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CHABLE Sj.DVMOBSE,
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AN INTERESTING LETTER.
LONO SHALL OUR BANNER BRAVB
New Obleanb, March, 1871.
"Notwithstanding the fact that the cotton
crop of tbc current year is one of the largest
•aver grown, already indicating an amount of
over four tnilions of bales, a largo proportion
•ot which will seek tide water by way
Drlcans, unload at our levees from our Steam
.1)0818, be ra-sliipped, handled, sampled,^ sold
tad shipped irotn here—yot there is a^ cry
from till sides that the business or the city ii
"unsatisfactory/"' People complain 6t poverty,
>tal estate rapidly declines, now _ enterprises
tto not f tanuc'l, no houses, aro built, and the
ehy, unlike moat Ameiicaa towna, s.'ems to
havo been completed and set anart to dcosy.
•x/i Itifti i!>c uJaiii of tlda dullness aro com-
plicated aud verious, but aomo of tbem aro so
plain that the simplest mind can readily sea
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This in a vast, rambling town «small home*,
worse elsewhere. A moro contemptible,
disreputable, low-^lown, oppressive gov-
eminent than that of Louisiana never be-'
fore polluted human records, it has not
a decent aspect or redeeming, feature, and
as revolutions do not move backward, I
see no prospect of favcrsrble change at.
1 have faith in my peiplo sufl -
1 did not'believe what he said an ! there*
fore vote! against it* (Laughter) Whon the
Mettfcrr rises sod announces tbat the Senator
loin Kentucky l.ts hren guilty of falsehood-
I deny it j I hurl it back, rfnd ay that the
chartc'cr ol that Senator is as go id as that of
any man upon earth lie never did will-
■jrutm Pre8ent'
of New c" entl{y strong io believe that if tin body of fully tell a lie anil no man before, ever acetts-10
men called a Legislature, just adjourned ed him of it. When tho member paid that
in this State had done to tho people of j jj,0 Senator was shielded by his ugc and that
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C LI RIS V U L B, RED It I IE B IIB'RWTIllS. MAY 13. 1871,
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rlv 200,000,000 acres of pnblio lands:States may be restored in their Integrity
should have been reserved for the bene-land true relation to our Federal Uu
tbe people, havo bren voted away to'ion
SI i> ned by all tho Denj'irratio Senators
and Representatives in CongreJS.
Massachusetts what they did to Louisiana,
thev would never have left Boston alive
he dii not seek the proper redress. I have
the complaint is not merely th at these only to say that while my Senator is neither
legislators are ♦•radicals" in politics, or
that may of them are ignorant black me n,
who hut yesterday were slaves, or that ike
majority ot tho white members are 'has*
cai'pet-bagging scilaw.tgt from the NW-tli
with no knowledge of th« State, u> p.-ide
in its past history or interest in its future,*
eleoted after ton days residence in a pirish
bully nor a blockhead the member can got any
redress from him that hq serks outside ol tins
hall if snywbors ol*. .'(L-tughus) - * **■"
...... . , p iL _ right ol a local self government in the
believe that U lies ia the ui .uth of tho n em.| £Ttw u°l|{l)rrfd, if not tyranrically ovei-
" thrown. Modeled upon the sedition laws,
corporations, neglecting our soldiers and
r iog a haudful of greedy speculators and
tyists, who ore thereby enabled to exercise
daegerous and corrupting influnne over
and Fedora! legislation. If the career of
conspirators bo not ehookeJ.the downfall
ee government is inuvitable. and with it
ibi elevation oi a military dictator on the
in I* of tho republic t
Jgder proton oe of passing laws to enforce
th (Fourteenth amendment, and for others
pi poses. Congress has conferred the moat
tie'power upon .the Executive, and pro*
vuff *n ofhiial machinery by whieh the
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BOMA9B TQ BEAUTY.
bt oao. d. raaxrica.
