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__ . ORLEANS DAILY DEMOCRAT.
OF FIOIAL JOURNAL OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
. VOL. II---NO. 101. NEW ORLEANS, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1877. PRICE, FIVE CENT8.
BY T ELIAJRAPH.
THE NOIJI'I CAROLINA CASE.
The Cabinet Discuss th' Iltemoval
of Troops from Columbin.
five 1 Two in Favor of Their Rrmoval.
Alnls the Bfnquut' Glho4t of the
Cabinet.
uampton VFrte' Iliy's to a Decit.eis:
lllpesiit to N, ,. 1)orcr.t'lat.
WAnslia1c4lro, March :ito.--The Cabinet
to.day informally ctnliýtored the qucrs
ties of wlithdlrawingl the troops from
Columbla, Houth CarolinaL. Sohrit,
Fvairts, Key, l)evens allr McCrary ex.
pressed their hlmli'f llht there was no
sensoe n further tempoixoing, and thalt
it would be be et to giv,( itthnljtonl an op
portunity of carrying out, his pollcy of
settling theo nattlor by elvil jprocesses
through the coaurts, whh'h ho says hI
an carry out. iheriiinaOl1 mnlid Thompson
expressed appro.olnl lMns tl hat the with
drawal of I roopl would rIxctll e Ilaino's
following in tho North, and that It
would be best Ito adjust the situation and
determine the qIucstiotl of the disputed
Oovernorship before the Fedoral forces
wore removed. Nothing is plainer than
the fact that ITayes andl all his advisors
ire afraid of flalne, who is the veritable
Banquto's ghost of thle Cabinet table.
(General Hampton intended leaving
here to-night, but remains twenty-four
hours longer, at, the request of Mr.
EVarts, to .eo if something can't be
done to pacify John Sherman and
Thompson and outliank Blaine. Hamp
ton's promises to the President seem to
leave Hayes no loophole of escape from
the roesponsiblity which he has thus
tar so 8succes'rully avoided. It is be
lieved that if all attempts at a compro
Inise fall, the Prosident will discover
that he cannot forever escape responsil
billty, and that he must remove the
tioops, Blaino or no Bilaine, on Monday.
___R_.uin
fgia Stantment of tlh Iouislanh
Situation.
Ail of it That Is True is Uaimlnportalnt
All I hat is iimpirtant, I,h's.
ISpecial to N. 0. O. Demoorat.)
WASuINOTOn. Miarclh :0).-Kellogg Is
out in one of the papers here to-day
with nearly three collum1ns of stuff pur
porting to be a statement of the legal
situation in Louisiana. I will not at
tempt to send it., or any part of it.
Buflce to say, it is Kellogg all over.
Those portions of it which are true are
not important, while those portions
which might be of importance are lies.
It has no effect here. BrErl.
_ ._- Hl--- ·
TIlE NI IL UTION.
The Democsrae Again HopefUl --The
Preslade Tltltnke that by Gtvling IUp
Loulsiana Now Will Ittcover Alltssl.
sippli Early.
WASHINOTON, March 30.-The Demo
orats are again becoming hopeful. The
hour and a half interlview accorded
40enator Bruce and liepresentatfve
Lynch, seems to have had for its object
their reconcilement to tine present loss
to the Republicans of Louisiana anti
.South Carolina.
The President argued that this course
would create new political combinations
that would certainly lead to the early
recovery of Mls.ssippl and South Caro
lina and even t ually break the color line
in allthe Southern States.
Discussing the personnel of the Com
mission with Gen. Gibson the President
said, Gen. Harlan has been very radical,
but now is in accord with me on the
80othern question.
The President intimated to Gon. Gib
son that if the Commission allowed it
self to be partial it would be towards
the Conservatives.
TiTHE CABINET.
ýwmpteoa' Interview Under Discussion.
WAsneItTON, March 30.-The Cabinet
is discussing yesterday's interview with
0lov. Hampton.
POSTPO4 ED.
A Deameautration inl Htnor of Governor
Hamnpton.
WAsaINsTON, March 30.--A popular
demonstration in honor or Gov. Hamp
ton has been, with great persuasion,
avoided by the Conservative leaders. It
s apprehendedthat, under the circum
stances, it would not be in good taste.
Seuth Carolina All tight.
