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Year: 1872

IT is about time the contractor between
here and Vicksburg had perfected his az
rangements to give us regular trl-weekiy
mail, in accordance with the terms Of his
contract. At the expiration of last month
he had succeeded in arranging with the
owners of two of the boats i'll the Nlcks-
burg trade for the Tuesday and Thursday
mail, but up to this time he has made no
permanent arrangement for the Saturday,
the most important mail Of the whole
week. It has generally been sent, since
the last of January up the river on an up
river boat, but last Saturday it was & total
failure, and We regret to learn that the
contractor is trying to have the Saturday
mail abolished because he is unable to
procure boat to do that service for the
price he offers to pay.


Instead of having our mail facilities de-
creased on this route, we should have a
daily mail to all points on the river be-
tween here and vicksburg. Natchez,
having a population of many thousand
and All immense trade, has now only two
mails week. We trust our delegation in
Congress and that Of our sister State Mis-
sissippi, will give this matter their earnest
attention, and insist that this mail shall
not only be regularly carried tri-weekly,
but the service be increased to four or six
times week
Year: 1872

publican party. It was never contem-
plated by the colored people to demand
place on the Presidential ticket AS
Republicans they hold themselves subor-
dinate to the party organizations, ana
will give true allegiance to the decisions
OF its conventions. If they have the poll
tical strength and the proper candidates.
they may strive for recognition on the
national ticket Is not this their right
Does the Times mean to say that a similar
privilege to seek for advancement will not
be accorded those colored men whom 1t
hopes will join its Reform party?
Year: 1872

Crescent City Live Stock Landing and
SlaugbterhouseC Company. The names are
taken from the books Of the company. we
do not know whether they own the stock
now. The presumption is that it waslgiven
by the authors ofthe SlaughterhOuse scheme


for the support of the respective newspa-
pers-the Crescent. Times, and REPUBLICAN.
j. y. Nixon, proprietor Crescent newspa-
per. 246'shares.


C.A.Weed, proprietor New Orleans Times,
800 shares


Michael Hahn, editor New. Orleans RE


PUBLICAN, $50 shares.


A. H. Lee, editor New Orleans REPUBL-


CAN, 346 shares.


We have not before thought It necessary


to allude to the charge made by Judge


Cooley in this connection, as the fact is


well knownto everybody in the city that


the REPUBLICAN opposed the passage OF


the Slaughterhouse. bill from first to last


General Lee was not the editor of the RE-


PUBLICAN at the time mentioned, and
neither then nor at any subsequent time
did this paper ever relax its efforts to de-
feat the bill. Without intending to dis
parage the Bee, or any other journal, we
may be permitted to say that it was noto-
rious in those days that the REPUBLICAN
was the only paper in the city in which the
opponents Of the great monopoly could get
a hearing. The butchers came to
Us, as their only friend and hoped
by torcibly stating the case to defeat
the measure; but other and adverse intlu-
ences proved too strong, and the bill be-
came a law SO that whatever interest
any individual connected with this office
may have had in the success of the scheme,
ii did not affect the course of the REpUB-
L1CAN. And if Governor Hahn WAS the
actual owner of the two hundred and fifty
shares, as alleged, he is entitled to the
credit Of faithfully discharging his duties
as journalist at the expense of his pri- |
vate speculations. But we happen to
know that he never had any real interest |
in the matter at all. Neither did General |
Lee. Their names were used by the pro-
jectors Of the. Slaughterhouse swindle' in |
the manner stated, in the hope of obtain
ing the interest of the REPUBLICAN. The |
bait did not take. Those shares may stand |
on the books to the credit OF those gentle
men to this day for aught we know The
was never purchased by them.
Let the other journals speak for them
selves
Year: 1872

The speech of the Hon. l. n. Marks at


the meeting of the Tenth Ward Reform
Club discloses an attitude of decided op-
position to the Democratic party, and
while avowing his desire for radical re-


form IN the administration of the State and
municipal governments it is to be inferred


that he is willing to secure it in the most
practicable manner possible. The re.orm
movement now organizing is the initial
step III this direction. If the party lines
are drawn SO strongly that a majority of
the voting population decline to enlist in
1t, he thinks very properly, that it will hold
the balance Of power in the State between
the two contending parties, and can COM
pei them to nominate good men to office"


This, in our judgment, is clearly the


mission of the Reform party. Adhering to
this doctrine, much good will result from
It's exertions. Recognizing the idea Of re-
form, and abstainng from party affiliations,
the reform movement can give tone and
complexion TO the Legislature OF the State.


