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THEA NEW_ F BANS IL BEM0CRAT.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE STATE OF L'6 IArA.
VOL.11---NO. V NEW ORLEANS, MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1177. PRICE, FIVE IENT8.
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THE WAVY DEPARTMENT. i
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gamage,8beonen~o*Between, Removed e
from Oflie. th
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Th Psvy Department Frauds to be In itý
vesttaied. Ti
in
Aueiher Case of Belkuspism Probtble t
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tepeeal to N. 0. Demonert. I w
WAsUIeUTo(, April 2g.-The Secretary e1
of e Navy bas determined to oust B
coom from the head of the Bureau al
Construction and Repairs. Whether 0'
teis will break up the notorious navy ft
yWrd ring or not depends entirely on the w
oholee of his mtr. Ihuoo was
:; ssoa s.withdiet +atittI%~ et RW $.r i
Wi: R oh, the ship builder; 8. 7.
Drown, the timber contractor, and sev- t
eral firms in New York and Phila
delphia, engaged in furnishing supplies. C
Whittlehorne, in his investigation of t
the Navy Department, traced no end of t
frauds and of extravagances to Hans- 1
corn, but there all inquiry stopped t
Robeson made several hundred thous
and dollars, and as much more was
settled upon various female members of
his family during his administration of
the Navy Department, but it was all
done through Ilanscom, and searching
as was the investigation made by Whit- I
tiehorne, the stolen funds could never
be traced beyond his door.
It is understool to be Secretary
Thompson's intention to prosecute
Hlanscom in the courts, and this may
bring out the facts for which Whittle
home searched in vain. If they ever do
come out, some of the ladies of Robe
son's tribe, who have f1gured as heiresses
in Washhngton-sO cnty for the last four
years, will be likely to take trips to Eu.
rope to finish their education by foreign
travel, while Robeson himself may do
the State some good in another uniform
than that of the navy. BUELL.
TILE COLLECT(1OMHIIP.
The Story of King's Appointment as Col
lector Originated by Kellogg
& Co.
No Appointment Yet Made and the Mat.
ter Under Consideration.
The Carpet-baggers aid Secretary Sher
man for King.
llseetal to the N. O. Demo'rat.I
WASHINGTON, April 2t).-Last night t
Kellogg, Pitkin and Anderson in- c
formed the igmit f thei Assci-ated--i
Press that the President had agreed to
appoint John E. King Collector of the
Port of New Orleans. This report has
this much of foundation: John Sher
man has agreed to exhaust his in
fluence to secure the appoint
ment of King, whom the carpet
baggers agreed to accept as a compro
mise, when they found it impossible to
secure the appointment of Anderson or
Packard. It is not impossible that
King may be appointed, but the state
ment of Kellogg and Pitkin that his
appointment had already been deter
mined on, raises a question of veracity
between them and the President, which,
to say the least, ought not to seriously
affect the President's reputation.
BUELL.
THE CAUkE OF THE WAR.
The Ancient Feud IBetween Russia and
Turkey.
RussIa)' Several Conquerts of the Otto
man Empire.
(Inter-Ocean.
Poaltically, Russia has always been
the friend and ally of every nation op
posed to the Turks. She has been in
sympathy with the rebels in every revo
lutionary or insurrectionary movement
in Turkey because the insurrectionists
were Chrsetians of the Greek Church.
She early conquered Moldavia and Wal
lachia, and compelled Turkey to grant
concessions to the Christians of other
northern provinces. The war of 1828-9
grew out of her interference in behalf
of the Greeks in their struggle for lib
erty a few years before. She undertook
this war, however, under pledges to
Great Britain and France that it should
not be a war of conquest.
If Russia absorbs Turkish territory,
gaining absolute control of the Black
Sea and valuable ports on the Mediter
ranean, the commercial interests of the
Western nations would suffer, and on
this ground the Turk was better than
the Russian. Russia made peace when
she had virtually conquered Turkey,
and this was "in the interests of Rus
sia." Russia was content with treaty
stipulations looking to the protection of
the Christians.