S WsanmaroN, March 30. - There is
nothing feared now in the South Caro
Alna case but delay.
TIE LOUISIANA DELEGATION.
They Leave for New Orleans.
WassazoroN, March 30.-The entire
°r :Louisiana party left for home this
morning, not confident, but quite hope
tul.
T'r* NATIONAL REPUBLICAN.
What elt*iogg uas rte ay About Louis
iana Matters.
WAsRINGTON, March 20.-The Repub
o sica this morning has two and a half
of an interview with Kellogg,
.In 'ich that eminent citizen kindly
the Loueisana situation, and
Grant, saying test he
treneognse Pao d inss
;- -t d Lonss vows..
thl h
mlse, If any, Mnust follow, not precede
the recognition. The day opens up with
btlll more favorable prospects for the
8outh, and the feeling continues to
grow better.
OOV. BtROWN.
He I on nli War to New Orleane.
NAsrviL,tan, March 30.-Gov. Brown
leaves fur New Orleans to-day to meet
the other conmisesioners, who leave
Washington on Monday.
IUllS UO11100 oTIOURAM.
The Laboi UnVion ConnellRe I.onsbl e for
Thein.
HAM FnANootso, March :t0.-Later ad.
vices fromt UCico show that what is
known as the Counell of Nine, is mainly
res ponible for the receat outrages.
Th'lis council was elected by the Labor
Union for the trial of members for
otfenses against the order. As vacan
cies olcurred the council filled them,
and thlus he.rn.nln Independent of the
order, anil cotuluanded the obedience of
mete ttrs.
It was soon found that the members
were co~ng,,eleal spirits and then came
suggest louIs for (ommlsslons of crimes
which have nluice come to light, and
many tnmro that, were nlever carried into
execution. All the members of the
conuellCl are now under arrest.
Many menlmbers of the Labor Union
evidently know nothing of the rimes
of the Cvolucll of Nhin, and believe the
order to ho only to dilscourago the em
plloyme.nt of (Jhlnoec by all lawful
The iP'trk trop-Five Mlllttn Ilole Salt
eA Awny.
CiNcINwNATI MIr(ch :t30. The pork
plekillg stat t .ls of the West show an
increase of !92,20oi In numbers, but one
and seventy.thrme hundredths poundt
decrease in average weight. Mess pork,
increase tl,445 barrels; lard decrease
one and forty-two hundredlth pounds
per head. Total packed 5,t72,39. ,
FOILEIIGN.
AN UNDERnSTANDINr.
Turkey antd Ilutnll will tUlarnm slmul
I aneoully.
LONDON, March 3o,. -The Post's leader
says: It is, however, certain that with
in the last few hours a clear understand
ing has been arrived at, and it would
now appear that words and methods ex
Ist, which will enable Russia, with hon
or, to undertake disarmament simul
taneously with Turkey.
ST. LOUIS SPEAliS.
The MlierchaellM' andl (ot.ton Ex
cht1ulges oln laOtllltnlla Affair's.
St. Loots, March 2%), 1877.
To Wm. t(. Cick, Ft q , i'roesih ut of theo Jottvn
Exlhohatng,, N+"w Orleans:
The Directory of the Merchants' Ex
change, co(llllnposed of gentlemen of all
parties, unttanlmously passed the follow
ing proinmlie and resolutions to-day
and tolegraphed Presldent Hayes:
Wher'a , the continued delay in sot
lling tIthi ipltliteal troutbloe In ruolltalnal
is proving detrimnontal to the Intersust
of that State, ng riulltural, cornmmorcial
tand nIllnulfa.turnllIzg, and, as this condl
tlotn of things r'emot.s ilnjurlously on the
conllneorlial and industrial interests of
this city and the whole Misslssippi Val
leoy
lie it therefore resolved, By the Board
of Di)rect ors of the Merchants Exchange
of St0. Louis, that the President of the
United States be respectfully solicited
to withdraw the troops from the vicinity
of the State-Houso in New Orleans,
leaving to the people otf Louisiana, in
the adjlustmenot of their strictly local
aftairs, the sane freedom that the peo
ple of other States enjoy.
T. O. W.
The Cotton Exohanre, at a special
meetting, Indorse the petition of the
Merchants' Exchange, adding a request
that tihe t roopts he sent to their barrancks
and telegraph President Hayes to-night.
