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THE NE W ORLE S DAILY DEMOCRAT,
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AND OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
VOL. II---NO. 20. NEW ()ORLENS, 'rIIIElSDAY, JULY 17, 1877. PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
DOMESTIC NEWS.
TUNl MOt rTB1AL, MuRDF111lg5.
A Terrible Con itLo just ofA rs, El tll Inl
l of mn arMontreal.hn i t e
I13peelal to the Pemm'rat.l
MONthe TREAoir, July 1T. iho traigernet from
euntry places have arrived in town In large
drinking fountMin en aturday ovmer thirty thou
sand people have visitedr Orange flail to get
poisownl.
a view of the body of nlakel, who w nr
'red here July 12.ed.
At a meeting of the I. Imocorat.g oey,
HAN FnANicIF(o, Juily Ii.--A m11emb<,1
fathis mor aningtABand resolutIons wo dpiseovon
*demnlng the Mayor for i'rliminal negltgi'tre''.
Thewill ioety dedd at the anrno thimeo at
tendjury of Utah, now In seaon, invely.
thInf Mormation affars jusof that Ten rerel it'ry t
Wbodies of men aro marehingr In it O n ear
the 4etry.al t the( Demoorat.i ar h re
NIA-lARA F^lTFH, July 1fi. Knillogg,
lveard and Badger hayo just r staing tr t
dirinkikng fountini i ii n Iir ctr'otel'ry had been
Inornational H.tel.
A Mtembter Qf the Mormnon Datnite inned
Two Dore t. Inls Inkeovere . p
IMpecrtal to the De1morat.I
SANT. LFtANul, July 1.-At the banksr of th
famousw 1anielittuBad line lawn'di tscovered uinte
will be used ryting was quat, with nesso Indthe grand
jury of Utah, now int. Iselon, avings A ng
the Mormon affai rs ofat hat Telf-parrit 10.ory.
The Bank of S4t. Louieclse l'tsi t dom
after. It,. president tated~ that, the dhop
will be paid in thne.
Whereab outr Per Lot Ones.
iperial ti the Democrat.]
NiAo4AaA FAbT,5, Juily lii. Kellogg, l'ack
Teard and Badger have just regalculationt the
international Hotel.
Two More Mt. Lonuts flanks Muspend.
lMpieelal to the Demnorrat.l
Mr. Louts, July 16.-At the banks tno-day
bvnkeryts hlng that the total no indlcations of
'4un. Thie North Mt. Louits Havings Associa
f closed its doors at half-past 10.
The Batik of Mt. Louis closed its loors soon
after. Its president stated that the. deposltors
will be paid in time.
The Four P'er Cents..
E.9pedsl to the Denm'era.. J
Thue Iost says that. the calculation of the
han~kers Is that the total suibscrlptions to the
new four per cent United States bonds will
not be less than '$l,000,,000. and it, may amont
to $h0,(J,0,0(Xt.
An Enilishh .lientlfle lExpedltlon at t.
Lota i..
l4peu'al to the Democrat.]
MT. LOtuIs, July 16. S.-ir Joseph Harker,
Presldent of the Royal Academy of London
and Curator of the Royal Gardens at Kew
near Richmond, and Lieut. COn. Mtearehy of
the Royal Bengal Engineers, and a me er
of the Royal Geographical oeiety, arc in this
Scity, and In a few days, aecoinpanled by
prominent scientists of this country, will
start for Colotrado. Utah and California n a
Scientlic exploration. Mir J Harker and en.
Stearchy will make a comproehensive report
of their tour to the English government.
The Indian Troubles.
[8peelal to the Democrat.l
hAN FANiClsco, July 16. -Gen. Howard re
ports on the thirteenth that the troops pur
sued the Indians, who madre for Kamal, keep
ing up a fire on the pursuers, two wfio
were wounded.
Recruits for the Orangemen.
(OTTAWA, Ont., July 15.-The Orangemen of
his city at a menting to-day, decided to sed
5W of their body to Montreal to-night, to be
J by 10 from Belles Corners O fro
1til county , 100 from Van Kieck hill an a
ad umber from Ottawa county.
* Inforrements for Gen. Howard.
' A FRtANrrsuoo, July 15.-A liaise City dis
Iftch of the 14th says: This evening Coin
panies C, N and F, of the First Civalry and
(apt, Robbins' company of twenty-ive
scouets, will unite with (on pany B and apt.
Bleadier's Company at Indian Valley, and
p I to-morrow, under Col. G B. and
ford reinforce Gen. Howard, via Wire
Br on Salmon river. Companies 1 and
S Fifteenth, and Company A of the
Tw -rst Infantry, movel from this gar
-day to follow as fast as possible after
oird's column. Company ( (f t
fry arrived here to-day at 1 p. in.
Is still behind. This is the tr
i under Col. Green, and numbers
ohunuir,ri antil fltnurn et.n
hundred and fifteen men.
(. CAPITAL NEWS.
A Marahal ReltanWM.
[,4otcial to tU o Democrat.,
WAsUmNOTON, July I.- J, H. Pierce, U. S.
Marshal for the Northern District of Missis
sippi. has tenderedt his resignation, to take
effiYct July 31, and it Ihas be'n accepted.
The Cotton Crop.
iSpecial to the Democrat.]
WaSHINGTON, July 23. The report of the
Departnment of Agriculture on the condition
of the cottonl crop gives the average of the
whole as 98.4 per cent, 4 per cent less than
the July average of last year, less by 7 per
'cent than the average for 1875, but better than
the condition for 1874 or 1873.
