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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-03-10

41........ .mAGAZINE STR RRr. ........4l
have received by late arrivals from Bordeaux,
Marseiles and other foreign ports.
In bond OF out Of bond, the following:
200 cases SARD1NES in oil.
$50 boxes ABSYNTHE, E. Pernod.
$50 boxes VINEGAR, J. Cessst
100 barrels VINEGAR, J. Cessat.
12o boxes VINEGAR, Jonneau Fills.
800 eighth Casks COGNAC, O. Dupui, l. Co..
Martel 4 Co., J. Robin Co., Gsutier
Fila
$50 boxes COGNAC, o. Dupuis Co., Gastisr
Pere. J. Hennessey 4 Co.. J. 70 bin l. Co,
100 baskets CHAMPAGNE, Carte Blanche and
Noire T. Reederer& Co.
l6o cases CHAMPAGNE, Carte Blanche. J. Mumm
POO boxes KIRSCH. Dubbed Pere Fills
20 boxes PEPPERMINT.
800 boxes vERMICELLL
$50 boxes MACARONI.
500 boxes vERMUTH Molly Pratts Co.
300 boxes vERMUTH, Mecklenburg
10 cases SAUsAGES, De Lyon.
900 baskets SWEET OIL, pints and quarts, J.
Plagniol
500 baskets SWEET OIL. pints and quarts,
Possel Fila
200 cases SWEET OLD sALADE, Possel Fila
60 casks BUsGUNDY PORT.
50 barrels MALAGA WINE
60 c,ates empty WINE BOTTLES.
60 packages STRAW HULLS. for bottles.
24O casks RED WINE, st. Eminon.
$40 casks RID WINE, Margaux Medoc.
200 half casks WHITE WINE. GraveA.
100 cases FRUITS IN JUICE AND BRANDY. -.
sorted.
l2O boxes assorted CAPRRS.
100 boxes OLIVES.
50 boxes BONELESS ANCHOvIES.
40 boxes MUSTARD.
*, 900 assorted CORKS
so 900 CAPS FOR BOTTLES.
80 cases PRUNES in jars, assorted sizes,
500 boxes CLARET, Grand Vim Medoc.
500 boxes CLARET, Domaine du Fou.
500 boxes CLARET. Domaine de Ia Tour.
$50 boxes CLARET. st. Emilion.
100 boxes WHITE WINE, Graves.
IS casks DRIED PRUNES
30 cases ITALIAN WINES from the vesuvlus
Lagrims Christi Palermo (red and .white),
Capri (red and white), Mavasia, Greco,
Moscate, Marsala.
$50 boxes ITALIAN MACARONI Cherry Juice.
300 cases assorted PROND LIQUORS, of Z. La.
fsur Fills, consisting Of CURACAO. MA.
RAsQUINO, CACAO vAN1LLE, POUsSB
CAFE. CHARTREUsE, etc.
UOAoC
100 boxes CoGNAC. Cloche, 1888, Jules Bellot L
Co.
20 boxes COGNAC in TASKS, Jules Bellot Co.
300 boxes COGNAC, Black Horse, Jules Bellot
so eighth casks COGNAC. Black Horse, 1888,
Jules Bellot 4 Co.
Have on hand and continually receiving by all |
arrivals from Europe, large and well assorted |
stock of
FOREIGN DRY GOODS,
BOTTOMS AND FANCY GOODS OF ALL
KINDS.
uitable for the trade of the CITY and country.
Also have on hand large, full and well selected
took of all kinds of
'OREIGN DRY GOODS AND FANCY
GOODS
bond. suitable for the Mexican and West Indian |
arkets
Which We will sell ct low prices and suitable
rms.
1ARkS BROTHERS & COL
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The liabilities of partners are not lessened
nv shooting each other.
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THE HOME PROOFS

