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TILENEWORLENS AIL¶ DEOCRAT.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
VOf. IL-NO. 117. NEW ORLEANS, MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1877. PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
BY TELEGRAPH. t
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10 NHER FROM THE CO £NISW'ION.
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NE'ksi4 Threatens to Stick to His Claim I
sad Fight the Matter I trough ti
The Ceurts. b
P rebabiilty of the Rfmoval of the d,
Troops This Week. S
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(Speeial to the N. 0. Democrat.] 0
'WsanoTON, April 15.-No additional d
4qvlees have been r'eceived from Louis- n
froa rom the Commission. The private t,
advices received here from Packard to h
his Mriends are to the effect that he does T
Met are whether the government re
moves the troops or not; he proposes to o
aphold his claims to the fullest extent b
ttWa power, both through the courts ti
ad otherwise.
Stanley Matthews is expected here E
.o-morrow. There is reason to believe C
that the order for the removal of the n
Hoops will certainly be issued this P
Week. BOELL. e
FATAL ACCIDENT. n
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Death of One of the Excursionists on the s
James Howard.
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Eveolal to the N. O. Democrat.] P
. PonT E&Ds, April 15,5:30 p. m.-About p
Iftee minutes ago George Quickmeyer, 1
at New Orleans. aged about forty years, b
%U! from the upper deck of the steamer f
James Howard to the lower while that
*e.seI was passing through the jetties, c
and sustained injuries from which he a
almost Instantly died. S. D. PooL. t
PAR MOORE AGAIN. 8
His Wild Story Refuted.
The man named Sam Moore, claiming I
so be a planter in RichlarW parish and
a Bepublican, called at Gov. Nicholls' t
oncee on Friday and represented that
be had been driven from the parish by
a band of masked men, and demanded t
andress.I
Gov. Nieholls promptly informed him
that the matter should be investigated
eand tell protection accorded him.
U oore, subsequently called at the St 1
Charles Hotel and applied to Major
Burke to secure him a hearing before the
Commission, stating that Gov. Nicholls
had told him to apply to the Commis
alon for redress. After hearing nis tale
at woe Burke gently intimated to the
seeker for martydom that he (Burke)
was in the office and overheard the
Governor's reply, and Mr. Moore was
violating the eighth commandment;
however, Judge Hugh J. Campbell being
sear, Burke handed Moore over to
Campbell, and investigation of the facts
ellctted the following telegram:
GmnanD La., April 13.-The statement
made by Sam Moore that he was driven
from his home in Rich land parish by a
mob of masked men is utterly false. He
was in the parish about ten days and
was not molested by any one. This
statement is made after strict inquiry
as to the truth of his story. The dis
pateh sent you by Col. Moore, is true in
wayparticular.
0. MONTGOxERY, Parish Judge.
WSILLY P. MAaixA, Recorder.
J. A. LTDDMLL, Sheriff.
J3e. S. SUMMERLIx, Deputy Sheriff.
J. Nxwv. PriTs, Ulerk Court.
B. P. WILLIAns.
GIRAED, La., April 13.-I know Sam
Moore, and have heard his statements,
and am satisfied that they are utterly
late from my own and all information
galied.
Was. T. OLIVER, Ex Tax Collector.
(Republican.)
Gzasan, La., April 13.-The state
4ment of Sam Moore that he was
driven from this parish by violence is
watirely false. He was a Republican
'witness before the Returning Board and
hasbeen in New Orleans since the dele
Uate, and returned to this pariah about
twa weeks ago, and money was fur
agaoa by a Republican to defray his
Rsm e was in Bayville two days
mast. similar statements. The
inattr was investigated and found to
be false. His brother-in-law, in whose
house he Ivred and from where he says
be was driven, says that no on. ever
mnolested or even visited him. His
~ tyIs without foundation and Is
tohtto have been gotten up for po
I send dispatches confirmatory of
mbine from prominent citizens of both
parties. C. H. Moons.
