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Year: 1871

SAYS that staunch democratic Jour


nal. the New Orleans Times: The


greatest political blundcr ever made by


"a party. was that of the democracy


when they failed to nominate Salmon


.p. Chase as their candidate for .hc


presidency at their last national con-
| vcption. 1t is the more mortifyinS to
| reflect that this failure was mainly due
to the lack of that political and moral


courage and independence which USED
to be characteristic of the national de-


mocracy." Every word of this is true
and we look back with regret at the
failure Of the party to take that tide IN
their affairs at the food. But over the
split milk of the past we should not feel
disposed to weep much if we were not
fearful that stumbling and spilling the
milk Of success had become habit with
the party. The old heads and the hard
heads Of the party cant be brought to
understand that the world moves and


that parties must adapt themselves to


the times in which they exist. They


cannot understand why the chronic


Office seekers Of the party, against whose


records the radicals can hurl perfect


storm of dangerous missiles, should be
set aside and sucE men as Chase, Doc
little or Adams preferred. Ihey |
would close the doors of the party
against all newcomers who would not
vote for them and their measures. We
hope, however, that experience has
taught the party wisdom, and that in
the next contest for the presidency it
will go before the people with a plat
'orm of vital issues and candidate
whose past record cannot be pierced by
he cry of traitor or "coppcrhcad.
Year: 1871

THE Policy OF THE GOVERNMENT LOOKS TO A
STEADY REDEMPTION OF ITS BONDS AT PAR.-ln
view of this fact it becomes important that holders
of 5os should avail themselves of the present favor
able opportunity of exchanging their securities Tor
bond of equal safety.


Many holders are exchanging them for NORTHERN
PACIFIC GOLD SEvEN-THIRTIEs at large profit.
One thousand dollars currency, invested now in
NORTHERN PACIrIcs will yield in ten years In gold,
81 0 while it is also practically certain that at the
end of ten years 7.3O NORTHERN PACIFIC BoND will
stand at least 10 per cent higher in the market than
q per cent Gold Bond equally secured.


NORTHERN PAC1FICs have sold, during the year. TO
an extent unequacd by those of any other corpora
ton, and they have now taken their place among
the solid and favorite Securities of the country.


JAY COOKE & Co,


Ncw-York Philadelphia, and Washington.
Year: 1871

The work Of erecting the gallows on which
Bayonna and Abriel are to expiate the
crime OF murder was completed yesterday
morning, and the grim implement of violent
death stands in all its intense ugliness and
unmitigated horror in the same yard which
the condemned cell overlooks. We believe
1t is not generally known that they attempt
ed to escape on Thursday by breaking
through the wall of the CELL but were frus-
trated by the vigilance of the police. This
was known to us a few hours after the
occurrence, but Captain johnson desired
that it might not be made public, for the
humane reason that he did not wish it to
interfere with any chances the prisoners
might have of communication.


The gallows, which has been described
numerous times, consists of two beams that
extend from a window in the rear of the
northern courtyard The platform on
which t he condemned men are to stand is
fastened to the wall by two huge hinges,
and kept in horizontal position by rope,
which, when everything is ready for execu-
ton, will be severed, and the criminals will
fall until fetched up by the halter.


Both the prisoners are wonderfully com
posed in their demeanor, although, on OBJ
serving them closely, an expression Of
heart-sickening anxiety can be readily dis
cerned in the expression of their counte-
nanees. 1t was remarked, however, by
some of the visitors shat the smaller of the
two men, Abriel, stfl appeared to show
some feeling of underlined hope.


The time of execution is between the
hours of ten and twelve o'clock, and We
learned that the fatal platform will fall at
precisely eleven o'clock.


