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The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-06-27

PoMERoY's Democrat says of Hon. David
B. Mellish, member of Congress from New
York, who not long ago died suddenly from
over work: "He was earnest, truthful and
honest" No wonder he died young Those
are virtues which the fewest number Of Con.
eressional constitutions are strong enough to
bear. Mr.. Mellish was printer, and like all
Of his class, and like oil honest men, died in
poverty. To the credit Of Congressman who
seldom do good act, or receive good word
we are permitted to add that each member oi
the House subscribed twenty-five dollars to a
fund for the relief Of the widow and children
Of their deceased companion. The sum raised
amounted to $1,000.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-06-27

Is A DAUGHTER Of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
has adopted these three rules for her guidance
in copying her fathers manuscript: II letter
il dotted it ID not an i; If it il crossed 1t 10 not
4 {; and il word begins with capital letter
It does not begin sentence. 8
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-06-27

CHANGED HANDs-Tbe Beaver Enterprise
has changed hands. The salutatory Of the
new editor is brief, empty and anonymous.
Have times become so dangerous in Utah that
editors seek safety in concealing their identity.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-06-27

The Stock Report says the Virginia Chro.
icle thinks our . floating stone'is " nodule Of
pumice." We think not. Pumice 10 porous
and opaque. This is without pores. chrystal-
ICED and semi-translucent 2
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-06-27

some foel is in the habit Of drawing" i'm.
ages of imaginary beings upon our copy paper.
The caricatures resemble nothing on earth q
mach a. THAR author.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-06-27

GEORGE w. CHILD, Of the Philadelpbia
Ledcer, will erect monumont over the grave
Of the unfortunate but brilliant Edgar A. Poo.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-06-27

The San Francisco tea merchants have dis
covered : freih chaparal thicket, and their
customers arc slipping ! now brand Of tea.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-06-27

How MUCH DO WE OwE7-We have been
accustomed to consider the national debt as
representing the real Indebtedness of the coun.
try. That debt is now $2.l49, ,725.277. But
the aggregate Of all the debts Of the country,
State county, and municipal, added to the ma.
tional debt, may be summed up as follows:
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-06-27

National deb 149, 725, LOO
Bonds to railway companies, ...... 64623, 512.00
Interest on Ronda 1892, ,74S 4S
Unsettled liabilities (estimated). OOO W
State and Municipal. AO0 0OW OOoOO
Loans ETC., by national banks...... 944 1S5 SO4 ~
Loans, ETC., by State banks etc. :. 6l4.OSl, SS0Oo
Loans, ETC., by same in twenty-eighs -. =.
States, etc. (estimated). 15OO OO0oO
individuals to each other, etc. (esti-
rnndad Ate Of railroads ISL, ,578, 944. 90
Making total Of. So s52. $40. oar. 81
This is equal to $248 per capita for the en-
fire nonnlation on-Santa Clara argus.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-02-11

fair staten ents which yet finger on the
borders Of that great stream Of intelli-
genco and illustration which It pours
through its columns on all SUBJECTS con-
nectedswith the South. II it will par
don tho suggestion, We think it would
be we'll for it, in the ful6llment OF it's
high mission, to employ q competent
and accomplished writer, charged with
the duty of giving the facts and condi-
tions Of the South, both as they arc
and us they should be.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-02-11

scratches his off thigh with his near
hoof, and remarks. in a voice OF thun-
der: Are there any grangers nbout1'
The answer is: 'Jeese-wax.'"
/ was here interrupted. Mr.. Editor,
by volley fred into Che open window,
evidently intended for me- Fortunately,
I escaped without scratch, and, which
is OF moro consequence, succeeded in
fetching of my precious manuscript.
This is about ull there is in tho cere.
mony OF any importance. I must leave
the country at once-armcd men arc a
my heels. They know that T am writing
to expose them. You muy hear from
me again, if I should deem it best to
expo SO tho other degrees. Until then,
adieu. From your sacred friend,
=. POLE
NOTICE. ceremony of initiation
is usod during tho absence Of tho lad,
members. Their initiatory cercmoaie:
are entirely different, being much sim
p!iiied, as they should DO.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-02-11

Mr.. q. w. Holland. who has long
niled the position of Treasurer of tho
Airline Railroad, has resigned that
position. Col. Larkin Smith has beon
appointed his successor.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-02-11


