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The desolation that follows
the death Of a loved inmate is
indeed keenly felt within the
sacred precints SO strangely
hnshed by the sitting of the
young life that gladdened the
household. It is there the
shadow falls, when the death
hush has laid the pulseless
hands calmly over its gileless
heart. You look upon the
cold still face Of the dead, with
an inexplicable feeling; with
You it is not sorrow. The pure
pale form, over which that 81
lence has crept, leaves yon
with no memories Of . young
bonyant life that gladdened
your own with its presence
You have not, as you came to
that home, SO stricken now,
jaded with the cares and dis
qnietudes of your daily work,
gladdened at the words Of
cheer and bright smiles that
greeted you with confiding love
and sisterly affection. All this
does not reach yos from the
death chamber, where she lies
shrouded for her narrow home
but it will be q long, weary
time ere it is forgotten there; 9
merry laugh, the snatches of .
simple song of innocent girl
hood, will startle the inmates
Of that home, with many I
L q 4
painful pang; and recall thu
form and memory Of her, will
tears instead of smiles.
"StM DER these scenes my memory wokes,
And fondly broods with miser' care;
Time bnt the impression stronger makes,
Al streams their channel deeper wear
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De Mortius," Ne.
From the St. Louis Republican,

treating of public men dead as
of those living. That the
searching criticism and dispas-
sionate analysis of character
which the independent journ-
alists applies to men living in
public station, should be appli>
ed by the biographer to men
who have lived and are now
dead. Many a proud, ambi-
tious man would halt on the
threshold of a mean public act
! if he were not certain that,
after he shall have passed
away, that act will be condon>
4 ed in the name of the tomb
and its mantle of charity.
Many a man there is in public
life for whom the truth uttered
while he lives has not a title
of terror that hangs about the
thought of its being told after
he is gone.
We have no reference here
to irrelevant gossip or idle
tales. What we mean is those
acts which, directly or indi>
rectly, bear upon the public
j veal +; those manifestations Of
character that influence for
good or for evil the destinies
, of a generation ; the weakness
ses or sins which the conspicni>
!, tt of their perpetrator makes
models of for lesser souls to
q initiate and be debauched. II
3 occurs to us that the country
now has on hand a goodly croI
5 of public n en- who are growing
: old and whose obituary sketch
es are already being prepared
q for sudden emergencies ant
d slowed away in the pigeon
e holes of metropolitan editora
r desks. They will soon b. bio
81 graphical subjects. They hav,
81 all been with greater or les
!" prominence, actors in the mos
! stupendous military and civi
drama the country has eve
81 seen. Some Of them have s.
!. misused the powers and $
!. abused the trusts confied {,
: them as to shake the very fire
side faith Of the people in on
, institutions and in the posi-
bility Of good government
under them. The next ten Q
: twenty years will see probabl
a dozen bigrophies, which,
faithful, will be in the aggre
l. gate a perfect history Of on
- Second Revolution. It seem
ri worth while then to make hor
d est, truthful biography fash
= ionable. If it can be made 81
then the Americans of 1877
will know what the America
- character was in the days whe
. the Grants, Buttlers, Morton
: Conklings, Camerons, Stevel
ses and Bronlows ruled. An
even if PROSPERITY finds no vi
- tues in these biographies
: imitate-if it should not nee
NC to shun the vices it finds
" can at least hardly, fail to fiji
consolation in the contrast th
will almost inevitably be a
!, forded between the public m,
"a of this age and those of that
come.
:; So we say let us, who val
the independence of the jour
alists by reason of his relatio
err to the eminent living. do
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Country.
From the n. u. Pfcayune.l

the papers and prominent citi-
zens recently from the country
parishes, the prevailing senti-
ment with reference to political
organizations for the approach
ing elections in this State,
seems to favor the organization
of the citizens on the basis of
a union of all the opposing
elements to the dominent par>
ty. Previous distinctions, di-
visions, and even the names
which only serve to keep up
the old prejudices and passions
of factions, are to be ignored
and abandoned. The bad con-
duct, the invincible partisan
obstinacy and reckless demons
strati0n OF the race prejudices
on the part of the great mass
of the negro voters, have, of
course, produced their logical
efforts of giving a correspond
ing character Of unity of the
white race. The proclaimed
conspiracy of the negroes to
continune the government OF
the State in the interest OF
corruption, spoilation and q
remorseless hostility to the re-
spectacle, honest and enlight-
.ened portion Of the people, has
compelled a combination Of
the latter to resist and over
: come them.
