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a NOTES.
.The goth Afriei b1ahibition is open and is
e e, A tmeriea b not represented there at
-.The Phliadelphian* cleared $71,000 on their rt
oo last year. The Oentennial helped the re
-pOtnge peel on the sidewalk cansed the deth
f well IbOwn medical publishert in London, if
Mr. IlAmpt ti
M-trgrlalt p over 800o,000 a year for the
education of the agrees, most of it frem taxes
paid by the whiten. P
-In Finland at the opening of the Diet the
tCerent orders spoke in Ilssian, Swedish,
French and innid. .
-Notwithsttading the protestation of the Ger- t
man Printers' Union, the Imperial Government o
will establish an irperial printing office.
-.Something lihe a patio has been created In s
the interior of Germany by the belligerent utter- c
anew of Von Moltke, and the rumors of a detr
linal.on to piece portions of the army on a war
-The Khedive is solemnly pledged to send
'Parkey a certain number of troops in oase of
war, but if he has no money and can not borrow
amy fdl milit ry purposes, the Sultan will have to
asept his regrets.
-It is said that a ton of pig Iron can be made
anywhere along the line of the Cincinnati, South
eran, Knoxville and Ohio, and Nashville and Chat
aenoogarailroadt, at about what the ore eoete pet
boa in Pittsburg.
-Mr. Hotchbkse, an Amer'oai, the inventor of I
the new revolving cannon, bha been notified by
the French Government that it has bern deter
mined to adopt hie invention as an arm of the
national service.
---A new fashion in dinner parties is becoming
known in London. It requires the dismissal of
Ib servants afu r the flsh, and the b,etowing of
tpes ttentions upon the guests thereafter by
.e ladies of the family.
-"New River OGtusa," in Virginia, is to be
MLirty-live feet wide n'l five feet de, p. It w 11
extend from Northeast ltiver throngh the ooun
tes of Doplio, Penden, On-low, Juees, Oatteret
ead Craven, openig into Pamlico l,,und.
-Toll gates in England are to have five years
mtore grace, when they are to be abolished, and
the roads kept in ord r pa rtly by small local
rates out of the funds of respective counties, but
elely out of the publlo Iresenry of the natior.
-The Prinee of Montenegro was ednucated in
Pears, and wae one of the stars of his rhetoric
hlea, in which he took several prises. When he
was gradnated in 18351, he was a tall young mart
with a pale and serti-a farce, xpresslve of energy.
-The Emperor Williaru was warmly cheered on
Wednesday while visiting the various parts of
Btrauburg. It is supposed the Eaperor's visit is
connected with a definite settlement of measures
to counterbalanee the concentration of French
troops on the frontier.
-Notwithstanding the fact that Great Britain
is covered with a perfoot net-work of railways,
bills were introdno d during the last session of
Parliament for the expenditure of $120,500,000 in
railway building; $99,000,.00 on existing lines
and $27,.00,000 00, new pr, jec~s.
-Detroit will be in outer d erkness soon, unless
the Otty COonea changes its mind. The eppro
priatlons for the current fiscal year have fal:en
short $20,000, and the only way out of the diffi.
oalty which the Council can see is to cancel the
contract for lighting the streots.
--Maine's new savings bank iaw restricts semi
annual dividends to 2% per cent, but providles
for a triennial division of net earnings. De
posits are limited to $2000, except from wid wes,
orphans and certain others. All deposits are ex
empt from municipal taxation, and those of mar
ried women and minors are not subjeot to the
,mtrnl of husbands or parents.
-In the recent great walking match in London,
through constantly walking in one direction
around the hail, O'Leary had the muscles of one
leg contracted and a drop of at least three inches
of the shoulJer on the same side. TIhis was the
result of walking 52) miles, with twenty-ltree I
abrupt turns to each mile, always swung in the t
same direction.
-The recent railroad surveys in Ban Dirgo
and Ban Bernandino counties, California, have
established some curious facts about the Col
orado Desert, which hive lately been comma
aisated to The &entinil. The lowest point Fur
veyed is two hundred and seventy-eight feet be
low the level of the sea, and the lowest point on
the line of the Ilouthran Pacific lailroal is two
hundred and twenty five feet. From a point near
Indian Wells for eixty miles eat toward Yama
the whole road lies below sea lvtl. An old ocean
beach clearly distinguishable extends all around
the edge of this immense basin, at a level some
ffteen feet lower h ton that of the sea. Immense
beds of salt have been found, in some eases t so
feet thick. Analh sia shows this salt to be almost
pure chlroide of sodium.
-- .41FO4P. .-
KEIT A MONOPOILY.
The sewlng Manhlin- Moon to be Within
the ,eans of Every Haousakecper.
[N. Y. Bou ]
The first of May ushered in an event
of even greater moment to many house
keepets than the annual moving, name
ly, the expiration of the last important
patents which enabled the makers of
sewing machines to keep up their exor
bitant prices. For years past the large
corporations have bought up inventors'
patents and concentrated their rights,
thus enabling themselves to restrict any
such general manufacture as might in
terfere with their practical monopoly.
