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Year: 1878

The night advances


Moving along the Silent street, each
fellOW-traveler we meet tell IN
words OF horrible brevity OF another
friend going or gone; bending over
the tossing, blOOd-burning form,
which, In its delirium, shrieks out its
wild and incOherent elamOrs !;
Strengthening the limbs distorted by
the paTOxysms of death assisting the
graVe-digger to lower the coffin at the
sad, silent, almost unattended burial
thus those that are left move in the
gloom of death. We have almost
ceased to note the degree Of the shad.
Ows darkening. We no longer hope
that midnight has come and gone,
and that the hours OF morning are
crawling slowly up.


We know not the hour the laDse
OF time had Seen kept by watching
the hands OF death moving DER the
city's face. AS the hour Of five each
day by the outside worlds reckoning
of time approached, the bOdy-bury-
ing men have met and an aggregate
of deaths for q days passage has been
run up there. To this ehronometeT
We have looked each day, believing
that the midnight must have come,
that the shadows must begin to
wane. How we held our breath as
fear and hope fought in our hearts,
and we watched for the fated chrO'
nOmsters' showing upon the succeed
ing day.


Well, hope went down aud nsug ht
can resurrect 1t now. We grOpe on
in darkness as best We may. Fewer
and fewer the grOpers grow, as COM
rade after cOmrade falls off into q
grave. We STUN ble and try to raise
the fallen up and fail, and stumble
on. All is Egyptian darkness, death
ly, horrible.


"What OF the night ?" We cannot
tell. How long till midnight even
we do not dare to guess. It is all
dark, dark, dark.


When the day cOmes-we scarcely
know whether such q thing as day
will ever cOme-hOw many eyes will
be open to greet the dswning light
We do not know. We cannot look
beyond the present, we scarcely dare
think that We shall look at all to-
% orrOw.


By sort OF inner light, heaven
born, however, We read words thai
make the darkness less dark-that
make the grave less dreaded-cheer
the heart and give impulse tn the
hand. They are these


"The nOblest place for man to die


Is where he dies for man."


Yesterdays record should be mid
night Of the darkest night.
Year: 1878

The dOctrines Of hell still trouble the
public mind. Some people have
very evidently q personal Interest in
having its fires put out Others, who
expect TO go in another direction, are
less excited. 1t il a curious fact tnat
most married men have q strong
leaning toward Universalism, the
grounds Of their argument being that
they sre having their full punishment
Ia this present life.


Those days are lost in wIich We do
no good those worse than lost in
\ which we do evil.
Year: 1878

a number OF gentlemen who were
talking about agriculture dwelt
good deal on the bad husbAndry of
the farming regions, when a lady
present gave spice to the discussion
by saying: "Gentlemen, the worst
husbsndry seen in this country is
when you hdrTOlU up the feelings OF
your wives"


Two young men went to California
to better their condition. In two years
one came back covered with rage, and
the other without 3 rag to his back,
Which was the better of OF the two
Year: 1878

LADIES' MAKE A mote OF THIS
We have fine line of Goods for
Ladies' Goats, and we will cut then for
you in the LATEST STYLE OR MAKE
If YOU DESIRE IT.


OUR CUSTOM DEPARTMENT.
Still retains its we'll rnerited popularity,
and have an immense stock to select
from while our cutter has no superior
in this city in STYLE, FIT & WORK.
MANSHIP GUARANTEED.
Il WORKMEN NOTE THIS
TO SELL BY THE YARD.
We have the largest assortment. in thi
city, are speaking what We know


to be fact when We say


you can buy them


Of us as low
DRY GOODS HOUSE CAN OF JOBBERS
Year: 1878

Single and in Cases, and of the Best Manu-
facture. We Cordially Invite Physicians
and Dentists to Inspect our Stock, with the
Assurance that we can Furnish Better Goods
at Reasonable Prices than Any Other House
in the State
Year: 1878

There will be, it Is said, general gathering
OF disappointed candidates to-day at the cor
ner OF Royal and Canal streets.


