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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-15

onths Of September and October, ap.
roved, $259.
J. E. Trudeau, curator ad hoe, in five
hts of city of New Orleans vs. L. Mar
hand ct ais. Fourth District Court, APP
roved, $50.
p. Toca, for copy of sale, approved, 70.
]. T. Hamlin, for repairs to Parish Prison,
pproved by the Administrator Of Water
Forks and Public Buildings, $473 TO-.
]. T. Hamlin, for repairs to Insane
sylum, approved by the Administrator of
vaterworks and Public Buildings, 800.
j. T. Hamlin, for repairs to cOurthouses,
nnroved by the Administrator of Water.
forks and Public Buildings, 4423 20.
Charles Lauer, p. Irwin and G. w. Roper,
Or three months rent of the house corner
81 St. Charles and Lafayette streets, from
August IA to November IA, 1871, $1,000.
George Shotwell, jury warrants, ap-
proved and examined, go.
j. B. Esnard, jury warrants, approved
hnd examined, SOS.
A. Rosenberg, coroner's jury warrants,
Improved and examined, SO.
L. Ruch for beef furnished to the City
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-15
SUCCESSION OF BERNARD
RY WILLIAM DE Lacy, AUcT1oxEER:

Second District Court for the parish of Orleans
No. a. s37,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-01-19
Gems from Doa Quixote.

Here Is a painful from Don QuiXOte:
Beauty in a modest woman is like fire or
a sharp sword at distance: neither doth
the one burn nor the other wound those
that come not too close to them. 40 g
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes
open. +
The absent feel and fear every I'll.
SeIf-pralse depfecistes.
The dead to the bier, the living TO good
cheer. .t
All women, let them be never so houaely,
are pleased to hear themselves celebrated
for beauty. BIS
Squires and Knight Errsnts are subject
to much hunger and ilI-luck.
Liberality may be carried too far in those
who have children 10 inherit from them.
Virtue is always more prosecuted by the
wicked than beloved by the righteous.
Every oneis the son of his own works.
Honey is not for the mouth of an ass.
No padlocks, bolts or bars can secure a
maiden so we'll as her own reserve.
Wit and humOr belong to genius alone,
The wittiest person in the comedy is be
who plays the fool.
There is no book so bad but something
good may be found in it.
We are all as God made us, and often
times great deal worse.
| Let the hen live, though it be with the
fpip.
We cannot all be frfars, and various are
the paths by which God conducts the good
to Heaven. ...--- -..
CovetOusness bursts the bag.
It is easy to undertake, but more diff
cult to finish a thing.
This term is equally applicable to all
ranks-WhOever is ignorant is vulgar. a-.
By the streets of "by-and-by" one arrives
at the house of Never.
Between the yes and no Of woman
would not undertake to thrust the point Of
1 a pin. ss. sH.. a.a .sarl..
Patience, and shuttle the cards. s....
J A soldier had better smell of gun-poW-
| der than musk.
Other mems pains are easily borne.
/ A bad cloak Often covers q good drinker
Pray devOutly and hammer on stoutly.
& When thing is once begun, it is almost
| half finished, - -.-.st -.....t-....s ...
Lay bridge Of silver for flying enemy
The jest that gives pain is no jest.
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NTarrIed ~FnIInn.,,

In Virginia, where the law fixes
the marriage fee at one dollar, there is
a reminiscence of a eOuple who many
years ago called on parsou and re-
quested him to marry them.
'sWhere is my fee ?' said the old
lunetiOnary. .3-s+ oa .. aaE ...s.r-
The parties who were to unite their
fortunes did so at once, and found the
joint amount to be twenty-seven cents,
81 can't marry you for that sum, y
said the iFate old gentleman. IL -.s..
ga little bit of service will go long
way" suggested the male applicant.
"Oh, no, y said the, parson s'you
don't pay for the size Of the pill, but
for the good you hope It will do you. "
The lass, intent on marriage, began
to weep, but the parson. was -inexors-
ble, and the couple turned sadly to
depart. Just then a happy thought
seemed to strike the fOrl0rn maiden;
and she turned aud cried through her
tears
''Please, sir, ifyou can't marry US
full up, won'ryou marry US twenty
seven, cents worth &? We can come for
the rest some other time"
This was tUo much for the parsor
He married them rfuil up,' and they
went on their way rejoicing. g
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Value Of Accuracy.

