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Year: 1870

hcvefses IN Wall Street.


There are four classes of men who ~.
crate on the street. Regular brokers
who buy and sell for their customers.--
These men never speculate, their bust
ness is both safe and profitable and they
make money. Another class buy and
sell for their customers but add specula-
tion to their own account. During half
a century's experience in every case
these houses have have failed. In mer.
camille life, when man fails he COM
promises with his creditors and gets the
best settlement he can. He goes on with
his business and is respectable as ever
On the street if man fails he must pay
dollar for dollar, or he can never hold
his head up again in that locality. The
class who speculate, as well as buy and
sell, though they recover frequently, go
under at last. A fourth class are out
siders, and their name is legion. They
live in in New York; they live in the
East; they live in the West; they live
in the South. They are merchants, cap
italists, farmers, professional men, wo-
men. These casual dabblers in stock in
variabiy lose money; it is only ques-
tion Of time. A merchant came into
the street the other day with fifty thous-
and dollars. He went to large bank
ing house and wanted line of stocks
purchased which he named. The bank
er said to him." have been on the
street forty-eight years. During that
time, thirty-eight out of every forty who
have left money as you propose to do
have lost it. Twill take your money if
you insist upon il; but you had better
take a good look at it for you will never
see it again"


A gentleman left the dry goods busi-
dess and came Old the street. He brought
with him some money. He became
very daring operator and was the terror
of the street. He was said to be very
successful as well as very bold. His bro
ker was one of the heaviert houses in
New York. One day the senior partner
of the house said to the operator, :. Do
you know how much cash you have to
your creditf" The man replied: /" You
have a few thousands, suppose
"There are $750,000," the banker said,
"to your credit on our books. Now let
me give you little piece of advice.
Take out of this house 100000; buy
fine house on Fifth avenue; furnish it
complete and settle it on your wife. Salt
down the balance in Government securi-
ties; take your wife, go abroad, and get
out of the street for six months" The
man could not do that, for he had gigan-
tic speculations ON hand, and when they
were completed he would think about it.
In four months the operator was penni-
less, and is now working in coal mine
in Pennsylvania. The mental agony
through which he passed, in that short
time made him twenty years older, bur-
nished the top of his head like billiard
ball, and sank him out of sight on the
steeet. This is mere specimen Of the
magnitude and suddenness of reverses
in Wall street.
Year: 1870

Any amount and every class of Insurance required
can be placed at this Office in the best Companies,
and at low rates at any agency in the country.


Expiration Notices Promptly Given.
Year: 1870

The extension Of the New Orleans, Jack
son and Great Northern Railway is fast ap-
preaching completion. The track has been
laid over the square recently purchased by
the company for the purpose Of carrying
the road from St Joseph street across
Triton Walk, to Euphrosine street. The
road, from the starting point above the old
depot, has been finished for some months
past, and as soon as a perfect junction is
made with the newly laid road, the trains
VIII 1T once be put on. Our citizens may feel
It matter of congratuiation that this im-
provcment, destined to be so beneficial to
the whole city, IS so nearly completed.


An alteration which will certainly be a
great improvement, is now IN progress
along the upper side of Triton Walk, ex-
tending from Tivoli Circle 20 Baronne
street The track Of the st. Charles avenue
cars is being removed from its old location
to the side above mentioned. The object to
be effected is the dimnution Of curves, and
this VIII render the stoppages st this point
much more practicable and convenient for
Passengers.
Year: 1870

There has not fallen to our lot for many a
! day a task 90 melancholy as our present
record Of the death of Mr.. R. H. Wetmore.
who for so long a period up to the present
time filed with sterling ability the position
Of cashier in the REPUBLICAN, newspaper
establishment. Mr.. WetmOre died yester-
day afternoon about four O'Clock, after an
illness of over three weeks duration.
Although tho significant phases of his dis
ease, In its latter stages, might have pre-
pared his friends for what was SO soon to
follow, yet the announcement that he was


gone to return no more, came with shock
as sudden rs if he had been seen III his ae-


customed place but an hour before.
In recounting the melancholy event, we


can not refrain from calling to mind the sad
and touching circumstances attendant upon
the last year OF his life.


