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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-11

Louisiana middle draw large crowds every
day to the capitol, and in addition to the
army of lobbyists there is almost every
bright day perfect bouquet OF feminine
Ioyeliness to be seen around the corridors
and in the galleries Of Congress.
NorABILITIEs.
Among the nOtabilities here, may be
seen almost any night sauDtering around
tbe halls and parlors of Willard,s, q tall,
snare. 1.-the looking man, with large lustroGs
bIack ayes. heavy black moustsche, afaee
rather DensiVe than brilliant and sunny
creamy creole comPlexions alth9 6allnS
from the far North as bis place OF nativity
handsome, s.rikingly handsome, as erect as
an Indian, and apparently a0ouS tniriy
wears. This is Gov. WarnloGh Oh LOUISA
ma. As he lounges through the corridors
of the hotel, he is universally observed ana
remarked upon. At the Eooitt during tne
evening NAV be frequently seen q man with
hair Of iron grey yes, almost white,
with grey mixed side WnlsAers
snd uaoustaehe, q eomplexlon LhAs
is truly remarkable, comparable 70 nothing
but the softness of feminine skin, or 10
The interior of a ses-shell, an eye that fair
" spsrkIes In les excessive brightness, erect,
splendid figure and military bearing, the
coinage of West Point impressed all over
the man-affable and exceedingly gracious
in manuer-pleasant in conversation Inis
is Gen. Longstreet, who is now here as
witness in the Louisiana muddle.
.. -rr. COTTON TAX.
TIE friends of the Cotton Tax Refundlng
Bni seem very sanguine Of its success. Will
a solid vote from the South and afew North
ern Democrats and Republicans, the bal
ance of probabilities do really seem largely
in favor of its passage during this session OF
Congress. Having given You a ''melanga'
of general, social and political news, must
s.y Tao-o anon TENNY g. Ann
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-11

GOLD touched ll41 in New York yes.er-
day, but closed at 113b6ll4.
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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-11

TENNESSEE Bonds closed in New York
lass evening at 81 for the old ssue and 81
The new.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-11

COTTON continues dull in New York at
2ltc for middling.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-11

How about the Rigal Governors?
NEW. ORLEANS, Feb. 1O.-Ffty-one
members of the two General Assemblies
met this evening at Lyceum Hall, and after
consultation agreed to mtet tomorrow eve
ming for the purpose of having better un'
derstandiDg. The coDtestiDg parties treat
ed each other with every courtesy, and both
appeared desirous of bringing about set
tlement. The proposed meeting 3 tomorrow
evening seems to meet with favor from
both parties.
Judge Cullom, of the 9Th District Court,
to-day decided the act creating the Sn-
perior D strict Court unconstitutional.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-11

a vigilance committee in Dodge City
made raid on dance house in that vii
lage, on Sunday, and killed two men
named Chas. Hill, alias Texas, and Ed.
Williams, both desperate frontier charac-
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-11

BOSTON, Feb. 10.-The Senate has fixed
March IL for tie election of Senator Will
sons successor. 1t remains for the House
to concur.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-30

The ded beat il human hyena who
hunts the helpless living, and digs up the
buried ded, he IL lost to all shame upon
earth, and to all salvashun hereafter.
The wolf IL one of the meanest .speci-
mems ov animated natur, but when he puts
on sleeps clothing he robs himselfov hiz
own courage and steals weakness to hide
filthy wickedness in.
All men abhor the ded beat; he liz lower
down than the angle-worm, who burrows
in the ground and feeds upon dirt
Thare amt no man upon earth but what
haz been sumtime beat bi theze morbid
vermin. They are the lice ov Egypt, ana
the murrain of old. - = - Il 81
They cum upon yu in yure sad and ten
der moments with the stealthy tired ov a
bed-bug. In yure hour ov triumph they
stand reddy tew steal your laurels, and
when despair envelops yu like a kloud,
they discover the signal from afar, and
come trooping up, like the nasty buzzard,
tew fatten upon the corpse.
Thare amt no retorik vivid enuff to
paint theze devils, only in water colors.
Ihare amt no anathemas that can reach
to the bitterness of truth Thare amt no
logic that kan make them see themselves
as others see them.
The dedbeat livs out hiz days, the onlv
kreature we kno ov without any kon-
shunce, and never tew feal the impulse ov
a manly hope.
He dies finally, and goes WHARF the vir-
tewous don't, for he kant, with all his NAL
ISIS and Running, beat death nor the devil,
~. 7. Week1y.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-30
Putting ON a Paper Collar.

