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The Republican journal., 1871-04-27
Fearful inundation in Louisiana,
NEW ORLEANS Anril d

New ORLEANS, April "a.
Assistant State engineer Hatch, writing
yesterday from Bonnet, Care crevasse,
says it is now from 600 to $50 feet wide,
and avast volume Of water rushes through
with roar like thunder, pilling itself up
IN the middle in form of an arch, of which
the centre IS five or six feet higher than
the sides. The torrent has cut IT'S channel
through the front battuse fifty feet, while
steadily, foot by foot, the great levee crum
bles mo its boiling waters. The closing
of this crevasse IS beyond the range Of
possibilities, so the next thing is to pre-
vent, if possible the widening of the
breach. A continuous body of water ex-
tends from here to Lake Ponchartrain
and for many miles above and below.
The disaster is great and depl orable, and
is beyond the reach of remedy, rs every
one who has seen it admits.
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HAUNTED HOUSE.

In this city, at the west end, is house
inhabited by q widow lady. which is said
TO have ghostly visitors. in the shape of q
man and woman, who formerly occupied
the house, They trouble no part of the
house except the cellar and attic Their
ghosships must either want ligh; in their
uncarthly abode, or not want the inhabi-
tants Of tie house to have too much of
ii, for candles put into the cellar have been
spirited away, no one knows where, and
lamps left there have been broken. The
lady does not stand much in awe OF her
mcarthly visitors, for she has held verbal
converse with the spirit OF the man. and
speaks of them with great freedom.
THE OLD SIXTH REGIMENT OF MASS.
celebrated the tenth anniversary of their
passage through Baltimore, on Wednesday
last, by parade through some of the
principal streets of Boston, and q dinner
in the old cradle Of liberty, Faneuil Hall,
where speeches were made by several dis
tinguishcd men, and music by the Shaw
nut Band. Among the pleasing incidents
OF the day was the presentation to the
comrades, Of the only son of Corporal
Sumner Needham, born on the 10th Of No
vember succeeding the death of his father,
who was killed in the streets of Baltimore.
The boy was received with enthusiastic
applause, and collection was taken up
amounting to $50.
On Thursday another anniversary was
celebrated by the colored citizens The
passage of the fifteenth amendment was
commcmorated by 4 parade of colored
The Republican journal., 1871-04-27
Returns of Connecticut Elections.
HARTFORD. Conn. April

HARTFORD, COnn., Aprll II.
The canvassers who met to-day to Of
licially canvass the returns of the vote for
Governor and other State officers, will re-
port the following figures to the legisla-
ture:
Jas. E. English, 47,492; Marshall
Jewell, 47,450; which gives English
a majority of %. There was manifest
error, giving English two too many in
Somers, which if the legislature corrects
will reduce his total to AZ, 400.
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Singular Accident.

NORTH ADAMS, MASS, April 23-On
Friday afternoon serious accident oc-
Cured at the first enlargement of the
Hoosac Tunnel, killing four men and
wolnding another. The drillers and
rockmen mad left, their work being finish
ed. The holes were charged for blast
and all of the fuses but one connected
with the discharging wire, which hung
from the roof of the tunnel, nearly reach
ed the track and still unconnected with
the battery. AT this point lightning
struck the track at the mouth of the tun-
mel, ran up the track, and, lcaping to the
pendant wire discharged the blasts.
The Republican journal., 1871-04-27

A lady was urged by her friends to marry 4
widower, and as an argument they spoke of his
two beautiful children. "Childrcn" replied
the lady "are like tooth-pieks-a person wants
her Own.'
Maple sugar is worth only about six cents a
pound in some parts of Vermont.
The Republican journal., 1871-04-27

The attention of the Trade is directed to the
advertisement of MeSsrs. Hyde e. Co., one of
the leading Fancy Goods Houses of Boston.
They have full supply of the latest novelties
in Toys and Fancy Goods of every description
Buyers will do well to call on them before pur-
chasing elsewhere,
The Republican journal., 1871-04-27

