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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-18
SHERIFF'S SALES.
The City Of New Orleans VS.. Archibald
Boulware.

AhC Suy "a new OTleHu6 vs. ARCHIBALD
Boulware.
GUPERIOR DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH
~ of Orleans, No. so, 074 BY virtue of a writ OF
feri fseias to me directed by the honorable the
Superior District Court for the parish Of Orleans,
in the above entitled cause for city taxes for the
year 1873 will proceed to sell at public auction
at the Merchants and AuctiOneers' Exchange
Royal street, between Canal and Customhouse
streets, in the Second District of this city, on
WEDNESDAY, March IS, 1874, at twelve O'Clock NJ :,
the following described properties, 10 wit
|. LOT OR PORTION OF GROUND in the First
District of this city measuring fifty -four feet front
on Camp street by one hundred and twenty feet
in depth in the irregular port on of ground desig-
mated as number two hundred and three, bounded
by Camp, Race, Orange, Felicity and Coliseum
streets.
2. CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND situated in the
same district, in square numbea three hundred and
fifteen. bounded by Basin, Thalia, Franklin and
MelpOmene streets, known as let number three.
and measuring thirty.two feet front on Basin
street, by ninety seven feet in depth.
Seized in the above suit.
Terms-Cash Oh the spot.
". P. HARPER,
fel9 mh6 Is Sheriff of the Parish of Orleans.
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McDoD6gI Commissioners 5000
Thomas Hasam tcertitcates) ...... l3E 400
We notice that the Crescent City Railroad Com
pany has declared a dividend of So per share,
payable after the first preximo.
cold opened at Ill Z 0ll26 against 1l2s at New
York and after moderate business, closed at III
all2. against lll2 in that market. The sales
summed up $4,000. embracing s goo at Ia;
SIS ,ooo at llla alll7s; $4,000 at lll1, and $4,000
and 5000 at ll2.
Ne sales of silver were reported American half
dollars quoted at lU69s q l017., and MeXi
can dollars at 060l081s.
The movement in sterling exchange was Of fair
extent, and rates were without quotable variation.
The sales Amounted to SOB 800, comprising 6 1900
bill of ading SIS 36ls $1,000 bill OF lading $4,000
do and Al clear, and sl5O0 AL clear at SIS 81 1850
and s2Soo Al clear at IS 81 \, $4,000 bill Of lading
$1,000 bill of ading SIS 371, as %, $4,000 bill
lsding at IS IS, $500 American ships bill at
SIS 391a fleo0 bank at SIS Az $500 do at SIS ~,
and 10000 ninety days at SIS 353s.
The only sale OF francs reported was l25,0oo
commercial at 40.
We also noticed sale Of 50, 900 German marks
At the close sterling bills were quoted at SIS 36s
as 81 for bill of ladllg and Al clear and 4Ols
Al Tor bank, and francs at 40 for private and
The offerings OF domestic exchange were of fair
extent, and rates were without QuOtable variation
The sales covered $l65 600, embracing 10 O0O
$4,000 and $1,000 commercial, and $4,000
$50 600 and $25, 600 private bankers at y cent
discount and $50 600 and $50 600 commercial. and
$40 600 private bankers at 7-3l We also noticed
sale of $40 600 on Providence at Il = cent discount
The banks continued to check New York at
par and commercial sight was still quoted at i q
3-l6 2 cent discount.
In stocks we noticed sales of 81 shares Louisiana
Manufa cturing and PrOpelling Company at Sc,
ard IS New Orleans City Railroad Company at
$780,
The sales of bends included $1,000 new city
seven per cents, with coupon on, at 50, and $4,000
city gold bearing seven per cents at ous, $1,000
at COZ. and $1,000 at 81. The latter closed about
90 Q6o's, against 81 yesterday.
City appropriation certificates were still quoted
at about 60, but no sales were reported.
The sales of Metropolitan Police warrants, in.
Guided $le00 at u.s. ct about which rate they
closed
The only sale Of State warrants reported was
el20o ct So They are still quoted at Al for large,
and s0055 for ANAL 81
Our informant Was in error yesterday IN stating
that the new Clinton state warrants VIII b re-
ceived tor this years State taxes, which, in fact,
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EXPORTS,

MISUNDERSTANDING lgeria-2704 bales cot.
ton 2s13 SKIS oilcake 1900 slaves
KEY WEST-Steamship Clyde-ll6S bbls
-four II cks bacon II bbls whisky 10 ties liams 2t
coops chickens 200 bbls tallOw 10 half bbis DeeC l5t
SKIS corn IS SKIS oats and sundries
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Monetary--Commercial.
MONETARY.