The Democratic party a, stated By Mr..
Marks, makes no promises which give any
reliable assurance Of reform in govern
mental abuses Their past tenure Of office
is equally meager OF satisfactory rreca-
dent. The city, indeed, has never been
50 wretchedly managed as while under
Democratic control. \ coalition, there
fore, with the Democratic party would be
an inexcusable folly. Besides, the I'M
denia BILE bargain Of the Custonhouse
party and the Democrats kills any hope
that the Reformers could have had III ioin-
ing fortunes with them.


Assuming Mr.. Marks position to be
correct, with the clearly understood and
distinc ly aTowed intentions OF the Repub-
licnn party to put itself squarely on record |
in favor Of the correction Of the abuses
of, there is nothing to prevent |
harmonious and concerted action between |
the two organizations.


The colored people have no objection to
acting with the Reformers within the Re-
publican party; the Reformers can have
none to acting with us, if we give them the
reform they are seeking to secure.
Year: 1872

1t Is quite unnecessary for the Times 10
protest that it was not bribed 10 support
the Slaughterhouse bill That would be
like taking money cut of one poke: to
put 1t in the other. Tue interest which
the proprietor Of the Times has in that
most outrageous monopoly is quite suffi-
cient to secure tie adhesion OF the Times
to tie measure The fearful price we
are now paying for mcat-the exor,itant
exactions of this great, soulless monopoly.
reveals IL moneyed returns quite sufficient
reason why it was unnecessary to hribe the
Times to advocate the Slaughtorho,lse bill.
Never before in the history of this great
city have the poor been so hardly pushed to
obtain the necessaries of LIFE; never has
meat been SO unattainable to al, but the
rich. DO the poor people of New Orleans
know the reason of l.? We VIII til them
It is that the S,lauGhterhouse company
may set rich tle sooner. 10 tLey know
who is the principal owner Of the Slaugh-
terhouse stock? Let them ak The New
Orleans Times.


And yet TIE Times says Il i, tie organ,
and friend OF the people,
Year: 1872

| 4 streak of sound sense made its ap-


pearance in the Picayune yesterday, which


will probably have the effect Of creating a


sus. icion in the minds Of its Democratic


readers that it is going over to the radi-


calls. Discussing the subject of taxation


and the duty of the citizen with reference
| thereto, it says directly that every good
| citizen and sensible man should pay his


taxes promptly, as neglect to attend to
that duty only inHicts costs upon himself
and increased burdens on his neighbors.
The proper way to diminish the rate of
taxation is not by refusing to pay those
that the government levies. but by elect
ing men who will reduce expenses to that


standard which the voter may suggest as


the proper rate. The people being the
ruling power, it is within their capacity to


determine what taxation they are willing


to endure before they so to the baliot-box,


and it is further within their capacity to
select men to represent them who will not
exceed the limit fixed Al these are mat
ters that ought to be attended 70 before
and at the time of an election. This idea
that the ballot-box is a mere plaything is
the trouble, and not the taxes. Men must
either treat the elective franchise a, a pre-
ventive against injury, or they iliust en-
dure the evil of their own neglect.


another suggestion can not lie too fre-
quently impressed upon the people, town.:
that the man who continually delays to
pay his taxes aggravates his OWL COM
plaint. and creates the necessity for still
greater taxation. And what Is still worse,
he Injuries his neighbor who has faithfully
discharged his debt to the community.


These tru;sms can be reduced t. three
propositions: First, the citizen must
learn what he wants. and IL that
knowledge in lis mind SO that he can state
1t. Second, the citizen must select p re- !
Liable representative to execute the public
trust with regard to the execution of this |
determination. Third. he must promptly
perform bis duty. and see that his neigh
Dor does his. And these three dutie, are
woven together, for TIE neglect TO attend
to one deranges the entire system.


