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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-12-23
THE RULES.

= The following are the rules submitted by
the commissioners:
First-NO person shall be admitted to any
position in the civil service within the an
pointment of the Prerident or heads of de-
partments who is not citizen of the United
States, who shall not have furnished salts
factory evidence in regard to character,
health and age, and shall not have passed
satisfactory examination in speaking,
reading and writing the English language.
Second-An advisory board of suitable
persons to be employed by the President,
under the ninth section Of the act of March
3, 1871, entitled IAN act to make appropri-
atoms for sundry civil expenses of the gov
1879, and for other purposes, = shall, 60 far
as practicable, group positions in each
branch of the civil service according to the
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-12-23

GENERAL NArURE-No. 81
AN ACl authorizing the President 30 nomi-
nate a H. LamsOn 3 lieutenant in the
UnitedA yates navy.
Be 1t emitted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States Of
America lnFongress assembled, That the
President oNhe United States be. and here
BY Is. authorized to nominate r. H. Lamson
alieutenant iithe United States navy.
Approved, Arch q. 1871.
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for the naval service for the wear ending
June thirty. eighteen hundred and seventy
two, and for other purposes" approved
March third. eighteen hundred and seventy
one, five hundred dollars.
Sec. ~. That SO much of the prOviso in
the act making appropriations to supply de-
ficiencies, and SO forth, approved April
twentieth. eighteen hundred and seventy,
as limits the completion of the marine hos
pital building at Chicago, Illinois, to sum
not exceeding three hundred thousand dol
lars. is hereby repealed; and it shall be law
ful for the proper authorities to expend the
money already appropriated for continuing
the work upon said building: Provided,
That no part thereof shall be expended un-
til plans and specifications shall have been
completed that will limit the cost of said
building to a sum, including all moneys al
ready expended, not exceeding three hun
dred and fifty nine thousand seven hundred
and seventy-nine dollars and thirty-four
cents. ,.-
SEC. 20. That the Secretary of the Treas
ury be authorized to sell, for the best price
in cash that can be obtained, the marine
hospital building in the city of San Fran
cisco; and the proceeds of such sale, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, shall be
held and reserved as fund for the erec-
ton Of pavilion hospital on some govern
ment reservation in or near said city. if
Congress shall hereafter SO determine.
Sec. q. That there be appropriated ont
Of any money in the Treasury not other
wise appropriated, twelve thousand dollars
for the relief Of destitute aged persons in
the District of Columbia, such sum to be
received and distributed by such officer or
association of persons in the District Of Co.
lumbia as the Secretary Of War shall desie.
nate, and that . report Of the distribution
OF the money hereby appropriated shall be
made to Congress ct its next session.
:. SEC. q. That the Secretary Of War
is hereby authorized to furnish to
the National Freedmen's Relief AS
ISOLATION condemned clothing and he'd.
ding, if such there be on hand, not
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-12-23
[GENERt. NArURE-No. 81