Beautiful girl I I have wandere! far
Toward the ruing sua and the evening star \
1 have roamed autid the northern was us of
• snow,
And strayed where the soft magnolias blow ;
But I have nevsrgaaed on a
situated in a lew cypress swamp and coatsin-: by the oonm.iwU iniohincry of registrar
ing in winter probaly L'ij®,eOO inhabitants. Re, j tion and ' eimimit-i >iiars" and '•inspaoi-
fore the war its business was to receive an ! sell or -' Of.ele'ctkin, appointed by a g >v >rinr, I
far the plsntcisoi Mtsaisstppi. Arkansas, Lwis i |uui ;elf tho creation of sim il>v fra.it U Nor
ania and Texas, over a million bales of cotton, : it because a small minority of tli ^n are 1
and to distribute a'I the sucar andmolasses ot j the meanest southorn white trash, men !
L«ui ana,. Nearly tbc whole valuo of their i without a ''last place of re ideuce," soaked i
rich crop was advancedeiwh; ■ se on ..to 1 in *l iskcv. living with negro women, and
phntors by factors and bankers at a hig.i. rate ; j^e wetdog-. ns ti.ef elbow about
commission and intcrost, largely,ln^tha to. m.,,() yh 0 . n]y — (i^ , j jr v{(t . for
ofsupp ies ct provisions and merchandise ,* ,, * • „ ?r , . • , • .
bought at dear piiees.lf the crop fell shorVthe collection of f„u birds might
factor took a mortg;«c on plantation and nr. i he got.rid of and the State huvo a future,
oes, snd advanced more money, until a good 1 But (Jieso oormiminti kayo not only plun
iVor great prices o>uld fliat the planter up j dored. looted and sold out every visible
'•gaiul Jt was au immensely "yrotttablo busi- tiling, but they have so mortgaged the,
ness. Th6 plantcn l«j, extravigaat au I san- j Sfte that (he noble dom a ins of Louriana
guine, always th debt, always .wanting a new., purcliasesl by JulTerson from the First
adTanoenever dsrrd to scrutinise or^dispute j Consul of France, oucc, rich in jugar anJ
an aeo.oupt with iiis^ccmmission merchantibut \ coa?>n l in,|, jS( to day, without credit or
avail lble resources.
submitted* to bo royally plundered oa ail sides
Cumins down to New Orleans with his crop
in tbc wmtor, even if ha paid I,is past adyauctfs
with tbc proceeds, he must have bacon, corn,
ncro elotbing, shoes and blankets for next
year. Ho always wanted * few " hands," he
iouft buy a carpenter or a cooper, n cook or.
seamstress; a few baskets of champagne, a
/couple of casks of claret, a bl"i>d horse, an
Jiaglish eaddlo a MantOo gun, and some
diamonds for the girls.
Thos Naw Orleans Was a hard p'aee to g"?t
•at of. XL ere were th« dinners at Jdoresu's
be
stated. N
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But a few facta must
England undcrstan-ls figures. Look at
these; In 1875 the debt of Lotisiana was
about 85 000,000. I: is now (I quote tho
Statu Auditor,s report) -335.021 763, com-
prised of State bon is, $22,560,$83; war
rants and certilieates. 51,51)3,1)97; miscell-
aneous, §867,533. Add to this '' accruing
debt"4 being indorsements on railroad,''
ship naniil" aiid other swindles, amounting
t« 815.805,0JO, and there is a total of&4),
n.1 Victor's and Flno's with thj little p"11 4lGi7U'3^ That is all; there you have the
it a-L.1- aIm *aH. fhora tQinn sirnnt . • .•*
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fter the table was o'earcd; thero were sirens
rom Maine and Massachusetts and New Jer«
,iy, who charmed young Lcngscapli's tendor
heart and willing purse; there was th! box at
the •pera, the races at tho Metaino—Lsxio^-
against Lwomptc, Gray S|«d<>aiu>d Rr
iiJiM .f'rt." i is wekKeaTiat and reeked n*t of
eotk tyrii lawyers pbttitOi^ging in ljiw ll pj-
liee ooarlb I'u tora and bankers are men of
this world, niid wi<or ia their d ry and geiiora-
sion than rhe cteildreu of Hgh^. They encour-
aged tbi-1 xtr-igance of the planter and made
long bills. '' i '-rc was the commission for pur-
uhasine se; plies,, ^aid both by plan tor and
