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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-27
a STOLEN CHECK.
How Missing Check Turned Up Three
Years After Ii wRs Stolen.
Pro


check for $4,000, gold, on January 81,
1860, was given by Matthew Morgans Sons
on the Bank of New York, payable to their
own order, and by them endorsed in blank
and certified by the bank. On the fourth
OF February succeeding this check was
shown to be in the possession of the firm OF
Meyer & Greve, bankers and brokers, No
50 Exchange place. One OF their clerks
on that day was instructed to deliver said
check to the firm of Robinson g. Cox, gold
brokers, IN Wall street, and while he was
going from Exchange place to Wall street
the same was stolen out of the pocket Of
MS overeOat. Payment of the check was
immediately stopped and notice of the loss
fully given by distribution of handbilIs and
notice of advertisement in the public
prints. No tidings of the check being had,
on an indemnity from Meyer g. Greye,
Messrs. Morgan & Sons issued a duplicate
check, which was certified and paid by the
bank. In the month of June, 1863, more
than three years after the loss, the stolen
check was presented on behalf of Mrs.
Louisa j. Nolan, and payment being re-
fused, sui was brought to recover the
amount The case was tried yesterday in
the Supreme Court Circuit, before Judge
Leonard.
1t appeared from the evidence that the
plaintiff, IN the spring OF 1868, was a
boarder at the st. Charles Hotel. in New
of a Mr.. Allen, through whom she made a
loan to stranger to her on this gold check
as collateral of $4,000. There was no evil
denee to show that she had any knowledge
OF the theft of the check, and it was con-
tended by her counsel that under the de-
cision of Murray VS.. Lardner, Wallace,
49, and Welsh VS. Sage, AZ New York, l43,
that she was entitled, as a matter of Law, to
a judgment for the whole amount of the
check, it being claimed that the car+ifca
ton of the check by the bank gave new
character to the instrument, and made il
equally negotiable as bank bill or coupon
bond. In opposition to this view, it was
claimed by defendants counsel that the Ger
t!t1catlon had no such effect, and that the
time which had elapsed from the ' date Of
cheek In 1865 to April, 1868, made it no
longer negotiable, and deprived the plain
tn OF all rights as a bone fide holder The
court sustained the view of the defendants
counsel, and directed verdict for the de-
PENDANTS.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-27

both in peril. To reach port We must have
smooth sea and favoring winds. But we
had neither. There came 81 sudden panic
in financial circles; banks reduced their
line of discounts, and rates OF interest Went
up to ruinOus figures. Trade sympathized
and fell off. Weak houses began to totter
and 90 down, and stronger ones to snow
signs of trouble. | struggled, and sacrl-
feed, and held on with desperate energy,
but vainly. My boats went under
{" | knew that your father was badly
crippled, and when | thought of him it was
with a concern made acute by my own
sense of danger. One day in passing a
large auction house l saw him step forth
and stand for moment, looking bewildered
and agitated. | crossed over to him and
said:
"'Good morning, Mr.. Howard. Nothing
wrong, | hope?'
''Ruin, that is ALL he answered, with
forced ealmness.
"'Oh! no" / returned; mot SO had as
thatr
ale drew his arm in mine, and walked
away. After little while he spoke, his
voice less steady than before:
"'Yea, my friend, ruin, and the cause you
know too well. To save myself | forced
sale of my property on Walnut street, and
it has just been struck down at little over
half what would have taken for il a month
ago. And that means ruiDl The sum to be
received viii not meet my wants, and
shall be forced to suspend, after ALL with
assets and resources diminished by the
amount lost in this disastrous sale
land all this could not help saying,
with bitter emphasis, comes as the result OF
glass or two of wine taken in business
hOurs!'
''He caught my arm with a sudden grip.
There was wild, desperate, halt-angry
look in his face It went off softly, and his
fingers as softly relaxed their hold upon my
arm.
I'VE parted without another word, and
the subject was never referred to again:
Your father went through his painful ordeal
and came out with small remnant Of prop
erty after paying his debts. l lost every
thing, and have been poor man ever since.
He was moderately successful in new bust
ness enterprises. At his death he left an
estate worth at least 100000 less than it
would have been if he had not tasted wine
in business hours. "-Artkur'S Home Mage
zinc
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-27

