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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-25

NS w. V4e4eASxAANAS d-sA. .
]. B. KNIGHT,
s0..........~Carsaaesse street...".......5o
MACHINE cry.
General Southern Agent for
Watsrtswa Steam Engine Company
Excelsior Patent Portable Engins, with Cylinder d
Dome, Locomotive Boilers.
Plantation and Farm Easines,
Mounted On Whee!s with Spark Arrestsr.
STATIONARY ENGINES
OF al Sizes,
With Flue, Tubular or Locomotive Boilers
Improved Reversible Circular Saw Mills,
Can be SGT up either Right or Left Handed without
altering any part Of Mill or Carriage
J. D. BROOKS Improved Joinvan
Turbine Water Wheel,
Skating.
Mill Work
Ali the above are bailt under the personal supsr
vision Of MR. @. BRADFORD, tho Pioneer in
Portable Steam Engine Building,
MACHINERY UNSURPASSED BIZ AMI.
SOUTHERN COTTON GIN.
Manufactured by
J.. e. CARVER & CO.,
Bridgewater. Massachusetts.
These Gins have been In use for many years. and
received the highest MEDAL awarded .. the
Paris Exposition.
And are built under the superintendeuce Of
Mr.. J. e. Carver,
The only person Of tho name who is engaged in IL
manufacture of COTTON GINS.
J.B. KNIGHT. Agent,
No. IS Carondelet street.
Also the following from the BEST MAKERS.
Sugar Mills. Evaporators, Sugar Kettles, Portable
Cotton Presses, Newell Screws, Corn and Wheat
Mills. Seed Carriers. Horse Powers, Betting. Saws
Broom Corn Thrashers,
To run By hand or power.
Broom Corn Scrapers,
Wood Working Machinery, and al Varieties q
Mill and Plantation Machinery.
". Il SEAMAN.
J. B. KNIGHT,
felS ly7p No. Is Carondelet street.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-25

ENOR SALE OR RENT.-A PLEASANT AND
l. valuable property in Lewisburg, two hours run
from New Orleans; cottage house, Out-h0uses wharf
and ath:house and spacious grounds. Will be sold
or rented to a good tenant, very cheap. For price
and terms apply to George q. Penn Esq, Attorney
at-Law, No. 80 Exchange Place, room No. 10, second
floor. No yellow fever or cholera was ever known
to prevail at this place jyl6 If
EOR SALOON REASONABLE AND AC-
Il cOmmodating terms.-A splendid Sea Shore
RESIDENCE, situated in the town of Biloxi near
the Lighthouse. For price and conditions of sale,
apply to G. DE FERRET. Auctioneer
jel2 Office 50 Royal street.
EOR SALE.-ONE OF THE FINEST SECTIONS
Il of unimproved Sugar Land in the State, in the
parish of Iberville 1t is about nine miles from the
Mississippi river, and that section of country has
never been overlooked. The Chattanooga Railroad,
now in rapid process Of construction in the imme.
date vicinity, between two and three miles in
front of this land, while the OpelOusas Railroad
passes its rear some six miles distant. 1t is
dOubtedly the most valuable tract of unimproved
Sugar Land in the State, and to soil, timber and
locality it is unsurpassed. For particulars, apply
to H. NJ. ROBINSON,
Real Estate Agent, a Commercial Place.
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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-25

g Nj. PETTENGILL 4 CO.. - PARK
Os Row New York; and GEORGE P. ROWRLI.
l. CO., 20 Park Row, New York, are the apents fnc
the New Orleans Republican in that city, and ara
authorized to contract for inserting advertisements
for us at our lowest cash rates Advertisers in that
of the above houses. ocoS
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-25
WILLIAM DAUPHIN,
IMPORTER, JOBBER AND MANUFACTyRxR
Millinery, Fancy and Straw Goods, Am.
acial Flowers, Wreaths, etc.,
No. l5o CANAL STREET.

ITO SAVE LABOR
l.
INSURE LARGE CROPS
Use stern's Raw BONE SUPERPHOSPHATB and
FINE GAoCND BONE, the great Fertirsers
LOUIS STERN BROTHERS, mauufacturer.
Office No. Charities street. New Or,ean. rnn,s.'
ana. Bone Black Of all grades constantly on hand.
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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-25
NOR SALE.

