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OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF TUE PARISH OF ASCENSION AND TOWN OF DONALDSONf LLK
DONALDSONVILLE, LOUISIANA, SATJURDAY, JULY 3, 1880.
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Address: Camap, Donaldsonville. La.
DONALDSONVILLE
BUSIES8 DIRECTORY.
DBILOODA GROCERIES. Etc.
D. VEGA, Agent, dealer in Dry Goods,
N otions, Clothing, Boots ana Shoes,
tsroceries, Liquors, Puruiture, Hard- oa
ware, Tobaece, Paints, Oils, Glass, Lumber,
1iri*au.e.rts and Wagons; Loeb's corner, -
Railrood.Avenue and Mississippi street.
D0A'RNARD LEMANN, dealer in Western 1
1) Produce, fancy and staple Groeeries,J
Liquors; Hardware, [roe, Paints, Oils, Cart., dl
Piown- ry. Stoves and Tinware, Fur- ai
nitkr; , Wall Paper and House P+
Furnishing s, Mississippi street, corner ei
Crescent Place.  
JOSEPH GONDRAN, dealer in Clothing,
, Notions. Hats, Groceries,
Wiue, E Boots, Shoes, Hardware,
nt. cMary,,, (rockery, Furniture
sad all kinds s etlRaig Goods,
No.14ýi aiesii~atriseaL .-k -
M TOBIAS, dealer in Greteries, Dry
* Goods, Cluthing, Notions, Boots and A
Shoes, HIat4, PF~litnre, Hardware, Crock- st
ery, Tralks, etc., corner Mississippi and St. -
Patrick streets and No. 24 Railroad Avenue. I
Everything at lowest figures.
C KLINE, corner Crescent Place and Li
" Honumas street, dealer in Dry Goods,
Notions, Boots and Shoes, Groceries, Pro
vislons,aVor, Oats and Bran.
M ISRAEL & CO., deales in Dry Goods, .
4 oClothing, Boots, Shoes, Saddlery,
B al, ete., corner Mississippi street and
Railread Avenue.
S MOYSE, dealer in Dry Goods, Cloth
o* lug, Boots, Shoes, Hate, Groceries,
Fu? 1turs, Hattware and Plantation Sup
plies, at the o1d Post-oficestand, Mississippi
street.
c WSINSCHENCK, dealer in Dry Goods,
Vie?! atonaClothingv groceries, Hard
, hoot and $hoes, and general
Plantation Supp l. Railroad Avenue, be
tween Ibervillexnd Attakapas streets.
N& - SOLOZANO, dealer in Groceries,
t- Wiate and Liquors, Crockery, Tinware, -
Notions, etc. No. 21 Railroad Avenue, be
tween Coi way and St. Michael streets,
Donaldleoiiille.
P T. BABIN, dealer in- Choice Family
" Groceriee,Wines and Liquors, Lamps,
Oilsiten Dartoirwille, near ferry landing,
asu4 opposite Donaldeonville. J
L 1t AND BILLIAJD SALOONS.
TllE PLACE, Gus. Israel, manager,
1 e I~pssarl and Mississippi streets.
BilliasTiager Beer, Best Wines and
Liquore, Fle Cigars, etc.
UTCHERS' EXCHANGE, P. Mollere,
metor, Crescent Place, opposite the ]
P one. Beat of Wines, Liquors and
Clgars always kept at the bar.
HOTELS AND BOARDING-HOUSES.
R OT'. Er LEEHOTEL, at Marx Israel'a
old stand, corner Mississippi and Les- I
eard streets.. Jas. Lafarguc, proprietor. Bar s
and billiard roam attached. First-class en
tertainment ana aocosaimodations. -
R IVERSIDE HOTEL and BAR-ROOM,
I1,Miasslsippiustreet, Fred. Rogge, Pro
prietoi' Boarding and lod satreasonable
rates. al always upp with the best
thetiartet afforde. Special and eotonfostable
accommodationa for transient boarders. i
ST. LOUIS HOTEL. Lucy Butler, pro
0 prietor, Crescent Place, near the wharf.