A* UPRIGET JUDGE.
me SYeaet Jugse of the Cadde DstUrict.
[Shreveport Times.]
For three weeks past three alleged
fugitives from justice from the State of
Texas have been in the parish jail of the
Fals h of (addo. A requisition in due
parm from Gov. Hubbard was made on
Gov. Nioholls, in response to which an
order was received yesterday to deliver
up the prisoners to the agent appointed
to receive them, who has been in this
city all this time awaiting this order.
There was nothing left to be done ex
.ept to deliver up the prisoners. But it
asems that a writ of habeas corpus was
sued out on the 3d day of April, and
greated by th, district judge, but made
returnable at no particular time.
#O3ayesterdaythe oounselfortheBtate
of Texas demanded immediate trial of
the habeas corpus case, in order that it
might speedily be settldwether these
/ persoum are to be given up or aot. The
Mgisaslesiadge refused to try thecase, al
~oq aogound for potoeet of
a am the lwreiubm o.be
seie yr dimeed of, Was VWd
rte wa , - .r
ceed with the regular docket of
the district court now in session.
The attorneys in the cases set
for the day voluntarily waived
them in order to take up the case, but
the judge still refused to hear it, and
adjourned court about 11 o'clock. If the
District Court docket is to interfere with t
this case, then it cannot be taken up for
two or three weeks to come. Nor can it
be taken up sooner, under the ruling of
the court, though the cases are passed
every day, as they were passed yester
day, and will be passed to the end in
order that justice may be done toa sister
State with which we have such intimate
relations.
The very theory of a habeas corpus
case is a speedy trial. If the prisoners I
demand such a trial they will be accom
modated by the prosecution at any mo- 1
ment. If they do not want such, then t
they have no right to play into the
hands of those who are determined to
cheat justice of her dues. The State of
Texas has rights in this matter, which
cannot be ignored, and neither the pris
oners, nor the attorneys. nor the court,
have any right to deny them.
It is impossible not to see the milk in
this judicial cocoa-nut. The district
judge was elected on the Radical ticket.
His eletion has never been disputed.
On the contrary, considering the man
ner of his getting into the Radical
party, he must admit that the bar has
treated him with a great deal of consid
eration, and has smoothed the rough
places in a pathway which men of ordi
nary sensibility would dislike to
tread. It is the boast of Packard that
his authority is co-extensive with the
State. And yet here is one of the most
pronounced Radical parishes in the
State, a judge elected on the Packard
ticket is afraid to say that Nicholls is
not the governor of Louisiana. The
judge of the Tenth District is a long
way removed from an idiot. He would
like to decift in favor of Packard, but
he knows very well that Packard's
great "authority" could not save him
from the consequences of such a decis
ion. He dares not decide against Nich
oils because he also knows the inevit
able consequences of the decision. And
thus justice is to be outraged and a sis
ter State insulted in order that a
ground-squirrel Radical official may be
able to keep on the fence, and take to
either side only when be is firmly con
vinced that it is the winning side. We
know something about the arrogance of
Radical officials in the day of Radical
domination. The fact that they have
come down several feet is proof positive
that the most sensible of them are con
vinced that the reign of Radicalism in
Louisiana is about over.
If the State of Texas is entitled to
these prisoners she will get them. We
know who is Governor of Louisiana,
and we also know something about
inter-State comity.
THE 2ETNOIBIST CEIIURH \ORT1H.
Its Delief that It Owns the Country.
[(C uri r-Juurnal.]
