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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-03-20
Pleasant Hour ON the Ship Kate Dayen.

| Yesterday morning. willie taking the
usual ramb!e along the ievee, the meat
and trim appearance Of the ship Kate
| Davenport attracted attention. As it was
| too early for business. 700 late for crime,
an interview with the captain of this
| staunch-.ookirs c,IpIer was decided upon.
| Suiting the action 10 the word and grasp.
ing the man ropes, our representative as
cended the side ladder and Immediately
found himself in the presence Of a young
sailor whom one would class as about third
mate. Upon asking him if the captain was
| on board he politely answered, AT your
service, sir A good-natured smile lit up
his weatherbeaten face as he saw the mo-
mentary surprise. and as be turned his
back TO escort us below. as he called it,
though only a step over q threshold. We
had time 20 recover our establishment and
get ready to beard the young skipper in the
domain where he reigned supreme.
The Kate Davenport, 10 all appearances
short distance off looks like bran new
ship, and il was with no little argument on
the part Of Captain Duncan that we were
made TO believe that his ship was nearly
ten years OLD. and that he had been over
seven years her first officer, and two years
her captain. He also informed us that it
had been seven years since he had visited
the United States, having spent nearly all
that time between Europe and the East In
dies. In fact, TO use his own words, he
felt only partially civilized. but his looks
and his surroundings belied him. On his
cabin table was an album filed with some
OF the prettiest faces the East could boast
OF, also many fair English blondes, as well
as Scotch lassies. Occasionally the face of
. man had found is way between those
leaves. but only TO look and feel uncomfort-
able and out OF place.
The Captains apsrtu Cnts were all. aye,
more than bachelor deserves: for we be-
lieye in marriage and giving in marriage;
and when u man does not mean 20 marry
we believe in making him so uncomfortable
that he IS obliged 20. However, we will
not censure our yoarg mariner until after
he has retained from New York. where he
purposes spending :welve-month holiday
after h. seven years of exile.
Follu" ing short and exceedingly pleas
ant chat. at oUr request Captain Duncan
sat down 20 lis mt.odeon and played the
plaiu:ive air ui Old Robin Gray in
manner that wcn,d pu: many an artist in
the shade. On lie next page was the old
pennyroyal hymn Of = Oar Days are as the
Grass" etc. AS tie frs: notes were struck |
it brought us back 20 the days of childhood.
long New England Sabbaths. ancient dea-
cons. contribution boxes. etc. The result |
was we al! joined in the good old hymn |
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The public - not informed az 70 the au-
thorship OF the new sensation, entitled
Escaped from Sng Sing written for Mr..
Dominick Murray: but 70 one who sits
through its repress n:a;ion can fail 20 dis
cover that one ohjec: II view was 20 give
Mr.. Murray free and fall scope in exhibit.
ing his wonderful versatility in character
acting. He is the centre around which all
the other characters revolve, and the spec
tator never loses sigh: of that fact. Whether
as the French Doctor, as EPh BtoOdwOrtt,
sport as English BIZ, a burglar and forger,
as Sandy McPherSon. ScOtchman. or
as Mr. C!aa.de Theodore LiciSt0ne, Mr.. Muir
ray excites the interest of the audience to
the highest point and infuses into their
minds the passions which he expresses.
His delineatiOns of the several characters
are natural, truthful and life-lke. and hence
excite the most intense admiration for the
actor. no matter how repulsive may be the
character he persOnates.
The play depicts AL shades Of life. and
pleases all soE:s of people. It viii he re.
peated tonight.
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WHOLE NUMBER 1924.