First-class Board end Lodging at reasonable 1
rates.
O ITY IOTEL, P. ILefevre, Proprietor,
;7 Railroad Avenue, car. Iberville street.
Bar supplied with best Liquors.
ScoNFECTIONEIES.
HILIP GEIGER'S Confectionery and
P Fruit Store, Mississippi street, adjeking t
Lemann's old: stand. -Cakes, Soda Water, a'
Nuts, Toys and Fancy Articles.
hONALDSONV'L*ECOiMECTIONERY, lip
11 by A. Grilhe, Mississippi street, near t
St. Patrick. Branch on Rairoad Avenue, at
near Olousas street. Cakes. Fruits, Nute, oi
Sods er, Ice Cream. Cakes. Ice Cream
for weddings and parties fur
abort notioo.
CIGAR DEAlIER.
J SSHiOMPSONS Railroad Avenue, next C,
door to cruear . Conway street, near
tlIES iO esist in Havana and Domhestic
Cigars; Tobaee, Sanff; Pipes, etc.
f .. BF. pi
M~,RS. IIBLUE. 'Milliner, Mississippi
rick. Latest styles of Benuets, Hats. French
Flowers,'Ito.; aled, alt kins of Ladies' Un
derwear.
M SJ . FEYRIER, Milliner ~ai b~al.ndeof
Fo r dFancy Articles: `etiter Missis- w
9}ýýº aR treey. .i
SEWING MACHINES.
Singer Sewing Machine
DEPOT,
onerns islippi and Leseard streets.
A. C b o .................. anger,
Mrs. ova ley.......-....:Saleslady
LIVER `STABLES * UNDERTAhING.
~Cl ~ ~tG'S Livery, Feed and Sale
S le._1l Undertaker's sblisbment,
Railroad A e, between Ib Ile and At
takapas streets. Competition deled.
'D3U0B U1 MEDICINES.
1 RYBISKI, Apotheeary and Druggist,
1). Mississippi street, between St. Patrick
I and St. Vincent streets, adjoining Gondran's
I store.
( lE RAL DRUG STORE, corner Rail
1..) road Avenue and Iberville street, L.
Blanchard, proprietor. Fresh Drugs and
Medicines.
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING.
I) J. GREEN, House, Sign and Ornamen
J1I, tal Painter, Railroad Avenue, near
Claiborne street. Paper-hanging and Calci
mining in superior style.
BARBER SHOP.
L L ERiNANDEZ, Barber Shop, Mis
qeissippi Street, near corner Lessard.
Shaving, hair-cutting, shampooing, etc., in
most artistic style.
TINSMITH.
L OUIS J. RACKE, Tinsmith, Mississippi
street, at Lemann's old stand. Orders
attend d$o with dispateh and satisfaction
Insure, .
BOOT AND SHOE MAKING.
0 GOETTE, Boot and Shoemaker, Mis
S sissippi street, opposite Manrin's store.
All work in best style at bottom prices.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Frederick Daffi'l, R. Prosper Landry.
DUFFEL - LANDRY. Aoarncys at
Law. Office on Chetimeclies street,
just back of the Lourt-Honse.
EDWARD N. PUGH, Attorney at Law,
Attakapas street, opposite Louisiana
Square. Visits Naooleonville on Mondays.
SODA WATER MANUFACTORY.
SOODA WATER RANUFACTORY, IL
0 Xbtber, propdtetor, No. 11 Mississippi
street. Soda, Mineral, Seltzer and all kinds
of aerated waters manufactured, and sold
at lowest prices.
SADDLERY--RARNESS-MAKING.
REDERICK BRE N, Saddler and Har
ness Maker, 15!9 Railroad Avenue. Sad
dles and harness of all styles and prices
made to order. All orders for repairing and
painting of arriages and Buggies promptly
executed.
Dr. P. J. Friedrichs,
Is now permanently located on Railroad
Avenue between Mielgesippi and Iberville I
streets - 8
DR. A. C. LOVE,
DarrowvilIe, La.
