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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-08
nIysterfons Disappearance.

Mr.. Charles Clarke, planter in Madison
parish. Louisiana, on Bayou Bldell, came to
this city q week ago last Monday for the
purpose of buying some mules. He brought
with him q draft for $500 which he had
cashed, and he had about closed the trade
with Mr. Leonard for the mules which he
desired to purchase, but as the ferrybOat
happened not to be running at the time. he
delayed completing the purchase until the
Wednesday following, by which time, it was
understood, the ferryboat would resume her
trips. He lett the stable Tuesday morning
to 90 over to Delta in q skiff, saying
he would return in the evening, but
heard of him. A col0red man from
the plantation came to the city
Wednesday morning for the mules, which
he supposed Mr.. Clarke had purchased and
which he had been instructed to call Tor.
On being told that Mr.. Clarke had gone to
Delta the day before he seemed somewhat
surprised, declaring that ne had been in
Delta all day Tuesday looking for mr..
Clarke. who had not been there. Mr..
Clarkes continued absence from the planta-
ton caused Mr.. Marcus NJ. Ullman, OF New
Carthage, his merchant and friend, to come
to the city to look after him, but no tidings
whatever could be gained further than we
have Given above. The closest investiga-
tion could trace him no further than his
supposed departure for Delta in skif.
The plantation on which Mr.. Clarke
lived, belonged to Messrs. Britton q
Kountz, of Natchez, by whom he was en-
p!oyed as superinte9dent, but ne had ns some some
he sought to purchase were for his own &C
count.
No one seems able to conjecture the
cause of his disappearance, but the sup
position seems to be that the ski6 in which
he attempted to CROSS the river must have
| upset and drowned him, or else that he was
| foully dealt with fer tho money known to
| be in his possession. Pickab,srg Herald.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-08
The New Enforcement Act.

The bill introduced on Monday by Sens-
tor Morton, amendatorv of the enforce
ment act of May 81, 1870, provides that all
persons and officers charged with the duty
of furnishing to citizens an opportunity
to perform any act which q State or Terri
tory may prescribe as prerequisite for
voting, shall give all citizens equal Oppor-
tunities without distinction of race, color
or previous condition of servitude, and
failing to do this they shall forfeit for each
offense to the person aggrieved $500, TO-
gether with costs and such counsel fees as
the court may deem just. Such otfenses
are also to be punished on conviction by q
fine of not less than $500, and by impris0n-
ment of from one month to one year, or by
both, in the discretion of the court.
The second section prescribes the same
penalties for any person who by force,
bribery, intimidation or other unlawful
means, shall hinder, delay. prevent or COM
bine to hinder, ETC., any citizen from doing
the act required to qualify him to vote.
The third section prescribes fine not less
than $500 and imprisonment of from one
month to q year, or both, for obstructing,
on account of race, color, etc., the exercise
of the right of suffrage by any person en-
titled to it under the fifteenth amendment,
by means of bribery, or threats of depriving
any such person of employment, or of eject
ing him from houses or lands, or by threats
of re using to renew leases or contracts for
labor, or by threats of violence to himself
or family
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-08
WAGES a, the East and ut the West.

Wages at the East and at the West.
Wages are considerably higher ct the
West than at the East, judging from the
accounts in the New York and Cincinnati
papers. In New York carpenters' wages
are down to 81, bricklayers' to 81 so and 50
and laborers' to 81, while in Cincinnati
carpenters get from 81 IS to %, brick
LAYERS IS and laborers 81 IS. Eastern and
Western wages compare similarly through
the whole range of building trades.
Wages in Cincinnati show curi0usly the
effect of the large German population. In
the breweries, bakeries and barber shops
all trades in which the Germans are expert
wages are very low. Young men can be
had for 50 a week in the bakeries, which
ought to result in cheap bread. 1t would
be q great relief to American housewives
if the universal cheap bakery of the Ger
mans could be induced to squat in every
neighborhood. Cigar makers at Cincinnati
only get $l2 a week, machinists. 81 day;
shoemakers, on the other hand, enjoy the
exceptional favor of the building trade,
and get from $l2 to $22 q week, their
wages being higher than they we're three
years ago. T1e activity of some Of these
manufactures at the West is one good
reason why they are dull at the East, and
shows the necessity of the severest re-
trenchment in taxation. rents, profits. inter-
est, ambitions, and all the conditions of in
dustry, if we are to retain our hold on in
dustries which we have been wont to con-
slider our own.-SprinGfeld Republican.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-08
On the Wrong Track.

