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The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-27
Lyons Cod Liver Oil and


This article has the ENDORSEMENT OF the
MEDICAL FACULTY. and is in MANY Re-
SPECTS SUPERIORto any other preparations
OF Cod Liver Oil. 1t Is not UNPLEASANT ~
THE TASTE and agrees with the MOST DELI
CATE STOMACHS. In cases OF SCROFULA.
CONSUMPTION. COUGHS, COLDS, DEBlLl-
TY. and WASTING AWAY, in ADULTS or
CHILDREN. it Is Invaluable.
For sale by all druggists.
l. L. LYONS, Proprietor,
Corner Of Camp and Gravier streeua
de2aSuThFrlm
Duconge's Drug Store,
80. Chartres street. ~
NEW ORLEANS.
A. CARROUCHE, Successor.
Buyers will find at this old and fayoIabiy
known house q complete assortment OK
FRENCH.
ENGLISH.
and AMERICAN
PATENT MEDICINES.
b.. .- Also
D1'o''' CHEMICALS.
PAINTS
PERFU1fERLEs,
And full assortment Of all goods consti-
tuting First-Class Drug Store.
Country orders solicited.
Depot for DUCONGE's PICTORIAL BAL
SAMIC SYRUP. ja2a I'm
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Continental
BEN EVOLENT OCIATTON

Il GRAND MILITARY
mask, DRESS, and FANCY DRESS BALL
For tho Benefit Of
COMPANY A, CONTINENTAL GUARDS,
viii be Given at
w.. ST. PATRICK'S HALL.
On Camp street. opposite Lafayette Square,
ON THE
Evening or the S2d of February Ne,t,
The One Hundred and Forty Fourth Annlyer.
t'" sary Of the Birth OF
WASHINGTON.
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D COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS:
John q. Fleming, Chairman.
Vim. Pierce. T.. +. Perrilaux, q. l.. Hal
y. II. Watkins, Alex. Mcneil II. Blnaae

Applications for ladies' invitations may BIO left
at tho store Of Il. A. Tyler. Esq. us Canal
street. or ut the store Of John q. Fleming
ESD. Secretary of the Association at IA
Poydras street. or through J.. o. Box 1896
BY order Of r. W BOTHICK,
President Continental Bonev. Assn.
H. NJ MONTGOMERY .-'
Captain Company A. Continental Guards.
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Carpet and Curtain

Carpet and Curtain
WAREH Sc.
Wholesale and Retail, II Chaytres Street.
CARPETING, Administer. Velvet. Brussels etc.
FLOOR OIL CLOTH, English and American.
MATING. White, Check and Fancy.
WINDOW SHADES. Table and Piano Covers.
CURTAIN and Furniture Materials.
BROCATELLE, Cotelines, Reps and Slip Gov
ers etc.
BURLAPS. by the bale. piece or yard.
ia23 1w2p A. BROUSSEAU Il SON
PAUL SAUVE,
Formerly with Messrs Everett Lano Il Co..
GENERAL
Stati0ner, Printer,
AND
Blank Book Manufactures,
No. q COMMERCIAL PLACE.
near &. Charles.
All kinds Of Book and Job Printing. Ruling,
Binding and Lithographing done cheap.
FRANK D. OGDEN,
de1a an LOPEZ SAUVE
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-27

Gen. A. Il. Hawthorne, OF Texas, will
be we'll worth hearing, tonight, at st
Dattick'a Hall
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-27