Left bank Mississippi river, opposite Don- t
aldsonville.
Office and residence at Gibson's Hotel. ii
R . 1. .VANDEGRIFF
OFFICE :
Attakapas street, near the Court-House,
Donaldsonville, Lu.
R. W. M. McGALLIARD
Office in Crescent Place,
Donaldsoeville, La.
D. HANSON, M. D.
OFFICE:
Corner Iberville street and Railroad Avenue,
next door to Central Drug Store,
Domaldsonville, La. 1
-4
LAW AND NOTARIAL OFFICE.
ILR. N. Siuas,
AWWORENU AT IsAW,
Donaldsonville, La.
Practicein Ascension,Assumption and St.
James. meh22-Iy
PAUL LECHE,*
AWTORZIT AT LAW,
Donaldsonville, La.,
Office: One block below the Court
House, on Attakapas street. my24-ly t
t
F B. EARHART, t
AWWNTORN AT LAW,
Office: Opposite the Court-House, 0
Denaidsonville, La.
Practices in the Twenty-Second Judicial
District (comprising St. James and Ascen- a
sion parishes), and in the Supreme and jl
United States Courts. myl .
R. N. Sims. J. E. POCUE. C
SIMS a POCHE,
AWWOR.NT3 AT LAW, h
Mt. James, La. c
Office at F. P. Pochd's. Address ; Convent a
P.O. F
97 Mr. Sims will be in St. James every a
Monday. ap24 0
H. C. GRIUBE'S ti
Auction and Commission House, e
Donaldsoaville, Isa. n
The undersigned is pleased to inform the I
public that, having Sled the bond required sl
by law and received his commission from
the Governor as an AUCTIONEER, be is t
now prepared to execute with promptness a
and satisfaction all business in the auction p
line with which he may be entrusted. Far
natere and articles of every description
stored and sold on commission. Apply to
or address, li
H. C. GRUBE; fi
d13 Licensed agd Bonded Auctioneer. ti
N.
DRUGGIST,
Corner Chetimaches and Mississippi Streets ri
Donald8onville, La.
A complete stock of Pare Chemicals al it
ways onband. Preseriptionsearefully com- B
piled at all hours, day or aight. feb16 G
JOHN P. FORCHA, U
Cistern Maker,
Railroad Avenue, opposite the Post-office, a
Domaldsonwffle, La.
All work guaranteed and satisfaction al
warranted. Prices lower than the lowest. al
E REPULI
am aeunie~ woan"
17: *
Lives of the Candidates.
Gen. James Abram Garfield.
I The Ohoice of the Chicago Convention
for the Presidency-His Early Strug
gles with Poverty-Canal-Boatman,
School-Teacher, and State Senator
'I His Services on the Battle-Field-His
Congsesaional Record.
Gen. James A. Garfield was born
in Orange, Cuyahoga County, Ohio,
about 12 miles from Cleveland, Nov.
19, 18:1. His parents were both of
New-England extraction. His father,
I Abraham Garfield, was born , in
Otsego County, N. Y., but his family
had lived in Massachusetts for gener
ations. His mother's maiden name
was Ellen Ballot,, and she was a niece
of the Rev. Hosea Ballou, a noted
Universalist clergyman of New
Hampshire, in which State she was
waer n
of four sons, and his father died in
1833, leaving his children dependent
solely on their mother. Mrs. Garfield
was a woman of remarkable business
qualities, and it is from her that
James inherited his persevering na
ture. With the aid of her three older
boys she managed to support herself
and the family on the little farm left
by her husband, and James, from his
earliest years, was obliged to aid to
the extent of his ability in the gen
ertl work about his home. But lie
liked work, and it was said of him
when a boy that there was " not a
lazy hair in his head." He was a poor
boy, and saw no means of making a
living but by manual labor, and he
applied himself to learn the trade of
a carpenter. During the summer
months he toiled early and late on
his mother's farm, and the winter
days he passed at his carpenter's
bench. There was a village school in
Grange, where the citizens met on
winter evenings to read and discuss
the books which they possessed, and
this young Garfield attended, picking
up such information as he could in
the capacity of a listener. No observ
er of this thoughtful boy, listening to
the reading of a newspaper at the
age of 16, could by any possibility
have foreseen in him the leader of a
great National party.
