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The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-01


IN Y. Times White Sulphur Springs Letter.l
The population Of the Springs is exceedingly
mixed, but the majority OF folks sojodrning here
appear to be from the southwest and the North.
There are m my families from Balti more many
| from Philadelphia, many from New York. and
there are about the same number from st. Louis,
from Cincinnati, from Memphis Nashville Lou
isville, Covlngton and Lexington. The Virgin
ians make themselves distinguished by their abb
sence. do not mean that there are no young
men here from Virginia, for the three leading
universities OF the State-CharlottesviIle Roam
oke, and Richmond-are exec edngly well repre-
sented; but there are few Virgiuian families Few
Virgnlan belles.
And re it is worthy Of remark that here there
10 certain peculiar haughtiness on the part of
the ialr ones and certain Difference and OBJ
sequlousness ON the part of the gentlemen which
one does not find elsewhere. At Saratoga and
Long Branch the ladies to sumo extent pursue
their beaux, submit to smoking in their presenc,,
and allow the diversions Of the day to run in
such channels as The lords of creation may pre-
fer. Much Of this may, perhaps, spring from the
fact that beaux are becoming very scarce at
watering places, and here at the White Sulphur
Springs they are numerous. But it's root is un-
denlsby deeper, anG, think, can be traced to
the TACT that the Virginians have rtfully pre-.
served the tone Of society it existed fifty years
ago.
Thirty years ago it was the fashion for men to
be brusque and bearish, in imitation Of Currer
DCA hocucrtoI. Dut DIuSQu0ne6S Is only par
donable when allied to superior strength, and the
young men Of .ociety were not distinguished by
much intellectual power. Then came the era of
perfect equality in which we now move. The
ladies dropped their queenly pretensons,
and the gentlemen reinqui.hed their claims to
mental superiority and admitted the fair sex to a
position of comrsdeship.
The funny thing ut the Springs is that, though
those who have So faithfully preserved this dis.
tinctive social feature seldom come here, their
unseen influence is 80 powerful that il is retained
The ladies Of st. Louis, Kentucky, Baltimore,
New York and Philadelphia who, in their own
spheres and at other watering places, would per-
INIT, nav. invite tone Of perfect equality from
the train Of admirers, here fall at once into the
spirit OF the place, and become queenly and re-
served.
Should some luckless wretch, who had known |
and admired some bewitching Kentucky girl or
bright Baltimorean be 90 il-advised as to at |
tempt to renew the acquaintance ON the old easy |
footing he would get mercilessly snubbed, and |
be taught to preserve a more respectful distance
and present himself in an humber attitude And |
The converse is equally true. Virginia and South |
Carolina and New Orleans bellies, who have been |
brought up In these old fashioned ideas give not
he slightest hint of when they are in Saratoga
Newport or Long Branch, or in their favorite |
hite Mountains, or their sti more loved Apple
lore, but are as sweet and sisterly as beau could
1esire.
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FROM THE PASSES.

SOUTHWEST Pass, July 81, Noon.-Barometer
$3.50. Wind southeast, fresh.
No arrivals or departures.
PAss-A-LOUTRE, July 81, Noon.-Wind south
east, light Weather clear.
Arrived: Steamehip Knickerocker, at Z this
morning, Kemble master, from New York, to A.
Moulton.
Spanish bark Eloisa, Da Vega master, 10 days
from Porto Rico.
Sailed: Barks Atsgracia and Enea.
The steamship State Of Alabama, is still
aground on the bar, bound out.
SOUTHWEST Pass, July 81, 6 P. M.-Barometer
1910. Wind east-southeast, fresh.
No arrivals or departures
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DUNCAN. SHRRNAN 4 co.

New YORK, July 31.-The report circulated
that several theatrical people are heavy losers
By the failure Of Duncan, Sherman & Co. is with
out foundation in many instances, and letters
have been received from ]. I. Raymond, John
Brougham and William Wheatley denying that
they are losers
Schmsle l. Froweilter, extensive lager beer
brewers at Marion, New Jersey, failed for about
$4,000.
q. Q. Helen and II. 8. Bogert two brokers who
went .'shortn of stocks on Duncan, Sherman 81
Co.'S failure. and failed to cover in time, suspend
ed yesterday. 1
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During the excessive heat of one of the hot
days OF last week, venerable Wbitehaler was
sitting in doorway, through which breeze
cold, his better-half sung out: Hiram. Won old
fool you'll take cold settin' in that draft, and be
grpntln' wi the rheumatic agin." "Take
cold exclaimed the venerable citizen. smiling.
Take cold, Marial Why, I'll bet $40 that even
Pres,oent Grant, who never was guilty Of refusing
to take anything, wouldn't take cold this sizzlin'
weather."
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D1sCOURAGING CROP PROSPECTS.