The grand central patented feature, the
needle with an eye near its point, was
one to which all the dealers paid roy
alty, and for self-protection they com
bined to drive dangerous rivals out of
the field. The last of these patents in
which all the varieties of sewing ma
chines had a common interest, was the
four-motion. feed, and for months past
the combined corporations have been
working for a renewarof the patent, but
renewal has been denied. Already the
principal companies have begun to offer
their machines at twenty-five per cent
.l Iscount for cash, and ere long the
tiiowe, Singer and other machines will
be extensively made by other companies
than those that have had the monopoly,
and machines that cost only ten dollars
each will no longer sell for sixty.
A PENIAN WOVESIENT.
What the Fealnian* Would Do In Case of
an AsgleoBUllnlant War.
[onorier Journal.]
itA Fenian movement is reported from
Dayton, Ohio, based on the belief that
Bgoitand will go into the European war
and be unable to look after Ireland,
thus giving the Irish patriots a glorious
opportunity to set up an independent
ovternment. There are indications in
the Eastern States of Fenian activity,
also, and there may be another abortive
effort to capture Canada before many
months pass by.
old 8o spin..
DUawrrr s FLavoaner EXTascrs-Are usedI
sad endorsed by the best hoels. confectioners,
gemos and the rst families the eoonty.
LelIIanaI.
Coushatta, so says the Citizen, is over- P
run with fleas.
Measles and whooping cough prevail si
in West Fellciana. ti
In almost all the country towns great ec
improvements are going on, and an ex
traordinarily large Dumber of new w
houses being built.
J,. Ennemoser, Esq.. editor and pro- pi
prietor of the Monroe Intelligencer, has p
retired from that paper and sold the of
same to Mr. W. HI. Gayle.
W. W. Patteson was elected president
and Rev. J. E. O. Doremus secretary of
the Lincoln parish school board at the
organizing meeting, last week.
In Franklin parish, says the Sun,
some few have commenced to scrape t,
cotton and others have not yet finished t
planting. Corn, where it is up, is look- t
ing well.
Thanks to high water, the swampers
are getting out their logs now, and the s
lumber business will not suffer in con- I
sequence of dry swamps. "It's an ill
wind," etc.
Cold weather had abad effect on cot- 8
ton in Tenses. The late planted cotton,
as a general thing, has not yet come up
and is a little behindhand, in conse
quence of the cold spell.
The True Republican says that the
levee at Lake Providence is so shaky
that it is dangerous to drive upon it or
near it, and advises all passers by to
drive around by New Town if they wish
to avoid a crevasse.
The water in the back bayous of
Tensas is coming up rather to.) fast, and
ý back country farmers are alarmed at a
probable overflow. Strange to say, the
t rise in these swamps is much more rapid
I than the rise in the river.
On Wednesday, 2d inst., at War
5 saw, Bayou Macon was rising at the
ii rate of 3h inches in 24 hours, and lack
,. ing less toan two feet of high water or
, general overflow mark. At such a stage
such a rise is considered a tremendous
rate. There is danger in the river yet.
Almost every farmer in the State is
l putting in more corn since the news of
the European war has been confirmed.
it The early intelligence of this war, com
ing just as it did at plsanting time, will
in be responsible for a large increase iu
to next year's corn crop and a consequent
e failing off In cotton.
ii, The negroes are doing as badly in
,. Shreveport in the mortal'ty reports as
n they are doing here, the report for the
Spast month showing three deaths among
the negroes in town to one white, al
's though the two races are about equal
a that is, the negro death rate in Shreve.
ib port is three times as great as that of
the whites.
in The commission named in the body of
re, the act that abolished the parish of Car.
or roll, and created in lieu thereof the par
ju ishes of East and West Carroll, held
a their first meetingon Tuesday last at the
office of Dr. N. Houghton, In the town
of Providence. The commission organ
58 ized by electing Gen. Sparrow, Presi
I"- dent,and Major S. D. Oliver, clerk. It
ea decided to give the creditors of the
i. parish seventy-five days in which to
be present their claim. At that time the
finances of the old parish of Carroll will
be settled up and its debts divided be
tween the two new parishes of East and
le West Carroll.
)e There are some queer practical jokers
', in Opelousas-jokers who may some day
s- get into trouble for their wild pranks.
ir- Some weeks ago a poor old man-a
he stranger-who bad indulged in rather
too frequent libations, woke up one fine
n, morning to find himself as black as a
o coal-heaver and as slippery as an eel.
me He had been blackened with lampblack
ss and smeared with oil or lard by these
jolly jokers. A few days after another
be party was served in pretty much the
ree same manner. Last Tuesday morning
the a third or fourth victim of these harm less
jokers was found lying on the side
go walk, in the neighborhood of the place
where these jokes are usually perpe
5 tCrated, drugged (it is said) and stupe
o- tfled, and blackened so that his most in
n- timate friends could scarcely recognize
or- hin. At noon on that day he had not
be- yet recovered from the effocts of the
on drug administered to him, and could
wo remember nothing that had happened.
