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attempt to review the reconstruc-
ton acts, because they are ex-
hausted, what they have accom-
plished, good and evil, is irrepar-
able. A judicial decision declar-
ing them unconstitutional would
no more undo their effects than
the restoration of the spent bullet
to the gun barrel would give back
the life it had destroyed. As to
the constitutional amendments,
they are equally out of the judi
ciary's range of power. They
stand in the constitution, under
the seal of the secretary of state,
under the public proclamation Of
the executive, and the approval
of congress. Thus they have on
their face, at least, the indorse
ment of the legislative power and
of the executive, and they are
formal parts of that supreme law
which the court is sworn to inter
pref and proclaim. 1t cannot dis.
tinguish between them and other
parts of that instrument, 1t can
not entertain the allegation that
they were violently and illegally
adopted, and go into the evidence
Of the case, any more than it
would entertain q similar allega.
ton as to the original constitu.
ton.
An amendment to the constitu
ton may be removed, orabohshed
by the self-same steps through
which it found a place in the in.
strument, or by q great national
constitutional convention, but
not otherwise. There Is NO rea
son to believe that any one of the
recent amendments will be remov
ed; the people are in no mood to
entertain a project for their remOv
al, and there is no party, nor frag
ment of party of respectable mem
hers that proposes it. Democrat,
we're opposed to the manner il
which they were adopted, and Re
publicans were not satisfied will
it; indeed there is not a single re
Elective Republican in the lanC
that does not regret the lack o
cordial popular approval tina
marked their adoption. But they
were formally adopted, for all this
and are now accepted with con
tentedness which the people Ger
tainly did not feel during their in
ehoate condition. They are there
!. fore likely to stand as long as 9th
or parts of the constitution, sine,
the supreme court cannot, and tn
A popular power will net disturb
them.-lI. Louis Republican.
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"Hallo, there, Captain p said a
brother Jonathan to the captain
of canal packet, "what do you
charge for passagei"
"Three cents per mile and board
ed" said the captain.
"Waal, l guess I'll take pass.
age, captain, seeing how l am
kinder gin out, walking so far"
Accordingly he got on board as
the steward was ringing for din.
ner. Jonathan sat down and
began demolishing the Atkins" to
the utter CONSERVATION of the cap
tain, until he had cleared the
table of all that was eatable when
he got up and went on deck, pick
ing his teeth very comfortably.
"How far is it capting, from
here to where 1 got on boardq"
'sNeaFly one and half miles,
said the captain.
Lets see," said Jonathan,
| shat would be just tour and {
half cents, but never mind. cap
tain, | won't be small; here's iv,
cents, which pays my fare to here
l guess I'll go ashore now; Tn
kinder rested out"
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Mr.. w. Fl. Leib of Quincy,
illinois,. now offers to pay one
thousand dollars for the restO..
ration, or information that will
lead thereto, of his little son,
Freddie Leib, who disappeared
on the 28th of June last, and
is supposed to have been car.
ried off by Gypsies, movers OF
struggling Italian musicians.
The child is five years old, is
stoutly built. has blue eyes and
dark brown hair, has two
crowns on the top of his head,
was vaccinated about June /
in two places on the left arm,
and has one thumb-nail com.
ing off, from the effects of a
bruise.
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A TOUCH MULE SroRY.-There

A TOUGH MULE SToRY.-There
is a man in Oregon who has q
mule. A few days ago he was
driving the animal aeress the
prairie, when it suddenly stopped.
The man left his wagon and at
tempted to induce that mule to
move on, but without success. He
beat it, he choaked ii, he threat
ened it, and he cursed it, but it
refused 10 bulge. He tied fire.
crackers to its tail and exploded
them, but the mule merely turned
its head in languid sort Of way,
examined the fire works, and
calmly winked at the man. Then
the man thought perhaps the
mule had forgotten something and
wanted to 60 back, so he tried
to turn him around; but the mule
expressed a firm determination
not to 60 home. The man became
desperate, and thought he would
build a fire under the mule; but
as fast as he would kindle it the
mule, standing firm upon three
legs, reached over with its other
leg and, kicked the flames out.
Then he tore his hair and swore-
the man did-and he rushed to
the wagon and got twelve pounds
of gunpowder, and be dug a hole
under the mule and built a mine.
Then he covered up the charge
and laid a slow match and stood
off a little piece while he lit it.
There was a rumble, a roar, then
a terrific explosion; and amid the
cloud of dust and upheaved rocks,
the mule was observed to fling
its hind legs in the air and to
support itself upon its fore feet in
that position until the blast was
over, when it quickly assumed its
old attitude, and a gentle smile
passed over its features as it pei
ceived its master lying down
groaning and cursing the day or
which he was born. 1t was of nc
use. The man went home and
brought two yoke of oxen. He
hitched them to his mule, anG
they pulled; but the mule dug it,
hoofs in the prairie, and there il
stood as firm as Cassabianca OIL
the burning deck. Then the mar
in furious rage, went and 60
three movable engines and chain
ed them to the mule. Three half
inch cables were snapped asunder
and the mule still maintained tn,
defiant attitude. 1t is there yet
and the man has made a contrac
with a builder to go out Their
and erect o mill over the mule, be
cause he regards him now as on,
of the permanent fixtures Of th'
place, and he thinks he can appl,
the power for the mill By arrang
ing to have the mules tail twisted
right hard every few minute
with machinery.
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PREPARATION OF SPONGE Fc