ONE of the saddest comings home is
when the husband and father comes
home to put on paper collar. The last
collar has resolved into pulpy rolls and
come up back of his ears or disappeared
within the recesses of his hair. The
shirt band is moist and helpless and in
clined to roll under, carrying the back
button with it. His neck is wet and
slippery, and all the windows are down
and the door is drawn to. By the time
he has found the back button and got
the collar hitched to it, it seems as il
the air was about to stife him, and as
if he would suddenly melt and spoil
the carpet. He sends up the windows
with snap, and kicks the blinds open
with his foot, and brings that door back
with a velocity that almost scares it.
Then he goes to work to fasten one of
the ends, and while he is at it the back
button hole suddenly melts and dissolves
He tries another collar. Gets the back
and one end fastened, commences work at
the other end, and is about intoxicated
with his success when the first end sud
denly collapses. He sits down few mo-
ments before trying the third collar, and
wishes he really knew if there is future
punishment, and wonders where his wife
is. Then he makes another trial with
similar results, and finally dashes out OF
the house, saying that if he had nothing
more to do than gadding to the neighbors'
he would make collars that his husband
could wear. Fortunately his wife is next
door learning new crochet stitch, and
does not hear him.-Danbuqy News.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-30
Helped off a Barrel.

AN incident worth recording happened
in restaurant on Fifth street, a day or
two ago. Connected with the press of
this city is young man who spent the
years '67, 6S and part of $50 along the
line OF the Union Pacific Railroad, then
In process of construction. On the morn
ing in question the newspaper attac7ae went
into the restaurant, and sat down at a
table. Vas-G-Uas sat another young man,
who presently accosted the newspaper
man:
mister, it strikes me I've seen you be-
FORE"
"Quite likely" was the response.
Weren't you at Cheyenne in the spring
of '6Ss''
eyes"
'tDidn't you and Chance H help a
fellow down off a barrel that was set up on
end under tree, one night?'
This was the introduction. 1t renewed
an acquaintance that began by the saving
OF life, when its owner was pinioned, a
rope about his neck, with the other end
tied to the limb of tree, while savage
and unrelenting COMMITTEE of Safety"
stood waiting for the barrel, on which the
poor wretch stood, to be kicked out from
under him. The doomed man was a
gambler, but he was a quiet, peaceable
fellow, who harmed no one. One night
he had won sum of money from d man
who belonged to the Committee of Safety,
and the latter attempted to make him give
it back. In the affair which ensued
vacancy was made in the committee.
This is what had brought Sam A. into
the presence of death there under the tree
The two men had gone among the mob,
and by entreaty and expostulation had
succeeded in getting the poor fellows
sudden sentence "commuted," on condi-
ton that he should leave the town in
thirty minutes. They took him down off
the barrel, united the rope from his neck,
and Cheyenne saw him no more After
five years he and one of the preservers OF
his life met thus by odd chance. 1t is
well enough to add that the life was saved
to some purpose, for the man who "stood
upon the barrel" is now the trusted
agent of mining company operating in
Montana, and is in all respects useful
citizen. 1t was close shave.-St. Louis
Republican,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-30

SOME years ago new fire company was
organized at Reading, and the members
one evening thought they would have !,
little innocent fun at the expense of Hop.
kins, their President They decided to
rush round with the engine to Hopkins
house after dark, to throw up their lad.
ders, pull out their hose, climb on his
roof, and scare him with the belief that his
dwelling was on fire. But that very day
Hopkins moved out of the house and q
Presbyterian clergyman moved in, without
the company being aware of the change.
So about eight O'Clock the humorists dash
ed out, and went through all the move
ments, getting on the roof and splashing
water around, and creating a terrible dis,
turbance generally. A rival company,
noticing what was going on, also hurried
to the scene, and, without understanding
the joke, attached their hose to a plug,
smashed in the front window, and began
to empty two-inch stream on the family
of that Presbyterian clergyman. They
squirted into all the rooms, split up the
WindoW-shutters with an ak, broke
down the front door, ran out the furniture,
tore off the shingles and hawled through
trumpets until the hired girl had convul
sions on the kitchen stairs. The first
company tried to explain, but the new
corners thought an effort was being MADE
to get them out Of the way, and fight en-
sued, and presently fremen were Siding
OF the roof, and pelting down the chlm-
ney, and bleeding over the entry carpet
and having boisterous encounters Win
spanners and brass horns on the STAIRS
And the next morning that Presbyterian
divine and his family moved out. They
said the place seemed to be too animated
and sensational for quiet, domestic cir
Gle. They wanted a house where there.
was more calmness and peace; where they
could have more security for their privacy
and pianos, and for their front doors and
shingles and peace of mind and window
sashes.-Mar AdeIer, an philadelphia Satsr-
dag Post.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-30

