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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-26
AN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY rs, 1875.

if voted; to impose certain duties on the
State officers and to punish violations OF this
act; to authorize the issue of tax stocks, and
to provide remedy by mandsmus to en-
force official duty under this act.
Senator White objected.
Senator Grover moved to suspend tho
Senate rules in order to take up the bill.
Senator White called for the yeas and
nays, with the following result:
Yeas-Alexander, Allan, Anderson. Brew
ster, Burch, George, Goode, Ola, Greene,
Grover, Harper, Herwlg, Landry, Sypher,
Tw;tchell, Weber, Whitney-l7.
Nays-Blunt, Cage, Chadbourn, Detiege.
Dumont, Eustis, Kelly, Masicot, Ogden, Roh-
er,son Stamps, Steven, White, 1oung1lA
Absent-Blackburn, Breaux, Aelso, Hoi-
lard, WHARTON.
And the rules were not suspended.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE.
The Chief Clerk Of the House was an
nounceG with the following message to the
Senate.
IIoCsK OF REPREs RNrATIvEs,
New Orleans, February "a, 1876. }
To the Honorable President and Members OF the
Senate:
am directed by the House of Repre-
ssntatives to inform yonr honorable body
that the Speaker has signed House enrolled
bill:
An act to amend the act Incorporating the
town Of Homer, etc.
And ask that the Lieutenant Governor
and presiding officer of the Senate afilx hls
signature 10 the same.
Respectfully, etc.
PETER j. IRRELEVANT.
Chiet Clerk.
On motion of Senator Dumont the Senate
was declared adjourned until tomorrow at
twelve O'Clock NJ.
?. E. BECHTEL,
Secretary Of the Senate.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-26
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY.

ne special OrCer OF Tue Jay was CdlleU
being Senate bill No. les Substitute fo
Senate bill No. ~, entitled an act to ex
empt from State and parish taxes land
overlooked by the Grand Leyee and Bonnie
Care crevasses.
The bill being upon its third reading
Senator Chadbourn moved that the bill
finally pass.
Senator Twitchell moved to lay the bill
or the table subject to call.
Senate: Chadbourn called for the yeat
and nays, with the following result:
Yeas-Alexander, Blackburn, Brewster
Blunt. Burch, Cage, George. Greene, Har
per, Kelso, Kelly, Masicot, Pollard, tSypher
Twitchel., Whitney-l6.
Nays-Alla,n, Anderson, Breaux, Chad.
bcurn, Detiege, Eustis, Goode, Ola, Grover,
Herwig. Ogden, Robertson. Stamps. Steven,
Weber, Wharton, White, Young-ls.
Absent-Dumont, Landry.
And the motion to table subject to
was rejected.
The question recurring on the final pas
gage Of the bill, Senator Blunt called for
the yeas and nays, with the folio wiz re-
suit:
Yeas-AlIsir, Anderson, Breaux, Burch,
Cage, Chadbourn, Detiege, Dumout, Eustis,
Goode, Ola, Grover, Herwig, Kelly, Ian
dry, Ogden, Robertson, Stamps, Steven,
Sypher, Weber, Wharton, White, Young-24.
ays-Alexande1, Blackburn. Blunt,
Brewster, George, Greene, Kelsc, Mascot,
Pollard, Twitchell, Whitney-ll.
Absent-Harper-1.
And the bill finally passed.
On motion of Senator Chadbourn the bill
was adopted, and the bill was ordered to
be sent to the House for concurrence.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Senator Anderson, from the Committee
or Judiciary, made the following report;
COMMITTEE on JUDICIARY
New Orleans February 81, 1876. )
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Your Committee on Judiciary respectful
IL report Senate bill No. 1874 tavorably, an
act to define and extend the limits OF the
second Judicial District, to fix the terms
of court therein, and to define and extend
The jurisdiction of the Second Judicial Dis
frict Court for the Sixth and Seventh Mu-
nicipal Districts Of the parish of Orleans;
70 provide for a clerk Of said court and his
CONDENSATION and term of office, and to pro-
vide for the drawing OF jurors for said court
fE. ID. White dssentlngl
on Senate bill No l73 favorably, an act
for the better management of the Poydras
fund in the parish OF point e, couPee, and
70 repeal all exemption homestead laws or
,,r;v;iepe claim against the POydras fund.
ON Senate bill No. 16l unfavorably, An
an. 70 regulate the rate Of conventional in
terest and the mode Of contracting the
same. Az ,ro foror.h,v IN
80. 70 provide for the working Of public
r"sds and bridges in the parish o. west
Bs.or Rouge; to employ the police jury q
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-10

