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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-12
of Interest to Fashionable
Women.
From the New York Times. I

The shoe worn by the young women of
the period is surely one of the most abomi-
nable cOntrivances ever brought into vogue
by the caprice of the sex. What need to
describe it. Do we not know the absurdity
Of its construction, and how ingeniously it
has been designed for the destruction of
comfort, and ease, and grace in walking,
and also Of all semblance to real woman's
foot! When it first came into fashion, the
ladies were told by few sensible men that
to put their feet into machine with a toe
like a birds bill, and q heel three inches
high brought forward under the instep,
would insure suffering and deformity.
But the dear creatures, in their irresist-
ible way, resented this interference with
their prerogative Of self-torture and self.
caricature, and asked. would you have us
look like dowdies, with broad toes to our
shoes and low heels, and all that p sall
that meaning heels where nature intended
they should be. The plea was unanswer-
able. But the predicted consequences have
come. Ladies' shOeEakers certain truth
full Ones) tell us what observation also re-
veals, that there is hardly young woman
now who regards herself at all fashionable
who has not buniOns, call0sities, cOrns and
enlarged joints. and that the crop Of these
ornaments developed within the last four
or five years is astonishing and pitiful.
The worst Of it is that there appears to be
no prospect Of relief, except turn in the
whirligig of fashion, and that there are no
exceptions to the rule of torture and de-
formity. For the good and sensible of the
sex immediate themselves from the foolish
and frivolous. No degree of sense, or in
dependence, or stability of character seems
to absOlve any woman. who has the charm
of womanbood about her, from slavery to
fashion, at whatever sacrifice to time, COM
fort: money or health. Suffrage Right to
hold office! Show US the woman who has
and sense, and taste enough
to dress attractively. and yet to walk down
Fifth avenue wearing an objectionable bon
net, or in a shoe which does not destroy both
her comfort and her gait.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-12
The Texas Railroad.
From the New Iberia Sugar. Bow,

Judge j. H. Isley, Jr., the general land
agent and attorney Of the Chattanooga Rail-
road Company, Mr.. Thomas Kleinpeter the
division engineer. and Mr. George Thomp-
son, passed through New iberia on Satur-
day last. returning to New Orleans from an
extended trip along the main trunk and
branches of their road, where they had gone
to arrange land disputes and to locate de.
pots at different points. They passed over
the whole length Of the branch road from
EermiliOnville to Shreveport, where they
connect with the Southern Pacific railroad,
and located depOts nearly the entire dis
lance, This branch road, as well as all
other branches built by this company, will
have gauge one foot narrower than on the
main trunk. which will be great benefit to
the towns where they form a junction with
the main line. Judge Isley informed us
that these narrow gauge roads will be built
because it is believed all roads in the United
States will eventually adopt the narrow
gauge track, and they are only building the
wide gauge on the trunk road because they
are compelled to by the condition Of their
charter.
While in Vermilionville, the citizens
turned out en- masse and marching in pro-
cession, with band Of music at their head,
finally halted at the place where Judge
1sley and Mr.. kleinpeter were invited to ad-
dress the meeting. which they did in the
most eloquent terms. There being some
dispute about the price Of tract Of land
which the company wished to obtain for de-
pot and other buildings, the citizens raised
several hundred dollars and offered the
money to assist in the payment, but it was
declined.
Judge Isley is confident that the road
will be completed as far as Vermilionville
and the cars running, in time to carry to
market the crop of cotton next year. The
portion between Vermilionville and Grand
river has already been put under contract,
to Mr.. Fortier, of the parish of Jefferson,
and the work through the swamp which
was delayed for several months by high
water, is now rapidly progressing. Passen-
ger trains are now running regularly to
DOnaldsOnville, distance of sixty.three
miles from New Orleans.
1t is the intention df the company to as
sist in building branch roads to all impor-
tant points within a convenient distance of
their main line, and already steps have been
taken to build road from Thibodaux to
Doaaldsonville. We learn that it is not at
all improbable that a branch road will also
be built from New Iberia to Vermilionville.
Whether this is done or not, the Texas rail-
road will be of vast benefit to New Iberia
and the whole country.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-12
5U1fH .CARoLlJlS Of y.

