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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-29

GENERAL NATURE-No. I09
An act to extend the time for filing cain
for additional bounty under the act 0
Jul y twenty eighth, eighteen hundred
and sixty-six.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Hous
of Representatives of the United States
America in Congress assembled, That tb
time for filing claims for additional bounr
under the act OF July twenty eighth, eigb
cen hundred and sixty-six. and who
expired by limitation January thirteb /,
eighteen hundred and seventy three, b.
and the same is hereby revived and e.
tended until the thirtieth day of Januar
eighteen hundred and seventy-four; a.
that all claims fot such bounties filed in y
proper department after the thirtieth Do
OF January, eighteen hundred and sc VENT
three, and before the passage of this &C,
shall be deemed to have been filed in d'ss
time, and shall be considered and decidrl
without filing. :
Approved March 3, 1879
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boats or vessels transporting the same at
the expense of said owner or person in Gus.
tody thereof; and said company, owners
or masters shall in such cases have q lien
upon such animals for food, care, and GUS
tody furnished, and shall not be liable for
any detention of such animals authorized
by this act. Any company, owner or GUS
todian of such animals who shall knowingly
and willfully fail to comply with the pro-
visions of this act shall, for each and every
such failure to comply with the provisions
of this act, be liable for and forfeit and pay
a penalty of not less than one hundred Tor
more than five hundred dollars; provided,
however, that when animals shall be car
ried in cars, boats, or other vessels in which
they can and do have proper food, water,
space, and opportunity for rest the torego-
ing provisions in regard to their being un-
loaded shall not apply.
SEC. .. That the penalty created by the
first section OF this act shall be recovered
by civil action in the name of the United
States in the circuit or district court of the
United States, holden within the district
where the violation of this act may have
been committed, or the person or corpora
ton resides or carries on its business and
it shall be the duty of all United States
marshals, their deputies and subordlnates,
to prosecute all violations OF this act which
shall come to their notice or knowledge.
SEC. 3. That any person or corporation
entitled to lien under the first section of this
act may enforce the same by a petition filed
in the district court of the United States
holden within the district where the food,
cave and custody shall have been fur
nished or the owner or custodian of the
property resides; and said court shall
have power to issue all suitable
process for she enforcement of such lien BY
sale or otherwise, and to compel the pay
ment of all costs, penalties, charges, and
expenses of proceedings under this act.
SEC. 4. That this act shall not go into efc
feet until the first day of October, eighteen
hundred and seventy-twO.
Approved March 3, 1878,
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GENERAL NATURE-No. 1919

GENERAL NATURE-No. 1917
An act to authorize the interment Of hon
orably discharged soldiers, sailors and
marines in the national cemeteries OF the
United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That hon.
orably discharged soldiers, sailors or ma
rines, who served during the late war
either in the regular or volunteer forces,
dying subsequent to the passage of this
act, may be buried in any national GENE
terry of the United States free of cost, and
their graves shall receive the same care
and attention as the graves of those al
ready buried. The production of the hon
Orable discharge of the deceased shall be
authority for the superintendent of the
cemetery to permit the interment.
Approved March 3, 1873.
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Mayor Eastman, of Poughkeepsie, is a
member of the New York Legislature. He
attended the Republican caucus on Monday
evening. and spoke in favor of Mr.. Husteds
nomination for Speaker, because he would
expedite business. 81 come here said he,
..for 50 day, when might make $500 else
where" and voice called out from the
Hobbies, "You can make it here if you go
the right way about it" This was too
much for good nature, and, amid the laugh
ter that greeted the sally, Eastman sat
down and joined heartily in the general
hilarity.
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1GENERAl. NATURE-NO. .yY

{VENENZt1s .&V' II
An act to create port of delivery at La
Crosse. in Wisconsin, and tc provide tor
surveyor of customs thereat.
Be it enacted by The Senate and House of
Representatives OF tbs United States of
America in Congress assembled, That La
Crosse. an the county of La Crosse. and
State Of Wisconsin,. be, and Is hereby, cono
stituted a port of delivery within the col
lection district Of New Orleans; and there
shall be appointed surveyor of customs
for said port, who shall perform the duties
of such office and receive the compensation
of not exceeding twelve hundred sollars
per annum as salary.
Approved March 3, 1873.
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Terms of subscriptions
L. ni n,nnfha ~ 20.
CITY COUNCIL--OFFICIAL
SPECIAL MEETING

CRY HALL, New ORLEANS, !
Wedne sday, January 23, 1874. }
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For the reduction of the principal
there will be required. ......... S61:,S9b
This does not include wharf
bonds, which are payable ont Of
MARRIAGES; nor drainage bonds.
which are payable out of the
drainage tax.
Interest payable in 1874 on the
bonded debt. .............. !.31o.6!9
sThis does not include interest
on wharf bonds, payable out az
wharfages
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-10-31
HILHEInA ANn RIsMARCK.

