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Year: 1871

same Case
will again sit when the evidence Is reproduced in the
court above. 1t is therefore, highly improbable
that he will condemn MS own Judgment by permit
ting the communication OF the sentence.


Even II two Of his brethren decide against him he
can issue dissent and carry It to the Court OF Ap
peals above. According to Judiciary Amendment
act passed by the Legislature ana ratidcd and
accepted on November 1863, 1t was provided that
''no Judge or justice shall Sit at general term OF
decision made by him or by any court OF which he
was at the time sitting member" But this was
utterly discarded In the case OF Rea for the Judge
who sentenced aim sat In appeal on the case on the
18th December, 1852 and June 80, 1870 after the
act OF the Legislature had been passed and ratified.


thus two men. tried and convicted for murder IN
two separate c0urts-only thirty yards distant from
each other-in the same city, FOR the Same ofcnce,
under the same laws having Tor their object the
punishing and repression OF crime, stand upon an
unequal footing. The one tried In the General SeS
sions VIII certainly survive eighteen months after
his sentence and stand excellent chance Of get
tang pardon from the Governor; while the man
tried and sentenced In the Court OF Oyer and Ter
miner must make mis- peace with God, for the pass
ing OF the sentence IneaUs almsst certain death.
This can be borne 0ut by two murderers at present
IN me Tomos. John Thomas, . colores man: wss
Termiuer last year, and every effort to obtain
stay OF proceedings from the supreme Court
iiih Of th.s month. Lawrence Sullivan, also
convicted for murder, Dnt In tho Court Of General
Sessions was sentenced one day ana Obtained writ
OF error the next morning, and whereas Thomas
Will suffer the last penalty OF the law 10 the day the
former Will live TOR year and haif, and probably
certainly aud irrexularity Of this aodus ope,a,idt
must be observable to all, and leaves an unsettled
convictlon In the minds OF those men who figure on
the calendars Of the courts as TO the punishment
they may expect In case OF murder. The vacllatng
policy referred TO can only tend 10 degrade the ad-
lninisratlon OF justice. Instead OF adding to the
certainty the caimness add powerful, digniEed
majesty or the courts 1t appears 10 undermine the
fundamental basis OF all the criminal Institutions in
this city.


In former times 1t was customary for the courts to
appoints


COUNSEL TO DEFEND MURDERER


in case he too poor to provide an attorney with
the TO carry his case. aud the Board OF gu
pervisors made moderate allowance; put Tor the
last sixteen yeara U q counsel has Qeen APPOINTED
Year: 1871

never heard any sound at such times which
they could not trace to ordinary terrestrial
sources.


Although, of course, difficult to ascertain
with certainty, it would seem that these
aurore, the boreali5 and australis, occur
simultaneously at their respective poles,
and this would point to an electric action
common to both. 1t has been surmised
that on such occasions q discharge of cleo
tricity is taking place from the poles to the
equator, and the apparent motion of the
auroral arc in that direction seems 10 con-
firm this view. There are, however, rea-
sons for thinking that, on the contrary,
the discharge is from the equator to the
poles, and that the direction of the motion
is only apparent. However this may be,
we NAV presume that in one or other of
these places an amount of electricity ac-
cumulates from time to time, and that it is
periodically discharged into the other
through the medium of the upper atmos-
phere; or that the atmosphere and the
earth form together a galyanic circle,
which is put into action at certain inter
vals. But it is remarkable that though
the earth currents would be expected to
runnorth and south, they are frequently
observed to move in direction from east
to west. Like many ether phenomena,
however, this has yet to be fully investi-
gated by observation and experiment.
The meteorciogy of the earth will, per
haps, be found to be more under the in
fuence of this electric action than is at
present supposed. 1t no doubt performs
some important function, and is destined
to be as perpetual as the revolution of the
globe itself Discoveries respecting it will
in all probability, assist to confirm the
theory that heat, motion, and electricity
are essentially one, and that they are the
origin of many of the phenomena of the
earth and of the organic life on its sur
face.-Hdrper's Weekly.
Year: 1871

TIE custom of playing off tricks upon
the unwary, has long distinguished the
First of April, that being the particular
day when the practice is allowed by estab-
hshed usage. But il is a foolish custom,
tending to no good and we wish it were
"more honored in the breach than in the
observance" Our special dislike to the
habit dates from q circumstance which
occurred in our personal experience.