It would appear from the numerous
pronunctarmentos Hayes is receiving
from the Methodist Church that that
ecclesiastical body ponsiders it has con
trol of the Governaient of the United
States. The yearning of the Methodist
denomination for political power is
something extraordinary, and there is
really more danger of the country fall
ing into the hands of a proscriptive
oligarchy than into the hands of the
Pope, as is averred by the Republican
party. Bishop Doggett in a recent ad
dress at Baltimore said, in the course
of some statistical remarks about the
Methodist Church, that " in 1800 there
were less than 700 ministers, in 1876
throughout the world there were 27,591
traveling and 61,474 local preachers,
making a grand total of 89,065. The
church property at present is valued at
$80,000,000, and the amount raised in a
single year for church and other religi
ous purposes reached $20,000,000. In
1800 the church numbered 188,065 mem
bers, in 1875, 4,278,107, besides the Sun
day-schools with 3,500,000 scholars and
600,000 teachers. Taking into consider
ation other facts, there are net less than
10,000,000 persons under the influence of
Methodism." That is nearly half the
population of the United States-a fact
which no doubt encourages the clerical
brethren in their annual expressions of
hatred toward the South, and in their
assumed control of the affairs of the
country.
TUE LATEST FASHIONS.
Tight, Tighter, Tightest.
Paris Letter.-The "eel-skin" dress
is now the great range both in London
and Paris. In the wildest days of the
tie-back or pin-back mania, there never
was seen such a tightness in the matter
of skirt as now prevails. Whatever the
pancity of folds in the pin-back in its
fronter part, in the enormous exuber
anoe of the pannier or bustle the
balance was struck. But now, not only
is the bustle a thing of horror, but even
the necessary underclothing is consid
ered de trop. To lengthen the waist far
beyond its natural proportions, a stiff
webbing of elastic is fastened to the
stays to the depth of half a foot; and
to this, at first, narrow skirts were but
toned. But even this is now abandoned
for another scheme to acquire slender
ness. Mrs. Swisshelm's much ridiculed
chemiloon is in demand, and garments
made in this way are sold at the fur
nishing shops, and patterns of it pass
eagerly from hand to hand among lady
friends. Some ladies have had regular
stage tights made in thick webbing, and
over these they wear nothing but
the outer dress, underskirts being
simulated by pleated ruffles of white
muslin, sewn to the edge of the dress,
which is then tied back till the woman
within is shackled almost like a convict
in a chain-gang. No more uncomfort
able fashion ever was devised; for not
only are the limbs confined by the bind
ing dress, but the wearer must constant
ly concern herself about the condition
of the bodice, that portion being in in
cessant danger of turning itself up be
hind, wrong side out, like an umbrella
In a wiadstorm. The desired effect of
youthful slenderness is generally ob
tained by the "eel-skin," but at a great
deal of sacrifice of personal ease.
3uuew Cerh oozoa is £lled to
El eaS bhI~am
NEWS BY MAIL.
Washington Menloment Condemned.
fOincinnati Commercial.]
The board of engineers appointed to
investigate the sufficiency of the founda
tion of the Washington Monument have
completed their report. There is good
authority for stating that the report
will condemn the foundation as insuffi
cient to warrant the completion of the
monument on its-present cite.
The State of the Treasury.
[Special dispatch to the World.]
WASHINGTON, April 11.-Secretary
Sherman says he has no idea of resum
ing gold sales, and never authorized the
reports to the contrary. His currency
balance now exceeds $12,000,000, and
the revenue receipts are coming quite
up to the estimate.
THE WEE PERCES.
They Refuse to Remove to Their Reser
vation.
[Oourier-Journal.]
PORTLAND, OREGON, April 12.-Lieut.
Boyle, General Howard's aid. who is
now at Umatilla Reservation, reports by
telegraph an interview between Joseph,
the Ncz Perces Chief, and Major Conne
vier, Indian Agent. Boyle was present
at the interview. He says Chief Joseph
still declares that he will not go on La
Paur Reservation unless he is forced to
do so. All Joseph's band are coining to
Umatilla on a vessel, for what special
purpose does not yet appear.
THE PROSPECTS OF A WAR IN EUROPE
The United States Making Preparations
for the Protection of American Citizens
Abroad.