Some ten months ago, Mr.. Wesmorc fol-
lowed to the grave q lamented wife, the
companion Of many hopeful years gone by.
AS he stood by the dark and dreary recepta-
Gle Of his lost happiness, he held in his arms
tender infant, while at his side, and
clinging to his hand, stood another. all too
young to know its deep, deep loss. He saw


the partner of his life shut out forever from
his sight, "a clod after clod fell upon the
dark coffin lid, and the strong man stroye
with his grief. and restrained his tears, for


he felt that he had yet duties TO perform in


the world,


Scarce had he provided his motherless
little ones with new homo, induiging Che


hope to see them grow up under the foster
ing care Of one who had devoted herself to
fill the lost mothers place. when he himself
was summoned to NEE. his sOwn inevitable
hour"


As a gentleman and a man Of business.
Mr.. WctmOre stood very high IN this com
munity. He was for many years connected


with the daily press, in the same posi-


ton ho held in the REPUBLICAN Office


at the time of his death. Prompt, clear


headed, decided in all his movements, his


genial temper and urbane manners made
him hosts of friends under all circum-
stances. In paving this tribute to his in


trinsic worth we condole with the bereaved


widow and the fatherless little ones. IF the


sincere, sorrowins sympathy OF friends can


mitigate grief, such sympathy is theirs.


For the rest, all is in Gods hands, and He


has appointed thine the CONSIDER
Year: 1870




MAY CRIMINAL rEaM-GoDDARD. j., PRESIDING


M NDAY.-Mary Mclaughlin, petitioner vs. Ed
ward Mclaughlin


This was writ of h1beas corpus praying that the
custody of Rosanna Mclaughlin, the child OF petit
u)ner and respondent, be decreed to the mo her.
The hearing was had some time since and this morn
ing the Judge delivered his opinion. He found that
the separation of the husband and and wife were
solely from The bad temper and quarresome DISPOSE
tion OF the petitioner; that the respondent was
man OF tempera nabts, industIi 'us and honest,
but had been embarrassed by debts contracted by
his wife. In the opinion the wife was not suitable
person to have the training of the child and on ac.
count OF the inability OF the father to provide suta-
BILE accommodations for the child, on recommenda-
d,n of Bishop Bacon, he decreed that the child
should be given to the respondent on condition that
she be sent as soon possible The Catholic inst-
tuition under charge Of the Ladies OF Mercy in Prov-
dcnee, R. l., the father agreeing to contribute 500
annually towards defrayng the expenses of her edu-
calion.


When this announcement was made, the mother
manifested great apparent emo ton screamed and s-
tempted to seize the child. After she got out
court room, she continued h.r outcres and when she
got into the corridor below she grew begereut and
asaulted the respondent and his brother with an
umbrella swearing and jabhering meanwhile at the
top OF her voice. Quite row in progress, when
the sheriff arrived and held the frenzied woman till
her husband ami the child were out of sight.


State vs.. Grand Trank Railway Of Canda.


Hearing on motion for new trial on the indict-
ment against this corporation tor running over Day-
Id L. Putlen. Motion argued for the company by
Bon Bradbury, and for the State by the County At
torney.
Year: 1870

PERsoNAL-It will be seen by advertisement
that Mr.. John G. Doldt, lately connected with
Lent's New York Circus, and superior gym
mast and sparrer has been induced to remain
in the city during the summer and give private
instructions in sparring. Mr.. D. is perfect
master of his art, having made it a study from
his childhood, and his gentlemanly deport-
ment while with us heretofore, has won for him
many friends who will be glad to avail them
selves Of the opportunity offered of engaging
in this manly and invigorating exercise
Year: 1870

|. polloe IA Mf. Lorins was walking his
beat on salem Lane on Sunday night be was
appealed to by two women to get two men out
of their houses who were drunk and disorder
ly. Lorng went in and found the men very
abusive. and at the request OF the women left,
as they feared he was over matched. He went
out and got officer Hanson and when the men
came along, breathing out vengeance upon that
id policeman the officers arrested them.
They then showed fight, whereupon the officers
tripped, ironed them and brought them to the
station.