President Grant has started on his Yves
tern tour At the public reception in IN
dianapolis Saturday evening, the Presi-
dent was welcomed by Governor Baker,
and responded as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen,-I thank You
heartily for this cordial greeting, which
assure You is unexpected When | left
Washington il was with q view Of going
to st. Louis without stopping by the way,
but on meeting your distinguished Gov
crnor at Pittsburg, he requested me to
remain here to-day. That consented to,
expecting to see the people OF Indianapo-
lis turn out to greet your Senator but not
expecting q greeting to me. | therefore
leave him to thank you in more aDpro-
pirate terms than could 10 if We're to
try.
Senator Morton followed the President
with a long speech on political topics,
chiefly relating to the history and acts OF
Gen. Grants administration.
The Republican journal., 1871-04-27

only IN tic language OF prescription. We
earnestly entroat our fellow citizens in
all paN3 of the Union to spare no efforts
to maintain peace and order, carefully
protect the rights of every citizen; TO pre-
serve kindly relations among all men
aud to discountonance and discourage
any violations Of the right of any portion
Of the people, secured under the COnstittl-
ton or any amendments,
CENTRALIZED MILITARY GovERNNlENT
Let Us in conclusion earnestly beg Won
not to aid the present attempts of the Rad
zeal partisans to stir up strife in the land,
to renew the issues of war, or to obstruct
the return of peace and prosperity to the
Southern States. Because it is thus that
they seek to divert the attention of the
country from the corruption and cxtrava-
gaucc of their administration of public
affairs, an1 the dangerous and profigate
attempts they are making towards the
creation of Il centralized military Govern
mcnt In the five years of peace follow
ing the war the Radical Administrations
have expended 5000, 900, 900 for ordin-
ary purposes alone, being within 100000
of he aggregate amount spent for the
same purpose in war, and in peace during
The seventy one years proceeding June 30,
| 1861, not counting in either case the sum
paid upon the principal or interest Of the
public debt II is tritiing with the intell-
gence OF the people for the rldIci! lead
ers to pretend that this vast sum has been
honestly expended Hundreds ofmillions
Of 1t have been wantonly squandered.
The expenditures Of the Government for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1861, were
only So, GOO 600, while for precisely the
same purposes the civil list, army, navy
pensions and Indians, SiGt, 900, 900 were
expended during the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1870.
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Cumulative Voting.

The upper branch Of the Pennsylvania
Legislature has passed bill which au-
thorizes the cumulative system of voting
in all the boroughs Of the commonwealth
at elections for members of town councils.
In boroughs wherein the number of such
members is now fixed at five, the bill re-
1uires that six shall hereafter be elected.
Voters may then either distribute their
ballots among six candidates, or cumuatc
upon one OF more, as they shall choose.
This bill, should ii pass the other branch
of the Legislature, will permit n moro
general testing of this particular plan OF
minority representation than has hitherto
been possible.
This is the plan devised by ex-senator
Buckaew Of Pennsylvania and it has not
only been thoroughly tested at several
town elections in that State, where it was
provided for by special legislative enact
ments, but it has in G. cry case proved
emincntly practicable and productive Of
the most beneficial results. 1t is the
nearest approach to q satisfactory system
for ensuring representation to the minor
ity that has ever been reached. The new
Constitution recently adopted for the State
of Illinois provides for similar plan o.
voting.
A PLEASANT OCCASION. 1t is with pleasure
we note an occasion Transporting here last even
ing in which one of New England's most popu-
lar steamboat commanders received with due
ceremony handsome tribute of respect from
some friends. We refer to the happy prescnta-
ton through Rev. Mr.. Gibbs of an elegantly
wrought gold watch and chain, valued at about
300, to Capt. VIM. Il. Dennison, commando,
of the steamer City of Richmond. Capt. Den.
nlson received his friends at his residence or
Munioy, and in excellent good taste acknowl
edged their munilicence. The event was also
marked by the jollity that reigned around thu
dellcacies spread before the guests. We nect
no further assurance that the watch is supe
rlor piece of mechanism than that it came from
the JeWelry store of j. A. Merrill & Co., and We
know 1t finds worthy gentleman as possessor
Portland Argus.
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RADICAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