them are recitsd- PsssidsDt jefferson was alb
cent from the seat of Government during his two
terms OF office 596 days. or more than fourth
Of the whole Official period He signed and L.
sued from Monticello, among other things sew
enty-fye commissions.
President Madison was abeent 6s7 days, and
President Monroe was absent 70S days. ndepen-
which period no data found. The latter
transacted public business wherever he happened
TO no. and sometimes while travelling.
President John Quincy Adams was absent dur
ing his sin gle term 2l2 days, and in his Memoirs,
Vol VIII. p. rs, speaks Of his practice Of leav-
ing with his chief clerk blank papers signed by
him, to be used, when necessary, for proclama-
tons remission otpenaltes and commissions Of
Consuls.
President Jackso was absent from the seat OF
Government 5G2 days. Among other important
acts performed by him when away from Wash
iDl ton his signing at Boston the famous or
der for the removal Of deposits from the state
banks. The memoranda at this point refers to
President Jackson's refusal, in 1893, To furnish
the Senate a copy OF certain paper alleged 70
have been read by him to the CABINET.
and mentions that In January, 1887, he
refused to allow committee OF the House
ton Of the Executive Departments without spe-
cifc charges. on the ground. amongst others, that
the use Of official books and records for such pur-
poses ihtcrferes with the discharge ofpublic busi-
mesa
other Presidents were absent from Washington
and performed numerous duties while absent !:
Van Bnrcn, 13i days; Tyler, 1913 days; Polk. 37
days, Taylor, 81 days; Fillmore, 30 days; Pierce,
81 days; Buchanan, 81 days.
No mention Is made Of the absences Of
Presidents Lincoln and Johnson
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-10
Mr.. Blaine's Second Statement.

We are glad to note Mr. Blaine's second
appearance on the floor Of Congress in his
own behalf and his friends will now
agree with him that he is justified in an.
neuncing that he will not take any fur
ther notice Of scandals with which his
name shall be associated His statement
in regard to Kansas Pacific bonds is as
comprehensive and conviE cling as it was
in regard to the Fort Smith & Little Rock
bonds, and he now stands acquitted be.
fore all fair.minded men Of both parties.
In this second statement he disposes of a
charge, which, however incredible and
malicious it may have seemed to him in
his innocence, was stated with great par.
ticularity, and, owing to the alleged con.
firmation in the records of the United
States Court in Kansas, had an ugly look.
1t had been industriously circulated for a
couple of years, and the allegation was
that Mr.. Blaine had corruptly received
fifteen Kansas Pacific bonds from law
yer named Joseph B. Stewart, who was
acting as lobbyist fer the company. Sew
eral persons were cited as having knowl.
edgeof the transaction among them Stew.
art, his former partner named Rid.
die, Thomas Ewing, Jr., and some
uCWSpdpCl CoiICSpOuuCulS IL IDS d.
so copied from the Court record
that, when the distribution of these
bonds was made public in the shape
of suit brought by Stewart against the
Kansas Pacific Company, there was stip-
ulation by the attorneys that Blaine's
bonds should be set down to his brother
John E. Blaine" In his brief state
ment of the case to the House, Mr.. Blaine
produced letter from Stewart showing
that John Il. Blaine was always the owner
of the bonds, and acquired the interest
which they represent as far back as 1856,
before James g. Blaine entered Congress;
also letter from Riddle saying he had
never seen Blaine in his office, and never
knew of Stewards transferring bonds, as
charged, or any other thing of value to
Blaine; also letter from Thomas Ewing,
Jr., who, having been Director of the
Kansas Pacific, testities that he knows
Blaine never had any interest in the COM
pany also letters from others of like
tenor. The charge seems to be complete
ly and satisfactorily answered. MIR. Blaine
saiG in his first statement that it had been
the rule of his life not to 90 anything
which he would be averse to having pub
licly known, and we believe he told the
truth. -Chicdgo Tribune.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-10
MECHANICAL AND SCIENTIFIC.