Ten Of the street, in Charleston be-
gin with tho letter a, thirteen with 3.
;wenty-four with G. four with d. four
with T.. three with F. ten with G, fifteen
With II, two with I, three with J, two
with X. sixteen wltE T.. twenty one
With NJ, four with n, three with @,
fifteen with L. one with g. ten with IL.
twenty-five with S. six with II, one With
U, three with V, fourteen with ", aud
one with lin MI. comprising streets.
laucs, alleys and courts, 1877, making
about twenty two lincul miles.
a special from Cambridge to the Bal
!imoro S"n says: Last Wednesday night,
at Tobaccostlck, Dorchester County,
Nd, Mary Travsrs, wife OF Thomas
Iravers, colored, gave BIRTH to female
twins, something like the Siamese pair.
They are united by heshy band from
the lower part Of the breast bone to the
abdomen, and face to face. Que was
oorn dead, tho other lived few mi
mites. and mad its arm around the dend
one's neck. DR.. Benjamin has bought
md preserved the bodies.
Got anything for sick man to
read?' inquired pug-nossd boy at a
news stand the other day. Eyes. any,
thing you want-Dibies. poems, re-
nglous books, Christian Herald. aud so
!orth," replied the clerk. "Dblesl"
-chocd tho boy; "do you think dads
angel! Gimme lively dime, novel-one
With an luguu sonlp,ug snldierl'
Detroit Free Press.
Josh Billings says: "Thero il but
phew things on the face OF tho earth
more worthless than n poodle, aud yet
am glad there IL IL poodle, for il there
vas not there iz somo people who
"on!du't havo euny object in living,
md havo nothing to lnv."
NJ. s. Manpin, Of Freeotono County,
Texas, Was ussassiuatcd by an unknown
party. in his own house. few days ago.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-02-11

The proprietor Of the West Point,
Ga., Ne'rs, disguatod with tho result o,
his Efforts to establish a pnper there,
makes the following emphatic an.
noanccmcnt in his last ssne
Died, on tho morning Of the 9Th o!
February. A. D. 1874, after long aud
painful illness, the West Point Ne.cs. "
At "a recent dinner of hoe m .kcrs th.
following toast was given: May We
have all the women in ihe country 10
shoe and all the mon to boot"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-02-11

PuGS1xIANA.-Light material-Gas
and glass.
Cheap transporsation-Free passes.
Care is a thing that people never take.
When you fiud man who persistent
ly bnsies himself with other peoples
affairs, it's q sure sign that he hasn't got
anything important Of his own to at.
tend to-"
Mankind loves mysteries. Henoo a
mole in the ground excites moro won
der than q stnr in the heavens.
HOTEL ARRIVALS. February 10, 1874
lVheeter House-Wm Tapping, New
York; T s Peck. St Louis; Mrs A e
Levy. Ephram Tweedy and wife. z w
Carwile, Augusta; Frank Arnim. 8 @;
A Q Kaufman, " A Bradley. p Dofie,
Charleston; Mrs Lewis, Statesviile; A
D Martin. Cincinnni; T W Lizzelt.
New York; L NJ Wilkes, 8 Q; MIS-
Mobley. Miss Gibson. Chester; J A
Wbittenore, Sumter; s Jenkins, @ LIB
Marsh, Wilmington.
Columbia Hofel-L @ Northrop, city;
" q Oulp. Fort Mill; II T. LABEL, Bal
timore; " Sprinkle, T s Clarkson. N
c.; j e Farms, Fla; Il w NJ Maekey, G
Stttson. Miss NJ ~ Byron. J e Thames.
Charleaton; j s Land. G & Q RR; w
A Riley. p Il Il Il; 4 ] Frederick, s q;
E a Tate, Oconee.
Hendrir Houss-C " Cuttipgl Ga; T
] Martin, Pa; A Bayioss. Nd; l. @
Rollins. Timmonsvilie; 8 NJ Stuart,
Wlnnsboro; j Il Black. t j Barber, S O.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-02-11

