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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-08-17
Gen. Banks Letter.
[From the New York Tribune.l

] eAS ANO" AOAh AluunGsI
Hard upon the declaration of Mr.
Sumner in favor of the Liberal move.
ment follows that of Gen. Banks, In
the same strain. Now it happens that
these two gentlemen are, each in his
own way, representative of both pha-
ses of Massachusetts Republicanism
Mr.. Sumner speaks for those with
whom politics have been, to some ex-
tent, u sentiment; for those who came
into the anti-slavery ranks from the
Wing party in its penultimate days,
and who had always been strong OPP
ponents OF the fashioned Demo
cracy. Gen. Banks, on the other
hand, was child of that party, taken
up and fostered by it in his youth,
and brought at first into public life by
its occasional local victories. Each
of these gentleman has had long
experience of practical politics,
and each, whenever he has left
a political party, has been able to
point to subsequent events in vindica-
ton OF his sagacity.
Whatever else his enemies may say
of Gen. Banks, nobody who knows
anything of his career will question
his political foresight. He has not
been i'll the habit of making mistakes.
In all his life he has hardly experien-
ced political defeat, and certainly
not one Of any consequence. He saw
from afar the signs of the new coming
Republican party. Before that he
had, as a Democrat, been bold enough
to act with the Free Soil party. Goa
litiOns, therefore, have no terrors for
him, nor are they any novelty in Mas
sachusetts. 1t has been his habit to
shift his ground whenever new occur
rences taught new duties, and it is
perfectly natural at this moment of
supreme Importance to the republic
he should shift his ground again, es-
pecially as i'll doing so he is not called
upon to abandon Il single principle or
to do violence to II single political
conviction. There are thousands of
voters of his school in Massachusetts
upon whom his example and his we'll
considered letter will have an effect,
who will follow him especially in his
own district, because they are accus-
toned to shape their political course
by the emergencies of the hour, and
who, like their long cherished leader,
will declare for the unity of the mas
ses of the people of all parties, sec
tiOns and faces in support of the grand
results of the war;" This is the key
note of Mr. Banks letter to the Lynn
committee, and it could not have been
u better one.
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Four Candidates for One Office

From the New Orleans Republican,
At the present time we have four
tickets for State offices in the field,
with one convention" to hear from.
This is rather lively work. for hot
weather, or would be if the adherents
of the several candidates felt much
enthusiasm in the causes for which
they are battling respectively. But
fortunately for the personal comfort
of all save the candidates, there is u
palpable apathy of feeling, which, un-
less an impulse can be given to the
people, will result in avery light vote.
In the absence Of any great cause, in
volving a vital principle, the, politics
of Louisiana have come down tp mere
personal contests. There is scarcely
a shade of difference between the Kel-
lOgg men and the Pinchback men,
both being understood to be sound
on the Grant question. The only OBJ
vious cause of disagreement consists
in the fact that each faction considers
its nominees as the most proper per-
sons to fill the officesthat will become
vacant at the close of 1872.
There is not much more difference
between the Liberals and the Liberal
Republicans. Each party supports
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The g Rods of COrti "---WOnders
of the Human Ear.
[From the London Telegraph /

