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[Fi"m the New York Evening Post.
the Ir;idp In Cann,ba!s.

Tho government OF treat Britain has met
with new misadvcnture in its endeavors to
suppress the trade in Polynesians, which is
carried on under its flag in Australian waters.
Some months agoa peculiarly atrocious case
in this traffic occurred, the d.:aiis OF which
r!val!cd ito actual horrors of the middle
passage The vessel engaged in this bust
ness was the Carl, owned by DIR. Murray.
1t had gone on labor-cruise'i to Fiji Is
lands, and had oblaineda load of emigrant. A"
The method by which these arc obtained is
peculiar to this tratfic. The islanders were
enuced down from the shore in their canoes;
these were then swamped by the ships crew
who proceeded to pick out Of the water suc!:
Of the struggling islanders ss Could he got
hold of, while the lost swan back to the land
or were drowned.
The peculiarly atrocious act of the voyage
however, occurred upon the homeward pas
sage. Some of the natives appear 90 have
objected to leaving their homes although the
foolishness Of any such objection ought to
have been apparent to them in the cxtraor-
binary circumstances attending their EN-
barkation. But they were unreasonable and
finally attempted to set fire to the vessel. -
Their captors devised a remedy for this face.
tiOusness. They got together firearms of
which they had good store-and calmly, but
persistently set 10 work to restore order. All
night long they kept up steady fire through
the matches on the poor creatures below. -
Some were killed and some were wounded,
but in the morning they were all thrown in
to the sea together. Tho ship was then
cleaned, and with the remainder Of the load
consisting in all of eighteen persons this
being the number that happened to escape
without scratch from the carnage Of the
night before. Carl glded home ward.
This occurrence finally became known, and
the owner, DR.. Murray, turned States evil
dcnce against the crew. They were arrest
ed and tried on the charge of kidnappiur-
why they were not tried tor murder we do
not knOw-and condemned to fifteen wears
imprisonment. 1t now appears, however,
that some legal informality attended their
conviction, and the latest news is that they
have been discharged on a writ OF haGeas Cur
puS, on the ground, il is said that the Secre-
tary OF State had no authority for their de-
teutiOu.
This is singular and unfortunate result
to say the least, and il not very compliment
tary 10 the administration Of justice in the
British Colonies in Australia. Not only un-
able TO suppress the horrible traffic, the
British Government fails 10 punish those
whom it catches while engaged in it. Great
Britain deserves great credit for her pat la
bors in opposition 10 slave trade, aud her
present exertiOn To put an end to it on the
east coast Of Africa; but just now she has
a duty nearer home. We are much mistaken
il it does not appear that che has slave
trade within her owA doniuions az dreadful
in all its features a. that which the pagaus VI
Africa "a nh an h-r
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From Texas.
WM. II. BELL
GALVESTON, Oct. &c, 1877

GALVESTON, Oct. &c, 1873.
II rs EI.fofS If hs Men Nafio~al Era a.d trtisea
You say: ave will present each person
subscribing for the New NATIONAL ERA
one year fine photograph of Toussaint
L'Ouvreture, or of Hon. Frederick Douglass,
AS the party may elect" Please state
whether this is equally applicable to old sub.
sOribers renewing their subscriptions from
year to year, as To ae@ subscribers. If your
answer is Affirmative, why is it old subscrib-
ers have not received their photographs
Is il because you do not send them any unless
they make their election? Your subsci :bcrs
here would like to hear from YOU OH this
head.
Your little touch, in your issue Of the ID
instant, on the Galveston post Office, was to
put il mildly, somewhat mixed. Your types
should have said n. w. Cuny was the choice
Of the Republicans Of this State for the Gal
weston post office, which is now disgraced by
7. Clark, the Federal Office broker.
How the Federal authorities can retain
this little parasite in this post Office after the
clear and conclusive proof Of his selling Fed
eral offices is beyond ordinary comprehension
II 10 now quite three months since he came
TO your C ~ to explain away Governor Davis
charges against him, and still remains there
lying them away. Cuny's services in the
Republican party and merit entitle him to
more than this little recognition, and ye, he
can't get this, while Clark's corruption de.
serves for its reward his summary dismissal
from the place he disgraces.
do not believe much in removing faith.
full public servant To put another in simply
on account Of political services but when a
man 30 far forgets the honor of the Republi-
can party and Administration as to sell their
Offices, as Gen. w. T. Clark did. it is about
time be was given ticket Of leave to join
the Democratic party, for he IL blot and q
shame TO the Republican party here.
There Is another case here that ciies loudly
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German Student Durls.

