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The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

GENERAL REYNOLDS, an officer of the Fed eral army, who has had full sway in Texas during the reconstruction period, refuses to be sent to the U. s. Senate from that State, saving that bis convictions of right and propriety preclude the acceptance of the pro posed honor" He does not think his stay in Texas, as military officer, charged with the duty of enforcing the Reconstruction Acts constitutes residence contemplated by the Constitution.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

MuSGEs, the bold Democratic Congress man from Ohio, has been lacerating our Rad ical rulers, and they are after bis scalp. They want recent six-column speech of his ex- punged from the Globe. Pity the Radicals can't stand the fire from Mungen's Democratic battery.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

TIE Hberality of printers is proverbiaL One day recently, the typos of San Francisco subscribed over $200, for the benefit of Mrs. Ryan, the mother of the child who was re- gently outraged and murdered by the brute Quinn.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12
F1ooD IN MAnE.-A dispatch from Augu.

FLooD IN MArSE.-A dispatch from Augus- ta, Maine, of February list, says:
 The freshet to-day was the most destruct- i've ever known on the Kennebec River. The water rose twenty-five feet above low-water mark, causing immense damage here and all along the river. In Hallowell the whole business portion of Water street is oyerflowed some stores have six feet of water on the first floor. One to two hundred houses fosted from their foundations and were overturned. Many families are homeless.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

MAJOR GENERAL E. O. C. Ord, command. ing the Department of California, arrived at Camp McDowell, February 25th, and left next day for the Southern part of the Ter. ritory
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

SOME WALKISG.-An Englishman, named John Sheppard, walked one hundred hours, recently, at Memphis, Tennessee. He was allowed fifteen minutes rest every twenty four hours. The task almost killed him.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

Ar Sacramento, California, short time ago, a carpenter, while walking along one of the streets, carelessly elected q mouthfu, of tobacco juice on the fine velvet cloak of q lady who was passing. Result-Mr. Car penter had to pay Sl5 damages.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

A BALTIMORE despatch, of February 22d, says "Governor Seward and party arrived this afternoon on the steamer Ceba from Ha- vana The ex-Secretary sin excellent health and spirits" J hfor
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

FEMALE JUsrioEs or THE PEAcE.-Acting Governor Lee, of Wyoming, has recently appointed two women Justices of the Peace for one of the counties of that Territory.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12
THE Pueblo (Coloradol Chiefsain, says:

HE fueOiO lSolOiauoJ '''scy"''"'i oStS'
 1.-The Legislature organized two new coun- ties-Bent, including the Bents Fort portion of Pueblo county, and Greenwood, including Kit Carson.n
 The town of "Kit Carson" is, we believe, the present terminus of the Kansas Pacific Railway.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

FEBRUARY 2ist, snow.slide occurred at strong's Canyon, on the Central Pacific Rail road, California, carrying away about one hundred feet of the snow-sheds, and block ading the road.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12
WAsHrscTos, February 2l.-ln the hSus' among the bills introduced were the lolot

amOuk tue Uiiis lntIpuuCuA NeAC '"
 ing To pay loyal citizens of Tennessee '. property taken by the military; for tns s'. clement of the expenses and bounty ci uoOis, for erecting public buildings in San fFsnel'tI' to grant aid for the construction Oi aIsl. road from Vallejo to Humboldt; to g.n' the title to Goat Island, San Franciseo D.! abolisbing the Bureau of Education Sn1 Freedmen's Bureau; to remove poI.'eeai u.l abilities in States ratifying the fi'esh.o Amendment; making it a rnisdemeaho. " fit out ships or sell any munitions oi is "oI whatever to be employed in the se''i's .r any foreign power against the people 2, !.'n;. a" province, district or colony in armeu n'soi rection against such foreign powefi 70 s;do sgJi ish the office of Pension Agent, ana P'y yo.,, for the payment of pensions through .s,se masters, and reducing the income tax 'o .a,., per cent, and exemptirg S2,OC0 tneIs1s~ s.,,"r !, increasing the whisky tax to si per sa".T sn.p' incorporating tho Southern IransconH"id aid tai Railroad and granting lands % oon. thereof; granting aid to Oregon LOT nS .nS the struction of steamboat canal af0s"'
 falls of Wallamet. This was adopted
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

