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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-07

MIR. S. KoINER, living near Waynes-
boro, Va, recently ordered an old oak to
be cut down, remarking that the cutters
would find rock in the body of the tree
which he had put there fifty-four years
ago, when he was little boy returning
from school one day. When the tree was
cut, in the heart of it was found i'm
bedded the identical rock which Mr.
Koiner had put in the fork of the little
sapling more than halt century ago.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-07

Wilbor's Cod Liver OIL and Lime.-The
friends Of persons who have been restored from con-
nrmed consumption by the of this original prep
araton, and the grateful parties themselves, have,
BY recommend ding it and acknowledging its wonder
full efficacy, given the article vast popularity in New
England. The Cod Liver Oil is, in this combination.
robbed of unpleasant TASTE andis rendereddouby
effective In being coupled with the lime whicis itself
restorative principle, supplying nature with just the
agent and required to heal and reform the
diseased lungs. A b. NILBoR, Boston, is the proprt
etOr, SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-07

"A young lady in Indiana was 50 dis
gusted with her young man for running
at the sight of ghost that she is making
preparations to marry the ghost.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-07
A Reptile in q Young Lady's Stomach

There is young lady living within a
mile and quarter of Christiana who for
four years past has been suffering with
violent fainting spells, that came on peri
odically, and are produced by the stran-
Cling caused by some kind of reptile
which comes up into her throat. She is
choked to such an extent that her muscles
become rigid-her extremities cold, the
pupils of her eyes dilated, and the skin
in all other particulars thoroughly con-
vulsed. She is only relieved by the
reptile itself, being, as it is thought, par
TALLY chOked, Withdrawing into the
stomach.
The reptile has at various times been
seen by different persons. On one occa-
sion Methodist preacher was visiting at
the home of her parents when she was
seized with one of the usual attacks, and
the parasitical object even came out of her
mouth, and was grasped by the minister.
Being Of a very superstitious turn ofmind,
she had conceived the idea that its death
was her death, and refused to have it re
moved, although that could at that time
have been easily accomplished. The
minister avowed that the reptile felt as
cold and clammy as any other snake, but
that it offered no particular resistance
when he clutched it with his hand. When
it made its appearance outside the mouth
it curled its head rather under the chin,
but when let loose went Immediately
down the young lady's throat again. 1t
frequently comes up into the mouth, and
the young lady says that whenever it does
SO it appears to lick Me roof of her mouth
with its horrible tongue, and then recedes
again.
The physicians in attendance are anx-
iously awaiting an opportunity to effect
removal, and are keeping constant watch
for the appearance of the reptile, which,
so far has been ascertained, is about half
an inch in diameter, of dark color, with
a sort of hairy coating, but no one is capa-
BILE Of judging its lengfh.-NashUiile
fTenn.) Banner
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-07

rosewood. forms a cooling lotion for red
ness of the nose OF face. Eat fruit, walk
frequently and use medicated baths to
cure it. 1t proceeds genee11ly from in
herited humOrs in the blood
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-07

Extracts from Letters and Tertfmo Halls.
Chicago 73 W 2rh, 1872 iave had
for Two vars on bottle OF your Diamond CaarTh Remedy
John Il. Barrett binder Chicago
Peialun. CAL Dec ., s32 Your D. c. X. is astonishing
every or lrJu f..
P,caton1a. Sept 1873.
public. IL ought be in
send 1t doz. possible K. E Shimmin. Grain
The best medicine used for
L. Shimm u
18th 1871. II have
which M until
Diamond Caarrh Remedy relief
AID slider II permanently cured W.
Ind May 18th, it12. "Dr, Evory Sir:
used Diamond Caarth practice duru
the and hud superior any every
all
for it, Yours truly. Geo ". Dakin. NJ d.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-07

A BILL has been introduced in the Wis
consin Legislature providing that when
insured property is wholly destroyed the
amount of insurance written in the policy
shall be deemed the true value of said
property, and damages to that amount
shall be recovered without diminutiOn.
In case a judgment to that effect shall be
appealed from, it shall be the duty of the
appellate court, on affirmance of judg-
ment, to add fifty per cent. additional
thereto.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-07

.Suet is the lawyers favorite dish.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-11
FANEUIL ON THE FINANCES.

