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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1873-07-16

Y. a
On que SO reunen les intransigente,
para 9rreglar sp -fvtyro plan de- 60.
Nbiernps Se pasa el tempo muy lasti.
mOsatncnte. 49, IS SfSsA
En- Navarro el dia 90 Ia columna
del brigadier lPoFtilIa, r0mppssta de
1900 hombres bati6 J disPers6 ia
sfaccion Ollo- -Dorregaray caus8ndola
GA muertos yistos u cerca de quinien-
tos heridos que deiaron abandonados
en- su mayor parte.l El dia t26 jesta
misma faccion, compnesta de 5400
infantes y 200 icaballos, pues es Ia
principal de todas, Sc encpntr6 con
Ia columna 81 mando del cOronel Cas-
tanon, fuerte de nnos- 800 hombres,
en- un vale sin salida y alli Sc entabl6
una lucha encarnizada que dur6 cua-
tros .horas, hasta el punto de que los
soldados SO quedaron sin IN cartucho,
sin que Sc rfndiesen, q pesar de ha-
bGrseles intimado tres veces la rem
dicion. Cuando SO quedaron sin car
tuchos SO defendieron & la bayoneta y
se fueron retirando en- el mejor 6rden
one les fue possible, teniendc gran
n1mero de bajas, que adn no Sc sa
ben, pues los parties llegaron anoche
mismo, y en- ellos solo Sc da cuenta
de este her6ico cuan .lesgraciado he
Sho de armas del coronel Castaron,
el cual no 90 sabe donde para AIgu-
nos peri6dicos del Is hicierou correr
Ia noticia de que Castailon habia sido
derrotado y muerto, sin ser cierto,
cuando al dia siguiente, ell rs, Sc ve-
ri6c6 un encuentro analogo al de que
los peri6dicos hacian mencion con
referencia al dia %.
Dfcese que el general Serrano y
muchos hombres politicos del partido |
conservador han acceptable las dOctri-
mas republicans, con Ell objeto de
ver ST, por medic de una repdblica
unitaria, Sc pueden dar q nuestra des-
venturada patria dias mas telices que
los aciagos por los que esta atrave-
sando en- los momentOs actuales.
III COrroNpOmSals
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1873-07-16
Ell comercio ha pedido al Gobier-

Ell comercio ha pedidO al Gobier-
no que Sc ponga VICENTE Ia siguiente-
te tarifa monetaria y Ia administra-
cion economics ha dispuesto, q re-
serya de admitir ell arreglO con exclu-
sion de los cufios hispano-americanos,
publican la proposition q fin de que
antes de resolver puedan las perso-
sonas que Sc juzgueu interesadas en-
el asunto, exponer 10 que tengan por
conveniente.
He aquf Ia tarifa:
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-11-21
tFrom the New orleans Plcayune.l
swirl VenEeance.

The news from Grant parish is just what
was to be expected. The negroes who were
engaged in the assault upon the residence
OF Mr.. Wells, which was followed by an
inbuman outrage upon and the death Of a
most eatitnable young lady, have met the
fate they deserved. Lynch law is always
to be deplored, but in this case no one with
single spark of manhood in his bosom
can say that the citizens have not acted well
and deserve commendation for exhibiting
to the disturbers of public peace, the viola
tors OF the most sacred of private rights,
that there is power which no law can
trammel and which no tyranny can repress
The Kellogg expedition, without parallel
in State not subject to martial law, is
directly responsible for the tragedies Of
Grant parish. Not man who participated
in the colfax affair Of last spring would have
avoided fair trial by ajury of tho vicinage.
To have arrested every such participant
would have been an easy work for con.
stable. But who on the eve of elections in
the Northern States, and in order to pro-
duce an agitation which may appeal to
partisanship at the approaching session OF
Congress, the New orleaps police, mounted
as cavalry, are sent upon State gunboat
to make arrest in distant parish, and
when this expedition, by boastin gs and
threats, infames the weak brains Of the ne
groes and incites them to deeds Of most
revolving iBhumanity, it is impossible to
refrain from laying the crimes of the latter
directly at the door Of the former. Kellogg
and DeKlyne are as much responsible for the
murder of Miss Lacour, whose blood called
to her kindred and her friends for revenge,
as though they had themselves committed
the deed.
DeKlyue failed to aid in the arrest Of the
guilty rayishers. 1t is said that his reply
to request for aid was, in effect II am not
here to attend to such small matters. .
Nothing was left, in the absence ofsII hope
for projection and vengeance from the Kel.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-11-21
From the New York Sun.
The Cuban Question.