We had made our first venture in the
great city, leaving a good home, kind
parents, brothers and friends, to go to the
metropolis, where so many of the young
gravitate, in the hope of bettering their
fortunes. Having selected our vocation
and secured a permanent place, we went
resolutely to work, attending strictly to
the duties assigned US, and only OCCASION
ally stopping to listen to the bustle and
hum of the human tide daily surging
along the streets.


One day-it happened to be the first of
April, but we never thought OF that-a
fellow workman, a boy like ourself, came
to us, and with an air of sincerity, said 3:
There's letter for you in the post office,
from your mother" Now we did not
think Of the absurdity of the last part of
this piece of information, as to how he
should know the letter in question was
from our mother; but our heart gave a
great Jump, and we could have Rugged our
informant then and there, we were so
filled with happiness at the news. For
many a weary day and night We had
thought (how tearfullyD of that dear
mother, and yearned to see her face again,
often with a dull pain in the breast that
We can easily recall. How natural that
she should remember her dear absent boy,
all alone in the great crowded city, and
write him a tender and affectionate letter,
full of news of home and the beloved
ones therel A rush for coat and hat, and
we were flying up the street to the post
office. Giving the name, smiling clerk
handed US the precious epistle, and run
ming to the window of the entrance where
we could devour its contents unobserved,
we read these two land only words
"April FOOL"


Never, before or since, have We expert
enced such bitter, bitter disappointment
as at that moment; and if the boy who
had deceived us so cruelty, and who disap-
peared suddenly round the corner as we
emerged from the Office, derived any
pleasure from the trick, he is quite well
come to it, as we forgave him long ago /;
but we would not wish him to repeat
the dose"


For this reason, if for no other, we are
opposed to the senseless custom of playing
tricks upon our fellows on the first of
April, or any other day in the year
The Young Pilot.
Year: 1871

LAY it down as foundation rule, that
Won will be faithful in that which is
least" Pick up the loose nails, bits Of
twine, clean wrapping paper, and put
them in their places. Be ready to throw
in an odd half hour or hours time, when
it viii be an accommodation, and don't
seem to make merit of it. Do it heartily.
Though not word be said, be sure your
employer will make a note Of it: Make
vonrseIf indispensable to him, and he will
lose many of the opposite kind before he
will part with you.


Those young men who watch the time
to see the very second their working nour
is up-who leave, no matter what stale
the work may be in, at precisely the m
stant-who calculate the extra amount
they can slight their work, and an tEc;t yet mot not
get reprovedSwh0 are lavish Of ,bd ahf r.t en- n
rpecsive notice that times are dull, and
their services are no longer required
Working Man.
Year: 1871

One of the lessons cur people greatly
need to learn is the superiority of sim
plcity and elegance to that of extrava-
gance and display which are fashionable
everywhere among US at the present time.
The style of living, the furnishing of our
houses, the mode of dress, the equipaSe,
and, in short the entire arrangements of
our life are quite as offensive to refined
taste as they are seriously Objectionable on
economic grounds. OstentatiOn takes the
place of elegance, and the ambition to
outdo others in the matter of expense Is
more conspicuously apparent than any re-
finement of culture or serviceable end.


1t would be well if more of our people
would study the best models of style
among the aristocracy for whom they af-
feet so much veneration. In the families
of many of the nobility and gentry of
England, possessing an unusual income,
which of itself would be an ample fortune,
there is greater economy of dress and
more simplicity in the furnishing of the
dwelling than there is in many of the
houses of our citizens, who are barely able
to supply the daily wants of their fami-
lies by the closest application to business.
They have more servants than we do, but
labor is much cheaper there than here.
But English ladies make more account of
one silk dress than ours do of twenty.
They Cenerally dress in plain, substantial
garments, neatly trimmed, reserving their
costlier articles and jewelry for great oc-
casions; and would look with suspicion
upon the woman who decked herself in
drawing room attire for shopping excur-
sion, sweeping the streets with her trail.
Instead of turning their furniture out OF
door every two or three years and replac-
ing it with new and fashionable styles,
they take pride in preserving the articles
that were used by their ancestors, and
value them quite as much for their SIM
plicity, solidity and age, as for the associ-
ations connected with them. Even their
carpets are used years longer than ours be-
fore they think of replacing them, and
their china-ware has, in many instances,
been in and out of fashion twenty times
since it was made. How much better it
would be for our people to catch the spirit
of such conservatism as this, and exchange
extravaganza for elegance, vulgar Ostenta'
ton for simplicity and refinement The
amount of waste in our American homes
is useless, and essentially vulgar display i:
appalling even to contemplate.-The Col
den Age.
Year: 1871

