Lake Charles commercial., November 12, 1881, Image 2

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notier I«. the .»nitron are onumiiereil
wMiing t.. n Ml time their mbsmptions.
If «ii.«-nijers..r,iei the .hnmitiii-;
niavTymHnm^hTp^rthein uutff iilTar
rt'araxfR art* fasii«l.
3. If«tlwrihers nrjrbft or refuse 0»
tak«- Iheir f**ri«*tl irais from tin* ofim* to
whrHi they ore «lio-ctol, Ihoy nr.- held
re*i**)»Ml>Je until tli<n* havei*ottletl their
liilis on.) « »prier, »1 tliehi .li»eon tinned
• 4 f 1 r""bsvriU-rs i»i<ive t.i aiiother plan
without informing the mihirsuers, nn.l
the tiit„ers are »ent to the former dire.
tion, thev an-held re»;»m»ihle.
5. Tlie courts have deci.h.l that "re
fusing to take the per*«dicab< fenn th.
"pH nia facie Ay'hm. "of'h!
imtional fraud."
4i. Any wlm rwfiw h nexxs
i*a|*era*i»1 it. whether In
fcr»mhreri.a-r rn0t iHh ^ 1 taW
7. If anharriberspav in advance, tliey
an- ianindi t.i give not».»-to th.-juildirher
at the «Kl of their time, if they do not
wiaii h. .■.«liinin 1 taking it: otherwi».
tbciulMisherii.anthurim.1 to eontiowe
»cn.liiig it on. and the mibm-riber» will:
1«. re»!» 'lo-il'ie until an expret
with „ayineiit of all arrear». i.»
Ils- (niltlitilter.
Killer.'. 1 al the hsl lltli.v, 1-ake t 'Iiarle -
l,a., a» sciYUi.1 class mailer.
"sATTRHAV, \m EMBER !2, ISH1.
Fliuht awI) Arrest. — »T ohnson
"oiox-iall
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colored convict, sentenced to
hard labor ter stealing cattle, sue
oeeded in making his escape frowi
tlapt. Bradshaw's camp, on the
New Orleans. Pacirte Railroad, near
Alexaioiria. and taking a direct
route througli the piue woods,,
reaclied Welsh's Station on the
La. Western Railroad. Tuesday
evening. where he took the west
en, bound ft-eight train, going to
Texas. On the arrival of the train
at Lake Charles, tee caboose was
boarded by deputies C. XI. Richard
and.1- H. MetJorudek. whosecuretl
.lohitsou, and liehl hiin sale until
tte-arrival, by the ,»asaenger train,
of sheriff 0. t. Ifusoii, of 8t. lain
dry. to whom they delivered him.
.Nliertff Duson and his prisoner
leh by the \X ednesday morning
train tor Opelousas.
The Eierlioflü.
Elections for State officers aud
Legislatures were.held last Tues
day in several H tu tes of the Union,
This being an off-year, no partieu
l*r significance can Uc attached to
the known results, as shown by
our exchanges. The Democrats
carried an undisputed victory
Mississippi against the combined
forces of the Republicans, (tween
hackers aud independent Demo
erats. In Virginia the Alahou,
combination of Readjust«!*, Re
publicans and nogroe* resulted in
the defeat of the Democratic can
i lidates ter Btate offices, and tt
, t , . . . ' _
prohahlc joint majority in the Leg
islutare. thus seciiriiie the election
iskiture, thus securing the election
of a readjust«r-republiean-uegio
U.E. Rena tor to succeed Mr.. lohn
, , . ..
