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THE NEW ORLEANS DAILY DEMOCRAAT.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AND OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
VOL. II---NO. 227. NEW ORLEA S, SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 1877. PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
DOMESTIC NEWS.
COMING HOME.
Two Wanderers from this City on Their
Way Back Here.
(8pecial to the Democrat.]
~ AN FRANCIsCO, Aug. 4.--Among the pas
sengers leaving here on the eastward over
land train yesterday morning, were Lewis It.
Laun, of the firm of Laun, Carr & Co., of
New Orleans, and Edward Fulton, defaulting
tax collector, of New Orleans. Laun in his
flight went to Texas, thence to Chicago, Balti
more, England, Brazil and China; thence to
this city. lie had no money of consequence
with him when arrested. He states that he
perpetrated forgeries to help the firm out of
difficulties occasioned by a fall in the price
of cotton. Detective Minor, of Now Orleans,
has charge of the prisoners.
A Foreclosure on the Chicago antl Iowa
Railroad.
I-8ecial to the Democrat.l
CHICAoo, Aug. 4.--A decree of foreclosure
has been asked for by the trustees of the Chi
cago and Iowa Railroad Company. Winm. H.
Holcombe, treasurer, has heen appointed re
ceiver.
The Saratoga Races.
[Special to the Democrat.]
SARATOGA, Aug. 4.-Jn the mile dash, Rha
damanthus, the favomite, got the third place.
Virginius, the horse which sold lowest in the
pools, was first, andlBombast second. Time
1:42%.
The race for maiden two-year-olds, five fur
longs, was won by Pique.
The two and a quarter mile race was won
by Whisper, Tom Ochiltree second, Athleen
third. Time-4:02.
The mile and a half dash was won by Luci
fer in 2:46.
Den DeBar Dangerously Ill.
[Special to the Democrat.]
ST. LOUIs, Aug. 4.-Ben DeBar, manager
and proprietor of DeBar's Opera House, in
this city, has arrived home, suffering from a
paralytic stroke with which he was attacked
in New York about a week ago. His physician
pronomnces his case very serious, if not a
a hopeless one.
The Tracks Guarded by Troops at Wilkes
barre.
[Special to the Democrat.]
WrLKKEsRBARE, Aug. 4.-All except night
trains are running on the Valley road. A
division of troops are guarding twenty miles
of the road for the Leheigh and Susquehanna
Company. Their trains will not be run for
several days.
CAPITAL NEWS.
bherman's Views on the Indian War.
[Special to the Democrat.]
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-Gen. Sherman writes
to the Secretary of War as follows: "With a
new post at Fork Ridge and Little Horn, and
that at the mouth of Tongue river occupied
by strong garrisons, the Sioux Indians can
never regain that country, but will be forced
to remain at their agencies or take refuge in the
British possessions. The country west of the
now post is a good country, and will rapidly
fill up with emigrants who will, in the next
ten years, build up a community as strong
and as capable of self-defense as Colorado."
Pittsburg Wants a Permanent United
states Garrison.
[Special to the Democrat.]
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-The Committee of
Public Safety at Pittsburg has written to the
Secretary of War thanking him for his action
during the trouble, and asking that a perma
nent garrison, as large as the condition of the
army will admit, be stationed at Allegheny
Arsenal.
No Copies of Recommendations Given.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-The Attorney Gen
eral decides that no copies of recommenda
tions for office shall be given from the depart
ments. The question arose from an applica
tion by the San Francisco Chronile for docu
ments of this character, by which it hoped to
justify an article which Senator Sargeant, of
California, claimed to be libelous.
"Justice Humphreys Making an Ass of
Himself."
WASHINGTON Aug. 3.-There Is great scan
dal over the aftairs of Detectives Cunning
ham and Bell. It appears Cunningham was
sentenced to the Mississippi Penitentiary for
a long term upon evidence given by Bell.
