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New Orleans Republican., 1873-02-09

4 fine old fellow, Obadia Baldwin by
name, and one hundred and one years of
age, died at Crown Point recently. He had
voted the Democratic ticket straight
through from Jefferson to Buchanan-how
he voted after that we are not informed.
He was ver5 spariug in the use of alcoholic
drinks. It is to be observed, however, that
he had used tobacco all his lite. He was
celebrated for removing warts from the
hands of al person. who applied to him.
He married three times. which proves that
if you wish to live, gentle reader 20 be one
hundred years old, you must marry three
tme.-at least, wise people frequently rea-
son in that way, lie was She father Of sew
enteen children.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-02-09
A Mirage.
The St. Louis G3o5e of Wednesday says:

The St Louis Globe of Wednesday says:
Night before last there was much excite
ment on the levee. Some gentlemen stand
ing near the river looked up stream and
saw what they thought was great ice
gorge coming down, slowly but surely,
toward the city. They gave the alarm, and
many interested parties came down to the
levee to witness the grand spectacle. The
more they looked up stream the more they
saw the wonderful sight. 1t looked like
ice-like broken cakes of ice. 1t seemed to
be moving, and there appeared to be a
great Commotion in the current as if the
river was on a rise. But the spectators,
after gazing an hour or go, began to get
tired, and thought the gorge was long
time coming. All at once, and while their
straining eyeballs were about to burst, the
fog lifted from the river, and the light of
the stars revealed the water, unObstructed
and moving on toward the Gulf.
The sightseeing citizens had beheld a
mirage. What such u phenomenon is, The
reader can learn by referring to a copy of
Webster's Dictionary. mirage is beau
tiful thing to look at. but you can't most
always tell" whether it will amount to
anything or not.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-02-09

The new Governor of Illinois is said to be
a man who never fills out his term. The
Chicago E'rcniHg Joar?.ai relates the follow
ing Of him:
No sooner did General John f. Bevcridge
return from the war. in which he was gal
liant cavalry officer. than he was nominated
for sheriff OF the county. and elected. Before
his term as sheriff had expired, he was elect
ed State Senator Before his office Cf
Senator expired, he was nominated and
elected Congressman for the State at large.
to I'LL the vacancy created by General
L0gan's resignation. Last fall, before his
term of Congressman had expired, he was
nominated and elected lieutenant Gov
ernor. which position he entered upon two
weeks ago: and now, Governor Oglcsby
having resigned. General Beveridge DE.
comes Governor of the State. Verify, he is
one of the luckiest men. politically, in the
United States.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-02-09

Along the line of the New Orleans, jack
son and Great Northern road the plows are
beginning to prepare the ground for plant
ing, and Notwithstanding the oft-repeated
assertions of lazy ana disatfected white
men that the "niggt RS WON'T work" the
cheerful voice of the Industrious colored
man is often heard above the clatter Of the
cars, as he urges his mule to abe spry," in
preparing fer seed time. Oh, that we had
10000 colored persons TO build up our waste
places and make fertile our idle fields.
Their brawny arms would be worth untold
millions to our agricultural Interests.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-02-09

4 Chicago Journal claims that farming
does not pay as we'll in the Southern States
as it should, and attributes the fact to high
rates of freight charged by the railroads.
The Illinois Legislature passed law re-
stlictng railroads from charging more than
three cents a milo for passengers, and also
limiting and regulating freight charges.
This law has been virtually ignored by the
railroad companies, and has resulted in a
great many lawsuits, the companies evi-
dently hoping to wear out opposition by
litigation. But the farmers are now re
sorting to the same game of legal tactics.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-02-09
DROWNED.

" Drhwned-in the brook by the farm
And the frank boyish face grew white WIN aiatn
at the picture he'd seen
By the brook on the fAJ m.
Rough villagers aIl-coarse women and men
Horny hands, rugged hearts, but tender-voice'
when
They turned to the light
The dead girlish face that never again
Should quiver with pain. Not friend there
She had passed TO her death With only prayer.
And Taper I'm going,
God only knows where"
The women's tears fell at thoughts of msther.
The naud arked the ring to tell or anothes
She might have loved better
Than father or brother.
Aye, she sleeps with still hands on her breast
And smile on her liqs that whispers OF reft.
He may cavil who will
God alone knoWeth best.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-02-09

