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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-03

set Checks while the balance OF few
thousand dollars is paid by checks alone
and without the sight Of notes or specie.
We. may assume the currency in very
round iiambers at five OF six hundred
millions, but We must admit chat the
domeste interchange Of value among the
people Of the United States amount an
nually to five OF six thousand millions of
dollars. Itts true that dollar in circula.
ton may represent great many dollars
in its yearly service, yet it remains that
the agency of bills OF exchange and
bank checks represent in the aggregate a
mach larger amount. and must be also
responsible for driving these foaters back
to Europe. These bills of exchange and
bank checks constitute = very large cir
culation. There can be no mistake about
that:
But is there not so{he solution 10 this
stagnation and decline Of price and pro-
duction and property in the United
States? Suppose Europe ceases to con.
sumo our whole surplus Of grain? Sup.
pose these immigrants, who from having
been consumers Of American provisions
immigrate to America and become pro-
ducers? Suppose Europe develops cotton
culture elsewhere than in the United
States and SO the price Of cotton declines?
Suppose American mechanics become
more skillful. or European mechanics
make the same wares here that they
formerly mads in Earopv, so that our
ispertatian, Of. these. fabrics .decreaie
nd We aprEash L. s1ks1pQl1. Sf
domestic manufactures nsvs-6GA nit
send our surplus provisions to Europe,
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-03

Limb fat,c men are most apt to have the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-06-05
In a New Orleans Church.

A small party of us, says lady writer,
went to the Church of the Jesuits in
New Orleans. In an audience of per-
haps five hundred large portion were
resplendent in broadcloth, silk, velvet
and costly laces, while the aisles were
filed with, poor wretches of all shades,
from ebony to white, who were apparent
ly glad of the poor and outlandish gar
ments which covered them. Inthis gor-
geous, gilded and frescoed church, whose
organ is one of the most magnificent of
its kind, and whose choir is equal to q
first t-class opera, stood women wearing
old, faded clothes and dilapidated bon
nets, and holding babies in their arms,
apparently worshiping- as devoutly as
their sisters in silk and velvet. Groups
of children came in, some scarcely more
than toddlers, some black and some
white; many carried bamboos in their
hands shaped like crosses at the top, and
these knelt devoutly during certain por-
tions of the service. One lovely blonde
face was so angelic in its beauty that /
could but watch it, and after the services
were over learned that the young lady
to whom it belonged was Miss Violet
Semmes, relative of Admiral Semmes.
The soprano of the choir, which made
me think that Kellogg or Albani was
"behind the SCENES" was young lady
whose family had been very wealthy,
and given her every possible musical adj
vantage, but being ruined in fortune,
this daughter of one of the T, F.'s OF
Louisiana puts her accomp' lshments &c
practical uses, as many of the sons and
daughters of ruined Slnthern families
are doing. '"'
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-06-05
For the Black Hills Region.

An exchange, in referring to the Black
Hills and the excitement relative to gold
there, says: From what we learn bodies
of miners and adventrrers are gathering
at different points on our frontier, pre-
pared to push into this country and con-
quer their way in spite of our troops and
of the admonition of the government.
Theresult, we fear, will be this: A body
of adventurous miners will penetrate
into the Black Hills in spite of our mill
tary posts. The Indians, thus menaced,
will attack and slay them. There will be
contest ending in murder. Then the
whole Northwest will be afiame with re-
venge. We shall have "war feeling"
on the frontier which it will be difficult
for the government to control or resist.
Nothing but the firmest policy on the
part of the President can arrest these
contingencies. He has promised, wisely,
that the efforts OF the government will
be to extinguish the Indi MS title to the
Black Hills country. This is unavoida-
BILE. 1t is contrary to reason and common
sense that the Black Hills, if they are
what those who have seen them declare,
should be abandoned to tribes of wild,
wandering Sioux. No one for moment
supposes that it is the policy of this gov
ernment to permit any part of its terri
tory to be locked up permanently under
the control of thieving Indian agents
and poor, untutored savages. But let us
go about this work in the right way.
Let us extinguish the title of the Sioux
to the reservation by honorable means.
Let us recognize our treaty obligations,
and in opening the country to immigra-
ton and population let us not darken its
young life by deeds of atrocity and
perfdy. The Black Hills country, rich
as it is, would not be worth the occupa-
tion if the price we are to pay is dishonol
and shame.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-06-05
Life i'm an Infant.

