. C.

In 1850 Memphis had a population of 5200 and $3,100,000 taxed property, and no railroads, when Governor Jones persuaded them to donate $500,000, 16 per cent. of their entire valuation, to the Memphis and Charleston railroad. They did so, and the citizens also subscribed to the stock, which paid annual dividends of 12 per and one extra dividend of 65 per until intetrrupted by the war. Memphis has since to the Memphis Selma I $500,000 to the Memphis Ohio It. It.

I $300,000 to the Memphis Mississippi I River I. It. to the Mississippi Tennessee R. R. $500,000 to the Memphis Little Rock R.

R. $400,000 to the Memphis Iron Mountain R. R. to the MIemphis rR. R.

to tile Memphis Kansas R. R. $300,000 to the Vicksburg I railroad. Making a total of From a population of 5200, Memphis with her suburbs now ha-s and the taxed property of $3,100,000 has increased inll value to or sevI enteen tidmes its former value, the anI nual rate of increase being eighty per I cent. per annum ont original value, and the total debt, from sixteen pser cent.

of 4 value of property, is reduced to and one-half per and the rate of taxation front $1.29 on $10(0, is reduced to 61 cents on $1(4). Thie Melmphlis and Little Rock, Ironton, Kansas and llelI na railroads, to which they donated I are entirely out of the State of anid terminate on the opposits side of the Mississippi river, at the town of liopelield, which has eighty All of these roads are mlostly ownedl and mallnaged by Memnphialls, who receive in dividends mnore than the interest oin the bionds, the tfirst $500,4,0) of which are due in 1880. Tile account of Mlelmphis with railroads, therefore, stands thus: TO iii.oll ttaxied Vil thl iull ItS'1 iesel BY I1-rsent i al i.tt 52, 1 balalle i tr cledlit of ratilroad doitatioi.ts.....45 i 1 I aIn ntow willing to donate onefourth of my real estate, to be divided among such roads as, like the Central Transit, are managed and lpartly owned by citizens of Galveston. More anon. TAX-PA -Fit.

Thle New York News says it is goil for the L)emiocratic party to hear the ringingvoice of the youngand vigorous West promptly, and, with no timid or indefinite language, making itself heard at this crisis in our political history. It has just discovered that a man living in Pittsburg, has kept a little boy, now six years old, a c(lose prisoner in a little shed behind his shop Sfor nearly two years pla.t. lIh said ihe Sshut liin up, bcause hiI 'did't want him to annoy the teoltle up stairs." Senator (onkling, noticing a New York T'l'rilune upoli the IlHr the I- Senate thel other day, stamped upon it viciously. ThIat shows how thle divisI ions ill the Radical party are irwing Itici, massivce-lookiag furniture hat iinow become the style for our fashionable drawing rooms. Solid woodl instead of marqueterie and buhl, English styles, making another invasion on the Jessie McLeani, fifteen years ago a 1 walking lady at the New Orleans Vat rioties, is now the wife of Lord Cowvper, da stepson of the late Lord Palmerston, with an income of ('olfilx ldenies tile charge of intemnpe- rate use of tobacco and attributes his recent attack to overwork.

Cost of the Credit System. That the credit systetm is getting to be a costly one to honest and solvent buyers of anerehandise is every day he- coming more apparent. To say that an individual's, or a nation's credit, stands 1, high in the market is considered a great e1 conlpliillent, as betokening an unusual degree both of thrift and integrity inl the party so complimented. Undoubttily, such a good reputation for credit is always desirable--espeelally so far as it relates to the personal virtues of honor and integrity. But the counner(ial v'alue of such a reputation is not always as great as generally suppolsed, and depends very mluch upon the usts to which it is put.