We learn that Captain Badger has de-
tailed strong force of Metropolitan Police
to the IRENE station, in the Immediate
neighborhood of the prison, to repress any
possible disturbance. We see no reason,
however, to expect any occasion for police
interference, although Colonel Badgers
precaution is a wise one.
Year: 1871

1t is persistently insisted that the reten-


ton of large specie surplus in the ma
tional treasury is mistake, the authors of
| the suggestion contending that this surplus


should be used to withdraw the interest
| bearing debt. Under certain circumstances
| this would be wise conclusion, but in
the peculiar situation of the government
| finances at present, the policy adopted by


Mr.. Boutwell, appears to be the only safe


one. First, there is a large interest to be
| paid in specie semi-annually, and the pos


session OF funds to meet this obligation in


sures confidence in the national securities


Second, there is constant effort to appre-


ciate gold which can only be frustrated by
the use of large reserves of specie at the


critical moment when the speculation is


most active to depreciate the currency Mr..


Boutwell, has been enabled at all times to


hold gold in check by threatening to throw


such amounts on the market III the pur-


chase of currency at reduced rates as has


prevented the operators in specie from
rushing the premium up to one hundred
and thirty.


The gold spectators have never been
able to form a combination that could COM
pete with the Secretary of the Treasury,
and this has prevented them from con-
trolling the greenback market. If Mr..
Boutwell, had been too poor to enter the
market, the operators in gold would have
had matters their own way. But the i'm
menseE reserve in the sub-treasury has at
all times enabled the government to pro-
tect Its own paper, and this has not only
benefited the people at large, but it has
saved immense sums to the treasury. Sup
pose Mr.. Boutwell, parted with seventy
millions of his surplus gold for interest
bearing notes, the effect would be to save
about five millions in the way OF interest
But when it came 10 be known that he
could ne longer protect the currency,
the gold operators would have ad-
vanced the price, and instead of currency
commanding Ill, we should have seen it
pushed up to l40. This would have inflicted
loss upon the holders of currency to the
extent of thirty per cent at least, and what
ever purchases the government made would
have been paid for at an advanced price.
Ws-should have saved five millions in the
way OF interest, and lost twenty millions in
the way of discount.


Mr.. Boutwell, and the honest custodians
of the public credit appreciated this contin-
gency, and refused to submit themselves to
be stripped of their power in the way the
gold spectators suggested. II all the gold
In the treasury was sold tomorrow, it |
would not increase the volume of available |
money in the market because specie is not
a circulating medium at present. If Mr.. |
Boutwell, locked up currency, then, indeed, |
he might>be reasonably accused of hamper
ing the financial interests of the country |
but instead of putting aside greenbacks,
the secretary simply boards gold and re-
fuses to buy up greenbacks, which is one
way of supplying-the country with currency.
The spectators in specie are mad, but they
are not likely to make a profit by their
madness
Year: 1871

A Washington special to the New York
Times says:


An exquisite engraving of a picture of
President Grant has just been finished at
the Bureau OF Engraving and Printing in
the Treasury Department. 1t is about the
size of a card photograph, and besides being
fine specimen of engraving, it is the most
faithful likeness of the President that has
ever been produced: at any rate such is the
opinion of all who have seen it Not only
are the features perfectly transcribed, but
the characteristic expression which all art
lists have failed to catch has been perfectly
delineated by the engrayer. The President
gave him short sitting, and the rest of the
work was done from photograph. One
part OF the value of the picture consists in
the proof it affords of the superior talent
which the government commands in this
deDartmeut
Year: 1871

Removal Of Speaker Evans-His Speech
to the HOuse-Fire at Bryan-Loss
$1SO,OeO.


GALVESTON, May ia special to the
| Galveston Necs, from Austin, May 10, saws
by resolution of the House, Speaker
Evans was removed by a vote of forty-one
to twenty-nine.


Mr.. Evans took the floor and said:
The caucus has issued its fat. The decree
has gone forth that because l would not
violate the constitution at the behest of the


party, and join the majority of the Repub-


licans in this Legislature in perpetuating


our existence, and usurping the power of
legislating for the people Of Texas after the
third of December next, that / must be
sacrificed.


