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Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-07-27
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Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-07-27
IFrom the St. Louis Democrat.1

IFrom the St. Louis Democrat.1
Much capital has been made of the
pretense that the Cincinnati "Liberal
Convention" as it Is called, is the rep
resentative of all the brOtherly feeling
toward the South that can be found
in the United States. 1t is notorious
that the parties most recOnciled in tile
North aud South are the real fighting
men on both sides. They have less
prejudice, more generosity, and are
far less captiOus and exacting than
any others. Hon. Dan. Voorhees, was
right when he said that General
Grant had done more to bring about
peace between the two sections than
any other man. 49, .s f,s ,,-.
The gushing gentlemen who had
such q good:stime at Cincinnati are not
the kind of men to make peace. They
are too good to hold out, and too pro-
fuse in professions to amount to much
in practice. The vast majority Of the
survivors of the Northern armies are
in the Republican party, and they are
willing to meet their Southern breth-
rem half way. The Liberals are no
more disposed to forgive than the Re-
publicars. They are the Dolly Var
dens of politics. They set of their
friendly feelings in the loudest and
most stunning attire. They wear
coats of many colors, and very limo
cent Greeley hats, all telling everybo-
dy how good they are; but who are
they, in fact I 1uls M ~
Greeley himself was not the inp0-
cent and loving pet lamb he now ef-
fects to be when he cried "On to
Richmondn-when he adopted as his
motto for the poor freedmen |" Root,
hog, or die.n Our own classic Cover
nor, in the exuberance of his zeal
against the South, rolled out many
yards of rhetoric against the slow
and cautious Lincoln, and actually
joined Northern fireeatersin the move
ment to beat him in 1868. After the
war, our excellent, friendly minded
Governor was for furnishing traitors to
the full extent OF their dement's. Can
peace be made more quickly with
Greeley and Brown than with Grant
and wilson hee S,ts- -.
The South is not so moon-struck as
to be caught with such palpable stuff
as the love, past and future, of the
Liberals. Thousands Of intelligent
and honest Democrats, believing in
the uprightness of Grant and Wilson,
and in their friendship, too, will vote
for them instead of the zoo ardent
gentlemen who just ON this occasion
slop over In wonderful words of loving
kindness. One party represents the
soldiers of the North, the other the
bummers and GROWERS who stayed a.
home and figured for Office. The South
will not be fooled into 80 fat q thing
as putting into power men whose love
is inspired by the greater love Of Of
fee.
The peopte OF Br0okline, Mass, are
The New York herald., 1872-10-03
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Father Gavazzi yesterday sailed for Europe.
Colonel H. s. McComb, Of Delaware, Is at the
Brevoort House.
General James M Scovie, OF New Jersey, Is at
the st. Nicholas Hotel.
General Martin J. Townsend, OF Troy, is staying
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Lord Henry Lotus has written book on love
and marriage In Germany.
Lieutenant whipple, OF the United States Navy,
is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Colonel Richardson Miles, of Charleston, is stop
ping at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
James Il. Osgood, the publisher, has returned to
Boston, from Europe, in improved health.
John $. Baxter pronounces for Grant, at least he
says so in letter to the Cortland Standard.
Ex-Governor John A. Bger OF Pennsylvania,
yesterday arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Alexandra Dumas is very rich and owns large
interest In the Banque des Marchands de Paris
Dr. Louis Buchner, distinguished German
savant, is among the recent arrivals in this city.
Ex.Congressman Wentworth, OF Illinois, well
known "Long john" is at the St. Nicholas Hotel.
The Queen OF Sweden is novelist. She writes
for the stockholm press over the nom de plume
or Annie Arden.
wonderfully expert chessplayer Is astonishing
Berlin, His name Is Arthur Raeder and he comes
from Roumania
Miss Alice Fairman and Miss Therese sebe, part
OF the company OF Madame RudersdorT, have
arrived In Boston.
Boston musical critic lately remarked OF pro-
fessional's organ playing, that he not only could
Handel Bach, but actually Beethoven.
The Senator elect from Oregon Mr.. G. Mitchell,
is only thirty.six years old. He Is the lawyer Of
Ben Holiday and believed to be unmarried.
Mrs. Dr.. Carl Formes, lately elected professor Of
the Thompson Free Medical College, will be one OF
the attractions OF the lecture field this season.
A Boston notion in the shape OF a sweeping
machinei is being experimental upon by the Health
Commissioners. Anything to keep the streets clean
Eight hundred thousand Germans are keeping
the "Watch on the Rhine.n That is, so many Teu-
tons have purchased copies Of the new national
song.
The Countess Pourtaes and the Baroness dc
Bussiere, who are now stopping for few days In
Mrs. Ben Holiday.
without pistol in the house. Last week his two
little boys found it and played soldier with 1t. He
has but one little boy now.
Mr. James Linen, late OF California, well known
as the author OF several poems OF high merit Is
about to denver lecture in this city on the "0ld
Minstrels OF Scotland and the Poets OF the Refor.
nation
Probably the wealthest actor now upon the
American stage is Apple Sass owens. He is worth
somewhere between sl,O0O,00o and $4,000 900. He
made a fair portion OF 1t out OF his apple ''sass,"
but the main part OF his fortune accumulated from
the increase In the value OF the property which he
ownss
The New York herald., 1872-10-03
AUSTRALASIA.
The Overland Telegraph Line Completed-Prog-
ress Of the Work Of Girdling the
Globe by Electricity.
TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HsHALo.

