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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-03
MEMORANDA.
By Telegraph.1
WANTED.

WANTED TO PURCHASED RESIDENCE
W containing eight or ten rooms. with good
yard, situated between Canal and Felicity streets
payable In monthly installment. Address
~ GEORGE PEARSON, Auctioneer,
DzI No. SO Camp street.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-03
DY PI.AClDE J. SPEAR. AUCT-ONHKR-

Second District Court for the Parish of oTleans-
No. 50. 162.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-03

AUNAMdNs
aus Is 20 se3 Civil Sheriff of the Parish of Orleans
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-01-20

in former years-perchancein our wan
behring's very many miles from home
it may be iksned unto the clasp of q
friendly hand.
Even though this may be termed fool
ish sentimentalism, it has itsuse in the
world. We need recreation, we need
harmless pleasure, and, as one of the
means for supplying these to Oil who
are fond of rural life, we unhesitat-
ingly suggest the study of botany in
conjunction with that of horticulture.
There is nothing to lose; but much,
very much, to gain.-Josiah Hopes IN
the IudeDeudeut.
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fare, which was warmed altogether, and
each one took spoonful. There were
nine souls of them in all. They re-
NAMED in this distressing condition I'M
til the following Tuesday, when they
again started for Staten Land with a
light wind from the southwest. At
midnight they were becalmed an hour
or two, after which the wind freshened
from the northward. Next day it blew
a gale from the north-northwest, and in
the evening the tempest became so
fierce they were obliged to make raft
of their oars and lash the boat to them
and let her drag, while they were kept
constantly bailing. They again lost all
the fresh water on board, the boat filed
and destroyed all their provisions, and
Mrs. Groves looked up to her husband
and said sadly, II guess we are gone
this time" That night they drifted back
about forty miles from the land they
were approaching. Nextday was more
moderate. Some of the men fell asleep
on their oars, and lost three of them.
But in the heavy seas, whenever wave
came, they were all obliged to pull for
life. After week of such voyaging
the Captains wife one day saw a ship.
They pulled for her, but were not OBJ
served. The day following, about p.
M, they saw an island about twenty-five
miles off. At 5 p. m. they sighted a
vessel, and made for her. She proved
to be the ship Syren, from Boston to
Honolulu. The shipwrecked wander
ers had now been afioat or on frozen
island for eighteen days, in all of which
time they had never had change of
garments, having lost every thing when
they abandoned the ship. When they
were taken on board the men were al
most blind. All were nearly starved,
and one sailor was out of his mind.
They had to be raised on board the ship,
and not one of them could stand or
walk, their knees being almost stiff and
their strength being nearly exhausted.
Yet during all those eighteen days of
dreadful suffering Mrs. Groves managed
to nurse her babe, and preserve both its
life and her own. Captain Newell, of
the Syren, was extremely kind to the
sufferers, and they say words can neither
portray his goodness nor express their
gratitude. When they reached Homo
lulu some of the good people there cared
for the sufferers, and the Mikado
brought them to our city. The Captain
and his wife appear to be very nice peO-
pie, and it would seem as if some of our
worthy citizens could not bestow a wiser
charity than to aid these helpless ones
in this, their time of need.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-01-20

Mrs. J. is the owner of fine Esqui-
maux dog, and is the mother of q beau
tiful little girl, of whom the dog be-
came very fond. A few weeks ago baby
was crying loud and long. Doggie
came up stairs in evident distress of
spirit, whined in answer to the child's
cry, but finally, as if a sudden thought
had startled him, trotted quickly down
stairs. He presently returned with a
bone, well picked, Of course, in his
mouth, which, standing on his hind legs,
ne gravely presented to the baby.-Onr
Dumb Aninaals.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-01-20
A Specimen Cincinnati Gambler.