Kinglake contendq that the origin of
the Crimean war in 133 was a quarrel
between the Greek and Liatia Churches
as to privileges at Jerusalem. Turkey,
influenced by Louis Napoleon, favored
the Roman Church, and the complica
tions led to irritation and the irritation
to war. Russt, taking up the old quar
rel of the Greek Church and claiming
that existing treaties bad been violated,
invaded Turkey. Great Britain and
France formed an alliance with Turkey
and Russia was compelled to make peace
on their terms.
While Russia made war in the [name
of persecuted Chritians, England and
France made war not so much in the
interest of the Turk as in the Interest
of Western Europe. Their scheme, in the pE
event of the dismemberment of Turkey di
was to form an independent nation of ii
the Christiai provinces of Turkey, and is
thus remove te cause of Russian irth y
tatloo. Russian iniltfluence was met on T
its own ground and counteracted. i1
The result of the defeat of Russia at
Mevastopol was the treaty of Paris,A
in which the Eastern question was
taken out of her hands and committed
to the great powers of Europe. Al1
troubles as to the Christians in Turkey
were to be considered in common, and
no one nation was to act independently V
excepat under given circumstaoes. The t
]flack Sea was opened to the fleets of 0'
all nations, but no war vessels of Russia it
or Turkey were to be allowed in its a
waters. Russia was to disarm and the t
fortillcations on the ]Black tea coast t!
were to be dismantled. The Christian
irovinces of Wallachia and Moldavla,
formed into t 1a deý nL
pality of Roumania, and placed under r
the guardianship of Europe.
In 1570 when France was powerless
and England embarrassed Russia re
ceded from certain provisions of the
treaty of Paris ani placed a war fleet on
the 11lack Sea. She began the work of
putting her army on a war footing, and t
under various pretenses made ready for
the cowing struggle.
The Herzegovinian insurrection of
; two years ag- was a rebellion of the 1
C Cbrritians of that province against
Turkish taxation and persecution. Her- 1
via was drawn into the conflict. And as
I Marvia was a creation of the treaty of I
: Paris tmade semi-independent under
the rule of native prinocs and placed
r under the protection of the European
r powers, although tributary to Turkey),
all Europe became incidentally Interest
y ed. European interference compelled
a truce, and negotiations were com
menced looking to permanent peace.
r Russia secretly assisted Mervia in the
struggle against Turkey and demanded
ý that the great powers should interfere
In behalf of the Christians of the north
ern provinces. Certain reforms
a were demanded. and these met
r the anproval of England, France, GIcr
. many and Austria. Tuirkey adopted a
n new constitution and announced her in
tention to carry out reforms herself.
0 Russia held that this was a mere prom
n ise, and demanded that certain plans
should be followed. Turkey rejected
all plans and denied the right of any
power to interfere. Russia proposed
the protocol published some days since,
suggesting a basis of peace. The great
powers signed this, but Turkey rejected
it, denied the right of Europe to man
age the Eastern question or to dictate
any policy to the Turkish government.
Russia, holding herself warranted in
such action, proposes to enforce the de
mands for reform made by herself.
This leaves the other powers free to act,
t* by the terms of the agreement or proto
col, as they deem best. While Turkey
clings to the treaty of Paris the other
powers hold that she ban practically
r. ignored It.
ANOTHER CT4IONE.
A Texas Hall Ntorna in Hurnet County. t
A. M. Ramsey, Esq., writing from Ma
hornet, Burnet county, says: 'On the
night of the 17th inst.. at half-past nine
o'clock, a storm commenced where I
reside, on North Gabriel, The eiouds
seemed to have formed about the head
of the Gabriel and followed down the
same, going east, and in extent was
about eight miles in width. The North
Gabriel seemed to be about in the I
centre. I have not yet heard how far
it extended east, but am fearful that
great damage has been done east of
here, at Florence, Berry's creek and I
at Salado. Along the Gabriel the dam
age is very great. Not a fence was
left standing, and many of the rook
fences were blown down. Wheat that
was heading outis ruined; the oats were
badly damaged by the hail, out will
grow out again; corn is riddled-some
think it will grow out again, and some
will plane over. I will plant over as
soon as the ground is dry enough. A
great deal of timber has been destroyed,
and, alas! alas! good-by fruit and fruit
trees. The destruction is terrible not
only of the fruit but of the trees. I had
a tolerably extensive nursery, and, as
near as I can judge, nine-tenths of it is
destroyed. I have not yet heard of any
lives being lost or of any one seriously
injured. One dwelling-house near me
was blown down, but all escaped in
jury except the owner.