LONDON, Oct. 2, 1872.
despatch from Melbourne, September II, says
the overland telegraph line has been completed.
EXTENT AND CONNECTIONS OF THE ELECTRIC LINE
AT THE ANTIPODES.
The completion of this Australaslan overland
electric telegraph line gives assurance that at an
early date dispatches will go through from England
to the antipodes, and the electric communion Of
the world be made still more universal and perfect
The work has been carried on with great activity.
The southern portion OF the line, viz, from Port
Augusta at the head OF Spencer's Gull, to the end
OF the fifth section beyond Central Mount Stuart.
was made ready towards the end OF the year
1871. During December 1871, and January.
1872, operators were stationed at different points
along the line, and kilograms came down to Mel
bourne from the Alice Springs, In the Mcdonnell
Ranges IN the first week Of the present year. These
ranges are 100 or Loo miles from Adelaide. on
on lr0m the Alice Springs to the end OF the ifth
section, 800 or $40 miles north Of the Springs, and
the furthest point northward to which the southern
Southeynm2st end OF the northern line coming
gap Of 800 miles wide. Mr.. Clarke's directions
he reached the end or the NTH section with tele.
gram for England. The party to return at once
wn wss scrss
the gap which with every days work on the north
ern line narrowed was soon making regular trips.
The cost OF the whole line from north to south
originally to have been flOs0OO but 1t appears
that an expenditure OF f22O 600 had been incurred
in Its construction some months since.
The wire line runs across the Australian COntl-
nent from Port Augusta at the head OF Spencer's
Gull, In Southern Australia, to Port Darwin, on the
northern coast and ABOUT two thousand miles Of
wire have been used in the work. The route
through the heart OF the great Continent was ex-
plOred by staff OF the telegraph department to q
point just within the tropics and 1t was repre-
sented there appeared to be no difficulty whatever
In the way OF connecting the northern central por
tiOns OF the work.
MESSAGES FROM ENGLAND
On the Goth or June, 1872 notice was Issued by the
Post ONCE In London that telegraphic message OF
twenty words could be sent to Queensland. In Aus
tralia for f10 $3.50 and that IL would be forwarded
to Port Darwin by cable and thence to Its destina
ton by horse express and telegraph now. The whole
distance which such message will travel will be
some fourteen thousand miles, and IL will reach its
destination In about thirty hours. 1t will go from
London to the Lands End on land wires, will enter
the sea and reappear at Alexandria, pass over
Egypt, reenter the sea at SueZ and again appear
at Port Darwin in the antiDodeS.
The New York herald., 1872-10-03

right place. BY such q course they would
earn the credit of doing an honest act, and
would avoid the damaging effect of making
fight against q candidate so strong and
eminently qualified as MI. Duncan. James
O. Brien should in like manner step forward
with that boldness for which he is dis
tinguished and avow his determination to
enroll his followers among the supporters of
Mr.. Duncan. O'Brien is as shrewd and active
as Tweed, Boole or any other leader who has
made his mark on city politics, and the Office
of Mayor is not worth an effort on his part.
He can do better by becoming the Warwick of
city politics and making rulers at his will. He
now has splendid opportunity to display Ma
poleonic qualities by retiring from the contest,
in which no man can hope to succeed against
the regular democratic candidate, if Mr.. Dun
can should be the nominee, and supporting
the winning man with all his energy and
effectiveness He could avow that honest
reform had been from first to last his sole
object. and that now, seeing it secured in the
nomination Of Mr.. Duncan, he would cheer
fully and manfully give that candidate his
AAhuOuCo uAo LID SOtC. hS w tuc OOmAltto0
Of Seventy and the other reform associations
they cannot fail to accept Mr.. Duncan and to
labor for his success. Any hesitation to do SO
would brand them as political tricksters and
hypocrites. For q reformer to oppose
Mr.. Duncan is to classify himself with
the worst class OF political schemers, and
to show that all his professions in
the cause of reform have been false
If the republicans and the O Brienites will now
have the good sense to withdraw all opposition,
and make the nomination Of William Butler
Duncan unanimous, the Office of Mayor will be
taken out of politics, as it should be, and the
political parties and their national and State
tickets will be left to stand on their own merits
In the interest Of the city we hope our advice
which is rendered in good faith, may be ac-
cepted and followed.
The New York herald., 1872-10-03

