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The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-31

A Spanish correspondent Of the London
Times writes ga singular scene was enacted
in lrun while I was there. A tall, stately,
middle-aged lady, who was described by the
burgesses as Frenchwoman, from the Ian
guage in which she addressed them, but who
was more probably English, stood up in the
place before the town hall and spoke at length
and with great emphasis of the sin 'of men
shedding mems blood, of Spaniards taking
Spaniard's lives, OF the blessings of peace and
charity ETC., till the hearts Of the audience
melted and their eyes were moist with
tears; but just as she had made her way to
their best feelings and people wondered what
all her peroration would lead to, she
upbraided them for hardness of heart, and
intimated that what they endured was
only the punishment for their stiff-necked
contumacy; that they were arrant rebels, in
corrigibl revolutionists; that it was their duty
to turn from their wickedness and commend
themselves to their masters clemency and for
giveness; to acknowledge their lawful sover-
eign; to do homage to their king, who was
ready to let bygones be bygones, and give
their offense to oblivion etc. She had not
spoken much to this effect before an end was
put to her further speaking A cry arose
against the Carlist and the spy Some of
the miqueletes laid hold Of her and hustled
her roughly, and she had to thank the alcalde
and some of the officers, who interfered in
her behalf, and pacitied the garrison by de-
scribing her as understandable word
'monomaniac,' which might have been better
applied, probably not being in their diction-
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-31
A Kitchen Fire Started With $l1OO in
Greenbacks.
Milwaukee News. 18th |

. milwaukee News, 25th
H. Grote keeps saloon and boarding house
at 1913 Second street, and, to all Appearances
is doing good and prosperous business. He
is thrifty individual, and is given to opera
ting somewhat in stock horses. He doesn't
keep, as usual thing, avastamount Of money
about the house. Day before yesterday, hav-
ing note against him that was rapidly ap-
preaching maturity, he obtained something
over SLIGO with which to satisfy it. Wrap
ping up this comfortable sum in an old news
paper, he slowed the bundle away in a bureau
drawer, and where he intended to let it re-
main until it was wanted to iquidate the claim
against him.
In his family is young girl, sister Of his
wife, named 'Melia Merclnk, bright little
lass about nine years Of age. part OF
'Melias duties is the kindling of the matu-
final fire, and yesterday morning, as usual,
she was the first one stirring in the house.
Not having enough infammable material
handy, she remembered the roll of paper in
the drawer, and getting it out put it in the
stove, where she soon had beautiful fire in
full blast. When the master of the establish
ment arose he missed his money, and little
inquiry demonstrated the fact that that S110O
had gone "where," in the elegant language
Of the late lamented James Fisk, Jr., the
woodbine twineth.' The state of the atmos-
phere in that boarding house can be better
imagined than described-the fire was imme-
diately extiugnished, but, as it had been I'M
der good Roadway for at least two hours, the
stove was as empty of money as a reporters
pocket-book
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-31
THE NEW BULLETIN THURSDAY DECEMBER 81 1874
CHARLES DERB1GNY.

The death Of this venerable citizen adds
another name to the list Of louisiana hon
ored sons who have disappeared from theil
sphere of earthly labors. Mr. Charles Der
bigny was the son of Ex-Governor Pierre Der
bigny, and was the candidate of the American
or Know-Nothing party for the same Office
before the war.
He was man Of unimpeachable private
character. and Of fair abilities, and was for 9
long time identified with the local politics Of
Louisiana, having been Speaker Of the House
of Representatives and President Of the Sen
ate at time when none but gentlemen could
aspire to such distinctions. Mr.. Derbigny
was over eighty-three years old, but to the
hour of his death his intellect remained un-
dimmed.
He was one of the defenders of New Or.
leans in 1S14-15, and was rendered by Gov.
Roman the appointment Of Judge of the Su-
preme Court, which was then presided over
by that bright contrast to Ludeling, Chief
Justice Martin.
Mr. Charles Derbigny was one Of the most
honored specimens of that noble old stock Of
Louisiana "Creoles" which is gradually and
most unhappily disappearing, for, in them,
there was no compromise with wrong and no
degrading association with political charlatans
and frands
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-31
The Inventor of ssCarpet. Bagger. >,