Boston has called her wise men in council
to protest against an addition of about
eight per cent to the national currency
Her orators believe it to be the first gun a
Sumter That gun cost great many
millions and this whole currency among
them, and Massachusetts, should not &c
back on q cause for which she did sc
| much. There was loss of four years
work and industrial production to mil.
| lions of men on each side of the civil war;
The nation meanwhile lived on its accu-
mutations. 1t low desires to recuperate
and replace the immense loss. Why
should not the nation lend itself money
to do SO? Why should the men who
make cotton on one side, or those who
spin cotton, on the other, be denied the
means to reinstate their several indus
tries?
If it was proper for the capitals is
and property holders on both sides to send
these men to war, is it exactly kind in
these same capitalists to deny them the
means of recovering the means of living
lost by the war? If the national credit
could be properly used to wage the war,
may it not be properly employed to re-
trieve the consequences of the war? The
capitalists used it for one purpose. May
not the Changers use it for the other pur-
pose? Those who ask more currency are
those who in the West and South chiefly
waged the war. Should not this national
bounty be allowed them? 1t is 50 recipro-
cal in its effects, it so develops cotton pro-
duction, and SO extends the growth
of corn and wheat and meat Sages of
Faneuil Hall, look at the width Of this act
OF amnesty. Reflect how it will tend to
make us again one people, and how, in
fact, it will all tend to animate your own
shoe shops and bonnet factories. The
noble example Of Mr.. Sumner in forming
an annual lecture in favor of universal
peace, if followed by all your eminent
financial advisers, would be as nothing to
sectional harmony endowed by assigning
Louisiana and Carolina and Virginia
fair share of the national currency.
Pardon us, great sachems, but we do not
your prediction from your ex-
ample. A year ago there was a stock
panic. 1t was the stampede Of the buffalo
tumbling over precipice. In that panic
all the wise men of New York besought !
md beset the President to order the issue
Of reserve of forty millions of dollars |
circulation. He withstood the demand. |
Now, if that forty millions would not have
oeen the Sumter gun, why should this
orty millions be likened to that fatal ex-
olosion? Again: If, when on that black
'st Ct all the Fridays, stocks ceased to be
as collaterals, why did this
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-11
4 MEASURE Of RELIEF.

After proper consultation on the part of
those IN authority in regard to the pres
ent very high stage of water in the Mis-
sissippi, and the danger of inundation to
our city if steps are not taken to relieve
| the immense pressure of water against
| our levees, it has been determined, as a
| meas ure Of relief, to cut the leyee so as to
affo I'd an outlet to the Mississippi through
Il ayou Plaquemine The breach will be
made between DonaIdsonville and Baton
Rouge, at point about one hundred and
ten miles above New Orleans. It is esti-
mated that volume Of water sufficiently
large can thus be made to pass from the
Mississippi TO relieve the danger of over
flow should the river be left to make its
own outlets. But if the turning Of por-
ton of the waters of this mighty river into
Bayou Plaquemine, thence to finally work
its way into the Gulf of Mexico, should
prove insufficient, it is proposed to
cut the other outlet, already spoken of,
this side Of the Lake Borgne canal, some
ten miles below the city. It is thought
that no damage will be done by turning
the Mississippi into Bayou Plaquemine
and if it should become necessary to make
another outlet through the Lake Borgne
canal, it is estimated that the cost will be
trifiing compared with the damage that
will accrue to property if the river is left
to take its own course.
General n. JEFF. Thompson. the State
Engineer, left here yesterday morning
with ten men, for the purpose Of cutting
the levee at the entrance of Bayou Pla-
quemine. If the result Of that step is
not sufic lent, the next cut will be made |
through the levee into the Lake Borsne
canal. Our people will await the result |
Of this mode OF reducing and controlling |
the Mississippi with a good deal of inter-
est, being satisfied that if relief can be |
had in this way it will prove better than
to let the river have its own way.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-11

