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Ladies' Misses and Children's Boots.
Shoes and Slippers.

lies, Misses and Children's Boots, Shoes and
Slippers, suitable for Fall and Winter, en-
bracng all of the latest styles, which We cont
IDENTIFY believe to be the very best stock. We
solicit purchasers to call and examine for them
selves as they will be sold at low prices.
oct = w. b. WADDEY, IA King st.
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Special Notice.

GENTS EXTRA FINE BOOTS & SHOES.
We have just received fresh supply of Gents
extra fine, hand-sewed Boots and Shoes, and
Slippers of every description, which we unhes-
tatingly recommend to be the very best on sale
in the city. w. B. WADDEY,
oct2 "a King street.
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g. RDCE R7E5.

GORGE McBURNEY s. SON,
Dealers in
CHOICE FAMILY AND FANCY GRUCE-
RIES, WINES AND LIQUORS,
ENGLISH and SCOTCH ALE and BRO w n
STOUT.
Also. EASTERN and POTOMAC HERRING
and MACkEkEL
NOS. IG6 AND 40 KING STREET,
Washington Hall BWlding,)
Alexandria, Va.
Orders promptly filed. NH SLIT
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n 0 T ! G. Z .

$500 &c. = E.
Tie stcu,ler COLUMBIA, Captain Jane
Harper, lcSumed her regular route on SAT-
URDAY, March lst, 1873, leaving Baltimore ut
t clock p. m. returning. will ieave Pier s.
Alexandria,, kEEAI IT. ESDAI NIGHT, at
~ o clock.
nI,"Al way freight mus. be prepaid.
For further information apply 10
NY l3-em B. WHEAT, Agent.
rFFlCE POTOMAC FERRY COMPANY,
~ Washington, d. c., March ~, 1873.
On AID after Tt ESDAY NEXT, eT~a
April lSt boats Of this company will .IasASEazkE
leave Washington and AcXundria al +, 7.l5, 5,
3, 10 and Il Un a m, IL m., and |. =. 3, a. ., T.
and 1.iH y. III. ). ). HU WILSON,, Prcst.
). GEDNET, Supi. nh 2l-tt
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THE GAZETTE.
THURSDAY EVENING, NOvEMB. 81.

A REGIMENT BEHIND THE SCENES. -Augus-
tin Daly's call for supernumeraIies for Foxs
new pantomime of 'Humpty Dumpty Abroad, s."
to be produced in the Grand Opera House on
Monday evening, was responded to by over two
thousand persons, two thirds of whom were
genteel young girls. The stage door in Twenty
fourth street was besieged every day OF TINS
week by clamorous throng, and, although
but two hundred were needed, and notice OF
the complement being had was early posted up,
vet the demand for employment did not mode
rate until yesterday afternoon, When the door
was closed tor several hours, and the waiting
crowds were:drven away by the cold. The tor
tunate cues whose names found place on the
pay roll could hardly restrain their joy, and up
to the hour of rehearsal had perfect merry
making 10 the great reception room at the rear
of the stage. "Humpty Dumpty Abroad,
besides the two hundred supernumerares, will
give employment to thirty-two OF the Grand
Opera House regular company, including u.
l.. Fox; forty seven 6rst-class variety perform
ers, such as the Jackley family, ballet OF
sixty, forty children, TWENTY-FIVE scene shutters,
thirty carpenters ten men in the flies, fourteen
ccllarmeu, prompter, call boys, and other regu-
lar assistants, making grand total of nearly
FIVE hundred. 1t has been preparing i've months,
during which seven scene painters have been
10 constant employment, and 1t Is estimated
that its cost before the doors are opened Mon
day evening will have reached $50 1000. N I.
San.
A GREAT PART OF EUROPE lives in constant
peril of deuge. The rise lately of the NeVa,
and the inundation of St. Petersburg was only
one type of what might happen at any time TO
the whole of Holland, and does occur every
year in portions OF France and Italy. La Ho
land, leak may be sprung at any moment III
the great ocean dykes of sand Waited with the
roots of trees and grass A spring tide driven
by north west winds has more than once brought
on serious danger, and sometimes in the dark
ness of the night, 10 spite ofthe vigilence which
constantly guards these barriers, an attack all
along the line by the wind and waves may send
the ocean boiling and roaring over the richest
farms in the world and fair cities, and dream
log country houses. The great rivers. too are
almost as dangerous as the ocean. Every year
the rain fall and the melting SHOWS from Swift
erland and Germany come pouring down upon
the fats of Holland. Here the sluggish mass
slowly drags itself between costly embellishments
to the sea. A, Ratwyk, the Rhine is positively
ifteu out of Holland by powerful machinery.
Iu France floods are of perpetual occurrence,
and appear to have become more disastrous of
late years The Rhine aud the Loire are utter
~ unmanageable Of other rivers, the Elbe,
aud Danube, the Pc, the Tagus, aud even the
Rhine aud the Guadalquiver, are at times ire
mendous agents of devastation.
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MORE FOLK AND BOS t o N.