Coop NEws.-California, from the Sierras to the Colorado Desert, has recently been drenched with rain, and her people rejoiced much thereat
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

GOVERNOR HAIGHT, of California, Is ac- cused Of harboring a desire to occupy Coles seat in the U. s. Senate. Perhaps, he wishes to secure it for eoaling station.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

DEATH or ASsoS BuRLrSGASE.--The tele- graph reports the death of Anson Burlin- game, at St. Petersburg, Russia, on the morn ing of February 24.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

VALLEJO, California, was visited by fire, on the evening of the 2oth ut. It did not do much damage
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

GovERsoR HAIeHr, of California, has put his veto on the bill for the relief of Hall < Garrison, for the destruction of their printing office, during the war.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

NEAR Lincoln, Illinois, February IS, far mer named J. L. Phipps shot his wife through the head, and then blew his own brains out.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

ARrzoSA progresses in spite of adverse circumstances. Her mines produce more than Sl O0,000 annually, while she raises al- most enough grain, according to the Prescott MisER, to feed the troops, the Apaches, and the eitisens--Saa Diego Union.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

TIE Grand Musical Festival, for the bene- fit of the Mercantile Library, San Francisco, opened brilliantly and had promised to prove success.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

Os the night Of February %, Wm. Booth, of Fall River, Rhode Island, shot his brother, and afterwards poisoned himself.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

J. NJ. CoTTEs.-A. G. Hunter, of Niles, Michigan, Is anxious to learn the where abouts of one J. Nj. Gotten.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

TEXAS has ratified the Thirteenth, Four teenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution, because, of course, she had to do 90.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

GEORGE II, EDMuEDs, noted violinist died at Walla Wslla, Oregon, recently.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

AN enlightened member of tie Colorado Legislature recently announced himself in favor of "puttin wimen onto an ekalibream {, with men"
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

A CHUNK of amalgam worth S2,700, the proceeds of thirty-two tons of quartz, was taken from the old Wood House mine, Gala veras county, California, few weeks ago.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

WELLS, FAReo < Co.,, were recently rob bed of 5000, in the honest" State of Ne yada.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

GERMANY promises to send us large mum bers of immigrants the coming year
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

PRESIDENT GRANT has approved the Mil itary Appropriation bill.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

THE Supreme Court has decided that di. To'ces granted in Indiana ere valid.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

A MARRIED lady in St. Paul, Mlnne'.5 hs ,u5 has been in a trance state for SIX "eea Es her husband refuses to send for . ooc'oi. ,orr ssys be intends 70 eyoy quiet un"s -e . ss possible.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

GEORGE II. HAND has been appointed Sec retary of Dakota Territory.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-03-12

BArrrsoFr, MsryIsnd, |. growing rapidly.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-31
THE TIMES ON TREASON,

The Times intimates, in an article
headed Throwing up the Sponge" that
we concede that it is correct in its esti-
mate of the Law of treason. No such
thing. We deliberately assert that under
the constitution and laws Of the United
States, and the judicial decisions of the
highest courts Of judicature in the land,
those who participated in the rebellion
were legally and even technically charge
able with that ofense.
The constitution declares that treason
shall consist in levying war against the
United States, or in aiding and abetting
it's enemies.
The Times cites case before district
judge in Cincinnati, who quashed an in
dictment against person who was charged
with aiding the Confederates. Suppose
this decision be correct, and its correct
ness depends entirely upon the facts of
the case. this dispute is in no way af-
fected. Those who actively participated
in the rebellion were amenable to the law
for levying war against the United States
No foreigner, none but g citizen Of the
republic, could commit treason under
this.clause, or, indeed under the other.
ID say that those who actively made
war against the national government
were not technically guilty of treason is
sheer nonsense. If they were not in
dicted and convicted, it was because of
the magnanimity Of the republic, and
in consideration of the prevalence of the
heresy of State rights which led honest
men astray. Benedict Arnold was never
arraigned and tried, but he has been,
nevertheless, convicted by the unerring
verdict Of history. =.
Here is authority:
1t was held, in the case Of the United
States vs. Greiner, Eastern District of
Pennsylvania, 1861, that the occupation
of a fortress of the United States by
body of men in military array to retain
it against the government to which they
owed allegiance, is treason on the part OF
every one concerned.
Here is the Language of the Chief
Justice of the United States: "War
levied against the United States by citi-
zens of the republic, under the pretended
authority of the new State government of
North Carolina, or the new central gov
eminent which assumed the title of the
Confederate States, was treason against
the United States" Shortridge VS..
Macon North Carolina), June, 1867.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-31
RAILROAD IMPROVEMENT.