our German students proper weapon is
the sehlager-a narrow strip OF soft steel
made razor-sharp for some sixteen inches
down from the squared-of point, and heavily
hilted, like Scotch claymore. The schlager
IS the life OF the corps system; the corps
student talks, eats, sleeps, drinks schlager
II forms his code Of honor, is the foundation
OF his social standing renowu. Strange,
muses. the Western savage that AN over
grown lancet should maintain auimpaired.
during hundreds OF years, the Vitality OF an
institution whose ife-blood had else scarce
circulated at all. The element of adventure
OF danger-literally the seal of blooI-ha,
proved stronger than laws, constitutions,
principles, or anything else, to bind these
young Fellows together from age TO age. \
mutual nOse-spiitting organization outlasts
dynasties.
But are not duels even schlager duels-
Illegal: demands the savage. Yes, and so
are prize fights at home, and the law is no
less efficiently maintained. Caught fighting
it goes hard with the intrepid duelist. as Of
old with the detected thieves of sparta.
But let them appear next morning in the
lecture room with a strip Of courtplaster from
nose to ear; the professor tips him a sober
wink, and condoles with him that he should
have welded his razor with az unsteady
hand. Among his fellow students his stand
ing is nigh III proportion as his scars are
many. He seeks not to hide them; rather,
lest they heal too smoothly, he will caution
the surgeon to sew them up loosely, and will
drink deep and sleep little for a week thore-
after. A certain dapngiass hero, who had
his cheek ripped open from the corner of the
mouth to the ear, laying all the teeth bare,
drank hImsolf into insensibility the same
night, in spite of the difficulty he must have
experienced in keeping his mouth from Leak
ing! His scar serves the stgdens by way Of
the lron Cr0a.-perhaps would be hardly
exchanged therefor, being proof beyond all
controversy that the wearer had shed blood,
which the cross is not. Certainly IL Is a CON
yenieapo 90 carry the record Of ones valor
upon the countenance. You have but 70
face your cnemy, aud il Your 4osa, say, he
wanting, you shall see him tremble. This
reminds the savage OF "a certain pleasant gen
tlenlan he has met, whose nose begins well
but ends at right angles with itself. The
mans history is thrilling. A duel-slash.
slash! Ila! the tip of his ;;oss Is gone! but
where? Wi,elec Search every! Ha! behold
the dog! he looks suspicious guilty. The
dog is kicked Violently gods! the nose is
disgorged the GWHtr si,atyhus II up-claps
it Gu hastily does the surgeon Sow it in
place. 1t is healed and well again but
alas. twas clapped on INSIDE down.
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I = Copies for SlD.