There was 8 large crowd gathered at the
corner of Thalia and Magazine streets yester-
day to witness the performance of the trained
alligator at W. G. Harrison's drug store


Sam Bandera, the proverbial oyster picker,
has opened his stand at the Jewel bar room
since day before yesterday. If King Hum
pert pert does nc not eat all his oysters, amateurs
have change OF tackling half dozen OF a
dozen raw OF the best quality.


We received yesterday the visit of Mr.. J. E..
Brou, who requested us to state that he is
neither affiliated at present with the Native
American or Red Warrior organizations He
has been member of the American party,
but abandoned it when he saw that they
were going further than he desired to follow.


Major st. Leon Dupeire, whose name ap-
pears on the roll of the Red Warrior chiefs.
positively asserts that, though Native
American, he does not belong to the Red
Warriors. He says he has been too busy in
his work on the auxiliary committee Of the
Howard Association In Carrollton to bother
about any sort Of politics since the beginning
of the epidemic.
Year: 1878

NEW ORLEANS October u.s. 1873.
Messrs Bell, johnson and Walker. Committee
Conservative Association:


Genttemen--I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of the twenty fourth
instant in answer to mine of same date. I
cannot express my astonishment at the tone
and temper of your letter in answer to COM
munication from me couched in courteous
and respectful TERMS in which had earnestly
striven to avoid the use Of any word or phrase
which could provoke controversy.


l deny that my action in declining place
on your ticket was at the dictation Of any per-
son or committee. I deny that "prefer the
interests of an organization of political men to
the real and substantial interests and welfare
OF the citizens of New Orleans" also deny
that | declined the suffrages of my fellow
citizens on the contrary, shall be much
pleased to receive the votes of those who may
think me worthy to fill the position for which
/ was nominated without solicitation on my
part.


I am gentlemen, very respectfully,


I. w. PATTON,
Year: 1878

The want of q quorum yesterday carried
an adjournment of the City Council, which
had met to conclude the investigation of the
charges against Sexton Gallagher. DR.. Tay.
Ior, the secretary of the Board of Health, an
fmportant witness In the matter Is still alb.
sent from the city, and without his testimony
the investigation cannot be completed.


SALE or THE MARKET REVENUES.


The market revenues for November and De
cember were offered for sale at auction yes
terday In the Council chamber. The prices
bid were according to the following state
ment, which also includes the prices brought
last year for the same period:
Year: 1878

or all classes of sufferers by the epidemic
none have suffered more pecuniarly at least
than the musicians Of New Orleans. The
epidemic occurs at period of the year when
our band musicians have little to help them
out besides society parades or funerals and
few picnics given here and there. At an
early period of the prevailing fever, it was
deemed advisable to prohibit, as far as pos
sible, In the interest Of the sick, all kinds of
noises. and the musicians occupation was
gone Yesterday committee from the AS
gociation OF Musicians waited upon the Mayor
to learn whether he would revoke his instruc-
tions TO the police regarding the playing of
music at funerals, and to permit them at least
to bury one of their fellow musicians
with music The Mayor replied that there
was no law authorizing the stoppage of mu-
sic, except the law Of necessity, and that
since necessity did not seem to require 1t at
present he had no objection to the resuming
OF music playing on the streets, provided,
however, that should circumstances present
themselves, they would comply with the re-
quest Of citizens and the police to cease play
ing. The Mayor thereupon communicated
his conclusion to the chief Of police, with
instructions to act accordingly.


An organ-grinder also waited on the Mayor
z for the purpose of being permitted to follow
his avocation, which his honor said he could
do, provided he would comply with the re-
quest Of citizens not to play in the neighbor-
hood Of houses where there may be sick
J1apnTa
Year: 1878

On the fourteenth of October a man, by the
name of Jim Crosby became involved in a
difficulty in Plaquemines parish with one
Robert Desmond, and was very severely
beaten. He was brought to this city on board
ne u steamer Isabelle and was sent to the
fects OF his injuries. AS soon as these facts
were developed, which was at the coroner S
inquest. the accused was arrested and lodged
in the HarbOr Station.
Year: 1878

Better than grandeur-better than gold


Than banks and titles, a thousand fold,
Is "A healthy body, q mind at case.
And simple pleasures that always please;
A heart that can feel for neighbOr's woe


And share his joys with genial glow.