«tou. Ai* » #ort of cA»ui|MfiAÉ&Mtiuu
ter this disgrace of Old Virginia,
New V ork is,said to have resumed
her position in the Democratic
tanks bv tee election of a IH trre
MMUMCiy toe eieeu n o a mm
crabe Becrelaiy ot BtaU-aud tteg _
isiatare. in all the other Htate*,
except Marvland. where elections
were held the Remihlkmae imve
J r-T ,
carrieri wo- u*>, wiwi uMUeattous.
of slight Democratic gaius all along
ihe line. Only three of the Booth
ern Htate*. Mississippi. Marvland
„,„1 >,m ( i
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fall, with the alaive stateti result*.
ia the North and West
were hebl in New Vor-k, Peunsyl
vaida,Colon,do.Conuecticat.lwin.
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sa*, AlaKsacnusett*. Minnesota,
Nebraska- New Jersey and Wk
cousin.
HK EXTRA SfiKSil» OF THE REX
grai. assembly.
Governor YloBuery has issued
Uns proelu motion enlivening an ex
•"*" ■'*
New Orleans, on Monday, the <»th
tot' December next. TTndeT article
71 > ,,f the constitution an extra ses
<1011 is limited to twenty (lavs, and i
eouUned to the
i legislation must lie
objects speeitiraliy set forth in the
Governor's proclamation. Tifese
ohjeeKs are ten-fold, and embrace
«„pro,,nation hills for the years
1 '
l.t'Cf and M«3. a revision of tin
revenue mid license lows, the en
* ct ment of tow* Telnteig to the old
f* House, to printing. to the
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in the Treasury, to the appoint
.«eiits of officers and the adoption
ofa jointresnlutioii continuing the
j |lÄ j ||WP of «ut* «ession iiiî*o «n
, „ . . , , - „
other, os uuhumhed business.
When we remcmlHT that the
U-gistoture. at its last regular ses
sion of 1880. was engaged, during
, , f dovs of
th< wliolt ot the ni ,
f,mt session, in legislating upon
the very subject matters now sub
a a Bt|lwU . remedy, we do liot v
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mitteil to the consideration of our
lawmakers, and tailed to provide
tore niuehiii asserting that a twen--]
ty.davs' session will leave the peo
pie Olid State in about the same
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condition as t hey an ii . s
no disparagement to tee compose
tion of our (. «lierai Assembly. to
say lliat the object«included in the
Govonuir^ call.
cannot lie dis
of in leas than the fall time
of a regular session. Laws on the
| ■ ( ,• assessment, revenue.
•' . ' .
licenses, and appropriations, are
..,, t , inmortanee -it
^ '' * '
.opinion, require more.than ordin
. , ,
times, anil, in the straightened
eircumshinves in whicii our Ftate
is placed, under the constitution
of l«7ö. with onlv a six mills 1iix .
,, ... . .... .
three mills to pay the interest on
the debt, and only three mills to
run the (ioverniiieiit.it will,in onr
ary législation to make both ends
meet. In view of the fact that only
three mills on the tlollar can -he
levied ter all purposes, there is an
evident desire, on the ,«irt of the
office-holding class, to raise the
amount of property assessments
. sufficiently to meet the deficiency
which is hound to occur, or. in
other words, to doindireetly what
tlMIV terbitlden to do directly.
In most of the parishes of tliis
Htate. and in the parish of Calea
giell ,«,rtienlarly. the present taya
tiou ,s just as much as the people
t ^n'near,and the valuation of tlieir
property cannot lie increased with
8 view to increase the revenue,
! without manifest injury to the tax
payers aud property holders. The
remedy is not in straining out more
money from the people, but in the
strictest economy in tee Htute ad
ministration, and a reduction of its
expenditures.
Choice Prints, at A. II. Moss',
sixteen yards for one dollar
Hewing machine needles, of all
makes, '£> cents a tloxen, at Fas
«old's, the jew eller.
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PLA-XTATIOX LABORERS,
—
Another Chance for Planters to Se
cure howl ami Reliable Labor.