OFFICE OF THE DAILY REPUBLICAN,,
TUESDAY EVENING. March II, 1874.
The money market continues quiet and easy,
with fair demand for discounts at the banks and
light offerings on the street. The few transac-
tons reported IL commercial paper have been at
previous rates. We continue TO quote first class
paper with collaterals at 9Ql0 p cent per al num-
without at Hap; Al at ak T. month, and sec
ond grade at 2. First class mortgage paper rules
at lGQll ~ cent T. annum.
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NEW ORLEANS CLEARING HOUSE.

The following kilograms were posted at the Cot
ton Exchange:
NEW YORK, March Il, A. M.-Money rate totfered)
4; carrying rate (god) 3}a.
NEW YORK, March II, p. M.-Money rate 4;
carrying rate (gold) A.
In agreement with the notice of the Administra-
tor OF Finance for the sale to the city of wharf
bonds the following bids were opened today, and
the awards made as below, for which are in
debted TO Mr.. T. Wolfe, secretary of the commits.
sinners of consolidate debt:
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IMPORTS.

Notwithstanding Yazoo-ll36 bxs sugar l4-
bales tobacco 81 800 cigars and sundries
PORT ACCOMPLISHMENTS Hannah COomer-
$500 lunches bananas 1000 plantans 20 900 oranges
5000 cOcoanUts
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COMMERCIAL.

TUESDAY EVENING, March Il, 1874.
COTTON-The sales today fnot including 200 and
200 bales additional yesterday embraced 300 oaes
partly at previous rates but mostly At an irregular
ad vance Of i O4c. We raise our quotations accord
ing,y and give also the Exchange figures, as below:
Ganeral Exchange
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FOR HAVANA. VIA CEDAR KEYS AND
KEY WEST.

FOR HAVANA. VIA CEDAR KEYS AND
KEY WEST.
United States Mail Line.
Steamships
WILLIAM P. CLYDE, EMILE
MARGARET, LAVACI
- 1T The s. New Orleans. Florida
G4GGAt.G will dispatch one of the above 4 ret
class steamers frem New Orleans.
Every Wednesday.
Touching at Cedar KEYS and Rev West and nm
Meeting with steamers for Apalachicola, St. Marks
and Tampa. ~ 1-"
RATES OF PASSAGE
To Key West. To Cedar Keva
SSaoln.................-.$ $40 $25
o'TT1Sldse...; .,.......... ~ IL
=, Through bills Of lading issued to all points in
rioriaa including Tampa, and to New York
none but the cOmpany's bills of laCipp eigned
and none signed after sailing of the steamer.
splendid passenger accommodations and rhrcnph
uckets given to above points.
office 'eni' ho" the
For freight or passage apply to
-. l. X. ROBkRTS, Treasurer.
lcto No. ITO Common street
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RECEIPTS BY RAILROADS.
MEMORANDA.

Philadelphia, March l6, 1874
To YoIke-The steamship Juniata, Captain
Catherine, arrived at noon to-day. Sails for New
Orleans Friday. goth instant at 8 P. NJ.
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RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Nick Longworfh-2l bales
cotton $40 bbls -four As bbls whisky 1876 bbls pork
1888 bbls meal 5O38 SKIS $50 SKIS oats 50 ties hams
10 lard 80 kegs lard 1923 cks bacon 800 bales hay
1928 pcs meat III bulk and sundry produce
Observation-Disclosures Bradish JOhnsOR-12l
bales cotton ST. SKIS cotton seed SKIS seed cotton g
hhds sugar bbls molasses and sundries
Observation-Disclosures Bertha--1o bales cotton
43l sks cotton seed hhds sugar 40 bbls molasses
los head stock and sundries
BATON ROUGE-Steamer L Hodge, bales OF
cotton SKIS seed cotton e. hhds sugar l02 bbs mo
lasses and sundries
TENSAS R1VER-Steamer " Curtis-9 bales
cotton 24G0 slaves and sundries
SALINE RlVER-Steamer Stella Block-261 bales
cotton and sundries
MINDEN-Steamer Gladiola--184 bales cotton
and sundries
POINT JEFFERSON-Steamer Era No l0--34l
bales cotton and sundries
Observation-Disclosures Maria Louise--740 bales
cotton and sundries
RECEIPTS BY RAILROADS.
NEW ORLEANS. JACKSON AND GREAT NORTH.
ERN RAILROAD. March l7-3l5 bales cotton 20t
bbs -four "a hhds tobacco SO bbls Oil &c bbs whisky
ls5 pkgs beer and sundries
NEW ORLEANS. MOBILE AND TEXAS RAIL
ROAD, March 1850 bales cotton 46 bbB rosn IL
bbls turPentine % head cattle and sundries
MORGAN'S LOUISIANA AND TEXAS RAILROAD
March l7-l99 bales cotton 96 hhds sugar 10 bbls
molasses and sundries
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| are exipible in cash and cash only, but the war
rants referred to are receivable in payment OF AZ
the present, or will be paid out Of collections for
| the current
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-18
STATE LINE STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
Rh The steamer
EEEEc STATE OF LOUISIANA,