With sympathies large enough to cnfold


All men rs brothers, Is better than gold.


Better than gold is a conscience clear,


Though toiling for bread in humble spere


Doubly blest with content and health,


Untried by the cares of lust or wealth.


L.owly living and lofty thought


AdOrn and ennoblc poor mans cot;
For mind and morals. in Natures plan,
Are the genuine test of II gentleman.


Better than gold is the sweet repose
OF the sons Of toll when their labOrs close;
Better than gold is the poor mans sleep,
And the balm that drops on his slumbers deep
Than sleepy draughts to the dOwny bed.
Where luxury pillows his aching head;
This SIMPLER opiate. labor. seems
short road to the land of dreams,
Better than gold Is u thinking mind.
That in the realm of books can find
A treasure surprising Australian ore,
And live with the great and good of yore-
The sage's lore and the poets lay,
The glories OF empires passed away; .
The worlds great drama VIII thus enfold,
And yield pleasure better than gold.
Better than gold is peaceful home,
Where all the flresides charities come
The shrine of love, the heaven of life,
IIallowed by mother, or sister wife;
However humble the home may be,
Or tried by sorrow. by Natures decree,
The blessing that never were bought or sold,
And center there, are better than gold.
Year: 1878

A WOMAN of South Bend, Ind, who
by hard work and economy had be-
come Independent, had daughter
that was slowly dying with consump-
ton. As her mother would not even
give her child the necessaries of life,
the invalid requested the authorities
to admit her to the poorhouse. While
she was there the mother learned that
her child's expenses would be assessed
upon her property, and SO sent to have
her brought home in a-wheelbarrow.
Strangers interfered and hired a car
riage, but when the poor girl died IL


was with great difficulty that her mi-
ser-mother could be induced to bury
| her decently.
Year: 1878

81 will tell you the secret of our hap
py married lite,' said gentleman OF
threescore and ten. eve have been
married forty years: my bride was the
belle of New York when | married her,
and though | loved her for herself, still,
beautiful flower is all the lOvelieI
poised in an exquisite vase. My wife
knew this, and true to her genuine re-
tinement has never, in all these fol ty
years, appeared ut the table or allowed
me to see her less carefully dressed than
during the days of our honeymoon.
Some might call this foolish vanity
call it zeal wOmanliness. | presume
should not have ceased to- love her had
she followed the example of many 9TH
ers,. and, considering the everyday life
of home necessarily devoid of beauty.
allowed herself to be careless of such
small matters as dressing for her hus-
bands eye; but love is increased when
we are proud of the object loved, and
| to-day | am more proud of my beauti-
full wife with her silver hair and gentle
face than of the bride whose lovelineSS
was the theme of every tongue. Any
young lady can win lover; how few
can keep them such after years of mai
ried life"


In all the little cOurtesies of life; il
all that makes one attractive and charm
ing, i'll thoughtfulness of others and for
getfulness of self, every home should
be begun and continued. Men should
be more CAREFUL to sympatlIize and
protect the wife than the bride-more
willing to pick up her scissors, hand hel
the paper, or carry her packages than
if she were young lady and as NJ
lady would for Il moment think of CON
trolling the movements and engage
ments of a young gentleman, neither
should she do so when he is her hus,
band. If by making herself bright anG
attractive she fails to hold him, compul,
sion will only drive him farther from
her. | do not believe it possible to re.
tain the friendship of any one by de-
manding it. do not believe it possi
BILE to lose it by being lovahle.-A6
| dnce.
Year: 1878

errors in judgments and derelictions of
duty. Well, for one, will as patiently
receive practical homilies, as you may
find occasion to give them, as you will
receive this from me for the press, if
yours come as kindly as this, provided
you will give me as good an opportuni-
ty to rise and explain before your read
ers as you have in your editorial chair.
l might send this communication to
some opposition paper for publication,
but it would be ungentlemanly in me
and unjust to you unless refused a place
in your columns.