Ready money was a commodity of
which the young farmer and carpen
ter saw but little, and as the ambi
tion to secure an education, which
had been growing on him as his mind
was opened to the events of the world
in the village "school," could only
be realized by means of money, lie
naturally cast about him for some
vocation which would bring him that
article. The Ohio Canal passed with
in a short distance of the Garfield
farmn, and James discovered that the
canal-men were paid in cash, and
made better wages than he could re
alize by farming and carpentering. In
his seventeenth year he decided to be
come a canal-man, and secured a po
sition as driver of one of the boats. i
His care and attention to his business I
attracted the attention of his superi
ors, and he was soon promoted to the
more dignified post of holding the
tiller of the boat. He continued in
this business, saving what little of his
earnings he could, for about eighteen r
months, until the fall of 1848, when I
he determined to advance a step, and.
ship as a sailor on the lakes. At this i
time, however, an attack of fever
and ague prevented his executing his 1
plane, and drove him back to his
mothetl .House an invalid. The sick- t
ness proved the turning point in his
life, and as a result.of it, James Gar
field, instead of burying himself in 1
the forecastle of a ship, became one of .4
the leading men in the American Re- I
public.
He remained prostrate in his moth- a
er's house for three months, and du- l
ring that time made the acquaintance 1
of Samuel D. Bates, who was teach- I
ing the district school that winter. i
Bates so fired the ambition of young
Garfield, which ad almost died away a
under the influence of his canal boat a
aqpociateas that he determined to for- 3
sake hi. idea of becoming a sailor, I
and make an attempt .to secure an x
education. He was accompanied to a
the Cheater Academy by a cousin and I
another young man from his village, a
and the three took with them frying- c
pans and dishes, as they were too
poor to pay for board as well as edu
cation. Garfield studied hard, and
a progressed rapidly. He worked morn
; ings, evenings, and Saturdays in the
carpenters' shop of Chester, and thus
_ managed to earn his living while
prosecuting his studies. When the
a summer vacation came, he worked
steadily, and thus created a fund to
n pay his tuition for the next term. In
1851 he left the academay and went to
" Hiram (Ohio) Eclectic Institute, where
'. he continued to prosecute his studies.
t In 1854, Mr. Garfield, then a man of
a 23, concluded that he knew enough
u to pass examination for~admission to
9 college, and the only drawback in the
way now was the money to pay for
e his course. During his five years of
a studying and work, he had established
'l a fund for this purpose, but with all
V his idnustry and economy he had not
s b~eea able to arc rtja
RI yuf ~jsevera- to e n ie
I life at the academy, however, had es
e tablished for him a reputation for
I honesty and persistency of purpose,
which now stood him in good stead.
tA gentleman agreed to advance him
the money taking as security a life-in
r surance policy, which the young man,
being healthy and robust, found no
difficulty in securing. Pecuniary dif
ficulties being thus disposed of, he
was ready to start, and, after canvass
ing the merits of several colleges, he
settled upon Williams, at Williams
town, in Massachusetts, and in the
'fall of 1854 lie was admitted to the
Junior Class of that institution. Heed
less of the slights which he constantly
received, he applied himself energeti.
cally to his studies, and in 1856, two
years after his admission, lie was
graduated, bearing off the Metaphsi- 1
cal honor of his class, which is es
teemed at Williams as among the
highest within the gift of the institu
tion to the graduating members.
