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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-02-18
Taifs,nans and Amulets.

In the time of the Crusades, as so in
serestingly narrated by Scott in the 1d''
isman, faith in tho virtues OF precious
stones was universal, and to each was At
tributed special properties. Tho hello-
trope, or blood.stone, now worn in seal
rings SO much, "stancheth blood. driVsth
away poisons. preserveth health; yea,
and some write that II provoketh raine
and darkeneth the sunne. suffering not
him that beareth it to be abused" "a
topaze healeth the lunaticke person OF
his passion OF lunacie." The garnet ~
sisteth sorrow and recreates the heart
the chrysoitc is the friend of wisdom
and enemy of folly. The great quack.
Dr. Dec. had lump of camel.coal that
could predict.
In the fancied resemblances found
among talismans none are more extra
ordinar than those associated with color
Because Avicenna had said that red COL
puscles moved the blood, red colors must
be employed in diseases OF that fluid. and
even in 1865 the Emperor Fracis |. was
wrapped up in scarlet cloth TO cure tho
small pox, and 80 died. Flannel dyed
nine times in blue was good for scroiula.
Among amulets that of Pope Adrian
was curious; it consisted Of dried toad.
arsenic, tormentil, pearl. coral, hyacinth.
smarasd, and tragacanth. and WAS hung
round the neck, and never removed Tho
arsenic amulets worn during the plague
in London were active ON the principle
that one poison would prevent the entry
OF another. Asemole's cure Tor ague was
to take, early in the morning, good
dose OF elixir. and hang three spiders
about his neck, (which drove il away,
God be thanked"
Such statements may cause u smile.
and men may say that it is well-nigh in.
credible that similar silly superstitions
should ever have seriously influenced
people; but the laugh is soon turned II
we inquire whether any ol these beliefs
have come down 10 our time. How
many now think there il virtue 10 cam
phor to prevent infection; that sulphur
or horse. chestnut in the pocket is good
for rheumatism 60 TO Italy and sec
grown up men carrying amulets, like
partly extended hand. 10 prevent tho
effects oil the evil-eye. Coral is still
worn as recommended by Paracelsus Tor
infants, and many add to the mineral
belts OF silver, by which sOrcerers and
witches may be frightened of, on tho
same principle that bigger bells were
used to scare comets away. Perhaps in
this latter instance mothers act unwis-
tingly, and only know by tradition that
there is some good in the toy, for in
many cases usage has continued prac-
tice the significance of which is lost. As
an illustration, necklaces and bracelet.
were originally not articles ol ornament.
but real amulets; those found on Egyp-
tian mummies are carved with characters
relating to the future OF the body, the
scarabGus, or tumble.bug, typiiying
symbolically by his performances the
resurrection From "Delusions of Med
icine," by Prof. HENRY DRAPER, in Har-.
per'S Magazine for February.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-02-18
NUMBER 5.

In all. the establishment gives empley-
ment to about fifty hands. The running
expenses of the house must be immense.
And yet a very large subscription list en-
ables the manager to send forth Dollar
Monthly, that Is read and enjoyed, no
doubt, in thousands of homes from Maine
to California.
Should any of our readers ever chance
TO come to Newburgh, take our advice
and see for yourself what we have tried
to describe. From The Democratic Re-
publican, Hamilton, N. Y, Jan. Q, 1873.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-02-18
pottrp.
For the oxford Democrat
THE DYING WIFE.

