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THE NE W ORLEANS DAILY DEMOCRtAT.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
VOIL II---NO. 185. NEW ORLEANS, SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1877. PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
FOREIGN 1NEWSI.
r3suAIANl PROPOIrTIONS TO ENGLAND.
Enrland In Oeuupy Egypt.
[Speet elto the Democrat.]
Naw YoRx, June 22.--A London special says
that Count Shouvaloff, the Russlan Ambassa
lor, at the requeet of Earl Derby, has put on
paper assurances In regard to Constantinople
which he had made verbally and somewhat
vaguely. These embody the following points:
Russla will propose a temporary occupation
by her forces of Constantinople, undertaking
to evacuate the city on receiving a full in
diemnlty for the expenses incurred by her in
the prosecution of the war, and will also pro
pose guarantees that certain reforms hereto
fore suggested in the ad ninistration of the
government of the Turkish provinces shall be
faithfully carried into eoperatlon It is ecrtain
that any proposition involvinl a sacrifice of
the Turkish maritime force in the Black Sea
will he rejetctdl by Groat Britain.
Arrangements have been effected by whiclh
England, with the consent of the (hedlive,
and not In opposilion to the wishes of the Sul
tan, will he granted the l)rivilegeof occupy
ing Egypt with a force of some 20,000 men,
under Gen. Sir Thomas Steele. The required
forco is ready, and for this contemplated oc
cupation camps and other necessary arrange
mnts havei already been made in Egypt.
Prince Milan Will Take It I'p and ien It
Alone If Aunarla Will Pass.
ISpectal to the Democrat.]
LoNoDN, June 22.-A Vienna dispatch to the
Thmin says it is quite possible that Prince
Milan may enter the fray on his own account,
and that if host liti.s are, as they were last
year, carried on at a considerable distance
from the Austrian frontier, Austria will very
probably not deeoom it necessary for the pro
tection of her interests to intervene in the
struggle.
Runala Borrowing More Money.
[Spocial to the Democrat.]
HT. P'TERRIsntURt, June 22.--A ukase was
published to-day authorizing the Minister of
Finance to contract a five per cent loan to the
extent of two hundred million rubles.
The Turks Triumphant In Montenegro.
L8peeial to the Democrat.]
LONDON, June 22.-Turkish advices from
Montonegro report that Huleiman Pasha has
succeeded in driving the insurgents fronm
Ostrok and taken possession of the town.
ThbeTurks now .cculpy all of the important
strategic positions in the province, and the
campaign in Montenegro is now considered as
being virtually at an end.
T1J.latest Turkish advices from Erzorounm
.re to the effect that the Russians have ioen
- defeated in attempting to pass I)elibahl
gor'ge, and that they have sustained very se
vere losses.
Grant and Victorla.
[Special to the Democrat.]
LONDON, June 22.- It is understood that cx
President Grant will soon hb received by
Queen Victoria, in aceordance with the in
timation given by her some time ago.
The Prench Republleana Decide not to
Flllbuater.
[HpeClal to the Demoornt.l
PARIS, Juno 22.--The E..centmnrt newspaper
states that the Republican hcnators have
finally concluded not to endoa r to) prevent
the dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies
by quitting the Renate previous to a vote, and
thus depriving the government of a quorum.
The reason given for this decision is that such
tactics would, after all, only result in delay
ing the dissolution for a day.
Britlah Interewts in the dalt.
[Special to the Democrat.]
LONDON, June 22. The ,Stlfandlrd denies
that the government intends to ask supple
mentary credit for the protection of lritishl
interests in the East.
Contrary to Turkish reports of t ho junction
of Sulilman Pasha and All Sai,. a (.,ttinj,
correspondent, In a telegram of the 21st. says,
.it relation to the Turkish defeatt near Spuz.
that there never was a worse pancl or Ia more
disastrous rout.
It is confidently believed tlhat Sulhim an will
be driven back to Niesic.
Austrian Precaution.
[Speolal to the Demoerat.l'
BI.rLIN, June 22.--At the military council
at Vienna it was resolved to strengthen the
force in Dalmatia by about live thousand
troops.
A Plot to flow Up the Banks of the Suez
Canal.
[Special to th Demonrat.)
LONDON, June 22.--A Paris dispatch says a
singular plot has been discoverod in Egypt to
blow up the iaulks of the Suoz Canal with
nitro-glycerine.
Heavy Artillery Fights.
(Special to the l)emocrat.]
RItgTCrHUK. June 22. ('annonading contin
ues here. A Russian battery has h.nt dis
mantled at Slalsiyga. Wednleslay the luus
slans collected a number of boats and six
small stoamuers behind Isinold , near P'i ergos.
Considerahle firing ensued across the river,
without damage to the Turks, although, as the
Russian honts were somntimnls exposed. to a
heavy fire, it is oeli\evel that they sulffered.
A Sl nItIrant Brtlllh Order.
[Special to the Democrat.l
LONDON, June 22.-A Vieunna eorrespondent
denies the report of the mobilization of the
&ervian militia. The English government has
ordered Mackillop Pasha, and other British
officers in the Khedive's service, to re.sign.