TO accomplish this result
requires perfect union of the
honest white people Of thu
5 State and as of many of thu
. colored as may think will
: them that such governments a
! have been imposed upon tn
people through this consolida
y ton of the negro vote in on,
party, led and controlled Il
their own base ends by corrnp
= jobbers and plunderers, are
" disgrace, an infamy aud ruiz
! to the State.
Hence the necessity and tn
obligation Of all patriotic citi
: zens to declare an oblivion q
past divisians and pickering
# among themselves. Persona
/; and faction prejudices must b
+ utterly disregarded, and to tina
r. end every wise man shoul'
= abjure their discussion and ex
If ercise a servere self-control i
E. misunderstanding in other
II every attempt to revive oil
IS issues and disputes. All VIII
!. will join in the combination t
|. secure honest and capable me
q. for Office, to destroy and extil
7e pate the domination of ignol
- ance, corruption and incapaci
n ty, to prescribe the qualities
: ,tion of education, moral an
:, social virtue, aad of permaner
a identifcations with the hone
i and interest of the Stat
- should be welcomed to ii
81 ranks of such organization.
it To aid this policy old nam
ID of extinct parties, which a
At only suggestive and provoc
e. tive Of old disputes. issues Al
on contentious ought to be avoi
- ed. Such names are not q,
pressive Of an exclusively loo
no and State political movemel
~ They are, indeed, foreign u
ma hurtfnl to such movement.
all Nor in OPPOSING the p
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The corn crop in North Louis
lana and III ono or twoOf the Eas
tern counties Of Texasis almost
failure, and from the best infor.
nation we can gather, will not
average much, if any, over i've
bushels to the acre. On the river
below here and on some plsnta.
tons above, the corn Is very 1ne-
The hill cotton in all the region
referred to is represented. gener$
ally, as very promising, though Il
has severe trials set %. pass
through, not the least Of which Is
the caterpillar, for Of late. years
they are like the poor, We have
them always with US, but the -
tent of their depredations depends
upon the seasons. Hot, dry
weather kills them, while IN
cloudy aud wet weather tlsey
most abound. Cotton on thelight
or sandy lands Of the bottom i
doing finely, but on the stiff lands
not at all well. (ShrovtD srt
Times, 3Oth.
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lllD year Arizona has enter
pon an unprecedented
! peace and prosperity.
~ mines, heards, and fields
~ aitfa1. The miners are
q ilR the mills are grind.
40 rains are falling, vege-
fruits, and grains are
= =! and the best harvest
enrB j. now ripening Of
opping before the reaper.
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We believe that we win Win
Whether We do or not, we vim
make the fight as best We can
Even if certain defeat were stsr-
ing Us in the face we would strur-
gle on, il for no other reason, IL
the pride we have III the manbooa
OF tile people. a gallant cam.
paign, intelligently, fercely con.
Quoted, will have moral eject
abroad of incalcuiable benefle u
the cause Of freedom in Louisiana.
Let the people Of Claiborne
organize, and begin right now 70
exert themselves to the fullest
degree for success in November
next. Upon this election depends
every interest Of any vital impof.
tance to the future existence and
good name Of Louisiana and her
people. As the servant Of tho
conservative People Of Claiborne
Parish we announce ourselves
ready, anxious and willing to
give them all possible aid.--
| claiborne Advocate.
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Ruskin asserts that degener-
acy of honor and honesty in
England renders it impossible
for the nobler passions to be
understood. Because he
says, Il have passed my life in
alms-giving, not in fortune
hunting; because l have labor
ed always for the honor of
Others, not my own, and have
chosen rather to make men
look to Turner and Luini than
to form or exhibit the skill OF
my own hand; because I have
lowered my rent, and assured
the comfortable lives of my
poor tenants, instead oftaking
from them all I could force fo1
the roofs they needed; because
/ loved a wood-walk better
than a London street, and
would rather watch a sea-gull
fly than shoot it, and rather
hear a thrush sing than eat it
finally because / never disc
beyed my mother, because
have honored all women will
solemn worship, and have beer
kind even to the untllankfu
and the evil therefore tn,
hacks of English art and liter
allure wag their heads at me
and'the poor wretch who pawn
the dirty linen Of his soul dali,
for a bottle of sour wine and
cigar, talks of the 'effeminat,
) sentimentality of Ruskin.'