The Whiting paper company, OF
Holyoke, Mass, send ream of the largest
paper ever manufactured to the Centen-
NAL. The size of the sheets is six feet by
eighteen, and the whole ream weighs just
about a ton. The paper is of the finest
quality and very thick, as it must be to
support its own weight, each sheet weigh
ing little over four pounds. Some idea
OF its immense extent may be given by the
fact that, If cut into ordinary sizes of note
paper, it would make 500, sheets,
and these sheets placed end to end, would
extend fifty miles. The value of the whole
ream is 81 500
An Austrian paper states that Dr.
Nirson, Superintendent of the Italian eX-
perimental silk farm at Padua, has dis
covered that the Matching of silkworm
eggs, of suitable age, may be accelerated
by period ri ten or twelve days, and a
yield of at least forty per cent of silk
worm caierpillars secured, by exposing
the eggs to acurrent of negative electricity
from HoltZ machine for a space of eight
or ten minutes. 1t is suggested that the
zane method might perhaps prove useful
in promoting the Matching of hens eggs
and in Fastening the termination of va
rious seeds.-Quarterly Journal Of Science.
--Nexillo, the new method OF playirg
croquet, is decided Improvement over
the old Way The game is made more
interesting by the Introduction OF flags
upon the arches. Each player has flag
to play which may be taken from him by
his opponent When player reaches
the home stake he places the flag upon it,
and he is then rover. His object then
is 10 try and capture his opponents flags
or assist his side in getting their flags
The side that secures the greatest number
OF flags wins the game. "NeXillo" diff
fers from croquet slightly; the arches are
set out differently, and the home stake is
made With sockets to receive the flags
when they are taken from the arches.
MIR. Francis Darwin lately read a pa
per before the Linnean Society, London,
on the manner in which seeds force their
way into the ground. The subject has
been investigated 10y able observers, who
have determined that the phenomenon
was due to the microscopic nature of the
tissue. by series of careful expert
mentS, devoted chiefly 10 the seeds of the
feather grass tsttpg peHHHta), Mr.. Darwin
has demonstrated some new facts in the
case. He finds that each of the separate
cells OF the seed displays torsiou on its
own axis, resulting from the absorption
of moisture, and that the combined action
OF all The cells produces the torsion of the
entire organ, One remarkable feature
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-10
Baseball Playing.

WE are not going to say word against
it. Oh, no. The boys would not like it.
1t is all the go just now. 1t is more In
repute than horse-racing or any other di-
version.
Every young man who aspfres 'to be
anything" has got a set of striped stock
ings, tri-cOlored cap and a pair of tights,
which he calls his uniform.
in this uniform he develops his muscle.
70 get muscle is the thing nowadays,
but it is not gained in the old fashioned
way. In the days of our grandparents,
nobody dreamed of getting strong by
swinging from trapezes, jumping over
poles, or playing baseball. Muscle was
mostly obtained in those days by follow
ing the pillow, swinging the scythe, and
performing with the wood-saw on the
winters fuel.
Base ball playing is one of the most APP
proved methods OF getting muscle.
We freely confess that we know nothing
whatever about the game. We are in pro-
found ignorance as to "pitches' and
" catches and innings" and ct cetera
We have seen the game played hundreds
of times, and we know Just as much about
it as we did when we were baby.
But the players enjoy it. People go TO
see them play who know just as much
about the game as We do, and they call it
splendidn' And of course ii is. How
the local paper sets forth in glowing col
ors the trlumphs of its own town club,
and how AL the friends and relatives of
the various members Of that club purchase
the paper and send it off to the friends
and relatives at a distance, that they may
know that the Stool Oaks have beaten the
STOPPING Willows by so many runs.
Through hot and cold, wet and dry,
storm and sunshine. your genuine base
balllst will play his favorite game.
The first may purple his nose, or the
sun of July may broil him alive in his
uniform, but he will not give up The
balls will very likely miss their aim, and
hit somebody on the skull, and crash in
somebody's nasal organ, or stop up an
eye here and there, but none of the club
take warning thereby. Accidents, they
say, Will happen everywhere. \ man is
Just as likely to get his eyes bunged hoe
ing corn, or laying bricks, as he is at base
ball playing Who is going to give up
snch noble game because he gets little
hit now and then.
All other business has to Weld to base
ball playing.
Does mother want Tom to help her
about any household job, Tom looks at
her IN amazement. Doesn't she know
that he has got to play ballg Does father
need him about making things snug for
winter, why the work must wait. Toms
ciuo meets that very day to see about
playlng game with the Dropping Will
low Club
The uniform claims great deal of at
tentlon, and the sisters of these base
oaiiiSis have to lay aside their crochet and
their tattings, and attend to demoralized
tights, and twisted stockings, and cham
pion belts.
Ana though cheeks be bruised from
blows OF bats and random balls, and
hands be swelled to twice the size de-
signed 10y nature, the boys do not mind it,
Our club beat en- say they, and
mat Is glory enough.-Hats Thorn, in n.
y. Weetlg.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-10