Cunningham had Bell arrested on some
papers from Texas. Judge Wylie issued the
papers for Bell's arrest.
Bell was before Judge Humphreys on ha
beas corpus and was discharged on suspicion
that the requisition was bogus. The Reb
lican captions its city item on the subject,
"Disgracing the Ermine," "Justice um
phreys making an ass of himself" "His
remarkable conduct ata hearing," "Laughing
lawyers, surprised prisoners and astomshed
officers witness his shameful conduct."
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WAR NOTES.
The Runslans at a Standstill in the Do.
brudseha,
[Special to the Democrat.]
LONDON, Aug. 4.-Varna advices up to the
2d inst. state that the operations of the Rus
sians in the Dobrudscha have come to a per
fect standstill. One of their colums stands
on the high road from Medjidje to Silistria,
while the second and main column has again
retired to Medjidje.
The Egyptian Contingent.
[Special to the Democrat.]
LONDONs, Aug. 4.-A Bucharest correspond
ent says that the Egyptian troops are re
ported to have advanced tb Biemrede, be
tween Bazardjik and Medjidje, and to be
threatening Gen. Zimmerman's corps. This
movement is meant to protect Mehemet All,
who is near Rasgrad.
Engllsh Troops for the Mediterranean.
[Special to the D~mocrat]
LONDON, Aug. 4.--A telegram has been re
ceived at Portsmouth, from the Admiralty,
ordering two troop ships to be ready to em
bark 3000 additional troops for the Mediter
ranean, if required, by Saturday.
The Russians in the Balkans Fortified.
[Special to the Democrat.]
LONDON, Aug. 4.-The Times Bucharest
correspondent, reviewing the situation,
says he thinks the panic in Roumania is
groundless, and that the Plevna defeat will
certainly be retrieved.
Discussing the Russian chances of holding
a position in the Balkans if obliged to retire
to them, a correspondent who recently passed
through the Schipka Pass telographs that it
is strongly occupied and fortified al
ready. Within it are many trains of pro
visions and forage.
Prince Mirsky and Gen. (lourko might hold
it for a fortnight on full rations, or longer on
short rations.
The Turks Evacuate Caucasla.
Ilpeeial to the Demnerat.]
LONDoN, Aug4.-A dispatch from Sakumn
Kaleh, August 2, says that the Turkish frigate
Manmandich bombarded the Russian bat
tories at Tchamtehira on the 30th ult.,sllencing
every Russian gun. The Manmandich was
considerably damaged and several of her crew
killed and wounded. Near Tchamtchira were
6000 Turks in a critical position, owing to the
advance of the Russian army.
Hobart Pasha embarked the entire force
safely on the 1dt inst. under cover of the guns
of his fleet. This completes the withdrawal of
theTurkish military expedition to Caucasia.
Hobart Pasha has command of the entire
Black Sea forces, consisting of twenty men
of-war and transports.
The English Channel Fleet Ordered to
Spain.
[8peolal to the Democrat.l
LONr)ON, Aug. 4.-The News states that the
Channel squadron has been ordered south to
Vigo, but whether it will proceed further, to
Gibraltar and other Mediterranean seas, or re
turn home alter the cruise, will depend upon
instructions which await its arrival in Spain.
The Obstructlonlits In the HIouse of Corn
umons Defeated
[Special to the Demoerat.l
LONDON, Aug. 4.-in the House of Corn
mons, this evening, the South African bill was
read a' third time. Obstruction to it seems to
be stamped out.
The Prttl Divorce Suit.
ISpecial to the Democrat.]
PARIS, Aug. 4.-The Adelina Patti suit has
been decided. Both the lady and husband
filed applications for a judicial separation.
Mme. Patti's application was refused and her
husband's granted. The sentence states that
Mme. Patti does not even offer to bring for
ward any proofs of the facts she alleges. On
the other hand, that documents placed before
the tribunal, particularly the correspondence
addressed to Mme. Patti by a third person,
show that her conduct did the gravest injury
to her husband. The court therefore pro
nounces against her petition for a separation
of body and goods, and condemns her to pay
costs. As divorce is unrecognized by French
law neither party can marry again.