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CAPITAL NEWS.
Packard and and llogg Gone to Fish in the
Northern Lakes and to Fire the Inter
ocean.
(Special to the Demoerat.l
WAsrINoToN, June 22.-Packard and Kel
logg have abandoned their proposed raid on
the President, as intimated in my dispatch of
day before yesterday. They are now in Chi
oago, and their friends here say they will
spend the next two months hunting and fish
nog in the northern lakes. The result of their
rialt to Chicago L; apparunt in th laiocr
Oeas.a'u flaming crusade against what it calls
the WThite League persecution of Dibble,
Johnson and their confreres; but the design
of ralding the President on that subject has
been abandoned for the reason that Kellogg
and Packard were advised that he would not
in any manner interfere with the processes of
law under the Nicholls government. This
exhausts the last hope of the carpet-baggers
and they may as well prepare to face the
music. BTUELL.
A Pow-wow, In which the Mexicans
Promise Much to Ord.
[Special to the Democrat.]
WASHINGTON, June, 22.-In the Cabinet ses
sion which took place to-day, the appoint
ment of Callender J. Lewis, of Kentucky, to
be an assistant paymaster of the navy, was
agreed upon.
A dispatch from Gen. Ord was presented,
which states that Gen. Trevero. commanding
tihe Mexican forces at Bravo, has had a talk
with ()rd about frontier matters, and that a
good understanding has been brought about.
This was regarded as furnishing gorod
groun(lds for the beliet that the Mexican au
thorities intend honestly to co-operate with
our aulthorities in suppressing raids across
the Rio Grande and putting an end to the
cattle stealing, which has caused so much
complaint.
Evart. Not Yet Delivered of Hi. New Civil
Service system.
[Hpetidval to thie Denmorat.]
WAmIIN(oTON, Juno 22.-It is believed thai
at least a week will elapse before the noe
civil service rules will he ready for promulga
tion.
Private utterances of the Presidenti lead tn
the inference that all Federal officers will herr.
after be prohibited from taking an active parl
in political manifestatioti, or frorn becoming
members of political conventions, or serving
as members of political committees.
Arms for the Orewonian,.
[Special to the Democrat.]
WASHINGTON, June 22.--The citizens of Ore
gon living in the vicinity of the Indian hol.
tilities will be furnished arnlm and ammuni
tion by the government.
Four Per Cent Bonds.
WASHINGTON. June 22.--Reports made to
the treasury show, up to the close of Ibusinress
yesterday, that tihe amount of four per ce.nt
bonds subscribed for by the people of thim
United States, under the thirty days limita
tion, was $O00,000, of which $400,00) was sub
scribed in New York. It isestimated that the
aggregate popular subscriptiorn will not ex
ceedl $2,n000,000.
Libel.
WAIIINOTON, June 22.-- Gen. (orman. t'
rested for libeling Hester, waived exanmiina
tion, and is held for the grand jury in $lo101.
Military Attaches to the Front.
LoN.oN June 22.-A military correspond
enut at Bucharest telegrapllhs: All military at
taches, except the English, have gone to the
front. Offieors of headquarters' staff say an
English military attacho was so received by
the Grand Duke as to render his remaining
with the Russian army very uncertain.
Barges used for transporting corn on the
Danubo have been made into floating block
houses for transferring infantry. 'They are
bullet proof.
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MARKETS.
Domestic.
[vecuial to the Democrat.l
CINCINNATI, June22.--Flour steady. Wheat
firrm and higher; white $1 8 0tl 95. Corn
steady, 4N 49. Whisky steady, $1 08. Pork
unchanged. Lard quiet, 9c. Bulk moant goodt
demnand; shoulders Sc cash, and buyer
.TJune; short ribs 7t1 cash, 7'4 buyer July;
7, huyer August; clear 71ý. Bacon firm;
CaHICAO, June 22.- ('uorn steady; 461$ ear
lots; 4(6i@4W6 July, 49 August. Whisky
firmn; $1i o. Wlhoat easier; offered $1 444,
July; $1 26/ August. Pork steady; $12 85
.Jull; $12 95 August. Lard steady; 8.s85 July;
.!92,,a~G.95 August. Meats--loose easier;
6.57@6((.871, August.
ST. LOUIs, June 22.-Flour lirm, little tll)
ing. Wheat striong -No. 2 red fall $1 90 bhil,
cash; sales $1 4H .July; No. 3 do. $i 80 cash.
Corn easier'- 43.(44 eash; 43'11.@43, July;
441e44! August. Whisky steady, $1 07".
'ork lower, $13 25 cash and August.. Bloul
meats lower, 64 bidl, cash anil JItui', for clear
rib. Bacon steady, 5%1418. Lard 9.
NEW YORKu June 22. Noon.--Cotton qjuiet,
and firm. 1'plands 11":; O)rleans 1ts. Sales
2H4 ha los.
