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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-18
No 50.
An ACT

To incorporate the Young Meu's Christian
Association of New Orleans, and to ex-
empt the property of the same from taxa
ton.
SECTION !. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly con
vened, That Richard H. Brown, James l..
Dunnica, Marshall J. Smith, James n.
Beadles, William G. Coyle Edward c.
Palmer, William G. Shepherd, Moses NJ
Greenwood, William II. Foster, John s.
Walton, Thomas l. Dix. Charles Clinton,
Henry F. Given, Frederick J. Odendahl
and a. j. Tardey, Jr., and their associates
and successors, be and are hereby specially
made body corporate and polite for tho
Improvement Of the spiritual, intellectual
and social condition of young men and the
promotion Of Christian works in the city OF
New Orleans under the name and style Of
the Young Mems Christian Association Of
New Orleans, and under this name shall
exist for the term Of ninety-nine years, and
shall be capable, for the purposes emu
mcrated in this act, and for all other pur-
poses enumerated in this act, Of buying,
selling and mOrtgaging all kinds of real e5-
tate and other kinds Of property, of suing
and being sued in any Of the courts Of law
and equity Of'this State, Of having COM
mon seal, and OF altering it at pleasure, to
acquire, have and hold estate, real, per-
sonal and mixed; and said association shall
be capable in law Of inheriting, receiving,
holding selling and transferring all manner
OF property, whether by donation, bequest,
devise, or in any other manner or form,
from any or all persons, body or bodies
corporate in or out Of this State; provided
that the value thereof does not exceed
i've hundred thousand dollars.
SIC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the proper authorities Of said corporation
Tor holding and managing It's property
shah be board Of trustees, who shall be
elected by the "active members" Of said
association, all of whom shall be members
in good and regular standing in some Pro
testant Evangelical church in the city of
New Orleans, and each of the Evangelical
Christian denominations Of the city Of New
Orleans shall be entitled to and, if desiring
it, shall have a representative in said board
Of trustees, but no denomination shall have
more than four representatives therein.
SEC. ). BE it further enacted, etc, That
Ior the present, and until their successors
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-18
Dead Letters

Nearly 100000 letters went to the dead
letter Office last year. They are partly
classified as follows: So, 600 letters had no
county or State directions; more than400,0 900
wanted stamps, and about 1000 letters were
put in the postofice without any address at
all. In this connection it would be inter
estng as a matter OF statistics, and as show
ing the bearing of the personal equation
on the number of misdirected letters, if we
knew how many persons wrote these let
tiers. We think that many persons in va
rIous parts OF the country have each con
tributed two, three or perhaps more letters
to this number. The tendency to habit
would lead to such an inference. Ninety
two thousand dollars in cash and over
$4,000, 600 in drafts, checks, etc, were
found in these letters. 1t appears that on
an average, every letter that is misdirected
or goes to the dead letter office from other
causes contains 81 90. Much of this money
is restored to the senders of the letters but
very much of it remains to the credit of the
bureau in Washington, owing to the care
Iessness or fOrgetfulness of the writers IN
not appending their residences.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-18
Enccpsa in Rnsiness.


The Journal of Commerce, in answer to
the question of correspondent, what is the
secret of business success! responds:
1t is not genius. All such peculiar gifts
make bad managers of any business, and
are too erratic for ordinary executive pur-
poses. And it is not high intellectual at
tainments. Few scholarly men will lay
aside their devotion to letters for their own
sake, and follow the plodding course by
which success in business is to be attained.
And it lies not inthe force of circumstances.
Some who might otherwise have been sue
cessful in a clear course have doubtless
broken down in the face Of popular Obsta-
Giles; but the man who can bend occasions
and conditions to his will can achieve his
triumph in spite of such adverse surround
ings. 1t is not luck There is less Of happy
chance in such success than is commonly
supposed 1t is true that many tempt their
fate and escape as by a miracle, but this
can form no rule of life; success in business
is obedient to a law that can be clearly
and distinctly traced throughout the
whole of ones career. This law is based
on the principle that everything has its
price, and they only who are able and
willing to pay it can acquire what they cOVet.
Some are unable, through want OF nerve,
or failing health, or defective judgment, or
other mental and physical defects, from
succeeding in the struggle. But more who
are able, fail because they are unwilling to
meet the cost. They seek the end, but will
not, by patient selfdenial, employ the
means. Present ease, present qualification,
some form of indulgence not consistent
with the end which has been proposed,
offers a temptation too strong for them to
resist. Tomorrow they will begin a sterner
course; next week they will turn over
another leaf, with different reading on the
diverse side; but today let the hands be
folded and the old incumbrance remain.
No man is on the road to success who has
not already paid part of the price, and is
not now holding out to fortune in full the
next installment that is due.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-18
How Vanderbilt Lives.

