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National Republican., 1876-10-16

hSis.
Mr.. W. H. Champion followed, referring to
the battles through which the veterans had
passed, AID urged upon them to keep up the
fight against King Alcohol.
Mr.. A. T. Maupin urged the revival of the
temperance division that had accomplished SO
much good in days gone by at the Home.
Mr.. F. NJ. Bradley made the closing ad-
dress, showing the advantages of temperance
organizations in sustaining those who had
taken the pledge, and in inducing others to do
so. The exercises were interspersed with some
really fine vocal music by Messrs. Winfield and
Bugby and Mrs. Buoy and Miss Hazard. At
the close of the meeting six new signatures to
the pledge were obtained. 1t is proposed
shortly to reorganize the Veteran Home Di-
vision, S. of T., at this place.
GRAND RALLY TONIGHT.
A grand rally of the Sons of Temperance
will take place at the hall of East Washington
division tonight, at the corner of Fourth and
East Capitol streets, in which every member
in the jurisdiction is invited to participate.
National Republican., 1876-10-16
TEMPERANCE.
Sunday Meeting at Soldiers, Home

An interesting temperance meeting, one of
the series of outdoor Sunday meetings under
the auspices Of the Sons of Temperance, was
held at the Soldiers Home yesterday. There
was good turnout of the old veterans and
others residing in the vicinity. Grand Worthy
Patriarch Joseph G. Rock presided.
The first speaker was Mr.. "A. C. Constantine,
who warmly urged the duty of temperance
people and protesting Christians to oppose by
all legitimate means the granting of licenses.
He urged this as a safeguard to the rising gen.
Grafton and as a partial check upon confirmed
National Republican., 1876-10-16
0yercoats,

For boys and youths. Large stock just re,
ceived at the boys new clothing house.
B. ROBINSON & Co.,
500 Penna. avenue, next to Williams.
National Republican., 1876-10-16

Special.
Ten-dollar fall oyercoats.
EIsEMAN Bros,
Cor. of Seventh and E streets.
National Republican., 1876-10-16
MEETING OF NEW YORK REPUBLICANS

TEMPERANCE MEETING At THE SOLDIERS HOME
National Republican., 1876-10-16

COLUMBIAN UNIVERSITY,
~ WASHINGTON CITY, ID. @.
The Preparatory Depar tment opens Wednesday,
September l3.
The College, Wednesday, September %.
Medical Department, Monday, OctoberZ.
Law Del artment, Wednesday, October IL.
For catalogues or Information, address
J. @. WELLING, LID, President.
aul5-TuT hStoSept&dtOc
National Republican., 1876-10-16

The MORTALITY IN The CITY
National Republican., 1876-10-16
GENERAL NEWSUF THE CITY

SERVICES N The CHURCHES YESTERDAY
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-23
Aleck Stephens at Home.

mr.. stephens is poor now, and we regret
10 know that he is burdened to support
many dead beats, which must be q serious
matter with him ct the present low ebb of
his finances. It is said that whenever
court assemblies in Charlottesville the Judge
ana most OF the bar 'put up" with MI.
stephens, and there il lot OF hangers ON
IN ms establishment that get living out
OF MIN. Mr.. Stephens has been very liberal
IN MS charities, and has educated more men
ana women than any man in Georgia. vet
IN number of instances these people
whom he reared aud educated still cling TO
him for support. There is another class
that must he serious tax to Mr.. Stephens.
We mean the old political hacks Who. in
these times of young America, 1ind their
occupation gone, and ask Mr.. Stephens u for
aid. He can only open his house to them,
for he is unable to do more. They accept.
and the consequence is that he ia loaded
down with Burril's boarders. those Wis
never miss . meal or pay . cent. Mr.. Ste
phens is ono of the best and pureet man
Georgia ever produced, and while he Vas
rich none went from him emDtv.handed:
and We think 1t . shame that nov in his old
age he shOuld be taxed to support = lot of
peupers. when he IL almost . pauner him
~; We tnihk some of his many proteges
mlgns interest themselves in the diving
and go that he was not nut into
J panper grave, which he surely yin IS il
Ine vampires that are auokine ia. sub.
I!anoe are not removed. &C o@wnsbns Gsor.
via) lnqSisw.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-23
he Sea Islands.