of the phenomenon is. that, while the
twisting, which is the result of the ab-
sorption OF moisture, forces the apex of
the seed into ground, the untwisting,
which results from gradual drying, in.
stead OF again Withdrawing it, as might
Yrama tacie be supposed, has the effect
of forcing it still farther into the SOIL"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-10

THE forests of Europe ARE estimated rs
being 1900 900 acres in extent In
North America l,i60, 900, 900 acres are
covered with trees, of which area 900, 600
600 are in British North America. In
South America forests occupy 700 00o, 900
acres. The proportion OF forest land to
the whole area OF Europe is computed AT
twenty per cent, in America twenty one.
Surprising, therefore, twenty per cent. TO
be the proportion in Asia, Africa ana
Australia, the grand total of the forests of
the world cover a space of I,ISi,o00 geo
graphical miles
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-10

Waste Pieces OF Soap.--Cut the
pieces into small bits, and cover them
with wster Place them upon the range,
where they VIII gradually dissolve into a
Jelly like paste, add a little perfume,
When smooth and even pour INTO a
sQuare.sided pan, and when cold cut into
cakes
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-10

iHERE is town in Maine where, after
ihree Gays hard work. the citizens raised
seNentl-two cents for the widow of man
VINO was accidentally killed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-10


Il will be perceived that the message Is
dated Washington, without the usual prefix
of Executive Mansion
Accompanying the message IS a memoran'
dunn Of absences of Presidents OF the United
States from The National Capital during each
OF the several Administrations, aud Of public
and Executive acts performed during the
time of such absences. Tnls memorandum
contains the following information. and much
more OF the same general character, only the
most important OF the acts rtCitcd in the
memorandum being selected Tor mention in
this abstract;
President Washington Was frequently absent
from the capital lie sppvsr- t. have been thus
absent AZ least ISL days during his term. In March,
l1al the seat OF Government being then a, PhNa-
lie ,phiA. he issued proclamation dated 81 George
town tn reference 70 RAINING boundary Tor JhU
District OF Columbia lie sigpcd At Mount Nef.
MON an , ifcial letter IL the Emperor OF Morocco,
and trom the same place issued the commission
OF Oliver NoIC0ti rs Comptroller Of the IrVasgvy,
and proclamation respecting the nkisAy lusUr-
rcciion in Pennsylvania, etc, etc,
President John Adams Mas absent from the
Capital tufiue ~ term oi teur yvar> on various
occasions IS DAYS. lie discharged The 0i,icls,
duties and performed the most solemn pUhllc
aet- a. QGiuVN, Mass, ian tlv same IuSuuyr a.
shtU s., .ac seat ~ Government, Several ol
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-08
Rush in Patterson.

No Centennial sensational method will be
used to draw crowd my stock and prices
viii do that, know. Come and see nay
goods. ! am positive they viii be found
lower in price than at any othe. hoIse in
the county, and intend to s-fsii al Whole
sale Fries unit! April 10, 1876. At that
time expect to replenish my stock with
new Spring and Summer STYLES. am now
selling Mems Gum Boots at $500, Mems
Gum OvershOes at 30 cts, Women's Gums
- cts, Misses Gums SO cts, Chi.dren's
Gums 35 cts, Mems Boots $3.50, double
soled and tapped $500, Fine Calf Dress
Boots S3.75ai.O0, and upwards, Women's,
Misses and Children's Shoes At correspond
ingly low prices. / am selling good suits
al $500. 500 to $1,000. Beaver Over
coats, usually sold at $500, now at Sli. 90,
and $500 Overcoats now sold at $500 to
$1,000. am closing out my stock of Car
pets and Floor Oil Cloths below cost.
Come ouc, come all, and see for your
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-08
Cocolamus lettings.
Yours truly,
FROM DONALD no. 9