HE HUME FkOOfS
In favor Of the New Louisiana Remedy for Coughs
Colds Catarrh, Asthma Bronchitis, Hoarseness
Laryngitis. Hopping Cough. Blood splitting, Din,
cult Breathing, Wasting Away, Scrofula, Incipient
Consumption etc., are such - any sworn jury
would b compelled to receive. Product Of tn
swamps of Louisiana, and discovered by the South.
ern Indiana Contains no poison, and is delicious.
Nearly eleven pages Of names of home refer.
ences-and piles Of letters-at the depot, No. los
Camp street, New Orlsans, aud daily increasing.
1t is great constitutional remedy and permeates
every drop Of blood in the system, expelling al
foul humors and impartin2 to it the gov and
vigor of health. Been shipped to all the Southern
States and must ere long supersede everything
else Of the kind, for there 10 nothing equal to it,
Eradicates consumptive virus. in children Of
scrofulous parents and Ia the best Soothing Strip
in the world. reward of 1000 is offered for the
detection in 1t Of laudanum, arsenic, or any other
viruleqt poison. There 10 little doubt that the
timely and universal use of this remarkable rene
dy would, in q generation do no little toward
sweeping from the world that scourge Of modern
civilization. Pulmonary Consumption.
Life tonic. part of this Remedy is effective for
fever and ague. swamp fever, poor appetite
diarrhea, dyspepsia, female Irregularities, etc.
Sold by druggists and country merchsnts. Depot
No. los Camp street. New Orleanr; 81 per bottle
@9 per dozen. Liberal discount to the trade.
The more thoroughly this Remedy becomes
known the more popular it grove. fe24 Ina 2p
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A milkmsn's boy has been discharged.
Ha would not walk the chalk.
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PHILIP WERLEIN.

PHILIP WERLEIN.
THR LEADING PIANO AND MUSIC HOUSE,
Nos. -, SO. 81 and 80 Baronne Street.
Wholesale agent for
The world renowned CHICKRRING upright. srsnd
and square Pianos.
The celebrated DUNHAM, the low.priced HALE,
The excellent upright ZIRGLER Pianoa
The largest stock. the best pianos, lowest prices
IN easiest terms in the South.
wholesale agent for the unequaled Estey and
Mason & Ha0lln ORGANS
None but good reliable and durable pianos kent
and every instrument fully warranted.
Pianos and organs tuned, repaired, rented OF
exchanged.
SATISFACTION GUARANT La
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THE SINGER IMPROVED
FAMILY AND MANUFACTURING
S E WING MACHIN ES.
OVER 100000
Have been sold and are in daily use.
243,679 SINGER IMPROVED
AMILY MACHINES
We're seld in the year 1874 which number exceeded
that Of their highest competitor 14S,SJ2 ma
chaines
The sales Of the SINGER COMPANY show al
INCREASE year by year, and the sales of other
Companies show . DECREASE. which can be at.
tributed only to the
IMMENSE POPULARITY
SINGER IMPROVED MACHINES.
They arc SIMPLE, DURABLE. and
ALWAYS RELIABLE, and never fail Ia
give
ENTIRE SATISFACTIO
ON ANY DESCRIPTION OF WORK.
No family can afford to be without one. zvsr,
machine Of our manufacture In
FULLY WARRANTED.
In order that there may be no excuse for no.
purchasing one Of these labor saving machines, vs.
will arrange to furnish them
ON THE 1NsTALLMENT PLAN
To those to whom it may not be convenient to
raise the full price,
The SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY
8. Z. RUNDLE, Agent,
No. 81 Canal street, corner Chartres,
NEW ORLEANS
E. BUTTER1cK & CO.'S
CELEBRATED
CUT PAPER PATTERNS.
Ladies and Chiidren's Garments.
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Winter Catalogues just Received,
len can be obtained gratis by calling at the of,ca
Each pattern is accompanied with full printed
Instructions, and any garment can be made to at
perfectly without the aid Of q d1essmaker. They
are particularly valuable to ladies living at d;..
CO. Patterns sent by mail on receipt Of prioe.
SEND FOR NEW CATALOGUE
The SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY
s. Z. RuNDLB AGENT,
FOR THE SALE o.
E. BUTTERIOK & CO.'S
PATTERNS OF GARMENTS
And their celebrated
SHEARS AND SCISSORS
No. 81 Canal street.
NV OhAEANs, NEW ORLEANS.
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STRANGERS,
ASK YOUR FRIENDS TO DIRECT you
Nos. 10 and III Camp street.
Bargains in Books,
Bargains in Stationery,
Bargains In ChrOmos.

The largest stock and finest assortment Of
MISCRLLANEOUS. POLITICAL THEOLOGICAL
We desire to close out in the next thirty days.
Also, . complete and varied stock Of BIBLES for
family, pulpit and pocket use HYMN BOOKS Of
ell DETERMINATIONS PRAYER-BOOKS and DRvO-
TIONAL READING.
In STATIONERY Won can save money BY pur-
chasing ct HEADQUARTERS, and find in id.
dtion to all the regular lines Of staple goods used
in business and f.milies : very hne line Of PA.
PETRlES aud INITIAL PAPERS in prices ranging
from twenty cents to 81 20 per box, al OF the
latest STYLE
Desiring to dispose Of our etock Of CHROMO6 to
make room for other goods, We offer them 1T less
than cost, and ask . call from parties desiring
these articles that they may judge for them
selvea
In addition to above articles you will find almost
anything desired in the Book and Stationery line
ct lowest market prices
Dealers will do we'll to call and examine before
purchasing their eupplies and compare prices with
bills bought elsewhere.
Merchants look ct your stationery bills and
price our goods. IT WILL PAY YOU.
Nos. 10 and l12 Camp street
Il the place. and
fees 2p ROBERT j. HARP. Agent
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BUSINESS WRITING.
Advertisements Circulars, Business Notices.
Biographical Sketches, Descriptions. Obituarie.
Resolutions. etc, carefully written and prepared
for publication.
j. CURTIS WALDO,
Publisher, Advertising Agent and Bushes Writer
No. S. Camp street,
Over Gauthreaux 4 virginia
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coach in China.
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BUSINESS CARDS.