THERE was an old lady all dressed in six,
Who lived upon lemons and buttermilk;
And, thinking this world was sour old place,
She carried its acid all over her face.
Another old lady. all dressed in patches.
Lived upon nothing but Lucifer matches;
So the world it made her straBgle and cough,
And sure as you rubbed her you set her of.
Another old lady, ali sunny and neat,
Who lived upon sugar and everything sweet;
Declared, when she heard Of their troubles, she


"neverr'
For the world was go nice she could live on for


MORAL.
Now children, take your choice
OF the food your hearts shall eat;
There are sourish thoughts, and birthstone


thoughts,


And thoughts all good and sweet;
And whatever the heart feeds on,
Dear children, trust to me,
Is precisely what this queer old world
VIII seem to you to be.
Year: 1871

A equity old fellow adyertises in New
Hampshire papcr for "a man that is able
and willing by honest labor to earn one
third the cost of hiring him, and not
pickeled with rum or baconed with tobac-
co smoke; also woman capable Of tax
ing care of farmers kitchen and but
tery, and neither too proud nor too lazy
to do it, and who does not carry fchig-
nom big enough to hang herself in try
ing to get through common doorway. A
liberal price will be paid for these rare
relics Of antiquity. Call on or address,
etc.
Year: 1871

100 wicked for prayer, too week for moan
To be heard IN Che streets of the crazy town,
Gone mad in thejs of the snow coming down:
To Be and to die In my terrible woe,


With bed and shroud OF the beautiful ssow!
Year: 1871

The Fourth of July was celebrated in
New Orleans and environs in manner in
dicative that bygones are bygones, and that
the era of good feeling is fast approaching,
never, it is to be hoped, to depart again.


Among the many testimonials that holy
remembrances of the Fourth of July vet
live in the hearts of the American people
the most prominent was the military dis
play at the Metairie Race Course.


The encampment of the First Regiment of
Louisiana Militia commenced on Sunday
last, and terminated on Tuesday, with a
grand military display. We may remark
that the men who encamped at the Metairie,
as we'll as the men who, on the Fourth, took
part in the military demonstration, are no
''feather-bed soldiers" but men who, in field
and flood, have experienced the stern reali-
ties of ''grim-visaged war" They know all
about the whizzing of a bullet fred in ear
nest-all about the headlong charge of cav
airy, or the deadly effect of well served ar
tillery. All this is over; at least as far as
Uncle Sans farm is concerned, and the gal
liant fellows whose bravery would do credit
to any cause, will hereafter stand shoulder
to shoulder against a common enemy should
any arise.


There was very large attendance of la
dies and gentlemen at the Metairie Course
during the latter part of the day to witness
the dress parade, and unquestionably the pa
geant was worth seeing There were at least
a thousand men under arms, and as they
formed for review not long before sundown,
the effect was magnificent. The extreme
right was occupied by Colonel Squires, with
a battery of three twelve Founders and
three artillery companies parading as in
tantry. Colonel Streets Crescent City
Guards; the First Regiment of Infantry,
commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Briggs;
the Second Brigade, commanded by Colonel
w. NJ. Owen; the Fifth Regiment, under
command of Major Braughn; the whole
force being reviewed by Major General
Campbell and staff, among whom we no.
ticed Colonel Mehle


The military music at the review was
splendid. In addition to the Berlin Cornet
Band, the band of the Nineteenth Regi-
ment of United States Infantry had been
obtained, this band being stationed at
the Barracks, under the charge of Drum
Major Lee.


At the close of the review a grand salute
was fired by Colonel Squires artillery, and
then the tents were struck, and the soldiers
departed for peaceful homes.


