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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-19
lay of June, 1872.
4 tREsCENT MUTUAL
INSURANCE COMPANY.
gWEXTY-THIRD ANNUAL STATEMENT,

TWENTB-THIRD ANNUAL STATEMENT.
NEw ORLEANS, May 10, 1872.
The Trustees, in conformity to the charter, sub
nit the following statement Of the affairs OF the
company on the thirtieth of April, 1872:
FIRE premiums for the 1894 069 "A
Marine premiums for the year......,... 81, $50 GA
River premiuins for the year........o 1873. 299 IS
H9hA - 49, 10 ~
Earned premiums, less reinsurance and
return premiums. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1858 153 65
The company Jlas assets 10 the amount OF
1872, I29 a0o
The Board Of Trustees resolved to pay Interest at
SIX PER CENT CASH on all the outstanding GER
TlF1CATBS OF SCRIP, 20 the legal holders there
Of on and after che second Monday in June next.
They have also declared Il SCRIP DIVIDEND OF
THIRTS-THREB AND oNE-THIRD PER CEET on
she earned premiums entitled to participate for the
EeaH ending april 80, 1872, for which certifcstes
will he issued on and after the tSs5 Monday in az
gust Ge1s, dsoe Of government FAX.
THOMAS A. ADAMS SressJH2so
GRSR9 y OSDEy, SecretarYo
T'rusteess
SAMUEL r. EENNEDg. JOHN PHELPS
C. T. BuDDBCKEo 20 r. FOLEY,
s. G. ODER, 3. THOMSON,
2. q. SUMMERS B. ERWGAss
2. n. STRONG, VICTOR MEYFa
JOSEPH BOWLING, ). J. GARRARD.
s. B yRWHAE.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-19

STATE oF LOUISIANA /
Parish of Orleans, City of New Orleans )
Sworn to and subscribed before me this fourth
day Of October, 1872
G. LKGARDEUR, Notary Public.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-19

at special meeting of the Board of Directors,
held this day, it was resolved in conformity with
article seven of the charter to collect forthwith
from stockholders an assessment of fifty per
cent en- the net earned premiums of the third
quarter of 1872, subject to. assessment, amount
ing to Sl34298 49, and it was further resolved to
pay to stockholders, on demand, quarterly in
terest of two and half per cent on the amount of
capital PAID in
c. CAvAROC, President,
G1oRGE LAHAUx, Secretary.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-19
GROCERIES,

GROCERIES.
FLOUR FLOUR. .FGGURa
HOWARD J. PRESTON
Moss III and lib Poydras street.
Agents for the celebrated brand of
Bel OF Lebanon" Kentucky FLOUR,
And Kentucky Diamond FLOUR.
Fave also on hand many other brands OF Fh0B
! for sale oe23 Weiss I'm
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-19

IN BANKRUPTCY.-P PETITIONS AEB
Schedules prepared strictly according 70
the Bankrupt Law, general orders of the United
States Supreme Court and rules of the United
States District Court by
JOHN s. CARTER.
At the office of G. s. Kellogg, Register IN Bank
rnptcy, in Cuetomh0nse 6niIding. de29 "
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-19
MUTUAL NATIONAL BANfs
OF NEW ORLEANS
Established January :, ::,:.s
so 500 Canal street,

so 500 Canal street,
TIE ONLY BANK ALLOWING All ITS GEYOs-
4TORS a SHARE II THE PROFITS.
CAPITAL STOCK Paid In. .......... $500. O0O
Average Deposits, Over..,.-..oo ,0OO, Gee
FIRsT SEMI ANNUAL. Dividend DECLARED
JUNE 30. 1872:
Sic and ha1f per cent to stockholders
One and half peg cens to depositorso
S;.nS open from 10 A. NJ. unti.4 ?. Ne
Paul FOURCHT, President
ALBERT BALDWIN, .i"e President.
JOSEPH NITCHEH ''osAte..
DIRECTORS:
Pierre Masperoo John ]. HaI'is'
John .. :;obI ''cn"s6 Milte2b@1ges
Adslpia Meyer. a-ssEt Baldwin.
Paul Fouycslyo '.!2'les LATTE.
seq SIN 2p !? :'1rsta".
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he company have the following assets:

The above statement is rust true and correct
transcript from the books of the company.
PAUL FOURCHY, President
G. W. MOTT, Secretary
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Parish of Orleans ;
City OF New Orleans. J
Sworn to and subscribed before me this tenth
day of June, 1872.
P. CHS. CUvRLLIER, Notary Public.
At q meeting Of the Board of Directors held on
the tenth day OF June 1872 it was resolved 10 nav
i Cash DIVIDEND OF THIRTY PEP CENT on
the net earned participating premiums for the year
ending May 81, 1872 payable on the third Monday
of July next. Also, to pay on demand ten per cent
interest to the scrip holders upon conversion of
their scrip into capital stock as per amended char
ter of the company.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-19

NEW ORLEANS, NOVEMBER 70. 1879:
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-19
rE7o CAPITALISTS AND PROPERTY
DEOPlE BUYING WINDOW hHAnRs

pEOPi4E BUYING WINDOW SHA 0BS
highest premiums at the fast Louisiana state PaF,
1872, over all competition. The SOUTHERN
SHADES have no rollers springs, pulleyR,
catches, or brackets, consequently, impossible to
get out of order. Shades made any size to order.
Awnings and wire screens TO order Orders fro1A
city country filled with dispatch. Address CT
call the SOUTHERN WINDOW SHADE MANU-
FEATURING COMPANY. No. I69 Poydras street,
Orleans n. B-COuntry agents wanted. Right TO
manufacture for SALE iy2l ~
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-10-04

sand four hundred and eighty dollars
Fourth Auditor.-For the Fourth Auolt-
or, three thousand dollars; chief clerk FIX.
two thousand dollars five clerks OF cias lass
four Eighteen clerks OF class three; twelve
clerks of class two, eleven clerks OF class
one: seven female clerks, at nine nun
bred dollars each one messenger, one as
sistant messenger, and three laoTre[s III
all. eighty-twO thousand elghG hunureu
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-07
Intelligent Monkeys.

| Professor Cope describes monkey in
his possession. He is an admirable catch
er, seldom missing anything. from a large
brush to Il grain, using both hands or one.
His cage door is fastened by two hooks,
| and these are kept in their place by nails
driven in behind them. He generally
| finds means, sooner or later, to draw out
the nails. unlock the hooks, and get free.
He then occupies himself in breaking up
various objects and examining their inte-
rior appearances, no doubt in search of
| food. To prevent his escape, Professor
Cope fastened him by strap to the side of
the cage, but he soon united the knot, and
then relieved himself of the strap by cut
ting and drawing out the threads that
held the flap for the buckle. He then used
the strap in a novel way. lie was accus-
toned to catch his food dread, potatoes,
fruit, ETC., with his hands. when thrown
to him. Sometimes the pieces fell short
three or four feet. One day he seized the
strap and began to throw it at the food,
retaining his hold of one end. He took
| pretty correct aim. and finally drew the
pieces to within reach of his hand. This
performance he constantly repeats, hook
ing and pulling articles to him in turns
aud loops of the strap. Sometimes he
| loses his hold of the strap. If the poker
is handed him, he uses that with the same
| skill, for the recovery of the strap. When
| this is drawn in, he secures his food as be-
fore. Here is an act of intelligence that
must have been originated by some mon
key, since no lower or ancestral type of
mammals possess the hands necessary for
its accomplishment. Whether originated
by Jack. or by some ancestor of the forest
who used vines for the same purpose,
| cannot be readily ascertained.
| After a punishment, the animal would
only exert himself in this way when not
watched; as soon as an eye was directed
to him, he would cease. In this he dis
played distrlIst. He also usually exhibit
ed the disposition to accumulate to be
quite superior to hunger. Thus he always
appropriated all the food within reach be-
fore beginning to eat. When different
pieces We're offered to him. he transferred
the first to his hind feet to make room for
more, then filed his mouth and hands.
and concealed portions behind him. With
a large piece in his hands. he would pick
the hand of his master clean before using
his own, which he was sure Of
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-07

