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THE NEW ORLEANS DAILY DEMOCRAT.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
VOL. II---NO.,171. NEW ORLEANS, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1877. PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
I I- I-l _ I- . . . II l ll l l e I i l
BY TELEGRAPH.
THE GREAT GALVESTON FIRE.
LOJU OF NEARLY SU,5H,000 WORTH
OF PROPERTY.
Galveston (wll be Benefited, Instead of
Lesian, by the Fire.
(Special to the Democrat.l
GALViEWTON, June 8.-A fire broke out on
Market street, between Centre find Twenty
eecond, in Gardener's Restaurant kitchen,
spread west to the corner, and took o l
)meyer's saloon, thence south, taking the
Grand Southern Hotel, Blum's wholesale
establishment and Jan. Brown & Co's. hard
ware store. Besides those named as losers
are: T. C. Thompson & Co., wholesale drug
gists; T. C. Crawford & Co. dealers in crockery,
Shaw & Blalocho, printers; James Horley's
three story building, in which were the
Cotton Exchange ofc.e and also M. Kapporl's
office, as well as G. A. Hill & Co's., and John
A. Caplin's auction rooms; Goo. Soeligon &
Co., wholesale grocers; Marx & Kenmpner,
wholesale grocers, and Geo. Sehnilder & (C.,
wholesale grocers. There are many other
losers, but they are small.
It is supposed that the loss is $2,500,000, lnt
It is almost entirely covered by Insurance.
Our home companies lose about $120,000.
Foreign companies are heavy losers.
Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 and Wash
ington Fire Company No. 1, have Itst their
fine building, as also have the First National
Bapk and Henry Soeligsin & Co.'s bank.
Frank D. Harraw, plumber and gasfitter, lost
all.
Not a foot of the ground burned over can
remain vacant; It is too valuable, and conse
quently arrangements are already made for
the erection of new buildings. Four to six
hundred laborers and mechanics will be put
to work at once. Galveston will be benefited
by the fire instead of losing. H.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Northern and Western Insurance Com
panles the Prinelpal Sufferers.
(Bpeoial to the Democrat.l
(GALVESITON, June 8.-At 8:80 o'clock this
morning a fire broke out in the kitchen of the
Now York Bestaurant, on Market street, near
Twenty-second street, and spreading north
and east, was not extinguished until .it
had destroyed nearly all the buildings be
tween Market street and the bay, and Twen
first and Twenty-second streets. After con
suming a tainber of shops and retail stores
on Markde street, the fire crossed the alley
and ittacked the Grand Southern Hotel,
M~1rphy & Brackloman's hardware store,
And several frame buildings on the south side
of Mechanics' crossing, Mechanic stre t.
The old Washington Hotel, Odd Fellows'
Hall, Seeligson's Batik, First National Bank
Marx & Kempner's wholesale grocery house,
Jacobs & Beckhardt, wholesale clothing; J. C.
Thompson & Co.'s wholesale drugs; J. S.
Brown & Co.'s wholesale hardware; Ranlett &
Co., ship stores` George Schneider & Co.,
wholesale grocers, all on the south side of the
Strand, were doetroyed. Crossing the Strand,
L. & H. Blum, wholesale dry goods; A. C
Crawford & Sons, crockery; G. Soeligson &
Co., grocers; Freiburg, Klein & Co., liquors;
D. J. Ayres, grocers; the Cotton Exchange,
and other buildings were destroyed.
The total number of buildings destroyed
were twenty-six. The loss is estimated at
from $2,000,000 to $8,000,000. It is impossible
to get details, owing to the excitement and
confusion here. It is said that the leading
houses are fully covered by Insurance, of
which there is only $100,000 In home com
panies. Eastern and Northern companies
lose heavily. The details of the losses and
insurance will be forwarded as soon as they
can be obtained. L. & H. Blum's losses on
stock amount to $600,000; on building $150,
000; insurance about $650,000. Marx & Kemp
ner's loss on stock amounts to $107,000; on
building $22,000; fully insured.
CAPITAL NEWS.
THE FELICIANA POSTOFFICES.
GEORGE SHERIDAN TO INVESTIGATE
THE TROUBLEN CONCERNING THEM.
Postmaster General Key Does Not Think
that He Will be Able to Appoint
Many Negroes to Postomlees
it the South.
[Special to the Democrat.l
WASHINGTON, June 8.--Somo days ago, dur
ing the absence of Mr. Key, the acting Post
master General had his attention called to the
postoffice troubles in the Felicianas. He
immediately decided to send a special agent
there to Investigate, and eclected a man for
merly from Indiana, notorious for his bloody
shirt prqclivities. As soon as Mr. Key could
give his personal attention to the matter, he
revqked the action of his subordinate and em
ployed George Sheridan to proceed immedi
ately to Louisiana and investigate all cases of
that nature which may require attention.