A Cabinet ExcurtiIon.
WASHIINGTON, July 16.--Secretary Evarts
and Attorney (General l)evens left this morn
ing for an excursion, planned for them by D.
3. Randolph Kelm, to tie l'enylvania coal
mines. They will lunch with (''ol. Jolmn W.
Forney, Who will favor them with his (com
pany. They will beenAte'rtained by Mr. Koeinm,
at Edgemont, where there will be a reception
and brass band. Returning, they lunch with
Seonator Don Cameron, and reach Washington
Thursday. Meantlme those anxiolsM albout
justice and diplomacy lavo a rest.
JIlltic·rO uand diplomacy have a rust.
WAR NOTES.
The RusalanM Beaten at Several Points.
[Special to the Drmorrat.I
CONSTANTINOPLE, .July 1i. --It is said that.
the Turks have beaten the Ruasiaas and re
occupied Turnova; also that Ismail Pasha
has entered Russian territory and advaln.ed
six miles on the toad to Titlis.
A Battle Near Ruutchuk Probable.
[Speclal to the Dmocrat.i
BUCIIAREauT, July 16.-Preparation- (e.n
tinue for a battle near Rustchuk.
Hobart Pajha's Expedition.
S[Special to th D) monraIt)
LONDON, July 1G.-A 'Constantinople cor- <
respondent says that Hobart Pasha has ob- I
tatnudl tlie p errm isalnn of thle Hliltan Ite c.om -
Illanl an expldition to tihe lllank Hnr, with
comllplete, lill rty o iactioln.
The nsulrreetle n In (ireaCI la.
[f1Mia1l to tlhe Drmoc~ratJ.
L(iNTlON, July 1l6. h-'ri' Ab4ehaainnf, (:ir
(eaiIsI and Ls tchin.il are in lifull roheilliorn.
and have killed many thoI.aLand itusIiana.
(illy tihe mliddile part of the mnroutain. , with
Iimportatnlit lroitd from VJiade Kovka.' toi
Till I, iA faithful, anld Ir s to h Irelldl ln.
The Ruulnnqan Driven lack frealll ayazld.
fHrPvee'l to the' ])imocraºit.l
('o*TH'rANr TrNoi.t, , Iuily i l. Inthail 'nnaha
t1.4l.grnmlphi frolm ale.yazid that on lat 'Tur!a
day tw Ilve balttalilon of Rulni . rani enrleavrxl
tor r1li'lv4 lia.yazhid, Ibult, wer'e dftlolaste and
dlriven lack to Krlla r itrulak with the loah of
(i00 killl.dl l., I qluantitty of provitcons, twenty
1IlggagL wagotlt :ll(il I .hc entire anllldalanr''
('firlj 0
The' Iulearlan Afroeltlee.
(m,'4ainl to the Demorlrat..
Ii LI rl, . ,Jllty I1. lHorriblla lmaacra havn..
ben e rnmitnilrtil by thet ullsliatnl aln.l luIl
garirln atl Trlrorn, (trahoral anit ]Ilymn. 'IThi
greate'Mt panic t xitl, among)l tlhe, Mohammie
dan populattoion, who rile Itering iat fnat, la
they enll.
The Rllnlnerprat In Inuland.
I1utrlinI to tll ) Domotrat.l
LONIO)(Io. July 1n. - It wai annllolurl in the
1Iiillo of (Comrninillri tol-daiy that, th(e liticlar
!a',t. haid brokei out atill, Ilatli ( eo in.
Rmllnaor that the Ilalkans are 'rametd.
[.mepoihl to the DPmnorratf.
LONo(N, July (10. -A telegrlim freom St.
Pelterburg .ays thllit it i offlicially an
lnotmllll( that thel ndvaner guard of the lRua
-lan army passed the' Ia.lkina o(l the evening
of the 13th inst.
A Thor lia dllipatllt'li. reentivd il,-dany. c·rn
triullets th e report. of the ..roa.iing of the lial
Reinforeementl From Egypt.
iHek.'eal to thoe l)moerat.)
AIIXANDRIA, IJuly 10.- Thur Khlilive tI
Aieding fmiore' tr(ioop, horsesr', guns anltd amll
muniltion to Constant.lnople.
A Rullltan Tribunal Hanging Turks.
IHoneotat to 1)h Demoernt.l
LONDlhON, Jully I.- A tjleKgramin frrom Zalilh
of the 12th .aya that the ItlRusians lhavei etalk
linred a m ilitary tribunllin at t rlvi for the trial
of Museolmant alls.-ed o(f rt.w'mpl'lity in the
Bilrlgilan minasacr'ea, arlil arle executing the
meon convictedl on ulllgarlian tratimony.
Nikopolls Captured by the Rulsnlans.
[.ptrral to the Demnerat..I
Naw YORK, July 16.. A telegram from St.
Petershbrg states that, the Ruislans elmptured
Nikopolls this morning.
MIUTUIAL ATROCITIES.
The IulgCarlanm Murderin and Outragling
the Mahnmedann.
[~poelil to the Dnmocrat.]
NEw YoIK, July 16.--Dispatches from lon
(:.11t state that tlhe British consuls in Bulgaria
confirm the reports of atrocities cornmittced
upon the Musselman population by the Bul
garlans In Khaubagas. Old and young were
massacred, while women and girls were ter
ribly mutillatwed. The Porto charges Cos
n·cks with sacking several villages near Iust.
ehuk, murdering the males adul violating the
females.
The Two Armies at Harm.