WAsHINGTON. April 13.-The prospects
of a war in Europe has stirred up the
Administration on the point of protect
ing American citizens abroad. The
State Department is kept advised of the
progress of the pending negotiations by
its foreign agents abroad, and the Navy
Department is making naval prepara
tions for the requisite protection to
American commerce. The European
fleet, instead of cruising to the north
ward, is to remain in the Mediterra
nean, unless the pending controversy
between Turkey and Russia shall be ad
justed. Rear Admiral John C. Worden
for the present will remain in charge of
the European fleet.
MOVEMENTS OF FOREIGN MINISTERS.
The Usual Summer Emigration From
Washington.
WASHINGTON. April 12.-The foreign
Ministers at Washington are said to be
preparing already for their usual sum
mer migration. The Spanish Minister,
Senor Mantilla, goes to New York. The
British Minister is to go to New Eng
land, and will leave the legation in
charge of the first secretary, the Hon.
Francis Plunkett. The Russian Min
ister, Mr. Shishkin, will spend the sum
mer in Washington, the prospect of a
war between Russia and Turkey, with
the chance of other complications, mak
ing it necessary for him to remain at.
the seat of Government. It would ap
pear from this that Russia expects to.
have important questions wojich will
give Mr. Evarts full exercise for his di
plomatic abilities.
THE WHISKY SUITS. E
The Operators who Turned State's Evi- t
dence the Only Ones in Danger. 8
[N. Y. Sun.] C
WASmHNTON, April 11.-Assistant Sec- I
retary French rendered an elaborate C
decision to-day in regard to the claim t
for immunity set up by what is known
as the first batch of whisky operators in 1
Chicago who turned State's evidence,
namely, Roelley, Junker & Co., B. M. I
Ford & Co., George Miller, the Lake E
Shore Distillery Company, and hussell
C. Mercereau. The decision declines to
stand by the letter of Bristow's agree- t
ment to remit fines and forfeitures, as "
interpreted by the counsel of these mer
chants, Charles S. Reed, and requires
further evidence of the value of this tes- ]
timony as well as of other points in the
case. Representatives of the firm com- i
plain bitterly that the Government has
failed to keep the faith pledged by its
financial officer. As a matter of fact
the men convicted on the testimony of
these firms have since been pardoned,
and the only men in imminent danger
are the witnesses in the Chicago whisky
suits.
SPOTTED TAIL'S SERVICES.
Saving the Government a Million Dol
Iars and Averting an Indian War.
[N. Y. tun ]
WASHINGTON, April.-Indian Commis
sioner Smith says that Spotted Tail's
successful diplomatic mission to the
hostiles, 1600 of whom he brought back
to the agency, has saved the govern
ment at least $1,000,000 and a number
of valuable lives. An Indian war is
averted, and a great step taken toward
the final pacification of the Indians. In
spite of the reduction made by the
Forty-fourth Congress in the In
dian appropriation, the depart
ment finds itself able to meet
the increased expense thrown
on it by the necessity of feeding these
Indians out of existing appropriations.
Under the present laws no method ex
ists under which Spotted Tail's signal
services can be recognized by the gov
ernment. No official recommendation
has been made by Commissioner Smith,
but he has suggested as the best policy
for the future that Spotted Tail should
receive some high honorary rank,
whose recognition would be a constant
reminder to other Indians, and a good
salary. All the department can do now
is to give him a $10 medal from the
Great Father. It is probable that the
attention of the next Congress will be
called to the subject, and an effort made
to pass a bill rewarding Spotted Tail's
loyalty.
OFF FOR THE SACRED CITY.
French Canadian Piigrame en Their
Way to New York-ST5,** for the
[New York San.)
Moxranvz., April 10.-To-morrow the
first company of Canadian pilgrims will
start for Rme, via New York, after re
ceiving the customary benediction at
band- off WEhop-FabreT- These pit
grime are all of French descent, and are
conducted by Bishop Bacine of Sher
brook. Passage has been engaged at
very low rates, on the Gellert, of the
Hamburg line, sailing on Thurgda,
April12. at b
Sw~ill~~ at once to. ad
the ll .y the:
reached, if all goes well, on April 28.
All the first-class hotels on the route
have agreed to lodge and feed the pil
grims at $2 a day.