Mr. Key manifests great solicitude on this
pubject. He says he cannot be expected to
mnake distinctions on account of color, but
admits that there are very few negroes in the
SBouth who are fit for Federal offices, because
those who are honest are too ignorant, and
those who are sufficiently educated are too
dishonest, as a rule, to be trusted with im
portant official duties.
The selection of George Sheridan for this
duty, as the confidential advisor of the Post
.offie Department, means that Mr. Key has
become disgusted with the misrepresentations
.of Kellogg and that gang generally, and no
more appointments will be made upon their
.ecommendations unless indorsed by more
reliable parties.
theridan left for New Orleans on the 2:30
train this morning. The people of St. Fran
eisville and Clinton can rest assured that they
will have fair play. BUELL.
THE CABINET MIELrING.
Utah and M xlcan Questions Dis.
C ussrd.
lapeoeal to the Dmo'rat.]
WASHINGTON, June 8.-At a meeting of the i
inet to-day, at which United States Dis
trictAttorney Howard, of Utah, was present,
the Utah troubles were discussed at length,
and it was agreed that the United States au
, thoritles in that Territory should proceed
with firmness in the prosecution of offenders
H brought to justice for complicity in the
Mountain Meadow massacre, and %hould the
Mormons make an attempt to prevent the
f punishment of their leaders the government
will see that sufficient force was sent to the
Territory to enforce the decrees of the courts.
,n The Secretary of State read a communication
V- just received by him from our Minister to
. Mexico to the efTect that the Mexican authori
if ties would co-operate with the United States
e authorities on the Rio (Grande to prevent
to raids Into Texas, and break up the cattle
I- stealing' in that section.
SUnited Staten Deputy Marshal Franks.
WASHINGTON, June 8.-H. Lusk, United
States District Attorney for the Western D)is
ltrict of North Carolina, arrived here this
e morning as a witness in the trial of Franks,
SUnited States Deputy Marshal from North
Carolina. Franks was arrested upon a charge
n of defrauding the United 8tates government.
1 Marshal Douglas, J. W. Dick, Deluty Mar
slha, and J. W. Payne, United S.ates Com
missloner, are also summoned, and are ex
I pectedl tw reach hero to-morrow.
The Kemper County Massacre.
t WAsHN(ITON, June 8. --The District Attor
ney for the Southern District of Mississippi
has been instructedl by the Department of
Justice to investigate the facts attending the
death of McCleflan, in the Kemper county
massacre, in compliance with a request maule
Sby the English authorities, who claim that
McClellan was a British subject.
DOMESTIC NEWS.
A CONNECTICUT HORROR.
r THE WALSI OF A HAT FACTORI FALL
IN ON A LARGE NUMBER
t OF PEOPLE.
Thirty-two Burned and Dllllg-red
Corpses Taken from the Ruin.
I[veocal to the Democrat.l
BRIDOEPORT, Conn., June 7.-The most dis
astrous fire ever experienced hero occurred
last night. At 10:30 p. m. a light was discov
ered in the fourth story of Grover, Sanford &
Son's hat factory. An alarm was at once
sounded, followed by a secon( and general
alarm, and the whole department responded
to the call at once. The water supply proved,
however, Insufficient, and the lire gained in
consequence complete mastery of the build
ing. The flames were first seen in the dyeing
(or mixing room, in the northwest corner of
the third story of the main building, and
running along that floor, communicated.
through an opening to the stairs below.
The main building was two hundred and
elghty feet long, fifty feet wide and four and
a half stories high. The top of the basement
walls were sixteen inches thick; above that
was a story eighteen feet high, and above this
two others, eachl eleven feet high, surmounted
by an attic, all supported by twelve inch
walls. The windows were forty-eight Inches
wide and the columns )betwoen them forty
inches.
While volunteer firemen were removing the
goods from the office, the back and front
walls of the one-story structure suddenly and
without warning fell out, leaving the two
highest walls unsupported. One of the ad
joining offices leaned outward, and as shrieks
went up from the spectators, fell upon the
room of the office, crushing through it to the
basement and burying those within. One
man, who escaped with a gash, stated that
there were a dozen men in the ruins, and
already eleven bodies have been recovered.
Nearly all the wounded men are fearfully
crushed and More or less burned.