II appears that Mr.. Marsh was carried
out of the country by force attached to
rsilroad train. The following from his
testimony makes the point clear that he
took the wrong train. If the car in which
he started had been going to Washington,
he would have gone there toe:
w;.pess said he left New York ter Mont
real at four o'clock on the afternoon OF FRI
cay. and reached there the next morning AZ
Mr. sBiackburn-Had you then heard that
the government authorities had conoinded o9se
to prosecute you a. well az secretary ooiA'
nsp' -;nh+ bova
aaen such statement in paper:
Ouestion-It was said you hesitated wnen
at Peekekill a. to whether you would pro-
ceed to Montreal? ,.n4; -
Answer-I did hesitate. thought that Il !
I had offended the law of my country
would stand trial. # the train naa beea Seen
roing back to New York, l should have
rsEa56 nsssaee in il; but % the train WAS
going to Montreal, proceeded.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-08
Political Items.

In the Nstchitoches Republican of the
first instant appears call signed by Raford
Blunt, president, and John G. Lewis, secre-
tary Of the Parish Executive Committee.
notifying the Republicans of the various
wards to send delegates to parish nomi-
mating convention. which will select dele.
gates to the two State conventions. The
parish conventions will be held on the fif-
teenth instant.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-08

Another Assistant Attorney General
Attorney General Field has found 1t nee.
essary to have assistance in his criminal
pros ecutions, and the following notioe was
accordingly sent to the First DStrlct ana
Superior Criminal Courts:
ArroRERY GENERALs CYrCs.
State Of Louisiana. (
New Orleans. April 6. 1876
n, .,e ueperab,e Judges Of the Superior Cr1mina'
aud First District Courts;
have the honor to notiIy yoa tnad dar = .s The 20
selected and hereby deelgna.eG, unoof of The The
s,o+e sos the Hon. George II. Braughn to rep.
- rssent me in all cases coming before your
resnac,;ve resnnc r1 - conrte in which % Attorney
- A. p. FIELD,
Attorney General.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-08
CONGRESS.
House

WARRINGTON, April 7.-Pivate bill day.
The Committee ON Military Affairs reported
q bill to allow General Godfrey Weitzel to
accept the office of trustee Of the Cincin-
natl Southern Railroad Company provided
ance of his official duties in the army.
After q good deal of discussion the bill was
rel ected; yeas 80. nays 1913.
The Sub b-c0mmittee on Naval Affairs were
ordered to Philadelphia to inquire about
alleged frauds in the Philadelphia and
League Island navy yards.
Forty private bills were passed, includ-
ing one granting the right of way to the
Hot Syringe railroad, over the Hot Springs
reservation. House meets tor debate only
tomorrow. Adjourned.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-08

not guilty. While in the prisoners box,
having ascertained that hs would be con-
tronted by q number of his victims for
Identification. he exchanged his clothes
with one Of f. the mssnsst looking
his fashionable clothes and hat for the
worst garments he could find. As might
be supposed, Rslston's appearance under
went . thorough change, and those who
had seen him an hour before in his usual
costume would have found it difficult, if
not impossible, to recognize him. He is
now in the Tombs, in company with ChaIles
Perrine. alias Williamson.-New Yorl
Times
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-08
FOREIGN.

Income Tax Increased.
LONDON, April The House of Com
mons agreed to increase the income tax .
penny per pound, by vote of lib to 50.
Coal Miners ON Strike.
Five thousand coal miners in North
Derbyshire struck.
Extradition of American Swindlers.
1t is believed the same rule will be an
piled in the case of Gray, of New York, and
Brent, of Louisville. forgers, that 60 verned
in the Winsl0w case.
Betting on Cambridge.
Betting II three and q half to one in favor
of Cambridge.
Dead.
Macmillan Tarnocsey, Cardinal Arch
bishop of Salzbury, is dead.
Convicted.
Captain Kahn. of the Frsnconia. which
sunk the Strathclyde, was convicted TO-DAY
Of manslaughter. The sentence " aita the
decision Of the Court Of Appeals on the
question Of jurisdiction.
mutiny and Murder.
Eight Of the crow Of the chip Lsnnie have
lQONTUUkD on RI0aTH pAont
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-08