The Government OF the United States
stands compited to ayenge the murder OF
the gallant Fry and the other citizens Of
the United States, who have been brutally
massacred at Santiago do Cuba. The cap
ture Of the Virginius aud the execution Of
her passengers and crewwas not done by
virtue of the laws of war. No state Of
war exists in Cuba. No belligerent rights
have ever been conceded to the insurgents.
The vessel could not be seized, could not
even. be visited for search, since nothing is
contraband Of war when no war exists. =
The conduct of the Spanish authorities is
not passed upon any such claims of right
under international law. 1t is based upon
brutal order Of the late Captain General
of Cuba, against which our Government
protested at the time Of IT'S publication
which it denounced in proper terms, and
the visiting Of which upon any citizen Of
the Uuited States it was declared would be
justifable cause for "serious complications" /"
Il was in the summer Of 1869 that Zen. de
Rodas proclaimed that any vessel which
might be captured in Spanish waters, or on
the high seas near the Island OF Cuba, hav-
ing on board men and munitions that could
in any manner aid the. insurgents, should be
treated as pirates, sin accordance with the
ordinances Of the navy" and that all per
sons SO captured in such vessels should be
executed Immediately, without regard to
their numbers.
10 this barbarous order, unjustifable
upon any principle Of law, Secretary Fish
replied that under the treaty between Spain
aud the United States, (1795), the United
States have the right, and expect to exer-
else it, of carrying goods not contraband Of
war to the enemies of Spain, whether those
enemies be claimed as Spanish subjects or
not, subject only to the requirements Of a
legal blockade. The although contraband
articles may be seized upon the high seas,
the right Of seisure is limited to such ar.
ticles and cannot extend to persons not 10
the civil, military, or naval service of the
enemies of Spain. Mr.. Fish declared
further that the United States would not
acquiesce in any seizure other than Of con-
traband articles on the high seas, and not
even of contraband goods when there was
no effective blockade. All this was upon
the presumption of the existence of state
Of war--but no state Of war existed and
hence there could be no contraband Of war
AS the Captain General showed no dis.
posdiou to recall his proclamation, Mr..
Fish wrote TO him in July, 1869, saying
that the claims Of the Cuban authorities
were such as the United States could only
recognize when Spain avowed herself to be
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-11-21
The victim of Grant Parish.
sad Denouement.


Last evening we learned the sad intelli.
gence of the death Of Miss Lacour, the un
fortunate victim of the Grant parish ont.
RACES. On Friday lastt the sorrowing friebds
ofthe beautiful and accomplished youuglady
followed her to her grave. The severe ner-
vous shock to her system was such as 70
leave but little hope of her recovery, and
sinking gradually, she breathed her last on
Thursday. Ifanything was wanting to add
to the horror already made known, it is the
cutting off of the life Of this lady in the
bloom Of maidenhood. The Steamer Garry
Owen brought down relative OF the de-
ceased, but so great was his anguish and
feeling with regard to the affair, little could
be gathered from him. He neither came
to the table nor talked on the trip down,
and bis melancholy was such as to arouse
the sympathies Of all on board. Itis now
almost certain that the citizens bavea clue
to the whole transaction, and we're it not
that it might defeat the ends Of justice an
interesting development could be made
- n. 0.Picayune.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-11-21
The Emort In I4ouisann.

The people Of Louisiana have resolved to
make another heroic attempt to regain and
restore their own power. A convention
will be held in New Orleans on the oath
inst, when plan is to be adopted for pre-
senting to Congress the facts Of the infa-
nous usSrpation petpetrated last year, and
which is already known to the whole coun.
try. The Convention, it is announced, will
ask that the report Of the Senate Commit
tee, composed of"loyal" Republicans, which
declared Kellogg government 10 be a gross
usurpation, shall be acted upon. They will
ask Congress to either install the Govern
Or who was, according to the statements Of
the leading Republican Senators, fairly
elected, or, at least, order new election.
In view Of ths total wreck that the State
has become--in view Of the exhorbitant
taxation, which amounts to absolute confis.
cation-in view Of the ruined industries,
prostrated commerce, and general misery
which the Durell usurpation has brought
upon the once fair State Of Louisiana--the
assembly will appeal to the Federal Govern
ment for justice. Col. John Ray, who re-
Gently returned to New Orleans from pil-
grimage to Washington, does not give the
white people much encouragement in their
patriotic and just work, but they have re.
solved TO 60 on nevertheless. lie says he
has assurances from the President and
Senator Morton that the Kellogg usurpatiou
will be maintained at all hazards, aud that
Pinchback will be permitted to take his
seat as Senator from Louisiana. No mat.
ter what Grant and Morton may think, the
Louisiana usurpation, with Attila and bis
desolating host, is fragrant outrage upon
the right Of self-goyernment, and sooner or
later II must be righted. Let the people of
our sister State continue TO show the
Northern masses the letters OF oppression
which cucumber their weary limbs and i'm
pede them at every step, and both Congress
and the President will be made to feel the
effect Of popular indignation. Tho tide is
already rolling over physical force and
brute violence and, gaining momentum as
it goes, will completely engulph vena!ity,
dishonesty, fraud and faIsehood in it's ire
sistible career.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-11-21
Death Of MRS. Robt. IL. Lee

