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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14
oLE aREELEY,s 4 coMINa.


Old Greeley's q eeming- hobo hOhol ~
Bis axe is q chopping; he'll let y0u al know
That bul-pups, and Casey, and RQbes0n Co.
Must Yamose the rancho IN q few months OF So
The pibroch is sounding, the clans are alive,
They are all well aware that the country can't
thrive.
While stolid cigar smoker rules Ger the realm,
And plundering Jersey man stands by the helm.
Now fiunkeys and shoulder straps hang round the
soor
Of the peoples White House, where never before
Stood any such pOpBiays. ehildlike and bland,
To bow to the rich and the snObs OF the land.
Yes, they turn on the plain man look Of great
se0In,
And wondering ask why such creatures were born;
And would haughtily turn Uncle Horace awayf
If he came with white hat, or in trowstTs Of
gray.
But old Horace VIII live there the people all fear
II Hiram gets in again after this year,
Our great Magma Charta he'll tTample right
through,
And twist up the country, and break it up too.
Though not bred soldier, H. G. has a heart,
And can act with true honor great statesman's
part;
And no crown will he crave, or state will keep up
And he can not be bIibed with horse or bull pup.
His coat may be dusty, his hat may be old,
But he's studied the laws and needs not 10 be told
That bayoI cts and muskets, though useful they be-
Are not to be law in the land of the free.
Old Horace is coming, hoho hobo
Let us q e him welcome for all Of rs know
That corruption and vice rife in the land,
And he'll chop it all up, with his ak in his hand.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14
John Harner,s shrewdness.

The New York Commercial Adoeriiser, in
speaking of the Longfellow- Bassett race,
relates the following incident:
When Uncle John came to weigh his boy
John, whose weight should have been ia
pounds, he found that he weighed, booted
and spurred, rs.
what will you do with the extra pound,
Uncle John 2'I asked
ooh, John can take off his shirt" replied
old John.
After his shirt was off John still weighed
ll4lR pounds.
"what'A be done now 2" was the ques-
ton.
Here, John, put on your coat and shirt
and run around the track and try and
sweat of quarter of a pound" said Har-
per.
John started. In ten minutes, with the
thermometer at 1902, the boys shirt was
wet through. Taking it off, it was found to
weigh halt pound more than when dry,
SO the little jockey was reduced to liz
pounds. So much for hot weather and old
JOhh Harper's shrewdness.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14
wATcH1NG.


Yes, it win soon be the dawn, dear; the darkness
Is lingering still,
hushed and 20 chill. ii
For sometimes YOU sleep toward mornings try to
be quiet and rest.
Il II the pain that disturbs yous Your forehead
feels hot to my palm.
hopfd that the fever had left you, you lay there
30 patient and calm.
Is 1t 90 hard to bear, dearl know IL is hard, by
your smile.
All RI only could take it, and let you be free for
while
Weary No, / am not weary; only Of seeing you
90
Do not you trouble for me dear; rest in the day
timegyOu know.
Just let me straighten your pillow, and darken the
light from your siRht.
All can do 10 80 lit e, the aid can give Is 50
slight
Yes I can see at the window, the dawniug begins
70 grow strong.
Though you are always 80 patient know that
y0u find the hours long;
But now that the pain ts more easy, while get the
night silence Is deep
Perhaps yeu may stin get SEINE rest dear Try 10
be quiet and sleep,
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14
A Grammatical Dialogne.

The following conversation occurred be-
zines and an old gentleman who believed
he could speak English, and isqu0ted for
the benefit of grammarians
Old gentleman-"Are there any houses
building in your village!n
Young lady-"No, sir. There is a new
house being built for Mr. Smith, but it is
the carpenters who are building"
Gentleman-"True; / sit corrected. To
be building is certainly different thing
from to being built. And how long has
Mr.. Smiths house been being built2"
Lady looks puzzled moment, and then
answers rather abruptly-"N Nearly year"
How much longer do you
think it viii be being built"
Lady, explosively- Don't know"
Gentleman-''I should think Mr.. Smith
would be annoyed by its being SO long be-
ing built, fDr the house he now occupies
being old, he must leave it, and the new one
being only being built, instead of being
built as he expected, he can not"
Here the gentleman perceived that the
lady had disappeared.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14

