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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-30

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fund.
fRneoIurzox OF 0ExERAL NATuRE-No. 81
JOINT RESOLUTION declaratory Of the
meaning Of the act entitled An act 20
/ reduce 7utsenal taxes, and for other pur-
poses" approved July fourteen e'gnseen
/, Be it resolved BY tho 6enape and House
OF k0OIGoeOt044t00V ~ t4AV OAsAsoee $500
America in Congress assembled, That all.
f0reian merchandise which arrived ut port
81 tke United States ON or before tho thirty.
Srst day Of December, eighteen hundred
aIid seventy, and mot entered or transferred
70 public store or bonded wayehOusc, shall
be untitled to the benefits Of the twenty
sixth section Of an act entitled . An act to.
reduce Internal taxes, and Tor other put-
poses," approved July fourteen. eightcen
hundred and seventy, tho Same - such nier-s
chanJise would have been entitled to
had it actually been in public store
q bonded wsrehouse ON or prior
to the thirty-frst day Of Dcccm-
her. eighteen hundred and seventy Pro
yided, That the owner Of such merch kdise
shalI, within thirty days from the passage
Of this resolution, make application therefor
81 writing to the collector Of the port ct
which such merchandise arrived.
SEC. 2. And be it fnrthcr resolved, That
the. said act IL hereby further amended BY
insertinx the werd . herein" In the twenty
Ant section thereof, between the words
. otherwise" and provided" wherever the
sid words occur together IN the said section,
and this amendment shall lake edect from
and after Jsnnary hrst, eighteen hundred
sud seventy-0no.
Approved Janusiy 80, 1871.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-30

AN ACT granting to the Utah Central Rail-
road Company q night of way through
the public lands Tor the construction of .
railroad and telegraph.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
America in Congress assembled. That the
right Of way through the public lands be,
and the same is hereby granted to the Utah
Central RAILROAD Company, corporation
created under the laws Of the Legislative g.
sembly Of tho Territory Of Utah, it, sue.
cessors and assigns, for the construction of
) railroad and teleafaph from 1 point st OF
neae Ogden City, n tie Territory Of Utah,
to Salt In1e CITY, h nd Ter1itoEy; apd
The Hickman courier., 1871-06-24
AuIndIan,s WORD of Honor

A gentleman OF Jones boro, Mo-, re
Gently returned from Texas. relates an
extraordinary occurrence which took
place a short time since In the Indian
4 Nation A Choctaw Indian, having com
nitted wilfuI murder. was arrested
/ tried. and sentenced to be shot to death
He asked for twenty days in which tc
prepare and visit his friends, giving his
word of honor as ''brave" to return al
the appointed time, and was allowed to
60 forth without guard or bail.
AT the expiration OF the twenty days
according to appointment, the hour for
the execution arrived and the Indian,
true to his word, at the very hour and
minute galloped up to the place where
the sentence was to be carried out, in
company with three of his sisters and
three brothers, all appearing as cheerful
as though they had come to dance or a
frolic. The coffin was then brought on
the ground. but some one remarked that
it was too small, upon which one of the
doomed Indians brothers told him to
lie down in it and measure, which he
cheerfulIy did, and laughingly said, at
fits all right" The crowd meanwhile
dDDcdIGQ ~ OC lu iuO AhOEs "a PdA
its, and cracked jokes and laughed.
At last, when all was ready, the doom
ed man was ordered to sit on the ground
A handk erchief was then placed over
his eyes by his sister While the Sheriff
held one hand. one of the condemned
Indians brothers held the other on each
side of him. The Deputy Sheriff then
stood in an old house. about ten steps in
front of the condemned, with rifle
From some cause the rife went off acei
dentally. the bullet passing up through
the house. The Indian. believing he
was shot, drew himself up aud shuddered.
but did not speak or move from the spot
A black mark was then made over the
Indians heart, with spittle and powder,
while the Deputy Sheriff reloaded his
rife, snd at signal be took steady aim
fired. and pierced the centre Of the mark.
The Indian, with few struggles, fell
back dead. with the brother aud sheriff
still holding. his hands No one seemed
70 be the least affected but the doomed
Indians mother, who shed tears. but
was told to ..shut up by herson, that all
was over.
The Hickman courier., 1871-06-24
The Agricultural Bureau and
the Cotton Crop.
From the Washington Patriot,