Some gossip about the rival railway
schemes in Mexico is favored With genuine
Americanism. 1t is gravely asserted that
the representatives. of one OF the cOntesting
companies lost 100000 while playing
poker" with party of Mexican Congress
men, and that they immediately after got
the scheme through their Congress. The
inference is that the loss at cards was a
trick to cover the transfer " q hribe, and
that the game wasn't on the square" In
vestigating committees ara :Ios IL vogue in
Mexico.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-02-09

That aervcus youth il louisville who re.
Gently. by mistake. slipped q nick.i fly,
cent piece into the parsons hand. ins,eac
of i've dollar gold piece. which he had
ready in another pocket, after three week.
of welded bliss, thinks he paid pretty deal
for his fun after all and regrets the aicke
was not suspender button.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-02-09

II France the roasting of coffee is quite a
science. the roaster being required to study
the properties Of the different kinds OF
berry. since each sort must be roasted for a
certain period of time. The operation is
conducted in a hollow iron sphere, by the
rotation of which all the berries are equally
exposed to the heat. During the roasting
the ball is closed and the gasse5 confined
but at the clcse or the operation the valve
is opened and the gasses allowed to escape.
The roasted berries are then quickly trans
ierred to carefully closed vessels.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-02-09
THE WEEKLY REPUBLICAN
Terms of Subscript
Advertisements.

transient advertisements same terms as IN me
5a4lv Gouthlv advertise semeuts inserted for one
fazrth uf the daily rates. .
a hs.,ral commission allowed TO those who send
"a clubs Of five more
New Orleans Republican., 1873-02-09
Ace in the River.

The Baton Rouge Ga-cHe Comet Of tho
first instant says:
This morning large pieces of ice, measure
ing about six inches in thickness and from
eight 20 ten feet square, were seen near the
middle of the river opposite this city.
Nearer the banks were also seen smaller
pieces. measuring about eighteen inches.
An occurrence of this kind has not been
seen here for many years. At this point
the river is rising very rapidly and large
amount of DRIFT is passing.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-02-09

The Prince Imperial 's enjoy ing himsel
by opening tLiIty letters per day which
pronise 10 assassinste him as soon as DOS
sible.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-02-09

Here is singular story OF condolences.
The detectives of Boston, in a case given to
them to work up, wanted man named W.
H. Johnson who had glass eye. They
found such person in Bangor, Maine, and
he was the wrong gentlemaR, They found
another w. II. Johnson III Salem Massa-
chusetts. also with glass eye. and he, too.
proved 10 be al innocent man. They then
received telegram from Nowburypor'.
Massachusetts, stating that ". H. john
son With a glass eye had been arrested
there-and he likewise proved to he the
wrong customer. There Is fourth W. II;
johnson with a glass eye somewhere, and
the Boston authorities would like to have
him that is. unless he happens to be the
wrong w. H, johnson with glass eye.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-02-09


Monthly advertisements, inserted eve'y eth' I
S%Ey TO be charged twO-thirds of the above rates.
Eeoopi page monthly advertisements, each
fauAra $50 - month. -, % .r
!Transjcnt advertisemeDts having the run OF the
yas1sr Grst insertion ; 80 per square, each SuoSe-
y ys,t Ius- rtiou seventy live crI ts per square
EecnDI page transient advertisements, tHch ID
Essrtiou = so per square. -, =. ha
Advertisements inserted AT Ihtel'"-S " "
aAIyg1'l as NJ each inseI ton. , iii
Regulsr adysrtiseIs who advertise iaiStIS. VIZ
1a allow ed such discount from above naue1 ttau
sesyt rates as may be agreed upon; provided, tnat
"a 10 case shah such discount exceed twenty n'o
.szV cent. ...o,1s 4o ha
All business notices Of advertisements 10 Do
charged twenty cents per line each ihSertop'
THE WEEKLY REPUBLICAN
yrno5jisl,ed every Saturday morning. and coniains
,.Ias "a, va by tel graph, mscellaneous TeadlS, eu
roriaIs local matters Of general puhllc interest,
iaI and monetary reports, and every hlng
t ,,pears in The Daily, except such items as are
,yT DttI,4 or no pubic moment. The WbEkLl hb-
ruHfICaN is an excellent family paper, valuable
"a well for instruction and amusement as lniorma-
stan en- the current topics of the day.
Terms of Subscription.
.SgDs. ..aY So six months 50 80.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-02-09
Fraternally in the good cause,
JOHN LITTLE.
To Citizen Hubert. CorrespondinG Secretary.

