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4 Presidential Joke.

Nhuc0 IN. ~ 4ngrH4E.
At the reception given by President White to
President Grant, Us Il professor was being intro
duesd to Grant. the person presenting him ru-
marked:
IsMt President, here ID a man IN whom you
will probably be somewhat Interested"
FLOW sofH
"li!s tathcr. leaving leg behind him, went
TO tho War Us u surgeon. ThCn this gentleman,
his only son, llxcWi+. enlisted ~ u surgeon aA
buoh Us lie graduated. Next his two sisters,
whosc husbands were already In the War, ono
as Captain Of engineers ami the other ~ a sur
geou, also wrht Us nursts. And finally, the
mother thut up house anu went to nurse
wpunJc1 a0l1icrs.n
This professor In question. who was adgcting
and blushing with embarrassment quickly rt-
marked: AYES, we wcre MI there; tlir whole
la,ntly,n
"Tne whole family al! tlcro,' pucricA the
President, With wc!l.ieisnsd assonish.ucn1 In
The tone.
"Ycs, slr; al there"
"Why," said the cunqueror OF Lee, his stern
countcnauee relaxing With something very Like
4 smile, ~ understand you 70 say that the
Our readers, especially students, wilt enjoy
this incident nont the lezs when they know that
this family of mnre than Spartan patriotism was
that Of tie popullr Professor, Df. Zlb2 Hazard
Potter.
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Tfr0tAia tNtr.l CAranfcte,
In Cox'e court there was a Charge az assault
against that oil olren1cr and police |avurite,
"Joln Doe" and Mr.. Dickson. the attorney,
was examining Witness
DlckAon-flow hnrd did ho ttnkc the man
when lie grabbed htmi .-
Wiincss-1 don't know. Pretty hard.
nickson-What 10 YOU call "prctty lartll'
Mitness-Nell, 1t was pretty hard-th4t's all
] cah say.
Diekson-Come, now, you surely llave sense
enough TO Let the Court know What you call
'preIty hard"
W!tncse-I guess can show the Court. It
was like this
Here tho witness rose from Ills seat, anl,
sprluglng upon the astontEhe'l Attorney grabbed
lin by tic collar. and, with u strong, lmpulsly0
1erk, landed hin on the naor. Then he gather
cd him III and tuppch lin, ACROSS chair; then
he hogan to hing him over The 000F, jam hin. up
as,atNst tho wall, and batter HIN aruund over
tee benches.
"IIold on-I un.lcrstandp' shouted tho law.
yer
"Tnis Is how he fetched him." rctortcd the
witness, giving him another Hit.
won't tho Clurt rule out Ills Rnswer1 OBJ
jcct,h said Mr.. Dickson, catching MS breath.
III YOU withdraw tue question, all right"
said tllu Judge; aud, sprngIng down froin his
sent, he cu!lArGl tho Wttness nud took hin OF.
When he again mounted tho brlcls, hu remark.
cd; "rhc wltlicss appears to have Introduced
his tost!lnuny, bYs ! tan, rule that the Jury IL.
by Til. tin,e tic spectators wcre In conv,,l.
fion ot laughter, and tho attorney retired TO
Gsu,ii hli clothes, Tho c,se was dismissed.
, 1876-10-16