From the London Telegraph
"You would play upon me-you
| would seem to know my stops-you
would sound me from my lowest note
to the top of my compass" When
Shakespeare put those words into the
mouth of Hamlet, did the poet know
that he was stating an anatomical fact
that the auditory apparatus of man
is al instrument of most exquisite
musical complexity, compared to
which the finest harp of Erard seems
but clumsy failure? For some time
past it has been known that the hu-
man ear contained a series of minute
bodies, called the "rods of Corti," +"
from the name of their diseoverer:
but DR.. Pritchard, in paper
lately read before the royal society,
has cast new light ON these curious
appendages, and given us fresh rea-
SONS to admire the wonderful arrange
ments of life. When sound is com
municated by air waves to the ear,
first the auricle catches it to the drum,
which passes it by harmonious vibra-
ton through the middle to the inter-
nal portion of the organ. Here it is
appreciated merely as sound, its
direction and volume being also re-
corded; but to distinguish the note of
the sound, it is passed into the coach
ler, a spiral canal from the axis of
which proceeds tiny plate of bone !;
this gives out two membranes and
between these lie the "rods of Corti y
Looked at from above, they resem-
BILE n double piano-forte hammer !;
but the outer rods as they wind up
the spiral axis increase in length more
rapidly than the inner, whereas the
latter augment in number, so that
near the apex the outer rods are twice
as long as the inner, while to $500
outer rods it is computed that
there are $500 inner ones. Under
this delicate and perfect sounding
board are clustered nerves and nerve
cells, which serve to bear the impress
sion of any vibrating rod or rods to
the brain, and with so vast IL key
board it is plain that not merely semi
tones, but tenths and even tiftieths of
tones, must be recognized by the cen
suminate recording apparatus. 1t is
upon the lamiaG spirdlis then, or tiny
plate of bone before mentioned, that
the sound is thrown in order to decide
its note, and however fine or faint,
that sound discovers some one of the
perfectly attuned rods which will leap
into vibration in concert with the i'm
pulse, and send melodic or harmonic
telegram to the sensorium.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-08-17
NUMBER 40.
Patriotic Letter from General
Banks.
Boston, July 81, 1872.
To Jas. S. Lewis. ESD. Lynn.

1'ooAONs Ouy oI, 1917
To Jas. S. Lewis, Esq, Lynn
My DEAR SIR: | have the honor to
acknowledge by this note, in addition
to our conversation day, the receipt
of your invitation to address the citi-
zens of Lynn on Thursday evening, in
support of the election of General
Grant and the policy of his Admins
tratiOn.
No invitation could have greater
weight with me, from any part of the
country, nor from any portion of my
fellow citizens; and it gives me great
pleasure to assure you that nothing
could be added to your suggestions as
representative of the citizens of Lynn
to induce me to accede to the request.
| Their kindness to me many years
since is q continuing -remem-
brance, and nothing would give me
greater satisfaction than to renew nv
association with them.
But regret to say that / am not in
accord with them in regard to the
Presidential canvass. Against my
wishes and my personal interests, 1
am compelled to say that | believe the
perpetuation of the present policy of
Government is not for the advantage
of the country, and that it will not
tend to establish its former good and
prosperity, nor to promote the inter
ests of any class of citizens. No per-
sonal feeling of any form or character
enters into this Judgment. It is in
view of general principles and public
interests alone that am led to this
conclusion.
The uniting of masses of people of
all parties, sections and races in sup
port of the grand result of the war is
Indispensable to the permanent estab-
lishment of the general recognition of
those results. 1t can be secured by
no other means. We shall all be
forced to this conclusion sooner or
later. This united action upon this
basis has been the hope of my life.
fervently desired it during the war.
and in reconstruction of the States
subsequent to the war. | believe it is
now rendered in good faith in the
nomination of Mr.. Greeley, and for
OHO9 L StaA NV uOD II WIS
what desired. Its consummation, al
though sudden and startling, does not
alarm me. Ny duty to myself and
my country requires me to give him
my support. [ can not advocate le-
fore your friends different course,
which neither my judgment nor my
heart approves.
1t grieves me most deeply to sepa-
rate myself in thought or act from any
of those with whom | have been. so
long associated, and to whom l am so
greatly indebted but | believe the
result will justify my action, give to
the country that peace and prosperity
which is the object of all our labors,
and secure to every citizen that civil
and political equality and freedom
which was won by the sacrifice of so
many valued lives.
Accept the assurances of my lasting
friendship and esteem, and believe
me yours, etc. n. p. BANKS.
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be that harmony which is essential to