We are satisfied that the Picay,ae will
have to apologize for saying the sensible
thing which We credited it with at the out
set of this article for the Democracy sus-
poets every man who says sensible thing
Of intending to go TO the radicals
Year: 1872

Messrs kennarl! and Ogden declare that
The Democratic party is disbanding. We
have already conversed with 9 delegate
elected from st, James to represent that
parish in the Democratic State convention
next month, and this solitary delegate is
an evidence of vitality in the country such
as the Reformers have been utterly unable
to furnish.
Year: 1872

4 thief stole the oyercoat of reporter
recently. The paper announced the fact,
together with the information that the
owner of the garment was just recovering
from an attack of smallpox of the most
malignant type 1t is feared that the ruse
Of the despoiled reporter will prove to be
s'tOO thin"
Year: 1872

The State. Board Of Educution deserve
credit for their appointment of Dr. W. \.
Mercer as member of the Board OF
School Directors of this city DR.. Mercer
is known to every citizen OF New orleans
as one of our most substantial men. Ills
intelligence, wealth and social standing
will add strength and confidence to our
educational work.
Year: 1872

The town Of Londonderry, New Halnp-
shire, holds it's charter on the condition of
giving the Governor of the State peck of
pOtatOes-a proposition as regularly full
filled as if the welfare of the town and
Governor depended upon it. 1t is an Old
custom derived from the mother country.
Year: 1872

The Iowa papers tell of seven brothers
whose united weight is 1913 pounds. How
they are united does not appear, but this
would seem to be more surprising even than
the aggregate avoirdupois.
Year: 1872




Let Us take the Zee up upon one Of its
crctchets. 1t favors the supervision Of
our local electors by the federal authori
ties because the last Legislature was flied
by Governor Warmoth with his own
friends under the workings of the State
laws, The latter end Of the above sussses-
ton is the one We propose to deal with,
and the most effective way to do it is to
treat Of the Le2ihiatg- Itself. That body
met in January 1871, and one of its first
acts was to put personal and political
enemy of the Governors in the Speakers
chair Was that any evidence that the
members We're the creatures of the
Governor? Still more, during the en-
Year: 1872

The last session of the present Domin-
ion Parliament opened at Ottawa, Thurs
day. The governor general, in his speech
alluded to to the illness Of the prince of
Wales, and recommended that the 10Th
of April be get apart as a day of thanks
giving. He spoke of the Feuian iuva-
sion of Manitoba, and said that for the
future protection Of the colony he had Or
dered force Of militia to Fort Garry,
who had proved the practicability of a
route through the Canadian territory even
in winter. A copy of the treaty of Wash
ington will be read before the House and
also the completed correspondence, so far
as it can be made public without injury
to the empire or the Dominion A con.
ference, held in September, Professionally
arranged scheme for the encouragement
of immigration, for which Parliament
will doubtless make ample provision. The
governor alluded to the consummaton of
the British Columbia 18th Canada, and
said that the new delegates would now
take seats. He recommends a provision
for the construction Of a railway to the
Pacific, the vigorous prosecution of long.
contemplated Improvements and the ex-
tension of the canal system, for the CON-
pletion of facilities OF communication with
the great West, with the gulf Of St. Law.
renee and the bay of Fundy. The reven-
ue for the past and present fiscal year
will be considerably in excess of the esti-
mate, and consequently there is no reason
to apprehend embarrassment from the im
mediate comm encement of the contempla
ted public improvements.
Year: 1872

\


Dear Coi.-To all appearances the
back OF king winter is weakened if not
already broken. What long and pros
porous reign he has succeeded in holding
But his throne is tottering his sceptrc is
being wrested from his cold and icy grasp,
We had fine display of electric fire.
works last evening. Rather early in the
season for thunder storms in these high
northern latitudes so it seems. What q
pale sickly glare the lightning gives on
the snow. 1t called to mind that grand
painting, death on the Pale Horse"
where the Lightning was darting from the
hand Of the Death King.


There is general belief that but little
maple sweet will be manufactured in
these parts this season. l saw By the
REGISTER that the enterprisiDg farmers on
the West Side were engaged iu tapping
their sugar orchards some time sipce.
One great obstruction, in the way Of
successful sugar making campaign with
us, is the deep snow in the woods. Three
or four days ago it was said to be four
on level. Thus you see it is no easy
task to get from tree to tree. Iu fact SO
great appears the labor that but few at.
tempt it.