The South is not blessed with the rail-
road facilities which she ought to have,
and which the present movement in her
borders promises to bestow; but if she
has left this interest undisturbed hereto
fore, let rs hope that the disposition to
correct the evil hereafter will be attended
with that reference to the spirit of inquiry
which now actuates the builders OF such
conveniences in more advanced COM
munities. In England, Canada and the
North, where great lines Of railroad COM
munication are being projected in the
face Of active competition in some places,
and where there is an apparent present
lack Of patronage in others,
the companies are considering of
three or four suggestions which
have been brought forward by engineers
in the interest Of the railroads A
narrower gauge is considered advisable
as creating less friction. Steel rails are
advocated as being less liable to accident,
more enduring. and conducive to greater
ease of movement. Less cumbersome
passenger cars, and less ponderous en-
gines, are suggested, and, as the neces-
sary result of these, lighter roads. In
the construction of the narrow gauge
road, the increased cost of the steel rails
may be saved in the work Of construction.
With reduced weight in the engines,
platform, passenger and baggage cars,
the ballasting Of the road can be
lessened, and the liability to breaks will
be deprecated. All these subjects are
now being pressed upon the interests Of
the new lines of road that are projected
in New York and Canada. As an evil
dsnce Of their feasibility they have been
adopted in portions Of Europe.
The road from New Orleans to Shreve
port, Fort Smith and St. Louis has not
been commenced as yet on the true line
that should govern in the selection Of that
route, and the projectors Of the enter
prise, whoever they may be, will have
ample time to consider the subject of
adopting these improvements before they
commence the expensive job of grading
the route. So. with the road which is to
connect the Pacific with the city of New
Orleans. These two lines viii be through
routes in oil probability, and the difficulty
of making connections with roads of
broader gauge will be. obviated in their
case. As to the connecting branch roads
which may be built to feed the Jackson
and Chattanooga roads, they will have to
conform to the present broad gauge, in
order to permit Of their using the road
beds of these two great lines of railroad.
But as the competition, which must ulti-
mately exist between these two lines,
grows in intensity, perhaps the idea of
economy in friction, in wear Of rails and
in the use of too cumbersome cars. may
compel them to lay down narrower gauges
and more enduring rails. The work will
be carried on without an interruption of
travel, because the workmen could be
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-31
NEW YRARs' EVE.