Under the law, not perhaps as it is,
but rather as different people look at it,
many complications arise. Here is the
latest one, and it is one that does not
lack interest: Henry Stout, Dover
Oel.) lawyer, dying some ten years ago,
left considerable estate to be divided
amongst his three Children daughter
and two sons. The daughter married
Presbyterian minister, the Rev. Henry
r. Hall, and, after a married life of
year and half, died in confinement
with her first child, which itself was
either still-born, or lived but few
minutes. Now, by the character of the
Delaware code, the matter took this
shape that, if it were proved tnat the
baby was still-born, then Mrs. Halls
share of her fathers estate went to her
two brothers. But, if it were proven
that the child was alive after birth, then
its father, as its heir, would enjoy the
old English right of "tenant by the
courtesy" and have the use and income
of the property during his lifetime. He
was the real, though net formal, defend
ant.
The case was tried, as all such cases
are, at much length and considerable ex-
pense ; physicians we're called in to testi-
fly, and they said that as soon as the
child is born it separates and becomes q
distinct body with a distinct life from
that of the mother. In this case the
family physician said the child never
breathed. The heart beat, for he felt il
and heard it. Everything was done to
keep life in the infant, but in five
minutes after birth it was entirely devoid
of life. The doctors having had theil
say pretty fully, the lawyers for two
days consulted "the books" referring
with learned conf lence to all sorts Of
authorities, until the jury, after short
absence, brought in verdict fer the
defendant establishing that, for lega
purposes, the child was alive, indigently
for the five minutes during which it lay
i'll the washbowl bath, and SO giving it!
father the enjoyment of handsome
property for the rest of his life.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-06-05
The Boy and his Dog.

According to the Danbury Neps, as
long as a boy is boy he never loses the
desire to own dog, and when he gets
him, which he will do in some way, he
has him in tow pretty much all of the
time. When at the table, he is screw
ing around in his chair, to the irritation
of the parents, to exchange winks with
that dog. He teaches the dog the ex-
ceedingly bad habits of tearing over the
newly-planted ground, and coming into
the house. He and that dog are in
separable when he can be at home.
He really loves the animal. 1t is we'll
he does, for no one else does. To all
others of the family the dog is an object
of dread and dislike and distrust. The
father falls over him in the morning,
and the mother stumbles against him
when she moves about the stove or goes
out into the yard. The grandmother
rarely comes in contact with him, but
she knows it is ugly and treacherous,
and consequently entertains the most
gloomy forebodings. 1t is an unfortu-
nate dog. 1t tears up the garden and is
kicked it barks at well-disposed neigh
bors, and is kicked again; it gets in the
way and IS stepped upon and if it is
lying ON the stoop with its tail in the
doorway, and the door blows to, there
is never kind hand to stay the awful
shock. And it is a wise dog, too. Il
erects it's tail and flies with sickenine
ferocity at lame hen, or puts that ap
pendage between its hind legs and darts
madly for the nearest, opening in the
fence. In all these things it has the
hearty sympathy of the boy. He vii
hold that dog about the neck, after i
has been afflicted, and drop tears freely
upon its shaggy head, while his mothel
is carrying in wood. It is a sad day t.
the boy when his mother first conceive
the dreadful suspicion that that dog ha
feas. Tie supposition may be entirel,
groundless-likely it is-but once in he
mind, it takes eternal root there. AnC
the dog is not SO prudent as he shoulC
be. He will draw from the contempla
ton Of the grandest landscape to reacl
back near the foundation of his tail TO
something. Some day the dog sudden
ly disappears, and the boy never see
him again. But he will have another
When you see big fresh bone, gristl.
and nauseous, lying on clean stoop
with tracks about it, you may know tina
the boy who lives there has dog, ant
that the dog has no otherfrien than tn
bny
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-06-05
Shot by Lot.

