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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
Henri Rochefort in Captivity.

The Rappel publishes letter adj
dressed by M. Henri Rochefort to Vic
ter Hugo, dated February 81. After
congratulating M. Hugo upon the sue
cess of Rug Bias, M. Rochefort says !:
g am in the infrmary of the fort,
with Asst (of CreuzoD and Paschal
Grousset, until it has been decided by
what anthropophagi we are to be eaten.
But as the Raped has yet appeared be-
fore our disappearance, it will be great
kindness to US if you will request Fran
co.'s Victor (Hugo) to send it to me. I
received it when in prison at Versailles,
and | do not think there would be any
difficulty in my receiving it here. We
continue to lead in our citadel here the
life. of a circus horse. We walk all day
round circular platform, with no other
excitement than seeing the weather
cock shifting from southwest to north
west. However, to day we have been
fearfully excited. Four soldiers fell
into the sea, and would probably have
all been drowned if two convicts had
not, at the first alarm, rushed in at the
risk of being swallowed up in the heavy
surf, and succeeded in rescuing one OF
tuc1A. Inc ulOSt curious 1dCb - GHdG II
was precisely the two men who were
first sentenced to death-Viel and
Gentelet-who, like the great criminals
that they are, did not hesitate to risk
their lives to rescue soldiers who had
been set to guard them. All the right
principled newspapers will, of course,
point out the detestable conduct OF
these communards. | may add that
the sub-lieutenant in command of the
party also leaped into the waves to as
sist in saving his men, but unfortunately
two of them are still in the open sea.
beg of you to send me news Of every
body. Embrace my godson and his
sister, whom I shall find young woman
in some fifteen years time when ] re
turn from the Pampas, and tell your
family to embrace yourself for me-"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
Indian Idols i'm Iowa.

The Dubuque Times says that at the
base of what is known as Capitola Bluff,
seven miles from Lansing, there is an
Indian idol manufactured out of the
solid rock, which has stood there no one
can tell for how many centuries, but
which must soon be removed to make
room for the coming railroad. At a little
distance the idol resembles a huge bear
reposing upon its launches. The strange
and uncouth object is still held in the
utmost veneration by all Indians, and
the various bands, as they pass up and
down the river, invariably stop and en-
deavor to propitiate the idol with liberal
presents OF tobacco, strings of gaudy-col-
ored beads, pieces of dry buffalo tongue,
etc. There it sits, at the base of the
bluff, mute and solemn, looking out with
expressionless eyes over the bosom of the
mighty river that murmurs at its feet,
never mourning, never speaking, like
another sphynx. The ground wherein
the throne of the idol reposes is wanted
for the road-bed, and the silent, expires
sionless god, whose brow has been bathed
in the morning sunlight of SO many CEN
turtles, must fall. But a short distance
from this is smaller idol, which had
evidently been placed on the side of the
bluff, but by some CONFUSION of nature
was overturned centuries ago and pitched
into the river. During high water it is
completely covered, but in low water
the head and part of the body are dis
tinctlv visible.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
The French Navy.

The official naval gazette for 1872 con-
tains the following particulars respecting
the French navy: Last year no fewer
than thirty-three were struck off the list;
among these were eight wooden iron
clads and six armed plated floating bat
teries, of which latter four were sunk in
the Seine during the seige of Paris. On
the other hand, only four new vessels were
added to the effective strength of the ser
vice, one of these, the Marengo, being a
wooden iron-clad of the frst-class. There
were, however, during the year 1871, al
together thirty-one new ships in course
of construction in the backwards, or
being fitted out afoat, and it is expected
that seventeen more of these will Fbe
completed during the present year. If
SO, there will be added to the navy list
one wooden iron-clad of thes frst-class.
one iron-plated wooden corvette. and
three armor-plated wooden vessels for
coast defense. But it is possible that
the completion of new vessels NAV be
somewhat delayed by the absolute neces
sity for docking fourteen old ones, among
which are two iron-plated ships of the
first-slass, one of the second, and two
iron monitors Globe.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
The New Homestead Bill.

The Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune writes under date of
March 81 as follows:
The inquiries regarding the exact
terms of the Soldiers Homestead bill
are very numerous from all quarters.
As it goes to the President for his>signa-
ture, it provides that every officer or
soldier, seaman or marine, who served
during the rebellion and was honorably
discharged, shall, on compliance with
the Homestead act, receive a patent for
100 acres of public land-not mineral
including the alternate reserved sections
of public lands along the line of any
railroad or other public work provided
that said homestead settler shall be al
lowed six months after locating his
homestead within which to commence
his settlement and improvement; and
provided, also, that the time which the
homestead settler shall have served in
the army, navy, or marine corps, afore-
said, shall be deducted from the time
heretofore required to perfect title, or if
discharged on account of wounds re-
ceived, or disability incurred in the line
of duty, then the term of enlistment
shall be deducted from the time hereto
fore required to perfect title without
reference to the length of time he may
have served; provided, however, that
no patent shall issue to any homestead
settler who has not resided upon, i'm
proved, and cultivated his said home
stead for period of at least one year
after he shall commence his improve
ments as aforesaid. Any one entitled
to enter under this act, and who has
heretofore entered less than l60 acres
under the Homestead act, may enter
enough under the present act to make
100 in all. If any person entitled to
| the provisions Of this act has died, his
widow, if unmarried, or in case of her
death or marriage, then his minor or
phan children, by guardian duly APP
pointed, shall be entitled to all the
benefits of the act. If any previous
entry under the Homestead act has
| lapsed by reason of absence of the pre-
emptor in the army or navy, the entry
shall be restored. Any soldier, sailor,
marine, officer, or other person coming
within the provisions of this act may as
well by an agent as in person enter
upon said homestead, provided that said
| claimant, in person, shall within the
time prescribed commence settlement
and improvements on the same and
| thereafter fulfill all requirements Of this
act. The Commissioner Of the General
Land Office is to make all needful rules
to carry the act into effect.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
The Geysers of the Yellowstone.

A bill of Importance has passed the
House of Representatives and will un-
doubtedly become a law, which with
draws from settlement, occupancy or
sale tract of land ffty-fve by sixty
miles, about the sources OF the Yellow
stone and Missouri rivers, securing it as
a park or pleasure ground forever
This admirable act is due very much to
the interest and devotion of DR.. T. V.
Hayden, United States gcologist, whose
report is the source of information on
the subject-information which is the
result of careful exploration and inves-
tigation. Those who had been so for
tuate as to see the original sketches of
the region made by the artists who &C.
companied DR.. Hayden, know how very
beautiful as well as interesting the phe-
nomena of the region are.
The height of the entire area of the
proposed reservation is more than six
thousand feet-as high as the summit
of Mount Washington, in the White
Northumberland it is surrounded by
noun tains of ten and twelve thousand
feet in height, covered with perpetual
snow. The area Is therefore not sus-
ceptible of certain cultivation, and its
climate is too severe for the raising of
stock. During June, July and August
the climate is pure and invigorating,
although the mercury often falls to 260
The peculiarly of the region is that in
comparatively modern times it was the
scene of great volcanic activity, of which
its systems of geysers or hot springs are
the evidence-geysers which are re-
ported to be very much more remarka-
BILE than those which are so famous in
Iceland. The mineral deposits from
these springs adorn the region with q
| splendor of color and effect which is
! wholly unparalleled, and which can
only be suggested by the brilliancy of
the sketches taken upon the spot, and
which are described with enthusiastic
fidelity by DR.. Hayden in the American
Journal Of Science and Arts for the months
of February and March, 1872.
The national reservation of the gey-
sers of the Yellowstone, like that of the
Yosemite Valley in California, secures
the whole region from the invasion and
depreciation of spectators, and pre-
serves it for the advantage of science,
and for the benefit of invalids. Yet,
although it would certainly be overrun
with spectators, it would not attract
miners or farmers, and its reservation is
therefore no pecuniary loss. The act is
a wise forethought of the future.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
New Jersey BarbarianS.