(wood credit, and too much of it, Iuhas often ill the end proved theruin ofsonte of our smartest business mlen and we need not go far lack In our commercial history in order to learn how it has come very near bankrupting the uler- cantile interest of whole sections. In fact, it is an endowment so liable to be abused, and which leads so seductively to imprudence in the management of business, that it is somtewhat doubtful, 1, after all, whether the young merchant who has no credit, and makes no effort to gain it, dot's notstand the bestchance of success in the long run. This is be- cause he only buys what he needs and when he needs, because he can buy at lower prices than the time purchaser, tecause he carries and pays interest on no superfluous stock, and because he does not have to make up for the bad debts of others. WVhen the credit system generally is in bad odor, as at the present time, and business failures are heavy and numerous, it is no great boon for a man to be able to get trusted, since it is just then that he Is obliged to pay the dearest for this privilege. He not only has to pay the highest market prices for whatever he buys, but, in addition, he has to help pay for what other peoplebuy and fall to pay for themselves.

In other words, beside submitting to at little extra charge by way of guaranteeing his own debt, he gets charged for a prenlulm of insurance on the debts of his neighbor, who does business on the credit system. This insurance prenllliuni is, of course, graduated according to the average of losses from bad debts; anti when the percentage of these losses to the aggregate of sales runs high, as at the pre- 1 ent time, the prenium charged to all time buyers is correspondingly large. If the average loss, by fraud and failures, on sales to the extent of $500,000 amounts to $50,000, then 10 per cent. -must be added to the price ofgoods borrowed, or taken on credit, in order to cover this loss. This approximates the rates generally charged at the present time, while before the war only 2 per cent.

was required for this contingent fund. But this 10 per cent. represents only the additional price paid on transactions from first hands and the interest charged by the banks or brokers for discounting the buyer's paper must be added to that. The jobber, who uhas paid these extra charges to tite manufacturer or I importer, in turn sells to the retailer, who also pays 10 itr on the score of losses, beside discount for Go or 90 days; so that by the time any commodity reaches the consumrer, in the ordinary course of trade, its legitimate cost is enhanced sonue Ilr solely onf account of the credit system. Perhaps it may said that thIse Wilt uphollo this tostly system need not care so long as theaetual eonsumner foots the bill.

Itut they ought to care, sin on the ground of self-interest alone, there is abundant reasotgn why the dealer in mlerchandise should not wish to increase its cost to the coInsuleller mnore than is mrsunesiry to yield Ilth forlner fair protit. Tihe sufferers lby the' credit systemi are generally those who least suspect tlhe'tlselves to be the victims of its robbery. They know that many fail in businessl, and that their cr(editors are supposedL to lose large sulnlM of money; but as long as nonell( of tlhese debts are due to thent they do not feel concernedl. They know, also, that they are olligel to pay unre(asonabIly high prices for I many things but they do not dream tlhat there is any connection betwteen I these prices andtl te lad deblts and bankruptcy resulting from this abuse of credits. But there is such ia colntection, and the mass of co)nsuers have to pay roundly for tie folly and fraud of tlen who untlertake to do an hintllense business with little or no capital, and who for a while pride themselves on the excellence of their credit.

The statistics of business failures in this country (luring the last two or I three years exhibit all talarming increase. In 1868, the aggregate losses fromll this source were in a 1869 they amtountedl to and in 1870 to This is an inScrease for two yeatrs (of sole lper and for thie hst year of nearly 20 per Scent. But wht're did tils loss ofI nt'arly a hundredl tnillions, during the year 1870, fill? The Suiperficial observer wouldl probably reply att otnce that it was sustainied hy theil bankrupt's ereolitSt) and thttt lnobtt ly else' wras it Iy it, except, perhaps, i1m the way tof sytlllathy. 1Iut the truth is that. this Sgr'eat loss has fitllh'n Ulpon tlhe whole country, tile poile hntvii, got to be taxeol on atil tlhey 'onsutimne in order to paly up tln-se had ii Master Hakes, itnale intifant; age two weeks; conditiocn single; occupation none; nativity American, was (hargedl with vagrancy on a Chicago docket, Sreoclntly.