VIII sail from New Orleans for Liverpool, direct,
Saturday March -, 1874
Will receive and sign through bills of lading to
Havre. Bremen, Hamourg, Antwerp, Rotterdam
and all continental ports.
Return tickets issued available for TWELVE
MONTHS, at reduced rates, and through tickets
to ali parts of the United Kingdom and Europe
A stewardess and surgeon are attached to each
steamer; no charge is made for attendance and
medicines.
Money orders granted free of charge
Prepaid emigration tickets issued here to par.
ties desIrous of sending for their friends.
These vessels cross the bar at all times without
detention.
For freight or passage, having superior accom-
modatiOns, apply to
A. x. MILLER l. CO.,
eel4 No. 20 Carondel-t street. New Orleans
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MISSISSIPPI,
WRAKE, Commander,
viii leave on or about February Is.
Prom her wharf, foot of Jackson street Fourth
District. viii receive and sign through bills Of
ladng to Havre, Bremen, Hamburg Antwerp, Rot
teIdan, and all continental ports.
Parties DESTROYS of sending for their friends can
purchase prepaid emgl alton tickets here. re-
duction allowed when applied for in groups.
For freight or passage. having superior &C commo-
datlOns apply to SILAS WEEKS l. CO..
No. 40 Carondelet street
Managing owners-FLINN, MAIN & MONTGOM.
pool. lain Iv
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STEAMSHIPS,
CTEERAGE AND INTERMEDIATE
PASSENGERS FOR EUROPE.

The agents of the State Line have decided to
take Intermediate and steerage passengers by
their favorite steamship State of Louisiana sailing
so throughout the coming season. By their ar
rangements in Europe the State Line Company are
able to book passengers from New Orleans to any
part of the Continent via Liverpool, at very mod
crate prices. Any Information not given il the
advertisement can be had at the Office of A. K.
MILLER K Co, No. q CarOndelet street Due no.
tice will be given of the exact day Of sailing.
mhl8 Ct
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The CITY of New Orleans VS.. John Cude

I EN-
fe20 mh6 "a Sheriff of the Parish of Orleans
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Marine Intelligence.
OFFICE OF THE REPUBLICAN,
Wednesday, March Is, 1874.

CLEARED YESTERDAY.
Spanish steamship Algeria, Mercorder, for Liver
pool
Steamship " CLYDE, Livingston for Key West
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Mrs. Emily Hoa VS.. Edward A. Bridge.

W. p, HARPER,
fel9 mh6 rs Sheriff of the Parish OF Orleans.
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THE OLptsr TIMBER IN THE WORLD. -
Probably the oldest timber in the world
which has been subject to the use of man, is
that which is found Iii the ancient temples of
Egypt. 4 It is found in connection With stone
work wlicllAis knowiito be at least four tliou-
sand years old This wood, and the only one
used in the construction Of the temple, is in
the form of ties, holding the end of one stone
to anatber in It's upper surface When two
blocks were laid in place, then it appears that
an excavation about an inch deep was made
in each block, into which an hour-glass shaped
tie was driven. 1t is, therefore, very difficult
to force any stone from its position. The ties
appear to have been the tamarisk, or shittim
wood. of which the ark was constructed, a
sacred tree in ancient Egypt, and now very
rarely found in the valley Of the Nile. Those
devastated ties are just as sound now as the
day of their insertion Although fuel Is ex-
tremely scarce in3tlmt country, these bits of
wood are not large enough to make it an OBJ
,iect with the Arabs to lleave off layer after
layer of heavy stone for SO small a prize
Had they been of bronze half the old temples
would have been destroyed years ago, SO
precious would they have been for various
purposes. ta ~ frl
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cuAprER CIyU


