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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-14

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retail from store at "a 50 v Dbl.
PoRK-Quiet, but very strong; the stock
of mess in first hands is held at f2t 80; and
some samples are ont at that price. Deal
ers are jobbing at &22 v Dbl.
DRY SALT MEAr-Only few shoulders
and no sides in first hands. The former are
quoted at g.; clear rib sides are quoted at
II VIC, and clear sides at l2c y Is. Dealers
obtain 81sc for shoulders in their Job trade.
There we're sales Of job lots of shoulders at
Sac. Strictly choice meat is very scarce.
BAcON-Only q small stock OF sides and
q scarcity of shoulders. The latter COM
mand on the landing l0kc y ft Clear rib
sides are quoted at l2Mo, and clear sides at
I2%c y Is Dealers are 3obbine shoulders
at IL 0llkc: clear rib sides I2h q l2@c;
clear sides l30 l3Ac v Is
HAMs-Good stock aud dull. Choice
sugar-ourel are quoted at IAN 0144c y Is
boxes sold at l334c v Is.
LARD-The stock 10 light and In request,
with an active job trade for refined at l3A
0l33Sc for tierce, and l4c for key. SIS
tierces sold in lots at l3kc, and IS kegs st
l4o y Is.
WHmKY-Rectified continues in light cup
ply ami fair demand at 81 l2ol Is y gallon
for Louisiana aud Western. IS bbls Lou.
isisns sold at 81 u y gallon.
PACKERS Hoe PRoDUCTs-Prime mess
pork is selling at Sig so; prime pork Sl8;
rump pork &l7018 y bill; pig pork SO 50
y half Dbl and 1l9 50 olS IS , bbi; tongues
Sc 1907 y Dbl; pigs feet 81 Is y key, g
v irkin. and IS 5009 v Dbl; spare ribs
IS 2505 50 y Dbl.
CORN IN BULK-The market is bare, and
supplies are called for, for export. 5000
bushels sold to arrive ON private terms;
some $4,000 bushels more on the way are
offering At SOC v bushel. Holders arc
strong a. that price.
Cow PEAs-An cfter Of 81 As y bushel
was refused for 1900 bushels, February
delivery. Ouly a small job sale is made
occasionally At 81 rs v bush-l.
RIVER FREIGHTs-A .private telegram
from st. Louis this afternoon reports very
cold weather and probability Of close Of
navigation, with tow to leave tonight.
Corn IN SAcKs-Is in fair supply and
moderate demand at unchanged prices.
1900 sacks sold, Of which 300 choice white
and $500 white and yellow mixed at $50,
and 500 choice white at Sc, y bushel.
OATs-The supply lie fair and the demand
moderate at UNCHANGED prices. 1900 sacks
sold, Of which 400 81. Lnuis At 4lc; 200
choice at 43'; 800 st. Loui. at 43c; 100 at
44c, and 200 Galena at 500 v busheL
BRAN-ls in light supply with q moderate
dem md. 100 and 200 sacks sold at ESQ p
100 lbs.
HAY-No choice ON the landing. Good
supply of other grades and only . limited
demand for them. Only lbs bales cola Of
Richland beacon., 1876-01-29
Remarkable Twin Brothers Who
Were Born in Different Years.
Troy IN. " Times ]

Residing at Crescent, Saratoga Co.,
are two old men, hale and hearty.
They are twin brothers, and yet,
strange to say, the birthday of one
comes in the present year, that of the
other not until next year, one of them
coming into the world on New Years
eve, and the other on New Years
morning. These old men are in their
74th year. Their names are G. G.J.
Landsing and Vandenberg Landsing.
One, whom his brother laughingly
terms the eldest" has retired from
business with competency, and the
other is still engaged in the active
pursuit of life, and claims to be able
to do as good days work as ever.
Another remarkable feature about
these brothers is, that weighing nearly
200 pounds avoirdupois each, when
first put on the ecales they weighed,
clothes and all, the one 81 pounds.
and the other 4 pounds. &. q j.
who is carpenter, within
the past year framed and built barn
The only help be received
was in raising the frame. For a per-
son "a years old this is rather a
remarkable feat.
Richland beacon., 1876-01-29

