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Year: 1872

The Administrator of Police is besieged
by applicants who ask the return of money
they have paid for appearance boRds.


The new Metropolitan Police warrants do
not state for what purpose they are issued
(if for salaries or suppliesl, and also fail to
mention the parish for which they are is
sued. The former warrants stated both
points.


For the week ending the twenty-fourth
of June the following payments were re-
i.
Year: 1872

Tomorrow there will be the grand draw
ing of single number tickets, Louisiana
State Lottery, at II A. NJ, over the rooms
of the company. The public are invited to
witness the drawing, for everything is con-
Quoted with the utmost fairness, and little
observation will satisfy the most suspicious
person of that fact. The capital prize will
be $50 900, and whoever wins it will be
fortunate man. No one can tell who will
win, but certain it is that somebody who
happens to buy a twenty dollar ticket will
secure the prize if it is drawn at all. Who
ever wants a cash caDital of $50, 900 and can
obtain it by the investment of only twenty
dollars, may be considered lucky man,
and the whole public viii congratulate him
most heartIlya
Year: 1872

Response to the Call for a Liberal Con-


VentiOn.


The following extract from a letter from
st. Mary shows the manner in which the
address and call of the Executive Com
mittee of the Liberal party are received in
that parish:


The address to the People of Louisi-
ana" has received the signatures of large
number of our most respectable and distin-
guished citizens, and al will sign it, with
the exception, however, of a few old weak
minded fOgies. We don't care for them.


1t is our intention to call parish cOnven-
tiOn on the twentieth of next month, for
the purpose of organizing for the campaign,
and for the purpose of electing delegates to
the State convention to be held in your
city on the first Monday of August.
Year: 1872

At meeting of the Board Of Directors held on
the tenth day Of June 1872 il was resolved to pay
CASH DIVIDEND OF THIRTY PER CENT on
the net earned participating premiums for the year
ending May 81, 1872, payable on the third Monday
OF July next. Also to pay on demand ten per cent
interest to the scrip holders upon conversion of
their scrip into capital stock per amended char
ter Of the company.
Year: 1872

The Baltimore AnericGn, comment
ing on a remark Of HaTper's Weekly,
viz. "That the alienation Of feeling
at the South should command the at
tention Of Congress to tfe exclusion
of all other subjects at the present
time," very pithily says: .We think
whatever obstacle there is 10 'an act
ual as well ne formal Union,' can
best be removed by quietly ignoring
the whole subject The South will
work out its own salvation much
more rapidly and satisfactorily if at
tention is given to subjects OF nation
81 interest and progress in which 1t
will be interested, than by hsrPlDg
and fretting about Cancellation Tie
quiet appointment OF Mr. Or as Min
lster to Russia is The practical CON
miseration which the South nee6s,
and if the finishing up OF The. wore
of reconstruction and recommendation


is left in the hands OF tie Presicens,


without any inserierenes on The Part


of Congress, the press, or ine PeoP's'


i. will come TO stay.'
Year: 1872

1t is believed there will be between
twenty and thirty contested elections in
the lower house of Congress at the next
session. The contesting parties will
probably get their mileage to aud from
Washington, if not their seats. which
will fully repay them for their
trouble. Congress is generally at fault
in this respect. If the defeated aspraut
had to bear his own expenses, there
would be less of this work.
Year: 1872

Nor bad pun, this, from the Gin
cinnati ConnIsrci0l It must not be
inferred that the country Is going to
the dogs because the selection Of the
next President Is reduced TO choice
between type-setter and 4 West
Pointer -
Year: 1872

The practice of politeness, like
that of every other virtue, is its own
reward. Ii, by word Of kindness,
or simple act OF benevolenee, you
can bring the smile Of Joy TO the face
that is worn with care or shaded BY
sorrow, YOU have not Ouly done
good to others, but the reflex infu-
ence OF your act will open a new
fountain of happiness in your own
heart. A whole life spent in t&kiag
careful necu of the rights and feel
ings of others-wnich means polite
noss-and always carrying smiles in
stead of frOwns into the daily inter-
course with society, will stamp the
living virtues IN the face, and make
even an ugly man handsome. Right
here is TO be found the first, and at
the same time, the cheapest eosmet-
ic that was ever used to restore or
perpetuate the lines of female beau
ty. If young ladies would come TO
understand how they can mar their
beauty, not for an hour or a day,
but for lifetime, by superciliOus
manners, fits Of pouting, anger, or
thOughtless, unfeeling, or selfish
words or acts toward their assO-
ciates, there would be many more
beautiful women than there are at
present. If they could be convinced
how many fresh touches of spiritu-
al beauty would be added to their
charms by the constant use of this
cheap cosmetic-which is warranted
not TO wash off-hOw very few real
~ ugly women there would be in
the wOrld.-Er.
Year: 1872