At the same time the cast end of the wall
also fell, carrying the fire into the wing, 110
feet long and 50 feet wide. This was also
conmpletely dtestroyed, together with the en
gine and boiler rooms adjoining. The walls
fell about 12:30 a. m, and assoon as possible a
scarch for the missing was commenced, but it
was 5 o'clock a. m. before the first body was
re(overed(. During the next hour eight were
found, and by 10 o'clock thirty-two others had
bIan taken fronm the ruins. The bodies were
placed in wooden boxes and are awaiting thell
action of the coroner's jury.
The naives of those whose bodies have
been recovered are: O. J. Acker, aged 50,
limbs burned off to knees, who leaves a wife
and two children; George Acker, son of O. J.
Aoker, aged 20,crushed; J. Gallagher, aged 35,
leaves a wife and two children; Edward O.
Toolo, aged 35, leaves a wife and children;
Charles F. Dart, aged 38, leaves a wife and
four children; John Malonoy, aged 28; Wm.
MuIlntyre, aged 22, head severed from body;
John Tomlin, aged 30, burned beyond recog
nition, but identified by warts and a ring.
One other body, suppos(ed to be that of a
young man named Sweeney, was found with
his limnbs burned completely off. Another
Ildly was so crushed and burned as to be un
recognizable, but it is supposed to be that of
a mnan named Coyne.
The original building was erected at a cost
of $110,000. Sandford's loss on the building
machinery, stock, etc., will reach about
$250,000; insurance $150.,000.
There ucre about 15,000 hats ready for ship
ment, most of which were destroyed. The
hat shop gave employment to 250 hands, and
was to lhave started Monday with a full force
of l1o1n.
REOPENING OF THE TICHBORNE CARE.
The MImsiniss iik In Tichborne's Testimony
Reportea Found.
[Special to the Democrat.]
SAN FRANCISCO, Juno 8.-A few days ago
the (Ill published an advertisement asking
for the captain, officers or crew of the schoon
er Osprey to communicate with Gray &
Haven, attorneys. The Oll also printed a
column article to the effect that the Osprey
referred to was the schooner by which Orton
Tichborne claimed that he was picked up
while adrift in a boat on the Atlantic ocean.
It stated that Capt. Mitchell Owens was in the
city and had responded to the advertisement;
also, that he had his log book in his posses
sion, which was expected to furnish the miss
ing link in the claimant's evidence. Further
inquiry shows that the story lacks authen
ticity.
Gray, of the above legal firm, statee that
some months ago, at the request of the sec
retary of the Tichborne Release Association,
he employed a man named F. L. Gordon to
search for the track of the Osprey and her
captain. Gordon reported after a while that
he had found Capt. Mitchell Owens, who had
the log lbook of the vessel. Mr. Gray was at
that time surveyor of this port, and being
pressed with business and having full con
fidence in Gordon, he reported the informa
tion thus received to the secretary of the as
sociation. In reply, he received a letter in
closing an order for $100 and asking him to
continue the investigation, and, if possible,
to obtain possession of the log book and in
duce Capt. Owens to go to England totestify.
At this point Gordon intimated that the re
ward was ridiculously small for the service
performed, and declined to have anything
furtlher to do with the matter.
Mr. Gray expresses his opinion that Gor
don is holding back for a higher bid for his
knowledge. It seems equally probable that
Gordon's whole story is a job. No one seems
to know of the whereabouts of the capjain,
although it is given out that he has gone to
Victoria.
As to the schooner Osprey, it is claimed
that the log alleged to Ibe in the captain's
possession shows that she arrived here in
1853, sailed early in 1854 for some Atlantic
port, thence to Melbourne, lduring which trip
he rescued Tichborne. Hhe is stated by the
secretary of the association to have been an
American three-mastldi schooner of four or
five hundred tons burthen. The custom
house records of that year have )ien de
stroyed by fire, but the records of the Mer
chants' Exchange, which are believed to be
full and trustworthy, show that the only ves
sel at all answering that description trading
to this port was the British three-masted
schooner Osprey, Capt. Griggs, which was
here in the spring of 1852, and did not return
until 1858. She was a small craft of only 149
tons. Mr. Gray has never seen Capt. Owens,
and the advertisement was inserted to remedy
the defection of Gordon. The inquiry is still
progressing.
AMERIC ItN MEDICAL ANMOCIATION.
Prof. T. (. Richardson, of New Orleans,
Elected President.
IHp~rlal to the DI)lrocrat. )
CHIucAeo, Juneo .--The American Medical
Association, with over 700 menibers in attend
amee, has just honored Prof. T. G. Richard
son. of New Orloans, with the presidency.
LOUISIANA.
GREENBACK( .