T. U. W.
DI .tliLIAl.A CERIUILTY.
Kersoene prlnkled on a Mleelptig an's
(.lothnll.g and then Ilait. d.
Joseph Stahl, agod 26, an unmarried
brewer em ailoye4 in Kohller & Kanlena's
brewery, Gututenberg, fell asleep in the
engine roon early yesterday morning.
He was awakened by the noise of foot
ste)p, anl at the same instant found
himself euvelopet in fire and half suf
focated by the smoke of kerosene oil.
He ran Into the bedroom of the en
gineer, adj alulug, where he grasped
two blaukeats and attempted to wrap
himself li them. He sank exhausted
on the floor atnd was found there by
eruployes, shockingly burned about the
breast, face and arms. Every article of
clothing was burned off except his
heavy cowhide boots. He told the at
tending physician, who says he was
rational, that somebody had thrown
kerosene over him, and then lighted it.
There was no fire in the furnace nor in
the room, and that fact gives strength
to what appears an almost incredible
story. Yuug Stahl died at daybreak
in agony.
The grassho,ºper is getting ready for
a vigorous campaign in the West. In
States that voted for Hayes he is said
to be alpallingly numerous.-[Courier
Journal.
CHOIC: L)WELLI..O AND' bUSINI 8 PROPERTY AT
AUcTION.- i 1- n· at 12 to'clock o., at he it.
Oharie Au.:toi ELx,' ange., f.ltrsr. liocy, Macou
,& O'c.uno w II rel!, at pub to auction,. to the
highest bhi ddee. the oilotaig choice propeity:
1. 'ilt cth ·; busiaaue aid daeeltli pu per y
N,,. 40 t:aronltelet street, corner of Felicity
t1 ad.
2. I hit d ci -able family re idence corner (.f
Dumii,,e an l t lande stree-te.
3. Aco :ta. hobus, No 79 Elysian Fielde, be.
twesu u.oy I ald i)uluhineb streets, froutil g
V ashitug.. , quare.
Tnt erm t .ta are liberal. For full psrtiiu
lars see or aticti n colnmus and pia a of the
prop r I'e. olý exhibitlon as the dt. U,,artes ano
ticn Exahan, e
BUsNETT'ar LVOuSRIN EXTRAers.-The supers
ortly of Lther extracts oonsists i tlheir perfec
purty .rd yreat strength They are warranued
free from the pouieou.n oils and acads which er
ter in o the oompo-ation of man` of the faoutaout
fruit favocs now i the market. 'hey are not
only true to their nanes, bus are prepared from
nits of the beet quality, amld are so higbhy oan
cetrated that a moperatiely smaBl qsaty
AN IMPORTANT U)ECIMION.
Towaget I)ueC on (anils.
tayou IM. John a Navigable ktream.
The following able decision by Judge
Monroe, of the Third District Court,,
will be read with much interest by
those engaged in commerce, For many
years there have been too many bur
dens placed upon vesseols at this port,
and this decision will lighten at least
some of them;
CARONDElI)P T (!ANAl AN.) NAVI|GATION c'oM
I'ANI VS. 1IRED i MITi'Fi, OWN;ER. ).T'I' -
NO. 2',.E l .-IL - tMANtNH POll
I If )(IM ENT.
Plaintliffs claiming under the author
ity of certain acts of the Lsgislatureof
Louisiana, sue the defendant as owner
of the schooner "Happho," for the sum
of twenty-one dollars, being tolls at the
rate of :I5 cents per ton upon the ad
treaslured tolinnage of said schooner for
eight several passes granted to said
schooner out of the Bayou St. John.
Defendant, denies the tight of plain
tiffs to recover, for this:
1. Tihtt the layou Mt. John is a nat,
uirl nrtvigabtl st.rtuieh 'liemptying into
Lake l oit'ci.hartrein and c!oniiec! ed
with the (lulf of Mexiho, nid s18 public
p'rolperty, free to use f. all oiit 17rn of
thiis an other StLttes of the I nltio, who
have a LatIural right to navlgater said
stream with their vessels aned to moor
the salme to the banks thereof.