LOoNT)ON, July l;.--The Timer corrspondl
ent, with the Turks, telegraphs under date ,f
Kars, July 12: Mouhktar Pasha, with the
main army, Is in a strong, intrenched posi
tion on a ridge elghlt mnles south.
Thie RussIans Ihave cornpletely withdrawn
from the siege. I have vlsilted their ,hatt(-ries,
which are constructed with much skill, tnt,.
Alhow truves of the accuracy of the Turkish
fire. The Turks have a very fine force here,
and the men are in excellent spirits and very
conlldent. I doubt, the possibllityof thei ltun
slans gaining any more suIe.e's.es on this
side this year, unloess she has very st,ronm re
inforcementrs at Akaltsak and l'1,(is. I'he
Tlurkish supports are sterwlily flowing in. Tihe
Russirans diesplite their strength, have s1s
trinied a fcavy reverse.
'tlle Run.lana Around Ruttchuk.
ItASoIIAD, July 14.-- The last train from
Itistehuk, just arrived brings the railrroad
authorities and the Brit.Hh Consul. The ap
proach's of the Russians around J,'Istchuik
arei becomilng closer and closer.
The Ohbtructions at the Moutll of lthe
Danulbe.
LONDON, July 1.--Tt is said that all the
work done by the International Danubian
(Commisnlon will Im lost in consequence of the
measures taken by the Russians to obstruct
the mouth of the 1)anube.
The Rutllanai Falling Back.
LONDON, July 16.--Thel Time' correspondent
with the Ruslan army telegraphs from Zalmn,
Jilly 12: "'To-morrow we shall fall back some
distance toward Alexandropol for sanitary
conslderations."
Thle Russians haive fallen back from nPa
toum. It Is rumored the column will join
(en. Melikoff and again invado Armeonia from
Rurukduka.
Minor Notes.
I,ONDON, July 16.- The Stalrlard's corros
pondent at Ti rmova telegraphs Thursday tht
Irrnmd Duke Nicholas had arrived there.
The Turkish monitor which was ash.lore at
the urmolth of the Danube, hans been towed off
by two of her consorts.
It is announced that the Porte ha1 given
England perruission to use Gallipoli as a coal
ing Station.
It is variously reported that 10,000 R.us
sians, unscupllortl by battery, traversed
Heron Pas of the Balkais.
IIt is re port.,d tihre has been serious fIg.hting
FOREIGN NEWS.
ERUPTION OF 'O)TOPAXI.
Many IAveP Loat and Melnuch Property
IDanmaxed and Dentroyccl.
[Sporial to the Democrat.]
PANAMA, July 7.---New. has beern reeivoil
by steaumship from Oroya that the volcanic
eruption suppIoIsdc. to have originated in Coto
paxi. opening into rivers which have their
origin there, has spread de(solation over the
fertile valleys of Chilo and Tumhez. The
volume of mud and water was so great as to
completely cover the Hacienda valley. The
flood in its course carried with it many cattle,
ant munnly pei'iron are known to have bs., l
killed.
THE AFFAIR OF THU IIHUAWMiW.
Perri Demando an Apology for the Attack
on thel Huarear bIy EnarIIh lleniof
War.
PANAlA, I.Ily 7. A i'il'iro'nplidolll. Of the
P'anai a LIII "llltr lan1d Ilerlvtld wriit4n froml LinlIl,
liinei1 2)1, as follows ; Thel promin l) Ho iIlle by
G 'en. Priaidot t he nailon, tlhat Innmedlatsli r
tirr,, Wor'll h1 d nliandial fir the pro.ei dingy
of the Sihah and A inethvtil, i. Itiiing complied
with. An impliortant. eirultir, adidre,.5'dl Iby
the Minister ofi For. ig Affnhli 14t the I''erui
vilnl dfploti cmr ltie a l clonnulll r repre .entl,+ative,
lhr'.ial, l1 b n nadlv e publii.. The llllnigt'ler
liaitn thaLt althrugh the IIiIimuen dcl(dlinlI to
obey the vonstitltanl, authhoriti.e, sh.n war
nliev'rthehlms i nallt.ionI venselll . 'i'he power of
thgoe gcorierlnmllt' to vanuillliish hr'l WaII provel
.,t hll ho lll(lbt of I'I.P IIage. wher', s1e WIas
frced to fly lwFrn·r stlero (qua1hron
'lhis ein nanta'nt'le, w .n instantly 'onlnlllnlli
nIa.l In lhd diphfm),iL r Inl',.1 IU11a.
Although thli deerii'i of the goveri''nmenit an
thoriz'id the' eap tire of t1lh rb,il by a trhird
palrty.v thin eould not, refI r to nty foreign
Torie, I1. inch inti4'rferunl' esa willd Ih in direlt
ceolntrii li t ii nl of intl''rnallnonil ri' ht. IInd tlhe'
very fa!c.t of oiluring a reward to lthe .i eptior
effl'cttually debarre.'l the ci'iornlrl.l i'r of any
foreign itan-of-war fri ii taiking part in tiii
alffair. Th'I' oM'er of rewardI wa- rn0ll1'
principally with I i l object ,to i 'r ,a',4
al 'ollIntr ullioVlelln'lt, ii. fon Inboarld thel
vessal ItilIf. The' -un'isear was attackedil in
P'eruviann w.aters, in i-s rlarly proved from
he sholt and u shll dis.hcar'gei by the iHiah
and Am n.hy4., wldih iinl over thle Hu1a
ear and fell in thul village of .i'roeha., arnd
'eve'n euius'rl latnlagie,. 'lT'here wani. . c.1iaus41 for
a.ttaiking the Ilunil+ar, as thei allheged outr.eI'I
on Britisah Int+rrosti were, disproved, The
minllster mrlaking th.'se statel.ments d(I.lan'er l
that, tlhe proIn,,,dling ofn Admiral hl),lors'y
were In irintraventi on of intI'rnat,ional law
and cionstitiutal an outrage agaInst the Mlv
''eignty of the Re'puilii. An imrninedlatA' do
mandl for 'redrems and apology will be Inmade il
the (!allnt iof St. .haurrln".