A further supplement to the act entitled " An
act relative to commissioners for the taking
of Acknowledgements aud proofs of deeds. :"
approved April fifteenth, one thousand eight
hundred and forty-six.
/. Be it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly the State of New jersey, That
it shall and may be lawful for any commits
sioner for the State Of New Jersey, in and for
the State of New York, heretofore appointed,
or who may hereafter be appointed, under and
in pursuance Of said act, and the several sup
PIGMENTS thereto, to reside in the State Of
New Jersey, but nothing in this act shall be
so construed, as to empower such commits
sioner to exercise the duties Of his Office out
side the state of New York and the acts uf
any such commissioner who may have resided
in the State of New Jersey during his term Of
Office, or any part thereof, or who may here
after reside in New Jersey, shall be as valid
and effectual in law, as if he had during stitch
time resided in the state Of New York. III
g.. And he 1t enacted, That this act shall
take effect Immediately.
Approved March 5, 1874. Sa
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A correspondent of the Scientific American
says Z. The In dians Of North America SO
under water by cutting hole through the
ice, aud then covering or hanging blanket
in such a manner as to darken or exclude the
direct rays of the sun, when they are enabled
to see into the water, aud discover fish at any
reasonable depth. Let any one who is anxious
to prove this, place himselfunder the blanket,
and he will be astonislled when he bcholds
witt, what brilliancy every thing in the fluid
world is lighted ups once had occasion to
examine the bottom of anil pond, for which
constructed a float out of an inch plank
sufficient to buoy me up. Through the lcch-
tire of this float cut q hole, and placed a
blanket over it, when was enable to clearly
discover objects on the bottom, and several
lost tools were discovered and picked up.
am satisfied that where water is sufficiently
clear, this latter plan could be successfully
used for searching for lost bodies and
articles i =
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An AMERICAN CLAM-BAKE.--A German
professor who has travelled around among our
seaboard cities and towns, with srectacles on
his nose and lantern in hand, says the dearly
loved clain-bake is the source Of all our woes.
His name is Aaron Sicgafiftz Gorlitz, and
this is the handsome manner In which he COM
pliments us: g When | was in America saw
the excitement, caused by immoderate indul-
gence in sleli,fsh, violently illustrated. They
have there sorl of political assembly called
a clam bake, where speeches and music and
songs arc inteispersed with profusc feasts up
on a species of oyster called the clam, Vast
crowds attend these celebrations,a and no sooii-
er are they gorsed with the insidious comes
tible than they become full of excitement and
furorcs; sweat themselves.away in fcalty to
the most worthless demagosues sing, fight,
dance, gouge one anotlier's eyes out, and con-
duct themselves like madmen III a confiagra-
tom 5 ~. t.i5.,, II
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A curious fact relating to iron is that, when
infinitely divided, it burns as readily as tin
der. Indeed, poor iron, chemically divided,
will even take fire by being gently tossed in
the air, or dropped from an elevation Of a few
inches only. It is a still more curious fact,
however, that lead, similarly divided, will
burn with as much readiness as iron, aud
with even a greater brilliancy. Indeed lead
is nearly as iniaminabls as phosphorus and
the only reason why 1t does not burn under
ordinary circumstances Isl because the solid
production of combustion forms a filling that
prevents the contact Of the oxygen of the
atmosphere with the surface of the -unburned
portions Of the metal. 'A's
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The AuAzoN.f-A voyage ON the Amazon,
writes al american traveller, is excessively
monotonous. A vast volume of smooth, yell
low water floating trees and grass, low,
linsar-shaped islets, dark, even forest, the
SHOE Of y boundless sea Of -vepdure, and a
cloulless sky, with occasional flocls of scream.
ing parrots--thesc are the general features.
No busy towns are seen along the banks
only here and there palm hut or Indian vii
lage,. hair buried III the wilderness. No
mountains break the horizon--only half-a-
dozen table-topped hills--and while many
bluffs Of. red and yellow clay are visible, they
are exceptional, the usual border being low
alluvial deposits, inagpjHcently wooded, but
half the year covered with wafer. The real
GRANDEUR, however, of . great river like this
is derived from rejecting upon its prospective
commercial Importance and immense drain
age.
I; A lover Of nature, moreover, can never
get tired of gazing at the picturesque group
ing and variety of trees, with their nantles of
plants the wild, uneonquered race
of vegetable giants; the reckless energy of
Vegetation compared with which the
richest woods on, the Hudson are desert the
dense canopy Of green supported by crowded
columns, brancliless for fifty or eighty feet ;
the parasites and underground struggling for
life the broad-leaved9 banans and gigantic
grasses the colossal nut and pod bearing
trees; and, above all, the hundreds of species
of palms, each vieing with the other in beauty
and grace.
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CHAPTER CxxxIv.