hEE ANAL ION Of Ok ONJE FOk
INDUSTRIAL UsEs.-Thongh but
a short time ago a positive novelty,
as material inthe industrial arts.
sponge has now become a stand
ard article in commerce, with
multiplied and increasing uses,
and for upholstery, its value can
scarcely be orerrated. Nor is it
an uninterestlng fact, that the
adoption of this singular product
of nature to purposes so practi-
cally useful is largely due to an
other substance, until recently
acknowledgements.
The raw sponge is received in
hard, dirty masses filled with
sand and bits of shell. Being
soaked in large tank of water, it
expands, and exhibits its quality
of soft or hard To cleanse it, the
sponge is first cut and washed, by
passing for an hour through a
a huge tub in which there IN a
series of knives through which
the sponge is made to pass by
means of movement given to
the water by a wheel. The water,
too, is constantly changing, SO
that by this process the sponge is
nicely cut, and its filth separated
in part. 1t is next Soaked fol
twenty minutes in a tank of water
containing two degrees (hydrom
eter) of soda ash, and heated to
$50 degrees. From this it is pass
ed into a tank containing a hot
solution of very strong detergent
soap; it is soaked for half an houl
with constant and violent agita
ton, and then returned to the first
tub, where it is washed another
hour, and cut more finely. Thi,
completes the cleansing process
After the water has been press
ed out by the passa re through
rollers, it is dried in large revolv
ing cylinders. 1t is now clear
and without smell, bus hard ant
inelastic; and at this point tn,
inventors skill became necessary
The pores of the sponge closet
when the water had Bvaporated
and no permanent elasticity coult
be had unless these could be he'll
open permanently. GlyceIine
beinga non OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
was found to fulfill this essentia
condition. The dry hard spong
is therefore placed in a solution Q
glycerine and water, about hal
and half and after passing througl
heavy rollers, it is again dried i
the cylinders. The aqueous POI
ton evaporates under this process
and leaves the bits of sponge dr.
and sweet and so perneated wit
the glycerine, that permanen
elasticity is maintained.
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The Drainage District and
the Protection Levees.

the Protection Levees.
The total area within the limits
of this city. to be drained under
the new and extended system,
which has been iuaugurated by
the present administration, in the
aggregate, amounts to 26,O26
acres. The area now partially
and poorly drained from the river
to the Metairie and GENTLY ridges
amounts to l4,10S acres. The
space yet TO be redeemed from
the dominion Of marsh and over
flow amounts to 1913 acres, Of
which large body of unreclaimed
land 1918 acres lies on the lake
shore and 1850 on this side of the
Metairie and Geatilly ridges.
In order to drain and make in.
habisable all of this extensive re-
gion of swamp, the Administrator
of Improvements, Mr.. John Cock
rem, aided by the efficient CO.
operation of City Surveyor Will
lam A. Bell, is working with a
will, and with means that will,
within two years, dry up the
swamps and make glad the waste
places that lie between the ridge
and the shores of Lake Pontchar-
train.
There are now six dredge boats
at work and two steam derricks,
and three additional dredge boats
will be put to work in two weeks,
making a total of nine at work,
with their powerful engines scoop
ing out the drainage canals from
twelve to fifteen feet deep and
from forty-five to sixty FIVE feet in
widsh.
The canals are provided with
water wheels, driven by steam
engines, which lift out the water
as fast as it accumulates.
| The dredge boats and steam
derricks do a double duty, fol
while they eGcayate the canals
the exhumed earth Is deposited OF
the banks, forming the protection
!. levees.
/ The upper protection ieyee
from above Carrolltou To the lake
is to be FIVE miles long, with s
base Of seventy-five feet. TIL,
lower levee, in the Third District
is to have base of like dimen
sions, and Will be seven and ;
half miles long. That fronting
the lake will be four miles long
with ninety feet base. This will
give sixteen and a half miles o
continuous embankment, wild,
enough on the top for a double
track railway and shellroad.
, 1t is expected that all thes,
t improvements will be completed
within the next two years, ant
4. persons of speculative ideas ar
looking forward to the time whel
all chat broad extent of land il
the rear of the Metairie and Gen
! lilly ridges, now covered will
! marsh and dense underground
: will be intersected with street ca
t railways and dotted with cottages
: the homes OF a thriving pOpula
: ton.
: Grumblers may object, that thi
great enterprise will cost to-
, much; but, Oh the other hand
, they are met with the argumen
!, that the clearing up of swamp
! will add greatly to the health @
' the city, while it will insure tn
J spread of population, and in
' crease the city's income, by add
, ing to the taxable value of tn
, property drained.
!, When the projected improve
r ments shall have been even Pal
\ italy completed, the city wi
. have a chance to grow--and
/, will grow.-IN. o. Republican.
!,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-09-16