r. Cameron, Of fIlllicr. on Saturday, 10th
ulttmo. " Il appears that Mr. Cameron waA
tnkIng n bull from the flcl,l u thc atnbie.
When near the dnnr uf ths ttahl. Tie
brute became enraecd anl male an NJ
tack upon Mr, Camrrgr,. who ran from bi,a
and nt The same time called his dog an cntlea..
ored to urge him to an attack unon thc hull,
Mrs. Cameron happened to hear her husbands
call 10 the dog, and at once ran u his assist.
Ance. When ale reached The snot the In.ura,"a
beast had knocked Nj. Cameron down Az! wns
goring and trcadln0 upon him In a frightfnl
manner. Mr.. Cameron had struggled hard to
defend himself, and had caught hold oi The
ring inserted In the animals nose. This he held
with deatl,.llke grip when Mrs. Cameron cana
up. In an Instant ite brave and noble won1ah
took In the whole situation, and made an effort
10 rescue her husband that ean only challenge
our wonder aad admiration. She with great
effort released Mr.. CaYnerun's grip upon tho
ring. and. taking firm hold upon II herself,
literally forced the bull away, and as II we're
literally dragged him TO The heId again, where
she fastened him In. There was no ono TO as
slst her except . little boy, who was oblc TO do
nothing more than open and close tho gate.
She then returned to her husband. and carried
him, bruised and mu.latcd, 10 the house. The
saddest feature o! all ls that the vtcious brute
had done tta work only too well, Ar. Cameron
survived but short titne,n
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Ike mere shrnbs. Distant scttlcments weso
quite teolntcd, and tic narrow pNsses thersto
stopped by snow. However, In tho brst-
Developed mines work went on umltr-
gro,Inu, MI the aide rIatnhcrs snt varant
places being stacked full oi ore ~ last "a 10
w.b mined. In few more tlnys the sun tatne
uut bright and clear, and, though the thcrmom-
n.cr rarely rises above the freezing. point during
thr frat two months OF the year 10 the higher
,een sufficient - loosen tic SNOW MT
s,N.. sst tightly, packed, and p every placc
whSrs the slope was great and The timber not
sufficient 70 hinA II, avalnnches Of from ono
70 hundred acres cana laundering Into
the cahons, sweeping all before them.
One o. tue largest swept of TINT part Of Alta
Eity, Llttle Cottonwood, lying on the slope
SIX persons were killed outright, either
crushed by the timber Of their own cabins or
emothcsed In The snow, and many more were
BURIED hre u SIX hours, until rc1icf parties dug
them out. One woman wae found sitting up
riRht 10 heE cabin, with d babe In her arms,
both dead. The cabin had wilhstood the
asak! aasaianche,, but the snow poured in st tho
or smothcrel. 1hirty.Gvc lives were lost In
Utah That winter by snow-sfiAes. Six men were
buried IN one gu2ch l,0O0 feet under pockcd ice
and SHOW. Search Tor them vas, usclcss, But
at length the breath of June dissolved thcit
snowy prison, and the bodies were revealed,
fresh aud fair as II they had just ceased Il,
breathe.-L. II, Hoadh In Uarper's Ndgaxint for
October.
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Strength, Of tho Negro Vote.
The negro vote OF tic United States numbers
ahout 67V,0O0. and Is distributed among the ser-
Il Hs IN f01lnwk.
What Stopped the Mill,

A few days since, Mr.. Evan Stoyer. o! Sprtn!
Valley, Bucks County. FL, while working in his
mill, noticed that ths machinery waa moi work.
i1.9 ~ It should do. aud kept getting slower.
procceuea to Investigate The matter and aAcer.
tain tMu cause. EIe ra.sed tic stones, inspected
tue machinery, ana did other things without
avail. Finally he went to the water-gass anil
raised It up. Finding ttut tho water did not
dow n fast - It should. he inserted Ills arm "
the race. aud. u his horror, pulled out ons o!
stts own children, agcd about years. II was,
to al appearances, dead, but, ~ he MA carry.
the color eulas back to Its fape. Thu vhild W..
resuseltated, aia Is ~ prcsrnt a. we'll ~ II
Mashtns had ever happcael. How long tho
little QUE bad been In thu water w aaae knows.
, 1876-10-16
F[R{lt With a EafNmnuflt.

The .Honesdaie Chrontets says that Gcorgc
passing through the woods In that township ons
day last week, On his way to hunt pigeons, saw
crouching onthc Limb OF tnaplc-trec, ahout ten
feet lroh the ground, q large catatnount, aud
thOugh4lessly ared load OF shot at the animal.
II dropped u the ground aud eiarcd aavagcly
at the hunter. Gillespie elutled Il, and quickly
put the contents Of The other barrel into its
iacc and eyes. This blinded The infufiatctl
sorsnr @ about wdiy atcr ts a.saant ga1e d
By the sound OF Ills feet. lie c1ubbcd Il with
lis guo. and by several heavy biowa succeeded
IN rendering Ii unconscious, when he cut Its
throat with knife. The catatnouht was three
feet four Inches long, and weighed sixty pounds.
, 1876-10-16
\ Rush of Itu{Tnio.

