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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-07

The most durable, simple and reliable
lock stitch sewing machine is the improved
Singer.
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BY TELE G R APH
OUR MONROE DISPATCHES

OUR MONROE DISPATCHES
THEIR CITY ELECTION
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET TRIUMPHANT
Especial to the New Orleans Republican,
MONROE, La, June 6, 1871.
The city election passed off quietly yes
terday. The Republican ticket was elected
by forty majority. B.
LATEST NEWS FROM ALL POINTS
QUESTION OF THE STRIKERS
SUGGESTION OF GOVERNOR COOKE
American and Spanish Claims
Commission.
ORR BEFORE THE KU-KIUX COMMITTEE
PIRACY AND MUTINY ARRESTS
ROchefOrt's Trial Postponed
Wires to Blow Up Paris
THEIRS AND THE ORLEANS PRINCES
JAMAICA COFFEE CROP HEAVY
A Solemn High Mass at Rome
Terrible Storm at Galveston
A MORGAN STEAMER ASHORE
Railroad Iron Ship Gone Down
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NEW YORK.

ArrivaIs-Specie shipments-Piracy on
British Bark-Mntiny on an American
Brig-Twenty Per Cent Advance on
Freights - Governments Advanced -
SOutherns Very Dull.
New YORK, June 6.-Arrived Manhattan.
Nelly Potter, Ashland, Vile de Paris,
Mary S. Rowland and Benefactor.
The seamen of the British bark Manitoba
had hearing to-day for piracy. They will
be held for ektradition
The ship Europa, from Bremen, reports:
June third, saw brig with signal of dis
tress; she proved to be the L. Bowen, hence
for Gibraltar, four days out, the crew having
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-07

NOTICE TO SHIPPERS OF GOODS IN
IN BOnd.-From and after this date we, the un
dersigued agents and representatives of steamers
and harges, will not receive transport GOODS
IN BOND under the present regulations,
qured by the CustomhOuse at this port.
STEVENSON VERLANDER.
Agents Merchants Southern Packet Company.
JOHN N. BOFFINGER,
President st. Louis and New Orleans Packet Co.
G. r. BURDEAU,
Agent Mss .sppi Valley Transportation Company.
New Orleans June 7, 1871. je1 ct
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MISCELLANEOUS.
nIsINFECTANT AND DEODURIZING
POWDER.

1t is conceded by all who have used the DISIN-
FECTANTIand DEODORIZING POWDER manufac.
tured by the
LOUISIANA FERTILIZER MANUFAC-
TURING COMPANY,
In accordance with the Patents issued by the
United States Commissioner of Patents to Joseph
NJ Lowenstein, ESQ.,, to be the most eficacous
DISIN NFECTANT AGENT,
And most POTENT DEODoRIZER ever presented
to the public. Samples of the Disntectant De-
odorizing Powder willlbe furnished GRATIS by ap-
plying to Lowenstens Shoe Store, No. 37sk
Bryades street, and at the office of the Company
No. 1922 Carondelet street.
B. BLOOMFIELD,
je7 st Secretary.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-07

THE REPUBLICAN TICKET TRIUMPHANT
Especial to the New Orleans Republican,

MONROE, La, June 6, 1871.
The city election passed off quietly yes
terday. The Republican ticket was elected
by forty majority. B.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-07
'errible Storm at Galveston
A MORGAN STEAMER ASHORE

Railroad Iron Ship Gone Down
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ALSO WITH COTTON BODIES,
OF the best quality. All of Foreign make and
recent importation, ranging from thirteen and a
half inch collar TO twenty inch collar. The large
shirts are full width.
Also Linen aud Cotton DRAWERS of the same
importation.
The public are invited to call and see how very
cheap the Goods are offered.
ie4 st n. c. FOLGER No. II Camp street.
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ELECTRIC UNDER>HIRTs.
NOTICE FOR BARGAINS.

From this date ! will sell at retail my entire
stock Of Clothing and Furnishing Goods, at very
reduced prices.
ALL LINEN SHIRTS;
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A Solemn High Mass at Rome
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tceNrNURD ON EIGHTH pAaEl
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW.

JAMES III. VEAZIE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Will practice his profession in CoDcordia and ad'
Joining parishes He will also act as commissioner
and conyeyancer. Office in Newcomb building,
Natchez my3O 3m & W
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WASHINGTON.