Some of our neighbors had most of
their grown chickens killed by the
storm. The storm continued in full
force for near one hour, and came
with such force that it was all two men
could do to hold shut the west door of
my house. I have in my life seen sev
eral storms, but never before was I in a
storm in which so much rain, hail and
wind came together and continued so
long. The North Gabriel here rose
about twelve or fourteen feet. In my
field where the rows or ridges run
north and south, the storm beat the
soil perfectly level and solid. Gardens
are all destroyed."
4 A TRUE WELCOME.
f
Wade Hampton-s Cascade of Homen.
S[Charleston News and Courier. April 23.]
It will be remembered that as Gov.
I Hampton was passing at the head of
the parade through Hazel street, on
Wednesday last, a large basket of rose
c leaves were showered upon his head by
- some young ladies in a residence on the
s south side of the street. The compli
1 ment was so marked and so beautiful
1 as to command general attention and
i admiration, and the public will be in
terested in hearing that on Saturday
- these young ladies were presented with
y a beautiful basket of rare exotics, bear
'f ing a card containing the following in
scription: " From a member of the
f Washinaton Light Infantry to Misses
1 - and --, and the ladies who were
s on the front piazza." It is needless to
1. say that the young ladies are anxious to
d discover the identity of the anonymous
giver.
Bsxn'rr's Oocoowz is fil d mn elegant bottles
of superior finish and beauty-in themselves an
ornament. It has, in a brief time, attained a
large and tntlyincree sale, confirming
the opinion of the beat judge, that it is equal,
Y f not seperLor, to the cilebrased farina.
NEWS BY MAIL.
op
The Auiatie Plaxoe. ag
[New Yurk Time4.j ml
TlilmAN, April 25. - The plague has ap- vit
peared at 1esht, causing three or four
deaths daily. The mortality is likely to cei
isorease. Sanitary measures are being
taken by the Persian government.
There were 178 deaths at Bagdad from
the plague between the 10th and 23d
lasts, un
iDACOTAI. tic
A New Candidate for the Position of elf
BUMFe. Be
(New York eni.] ed
YANKTON, ). T., April 24.-A very large It]
Ind enthusiatic meeting of citizens mi
was held at the court house last night th
to take the necessary steps toward se*
ouring a State organisation. The meet
ing was addressed by Gov. Penningston
and others. The movement meets with ar
the approval of all parties, and is b ing
taken up by the people in other par o
the Territory. At the meeting last
night committees were appointed to wi
W m ' tbC" i g' ftutre pi
meetings here and in other plaoes in the
Territory. rAVE.
Time Wanmbington Mostunmentl.
WommnumroN, April 25.--Dr. J. B. (C
Blake, secretary of the National Monu
ment Society, takes issue with the mili
tary engineers who recently reported n:
against the sufficiency of the founda- st
lIon of the monument, savin no fault si
was found with this until after the de- ti
velopment of a desire to ornament an- II
other part or the city with the monu- at
ment, when it was tiret suggested that ti
the design of the monument is not in o
good taste, and afterward that its found- it
ations are insecure. He says a whole tl
generation of the most competent arch- I
itects and engineers have been satisiled n
both as to the design, the site, and the 11
solidity of the monument.
I CONSOLIDATION.
eonesolidattin the $sveral Independent
auttennu in the Patent Omer. R
[N. Y. fun.]
WASuorovo, April 25.-An order has
been issued by Ellis Spear, Commie
sioner of Patents, consolidating the
t several independent bureaus which
have heretofore published the Patent
+ (Meetie, h-e -o-0fi04a1 regster of- the
LPatent Office, into one bureau under
Frank Burr, editor of the Garee. The
hGazette has a large circulation all over
s the country, and its publication has
I been a rather hap-hazard affair with
y each branch (proof-reading, circulation,
j editing, etc.) under a separate and Inde
, pendent head--a result of the cumbrous
J red tape of the department. An order
d will be shortly issued by Carl Schurz,
directing heads of bureaus to arrange
e the work in each bureau as to make re
t. sponeibility commensurate with pay.
n The most serious abuses in this respect
3 are to be found in the Secretary's im
F mediate office, which Chandler, or
t, rather his predecessors, filled with Oe
- ecures.