■Mnhant; i iat on tho inoeey, at least 12
Kr Cont. eot.tw presi charges, handling, samp-
u, &«•!*!{:" ;•! rt weight, insurance, so that
•acli bale, cv eetton had to sweat at least four
<Joll4r before r oould got from Abe steamboats
"to the ship. " '■ ■
Al! thi is o'ungcd. Longstaple, with f Ira
great plantation, rumbling house and tegro
nuaitef? sWafmihg with slaves, has not a lucal
babiutien rtr a jiiine. His smartest b>ys work
part of the lit. * ctosely with hired labor; and
•hr< d tic> • i« , persibly, with old mules,
rope harness, i ended plows aud spliee'l chains
get more «;r« p from the remainder than it
ever made for old Longstaple, Instead of
Bonding to Orleans, tbey get supplies on
credit; from u swarm of little Jew and
Yank 30 traders, who have sprung up among
them, who in return take the cotton at
caah prict . and shipping it to Now Orleans,
insist up r. th. most rapid and enoonotni-
c. lrealization of the proceed«. They know
the low est cost of handling and pressing,
they ask for the return premium On in-
•uranco, ti.«y will have no short weight
without a reason for it. and in every way
noMtible they make themselves disagreea-
ble Tbey have credit and buy their own
, not merely in the restricted and high
blessings of universal >uirrigo and free gov
eminent in a '•doaiuviou total'*. Only forty
millions of mortgage on farms and labor
and skill. Little dio'fts on the future,
nd foc^ljoT " w 1) a\ >tjVMttaaigfli^.
her from Massachu<ettf t talk about injjSun
at or being shielded by old sga or not seitiug
proper redress. I have tfiVneased scenoiwtth
that member which satlMed mo ho. wouil not
seel: tli.s redress to whioli lu al ludcr. (uiogh
ter) lie docs not forget that 1 have u the
pre.-er.ee of fifteen members of the Hotyo seen
the member from Illinois Mr Farnswoip, put
his fir. t in the faaa of the mombir Crai M Hi-
aehujotts, and d.nounce hiia in every f iy that
one man can denounoo anOth ir fntil 1 had to
say to the other members of the cjm'nittet*
standing by, that I did not think that oue
white man would take it without 4 fi,;'it. and
tbat the deeont negroes in my S^to would
Sght-.jver It, (ITproarioBs laughter;-, *
Farusworth, desisively—' It was ek aceount
of his extreme old age, perhapi." [iibouts of
laughter]
Butler, pointing to Farnsworth,—"Ho;is not
a white msn.
Eldridgo—"Now is the prapsr time to oil
in the chsplain. [Ccntinuons laughter.]
Cox—'ITlio coroner should'also bo sent for.'
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ADDltESS OF THE DKMOHRATIO MBS.-
BSB^OF rONC-P*:-.
so odious in history, they aro at variance
with all tbc saneiifud theories of our institu-
tions, ana tin construction gives by these Tls.li-
o l interpreters , to, the Fonrteooth amend-
ment is, to use thi langua ge of an eminent
Senator (Mr. TrnniboH, of Illinois,) an anni-
biiaUon of the plates. Under the last en-
forcement bill, th? Executive may, in his dis-
cr-iion, thrust isidc tlio covurnmiMit of
nny SlVo. sucpe|d tho right of haboaK
Corpus, arrest iIs; Governor, imprison or
di pers.' tlio LegWaturo. silence its jucl-
gos a«d trampl.e dr wn its people - under
llioiriiicd hcol of liiji troops. Nothing
is lift 10 t)t<t dtizctU or tho .States which
can any longer bo yullo.l a ris lit, all is
fhn|ged into merOitiinVsrnneft. Our hopes
for redress ure in jtlie ealin good kouso,
the aeoond though' of tho American pco-
t>lc.'* Wjcnll upon them to be true to
'liMlisclvfantid t^ their posterity, and dis-
regftrdirg pprfyjiiamea und minor iliffor-
encef, IO insist Vpon n docentrolizition
af phwtW. tho Htttrlction of Federal nu-
th'* ty vruhiti/s j ist aud proj«r litnitfi,
g to th<^ State# thut control over
ttfiic alTi/fa which is esseutiu! to their
ess aiyi tranquility and good gov*
W.«RRIKOTOK.;Apt i' 'i
in Congress bavo j jc>' i v.
dress: 1
To tb e Pcrp! r , f ty
Oar presene-1 • •
ington hava
quaintcd w
thorn wh&-<S •!
fcol (Mdled u.
