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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-07-30
Local Intelligence.

An IRREPRESSIBLE CANTATRICE.-Not
mile away from the corner OF st. Charles
avenue and Seventh street, in that sweet
Garden District, where the bloom of the
Grape myrtle and the perfume of orange
groves make of that region an almost
oriental paradise, there lives most re-
markable and persistent cdntahice Though
she may not be classed as "a sweet singer in
Israel" nor like the mocking-bird or others
of the tuneful tribe, does she "warble her
native wood notes wild, with much of
melody" yet she sings, nevertheless
and with a vim and persistency such as
would put to shame the warblings OF the
tree-frog or the katidid.
Hear her, for example, as she trolls that
delightful ditty, 1.-THE Lass with the Deli
cate Air" How plaintively she drawls out
the words of the refrain-''Likit, ikit, the
lass with the de-likit air." We have had
the singular fortune to live near this
eccentric warbler for 10 /! these many moons,
and if there is anything to be compared to
her in the musical world, we confess to
total ignorance of the fact.
Once upon time heather creek, Arls-
tophanes by name, attempted In comedy to
to initiate by words concert of frogs, and
the sounds 'ke-ke-kek-e-klex, koax, koax,
were the nearest limitations he could give OF
batrachiun melody. Now, if that ancient
and sepulchral Athenian were alive he
might essay some faint imitation OF our
tuneful heroine. But modern genius is in
ferior to the task. To be appreciated our
warbler must be heard.
ANY night for the last two years she may
have been heard from seven o'clock in the
evening until two in the morning, humping
on consumptive piano, and disturbing the
rest of nervous sleepers who have the i'll
luck to domiciliate within a square Of her
That interesting female is requested to dry
up. She is respectfully notified not to give
a nightly repetition of that original dis
tiph-
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-07-30
ION a log
Sat a frog,
Crying for his daughter;
Tears he shed

Such profane ballads are rather too heavy
for two o'clock in the morning. Cease, oh
syren, and give us rest
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-07-30
SUCCESSION NOTICES.

Succession of Elizabeth LAURA johnson
No. "a, 1856.
CECOND DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH
= of Orleans.-Notice is hereby given to the cred
itors of this estate, and to all other persons
herein interested to show cause within ten
DAYS from the present notification if any they have
or can why the account presented by the admins
traitor in this estate should not be homologated
and approved and the funds distributed in accord
ance Herewith.
By order of the Court.
iy3O ana 8 NJ O. TRACY, Clerk.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-07-30
Succession OF Gustave SOniRf DufOssat-
No

No. "a, 769.
SECOND DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF
- Orleans-Whereas, Theodore Soniat DufOssat
has petitioned the corrt for letters OF admin
istration the estate of the late Gustave SOniat
Dufossat, deceased, notice is hereby given to all
whom it may concern, to show cause, within
ten days. why the prayer of the said petitioner
should not be granted.
By order of the Court.
iY3O au4 3 NJ o. TRACY. Clerk.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-07-30
TILE PRoPLE,s COLUMN.

Brief mma,m,cattons Published Long
Ones Invariably Re3ected-Ihe Editor not
Responsible for the Sentiments Expressed
IA, the Com, f,u1,icntieus
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-23
A South Carolina Jury.

At recent term of our Courts,
a case came up in the Sessions.
"The State Va" one of
Fifteenth Amendment" citizens,
the charge, assault and Battery,
with intent to kill" Witnesses
were examined, counsel argued
the case pro and con, the Judge
charged, and the jury, all of the
same dusky hue with the prisoner
at the bar, were with all due so.
lemnity, escorted to the jury.room
by brother descendant of Ham.
After mature deliberation, the
aforesaid jury returned to the
courtroom and announced the fol-
lowing astounding verdict: awe,
the jury, find the State of South
Carolina guilty! ]" 1t was some
moments before the Judge suff-
GENTLY recovered his presence of
mind to make any comment on
this unprecedented verdict. When
be did so, he remarked that ''he
had very little doubt but that the
whole State would be benefited
by short term in the Penitentiary,
but that, unfortunately, he had
not the power to pronounce such a
sentence" He then proceeded to
instruct chem as to the proper
form, when they. retired and re-
turned a verdict as directed. His
Honor made trial of this brilliant
Jury on one other case; but find
ing them wholly impracticable,
was forced to dismiss them, In or
der that the business of the court
might proceed with reasonable dis
patch. The above is an unvar-
nished statement of tact, land is an
evidence of the great blessing
conferred upon our hitherto ''be-
nighted" section by the operation
of the fifteenth Amendment"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-23
An Abrupt Response to q
:. Serenade,