The Irish-Canadian pilgrims are to
leave on April 19, Father Dowd, of St.
Patrick's, accompanying them as Chap
lain-. There will be 100 in the party, 50
from this city. They are to sail on the
Inman steamship City of Brussels, and
to be personally conducted on the other
side by Cook, Son & Jinkinson. Tick
ets, good for a year, $300. These cover
all railroad and hotel expenses up to
May 21. The party will visit London.
Father Dowd has not crossed the ocean
in twenty-nine years. He carries a mag
nificent box containing more than $75,
000, the gift of Canadian Catholics, to
the Holy Father.
JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES.
The Former Destrous of Concludinu a
New Treaty of Commerce With Us.
[(pcial to the N. Y. Worli.]
WASHINGTON, April 11.-An effort is
about to be made by the Japanese gov
ernment to negotiate a commercial
treaty with the United States for the
purpose of securing a higher rate of duty
and more revenue on importations from
the United States into Japan. Under
the old treaty the duty averages about
5 per cent. In return Japan proposes to
open all her ports to commerce with the
United States. Heretofore, in dis
cussing the question of our com
mercial relations, it has been the
policy of this government to co
operate to some extent with other
nations for the purpose of maintaining
equal advantages in the way of exports.
It the rates at which the latter were
admitted from this country were greater
than those levied on the importations
from other countries there would, of
course, be an unjust discrimination
against the United States. It is claim
ed, however, that the opening of all she
ports of Japan to the United States
would mere than compensate for any
loss from an increase of duties. It is
also said that our importations from
Japan are now subject to our excessive
tariff rates. It is evident that the Ja
panese Government is desirous of rais
ing more revenue from customs, and it
is not improbable that it contemplates
a revision of her treaties with other na
tions as well as the United States.
MARDI GRAS.
Poor success of the New York Carnival
Association.
[N. Y. Worid.i
A meeting of the Carnival Association
was held at the Sturtevant House last
evening, for the purpose of forwarding
the preparations for that event, which
has again been postponed to the middle
of May. Nothing damped, however,
by these successive, ana to the outside
world ominous, postponements, the
members of the association proceeded,
with the assistance of a lawyer, to in
corporate themselves under the general
laws of 1875 into a permanent "Carnival
Association of New York," the objects
of the organization, as stated iu the ar
ticles of incorporation, being "for social
and mutual benefit, and patriotic, musi
cal, dramatic and lawful sporting pur
poses."
The officers state that several thou
sand dollars have already been subscrib
ed conditionally on the necessary
- amount being raised, and that present
appearances promise well for the suc
cess of the undertaking. The after
noon parade is strictly under the charge
e of Col. St. Martin, and has no connec
tion with the Carnival proper, which
a will be held in the evening. The festiv
a ities are expected to conclude with a
grand Carnival masquerade ball at Gil
more's Garden, at which King Carnival
and his whole court will attend and the
1 outside public be admitted. Among the
o gentlemen announced to take part in
. the evening parade are: Mayor Ely,
s John Morrissey, Sheridan Shook, Ed.
- Gilmore, Nicholas Muller, Superintend
s ent Walling, Commissioner of Jurors
Dunlap, Max Fleishman, and Colonel
e Michael Sregan.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE 'DIS
PRUTEb STATES."
A Republican Opinion as to the 'Facts"
in i he Case.
[Washington tpecitl to N. Y. Tribune.]
As to the " three disputed States,"
the facts stand: In South Carolina the
five members elect are enrolled-three
Republicans and two Democrats. In
Louisiana the clerk has placed upon the
pay roil Messrs. Ellis and Gibson, Dem
ocrats, and Darrall and Leonard, Re
publicans, they having certificates of
election from both Nicholls and Pack
ard. No names are enrolled for the
Fourth and Sixth Districts, where
Nicholls and Packard certified the elec
tion of different persons-the fora ier de
claring Elam and Robertson i aeted,
the latter declaring Smith anu Nash.