SOeH CAROLutnSAUsN UXs
| a. I,i1kview viii. A,sSr,e ceaeral
Chanberlaia-The Adniniseraeien has
Taken the Osly Renedy fer M.
A1ux1oms =
columbia, South Carolina, correspondence Of the
Cincinnati Commercial =
l went up to the Capitol soon after ar
irving to see Governor Scott, and get his
views about the interference Of the federal
authorities with his subjects, 1t 10 under
stood that he is opposed to the proceeding,
and advised strongly against it. At the
Capitol learned that the governor was in
New York, and would not be back before
Monday. The lieutenant governor, RAN
sier (colored), was also gone, and 80 was
Cardozo, secretary of State. Attorney
General Chamberlain found. Mr.. Cham
berlain is moderate Republican, and &C.
counted one Of the few thoroughly honest
carpet-baggers at present administering
State affairs. asked him what he thought
about Grants course in declaring martial
law.
II am sorry it had to be done, " he replied,
"bat there seemed to be no other way to
check the growing crime of ku-kluxism. The
evil had assumed enormous proportions. in
Spartanburg and York counties especially.
The civil authorities seemed powerless to
check the crime. l regret that our State
government is a confessed failure in this
particular, but it is so. Organized crime,
having the partial sympathy at least of the
mass of the white people. could not be
COPIED with by the State authorities. Militia
was tried, but that only made matters
worse. The militia were killed and their
arms taken away. The authorities were un..
der the feet Of the midnight raiders. No
man more than regrets to see martial law in
force, but it seemed to be the only remedy.
The causes which led to to SO much crime it
is not necessary to discuss. l acknowledge
they were great. acknowledge there is
much in our present State government to
condemn and make war upon. But that
does not Justify wholesale whippings and
murder. The Outrages upon the blacks had
become SO numerous that the cause of hui
mainly alone demanded that some vigor-
GUS steps be speedily taken to suppress the
carnival of crime. Martial law was last
resort, and while deplore the fact that it
had to be resorted to, yet l am satisfied
that 1t will do good, and rid the country of
the Ku-Klux. There will be many instances
of individual hardship, which are to be de-
pl0red, but in the main the result will be
beneficial
The Washington Chronicle says in refer
ence to the foregoing:
Those who attack President Grant for
the suspension Of the writ of habeas corpus
in portions Of South Carolina would do well
to read the declarations of the attorney
general of South Carolina, which We pub
lish in another column. We know D. H.
Chamberlain. We know him as not only
one of the ablest, but as one of the very best
citizens of that State His official position
gives him an unimpeded outlook over the
whole State, and with this he is cOOl-headed.
He saws that 1.-The authorities were under
the feet Of the midnight raiders" and that
martial law seemed to be the only rem
elv'
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-12
A Matrimonial Puzzle.

The San Jose California; Mercury con.
tains this singular story:
A remarkable case, either of mistaken
identity and fraud, or willful or constrained
perverseness, recently occurred, and still
exists in this country, which is deserving
OF something more than passing notice.
There resides, with his mother. in Santa
Clara, Charles w. Skies, a Young man of
good reputation. worthy and honest, but
OF humble circumstances of life. There
also resides in the same town, with her
parents, Miss Hattie Burnett, a grand
daughter OF Governor Burnett, an estima-
D'e young lady OF eighteen, of fine accom-
PlIsnments and unsullied character. These
young people, it is asserted, formed an at
tacnment TOR each other against the wishes
OK tne girIs parents, who sought by various
means TO break the intimacy between the
Two. Young Skies was positively forbidden
to see or speak to the girl. But everybody
KNOWS VINO has arrived at maturity. what
such forblddlngs amount to. OF course he
met her clandestinely-at least it is 80
surprised them in their stolen intery;ausy
This state Of affairs existed for several
months, until the fourth of September Last,
when Mr.. Skies, accompanied by a vonng
young lady who gave her name as Hatt;e
Burnett, called at the law office Of C. G,
Stephens, of this city-an acquaintance
of both parties-and stated as their oh.
ject in calling the intention of being
united in marriage. The lady remained
in conversation with Mr. Stephens-who
by the way, asserts that he has known Miss
Burnett from infancy, and could not be de-
eeived in her identity-while Skies went to
the clerks office for . license. He soon re-
turned with this needed instrument. Jus
tice Stewart was called in, and the parties
were duly married. They returned to Santa
Clara, renamed throughout the day at the
70 her own home. S Nov comes in tie mys s
terry, romance, Or what yon may call it, of
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-12

Forty thousand dollars duties was col
lected on passengers baggage at the port
of New York during the last year, being Q
larger sum than has ever been collected be-
fore on such goods in one year. This is the
result Of the examination which is con-
sidered so obnoxious. 1t is estimated that
in nine cases out of ten the owners of such
baggage would smuggle through the goods
thus discovered and taxed, and cheat the
government if it was not for the inspectors.
The sovereign citizen will bear watching.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-12

The Swedish government is preparing to
colonize Spitzenbergen, q group Of islands
in the Arctic ocean, Of somewhat larger
area than Great Britain. Spitzenbergen
was discovered in 1853, and has never been
inhabited, save by the crews of vessels Who,
being closed in by the ice, pass there the
dreary Arctic winter. The cold is severe,
and during three months Of the year there
is continual night.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-12