A HERO, JR.,
NOTARY PUBLIC AND CoxMIssrorpp op nv,,s
Omco No. IL Cenmercial Place.
Passports procured With d,.n.+c.
attention given to I'll. ~''P"'ea' ma p.omps
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LADIES' CONTRIBUTIONS
TO THE
CENTENNIAL.

Those DESTROYS Of contributing artic 90 for ex.
hibition in the Womens Department of the Cen
tennial Exposition, will please make application at
an early date to
MRS. NJ. C.. LUDELING,
New Orleans
Member of Wonen's Centennial Executive Com
mittee for Louisiana. mh82p
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FRENCH MILLINERY

FRENCH MILLINERY
BERLIN ZEPHYR WORSTED.
MNIE. ROSA REYNOIR,
No. 9 Charities street, near Canal,
New Orleans, Louisiana,
Is now opening full line Of the latest and most
fashionable stJl Of spring and summer
HATS, BONNBTS, FLOWERS, SCARFS, ETC,
Received direct from the best Paris and NewF0rk
houses.
N. Blades will find it to their interest to call
at No. 8 Charities street before making purchases
else where, as there Is no cheaper more fashion.
able millinery store in the city. fe2O SuTuTh I'm
CARNIVAL FOR PURCHASERS.
GREAT REDUCTIONS THROUGHOUT THE EN-.
TIRR STOCK.
CARPETS-In great variety and choicest
OILCLOTHs-Theb best goods at the lowest
prices.
UPHOLSTERY GOODs-Afull stock Of all
WINDOW SHADES. CORNICES,
LACE CURTAINS, MATING,
WALL PAPER, MIRRORS,
The prices and qualities viii sell them.
HEATH, PIPPEY & LARA,
fe14 I'm 2p No. 80 Camp street.
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The fashion will extend to cream coloreo
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-10
Custer as q Boy.

The principal of one of the public
Schools of Ohio sends the following
communication to the Dayton Journal:
- At time when the nation mourns the
sad fate of one of IT'S bravest defenders
allow me to relate a little incident in
the life of the boy indicative Of the reck-
less bravery of the man and General.
l knew him well in his youth. He was
pupil of mine in 1878, at the Nc
Neely Norman School, in Harrison
County, Ohio. He was then a lad OF
about 16 or II years old. We all learn
ed to admire his wit, his dash and dar-
ing, and indeed to love him,
Notwithstanding his waywardness at
times. He was often in mis-
chief and squabbles in the
neighbOrhood and school. But he never
attempted to conceal the part he acted.
He was the pink of honor. l never
knew him to falsify. He was too brave
to lie. He would not even attempt to
palliate his guilt When taken to task
for misconduct, he would usually say:
Il know it was wrong, but l could not
help it. Gould not help it?' NO, sir,
wanted to do it. But could you not
restrain your impulses?' Don't know,
sir-never tried 'But don't you think
you ought to tryP' what if could;
but don't feel like trying His logic
was overwhelming-a at least his teacher
had to accept it as such. As illustrative
of that impulsive bravery which has
cost the country one of its most
effective fighters, relate from mem
ory of little incident that occurred in
the neighborhood of the school. He
and his Iellow-students attended coun-
try singing-school one night. The
Young men of the neighbOrhOOd had
probably heard of his championship in
a fight, and, l suppose, wished to test
his mettle, or perhaps rather to insult
him in situation where he could not de-
fend himself. He was sitting near a
closed window when young man out
side, slippingup beside the window and
looking in, made hideous face at him.
The light fell on the distorted features
but a moment. The next instant there
was a crash-a yell of pain. The win
dow was badly spoiled-so was bad
face outside. A well directed blow
from the boy Custer had done BOTH"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-10
Curious Natural Cisterns.