Before another number of the REpuB-
1lcM will greet our readers, the year
eighteen hundred and sevnety will have
passed away, and we shall have entered
upon its successor, eighteen hundred and
seventy -one. ~
It is the season Of universal festivity, Of
jocund glee among the youthful, and Of
more subdued enjoyment among the
elders. Whether misfortunes have cast
their shadow over the past, or impending
evils cloud the future, the close OF the old
and the advent of the new year are jubi-
lantly welcomed
Amid the festivities with which the
old year is sped on its way and the new
year welcomed, it has become not i'm
proper custom to look back on the parting
year, and indulge in "reminiscences OF
what it has brought forth.
The year eighteen hundred and seventy
will be remarkable as the last year of what
may be appropriately termed the war de-
cade. In the first year of the decade
(1661) the election of Abraham Lincoln
to the Presidency Of the United States
had became the pretexf for an attempted
national separation. Then came years Of
cruel war, the loss of thousands of lives,
the destruction Of millions Of property.
For one side was fercely in earnest to carry
out the purpose of destruction to the
Union under which tho nation had SO
grown and prospered and on the other
side was an equally fierce determination
to save the national life, in full accord
With Andrew Jackson's diction, The
Union must and shall be preserved
It is preserved. The cause for which
the Southern insurgents risked their
worldly all became the -'1ost cause.
Then followed the constitutional amend
ments, ratified by the will of the nation,
to restore its status and to take away our
among men-the reproach Of
human bondage. The year that is pass
ing away has witnessed the consumma-
ton, and nothing now remains but to
heal the wounds the country has received
and TO restore, throughout the broad land,
the kindly feeling that should exist among
brethren, to all Of whom the glorious
future Of the Union should be equally
dear.
It may be, too, that the parting year
will be marked in future annals as being
the epoch when the nation made grand
stride to future greatness, by the govern
ment inaugurating a measure to which ,
little political significance is at present
the acquisition of San Domingo.
What this may bring forth in the future
can not at this time be foretold; but it
requires little practical prescience to pre-
dict that the possession Of an island in
the West Indian archipelago will tend to
vast results. Should this be SO, then the
year eighteen hundred and seventy will
stand forth in the annals of the nation as
one of the most remarkable Of ali the
years that may number our national ex-
istence.
But, however this may be, the seventh
decade of the nineteenth century, which
the departing year concludes, will be
known hereafter as more pregnant with
events connected with human progress,
and the .amelioration of human rights,
than any other point Of time in the
worlds history.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-31
TEUTONIA NATIONAL BANK
NEW ORLEANS.

NEW ORLEANS, December 10, leo
In accordance with the requirements Of thu
eighteenth section Of the national currency oct
publish herewith the certificate Of authority i.
sued to the "Teutonia National bank of New a.
leans" J. N. WAGNER, Cashis,
TREASURY DEPARrxISrA
Office Of Controller of the Currency
Washington, December S lsM {
WHEREAS, By satisfactory evidence presented !.
the undersigned, it has been made to appear that
the TEUTONIA NATIONAL BANK OF NEW az
LEANS, in the city Of New Orleans, in the per;f
Of Orleans and State of Louisiana, has been dnS
organized under and according to the requircmery
Of the act of Congress entitled "An act to proy5w
national currency, secured by pledge Of Unifss
States bonds, and to provide for the circuiet;00
and redemption thereof" approved June 3. TT Sa
and has complied with all the provisions o. 49,
act required to be complied with before Conn., ~
ing the business of banking under said act NC
Now, therefore, Hiland 4. Hulburd, contron..
Of the Currency, do hereby certify that the FL
TONlA NATIONAL BANK or NKW ORLRASs ~
the city of New Orleans, in the parish Of Or;s.m
and State Of Louisiana, 10 authorized to Conn
the business Of benking under the act afeRes.SS
In testimony whereof, witness my had sSs
Of office this fifth day Of December, 1874
HLAND r HULNUpn
Controller OF the cnl1esS.s.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-31
ON oARQXpRLRT STREET.