when they are a little out of latitude. called
his attention directly to the fact, 1T is thus
and so: do not get away 100 fast: DO not de-
clare too much because when you do we can
not very readily get you out of this pit :;
now look at this thing; the reason is thus
and So With all this my friend over the
way from Ohio. was not very well satisfied;
he jlst simply subsided aud seemed TO say.
"Oh, this is workin: vel! enough; the Re-
publicans are doing our work; foolish we
would be if we We're to enGeavor 10 do any
thing now; we might make them all look
the same way and prejudice our cause they
are dong it all for US. We have got a great
Carpenter Of the Senate. He will manu-
facture us most magnificent building ont
OF this rough material 60: up by the cum
ming Governor" And thus we have pro
gressed. and il IS now just exactly four
o'clock in the morning, and l will drop the
subject
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THoRoUcHBRED SToCK.-The grea. and
important sale OF thoroughbred cows. heif-
ers and bulls, from the Col: 4 Fowler in
portation. 10 be sold this Cay a. eleven
o'clock, al the corner u Penn and Perdido
streets, near BaConne, by Messrs. Mont
gomery, ;s worthy the attention Of judges
Of good stock. This herd Of choice milk.
ers is from the stock farm Of Colonel B. B.
Groom. of Clark county, Kentucky, and
consists Of tie celebrated milk family so
favorably known in tta. State. Most Of
the cows are with young calves. Citizens
and planters are invited TO call and ex.
anime this choice collection of fine mixers.
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We under stand that Barnes Hotel, at
Mississippi City, will be opened by Colonel
). .. Nixon about the fifteenth Of next
May. The management will be the same
as last
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Mr.. W. a. Dooley. representing tie
house OF Dooley & Brother, manufacturers
OF Dooleys yeast powder, No GO New street,
New York, is in the city on business con.
nected with that firm.
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B0G0TA on CUBAN INDEPENDENCE
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ERIE OFFICIALS SUSPENDED
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THEIR SUBMISSION TO THE QUEEN
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ST. LOUIS AND KANSAS RAILROAD Strike
Train Ditched and Bridge Burned

IMPORTANT SUIT FOR STOLEN BONDS
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RELIGIOUS EXCITEMENT IN GENEVA
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B Y ELE GRAPH.
LATEST NEWS FROM ALL POINTS

CASEY's CONFIRMATION CERTAIN
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MINISTER ORR AND THE CzAR
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AN ITALIAN BARK FOCyDEREn
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NAMES OF INCOMING CABINET
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MISCELLANEOUS.
NOTICE.

A: pove-s 'f attorney authority to collect
tI.!. heretofore gwen by William II. Smith. late
bcIlt rmakeT, No. IL Front street. New Orleans,
are revoked by the death of said Smith :Le
seventh March. 1913
mill II MRS. WILLIAM II. SMITH.
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,fr. Casey's Confirmation ProbabIe-.ffs-
lister to China Resigned-Hon, Lames
Brooks Sinking Daily-LoyaI Census
Takers of ] $50 TO be Paid-Credit Mo-
biler Books inatious-Na
finn
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t0oSTNUED ON EIGHTH PAGB,l
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G. II. ALLEN s CO,
IN. Si New Ieyee ktreet

NOTtCE.-AE ASSOCIATION UNDER THE
" title of the Southern Publ stng Company
authorized by act passed before Edward
Hogan, public notary in the city of New Orleans,
Of date the seventh day of December. 1853 The
capital stock of this company never sub
sciibed. 1t has no assets and The term for which
its officers were appointed expired one year from
'he date Of lis incorporation, as stated This COM
paDv has, then TO organization. no assets. and no
legal resDonti biity
". NJ. Burwel named in the &C: and articles OF
Incorporation president OF the Southern Puo
lIshiIg Company, and Richard Edwards, vice pTesi.
dent, and MessT7 James T. Tucker, ESQ, Gideon
TOwneeI' ESQ. and L. II. Summers. directors.
mblu e. y
Smyrna times., 1873-06-18
Peach Growers Meeting.
DOVER, June 9Th. lS7:


The ''Peninsular Fruit Growers Association" m Of
IN IN me Representative Hall at2 p. M. large mum.
per OF prominent fruit growers being present Hon.
Chatles Brown was chosen President and N Todd
secretary, PROTEIN
Report Of the Committee on "New Markets. and
New Routes" was called for and Mr. s 'rownsend
caleu or the reading of The report OF the Committee
submitted Feb 10th, 1879. After the renort wos
Ieau mr'r reviewed the work done by the Com.
Wnuee We towards opening New Routes around New
tofk' insisting that il had done its duty TO the Asso
ciatloh mat The last meeting acted badly tnwards
MN IN gushing HIM from the Charmanshi6. said he
was uOhe with The association, and bidding .soood
day TeIIred. --..-..----.-- -"s s'0u
=, MesSrs Brown and X. II. Cummins stated that
Mr. Townsend was labOring under false impression
fecelVed from the report Of last mee in one oI "A a
paPefs' that Inc gentlemen who were requested IN
ascertain lully what arrangements could be made far
snIppihs iTut around New York. took the place of
Inc regular CommlIiee; that no disresuect was
intended towards MIR. Townsend and thot iho -,
mltIee stood the same ~ I'm
= secretary read communication from the SHAW
fork and Boston Despatch Association stating Thai
they were making arrangements 10 mi frn;t in
Boston early in the morning that thew conld handle
any amount Oi irut and would nut on trains s soon
as the peach season opened
Mr.. +. X. Cochran stated that he had received
Information from the Wilmington and Reading
h' H. That they were building new cars and womb
be ready TO carry peaches this season. Said he had
ounu Reading scranton, WlIkesbare, to pay better
prices than New York
The Importance OF opening new Rontes aro,,J
New York was urged by several members.
a resolution was adopted, explaining matters 70
VII townsend, and requesting the commtte on
view Routes TO act at once and report to next
meeting.
Adjourned to meet on the second Tuesday in
July. !"
The following estimates Ofihe crop in basket were
Smyrna times., 1873-06-18
STATE AND LOCALS.