Sufferns is the name of station on
the Erie railroad in New Jersey, a
suburban station, the home Of many
city merchant. In the mountains, but
q tolerable walk from the villages of
the valley, he will find an American
community with nearly the least pos
sible that is human, save the form !;
without civilization or organization OF
the lowest, even so much as gipsies;
without arts above the arts of savages-
hunting, charcoal burning, and making
baskets, wooden brooms, and the like,
without hope or enterprise, or industry
for anything better or beyond the in
slant demands of the animal nature !;
without line Of the simplest literature,
or the least idea of written language or
numerals without trace of the Bible,
of Christianity, or of any sort of re-
ligion or deity; nay, almost without
language, their pa!ois being so scanty,
as well as disorganized, that only the
commonest of facts, and those with
difficulty, are communicated by it.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
French Marriages.

A lady writing from Paris gives an
account of visit she made with GER
tain madame to convent to see the
madames daughter, who was on the
eve of marriage. The young lady was
just seventeen, and had been ten years
with the nuns. The gentleman she was
betrothed to was forty eight, large,
tall, fne-looking man, who had grand
children. The girl was very pretty and
understanding, and seemed excited
and interested in her new prospects.
She asked her mother questions with a
certain reserve, as though afraid of 60
ing too far While the mother was con-
versing with the Abbess, the lady and
the young fancee talked. She had seen
her intended husband twice. "Did she
like him?'' sob, yes; he was very
kind; he had sent her beautiful flow
ers and boxes of bon bons.n "Did she
want to marly?' eyes, she was very
anxious to see the great world, to have
her carriage and horses, and fine dresses,
and jewels Mamma had told her that
Monsieur was very rich, and would be
very kind to her. Hehad sent mamma
very handsome presents for her. She
had friend in the convent who was
married about two years ago, and she
was SO happy, but her husband was
killed during the Commune. Her
friend told her how delightful it was to
be Madame. and be able to go out and
have such heaps of fine things. Alas !
her friend was widow now; she was
spending the time of her mourning in
the convent" The .fances confessed in
low tone, and with furtive look at
her clothes, that she was anxious to
leave the convent.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
Primitive Farming in California.

A writer in the San Jose Mercury gives
this account of early agricultural meth
DDS and implements in California, under
the Mission rule:
" Flows were roughly fashioned from
the trunks of small trees. while tree
brush was the only material of which
harrows were made Yokes for cattle
were merely poles of suitable length,
lashed to their horns by means of raw
hide thongs, and the only vehicles were
carts, OF which the wheels were sections
OF logs, and resembled a huge cheese
with hole through the center. Instead
of chains, rawhide ropes were used. Tn
fact, at this period the whole business of
ploughing and seeding a California farm
might be accomplished without the use
of iron in any implement, ii we except
the pole or goad used for driving the
cattle-for in the end of this persuader
was inserted a small brad or awl The
manner of blowing was peculiar. To
every pair of oxen there We're two men
indians. The business Of one was to
hold the handled pillow upright, and
also to use the persuader, or goad, while
marching solemnly just in front of the
NNeNAAAt AhCSC were dCCuStOulGu
to wear only the boots and pantaloons
provided by Dame Nature. A serape
blanket with slit in the center) and
an old broad-hrimmed sombrero (hatl
completed their outfit. Sometimes the
plow-holder acted as guide to those in
the rear, as frequently there were FIVE
or six plovs running in the same fed.
The burrows were mere scratches, being
three in depth.
The harvesting was accomplished in
the same primitive fashion, the grain
being cut with sickles and stacked in a
small circular enclosure, having space
between the stack and fence for pas
sage or roadway. Into this band Of
horses was driven, two or three mounted
drivers being among them, whooping
and yelling like madmen Round and
round the stack went the fying band,
the grain meantime being thrown on the
ground for them to run over. After a
few hours exercise of this kind, the
horses were turned out, the threshed
straw thrown over the fence, more of the
unthreshed grain spread on the ground,
the horses again turned in, again the
| wild, mad chase performed, and SO on
until the stack was finished. The
| threshed grain was then imperfectly sep
arated from the chaff and dirt by carry
ing it up on high scaffolds and pouring
| it down while the wind was blowing.
This, it will be perceived, was the pro
cess practiced three thousand years ago.
Though poor and rude the plan, still,
owing to the fertility Of the soil, crops
fair in quantity and quality were OBJ
tanned
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
Proceedings i'm Congress.