A correspondent of the Phil
adelphit Press gives the follow
ing "Reminiscences Of Henry
Clay:
He was stopping at the Uni
ted States hotel, and III the eve
ming a large crowd collected in
the street in front Of the hotel,
and called loudly for "Clayl''
"Clayr' For a considerable
time he did not respond. At
length, However, he appeared,
apparently notvery well pleased
with this persistent demand on
time, and spoke as follows:
:. "EeHoN-citizens: You that
have Wives had better go home
to them; you that have sweet
hearts had better be enjoying
their society, and you that have
neither had better go home to
your mothers. As for me, / in
tend to spend the evening in the
society of these ladies'" point
ing to the parlor of the hotel.
The crowd could hardly have
been more surprised if a shell
had burst in their midst. A
dead = silence prevailed for a.
moment, and they slowly and
suddenly dispersed.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-23
TERMSA

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Fifty Gents if payment be deferred three
months. Ali papers going out of the coun-
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or Single copies, Ten Gents each.
Advertisements inserted at One Dollar
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Insertion; Fifty Cents for each continuance.
q Local and Special Notices, Twenty
Gents per line.
GA liberal deduction will be made to
persons advertising for three, Six, nine, or
twelve months. p. r-,r
OF Obituaries and calls on candidates.
Fifty Cents per square.
6 The privilege of yearly advertisers Is
strictly limited to their own immediate and
regular business; and the business of an ad-
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that of its individual.m embers. 0TNo de-
Walton from these terms under any circum-
stances.
6T Advertisements not marked with the
number Of insertions when handed in, will be
continued until ordered out, and payment
exacted. III
GTNo advertisement inserted gratu.tously
lT Advertisements of an abusive nature
will not be inserted at any price. r
b0> Announcing candidates Five Dollars
to be paid in advance in every case.
0J Job Printing of all kinds neatly
done on New Type, and on as reasonable
terms as any office in Tennessee. .-.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-23
Sixty-five Thousand Wo-
men Drunkards. .a

In New York city, for the last
ten years, 132,203 persons, of
whom 66,629 were men and 65,
GA women, were committed tc
the city prisons for into1ication a
lone. According to the city in;
spector's sreport, from l651to 1862,
there were 1892 deaths caused
by intemperance, and from that pc.
riod to the 31st December, 1868,
they amounted to 2,170.
In 1862, out of 1857 commit.
ted, there were II 1897 women, and
1920 men. Reports of the City
Prison show that women are much
more incorrigible than men.
1t may be said that these wo-
men belonged to ''the lower class.
No matter what "class" they be-
longed to, they were women-pos.
SCISSORS of immortal souls. 1t is
fearful to contemplate the havoc
that intemperance is making a.
mong the sex.
There is reason to believe that
indulgence, even to excess, in in
toxicating beverages, prevails a.
mong women in what is styled
"high life." And yet some of our
young women who have had a
Christian education, and some of
our older women who have suf-
fered from the intemperance of
husbands, sons, or brothers, will
continue to indulge, and encour-
age. others to indulge, in what
they call moderate drinking
Whence comes the recruits to the
ranks of drunkenness?
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-23