Mrs. Lee, widow Of General Robert T..
Lee, died at Lexington, Va. on Wednesday,
the 5,h instant. She has oeen an anv.lid
for some years, and the recent death Of her
daughter bore heavily upon her declining
strength Mrs. Lee was the only daughter
OF George Washington Parke Cusiis, Of
Arlington, who was the youngest child Of
John Parke Custis son Of Mrs. Wash
ington by her first husband, and aid.de-
camp to Gen. Washington at the siege Of
Yorktown.
His two youngest children, one Of them
the father of Mrs. Lee, were adopted BY
Gen. Washington. g. w. P. Custis was
brought up at Mount Vernon, and remained
member Of the Washington family until
the death OF Mrs. Washington, in 1902,
when he went to reside on the Arlington
estate, near the city, which he had inherited
from his father, and where he had erected
the mansion known as the Arlington
House. He was married in early life to
Miss Mary Lee Fitzhugh. Of Virginia,
and left On only daughter, who became
the wife Of Gen. Robert E. Lee. The
late Mrs. Lee was a lady of exemplary con-
duct and unassuming and Of gentle charac-
ter. She was between 60 and 70 years Of
age at the time OF her death.
Her funeral took place on the 9TH inst,
in Memorial Chapel, in that town. Her
three Sons, w. H. H. lee, GUSTS Lee and
Robert E. Lee, and her daughter, were
present, besides large concourse of friends.
Her remains were deposited by the side OF
her husbabds 10 the Memorial room. Mrs.
Lee was 67 years OF age. Business was
entirely suspended in Lexington yesterday
many places being draped in mourning, and
everything was very imposing.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-11-21

OF war, or shall be manifestly exercising the
rights conceded only to belligerents in time
Of war, "But," continues Mr. Fish, "while
Spain dsclaims a state Of belligerency, or
until the United States may find it neces-
sary to recognize her as belhgerent, the
Government Of the United States cannot
fail to look with solctude Oh decree
which, il enforced against any vessel OF the
United States on the high seas, cannot but
be regarded asq violation Of their rights
that may lead to serious complications"
1t must be borne in mind that the order
Of Gen. De Rodas covered not only The
case Of vessels, but the case Of all on board,
without regard to their character. The
vessel were to be treated as pirates and "all
persons captured in such vessels were to
be executed instantaneousy and without
regard to numbers, whether citizens or
soldiers, whether travellers for pleasure or
health, whether seeking landing in order
to aid the sick or reclaim those who had
embarked in perious enterprise, whether
young or old, whether women or children,
all persons captured in vessel containing
men or munitions destined to aid the insur
gents, must be Immediately shot. The yes.
selmight belong to any country. II might
DO passing along maritime highway, near
the Island Of Cuba upon ausua a peaceful
voyage. 1t might be commanded by cap.
taip who wore the United States uniform.
It might be crowded with women aud
children. No matter, if it should contain
box Of cartridges intended for the Cuban
insurgents, the vessel must be seized and
treated as pirate and all on board must
be executed at once.
The Yirginus may have been playing in
the interest Of the Cuban insurgents
Doubtless such was the case. She may not
have had q proper registry and clearance
and nay not be entitled to the protection
OF the United States upon board Of her was
as much entitled TO the protection of his
Government IS though he stood in the
streets Of New York The Yirginus vio-
lated no law Of nations and no treaties
She carried no contraband Of war; sh6s
broke no throughblockade- no
traband nor blackade could exist With sl
state Of war. The execution Of Capt.
and his companions, who were citizenS s
the United States, was undera decree which
had already been declared by our Govern
ment as illegal and one which she is doubly
bound in honor TO make war against.
Let the United States demand instant
and ample reparation for this fearful outrage.
II il is not granted, tho duty Of President
Grant is plain. The country stands ready
to sustain him in the severest retaliative
measures. On an occasion OF quarter Of
century have the people Of oil sections Of
the Union been go united upon question
as upon this Of launching the power of our
Government against the Cuban authori.-
ties.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-11-21

