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The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-12

The Washington Capital tells a
good story at the expense Of a Con
gressman from one Of the Western
States. He decided to give o dinner
to the new delegation from his State,
and gave instructions to his wife to
that effect. She entered into the
project with animation, but in issuing
the cards Of invitation happened un-
luckily to mention an earlier date
than intended. The delegation az
rived at the time specified, expectant
and hungry, but the host and host
ess had gone away to spend the
evening. yhe polite servant sup
posed the gentlemen were on politi-
cal business, and ushered them into
the library, with the remark that
Nil had gone out, but would
retnrn soon. The hours wore away,
however, and the hungry guests were
well-nigh famished when the worthy
couple returned. Taking in the sit
uation at glance, they said nothing,
but sent to Wormley's and Welcker's,
who impoverished magnificent din
ner, to which they all sat down at
midnightprecisely. When the Hon
orable Mr.. Blank dismissed his guests
at the door, day was just dawning in
the east, and the older guest held
him by the button, and told a long
story OF how Davy Crockett once
went home and said that fashionable
people in Washington always dined
next day. I always thought (hic)
that this is-ere-was-er-joke, but damme
(nic) if it ain't-er-fact." ="
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-12
SEFRANCTyLLE LMNAN, FRIDAY, APRIL L. 1872
They left the show at Vicksburp

| Ibey left the show ut Vicksbura
Mississippi, intending to visit thi
city for the purpose of perfecting ar
engagements for the coming spring
campaign. They arrived here il
company with james Howell anf
wife (dog exhibitors, with the sam,
org,anization) on last Monday tho
eighteenth ult. They had engaged
quarters at the Metropolitan, but or
the same evening, Howell and wife
departed for Marietta. Davis state.
ment of the manner in which the act
Was committed is given above, and
lie seems to feel very deeply hurt at
being charged with the murder of
his wife.
About three o'clock in the after
noon Coroner Underhill, having been
notified, appeared on the ground,
and in a few minutes jury was i'm
paneled. The room was visited, and
stretched upon the bed, in the posi-
ton which her husband had left her,
lay the body Of the dead woman.-
She appeared to be about the medi-
um height, and her aged was Judged
to be i'll the neighborhood of thirty
years. The coroner probed the
wound, and after q careful examina-
ton gave it as Lis opinion that the
ball must be lodged at the base of
the brain, having penetrated just be-
low the lower border of the right
jaw. After the jury had witnessed
this operation, and satisfied them
selves as to the identity of the wo-
man, and the manner in which she
had come to her death, the inquest
was adjourned until to-day. In the
meantime it is expected that some
outside information upon the char
acter OF the parties, the harmony OF
their relations toward each other,
and similar points Of interest will be
!c:t',no",;r<,
John Whitney, circus manager,
teleggraphel from Dubuque, Iowa, to
the chief OF police of Cincinnati, that
the woman shot and killed by one
Davis few days since, in the latter
city, was his (Nhitney's) wife, and
that he would he in Cincinnati as
soon as possible.-N. o. Republican.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-12
From the published official repo

From the published official reports
Of last years &c Peters pence which
every one knows, is perpetual sub
scription in all countries in aid Of
the Holy See, it appears that North
America gave about three millions
of francs, or $G0o,000. In Europe,
Belgium stands at the head of the
list, France having fallen behind
1t is not generally known that Plus
TX continues to pay all those who
served the Pontifical government
before the revolution, and thus sup
ports hundreds of families largely
from the fund known as " Peters
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-12

Ea'n occasion Lord Alyen-
Fonted g MIR. Grevi)le, with
dining. The dining
ssu newly and splendidly
"uereas the dinner was
ueasre and indifferent
"me OF the guests were
sr bost on his taste,
',:s etc: For my part"
sa'p' '! Il hadrather have
~'ng and more carv-
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-12

IT," said sneexby the other day,
Aays nfYsE sE baaB kp8afwYh my +" itssa iti1ssahds: IT,
That's fact said Jack Grinhom
you know better, for if you did,.
they wonld at last get an opportuni-.
ty to give you a kicking"
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-12

(rmany is far better prepared for
blicanism than France, because
billions are so universally cduca-
Ignorance is the exception in
brner country /; in the latter it
rule.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-12

darky says: All men are made,
bay, and, like meerschaum pipes,
made valuable when highly high
blored.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-12
N;.ss0rtMinifV.

