davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17
THE DUELLo.

1t is probable that the arrest, by the Mis-
gagged in the Wood and Bachemin duel will
prevent the little excursions of that sort in
that direction, for some time to come. 1t ii
not at all astonishing that Mississippi
should object to being made the Bladens
burg of New Orleans, and there are many
purposes to which the soil of Mississippi
could be put to better advantage than the
absorption of human gore.
The result of this affair is valuable, as
proving the utter want Of logic in dueling
Mr.. Bachemin claims to have been tho in
jured party-though opinions may di fer on
that point. There was no way by which
the injuries he had received, or fancied
he had received, could be repaired ex-
cept by attempting to kill his oppo-
nent, and running the risk of being killed
himself. So the parties go out, and the
forms of the code are strictly observed and
at the very first fire Mr.. Bacheniin is
wounded in the thigh, when of course the duel
ends, and there is mutual forgiveness all
round.
Now the puzzlng part of the thing is to
ascertain how the bullet hole in Mr.. Bache
Minis thigh compensates for the damage
which he believed had been done his char
acter. If the bullet had entered Mr.. Woods
thigh, we could readily understand that
Mr.. Bachemin might have deemed the insult
wiped out, though Mr.. Wood, who is be-
lieved by many to have been the injured
party, might not then have seen the justice
Of Mr.. Bachemin's conclusion.
We very much fear that the code which
was intended to facilitate the adjustment
of difficulties among gentlemen, and which
only contemplates a resort to weapons when
every effort at Cancellation fails, is being
sadly perverted in these latter days. In
nine difficulties ont of ten the resort to arms
would be unnecessary, if the friends of the
principals were to confer more with a view
to all honorable adjustment than to force
fight
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17

BY the treaty between Queen Victoria
and the Emperor Of Russia, for the mar
riagc Of Prince Alfred and the Grand
Duchess Marie, it is stipulated that the
bride shall he free to follow the worship OF
the Greek Church, and to have chapels for
thst worship in her palaces. She will, how
ever, accompany her husband to Protestant
churches, to assist at ceremonies of public
nature Their children are to be brought
Up - PrOtastants, and educated as princes
and princeases of the same rank in Great
Britain- The Emperor of Russia gives his
daughter . capital cum of 100000 roubles
(375Oy 900 for . marriage portion, and an
ether sun, Of tho Same amount as special
marriage portion. Both Of these sums re-
main invested in Russia, at five per cent.
iatcrest, payable semi-annually. In addi-
tion, as mark Of affection, the Emperor
gives the Duchess an annual revenue of
z5,OO0 n,ubles. She retains possession of
her own private fortune amounting to $780,
ca.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17

The vicks6urg Herald, Of the i4th, says !:
The high water and the overflow form the
topic Of conversation in river circles at
present, and all seem to agree on one point,
that the water here will reach the highest
stage since 1862. 1t lacks but little over
I've feet now Of being as high here as in
1867, while at some points above, and all
the way below the mouth of Red River. it
n said 20 be higher than ever before. The
prospects are that the water will not sub
side IN time for the planters to make any
thing like a full crop of cotton. We under
stand large number Of the negro laborers
brought 10 this valley early in the winter
from the wornout territory of Georgia.
Alabama and the Carolinas, are making
their way back to their old homes-those
who can do so-preferring the poor soil of
that country to the overlooked valleys Of
the Mississippi Valley. There is very little
prospect of any cotton being made in the
valley, and the negroes seek the hills from
necessity"
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17
BUSTED CHIC GO.
PRESENT STATUS OF TIE CITY, AND DISMAL
PROSPECTS AHEAD.

PROSPECTS AHEAD.
Mindful of the hyperbolical and exagger
ated character of all the statements Of Chi
cage, which appear in the journals of that
city, the following item from the Post and
Mail the reader will find to bear pitifu
tale of the dismal condition of affairs in tina,
once thriving burgh:
The building season is not opening with
its former promise. The hearts of architects
are sad, and pensive look is visible on the
faces of contractors ard builders. Money is
hard to get. and those who have lucre to
spare demand, as security, real estate to the
value of three times the amount. The ex-
tension OF the fire limits also retards the
rearing Of those temporary wooden struc-
lures so common to Chicago.
As the first of May approaches, however,
there are fewer stores and business houses
advertised for rent. Rents are considerably
lower than last year, and the prospect is
that business blocks will be pretty we'll
occupied after May.
Late in the season it is expected that
money will be easier, and that building
will receive new impulse. There are a
good many ugly gaps remaining in business
portions OF the city, which will undoubtedly
be filled up with fine business houses before
the falling of another winters SHOWS.
The recuperative force of Chicago has not
expended its force yet. A steadily increas-
ing population and business is constantly
creating demand for accommodation. The
predictions Of financial embMrassments and
ruin which had gained such credence abroad
are not fulfilled worth cent.
1t is true that some of Chicago's business
men have succumbed to the financial stress
which has been brought to bear upon them,
but the proportion of "busted" banks and
insolvent men is probably no greater in Chi
cago than in New York, or any other go
ahead city in America. The growth of
Chicago in the past has been marvellous, and
its prosperity and magnitude is destined to
be no less astonishing.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17

