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Year: 1872




Rev. w. Murray says: "I hold il to
be prime obligation resting on every
man to succeed up to the fullest meas
ure of that success which is possible to
HIM in life. Success is not only pleas.
ant; it is duty. Look at man along
whatever range of faculties, and you
will see in the perfect equipment of ca
pacity, IN the presence Of every energy,
the obligation to succeed. In the wings
OF bird you see that the Maker has
suggested flight; in the build of dog
and horse, speed; in the OK, strength;
and so through all the grades of life,
God, in the organization, in the capaci.
ties bestowed, has pointed out the mode
and result Of life. But in man this ia
most observable. Look at yourself, my
friend, your faculties, in your endow.
ments by nature, and see in the liberal,
| had almost said-nay, / will say-in
the superabundant resources of your or
ganization, the suggestion, yea, the CON-
mand, OF your Maker. all the elements
aud means necessary to success in any
worthy branch of industry, in any line
of noble ambition, are in you. A young
man has no right to fail in life. It NAV
not he his duty to succeed in the direc-
tion and TO the extent that his ambition
may suggest, for ignorance may misdi.
rect. and vanity exaggerate; but it is
his duty to succeed in the direction and
to that extent, in which his natural ca
pacities point and make possible. Soci.
ETY. is full of failures that need never
have been made; full of men who have
never succeeded, when they might have,
and should have succeeded full of wo.
men who, in the firss half of their DAYS,
did nothing but eat and drink aud sim.
per, and iu the last halt have done MOTH
ing but repent their folly and weakness
es. This world is full, 1 say, of such
people; full OF men in every trade or
profession who do not amount to any
thing, and OF girls and women without
any trade or profession, who have 10 de-
sire to amount to anything; and / do
not speak irreverently, and 1 trust, not
without due charity, without making due
allowance for the inevitable in life, when
| say that God and thoughtful men are
weary Of their presence. Every boy
ought to improve on his father; every
girl grow into nobler, gentler, more
selt-denying womanhood than the moth
er. No reproduction of former types
will give the world the perfect type. 1
know not where the millennium is, as
measured by distance of time; but do
know, and SO do you all, that it is great
way off as measured by human growth
and expansion. We have no such men
and women yet, no age has ever had any,
as shall stand on the earl in that age OF
peace that will not come until men are
worthy of it."
Year: 1872

Having heard of the "great raft" iu
the Red River, since our geography
days, we are all apt to suppose we know
all about it. We are well aware that il
is mass of drift-wood, completely OBJ
structing navigation at the point where
it covers the water with its countless
trunks of forest trees. We know that
the river passes under this mass as if it
were a bridge; and we may remember
that i'll 1888, when the raft was l24 miles
long, the general government began the
work OF removing it, but after working
at it for twenty-five years abandoned
the attempt as impracticable, and con-
fined its efforts to the opening up of
some of the lateral channels or bayous.
We may knew all this, aud still be ig-
uorant of one of the most curious char
acteristics of the great raft, which is
tina: it, unlike RATS in general, moves up
the river against the current instead of
down. The movement is very slow, be-
ing but mile or two in year. The ex.
planation of this retrograde movement
of an apparently stationary mass is sim.
pie enough. The logs of the lower end
of the raft are continually broken away
and carried off by the floods and fresh
cts. Thus the raft, always falling away
at one end and growing at the other,
gradually moves up the river, and tits
calulated that it has moved since it's
forming about 400 miles: Scientific
writers have suggested the idea that this
vast mass of timber, after lying in the
old bed of the river for quite number
of ages, will become a coal bed But
when the Red River country becomes
thickly settled, this enormous collection
of drift wood may be utilized in some
way or other, and thus intellectually dis
tant generations may be cheated out of
many a good coal fire.-Erchange.
Year: 1872

Perhaps you think hero
A man of giant might,
A warrior In armor,


A champion for the right,
Who through the world goes Boosting
That wrong shall be no more
The glory of whose exploits
Is sung from shore to shore.
In olden times hero


Was such man know,
He went to battle aided
BY iavclins and bow.
You all have heard of Ajax,
OF Pram's valiant son,
And OF the great Achilles,
Who many battles won.
But now to be hero


Is quite another thing
And he who earns the title
Is nobler than king.
'Tis he who follows duty,
Who scOrns to be untrue,
Who's guided by his conscience,
Not by what others do.
And you may be hero
BY doing all you can
To free the world from error,
And aid your brother man
And, though no blast OF trumpet
Your greatness may proclaim,
With heartfelt benedictions
Mankind will breathe your name.