VOTING Us means To do so, Mr.. Randall
and Mr. Blaine unite TO wianglc over
Il matter " Zen, having waited for ten
Years, could have waited one day
longer, and Mr. Blaine angprs the
whole South, insults the whole Suutl.-
ern delegation in Congress, in set
speech which mi yht bave been torn
bodily from Senator Morton's bloody
shirt. Naturally, with expressions 80
bitter and unfnrgiving, the SOUTHERN
m"rn'~rs put no faith in our Ccntcn-
Mai expressions of guod-wilI anI
brotherhood, and naturally MANY of
ihcm had already declared thew would
refuse Ia vote assistance To the Cen
''nnial project. Ii Mr. Balm. truly
represents in his hot speech Of Mon
DAY Northern sentiment, why should
any Southern man put foot in rh:la-
d"Iph'a This wear! Eirier we. i'm our
often declared determination To make
our Centennial the Mecca of pencr.
har" lied, or Mr.. Blaine speaks for
hI'"HrIf alone and not for the North.
Richland beacon., 1876-01-29
The Texas Pacific Railroad.

The Columbus, ga Enquirer. dis
chSSeS the route to the Pacific M cop.
siderable length and with much f,rc..
uhuer 'he caption Of "the proposed
bill-what the South should demand
only $4,000, a probate provision
and \irksburg as the eastern termi.
nus" The following extract from the
article contains the pith Of the whole.
Briefly there are three things we
require
First-We cannot consent TO Co..
the interest endorsed on more Than
'hirty thousand dollars per mile
twenty-five thousand for the cons,,u.-
ton and five thousand for the .t,rkinv
of The road. The endorsement for
any greater amount than that would
oe fraud upon the people, and we
are not IN favor of intrus;iny into the
hands Of this company one cent more
than Is absolutely necessary to pro.
periy build and equip the road.
oecond-An article on the pro rates
should be Incorporated into IN. char.
ter and should be so framed that il
VIII be impossible fer the administra-
tion OF the road to make any di,crirn- /.
nation in favor of any Individual
place or connecting line, giving no
place any advantage, except that
derived from proximity and making of
his line what it should Le-,be
nations highway to the Pacific
=" ith this article in the charter. we
'an atord to let St. Louis have her
branch line. for the distance from the
proposed intersection of this branch
with the main line to ST. Lcui. is
.reater by hundreds Of miles than the
Instance from the intersection to
icksburg, giving US, by pro rates a
arm against which ST. Louis cannot
compete. Too much stress cannot b,.
al upon this important article. With
in the Charter the South controls
ne road-without it, New York and
Philadelphia.
Thiri-We insist on the eastern
ermlnus of the road being Vicksburg.
Mss, where. if possible, the river
hould be bridged. Memphis is too
Ugh up for bridge to result in any I
'ood to US. Vicksburg is the most
entral point, aud on a direct line 4,
be nearest Atlantic port.
Richland beacon., 1876-01-29
Legislative Caprice.

Inc new Constitution of PpnnSyl.
vanla forblds special Legislation or
the entertainment Of private and per-
sonal bills. One con Iuence of ihi,
IS that there are very few jobbers and
lobbyists around the State. House.
Keepers of taverns and boarding.
houses mourn the absence of the
usual visitors, but the people are glad
to have the cause of much corrup,ion
removed. Members are paid salary
OF $1,000 year, SO that tie shorter
the annual sessions are the more pro-
htable will they be to legislators and
probably to the State. Legislative
tinkering has been from the first a
serious drawback to the prosperity
of the States.
The fewer men there are who look
to the Legislatures for profit to them
selves the better must it be for the
Commonwealth. With a good Con.
st'tution to start with, there is no
reason why a State should have
new volume of laws every wear.
Having commenced Oh a wise and
truly republican plan for a govern.
ment in which the three-fold functions
OF legislative. executive and judiciary
power are defined and limited, in a
few successive sessions code of laws
may be perfected which will need but
few changes, repeals, amendments
or additions, and only such as can be
made in brief biennial or trieunial
sessions.
After we obtain a good Consti,u.
tlon in Louisiana, after our statute
books have undergone a thorough
and after a proper and
comprehensive new revision and COM
pila,ion of State laws il made. the
work might be safely left for some
years without addition or modification.
That country is most fortunate whose
code Of laws is the most carefully
made I'D plalnest terms and has the
least need of change.-New Orleans
Bulletin.
II we could have a good code of
laws adopted. it would be a good idea
then to have as few aud as short ses-
sions of the legislature as possible.
idle hands make mischief" and will
lind something to do even if it is only
10 destroy something that is useful.
Richland beacon., 1876-01-29
4 DhE.4W INTERPRETED

