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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-04-28
SENATE.

Washington, April Fl.
Mr.. Scott introduced a bill to
amend the revenue laws so that far
mers who sell their own produce
will not be taxed.
Mr.. Kellogg reported without
amendment the House bill declaring
the Iowa river north of the town Of
Wapello, not public highway.
The joint resolution authorizing
the Post Master General to prescribe
an earlier time for the execution
Of contracts by accepted bidders, was
passed.
The report of the Committee on
Indian Affairs, relative to the
Black Bird Indian lands, was recon-
mitted.
The Northern Pacific L. K. bill
was discussed by Messrs Casserly,
Stewart and Howard, requiring free
transportation of troops aud mum
tons Of war, and rejected.
The amendmentthat the lands not
sold in five years after completion of
the road and DO subjected to pre-
emption at $3.50 per acre, was agreed
to.
The amendment that Congress
may at any time altar or amend this
joint resolution was adopted.
A proviso was inserted that Amer
lean iron and steel be exclusively
used in tho construction OF the road
The bill then passed-4O to IL.
Tho Senate then took executive
session.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Dawes stated that Mr.. Schenck
was unable to proceed with the
tariff bill today. Discussion on the
Louisiana election case was reopen.
cd upon the resolution offered yestcr-
day by Mr.. Kerr providing for the
notification of the Governor Of Louis
lana of a vacancy.
the resolution was finally tabled
and the House resumed the consider.
alton OF the bill to revise, consolidate
and amend tho statistics relating to
Patents and Copy Rights and the
bill passed.
Tho II use then went into Com
mittce OF the Whole on the Naval
appropriation bill. The bill! appro-
PIRATES Sl6,6il,945.
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A NEW THEORY OF IMMORTALITY.


The immortality of the soul is so conclu-
sively established in the teachings of Chris
tianity that an attempt to prove it on grounds
apart from revelation must naturally seem to
most minds a mere labor of supererogation,
even if it be not one of irreverence; but, as
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our little drama of existence-to be born
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we are now born, and as we now enjoy, suffer,
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Slavonskis extraordinary theory clear to the
reader in as few words as possible. DIR.
SlavonsId asserts the atomic theory of the
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atoms. Atoms are defined as the smallest
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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-11
mo, H..

lNOs i L.
JOINT RESOLUTION Submitting an
Amendment to the Constitution of the
State. to the effect that Article Fifty of
the Constitution shall be abrogated and
stricken ont.
SECTION |. Be it resolved BIZ the Senate
and House of representatives of the State
OF Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
two-thlrds OF the members elected to each
House agreeing thereto, that at the general
election Tor members to the General Assem-;
bly,, which will take place in November.
eighteen hundred and seventy, an amend
ment to the constitution of the State shall
be submitted to the qualified electors OF the
state for their ratification or rejection, III
the words following:
article fifty OF the constitution. which
reads IA follows: THE Governor shall be
Ineligible. for the succeeding four years
after the expiration Of the time for which he
shall have been elected shall be abrogatcd
and stricken ont of the constitution OF the
State.'
SEC. .. BE it further resolved. etc, That
at the said general election the said pro-
posed amendment to the constitution of the
State shall be submitted to tae qualified
voters OF the State for their ratification or
rejection, in the manner following. to wit:
Each voter shall have printed or written on
ticket the words ''Abrogate and stricken
out article fifty of the constitution. )" or the
words "Retain article fifty of the constitrl-
ton" Upon the closing of the polls the
tickets shall be counted, the returns made,
and the result declared in the manner and
form OF returning the elections for State
officers, prescribed by the general laws rela-
tive to elections.
Sac. 3. Be it further resolved, etc., That
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-11
General Wimpflen's Address.