sisted upon the cobbler making
it right, which he accordingly did
Now, how much did the cobblel
lose on the whole transaction
There is no play upon words, OF
anything but common sum in
arithmetic"
"Why, it is the easiest thing in
the world" calculated Housewife.
"Of course the cobbler lost just
"Be quiet, si-', cried Puzzleton
very angrily. Write it down,
will you-if you can write"
Scratch a professor and you
find a Tartar" whispered Aloes
You had better do as he wishes" +"
So we all wrote down what we
imagined to be the loss which the
cobbler had sustained, and it was
wonderful how opinions differed
within such narrow limits.
The colonel made him lose two
pounds.
Mr.. Aloes made him lose Just a
pound and the boots.
Mr.. Funnidog made him lose
six and thirty shillings.
Mr.. Mcpherson made him lose
sixteen shillings and the boots,
minus the profit he made upon
the boots (which, said the profess
or, it is not necessary to take into
consideration-)
MIR. Scale Hill, who used to in
vestigate the bills of extortionate
Swiss landlords, set down the loss
with confidence at twelve shillings
ard the boots. ga. a
Housewife wrote "Why, of
course he lost the boots and TWEEN
ty-four shillings."
Mrs. Housewife and the ladies
Oll Inelf pens, out declined to
commit themselves. "They had
never been taught" they said,
"the rule of three"
"You are all wrong,Rl saidsthe
professor quietly, "aa-1 expected
you would be. The way to.get- at
the matter is to consider what is
gained. The landlord and the
whole story Of his changing the
sovereign may be taken out of
the question since he is neither
better nor worse for the transac-
ton. The buyer of the boots gets
in exchange for his bad sovereign
four shillings and pair of boots
and that is just what the cobbler
loses" a-
eff one only had room to ones
self, and the whole day before one
to do it in" sighed Mrs. House
wife, 81 think / could answer
any of these questions"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-23
A Lively Ezperimentwith
Nitraillerse and a
Jackass.

| It is in contemplation TO,
mount mitrailleuses on the backs.
of canels, and work them in
that novel position. 1t is al
most needless to say THAI the
experiment has been tried IN
England, for what experiment
have we not tried? But calnels
are not readily obtainable, and
the Ordnance Committee there
fore selected one of those ia
Ided old asses which form so
common feature in the land
scape at Erith and WOolwich.
The animal quietly permitted
Itself to be used IN the services
of science till the critical mo-
ment. The weapon on its back
had been loaded and pointed at
the butts, when it suddenly oe-
Cured to one of the committee
that the pulling of the lanyard
might disturb the aim. 1t was
therefore suggested that the
discharge should be effected
with lighted fuse. But theun-
pleasant fizz of the latter appli-
ance was too much even for the
patience of a donkey. The
creature no sooner heard the un-
usual sound than he sent out
his heels, and, turning complete
ly round, pointed the mitrail-~
leuse towards the members of
the committee. The panic
which followed can be better
than described, but
fortunately everybody got out
of harms way and when the
discharge took place the wretch
ed ass turned a complete somer-
sault. After such a contretemps
we shall surely hear no more
about a battalion of camel mi
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-23
Purity of Ice.

Besides the fact that ice is'
lighter than water, there is anoth-
er curious thing about it which
persons do not know perhaps,
namely, its purity. A lump of
ice melted will always become
purely distilled water. When
the early navigators of the Arctic
seas got out of water, they mel
ted fragments of those vast noun
tains of ice called icebergs, and
were astonished to find yielded
only fresh water. They, thought
that they were frozen salt water,
not knowing that they were
formed on the land and> in
some way launched into the sea.
But if. they had been right, the
result would have been all the
same. The fact is, the water In
freezing turns out of it all that is
not water, salt, air, coloring mat.
ter, and all impurities. Frozen
salt water makes fresh water ice
IF you freeze a basin of indigo wa
ter, it will make it as pure as that
made of pure rain water. When
the cold is very sudden these
foreign matters have no time to es- p
cape, eitLer by rising or sinking,
and are entangled with the ice,
but do not form any part OF it.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-23
How to Spell.

Often in writing, a simple word
is required, of the photography of
which the writer is not sure. The
dictionary may be referred to-
but is not always convenient. An
easy mode is to write the word on
a bit of waste paper, in the two or
three ways of which you are in
doubt. Nine times in ten the
mode which locks right is right.
Spelling, particularly English spell
ing, is SO completely a work of
the eye, that the eye alone should
be trusted. There is no reason
why receive and "believe"
should be spelled differently, get
sounded alike, in their second syl-
liable. Yet write them "recieve"
and "beleive," and the eye shows
you the mistake at once. The
best way for young people, and
indeed people of any age, to learn
to spell, is to practice writing.
Cobbett, the famous English radi,
cal, taught his children grammar
by requiring that they should
copy their lessons two or three
times. These lessons he himself
gave them in the form of letters
and his French and English gram
mars are two of the most amusing
books in the English language
Of course "learning to spell" came
in incidentally.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-23
!Gltnrpre of t6t Mnses,
SSS GOO
ss G9
Dreaming of the Past.

