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The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-22
FOUND DROWNED.
Body Of Boy found in the River at Sarah
Plantation, Plaquemines Parish.

Friday last the body of youth was found
floating in the river at Sarah Plantation in
the parish of P.aquemines, twenty -four miles
below the city. Coroner Eugene Fields, who
was at once notified, writes us that the body
was that of a youth about twelve years of age,
four feet six inches high, with sandy colored
hair, and that it was completely naked, rem
dering Identification impossible.
After holding an inquest and finding YER
dict in accordance with the facts, the body
was inferred in the batture in front of Sarah
Plantation, where it can be recovered by the
relatives or friends of the boy, if indeed
there are any such left to mourn or care for
the poor lad, who may have been foully dealt
with or whose life may have been so full of
bitterness at its very outset, as to cause him
to seek for rest beneath the turbid waters of
the Mississippi.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-22
Gen. Lee and Gen. Sherman.

The Charleston Courier relates that when
Gen. Lee visited this State, not long before
his death, gentleman who knaw him we'll
asked his opinion of Sherman's conduct.
This, it must be rememb ered, was several
years after the war, when there were the same
means that there are now of forming true
Judgment. What passed is given as follows
D. H.-"Gen. Lee, I desire to ask ques-
ton, which you will please not reply to if
there is any improperly in it.
Gen. Lee-"Ask it, sir"
d. H.-"Was Gen. Sherman, in his march
through the country, justified, under the
usages of war, in burning our homes over the
heads of our women and children while we
were in the field?"
Gen. Lee arose from his chair with his eyes
frightened and said: "No sir no sir 1t was
the act Of savage He was not justified un-
der the usages of war"
This we have from the lips of the gentle
man to whom Gen. Lee said these words.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-22
THE ACTION OF THE DEMOCRA1IC
AND CONSERVATIVE STATE
CENTRAL COMMITTEE.

Some discussion having arisen as to tfe
precise action of the Democratic and Cor.
servative State Committee, we subjoin the
proceedings, in brief:
Mr.. VOORHEES, offered resolution to con.
yene a Democratic State Convention in the
latter part of the month of November next,
inviting all the people opposed to Radicalism
to elect delegates to that Convention.
Mr.. Eustis offered the following substitute:
Resolved /. That this committee do not
deem it expedient to call Convention, no
exigency having arisen rendering it neces-
sary.
RESOLVED, 2. That at the proper time we
and to give the people opposed to Radical sm
an opportunity to place themselves into line
with the National Democracy in the campaign
of 1876.
The first resolution was adopted by vote
of II to ID.
The second resolution of the substitute came
up. Mr.. VOORHEES, moved to amend by insert
ing the words democratic State" before the
word Convention" u
Mr.. Knoblock moved to lay the amendment
on the table, which motion was lost by vote
Of % too.
The amendment then came up and was
adopted, and the second resolution, as
was then unanimously adopted.
The resolutions as finally adopted, there
fore, read as follows:
RESOLVED, l. That this committee do not
deem it expedient to call Convention, no
exigency having occurred rendering it neces-
,ary.
Resolved, 2. That at the proper time we will
call Democratic State Convention to nomi-
nate candidates and to give the people op-
posed to Radcalism an opportunity to place
themselves into line with the National Do
in the campaign of 1876.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-22
Vision of PurgatOry.

Policeman Thomas Smith, the smallest in
size but shrewdest in tactics, Is special at
the Four Courts He has lately invented what
be calls an "awakener," or ga vision of pur-
gatory," intended to be used on policemen,
private watchmen, turkeys and street sleep
ers. The instrument consists of cork with
one end cut out in Y shape, and the other
end with its margin holding row OF matches
spread like the ribs of an expanded umbrella.
This article is to be placed upon the nose of
the somnolent guardian and the matches ig-
nited. The smell of birthstone awakens the
victim. whose sensation, on seeing the ball of
fire covering his face is horrifying and indie
scribable. The thing has been tested, to the
chagrin of several officers. Louis Globe
Democrat
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-22
How to Keep a Subscriber.