A stranger sauntering in and out among
the lime trees of Berlin, may chance to
meet two men in earnest talk, on whom his
eyes will fasten with start. A plump aud
venerable mana soldier from the tip of
his gilt helmet to the spur Of his cavalry
boOt-salutes with military quiekness as you
touch your hat. Sedate, little in advance
and listening with curious strain, he has
the outer presence Of a man to whom
the weight Of life is not alone the load of
time. Though swart with sun and toll,
his features have a something in them
weird and mystical. 1t is a martial and
imperial face, vet in the lofty lOOk-tOO
lofty for a trace Of ordinary pride-yoU
catch, by a surprise Of the Imagination,
something Of the pensive and accusing
spirit of a monk. But even this fine figure
cannot keep your eye from wandering
TO the partner Of his walk. Straight as
pine and rugged as a larch is he; man
in plain attire, yet martial in his stride
and gait as though he also passed bis
life in camp. A man with ample brow,
firm and massive chin, head all brain, a
trunk all nerve, he seems to pour out floods
of strong speech, yet with an eye so open
and a face so frank that he who listens
would not have him spare one word. No
dreamer, no Self-searcher, no idealist is ne;
but one who clings to fact, 10 science, to the
rule Of three. No weakness fingers on that
face, no doubt, no superstition,
no remorse. When laughter rippleS down
his cheek. it is the flash of light
on metal, rather than the play Of flesh and
blood. You feel at once that what he doe
is right, in his own eyes; that he will never
need to Justify his actions to himself. That
elder parsonage, martial, medtative, doubt
full of himself, dependent on unseen powers
is Wilhelm of HOhenzOllern, victor o
SadOwa and Sedan, first Evangelical EN-
peror on this planet. That younger, though
mature and sturdy parsonage, is Bismareki
Chancellor of the new secular empire II
Germany.
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''ChIn'n of the
Bret Harte on Confueius.

Chinese COsmOgOny-In the beginning
of the world. the world was Kite Kiang,
Sho died. His blood became rivers, his
bones granite, his hair trees, ETC.; and
finally, the insects which infested his body
became people.
Confucius-His Habits.-In walking the
Master usually put one foot before the
other, wien lie rested it was generally on
both legs.
If in walking he came upon a stone, he
would kick it out of the way; if it were too
heavy he would step over or around it.
Happening once to kick large stone, he
changed cOunienanee.
The superior person wore his clothes in
the ordinary manner, never putting his
shoes upon MS head nW his cap upon his
feet.
He always kept the skirts OF his robe be-
fore and behind, evenly adjusted. He per-
rnitted not the unseeInly exposure of his
under garment of linen at any time.
When he met his visitors he rushed
towards them with his arms open like
wings.
His poetry. The following was written
in his sixty-fifth year on leaving Loo:
"Oh, fain would still look toward Loo,
But this Kwei hill cuts of my view
With an axe Will hew
| This tl1ieket all through
That obscuTes the clear prospect Of Loo"
In later wears the following was COM
posed by his disciple Shun:
ssThere once was a sage called Conf1-
| Gus, whose remarks were not few
He said, Il will hew
This blasted hill through
While his friends remarked quietly Do
His Ethics-The Master said, 'sOne vir-
| tue goes a great way. In jar Of chow
chow, Uroperly favored with ginger, even a
dead mouse is palatable."
On Wau asking him if it were proper to
put dead mice in ehOY-chOw, he replied cit
| is the custom"
When he heard that Chang had behead-
/ ed an entire province, he remarked, "Ihis
| is carrying things to an excess"
On being asked his opinion of impale-
| ment, he replied that "the end did not
justify the means"
sIop Kee asked him how to tell the su-
perior man. The Master replied, "How,
indeed"
The Duke Shang asked him one day,
s.What constitutes the State?" Confucius
replied, "The question is asinine."
His JOkes-One day, being handed q
two-foot rule, Confucius opened it the
wrong way, whereupon it broke. The
master said, quietly, that sit was a pOol
rule that wouldn't work both ways"
Observing that Wan Sing was much adj
dicted to opium, the master said:
"Filial regard is always beautiful"
"Why?" asked his disciple
"He loves his poppy" replied the mas
ter, changing countenance.
s'Is that nankeen?' asked the great Men
cius, as he eareleSsly examined the rOb'
that enfolded the bosom of the fair YOU
Sing.
"NO," replied tine master, ''thats Pekin.'
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LOUISIANA.
@oaunp MerrilI.,,