lay the Gem upon my bosom,
Les me fssl her .wcet, warm breath,
For = sIran.e chill DER me passes,
And know that il l. death;
would sazs upon the treasure,
scarcely given, eie 80,
Fssl her rosy, dimpled angsrs
Wander o'er nv cheek of snow.
lam passing through tho waters,
bat 4 pleased sAore appears;
kneel beside me, husband, dearest,
Let me Kiss away thy tears,
Wrc,sle with thy grief, my husband
strivs from midnight until day,
Il may leave an angels blessing
When IL Vsni.hcs away.
Lay the gem Spon my bosom,
us not long sho can be there;
Sac how 10 my heart she ncSues
'r.s the pearl lov0 20 wear.
n. iu after ears, besids thee.
sits another in my chair
Though her voice bs sNScter musie
Aud her face than miuc more fair.
II 4 chsrab calls thee, Father
Ear more bcSulilul this,
Love Thy drst.boru-O, my husband.
Turn not from the mnthCrlcss,
Tell her. sometimes, OF her mother
Iol Will sa,l hsr by my name,
SA.lI her from the winds of sorrow
II she or, ab, gently blame.
Lsaa her, sometimes, where I'm sleeping
...fU au.l,sr D. ,fg calls.
And NV breath will stir her ringlcts
when my voice m blessing r,lls,
Au.i hor sori. black ewes will bri.htsn
With = wonder whence 10 came
in ms heart. when years pas, DER her,
S4ewtl Gu8 h4r mothers name
% l. ssjd Tia. every mortal
walk. letwecn tw1 angel, here,
Ouu rccor3, The no, but b!ots is.
lr before ths mi might drcar
Nsn rcpcutc,h; if uncauccl,rl.
Tscu hc seals ia tor tuc ,Aic.-
And h, rjgh,.hSni angel wccpoth,
Eeudin; low niih 'eile.l cJ--.
Twill De hcr RI .hthanj angel,
scaling up the good for Heaven;
Striving that the midnish; vatshci
FIND no mi-dcOi uulorsiv,n.
You will not forge. me, husband,
When I'm sleeping meath tho soil
OH love The the jewel given us.
A. love thee neat 10 God.
NeAics. A. w sNiIA.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-02-18

i must walk with God, in some way
or other, whatever be my character or
profession. must acquire the holy habit
OF connecting everything possess in my
house and affairs with God. ii sickness
or health visit my family. my eye must
see and my heart must acknowledge the
hand OF God therein. Whether my nj
fairs move on smoothly or ruggedly, God
must be acknowledged in them Cecil.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-02-18

"A man who stepped off a railroad
train while it WAS in motion was recent
ly fined 10y court in London. or in dc
fault OF paying sentence To seven day
Imprisonment for not only exposing his
own life, hut pcrilling those on The plat
form.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-02-18

Bridgeport paper noticing the doath
Of young man, remarks pathetieally
''His connections are said To be respec-
table, and his sister was recently killed
in Hartford by a hose carriage"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-02-18

An unstamped letter, dropped into
the Springfield, Mass, post-Uflice, recent
ly forwarded, rs usual, by the Young
Mems Christian Association, reached
its destination. On being opened it was
found to contain the following: Send
us another barrel OF that GIN"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-02-18

DIR. Stillman who testified to Mrs
Fairs insanity, was asked if he had ever
read "Stobel on Insanity lie said that
he had, and was then told that there MAS
no such author.
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Circulation over I.0OO---Postage in th'
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-02-18

"A local paper in Illinois says that
John Hays lecture "aboundcd in spleh
did perorations and classic smiles 1t
didn't state just how many ''pcroration>"
the lecture contained.
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JOB PRINTING OF livery Description
h.rnnnnllX and NeatLN I.Aeeuted.

as NJ Pettengill x Co, Do state street. Sos
ION, ar ~ Nassau -. New York. :. L. Niles
Court -, and I. g. Evans. lo6 Washington -
Boston. are authorized Agent.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-02-18

Billings produces long columns OF
figures. with verbal explanations. To-
prove that mosquitoes arc born OF poor
but industrious parents, but have in their
veins some of the best blood in the coun
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-02-18
LocaR .igcnts for The Democrat.

Who arc authorized to receipt 'or money
j. n Isveio,. Albany. Henry ". Par>, Mexico.
>iItauus Poor. Audoscr .te0. "a Brown, NasSs.
L Foster, Dr., Bethel Henry Upton, NorWA Az
4 n uou-htou T. Pond. lriu Fo,tcr. Ncwry.
" Cumming. BuckEcIi u. Abbot. .l r.'f t.illni q
f4ytd Sc,,ali L sumner &. 4. boa. a., Upton
4 shirley. trychurc o. Il taaudl't. W sunni
4 4 kr4rn Hanover jas q. shaw. Wstcri-d u.
\ 3. Hubbard, Hiram u. >ainset~ sweden.
Stb..rll,.r, ..u t.Ii. Or examining tlc eui3tcl
80, stf,-hei t1 th-r uanci- thc amount du,' aIit
frg.r NIsliug 90 await tlgustiyc- Ji thc adNaurcI
parultrt- c..u -..t. to u- nN mai. 1r hlud @" i'1
,...r..t .-,ut .-~cut. SO" uB tHr slip, means
tt, t,.u,.r f. f..l fHr 10 tG.l date " Hua money
A. .srt care should D taken 90 examine the slip,
nrI lf themuucy 10 uutcic.llt wl ltbin tWu weeks,
a.. aauuiI hr 1Yprised ot o.
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Gbt 9fturO Grmotrat,
Published Every Tuesday Morning, by
+. f. SHA w,