The matter was immediately brought to
the notice of the Grand Jury, then in
a' session, but no law could be found to
iSn cover the caBe.
A coal bed has been discovered in
Palo Pinto county.
The distillery in process of erection at
Dallas will cost $100,000.
Ro)bbers frequent the highways in the
subudrs of San Antonio.
Fort Worth is to have another Na
tional bank on the 15th.
Indian and Mexican cattle thieves are
stealing cattle along the Dry Frio.
A drove of 1600 beeves arrived at Fort
Worth last week, the first of the season
There was a heavy frost and a little ice
at Texarkana on the morning of April,
the 30th.
Lage herds of cattle destined for Tar
rant county, are now water-bound south
of the Brazos river.
A great flood came down the Brazoes
on the 13th ult., sweeping away the
bridge near Hempstead.
The fair directors offer a handsome
prize for the best drilled company In
the State, and Invites Dallas.
Mr. John Glassford, a native of Han
over, Germany, was drowned while at
tempting to cross Onion creek.
The grain fields out in the Phillips
Hancock-Stringer neighborhood were
whipped down by the hail until they
are valueless.
From all over Texas comes the news
of the departure of the grasshoppers.
They leave without having done any
serious damage.
In 1876 the earnings of the Texas Cen
tral in January were $340,683. This
year during the same month they
amounted to $248,235.
All the prisoners (four) confined in
the Eastland jail succeeded in cutting
their irons and making their escape.
None of them have been recaptured.
The Controller's report shows the
following assessed valuation of town
lots in the leading counties of Texas:
Galveston county heads the list, her
as essment being $12.317,805; D Lilas,
$1,518,371; Harris county, $5.518.404;
Travis county, $4,459,462; Bexar county,
$4.505,601.
The people of Washington county are
organizing against horse thieves, who
have lately been directing special at
tention to this old and thickly populated
district.
Major Jones declares that much of
the depredations committed on the
frontier under the guise of Indians is
the work of white men. He knows what
he says.
On Wednesday evening, April 25, a
boy by the name of Cchran, aanS nine
years, was kIlled by lightanng In tlout
county. He was carrying twoates upon
his shoulder at the time.
Galveston county occupies the proud
position of being the wealthiest if not
the most populous county in the State;
she also enjoys the unenviable distinc
tlion of not having one public free
school.-[Galvestonlan.
A young man named Hanse Walker of
was shot by an unseen person near of
Gatesville on the 27th ult. The ball OC
passed through the body and the th
physicians think the wound a mortal of
one. No arrests are yet reported. lel
IOIlIRIANA'S SENATOR.
m
A True Representatlon of the South. th
[Waehington Cor. Oineinnati Oommeroial.]
The new Congress will bring to us
many from the representative men of h
the South, a ollss for years unknown in
the legislative halls of the nation.
Among them th
SENATOR S.FYFoRD in
seems to be coming with colors flying. or
His friends enthuse over him, and rep- fu
resent him a paragon of moral manli- ui
ness and the prince of rectitude, poe- of
sessed of cool, clear reason and heroic ni
firmness. His wife is well known ci
throughout the South as the famous m
Tennessee belle, Miss Martin. She is et
still very beautiful, and as rich as she is se
handsome. They will take a house for
next year and thoroughly enjoy life. ae
Mr. Eustle, of Louisiana, is very well ai
known here. His brother married Miss as
Louise Corcoran, the only daughter of P
the rick banker. Both Mr. and Mrs. el
Eustle are dead and their orphaned ai
chfidren live with their grandfather, ai
Mir. Corcoran, under the care of their b
aunt, Miss Eustle, a very charming, a
cultivated woman, greatly beloved by
all fortunate enough to enjoy the privi
leges of her frien ibship. Her brother, a
just elected to the Senate, is represented te
as a Bayard, le chevalier san pear ci sans b
reproche, with a head to tone down the ti
fire-eaters, if any there be, and a heart s,
capable in every way of sustaining that c
head ; a man who will work well for his c
State and wisely for his country. With a
even two such just men, may not the a
country look for miracles from the new ii
Congress which will meet on the 15th of f
October? r
S-- ---- *· -- - Is
A RAT STORI. .
An Invaslon of Plteatrn's Iliand,
[ltndon Echo ]
In that lone spot of Polynesia, amid a
an arbhlpelago scattered far and wide E
over the Pacific, and celebrated as Pit
calrn's Island, an invasion of an extra- c
ordinary character is reported to have c
taken place. It isa tradition of the sea,
f of course, that this speck of land, amid f
a wilderness of ocean was originally i
colonized by the surviving mutineers of I
the Bounty; and there is, probably, his
torioai justification for the statement. I
But it may be doubted whether any de
scendants of the mutineers are still to I
e be found there, since, in 1855, one hun
dred and sixty of them were removed
upon their own petition to Norfolk
Island.
