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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-09-17

NHE MOBILE Line.
En and after NAV 20 trains will arrive and depar.
IN the depot, foot Of Canal street, as follows:
DEPART.
bi accommodation daily, except
sunday, al. at..............,......... 3;1J r. M.
|rress and mail, daily at .......... = A. M.
(Nugh night express daily at..... 4:40 r. M.
ARRIVE.
1T accommodation daily, except
sunday, at..................,.. A. NJ,
tress ard mail daily, at. ......... $3.50 r. nj.
|Nugn night express, daily, at ....1 80 +. VI.
)rlman Palac. Cars daily to Louisville, LYNCH.
h Virginia Springs snd Baltimore without
Hge,,
lace corner Of Camp and Common streets, op.
he City Hotel.
t73 D. B. ROBINSON, Superintendent.
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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-09-17

lhe adjourned meeting of the Chamber
OF Commerce took place last evening.
w. G. Raymond, Esq, presided, and Mr.
II. D. Coleman occupied the desk of the
secretary.
The reading of the minutes was dispensed
with, On motion of Colonel j. M. Sandidge.
The chair stated the meeting had been
called for the purpose Of considering the
subject of tare on sugar.
Mr.. Dolhonde then read the following re-
port and the accompanying recommends
tions;
To tie Prdsident and Members of the Chamber of
Commerce, New Orleans, Louisiana:
GESTLEMEN-The committee on sugar
tare, under the following resolution. adopt
ed by the Chamber, on the evening Of Sep
tember 6. 1915. to wit:
ReSolced, That the president proceed to
I'LL the vacancies occasioned by the dis
charge of committee appointed to take
into consideration and report upon the pro.
p"iety of changing the tare allowed on
packages containing Louisiana sugars, and
the said committee be instructed to report
at the next meeting OF the Chamber.
Have now the honor of reporting as fol
lows:
We find that in consequence of The IN
satisfactory rate of tare on sngar, as at
present-ten per cent on Louisiana sugars
sold in this market-most of the sections of
the West, which formerly purchased here
to large extent, refuse to do SO any more,
and go to Northern and Eastern markets,
and that, with the exception of this mar
ket, the established rate of tare all over the
United States and the world. is twelve per
cent and some of the West India islands
fourteen per cent.
We recommend that the tare hereafter on
Louisiana sugars be twelve per cent or
actual tare.
We do request, as medium of great
satisfaction a1d confidence with the trade
generally, that the planters of Louisiana
sugars brand their names and places on the
logsheads, also the actual tare.
We suggest that the following circular be
printed in circular form and sent by mail 20
every sugar planter in this State, to every
sugar factor in this city and to the boards
of trade and merchants exchanges through
out the United States.
Respectfully. your committee.
FORESTER DOLHONDE,
Chairman;
JAMES NJ. PUTNAM,
X S. RICKEY,
JULIUS EAIRIN,
l.. j. HIGBY.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-09-17
BY TELEG R A PHI.
WASHINGTON,


Success OF the Fast Mail.
WAsHISGToN, September l6.-Postotfice
officials report the fast mail a complete sue
cess. The train to Pittsburg carried i've
tons. and the train to Chicago carried forty
tons GU: of New York
The Attorney Generals Letter to Gov
ernor Ames. of Mississippi.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
Washington, September a. 1875.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-09-17

FOLGH
t., City,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-23
4 Silk-StOeking Pauper.

The good people of Marengo, Iowa,
for long time had on their hands pitt
able object of charity, and tried to do
their duty as sympathetic human beings.
Emma BeanfOrd was widow of Maren-
90. She was once supposed to be quite
well-to-do, but had been reduced to rags
and squalor and starvation under the
eyes of the people of MarengO. They
gave her food and clothing and cOnsola-
ton in her abject poverty, trying to
tighten her oppressive memories Of bet
ter days, as well as to keep her body and
soul together. At length the Widow
Beanford becameill, and her sympaI hiz-
ing neighbors provided her with doctors,
medicines, nurses, and other sick-roOm
comforts. Then the Widow Beanford
died, with hershOes ON and without stock
ings. She was buried by the Odd-Fel-
lows, who gave her a respectable funer-
al, a good, comfortable coffin and a hos
pitable grave. The public administrator
went to roofing among the Widow Bean
ford's boxes and trunks, not looking for
any thing but merely performing the
perfunctory duties of his Office. He
came upon hidden and unSuSpected
treasures. He unfolded money in gold
and silver and copper and paper curren-
CIV, promiSsOrv notes for hundreds OF
dollars, available gold watch and chain,
three diamond rings, one cOntaini ng d
cluster of six stones, other gold and sill
yer rings and trinkets, several fine silk
dresses, some dozens of pairs of silk
stockings, q splendid feather-bed and
bedding to match, and all the parapher-
MALTA ola first-class female establishment
and outfit The good charitable people
of Marengo were astonished at these de-
velopmentS. They had carried the poor
woman for years and had not felt the
burden, but now the load that had just
rolled of their shoulders into the grave
hurt them a little The Widow Beantord
was richer than any OF them, and died Oh
the hands IF charity with thousands OF
dollars rusting in her house.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-23
A Warning to Reckless Advisers.