This non-enrollment costs the 1 publi
cans two more. In Florida,where -earns
declared Purnam in the First 3 istrict
and Bisbee in the Second Distric , elect
ed, both Republicans, and Draw de
clared Davidson in the First, an I it is
believed Finley in the Elevent : Die
trict, both Democrats, the Clerk 'as en
rolled Davidson in the First and left the
Second District blank. In this case the
rule of the Clerk, applied in Louisiana,
of accepting a name when certified by
both Governors and rejecting a name
when the certificates conflict, appears
to be changed. For, although the two
governments differed as to both dis
tricts, the Clerk of the House decides
between them as to one district, and de
clines to do so as to the other. In the
first count of the Returning Board in
Florida, Purnam was declared elected in
the First District by 294 majority, and
Bisbee in the Second by 142. In the
next count, then claimed by the Demo
crats as the true count, in accordance
with the opinion of the Supreme Court,
Davidson, Democrat, had 540 majority
in the First District, and Bisbee,
Republican, 18 in the Second.
The significant thing about this
discrimination between certificates is
that the clerk has apparently discrimi
nated in favor of the Democrat who is
alleged to have been "counted out" by
the Beturning Board, and against the
Republican who still remained elected
notwithstanding the corrections orderet
by the court I Both Farman and Bisbee
were declared elected by the Returning
Board and were commlesksned by the
then dovernor in pursuance of the law
of the State. These changes cost the
iau: s threeto by subs tittn
a-ni. o faulug ihols
District-making a loss of five in the
two States of Louisiana and Florida,
and bringing the D~emocratic majority a
up to 12. If, before the meeting of Con
gress, the clerk should find in a ehanged
condition of things in Louisiana a P
ground for accepting the Nicholls certi- p
ficates as to the Fourth and Sixth Dis- p
tricts, the Democratic majority on his tl
roll can be increased to 14.
THE CON14ULAR SERVICE.
Important Changes Soon to be Made-A C
Rigid Examination 'talked Of.
[N. Y. World.) d
WASHINGToxl, April 10.-The Secretary d
of State and Assistant Secretary Seward
are engaged in the preliminary work of a
overhauling the consular service, and
there is no doubt that in a short time a
some important changes will be an- a
nounced, both in the officers and man- b
agement of the same; which will at least Ii
astonish the average Congressman. It
can be stated that in no case will an r
appointment be made unless the appli- a
cant successfully passes a rigid examina
tion as to his business capacity and fit
ness otherwise for the position. Mere to
political influence will not be permitted,
it is understood, to influence or control
the department in making its appoint
ments.
The President, a day or two ago, in- a
formed a Methodist minister, who was
an applicant for a consulship that he e
had but three to dispose of and that he t
had made his selections. The President
further informed the reverend applicant
that Assistant Secretary Seward would
make the greater portion of the ap- j
pointments after the candidates had
gone through a commercial and busi- r
ness examination. It seems to be the
intention of the department to adopt, as
far as possible, the best features of the
English consular system. The practice t
of allowing some consuls to represent 8
the business interests of certain com
mercial firms is to be discontinued.
The Fifth Auditor, who settles the ac
counts of consuls, is to hold them to a
more rigid accountability, and promptly
report the delays and discrepancies
which embarrass the system now in
force.
THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION.
Minutes of the Consultations Published
in the Congressional Record-Attitude
Assumed by Judge Bradley.
WASHINGTON, April 10.-The Congres
sional Record issued to-day makes a
volume of 108 pages, covering the re
marks of members of the Electoral Com
mission in the consultations thereof, as
reduced to writing by themselves, in ac
cordance with the resolution of the
Commission.
JUSTICE BRADLEY'S POSITION.
Associate Justice Bradley, who was so
often specially referred to by the press,
took the ground that Congress cannot
institute a scrutiny into the appoint
ment of electors of a State; it would be
taking it out of the hands of the State,
to which it properly belongs. This
never could have been contemplated by
the States when they agreed to the
constitution. It would be going one
step further back than that instrument
allows.