In the rough granite country back
from Mossamesdes, on the west coast
of Africa, are some very remarkable
natural cisterns. The country itself is
peculiar, huge single rocks rising out of
the nearly level plain in some places,
and other hills of rocks, in several of
which deposits of water are found at
the very top. A recent traveller visited
one of these and describes it as natural
tank with narrow entrance, containing
some 800 or 400 gallons exquisitely
clear and cool water 1t was covered
by vast slabs of granite, from which
the rain drained into it during the rainy
season, shading the water so that it
could not be seen without a torch, and
so protecting it that the sun can not
evaporate it during the dry season.
Thus a bountiful store of excellent
water is preserved, while there was not
a drop to be had elsewhere for miles.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-10
Killed Before One Knows 1t.

There is an American story of re-
spectacle antiquity which tells how
fast train outI an the sound of its own
signals and came to utter grief, the
sound of the warning whistle arriving
after the collision. The driver was kill
ed, and the story ended with the words,
Poor fellow! he was dead when his
curses reached him" As curious, and
much more certainly true, is the fact
that when a man is struck by lightning
he does not see the flash. We do not
know whether it has been observed that
something similar will happen to the
first man killed by the 81-ton gun, with
in a mile of the muzzle; he will not hear
the shot fired. The velocity of sound
is / ,132 feet per second. The muzzle
velocity of the bolt of the Sl-ton gun is
about 1000 feet per second. This, Of
course, rapidly diminishes, but the av-
erage for some distance would be great
er than that ofthe sound. In fact, as
the shot carries the whistle along with
it, one would hear the whistle of the
shot before hearing the gun. Some Gu
rious observations might be made with
regard to this latter point, as to the
acoustic effect of sound emitted by a
body travelling faster than the sound.
The only other example we have is the
flash, producing the irregular
roll of the thunder.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-10
Two Mems Fatal Spree.

A letter from Des Moines, Iowa,
says: Last Saturday, at Monroe, JAS
per County, James Smith and a man
named Hubbleton went on spree late
in the day. They went to the drug store
of Scott Garrison, where it appears
whisky was sold with. a wink, and or
dered a bottle. The proprietor was en-
gagged at the time, and they went out,
and, when gone, bottle was filed and
placed on the counter. They returned,
when the storekeeper pointed to the
bottle with wink. There were two
bottles lying together, one of which
Hubbleton took, and the two went out
side, when Hubbleton drank good
quantity of the contents, being too
drunk to know it wasn't whisky. Smith
drank also, but, being sober enough to
detect the difference between whisky and
poison, desisted, and Immediately re-
turned to the druggist, when it was dis
covered the bottle contained carbolic
acid. Both men died within an hour,
in horrible agony.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-10
The POlishing-up Process.

The London NeoCS of July II says:
One of the most trying of all the teach
er'S occupations must surely be the in
struction of persons of "mature age''-
perhaps especially of ladies of mature
age-''whose early education has been
neglected" Without entering in any
way into the merits of case lately tried
before Lord Coleridge, we may say that
the plaintiff in that case who, being a
widow, was obliged to earn living by
the teaching of such persons, was enti-
tied to be regarded with respect and
sympathy. The complete system, if we
may call it so-that which educates,
pOlishes, and then puts out to advantage
in sOciety-is not carried to much sue
cess in London. 1t is more largely
practiced, we are informed, in Paris;
more largely still in New York. In the
latter city, people say, it is thriving
and systematic profession. There
lady of mature years, whose education
has been neglected, and who has not
yet had time to enter the world of fash
ion, can have every thing done for her
to order, under the same guidance and
direction, from her earliest lesson in
writing or in French up to the provid-
ing of guests for her first dinner party
or ball. A man may have suddenly
made fortune in Oil City, Pa, or
Poker Flat, Cal, and he comes to New
York to live and enjoy himself. He can
not send his wife to one of the ward
schools, and wait in patient obscurity
until she has first been educated, and
then by force of merit and grace, make
friends. He easily finds a kindly dame
who will take her in hand, teach her
enough to make her seem as if she had
once learned something and forgotten it,
hire house for her and furnish it, dress
her, take her out, and provide her at a
proper time with splendidly appoint
ed ballroom, guests included. In this
case the mature lady is probably quite
happy. The house, the furniture, the
clothes, and the jewels are the real
things; the education and the guests
suit her just as well as if they were the
thing. Such instances of mutual salts
faction, however, could hardly be fire.
quent in our slower and less shifting
society here in London, and we doubt
whether this system of complete social
education, including the launch into So
ciety, is much of a business among US.
In the more restricted sort of undertak-
ing, that of simply teaching persons
of middle life and neglected education,
1t would be interesting if one could
know the proportion of successful cases.
There must be so much to unlearn that
the wisdom of the new education will
have to linger long while before it
will make its way in. Whoever really
unlearned even provincial accent, or
an old-fashioned way of looking at
things, say at forty yearsP Certainly
the teacher who is successful in this
particular branch of education well de-
serves praise and pay, the teacher who
is unsuccessful a lenient pity.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-10
A Woman Saved by a Pet Dog.