FIOu tue NGW lOlh ltLdlt.I
At Congress Hall, Saratoga, the great
Vanderbilt party has two daily sittings at
five-handed euchre. The first sitting be
gins at ten o'clock in the morning and ends
at half.past twelve o'clock, and the second
at eight o'clock in the evening and ends at
half-past ten o'clock. At five o'clock every
evening Commodore Vanderbilt takes a
family drive with his wife, and for the rest
of the time he sits upon the piazza and
strolls at intervals down to the Hamilton
spring. The euchre party consists of the
well-known Vanderbilt regency-the Com
mOdOre and Messrs. Petit, Harker, Booker
and Turnbull-all hale men of the mascu--
line sex, who give no quarter and ask none,
and play for a small and uniform stake,
Just sufficient to enliEen the labor. People
who suppose that the wealthiest man in the
Countrywide could put up railroad secu-
rites enough to get the loan Of all the
banking capital of the State of New York
if he wisbed-diSpOrts himself eXtrava-
gantly for that reason, might study the
simple tastes of Cornelius Vanderbilt. A
pair of horses, a house, a table for long
whist, Saratoga piazza and pair of lazy
slippers, and half a dozen masculine men
to deal and shuttle and ante up-this is the
best that fifty millions can do. This is
the end of hte," says the Commodore, land
| am content
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-18
No. so.
AN ACT

Relative to dispensing with the publication
Of legal and judicial advertisements III
the French language in the parish OF
NatchitOches.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives of the State
OF Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That the publication of all legal and judi
ciaI advertisements in the French language
IN the parish Of N&tcLitocEes be dispensed
with, unless otherwise directed by the par
ties litigant, and it shall he lawful that all
legal and judicial advertisements bepub-
Hshed. in the English language only in said
parish of NatchiJOches, unless otherwise
directed by the parties Etigant.
SEC. ,. Be it further enacted, etc. That
all laws contrary to or inconsistent with
this act be and the same are hereby re-
pealed.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc, That
this act shall take effect from and after its
passage.
fSigned) 0. II. BREWSTER.
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives,
(Signed) z. B. S. PINCHBACK,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the
Senate.
Approved May IS, 1872.
(Signed) H. G. WARMOTH,
Governor OF the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
+. j. HEBRON,
Secretary of State.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-18

A fearful accident occurred in the early
part of this month to two German ladies'
Nine. Schroeder and Mile. Deutsch-whO
left Tarasp, in the Engadine, to visit the
village of Feltan. During their return, on
arriving at the brow Of very steep Hill,
the driver neglected to lock the wheel, and
the vehicle went, consequently, down the
fearful declivity, dashing the ladies and
horses to pieces in wayside precipice.
The driver jumped off the carriage leaving
the ladies to their fate, and said afterward
that it was useless even to look after them.
The correspondent who sends this account
from TaTasp says that although he had only
been there two days that was the second
accident which had occurred; the first tthe
overturning of a diligenceD having fortU-
nately been attended with no serious con
sequences He further adds "In no direc-
ton can you leave this hotel lthe Kur-haus
Tarasp) without going along road which
oyerhangs a rayine varying in depth from
ten feet to one thousand feet, and for the
most part without the protection Of any
rail or wall"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-18