Be this as it may, the place is so soll- I
e tary, so desolate, and so out of the com
Smon track, that we only receive news
e from it once in every two or three years.
T he latest is to the offect that an army
of rats, landed from some wreck or
another, recently behaved much as Mr.
Browning's rats did In Hamalintown,
e swarming over everything, eating up
Y everything, consuming all the flour and
3" devouring the entire grain crop of a
a season. The Island is seven miles in
r width; across it they marched, myriad
e after myriad, in one compact array,
a some of them as large as rabbits-an
k assertion which might appear exagger
k ated did we not remember that the
e French naturalist, M. (lGentil, declares
r that he saw in the sewers of Paris speci
e mens of this vermin "as large as full
g grown tom-cats"--creatures, indeed,
!9 which full-grown tom-cats refused to
3- fight. With a locust avidity they com
:e bined an unlimited ferocity, which the
3- poor Pitcairn islanders have reason to
o believe.
1- In not a few islands, indeed, these
%e castaway creatures, oscapirg from shat
>t tered ships, have exterminated their
de former inhabitants, rabbits and sea
d birds, the latter falling a prey to them
. when young; and in Montevideo travel
to ers assure us they render the dirtier
*n streets dangerous toevon human beings
to after night-fall. Well, they seem to
have made, as the Greek dramatist
phrases it, ".a fierce, unbidden feast"
In upon the harvests and stores of Pit
cairn's Island, and it is not surprising
at that the humanity of a Pacific trader
should have been appealed to for a sup
ply of flour. Neither that he shIould
Ssuggest a more frequent "looking in"
upon these recluses of the ocean.
MT. LOUIM AM A (CISTr. N 5AIRK:..
A BusInes' Increaning at tine Erpense of
New Orlcan4s.
Within the last four years St. Louis
has grown rapidly as a cotton market.
In 1871 the total amount of cotton sold
in St. Louis was 39,000 bales. Last year
the Iron Mountain Railroad alone
brought into that city from Texas and
Arkansas 218,000 bales, and the entire
amount of cotton handled there was
251,000 bales, representing a cash value
of about $13,000,000. Nearly every pound
of that cotton was raised in Texas and
Arkansas. The total amount of pro
duos brought from those two States
over the Iron Mountaia road into St.
Louis aggregated in value over $30,000,
000. And still St. Louis is not a desira
ble cotton market, but she receives this
amount by having superior transporta
tion facilities.
Galveston or New Orleans are far bet
ter markets for Texas cotton, but the
lack of cheap and rapid transportation
is what carried these consignments to
St. Louis.
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Plate Poker.
Austin (Nev.) Reveille: "A short time
ago a couple of Plute Indians went to a
certain store on Main street and pur
chased the entire stock of playing-cards
contained therein. These they took to
their camp and marked, and then,
taking them back to the store, and put
ting on thait look of misery which only
an Indian knows how to assume, whined
out that they were 'heap broke,' and
offered to sell the cards back for one
fourth of what they had paid for them.
The cards were purchased back on
these terms, and were subsequently
purchased from the store-keeper a pack
at a time by the Shoshone Indians. The
Piutes knew that the Shoshones pur
chased their carls at this particular
store; and poor Mr. Shoshone, unaware
of the Piuntoe manipultion of the cards,
purchased them, and played poker with
the wily Piute, without a suspicion that
all was not-as Gov. Bradley would
say-'on the dead squar.' The result
was that the Piutes won all the money
the Shoshones possessed, and now there
is weeping and wailing and gnashing of
teeth, sackcloth and 'hean hogadi' in
the camp of the Shoshone."
CIVIL 1MRVTIC N 1 CAWADA. tbi
low the Ofetals Of the Dominion Are le
Treated--uperannuated Omcers Cared
For and Paid. it
IN. Y. Herald.] di
HousE or COMMONs,!
Ottawa, Ont., April 30, 1877.
In view of the fact that the question
of civil service reform will be a. subject
of discussion on the reassembling 6f
Congress, as it is already a subject of
thought among the 80,000 office-holders
of the Union, I call attention in this
letter to some of the salient features of
Canadian system, which have stood the
test of experience since 1868, and in the re
main proved the wisdom of their au- to
thors.
In the first place Ishould state thatall e]
appointments under the civil service of
the Dominion are for life or during good th
behavior, and that by gradual promo
tion a man if he be competent is at some se
time sure to reach the highest round of at
the ladder in his department; or, grow
ing old in the service of the State, he
enjoys the benefit of a superannuation hi
fund. No one can be appointed to office
under the awe of eighteen or over the age W
of twenty-five, unless special attain
ments are r(equired, when, if the appli
cant is over forty, a report of the appoint
ment and the reasons therefor must be
submitted to Parliament at its following t
session.
Candidates are required to produce t
satisfactory certificates as to age, healtht
and moral character, and to pass an ex
amination by the civil service board. w
Probationary clerks, as they are called,
enter the service at a salary of $300 per it
annum, and must serve in that capacity S'
and at that salary at least a year before
being eligible for permanent appoint
ment as a third class clerk.