An unreasonable and somewhat
misanthropic acquaintance re-
marks that he has often heard
the prOverb, "a friend in need is
a friend indeed" but he says he
can't see where the laugh comes
in. He has a friend in need who
is always borrowing money CT
him.
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A countryman unaccustomed to
legal phraseOlogy, who was defen-
dsnt in suit, sat for some tune
listening to the allegations in
the complaint, till, losing his tenn
per, hej jumped up and cried out,
"Them ere allegations is false, and
that ere alligator knows itr
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The Tangipahoa Advocate rad
ical) complains that the blacks Of
both sexes in Amite Parish 60 in
bathing in paris natiralibas and
don't blush. The inspiration of
the ballot does not save them
from going back to barbarism.
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UNITED sTATIsorP,csRs.

UNITED sTATEs.oFFIcsRs., Ia
Ulysses 8. Grant, Of Illinois. Pres.
dent. s-'-' .-NT
Schuyler Collar. Of indiana, yies
President.
James g. Blaine. of Maine. Speaker NJ
the House of Representatives.
THE GARNET. -
Hamilton Fish, CT New York, Secrsss.
ry Of State.
General Belknap, Secretary Of Waf.r
George N. Rebeson. Of New jersey;
Secretary of Navy.
George s. Boutwell,, of Masssehasetts,
Secretary Of Treasury.
Jacob j, Cox, Of Ohio, Secretary sfIa.
terror. '
A. T. Alderman, of Georgia, lA,tossssy;;;::
General. - 49,
J. Al. Creswell, of Maryland, Pssi-
master General. ar,
Columbus Delano, Of Ohio, Commis-
sioner of Internal Rerenae.
MINISTER'S TO FoEEIax cossTRIEa
Schenck, of Pennsylvania, 10 ing
land a ar v ItH su S
E, B. Washburne. of Illinois, to
France.
William g. Rosecranz, of Ohio, to
Mexico. I'm aEv.'
A. G. Curtin. of Pennsylvania, to Rus
George Bancroft, Of Massachusetts,. to
Prussia. =y
George P. Marsh, Of Vermont. TO Italy.
J. Ross Browne, of California, 10 Chi.
Daniel E. sickles, Of New York. to
Henry NJ. Watts, of Psnasylsauia. to
Austria. 81 sa IeI
UNITED STATES SUPREME touRT.
Salmon P. Chase, of Ohio, Chief Jus
| tiee.
Nathan Clifford, of Maine, Associate
Justice, 49,
Samuel Nelson, Of New York, Associ-
ate Justice. t#'. lfa..71
R. G. Grier. of Pennsy IvaHia, Assoei-
ate Justice. e E.H f
David Davis, Of Illinois, Associate
Justice.
N. A. Swayne, of Ohio. Associate JUS
| tice.
Samuel E. Miller, Of Iowa, Associate
Justice. -
Stephen Field, OfCaliforaia. Associate
Justice.
| .tr.r .-s -fgLH ~ go
r.. ... d. ARMY. 3a .a 3a5b
w. T. Sherman, of Ohio, Generni Gem
manding. H..t 3t
P. H. Sheridan, of Ohio, Lieut.sant
General. w a1s10
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT oy
LOUISIANA.
Z. Ii. Durrell. of New Orleans. Jsase.
J. Morgan, of New Orleans, DIssssct
Attorney. g=a
D. Urban. of New Orleans, Clerk.
S. B. Packard, of New Orleans, MAR
shall.
LOUISIANA STATE GOVERNMENT.
H. C. Warmoth, ofNew Orleans, Gov
ernor.
Oscar J. Dunn, of New 0rleaas, Liss-
tenant Governor.
Simeon Belien. Attorney General.
George E. Bovee, ofSt. James psrish,
Secretary of State.
. Antoine Dubuclet. Vermillior T.eas-
urer.
James Graham, of New Orleans. sud-
tor. EEa Fg
James Lnagstreet, of New Orleans.
Adiutant General. s1ta
Hugh b. Campbell, Commissioner u
Lands.
SUPREME COURT or LOUISIANA
j. IT. Ludeling, Of Ouachita. Chiel
Justice. az
w. w. Howe, of New Orleans, Associ
ciate Justice.
R, K. Howell, of \ ew Orleans, Assoei
ate Justice.
j. G. Taliafero, of Rapides, Assoeiat,
Justice.
W. ]. Wiley. Of Orleans, Assosiat,
Justice.
E. & b. JACOBS
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FAMILY GROCERY