All along the coast of South Carolina
Georgia and Florida is labyrinth OF
salt creeks and rivers, which cut the land
into innumerable islands, some of them
merely grass hummocks that are covered
at high water: others delightfully."- wooded
with oak, cedar and palmetto, where the
d-time planter luxuriAted on the profits
OF the long. ken staple, which sold at
fabulous prices. Now the plantations are
abandonded, most of them, and countless
bevies of quail forage in the old fields.
Herds of deer and droves Of turkeys and
c0Ons come out of the hummocks into tie
overgrown 9arden patches to feed on the
succulent plapts that come up spon-
taneously yeaf after year from self
sown seed. Here and there is an
old concrete chimney, made of cemented
oyster shells, where an Overseer's house
once stood; or the decaying remnents of
some negro quarter hidden in q tengle of
orange trees, cat briars, sprawling fig trees,
vines and palmetto scrub. At intervals, on
more eligible sites, are groves of sombre
live oaks, whose far reaching arms are
draped with swaying moss. dropping over
the waste where a pretentious mansion
formerly stood; and one can sometimes
trace the outlines of flower garden bv
the rose trees, jonquils and cape jasmines
that seem to grow with strange system of
regularity and design. Some few of these
favored localities have been reclaimed in
part by their former owners, and others
are occupied By Northern families who have
acquired possession since the war, and are
in vain attempting to rehabilitate them,
wondering why, in this enervating climate,
and the present demoralized state of labor,
they can not make the waste places bios
som and yield abundantly as of yore When
the tide goes out all the shoaler creeks are
emptied, and . vast extent of marsh mud,
with grassy oasis, lie exposed
to view, and oil along the edges of these
islands lie fringe of "coon oysters" and
here and there beds and reefs of these oys-
ters crop out of the mud at random,
with their sharp, finty
edges serious damage to any craft that |
runs upon them. One would think |
there was food here for the million,
but it is not 90; these bivalves are chiefly |
shells, and no ''cOOn," however hungry,
san consider himself half repaid for what |
he il able to pick out of them. In some |
places, however, there are beds of fine |
sdible oysters. These mudflsts yield |
abundant food to all the tribe of webfeet |
md wadere, and when the curlew, the vii !
cts, the winter yellow-legs and the snipe,
It i'd 0msse genus, resort to them ct low |
water, tho sp0rtsman seixes tho auspici0us
moment at the half-Aood and oautiousay /
bushes his boat up and down the intricate |
channels and speedily secures load. OF
luck, too, there are usually plenty. j
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-23

vegetable. There 10 no timber worthy Of
the name; the water Il scarce, and Of bad
quality usually, and grass 10 poor and thin.
Altogether, nearly tho entire region south
and east Of the Yellowstone river, from tho
Big Horn range to the Black Hills, is ut
teriy worthless. A military post estab-
lished ct the mouth of Tongue river would
enable the soldiers to control the country
from the Rosebud to the mouth of the
Powder river, and would have . GOOD effect
upon the Indiana of that region. A force
could attack the Indians in any direction.
and - this 10 the last stronghold Of the
hostile savsges, they could not long resiet
the active blows that the troops would in.
hict upon them. Such post could be sup
piled BY river transportation ct less cost
than il nos required for most inland posts.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-23
THE WEEKLY REPUBLICAN
Teryus Of eubscrlption,
EVENING SONG.

Close, little weary eyes,
The day ct la 1t II over,
Tonight NO more surprise
shall they discover,
Nor bird nor butterfly,
Nor unfamiliar flower;
Nor picture in the sky.
Nor fairy in the bower.
Rest, lit tie weary ,eet,
The woods are da. and lonely,
Tho little birds rest sweet,
The owl 10 watching only;
No buttArcuD 10 seen,
Nor daisy IN the meadow;
Their gold and white and green
Are turned to purple shadow.
Fold. little busy hands.
Day IL the time for doing;
Tho boats lie on the sands.
The mill wheels are not going:
Within the darksome mine
Are hushed the spade and hammer;
Tho cattle rest supine.
The Geek withhOlds his clamor.
Still, little restless heart,
Be still until the morrow;
Till then thou hast NO part
In either joy or SORROW,
To now and joyous day
Shall little birds awake thee,
Again to work and play,
With strength renewed betake thee.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-23
Captain Cewdon's Trip to the Jetsies.