Mark Twain ON Ct. Patrick.
The following letter was read at the sup
per of the Knights of St. Patrick in Hart.
ford, Connecticut, on Friday night:
HARTFORD. March l6, 1876.
Richard McCloud, Bsq
DEAR SIR am very sorry that | can not
be with the Knights of st. Patrick tenor
row evening. In this centennial year We
ought all to find q peculiar pleasure in
doing honor to the memory of man whose
good name has endured through fourteen
centuries. We ought to find pleasure in it
rally have q fel,ow-feeling for such man.
He wrought a great work in his day. He
found Ireland prosperous republic, and
looked about him to see if he might find
some useful thing to turn his hand to. He
observed that the President of that
republic was in the habit of shelter
ing his great officials from deserved
punishment, so he lifted up his staff
and smote him. and he died. He found
that the Secretary Of War had been 60 un-
becomingly economical as to have laid up
$l2 900 year out Of Q salary of $4,000, and
he killed him. He found that the Secre-
tary of the Interior always prayed over
every separate and distinct barrel of salt
beef that was intended for the unconverted
savage, and then kept that beef hlmsoll, 90
he killed him also. He found that the Sec
retary of the Navy knew more about han
ding suspicious claims than he did about
handling q ship, and he at once made an
end of him. He found that q very foul
private secretary had engineered through
sham trial, so he destroyed him.
He discovered that the Congress which
pretended to prodigious virtue was
very anxious to investigate An ambassador
who had dishonored the country abroad,
but was equally anxious to prevent the ap-
pointment of any spotless man to . similar
post; that this Congress had no God but
party, no system of morals but party policy;
no vision but bats vision, and no reason
or excuse for existing anyhow. Therefore
he massacred that Congress to the last man.
When he had finished his great work he
said, in his fgurative way. "Lo, l have
destroyed all the reptiles in Ireland"
St. Patrick had no politics; his sympa-
thies lay with the right-that WAS politics
enough. When he came across reptile he
forgot to inquire whether he was Demo
crat or Republican, but eimply exalted
his staff and ''let him have it." Honored
be his name-I wish we had him here to
trim us up for the centennial. But that can
not be. His staff, which was the symbol of
real, not cham, reform, is idle. However,
we still have with us the symbol of truth
George Washingron's little hatchet-for
know they've buried it. Yours, truly,
s. L. CLEMENS.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-08
Board Of Health.

The regular meeting Of the Board of
Health was held last evening, but the bad
weather and flooded streets prevented q
full attendance. 1t was therefore resolved
by the quorum present to adjourn to
Wednesday, April l2, when . SPECIAL meet
ing will be called.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-08

CHOICE CORNER STORE AND DWELLING
AT AUCTION THIS DAr.-Messrs. Nash &
Hodgson, auctioneers, sell at IL NJ. to-
day, at the St. Charles Auction Exchange,
for account of NJ. DeCoursey, bankrupt,
that valuable property corner of Girod and
Basin streets. The terms are easy. See
the advertisement and plan at place of sale.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-08
BY TELEGRAP
REvoLUTIoBIsTs ADVANCING
MOVING ON MONTERREY
MORE TROOPS At BROWNSVILLE


SAN ANTONIO, April Z, 1876.
Colonel Potter reports that revolutionists
are in possession of Marip, place twenty
five miles this side of Monterey. Colone
Buell. hos arrived at Fort Clark with two
companies of cavalry, to establish summer
camp on Devils river to protect i'm migra-
ton in that vicinity. BEXAR.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-08
Tho Temperature.

The thermometer at Louis Frigero's, No.
so Chartres street, stood as follows April
Z: At s A. M, go; at 2 P. NJ, 64o; At 6 P.
NJ, 6io. Lowest point during the night of
April 6, 6lo. Rain during the day of April
:, up to P. NJ. three inches.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-08
Mexico at the Centennial.