80 Indignation can be too stern. and no
scorn too severe for the assertions made
10y the INSCRIPTIONS Radical leaders, that
the great Democratic and Conservative
party of the Union has, or can have, any
sympathy with disorder or violence in any
part ofthe country. or in the deprivation
Of any man Of his rights under the Con
StitutiDn
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only form of receipt now used. For instance, 10
May Il. means that the subscription is paid to that
date. When payment is made. the date will
be Immediately changed to correspond, and thus a
receipt in fuis sent with every paper. Subscribers
Go In sending money, state THE POST OFFICE
to which the paper is sent.-RH
The Republican journal., 1871-04-27

A young grass widow in Missouri was d.
vorced on Saturday and married another man
the next day.
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REPUBLICAN JOURNAL.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING
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EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

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The President of the United States has
been formally introduced rs a candidate
for reelection. Declarations of his selfish
supporters have been echoed by subsidized
presses, and the discipline of the party
has already made adhesion to his personal
fortunes u supreme test of political lealty.
The partisan legislation to which we 70
fer was decrced and shaped in secret
caucus, where the EXTREMIST cOUnsels a.
ways dominated, and was adopted by u
subsevient majority, it not with intent,
certainly with effect TO place in the hands
of the President power IN command his
own denomination, and TO employ the
army, navy, and militia at his sole dis
erection as 4 means Of subscribing hi, per
sonal ambition, With the sid experience
Of the last two years, SO disappointing to
the hopes and generous confidence OF the
country, considered in connection with
The violent utteranccs ana rash purposes
ofthose who control the Presidents policy,
and it is not surprising that the @ravrst
apprchGn9ions for The future peace OF the
nation should be entertained, at a time
when labor is depressed and every M
tcrial interest is palSlcd by
The Republican journal., 1871-04-27
Love and LITIGATION.

Has love bccomeina degree mcrccnary
Has Cupid left the search for hearts and
taken to purses? Is good, old-fashioned,
honest counting u thing of the past, in
which all the dross of self was melted and
burned away in the cruciblc of love? Is
The Republican journal., 1871-04-27
HATRED OF THE SOUTH.

Everything that malicious ingenuity
could suggest has been done to irritate
the people of the Middle and Southern
States. The gross exaggerated charg-
es OF disorder and violence owe their ORR
gin to the mischievous minds Of political
managers in the Senate and House of Rep
rescntatives, to which the Executive has,
we regret to say, lent his aid, and thus
helped to inflame the popular feeling. In
all this course of hostile legislation and
harsh resentment, no word of Cancellation,
kind encouragement, fraternal fellowship
has ever been spoken by the President or
by Congress to the people of the South
ern States. They have been addressed
The Republican journal., 1871-04-27