Captain Cewd0n's Trip to the Jetties.
The following extract is from an interest
ing letter written by Captain John Cowdon
to the Memphis avalanche. 1t was written
on the twenty secUnd Of March, since which
time the bar at South Pass. has shoaled
materially, and there has been aperceptible
filling in of the bar in front of the Gulf face
of the jetties:
We left New Orleans on the eighteenth.
at III A. M, and arrived at the head of the
passes at Z +. M. same day, whore we
have daylight to do our sounding, which
began at the head of the South Pass,
where, in the channel in crossing the bar
THAT obstructs the head of the South Pass.
winch MIR. Eads says is the business of the
government to rem0ve), we found fourteen.
sixteen and eighteen feet. From there on
down to the lands end, or head of the east
lefty, we had ample water. There we
found twenty-four feet, and dow at the
head of the west jetty, some 1000 feet. Wa
found eighteen feet. and from there on
down to within 1000 feet of the crest Of the
bar, it gradually sh0aled TO thirteen feet
and on down, across the last 1000 feet. or
bar proper, we found twelve feet of water.
Then it deepened from fifteen, eighteen.
cv onsy-touE, tn.rty, 1orty eight and twenty
-FOUR 1eet, and for about 300 yards there II
shoaled up to twenty feet, then deepened to
slxty'slx feet out one mile, as near A We
could reckon, which was twenty six feet
Less less water than was there IN April, 1874.
- t a. 70 the distance, we NAV have h.,an a
little mistaken, but as to the United States
coaet surveys from soundings made in
Al April. 1874, and November, 1875, there can
o DO no mistake, which show that one mile
cut from South Pass during this period the
M was eight feet; two miles out it was
lnirty-four feet; two and half miles ont It
was sixty-nine feet; three and . half miles
pug It was torty.two feet; four miles out 1t
vas thirty feet six inches, and i've miles ont
y was twenty-seven feet; and ON the other
ines out, two and half miles distant. east
md west, the FIJI was regular, but not auite
% much, ana about the Same ct Southwest |
9 one who never saw the vast volume
y muddy water which extends out into tho |
0uif several miles, would appear incredl-
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-23

Resignation Of Gevernor Ames.
The Boston Traveller prints the following
letter from General Roger A. Pryor, of Gov.
ernor Ames' counsel, describing the circum-
stances under which the latter resigned his
Office of Governor of Mississippi:
NEW YORK, April 3, 1876.
MY DEAR GENERAL-I had purpOeed to
come by Washington, but my engagements
IN New York to day were imperative and
indispensable. Messrs. Durant and Clancy
Will give you full report of our proceed
ings in Mississippi. A thorough reconnois-
sanoe of the enemy's position left no
doubt of our clients conviction. The
question then arose, whether his interest
did not require that he should, il possible.
avert that catastrophe. We all agreed that.
If it could be done without loss of honor.
we had better accept the alternative Of
resignation. Accordingly opened nego.
t'atlons with the leading men against Us,
win many OF whom had old and intimate
associations, and, after . strenuous strug-
gle, 1t was arranged that thew should dis
miss the charges, and then the Governor
snould resign. The plan was carried ont
without any reflection on the Governors
character; indeed, he stands better to-day
IN the estimation of his enemies in Mis-
esisslppl than ever before. The fact of
MS appointment a. delegate to Cincinnati
en- ows that he has not lost caste with HE
own party in the State. The settlement
finally effected is infinitely more satisfac.
tory than I conceived possible on NV ar
rval at jackson. His enemies there CON
sldered that he retired unscathed and with
All the honors of war. May add that nv
own brief intercourse with Governor Ames
suflced to engage for him my highest es-
TEEN and warmest friendship. Throughout
the trying crisis he bore himself "a = brave
and honorable gentleman. Whatever his
political enemies may say of him. thew can
never reproach him with corruption or
,Owardice.
Very truly yours,
ROGER A. PRYOR.
General Benjamin r. Butler.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-23