After leaving the field, the command was
the city, according to the programme desig-
mated in the REPUBLICAN of Tuesday morn
ing, eliciting much admiration from the
spectators
Year: 1871

The picnic of the Hibernia Association at
the Oakland Course terminated on the eve
ming of the Fourth of July, or, rather, on the
morning of the fifth, for the boys kept it up
tremendously; all the more so, no doubt,
on account of the near neighborhoOd of the
Metairie Conrse. After the review of she
military and the breaking up of the camp,
a great many of the boys forgot to go home,
but happened into the Oakland Course,
where there were unrivaled facilities for
tripping the light fantastic toe, or treading
the may.


There is no doubt that this picnic has
been grand success, and we may say with
out fear of contradiction that nowhere in
the world could have been found an assem-
blage of several thousand happier people.
The amusements were such as ought to suit
every taste, intellectual as well as muscular
The whole passed off in the happiest man
ner, nothing occurring to mar the enjoyment.
Year: 1871

The time is gradually drawing near when
the next single number drawing of the
Louisiana State Lottery will take place,
and as there are quite large number of
fortunes in store for a large number of
lucky individuals, it is well that all should
know it in order that all may have an equal
chance in the race for fortune. Next Satur-
day 440 prizes will be drawn in this lottery,
amounting in the aggregate to over $3.50, 000
A few dollars invested in tickets might
prove a fortune to some individual who
stands much in need of it.
Year: 1871

The Fourth of July was great day for
the New Orleans and Mobile railroad.
Heavy passenger trains went out at eleven
and half-past two o'clock, but lighter at
half past FIVE. The return trains came
through on time, though some of them
were so much crowded that there were not
seats sufficient for all the passengers.
Year: 1871

A dealer in pork has a precocl-
ous son who was expert in cards
and. IN playing with his young
comprnions, was seldom on the los
ing side. He began at first to pc,
on the gene, and ere long would
play regular for money with any
of his age disposed to accept the
risk. lie came home one day, ring,
inc aevora! dollars which he had
acquired in his small way OF gam
Ing. and exhibited his gains to his
father with quite anair Of triumph.


The thoughtful parent shook hIs
head and told his son that the mon
ev was not honestly acquired
But did not cheat, said the boy


Il hope not" replied tho father


but did you give the loser any
e1iyaIent whatever for it?" The
boy hung his head, and the parent
added, "money is honestly acquired
where there is an exchange of pro
ducts or services, and the receiver
gives an equivalent for it; to take
another mans property and give
him no equivalent for it; is to rel
or cheat him.


A few months after the father
came home from the produce ex
change with an elated aspect, and
announced that he had settled hl'
speculative contracts in pork by The
r, ceip, of nearly fifty thousand dol


lars. His son eyed him steadily
moment and then said: "Wha'
did YOU give the other man, father
AS an equivalent for the money!
-GNew York Journal Of Commerce
Year: 1871

A GREAT TAKE OF HoTEY.-A
tree was felled the other day at
Sandy Creek, Wagga Wagg, for the
purpose of procuring honey, which
was known to have been collected
there BY a rather large swarm OF
bees. When the tree was cut down
there WIS found in the hollow of
the tree the largest collection of
honey ever known. The were sew
eral immense layers of comb ten
feet in length, and ofgreat density,
extending along the inside of the
trunk. and almost clothing the hol-
low of the tree entirely. After it
had been carried home (having been
wasted considerably by the fall OF
the tree and the primitive mode in
which il was coIlccted), the comb
Welded over 200 pounds oftbe pure
oualitv.-MelbOuTne Argus.
Year: 1871

CARRIED OFF BY A PANTHER
The Mobile Eegister of the 2lst.r
states


We learned yesterday, but were
unable to obtain any particulars
that while three children, two boys
and a girl, were in a field near
Fish River, they heard the growl
of a panther and Immediately fled
The BOYS ran into house near by
closing the door, leaving their Sis
ter on. the outside. and as she has
not been seen or heard Of since, il
Is supposed che was carried of by
the animal.
Year: 1871

HARRISBURG, Pa, October 9.-The
vote in this State tomorrow promises to
be fully up to the average. Both par
ties appear to be sanguine of success
while the Liquor Prohibition party
claim that they will have many more
votes than their opponents are willing
to admit. Tonight. the leading Demo
Gratis, although evidently confident OF
success, do not generally state what
majority they expect to have on the
State ticket, neither do they say how
many leg slators they expect to gain in
either branch OF the General Assembly.
Notwithstanding, they expect to have a
full working majority in each House.
Prominent Republicans estimate their
majority on the State ticket tomorrow
at between 10000 and $1,000, and a
gain in the House on the legislative
ticket, which they appear to look upon
as Of more Importance than the general
ticket, owing to the Congressional ap-
pointments and the early election OF a
United States Senator. Several political
meetings are being held in the city to-
night, and there is fully as much enthu-
siasm, political, as was manifested dur.
ing the last campaign for Auditor and
Surveyor General.
Year: 1871