4NtlllN -OD,D'O, WV itltS I'll I)ublIt lttlltl>
which could have been reserved tor the
| benefit of the people, have been voted
| away to great corporations, nc@lecting
| our soldiers and enriching Z handful OF
| greedy spectators and lobbyists who
| thereby are enabled to exercise the most
| dangerous and corrupting influence over
the State and Federal legislation. If the
career of these conspirators be not check
! ed the downfall Of free government is IN
evitable, and with il the elevation OF a
military dictator on the ruins of the Re
| public. Under the pretencc Of passing
| laws to enforce the Fourteenth Amend
mem, and for other purposes, Congress
has conferred the most deSpotic power up
on the Executive, and provided official
machinery by which the liberties of the
people are menaced, and the sacred right
of local Scll-@ovcrnment in the State is
| ignored if not tyrannically ovcHhroWn.
| Modelled upon the sedition laws 50 obi
Gus in history, they are Mt variance with
all the sanctlied theories of our institu-
lions, and the construction given by these
Radical interpreters TO the Fourteenth
| Amendment is, to use the language OF the
eminent Senator, Mr. Trumhull, of Hi
nos, IAN annihlator OF StatcS.n Under
the last enforcement bin the Executive
at his discretion may thrust aside the GOV
crnmcnt of any State, suspend the writ OF
habcas corpus, arrest its Governor, or dis
pose of its legislature, silence is judges
and trample down its people under the
armed heel of his troops. There is moth
ing left to the citizens or State which can
any longer be called right. All is chang
ed into mere suflerance. Oar hopes for
redress are in the calm good sense, the
sober second thought of the American peo-
pie. We call upon them to be true to
| themselves and to their past, and disre-
garding party names ana minor diilcrcn-
ces, insist upon n proper equalization OF
power, the restriction of Federal authori-
| " within its Just limits, leaving to States
| that control over domestic affairs which
is essential to their happiness, tranquility
and good government.
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ADMINISTRATORS. EXECUTORS and GUARDIANS
desiring their advertisements published in the
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THE WONDERS OF PRAYER.

Abraham's servant prays-Rebekahap appears.
Jacob wrestles and prays, and prevails with
Christ-Esau's mind is wonderfully turned
from the revengeful purpose he had harbored
for twenty years. Moses prays-Amalek is
discounted. neutrality-suspicious. is disco
vered. Hannah prays- Samuel is born.
David prays-Ahithopel hangs himself. Asa
prays-a victory is gained, Jehosophat cries
to God-Go turns away his foes. Isaiah
and Hezekiah pray-1S5,000 Assyrians are
dead in twelve hours. Daniel prays-the
lions are muzzled. Daniel prays-the seventy
weeks are revealed. Mordecai and Esther
fast-Haman is hanged on bis own sgallo VS.
in three days. Ezra prays prayer-the
kings heart is softened in minute. Elijah
prays-a drought of three years succeeds.
Elijah prays-rain descends apace. Elisha
prays-Jordan is divided Elisha prays-a
child's soul comes back for prayer reaches
eternity. The Church prays ardently-Peter
is delivered by an an gel.
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R6gp OFFICE CATAwISSA RAILROAD COM
~" PANY, No. 424 WALNUT Street.

PANY, No. 424 WALNUT Street.
PHILADELPHIA, May s, 1871.
The Board OF Directors of this Company have this
day declared Dividend Of THREE AND ONE HALE
PER CENT, on account Of the Dividends TO be paid
the preferred stockholders, payable on and after
MONDAY, the 22d Instant to those persons in whose
names the stock stands at the close of the transfer
books.
The transfer books Of the preferred stock will be
closed on TUESDAY, the 10th, and reopened on
MONDAY, the 22d instant. ". l.. GILRoY,
8 10ws4t Treasurer.
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previous return. Forty-fve chapels and
preaching places have been maintained.
Eighteen years ago there was but one
Moravian church in Philadelphia; now there
are three churches and one mission. For the
use of the mission chapel will soon be-
erected on Hancock street.
FRIENDS.
AT Friends Quarterly Meeting in Will
mington, on late Tuesday, Deborah Whar-
ton, of Philadelphia, preached a sermon very
rich in gospel truth. Two young ministers,
Martha Travella and Lydia Price, from West
Chester, also disooursed to the satisfaction of
the audience.
A Generous D0ndtton.-The Friends
Tract Society has donated to the Philadel-
phia Tract and Mission Society, No. 1924
Chestnut street, 60, 600 English and II, 900 Ger
man tracts, four pages, on ''Profane Swear
ing, to be circulated over the city in June.
UNION PRAYER MEETINGS.
The union prayer meetings will be held
al the Central Presbyterian Church (colored),
on Sabbath afternoon, 18th inst, at 49
o'clock, and on Monday afternoon, 10Th inst,
at o'clock, at the Chapel of the M. E.
Church, Broad and Arch streets. Ministers
and all others are cordially invited to attend.
Subject for prayer-''The gift of the Holy
Spirit"
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THE HEAYENwARD MAROH.