Price for Labor-InfammatOry Speeches
by WOrkmen-Interferenc of the Gov.
ernor-American and Spanish Claims
Commissioners-GOve Orr Before
Ku-klux Commiftee-GOve Cooke
on Wages of Lab0r-SuspensiOn of
Labor on Public improvements -
<..I
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ORR BEFORE THE KU-KlUX COMMITTEE
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FOR RENT.

HOUSE TO RENT AND FURNITURE
Ii for sale, the house will be rented furnished
to a responsible tenant without children. at q low
rent for the summer Apply at No. 136 Felicity
street from to o'clock A. NJ, or from to P. NJ:
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LATEST NEWS FROM ALL POINTS

QUESTION OF THE STRIKERS
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JAMAICA COFFEE CROP HEAVY
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THEIRS AND THE ORLEANS PRINCES
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American and Spanish Claims
Commission.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-02-01

ANOTHER OUTRAGE A pedceaJIe cite
zen Of Bridgeport called ont from the
bosom Of his family and severely cansd.
Last night AZ Alexander Bran.
non, an old and respected citizen of
Bridgeport, was about retiring, a man
called at his residence said and that some
parties wished to see him. Suspecting
nothing wrong he accompanied the per-
son, who conducted him into the Lodge
Room ofthe A. F. and A. NJ of that
place, when in an unguarded moment,
one ofthe members in short speech,
in the name of. the Lodge, presented
him with a beautiful gold. headed cane,
with the following inscription: ITO Past
Master Alexander Brannon; from his
friends Of Bridgeport Lodge, A. F. and
A. NJ" So completely was Alex. taken
by surprise that he almost failed to
come to time, but rallying at length he
accepted the cane in a neat and well
timed speech. Brother Brannon is the
oldest member Of the Lodge in regular
attendance, having filled the East
several times with much credit to him
self and Lodge, position from which
he had just retired, and in considera
ton of his past services and zeal in the
cause of Masonry, the brethren thought
fit to present this memorial of their
high appreciation Of the same.
BRIDoEpoRr, O., January 81, 1871.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-02-01

FEBRUARY.-The month commencing
to-day is so named from Februa, sup.
posed to be the same as Juno. DR..
Foster says: The evident relation be-
tween Februatta Juno and the Purifica-
ton OF the Virgin Maria is one of the
most striking instances Of the connec-
ton between the Pagan and Christian
rites and festivities as to the periods OF
their occurrence"
The weather is usually intensely
cold and frosty at the commencement
of the month but frequently towards the
middle or end, there are warm days,
trees begin to bud, and plants to sprout,
and maple sugar makers to be busy.
To-day, the first Of February, is the
festival of St. Bride or st. Bridget.
From her we derive the honored name
OF Bride, and cakes are still sacrificed at
her shrine. All Christmas decorations
of churches, schools and private houres
must be removed before tomorrow, this
being the eve of the Fabrication.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-02-01

POLICE CouRT.-There were but two
cases before the police court Yesterday
and these presented no points of in
terest.
Edward James was mellifluently and
melodiously drunk on Main street, near
Franklin, North Wheeling, on Monday
night. Edward was required to come
down with the stamps to the tune of 81
and costs. Which he done so.
Frank Russell was arrested for com.
hitting nuisance in so public a place
as the eastern end of the Suspension
bridge. He was fined S. and COSTS or
twenty DAYS. '-'.'
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-02-01
LADIES White Kid and Turkey Mo-
rocco Broadway Walking Slippers, just
received at L. V. Blends.

HAVE YOU CoUGH EVERY honr a
cough or cold is neglected is so much
injury to the lungs. HassoN's Com
POUND SYRUP OF TAR never fails in
curing the worst cases Of coughs, colds,
hoarseness, sore throat, bronchitis.
Group, asthmaand chronic catarrhs. /,
is''an Invaluable remedy for whooping
cough in children Price so cents pei
bottle. y rs ..
Sold at Finney's drug store, below the
Mcclure House, Wheeling.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-02-01
RltEn NEws.rThe river was about

