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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-27

Although no dispatches were received from
\ either Liverpool or New York, the holiday being
/ continued in both markets, the movement COM
menced with considerable spirit, and 1000 bales
changed hande during the morning partly at pre-.
viOus rates and partly at an advance of &C. after
which buyers came forward with increased spirit
I aud took 5000 bales at a pretty general i'm
provement on all grades from good ordinary to
strict middling inclusive. at prices indica ting
continued buoyancy, the advantage in many cases
tiOnsl transactions An improvement of &c was
realized but at the close We found it necessary to
raise our quotations, as above only sc on the in.
side figures for good ordinary and strict good or
binary and full 80 on low middlinS to strict
middling, inclusive.
weeks business up to Thursday evening. but the
movement for the entire week. including Friday.
embraced 81, 300 bales.
The amount on shpb0ard not cleared, going on
at the opening this morning at ia 900 bales, en-
bracing 48 600 for Liverpool 900 for Havre 5000
for Spain, 3O0Ol for the Mediterranean, 5000 for
Bremen. 2,OOO for the North Sea and 5000 bales
tor the North. which. when deducted from the
stock on hand by our running statement Thurs
quantity at the landing and in presses unsold Os
aw aitng orders.
The Exchange reports: "Saies $500 bales. ,nciud-
IN 1900 bales after +. NJ. On Thursday. Demand
active " It's quotations for good mddlinS, low
naddling and miding are raised &C.
COTTON STATEMENT.
Bales
Stock on hand September !, l874............ 1883
Arrived since last sta:ement......... 1873
Arrived preV1ously..... 1874 .s69-a994SS
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. AL
CLEARED 10 Day ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. SZoS
Cleareo previously ..S.o,iJ9~S8j,4o7
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OFFICE METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVER
New Orleans December 26, 1874
The following lie report of the weather
and rivers at 3:43 P. NJ. local time, to. day:
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EXPORTS.

NEW YORK-Steamshp United States-e82 bales
cotton 1925 bbls moasses 9. hhds sugar so bbs oil
10 bales hides io bls hides 20. bales skins 10 bales
hair 28A bbls beef 100 hhds tallOw % bales wool
NEW YORK-Steamship KnickerbOcker-s i6
bales cotton i6 bales hides i3l bds hides 1872 hhds
Observation-Disclosures zzie-500 SKIS corn $50
bbls flour 100 bbls potatoes 10 bbs whisky hhds
sugar Is bblsspOrk 10 bbls mOlasses 10 cks meat
BARCELONA--Ship ValadOra-2O36 bales cotton
1000 slaves
HAvRE-Bark Kate Cann-3Ol1 bales cotton 200l
bdls hides 240O slaves
HAvANA-Brig Cara-i797 bbls -four Is bbls fer.
tzer 200 bbs grease 10 bbls potatoes 1877 SKIS oats
Is 900 feet lumber
observation-disclosures Morrison-i4s3 bales cot.
ton POS bbs mOasses 5000 slaves
RUATAN ISLAND-Schooner Gertrude HOwes-
IS bbls -four half bbls beef bbls bread 20OO feet
lumber G000 shingles
PENSACOLA-Steamship Reliance-3Oo sks corn
100 bbls potatoes 100 bbs nOug 20 bbls pork 10 bbs
whisky 2O4 pkgs Mdse
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no 1OS GraV seS SSIeeys Z
Few Orleans December ~, S8f4t
Or VIRTUE OF THE POWER IN ME VESTED
ID by The act of the Legislature Of tins State, No.
Al of 1873. approved March a. 1873. WI: proceed
to sci: at public auction. at my Office, No. lts
Gravier street, in the said First Distrc: Ds this
city. on MONDAY. January 1875, a. twelve Q clock
NJ. tne following described property. 30 Wit
ACERTaIN LOT OF GROUND in square Nc. ssS.
bounded by Camp. Magazine. Orange. Rel ard and
Felicity streets fronting Camp sIee:. saa
URN e % by 104 feet.
Said property having been seized ~ h. q satisfy
q debt due the State Of Louisiana, toy taxes upon
said p.pperty for the year 1873. amounting fifty
dollars and seventy five cents together WITH AZ
costs, penalties and charges.
At SAID sale the property viii: not be ad'ucieste4
unless the bid is for sufficient amount 30 satisfy
the aforesaid claim, together wish She penalties
thereon. and al costs aud charges wasca a.sy have
accrued.
The purchaser at THIS sale wiz be p,: . .mme.
Iiate possessiOne but the owner Sas the Fight TO
redeem within SIX months upon the payment to
the purchaser OF the purchase price. aLd ~. GQstA
and charges. together with Fifty Ies es.s S66e
fiona. Npon the purchase price.
TeIms-.Cash on the spot
n. c. FolGxH.
State rax Collector. First District. Ai.y q Sew
Orleans. DEP. 50 ia3
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REHOW-COMTNG TIP.

