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Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-08-10
OF MASSACHUSETTS.

~ We are authorized to announce
the name Of
JUDGE JOHN OSBORN,
as candidate for re election as Judge
Of tho Ninth Judicial District, compos.
ing the parishes of Rapides, Natchi-
toches, Grant and Vernon.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-08-10
HON. HARRY LOTT.

HON. HARRY LOTT,
of Rapides and the public generally,
that he is 3 Candidate for Congress
from the Fourth Congressional Dis.
trict subject to the nomination Of the
Republican party.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-08-10

II We hereby inform the friends
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-08-10

natl0ns. but tnlS, Ue IL remembered,
was accomplished at home. The Spar.
tan youth would have attained that
high standard of mental and physical
development for which they were 90
deservedly celebrated, had their il
lustrious master pursued the course
adopted in this country.
The destinies of the State, as we'll
as those Of the nation, are almost
solely in the hands of those who have
the direction VI the youthful mind,
and the moulding of youthful charac.
ter. If they perform all their duties
as they should perform them; if they
guide the ering into the right path,
correct the natural tendencies to evil,
and successfully prepare all entrusted
to their care and guidance of life, the
present generation may be succeeded
by purer and a better one; but if
they falter or failin any of these things,
the result may be tine destruction of the
public liberty itself. of sHi'H ~
If this theory is correct, land we
it is equally AZ applicable
to our social and civil condition as to
the moral,) then it follows, as an
inevitable consequence, that no State
can 20 established upon cold en-.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-08-10

SourCc VI tue MIC, IOF no large river
begins in a lake. 1t is supplied by a
river called Chambezi, aud several
others which may lie considered sour
ces, and cat of it flows the large River
SuaPula, which enters Lake Moena,
and comes out as.
THE GREAT LAKE RIVER
Lualuba, to form Lake Kamolando.
West of Kam0landO, but still in the
great valley, lies Lake Lincoln, which
/ named as my tribpte If love to the
great and good man whom America
enjoyed for some time. The last one
OF the three great rivers l mentioned,
Bartlefreeres, or Lugra, fails into
Kom0landO or Lake Lincoln becomes
q locustrine river. 1t too. joins the
central line of drainage, but lower
down, and all these united form fifth
lake, which the slaves (sent to me i'm.
instead ut mem forced me to any great
grief, to leave as the unknown lake.
By my reckoning, the chr0uometers
being all dead, it is Eve degrees OF
lodgitude west Of Speke's position at
Ujji. This makes it probable th at the
that the great LOcust:ine River in the
valley is the western branch of Petite
rick's Nile, the Bahar Ghoeal, and not
the eastern branch which Spoke,
Grant aud Baker believe to the river
OF Egypt. II correct, this would make
it the Nile (; only, after oil, the Bahal
Ghoeal enters the eastern arm. / found
! that mighty rirer lett the Washing ard
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-05
Excnr.ion To the Pacific.

This is a special to the St. Louis RepuJ-
Hcan:
SAN Francisco, April 3O-The confer
ences between our delegation and the sub,
committee of gentlemen representing San
Francisco wei renewed to-day at the Occi-
dental Hotel, the committee being repre-
scented by the same parties as on yesterday.
The gentlemen of the Atlantic and Pacific
road were also present, and it is stated Ie-
piled to a series of interrogatOTies respect
ing the financial status of the company and
its present and prospective operations.
The conference was in the form of a gen
eral conversation, the principal speakers
being Mayor Brown, President Hayes, Gen
eral Fisk, Mr. Pierce and Mr. j. R. Robin
son, and Messrs. DOvle, Aldrich, Wheeler
and Smeath, of San Francisco. The prOpo
sitions made SO far have been entirely
formal, and have not been reduced to any
definite shape, Matters of considerable
Importance, l am informed, have been de-
velOped which it is unadvisable to make
public at present. The two committees are
simply comparing notes as yet, and ex-
changing views, but it is believed from
what has already TRANSFERRED that there
Is very talF prospect OF a satisfac
tory arrangement being ultimately con-
sumated. Of the sincere desire of the
San Francisco people for another railroad,
and their willingness to lend substantial
aid, there can be no doubt. So far as the
Atlantic and Pacific is concerned, they re-
gard its proposed route and the numerous
advantages guaranteed by its exceedingly
liberal charter very tavorably, and are only
anxious that the interests of San Francisco
should be properly protected if she offered
that road assistance. There is every evi
dence that the influence of the committee
of one hundred is sufficiently great here to
raise fully $l5,O000OO, and. in fact, that is
the amount Of money which they talk Of
investing, If they 90 on with the Atlantic
and Pacific; at least one-third Of this sub
scription, it is thought, would be gladly
made by the city Of San Francisco Itself,
and private parties stand ready to furnish
the balance. The conference will be con
timed tomorrow, and it is expected that
by the latter end Of the week the sub-com-
mittee will be prepared to report to the
general committee, and a conference with
them will follow next week.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-05
Judqe BLACK interviewed.