MILLIONS ON THE STRIKE!-In spite of
the enormous amount of capital invested
in the promotion Of Intemperance, the
Missionaries of SObriety have no reason
to be dishcartened. The strike against
alcoholic drinks is not confined to the or
binary liquors of commerce. 1t is eX-
tending to all medicines of which ardent
spirits form a component part. The be-
lief that stimulants of this nature are stoao
poisons gains ground everywhere. Emil
nent Psychologists preach the doctrine,
and the dissecting knife and the micro
scope afford post mortar evidence of its
truth. Fortunately, at the very time when
our distinguished surgeons were making
the experiments which led to this cOnclu-
sion, a sagaciOus member of the profess
sion, DIR. Joseph Walker of California,
was perfec:ing a vegetable tonic. posses
sing all the restorative properties claimed
for the spirituous astringents, and free
from their deadly sting. TO those demor-
aliZing. health destroying potions his IA
nous VINEGAR BITTERs seem to be giving
the coup de grace. The demand for them
declines, while the commercial and sani-
tary success of the new medicine is COM
plete. And we hear daily of cases of dys-
pepsia, biliousness, malarious fever, rheu-
matism, constipation, general and local
debility, gOut, kidney disease, etc, etc.
that have succumbed to the great restora-
tire after resisting all others.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-07
Farming a Dali Business.

Talking with very bright and ambi-
tioiis young woman. a farmers daughter.
where we stopped over night, she said
farming was Il dun sort OF life. t'I es, -
said a young man of twenty-five years,
there is no incentive to work-nO relaXa-
ton of effort, and nothing to stimulate
the mind
ssWhat nonsense we replied. There
is everything fora stimulus. Each farm is
a world in itself. about which those who
have lived upon it know little or nothing,
comparatively. Suppose for example, we
We're to ask you how many kinds of
grasses-real grasses-grow on your farm
names, habits and history? Suppose we
ask you how many species of plants are
indigenous on your farm, and the names
of these plants, time of towering, color of
flowers, soil and locality in which they
grow-could you tell us? Suppose we
were to ask you how many species of
birds visit your farm every year, the time
of their arrival and departure, their habits
while with you, their names and their
habits while absent from your locality
the balance of the year-could you tell us !?
Suppose we ask you how many species of
insects are to be found on your farm
their names, history, habits, whether in
juriouS to you or not. upon what trees or
plants they live, when and how often they
appear, and how long they stay-could
you tell us? Suppose we ask you to
show us specimens of the grasses ana
other plants, the birds. insects, &C.. which
may be gathered within your boundary
fences. could you show them to us? And
yet, it you were to undertake to acquire
the knowledge we have suggested by
these inquiries, you would find your life
too short: vet the knowledge you would
gain. the interest you would soon take i'll
it. and the knowledge of your own impO-
tency you would acquire would prove to
YOU that it is not the farm that is dull
place. but it is you who are dull .-R1al
Ne1p TOyEe1.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-07
Sterility and Depletion.

Regarding this subject Mr.. Howorth re-
marks: The gardener who desires his
plants to blossom and bear fruit takes care
that they shall avoid a vigorous growth.
He knows that this will inevitably make
them sterile; that either his trees will
only bear distorted flowers, that fail to
produce seed. or that they will bear none
at all. In order to produce flowers and
fruit he checks the growth and vigOr OF
the plant by pruning its roots and
branches. depriving it of food, and, if he
have stubborn pear or peach tree which
has long refused to bear fruit, he adopts
the hazardous but often most successful
plan of wringing its bark.
Turning to the animal kingdom, the
rule is no less true. Fat hens won't
lay is an old fragment of philosophy.
TIE breeder of sheep. pigs, and cattle
knows very well that if his ewes and sOws
and cows are not kept lean they will not
breed and as Il startling example it is sta
ted that to induce Aldcrney cows, which
are bad breeders. to be fertile, they are ac-
ttlliy bled, and so sufficiently reduced in
condition.
In like manner generous diet and good
living produce their effect on human be-
in"s. In countries where flesh and strong
food is the ordinary diet, the population
is thin and the increase small; while
where fish, vegetables. and weak food are
used, the population is large and the in
crease rapid. Everywhere the rich. lux
urious. wcll-fed classes are diminishing in
numbers or are stationary; while the
poor. badiy-fed. hard-worked are very
roliic. As with the plant. the animal,
and the man. so il is with the nation. Ii
was luxury and not the barbarans that
sappcd the power and wrought the de-
strllction of the Roman Empire; and as
plants, animals, and even human beings
are stimulated by q course of depletion to
increased fertility, so, according TO some
authorities. great wars have Il similar Ell
feet on nations. and by their dcplctin" ac-
ton Stimulate them to increased activity
and renewed vigor.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-07