Futures opened a shade lower: June 11.5.(1
11.60, J.1uly I l.I611.67, August 11.76@11.77i,
Mlptemnber Il.i;011ll.71, October 11.38(111.40,
Novembier ' 11.214(411.23, Decenlber 11.22@i 11.24.
Flour dull and unchanged. Wheat quiet,
and heavy. Corn I-' lower active at a decline.
Pork fl'ni, $14 50r414 60. Lard steady, steam
9.3519.r50. Spirits of turpentino steady. 314@
3114. Rosin fi lr, $1 90@l1 95 for strainedl.
Freights quiet.
For eign.
LIVERP'oor. June 22--Noon.-- Cotton dull
and unchanged. Middling Uplands 9 3-16d;
Middlingl Orleans 63.(ld. Sales 6000 hales; for
speculation and export 105(1. Receipts 1700
bales, all American.
Futures weaker, with sellers at last night's
prices. Uplands, low middling clause, July
and August delivery. 6 15-12d; August andl
Septesmber 6 7-32d. New e(rp, shipped No
vember and December, sail 6 7-32d; ,eptem
ber and October deliveries. 6 9-32d. Sales of
the week 49,000, speculation ,000), export 2x000.
Stock 1,030,000; American 657,0()0. Rleceipts
20,000; American 9000. Afloat 250,100; Ameri
can 10,800; sales of American 29,0etM.
1 p. m.-Uplands, Low Middling clause.
.Tune and July delivery, 6 5-32(@6'd; (l;Octcer
and November 6 5-16d.
2:30 p. in.- Breadstuffs quiet and steady,
except corn, which is firm, new mixed West
orn 25@23s. 3d; prime mess pork 52s 6d;
American lard 45s 6d.
LTVF:rPOOL, June 22, 3 p. in.-Uplandls Low
Middling clause July and August delivery.
6 5-32d. Sales of Anmerican, 45 i) bales.
IPAlrH. June 22, 3 p. nm. -Runtes, 105f 60c.
LONION. ,tJnll 22, 3:15 p. rl.-Consols 93
15-16.
MONEY AND ITOCKS.
[Fpecial to the Democrat.]
NElw Ye(oK, June 22.-Gold 10514. U. S. 6's
of 1881, 111, ; do. coupolns, 115@115.; 5-20's
of 1l65, new issue, 109, ; do. of 1867, 113y;
do. 160s. c(upons, 1150116; 10-40's 112%(.@
112',; do. coupons, 112,;; currency 6's 122;;
0(12:3; new 5"s. 111@ll,111.
Foreign.
LONDON. .June 22.-Consols for money.
94 1-16; account 9414 ; U. S. 5-20's of 18651041 ;
do. (f 1867 i[e;'4 ; 10-40's 1094; new lIve's. 107 :
Er'ie t.,.
RIVER NEWS.
[8u'cial to the DT)moeral.1
MEM1'urs, June 22. -. I)parted : (;olden
Rule, for New Orleans.
Marine News.
NEW YonK, June 22.- Arrived: Veteran,
Eipress.
DOMESTIC NEWS.
THIE INDIAN WAR.
Fifty Soldiers Killed and Wounded at
White Bird Canon.
[Special to the Democrat.l
SAN FRANcisno, June 22.-The Indians have
got the best of the soldiers thus far, and have
driven them back from White Bird Canon to
Mount Idaho. They have killed and wounded
up to this time about fifty men. It will take
500 soldiers to whip Joseph's band.
Grand Rapids Races.
[Special to the Democrat.)
DJInolT, June 22.--In the races which took
place at Grand Rapids this morning, Capt.
Jack took the first money in the 2:26 race.
Time, 2:2713.
The half-mile, running ratce' was won by
Blink. Time, 50 minuotes.
The Oka Indian Troubles.
[Hpeeial to the Democrat.)
MONTREALT, June 22,--The (Oka Indliana have
returneml to Oka on assurances that they
would not he arrested.
A RIAturned Pilgrlm.
[tSpclial to the Democrat.)
New YORK. June 22.-James Gordon Ben
nett, proprietor of thi lbrol. arrived to-day
frol Europe.
Tilden'a Income Tax.
[~Sneial to the Demoerat.]
NEw YORK, June 22.---In the suit of the
government against Hamuea l J. Tild(en, insti
tuted to recover the tax claimed to be due by
Mr. Tilden on his income for several years,
the defendant's attorney has prepared an an
swer. which is in substance a general denial
of the allegations made In the complaint.
Memphis' New Postmaster.
[Special to the Democrat.)
MEM1'HIs, June 22.--- R. A. Thompson, of the
Amehanchp, having filed his bond, to-day re
ceived his commission as postmaster of this
,ity.
The Oregon War.
SAN FRANc.l(O, June 22.-- Advice from
Walla-Walla state that the Indians killed
every man on Salmon river but spared the
women and children. The indians have got
the best of the soldiers; up to this time they
have killed about thirty and driven them
back from White Bird to Mount Idaho.
The Awlul Calamity at .t. Johnl N. Ii.