A third cilass clerk receives a salary of
$400 a year for his first year's service,
with an annual increase of $50 thereaf
ter until his salary is $650 per annum;
but he is not eligible for promotion in
the second class until after five years'
service in the third class. The third
class are subdivided into junior second ni
class and senior second class. The sal- p
ary of the first is $700 a year, with an n
annual increase of $50 until the salary i
is $1000 per annum; but he must serve
five years before he is eligible for pro- e
motion into the next highest grades. A
senior second class clerk receives a sal
ary of $1100 a year for the first year, c
with an annual inorease of $50 until his I
salary is $1400 per annum, but he is in
eligible for promotion into the first class
at any period of his service in the senior
second class.
The first class clerk receives a salary i
of $1200 per annum, with an annualin
crease of $50 until his salary is $1800.
Leave of absence for recreation is
granted for three weeks in each year,
and in case of illness or other pressing
r cecessity it may be extended at the will
of the Governor in council to twelve
months.
The Civil Service Board consists of
the deputy heads of departments (some
fourteen in number), five of whom are a
I quorum. Its duties are to examine can
clidates, keep a register of the age, birth,
residence and result of the examination,
the latter varying according to the pe
culiar functions of the respective de
s partments, and to grant certificates of
qualification to the candidates who
have proved satisfactory.
r Under the wise provision of the super
annuation act the faithful officer who
has been in the civil service for ten
years or upward, and has attained the
I age of sixty years and is incapacitated
a by bodily Inflrmity from properly per
i forming his duties, may receive an al
I lowance calculated on the average
yearly salary during the preceding three
n years. Another noteworthy feature of
the law is that if any person is com
e pelled by infirmity of body or mind to
a quit the civil service before the period
Iat which a superannuation allowance
might be granted him, the Governor in
council may allow him a gratuity not
o exceeding a month's pay for each year
of his service. Similar provisions ap
e ply to cases of severe bodily injury re
o cIlved in the discharge of public duty.
Provision is also made for persons re
e moved from office by reason of the abo
lition of the same. Any person under
.r sixty years of age and not disabled,
t. who is receiving a superannuation al
n lowance, is libhle to be called upon to
fill in any part of Canada any public
r office or situation for which his experi
s ence or peculiar knowledge render him
o eligible, but not lower in rank and
It emolument.
TRIE !MOUTH C KlOlINA PtfRGATION.
The Apology the Members of the Chaum
berlain House HIave to nake.
[N. Y. Tribune.]
The Columbia correspondence of the
Charleston News and Courier contains
full particulars of the proceedings in
the South Carolina House of Represen
tatives, when the members who had
acted with the now defunct body which
recognized the Chamberlain govern
ment appeared at the bar of the House,
and by abject apologies purged them
selves of ' contempt." In every case
the last degree of humiliation was in
sisted upon, the most complete apology
exacted. 'The simple acceptance of the
situation and recognition of the present
House as the legally constituted one,
was not deemed sufficient. Each one of
the recusants was held to the strictest
construction of the resolution describing
him as in contempt and requiring an
apology.
The first person brought to the bar
said, addressing the Speaker, "What I
have done I believe to be right, but I am
perfectly willing to recognize you as the
legal Speaker and this as the legal
House of Representatives." This the
Speaker would not accept, because it
contained no "expression of regret or
penitence for his palpable violation of
law." The confession of delioerate guilt
and humble petition for pardon were
insisted upon, and after a time extorted.
He then asked permission to speak for
his colleagues, and in their behalf make
the same admission and apology. But
that was not to be thought ot. Each
offender must appear at the bar in per
son and publicly abase himself in pur
gation of his contempt. One member
said, "If I am in contempt, I hope I
will -be pardoned;" but they tolerated
no ifs, and he had to change it to "as I
am in contempt, I ask pardon."
Another named Forrest is described
as being sulky, and the scene with him
is thus related:
lie said, "I am corry for my violati n of the
Constitution of the state." The tp.aker-"- o
Son a k furg venees?" Forrest-"I always axes
forgveess when I does wrotng." The op'aker
" Do you admit tIht ion b Ive done wroug ?" Fur
rest-'Ot course, /f I in violate the conetlilnto.
I nas done wrong." Vo oes from 'be Democratic
side-"We don't propose to have this man sbnhoff
I ,ounIl itl this way; he mnst purge bis onrtempt
or leave." Ptrseast (machmOved)J-"Isay lazes
h umble pardon, pr."
The correspondentdescribing the per
formance indulges in expreseions of de
light at the spectacle of humiliation,
t and adds, "the show for the day" hav
I ing closed, "while the erring members
were humiliating themselves, the rest ol
the Mackey members, whose aames are T
not yet reached, sat gloomily and si
lently in their seats; and as bad as it
appeared to be to those who recanted,
it was infinitely worse to those who
didn't get a chance to eat dirt."
