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Ellsworth American., 1877-05-31

directors were sore on account OF the dol.
lars which were not.
'Oa the next morning the sky cleared
some Vans lawyer induced the directors
TO hold an extraordinary meeting, aud or
ated nearly this
Gentlemen -ahem, The loss of four
hundred thousand dollars is serious mat
ter (cries Of That's so)-but 1t is impos-
ible to view without pity the adject posit-
ion Of our once respected fellow citizen.
aud the despair Of his UNHAPPY wife and
children, crushed by this fearful blow
(Silence.) Our fallen brother has but little
personal property. and has no rich relat-
ions (groans) but he has friends, gent
lemen, rich and powful friends. who will
not see him 20 under for want of help.
Here the public spirited director brighten
ed up. His friends, gentlemen, are not
prepared TO put up four hundred thousand
doi!arS-an immense sum but they have
taken counsel together. and are prepared
to sacrifice a hundred thousand rather
than see your late manager branded as a
felon. Speaking in their name. | am pre-
pared to offer that sum on condition that
our uuhapy friend to be allowed to depart
In peace
This proposition was secuted, the law
yer was shown out. and severely repri-
manded for proposing to compound a fel-
ohy, but after stormy meeting the high
moral tone went of in fzzle, and the
directors sent one Of their number to talk
u over with Vans lawyer. They were
dreadiulIyindignant at the outrageous prop
osltlhn made 10 them that morning. but
having the fear of SHAREHOLDERS before their
eyes not wishing to see their former friend
degraded and being generally avcrse to
jumping Hpon anybody, they had conclud-
81 that rcparation to the extent OF twenty
hFe per cent, was not TO be thrown over.
IN me they took the money. Van was re-
leased. and rushed to his lawyer brimful
oi e altitude. This gentleman received him
quietly. and after few minutes cpnycr-
satlon, sad, Suppose we talk business.
ho'd margin Of a hundred thousand
dollars. which we will now divide IN equal
shares. FIity thousand dollars Will NOT do
me any HARM and will start you IN life
agatn out West. And thats how the bus
mess was settled, and that's how Van
comes 20 he at Sampvilic."
mus. confess that was thunder~truck
ai this marvellous narrative and - soon
AL recovered my breath. said to IIcz Dodge,
I on seem 10 have the inside track OF the
whole business. How did you get your
Information! should like to know that
lawyer. lie must be A smart man
F"nr old liez looked up al me with
lacA-iu>trc eye. and ~tapimered out, III
- VA That smart man."-IU n ltlr
R.4uf
Ellsworth American., 1877-05-31
Vol. XIII. Whole No. 1918. No. 22.

seems to you as if you never would. But
your temptation will come, and it proba-
bly, will come in this way:
You will find yourself, some time, with
number of companions, and they will
have bottle of wine on the table. They
will drink and offer it to you. They will
regard it as a manly practice, and, very
likely, they will look upon you as milk
sop if you don't indulge with them. Then
what will you do? Eh? What will you
do? viii you say, Boys, none of that
stuff for me / know a trick worth half-a-
dozen of that?" Or will you take the
glass, with yonr own common sense pro-
testing, and your conscience making the
whole draught bitter, and feeling that
you have damaged yourself, and then go
off with hot head a skulking soul that at
once begins to make apologies for itself
just as the soul OF Colonel Backus does,
and will keep doing during all his life.
g. Holland, So. Nicholas.
Ellsworth American., 1877-05-31