+ 1t IS the result Of every days ex-
perience that steady attendance to
of detail lies at the root of
human progress, and that diligence,
above all, is the mother of good luck.
Accuracy, also, is'Ofmuch Importance,
aud an available mark of good train
ing in a man accuracy in observation
accuracy in speech, accuracy in. the
trans; c on OF affairs. What is done n
business must be well done, for It is
better to accomplish perfectlya small
amount of work than to half do ten
times as much. Yet, in business af.
fairs, it is the .manBer in which even
small matters are transacted that often
decides men for or against you. With
virtue, capacity and good conduct in
other respects, the person whOzis hab-
itually inaccurate cannot be trusted ;
his work has to be gone over again,
and he thus causes endless annoyance,
yexatiOn and trouble.
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Tic RaTbarlsn1 or ChrIseendom.
The Nation thus puts the current
European contrast between Christian

The Nation thus puts the current
European contrast between Christian
theory and actual fact 3r s-ea ..4s 4.
HConsidering that last Christmas
day was the eighteen hundred and
sixtv-ninth anniversary of the birth
of Christ, and that the religion He
founded was, above all things, the
religion of love, the condition of the
Christian world presents curious
spectacle. Some forty millions of
German Christians are helping in
every way in their power to kill and
main a similar number of French
Christians and destroy their property.
Large numbers of young French
Christians, too, are lying in wait
behind hedges and in bitches trying
to shoot passing German Christians
through the head and when German
Christians catch them, they shoot
them through the head. Over half Of
France the Christian churches are
turned into hospitals for persons
whom their brother Christians have
horribly gashed and mutilated. In
another quarter in Europe, Russian
Christians announce their determina-
ton to kill and MAIN any, number of
Latin Christians, besides Moham-
medaps, that may be necessary in
order to secure themselves the priv
ilege of Keeping in the Black Sea as
many instruments for destroying
human life and property as they
think proper; and the Latin Chris
tians reply that they will, in turn,
slaughter any number of Greek Chris
tians sooner than submit to. anything
Of the kind. Over here we do not at
present propose to kill anybody, but
| it was only q few weeks since a noto'
lrious Massachusetts Christian got up
and calmly proposed, ss means Oi
making political capital for his party
that American Christians generally
should 60 to killing English and Ca
madam Christians, and destroying
their property, on account OF Ger.
tain sum Of money; and. large mum
bers of the more advanced Christian'
Think that, although he was mistaken
he is still a dear, delightful, naughty
man, and that thOy must really
| forgive him. 70 heather looker-or
1of some cultivation and sense Of hu
tmor, the whole thing, the festiva
included, would be as good as a play.
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WY WEE AND

4 Ekf. Of azuFr, bic Of bsavsn' ..r q fer
An hour Of bliss % moFtals given,
A church, dainty dresd By ny sidsi 1.a
( solemn service, kis'-a bride,
Then thronglng friends,
1l7i A last goodbye; 81 .
s,f- Id And so-Fe ars nnrEisd-- ..... 81.
Ny Vifs aBdI,
long hours Of rapture, long days ofjo3i
Time passing unbeedsd-NitlIout alloy.
A Iour, rhefo evvryfhing looks iis bosti
A river in Autumn glory dreaii
No thought oftroubIsi
raa Nor care, nor sigh raa = -a
Tor gs are 50 happy
Bly vie snd I,
dloW RwakiEg, q froui dreani
A ariftins on1s noas intD liia,VoTk's liroGms
a little respite from toll and thea
The world With its hopes and fears ugaini
But a home and love lutf
.tr That shall lass flF aye, ..s. ..f
FOr now we are settled
Ny wife andI.
Ana as hoarH van ish in times quick Hight,
And our lifs'B fair morning grows to night,
As earking cares with our pleasures stay,
And our heads are strsaksd with the siiVsFy grey,
Yet shall love increase
As the days 60 BY;
eH And We live for each OthsF-- p = I'd.
..,-s Ny wife and I. --- -r-.f
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RICHMOND. VIRGINIA.
The Greatly Afflicted CitY-HOW
PA. Richmond Haas Suffered