Eight men were drawn out by lot to
be shot down in cold blood This oc-
Cured recently m Spain. Fighting is
going on there, although it does not dis
turb the rest of the world very much.
The eight men we're prisoners-prisoners
of war. They had done nothing-beyond
fighting and periling their lives for q
cause they believed in. But somebody
else had done something wrong. Eight
prisoners of war on the other side had
been brutally slaughtered after their
surrender. Some wretch of an officer
had outraged even the rules of bloody
war, and killed them after they had
laid down their arms. And so it was
ordered that lots should be drawn--that
eight should be taken by lot from six
hundred, and marched out and shot
Oh, miserable mockery of humanity
prayers were offered up for their souls
while their 1.-the and healthy bodies
were Just about to be riddled with bul.
lets
One poor fellow, almost at the last
moment, broke away and ran for the
river. A iJullet hit him in the back, bu
he kept ON and leaped in. Then a more
successful shot struck him in the head
and he sank, mingling his blood will
the water The other seven writheC
and fell in their tracks. The sad stor.
went home to parents, brothers, sisters
and sweethearts; shot, like bullock
knocked down in a slaughter house
Sad thing, this being selected by 10
to be shot I--Ledger.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-06-05
Ode to Spring.

Hail. balmy spring my muse thou dost inspire
("My dear, it's cold enough to build a fire'O,
To bid farewell to dismal winters SHOWS
("Tll put some goose grease on the baby's
nose'D.
The birds exultant on the budding trees
{" Just listen, darling, to the baby sneeze'),
Melodiously pour their peans forth
("The wind has shifted, dearest, to the north ",
While icy currents slowly gin to flow
("I shouldn't wonder if we had more snow y,
And fragrant zephyrs mid mild sky Of blue
("The baby'll have to get warmer shoe"O
Revive pale nature with their honeyed breath
("This cold, I'm sure, II be the baby's death ",
And deck her brow with wreaths OF white and
red
("Well have to putmore blankets on the bed }.
The fields will flourish meath the genial rain
("Just see the frost upon the window pane y,
And murmuring bees to luscious caves will HE
("What, Tootsy-wootsy, does it make her cry?") }.
While barefoot rustic, with his garb well worn
owen want more COAL as sure as you are
born W,
Through perfumed lanes of dog-rose and sweet
clover
knew it'd snow before the day was over W
Rambles at will, and from the neighboring town
{" Good gracious how the snow is coming
down !'D
The cheerful Oh, confound the thing
This spring is but Pierian spring.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-06-05
Admiral POrter's WOOing.

A Washington correspondent of the
Louisville COarier-J0u7ndL writes: Ad-
miral and Mrs. Porter should be very
lenient to young love, for their friends
say about them that Commodore Patter-
son, the father of Mrs. Porter, was given
much trouble by his young daughter and
Midshipman Porter. 1t was in the day
when commodores were permitted to
take their families to sea with them when
ordered on cruise. Once, when ordered
to the Mediterranean, Commodore Pat
terson took his two daughters with him.
The presence and flirtations of the
young ladies SO entirely subverted all
discipline among the officers that the
commodore had to enter port and send
the girls home. This was heart break
ing affair to Miss Patterson and Midship-
man Porter. The demoralizing effect
caused by the presence of these young
ladies' was of so serious nature as tc
cause the secretary of the navy to recon-
mend that Congress should prohibit
officers from taking their families OF
government vessels, or even transpor
families from one point to another.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-06-05
Poor Fellow.

Henry N. Mygatt had good clerkship
in the Treasury department at Washing
ton, and many friends of too convivial
kind. He contracted such an appetite
for alcohol that, despairing of reform
in the midst of social temptation, he re-
signed his place and went to Greenville,
Mass There, among strangers, he took
a clerkship in clothing store, hoping
that hard work and isolation would help
him to resist his curse. In this he was
mistaken. A few days ago he killed
himself with laudanum, leaving writ
ten statement to the effect that he would
not live drunkard and could not live
anything else.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-06-05
Snake -Charmers at Benares,

One morning, says writer in Scri6-
ner'S Monthly, two snake-charmers called
at the hotel. Around their necks huge
boa constructors were twined, and each
carried Jars of smaller snakes, and one of
scorpions. The performance consisted
in taking the venomous snakes from the
jars in which they lay coiled, and, in
picking them up, the men placed their
fingers in the reptiles mouths-tanta-
lizing them to frenzy, and then wrap
ping the whole about their heads and
necks, where the Kissing, writhing mass
presented frightful spectacle.
A cobra bit the finger of one Of the
men twice, and each time he imme-
diately made use of various charms
placed small round stone over the cut
flesh, smelt of piece of wood resem-
bling flag g-root, and then used 1t for
marking a circle about his wrist. This
he told me would effectually prevent the
absorption of the poison in the system.
The stone draws out the blood, and with
it, of course, the virus. 1t is generally
supposed, however, and with much rea-
son, that the poison glands of the cobra
have been removed in the first instance
by the crafty snake-charmers. Several
times the cobras advanced until within
foot of my chair, but turned back at
command of their masters. During the
entertainment one of the men played al
intervals upon sort of flageolet. The
scorpion advertisement consisted IL
stringing numbers of them together Gas
the whips of the Furies were made)
which the men then hung upon then
lips, nose and ears,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-06-05
What Became of the Snow.