INDIANAPoLTs. July S1.--Dispaiches from eighty
counties in Indiana and twenty-five counties in
eastern Illinois are Encouraging. Wheat sprout-
ing in shock. Raining steadily: the streams are
already bar full and beyond control to day.
LITTLE ROCK, July 8 Heavy rain along the
Iron Mountain road. No cars arrived yesterday.
LOUISVILLE, July 3l.-The condition of the
crops is alarming. There has been daily rains
for six weeks. The wheat, oats, rye, barley and
hay are injured fifty per cent in quantity and
quality. Tobacco crop is greatly injured.
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STRIKE OF The SPINNERs.

FALL RIVER, July 3l.-A meeting Of spinners
resolved to strike in three of the mills. This
proceeding will undoubtedly cause . general
lockout
1t is believed that card grinders and weavers
ct their meeting tonight will vote themselves
thirty days vacation.
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cattle by vulgar old verger. We had been
obliged to wait on him for long time at a
locked gateway, leading to the profitable por-
lion Of the sanctuary, while he took Il, the
shillings until he had secured a. large drove
- he could manage. As he walked behind
us in his black gown he jingled the goodly
amount of coin i+'sl @t
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MARINE.

GALVESTON, July 31.--Arrived: Harlan from
Brashear; schooner lsobt. Ruff, from Havana, in
ballast. Cleared: Steamship City Of Austin and
schooner L. A. Van Brunt, for New York; Schr.
8. s. Buckingham, for Tampico; schooner @. B.
Clements, for Mobile; schooner Thos. P. Ball, for
Fall River. Sailed: Harlan, for Brashear; City
of Austin, for New York; bark Ibis, for Pensa-
cola in ballast, and schooner G. B. clements, for
Mobile
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PROBABILITIES.

lantic aud GU States, lower barometer, south
erly to westerly winds, warm, partly cloudy
weather and rain areas will prevail, followed by
lower temperature and northwesterly winds in
the Western Gulf States.
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1t is very reasonable to suppose that the reason
the Epgliehmen decline to put up that Elcho
Shield is that they are afraid it might be ysnked"
from them.
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brother-in-law Casey has been interviewed
again, and expresses the opinion that "tbe
r. sident would consent to take Office for third
Springfield Republican,
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Rhode Island has really found some potato
bugs within her borders, and wants half q barrel
Of Paris green, with which to sprinkle the State.
Boston Post.
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The highest Endorsement as to the merits of
Marsdsns zarsaparilla is, that physicians
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-01

II is said that Butler will take the stump,
and II he really wants ii and there's NOBODY
looking on, no doubt he will.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
DEATH OF EX- PRESIDENT
JOHNSON.

NASHVILLE, July 3l.-Andrew johnson is
L.
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OLD WHITE SULPHUR,

A POPULARITY OF THE RESORT IN REGARD TO THE
DEPoRTMENT OF TIE BELLIES.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-06
a ProPheet by Gen. =. 2. Zee.