AN All to reetablish the Office of sur
veyor a Iastport, Maine.
Be it enacted Athe Senate and House of
representatives q the United States of
America IN Congre assembled, That the
once OF surveyor the port of Eastport,
formerly existing bylaw, and abolished by
the Secretary Of theVreasury. be. and Is
hereby reestablished I'D created. and shall
hereafter exist, subj& to the same laws
and restrictions that bpertained to the
same before it was aAiished: but it shall
hereafter be known as IL Office of surveyor
quoddy bay.
Approved, March 30, 1SA
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Sec. 2 That if two or, more persons
within any Stste Or Territory Ct the United
States shah conspie tQ&et % overthrow,
or to put down, ofto desktoy BY force the
government Of the unI6ka 6fat1s, orto levy
war against the United 1900 u to oppose
by force the authqlitI q a. govesnment
ofthe Ueited statea 6 q fore. tttipida.
the execution 81 any iaw q tie United
States; or hy force to sei1e; take, e. possess
any properly Of the United Ssates contrary
to the axth0Eity thereof; or BY force, in
timidati0n, ~ threat to prevent any person
from accopttpG q holding any office Or trust
or place OF confidence under the United
States, or from discharginx the duties there
of, or by force, intimida Hon, e threat to
induce any officer Of the united States to
duties as such officer might iaWfdlly be per.
formed, or to injure him in his person or
property ON account Of his lawful
discharge of the dntes 81 his office,
or to inJuro hts pereon while en-
gagged in the lawful discharge of the
duties Of his otfces g to mjure his property
60 as 70 moieet interrupt, hinder, or
impede HIM "a tke discharge Of his official
Is deter any pesty q Wiisess in any court
of the United States from attending
such court, q nom testifying in any mat.
ter pending in l1eh court fully, freely and
truthfnlly, or to mjure sny such party or
witness In hispors0n or property on account
OF hls havingso attended q testified. or BIZ
force, intimidation Or tl16at to influence
the verdict, preeentmenttoe Indictment of
any Juror % grand juror II any court of the
United 6tAtes, or to iltuIe sach juror in his
person or property on account Of any YER
diet, presentmeht OF Indictment law.
fully assehted 70 by him, or on ac-
count Of his being or having been
such jurof, or shall conspire together or 90
m Disguise upon the public highway or upon
the premises Of another for the purpose of
either directly or indirectly of deprivinc any
equa! protection of the laws or of equal
Pflvleges or immnnities under the
laws or for the purpose of prevent
ing - hindering the constituted au-
thorles OF any State from giving or securing
TO ~ persons within such State the equal
proeection Of the laws, or shall conspire to-
gether nr the purpose of in any manner
impeding, hindering, obstructing or defeat
ing tne due course Of justice in any State or
lerrit0ry with intent to deny to any citizen
OF the United States the due and equal prol
lection of the laws, or to injure any perso:f<
IN MS person or his property for lawfully en-
forcing the right OF any person Or class OF per-
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three, eighteen hundred and seventy one. is
hereby made subject to present use.
Sec. 7. That the sum Of twenty thousand
tive hundred and twenty-three dollars or
so much thereof as may be necessary, be.
and the same is hereby, appropriated to
provided for in joint resolution approved
February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and
seventy-One. kS
SEC. 8. That so much of the appropriation
for paying the expenses Of taking the ninth
census Of the United States contained in the
act making appropriations fol. sundry civil
expenses of the government for the year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
and seventy-twO, approved March third,
eighteen hundred and and seventy-one, as
may be necessary, may be used during the
current fiscal year; and the proviso in the
eighth section of said act is amended bv
adding after the words '.eight dollars per
day" the words exclusive Of mileage"
SEC. 3. That tthe appropriation of thirty
Thousand three hundred ana twenty-six
dollars "fOr necessary expenses in the cree
ton, furnishing machinery" and so forth.
OF the branch mint at Carson city, contained
in the act making appropriations for sundry
civil expenses Of the government for the
fiscal year eeding June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seventy.tw0, an y for other
purposes, approved March TIKI, \ eighteen
hundred and seventy-one; is hereby made
subject to present use. s
SEC. 10. That the appropriation for build
ing pier at Lewes, Delaware, contained in
sections twelve and thirteen of the act ap-
proved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and
seventy, entitled IAN act making appropri-
atoms for sundry civil expenses of the gov
eminent for the year ending june thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and seventy one, and for
other purposes be, and the same is hereby
continued until June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-two.
SEC. IL. That there be added to the mis-
kellaneous item of the contingent fund of the
youse of Representatives the sum of two
| 9ousand five hundred and sixty-three dol
" and thirty cents, or 80 much thereof as
| lance remaining unpaid upon the accounts
| OF illnesses who appeared before the sub
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que SECRETARY OI the OlSuflcl
Vi CoiumDia, thousand dollars.
FOR compensation of the members of the
'councl OF the district of Columbia, four
thousand four IN dred dollars.
r1r compeasauR of the board of public
WORKS OF the u krict of Columbia, ten
thomsand dollars; kovided, that no person
s snan 4e entltled soFaw salary as men,
oe: VI tIe BOARD Spublic works who is
pau salary Ior thelticharge of the duties
OF any Utner officer pder the government
Of me omted StatesAnd said board shall
be held to be an exishe board for ali the
purposes specified in tn 7.Act tn tn nrov;Je
a government for the Dkrict of Colnml;a ;,
from and after the appointment and oual;f-
cation of the members t1ceof
To enable the SecretarAf the Interior tn
purchase of Messrs. Little, Hrown and Com.
pany two thousand cOpies\f the sixteenth
volume of the United StAs Statutes at
Large. for distribution aJAeahlv tn the
acts of Congress directing IN distribution
OF the other volumes, seven Aousand dol
lars.
To pay William Hardin aAalance dino
him under his contract for sVevinp the
public lands in Nebraska, thru tiousand
six hundred dollars.
To supply deficiency in the Apropria-
ton for clothing for the Marine torps for
the year ending June thirtieth, tphteen
hundred and seventy-one, fifteen tSusand
dollars. n
For payment to the reporters of n Sem
ate and House for the Congressional (lohe
OF the usual additional compensate for
reporting the proceedings of the FRA es-
sion of the Forty-second Congress, five IN
dred dollars each, five thousand dollarsA
To enable the President to carry out
provisions OF the act of March third, eiek
cen hundred and seventy-one, authorizin
MN to prescribe rules and regulations foI
the admission of persons into the civ;
service, and go forth. ten thousand dollars
For expenses of the Joint Select Com
mittee on Alleged Outrages in the Southern
States, the sum of thirty thousand dollars
and any unexpended balance Of the appro
priation for the select committee Of the
Senate on the same subject shall be carried
to the above appropriation in addition
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places In the public service shall be restored
to those who are found to be fitted for them,
and If any one is disposed to think that an
abuse Of forty years il 3 law Of republican
system, little reflection will show him his
error. If he believes reform ~ be impossi-
BILE, he merely shows that he 10 victim Of
the abuse, and forgets that in America eyery
reform is possible. The enforcement of the
rules that We submit for approval depends,
of course, upon the pleasure of the Presi-
dent, yet should they receive the sanction
of Congress in form Of law, their enforce.
ment would become, until repealed. not
only the pleasure, but the duty Of the Presi-
dent. That sanction, whether to the rules
now submitted or to any scheme, will more
surely promote tho purity and efficiency of
the civil service.
The country most earnestly desires if that
sanction should be delayed the rules adopted
for his sction could mot bind his successor,
but, unless we are wholly mistaken, the re-
form would serve to indicate itself to the
good sense of the country; that the people
themselves would reject any party and any
candidate that proposed to relapse into the
present practice. The improvement of the
civil service is emphatically the peoples
cause. The peoples reform, and the admin
istration which vigorously begins it, will
acquire . glory only less than that Of the
salvation 81 o free Union.
JOSEPH H.. BLAKEMORE,
DAVID c. COX, ~.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS,
ALEXANDER G.. CATTELL,
JOSEPH MEDILL,
DAVIDSON A. WALKER.
E. B. ELLIOTT.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-06
II Youths Department.
THE TWO SUSsEXo I4DH.d