Y GEN. NUEIIAN'S VIEW.
,r The Utmost Confidence to be Placed in
t1 the mWooetlf Ovewa nt,
WASeNworTo, April 25.-Gen. Sherman
seems to place great faith in the promn
ises of Gove. Hampton and Nicholls to
. the administration. He said to-day
that the whole philosophy of Southern
life was based on the idea of honor, and
I If there was any impulse that would
I keep the Southern people to the pledges
IR they have made to the Executive, it
d would bs tlhir tarse uf -huznor- an[ t-he
fact that to break their fait would
0 bring upon them the just opprbblum of
the whole country. It remained to be
seen how far the authority of those who
ar have made these pledges can be effect
ive in overcoming the deep-seated prej
of udices which influence a considerable
id portion of the idle and irresponsible
element in Southern society. The Gen
n- oral does not anticipate serious trouble
uk growing out of the large trust placed by
at the President in the pledges of South
re ern leaders, but is evident y in favor of
le extreme measures should those prom
ne lees be violated.
NO NEW INDIAN POLICY.
Conference Between Messrm. Hayes anti
Pi-hur, and the Peace Commission.
- IN. Y. World.]
WASHINOTON, April 25.-.-Tho Indian
Peace Commission, composed of John
1. Long, of Maine; 0. A. Stebbing. of 4
New Jersey Wm. H. Lyon of New
York; A. 0. Barstow, of Rhode Island;
Wm. Stickney of the District of Co
lumbia, and (. M. Kingsley, of New
York, accompanied by Secretary Shurz
and Indian Commissioner Smith, called
upon the President to-day for the pur
pose of learning his views on the Indian J
peace policy inaugurated by President
Grant at the beginning of his adminis
tration.
Mr. Long addressed the President In
relation to the result of the peace poli
cy and in the course of his remarks
said they hoped their peace policy with
the Indians would be as successful as
the peace policy of President Hayes in
the South.
The President replied that he had not
consulted with his Cabinet on the sub
ject but he knew no reason why the
Indian policy of the late Administra
tion should not be continued.
Secretary Schurz remarked that while
in private life he had given his earnest
support to this policy, and he saw no
reason why he should not sustain it as
the Secretary of the laterior.
The commission were much gratified
with their interview.
THE LAST NIOUX TREATY.
The Proposed Removal of the Indians
to a Reservation in Southern Dakota.
IN. Y. Sun.)
WASHINGTON, April 25.-The law pass
ed by the Fourty-fourth Congress car
rying into effect the conditions of the
last Sioux treaty, provides for the re
muval of the entire body of Sioux to a
reservation in southeastern Dakota, just
north of the Neoraska State line. `T'his
removal is to include not only the
hostiles recently brought in by Spotted
Tail, but all tee Indians at the Spotted
Tail and Red Cloud agencies, number
ing nearly two thousand lodges, or
about ten thousand souls. A march of
about 250 miles from the present camp
ing ground of the tribe will be necessary
to effect the removal. Tne Indian Bu
reau proposed to make the removal by
June 1, and a dispatch was recently sent
by Gen. Sherman to Sheridan asking if
the change was practicable at that date.