There died the other dry in Virginia man
who, though unknown to fame, had some de-
cidedly original qualities. This man was
William Parr, who at one time represented
Nansemond county in what was known as the
Underwood Convention" He was a man
endowed with perhaps no great amount Of
worldly shrewdness, for he didn't get along
very well in the struggle Of life, but he had a
keen sense of humor and the knack of ex-
pressing himself tersely.
While in the convention he INDUCED in
several whimsical tricks, and at one time pre-
sented the speaker with colored dancing
jack Of great limberness and agility. VIM.
Parr was then the inventor of a term which has
become national. In one of his speeches he
invented and first applied the expression
''carpet-bagger' in describing Northern politi-
cal adventures in the South, and upon this
feat Of nomenclature his reputation is chiefly
founded. The local paper mentioning his
death, says simply: $ He was considered an
honest man." And such record is good
enough. There is no fault to be found with
one who invented an apt word, and who died
SO considered an honest man.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-31
Telegraph Machines Worked by Air.

An account is published of an interesting
exhibition of telegraph machines, worked ex-
clusively by air, lately given in London, by
MIR. Guattaris. the inventor. A number OF
different instruments were on view. The i'm
pulse is produced at one end of q tube by the
operator, and performs the mechanical work
at the other end, either by ringing bell or
turning needle round dial. The rapidity
and precision can be made equal to the cleo
trio telegraph, the conducting tube being
able to be laid under or over cover, in the
same manner as the ordinary telegraph. At
tached to each machine is bell and dial, and
the message is transmitted by the moving of a
small lever which drives the air through a
pipe to the other operator. As the lever is
moved up and down, the dial, which stands
where the message is destined for, registers
whatever the words may be. Each dial is
supplied with needle; and as each squirt of
air presses against the words Of the machine,
the needle is moved exactly the number of
times that the lever is pressed. Each instru-
ment can receive or send message about four
hundred yards, and is therefore of special
convenience for private INSTRUMENTATION
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-31
PHIL SHERIDAN.

There appears to be much truth in the
report that Gen. Phil. Sheridan, who, as the
champion barn-burner, won the belt, is
really on his way here. If his being ordered
here is intended as scare, the intention will
turn out as the idle vagary of political tools.
He has many qualities in common with At
torney General Williams, and his past course
when he was in the position of a satrap is
we'll described in the Courier.Journdl of the
2Sth:
The authorities at Washington, deeming it
probable that such a lawless course will pro-
woke lawlessness and result in violent resist
ance, have removed Gen. Emory, who has
evinced an honorable and soldier-like reluc-
lance at performing the brutal work assigned
him, and supplied his place with Phil Sheri-
dan and General Terry who have
always evinced sufficient freedom from the
restraints Of the higher qualities of sol
diers, and who are not likely to be in any
way embarrassed by the duties which in a
previous age were assigned to an Alva and a
Haynau. If we do not misjudge the motive
and object of this change, the result will in
deed more nearly resemble the administration
Of the Duke Of Alva in the Netherlands than
could have been thought possible in this or
in any other civilized country twenty years
ago. We are told that upon the termination
Of Alva's control sixty thousand families
had emigrated; after the capture of
Client eleven thousand weavers betook
themselves to London; Antwerp lost the half
Of its inhabitants, and Bruges two-thirds.
Whole streets were empty, and in the princi-
pal thoroughfares of Client horses cropped
the grass No one who will visit New Orleans
tu,olvo months after Sheridan has assumed
his dictatorship over Louisiana will fail to
recognize the fidelity Of the resemblance. In
deed, the similarity is not strained at present,
and what must we expect Of policy which
will exaggerate present evils by removing
whatever restraint the fear of violent pun
ishment has exercised upon Kellogg and his
cO-uSurperS?
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-31