OTIhE OAAAAv
a f,rthersnpplemeft to an act entitled IAN
act enable the owners OF swamp or meadow
Grotind, to drain the same, and 10 repeal
law heretofore made for that purpose
passed November twenty-fourth, seventeen
hundred acknowledgement &,
T., Be II enacted by9the Senate and uenerai
Assembly of the State Of New Jersey. That
it shall and may DO lawful for the owner or
owners of any land improved or otherwise
lying or being so situate that 1t cannot DC
drained sufficiently for the eifectual improve
ment of the same, without clearing out creeks
or natural yvatery courses, Or cuttingt opening
or clearing out bitches or drains into or
through other lands owned by or In possession
Of sucF person, or persons as will not sum-
GENTLY clear out creeks or water courses or
will not cut. make, clear ont and keep open
sufficient bitches or drains in or through the
lands so owned or possessed by tbstn, TO make
application for the laying out OF ditch, drain
OF water course, under the PROVISIONS 81 me
act to which this is supplement-; ana upon
such application the same proceedings SHAH
dsriay be had In all respects, for all pur-
poscs, and with the like effect, as can or may
be had under the provisions Of said original
act, and the several supplements thereto on
any application now authorized thereby.
q. And be 1t. epact5d,~ That In al! cases
where but one chosen freeholder shall DC
elected In the township, in or through which
any ditch, drain or water course - proposed
to be laid oft or renewed and repaired, OF
altered or abolished, application may be made
to the chosen freebooter of such township,
and the chosen freebooter or any adjacent
township Of tho sauc county, who y, coflJunc-
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MISCELLANY


b
One OF the most extensive exhibitors at the
Vienna Exposition was Prince Schwarzeuberg,
an Austrian nobleman, who Is famed for his
devotion to agriculture, Ale iss one Of the
most extensive farmers in the world. He GER.
tainly stands at the head Of tile agricultural
interest Of Austria At theexhibition he has
had specimens of everything That will grow
on Austrian soil, or that canbe found by the
miner in the dark caverhs underneath. He is
cot only farmer, but miner and fisherman
as wcll. GT< @n1s4
Like ether great neblcmcn, be 'rcjoices in
an abundance of titles but, unlike many otii-'
ers, he appeass to be worthy Of them. His
farm is located in Bavaria, about one hundred
miles FROM Vienna, and is of vast extent. Its
area is about "a. 900 acres, one-haH or which
is devoted to forest culture. 20, 900 tolagricuiT
ture, and 200 to fisheries, etc. On TINS
farm, tlsese arc not less than 535 buildings
which, include breweries, sugar reLnerles
water and steam mills, iron furnaces. cotts ges
for iaborers, fishermen, forestmeu, and so on
Beside these, there are numerous humanitar-
ian institutious, including an asylum for the
aged and infir,n, a hospital, giils' school,
where three hundred annually receive their
education, aud seventeen othei schools
These Institutions are supported 10y the
princeiy revenues from the farm, which, OF
course, are ample. In addition to these ex-
penses also, Prince Schwsrxenbers has the
privilege of supporting some eighteen priests,
in return for which he has the right OF APP
pointmcnt That item alone costs him sever
al thousands Of fiorins year, Fifty Thousand
people find a home on this immense farm, OF,
rather a series Of farms, which are from sew
enty to eighty miles in extent. The ruling OF
tile estate is divided into hureaus-such as
tho Rent Bureau, tho Fishery Bureau, the
Brewery Bureau, the Architects Bureau, the
Grain Buraau, the Steam Mill Bureau, etc.
Tie farming is, Of necessity, on large
scale bnt the correspondent of the New
York Herald intimates that it is not as fnish-
ed or scientific as can be seen in Germany,
England, or France; that the people do not
make so comfortable an appearance as those
of the same class in the United States would
and that if the farm were divided ITO the
possession of a thousand people, instead OF
being 10 the hands of one man, there would be
more activity and growth and higher de-
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a Tennessee man has brought novel law
suit against a railroad company in that State.
A certain law of that Commonwealth provides
that the conductors of passenger trains shall
call out at each station iii a loud voice its name
and the length Of time the train is to stop
The custom fell into disuse and the plaintiff,
finding that a penalty of $500 had been pro
vided for each omission, instituted q suit. lay
ing claims for $500, ooo, ] one-haH to go ito him
self and the other half to the school fund -
His case appears to hold good IN the law. q
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It is admitted on all hands that prominent
agency in the wonderful revival work in Scot.
land 'isi the singing Of American Sunday.
school hymns When the people have listen
ed unmoyed for years to the Scotch versions
Of the Psalms Of David they are now melted
into pcnitence or lifted into faith Through
Gods blessing onathe heartsreaching strains Of
the simple melodies Of the Sundayssrbooi.-. -
This may be confusing TO the critics; but IT
Is a stubborn fact. ~ ~,..ssrsz~ u <gs.s