A French physician has been making
some curious experiments in testing the ef-
fects of wine, brandy and absynth on fowls
To the astOnishment of the doctor the in
habitants of the chicken house took to
habits of dissipation with evident gusto,
and several disreputable old cocks signal
lied themselves by making away with
full bottle each day, SO that finally they
were all put on a stated allowance. The
result of the trial was that the fowls began
to lose flesh as soon as they had taken to
drink, and as none of them were given the
opportunity to reform, they all ultimately
died. The fowls that INDUCED in brandy
alone lasted four months and half, while
the wine-bibbers survived for ten months.
But two months of absynth-drinking was
found sufficient to kiln the strongest cock or
hen and it is probable that the doses of
this drink we're very small, or the vile stuff
would have made still shorter work with
them. The most singular result of the ex-
periments was that it was found that the
usesof alcohol gave an extraordinary devel-
Opment to the crests of the cocks, which in
creased to four times their original size.
and assumed hue of unnatural brightness.
like a toper's nose
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14
AHAI.ET,s VENTURE.
How Titled Lady was Robbed of the
Contents of her "StrOng Box"

Contents of her s'StrOng BOx0
From the New York Herald
For some time there has lived in ap-
parently quiet retirement on the Marion
Flats, in Utrecht, New Jersey, Mrs West
renau, a lady from the kingdom of the
Netherlands, who has had in her employ,
as a confidential valet, Frederic Eiler, a
gentleman about fOrty-fve years of age. 1t
came to the knowledge of the valet, it is
alleged, that Mrs. Westrenau had in her
''strong box" bonds of various governments
representing in the aggregate $40, 600 This
property was stolen from her custody, and
she naturally conferred with the consul of
her country before taking any action look
ing to the recovery Of it. There being
no extraditiOn law between the Neither
lands and this country, no report
of the robbery was made at 20
lice headquarters. Mrs. Westrenau,
however, suspected her valet, and put GER
tain machinery at work to entrap. him. The
result of her labors was that a civil suit
was entered against one of the suspected
parties in one OF the civil courts OF the city,
and in due course of time the papers in the
case reached the hands of Deputy Sheriff
Judson Jarvis. Telegraphic dispatches
passed between Sheriff Brennan's Office and
the consul for the Netherlands and Baron
Goricke, Minister for Foreign Affairs for
the Netherlands. These resulted in the Sc
curing OF an order OF arrest by eX- GOVernOF
Solomon from Judge Smith, in chambers,
for all the parties supposed to be implicated
in the robbery. Mr.. Jarvis and his special
deputies, Messrs, Keyes and Curry, ON the
arrival of the steamship City of Brooklyn
on her last trip, arrested the valet Eiler,
Mr.. RyndbOut, safe manufacturer resid-
ing near the residence of the lady who had
been robbed, son of Ryndout, and one 4
Van Wyngaard, on the charge of robbery.
Jarvis and his officers took their prisoners
to a house in Hudson street where Rynd-
bout had formerly resided, and succeeded
in reco vering all the property, including
several thousand dollars worth of stolen
diamonds The prisoners were then taken
before the consul, who received their sworn
dispositions. From these it appears that
Euler, the valet, became aware of the de-
pository of the lady's valuables, and form !
ed conspiracy with the other prisoners to |
rob her. RyndhOut, who is a safe maker,
was called into the compact, with view of |
burglarizing the lady's strong box; but not !
being an expert, he failed, and the box was |
forced open. The entire property stolen |
was recovered through the fundamentally |
Of the active Jarvis and bis aids, and the |
only regret is that the absence of an extra |
dition treaty between the United States /
and the Netherlands enabled the thieves to |
escape upon bail bond. The sheritf7s Off |
GERS have in this matter certainly shown |
that they can do little detective bust |
ness without sharing with either COM /
Dlainant or offenders.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14