There is some excitement in CONNER
cial circles regarding statement which
has been published in some of the North
ern papers, to the effect that the Agricul-
tural Bureau has information which will
show considerable percentage less OF
cotton planted this year than last year,
and that the crop prospect for the pres
ent year is not SO good by over million
bales as last year.
1t seems on inquiry that the apprehen
sions have DO good foundation to rest
upon. beyond the fact that nothing is
yet known regarding the real condition Of
the crop upon which to base any state
ment or representation. The officers
of the Agricultural Bureau are in receipt
of information as o.the acreage planted
from large number of counties in the
cotton growing States, but their returns
are incomplete, and will not be full for
several days to come. When the data
upon which to base comparative state
ment is completed, comparison will at
once be put out, showing whether the
acreage is less or more than last year.
As fast as these returns come in at the
Agricultural Bureau they are tabulated
by the clerks, and compared with the re
turns from the same localities for 1870
1t may be that the returns will show q
slight falling off in the area planted, in
comparison with 1870, but still no esti-
mate of the crop can be gathered at this
early period Of the season.
The Hickman courier., 1871-06-24
HARLAN AT LOUISA.
He Sees Things Through a Glass
Darby. and Rides OF AnOth-
er Mans Horse.
From the Big sandy Herald.

From the Big Sandy Herald.
When General Harlan arrived at Lou.
lisa he seemed quite anxious to know all
about the next appointment; the dis
tance, the nature of the road, the stop
ping places, and other things connected
herewith The natives very kindly
furnished him with all necessary infor.
nation, but light of this character was
not the kind he wanted. His military
experience had taught him that glasses
often perform an important part IN ma
king observations, and enabling the seek
er after knowledge to be more correctly
informed Accordingly be supplied him.
self with glass of peculiar, yet com
mon kind. 1t has no lens to speak of,
except that it sometimes lends enchant-
ment. To use it properly liquids Of va
rious kinds, to suit different tastes, are
placed in it, with or without saccharine
matter, aud one of Ben Buffers New
Orleans fancies. Armed with this the
General was seen at different timesadu
riDg the Day making commendableAsbu
/ fruitless efforts to get it to his eye, il
order that, from Asa Conley's corner, he
might "view the landscape oer;" but the
plaguey thing would never get higher
than his mouth. This would satisfy
him, and after looking through it at an
angle of forty FIVE degrees, it would be
depressed, and the "obseryation" was
ended.
This continued until dark put an end
to all telescope research, and by this
time the General thought he would ''stay
all night" His assistant in the lookout
"a negro minor, whose vote and favor the
General seemed anxious to obtain, was
by this time in a mellow condition.
kings may be blessed" but Rene twas
glorious Boots and saddles" was
the order that at last issued from the lips
of the chieitain. To horse and they
are miles away But not many hours
had elapsed before it was discovered that
the next Governors Gin horn) horse
was still in the stable, quietly munching
his oats, and ruminating on the sorrows
of a candidates steed, But the stall
next his is vacant, and Jay Northup q
wagon horse is missing Here then the
murder was out The milk in the cocoa
nut is explained. That peculiar optical
instrument through which those observs-
tions had been made had caused an
alteration of vision which prevented
Rene from knowing which from which,
when he went TO put the saddle on. and
the Governor () from telling hoss from
boss when he's got on the saddle.
At dawn of day messenger was dis
patched in pursuit of the observaiionist.
He was overtaken at Paintsville, and had
not yet discovered his mistake A good
look at the two animals, whether thro'
his peculiar field glass or not deponenI
sayeth not. satisfied him Of his mistake
an exchange was made, and he went bis
way meditating on the freaks and frolic:
of patent glasses.
The Hickman courier., 1871-06-24

