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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-19
For the Sunday Republican
''THOU WILT FORGRT,s,
Inscribed 70 B. A. e.
By MUeGINs

By AUGGNs,
few short years viii pass and thoult forget
That am now dweller upon earth;
rev short years, perhaps thou may'st regret
Her whom you now think tun of worth;
Thou may'st regret the low yet happy voice,
That breathed fond hearts welcome when we
met;
Thou mayst sometimes think of thy own hearts
choice,
But still, few short years and thoult forget.
Thou wilt forget me, other arms viii wreathe
Around thy manly form in loving joy;
A balmy breath may DER thee softly breath
A snowy hand amid thy dark locks toy;
The nesting OF that soft hand in thine
May then, perhaps a thought of me beget;
ThOu'lt think of long past scenes and happy hours
And sigh perhaps, but then-thou wilt forget
Thou wilt forget me, and turn to eyes
Swimming in liquid radiance jetty black,
Or brightly blue as heavens azure skies,
And then thy memory VIII wander back
To her thou once so loved, to choose fond eyes
Wherein a depth of untold love was set;
A dream of thy sad former love viii rise,
A tear win fall, bat then-thou wilt forgetl
Thursday night, May g. 1872.
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The CRAM Democratn.

4
The Democrats are now preparing to fol
low the example of the Republicans. and /.
strike off in independent lines of their ovS
The indications of determination TO an,
port the Greeley ticket already appareTr,
among the Democracy of the South, "a wei
as in New York, Pennsylvania and other ~
poFtant States, has awakened counter -
volutiOn in the Democratic camp in fayorS
President Grant. The movement ia deem
and wide spread, and led by the New York
organ, will no doubt make greater diver.
sion from the Baltimore regulars than tha
Cincinnati Independents have made from
the Philadelphia Conyentionists. The first
thing the Democratic independents can a.
10 to follow the cue of their own organ in
this city, and of Dan Voorhees, in Congress
and to declare at once in favor of Grant FL,
our next President, in opposition to Greeley
Some of the administration organs an
cOunseling them to make separate partv
nominations; but this is all balderdasi
There will be but two live candidates in tba
field; Grant and Greeley, and while tie
Baltimore convention mob viii pFobabIv
swallow the Chappaqua wOod-chopper, tie
Voorhees, Independents shall boldly fny
forth their banner for Grant. They wi1
take with them the Conservative financial
and commercial strength of the party, lead
by the great pioneer at the head of theR
national committee, and viii start with a
established organ in the metropolis on the,
side. Boldness and energy will make thu
new Democratic revolution brilliant sue
cess, and will insure the reelection of Gen.
eral Grant as an independent candidate
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-19

any specific property in possession OF SAID
succession belonging to her, etc.
Mrs. Burke also took a rule against par
tiRs holding large amounts Of notes and
valuables belonging to the succession, to
show cause why the same should not be
delivered to her. Both rules are pending
before the court.
Eighth District Court.
On behalf of Mr.. ]. Strauss, a broker,
Messrs. HornOr & Benedict applied to this
court for a mandamus to compel the State
Treasurer to recognize about 500. 600 in
state warrants, dated 1868 and 1869, and
signed by G. NJ. Wickliffe, Auditor, which
warrants, in the course of trade, passed
from hand to hand until they finally came
into the possession of the reIator fStraussl
who directly thereupon presented them to
Audltor Graham, to be recognized as paya-
pie under the funding bill, but that officer.
instead OF complying with such demand,
wrote across the face of each warrant
" counterfeit" whereupon this suit.
The State set up in answer that the war
rants had been wrongfuIly issued, and with
out consideration
Judge Dibble having Reused himself, the
case was tried by Judge Emerson, and on
the thirteenth instant his honor ordered the
mandamus to be made peremptory, COM
pelIlng the Treasurer to recognize as valid
the warrants of relator.
In his opinion, Judge Emerson reviewed
the evidence and decided that there could
be no doubt as to the liability of the State;
that admitting, for the sake of argument,
that Auditor WickIiffe issued the warrants
traudulently, an innocent party, holder of
the warrants, could not be made to suffer,
but that the Onus must fall upon the State,
as the fraud, if any, was committed by one
OF its officers, for whose acts she must be
held responsible.
Auditor Graham testified that when these
warrants were presented to him to be de-
clared entitled to payment under the fund
ing bill, he saw nothing whatever wrong
about them, and, would undoubtedly have
complied with the demand, but that he
could not discover on the books of Auditor
Wicklitfe any entry showing the purpose
for which these warrants had been issued.
Governor WarmOth has employed Messrs.
Semmes & Mott as special counsel, and they
have appealed to the Supreme Court, where
the case will be fought out to the bitter end.
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NIissfssfnni RniIrnnds.