MONET AND MTOCI(s.
[.Ponidal Itn h Demor'rat.l
Niw Yohix, fily 111;.-- (h,lI Is ./ IT1. fH. s'
iof 1881, I111; do. i'llupions, 112@112' ; l 5-2+0's of
18i;5, new isuel, l(0Itfal107ýq; do. of 1861i, 109141
do. of 4804, mnpon1s, 112; 10140'M 112'j4'1l2'i;
ido. coulpons, 11 ,01t1'. ; Ilrrency 6 u 124%;
new 5' 1!4ri111.
LoNDoN, July 1i. -(aonnolm Money 9.';
IT. . . 5-20'M of 1865, In.;4 ; do. of 18.47, 10(1o; 11-4014
164)11W'4; new fives 107% ; Erie 77 .
DIOMENTTI( MARKET'rp.
IHwe0,1 1 to ho Demonornt.l
(rrrr'Aroo, July 1.- Whheat0, steily; $1 19,
iLI 19'4 August. ('orn firumer; 40a4rs4N% / Au
gust.. Meuats Loo.ae short, r iii offIred at
$7 12% Augsti.. lDry salt, 1n,1'ta.A, NHixo',I, in
failr inquiry ; galies of long and short, vlcar at,
,;4,@a17. Pork tIrmnr: $13 571% AIugRust;
P$1 67'' Mefptomtlier, atdal si.'wnly; 1. 12'.,
Augus.; 9.22;' Hopli'rnrhr.
(INCINrnATI,. July 14. -Flour quilt, Wheat
quliet; white $1 35TriC 50. ('rirn qulet; 48.
)nlts qluint; 35i(49. Whisky dull and lowelr
$1 07. Pork firi; $14. Larld firm; 19. Bulk
rnmeats tellay; 5!44g07'1. flnmaln stonily; 4i'
R|.
H'. LoturI, July I4.- -Flour dull ; only small
orders to the trale. Wheat qunlet; N'o. 2 red
fall $1 205; August, No. 3 do $1 32, cash $1 17.'%,
$1 19 Aligust. (crln qullt; 45'!'r456% cnash,
45'q44' Jluly, 4n-t!/4.5', Ai August. Oats quiet:
32`.. Whisky {a'tr Jy, $1 08. Pork quiet:
$13 42, bid. Bulk meat, nothing doing. Ba
con unchanged. Lard nominal.
NEW YorK, .July 1i;, no0n.-- Cotton quiet and
steady: Uplands 12%, Orlmans 12 7-111. Hales
:(10 hales,. Futures opened flrrnmr; July 12.32
r.(12.35, Augigt 12.33912.35, Heptoimbrier 12.12
4/12.14, { h'LoIs'r 11.719(11.71.
FOREIUN MARKIET4.
LIVEaPO(rI , .July 16 --C(otttol firmer and
fractionally dearer. Mtildliing Uplands (ld,
Mlridling Orloeans 6%l. Halis 10,00(1 bales, ror
speculatiton anR explort 11000; no rc, Jpts.
Futures partially 1-32d tr'ter; Uplandsi Low
Middling c'laus, July and August deliverry,
6i 5-16; August and Septe mber 6 11-321;
Ht.ptennmber and October 6; 13-32d.
I'rimrn mnes s Iof 82s 1d1. A mrerlean lard
44s i;t. Prime mrss pork 52s 6I; . Long vicar
Ilidrlles :145 6(;1, short 36s.
MAIINE NEW.S.
1'Yo'r IEAD., July 1;, Noon. Wind authtast.
Fresh.
Arrivedl: Hehooner (Iulssippl, Ilutnterman,
rmaste.r, 3I8 days fronm I.lfaist, to G. Crande.
Capt. Jmllr.terrrnir reports t hatul on thle Ist of
.uly the American s.cthooner Excelsior, Capt,.
Wright, of this port, w.is wrecked in Queona
(d., bl,.ht., florid liirns. 'lThe crew weor saved.
Sor.TlwsrrT 'PAS, July Ji;, Noon.--Wind
souittheast.
ArrivSed: Stearrlmship Cily of Mxicno, Phil
lilms, master, from New York via I llvarna and
Ml:exivnln irts, to J. M. Witherspoon.
RIVER NEW%.
i ,dpc ial to t.ht I)nrao'ratl
MEMiPtirs, July 16.- -Dlepartled : Goldeno City
for New Orleans.
TIHE WVE'THEIl YESTERDAY.
The following is the "ftnmperature" at, the
various points namerl, as reported by the
Hignal Horice telegrarns furnished by Ser
geant Brown, of the Signal IBureamu, and inli
cating the state of the temperature at, the
points named, at 3 p. m. yesterday:
Cairo 75 degrees, Cincinati 77, Galveston
90, Keokuk 81, LaCrosse 78, Leavenworth 813,
Louisville 76, Memphis , Nashville 80,
Onlaha 83. Pittsbturg 93, Shrevej)ort 85, St.