Garfield was now 25 years of age,
and had, as the result of his 20 years' I
labor, a collegiate education, hisa
clothes, his books, his diploma, and a
debt of $450. He had no time for
leisure. His business now was to find I
some thing to do, and free himself t
from debt. Before going to college,
he had joined the sect of the " Dis- 1
ciples," better known as "=Cambell- I
ites," from their founder, Alexander C
Cambell. The " Eclectic Institute," t
in Hiram, was the college of this sect,
and it was natural that Mr. Garfield
should turn bis eyes to the struggling t
little college which lie left as a pupil u
but two years before. He returned a
to Hiram, where he was made Pro- t
fessor of Latin and Greek in the in- a
stitute. Plain living and high think
ing was the order of the day at the c
institute. The teachers were poor, a
the pupils were poor, and the college r
was poor, but there was a great deal C
of hard, faithful study done, and many a
ambitious plans formed. Prof. Gar- iI
field, after the first year, was made 0
president of the institution, and in C
this capacity he not only taught and n
lectured, but preached. According c
to the creed of the " Disciples," any 8
person having the power, was entitled g
to preach, and the president of the b
college was expected to deliver a ser- g
monbvery Sunday as a part bf his ri
official duty. President Garfield
preached with great force, nad his fame G
spread all through the Campbell= e
ite settlement. It was this fact that a
gave rise to the story that he had p
been a minister, a story which ie has fa
taken occasion to deny publicly on 11
several occasions. it
In 1857, while Professor of Latin tl
and Greek at the Eclectic Institute, el
Mr. Garfield was married to Miss Lu- .i
cretia Rudolph, the daughter of a ti
farmer living pear Hiram, whose ac- C
quaintance he made while studying a
at the academy, where she was a pu- o0
pil. The marriage was one purely of ti
love, and much of the husband's pros- h,
perity in life has been due to the quiet hi
influence of the wife. 01
Mrs. Garfield is a quiet, thoughtful, Hi
and refined woman, fund of reading it
and study, and of a warm heart. Two 21
yearn after his marriage the political i.
life of Gen. Garfliad began. His ser
mons had attracted attention to him, n:
and in 1859 he wan brought forwu-d ol
by the anti-slavery people of Portage uj
and Summit Counties as their candi. oi
date for State Senator. He was eleg- hi
o ted, and, young as he was, he at once
. took high rank in the Ohio Legisla
d lure, as a man unusually well in
formed on the subjects of legislation,
and effective and powerful in debate.
e He seemed always prepared to speak,
s and always spoke fluently and well.
t When the-secessionWof the Southrern
States began Mr. Garfield's course was
manly and outspoken, and he was
" among the furemost to maintain the
right of National Government to
coerce seceded States.
' Gen. Garfield's military career was
.not of a nature to subject him to trials
on a large scale. He was appointed
Colonel of the Forty-second Ohio
Regiment, August 14, 1861, but it was
not until Dec. 14, that orders for the
field were received. The regiment was
f then sent to Catlettsburg, Ky., and Col.
Gartleld was ordered to report to Gen.
Buell in person. That officer ordered
ley, in eastern Kentucky. The un
tried colonel of the raw Forty-second
Ohio undertook this task, and on his
success the whole army of the depart
ment depended. Marshall had under
has command nearly 5001 men, and to
attaek him Col. Garfield had four regi
muents of infantry and eight companies
of cavalry. The enemy were sta
tilned at the Village of Paiutville, 60
miles up the Sandy Valley, but Mar.