We've been fhusing-fondly dreaming
OF the friends our hearts once knew
Till our fancies, brightly beaming,
Bring their faces back to view.
Olden pleasures, scenes of childhood,
Fit along, shadOwy train,
Till, as when we roamed the wildwood
Hearts are young and warm again.
Looking back through joy and sorrow,
Hopes we see that did not last,
Yet our hearts will ever borrow
Sunlight from the faded past;
And as swift these visions glided
In the twilight dimly there, , -
Sweetly spake the voice that guided
Lips that breathed the infant prayer.
Quickly vanishes the vision,- .s-.. 3.
Hands that once did clasp our own,
Now are in that bright elysian
Where no griefs and cares are known
Friends of childhood, years may vanish
Swallowed in old Times dark sea,
Yet among the hearts rich treasures
Will their memory ever be.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-23

was done them. They got thirty
years free board. As for Ned, the
express folks were vexed at first,
but as l had suffered so much and
pleaded so hard for both him and
we kept our old places and
still do. New years day | spent
in bed and also a few days after
terwards getting well, but they
brought my wife and family to
me and we didn't fare so badly af-
ter all. F. L. L.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-23

Two seats in a Baptist church
in Norwich have been let under
this ecclesiastical wager: The
lessee pays $40 and agrees to oc-
cupy one of the seats during
one service every Sunday for q
year. If he does so he is to re-
ceive his SO back, but if he
violates the contract one jOt or
title, he is to pay the church
$50.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-23

Afarmer near London, Cana
da West, has two thousand rab-.
bits in a warren five acres in
extent. The care of and atten-
ton to be paid to these animals
inolFe an expense of twenty
five cents for each rabbit, and
the net profits on the whole war
rem amount to So, 900 a year
The annual average increase is
twenty-five rabbits for. each
pair. The males when a year
old are killed and sent in barrels
to market in Montreal.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-23

An original neighbor of old
Rip Van Winkle was said to be so
lazy that when he went to hoe
corn he worked SO slowly that the
shade of bis broad -brimmed hat
killed the plants.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-23

A word-mangling maniac, after
reading Mr.. Greeley's agricultural
essays in the New York Tribune,
comes to the deliberate conclusion
that the writer has a good deal
of Hor'ee in him.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-23

The unsatisfactory nature of
winning a case at law is evidenced
in a suit recently tried in Cincin-
natl. A young lady sued ashos.
maker for making her a pair of
shoes too small and refusing to
give her another pair. The liti'
CATION has wasted a great deal of
the time of the parties, who can
ill afford to lose it. The young
lady gained, after a long legal
fight, a verdict for So 25. Her
costs amount to S25, and the law.
yers' fees about twice that sum.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-23

Every officer and soldier in the
German army has whistle with
which to perform the different
calls and to give warning of the
approach of the enemy,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-23

The springs in North Iowa are
almost dried up. No rain has
fallen in that section for months.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-23

Too POOR.-BrOther Moore
Of the Rural New Yorker, was
sitting in his office one after
noon some years ago, when a
farmer friend came in and said,
"Friend Moore, like your pa
per, but times are so hard l can
not pay for it."
'Is that so, friend Jones? I'm
very sorry to hear that you are
so poor; and if you are SO hard
run l will give you my paper"
90 no! 1 can't take it as a
gift y =
NWell then let's see how we
can fix it. You raise chickens,
/ believe"
eyes, a few, but they don't
bring anything hardly"
"Don't, they? Neither does
my paper bring anything har-
dly. Now | have a proposition
to make you; I will continue
your paper, and when you go
home you may select from your
lot one hen, and call her mine.
Take good care of her and bring
me the proceeds, whether in
eggs or chickens, and we will
call it square"
"All right, brother Moore;'
and the old fellow chuckled at
what he thought at capital bar
gain. He kept the contract
strictly, and at the end of the
year found that he had paid foul
prices for his paper. He often
tells the joke on himself and
says be never had the face tC
say he was too poor to take a
paper since that day,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-23
A "Reminiscences ofRoder.
ick Random Butler