Pay your debts as soon as you get
the money in your pocket. Do
without what you don't need
Speak your mind when necessary
Hold your tongue when prudent
Speak to a friend in q seedy coat
II YOU can't lend a friend money,
tell him why? if you don't want
to, do the same. Cut acquaintances
who lack principle. Bear with in
firmities, but not vices. Respect
honesty, despise duplicity. Wear
your old clothes till you can pay for
new ones. Aim at comfort and pro-
priety, not fashion. Acknowledge
your ignorance, and don't pretend
knowledge you haven't got. Enter
tain your friend~. but never beyond
your meaus.
Year: 1872

The best time for painting the ex-
terror of buildings is late in Au-
tumn or during the Winter. Paint
then applied will endure twice as
long as when applied in carly Sum-
mer or hot weather. In the former
it dries slowly and becomes hard,
like a glazed surface, not easily af-
fected by the weather, or worn off
by the beating Of the storms. But
in very hot weather the oil in the
paint soaks into the wood at once,
as into 4 sponge, leaving the lead
nearly dry and nearly ready TO
crumble of. This last difficulty,
however, might in a measure be
guarded against, though at an in
creased expense, by first going over
the surface with raw oil. By paint
ing in cold weather one annoyance
might certainly be escaped, namely,
the collection of small flies on the
fresh paint.
Year: 1872

WHAT is MAN.-What is man to
himself but mystery; amidst the
wondrous works of creation he goes
forth, looks on the distant stars, and
longs to be familiar with their glo-
ries; for here is the vast expansc, q
magnanimous source for the spring
tide Of hap piness, without which,
life passetb like a dreamy sleep,
both useless aud unenjoyed. 1t
would be bliss to tell ourselves the
beings that we really are, but for the
thought of what the spirit is, and
what it might be. a holy thing is
life in him whose mind can dwell
with God amidst his works.
Year: 1872

An address by the clown of Jno.
Robinson's circus to his audience:


"My friends, we have taken in a.
bout six hundred dollars here to-
day-more money, L venture to say,
than any minister of the gospel in
this county viii receive for a whole
years service. A large portion Of
this money was given by Church
members, as a large portion of this
audience is made up of members of
the Church. And yet when your
preachers ask you for money to aid
in supporting the gospel, you say
you are too poor to give anything.
Yet you come here and pay dollars
to hear me talk my nonsense. am
fool because | am paid for il; |
make my living by it. You profess
to be wise, and yet you support me
in my folly. But perhaps you say
you did not come to see the circus,
but the animals. All, now, this is
all an excuse. If you came simply
to see the animals, why did you not
look at them and leave? Why did
you stay to hear my nonsense?-
Now, is not this a pretty place for
Christians to be in? Do you not
feel ashamed of yourself? You
ought to blush with shame TO be
caught in such place as thisn'-
Western Methodist.
Year: 1872

ENDEAvOR to do your work qui-
city. Anxiety and Over-action are
always the cause of illness and rest
tessHess- We must use our judg-
ment to control our excitement, or
our bodily strength will break down.
We must remember that our own
battle is TO be won by q strength
not our own. 1t is q battle that does
not depend upon the swift nor the
strong.
Year: 1872

The universal instinct Of repose,
The longing for confirmed tranquility
Inward and outward, humble, yet sublime.
The life where hope and memory are as one,
Earth quiet and uncharmed, the human soul
Consistent In self-rule. and heaven revealed
To omeditation, In that quietness.


lYOTdSyg0rfb
Year: 1872

The knowledge of Gods true


character is a source of joy to be
filed with JOY from his cOUntenance
to be with Christie behold His
zlory-to sit on His throne-and to
enter into Ills rest-and, ito crown
all, to be forever with the Lord
this is Joy eternal.
Year: 1872