The following recipe from the writings
of Miss Hannah More. is old, but MAJ
roe found useful in these times.
In a climate where the attacks of feai
are a constant source Of annoyance. any
method which will alleviate them be
comes desideratum 1t is, therefore
with pleasure that make known tht
following recipe, which l am assured
has been tried with efficacy:
Boil quart of tar until it become:
quite thin Remove the clothing and
before the tar becomes perfectly cool,
with broad fat brush, apply thin,
smooth coating to the entire surface OF
the BODY and limbs While the tar re
mains soft, the flea becomes entangled in
its tenacious folds, and is rendered per
fectly harmless. but it will soon form a
hard, smooth coating, entirely imper
vious to his bite Should the coating
crack at the knee or elbow joints. it i,
merely necessary to retouch it slightly st
those places The whole coat should be
renewed every three or four weeks. This
remedy is sure, and having the advan
tage Of simplicity and economy, shoild
be generally known.
So much for Miss More. A still sim
pier method of preventing the attacks of
these little pests, is one which l have
lately discovered myself in theory
only-I have not yet put it into practice.
On feeling the bite of flea, thrust the
part bitten Immediately into boiling wa
ter. The heat of water destroys the in
sect and instantly removes the pain Of
the bite
The Hickman courier., 1871-06-24

WoMANs VIRTUE 1t is prevailing
vice among men-of doubling the virtue
of women. To US it looks like not only
an outrage to good taste, but also be
tokens wa6t of intellect. Besides this,
it betokens besotted nature, and pas
sions that would disgrace beast. The
idea of dragging women down to men S
level, in point of virtue, is so repugnant
to the feelings, so utterly at variance
with the truth, that the utterer ought
not to have place in civilized society.
We would wish to impress upon those
who cast this slur upon the character OF
the women of our land, that if what they
charge were true. this fair world of ours
would be perfect hell. The women OF
our land are as far above those who
make these assertions, as the heavens are
above the earth Our women are the
highest type of purity and virtue; aud
any craven who would drag them from
this high estate, deserves the execrations
of all good men.
The Hickman courier., 1871-06-24
Death of Hon. C. L. vat,andtg-
CINCINNATI. O.. June is.

CINcINNATI, o., June 16.
Dispatches from DAYTON. Ohio. to
night, contain the startling announce
ment that G. L Valaudighom. the pro
iector of the new Democratic Departure,
accidentally shot himself through the
abdomen at hotel in Lebanon to night.
and is thought to be fatally wounded
He is counsel for Niece on trial
for the murder Of Myers, aud was pre-
pairing an argument to night, and had
an empty and loaded pistol on the table,
and was showing how Myers might have
shot himself. He unfortunately picked
up the loaded pistol instead of the empty
one. which went off, the ball passing
through his abdomen.
This distinguished political leader ex
pired just before ten o'clock Friday
morning last, FROM the effects of wound
self Inflicted.
Mr. Vallandigham was born in OHIO,
in 1922, and became prominently ideu,i
fed with the politics of his native State
when quisea young man aud shortly
after has aiIaission to the bar. lie
lserped in -s.hft lssy,r.y hfihs Thirty sixth
aud Thirty seventh 6uuC1sss wnefe ne
was regarded as one of its ablest mem
bers, and took leading part in the
eveutful legislation which Immediately
preceded the war. His determined and
publicly declared opposition to the Re
publican policy of coercion caused his
balishment to the Confederacy, whence
hewent by sea to Canada. Ffom the
clse of the war until the National Dem
oeratie Convention of 1868, he took no
active part in politics. He was denoun
ced by the Radical press as the very
lead and front of the anti war Democra-
ey or "Copperheads. but his Dayton
resolutions will immortalize aud the
conutry will vindicate him. The advance
movement which he inaugurated but a
few weeks ago has already swept through
the length and breadth of the land, and
is destined, we trust, to transfer the ad
ministration of public affairs to honest,
capable, representative hands Though
he did not survive to see the grand re
suit, his deeds will live after him. In
the very prime Of a useful and honor
able manhood-when his professional
and political career seemed brightest and
his future full of promise, when the
hopes of the citizen, of the patriot and
the statesman were about to be rewarded
with the realization of restored nation
ality aud the permanency of American
liberty. to which his later
political life has been so earnestly devo
ted-at time when the whole country
was electrified with the practical states
manship of the new departure in our
political affairs in which he had himself
so boldly taken the initiative, his spirit
was called to take its departure to hap
pier and better world, bequeathing to
his country the legacy OF as bright page
as will adorn the history OF its most il
lustrious craftsmanship.
The Hickman courier., 1871-06-24
Mr. stephens interviewed.