Every indication of debility and exhaust
ion is Il mute appeal of Nature for medi-
cal aid to arrest the progress of decay.
How are these silent appeals of physical
weakness to the resources of the healing
art usually met? Too often, unfortunate
", the drugs prescribed aggravate the
symptoms. Whoever recommends draSt-
ic purgatives, or mineral salivants, or
poisonous alkaloids, under such circum-
stances, is an ally of the ailment and an
enemy of the patient. Whoever. on the
contrary. advises the broken down and de-
spending sufferer to resort to that peerless
vegetable invigorant, IIostettcr's Stomach
Bitters. for aid and comfort is a true philan-
thropiSt. 1t is safe to say that there never
was an instance in which such advice was
given and accepted without the happiest
results. From the very depths Ofweak-
ness and dependency, thousands have
been restored to vigOr. health and cheer
fiIness ny the renovatin@ operation oftli
wholesome stimuiant and Alternative. All
its medicinal ingredients are remarkable
for their sanative properties. and in COM
bination form an absolute specific for III
digestion. liver complaint. nervous alice
tons rheumatism. intermittent and re-
mttcnt tevers, general and local weak
ness. and every species OF disorder incl
dent To change of season or climate. The
Stimulativc element of this invaluable
protective and restorative is not an inn
pure cXcitant. but the thoroughly rectiiied
essence of sound rye, admitted by all good
chemists to be the most healthfiIi OF eX-
hiiarantS.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-07
Lima and OrOya Railway IN Peru.

This road. which is to master the aIti-
tubes of the Andean chain. is building for
y. 600 reals, by Henry l.. Meiggs.
Commencing at CallaO, on the coast. it
will cross an altitude of over $1,000 feet.
and terminate at Oroya. Il. 200 feet above
the ocean. The center of supplies is ut
auli. at II 900 feet altitude. Grading has
been finished eighteen miles, and the work
of tunncling the crest of the Andes has
begun from both ends. with 1000 Inca
Indians engaged on it. The tunnel will
be 5000 feet long, and elevated higher
Than the summit of Mont Blanc. 1t is
distant from the western terminus on the
Pacific only sixty miles. The gradient for
the railroad is 2ll feet per milc-calIed
there four per cent grade. Forty miles
from tallan. it has been necessity to re-
sort to 4 Va turn-table and switch
where the railroad takes an up grade in
reverse direction for several miles, and
again returns, forming almost "A figure s.
The mule trail, by which materials are
carried over. passes an altitude o! 5000
feet, amid a cluster oi peaks covered with
perpetual snow. 1t il hoped by this road
to develop the silver wealth of the Cordil-
lcras. With the exception of some coal
rudely taken ont and transported on the
backs of llamas, AT SD per ton, nothin"
can be obtained for fuel except dried turf.
buffalo chips (25 cents Il sack and
dried llama dung. Such items will ena-
bic those unacq tainted with the country
to appreciate the fact that this work is one
OF the greatest events of the age.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-07
Maguire'S Benne Plant.