-—
The attention of planters is cal led
to tee fact that laborers of various
! «atio.mlitie*. such as Swedes Nor
Gornau* awl Freu<?ii c«ui
obtained by addressing All. Al
iChmI flmiiiuru» <an> of the ('nm
tied Montague, care of the Com
missiouer of Emigration. New Or
'' r ' Aloutague ha* made
<arrangement* with the Cromwell
ift-e 4 Uu<;r 8 well ä<* witli
the Jackson Railroad, to bring
• them- laborers to New Orleans at
I reduced role*. Coutmctovs can
»•**> beanppUad- All that i* re
the parties desiring
fl«bor is to guarantee the price of
their passage, aud the labor will be
tertheoming within the next in to
I*"» <b».V*
X* Montague will shortly reUvri.
w \' Mr fc, where he has a nmn
h« of emigrant* on hand anil will
forward them at once. Mr. Mon
tagne is emigration agent for the
-State »f Louisiana at New York,
• Aiy planter oraontraetor desiring
;i m V ot these laborers will please
their application at ouoe,
stating the nationality desired and
^ «age* they gw* «billing to pay,.
what kind of work isto be done,
j () |j H . «dii^«,: given above,
iWM j the desired labor will be
proaipth shipped.
The Extra Session Qnestimi
[N. O. Time».]
We have no (loulit that hii extra
8e . 88 j 0 „ rif the législature will lie
culiod to meet some time «bout the
1ÄÄ nLiTJm
)k> B p» r ed"this expense, find we
w |„p W e eottlil to ovoid
j*. *We have filirly considered all
the reasons, exeejtt one, that have
been advanced by the advocates
of «in extra session and halve, we
^ j,j,, satisfactorily shown that
they are not sound. The exe.ep
tion to wiiie.h we refer is that tax
eolleetoM. under tte present rev
oinie low. cannot sell property toi
aoli|M]Uen1 t „ x <«s of 1880 or 1881
w j t , l(M ,t jeopardizing the right of
the Htate to collect delinquent
taxes of previous years. Tt is now
demands ...................
an|fill(1( , (1 immediately in order to
prevent tiie loss of a large sum in
buck taxes. We do not know
wlioihei 01 not tni^
Wt? do not know, however, that it
u imolutel,v certain that tax col
, eC j orK cannot sell property for de
linqnent taxes for the years men
tinned without sub jesting the fitate
to serious loss tor hack taxes ot
previous wars. The question is
„„ „neu n„e and. as it is not new,
it,seems tous that the proper Rtate
officials, in the performance of
their duty, ought to haye_ token
measures to hove it determined
long'before this. However, as it
I}K . , wel) }1 doubtful question for
more than a year, we do not si .
, n.„ o.„., n ,„„i.i 1,^ v.,n
that the State WOilhl bi X cry a,
l.V injured it It IS permitted til Te
main a doulitful question for a tew
months longer, It seems to bead
mitted that a revenue law cannot
lie passed in the twenty days aj
''.wed to an extra session and it
is proposed to meat tins uifficultj
^ï^^'^ü^rnu
finished revenue liilliutrodueedby
.Indge Farmer at the last session,
mi. - . „f 0 nill tw,n, «
flic consideration ot a hill tr t
l ,01, d Where It Was dropped at the
close of a previous session is ot
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i ef ralitv. Therefore, if
.fudge Farmer's hill become«« hnv
at n called session, we shall be in
about as doubtful condition rela
tive to the revenue law as we are
i)t presc , ut . We have had enough
0 f hhiiidering legislation. ' The
work of the constitutional conven
tion and of the legislature of t.SSb
^aw^'lnm.-Ted 'lIv^thoseTwo
|„ H ii eB j, aV e so muddled nur public
affairs that they are tin not from a
condition of chaos. We confess
wt ' d ? "«* «rant to see this legisla
Î,"\V mMiillebed to moot by
) u « . We do not «expect any Itene
tieial legislation from it. If called
in extra session it is not improlia
J£^Ukciï t . K telex,'InSiou
I)f mea-sures vet,hired by public in
t crest. When the people's money
>s squandeied by a few more laws
like act Otf there will be a call tor
* t 'i',V,t ^eu »,«w thurotwJ oveÄte
poo of unpaid war umts fur the y ears
18«» and 1881. As there "is no
money it* the tieasmy to pay tot
w'iargeïv Tn
greased and the demand lor au
other buby-bond act will become
wore imperative. A gentleman, of
iw»«»ueu«»e> this city .saul, five
years ago. that onr public officers
would not he improved until we
had a higher type of men to make
aud execute our laws and that we
would not have such men until the
people took a deeper interest in
publie matters, and voted as tly*ir
judgment dictated rather than as
"jliei feelings and personal fiiend
ships led them. It may he that
litis gentleman was right and that
onr affairs will become worse be
fore there is a change fur the bet
ter. At one time we indulged the
hope that we would get along with
biennial sessions of the legislature.