EDITOE AND PROPRIETOR.
TERMS Two Dollars per year-Sl5o II paid
advance
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-17

London bankers are dealing in, and he
has as little sympathy to expect from them.
Finally, the people of the United States
are entirely self-supporting. No serious
distress would be felt if we were to be en-
tirely shut off from all intercourse with
Europe for year. For we have enough
to eat, drink and wear, and are able to
make our own currency, either by mining
it from our rich gulches and placers, or
printing it at the Treasury Department.
&C. D." will see, therefore, if he reflects a
moment, that we are the masters of the
situation, and need not feel any great con-
Germ about the future movements Of our
cousins across the Atlantic. They will
be as glad to meet us on change as hereto
fore, and we shall treat them with as much
politeness and fair dealing as though they
had never sympathized with our discon-
tented statesmen, who once tried to smash
up our whole Republican machine.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-17
P. @. DEsIoSDE. secretary OF
CALL FOR A CONVENTION.
OF COLORED MEN.

WHEREAS, On July 90 1873, at meeting Of the
committee Of colored men appointed for the pur.
pOseof collecting and preparing testimony in re-
gard to the frauds perpetrated against the Repub-
ican voters in the State during the recent elee-
ton for presentation to Congress at it's session in
December ensuing it was deemed advisable to
call State convention Of coored men for the pur-
pose Of electing delegates to be associated with
members Of the committee in such presentation
for the better advocacy of our cause and the more
extensive representation Of people that by the
agreements and conclusions dedueible, the enorm.
Gus wrongs inflicted may be exposed and justice
vindieated; and,
Whereas, have been authorized to issue call
for such convention; and,
Whereas, Said committee, at . meeting Of July
30, 1873, adopted the following resolutions:
That this committee proceed to the election of
ten members Of this committee, who shall Jointly
proceed TO Washington with the delegates 70 be
elected by the convention called TO meet November
That the ratio Of representation of the delegation
2 Be elected BY the convention be three delegates
the convention.
Under the auspices, and BY direction Of the
committee Of colored men, ], therefore, issue the
following cali
That the various representative districts
through0ut the stale proceed &c soon az practical
BE to Che election Of delegates to convention or
colored men. 70 assemble in the Meohauics' Insti.
tute. In the city Of Kew Orleans At twelve ooloek
A. on MONDAY Noyember il, 1873, 10 elect threo
delegates mem each congressional district for tia
purposes named. The 5lais AZ representation ID
the convention % s. doahIs that ~ ths Heuso Of
Representatives. Hot'frztion of TIE election 81
Gelfezte1 % b rfomnfly Forwarded 70 me
WILLIAM q. BROWN
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-17
HON. R. M. T. HUNTER,

This gentleman, long known as states
man devoted to the monopoly of power
by the clique which governed the South,
has reappeared upon the political stage.
His position during the Confederacy was
very obscure, as he was superseded by
men of action. The doctrines of the
Confederate government were too dictate
rial to justify his defense, and he was too
honest to approve where it would have
been his duty to condemn. Mr.. Hunter
was closet philosopher, relying rather
on the cooperation or opposition of sec
tional interests than in the development
of domestic resources. Conscientiously
opposed to any exercise of federal power
which invaded, even for their advantage,
the reserved rights of the States, Mr..
Hunter never advocated the development
of these interests by the power of the
State itself, nor indeed by the social
cooperation Of the people. Bis name
has never been connected with
the construction Of road or canal, the
foundation of school, the organization
of a commerce. The school which he
headed was understood TO be inimical to
such development, insomuch that the
western part of his own State was left to
find artificial outlets to other seaports
than those which nature had indicated,
and at last, driven by the same sectional
jealousy, separated from and dismem-
bered the very State to which it belonged.
Mr. Wise, belonging to the same party
With Mr.. Hunter, advocated cancellation
Of the West and urged the construction
Of such works as would have reunited the
whole State and prevented its division
Such leaders as Mr.. Hunter Of such 4
school remind us Of those ambitious eccle
siastics who from the eloisters Of q mon
astery aspired to govern the active world
and wound up by having their quiet re
treats pulled down about their ears.
Mr. Hunter has recently made speech
What does the reader think was it's bur
deng Not the education Of The people 4
the great calamities which have befalleI
them. He brought no proposals to built
cities, open porias found workshops o.
encourage immigration. He makes a.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-17