Several gentlemen belonging to the
Mexican centennial commission arrived in
New York on Wednesday on the steamship
City of Merida, from Vera Cruz via Hs-
vana. Mr.. Manuel Zamacona, who repre-
sented Mexico in the American and Mexi.
can Joint claims commission, recently in
session in Washington, is president of the
commission, and will be assisted in his du-
ties by Messrs. Eleuterio Avils and Mariana
Barcena. Messrs. Jesus Calderon, Fer
nando CamachO and Plutarc0 Ornelas will
act as secretaries. 1t is thought that the
Mexican government has appointed addi-
tional members, in which case they will ar.
rive on April Is. The gentlemen who
come on the City of Merida brought with
them 222S cases Of goods for exhibition, and
expect that secohd load will arrive
by the next steamer. Among the ar
ticles are a number of objects of art
from the Academy of Fine Arts of the City
of Mexico, consisting principally OF paint.
ings. A large oil painting of the Valley OF
Mexico. executed during the present year
by Mr.. Jose Maria Velasco. which attracted
much attention in thd Mexican capital, will
also be exhibited. There is also collection
of minerals from the principal mining dis
tricts of Mexico, which is said to be very
fine. Among the samples which will be ex-
hibted are fragment Of quartz containing
large quantity Of bromide Of silver. weigh
ing l3UU pOunde: large masses OF Ralen0, OT
lead ore, from Zimapan; o large collection
of Mexican marbles, generally known as
Mexican onyx; q mass of iron ore, weighing
seventy five pounds, from the celebrated
iron mountain, or Cerro del Mercado, near
the city of Durango: samples of coal
from various localities, and sample
of libinstOnite, new mineral dis.
covered by Commissioner Barcena; num-
Der Of stones thrown from the volcano of
Ceboruco during the present eruption. and
views and maps of the volcano. OF the
vegetable products of the country there are
samples of the different kinds of fine wood.
samples of the fibre of the several varieties
of the agave, and tie different products of
the maguey. and q collection OF the medi-
cinal plants of Mexico. Of manufactured
articles there are fabrics Of silk, wool, and
cotton, cigars, cigarettes, flagree silver
work and porcelain. There is also collec-
ton of the works of the most celebrated
writer's Of the country on education and
the sciences. A large number of national
and Indian costumes form part Of the pres
ent remittance and will make an interest
ing feature in the exhibition. Among the
dresses is one of the Mexican ranchero which
ia valued at $lOO0.-PHilddelphi0 Telegraph.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-08
STATE NEWS,
CADDO.

From the Shreveport Times, April S:
We regret to announce this morning the
death of Major Martin Tally, which oc-
CURED last night about ten O'Clock. Major
Tally has been resident of Shreveport for
the last twenty five or thirty years, and
was most enterprising and energetic citi-
zen, and has done much toward building
up this place. His funersl will take place
this evening at five o'clock from the family
residence on Cotton street.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-08

First Lieutenant Rogers Birnie' 1r'. oi
company c, Thirteenth lnfantry' t'0~
Baton Rouge), has been ordered 70 repoI'
to the chief of ordnance for examins''o''
with view to his transfer to that corps
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-08

Make
Your fortune.
Grand golden drawing,
Saturday, April %. -
Half million gold.
No seed, NO harvest:
Capital prize 100000,
All in gold.
Can win . magnificent fortune
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-08

ADVICE il like medicine; people do not
like to take it, even though it will do good.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-08

Neglected opportunity
Neglected opportunity
Neglected opportunity
Neglected opportunity
Takes
Takes
Second
Golden drawing,
Golden drawing,
Opera House, April ..
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-08
$500. 500 in prizes.
$3.50 total prizes.
Tickets $50.
Tickets $50.

Bitter reven &c.
Bitter revenge.
Bitter revenge.
Bitter reveng 60.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-08

Mark Twain ON Ct. Patrick.
The following letter was read at the sup
per of the Knights of St. Patrick in Hart
ford, Connecticut, on Friday night:
HARTFORD, March l6, 1876.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-08

0ONTNUKD on 1I0HTH PAon.I
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-08

E.J. Hart & Co., New Orleans, for loss
of merchandise on the Electric Spark, de-
stroyed by the Florida July 10, 1864
claimed 1854 As. Stauffer & Macready, New
Orleans, for loss of same, claimed @l09l SO.
j. H. & D. H. Syme, of New Or leans, for
loss of merchandise on the Commonwealth.
destroyed by the Florida April II, 1868.
claimed $l54l l3.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-08

INFORMATIONs.
James Reagan, of assault and battery.
SENTENCED.
Edward Baker, six months, tor petty lar
ceny.
second District Court.
Successions of Martin McInereng and
Gabriel Moriere Fazende opened.
Alice A. Seweu prays to be emancipated.
The adoption of Lucie Rey is aeked.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-16
Counting.