Mary T.. Mdckjntosh.
Year: 1872

Asters are among the most snowy
and early grown of all the ANNALS, and
with half dozen varieties of the i'm
proved sorts splendid display may be
had during the next half of the season.
Some of the flowers are as large and
double as a dahlia, and the variety of
colors as well as habit and growth is
very great. The above engraving gives
q good representation of the growth of
one variety. The plants require deep
rich soil, and room enough TO grow-say
six to twelve inches apart, according to
habit. They are easily grown from seed,
and bear transplanting early.
Year: 1872

Tie Petunia is also one of the ANIMALS
that cannot be omitted in any collection.
Like the preceding, it is OF the easiest
culture, and the improved varieties are
exceedingly beautiful. The double Pc
tunias are of recent production. They
do not produce seed except by cross-fer-
tilizing which makes the seed very scarce
Year: 1872

THE PUBLIC LANDS FOR HoMESTEADS.


Senator Pomeroy introduced bill into
the Senate yesterday, to repeal all laws for
preemption on the public lands, and pro-
vide for their settlement only as home
steads. This bill is of the utmost impor-
tance to the laboring masses of the coun-
try. The public lands constitute the safety
valve of our competitive civilization. When
the pressure is too great the laborer can
always retire to the land and dig out an
independent living. But what if this land
shall all become the subject of private
ownership, as is being rapidly done under
our present wasteful and ruinous sys-
tenn ? 1t is time for every landless man to
look at the danger that confronts him and
his children.
Year: 1872

DUTY ON TEA AND COFFEE REPEALED.


The repeal of the duty on tea and coffee
removes the last excuse for keeping up the
price of those articles. 1t was an act of
justice to the people to whom they have be-
come if not necessity, at least an article
required for their comfort. The Republi-
can party is establishing just claim to the
affection and confidence of the people by
the repeal of all taxes which burden and
embarrass industry, and the retention Of
such as tend to protect it.
Year: 1872

NEW York, March 12.
The overthrow OF the Erie Railroad ring is
viewed with satisfaction in every quarter.
The Herald says no coupe detdt was ever more
successful since the famous second December
at Paris, when the Assembly was dissolved by
Napoleon and it's leaders imprisoned.


The history of the Erie ring will disclose
prodigality and crime that will astonish even
those who had appreciated the character of the
ring.


At a late hour, last night, Gould attempted to
abstract the books of the Company, but was
foiled. One of the Ring directors says that the
whole business is the work of the Atlantic and
Great Western Company, in order to get control
of Erie, so as to help the Atlantic and Great
Western out Of its difficulty
Year: 1872

The regular monthly Artists Exhibition at
the Loos Club occurred last Saturday evening Yester


day. the Clubhouse thrown open for the families OF
members and their invited guests. Tho Exhibition was
an unusually fine one may be Judged from the LIST Of
Year: 1872

This is what the Shreveport Daily
Times says Of the Lasere- Randolph
fusion ticket


"The New Orleans Picayunc
which has consistently supported
Grant under its present management
supports the fusion ticket fixed up
by few members Of the Democratic
State Executive Committee and of
that of tho rcformers. OF ticket it
says:


As il appears and as it stands, no
one can say that it is in the Grant
interest Or the Greeley interest.


Precisely and that is the just the
very reason we washed our hands of
it, and why. tho country democracy
will have nothing to do with it. We
will go into no combination that
does not look to the defeat of Grant
and Grantism, nor will our people.
This was also the sentiment that
prompted the action Of the democrat
ic convention, and the two or three
members of the committee who have
acted in opposition to the prepared
policy of that convention and Of the
party, will not be endorsed. If the
jobbing Of the Picayune means any
thing, it means that Kellogg had a
hand in the job as will Us Messrs.
Lasere and Randolph"
Year: 1872




FRAUD AND TYRANNY.