2. That. by the ict Iof ((onlgres af-l
mitting Louisiana as a S-late itlo the
Union it was mreade an exprIess proviso
and conditlon that the river Misslaisppi
and the navigable rivers and waters
loading into the same, and into the Gulf
of Mexico, should be forever common
highways, free to the inhabitants of all
the States and Territories of the United
States, without tolls or duties therefor
impnlosed by said Stiate, and that by soe
lion 3:i51 of the tRevised Statutas of the
United States all navi.ahle rivers and
waters in the former 'territories of Or
I leans and Louisiana are made forever
public highways.
:i. That the charge sought to ib col
lected Is a duty of tonnage Imposed by
the State of Louisana, without the con
sent of Congress, and is within the pro
hibition contained in so much of section
10, article I U. H. . Constitution as pro
vides that "No Stato shall, without the
consent of Congress, lay any duty of
tonnage."
There is no dispute as to the facts of
the case, which from the testimony ad
duced and the admlsson of the parties
appear to be as follows:
Bayou St. John has always boon a nav
igable stream for vessels, such as defen
Sdant's. It has its source in Louisiana,
and flows into Lake Pontchartrain with
out passing through any other State or
territory. Plaintiffs under the provi
sions of their charter granted by the
State of ALouisitna, have, however, at
their own expense, dredged and cleaned
out said bayou, and have deepened the
channel and extended the same through
the bar. which otherwise blocks the
mnouth of noit1l ,ryot so all but very
light, draft vessels, and saidl plain.rrl ,
º now, from time to time, employ dredge
boats, and do other work necessary to
maintain such a depth of water on said
bar and in said bayou as to keep the
same accessible to and navigable for ves
sels of a heavier draft than that owned
by defendant. "
It further appears that defendant has
always lived upon or in the neighbor
hood of said bayou, and that, he earns
his livelihood by the use and hiring of
his bout, which is of very 'light draft
and that to the extent of the use and
enjoyment of said bayou for which the
toil is herein claimed, the said bayou,
in its natural condition, is accessible to
º and navigable for defendant's vessel.
Ulpon the argument of the case it wus
conceded by counsel for defendant that,
notwithstanding the provisions con
tained in the act of (ongress admitting
Louisiana into the Union, the power of
said State over the navigable streams
within her borders is limited by no
other restrictions than those limiting
the power of the other States.
The questions to be determined in
this case may, therefore, be resolved
into two propositions, to-wit:
]"ir.t-Is the sum claimed a duty of
tonnage, within the prohibition con
tained in section 10 of article 1 of the
constitution of the United States.
econid--Has Congress consented that
the State of Louisiana should lay and
collect the duty in question?
Considlering the first of these proposi
tions, it appears that the charge made
by plaintiffs is based upon the tonnage
of the vessel at a epe1itled rate per ton,
and is made upon the authority of a
provitsion of plaintiffs' charter, empow
ering the presid2nt and directors to
ask and "receive from every vessel pass
ing in or out of the said bayou a sum
not exceeding one dollar for every ton
of the admeasured burthen of said ves
sel." etc.
sel." etc.
The duty of tonnage which the con
stitution of the United States prohibits
has been well defined to be:
"Any duty or tax on a ship as such,
without regard to the residence of her
owner, whether it be a fixed sum upon
its whole tonnage or a sum to be ascer
tained by comparing the amount of
tonnage with the rate of duty; when
a ship, as an instrument of com
merce is required to . pay a duty
as a condition to her being
allowed to enter or depart
from a port, or load or unload
a cargo, either upon her tonnage,
her property or as a license to her
officers or crew." See Johnson vs.
Cuicago Central, Law Journal. January
21, 1876; Gibbons vs. Ogden, 9 Wheat, 1.
Pasceuger cases-7 Howard, 459; Steam
ship Company vs. Port Wardens 3 Wall.
p. 34. State tonnage cases-12 Wall. 212;
Peete vs. Morgan, 19 Wall.
There can oe no doubt that the duty
in question comes within the meaning
of the foregoing definition. It has been
argued, however, that it is not within
the prohibition contained in the con
stitution, because it is laid and collected
to facilitate commerce and for the pur
pose of securing compensation for ser
vices and expenditures, and to sustain
this position several authorities have
been referred to which will be con
1i daieM
Loan, 226, an applicatioft was made for
an injunction to prevent the construe
tion of a drawbridge over the Cuyahoga
river, upon the ground that it would
obstruct the navigation of said river.