To J
I th. K
people
verytiiing that inalieions
•uggost feus been d«oo
h Mr mi=^T tt<iw«e' nave h en grante
e.-rporations creat ed oppressive, injurious
au'l abp:nirtable, so tl* ifc the whole com-
munity g -.ians under 'lie oppi'ession. Ilk- •
tory ea:i f rni h in p trail el to this spol-
istion m time ot p moo. Iviv idUto ex*
pect men to be satisfied with it, ar.d to re-
joice at the sight of the old Hag," arid talk
ot the '' best goverumeut the world ever
saw," when they arc living under a rob-
bing swindling, indecent prcence of g>v<
ernuient. Yet Lousiana is quiet. 1 do not
think even a Congressional smslling com"
mittce coald re port a single case of '• out-
rages" in the State. Shame on th iin. say
I, that they are quiet. Bat all this plant*
ing and watering mast bear fruit, aud what
Will it be? The time will come when Fed-
eral bayonets cannot be so easily invikeil
us now, aud then I trust the occupation, of
carpet bsggmg will come to the end it so
justly deserves.
FROM WASHINGTON
Washington. April 20—Back's defence
of Davis—Beck asked and obtained lenvo
to luukc'a statement in behalf of the Sen-
ator from Kentucky, Who he said had
been so foully denounced by tho member
from Massachusetts. That the Senator
and that member had a controversy on llio
floor of tho Senate.
Butler (interrupting) "Oh, no, I had no
controversy with htm.''
IJeck—•* I he Senator denounced the
priced iiiarket <i(Now Orleans, but in Cin-1 tf crober on the floor ol the Senate as a
cinnati. St. Louis,andjeven New York. ! '<nned scoundfcl,and I would character-
inj that as a controversy. (Laughter. )"l'hey
had a quarrel on the floor of the Senate.
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Tbey live to make money, not to spend
it, so while they flourish New Orleans lan-
guishes. liapdling mora cotton than ov-
•r, the city grows poorer every day. One
ef the groat hotels has been closed ever
tince '.he war; largo shop- are unoaoupied.
In the Frcnch quarter the wholo t«>wn
B?ems to be " to let " The doleful words"
Mngszin a louder" stare IVorn half tho
houses The retailers of all kinds are poor,
and" gating no better fa3t." Tha fact
is, the town is too large to subsist on a
inert exchange business. It has got to
•hritik down to the new qpnditioti of
thing'
If you discuss the matter with a cr.?olo,
ho vugfTclv tuvs. 'It is the Radicals;' that
is'.be eui of bis philosophy, and he ad-
J'ourns to the nearest bar-room. Well,
ow about the Radicals? Whon the poet
lung,
"How *r> U!' of all lb at human hearts cadu*e,
That piiri v-bicb Uws or kings can cause or care,
ptrlmps he was singing wisely. It is well
enough to think so. I am not a politician,
bat I h w things go. and at tho risk of
eontr. ..};>y and hard feeling I will venture
to ti' t i j wy language is plain, and it is
"tho ! if of ;-.:y judgment," taat there has
never ia the tide of time, such an t N.
ter fituii'j of hu a n sohemes *s we seo in
the rSMiit .r ]" >nslru3tion in this State,
It ought to have ended there, but for the
fuet ihat the member from Massachusetts
saw lit to come on the fl lor of the Mouse
arid ufe langu-igc grossly offensive to the
Senator from Kentueky. and it was nftor
that that the Senator ha 1 proiounce 1 the
speech which had been quoted by-the
Member from Massachusetts. If he had a
personal explanation, it should havo been
made at once, but he had waited until
last Tuesday, the day that Cengress was
to adjourn, and then a-ked leave to make
it. liuAing sent printed slip of it in advance
to Boston, and to the New York Herald,
knowing that the Senator wor.ll hive left
the city before he could havo seen it in
print, therefore, I objected becauso it had
been held up so long arid not because 1 did
not want to give the gentleman a chanco
of replication.