The taxes in South Carolin'
are about four and one-fiftl
per cent, but such is tn
amount of population that III
from seven to ten per cent
The New York Times admit
swhen taxation reaches an,
such proportion as this itswal
: lows up the entire income frol
, property, or even more, an
becomes coniscation. Their
is no doubt that for the create
part Of this enormous burde
!. bad government is the chi.
: cause bad Government
means Congressional recol
struction and negro suffrage.
4 One of the chief glories ,
the late Mr.. Sumner has n,
been declared with emphas
:, by any Of his eulogists. +
: cherished q manly hatred
. stealing, and was not q THE
a nor in an age when respect
: bic men delight to apologi,
s for successful thieyery, and
a bow down before its prac1
3 TONERS, did he. ever pay hor
i amage to any known publ
robber. In this respect Charl,
Sumner was far in advance
many Of his most cultivate
! and pretentious contempora
IS fies.-[New York Sun.
In any case an alliance wi
: the republican party now aft
its years of shameless corfu
r ton deserves from good m
s. the severest reproach.
D. To a sore strait indeed is t
r Republican party driven VIII
its leaders confess that to t
"A opposition they must look !
:. help to make it decent,
= spectacle and savory to t
s outside world.
lat M in onnnsition tn II
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It seems to be we'll under
stood that Gen. Geo. s. Hous-
ton, q lifelong and able Dem
ocrat, is to be the next Cover
nor Of Alabama.
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Rashness i the fruitful parenta
Of misfortune.
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previous condition, but We
object to their abuse Of these
rights and the violation Of the
spirit Of republican institu-
tons, by their cooperation
with and support Through ig-
norance or vice) of our Cypress
|sors and plunderers.
Even q majority have not
the right to perpetrate such
wrongs upon a people as we
/, now suffer.
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Navy officers are said 70 - very
popular ID the instrumental mark
ct At Washington. This i thought
to be because they 50 on such
long and lonely voyages.
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CHOLERA MORBUs.Th This
complaint is Epidemic in
Shreveport at this time, and
although we have heard Of no
deaths from it, sevfal persons
have been dangerously i'll.
The utmost caution should be
observed in diet. In this con-
nection we copy from the Baton.
Rouge Advocate the following
judicions advice given by Drs.
r. Fl. Day, B. Dnchein. and I.
J. Burlington, Of the Sanitary
Board Of that city:
From indications it is appar-
ent that atmospheric causes
exist, predisposing to diarrhna,
cholera morbus and cholera.
We deem it our duty as
physicians Of the Sanitary
Board to admonish the public
aud heads Of families to live
T. + - ! 4
upon plain substantial food,
avoiding all excesses. the use Of
unripe fruits, and unhealthy
and decaying vegetables dur
ing the present Summer and
Autumn Shreveport Times.
The drouth continues, the
earth is dry and hard. vegeta>
ton is literally burning up in
the vicinity Of Delhi, while
copious showers almost within
our hearing north and south arr
Iof nearly daily occurrence; bu'
those favored belts are verl
narrow, for they have not hat
enough rain at Floyd, and w
also hear complaints iron
; Franklin parish. The prospec
is very gloomy Delhi Chron
|icle, 9th.
Why He VoTED FOR III
BILL.-In the debate in th
United States Senate on th
Civil Rights bill, Senator al
corn concluded his speech i
favor Of the bill as follows
) "The colored people Of nj
: State demand the passage I
this bill. I yield to that d,
mand. My refusal would q
cite them to anger they Wonl
2 kneely feel the injustice an
Il wrong. I bend gracefully
{ their will"
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A young lady recently married
in Troy. n. Y, against the wishes
Of her parents, and last week sho
died from the treatment received
at the hands Of her husband.
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The organization OF the white
people ia defense Of good govern.
ment and for equal and exact jus
tice to all men, fires the popular
heart, and, for the arst time sinee
the era Of reconstruction, been1,
we find our people uniting and
harmonious. Shreveport Times.
