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G. T Y OF B A L
s1,2OO,OOO six per cent. Bonds
Maryland Railroad Company, en-,
OF Baltimore. The undersigned 4
OF the Western Maryland RailroI
through the American Exchan,
sl,2OO,OO OF the Bonds OF the
Railroad Company, having 80 yea
and interest guaranteed by the
This endorsement having been
act Of the Legislature, and by
City Council, was submitted TO
almost unanimous vote OF the pei
tional security the city has provide
$500, 900 for the liquidation OF this
An exhibit Of the financial cond
shows that she has available and
more than SUFFICIENT TO pay her ed
To investors looking for absolute
offered in this market presents grj
These bonds are offered at s7J6l
rest, coupons payable January a
WILLIAM
JOHN X.
MOSES WI
l6 6Ott Fin
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or whom pamphlets and inform
tanned,
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We have assumed 10000 as the proba-
BILE ratio of representation under the new
census; higher would reduce the number
of electoral votes, as lower would increase
it, but neither would materially affect the
majority.
Missouri was not carried by the Democrats
in 1870, but by the Schurz aud Gratz Brown
Republicans; but we assume that enough of
these will probably 60 clear over to put the
get sick of their strange company, and come
back in season for ~.
Connecticut was carried by the Democrats
in the April State election of '6S, but went
Republican in the ensuing Presidential con-
test, as she probably will in ".
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BOARDING.

11C1 GIRARD STREET, BETWEEN ELE-
AAAA venth and Twelfth and Ohesnut and Mar
ket streets. Vacancies for Families and Single Gen
tlemen. Also. suit OF rooms on the second door,
furnished or unfurnshed, with nrst-class board.
Also table board. 10 24u
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PRESIDENTIAL PROSPECTS.

FT0nI the ". T. ITlOUNe.
We have heard it remarked that, should
the elections of 1872 copy those of 1870,
Democrat would be chosen President. But
that is a miscalculation, as the following
table will show
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Exchange on Paris and the
Bank of London.
IN SUMS TO SUIT.

THE STRONGEST AND Bl
n CURED, AS WILL AZ MOST PRO-
INVESTMENT NOW OFFERED IN II
kET.
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Y PER CENT. &C
First Mortgage Bd

Coupon or Registered, and free OF U.
PRINCIPAL;AND INTEREST PAYABLE
ISSUED BY THE
Burlington, Cedar Rapi,
EHiA ,NsOta R. R. 60
The small remaining balance OF the L.
AZ DO and Accrued Inse|
Currency.
Interest payable May and Noveu
j. EDGAR THOMSON,
CHARLES L. FROST,
The bonds are issued at $4,000 per 4
the portion only OF the line fully cod
equipped.
The greater part OF the road is alreaH
ton, and the present earnings are iarl
OF the operating expenses and interest,
The balance OF the work necessary
through connections, thereby shorter
tance between st. Paul and Chicago q
miles to st. Louis, is rapidly progressn
the movement OF the coming grain BID
is estimated, will double the present Il
road.
The established character OF this ro
1t does through the heart OF the most
and richest portion of the great state
gether with it's present advanced condi
earnings, variant US In unhesitatIna
ing these bonds to investors as, in ey
undoubted security. A small quantity
only remains unsold, and when te
completed, which will be this fall, an III
vance over subscription price may b Il
The bonds have flfty years to run ar
at the option Of the holder into the soc
pany at par, and the payment OF thepr
vided for by sinking fund. TIE
privilege attached to these bonds cano
them, at an early day, to commando
considerably above par. U. S. Fivew
sent prices return only ~ per Get.
rest, while these bonds pay % pr
regard them to be as safe and fully qua
to any Railroad Bond Issued; an u
placed upon the New York Stoc Il
rules OF which require the road to,e
osligate ourselves to rebuy at any tae
oonds sold by us after this date at ie
realized by us on their sale.
All marketable securities taken pa
ommission and express charges.
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HENRY CLEWS&
NO. 30 WALL Str,el