Ship CO.onet, Bryan. from Havana, to master.
Norwegian bark Kas1o, kettel, 50 days from Tar.
ragona, 20 MASTER
Schooner S Fabers. Lyman, from Ruatan Island.
to MASTER
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OFFICE OF THE REPUBLICAN.
Sunday, December q. 1874.

CLEARED YESTERDAY.
Steamship United States Burdick. for New fork
Steamship Knickerbocker kemble. for New York
Steamship Lizzie. Felsher. for Pensacola
Steamship Reliance Read. for Pensacola
Spanish chip valadora. Casabela for BarcelOua
British bark Kate Cam, Smith, tor Havre
British brig Clara, Llubera, for Havana
Schooner f Morrison. LavendeI for Boston
Schooner Gertrude Howes. Ward. tor Ruatan Is
land
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ARRIVED YESTERDAY.

British steamship Bolivar. Doherty, from Brazos
Santiago. to PIN, For wood &co-4th district
Ship Royal Charter, Robbins. 49 days from Grimsbys
to master-POint
Barkentine General Sedgwick, Roger, from New
York. 9Th instant, to Geo W HynsOn &cO-Point
Spanish brig Jaime. Susida. from Barcelona. OctO.
Der 10, to master--POint
Spanish brig Antonio -. days from Havana. In
ballast, to ID PUG Aco-POint
Schooner Jennie Wood Pizzati. days from Vtilla,
to 8 Oter-2d district P
Schooner Elizabeth. Edwards. Is days from Baiti.
more. to master-Point
Steamer Amite, Porter, from Pensacola sia Mobile
New Basin
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IMPORTS.

BARCELONA VIA HAvAEA-Bris Saime-2OOO
bxs rasins $50 half bxs raisns 700 quarter boxes
raisins 3l4 SKIS almonds 100 half pipes wine 100
quarter pipes wine 100 quarter bxs lemons
CTILLA-SchOOner Jennie WOOd-2OO0 punches Of
bananas IS 900 pautains 81 geo cocOanuts bbs of
lines "a pineapples
PENSACOLA VIA MOBILE-Steamey Amits-266
bales cotton and Aundries
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SUCCESSION NOTICES.
Succession OF Marie Princetau. Widow
Eli Leydet.

- Of Orleans, No: $780, Whereas, E, r.
Parker has petitoned the court for letters Of adj.
ministratiOn OH the estate Of, the late Mrs. widow
Eli Leydet. deceased. interstate. Notice is hereby
given to all whom it may concern, 10 shDw cause
within ten days why the prayer Of tina sad neti.
tOner should not be granted.
de21 81 iass FRANK PACE. sR perS
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-27

STEAMBOArS.
Selma. Dugas. from Fishers Landing
Josephine. COzzens, from Bonnet Care
Walloon. Ruiz, from Lower Coast
IA Woods. Wood. from Pjttsburg. with 10 Goa
boats
One fiatboat. Rardwick, from Ohio riveP
WawenOck. Gleason, from Bonnet Care
Belle Rowland, Rea. from Shreveport
Henry Tete. Aucoin. from DOnaldsOnvifo
st John Junel. from Plaquemine
Mary Ida, Raynaud. from Convent Landing
ARRIVED THURSDAY.
(No arrivals from sea reportedl
STEAMBOATS,.
Stella Block. Walker, from Trenton
" Pike. Brown from Bayou Sara
La Belle. Ayles. from Vicksburg
He Yaeger. Vanhook. from st Louis
St Mary. PrObst. from Lower Coast
Marie. Bassett. from Lower Coast
Natchez. feathers. from VicksburS
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AalveA Quarters and Eighths il proportion,
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succession Of John A. A. Perkins.
TAX COLLECTORS SALES.
s..>\"'~"s.s-|~|o>'|>O>> ~
TAX COLLECTORS SALE-No. los.