BANOon, Junem 21.-The following dispatch
was received from the Carleton side of the
river. dated 4 o'clock this afternoon: "The
lire is now under control. Every house south
of Hing street is burned. 15000 people are
homoless: no household effe'cts of any account.
sav.ld. About 500 acres wer( burned over.
Thilrty bodies have been recovered, and as
many mnore are missing."
New Cotton MtlIs.
FATL R EIva, June 22.--The stAockhohlde of
the Wamnpanoag Mill have ratifled the vote
of the directors to build mill No. 2., by a vote
of 5 to 1; and also voted, to increase the capi
tal stock $100,0ll0.
The Union Mill stockholders also voted to
tnihl mill No. a.
THE ICOMING OHIO CANVAN.,
[ ouner-Journa 1.]
The absorbing question in the ap
proaching Ohio campaign will be that of
the currency. The discussions now go
ing on in the press of that State are
conclusive evidence of this fact. The
rallying cry of the Democracy will be
the silver dollar as a legal tender for all
debts, public and private, and the re
peal of the resumption act. How far
the Republicans, as a party, will ven
ture to antagonize these views, is as yet
unknown. A clear whistle from Wash
ington would doubtless solve the prob
lem. We have no doubt but that sound
will be given.
The Cincinnati Gazelle says that the
Republicans are in favor of the resump
tion act "if"-mark this "lf"-"as Sc
retary Sherman represented in his Ma
rietta speech, it will add specie to the
greenback circulation, ,but are utterly
opposed to the act if it in. to work any
contraction." This Marietta speech
was made during the last presidential
canvass. It was made to catch votes
not the expression of his honest opin
ions. As Secretary of the Treasury, he
would be far from giving birth to such
sentiments. Nobody knows better than
he that forced resumption means con
traction.
The difficulties lying in the road of
the Republican party of Ohio are set
forth by the Gazette in the following
paragraph :
"The present position of Secretary
Sherman is understood to be a conces
sion of a silver dollar to be legal tender
for private coin debts, and for redemp
tion of greenbacks, but not for the pub
lic debt nor for customs. It is also un
derstood that the President has recently
come to this stage. This is considera
bly behind the Republican popular sen
timent in Ohio, and, we may say in
that great and indefinable region called
the West; and it presents an invidious
and unpopular distinction between one
class of public debt-'the blood-bought
and battle.sanctified greenback,' and
another class, the 'Shylock-bought and
hated bond,' and also of one kind of
money for the people and another for
the bondholder. But as both the Presi
dent and Secretary Sherman have, as
President Grant said he would have no
policy but to carry out the will of the
people, and as both are advancing on
this line of progress, it is presumable
that both will come fully up to the de
mand of Ohio popular sentiment, as
the exigencies of puclic financiering
will permit.
"If they do not, then the Ohio Re
publicans will labor under the disad
vantage of this reservation by the ad
ministration, that the silver dollar
should not be receivable for customs
nor payable on the public debt. In that
case the Democrats would make the
campaign on that issue, namely, the sil
ier dollar for the bondholder and for
all public and private dues, together
with the repeal of the resumption act.
The Ohio RIpublicans will go the whole
length on the silver dollar. As to the
resumption act, they try to believe in
Senator Sherman's promise that it shall
add specie to the entire paper money
circulation. But this is up-hill work.
This act has become a standing fear; for
in spite of all the promise of specie
added to paper, and of a silver dollar
cheaper than paper, there is an instinct
that resumption is contraction--a thing
no statesman dares to mention. Owing
to the reports of the sale of five million
bonds for coin, and the investment of
this in greenbacks to lock up, the popu
lar mind has become very sensitive to
any movement of the Secretary that
contemplates either present or ulterior
contraction."
We are half inclined to think that this
Ohio election has much to do With the
postponement of the extra session of
Congress. We can imagine an anxiety
to dodge these dangerous political is
sues, especially on the part of John
Sherman. As chairman of the Commit
tee on Finance in the Senate of the
United States he was never known to
favor any measure designed to benefit
the masses. He was always found on
the side of the bondholders and capital
ists of the country. He is now working
on the same side, and we would distrust
any change of sentiment made by him
at the present time. He is thoroughly
committed to the resumption act and to
exclusive gold payments to the bond
holders. We never did believe in death
bed repentance; nor do we believe that
Secretary Sherman is going to put him
self fairly, squarely and honestly by the
side of popular sentiment in Ohio as ex
pressed by the Gazette. The only way
the President can set himself right is to
give John his wklking papers.
TIlE FINANCIAL POLICY OF TIlE AD
MINI sTRIATION.
[St. Louis Times.]
An article appeared in Washington on
Saturday, which is said by the Chicago
Tribune to be semi-official and to reflect
the financial policy of Mr. Hayes. The
Tribune is good authority on that sub.
ject, as its editor was recently in Wash
ington, consulting with Messrs. Hayes
and Matthews in regard to the silver
movement, a-d has been made inti
mately acquainted with the views of the
Administration. We copy from that
paper a synopsis of the article referred
to:
"It represents that, whatever course
Mr. Hayes may pursue regarding the
silver question, the business interests of
the nation will be protected; that, in the
present depressed condition of finances,
it is deemed wisdom, by postponing the
speedy payment of the public debt, to
reduce taxation; that the resources of
the country should be develoFpd by ex
tensive public improvements; that the
public securities should be popularized
by low rates, and that long-term bonds
should be encouraged; that the silver
dollar should be remonetized and the
greenback redeemable therewith, and
that all bonds issued before or since
1873 should be payable in gold coin."