North Carolina, having refused their
ratification, remained out OF the Union
for nearly two years, and 1t was never
pretended that their people owed it any
allegiance until, by their own action,
they had assumed that obligation.
These indisputable facts prove conclu-
sively that the Constitution was not
formed by the people OF the United
States in their aggregate capacity, but
as the people Of their respective States
and it is by the light Of these facts that
the words I'VE, the people OF the United
States" SO much relied on by the advo-
Gates Of consolidation, must be under
stood.
Article Of the Constitution provides
that two-thirds Of both houses Of Con-
gress, or a Convention called on the
application Of two-thirds Of the Legis-
latures Of the States, may propose
amendments, which shall become parts
Of the Constitution when ratified by the
Legislatures Of three-fourths Of the
several States, or conventions in three
fourths thereof. That aggregate spoken
OF as the people Of the United States
can, then, do no more than to propose
changes in the Constitution, which
must be accepted by the States. This
essential attribute Of sovereignty resides
in the people Of the respective States,
who are required to act in their separate
and distinct capacities. In the strictly
political sense, as an aggregate mass
endowed with that supreme, absolute
uncomfortable power known as SOY.
ereignty, there is no such thing as the
people Of the United States. All the
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-20
TREASURE DIGGERS.
The eirnndSOn OF II GSpEy chief PursUi"g
EII4 Calling In New EOTk-Ihe Wonder
fuI Rod of Fortune Gold Gr Bwnnn RE
mnimA.

The Grandson Of II GypFy chief Pursulng
E5is Calling In New Work Che Wonder
r,II Rod OF Fortune Gold Hr Bwnnn RE
mains.
"What do you think, - said wealthy
property owner on the East side toa Mcr-
cury reporter, "ycstcrday Il middlc-agcd
man asked me whether would permit
him to DIG in my cellar for treasure
which he believed was buried there.
"Did you give him permisSion?' asked
the reporter. "No, thought he was
crazy; he told me a long rigmaroIc about
IL rod of fortune, 10y the incIinations OF
which, as he had passed my house, he
knew that there was money buried in my
lot ON Allen street, When ! turned a
deaf ear to his representations he sald !
would be sorry for it," The reporter
copied the address which the treasure
digger had left, and repaired to a base
mcnt near the foot of Riyngton street,
where he met the seeker after treasure.
He was q man of about fifty with %yp-
sv-likc complexion. The basement in
when he lived looked like Il cross be-
tween Il junk shop and chemists lab1ra-
tory. lie acknowledged he was Il protcS-
sional trcasurc-digger He was a native
of Alsace, and spoke German and French
iluently His father had been Il success
ful trcasurc-digger in Alsacc, aud his
grandfather had been chict OF glpslcs,
He had possessed the evil eye, Where
ever he appeared farmers ana peasants
had paid him not to look at thGlr callle'
His most valuable property lad been an
old rod of fortune, winch le bequeatIeI
to his son. The latter had made Il good
living by discovering hidden treasure
through the indications OF the rod; BE-
tween 1880 and 1880 his father had thus
uncarthcd forty old chests with goId ana
silver notably one at CoImar, contain
ing upward OF one hundred thousand
francs in gold crowns. His father had
died in 1891, and he had embraced the
same profession, his principal exploit had
been the discovery OF a large vault undcr
.hc palace Of Nancy in 1861 where a
number of coats of arms of solid gold and
silver were found. During the FRANCO
German war he rendered the trencn gen
erals valuable services as a spy laKeh
prisoner by The frllsSlanS, ne escaped
but was sentenced to death ana ms prop
erty at GuenwllIer cohiL3ca'Gq' l"T
years ago he had come to NeW ,S ,ls orE, ' anu
commenced selling MS gfalioia'heI = Prt-
scrlptI?ns. As lof treasures @ 1 gu,,eI lnH III
New lorR, lie 'ala MS 'U'i VI iui i'ui. 'l'..
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-20
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