Peter Cooper's Letter to the President on
the Currency.
[peselal to the Democrat.]
NEw YoaK, June 8--Peter Cooper, candidate
for President of the United States at the late
election, has just addressed a long open letter
to President Hayes, criticising the past finan
cial policy of thingovernment and also mark
ing out a proper course, In his opinion, to be
pursued in future. Mr. Cooper begins his let
ter with these words: "Allow me to offer you
my heartfelt thanks for, the wise and indl
pendent course you have adopted In the dis
'harge of the responsible and difficult duties
that you have been called upon to perform."
Mr. Coo(per argues that our national currency
must be) made receiolvable for all purposes
throughout the country, and interconvertible
with three per cent government bonds. lie
says: "''uch] currency would be worth more
to the American people than all the gold
nines that have ever been discovered on the
,ontinent of America." ie ad, ises that sil
ver be withdrawn from circulation and used
In the purchase of foreign bonds, andt that
fractional paper currency be revived.
A Preshet Threatened in the Arkansas.
[Special to the I)moerat.]
IEMiPHnm, June 8.-It has been raining here
4inc yesterday morning. The rainfall meas
ires over nine inches. The river rose to-day
wenty-two inches. All the small streams
oire are greatly swollen, and a number of
uiibber rafts have been swept away. Advicss
received here state that a freshet is threat
nodi along the Arkansas river. White river
'ose seven feet at Batesville last Tuesday,
end boats starteAl for points above.
A Heavy IAsrn to Underwriters.
lpecclal to the Democrat.]
BosTON, June 8.-The loss of the ship Dan
iel Marcy involves a heavy loss to the under
writers, the Insurance on the cargo in Boston
offices being about $120,000, and on the vessel
and freight money $550,000. The Marcy had
on board a valuable cargo, consisting of 4706
piculs of hemp, 300 piculs Japan wood, 75,000
cigars and 285 quintals of indigo.
A Fugitive Bankrupt.
[Rpecial to the Democrat.]
NEW YORK, June 8.-E. W. Baxter, a well
known furniture dealer of Canal street, has
fled the city. It has been known on the street
for a long time that Baxter was sorely press
ed financially, and apparently he has never
recovered from his failure in the early part of
1875. The liabilities of the firm are placed at
from $45,000 to ,000 to $50,000; assets at $10,000. On
the passenger list of the steamer China,
which sailed from Boston for England, ap
pears the name of E. W. Barker, which is be
lieved to be the name asstumie l)y Baxter.
Connolly's Compromise.
[Special to the Democrat.)
NEW YORK, June 8.-Richard B. Connolly,
of the Tammany ring, has opened negotia
tions looking to the restoration of a part of
his plunders, now held in the name of his
son-in-law. The terms under consideration
primarily concede the peaceful return of Con
nolly from exile. The restoration of over
$1,500,000 will probably be demanded from the
ex-Controller.
Prize Fight.
[Ipecial to the Democrat.]
NEW YORK, June 8.-The prize fight be
tween McLaughlin of Brooklyn and Williams
of Jersey City took place to-day in a bar
room on the outskirts of Brooklyn. Twenty
one rounds were fought when McLaughlin
was declared victor. Both men were badly
punished.
Base BaIl.
[Special to the Democrat.]
RocHEmSTR, N. Y., June 8.-Memphis Reds
7; Rocheatrs, 0.
FOREIGN NEWS.
No Petitions or Addresses to be Allowed In
r France.
t [Soeial to the Democrat.)
PARIS, June 8.-A circular has been issued
t ordering the prosecution of all persons circu
5 lating for signatures addresses or petition
of certain factions of the Senate or Chamber
of Deputies.
The French Prosecutions.
[Special to the Democrat.)
PARIS, June 8.- M. Bonnet Doneldier, Presi
dent of the Municipal Council of Paris, re
cently arrested, charged with insulting Proesi
(lent MacMahon and inciting civil war andi
assassination, has boon sentenced to fifteen
months' imprisonment and to pay a fline of
two thousand francs. Five oother participants
in the meeting at St. Denis incurred lesser
but severe sentoenes.
Ulysses Orant, D. C. L.
i4pHnral t.,the Democrat.I
LONDON, Juue 8.-,Oxford University has
offered ex-President Grant the honorary de
gree of D. C. L.
The General attended a levee of tihe Prince
of Wales yesterday.
Grant's Movements.
ISoreial to thi D,etoerat.l
LONDON, June R.--At Oxford University,
the honorary degree of D. C. L. will he con
ferred on ex-President Grant on Wednesday
next. The ceremonies of presenting him the
freedom of the city will take place on the
15th.