The Baltimore Sun saws a singular
case was recently decided in the Circuit
Court for Washington County, Mary
land. 1t was given in evidence on the
trial that in 1871 Mrs. Susan Weckler
asked the First National Bank of HagerS-
town to cash a draft on New York for
1I,O47. The teller of the bank, John ID.
Newcomer, being told by her that she
wished to invest $1,000 in Washington
County bonds, advised her that a better
investment would be in Northern Pacific
Railroad bonds, which have since de-
preciated to about fifteen cents on the
dollar. He told her, as an inducement
for such investment, that DR.. Smith, her
physician, had invested $4,000 in the
| Northern Pacific bonds, and this assur-
ance induced her to invest in them also.
Her son-in-law confirmed her testimony,
/ having been present at the conversation.
| The action was brought against the tell
! or of the bank to recover the amount IN
vested under decetful representation.
The Jury gave a verdict in Mrs. Week
/ Iler's favor. The defendant denied the
ALLEGATIONS of deceit, and said that at
| that time the railroad bonds were es-
teemed as an excellent Investment. DIR.
Smith testified that he never had invest
ed in the Pacific Railroad bonds, and
never told anv one that he had any. Mrs.
/ Weckler first brought her action against
the bank, but the court decided that II
could not be maintained. Mr.. New
conner has filed a motion for new trial
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-23
MILAN, GIBSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, DECEMBER 23 IS

hadn't taken a monthful since he start
ed. The door of the attic was locked.
He raped. No answer. He was eX-
cited. "Six hundred and nine, attic
up stairs ran in his mind. He drew
back his foot. Down went the door,
kicked through. And there, there, right
on the floor, Just recovering from the
ruilian-uncle's blow, lay his poor, dear,
long lost daughter Howhe hugged and
squeezed her How the mother got well
so soon. How the Captain had dozen
doctors waiting on her, when himself
and good food were the only doctors
she needed. There was never a merrier
Christmas in any family don't care a
snap what family it was in-there never
was a merrier Christmas than they had
that same day. What a grand house
thev had. How rich the Captain was.
How happy they all are. On the parlor
mantel, underneath costly pictures, and
beside rich gifts and ornaments, in the
very center, stands the old bottle. There
it is, the fat old shining sides, the trian-
gular chip, and the good natured, smil-
ing crack. The poor and needy were
Eever turned away from those grand
doors; but met with a kind reception
But how did it all come about? You
may think one thing, and | may think
another. But the Captain and | always
said ''that we thought it was the bottle
did it,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-23
A Breton Romance.


A letter from Brittany, to the Wetr0
politan, describing a fete day to the
Virgin, SAYS: "White-robed women
came and gathered at the church. Now
and then one came wearing a vestal
vail of white, through which her ruddy
cheeks glowed wildly, and her not too
beautiful features appeared softened
and womanly. These had been ap-
pointed by the priests as bearers Of the
sacred image, and no young Breton girl
wishes or dares to refuse this service.
1t is a high honor, and signifies that the
honOred one possesses piety, chastity
and all household virtues. One girl,
prettier than her companions, was no.
ticeable for her shyness and nervous
ness while the priest was placing the
sacred effigy upon its proper platform
for excursion about town. Just as the
four white-yailed young women were
about to lift it ON their shoulders, a
blue-bloused, savage-looking man rush
ed into the sanctuary, snatched the vail
from the head of the most delicate OF
the girls, tore it, and trampled it on the
rough stones of the cathedral floor.
The girl dropped upon her knees be-
fore the priest, and wrung her hands in
| agony, but her voice could not be heard
above the rawlings of her father. The
priest lifted the girl and stood between
/ her and her father, who had thus pub
licly wreaked upon her the most dread
full vengeance known to a Breton maid
en-. While the wild stir was throbbing
through the temple, ayoung man, doubt
/ less brought by a messenger, entered
and to him the priest held out his hand
publicly betrothed the frightened cir
to him, and told them to return for mar
riage at O'Clock that night. 1t wa
explained to US that in Brittany M
young woman permitted to wear a val
and assist in bearing the image of tn
Virgin, if she has been guilty of willfu
sin, and this young creature had refuses
to keep a promise she. had been per
suaded to make her father. She had re
fused to marrya fisherman friend Of hi
own, who was to come in from the sar
dine shores of Finisterre when the sea
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-23
A STRANGE Wedding Fee.