THE MANNER IN WHICH IT HAS BEEN PRE
SERVED, TRANSMITTED, AND COPIES

THE MANNER IN WHICH IT HAS BEEN PRE-
SERVED, TRANSMITTED, AND COPIES
MULTIPLIED.
DR.. Ginsburg, who lately delivered a
lecture in London on the manner which
the Bible has been preserved, explained
that the earliest records OF Scripture were
written on stone. and that previous to the
existence of parchment manuscripts they
were inscribed upon the barks Of trees
ornpon rolls made from the peel of the
papyrus. In many eases the records con
sisted Of pictures; for instance in the
Book OF Ester the ten sons OF Haman were
represented as being hung up with their
father in the manner described in the Old
Testiment, or as m the Book Of Kings,
where all the battles recorded there We're
exhibited In pictorial form.A tabulated
statement was placed against every line
OF text In the old records, showing how
many times certain letter, word or
phrase occurred. This was summarized
al the end Of every page. again at the
end Of every 80 pages, and afterward at
the end OF every book, and at the end Of
the whole Bible the sum total was given.
This would give some idea of .he
care with which the Bible had been guard
ed aud preserved; and such gigantic
undertook to say. be, accomplished by a
dozen men ii they lived for 500 years. The
New Testament had not been treated in
this way at all.-They would not find any
thing OF the Kind inthe CodeX AleXandrnus
which was presented TO King Charles, and
was now in the British Museum or in the
cOdeX of SlnaiaticuS, OF similar antiquity,
which Tichendrof found at the convent
Of Sinai. The latter was now at st. Pc
tersburg, and was the one which the En-
peror OF Russia had had published and
circulated topublic libraries and scholars.
He thought, when they heard So much
about the Emperor OF Russia. it was only
due 10 render to him the greatest honor
for the re- production Of this codex and its
distribution; and although they could
not compare the English with the Russian
government. because the former had the
reputation of being one of the most ii not
the most liberal government ia the world,
yet they never found il doing anything OF
OF this sort
Having referred to the rapid advance
made in the circulation OF the Bible after
printing was introduced, the lecturer stat
ed that at the time the first Bible was
printed by Got;euburg. copy of which he
produced, Roman Catholicism prevailed
all over Europe, and il was only fair 10
say OF the Roman Catholic Church that
it printed and circulated the Scriptures 10
large extent, and did not. as was mis-
stated. endeayor TO keep the Bible from
the people.
Dr. Gin-burg told some amusing facts
connected with the preparation OF tile
Authorized Version. One OF the editions
which King James |. declined 10 allow tile
revisers to use as a help contained mar
Ellsworth American., 1877-05-31

small office, and another In Louisiana
offices unimportant and almost wholly un-
known to the people at the time of the
election,-and came near deciding the fin
al result. Experience, as well as reason,
now suggest that the rubbish of the cleo
toral college be brushed away entirely,
aud the people allowed to vote directly
for the man OF their choice for President
and e-President, Now the people can
not vote tor him, but must vote for others
who are pledged to vote for him. All
this requires that there shall be political
conventions or caucuses which shall place
in nomination the persons to be voted for
as electors, so that all the people of the
same way of thinking may vote for the
same candidates. for electors
Ellsworth American., 1877-05-31
A Word to Boys.

What do you think, young friends, of
the hundreds of thousands who are trying
to cheat themselves and others into the be-
lief that alcoholic drinks are good for
them? Are they not to be pitied and
blamed2 Do you want to be one of these
wretched men2 If we are to have drunk
ards in the future, some of them are to
come from the boys to whom | am writ
ing: and l ask you again if you want to be
one OF them! No2 OF course you don't !
Well, have plan for you that is just
as sure to save you from such tate as the
sun is to rise tomorrow morning. 1t new
er failed; it never will fail; 1t cannot fail /;
and think 1t is worth knowing. Never
touch liquor in any form. That's the plan,
and it is not only worth knowing, but it is
worth putting into practice.
know you don't drink now, and it
Ellsworth American., 1877-05-31
Common Schools.