line, are invited 10 call and examine the
stocks which are received constantly, and
opened for tbs inspection of purchasers.
Prompt attention given TO the Sling of
oyder1 v7nsI
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OUR srECIAI.TIEs ARE

Mechanics Tools, Blacksmiths
Tools and Builders Hardware.
WAREHOUSE
No Milan Street, Shreveport, La,
No. 80 Warren Street, New York.
FACTORIES
Williamsburg, Long Island. n4s
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Fancher 81 North,

Fancher 81 North,
MANUFACTURERS OF
HAIR ID w A R e
Wrought Iron Goods,
Locks, IOOr Knobs,
Gray's Patent Door
Springs, Gibbs Patent
Bench Clamps, Rachel
Red Keys, Etc.
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
WROUGHT and Cut Nails, Horse and
w Mule Shoes, Horse Nails, Chains,
Table and pocket Cutlery, Guns, Hollow
Ware, Carriage and Wagon Wood Work
ana Irimmlngs, AErlcuItural 1mpnmenLs,
Mechanics Tools, Machinists Supplies,
House Furnishing Goods, Etc, Etc. -
...... ... ..~
SOLE AGENTS FOR
........' - - .
Marvia& Co.'S Fire and Burglar Proof
Safes, Howe Scale Co.'S Standard Scales
Providence Tool Co.'S Mechanics Tools
Nuts, Washers, Picks, Clothes Wringers
Etc, Taber Plane Co s Premium Beach and
Moulding Planes, Bellevue White Lead Co. 4
White Lead, Union Manufacturing Co.'S
Well and Cistern Pumps, Moline Flows, Cul
tivators, Etc.
OUR srEcIALTIEs ARE
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Dry Goods and Clothing,

or anything IN the Dry Goods, CIothing
and
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-05-30
News from All Quarters.

The Indian population of the
United States is 295, AGO; that of
Wisconsin, 2,s33.
Andrew Johnson is said to be
willing to take the field as Presi-
Dental candidate of the Democracy
next year.
Gen Schenck, United States
Minister to Great Britain, left for
England in the steamer Cuba last
Wednesday.
LIT. Gov. Pound bias been filing
the Executive Chair for the past two
weeks, Gov Fairchild being on a
visit East.
Mrs Whittier and her child died
last Saturday, in st Louis, from the
effects of injuries received by a kero-
sene explosion.
Tho White House will be closed
and the President will leave for Long
Branch tomorrow. His cottage
there is now being put in order.
The German government has
shown its great generosity by reduc-
ing the indemnity to be paid by
France one hundred million dollars.
Brick Pomeroy was married
a few days ago to blooming young
lady of New York. The couple have
started on an overland trip to Cali
fornia.
-The Chicago Times has discov-
cred new offence in President
Grant. He stole the EngliSh-American
treaty and sold it to the New York
Tribune.
From all parts Of this State we
hear of the ravages of tho potato bug,
and according to present prospects
the potato crop will prove failure
this year.
The official result of the census
of the city of London, just published,
shows the total population to be
slightly rising from three and a quar-
ter millions.
The United States Senate, on
Wednesday evening, after rejecting
all proposed amendments, ratified
the treaty Of the Joint High Com
mission by vote of so to II.
The German Parliament has
adopted the second clause of the Al
SAGE and Lorraine bill, which de.
clares those provinces incorporated
in the German Empire forever more.
General John B. Gordon, of
Georgia, has been lecturing in Men,
phis, making the points that educa-
ton and the fostering of manufacture
ing interests are the two great things
for the development of the South.
VIM. Reeves Hamilton, a son of
Gen. Charles S. Hamilton, of this
State, has been selected by the Pres
ident OF tho United States, as one of
the cadets at large to the Military
Academy at West Point.
Last Wednesday was derby
day" in London-"the greatest day
of all the year"-and our English
fellow-citizens are anxious to learn
which horse has won "the Derby"
Seventeen horses ran, the Zephyr"
| colt being the winner.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-05-30