Bullion-The Bank of England.
[Hoceial to the Domoerat.)
LONDON, June 8.--Amount of bullion with
drawn from the Bank of England on balance
to-day, £`0,000.
WAR NOTES.
RuNsla's Threats to Turkey.
Bilussxts, Juno H.-Le Nord last night pub
lished an article about peace rumors. The
following are the significant extracts from it:
"Russia will not lay down her arms until
guarantees corresponding tosacriflees already
made have behn obtained from Turkey. There
is no question of Russia concluding a cheap
bargain."
" Demonstrations must he complete and the
results decisive; it, is necessary for the se
curity of the future."
" Turkey should be perfectly convinced of
her isolation and inferiority, and absolute
necessity of submitting to the conditions sie
herself has rendered necessary."
British Occupation of Egypt Demanded.
DSpoeial to the Domocrat.]
LONDON, Juno H. -Among the reports cir
culated yesterday la the Stock Exchange were
those that England is about to purchase the
founder's shares in the Suez canal and the
Porte's sovereign right in Egypt. Some
papers think that this buying indicates a
good foundation for the belief that England is
about to take further important steps to con
solidate her interests in Egypt, while others
think the steps already taken are ample to
justify a return of confidence in Egyptian se
curities, and that all the reports of further
action are more stock jobbing canards. t
The Pall Mall Gazette advocates the British
occupation of Egypt forthwith.
The Roumanian Army.
!9peelal to the Democrat.]
IcUGCAREST, June 8.-The Roumanian army
is ready for actual fighting. It numbers 55,
000 regulars. This number includes infantry,
cavalry anti artillery, and is divided into two
army corps. There are also 5000 or 6000 mili
tia under arms and available for field service;
5000 regulars are employed in non-combatant
duties.
The Ruslians to Croass the Danube at a
Nikopolis.
[lpecial to the I)emocrat.l
LONDON, June 8.-There is an impression at
Shumla that the Russians are about to cross
the Danube at Nikopolis, where the river is
only half a mile wide. The Turks are mass
ing troo)ps toward Nikopolis, and must be
reducing the garrison of the Quadrilateral.
The Czar Visits Prince Charles.
[Special to the Democrat.I
PLOIERTI, June 8.-The Czar and Grand
Dukes proceeded to Bucharest to-day, to visit
Prince Charles. They return to-night.
Mulhktar Pasha Falling fa.ck.
[Special to the Democrat.]
VIENNA, June 8.-Muhktar Pasha has aban
doned the idea of defending the heights from
Erzeroum, although he intends to defend the
town. This backward movement is caused by
an advance of the Russian column on Olti
threatening communication between Erze
roum and Trebizonde.
More Rumors of Peace.
[Special to the Democrat.l
BERLIN, June 8.-The arrival of Sabdullah
Bey, the new Turkish Ambassador to Berlin,
who leaves Constantinople to-morrow, is
looked forward to as an event of the greatest
importance, for it is believed the German gov
ernment will, with the concurrence of Eng
land, advise Thrkey to conclude a peace as
soon aspossible, Russia having already in
formed the Cabinets at London, Vienna and
Berlin that it would agree to conclude a peace
on the basis of a protocol and accepting a con
cession of territory in Asia Minor, instead of
an indemnity.
Sanguinary Fighting in Herzegovina.
[Special to the Democrat.]
LONDON, June 7. - A correspondent at
Vienna says that from the Herzegovina side
the news is that Suleiman Pasha, after taking
Kristac Kretazes, sent All Pasha to reinforce
and provision Piva before he, Suleiman, at
tempted to force Dufga Pass.
Alater telegram states that Piva has been
revictualed. A special from Ostrok shows
the fighting at Kristae was very sanguinary.
The Montenegrin losses reported six hundred
killed and wounded on Monday night, an(i
twelve hundred Turks killed. Fifty officers'
sabres are reported to have been taken and
brought in.
Preparing to Cross the Danube.
[Special to thi Democrat.l
WIDTI, June 8.-A dispatch of Thursday
says that the Russans continue ooncentra
tion of their pontoon trains. A great force of
artillery has arrived and the crossing of the
river, it is believed, will be attempted immedi
ately.
The RusMians to Croem at Nlkopolls.
IHpecial to the Democrat.]
LowDor, June 8.-A special from d"humla
says that it is generally belloved.4t the Turk
ish headquarters, that Russia's main force
will attempt, within the next few days, to
cross the Danube near Nikopolls.