The Greatly Afflicted CitY-HOW
Richmond Has Suffered.
From the Richmond Dispatch, January 2.
At the opening Of this new year It is
not without mouFnfIl interest to look
back at the great disasters that have
befallen Richmond since it became a
city, In 1911 the, theatre on Broad
street, where the Monumental Church
now stands, was destroyed by FIRE, and
seventy-twO persons, including the Gov
ernOr Of Virginia, were burned to death.
During the war, besides the suferings
usual to besieged city, ,theammunitiOn
factory on Browns Island exploded in
1868, billing thirty-six young girls
and six males, including Rev. J. II.
WOodcOek, engaged there. In 1866,
at the evacuation, nearly the entire
business portion of the city was de-
stroyed By fire. In 1868, at a politi-
cal celebration on Mayos Island, the
bridge broke down, killing Colonel J.
r. Branch, one of our first citizens, and
four other persons. The year 1870
was thick with disasters. In April,
the flooring Of the court room at the
Capitol gave way, killing ffty-seven,
and wOunding over one hundred per-
sons. A few months afterward, large
portion of the city was submerged by
flood, causing great destruction of
property; and on Christmas morning,
the SpottswOOd Hotel, with1the Valua-
BILE block of buildings adjoining, was
destroyed by fire, and eight human
beings burned to death, besides four
never heard from, and supposed to
have shared the same fate.
But it is a comfort to US all to know
that these disasters have never cast
down our people, and that they still
look hopefully for prosperity to Him
of whom the Psalmist has said /:
s.Though He slay me, yet will trust
in Him. 3ar II =aas'fa 7..- r
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[Correspondsnee Of the News.
LETTER FROM BOSTON.
A Buckeye Boys ObseFVatioIis
on Some Of the characteristics
Of Eastern and Western PeO'

Oh Eastern ana western EeO'
pie. ia ro- 800 1s--. fs3
BOSTON, Mass, Jan 6, 1871.
i-8fr. Editor Permit me, If you please,
to occupy a few lines in your paper, in or
der to bring to notice some of the differ
ences between the East and West.
Here at the East, and especially In this
city and vicinity, everything is done by
system. There is a place. for everything,
and everything is put in its place. This
broad assertion holds true, generally speak
ing, with the merchant in his counting
room, the mechanic in his workshop, and
with the farmer IN his fields.
One of the first things which an Eastern
person travelling in the West notices, is the
apparent "slip-shod" manner in which ev-
cry kind Of business is carried on. If he
is travelling in farming sestion, he sees
the plows, hoes, shovels, and other farm
ing tools scattered over the ields or resting
against fence, and, but too often, he sees
that the fences themselves are in a neglect
ed condition. In the mercantile and me-
chanicaI departments, the same spirit Of
neglect is evident, although it is not so APP
parent, as it is with the tillers of the soil.
L suppose that the reason Of the shiftless-
ness of the farmers, is, in a great measure,
owing to the fact that the fertility Of the
soil. enables them to obtain subsistence,
without the exertions and carefuluess,
which the Eastern farmers are compelled
to exercise, in order to obtain mere Hv-
ing from their barren and rocky soil.
No doubt that when the West becomes
thickly populated; when the land is more
divided, when the church and school house
are seen from every eminence, these de-
fects will be rernedied but as things now
are, a most prolific source of conversation
of an Eastern person, when he returns
home from a tour through the West, is the
apparent shiftlessness of the people. He
may add to the literal truth of the matter,
but there is sufficient truth in his asser-
tions to enable him to speak strongly Oh
the subject; and one of the greatest and
best improvements that the Western peo-
pie can make, would be to De more pune
tual, more careful and more correct in all
their business and private transactions.
I would have this apply especially to the
farmers, who, if they took better care, more
pains, and sheltered their live stock from
the wintry blasts, and took care that their
tools, fences and buildings were repaired
IN TINE, would dnd that farming paid bet
ter than il seems to do to many.
lla I would not have it appear that I wish
10 run down the Western people, but be-
Ing a Buckeye boy, and knowing only too
well some Of their defects, write in this
manner, in the hope that sOmee,' if not many,
of my former companions In your town,
may read this and guard against the de-
fects which I have briefly noticed.
"ESPoIR."
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SDend Wisely.