We have to omit some advs this week
Read Mr.. Flick adv. and then "go for hi
creams and ices.
st. Paul's Sunday School, Wilmington make
an excursion to Collins Beach tomorrow.
The manufacture OF peach culling machine:
has been commenced in Middletown.
William Hayes, of Middletown, was badly
injured in street fight in Phila last week
About $4,000 were used up in paying of
the Bombay Hook railroad men hereabouts
last week.
A deposit of iron ore on the farm of John
q. Clark near KirkwoOd, is now being tested
In order to ascertain if it will pay for working.
The lawyers of Wilmington held memo
rial meeting Saturday afternoon to pay suitable
respect to the memory of the late Chiet Justice
Chase.
The closing exercises for Smyrna Seminary
will take place at the town hall on Friday
evening, and promise to be the most enter
tanning ever given.
A Rebecca Lodge of Odd Fellows was
initiated in Brandywine Hd, last week. 1t is
the first of the kind in the State This degree
is taken only by ladies.
1t is suggested that we adopt the popu-
lar French name "Fete Champetre,' (pro.
nounced fate champate) for picnic" or
excursion"
The drought has been fearful on the straw.
berry crop. The fruit has a cooked appear
ance. Shipments still continue, however, and
the prices hold up as the supply decreases.
Sewell g. Biggs. Esq, of Mt. Pleasant
New Castle CO., expects to pick ten thousand
crates Of Hales from fine orchard he owns
near Bridgeville, Sussex CO.
The Greo"c thinks, in view of the West
verdict, there should be an additional penalty
or two paced on our statutes-one particularly
''ior skinnin2 a man when killed by another
an sci a,Jcae..
y ilo,c.t IIome is to be held at Kenton
about the middle Of July on the grounds of the
M. Il. Church, and for benefit of said church.
A sumptuOus dinner, music, speeches, &C.,
will characterize the day.
An Indignation meeting was held in Will
mington last week to oppose the appropriation
of $4,000 by the city for the purchase of a
park on the Brandywine. AUother meeting
is to be held tonight IA. Il H..
Next Sunday is the second Quarterly Meet.
ing day for the NJ. i. Church Preaching at
Gin the evening in this town by Presiding
Elder Hough. Preaching in the morning at
Serverson's, Smyrna Circuit, by the Elder.
A grand Fourth Of July celebration is to be
held at Cuba Hill, near Wilmington. Richie
band and orchestra have been engaged and
Rev. j.. Combe is to talk on temperance and
John OByrne on patriotism
Two young men of Philadelphia, named
Yost and Haddock, who went to Wilmington
with party of ten, on a recreating trip, were
drowned in the Brandwine whilst bathing on
Saturday. They we're only about 10 years old.
The Cazier farm, situated near Kirkwood,
in Pencader Hundred, ard containing frac-
nll - Il
Rodney, at Trustees sale, on Friday last, 10
Jacob B. Cazier Esq, for $50 20 per acre. b.
The Philadelphia Star says IL Delaware
law is good for the latitude of New York, theu
inthe case OF young WBlworth as IN the case
of DIR. West, the nnrderer's statement that
his crime was done iD self-defcnce must be
accepted, aud he must be acquitted.
Smyrna times., 1873-06-18

The LEoTURE.-The lecture of DR.. Haven.
last night, in this town, in the iterests of
education was an admirable effort, short and to
however, though free. And it is seldom that
such lectures are attended-here or elsewhere
We could even bore our readers with synopsis
OF this one, short and full of cream as it was.
Such lack of interest in such direction NAV
be ,deplored, but it cannot be ignored. The
fault is not all with the community, however.
These talks are too apt to be fearfuliy long and
iearfully dry, and they are consequently
stunned as a pestilence. Such should not
have been anticipated from such a lecturer as
DR.. Haven. ~ -
Smyrna times., 1873-06-18