TIE FIJI misunderstanding to one of
the late cable dispatches the sovereignty of
the Fiji Islands has been formally rendered
to Great Britain. 1t has long been apparent
that the missionaries and the traders were
labOring towards this end. 1t is but little
likely that the offered sovereignty will be
refused. 1t is not Johnny Bnll's habit to
despise such gifts when they come in this
way. Under American or British rule it is
quite manifest that the value of these islands
might be greatly increased.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17
WILLIAM THE PROMISER.
A TRUE STORY WITH A MORAL.

TRUE STORY WITH A MOhAL.
Several good stories have been told OF
Kellogg illustrative Of his readiness Il
promise anything to anybody, and the fol
lowing is not the least in point Of excellence
| On the recent excursion to Hahnville
several Of the visitors having dropped int
the barroom, one Of them, Col. --, wa
mistaken by Mr.. Jonson, (colored) resi-
dent Of the place, for Kellogg. The Colonel
who has keen appreciation Of fun, saw
the mistake in a moment, and concluded t.
humor the joke, when the following CONVEX
sation took place:
Observation-Disclosures, know you is d
Gubbener. Use gwine ter ask you some
ting.
Colonel-All right, Mr.. Jonson. dom
what it is you want, but Ipromise to grant
it in advance.
Jonson-Well, Gubbener, wants you te1
promise
Colonel-Mr. Jonson, l not only promise
you, but will promise all your friends tt
grant any request they may make.
Jonson-I knows dat, Gubbener, but
wants you to do dis ting now rite Mr.
Johnson had evidently heard Of W. r. be-
fore.
Colonel-Now,' Mr.. Jonson, have prom,
;sed to give you anything yon ask for, but
You must not push me too far. You must
not ask me to do it, for that isn't parliament
tary, you know. 1 have promised and you
ought to be satisfied with that. When
was elected Governor l took solemn oath
to promise everything to everybody, and
those who know me best know how faith
fully have kept that oath. Here turning
to one Of his companions is gentleman
promised to make Harbor Master and here
is another promised to appoint Clerk of a
Court, there Capt. Bill and the major, the
parties attended to, assumed All injured
look.) These gentlemen are particnlar
friends of mine they know me thoroughly,
aud there is not the slightest doubt, in their
minds. as to my intention; their minds are
perfectly easy about their appointments,
because they know l have promised the
same offices to at least dozen others. 1t
really seems to me, that if these gentlemen,
my friends, are satisfied with promises-you
ought to be.
JonsoE, (the whites Of whose eyes had
been growing larger and larger, and whose
assumed the most comically
puzzled expressiOn.) Lock hear, Gubbener,
| doesn't understand no SIGH kinder talk.
wants to know eff you is gwine to do dis ting
or not. fyou is not den look out for new
lection. Colonel-Mr. Jonson would adj
wise you not to get on high horse. That
is Just what told my butcher friends when
l vetoed the Free Market bill. l said, "gen-
tlemen you have got on a high horse about
this bill, now if you want me to veto it you
must come doun. That is what you must DO,
Mr.. Jonson.
Jonsoa is to this day in the most Devil
dering state of uncerta nty as to whittier
Kellogg is going to do anything for hirl or
not.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17
Guessiny at the Crop.

