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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-07-11
BUILDINGS UNDER THE
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

For continuing the work on the building
for postoffice and courthouse in New York
city, to be applied only to finishing the
foundations up to and including the sill
course, and receiving and setting the gran
lite of the first story above that course, and
subject to no other limitations or restric-
ton, five hundred thousand dollars.
For the building for postoffice and sub
treasury in Boston, the uneXpended balance
of appropriation remaining on the thirtieth
June, eighteen hundred seventy, appropri-
ated for purchase of site of the same,
which was covered into the treasury bv the
provisions of section five of the act of july
twelve, eighteen hundred and seventy. is,
with the sum appropriated by the act of July
fifteen, eighteen hundred and seventy, here
by reappropriated and made available. TO-
gether with the sum of sixty-four thousand
two hundred and seventy-eight dollars and
seventy-fye cents, to enable the Secretary
OF the Treasury to pay the award for the
necessary land condemned under authority
OF the State of Massachusetts for the pur-
poses Of said building; for purchase of
title In passageway, eight tho usand dol
lars. and for expenses of legal pro-
Gee dings, four thousand dollars, or SO much
thereof as may be necessary, subject to no
9th er restriction except that the cost of said
building shall not exceed, in the ultimate
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-07-11

TGENERAL NAIUEE-NO. II.
AN ACT making appropriations TO supply
deficiencies in the appropriations for the
service of the government for the fiscal
years ending June thirty, eighteen hun
dred and seventy, and June thirty. eight
cen hundred and seventy-One, and for
former years, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums or so much thereof as may
be necessary, be, and the same are hereby,
appropriated for the objects hereinafter ex-
pressed, namely:
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

| like the story of the servant maid
who answered when asked, on Joining
the church, "Are you converted?" 81
hope 50, sir" "What makes you
think you are really child Of God?"
"Well, sir, there is a great change in
me from what there used to be. "
"What is that changer" 81 don't
know, sir, but there is a change in all
things; but there is one thing, ] always
sweep under the mats now" Many a
time she had hidden the dust under
the mats. 1t was not so now; it is a
very excellent reason for believing that
there is a change of heart when work
is conscientiously done. There is a
set of mats in all our houses where we
are accustomed to put the dirt away;
and when man gets in his business to
sweep from under the mats you mer>
chants have your mats you know
when you avoid the evils which custom
tolerates, but which God condemns,
then you have marks of grace within.
6purgeoa.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

STRUGGLE on TO NIcroEY.-Nev-
ergive up when you are right. \ frown
is only a muscular contraction, and
can't last long. A laugh Of derision is
but the modified barking Of a cur. If
you can be laughed out Of the good, or
the good out ofyou, you are weaker in
intellect than the fool whose logic is a
sneer. Are you a drunkard? Do
you feel in your sober moments that
you are degraded? Good thoughts
these-cherish them. Ponder on your
disgrace though your heart feels cold
and you would sooner die than live
were you not afraid-but here infinite
goodness has drawn the veil but
struggle on, upwards and out of these
despairing thoughts; assert your man.
hood, and then the demon will enter
into the human swine who have taught
you to wallow in the filth of drunken
ness, and you Will be saved. Struggle
on to victory. Are You a thief? Steal
no more; strive courageously to break
down the barriers of prejudice you
yourselfhave constructed. BE honest,
not forpolicy but fJrrighteousness sake,
and neither earth nor hell can prevent
your victory. Have you been huns
bugged or swindled by your partner in
business, and have lost all? Don't de-
spair and forswear all human compan-
ionship. Struggle on--you will at
last meet the right man, and victory
will be yours, Struggle on, all men,
for the right, for life is but one contin>
uous struggle from the first infantle
cry to that last sigh, which is the rush
ing Of the soul to escape from the last
struggle with death. Struggle above
all things-agonize if it must be-to
ascend; let your progress ever be up
hill, until you reach the summit, from
which to endless life, ever serene and
happy, there is but one step.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