THE City Marshal has fulfilled his duty by
publicly warning the boys and others of the
penalties which are likely to follow the use OF
sire crackers squibs and rockets within the
city limits" Wouldn't it be better if the city
authorities should refuse to license or permit
their sale in the city and SO remove the temp
tation to violate the city ordinance. That
would be radical, we know, but if we seek to
eradicate an evil we must 60 to the root of 1T.
Year: 1870

IMPORTANT TO MARINERs.-The following
communication will interest our business pub
lie. In connection with the same we would
call attention to the advertisement Important
to Mariners" in our marine department.
SPANISH CONSULATE AT PORTLAND.
For the information OF the commerce of this
city, His Highness the Regent of Spain di-
rects me to publish that the new tariff of Gus
toms of the island of Cuba is at present moth
ing more than project of the Superintendent
of Customs of that island, and that it will not
commence to be enforced until approved by the
General Government, when public notice will
be given some time beforehand to that effect.


Portland, June 20, 1870.
Year: 1870

The SToRM.--The thunder showers which
began in this city last evening and continued
to late hour, were not attended with any
damage in this vicinity, SO far as we can learn,
but their influence extended great ways, and
in some localities were attended with damage
to buildings and crops The operator at the
telegraph office sent us private note early in
the evening saying that the electric fluid inter-
fered with their business, delaying it consider
ably. -Four poles on the Boston & Maine
Railroad were struck by the lightning and de-
molished, crossing the wires and making bad
work. At Lewiston the shower was accom-
panied by unusual hail and wind and doing
much damage to the fruit crops. A great deal
of glass was broken by the hail. A dispatch
from Troy, N. Y, says the storm passed over
that city at noon, doing great damage in the
country to fruit, &c.
Year: 1870

AccIDENTs.-Yesterday as Mr. David B. Full
Ter, rigger by trade, was engaged in rigging
vessel he fell distance of some twenty five
ieet striking heavily. DR.. Weeks was called
and the injured man was conveyed to his home
at No. 81 Pine street. 1t was ascertained that
no bones were broken but the man was badly
bruised and suffered considerable pain.


AS gentleman was holding his horse, in the
upper part of the city yesterday, with the.in-
tentiOn of turning him out a little SO he could
get into the wagon, the horse suddenly started
knocking him down, and ran full speed with
the wagon down through Oak and Spring
streets and dashed into the garden of the late
Hon. N. j. Miller, without waiting for the gate
TO be opened, thereby smashing the wagon and
also the gate. Luckily the gentleman was not
hurt
Year: 1870

WASHINGTON. December 10.-The
special committee having in charge
the memorial prepared under the
resolution adopted by the Emigration
Convention, held at indianapolis, are
preparing for the early introduction
of a bill in Congress for the protec-
ton of emigrants, both on the ocean
and on the land. while in transit to
their place Of destination.


A memorial has been signed by 3
large number Of prominent persons and
will be presented to Congress, asking
for an appropriation for the benefit Of
the National Institution for the blind.
Year: 1870

THERE Il q new use for petroleum. One
Samuel Bryant, Of OarroltOn, Mississippi,
has discovered that It will make the hair
grow. The way he found out this new
property of coal oil was simply this: lie
had a large boil on the bald place on his
head, which gave him much pain, and In
the absence Of anything else he rubbed
coal oil OH II. lie saysitrclieved The pAin
almost Instantly, so hG continued TO rub
on the oil until tho boil was entirely well,
when, to his surprise, he found thin
coating Of hair coming out over the batl
place. He continued the use Of the oil
for month or two, and now has a heavy
coat Of hair on his head
Year: 1870

An interesting decision has recently been
rendered in the Supreme Court of Cincin-
natl, IN which the freedom of the press as a
guardian of public morals ia very fully win
dicated. In January last the Cincinnati
Enquirer published the statement that


The Messrs Wettstein and Flurentine, the
Fourth street blackguards. having agreed to
withdraw the can-can from their varied play.
bill, there is little or nothing now left in the
city in the way of Amusemsnts for the vast
number Of young men who are want to stop
on their road to the Work house to bass
under the footlights of concert halls and
revel in the glories of the infectious can
can.