A clergyman who was formerly lOca-
ted in this city, but is now in New York,
married, "a little over a year ago, 4
couple who at once started for Europe
and have recently returned. The bride
groom was a gentleman of wealth, and
before he presented himself before the
bridal altar he placed 500 greenback
in his vest pocket to give the parson
for the marriage fee, and did pay it to
him as he supposed. While crossing the
ocean he discovered, greatly to his as
tonishment. the bill in the pocket where
he placed il, and could account for its
presence there only on the theory that
! he must have had another bill of a diff
! ferent denomination which he had do
mated to the clergyman by mistake.
! On getting back to this country he de
! termned 10 solve the mystery, and
waited upon the reverend gentleman,
who did not recognize him. and inquir-
/ ed if on certain date lie did not marry
certain couple. The clergyman re-
membered the occasion perfectly. :"
| know am about to ask an impertlnent
question: said the visitor, d" but /
should like to be informed what fee you
received for performing the cere'o-
ny?" The clergyman was not prepared
to make any disclosure, naturally be-
inc astoniShed that his interviewer
should PROFOUND such a question, but
upon an explanation being made that
the gentleman himself, whom he then
recognized, was the one he had mar
ried, he said that he would, of course
crafty him, since he was so anxious tC
know. 81 received" he then went or
to sav, "a very small quantity of fine
cut chewing tobacco, folded in very
small piece of paper" That was
enough; the only thing remaining t
be done was to apologize, laugh hearti
ly, shake hands, and make the 500 de
noSit rood
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-23
Colonel Hunters Vast StOck-Farm.

The ranch of John S. Chisum, Of
Bosaue Grande, New Mexico, was sold
to Colonel r. d. Hunter, of st. Louis,
the other day for S219, 900, one-balf cash
down. The purchase includes the3o,OOO
cattle now on the ranch. During the
past wear Mr.. Chisum has sold to Colo
RADIO, Kansas City and st. Louis buyers
about 10000 head of beef cattle. Beside
these. he has supplied some 5000 head
70 contractors in New Mexico and Arl-
IONA. The ranch extends along the
Pecos river from Fort Sumner to Seven
Rivers. distance Of $50 miles. This Is
its scope north and south. East and
west it extends as far on each side of
the stream as stock can range without
water.
The range on both sides of the river
is high, rolling prairie, covered with a
thick, heavy growth Of black gramma,
a most nutritious grass. During TINS
past summer the grass over much OF
this area has stood knee high to cattle.
The residence buildings are situated IN
the center of the ranch. Stations, or
cow camps, are on the river at intervals
of thirty and forty miles. Two hundred
berders have been employed on the
ranch the past summer. AT one time
this season the horses numbered SIX
thousand head. A successful raid by
redskins reduced this number about
one thousand. Colonel Hunter, the pur-
chaser of this vast estate, will engage
more extensively than Mr.. Chisum in
the breeding business. He has Just
bought two hundred saddle horses Tor
use at the February round triP--De"-
/ rer NetCS.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-23
The Sultan Of Turkey.

saw the Sultan last week as he re-
turned from the ceremony OF kissing
the Prophets mantle in the Treasury.
In appearance he has become conSld-
arablv older within the last two years:
He has good reason to look careworn II
he realizes what is happening. He rode
in a carriage drawn by four fine horses
and fhe authorities had, as Is the Gus
tom, covered up the pitfalls of the
pavement along his route with 6 inches
of sand. well watered and rolled. His
Majesty enjoyed a comfortable ride over
we'll made roads, but, after he had
passed, the sand was all swept up and
moved in carts, for use next time, ano
the pitfalls returned. This incident
makes one surmise if the Sultan's Min
isters have not likewise some device tol
concealing from him greater abuses
than the neglected streets OF Constant
nople.-C0nstantinopLe Letter TO the Aea
York Tribune
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-23
A Timely Story.