A PERnous VoYAGE.-The German bark
''Hellas' arrived at this port on Wednesday
last, after voyage Of l24 days, from Liver
pool, during which she seems to have had a
continuous run Of i'll luck and bad weather.
Her main mast and jibboom were sprung when
she was only week out. The bulwarks were
ali carried away and the cabins on deck stove
IN. When she was seven weeks out the crew
were put on short allowance, consisting Of
two biscuits and mug Of beer per day. She
was very leaky. and the hands were kept con-
SANITY at the pumps, both night and day.
When she was ten weeks out, and fifteen miles
off the banks Of Newfoundland, they obtained
provision from an Allan line steamer. and
after drifting in the Gulf stream for several
days, they signalled schooner and Obtained
. small additional quantity OF provision. ON
Tuesday morning. after a heavy blow, they
entered the Capes Of the Delaware, and ar
rived here on Wednesday, after voyage OF
over four months long. The cargo consists
Of wine and beer. and is consigned entirely to
this Philadelphia Ledger, 25th inst.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-31
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.
Messrs. Foster, Potter and Phelps, the
Members Thereof, are Now at
the St. Charles Hotel.

| The Congressional Committee, consisting Of
the Hon. Chas. Foster, of Ohio; the Hon.
Clarkson N. Potter, of New York; and the
Hon. William W. Phelps, Of New Jersey, ap.
pointed to investigate the condition Of affairs
in Louisiana, has arrived, and the members
thereof are established at the st. Charles
Hotel
The gentlemen are delegated as sub-com-
mittee of the Select Committee of Seven, ap-
pointed on a suggestion of the President,
contained in his last message.
The committee is not prepared to say to
what extent their investigations will be car
ried, though they will doubtless be full, as
far as relates to the political and material
condition of the State.
The committee left Washington without a
definite plan touching the manner in which
these investigations will be prosecuted, mean
ing to determine after their arrival, and after
as extensive intercourse with the people as
their limited time will allow, what informa-
ton it is necessary to gather in order to
satisfy the purpose of their visit, or rather to
fulfill the purpose of their mission.
Mr.. Foster, on being asked whether it was
the purpose Of the committee to inquire into
the election of 1872, replied that he imagined
Congress had all the necessary information
relating to that event; in fact he imagined
Congress was somewhat surfeited with it.
The investigations will not be held with
closed doors, as was the case on several occa-
sions heretofore; therefore the press will get
every detail, which will bea matter of exceed
ing great interest to the public.
The committee was to meet at noon, only
for the purpose Of organization, however.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-31
THE NEEDHAM WALTERS MURDER.

The circumstances attendant on the MUIR
der Of Needham Walters, in Grant parish,
which led to the arrest of that specimen Re
publican candidate, W. B. Phillips, returned
elected by the Returning Board as Judge of
the parish, are no doubt well remembered by
the readers of the BULLETIN.
A few days ago Alfred Shelly, one Of the
faithful, and Deputy Sheriff of the parish, was
arrested for completely in the murder. The
charge is that he conspired with one W. B..
Phillips, Parish Judge elect, and Capt. Snow,
United States Marshal, and one Clair, SER
geant in the 9TH United States Cavalry, in the
acts that led to the death of Walters.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-31
POLICY IS AN IDOL BUT PRINCIPLE
A GOD"