NEw ORLEANS, Oct. 30.-United States
Marshal Packard to-day received a dispatch,
dated Camp Merrill, Oct. %, via Shreye-
port, Oct. 80, from his deputy, reporting
the arrest OF five persons charged with COM
plicity in the Conshotta trouble.
PIedgihg their Property for Peace.
New IBERIA, Oct. 30.[The Federal
Marshal, with a squad Of cavalry, arrested
s. Gay aud A. Gricol, of iberia parish, to-
day. When the cavalry arrived on Gricol's
plantation he left, but CAME here and sur
rendered this afternoon. He had been
grinding his crop for several days.
The property-holders of st. Martins,
numbering about five hundred, headed by
a band of music, to-day marched into the
town to offer themselves for bondsmen for
the accumulated prisoners. Commissioner
Riddell was presented with list Of ahcut
four hundred rsr,es, having property
agrega,ing over S250,OO0, and were ready
to make affidavits to that effect. Riddell
refused to accept them. Finally, about ten
succeeded in procuring certificates from
the tax collectors aud recorders, and pre-
sented them, which Riddell accepted, and
orders were given to release the prisoners.
The property holders returned home re-
Joicing al the liberation Of their friends.
The rfaiost good order prevailed.
A settler.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 30.-The follow
ing is regarded as settling the question of
the jurisdiction of the Second District
Court TO naturalize aliens. Article forty
four, of 1866. section eleven, says that ''the
Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth District
Courts of New Orleans shall have concur
rent jurisdiction in ali civil cases whatever,
including writs Of naturalization, in which
the Second District Court of New Orleans
shall also have concurrent Jurisdiction"
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FOREST FIRES.
The Woods and Fields Afiame
i'm Indiana and Ohio,
Widespread Destruction and Con-
sternatIOn.

Widespread Destruction and Con-
sternatIOn.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 30.-A Gazette special
from Hartford City, Ind, says: There is a
terrible fire raging in the woods Just south
of here, fully four miles in length, and a
heavy wind blowing it along the track of
the Fort Wayne, Muncey and Cincinnati
Railroad, threatening the track and bridges
with destruction.
A Dayton speclal to the same paper
saws the woods and fields between Union
City and Greenyille and DodSOn and Green
willie are on fire in many places, hundreds
Of acres being covered with flames. In the
forests the flames have climbed to the tops
Of the tallest trees, and present
Terribly Grand Spectacle
at night. Forest fires are also raging in
the vicinity of Oxford, Logan, Crestline,
New Lexington, Cambridge, KentOn, Iron
ton, Bellefontaine and Delaware, Ohio;
Nashville, Ind, and Russell, Ky. There
is a great scarcity of water at all points.
Night Reports.
CINCINNATI. o., Oct. 30.-FOrest fires
are raging from Bainbridge to Bonneville,
(Ross county,) Ohio, distance of six
miles. Gazette specials report them
bad on the Cleveland and Columbus Rail
road, being worst at Canton, Forest,
Bellefontaine and Urbana. A high wind
tonight increases the devastation and
danger.
Terrible Fires in Eastern Ohio.
PITTsBURG, PA, Oct. 30.-Reports from
several suburban localities convey the intel
ligence Of destructive forest confagratio
threatening serious injury to the several
villages. A communication from Baden, Z
small town on the river below this city, re-
ports a terrible fire raging two miles bacl
of that place. From COnnellsyille come:
news of similar fires ia that vicinity.
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JUDGING by their desperate efforts to
lay the rising ghost of Ceasrism be-
fore the elections, this third-term bust
ness must be hurting the Republican
party dreadfully. One word from
Grant would suffice. Why is it with
held, unless he meditates the coup d
ctatl Washington and Jefferson and
Jackson did not deem it beneath
their dignity to disclaim
any aspirations for third term. Upon
what meat doth this our Cesar feed,
that he is grown so great, above the
demigods of early days? Grants let
ter to that great and good Deacon
Smith of the Cincinnati Gazette, tele-
graphed elsewhere, is peculiarly unfor.
tunate. 1t leaves no other impression
except that Grant is now playing pre-
cisely the same game that he did in
lS71-2.
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A Desperate Effort to AlIay Pop
ular Indignation.
A Letter from Grant In which He
Gains He Did not Pack the ONCE
Holders Convention Of 1872.