John M. COzad, now retired from the
sporting arena, says the Cincinnati
Commercial, was one of the most sue
cessful of Cincinnati Gamblers in his
time; and, strange to say, his success
was not in backing or dealing games,
but in playing against them. For sew
eral years after he became a full-fledged
faro player here he was the terror of all
the games he played against, almost
uniformly winning largely every play he
made. His success continuing to the
utter decentralization of the men he
played against, it was finally concluded
by all the dealers that he was either pos
sessed OF some secret charm from the
Almighty or in league with the devil,
and he was barred off :" altogether
that is, none of them would allow him
to play against their games.
Now, the fact is that Cozard was
neither protected from on high or from
below, nor was he able to exercise any
charm of magic over the checks he pit
ted his own against. But he was gifted
with singularly keen eye and a re-
markedly retentive memory. By the
aid of the former he was able to detect
any popularity in the scrollwork or
Towering on the backs of the cards as
the dealer shufiled them, and by the
latter was capable of so arranging such
peculiarities in his mind as to have a
perfect knowledge of their faces on see
ing their backs. This was his great and
only percentage against faro banks.
It is said by gamblers that no two cards
in square deck of fifty-two are exactly
alike, and Cozad so watched the cards
and memorized their peculiarities that
in two deals he was bound to know
twelve or fourteen of them. This
knowledge, of course, gave him big
pull against the turn of the last three
cards in the box, as he would keep the
run of the known cards through the
deal, and if he caught any Of them in on
the last turn, would 'scall the turn"
sure, and win hundreds of dollars. The
only way the gamblers had to stand him
of on the remarkable faculties he pos
sessed was to change cards every deal,
and when that was done, Cozad stood
them off by not playing at all. He has
not been identified with the gambling
fraternity for some years now, having
taken real estate speculations, as bet
ter investment than faro or poker. The
money he won against faro he invested
with shrewdness that marks him as
the same close calculator he was when
playing 'sthe bank" and to-day, be-
sides owning large amount of valua-
Bile city property, he has town named
after him in the suburbs of Cincinnati,
"Cozaddale." and another growing up
in Nevada, known as Cozad City.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-01-20


At reception given by the New Or
leans Chamber of Commerce to the
Hon. j. w. Foster, our Minister to
Mexico, some ten days ago, the guest of
the evening spoke at length on the COM
mercial relations of the two countries.
Even with the present very limited
means of intercommunication, Mexico
exports to the United States nearly
$12, OO0, 900 worth of goods year out
OF total export of about $32 ,0OO, 900.
OF this, $4,000, 600 is in gold and silver,
SO that we take only 81 ,OOO, 600 worth of
her coffee, sugar, cochineal, vanilla, to-
bacco, and fine woods. We could pro-
fitably use ten times this amount. Mexi-
co.'s imports from us are varied in kind
but small in quantity. They comprise,
among other things, bar-steel, agricul-
tural implements, quicksilver, mining
powder, railway rolling-stock, coal,
books, printing materials, machinery
and apparatus, cotton, wooden, linen,
and silk fabrics, thread, groceries, (this
is the largest single item), hardware,
and drugs. The total value is trife
more than %, 0O0, 900. The completion
OF railway communication between the
two countries, and the increase of the
carrying-trade between New Orleans
and the Mexican coast, will certainly in
crease the interchange Of commodities
ten-fold. Mexico ought, in the nature
OF things, to be one of our largest Gus
TONERS. She needs our manufactured
goods; we need her tropical products.
1t chance or war cuts off the Cuban
supply of sugar, Mexico may be able to
supply it. She can, it is claimed, pro-
6tably take the place Of Brazil in pro-
viding us with coffee. Her tariff is low.
The first ten articles in the list of her
imports already given are admitted
duty-free. The Mississippi Valley Is
especially interested in the development
Of this international business, and the
whole country has no common stake in
it.-Chicago Tribune.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-01-20
An Indian Cosmogony.

Major Powell, in Scrtbaaer for Decem-
Der, gives the following account of the
religious traditions of Indians who in
habit the Moqui towns of Arizona:
They worship a god of the north, and
a god of the south; god of the east,
and god of the west; god of thun-
der, and god of rain, the sun, the
moon, and the stars; and, in addition,
each town has ito patron deity. There
seems, also, to be engrafted ON their re-
hgion branch of ancestral worship.
Their notion of the form and constitu-
ton Of the world is architectural; that
it is composed of many stories. We
live in the second. Ma-chi-ta, literally
the leader, probably an ancestral god,
is said to have brought them up from
the lower story to the next higher, in
which we now live. The heaven above
is the ceiling Of this story, the floor of
the next. Their account of their rescue
from the lower world by Ma-chi-ta is
briefly as follows: The people below
were a medley mass of good and bad,
and Ma-chi-ta determined to rescue the
former, and leave the latter behind. So
he called to his friends to bring him
young tree, and, looking overhead at
the sky of that lower world, the floor of
this, he discovered crack, and placed
the young and growing tree immediate
ly under it. Then he raised his hands
and prayed, as did all his followers; and,
as he prayed, the tree grew, until its
branches were thrust through the crevice
in the lower-world sky. Then the people
climbed up, in one long stream; still up
they came until all the good were there.
Ma-chi-to, standing on the brink of the
crevice, looked down, and saw the tree
filed with the bad, who were following;
then he caught the growing ladder by
the upper boughs, twisted it from its
foundation in the soil beneath, and
threw is over, and the wicked fell down
in pile of mangled, groaning, cursing
humanity. When the people had spread
out through this world, they found the
ceiling, or sky, so low that they could
not walk without STOPPING, and they
murmured. Then Ma-chi-ta, standing in
the very center of this story, placed his
shoulder against the sky, and lifted it
to where it now is.
Still it was cold and dark, and the
people murmured and cursed Ma-chi-ta,
and he said: 'sWhy do you complain?
Bring me seven baskets of cotton - and
they brought him seven baskets of cot
ton. And he said: Bring me seven
virgins" and they brought him seven
virgins. And he taught the virgins to
weave wonderful fabric, which he
held aloft, and the breeze carried it
away to the sky; and behold! it was
transformed into a full-orbed moon.
The same breeze also carried the foe
culent fragments of cotton to the sky,
and 10! these took the shape of bright
stars. And still it was cold; and again
the people murmured, and Ma-chi-ta
chided them once more, and said ssBring
me seven buffalo robes;'' and they
brought him seven buffalo robes. oSend
me seven strong, pure young men - and
they sent him seven young men, whom
he taught to weave a wonderful fabric
OF the buffalo fur. And when it was
done, he held it aloft, and whirlwind
carried it away to the sky, where it was
transformed into the sun.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-01-20
WHAT MY LOVER SAID.