shall, hearing of the advance of Gar
field, fell back to Prestonlmurg, leav
ing a small body of cavalry near his
old position to protect his trains. On
the 9th of January 1862, Col. Garfield
advanced on Marshall's new position,
and his troops were rapidly pushing
forward in the fast gathering darkness, I
when Marshall abandonded his posi
tion, fired his camp equipage and r
stores, and began a retreat which was
not ended until he reached Abiogton, I
Va. This operation in the Sandy Val
was conducted with such energy and j
skill as to receive the special com- a
mendation of the commanding gener- a
al and the government, and Col. Gat- t
field was made Brigadier-General in I
acknowledgment of his services. On v
his arrival at Louisville, the army of d
the Ohio was already beyond Nash
ville, on its march to aid Giant at a
Pittsburg Lauding. Gen. Garfield i
hastened after it, assumed command s
of the Twentieth Brigade, and reached t
the field of Pittaburg Landing on the
second day of the battle, participating u
in its closing scenes. His brigade ii
bore its full share in the tedious siege b
operations before Corinth, and was a
among the earliest in entering the ti
town after Gen. Beauregard's evaeu- N
ation. a
His old malady, fever and ague, n
contracted in the days of his tow-path 'I
service, was aggravated in the mals- n
rious climate of the South, and Gen. as
Gartleld was sent home on sick leave t1
about the 1st of August, 1862, remain- ft
ing until January, 1863, when he was o
ordered to join Gen. Rosecrans as v
Chief of Staff. In this position lie re- cl
mained until his military career J
closed. His last conspicuous military h
service was at the battle of Chicaman- d,
ga. Sept. 19 and 20, 1863, and for his ei
bravery and generalship in that en- t1
gagement he was promoted to the r
rank of Major-General. ou
At this point the military career of a1
Gen. Garfield practically came to an A
end. In 1862, while absent with the as
army, and without solicitation on his ct
part, he had been elected to Congress C
from the old Giddings district (the 0
19th), in which lie resided, and believ- t1
ing that his path of usefulness lay in ai
the direction to which his constitu- ei
ents pointed, he resigned his commis
sion Dec. 5, 1863, and entered upon C
the duties of a statesman's life. In ti
Congress he at oner took a high rank, h4
and from his admission to the House ti
of Representatives to the present al
time he has been an active, energetic, 4
hard worker. His party renominated ui
him by acclamation on the expiration to
of his term, and on his return to the a
House was given a leading place on in
its leading committee-on Ways and a
Means. Here lie soon rose to a great w
influence, ao
He studied the whole range of 6- as
nancial questions with the assiduity as
of his collegedlays, so that he is looked D
upon to-day as one of tine ablest of ea
our National financiers. He stood by di
his party, and his party stood by himw, t
se-electing him 0 ly: to the
Thirty-ninth, Fort Forty first,
Forty-second, orty-third, Forti
feourth* Forty fish Porty-adith
lo January 1, . u ~as.elected to
the Senate to All :seat of Allen (.
Thurman, whe tef on the 41h if
next March. le U.sive4the uanni-.
motRs vuo.et * i icna omsens
for this positioue, Wit honor never eose
terreji befiire onttty timsad 'by any par
ty in the State of Ohio
In sppearanu.G.fe is very
coa ptanding .and impressive. He
atands six feet hlih and is broad
shouldered a trougi builit. His
head is unnsul and his fore
head remarka gb He wears
light-brown hil sod beard, and has
light-blue re ai pr is t ' ose,
and full cheeks;- is temperate in
all things except brain work, aud
devoted to hi. wife and children, of
shorn he has dit. tttitn, two having
died in infancy. Thtetwo older b sys,
Harry and James, :are attending
school in New Hampshire, while the
two younger, Irwin and Abram, live
with their pateta. His only daugh
ter, Mary, is a handmome, rosy
eheeked guil of about twelve. His
mother is still living, aid- foims one
of Iais family. Gen. Garfield has a
house in Washington, where he spends
his winters, and a farm in Mentor,
Lake County, Ohio, where he spends
all his time when not engaged at' the
capital. His fatip comprises125 ares
of land, which is= highly eultiated,
and here the Genera# dads ahrecrea
tion of which he never- tiate, in di
recting the field work and making
improvements in the-building, fences,
and orchards. He ls never forgot
ten the lessons learned when he made
his living by farming, and he Is as
genial and hearty a friend to the
farmers who surround' him is to the
magnates who court. hi. society in
Washington. He a "ang fiem the
people, and he is emphatically one of
the people.
Gen. Chester A. Arthur.
The Candidate for the!io.-residmay
His Notable Osreer-Quartermaster..
General, and Oolleetbr of the Port of
New York.
Gen. Cheater A. Arthur was born
in Franklin Couaty, ft., Oct. 5, 1830.