CONGRESSIONAL CANDDArEs.-Therei is prom
ise of warm work in the Fifth Con-
.gressional district. The principal belligerents
are Colonel and General. The Colonel has
already enjoyed the honors of Representative
in Congress, and the General, who outranks him
by title, thinks he ought also to outrank him
by the votes of the district. If Colonel Roberts,
who has left behind him an excellent record
in Congress, has no objection, no one else can
fairly object. and in that case General
MoMahon. who is young and ambitious and
good talker, might reach the national capital
in time for the opening of the big powwow
in 1873.
The New York herald., 1872-10-03

The SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIoN-THE APOLLO
HALL PARTY Nor RECOGNIZED AS Po-
L1TIcAL ORGANIZATION Woodruff has
written no formal opinion on the ques-
ton raised before him in the United
States Circuit Court as to which of the
two parties Apollo Hall or Tammany-is to
have the nomination of Supervisors as party
distinct from the republicans. His Honor's
remarks in Court on Tuesday may, therefore,
be taken as his decision on the point and it is
obvious from these that he classes the two great
parties as the parties who have candidates in the
field for President and Vice President-the re-
publicans, on the one side under the leadership
of General Grant, and the democrats and lib
eral, on the other, with Horace Greeley as their
standard bearer. This shuts the Apollo Hall
men out and leaves them standing in the cold.
The Judge has requested the Chief Supervisor
to send him in the lists Of objections by
Assembly districts, commencing with the First
Assembly district, and as soon as he has the
objections disposed of commissions will be
Immediately issued to the parties who shall
have been selected as Supervisors.
The New York herald., 1872-10-03
TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.

PARIS, Oct q 1872.
The departures from Alsace and Lorraine OF In.
habitants who decline to assume German citizen.
ship are upon an immense scale.
1t is estimated that $4,000 emgrating Alsatians
will take up their residence in Nancy alone, while
large numbers will go to other places
REDUCTION OF THE POPULATION OF METZ
Eighteen thousand persons left Metz the last
fortnight to seek homes under French Jurisdiction.
The population OF that city now numbers only
10000 persons.
The New York herald., 1872-10-03

Mr.. W. B. DUNCAN will be carried into the
chair Of Chief Magistrate of New York city by
the largest vote ever given any candidate for
that high Office. Let Tammany nominate
him unanimously and reap all the credit to be
gained by selecting candidate of such emil
nent fitness.
The New York herald., 1872-10-03
ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE FLAMES.
Sixty-two Americans and Chinese, with
a Number Of Japanese, Lost.
100000 In Treasure and Light
Freight on Board.
Official Investigations" Intention,
Not Accident, the Cause"