The New York Sans correspondent in
York, Pennsylvania, reports an interview
with Judge Black. The judge says the
Pennsylvania Democracy have ne candi-
date to put forward in Cincinnati, and adds:
- If the Democratic party can save its prin-
cipies by giving up all chance of power and
place for its men, it ought to accept the
sacrifice"
Judge Black-Fully, but practically, that
is nonsense. A political truth triumpbs
only in the victory of its friends. The saliva
ton of the country is bound up in our sue
cess, and we ought to succeed if we can.
We owe it alike to the memory of our
fathers and to the interests OF our children
Even partial success is better than a clean
defeat, for anything which rebukes the cor
ruptiOn of the faction now in power will ar
rest the downward plunge of our affairs.
Our descent if not soon stopped, will bring
US to the last stage of political degrade
ton.
RepOrteT-YOu mean despotism.
Judge Black-NO; l mean something
much worse than any despotism can ever be
in a civilized country republic thoroughly
rotten.
Reporter You think, then, that the cleo
ton of the Cincinnati ticket might at least
break the fall Of the country, and give the
Democracy future chance of redeeming it
altogether
Judge Black-It might of itself work out
a perfect and immediate redemption, and
democTatize the nation at once. Democracy
means common sense and common honesty,
organized for political purposes and applied
to public affairs. That is the substance OF
all its platforms. and the object Of all its
struggles; and whenever man can say so
much as that and say it sincerely, whatever
he may have been heretofore, or whatever
he may call himself now, he Is Democrat,
The speeches of Trumbull and Schurz, at the
Cooper Institute, in so far as they concern
present questions, might have been made by
the poorest Democrat in the land. The Is
sues they make with the administration are
precisely those which ye have made all
along hey come exactly upon our ground.
They oppose the Radical party because of
Its COrruptlons, its reckless expenditure OF
public money Its contempluous disregard
of constitutional obligations. IFS shameless
enslavcment Of tie Southern States, its
multiplied acts OF oppression and robbery
all over the country. They propose TO re
deem the country from the hideous ruin
which threatens US. If a reform can be
now effected, should we not helm them in
the work if we can Or, rather, why should
we disdain their assistance in performing
our OWN . y
Reporter-But these are only the profess
sion of a faith which may be simulated. of
principles which. may be abandoned. of
good intentions which may make pave
ments in the region below.
Judge Black-Tr enough; but we must
trust somebody, and / think the mem bers
of the Cincinnati convention are worthy Of
confidence. There may be among them
some converts without conviction, who will
blackslide upon the FIST temptation; but if
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-05
A New Ocean Cable.

1t is announced that the steamer Great
Eastern is now engaged in taking in the
material of a new transatlantic cable,
which may considerably reduce the cost of
ocean telegraphing between Europe and
America.
The enterprise-of which very little has
heretofore been known here-is under the
direction of a corporation called 1'The
Great Western Telegraph Company" The
stock amounts to g. ,000 shares at $50 per
share. But $4,000 shares. vet remain unsold
Subscription is encouraged by Offering a
discount of ten per cent to purchasers of a
hundred shares. The present plan of the
company is TO run line from somewhere
near Lands End, England, to the island OF
Bermuda; thence one line to some point on
the New England coast, and another to the
West India islands-prOhably as far as st.
Thomas. From the latter place it is in
tended ultimately to stretch a WIRE to
Brazil. The rates are fixed at five dollars
for ten words from London to New York or
the West Indies, and lower tariff for de-
ferred messages. An agreement has been
made with the Great Northern Telegraph
Company, of England, which secures to the
new organization all dispatches from the
Scandinavian countries, and Russia, China
and Japan. The cable which the Great
Eastern is receiving is of the very finest de-
scripticn, and is said to cost $650O,OO0.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-05