;, opportunity.
5 Who is able to seize it's golde
moments ? Some persons appear t
: be gifted with certain qnickness Q
| perception which prompts judiciou
action at the right time other
} swayed by wavering thought and be
; quilting procrastin"tion, wisely tall
of what they should have done o,
soFF'e preVts,rs occasion favored b,
opportunity, but which, having neg
lected to do, they forever leplore
want Of decisive action at that pre-
else point.
The truth is, that, in the course o.
events, we sometimes see u g master.
~ inactivity" productive of grand re.
suits, but this only takes place when
far seeing policy directs man.
course of conduct and we are OF
opinion that, in the ordinary trans
actions of life, a rapid knowledge of
available circumstances and instant
use of them, makes the successful
man. There is an old saw-we need
hardly repeat it" there is a tide in
the affairs Of men," etc. :; but, while
acknowledging the wisdom of the
saying, we think there is nothing
more useless than vain retrospection,
because opportunity, once lost, never
returns, and, if we gain experience
by such loss. it may rather be re-
gardea as gain in the long run.
1t cannot, however, be denied that
a habit of procrasiination is highly
injurious, baking great projects of
their legitimate results, as it often
does. The man who allows his mind
to wander in the contemplation Of
probable contingencies, when a path
of duty and rectitude lies clearly be-
fore him, cannot be accounted either
wise or polite. Common sense most
conlnonlv indiontoc nnnnrt.,";-..
common courage and industry should
enable one to embrace it. Nature,
in moments Of danger, seems to en-
dow mankind with instructive RE
science /; thought is accelerated, in
ginuity sharpened, and instant ac-
ton is the result-an action proplo-
tive Of safety and necessary ON the
emergency. This is proverbially the
case where life seems to be threaten
ell and danger imminent. But in
less exciting times, when circum-
stance is mans foe, he does not seem
equally alert to grapple with his enc
my and weigh the Importance Of OPP
portunity.
Everything beneath the sun chang
es. The seasons, in eternal rotation,
come and go day. aud night alter
nate men live and die /; govern
ments rise and fall. There are other
and more triAing changes filing up
the succession of the seasons, the a.
ternations of Gay and night, the pc
riod intervening between the birth |
and death of man.
It is more especially with these
changes that opportunity has to do,
and in the use OF these does the ac-
tive, intelligent mind display its
force. We have no sympathy with
idle dreamers. always falling back
on the past, and patlletieally 1::cplor-
ing what might have been. We love
the bold spirit, which allows not op-
po,tunity to pass unimproyed, or at
least seeks to avail itself of it. He
with armor, frightened and eady |
hand, delights in action, and will,
when old age comes on, rather re-
joice in what he has accomplished,
than sit down feebly to deplore los!
opportunity.-N. O. Tin,ce
From the published official reports
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-12

b Irishman once bought a.pair
bots and they were to small. He
Faith, I shall have to wear
! thray or four times before l
pet them on"
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-12

~ ~ weeks ago MIR. George
aS'hg some two miles from
"a, while preparing for a
4ns a losg=rollins was as
. ind that a chicken,
y he had cut off from it's
ant' The blow that took
s head, left the nedul.
e Of the brain and the
apparatus. The chicken
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-12

Arkansas telegraph operator
dispatch to a Memphis firm,
citing them as from a response
(nk to pay three hundred dol
one Morgan, and then going
fnphis, he claimed to be Nor
nd received the money.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-12

The type required to print Sir
bu Coleridge's late speech in the
bborne case weighed over forty
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-12

Ihe Mississippi Senate has reject
the Civil Rights Bill which was
ore it.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-12

hful hen found an egg, and
% the vernal instinct. sat
until the process of incpba-
complete, Her mother,
'aken great pains in shap-
o'orlng it, came along; and
y the broken shell, burst
and cried i: Alas, who
osed my favorite egg 9"
FFed offspring quickly re-
l cannot tell a lie Il
my hatch it,"
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-12

piles Sumner took his scat in
Pited States Senate, as success
Daniel Webster, December I,
Fhc same day on which Henry
ppeared in the national Sen
the last time. Mr.. Sumner
Fn there ever since.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-12

the Savannah News Z" The
BUS Sun s|ashes mp our Allan
fspondence into the most gilt
paragraphs. 1t requires edi-
erye to do this and fail to
proper credit. Our Atlanta
Pndence is by no means vol
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-12


ssentlal to our growth, as in
8 and as society, that we
pot have certainty that faith
Pe elective, and not the inev-
sult Of evidence acting with
cal compulsion on the mind.
liability to error, and the
&c OF error, that furnish to
ature the topics of disci-
The means of growth.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-12
Death In n Hotel.