be that harmony which is essential tt
a true civilization.
The present position of the coloret
citizen is perilous. He is exposed tt
injurious pressure when he needs sup.
port; but see no early extricatior
except in the way now proposed. Lei
him cut adrift from managers who
would WELD him merely as politica
force, with little regard to his owl
good, and bravely stand by the candi,
date who has stood by him. If Demo.
Gratis unite with him, SO much the bet.
ter. The association once begun must
naturally ripen in common friendship
and trust.
am for peace in reality as in name
From the bottom of my heart am fol
peace, and / welcome all that makes
for peace. With deep-felt satisfaction
| remember that no citizen who drew
his sword against us has suffered by
the hand of the executioner. In just
association with this humanity will be
the triumph of equal rights when the
promises of the great Declaration are
fulfilled and our people united as new
er before in the enduring fellowship
of a common citizenship.
To this end there must be reconcile
alton, nor can l withhold my hand.
Freely l accept the hand that is Of
fered, and reach forth my own in
friendly grasp. | am against the poll
cy of hate; l am against tanning
ancient flames into continued life
am against raking in the ashes of the
past for Goals of fire yet burning. Pile
up the ashes, extinguisll the flames,
abolish the hate. Such is my desire.
TO THE DEMOCRATS.
And now, turning to the Demo-
cratic party, l hold it to all the COW
.enants solemnly given in the adoption
of u Republican platform, with Horace
Greeley as its candidate. There can
be no backward step. With no com
mon sympathy | have observed that
Mr.. Hendricks, Il leading Democrat,
whom | knew and esteemed in the
Senate, has recently announced his
acceptance of the constitutional
amendments with their legal results.
He proposes us a proper key note to
the extraordinary movement now
swelling to a sure triumph, "Just
Laws and Public Virtue" This is a
worthy aspiration, entirely fit Oh this
occasion.
My keynote is 'The unity of the
Republic, and the equal rights of all,
with reconciliation" Such is my cry,
and wherever my voice can reach,
there do insist upon all those hum
bly, invoking the blessings of Divine
Providence, which, l believe, must
descend upon such IL cause.
Accept my best wishes for your
selves personally, and for the people
you represent, and believe me, gen
tlemen, your faithful friend,
CHARLES SUMNER.
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CHARLES SUMNER.

Lincoln was a rail-splitter; Grant
was tanner; Bolivar was a druggist;
Mohamet Ali was a barber; Virgil was
the son of Il potter; Milton was the
son of Il scavenger.; Horace was the
son of shop-keeper; Demosthenes
was the son of cutler; Robert Burns
was plowmau in Ayrshire; Shake
speare was the son of ID wool stapler;
Cardinal Woosley was the son of a
poor butcher Oliver Cromwell was
the son of London brewer; Whit
field was the son of an innkeeper at
Gloucester.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-08-17

The following letter from Senator
Sumner has been received by Gen.
Hugh j. Campbell of New Orleans
WASHINGTON, ID. G., Aug. 3, 1872.
DEAR SIR-I have been detained in
Washington through the heats of this
summer, and now my face must be
turned North, rather than South. But
| beg you to believe me grateful for
the invitation with which you have
honored me.
You are right in opposing the usur-
pations of the Custom House in the
affairs of Louisiana; such conduct,
though supported by the Administra-
ton, is SO hostile to Republican insti-
tutions, and so utterly indefensible,
that all good Republicans should CO.
operate against it.
Pardon me if should add that, IN
happily, this usurpation is only type
OF the injurious pretensions SO mani
fest in President Grant since his en-
try into civil life. The soldier, to
whom the country was grateful, is
lost in the President.
The opportunity is now presented
of placing an original Abolitionist in
the White House, who, while guard
ing the rights of the colored people,
will seek concord. Because Demo
Gratis have adopted him as their cam
didate ! shall not be deferred from
voting for him.
Beside securing a good President,
see that no persons receive your votes
as Representatives in Congress who
will not at all times stand by the
equal rights of our colored fellow
citizens. Believe me, dear sir, faith
fully yours,
CHARLES SUMNER.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-08-17

A Cute Witness A SCI Ib-headed
boy, having been brought before the
court as IL witness, thf following
amusing colloquy ensued
:" Where do yotl live inquired
tthe Judge.
Live with my mother"
s"Where does your moRl,T live 7"
% She lives with father
"Where does he live 2"
!" He lives with the old .IlkS"
,"Where do they live : " says the
Judge, getting very red, a an audi
BILE litter goes around the lrt-room.
'fThey live at home."
"Where in thunder is tiVfrhome !"
That's where Pm fron.,' said the
boy, sticking his tongue o the cor
ner of his cheek and sloIrly closing
one eye on the Judge.
Here, Mr.. Constable take this
witness out and tell him to travel he
evidently does not know le nature
of an oath"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-08-17