Mr.. joaquin Miller tells curlou. California
story, which recalls that Of the cattle in Hartee
"Gabrsel Conroy." He describes an emtgrant
train passing over tho prairie and meeting herd
Of buffalo A. full speed and moved by one Of
the apparently insane Impulses witch some-
times BeIze these anttnalB. In m Instant the
Immense herd had passed-ttiere WIS nu wagon,
there were no men, oxen, horses left: even
their bodies were obiteratel. The one survivor
was woman, who Was carried OIL nf tic horyf-
bic struggle on the back IT me OF the herd
how she never kuew: her first CONSTITUENCIES
was that she stood IN safety upon little hlllock
aud the whirlwind had gunu by.
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~, D.., 1'!V.1t1utItH !F715uWa. -, ~. =.
mighty p0teniatc In s.;n,iand, where he rclgns
With unusRuteA sni heneticcn& sway over u sast
ttrritury,-ynss, that Is, far Scotland. Atuch ot
lis slotaiu, however, Is tarten an1 unprudEc-
tive, and aeous tour years aro lle projectc,!
cultivation. lIc selected .,0N acres Ut wild aud
useless mooriA,t1, and undertook to subdue II
by tteanl.puMer The land was 80 swampy and
stony tnai Il was Impossible 10 DO anything With
II Ay oral.iary appliances, Including even tho
cul,iMur s,slll,-p!oW. hut tlt had constructed a
plus ot an extraordinary character, with which
and twelve stea,ll.rNElnc. hr has converted h,s
.,u0U acrea Of useless land Into ivur excellent
luz. liu.A huutra have hesn built, thu zelda
cniinsed, aud TIT desert ha4 bcrn .n,le 10 eloa.
son, t.. tho rose,-bul ~ ll,t fearful eosl oi E3O
m a.tc, Or $500 0OJ tu1 the whoc.
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bic to the monarchy Of the Doutbons. Mary
Blshops who have m ambition 10 wear Card[-
nal's hat orc Of these days, like Mgr. FseppeI,
monsanc opinions. hut they orn wrong. Pope
Plus haa but few years Of IFS life left him and
hls successor muy be Cardinal Bonaparte, Card.-
nal MvCloskey, or SARDINIA! Manning, though
the lnttcr Is lcse probable than the otiler Two.
It rs not improbable that one Of the two ftrat
named may yet sts In st. Peters chair, and both
arc liberal men, or ,ncn srnuucd with The sptrit
oi their epoch, aud who appreciate The necessity
o{ the rae.
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ElGHTY.ONE.TON GLN.