A little incident came to our knoWl-
edge the other day, which ut thie une
NAV he worth the telling. just after
the HOLIDAYS of 1878, physician III one
of the LARGE cities, while making ms
daily rounds, gave Il description to one
of his patients of the aimshou'e that
dav. especially dwelling upon the pltla-
bic sight of SO many children I" whom
Christmas had not been even name,
but had passei in all the dull misery OF
other DAYS. The lady to whom he spoke
was a HELPLESS invalid, unable for years
to leave her bed: she was Strairened,
too. in means But, hearing the story,
she determined that next Christmas
should bring little pleasure to ut least
some of the little ones whom society had
thrust out of the pale even mt their birth.
She had the inevitable storehOuse IN
family, the "piece bag" brought and
emptied on her bed, and began to make
rae babies, knitted mittens, balls, etc.
etc.-the thousand inexpensive little
trifes which required only labor ana
patience to make them precious 10 any
child. She had a whole year IN Which
to work; her courage and zeal grew
with her every day; her friends became
interested and brought in their contrlbu-
tions of velvet, cloth, yarn, etc. When
she had provided some little gltt Tor
each of the children she began to work
for the insane ward, then for the hos
DitaI. OF course, as nothing IS more
contagious than charity, the idea
spread among her neighbors. One
brought socks, another comfort
able underclOthing, an old lady Il
knitted Jacket, her son 4 collection OF
pipes, one housekeeper a pile OF chromos
and old prints, another cartload OF
magazines, until by Christmas, although
the almshouse has as many inhabitants
| rs a flourishing town, there was not one
| for whom this womap did not have -
| Gift The Christmas presents were
| Given from the unseen friend, she lying
/ in the far off little room which she never
was to leave alive; and with each gift
was some message of Christmas kind
ness which told of Him who was born
on that dav and of His errand here
All this happened last Christmas, and
was the work of one poor crippled
woman. The birthday of Christ IS
[ coming again, anu III every ''"n
is an almshouse, asylum, or jail hIied
with the miserable, the guilty, the poor
the very class to whom He came first; !;
and. in every one of these towns
there are communities of men and
women who propose to follow Him.
When one woman can do so much to
give significance TO His birth to thOus-
auds of these His brethren, what may
not these communities do? Christians,
as a rule, do not visit the prisons and
aImshouses. What if they made Christ
mas Day an exception to their usual
neglect? Let them go, not with stern
lrebuke or tedious sermons, but with
some cheerful, tangible, like remem-
brance of their Master, which will glad
den and soften the hearts Of these who
know God only through the hard justice
of men.-Ne10 York Tribune.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-23
Death from a Mental Shock.

Miss Ida McGill, daughter of Captain
A. McGiH, formerly of Louisville, died
on Sunday morning of typhoid fever,
after prolonged illness. Her case was
u most distressing one. A week or
more ago she was pronounced Gonzales
cent, and under the tenderest care that
A loving and watchful SOlicituGe could
bestow, she seemed in a fair way to re,
cover, when suddenly she experienced
4 relapse. 1t appears that lunatlc
Ga name bestowed upon him out OF pure
charity and a Discrimination to call him
by more deserving appellarion), learn
ing that the girl was sick, made his way
to her room in the Phoenix. Without
warning he entered, to the surprise OF
the child and her only attendant at the
time, young lady who resides short
distance from the city. Going to the
rirl's bedside he felt her pulse, and
then in startling tones announced to
her that she would die in two days and
90 to hell. The melancholy effect was
| Instantaneous. The affrighted child
swooned, and when again visited by
her physician, it was found that she hao
relapse, and was in a worse condition
than ever. The physician, DIR. Skill
man, has no hesitancy in attributlng
this result, and her consequent lament
able death, to the cruel mental shock
which she received. Her grief-strickeI
family are inconsolable at their loss
Little Ida was one of the best anC
sprightliest of children, the favorite o
her teacher and the delight of the hom'
circle.-LeringtOa (Ky.) Press, Dec. I
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-23
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