logg authorities, but for the people to take
the INV 10 theirown hands. 1t is gratifying
TO know that what DrKline and bis police
Jailed 70 do, WIS done voluntarily by few
Of the better disposed and more reasonable
negroes. They captured and delivered tho
outlaw into the hands Of The people. We
must expect to see gnsh Of simulated
indignation from the Kellogg sympathizers
at this act Of the citizens Of Grant parish.
and much maudin sympathy expressed for
the victims. Doubtless twill be heralded
as another "rebel' outrage on civil rights.
But to every man who has d spark Of honest
human nature in his breast we ask tho
question, can you look upon a peaceful and
happy home surrounded at midnight bva
mob ot fiends pure and spotless maiden
driven into the woods, forced to suffer a
shame worse than death, aud relieved AZ
last from life Of agony by a happy death,
and say that the swift vengeance which has
met the perpetrators Of such crimes was
not well deserved What. happened 10
Miss lacour may happen at any hour, when
Kellogg marches his militia over the State.
TO the sister or daughter or wife Of the
nlghest or lowest citizen Of the State. II
the law Of Kellogg cannot deter from the
commission of.such crimes, it is well TO
know that there is Law which is all power
lul and which no tyranny can suppress SO
long. ns the isintest spirit Of justice and
liberty indamos the hearts Of the people Of
Louisiana.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-11-21
Double Letters.


One Of our local judges lately took ales'
son in spelling, IN Justices court, when
MIR. Wood was the witness.
awhat is your namei" asked the clerk.
"Ottiwell Wood" answered the witness.
Z "How do you spell your name !" asked
the somewhat puzzled Judge.
Mr.. Wood replied
"0-doubls L,
I-double U,
E-double L.
Double U-doublS Old"
The astonished Judge thought that was
one of the most extraordinary names be
ever knew, and after two or three attempts
10 record it, both he and the clerk gave y
up, mid roars oflaughter. II
y
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-11-21
Nashville Union and American sth.I
The Late Bishop HssarIy.

A.telegraph dispatch received yesterday
morning announces. tho death Of the
venerable John Early, Bishop Of the Metho.
dist Episcopal Church, South. He died AZ
Lynchburg, Va, al an early hour yesterday
morning, the 5th inst This distinguished
divine was born in Virginia in 1855, and
was consequently eighty.eight years ar age.
At and early age he Joined the Virginia
Conference and became an itinerant ninia-
ter. From early manhood to ripe old ape,
be continued jealous and faithful worker
in the church In his young days he filed
successively the Offices of Secretary of Con
rerence, Presiding Elder and Delegate Of
the General Conference. At the General
Conference Of ls49 he was elected general
book agent, in which Office be continued
until elected Bishop in 1854. For several
years past he has been an invalid, and his
death was not unexpected. 1t can truly be-
said OF him, however, that no man 10 the
church has filed his mission more faithfully
through long series of years. After
life Of earnest and increasing labor, he goes
down to the grave honored for his many
virtues and extolIed for his devotion TO
Christian duty.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-11-21

An honest farmer, looking over a bill
found, "po 8 lbs sugar. To lbs dtto."-
He went to his wife and said: @Here is a
pretty charge. What on earth have you
done with SO much dittor' She declared
she never had any ditto in the house in her
life. So back the farmer posted to the store
and reported, and received an explanation.
On bis return, his wife asked him il he bad
learned what it meant. eyes," he said, at
means that I'm darned old fool, and you
are ditto"
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-11-21
---'-,~NS--
An irish SAILORS Trick