NOR SALE.-A VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND,
Il situated in the parish of st. Martin, fronting
the river Atchafalaya, and containing about
three thousand acres. These are some of the rich
est Lands in this State, partially cleared and free
from overflow situated on stream navigable at
all seasons of the year. and within four miles of the
Chattanooga and Texas Railroad. Will be sold i'll a
block by port ions Of Thousand acres, to suit
purchasers.
Apply to B. A. SOCLIE,
nOI3 I'm No. 81 Bourbon street.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-25

NEW ORLEANS DENTAL COLLEGE
Az AT
67.......... .CRr0ndelet Street..
(Sear Perdido Street, up stairs.)
The regular course Of Lectures in this Institution
day OF November, Professor J. s. Harrison giving
the Introductory, at seven o'clock p ~, to which
as well as to oil the Lectures Of this week. the pub
lie are invited.
The public are informed that FREE Denta;
Dispensary will be maintained during the Session,
under charge of one Of the Faculty daily from three
to five O'Clock.
no2O 2t J. &. KNAPP DEAN
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-25

DOR SALE-.ABOUT 10000 ACRES OF THE
L best sugar lands, situated in the parishes OF
Lafourche St. James and Assumption, between the
Mississippi river and Bayou Lafourche, near Col.
lege Point and Thibodaux, three miles from Nor
gans New Orleans and Texas Railroad and about
the same distance from the Chattanooga Railroad.
The owner being anxious to dispose of these lands
would sell the whole or only q portion at An
tremely low figure.
For further particulars apply to
H. NJ. ROBINSON,
Real Estate Agent, % and "a Commercial Place.
tn
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-25
CARBOLIC ACID.

CARBOLIC ACID.
CARBOLIC ACID.
CARBOLIC ACID.
CARBOLIC ACID.
CARBOLIC ACID.
CARBOLIC ACID.
CARBOLIC ACID.
CARBOLIC ACID.
CARBOLIC ACID.
One gallon Of Carbolic Acid, judciously applied,
will thoroughly dsinfect any ordinary premises for
an entire season.
What Professor Silman.says oft
"Carbolc Acid, mingled with the most offensive
and cesspool matter, instantly arrests
and changes and destroys the nause-
ating odors Of decaying animal and vegetable mat
ters."
Let every householder procure it. They will find
it the best investment they can make particularly
at the present time.
For sale by all druggists
Manufactured by
PAGE g. CO.,
sel3 No. SO Camp street.
Middletown transcript., 1870-05-28

There Law. upon her bed. the dead BODY

There lay, upon her bed, the dead body
of the woman, drawn up and contorted,
just as expiring nature had yielded to the
dreadful spasms which invariably attend
ed the last stage of that disease. The
foam around her mouth, dry, but still ad-
herring, told of the terrible death struggle
through which the lonely sufferer had
passed, in her last moments Her arms
and knees, drawn up to her chin, by the
spasms, were rigid, and could not be
straightencd Beside the bed, in a era
die, its head nearly covered over with
spread, lay the infant. And oh! horror
Of horrors Its wan and wasted face, its
hollow, sunken eyes, its eager, famished
stare, as the spread was turned down from
off its face, was sight never to be for
gotten. AS the negro woman lifted it up
tenderly in her arms from the cradle, she
burst into tears and sobbed bitterly for
some moments before she could compose
herself sufficiently to render the starved
child any assistance or give it nourish-
ment. She had brought with her some
coffee and milk, mingled and sweetened,
and with a spoon moistened the lips of the
famished child which had adhered to its
teeth. BY degrees she got its mouth
open, and gave it little at a time, at
first, until it began to swallow more freely,
the child evincing its gratiied taste by
smacking its lips as each grateful sip of
the fluid was swallowed. The writer nev-
er before had such vivid conception of
starvation as the countenance of that child
conjured up, that day. The woman took
the little motherless thing home with her;
it survived and grew, and for aught that
the writer knows to the contrary, it may
be living yet.
As to the mother, the coffin was of no
use in her interment. Her rigid limbs
could not be composed or Strengthened so
as to put her in the coffin. And after her
grave was dug by the colored man, we
lifted her from the bed in the bed clothes,
as she lay upon them, and lowered her
down into her last resting place, and the
negro man sorrowingly laid the turf upon
her remains, marking her grave with an
upright piece of board which he prepared
for the purpose.
Just before the interment, three negro
men passed the house, within hailing dis
tance, and although we called to them for
their assistance, they could not be induced
to come near, such was their terror of the
cholera. We managed, however, to do
without their assistance, and thus was in
tered the unburied corpse, on that calm
September Sabbath morning.
Middletown transcript., 1870-05-28

How CAMEL GoEs TnnoUGH THE
Eye OF NEEDLE,-Thc passage from
the New Testament, 1T is easier for a
camel" etc. has perplexed many good
men, who have read it literally. In Ori-
entail cities there are in the large gates
small and very low departures called me-
taphorically needles eyes," just as we
talk of windows on shipboard as bulls
eyes" These entrances are too narrow
for camel to pass through them in the
ordinary manner, or even if loaded camel
has to pass through one of these entrances,
it kneels down, its load is removed, and
then it shufles through on its knees.
Yerterday," writes lady Duff Gordon,
from Cairo, "I saw camel 60 through
the eye of needle-that is, the low
arched door of an inclosure. He must
kneel, and bow his head, to creep through
and thus the rich man must humble him.
self"
Middletown transcript., 1870-05-28
Selett poetrp.
THE SABBATH BELL.