Look most at your spending. No matter
what comes, if more goes out you will al
ways be poor. The art is not in making
money, but in keeping it, little expenses
like mice in barn, when they are many,
make great waste. Hair, by hair, heads
get bald. Straw by straw, the thatch goes
of the cottage, and drop by drop, rain
comes into the chamber. A barrel is soon
empty, if the tap leaks but drop min
ute. When you mean to save, begin with
your mouth; there are many thieves down
the red lane. The ale jug is great waste.
In all other things keep within compass,
Never stretch your legs farther than the
blankets will reach, or you will soon be
cold. In clothes, choose suitable and
lasting stuff, and not tswdry ineTies. TIC
be warm Is the main thing never mind
the looks. A fool may make money, buI
it needs wise man TO spend it. Remem'
Der it is easier to build two chimneys thar
to keep one going. If you give all to back
and board, there is nothing left for the
savings bank. Fare hard and work hare
while you are young, and you have ;
chance Of rest when you are old, ..-
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The ReIeased Fenlan I1rlsoners

When intelligence was received that the
British Government had discharged the
Irish-Americau prisoners, the Secretary OF
State telegraphed to the American repre-
sentative in London to furnish them first
class passage to the United States. The
British Government then volunteered to
give them secOnd-class passage to this
country, but they very naturally preferred
to accept the frst-ctsss offer of the United
States.
A dispatch from the American Legation
In London was received at the State De-
partment, stating that John Mcclure, I'm
derwood, O'COnnell and O'Donsvan Rosss
had sailed in the steamship Cuba on Sat
urday for New York. Colonel Wm. 6.
Halpin and some others refused to receive
their conditional pardon and have not yet
been discharged. Mr.. Mcclure had been
sentenced to death, but the sentence was
commuted to penal servitude for life
0'Connelt to ten years penal sPrvitude
Rossa to penal servitude for life, Halpin tC
tifteen years, while Burke had been SEN
fenced to death and made ready for his ex.
ecution, when his sentence WAS also com.
muled to imprisonment for life,
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Select Miscellany.
[For the News.
PANTORYNTO.

By a. Old Fogy'' Of 54-Foundsd youthful ReeoHee
Hons Ofa Song n ShoridaMS "schoOl for Scandal
Good lack to che flirting and earoleul gay jade,
And housewife, the duties expert in;
greeting most kind to the blooming young maid
And her Of an age much uncertain. ...
Estesm the brunette, Bhe Is Sombrs, yet dear,
And pale one, eempls1iOned 90 blondlyr
The widow befeavsd and In grief, we should eheeT'
And. Eelcoms the bride smiling fondly i-=i-
Then Join IN the tbopght, and nsy every tTus man
Be constant and faithful TO dear. lovely Womaul
Long cherish with ardor the charms which you prize
Wish well uutO her with not many,
SIN dOts on the sparkling hear .7sreing black eyes
And blue. a. bewitehing hnyi
II sWarthy or sail0w, q rosy or fair,
CIndifsrsnt quite, what their shade iu:l
IfpOrtIy or siuggisb, ifEprightly or spare
UnstintinE admire all the iadlsd.
Then Join IN the thought, aud may every true mar
Fail not in his duty to dear lovely WOmaul
National Asy lum, Dayton, o Jan. 1871. s.
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Mr.. Nathan's Murderer D1eOV7
"caftt l' araFa .ls


The inteIligeHcs that the d1urderef
6F Benjamin Nathan has been discOy-
cred, that the evidence agalust him,
though circunIstantial, is clear and
ponvineing, and that he Is now ln the
hands of t'.s authorities5 though arrestE
ed fUr a different Ofense, can not be
read without & thrill Of exeltsmsnt
by even the most apathetic and
ineredulOus.
The discovery is due to the skill
and Determination Of the well Unknown
cO0nselOr and advocate, Count joan
mes. Following step by step, with
remarkable perseverance, 8 clue that
had fallen into his hands, he seems 70
have entirely cleared up the mystery.
The assassin entered Mr.. Nathn's
house a. a burglar, for the purPoss. q
plundering it. Mr. Nathan was
asleep. The noise Of the intruder
aw6ke him. ShpPosing It to be one
of his sons, he said HHaFmOn, is IS
you ~ These were his last words
The rObbgE at once became murdereR5
striking the old man dead with this
iron dog, or, rs he called It, the
'frung." Mr.. Nathan was hllled III
order that the burglar might not be-
detected, arrested and punished. ThG
blow was struck by q lsft-hsnded mani
whose right hand had been INITIATED,
80 that when, covered with blood, be
laid it on the wall of Mr.. Eathan's
room, it left there the mark Of d Hand
Nth o1slyrJ0tHr fingers That man, We
are assured, is now in custody IN
Y. Sun, Dec. 81. +..-,.-
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The stupidity Of After-Dinner
fs Speeches.