The citizens of Columbus have voted by
large majority to donate 100000 to assist
III building the Columbus railroad. This
was not a subscription on a loan. but an
absolute gift. Such public spirit and en-
terprise can not be too highly commended.
" There's life in the old land yet"
The Vicksburg Herald of the twelfth learns
that Mayor Lee has made delivery of the
city bonds to the treasurer of the Memphis
and Vicksburg Railroad Company, and that
this great work will now be pushed for
ward to an early completion.
The Brandon Republican states that the
people Whereabouts are subscribing Iibe-
rally to the Mobile and Northwestern rail
road. The editor says:
We think we can now safely assure orr
friends that the road will be located bv
Brandon and Canton. jackson and Yazoo
may get branch if they plank down $780,
UOO IN cash, but not otherwise In that
event their branch will connect with our
road about ten miles south of Brandon.
and we will have about fifty miles of road
built in Rankin county"
The Mobile and Northwestern Railroad
Company have given the citizens of Yazoo
City their ultimatum as to building a road
from jackson to YazoO City. The compa-
ny ask VS., 600 cash, to be paid in two in
sGaIlments before January next The citi-
zens held an informal meeting and offered
the company $4,000 in cash, one-third paw
able November l, one-third in February
next, and remainder when the road to
jackson shall be in running order. Colonel
Mann, president of the road telegraphed
back an acceptance. The YazoO Town
Council has ordered city election for the
twenty-seventh instant to decide the mat
ter. The company have promise of
S6OO,UO0 from Yazoo county if they build
the road to HaZOO City by june 1873 Int
they lack the cash to commence work at
once on that link of the route. Mr.. n. Rich
ardson has contract with the company to
build this link by May /, 1873, but his con-
tract is contingent on the "cash" question
The Nicksburg Herald of the fourteenth
says:
The Vicksburg and Meridian railroad is
handling freight with unusual disnatcb
Sunday the steamer Belle st. Louis arrived
at the elevator with large quantity of
local and through freight. Sixteen car
loads destined for Montgomery. Alabama
went off last evening and viii reach tbe
eeonsignees tomorrow. Such promptness,
if continued, is bound to gain for the Walks
burg route large through trade with Ala
bama and Georgia"
The Meridian Gazette of the eighth IN.
nOunoes that the trains will soon commence
running again on the Alabama and Cbatta-
nnooga9 railroad between Chattanooga and
Meridian.
The Mobile and Ohio railroad is to be ex-
already gone to work.
The Meridian 1Eerc7try furnishes the i'm
pOrtant information that the contract To
puma Jhe FIcksburg, Pensacola and Ship
4sIanu railroad has been taken by a st.
at once.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-19

the first day temporary president, and Hon.
G. T. Ruby, of Galveston, secretary. The
first days session was not very harmonious,
but it is hoped, for the sake of our colOred
friends in Texas, that the convention viii
be able to get along without the aid of Cat
ling guns. 1t is my purpose to attend the
convention to-day, in order that may let
you know how it is getting along.
The fair is all the rage again to-day. The
streets are crowded with carriages of all
kinds, filed with human freight for the
fair. No more at present. N. w. T.
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cost Of the building is to be $6S,eOO, where
as $l50,OO0 would not match its appearance
in brick and stone. There are eight or ten
smaller churches of the same species now
under contract in different places, among
which / remember Presbyterian church In
Philadelphia, Baptist and Methodist
church in Baltimore, a Congregational
church in Geneva, a Methodist church in
Fifty-frst street, New York, etc.
xr-v
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The Vicksburg Daily Nelus closes an cd
itorial article in this nannAr