[(ommnuiosted.] be
THE CHICAGO TIMFS AND SENATOR e
BUTLEr. st
NEw ORLEANS, May 9, 1877. tL
Editor Democrat-Being a transient m
guest of your great city at the present or
time, will you permit me to makes few on
remarks in connection with your edito- m
rial on Chicago Tintmes in your issue of g
to-day. The Southern people, to some
extent, may suppose that the publica. I,
tion in question represents what we New
York Democrats term the Democracy of
the Northwest, but it is not so. It is a
sensational paper as far as its editorials it
are concerned, and no more represents it
the Democracy of the West than h
the New York Hierald does that t
of New York. I have not the it
honor to be personally acquainted b
with Gen. Butler, of South Carolina;
but I do know his reputation amongst h
the conservative people of the North is n
too good to be injured by any such ti
paper as the Chicago Times; in fact, the is
'limes and other pretended conserva- n
tive papers of the North no more repro
sent the Democracy of the whole country
than your recent IRturning Board, "and
its representative one at Washington,"
would represent a court of last resort in
Heaven, having St. Peter for a presid
ing judge-pardon me for the compari
son, as it is not from any disrepcot
towards the great Christian Silnt.
Hoping I am not intruding, I am
yours very respectfully
MATTHEW J. FoararTy,
131 East 87th street, Now York,
St. James Hotel.
S(ommnnicated.
The Carrollton Ra tread ult.
E.iUor Democrat -The prop letors of the land
througbwhioa the present Uarrollton ItRllroad
passes made the grant to rald railroad ourd iloned
tnder the ohbrter granted by the Htote of Lou
ieians, that sail corporation should eatablish and
maintain a railroad between epeitieid p;dnts in
the central portion of sad grant, and that the
said corporation should maintain and keep in
good order on both sides of said railroad a good
and comple'e turnp'ke road in perpetuity. The
city governments of either New Orleans or the
late Jrfftr on Oity, by taking possestion of and
maintaining streets, on either side, may or
may not have relieved said corporation of its ob
ligations.
'he presanrption in eqnity would be that they
have not but that the failure of said corporation
to comply wih its contract had forfeited its
right to said grant time and again.
The old seaw say: "New brooms swee elesan ;"
Sbut, how anybody, either new or old, can work up
a big oase for a suit against the ci'y on the above
Sprmises is more than an old citisen can se.
Vile charter of Carroilton Railroad, a.
Tone's Bayeo Dam.
IF ftor Demoera"l --Mj ir Benyard, United
States Engineer, in charge of Rod river improve
ments, writes me that the reports of the washing
t away of the dam in Tone's Bayou are incorrect;
that the work is intact an I in good condition,
ant is in all resp ot what it was intended to be
a good l.w water dam.
Please, for the intfrmation of all interested in
the navigation of led river, give this a place in
the onlumns of the DMoonRAT, and oblige.
Yours respoatfilly, JAM. A. AIKEN.
o
PRECIDENT GRANT.
How He Is to be Received in Fgaland. P
f nter-Oenran.l
LONDON, May 4.-Preparations are
being made here in a quiet way for the j
reception of ex-President Grant. There A
is much interest manifested in his con- A
templated visit, and he will become the a
guest in turn of members of the highest J
nobility, lncluding the Premier and
other distinguished public men. It is un
derstood that O(n. Grant will pay his re
spects to the Queen shortly after his
arrival, a special audlence being granted
for that purpose, after which, in defer- I
ence to the high office he has filled and
his eminent personal character, the
Queen will return the visit. A very
friendly feeling exists among all classes
toward the ex-President, and he willlbe
warmly received.
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Their Age.
A Paris newspaper gives the following
as the ages of some of the leading pub
lie men of Europe: Prince Gortscha
koff, 79; Lord Beaconsfield, 72; Mr.
Gladstone, 68; Prince de Bismarck 63;
Lord Granville, 61; Marshal de Mac
Mahon, ,9; M. Thiers, 80; Emperor
William, 80; Victor Hugo, 75; Thomas
Carlyle, 81; Alfred Tennyson,67; Bishop
Dupanloup, 75; Pius IX, 84; Garabaldt,
70; Earl Russell, 81; Lord Stratford de
Redcliff, 89; M. Jules Himon, 62.
:AcAoeM o M icro.-The p3rforminee of
"Caste" at the Acadeemy of Musio last eve ing
although deficlentin some partilcl rs, was. as a
whole, acceptable. "Barney, the Baron," whieb
closed the entertainment, was well played by
Reed.
The novelty of the evening was the first appear
ance of the Lools Sisters, respectively farteen
and twelve years of age, natives of this city, in
acrobatic peformanoes on the flying trapeze.
Although this was the firs` attempt which these
young novices were making before on audience,
they evinced the daring of old acrobats, and in
point of strength, grace and agility appeared to
be very little behind more pretentionu trapezists.