"This application Isays the Court) is
made under the fourth article of the
compact in the ordinance of 1787 which
declares : 'The navigable waters leading
into the Mississippi and Ht. Liwrenco
and the carrying places between the
same, shall be common highways, and
forever free, as well to the inhabitants
of said territory as to the citizens of the
United States, and those of any other
Mtate that may be admitted into the
Confederacy, without any tax, import
or duty thlrefor.'("
This, it will be observed, is substan
tially the same provision as that con
tainedl in the section 5'25 of the Rlevised
Htatutes of the United States, rolled on
by counsel for the defendant.
The ordinance of 1757, however, was
passed before the adoption of the pres
ent constitution, for the governance of
what was known as the Northwest Ter
ritory, and the only question which the
Court was ciiled on to decide in the
case referred to, was as to the proper
constlruct.ion of the clause of that ordii
nanoe which has been quoted. It is
true, the Court reforreri inci
dentally to the only provision of
the constitution which could have
boon called in questlon, to wit:
the clausn giving to Congress the power
to regulate commerce, and hold that
this power is paramount in Congress,
and is not concurrent with that of the
Htates. The court then wont on t.o do
cide that, the ordinance of 1787 "was
not Intended to prevent the States atf
fcted by it from Improving the naviga
loleness of the waters in lOiestlon by
removing o.bstructions, or by dams or
locks to increase their depth, nor did it
prevent said Htates from constructing
works upon these waters which might
beconslderod important to commercial
intercourse. A dam (said the Court)
may be thrown over a river provided a
lock is constructed so as to permit boats
to pass through with little or no delay,
anrd "with(out hl'art/e. A temporary delay,
such as passing a lock, could not be
considered as an obstruction prohibited
by the ordinance."
At another place, the Court saidl : "A
toll charged for the improvement of the
navigation of a river is not ,ithin the
ordiCnacne. In such a case the tax would
not he for the use of the river in its
natural condition, but for the Increased
commercial facilities."
After at much length the Judge con.
eludes this very able judgment as fol
lows:
First-That the sum claimed is a dut.y
of tonnage not in the nature of com
pensation for services or for the use of
plaintiff's property, since it is claimed
of a veasel, not shown to have done
anything but pass in and out of a navi
gable stream, loading into waters "fall
ing into the Gulf of Mexico," which
was navigable for said vessel, without
the plaintiff's assistance.
Second - That Congress has given
neither au express nor implied assent
to the imposition of this duty by the
State of Louisiana; said duty was,
therefore, laid in violation of the provi
stons of the constitution of the United
States, and cannot be collooted.
It is, therefore, ordered, adjudged and
'2,oroo,, Shat. th iiu.lgmnt of the lower
court be annulled, avon.,li a4d r.
versed, and that there be judgment in
favor of the defendant, dismissing
platntiffs' claim; that the bond of re
tease given by dlefendant be canceled,
and that plaintiff pay costs in both
courts.
'1 ELE(idAPH rPOs'r.
" A Blesslng In Dl.gullse."
Edior D)entocrat--The liberality and
public spirit of corporations are known
of all men, but there are some corpora
tions that are more liberal and have
more public spirit than others. Among
those most liberal and most public spir
ited the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany stands prominent. Have you
observed their latest exhibition of these
noble qualities? If not do walk over
to Carondelet street and see our noble
cedar forest, lately brought down the
river (on a raft) and transplanted along
side our banquettes. True, the trees
are deprived or their roots and branches,
and are expected to serve the purpose
of telegraph poles, but they are ex
pected to sprout out again and give us
shade against a summer's sun. and
under which our children may disport
themselves.
And the trees are as large as the lib
erality of the company. They are
eighteen inches in diameter at the
base, and about forty feet in height.
Stripped as they are, they are fright
fully ugly, and for the present disgust
the eye of the civilized and depreciate
the value of our property; but they are
expected to grow, you know; and if
they do not, we are at least expected to
get used to them. A few years ago the
liberal company planted out a forest of
pines along our sidewalks; they were of
huge size and fearfully ugly, but we
were told they would leaf out and im
prove in appearance, and we would be
delighted.
There were no civilized courts in ses
sion, and we submitted to the infliction.
The trees never grew; they rotted, and
hence the present cedar substitutes.
We don't believe these will grow; we
know they are ruining our property and
we expect to ask that they be removed.