The statement that "the business in
terests of the nation will be protected"
means that the bondholders, the na
tional bankers, the gold bullionists and
the Eastern capitalists have nothing to
fear from any plan for the remonetiza
tion of silver that may be advocated by
the Administration for party purposes
in Ohio. The statement that 'the pub
lic securities should be popularized by
low rates" is so meaningless as to be
absurd. When the people of a youngand
growing country, such as the United
States, can find so little profitable use
for their money that they are willing to
invest it in "public securities at low
rates," our condition of financial pros
tration is truly deplorable, and the
word "popularized" is strangely out of
place when used in connection with
such securities. The sense of the ar
ticle further is that the silver dollar
shall be remonetized, but only to the
extent of redeeming the greenback.
That is to say, its coinage will be re
sumed, but its legal tender quality will
be limited to that which is now pos
sessed by the greenback: it may be
used to pay private debts, but gold
alone shall be sacred to the public cred
itor. This evident construction is ren
dered absolute by the further statement
that "all bonds issued before or since
1873 should be payable in gold."
The financial policy of the Adminis
tration will be seen to be exactly as we
have stated it. It means that there
shall be one kind of money for the pri
vate creditor and another for the public
creditor; one kind for the people and
another for the bondholder; that the
people's .money shall be silver and na
tional bank notes, and the bondholder's
money shall be gold and nothing but
gold. It is both strange and startling
that the Chicago Tribune, which has
hitherto advocated the silver dollar, can
print this exposition of the financial
policy of the Administration without a
word of dissent or even of comment.
EXTENNIVE LAND TRANNACTION.
[Natchitoches Vindioator.]
Major George F. Dawson and Col. W. H.
Jack, of our parish, purchased at the succes
sion sale of Judge Henry Boyce 37,000 a.res
ot hill and river botto)m lands, situated in the
parish of Sabine. These lands are fertile and
well watered and timbered, and Messrs. Daw
.50n anld .lak intend to settle them up with
white immigrants. This large purchas.e
looks like old times again. Those who are in
possession can get. g(od titles upon Ipyment
of purchase money; and those wishing to
settle canl procure lands upon good terms
with easy payments. For particulars apply
to Messrs. D)awson ii Jack, Natehitoehes, Ta.
No Confldence in John Mhw.rmin.
The real difficulty in regard to any stable
and satisfacteAry adjustment of the finanicial
qluestion has hen anl still i.s want of conli
dlene in the management of lthe Treasury
prctwihling to a. great extent from want f
ability anI courage of the Secretary, fmr tihe
time lving. [New York Sun.
Ohio as an Idiot Producing state.
[Detroit Tribune.]
If Ohio raises a larger crop of great men to
the acre than her sister commonwealths, she
also produhes more idiots. At a convention
of ofecers of idiotict asylums held at O>lumn
lbus this week, taltistics were read showing
that Ohio had 430 idiots in her asylums,
while the largest number in any mther Htate
was 240) in Pennsylvania.
Ben Wsade' Prophecy.
"Twenty thousandI Democratic majority"
is old Ben Wade's estimate of the result of the
next election in Ohio. Some of his friends
attempted to reason with him on the impolicy
of such a prediction. "It's no use," retorited
BIen "there are too many ostriches in the Re
publican party alreadty.'
"The best summer reslrt for btbies
Rockaway. The best for bad boys
Long Branch."
Mary Clemmer says she is not a blue
stocking. What nine does she belong
to?-[Herali.
HIOSPITABLE HILTON.
HO1W HE PROTFCLTED THE PROPERTY
HE REPREMENTS BY HII VIN
DICTIVE ACTION.
Prominent Firms Termlnating Their uli
iness Connection with A. T. Stewart
& Co.-Mr. Sell;man's Letters.
(Rpecial Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.)
NEW YORK, Juntte 19, 1577.- The publication
by the Times of the fact of Joseph Seligman
being denied admissilon to the( Grand Union
Hotel at Maratota, as a guest. has created a
profound excitement in this city. The most
bitter hostility is exhibited to .Judgte Hilton
by the Jewish population, and he iis con
dlemned withoutt stint or delicacy. but the
Jews are not the only ones excitbil. Every
one who keeps a hotel or tIoarding-house, and
every one who Iordts either in the city or
elsewhere are interecsted as i no p)revl)ious
race questliIo in the siocial world.