Louis 80, St. Paul 79, Vicksburg i9, Yankton
(I. T .) --, Augusta (Ga.) 53, Corsicana (Tex.)
91, Mobll'e t.4, Monntg.ornerv 87, SaLanirnahlJ 90,
New Orleans 89, and Ke.y West 82.
CAPITAL (GOMIP'.
Nine Tanx Collector' Yet to be Hleardl
FreIm--chnool Fund Matters*.
As all of the Htate Tat Co.lectors but nine
hcve manrde their sr.t I--meats at the Auditor's
ofli'e for the qularter en'ling IJun. 3Ot , the awli
torial bramnchl, ewpociallyt ho clerical portion, feel
grIa ly ri l eved.
The Audit. r has addirosand a cr:nm:tlic atiou to
each of
TIHE MISSIINI. 7;c; ,
calling tiuir attention to tho law fixing poralties
for inon-settemnant within the time prescribed by
act 95, and it roay but, that unless they forward
their papers, thirir d strict attorneys will call
upon the m.
The E'.ncatin,,l Affsire C(ommittee have now
shipped to the psrishos tile acc;,.nts of every
school tre-asrer who has hell ortice ince 1870,
and the new sch' ol boar Is car, therel'ore, have
official data for ttiir iqitullri, as to rhui dispusi
tion made of that
FIVE MII.LI.SJ OF a 'I.LAIrs
that has hun pail by the taxpt ers eitice Jan.
ary 1, 1870, for the oupprt of schools in th.i
Slate.
Adjutant Gerrerd! 'Ptron will leave, in a day or
so, upon a ten dlav' I ate of abenice, and w II
kill time in some quiet anti shady spot in th.
country.
Mary Smith, All e Williams and Walter Hughes
were arrested Irom ifif rlnation received, and
lodged ii the Tsnrd Stataion. charged with the
.arciny of a gl. i watch and chtiu.
RETURNING BOARD INDICTMENTS.'
THU NORTH1 WHOLLY INDIFFERENT
TO THE PATH OF WELIA.
ANlEII)R ON A, t:º.
The Wonderful Revulsion of PFelin
Among Northern Democrats Rel
ative to Hayes and Tilden.
[Speoial Correspondence of the Democrat. J
NEw YOInt, July 12, 1877.
It is partly amusing and partly insttuoive to
note the various views of the late indlotment of
the Returning Board which prevail here and
throughout the North generally. 80 far as my
observation goes there is but very little partyism
manifested in these views, but
EVERY PE,IIOW APPEABR TO HAVE A THEORY O' HIIR
OWN.
People in the North have little idea of the ex
tent to which they have become imbued with the
proviucial or provisional notion of government in
the South. To hear the general run of commi nt
here touching these indictments, one might
fancy himself in London, and that the Returning
Board was a lfindoo institution. There people
cannot disabuse themselves of the idea that
Louisiana, if net indeed a garrisoned province as
she was under the Grant dispensation, is at least
a sovereign tatse on probation only, and depend
ing for her continued self-sovereignby upon the
Northern definition of her "good behavior."
This sentiment larks through all the com
ments you bear on the street, and through a
msaority of the criticisms you read in the news
papers as well. My own acqunaintances, taking it
for granted that I must be familiar with the local
iffairs of New Orleans becalse oonnedted with
the DEMeOCAT, besiege me with inquiries which
are as stereotyped in form as my inability to an
swer them is complete in fact.
"wHo INsrroATDo THE INDlcThme'rt?
Will Nicholls be able to keep his agreement and
prevent the punishment of the officials? Do the
people of Louisiana intend Instituting a general
system of proseention against all Republican ex
offlolale?" These are samples of questions pro.
pounded to me a hundred times a day by men of
a1l sorts of political views.
But you most not suppose that this anxiety is
caused by any solicilude for the fate of the indi
viduals composing the Returning Board. Par
from it. I doubt if there can be found four other
men of equal prominence in the country who
have so little of the popular sympathy who are
so universally regarded with aversion or indiffer.
once, or whose personal fate is a matterof so lit
tle concern to the multitude, as those four knaves
now under indiotcnebt. I confess that I have been
surprised at the universality of
THE POPULAR BELIEy IN THE RACRALITY OF THE
POARD.
Seven mnn'hs ago they held the fate of the
national government in their hands. All winter
long they were martyrs in the estimation of half
the North. And now there is none poor enough
to do them reverence. By far the greater part
of the people up here say that they have no
doubt the board is guilty of all charged against
it. The legality and regularity of the current
proceeodings are not questioned. All who know
enough about legal processes to form a rational
judgment understand well enough that the
Grand Jury of Orleans parish has done nothing
but what it was compelled to do under the law,
provided complaint and information were lodged
against the board in due form.
Thus, if nothing seemed to be involved beyond
the personal fate of the four Individuals, there
would be but little Interest flt i. the matter
throughout the North. But nearly everybody has
a vague apprehensi'n that the result will be to
re-open the question of
THE TITLE TO TIlE I'0I:EniDEN('Y,
with all its attendant uncertainty, agitation and
chicanery of political managers. On one si]e
the imagination conjures up the hand
of Blaine, Packard, and Bill (handler,
moving in this mysterious way to unseat Ha4yes
in revenge for his policies and his reforms. An
other deep searcher after political truth discovers
a movement of Tilden and I)avid Dudley Field,
dusigned to furnish legal foundation for a bill in
chancery or in ej"ctment, or the devil knows
what other techn caliy of shysti ring.