We don't like to hurt the feelings of the
company, but we don'ttlike the forest.
And then the childlike sweetness of
temper with which the City Fathers
the "public servants," well paid to
watch over our interests-submits to
this infliction on those who voted
to put them in office! Who would
accuse one of them of ever knowing one
thing of what was going on the other
day when our banquettes were being
ripped up to receive this cedar forest?
They know of it! No, not they. Or if
they did, they interfere with a great,
good, liberal, public spirited monopoly!
No, indeed, not if they planted large
cedar trees right in the Mayor's office.
Who ever heard of interference with
the "vested rights" of a monopoly?
Come over, Mr. Editor, and look at
our cedar forest. Amicus CyusL.
VALUABLU PPeQPZTT AT AucTi.o. - Metrs.
Nash k Hodgson, ucl1eer, ell as 12 m. to
day, at the 4. Charles Au.io Ees e, for
account of the meeslad of Miles Masser, ten
vaiaaM. tots, alt torri aafrestlag on
posas tlb dpo+t tmd egs 41
rant; aire aaaý ý h~isiº X1. ýt.6I
NEWS BY MAIL.
THLE PORTIVE GIIAIAIHOPPILU.
It Uxerelaei the MIlld. of the Farmer eof
low*.
[Mrpeotsl to Uthiong Timne..
OLsNWOOb, Iowa, Matrch 2L.--"The
oldest inhabitbtnt" Is rat present greatly
exercised on the subjoet of grasabop.
pers. Various theories are afloat in re
gard to the probable future of the pests
and their ffert'on the crops in this sec
tion. In 5r,7 eggs wore deposited in
this section in gr,,at abulldance. Th'r
spring of 1858 was very wet and most of
the 'hoppers were killed by a heatvy
sleet, after they wore hatched. In ltH.s;
the eggs were again deposited andl in
the spring of iMir, small grain was very
seriously Injured, the 'hoppers staying
till fully developed. tlast fall the eggs
were left hero in grater abundance
than ever hefore. It is im possible for
the uninformedi to form the slightest,
idea as to the utlmnher of eggs in this
portion of Iowa. Notwithstanding re
ports to the contrary, few of the eggs
are already h.atohod andi so fetarful are
the farmers that hbt very little smnell
grain will be sowed In this section. . It
is claimed that, t airnott of damrnage
done this year will be entnirel y depJltnd
,-nt upon tlih wie-ther, and farmrs rare
fearful of the re-ult. Our cornicron hIas
never btýen itjutred by 'hoptpers hattcetl
here.
THIE POSTOPFFIP E 0IPAIL'rMETIT.
Approprlatlonn lhnt. Miut be Made to
aeture Erornioy.
( 4pce.il to (hiiago Tifr,.li
WAIlsli'rous, March 27. In spite of
all tih efforts thllat will be madl, to
shorten the sossion of Congress, which
is to hbgin n n June, it is evident that.
there will he many causes at work to
protract It. Thoere is going to be a pres.
sure for additlonal appropriations for
various branches of the public service,
and some necessary appropriations may
have to be made. Congress direted,
at the session just ended, that the Post
master (ieneral should inquire into and
adjust the rates of compensation paid
to clerks in the postollices, and also to
investigate the free-delivery system,
with a view to a reduction if possible.
Mr. Tyner, the First Assistant Post
master (tlneral, says it, will be utterly
impossible for the department to com
ply with this law unless an appropra.
tion is provldefd for a force of special
agents. lie intends to go before the
Senate Appropriation Committee when
Congress assembles In June, awl show
the necessity for the appointment of a
compotoelt corps of speclal postal
agents. Their appointment is neces
sary, not only for the investigations
above referred to, but to facilitate the
general business of the department.
He is of the opinion that the govern
m t loses from half a million to a
million of dollars a year by the fraudu
lent use of canceled postage stamps,
and that this leak could be stopped en
tirely if the department had a sufficient
force of speclal agents.
THE MOUTHERN QUEsTION.