Bv the merest chance, in the twilight gloom,
In the orchard path he met me-
In the TALL wet grass, with its faint perfume
oh tr,ed' but he would not let me,
So stood and blushed till the grass grew red,
with my face bent down above it,
iHow the clover lifted each pink, sweet head,
TO listen to all that my lover saidi
Obi the clover in bl0Om-I love itN
In the high, wet grass went the path to hide.
And the low, wet leaves hung over;
But could not pass upon either SIDE,
For found myself, when vainly tried,
In the arms Of my steadfast lover:
And he held me there, and he raised my head,
While he closed the path before mel
And he looked down into my eyes and said
(How the leaves bent down from the boughs
To listen to ali that my lover said;
Oh. the leaves hanging lowly DER meDl
Had he moved aside but little way,
could surely then have passed him;
And he knew never could wish to stay.
And would not have heard what he had to say,
Could only aside have cast him.
1t was almost dark. and the moments sped,
And the searching night wind found us;
But he drew me nearer and softly said
(How the pure, swe Get wind grew still, msteads
TO listen to all that my lover said;
Oh, the whispering wind around usD
am sure he knew. when he held me fast,
That must be all unwilling;
For tried to 20, and would have passed,
AS the night was come with its dew at last,
And the sky with its stars was filing;
But he clasped me close, when would have fed,
And he made me hear his story.
And his soul came out from his lips and said
(How the stars crept out, where the white moon
led,
To listen to all that my lover said;
Oh, the moon and the stars in gloryD
I know that the grass and the leaves will not
tell,
And I'm sure that the wifd-precious rover
Will carry his secret SO safely and well
That no being shall ever discover
One word of the many that rapidly fell
From the eager lips of my lover.
And the moon and the stars that looked over
Shall never reveal what fairy like spell
They wove round about us that night in the dell,
In the path through the dew laden clover;
Nor echo the whispers that made my heart swell
As they fell from the lips Of my lover.
IN. =. Erenisg Post.
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Two Philadelphia Gentlemen Fight :
Duel.

A Philadelphia telegram to the CHI
cago Tribune, Nov. 20, says: &
This forenoon at II O'Clock ! dnd
was fought by Col. j. F. Keegan "a
Capt. r. w. Baylor at Edgemoor, p
Delaware. On Saturday night ~
quarrel originated at q hotel n ~
city, where the two men were Staying
and resulted at the time in blows -.
lowed by . challenge from Kasgaa, ~
subsequently by the hostile meeting &
this morning. Capt. Baylor was q al.
ficer of Col. Mosby's command n "
late war, and Col. keegan was a o.
Ger in the Union army. Col. Keegsat
second was Mr.. George HenderSo1, a
this city, and Capt. Baylor was seocnd'
ed by DIR. Crichton, of Wilmingt1o,
Del. The two seconds, upon tho ~
rival Of the parties upon the grou
measured off 20 PAGES, and the princi Il
pals having taken their places, e.
word was given to fire. They hsQ
simultaneously, and the bali from
lor's revolver damaged KeeganJ ~
hand and passed through the skirt q ~
coat The seconds inquired i fuEoe9
satisfaction were demanded, when -
antagonists both answered in the aAlrn
tive. The command to FIRE was CIV
three minutes after. Both fired quic
as before, and Baylor fell. Kcegan1
ball had entered under the lower =
rib, but caused no very serious mjlf
The seconds interfered and refused u
permit further hostilities. The pafp9
returned Immediately TO Wilmingtoa 81
their carriages, and Baylor and the 81
seconds came tonight to this ~.
keegan went to Washington. lie =
wen-known newspaper man in Ne.
York, and represented New ioIH
paper at the contests of the Amef1csn
team in Europe. He was son-ln.is.
of Gen. George P. Morris, of the HONS
Journal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-01-20