national promise to pay 60 down nearly

national promise to pay 60 down nearly
to specie par?
Gentlemen, sachems, you don't know
everything, and you grow further and fur
ther from governing everybody. You are
very rich, you are very prosperous, you
are even more distinguished in arts than
in arms. You did your duty in the civil
war, and so did other people, but you
earned large amount of the national ex-
penditure by the sale of your invaluable
weapons and wares, your bucklers and
banners. You have honestly acquired q
great share Of the securities issued in pay
ment for the supplies patriotically fur
nished to an impoverished country.
Now gentlemen of Fanueil Hall don't
begin to denounce those people of the
West, who made good these national Sc
curities, as either knaves, or an ignorant
herd, for they are neither the one nor the
other.
Moderate your maledictions. Prune
down your predictions. Let this eight
per cent additional currency go to the
West and South. It will pleasure them
and won't hurt you. The Union won't
burst up, the national name will not be
dishonored, and the Hub requiring no ad-
ditional grease, will still continue to sup
port one end Of the axle of liberty, while
we modestly offer New Orleans as entirely
a little more of the
lubricating material-to sustain the other.
Let the car of freedom then roll on tri- |
Let no discordant creaking
be heard from the rusty rotation of its |
chariot wheels.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-11

within the next twelve months, with a
wordy guarantee Of no service no pay.
We think this could be done, especially if
time were given for the river to fall. In
the meantime we do not know where the
sufferers can apply for relief We have
no board of public works, and the Gov
ernor has neither funds at his control nor
authority to contract debt to make re-
pairs or to aid those who have lost their
crops and labor. The work of attempting
to raise money by subscription would be
SO stupendous, and the result is so likely
to be out Of all proportion to the amount
needed, that it will scarcely be under
taken. Deplorable as the condition Of the
overfiowed people is, we can see no i'm
mediate remedy that is available for their
case.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-11
MUTUAL UTILITY,
The correspondent of the New York
World, writing from Mississippi, says:

The correspondent of the New York
World, writing from Mississippi, says:
The planter and land owner supplies
cleared land, mules, forage and farming
implements; the negro pays for all he cen
| sumes, ard the proceeds OF crops are di-
| VIded, q moiety TO each. Surprising an
acre Of land worth fifty dollars to pro-
! duce, az commonly occurs, bale of cotton,
the negro and planter will each make not
less titan twenty dollars from each acre
! cultivated. Each negro cultvates from
twenty to thirty acres, and you may dis
| cover in these simple facts the reason for
| the ceaseless influx into tie lowlands OF
the countless negroes from Georgia and the
| Carolnas. They never return TO their old
| homes, and even hoard their gains to en-.
| able kindred and friends in the older States
to reach this paradise Of the negro. The more
numerous they become (suc.l are African
gregarious habits and tastes) the stronger
their attachment to lowland plantation life.
The great body of negroes will soon be
gathered in Louisiana. Mississippi and Ar
kansas. Even South Carolina will be sur
rendered to hite men that blacks may be-
come supreme masters in the lowlands of
the mississippi. There is an illimitable ex-
panse of virgin forests and alluvial plains
on either side Of TIE majestic river, and
space enough for 5,o000 coo blacks, and the
riches of Lowell. Lawrence, Boston and
Manchester will grow pari passu with the
multiplication OF negroes in the lowlands.
Here is partnership unbroken, ex
cept by elections, when the partners tenn
porarily separate to oppose each other at
the polls, but subsequently reunite to
divide the proceeds of their joint enter
prise.
There is another encouraging and OBJ
vious fact. The migration of labor from
the lands worn by planting has always
gone on. The inducement offered to
planting labor by the inexhaustible allu-
WON of the Mississippi and its Southern
tributaries, with the cotton prairies of
Texas, will occupy all the lobor that can |
come. 1t will make New Orleans the
centre of this productive area. The trans
fer of labor on and west of the Missis- |
sippi is the reason why our receipts of |
cotton keep up, even with the loss of the
overland and Eastern exports.
The natural advantages Of New Orleans
as cotton centre needs only the estab-
lishment Of cotton mills to render it self
supporting in this great staple alone. This
great destiny will depend greatly on the
utility Of those engaged in the production,
sale, manufacture and expectation of cot
ton aud sugar.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-11
ICOmmunlcated.I
INTERESTING FROM CUBA.
THE HAVANA ROYAL LOTTERY.