why m OLD Man 9isneA.
On Friday last We had quite . touching
scene In our courthouse. Old John 0aknef,
an old, gray-headed man Wa arraigned for
the crime Of grand laroeny-horse stealing.
BE pleaded guilty, and presented himself
to the jury in brief and touching address.
He said:
Gentlemen of the Jury-T am IN old man.
and my race 10 nearly run. This 10 the first
time in my life ! have ever been before .
jury. / have never even been . witness in
. magistrates court. was born in 1876,
and have been . handwriting and honest
man all my life until now. / am stranger
to every man in this house, except his honor
Who sits on that bench. He has known me
for nine years, and he will tell You have
been IN honest man and Q good citizen.
This jury looks like Get of honeat and in.
telligent men, and wish you to deal with
me the best y0u can. read in the papers
that the prison 1T Frankfort is an awful
place-that it 10 90 crowded that one can
scarcely live there. From the accounts of
that place suppose I could not live there
long. You see am old and feeble, and
ask you to do the best you can for me.
Gentlemen. if I could have got work
could have supported my family and not
been here. But want to tell you-I am .
very poor man and have to work to live.
Well, last year the times were very hard
indeed, and could not get work much Of
the time. I am . mechanic, and I went to
Clsrksville, Fairview and many other
places. but could not get any work. The
times were very hard, - you al know, and
but few men had money to pay for labor.
I travelled around till spent all that had
but bed and chair. was tired and out
of heart, and my family suffering for food
and clothing. heard then that I could
get work in North Logan, and sold my kit
Of tools to get my family moved up there.
l paid US for my tools in Louisville aud
had to sell them low. After paying for
moving I had 315 left. I got place for my
family for . little while, and started again
for work. tried hard to lind it. but could
not. l went back to my family broken
down in spirit, thinking would have to
starve or beg. Gentlemen, my little boy,
about six years old. got in my lap, and put
his little arms around my neck, and asked
ne if the good Lord would let us Atarve.
love my family as we'll ~ any man, and
could not think of their starving"
The prisoner became overwhelmed with
emotion, and, pausing for few mements,
le pleaded for a. light . verdict a. the Jury
'Ould give him. The occasion was exceed
ngly solemn. The prisoner told his story
Without reservation. Age and care had
vhitened his locks and furrowed his brow.
He had seen better days, but he was now
broken reed: The jury, the attorneys, the
Judge and the spectators were touched BY
he hOmely recital of the prisoner. The
ury gave him two years in the peniten-
isry, and the judge, jury and lawyers then
igned . petition to the Governor for his
Kentucky, Witness.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-23
Ab0u Jack Wharton.
The Washington National Republican of
the eighteenth says:

AAo W washington N0tsOnQt ktepN6LlcGn OF
the eighteenth says:
Abou Jack Wharton-may his tribe in
crease-awoke one night from q sweet
dream of peace, and saw within the moon
light in his room. making it bright as q
Texas sunfower in bloom, an angel writing
in John Schumacher's book of gold. Ex-
ceeding peace had made Jack Wharton
bold. So to the angel then he said: "Wbat
writest thou" The angel laughed and
raised his head, and with smile made of
all sweet accord answered: "The names of
those who love Kellogg, our lord" as
mine oneP' said Jack. "Nay, not co." re-
piled the angel. Jack spoke more low, but
cheerily still: "Write me, then, ~ one Of
those who love their reconstructed follow
men." The angel wrote, skipped out snd
vanished. Tho next night he came eesin
With . calcium light and showed tho nsmee
whom Kellogg's love had blest, and hieh.
low, Jacks name led Ill the reet.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-23

bic. But eens a1d 80 IT. yast mad Do
posit, whieh oxtoodo 0ut 1oot day into
the Gull, and any one who has not an AZ 10
grind Of the expenee u the people will go
chat Ill human agency to control the mouth
of this great river will be in vain, and the
sooner IL b abandoned - commercial cut
let the better for the country.
! think it quite probable Hr. Esds may
get twenty feet Of water throueht his jetty,
ahead Of him precisely - 1t has been doing
since frat sounded BY e. Pauget, tho French
engineer, in IT'S, Who said IL was composed
Of mud brought drown By the current Of
the Mississippi and dropped Wher6 IL came
tn contact with the sAlt water Of the Gulf,
and predict that within i've years b. will
have to extend his jstties out = many miles,
and at tho end OF that time he viii have
the same shoaling ahead Of him be now
has. The only difference between the eject
of jetties and dredging - the jetties may
keep deep water g far - they extend,
while the dredgers leave the deep mud b.
hind. The jetties follow the bar; the dredgers
work on top and move with it-advancmg
slow because the wster spreads out, while
the jetties 60 faster - the water il confined.
And now repeat that God Almighty, the
and set in motion immutsble laws ct
the mouth Of the Mississippi which NO
earth-bern engineer can combat and over.
como, for 90 long ~ oceans winds blow,
gulf waves roll, earth's mountains crumble,
rivers banks cave and muddy waters flow,
DO long will this rivers mouth be an OBJ
structi0n to commerce, and should be aban-
doned - . commercial outlet; and the
only ones that can be benefited by the jet
ties or dredging are contractors and the
railroads, who can we'll afford to throw
.wov 40 mn A0n = vnar vnk "a hava khA rSvnr
opened. for go long ~ it 10 thus CONNER
Dially closed, they can and do rob the
people out Of $500. 00O, 900 annually.
could say much moro of what hsve
,een and heard Of this wonderful place,
but have not room now.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-23