To Citizen Hubert, Corresponding Secretary.
Citizen Frey remarked that they'wcre
red-hot and prepared in the good cause in
New Orleans 1t was IA pity they had not
a little more of that spirit instilled here.
The chairman inquired what action
should be taken by the council in regard to
the communication.
Citizens Banks-It is fully indorsed. /
move that it be placed on the minutes of
couRcil for future consideration.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-02-09
letter from New Orleans.

we copy an extract from New Or
leans letter recently published in the St.
Leuis Repubiico"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-11-15
Silk Culture in America.

Prof. G. v. Riley, of St. Louis, in a re-
cent lecture in that city, said: IF tonight,
should in my provision of what America
is to accomplish in the silk trade, paint a
prophetic picture of that industry in this
country century hence, you would no
doubt call me dreamer too. fully be-
lieve that in 1973-and perhaps long before
the Southern Atlantic States and the
Southwestern States will abound In silk
reeling establishments and silk factories
supplied with cocoons reared on all lands
round about them, or brought at reasons
BILE rates from the Pacific coast. There is
no reason why we may notproduce silk as
cheap as any. There are few parts of the
United States better adapted to silk culture
than the southern counties of Missouri.
The abundant supply of Usage orange
renders this industry especially adapted to
that section, since it has been demonstrated
by actual experiment that the Usage orange
is almost equal to mulberry in the way of
providing food.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-11-15
How Napoleon Helped His Friends.


government hasso much to do now
that it5canHot attend to the markets, but
Napoleon Ill. never neglected them. If
the poor complained of the high price of
meat. llew0aild at once send out and buy
hundreds of beeyes, aud if bread was ris-
ing, he ordered flour from Odessa and.
New u ork. Itwas-inth thisway r, while ben-@
eftting the poor, that he. made the for-e
tunes of q large number of men. An ex-
ampleis is within my own knowledge A
friend of mine who had rendered the En-
pefor service was sent for, one day, and
on reaching the Faileries Napoleon said
Flour is, rising rapidly we shall SOON
have rise in bread ] want you to buy
$4,000 barrels at once. - My friend OBJ
iected that he had notsthe means. Bor-a
row it." said the Emperor. He smiled as
he saw my friend hesitate, for he knew
| that the latter was rejecting upon how he
could borrow so large sum, and after o
moments enjoyment of this perplexity,
Napoleon III ssaid, 81 will guarantee the
| bills drawn upon consignments. and see
that you have facilities for shipment
| This order was followed by another, and,
guaranteed from loss, my friend made a
! very large sum of money by the speeula-
ton, while his friend, the sovereign of this
great country, was doing adeed OF charity
which in the end cost him nothing. Cor.
J Nel1 York Times.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-11-15
VOLUME III.
POETRY.
a. List TALK.


so,oo o,.f n, the garden and walk with me,
While the dancers whirl to that dreamy tune.
See! the moonlight silyers the sleeping sea,
And the world is fair as night inJune.
Let me hold your hand as lused to do;
This is the last, last time you know, 81
For to-Tf1orrowa w0oer comes to woo
And TO via you, though lore you SO.
Won are nale-or is it the moonlight's gleam
That gfyesto your face that sorrowful lookl
Sya mnst wake at last from our summer dream,
We have come 90 the end of our tender book.
love the poet, has wriLtenweH 81
He has won our hearts by his poem sweet,
Ana now, at the end, we must say farewell
An, buttlIe summer was Iatr and feet.
Do YOU remember the n ght we met?
You wore rose IN your yellow hair; -
Closing my eyes, can see you yet, Ets a,J
Just as YOU stood on the topmost stair,
A fiutter of white from head to feet,
cluster of buds on your breast. All me!
But the vision was never half3so sweet
As it is to-nightin in my memory.
Hear the yiols cry, and the deep bassoon
Seems sobbing out IN Its undeftone,
Some sorrowful memory. The tune
Is the saddest one have ever known.
Or is it becips sc We must part to-nlght
That the music seems SO sati2 An me.
You are weeping, Love, and your lips are white
The ways of life are mystery.
Yloye you, Love, with love so true
That in coming years shatl Rot forget -
The beautiful face and the dream knew, 3
And memory always will hold regret.
l shall stand by the seas as we stand tonight,
And think OF The summer whose blossoms died
When the ffosts of fate fell chill and white
On the iairest flower of the summer-tide.
They are calling you. Must Ietyeu go?
Must say goodbye, and go my way2
If we must part, it is better so- ae.
Good Bye S such q soTrowfnl word to say :
Give me, my darling one last sweet kiss
So we kiss our dear ones, and see tkem die;
But death holds no partingsso sad as This;
God bless you, and pyou-and SOL goodbye
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-11-15