In London new terror has been added
to the miseries Of the theatre. A lad fell
asleep during the performance at the AdeI-
phi, and was locked in when the audience
dispersed. On awaking he contrived to
make'himself heard by the janitor, and was
questioned about the play, which he had
not seen. As he could not give an intelli
gent account of it, he was thereupon ar
rested for being concealed with intent to
commit a felony. If this case was to be
taken as precedent, how the attendance
at certain theatres we could mention would
fall of There are performances that might
put anybody to sleep, and plots that not
the most wakeful spectator could give an
Ineligible account of; and if, IN addition
70 the pain Of attending such entertain
i mel. we we're TO run the risk of going to
jan IN case we were not pleased with them,
home "J az
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14
We copy this from the New York Trs

We copy this from the New York Trt.-
blsne:
Colonel FOrney has been travelling with
Colonel Thomas A, Scott and the directors
of the Texas Pacific railroad. The party
was hospitality received on the twentieth
uitimO, at Shreveport, Louisiana, where
Colonel Forney made a kind and conciIia-
tory speech, not at all in accordance with
the belligerent brutality of the Philadelphia
platform. The Colonel informed the au-
dience that, upon the death of General
StOnewau jackson, she printed an editorial
from his own heart, testifying to General
StOnewall Jaekson's high qualities in the
midst of that fierce conflict wien the Intel
of every household was draped in mourn
ing" "In response" said Colonel Forney-
and we recommend this to the renomina-
tlOnists who can not bear to hear anybody
speak kindly of a rebel, dead or alive, re-
constructed. or otherwise-''in response, /
received letter from Abraham Lincoln, IN
which he expressed his appreciation of the
motive that prompted me to pay proper
tribute to such valor and virtues" Per
maps the renOminationists, after this revela-
ton, may think it patriotic to defile the
grave of our maFtyred President; but, in
that business, they will have probably no
assistance from Colonel Forney and his
newspaper When that gentleman tells Us
that 1.-THE day of revenge has gone, the day
Of reconciliation is coming"-when he adds,
GOD grant it may come quickly and stay
Iong"-we can only regret that his wise
humanity could not have made itself felt in
the Philadelphia convention. A gentleman
who denounces corruption and political
self-seeking in a State should be equally
ready to denOunce them in nation.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14
Says the Washington Republican:

The. success of the new postal card is al
ready assured, as the POstoffiee Department
has received orders from business houses
in all the large cities to furnish them by
tens OF thousands. 1t is understood that
they will at first be extensively used as
cheap means of advertising. The number
to be advertised for is fifty millions, with
millions for the first year, if the demand
warrants it. The postal card is destined to
be very popular with all classes, and it is
estimated that their use will be greater
among the average class of letter writers
than among the mercantile firms.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14
A Commensurate Change Of Occupation.

An exchange says that young Kentucky
physician who had been regularly educated
for his profession was called to the bedside
of patient that he had been attending with
his best care for some time. but who Obsti-
nately grew worse and worse, until now his
end seemed very near. Doctor" said the
sick man, II am dying-I am certain am
dying, and / believe you have killed me-"
The doctor seemed to think very earnestly
for moment or two, and then quite gravely
and seriously replied: "Yes, see that You
are dying, and, on reflection, believe that
you are right; / believe that have killed
You; but here take my oath that, if God
will forgive me for having Internationally
murdered you, / will never murder another.
will never give another dose of physic,
professionally, as long as / live" And he
kept his oath. He at once quit medicine
entirely, turned his attention to the study
of law obtained a license IN due course
and, after few years successful practice,
became one of the most eminent circuit
judges of the day in Kentucky-now nearly
forty years ago.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14
Terrifc Combat WitE a nTosquito.