Hon. W. S Corthell, Superintendent of
Schools, in his recent Report, thus sums
up the detects and needs of our Common
school system:
WEAKNESS OF TUE SYSTEM.
/. By the district plan the number OF very
small schools is unnecessarily increased.
These small schools involve poor school
houses, cheap aud inefficient teachers, er-
roneous training for the pupils
,. The present plan involves the annual
choice OF four thousand district agents. bot
selected with any view to fitness or knowl-
edge OF the duties OF the office.
3. The present plan takes from the COM
mittee. the officer who is made the judge
of the fitness of the teachers, all power in
the selection of the teacher.
(. 1t hinders eifectual supervision OF the
schools, involving unqualified teachers, bad
methods of instruction, multiplicity OF text
books in the same school, bad claSsitica-
tion, waste of money and a loss of pupils
time
). \ lack of system in the examination
of teachers, involving worthless teaching
and the encouragement of qualified teach
ers, by depriving them OF any authorita-
tive recognition OF their superiority.
.. want of thoroughness in instruc-
tiOn.
NEEDS.
/. The abolition Of the district system.
, 4 system of examination OF teachers
which shall be a test of acquired qualiiica-
tions and natural characteristics, and
which shall divide the teachers into classes
according to such attainments.
3. A more thorough and systematic in
spection of the schools by the committees
OF towns and cities.
T. The establishment of training schools
and classes, in which teachers may gain
protes -oual knowledge.
. County and state certificates granted
after examination by properly qualified
examiners, the former emitting the holders
10 teach IN any school i'll the county for
one year, and the latter emitting the hold
er TO teach in any school in the State tor
Ave years.
G. fhe establishment by authority, OF
convention annually, in each county, Of
teachers, ani school officers.
:. The distribution, by the State of the
State school moneys ON some basis which
will serve a. an iuducemeut 10 towns to
get ~ many OF the scholars as possible III
to school.
Ellsworth American., 1877-05-31
Guardians Notice.

a L PERsONS are hereby notified that the sub
en, ~ a.er l. the legal Guardian Of Calvin J. >r-
hnsiptla 80 s4'd Sargent has ne legal right 10 do
theretore IT r. himself or others. The public are
hin1 on M, selepy notified not to trust or harbor
''onIracii, account, az shall paw no bills Of hls
sgnS 10 fufnih ~ lnrther hereby forbid all per-
~ li1I with h3r, ln With intoxicating drinks or
ihing or buylhs hs Clothes or swspins ,f,,b @ I'M,
An persons lsTegardng this notice Will di-erse
rigorous law. A'' win o}
Ellsworth, Feb. I2th, Is77. - ii N
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An exchange has an article on Train
Ing Oysters" Now. we can't see what
need there is of training such docile crela-
lures. We never found the slightest diff
fcuty in making them go just where we
wanted them to- illustrated Weekly.
Ellsworth American., 1877-05-31

hereby forbid all persons from harborizg or
uustlng my apprentice boy, George Burns on nv
A00oaht, as shall pay no biEs of his contracting
West Eden, MaY IL, 1871. % sw
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For sale.

Two new Concord Wagons. one new Buggy, and
] few Second Hand Wagons will sell them
so cheap you viii think some one gave them to
you.
(. ii. GREELY.
Ellsworth, April 25th. ewksl7.
Ellsworth American., 1877-05-31

Hon. W. S. Corthell, Superintendent of
Schools, in his recent Report, thus sums
up the detects and needs of our Common
School system;
Ellsworth American., 1877-05-31

CHASE BROS. Agents, Commercial t.,
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Civil Sheriff Of the Parish of Orleans
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Boshua m Johnston VS.. Mrs. ". N. Gucnl0t
ryrxTp INSTRUCT COURT FOR THE PAR.
- ian Of Orleans No p9e4-By virtue of a writ
Of saisure and sale TO me directed by the non
orahia the sixth District Court for the parish
cf Orleans, in the above entitled cause Will
proceed to cell at public auction at the Meri
chants and Auctioneera Exchange. Royal
street between Canal and Customhouse streets,
in The Second District of THE city, on FRIDAY,
Junp lb 1877, at II o'clock M, the following de-
arrihpd property. to wit
CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together
with all the buildings and improvements there
on and appurtenances. thereof, and all rights,
thereunt, belonging or in anywiEe appertain
inc atuate,i in the Second District Of this city, in
IA s,uare houpded by Old 1fevee (now DECATUR
t;anvilie Chartres and Cuatomhowse streets
aaeirnated as LOT number three on plan drawn
nv Iouis Surgi, late surveyor, dated the ninth
5av al Auuuet, is4a, annexed TO an ACT passed
hefore VIM, Chriety, late a notary public In this
aitv an the fourteenth of August, 1sta said lot
easursng twenty one feet ten inches two lines
front on Decatur or Old Levee street, by seven
r., fnur feet Ave inches one-half line IN depth,
hetween parailel lines; the buildings and i'm
movements thereon bearing the No. 40 Decatur
+ street =, A., ,e,.
berein acquired as legatee of Victor Martin. as
no, decree Ct the Second District Court for the
rarish Of Orleans, dated the twenty third day OF
MAY Issi rendered In the matter OF his success
iaion No M oi2 of the docket OF said court. duly
rariatered In the conveyance office for this par
ish in book one hundred and four, folio three
hundred and eighty -four.
Seized In the above suit
THOMAS II. HANDY,
Civil Sheriff Of the Parish of Orleans.
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pierre Nee, Canton vs.. Frederick Roche.