MORE than fifteen years ago China
man graduated at Yale College. Now we
are told that he is about to return, bring
ing with him thirty other Cinnamon, who
will enter the same college. This is new
form of Chinese immigration. The soli-
tary Chinaman who has at rare intervals
entered an American college has been well
coined by his fellow-students as an inter-
esting novelty. Thirty Chinaman, how
ever, who will form little colony of their
own, and will keep the national customs of
dining and dress, will be new element in
collegiate life. The Chinese freshman
flying his leisure kite upon the college
grounds, instead of carrying off midnight
gates and mailing up obnoxious tutors the
Chinese sophomore feasting upon the fru-
gal rat, instead of lavishing his money on
bad champagne the Chinese junior max
ing his own clothing, instead of making
the fortunes of designing tailors, and the
Chinese senior preferring to translate Con-
fucius into English rather than to firt
with the traditional belle of New Haven,
will utterly confound the traditions of
Yale and provoke undergraduate hostility
to cheap Chinese study.
Year: 1871

The following reasons are given why
the nine of diamonds is called the /" curse
of Scotland:


In the distracted state of the country
during the reign of Mary, man, George
Campbell by name, attempted to steal the
crown out of Edinburg castle In this
case he was unsuccessful, but managed to
abstract nine valuable jewels, and escaped
safely to foreign shore. To replace these
a heavy tax was laid upon the country,
which the poor, oppressed people thought
so great an agrievance that they termed it
the curse Of Scotland. and, until very re-
Gently, the card itself bore the name of
George Campbell in the Highland. An
other explanation relates to the we'll
known massacre of Glencoe. The mandate
Of this cruel deed was signed by the eld-
est son of the Earl Of Stair, who was at
the time Secretary of State of Scotland
The coat Of arms belonging to this family
bears nine diamonds on its shield, and the
people not daring to stigmatize the master
Year: 1871

of Stair as the curse of Scotland, applied
1T to his armorial bearings. And still an.
other explanation relates to the battle of
Culloden, which extinguished the hopes of
the Stuart party, and was at the time con-
sidered national curse. The Duke of
Cumberland who was known to have been
a gambler, is said to have carried pack
of cards in his pocket, and when he had
won the famous field he took out the nine
of diamonds and wrote his account of the
victory on it.
Year: 1871

There Is pathetic illustration of the


consistency of love in one of sour Western


States, in the shape ofan aged couple who


have been engaged to be married thirty
years. and during that time have never
been outof Jail together long 1encughfto
have the, ceremony solemnizcd.i rsnaa
Year: 1871

The Probate Court of this county is
still in session. His Honor, Judge
Martin, is determined to do all in his
power to transact all the business com.
ing before that court as soon as possible.
Year: 1871

COTTON is now advancing, hut, alas !
v too late to do MS any good, as most Of
the crop has already been shipped and sold.
We would again remind our farmer friends
that it is not best to depend too much upon
the cotton crop. Cultivate "a mixed crop.
We would also ask them to bear in mind,
that we bought our large spring stock of
goods when cotton was at its lowest, and
consequently got them at the lowest figures
for the season and we can and mW sell
them at the io,oest dowa cash prices.
Year: 1871

BREAKING UP THR THIEvEs.-For some
time past the police and detective forces OF
the CITY have been actively engaged in ar
resting notorious city thieves and vagrants
and bringing them before Justice White
under the vagrant ordinance of the city:
Hardly day has passed until recently that
two or three have not been required to give
security for their good behavior, and now
the number here has been 80 reduced that
those who are still at large are afraid to make
their appearance; and so the gangs are
pretty we'll broken up. The present good
order of the city, however, and the small
number of acknowledged thieves who nave
not yet been arrested, will only have the
effect of making the officers even more vigil
lant and determined to rid Richmond en-
tirely of the vagrants and plunderers who
may still be in our midst.