A tuneful mosquito has had his trombone
reconstructed, and begins the new season
in animated style. A Newark man received
call the other day from his long lost
brother, who lives in California. He as
signed the spare room to him, and, bidding
him an affectionate good night, retired to
rest only to have his slumbers disturbed
soon after by an incipient earthquake up
stairs. Hastily dOnning his trOwsers, he
proceeded to the long lost brothers room,
from whence the uproar came. When the
unbridled brother went to bed he had
thrown open his window to draw untram-
meled breath, and preserve the idea of his
native freedom. The mosquito, seeming for
eign produce from afar, whetted up his kai
and fork upon the stone window sill, and,
humming a short grace before meat, took
chair upon the CalifOrnians nose, and,
tucking his napkin under his chin, set to
work. The sensitive foreigner said an I'M
gentle thing about the musical bird
of night, and springing from his couch,
adversary face to face, No sooner
bad he deserted him tnan with uplifted
pillow be smOte upon the wall where sat the
patient insect, who skinned away and left
the spot bare. Two more unsuccessful at
tempts upon the mosquitoes life exasperated
the long lost brother, and the scene became
exciting. Blow followed blow in quick sue
cesslon as Une uaGe Californian danced IN
fantastic pursuit around the room. just as
he had taken careful aim at the artful
dodger, who sat upon panel of the door
enjoying the sport, the proprietor of the
mansion popped his head in, and received
the whack Intended for the mosquito full in
the face. He lay down unpremeditatedly,
and called for the neighbors. When outside
appeared an entrance was
effected into the room, and fearful scene
Of ruin met the gaze of the intruders. The
only whole remaining article of furniture
was the bedstead, upon which sat the dis /
Californian, picking the fragments |
If the looking glass ont of his bare feet and |
laying terrible things. He was inconsola-
de, and the next day he left for California |
without offering to pay for the broken fur
liture.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14

gave her a rose and gave her a ring
and asked her TO marry me then; but she
sent them all baek-the insensible thing
ana sand she'd no notion of men. told her
| had oceans Of money and goods-tried IN
brighten her with a growl; but she an
sWered she wasn't brought up in the woods.
TO De scared by the screech of an owl. /
called her a baggage and everything bad,
| shghted her features and form, till at
length 1 succeeded in getting her mad, and
she ragged ike the sea in a storm. And
then IN moment | turned and smiled, and
called her my angel and all. She fell in nv
I'VE viii marry this fall
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14
Aeeordinr 10 the Washinrton disnatch .

According to the Washington dispatch of
On ADMINISTRATION paper General Grant is
IN l9 me haoit Of insulting his rival after this
s s1ya3e., ne will probably speak more re-
sPectlully OF him before November: "a
Souns gentleman T,4 called, seeking an appoint
I9en! 70 west Point. Being told by the
bblesiG .sa that all bis appointments had
D OeS y lnaue last March, he asked for one
suggested that it would be i1r l9v SiAi ~
make promises, as Mrs. Woodruff ana 9o -
ace Greeley were running for lie p.ns;
denoy, and no one could tell what TnieI+
hapRn." might
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14
Nc Pittsbnrg lfaH saEs.

We recently had the pleasure of witness
ing the trial of a new machine for facili-
tating business in large postOfiees. 1t is
the combined ingenuity of Messrs. Cunning
ham and Geyser, of this city. The old sys-
tenn of canceling postage stamps by hand
is superseded by this new invention. In
addition to caneeling the stamp it prints
the name OF the pOstoffice, the time it leaves
the office, and then automatically counts
each letter as it passes through the machine.
1t will do the work of aboat ten clerks,
without complaining of fatigue. 1t will
cancel, stamp and count 10000 letters per
hour.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14
This is from the Feliciapa ReD,,blioo,

A convention was held last Saturday at
the Buzzard's RoOst to nominate a State
Senator. The greatest confusion prevailed
and the whole thing collapsed. Pistols
were drawn and the lives of inoffensiye
men were threatened. j. T. Van Tromp,
who had the manliness to oppose the Boss
Buzzard, was shamefully treated. We are
pointed to his breast. and the vilest epi.
thets were applied to him by the Boss and
his pimps. When a. majority of the pre-
tended delegates had left in utter disgust
Boss called the remaining few into his pri-
vate room and had himself nominated
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14

emit wants to know If we ought to put flow
ers on the grave of a lightning rod MANI
We hardly know what answer to give.
There is a variety of opinions on this sub
jeet, and there is something in human ma
ture that instinctiyely protests against the
act, but where the deceased leaves no sue
cessor we do not believe any danger can
arise from doing tia littlen
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14
According to the New Haven Register.