Those who make our laws, how
ever, make them so badly that it
looks as if semi-annual sessions
would become a necessity.
!
... . ttMMT flakes a vrious Charge
" ' '
A gains! U-a.ling ikpabiicau
ALi.EfteLIl ABSTRACTORS.
Politicians.
[N..O l>Aiily
When the Paejiard go vein nient
eolla|>sed iu J877, a number of val
«able public records, supposed to
iueriaiinate promiuent imrtio*.
mystenonsiy disappeared from the
auditor's office aud usvff after
wards could be found- Infovmu
tion being received at the States
0 «oe this motoiug to the effect
that Mr. K. L- Bolden, an attorney
of this city, had become possessed
of some valuable information re
garding this matter, a Htate* re
porter was dnqmtohed to make iu
quittes. Air- Beiden, who was
found at hie office on 8t._('inwrle*
street, expressed himself as fol
lows:
"Tlic hook* were couveyeil from
the Htate House in a Vermouth
boxto an oyster saloon op <Uus
tomhoiise, between Royal and
Bourbon streets, where tbey were
stored in a rear room. The utan,
18(
_
,
to whom flier wore ontrimted. burst
the box open, and with three or
four others, examined tee contents
and took notes. AVhenthe depos
itors returned to take haek the
box. the oyster limn refused to give
it up. A tiglrt ensued, the o.VBter
man was stabbed hiiiI the box re
eovered aird taken to the Acme
saloon, and filially to the third ot
fourth stories of the Customhouse..
I have all the evidence 1 watrt.
and seven or eight competent wit
nesses.
"The men implicated are Kel
logg. Badger, Dialer. Loan and
others. 1 know also who stabbed
the oysterman. My documents are
not yet prepared, but speedily will
he. They will he submitted to the
Committee of Public Safety, and.
in due course, to Judge Milten
lierger."
Tilt, t.HIT OF ROOKS.
The stolen hooks embraced:
Ledgers 1871-2, 1873-4, IHin.
18(1(1, four volumes.
Appropriation books 1873. 'i4.
7>, *71». four volumes.
Outstanding warrant book 1874.
*75, '70. one vnlnme.
Journal of 187(1. one volume.
Outstanding ledger 1873, one
volume.
Tax ledger, single entry, 1873-74.
one volume.
Consolidated bond books Nos.
1 and 2. two volumes.
The whole list envers fourteen
books. _
A Little War in illissksippi.
Meridian, Miss.. Nov. 8.—Four
white men were killed and two se
verely wounded by negroes to-day
at Marion station in this county.
The negroes opened lire on the
whites at the pools, when the elec
tion Wim going on. The whites had
no arms to defend themselves with
and eimnequcntly none of the ne
groes suffered.
One of the men killed was A. A.
Harris. Democratic Candidate for
enmity assessor. The sheriff with
a posse from this place found
about a hundred negroes barrica
ded in the dwelling-house of their
leader. Kil. Vance. The posse was
tired upon by the negroes as they
approached the house. Another
body of armed men have gone
from here to the scene of the dis
turbance to assist the sheriff.
With this exception the election in
this county has been quiet aud or
derly.