The Augusta cotton pool closed last
Wednesday, with one hundred and seventy
two deliberate guesses and eight hundred
and fifty dollars il the pool. Of the esti
mates Charleston contributed twenty five,
Savannah thirty, Macon eight, Rock Hill,
Sorth Carolina, seven, and Nor tgOmery
eight or ten. The lowest is 3,4lO.997, while
the average of the one hundred and seventy
two estimates is 4,178,3s3. There are only
eight estimates below 4OOO,O twenty four
between that and 100000, and only four
above 100000. The figures of receipts in
the New York Financial Chronicle" Of
September 4th are to decide.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17

The average seafaring man is supposed to
possess diaphragm that is proof against
almost anything, bnt when that ships cook
in Boston inadvertently undertook to dose
a crew with "plum duff" and arsenic the
other day, what a volley Of Understanding
and optical-condemning explosives must
have been leveled at him from the hunks
where twenty miserable mariners were
rolling in gripping agony
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17

The temperance crusade is bringing about
some very curious operations in different
quarters. In Cincinnati, a persistent move
ment is being made against pretzels, be-
cause pretzels are salt, and if man drinks
one glass Of beer and then eats pretzel, he
invariably wants another glass. BY sup
pressing pretzels, therefore, the crusaders
hope to keep lovers of beer confined to a
single glass. At Akron, Ohio, the crusaders
come in at every meeting Of the Common
Council and sing two or three hymns, in
which the Council join, and some of the
more musical members are insisting upon
having an orchestra. The Rev. A. DOremus
of Bristol ILL.,, has raised breeze by hiring
little boy to go to saloon and bny a
bottle of whisky, and, for thus playing de-
tective, Bristol is getting very hot for the
Rev. Doremus. At MOnroeville, Ind, q
saloon-keeper named Miller has been fined
$40 for driving the crusaders out Of his
place by putting red pepper on the stove.
In view of these and numerous other absurd
operations elsewhere, the women are csus-
ing the movement to fall into ridicule.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17

clergyman at Ciarinda, O., was away
from. home when the crusade began. He re-
turned in the evening. and saw his wife
standing at the bar Of saloon, singing as
loud as she could yell. He supposed she
was drunk, aud, entering the saloon, the
tears rolling down his face, he said: "Comc
home, wife, you have ruined me-drunk-
dr,nk-jrunk"
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17
QUERIES.
not.

Who packed the jury in the case of Brette
VS.. Strauss in The Fifth District Court
Who stole tho diamond pin of George +.
wanted to restore the pin for $3.50.
These are important queries, and parties
possessing information that can be utilized
are requested to call round to the Bulletin
Office and divulge.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17

A story is told Of a woman who freel,
used her tongue to the scandal of others
and made a confession to the priest Of what
she had done. He gave her a ripe thistl.
top and babe her so out in various directions
End scatter the seeds one by one. Wonder
ing at the penance, she obeyed, aud then re-
tarnesl and told her confessor To her amaze
ment he hade her 60 back and gather the
scattered seeds; and when she objected that
it wonld be impossible, lie replied that il
would he still more difficult to gather up
znd destroy all the evil reports which she
had circuiat about others,
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17

Madame LeVert's new serial novel OF
Southern society is announced in the New
FORK Weekly. Its pictures of life in Vir-
GINA and New Orleans are said to he charm
ing and curious, as exhibiting facts, and it's
plot is intensely interesting.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17

A Minnesota paper ssys that dysentery
is raging among the bees in that section,
and that terrible morality is the result.
Why not give the little sufferers hot mus
tard baths and dose them on hive syrup!
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17

The recent hanging of a negro at Nash
vile presented many revolving features.
For two weeks the condemned man was
granted an allowance of aquart Of whiskey
daily. The religious enthusiasm which
he is said to have manifested on the scaffold
may be ascribed to this species Of spiritual
consolation. The sodden wretch was prop
ped up on the scaffold, and allowed to har-
angue the crowd in blasphemous strain,
putting himself forward as brand saved
from the burning.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17

A French paper tells the following as true
"a man arrived the other evening at the
Luxemberg Garden just as the gates were
being shut. He said, Il have hurried back
/ left my wife in here on bench The gate
keeper replied, Il am very sorry-the garden
will not be opened until tomorrow; and
he locked the gate.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17

The question. how much does it cost to
be born, to get married, and to get buried,
should interest everybody. The Chicago
Tribune, in discussing the matter, makes
out the following bill, in gross, as the cost
to the people Of tho United States every
year: Getting born, $500. O95 900; getting
married, S25O, OOo, 900; getting buried, $751;
$50, $50. Total, $o43, 934 ,45O."
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17

A boy Of thirteen riding in Canal street
car saw an old, dilapidated darkey in front
Of the stable holding six or eight mules
The boy CRIED out sold man, are you q
stakeholder Of this company" Whereat
there was cachinatory explosion from the
passengers, the car rolled on and the preco-
ciOus Dunstor subsided,
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17