He is the oldest of s family of two
sans and five ulaug I ors. His father
was the Rev. DIr. iani Arthur, a
Baptist clergyman, who euaigratqmd to
this country from ttlCounty Antrim,
Ireland, in his eighteenth year, and
died Oct. 27, 187 5-in Newtonville,
near Albany. IDr. ur wasinjmany
respects a r wna. .Heac
toai t:;. I , i
authorship. His work on I41liily
I Names" is regarded the world over
a as one of the curiosities of Enguial
- erudite literature. From 1855 to 1863
r he was Pastor of the Cavalry Baptist
D Church of New York City.
Gen. Arthur was educated at Union
B College, and was graduated in the
Clams of '49. After leaving college
) he taught a country school during
two years in Vermont, and then, hav
ing managed by rigid economy to
save about $500, he started for New
York, and entered the law office of
Iex Judge E. D. Culver as a student.
I After being admitted to the Bar, he
formed a partnership with his inti
s mate friend and room-mate, Henry
D. Gardiner, with the intention of
practicing in the West, and for three
I months they roamed about in the
I Western States in search of an eligi
ble site, but in the end returned to
New York, where they hung out their
joint shingle, and entered' upon - a
successful career almost from the
start. Gen. Arthur soon afterwards
married the daughter qf Lieutegant
Herudon, United States Navy, who
was lost at sea, and who calmly went
down to death smoking a cigar. Con
gress voted a gold medal to his wid
ow in recognition of the conspicuous
bravery he displayed on that peca
sion. Mrs. Arthur died only a short
time ago.
In 1852,Eonathan and Juliet Lema,
mon, Virginian alaveholders, intend
ing to emigrate to Texas, came t4
New York to await the sailing of a
steamer, bringing eight slaves with
them. The-slaves on their arrival in
New York, finding that they were in
a land of liberty, abandoned their
master, claiming that they were free.
These qlaves were advised that they I
need not return into bondage, and a
noted lawsuit was the upshot. Arthur,
then a practicing lawyer, gained their l
freedom on the ground that, as their I
owners had brought them to free soil
voluntarily, they could not be re
claimed under the fugitive slave .
Judge Paine rendered a del au
holding that they could not, an or
dering the Lemmon slaves to be lib
erated. A howl of rage went up fromi
the south, and the Virginia Legisla- I
tare authorized the Attordey General
of that State to assist in taking an
appeal. Wm. M. Evarts and Chester
A. Arthur were employed to repre
sent the people and they won their
case, which then went to the Supreme
Court of the United States. Charles
O'Conor here espoused the cause of I
the slaveholders, but he was beaten,
and a long step was taken toward the
emancipation of the black race.
Gen. Arthur was a delegate to the ;
Convention at Saiatogs that founded
the Repubsican party. In 1861 be
held the post of Inspector-General of
the State of New York, and soon
afterward was advanced to that of
Quartermaster- Generl,whlek beheld
until the expiration of Gov. Morg s
term of office. No highireucomaum
can be pfased upon him then the
mention of the-fact that, although the t
war aecoant of tlhwate otflew Turk d
was several times rar*er thaw that-ofw
any other State, yet it was s4 1
audited and allowed in W a
and w`ithqmthedesetio o a.
During Q@br Arthur's terea
every plesnt sent ts was' Vr a r
diaiteiy reserned. A` r n
becameQuarterlaasiwr'
`pbor. WI n qt1 r @
poorer mtill. He
make millions f' . `
to provide h
and tranapura pion
thneauitds of aen.
f jealous w"ae he of is d y
have-knom Iastoucas
he sa h r
*9n as it
tahbve
to see in regardtt
mihappropriated v. ceate; on
walking down tows 4awo
talking on ties curner
would imagine they were Et .>
may dishone yzd Uh v -
would drive oad'
At the exiratioir dtf os
tem, Gen. Arthur retn ed w
ptractice. Business of 'ia
tve cha.racter Q4- l_:of,
and the "rm of at ' otree
prospered exceedi ly. a ie
was drawn ntoe -tteretar eof
When Hon. Thomas Murphys
the Coleotorship of the pert of" e
York, oe Nov. 20, 1871, -Pretient
Grant snomigp ;.Gen., ALjtbn¶~ l s
vocantf psiellin an4j f()U!7`eaf toter.