A New York correspondent has in-
truded upon the privacy so rigldly main
tanned by the author OF the WAR Be
tween the States, and has wormed out
of him what he thinks about the situa
ton. During the conversation Mr. Ste
phens characterized the reconstruction
legislation of Congress as uuconstitution-
al. fraudulent aud void. The Thirteenth
Amendment he admitted TO be valid,
because it had been ratified by the right
full Governments of the Southern States
the Governments de jure, and not the
Governments de facto afterward estab
lished by bayonets. The Fourteenth
and Fifteenth Amendments he claimed
were nc part Of the Constitution, be-
cause their pretended ratification had
been effected by force and fraud.
He did not believe the ballot would
ever be taken from the negro even if the
Fifteenth Amendment were declared
void and the control of the suffrage
placed where it rightfully belonged, IN
der the exclusive jurisdiction of the
States. In such case, if it should be
proposed to deprive the negroes of the
franchise, the white man would divide
INTO two parties upon tine Question. $bd
the one that opposed the measure, with
the aid of the votes of the negroes
would carry the day. But the fact that
universal suffrage was so firmly establish
ed did not. he said, lessen the duty OF
all lovers of constitutional liberty to op
pose the Fifteenth Amendment. This
usurpation should never be permitted to
pass without proper rebuke and condem
, nation. even by those who favor the OBJ
ject aimed at by it.
Unlike Genl Toombs, Mr Stephens
does not believe that another war is pos
sibe between the North and South, and
he thinks a remedy for the evils of
which be complains can be reached only
through peaceful means He said he be
lieved the Democratic party could yet
save the country If it would make an
earnest and solemn appeal to the people
at the next Presidential election warn
ing them of the plot TO destroy their lib
critics If this were done, he was conf
dent that there was yet honesty and
sense enough among the people to cause
them to rise and "hurl the JacobiDs from
power"
Mr. Stephens has been an invalid for
the past two years, and is obliged to use
erutches in walking. He never expects
that his health will permit him to again
take any part in public life. In spite of
his infirmities, however, he makes his
influence widely felt by means of con
versations with men who come from all
parts of the South to see him Scarcely
day passes that he does not receive Wis
itors from distance. In this way he
keeps up his acquaintance with public
men throughout the South. aud is still
potent in controlling the action of the
Democratic party in Georgia, and, to
some extent, in all the Southern States.
The Hickman courier., 1871-06-24
That Undiscovered Country.

The progress Of Halls expedition to
ward the Arctic Seas will be watched
with interest, and the results be expect
antly looked for by newspaper readers
Captain Hall, chief of the expedition, is
neither a navigator or scientific man in
the most remote sense. He is from Gin
cinuati, where he was formerly engaged
in publishing the Occasional, and after.
ward the Daily Penny Preis In 1859.
after having read great deal on the
subject of Arctic discoveries, Hall be
came perfect enthusiast in the matter.
He resigned home. family and friends,
aud in 1860 sailed in whale ship from
New London for the Arctic, and, as he
said. in search of the remains of Sir
John Franklin Since then his name
has been so repeatedly before the public
that it would be needless to recapitulate
his several expeditions.
The expedition, upon leaving New
York, will steer direct for st. Johns,
Newfoundland, where it will remain for
few days to procure few dogs and stores.
From St Johns the Polaris will shape
her course for Davis Straits and the
Danish settlement Of Disco, on the west
coast of Greenland, and possibly touch
at Fl Holsteinborg At Disco will be es
tablished the first and main rendezvous
of the expedition. where it can resort for
supplies If needed, instead of coming
uearer home.
The Hickman courier., 1871-06-24
A Notable Town.

New Jersey has one notable town at
least-Viueland, situated in the pine and
sand region. between Camden and Cape
May The city has population OF some
10 900, but is withouta single grog shop.
Its police expenses last year amounted
to the ridiculous sum of seventy FIVE
dollars. For period of six months NO
settler OF citizen has required relief from
the overseers of the poor During last
year there was only one Indictment. and
that trifiug case of assault and battery
among the colored population. There Is
no need of fire department Only one
house was burned down last year, and
there were but two other fires, which
were soon put out. The fact that the
city has fifteen district, private and other
schools is Also significant.
The Hickman courier., 1871-06-24
"By their Fruits shall we Know
ThPm.S