Doubt and trembling have fallen with
bHghting force upon the Cincinnati En-
qurer. It has supported the Liberal ticket
in good faith, but the inventive faculties of
the Grant organs are gradually shaking its
belief in human nature. 1t alludes feeIiugly
to that astonishing Chicago story that Mr..
Greeley offered the Tribune to the Know
Eothings for $4,000, remarks that the Iri-
JHRc has proven the invention to be a dirty
turbation adds: 1T is a little surprising
that man so utterly bad, depraved and
corrupt as Horace Greeley was permitted to
occupy high position in the councils Of
the Republican party 50 long. We live in
the fear that it will yet be shown that it
was Greeley; and not Wilkes Booth, wLO
assassinated Lincoln
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-18
Watson Webb on Gran, and Greeley.

From the st. Louis Republican,
New YORK. August 9.-James Watson
Webb writes letter, dated England. June
%. in which he causticallv reviews Grant 5
administration and avOws his decided pref
ereuce for Greeley. Mr.. Webb says: We
all know that from the time Grant gradu-
ated at West Point, he was more celebrated
for his attachment to his dogs and horses.
his pipe and his boon companions, than to
books or study Of public men and measures
He is as ignorant to-day OF the wants of
the country and of the first principles of
craftsmanship as when elected to the
Presidency His sole idea Of the duties of
his high station appears II be concentrated
in making provision from the public treas
airy for his immediate family and its con
nections, and in prostitutng the public
patronage to secure a reelection.
From the inaugural OF George Washing
ton till the elevation of Grant to the Presi-
dcney,-l believe it is q matter of history
mat no chlet magistrate ever accepted an
INVITATION to due out Of the White House
The present chief magistrate has reformed
an Ihls' Win whom has he not dined
Ana so universal is the knowledge, both at
nome anu a2roaH' OF the manner in which
he has proStItuted the dignity of his sta
ton, that an aueCdOte current al over
Europe may not be out of place. Wien ~,
President neglected to invite tba Cr,r,I
Duke of Russia to dine with him as an aI-i.
dence of friendship. the Emperor and ali
st. Petersburg felt outraged. and ybcn
subsequently the President teIegraphed to.
the Grand Duke at st. Louis to return and
dine with him, the Grand Duke telegrapbed
TO st. Petersburg. inquiriEg what he should
do The answer was, decline peremptor-
lily, of course. This was @ subject of every
day discussion in st. Petersburg, and on
one of those occasions q Russian General.
who had been at Washington, quietly re-
sp0nded: IF our Alexis had been the owner
of a fast horse, or a passably good groom.
doubtless General Grant would have in
vited him to dinner"
Mr. Greeley being, by universal admis-
sion, both honest and capable, and having,
as l believe, acquired experience which
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-18
Letter from Emerson Etherfdge.

NASHVILLE, August I3.-EmersOu Ether
idge has addressed a letter to the Memphis
AcalaHchc, declining to accept the position
of candidate for presidential elector on the
Liberal ticket, for which he was nominated
last May, He, however, supports Greeley
as the true representative Of the prevalent
ideas and needs Of the times, and not to re-
store any party to power, lie advised the
true friends Of Greeley to make no oDjec-
ton to the personnel of the electoral ticket.
" We know he adds, 1.-THE reluctance
with which many Of his followers IN Tennes-
see have agreed to obey orders issued from
Baltimore; we should, therefore, pardon
the harmless arrogance they display toward
Mr. Greeleys early and steadiast friends.
Let us charitably believe that these things
are not designed to injure his prospects
abroad" He does not believe that they can
do so to an extent sufficient to defeat his
election. Mr.. Greeley has too much reputa-
ton to tall an easy prey to unjust suspicion,
too much popularity to be crushed by the
silly garrulity Of unlimited guests who de-
claim at Cappagua, and too much good
sense to be grateful to gushing orators who
ratify his nomination by eulogies upon JEFF
tersOn Davis or tears for the lost cause.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-18

comes with matured wisdom and study and
much mixing with the world, do not en-
terrain doubt that if elected he will prove
as able and as safe President as the most
patriotic advocate of reform could desire.
believe, too, that if there are politicians
who think that Greeley, when elected, can
be easily moulded to their wishes, they are
destined to be greatly disappointed.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-18