That with experience thb y will prove
extraordinary there can be litle doubt. For
their own sake, we must here advise their
mother, who was in the wings last night, not to
interfere with them as she did on this couason,
when they are performing their dangerous act,
and lIave them entirely to the oare of Prof. H4m
merely, their teacher and manager, otherwiee
the consequences might prove to be of a, srious
character. To-night the Leola Misters will ap
pear again. In celebration of Thankagivirg, the
pretty comedy of 'Lemons" will be presented for
the last time, with the usual oast.
On Friday, "The Two Orphans." At the ms
tinee on sa'nrday, ,"Woodcock' Little Game,"
the Leola 8isters and other attractions.
the card of the week, it should be remem
bered, will be the concert and dramatic enter
taument at Carrolton Gardens, t o close with
dancing on the platform until midnight.
Tri MEDLE.--The first entertainment to be
given at Exp ,Ritton RHal for the benefit of he
Protestant Epiocopal H +me takes place to-night.
The perf ,rmance will comprise a Martha Wash
ington and a Mother Goose reception, and tab
leans by the chbldren who have already firnred so
handsomely recently at St. Patricke' Hall and
last year at kposition Hall. The greatest care
has been taken to render the entertainment
equal to anything of the kind which
bas j yet - been presented to the public,
and It will be erhanced by the attendmnce of a
first-cl s band of mnsic, which will afford the
youthful performers an opportunity to mindulge iu
a dance after the tableano. There wid be re
freshments for sale during the evenlng at re
ma ablv low prices, as will te seen by r ference
to .. adver isement. The iice of admi sion is
onl~twenty-five cents-a sit that very few are
n able to give, especially to such a worthy enter
pose.
P It ahmsali remembered that the entrance for
the pubtlel l b3 on the Carondelet street side of
k Ixposition Hail. Te children appearing nto the
tab.ean will enter on the St. Charles street side.
ORAirs Coarczr.-We take plesasure again to
call the attention of the pub.i-', that on bThurday
next. a grand conert will be given at Oranew.ld
H411, by some of our m sat promi enst adie-, to
Mrs. T. E Boaddu., toe sacomplihed amateur
s5 .iger. The programme will be announced in
f due time.
THE WALOON DISASTER.
PFURTHBKR ANDWIFULL PARI' ULARW.
wtatement of Capt. DeNouehel.
Capt. Chas. DeB mahel, who is confined to his
bed from bruises reoeived, was visited by our
reporter yesterday, who received from him the
following particulars of the explosion of his
stoamer: The Waloon was on the way up with
twenty-two passengers and fifty barrels potatoes,
making her usual time. Noticing a hall at Dels
oroix plantation on the opposite side, we eroesed
over. The landing being a shoal one the pilot li
making it ran the boat agroatd her full length.
Her engines were kept working in our efforts to
get off, and I ordered some of the freight moved
from her head to the starboaad side aft.
The pilot rang the bell to stop; almost imme
diately after stopping, she blew up. I was stad"
ing forward of the steps at the time, and almost
in the twinkling of an eye, found myself in the
hold, having been thrown throui:h the hatchway;
the estanchions were c.u away, the deck loor fell
in, the huall split open at the stem. Half stunned,
braised from head to foot, enveloped in steam,
ho'ding one hand over my manth, I got out frae
under the debris-I d mn't know how--and,&t
taken ashore in a skiff. The cause of the exploeso
istomea profound mystery. The engnesr, Bar
ney Donnally, had been employed on the boat for
several years, and was a sobir, competent sau
attentive man. He was found dead at hls l igth
a standing poe tion, resting against the @llntde,,
one hand grasping the lever, his other extended
towards the throttle-valve, which had bens
wrenched from it.
t The fireman, Jamas MalGiff, was If and on the
port side, near the engine, Jammed gainst a
1tring piece with his nook brokhe. Thbeplo
sion was upward a d forward, and the boat was
oomoletely wrecked. Her crew oanlst4 of
eightpersone; three were killed, theengineer, Are
man and a rouster named Henry, who died Tues
day morning. Myself and P.l)t Philip lbartlbe
were wounded; Mr. labarthe very sllshtly. Of
d the passengers, twenty-two in number, sem
ti were lost, three women, two children and two mes.
d Their names weoe unknowo, except one mas
named Ben Turner, who loet a leg by tYh OrQl
n explosion, upwards of a year ago, and were all
te wolored, exoapt one, a Mslay ma, whi got on at
In the canal.
e Of the balance of the passengers, the feilowleg
te were wounded:
Dick Dobard, white, face snalded.
Chas. Marine, white, face hurt.
E. Marino, white, hand hurt.
57 S. letopinal, white, leg hurt.
Warner, colored, leg broken.
Ned Johnson, colored, slightly b·at.
Mrs. Moldaeon, white, faee walded.
FP Pour colored women scalded and butt,
we Norman, colosed, fa scalded.
-- =mow`~----
HOTIL ARRIVAL..
Oid CITY HO'EL.