WHAT to buy for Christmas is an I'M
portant question just now, but Wnere 20
get the money to buy 1t with Is sun
more so.
''IF like cureslike, - quoth Bibulus athirst,
Each second glass must surely cure the
first. -
Alas, he missed his count, and, sad to see,
The drinks came out uneven-sO did he!
WHILE a woman was getting off of a
Madison Street ear yesterday her foot
slipped and she, her baby, and her shop
ping were precipitated to the ground
beneath the very hoofs of two bus
horses. The spectators were thrilled
with horror for a moment, but the
woman scrambled to her feet unhurt ere
they could dart to her assistance, and
shrieked in an agOnizihg tone; 80,
mercy me, my dress! Where's my other
brown paper parcel? Is the baby hurt -
IN the office of one of the hotels the
other day man spit a great deal OF to-
bacco iuice around and had a great deal
to say about his voyage TO Europe lasS
wear. He used many oaths, made nm
self disagreeably familiar to all, ana
finally stepped on a little mans corns
and bluntly asked: " Did you ever 20
TO Europe?''- "No, sir, | never did,
was the reply. 81 have had all could
do to stay at home and learn manners
There was lots of silence around there
after that-Detrou Free Press.
UNCLE DICK, Vicksburg negro 90
wears old, with three marriageahie
daughters kicking their heels under IlIe
dinner table, leaned over his gate last
nipht. sud remarked: "0Ou see, Mis-
ter Cosorove, doze ar gurls hez had
forty chances to marry, but de ole man
hain't no fool Lots o. young niggerS
Gums spoonin' around heah, wild lard
on dere wool an new paper collars on,
/ but dey hain't got no stamps. 1t would
only be takin' anodder bo'der. Dere'S
heaps oh poor trash flyin' around, Mis-
ter Cosgrove, and doze gals hez got to
hab a pile ob watchin', dey hez. "
TIcks5urg Herald.
On, the slush. the beautiful slush,
SHINING about with an unctuOus guSh,
Welding and soft to the hurrying teeJ
that soggle about in it. out ON the
street-clumping and humping aoout
in the mud, and once in while coming
down with thud. Splashing the peo-
ple from ankle to crown, and frequent
iv-helping a man to sit down right on
fhe sidewalk, before the whole town
! there is no valid reason under the sun
why people should think it such terri
BILE fun to see Il poor fellow 90 down
with a run). Sticking to every thing.
outdoor and in: quite oleaginous %luey
hut thin. No other nuisance is hall So
pronouured. and if we don't swear to
that. may we be bounced.-Chjcogo m
tor Dce0y7
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-23
The Man in the Glass.

1t was on the good steamer Brans-
ford. and there was something the mat
ter either with his legs or chairs sitting
along down the cabin, it could hardly
be told which. The presumption, how
ever, was slightly in favor of the chairs,
because, if he gave them chance they
would sit still 1t might have been the
motion of the boat, but anyhow he pen
dulated before the large pier glass IN
the ladies' cabin, just between two
doors and remarked:
Pearst me | nozhu."
1t did not appear that the image knew
him, or it might have known him and
was not now acknowledging his kind.
81 say, pearst me | nozhu, by gum.
The man in the glass said nothing,
but looked as drunk as boiled owl.
Cher goin' ter zpeak, dang yer
wormv skin?" Silence.
Il sac few don't zpeak tine, bust
yer dunn znOot."
Man in the glass looked like he lcoHtd
hit something but preserved his silence
"Crooked" legs drew back about
twelve-pound fist and let fly just IN time
to draw the claret from cooks nose,
who had popped his head in to see the
clock. And now "crooked' wants tc
know why he smells so much like
mashed potatoes.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-12-23
Greenland Dogs.

Two of these dogs can drag as much
as one man. Nothing can be more eX-
hilarating than dog sledging in the Arc
tic regions on a fine day. The rattling
pace of the dogs; their intelligence in
choosing the road through the broken
ice: the strict obedience paid by the
team to one powerful dog whom they
elect as leader; the arbitrary exercise
of authority by the master dog; the
constant use. OF the whip, and the run
niag conversation kept up by the driver
with the different dogs who well know
their names, afford constant enjoyment.
However useful they may be, these Arc
tic dogs seem to be deficient in that af-
fectionate disposition which endears
their species so much to man. Atravel-
er once said that he believed the Esqui-
maux dogs to be the most ungratetul
creatures in creation. He had travelled
for several hundred miles by sledge ;
and for six weeks it was his duty regu-
larly to feed the dogs, but after only a
Z few weeks absence, on the conclusion
of the journey, they would not recog-
nize him in the slightest degree. 1t Is
I impossible to domesticate these crea-
lures, as under tender treatment they
sicken and die.-Dog-F Fanciers' journal,