AASN oNe p0eu AOI utIuSCu, anu,
whilst we may be proud of the work
performed by our American authors,
there is a void yet remaining which
some future systematic student may
possibly fill. There is not the least
reason why natural system of classif-
cation should not be adopted. Not
based on size, quality, nor season of ma
turity, but on all the peculiarities COM
bined; something, in fact, approaching
the natural system Of botany. In the
latter it viii puzzle any one to tell what
constitutes species, and SO, too, in
pomology it may puzzle one to explain
the meaning of variety; but by study
ing closely the morphology Of each we
may be able to discover many things,
which are hidden from as now.
There is still another and vet brighter
side to the study Of botany in its appli-
cation to horticulture, which may be
considered by the practical thinker of
little account. Be that as it may, we
trust the refining influence that it ex-
erts on those who become devoted to
the study will prove an incalculable
blessing to them in their declining wears.
In that oft-quoted expression, the green
old age of life, we know not of a more
pleasant retrospect than that which is
afforded by recurrence to the former
days when, book in hand, the fields and
woods were SO thoroughly searched for
new floral gifts. And the feeling that
springs up when even an humble weed
appears before US that we have known
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-16
GRANTS THIEVES.
HoYT RUNS FOR. CANADA AND
SENDS BACK HIS REGRETS.
PHIL. .wADswoRTH AND d. W. MUNN
SILENT,
Bridges Runs for Canada and Makes no
sign.

CHICAGO. March l6.-Hoyt,the indicted
ex-collector, who left for Canada, wrote an
explanation yesterday to his counsel, Mr.
Dexter, in which he says he took the step
at the earnest solicitation of lis friends
and because he kn3w that enough per-
jurers' testimony had been manufactured
against him to make him ''scape goat
for the crimes of others He would return
as soon as he became convinced that he
could obtain fair trial, for this Danish.
ment was worse to him than even an unjust
trial and punishment.
The grand jury have returned indict.
ments against Philip Wadsworth, ex-col
iector of internal revenue for this district;
D. w. Mum ex supervisor of internal
revenue; 4. Il. Bridges ex-revenue agent
The latter has gone to Canada.
The funeral of the late Gen. j. D. Web.
ster, formerly collector internal revenue
here, took place this morning. The frs
regiment participated in the services,
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-16
THE QUINCY MURDER.
The Girl Still Alive, but Hopelessly In
jured---Stolid Indifference of Her Muir
derer.

QUINCY, ILL.,, March l5.-Annie Ferris,
the girl who was found battered up and in
sensible, yesterday morning, 10 her OWE
house, is still living, but in an insensible
condition. and is expected to die momenta
rily.
George Adams, accused Of numbering
the dissolute woman, Annie Ferris, was
arrested at Eubank' station, six miles east
of Quincy. His shirt was found secreted
a short distance from tbs city, and was
completely covered with blood. Adams is
in Jail here, and last night, on being search
ed, $50 Of the girls money was found in
his stocking. Although he is but l9 years
old, he is hardened wretch, and MAIN
tains defiant bearing. He eats heartily,
and sleeps soundly, and talks with the
greatest indifference of the tragic affair
Adams has prominent and respectable
connections and the city is greatly excited
oyer the terrible affair.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-16
& Bow Suicide.

ATLANTA, ILL.,, March l2-Scott Hull. a
boy Is years old, suicided this forenoon in
barn at the residence of his brother in
law, B. Jackson, two miles northeast of
Atlanta, in the absence of the folks, who
we're out at some neighbor's house He
was discovered by some boys who had
called to see him. They found no one at
home, and on returning, taking short cut
across the fields, on passing the barn they
stopped in to see the horses, when they
discovered Scott Hull suspended by rope
from BEAM ghastly spectacle. They cut
him down and found that life was extinct.
The verdict of the coroner's jury was vol
untary suicide No cause is assigned fo,
the rash deed.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-16
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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-16
Eearrest of a Desperate Criminal-An Ex.
press Robber Sentenced.

CLINTON, Iowa, March l5.-Charles ".
Harrington, brother to the man who es-
capped from Officer Seaman, by jumring
through car window, at Clarence. Mon
day night, was arrested here last evening,
after an unsuccessful attempt to shoot Mr..
Seaman. The case attracted much atten-
tion, and is now before the grand jury.
James Watson, vino stole money pack
age of $3.50 from the American Express
company. at Dewitt. was to day sentenced
to six months 10 the peniteutiary.