In the Senate on the 5tb, a commune
cation was received from the Secretary OF War
in regard to the amounts appropriated for
the improvement of the mouth OF the MiSSis-
sippi, which was ordered printed. The citi-
zens of New York pctitioned through Scna-
tor COnkling, that the constitution OF the
United States be so amended rs to prohibit
the appropriation OF money for the benefit
of any religious sect which was referred.
Senator MOrton's State 's-rights resolution
came up, but was laid over; as was also his
resolution to investigate the Mississippi elec.
tions-the latter till Monday. Senator Bout
well gave notice that on Thursday, next
week, he would submit to the Senate resolu.
tions relating to the service and public char
acter of the late Nice-President Wilson.
Senator Dorsey submitted resolution di-
recting the Committee on Transportation
Routes to the Seaboard to inquire and re-
port whether the interests Of the General
Government do not demand thata complete
Autographed survey be made Of that por-
ton OF Arkansas river between Fort Smith,
Arkansas, and Pueblo, Colorado, to deter
mine whether that portion of said river
is now or can be made navigable by the re-
moval Of any obstruction that may be in ex-
istence. Referred. He also submitted a
resolution instructing the Committee on
Transportation Routes to inquire as to the
feasibility of improving the navigation Of
White river by removing the distractions at
Buffalo Shoals, and further, as to the prac-
ticability Of deepening the channel and re-
moving such other distractions as may exist
in said river so as to open it for navigation
by light draft steamers from Newport, Ark,
to Forsyth, Mo. Agreed to. Mr. COnkling
introduced bill TO amend the act
for creating national currency secured
by pledge of United States bonds, and
TO provide for circulation and redemption
thereof, approved June 3, 1857. Referred, to
Finance Committee. II is a copy Of the bill
Of same title reported from the Senate FL
nance Committee April Il, 1867, relating to
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-20

The seven states of Florida, Iowa, Min
ncsota. Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon and
Wisconsin have also taken censuses this
wear. and with results only partially
known to u.s. We estimate the increase
of population in them at 6S5,OOO. The
total increase in fifteen states would thus
be little over 100000 since the gene
ral census Of 1870. The fifteen states
named had in lS7Oa little more than one
third the population of the United States,
If we assume common average progress
in all, the increase in all should, at this
time. be upward of 100000, swelling
the population of the United states to
n, ,0O0, 600.
The figures above given, for the eight
states. have been definitely ascertained
and announced since the Superintendent
of the United States Census Bureau pre-
pared his last annual report TO congress.
The superintendent in that report took
a gloomy view of the comparatively
small results to be derived from the an
ticipatcd state census of 1873, and erred,
we think, in expressing the opinion, that
"cnough is already known to indicate
clearly that the progress of our EoPIla,,
tion has received temporary check
The figures do not show H.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-20
MI-CELLANEOUs INTELLIGHNCE.

A company has lately been formed to
introduce a new invention called the Bray.
ton Ready Motor" 1t consists concisely
speaking, of an engine deriving its power
from the explosive energy Of u mixture Of
the vapor of crude petroleum and air.
The pope is preparing to manufacture
several more cardinals. The aollcge lacks ten
of the requisite number (70) and these dis
tinguished princes OF the church have been
dying oil so rapidly that il is necessary for
his holiness to make frequent nominations
The commissioner of education in his
report states that the school children of the
United States pay $5O,0O0,OO a year for text
books, and the publishers and brokers
pocket 66 per cent. Of this sum, or S5S,00O,.
900 per annum.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-20

The London Times says il is abun-
dantly manifest that the working OF the new
British high court of justice has already
been highly beneficial, and when some te m
porary distractions are removed and some
defects remeded, the act is calculated to
produce the most salutary improvement in
the administration Of justice.
The Canadian government has been
notified that the surveys of the Canadian
Pacific railway from both ends of the route
have been connected. The connection is in
latitude So deg. 6 min. 30 sec. north, and
longitude 1l3 deg. min. ij sec. west, These
chains of accurate instrumental measure
ment are the first of the kind that have ever
been made between the Atlantic and Pa.
cifc within the limits OF the Dominion.
A Canadian company 10 proposed to
construct tunnel under Detroit river.
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FACTS AND FANClES.