It is related that when Wendell Phillips
was in Europe, thirty years ago, an eminent
Frenchman said, on the eve of his depar-
ture for America: mons. Phillips, when
shall we have the pleasure of seeing you
again in France I" The reply OF Mr.. Phil
lips was: II shall come back when slavery
is dead and women voter The Frenchman
then, with courteous bow and charac-
teristic shrug, said, Farewell, then, for
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-12

A Western editor was serenaded few
evenings since, and in the next issue of his
paper complimented the serenading party
on their 'Judicious musical taste in the
selection OF pieces" He was informed by
listener, after the publication, that they
had played the "Rogue's March,
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-12

Mr.. Yung- Wing, Chinese gentleman,
who was educated in Yale College, has been
engaged to take charge Of thirty students
to the United States, and the Chinese gov
eminent has voted grant of 81 500, GOO to
meet all expenses for the ensuing ten years.
The number of students will be yearly in
creased BIZ installments Of thirty.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-12

The Fond du Lac Reporter says there is .
man living near the western line of that
county of remarkable dimensions. His
height is only five feet six inches. but he
weighs four hundred and thirty five pounds
has waist seventy-six inches around,
breast sixty-five inches, thigh thirty three.
inches, and neck twenty-One inches.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-12

An amusing thing happened at recent
Magistrates were to be chosen, and the i'm
preston existed that but two were allowed.
SO each side nominated two, but it now
turns out that four were required to DO
elected, so that the two candidates on each
ticket are elected, as the four-two Repub-
ican and two Democratic-will just mako
the requisite number.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-12

Among the curious phenomena noticed in
the Mont Gems tunnel was. chat scarcely a
drop Of water was found. Water to drink
for tho workmen had all the time to he
brought from without. A very signi6cant
ferruginous spring was the only one thew
came Across. A second remarkable obeef
walton was that the geographical character
of the interior Of the mountain answered
exactly 10 the description given to it from
scientifc theory. byi \. 6iameadi twenty
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-12

The Chicago Tribune says: IF any per
son wishes to see why Chicago was burned
he has only to construct q small model of
store or house-made Of and filed wiss
such materials as are usually put into steres
and houses-place the same in the blast n ~,
mace Of an iron mill, and see how il WIZ
come out when the blast is over"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-12
Cinder.C Consuming Locomotives.
From the Boston Adverfiser.I


Every one who has travelled in railway
car must have been greatly annoyed by the
flying dust and cinders which prevent
proper ventilation, and cause so much dis
comfort to the person. To avoid this dis.
agreeable accompaniment to railway travel,
numerous expedients have been tried,
but none with the success attained by the
recent invention of a gentleman in Glou-
cester. The main point in this continuance
the engine, instead of being vertical,
as is usual. is tilted backward,
spreading widely at the mouth. Within
the stack, at the second curve. is placed
wire screen at an angle of fOrty.fve degrees
with the course Of the smoke, and the usual
fire screen is stretched across the mouth.
The dust and cinders carried into the stack
are stopped by the slanting screen, and fall
back harmlessly, the second screen assisting
lows to pass. Besides these two screens,
another means of prevention is provided
in the shape OF q small hot water pipe
in the stack, from which q spray is pro-
duced that vets the cinders, deadening
them and assisting them in their passage
into waste pipe below, which carries them
to box at the side of the engine. This at
tachlnent may be uaed or not, at the pleas
ure Of the engi nee , being governed BY a
has been on trial upon the Fitchburg rail-
road during the past three weeks, with suf-
ficient success to warrant the inventor in
pushing his plans to perfection. The ad-
vantage of the curved stack is net only in
the prevention of dust and cinders upon
the train, but to avoid the damage by fires
along the track, which have been the cause
of so much expense to railway companies.
This latter object is completely attained,
and that without any apparent loss of
power. 1t was at first supposed that the
draft would be SO seriously checked by the
new stack as to counterbalance the other
advantages, but experiments have shown
that such is not the case, and that steam
is made equally as well as with the ordi-
nary stack.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-12


THE REPUBLICAN, PARTY.
The Republican party is the party of the
people.
It 10 the party of opposition to rings.
It IL the party Of honest and economical
government.
1t b the party Of national faith.
It 10 the party Of national security. 7-a'
Il b the party Of national repose.
II Il the party Of diminhhing debts.
Il IL The pasty Of declining taxss. Box 81.
Il i the party Of prudent legislation. =
It j. the party Of the common schools and
their integrity. .f4sl8.4.jl stasg1,,.. Vi
It il the party of general fidelity in ad-
ministrat1On. -- .. -..-..
THE DENocRATIC PARTY.
Tho Democratic party 10 the party of
rings and plunderers.
Il - the party of corruption and robbery.
It 10 the party of the Ku-Klux.
1t 10 the party of reputation.
1t d the party Of national agitation and
disturbance. "f
It 10 the party of growing debts.
It 10 the party of increasing taxes.
It 10 the party of sectarian appropriations.
1t 10 the party Of general faithlessnees in
administration,
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-12