B it this is not what I am mainly writing
about. I said the sole ground of the apprehen.
sions which prevail hero was the supp..eed ps-,
sibility or probability that the developments in
these cases would reopen the dispute over the
Presidential succession. I can find nobody,
Democrat or IRepub:ican, who wants this dispute
reopened, exceptiug the household of the late
Democratio candia',et, and, perhaps, those Re
publicans of the Wilkins and Plthin stripe who
are going about '" asking the public to just feel
the lumps raised by the toe of the Presidential
boot."
Aside from these the whole country deprecates
any renewal of he strife of last winter. The
masses of the Democrats express their astonish
ment that Mr. Hayes should have done so well.
while the Republicans, except the few machine
politicians who find their occupation gone, seem
satiPfied that Hayes means well and wil give tim
and his policies a good fair show before they
abandon him to follow the gonfalon of Blaine.
popunlrly dawribed as a cardinal red petticoat!
I am satiB ned that if the masses of the people
up here were certain that there could be
NO RENEWAL OF THE PRFtIDENTIALA AOITATION
under any circumstances, tl ey would instantly
withdraw the attentlion which they now concen
trate upsn your action in thetso cases, and for the
rest, remain wholly Indifferent to the fate of
Wella, Anderson, and the two negroes of the
board. You know what an (ff,rt was made to ex
cite sympathy for Dibble and Johnson, and how
ignominiously it petered out. So you can unier
stand that the apparent outburst of Northern
solicitude for the indictel Returning Board is due
to something m.re than mere personal sympathy
with the four rogues who are in the toils.
I said that there was a general desire at the
North, among the masses of the people, to see
MIr. Hayes remain unditnrbed in his tenure of
office. This desire is hardly lose universal among
Democrats than among Republicans. You can
flnl but very few Democrats, even here in New
Yrk, who would care to see MIr. Hayes ousted
and Tilden installed. I hav, never seen such
A REVIULSION OF FEL.ING
toward a lead r. As there has been in
this State, particularly among the rural
Democracy, toward Tilden during the
last three months. The dreadful bng
ling of Pelton in the Oregon business, the weak
ness of Hewitt in Congress and the supercilious,
pomp us imbecility of Field in the committees,
have all had their effect u on the public mind,
and the generil verdict id that a man who would
0
select snoh advisers for his campaign would be
likely to tmake awful mistakes in his administra
tion.
Therefor', I may say that a good part or the
anxiety respecting the late Indionments is canned
by the suspicion that thý y are part of a new pro
gramme of
VEXATIOUi LITIGOATION
over the title to the presidency, and that Tilden
"managing his case as at it were a New York
railroad lawsuit" -to quote oenator MacDonald
is now filing bills calculated to injure the credit
of the Hayes' Administration. This is a favorite
method of breaking down semi-insolvent railroad
companies and forcing them into the hands of a
receiver. Possibly Tilden is trying to "wreck'
the Hayes Administration as he did the T. W
and W. railroad; aid this asprehension is at the
bottom of all the Norther i tribulation.
Of course those who take the trouble to lool
Into the law and logic of the ease see clearly that
these apprehensions are groundless.
TIHE PRelDiENCYi' IS trA'r A OFIrcl, "1-FFc.r Ti
CrONTEiT
liaesseat in Congress or the mayoralty of a town
There is no earthly way of getting a President
out of office'except by impeaching him, and a
President can be impeached only for high crimes
and misdemeanors committed by himsel'; not for
crimes committed by others, even though he
holds his ( fice as a result of them. If this prin
ciple could have been established Andy Johnson
might have been impeached because he became
President through the crime of Wilkes Booth
This ought to be redutsio ail aohnurdrum sufliciently
perspicuous to get through the scull of even the
average Northern Radical. A. C. B.
IN# TIHE TOILS OF A VOIUDO'U.
A Tale of Ayseterlols Rites, Stiillan As*
sassinallon and Dark Deeds.
Every few months there crops out to the sur
face some tale of the wonderful influence poe
sessed by these "bhoodr" or Voodon doctors over
their poortleluded victims, but, as a rule, the
result of their tricks does not am(tlnt to the sum
named below.
Beyond the mere Vondo business, there is a
horrible tale of murder, assassination and the
effect of fear on an individual sufficient to moake
him sign three m ortgage notes of $1000 each
when he did not owe the money.
Emile Condet has fl81 a petition in the Fifth
District Court representing that in the month of
June, 1876, one Joseph Oteri, a resident of this
city, with whom he was on friendly terms, came
to him much distressed and crying, and
represented that he had given to his wife
for safe- keeping the sam of $53000,
and that tke money had bees stolen and he
bogged the petitioner to go and see his wife and
Induce her to tell what had become of the money,
uondet went as requested, and after consider
able persuasion induced the wife to admit that a
negro man, pretending to be a clairvoyant and
fortune-teller, named. Dr. Robertson, had ben an
sssocia'e of Oterl, and in the habit of practicing
his divine and mysterious powers on Oteli and
his wife, had induced her to give him the money
that he might put it in five packages and pin It
together in a manner unknown to others and
peculiar to himself, and then place it under
the matting beneath the bed, and then
all things would be lovely to Mr.! Oteri
and her. bbe said she had given this doctor the
money and left the petitioner and went to her
bedroom adjoining to get it. Ihe remained there
some titLe, much longer than was hecessary,
and the petitionmer opened the communooi.
cating door and found her standing still
with about $250 in one hand tnstead
of the , $5000. Condet returned to Oteri
and infofmed him what had happened, and ad.
vised him to employ detectives and recover the
money. Detectives Malone and Cain were en
gaged, and Cain went to Philadelphia, whereto
the doctor t?) had escaped, and arrested h'n a-,d
brought him to New Orleans, where the fortnne
toiler arsfeesed his guilt by surrendering to Oteri
a piece of real estate, furniture anti Jewelry, and
some money he had on deposit in the Louisiana
iSavings hank.
