New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-15

| ing. Is has been repeatedly chased both
| by boys and policemen, but manages to
elude capture-hOW we are not told. The
| negroes arc greatly excited by its appear
| ance. They declare it to be the ghost OF
cOlOred woman who was burned to death
last fall. A negress living near the ravine
says that two headless persons come to her
house repeatedly and dance a demOnac
waltz, which results in Overturning all her
furniture. Two cOlOred women who went
by the haunted spot about midnight saw
the ghost, and we're 50 terrified that they
ran half mile. One Of them is not ex-
pected to survive the fright.
A letter from Long Branch says; "A
charming widow, Mrs. Marsh by name,
reputed to be very rich, met her fate on
Saturday evening, and was led to the altar
a blushing bride on Sunday. Well may the
happy groom exclaim, like Caesar, 'Teni
ridi UiCii' He came here here on Saturday
evening a lonely bachelor, and left here on
the early boat Monday morning a happy
and proud benedict, taking with him the
most charming widow at the Branch. The
groom is Mr.. j. G. Banghart, of Jersey
City, a politician of some prominence in
New Jersey. He was introduced to Mrs
Marsh at the ball at the Mansion Saturday
evening"
Liberalism is becoming infectious in New
letters from prominent Republicans Tepu-
dating Grant and declaring for Greeley.
The more recent aCCessiOns are Charles G.
Hawthorne, lifelong and efficient Repub-
lican of IOpkintOn; Colonel John L. Kelly,
a stauRch Republican, formerly city mar
shall, and now member of the city council
of Manchester; A. w. Bartlett, of Manches-
ter, who stumped the State last spring for
the Republicans General Matt Head, of
HOOksett, Adjutant General during the war;
J. b. Upham. of Portsmouth, brother of the
late Judge Upham, and Stephen -GOrham,
of GOrham.
General w. B. Franklin and NJ f. w.
Kunkcl, Of the Colts Patent Firearms
Manufacturing Company, who have recent
" returned home from Europe, brought
with them an order from the Prussian gov
eminent for the manufacture of $4,000 i'm
proved Chassepot guns, to be used with
metallic cartridges. The guns are very
much like the ChassepOt, except that the
gun will be cooked by the throwing back of
the breech-piece, thus combining three mo-
tons in one. The work is to be completed
in four years, and the price will be about
81 ,O0OO 900. This will make work brisk at
Colts for some time,
The latest reports from San Francisco
say that the diamond excitement is subsid-
ing The diamonds have dropped out, and
in their place some flowing oil wells have
been discovered. The rubies, emeralds and
sapphres, however, are insisted upon, and
are still picked ND by the basketful. One
by one, however, these will disappear as
the share capital increases, and it is by no
means impossible that the holders who in
vested in Arizona gold, silver and all man
ner of precious gems may yet find them
selves entitled to the fractional part of a
dry Oil-well.
Catharine DikhOva, young Russian
lady, is visiting this country to look into
the woman question, and in the course of
her looking she is doing the Oneida com
mUnity.' The lady is not yet twenty-One
years old, aud speaks seven languages. She
wears the EmperUr's badge of honor, and
is one among only four ladies to whom it
has been given during the last forty years.
The lady came here to study the plan Of
wOman's work and character, which seemed
most susceptible of advancement, and pro-
poses to visit the medical cOlleges-and
BOston-befOre her return.
A response to Speaker Blaine's pretenti0us
letter to Senator Sumner has just been
given in Mr.. Blaine's own district, in Maine
in a call for a Liberal mass convention for
that district, to be held at Augusta, on Au-
gust Is. The call is signed by 563 Repub
Leans, representing thirty-thTee of the sew
=
Among the signers are a State Senator and
two members of the House. besides many
ex-members of the Maine Legislature and
other Unknown Republicans of local in
fuence.
A bPggar asked for a piece of bread and
butter at a house the other day, and, on
couple of slices being brought to him, he
Immediately refused it, whats the mat
teri" asked the donor. "Isn't this good
ksN 81, l..
said the beggaT. well, isn't the butter
good, tool" Eyes. I've no fault to find
with the butter" well, then, what is the
matter" Il don't like the way it's spread
Ou,' grOwled the fastidious mendicant
The milkman is a great institution in Rio
JaneirO; his cart is on legs instead of wheels.
Fhe COW herself is driven round to the
houses to supply the customers, always ac-
COmpanied by the calf, sometimes a year
old, muzzled and tied to her tail This
method would seem TO insure fine milk, yet
we learn that it is quite necessary to watch
the operation OF milking to make sure OF it.
A curious freak of nature is reported
near CayUga lake, New York. 1t is an oak
and pine tree growing together, so closely
connected as to present the appearance of
one tree; and in fact they might be so
called, for they are so nearly grown to-
gether at the root that no division line can
be seen, and the bark has nearly the APP
pearanoe OF that of pine.
Five young ladies who have read the re
cent article in AppletOn's magazine, advis-
ing women to throw away side saddles and
adopt such as are used by men, announce
through one of the New York papers that
they have resolved to brave public opinion,
and will appear astride their horses in Cen
trail Park. They invite any other ladies
who wish to help on the new movement to
join them.
A party of gentlemen from Alexandria
among whom were several mem
bers OF the Old Virginia Seventeenth. the
other day visited Bull Run battlefield
where many incidents of that famous battle
were reoUunted, familiar spots pointed out.
and the scene of a roll and tumble down a
hill between Reb and a Yank observed
with great interest, especially by one of the
who was with the party.
Mr. Stokes is suffering from bronchitis. |
His professional advisers could have spared |
him all pain from that source very easily !
but for their conscientious scruples against |
making an outward application OF hemp to |
the patients throat. 1t works like q charm, |
hemp does. Indeed, it is an infallible cure |
Tor bronchitis and some other things
Golden Age.