Ronmanian Atrocities.
pevocial to the Democrat.l
LONDON, June 8.-A Vienna dispatch says
it is stated that the houses of 150 Jewish fam
Ilies were pillaged by a mob at Dawbani, In
Roumania, on Sunday. Eleven Jews were
killed, twenty-four wounded and 90,00(0 ducat
stolen.
Turkish Outragte.
[Lpecial to the I)emocrat.i
LONDON, June 8.--The news is confirmred
that Circassians in Thessaly pillaged the
Mnastery of Ragane and killed the monks.
Roumania Under Martial LIw.
[Mpecial to the Democrat I
BU7cnARnsT, *June 8.--- Out of the thirty
three districts into which Roumania is
divided, twenty-eight have been virtually
placed under martial law. This is dlone be
cause capital punishment is not recognized
by the civil law of Roumania, and the fro
qluent discoveries of spies render the measure
necessary.
Prince IGortchakeot Merlously Ill.
[ipecial to the Democrat]
LONDON, June 8.--A dispatch from Ibrail
says that Prince Gortschakoff looks very ill,
and is a more ghost of himself. It Is thought
that he will not live long.
EN16A ND AND RUS.I t.
Prince Sortchakoff's Reply to Lord Derby.
PARIS, June 8,-The communication which
Russia sends to Lonlon is not a note, in a
diplomatic sense, but a letter from Prince
Gortschakoff in reply to the letter of Lord
Derby, which Count Schouvaloff took with
him to St. Petersburg.
In his letter, Lord Derby drew the atten
tion of Russia to various points where Eng
lish Interests would be affected if Rhussian
action extended so far. They were mentioned
in Mr. Cross's speech in Parliament, and are
the Suez Canal, and Egypt, (onstantinople,
Dardanelles, and Persian Gulf. The Prince's
letter Puccessively takes up these points and
explains that Russia does not mean to inter
fere with any one of them. Prince Gortecha
koff acknowledges the great international
and commercial importance of the Suez
Canal, and gives the mo(t positive as
surances that Russia does not intend in
any way to touch it. Russia indeed thinks
herself entitled as a matter of right, to carry
the war into Egypt, but explains that any
action in that dlrcction has never been even
taken into consideration. This is even more
the case as regards the Persian Gulf. Russia
thinks that so important a maritime passage
as are the Dardanelles must always be regu
lated by international agreement, and not by
one power alone. Shc, disclaims any intention
of acquiring Constantinople, though at the
same time she could not ,consent to its pos
session by any other Christian power.
The communication is silent as regards the
temporary occrpation of Constantinople,
which may become ne~ossary and ensue in
the course of Russia's military achievements.
The letter goes on to say that Russia has re
mained true to her programme in aiming sole
ly at improving the condition of Christtans
in Turkey, which can only he done by coerc
ing the Porte. As smn as Russia has achieved
this, she will fall back on the resolutions of
the Constantinople conference, and contend
for such guarantees as will insure the efficacy
of the reforms, asking the powers to take up
the thread where it was broken by dissolution
of the conference-.
RIVER NEWS.
iSpecial to the Democrat.l
MEMPIT, June 8.-- Departed : Church for
New Orleals at noon. She added here 757
sacks oat meal. She will fill out her cargo
with cotton and oil cake at the mouth of
White river. Heavy rains. River rising.
The City of Augusta, which left Little Rock
for New Orleans, when twenty hours run
above Pine Bluff, got aground. Being in a
dangerous position, 1200 sacks oil cake were
thrown overboard. The cargo consisted of 250
bales cotton, 2500 sacks oil cake and 1500 sacks
seed meal.
CAIRO, June l0.-I)epartcli--Port Ealds for
New Orleans at midnight. Raining since day
light.
Marine Newm.
NEW YORK, June 5.-Arrived: Labrador.
Arrived out: Hilda, Marie, Bathnia Wiscon
sin, Adelade Harris, Mary (. Reed, Houre,
Ernst and Maria, Resolve, Tabor.
MARKETS.
Foreign.
[Hpecial to the Democrat.)
LIVERPOOL, June 8. - Flour 29s'32s Od.
Wheat-Milwaukee red 12s ld@13s 4d; Cali
fornia white 12s 6d@12s l(ld; California club
13s'413s 3d. Corn 24s 3d@24e 6d. Pork 57s.
Beef 85s. Bacon--long clear 36s 9d; short
clear 38s. Lard 45s 6d. Tallow 40s 9d.
Uplands, Low Middling clause, June and
July, 6d.
3 p. m.--Uplands, Low Middling clause
June and July delivery, 6 1-32; July and
August, 6 3-321.
Domestic.
[Special to the Democrat.]