There lived two lads III Sussex, some forty years
Dicks @ss the name ii one Of them, the other was
named Joe; ElBj .fJt,t{
Both were the SONS of farmers. and both had pros
And y Schooling both, so+ country lads, had got
go Tdoounteous snare. 4 Uu8 sT3'RHa7I
To gather lacslsdss ofAn Kinds, Dlsf ever was
Ana d rsasiihr good and worthy book. his leisure
wnenssr he wandered through the aelds, he eve,
Some lesson good ii all be saw vita which to store
ems his mind. ~ eWot1l h9oI9!9Tt
Joe never read book 1t all, unless some sllly
Civ. zoe hl. paper and hi. pipe and POT Of homo
And ne would 81 and SIP, and smoke and rssd.
Rose % his brain and drowned the power to under
Dickiwent away 10 London'sown his fortune there
IN study and In anxious toll his time or youth went
wh.tesi 10 though. va. Ash. to do, he I'D Win
He climbed BY butys rugged path to HHonor's top
Joes father died, and SO he got tbs farm bat soon
Into anothers hands, for Joe lived very hard and
ri fast
The wealth his father boarded up, and toiled 50
Joe spent m drunken revelry and every kindred
Elm. ta 'IF3 ~ - :
Joe died upon lair Of straw. In cellar foul and
No kind voice soothed his dying hour, for no one
And when h h s wasted form wa. laid within tn.
No tear believed lis nameless grave, no mourner,
stood around. 4ssys, flf
Dick died. and kind hands closed his eyes; and
round his coffin stood
Men from all nations far and noar, the noble and
the good.
When Ger the mountains and the seas, the mourn
full tidings swept y.t a.tLt.r e5.tts,..
That he was dead, humanity bowed down Its head
ipy and wept. DH a#i H'hn fIH
OF these two lads, the one who spent his youth
DER pipe and pot IA IA.
Died, as the drunkard ever dies, nncared for and
forgot; ..F...t4 s4-. 4.tf
While, Richard, by untiring zeal and steady toll
The man than whom the world as yet can boast nc
lofuer name. 3aa htf - lf~s-iMf
Herald Of Heath.
Richard Golden
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-06