apparently sixty years of age, stopped IN
the restaurant Of Mr. Tobin, corner Chapel
and Monroe streets, and inquired the exact
location of No 81 Monroe, saying that bis
mother, whom he had not seen for forty
wears, resided there, as he had been IN
formed. He was directed to the place, ana
left Shortly afterward he returned, ana
said he had found his mother, but t0und h lfI
dead. He then inquired where he could
sDend the night, and was directed to the
CITY Hotel. The next day he called again.
and saving he had to make arrangements
Tor the funeral, lie went to No, 81 Monroe
street. After the funeral lie took possession
of everything valuable in the house, which
he packed up, remarking that he was saus-
fed he had come. The furniture he dis
tributed among several of the neigh00rs'
He then left, and has not since been seen,
From statements he made to the nelgh-
bOrs while here, it would seem that ms
name is John Beacham, a son of the ola
lady by her first husband and that he IS
now resident in Washington, where ne Is
employed by the Navy Department. when
be was about eighteen years OF age she mar
ried for her second husband one Jacobs,
coOred man, and. boss chimney sweep.
After this marriage he ran away ana ms
mother never heard from him since Dy
her second husband she had several chill
dren, none of whom are living Her nus
band subsequently died.
The son, after leaving home, went to sea,
and visited nearly every quarter OF the
globe, but finally married and settled down
In Washington. His wife dying, the desire
came upon him to look once more upon the
face of his mother, and he returned to this
city with the above result after an absence
of forty wears. The money found in and
about the room and furniture is variOusly
estimated at from $4,000 to $4,000.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-05
Death of Missouri Lieutenant Governor
[From the St. Louis Democrat


A dispatch from our correspondent at
Springfield, Missouri, dated at twenty min
utes past ten o'clock yesterday morning
April 30, leaves little doubt of the death Of
Lieutenant Governor Joseph j. Gravelly, at
his home in Stockton, Cedar county, at
halfpast seven o'clock on Sunday morning
last. The deceased was born in Henry
county, Virginia, in 1928; received good
education, studied law, and commenced its
practice. Turning his attention to politics.
he was elected a member of the Virginia
Legislature in 1858, in which he served one
term, during which he opposed and voted
against the refariOus scheme to sell free
negroes. In 1854 he came to Missouri with
his family, and settled il Cedar county.
His political career in this State has been
quite active, and may be briefly stated In
1861 he was elected a member of the State
convention, after which he served two terms
in the State Senate, from 1862 to 1866. He
voted to call the State convention which
framed the present constitution, although
he opposed the adoption Of the instrument
by the convention and the people. In 1866
he was elected member OF Congress
from the fourth district of Missouri
and served out his term. In 1870
he was elected Lieutenant Governor
of the State on the Liberal Republican tick
ct, headed by B. Gratz Brown. Save as
President of the Senate, his Iabors in that
position have been light. Being well versed
IN parliamentary law, and gifted with a fine
voice, he was regarded as an able presiding
officer. At the commencement OF the late
war he espoused the cause of the Union,
and did good service for his country. En-
tering the Home Guard organization early
in 1861, he was made second lieutenant of
company A, Thirteenth Missouri State
militia, captain OF company ID in 1862 and
Colonel on the thirtieth of March, 1863. In
1864 he was commissioned lieutenant colo
nal Of the Fourteenth Missouri veteran cav
airy, and remained in service until 1865.
Governor Gravelly had hosts of friends
and few enemies. Kind and genial Of dis
position, 1t may with truth be said of him
that he was his own worst enemy.
by provision Of the constitution the
functions Of Lieutenant Governor will de
yOlve on Hon. Louis Gottschalk, of St.
Louis, the President pro tenn of the Senate.
Under certain contingencies provided for
in the constitution, Mr. Gottschalk becomes
the Acting Governor.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-05
The Pacific Elevator.

The ST. Louis Democrat says
The Injunction to restrain the Pacific Ele-
vatOr Company from erecting an elevator
edifice on the levee, in pursuance OF right
TO do so granted them by the common cOun-
oil of this CITY, has been fully and ably ar
pued before the United States Circuit Court,
and a final decision will speedily be given.
So far as this special injunction is con-
cerned, based as IL is, upon the ground of a
prior right to use the levee space claimed
by the elevator company, the court seemed
TO hold that it was OF no force, out as IL Is
desired to reach a final settlement oil the
ouestiOn as to whether one council can grant
a right to use a levee front, which another
council may not abrogate, the court VIII
take time, and make a careful examination
of all enactments likely to bear upon the
case. Of one thing our steamboatmen may
be assured, and that is that the old Spanish
treaty nonsense about an open tow-path BE-
ING forever maintained upon the west bank
of the Mississippi will get a summary
souelching in this decision. The bargain
NAV have been valid enough and good
enough in the day it was made, as there
was need Of such a tow-path then, but the
need of it having long ago ceased, the treaty
ceased to be binding, and the courts will so
declare it.
In the meantime, what about the eleva-
tor The Pacific Company will not 90 on
with the erection of the Ievee edifiee until
it is definitely settled by the courts that
they can enjoy a peaceable tenure OF the
site they build upon during the term of
their lease. The increasing grain trade of
the city, however, demands an immediate
increase in our bulk handling and storing
facilities. The company have, therefore,
about determined to erect an elevator which
shall answer all the special demands of the
milling interest Of the city, on the railway
track, in the neighborhood of Seventh
street. The capacity of this elevator will
be about 1000 bushels, and will probably
be erected somewhat after the plan drawn
by George p. Plant 1t will cost in the
neighborhoOd of $3.50, 900. If the manufac-
tureFs of fancy brands OF flour in this city
give this elevator their business it will
have all il can do, and will prove to be good
paying property. OF the immediate need
of more elevator room there can be no
doubt, and we hope this proposed building
will be put in process of erection as speed
ilv as possible.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-05
PnuIine NInrkhnu1.