On Thursday last large white bull,
belonging to Mr.. Patterson, on his farm
near Peabody, in some way got loose
from the stall in which it was tied, and
the men of the family being far from
the house in the field, Mrs. Patterson
attempted to catch the animal by ap-
preaching it with basin of salt. This
seemed to work well at first, as the ami
NAL, on being called, came near and
bowed its head, as if it were about to
lick the salt. At this instant Mrs. Pat
terson attempted to catch the animal
by the ring in its nose, and to her sur
prise the beast plunged at her and threw
her into the air ten feet. When she
fell to the ground the beast made anOth-
er rush at her, but her pet dog, SEEM
ing to take in the perilOus situation of
its mistress, caught the bull by the ring
in its nose, and held it until assistance
arrived and the animal was captured,
thus saving the woman from fearful
death. Mrs. Patterson, though badly
bruised, is doing well. Mrs. Patterson
also states that this little dog saved the
life of her husband in similar manner
some time since.-AtcbjSOB (KdS.)
GbnqnDiOn
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-10
"BuffaIo Bill" Taking an Indian Scalp.

The St. Louis Globe Democrat says ::
Maj. E. B. Grimes, Depot Quartermas-
ter at ST. Louis, yesterday received a
letter from his brother, DR.. r. B.
Grimes, Acting Assistant Surgeon of
Gen. Merritt's command. Although not
intended for publication, the following
extracts are given. The letter is dated
Fort Laramie, July %:
We arrived here yesterday from Camp
Robinson, Red Cloud Agency, and went
up near Custer City and secuted the
country thoroughly, sending out COM
panies everywhere. We then got or
ders to return to Laramie and join
Crooks command. When we got to
the Rawhide Greek, Is miles from here,
on the 18th, we were ordered to turn
about and 90 on the trail leading from
Red Cloud north. We marched day
and night until we reached the desired
locality. Just as we moved out of
camp at 6 a. m, the pickets reported
Indians. Our scouts, under ''BuffalO
Bill'' Cody, were just in front of US,
while we waited under the bluff over
looking our camp. In few moments
the scouts mounted and made for the
Irdians, closely followed by two COM
panies of the 9th Cavalry. The firing
commenced immediately, and two In
dians and four ponies were dead in q
minute. Buffalo Bill killed and
scalped the first one in the most
approved style. The Indians form
ed a line, and put on bold face, but
it was only to enable them to get their
women and children out of the way.
As it was, they had to cut loose their
packs, and as we pushed toward them
they disappeared. We afterward found
other dead Indians-four in all. They
were in full war dress, feathers, bon
nets, and all the savage paraphernalia.
We drove the Indians back to the
Agency, which we reached at 10 O'Clock
at night, after a march of forty miles.
We then moved to this place, which we
reached yesterday, after a march of over
200 miles in six days. Gen. Wesley
Merritt is the new Colonel of the Fifth
Cavalry, very active and efficient Off
Ger. We leave here tomorrow with
ten companies to join Crook; expect
ing to reach him by the 8th of August.
The Red Cloud Indians were impudent
and threatening before we got there,
and it is the opinion that they are con-
stantly going north to join Sitting Bull,
as we saw numerous trails. heard the
balls singing the other day, and the sound
was familiar We lost nothing in the
skirmish. The Indians had Winches-
ter rifles and two revolvers each, be-
sides an ugly lance, which, l was told,
was made at the Agency by the black
smith.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-08-10

A still more remarkable cistern of this
sort is that of Pedra Grande ar Big
Stone, some thirty miles from Mos
samesdes, huge rounded mass of gran
ite rising out of a sandy plain. On the
smooth side of this rock, twenty or
thirty feet above the plain, is circular
pit about ten feet deep and six feet
across. The rainfall on the rock above
the pit drains into it, filling it completely
every rainy season. The walls of the
is shaped like a crucible
narrowing gently to the bottom per.
fectly smooth and regular, the inclos-
ing granite being of the closest and
hardest description. The cistern will
hold several thousand gallons of water.
Near by are smaller pits of similar
character. Their formation is unex-
planned. The water of this strange
well furnishes the natives and travellers
with an abundant supply during the
dry season, consequently it is noted
halting- place.