An amusing story is told concerning
the Calyinistie secession in Scotland.
From the National Church a single
congregation withdrew. Straightway
new theological questions rent it in
twain, and the process went on until
the final remnant consisted of but two
persons, an old man and an old woman.
Some one said to the latter: 81 sup
pose, janet, that you believe yourself
and John to be now the only true
members of Christ's kirk" Weel,
mon,n said she, "l'm nae SO sure OF
john"
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We copy this paragraph from the
Louisville IOnyier-,yoarnu

We copy this paragraph from the
Louisville COnrier-JOarRdl:
There has not for many years been
such spontaneous Outburst of impulse
on the part of the masses as that which
now greets the grizzled and noble old
patriot Horace Greeley. With the in
telligence that the most enthusiastic
demonstration which Washington has
Witnessed for many years was made
in that city last night, comes the pean
of gladness and exultation which has
signalized his tour through New Eng
land. These demonstrations mark not
only the popularity of the man who re-
ceives them, but they show in what
direction the impulse of the nation is
bending its vast energies. They are
the outpourings of the noble feelings
which We're stified by the fetters OF
prejudice and passion, but which are
now bounding out with rush and a
rumble. They not only indicate the
love of the masses for Mr.. Greeley,
but they show the love of the masses
for the principles which find their
representative in the farmer that is
and the President that is to be.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-08-17
The HOOdlum.

From the San Francisco Chronicle1
The HOodlum is a male of the hui
man species, of the genus homo. He
is too lazy to work he is to proud to
beg he is too cowardly too steal. He
lives off the hard earnings of the sin
and shame of some poor girl whom he
abuses and neglects, he stands upon
the street corners with his Hoodlum
comrades of an afternoon, stares in
brazen vulgarity at honest women and
insults with rude gesture and indie
cent expression the. soiled doves as
they tlutter by. He has respectable
relatives from whom he borrows
when the wolf classes him too closely,
and during election times he sells his
influence for coin and aids to control
political results. He travels on shape
and talent; he bullies the weak, and
he fawns upon the strong; his ambi-
ton is to get some sinectlre berth in
politics he is night-watchman, or
has special policeman's beat-duties
which he never performs, except to
collect the money. He lives at free
lunches; he amuses himself by rowdy
actions; attends excursions. His
strong effort is to keep out of the
clutches of the law. He is the friend
and counselor of thieves, swildlers
and confidence men, and finally
adopts the felon'sprofession then he
ceases to be a Hoodlum. He becomes
a drunkard, and is then called Bum
mer. He gets shabby, finds no frail
women to support him; he is then
vagabond and loafer. During the
time of his earlier success he hangs
around theatres; knows, and is use
full to, actors and actresses; he is IL
elacqer and deadhead. He brings up
either in the Home of the Inebriate,
the County I Hospital or the State
prison. He is disgrace to his family
and nuisance to the community.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-08-17

Greeley, goes in for reform, whatever
1T may mean, and processes a desire
that all men shall enjoy equal civil
rights. But they are not quite able
to agree upon the recipients of official
emolument. The McEnery party is
connected to the two last named by
a very frail tenure. They offer Gree
ley and Brown faint lip service, but
it is not so clear that they will prove
very effective when it comes time to
vote. This faction also persllades
itself that it wants some sort of re-
form; but that term is understood to
be limited in its meaning entirely to
a change of offices. About the only
open departures they have made from
the Liberal and Liberal Republican
platforms relate to reputation and
white supremacy. One of these is
founded on dishonesty and the other
on stupidity. For with an excess of
colored voters and at least one-half
the white men opposed to any supre-
macy based upon color, we can not
see how the Last Ditchers are going
to carry through their pet scheme.
The Liberal Republican Conven-
ton has virtually indorsed the
Liberal ticket, but have evidently
made mental reservation that
change of some kind will be asked
for hereafter. The adjournment sub
ject to the call of the president is
fact in confirmation.
Perhaps it is better for the people
that they have no common ground of
deep-seated hostility upon which to
meet and make war upon each other
with feelings of rancor. And the
breaking up into factions of the two
great opposing parties that have here
tofore divided this State and kept it
in fret and turmoil more appro-
pirate to a community with less pre-
tensions to being civilized, will finally
have Il happy effect. For under the
influence of what is blieved to be
common danger, the people can be
induced to divide and vote blindly
for the friends of their side of the
question without much regard to the
personal merits or demerits of the
candidates. There is now, therefore,
a better hope that each individual
who presents himself for popular ia
vor will have to show something in
the way of character and ability in
order to command success
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The New Jersey leach crop is re-
ported as unusual by large tt'is year