Another Rebellion Threatened.

The Woodruff branch of the Wo-
man Suffrage Association held a
meeting in New York last week.
Mrs. President Woodruff assumed
pretty threatening tone. She
said -
I'VE ioW hare our rights. We say
no logger by your leave. We have
besought, argued, and convinced,
but we have failed and we will not
fail.
We will try you just once more. If
the very next Congress refuse women
all the Legitimate results of citizen
ship if they, indeed, merely so much
as fail by proper declaratory act
to withdraw every obstacle TO the
full exercise of the franchise, then
we give here and now deliberate no.
tice of what wewiIl do next.
There is one alternative left, and
we have .resolv ed on that. This
convention is for the purpose of this
declaration. As surely as one year
passes from this day, and this right
not fully, frankly, unequivocally
considered, we shall proceed to call
another convention expressly TO
frame q now constitution and erect
new government, complete in all
its parts, and to take measures TO
maintain it as effectually as men do
theirs.
We mean treason we mean seces-
sion, and on Il thousand times grand
er scale than was that of the South.
We are plotting revolution; we will
overthrow this bogus republic and
plant government Of righteousness
in It's stead.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-05-30
Iron in Wisconsin.

I'll. A Tenney, in recent letter to
Chicago paper, says that late exs
aminations Of the country about the
head of the Menominee River, in
Wisconsin, have revealed enormous
quantities of iron ore of the purest
and best quality, rivaling in quanti-
ty the well-known ridges of Lake Su-
perior. The existence of this metal
in that country was reported more
than twenty years ago. -Four distinct
ranges OF hills have been found, run
ming nearly parallel, and about TWEEN.
ty miles in length. These are little
else than solid iron, and are no doubt
contemporaneous with the trap for
nations ofSuperior lake, from which
they are about eighty miles distant.
Now that settlements have penetrat-
ed the country, these mines will at
tain speedy value, and may lead to
important notifications in the up.
per lake trade. A railway from the
location of these mines would have
a down grade to the Bay, and ore
could be quite as easily delivered as
on the present route between Negau-
nee and Escanaba, and probably at
even cheaper rates. The value of
the discovery is soon to be tested on
large scale When the lumber in
terest ceases in the North, iron will
be the chief staple, and there is suffi-
Gent to supply the world for some
time.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-05-30
Parson Brownlow on the Situation.

The following is from recent let
ter of Brownlow's, in which he gives
his views of the political status in
the South:
"The truth is, this rebel party
hate the old flag, and hate the
Government of the United States.
They have hopes of DESTROYING it;
and now seek to accomplish through
legislation that which they failed to
accomplish on the field of battle.
They are under the colors of Democ-
racy and under the false pretense
of upholding the Constitution. The
Democracy furnished a Governor to
the eleven seeded States, just pre-
ceding the rebellion, hence their
unanimity of voting themselves out
of the Union. Their present plans
and purposes are TO elect President,
both branches of Congress, and TO
repeal all the reconstruction acts and
grant pensions to the rebel soldiery.
Also, to either have pay for their
negroes or restore slavery, and by
all means to do away with negro
suffrage. Many of them openly
avow that their federation of negro
suffrage and emancipation is only an
experiment, and if it don't work to
their notion, they will put it down.
1t will be seen that |
characterize the opposition to the
Republicans as rebels. There are
but two parties in this couetry. The
one is the Union Republican party,
that has saved the country thus far.
and proposes to take care of it from
this time forward. The other is the
rebel party, which fought the four
years TO destroy the Government.
The one is an army of patriots, the
other an army of traitors. And the
great mistake of: the party in
power was that they did not hang
the leaders"