The sheriff's posse attacked the
negroes barricaded in Vance's
house, they having refused to sur
render, killing John Vance and
wounding Ed. Vance, Jr„ old
Vance and forty negroes retreated
to the woods. A. (i. Warren of
the sheriff's posse was killed, and
several other persons wounded.
Indications point to Democratic
success in the election in East
Mississippi.
The names of the killed at the
poles this morning are A. J. Pavey,
Josh Barrett and Jeff' Begins.
Vance Begin* was mortally wound
ed. James Hodges and Levi
Moore were slightly wounded, the
former seriously and the latter
si igh tl y.
Tilt Ringiea *1 of the 8tagf-Koh
bei> Convicted.
[Special to the (iulvcslmi News J
Han Antonio, Nov. 8-—Tom
Moody, the long man of stage-rub
bing notoriety, was tried to-day in
the Federal court. Much interest
was manifested iu this case, as
Moody has been looked upon as
the leader of the gang who have
been robbing stages all over West
ern Texas of late years. The ease
has occupied the time of tile court
the entire day, and tin- testimony
was conclusive and the jury were
not out more than tive minutes
when they returned und rendered
a verdict of guilty of robbing the
United Staves mail with danger
ous w eapons, the penalty of which
is imprisonment for life. .He took
the matter philosophically, no
doubt expecting such a result. He
is the sixth one of the gang tliat
have been tried, tive of whom have
beeu sent up for life, and one. Bob
Logan, for ten yeuos. Bnl two re
main to Ip- tried. Job Btark anil
Will Humphreys. Btark's ease
will come up to-morrow, and it is
understood that he will plead
giiilty.and Will Humphreys who
has Turned state's evidence, will
grolutbly be lightly dealt with. But
one oft he gang remains at large,
named Oresswell, who probably
long ere this, has put himself aides
awu£ from t his secti on.
Fatai Affray.—B nuduy last at
tlrowaou'e store at BnyouiUhenc,
was the sceue of a bloody tragedy.
Two new comers, whose names are
not know n. being under (the influ
ence of liquor quarrelled, and the
<j narre! resulted in tee death of
one of the | «orties who was shot
aud instantlv killed. Mr. T«sac
raux was wounded in the arm
whilst attempting to prevent the
killing, and the murderer escaped
and is still at large.—JBt. Martins
ville Observer.
Hii Biduey Waterlow , who lias
earned his bread at the printer's
ease and hail been Lord-Mayor of
London, is giving Ubicago a thor
ough inspection.
JYihI in <'iark
A Ikdebrated ta si
Ceiiltv. Arkansas. of a 1 «uthfnl
Ulurdmss.
The trial of Miss Stokes for the
murder of Alias M. Stevens, began
in the Clark county circuit court at
Arkadelphia November 3d. The
killing neoured near Mineral
Springs. Howard county, and the
ease was taken from that-■count! to
Clark county on a change of venue.
The particulars of the tragic affair
lire about as follows: The Blokes
and Stevens families are among the
bent respected in the county. Sarah
Stokes' a vonng lady 17 or 18years
of age, lost her mother several
years since, the management of the
household at once devolving on
her. It is claimed by Miss Stokes
that not -long ago a sister of the
deceased made frequent remarks
about her character notât all com
plimentary to her. It is also re
ported that the girls were in a
measure rivals, both being belles
of their respective neighborhoods.
This, of course, had something to
do with their mutual dislike.
The day of the crime Miss St.okcs
having heard something that an
gered her extremely, mounted her
horse, and, accompanied by her
sister start ed out in search of Miss
Stevens. Her sister's name is Miss
Shelton. The two women rode to
gether to Miss Stevens' residence,
but the young lady they sought
was not there, so they pushed on
to town and made a hurried in
spection of the stores, but in vain.
They then started for home, and,
on passing Stevens' house, slop
ped again and inquired if «Miss
Stevens had returned. Being in
formed in the negative. Miss
Stokes spoke rather loudly to Mrs.