Let us aim to help each other in
maintaining pure pulpit and pure
press. and so best promote the purity
of the public morals.


Let brotherly love continue.
Year: 1878

BY REV. ii. f. AUSTIN.


Editor OF the CaledORian


In the last issue of your generally
commendable clean paper, | read with
a deal of delight the following editorial
item: Judge Ross received much COM
mendation for excluding spectators from
the Stokes trial. People came from ten
miles around, and the Judge thought it
was curiosity which the public good
did not require should be satisfied"
All honor to the level head and right
heart of the Judge! Had Judge Ross
excluded all newspaper reporters also,
l think most of your sensible subscrib-
ers would have still more highly hon
ored his Judgment. When | read your
editorial report of "An Important
Trial" 1 was seriously disappointed
with the too detailed account given of
that foul and filthy criminal case. And
1 firmly believe l express the better
feelings of the best families of this COM
munity and of Caledonia county.


And your too detailed account of that
scandalOus case impels me to make a
plain criticism on the publication of
crime in the newspapers furnishing so
much of the reading at our firesides,
and that form so much of the mental
and moral food so greatly determining
the culture as we'll as the character of
our children. Of vice, IGNORANCE is
bliss" and it is folly to instruct our
children in the details of filthy, dis
gusting crimes. A just Judge wisely
closes the court room doors against the
sickly sentiment and morbid curiosity
of the scandal-loving spectators, and
the village newspaper unwisely throws
as wide open the doors of the scandal
GUS tragedy as its circulation in Chris
tian families extends. The Judge, as a
father, could not wish his own sons and
fair daughters to witness such unclean-
ness as he is officially compelled to try
in the court room, and does to others
children as he would another should dc
to his; but the village paper too fully
recounts the tragical story and presents
the vile scandal to the Judges virtuous
family for dessert at the dinner table.


The criminal case is notorious; but
as to the details, and how the criminal
parties succeeded in the second crime
and as to the evidence of experts and
the line of argument by which the par.
ties escaped prison penalties, it is moi
needful or wise to tell our children
and the publication of these things be-
comes a school of depraved imagina
tions and demOralizing influences ant
consequent vice in our homes.


The subsided stencil of such horriC
crimes and abominable practices is ba,
enough concealed at best, withou
needlessly lifting the cover and delug
Year: 1878

A GENrLEMAN just in from Yuma tells Us of a rather curious trick of engineering which the railroad company put into prac- ice in crossing the Colorado. It seems that the law re suating the construction of bridges across Eavigable streams rcqui- res that they have ;i movable draw of not less than l00 or l50 feet. To comply with this requisite the company had draw constructed the length prescribed, but they placed the pivot pier directly upon the river bank and, consequently, Onc-hah of the draw swings out over dry land. To give il play, they were even compelled to cut away portion of the bluff. This con- plies with the law, of course, but 1t gives a navigable space ill the river only half the width which the law contemplates. This will answer the purpose of the little stern wheel craft which now pass Up the river, but it is an e!fectual emUargO against any boat of larger dimensions. The company could have placed t!-eir swing pier in the centre Of the stream and might thus have accorded compliance with the spirit as well as the letter Of the law, but they found it cheaper and easier to put it On the solid ground of one bank and there it was plant ed. This shows, perhaps, that laws are not made for the protection of the public but for tLe convenience of the railroad comTafy.

 That is the way the L. A. EX- press puts it. But it is not the design of the rlihold company to obstruct navigation; when ocean steamers and deep Watar hips get to running up the Colorado the draw will be made wider.
Year: 1878

him from time to time, and t is alleged the promise of commutation of lis sentence was given him conditioned on his implicat- ing the dead Republican. Riley protested from the first that Chisholm was in no way conccrlled, and in that statement he per sisted to the last, notwithstanding that as he waited on the galIows for the adjust mcnt of the moose the very mob that lnur- dtred Chisholm were permitted to cross question him and endeavor by entreaty and threat to commit him to SOuIe GeEun- ciation of Chisholm that might be taken as pal.iation for his public murder. Riley died declaring that Chisholm Lad nothing to do with the killing of Gully, directly or indirectly The butchers of Chisholm are therefore without comfort.
Year: 1878