feb 1871 NO. III kIng street, !t!eXaldT!A
ORFOLK AND BOSTON.
The steamer LADY OF THE LAKE con-
Meeting at Norfolk with The steamers ~ IT.
of the Merchants and Miners Trans ls
pcrtation Company for Boston, will leave her
wharf, No. 4 south wharyes, EVERY MON
DAY and THURSDAY at 2.3O p. NJ, for Nor
folk Returning, leave Norfolk on TU ESDAGS,
and FRIDAYS; at p. m, stopping at toFt
Washington, Giymont Pincy Point, Point
Lookout and Fortress Monroe.
This line, connecting at Alexandria with the
O.. \. s NJ and w i Q. K. Rs. and at Nor
folk with the Boston steamers offers superior m
ducements for the rapid and careful shipment OF
all kinds Of ght to Boston. The rates being
rected to !hs feature All freight forwarded
free OF commission, and through bills OF ladlng
given.
For freight or passage apply on board, or to
Y. d. GRONER, Norfolk, }. &. WATERS,
Georgetown, or
DORSEY CLAGGETT, Gen. Agt,
Cor. 18th ST. and New York ave,
Washington d. C.
First class fare to Norfolk, 81 round trip, Sc
Second class fare to Norfolk, So round trip, So
up 22-tt
assSne MERCHANTS 5TsA k,Sh fE" YORK
The Inc consists +: the following nrst-class
outside steamers:
E. G. KNIGHT. ......... Capt. w. S. Johnson
JOHN GIBSON. ".......... Capt. w. II Winters
AND
VALLEY CITY. ....... Capt Bedel
Will leave New York EVERY SATURDAY
for this port; and returning, will leave Alezan
lria EVERY FRIDAY, at II clock.
All freight must be on the dock by 3. N.
For freight passage apply to
HOOE & JOHNSTON,
Agents. No. Prince street.
Agents in New York,
GEO B. MERRlCh,
apo 226 South ST.. Ter No. 80 East river
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WM. ikATSA v.
IHINEsE TEA CONH'A NJ

NO. NORTH ROYAL STREET,
Have Just received large and carefully Sc
lected stock of "
mo old stock.)
Japans, pound, half do. and quar-. do. packages.
very fine, w
five 10 chests, superior Iua;lty...... o0
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ~
Oolong, extra fine dualty. ~
superior ....S.-...."'.'....'. 70
fair 20
Imperial, extra inc V 81
superior ..........'..''.'''', ~
fair " Observation-Disclosures. ~
Young Hyson, extra fine. Observation-Disclosures. ~
English Breakfast " ,..'......''''.'.'....' 10 10
w
Gunpowder, extra line, 6o
superior, ........... .'.........'. l 90
1" ! w
We are confident that the quality Of our Teas
cannot be surpassed, and arc willing to have
them compared with any in the market.
We have everything in the FIN GROCEk1
LINE.
SHELF GOODS of all kinds, fresh stock.
FRENCH CANDY, guaranteed to be pure.
The best brands of Domestic and Imported
CIGARS and TOBACCO.
We particularly request our customers 70 re-
turn any article purchased from Us that does net
give satisfaction.
ANY club order purchased from the Tea Com
panies in New York will be duplicated in price,
and surpassed in quality.
No. II north Royal street,
~ l2-tf Alexandria, Virgins.
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mo WAGON MAKERS-Wc have on hs,'
i asuperior lot of GU NJ, ELM and tAh
b UBS, which were made to our order + :2&s J!
ed tin Der These Hubs have been examine BY
competent judges and pronounced to be ch"al"f
md better than any heretofore brought :" Ill,
market We invite an examination. Our .,"'H
of Rims and Spokes are OF Eastern nIa""iH'-
ture, and are lar moro durable and bctt"s nsd"
than Western goods. Axles, Springs, EtNIr.
Canvas, and other goods in the same inc "L"'''
in store, and prices moderate. Ctl! ami sr%
nov 10 }. 7. CRElGHTON X son.
OYSTER KNIVES. wood haEdIc t." beet
" oyster knife out, for sale by
JAS. f. CARLlN &SONH,
nov IL g., King >.r""t.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-02-27