from the Navy Yard at Portsmouth, N.
H., on the last of October. g ;i
On the last of october the feeling in
Wall street was not good, although there.
was not any apparent inclination toward q
panic. The prices of stocks were lower,
and a good deal of uneasiness was ex-
pressed on account of the number of new
failures, and the suspension OF pooling by
the banks ri .
Estimates OF expenditure for the legis-
lative branch of the Federal Government
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1870,
are as follows: Salaries of Senators, $500
600, and for pay of officers andemployes OF
the Senate, S144,000; for contingent ex-
penses, $4,000; for salaries of members
of the House, $2,400,000; for salaries OF
officers and employees, $21S, ,00e; contin-
penisexpenses, $267, 900. One cause ofin-
crease is that the number of members oi
the House now is 292, instead of 245, as
under the old appor6onment.
The report of the Commissioner-Gene-
raj of the Land Office shows that II, ,323,-
900 more acres have been surveyed this
year than last, and S,095, 900 acres more
have been sold than the previous year.
/ The Comptroller of Currency has ap-
pointed receiver for the National Bank
ing Association of New Orleans, on the
ground OF oyer-certifcation of checks
when the money was not on deposit. The
authority to appoint receiver for this
cause has been rarely exercised.
i The seventh call for the redemption O
$40 bonds of 1862 was issued Nov. 1.
/ Five hundred hands were discharged
from the Danforth Locomotive Works al
i Paterson, N. j., on the last Of October
Nearly the entire force was also discharged
/ from the Grant Locomotive Works, in tht
same city. The salaries of the men a
Rogers Works were. reduced IS cents ;
day, so as to make it an equivalent to. the
proposed reduction. The Paterson man
ufacturers consider that there is little pros
pect of an improvement during the win
/ ter. Some three hundred of the Englisl
mechanics formerly employed there, it i
stated have purchased tickets to return
home.
The following is a recapitulation OF tn,
Epublic debt statement for October:
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-11-15
Fhe Houses Built BY ohiIdless Men

One of the shows of Buffalois the ''pala-
tial residence of William g. Fargo, the
express man With the exception, per-
haps, of Stewards big marble house in New
7 ork, it is the most costly and pretentfous
private residence in America. 1t is an odd
freak in human nature that men childless,
oralmost without family, should have such
mania for,erecting these huge structures
for home. a.. I. Stewart, without chick
or child, builds a great, cold, gloomy edi-
flee of marble, that looks more like pubA
lie building than private house, and Far
go, with no living children, puts up this
immense structure, that towers above Buff
falo almost as the capitol does above Wash
ington. As we drove past the house in
the chilly autumn evening, d single light,
IN one of the snlallestef the forty or fifty
rooms of the great building, showed where
the little group of occupants had gathered
for snugness. Mr.. Fargo, the founder Of
the express business in this country, is
much esteemed by his fer1ow-citizens as a
liberal, Iarge-minded business man. Like
most of the leading Buffalonians, he has
made his way from small beginnings, and
it is told here how his enterprise was en-
daugered at its outset by the difficulty he
experienced in raising the means to buy
! his first horse and wagon.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-11-15
NEWS SUMMARY.
ComMERoE AND INDUSTRY.


Gold closed in New York, November B.
at 1919. .ss4..
A recent Washington telegram, an
nouncing the discharge of large num-
ber of 1aborers from the Navy Yard in
that city, is since denied. There have
been large number of hands discharged
from private works, but not more than
twenty-five or thirty from the Navy Y ard.
The New York house of Hoyt, Sprague'
& Co., suspended payment Oct. 30. Also,'
the houses of Mailman, Schmidt Sc Co.,
and Lloyd, Hamilton Sc Co. There We're,
several other failures announced on the
same day in Philadelphia and other East
eln cities.
W.0. Alexander, the largest individual
depositor with Jay Cooke & Co., in WASH,
ington. has declined to accept the propo-
sition made by that firm for settlement,
assigning, among other reasons, that his
repeated applications for acopy of the de-
tailed statement of their affairs, either were
not noticed or for some reason had been
evaded. f.. 49,.
| The following is the comparative cotton
statement, for the week ending 0eto-
/ bar n fsa, ia y
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-11-15

+ The welEknown manufacturing firm OF
"A. g. w. Sprague, Providence, r. J.,
owing to temporary embarrassment on ace
count of the stringency Of the money mar
ket, have proposed to deed their property
to trustees in trust for their creditors.
Their assets far exceed their liabilities.
The sdry-goeds house of H.B. ClatiiR
/ s. Cos New York City, have been CONF
PEELED to ask a short extension from some
Of their creditors, which was promptly
granted @ 4 '4
: The failure ofsthea Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad Company is. annormeed.l -
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-11-15

THE profits of saloon-keeper's business
are bargains.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-11-15
NUMBER To- 5,is1 ~ S.
.sesss - s ssssz4
PlTH AND P0INT. p =, !.