The Chicago Eventng Post pays tribute
to Mrs Greeley:
1t is said that Mrs Horace Greeleys pro-
tracted disease has at last taken mortal
form. and that death is Imminent. The
country would hear of the bereavement Of
Mr. Greeley with deep and sincere sorrow,
and the presidential campaign would doubt
less lay aside some of its acerbity in the
presence of that great grief which always
it's shadow falls. Mrs, Greeley illness as
sumed sad form many years ago, becom-
ing that curious com bination of mental and
physical disease that makes its victim
querulous and exacting; but her husband
and children would lay down their burden
no less regretfully because of her great at
fiction. Mr. Greeley has always been one
Of sh5 kindest of husbands and most indul-
gent OF fathers, faithful patron of all the
daueaGis EIrtues.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-27
EVERY DAY.

oh, trifing tasks 50 often Hone,
Yet ever to be done aneF
oh, cares which come with every snn
Worn after morn, the long years through
We shrink beneath their pftFY sway
The !IksoIne calls Of every day,
She restless sense of wasted power
The tiresome round Of LITTLE thingE,
Are hard to bear, as hour Ivy hour
Tts tedious iteration brings;
WhO shall evdde Or who day
the small demands of every day2
Che boulder in the torrents course
by tide and tempest iashtd in vain,
@beys he wave.whirled pebbles force,
end Yields It's substance grain by grain;
SO grumble strongest lives away
geneath the wear Of every daso
NEho finds the lion in his Ia r,
Who trackB The tiger for his life,
g8ay wound them ere they pre- RW2f".
or conquer them in desp1rate stl1I-,
Set p0weTless he to seattle Or s!ay
The yexing gnats of every day
Whe steady strain that new tr stops
Is mightier than the fierCts shoes;
%be constant teIl Of water drops
Will groove the adamantihe cOck5
%e feel our nOhlest powers decay,
6n Set BILE wars with every day.
see else to meet heavy bldw-
our souls II sudden bravery bt-sN
ignt we endure not always ep
The drup-by drop Of little Eils;
@s still drplore and still Obty
Fhe harsh behests Of every day
Tne Heart which boldly faces death
Upon the battle field, and dares
Cannon and baYOnet, faints Peneat%
The needle-peints Of frets End cares
@'he stOutest spirits they dis may-
The tiny stings Of every day.
@nd even saints Of holy fanny,
whose souls by faith have bvefcoE%
%hO wore amid the cruel fla ne
The molten crown Of mart,Hrdom,
Bore not without complaint klwaS
TAe petty pains OF every day
al, more than martyrs aurcple
Rnd more than hero's heart Of FIRE
We need the humble strength Of soul
Which daily tolls and Ills TBquire;
Sweet Patience grant US, fFou may,
An added grace for every DAY
-ScrIbueIts foP November,
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-27
&YnntoTnaric.

The following society" anecdote is just
imported from Brooklyn:
4 Republican and a Democrat Of that
city, standing together saw approaching a
man under the influence OF corn juice.
Said the Republican:
Il will bet s. that that man is a Demo
GRAFT"
Taken, " replied the Democrat, "but you
must ascertain the fact from the man him
self"
AS the topper approached he was acoosted
by the Republican;
Ny friend, 1 have just made bet on
you, which you are to decide. | have bet
my friend here that you are Democrat
How is it,"
well" replied Mr. Cornjuice, II am
sorry to say you have lost your money;
acknowledge I've got the symptoms, but
ret the disease"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-27
Certificates Of Deposit gs CDrrarov
a Washington special to the St. Louis Re
gublicu25 says:

A Washington special to the St. Louis Re-
publican says:
WASHINGTON, October GENERALIZATION
has been made to the bank note companies
Of New York to have engraved printed Ger
tihcates OF deposit made payable to bearer,
IN Inc slm1lltude of bank notes Parties are
mere 90 urge this action by the Treasury De
partment. The letter of the law does not
prohibit this, but the spirit Of the law is be-
4eVed to be conclusively in Opposition
thereto. The law designates what should
be currency, and explicitly provid es that
nothing shall be issued in the shape Of a
circulating medium but national bank
notes and legal tender. At present the ma
tional banks issue certificates of deposit
which are payable to order, but not in a
form to be used in the way of general circu-
lahon. If, then, these certificates of de-
post are commonly issued by banks, quite
naturally they, as this proposition would
indicate, are intended as notes for general
circulation. By the adoption of the mode
now proposed, called wildcat banking
would be again inaugurated in its worst
possible form. The banks from which the
certificates are to emanate would have the
sanction of the United States treasury to-
do business as national banks, although
such may have given security only as bank-
ers upon the sums specified. While having.
for instance, given security for only $50 600
theymight issue their certificates Of deposi4
with impunity to almost a fabulous amount,
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-27
YOU KISSED Die,
You kisaed nae Mr mead dropped