The infusion of scientific instruction into
the minds Of children through the medium
OF their nursery rbimes is thus illustrated:
Sing song of acids
Base and alkal
Four and twenty gases
Baked into pie;
When the pie was Opeoed
Wonderful to say,
Oxygen and nitrogen
Both few away.
Trilobite, graptobite,
Nautilus pie
Seas were calcareOus,
Oceans were dry.
EOcene, mi0cene,
Pilocene, TUT,
iN and trlas,
And thst is enough.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-12

A widower was recently rejected ~ y. :
damsel who didn't want affections thet nsS
been warmed over.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-12

There are IN the United States, at the
present time, eight manufactures of pins.
whose annual production is about 2,O06. 900
total Of 6,72d, ooo, 900 pins. One mp pl"ss
turer's agent in Boston, says the Boston
Bulletin, sells every six months from 700
to 1000 cases Of pins per week, each case
containing 81, GOO pins. The factory which
he represents turn: out eight tons Of pins
ask. There is. bat one factory in this.
country that produces them, of . greatly
inferior S4uality to those imported from
England. 1t turns out about ffty tons per
month, the mactine that bends and cuts the
wire making 800 hair pins per minute, ready
for iapanning. Yankee pins are salable in
nearly every city in the world, and the pro-
duction and consumption increase each year
about ten per cent. But in the matter of
hair pins We do not compare favorably with
other countries where this article is manu-
featured
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-12

! Louis Napoleon is said to be reduced tn
the beggarly income of 400, 900 francs.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-12


The week following the attack on Judge
Phillips house and the murder of Capt ain
White near Colfax, We published q letter
from q correspondent in whose Judgment
we had confidence. The statements made
therein were cOrrObOrated and supported
by gentleman who said he had visited the
burned house and had seen the bones found
in the ashes. He stated that they were
dry and cracked, without particle Of flesh,
or the appearance of flesh, attached to
them. Basing an editorial on these state
ments. we doubted whether any attack had
been made as reported, and suggested an
investigation.
Since then we have been requested by the
writer of the letter ito let the matter drop,
as, no doubt, White was burned in the
house." And the latest authentic testimony
admits of no doubt of the fact The re-
mains of White we're disinterred, and the
heart, lungs and viscera were entire, indi-
eating with certainty that our correspond
emit and informant in the first instance mis-
led us into position which did Injustice to
Judge Phillips. The attack was undoubt-
eddy made, as stated by him, and we sin
cere!y hope the perpetrators of the das-
tardly outrage may meet with their Just de-
serts.
We have been placed in an awkward posi-
ton BY those who should have been more
careful in their statements. Whatever no.
!itical sins Judge Phillips and Captain
White may have been guilty of, they were
entitled, and should have received the SYM
pathy OF the people under the circumstances.
NO political conduct can in the remotest
degree justify the atrocity of secret and
attack on defenseless men, nor
excuse those who attempt to mislead public
opinion to their prejudice.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-12

Major P. H. Raiford, Of Houston. Texas.
has projected land-locked ship canal, OF
isia1d 1avigabas waaerwey, frsa The Rio
Grande, near its mouth. along the coast of
Texas and Louisiana to Brsshear, thence
ecross to the Mississippi. just above New
Orleans, thence into Lakes Pontchartrain
and Borgne, and 90 across the bay of No
bile to st. Marks, thence across Florida to
the Okefenokee swamp, and down to the st.
Mary's river, thence up the coast to Charles
ton, and - much farther - may be deemed
advisable; keeping for the most part just BE-
hind the outer line Of sandbanks washed up
by the waters Of the gulf and ocean, pass
ing through inlets. sounds and bays, some
times traversing marshes or banks easily
excavated. and recurring NO locks and en-
bankments at any point, involving but one
hundred and fifty miles Of excavation in ali.
and passing through FIVE hundred miles
NEARLY unbrOken) Of the best yellow pine
in the world. The idea is to make this q
tree and spacious steamship canal at the ex-
cost &c. 600.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-12

Noise Willard. the editor and proprietor
of the famous Petit journal. of Paris, died
on the thirteenth ultimo, in the fifty-ninth
year of his age. He was born at Bordeaux
in 1913. When he was twenty years of age
he established in that city LIE LMtni, a
journal of considerable ability. Soon after
he removed to Paris. where he has since
owned several papers of more or less note,
the chief of which are La Ldberte, LIE Con-
seller dw People and LIE Petit Journal. The
first gained q circulation Of one hundred
and twenty-five thousand copies in four
months, and was then suppressed on
account Of its republican principles. The
last had an average circulation Of two hun
dred and sixty Thousand copies, and some
times reached four hundred thousand. Mr..
Mlllard was also an extensive and success
full banker. ,s'417' -,
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