= = II
5A.N0ToRIoUs EAYEsDRQPPER-s RaiI-s ~.
sWHAT is the spropper agefor a parson--,s
the parsonage, ofneourse.sa ssssEsss = sesFsz
REsPEcrfor old agenever had brighter
Illustration than IN the case of the young
lady who always refuses to go the Wash-s
tub when her mother or grandmother is
present. ss - rs~eyak
"a. .dzN.wh has red-headed sweetheart
addressed her as g Sweet Auburn, 1oyeIiests
of the.plain.1 Sweet Auburn got mad
about it. She objected TO being elasseds
among the = plain. even though lclasSedg
among the loVeliest ofsthenf. sssssp.f
A cowARDLY fellow having kicked
neWshoy for pestering HIM to buy a paper,
the yonngster waited until another boy ac-
costed him, when he shouted inaheafing of
all the bystanders Is 1t s. no use ztoStrYsi
him, jun; he can't read i,.ass saSssssa -
Il "a YOUTH of the period, while reading
chapter of Genesis, paused to oaSk his moth
er whether the boys hi the olien time
used to do their sums on the ground. it
was discovered that he had been reading.
I the. passage,r Ard the of. meIffhhEti4A
fplcd eM8he&aae ef the eaEths
sINsene of the snburbans schools asehael
| inspector gave out. the word "psalter9 to-
a class forspeffing. It was q poser TO all
| till it reached the foot of the class, when
curly y-headed little felleM spelled iteorrect-
lA Rnt being ga asked to deiRe Il he shouts
ONE Sabbath, not 4ong ago, the teaeheria
Of the infant Suneay-scffooi class noticed
one little fellaMz whosyas not listening b
what she said. She had been, telling the
story of David and Goliath; and wishing
to seei hesknew what she hadsbeen tafklngss
about, suddenly asked, - Johnny, Nhosz
killed Goliath ?' With an mquirlng look
he replied eaYhy,,s E6liln't know hes~asAs'
ldead." .sssAslsrses saseissaassss asss,
l.s 8 PRAY, sir, ,of what profession are your
asked Nh. Edwin james of 9 witness
/ who had come prepared to prove
i fact, and who was deemed not very feSH
spectacle. - Sig, 4 am g sshoemaker anas
learned counsel eI.s.sss vine merchant and
j slloemaler.' Z, g Then,a sid Mr. JaaaesSa
lss j may describe you as q. sherrY cobbler..s'
+. 4 COOP story is told of i certain actor
i whose fateitwas torepresenss the iras4iofsf
personages in the drama, such IS messen7a
4 gers, serving g-men, etc. One night. a GER
tain great fraeetlian being ef gagged the
poor actor, enaeting~ slsc~eharacter of a SER
Want, had to repeat these words, My
slIord the Coach Is Waiting." This was all
he had to sayss but turning 10 the sgafIefy
part of the udienee. he ,addeds with&tesazs
Il t0rian voice, " And permit me further to-
observe, THAT the man who faises bis mdffHi
, againsta Woman, save theswaF Of -kindzs
i mess, is unworthy the. name of BrIton. !, :.
: Shouts OF applause followed. After the
play, on being reinens rated hgst3aeS
, lsgreat tragedian for this innovation, he re-
/ piled, regret to have annoyed you, but
it's my beneftnezt week and must malass'
!. myself popular with the. audience
z
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-11-15

A recent Washington dispatch has the
following Ithas transpired that the house
of Jay Cooke & Co., which borrowed from
the First National Bank of this city $780,
900 through the influence of Henry D..
Cooke, president of the bank, has. since
their failure, withdrawn 100000 in Cen
tral Pacific bonds and deposited them with
the Secretary Of the Treasury, as security
for 100000 advanced them by the Secre-
tary few days before their failure. The
creditors of Jay Cooke & Co. are to inVes-
tigate the above proceedings.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-11-15
The Memphis Death Rate.

The following table gives the number Of
deaths in Memphis during the height Of