A SNOWMAN SHooTs H1s W1rE-Acc1-
DENTALIY. AS He CLA1M-W1Lru11,y
AS THE LAW ASSERTS.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-12

] day vs ,sa,s.sss'
|slling ~ ws,,l ~
| Of soe@a;it IL
|, "ar -usst bsstt ~
with glT' Blss
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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-02-02
GENERAL ITEMS.


Silk culture in California, instead Of
being failure, as has been predicted, has
been grand success.
An enterprisng New York street ped
dlar sold in New Haven last week over
/ 900 photographs of Fisk and Mansfield.
Judge Flippin, of the Memphis crimi-
nal court, does not allow newspapers to re-
port and publish the proceedings of his tri-
bunal.
josh Billings says: "Success don't
konsist in never making blunders, but in
never making the same one the seckond
time.o
"A celebrated clergyman recently said
that he had found more good in bad people,
and more bad in good people, than he ever
expected.
james NJ. Marshall, the discoverer Of
gold in California, arrived Lambertville,
N. j., recently. 1t is thirty-six years since
he left home.
--Tennie G. Clafin, it is said, is nego-
tiating with the executors Of the late Jas.
Fisk, Jr., for thespurchase of the Grand
Opera House.
Three thousand deaths daily from hun
| tha oars of tho civ;l;zed world which hears
nv t,,e e",. y, VI III ", "o'
'"' s,a'.e'y m reeus. r,;
Harvey tucker, shaliieo on ms mortar
coil lew Gays ago, oeing a! tne ,ilne
1913 years Old, ne was na'iVe Oh DUH
combe county, N. U.
A correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Inquire urges the passage of law making
it penal offense to sell tobacco in any
form to children and youth.
Ben Holladay is more and more the
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-02-02


! THE National Virginia Settlement Assoc
citation has issued circular, which we
print below. We are glad to learn that
this excellent settlement is succeeding:
ASswBRs TO ENQUIRIES aEsERALLY MADE.
SoiL.-Soil sandy loam dark gravelly, with
slight mixture of loan; stiff clay soil, either
red black or gray. All of these have stiff. red
clay subsoil and are admirably adapted to the
growth of grain and grass. In some localities
light sandy soil, not suited to grain and grass.
Country just rolling enough for beauty ana
utility
Climate Climate mild, and as healthy rs any
in the world. Water plentiful, pure, and soft.
Winters short and mild oats seeded in Febru-
AIRY and March; stock fed December, January
and February Summers rendered pleasant by
almost constant breezes--being midway between
the mountains and the seaboard.
Society-Society as good as IN any country,
being kid and hosptable TO those settling here
from the North Northern and Southern fam-
lies mingle together in the congregations, and
know mo North, no South.n)
Timbe.--Our timber is plentiful, and of good
quality. Oak, hickory, black walnut, ash, elm,
white and yellow pine, sycamore, white VOID,
Eastwood, beech, Sc
Our farms are generally well fenced. Taxes
are low.
over $500 600 worth of land has been sold by
this agency in these counties to Northern fami-
lies.
Come by Richmond, then Danyille railroad to
Roanoke station, then back to our office, seven
miles, Then our spring wagons will take you to
see the lands free of charge.
Climate and soil admirably adapted 10 the
growth of fruit.
A number of families have already settled
here, and others are moving in every Week.
| taking possession of their new homes
Address REV. THos. w. tRBBR,
President National Vfrginid Settlement Assoeta'
ton Huliiesburg, IA.
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HKHNGE. ALEXANDRIA, AND MANAS-
SAS RAILROAD.