RIVER NEws.-The river was about
on stand yesterday with eight feet six
inches in the channel It will be on
the rise to-day probably. ,.
Reports from Pittsburgh state that
the Allegheny river is closed above the
city. The Monongahela is clear of ice,
with eight feet of water and rising, with
a fair prospect for coal boat rise.
It having been found impossible to
get the new Parkersburgh packet
Courier ready as soon as was first
thought, the New State will continue
her trips for the present. She leaves
this morning at IL o'clock, as will be
seen by the advertisement elsewhere.
Passengers will find that Capt. Jack
Harrison will take as good care of them,
and make them as comfortable as if
they were travelling on a seven story
boat with French roof.
The Carrie Brooks will leave here
tomorrow for Pittsburgh, as will be
seen by the advertisement. For freight
or passage apply to c. Fl. Booth i Co.,
agents.
The Major Anderson departed for
Cincinnati with good trip Of passen-
gers and freight.
Captain |. l.. Thompson has sold
one-fourth of the w. F. Cnrtis to Levy
Barber, OF Harmer, Ohio, for $1,000.
At eight o'clock Sunday morning
eight barges and one fuelboat, belong
ing to Horner, Wood u Co., broke
loose from their moorings at Pittsburgh
and grounded on the head of Brunots
Island. There are now ten targes and
four boats aground at that point.
Captain w. F. Burt, a well-known
steamboat man, died at Kinswick, Mis-
souri,, last Thursday.
Arkansas and White rivers are both
on big swell. Steamers can ascent to
the head of navigation on either with
out trouble. .t..
The j. r. Gilmore arrived at Nash
vile, Saturday, from Pittsburgh, with
a tow OF 100000 bushels Of coal, most
of which was for the Nashville Gas
Light Company. -...
Captain Charlie Harton, oil the United
States dredgeboat Octavia, and Mr. Pat
terson, civil engineer attached to the
same boat, have gone to Louisiana. The
Captain has gone down there to get mar
ried.
Wharf rats at Vicksburg are anus
ing themselves by stealing cotton from
steamboats,, by tumbling it overheard
after dark from their sterns. The Par
gould lost sixteen bales, and the Lucy
Kern one bale in this way few days
since,
The current through the Arkansas
cutoff and out to the Mississippi, is run
ming out with such force and rapidity
that several boats have, within the past
day or two been unable to stem it, and
have been obliged to run down to Ma
poleon and 90 up the old way.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-02-01
PUBLIC SALE.
TN THE SUPREME COURT OF
i Pennsylvania, for the Eastern Distfi''. z
Patterson ct al,

at
Inc hehPheiu nainio -, -,
Whereas, the Hempneld haiLio ,ae- I'm I'm
pany, by mortgage dated June q, ioSh 80
Der 10, 1856, November -, 1879, anu eur UNI
), 1857, and duly recorded, uia gran', any ~
assign unto Francis d. prexei, JOSEPH , h
Seal and FREDERICK ktett, tue wEoie ~; III .n
estate, property, real, Persohal anu iniN az
OF said company, wltn us Han ram rss5 III, ~.
Guiding the entire rallroau anu Los, 1880 -
and rights on way, pSelhsf VIZ .tainaS,
lands, depotS depot grounes anu IL, ~
situated between ana AT me cofpofu.e , ,h
mini OF the railway al Wheeilhg, IN III,
state OF west virginia, anu p Tue .T~m
GreensDurg III the otave Va III 49,, Is
ana, also al the lraHcnlstS, iiS,,' 49,.
come anu pI9nls VI tiie go 80, ,ha mSs nf or
aIter ueiiNeu " "a - az a,y mart there
traNei on thell Saiu iot'u, VI any 20 Iocnn,n-
OF, ana, aiso, az llle SaS nSS eli n,hay Nv
,,,res and things and appurtenanoes what
soeyer, used In the management and busl-
ness OF said railroad, to have and 10 hold,
All and singular, the estate and premises,
Entertainments and appurtenances tnerepS
granted or intended TO be, unto the SAID
trustees or their SUCCESSORS In the trust, new
erthele.s for the benefit ofthe holders OF the
bonds OF the company, To the amount OF
one million OF dollars. And, whereas, by
decree entered by the supreme court Oh
Pennsylvaniain the above entitled case, y
was ordered thai said mortgages were Van''
liens the ItliIodi' AoiiH' '
property, income, estate and premise =
therein mentioned, and II was ordered titt
in default being made by the Hempne III
Railroad Com pany I'm the payment OF bonds
with coupons attached within the period
fixed by the said decree, the railroad pro p
erty, estate, premises, appurtenances and
franchises, covered by the said mortg age
should be exposed TO sale by public vendue
or outcrv. ms one entire lot, in the city Of
Philadeiphia. by the said trustees, Ia whom
ali nee,lfuI authority for that purpose was
thereby given upon the terms and condi-
tjnns fnsrein mentioned and hereinafter
sat forth And whereas. default has been
madc Nv the said Uempfield Railroad Com
Many IN The navment aforesaid Now,
ip" ams srr,, ,ntice L hereby given. that nm
Jar and NV vir,ne of said decree. William
p w anu ~ u,iiIian, upnrEuSan ami Iosanh
" n, mug /" A. ,raI,, ,n,ad will on the
H. Sesi' trustees ''ieiel ''"i"'', VIZ w
Thirtieth Day Of March. n. ID. 1871,
at twelve o'clock, noon, expose To public
sale yeudue or cutlery, the whole or the
railroad. together with the lands, rights of
way. bridges. culyerts, tresselwork, ma
,hInar,y dDpnt errnunds and bulIdinpS sim
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-02-01