Mr.. Roderick Random Butler
scarcely gets clear of one charge
before somebody brings up anoth-
er to vex him. Thus be has Just
emerged from trial on charge
of forgery oD the Pension Bureau
at Washington, which appears to
have been tie work-the charge,
we mean--of Radicals in bis own
district, and now the Washington
Patriot calls up a rather ugly Incl
dent in his career. In its issue
OF the lst inst, that paper says
"The political disabilities of Mr..
r. &. Butler, who figured SO con-
spicuously in the recent trial for
forgery, were removed in 1868,
before his admission to Congress.
He had not only served in the
rebel army, but, as a member of
the Legislature of Tennessee, had
carried his zeal for the "lost cause"
so far as to propose that the wild
ows of Confederate soldiers should
be pensioned by the State. His
conversion to Radicalism, of course,
covered all these sins, so that he
was forgiven and received into the
choicest communion of that faith.
BY referring to the Interior De-
partment, and perhaps others, it
will be found that this same Mr..
Butler took the iron.clad oath on
the 5th of July, 1864, when he
was acting as an agent for the
prosecution of claims. If he was
q "loyal" citizen at that time, com;
petent to take the oath, how came
he to have disabilities which Con-
gress alone could relieve, and did
discharge only two years ago, how
didit happen that he could take
the iron-clad in 1864? Perhaps
his worthy namesake from Mas
sachusetts will answer these ques-
tions, and if he is not able to do
SO, the United States District At
torney, who is necessarily familiar
with the law, and his duties under
it, may enlighten the public"
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-12-09

IIostrtter' United States Almanac for
fe73, TOR die tihutlonsralls. fincuahoui
the United sta ~. andnll ciyilized coun-
tries Of the Western Hemisphere. will be
published about the INST Of January. In the
English, tserman, French. Norwegian,
Welsh. swedish. Holland, bol,emian and
spanish languages, and all who wish TO
understand the trsse philosophy Of health
should read aud ponder the valuable sug-
gestions 1t contains. In addition 70 an ad-
mirabie incdicai treatise on the causes,
prevention and cure Of q great variety 81
diseases, It embraces . large amount oi In
formation Interesting TO thu merchant, the
rnecha mic, The miner. the farmer, the PLAN
ter, and professional man and the calcn-
iations have bcen made for such meridians
as are most suitable for q correct and com
prehensive NATIONAL CALESDAH.
The nature, uses and extraordinary sani-
tary effects Of Hostetter's stomach Bitters,
the stapie tonic and Alternative Of more than
half tho Christian world. are fully set forth
In its pages, which are also interspersed
with pictorial iIlustfatiofS, valuable rec
ipes for the household and farm, humorous
anecdotes, and other instructive and anus
ing reading matter, original and selected.
Among the ANNALS to appear with the
opening of the year, this will one OF the
most useful, and MAY DE HAD FOR THE Ask
ING. The proprietors. Messrs, Hostetter &
Smith, Pittsburgh, Pa, on receipt of two
cent stamp. viii forwards copy by mail to
any person who cannot procure one In hts
neighborhood. The Ditters are sold In ev-
cry city, town. and village, and are extern
sively used throughout the entire civilized
uorl6
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-12-09

THOSE Of our citizens who have
plenty of fuel laid in for winter, and
never know what it IL to feel the
chilling blasts, should remember
when they draw their easy chairs
around blazing hearth, with feet
ensconced in embroidered slippers,
that manga poor one is just then
shivering over u few embers. After
thinking thus, determine in your
mind that you will seek cut these poor
ones and cheer their hearts by send
ing little fuel to their abodes. These
people have hright-eyed little ones,
whose prattle Is Ms sweet to them, es
those of the prince. And an act Of
charity will send thrill Of pleasure
Through their innocent hearts that
will more than repay you for the uH-
asked mite you thus bestow. Re-
member the poor.