Whereupon the parties named brought ar
action for libel, laying their damages at the
modest sum of $4,000. Judge Hagsn de-
cided on the demurrer to the complaint tina
immortality of the sort named being express.
iy forbidden by the city ordinances, there
fore the language used concerning the bust
ross coaid not be constructed as q libel
The demurrer WAS sustained.
Year: 1870

Thank God for such assurance. "The
righteous shall be in everlasting remem-
brance." 0 how full of meaning these
words. How tull of comfort to the child
of God--the righteous. There is not
one trembling, faithful son or daughter
of the Lord Almighty who shall read
these lines. but often thinks of the time
when YOU are to meet the last enemy,
and pass away from earth. And doubt
less the inquiry comes at such moment,
"Shall be forgotten? When my spirit
shall return nnto God who gave it, and
nv dust return TO the earth as it was,
will not those who survive soon forget
me? Will not my neighbors forget me !?
Will not nv brethren in the Lord for
get me? Will no: my own relatives
who now love me- so dearly, forget me y
Tie two words above are Gods answer.
There is to be Everlasting remembrance
of the righteous" But you ask, "who
will remember me ?"


The hungry ones you have fed, the
thirsty ones to whom you gave drink,
will remember You. The strangers whom
you took in, the naked whom you cloth
ed. the sick whom you visited, those in
prison for whom you cared, will remem-
her you. They will remember you as
long as life shall last. And when they
themselves shall have gone across TO the
land, they will carry with them upoI
memory's tablet those kindnesses reclev'
ed at your hands, and may speak of them
in the presence of the angels, as together
you and they shall walk on the "shores
of the sea of glass;" nor will your rela
tives forget you. And had you no evi
dence that any of these shall remember
you, still it is true that you are to DC u
aeverlasting remembrance" Should al
your fellows of flesh and blood forge
Year: 1870

1t is solemn thing TO grow out of
youth and not be a Christian. 1t is a
solemn thing for young man to grow
up into manhood and not be Christian.
1t is solemn thing for parents to wait
for their children to get into the trough
of the sea before they attempt to bring
them TO the Lord Jesus Christ. 1t is a
solemn thing to abandon child to hope,
chance, and promise, when all growth
beyond youth is wrong growth. | buy
an old place Of careless man, and find
that the grape tFeilsses have been neg
lected until the vines have gone in and
out, and twisted themselves around the
trelis. | look at it a while, and say to
my gardner, "See here; which Is the
cheapest, TO take that vine and burn 1t,
and plant new vine there or undertake
to trim this up and give it new start,
and endeavor to train it right?" He
would say it was about six Of one and a
half dozen of the other On the whole
it is better TO plant a new root than TO
seek to change the old vine. Is not this
true in regard to great many men To
undertak ke to untwist and unlock these
gnared branches which are twirled
around their life, is it not like taking the
very root out of them? How many are
here who know from this experience
Conceive yourself as being again in the
state of child, and your whole INC as
conforming to the wish of your father


who is in Heaven. What a mighty
| change would that be, BeecheF,
Year: 1870

Marry no man who believes that Your
sex renders you his inferior.


If nature, accident or your own care.
lessness, deprives your person of what
the sensualIst calls its charms, seek not
to make mp for that deprivation by prac-
ticing the deceptions of art, but always
appear to be just what you are, and al
ways be just what you appear to be.


Seek not to thwart nature, nut treas
IRE in your heart her lessons of truth.
When you are allowed to vote, vote
for the advocate Of reason, justice and
virtue.


Do not fear to be singular, and do not
aim to be odd.


Live up to the dictates of your own
conscience, and not the dictates of an
others conscience.


Rely upon your own efforts for sue
cess; and dcspOnd not when misfortunes
come.


Live sobeny and calmly. Set your
face as flint against tobacco and aico-
bol.


Be kind, gentle and forgiving, bat
firm, determined and fearless.


Do your own thinking. Think inde-
pepdently, and fear not TO say what you
think. In order that you may think well,
acquaint yourself with the rules of logic,
understand the laws of thought; and
then read. but be careful what YOU read,
Year: 1870

On Tuesday evening, at half past six O'Clock,
the guard at the Territorial Prison at Idaho
City, proceeded to lock the prisoners up for
the night. The keeper entered with lighted
candle, as usual, to lock the doors, leaving an
assistant on the outside with q revolver to
guard against surprise. Ipmediately upon
going in, the candle WAS knocked out of his
hand and eItinguished. and the keeper seized
by three or four prisoners and locked in q cell
During the confusi on which followed, the out
side man rushed up to assist, but could not
use his weapon through fear of hitting the
keeper, everything being in total darkness.
While thinking what to do he also was sud
denly seized by strong arms and locked up.
The guard were now secured and silenced
with threats from a revolver, and the prison.
ers had sole possession Of the institution
They made good use Of their time in prepar-
ing for journey across the country. All ar
rangements completed. they finally set out be-
tween seven and eight o'clock taking with
them all the arms they could find and about
ten days rations, the company numbering
thirteen, all told. They started out in the
same direction pursued by them at the out
break last Summer. The prisoners either did
not wish to stay up there while everybody
else was leaving, or they desired to go 10 Ne
vada during the flush of business over there
They were probably misinformed as to the
time Of the Nevada election, and will be too
late to Dc any good in the campaign just end
ed; but rs times are exceedingly lively in our
sister State, they will not be long out of en-
ployment.