The food of the spirits i managed more
simply still. The feast is spread, hot anal
steamng; and the steam and fumes sIi~iu !.
from the repas, appear tn for1n the nutrimeu;
ni the spirits, for the substantial food 3, ailrr-
ward consumed BY the relatives From this
feeling with regard to ancestral worship re-
suits the strong desire of every ChlnauIcu t.
have son instead of daughter: for should
the male line al his family fail. the ancestral
ieasts cannot be properly performed, Hui
then not only his own spirit will hc starved
state al beggary.
Probably the most curious ot Chinese su-
perstitions is the flung sipg. or geomsncy.
The two words mean simply wind and wa
ter; but the true sense and import Of this
name for the superstition cannot be gathered
from these words. The real object of the
study and profession of the art OF fang sAYy
IS to WOO the good aud ward oil the evil
spirits, IN whose existence ana power to bless
or curse the Chinese apparently entertain a
profound belief. As northcrlv winds blow
IN China from October to the end of March,
1t Is not very surprising that the natives as
soclate with them the death of nature, a. il
were, aud look upon that quarter Of the com.
pass aS the Que from which evil influences
all enhannte; and is southerly winds prevail
wear, they conclude that all COOL aud beue-
fetal Influences come from the south; conse-
quentl., all the temples and houses which
can be :" constructed. are built to face the
south. But, observes Mr.. Moule, it - in the
selection of sites for graves that the talent
OF the professor OF fnng si"y is chiefly dis
played. thoroughly good situation must
be one open To the south with nothing uh-
ruptiy to check the flow OF the >outherly
blessing; and to the north there must be
some hill or rising ground, some tree or other
object, to check, puzzle, and iuIcat the tide
oil evil from that whitening region. II the
position he bad, the dead. irritlted and an
noyed by the unpleasant influence from the
north, make known their resentment by caus-
ing siekness and other calamitics to as,ail
The tamiiy aud, finally, il the ni>chuti- not
they make it wither away.
Each village has its fing SLpg, itI luck:
anu the hand OF the man who would cut down
a lucky tree, thus letting in a stream al curses
from the north, Ia said 10 hu laraiykc aud
Withefed on the spot,
thlnese villages are often built in squares.
with houses Nh three sides, and the entrance
open toward the south. The two sides, AS
YOU enter, have different degrees ai honor
or Importance. The ri,s!.t hand ~ the green
dragon Tbs '"tt the white tiger; aud il, BY
d-,gn "r accident, the white tigers head he
lifted higher than the dragons or if All, spe-
clal advantage be gained d, the left then the
lick OF re i,.a'r = gone. 1t Is iutrres tnu TO
notice that this superstition of tung strv.
though II prevails 50 widely. aud has taken
such deep root in tho minds OF the people.
il Y,t denounced in the Sacred Eiitt is a
capital crime One Il Week.
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ReasonlAg-Truth.

4, TIE EdHrE gf the Helc National &. a and c.t!s.A:
1t is hardly supposable that supreme intel
lisence reasons on any subject; for. being
the source of all truths, these are all palpable
to the Infinite mind. The supreme and In
finite mind has given to the finite mind the
Divine Impress as a standard by which to
judge the whole range Of human events, boil,
in time and eternity. There is a moral
standard, the Divine impress of right, by
which we regulate our own conduct in private
life and also our conduct towards all human
beings; we feel that there is an appropriate.
ness or fitness Of conduct towards all AGES
and sexes; when these cardinal laws of the
mind are violated we feel conjunction We
have violated the divinity of our souls. and
must make atonement by an acknowledge
ment-thus we make reconciliation with our
fellow mortals.
This standard Of morality extends to our
treatment Of every beast, especially to those
taken under our protection they are entitled
to our kindness In our dealings and inter-
course. in their food, drink. and working
them especially to see and know that thew
do not suffer by i'll treatment, or the lack of
any oil the necessaries Of life, or exposure to
the inclemency of the weather. All shou,d
have our kind attention according to sex.
species, age, and condition. The working
horse and OK become united to US in our daily
avocation, kindly yielding to our Wills and
commands. and giving rs their best exertious
at the WAGON ploW carriage and wo,k ~
every kind; they look to US as superiors for
kindness, favors, and care they go and come
with us 10 and from the Geld, becoming tract.
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The gun whlch Captain Jack fired during
the late unp!easantuess between him and
the Government 10 now ia the Office occupied
By General Davis as his headquarters. II
shows the effect Of hard service, aud appar-
emily Ol:en came in contact with hard rocks
iOr Il il scratched III every part, scarcely a
>pot an eighth Of All inch ia extent being I'M
touched. IL j. one Of the OLD muzLle- lDrling
rifles of the pattern of isG3. Tie lock plate
contains the following inscription " L. :.
Colt IT. & +. 4. Mfg. Co, Hartford Conn.
1863" Ii il rather an uuwieldy weapon
and j. very lnng-abOut four and a half feet.
The barrel alone i Drty inches in length.
1t has three sights, one being marked for a
hundred yards. another for three, and the
third for five hundred yards. The sling is
made Of Piece Of leather, which was appar-
emily broken in the center, for at that point
it is kept together by two copper riyets. and
il Is fastened in the band. by pieces o! buck
sh:n. The upper band is make Of Tin, and is
fastened Ia the .tOcE with four ANAL, head
less nails. This piece of mechanism Is APP
parentiy the work VI the hero Of the lava
beds, and il shows that he prided himself on
how neatly il was done. - Poniani Bsitofm.
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From Virginia.
IOTTsBUR0, VA, Oct. %, |