The Sabbath bell the Sabbath bell
To toil-worn men soothing sound;
Now labor rests beneath its spell,
And holy stiffness reigns around;
The ploughman's team, the thresher's fall
The woodmen's axe their clamors cease,
And only natures notes prevail,
To humble bosoms echoing peace.
The Sabbath bell the Sabbath bell
How sweet on ears devout it falls,
While its sweet chime with varying swell,
The rich and poor to worship calls.
Hark Hark again with sharper peals
1t chides the laggard's fond delay
Now through the vale it softly steals,
To cheer the timely on their way.
The Sabbath bell the Sabbath bell
What soul-awakening sounds we hear;
Its blessed invitations tell
OF welcome to the house of prayer.
"Come, sinner, come" it seems to cry,
80, never doubt thy Makers love;
Christ has thy ransome paid, then why
Delay his clemency to prove"
The Sabbath bell the Sabbath bell;
Oft have we heard its warning chime,
And yet we love the world too well.
Nor feel our waywardness and crime;
Yet still thy calls, sweet bell, repeat,
Till, ended all our mortal strife,
In hand-buit shrines no more we meet,
But worship in the realms of life.
The Sabbath bell the Sabbath bell
Its friendly summons peals no more;
The thronging crouds pour in with zeal,
The Great jehovah to adore.
lIcncel fancy wild; hence earth-born care
With awe let halowcd courts be trod
Wake all the soul to love and prayer,
And reverence the present God.
Middletown transcript., 1870-05-28
Correspondence Of the MdlletOrn Transcript.
SAVANNAH, GA. May 16, 1870.

Mr.. EDITOR R:-Savannah, the Queen
City of the southern sea- board, is prepar-
ing to lay aside the activity and energy
which characterizes her during her busy
season. Cotton, that king whose fiat can
bring forest of masts into our harbor,
and set the wheels of commerce in busy
motion, is no longer the centre around
which revolve all our thoughts, hopes,
and deires. The ships that were here in
the winter have, many of them, gone
away well-laden with the valuable mate
rial which was needed for the spindles of
Manchester and other manufacturing places
Speculation may now seek rest for its shat
tered nerves, and at its leisure count the
losses and the gains which may have been its
lot during the past season. When autumn
comes again, the arteries of trade will be
again quickened, and the " Forest City y
will again wake up like giant refreshed
by rest and repose.
Our spring has been quite delightful
and even now, the middle of May, it is
unusually cool and pleasant. The idea i,
too prevalent in your latitude that we
swelter for months during the year in this
climate, but nothing is farther from the
truth. Our sea-breeze modifes the heat
of summer to such an extent that it is by
no means difficult to maintain mems pla
cida an corpore sano. In fact, according
to my recollection, the thermometer die
not range as high last Summer in Savan
nah, as in Richmond, Washington, anc
other cities north of us.
Our political situation at present is b,
no means enviable. The people are groan
ing with the taxes wrung from them t
sustain the carpet-baggers and scalawag
that misrepresent them in the Legislator
at Atlanta. These rulers who have bee
foisted on the State through the unwis
methods of reconstruction which have bee
enforced in the South, would soon be SUI
planted by men who would be fit repre-
sentativcs of the intelligence of the coun
try, if the people were left untrammelled i
the exercise of their rights as freemen
But ''there's the rub" says the radicaI
elf we leave them untrammelled, the
will elect Democrats for their rulers. an
Middletown transcript., 1870-05-28
For the IHidileto,on Transcript.
A TRIBUTE TO ST. ANN'S.