who will teach yon tho grand haiiing-
sign of distress. The sign, my worthy
brother, will insure you against most of
the Ills of the ugricuturist amongst
others, against droughts and being bit
by tho fefocious grass-hopper.
The oandidute is now condut ted to tho
Most Eminent Squash Producer. who
thus says: My worthy brother. 1 will
now invest you with tho order of the
Festive Ploughboy, which you have we'll
won by your heroic achievement while
harnessed; may you ever wear it with
pleasure to yourself, and muy it be IL
means OF terror to yonr enemies"
(The NJ. l.. s. p. then proceeds to in
vest the candidate with the regalia Of
the Festive Ploughboy, which consists
OF long tomato necklace)
"Ihe grand hniling sign Of distress is
made by gently closing the left eye, lay
ing the right fore. finger alongsido tic
nose, and violently wAgging the ears.
1t requires practice, bnt the advantages
afs intanse. Il also i,us an important
siSnlhcn,ion, which you will do we'll TO
heed. The closing OF the cyo signifies
that in nll yonr dealings with mankind,
you are bound to hayc m eye to busi.
moss. Laying the finger alongside the
nose is emblematical of wisdom, and
places you ut once among the knowing
ones This is extremely handy in prog
nosticatiDg now wenther, and saves the
wear and tear of almanacs. Wagaine
the ears signifies sublimity Of purpose.
and il thought to DO cmblematcal Of
childhood's happy hours. It is also
supposed by some profound sohoiars to
havo distinct reference to apple dump.
llngs, bat this fact is somewhat obscure
by the dust OF ages. In token that yon
are one Of US. you will now be branded.
When ono granger desires to ascertain
for sure il there is another Of tho or
der Ill the room, ho raises himself gently
by the slack of his unmentionables,
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-01
WHY Il Flag was Not Saved.

| An incident of the closing days of the late
"unpeasantness is thus told by the Column
bus (Ga.) SIN: "Not long ago we read OF
an officer of the Third Georgia Regiment, at
the reunion of Wright's Brigade at Union
Point presenting to the meeting the bullet
and shell-riddled battle-hag of the regiment,
which at the surrender of Lee he had torn
from the staff and concealed under his shirt
A brave soldier Of Columbus, who entered
the Georgia Grays, OF this place, when not
fifteen years OF age, and fought in the West
ern Army for four long years, with scarce n
furlongh, attempted the same thing at john
sons surrender We alnde to Mr.. Andrew
}. Bo!and, rs true and gallant soldier as
ever braved the terrors of battle.
When Gen. Johnston took command of
Hoods army after the disastrous retreat from
Tennessee, he commenced its reorganization,
Sergeant Of the Second Georgia Battalion of
sharpshootcrs, commanded by Lieut. Col
Whitley, the Radical Congressman, who has
swallowed the Civil Rights Bill AMI openly adj
vocates it. In passing through Augusta the
ladies presented this battalion a beautiful flag,
and ut the surrender Sergt. Boland determined
to save it. 1t fell to his lot to give up five
battle hags. He surrendered only four, keep
ing this flag to the last. Happening to have
ragged valise, he put the flag in it, together
with new suit of gray, and deposited them
in the Colonel's wagon, which an orderly was
guarding. Result was when that night at Sal
isbury, N. c., when he went to don his new
suit, he found the flag, clothes and all gone
stolen by grayback |
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-01
A Bloody Record.

Special Dispatch to the Vicksburg Herald,
| MERIDIAN, Aug 27.-On Monday, in the
northeastern portion of Lowndes county,
Miss, near Caledonia Thomas II. Barrentine
and Wallace Dowsing white, shot and killed
Mrs. Anna Thomas, a widow, in the presence
OF her four children The murderers fed and
have not been captured. The cause of the
killing was Barrentine alleged, that Mrs
| Thomas has slandered his daughters.
On the same night, Monday, five negroes
met tragic deaths in the northern part of
| Sumpter county, Alabama. Two of them
| were found dead in a corn field, where they
| had been killed by unknown parties while
stealing corn. A third was killed in fracas
with some other negroes The fourth was
killed by accidental discharge Of gun
which he and a negro girl were fooling with
The fifth was a woman who was deliberately
shot and killed by her husband
How is it that girls can always tell mar
ried man from a single one? The fact il in
disputable. Blaekwood says that 60 the fact of
matrimony Or bachelorship is written SO
legibly in mans appearance that no in
genuity can conceal it. Everywhere there is
some inexplicable instinct that tells us
whether an individual Whose name, fortune
and circumstances are totally unknown), be or
be not a married man. Whether it is q GER
tain subdued look, such as that which char
acterizes the lions in menagerie, and dis
tinguishes them from the lords of the desert,
we cannot tell but the truth is 20, we posi-
lively affirm"
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-01
BUSINESS PROSPECTS.