THE BATTLE OF PLEYNA.
The Terrible Disasters of the Russian
Defeat.
LONDON, Aug. 4.-The Daily N'oe.' corre
spondent with Prince Schachowsky's force,
telegraphing from Simnitza August 1, gives
an account of the retreat. He says the road
from Parrden to Bulgarieni was cumbered
with broken and retreating troops, wholly
destitute of order. Officers without soldiers,
soldiers without officers, all without cohesion
and mostly without arms.
At the narrow bridge near Bulgarieni, there
was wild confusion and a complete block;
tumbrils, ambulances, wagons, provision
wagons, officers' caleches, led horses and
carts filled with wounded-all were jammed
in indiscribable chaos.
There had been wounded all along the
road, but the bulk of the wounded begun a lit
tle way beyond Bulgareni and extended in
unbroken line for seven miles along the road
to Sistova; they mere mostly carried in ox
carts, severer cases in ambulances, and large
numbers tramped on foot; immense numbers
of wounded had tramped the whole way from
the battle-field and were already entering Sis
tova at 6 o'clock yesterday morning. They
must have walked forty miles in twenty-four
hours, wounded as they were. Nearly all of
these wounded, however, consisted of men
who had somehow managed to walk out of
battle.
The bad cases were mostly left where they
fell. Staff officers, with whose estimate I am
inclined to agree, think the whole force lost
between 6000 and 7000 men in killed and
wounded.
A brigade of the Thirty-second Division has
suffered most heavily; besides a terrible loss
of men, it sacrificed the imperial banner of
one of its regiments.
The whole of the Thirtieth Division has
been smitten very sorely. All of the three
brigades of Prince Schachowsky's command
are for a time in a state of disorganization.
The Advance of the Bashi-Bazouks.
LONDON, August 4.-The Standard's Biela
dispatch says: The Bashi-Bazouks have ap
peared near Sistova. They are thought,
however, to be a mere detachment, not in
dicating the presence of any Turkish forces.
Russlan Reserves to the Front.
LONDON, August 4.-The Standard's St.
Petersburg dispatch says: In addition to the
reserves which since the commencement of
the war, have been continually sent south
ward the whole Imperial Guard has been or
dered to prepare to proceed to Bulgaria. The
first detachment will depart in a few days.
The Russians Beyond the Balkans.
LONDON, Aug. 4.-Kassanift is to be aban
doned. Gen. Gourko is to be recalled and
Gen. Mirsky to be summoned hither from
Gabrova. Everything on the other side of the
Balkans will, in fact, be relinquished, except
the actual pass.
Another Egyptian Contingent.
LONDON, Aug. 4.-A News dispatch from
Alexandria says: It is reported and generally
believed that 6000 more Egyptian troops are
going to Constantinople.
Reinforcements for the Turkish Army.
LONDON, Aug. 4.-The Vienna correspond
ent of the Times hears from Constantinople
that reinforcements are daily arriving and
being immediately dispatched to Adrianople.
Sudden Illness of Redif Pasha.
LONDON, Aug. 4.-The Standard's Constan
tinople dispatch reports that Redif Pasha has
been suddenly taken ill, and his physician
thinks he will not live a week. The sudden
ness of his illness caused various rumors.
The English Cabinet,
LONDON, Aug. 4.-The Standard publishes
the following in official form: Sir Michael
Hicks Beach will, we understand become
First Lord of the Admiralty; Hon. SIr. Plun
kett, the present Solicitor General for Ireland,
will succeed Sir Michael as Chief Secretary for
Ireland.
J. B. Walker, D. D. ., 18. Delord street,
END OF THIE STRIKE.
