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Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-12-14

TRAVELLERS. ATTENTION:
The New Orleans. Jackson. and Great
Northern aud Mississippi Central
Railroads.
Run their Passenger Coaches and Bag
cages Cars, their combined length
without change.
BAGGAGE CHECKED FROM Re-
SIDENCE TO DESTINATION.
The IA. NJ. Express Train runs Daily,
SUNDAYS EXCEPTED)
Makes close connections for Vicksburg,
Mem phis, st. Louis, Chicago, Louisville,
and all points beyond, Sleeping cars at
night Cantonto Grand Junctin and
Humboldt.
The Mail Train kaaes New Orleans Daily,
ct, 81. NJ.
Makes schedule connections with Light
ming Express traine, to all points NORTH,
EAST and WEST. Carries the great
North Mail.
Time to New York, 70 Hours.
New and elegantly fitted up Sleeping
Cars run to Humboldt. Tennessee. Cleve-
land, Tennessee. and Louisville, Kentuc-
Ky. p I8
Express Train South arrives at 1:30
A. NJ -A3.l&aU8
Mail Train South arrives at II :O5 A. NJ.
Ticket Office, Galveston, Iron Building.
Ticket Offices, New Orleans, under City
Hotel, Corner Camp and Common streets,
and at Depot
E. @. SEWALL, General Superintendent
j. B. MOREY, Csneral Ticke. iser:
l. New Orleans, jackson and Great
Northern Railroad
E. D. FROST, General Superintendent
D. B. MOREY, General Ticket Agent
Mississippi Central Railroad
3. s. ScJif. 3saiisi. .'.-.,;Ass,f \ -:
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21
NO.. TO-.


The yearly mortality Of the globe Is
81, ,333, ,333 persons. This is at the rate
Of ,534 per day, $3.50 per hour, 62 per
minute. Each pulsatiom Of the heart
marks the deceasc Of some human being.
The average Of human life is 80 years.
Onc-fourth Of the population die at or
before the age Of seven years. One half
at or before seventeen years.
Amcng lO,UUO persons one arrives at
tho aye Of i0D years. One in $40 attaiiis
the agc of 90, and one in leo live. 10 the
age Of co.
Married men live longer than single
men.
In 1000 persons 95 marry, and moro
marriages occur in juno and December
than in any other month of the year.
One-cighth of the whole population n
military. Professions exercise great
influence OH longevity. In 1000 indi-
viduals who arrive at the cagc OF 10 years,
43 are clcrgymcn, orators, or public
speakers, 40 arc agriculturists, 80 arc
wo kmcr, 80 arc soldiers or military cm.
plOyces, ~ advocates or engineers, ~
professors, "a doctors.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21

OF The cars are running OIL the
Owcnsboro and Russclvillc Railroad out
to Livcrmorc, twcnty-onc miles front
Owensboro. BY the 10th Of April the
contract for the construction Of fifteen
miles Of road, which reaches the Padu-
cah and Elizabethtown road, will be-
made. The dcpots at Owcnsboro aud
Livcrmorc and way stations arc built.
and shipping freight. Already along
tho road saw-mills and other evidences
of progress begin 10 show the beneficial
effect of the road. Livermore .4s- "
viii most nros.v,y Slip over the road
this ssrson some fourteen hundred hhds.
or tobacco. Tho road crosses Green
River at this point, and the bridge will
soon be completed. The most difficult
and greater part Of the masonry is finish
| cd.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21

pooR GRANT.-WhcM Grant was in
formed by telegram from Concord that
New Hampshire had gone Democratic,
lie kicked the chair OH which hc had
been sitting halfway across tho ROOM
drank glass Of whisky and said:
"WhO cares damn for New Hamp-
shire, any how? The State may go 10
hell for what care !"
Grant should go 10 Sunday-school q
little while. Such language is very un-
pretty for nice, high-toncd. intelligent.
intellectual, sober gentleman.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21