Think not to blind the people by the mis-
representation OF party whose principles
you thus trample upon. You can hurl at
me the shafts of your hate Your envy and
malignity fall short of their intended vic
tim. For the ignorant, simple men, who are
led in this movement by unscrupulous dem
agogues, have nothing but pity, while for
their leaders l entertain the most profound
scorn and contempt. You deem this the
hour OF your triumph; it is the hour of your
shame, and an open confession to the people
of Texas that submission to Republican
caucus is inconsistent with an oath to sup
port the constitution.


Let not the Republican party of Texas
suffer for the folly and madness of the ire
spOnsible men in this House, who are its
representatives in name only. l have ever
followed the dictathn of the caucus, but,
upon a constitutional question which in
wolves my oath of Office, have refused to
follow the dictation of the caucus, and vio-
late my oath to sustain the constitution of
the State. | have also denied the right of
the caucus to make such question partisan
in it's character, and to compel its mem
bers to abide by the decision of the
caucus thereon, nor such action as
the midnight caucus last night determined
to remove me from the position of Speaker
of this House. l knew invited this removal
when L espoused the cause of the people
and constitution. On the one hand it was
the decision of the party caucus; on the
other it was the constitution 1 had sworn to
uphold, and between them was the Speakers
chair l could not hesitate as to INV
course-my fate be that of men of all ages
who have dared to do right-temporary de-
feat, succeeded by lasting honor. In this
matter my adversaries have erected to
themselves monument of shame, which
shall rise higher and higher with increasing
years, and the finger of scorn shall be
pointed at them whitherseever they go.


Sinclair was elected Speaker by a vote of
fOrty-four to thirty.


The fire at Bryan, Texas, yesterday, de-
stroyed one block Of buildings, consisting
IN part OF twelve stores. The loss is esti-
mated at Sl90,000, on which there is $4,000
insurance
Year: 1871

OFFICE, FIRsT NA1JONAL 4, 4


New Orleans, Louisiana, May l3, 1871.
EDITOR REPUBLICAN:


| desire to say to all whom it nay con
Germ, that the dividend soon to be paid to
creditors of this bank will be paid on such
claims only as have been certified by me
and from such few claims are excepted.
Although it has been so often made pub
lie, fear there are some who do not yet
understand that only creditors. holding my
certificate can receive dividend; and after
the eighteenth instant it will be too late to
obtain the necessary certificate to enable
the party to share in the,dividend about to
be declared. G. CASE, Receiver
Year: 1871

This long established seaside resort will be
opened for the reception of visitors on the


FIFTEENTH INSTANT.


This is the largest hotel on the coast capable OF
accommodating five hundred persons is beauti-
fully situated on the Gulf shore with large grass
lawns, well shaded by live oaks etc, and in point
of natural beauty is unsurpassed by any in the
South The house will be supplied with the best
the markets afford also, FISH and oysters in abun-
dance. The bar is furnished with the choicest
liquors. wines and cigars. The music will be from
the band of the French Opera of New Orleans.
New slate billiard tables, ten pin alleys, etc Picnic
parties viii find good accommodations Particular
attention will be given to the wants and comfort of
elildren the place is well suited to their pleasure
and recreation.


Mobile and New Orleans. Parties coming by rail-
road must be careful to inquire for Barnes Hotel
station, half mile west of the main depot. This
station has been given by the railroad company for
the convenience of the house and is not a hundred
yards from it


Major W. A. Hurd has charge of the office. and
will welcome his numerous friends. my9 1m
Year: 1871

LATEST NEWS FROM ALL POINTS
Accident to an Emigrant Train
SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED
RULOFF, THE MURDERER, SANE
REMOVAL OF SPEAKER EVANS
HIS ADDRESS TO THE HOUSE
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT BRYAN
DETAILS OF LOUISIANA CENSUS
WEAKNESS OF COMMUNIST FORCES
Proclamation by Committee Of Safety
BISMARCK IN GERMAN PARLIAMENT
EXCHANGE OF TREATY THE TWENTIETH
Year: 1871