THE OUTBREAK OF THE INTERNA
TIONALISSr A BIG BLUFF OF
TRAMPS, THIEVES, ETC.
The Colorado NarrowLGauwe-IRaces of
the nt. IAouil Jockey Club
The Home Guard.
[Special Correspondence of the Democrat.]
ST. Louis, August 2, 1H77.
The war is over. The Internationalists have
been subdued and peace reigns once more in
St. Louis. The strikers and rioters were
overcome without bloodshed and the leaders
are all lying in jail. For this result the people
are duly thankful and willing to bestow a
proper amount of praise, but there is a (lispo
sition on the part of some of the "heroes" to
exact too much in the way of public grati
tude. The fact is,
THE POLI(:E FORCE OF THE CITY
deserves all the praise, and the civilians who
turned themselves into soldiers for a three
days' campaign, are entitled to only thanks
foi what they might hive done in case of a
conflicet. St. Louis has one of the best police
corps in the Union, commanded by experi
enced and capable officers, and, as intimated
in a previous letter, there was no period dur
ing the entire troubles when the outbreak
could not have been quelled by the police.
The members of the force and its officers all
realized trhis, but the civic officials, who are
given control of the police, lacked courage.
The citizens were urged to enroll them
selves into companies and regiments,
and meantime the police were or
dered to do nothing to "inflame the
strikers." Citizens responded promptly to
the call, but the work of organization pro
gressed slowly. In many instances jealousies
and bickerings arose' from the desire of too
many to hold the official positions, limiting
the privates to a number too small to be effi
cient. But these difticulties were gotten over
in a day or two, and last Thursday night the
military organization was pronounced by
the Committee of Safety ready to make a for
ward movement. The Mayor at once issued a
proclamation, the tone of which was in
marked contrast with his former official utter
ances. He planted himself squarely upon law
and order, and warned the mob that any
further interference with the business of
others would be met with immediate arrest
and punishment.
Meantime the rioters had formed them
selves into companies and were engaged in
enrolling recruits at their headquarters in
Schuler's hall, corner of Fifth and Riddle
streets. About 10 o'clock Friday, a confer
ence of the civil authorities and the Commit
tee of Safety was held, and it was decided to
at once
TAKE THE AGCORESSIVE,
and put a summary end to the riotous demon
strations. Orders were issued for ten com
panies of the citizen soldiery to be ready to
move at 2 o'clock, and details of mounted and
foot police were orderedi to accqrupany them.
The Internationalists soon got information
of the intended attack upon their headquar
ters, and a few of them endeavored
to organize a force to resist, hut
the effort proved fruitless. Your cor
respondent was in their hall and
even in their committee rooms when the
attack was momentarily expected, and it was
evident they would surrender without a blow.
They had no arms, except such clubs and
sticks as had been gathered in their raids on
factories, and the leaders were utterly defi
cient in courage. Besides this large numbers
had abandoned the hall to save themselves,
when they learned what the authorities con
templated. Some talked of fighting, but the
majority agreed to submit to arrest,
THREATENING TO AVENGE THE " OUTRAGtE" ITY
BURNING THE CITY AFTERWARDS,
At 3 o'clock the advancing column drew up
within less than two blocks of the hall. The
streets for squares in every direction were
packed with men, most of whom had gath
ered there out of curiosity. The troops, all
volunteers from among the citizens, remained
in position in the middle of Fifth street, and
the police, consisting of thirty mounted and
sixty-five on foot, advanced. The dismounted
detachment drew up in front of the entrance
to the hall, and a squad led by Capt. Loe
rushed up the stairs. At the same time the
mounted police charged the crowds, riding
down the sidewalks, and in ten minutes the
insurrection was put down and
insurrection was put down and
THE LEADERS,
together with sixty or seventy of the rank
and file, were prisoners. One man attempted
to prevent the police from entering the hall,
but a single blow with a club settled him and
the war was over. This man bled a little
from a cut in his head, but was able to take
his place among the ranks of the prisoners
and march to jail.