)ispa.tches from Snratoiga indl11'a14 the ex
cite.ment there t.o I very great. Mr. Solig
mnan wtas not the only lone() who has 1.1e4nl o(r
fused trooist at the Grand Tnlion. Indeed,
Mr. fHellrnan, ason-in-law of Mr. eligman,
was first refused, and severaln prominent mer
chaltus and a judge have been dellnil. It is
plainly a race matter, s.) far as Judge Hlilton
is concelrnedl , exceplt that he would l nake
some and probably maV ny ex.ept.iins. Mr.
Seligrnan R.ems to be, a. mann wihoi is genera~y
disliked biy his Jewish brethren, anwl they tle
disposed to let him litht his own battlehs.
' he 'lim0,s has itnterviews with the various
hotel managers of Sara.tga. Long Branch,
New York, Philadelphia anid other plkces.
The general position taken is deeldedly op
posed to that of Judge Hilton, although there
are few hotels in this city where Jewish cus
tom is openly discouraged on grounds siti
lar to those stated by .Judge Hilton in yester
day's l'imes. Others discriminate very close
y, but are "careful not to openly base such
discrimination on race grounds. '1 he proprie
tors of the Grand Union Hlotel at Saratoga
state their case very plainly, anid base their
action squarely on thel, demnands of their cus
tomers. They desire a different c('lass of eus
torners than that which the Jewish people
bring, and, therefor(e, they dlecline, as a rule,
to receive the latter.
The St..lamnes andt the Alltermarle, of this
city, have substantially the same rules as
those of the Grand Union, at Haratoga, and
the managers state them as frankly.
Edward Lauterbach, attorney fotr Mr. Se
ligman, makes a vigc,,rous reply to Judge
Hilton. In an interview he criticizes the
business methods of M r. Stewart's suIccesor,
and compares hint with Mr. Seligman in pub
lie atnd so'ial life, to the disadvantage, of
course, of .lJudge Hiltlto. It alte states that
one hundlred Jewish merchants withdrew
their accounts yesterday from the house of
A. T. Stewart &.C. Co., anti lie estimates the loss
orf traild which this defection is likely to hte
to the flh' at fromnt $3,(),000 to $5,000,(000 a
year. Mr. Seligman's remrredy, he says, is in
the courts, under tih civil rights bill, which
prescribes a tine (,f $5.K0 and imprisonment of
r'om u ne month to a year for such action as
ihat of the (Grand UTnion ltel.
Mr. Laulerbatch says of SHlignman that he is
really the head of the ,Jewish peptle in this
country. For years he was co.nllllissioner of
the board of tlucatiton ; ie is the presidentt of
the Rapid Transit ompanty; he is a tleading
directtor in many of the iest banks in this
city, a leading rnitinter of the Republican
party and vice president of the Union League
Club, into which Judge Hilton has vainly
sought admittance. He' is also a prominent
memer r of the C(hambenl otf (Cronlmer'ce. When
gen. (Grant was here the Union League, with
the (entury and ot,herst of the lest c(lubs,
tendered himn receptions, but Mr. SHligmant's
o)elmonico siupper was tiit' only one acceptedl
fromt the whole splendid list.
Mr. Hilton states his grounl with great
clearne.ss to-night.. Iti says: "The step 1
have taken has ibnu for(.l upon me after
long deliberation, ni I believe that every
proprietor of a first-class summer hotel will
hail with joy the blreak which this iprei''lent
has lllade for thttn. I know that scores iof
thesm proprietors would long ago have done
just what I have done if they hadl dared to do
right, and had I'en indrepndent enough finan
cially to take the stejp whtich prudtlene has for
a long time been insisting should he taken. It
is not a personal controversy. The true foun
dation of it is the principle of the exclusion
(,f a (ertain class of Jews from first-class
summer hotels.
Mr. Hilton detnies Mr. Lauterbach's state
ment tbhout firnms witihdrawirng their tralde
fromr Stewart', and says but one suh(' fi rml
has c'losed its atiliounlts. "We got a letter t,
dtay from a city nterclhant, saying that he
couldt nio longer deal with ai hiuse that was
reviving the middle ages. ills name is Fin
stein, and hi dot tisi.ess on (Church streot,.
tHe promptly l csd his ao, aunt- it aullllntl
to '2 19.
Jews In' 'exldid fromll enrtirn first,-c'lass
hotels? I say emilhatni"nll y yes. Not at all
irec..ause he is a lHehrw, Ibut. Iicauase tih is not
wanted. Who don't, want himni? Those peo
ple wiho support theti hotels. andl fiir whose as
peenil bIenllefit thei hiotils are built and o(n
dracted. What is there wrong about that?
Nothing. Hebrews are not persecited, there
is no religious stanlardl raised, hotlis run for
a particular class of patrons must conform in
their management to thei, wishes and pre
judices of thele pIatrons or igo down, and such
hotels are in their very nature ex('lusive.
A hotel that charges $4 a (lay proscribes the
people who can not pay $4 a dany but they do
not complain--they go clsewhaere. Four
dollar hotels don't want them, nntld they go
to the two-dollar hotels, which do, and that
ends it. But here is the Seligman Jew, who
represents nothing that is standard Hefirew.