TAX COLIfECTOR'S SALE-N0. los.
STATE or tOUISIANA-PARISH OF ORLEANS
First District, City of New Orleans.
STATE OF LOUISIANA VS.. LOT OF GEOCND
fronting on Camp street, in square No. Us:
assessed IN the name of Michael Met. lace.
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70 - drawn in pubic ~ New O1,tana,
On Saturday. January Is. 1S33s
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STATE OF EOCISYANA-PARIsN OF GNLkA1s-
Fist Distinct. City Of Ses sSleA.A
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STATE % AOCfsiANA Vs. 4. Lot - 6NOrNc
form ing the corner OF Front I'D LAFAYETTE
streets, in square ~. 5; Sss, ss.a II s:s SAHs
q L 4 R~ineg.
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

le hide market is weak and prices inclined t
way. TallOw is steady. Wool firm.
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S-sYB OF LOUISIANA VS.. A IV- ~ GAGtS6
fronting on 81. Theresa street g ilaTs Me-
- ASSESSED IL the name Of MGhae. NcssuaGSo
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Probabilities

Sew ToRKo December. 26.s-The following rs tn
Comparative cotton statement tor the week ending
aO-dayS ~
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-09
DECORATION POEM.
Br MRS. OLIVE E. p. THoNAs

Rcv'rcnt We stand upon theso bnllowed rood.,
To SORROW wed-aud bind the golden hours
Ger which Affections yunrning spuit brotds
With sacred song, aud sweet memorial flowers
No bugle call, no clash Of arms shall break
Today the stiffness Of these green arcade,
No tones oxultant Freedoms praise awake,
While conqueriDg hosts are sheathig broken
blades.
Sweet pence at evening Glls the star.town sky,
For meath Coluubias sunshine all are free!
And peace Is on the brows that silent lie
Beneath the shadows Of tho greenwood troo
With march Of solemn joy, we come again
To breathe our gratitude within these bovcrsl
To deck our starry Gag, and weep, ms when
Wo filled the parting soldiers hand with flow-
cfs!
Yet not as then, fer hope hath faded, fed;
The shining mnhIc Keeps the story truei
While Love, The holy counts, On ma,tyfct dead
Thy blood u sacrifice, forever newt
We all are here, the mother, and the sire
Whose calm enduring faith hath blessed the
son,
Tho constant wife, wl.o by tue fading FIRE
Weeps Ger the crsdled child when day is done.
Sister, and brother, from whose paths the spell
OF neiness and pain will not reccdc,
Maiden, whose secret sadness none may tell,
AND orphan lone WHO lNtu Ol hNltSu uttu'
Heroic souls are here, who, tarrying, smiled
Above aching heart a last farewell.
Strong hands that freely countless treas piled
And laufclod biows that safely with us dwell.
Full many a lip the sculptured names repeat
OF those we laid to rest, with sorrowing moan,
OF forms enwrapt in oceans winding sheet,
Or moldering on far battle plains unknown
Our own Green Mountain Dravol No proudcr
light
Lies on historic page than thou hast won
No nobcr lite blocd climsuuud in tho Fl .ht
At old 1hermopylae or Marathon.
Earth's fame hath kindl,d not thine eager oycs,
but Liberty, strong aims would tain restore.
And SO. cur own, the best hen, eth the skies,
lids my Rad Nations honor and adore.
shine. glowing dav! Thy fairest sunbeens weave,
Let mel dy thrill all these waiting hoursl
While tender hands their fragrant offerings leave
Upon tho warriors tomb Of Springs young
flowers.
Sleep swcetly, 1h, yc dead Wo ask to share
Thy floral crown of rest on yon brg ght shore,
With thcc the couquerng palms in joy to benr
Where martial music strs the heart no morel
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-09