An indignant farmer recently entered the
Office of the Elizabeth Neaos and ordered
his paper stopped because he differed from
the editor in his views regarding the advan-
taees of subsoiling fence rails. The editor,
of course, conceded the mans right to stop
his paper, but he remarked coolly. looking
over his list:
"Do you know Jim Sowders, down at Hard
scrabble"
"Very WE'LL" said the man.
"Well. he stopped his paper last week, be-
cause thought farmer was blamed fool
who didn't know that timothy was q good
thing to graft on huckleberry bushes and he
died in four hours"
"Lord, is that so?" said the astonished
granger.
Eyes, and you know old George Erickson,
down on Eagle creek?"
"Well I've heard of him."
"Well," said the editor, gravely, she
stopped his paper because said he was the
happy father of twins, and congratulated him
on his success so late in life. He fell dead in
twenty minutes. There are lots of similar
cases. but it don't matter. I'll just cross
your name off, though you don't look strong,
and there's bad color on your nose"
aSee here, Mr.. E iitor," said the subscri-
her, looking somewhat alarmed, 81 believe
I'll Just keep on another year; cause / always
did like your paper; and come to think about
it, you're young man, and some allowance
orter be made.
And he departed satisfied that he had made
q narrow escape from death.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-22
An American Nobility.
THE WILD DREAM OF wou1D.BE-AR1srosRArs
from the New York Graphic.]

from the New York Graphic.]
There is an association of persons, styling
themselves the Holy League OF the Peers OF
America, who at casual intervals issue circu-
lars ornamented with tremendously comph-
Gated red seal and limiting at the most start
ling mysteries. The object of the league
appears to be the creation of an order OF
American nobility. Preposterous as these
circulars are, they undoubtedly express what
is growing feeling, in which no small num-
Der of people share.
Everybody comprehends that in time we
must have some change in our manner Of con-
that intelligent men should be contented to
go on forever under the rule of ward politi-
clans and vulgar thieves, while the best ele-
ments of the nation are kept out of public
life. The change which shall place the gov
erning power in the hands of the honest and
intelligent will not, however, take the form
of an empire or any return to the forms
which have been so long tried and tested in
the Old World. No doubt the monarchical
governments had their advantages as
we'll as their faults, but the obvious
fact is that we have not the material in this
country that is necessary to the creation of an
aristocracy by making Tom, Dick and Harry
dukes or marquises or earls would be to make
them supremely ridiculous. We may, how
ever, give to our real aristocracy, the capital
ists who already WELD greater power than
the nobility of England, some more recogni-
ton than is now extended to them. The peers
of America will never wear titles Of nobility
outside the assemblies of their league. If
they wish to be part of the real American
aristocracy, they must first become Wander
bits, or Scotts or Goulds.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-22
Speaking of the future of arpet-baggers

Speaking of the future of carpet aggers
the Republican says:
When, therefore, it is asked what becomes
of the carpet-baggers it may be replied that il
they make any money they buy their way into
the Democratic party and are never spoken OF
disrespectfully atterward.
There is no need of that "if" They al
ways make money "by hook or by crook, y
but chiefly by "hook." When they make it
they use it in various ways. Some 60 of
where they are not known and try to make
more money. Some spend their rascal coun-
ters in gambling Some lavish their ILL
gotten gains upon the lewd Of all complex
ions Some spend their money with the air
of men who have been successful and who
know what money is.
Now that the carnival of plumber is nearly
ended, those of the gang who have any money
left are reserving it for travelling expenses.
IN no case will the State or city recover what
has been filched. We hear of none who ex-
pend their stealings, pickings, salaries and
perquisites in the way suggested. But if any
of them should see fit SO to disgorge, we
shall look upon it as an act of conscience
rather than of policy, like the surrenders
made by other thieves to their confessors. 1t
has not been the custom of the Democratic
party to charge gate-money for the admission
of converts. Repentant Radicals have full
permit to enter the folds without money and
without price upon the sole condition Of good
past misdemeanors and crimes
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-22
NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN
sew ORLEANS, AUGUST %, 1875.
POLITICS IN MISSISSIPPI.
GOV. AMEs TRIED, CONVICTED AMP EXECUTED
IN EFFIGY.