We have but little to excite us here as
a general thing, but occasionally some.
thing transpires to disturb the usual
quietness of the place. For instance up.
on the 4th of April, young villain
thought to avail himself Of our supposed
friendliness and inactivity and to increase
his stock OF money and jewelry in very
unscupulous manner. He broke into the
store Of one Of the South Royalton mer-
chants and took over two hundred dollars
worth of money and goods from it. But
such things do not take very well with US
and the thing being soon alter discovered,
as the thief did his work about six p. m.
when the proprietor was at tea, the officers
aud people set themselves to the task of
taking him, which they did the same
evening. "Thus endeth this chapter" for
our youthful friend now enjoys the bless
ings Of a permanent home.


The school still fourishes vendcr the
management Of its thorough and hard
working Principal.Mr. Wright, and its ac-
complished Preceptress Miss Carpenter.
This Academy has withstood the test of
time much better than most of this class
of schools in the state, for it has never
been suspended since it was first charter
ed which was in the year 1907


Our political horizon is not much dim.
med by overanxious zealots although we
have an honorcd citizen whom we should
all be glad to see advanced to the Guber-
material dignity, the Hon. d. G. Denni-
sou. lie is u gentleman entirely without
political aspirations and whose greatest
aim IN life is to serve his God with faith
fulness, aud his ielowmen with true
Christian honesty and ability. But it is
not the design Of this letter to discuss
the qeustion Of the next election for gov
ernor. 1t is amusing to see with what
anxious hearts and unrestrained zeal
many Editors and others enter into the
momentous question of the next govern
orship. AS ever yours NH.
Year: 1872

The subject of sympathies and antipa-
thies is extremely curious. Boyle faint
ed when he heard the splashing Of water ;
Schliger turned pale at the sight of water
crosses; Erasmus became fevcrish when
he saw fish. A curious story is told of
clergyman that he always tainted when
he heard certain verse in Jeremiah
read. Zimmerman tells us Of lady who
could not endure the feeling of silk or
satin, and shuddered when touching the
vclvcty skin of peach. Mr.. Julian
Young tells the story Of an officer who
could not endure the sound of drum,
and ultimately fell dead when compelled
to hear it.


There are whole families who entertain
horror of cheese on the other hand
there was physician, DR.. Stark, of Ed
inburgh, who lost his life by subsisting
almost entirely upon it. Some people
have been unable to take mutton, even
when administered in microscopic form of
pills. There is the case of man falling
down at the smell of mutton as if bereav-
of life and in strong convulsions. Sir
James Eyer, in his well known little
books, mentions three curious instances
of idiosyncrasy The case of gentle.
men who could not eat single strawber-
ry with impunity; the case of another,
whose head would become frightfuly
swollen if he but touched the smallest
particle Of hair the case of third, who
would inevitably have an attack of the
gout few hours after eating fish.
Year: 1872

A SToRy.-There is story told in
Louisville, Of merchant OF that city who,
while travelling on a sleeping car in Mis-
sissippi, had vivid experience as of vis-
ting his home md seeing his wife and
children asleep, and noticing that the
ei hit day family clock had run down.
He wound it up and set it going. He
.hsn returned to his berth, which was
rattling along at the rate of 40 miles an
hour in the sleeping car, saw his own
body distinctly, aud resumed his place
within its well fitting encascment. On
writing to his wife about it, he learned
that the clock had been mysteriously y
wound up on the night of his spiritual
imagination,
Year: 1872

The mails having for week failed to
come to time in an Arkansas town, the
local paper says it has been forced to
draw heavily on the almanacs for copy,
and if communication with the outer
world should stay longer cut of 1--WE will
be obliged next week to make extracts
from the Bible, thus supplying some Of
our readers at least with matter entire.
ly new to them"
Year: 1872

A TALE OF WoE.-Heres a true tale
Of woe-all about beautiful and aband.
oned wife in New York city, She mar
ried wretch who loved her money not
wisely but too well. When he got the
money he loved somebody else, and de-
parted for the "rolling prairies Of the
mighty West His earthly possessions
were burnt up in the Chicago fire, and
then he went back to New York, and put
up at the Astor House, without cent in
his pocket. Remorse seized him (it must
have been remorse), and ascertaining the
address of his lawful partner, he thus
wrote to her: 81 am here and penniless
Forgive the past, and come to my arms
again" This is what she wrote back :
an come as soon us | can. Excuse de.
lay. I've gone to have charge of pow.
der and a bullet put in the pistol you left"
He didn't wait Remorse seized him
again, and carried him off.
Year: 1872