Her voice was sweet - . ban-go.lin;
Her mouth was small . the heed Of pin;
Her ewes ran up, her chin ran down
Oh, abe WAS the belle Of Yeddo town.
Now lovely Waska Singty Wee,
90 good to hear, and sweet to &c.,
Tho fairest maiden In Ill Japan,
Fell dead in love with Turkish man.
This Turkish man turban had,
This Turkish man was ely and bsd;
He whispered unto Miss Wasks Wee:
20, dy with me to my own Turkee!
20 ay with me to my own Turkee!
And rob. Of gold III give to thee
grid Of pearl and love ior life
II theu wilt be my eightieth wife"
Now simple wasks singty Wee.
So good TO hear. 90 fair to see.
Resolved behind her bashful fan
TO bo eightisth wife Of this Turkish man.
But though her heart was full Of CLEO,
She hung her head and said to he:
"lf thou shOuldst die. my Turkish beau,
Where would poor Waska Singty g0s
Then this horr1d sly old Turkish man
Declared he'd die on the English plan.
"And so," said be, my bright winged bird,
Then few the maid to the Mi.ka-do,
And told the plan Of the Turkish beau.
"And now" eaid she 1.-THE whole thou'st heard.
How much will it b. this widows third!"
Now the M.ka-do was wondrous wise:
he opened his mouth and shut his eyes:
1.-THE widows third. oh! daughter will be
Whatever the law will allow to thee"
Then few the mad to the Court of Lords,
Where every man wore brace Of swords
And babe them name what sum would be hers
When ner Turk should 60 to his foTefath-era
They sat in council from dawn till night,
And sat again till morning light
Figured and counted and weighed to see
What IN eiRhtieth widows third would be:
And the end Of it all. as You we'll might know,
Was nou9ht but grief to the Turkish beau:
For lovely Waska Singty Wee
Said: go back alone to your old Turkeew
-Scribner for MAY.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-23

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| the person OF one OF its visitors to man
in thorough sympathy with the Union
cause, who was high official in bureau
of one of the departments of the Confed-
crate government. At his suggestion I
accompanied him one day as his orderly,
riding horse which he procured for me,
on tour of inspection of the defenses of
the city, with board of examiners, in
GLIDING several Generals. The informa-
ton which acquired during that days
ride reduced to writing after my escape
from Richmond, making plans from
memory of the most important works;
and these l had the satisfaction of deliv-
ering personally to Secretary Stanton, at
Washington.
After had been a week in the house of
my fast friend, the widow, l became per-
fectly confident of her good faith, and
tried to wait patiently for my final deliver
ance. She had formed plan of escape
that satisfied me well, and seemed quite
feasible. She designed to get me place
as driver in one Of the great forage and
supply trains that often went to Northum-
berland county; and as her true character
was not all suspected, nor those of the
many influential friends who came to her
house. the plan seemed likely to succeed.
The chief difficulty was with the passport;
but that she hoped to arrange, with q |
little arrangement.
One morning the widow brought me
the gratifying intelligence of the escape
OF Colonel Streight and his companions |
through the tunnel. That was an excit-
ing time in Richmond, and I was com.
PEELED to keep close to the house for
weeks. The Confederate cavalry chased
the fugitives holly over the peninsula, and
many were recaptured and returned to
their old hateful quarters, while others
by herculean exertions and
through dreadful fatigue and exposure, in |
the relief parties that were sent
put from Fortress Monroe ct the first init