Stevens, the mother of the absent
girl, and the loiul talking brought
out Miss .Melinda, a younger sis
ter of the absent girl «Miss Stokes
was seeking.
They commenced quarreling at
once, and in reply to something
Miss Stokes said about her sister,
Melinda started forward. Miss
Stokes threw herself from her
horse aud the two met near the
gate: the former drew a knife from
her bosom and plunged it into the
neck of lier antagonist, who died
in a short while. At the coroners
inquest a stone was loitud tightly
clasped in the dead girl's hand,
'l'iie iiigh reputation of all the par
ties connected with the unfortu
nate affair, together with the sin
gular mill sentimental < iremiiRtan
ces of killing, lias awakened deep
interest iu the trial. Excellent
counsel has been retained on both
sides, and the rase promises to
prove one of the most interesting
iu tlie history of Arkansas criminal
jurisprudence.
Peatli of a Xotcd Outlaw at the Hands
of Jesse James.
[Special lu the I'hii-agii Tribune.]
Kansas City. Mo.. Get. 30.—In
formation was received here to
day which proves beyond a doubt
that Ed. Xlilier. one of the noted
hand of train-robbers, bud been
killed in Southwestern Missouri
■by Jesse James. Miller took part
iu t he first robbery of the Chicago
and Alton Railway, and at Wins
ton. on the Rock Island, and was
born and raised in Jackson county.
After the Winston affair Jesse
James went South, but Miller,
Dick Little, and Jim Gumming*
remained in tins section of tlie
country until about a month ago,
when they went to the southern
portion of the # State aud were
joined by Jesse James. Miller aud
Gumming* had beeu courting the
same girl.'uud had trouble regard
ing the mutter, and at last came to
blows. Jesse James interfered,
anil told them they were d-id
fools to be fighting over a woman,
while they were being limited like
wolves, and bad better protect
themselves first. The day follow
ing Xlilier accused Jesse James of
'Tooling" witli his girl, when the
latter drew a revolver aud shot
him dead, and his body was left by
the roadside. Auother version is
that Jesse James sided with Gum
iiiiugs about the girl, which dis
pleased Miller, who threatened to
leave the gang, and for this Jesse
killed him. Tlie details of the kill
ing are told by ex-biudiwaekers
aud friends of all imrtiea from Olay
aud Jackson comities, aud are au
thentic. _
General Garfield had a correet
view of the insanity plea in murder
trials. He is quoted as writing to
a lawyer ten years age. who had
successfully combatted the too
frequent dodge: "The whole oouu
try owes you a debt of gratitude
fur brushing away the wicked ab
surdity which lias lately been palm
ed off ou the country as law on the
.subject of insanity. If this thing
had goue ou much farther, all that
a Ilian would ueed to secure him
self from the charge of , in order
would beta rave aud tear his hair
a little, aud then kill his mau-"
"AU-ouville ha* » mau with u
born coming out of his .forehead."
He is certainly a curiosity: but a
man with a-"horn" goiug in about
two aud a luilf inches below flic
forehead is u very common sight.
Among Bur LNchaiures,
OT.AKOK TRtBTTtr. : Rlierifv
eluiel, with 11 posse of i, ,<«,,_
John Gordon and Reed Hurra \
Houston last Friday iwnujJ'
Gordon goes to tiw* penTt w ,tj R *
Notice of appeal was given in p'
ease of Reed, but as to whetlin «
will go any further is „m kn«*,,
to us.
A Labife Brtoge.—T lw i, ri m r( .
across Lake Pirnehartram imp/t*
twenty-four miles in length, and h
to cost a million and a quarter ot
dollars. This will be the bm BeKt
and most expensive bridge of ^
kind in the world. It i* to bHitiilt
by tlie Louisville and Nashville
Railroad, and to be completed in
one year from the signing of p 1( ,
contract.—[Gretna Courier.