A STRANGE CHARAcTER.-Jean Bap.
tiste Laiosse. man who was recently
tried at Bourges, France, for swindliug,
is perhaps as remarkable a specimen Of
mentally deiormed humanity as the centu.
ry has produced. Born in the year 1915,
he showed in HIS childhood wonderful
gift Of oratory, which he manifested 10
preaching sermons to his schoolmates.
His preaching, however, was not united
with o practice of the virtues he dis.
coursed Of and at the carly age Of Is he
was convicted Of swindling and served a
short time in prison Immediately on
his release he resumed preaching, con.
tinuing it until he was % years of age,
when his dishonest practices secured him
a second conviction aud sentence of five
years in prison The priests habit was
donned at the expiration of this term and
worn for two years, being resigned for
the convicts garb at the end of that
time, owing to forgerics he had commit.
ted. and Latosse spent ten years more
within prison walls. After his release he
changed his name. became a servant for q
time, then On attendant in hospital and
finally donned the sacerdotal robes once
more, preaching in various places with
marked effect, under the guise of mem.
Der Of the Order St. Louis of Gonzaga.
In the year 1868 he preached a remarka.
bio sermon which made many converts,
but shortly after got into trouble again at
Toulouse and was confined for eleven
months before it could be ascertained by
the authorities who he was. Then he re-.
ceived sentence Of FIVE years. Released
in 1869 he went to Italy to found con =.
vent of the Order ofSt. Francis of Assist,
and it was while preaching for this Order
that he was arrested the last time. He
had been accorded the greatest respect
by the highest local authorities of the
church, and by the clergy, upon whom he
won by his venerable and priestly appear.
ance, coupled with his remarkable elo.
quence in the cause Of religion. His
uumasking must have been somewhat
staggering to them. To Psychologists the
mental constitution of such q man might
prove an interesting study. An individu-
al alternating so pcrsistently between the
pulpit and the penitentiary must have a
moral and intellectual makeup singular
in its developments and want of develop
ment. The man appears to have an in.
tensely religious nature, together with an
utter lack of morality, and strange to
say, yields simultaneously to the require
ments of the one and the weakness of the
other Boston Journal
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-09

BErrISo IN ENoLANp.-The practice
Of betting is regulated in Great Britain
by law, one provision Of which appears
to make very marked distinction where
money passes before the event upon which
the bet is made occurs, the act Of betting
is punishable offence, but where no
money passes prior to the event. betting
is no offence at all. That is to say, a
man whose credit is good enough to en-
able him TO contract a "debt Of honor"
may bet as much as he plesses, while the
trsdesman or workingman, who cannot
have bet taken unless he puts up bis
money, ofeuds the law by indulging in
the dangerous pastime. A Diapers sales
man, for instance, may be heavily fped
or imprisoned for that which, under the
sanction of the law, is allowed to ruin
great names and large estates with i'm.
punity.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-09

RTouT BEoINNINos.-We all know how
hard it is to 60 on pleasantly if wo have
made bad beginning. When wo rise
in the morning, as we sometimes do, with
aching head, and throbbiug nerves, cur
bodies devitalized aud all the life forces
at low tide. it is not easy to speak gently,
and be good.tempered, and meet every
body with a smile Of love. Our Christ
ian grace needs to be in full exercise, and
we must draw largely upon heavenly help
if we are not to make others unhappy and
overshadow our homes with gloom by cur
looks and words. Breakfast time gives
the turn to the whole day. If father is
stern and mother is cross, if the big
brother gives short answer, or the young
lady sister frowns over her coffee, aud
little children catch the infection. One
discordant note sets the whole household
choir jarriug. One cross face repeats it..
self in very many variations. One angry
word challenges another.
Let US be very careful to begin right
in the morning. Are we careful to pray2
Do we open the grtes of the day with a
petition to tho Mighty One, wh) guards
US in life and death ? A little child
once said, II always pray to God at
night, because in the dark | want Him to
take care OF me, but in the daylight |
don't pray for | can take care ofmysef
well enough then" In very much this
opirit some grown people act. They are
hurried and worried in the morning /;
they have oversight business presses
them with manifold vcxations and per.
plexities many are the excuses they
make to themselves for the omissions and
abbreviations bu. secret prayer and
household worship are neglected and the
day goes wrong
Sunny faces at the breakfast.table ard
a cheerful "good.morniug' from each to
the other arc blessed missionaries. They
start everything right, and all housekeep.
ers know the value Of that, Others who
are not housekeepers know it too, and
benedictions follow tho man or woman
who goes down the street in the morning
with bright look and word of cheer
for every Que he meets on the way
Christian at Work.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-09

WHY Sue REFUSED. say you
went to the party last night, and you saw
Mrs. Switn, an old friend, whom you had
not seen since she and your sister we're at
school together. You had very pleas.
art talk until supper, then you gave her
your arm and took her to supper. When
some one came along with few glasses
of wine on a waiter, and offered her a
glass, you saw her shudder, as che said
mo ~ and you wondered why Mrs.
Smith, who didn't use to be particular
about such things, not only refused but
shuddered when she said, mo |" You
cannot tell why? 1 can tell you why.
You went on with your talk, and had
little renewed Irritation, did you 2 | won't
say you didn't. She was very gay and
seemed glad to forget herself, did she ?
Very we'll l am glad you gave her that
hour Of the evening. l can tell yon
where she went after the party was over.
She went home-the latest person from
the party. She was glad 1t was late, for
her husband had not come home. She
sat and read for an hour, and he did not
come. She sat at the piano an hour, and
he did not come At length, between
three aud four o'clock, there was noise
at tho door. She went to the door, and
two policemen held him in their arms.
She knows them both we'll by this time.
1t happens so often that she knows every
policeman on the beat. They bade her
good night, She brought him in. She
had locked her chld's room that he might
not abuse him, She took the abuse as he
flung himself upon the bed. She dragged
off his ueckcloth and coat and sat there
until be should fall into his stupid sleep.
She was the woman who refused glass
of wine with a shudder. You do not
know the story. You thought she was
so gay and bright. / know her story be.
cause | am her minister. They have a
sort of skeleton in the closet, which We
are permitted to see and you are not.
And when wo see that skeleton, do you
wonder that we sometimes say sharp
things about moderate drinking and tho
temptations offered at parties?
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-09