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NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, THURSDAY FEBRUARY a. 1878

ris' motion to adopt the bill as a whole on
its second reading.
Adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Harris, the constitu
tionai rule was suspended, the bill read a
third time and finally adopted with It's
title.
On motion of Mr.. Burch the rules were
suspended to take up Senate bill No. !i9. a
bill to be entitled an act for the relief Of
the homestead of the late Lieutenant Gov
ernof Q. j. Dunn, and making all appro-
priation therefor, and for other purposes
The bill was read the second timeo
On motion of Nr Burch the bill Vas con-
sideIed engrossed.
On motion of NJ. Burch the constitutional
ruie was suspended and the bill passed its
third reading, and was finally adopted with
its titleo
RESOLUTIONS.
Under . suspension Of the rules Mr..
Bovee offered the following resolution:
WHEREAS, The Senate has been notified
of the adjournment Of the House of Repre-
sentatlves out of respect to the memory OF
Hon. John Hedgepath, lately deceased.
therefore. be it
ReSolred, That as tribute of respect to
the memory of Hon. John Hedgepath, late
Representative to the General Assembly
from the parish of st. James, that this
Senate do now adjourn until Wednesday.
the twenty sixth instant. as twelve
o'clock NJ.
Pending the consideration Of the resofu.
ton. Mr.. Burch delivered a eulogy on the
late Mr.. Heogepath. and closed by moving
the adoption of the resolution
Adopted.
The President then announced that the
Senate stood adjourned until Wednesday.
February 70. 1873. at twelve o'clock M
P. E. BECHTEL.
Secretary of the Senate.
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in order except the main question, and n.
appeal could not be entertained.
NJ D,.us ,,,oya5 IN adjourn

in order except the main question, and II.
appeal could not be entertained.
Mr.. Blunt moved 10 adjourn,
On call of the yeas and nays the SeD,s
refused to adjourn by the following vote
Yeas-Alexander, Barber, Belden, BIN,
Crawford, Pollard, Wharton.
Nays-Anderson Butler, Blackbu,.
Brewster, Burch, Cage, Chad bourn, Greana
Harris. Pr. Herwig. L. +. Herwig, Harm
Ingrahan. Kelso, Merrill. Rey. Stampn,
Twitchell, Weber-l9.
Section six was then read and adopted
Section seven was then read.
Mr.. Blunt moved to strike Gus the wbo.
section.
Mr.. Blackburn moved 20 lay the molten
on the table.
Carried.
Mr. Blackburn moved this adoption of th
section.
The section was then adopted on a call
of the yeas and nays. by the fOllowin,
vote:
Yeas-Anderson Belden. Butler, Burcb
Blackburn, Brewster. Cage. Cha0bOun
CraN ford, Greene, Harris, p. +. Herwis
Harper, Ingraham, Kelso, Merrill, Pollard
Rev, Stamps, Sypher, TwitcheIl, Weber-9
Nays-Alex 8nder. Barber, Blunt, Eff
Herwig, WHARTON.
Section eight was then read and adopted
and the bill adopted as a whole on second
reading.
Mr. Anderson called up message from
she House of Representatives relative to the
death of Hon, Benjamin K. CAN'T, Repre-
sentative from the parish of st. Landry.
The Secretary informed the Senate tina.
the message vas not in possession Of tn,
Senate.
Thereupon Mt. Anderson moved that the
Senate do now adjourn, out OF respect to
memory of Hon. Benjamin &. CAN'T, Rep
resentative from the parish Of St. Landry.
Adopted.
The President thea announced that Zoe
Senate stood adjourned unit! Thursday,
February =. 1878. a. twelve o'clock u
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Fortieth Days sSession.