ElGhTY.ONE.TON GUN.
. s.,.n,.., ,.o,.1-.,,- 49,. co..
ri, on,on ~. s;s,s a., ai;' j; ~, - -. -,
,oi,nsina uns onuon @ Datv Ntv. o. sept % has the
every day over the sands from this solitary and
remote corne, al Esse1. and ,hr jn,ahit MI, ~
Its little town and garrison ara 40 ,cc,,sto,r ri
" land ana .acn no,.". s,.aS; w. aesasnsa 1.s
sounds witch would torture the unframed ear !;
but to-day has been 4 day OF dread, and ia
population, to the Inst man. woman and ch,id,
INA hncr al, ssy N .ta,s AZ n".sa,. .N s.,.. a'
men. ana' apprehension a. 70 the possibilities
amending the discharge OF sucl, an unwontcd
monster As the eighty-one-ton gun, with it's
5'o pounas OF powder. and III
!, ,, ReE'quAnrEns@oF.A-roN SHOT.
given to make ready. Tho loading apparatus
worked admirably under the control OF about =
aozen afiillcIytnen, and The time REQUIRED to run
zinc, and to ram both home down the muzz!e of
the gun, was barely I've minutes. The loading
carriage and derrick were thgn drnwn under the
enasc or oaFrfi oi The gun the are.builers 81 The
gncaase aav'nE @ Geen Tenored 10 order to
and Tue bugle sounded to prepare for action.
Tue extremely cautious bciook themselves 10
Eaic distances, every one gave tho gun wide
berth, and most Of the spectators gazcd out
81 81 the wonderful pro1ecttlc 10 tts flight.
Tho gun, through an alteration In
tne programme, was laid At hn
sng's o. sescn usgress oy whish the mnzzle
yards away range party, conssting Of hall .
dozen guuncrf III wagon and two mounted
sefEeants IN charge, were posted 10 keep OBJ
Bervations, and s'Ena' by dugs 10 tile firing
point; AZ Admiralty tug was sold to be en-.
gagged IN warning intruders from the dangerous
ground, but she WINS not to he diseerncd among
tl.r many vessel: which crowded the horizon,
anu contributed something OF hazard to the
days experiments. There was no targ4t 10 take
aim aim IT, at. ent a STRAIGHT f range had beon peggcd
hosscnen had made the path OF the shot very
icelblc Tor Eosne Distance. The hugle so,indcd
tue order Fire. an ofiiccr In tho instrument
room touched stud,
and then the l,l0o-ponnl shot was clearly seen
e'ca,ing It's way through the alt to au altitude Of
apparently several hundred yards; then descend
iig aliu utmtns!!ny until lost to view, Until. nf-
earth, throwing up volcano q mud aud water,
and, bounding up again, to fail and bury itself
Will another splash far beyond, It was after
wards reported TINT the SHOT nude its first con.
tast a. astanee 81 a9sa yaras and tbat tne
consideration was ti,e gun, and how had the
carriage wIthslood the unaccustomcd strain
consequent on the higher elevation Both gun
and carrsago were IN perfect condition, aud
then came question as to what had been
the consequences Of the atmospheric disturb.
ance. An officer went round 70 takc nj
inventory Of the damages, mud the soi-
dlefs' wives camc about hsm Win Ola.
ceilings. Alost OF the cottages along tho Bea-
front itad one Or two broken pancs o! glass,
several had thcis rooms Uttered With plaster
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CHl'H IKEA Il ISSIAIkss
T. At skcsi6ce- -.
Two Etase.st lots. east 'front.' between Thirty sixth
and Thirty .Aeventf1.fta. ~
Will br sold n Esea. ascrlncc for cath.
The owncr hou. .tcsden ofdcfs ihelu closed out NJ
Gnet -
TITLE perfect
Viii fuFnsn Ahstract,
hAMEEL GEnn
Heal Ebtntc aud LoAna
t3cortUfn.
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1G5onft G}1ot
The Plctou IIMas gives thu following arrount
Q! she eorIug 10 1eaih by bull u MI. -AAson
, 1876-10-16


TOR aALE-s23.ACRE FARM NEAR C{iEnANSE:.
1r3quots County. III. With 200 acres nnc eorn, 10
tar Win ssstle hoEt stc a tue srops on tle iarn1
e. Eood fsne. isstinE wsse!; far nsiuos es
srything W! BE- :ola q s5o PR acts want =, un
farms 10 lno!s. r. u. blY ttoa,n il. TAG Madison,
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- ~, -.
b1ANTEk1t WANTED-TO TAkE THE MANAGE.
Eent md hal,intercst Ia cul.ntrJ siQfS locstsd
W ~ tnlttl0T tDHA 6aid storu lt uwnsa by co,psuy
E!rmsnts 1Md n!:iaE Gu.Gs.s Thv t.rv ceaducttd
lnll!. sni ne buLntsa ias iwNn IN Operation nSsr %
5Sats Capital se1a,rcd ~ Ait. s!4i i Rool up-
notuny ~ fuuuK man for tho lluaItlua
trt rte tst.iIs.& fully sstabl ltsl,ed. Inquire 1t
EaE0, III. ~ N''
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-02
A MISSOURI PAPER AGAIN.

An evening paper yesterday published
bogus dispatch to St. Louis paper to
the purport that General Crook had been
attacked by the Indians and defeated with
loss OF three hundred troops and the
morale of his army. 1t is needless to in
form the readers that there is no founda-
ton for such heartless report. Some
thlng ought to be done to check the sort
OF literature sent here in Missouri papers.
what with the pufs Of the Kansas City
Times and the bogus dispatches of the
st. Louis dailies, added to the fables of
local inventors, we have heavy burden
for hot weather. Were it not for the tele-
graph and such watchful guardians as the
REPUBLICAN and Bulletin, New Orleans
would be given up prey to literary char.
latans and clairvoyants.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-02
VOLUNTEER FINANCIERs.