The time of the Senate on the 18th
was taken up with the discussion of the
House bill making tea and coffee free.
Amendments to include salt and coal were
voted down, and the Senate adjourned before
reaching vote.
The House on the 26th spent most of the
nately with motions to take a recess, but
without coming any nearer to q solution of
the dificulty.....M Hooper, from the Com
mittee on Banking and Currency, presented
the testimony taken before that committee
in the matter of the failure of national
banks, with resolution that it is the opin-
ion. of the committee that the successful
working of the Currency Bureau required a
change in the head of that bureau. The
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
The Gentle JapS.

A lady correspondent Of the Cleve-
land Herald writes from Washington ::
+" There are five ladies with the Japan
csc Embassy. They have not appeared
at any of the receptions, it not being
in accordance with the japanese code
of etiquette for their wives, mothers
and sisters dear to appear upon such
occasions. Well, some emissary of the
Prince of Darkness came and whispered
in their ears, that they must adopt a
little,-no, the greater half of our
misery and our civilization, the Ameri
can costume. The gentle japanese
sisters lent willing ear to these sug-
gestions, and forthwith there appeared
an executioner, the fashionable Nine.
de R. They were laced up and
tied down, ruffied, paniered, founced,
bowed, and trailed shod in the high
heeled boots of civilization, one size
smaller than their feet. Their heads,
which they wear comfortably half bald,
were loaded with rounds of genuine
American hair, at Heaven knows at
how much an ounce-they don't regard
expense. And then they were pow
dered up from an orangep peel hue to q
delicate lemon, and pronounced per
feet, as far as dress goes. And that i
all the way, my dears, Madame R
said. Imagine her dismay upon re
entering the room an hour later, with
some little ornament she had forgotten
to find them smiling and happy il
their halfpetticoat, halfpantaloon dress
know it is true that the gentle Japs
threw off the yoke; l heard it from ar
eyewitness, and l am proud to note il
for the encouragement of my SEX
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
Lynch Law in Tennessee.

On Sunday morning negro named
David Jones robbed the house of a
farmer named Murray, living near Nash
vile, Tenn, and when the latter offered
resistance, the negro shot him dead.
The murderer was arrested and put in
Jail. At o'clock on Monday night an
infuriated mob broke broke open the
Jail, and, after shooting the prisoner
twice, put rope round his neck and
dragged him out on the public square
and strung him up to lamp post. Be-
fore he was dead six policemen rushed
to the spot, and, drawing their pistols,
kept the mob at bay, cut down the
negro, and carried him to the police
station. He was fatally wounded by the
bullets, however, and will not live.
OLIVER KNIGHT, of ST. Joseph, Mo-,
has been compelled to kill a fine gray
horse. which was bitten by mad rat
terrier, some weeks since. The horse,
among other freaks, bit a pig, nearly
ssvering it.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11

There is, of course, nothing worthy the
name of marriage or family among
them. Three surnames, it is said, suf-
fee for three quarters of the race.
Their bearing is abject and spiritless,
their faces stolid, their chances furtive,
and their conduct timorous. Nobody
knows or cares how they live, how they
are born. or by what means they die,
or how they are buried, in their savage
isolation.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11

The Baroness Talleyrand wore over
S6O, 600 OF jewels on costume of lady
OF Turkestan at Florence ball recently.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-11
Public Debt Statement.