on CAROHDELET STREET.
The relief in the money market which
has SO long been hoped for, ha
come even sooner than was anticipated.
There are not only no complaints OF
stringency, but the general remark is that
money is easy. At the same time the
New York papers report growing
scarcity in that market, caused by an ex-
cessive drain of currency to the West and
South. Of course this process is natural
enough, and it was inevitable unless
counteracted by some more powerful OPP
posing influence. The tendency OF cur
rency is to equalize itself in reference
to the necessities of the different parts
of the country; that is to say its distribu
ton depends upon the general law of sup
ply and demand. Then high rate Of
interest prevailing here during some
weeks, must have resulted in at
tracing money from other parts
Of the country, and thus the market
would be relieved independently Of the
accumulation arising from the sale Of
agricultural products. This consumma-
ton has, moreover, been aided by the
absence Of speculative feeling in New
York, operations in stocks having. for
some time, been confined to the few
wealthy operators who are interested in
and control the great railway companies.
Indeed, outside operators have learned to
avoid Wall street, as they have no chance
for anything but loss Of money in face
Of the organized cliques who control and
manipulate the stock market
As we have already said, our money
market is now easy, and it seems strange
in view of this fact. that business on the
street is so dull. The general opinion of
the brokers is that SO barren season has
rarely been known. AS money became
abundant stocks ought to have advanced
there should have been some renewal of
animation; we should have observed that
buoyancy which usually accompanies an
early market, and which is the concomi-
tant of more or less energetic speculative
movements. But, instead Of this, every
thing has subsidized to dead level Of dull
ness and stagnation. Fancy stocks are
scarcely mentioned in the street. No
body wants them; everybody seems to
avoid them as if by common consent.
Even the standard stocks are slow Of sale,
and scarcely show the influence Of the
approaching dividends.
Slaughterhouse stock weakened again
yesterday. In the morning it seemed to
rally little and six hundred shares were
sold at 23l. But, toward afternoon, it
fell of again and was even offered as low
as 22aa. Many persons attributed this de-
cline to "bear" movement, which is
said to originate in quarters which would
seem to be interested in supporting the
stock. The general absence Of outside
speculation would seem, however, to be
sufficient explanation. Whatever the
cause may be, it il sufficiently disgusting
to the sanguine holders who have been
waiting long and patiently for forty dol
lars share, but who have thus far been
cruelty disappointed.
The Germania National Bank to-day
declares o senli-annual dividend Of ten
per cent. This indicates prosperous
business on the part of that institution.
The following were the offers and bids
,f tho hnor1 locf NIGHT
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-31

is part Of The people, end It il not elis
titled to any peculiar privileges in the
matter Of explanation, congratulation or
apology. The movements Of the people
are felt to be matters of worldwide in
terest, and France can not make war
without justifying herself before the other
communities that are to be disturbed by
her commotion.
The Emperor delivered an elaborate
pamphlet in defense of his Crimean inter-
ference before it was commenced, and he
justified himself in another pamphlet for
his Italian movement Both Of these
documents weres published without the
imperial Endorsement, but the world at
large felt satisfied as to the impulse that
sent them forth as feelers Of public senti-
ment He is paying the same kind Of o
compliment to the world again from his
palaenprison at Wlhelmshohe. A pam
phlet is now being delivered in the Shape
of fragments, purporting to be written by
the Marquis de Grecourt, but which is al
most certainly an emanation from the
head of Bonaparte himself 1t is a de-
tense of the existing war between France
and Germany, on the part of the EN-
peror, and is at the same time an appeal to
King William for the settlement Of an cid
debt of gratitude due by him to his
present captive. Bonaparte says that he
was instrumental in preventing Prussia
from being insulted by an exclusion from
the convention of European powers in
1856. The action Of Prussia had been SO
plainly favorable to Russia that England
insisted on her exclusion from the council
that made the treaty Of Paris. King
William wrote an autograph letter to
Napoleon, protesting against the insult,
and promising to remember the favor if
France would insist on the admission of O
Prussiaa representative to the convention.
Bonaparte used his influence successfully
to overcome the opposition of England,
and King William was saved from very
disagreeable political slight. Again, in
1866, the Prussian King personally be-
sought the Emperor Napoleon not to inter
fere in favor of Austria, and that such for
bearance would be remembered. All this
Bonaparte publishes, with such remarks
as are pertinent to establish his claim on
the Prussian King for consideration in
the final making up of the present quarrel.
The design is evidently to enlist the
sympathy Of the public in enforcing from
King William compliance with the de-
mands Of gratitude. If it was simply in
tended for an appeal to his eaptor, it
might have been privately written and
privately sent but the fallen monarch
felt that the sentiment OF the world was
more generous than diplomacy, and that
he could better approach the Prussian
Emperor through happy array Of SYM
pathizing supporters than by any mere
appeal for the payment Of
debt Of gratitude. The intelligence of
mankind reprobates ingratitude and in
and many who never SYM
pathized with Bonaparte, will feel that
he has claims on the Prussian monarch
which can not be evaded without some
degree Of personal opprobrium. In the
days of Frederick such a demand could
not have been made, because the press
was No then the universal medium of
between monarchs rs well
as subjects.