Beautiful resting place of the dead
though far away, thou art present to my
minds eye, together with all the loved
ones long since gathered to thy bosom.
Dear old church with the ivy clinging to
thy aged walls, methinks hear thy sym
phonies of praise ascend like incense to
the affairs of the Most High. There be-
meath the aged trees, bending DER their
sleeping forms, lie the friends of other
years. Old men whose gray hairs and
failing limbs at last bowed beneath the
burden of life; young girls, whose sum-
mons came in the hour of mirth and glad
ness; and babes, whose sweet breath
scarce stirred the tiny heart ere it was re-
called by him who gave it. Fen amid
the ever varying scenes of the busy world,
look to thee, sweet spot, as secure haven
for the barge of life, when the great voy-
age is over. Peaceful and untouched by
the waves of human hustle, so rapidly
ebbing and flowing in the thriving town
beyond, thou reposest among the green
meadows, and as the weary traveller en-
ters thy precincts, the old ivied church,
the low breathing winds, and the silent
dead, whisper" Rest"
Let us picture the scene on quiet Sab
bath morning, in early June, when nature
is putting forth her utmost efforts to rem
der the scene more beautiful.
1t is early, yet; just before the hour of
morning service.
Carriages bearing members of the con-
gregation may be seen approaching in all
directions; some have already arrived,
and are standing in groups in the church
yard, softly conversing together. The
sun in unclouded splendor is glancing in
and out among the foliage of the lofty
trees, whose branches are being slowly
swaying by the summer wind.
Here and there are groups wandering
among the old tombs, striving to read
their quaint inscriptions-so quaint and
ancient that we may wonder if the chisel
of Old Mortality was not once employed
in deciphering them.
Time passes the pastor is seen descend
ing the green slope leading from the par
sonage; the tremulous tones of the long
used organ say that the hour of worship i:
near at hand the congregation with rev.
erent step pass through the old ivicd door.
way, and the service has begun.
St. AIMS claims and justly possesses :
great antiquity. Far back in the days o
Queen Ann, of England, was it erected
and after its completion, was spread upol
its altar, cloth, sent by the great Queen
as proof of her good will to the LITTLE
church in America.
Still it has stood through all these long
years of storm and sunshine, of joy anc
sorrow. Since then old Time has neve
faltered in his work of devastation ant
death, and many of the faithful who CAV
their hearts and hands to this noble worl
have wearied and laid down to rest nca
the scene of their labors.
All, fair city Of the dead what scene
of anguish hast thou witnessed HOY
many loved ones have been torn from af
fection's embrace, and laid in thy cold bo
som? Beloved, and still unforgotten
they sleep in this, Gods Acre, until tn
resurrection morn, while the gentle breeze
the sweet song of birds, and the soft tone
of the old organ, breath requiem for de
parted souls. IRENE.
Middletown transcript., 1870-05-28

How TO MANAGE MIsTAKEs.-As a
minister and lawyer were riding togcth-
or, said the minister to the lawyer
"Sir, do you ever make mistakes in
pleading?"
" do" said the lawyer.
"And what do you do with the mis-
takes :" inquired the minister.
"Why, sir, if large ones, mend them );
if small ones, let them CO." said the
lawyer. And pray, SIR" continued he.
edo you ever make mistakes in preach
ing?
% Yes, sir, I have
And what do you do with the mis-
takes p
Why, sir, dispose of them in tho
same manner you dol rectify the largo
ones, and pass the small ones. Not long
SINCE" continued he, I" as | was preach
ing, meant to observe that the devil was
the father of liars but made mistake,
and said the father of iawyers. The mis-
take was so small that let it 60"
Middletown transcript., 1870-05-28

Manitobah Lake, which has given a
title to the province formed out of the Red
river region, derives its name from small
island from which, in the stiffness of night,
issues mysterious voice." though
there is no real mystery about it. On
no account will the Ojibways approach
or land upon this island, supposing it to
be the home of the Manitobah-"the
Speaking God" The cause of this curious
sound is the beating of the waves on the
"shinglc," or large pebbles lining the
shores. Along the northern coast of the
island there is long low cliff of fine
grained compact limestone, which, under
the stroke of the hammer, clinks like
steel. The waves beating on the shore at
the foot of the cliff cause the fallen frag-
ments to rub against each other, and to
give out sound resembling the chimes Of
distant church bells. This phenomenon
occurs when the gales blow from the north,
and then, as the winds subside, low, wall
ing sounds, like whispering voices, are
heard in the air. English travellers as
scrt that the effect is very impressive, and
have been awakened at night under the
impression that they were listening tc
church bells.
Middletown transcript., 1870-05-28

Dissipation is a sure destroyer, and
every young man who follows it, is, as the
early flower, exposed to untimely frost.
Those who have been inveigled in the
path of vice are named legion. A few
hours loss of sleep each night. high living,
and plenty of smashes," make war upon
every function of the body. The brain,
the heart, the lungs, the liver, the spine,
the limbs, the bones, the flesh, every part
and faculty are overtasked and weakened
by the terrific energy of passion loosened
from restraint, until, like dilapidated
mansion, the i" earthly house of this tab.
ernaclc" falls into ruinous decay. Fast
young men, right-about!
Middletown transcript., 1870-05-28
Try Ir.-A student of Ann Arbor hav-