| HAVANA, March &c, 1874.
| EDITOR RRPrBLICAN:
The Mephistopheles of the Havana press (mis
named vOz de Cuba) is irate against your CORE
| spendent for having given publicity to the frauds
| committed by the manager Of the Havana Royal
| Lottery. That paper, which is well known at home
| and abroad for its mendacity, atrms with un-
| blushng GOODNESS that the lottery has always been
| fairly drawn, and that the prizes punctually
| paid
TIE people of Cuba, who are grooming under the
iron heel OF Spain, do not dare to contradict the
above statement; but they know full we'll it is en-.
| tirely false. II thefts have been committed.
! why were charges made against Senior Valero. the
| administrator of the Royal Lottery Why was he
removed from Office and imprisonedl Why has he
been sent to Spain to be tried All the CORE
| spondents in Cuba of the American Press have
mentioned the frauds complained of, and alluded
to the incarceration Of that Spanish official This
shows that the abuses practiced are of common
notoriety.
But this is not all. If Senior valero ma aged to
cause prizes to be paid to himself for which he ia
now to be tried, is it not evident that the drawing
Is performed in manner which opens the doors to
fraud. Your correspondent defies the voz de Cuba
to refute these facts. The assertions of that sheet
are as veracious as the reports it frequently pub
fishes, cndeavOring to show that the Spanards
have gained great victories the struggling
patriots. The Spanish organ however, can not
say whether anybody was injured the Cuban
side, as the aforesaid Spaniards do not stay long
enough on the battlefield to learn particu lars. A
few more such victories and the gorgeous flag of
Spain AN emblem of blood and gold-shall cease
to wave over the fair land which champions of
truth, as thu editor Of the voz de Cuba pretends
to be, despo and plumber
Pv fha hanna of,l he
tickets are issued, at $50 each amounting to
10000, out of which prizes paid for $50 GOO
leaving profit to the government $50 ono on each
drawing every fortnight
The dealers in lottery tickets pay for them here |
in paper of the Spanish Bank, worth nearly one.
half the value of American money, so that you pay |
them in New Orleans $26 to $50 in greenbacks for |
a ticket that costs them not more than 10 OF SIS
If you win one of the prizes you will be able to
sell it in New Orleans but for half it calls for.
capital prize. am informed. could not be sold
at any discount in your city. In havana it can
only be negotiated at third of it's face. The
Spanish lottery is a monstrous speculation, if not
swindling; but long mistaken souls who
dream Of Heaven" are willing to buy, spectators
will be willing to sell. Here in Havana the lottery
ID played out. Let it be the same abroad.
ap ct
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-11
PROPOSALS

BLANK BONDS FOR USE OF TIE FrxDIyG
BOARD.
Sealed proposals. for the following number and
denomination Of blank bonds as authorized by the
Funding Bill approved January 81 1874, will DC re.
eeved at the Office of the State Treasurer or the
State Auditor, up TO one O'Clock Of Saturday, april
II, 1874, viz:
10000 One Thousand Dollar Bonds
1900 Five Hundred Dollar Bonds
1850 One Hundred Dollar Bonds
To be printed on steel plates in three coIo7s aud
on the best bond paper. with eighty coupons at.
taehcd to each bond. Bidders must state the price
per bond and the date On which they can com
mence delivery of the same One fifth of the
whole amount must be furnished on the first deliv-
cry and the balance thereafter as NAV be REQUIRED
by the board. Bidders invited to be present at
the opening of bids. Privilege Of rejecting any or
all bids received.
CHARLES CLINTON.
By authority Of tie Board Of Liquidators
apS 4t2p
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-11

Thomas jefferson was skeptical about
North Carolina volcanoes, as well as some
other matters. In his "Notes on Virginia"
he remarks: at is claimed that there was
p prior declaration of independence in
North Carolina. statement having about
as much foundation as the report that a
volcano exists in the mountains Of the same
Nto.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-11
E DELEGATION FROM LAFOURCBE