The Now York World Of Sunday de-
scribcs an ef1ccting scene that happened
at Calvcry Cemetery on Thursday after
noon, the occasion being the burial Of
the father and mother Of four little chill
drcn residing in Henry street, in that
city. The weather was SO Indictment that
the friends who accompanied tho re-
mains decided to let tho children remain
in the carriages, but the earnest plead
ings, with fearful eyes, to see their moth
cr's grave could not be resisted and their
request was granted. Both coffins were
carried to tho grave, and the youngest
little girl, who seemed to be unconscious
Of what was transpiring, carrcsscd the
coffin of the mother with childish SIM
plicity, uttcring the most cndcaring
terms of, "Poor mamma" "Nice NAM
ma" evil mamma come hOmc," etc.
Tie older sister took the little prattler
by the hand and brought her to the side
OF the grave. As tho grave digger low
cred the mothers coffin TO its final rest
ing place, and threw the first shovel Of
clay, the children simultaneously lei one
piercing cry, which echoed over the
l,-yard, bringing tears TO tho eyes
Of all present. Many Of tho men unable
to gazc on the sad scene, turned and
walked away. 1t was will, difficulty tho
children were persuaded to leave tho
grave, and us they were about to depart,
the little ones, following the example Of
the oldest, knclt down on the new made
grave and offered up prayers TO their
Creator for the spiritual welfare Of the
father and mother whom death had de-
priycl them Of In one day.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21

PRAYEr.- When one r " in public.
let it be a thoughtful. genuine prayer,
and a short ono; let the petition DC va
ricd omit telling God about The attrib--
utcs which he possesses. Kecp your long
prayers for your own closet.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21

TIt is estimated that the tobacco
crop of Spencer county this year will be
fully eight million poands. One firm
have ono fourth of this amount. That
is a good showing for old Spencer, and
puts her in the front rank Of tobacco rails
ing counties in the Ohio valley.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21

GA wealthy gentleman. who owns
a country seat, nearly lost his wife, who
fell into q river which flows through his
estate. lie announced tho narrow cs-
cape to his friends, expecting their con-
lgratulations. One Of them -an oil
bachelor wrote as follows: IL always
told YOU that river was too shallow
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21

"A large turtle was caught near
Pctcrsburgll on Thursday last, rrpc. The
back Of which was inscribed in plain
letters, az. B. Boone, l838." Mr.. Boone,
who is still residing in Pike county, says
lie inscribed the letters OH the turtle
thirt 4 three years ago.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21

An ELEGANT PREsENr.-Thc members
of the Cincinnati Board Of Trade recent
". presented n gold watch and Chain
valued at $500, to DR.. Il. il. Sabin. Vicy
President Of the Rockport 4 Cincinnati
Railroad.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21

[" The Lawrcnccburg Register says !:
ave learn that the spotted fever is pre-
vailing as an epidemic IN the nciglibor-'
hood Of Jones Station. We have heard
OF but one death from the disease"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21

GA Boston paper mentions an in-
dividual there who clasps his hards 8"
in prayer that he can't get
them open when tho contribution box is
passed round.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21

az That was capital hit Of General
Frank i. Blair, when he said IN the
United States Senate Friday that "COr-
gress was the original Ku Klux." The
only disturbing element in society III
the South is that which emanates fronE
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21

Nv An Indian chief near Cheyenne
boasts that though he Is only forty years
old. he has taken two hundred scalps.
and has had the dcliriuM tremcns fifteen
timcsi
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21

H1-A new mode Of suicide has been
invented In Illinois. A man filled his
mouth with gunpowdcr, and putting
caps between his teeth; chcwcd them
until an explosion took place.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21

0TThc Bordeaux correspondent Of
Inc London Times writes: ut is rcpOrt-
ed that NJ. Emile dc Girartlan intends
10 america and settling
LhCrc."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21

List Of Enterprisfng Business
Firms Of Cincinnati, Ohio,
Who have subscribed to the Capital
Stock of the Rockport and Northern
Central Railway Company. Purchasers
visiting Cincinnati will find these houses
the best in the city TO deal with, and dis
posed, as they nave already cvinccd by
their actions to look after tho material
Interests of their customers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21

~ Persons who took part in the ar
rest Of Filkinns, the express robbcr, aro
over tic division Of the
Sc. 600 rev ard.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21

rFThc city Of Vinccnnrs declines tO
purchase the gas works, and tho comp.
any propose to enlarge Its facilities, audi
make new contract with tho city,.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21
Moral and Religious.
NOT KNOWING.