Butler—^interrupting.) "The reason giv-
en by the gentleman was that he would
not let me speak eo long as thaindiutmcnt
against his State was continued."
Beck had an opportunity to reply to
tbat indictment I WonM have d mo it ia
a Wav which I hope would have hsen wor-
thy of the State. Whon the gentleman
was trying to to get leave today. I asked
bun whether he would assail the Sonator
from Kentucky and lie replied he would
hand# of Out, **.$
time and aM'^ .. .
been -almost.
as will iu their
daney ncd no
imposed by th j
rookie's and despfcr;i'<>
Tbc President ef t i
formally aon unoad *
tion. The deol ratft«« oi" i - .it r'lp^or-
tcrs have been eehood by a su'ss l preS>*,
and the disc'pliae of party h ts. already mad.
adhesion to his personal fortunes tho su-
premo tost of political fealty.
The parti-an legislation to whieh wis refer
wns decried and sliap d in a ceoret oaucus
whore the most exttem<> eounsols always do-
minated and Wis adopted by a subservient ma •
jerity, if not with the intent, certainly with
the effect, to pi too in the hands of tho Prod-
dent pawer to command Ills own re-nomina-
tion, and to employ ihe army, navy and mili-
tia at his sole discretion as u meain of Hobsor-
in-
to
X- ' 3 Middle and
k sh Hifj cxiigcrated
if i, i!oloilt :ow;! their
taln3< jglthe
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Beautiful girl! thou art briieh* and fair
As angel shape in ths liioonli^hl air ;
No shadow ristson thy brow of sa it,
Save that ot thy tresses drooping low ;
Lore's own dear Iiglitis wanieriag oft
O'erthr gautlelip of carmine *o(t;
Thy lovely cheek where tho rich, red g'ow
Oi tlie wai m bl-K>J
aaow,
So sweutly blending in one bright dye
Th# woven beautiee of earth and skr-
Truth, hoiy truth, in Its freshness iwolle,
Deep la thy dark ey^'shu-fed wells,
And taneies wild 'voni their clear depths gleam*
Liwi: shadosrs of st^ra from a trembling stream,
An l thy thoughts are a dream ol EJeu's bow-
ers, . . '
And thy words are gailandi of flowors, bright
fljwers 1
j)HHL
be foreseen, and it ia now impossible to toil
what it will be necessary to do in emergencies.
I shall not disappoint yon if give lae^mr eon-
fii -nee and the power to gain tk] ends wkieh
we *11 desire.
The people of Texas have eonfided ia nse ia
a manner whieh I le« ply appeeeiate. My
interests in the State—oonneotei with the
8outhern Paeifio road, the Trans-Contiaeata!
and the E! Paso roads, and ia other ways-
are so great that if I could have ao oontroi.
thevnxiety and the bardea would be
than I eoa'4 bear.
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V y-'t'-' ■' * i. <1 ' • a. 009-
#U:\ ' .f . ' purls
#ii% . -pruv'^St' (ltd
r#T.-vcr, to pr-.'sri o kin-
ti<u- • nion. ati;i .o di.s-
n.o i in. *>*>;! * .auco any • viola-
t' e rijjhtrt p! tiny portion of the
carud nuder t ho consti till ion or
uipendmcnts. Let us, in con
i Jarnestly bog of you not to aid
rat at tempts of the Radical part-
■JuMS.np Htnfc in tho laud, to re-
ls.-.riW 0f tho war Or to obstruct
i*n ol peace and prosperity to the
Status, because it is thus that
to divert tlio attention of the
couutNfcfrtim tlie con-uption and exlrava-
gauco ilf twn* ^udminis'ration of pnblio
iiffuirs. Irirt the dangorous and profligjto
ean ridy ta trying timet whioh are sure to
came; meqr whom I' personally know. To
bo lid this road and earry it tkrongb with
piotnpt suesesr would be an houor to whieh I
might aspire, but to fail would be a disgrace
wbioh I Cannot risk.