After Oteri had got all he could from Robertson
he turned igainst Gondet andl charged him with
having dsshonored his wife and robbing him of
$50o0, and threatened to kill the petitioner if he
did not make up the difference between the
amount recovered and the stolen $.500.
It is further charged that Oterl is a Sicilian and
claimed to be the leader of a band of Sicilians
living in New Orleans who redressed their real or
imaginary wrongs by murders and assassinations,
anti Oteri thre.taned that if the money was not
plid Comrdt would be ki.led and his family de.
etroyed.
Condet, with the fear of his life upon him, be
came sick, and was troubled with weakness, and
was obliged to remain, at home many days to
avoid aseas.ination. He then sent for Oteri, and
told him that the (Condet) did not want to be
killed or to kill Oteri, and tried to convince Oteri
of his innocence of Ih , charge, but the ticilian
would not bs convinced, asd reitrated the threat
that he would be killed in a few days.
Petitioner goes on to allege that oppressed and
spirit broken, and weigh. d down in mind, donut
ing which would be better, to be killed or to kill
)teri, and then be snubected to a criminal prose
cntion he consented to make good the lose to
Uteri, but not having the ready money, he offered
to give mortgage notes.
This was accepted, and Condet went before a
notary and acknowledged falsely that he owed
bhe note.
Hie prays for the sequestration of these notes
meade under an at before Jae. Fahey, July 12,
t876, and that the notes be canceled.
ATTENTION, VIDANG.EUJRW.
Or the Police Will 1ub You.
Chief of Police Boylan has the following letter
from the Board of Health relative to vidangenrs,
and will carry out the law to the full meardng of
the section prohibiting the use of any excavating
carts, etc., nuprovided with the odorless appa
ratus :
Orc I BOAnnD OF HeAL.TH.
Thoe. Boylan, E-q., Chief of Pollee, New Or
leans:
Sir- I beg to call your attention to the fact that
unauthonzel parti s are now in the habit of
emptying privies at night under the system of
work. According to the statutes of Louisiana,
odorless apparatus only is allowed to be user for
that purpose in New Orleans, after approval b7
the City Council anrd the board of
health. .The only kinds (f apparatus
now approved and licensed are that of the Bani
tary Excavating. Company (I. Langlise, presi
dent,, and the Eagle Odorless Appafa us. (Hase
man and Bnchler, enperintendenA). All parties
using other means or appliances are acting in
violatioidof law and should be arrested and
brought to trial accordingly.
It is purposed hereafter to pkrmit this work to
be done only between the hours of 5 a. m. and3
p.'m. ieepectfully, your obe itant servant.
rAI'L. OCf.)PPIN,
President Board of Health.
K. ;. S.
I do not know, nor do I care,
Woy ,ara Aun doth so despair,
Can It be that the dear old thing
Hath forgotton how, the poliah to bring.
Will I euggest and recrmmend she take care
And look to the brightness of her own kitchen
ware,
But to do this well there is left but one booe,
And that is, the use of the famrnou Kitchen
Crystal doap.
The fire plaz on IBnrbon street, between
Hospital and Ureulioee, is leaking, and Capt.
KoI'si forcr ies Cacpie .ryiuog to stop the leak.
TIIE IAND OFFICE.
iUifG J. CAMPIwi IA AND JOHN RAY
ON THU. MTANW.
How the People's Money Went and Who
Used t--Next !
The Land Office C numittee met on Monday
morning. Present : Senator itobertson and Rep
resentatiwes Peralta and Drury. Hugh J. Camp
bell resumed the stand.
To Senator Robertson-Twenty-flvo of the
tract books were purchased and two and a halt
filled up. It took two years to do the we k, the
clerks working at night. Remick, Rted and
Campbell did the work. At the same tme lemiok
did this work, for which he drew pays was also
chief clerk of the Land Oftie, drawing salary.
The clerical work on the books cost $460i,.
To Mr. Drury- The preparatory work was
much more really than the wi rk on the books.
To Senator Robertson-The $11,445 drawn by
me was dran in cash, and wae kept to my own
credit. j
Prior to tile report of March 3, 1H74, I made a
previous report, but that
WAR NXfVER FPlnPFFT,,
The $5178 was given to Mr. Ray in two Ir breo
amounts. One amount, $1000 I think, wea in a
warrant for surveting. Paid him the greater
portion of the entire amount in cash. One re
port made to the Governor I requested that I
might turn over my salary warrants as cash,
rwhic, I believe, was done. Think I paid Ray
12,00 in cash and the balance, $3178, in warrants,
iincl tling my salary warrants which had been
When I drew the 111,000 I opened no regular
books in the offide, though I kept a memorandum
which is the only one that shows any record of
the expenditures of the office. That I retained
posseselon of during the straggle of 1874. My
of ject in drawing the $10,000 and 125,000 before
there was any expenditures was that I was un
der theimpression that there was money in the
treasury.
I knew I must have cash to run the office,
make surveys, etc., and I knew or thought if I
did not draw it, then it would not be in the
treasury at times when I wanted it, and for ghat
reason I drew it. When I drew the money, I de
posited it to my own order and checked on it as
such.