There was grand and enthusiastic Demo
cratic demonstration at Raymond, Miss, or
Thursday last, on the occasion of the meeting
of the Convention to nominate State Senator
and members of the Lower House. A very large
number Of negroes were in attendance and they
were even more enthusiastic and demonstra-
live than the whites, with whom they are
working in perfect harmony for the deieat
of the corrupt administration which has
borne SO previously upon all classes. The
attendance was unprecedentedly large, and
during the meeting Gov. Ames was tried,
convicted and executed lin ef6gy) by the ne
Oroea who evinced much earnestness in their
condemnation of his official acts. After the
execution, Harper, Of the county Democratic
organ, delivered funeral Grafton over the
disfigured remains, which if not es ele-
CANT and poetical as Mark Antony's
over the dead body of Caesar was more anus
ing and laughable. Ex-Gov. Brown was
among those present, and expressed the opin-
ion that the Democracy would sweep the
State at the coming election, the negroes hav-
ing become heartily disguised with the cor
rupt and selfish Radical leaders, and seeing
clearly that their true interests were indisso-
lubly wound up with the real white resident
most of whom were their former
masters, and are now their best friends.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-22
ASTRAY.

He was bright-eyed boy, and showed that
he at least had home where food was plentl-
full. In broken English he stated that he
didn't know exactly where he lived, but that
his mother always went to the French Market
Capt. Lawler asked the boy if he wanted
anything to eat, but he said no, and seemed
to rest contented at the Station-H House, being
satisfied that its Inequalities were enjoyable.
To parents in search of a lost child we would
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-22

The late Lord Lytton left a large quantity
Of manuscripts which will serve as notes for
a biographical memoir. and the present lord,
now Minister to Portugal, is editing and pre-
pairing them for the press. He is also pre-
pairing for publication a novel which was left
unfinished by his father.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-22

The French Dramatic Cookery" gives this
recipe: g How to make first walking gentle
man-Take handsome young fellow out of a
dry goods shop. He must be very vain.
Teach him always to thrust out his right arm
so as to carry his coat sleeve up to the elbow
and to hold his shoulders very square. Teach
moustache, and that the study of his part is
beneath man Of genius. After several years
he will make an excellent-insurance agent =
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-22

August Is. G. F. Burnam, Acting Secretary
of the Treasury, gave notice of the intended
refunding of United States bonds to the
amount of $40, OOO to begin November
Is. 1875, when interest will cease. OF this
IS. SOC, 900 are coupon bonds, 81. 100000 are
registered bonds. The notice is given in
pursuance of the act of July ID 1870.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-22

Steam traction on Belgian canals is effected
by means of simple railway on the tow-path,
with one rail, which merely guides the loco
motive, the driving-wheels running on a
macademized road. one on each side. When
boats meet they exchange locomotives. Each
locomotive draws boat of $50 tons three
miles an hour.
When noting this statement it occurred to
MS that the invention of the late DR.. Emile
LAmm, the thermo-specidc or freless engine,
might be used, in the manner described, with
great economv and success.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-22

1t will pay to buy your coffee, parched OF
ground, at the Tea Depot, Camp street.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-22

Real old Government Java, parched or ground,
IS cents per pound, at the Tea Depot, Camp
Satraet
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-22

new definition of an old maid is-a wo-
man that has been made for long time.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-22

Good palatable tea, 60 cents per pound, at the
Tea Depot, Camp street.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-03-27
A Powerful sable Orator.