New YORK; Correspondence of the Boston Globe.
But a young and pretty woman is settling
her drapaFies preparatory to sitting down in
the clair which the ObsequiOus waiter is
holding in readiness, and not NeapOltan
fresh from the hands of BigOtTs renowned
chef can dRaW us away from the cOntem-
plation of a. piece of young and pretty femi-
ninity; and then she has on the new style
of spring bOnDet-a modified illustration of
the "cOal-scuttles" of our grandmother
trimmed with delicate apple-green ribbons,
and a scarf of exquisite lace that was never
twisted and draped over those white cherry
blossoms by any other than the hand of a
French mOdiste. Aud the costume, com
posed of a harmonious blending of two
shades of the same fresh spring eOlOF-the
darker predOminating the gloves, rose
tinted, smooth as satin and polished as
ivOry-we almost wish she would BOT pull
them off save for the hand which is re-
vealed, fine and white, and on it flashing
and melting a single sapphire. A blonde,
too; but why will she not turn her head
and let us see her face &h, she rises-a
tall woman, ''nObly planned"-and turns
it is the "Gueen of burlesque," Pauline
Markham Why, it is only the other day
some Western paper would have us believe
that this creature of magnificent pOssihili-
ties, this woman of Titanesque beauty,
whose voice Richard Grant White has
likened to "vOoal velvet" was now the vie
tim of deep-seated consumptiOn; that she
was obliged tolean against ths side scenes,
while 'hOllOw cough racked her wasted
frame" etc. Nothing of the kind She
passes out with q regal sweep and an air
that is suggestive of anything bat cOnsHmp-
ton or decline.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-05
BrOther-in-Law Casey.


The evidence which was published in the
Sun of Friday last respecting the part
taken by Collector Casey. President Grants
brOtherin-law, in the recent conspiracy to
overthrow the State government OF LOuisi-
ana, agrees perfectly with the statements
published i'll the Sun at the time of the Oc.
currence; but it has the advantage of being
ali under oath, and Of having been taken by
a committee OF Congress.
As collector of New Orleans, Casey has
con troll Of the revenue cutter Wilderness, a
steamer belonging to the government.
Early in January last, he took on board
this vessel fourteen or fifteen Senators of
Louisiana, and kept them there, moving up
and down the Mississippi river, so that they
might not be arrested by the sergeant-at
arms and brought back into the Senate to
form a quorum. The following are among
the questions of the committee and the an
swers of Casey, as given in the official re-
port OF the evidence:
Question. How many Senators went
aboard Answer. believe fourteen or
ffteen-am not positive as to the number,
Question. You knew that their purpose
was to avoid making quorum in the Senate?
Answer. Yes, sir; they kept below most of
the time to avoid being seen.
Question. Did you know that it was a
violation of your duty as an officer of the
ton of State Legislature Answer. Per
haps l did; did not think of it at the
time.
Question. You thought the property of
the general government could be used in
favor of one party or faction and against
the other, without any dereictiOn of duty
on your part Answer. 1 thought, under
the circumstances, it could.
Question. The officers who were in charge
of the Wilderness during the time these
Senators were on board were the usual
officers of the gOvernment-paid By the
government Answer. Yes, sir.
Question. You are the brOther-in-law of
President Grant! Answer. Yes, sir.
Question. Have you sent any written ex-
PLANTATION TO Washington of your course
here Answer. l have written a great
many private letters to the President.
Question. W hat explanation did you
give! Answer. l did not give him any ex
PLANTATION.
Question. Has he asked any explanation
of You! Answer. No, sir.
Question. Has any officer ever asked any
explanation of you Answer. l don't think
the Secretary of the Treasury has. and no
one else has right to ask u
These occurrences took place nearly five
months ago. They were notorious at the
time, and the facts were stated then in the
press substantially as they are given here
under oath by Casey himself. Neverthe-
less, bis brOther-in-law, the President, has
never asked any explanation of him, nor
has he caused any other officer to require
one. And Casey remains in office as col
lectOr Of New Orleans =
Under any other administration than
Grant such an outrage upon law and de-
cency would have been visited with the
prompt removal of the offender from the
office which he had disgraced. Can any
body imagine any reason for Casey's reten-
ton in power, except that he is the brother
in-law OF the President!