the Son Of Man; bright rs the morning,
radiant as light, they came minister
ing to the risen Saviour; they linger
on the spot where His sacred body
had lain; they roll away the stone; and
with fulness fjoy they tell His disci-
pies the joyful news; not in hasty
words ana with quick departure, but
they delight to tarry anl talk with the
women Of these things. Their very
words have triumphant sound: Gle
is not here, lie is risen; come see the
place where the Lord lay"
"The Sabbath was past and with
it passed away for ever the seventh :
day Sabbath. Helceforth the day of
the resurrection of the Lord is the day
Of rest for His people. As He rose
from the dead on the frs. day, so the
first day is the Lords day, evermore
consecrated to His worship till He
come again.
''The Sabbath was past" Soon will
all our earthly SAb5ltAs be past; and,
If we be followers Of the Lord Jesus,
we shall sleep with Him resting from
our earthly labors in the grave which
He has hallowed for His people; there
the weary are at rest; anl this Sabbath
will be followed by joyful waking on
the morning Of the resurrection. "In
the third day He will raise US up, and
we shall live in His sight" That glo-
rious Sabbath shall begin which will
know no end; "there remlineth rest
for the people of God" As Jesus
rose from the dead, so must all His
people. He the frst-fruits, afler-
wards they that are His. Are we
His? 1t is to those who are His that
the promise of Sabatic rest, is given.
They who are sharers now in His
death, will hereafter be in His resur-
rection. Amen.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20
For the Telegraph.
RESPECTFULLY TO
MISS MAY CANT-L. OF LITTLE ROCK

The sun has gone down in the far off west;
The brides song is hushed for the day;
Homeward the lowing herd comes to rest,
While our thoughts wander back to sweet
May.
We are lonely since we have seen her last,
In Nevada's dark shades far away;
Sill fond memory clings to the bright pas.'
And many happy moments with May.
There's divinity which shapes our ends" )"
Is an adage which serves through life's fray
'Tis why grim fate separates us from friends
As pare'and as beautiful as May.
IT'S hard to be absent from those we love,
Will it make us forget them, we prayl
Never while old carlh continues to move,
viii WE disremember little May.
She is as fair flower as ever grew
To gladden. us beside ile's way;
Such flowers we have here, alas, so few
As this dainty blossom bright May.
May heaven protect and guard you, so mild,
While allowed here ON earth to stay,
And receive you at last the lairest child,
l. our most humble wish dear May.
"EXsULE."
Nrrada Comfy, Ark. Sept. II, ls7i.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

1t would appear from the following
which we clip from the Athens (Ga. J
Watchman of Wednesday, that, Will,
the lower and middle portions Of Geor'
gia have been severely drenched recent
ly, that section is still being parched up.
1t says: "The drought still continues,
Everything is drying up-corn, fodder,
cotton, garden vegetables and every
thing else, A bad prospect for turnlps'
potatoes, peas and other fall crops
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

BONE FELoN.-Of all painful things
can there be any so excruciatingly
painful as d bone felon? We know of
none that flesh is heir to. As this
malady is quite frequent, aud the SUBJ
ject of much earnest consideration, we
give the last recipe for its cure, which
is given by that high authority, the
London Lancet:
AS soon as the disease is felt put di-
rectly over the spot fly blister about
the size ofyour thumb nail, and let 1t
remain for six hours, at the expiration
of which time, directly under the SUR
face ofthe blister, can be seen the felon,
which can instantly be taken out with
tbe point of a needle or lancet.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

OcCUPATGoN.--What a glorious
thing it is for the human heart? Those
who work hard seldom yield to fancied
or real sorrow. When grief sits down.
folds its hands, and mournfully feeds
upon its own tears weaving the dim
shadows, that little exertion might
sweep away into a funeral pail, the
strong spirit is shorn of its might, and
sorrow becomes our master. When
troubles flow upon you dark and heavy,
toll not with the waves, and wrestlo
not with the torrent; rather seek by
ocupation to divert the dark waters,
that threaten to ovewhelm you, with a
thousand channels which the duties of
life always present. Before you dream
Of it, those waters will fettilize the
present, end give birth to fresh flowers
that will become pure and holy in the
sunshine which penetrates to the path
of duty, in spite of every obstacle.
Grief, after all, is but d selfish feeling,
and most selfish is the man who yields
himself to the indulgence of any pas
sion which brings no joy TO his fellow
men.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