The thoughts of the young natu-
rally revert, more or less, to love,
courtship, and matrimony. 1t is to
be feared, however, that if there are
no marriages which have not been
preceded by courtship, there are
many courtships which have not
been led up to by love. No doubt
the majority of marriages are
brought about by affection of a GER
tain sort; indeed, it would be ridic-
ulous to suppose that persons will
lingly tie themselves for life to 9th
ers for whom they have but little
regard. The man who married a
woman whom he disliked, and a
woman who united herself with a
man whom she regarded with aver
sion, would very properly be held
to be bereft Of their senses, not
withstanding that they benefited
themselves in a social point of view.
But if most people do not positively
dislike those whom they marry,
many are strangers to the grand
passion about which poets have
sung and some novelists have we'll
nigh gone crazy. Liking is not low
ing, and while a vast number OF
those who marry really like each
other, there is reason to believe that
but a comparatively few actually
love. They may all persuade them
solves that they do the latter thing,
and may remain the victims of their
delusions until after their unions
have been consummated. But they
are compelled to abandon theil
fools paradise sooner or later, and
the misfortune is that they otter
only find out the true state Of theil
hearts when it is too late for then
to do anything but bear with be
coming meekness the yoke which
they have imposed upon themselves
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-16
Pretty Women.

OF all the beauties OF nature, moth
ing is half so pretty as the human
face and human form. We often
hear it said in speaking Of Il lady,
that she is as beautifulas a picture
In all the improvements in the art
of painting, we have never yet been
able to find one that possessed n
small per cent. of the attraction of a
pretty woman. The perfection of art,
coupled with a faultless taste, never
win be able to paint the blush of
modesty or the eyes sparkling intel
ligence. No artist has yet been
able to paint the soul that speaks
in the pretty woman's face, or the
impulse of the heaving bosom.
When the soul is filed with holy
emotions, and the whole department
clothed with innate and spontane
Gus modesty, beauty is felt, far
beyond the power Of the easel, pal
cite and brush. No power less than
angels could approach such q pic
ture. A true women has a mind Of
beauty from which the sparkling
diamonds Of the soul, flash forth
their beauty in every feature. The
true woman is only q little lower
than the angels, for the reason that
the angels are not subject to fade
and die, and the true woman must
pass away.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-16
Women and Politics.

To the Editor otthe ReyieW and Jour
nal: "What have we to do with pol
itics?" How often l hear this ex-
clamation from women's lips! THIS
much. When we are asked by
man, a voter, what our views are on
political matters, to tell what we
think, and give a good reason; and
if we find him on the ''road that
leadeth to destruction" reason him,
if possible, out of ''the way that is
dark" (Aside.-Failing with that
weapon, I've known many a man
conquered and rendered submissive
by little sot1-soaping, skillfully APP
pliedD
1 do not like to hear a woman
say, 81 don't know anything about
politics, and 1 do not feel the least
interested"
How can such a state of things
come about? We are to live under
and by the laws enacted-are to
suffer or prosper, as it may be, by
those elected to ill the high places,
who take the name Of statesman too
often, as others take
-''the grand old name of gentleman,
DETAINED by every charlatan,
And soiled with 81 iguorable use"
It's not our place to join in the
contest, 1 grant; but should we be
as blind and as deaf to the (polit.
ical) situation, as the ostrich that
sticks his head in the sand and his
tail feathers towards the on-coming
simeon, because, forsooth, some one
says 1t is not "lady hke2' We have
rs good right to know of, and inJ7u-
ence the worlds doings as those who
bear an active part in them. We
owe it as duty to ourselves, as well
as others, not to be ignorant OF a
subject which involves the veal or
woe of our Nation.
l heard a voter enquiring very
innocently, yesterday, who's Credit
MobilierY'
80, he died in ay time" said a
bright young girl, sitting near, with
a sly twinkle in her eye, "but left a
large family for Uncle Sam to look
after p
Let US read; and when we meet
with such a specimen as the above,
enlighten him; tell him who to vote
for, if he does not know-and ver-y
many men do not. EsTELLE VEHsE.