SENATE CEINBgR,
New Or:eans. February 26. 1873. 5
The Senate net pursuant to adjournment.
and was called to order by Hon. c. c, An
tome, Lieutenant Governor CT the State AID
President of the Senate.
On cal! of the roll the following Senators
answered to their names:
Messts. Alexander, Barber, Butter. Blunt,
Black burn, Brewster. Burrh. Bovee, Chad
bourn, Crawford. Harris, p. F. HerSig,
4. F. Hegwig. Harper, Ingrshams ke4so,
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|
E. ". Cramer. David ". Fell,
| Charles Stein. John 7. Scale,
j. N. CraUer. Z. 3. Guion,
| Alfred Barres. Samuel Calm.
| 2. w. Morrison. John o. Bradf I'd,
j. ). Dundas, 4. j. Thomson.
! George Voelker. Joe Hamburger.
Moses FeilbeIeader, Moses Catzasheis.
Peter Smith. William Shu3rt.
Jack Smith, J. s Richards n,
| Thomas Coates. l.. NJ. DrnAing,
n. +. Fell. James II. Goodman,
+. l.. Maxwell. 4. 7. Tell.
C.. T. Carpenter. A. V. Brown.
John Dixon, II. NJ. fl9yG,
James Peter.;el9 n. Rohieder.
Edward Cunningham. James Perkins,
James Hudson, Robert BFlk,
w. K. WadsWOrth, Charles Oneai,
Barley Mcclure, John Th.m4,o
Tom Robinson,
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Ingrahan. chairman Of the Commit
tee on Bauks and Banking. submitted the
following report on Senate bill No. Il8. d
bill TO be entitled an act to incorporate the
Shreveport. Savings Bank and Trust Com.
pany:
Report favorah1y.
JAMES Il. INGRAHAM.
Chairman.
Lies over.
Mr.. Kelso. chairman Of the Committee on
Corporations and Parochial fairs, submit
ted the following on Senate bill No. 100:
To the Honorable President and Members Of the
Senates
Your Committee on Corporations and
Parochial Affairs, to whom was referred
Senate bill No. 100, entitled an act to estab-
lish steam ferry at Gran Eoore, Louis.
lana, beg leave to report fav0Tably upon
the same, and recommend its passage.
GEORGE Y. KELSO, Chairman.
Lies over.
INTRODUCTION or BILLS.
By unanimous consent, Mr.. Merrill intro
duced the following bill, to be entitled an
act to amend and re-enact section 1915 Of
the Revised Statutes ct large relative to
the summary docket Of the Supreme Court
Of Louisiana, approved April 81, 1872.
On motion OF Ar. Merrill. lour-ff.hs Of
all the members present having voted al.
Tentatively, the rules were suspended, the
bill read second time. and referred 10 the
Committee on Judiciary.
MIR. lnsraham introduced tie folloyi1e
bill, viz:
A bill to be entitled an act for the relief
OF C. s. Sagyines. late e!vi! sheriff. parish Of
Orleans.
Four-itths Of all the member. present
having voted affrmatyely. the rules we're
suspended ana the bill Was resd the seeond
time.
On norion Of Mr.. 1ngrahan, the bill and
accompanying documents subuittea By
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THE SENATE YESTERDAY.

Chief ClerS
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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-05-08
The Indians.

The most authentic reports place
the total number of Indians within
the United States, exclusive of those
in Alaska, at 100000, which probably
approximates the truth. Of these,
there are 10000 in Nebraska, Kansas,
and the Indian Territory; $4,000 in
Minnesota and the States east of the
Mississippi; $4,000 in the Territories
of Dakota, Mountains, Wyoming and
Idaho; $4,000 in Nevada and Ter
ritories not previously mentioned and
$4,000 on the Pacific slope. Of this
whole Indian population it is estimat-
ed that not more than 5000 are in
cluded in the various hostile bands.
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BE Brief.

Long speeches, long letters and
long communications are out of place
in these stirring times. We have q
whole words news to look after, and
put in order for our readers over
night. Remember that kind correspon-
dents and contributors. Avoid paren-
thesis. Drop the semi-colons alto
gether. Make the space between the
periods as brief as possible. Shake
out the adjectives without reserve.
Sacrifice the pet metaphors. Be not
led away by the love Of antithesis, or
ALTERATION. Be clear, be crisp and
pertinent, alike in your invectives,
erlogies and recommendations Think
of the Lords Prayer, and then of the
awful substitute served up by sensa-
tion-mongers in too many pulpits.
What fights of tawdry rhetoric, and
volleys of expletives; what endless
repetitions of tedious details, weary
and disgust the hearer. 1t is fright,
full to think of the time wasted by
these self-parading petitioners and
long-winded inditers of many-headed
sermons. Life is too short, tod full
of cares and duties, to be thrown
away thus. The best advice. the
brightest wit, the deepest wisdom,
comes ever in small packages.-[Bos-
ton Globe.
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Teachers Department.
Narrow Teachers.