with mems affairs. March! dress myself
in nv clothes, and then come along"
What could the hedgehog's wife dos
She had to follow whether she would or
no. When they were on the way together,
the hedgehog said to his wife: "NoW lis
ten to what have to say. Seest thou, on
the long acre yonder will be run our race.
The hare runs in one furrow and another,
and we begin to run from up there Now
thou hast nothing else to do than to take
thy place here in the furrow, and when
the hare comes up on the other side thou
must call out to him, "I'm here already!''
With this they had reached the field; the
HEDGEHOG showed his wife her place and
went ND the furrow. When he got to the
upper end the hare was already there.
.Can we start?" said the hare.
sYes. indeed!" said the hedgehog.
"To it, them" and with that each
placed himself in his furrow, and the
hare uttered one, two, threel and away
he went like storm-wind down the
field. But the hedgehog ran about three
steps, and then ducked down in the furrow
and sat still.
When the hare, on the full bound, came
to the lower end of the field, the hedge
hogs wife called out to him, "l'm here
alreadyp The hare started, and won
dered not a little; he thought no other
wise than that it was the hedgehog him.
self that ran out to meet him, for, as
every one knows, the hedgehog's wife
looks just like her husband.
But the hare thought: There's some
thing wrong about all this! Another
race At it again! And away he went
like a storm-wind, so that his ears lay flat
on his head But the hedgehog's wife
stayed quietly in her place. When the
hare came to the upper end the hedgehog
called out to him, "I'm here already"
But the hare, beside himself with rage,
cried "Another race! At it againp'
t'I'm quite wiling" answered the
hedgehog, '.just as often as thou llkest.'
So the hare ran three and seventy times,
and the hedgehog held out to the very
end with him. Every time the hare came
either below or above, the hedgehog or
his wife said, 'I'm here already"
But the four and SEVENTEEN time the
hare came no more to the end. In the
middle of the field he fell to the earth and
lay dead upon the spot.
So the hedgehog took the louis dor and
the bottle of brandy he had won, called
his wife out of the furrow, and both went
home together; and if they have not died
they are still living. So happened it that
on the Buxtehude heath the hedgehog ran
the hare to death, and since that time no
hare has ever dreamed of running race
with Buxtehude hedgehog.
But the moral of this story is, first, that
no one, however high and mighty he may
think himself, shall let it happen to him
to make merry over an humble man, even
if he be hedgehog; and secondly, that it
is advisable, when one marries, that he
take wife out of his own condition, and
who looks just like himself. He therefore
that is a hedgehog must look to it that his
wife is also hog; and SO forth.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-30
CALDWELL OF SPRINGFIELD.
NEW JERsEY....(17S0.l