Seven candidates for the nomination 70,
State Auditor. multiplied by the number
expecting subordinate positions in that
department, is sufficient to illustrate a
popularity in our politics. 1t is the pro.
nounced capacity to manage the money
of other people We would do no in
justice to the volunteer fnanciers of other
cities. but we think there could be no.
where q set of men disappointed if not
capable OF conducting their own personal
business, who rush with more alacrity to
fill the vacuum of Office in any financial
institution than in the Crescent CITY.
Look back at the administration of
the Girod, the Touro. the Poydras,
the McDonogh requests. Look around
at the banks and insurance Offices,
where will be found body of
men who more readily deny themselves
attention to their own affairs and more
periodically devote themselves to and con-
duct the money affairs of the public :?
When it is remembered that a great deal
OF this banking, insurance and produce
agency is based upon Yankee money, no
one should underrate the noble sacrifice of
sectional sentiment which subordinates
personal prejudice to a public service.
We do not know that society will ever suffi-
GENTLY appreciate the public spirit of
those municipal fnanciers who, by the
simple device of Withholding the interest
fund of the public creditor, have con-
strained him to come into lottery for
a part of his own money. The claim
that this is a measure of public economy
by which the public debt is reduced with
out diminishing by a dime the cost of CITY
administration, is one of those financial
mysteries by which John Law, and Neckar
and Robert Morris have gained such re-
nown.
We do not claim to have an extensive
foreign commerce beyond the expectation
OF cotton, nor any manufactures to speak
OF. We have no such university nor
of science in our CITY as
may be found in Michigan or Missouri,
but in point of capacity to administer the
money Of public or private enterprises we
yield to no other community.
We will contract to supply the Secre-
Eary OF the Federal Treasury and his
troupe complete from treasurer to tide
waiter, competent-in their own opinion
% conduct the whole system. We can do |
MS and not spare president or cashier |
rom any existing institution in the CITY. |
n evidence of this We file the seven Dem.
'cratic candidates for State Auditor. not |
me OF whom, We believe, have any pres
mt private official or financial employ
nent.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-02

conduct was violated. The prisoners
disarmed and unable to escape, were put
to death by men who have never been
identified or prosecuted in the State
courts of local jurisdiction. When we
couple with these facts that no Demo
cratic white offenders have been pursued
from the White League parishes, it seems
natural that colored man, whether In
nocent or guilty, should dread extremely
to come within the jurisdiction of that
parish. The Bulletin says significantly:
We hope Judge Lynch will not release
| the two men and send the deputy sheriff
back to Baton Rouge empty banded.
Coming from some other journal, we
might regard this remark suggestive that
if Judge Lynch should find his rescript
from Baton Rouge disregarded, be might
hold a special term elsewhere within his
exte nsive jurisdiction, to wit in the
parish of Orleans, and bulldoze Triplett
and Turnbull, as well here as elsewhere,
and make return accordingly. The COL
ored people have not, however the same
guarantees of justice elsewhere as is given
to all in New Orleans. We have had gen.
tlemen indicted for what were apparently
the most cold blooded assassinations of
unarmed and unguarded men. Such is
the purity of our courts, such the I'M
swerving integrity of our juries, such the
unfin ching veracity of our witnesses, and
such the professional ability of our attor-
neys, that some of those gentlemen there
indicted now walk the streets vindi-
Gated of the law. That these colored
men should object to the venue of par
ish where man and woman have been
lynched for the murder of man who sur
wives them, and fly to the affairs of
purer justice in New Orleans, is not, in
our opinion, surprising Some of our
Democratic contemporaries complain
greatly of the contumacy Of these poor
people, and complain that the police of
this city has interviewed to assure them a
habeas corpus by which they will only
be made to answer for such offenses as
they may have committed. The prison.
ers vehemently fear that if delivered to
the parish authorities of Feliciana they
may never live to be acquitted. There
really should be some treaty with these
municipal sovereignties- parishes of
Louisiana-which would guarantee the fu-
gitives for sanctuary in New Orleans that
their prosecution and punishment should
be limited to fair trial for the alleged
ofense, and that a guarantee should be
given that the parties arrested should not,
on crossing the parish line, be captured
by superior force from the officers of
the law, and dealt with as was John |
Gair.
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ESTABLISHED 1868.


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