Our convictions of the inspiration
of the Bible come from something
higher than logic, for moral and
spiritual life glide away from ak
IONS and demonstrations, to rest
themselves on the simple assurance,
'.Thus saith the Lord
Year: 1872

GOOD MANNERs.-Young folks
should be mannerly. How to be so,
is the question? Many a good girl
and boy feels that they can't behave
themselves in the presence of COM
pany. They feel timid, bashful and
saf-distrustful the moment they are
addressed by q stranger, or appear
in company. There is but one way
to get over this feeling and to ac-
qaire easy and graceful manners;
that is, to do the best they can all
the time at home, as well as abroad.
Good manners are not learned by
arbitrary teaching so much as acqui-
red by habit. They grow upon US
by use. We must be courteous, a.
gTeeable, civil, kind, gentlemanly
and womanly at home, and then it
Will become kind of second nature
to be so everywhere. A coarse,
rough manner at home begets hab-
it of roughness, which we cannot
lay aside if we try, when we go a.
mOng strangers. The most agreea-
BILE people we have ever known in
company, are those who are perfect
" agreeable at home. Home is the
school for all good things, especial
ly for good manners.
Year: 1872

GIRLs.-It is the power of young
girls to make themselves very dear
and very useful to their married
friends, and to render them such
services as are beyond all price. In
time of sickness and of sorrow, the
sympathy and presence of beloved
female friend are among the best
of heavens gifts; while she who ad-
ministers to the afflicted, is as much
blessed as blessing. Let noIyoung
person stay away from q friend who
is i'll or in affiiction, from the fear
that her experience will render her
company undesirable; all who have
strong affections, and ready power
OF sympathy, can make themselves
acceptable, and, in endeayoring to
do so, will increase their own hap
piness. Never let mere convent
ence induce You to stay at the hou-
ses of persons whom you cannot es-
TEEN; by so doing you bring on
yourself the duties of a friend,
without having the sentiments that
would make their discharge easy.
Year: 1872

The laws Of nature would be IA
poor exchange for the Omnipotence
of God /; and because L cannotmeas-
asuue with my short reed the ways
of Him who is eternal, shall mar
row down the Almighty to my own
small understandings
Year: 1872

'The heaviest Republican vote ever given in
Delaware will be cast next November CONNER
ciaI


Oh, fiddle, faddle. You told us that two years
ago. and yet We beat you 8, 900 in the State. Why
the very last jury summoned to the United States
Court cost your party the loss of 800 votes in the
State When it is known and witnessed that the
next jury will be composed of two-thirds negroes $
and one-third whites from Kent and Sussex and
half negroes and half whites from New Castle
county. you may expect to lose another thousand
votes in the State. So blow away at Marshal
Dunn. make him make the Democracy strong and
powerful, and then he can walk into it. We know
his heart is disposed to be more Democratic.
Year: 1872

The perceptlve faculty of the Gdse'tc is some
thing wonderful. 1t has now discovered that the
.total disruption" OF the Republican party OF this
State has commenced. We feel sorry to damrcn
Its expec tations but we assure that this anici
pated result is all figment of its own imagna-
ton, and has no real existence. -CommercidL


Don't hatter yourself in that style. There Is
no "tgment" about 1t. The Radical party OF
Delaware is OH the eve OF dissolution, and before
another year it is likely to be one OF the things OF
the past 1t can hardly be held together III Will
mington, and would dissolve before three months
if 1t not for the expectation OF office and pa
tronage To secure which some OF the white can
didates for Office are said to be ready to sleep
with negroes when they enter upon their tour in
search tor votes. Tne next forward movement
which the Radical party is bound to make is the
nomination upon its ticket Of certain proportion
of negroes. 1t may have to determine the question
at its next State Convention. 1t has now negro
letter carriers; negro post Office clerks; negro jur-
ors in the u S. Courts; negro baillfs and there is
reason why if 1t have negroes in these snug APP
pointments it should not undertake to elect negroes
to county and city Offices.