Frank q. Hsnilton hesewitA his asuaa en-
ihusiasm and sk H LII tried TIE new praslice.
lbf his own personal dhegunsent for the
benefit of bis patients and, science. lSix
successes. have been the. result in the
Charity Hospital IL this city, While ex:
ipt rience has sfow,i the I4ause fof failure in
ptherA The credit oftthS discovery, is due
to n. Reyerdin, q Young surgeon Of Payis /,
ana 1t is now claimed to be shown ~ ex;
periments in that country that a IL bnly
necessary TO scrape epidermal cells from
healthy skin, and sprinkle them UPON a
wound when they win act like spores in
producing other cells and the, growth of
skin"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-06

~ From these reports itappesEsfhat in the
society Of total abstinence the average time
Of sickness III y year, u eack member, Is
one and threeqliar ter days in the other,
eleven and seven-eighths days. The death
rate in the total abstainers' society was
two-fifths of one per cent, and in the one
in which its members INDUCED in spiritp-
Gus or fermented liquors, one and half
per cent Assuming the membership Of
each society to be 1000, there are tour
deaths among the total abstainsrs, aud III
teen among the drinkers.
Careful tables complied from life in
surance companies show that in given
number OF risks for every ten temperate
person that die between the ages of fifteen
and twenty years, inclusive, eighteen In
temperate die; for ten deaths Of temperate
persons between twenty-One and thirty
years, in given number Of risks, there
are fifty. one deaths of the incorporate
and when, in q given number of risks, ten
temperance persons die between the ages
of thirty one and forty years, about forty
intemperate die. Thus it will be seen
that the risk on an inebriater is, on an
average more than three and half times,
and in his third decade more than i've
times greater than on'a temperate person.
In conclusion, the, speaker said that IT
has often been said with truth, in connec,
ton with the monstrous evil Of drinking
alcoholic stimulants, that there is not day
that passes in which virtue does not sell
itself for bread; in which some poor,
frenzied creature does not rush madly
upon death. Behind windows that you
look heedlesslY at tragedies, red as any
history or fiction ever painted, are being
played, and faces you admire mask with
smiles an inward torture worse than the
agony of the rack Around as are the
thousands who toll, starye, curse, fight
and die, that the traffic in rum may
flourish, and the world goes roaring on as
heedlessly of those who fall as the gale in
autumn is needless of the leaves it strips
from the trees and branches. sea.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-06
ter gain these than to have q whole world
nH yNl,! II IT, A. In,ll.l,uTp

sIYXu hll.hdke The tharaCtefS heA.l Per-
haps it would be better to say you all have
the materials OF charlottesville timberz,
and brick, and STONE, q il Wefe4 of which
character is to be built, Like architects
and master-builders, you are to plan the
holses and select themateriAhs nd Smpo
and lay the massive timbers. Or, since
character is partly 4 growth, it might b
said that yon have the sprout4d seeds Of
character Its young shoots. 1T is now
your work to cultivate and prune-tp nour-
ish and water the plants till they shall
grow strong, and blooming, and full Of
fruit. You are young farmers on this
precious soil. You must plant wisely II
you wall reach harvests. and grow noble
and fruitful trees. 49,.
There is one other argument No wiah
to urge upon you, before closing this talk
It is this; The characters you form will
be your greatest means to influence for
good or evil your friends and associates,
and the whole world. A noble character
is Nike a beautiful beacon light, shining on
a dark coast. It warns, guides, enlightens,
cheers, and gives new hope to those who
are ready to fall. A bravo, kind, true
hearted boy viii, BY the simple power Of
his purity and truth, do good to the whole
mass Of his associates. His character acts
rs silent, but constant, force to restrain
the evil, encourage the weak, and make
the good holder and more active We feel
the power of a noble presence, man or
woman, even if no word II spoken. 81.
And 90, on the other side, bod and
IL q bad boy dous not sry g do wrong 70
his associates, he Is still doing it every
hour, by the silent, but baleful, influence
of his character. The good do good when
they seem to be doing nothing. The bad
do evil, even when they do not desire to do
it. The good bless and benefit even their
enemies. The bad curse and injure even
their friends. - "
Such, good lads and misses, are the
forces and consequences that reside IN
that wonderful thing we call character.
Think it over. Remember that characters
of some sort you must form, and strive and
pray that yours may be true and noble
Sunday School Scholar. E,ieT IN y
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-06