MADISON, Wis, January 1.-THE
Governors message was delivered to-
day, and gives general satisfaction.
The Governor says large portion OF the
people have come to realize the great
and wide spreading evils which flow
from our present Civil Service system,
and there is great desire for the Radical
reform. Such change is desired as
will remove the patronage Of Grant
from the partisan contest Of the people,
as well as to permit subordinate appoint
ment in the Civil Service only for
demonstrated fitness, and make the
tenure of Office to depend upon the zeal
and fidelity in the service OF the Gov
ernment and rather than party or in
djyiduals.
Year: 1871

4 terrible cyclone occurred recently
near Mason City, Illinois. An inky-
hued cloud, or smoke-like column, was
observed gathering near the earth's sur
face, on an open prairie six miles from
that place, and from this column soon
shot out three narrower and spire-like
cloud-columns which continued to as
cend rapidly until they reached and
seemed to attach themselves closely to a
passing cloud above.


This frightful apparition moved slowly
toward Mason City, but finally changed
its course, much to the relief Of the peo-
pie of that place. A mile away from its
track an odor much like that of burn
ing sulphur was inhaled by several per-
sons. A gentleman who stood but a
hundred yards from the cyclone when
it passed says that small flashes of
electricity were constantly visible in the
storm, the column passing from the
earth to the clouds above, and that rapid,
popping, cracking reports were heard,
reminding him most forcibly of an in
fantry regiment in battle, firing their
muskets as fast as possible.


The pathway of the cyclone was near
ly three miles in length and from 20 to
80 feet in width, and in that pathway
not spear of grass, not a stalk of corn
or wheat, not a shrub, not particle of
vegetation, was left alive. For some
distance the earth was literally plOwed
up to the depth of six inches.


The column of whirling air must have
been intensely hot, as every green thing
in its path was literally dried to a crisp.
Another feature of the cyclone, was that
while its rotary motion must have been
of inconceivably great velocity, its pro-
gressive motion was not above the rate
of six miles an hour. The outlines Of
its pathway were so well defined that
five feet from the outer line of the total
destruction of vegetation of every kind,
not a vestige of its effects could be seen.
Fortunately no house stood in the tor
nado's line of march.
Year: 1871

Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, re-
Gently administered a needed rebuke
to Zion's Herald for its offensive
bigotry with reference to Alice Ca
rey's religious opinions, and its de-
nial of her Universalism on the
ground of her Christian experience,
and the peace Of her dying hours.
The article appeared in the Church
Union. The following is the clos
ing paragraph:


Gas for Miss Carey, we know,
from many a long and earnest con-
ference with her on such subjects,
howimmovable was her faith in the
final restoration of all souls to the
image and favor of God F.; and how
compatible was this faith, not only
in her case, but in that of hundreds
of others, (for what is true in one in
stance is unlimited, of course, in its
application with genuine and
most attractive piety. In view
of the fact that we who hold the
doctrine of eternal punishment, can
not bear to dwell upon it, and dare
not ask of God to help US realize it,
is it not a grievous wrong that those
who are impelled to withhold their
assent to it, should for that reason
be set beyond the pale of Christian
charity, not only, but too often of
common courtesy ?'
Year: 1871

tits a painful spectacle, in families
where the mother is the drudge,
to see the daughters elegantly dress.
ed, reclining at their ease, with their
drawing, their music, their fancy
work, and their reading, beguiling
themselves of the lapse of hours,
days, and weeks and never dream
ing of their responsibility, but, as a
necessary consequence Of neglect of
duty, growing weary Of their use.
less lives, laying hold of every
newly invented stimulant to rouse
their dropping energies, and blam-
ing their fate when they dare not
blame their God for having placed
them where they are. These indi-
viduals will often tell you, with an
air of affected compassion, for who
can believe it real? that poor, dear
mamma is working herself to death;
yet no sooner do you propose that
they should assist her than they de-
clare she is quite in her element, in
short, that she would never be hap
py if she had only half so much to
do.
Year: 1871