If you will permit tee to fcubseribo fw myv
melts through the virgin ft| ai,d associates olevca thonssad sham of
4hc cn pi till stock, being a tontrolling interest
in the o >m paay, I will, enter upon the work
with my wholu heart and onaeavor so te man*
ago it as to disappoint no reasonbale man, bat
if that is not desired I wish you all saeeees
bat will be nnwilling assamo a bardea
whioh 1 Oould not otherwise sustaia.
In conela.'ion I bog also to say tbat I em
roady aad porfcotly willing to advanoe the
tea par cent requited for 2503 shares of stock
for General John C. Fremont
At the closo of tho obairman'e addrew-
whieh ^ras reecivcd with markod attention, a
motion was made to inbroase tho 2500 shares
of stook allotted to General John Q. Fremont
to bl)00, whieh was"unanimooslyadopted.
Gcnjral VV. 8 lloseeran* of Ohio; then
moved tbat Samuel Sloan, of New York*
bo eleoted-treasurer of the company, whieb
was carried unanimously.
Colonel- Thomas A. Scott then moved aad
the corpoi ation ui animously rstifled the pre*
position, that Mr. Itobort be allowed to aab*
fccibe 11,000 shares of the oapital stoek oi the
company being a controlling iutorest:
A Committee ot five was ,then appelated
by tho Chair, on the motion of Mr. Ja
Beautiful girl! I have seeit thee move,
A floating creature of joy and love.
As light as a mist on the aunrise gnle.
Or the buoyant s* y of the bridal veil,
Till I almost looked to see thee rise.
Like a soaring thought to tha free blue skies.
Or melt «way in the thin, blue air,
Lilie s vision ot faucy p ii nteii there.
Thy low a<veot voice, ns it thrills around,
Seems less a sound than a dream of sound ;
Sufily and mildly its cltar notes swell,
Like the spirit-tones of a stUer bell,
And die lip whence the fairy music flews
Is to fancy's eye like a speaking rosa.
Uaautiful, beautiful girl I thou art
A vision of joy to a throbbing heart;
A star sent i!own from the world of bliss.
And all nndimnaed by the shades of this /
fataad b:
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ving his personal ambition. When the sad j attempt they are jafiking toward tho
experience of the last two years, so disappoin-jurcittiouof centralized military govern -
ting to tho hopes and generous conGleuco of] mnnt.
the country, is considered in connection with
the violent utterances on I ra-h purpo'
scs'of those who control tho Prcidont's poliey
it is not s
ment. .
( In M five year $ of poaec lollowintf the
' war th) UadictU Administrations havo ox-
urprising that, the uravest approheii" j l'tM'dod 11 iw:IO,flt)0,')O() for ordinary pur-
sions for the future neaoe of tho nation should lv,SC8
be entertained. At a time whon l..b r is no- tho aggregate' umouat upeut for tho so mo
pressed nnd every material interest is pabied
by oppressive taxation, the public officers have
been multiplied beyond all precedent to serve
us instruments in tlie pcrpotnntion of posyer.
l'.irtisanship is the only "tost applied to tho
alstii'oution ol this vast pstron igo, Honesty,
fitness and moral worth are opanly discarded
>no, boitig wiiiiin $2,l(),00l),00 of
Beautiftit girl, 'tis a weary year
Kince thy voice full.on my ravished ear.
'Tis a long, long year of liglit and gloom
Sinoa I gated on thy young cheek's lovely
■■■' bloom,
Vet thygentlo tones of musio s'ilf
Through the holiest depths tl memory thrill
Like tones of a foint, or brejze, or bird,
111 the long gone years ol childhood hratd,
And oft in iny dark arid lonely moods,
When a demon ^ing o'er my spirit brood;,
Thine image seems On iny soul to break
Like the sweet young morn o'er a gloomy lake,
F'lhi.g'its depths'as the shadows; flee.
With beauty aud lovoand melody.
Beautiful girl I thou art faraway,.