LoTTsBURG, Va, Oct. %, 1873.
10 TIE Editors ert.e Nes0 National Era and Citizen.
A year Of time has flown around since the
golden October day gave to us the visit OF
Frederick Douglass in Lottsburgh-a peren-
NAL memory.
How his grand presence, great soul, and
high-hearted fidelity to the best Interests
and hopes of the colored race swept clear
the way for liberty. Free speech and Re-
publican ideas, put in peril by the seliisl,
priestly craft and servility to the old master
class that seeks to rob the people Of their
school-house and turn it into church to pre-
vent all discussion and instruction of them
and their children in civil and politicalrights.
How noble, how eloquent, how generous
was his defense. Let our hearts never
cease to be grateful for this unspeakable SER
vice thrown into the scale Of justice and
right.
How the groups and scenes of that day
glow like vivid pictures in our minds, worthy
the genius of art to consecrate with appealing
beauty, truth and feeling to all high sympa-
thies.
While there is grief TO seek redress,
Or balance to adjust,
Where weighs our living manhood less
Than Mammon's vilest DUST
How. COMPOUNDED the cunning bigot at the
whisky grocery corner with his keen good
natured ridcule of their pretense to build a
holier temple than the blue arch of the AL
mighty, under which they insisted politics
must he spoken, not to profane the school
house then, with calm dignity, proceeding
along the road to the school house, drawing
of the mass in the wake of his majestic pres-
ence, the few pharisaic directors left at the
corner to growl and madden at their defeat.
His entrance at the school-house door,
his sppreciative glance at the maps and
chart-hung walls, giving light and knowl-
edge to deaakAn minds. CLA %-N
Then his marvellous felicitous speech as
he stood between the former slaves, 4" into
manhood making" and the old masters,
who, alike. eagerly crowded to hear him,
whose exceptional fame had reached all ears
Yes, bright Red Letter bay in our Virgin.
ginia calendar Rich gift of GOO" to US
all! Manhood, womanhood, honored with
eaaai recognition in the ellow-yoke service
of humanity.
Temperance, peace, purity, elevation, all
REINFORCED BY speech, gesture. and power
full, brave, magnetic examples, food Of light
thrown back on the bhshting past Of slavery,
and forward to the glorious opportunities Of
freedom for all, with no claim for equal jus
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ingly tasteful and altogether charming man
nera lie oftheir touching melodies which were
greatly appreciated. The intervals between
the music we're devoted to conversation. in
which the singers without exception Quit.
captivated the other ladies and gentlemen by
the good taste. p"iite manners, and general
intelligence they displayed. A most
delightful evening was spent. To the Lord
Provost, those ladies and gentlemen who
were present last night owe a debt of graft
tude Tor having given them the opportunity
OF becoming more intimately acquainted.
than they could possibly be at public con-
cert, with SO interesting representatives Of a
too long neglected and despised race, who,
however, have now brighter future before
them. -Edinbvgh Scotsman.
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Tor adjusting. refer to the case Of Ochil.
tree and Parker. Capt. Parker wac an officer
in the Union army. Ochiltree was one in the
Confederate army.
Parker has large family. is poor. but
honest; Ochiltrce has no family. no fixed
habitation, and the reputation Of living bet
ter without employment than with 1t. And
yet the President allowed Parker to be re.
moved and Ochiltree put in his place. Parker
was removed without cause, and Ochiltree
assigned without merit. JUSTICE.
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The other day, Young man Wa ia a ter
rible stew at one Of the uaTket-hOuses
because he couldn't iiud - niger - 10 car
~ home package Of sausage meat iJr him.
a. that sausage meat only weighed pound
or two, and as the generation 81 which this
young man j. member VIII soon have - tax.
the re!ns Of government IA their hands, the
Incident was suggestive. We recO!lrCt rcA
ing somewhere that Chief Justice Ma-Thall
once carried a turkey from market iOT Just
such another young man. Now the latter Is
IN oblivion, and the name Of the great JufI.t
shines ia mems memories Ike the star, '.
Of heaven. - Columbus Index.
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senator j %. tlitGheiI =,
Ussoiatioa sdoptsd by ,h, IT. p"bIiCan state
Csassaiiod At Aibssy O'Tigsn SEPT. iith.