| We are not quite sure whether the ABOVE
sentiment was original with Father Ryan, who
gave utterancc to it in recent address, OF
whether he quoted it from some other author
Certainly the idea is not original, though the
quaint and beautiful setting may be. By
whomsoever uttered first it is grand senti
ment. a sublime and Interchangeable truth.
Policy is indeed an idol, the worship of which
leads to incalculable ills, it deadens the finer
and more lofty sentiments of the soul, and
make Of man sordid, groveling, abject crea-
ture-a thing, who, losing the respect Of his
fellow men, plunges into that unfathomable
abyss into which men fall when they fail to
reconcile themselves unto themselves. How
many noble natures, how many proud and
gifted men have-lured on by the fascinating
but deadly worship of the Idol policy gone
forward to shame and degradation?
How many there are who have in following
the linus fatuus Of Policy wrecked them
selves utterly, or found themselves stranded
and almost ruined upon the shores Of Re-
morse and Despair. There is peculiar
fascination about the worship whict makes
its devotees blind to everything else, and like
those deluded mortals who fling themselves
under the deadly wheels of the Juggernaut,
and like the desperate and habitual gambler,
they foolishly pursue their fatal phantasy
until there is no retreat, no salvation. To
such men the idea Of principle is the shall
lowest nonsense. They scott and jeer at those
who, believing that Principle is God, obey
Nothing tickles them SO much or SO shakes
their sides with laughter as the idea Of full
grown man being guided by SO stern and i'm
mutabie a law-of a man mixing with the
world and taking part in the politics and bust
ness Of the world, and yet conforming all his
actions to principle.
Society is divided into two great sects to-
day: that which worships at the shrine Of
Policy, and that which follows steadfastly the
guiding star of Principle. It is quite needless
for us to say in which of these sects are to be
found the good and true men, the honest
and patriotic citizens. Every man in this
community can look around him and define
in an instant the status of his fellow man.
Those who have abandoned principle for
policy are known of all men, and their shame
is written in characters that cannot be obliter-
ated. Not much is to be expected Of the
man whose nature from his infancy was
warped; not much from the bandits and thieves
who infest society in the South, but when
our own people, forgetful of their high estate,
fall groveling before the idol "Policy," the
sight is lamentable indeed.
Louisiana now needs defenders, brave and
true as steel; men who will make Principle
their guiding star-who will only lead when
they can inscribe principle" upon their
banners.
Such men, thank God! we have in our
Ogdens and Mars, and their followers are
many.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-31

ATTENTION. plank road on Calliope
street, between Carondelet and Dryades, is in
need of immediate attention, as it is in a
fearful condition.
If there is not money enough in the city
treasury to repair it, steps should be taken to
warn drivers of vehicles of the dangerous
state which it is in, or, better perhaps, the
two squares should be cut off as no thorough
fare.
It is time something we're done, and the
attention of whom it may concern is called to
the matter.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-31

The New Orleans correspondent Of the St.
Louis Republican, writing to that journal, Of
the 2Sth, says:
I have learned curious fact-one of some
importance. Four Of our large war vessels
are anchored at the foot Of Canal street. with
miral commanding has never received any
orders since their arrival in the city; and
where is the man, whether he be President
Grant, Secretary Robson or Attorney General
Williams, who dare give the order to fire or
lombard this city? Aaron Burr or Benedict
Arnold would be as angels in the American
heart compared with the man who would
even dream of it.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-31

On Saturday Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
mortgaged his house and lot to the United
States Trust Company for S15, 900, in order to
pay off two prior mortgages given by him to
the Brooklyn Savings Bank, and the papers
in the transaction were filed Tuesday, which
fact gave rise to many rumors as to the
alleged settlement of the scandal case. Gen.
Tracy, counsel for Mr. Beecher in the action
brought by Theodore Tilton for $4,000,
when questioned upon the subject, said:
.'Mr Beecher could not have mortgaged his
property to meet the expenses of this suit,
for Plymouth Church would never permit
him to do so. 1t must be mortgage given
to take up first mortgages. There never will
be any compromise or any proposition look
ing to any such result. The other side have
made no overtures, and if they should make
any, they would not be entertained for a
moment"
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-31

Toledo finds itself in curious quandary
over a case of mistaken identity. citizen
disappeared some time since in a very mystic
rious manner, and a few days afterwards a
mans corpse was found floating about near
the docks. Thereupon the Coroner impan-
eled a jury and held an inquest, the body
was identified as that Of the missing man,
verdict returned in accordance with the facts,
and the funeral was properly soiemnized.
Subsequently the missing man returned,
much to the surprise and delight of his
friends.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-31

Go to Mobile and see the professions New
Years Eve. You can return in time for bust
ness next day. Pullman sleeping cars will be
attached for those wishing same. Round
trip tickets only five dollars
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-31