On and after Sunday, January %, 1871, one
daily passenger train will run between WASH
INdTON and LYNCHBURG, connecting at
Gordonsyille with the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad to Richmond, Stanton and the Virgin-
la Springs; at Lynchburg for the West and
Southwest, and at Washington, TO the North and
Northwest.
Leave Washington daily at e:65 a. m, and Alex
andria at a m, arriving at Lynchburg at sos
p. m.
andria at 6:25 p. m, and at Washington at 6l6
p. m
daily excepting Sunday at 1850 a m; leave Al
D. M and arrive at Harrisburg at p. N.
Eastward, leave Harrisburg at $50 4. m pass
Strasburg at 9.25 a. m, arrive at Alexandria at
l.66 p. m. and at washington in time for connect
ing with the p. m. train from Washington to Bal
timore.
Good connections, by comfortable coaches, are
made to Fairfax Court House from Fairfax sta
ton to Middleburg from Plains; to Uppervtlle
from Piedmont, and 10 Stanton fIom Harrison
burg.
Elegant sleeping ears are run daily between
New York and Lynchburg, without change.
Also, cars through between Baltimore an d
Lynchburg, avo1ding the inconvenience OF trans
fer IN Washington.
Through tickets and baggage checked to all
prominent points. III. BROADUS,
mh7--f "a. raj Ticket Agent.
DICHMOND And DANVfLLE AND PIED
III MONT RAILROADS, OFFICE OF GENT
TICKET AND FREIGHT AGENT, R,csxoRD
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS Tine arrangements
| heretofore existing for the shipment of freight
South, via Greensboro, on through bills, having
been discontinued by the North Carolina Railroad
| Company, all rates to points south OF 9reensbo
ro', heretofore given to shippers, are revoked
Hereafter rates will be guaranteed beyone
| dreensboro' JOHN r.. MACMITRDO,
| Gen'l Ticket and Freight Agent
| I'm. r. TALoorT, Engineer and Sup't.
|
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GREAT RAILROAD ENTERPRISE
The Peruvian government proposes rail-
road IA 900 feet above the water. 1t will
connect different parts of the country by
railway and steamboats,, the former going
over the main ridge and valleys Of the An
DIES at an elevation of IA, 900 feet above the
level of the sea, or z 900 feet higher than the
highest point of the Sierra Nevada, crossed
by the Central Pacific railroad. This ele-
walton is within 900 feet of perpetual
snow. Edward III. Spaulding, Of Bloom
field, N. j., for four years assistant engi-
neer on the Montclair railway, has sailed
for Peru in company with some of our best
American engineers who have been selected
to accomplish this difficult undertaking.
The railway goes from Peru to Arequlpa,
40 miles thence to Puno, on Lake Utica
ca, 800 feet above tide-water. Lake Utica
ca is partly in Bolivia and partly in Peru,
and is one Of the principal sources of the
Amazon, which is navigable for nearly
1000 miles. The combined railway and
steamboat communication will cross the
continent at its widest point. Mr.. Meigs,
the contractor, has had contract in that
country amounting to over one hundred
millions of dollars. Our American styles
of cars and rolling stock will be introduced
on that railway, and thus add another tri-
umph to our American manufactures.
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PRINTERS WAREHOUSE.
TJ,HE LARafsf TYPE; FOUNDRY
AND MORE BxrBssfys
PRINTERS FURNISHING WAREHOUSE
South Of Philadelphia, is the establishment Of
MI. PELoUZE co.
RIcBhoSp, Va.

The Richmond DtSTnct says:
"RIcHMoSp TYPE FouKDRY,-The new dress M
which the Dispatch he's appeared for some weeks
was furnished by Meesr~. H. l.. PKLouxR 90.
proprietors of the Richmond Type Foundry.
we have been using their type for eight or ten
years, aud have found them equal in durability
and style OF firish TO the hest foundriee In this
country and England. Their prtcea are uniform
with all the other foundries.'
The Richmond Wig says:
"THE RIcHMosD TYPE FouspRy. We have been
guilty Of an inadvertence In failing to mention
that the beautiful suit of type in which the Hltg
now appears was manufactured for us at the
Richmond Type Foundry. This is the third out
fit we have obtained from that establishment
one before and two since the war-and we are
prepared TO bear emphatic testimony 10 the fidei-
Ity with which the prorrietors lMessrs a. l..
Pelouze Coz execute their contracts, 10 TINS
beauty and durability OF their work. and TO the
fairness OF their prices.
The Richmond Enquirer says:
The handsome typographical appearance o.
this paper has been noticed and eomphmentec By
the press all over the country. We take pleasure IA
stating that our outfit was procured from the
Richmond Type Foundry, Messrs. II. l.. Pelouoe
Il Co. proprieors " lh-1eoaSWdIn
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This Great Passenger Ronte is composed of the
Richmond and Danville railroad, Atlantic, Mis-
sissippi and Ohio railroad, East Tennessee and
Virginia railroad, East Tennessee and Georgia
railroad, Nashville and Chattanooga eailroad.
and Memphis and Charleston railroad and their
connections. Passenger trains leave Richmond
daily ut 9:l5 O'Clock q. m. and sos o'clock p. m,
making close connections throughout to
Lynchburg and all stations on A., NJ and Ohio
railroad, Knoxville, Decatur, Corinth, Grand
Junction, Memphis, NewOrleans, Chattanooga,
Canton, Jackson, Ticksburg, Mobile, Dalton, At
lanta, Rome, Selma, Macon, Columbus and all
points South and Southwest, Nashville, Column
bus, Chicago, Cairo st. Louis and all points
North and Northwest.
Through tickets good until used
Baggage checked through. ID.
New and elegant sleeping cars ON all night
trains.
Good eating houses, and ample time for meals.
Fare lower than by any other route. ..-
For further information, apply at the Office Of
the Virginia and Tennessee Air-L Line Railway,
1925 Main street, or at the Office of the Richmond
and Danville railroad.
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RAILROADS
- 60
rHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILROAD.