Try IT.--A student of Ann Arbor hav-
ing remarked that men had more indur-
ance than women, lady present said she
would like to see the young men of the
university laced up in steel ribbed corsets,
with hoops, heavy skirts, trails, high
heels, paniers, chignons and dozens of hair
pins sticking in their scalps, cooped up in
the house year after year with no exhilar-
ating exercise, no hopes, aims, or ambi-
ton in life, and see if they could stand it
as we'll as the girls. Nothing" said
she, but the fact that women, like cats,
have nine lives, enables them to survive
the present regime to which custom dooms
the SEX"
Middletown transcript., 1870-05-28

An old bachelor will brag about his
freedom to you, his relief from anxiety,
his independence. This is a dead beat
past resurrection, for everybody knows
there amt more anxious dupe than he
is. All his dreams are charcoal sketches
of boarding school misses; he dresses,
greazes his hair, paints his grizzly mus
tache, cultivates bunyons and corns to
please the women. and only gets laughed
at for his pains.
Middletown transcript., 1870-05-28

A DISTINCTION WITHOUT Differ
ENcE.-An instance of distinction without
a difference was offered by the Irishman,
who, having legs of different sizes, ordered
boots to be made accordingly. His direc-
tions were obeyed; but, as he tried the
smaller boot on the larger leg he exclaim-
ed, Indignantly; Confound the fellow!
ordered him to make one larger than tho
other, and instead of that, he bas made
one smaller than the other"
Middletown transcript., 1870-05-28
ADVANTAGES OF BEING WOMAN

ADVANTAGES OF BEING WoMAN.-A
woman says what she chooses without
being abused for it. She can take a
snoose after dinner while her husband goes
to work. She can go out in the street
without being asked to stand treat at every
saloon. She can stay at home in time of
war, and get married again if her husband
gets killed. She can wear corsets if too
thick, and other fixings if too thin. She
can get divorced from her husband, if she
sees one she likes better. She can get
her husband in debt, all over, until he
warns the public not to trust her on his
account. But all these advantages are
balanced by the great facts that she can
not sing bass, wear beard, go sparkling
or climbe tree, with any propriety.
Middletown transcript., 1870-05-28

A Socialist remarked, that the dearest
ship in the whole world was Friendship.
Whereupon young man rose from the
congregation, and stated that he knew an
other, dearer ship still, and that was
Courtship! He had once been defendant
in claim for breach of promise of mar
riage.
Middletown transcript., 1870-05-28

A newspaper, published in the regions
of Lakes Memphremagog and Winnepe-
saukee says that " fish in Lake Holley-
hunkemunk, Me. are said to be superior
to those of either Lake Weeleyobacock or
Mooselockmegautuck. Those of Chau-
hungogungamung were very fine, but they
all got choked to death in trying to tell
where they lived"
Middletown transcript., 1870-05-28

A young lady was alighting from an
omnibus, when ribbon fell from her bon
net to the floor of the stage. " You have
left your bow behind" remarked lady
passenger. I" No haven't; he's gone a
fshing," innocently replied the damscl,
Middletown transcript., 1870-05-28

If beauty draws by single hair, how
irresistible some of the women must be-
who wear bushel basketful.
Middletown transcript., 1870-05-28

Shutting the eyes makes the sense Of
hearing more acute. This probably ac-
counts for the many closed eyes which
are seen in our churches every Sunday.
Middletown transcript., 1870-05-28

GETTING INSURED. A thin, cadaverous
looking German, about fifty years of age,
entered the Office of health insurance
company in Philadelphia tn eother day, and
inquired; "Ish de man in what inshures
peoples helts? The agent politely an
swered, II attend to that business, sir" !"
"Vell, I wants my helts insured; vot you
charge?" Different prices" answered
the agent; "from three to ten dollars q
year, and you get ten dollars week in
case of sickness" "Vell," said Myn-
heer, 81 wants ten dollars wort" The
agent inquired his state of health. "Vell,
| ish sick all de time. Use shusht out de
bed, too, tree hours day, and de doctor
says he can't do nothing more goot for
me-" eff that's the state of your health, "
returned the agent, "we can't insure it.
We only insure persons who are in good
health" At this Mynheer bristlcd up in
great anger. 4" You must think Use pig
fool! Vot! you think come pay you
ten dollars for inshure my hclt ven l was
vell."