slave holders for the losses occasioned
them by emancipation. The New York
Times has perhaps spoken the voice of the
millions when it tells Mr. Hunter that his
proposition can not for moment be en-
tertained. The example cited by him of
British indemnity for former and similar
losses, the favorable wishes of Mr.. Lincoln
before the ultimate campaign of Virginia
and Georgia, can scarcely be referred to,
since the conditions suggested by Mr..
Lincoln were by that campaign rem
dered nugatory or impossible of
compliance. The mass of Southern slave
holders were told that their title depended
on the result of war. They fought the
war for that alone. Mr.. Hunter and the
clique to which he belonged may have
preferred separate confederacy which
they could govern to further residence
within one from the government of which
they had been evicted Not so with the
Southern people. The slaveowner fought
for what he deemed his property. The
non-slaveholders fought against the social
equality of the slave. The slaveowner
has lost the stake which he knew to de-
pend on the gigantic game. The non
STAKEHOLDER has found that the predicted
evils of emancipation have not befallen
him or his family. He has fallen heir to
the labor lost by the STAKEHOLDER. He can
now hire labor that formerly he could rot
have used because he was not rich enough
to purchase it. The non-slaveowner is,
then, content with the result of the war.
since it has liberated labor before held
in inaccessible monopoly. Daily now
thousand white men labor in the same
field with those vino were the rich mans
slaves, and these divide between them in
harmony the joint labors of both. 1t is
this conviction which has detached so
many Southern men, soldiers of the war,
from the command of the clique that
made the war.
But Mr.. Hunter now proposes that the
government should indemnify the slave
owner for his losses. This would create
again class enriched by war which had
impoverished all others. But what of the
one-legged man? What Of him who left
his arm at Gettysburg, or of the woman
who rears the children of that other who
died at Johnson's island? They would
get none of this money. The remedy of
Mr.. Hunter is impracticable. More than
that, it is partial and selfish. 1t is class
compensation.
Mr.. Hunter is evidently not one of those
Virginia statesmen who set the people
free from an established church, repealed
the aristocrat;c law Of primogeniture
and proclaimed the universal equality of
all men. He has rather belonged to a
clique which Thomas Jefferson and Fetch
er, of Saetoun, described as having come
into the world ready booted and spurred
to bestride the people. Mr.. Hunter hon
estly believed in the incompetency of the
people for self-government, and just as
honestly believed that himself and his
compeers could take better care of them
than they possibly could of themselves,
evidently untitled for the work of regen-
Grafton.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-17
aEAwIEe THE FILE.

The Picaasne, whose mission is the re-
viyal Of sectional strife, now crashes its
impotsnt gums over the financial policy
Of the government. Its las. grievance is
the issue Of small currency. This, it
thinks, ives intended to defraud the poor,
and upon this text utters the following
vindieiiye ordinations: ''If the wits Of
the devil himself were taxed to Cypress
and impoverish the poor BY taxation, for
the benefit Of wealth and capital, he could
not do more to accomplish this end than
the existing laws Of the United States
The issue Of fractional currency is stig-
masized as s.ths foaiest ana feliazt tax on
the poor
The Picaglne, preieuing ia is heart a
monarohiehl government. is naturally in-
fenf 81 ~. preinaicea "a to winds Of
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-17
ASSASSINATIONS
Y FRANKLIN AND HIGHLAND PARISHES.
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR,
STATE OF LOUISIANA,