He was convicted by prima' ftcic testimnony andt con'mlitted to the Orplhan Asylulm. you know Brown "Yes." kind oft a oan is he?" "Oh, e- tolerable." Trhere are worsce men than is he is-ain't there?" "Y-e-s; but I think they are all in the penitentiary Etreeley interviews l)aris. I Fromt the Memltphis About 12 o'cltock, I ion. Jet. I )av isa calledi at the Overton Hotel, andl was ushleretd into tlhe pIretsente of Mr.

toIrteley, at whdase IlIdails he met a very retelption. 'The philosopher nlll i his visitor sat fatting each other in the centre of tihe roomn, the open and plain countentnce tof the one in strauge contrast with tihe wiry, nervotuns aind soinewhat delicate face tilhe othler. Mr. l)Davis was dignifiedl ant sonIewh tt fornmal in manner, while Mir. (Ireteley was frank, easy and quitei talkative.

't'here wits siarcely a refetrence to tlhe polititil situlation. Mr. (Greeley en- quiretl concerning the health of tMrs. Datvis, with much warnlth andl earnestnetss, andi again referred to the high 1 regard he felt for that lady and the i 't fiuttnily front which shte cante. Mr.

respollndld appropriately, and ex- ti pressed the gratitude of hinself and I Mrs. Davis to the philosopher for his kindly services soon tafter the watr. 1 This brought up DMrs. Davis' interview referred to allxve, on which Mr. ley seenuel to dwell with much pletl- ure.

II In the course of conversation, Mr. Greeley again spoke of the Ilairs, and especially of the seniors of that distin- it eguished fatnily, remarking en that Frank P. Illair, andi others of a the present generatioin, did not do juistice to the old stock, to whom lihe referred with appiarent deep fieeling. Mr. a Greeley then on to subjects nearer home, and finally dwelt for sov- eral minutes on the ilmemory of leneral 0 Quitman, of whom he spoke as warm Iorsoual andt political-friend itl timles goneby.

Not a word wats saidl on either side, that our reporter could overhear, concerninCg Mr. Da)lvis' condition alnd prospects. All through the interview, which lasted ten minuties, Mr. Davis nalrttainuedi ai very reserved delttuentlor, while on the other hand the filce of the philosopher was wreathed in kinlldness and smiles, with tlcasionallly aI hearty laugh breaking thle stililttss. It was scene worthy the pencil of an artist-one that would nlltke it picture va'tlnable now ant in future generations.

Rising at the conclusion of the inter- view, Mr. Davis withdrew with a state-lt ly bow, and in It few minutes after lMr. I Ureeley waits route ifor the rtilrttdl delot, where lie took thlle l- trali fli)r Louisville, neeompanlicld by lenllerinl Mierritt, his frienlld illl traveliing ttltitpanion. Fightinug Joe hooker's llpiltiol. the lItica OVserveri.1 LF'iglhting Ihootker nrrivdl atll Oswego recently on the steamer en route folr Magnesit SHprings, whither ihe is bound for the litietit of his health.

'Th'e steanller niltltd short stop alt Oswego, during whlichli the Generail talkedl freely of the wnr, i1t conduit, and the result, nld in the course of the converslatl ion frankly his opiniion of tI iranti. I I ii Grant. riled to ge.t contro-l lof tihe I rllili Army of the Ittepllici, i)tit "'we" blocked hiiii. 'ontii'tl l'ightiing Joe," is lily absolute that were you to wailk the length of Brollradway you eiulil nt meet na It Ilullliel ftir the i'lrsidnll hlia Vie otf tIhe iritty kinow hitt hetter thllln hl peoplel tt WVhen his Adjtutant, (itai. Itawlins, wavs alive, the Pre.sident iseemled to lbeeilicint urtll successful; but vwhilt lins tliedl, (iranit's bottoii fei'll oul.

ile is noitw in his normual condition." )n one at tihe gent.lollllelrintqluiringlle tontterlnii lg rint's nylllli for ionl I ololker 'repliel, ani ni politician dehlinerl going tol conventionslll ill chliillyS hIecauls I regartledl lrant Ill litt(l iti" the oillie' of but, flrow ohservation, I now thick, candidtly without, prejudice, thlt. I rrll iunliotl carry a half dozlen itLtes. I le is vetr'y A Ntepl in tlle Itiglt. Dir.et ioil. A calivntVlliioln of pilhlllltes ill has liton il session ill tlih proceedings of which givt' the lirsti evidence of ant wakeiing tl the Isshity ofdoingsotilething toiward riemedlyI lug the presentlt evils that haltvte Itmtie ti the surface siace the war.