From the Charleston Courier


The Liberal Republicans and the
Democrats being united in principle,
both the one and the other being
engaged in the struggle to rid the
country of the corrupt Cusarism
which is destroying its liberty, it was
but natural that they should select
the same candidates. The result of
this selection will necessarily be, that
the strength of neither party will be
wasted, and the power of both will
be concentrated on the common OBJ
iect. Now that the Convention has
spoken, the contest is narrowed
down to two candidates. Either
Greeley or Grant will be the next
President of the United States
The one stands on platform en-
bracing broad an honest principles,
while the platform Of the other sane
tions every fraud, every act Of tyran-
ny, every wastefui grant of the pub
lie domain to gigantic corporations,
the imperialism at Washington, and
the supremacy Of the sword over the
law. This is the real contest, and in
voting for the one Or the other we
indorse one or the other set of prin-
ciples. The enthusiasm for Mr..
Greeley came first from the South,
and at the South he will receive a
support as earnest and as enthusi-
astic as he will receive among his
walmest friends at home.
Year: 1872

The following significant editorial from
the New York Times of the 10Th explains
itself:


"Some perfectly well-meaning people of
that order in remote. rural districts are
congratulating Grant on the purchase by
Gen. Ben. Butler and Thomas Murphy of
q controlling interest in the Tribune. 9th
er credulous souls are sure the Tribune is
losing circulation f; and still others that it
is speedily to be turned against Mr.. Gree
ley."-Iri6une, oct. Is.


Here we see man voluntarily dragging
very delicate affairs before the public. The
above paragraph was perfectly Unnecessary
it is piece of silly bravado, for we have
not anywhere seen the statement that the
Tribune was to be turned against Mr..
Greeley" The writer of the paragraph
merely stated what he knew was going on
in his office as a ''rumor." 1t is a fact that
the Tribune circulation has fallen off; it is
n fact that the stockholders of the Tribune
have recently held a meeting and discussed
the propriety of bringing the paper over
to the Republican party, and that a vote to
that effect was very nearly carried. We
should not have alluded to these circum-
stances-which are no secret-if the Iri-
bune had not, with characteristic bad taste
and folly, provoked remarks on the sub
ject, There is not a paper in the country
which does not see that the Tribune has
lost ground which it will require years to
recover, and that the present "manage-
ment' can not possibly stand.
Year: 1872

The State National Bank Of New Orleans
mas declared a dividend OF three and half
per cent to the stockholders and dividend
of one per cent to depositors upon their
average daily balances, payable on and ae
ter the thirteenth of january
Year: 1872

we commend 20 the attention of our
readers the closing paragraph in the sub
joined article from the Aornjng Star, in
which there is streak of good sense


We have seen in a recent number of a
Queenstown paper an interesting notice of
the new line of steamers recently establish
ed between that port and New Orleans.
The two steamers already built the Mime
sofa and Louisiana, are spoken of as among
the finest ships in the world. The former
Of these h3d left that port for this the dav
before the issue OF the paper we refer to and
consequently may soon be expected at our
wharf. The convenience thus afforded for
the direct importation Of fine Irish fabrics
and manufactures will be of great impor-
tance to our commercial interests and will
no doubt be profted by to the utmost
capacity of the line.


The immense quantities of corn and cot :
ton and other exports constantly calling an
influx of shipping to this port afford an op-
portunity for cheap importations almost
unknown IN the history of any other empo-
RUM. and New Orleans ought to know how
to profit by the circumstance. New York
can not import nearly so cheaply as this
city, and the problem always presents
itself as an uDanswerable one, why goods
can not be sold cheaper here than there.
L uo lStCC 10 tldL SUCH Il 5LdLS OF GnlngS Is
simply abnormal, and can not last. I'M
ports must, in time, come back by the chan
mel through which exports go out


If the Minnesota arrives safely in spite
of the fearful gales recently prevailing so
generally and disastrously, we hope that
our community wall manifest its sense of
the Importance of this movement by the
immense crowds of visitors who will 20 to
welcome her In fact, the occasion ought
to be made one of public and official CON
principally to arouse the interest Of our
population in such matters. The question
of a growing commerce ought to be moro
attractive than heated debates over the
pickings of street commissioners office or
the prospects of encouragement bill.