The New York S,u of the 9th. has This tC
say about trade and its prospects
'The leading dealers in the wholesale gro
Gerry trade say that from the South they have
not yet received any large orders. 1t is not
expected that the regular trade will set in fully
until the latter paIt OF September Then the
amount OF purchases will depend largely upon
the result Of the crops, which through the
South are reported to be in very favorable
condition. From the best information so far
obtained from the cotton districts the Weld
will be much greater than that of last year. In
sections OF the Carolinas, Georgia and Ten
nessee large tracts have been planted in wheat,
and the yield is reported to be excellent. In
the West the dry weather has hurried on the
cereals, and the farmers have succeeded in
making several large shipments of grain in
good condition. But depressing reports from
abroad have resulted i'll a falling of of prices,
and holders at the West dislike to shin on a
falling market.
"As consequence, there are very few
buyers here from the West, and they represent
are conservative, and seem to realize the fact
that present economy is necessary to maintain
business life. They buy just enough to keep
up their lines of stock, prefering to make
small purchases and to pay often, thus keep.
ing the market within their control than to
rush boldly into trade, secure heavy stocks,
and then run the risk Of being unable to meet
their bills. In the wholesale wine and spirit
trade the same feeling is evident. The de-
mand III New York for wine and spirits is much |
less than i'll former years. but the trade is
much safer, dealers preterring short credits
and light stocks
con the whole question of the pros pect
for the tall trade, the views of New York mer-
chants are very satisfactory. They say that
The class Of unthinking spectators were
nearly crushed out by the panic and its conse-
Iuences, and they seem now to have adopted
he tactics of older and more experienced
merchants. The belief seems universal among
he leading firms that September and October
will develop brisk business from the best
inns III the South and West, with ample pros
'ects OF prompt Payments. The Western
merchants are in good financial condition.
Meeting their payments, without delay, and
very disposition is manifested by New York
iealers here to fill their orders promptly
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-01
NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN
NHW ORLEANS, SEPTEMBER !, 1874.
REPUBLICAN SHOT GUNS.

The Republican attributes the failure Of
banks the suspension Of large commercial
houses here and the general depression of bust.
ness TO the recent uprising OF the people in
the country parishes, and the substitution OF
shot guns for verbal protests. We all know
that the financial ruin Of this city has been in
gradual process under the legislation OF cor
rupt negro government. The late action of
the country parishes could not have produced
such An immediate effect. It takes time to ac-
comphsh that work Of decay and destruction,
every day developing itselfto the surprise and
establishment of every one.
The real cause Of these disasters, the Re-
publican knows full well, is attributable alone
to the villainous and corrupt administration Of
its own party. The treasury is robbed by Re-
publican officials; the people are taxed to
death to enrich Republican favorites; and
generally the people are subjected to every
species of wrong and oppression. Excessive
and unusual charges are put upon com nerce;
every branch Of trade and industry is over
bur,Iened by unjust charges; and all the
sources Of profit and revenue are choked up
by Republican legislation.
The misfortunes and distresses of the coun- |
try are the legitimate fruits of Radical and |
negro rule. All the specious arguments of
the Republican will avail nothing, and its alb
surd charge that 'shot guns" affect bank
Balances" is too thin to deceive the most
credulous It is the killing rule of the Re-
publican party in this State that is bringing
about all the financial and commercial trou
bles we suffer- and until that is obliterated
and the last vestige Of negro government, is
obiterated We need hope form othing better.
Let the Republican then cease its childish
talk about the use Of shot guns. When they
are brought into requisition. it will be soon
enough for such exhibition Of fear and trepi-
llations as are manifested by the 'organ. -
When the time comes, it may have. good
cause to cry out against "shot guns. But,
n the meantime, let the Republican contain
tsef in peace
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-01
MUNICIPAL FINANCE,