The northampton (Mass.) Gazette
says: 1t would be decidedly difficult for
even the most expert meteorologist to
explain the disappearance of the water,
supposed to have been produced by the
melting of the snow, this spring. Every
body was pretty well assured that there
was big body of snow throughout New
England on the first of April. A month
later there was but very trife of it left.
During the month of April it disappear
ed; but the streams that while did not at
any time show even an ordinary spring
rise, the larger rivers especially never
once approaching any previous high
water mark, although all predicted an
awful season of spring freshets from the
melting of the snow. The fact is it never
melted at all, but dried up, wore out,
evaporated, philandered, disappeared,
without melting, without producing any
appreciable amount of water that found
its way into the streams. The dry, tur-
bulent winds of April took the moisture
off into the atmosphere about as fast as
it contrived to get out of the snow.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-06-05

THE TABIE.-In the recently pub
lished Memoirs of Odillon Barrett" it
is recounted that in the course of the
fight of Charles x. his party encounter
ed one tremendous difficulty. They
came to town in which there We're only
round tables-not square table in the
whole place. At round table all are
equal. Only square table permits a
king to sit alone. For little while il
was apprehended that they could not
dine, but they solved the great problem.
They cut round table and made il
square.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-13

r EGAL.-Hamilton County Common Pleas
IL NO. 44,9U3-Charlotte Gceuing ct al, v.
Jonn :. Crowell and Eliza CroWell ct ai.-The
above named defendants are hereby notified
that ON November nth. A. D., 1914, the plaint-
IFS, the sole heirs at law of Teter CruwelI de-
ceased, hled their certain pettion,in the above
entitled cause, ,ag, inst said defer dants and
Theodore CroWell, the sole administrator of the
estate of Teter Crowell. deceased. seeking and
praying to have the plaintiffs title quieted as
against the claim of said John s. and Eliza
CroSell IN and to certain real estate of,
which said intestate died, seized as of an es-l
tate in fec simple and In said petition partcu-l
'larly described, Of which the plaintifisl
are owners IN possession, and being d)i
ia certain sxty-tve acre tract i'll
section 30, township 3 and second fractional
range IN Hamilton county, conveyed to saidj
Teter Crowell by s. Il. Miller by deed Recorded
frons IN Book % ,b ~ page l5s the west e2s feet
nal platof the village Of Harrison, in said eonn-i
W; t3) accrtaln fifty -four rod tract of land st-i
uate IN Green township, In said county, in tho
northwest quarter of section ~, township ri
Crowe bT menrv Gy to
corded in Book No. 40S page 81. The petitioni
further recites that there will be no PERSONAL
estate for distribution among the heirs of said
from said Teter Ciowell certain
moneys, amounting, principal anu interest, to
s., ,563 81. ~
Plaintiffs further pray fora perpetual Injunc.,
, .loii 81, "inoS oau r1iIa CroWoH 10 enjOin tho
further prosecution OF a certain. proceeding in
in cause NJ. 44,a0i OF said ;oT,r ~
wherein she is. plaintiff and said john ID
Croweii is defendant, and in which sad reoii
estate has been attached as the properly OF
SAID John. a. retaining order has beer iss,ed
oy the Court as prayed for, and uiaess tho Saif
J Ohm !. and Eliza CrowelI appear and uleadf ri
'aiq etition, on or before Saturday, Aprll 1Sts'
A, D., 1870, decree will be taken as prar ed Sors
F.'. bipDLE 4 VIM. DISNEY,
r,,,, Atty,s for Plaintiffs.
N'"A''f A9'' "A0'@ fe6-6t,S +
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-13