TnE WRoNG ROAD TO HEAvEN.-A
party of revivalists recently left St. Louis
for trip through Texas, travelling by
rail. At the town of Houston. while the
train waited few moments, it became
known through the city who we're abroad,
and the citizens were anxious that the
revivalist should tarry there awhile.
Finally they persuaded the ladies to 60
out upon the platform at the depot and
sing. In the meantime Mrs. Morrill,,
wife of prominent Baptist clergyman of
St. Louis, stepped across the street to q
restaurant, and while there overheard a
conversation between two young fellows,
who we're wondering what was the cause
of the disturbance. At length she turned
to one of them and said They're q
band of pilgrims, singing on their way to
heaven." Ono of them replied lazily !;
"Waal, they've come long way out O.
their road when they came by way O.
Texas, - Western Paper.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-09

The CRY OF THE HEART There is
something in you and me that yearns and
cries ont with uplifted hand, for God. If
any one believes that he is to sink down
to nothing better than dark materialism
or atheism he cannot know what man is.
But who are they that say this? Sarely
not religious men, but they who profess
that they have no religion, and that they
don't want any. Are these fiji persons
to speak on this subject? We ask ex.
perts, not inexperts, to judge a thing
Suppose an ignorant man were to say to
an educated man, "Y our studies and your
pursuits are of no account your science
will die out" He would not think much
Of his opinion and when skeptIc or
worldly wise man tells me that religion is
to die out, | cant think much Of it
Rec, DR.. De0ey.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-09

A Sunday school teacher, desrous of
waking the dormant powers of scholar,
asked the question, "what are we taught
by the historic incident Of Jacob wrest.
ling with the angel 7" The cautious re-
ply came, "0usno, 'sactly, but s'pose
twas to tell US that We mustn't rastle."
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We shall soon be in eternity, and then
We shall see how triling all the things
Of this world are, and how little it mat.
tered what became Of them Yet DOW
we are rs eager over them as if they
were allimportant When we were
children We used to be eager ia collect.
ing bits Of wood, aud tile, and mud, to
build our play-houses; and # they were
knocked down, we were sorely grieved.
even to tears; now we know that this
was oil child's play. Even 30 when we
reach heaven we shall see that all these
earthly interests we're but child's play too.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-09

STRANGE DIsCovERY.-For the last
few years Williamson Co, H.. has been
the scene of many dark and mysterious
deeds Of blood. Men have been waylaid
and murdered. have b,en assassinated in
their own door.yards and on their own
thresholds others have been dragged from
heir beds at night and hung upon trees; ;
in fact, reign Of terror was inaugura.ed,
and murder and rapinc had full sway.
The parties committing these outrages
could never be tracked. and an air of i'm.
penetrable mystery covered all their acts.
Not long ago a party Of hunters were out
at night Toward morning they were
borrlied to see another party approaching
them, carrying dead body. Hastily
conceallng themselves, the hunters allow.
ed the other party to pass them. and then
followed at safe distance. After track
ing them some distance, the party with
the body disappeared. and no trace of
them could be found. Next day the
search was renewed, and they discovered
tho entrance to a cave. The entrance
was just large enough to admit one per-
son at time, and ono after another the
party descended, Arriving at the bottom
they found large cave, well lighted and
furnished and showing unmistakable sigu,
of having been recently occupied. The
party, after exploring tho cave, went to
the house OF a farmer near by and made
known their discovery. Tho farmer was
very much excited, and, leaving the room
soon returned with four masked aud arm.
ed men, who compelled the party to take
a solemn oath not to disclose the discovery
they had made. The men who made
tho discovery ara leaving the country
with their families, and others are pre-.
pairing to follow.