There was general apprehension that the
scattered forces of the Internationalists
would rally in squads all over the city that
night, and adopt the incendiary torch as a
means of revenge, and every precaution was
taken to protect property; life was no longer
in danger. The volunteers were distributed all
over the city, and every public building was
occupied by troops. But all these fears
proved groundless.
A more quiet night was never witnessed in
the city. The streets were deserted, compar
atively; people evidently preferring to re
main at home. The Internationalists had an
nounced public meetings for three different
points-one in the northern and one in the
southern and one in the central portion of the
city, but no attempt was made to hold either.
At each of the designated places a small crowd
gathered, more out of curiosity, no doubt,
than from any other feeling, but a small squad
of police met with
NO DIFFICULTY IN DISPERSING THEM.
In fact everything was remarkably quiet
and has been ever since, with the ex
ception of Tuesday afternoon, when
all the military organizations joined in a
grand parade just to show what military force
could be organized within a few days in a case
of emergency. About 4000 men were in line,
and they presented a very formidable appear
ance, armed with Remington and Springfield
rifles.
The fact of the matter is,
THE STRIKE IN ST. LOUIS WAS SIMPLY A BIG
BLUFF.
The workingmen were not engsaged in it. The
mass of men who crowded around Lucas
Market and applauded incendiary speeches
contained but few who earn their bread
BY HONEST fLABOiR.
Comparatively few, railroad employes in
habit St. Louis. All the roads running East
have their real terminal points in East St.
Louis, anti it is there the operatives reside.
The machine shops of the Iron Mountain
road are in Carondelet, so that all the railroad
men having houses in this city are those of
the Missouri Pacifie, the Union depot crews
and the train men of the several Southern and
Western roads. Of these the Missouri Pacific
at once made terms and settled all con
troversy, and the Iron Mountain and Kan
sas City and Northern had never re
duced wages, andl hence the men
had no cause of grievance. From this
it will be soon that the uprising In St. Louis
was not a railroad strike. It was simply a
demonstration gotten up by a few designing
men and a mob of idlers and vagrants, who
regarded the time as propitious, because of
the railroad strike, for putting into effect
Achemes to appropriate other people's prop
erty to their own use. The workingmen held
aloof and watched closelythecourse of events.
They sympathized with the movement to
some extent because it promised them better
wages, but they did not care to commit them
selves to It until they had some tan
gible proof that this promise would be
fulfilled. The real workingman is conserva
tive, and circumstances compel him to be so.
He cannot afford to imperil his own safety,
and jeopardize the bread of his family by
joining in a movement that only promises to
better his condition after going through a
course of violence and lawlessness. The
DEMOCRAT correspondent made carful in
quiry during two or three days of the
troubles among the gangs gathered at the
mob's headquarters for mechanics and honest
laborers, and found but few. As a rule
the answer was something like, "I did work
on the levee (or elsewhere), but quit
'cause they wouldn't pay enough." Very
rarely was a man found who could say lie was
at work when the troubles began. In a city
of this size there are naturally large numbers
OF IDLERS, VAGRANTS, TRAMPS AND ROGUES,
and these men made up the audiences at
Lucas Market and the organization at Schuler
Hall. The purpose that animated all of them,
c:eept a very few families, was plunder.
They hoped to bring about such a state of
anarchy that they could rob and pillage with
out fear of arrest, and it orly needed a show
of authority, backed by the police force.
to disperse them at any time. They had
no arms, and the boast that 7000 stand of good
rifles had been received was simply made to
still further frighten the authorities. This is
proven by the fact that less than 100 police
men under two brave captains routed the en
tire mob and scattered it so that no effort was
mad6 to reunite the fragments. The soldiery,
as we call the civilians who had organized,
had no more to do with the capture of Schu
ler Hall and dispersing of the mob than the
man in the moon. 'The police needed no sup
lyort, asked for none.