'e- J W Dniel., Mobile; Thoes mmet, M.MIs;
SJno F Oothraa.. OA Moody
ot; iW Beer .. Geo Hoes
'n, 1 Thompson W Sadler
ol bihreves T Puall pe
Col Harris H Flaminers.hld ..
in OP Murray L Phillipe
A Pelogoravich P H Borougon
Ueo lRoustod W Molinstry
N Higgins N J Itensald
P H Daires, Jr J fi'ompkins
E F Long and J 4 Ludlow
wife .. P Permier .
W Bidgood . I Festraggo -
P Ordter .. lohoumacher .
lhrs Boone .. iss Ress
Me Ms dtockton tMie Jones
e Isasac Putnam t Bose
ire IRH More, Mobile B N Lampkin, Mobile
- A F Hammond.. Ja F Qull
he Mrs A Laony John HTenr
at Jno Henry .. It Mellitt
rd M Our in Caps OChall and
lAuentO'Donnell wi,
and wife Joc McDonnell
SWm M Turmer Mrs Ludlow
l and wife Miss F Luslow
ed Miss T Ludlow MIdes H Wilson
r- P H O'Connor Mias BB Oo .
nd wise Lizzie ox.. JO Dyle
he W V Bergon .. T BRusell sad
Miss un-sell Wife
rhos Atkinson Dr Jesse Oarter
Tes Jno Powers and and daughters ..
be wile .. J IM menter and
A B Dickinson .. and wife
Wm L La.di- W i Oribner and
ner wife
F 0 Coggrela, Mobile (Obws t shards, Moie
ing M 0.lemith . Netter
ib Dr E B Maey Walter Lecy
1a- John H McKay .. Pa ls
Ir. I Rs land Jr Al sander
3;H A Wilon .. t Benosand lady
( 1A Werner Mies 8obhumasber ..
A AL tclater .. SBohreve
for o H Hnor F Natale
or W ose .. LA slenghter
top John Lyons John F Powers
ii, PO flanns Jae Cahill and wl~fe t
do D McDonald and wife, Mobile
Mobile John McDonaldatdw
RH E4sign and wife, tobie
Mobile MIsc Maggie Parke,
Je Arnold and wife, Mobile
Mobile UA Berogan and fll. ,
of Joh V Donnell and wife, Mobile
iog Mobile IIH A Wilsos, Mobldl
a PW Waleot, Mobile Jie Donabue, Mobl
inh as MoMsbon .. e B en len and Wi .
by Jas McDonnell .. Mobile
Wm McDonnell .. Wm Totter na wile,
ear- Dan Orawford and wife, Mobile
o 'n obilde TH Mobrny, Mobl.e
r, In B W Boberfeco, Mobile W J Roberson
'e (alvin Goodlue R J Wlo .
1ee5 A Wilson It De Collia .
e, Wm Otes .. Geo Eldstir .
I Andy Black HIBlask
I to SLmith .. WW Doggsa
iste. EA Beaufort Jlw Gabioe
ve Joe Warner . W W Langbo .
For t Hammel Mrs L HMtrms
heir rs T O Lowenstein Mrs M Lyons .
4 to Mobile M Sohnmulin
ion, D Grawford nd wife, Mrs r J Smith
Mct Mobile J Young and wife,
Miss A Bowen, Mobile Mass ( More, M
SMie e May Bowers .. WmBlade ..
los JH Blike May BIJaloek
p Arehiel Hall . Dr WH Math
the Oberkerlek . .. o Plemming .
I for TD MoWilliams P J McKay .
Jas Collengham 0 Go tello
ma MMefrath 0 Paw.rel
e." F Mtoske .. ThbVn Vaghan
JH Paff M Kruppo
sm- W Oerroll ..PlH Ialekey
Wt- Wm Pastserro .. W Brady .. 3
with The McDonnell .. J Ko x
J K-ony J W OCmeron
J M Bird, Galvesto Juhn L Olrroll,
o be A B Fontaine, Tmkasloosa.
the
ht We call atention t- FJoeral Order No. e, . ,
esh- the programme of marhb nad address to he we- .
tab frmed companiee and their soldier guests frl..
d so aobile.
pRUsIarL.-Tbe snannl oration before Buselder
O ilege, at Akron Obto, is to be pfosuseee ·
this "eel b, Rev. i. Esitrd RTrtsrlI, pause Of
tbe Uuitarian 5ocley in iths city.
silver soapina.
BeaNB,4FYoInGo Errata?. -Thse spw
orgy of a Wl rdr eonatUi ia teir pua f
p sAnd ghat wmMl TheJ us warremisI
in.. from the Po oea sod h whiekt Ob.
mertn~o the oo mi niS a of the hesil umo
toni flvoru mOw h Lb. marbt. Tbly we u
utry ue to their name6, bus us pre am
."ismof the beat quality, ad are so g
oentrsted ehet a eompurakevely aIqu
only need b used.
ViItOtm to our city and the publi cis
should do well to take their meeal" atpeae.Is
8 Cn(rondelet street. Torday, him e1( ,wqt i
wilt have a eplenolid bill of fare snI a . iw ear
':f #al era to receive geete. Wn area usr4 o YIs
other oolomn.
Pearl Boaphb