FOR SALE BY
TOWNSEND WHELEN {
BARKER BROS. Il CO.,
KURTz 4 HOWARD,
BOWEN 81 FOX,
DE HAVEN & BROTHE.,
THOS. A. BIDDLE Il co
VIM. PAINTER & CO.,
GLENDENNING, DAvISd
o. DINVILLIERS,
EMORY, BENSON & co.
GILBOUGH, BOND & col
c. F. YERKES s. CO., Ban
OF whom pamphlets and inform
a
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-03
GENERAL NATURE-No. 6l.]
AN ACT confirming the title to certain
lan6a-

ANA
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That the
title to the land certified TO the State OF
Iowa by the Commissioner of the General
Land Office of the United States, under an
act of Congress entitled "An act confirming
a land claim in the State of Iowa, and for
other purposes" approved July twelve,
eighteen hundred and sixty-tw0, in ac-
c0rdance with the adjustment made by the
authorized agent of the State of Iowa and
the Commissioner of the General Land Of
fee, on the twenty-frst day of May, ammo
Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-slx,
and approved by the Secretary of the In
terror on the twenty-seeond day +Of May,
ammo Domini eighteen hundred and sixty.
six. and which adjustment was ratified and
confirmed by act of the general assembly
of the State of Iowa. approved March
thirty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty
eight, be, and the same is hereby ratified
and confirmed to the State Of Iowa and Its
grantees, in accordance with said adjust
| ment. and said act OF the general assembly
of the State of Iowa; provided, that nothing
in this act shall be so construed as to affect
adversely any existing legal rights or the
rights Of any party claiming title or the
| right to acquire title to any part of said
| lands under the provisions Of the s~o-called
| homestead or pre-empted laws of the United
States, or claiming any part thereof a;
swamp lands.
Approved March 3, 1871.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-03
GENERAL NATuRE-No. 67.1
AN ACT to amend an act for the relic
Iaarum Atkins. annrnVel uulY tiff

AN ACT to amend an act for the relief o
Jearum Atkins, approved July fifteen,
eighteen hundred and seventy.
Be it enacted by the~ Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That the
act entitled Gan act for the relief of Jearum
Atkins" approved July fifteen, eighteen
hundred and seventy, be, II the same is
hereby, amended SO as to read as follows:
That the Commissioner of Patents be, and
he hereby is, authorized to entertain and
exercise jurisdiction over a petition OF
Jearum Atkins for the extension OF let
~ters-patent granted to him on the
twenty-first day of December, eighteen
hundred and ffty-two, for a further
term Of seven years from the
day on which such extension may De
granted, and to hear and determine upon
the said petition in the same manner and
with the same effect as if the original term
of said patent had not expired, and to grant
or refuse such extension upon the same
principles that govern his decisions upon
such applications. when made in due course
of law: provided, that before granting any
extension unon such petition. the commits
sioner shall be satisfied that the same vii
inure 10 the sole benefit of said Atkins; and
provided further, that 40 person shall bt
held liable for the infringement of sale
patent. if extended. for making use of sale
invention since the expiration of th'
original term of said patent, and prior Il
the date of it's extension.
Approved March 3, 1871.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-03
GENERAL NATURE-No. 53.l

An act making appropriations for the ser
vice of the Postoffice Department for
the year ending June thirty, eighteen
hundred and seventy-two, and for other
purposes.
Be if enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That
the following sums be, and the same are
HEREBY. appropriated for the service of the
Postoffice Department for the year ending
June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy,
two, out Of any moneys in the treasury
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-03
GENERAL NArURE-No. SOL

ANAiCNE- VVf
AN ACT to provide for the redemption of
copper and other token coins.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
Secretary Of the Treasury is hereby author
lied and required to redeem in lawful
money, under such rules and regulations
as he may from~time to time prescribe.
all copper, bronze, eopper-nickel, and base
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-03

metal coinage of every kind heretofore au-
thorizad by law, when presented in sums of
not less than twenty dollars; and whenever
under this authority these coins are present
ed for redemption in such quantity as to
show the amount outstanding to be redun-
dant. the Secretary of the Treasury is au-
thorized to discontinue or diminish the man
ufaeture and issue of such coinage until
otherwise ordered by him.
Approved, March 3, 1871.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-03