The following is a recapitulation Of
the public debt statement for the month
ending March 81:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-23
a N MEMPHIS TENN: FRIDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 2S 1872

are friendly, earnest, hospitable, kind,
frank, very often accomplished, far
less prejudiced than you would
suppose, warm-hearted, feryent and
enthusiastic. They are chivalrous in
their universal politeness to women,
courteous, obliging, disinterested and
when they conceive perfect af-
fiction for man (as may venture to
say of myself, entirely devoted to him.
/ have received thousands of people of
all ranks and grades, and have never
once been asked an offensive or impolite
question, except by Englishmen, who,
when they have been located here for
some years are worse than the devil in
his blacklist painting. The common
men rendered you assistance in the
streets, and would revolt from the offer
ing of piece of meney. The desire to
oblige is universal, and have never
once travelled in a public conveyance
without making some generous acquaint-
ance whom | have been sorry to part
with. But / don't like the country. /
wouldn't live here on any consideration.
1t goes against the grain with me. /
think it impossible for any Englishman
to live here and be happy. As to the
causes, they are too many to enter upon
here"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-23
Beauty.

The following fine passage occurs in
the sermon of the Rev. DR.. Humphreys,
delivered in Louisville on Sunday last: :
Nature is full of beauties. Beauty
shines in ten thousand brilliant stars
that by night throw their splendors over
the canopy of Heaven. 1t glows in the
mellow RADIANCE CT the silvery moon.
1t imparts its charms to the rising morn
ing, and increases with the opening day.
1t throws its attractions around the glo-
rious king of days as he moves in maj
esty from the chambers of the East,
and it accompanies him as he appears
like a bridegroom coming out of his
chambers, and rejoices as a strong man
to run a race. His going forth is
from the end of the Heaven, and his
circuit unto the ends of it, and all along
his fiery course beauty gilds his path
and shines in his rays. The blue vault
of Heaven by day, and the same ssudded
with its glittering gems by night, is ever
beautiful. The globe that we inhabit
abounds in objects of beauty. They
meet US at every step They are sprin-
kled broadcast over the surface of the
earth. Beauty is found in the valley and
in the mountain, in the wild forest and in
the cultivated field, in the dense wood
land, and in the wide prairie; in the cas-
cade of the mountain and in the spring
that gushes up at its base; in the placid
lake and in the turbulent sea. 1t is
found in cliff and dell and gorge, in the
vegetables of spring and in the fruits of
autumn; in the rich plumage that glows
upon and in the graceful flight of the bird
of Paradise or the tiny form of the hum
ming-bird. 1t is found in the hue of the
lily and the blush of the rose; in the
modesty Of the violet and the gaudy
splendors of the dahlia; in the gentle
lamb and the feet fawn; in the striped
zebra and the war horse whose neck is
clothed with thunder. In rounding the
hilltop, in spreading out the vale, in
painting the flower and in shaping the
blade of grass, the All-Father has dis
played the most exquisite taste, as well
as the greatest wisdom, goodness and
power Nature presents the finest mod
els of beauty. These models are found
in every crypt and corner, in the dark
cavern and in the unfathomable mine.
They are seen basking in the sunshine,
on the surface of the ocean, and are
gathered in almost every variety from
its vast depths.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-23
cure orInebriates.

At the second meeting of the Ameri-
can Association for the Cure of lnebri-
ates, recently held in New York, DR..
Joseph Parrish delivered an essay, the
result of his long experience in the care
of inebriates. He divides the latter into
three classes-the first, confirmed inc
briates, or professional debauchees,
whose purposes in life seem to be limited
to the qualification of appetites or pas
sions; the second is the emotional class,
who are described as persons without a
decided intention to do wrong, and with
out any abiding purpose to do right, and
who are the victims of their own moral
weakness, or of the cupidity or reckless
ness of others" and the third are
accidental inebriates, "men of good
principles and character, who know
and acknowledge their inhrmity, and en-
deavor to overcome it. Students, au-
thors, statesmen and overworked business
men furnish a considerable per centage
of this class" The majority of the first
class, according to DIR. Parrish, are in
durable, and he recommends that such
persons be detained in hospitals. OF this
class DR.. Parrish has had eighty-four
under his care, twenty-four Of whom i'm
proved so as to be capable to partially
attend to business, seven were radically
cured, and two became insane. OF the
second class the doctor has had as pa
tients seyenty-two, of whom forty-two
were so improved as to attend most Of
their time to their aaairs, aud twenty-one
we're cured of their in6rmity. He has
had in charge Of the third class sixty
six persons, forty-seven Of whom we're
entirely cured, aud sixteen Of whom are
nearly 80.