Mr.. EDITOR As Mr.. d. has omitted
some items of interest, / will mention
some that came under NY notice.
Joseph Warner and Samuel Dunn
crossed the Shade mountain aud visited
the head waters Of Middle Greek, where
they succeeded in capturing Eve dozen
of fresh water terrapins, which they
hauled across the mountain 10 hand
carts, and sold them to =. Brown &
Son at 60 cents per dozen. t
Harrison Warner, the successful
hunter, has caught during the present
winter eleven red and three gray foxes.
Reuben Reynolds has caught three
minks and uumber of foxes this win
ter. So much for the hunters OF Fay
cite. Is 1t any wonder that 1t requires
a heavy tax to pay these mighty Num-
rods that slay those vicious animals that
prev upon our poultry yards
Goodwill is improving. Dir. Joseph
Martin has laid out row of ,ots front.
ing the main road from the Goodwill
Church up towards the centre OF the
town. ard Mr.. Simon Shellenbergei has
already begun TO build residence for
himself. Huge piles OF stones aud
lumber are already on the ground.
Lucien O'Neal has also purchased
lot and is making preparations to buiio
stately mansion. Jacob Smith, o
McAlistervllle [better known as butchel
Smith, is driving the hard scrabble
tannery to its full capacity, regardless
of hard times. Smith is man OF th'
right stamp for tanner, and be kno"
no such a word as fail. 1h
The United Brethren are holding
quite an interesting meeting at old Coli
Spring
81 As there is no snow it is more health
than heretofore under the soft weathe
that prevailed SO often this winter
A second spelling bee was held a
, Union School House under the auspice
, of their worthy teacher, Mr.. Bees
3 The bee was both instructive an
amusing. The young man that coui
not spell sovereign" received sever
rebuke from one of the fair misses
the door when wishing to see her sal
home, and the young man that coui
not spell "company' would have bee
pleased with the company OF one OF th
fair sex.
One of the most attractive places
our vicinity is the fruit garden
Messrs. Joseph I. and Jacob ID. Smitl
which lies directly north Of Cocoiamr
and is plainly visible to the travel'
20, three miles on the main road thi
: leads from Miflintown to SelIusgrov'
d The bright red twigs Of thousand {
: more peach trees, the picturesqe a
> pearauce of the garden-plot set vii
arborvitaes, tie dwarf and standal
pear orchards, and over two hun6rs
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-03-08
SAMUEL STRAYER,
Patterson, Pa

TIE rights of tenants aud duties OF
constables are clearly explained in re-
cent case tried before Judge Pratt,
~ philsdelphia, the defendant, Ben
iamiu Gray, constable OF the seven
teenth VI ard, had used violence IN
putting him out of his house. 1t came
ou, in the evidence that the constable
did not read the "w-i. of possession"
when be went to prosecutors house
In charging the jury Jndge Pratt said
that con.tables are necessity In the
community, but while the law gives
them great authority, the law should
also hold them TO the strictesr execution
of there duties. A mans house IS his
castle, and it is asking very little of a
constable to require him to show By
what authuIity he enters the house OF
any citizen; aud it is his duty to read
the warrant by whose authority he
he is there Should a constable enter
the house Of any citizen without legal
authority be becomes treseasser, and
4 the occupant of that house has the righ'
to use force to repel such illegal en-
trance. TO summon assistance and swear
out a warran; against tie trespasser
Should. however, an officer of the las
ro into tie residence OF citizen armed
with the authority of law, explain prop
crly bis purpose, he is protected by 'ht
law, aud any assault or attack upon bin
IS Illegal, and renders its perpetrato
liable to prosecution. 1t is a yer.
serious thing for man to enter the hous
of another, aud, with or without process
Of law, put him into the street. -" be-
the law confers such duty upon tn
oficer he should be held to rigid ae
countability for tie way in which b
, uses the duty. He should exercise
With care and With no unreasonabi
amount Of anaoy ance, for it is In case
of this nature that many fights and dis
turbauces occur. He should take car
, not to exceed the power delegated I
= him by law, and endeavor, as ciosel
/ as possible to confne himself within th
limits of bis autbority.-Er.