STATE OF LOUISIANA
Executive Department, }
New Orleans, September 10, 1873
WHEREAS, Information has reached me of the
cowardly and brutal assassination, by gang OF
despera does, of Hon. T. s. Crawford, judge of the
Twelfth Judicial District, and Hon. A. P. Harris
district attorney, on the night of the eighth in.
stant, in the parish of Franklin while quietly pro-
ceeding to hold court in accordance with law
Whereas, Information has also reached me of the
cruel and unpIovoked murder of Thomas Archi.
bald ESQ.,, by two unknown men, while standing
at the gate of his house in Richland parish on the
night Of the second instant; and,
Whereas, The preparation of these and similar
cold blooded outrages in the northern portions of
this State, bring disgrace upon Louisiana, and tend
to keep away capital and emigration from our Dor
bers-
Now, therefore, l, William P. Kellogg, Governor
of the State of Louisiana, have thought fit to Issue
this my proclama ton, offering reward of FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS for the apprehension and
conviction of the murdeTers of Judge 7. S. Craw-
ford and A. P. Harris district attorney; and TWO
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS for the
apprehension and conviction of the murdeIers OF
Thomas Archibald, to be paid respectively upon
the production of the certificates usual in such
cases.
And hereby call upon all good citizens, without
regard to politics race to aid the officers of the
law in bringing to speedy justice the perpetrators
of these diBcTeditable outrages and 1 warn all
persons against harboring or screening, or in any
way aiding or abetting the murderers aforesaid.
Given under my hand and the seal of the State
hereto attached this tenth day of September,
10 the year Of our Lord eighteen hundred and
sevenSy-three, and of the independence Of the
United States the ninety-seventh.
WILLIAM P. KELLOGG,
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-17

Seme idea Of the rate at which the forests
Of the Northwest are falling beneath the ak
OF the lumberman may be gathered from
The following: The total amount Of lum-
Der run out of Cass river, Michigan, this
season. is about SO, 100000 feeti out of the
An Gress, e, OOO, 600; out Of the Rife bOOms,
GO 00o, 900, and out of the Saginaw river,
* dno oo0
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-17

Medicine men are trying to fix up name
for that description of insanity which muir
ders somebody, and one expert has hit upon
conditional or relative insanity'-condi-
tional when there is a good opportunity,
and relative when it selects wife or hus-
hand
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-17

The London hangman is evidently man
who does his own reasoning. A correspond
emit who interviewed him recently says;
asaIr. Calcraft NEST Indignantly declares,
AZ the bare limiting of such thing, i never
killed anybody. They kills themselves; it's
their own weight as does it,"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-17

The editor of a Georgia paper being
charged with committing errors in compost
ton in his leaders, responds that he goes in
for sense and sentiment rather than a pc
dantic adherence to the rules of grammar"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-17

Russia Is busy with internal reform. Dis
aenters fron the orthodox church have inst
obtained legal recognition, enabling them
70 marry and baptize their children accord
ing to their own rites. This gives legal
ntatus to about I2,ooo,ooo persons. By 3
lace decree. also, divorces may be obtained
from secular judges; formerly alone the CO.
clevsassical court granted Chem.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-17
LEGAL NOTICES.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA.
IN THE MATTER OF JOSEPH BoNPART BANK
Pupt
In Bnnkruptcy-No. 1859

WHEREAS, JOSEPH BONPART, OF NEW Or
w leans, and District aforesaid, duly declared
bankrupt under the act of Congress of March 2,
1867, has this day filed in said Court petition
praying for a discharge and certificate thereof,
from all his debts and other claims provable under
said act.
Notice is therefore given to all creditors who
have proved their debts, and to all other persons
in interest that the seventeenth day of November,
1873, at II A. M is assigned for the hearing of the
same, and that they may then and there attend
and show cause if any they have why the prayer of
the said petition should not be granted; and further
notice is given, that the bankrupt will undergo an
examination before Register Kellogg the four
teenth day of November, A. D. 1873 at IL A. NJ, at
his office, Customhouse building.
Clerks Office, New Orleans, October ], 1873
oc3 10 II X. LOEW, Deputy Clerk.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-17

DR.. Neal, when in Vienna, asked the wai-
Tar If there we're any Baptists in the city,
aud be was referred to the 'head cook"
This reminds US Of the fur trader, out West,
who, after buying skins Of the woman, IN
the absence Of her husband, asked if there
were any Presbyterians about there, =
guess not was the reply; tiny husband
never ehot auvp