Let us grow industrious, thrifty and en-
terprising; let us convince Wall street that
we are becoming prosperous, and the White
House will be obsequious enough. Prosper
Gus people are always highly respected.
Year: 1872

Sympathizing subscribers to the Boston
Pilot are sending in paid subscriptions for
five, ten and even twenty years in advance,
to help publisher Donahoe over his fire
osses-practieal evidences Of their religious
faith newspaper regard ana personal
friendship.
Year: 1872




FRIEND SpERRY:--I see by the
Voter that you are sometimes led to
wrong conclusions as to the cause Of
some Of the proceedings here; and 1t
is not strange that you should be,
with the imperfect reports given in
the Register. The particular matter
in my mind just now is the vote in
the House last week refusing to con-
cur in the Senate resolution to 80
into Joint Convention to elect the
State Printer, Binder, and Warden.


The circumstances were these:--
There had been resolution intro.
duced a day or two before, and
adopted, instructing the House Com
mittec on Printing to inquire into
the expediency of having the print
ing and binding done by contract;
and that Committee had not had
time to make a report. Again, the
action Of the Senate was notreported
to the House by the Secretary there
OF until the time the Senate had set
for the Joint Convention; therefore
it was impossible to concur, for want
Of time. members we're Influenced
by one or the other Of these reasons
to vote against concurring. The
Committee finally reported by it's
Chairman, j. p. Irish, against the
expediency, and that the work was
done by the present arrangement as
cheap as it could be done by letting
to bidders. SO much for explana-
tions.


The two Houses will take a recess
the Ist prox., during which the Com
mittees appointed for the purposes
will visit the different Institutions
under the control Of the State; and
tb give the Printer time to print por-
tions OF the manuscript copy OF the
new Code. There can be but little
done in the way Of legislation until
members can have the printed copy
Of the Code to examine.


The Newspaper question appeaTs
Year: 1872

In regard 10 tne Dill 1Or the reliel
of Marion County, now pending in
the Legislature, we feel some little
delicacy as to urging anything. Our
County now owes the State some
thing over 300, money which was
stolen from our County Treasury,
along with some $4,000 Of other
funds, five years ago. To be COM
PEELED to pay it to the State now,
after the settling Of the other losses,
would be considerable burden.
Still, we owe it, OF course, and must
pay, unless the State sees fit to re-
lease the debt. Weargue no claims,
and we don't feel like any begging.
If our recollection is right, similar
requests from other Counties have
been heretofore allowed.


AS to n Legislative recess we have
always had scruples. Only good
special reasons would make us vote
for one; and friend Durham's letter
mentions some Of the best reasons
@e have seen stated in favor OF the
present recess. Hereafter, however,
1t is To be hoped that something
more than the mere custom will be
required for one.


The law presumes that every man
knows the law, and it does not ex-
cuse his ignorance Of it. Therefore
the government is bound to take all
reasonable means to furnish every
citizen with the requisite knowledge
OF the law. This can only be done
by publication; and the only two
ways proposed are, publication In
book form and in the newspapers.
We think it may be easily shown
that the latter plan Is most effective
and cheapest, and therefore best, be-
sides involving the most equablc and
generally advantageous distribution
of the necessary expense; and there
fore we earnestly protest against the
repeal of the present law. And we
have no self-interest in the matter
this year, for we are not to publish
the Laws anyway. The present law
ought to be amended in two or three
respects, but we surely believe that
the good of the people demands that
it should not be repealed.


The Circuit Courts are heavily at
tackled in the Legislature. There is
n strong desire to have them abol-
ished. But all the reasons we have
seen urged therefor seem to us very
nsufiicient--especially the statement
that they promote an increase OF liti-
cation. We cannot admit the truth
OF this statement; and If it were true
the way to get rid of the trouble Is
not to a bolish the Courts but to make
barrators pay the costs. Since the
number Of District Courts cannot be
increased as needed, and since cxpe-
rience shows that they cannot do all
the business, the Circuit Courts, or
some other Courts in their stead,
seem absolutely necessary. There
certainly should be means provided
whereby dockets may be cleared
within reasonable time; and even
the Courts we now have cannot do
this in all cases.