You kissed me Ny head dropped
Low on your breast,
With feeling of shelter
And Infinite rest,
While the holy emotions
My tongue dare not speak
Flashed up like 4 fame
From my heart to my cheeki
Your arms held me fast,
Ont your arms were SO bold
Heart beat against heart
In their passionate hold.
Your chances seemed drawing
by soul through my eyes,
As the sun draws the mist
From the sea to the skies;
And your lips chung to mine
Till prayt d in my bliss,
They might never uncl9sp
From that rapturous kiss.
You kissed me my heart and
Ny breath, and my will,
In deliTious ioy
For the moment stood still
Life had for me then,
No temptations, no charms,
No vision of happiness,
Out of your arms.
And were |, this instant,
An angel possessed
Of the the joy, and the peace,
That are gwen the blest.
/ would fling my white robes
Unreplnlngiy down,
End tear from my forehead
Its beautiful crown,
To nestle once more
In that haven Of rest,
With your lips upon mine
And my head on your breast,
EOu kissed me; my soul,
IN Ii Hiss so divine,
Reeled and swOOned like drunken E2an
Foolish with wine;
Aud thought 'twere delicious
To die there, if death
Would come while my lips were
Yet moist with Y ur breath.
T were delicious to die
If my heart might grow cold
Whije your arms wrapped me roUpG
In that passionate fold.
And these are the questions
l ask day and night:
Must my lips taste but once
Such exquisite delight?
Would you care if your breast
We're my shelter, as thenE
And if you were here
Would you kiss me again
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-27
Collapse of the Greeley Headquarters in
PhiladeEphin-McClur ON the SituR-

ton.
Correspondence of the New York Commercial
I met Colonel Mcclure yesterday on
Chestnut street, looking very demure.
Said /, Il should like to call on you, Col
onel, up at the reform headquarters, be-
fore l leave town. l want to have little
talk"
''Call on me where ?" asked the Colonel.
"Why, up at the Greeley committee room.
/ want to have little political talk with
you"
you're too late-too late" replied the
Colonel sit can't be done"
Why, Colonel I"
"Wfy, because the Greeley headquarters
is busted up'-it's dissolved. We've taken
down the portrait and banners, and they've
all gone down to my office Come down
there to see me-"
What have you given up the Greeley
headduarters for !" / asked.
why, sir, there is nothing more to do.
We are routed, horse and foot. Greeley is
is completely licked out, and Grant will
carry the State in November by $4,000
majority. Think we are going to be such
fools as to keep up the tight? | guess not"
This is about the way things stand in the
Quaker CITY.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-27

"And his wife wears gown that WIZ
stand alone with its own richness" SAD
Mrs. Buckingham. Il can remember When
Luke Ruddilove was nothing but poor,
miserable drunken creature"
"AlI the more credit to him now, said
Mrs. Partlet empbalicaliy.
at is all to be o. stun" said Mis-. Buck
ingham, with marble nantes and miald
doors And he's put q lot o papers under
the corner one"
"The corner what" said Mrs. Partlet,
laughing. "Floor or mantel 7"
"Stun. TO be sure" said Mrs Bucking-
ham Like they do in public buildings, you
know
"Wel, it is kind o queer, but Luke Rud-
dilove never warn't like any one else. Folks
think it's dreadful strange he should put
dollar bill in with the other things"
Mrs. Partlet felt her cheeks flush scarlet.
She glanced up to where the squire was
checking off list of legal items in the bill
he was making out against some client.
But he never looked around, and Mrs.
Buckingham went on with her never ceas-
ing flow of chit,chat, and SO the color died
away in her cheek, After all the money
had been her own to give, and the Old OIL,
cloth in front of the Giningr0Om stove had
answered very well.
She met Luke Ruddilove that afternoon
for the first time since his return to SeQuos-
sett-Luke himself, yet not himself-the
demon of intemperance crushed out OF his
nature, and its better, nobler elements
triumphing at last. He looked her brightly
in the face, as he held out his hand.
Mary
~ am glad to see you back again, Luke,
she said TREMENDOUSLY.
And well you may be" he answered.
"Do you remember that night you gave me
that dollar bill, and begged me not to go to
the tavern 2"
Yes"
"Well, that night was the pivot on which
my whole destiny turned. You we're kind
to me when everyone spoke coldly; you
trusted me when all other faces were avert
ed. vowed vow to myself to prove
worthy of your confidence, and | have
kept it. did not spend the money. |
treasured it up, and Heaven has added
nightly to my little store. | put the dol
lar bill under the cornerstone of my new
house, for the house has risen from it, and
it alone"
II won't offer to pay you back, for I'm
afraid" he added smilingly, that luck
would go from me with it. But l tell you
what | will do, Mary: l will give money and
words of trust and encourage some other
poor wretch, as you gave me-
And Squire Partlet never knew what his
wife did with that one dollar bill he gave
her to buy a new piece of oil cloth with.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-27
Social Manners Among the French Inhab-
itnnfa Of New NrIeans.