The Sabbath was past, and the wo-
men were hastering to the sepulchre
with sweet spices, that they might
unoint the body of Jesus. They had
heheld where He was laid, in the
tomb Of Joseph of Arimathea, and
then "they returned and prepared
spices and ointmcnts" Having done
this, "thoy rested the Sabbath accord,
ing to the commandment That
Sabbath, though a day OF rest was to
them a day Of sorrow Not in song of
praise, but in weeping aud sadness
would its hours pass by.
But "The Sabbath was past" and
they 60 to perform for their Master
and Friend this last sad Office of love.
Nothing now could they do for Him
but anoint His dead body, anl with
The eager desire Of tenler affection
they come to fulit their purpose.
They come Every early in the morning,
at the rising Of the san," and their
cagerness makes them forgctful of all
difficulties; not till they had almost
reached the grave did the question
occur, "Who shall roll us away the
stone from the door &C The sepulchre p
They expected to find the Lords body
lying liteless in the tomb.
But The Sabbath was past" and
therefore Jesus was not there. He,
too, had rested on the seventh day
from His work of redemption, as God
had rested on the seventh day from the
work of creation. Jesus would not
quickly pass the grave, but He would
lie there, and consecrate it tor His pee.
pie. But that day of rest being past,
lie comes forth from the tomb to dispel
the sorrow Of His weeping disciples, and
pour a new food of light and joy into
their hearts. As on creations first
day, God said, "Let there be light" "
and the darkness which broodcd over
the deep was dispelled, 50 on this first
day, the Prince of Life rises victorious
over the powers of darkness, conquer
ing Doth and the grave, and shedding
wondrous light on those hitherto
gloomy regions; flom that day ascends
the triumphant cry, go, grave, WHERE
is thy sting? o death, where is thy
victory"
"The Sabbath was past" And, oil
what Sabbath had it been to the sor-
rowful, desponding disciples. They
had trusted that this was He wht
should have redeemed Israel; but HC
had been crucified and buried, ant
their hopes were buried with Him il
the tomb. "To-day is the third day
since these things were done" Then
enemies and His triumphing; they had
made sure of their prey, the tomb was
secured, they had sealed the stone ant
had set a watch, that there might be
no possibility escape. His enemies re-
membered that it had been said, that
He would rise again on the third day
but His friend. seemed to forget this.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

BLACK TEA.--Tea drinkers will be
interested in a new, mild kind of tea
now a favorite at parties and pic-nics.
1t is made without water, fire or tea,
kettle, in manner and form following,
to wit A teaspoonful of the hest
black tea is placed in large china
bowl, with half a dozen of sliced lem
ons, upon which are poured two bot
ties of claret wine, and one bottle each
of champagne, whisky and rum.
Cream is not used. The beverage
resembles punch and is preferred to all
other kinds Of tea.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20
Twelve BY THE CLocK.-About

W Ill l. bl LII. tl4Otk. - aDuui
twenty years ago, when Franklin Pierce
and the present Senator Clark stood at
the head Of the Hillsborough bar, in
New Hampshire, there was upon the
docket a celebrated suit called the
"horse case" The action was brought
by Smith 81 Jones, livery stable Keepers
against one White, to recover the value
of a pair of horses alleged to have been
killed by the defendant while conveying
an insane man to the asylum at Con-
cord. There was plenty of proof that
the horses died soon after their arrival
there; but the defendant took the
ground that they died Of disease, and
not from being overheated, and that a
sufficient tmo had been allowed them
to travel that distance with ease.
Then II became necessary to show the
jury the time of starting and the time
Of arrival. Many citizens we're brought
forward, among them a tall, bony,
slab-sided, lanky, sleepy-looking fellow
who ofiiciated as hostler at the stable.
The following is the substance of the
concluding portion of the examination:
"What time, sir, did | understand
you to say it was when the horses were
driven up to the stable?"
"Just as | was goin' to dinner"
"What time was it when you went
to dinner that day-by the clock?"
"Just 12."
"To minute, sir?'
"Yes, sir"
"What time was it when you went
to dinner the day beforc-by the clock?"
"Just 12."
"To a minute?"
eyes, sir"
"And what timAdid you go to dinner
week previous-by the clock?"
"At 12."
"To a minute, si?"
eyes, sir"
"Now, sir, will you he good enough
to tell the jury what time you went to
dinner three months before the last
date-by the clock?"
"At12."
"To minute, sir?"
"Yes, sir"
"That is all, sir, replied the counsel
with CLEAN of satisfaction on bis face
and glance at the jury, as much as to
say; "that man has settled his testi>
mony, gentlemen. And so all thought
till, just as he was leaving the stand,
he turned to his questoner with a c1ri,
Gus, comical expression on his face,
and drawled out: "That ere clock was
out 'okilter, and has stopped at II for
the last six months There was a
general roar. Mr.. Clark sat down,
and the Judge had to use his handker-
chief just then.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