And I jknew not win re thy steps now stiay;
Butoh;i 'tis sw!«t.itlS;very sweet
In the fairy realms of dreams to greet
Thy obeeV of rose, thy brow ot p«art
And thy voice of music, beautiful girl 1
TEXAS PAcTFlC^KAILnOAD.
purpou s , in war iinii in pcuco, during tho
sovontjr 0IH' yars proceeding Juno 30,
1SIVI, nw including uithor cuse tho mim
paid upcii principle or iu to rest of the
public-debt. It is trifiing with the iniolll-
aetico of llie the people for the Radical
Irauier.s t> protohd that this vnst sum ha<*
in fsvor of truckling sabmlssion and dishonor, j been liatintLy ex tended. Hundreds of
able oomplianco. Hence, enormous dnfalea" tnillions if it havo bcuii wantonly >quau-
tions and Wide spread corruption have follow- ijerctl. ' phe expenditures of the Govern-
ed as the natural consequence of this pernt* m 'tit for flic fiscal year ending June 30,
cious system. .By the offieinl report of tho 11SG I, wen only $ 62,000,0(10 while for
Secretary of tbo Treasury, itappoars that af- preci-ely the scinu purposos -civil list,
ter deduction of all proper credits many mill- .a>mr< pensions and Indians-8164,
Ions ot dollars remain due Irom ex-oolleotors! (){)() „„„ wcf.0 0X|)<,()rl„,| (|,lrlu,, t|,n n,cn,
ol internal revonne, and that ao proper dill- endinl JUOe 30, 1870. Noindigna-
genoo has ever boon used o collect them..■Vc , b(j ^ *
Reform^ in tho revenrto ond fncal py^tems, . . •. , ■ .
which all experience demonstrate to bo no.' ;^«'re for^ l,o assertion by unftcrupiilonj.
cessiry to a frugal administration of the Gov i l°i',e.r8 that ,hc Prr,nt {^Crat.c
crnraont, as well aw a moasuro of relief to ao j u0 party of the Union has
overburdened pcoplo, havo been persiatently! °f can avo Hjmpithv •fUU diHordor or
postponed or willfully ne^locU'd. ( ongro^J^^ vialenco iij My^ part of tlio country, or in
now adjourns without h&viog ovon attempt '',0 'leprivftion^of any mm of his rights
ted to reduoo tacstion or to repeal tho gl r.«j under the CjCnstuiilion. It is to protect
ing impositions by Whieh Industry is crushod: and perpetaato the rights whicb every
1 sar "tKi' S:a. •" because I an here, and j not, and on that statement Democrat after
know itv myself. Possibly it is Dtmocrat voted to jjjvs him the privilege.
and impoverished. The trsa-ury is overflow-
ing, and an cxccsi of eighty millions of reven-
uo is admitted, and yot, instead of some moa-
suro of present relief, a barren and delusive!
resolution is passed by the Senate to eonsidor
tb e tariff and cxcisti systems hereafter, a< if
the history of broken plodgei and pretended
remedies furnished aoy l-ottor assurance for
future legislation than experience has done in
tho past. Ship building and the Carrying
trade, once sources of national pride and pros-
perity, now languish unler a oroshin^ load ofj^™
taxation and noarly every other bu*inos* in - i a
tere«ts is struggling without profit to main-l r<* ^
tain itself. Our agriculturists, while paying i
heavy taxes on all they consuma, cither to
the government or to monopclists.find tbo pie-
ces tor their own products so redueed that
honest labor is denied its just reward and in-
dustry is prjstratid by invidious dboriuLi: *
tion
man cherishes, to revivo in all hearts the
feelings of friendship, nficction and har-
mony, which nre tlio best guarantees ol
law and order, and throw around the
humblest citizen, wherever he in ijr be, the
protecting mgis of those safegiiitnls of per-
sonal liberty, wbioh tlio lundamcn*al
laws of the land assure, thai we invoke
the uid of alt-good men in the work of
peace snd reannoilintbo. We invite their
generous oceoporttlon Irrespective of all
noes of opinion, so th.it the,
I discord mty be si loncod
d dangerous sectioaal ngi-
Ohecked, that the burden
irftet or indirect, may he
lowest point consistent with
I'^etf national obligation,
jfictly economical «lmlnls-
^ JPgltoromic'.-ad •. tlm
that a nev
taiipn mi,
of titxatioi
reduced>
goni iait'f
and wl'
trftiivi
We received, soys the^Oalveston News,
a meajrre account per telegraph of the
mocting described <>ulow,but os tho follow
ing contains u.o speecii of Mr. M. O.