From the Dubuque la. Times, Mar. IA !
Michael Scott, a thick-lipped re-
treating-browed son, of Ham, I'M
tinctured by the faintest trace OF
white bleed, who killed Cotton on
the boat last summer, and who
was found guilty by the jury a
week or more ago of murder in the
second degree, can up for sea-
tence yesterday. No one would
accuse him, from his looks,
as he stood there before them, of
being q second Fred Douglass, and
yet that poor negro, when the for
NAL question was asked, whether
the prisoner at the bar he'd any,
thing to say why judgmen should
net be passed on him pleaded with
such eloquence as TO knock two
years off his sentence.
He commenced his address with
g III your Honor please" and went
/. on in a ready eloquent manner to
defend himself, maintaining with
no small degree of fairness that he
had given the fatal Blow only af-
ter repeated insults and assaults by
the deceased, and that there was
no one ON the boat that knew the
amount Of provocatien he really
had had. He finished by saying !:
] know Of nolaW that compels men
TO sacrafice their lives for another.
We have but one instance Of and
that is on the pages ofsacred histo-
ry. Christ died for man, but he
was God. Man is not supposed to
and cannot possess the power of
self control and the casting out of
self enough for this; / did what l
did with the firm belief that my
life was at stake and that there
was no way TO avoid the result. /
am done.n Judge Wilson then
stated that it was his intention to
sentence him for the term Of fif-
teen years, but that he would, in
view of the facts as set forth by
him, reduce the time to thirteen
years, and that if, after reasona-
BILE time, the officers of the peni-
tertiary save a favorable report of
his conduct he would take steps
with a view to his pardon
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-03-27
The AppOplectic stroke.

{ Or. Black, in Popular Science for april. {
A middle-aged physician said
one day to the writer: "As / was
walking down the street after din
ner / felt a shock in the back Ofmy
head, as if some one had struck
me; | have not felt well since. 1
fear / shall die, just as all my an.
cestors have, of paralysis. What
shall do?" The answer was: =
Diminish the tension of the blood
vessels, and there need be no fear
OF tearing them in weak place"
Now this expresses In plain terms
the exact cause 0fappoplexy in the
great majority of instances; and it
is one, too, which every one has it
his power to prevent. A bloodlves-
sci Of the brain, from causes which
will presently be mentioned, has
lost some of It's elastic strength
food is abundant digestion is good;
blood is made in abundance, but
little is worked off by exercise; the
tension on every artery and vein
is at maximum rate; the even
circuitous flow is temporarily i'm
peded at some point, throwing a
dangerous pressure on another ;
the vessel which has lest its elastic
strength gives way, blood is pour
ed out, clot is formed, which, by
by its pressure on the brain, pro-
duces complete Inconsistencies
This il thes appoplectic stroke. 1t
will be perceived that there are
two leading conditions upon which
the production of the stroke de-
ponds. lesseRed strength in the
vessel, and increased tension on it.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-03-27
Sentence of q Polygamist.

a Lancaster, S. G., pelygamist,
was sentenced in the following
words: flames Martin, the court
is creditably informed that you
have six wives now living ia Lam
caster county. The law does not
tolerate such a monopoly, but the
court recognizes, as a mitigating
circumstance ia your case, the fact
that you dwell in this vast solitude
and you May hereby have been
impressed with the belief that you
live in practical times, and you
may thus have multiplied your
marriages tosrelieve..the loneliness
of the situation. The court, there
fore, imposes upen you the mildest
sentence permitted by the statute,
one month for each wife,"
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-03-27
A Drunken Boys Power for
Mischief.

The Pitisburg pa. J Dispatch of the lsth
inst, relates the following: "On Satur-
day night "a blowers boy employed at a
south-side window-glass factory, became
intoxicated, and when he came to the fac
tory on Monday again, still drunk, the
tirm discharged him. The other boys en-
ployed in similar capacity then refused sto
work unless the firm reinstated the boy in
his place. A member of the firm sent for
the boys and other helpers and told them
that he intended to run that factory to suit
the views of the proprietors. Two of the
boys who happened to be married, said
they would GO to work anyhow. At this
the Others demanded that the firm should
not only reinstate the drunken boy, but
should discharge the two men who had of
fsred to 60 to work. The firm then dis
charged all the boys, and told the men to
hire others. This, the latter said, was not
their business, and to bring the matter to
a focus the proprietors put cut the fires
and shut up the factory, with determin-
alton not to reopen it until next Septem-
Der. Thus were seventy-fve persons
thrown out of employmentby drunken
boy.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-03-27
Heavy Damages i'm u Case of
Seduction.