According to the New Haven Register, re-
liable authority in such matters, the Liberal
movement is going ahead at rapid rate in
Connecticut. Greeley clubs are already or
ganized in Meriden, Waterbury, Birming-
ham and Daubury, the latter place having
a club of $50 members, including one of the
ture. In other sections the ball is rolling
gl0riOusly, Wyndham alone claiming be-
tween four and seven hundred Liberals
From present indications, Connecticut will
go for Greeley by not less than 5000 majority.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14
The Memphis Appeal saws.

: ,6 General n6d Forrest has already expended
S4QJ,uu0 on the road between Memphis and
hoIly Springs, and has executed . nrelimi-
nary contract with Englishmen Ia lake his
assets and complete the road to selma from
memphis by the first Of January. 1873.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14

A medical writer says: "The thirst that is
temporarily relieved by drinks, especially
by compounded drinks, even when free from
stimulating qualities, comes back with
greater foree-grows by what it feeds on"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14
The Feliciana Republican has this para

SIdpHs
A postOffice is place ladies ought to be
able to visit without running the risk OF
getting shot or insulted by mob of men,
Yet, in st. Francisville, we have postofice
controlled by fellow wholly incompetent,
who permits rOwdies, bullies and cut
throats to iRfest it, and who encourages
the rabble to all sorts of mischief. In d.
rect violation of law, every Dick, Tom and
Harry has access to the letter boxes and
helps himself The thunder of indignation
We advise him to be prepared for it.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14

The Detroit Tribune administration ad-
mits that the accession of Governor Blair
to the Liberal party is important, and
frankly says that he is tone of the most
faithful and distinguished leaders" of the
Republican party.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14

The Terre Haute Gazette, Liberal Re-
publican newspaper, places the ticket re-
Gently nominated by the Democratic Con-
Yentlon at indianapolis at the head Of it's
columns, and pledges it its warmest sum ort
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14

George Francis Train, the gifted Wahoo
orator, recently declared, 10 his pleasingIy
modest way, that he believed himself ito
be the most gigantic and remarkable fraud
the world had ever SEEN"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14

A medium in London was caught ND BIZ
spirits, carried half a mile, and taken
through a wall into a diningroom She
says "a she can hardly credit what happened.
Neither can any one else.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14

Be always frank and true; spurn every
sort Of affectation and disguise; have the
courage to confess your ignorance and awk-
wardness; eonide your faults and follies to
but few.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14
a confemnorarH sngeests - the reasnn

A contemporary suggests that the reason
why Mr.. George Darrell, of Detroit, at
tempted suicide after a matrimonial disap-
pointment was because che could not bear
the thought of remaining single Barrell.D
A correspondent hints that perhaps the lady
may have tod him that his. small eaIibre
made him great bore. Our own idea is
that his stock was depressed by a successful
rife.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14

The files of the New York Tribune for the
past thirty years are being searched and in.
dexed to constitute record against Mr..
Greeley. But how do they know what ia
Greeley'sl Does Greeley write all the
Tribune
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14

A man endeavored to find out the age Of a
horse by counting his teeth. Those be
couldn't see to count he felt of He told
the doctor who sewed up his hand that this
was hard world for laboring man.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14

Alderman Joseph f. Paul, of Boston, an
influential Republican, and Mr.. A. w.
Beard, OF the third congressional district,
are among the recent additions to the Lib
eral cause in Massachusetts,.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14
Winnie Rean's Brother in the Penitentiary

From the Fort Smith (Arkansas) New Era, July 81
The brother of Miss Winnie Ream, the
sculptures and pet of Congress, has just been
in session here, to serve six months in the
Penitentiary at Little Rock and pay fine
of $1,000 for selling whisky in the i'Nation. .
Mr.. Ream lives about forty miles west of
here, in the Indian Nation. Perhaps Miss
Winnie can direct the attention of our ma
tional law-givefs to the workings of an alb
surd law.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14

Bret Harte lately visited Mark Twain, at
Hartford, and ever since peculiar punster
has been boring his friends With the ar
nouncement that they were hearty twain.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14

A very rapid change is said to be going
on among the voters in Maine, and the Port
land Argus says it is by no means improb-
able that the vote Of the State viii be
thrown against Grant.