He is to the Hebrew what the sh yster is to the
law profession. He is thei "sheene." He has
maulo money, and he must advertise it in his
persoin. He is of low origin, and his instincts
are all of the gutter.
"He enones to the Graln Union, big with
himlself and little with everybody else in the
decent world, plnhks down hisi cash with his
royal order, and having never seen respecta
lie food he can't, got enough to eat unless lie
gIorgesi lown his unpracti.iel throat six mealsa
dlny. Pleopile won't, go to hote'ls where the
Seligmnan Jew is atlrrmittil, and hotels, if they
would thrive, must keel, out those who would
ruin their existenice, and the very fact that
the Se ligirnai .Jew Iraku s such a fuss because
ii op|le ilon't wanlt his sciii:ety, aitil inaIkes such
a noise to force himnself where he is unwel
corne, insteald of going .ilsiewher.., proves hirle
to be just what I dueseritled him."
Among those refusl.sl acco' nnrr lation at, the
Grand Union Hotel are Marcus Goldman, ar
broker living on Madlison Avonue; Louis
Josephthal, a wholesalue manuifacturer the
well known toibac.conist. orf Pea'rl street.
Another cas wasthatf t hit o tu' Hon. John Kiock,
ex-justice of the Fifth I)istrict .ourt, who is
well known in the bust Jewish siciety. As
early as four or five weeks ago Judge Kroch,
who spunt last seas.on and s.veral other sum
melrs at the Grairdl Union lHotel, called upon
Mr. Cain at A. T. Stewart's store, to make
arrangelments for suw.elring accomnlmodlation
for himself and family. Mr. Cain informedl
the judge that he cmofld have his old apart
nments, and on the latter .x pressing the wish
to occupy a nmore d'esirabl, suit of apart,
ments, Mr'. Cain said that lhe would see about
it the mo:ment hre grit to Saratoga. Judge
Koch neveri receiveld any cormmunnication from
Mr. Cain. Of those who have withdrawn
business from Stewart & Cu. are the following :
Menstadter Bros., of San Francisco, on
he aring of the Sligmnn mnatter, cancelled an
order for $20 ,0Wt worth of gotwls and closed
their account. George Liclitenheim and Si
rnon Bernheirmer, prominent merchants, have
also closed their accounts. Mr. Cohen, the
extensive corset manufacturer, has also with
drawn his account.
MR. SELIOMAN'S LETITER.
:.i:. ui , wil i fr",lly 6 ung by Lia
treatment, wrotea a letter to )Judge Hlton, anId
sent a copy' of it to his brother J.sse, with in
structions to publish it at once. Thit latter
delayed plublication, telegraphing to his
brother, who Insisted that it. should be puh
lished. The following is a copy of the lttepr:
"CLARENDON HOTEL, Saratoga Juno 15.
"Judge Henry Hilton, eare of Messrs. A. T.
Stewart & Co., New York:
"Dear .J4( le--My family have for many
years patron i7zd the Union Hr ttel at Saratoga,
bunt were informed yesterday bIy your man
agers that the orders from headquarters are
to exclude all Jewish families from t he list of
guests this seasfn, alleging as a resou that
there existed a prejudice among the A u-teri
cans against people of that persuiasioin, which
had injured the Union to that e.xtslnt last
season that the healqularters proposed to
roast them--namely: 'Tell t.hoe all. without
exception, that all rooms, excet, gt .r-'ticharn
hers were engaged.'
"Now permit me, dear J.hig', in vyor in
terest and in the Interlest (of Mr. Niwart.'s
vailutiblo estate, the lion's sharl, of which you
se..l to have acquired, ta) say tlhrat. V!iii are
ahlding to the many serious mistakes you
have madle since you inheritol that , ,state, by
refusing lulmittanee tx) the UTnri Iootel toa
large class of people, irrespet tive of t ir t re
spectability, wealth and prolr harin.
merely to pander ton vulgar prjudlie,, h idr
the mistaken notion that, by so .oini .,.ti will
lill the tiolise with other naltionalitli,'ý. Y,' i
will lind yourself mlistaken.
"You anr no judgel of Amlerilnin chliirlil!'r.
The civilized world is teginrtrig I Ii' r ore
tolerant in mlatts'rs of fa ith Ir -i.ual, or
birth, than you believe, or would ail.v' Ithem.
'hey despise intolerance, low -naiiing iud
vulgarity, and will not pnatrlonizi' anry wlhu
seeks to make money ly paritl'ring t]o the
prejudhi.es of the vulgar, I regret thIt u.ni
are running the nlion at a loss.
" I regret that you are nmaking no hteulwav
in your wholesale departments in New York
and Chicago, and even that tlhe Ninth stre1't,
retail st)re, so popular and prosperous under
the management of the late Mr. Stewart, has
lost its best patrons. A Ilttle retlectlolt must
show to you that the serious falling o(i in
your business is not dul to the patronage of
any one nationality, bulit to th want orf pa
tronage of all, and that you. dAiar jluligt, are
not big enough to keep a tlite'l,. nor tiroaul
enough in your business views to, run ia dry
goods store.