This is a New York special to the St,
Louis Republican:

This is a New York special to the St.
Louis Republican,:
New YORK, August Ex-senator Sumner
arrived here yesterday from Washington,
en- route to Boston. He visited the Liberal
headquarters early to-day, and had con
versation of an hours length with Colonel
Allen and the colored orators, w. V. Saun-
ders, HattOn and Sorrell. Colonel Allen
had written to the Senator on the thirtieth
ultimo, inviting him and General Banks to
come to the city and speak on the political
issues at Cooper Institute, and requesting
him to confer with General Banks and fix a
date. Mr.. Sumner SAID it was physically
impossible for him to speak in this city, his
health being anything but good. Colonel
Allen asked Mr.. Sumner if he would not
visit Maine and make a speech there. MIR.
Sumner replied that nothing would give
him greater pleasure, but he thought his
health would not allow it. If strong enough,
he might speak in Boston.
In conversation with the colOred orators,
Mr.. Sumner expressed himself panied at the
persistent Misrepresentation by Fred
Douglass, and announced his intention of
not noticing him further.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-18

That the dangerous unity of races in po-
itical opinions, against which General
Schurz arrayed himself so eloguently in
his North Carolina speeches, may not al
ways be q characteristic of the negroes, is
thus prOvised by the Memphis -Aralaacte !.
Zone OF the most promising signs is the in
disposition of the c0lored voters to longer
act as unit In this county, en- the first
it is notorious that the c0lored votes saved
the Democratic ticket from defeat, and
hereafter political complexion VIII not be
determined by the color OF mems skins.
This is as it should be-
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-18

what is Thought Of Mr..Greelcy in imam
cial circles abroad appears from an article
recently published in the DeutSch-Ameri-
Ea1,isder Economist of Frankfort-OR-the-
Main. That journal says: As regards
rectitude and honesty, he is irreproach&ble;
only a few attempts have been made by his
opponents during the present election cam
paign to cast suspicion upon him, but they
have failed If Mr. Greeley should be
elected, there would be at the head of the
United States a.man with whom tie danger
Of official corruption, which has hitherto
been SO menacing, viii no longer be immi-
neut.n
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-18

The first merchants bank of New York
was established about eighty years ago. 1t
was called the Bank of New York, and was
built on the corner of Wall and William
streets, and was designed to be the fnan-
cial magnet of the city. The bank is still
in existence, and is the centre Of all gold
operations, the checks of the Gold Room
all being drawn on the institution. It be-
gan business with one hspkkeeper, but now
emnlOts twenty.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-18

The freaks Of lightning grow more and
more remarkable every year. In Alabama
it struck and killed a ladygleaving unin-
iured child in her arms. In the same
struck, and their fight peremptorily az
rested. But the greatest achievement in
this line yet reported occurred in Tennes-
see, where a man was struck by lightning
and driven into the ground up to his neck,
without being materially injured o..
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-18

The year seems to be most unusual hot
one everywhere. In India the heat has
been int0lerable, the thermometer in sta
tons like Secunderabad-a hot place al
ways-markiug occasionally 10Y, and 1899
for fifteen continuous days. In Paris old
residents declare that they are grilling, and
can only live by bathing. From Brussels
We hear Of 90 in the shade, and il London
it has been S., while the water in the pub
lie baths, without any aid from furnaces,
has been 1G9
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-18

Numerous and important changes have
Just been made in the unjform-of our army.
There was certainly abundant room for
them, There probably never was an uglier
hat devised for the soldier than the soft felt
hat which the regular infantry have hither.
TO worn, and there certainly never was a
more announcement knapsack than the shape
less regulation roll OF waterproof cloth
which has passed under that name The
men are, hereafter, TO wear hats similar TO
those worn by the French infantry, and the
coat is 10 be cut in much less clumsy and
ugly fashion than it has been While these
and other reforms are being made, would it
not be good idea to have tile uniform cut to
fit the men
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-18