J dreamed my friend came back to me
With the same look she wore of old
lbe soft brown hair, the beaming glance,
Which | no more bchoht.
thought | made my table bright
With sparkinling crystal, fruit and flower.
As oLe makes haste to deck the board
When nears the festal hour.
And while all stood expcciant by
And wondered who my guest might be.
opened wide the outer door
And called aloud on thee!
No sound came from ,hc clouded sky,
The night seemed empty as before,
But suddenly saw thee stand
Smiling within my door.
With eager words greeted thee
And led thee TO my outspread board,
Wy hands-tlat trembed with delight.
lhe wine Of welceme poured.
| woke, and on TIE window pane
heard the wintry TEMPEST moan,
Alas! 1t swept thy hillside grave,
Defenseless and alone.
But though thy grave is dark and deep,
And cold and high cen heaven may be,
If only in my dreams thou yet
Wilt come and sup with me,
Thy angelhood will oft again
With me the wine OF joy partake,
Thy pifying presence at my side
The bread of sorrow break.
Death shuts and bars the doc, in vain;
Faith filings the portal wide
Ana shows the lost one smiling still. ="
Just on the other side.
Richland beacon., 1876-01-29

Bishop Haven is not now the spir.
itual adviser of the Rome (Ga.) News.
At any rate, one would naturally infer
that be is not on hearing the News
speaking of him as that flannel.
mouthed, negro-squeczing. hell-ranting
bloodhound Of Zion" The News
ought 10 exert itself to be less severe
in its cbaracteriza,ions of the great
and good. TO speak of the venerable
anointed third-termer as "a reverend
knock-kneed, bandv-legged, clerical
cuss " would he we'll enough, and in
fact, would meet The appreciation of
all Christians Of taste and culture ::
but to characterize him as THAT
fiannel-mouthed. negro.squeeziug, hell.
ranting bloodhound Of Zion" would
seem to indicate that the writer hasn't
that respect for persons of African
descent that be ought to have.-
COurier-JOurnal.
Richland beacon., 1876-01-29
Advice for the Farmers.

The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph talks
to the farmers of Georgia like father.
We reproduce and commend to the
"tillers Of the soil" in Mississippi,
says the Nicksburg Herald:
You must be in the field early and
late and throughout the day, to see to
the delivery, and if you want to en-
courage the hands to a generous
activity, take hand with them, and
You will see at once that the example
will add about 20 per Cent to the sale
and measurement. If, ON the con-
trary, you expect to get what you are
entitled to when you are off lounging
and idling, you are miserably self
celuded. You will not get the half
of it.
Again What will you raise 1? 1t
will take smart work this year to pay
wages in cotton. Cotton, in the Fall
of 1876 and 1877, will bring all ordi-
nary cOttOn-grOwers in debt-particu-
larly the men who grow it in an oper-
alive, merchantile sort of way. The
farmer who pitches in himself with bis
boys and leads the row, and raises all
he eats at home, will make little
money anyhow, but all the rest will
probably lose. Every pound of cot
ton, we reckon, will make them q cent
or two poorer-particularly if they
have to buy food and swap off their
cotton at the rate Of a pound and a
half or three-quartcrs for a pound Of
Western bacon.
The cotton crop now coming in will
run up at least 100000 bales, and
.he cotton crop next year, we are
inclined to think, will be a smashing
'ne-about 100000 bales-worth
price which it will not take two
igures to express. These are all
points which we must think of, and |
bend all energies to supply our wants
10 as to have little or nothing 10 buy. |
t is q great question for US oil to
'onsider-for what are we hiring
abor this year?
Richland beacon., 1876-01-29
An English View OF Grant and
the Third Term.
London Standard I