It is the business and jurisdiction of
the State to prevent frauds from Leing
perpetrated in the appointment of its
electors and not the business or juris
dibtion of Congress. The State is a sov
ereign power within its jurisdiction, and
Congress can no more control or review
the exercise of that jurisdiction than it
can that of a foreign government.
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES.
The investigations made by l^gisla
tive committees in the loose manner in
which they are usually made are not
only not adapted to the proper ascer
tainment of the truth for such a pur
pose, but are totally unauthorized by
the constitution. As methods of in
quiry for ordinary legislative purposes,
or for the purpose of laying the founda
tion of resolutions for bringing in an
L impeacher ent of the President for un
constitutional interference, of course
they are competent, but not for the pur
pose of receiving or rejecting the vote
of a State for the Presidential office.
They are not made such by any
constitutional provision or by any
law. Legislation may be based
on the private knowledge of
e members, and a resolution to bring in
an impeachment may rest on ex parte
affidavits or on general information,
and, therefore, the evidence taken by a
committed cannot be deemed incompe
- tent for such a purpose, but is often of
g great service in giving information to
_ the houses as legislative bodies, and to
the House of Representatives as the
ogrand inquest of the nation. But the
decisIon to receive or reject the vote of
a State is a final decision on the right
of the State in that behalf, and one of a
most solemn and delicate nature and
cannot properly be based on the uiepo
sitions of witnesses gathered in the
tdrag net of a Congressional committee.
AMONG TER RUINS.
A Victim of the St. LaIis Fire.
[St. Louis Times.]
As the result of yesterday's search the
men working immediately beneath the
space on the ground floor occupied by
the Western Union Telegraph Company
and the news stand discovered a fleshy
heap encompassed with drapery that
might have been a bed sheet. Great
care was exercised in handling it, and
all who saw it were of opinion that it
formed a portion of the remains of a
two and a half or three-year old chila.
It resembled the form of a young child,
but the features could not be recognized.
If a child, its death must have been
caused by roasting, judging by the ap
pearance of the flesh. A shirt box was
procured and the remains were placed
in it and conveyed to the Morgue.
(Subsequently discovered to be a dog.)
Turkey's Weakness.
[Courier-Journal.]
A prominent point of weakness in the
Turkish government is the deplorable
financial condition. With a public debt
of about $1.000,000,000, $36,000,000 in
paper currency has been issued in the
last few months, which has depreciated
to almost The bare value -ot t e per
itself. With this miserable stuff the
troops are paid. There is no trade at
Constantinople, and the harbor is said
to be almost bare of vessels. With a
large army to keep up, it appears that
the Ottoman 5orernment ma go into
atr and give upti
withost at wrto it
FT. JAMIES.
Its Voer MwelIs the Chorus in Favor @1
Free Louisiana.
A mass meeting of the citizens of the
parish of St. James. irrespective of
party or color, was held on F. P. Poche's
plantation, in said parish, on Saturday,
the 4th of April, 1877.
The meeting was called to order 'by
W. R. Thompson, chairman of the
Committee on Organization, wbo nom
inated the following officers, who were
unanimously chosen, as follows: Presi
dent J. K. Gaudet; Vice Presidents,
H. O. Colomb, L. G. Simon and A. L.
Bourgeois; Secretaries, Adolph Tricult
and D. J. Richard.
On taking the chair, the President, in
a few remarks, explained the object of
the meeting, which was then addressed
by M. J. Gentil in French, and in Eng
lish by Mr. F. P. Poche, who ended by
moving the adoption of the following
resolutions, which were unanimously
adopted:
Whereas, the State of Louisiana pre
sents at this moment the singular spec
tacle of two separate and distinct or
ganizations chiming respectively tobe
the government of said State.
Whereas, the same State cannot, at
the same time, have two governments,
and that, under our republican form of
government, the people are the true
sovereign from whom all legal authori
ty must be derived, and that all just
powers of government depend upon the
consent of the governed.
