New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-31
Local Intelligence.

-OSOA DAASOAA1S0~ AAOOU
SERENADE TO SENATOR PINCHBACK.-On
Saturday evening last the home Of Senator
Pinchback was the scene of a very pleasant
gathering About eleven o'clock the Sen
.ator was awakened bv the sound of music
under his window. Stepping out upon his
gallery, he was surprised to see a great
throng, accompanied by brass band, in
full possession of the banquette and most OF
the street in front of his house. When the
music ceased, Senator Pinchback invited
his friends to "step in" Though taken by
thing in the way of refreshments for his
host Of callers.
Senator A. B. Harris on behalf of the
serenaders, welcomed Senator Pinchback
home. The speech Of the Senator was re-
ceived with great applause.
Senator Pinchback, in reply to the well
coming address, expressed his pleasure at
being once more among his constituents and
receiving at their hands such kindly vel
come. The Senator said that but one i'm
pulse had animated him since he entered
public life, and that was to seek the good
of the whole people; that he was Repub-
lican from conviction. and should stand by
the party in the future as he had in the
past; that no personal ambition should ever
lead him to thwart the great aims Of his
party.
Senator Pinchback counseled his friends
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welfare of the State was their first wish,
and to silence their enemies by pursuing
such a course as would rebound to the
credit of the party in whose ranks they had
proved themselves such efficient workers.
In concluding his remarks, the Senator
pledged himself anew to the friends who
had honored him with their confidence and
assured them that if, at any time, his course
did not meet their approval he would vol
unfairly surrender the honors they had be-
slowed upon him and give way to any one
they might think could better represent
their interests. After the close of Senator
Pinchback's remarks loud calls were made
for George Sheridan. He responded, and
in few kindly sentences expressed his
pleasure in being able to join with SO many
friends in welcoming back to the State one
of her chief representatives. The occasion
will long be remembered. The music was
good, the wine excellent and the entire
affair such as to reflect credit alike upon
host and guests.
The DRUNKEN FATHER.-The city news
papers having exposed the heartlessn ess
of the drunken father, Michael Aspil, who
lives on his own house premises, near the
corner of Fourth and St. Patrick streets,
indignation was expressed
throughout our community. The story. as
first stated by the police, was black, but the
whole truth was not told; the misery Of
that little household will never be known.
A father, lost to all sense of right, deprived
his wife and twin infants of actual neces-
saries to supply his own appetite for alco
hollc drink. When intoxicated he NAL
treated those he should have fondly cher
ished, and under this cruelty his poor wife's
reason was dethroned and the babes were
nigh unto death for lack of care A home
that might have been pleasant one was
turned into slough worse than a pen for
swine. Filth pervaded every inch of the
house and sIualOr covered all, turning that
dwelling into a den Of misery and crime
The twins were placed in a benevolent in
stitutiOn and the demented mother cared
for by kind hearted people. The beastly
father was arrested as habitual drunk
ard. Happily, there are few such men in
our midst.
OFFICIAL MORTUARY REPoRT.-Dr. S. G.
Russell, Secretary of the Board Of Health,
reports that the whole number of deaths in
this city for the week ending Sunday eve
ming at six o'clock was one hundred and
twenty eight. Five died Of apoplexy. Of
catarrh, Of congestion Of the lungs, IL OF
3 OF diarrhea, 3 of dropsy, l
of dysentery, 2 of chronic dysentery, of
diptheria, of fever, 9 of bilious fever. !
OF congestive fever, 2 of pernicious fever, l
of puerperal fever, of hectic fever, of
malarial fever, 2 of typhoid fever, 10 OF vel
low fever. of hemOrrhage, 3 of heart disease,
lof valvu!ar heart disease, of lOckjaw, of
measles, 3of old age, l of paralysis, l of pneu-
monia, premature birth, were stillborn
2 of suffocation, and teething. Twenty
nine were inferred from public institutions,
and sixteen on certificates of coroners.
J DEATH OF JOHN S. NErLAND.-Scarcely a
business man in New Orleans but knew
i'm, and now he has passed away forever,
',prived of life without warning. For
.,any years he was attached to the Pcayune
/ zee, and his occupation brought him in
tatact with many phases Of life, yet it
puId be hard to find man who could say
I ,ht against him. He died of apoplexy,
s.day, in his room, all alone, in the midst
~. asant thoughts. Without crime and !