The Vicksburg Daily Nelcs closes an ed.
itorial article in this manner;
What Mr.. Greeley or the Tribune said
years ago OF the South in his zeal for the
perpetuity of the Union, the South ia ready
to forget and forgive, because he is believed
10 be honest, and because it is believed that
ne Is one who, in his patriotism, knows no
North, no South, no East. no West The
people az large have called for reform for
amnesty, and an honest, peacetnI ana
efficient administration.
The convention at Cincinnati has re-
sponded thereto, and offer what is asked
tOr-what Is so much needed-and every
where throughout the whole country the
people who wish reform in the place of cor
rupton, amnesty in the place of tyranny,
ana wise, vlrtuOus government instead of
perverted and ignorant administrator of
their laws, have almost uuiversaIlv cried
well DONE" and prepared. to pusb fopwaTS
the work that has been sd auspieionsIv be-
gun. But it seems that Mr.. Vo6rbeas iS not
one of these. He differs from his ssDor,o.
cratic colleagues, who were all said IN he IN
favor OF Mr.. Greeley" ana vet in renl7- tn
Mr.. Roosevelt, who asked him whether he
would support the candidate of tbe Ralt;-
more convention, whoeydr that yn,gbt he
Mr.. Voorhees, replied tbbt he vas not ~
the haDlt of voting against nen,ocra+ie
ana, IN concluding his re-
tI rs, salu, II ne should be driven to take
Sro stump and press the claims of Mr
IIGFeeIey' IL would be against a candidate
IIteII) VINO had done more and kinder
5 lungs Tor the South thar he Mr.. Greeley
mad done. He had lust mentioned What
these kind things were-GEant's tbreatepiDo
~! ~ resign IL General Lee Was arrested. He,
IIAe MT Stephens, thiI ks that Horace
Greeley's journey to RiohI nond to 90 on the
bond of Jefferson David was am mora
Inagnanlmous" than what Grant said he
you'd 90 upon q certdin contingency.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-19

A Washington dispatch of "Wednesday +.
the IouisvilIe Goo,r;e,. Loss,..,,,I es,-,.

Washington dispatch of "Wednesday I.
the Louisville oOssrieysJozrnal says:
The Senate to-day finally agreed In -
House substitute for the Morrill, arnans
ment. AS the amendment now stands =
authorizes the Secretary of the Treasure !.
pay to the owners Of cotton taken a}..S
June, 1865, under the authority of the ~
authorizing the seizure of confederate nros
erty, where it's ownership is established ~.
net proceeds of the sale of such seizure ne
in the treasury. The Secretary estimata.
that this will involve an expenditure y
$5OO,000 The amount which viii ne y
lowed each claimant is far below the aotsas
value of the property. Under the law reen
lating these seizures the cotton was seiS
and did not bring even a medium pries
Then the person who seized the cotton No.
allowed a commission of twenty five ns,
cent, thus reducing the amount to be pla6sS
in the treasury greatly. In settling ~
claims it is not appFehended that great diR
Guilty will ensue. An agent kept record II
the claimants as they presented their eases
and his report was made to the treasursS
Quite an opposition was made IN the Senai.
to the adoption of the amendment, and n.
large vote by which the House agreed :
the proposition evidently had its effect
procuring a reversal of the previous aetiss
Of casting out these claims altogether. M
closing the Court of Claims to all elaimaDs.
who can not prove their legality.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-19
RIVERS
We copy the subjoined paragraphs from

inc oJ. LOUIS democrat OF Thursday:
The weather yesterday was rainy The
river is on a stand, with a booming tide in
all directions. Rates to New Orleans are
completely broken up, and no quotations
are published except those of the barge
line. We think a short cut under these
rates would be given to shippers of round
lots. At all events, the rate is strongly in
favor of shippers, as one or two outside
boats are up forlOading, and coal is cheaper
and water deeper. .H.. ~ >.
We call attention to the advertised freight
rates Of the New Orleans, Mobile and At
lantic Fast Freight Line, in another column
1t will be seen that rates from New Orleans
to Mobile, Montgomery, Selma, and other
points in Alabama, and to Georgia and
Florida points have been greatly reduced
Mr.. Norman G. Jones, the energetic super
intendent of the line, is live and watchful
man, and seems determined to extend first
class rail facilities to this city for supplying
Southern points with all manner of produce
and merchandise at the very lowest rate Of
freight compatible. He should be Endorsed
and sustained by the most liberal patronage,
and we trust all our boats in the lower river
trade will, in prOrating with Mr.. Jones, fix
upon figure which shall give st. Louis
permanent supremacy in furnishing the
great and growing Southeast with all the
merchandise, meats and breadstutfs they
may use.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-19