1NEWEoRLEAN ANS REPUBIICA NgW sUNDAY,9asETg EMBERa q ls1lnmaaaaBa
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-03

dine thereto, shall be, and the same
are hereby, extended to all other andso OF the
United States on the line OF. said road when
surveyed, except those hereby granted TO
said company.
SEC II That the president of the com
panv shall annually, by the first day OF July,
make a report and file it with the Secretary
of the Interior, which report shall be under
| oath. exhibiting the financial situation OF
| the company, the amount OF money received
and expended, and the number OF miles OF
road constructed each year; and 1urther,
the names and residences OF the stock
| holders, of the directors, and OF all other
officers of the company, the amount OF STOCK
subscribed, and the amount Thereon actuaLy
| paid in, a description of the lines OF road
| surveyed and fixed upon for construction:
| the amount received from passengers ana
for freight, respectively, on the road, a
statement of the expenses of said road ana
its fixtures, and a true statement OF the IN
debtedness OF said company and the various
kinds thereof. ,
SEC. IA. That the certificate of the capital
stock must be signed by the president
and secretary, and attested by the seal OF
the company, and shall contain an extract
from the proceedings os the board of direc-
tors fixing the amount thereof, as well as
from this act, authorizing such issue. All
the bonds and mortgages issued by sad
company must be signed Dy the president
and secretary, and attested by the seal of
said company, and shall contain an extract
from the law authorizing them to be issued.
The face value of said bonds shall be one
thousand dollars in gold, and shall be re-
deemable at such times, and to bear such
rate of interest, payable semi annually IN
gold, as may be determined by the di.
~Tectors. The total value of the construc-
ton bonds to be issued shall not exceed
railroad, and the total face value of the
land bonds shall not exceed two dollars
and fifty cents per acre for all lands mort
gaged. the total amount of each to be deter
mined by the board of directors.
SEC. Is. That all railroads constructed, OF
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-02

THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL RE-
PUBLICAN is strongly opposed to the
efforts of Senator Schurz and his cola.
borers to form a new party. After
criticizing the platform put forth by
these gentlemen, it quotes a part OF one
Of Gen. Grants messages to congress,
written, says the Republican, with
sno view OF it ever becoming the
platform of the party" and questions
If Senator's Schurz or Sumner can
match it for honesty, terseness or states
mauship. When Gen. Grant entered
on his career as president, he had the
friendship of such men as Schurz and
Sumner, and it Is not unlikely that the
honesty and ability shown in his mes
Sal es, if any can be claimed for them,
we're the rightful property of one of his
quondam friends.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-02

less vet President Grant will soon have
his new stables ready for his horses,
The stables are described as moueis VI
architocturc--thc Seneca stone '''ni
mipps are from nc presidents own
ouarrics--,he Fl ch roof Is beau'i-
.fu,lv designed and 'laboratety fin
49, Tho stables are two stories
h;,h and arc furnished with gas and
wafer throughout. Grant expects to get
into his stables about thanksgiving day,
and will. no doubt. give d" the usual ac-
acknowledgements witha little extra fer.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-02

lAr A case Of wife murder IL attract
ing considerable attention in England
Theperpetrator was distinguished clergy
man, the Rev. T. S. Watson, author of sew.
eral celebrated works. Two days after
the murder, he attempted to commit sui
eide, but the drug he used failed in ITS ef.
feet and he was removed to prison. Be-
fore taking the poison, he wrote the fol-
lowing note: "In fit of fury l have
Killed my wife. Often and often have !
endeavored to restrain myself, but my
rage overcame me, and | struck her down
Her body will be found in tho little room
on the library. ! hope she will DO buried
rs becomes lady Of birth and position
she lie an Irish lady, and her name il
: Anne. The key will be found in a lettel
on the table
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-02

A New YORKER suggests the idea
Of furnishing the steam necessary for
ventilation, warming, cooking and me-
chanical purposes in Chicago from one
set of boilers in central position.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-02

GOV Bullock has resigned the
guberuatorial Office of Georgia, and
Benjamin ConIay, president of the
senate has succeeded him, No expla.
nation Of the reasons which impelled
BULLOCK to take this extraordinary step
has been given to the public. 1t is re-
ported that great excitement prevails
throughout the state.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-02