Nothing Will He Done by Hayes until It
Is settled.
lIRgnlasr Correspondencr of the Tribnne.J
WAsnHiOTo', March 21.- -The pressing
importance of the Southern question
ik.* ,hlu, the new Administration to
postpone tempo'rasauty ul.... ....r.
other subject. When the Southern
question has been satisfactorily adjusted
and a single government, accepted if
not acceptable to all classes of people,
has been established in Louisana and
South Carolina, the President and his
Cabinet will be able to give their atten
tion to some of the essential adminia
trative reforms which have been prom
ised. Among the most important of
these is an improvement in the civil ser
vice of the country, which is to be un
dertaken in an earnest and systematic
manner. In the meantime a few funda
mental principles nave been laid down
and announced from which something
of the character of the reforms pro
posed may be judged.
TIlE SERNATOI FROM MIIIllGItI.
Charges Made Against Mr. Chandler
by the Detroit Tribune.
[(pecial to N. Y. Times.]
DETROIT, March 2B.--Senator Christi
ancy spent last Saturday in this city on
his way to his home at Lansing. This
morning the Detroit Tribune, which led
the Republican bolt against Mr. Chand
ler which ended in Judge Christiancy's
election, says editorially that the Mexi
can Embassy scheme is a political in
trigue of Mr. Chandler's to create a
vacancy in the Senate with the hope
that his election would follow, and adds;
"It is as true in this case as it was in re
gard to the Davis vacancy, that Senator
Chrietiancy has not been engaged in
promoting this business, but has been
quietly attending to his important legis
lative duties, and in such a manner as
to lead the people of Michigan to desire
no change In their present representa
tion in the Senate. There is no prospect
that the second scheme will fare any
better than the first."
A R1OUGH SEA.
And a Fearful Storm All Along the
Jersey Coast.
[Special dispatch to N. Y. Times.)
Loto BANCPH, March 20.--A fearful
storm has been raging along the Jersey
coast for the last forty hours, sweeping
almost everything before it. This
evening the steamer Husland was only
a few feet out of water, and was con
tilually being lost from view by im
mense waves and breakers, covering as
high as her smoke-stack. She lies
almost parallel with the shore, and
seems to be fast in the sand. Every
thing that was not apparently perfectly
secure was hurled ashore. The beach
for some distance is strewn with the
light work of the main deck, including
a few stores and small articles which
were below. One hatchway was
swept away by the intensity of the
storm and washed ashore. It is uncer
tain about any more being gone, as it
has been an impossibility for any one
to board her since yesterday noon.
Three boats on the starboard side were
washed ashore in pieces yesterday~ The
owners have great fears as to saving
the vessel, but still have hopes of saving
a greater portion of the cargo. The
Rusland appears to weather the storm
splendidly. The wind blew from noit
east to east all day, and the indications
for to-morrew ara 4 It will go had
Wh ensrtat#e
about 4t0 feet to the southeast, and 8$
feet to eastward. Capt. Merritt, of the
Coast Wrecking Company, soult
tied her there to hold her fast
In ease the anchors could not
stand the great force of the
sea. He save he has the ship in the
exact positir;n he desirerl. Mhe now lite
in a channel made by the weight of the
water in her, and appears to lie in a
easy and secure position and able to
stand some rough sea. It is the inten
tlon of Capt. Merritt ta let her remain
in this position until a fair sea takes the
place of this nncommonlv rough one,
which is about the heaviest that has
visited this coast for some time, it being
a perfect hurrIcane. Ills iIntntions are,
when weather permits, to pump all the
water out of her and float her whlot
can be done at any Inodorate tide, she
lying now in water deep enough to do
so when IIghtened of the load of water
in her. IIe will not attempt this until
a good sea aplpars, as he thinks he can
float her without risk then.
l+AMA4R' 's iL'rBR.
Whlch (;realred Dire Apprehenlon In the
Iltreast of Hayes.
j icvciatl to (hinnign/ ti Muaqiirsr.}
WAsitIINorroN, Mrarch 27. Two days
ago Munator Lfjt.rnr, beinig unable to
visit Mr. Htayes, wrote himn a private
letter in regard to lithe 'oiltical sitlut
Iton iin thu South, ani I,'' rocating his
r'ecent course toward iSutth Caroling
and .louisiana. It as co(iche ll in dig
nii lll butl, ,atlistc lang trngeg, antd seemed
to rrmake a d(lefp irmpresilon upon the
P'r('iunt for tht, mollent, at least, for
tie remarked to a friend thfiat he feared
he had alieonated ,L tmar from him.
JIM lilAINE.
uaye oisllti IAke to but Cannot Shake
Hilm Of.