! VINO IS MAYOR Our position that
Mayor Mcclellan is still the presiding
officer OF the First Branch, and still
Mayor of the city, having been ques-
toned, We quote the following in ad-
dition to the extract given yesterday
from, an amendment to the city charter,
that the Mayor shall act until his sue
cessor shall be qualified Section 9 OF
the act passed January 18th, 1863, says;
when the office of Mayor Of said city
is vacant, the president of the Second
Branch shall be Mayor OF the city until
such vacancy is filled; except that he
shall not preside at the meetings Of the
First Branch, and when the Mayor of the
city is temporarily absent thereirom the
president Of the Second Branch may, if
the Council shall so ordain, possess the
powers and exercise the duties of the
Mayor during the time he may continue
absent from the city
The italics are ours. That there is
no cacancy is certain from the wording
Of the charter that the Mayor shall
hold until his successor qualities If
Mr.. Mcclellan were to die before Mr..
LETTERS qualities, then vacancy would
exist. Were Mr.. LETTERS to die before
he qualities there would be no vacancy,
for he is not Mayor until he takes the
oath Of Office. 1t is, therefore, plain to
US that Mr.. Mcclellan is still the proper
person to preside over the meetings Of
the First Branch of Council.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-02-01

FEVER AND AGUR. WHY SHAKE:
PLANTATION BIrrERs ,oiN positively e'rt
any .t6rm Of Intermittent fever. Travel
trough any region where the malady
prevails, and all who have tried the
preparation will tell you so. Thousands
of families in the Ohio and Mississippi
valleys, and on the borders OF the
Southern rivers snd swamps, regard it
as specific for the complaint. Moth
ing could induce them to be without it ;
and they begin to take it regularly at
the commencement ofithe Spring and
the close of the Summer, as safeguard
against malaria. They show their wis
dom thereby. The shivering plague
passes their door without intruding, to
smite their neighbors who have shown
less forecast. Every year, however, the
number Of these improyident victims
decreases. There is no teacher like ex-
perience; and when a shaking and
burning sufferer sees his friend on the
next farm or plantation in perfect
health, though breathing the same at
mospheric poison as himself, and learns
that this exception TO the complaint is
due to PLANTATION BIrrERs.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-02-01

RUNAwAY.-Last evening about six
o'clock two horses hitched to a wagon
ran away, going down Market street
like the wind. At the corner Of Market
and John streets they collided with a
buggy belonging TO David Kull, tearing
the wheels of of it, and throwing the
occupants, two young men, out into the
mud. Luckily no one was injured
The buggy looked, after the wagon had
gone through it, as if it contained tim
Der enough to build halfa dozen out o..
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-02-01

TRIPLE LATE.-The best is the cheap.
est, and 'housekeepers will consult their
interests when buying plated ware, by
purchasing the TRIPLE PLATED goods
manufactured expressly for and sold by
Oxtoby e. Duffield, 104 Market street,
below Mcclure House. Every spoon,
fork, &c, bears the firm name, and is
guaranteed to wear for fifteen or twenty
years. Watches. Clocks," :Jewelry'
Spectacles, &C., in endless variety.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-02-01
BALTIMORE & OHIO R. R, On