Harvard has challenged Yale to illiard
match. Cue-rious way of display ing collie
giate acumen.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17

Commodore Vanderbilt is generally sue
cessful in making money when other men
are losingit. Recent developments tend to
show that even tho panic of last fall was
not for him an unmixed evil. James II.
Banker, for whom the firm of George Bird
Grinneii a. Co. acted as brokers, made to
Vanderbilt, soon after the failure OF the lat
tor firm, an assignment Of property valued
at 81 100000. Tho object of the tran sfer is
not exactly known, but it is supposed that
Banker was in some manner overreached.
Hs is said to have instituted a suit against
the Commodore for the recovery Of the prop
erty,
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17

T. c. W. Ellis. E. j. Ellis
Il. 4 f. j. ELLIS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
100 Gravier street,
Practice also in Livingston, Wash ngtOn. St. Tam
| maby, st. Helena and Tangpahoa Parishes ap17 I'm
AURORA BENEVOLENT .AssOCI ALTON
Friday, April ~. 1874.
Regular Monthly Meeting y. o'clock P. NJ Bust
ness of Importance full attendance earnestly de
sired.
EUGENE MAY. President
E. L. MAHEN. Rec. sec'y. ap17 1t
JAMES GRAHAM,
NOTARY BLIC
CoMMIssI NER OF DEEDS.
ofice-No. A Csrondelet street. New Orleans, La
apis Inns
sALAMANDER INSURANCE COMPANY,
EXCLUSIVELY FOR FIRE RI,Ks.
City and Country,
No. rs Royal str ct,
Opposite the Citizens Bank
CHAS ROMAN, President.
JULES LIE MORE, Secretary.
apl7 Inns
THE PRESS.
No. % st. Charles street.
Opposite Academy Of Music)
CHOICE WINES AND LIQUORS ALWAYS ON HAND.
ap14 VIM. MCLAUGHLIN, Proprietor.
TO TAx-PAYEHs.'
lam prepared to pay past due
CITY AND STATE TAXES
At very liberal rates.
T. h. LEVY, Broker,
spll cod I'm Up No. 116 Gravler street.
ARBAsTRONG's FOUNDRY,
IRON WORKS AND BOILER MANUFAcToRY,
Cor. Peters and Erato SITS.
New Orleans
ap142p1m WI. ARMSTRONG. Manager.
"A. ". Hyatt,
General Stationer, steam Printer.
LITHOGRAPHER
BLANK BOOK MANUFAcTURER,
No. 80 CAMP STREET,
P. o. Box No. $685. New Orleans, Il.
VIII Duplicate New York Invoices in Quantity and
Price. APPS 2plm
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17

The letter Of Capt. Urquhart, of the ship
Trimountain, in acknowledgment of a hand
some service Of silver plate from the surviv-
Ors Of the Vile du Havre, is a model ex-
preston Of homely simplicity and native
goodness that fifty supplements his conduct
Immediately after the disaster. He says !:
l should he sorry to have the survivors
feel under any obligations to me for doing
what the instincts Of humanity prompted
ME TO do" This is a credtable feeling, but
70 is that Of the persons who as survivors
could not rest without some expression of
relieving episode TO SO much of sorrow as
was associated with the Vile du Havre
calamity.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17

An English writer argues that the avail
able incomes Of his countrymen are increas-
ing. and. as proof, mentions that the Ordi-
nary household service provision is insult
ticient. In 1881 One-thirteenth of the
women and girls in England we're servants ;
In 1871 the proportion was only one-ninth,
which might be considered as evidence that
the number of people who could afford
domestic assistance has largely increased.
But those ingenious statements need some
qualification. Beside them should be
placed the emigration figures of the poorer
classes and the whole number of paupcrs
in Great Britain. This done, the wealth of
tho country would probably not seem SO
large.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17