The report of the Street-cleaning De
partment of 1874 has been issued III neal
pamphlet form. The following extracts
show the result OF the years work:
The total amount placed to the credit
OF the Street-cleaning Department dur
ing the year was $137, 1876 80, viz: Taxes
and borrowed money, 1928, 1856 80, and re.
ceipts for extra hauling, sale OF scrap,
fills made and paid for, sale of manure.
horses, repairing tools and keeping off.
GERS horses, $S,988 80. The total eXpen.
dtures amounted to $laS,s61 6s, COM
posed of the following items: Debt in.
Cured previous to the beginning Of the
year 1874 and paid this year, $11, ,205 90:
Tor pay-rolls, $lO4,300 56; to j. w. Mitch.
ell, by order OF Council, $6T2; salary OF
Superintendent, $1,000; for horse-ieed,
$l3,37s 50; apparatus, $2,222 10; horses,
Shoeing and harness, $3.50 II; stable
and stable repairs, $701 90; miscellaneous
supplies, $l,49o 43, and contingencies,
$109 9S. -
There are|7O wagons and 20 carts, all
told. The stable contains 80 horses and
7 mules, all fit TOR service. Only 9
horses have been purchased outright
$685. 80 for the lot; 3 have been sold in
good condition, 9 others exchanged or
sold, realizing in the aggregate S946 81.
thO dpPdiChb ConultiOu Vi tue
horses is excellent, it must be remem-
bered. that many are veterans, having
been in constant service since the origin
of this Department, and are old and ha-
BILE to be unit for use at any time. No
deaths have occurred, and no dangerous
diseases or accidents reached the stable.
The price OF feed is fully 33A per cent.
greater than last year.
The cost OF keeping each horse per day
is 1912 cents; last year it was 31.4 cents.
From the total expenditures, as pre-
viously shown, there should be de-
Quoted $945 80, sale Of horses; $3,979 10
sale of street dirt, ETC., and
placed in Treasury to credit of this fund /;
cost of keeping officers horses and re-
pairing tools for Board of Improvements,
y5,S19 2S; amount OF old debt paid this
year, $11, 205 90: and money due for fills
made and not paid for, S9,017 Tin order
to show the net cost OF cleaning the
streets for the year, which is $l07, ,393 IS.
Net cost tor 1878 was $l27, 904 95.
The work performed by this Depart
ment was the collecting and depositing
at different places OF 80 $50 loads of dirt
and 81, ,602 loads OF ashes; S,249 loads OF
garbage were collected and delivered to
the city contractors at their boats; S,974
loads of sullage were taken from catch-
basins at the expense of the Sewerage
Commission, but hauled away at our
cost.
The report shows a considerable re-
duction OF the expenses of last year.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-13
The Weekly Star.

The present number OF The WEEKLY
STAR contains leading editorials on
Some Facts in Our Civilization; The
Rarity of Christian Charity; Outrageous
Villainy Exposed; France Hopefully Re-
publican; Matters in Japan; Railway
Statistics; AS We Supposed, &C., &C.;
also, the Latest News by Telegraph; a
Summary OF the News of the Past Week F.;
Progress of the Tilton-Beecher Trial;
Interesting Correspondence; Book and
Nj agazine Reviews; several columns of
Odds and Ends; Personals; Humorous
Gossip; Poetry; several short stories;
numerous spicy editorial paragraphs;
Religious Intelligence; a large amount
Of matter of local interest; interesting
Congressional and Legislative Matters;
"Gatherings for Grangerso; Agricultu-
ral, Literary and Scientific Readings; a
full Market and Financial Report, &C.,
&c.
Price cents, in wrappers, ready for
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-13
Although there was a large migrat

Although there was large migration
of laboring people from the United States
to Europe last year, the total number
being about $4,000, and circumstances do
not promise to be any better in our coun-
try in 1878 than they were in 1874, still a
large migration from Europe is expected
next spring and summer. Many thou
sands Of people in Germany, the German
provinces OF Russia, Hungary, Servia
and Roumania are dissatisfied where
they are, and they will come to the New
World, believing that business is better
in the Mississippi Valley than where
they are, and trusting for Improvement
in the future.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-13
An.ssea,ae,afs.

WOODS THEATER.--There will be a
"Neck and Neck" matinee to-day, and
Mr.. Stetson will make his last appear
ance this evening. Next Monday even
ing the famous and popular Wallace Sis
ters will begin an engagement at this
house, ard present, dnring the week,
some of their most pleasing specialties.
Pixies OPERA HOUSE. - Buffalo Bill
and troupe Will give another cheap mat
inee to-day, and appear for the last time
this evening, when Scouts Of the Plains
will be repeated.