OA 1919
CINCINNATI, O., Oct. 30.-The Gazette
will publish tomorrow a letter from PreSi-
dent Grant by his permission given yester-
day. The letter is dated before the Phila-
delPhia Convention Of 1872, and the Gazette
publishes it in the hope of convincing the
public that Grant is above scheming
for nomination The letter is as follows:
Executive Mansion, Washington, d. c.,
1ldg IA, lST2.-Dear Sir: Your favor of
tie 10th inst, saying that the managers Of
the Gazette had decided to come out square
" for my nomination at Philadelphia,
June ), prOX when they were met by the
report that | would either decline being a
candidate before the convention or would
decline after the nomination, was received
last night after leaving my office for the
day. 1 caused a dispatch to be sent to you
TO the effect ti;at the report was without
any authority whatever.
/ am not i'm the habit Of writing latfarS
on political subjects, and especially have
never written letter calculated to infu-
ence a convention, as to who should be the
candidates before it or selected by it. But
your letter is of such a nature as to prop
erly demand an answer, as you say you
will treat my response as confidential. Now
L
a candidate, either before the convention
which meets in Philadelphia this year, nor
the convention which was held in Chicago
four years ago.
Ihave never written line, done an act nor,
l believe ! can say with truth, entertained
a thought, calculated to produce action by
the Republican party in favor of my pro-
motion over that Of any other man in /:
who might be their choice. do now, as ]
did four years ago, sincerely believe the
interests of the whole country demand
the success Of the Republican party. II
deemed advisable, am willing 10 make any
sacrifice TO accomplish that success. l teel
/ did make a sacrifice in giving up a higt
position. so highly priced by me, one ere
ated for me by an appreciatiye public, fo
which act l can never thank them suffi.
ciently. Now ifI can be of service to tn,
party that chose me then, l shall rende
that service conscientiously and TO the bes
of my ability. The personal sacrifice mad
four years ago cannot be made now. Witt
great respect your Obedient servant.
e. 5. GRANT.
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condensed TeIegrams.

Logansport, Ind, reports two incendiary
fires.
Omaha opened her eyes yesterday on ice
half an inch thick.
Philadelphia is burning $4,000 brew.
cries.
The Rock Island and ST. Louis Railroad
has been placed in the hands of receiver
by Judge Blodget, of the Federal Circuit
Court.
Two provinces of Venezuela have riser
in rebellion against President Blaneo.
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THE LAST INTERVIEW OF CLAY
AND RANDOLPH.

Mr.. Geo. w. Blunt writes to the Nelc
York Post:
81 was in the Senate Chamber at Wash
ingtOn when Mr.. Clay made his speech on
the Compromise Bill Of 1882. Mr.. Clay's
seat was on the end Of the right side Of the
chamber, looking from the center door.
Mr.. Randolph was brought in from the
door on that side, and had a chair placed
between the pillars to sit upon during Mr..
Claws speech. He would frequently
nod assent to Mr.. Clay, he being about ten
feet from that gentleman, on his right.
After Mr.. Clay had finished his speech, the
Senate was adjourned. Wishing to speak
10 him, crossed over to where he was. be
left his seat and advanced to Mr.. Randolph
holding out his hand. Mr.. Randolph
turned to his colored servant, saying:
Help me up, Juba.' Mr.. Clay said
DO not rise Mr.. Randolph, in a
very tremulous voice, said: q can
not shake hands with Mr.. Clay sit
ting Mr.. Clay then said: Il am sorry tC
see you so i'll, and hope to see you bet
ter Mr. Randolph, very much affected,
thanked him, and they shook hands anC
parted. | was within ten feet of them.
went with Mr.. Clay up the avenue, anC
said to him: How kind in you to NEE
that man as you did-one who has fol
lowed YOU all through life with great hate.
He answered: He is a dying man. and
cannot feel anything but kindness for him.
This was the first interview after the due
| and the last"
1T is base to flch purse, daring t, EN-
bezzle million, but it is great beyou'
| measure to steal a crown. The sin lessen
as the guilt increases.
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PIymOuth Perfume.
THE LAKES.
The Fall wrecks