THE WEST VERDICr. Elsewhere we Civ
the opinions of the press on the West verdict
1t shows the unanimity of condemnation
and the scope of argument Not a singl
journal endorses this travesty upon Justice
The DeldoC1reaA, while it uses the whitewasl
brush vigorously, does not wish to be under
stood as attempting to act as their apoi0gists
or as trying to justify their verdict" We d,
not know what else to call its criticism, bu
give its explanation for what it's worth Bu
for the fact that it occupies the position i
does, we believe its denunciations would be as
marked as any of the rest quoted
The Phila. Ledger, it will be observed
earnestly commends the charge of the court tc
public favor. The verdict was bad enough,
but if the Chief Justice had sustained the plea
of Ex-senator Salisbury, that the confession
of crime carries with it the criminals excuses
in justification, so that to receive one involves
the admission of the other, the court would
have set up precedent in Jurisprudence that
would have been even worse than the verdict.
Settle that as a principle of law and every
murder would be excusable. The murderer s
own word would be beyond impeachment,
while his crime might be even more repulsive.
if possible, than Vests. The Chief Justice
charged in the interests of humanity and COM
mon sense when he laid down the argument
that, to reduce homocide in self defence to this
degree, it must be shown by sufficient proof
that TIE slayer was closely pressed by his
assallant, and the jury must be satisfied that
unless he killed the asailant he was in immi-
nent danger either of losing his own life or
suffering enormous bodily harm.
We are not of those who give a political
aspect to this verdict True, the jury were a
Democrats, and most Of them think, in all llproba-
bility, that it would have been better if West
had killed all the ''niggers' instead of one. but
the verdict is condemned without regard to
party bias. 1t was the selection of the Jury on
the part of the defence that cleared the
prisoner. They were "hero worshipers" and
Vests council was their hero. They knew
what their hero expected and they would
not have disappointed his expectations for all
the murderer's lives in the United States
hardly for their own lives. They were simply
honest. Nothing could have changed their
verdict They ran counter to the charge of the
court, common sense and the peace of society,
bat they accomplished what they honestly
thought Mr.. Salisbury wanted them to
accomplish.
Smyrna times., 1873-06-18

AN INGENIOUS OLD NEGRo.-The Repmb.
,5ca" e ), tells OF an ingenious old negro, "Old
B6en' formerly slave of Major Reybold.
The Republicun says On reaching his twenty.
eighth year, the Major set him free, when he
at once made bargain to continue in the EN-.
ploy of his old master, and has ever since re-
SIDED with the ReybOld or Clark family. For
the tn past four years he has lived with John G.
Clark. He is quite mechanical genius,
among his exploits being the construction of a
model OF a steamboat with paddle wheels,
walking beam, pilot house, bell, &C., which
serves as a weather vane. The name John G
Clark is cut on the wheel house in neat letters.
When the wind blows the machinery is set in
notion. 1t Is rather an extraordinary piece of
mechanism for an uneducated colored man
lie also made a Germantown dearborn TO seal
four children, having top, &c, all as complete
as could be turned out by any of our carriage
manufacturers. Old Ben is unmarried, lives
contentedly with his employer, and is quite a
iavorlte in the neighborhood. When aske d
why he had never married, he replied that
the woman he would have he could not pet
and those who would have him the devil woud
not have" '"
Smyrna times., 1873-06-18

The Establishment of John w. Flick on
Main Street, opposite the Bank, has of late
become such a necessity to the community,
that existence would be dreary without it.
MIR. Flick's Cream and Ices, together with
the most complete stock of Confectionery and
Fruit, have sort Of magnetic attraction for
all lovers of good things, while his excellent
Bread and Pastry is praised by all, whoever
have used it. But this is not the only reason
we say so; there is another point, which every
economical housekeeper has in view by pur.
chasing at this place. This is the cheapnes.
OF every article sold which has convinced
many, that it is more profitable to buy their
Bread, Cakes and Pies, than to bake them.
selves, especially in warm weather. A visit
to Flick's will convince any one of the correct.
ness of our view of this establishment and
also Of the fact, that they can have the very
best for the same money, as otherwise the
ordinary and common articles will cost.
Smyrna times., 1873-06-18