We do most earnestly hope that
the School and Road systems may
receive some really sound and judi
cious consideration in the present
Assembly. They don't need tinker
ing, but they do need amendments
and revision. 1t seems to us that
both our School business and our
Road business are now cut up into
too small parcels, distributed to un'
paid, irresponsible mud careless OH
Year: 1872

GIRLS. Sdn tney not Dc 50 duJuSteu
as to require fewer officers, and have
those officers supervise more terrific
ry, get some pay for actual services,
and be responsible to the State or the
people to some extent for their use
of power? And would itnot be well
for the State if there could be two
suitable Commissions appointed or
elected-one to revise and make new
the whole Road system, and another
to do the same for the School system
so far as needed--to be paid for their
services, and to report to the 10Th
General Assembly?


The Gate City comes out in long
editorial declaring that the present
Iowa Prohibitory Law is failure,
that it don't prevent intemperance,
and that it ought to bc superseded
by the Illinois Damages law. Will
the Gate city tell US why, when we
have half a loaf, we should throw it
away in order to get more bread?
AS a plain matter of fact, the State
over, we hold it emphatieally true
that our present Prohibitory law
does prevent great deal Of intem-
perancc, by making it more difficult,
and in some cases almost impossible,
for habitual drinkers and others to
get liquor. So much, so good. OF
course "men cannot be lcgislated
into goodness''-but that argument
works as much against one law as
another, ami therefore counts moth
ing. And as to a Damages law, like
that of Illinois, Iowa already has
one, which is now in force, and
which was really the precedent for
the Damages laws Of Ohio and llli-
nois. We refer to chapter AZ of the
Acts of the Ninth General Assembly
which we recommend to the con-
sideration of all who feel an interest
in the question of Intemperance and
Legislation.


We wish some Hon. Gent. would
explain on what ground the Iown
House of Reps. refuses to cut down
the allowance Of postage-stamps II
has voted to its members, now that,
"for the sake Of economy" 1t has re-
fused to order the usual newspapers
which are generally supposed to re-
quire large part Of the allowance
Of postage. Because somehow OF
other we can't see it by any present
illumination.


The bill introduced by Represent
ative Draper, Of Jasper County, tc
allow Townships to purchase and
hold in fee simple grounds for ceme-
terry purposes, seems to us to embody
good idea; aud unless there are
good reasons against it which we
cannot now see, we should decidedly
like to see it become law.
Year: 1872

Resolved That the committee on
County Organization inquire into the
expediency of providing for the election
in each county of an Auditor, whose
duty it shall be to make annual settle
ment with all officers, county aud town
ship, having control OF public money,
which settlement shall be entered OF
record and be open to inspection OF all
the citizens of the county:


Or, that said duties shall devolve
upon some other officer in each county.


On motion Of Mr.. Stump,


Resolved That the committee on
Finance, Taxation. &c, be instructed
to inquire into the expediency OF insert
ing q clause or section in the Constltu'
ton requiring all taxes for school pur.
poses to be assessed upon and collected
from the real estate Of this State as
other State taxes are collected.


Mr.. Peerce moved the reconsideration
o! the vote taken on the 22d instant,
directing the Sergeant.at-arms to hoist
the flag OF the United States over the
Hall OF the Convention.


Mr.. Warth moved to lay the motion
to reconsider on the table, but subse-
quently withdrew his motion.


Mr.. Johnson, Of Tyler, moved TO lay
the motion TO reconsider on the table,
Adopted.


On motion OF Mr.. johnson, OF Wood,


Rcs2l.cI, That the committee on the
Legislative Department inquire into
the expcdiency of inserting in the Con
stitution the following provision NO
new county shall ever be formed in this
State unless the territory thereof shall
contain not less than five hundred
square miles and population OF at
least eight thousand.
Year: 1872

The Commissioner Of Appeals in the
case of Lawson against the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad Company has decided that
the Limitation OF the liability to one
hundred dollars is not according TO
contract, and awarded the plaintiff four
thousand dollars for her baggage lost 10y
The defendant.