It IS expected that heavy iron-clad ships
VII soon so into disuse, giving place to
hghterand sWifter vessels. 1t is found that
as the thickness of the defensive plates is
increased the projected force of the guns is
INCREASED also, so that no actual protection
Is ahoraed. The last experiment in England
showed that the Glatton, the heaviest armed
snip IN existence, was not exempt from
penetration, and 700 pound ball from
thlrty-hve ton gun crushed through Ler
mighty aTmOr.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-18

Tho Concord Statesman reviews the sit
uatiOn in New Hampshire from the Grant
standpoint, the conclusion reached being
that Sit is in the power of the Republicans
of New Hampshire to maintain their as
tendency in the State and cast the electoral
vote for Grant and Wilson. But it is not
to be done without union, thorough organ
izatiou and work.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-18

Mr.. Joseph Mason, of Birmingham, has
added his name to the roll Of England S
philanthropist. Within few weeks past
he invited half a dozen gentlemen to his
house, to whom he banded over the title to
a stately building valued at 100000 and to
which he had attached endowments esti-
mated at 100000 more. There was no
ceremony save the splendid munifcence Of
the act, and Birmingham became possessed
Of most magnificent Orphana &c.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-18

Perhaps the most remarkable engineer
ing feat now in progress is the crossing of
the Andes by the Lima and Oroya railroad.
On this road the mountain chain will be
crossed ct an altitude of $4,000 feet by a
tunnel of 5000 feet in length, and amid
perpetual snow. The work is being ac-
compllshed by the Cholos Iudious, they
being the emily workmen who can endure
the rarity Of the atmosphere at this eleva-
ton for a prolonged period. The gradient
is the steepest knOwn'uu an ordinary rail
way. The value of the road will lie in the
fact of its developing the mineral wealth
stored in these mountains The silver
mines are especially RICH. and coal has been
discovered, and viii be Of incalcluable
wealth in land where fuel is so scarce.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-18

Chinese physicians in San Francisco use
medicines that one would naturally prefer
to take in homeopathic doses. Hundreds
of packages containing dried lizards aud
venomous serpents are imported from China
and consigned to Chinese doctors, who use
them in their practice.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-18

The FranCV-Prussian war has developed
some strange things in France. They have
a regular wife market, and an advertise
ment of matrimonial bureau is extensively
printed in the Partisan journals. The 'iu-
stitution" is said to be honorably Goa
Quoted, and as high as 10000 francs have
been paid to M de F." the manager, for
his valuable assistance in matrimonial nego-
+iqfirus
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-18

The Cincinnati Commercial says: Hon.
John G. Carlisle, who was editor of the
Louisville Ledger last winter, says that
Blanton Duncan used to contribute edit0-
rial matter, and that railways had TO be re-
vised and eXguTgated on account Of. its ex-
cessive Observation-Disclosures rejected in
toto. Mr. Carlisle says he viii look up
some Of Duncan.s progressive editoEials.n
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-18

In response 20 the suggestions of the
Grant papers that Merrim0n's majority in
North Carolina be advertised under the
head Lost, the Chicago Tribune offers the
following: Lost-Somewher in North
Carolina, whatever little reputation the
carpet bag governments NAV have had for
counting votes correctly. Whoever will
return the same % the owners viii be suit
ably rewarded and 10 questions asked.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-18

The Long Branch congregations are dis
pelIing e,7ui with educated pigs and Punch
and Judy shows. Grant prefers Punch
without the Judy.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-18

Received in the office of Secretary Of
State August 6, 1872.
The foregoing act having been presented
to the Governor Of the State Of Louisiana
for his approval and not having been
returned by him to the house of the General
Assembly in which it originated within the
time prescribed by the constitution Of the
State of Louisiana, has become a law with
out his approval.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-18
RENITO LUAREZ.

Details Of The Last Illness and Death of
the Late President of the Mexican Re.
public.