NOT KNOWING.
know not what will bcfall me,
God hangs mist DER my eyes,;
And DER each step of my onward path
lie makes new scenes to rise;
And every JOY lie sends me comes -.
Asa sweet and glad surprisc-
sec not a step before me.
AS tread the days of the year;
But the past is still in Gods keeping,
Tie Future His mercy shall clear;
And what looks dark in tho distance,
May brighten as draw near.
For perhaps the dreaded future
Has less bitter than ] think;
Tie Lord may swcetcn the water
Before ! stOop to drink;
Or, If Mnrah must be Marah:
lie will stand beside It's brink.
It may bc lie has, waiting
For the coming of my feet,
Some gift of such rare blessings,
Some Joy SO strangely sweet,
That my life can only trcmblc,
With the thanks can't repeat.
~ TeStIUt, ullAStui ISuOi""So'
'Tis blessed not TO know;
1t keeps me quiet In the arms
Which will not let me go;
And bushes my soul to rest
On the bosom which loves me so.
So go on not knowing:
would not ii might;
would rather walk in tho dark with Go.l
Than go alone in the light;
II would rather walk with Him by faitl
Than walk alone by sight.
NV heart shrinks back from trials
Which the Future may disclose;
Yet never had sorrow
But what the dear Lord chose;
So ! send the coming tears back
With the whispered words,
"IIE KNOWS"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21

~A A writer in the Columbia City
Post intimatcs that young lady was
recently buried AZ Springfield willie In
4 trance state.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21

NJ Tho latest rcform movement II,
London Is ono 10 reduce cxfravagant
and useless funeral expenses.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21

6rA North Carolina Sheriff is COM
mcndcd for tic "neat and dcxteriorr
mnnMcr' IN which he hanged a criminal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21

NrA French author has satirically
addressed book to "William l., King
o: Prussia by tho grace of Go,i, and Enl-
peror Of Germany by the cffusion Of
blood"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21

OF An infant few weeks old was re-
Gently baptized in Louisville IN the m,l' =
or the ft,4lc,ul services Of is mother
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21

RATES OF ADvEKTIS,NG.
For square of 10 lines or less, we'k, 81 90
y E,ch subsequent insertion, 75 cts.
Longer advertisements at tho same r:ttc.
A fraction over even square or squares,
countedas square. These arc the terms
fortran sicnt advertisements n reasonable
deduction will be made to regular advcr-
tisrrs.
Notices of appointment of administra-
tors and legal notices of like character TO
be paid in advance.
ANNOUNCING CANDIDATES.
For Township officers, each Sl.OO
For County Z.oO
For District, Circuit. or State, 800
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21

~ B. NUDGE, Manufacturer of Bcdstcads and
Red Room Furniture. NJ. ej west Second street.
Wholesale rnv. CINCINNATI.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21

XYM. BrOmwell & Co.. Manufacturers of brushes
w and Wire Goods, lsl Walnut street, Cincinnati
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21
FEATHERS.

~ A. Holden & Co.. Wholesale dealers In Feath.
Ii crs Always pay the highest market price Tor
Gnreng and Beeswax. No. 81 Vine street, Cincinnati
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21

e. j. Trounstine Co., Wholesale Clothing
~ . Cloths. Cassimcrcs. vcstinrs and Ir'mmihgs
Nos "a and IS west Third street. Cincinnati
" Icine, Kuhr 4 Detmcr. Foreign and Inmesnc
IA Wool.ns. vc-tings and Talors' Trimmings, !"
west Third street. opposite Burnct House, Smc'nna,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-04-21

llotarp public.

Y ohm &. Hanover Co.. Real Esta'e Brokers.
ID Notary Public and Commissioners OF eds. 50 west
Third street Cincinnati Particular attention given to
the purchase and sale Of lands in Middle, Western and
Suuthcrn States.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-06-21

1-- The New Hampshire legislature take
an excursion to Hanover this week, with a
view to making sn appropriation of $4,000
to the Agricultural College connected with
Dartmouth.
The farmers who send their Sous 10 agricul-
tural colleges are too often governed by prin-
ciples much like those acted on by old Gov
ernor Thomas Chittenden, first chief magis-
trate of Vermont. His first SON. bright,
smart boy, was kept at work on the farm
the second, not so healthy nor so willing to
work, was sent to college The next spring
the old Governor was perpexed with feeble
calf that could not be made to take the food
nature had provided for it, The old farmer
lost his patience and exclaimed, -" Plague
take the foolish calf, what can we do with it ~
"Oh, said Truman, who had never seen the
justice of the decision that compelled him to
remain at home while his brother was the
gentleman student, "just send him to college
along with Martini" 1t will not be the boys
willing to work who will 60 to the Agricul.
tural Colleges.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-06-21
Civil Service Reform.