A letter froln Coiiuniixliort. Mtaulry relativet, t(ihe Swants iof the Stouth, says tlhat "there is I eo 's'optLtiton for the Southl in our litay andl generation unless the SoLthern I States and ltpeolle will give enlouritgeltienit to illligratioln. (Conventions hitherto have resultedl in ''lilore cry than t)wool," while cilltiion sense wais ai stranger to tiostt of the miemtbliers. It is, theretfire, ant encouraiging sign to see' thllat this conlventioln lmet more for work t'llian talk. a Now that the prtoblemlll of white halthr has been successftully stolvedl, everything should hle tito.ll to sec.ure tif twio titillitois mtririt', i tis, anitI i to blt liOlted Ilthat the tltty will witel thegrleatt.r lportioni oftthilltt llirodisrc of the will hi tlttlivmt.ttl Ity lalor.

'I'liltr is lito why thil liti ton iantI suigalr of thi Jotltllrt' miaiy iott Itt ritised iby the whtites. Thie litpltar that only canl workl tlilst crops surlccessfully, is Th't, white limn tan, and ought ttt It. atile to do all lthat lhe mnitlt of tot inf riftr It el. writing to lile N. Y.

lherald froml Fo'rt Sill, says: "Noiw, aL to politics, I think all mly lpersonitl friends know lily deetp-seated alltiltathy to the subject. Yt't, as you sttem not t) understanl mite, I Iherebly altid mean all tllhat I say, that I llnver Ililav been and niever will be a catlldidate for President; that, if nolmninitedt iby either 'party, I should peroniptorily and even if unanimously, I should decline to serve. If you can fintl langumage I stronger to convey this meaning, are at litberty to use it." ADVERTISING EQeGUIATI Transient advertisements mst 1 for in advance. All advertisements sent to this OTls when not otherwise ordered, wllbe "till forbid" and c-ha-rged aeerdi Editorial business notices will frce of charge, of all advertilements in the paper; for other editorli notics a charge of 25 cents per line will be made. Al extra charge of 25 per eent will I futuro he made on all cuts above oe nch in width, and upon all double-oolumn advertiaesnents a simila charge will be made.

ThBi Montgomery County Riesolatie.s. Under the above caption we publish at caustic criticism of the dest ure," from inthe pen of one the best wtcrs, profoundest thinkers, and truest I )cnhoc rats of Southern Ohio. Weinvite to its perusal every it their most earnest consideration. It can not, on reflection, but exprees the sentillents of the great body ofthe Democratic party everywhere, and sh1ould mI1eet the unqualified approval of all. The great landmarks of constitutional liberty mustbeadhered toby the Ilmnoioeratic party, or it ceases to be the D)emnorttic party.

And when tlhey are ablanboned the party had better disband, and a new organization be fornlud, with a new name and modern princillhes. Let not the old and honorcd i )emcrtatic party be clad in strange glrilllnts, with the ashes ofhumillation on its head and cowardice in its look. Let it rather be buried in the grave with the Old Farmer Repullblie, and rest under a common tombstone, on which shall be inscribed only 'i. nquirer. hlltapiess--What It is, And Whatit Is Not Plato declared happiness to conList ill tlhec.ontemplation of abstract ideas of beauty and excellence.

This may be agood tdetllition of the word, as understootd iby men with such minds as this great phihlosopher had, but it would apply to but few persons. Indeed, nine-tenths of thme race would be miserable in any such pursuit, or mental occupation. A young lady defined happiness to consist in the possession of a trlnueiltl lover, and no doubt she spoke the truth so far as she could speak, but her grandmother at seventy woule give quite another definition. To her it would consist in the contenmplation of a well spent life, and the hope of Joy in the world to come. The truth is each individual will delint, happiness in his own way.