The complaint is often heard that
teachers become fussy, arbitrary and
narrow in their views, and good for
nothing else. This statement is true
except the last clause, for If one has
falleninto that condition, heis certainly
unit to teach. Such, doubtless, is
the tendency in this profession but
it can be resisted and that successful
ly. There is, however, but one way
in which to do it, and that is by a
persistent and liberal culture of the
mind 1 have, in my experience, met
with many teachers whose society was
as rich and genial as any I have ever
found; but this has always come d
constant mental activity and disci-
plen- Believe me, teachers, by this
means, and by this only, can you
resist the narrowing influence of your
work. You must learn to WELD free
and intelligent judgment in various
spheres. You may, for instance, even
in the midst ofyour work, by prop
er training of mind and heart, possess
a taste that shall be so far consonant
with the true principles of art as to
catch the inspirations Of nature.
Sympathy with nature is one of the
most potent preventives of the evils
to which 1 have alluded A teacher,
furthermore, should be in constant
communication with the great masters
of thought, especially in our own Ian
guage. To neglect this seems to me
inexcusable. 1t argues a smallness
of mind and perversion of taste that
should find no place in the work of
instructing living souls. Il Conn.
School Journal.
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Effect Of Imagination.

Many years ago, celebrated
French physician, author of an excel
lent work on the effect of imagination
wished to combine theory with prac-
tice; in order to confirm the truth of
his propositions. To this end he
begged the Minister of Justice in
Paris to allow him to try an expert
n1ent on a criminal condemned to
death. The Minister consented, and
delivered to him an assassin of dis
tinguished rank Our savant sought
the culprit and thus addressed him:
''Sir, several persons who are inter
ested in your family have prevailed on
the Judge not to require of you to
mount the scaffold and expose your
self to the gaze of the populace. He
has, therefore, committed your SEN
tence, and sanctions your being bled
to death within the precincts of your
prison; your dissolution will be grad
ual and free from pain.
The criminal submitted to his fate,
thought his family would be less dis
graced, and considered it a favor not
to be compelled to walk to the place
Eof public execution. He was con-
Quoted to the appointed room, where
every preparation was made before
hand; his eyes were bandaged, he
was strapped to table, and at a
preconcerted signal four of his veins
were gently pricked with the point of
pin. At each corner of the table
was small fountain of water, so con
trived as to flow gently into basins
placed to receive it. The patient,
believing that it was his blood he
heard flowing, gradually became weak,
and the conversation of the doctors
in an unde-rtone confirmed him in
this opinion.
'FWhat fine bloodI' said one,
What a pity this man should be con-
demned to die. He would have lived
long time"
'tHush!" said the other, then ap-
preaching the first, he asked him in
low voice, but so as to be heard by
the criminal, '.How many pounds
of blood are there in the human
body?"
''Twenty-four; you see already
about ten pounds extracted; that
man is now in hopeless state.
The physicians then receded by de-
grees, and continued to lower their
voices. The stiffness which reigned
in the apartment, broken only by the
dripping fountains, the sound Of
which was gradually lessened, SO af-
fected the brain of the poor patient,
that although man of very strong
constitution, he fainted'and died with
out having lost drop of blood.
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A romance connected with the
wreck of the Atlantic was the discov-
cry that one of the sailors of the Ill
fated steamer, whose life was sacri-
feed in efforts to save others, was q
young woman of about twenty or
twenty-five years of age. Her sex
was not known until the body was
washed ashore and the rude clothing
removed preparatory to burial. She
had served as a common sailor for
three voyages, and was a favorite
shipmate with all. She is described
as having fewer of the vices incident
to sailors life than is usual, but she
was, nevertheless, as jolly an old tar
as any of them. One of the survivors
of the crew in speaking of her re-
marked, 81 didn't know Bill was a
woman. He was a good fellow,
though, and 1 am sorry he was a wo-
man." The most singular part of the
whole story is that the woman was
an American, and was about the only
one of that nationality belonging to
the crew. Who she was and where
she came from, and her motive for
leading such a strange life of hard
ship, will never be known.