For eight years contested legacy case has
been pending in the courts Of Virginia. 1t
has just been decided. BY the will of a
wealthy Virginia lady all her bonds, and a
considerable amount Of other property we're
devised to tthe Baptist Theological Semi
nary Of South Carolina" The heirs contested
this legacy on the ground Of misnomer, the
name Of the institution not being as de-
scribed in the will, but being the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary" The lower
court sustained this objection, and decided
the legacy void, because the name did not
appear fully in the will. This decision was
appealed from, and the higher court has re-
Gently reversed it, and declared the legacy
good. The sum involved amounts to nearly
eighty thousand dollars.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-31

Mr.. Samuel Bowles, OF the Springfield Re
is clearly political panic among the Repub-
lcans at the capital, and the feeling still pre-
walls that something has got to be Gone, and
that with proiane qulckness." The Demo-
Gratis, he thinks, are '' so missing their oppor-
tunity and Sinking their responsibility as to
open wide the door for Republican reorgani-
zation and restoration"
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-31
Communicated
OUR OUTCOME VEAL, CONE WO.

Louisianians ! We have arrived at the most
momentous period of our existence as free
and proud people. and the great and solemn
question is, "What shall we do?" Our
friends in the North and West counsel pa
tience." Great God, "patience!" Have we
not reached the point when "patience" has
not only ceased to be a virtue, but becomes
pusillanimous and criminal in freedom citi-
zens? Have we not submitted "patiently =
to the infamous Warmoth Government? to
the no less infamous usurpation of the
bayonets, disgraces the gubernatorial chair
Have we not "patiently allowed our once
prosperous and happy State to be disgraced
and robbed to the very verge of bankruptcy
Have we not shown the patience OF
angels in submitting for the last six years to
the indignities which have been heaped upon
us, and in permitting the villains in power to
eat up, by their rogueries and outrageous leg
islation, our very substance, and are we to be
expected to starve, and be patient"
All we ask in our ruin and distress is an
honest and legal Government, which will re-
store little quiet and prosperity to this I'M
happy community, and give us an opportu-
nifty to earn an honest living for ourselves and
families.
We have repeatedly appealed to the Presi-
United States, for relief, but all in vain. Let
us once more, however, in Difference to our
friends in the North and West, show our
patience and forbearance. Let our whole peo-
pie assemble ''unarmed on Lafayette Square.
on the 4th Of January, at IL
o'clock, to escort to the State House
the State Treasurer and the Representatives
we have fairly elected, and if we are met and
opposed on the way by Grants bayonets, let
us inquire if they are ordered to support the
"ukase of the Returning Board; if such be
their orders, let us retire peaceably and send
asolemn and final protest to the Congress and
the people of the United States. Let us tell
them in respectful, but firm and unmistaka-
BILE language, that we are determined to assert
our rights as freemen; let US demand those
rights at their hands, and if this our last ap-
peal is unheeded, let us act, then, like men
.who, knowing their rights, dare maintain
them" regardless Of consequences.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-31

The New York Tribune thinks that farming
would be the best work for most of the
people now engaged in the newspaper BUSH
ness. 1t seems to have already forgotten the
agricultural experiments of its Industrious
founder. and the dampening effect Of his ex-
psrience in raising cabbsgeS
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-31

Vandenhotf, actor, to Talmage, preacher,
greeting: II know of no single rofession-
/ want to weigh my words-I know of no SIN
gle profession which has produced, in pro-
portion to its numbers, so many and such
fiaarant instances of crime, such gross immor-
alities, such breaches of confidence and trust,
as well as of the divine law OF which they are
supposed to be the exemplars, as the clerical
profession"
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-31

Walking the streets OF Cleveland the other
day young lady met gentleman whose offer
of marriage she had some months previously
rejected. She had repented her decision, and
informed him of the fact in this shrewd style ::
" You have no tact in matters Of love. You
should AAYe asked me eSa;n."
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-31

Antiquity produced the man who organized
the Pyramids, and modern times prod iced a
man who wants to walk from the apex OF one
to another of these structures on tight rope.
At this rate forty centuries may Wi look
down on US.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-31

At the present time the Paris mint is en-
gagged in striking gold coin, of which SO, 600,
900 francs. or $4,000, 900, are to be made.
Forty millions will be in pieces Of twenty
flames, and ten millions in pieces of ten
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