There was meeting in the Mayors parlo
on Thursday last to consider the applicatio,
Of the Assessors clerks to be paid their sala
ries In better currency than time certifi
Gates, worth only 35 cents on the dollar
During the debate
During the debate Mr. Calhoun stated that
act u, of the Legislature of 1872, left the
city no choice.
This act set forth that the bonded debt in.
terest must be paid, and does not limit the
taxes 70 be levied for that purpose, leaving it
to the city to base it on the amount of inter
est to be paid
But in regard to the running expenses of
the city government, this act states clearly
that in no year the rate Of taxes for this pur-
pose shall exceed
ONE AND QUARTER PER CENT.
including the police tax and excluding the
school tax
Now. the present tax year has been levied
at 81 SO on every hundred dollars of taxable
property. OF this, 81 goes for interest and 25
cents for school taxes, leaving the city 81 25,
out Of which a.! cents police taxes and -,
cents park taxes must be paid-thus leaving
in the hands Of the Administrators the beggar-
ly sum OF sixty-eight cents to
TO RUN THE MACHINE,
pay their charitable institutions gas. Fire De-
partnent, and all expenses necessary to the
city government.
Now add to this beggarly sum of IS cents
the X appropriated for the schools, and
We have the sum of % cents for the support Of
the government and schools for 1874 In con-
trust to this beggarly sum, we publish Ordi-
nance 1868, new series, approved December
70. 1869:
Resolved, That tax of twenty three cents
t23) on every one hundred dollars Of assessed
value of real estate and a tax of eighty-five
cents (S5) on every one hundred dollars of as
sessed value Of personal property appearing
on the rolls of assessment for the year 1869 |
be andsshe same are hereby levied to pay the |
ordinary expenses Of the city government.
The real estate assessment was about one |
hundred millions; the personal thirty five !
millions. This gives IN average Of thirty mine /
cents on the one hundred dollars, for all city /
purposes ihciuomg scnools, ana excepting IN
terest on the bonded debt and the police
The Act of Consolidation of 1852 is still in
force; it cannot be changed Or repealed until
all the consolidated bonds issued under the
act are paid The law is the best protector
the city has, and all laws infringing on the
rights OF the city and in violation of the Act
OF Consolidation of 1852, are null and void
and in that category is Act ~ Of the Legisla-
.pro rr 1870
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-01
New Orleans.

The new York Herald, in it's issue of the
26th inst, publishes two interviews, one Of
Geo. 4. Sheridan, Congressman elect from
Louisiana, and another of A. p Field, Attor-
ney General Of the Kellogg usurpation. Sheri-
dan speaks ont like white man and gentle
man, and tells the Herald precisely the state
OF affairs in Louisiana while Field, who in his
heart despises Kellogg, is yet compelled to
bolster up the usurpation of which he is a
part.
These two interviews are published side by
side in the He,nd. and the New Orleans Times
selects the mouthings of A. P. Field to pub
lish here, for the edifcation of the white
people, while it gives the Ego by to
Sheridan's Interview.
Of course the Times has right to do this,
and of course, too we have a right to com
ment upon it as another one of those peculiar
condolences. Strangely enough, the Re.
publican publishes Sheridan's interview as
well as that Of Field
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-01
A MESSAGE FROM TIE SEA,
Picked Up in a Bottle.

At Mississippi City on Saturday bottle was
picked up, cont lining an envelope addressed
to NJ. Z. Gadol, l25 st. Peter street, New Or.
leans, post marked Galveston, Texas, Aug. Sd.
On the reverse of the envelope was written
"Aug. %, 1873. Mort abord du Napoleon
Emile Garrain Prier Don Remie E. Gadal.
We cannot tell at present what the letter
means, but it probably refers to some ship
wreck
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-01

Our readers will doubtless remember the
brutal assault on two men at the New Basin
month ago, Jos. Schultz and Thomas Murphy.
The latter, Thomas Murphy, left the Charity
Hospital this morning, having been cured of
fracture Of the base of the skull and frontal
bone by the scientific and skillful hand of DR..
Y. r. LeMonnier, who has shown himself to
be good physician and a thorough surgeon.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-01

Staub is trump, and We are not ashamed
to be his trumpet. He brought us yesterday full
lists of Northern and Western papers from
his cheap news stand, No. 10 Canal street
He sells these papers, and almost all the great
illustrated newspapers Of the country, for five
cents per copy.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-01
A Card to the Public j.,

The disastrous fire which consumed 0ur store
last night viii not prevent us from executing
orders as usual from our friends.
Our Office will be at Messrs. BLOCK h BRIT.
TONS, No. 48 CANAL STREET.
G. N. BAYLEY i POND.
New Orleans May 80, 1874.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-01

The Rev. Emanuel Half, cantor of the Ram
part street Synagogue, left yesterday for New
York. to accept IS cantor Of congregation in
that city. -
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-01
EVERY LADY HER own DREssMAKER

The art Of Cutting and Fitting taught IN zen les.
at moderate rates. Black Crepe made new.
Also Dressmaking and Millinery Of thu latest ana
neatest STYLES MRS. GARRANATTL
625 Magazine street, New Orleans.
LADIES' HAIR STORE. EEL 3m