We understand this question is TO bc brought
up in the State Convention, on the 9th Of May,
and that it will be presented bya citizen Of one
of the lower counties to test the sense Of the
Radical delegates upon it. There are many white
Republicans in both lower counties that greatly
desire the dlsbandment OF the Radical party in
order that they may have an opportunity to unite
with All organization that is not terribly dis
gusting to the mass Of the people, and one that
would have some chance for success
Year: 1872

the way the British Government conducts It's for
eign business The simple fact is that huge package
of printed and bound copies of the American Case
was sent to the British Foreign Office ON the 18th of
December last-more than seven weeks before Mr.
Gladstone spoke seven weeks less two days before
Lord Granvie's first dispatch to the American Gov
ernment was sent.


What then were the British Government about
during five weeks that they had this dreadful Case
in their possessioni How happened it that Mr.
Gladstone did not see it till within fOrtnghti
How happened it that it was not thought worth
while 10 mt it in the hands of the rest of the Cab
met till n week after that7 How happened it that
no deiberation took place it till within some ten
days before Parliament met, and that no dispatch
was sent to America TIL within three days Of the
actual session.


There are answers to these questions but they are
too long to state fully in the last paragraph Of
ter Unjust he content merely to indicate what want
to say. Ibelieve the fact to be-and am not speak
ing on cOniecture-that when the American Case
first came to the knowledge Of the British Govern
ment il entertained no thought of refusing to meet
il before the Court of Arbitration, nor even at first
any thought of protesting against it; much less of
withdrawing from the Treaty ON account of the de-
maud for indirect losses. The counsel for Great
Britain, from the moment they got hold of our Case



counter-case, and be ready for the next meet
ing of the Arbtrators. They seem to have
kept at work for some FIVE weeks, perhaps
longer; probably l think till about the
middle Of last week. or say for week at least after
Mr. Gladstone had thought it worth while to have a
copy of the Case in his possession. believe that
the decision now taken to withdraw from the Arbi-
tration was not even discussed till about that time


1t is certain that SO late Tuesday of last week the
Ministerial organ made light of the whole matter,
and ridiculed the undgnifed scare into which the
British public had fallen About the same time
The lines was proposing to go on with the Arbitra-
tion, recording protest merely against an award
including indirect damages. By Saturday the press
had grown unanimous for an absolute withdrawal
unless our Case were withdrawn, and Saturday the


first dispatch on the subject sent to our Govern
mentor rather TO Gen. Schenck. 1t is the press
which has driven the Government into its present
policy, yet you haze that not even the press
approves such language as Mr.. Gladstone has ut
tered. G. W. s.
Year: 1872

CNcINNATI, O., Feb. 2i.-The Ohio River
Improvement Convention met this morning. The Com
mttee on the channel improvement submitted report
They deem TO be the duty Of Congress to authorize an
examination by competent corps OF government en-
gneors Of the whole subject of river Improvement and
recommend that the Convention take such action shall
induce Congress 10 adopt liberal policy In pro-
Ydng for dredging the Ohio and the removal OF wrecks
Year: 1872

END OF TIL GSDIAN TROUBLE


SALT LAKE CRY, July 30
The danger from Indian trouble in Southern
Utah is ended General Morrow had prepared
to use the United States forces, under the orders
Of the President when the Indians at once began
to drporse and are now nearly all gone
Year: 1872

We understand that the steamboat
Solado, was burned one day last week
at the mouth of Sale & Murphy's ca
nal, in Red River. She had on board
three or four hundred bales of cotton,
having been up as high as Rowland.
The greater portion of the cotton, and
five thousand dollars on the boat, about
one fourth of its value, were insured.
The boat aud cargo we're a total loss.
Year: 1872

We have received the first number
of a handsome sight-psge weekly pa
per, published at Fort Smith, Ark,
by Wheeler & Carnall. These gen.
tlemsn have had no little experience
in journalistic matters and will no
doubt be enabled to make their paper
a very acceptable one. 1t is called the
Western Independent, and the sub
scriPtiOn price is put at one dollar
year.
Year: 1872

A company has been organized in
Shreveport, for the purpose of construc-
ting railroad from that place up the
west side of Red River, across Ferry
Lake and Cross Lake to the river at
or near White Oak Shoals. with a
view of extending the line in the di
rection of Oklahoma.
Year: 1872