One Sunday recently a Methodist
preacher in Iowa advised the sisters to
mortify Satan by giving their jewelry
to the church on the next Sabbath eve
ming, The result was a galvanized
watch and three brass finger rings.
"They are mean set Of sinners said
the parson.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

A Acondensed"philosophy of farming
Feed your land before it is hungry;
rest it before it is weary; and weed it
before it lis foul.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20


following is an extract from letter to
the Philadelphia Press, written by the
State Geologist, Professor Roberts:
The light, free burning anthracite
found to exist, though in thin strata,
in the eastern part of tIs Arkansas
field, gradually changes into a fat btu
minous coal in the western part, where
veins are exposed five to six feet thick.
At Spadra, on the Arkansas river, one
hundred and fifty miles above Little
Rock river navigation the coal is
similar in appearance and structure to
the Cumberland coal Of Maryland, and
its quality, by analysis, is similar to
that famous article of fuel. 1t is true
semi-bituminous an excellent steam
and manufacturing coal. In the upper
western part of The field is good gas
coal, and the bituminous in some places
in this part Of the region approaches
the varieties called camel. The an
thracite obtained was equally pure in
quality. and of as bright, Gear fracture
as that of Pennsylvania, but this was
not from the "out>crop" CT Il small
seam. Larger and workable strata may
yet be discovered, when more attention
than has been heretofore is directed to
the development Of this, as well as
other valuable minerals, which hitherto
have been neglected ip the State.
Cotton, not coal, has been the great
attractive stable Of Arkansas.
The great coming staple Of Arkansas
industry, next to coal-mining, will be
working the immense deposits of iron
ore which is in great abundance in
many places. This State can, without
exaggerating, boas. Of her iron ore
deposits, especially when we take into
consideration the various kinds of ore,
their generally rich quality, and enor-
nous quantity. This fact is more
generally known because it is seen on
the surface in mass on the travelled
roadsides. Her coal wealth is hid from
view, and therefore not appreciated as
it should be. Here are the magnetic,
heratite, specular, spathic, calcareous,
argillaceous and other varieties of iron
ore.
Some of the magnetic deposits cons
sists of perfect "hadstones," with
strong attractive and repelling power,
free from any deleterious foreign mix,
ture, equal to the best known elsewhere
for manufacturing steel, and in quantity
inexhaustable. The "limonete" beds
in some places cover acres Of surface,
and where there is great abundance OF
the best kinds of timber for making
charcoal; also limestone Of the best
quality for Auxing purposes. Never
failing, large water powers are contigu-
ous to the iron deposits, and constant
river navigation thence to the Missis-
sippi. No State in the Union presents
greater facilities for manufacturing
charcoal and iron economically than
Arkansas, and there is home market
for very large product.
An independentcandidate for Sheriff
over in Nevada, who had been
raised on sour krout and lager beer to
an extent to affect his speech, thus
laid down his platform: "Suppose
am elected Sheriff and | bees out NIT
der poys, and der poys thinks a liddle
too much too; | not arrest dem. No;
pring dem around de corner and tells
dem to go home. Dat is vot | do"
We publish the following for the
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The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