The New York Tribunes 'own cor
respondent" who went South on purpose
to see for himself and report the truth
to his paper, is about the worst witness
that has yet appeared for the continuance
of party Republicanism in the Southern
States. II came across an intelligent
negro who told him that the Northern
Republicans who came down South. ''are
to blame for all the trouble in South
CaroIfDa .sssA II sslti ssfises I'D aeaues
drels corrupted the members of the Leg
islature, who were innocent before they
we're instructed in the villainous schemes
As they came from the hands of their
masters the blacks we're innocent and
virtuous, but educated by Radicals il
the ways of the world, they became as
venal aud corrupt as their teachers could
desire.
As for the carpet baggers themselves
the negro informant of the Tribhnes cor
respondent said:
why, these fellows. when We pu
them in office, were so id poor thai
they had no seats in their pants nov
they roll in money. What do they ear,
for the colored man? No more than
dog. They with sell as out to the Dem
ocrats whenever they can make anything
by it. You might rake hell orer and sif
the cinders and yoa couldn't find sucl
mean men,"
by their fruits shall ye know them ;
They have made raseals of the negroes
who before their appearance in the State
we're Trustworthy. Rascals themselves
they made raseals of others. And the
sham Republican party is as full of that
kind of people as an old rotten cheese is
os shippers. We do not wonder the
honest men of the party-and they are
plenty-want to leave it.-CSncinnatl
Enquirer.
The Hickman courier., 1871-06-24
The Roya, COW at Long Branch

Correspondence N. Y. Herald.
The Presidents COW. which he brought
from Washington, is the object of good
deal of interest | have had the honor
of seeing her, but have not had an op
portunity of interviewing her. Howev
er. l chance to be in possession Of some
facts concerning her opinions on matters
in general She is small. sleek animal,
and is bIooded. of course. Her color is
significantly black, but she has white
line over her back, and her maternal
bosom also does honor to the Caucasian
race. On her arrival at Long Branch,
all the cows about here paid her the
greatest respect. Even now, as she pas
ses along the road to and from her pas
ture every night and morning all the
cows in the adjoining fields regard her
with envious respect. The multitude OF
local dogs, which would soon worry to
death any other unprotected kline coming
from abroad, skulk away from this COW
queen. and dare not so much as utter a
erowl None but the daintiest OF flies
are permitted to ride on her peck Mrs.
Cow is about FIVE years old, and has been
married three times None Of her Oh
spring accompany her on this trip She
is fond Of the Jersey red clover, but dis
likes the noise of the ocean She is no
bather. Having been reared in rural
district she has never learnt to swim Mr..
Grants COW would like to see him re
elected. which is very natural. She ad
mires her owners pluck, and his silence
which insures her against being scolded.
She longs TO be MIXED by his soft hands,
and only hates him for giving so much
attention to coarse. vulgar horses. She
does not believe one word of the Ku
Klux stories in the Tribune. General
Porter has COW also, but she is not al
lowed to associate with the Presidents.
The Hickman courier., 1871-06-24
Interesting Statistics OF Immi-
grafton.

The Chief Of the Bureau of Statistics
in the Treasury Department at Wash
iHnton ha. prePsrad speeiai report on
Immigration, which is just issued from
the Government printing Office. 1t em
braces very full information for immi
grants relative to wages, cost of living,
and the kind of labor in demand in diff
fereut parts of the Union, collected with
great care through the agency of the In
terual Revenue Department. and syste
matically arranged SO as TO afford the
immigrant trustworthy guide in the
selection Of his future home. 1t appears
that the whole number of aliens added
to our population since the formation OF
the Government is about 500, 900. and
of these about 5 1900 900 we're living in
the country on the 1st of last June
During the year ending December 81,
1870. the number of immigrants was
378 796. against 395 922 in 1869 The
decrease is accounted for by the Franco
Prussian war. the immigration from Ger
many being diminished by that cause
about 3S, ,00O More than half the i'm
migrants are British subjects, and about
one third are Germans. The influx from
Germany has for some time exceeded
that from Ireland. During the last ten
years. for instance, the average annual
immigration has been as follows: Ger
man. $1,000; Irish, 1900; English,
21 900; British American, $4,000; Scan
dinavian. Is 900; Scotch. 300. How
rapidly the German element is gaining
upon the Irish is shown by the returns
for the three years Immediately preceding
the war of 1870, during which the an
nual arrivals of Germans averaged as
high as 5000, against $4,000 Irish.
Even in 1870 we received 81, 600 Ger
mans. and only $4,000 Irish. Since
1920 the whole number of Irish immi
grants has been 2,700,000, and Of Ger
mans 2. 100000.