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a stroke at every tree fells Mons
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The Republican county and
other conventions throughout
the West have been very poor
" attended this year, and Re
publican journals refer to this
fact in = very gloomy spirit.
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L
'sThere are, perhaps" few
people," remarks the Area
dian, "whe at some time or.
other have not yearned for rest
from advice. It is a blessing
not so easy TO obtain. One
man rest brain and body, for
he can go to sleep; and, if nat,
ural sleep fail, opiates will
work their charm. IT his spirit
is wounded in the ways Of the
world he may rest from sin, but
that is a sort of repose a very
little of which only can be
borne by the confirmed repro
bate. Hecan rest his stomach,
for he can refuse to drink any
thing stronger than soft water,
or to eat anything more indam-
matoryi than mush>and-milk,
| All these things are compare
lively easy; but it is not easy tC
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When the Radical Senate o6tho
United States, BY . strict pasty
vote, says to the people Of The
South, you shall permit the negro.
child to come into the same com
mon schools with your children, On
You shall 60 to Jail, it is time fur
all Southern white men to leave
the Radical party. II is : splenl
did opportunity to cut loose from
your unnatural association and
array yourselffwith the good and
trne white men of the country.
[Tall dega Watchtower.
That Grant will have the sup
port Of the Southern Democrats
we do not believe to be in the
category OF possible events, even
| it he should veto the Civil Rights
bill, which Congress does not seem
disposed to give him an opportus
nifty to do. A t ird term With
such . man as Grant means par
petual military dictatorship, and
i i W = -
neither the North nor the South Il
] ripe enough for that. Cincinnati
Enquirer, (Deln.
The New York herald., 1874-12-27

ture in proof and then added that an old tradltlon
teacnes that the names oil the months anu oi
angels have come down to us rom Baoylon.
Angels are simply the ways ana manner In Wnlca
God works IN the universe. In the destruction OF
Sodom and Gomorrah, for instance the attributes
OF wisdom ana Justice PERSONNEL In nre ana orin,
stone became His angels. These attributes oi
God, both Tor destruction and for salvation, are
THE ANGELS THAT PEOPLE HEAVEN,
and HIS ministers TO men are His various acts OF
mercy TO the race. Gabriel Is simply "Gou,s
might;" Michael "who like Cod" and SO with
others. Hndrance Is embodied In the term
Satan. You are aware how another iath mas taken
up this name and woven web around 1t to make IL
mans enemy, as II man had any other enemy than
himself The Doctor then gave illustrations OF
how iron and other mineral products change their
names, according TO the work to which they are
assigned, and ne argued, so do the angels. or the
attributes OF God, change their names with the
diversity or their messages OF good or III 10 man.
Is there man weak in character VINO must DE
purified and chastened The adversary takes him
and removes the defect How much nobler IS
this doctrine, the Doctor asked than TO teach That
the angels are independent personal characters!
GODS angels are always Instruments working
good; and, II we seek TO work, We can be angels
also When doubt encompasses US let US seek the
angel OF faith, and II In our homes the demon OF
hate and envy reigns let US call In the angel OF
love-. Hard times and severe winter are upon
PUT ON CHARIrY's WINGS
ana ny away with help and succor to the poor
The younger members OF the congregation, the
Doctor SAID, have organized benevolent society,
and next week they will hold q fair to which he
invited all the old folk that they might, by their
presence and purses, aid the objects for which the
young people were working; and may the angels
gave few pastoral words or advice and en-
couragement TO young man who had just been
confirmed. He prayed that the noble traits OF
which the youth had displayed might
become matured and perfected with his ripening
years, and closed with a Denediction that God
might bless him and be gracious unto him, and
lift upon him the light OF His countenance and give
him peace,
The New York herald., 1874-12-27
FORTY-FOURTH STREET SYNAGOGUE.