An Indiana town HI hs the following
dog ordinance: dogs that afe not
eollared and labelled no maAer how
respectfully connected, will b Ee their
narratives amputated one in south
OF their ears"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-08-17

Dubuque girls whose yt ing men
hang back in the TRACES, bets sticks of
chewing gum as to their own weight,
and let tile boys decide by : netting"
them. If the young men ar' fond of
hugging and wish " be accurate in
their decisions, they frequently lift the
girls several times before giving up the
stakes.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-08-17

G. w. custis Lee, preside Of the
Washington and L9e Univ sity, at
Lexington, Virginia, is said sto strik
ingly resemble his father, General Lee.
He is about thirty -nihe years old, and
one of the best scholars Wsst Point
has ever produced.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-08-17

A sportive hunter of Detroit, who
kept flask of whisky with him on a
shooting trip struck b race course in
suburbs on his retur I'm, and walked
around it all night, Wonderir ( why he
didn't get to town.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-08-17

"Martba, my dSar," sail low
ing husband to his spouse, who was
several years his Junior, " what tlo you
say to moving to thtfar West ?'' " Oh,
I'm delighted with the idea! You rec
elect when Mr.. Morgan moved ont
there he was as poor as We are; and
in three years he died lAving his
,ld1Iovs. Tiaow , worth " , hundred Thousand
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-08-17

An actress who travels in Eastern
New England appeafed i'll I.lwrence
last week, and one of the pap rs says:
We sincerely trust she WI never
show any more in this city, aand We
could get along with her Moving
less"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-08-17

SPEAKING OUT PLAINLY.-The New
York Herald tells Gen. Grant he must
make the following concessions to
public sentiment, or all the glories of
his military services will not save the
nepotic administration
As an independent journal, caring
nothing for parties, politicians or
Presidents, the Herald has frankly told
Gen. Grant on former occasions, and
tells him now again, that he is sur
rounded, far and wide, by parasites,
who are belittling and breaking down
his administration, and that he has
about him advisers incapable of
statesman-like policy. The nation
was Inundated by. our laundering,
weak and n-American course in the
Alabama negotiations from first to
last, and our whole foreign policy has
been disgraceful to great, powerful
and earnest nation. The cliques, all
influential at Washington, must be
broken into fragments and driven from
the capital. The men who hold Office
i'll the Southern States and keep up Il
continual state of excitement by their
acts must he turned adrift. The coun-
try must no longer be disgraced by it's
Representatives at foreign courts; the
bad must be sifted and separated
from good. There must be a thorough
reform in the administration favors
in this State, and the Presidential
policy must no longer be the policy
of coarse, low men, accustomed only
to rule in caucuses and ward meet
ings.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-08-17

Since that Warren county Qowa)
girl was saved from the attslck of a
bull-snalSe by the timely all of two
gallant hogs, pet por Eers have become
all the rage, and no Joung lazy of any
standing in society now take walk
without a pretty pig pranci along
by her side, his tail NE atty tie lp with
al pink ribbon,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-08-17

A recent writer SAYS that i, is some
what remarkable that thielAs are Sc
improvident that they nevel bay any
thing mp. They never lay nything
down either when they have Ince talk
en- it up; and by a straD e coinci-
denee. a career pasted in liking mp
ends by their beink taken p them
selves.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-08-17

A boy who had read of sailors
heaving up anchors, wanted to know
if it was sea-sickness that made them
do it.