The California State Republican COnven-
ton, held the other day, does not appear to
have been a very enthusiastic affair, San
francisco papers, commenting on the pri-
maries in that city, complain of the small
ness OF the vote, which was only 1888. all
told An administration journal explains
TINS state of things by remarking that
many weakened Republicans RETAINED
from voting, desiring to wait for develop
nents at Cincinnati before pledging them
selves to Grant" Delegates in San Fran
cisco were required to declare for Grant,
ana against the proposed cession Of Goat
Island TO the Central Pacific Railroad Com
pany. The convention Endorsed tbe Prasi-
dent for denomination, but said NOTHING
about Goat leland, 80 -, e 2
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-19

The Eoening Journal, OF Indianapolis,
tells how the Ben Butler-Brick-Po meroy
duel is to be:
Butler will he stationed at Bernuds H.,
dreds, with his cooked eve turned +o1r,o IN
Fort Fisher, while Brick will con Front b g,
from the far side of Dutch Gap Canal, Al
given signal, Butler, by means of an eIec.
trio wire. will expIOde powder-sb;I, - ~
Atlantic ocean, off the North Gor ~ !ne
coast, while Brick will jab furiousIy at the
Beast with a slender sword-poipfed and
diamond-hilted steel cane, presented him
some years ago by a gentleman na, MI
Booth
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-19
We copy this from the Louisville COurie

we copy THIS from the LOUISVILLE Courier
Journal:
Mr.. Whitelaw Reid, who, by the retire
ment OF Mr.. Greeley, becomes the editor-h-
chief of the New York Tribune, and who
will doubtless permanently control the des-
TIMES of that great newspaper by reason of
Mr.. GreeleY's final exit from Journalism
next March, is young man not much turned
INTO the thlrtles. Born, like Mr.. Greeley, q
farmers boy, and raised in the West The is
native, of Ohiol, he has had experience az
a newspaper correspondent, a cotton plant
er, book maker, a political writer and q
managing editor. He is conspicuous for
tact and Judgment, and thoroughly qualified
to handle the Tribune at this critical period
IN its career. The Tribune is a stockOcracy
whose demands have always been more OF
less whimsical and exacting, and. after Mr.
Greeleys pecuGarities, it is unlikely that
anything short of very striking elements
OF success could get on at all Reid hap
pens to have these, as, for example. knovl-
edge of the world, variety of information.
solid discretion, an active industry and q
vigorous understanding, all of which viii
be required of Mr.. Greeley's successor. His
career is a striking proof of what NAV be-
achieVed by well-directed purpose, self. dis
clphne and honorable ambition. At thirty
Two ne mas himself occupying the most
powerful newspaper position in America.
with sound health, irreproachable habits
and troops of friends. The portrait accom-
panying Mr.. Reid's biography in HayDe-'s
Weekly represents him as handsome man,
and-tor the benefit of the Kentucky read
ers of the 1iibune-lt may be added that
he Is SIX feet high and good rifle shot. In
opinions MI. Reid IS Liberal of the West
ern rather than the New England school,
dashes his politics considerably with agri.
culture, and takes his Bourbon, like his
course as Journalist, straight He owns
farm IN Ohio; runs the night work of the
1Ft6u''e by telegraph, and is unmarried
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-19

The house which David Crockett built,
and in which he lived for MANY wears IL
still standing, five miles northeast Of Pn3b,
erIord Station, IN the northern part of Glib
son county, tennessee. Yome Of the pegs
are still to be seen.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-19

The editor of paper in Ney 7 ordo,,
Ohio, has abandoned yolnr VIE 90 -,
away aTS WIN oIe % ms female cOmpositOrs.
ny ollsht 70 20 IocAeu up N one Of his own
10y . anu pun through p double cylinder
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-19
ADJUSTMENTS.
ST. Charles Theatre.

This evening the "Octoroon, or Life in
Louisiana" with Miss Isabelle Freeman as
Zoe, Mr. George Clarke as George Peyton,
and the full company of the Varieties
Theatre. The "OctOroon" will hold the
boards OF the st. Charles every evening IN
til further notice.
Varieties Theatre-TtaIian Opera.
Tonight for the first time in several years
Bellinis grand opera Of Norma" is to be
produced in our city, with the full strength
of the Italian opera troupe, now singing at
the Varieties Theatre. The second Oppor-
tunity is afforded of hearing Nine. COrani,
whose finely cultivated voice and effective
singing pleased her audience so much last
Thursday night in ''Traviata." Norma"
is full of most exquisite arias, and those
who hear it for the first time viii recognize
it as the fountain of many of their favOrite
melodies. No doubt it win be very en-
joyable affair. .l
Tuesday evening the opera of "n TrOva-
tore" with SignOr Petra Baccei as Afa3aric0.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-19
Varieties Theatre-ItaIian Opera.
meteoroIoeicnI and Rirer Renort.