3 fn-an address before the Lee Memorial
Association in Baltimore on Saturday even
ing last, Mr.. s.. TeaclIle Wallace read the
following heretofore unpublished letter Of
Gen. r. E. Lee:
And here am permitted, by the kind
ness Of friend, TO read some extracts from
a letter Of the illustri0us soldier, which has
never seen the light before, and which will
show through what sad struggles of both
heart and mind, he passed TO what he felt
to be his duty. doubt not--nay, know
that many agallant gentleman who fought
beside him, and many another In the op-
posing host, grieved, with as deep grief as
Lee, to draw his sword. The letter that
speak of bears the date Of January 10, 1851,
and was written from Fort Mason, near San
Antonio, in Texas. It was addressed to a
young lady, relative of his, for whom he had
great affection, and the passages Of which
speak were written as a message to her
father. Alludingto to the homes Of two fami-
lies of friends, he said:
think Of the occupants Of both very
often, and hope some day to see them again.
I may have the opportunity soon: for II the
Union ls dissolved shall return 70 Virginia
70 share the fortune Of my people. But be-
fore 50 great calamity bcfalls the country
nope all lOhOFuDle means OF maintaining
the Constitution and the equal rights Of tho
people win be first exhausted. Tell your
father he must not allow Maryland TO be
tackled on 10 South Carolina before the Just
demands OF the South have been fairly pre-
sented to the North and rejected. Then II
the rights guaranteed by the Constitution
are denied Us, and the citizens Of enc por-
ton Of the country are granted privileges
not extended to the other, we can, with q
clear conscience, separate. am for main
tanning al our rights, not for abandoning
all for the sake Of one--our national rights,
liberty at home and security abroad, our
lands, navy, forts, dock-yards, arsenals and
institutions Of every kind. Il viii result In
war, know-ferce, bloody war. But so
will secession. for Il is revolution and war
at last, and cannot be otherwise, and We
might as well look at Il IN It's true charac-
ter. There is long message, A., for
your father, and grave one, which had
not intended to put ia my letter 70 you,
but Il Is 3 subject on which my serious
thoughts often turn, for, as an American
citizen, prize my government and country
highly, and there is no sacrifice am not
willing to make for their preservation, save
that OF honor. trust there Is wisdom and
patriotism enough ID the country 70 save
them, for / cannot anticipate 50 great z
calamity 70 the nation as the dissolution Of
the Union.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-06
FOLLY AND WIs6OHr.


That was Legitimate stroke Of wit and
wisdom made by John Bright day before
yesterday when he said it was very absurd
for America to ask England to send hither
manufactures for the Philadelphia exposi-
ton and yet prohibit, by tariffs, the impOr-
,tztion of those manufactured goods. In
other words, said the philosopher and
statesman, repeal your laws Of Chinese ex-
clusiveness, practice what you preach and
we viii compete with you for cheapness
and excellence in your own markets. If
this may not be, there is. surely nothing
gained by vain purposeless exposition.
And why not now act on Mr.. Bright's sug-
gestiona Why not adopt free trades It
must come. The unity of the nations de-
mfnds it, even as does their diversity.
Clay's philosophy has accomplished its
aims. and American manufactured cotton
goods are sold to day in this market for
less than in Liverpool Production has
been stimulated till every natural adyan-
tage of America has been utilized, and
cheap fooe, genial climate and proximity Of
the raw material enables US to undersell the
English. Since, therefore, there is no lon
ger any necessity for protection, why not
resort to the honest, direct mode of collect
ing Federal taxes Why all those vast ex-
penditures of the peoples wealth in mas
sive piles of brick and mortar, denominated
custom houses z Why such armies of col
lectors preying upon honest industry
Why not find a solution. Of the difficulty of
robbing the people without their knowing
it in honest direct taxationG Then we
need not pay 50 for pair Of shoes that
never cost the manufacturer $3.50, and
then the cost of collecting would not ex-
ceed sums wrenched by the mighty mass
of placemen from the countrY's beggared
industry, The same men who collect the
State should collect the Federal taxes,
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SOFT SOAP AND THE POLITICIANS.