Some of the mushroomu colonels and gen
erals, who jumped from a counting-room Into
shoulder-straps, have appropriated to them
selves the credit and glory of the bloodless
victory, and statements to this effect have
been sent abroad and published, but the
truth is the police did the work, and do not
think they accomplished any very great feat,
either.
As reports have been telegraphed from your
city to the effect that efforts are being made
to organize a strike there, the points given
above as to the composition of the mob, the
causes that united it, and the case with which
it was subdued, may prove of some value, as
the movement in N,-w Orleans, if it is ever
inaugurated, will very likely be of a. similar
character to that of St. Louis.
THE NEW NARROW GAUGE.
The leading merchants of this city recently
held a meeting to consider the subject of the
narrow gauge road from St. Louis to Western
Kansas and Colorado, the details of which en
terprisewere given in full in the DEMOCRAT a
few weeks ago. An immense area of the finest
producing country in Missouri, Kansas and
Colorado has no Southern outlet of any kind,
and the people have determined to construct
a narrow gauge railroad connecting them
with St. Louis.
At a convention held in this city a few weeks
since the project was planted fairly on its
feet, the counties along the proposed line
agreeing to build the road through their re
spective borders if St. Louis would furnish
means to construct the western end. At the
meeting of merchants the project was heartily
indorsed, and the means necessary to do all
asked of St. Louis subscribed at once. Hence
it is fair to presume the work of construction
will soon be commenced,and that within a year
or two at most the road will be in operation.
This enterprise is referred to again because
it promises about as much benefit to New Or
leans as to St. Louis. The railroad will run
for hundreds of miles through one of the
finest grain producing sections in the world;
a country where corn is often used for fuel be
cause it cannot find a market. Stock of all
kinds, and bacon, are also among the pro
ducts, and all these will find an outlet over
the Great Father of Waters to New Orleans,
at a very low rate of transportation.
THE ST. LOUIS JO(KEY CLUP.
The long-talked-of scheme of another
racing association in St. Louis, was practi.
cally inaugurated last night by the election
of officers. A large tract of ground, not far
from the fairgrounds, has already been pur
chased, and will be inclosed next week. The
gentlemen who have undertaken this enter
prise are all very wealthy, and they promise
to give St. Louis one of the very best tracks
in the Union. Julius Pitzman, one of the best
surveyors and landscape gardeners of this
city, has been entrusted with the work of
laying off, grading and beautifying the track
He has instructions to spare no expense in
making it as near perfect as human skill can
arrive at, and no doubt St. Louis will here
after be a favorite resort for horse owners and
sportsmen. The grand stand and other
buildings are to be models of architectural
skill and beauty. The first meeting will be
held about the first of October, by which time
the track will be in order. Many of the best
:tables in the country havc pro~ misd to be
present and a general good time is antici
patedrl as the Exposition will be in operation
at the same time and the Fair opens a few
clays later.
The first meeting will continue four days,
with two races each day, and the purses will
aggregate about $20,000.
A CITY OUARID.
Several of the military companies organ
ized during the late disturbance have deter
mined to make their organization permanent,
and offer their services as a city guard. They
will meet regularly for drill, and will put
themselves in a shape to furnish the city with
a military force in a few hours' notice in case
of emergency.
Several ex-military leaders of the late war
are now endeavoring to organize a company
of cavalry, so as to furnish the "city guard"
with this arm of the service. The city has a
battery of Gatling guns, and, with men to
handle these, will be pre(pared( to deal surmmna
rily with mobs hereafter.
THE CAP.URED LEADE1RI.
Ten of the leaders of the late uprising are
still conilned in jail, and the police authoritiesr
have already preferred charges of riot against
them. The mayor and chief of police declare
they intend to deal severely with these men
and make them feel the most rigid penalty
the law inflicts for such acts. These prisoners
are closely confined, and not even members
of their families are permitted to see them.