Upon communicating with Gen. Crook
lien. Sheridan announces that it is the
epinion of the offliers in charge at the
agencies that the date is too early. The M
matter remains accordingly under ad- sin
visement. V
*UR SItTrATO'. 28tv
certainty of Judge *pefford's Setting N
his seat ii the ouEsse. der
iOctrter-earthal,] T
WASHINeToN, April 25.-The almost pert
universal o iniol here, among the poll- on'
ticiane, is that the mianner in which the N
election of which Judge Spofford to the a r,
Senate from Louisiana was asttompiph- mIot
ad, in a Legfliature of undisputed lgal- 1
ity, and by the votes of both rties, Drc
must secure hiradmission over elogg. yet
Mr. Randall told Kellogg to-day that
the trouble in hi ease Was that the teo-
le wh had originally toted for him had lan
irtually dselared thtthheir at did not Thi
amount to anything by going off and T
voting for somebody else for the same nt
place. This ease and the contested elec- Chi
tion cases in the House will bring up the A
whole Ionuletna question in both thie
branches of Congresuoad Wil llte4a ant
protraoted discussion r re
A xEw CAxW11'hh' I
Jnualge A. 1i. Rurkner, of MI3saoe#i, in the o
Vriecld for the speak-rshisp. hoS
(Ounrler-JTournal Correen etrlinee, Wasbington, bai
April 20 ]
I have reliable information that the vil
name of Judge A. II. Buekner, of Mis- wi
souil, will ho brought forward, with a Th
strong backing, for the speakership of
the fouse of Representatives. Judge
Buckner is a strong advocate for the
substitution of greenbacks for the na
tional bank notes, a largo coinage of the Lb
old silver dollar and the restoration of
its legal tender value, a revenue tariff,
the extension of government aid to the Ji
Texas and Pacific railway, the improve- W
ment of the Western rivers, the estab- anI
lishment of a steam mail line between roe
New Orleans and Rio do Janeiro, and "'
the rebuilding of the Mississippi levees, as
Judge Buckner will run on this plat- hi
form, and, if elected Speaker, will or
ganiari the comtmittees so as to give or
prominence to this line of policy. or
aIRi CRANEE4 IN THIE WAR. hi
IGleneral Mbermnan's Viwn'--Heavy Grain
Experte Expected. st
Ispecial to the World.] cr
WAs-rten; rmt, <Ap-ri-.- de-n. ý ierm~an tlý
was busy in his office to-day studying
the Itusso-Turkish war situation, with at
maps, charts and books before him. tt
He still adheres to his opinion, hereto- ea
fore given, that it will be a most do- at
structive war, and probably a prolonged ae
one. He also believes it is one in which of
American officers can profit by obtain- tt
ing leave of absence and serving on vi
staff duty for half pay. tc
The effect of the European war on the
- grain trade of the United States has Ii
been investigated by the Bureau of tit- r(
tistics, and the result is altogether en- tt
couraging. It appears that from Sep- it
r tember 1, 1976, to April 1 of this year, g
the period since the harvest, there have g
been placed in the English market from 1i
this country 41,751,000 bushels of wheat, tl
s against 62,240,000 for the corresponding G
p4WihSanf.Mt bra ahwiz do- t
Soreape of oven l~LO'xi, OW5tIUT Oftt?`
exportations of wheat to England. For a
) the same date the importation into n
Great Britain from other sources has a
been nearly 22 000,000 of bushels, against ii
j nearly 34,000,000 for the corresponding t]
j period of the previous year. This shows
s that there is quite a deficit in England C
as compared with former years and
3 withthe-sutppl nutaif fromiRu5sial the -
. effect will be to stimulate American ox- 1
f portations of grain very largely, in the a
e opinion of the bureau.
-.1" WawWV
SU1K NAVY. V .
Amervian Vessels in tile Levant. 0
[rourier-Journal.]
WAStINOTON. April 26.-Some three y
weeks ago the Secretary of the Navy a
sent instructions to Rear Admiral John j
L. Worden, commanding the United ,
States European fleet, to move his ves
sels up to the Bosphorus, or on his ar- f,
rival there to ask permission of the
Turkish authorities to go up to Con
stantinople. Under the existing regu
lations of the Turkish government, no h
vessels of war are allowed to enter the
Golden Horn without special permis- l
lion. They are however, permitted to
enter the Bosphorus where there is
good anchorage, and from whence they
can send steam launches up to the t
city. There is no doubt that Admiral
Worden will be permitted to take his
fleet up to the city of Constantinople.
He has also been instructed to keep a
close watch over American interests on I
the Mediterranean and in the neighbor- I
hood of Constantinople, especially pend- C
ing the war between Russia and Turkey.