Colgate s. Co. must be advertised to be
enriched, and see to what devices of dex-
trous cunning they resort. They are sup
plying each newspaper Office with several
bars of excellent soap. We used vast
deal of it in soft-soaping Judge Ireland's
late platform. 1t would never have gone
down but for this softening and lubFicating
process, to say nothing Of the necessity Of
washing away many little grease-spots Of
slippery demagogism. Now the whole
scheme is eagerly swallowed, we are told, by
the dear people, and the Judge is clean and
fair to look upon. 1t is the STATEssLAN's
province to guard well the interests Of the
Judge Our liberal course, In constantly
advertising his virtues, has induced at least
one newspaper to prefer the judge for the
Federal Senaforship, and no paper we as
sert it with perfect seriousness, not even the
Guadalupe Times has served the Senator as
effectively as the STATESMAN. II ever the
distinguished gentleman occupies, as he
may, the proud position in which he be
comes the impersonatiOn Of the genus,
taste, intelligence, R6eralised public opinion
and statehood Of Texas, even IN the senate
chamber Of . mighty empire. he must
look back with gEGteful kindness 20 the
STATESMAN, which persistentIy made him
conspicuous, stimulated his friends, caused
his nomination, and, finally, we would fain
hope his elevation. He deserves well Of
his country. His purposes are good,
has ambition honorable, and he only
needs q little rough training to become
worthy Of the crown he would wear. he
belongs to the great ,iasaooass- s-unvashed
-and therefore the InteFpOsitiOn Of Col
gate & Co. The STATESMAN, everybody
must confess, is thus the truejt friend Of
the iEFspEessible, ambitious and deserving
Judge. Il tellsth precise truth about him.
But We were only going to say that what
ever people may think Of the Judges mad
devotion to his party, which be expects to
use as an Archimidean lever 70 III him
self above the clouds the soap distributed
by cOlgate's ubiquitous agents Is entirely
too thin and soft 70 Be ussd uPon TIE dear
Democracy of Texas. They are wiling %
80 n vsheneutly when political and par
tisan contest l. pending and then used bone
q thar nponnoe0us psrsuazissnoss ihni
glidea flOm the Jndgs's oleaSipOus lips
but nov ne people, even the eozDer 80
etEy fellows that run county convenz0ns
Vlint men lnd not pagtissns 70 bliid . isa-
Pc ol IN rhfch nhhcrn sen
ss.sions may llua everything e szeiss ron-
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TIE Chicago Times was properly fined
$25, 900 for publishing a scandal affecting
a decent woman. The slanderwa embod-
led in q letter from supposed truthful cor
respondent, but the court held that the
owner of paper was properly liable though
duped by the letter-writer, and though the
editor made all possible subsequent amends
and retractions. The damage done was ir-
reparable, and the newspaper man, however
guiltless himself, is liable for the acts Of his
employees. This is sound law, and promo.
tive Of sound newspaper morals But the
world would have infinitely greater respect
for the dicta of the court If its locus IN qsC
were elsewhere than in a city that supports
two sheets as filthy and false and deprayed
as the Times and, bster10ceqn, si .,8i1s
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-06
FR6EINoIAL PATnIoTIsM.


TAs World says there was good deal of
superficial nonsense in the orations and
poems, and in the proceedings generally
at the centennial celebration in Massachu-
setts, but it would be unwise to regard the
nonsense alone. Under it all there was eyi-
dent q real and honorable desire to COM
memoFate persons and things memorable,
and this desire is one not only honorable
but necessary. Anything properly to be
called patriotism cannot exist without il.
II patriotism means anything more than q
lazy aoquiescence in the material prosperity
which good governments promotes, aud pro-
uaotes most By interfering with it least; II
Il IS the nurse Of self-denial and self-deyo-
tion, thsra IS no better expression Of il,
and no better stimulus TO il, than the com
memoration Of that self-denial and self
devotion IN times past. Whatever tends to
keep II alive ought By an means to be en-
eoaraged The spirit which makes celebra-
lions worth having has mostly died out Of
the conuomorations Of cur common anni-
rerSarses. A centennial celebration IKE
this. Of Concord and Lexington. has its
advantage in striking imaginations too LIST
less. and minds too pre-occupied or apas
thetic. 10 Be excited By an annual and trite
recurrence of fsmous day. A celehutlon
. heAriy ~ this evidently was would
certainly have been impossible IN New
~. -. II -. - - e.,
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THE STATESMAN has at least succeeded in
inducing discussion of the philosophy of
partisanship and Of government. The two
are often very remote from one another.
True Democrats and true Republican,
almost convertible terms-should create the
new government of Texas; but partisan
Democrats" and partisan Republicans
should have no part in it. The COnstitu-
ton we have was the work of partisans and
of men who legIslated on all conceivable
subjects as if they were veritable prophets
and wiser than kll men who were 70 live after
them. They pretended to make a govern
ment; but were only capable of making
very absurd statutes. They assumed the
office of statesmen and could only discharge
that OF partisans and politicians. Senator
Ireland would have Democracy re-enact the
folIies of Radicalism. .ei
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-06
q LlTTLE WAR NEEDED.

-
Governor Coke is not 9 little inclined, we
imagine, to take the bull by the horns, and,
despite the remissness Of the Legislature,
raise the money! send proper force to the
Rio Grande and annihiIate the robbers and
thieves that desolats that beautiful coun-
try. The whole United States would ap-
prove this conduct on his part. Grant
need gather no Iaurels BY inaugurating .
conflict which Texans must terminate, and
since Texan railway company must bridge
a WIDE district that is Talueless, unless an
nexed, and MAR is ipeEitable. We don't see
why few thousand Texans may not be
peacefully conxoEea IN Austin at once
only for the purpose, however, Of guarding
the Rio GEande. OF course nothing more
than this, on the face Of the papers, need
be contemplated. The sacred Constitution,
fifteenth amendment and alI, fofblds It.
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THE SIXTEENTH AMENDMENT.