A gentleman enters room where
hang, portrait pointing at 1t, he says,
" Brothers and sisters have ! none, but
that mans father was my fathers son"
Please say whose portrait it was.
The oldest officer in the Prussian ar
my is Field Marshal Won Wrangel, who
will complete next year the 92nd year Of
his life, and the S0th year Of his service
in the Prussian amy.
1t has been discovered that the same
kind of coloring matter which poisons the
striped stockings is also used to co lor bad
whisky. In both cases it goes to the legs
and ruins the understanding.
Why don't men swear when they
are alone?' asks Talmage. Did Mr.. Tai
mage ever lay around the tence-corners
and see a lone farmer pick up humble
bee? What did that farmer say?
In France the average salary of
workmcn without board or lodgng) is
IS cents: in Germany, Italy and Swift
zcrand 3S cents; in England, 50 cents,
living being thirty per cent, dearer than
in France.
Grace Greenwood has met with an
old French lady who knew Napoleon Bo-
napartc well as first Consul and as empc-
ror, and who gives vivid description of
him. She says that though in youth he
was thin and salIow, and in middle age
stout and pale, his face had always
strange bcauty-stcrn, yet delicate
something almost fearful " His eyes
were like blue Steel yet W hen at rest
they had an absent, dreamy look; 1t was
only when they regarded you that you
felt their power; then something cold
and sharp seemed to pass through you.
His finely curved chin was firm as mar
BILE, but it had dimple fit for a young
grl. He had Il small, beautiful mouth
which seemed always ready to smile, ana
never smiled. His speech was abrupt
and startling; it made one trcmblc II he
only said good morning.'
TnE LITTLE BRowY Stocking
Here is Il little brown stocking,
\ Faicl by many years,
Hidden among my treasures
Stained with many tears;
II hung In q chimney corner
ON Il Christmas long ago.
Loaded with precious goodies
Full from the top to toe
Two chubby hands unloaded
The gifts Of Santa Claus
Oh how his black eyes ,parklcd r.
And surely there was cause.
You see that little hole there?
There's whurc sOrse was tied
So heavy that II tore ii,
And lig enough to ride.
No soldier was ever pr0uder
With war horse most superb,
Than he on his rocking pony,
With saddle, whip aud curb.
oh, that was the merriest Christmas,
Aud he the ioliest hoy,
And this is the sweetest memory
ever shall enjoy
The red leaves OF the autumn
Lie dead abuve him now
The pmltling lips are SILENT
Ills hands are cold rs snow,
Naught hut the little stocking
Is left OF that glad day;
The stocking and the memory
Are mine To keep Away
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WASHINGTON.

The report of DR.. Linderman, director
OF the mint, as to the establishment of Il
branch mint at some point in the Mississippi
valley, recommends indianapolis as location,
for the reason that in that city there is II
government building no longer required for
otherpurposcs, which can be utilized without
the delay or expense attendant on the con.
structon of "A new editice.
The following is statement Of the
United States currency outstanding at this
lnin.
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600
The grand total of Methodists through
out the world is /, ,l49, l05 members.
The bureau of education at Wash
ington makes the following rcpmt of the
theological schools of the country:

Chemically, black is the absence OF
all coler, and white is the presence Of all
colors in their original combination max
inc the hue of ray of white light. But
in ordinary parlance both are colors.
According to the dictionary, black is the
color of night" and white is the color
Of pure snow"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-20

The Ieramma, an Algerian Journal,
gives curious illustration of the nom
chalance of the king of beasts. When
the railroad train from Constantinople to
PPhillesppeville was approaching the St.
Charles station, four lions were observed
on the track ahead. As the putting loco
motive drew nearer and the whistle gave
them due warning of imminent peril.
three slowly left the track and entered a
neighboring brushwood, but the fourth
and largest was 50 dis,lainfully slow in his
movements that he barely escaped the
wheel of the locomotive.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-20
FOREIGN IsTELLIGENCE.