General Grant is thought to have
Kept bis own. hands clean from actual
?lunder, if not from what English
gentlemen would consider unlawful
gam; but he has licensed a universal
dishonesty and drpravity which
have provoked the most vehement
aud Indignant popular reaction. He
was, at first, inclined to act as the
protector Of the conquered Soulhern-
ers; since he became a candidate for
the Presidency be has been the thor.
ough-golng supporter of their worst
oppresSOrs. His entire career has
been that of canvasser for reelection.
and OF late his every act has been
directed to win favor in prospect of
the election of 1876. His Cuban
policy, his wild and mischevious
denuncia,ion Of the Roman Catholics.
his proposal to force negroes into the
common schools OF the South. his
encouragement of Secretary Bristow
IN the suppression of the Whisky
King, tchtch O,red its existence to the
personal protection Of the President, !
and his appointment to Office of
Chandler, who belongs rather to the
school Of General Babcuck and the
whisky jobbers than that of Bristow,
are each and all of them desperate |
bids for the recovery of failing
popularity. General Grant is neither
statesman nor man of culture, but
ne would never have become the
patron of tyrants, public robbers, cor
'upt officials, aud foolish fanatics,
lnless he had been ambitious of long
ease of power only to be procured by
securing at any price the support of
'arty wirepulIers. For a President
'annot hope to be reelected by popu-
ar favor a.one, before he can even
ppeal to the people be must get his
'arty to nominate him; and the votes
IT the agents who form the caucuscs
re those which be must most care
ully look after and most studiOusly
eep to himself.
Richland beacon., 1876-01-29

The recent death of DIR. j. B Miles. secre.
tary OF the American Peace Society, and
general secretary Of the International A.socia.
ton ior the Codificarou of International
Laws, Is positive los, to great movement.
one OF the greatest which tin. Christian NH :
ianthroTy OF our time is called upon To en-
/ lorce. but the loss would he a more serIuu.
| one II 1t were not for the fact that by bI.
death, the fresh attention of many will be
turned To the consideration of the cause to
which lie had, with deep an enthusiasm.
gwen his life.
10 say that the present system OF warfare,
"i'li It's infiniie Garbarisnn>, BURDEN. and
waste, is 10 continue always, i, to contradic,
Tie whole tenor of dIvi ie prophecy, and 10
disregard the certain drift and growing uo,-n.
cy oi public sentiment against it, 1t is not
twenty years since the Overthrow of the liar.
barism Of the American system Of slavery
seemed impossible; but the improbable soon
happened. Dueiing, which is simply the
baIbarism OF warfare OH a small scale. was
only few years ago in full vogue TO defy
the code Of honor was "a severe test of ones
moral courage. Already the brutality Of the
eode Is admitted, and the institution has
dropped ihtc the same pit of public abhor.
renee WIN Tie brEiai'ies Of the prIze ring
these woes are past; others like them mus,
20 the same way. Many of the most savage
Customs and usages Of warfare have already
been modified, under tie influence of hu-
naher seniiments demanding 1t. The next
Poiht OF Attack IN the inevitable march Of
Christian ideas will be the war system itself
All the great European nations are being
crushed and stranged by it. The expert
inents of International arbitration in cases of
grave dispute, as in the peaceful settlement
OF Tie Alabama claims, have now been |
numerous enough to show the practicabilitv
incaiculabe advantages Of such rational and |
humane adjustments. Resort to the arbi,ra.
ment OF war IL seen to he lot tue only alter.
native The absence, hitherto, OF anything
Ike a well systematiZed and authoritative
statement OF the laws and usages by rhicl
modern nations are prepared to he governed,
has been, II Is true, great hindiance to the
cause. But that hindrance is being overcome.
a most important beginning at least has been
made, especially by those international con.
sresses, held during the past few years, and
attended by numbers Of the most eminent
urisls and statesmen Of our time. 10 say
llat tGeir deliberations and conclusions have
not the force Of any official authority is nothing
10 tue point Ideas are mighiier thar thrones.
lie results of these congresses having lust
C much weight as there is weight in the rea-
IONS for Their, have just the same force and
assurance Of prevailing as justice and truth
iself. And il is in the promotion of these
conferences of Jurisis and statesmen that the
ate DIR. Miles nave been crowned with the
most distinguished results for good. The
var system of Europe was never so mon
trous in its proportions as now; but then the
gave is always biggest just beioure it breaks.
The .4dpance.
Richland beacon., 1876-01-29
A MAGNIFICENT OFFER.