We are apprised from Washington that
the President has appointcd Messrs. Geo. w.
Curtis, of New York, Jas Medill, Of Chi.
cago, Alex. G. Cattel Of New Jersey, u.
\. Walker, Of Pennsylvania H. b. Elliott,
of the Treasury Department and Joseph II.
Blackburn, of the Post Office Department,
to frame code of rules and regulations to be
observed in future by the various depart
ments in the admission Of persons into the
civil service of the United States. This is
done in pursuance of the provisions of an act
of Congress passed at the last session with a
view to the gradual but successful introduce
ton of the principal features Of the civil
service reform into the operation of the gov
eminent On this commission we Gud the
names of several Of the most prominent and
able advocates Of the civil service reform
The chairman Of the Commission is one of the
most hearty and jealous advocates of a thor.
ough change in the method of appointing, re-
tanning and dismissing the working force Of
the various departments of the government
Other members Of the Commission are equal
ly Jealous with him in this reform. The
Commission will of course be limited by tn,
law under which they act, and it will not b.
in their power 10 do all that is required by
the interests Of the public service, But a goo,
beginning will doubtless be made, which it
due time will be carried forward, step b.
step, until systematic reform shall be con
summated.
The most gratifying feature Of this ap
pointment is that it shows the disposition o
the President to put this much needed re
form into the hands of its warmest aud mos
intelligent advocates All that the Presideu
can do will be done, We feel assured to no
only introduce but perfect change whic
will prevent many abuses promote the ell
cheney Of the service, and reduce the expense
of the government
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-06-21
The COrean War.


About the first Of the present month ouI
Minister at China, with Admiral Rodgers
commanding the American feet in the East
made an expedition to the Corea peninsula
lying between the Yellow Sea and the Sea Of
Japan, and inhabited by barbarous, trcach.
orou. and warlike people, entirely iudePen-
dent Of the government Of China. This ex-
petition was taken for the purpose Of endeav-
oriug to make a treaty with the Coreau au-
iboritic. for the protection Of shipwrccked
sailor. Of civilized nation. who, when cast
upon the shores Of the Peninsula, have boon
made slave, or murdered, or were othcrA.-.
ill.treaiel
The expedition was also accompanied by
the ships Of some other Of the civilized ma
tons on the station, including French aud
IL I. believed an English and Prussian ycs-
.el The dispatch from admiral Rodgers,
OF which the following is the substance. was
received at the Navy Department aud dated
at Barsce, Island Coroa june 81 and sent
from Smughac
Our Minister and Corea Envoy. hanged
profession. Of amicablc intentions. The
Corens made no objections 10 survey Of
their waters The Monotacy, tae Pllos aud
four steam launches, under Commander Blake,
were sent june lsi, to examine the river
Sable at % point called difficult passage, on
the French chart No. $50, where nayiga.
ton was most perlous
Masked batteries manned by several thou
sand Corcans were unmasked and opened a
heavy FIRE without warning upon orr people
The French ship in advance fought CALAMITY.
Our vessels bearing up drove the enemy
from their works The tide swept all the
ships past ,he batteries They anchored and
threw shells among the retreating enemy.
Eightiuch shells were evidently not expected.
The Monocacy was slightly injured by knock
ing upon sunken rock but is temporarily
repaired. The vessels returning received no
fire the enemy having been driven from the
fort
Our people displayed great galantry, and
only two were slightly wounded A commit
nication was received to-day which may open
negotiations Otherwise, since the Coreans
have met peaceful oyerturcs with unproyoked
war our forces will land and destroy the
forts, and will take such other measures as
the interests of civilization require.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-06-21