One mlan tluds it in pursuit of wealth, another ill the pursuit of culture, anothe in tlhe possession of religion. The plilantlropist tilds it In doing go hungry minI seeks it in food, eoht lian in warmnth and shelter maiin of pove'rty. in wealth. Prob lowever, iprtilict health is the fou souree of milore haIllppliness thar her. ih a good digestion, a skin, and a sound mind in a spl Ibody, could not be happy? tire pirobalhly mllore happy men an.

lmlen in the world than unhappy --lore joy than sorrow. Many pe tllink they itare unhappy when they. unhappiness cannot ext wit hllut a cause. It is at shame and ilisgr'at'e to compllain of being unhapp3 when we a're otnly lazy and unoccupied. Such ipeoplde are like the fox who had ta dtp woaid lsomewhere on his body, ut litI.

'ld not tell where. Let them ihe to ownl it iuniless they can sholw giootI rison. I llappinless consists in lovingi ant Iing loved. Thereis eiouigli to loveI in the world, but to be oved we uist, de1serve it. We may be admired oul bh-uty or talent, courtintl lir t)tr intliinnc or wealthl, but we tan only I he we' are good.

Itlipinpess conisists ini 'l'lhe riter had it right IheII lie said the ill lingdomiL of heavenis nwil is yon. T'ie Itklm hi ig says: "Who thle KiIu- lux are, whellcrethey are, vlohllhei, ilndeel they It are real people or only of tmhe ilnlginition, we cal not dtl mnlllil. 'I'hy always iseeiid to us to ibe liyths. ullt if there -I're reallly stllcl people" in any portion of ite ChIly are tlhe very last wholl itlve tily right. to ask our sympat l.y.

'Thley ait' wliorse tnelisii to the SioutIh ti hits i hty lt are toi the people whom thley i' tetil to hluriass anli punish. There is nl Iutilt.imlliilalint against hl, Stilthi; htint is that it aflords ai haiitirlwr ir Ilie iK-Klux. Let the Siiuther'i lI'eli' comeii to the doeterminition that Ihere shall in tilhe future at least.it I ie ngroiillll for this complaint." T'ltb are weli'coiling with open lluhands. lowea has till regullarly employed, wiio hasi jiust somIe hunldreds Iof iollltndel to hoIll es in tlhat State. Nottrweigis r( tarelso iii rapidly, and thlis likel Milnnesotat, Wisconsin and otherliles, is tdabsorling all who come in tl utltllost eolmnplacency.

'i'his ipart iiof il I lliioni to be espte'iatlly fir iliiiliigrantis front NortIllrnli uir'ittope(, illncluding Danles, Ilutchl, and also I hitl'ismliats. 'The ortlaitil I'Pss ''If the ipresent of panitelitling juries Is to conilitlu, let its suggest that each year tiell -oulrt seclhvt certain intelligent men aull titterly Iehbar (11(h11 fr'tli with Sby close imprisionIlei't, tor, is equivalent, let the sict aaltt lit'trt lal of their best tilitit for lltl tilit let the Legislattio it 'i'd 1i tit lit Itl lits. are to have "mahlil ti the Knoxville -tntt li tid "Tlllere's not tiiuglh ir hifiii tid ''ahd Andy, and with Iis lut what tirttit is, iimiy is well presented. mgr giave tihe followingtoast: it 4 llthirrlitr lil our State. He come in vtry little tltpositiomn; lie go out wvitl nnote tit all." tire tihrce said a wit, S'lwhiihl I loved without under.1 satlilng thelhli; Itainting, music and S''la'IUlity ays a French ta dtesire to be equal to your stull'ritirs, ttall superior to your equals." uniricati girls havevolunteer'ed tcl jtin the Arctic Exploration party of l)r.

Hall. at They will have gats works 0oou aTalladega, Ala..