Senator Robertson-The expert reports that he
finds no account of fees, receipts or expendi
tares. Did you keep such accounts ?
The Witness-We kept a bhiok in which ac
curate accounts were kept. The legislative jour
nal will hoew all of theaccounts of expenditures,
knd the book I kept, which I now have, will show
the expenses. There was nothing charged for
fees outside of the regular way.
Went out of olree in March, 1.73; settled with
John Ray Match 3, 1874, one year afterward.
Don't know bow much of the $3178 was paid in
money; think some was, however. Did not ettle
with Ray sooner, because at the time I was an ad
herent of the Ictlnery government. You will
remember that government did not eo down ail
at once, and another reason was that I wanted to
get as much of my salary as possible. The war
rants turned over were turned over by Gov. Kel
iogg's permiselon.
To Mr. Drury-The preparatory work on the
books was three times as great as the copying.
The ofSlo, when I took it, was in a very dilapi
dated ondition. An attempt had been madeto
destroy the office.
To Mr. Robertson- My salary was $4000. Rem
ick was twenty.one months in making up the
tract books, for which he got $2800 extra.
The Obharman- -uhe receipts of Mr. Remiek
show that the money was all drawn during six
months.
Witness-Am sure that is a mistake. I see
(exat.anin the originals) that all-the receipts
are dated 1811, except one which is not dated.
When the oloe was turned over all the books,
except the one I have, was turned over. Have
not been able to ind the report of 1873.
The aceount and blank receipt, unsigned, on
page four is not incorporated in my acount, and
should be stricken out.
JOH RnAY, Reo,
was the next witness. Was appointed 8tate
Register in March, 1873, and hold it until Mr.
Graham was appointed.
The Ohairm alr- he expert finds entries of
of 4l,689 acres of swamp lands, for which re
turns have been mde to the treasury. In the
way of fees he finds a total of 13827 25, on which
there is a deficit of 5903 75.
Witness-I paid that deficit Ir as soon as the
expert informed me that he discovered it. When
Mr. Campbell made the settlement wIth me he
paid me $1100 in money and the balance at an
other time In warrants. There may have been
other amounts in money. I directed my clerk to
keep a record of accounts, and suppose he did.
All vouchers for services were filed t. the Au
ditor's office. Have separate vouchers for the
money paid by Mr. Oampbell. Major Richardson,
my chief clerk, was an old land officer, and for
that reason I em-loyed him. Me has perhaps
the books in bs possession now.
Of the balance of $23,715 of the appropriation
when I took charge think it was all drawn; don't
know what dispoeftien was made of it. Drew
nothiog in anticipation of accounts.
Don't know that any report was made to the
Legislatnre. The warrants received from Gen.
Campbell was so0d on the market and cash real
ized. I signed patents and such other docu
ments as were necessary, and the other work was
dine by Major Richardson. I paid Mr. Richard
son; as a clek he received $250 per month from
the State, and I paid him besides that for extra
labor. At other times .ad two of my sons and
two of my nephews employed in the ofiee.
Was not interested with Dr. Smythe in the
entering of lands in Orleans parish. When I left
the city I generally signed a number of blanks
in blank, which Mr. BRichardson used. Have no
interest in lands in the southeastern district.
Never entered or bottght an acre of land in my
ife.
Never made any reportas to the disposition of
tbhe 8200. It was all epanded.
[ bhe expert repoas 0,0O0 acres of land enter
ed under Mr. Bqy's ad alitratlon at 1214 seatt
per acre, and ouly 1830 ere at $1 25 per acre.]
wR. J. w'cLtowi, Etr rT,
was called. Have examined all the books saod
recorde in the Land Offilo. There was a balmance
of $503 75 due the State for fees daroing Mr.
iRa's admliiatration, which, I anderstand, was
PAID IN LAAP SATTRDAY.
Find no vouchers for the $83,000 drawn by Mr.
IR y; he stated to me thait he had the vouchers fr
the amount.
It was drawn in d'fniret amonnts for Mr. Bay,
but for the benefit of other parties. There are
no recoide showing what fees have been received.
I arrived at it by going over the stub books of
lands e.ptered.
Durit lg Mr. Campbell's time the books show
omissions and numerous errors.
Tbe two tract boots and the half would cost
$0O. The clerical work on the tract books should
be consuidred a part of the duties of the clrk,
and not extra work.
All the records show Mr. Rlemick's hand
writing, and the records do not show sny other
handwrinting, either that of Beed's or Camp
iHad an expert been employed to fix the tract
books 81000 would have been smefficient compen
sation for the labor. The books in some instances
show omissions of entire townships and sections.
The tract book showing the land lying between
the city and lake Pontchsrtraio was then pro
duced, and numbers of sections were shown by
the map to have been entirely omitted, the wit
ness stating that this was the clerical work for
which Oampbell had paid the experts as per tre
vions testimony.
Pound the tract books in Mr. r:&' a dmmnistra
tion well k pt.
To Mr. Diury- No work was done by Mr. B. B.
Cam hbell or Mr. &j-ur; at least thb recrds s;a iw
no work by them.
The expert was, on motion, instructed to in
vestig'e and make a foil report upon the mutter
of entries in Orleans paritn, as referred to In
Monday m r: lug's [LzocaT.
Adjinourned until 10 a. m. Tuesday.
Ger. Campbell's report of date June 3, 1873 in
cludes varinus receipts. inclading ote from John
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