The SPIRITCALIsTs are having
" high old time in Moravia, n. Y.
At the seanccs Of certain Mrs. Brown,
spirits are appearing in bodily form
to their friends on earth. One appear
ed wearing spectacles as in life, anoth-
er, German spirit, thrust out a hand
holding roses and pinls, and one who
didn't want any mistake made as to his
political leanings when he was NOR
tai, sang in clear strong voice, "Old
John Browns soul is marching on. "
The medium who is conducting these
manifestations says she is con-
WINGED " the windows of heaven are
wide open" This must be so, as it is
plain that if these spirits are wandering
about here below as the medium alleg.
es, they must have escaped from heav-
en- in some irregular way. st. Peter
only opens the celestial gates to let
people in, not to let them om.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-02

THE New York Tribune denounces
Wendell Phillips, and asserts that he
has squint in his moral vision, manu-.
iactury grievances, creates his facts
and draws out with hook his levia-
thaus of conclusions.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-02

~Ink stains may be removed from
mahogany by touching them with feather
dipped in a mixture composed Of fcw
drops Of nitre aud teaspoonful Of water.
To prevent white mark being left, the
spot must be rubbed with = cloth wet in
cold water the moment the ink has dissp-
peared.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-02

STILL ANOTHER Chicago newspaper
avows determination phGnix like,
to rise from it's ashes" This time it is
the Present Age, the organ of the spir-
itualists.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-02

THE CHICAGO RELIEF committees,
much troubled by the applications
for food by persons who are more lazy
or greedy than helpless, have deter
mined to apply St. Pauls rule: "1f
any man among you will rot work,
neither let him eat.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-02

sS- A good instance of "sharp prac-
uee Ia that Of man in Ohio, who was
acquitted of murder on plea Of insanity.
dc had secured his lawyers by giving
Them mortgage on his farm, but now
fepudlate' the mortgage on the ground
'na' he was insane when he made it, nc.
Vora'ng to the showing of these same
lawyer.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-02

RE- A negro orator in Texas who i,
the recognized head of the colored Democ-
racy in his part Of the State, said in y
speech a few days ago, that "if he had his
way, he would give the RAIDS the stripes
in the old flag till they saw the stars, and
then knock them out Of doors with tbs
pole"
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-02

1a5" There is a.lively rebellion going on
in Mexico, in opposition to the rule of
Juarez 1t is conducted by able generals,
and bids fair to give the perpetual pres-
dent good deal of trouble but then re-
bellion s the normal condition of that
| people
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-02

S<D A Boston organ Of the Spiritual.
'''s announces that all or very nearly all
the crowned head. in Europe are ,o.dov
believers IN spirit communications al.
though to the Queen Of England j, no.
been reserved to courageously announc,
herself a Spiritualist.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-02

nay" Dates from Rome to October 10th
state that conclave Of Cardinals has adj
viscd the Pope to leave Rome, sin order
to preserve his spiritual independence.
The Pope has approved the decision, anC
proposes 70 leave Rome il the Italian Par
Lament meets within the bounds of tn
municipality.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-02

SENATOR SUMNER calls President
Grant the grand cyclops of the San Do
mingo ku-klux khan.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-02

THE st, Louis R,puJLicm regrets
that the Chicago Times is not foolish
and refuses to follow it in its wild
chase through the imprac,icabilities Of
the surrender policy, the acceptance
of which by the democratic party
would be suicide.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-02

D6 Miss Rose Hawthorne, the young
est daughter of the suthor Of the "Scarlet
Letter" has been married to Mr.. Lsthrop
of New York.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-02

The Ku.KLUx KHAN is no longer
known by that name in the state Of
Texas. Since the last election there
Imaginative republicans have chris,epsd
1t the invisible empire, aud tell
gloomy stories Of anticipated trouble
As the ku-klux troubles are said to b,
the worst in states under radical rule i
Will scarcely do to blame the state GOV
eFnnent of Texas for like difficulties, i
any develope themselves there.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-02