A cable dispatch represents fearful
financial and general business panic in
Odessa.
The Carlists are again concentrating
on the Spanish frontier
The Corn Trade Association of Liver
poolpublish the following statement Of the
estimated stock of breadstuff there on 3lst
of December, 1915, as compared with the
same time last year:
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IT


This table is uncommonly eloquent
1t shows at the first glance that the cot'n-
tries where civilization and prosperity IN
the mas of the people are at their low
est. the consumption OF both tea and cot
f,e i also the least. These countries are
Austria, Spain, and Russia.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-20

TIE mystery which has from the first
surrounded the explosion Of dynamite
ON the quay at Bremen grows denser with
every new dispatch concerning it. The
confession of the suicide Thompson has
not been born out by the facts yet dis
covered. A careful search of the cargo
Of the ship Salier has resulted in the dis
coyery that there are no cases OF dyna-
mite on board that vessel as Thompson
asserted that there were. Stranger still,
investigation utterly fails to confirm his
assertion that improper insurance had
been effected upon the cargo of the
Mosel, and hence the motive which he
said actuated him in seeking to destroy
the steamship appears never to have ex-
listed at all. There is every reason to
suppose, therefore, that the confession, so
far at least as its details are concerned,
was simply the rawlings Of an insane
man. Yet the fact that the dynamite
was on the quay ready for shipment re-
Mains and there can be no doubt that
Thompson meant to destroy the Mosel,
although there seems to have been no
motive whatever for the crime other than
that which a diseased imagination was
capable of furnishing. The whole story
is puzzle which is to be hoped that the
authorities in Bremen will spare no pains
to solve
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NUMBER As.
LOSS IN DELAYS.

The following quaint, but fOrclblo YGrrcs, are !
obort Southwcll, Catholic poet Of the reign
lhnheth, eNecntod at Tyburn for his rchglon III u
,ar 1870.
Shun delays, they breed remorse,
Take thy time, while time Is lent thee
Creeping snnils have weakest force,
Fly their fault, lest thou repent thee
Good IL best when soonest wrought,
Lingering labor comes 10 naught.
Hoist up sail while gale doth last,
Tide aud wind stay no mans pleasure
seek not time when time Is past,
sober speed is wiSdom's LEISURE
Aitpr-wits are dearly bought,
Let thy forc-wit guide thy thought,
lime wears all his locks before,
Take thou hold upon his forehead;
When he llies he turns no murc'
And behind his scalp Is naked:
Works adjourned have many stays,
Long dcmurs breed new delays
Seek thy Salvc while sore is green,
Frsterd wounds ask deeper lanCins
After cures are seldom seem
Oiten sought, scarce ever CHANGING
Time aud place give best advice
Out Of season, out Of price.
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ECCLESIASTICAL.