1t is not fattering to Grant that Andrew
johnson, his direst enemy, goes back to
the Senate by the voice of the people and
despite the bitterest hostility of Radical
ism Of all sorts, while it is proposed to pro-
vide for Grants accession to the Senate
by a constitutional amendment. There is
not single community In America which
would elect Grant to any Office, and yet, be-
fore the whole country, such is the curse Of
partisanship, Grant is absolute master Of
one, and the greatest terror to the other,
half of the whole people. He is not will
ing to retire to any one of his Sabine farms,
and we must needs amend the Federal Con
stitution that an ex-President may be Sena-
tor for life. With consciousness of facts
stated, it must be very offensiYe-to Grant to
have the matter discussed by his friends OF
in his own newspapers. His local unpopu,
larity and unftness for any task of states
manship, his personal weakness among the
people, are confessed, insultingly confessed
before the whole country, while his direst
enemy, despite Grants fierce hostility, by
his own sheer force of will, intellect and
energy, wears a crown wreathed about hil
brow by the Statehood of Tennessee. Il
the fifteenth amendment bless the country
and make us love the Union, what infinite
love viii be excited when Grant, too, be.
comes sufix to the Constitution; and viii
we not be supremely blest By the sacred in
strument which makes Cuffee citizen and
the good President lifelong Senator'S I
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ssSoLDnERs GAsfE. ~ Since the passage Of
the law against three-card monte sharps, q
new game has been started TO fleece unsua-
pectInR travellers. L Is played With dice,
and Is called the SOLDIERS Game" It Is
well known that the spots on opPoside sides
Of dice always amount 70 seven. At o saloon
at stanon where emigrants stop two gam
bleFs ask their intended victim to take a
drink. Standing at the bar A says 70 B !:
''I'll throw the dice with you 70 sec who
pays ttAll right, snys j, 81 bet the
drinks, = says A, ssthat's counting the tops
aad bottoms, III throw thirfy-dvc every
time.n B bets that Il cannot be done, and
has 70 pay for the drinks. While they
party arc enjoying the fun, sharper G. ap-
parentiy q stranger, walks IA, and IS In
vited 70 join 10 drink. Sh4psf 8 81
knowing 10 their victim, and oilers q
bet G 500 that counting the tops and bot
toms, be viii throw thirty-hEe three tines
II succession. sI'iI bot you don't says q.
Taxing the cmigTant Q little aside, A tells
him that he has only go with him and aeks
Ehefher be Wonldn't like 70 put up the
other ffty, and divide with him. The
victim, sure Of winning, assenfa, and the
stairss ere put IN the hands of j. WhiI1
this nttle conferences has been going On.
sharper Q bss deftly substituted fof one ci
the dice another made entirely of s|xes
a throws the dice, Of course loses the bet
and Q pockets the stakes and walks out.
About this time the whistle Cf the train
sounds, and the victim gelg o. board. ul1rl
his mopcy. - pirgilia lseseda) EatfIfsl
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-06

THERE are nnmberless patents for anti
repeating baIlot-boxes. That used in Flor
ida is said to aentEsp more rascaIs and
rogues than any yet devised; but now some
ingenious patriot has adopted . system Of
eolored tickets which renders double and
qusdruple voting impossible. These agen-
cies Of honesty 70 capture knsyes are All
yeTy well, but are only confessions Of the
glariDg necessity for the purifeation, espe-
ciaIly Of municipal govenments BY prOfer-
ing the ballot box to those alone who win
aII 4 hopestIv.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-05-06

A PRIVATE letter from Mississippi to the
editor of the COmanche Chief should prove
an invaluable lesson to that journal. It
tells how the people are reduced to abso-
lutte beggary ;how property has been made
valueless by "Iccsl taxation. imposed by
the black rabble invested with the right Of
suffrage in all elections, local and State.
The writer adds that there is no hope.
Change or reform is impossible. Should
not Texas in its organic law, recognize
organic differences Of races, and protect
Texas corporations against intolerable ca
lamities that have desolated each Southern
State seen by MortonG