The signal service, United States army,
reports, for the benefit of commerce, the
meteorological record, and rise or fall of
the rivers, at 3:43 P. NJ, local time, yester-
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-19
Greeley in Congress.

cincinnati Commercials Washington Telegrazl
Conversations with the leading Demo
Gratis in the House show that out Of the los
members belonging to that party, not more
than twenty-five are in favor of the Bali
more convention making a nomination, or
against the ratification of the nomination Of
Greeley and Brown. Of the number are
the following, viz: Voorhees, and Kerr, Of
Indiana; Campbell, Lamison and Van
Trump, of Ohio; Mcneil, of Illinois; Slater.
of Oregon; Bird, of New Jersey; Acker, Of
Pennsylvania; Young and De Bose, Of
Georgia; Grassland, Winchester and Lewis.
of Kentucky. Among the Republican Sena-
tors who are known to favor Mr.. Greeleys
election are Trumbull, Schurz, Fenton, Tip
ton, Sprague, AlcOrn, Hill, Ferry OF Con
necticUt, West and Robertson.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-19
This is said by the Louisville Co,pte
Inn a,3lo al. ..."'

This is said by the Louisville Courier
Journal:
Grants solicitude for the health, comfort
and protection of the poor immigrants who
land on our shores is charming. With what
pathos he dwells, in his message, on the
priVatiOns and discOmforts to which they
are subjected, and how his kindly soul is
vexed within him by the iIl-treatnent on
shipbOard and after arrival, Entertainment
which he says "drives thousands to lives of
vice and shame who, with proper human
treatment, might become useful and re-
spectacle members Of society" Since he
seems for some time to have been ao-
quainted with the existence of such svs-
tematic and atrocious villiany, it must have
required great deal OF self-control to en-
able so compassionate spirit to hold in so
long-tO hold in, in fact, until another
Presidential election is almost upon us.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-19

A literary. gent out in Iowa, having CON
ceiyed the idea OF starting a newsnaner
applied to classical Acquaintance 1fP or o5
wee concerning that most important n re-
deliberatiOn, is said to boI-o
"Augur," as indieative IF ~ sussesCe1 the
v1nation which cbarac+e. .alo Po@ef OF a.
journalism. SUCCESSFUL
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-19

rTpl so1 WY did youfollow this man,
az -, ooa go, enu Kick him 80 shamefully :"
drunk, and thought it was NV w II : n iA'''0
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-19
THE COURTS.

United States District COurt-In Admit
raIty-Damnge suit Against the r.. e.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-19
A GRAVE DILEMMA.

The people of the South stand in very
peculiar position to-day. They do not know
where tOlOok. They find themselves crushed
down by burdens that are almost insupport-
able and they look this way and that way,
and the other way, and are hardly able to
decide where their hope of safety lies.
LET us have peace" said Grant, standing
at the Capitol in Washington, in 1863 Let
us have peace" have The people of the
South been praying during the weary years
of his administration. But there appears
to be no answer.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-19
THE SOURCE OF RELIEF.

1t seems to me, my friends, a clear pro-
position that neither the Democratic marty
nor the Republican party, as now organ
lied, is the party that the people of this
nation want. We propose to have a party
that will suit the nation. You know i'm a
great national crisis party lines ALWAYS dis
appear, and men mingle together. forget
ting the past and looking only to the future.
How was it in the North before this
gigantic rebellion broke out WHY. Won
found Democrats from Maine to California
swearing that secession was right. and that
they would take their guns upon their
shoulders and go forth to fight with the
South. You found Democrats who felt that
while the salvation of the country depended
on the success OF the rebellion, that was
6etOfe the rebellion broke out. But you
found, when the rebellion did break out,
instead OF joining the side of the rebellion
they came with proper footsteps to the
rescue of the government. You did not
ind men questioning the politics of the
sturdy soldier, who came clothed in blue
with a knapsack on his back and a gun ON
his shoulder You did not care whether ba
was for or against your party You looked
into his eve, took the measure of the mo-,
and babe him welcome.
1t was just exactly the same in the South
There were thousands ofmen there Win IA
not believe secession was right: who eJvol,a
they never would bear arms against the IN.
tegrity of this Union; but that was before re
the danger threatened them. When the