Roberts, in lull, wo consider it of such
importance thut wo produco it from the
New York Herold
Under tlio net of Congross organizing
the Texas Paciflo Railroad, the corpora
tors met oil Saturday, April 15 1871 in
pursuance of notice given in the newspa-
pers ol New Orlcaus Washington and
New York. There were123 ineorpora
tow. representing most ot tha States aad
Tarrit-ories of the Unioa. Of this num-
ber over seventy were in attendance
The men of the Pacific slope and of the
South were periicnlarly active aud cneN
gctic, and i addition to these a large
number of gentlemen not included in the
list gathered to encourage the final organ
ization.
At the hour of twelve, the roiiti? being
crowded, G on F rem cut, the first name
o'J'the corporators in the Texas Pacific
bill, assumed tho chair and nominated
MarNhul O. Roberts as flic chairman of
the meeting. That motion was nnanio
mously agreed to.
Mr. Roberts aeeopted the honor in tho follo-
wing oharaoteristio remarks.
Gentlkmek,—My objoot o to batld this
road across the State ot Texas to the Pacific
Ocean, and so to oonduet the enterprise thai
no roan shall have just otuso of oomplaint,
and so that ovtry promise may be faithfully
kept. This I cannot do unless you give ma
tho power to do it. I am novur able to work
out great results unless I oan work in my own
peculiar way. If I am to be embarrassed at
every step I can be of no nse to myself or to
my friends, and the undertaking will 4 o one ol
failure and diigraec,instead of honor and sue*
oey. x know that 'the difficulties will be
great, sad that many will arize that
pre rata among tho corporators present
those who have sent their proxies. . The
mittee aonitisied ot Mr Hodges Thomas A
Scott, General \V. L Roscucrsns, Samuel Sloan
and J, VV. Forney.
Stook abovj rolerred to was promply taken
by the eorporatora prosont dnrin« the thirty
minutes reccss al Icwed b^ the Chfir. On :
sembling the report of the eommittee t
by Mr. Hodges to (be Chair, when the obair«
man; Mr- Kohcrts, announeed tbat the aotin
two million-having boen subscribed, and the
ten per cent due paid in, the stoek holders
would meet at the rooms on' Mooday next, 17
iost, at 12 o'clock, to eleet the beard oi dtr*
cetors of the Toxsa PaeiQo Railway.
So the boara ot corporators adjourned sum
die..' . .
Sao Siticidb.—Detective Heidelberg
was last evening informed that the.
of a woman had been found in the
River, and he identified it as that of Em-
ma B'ox, wife of W. W. Fox, who died at
rhe Everett House three weeks ago. Fox
and bis Wife at one time wore worth 100,«
000, and lived it Newport, R. I. He
became very dissipated, and frequently
4uarrels took plnco between him and his
wife. Mrs. Fox finally left her husband
taking refuge in the hou«* of a friend. Hra
Moser. On the evening of Feb. 11th, at
about 10:30. Mre. Fox left Mrs. Moser's
residence, saying that aba intended to
oemmit suicide. Foarfal that she might v
act rashly, Mrs. Moser senrW^on to
follow her ; but, by some sad mischanoe,
he lost sight of her near 20th streets and
8th avenue. She was seen no mere alive.
Noticc of Iter disappearance was given to
the police, and Detective O cere lieidel*
berg and' lrvington were delated to eearoh
for her, but without sucoess. Mrs. Fox
was about 23 years ot age, had been mats
riod about ten years, but had no children*
The body when found was almost nnreo*
ognisable, having been in the water about
five weeks. On tho fingers of thn left
hand were a tolilaire and a cluster dis*
mVind ring, and on the right band a magio
gold ring. A fine gold wal oh and chain
were on the body, the watch being of Tiff-
any's make, numbered 18,884, and bear* >.
ing the monogram £. F.—New York Ex-
press,
The partners of the Rothschihle number
sev enty persons, and are the fonrth remov-
ed from Mayer Ansclm Rothschild, the
founder of the great Hebrew family.
Five negtOM are in Congreee, aud twa
of them bave already been eoehered out ef
tto scats which they drew by their white
eaacot brethren of the Radical persuasion.
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