IL is pretty generally understood TINT il there
is any man who has 10 work more hours than any
man ought TO, it is the editor of daily paper ;
but there is one such editor in this State who
takes upon himself almost double the labor usually
falling to his class, and still he lives We refer
70 Henry Clark, of Rutland, who, if he doesn't
break down soon, may travel all over the Cannibal
Islands with perfect safety, as be will everywhere
be known to be " tougher than billed owl" lie
Is Secretary of the Vermont Senate, Secretary of
the Grand Masonic Lodge, Secretary of the State
Agricultural Society, and Secretary Of half dozen
smaller bodies in every one of which he performs
an immense amount of labor and performs it well
As Secretary of the Grand Lodge he has during
the last year, besides keeping the records, writ.
ten thrty-hye hundred letters and received more
than five thousand. Just think of 1t and this is
only small part OF his work Look in upon him
during the session of the Legislature and You
would think he had work enough on hand for an
entire year. See him at the State Fair and il
Will make your bones ache as the unsystematic
but exacting :" roll up and tumble up to pour
business by the cart load upon his table Enter
his sanctum and you will be reminded of a mil
lers - hopper, and will only wonder as you read
the Herald the next morning 10 see that the grsts
are not little mixed" lie is the secretariest
man alive. We move that he be chosen grand
secretary OF the Work'Hg-mens Union. ST Az
boHs Messenger.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-06-21

LrGen Stoneman, who was lately in COM
mand in Arizona, has furnished a Chicago in
teryiewer with some valuable observations on
the state Of affairs in that Territory, The
population numbers about one thousand,
made up Of Mexicans half-breeds, miners,
traders and few farmers, and for every
white man there are two soldiers as guard
against the Indians
These settlers provoke war with the saya-
ges in order to make large government expen-
ditures in the Territory, from which they
profit or, as the general tersely puts it, they
are daring settlers, who will risk more for
a dollar aud less for patriotism than any 9TH
er people in the Union This excellent sol.
der was in Arizona as early as 1916, and at
that time the Apaches were bitterly hostile to
the Mexicans but friendly to the Americans
But for ill-treatment he thinks that tribe
would never have wavered 10 their friendly
and peaceful sentiments Yet under all the
outrages on the part of the whites, the mum.
Der OF outbreaks is grossly exaggerated. The
country is now furnished with the concordant
testimony of eyewitness, both civilian and
soldier, of the management of affairs in Ari.
zona, and the demonstration of its iniquitous
features seems to be complete
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-06-21

0-5-The Treasury Department has adopted
and rigidly eniorces the rule of deducting
from the full value of each mutilated curren-
cy bill just in proportion as the paper of the
bill is missing. The paper of the bill ofeach
denomination Is divided into twenty parts,
and if oue-twentieth Of bill is missing from
any cause five per cent of the face value is
deducted before the Treasury will give new
bill in exchange for it, Thus, from five
dollar bill it deducts twenty-five cents for
each twentieth of the note that is missing /;
from every twenty dollar note one dollar for
each twentieth from every one hundred dol
lar note, five dollars; from every one thou
sand dollar note fifty dollars, aud in that pro.
portion for every twentieth, according to the
denomination Of the bill.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-06-21

This meeting, Mr. Halbert, of Essex, pre-
siding, began by the reading of an essay by
j, j. Washburn, of Randolph, on
Flows AND FLOWING AND FARM IMPLEMENTS.
The subject of Farm Implements is broad, and
comprehends much of history, in experiments and
Improvements, In the land of Paradise, before
man had lost his first estate, no implements of
Agriculture were needed, known, or thought of !:
but when the earth had been cursed, then il be.
came necessary to till the soil in different man.
ner from that implied in the command to dress
and keep it, Not only must the soil he stirred
and fortified now, but constant warfare must
be maintained against the hories of thorns. this
ties and weeds let loose upon it, To do this,
and as we say to make living" the ingenuity
OF man was taxed to invent some help for his
hands in the unequal strife and this necessity
with his inherent love for ease, yulgarly termed
laziness, resulted in the invention Of agricultural
implements, and still continues to stimulate their
improvement, As might be supposed, and as
history plainly shows, the first attempts were but
rude in their results but that same spirit of
emulation which characterizes the inventors of
the present time, had the same effect as now. ill
perfection had been many times improved. and
noisy hand-bills and posters of Sanscrit, Greek