The Chicago papers estimate the
losses in the great fire at about $780,
100000. This falls short Of the first
exaggerated estimate, but it is enough
to give that grab all city an excuse for
making a"poor mouth for q decade,
aud will furnish it pretext for the at
tempt which it will surely make to rob
the state and national treasures in the ef-
forts it is already making to speculate
IN it, own misfortunes.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-02

nasal passages, and are prevented from
being thrown upon the lungs. When we
breathe through the mouth, they are car
riei more directly thithcr. Many would
lengthen their lives by resolutely breath
ing through the nostrils.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-02

~ When breathing air that is dusty
or i'll smelling, or otherwise impure, draw
the breath slowly through the nostrils. In
this way the dust or other impurities are
IN part arrested in tho moist and narrow
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-02

RAJ In 1858 drouth as severe as that
of the present season, although not at
tended with such disastrous results, pr
vailed in Michigan Farmers came fro 4
miles to the Detroit river for water. In
October of that year large fires ragged in
the woods.ncar Detroit, destroying houses
and stock in some instances. and smoke
was created 50 dense rs to almost entirely
prevent business, causing general alarm.
No rain fell for more than sixty days, and
many fires occurred in Detroit destroy ing
some valuable buildings.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-02

a LATE New York Tribune contains
the horr'fying information, to the
possesscrs Of diamonds, tina, the mos, Of
the stones in this country are false gems
Some are made of a peculiar glass called
strass, which has the property of re-
fracting light in the same way as the
diamond. Others are manufactured b,
system called" plonkage," by which
other stones are covered with thin slab
Of diamond, eemented on. These falls
diamonds are made in Paris and find
large sale by purchasers who know
them TO be false and others who suppos,
thenao be- real ,-r-.~
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-02

hg- Speaking of Hon. Thomas Ewing,
the Cincinnati Commercial says; Though
prominent in public life, she has hardly
had the conspicuity that his remarkable
ability should. have commanded. 1t was
al accident and mistake that he was not
nominated for the vice-presidency in place
Of Fillmore. A word-perhaps a careless
one, from an Ohio :politican-gave what
turned out to.bc the presidency to Fillmore,
and, there is reason to believe, changed
immensely the current of American his
tory. Mr.. Ewing was defeated for the
senate by Colonel Allen by one vote. and
by Ben. Wade by scratch
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-02
~ A tragedy enacted a year ago a

D~ A tragedy enacted year ago at
Sublette, H., in which son named Bee,
shot his father through the head, and then
buried his body, has been recently brought
to light 1t appears that tho body was
discovered by couple Of men who We're
engaged in digging well on the premises
formerly occupied by the Bee family.
| The boy has made q confession.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-02
NERVOUS DEBILITY.

With It's gloomy attendants, low spir.
tts depr, ssiOn.t voluntary emission.
loss OF semen, spermntOrriiGs. loss Of
power dizzy had, loss of memory,
ana threatened Impotence and iNbe-
ctlfts, and iovereign cure In Hum.
Rhrey's Homeopathic Specific No
TWenty.eight. Composed OF the mos. yalua
bic mild and potent turatlyes, they strike a
onde at the roots OF the matter, tone up the sys
TEN, arrest the discharges, and iInpsrt sigor and
snerey, life and vitality TO the entire man. They
have cured thousands OF cases. Price, s. per
packages OF Eve boxes and q large ~ vial, which
is very important III obstinate or old cases, or 81
perslngls box Sod by all drusgists, and sent
by mail on receipt OF price. Address Humphrey
Specific Homeopathic Medicine Co., 562 Broad
way, =. Y. r. SCHUH,
augl sd. owswly Agent, Cairo, Him IT,
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-02

~ At recent burglars convention
in Vermont it WAS resolved that it was
" expedent to use chloroform on vie
tins.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-02

SAYS the Golden Age: President
Grant has been down among the lum-
bermen of Maine, who tried to get a
speech from him but found him dry
timber Bangor received him patriot.
''1iiy, and treated him Hospitality,
aud put Welcome in great letters
over the door Of her Jail, That was a
padonable mistake, made in the ex.
element OF the momen, she does no,
often receive a visit from president
and was naturally little Furriedo