NEW JERSEY -. .0TS0)
HIRES the spot Look around YOU Above on the
Lay the Hessans encamped. By that church on
the right
Stood the gaunt Jersey farmers. And here a
You may dig anywhere and you'll dig up ball.
Nothing more. Grasses spring, waters run, flowers
blow
Pretty much as they did ninety three years ago.
Nothing more did I says Stay one moment;
you've heard
Of Caldwell, the parson, who once preached the
Word
Down at Springfield What, No? Come-that's
bad; why he had
All the Jerseys afamel And they gave him the
of the strebel high priest'' He stuck in their
For he loved the Lord God and he hated King
Georgci
Ee had cause, you might sayl When the Hessians
that day E-
Marched up with Knyphausen they stopped on
AT the Farms, - where his wife witha child in her
arms,
Sat alone in the house. How it happened none
knew F-
But God-and that one of the hireling crew
Who fired the shotl Enoughl-there she lay g
And Caldwell, the chaplain, her husband, away!
Did he preaeh-did he pray2 Think of him as you
stand
BY the old church to-day; think Of him and that
band
of militant plowboysl See the smoke and the
heat
Of that reckless ADVANCED that struggling re-
treatl
Keep the ghost of that wife, foully slain, in your
view
And what could you-what should you, what would
yOW do?
Why, just what lie did They were left IN The
urCh
For the want of more wadding. He ran to the
church.
Broke the door, stripped the peWs and dashed out
in the road
With his arms full of tiymn-books, and threw down
his load
At their feet! Then, above all the shouting and
shots, s- .a
Rang his voice-''Put Watts into 'em-Boys give
'em Watts!'' CT
And they did. That is all. Grasses spring, flowers
blow
Pretty much they did ninety-three years ago:
you may dig anywhere and you'll turn up ball
But not Away hero like this-and that's all
-Brete HGTte Ia ~. Y. Tribune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-30
The Dedbeat.
BY JOSH KILLINGS

The dedbeat is an Individual who
trades upon another persons capital
They are common to all grades oy soci-
ETY., from the seedy loafer, klear up tew
the sanktifed gentleman with standing
kut collar, and nekti stiff and white as
perfekshun.
Sometimes they liv entirely upon their
necessitys, and at others, seem tew prak-
tiss the profeshion more tew display the
eleganse ov their genius than for emmy
thing else.
They are possessed ov every grade ov
capacity, from no branes at all, to more
than they kno what to do with.
They occupy posishun a leetle more
respectable than kommon thief, and a
good deal less respectable than a hiway.
man.
The dedbeat, in point ov average hu-
mainly liz the meanest, and the most de.
bilitated, ov all the scum that rizes tew
the surface ov sosiety.
They work harder tew make themselfs
detested than they would have to, tew be
respected hi every boldly.
They hav no friends that they wont de
fraud, and are az mulch a terror tew others
and a kalamity tew themselfs, as mad
dog at large.
They liv upon the disasters and kredul
itys ov human natur, and tho more das
tardly at heart than common pickpock
ct, often live out whole life hi the force
ov their genius with no Wus a stain than
doubtful reputashun.
Thare amt no artifice nor philosophy
that will protekt us from the low Running
and brazen impudense ov the ded beat
lie liz nitemare and walking pesti
lence at nOOn-tide.
He works hiz way into the konfdense
ov others az Shiny az snaik, and when
he gifts thare don't hesitate tew feed upo1
the most rare and sakred fruits he kar
find
He liz kommon enemy that every one
abhors, and no one kan protekt himself
against.
The ruff tyranny ov bully, the koarse
overreachings ov blatant knave, the re
fined fraud ov an open villain, the krush
| ing defeat ov bold operator at worst
oftimes only wounds our vanity, Or awakes
our surprise, but the sneaking ded bea
whoze CRATE ambishun seems to be loafel
in petty plumber always excites our horror
and arouzes our feelings ov vengeance,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-30
The Good Samaritan.

A gentleman of this city, who has been
spending few days at Idaho Springs, re-
lates a very pleasing incident which oc-
Cured there the other day. Among the
visitors, composed equally of visitors and
pleasure-s seekers, who were stopping at
the delightful resort, was one poor fellow
whose condition evoked the sympathy of
every one. He was suffering from rheu-
matism, and the effort to walk unassisted
was painful to witness, and one day not
long since, as he was endeavoring to drag
himself to the baths, he was approached
by rich Chicagoite, who was visiting
the Springs for day or two. The latter
rendered his assistance, which was CRATE
fully accepted, and, leaning upon the Chi
cagoite's arm, the two walked and chat
ted together. The Chicagoite suggested
that the rheumatic invalid should have
some one to accompany him and care for
him. The rheumatic patient said he was
too poor to employ nurse or even to pay
the expenses of any friend who might
volunteer to attend him. 'Do you know
any one upon whom you could depend to
take care of you if his expenses and your
own, too, were paid ?" asked the rich
and philanthropic Chicagoite. eyes,
said he, 81 have friend in Denver who
would gladly come" "Well," said the
moneyed man of Chicago, 'tyou just
send down to your friend and tell him to
come here and take care Of you till you
get well-it don't matter how long time
that may be-and have your bills sent to
me-" He AYERS now that it will be a
small camel that finds less difficulty in
getting through the eye of needle than
at least one ChicagOite does in gettin g
into heaven.-De7aUer Neaos. t
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-30