n verdict for $4,000 damages
was rendered by jury in the city
court yesterday, in the case of Au-
gust Miller and Frederlcka Miller
his wife, who sued Lewis Reisen-
berg for damages for the seduction
of the wife. Mrs. Miller is only
nineteen years old, and at
the time of the q commission
or the act she was unmarried
Leispabtr- was in attendance up
Gu : Griend who was sick, and the
gi,i was domestic in the family.
This was the seconds trial of the
case, new trial having been
granted. The amount now given
by the jury is the same that was
given by the jury ia the first trial.
Rosenberg was tried in the crimi-
nal court before the civil suit was
brought, but was acquitted.-Bai-
tinlOTe Sun, 24th.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-03-27
AUCTIONEERING
FACTS WORTH KNOWING
TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

Every mau ought to have business.
That business he ought to understand
The merchant, mechanic or the farmer
may employ an assistant or laborer,
and can readily ascertain whether he
has the rioht man in the right plaza
Auctioneerins is business in which
there are few engaged, consequently it
is difficult for the public to tell whS is
not proficient in the calling. The un-
dersigned, who has been engaged in
the business for twenty years offers his
services to the citizens OF Berkeley
county and those within the corporation
of Martinsburg, and claims that he can
sell goods for those who may engage
ais services, for Is TO 20 per cent. better
prices. than any auctioneer engaged in
the county. Reference can be given to
he best business men in the county and
l. they do not corroborate this assertion,
he does not ask to be employed. Will
attend all the courts, and can be en-
ployed to sell all kinds Of property Of
tered at arction. Prices moderate -
Post-ofice address. Little Georgetown,
Be kelley Co., w. Va.
L. S. HOWARD.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-03-27
Stewards Fifth Avenue Maui
solemn.
{ Chicago Times Letter. I

There is Alexander r. Stewart, buried
in his great marble mausoleum, which he
calls home. 1t is large enough to put bis
$50, 600, 600 or $50, 900, 900 in, if each dol
lar was actually as big as it's in his eyes.
His is the costliest, loneliest, dreariest
mansion on the whole avenue. 1t is a
monument to his pecuniary success, AID
O the vanity Of money getting. People
feel chilly when they walk by it; the
shadows it projects are larger and darker
than they are from any other house on the
street. How he must enjoy it, with no one
in that magnificent isolation but his aged
wife, no chick nor child, not single per-
SON of his name in all the wide world, in
whose veins flow his cool, cautious, ever
calculating blood.
An expensive funeral was that of the
late Charles Sum ner. The Boston Globe
prints an official list Of the items which
aggregate S26, ESQ 40. The common
wealth of Massachusetts, foots the bill Of
course. Notwithstanding the denial OF
George William Curtis that his services in
pronouncing a enlogy were grstui:ous, the
list embraces an item as follows: "Serv-
ices of George w Curtis, ST, 900" This,
however is explained by the statement that
the committee intend to expend that
amount for bust of Mr.. Sumner which
they will present to Mr.. Curtis.
1.-The Rev. Mr.. Warren, Baptist pastor
at Burnt Hills, Saratoga county, was ex-
posed several weeks ago as the husband OF
three living and undivorced wives. He re-
signed at the request Of his congregation,
and wanted to preach farewell sermon,
but they would not hear it.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-03-27
WONDERFUL SUCCESS

There is no case of Dyspepsia that
Green's August Flower will not cure.
Go to the Drug Store of j. l., w.
Baker and inquire about it. Ifyou suf
fer from Costiveness, Sick Headache
Sour Stomach, Indigestion, Liver Com
plant, or arrangement of the System,
try it. Two or three doses will relieve
yeu.
Boschee's German Syrup is now sold
in every town and city in the United
States. We have not less than five
hundred letters from Druggist, saying
tits the best medicine they ever sold for
Consumption, Throat or Lung disease.
Sample bottles each 10 cents. Regular
size 70 cents.
G. G.. GREEN,
May 2, OLA -lyw Woodbury..
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-03-27

We would adviseaI persons to CAL
in aud see the best assortment of Boots
and Shoes, Mems. Boys Ladies and Chill
drens direct from the manufacture at
owestprices in town, at
DEATRICK.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-03-27
TO the Public.

Having sold out and quit business, q /
persons indebted to me are requested to
come forward and make payment; and all
persons having claims against me are no.
tilted to present them at once for payment
ml7 ltd&2tw. AsAHAEL VAsNETRE.