THE DRAMA OF GENEsIs-ANGELs AND THEIR
NAMEs-DIsCoURsE BY Rev. DIR. MENDEs
Yesterday, in the Forty fourth Street Synagogue
the congregation arrived In their reading of the
Pentateuch, at the close OF the wonderful drama
or Genesis, sublime in its teachings OF the crea-
tion, and having the universe Tor its stage and
men for its actors. The Rev. DR.. Mendes in a brief
review OF the first book, lkened its several parts
10 the acts in drama. The first was the creation
itself and the introduction OF man upon this
planet; the second his disobedence to God. end.
ing in a tragedy OF blood; the next the destruc.
ton OF the race and It's salvation through Noah
and his family; and then a wandering preacher
occupies the Experimentation whom the
Hebrews claim ancestry. Then the place of action
changes and the principal actor disappears at
the close OF this act. HIS sons ana grandsons
take his place. and the ext scene is saved from
ending In tragedy only BY the night OF Jacob
into Armenia, and with the crime OF Josepb,s
brethren and his arrival as q slave In a strange
land the act closes.
THE NEXT ACT OPENS IN EGYPT,
and we perceive the end drawing near yener
able man appears on the stage again and blesses
the King and his Prime Minister, Joseph, and
shortly after we him on his dying bed blessing
his children. And the words OF Jacob TO his grand.
sons Ephralm and Manasseh Dr. Mendes made
the basis OF lew subsequent remarks-Genesls,
XVIII, l5 l6-"God, before whom my fathers
Abraham and Isaac did walk the God which fed
me all my LIE long unto this day. the angel which
redeemed me from all evll, bless the lads,u Il II
not matter OF surprise. the Doctor asked. that
the pions jacob, who had Just acknowledged the
Almighty az his benefactor should invoke an angel
to oiess the ladsS AT the very mention OF the
word tnefe comes 10 our minds human iorms clad
In nesn and resembling ourselves, and we naturally
ask, was not TINS species OF idolatryi But
TO understand this phrase we must look
at the Biblical meaning OF the word angel.
IL comes from the hebrew word s'Inai-
lan," to g0-0ne who goes for another
and the English word minister has exactly the
same significance. Hence the priests OF the Lord
are HIS messengers, and they are called angels.
Tue Doctor mere cited several Dassa0es OF Scrip
The New York herald., 1874-12-27
PACIFIC MAIL.

THE COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS AT THE
FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL.
The subcommittee on Ways and Means dele
gated to investigate Pacific Mail affairs arrived
from Washington yesterday morning, and, organ.
izng Immediately, held an informal meeting at
the Filth Avenue Hotel. The committee was rep
resented by Horatio 9. Burchard, OF Illinois; John
A. kasson, OF lowa James b. Beck, OF Kentucky,
and Fernando Wood Of New York. After short
talk together they adjourned until Monday morn
ing next, as they found 1t would be impossible to
get the witnesses that they wish TO examine be.
tore that time.
A HERALD representative had short talk with
Mr. Beck OF Kentucky, and That gentleman In
formed nun that the committee expected TO be
engaged In examining Witnesses ana nearing evi.
dence until thursday. Mr.. Henry L. Dawes OF
Massachusetts, and Judge M. A. Niblack, or Indi-
ana, are expected on Monday. Mr.. Beck said that
the members OF the committee were ANXIOUS to
nave the fullest publicity given to the evidence
cllciIed from the various witnesses The examl-
nation VIII be held at toe Fifth Avenue Hotel
The New York herald., 1874-12-27
HOSPITAL SUNDAY.

ST. LCKE's HOSPITAL. Dec. "a 1874
In behalf OF those associated with me In the
household administration OF ST. Luxe's Hospital,
as well as on my own beg the liberty OF COM
mending the action OF the Board OF Maaagers in
regard to collections in the churches for the nos.
pital on Sunday next. The especial need OF this
is the TACT that the provisions OF our charity beds
are quite insufficient the support oil our present
number OF charity patients IL is, therefore, ear
nestiy TO be wished that the proposed measure
may avail TO meet the deficiency 1t Will Ii 1t be
made an occasion OF thank Offering. especially by
those who, during the last twelvemonth, have
been exempt from sickness or who have recovered
from It.
Further, the ending or the year is usually time
for the settling Of accounts Let us look into ours
on tne score OF duty TO the sick and needy, and
take care tnat no old debts eit standing lor Tn
new year. earnestly ask the prayer that our
Hospital sunday may be as successful for It's pur.
pose as IL has been III England. Respectfully,
w. A. MCHLENBERG,
Pastor and superintendent.