JSlFru DISTRICT COURT FOR PIE PAR
N ish of Orleans--No si3s--By virtue OF n writ
Of seizure and sale, 10 me directed by the hon
orahln the Fifth District Court for the parish Of
Orleans in the above entitled cause, | will pro-
coed IT, sell at public auction, at the Merchants
and Auctioneers' Exchange. Royal street be"
tween Canal and Customhouse streets, in the
Second District Of this city, on MONDAY, May
Ia, 1877, at IL o'clock M. the following described
property, to wit -.
A CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND. with
all the buildings and improvements thereon and
appurtenances thereunto belonging situated in
the suburb Trome Second District OF this city.
making part of lot number seventy. on n plan
drawn by Louis Bringier. late Surveyor General,
on the tSenty-stNth Of July. 1896. and deposited
in the Office of @. V, Fouon a notary public. in
this city; the said portion of ground measuring,
French measure twenty-seSen feet front on
johnson street between Main and Saint Philip
sfrenis twenty eight feet two inches one line on
tba side OF lot number sixty nine, and fifty
saven feet one inch eight lines more or less on
fhe line dividing 1t from the other portion Of
said lot number seventy. said property being in
the square bounded by johnson. Main, Saint
Philip and Galvez streets.
Reinr the same property acquired by the de-
PENDANT herein, by purchase from jean Magen-
Sia ns Nor act passed before A. Dreyfous. no.
fsry nubIic. in this city, dated fourth OF Janu-
airy. 1876. ,., ,,,.
Terms-Cash on the spot.
TH0S II, HANDY
Civil Sheriff Of the Parish Of Orleans.
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IunIoIAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
.r,ruyrT SALES.
$1,000, .pusacturing company vs.. Geo
Daraia ri al

.,trrrt prsrnIUT COURT FOR The pa a. !
Eoirab II orleans. No. ~. Ply virtue y, u
~ an,i fapas to me directed by the ho t ~
WI a Eirtb District Court for'hs phtsli ", n,
aDe ny n, Tia above entitled cause, VIII pfuces5
leahi II nubir auction OF the Mefcha'hls. anm
70 s sci Exchange, ROYAL sfreG, psemeani
a.,i and Customhouse streets, ~ NY eec ,ol.
s,aIl hii II this city On FllbAA June 10, a.'
!, ~ ias,ark M the following descfioeo proper
y, e 99EMRaTAIN PORTION on oToF,aRpuND,
opgge esaY situated ID the Second District 81 this
t IL the sn,,are bounded by Bienvlle Mafais,
1vi1nInra and Customhuuse streets. having III
hmo,iean measure, flfty-two feet, more or Tess,
t,nrt IA pjanyille street, by depth, more ~
s ~ nne hundred and thirty nine feet ten nn.,
! half inches on the line which separates y IRON
FL ,,,,,ber four Said piece OF portion " q
so,,na paft Of lot Of ground desigpaten y n;ia
mumber three on plan drawn py spsebnn Nv
inIe suryeyor dated twenty fifth ri fenfu ,, !.
,eaS aapositpd In the archives Of Folly Deh
ffsrnerIy notary public in this. city m1.e ~
amid property was hcu,lred by In a., az naasad
herei, from John H. Radhets, ny act lid ,ity
beforp Robert ] ker, notary pubic III ''''7 o''''
~, he eighth Of February 1872; ..,,,,, 4, tha
Sejzed In the above suit, and belonYH! M, i iea,
,laFeniant. the Marais Street Methoo'S' A1p'00o
nal Church. .
iefms '"sh y" 'tTHouAS II. HANDY.
Cjvii sheriff Of the Parish OF orleans
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JuptoIAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
SHERIFF SALES.
view oytenns savings Institution vs. WIZ