We leave now behind us
The world and it's crowd;
We set now before us
The home of our God.
We take up our cross now
To follow the Lamb,
We close round His banner,
For glory or shame.
We take up the armor
Our Captain bath given,
The sword and the breastplate,
The helmet of heaven.
In faith thus defying
The foe and the sin,
We fight our life's battle;
We fight and we win.
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nISs. IF YOU WOULD HAVE NEW LIFE, NEW
vs. Blood, and renewed vigor, use HELMBOLD'S
GRAPE PILLS. Purify the Blood and Beautify the
Complexion by the use OF HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT
SARSAPARILLA. They are no cheap patent medi-
cines, but thoroughly Pharmaceutical and are not
tiOn. 53wths7w
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

H6y~ OFFICE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
COMPANY,
PHILADELPHIA, May l, 1911.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.
Notice is hereby given the Stockholders of this
Company that they will have the privilege of sub
scrblng for New Stock at par in the proportion Of
one share for every six registered in their name,
April 90 1911.
Holders Of less than six Shares will be entitled to
subscribe for full share, and those holding more
than multiple OF ak Shares will be entitled to an
additional Share.
Subscription will be received and the first install
ment of Fifty per centum will be payable between
the 22d day OF May and 22d day of June, 1871.
Second instalment Of Fifty per centum will be pay
able between the 92d day Of November and 22d day
OF December, 1871. II Stockholders prefer, the
whole amount can be paid at the time Of subscrlp-
tion.
No subscription will be received after June %,
1871. THOMAS T. FIRTH,
613w Treasurer,
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MY THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
Stockholders OF the CLARION RIVER AND
SPRING CREEK OIL COMPANY will be held at
Horticultural Hal, on WEDNESDAY EVENING,
the gath instant at O'clock P. NJ. 6l012t
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sREoIAL NorloEs.

N.Y. HELMBoLDs EXTRACT SARsAPARILLA
is the Grtat Blood Purifier; thoroughly cleanses
and renovates the entire system aud readily enters
into the circulation of the blood, after purgng with
HELMBOLDS GRAPE PILLS, the foul humors
that have accumulated in the system for years.
Both are carefully prepared according to the rules
OF Pharmacy and Chemistry, and are thoroughly
reliable. test OF 20 years has proved this. Try
them. 53 wths1W
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nSs% A A T o R U NJ
AND PHYSICAL INSTITUTE,
BROAD STREET, BELOW WALNUT.
SWIMMING SCHOOL FOR BOTH SEXES AND
ALL AGES
Open daily from A. M. till 10 P. M. The only
systematic and successful Swimming-school in the
United States.
TEMPERATURE,
TEMPERATURE.
TEMPERATURE OF WATER
ALWAYS THE SAME-"SUMMER HEAT"
The most timid persons taught to swim In from
SIX TO TEN LESSONS.
SPECIAL NOTICE.-The deduction of 20 per
cent. ON clubs OF ten or over season swimming
tickets will be continued until May 20.
Send or address for the new Illustrated Circular.
8 6smws4t j. A. PAYNE & BRO.
nSs- PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY,
TREAsURERS DEPARTMENT.
PHILADELPHIA, May 2, 1871.
The Board of Directors have this day declared a
semi-annual dividend OF FIVE PER CENT. on the
capital stock OF the Company, clear of National
and State taxes, payable in cash, on and after May
80, 1871.
Blank powers OF attorney for collecting dividends
can be had at the office Of the company.
The office will be open at A. NJ, and close at
P. NJ, from May 80 to June 2, for the payment OF
dividends, and after that date from A. NJ. to
Pm. THOMAS T. FIRTH,
592m Treasurer.