. g.. . WHEELISe, December y. l,p
r.. lsstsfssH1 PASSENGER TRAN.
&A xS i;,--sfwi win run by the toiIaxS;,s'
sci Iedule on and after December 18th, IrI~'
w heeling time:
.>.',. CINCINNATI EXPRESS.
EAsT-LEAvEs wEsT-LEAyn,
% dsiiy as a. NJ. " daily an
90 ARRIVES At ARRIVES AT
Grafton.-...... y55 A. II. GAINESVILLE .4nIpv
Cumberland a40 p. n. Newark .... 81, 9.
Baltimore...-.94O Sandusky llaO
Wash'n City 1855 " Columbus go 6.S
New York .-5;j0 A. N. Cincinnaii. IiUJ
FAST LINE.
EAsr-LEANHS WEST -LE,yE
Wheeling "Wheelhg
daily at...-i:O =. u. daily at. NM,As
b.. ARRIVES AT ARRIVES Ar
Baltimore. $40 A. N. Evansville l9gp,
Wash. City, lo.gY. a. tNewar k........9. -
New York -4:l5 T. N. Columbus....i:S
D.. w. 'Sundays cxcpl-.
Mali. TRAIN.
EAsT--LEAvIS wEST-LkAyn
%Wheeling NWheeling
daily at. less p. NJ. daily al .'.-..:IOAI
ARRIVES AT ARRIyEsAT
Grafton. ....... 500 A. NJ Newark. $4,000. 7.GAN
Baltimore. E46R. N. sSandusky ... ~ ~
Washt'n City8a6 Columbus. EUAE
New York ... $50 A. N. Cincinnati. l:jps
saturdays excepted. SUNDAYS ex~p'r,
ACCOMMODATION.
EAsT-LEAyEs wsr-LEAyr,
nWheeling ,"Wheeling
daily At. 1870 A. NJ. daily nj ....iWP
ARRIVES At ARRIVES AT
Grafton....... 4:25 p. M.Zanesvillc-.. $40
Parkersb'g.... 9:45 Newark. lots
Cumberl'd...l 1000 aSandusky .... IUsgA.y
Sundays excepted. Columbus...l2%J
Sundays rNcrp',i
Trains on the Main Line make connrr.
tons at Baltimore with trains for philadr..
phia, New York and Boston. Al Re.ay
House, via Washington City, for all pouh
South. 0....
Central Ohio trains make direct connr~
ton at Columbus for all points West alm
Northwest. r.t ..a.
Tickets 10 all principal points can bc po
cured at the Office. ....--
JOHN l.. WILSON,
Master of Transportation, Baltimore
r, T. DEVRlES,
Jani General Agent, Wheeling
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-02-01

New SHERIFF's OFFICE. Dick
Brown has moved his quarters from
the dark and dingy rooms under the
Court House, to the apartments former
ly occupied by Prosecuting Attorney
Good, next door to General Wheat
residence, on Fourth street, a few doors
south of the Court House. These he
has fitted up in good style, and now is
as cosy and comfortable as it is possible
for him to'be Prosecuting Attorney
Good has his Office upstairs, over the
Sheriff office. ...
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-02-01

BURIAL OF JOHN DUFFEY-rhe body
OF John Duftey, who was killed by
Thomas Harrington, on Monday night,
was conveyed to his last resting place
yesterday afternoon attended by large
circle of friends and neighbors. Duffey
is spoken Of as having been very
quiet and pleasant man ordinarily.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-02-01

DEATH OF CAPT. HAMILToN.-We
mentioned yesterday the accident tc
Capt. Robert Hamilton, by which his
leg was broken. He died last evening
at a quarter alter six o'clock. He was
in the eightieth year of his age. BY
the notice published elsewhere it will
be seen that his funeral will take place
tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-02-01

"ToUCH THE PEN. TO any one who
is much about courts and places where
legal business is transacted, it is hui
initiating to observe the number Of per.
sons who can neither read nor write
but are obliged to touch the pen in
the process OF affixing their signatures
to documents. 1t is a fact also that
almost all Of the Migrants and persons
who are arraigned for indulging in
neighborhoql brawls and creating dis
turbances, are those who cannot write
their own names; nor is this inability
confined to one sex, for both are alike
deficient in the great accomplishment
which goes to make men and women
better neighbors and better citizens.
The humiliation is still greater when
we consider that very many of those
who touch the pen" are compare.
lively young people, and might, ii they
saw fit, by not very large expenditure
Of time and application, fit themselves
so that they could avoid these humilia.
ting confessions that they cannot write
their own names. There are some in
stances where there is an, excuse afor
ignorance inathis land OF free schdEls,
we suppose; but such cases are'rare,
and We can but look upon it as nothing
better than disgrace for any person to
lag behind the progress Of the age to
such an extent that they can neither
read nor write, but must touch the
pen merely TO impart legality to their
signatures.