The Secretary of, the Navy is disposed 1
to reinforce the European fleet, not t
merely for the purpose of making a
show of force in that quartei, but as a
necessary measure to insure full protec
tion to our interests there. He has,
however, no money with which to put
into commission any more vessels, and
no vessels can be spared from other
stations. He has asked the proper
bureau officers for estimates as to the 1
cost of putting eight more vessels of
war in commission, with a view of sub
mitting the subject to Congress at the
extraordinary session of that body in
June, and asking for an appropriation
for this purpose. Information just re
ceived at the Navy Department from
the European fleet states that the Van
dalia has started for the Bosphorus,
and Admiral Worden would shortly
follow with the other vessels of his
fleet. The whole fleet consists as fol
lows:
The Trenton, flagship, carrying eleven
guns and 434 men.
The Marion, eight guns and 211 men,
The Vandaila, eight guns and 160 men,
not a full complement.
The Alliance, six guns and 119 men.
All of these are new vessels.
The Gettysburg, two guns and sev
ty-five men, is on special service in the
Mediterranean, but will render the as
sistance required of her in looking after
American interests.
The Dispatch, one gun and forty men,
sails from Norfolk for Constantinople in
a few days, for special service under
direction of the American Minister at
that city.
About the oldest little game of draw
we know of was played when Joshua
razed Jericho, and the fellows of the
city wish they hadn't staid in.-Shreve
port Times.
SOUTHERN NEWS. 0
II
Louisiana.
Morgan City has had one death from A
small-pox. p
Vermillonville enjoyed raes April 0
28th. C
New Iberia is to have a kook sad 1116
der company.
The Franklin Council, Prledeof Te#
peranee. gave a-thee tipal performance
Mr. Antoine Moresit e pr e to build t
a railroad fatm J-eanerette to Cypre- r
mort.
Henry BrE wn, colored, fell from Mr.
Eroa 's in Uahnville, only fifteen feet,
yet killed himself.
Peter Boyle shot and killed John No
Ian on the Jarueson plantation, near a
Thibodaux, lately, and escaped.
The fair at Ithlbodant on the 21st, 2Sd
and 23d, for the benefit of the Catholic
Church, was a grand sueoes.. t
A nbnoy drawer 1atrm bell attracted C
the attlentiot of d Shreveport merohafit, 4
and he aot astIy kilI a negro burglar
recently.
the war on hlcken thieves In the f
country still continues. Mr. Gaif, of
St. John, beard a noise In his chicken
house, fired and brought down a thief, I
badly wounded.
The corporation election of Vermilion
vlle, for mayor and seven councilmen,
will come off on Monday, May 16th.
There are now two tickets in the field.
The residence of Sheriff Faulk, of
Concordia, was burned lately--supposed
by a negro--and a negro boy stole
money and goods from another house
r there.
Messrs. .t. 11. Day, W. W. Wilmot,
Jas. McVay, A. B. Booth, Wm. Garig,
- W. L. L &rimore, John A. Dougherty,
- and t3v. It. P. Patterson, prominent
residents of Baton Rouge city, form a
l "volunteer Immigration association," to
assist immigrants desirous of finding
homes in that part of the State.
Some miles below New Iberia two col
a ored men quarreled, when the wife of
one interfered with an axe in her hand.
This was jerked from her hand by her
husband's antagonist, and Ohe stricken
i down. Her skull was fractured, but
she had not died at last accounts. The
criminal, who was a returned peniten
.-tiary convict1is said to be stillat large.
g The cattle of Ht. Landry parish have
h suffered more severely the past winter
than for many years. The same report
a extends to other parishes where cattle
abound, west of the Teche. Many per
(i sons have lost one-half or three-fourths
h of their mllch'cows. The deaths among
- the wild cattle on the prairies have been
n very numerous; and the pecuniary loss
to planters and stock-raisers Is heavy.
e A meeting of citizens was held at New
' Iberia, Sunday, April 22, when It was
L- resolved to thake a grand demonstra
d tion on Saturday, Aprii28-processlon
)- In the day at 11 o'clock a. m., and a
r, grand torchlight procession at 7:30 p.