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2, 1872.
eight O'Clock this morning, lef( Hong Kong August
81 and Yokohama September l.
Among her passengers are twenty y.nine OF tho
officers and crew Of the burned steamship America.
REPORT or TUE FIRE AND or THE LOSS or THR-
AMERICA.
BY the arrival OF the China and from her passen-
gers we have the following report Of the loss OF
the Pacific mail steamship America by nre:-
Early on Saturday morning, August "a, tho
America arrived at Yokohama, and during the day
landed all her passengers and cargo for that port
and transferred to the Shanghae branch steamer
what was for North China.
ON BOARD AT THE MOMENT OF THE DISASTER.
There remained on board the officers ana crew.
two arst class passengers, the mails and It's
Chinese destined for Hong Kong.
FLAME.
At eleven O'Clock at night the America was dis
covered to be on fire.
She burned until the afternoon OF Sunday, when
she was towed out OF the way Of the shipping and
sunk.
LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY
Three Americans and ffty-nine Chinese were lost,
besides number OF Japanese $500, 900 In treasure
and light freight remained on board the vessel
when burned.
INCIDENTS IN DETAIL.
The ship had been c0aling all day. At ten o'clock
at night all was reported safe, when the officers rS-
tired little before eleven the stewardess smelled
something burning, and smoke was discovered
rising from the freight deck, below the ladies' sa
loon.
Tho alarm was Immediately sounded. Captain
D0ane was the first man in the saloon with tho
hose. but was driven back by the smoke.
With sudden and furious roar the fames burst
forth, deciding the fate OF the ship.
The smoke prevented flooding the magazine, and
attention was turned to saving the passengers.
The Cinnamon crowded the ladder which gave
way, precipitating them into the water.
Several unsuccessful attempts were made to sink
the burning ship by shot from war vessels In the
harbOr.
OFFICIAL INQUIRY.
court OF inquiry convened August 81. Consul
Shepard presiding, assisted by Minister Delong,
Captains Shirly and Peren.
After hearing the evidence they found that the
fire apparatus was In good working order, but that
the long time which elapsed before stream Of
water was started denotes want OF prccaution or
great tardlness In the Engineers Department. II
steam to the amount of twenty pounds had been
on the donkey boiler at the time the alarm was
given, and the fires in proper condition with proper
expedition In working, the fire might have been ex
tinguished and the ship saved. 90 =. >
Praise is justly due to the officers and crew for
their gallantry and perseverance.
INCENDTARIsM, NOT ACCIDENT.
The Court Is convinced that the fire was the re-
suit of intention, not OF accident.
Tha tndu NAV hayn haan nt{rafh hv ton apA
the steamship company oficers, or the fact that
the Chinese passengers were supplied with large
sums OF money.
in .otf nj
The New York herald., 1872-10-03

AspIres to the office, lacking In none Of the
qualifications requisite to honorably discharge
the judicial functions attaching thereto. Mr..
Marin is young, and In that very fact, possess
ing all the other qualifications, lies one of the
strongest recommendations in these days OF
expurgation and reform.
The New York herald., 1872-10-03

AN INVESTIGATION in relation to the recent
explosion on the steamer Dean Richmond will
be commenced this morning at No. % Pine
street by government Inspectors Mershon and
Hill By wonderful providence this did not
prove Wholesale slaughter, yet the public
want to know exactly how the accident occur
red and who should have prevented it. We
are nation Of travellers, and demand of pub
lie carriers the utmost care to provide for the
safety of passengers.
The New York herald., 1872-10-03
1EtEeRAEs TO TINE NEW Yoak HERALD.

LONDON, Oct. q 1872.
terrible accident happened this morning to q
passenger train from this city for Edinburgh.
While running at a very rapid speed 1t came In
collision, near Kirte Bridge, with q freight train,
causing the instant death OF nine persons.
Many Others are injured and 1t Is fearei several
of them will die.
The New York herald., 1872-10-03

OUR NoBrEsT CRY REFoRMERs are new con-
verts to the grand idea. There are, however,
among our quiet citizens many who have been
earnest workers for reform for many years and
who are stiIl. without pretence or bluster,
doing good service in the cause at every oppor-
tunity; and w. Butler Duncan, as one OF
these, is the sort of man we want for our next
Mayor,
The New York herald., 1872-10-03

Local Account or tho visitation-Inccp-
tion OF tho Fire and Its Ravagcs.
MADRID, Oct might.
A despatch from the town of Escurial,
twenty-four miles northwest of this city, an
nounces that the celebrated monastery of the
Escurial was struck by lightning this
evening.
The building was quickly on fire, and SO
rapid was the progress of the devouring
element that the dome and tower Of the mag
nifcent edifce have already fallen.
FIRE RELIEF BRIGADE FROM THE CAPITAL.
A brigade Of engineers, fully equipped with
n,aterid for use in such emergencies, has left
Madrid for the Escurial.
PALACE, LIBRARY AND PAINTINGS IN FLAMES.
The Royal Palace, with its splendid library
of books and paintings and rare and costly
manuscripts, is now in flames, and at ths dxte
of this despatch there is apparently little
prospect of saving from destruction the Mauso-
leum as we'll as the Summer residence Of the
Spanish kings ~ ..~.r
The New York herald., 1872-10-03

Collision Of Railway Cars and Serious and Sad
Loss Of Life-Accidsnt to tho London and
Edinburgh Train-"Behind Time" and
Running to Make 1t Up'-Ths Emil
grant Tide Flow to America.
The New York herald., 1872-10-03
FRANCE.