So. o.,.,,s So wings institution vs.. WIZ
liam O. Lipseotnb.
.,uprp,op n1arptcT COURT FOR THE
Sofhihl,bh nsaans No. 9s,e32 -Transterred
- p arIJn y nisYte e Hourt io the parish Of Or
leans No virtue tbe 81 Iono Mat the. late
end sale 6 iseeIsoC court Tor the parish 81 Or
aaps n he above entitled easse to E Rhari
waeeanan late ahe1lh iii hhld r ~ to sell OF
to ne trapEisrr ct the Merchants and Auction
GERS nSchanee n9ya stree seeweSs1b is fe
~ ,bie civ, on FRIDAY, June 49,. 1877, az u
a, ,n ~. the following described property
to,Wia LOT or IRREGULAR DIMENsiQ,Ns ms
,ttn,fej In the First District Of this city 81 new
lrleans, In the square bounded ~ new n .aas
nring two hundred md tfty-f feet eight i
inehea eleven lines front on New Levee street
one hundred and twenty feet eleven lhsnss a,, re
ning Inward Orange street one hundred and
fty nine feet six inches six lines, thence 9h
line running toward Tchoupitqnas sitees Nv, IVY
three feet three inches three lines. thenc9 one
hundred and flfty-nine feet six Inches SIX lines
on n line running toward Orange street uu
which street It has front o. n'h l;ns rnnine
toward Race street thirty six Feet SIX inc LIS
one line, and thence on line TO ne fee 1--we we
inches i've lines, the whole MS per sketch ny Il :.
sale passed before I. auyol; notary pub'ie N
IL,
D TWO LOTS or GROUND, situated r. ?. we ,,le
First District Of this city Of New Orleans, IL Wy
square bounded by Race. New levee Leh,putn 7, =
tnulas and Orange streets, and designateu uy .,,e
numbers two and three on sketeh py nun f.'',,
late SURVEYOR annexed to an act 81 sa'e lf fl
John Davidson 70 L. T. Bi9hoE passed ne'9 the
o. DeAtnas, notary public IN this Guy. on WY
thirty -iirst March, fsba said lots adioih, u and
measure eaeh twenty i've feet front e ph hatf
street bv depth Of one hundred and 4, ],
feet Ave inches tor more, II more there ", ' liz
depth line Of lot number three on tue sue y. 10y
number four having one hundred anu seventy :
one t six inches three lines and the ,ear l th
measures commencing at the END neatesl, Wy ".
n,,nler Two three feet three lines at right
angles then running IN m oblipqte ditar,on Io
streets. II measures twenty I've teet seven
inches as per said sketch. tu,. l.,
being the same property aeaurei by me ne
| PENDANT herein by purchase from hlifeu fenn
as per act passed before George W: ChtisEyt ~
| iary public In this city. dated nineteenth Match
| 1912.
| Seized in the above suit
| Terms-Caeh on the spot .nv
Civil Sheriff Of the Parish OF Orleans.
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A. MvehpreaW s0s vs. Wshs ". ~
I,lTTH DISTRICT COURT t9 ,,t, I'M ~ /, 1 is,it
- aap, T. faIne tn me directed by the honorable
he Firth District Court for the pa M rt 3, 1.
leans, in the above entitled eahae e Wh and
a, ssr ID Eyrhange Roval street, between
Canal and Gustomhouse shsr,eets IN Inn, ,ne ID ,a4
Disttrt OF this city on hdies srhs nron
erty, Y EhIsTAtN LOT OF GROUND. together
with the buildings and impr9yenen a.I aIyan
saeps thereunto belonging or IN any Wse app,hiI a
taning. situated In the Second Distrli 81 in,s
city, ii The sYunre bounded ng eonaa 90 int No
IA plan drawn by u. u Ptiie anu ai,ht
late architects and surveyors, dated me elgh, III
Of November, 1922 denesitsa - , Nh IL lhja
' dp.a', said ldt measures in English meas,
nra thirty two. feet front on Ifems sategg'
by one hundred and twelve ieet netw ,h Iat III
ward Barnett acquired by purchase from, from A,
nhonse Barnett, as per act passed nente a. a,
ihianella, late q notary public in this city, Oh
the tNsstRR dR} 1t diE S}f In LOT or GROUND
,o,rethnr with the buildings and Improvement, 1
thereon rights ways prhs slnneine or IN an
wiee anpertalnine, situated In the Suburb Mar
jpnv Third District Of this city, making nait o.
otdesienatedb by the number seyen nsn'hMa ,ren
a .eep bstween parallel lines bounded the sid,
next 10 Casaealyo street by pr9pef,by ~ , ntba
side by property lately owned by Nia9w y9n1m at,
Beinu the came properly acquired ny the 81 lh.'
Edward barnett by nurehase ,s1 ah iln thaneIla
,ata a notary in this city. on the seventh day o
9eptembef, ls4s.
Sei0ed In the above suit
Tefms-oash oh '"e THOMAS II. HANDY
Civil Sheriff OF the parish of Orleans
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Civil Sheriff Of the parish OF orleans
m VIA 90 ietB
r.anco,s yeyaeg Va, Jean Banos.