n /.
On and after September LIST, PASSENGER
TRAINS leave Richmond Sundays excepted
as follows
$50 A. M.-MAIL TRAIN for White Sulphur
Springs connecting at Gordonsyiile with Orange,
Alexandria and Manassas train for Washington
and North, and Lynchburg and South.
S;35 p. M.-ACCOMODAT1ON TRAIN for
Gordonsville, except on Saturday, on which day
IL leaves At p. NJ. This train connects at Cor
louisville with the night trains on the Orange,
Alexandria and Manassas railroad for Iynchburg
and Washington.
THROUGH TICKETS, sold at low rates, 70
all points Northwest and Southwest.
Steerage tickets from Liverpool, Queenstown,
Amsterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, Hayre, Rotter-
DAM Bergen, Copenhagen, and Gothenburg, to
all points on this road can be bought of the &C.
neral Ticket Agent at Richmond, or can be or
dered through any station agent on the road.
Further information may be obtained at the
cornpany's office.
No Passenger Trains are run on Sundays.
A. II. PERRY,
General Superintendent.
JANHs +. NBrHHRLAsp,
General Ticket Agent. ie '
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pROsPECTUS.
PROSPECTUS.
COUTHERN PLANTER AND FARMER.
SUBSCRIPTION ~ PER ANNUM.
A EIRST-RATE ADVERTISING MEDIUM.

A FIRST-RATE ADVERTISING MEDIUM.
This old and ell-eetablished Journal has re-.
Gently changed hands, and will be conducted
with renewed vigor. 1t will number among its
contributors some of the ABLEST WRITER'S
IN THE COUNTRY upon all subjects kindred
to agriculture. The different departments OF the
journal-A gricultural, horticultural, Mechani-
cal, Household, &c.--will each be conducted with
a view to make it the most
VALUABLE AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL
IN THIS COUNTRY.
Every farmer should tn Ike it, and no one who
who has recently moved into the State can afford
to be without it, as it contains the experiences OF
the most practical and successful farmers and
planters
As an advertising medium II has no superior in
the South, having a large circulation amongst
the most substantial farmers and business men.
Insurance companies, bankers, machinists, ferti-
LIKING companies, nurserymen, seedmen, COM
mission merchants, &C., who wish to reach the
best class of people in the country will find 1t to
their interest to advertise in this journal
1t will be mailed to subscribers on the first day
of each month at 80 per annum in advance.
Specimen copies VIII be sent on application.
All business communications to be addressed
JOHN w. RISON,
Editor and Proprietor
Office No. 2 Columbian Block, corner of Thir
tenth and Gary streets. de eff
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TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE LANDS
AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
IN THE COUNTY OF KING WILLIAM

BY virtue of a deed OF trust land by request of
those interested executed to the subscriber by
Leroy G. Undertake, bearing date November
23d, 1859, duly recorded in King William County
Court, l shall as Trustee, proceed to sell at pub
lie auction, on the premises on
TUESDAY, THE 18TH OF FEBRUARY, 1872,
at IL O'Clock M, If fair, If not the first fair day
thereafter, THAT VALUABLE TRACT OF
LAND containing 455 acres, more or less, well
watered, one-half of which is cleared, the re-
mainder in woods. The dwelling contains seven
rooms, and Is In good repair. There are also all
the necessary OUT buildings
ALSO, -E
ALL THE PERSONAL PROPERTY, consist
ing of Household and Kitchen Furniture, Crops,
Stock, and Farming Implements.
Terms made known on day of sale.
YOUNG I. CLEMENTS,
ia e--2aw4ws Trustee.