Tho Emigrant Exodus in Rapid Flow from tho
Conquered Provinces Cities Being Depopu-
lated and Others Crowded Alternately.
The New York herald., 1872-10-03
THE WEATHER.
WAR DEPARTMENT.,
OFFICE or THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,
WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. 81 A. M.

Synopsis for the Past TscentyJ0ur Hours.
The barometer has continued to fall slowly in the
Northwest and eastward over the upper lakes, with
southwestery winds and partly cloudy weather;
southerly to westerly winds and partly cloudy
weather extend from the lower lake region over
the Middle States with occasional light rain in the
former; generally clear weather and southery
winds over the Gulf and the South Altar tic States
and the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys; in New Eng
land westerly to southerly winds and clear weather.
Probabilities.
In the Northwest and over the upper lakes partly
cloudy weather, diminishing pressure and south
westerly Winds for the Lower Onio and Mississippi
Valleys, and thence over the Gulf and South Allan
tic states, southery to westerly Winds diminishing
pressure and clear weather; for the lower lakes
and the Middle States, southeasterly and south
westerly winds, with warmer and partially cloudy
weather on Thursday; In New England clear
weather, with winds veering to southery and
westerly.
Tclegraphic reports from the Southwest are still
missing.
The Weather In This City Yesterday.
The following record will show the changes In the
temperature for the past twenty four hours in com
parson with the corresponding day OF last year, as
The New York herald., 1872-10-03
TELEGRAM 70 TINE NEW YoWx HERALD.

LONDON, Oct. 2 1872.
The steamship Glam0rgan, the pioneer vessel Of
the new line between Cardiff and New York, made
successful trial trip yesterday.
The New York herald., 1872-10-03
THE STORM ON THE LAKES.
Remarkable Escape Of One OF the Crew
OF the Schooner Rapid-Sixty Hours In
the w ater.

TOLEDO, Oct. 3 1872.
James Low, the only survivor OF the crew OF
eight persons OF the schooner Rapid, was brought
to this city to-day by the brig Paragon. The Rapid
capsized in a gale on Friday night on Lake Erie.
Low had been In the water Tor sixty hours when he
was picked up
The New York herald., 1872-10-03
WALES.

Steamship Preparation for Direct Communication
with New York
The New York herald., 1872-10-03
The Tower and Dome Fallen In and the Library
and Paintings Almost in Ruins.
Danger to the Summer.
Palace.
A BRIGADE OF ENGINEERS FROM MADRID
History Of the Building-.-Its Foundation Stu
alton, Extent and Finish.
IflEeRAks 10 TINE NEW YORK HERALD.

The following special despatch to the
HERALD has been received from our corre-
spondent in the British capital =
LONDON, Oct. 2, 1872
A telegram from Madrid reports that the
Escurial Palace is on fire, and that the build
ing, with all its artistic treasures, will prob
ably perish by the conAagration.
CAUSE OF THE DISASTER.
The disaster was caused by q fash Of
lightning
The New York herald., 1872-10-03

Sad Particulars from the Scene Of the
Dtsaster-ssBchtnd Time and Furious
TO Make II up"
LONDON, Oct. 2-5 p. M.
But few details OF the accident to the London and
Edinburgh passenger train have come to hand.
All the dispatches received agree In stating that
the train was behind time and was running at q
furious rate to make 1t up.
The scene OF the disaster is not far from Carlisle
the capital OF Cumberland county, and train has
been sent from that town to bring In the dead and
wounded.
THE LATEST STATEMENT OF THE NUMBER OF THE
DEAD.
A later might despatch from Carlisle says that
eleven persons were killed by the railway collision
this morning.
The number injured Is not stated.
THE EMIGRANT EXODUS TO AMERICA.
During the past three months 81, 200 emigrants
sailed from Liverpool for America.
The New York herald., 1872-10-03

A Bottle OF .Chevalicr's Life for the
HAIR used will your gray hair and keep t
healthy and beautiful all Winter.
The New York herald., 1872-10-03

A.-ROyal Havana LOttery.-Prices Re-
duced j. b. MARTINEZ a co, Bankers, 10 Wall street
box 4 Post office York.
The New York herald., 1872-10-03

Average temperature yesteruhy ........... -
Average temperature for corresponding date
last year 20
The New York herald., 1872-10-03

A.-Eau Angclique, for the Teeth and
Gums BISCOTTNE FOOD for Infants DEILUC CO.,
63j Broadway are the sole propretors and manuactur
ers No connection with any other drug store.