ICanLS Oh rev UcleanBs
But not alone in language was French
town. a strange city to It's municipal Siam
ese twin, only divided from it by the mar
row strip bearing the great artery that sup
ported the vitality of both. In all matters
of family government, as well as of society
precedence, old country notions prevailed
in Frenchtown, and many of them remain
to this day, impregnable to example and
impervious to fast cOnquering progress. The
Creole youth, even after his first duel, had
no synonym for 1.-THE governor" when speak
ing of his father, nor did ma mere, to his
unprogressive sense, offer the translation of
1.-The old girl" There the young lady's as
piration was not to be "a little of goer,"
and she was rarely "harmlessly fast" Nor
was the reigning belle a gushing miss, with
1.-The tangles of Ne8r's hair but a comfort
able-and not seldom quite comfortably
stout-madame. Young ladies we're kept
in dursnce vile, indeed to those born free
men under American skies, and their first
emancipation into even the nominal license
OF life was received at the hands of the
priest who pronounced the marriage beue-
dicti0n.
Wo to the aspiring youth from across Ca
nal, who, transtixed by a pair of killing
black eyes leveled from embrasure of opera
box, was lucky enough to get access to the
household they were supposed to illumine
and to warm. At an early eve or miserable
morn the frozen steppes of Siberia were not
more glacial nor more slippery to the foot
hold of his manly sensibiHties. Call when
he would, those burning Orbs would wear
the parental veil, through which their rays
no longer melted him, and the houri of the
opera box became the proper young person,
who could only be interviewed" in the
presence Of stout and sonorous mamma on
one sofa and of most courteous but equally
retrigerant papa on the other. The weather
and kindred subjects failing, when ambi
tious and all conquering Brownies courage
and French had together failed before, he
would gradually freeze into awkward 81
lence, that only outside the front door
thawed into a short strong oath to hunt
thereafter in pastures better known.-Ldp-
pincoH'S Magazine.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-27


| A Boston Globe letter says of two of the
women OF the WOmep's Tea Company:
Miss King is stout, robust looking lady,
! with complexion brOnZed by outdoor life.
| She has made large fortune in various
| business enterprises, having been, among
| other things, a successful real estate specu-
| latOr, and has never lost dollar by her
own transactions. She scorns the idea of
| talking about WOman's rights, instead of
| going out into the world and taking them,
| as she has done. Nine. Demorest is the
exact opposite of Miss King in personal APP
| pearanCe, being tall, slight in figure, with
pale face and rather delicate features.
Madam dresses in good taste, and although
| a dispenser of fashions, is neither figure
for a fashion plate, nor yet is she, as reform
ers are too apt to be, 0utre in appearance"
One of the 1u8es of feuiIletonists lies in
the dialogue. a famous one of Dumas pere
led to a revolution in the emoluments OF ro-
mantle literature. Dumas was paid by the
line, and one day he introduced in a ro-
nance the following passage
Ny son
Mother
Listen to me
Go on!
Thou seestt
This dagger
1t Is stepped
In blood.
OF whom?
of thy father
--Ah!i"
After that Dumas was paid by the letter
In San Francisco there is on exhibition
collection of oil portraits of the prominent
officials of Feejee. Thakombau, the King,
Ratu Tubayui, Nanlumatua and Curruca,
and others who have been identified with
the politics and famous Banquets of the
Cannibal islands, figure in che assortment.
These gentlemen have the complexion of
the unaduIterated African and the nose of
the Caucasian, and wear beard and nous
tache. The face of the king is free from
artificial coloring, but the chiefs are tattooed
to disgusting extent. Formerly these dis
tinguished gentlemen buttoned their lips
over human flesh, and thrived and were
happy; but the venturesome missionary has
invaded their beautiful isle and reformed
their appetites, and the change of diet,
with other causes; has decimated their num-
bers, and they are great only in the glory
Of the past.
The Republican journal., 1872-11-14
Drowned.