whsen his torm-'epived, f!)homloa~id
him, an honor that had adie been
shown to any previous Collector is
the history : the pot. Iee :re
imoved ' a J u 1
l1l, 18' desie e ý fact 4laaius
specialco uites' made aesrea
and both repozted hath &u le
to nind any htiing upon which to bsee
a charg: against him. Itt ;(fir .tro
nunemameptes annoane
both P'resideat e` 1
Sherman 6e of.
purity of issacta wl Hein o ds4
peiinfor hja retention :acs ~~u
by every Jugd t} f every. court ha~
N'ew- York; City,. by. alý.4r.thte pf i
nent memrers of the Bir a ir
neartyjeryt` hitt erhantn
the. colleetion .
Arthur Miaselfu an
Ini a letter l,
reviewing t '
vestigatin couiiffo Qen. tar
prduced stitI t a to'jow` ot~as
ing his tern of over six "yea1 s i M
thae cehntageore seatal.s
2 3-4, against, nu
nual average i stbouu 2 nct.
since 1857. All
two to the l pon
salaries of t00 gar
on the plaw of . vacinh
the lower tthe on e
recfmmmewtid
The rfttm t ,
r U,
ness in, t uatsh e eahU S s as
r nmerous 'as they were utstekito
the mercantile colnmurnty. ,i Is
:remoals,=hle lidk ":t te
practice of thee a drd
tion of Rapahleas ties is e
State of New York, being C oo
of the Re blican State Cob itee.
some. ' a bir elf
and wide expedloee, ma si eyde,
with refined, tates, and m. er f
º the utmost geniallty.
The PrehilE tgia C.o
Mergan city Frse
Relative to the Pr
it may be saidi
South, the e eai
get 47 electrale
S eas to win. Ta la
SCoenectiemt, Wel oek, NI*
and Indiasa-orO 5 -
hel votes. The "eptbtegs I,.
since ebained cnte
and Legislatures in Ceorks
'New Jaee. The pk epobii are
united, and local electioae ,mailtteit
they have not lost"s stret ince
1878 aa. Indiciaed b huia':
have 'qdo Rins. If Eihe 15'~esru
fail to' 1orry New York, tm cy a% not
win. If the Itepubicntil aelords.
stand as they did' i 1876, tbR~ b
lieas. can at d' to loss N*Terj
and by eatftylng °Indians and r
Connaecticut or Newt Jeres. may~u
The State of Indians will be a.greg
political battlefield.
A short time snlce the Doaalsom
ville Csar complaied of the viola
tion of qnarantin regulahions,.by the
permission of vrb ornIy three days
out fromoBua lag at:Newdm.
leans, when tim law reqnires a delay
of tern days.- The health dý ' ye.
plies with the vulgar{ assIoe t
" it is a e; nt vessel has bson
mitted to enter the port wfthssshbe
ing properly diulnfecetd."' The Cuir.,
said nothing -sheet disia ng and
therefore did met utter a falrnod.
This losing of .temper and nslag:of
abusive lanugage will` nut stisfy the
public nor allay their fs,' the
quarantine regultions hnld: be
striiely eaforced until it hai Oern
demeastrated tat they are usalss.-
Riekrgad Beaes.
Some ignorant .or designing; permsp
reported that a est of yelloov feve~r
had made -it uapogrance ip Morgan
City. This . oso o. Or cly was
never bealthiry hi. a m W ,x The
state of hesidai ithae w1tltppci
rethy reported by tshe Fre
week, and whefever *sentaats r
exists we shall feel it cany n tsr.i
port the facts. At praess wheeye
not the remoteil particle of as rn
that yelloh fever will i t i
The Sunday L dw s'r ly gieWe
the opewing of f,
day, has b iea
St. Lardvy l&a #d
Thsss**ple'tr m.seien
4 ~~&b 4* has thebe
a*dvoeate Ihe
cert fonr

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