very liberal contract, which we have lust
completed with the Weed Sewing Machine
Company, will enable us we hope, to place
their celebrated machines in many families
throughout the county. So fine an opportu-
hIty TO secure lrst-class sewing machine sell
notn occurs. May we not expect the friends
Vi thls paper 20 make an earnest, united effort
to extend greatly its circulation aud thus helm
TO increase Its influence. We WILL LIBERAL.
LIZ REwARp THOSE WHO WORK FOR Us Reader
can you not form club in your neiyhborbood
anu secure tins sewing machine prennm
FEW HOURS or wELL-DIRECTED EFFORT WILL
OBTAIN IT. Postinasters in the smaller towns
ana villages can, with little thought aud
eHoft, easily send us the requisite number of
names, Has the parsonage a sewing macinel
III not, call upon few ladies and gentlemen
of the congregation. Tell Their: your plan
and ask them TO help. la the congregation
W names can with little difficulty be secured.
Send as the $40 aud we will forward for one
year th's paper 20 each of the 80 sul,sc ribers
which will pay them the fnH raiuc of th, ir
subscriptions. and m adiitioH, ,re riW make a
present, 10 any person yoH mdy 6csisad' Of a
bea1y~ sirfy:fre doiiT SeriAg :. aeLine.
How easily \ cluD can be formed i'm the
Masonic or Odd Fellows or Temperance So
ciefy or in the Grange l. there not depend
'ng upon your society some poor widow to
whom sewing machine would be for years
to come blessings Pass the subscription
paper. Thirty persons subscribing for this |
ourhal at 100 each, will secure for them |
selves, without any extra dbarge, the paper |
for one year and most valuable present for |
some needy family. Try 1T, FRIENDS DoN'r
WAIT! Begin THE WORK At oycE Send us
word that you have undertaken the formation
Of such club
Remember, the machines are warranted TO
lie perfectly me~. latest improsed, aad ia perfec.
order.
TERMS.
Richland beacon., 1876-01-29
Some Words About Watches.

Watch is from Saxon word sig
nifying to wake. At first the watch
was as large as saucer; il bad
weights, and was used as pocket
clock" The earliest known use of
the modern name occurs in a record
of 1852. which mentions that Edward
vi bad zone laruu or watch of iron,
the case being likewise of iron gilt,
with two plummets of lead" The
first great improvement, the substi-
tuition of the spring for weights, was
in 1850. The earli. st springs were
not coiled, but only straight pieces of
steel.
Early watches had only one hand,
ard required winding twice q day.
The dials were of silver or brass; the
cases had no crystals but opened at
the back and front, aud were four or
Eve inches in diameter. A plain
watch cost the equivalent of $1,000
in our currency, and after one
was ordered it took year to make it.
There is q watch in q Swiss museum
only tbree-sixteenths of an inch in
diameter, inserted in the top of
pencil-case. Its little dial II dicates
not only hours, minutes and seconds,
but also days of the month. 1t is
relic of old times, when watches were
inserted in saddeles, snuff boxes, shirt
studs, breast pins, bracelets and finger
rings. Some were fantastic-oval,
ociangulaI, cruciform or in the shape
of pearl, melons, tulips or eofins.
Richland beacon., 1876-01-29

RATs.-A granger, in one of our
exchanges, gives the following simple
method of getting rid of these pests ::
"TO exterminate rats with little
trouble and small cost, without poison
or bad odor. take commoa lime and
put it where they travel about your
place, and if they burrow put the
lime in the holes, either about your
dwelling or corn cribs. Put water
where they can get their feet in it and
then in the lime, aud depend on it
they will not stay there"
Richland beacon., 1876-01-29
Blaine's Skeleton of Hate.

philadelphia Evening Telegraph, Rep
We have nothing but regret for
this, for it has done no good on the
contrary, il has done vast i'll. When
Mr.. Blaine's speech comes to be read
in the South, it will be accepted as
the expression of the North, and of
the Republican party. 1t WILL pu;
back that genuine reconstruction for
which North and South would come
together here in this city, and seal
the Incorporating bond Of amity and
goodwill. We were making our
house ready to receive them. aud on
the very morning that Congress wss
about to assist up in doiug so by