N. O. City Item : The Supreme
Court at Shreveport recently re
affirmed t he decision that twii oft.
ces could not be held by tlie «am«
person. Tlie case wasting of jury
commissioners who were respect
ively an assessor and a member of
the school board in Webster |mi.
ish. Aeeejrtiug a second appoint
ment was declared to vacate tlie
one previously held.
N. O. Democrat : The report of
the bnreuu of statistics of the
Treasury Depart ment on the trade
of tlie past three years is tiatteriup
to New Orleans. In the matter of
export* New Orleans hus more
than held it* own. h* exports hav
ing increased from *63,$MMMHNI in
187t> to *lt)8.70(*,««0iB 1881. or from
5>.l per cent, of all the export* of
the country to 11.7. New York,
during the same period, fell from
4(1.8(1 to 44.54. and Philadelphia
from <5.9 to 5. During the jrnst tis
eal year this oity exported (fchUKM),
OlMi more than Boston. $31,(HH),ttMi
more than Baltimore and ÿüO.IMNl.
000 more than Philadelphia.
It is only a few weeks that, in
the estimation of all Ohio, and es
pecially of Governor Foster, (lar
tield was the godlike, the groat,
the only. It was but a year or two
ago that Hayes was the model
President. But, us Van Winkle
says, we ar« very soon forgotten
when we're gone, for here is Gov
ernor Foster returning from
Washington to his own capital und
declaring that, "in his bearing. Ar
thur seemed more like a President
than any other man he had ever
seen at Washington. In his hear
ing and treatment of visitors lie
never erred. He was sincere aud
candid to all. Me was no doubt
on the way to he the great
est ot reconcilers, and while lie
sought to strengthen the party, be
hm! a pride in Ids administration,''
etc., etc. Iu short. President Ar
thur is now tiie chief dispenser of
patronage, und to men like Foster
lie is altogether lovely.—[Chicago
Time*.
The Stars am! Stripes Carried in the
Lord Mayor's Procession.
London. Nov. Ik—The new Lord
Mayor went in solemn procession
to Guild Hall to-day. with the usu
al ancient display, which drew im
mense crowds of spectators, aud
with modern innovation iu the pro
gramme with the object of honor
ing the American people, which
was received with great enthusi
asm. The stars and stripes were
carried iu the procession, preced
ed by a drum and fife, the bund of
the city militia playing the Btar
Bpangled Banner. After a short
interval enine a hand from tlie
training ship-of-wai Spire, playing
Yankee Doodle. The Amerieuu
ling us it came in view was reoeiv
ed with general elapjiiug of hand*
and cheers by the spectators. Tlie
same honor was not conspicuously
rendered to any other feature of
the procession, exoe|it when tlie
coaches of the new aud old may
ors passed by. There was a strik
ing demonstration as tee proces
sion passed the managing offices
of the U nited States Gable Com
pany on Broad street ; four young
ladies waved the American Hag
from the windows us tee hauuer
ot the free went by, aud there was
loud and continued applause.
A great deiuonstatiou was also
made at the American Exchange.
On the strand 3(8» ladies waved
American colors from tlie l«alca
ldes. Among the decorations
throughout the city the American
Hug was conspicuous.
Pi-ahhLs.
[Scientific Amerieuu.]
j Although tee peanut merchant,
with roasting mill, may he seen on
almost every block in American
commercial centers, hut few ot*
those who [»ay their nickel for' a
heaping measure of these hot
grooud-unt* have any idea of te"
extent of tlie Hade iu bushels or
its value iu dollars. According to
the Cincinnati Brice -Current, the
i-erop.this year will he lessthau lu»H
what it was last year- It flau»
amounted to 2,3«0,(8(0 bushels, val
ued at *>2,150,i«M>. about tw o-thu'ils
of which came from Virginia- <w
the balance, 750JMMJ bushel* eauie
from Tennessee, and . 120,000 from
North «Carolina.
Butiseribe to tlie UotiHDU'SAL-