A respectable colored man in Au,
gusta county, Virginia, recently had
three of his grand children to die within
day or two of each other, but not one
of his colored neighbors could be in
duced to dig their graves, because he
had voted the democratic ticket at the
late election in that state.
Year: 1872

controversy has sprung up with regard |
to the kinds of funds with which taxes
may be paid. The position of our
county court on the subject, we pre-,
sumo, is well understood, that body
having passed an order directing the
collector not to receive State scrip for
taxes due the county. The opinion Of
the auditor has been asked and given,
and amounts to no more than the
plainest and most natural construction
of section lightweight of the revenue
law, which we publish for the informa,
ton of all concerned. That section is
as follows:


SEC. SO. The Collector shall, imme-
diately after receiving from the county
clerk the tax>book of his county, cause
notices to be published in three public
places in each township, town, or city,
throughout the county, one OF which
shall be the place of holding election
in such township, town or city, stating
on what day the collector OF his deputy
will attend at the place of holding cleo.
ton in each township, town, or city,
which day shall not be prior to the
first day of January of each year, for
the purpose of receiving taxes; and the
collector or his deputy shall attend,
for the purpose aforesaid, on tho day
and at the place named in such notice;
and thereafter he shall attend at his
Office at the county seat until the
thirty first day of March of each year,
to receive taxes from persons wishing
to pay the same. Provided, That the
county court may excuse said collec-
tor from posting the notices herein re-
quired, and visiting the several towns
ships, whenever they may deem it
e1pedient to do so. He shall receive
county warrants in payment of county
taxes, the orders or warrants that may
be payable upon presentation, of any
township, town or city, for their respec-
tive taxes, and the warrant of the aud,
itor of state or the trasurer's certificate
of Indebtedness, for state taxes. Pro-
rided further, That this section shall
not be so constructed as to compel the
acceptance OF any order or warrant
that by the laws of this state was re,
quired to be funded.


Which said section must be taken
and construed together with the first
section of an act authorizing the treas
urer to issue interest bearing certificates
on bank note paper, and which reads
as follows:


Sec. |. That when an authorized
auditors warrant shall be presented
to the treasurer, and there is no money
in the treasury out of which the same
can be paid, then, and in that case, the
treasurer shall issue a treasurer's cer>
tificate for the amount specified in said
warrant, which certificate shall bear
interest at the rate of five per cent. per
annum from date, until paid. Said
certificate shall be receivable for all
state and county taxes, and all other
debts due the state, except interest
on the public debt.
Year: 1872

We acknowledge the receipt Of an
invitation from the committee of man-
ayers to attend social hop at Roestor,
Nevada county, on tomorrow evening,
Thank you, gentlemen. We would
like to be present; but then it is too
far to go in one day, aud besides we
don't know the way to the place.
Year: 1872

Read the notice of Mr.. ID. Baldwin
"To the Public" to the effect that he
will open a first class hotel in the
old Washington House on the first of
March. He knows how to do that
thing.
Year: 1872

CHILDHOOD is like mirror catch
ing and rejecting images all around
it. Remember that an impious or
profane thought uttered by parents
lips may operate on young heart like
careless spray of water on pol.
ished steel, staining it with rust which
no after securing can efface.
Year: 1872

A REPORTER thus graphically de-
scribes the effect of storm on the
North River; "While the storm was
at its height, the vessel reeled to the
larboard, and the captain and another
cask of whiskey rolled overheard"
Year: 1872

No one was disappointed in the straw


berry festival at the City Hall last Thurs
day evening The strawberries were
fresh aud lucious, the cream and coffee
were perfect The music and speaking
were interesting and instructive, and the
ladies waiting on the guests were charm,
ingly agreeable 1t was a grand success
altogether; netting to the church hand.
somc sum of money, and aifording to the
company an evening of rare enjoyment,
Year: 1872

We doubt if in her history Mineral
Point la. presented more lively ap,
pearance than during the past two weeks ;
and we have a stronger doubt if there is
in the state city of like size, iE more
prosperous condition than old Shake Rag
is just now
Year: 1872

WITH pleasure We are able TO announce
that the little financial cloud recently
hanging over Alex. Davis is entirely dis.
PEELED, sud he is sgsin entering business,
sni will continue as heretofore to sell the
excellent Singer Sewing Machine to the
people.