Many of the failures in after-dinneF
speeches arise, says a writer in Lon
don Society, probably from want Of
preparation. People 60 tOa dinner
anticipating to be called upon to make
a speech, and yet go without single
sentence upon their lips, without a
single thought in their heads. They
trust, ike Telemachus at the Spartan
court, to the inspiration Of the moment,
and, like that Interesting youth, when
the moment comes they are as mute
as mice. They rise in q 1uster, ac-
knowledge the cheers which greet
them, with a ghastly smile, stammer
out few words, pause, hesitate, stop,
quote poetry, or get on the stills and
talk hyperbole or nonsense, according
to the turn of their minds, repeat
( themselves two or three times, and sit
down in a cold sweat, possibly thank
ling Heaven that they are not under
the table in a fit Of apOpIexy, or per-
thaps eOnsoling themselves with the re-
aectiOn that after all they have not
made greater asses of themselves than
the rest of the guests, and that they
can atone for their failure by adding
Eve guineas extra to their subserip-
ltiOn. Welarei thinking now only OF
the more favorable cases, Now and
then you meet a man who IS perverse
and stupid, who does not sit down
when his head is gone, who treats a
cough with contempt and resents con
versationf as an impertineuee "a maI
who simply stands still when his4ideas
lhaYe all vanished, and who, although
conscious that his mind IS an 1ttel
blank, nevertheless persists ia keeping
Ton his legs and firing of odd little
sentences that mean nothing, like ri
lAemen firing of blank cartridges aftel
Their shot is all gone. Most after din
ner speakers are simply bOres. Thest
4 are a nuisance. Peg 'f.E -.t+
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a san FraneIgeo Chtistmas sensatIoh

A San Francisco Christmas sensation
was the attempted suicide in a fashion
able restaurant Of a young man named
Massett, and said to be a relative Of
Stephen Mas5ett, the humorist. He
ate a very hearty repast, Slowly and
with evident enioyment, and when his
checks had amounted to $3.50 he or
dered a 50 bottle of wine. Two thirds
of this be drank, then. cOOlly leaning
back and drawing a single-barreled
pistol, he cred it into his mouth. He
arose, blood streaming from his lips,
and a waiter supporting him hs began
tOexpress his surprise that q leaden pis-
tOl bullet could be shot through d
mans mouth and lodge in his brain
without stunning him. He refused to
give his name or any reason for his
act. Being removed to a station house,
it was found that the ball bad grazed
the roof Of his mouth, cut his palatei
and probably descended with the rest
of his repast. He declared that he
meant to make sure thing, that he
thought death the best way to end his
nisf0Ftunes. bat that be had taugAt
himself 4 lesson not to attempt suicide
again, When cOnduIed with on the
loss Of his palate, he said, al don't
care about that, bat this blood has
spoiled my trousers" III ID. a3.
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sWorfh ThinkInR ID.

When you are passing over railroad
next time, Just think that you are on
a line of q connecting network, the
sum total of whose meshes is 900
miles that the total cost Of this net
work distributed to our whole people
would give $50 TO every mau, woman
and child in the land that the earn
ings of these iron nTeshes annually
would allow each individual Sll,
counting our population forty millions )
that they carry l25, 100000 tons Of
freight that the value of, this whole
tonnage equals s12,6OO, 1000, ,0OO-rle
member these things, and you VIE
form no mean idea of the magnitude
of our railroad system. Remembee
too, that every mile of road adds ivr,
times its own cost TO the aggregate
wealth Of the country.
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New Musical Directory for the
Benefit Of Church ChOirs.

What is a slur? Almost any remark one
singer makes about another.
What is a rest? Going out of the choir
for refreshments during sermon time.
What is singing with an understanding?
Marking time on the floor with your foot.
Whatis symphony? Flirting with the
soprano singer behind the organ.
What Is q stacestO ulovement3 Leaving
the choir in . huff when one is dissatisfied
with the Organist.
What Is q swell? A professor Of music,
who pretands to know all about the science,
while he cannot conceal his ignorance.
What Is turn2 When one singer Is dis
charged TO make room for another ---.
How'do we produce q discord? By prais-
ing one lady's singing at the expense Of z
rival who Overhears you.
What is a pause When the organ boy
gets asleep when the choir is ready to sing.
What is a fat7 A singer who supposes
himself or herself Indispensable to the sue
cess of the choir.
How to secure a quartette? Get two good
looking unmarried gentlemen for basso and
tenor, and there will be no trouble in Sc
curing soprano and alto. fs- . ... ..