Whereas, at the general election held
in this State on Nov. 7. 1876, Francis
T. Nicholls, a candidate for Governor,
received 84,487 votes, and his opponent,
S. B. Packard, received only 76,477 votes,
as shown by the legal returns of said
election; and that the attempt made by
the Returning Board, and by other con
spirators to defeat and avoid the will of
the people as thus expressed, is uncon
stitutional, illegal, revolutionary and
criminal; be it therefore
Resolved That we the people and
citizens oi the parish of St. James do
hereby proclaim that we recognize, as
the only lawful government of the State
of Louisiana, Francis T. Nicholls as
Governor, L. A. Wlltz as Lieutenant
Governor and all the co-ordinate
branches of the State government who
are now co-operating and acting in
unison with them.
Resolved, That we hereby pledge our
support to said government, and will
recognize or obey the authority of none
other.
Resolved, That we hail as an indica
tion of a return to the purity of govern
ment as understood by our forefathers.
the patriotic enunciations of President
Hays in his inaugural address, but that
said declarations are void of meani,
if not succeeded and verified by asp y
withdrawal of the nation's military
t forces from the support of a monstrous
- usurpation of government in this State.
Resolved, That we cheerfully endorse
the patriotic conduct of the merchants
in this parish, in their recent and man
y ly refusal to pay their licenses to the
Packard officials.
Resolved That these resolutions be
t published In the New Orleans Dxuocakr,
the St. James Louisianais, and New Or
leans Picayune.
ADOLPHE TRcIUIT,
D. J. RICHARD,
Secretaries.
THE "DROTHERHOOD" OF .NGINEIWRS*
The most Powerful Trade orwaalmatles
in America.
[N. Y. Tribune.]
About 400 engineers attended the
meeting in West Philadelphia on Sun
day at which a general strike was or
dered on the Reading Railroad. One of
the leaders remarked: "We made a
blunder in not striking a week ago; we
have given the railroad company too
much time for prparations, but now
that the struggle has been resolved
upon we will fight it to the bitter end.
The Brotherhood are going to stand by
us to a man, and many of the non-union
men are coming into our ranks." If the
engineers adopt an aggressive policy,
this will be the sixth strike which the
Brotherhood has carried on within seven
months. Two of these strikes have been
brilliantly successful-that the New
Jersey Central last fall, and on the
Grand Trunk in Decem and one
has been a signal failure on the
Boston and Maine last month. The
Brotherhood now has about m3,o0t meT
bers and an accumulated fund of over
half a million, and is on the whole the
most powerful trade organization in
America. The cost of defeat to the
Brotherhood is trifling when compared
with the expense of victory to the rail
road corporation. In the Boston and
Maine strike, the amount involved was
only $6 70 a day-ten cents for 67 en
gineers employed on the line. The
strike cost the Brotherhood not momt
than $300 a day, the apportionment
being about 21 cents a day to each mem
ber of the order. The tziumph of the
corporation cost not less than $75,000.
The engineers have the advantage over
the corporation in an economic aspect
and can afford to be defeated. The re
commendations of the Massachusetts
Railroad Commissoners were wise, and
the policy which they outlined can well
be adopted in Pennsylvania.
Ramptea and colored Liberty.
t (Chaiotte (N. 0.) Obmerver.]
At Ad er's Turnout we await the com-
iing of th north bound train, with no
cannon or flowers. But see? Here
comes a group of colored men to see the
great Hampton. Courteously he an
swers their questions. At length thei
asyokesmanl blurted out "Massa W dIl
what you tell 'em, but 'de women ft~
our wives and darters, is 'de har'd om
dey say you wont let em wear ptabelhs
w'en you is Oub'ner." "Tell them f
me," said Hampton, "that they can.,
wear pantaloons if they wish to, or
fig leaves if they prefer, with as
B bustle and pinned back as tight as
wish." The objection was no more
't the group left, blessin' Massa*
2 with all their hearts.
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