They are very much alarmed because they do
not know towhat extent they can be punished
for their offenses.
The men are all poor and really have not
means to employ counsel. They are harmless
now, and should be released on condition that
they would never again engage in another
movement of the kind just suppressed. The
poor frightened men would readily accept
such a condition, and would perhaps knuckle
down to your work and devote themselves to
it hereafter. As it is the authorities are sim
ply making mnartys of these ten men.
Their treatment is looked upon as unneces
sarily harsh, and this is creating a feeling of
sympathy for them that will give them a
prominence and influence they could never
achieve by their own ability and conduct. All
the other prisoners were released, and these
ten, who made the inflammatory speeches,
have labored hard through their friends to
get bail, but failed.
MONET AND STOCKS4.
.Roecial to the Democrat.]
NEW YORK, Aug. 4.-Gold 105%; U. S. G's
of 1881, 111%; do coupons 112%r@112%; new
4,'s 109; 5-20's, 1865, new issue, 107; (do 1867,
1Aý@109. ; 1868 coupons, 111%@111% ; 10-40's,
109:..@1093'4; coupons, 113%; ctlrrency 6's,
124/7; new 5's, 110.
LONDoN, Aug. 4.-Consols for money 95 1-16;
U. S. new 4', s, 106%; 5-20's of 1867, 1061,;
10-40's, 110%; new fives, 107%; Erie, 91d.
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
[Special to the Democrat.]
ST. Louis, Aug. 4.-Flour lower to sell.
Wheat dull; No. 3 red $1 19@1 20 cash; $1 171
bid September. Corn easier, 43%@443% bid
cash; sales 43.% c44¼4 August, 44@44% Sep
tcmber. Oats dull, 26%¼ bid. Whiskyteady,
$1 08. Pork firm; jobing at $13 60. Dry salt
meats firm; shoulders 5% bid August; clear
rib 7 sG bid cash. Bacon steady, 5,/,&_8%. Lard
quiet; summer 8%.
CHICAto, Aug. 4.-Wheat steady at $1 11%.
Corn quiet at 47% for A4igust. 46¼% for iep
tember. Pork $13 37%013 40 for SeptemIber.
Lard steady; 8.90@8.92% for September.
Whisky quiet, held at $1 08.
TxCINNATI, Aug. 4.-Flour steady. Wheat
heavy; white $1 20@1 3.5. Corn steady, 47@49.
Oats quiet, new 28@35. Whisky steady. $1 08.
Pork and lard unchanged. Bulk meats in
moderate demand at 5%@7%. Bacon un
changed.
NEW YORK, Aug 4.-Futures a shade easier;
August 11.67@11.70, September 11.54@11.66,
October 11.25@11.28, November 11.13@11.15,
January 11.26@11.39, December 11.39r&11.41.
Flour dull, in buyers favor; wheat, spot
(lull, futures a shade firmer; corn quiet and
steady; pork quiet, $14 30,E414 35; lard quiet,
steam 9.30rit9.37%; spirits turpentine firm,
:3:; rosin quiet, $1 75/1 83 for strained;
freights steady.
FOREIGN MARKE re.
LINERPOOLr, Aug. 4,-To-day and Monday
are holidays on the Cotton Exchange. Long
and clear middles 37s., short 38s., lard 44s.,
prime mess beef 86s.
RIVER NEWS.
[Speecial to the Democrat.j
MEMPHIS, Aug. 4.-Departacl: Stanard, for
New Orieans, at 7 p. m. Atlantic and barges
bound for New Orleans, aground at Osceola
bar, 90 miles above the city.
The Queen Insurance Company
of Liverpool and London, having a capital of £2,.