Cr0nnst's Foundry.
NEW ORLEANS. La.
Postomce BOX el4,
MANUFACTURERS AND CONTRACTORS
For Cast Iron Fronts. Iron Build ngs Gas
Pipe, Iron Roofs, Water Works Pipe. VIM
dow Lintels, Cornces, Columns, Cast Iron Beams
and Girders, Iron Doors. Vault Doors, Shutters,
skyligh,s Sash Weights, Door Grstings. Window
Gratings, Cast and Wrought Iron Rsilings for
Dwellings, Offices Parks and Cemeteries.
Wrought and Cast Iron Bridges, varzndahs, Vent
ilators, Crate Bars, etc.
Estimates of cost wilt be promptly furnished on
receipt Of
DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK
req uired. and builders and architects will find it to
their interests to give . call before closing
tr acts with other parties. Send for price list.
mh2s-2dptf
Books! Books!!
The largest and best assortment in the South of
standard Books and Cheap Publications,
Magazines snd Newspapers.
Bibles, Prayer Books Toy Books,
School Books and Stationery
PLAYS-Sole Agency for the South for LAceg's and
French,s Acting Plays.
c. G. HALEY,
No. 10 Commercial Place.
BRANCHING. 1ss Poydras street, nsar g. 0ha<las.
mh2S
II. III. Mari.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR.
- CaEondelet street.
mh2s New Orleans.
.4EoeTt g. Phelps.
G r o c. Err,
Corner Felicity and Prytar1A stxeets.
mh3l-lm
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17
.a,Cntssgs, Vtsses0sC Shades.

CASSIDY & Miller,
SAIL MAKERS AND COTTON DUCK AGENTS.
Manufacturers Of every description AWNINGS,
WINDOW and DOOR SHADES. TENTS. TARPAU
LIN ;, WAGON COVERS. Also Flags of all Nations,
on hand made to order, at NEW YORK PRICES.
We would ask those in need of AWNINGS to call
and examine our Large and Beautiful Stock of
AWNING STRIPES, just received.
We call the attention of Ship Captains and others in
terested, to Extensive Stock Of SHIP DUCK and
WOODBURY. and DRUID MILLS, which we receive
per weekly steamers, direct from the Mills in Balt
more, and will sell at the VERY LOWEST FIGURE
CASSIDY MILLER,
ap2-3m2dp LOT Poydras street.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17

Jourgueneff, the Russian novelist, has blue
eyes, the eye-lids hanging far over them,
Jackson's, broad, massive forehead, and a
disposition 80 indolent that often he can
hardly overcome it enough to write a line
for weeks. Sometimes he is idle for months
Would that more authors were willing to
abstain from activity Of the PEN
The Holly Springs (Miss.) Reporter of
the 9th, says Monday evening last a
severe hail storm occurred south of this
place, compelling the train to halt for
awhile. The stones were as large as small
size hen eggs. They came do IN with such
force that some Of the window glasses in
the coaches were broken to pieces.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17

ROYAL IRISH LINEN NOTE PAPER AZURE
Tint-Parisian style.
just received at Hsadqu Art,rs for Fine Station.
ery,'' KiINk CO.,
ap9 2pf Late Eyrichs.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17
NIGHT SCHOOL

NIGHT SlHOO1
No. 247 81. Charles street.
This School is in charge of highly competent
Graduate OF the State University Of Louisiana, and
offers facilities to boys and young for thorough
IL structon in all the branches OF liberal education
For other particulars. apply At the School.
ap5 II. NJ. LUSHER, Director
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17

.JlaUeII'S
CRESCENT CITY ILLUSTRATED.
JUST PUBLISHED.
EDITED AND COMPILED BY
EDWIN l.. JEWELL, ESQ.
Is of the handsomest books of the kind ever
published in the United States.
1t contaius three hundred pages Of reading matter.
giving the general history OF New Orlesns s nstitu-
tons and interesting "reminiscences
One hundred elo ant engravings of the public
buildings, private residences and stores ths
city.
Fifty fine portraits and bio sphical sketches of the
prominent citizens Of New Orleans
An illuminated title page illustrative OF the charac-
erstics OF the Crescent City and which il in itself
a gem.
Every stranger visiting New Orleans should pur-
chase copy Of this truly interesting aud valuable
book.
Copies be obtained at all the principal Book
and stationery Stores and at the stand Of the
st. Charles Hotes
liberal discount allowed to the trade.
Orders received and fll.d by the following book
sellers JAS. A. GRESHAM,
~ Camp street.
GEO. ELLIS BRO.
80 Camp and Decatur streets.
CAIN l. Co.,
40 Canal street,
ap1 New Orleans.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17

BrOOk Steam Rice .1tlS,
C. H, ALLEN, Proprietor,
50, 81 and 81 Tchou pitoulas Street,
NEW ORLEANS.
This is the most extensive mill in the South, and
quality of It's Rice unsurpassed.
Milling rates-No. l G, 1c. per lb.
No. &C. Nc per ID.
Sacks furnished on o ders to Lock Box 976
N. o. ap2-lm
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-17

A New style illegal" Note All the
rage Tinted PaperI ouly SOC
apo 2pM At KAIN'S 1870 anal street.