and furnish her with .spending money.
The beauty which fascinated him has
grown tile and insipid.S The pretty
cOquetries that won him ipah upon him.
He iseabsolutely alone, with the burden Of
life, pressing heavily upon him. Is 1t
strange that he is mastered in the battle,
and finally falls beneath the worlds pitt
less tread! 81 asaa
1t lisa sad little picture, but it is an
everyday one And the world goes on
its way as before. What matters it that
a lonely, disappointed man has lain down
in sorrow, to rise no more? The world
cannot stop to weep over the departed
ones it has trampled upon. Those whose
business it is can take them one side, lay
them away under the green sod out of
sight, shed tear, perhaps and pass on I'M
til their turn comes to lie down YEARLY,
90 to sleep, and. be laid away. The
world chides, the world laughs, the. world
crushes, but it takes no cognizance Of the
grief
"ahat inward breaks, and shows ne cause with
g out &a@4
Why the man dies"
Yet there is but the difference of point
in the game between the victim and the
hero. The. cards are the same, perhaps, or
the Vlcum may even nOlu Inc OeSt trumpS
but he plays recklessly, loses his point,
loses his game, loses all On such slight
things does human destiny hinge. The
hero has all his resources at command-his
game dimly outlined. He knows his
winning cards, and he plays them skillfully.
Every point tells. Nothing is left to chance
that can be accomplished by foresight.
He wins the game He wins the prizes.
! He has the mastery of life. The world
takes off it's hat to him. Fortune and
people smile upon him. Not that he is
better than others-very likely he is not as
good. But the world counts results
Becky Sharp is mot model, but Becky
Sharp is a power. The world doesn't like
her in the abstract, but it likes her dinners
it courts her smiles; it fawns upon her; it
showers Its good things upon her, all be-
cause she has mastered it. Becky Sharp
is not a model. Her aims are unworthy,
and her means unscrupulous; but she reads
us lesson in fact, in foresight, in energy,
in the subtle art of making the most Of
limited resources So long as life is a
game, it is Notwithstanding The difference
between playing 1t well and playing it i'll
is the difference between light and dark
mess, between joy and desolation, between
life and death.-Chicaco Tribune.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-06

BAYS Now York Journal "a very
valuable discovery has. been made in surg
cry in the matter Of producing Q covering
Of skin over large wounds. II has always
been difficult 10 cause the healing Of
wounds where any large surface Of integy-
ns oaa sss 1Sar s es o s1n ss ".
distance around the margin. II b now
showH thes = ysy small portion q skin
nucleus i6f growth, Although he tt1nsi
planted pn&ons sseGD' b Ill ~ DJy
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-06

"A wAhoxM1D, centrally locpted and
10y q 3ccem, y sgreat o0nvenienOo. II
~ a invsolnAent Inst win pay. 3Tss't.s 2
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-06

A NEW HAl6PsHIRx deacon, on being
asked II be believed in original sin, replied
that he didn't know, but there were 3 good
many original sinners In his neighboE-
hoody 0nthe wholp he didn't think that
sia ~ such an0riginal thing sfteF al
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-06

= AwILL easelin 6nmnss County, Tenn,
involving 81, 900, vs. in litigation kxtV-
q ysazs end asAply decided isw DIS
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-06
CHARACTER.

. Richard Golden.