Tho great railroad controversy oil
Omaha and Council Bluffs seems to be
practically settled in favor of the latter
The Pacific railroad has transferred its
depots from Omaha to the Iowa side Of
the river, and will make connection there
with all the Eastern lines. Omaha is
bitterly disappointed with this result ; out


with the natural Western American phil.
osophy and nonchaance, says she don't
care much, and is going heartily at work
to make direct railroad connection with
st. Louis, and transfer its trade from
Chicago to that metropolis. The public
convenience is of course best served in the
final decision to make Council Bluffs the
practical beginning of the Pacific line
one road, rather than n half dozen


thus occupies and uses the railroad bridge
and travellers as well as freight are taken
up where they are dropped, and avoid
the horrors and cost of transfer company
or any other middle-man arrangement


A MAN OF HIS WoRD.-The vicinity
Of Bastrop, inLouisiana, was made quite
gossipy by an animated personal difficulty
in which notably veracious gentleman
from Arkansas felt obliged to take the
life of his opponent in an argument. I'll
you repeat that assertion sir" observed
the Arkansas gentleman, in commentary
upon the others use of certain forcibe
biographical insipuations, 81 give you my
word that | will shoot you" Needless
Of the courteous admonition, -volube
offender presently committed the repeti.
ton, and his funeral was attended by a
large concourse Of relatives and friends
81 gave him my word for it," remarked
the gentleman from Arkansas, blowing
into the discharged barrel of his pistol


"and that's pledge | always redeem. >
Year: 1872

We in the South are ready to make almost
any compromise tnat will insure Us victory over the
Radical party and from DayOnct rule, ana We
believe Greeley ana Brown would DO as good inStru
Inents redemption any tt could he selected
they dislastefu to the Northern Democracy
that We there will great difficulty in rendering
them acceptable by that party. reaction may take
place. but cannot conceal our apprehclsl0ns that
what look upon very strongest ticket for tho
south is likely 10 prove the weakest at the North
Conservative party OF Virginia, and TO governed en-
tlreIy ~ IL, Qecis
Year: 1872

OF the strength of the ticket less will be
said than OF its weakness We shall be told that Greeley
Ia a sOl ehead that he Is NewiOrk poll lcIan who be-
eves spOs. that he killed himself Tor loyal moo ny
baiiing Jeif Davis and that before tue campaign ends
hc III kick his dish over lie mas more than
done before by saying some hing he ought not t0ta
INT wDe there is much truth in all this prefer. as


the part wisdom not to count so much upon the weak
OF our aiversary as to depend upon our own
strcugh Althougn tney have not the strongest
ticket that they had sufficiently formidable to give
the more cOnercnJ branch The Republican party cause
Tor grave approximations and united efforts. II tho
ID In.crits 40 not nominate ticket. this viii DO
hard beat.
Year: 1872

MADRID, May l5.-Arraugements are
being made, under the auspices and
direction OF the Government, for holding
a grand international exhibition in this
city in 1873. Preparations are benz
made on An extensive scale, and will
embrace departments tor every branch
Of science, art and manu- acture The
building will be a massive structure oi
immense size and capacity. Sutfcien,
men will be put TO work upon 1t to
insure its erection before the end of the
present year.
Year: 1872

New YORK, July SO.-A dispatch
from Charlotte, North Carolina, says
that while Senator SchurZ was address,
ing meeting there yesterday an alarm
of fire was raised and smoke was imme-
diately afterward seen issuing from an
unoccupied house in the heart of the
city. The meeting had to cease for a
few minutes; the crowd dispersed in
Wild excitement, but the fire was ex-
tinguished however, and the crowd soon
rallied and the speech resumed. A ne
gro was heard few moments before the
alarm to say he could kill and burn as
well as any kukluX, and thus speaking
left the crowd. The fire was plainly the
result of incendiarism. Subsequently on
investigation by Mayor Tweed, the fire
was traced to this negro, who had mean
while taken fight.
Year: 1872

MANY of the foremost merchants on
Front and Main streets called yesterday
and last night to insist through the AP-
PEAL that it was due to the cause of good
government that every business house
on Front, Main and Second streets be
closed tomorrow at noon. Let none
refuse. Five hundred Of the best sup
Porters of Doyle are absent, and those
that are here must all vote and work.