After the prisoners had been gone some
time, the guard got Hadley, who was wounded
at the outbreak last Summer, and who could
not go this time, to take a knife and pick the
lock and release them. The alarm was then
raised and pursuit instituted. Sheriff Britten
and JEFF. Howell arrived here early wednes-
day morning, when the former, with a squad
of soldiers from Fort Boise, started out to
find and retake them. They will probably be
all taken in day or two.-HdhO Statesman.
Year: 1870

VINO WANTS TO MAKE 4 FoRTUSE2-We hope
our exchanges will call the attention Of their
sheep breeding patrons to the splendid induce
monts offered hero for the importation Of
sheep. OF the thousands that have been
brought hither in the last throo years thoro
are not enough left in the whole Territory TO
make irst.class nook-they have all been
swallowed mp by the meat markets. Raised
exclusively for slaughter, they wonld yield
enormous profits to tho breeder. Mutton has
never been lower than twenty-five cents n
pound in Montana and the cost of keeping
shoop, Winter or Summer, would bo but n
trifo Montana Pick
Year: 1870

A Coon JOKE on EDTroEs.--Soon after Chief
Justice Chase assumed the gubernatorial chair
in Ohio. hc issued his proclamation appoint
ing Thanksgiving day. To make sure of be-
ing orthodox, the Governor composed his
proclamation almost exclusively of passages
from the Bible, which he did not designate as
quotations, presuming that every one would
recognize them, and admire the fitness of the
words rs well as his taste in their selection
The proclamation meeting the eyes of n Dem.
Ocratic editor, he pounced at once upon it
declaring that he had read IL before-couldn't
say exactly whcrc-but he would take his
oath that it was downright plagiarism from
beginning to end! Tint would have been
pretty fair joke, hut tho next day the Republi-
can came out valiRntly in defense of the Gov
ernor, pronouncing tho charge false and libel
Gus, and challenged any man living to produce
one single line of tho proclamation that had
over appeared in print before!
Year: 1870

Colonel Samuel Price has made move in the City
Councils OF Lancaster Pa, 10 compel the executors
of Thaddeus stevens to he an inventory Of his es.
tate. Legal measures are to be instituted on the
part of the city, The lneliigencei' says:"Tne city
Is interested besides Its claim for taxes, in knowing
how much OF an estate Mr.. Stevens left behind him.
Under certain contingencies the whole estate Is TO
go towards the building within our city, OF grand
negro college, OF almshouse, or institute OF some
KIND, for the benefit OF our African ctiZens
and Councils solteitous for the welfare OF
their colored constituents. are anxious to know
the value OF the estate, SO as 10 be able
to determine whether the projected negro institute
rs to.be accommodated with marble palace or only
frame shanty. Under the terms OF the VIII, more
over, the executors are likely to enjoy the handling
OF the whole estate for many years and they have
given no BAN the Councils wish to know how the
moneys are invested, so that they may be satisfied
OF their safety ami may nave reasonable assurance
that they VIII be forthcoming when the time shall
arrive for the appropriation 10 the negro institute.
The executors are AL professed negroplllists and
We hope would not wiully delraud the negro inst-
tute out Of lts inheritance, but it would be satls
factory TO our negro fellow citizens TO know ust how
their funds are invested and 70 be quite sure that
the Pacific Railroad stocks have been converted
iuto more reliable securities"
Year: 1870

THE ATTORNEY GENERALsHIP.-Byt the terms
Of Judge Hoar's letter Of resignation it takes
erect upon the qualification Of his successor
. 1t is not probable that Mr. Akerman will quail
fy inside OF two weeks or a month. In the mean
time the Department OF Justice, created by re-
cent act of Congress, will have been organized.
and the additional patronage of the Attorney
General disposed of under the auspices of Judge
HOar,