The levees Of Bayou Lafourche having
proved to be too weak to bear the weight
OF water pressing upon them, had nothing
left to do but cave, which che Of them
did accordingly. The result Of TIE break
has been the inundation OF several planta-
tons in the vicinity Of the Noreau place,
and the threatened destitution of about
two thousand people. As no other plan
OF relief has suggested itself to any Of the
sufferers. delegation has been appointed
to wait upon the Governor and ask him
for relief, and also to see what he can do
toward closing the creYagse. We learn
that Governor Kellogg promised to do all
in his power, though it is evident he does
not consider himself with ally special au-
thority to afford much relief. Whatever
his personal and official influence NAV
have with the national government will
doubtless be earnestly exerted, but our
hopes OF success in that quarter are not
specially sanguine, since it will require
the action Of Congress to authorize any
expenditure of money, and proposition
10 make an appropriation for the pur-
pose would probably be defeated or de-
layed pya counter proposition on the part
OF some patentee of q wind pump to
throw the water all back into the channel
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-11

Mr. Lowe, in his address to the cons tit
uency of the London University, says that
1.-THE man who prefers custom to law an
nounces principle which would stereotype
every abuse and substitute the blind guesses
of barbarism for the claer and well-consid
cred conclusion of a civilized age"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-11

A New York politician, in writing letter
member of the Legislature, says: II can not
tell you how panied was to hear that your
hush and has gone to heaven. We were
bosom friends, but now we shall never meet
arain y
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-11
PEOCLAMATIOy.
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
By the Governor:
WILLIAM WEEK
Assistant Sacretar-o \.

Il NJ.
STATa oP LOUISIANA }
Executive Department. )
rev orleans, April /, 1874.
WHEREAS, information has reached me that on
the eighteenth of February, 1874, WILLIAM F.
OROURKE, of West Pearl rlver, st. Tammanv nar
ish, was without provocation, shot at and killed
at point in Lake Borgne, twelve miles from the
east end of the Rigolets, within the limits of the
parish of Orleans, and
whereas, all efforts Of the local authorities to
discover and bring to justice the murderer or rn,,r
derers OF the said William 2. ORourke have
failed
Now. therefore, l. William P. Kellogg Governor
OF the State of Louisiana, GO issue this nv procla
nation Offering reward of FIVE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for such evidence shall lead to the arrest
and conviction of the murderers Of the said vii
lam +. O'Rourke, aforesaid.
Gwen under my hand and the seal of the State
hereunto attached, this first day of April, in the
year Of our Lord eighteen hundred aud seventy.
four, and of the independence of the United States
the ninety eighth
WILLIAM 2. KELLOGG.
By the Governor:
WILLIAM WEEKS
Assistant Secretary of State anao,
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-11

The American Register, of Paris, informs
rs that dancing is going ont Of fashion in
Europe, and says: aft men and women
could flirt as conveniently and pleasantly
without its protection, it would be given up
altogether in civilized countries"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-11

Mr.. James T. Fields said he once received,
for publication in the Atantic Monthly, an
essay by young man just out of college
"On the Faults of William Shakespeare and
Walter Scott "And / often WONDER"
young man. Perhaps he is in the peniten-
tiarr y
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-11

1t appears that the Ashantees have al
ready given evidence of their readiness to
adopt the ways of civilization. A cores
pendent writing from Cape Coast Castle on
the twentieth of February, says: Il sup
pose you heard that the Ashantees could
not understand our telegraph, and SO they
in imitation. carried line Of white cotton
from tree to tree all along the road, passing
it here and there through rags Of white
Calico
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-11

The suffering in Paris this winter is very
great, the result of want OF work. Relief is
not given for nothing; but good wholesome
food is supplied ct a nominal sum, plan
which enables families with very small
means to weather the storm. A special
bakery for the hospitals and the poor turns
out thirteen tons OF bread daily. The street
ballad composed in honor of Jeanne Dare
in front of the Tuileries, has sold for 500
francs, which was handed over to the poor.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-11

A humorous old man fell in with an ig-
norant and rather impertinent young min
lister, who proceeded to inform the old gen
tleman, in positive terms, that he could
never reach heaven unless he was born
again, and added: ~ have experienced that
change, and now feel no anxiety And
you have boon born again!" said his com
panion, musingly. "Yes, trust l have
Well" said the old gentleman, cycling him
attentively, II don't think it would hurt
you to be born once more