[4pecoial to Canoinnati Etnqu t rer. i
WAslsINrc(IT(, March 27. -- Bliane Is
watching the Houthern situation like a
hawk. Ie is the Mephisto who is scut
tling the Southern policy. Hayes is ad
vised to throw him off, but Illaine has
an insinuating grace which he can no.
resist. To-day, after the Louistana Con
gressmen left, BIlaine saw Hayes and
endeavored to have him withhold In
structions to Augur, commanding in
Now Orleans, as to a misinterpretation
that officer had placed on the Secretary
of War's order yesterday. It appears
that both Packard and Augutr construed
that yesterday's order gave the latter
authority to arrest the Nicholls polloe.
It created considerable excitement In
New Orleans, and a budget of telegrams
were sent here to have its purport ez
plained by Hayes. The Louistana Con
gres.smen induced him to notify AugUr
that the order of March 31 only was in
force, which was that the troops should
guard the public property and preserve
the peace. iBlainh tried hard to per
suade Hiayes to let Augur be his own
interpreter of the order, but in this in
stance his wish was not complied with.
THIR TERXA CF nTIBAl re LILOAl.
Up. W. It. IDode Exprs.seM hil Relief ar
Mr. norrgan's Unfriendly Interpeea
lion.
[i. Y. Hen.1
GALv.troz, Texas, March 22.-The re
cent unrsnceessful attempt of Messrs.
William B. IDodgeand W. W. Phelps to
have a receiver appointed for the Texas
Central Railroad, of which Mr. Dodge
is President, continues to afford a fruit
I..*. rn. r n Jlotal,,1nUo neRi[_
conversation with a reporter of the Gal
veston New.s, said that the movement
was made in the interest of the roadand
of all its creditors for the purpose of
preventing it from falling into hostile
hanns, and that the idea of applying
for a receiver was a sudden thought
which came to Mr. Dodge, Mr. Blair
who is a large creditor of the road and
himself, after they had reached Texa
and proved that there was a floating in
debtedness unprovided for that ren
dered the road liable to immediate at
tachment. Mr. Phelps also said that
the visit of Mr. Dodge's party to Te.an
was intended merely as a pleasure ex
cursion, and that the statement made
in an Austin journal that Mr. Dodge's
train had run over a child was false.
But this statement, and even the pub
lication of a letter from Mr. Dodge It
which he asserts his gratification at
having been relieved through Mr. Mor
gan's interposition of a vast load that
he has helped to carry for the oik
friends of the road, and with o'taracter
istcl amiability expresses his hope that
the new Administration will make the
Texas Central a good thing for them
selves and the State, as well as his trust
that a kind of Providence will mak.
the State itself all that its best friends
could desire, have failed to mollify the
Houston people. The Age of that c
continues to flout Mr. Dodge and hi'
motives, and says that what is com
plained of more than anything else ,
that as President of the road he dd
not, when he found it affairs in the
condition alleged by Mr. Phelps, call a
meeting of the directors and tell them
what he intended to do, instead of slip
ping into Austin with his lawyer and h-i
intended receiver and making the at
tempt to get the road into tte hands of
a man who is charged with being hos
tile to its interests; while Mr. Groes
beck, the Vice President of the road ,s
reported as saying that the application
for a receiver did not meet the approval
of a majority of the creditors or stoe~
holders of the road.
It is understood that Mr. Charles_
Morgan, who checkmated the move for
a receiver by buying up a maj,prity of
the stock, will assume the floating debt
of the company and provide for its im
mediate adcjustment. The control of
the road is of great importance to hi1m1
as a connection with his other railroads
and his steamship line, and some of his
enthusisastic admirers in'Houston olaim..
that he will trrake an immediate pro-$
of $5,00.0,00 by his recent operation.
In the United States court, in Austin,
on March 19, the consideration of the
application for a receiver ws again
postponed for thirty days, with the con
sent of Mr. Phelps, and it is generally
admitted here that this ends the figh
in that court.
A DA DISASTLIR.
The Terrible Aceldea. to ti5e san S
Sa.ffergivtie, iosnaeeaeS*.
H[pe.al to CioncMti omsetrsa.]
AaTxrDsn, Conn. March n7.-The din
astar at 1i3affordvilla is not 50 (IInW
tive as at Bret _,p
inat@l -.th