DdpllhlS III bcOISlu' ln' IIpcHcHccl us
s0ciation has over 1000 members, the
Southwestern over 10000.
Mr.. Charles G. Yates, of Greens,
boro, n. G., recently presented the Pres
byterian church in that city with Il fine
bell weighing |, 200 pounds,
The Presbyterians have among the
Germansin America ninety-fye churches
one hundred ministers, and seven thou
sand five hundred members.
Rev. \. &. Haygood late secretary
Of the Sunday-school department of the
Methodist Episcopal church south, has
been elected to the presidency of Emory
college, Georgia,
The census returns show not quite
100000 Christians in India, or less than
one in two hundred Of the population
and even of these 25O,OOO appear to he
Europeans, or to have European blood in
their veins,
1t is expected that the $4,000 ne
ccsSary to the removal Of the Southern
Theological seminary (BaptisD from
Grccnvillc, :. c., to Louisville, KY.
will be raised, A further sum Of 5000,
600 will be asked of the southern state
for an endowment nlpd.
~, .,.. ,,.,..,...... .,.....
ing ON an important mission work among
the McXicms ON the border of Texas
One missionarv mrd five native preacher.
oro cno,rrd in fine cntcrrrisa Two new
missions have been established. and the
bontisms reportcd at los. and tbc nun.
hrr nf mcmhers ot I6G
m ,,-, 49,,
- ne census oI IN'o SHOWS tlIat thc
l9la' cnuLcn property 0l inc i'ilu Is
a3oUI TI3o'1'fN"''G.l,,o vi tlli' amount the
MelhodlstS own Ho',o2hI2I ,atnollcS,
Gou'9Ho'ooo 'e5ny,rr'''l'i esq ynod f?o,'o"Iuoo
nnPtlHtN, ~ GIL ''oo,'0' HP!Htol'"'lait'' nnl
T"n""'33dt''t7 '"us'TS"'lo'."l',''' 80.
fvc.sivtb nf thc whole
-, ,.,
-l'r' AlcN'l'dcr ECKER puDllSlIes II
lew very interesting remarks Oll Il
FIuctuatlng Character IN the Human
Hand, Tins character Is the COM
paratlve lengths OF the index and ring
fingers, The index may be either (l(
shorter than the ring finger, l2) OF equal
length, or (@) longer than the ring
finger, The last mentioned proportion
appears TO he the proper one, and the
sign OF intellectual superiority
-Rcv. 4 r. GrcybiIl under the AN.
spices OF the southern Presbyterian
church, Is carrying ON an important mis-
sion IN Malamora', Mexico, AS the re-
suit ol nineteen months labor, ch''rch
has been constituted with iioTty-ohe mem
bcrS, schools Tor male ana female are eS-
taDllShcu, one convert lS preaching is an
evangelist, and two Others are studying
as candidates Tor the ministry. icV,
samuel lHrdle, supported ny the society
of Friends, has mission IN the same cIIy
with thlrty-two members.
The statistical tables of the synod of
tbc Pat6rmcJ rhurcL in thr limited states
furnish the following summary result
Glasses s, ministers 1888, CONGREGATIONS
40. members, 63,G55, unconirmed
members 35lSI: baptisms, 5iG7; con
iirmations, 1871 received on certificate,
9l6i commrlned during the year, lH,9H2;
cXcommuncatcd, q; dismissed 5'oi
deaths, 2,OI2 sunday schools, 4Sf; sun
day-school scholars, 1850: benevolent
contributions, S36,IlLlO; local Objects,
S2l6, 1910; students for the ministry,
80.
III, II vi,cont nyonoscs sunday.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-20
Tea and Coffee.

rhc researches made by Maurice Block
show that the leading European nations
consume tea and coffee in about the fol-
lowing proportions per annum and per
head of the population:
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The treasury department decides that

The treasury department decides that
under the law domestic spirits cannot be
transferred in bond from the bonded ware
there to be manufactured into an article for
expectation, with the rebate or drawback of
the internal revenue tax.
The secretary of the treasury has be-
fore him the decision of the supreme court
affirming the award of the court of claims in
favor of the Union Pacific railroad company,
but before taking final action awaits the
opinion of the encouragement, as to whether
he has complied with the clause of law re-
latins to three per cent net earnings.
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state Populations in 1873.

Fifteen States of the Union have made
a census of their inhabitants in 1873, and
we have the results of eight states, as fol-
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TIE only comment Seward made on
his defeat at Chicago in 1860, was,
Well, power has departed from the
Atlantic States, to rest hereafter in the
Mississippi Valley" Recalling this, the
New York Commercial Advertiser asks
mournlully; "Have not the events of
the last fifteen years made Mr.. Seward's
prophecy true? What do we see? Presi-
dent, Vice President, Chief Justice, and
all the charmen of the late leading com
mittces in the house Of representatives,
from the west; none from the Atlantic
states New England, New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Vir
ginia and the Caroinas ignored"