'e in., to celebrate Louisiana's deliverance.
n It was determined that during the day
t, there should be speaking at Weeks'
g Grove, where all are earnestl requested
i- to attend ,and lon the e.nes it i.s
I? pected thit all the sto-es and wellinge
it will be illuminated, and that all busi
a ness will cease for the day. There will
is also be Divine service in every church
st in town at 8 o'clock a. in., in honor of
ig the day.
rI Planters residing on Coulee Tie de
td Cannes have recently been feasting on
te the buffalo fish of the largest size. Dur
e --n-g---high-watr --the- fish--r-u-n- up fro
m Bayou Vermilion, when traps are closed
le and great quantities of them are drawn
out with the seine. Mr. Win. Guidry
recently caught 123 fine large ones at
one time, averaging in length from one
to three feet. His brother, Antoine,
speared one three and a half feet long.
ee Wm. Whittington, at his dam, caught
ry about 150, and Drauzin Charlet, ISJ at
Ln his. At four other places, even more
d were caught. They were salted down
s- in each instance, and made fine eating
*r- for many days. .
IINIWUIEDpple C
Mississippi City has horse races of a t
Saturday. t
In Coplah and Hinds counties a much
larger acreage than usual has been
planted In corn.
Charles Thompson, colored, of Macon
county, is 114 years old and has seven
teen children living. So, at least, the
papers say.
Vicksburg had a little Mardi-Gras in
her firemen s procession the other day.
In the procession were several wagons, i
in which were a number of young girls
dressed to represent different countries.
The Gdd Fellows of Summit, Magno
lia, and neighboring towns, celebrated
their fifty-eighth anniversary at Mc
Comb City, Thursday. April 26th. The
firemen of the town turned out to re
ceive them.
Lynch, who is contesting Gen. Chal
mers' seat in Congress, has summoned
quite a number of the young men of
Port Gibson. as well as the editor of the
Fayette Standard, to appear before the
United States Circuit Court in Jackson,
in May, to answer to grave and serious
charges connected with the late election.
Gen. Chalmers will go to Jackson him
self to defend these political prisoners
free of charge, and a fund is being made
up in the county to defray their ex
penses to and from Jackson.
Texls.
The crop prospects in Bandera county
promise to be good.
The taxable property of Dallas
amounts to $4,200,000.
Houston was visited by a terrible
thunder and hail storm Tuesday last.
The assessment of San Antonio will
be more than $1,000,000 in excess of last
year.
The Texas State Sunday School Con
vention met in Houston Tuesday, April
24.
They had an election in Dallas on the
21st of April, and tnat day being a legal
holiday the election is not legal.
Wilson county is having an influx of
Kentuckians. They go to farming and
raising improved stock.
The telegraph line goes through Cal
llahan City, and this is one claim the
place gets up to being the county seat
-a good one.
The Athens Coarier, an eminently
wise paper by the way, thinks that the
stage robberies of this vicinity and
of the west are practiced upon them*
selve. by stage drivers.
New Fountain, a bran new little city
on t eoado, of lire and lndustrious
PiIJ Striring to become the capital
ot) pdla. N q it will become, as
sitson te "treamse edge.
Dalla coe) do littat the
$ealt. oomo
we areý iS b ot
thousa44llar to w~l sad o
road to il Paso.
Dalles coutnty is Sfq oll an sm
healthy coonzhton.lzet
from April 18, 1174, to " 1 I ,
were $46,427 68, wile the p
$07,063 52. Out of the
go about $0500 toward the
of a poor-house and farm. It s 0
promised that expenses Will be tedag
$10,000 belt year.
The following, althuugh it oonhee )t
tie late, is 1f1ting to us Oef
as essi t
from ew Orleans to the
Nicholls pollee had a britf 4,
Packard mob. Mr. Bray's Iufotmant
said that 2500 men were ready to stt
for New Orleans, when a dlspatohW
received that quiet was restored, n
that he believed the merchants of uil
veston would close up their buetnee
houses almost to a man and go to Mew
Orleans to assist our people in sulta ih
I lng the legal government if mAtters
came to a light, It is gratifying to have
such demonstrations of sympathy fromi
our neighbors.
The News has a dispatch from San
Antonio of a highway robbery of an
other stage coach. As the stage from
t Eagle Pass to Han Antonio was driving
3 through the chaparral between the Sabi
' nal and Uvalde two handsome fellows
R rode out of the bushes and halted it.