PRESERVATION ODoRs.-Tbe un-
pleasant odor produced by perspir-
alton is frequently a cause of vexa-
ton to persons who are subject to
it. Nothing is simpler than to re-
move this odor much more efRectu-
ally than by the application of such
unguents and perfumes as are now
in use. 1t is only necessary to pro-
cure some compound spirits am
monia, and place about two tea
spoonfuls in a basin of water
Washing the face, hands and arms
with this, leaves the skin as clean,
fresh and neat as any one could
wish. The wash is very harmless
and very cheap. It is recommend
ed on the authority of an expert
enced physician, and it ought to be
tried at least by all those whose
persons are so offensive in this re-
spect.
Year: 1871

The latest recipe for making ice
cream, which we publish for the ben
eft of our readers without comment
is this: "Pick out the prettiest
girl you can see, stir her gently in
the corner and ask her to give you a
kiss. You will then have a nice
scream"
Year: 1871

James Parton thinks the cOufne-
ment of children in public schools
from nine o'clock until two, and
housekeeping them at dancing and
piano till dark, and then obliging
them to study till nine or ten in the
evening, is simply a wholesale mas
saere of the innocents. Which is
true as the Gospel, and ought to be
preached and we know of no bet
ter Apostle Of such glad tidings to
children than the man who writes
awe must never be content with the
public schools until there is nothing
In them to hinder the formation of
such youths as those which Socrates
loved-noble souls, in bodies beau
tiful, graceful and strong"
Year: 1871

While one Of the lady converts at
a recent baptism in NobIesvilIe, Ind,
was being led into the river by the
pastor for immersion, She slipped
and he slipped, and they both sank
into the depths together. They
were fshed cut all right, however,
though it was some time before they
could remember what they went for.
Year: 1871

The Revolution calls upon all wo-
men to try and vote under the fouF-
teenth amendment. The argument
is this: Let even a handful Of wo-
men in fifty different towns try to
do this thing at any given election,
and the determination evinced to
leave no stone unturned in securing
their political rights would exert
more influence on the minds Of men
than any other means"
Year: 1871

Ny first is in suB, but not in moon.
Ny second is in dog, as we'll as in coon.
Ny third is in you, but not in me.


Ny fourth is in water, but not in sea.
My fifth is in and, but not in arm.
My sixth is in barn, but not In farm.
MY seventh is in eat, but not in fat.
My eighth is in bonnet, but not in hat.
Ny ninth Is in dirge, as we'll as in ditty.
Ny whole is the name Of a prospering city.
Year: 1871

A girl in Chester, Vermont, died
recently from tight lacing, and a To-
cal editor, in view of the sad event,
says: off the girls cannot live with
out being squeezed we suppose men
can be found who. would sacrifice
themselves. As young as we are
we'd rather devote three hours a
day without a cent of pay as a bre-
vet corset than see these girls dying
off in that manner. Office hours al
most any time"
Year: 1871

How the Arab ladies perfume them
selves is thus described by Sir Samuel


Baker in his work on the Nile: In the
floor of the hut or tent, as it may chance
to he, small hole is eXcavated suffi.
ciently large to contain champagne
bottle A fire of charcoal or simply
glowing embers is made within the hole,
into which the woman. about to be
scented THROWS handful of drugs. She
then takes off the clothes OF robe which
forms her dress, and crouches naked
over the fumes, while she arranges her
robe to fall as mantle from her neck to
the ground like tent. She now begins
to perspire freely in the hot-air bath,
and the pores of the skin being open
and moist, the volatile oil from the
smoke of the burning perfumes is imme-
diately absorbed. BY the time the fire
has expired the scenting process is com
pleted, and both her person and her robe
are redolent of incense, with which they
are so thoroughly impregnated that /
have frequently smeit party of women
strongly at full a hundred yards distance.
when the wind has been blowing from
their direction. This scent, which is
supposed to be very attractive to gentle
men, is composed of ginger, cloves, CHINA
mon, frankincense, and myrrh, a species
of sea-weed brought from the Red Sea,
and lastly the horny disc which covers
the aperture when the shell-fish with.
draws itself within its shell. The pro-
portion OF these ingredients in this mix.
ture are according TO taste.