There is probably nothing yet discovered
in the medical world that has been so won
derfully efficacious in arresting diseases
of the bowels, such as diarrhra, dysentery,
cholera morbus, summer complaint, &c, in
the human family, as Maguire's Benne
Plant. The experience of thirty years since
its discovery. has fully demonstrated the
fact that, in all incipient cases where it is
used. it never fails to afford almost instant
relief, and, if used properly. will ultimately
cure cases of long standing, and chronic in
form. No family should be without a bottle
of this valuable medicine, nor should any
traveller venture on journey without hav-
ing a fun supply in his satchel. By moder-
ate use of Benne Plant, all deleetrious effects
arising from change of drinking water or
food. so apt to disorder the bowels. will be
obviated. and continued health will he the
result. There are hundreds of individuals
already. who would no more think of start
ing upon a journey without a bottle of Ma
CURES Benne Plant with them, than to leave
without the necessary funds to defray their
expenses. So popular has this useful medi-
cine become, and so popular is it in cases of
extreme pain, that thousands of families re-
gard it of prime necessity to have it always
ut hand-hansds City Bulletin.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-07

Dir. Magnan gives til" fniiowin" indi-
cations OF the stages OF hal!ucinttion in
cases of delirium trcmcns anon" men
II; the first degree the patient believes Inc
hears abusive language. provocations; he
sees thieves. armed persons. animals, OF
else he hears the voice of his parents oi
his friends who cali him. who warn him
of a d;t': ger, no appea! for his help, etc.
Stimulated by these indictments, The pa
tent answers, Injuries. puarrcls. runs
PUSHES oil. becomes furious, etc. all which
acts tend to develop in him II boisterouS
condition. Il state OF mania.
In other circumstances he believes him
self To br in prison, before Il court of jus
tee he j. accused of various crimes: he
believes that he has committed them lie
believes that his wife is uniIithiul to him
That he is deceived by his friends he is
present at the funeral Of his parents, etc.
Under the weight O! these distressing inn
prcssionS, he is duh, restless. suspicious /:
he lamcnts, he becomes terrified, he at
tcmpts to escape, sometimes even he med
itatcs homicide or suicide he presents +,
in word. the aspect of Il melanchoic.
! Finally, in the most intense form. he be
lieves himself chained at tine foot OF a scat
fold, he has before him the bleeding
corpses of his children. everything is on
fire, he is about To be swallowed up, etc.
These appearances have astounded, ap-
pallcd him, lie remains motionless, in ii
complete state of stupoT.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-07
Grim HulnOr.

A curious work, on 'sthe humorous ele-
ment of German law" by q, Gieske, has
just been published at Berlin. The author
describes the punishments which were in
flicted in various parts of Germany, in
some cases up to very recent period.
with the object of humiliating the culprit
and exposing him to public ridicule. \
common punishment was that of going i'm
procession through the streets of a town
or village in a dress covered with images
of corporal punishment. In Hcssc, wo-
men who had beaten their husbands were
made to ride backward on donkey.
holding its tail, on which occasion the ami
NAL was led through the streets by the
husband. This custom existed in Darn
stadt up to the middle of the seventeenth
century, and was so common that a dom
key was kept always ready in the cipits
and the neighboring villages. If the wp-
man struck her husband in such n manrer
that he could not ward Off the blow. tie
donkey was led by the man who had
charge of him; if rot. then by the huS-
band himself. 4 st. Goar miller was al
lowed certain quantity of wood from
the forest belonging to the town, in return
for which he was bound to supply dom
key for the municipality whenever re-
quired for the chastisement of a scoldine
wife. Another very old custom was that
of furnishing henpeckcd husband by re-
moving the roof of his house, OH the
ground that "a man who allows his wife
% rule at home does not deserve any pro-
lection against wind and weather. If
two women fought in public. they were
each put in a sort of closed sentry-box
with only their heads exposed. and then
posted opposite to each other in the mar
xet-place, where they remained for an
hour. face to face, but unable to use their
hands or feet. a common punishment for
scolding women was the shameful
stone" which was hung round their
necks- This stone was usually in the
shape of "A bottle. At Hamburg. Hbelers
and slanderers were compelled to stand
on block and strike themselves three
times on the mouth as a sign of repent
ance. This custom still existed thirty or
forty years ago. In some towns the
shameful stone" was in the shape of a
loaf. At Lubbock it was in the shape of
an oval dish, and in other places in that of
4 woman putting out her tongue. Such
stones were usually heavy; according to
>Re law of Dortmund and Halberstadt
they were to weigh hundred