Resolved. That whatever may have been
the misfOrtunes, faults OF shortcomings OF
the Hon. J. II. Mitchell, y. :. senator Of
this state, in his early private life we neither
apologize Tor, pass judgement upon nor justify
HIM, but express our unqualified belief that
10y hi. many year, Of consistent, upright and
honorable conduct in this state have entire
confidence ia his integrity, ability and patriot
I-m, aud that lac viii faithfully aud ably 10.
present them ia tho United states senate
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b0- plous but uneduca,ed Judge elos.d
a sentence with the following iOulh!nz fu-
proach Prisoner al the bar, nature has
endowed you with u good education and re-
spectacle family connections, Instead Of
which you 90 around the CouutT, trailing
ducks"
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Fifteen Texas cattle. Killed BY disease, are
floating in the Illinols River, near ChlllicDlhe,
en- route TO Peoria, and the denzsns, Of the
latter town feel unhappy whenever they see
a hydrant, aud renew their irally 10 their
mOst prominent industry.
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COMMUNICATIONS
FROM THE
STATES AND TERRITORIES.

IEs Nrv NAroxii baA doss not hold itsef responsible
r risss expressed by eorresposdeats We'll sr,teu and
t,t.rs.tn sticns viii be Gladly received
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We 'an only add that i "I!! ad,ri the
Cdnads'oH profound pleasure {, anupun,c, ON
the morning Of Aprl II, th.I Nj Harp.
has won his bet
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LYNCH EAw.

The Waco Examiner, of the Isl,
brings us accounts of the hanging, by q
disguised mob, of Mat Wallace, who
was brother-in-law of the celebrated
Bill Posey, who has figured extensively
as q horse man in that portion Of the
State. His transactions in horse flesh
were not always OH the square, and the
people tiring of his style in horse trad
ing have taken this summary manner
to rid themselves of him. We are no
friend to midnight murdercrs, and
condemn most heartily anything that
has not the sanction as well as the col
oring of the law, in treating the rights
that ought to belong to every one. Mat
Wallace may have been terror to his
section, but we dare say he had a
greater right to fear his neighbors than
they him, as the facts prove. Good
men may sometimes become disgusted
with the laws delays, but they should
never allow themselves to become des-
perate to the extent of shedding the
blood of fellow creature without ac-
cording 70 him every right our consti-
tuition grants to the citizens of Texas.
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Cholera Preventives.

Our attention has been called by DIR.
Cornelius, the Health Officer recently
appointed by the City Council, to the
following invaluable digest from doc
ument which has just been issued by
the American Public Health Associa-
ton, respecting the best mode of de-
stroying the germs of that fearful
scourgc, cholera. If our city will net
upon the suggestions embodied herein,
we can bs saved from the visitation of
SO dreadful calamity:
SANITARY CLEANSING.
The local conditions that chiefly pro-
mote the outbreaks and propagation of
cholera are:
j. Neglected privies.
.. Filth-sodden grounds.
8. Foul cellars and filthy or badly
drained surroundings of buildings
4. Foul and obatructed house drains.
:. Decaying and putrescent materi-
ais, whether animal or vegetable.
8. Unventilated, damp land nncleans-
ed dwellings and apartments.
These lOcalizing causes OF cholera
should be promptly and thoroughly re-
moved before a case of the disease ap-
neers in the town or district, and If
any sources of putrescencc or OF excess
siy,. moisture remain. these should be
controlled nv the proper cleansing,
driving and disinfection. =
Thorough scavenging and surface
drainage. with the application at the
same time of quicklime aud coal tar,
or crude carbolic acid; whitewashing
with fresh quicklime; the cleansing
and thorough drying and ventilation OF
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BY our mississippi exchanges we
see the death of DIR. G. s. Knapp am
nounced. The Doctor enjoyed most
enviablc reputation for his urbanity
and courteous department. during his
whole life, and his lqss must nesessa-
rily cast q gloom in the community In
which he lived. He was the father-in-
law of our esteemed townsman, Capt.
w. F. Fitzgerald.
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Personal,

We regret exceedingly 10 ohr9niole
the severe Illness of Capt. S. J. Adams,
who has been confincdto his bed for the
past few days with fever that seems to
be of stubborn type. We sincerely
trust that the careful ministrations and
experienced treatment he is receiving
may soon bring the flush of health TO
his cheek, and strength to his body.
This community can lily afford TO c-dis-
pense with such man.