WEST, AND THE ARSON QUEsrroN.-The
Baltimore american facetiously says:
Professor West will now be tried for arson.
ana no doubt he will be able to show that the
fire resulted from an explosion of the exbiIera9
ting gas Of which he claimed to be the discov.
erer, or possibly that poor Cooch Turner'S
ghost returned on the night after his murder
and applied the incendiary match. We firmly
believe that DR.. Isaac G. West will not be con-
victed of the crime of arson"
There is no telling what sort verdict will
DC rendered, if nice, discriminating jury like
the other one can be secured. We can only
say what kind verdict they ,con't render
guilty"
Smyrna times., 1873-06-18

The EFFICIENCY OF THE LASH AMI
PILL0RY.-A Chicago paper, the Inter- Ocean
In recent article on Whipping, as punish
ment for crime says:
Out of a population of $4,000 Delaware
reported l45 persons convicted of crime during
the year ending June 80, 1870. The District
OF Columbia, with l3l 700, reported 12I per.
sons convicted for the same period, and
Nebraska, with l22, ,993, reported SO convic.
uons, New York had one convict out of every
500 OF her inhabitants; Illinois had one out OF
every 1865; Delaware one out of every S62.
The tgures are interesting from the fact that
the whipping post is still an institution in
Delaware, and is claimed to lessen crime much
more than ordinary modes of punishment.
Delaware has no great cities, were criminals
most abound, and yet we find that she has
nearly as many convictions in proportion to her
population as New York, with her dozen COM
merclal cities and her large number of preten
tlous towns and villages, while she has twice as
many as Illinois, and proportionally larger
number than most OF the States. Attention is
called TO this from the fact the semiannual
whipping has just taken place there, and the
spectacle, as described in the papers, was so
sckening and disgusting as to leave no excuse
Tor Its continuance save in the most absolute
ana unquestlonable proofs Of its efficiency in
the prevention of crime. This, according to
the census reports, she cannot show, but on
the contrary, the fact is demonstrated that as a
monltory regulation the system is a failure.
A public whipping has always. been con.
sidered the most disgraceful OF punishments.
Brutal as the blow may be, there is a keener
sung to person OF any sensativeness in the
degradation than in the lash. There can be,
therefore, no grade or degree iu this punish.
ment, save In the wrong direction; for the
eerrlng and unfortunate, but not irreclaimahlv
bad, who are subjected to this disgrace suffer
ten times :he punishment of the brutal and
blows" "''A ~ 'iie
Smyrna times., 1873-06-18

Private advices from Alabama say the
cholera now prevails in that State, and is
disease is increasing in Memphis, where there
were 2l interments Sunday against II on Sat
urday., The total mortality from cholera in
Memphis last week was 3S. Although the
number of patients increases, the physicians
say the disease yields more readily to treatment
than heretofore. In Nashville the physicians
do not agree as to the identity of the disease,
some Of them doubling whether it is the "real
cholera, but all report the cases 'entirely CON
trolable." Notwithstanding this the deaths
average IL and Is daily, the chief mortality
being among the colored population.
Smyrna times., 1873-06-18
A DIsAPpoINTyENr MOTT TO pv wounn,

| n DISAPPOINTMENT NOT TO BE WONDERED
AT.-The young men of St. Georges who rode
at the Philadelphia tournament last weeL
placed themselves in a rather false position
and we're s0rely disappointed at the way
matters terminated. They were solicited. no,
employed, to ride for one Van Horn. we
believe, the same who fooled the Middetown
tournamenters about year ago. The affair
was little better than failure. The attend.
ance was meagre. "Society people" if thew
noticed the affair at all, regarded it as a
money making scheme aud kept away. The
young gentlemen were looked upon as paid
performers, instead of the amateurs they really
were. Hence the crowd was not such as thew
had been hOnoFed with at home. The Pbila.
Press says:
They are much di dissatisfied with the man.
ner with which the affair was managed, and
greatly mortified at the result. They claim
that the managers failed in every way to keen
faith with them. They were not allowed an
opportunity to practice their horses the prizes
were not what they were promised to be, and
the ground was not that originally agreed
upon"
These affairs, to receive the appreciation of
society and the smiles of youth and beauty.
must have some object back of them promotive
OF the public good. They are nothing without
TINS, and are repulsive to good taste when
gotten up tor personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. They
then lose what little chivary there is in them.
1t Is strange that the gentlemen of St. Georges
so willingly pulled chestnuts out of the fire for
this Phila. monkey. These Hare's Corner.
Newark and Suffolk Park tournaments are
calculated to break down these heretofore
popular society amusements.