DETROIT, Oct. 3O.-The late gale was
very severe on tie lakes Comparatively
few vessels are supposed to have been out
side, but several disasters are already re-
ported, among which the schooner Thomas
Mott is ashore and total loss at Luding-
ton, Lake Michigan. The schooner
Thomas P. Sheldon is ashore and full OF
water at Clay Banks, Lake Erie. The
schooner Queen City is ashore on Point
Pelee reef. These vessels were all loaded
with wheat, from Chicago to Buffalo.
CLEVELAND, o., Oct. 30.-The barge
Eclipse went ashore six miles east of Black
River last night. No liSes were lost.
DETROIT, MICH, OcS 30.-The barge
J. 5. Newhouse, which went ashore al
Grand Haven yesterday, has gone to pieces
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To this appeal, the party addressed re-
spOnded in the following soothing style:
Mr.. -, Dear Sir Your. esteemed
favor Of the 2Sth inst. Is received, ana;
would you believe it? am forced to con-
fess that the UNION AND AMERICAN did
not sgrOssly slander" our committee in its
publication about the election Of officers
for the work-hOuse.
How you happened to be left out,
would require more time and space than l
row hare TO nsrrsts, but tou mas take
some consolation in the fact, so beautifully
set forth by one Gray:
"'Ful many gem Of purest ray serene,
The dark, unfathOm'd cares Of oce ans bear;
Full many flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.
"Another comforting reflection IS this:
sSich is life.'
"Either OF, these, or both together, surely
should prove Iiitigaiing fscts. 'Tis no
new thing for modest merit, eager patriot
ism and burning desire to serve ones
country, to be overlooked. 1t was so in
Rome; it is so in Nashville. As you so
mOdestly say you are sthe Oldest the
truest, and most faithful friend of the pub
lie welfare" would it not have been an
outrage III the ubilcSS vi Things W ndsc
hurried out of sight of an sdmiring and ap-
preciative public so much merit by i'm
inuring it within the dingy walls Of the
city w0tk-hOuse9 The very hogs that City
Marshal Pitman is so ritllessly putting in
there would grunt protest against stch q
proceeding. The Legislature-COngress,
If you please but not the work-house.
"Yours, with high regard,
"WM. HENRY SMITH,
~Chm'n of the Work-hOuse Committee"
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WASHINGTON.


WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.-Thomas p.
Oehiltree has been suspended from The
Office of Marstal of the Eastern District of
Texas and LeIeuei d. Evans appointed in
his place. Fans was formerly judge in
Texas and is an ex-member Of Congress.
Sidney p. Gambia has been appointed
postmaster at San Antonio, Texas. Jacob
c. Otis is appointed postmaster at Glen
wood, Ia, vice Newell, suspended.
yellow Fever at Charleston.
Col. J. V. Jeddes, commanding the First
Artillery, writes to the Adjutant General
of the army that, owing to the prevalence
of yellow fever in Charleston, S. c., he has
moved the troops under his command from
Charleston 10 Summeryille
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Drugged Ont of sIJ5O.

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 30.-A man named
Oliphant from Pateka, Gibson county, en-
gagged as 4 cattle buyer, was robbed of ST.
80 in this city last night. He was on his
way 10 Cincinnati, and while waiting for
train, went into a saloon ON Washington
street, and drank with two strangers, by
whom he was drugged and robbed, and left
living in the gutter. -Four hundred dollars
Cf The money was in bankable notes, the
balance in cash.
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GERMANY.

BERLIN, Oct. 3e.-The trial of Kullman
was resumed to-day. After testimony as
to the mental condition of the prisoner,
the president of the court summed up the
medical testimony to the effect that al the
time of the assassination, as well as at
present, kullman was accountable for his
acts to but little or limited degree. kuli-
man was fonnd guilty as found in the in
dictment, and sentenced 10 imprisonment
FOR fourteen years in the hope Of eoFTec-
tion, and to remain under police sur
veillance for life.
The trial proper of Count Won Arnim
will begin within two weeks.
The Emperor and Empress have sent a
personal letter of coincidence to the Roman
Catholic Bishop at Breslau, who was badly
hurt by being thDwn from his carriage