They presented the gentle six-shooter
1- in the faces of the driver and passen
'f gers, and ordered them to shell out their
I. money. There were three passengers:
r Mr. Cole. of New York city; Mr. Melil
n font, of i' rt Clark, and a sergeant of
it the United 8tates army. Mr. Mellil
e font shelled out four hundred dollars
- and the other two gentlemen shelled
. all they had. While shelling out Mr.
e Melflfoot dropped a -ew Tollars-tnd
r stooped to pick them up, and Claude
. Duval shot at him, trying to sink a bul
e let in his brain, but missed him. Claude
. excused himself for this uncourteous
a act by saying that he thought Mr. Mel
g lifont was trying to pick up a little dag
n ger, which had fallen to the ground, to
stab bim. He smiled very sweetly we
V, suppose. while excusinp himself. They
gutted Uncle Sam's mail bags, but the
L5 registered packages were untouched.
They evidently thoughtthose registered
packages were bewitehed. An all the
p ackaes Duvals rode sway, happy and
a smiling. These gentlemen DPahbeen
s cultivating the graces. They ought to
' be elected to Congress.
65'-ni --
Pelital mOetes.
IN. 1. Tribuin,)
Mr. Wade couldn'tfel wMe WJIhi
were a carpet-bagger.
Mr. Packard's "government" now
consists mainly of Mr. Packard.
Even Kellogg must have smiled over
Packard's kidnapping sensation.
The Republican opposition to Presi
dent Hayes begins to look a trifle lone
some and homesick.
Wade Hampton's advice to the ne
groes was especially good, because ir
was very excellent advice for the most
Caucasian Carolinian as well.
A foreign mission or a snug sineoure
at home would have a soothing effect
upon the robust patriots who are filled
with dismay at the Southern policy of
the Administration.
When the Hon. Wm. Pitt Kellogg
read about the "deafening shout" with
which Warmoth was received into the
bosom of the Nicholls Legislature, and
about the distribution of 'gold-headtd
canes," and the payment of Packard's
constables out of the other man's treas
ury, and that the order for removing
the troops was drilling its way toward
Augur he went to bed and dreamed
that his hotel was in a prosperous blaze,
and his rope ladder was looked up in
the office safe.
There is said to be trouble in the
Democratic camp in Ohio, growing out
of a superfluity of statesmen. Mr. Say
ler longs to be Speaker, but there is Er.
Thompson, who longs to be Sergeant
at-arms. Statesmen from less favored
localities say one office is enough for
5 Ohio, and that one or the other aspirant
" must subside. Neither is wiliagltogive
way, though Mr. Sayler has a strong
I argument in the fact that Thompson
- has held the office once, and ought to
give him a show now.
It an amicable and stalwart alligator
Mississippiensis should be selected from
among the constituents of Senator
Demas and chained up somewhere on
f dry land he could appreciate the feel
ings of the amphibious Damas himself
now that he is constrained to live, moms
and have his officIal being with a sau*it
a State House for an environment,
difficult to understand how a gentleman
of Demas's habits can survive without
a being able to moisten himself and cool
off by diving out of one Legislature into
another, and then to crawl back into the
first and sun himself a few times every
day.
y 'A L t {h*Id mine.
The great gold mine of Los OruItales,
3 at Cauquenes, in Chill, which has been
lost for forty years, has been found by
three Englishmen. It was abandoned
e at a time when the Chilians were shoot
ing each other and trying to overturn
t the government. It then filled up with
t water and an avalanche slid into and
over it, and confounded all the geogra
phers for forty years in regard to its
.1 whereabouts. Now that it has been,
found, it will be worked again by Eng
e lish capital.
No complete regeneration of the civil
7 service can be hoped for so long as the
d departments and custom-houses are
looked upon as hospitals for the rup
tured and crippled, or retreats for the
1- feeble-minded, or snug harbors for poll
1e tical adventurers, or, asylums for de
It cayed gentility, or alms-houses or soup
dispensaries, or anything else than post
ly tions where there is work tobe doneand
ie salaries fairly earned by competent ear
id vice.-[N. Y. Tribune.