CHICAAO, June 8, Evening.-Wheat quiet;
$1 47 July, $1 30 August. Whisky quiet;
sales-50 bbls at $1 07. Provisions irregular.
Pork $12 70 July, $12 82% August. Lard 8.90
July, 9 August. Corn stedy; 45%'46 July.
Barley dull and nominal ; No. 3 38, rejected
37.50 bid, 60 asked. No. 2 rye dull and
nominal; 68 cash and June, 66 July.
CINCINNATI June 8.--Flour firm. Wheat
scarce and firm; $1 70(61 80. Corn quiet,
453?47. Oats dull, 38.@43. Whisky steady,
$1 06. Pork nominal, $13 75Q14. Lard quiet,
9. Bulk meats, fair demand at 4'/~6~C 7.
Bacon, fair order trade at 5V.@7l',r
ST. LouIl, June 8.-Flour firm, unchanged.
Wheat higher, inactive; No. 2 red fall $1 75
hid; No. 3 do. $1 65 bid. Corn easier; 42'
hid cash; 42'@42% June; 43%'5a43. July.
Oats dull; 38% bid. Rye dull; 65% bid.
Whisky quiet, $1 07. Pork lower; $13 July;
$13 20 August. Bulk meats--buyers and sell
ers wide apart no sales. Bacon 5'~ 7%,
7%. Lard dull; kettle offered 8%. Hogs
lower; slow; light shipping $4 20'44 35;
mixed and heavy $4 10@4 15; receipts 2500.
BALTIMORE, Jiine 8.-Flour more active and
firmer; Western super $4 70'~5 06; extra $6 25
ra7 50; family $8'c9. Wheat quiet and firm.
Corn-Western quiet and easier; Western
mixed spot 58 80; July 59'%; August 61 bid
steamer 55%~ Oats-prime heavy, active and
firm; light Western white 50o,; do. mixed 476
kS; rye firm 75 a 80; hay firm; provisions dulo
unchanged. Butter--choice Western grass
irm, 17@18; other kinds dull and nominal;
petroleum weak, crude H%; refined 14/;.
otffee auiet and unchanged; Vi hiskey dull at
)1 11 Ileceipts-Flour 700 bls; wheat 19,
i0o; eorn 64,u100; oats 2230; rye 4000. Ship
Snts--Corn 115,000.
NEW YORK, June 8.-Flour quiet; receipts
1000 bble, sales 8000 bbls. Wheat unchanged;
coeipte ~W0O bushels; no sales. Bye steady
at 9Ol, Bta M corn steady; receipts 82 000
bushejs; 6O bushelsa ta oo ew
barley un quiet; reep 84,.
000 bushels; i6,0% buehels at 37.88 for
mixed W d State 44.67 for white.
Pork less firm $t $l14u0i 25. Lard quiet
and easter at 9.25. Whisky, $I l1~4. Sugar
dull. Petroleum, crude 8, refIned 14k.
MIONET AND STOCJS.
Closing Ilteekleport.
(Rpeclal to the Democrat.i
NEW YOVK, June 8, 1877.
Western Union Telegraph.
Pacific Mail. . ....1
Adame Ex res. . . p .
Wells Fargo A Co.'s Exp
American Merchants' r
sitted Rtates ].pr .,,
New York Central... ;....:
Erie................ ...
Erie, prefor~d. .......... . -
Harlem... e r ...... ... 141
,arlem, pr/errdd.."......... . 140 ®_
Michigan Central .. , ....... i -
Panama,.
Union ....... ....... ,
Lake Sh . ý. n eigean Southern 46'
Illinois Central... ....... 1
Cloveland and Pittsburg ........ 1t0
Northwestern ........
Northwestern, preferred... 45.
Cleveland and Columbus.... - .. 25
Neow Jersey Central .... s@
Rock Island .... 91 ý
St. Paul....... " . is
St. Paul, preferrdl.. .48 @
Wabash ........
Fort Wayne ......... . (
Ohio andMississMisppit .... .. 4','9 -
Delaware and Lackawanna .. 37~9
Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph . 19 @
Missouri Pacific ............... 1iyi
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 100 @ -
St. Joseph ...................... 12 -
U. S. (11 1881.............. .... liohl0hl1o
Do witi coupons......... ....115 -
U. S. 5-20s, 1886, new Issue.....109/@10.A%
U. S. 5-20s, 1867 ............. 112 ..
U. S. 5-20s, 1868, with coupon s..... Ili; c@
U. H. 10-40s........... .......l112%@112x
Do with coupons..... ........112%4112/
Currency Se......... .....122 N@ -
New s ...... 111 @4 -
NBw YORK, June 8.-Money easy 1.