Three nen-of.war ships namely, Dutch,
French and Englsh--vhile anchored ia
port, we're contending with each other for
the best display ofsailorship; so the cap.
tam Of each vessel determined to send alolt
an octiye sailor to perform some deed Of
grace and daring. The Dutch captain sent
Dutchman, the French Frenchman, and
the English on Irishman.
The Dutchman stood on the top Of the
mainmast with his arm extended.
The Frenchman then went aloft and ex.
ahfaiAed both arms.
6w the Irishman Thought if he could
pn the top Of the mainmast with
ON arm extended, he would be de.
ased.the most daring sailor. Nimbly he
clambered aloft until he reached the highest
point; thence be carefully balanced himself
upon. both feet extending his right hand
with graceful motion. Then he threw
ont bis left leg until he came ia line with
his right arm. To doing this he ineloriousIy
lost his balance, and fell from the mast
head crashing through the rigging toward
the deck. Tho various ropes against which
his body came in contact broke his fall and
biz velocity was not too great to prevent
his grasping rope attached to the main.
yard. 10 this he hung for two secopds.
then dropped lightly to the deck, landing
safely on bis feet. Folding his arms triumph.
antIy, as il fall and alr were in the pro.
gramme, he glanced toward the rival ships
and joycusly exclaimed:
"rhere, ye frog-aiting and sassags-stutfed
fnrriners, bate IL il 1e can ~
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-11-21

The last Legislature ofNew York stood
thus Senate-Democrats, 8; Republican,
"a. The Acknowledgements a5; Re.
publicans, 9l. According to the recent
election, the Legislature will stand thus
Democrats, ls; Republicans, 1s
Assembly-Democra Sc; Republicans, II
WiIlsr, Democrat, was elected Secretary Of
State, BY 1O,47o majority.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-11-21

The PUREsT AND SWEETEST Con. LIVER
On is Hazard & CasBells made on the sea
shore, from fresh, selected livers, by Cas-
well, Hazard & Co., New York. Ii is ab-
solutely pure and sweet. Patients who
have once taken ii prefer It to all Others.
Physicians have decided it superior to any
Of the other oils 10 the market 4p.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-11-21

The proneness Of Irish wit to hyperbole
is well illustrated inthe story Of the man
who described the gluttony Of pig BY say
ing that he fed him two pailfuls of mick and
meal, and then put the pig in the pail which
he didn't half fill. And another specimen
of the same exaggeration is reported by a
correspondent travelling in Ireland, who
overheard an Irishman describing to some
companions the country to which he was
urging them to emigrate. "Ameriky,' said
he ''is a mighty sIzable place. I'm told ye
might roll England through it, an it would
hardly make a dint in the ground. There's
a fresh water ocean inside OF it that you
might drown Ireland in an save Father
Matthew wonderful sight of trouble. pAn
as for Scotland, you might stick it in a cor,
ner of one Of their forests, an' you'd never
be able to find it, except, it might be, by
the smell of the whisky"
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-11-21

The Second Annual Fiar of the East
Mississippi Agricultural! and Mechanical
Association to be held at Meridian, has
been postponded 10 November the 18th.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-11-21

Nineteen Of every twenty persons who
write family letter. after closing with the
injunction to write again as soon as you
can" tit back, and deyoutly excIaim
Thank heaven, that Job is doner r.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-11-21
tFrom the Louisville Courier-Journal.1
die with MY Face to tho Foe

a single shot, followed by loud shrek,
told US that one Of my best men bradley
was hurt. He proclaimed his agony with
loud voice, turned over on his back, and
commenced kicking SO vigorously that the
surgeon had difficulty in getting near
him.
Poor felow!' y said the doctor, az he
saw whtish liquid oozing out, "shot ia
the bladder. I'm afraid it's fatal.n
And he commended opening his coat.
ooh, my GJd!" said Bradley, I'm q
dead man.
Keep up your spirits, my boy said
Capt. johnson, kneelng kindly over him.
Doctor asked the wounded soldier,
feebly, will you write to my mother and
tell hOr that died bravely, doing my duty,
with my face to the foe, and that l thought
Of her when dying?"
@Yes,' said the doctor, with dim eyes
and husky voice; will write to her and
tell her, too"
But, suddenly springipg to his feet, with
an indignant voice, said:
"Why, coafound it, man, you're not hurt
o bit. It's only your canteen that's shot,
and that's the water from II. Get up, will
your
Bradley raised himself up slowly, felt
hmsef all over, and with an exceedingly
foolish countensnee; crawled back to lis
position amid the uproarious laughter Of
the whole. regiment.
For months after that, on the march or
in camp and sometimes in the stiffness OF
the night, you 'wonld hear voice in some
direction demanding:
"Whut shall tell your mother7 2" and
perhaps halfa dozen responses would be
heard "l'ell her | died with my face to the
foe" and then Bradley would come out and
hhut for the man that said il,
He seldom found him, but when he did
there was certain to be fight.