r,rrru pIsTRICT COURT FOR THE
II Parish Of Orleans, No. s2as.,By virtue OF q
writ III seizure aud sale, to me directed by the
honorable the Fifth District Court Tor the
parish of Orleans IL the above enlaneu cause y. i,
Merchants and Auctioneers' Exchange, Royal
straet hatween Canal and Cusfomhouse streets,
in The Second District of this city, on FhlDAN.
Juna ia la77 at u o'clock M, the following he
scsbsh gF r9p1NytT 6 y VIZ 81 GROUND situated in
the first District of this. city, IN the square
hounded by basin date st. john, Poydtas, Ram
mart (lste Gircusl and Lafayette streets, deslgr
hated hv the letter A on |. small sknteh thereof
annexea 70 IN act nhSeen IN M se shn
Gala NV lesse uonand TO Davis Il Jackson, meas.
urjnr. said lot ae per said sketch, twenty three
feet siS inches Ave lines front on Basin
street, by depth on the side of Lafayette
Inca and having eighteen feet eleven inches
seven lines width IN the rear. ana certain
strirS or portion of ground situated In the
sfuresaid district and equare, designated by
the number one on sketcn theIeYi an i n..
To the aforeaaid act between Conand and Davis
+ JaeIson, measuring two feet front on said
Basin street by depth OF eighty ,eet 4. one men
ely lines between equal and parallei ilnes and
two feet wide in the rear. Together with all the
buildings and improyemehts, .aeI ,s anu ~ .ne
apputfenances thereof. ana all rights, ways anu
nfivilegee thereunto belonging.
krnuIred bv the defendant herein, as VIII ap-
near reference being had to Two several aets
dated respectively fifth Of March, 1861, and third
OF February, 1871, passed before r. u. Colts
chalk and Paul Emile Laresche, late notariea
public In this city.
Seized in the above suit
TERMS Cash on the spot. :, ,r,
Civil Sheriff Of the Parish of Orleans
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succ.ss,ou os rhil,p Rice, Jr.

a,ECoND DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
- Parish of Oreans-No. 81 a47-Notice is
hereby given to the creditors. Of this estate
and to all other persons herein Interested to
show cause within ten days from the present
notification, Ii any they have OF. can. why the
account presented by Henry Rice admin
istrator Of this estate. should not pc hom9lo-
gated and approved, and the funds dtstrlbu-
ted Ia accordance herewith.
my oi ,oi. VI '''' JOHN HERBERT. Clerk.