We publish the following for the
benefit of several visitors who are
"closs communionists" in a worldly
sense. Ifthey will try the mixture we
will agree to pay4or the chemicals.
From six to ten drops of the concen-
trated solution Of chloride Of soda in a
wine glassful of pure spring water,
taken Immediately after the ablutions
of the morning are completed, will
sweeten the breath, by disinfecting the
stomach, which far from being injured
will be benefited by the medicine. II
necessary this may be repeated in the
middle Of the day. In some cases the
odor arises from carious teeth, is com
bined with that of the stomach. If the
mouth is well rinsed with teaspoonful
of the solution of chloride in a tumhei
of water, the bad odor Of the teeth will
be removed,
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20
THE
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Is PUBLISHED

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Mere announcements of deaths or mar
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obituaries will be charged at regular rates.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20

SUNSET. old man came along
the scashore, and sitting down to rest
on the bankside, he watched the golden
rays of the setting sun as they came
steaming down the Western heavens
he noticed how they fell across the
oceans wave, gliding the stately ships,
and then, deepening, they shone family
on the ivy-mantled ruins of an old
castle on the hills ofthe Eastern shore.
And | am grown old and gray"
he murmured; l stand far off, and,
Oh, God, Others go on their way re-
joicing in the brightness of Thy press
erce, but Thy light falls dimly on me.
! am weak, but Thou art strong; my
time is short, and will soon be passed
a way, but Thou art everlasting, and
thousand years are to Thee as a day
that is past; my knees are feeble and
tremling, my hand is unsteady, and at
every little care or alarm, my heart
futters and my head bows down, but
it was Thy hand that laid the earth,
it was Thy right hand that spanned
the heavens; Thou rulest the raging
of the sea, and Thy path is in the
great waters. Oh, Divine Strength,
Oh, Light of lights, l lift my soul to
Thee! Let no mist of unbelef arise
before me; let no clouds of worldliness
and sin come between Thee and me;
yea, draw me safely across the waves
Of this troublesome world till / lose
myself altogether in Thee"
X 4 4: 4
still the sunlight falls across the
waves, and the waves break over the
shore; but silver cord Is loosed and
golden bowl is broken. The old man
will never be weary anymore, neither
will his hand be unsteady for now he
is lost in the land that is very far off,
where they need no light Of the sun,
and where the weary are Lateo.
"
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-20
THE LAST OF THE JEWISH
SABDATHS,

"Thc Sabbath was past. ."-naIk xvi: |.
BY REV. Z. K. SMALL.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-09-14
THE DOLLAR WEEKLY BULLETIN.

John II. oberIy & Co. nave reduced the ,ub.
scrIrton Pr,ce Of the wygiay Cairo Bullet to
one Dy'7-r1 'muIa,. making It the cheapest pa.
pcrpubli,hcd 90 Southern Illinois,
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-09-14
THE CAIRO DAILY BULLETIN THURSDAY Sc 1TEMBER ID 1871

chored, on, at or near to the shore Of
either the Ohio or Mississippi rivers,
within the limits of the city of Cairo,
for the purpose Of keeping
any tavern, hotel or grocery, receive
money for the entertainment of guests
or boarders, or to vend or to sell any
spirltuous, vinous or fermcuted liquors,
or any produce, goods, wares, merchan-
disc, boat stores, meats or provisions,
and every person, co-partnership of per-
sons or body corporate, who shall vio-
late the provisions Of this section, shall
forfeit and pay to and for the use Of the
city sum not less than ten dollars nor
more than one hundred dollars for each
and every offense. t
Sec So. IL shall not be lawful for
any person or persons to keep tavern,
for the purpose Of furnishing board and
lodgings to travellers or transient custo-
mers, or to keep an ordinary or public
eating house, without having first OBJ.
tanned a license for that purpose,
as hereinafter provided and
every person or persons
violating the provisions of this section.
shall forfeit and pay to the city of
Cairo q sum not less than ten dollars
nor more than one hundred dollars.
SEC. 81. The proper officers Of the
city may, in their discretion, grant a
license to keep tavern or ordinary
public eating house, upon the applicant
or applicants paying into the city treas.
ury the sum Of ten dollars for one wear
provided that every tavern license shall
designate the lot and block on which
such tavern is located.
SEC. So. The provisions Of sections
five and six of this ordinance shall not
apply to peddlers' licenses, travelling
vendors licenses, licenses, for theatrical
or other exhibitions, or to saloon, gro
Gerry or beer shop licenses.