Found drowned in the river! stop with a
Shver,
oh, horror and dread,
somebody's daughter, drawn up from the water,
PHlIi ard dead
ltc'- bot restless fever, not long since did leave
Her sins at the best,
Size remembers them not, gives them never a
thought,
Man. let them rest.
With thousands to blame her. and none TO re.
claim ler.
What wonder despair
led her down to the riveri The kindly PRAYER
giver
Has answered her prayer
Fm h"r sake who bore her, drop the warm
mantle DER her
OF pity and love-
Poor errng creature so fair too in feature
Norm-beaten dove.
p'er her dusky eyes splendor. so dreamy and
fender,
Deaths curtain is drawn:
30 one 10 kiss her-who is there to miss her
Now she is gone:
I az 4 flower ON her bosom, a poor withered
blossom.
Like her now at rest
t3r her white brow is chilly. no rose brine or
cypress is best.
D W. ''Hlll Idlh FpNpT- ner 1Ir form law over,
Hiding within
II That is human, the while of the woman
Poor Magiaen
SO weak aud so shining. her deep shame be-
ginning,
Far back in the years
Though We know not, nor love her. drop kindly
above her
The tributS of tears
Tears for sinner, though too late to win her
From death, or from shame
Nor lay IN the clsket, for the Lambs sake
ask it.
With her AL the blame.
FOR the dear sake OF Jesus, the Saviour, who
TO error so prone.
7" weak and 50 human, Oh! blame not the
woman,
The woman alone.
Deceit twas that lured her, her fond heart as
Sured her,
lie spoke only truth;
Whose hand stole the blossom of peace from
her bosom
Far back in her youth.
Lay the graves grassy cover so kindly above
her,
Her life story read
Something's daughter, drawn up from the water.
Pallid and dead.
The Republican journal., 1872-11-14

ing was heard for IN hour. The two men
went to sleep again, but not to dream. Of
a sudden and unseen the mist was lifted,
and in its place sheet of flame so near
to the faces OF the men that it might have
scorched them. Two hundred MeXicans
had crept down the mountain and to the
edge OF the stream, and had fired point
blank into the camp. 1t seemed mira
Gle, but not . man was touched. Lying
Hat upon the ground and wrapped up in
their blankets the whole volley, meant to
be nSrderous, had swept over them.
Shelby was the first upon his feet. His
voice rang out clear and faultless and
without a tremor: 'Give them the revol-
ver-charge?" Men awakened from deep
sleep grapples with spectres slowly. The
Mexicans were spectres. Beyond the
stream and in amid the sombre shadows
OF the palms they were invisible. Only
the powder-pall was on the water where
the mist had been. Unclad, barefooted,
heavy with sleep, the men went straight
for the mountain, a revolver in each hand,
Shelby leading. From spectres the Mex-
cans had become to be bandits. No
quarter was given or asked. The rush
lasted until the game was finished; the
Poiouil uiI'ih euC up VI LIlt iuOuUlttIu was
gained. Over ragged rocks and cactus
and dagger trees the hurricane poured.
The roar of the revolvers was deafenine.
Men died and made no moan, and the
wounded were recognized only by their
voices. When it was over the Americans
had lost in killed eleven and in wounded
seventeen. most of the latter slightly,
thanks to the darkness and the impetuosity
OF the attack. In crawling upon the camp
the MeXicans had tethered their horses
upon the further side of the mountain.
The most Of these fell into Shelby's hands,
together with the bodies of the two lead
ers, Juan Anselmo, a renegade priest, and
Antonio Flores, Il young Cuban, who had
sold his sister to a wealthy haciendaro and
turned robber, and sixty-nne of their fol-
lowers. 1t was noon the next day before
the march was resumed-noon, with the
sun shining upon the fresh graves of
eleven dauntless Americans sleeping their
last sleep amid the palms and the crosses
until the resurrection day
The Republican journal., 1872-11-14

stimulated by Prioleau's generosity, never
rested till he brought to light the very origi-
nal moulds for the castings. Into them the
new metal was melted with careful distri-
button of the broken fragments. so as to
make the illusion a reality. All that was
wanting to make up the cast Mr.. Prioleau
added, and the reward Of his perseverance
and generosity was sent to the vestry
these new bells which are the very old
ones still. Again did the congregation
with tears and thanksgiving receive the
bells from this their fifth voyage across
the Atlantic, and hung them up in St.
Michael's steeple. May they never again
be removed by the rou Oh hand of war, or
ever sound aught but peace on earth and
good will toward men!