The negro and mule writes friend in
Clinton, La) are inseparable companions
in the Southern cotton fields, and, like
the Hawaiian string and bow, useless
each without the other. The lazy indif-
ference and careless cruelty of the one,
and wonderful powers of endurance of
severe labor, bad treatment, and neglect
of the other complete the compatibility
of the two races necessary for the produc-
ton of 100000 of bales. A characteris-
tic anecdote may be relished by those who
have had experience of the two. The
spectator had taken refuge from the suns
perpendicular rays under the shade of a
spreading beech, sab tegn1s'ae taga, and lay
recumbent, enjoying the fitful breezes and
the somber frothiness of the country news
paper Along the dusty road which pass
ed by this retreat came jogging negro,
mounted on mule, both apparently fast
asleep AS the somnolent pair approach
ed the spot, some wicked sprite Of the
place gave the paper fiirt, which was no
sooner seen and heard than the mule, as
mules only know how, instantly "swap-
ped ends,'' and, leaving the negro sprawl
ing in the dirt, took his departure, under
full sail The negro, half raising himself,
and wiping the dust from eyes and mouth,
watched the retreating mule for some
time in silence, but at length, unconscious
of an auditor, gave expression to this
philosophic soliloquy: Oats what makes
me 'spise mule !"-Harpers' Draaoer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-30

I'm Texas, ice costs five cents pound
and beef costs three cents.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-07-29
OVER THE BORDER.
Merriam Released on Bail.
More Attempts al MATCHMAKING.

MINNEAPOLIS, June ga special to
the Tribune this evening from Fort Garry
says: The public feeling was so shocked
by the refusal to bail the prisoners in the
Gordon case, that two of he most promi-
nent citizens of Manataba became bail for
Merriam to-day, viz: Hon. j. Mckay,
President Of the council, from whose deer
lodge Gordon was taken by Hay and ker-
gan, and Andrew McDermot, the Mapataba
director of the Canada Pac fic railroad, and
the Oldest and wealthiest merchant Of the
county.
Clark was astounded when these names
were presented. The circumstances show
the days Of the Attorney General are mum
bered. Merriam was at large only few
minutes when be was arrested at the suit
Of Mckenzie, late partner of Clark, who
was the only English barris,er that JOrdon
had not retained, and was therefore relue-
family engaged by Consul Taylor. He ex.
acted $500, which was supposed
as ample, even an excessive fee, but he
now has the effrOntery to bring suit for iif-
~ dollars day, or and additional sum OF
500. This demani was resisted, whence
a suit and arrest Of Merriam. Bail was
promptly given. When Fletcher aud Merriam
were arres'e $25, 900 in money and securi
ties were taken from them, which
Eugene Wilson under power of attor-
ney has endeavored to recoV-
er. He obtained an order
of Court to deliver the money, but Clark
neglected and refuses to dis30rge. Wilson
and Merriam are expected to leave to-mor-
row, hut there may be a cloud of civil
suits by Gordon and his matchmaking crowd
Of attorneys, although Gordon has frequent
" sid there was not title of evidence
against Merrism. Such mockery of justice
prevails in Manitaba.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-07-29

s. WE are having quite run of Ku-Klux
outrages just now, but the remarkable fact
is they do not occur in North Carolina or
Kentucky, but in Iowa and 'loysp' East
Tennessee. About sixty miles from the
capital Of the former State, a band of masked
men, having first torn up the track, made
an attack upon train of care, Firing q
volley to inspire the proper condition Of
awe in the breasts of the passengers and
officers Of the train, they robbed the express
car Gifts valuable contents, and rode away,
apd the perpetrators have not yet been Or
rested. The other day some citizens of
Anderson COUNTY, in this State, took white
woman ont of her house and treated her to
q coat of tar and feathers, snd others were
taken out Of thei: house and logged and
their house torn down. No arrests are re-
ported.