IT seems they are beginning to run blows on the sea bottom to loosen up the soil for the dred"es. The Journal cJ Che- miStiy says: During the past summer we witnessed this deep sea blowing in the harbor of Belfast, Maine. The bottom of the bay is covered with tenacious, clayey deposit, into which the steam shovel pene- trates with difficulty, and to loosen it huge Michigan blow WAS set at work under the water, drawn by steam power on the shore, using wire rope to form conncc- lions. The water at high tide was about 20 feet deep when the blow was working. The man that held it was encased in the divers armor, and supplied with air by flexible tube connecting with an air-pump on board of vessel floating above. He came up at our request, and after remov- ing his air tight helmet, and conversing a few moments, was again put in connection with the pump, and, disappearing under water, went on with the blowing. This to us was a novel proceeding, and, so far as we can learn, it was tue first experimen. of the kind ever made"
Year: 1878

Many who are not familiar with mining, its druwbIcks, it's expenses etc, wonder how it is that SO few of our prospectors be- come wealthy But it should be remenl- bered that large expenses attend the open ing of mine, digging and blasting through solid rock making openings for working aud ventilation. When fully understood no one will ask why one person does not succeed. If his bank account is large enough he will Look at the cost of the openings and machinery on the Comstocll, the richest of the rich. Does anyone think that one individual could stand 1t? So it is with the prospector He finds tine mines, and as miner knows he.cannOt go into the earth and open up the mine on pay ing basis; he knows he must contend with hard rock, must timber, must open levels and air passages; he needs machinery to pump and to hoist, and hen. after his ore is on the surface, what has he? 4 lot of rock containing precious metal, with a lot of base metals. This must go through process of working that requires more machinery. He has no bank account, owes the tailor for his clothes and the grocer for his grub, and must sort out the best of his rock and sell il at a sacrifice to keep hiTn in daily bread Is it not wise to sell his claim for few thousand dollars and return to lis old home in the land of civilization? Yet how few do IL. He cannot resist the love he has for the miners life, the charm of being away from all the works of man alone with God and nature, delving into the mountain, prospecting the gulches and rayines, in hope of finding the miners greatest hope, a bonanza of gold on the surface, as vas found in early days in Cali fornia, in place of which he finds silver, or lead, or copper If these show well he tries them, hoping that he may develop some- thing that will attract the monied men of the cities, and then make another stake for himself di-d visit his old chulns at home.

 Mining, like all other business, must be conducted with economy, and wantsa a prdc ,ical miner at its head. Nearly all the fail urcs of eastern investments have been caused by sending out some friead CT rela- tinn of some of the company to take charge of the mines, who has not tie slightest idle of how silver anGg gold mines are found, let alone how they should be worked. What can such perso.s be expected to know of milling the ore to get the precious metal away m the base?

 Theory is good and practice is better, but theory and practice are far above either alone Let your metallurgcal students go into the mines and there learn to swing the pick, to drill, to blast, and to distjn- guish ore from barren rock; let them go Into the field and become familiar with the practical part of mining life, and then less money will be thrown away and squander- ed, and many d valuable property, in place of being condemned, will be made to yield many returns for the money invested.
Year: 1878

Many Of our personal friends have been cured BY
the PERUVIAN SYRUP, but we have one proof
more powerful than all these ana that is-our own
personal experience. Noauthority can put Til, down
no argument can contradict it; and 10 good word
shall be spared on part until knowledge Of this
blessing shall be spread broadcast among the people
Year: 1878

DEsPoNDENCY, if allowed unchecked,
will often produce morbid condition, sc
that the least unsatisfactory affair thai
thappens will swell into terrifying proper
tons. The mind being wrapped Otter
imparts torpidity to the body, all of which
more frequently is the effect of inaction O
the liver than from any other cause and b.
resoating to Simmons LIVER Regulator tn
mind will often find relief with the body.