Exchange 4884.90'/. Governments lower.
State bonls quiet. Stocks Irregular, but in
the main were higher at the opening; after
first call prices declined %(1l;the features
were for Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern, Lake Shore, New York Central, Western
Union and Rock Island.
Loenoi, June 8.-- Consols for money, 94
11-16: U. t. 5-20's of 186.5, 108% of 1867, 109%;
10-4.rs 109. New fives, 107%. Erioe 6.
CCIRAP5 OF HISTORY.
What the Rads Thought of Attorney Gen
eral Ogden's Iajunctlon.
It will be remem bared that soon after the inau
guration of Gov. Nicholls an injunotion was issued
from the 81ixth Dietrict Court enjoining Johnson,
Honors and others from performing the duties
of the offices which they had unurped.
Johnson applied to Hunt
FOR LiEAL ADVICE,
and receiving the following reply :
ATrroa.ur GOnaL's Or,.Co,
State of Louisiana,
New Odieans, January 12, 1877.
Hon. Geo. B. Johnson, Auditor :
fir-In answer to your communication, re°
questing my opinion and advice in relation to a
certain pretended writ of ioJunction issued in
the name of the itate of Loul iana, upon the re
latioan of H. N. Ogdea as Attorney General, by
H. J. Dnueon, assuming to set as depaty dierk of
the so-ealled 81xth District Court for the parish
of Orlean"uoder order of N. H. Bightor claiming
to setas jue of said coart, I have to say:
That . Ogden, who appears as relator in
maid pretended sait, is not Attorney General of
the state and io natuthorized to act in that be
alf. That the sBith District Court has been by
law abolished, and that N. H. Rightor has no
right to act as judge of that
OR AN OT0Te COURT.
You will, therefore, treat the pretended writ as
in absolute nullity, having no force and entitled
to no respect. Yor obedient servant
WILLIAM H. IUNT,
Attorney General.
It is quite likely that Johnson Is still following
the advice given by the writer of the letter.
JONS.OlN TO IHUNT.
What the Latter Thought the Former
C.Oeal not Do.
Johnson, in his testimony before the Auditorsaj
ITvestigating Committee the other day, inferred
that the Auditor's office had been in the possee
sion of the pollce since after the 9th of January,
when books found in his office shows lssue of
warrants on nearly every day up to March 31.
On the 8th of January he addressed a letter
to Wm. H. Hunt, askingae to his authority under
provisions of section 2 of act No. 29, of 1873, in
delegating the powers of his office to a chief
clerk. Hunt replied that the chief clerk could
act during or in ease of the Auditor's illness
or absence from the office, and that the chief
clerk could sign as aoing Additor, but under
the circumstances stated the advice was that the
chief clerk was not authorized to act.
"DIRULE. FORK OVER."
Is What the Late Attorney General
Wanted of his Assistant.
On April 12, 1876, the late Attorney General
Field became rather worried about the fees of
his office due from the collection of taxes by the
then Assistant Attorney General Dibble, who it
seems must have made a good thing out of that
kind of collections. He then addressed to Dibble
the following letter:
OrrIcz or TIIu ATroBnrw G iatEAL,)
State of Louisiana,
New Orleans, Apri 12, 1876.
Hnn. H. O. Dibble, Assistant Attorney General:
9ir-It has n 1w been nearly five months since
I have had any returns from your office in regard
to my fees for the collection of taxes.
I am not generally in the habit of complaining,
but I would like toknow the cause of delay.
Yours truly,
A. P. FIELD,
Attorney General.
nTEELB's CONTINGENT.
Worked in JOal, Wood, Peotage Stampse
and Keys.
During the latter part of the Kellogg regime
it was a question of doubt in the minds of those
not in the secret, how Bteele got away with his
handsome "contingent," or how he
WORIxD IT IN.
The following letter explains the secret:
ATro.i.y Gnrs AL's Orrcz, 1
State of Louisiana,
New Oileans, La., December 7, 1876.
hr. John W. Madden, 73 Camp street:
,ir-Since I assumed charge of this office I
cave paid on account of contingent expenses of
lame:
.ovember 1, 1876, for five bbls coal......... $2 50
.Iovem er 1, 1876, for postage stamps....... 2 00
November 1, 1876, for keys................ 1 50
December 7, 1876, for coal and wood. ...... 3 50
Please enter the same on your bill which I it*
lose, and give the office credit for balance of
:ontingent faud paid you.
Yuars repeettuhIAMll R. STEELE,
Attorner Gseral.