The following is the address OF General
Wimpffen, to whom the command OF the
army at Sedan was assigned on the wound
ing Of Marshal Mcmahon. 1t is addressed
10 the soldiers at Sedan, and dated Septcm-
Der g. 1t is as follows:
SoLDIERs-On Thursday you fought
against forces greatly superior in numbers.
From daybreak until dark you resisted the
enemy with the utmost bravery When
You had fred your last cartridge, worn out
with fighting and not being able to respond
10 the call OF your generals and officers IN
the attempt to reioin Marshal Bazaine by
the road to Montmedy, you were forced to
retreat on Sedan. In this desperate effort
but twenty thousand men could be got to-
gether, and your general deemed the at
tempt utterly hopeless and impracticabie.
Your generals found with deep regret
when the army was reunited With
in the walls of the town, that
it had supplies neither of food nor amnlu-
milton, and could neither leave the place
nor defend it. Means of existence being
alike wanted for the population. was there
fore reduced to the sad alternative Of treat
ing with the enemy. sent yesterday to The
Prussian headquarters, with full power from
the Emperor, but could not at first bring
myself to accept the conditions imposed by
the enemy.~ This morning, menaced by a
bOmbardIncnt to which we could not reply
Il decided to make fresh attempt to get
honorable terms. | have obtained cond
lions by which we are saved much of Iossi
BILE annoying and insulting forlualitice
which the usages of war generally impose
under the circumstances in which we find
ourselves.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-11
THE WEEKLY REPUBLICAN
Advertisements,
NAPOLEON AS A MONEY .GRASPER.
What Led to the Comp d'Etaf.

1t is an interesting fact that the primary
cause of NapoleOns coup detat III 1852 was
the refusal Of France to pay him 4 larger
salary as President OF the then Republic.
The constitution had fixed his personal pay
at six hundred thousand francs per annum
and the Constituent Assembly, little be-
fore it's separation, had granted him II credit
of six hundred thousand francs more for
personal expenses. But this amount-over
two hundred thousand dollars-did not cor
respond with the ideas of the President,
who had been improving every opportunity
to express his faith in the simplicity and
efficacy of Democratic institutions. Though
the President of the North American Re
public received but $4,000 annually, the
President of the new French Republic
turned up his nose at eight times that
amount, and the BOnaparte journals OF
France constantly harped upon ''the miser-
able sum-"
Finally, when some of the p( ripal men,
bers of his cabinet refused 10 present to
the National Assembly plan for a law Civ
ing the President three million francs adj
ditional for "curreht expenses Napoleon
seems to have been exasperated, and the
Barrot-D ufaure Ministry was soon after dis
missed. The request to have his salary III
creased to $840,000 annually was, however,
finally acceded to in the National Assembly
by majority of forty-six on vote OF SIX
hundred and sixty-two.
But this did knot satisfy the Presidents
demands. He still craved and demanded
more, and little later we find him asking
the Assembly to grant him one million eight
hundred thousand francs additional. for an
nual personal expenses This sum, equal to
about $3.50, 900, was in addition 10 the $3.50,
600 already granted to Napoleon, and would
bring his salary up to Sl,aJO.cOO. This re-
quest, however, was received with decided
demonstrations OF i'll favor, and 1t was IL
nally tabled bya vote OF 39ato 2O4.
From that time the President seems to
have decided upon a comp detaf, which
1 should secure for him the royal magniti-
cence of an Emperor. 1t succeeded, and
from that time Napoleon has received an
income of 25,000,000 francs, or S3.OOoO0o ;
Chat is a sum two hundred times rs great as
theosalary of the President OF the United
States.
In addition. the imperial family had an
annual allowance of $4,000, and the free
use of fifteen palaces. The~Grand Master
of the Emperor's stables, the Grand Hunter
and the Grand Marshal of the Palace each
receive $4,000 annually for those offices
alone; while the latter gets. in addition
$4,000 as marshal of the army. and S6O0G
AZ a Senator for life The other two get
$1,000 each as major-gencrals, and $1,000 as
Senator'S each. 1t now looks rs If the French
Emperor would have to put up with a title
of the above income during the remainder
of his days.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-11
The Washington Republican says

1t having been reported to the Treasury
Department that there were attempts TO
evade the quarantine laws along the coast
Of Texas. and the Governor OF Texas and
General Reynolds commanding the depart
mcnt of Texas. having united a III req uest
tor the department to instruct its officers to
assist III enforcing the laws, letters were
yesterday accordingly sent to all the col
lcctors Of customs, directing them III all
cases where masters Of vessels seek to
avoid quarantine, or to violate the uIlar;li-
tine law, to require each master. before en-
tering his vessel at the customhorse. to eX-
hibit a written permit to pass the quaran
tine ground station, signed By the health
officer. The department desires that al
proper attention be given by every officer
to the efficient enforcement OF the Quaran-
tine regulations of the State.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-11
EN0.21.
JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an amend
mcnt to the constitution of the State.


JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an amend
mcnt to the constitution of the State.
SECTION |. Be it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
two-thirds of the members elected to each
House agreeing thereto. That at the general
election next ensuing. the passage of this
resolution, the following amendment to the
constitution of the State shall be submitted
to the people of this State, and if a majority
of the voters at said election shall approve
and ratify such amendment, the same shah
become a part of the constitution, to wit:
Ar'icle =. No person who, at any time,
may have been a collector of taxes. whether
State, parish or municipal, or who may have
been otherwise intrustcd with public
money, shall be eligible to the General As
sembly or to any office of profit or trust
under the State government. until he shall
have obtained a discharge for the amount
of such collections and for all public moneys
with which he may have been intrusted.
(Signedl MORTIMER CARR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) OSCAR DUNN.
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved February l6. 1870.
(Signed) ii. c. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State Of louisiana
a true copy
GEO. +. BOvEE,
Secretary OF State
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-11

Two San Francisco BARRIERS engaged TO
fight a duel, agreed to part and walk
around a block, and, when they got III sight
Of each other, to blaze away. When they
turned the corner out OF sight both started
On a run in different directions. and one
has sent from Alaska for his winter clothes
and the other has written to his wife from
the City of Mexico, asking her to scld his
linen hat ndpalm-leaf coat.
Something like the mitrailleur was i'll
vented in 1891. 1t was called the thunder
Ing chariot or the 1.tiery wagon
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-11

We encountered little four-year-old boy
last evening who would make a capital in
, serviewing and sensational reporter. He
was talking with another little fellow. a
wear or two older, about the merits of the
horses belonging to their respective fathers
..My fathers horse" said the oldest, can
trot mile in three minutes" IN iatncr
horse" said four-year-old, promptly, 'cai
go a mile in three seconds
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-11


JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing a.
Amendment to the Constitution OF NO
State of Louisiana. q
Be it resolved by the Senate and HOUSE OF
Representatives Of the State, of Louisiana,
in General Assembly convened, two-thlrds
of the members elected to each HOuse
agreeing thereto, That the following amend
ment to the constitution of the State or
Louisiana shall be submitted to the people
of the State at the next general election for
representatives Of the General Assembly,
and if approved and ratified by majority
of the voters at said election, the same silau
bee ONE a part of the constitution.
article -, That prior to the first dayaof
January, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety, the debt of the State shall not 20 80
increased as to exceed twenty-five millions
of dollars.
(Signed) MORTIMER CARR,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
lSigned) OSCAR j. DUNN,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of tho
Senate.
Approved March l6, 1870.
(Signed) II. G. WAkNOtH.
Governor of the State of louisiana
A true copy:
GEORGE E. BOvEE,
Secretary of State.
ou1tuO7
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-11

There are about eight different manuiac,
turers of brushes in Boston, whose tni aao
yearly business will foot up over 81 ,o00,Oo
Last year Boston exported good man.
brushes to the West Indies and South
America; but this season, thus far, tie
shipping demand has been light
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-11

The Missouri census returns show large
increase in the population of the State
One county shows gain of over thirty per
cent, another of one hundred and twenty
per cent, and 80 on.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-11

1t is related that at the battle of Woerth
an officer of cuirassiers had his head carried
of by cannon ball. Notwithstanding the
body remained uG'lght for short time. and
for about one hundred metres the deeapi-
tated horsenan appeared as if he was
charging the enemy.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-11

A person in Boston. who found the wallet
OF a dealer in garden truck" containing
overs 800, and returned it to him with con
siderable trouble, was rewarded with the
invitation, Wont YOU take pear! = the
ton, but not out Of the best box" a
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-11

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Second page transient advertisements, each inser-
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Advertisements inserted at intervals to be charged
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Regular advertisers, who advertise largely, will
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All business notices of advertisements to be
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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-11

this Joint resolution shall take ef1fcs 1fo"
(Signed) MOht1 n N<. 1870.
Sneaker of the House of Reprcsentatfves'
(Signed) OSCAK :. y 9IN "a 10
lieutenant Governor and Preddeps o. pne
Senate.
Approved March 16, 1870.
(Signed) II: Z: WAhmoIn
A true copy:
GEO. +. BOvEE,
Secretary Of State.