"You have tried comtriptitiin wlth experi
enced and popular houses in tihe, lranufactrl.e
of carpets, of woolens, of silks, anll of scores
of articles of ninor fninlortanvth,. aiil you have
succeeoded in none and"i you lnever will, and. I
would respCetfully volunteer an advita', for
which I charge you nuothing, although you
once charged me l10,000) for an advie i which
was worth nothing, that if you want to save
the rest of the oine valuhiale estate of Mr.
Stewart, that you advertise a large au'tion.
and sell your merchandise auil youir hotels to)
the hightest bidder, and no mnatte'r at what,
sacrifice you get rid of tihe'm, Viyoi will coute
off better than by holding on to, things which
you cannot intelligently manage. Trus"tting
that you will avill yourself of this friendly
and dlisinterestedi advice, I r,.mnain, ldear
julldge, yours very truly
". a s NESluMAN."
VERMlI,LION'Mi REOIU'RCEn.
(Banner.
From all the city papers conet up the cry
of thousands of starving people who have
nothing to do. Want of employment seems
to be the great want of the (lday with the city
poople. It is said that in New York upwards
of fifty thousand families are out, of employ
ment and out of broad. In New Orleans many
thousands are starving for the want of work.
Thousands are waiting for the Pacific rail
read and the jetties to bring them something
to do. The city journals are contlinally
firing off long leaders on the subject of
want of capital, enterprise and thisines,
and giving Iearned disquisitions on the
subject of trade and finance, and the mode to
et things in shape once more. TIh Pacifi
ailroad is what is wantenJ according to
some, and the grain trade according to
others, to give employment to all. Now it is
a singular phenomena that while the cities
are filled with idle peopl)e, in the country the
great want is labor--sonmetly it) work. In
the Attakapas the whole prodluitive powers
of the country are almost paralyzed for
want of laborers, and 50,000 people could find
profitable employment Ir the variousbHranch
es of agriculture. Vermilion parish neueds
10,000, Iberia from 10,1000 to 15,000, Lafayette
10,000, rmt. Martin and Mt. Mary 20,000 labor
Not that these numbers could dll at once
got homnei, but in a conrlarati vtoly short time
they could. With this acce.ssiton of popula
tion these parishes would not te half full nor
be worked to) more than half their capacity.
We know of manyy men whiose farming opera
tions are not half soo extensive as they wish,
solely from a want of laborers. toodl homes
anrd an independent living such as no cit.v
laborer ever knew, are tfo b, had in a shoi.rt
time in the Attakapas. Is it not cArtain then
that somebody is out of place, that smnehordy
has got where they are not wantel ? Talk
albut want of capital! What is capital hut
the accumulated fruits of lahlir These idle la
borers in a few years on the fertile fields of the
Attakapas can create all the capital required.
Don't wait for capital. (o to work and create
it. Vermilion parish last year made less than
1000 hogsheads of sugar. She has amlle (a
pacity to make 80,000 hogshemads and plenty
of provisilons and cattle besides. Supp~os
now she had the population and made and
shipped 80,000 hogsheads of sugar yearly for
saleo withthe molasses added, and made all
her broad and meat bsldes how long would
she be in want of capital? No, gentlemen,
get out of the cities where you are not wante'd
into the country where you are wantedI, anrld
your fortunes will soon improve.
Fire on Barennre strert.
About 1:80 o'cloxk this morning a fire was
dr.covered in the brick residence of Mrs. John
K. King, 461 Baronne street. Before it oould be
got under control, the interior of the building,
with the furniture, was reduced to ruin.
The loss will amount to from $3000 to $5000,
and is supposed to be covered by inrurance, in
what office the reporter could not learn at tho
late hour.
Mr. King left the city yest.rday aftlrnoon.
Two servants wore inr charg, of the house,
but disappe:aredl shortly after tlhe alarm was
given. The cause of the fire is unknown, as
the u,.rvants hwl not breen lfornd whenr this
report cliowxl. No dtmar4geC wasl sustauined by
ihw auljoiining dwellings.
The Kanllte Templar.
The attention of the several commanderies is
called to the assembly to take place at Masonic
Hall, on Sunday morning, to proceed in a body to
the Church of the Messiab corner of St. Charles
and Julia streets, to attend the closing service in
this lcty of the distinenished l1ev. J. Hazard
Hartzsel. Sir Knight. Tickets can be obtained by
members from their respective commanders.
Brevities.
The New Orleans Gan Club will hold a meeting
at 12 m. to-day, at Rhodes' gun store, St. Charles
street, for the purpose of oonsider.,g the matter
of iseuirg a challenge to the Mobile and Mont
gomery gun clubs fir a team match at double
and single rises.
tussia got her nlvarnes last month
through the house of Mendels-ohn & Co. or
Berlin, which stands in intimate conne:tion
with Htieglitz, of St. Petelrsburg. Meloels
sohn, in conjunction with a Paris firm,
advanced sixty million marks, anr Stier.iitz
five million. Rothschild declined. .l.Man
while Hungary easily got twenty million
"Larks in Berlin,