000,000 sterling (having $1,422,571 invested in
this country), has acquired a world-wide reputs
timn for staunchness and stability, and for the
promptness and liberally it always manifests in
the settlement of losses. By the recent great
fire in St. Johns, New Brunswick, the company
ensutained a loss of $600,000, and the company im
mediately telegraphed to its agent in that city to
pay all losses as soon as adjusted, thereby waiv
ing the sixty days' delay accorded by law and
custom; at the same time making the liberalcon
tribution of $2500 for the poor sufferers by the
fire. The cffi3ial announcement of the above
facts will be found embodied in an advertise
ment in another column. Messrs. Welshans &
Woods, No. 188 Gravier street, are the agents of
the company in this city.
Palate Royal.
Among the many changes to take place soon
on the grand boulevard none will be more strik
ing and more indicative of the good time to come
than the swaying to the bretz3 the banners of the
grand 'Palais Royal." Our enterprising friend
Levy, who hai for so many years been the popu
lar proprietor of the dollar store, No. 137 Canal
street, seems to have had his faith shaken in re
publican institutions and ideas, and is deter
mined, with cne fell swoop, to obliterate the
name of dollar etore forever. He is making prep
arations for the opening of this elegant and gor
geou3 establishment, and nothing will be spared
in making it the most attractive place in the
Southern country. Levy's dollar store is known
throughout the whole South, and as it has been
known for its promptness in filling orders and
the po:ite attention of the clerks, and the place to
get everything, so will the Palais Royal grow
into popular favor, for we will see in the large
and gilded signs that are to adorn the building
evidences of a new era, a prosperity which we
have longed for but never expected until the
pr:czn ;.w:.
CUSTOM-HOUSE NOTES,.
A RAID ON WELL@-LOUNGERM TO
VAMOOME.
Packard Returnedl-An Old and Dirty
Dodge Resorted To by Moreheads.
The fact that Wells had returned and was hold
ing a strictly
PRIVATE AEANCE
on Friday, as related in Saturday morning's
DEMOCBAT, occasioned a fresh raid on the Return
ing Board chief on Saturday, when his offie and
ante-room were full of "anxious friends," seeking
an audience for the purpose of securing his in
fluence in securing positions in the Custom- House.
At one time the raid became so great and the
"cards" came in so rapidly that the surveyor gave
instructions to his doorkeeper to admit every
man, woman or child who was waiting to see him,
whereupon he "anudienced" the whole business.
In the other offices there was little doing be.
yond routine work, and in' connection with this
work it might be properly remarked that on two
days during the week
THE CUSTOM RBajlPrd
footed up over $49,000, which made the routine
work slightly lively.
The usual number of loungers were abount the
halls and corridors of the building during the
morning and afternoon, which fact must have
been noticed by the Special Agent as he, during
the day, addressed a note to the Collector, sug
gesting that the corridors be kept clear, whtcb
note the Collector cdnsidered seriously, and will,
on Monday, issue a special order againsllomugm
occupying the corridors or blockading the halls.
Packard was about the building during the
afternoon paying his respects to the various oea
ciale, and later in the evening scrutiniase some
of his old business in the marshal's oflee, which
required his attention. He says he had quite a
pleasant time in Iowa and the Northern beates,
but did not have time on his way home to
TroP AT CLEVELAND, OHIO
where the Republican State Convntlon was int
session. He has not fully, made up his maind
yet as to his future course, but it is more than
probable that he will visit Washington jpat aboat.
the time Congress meets.
Information from the Treasury Department fia
to the effect that the recent reductions in the
clerical force has been confirmed by the depart
ment named.
Vague rumors were in ksrculation yesterday
that some of the would-be "Ins," having beooome
rather sore over the delay in their appointmnate,
have resorted to the sore-head trick, viz: writing
anonymous communications reflecting upon the
private character of some of the offieiall, and one
instance of the kind has resulted in the employ
ment of
A SHREWD DETECTIVE
to discover who of the disappointed crowd dictated
an anonymous missile, penned evidently by a
female and mailed from this city only to return
and fall into theihands of,the party whom it was
intended to injure.
A MERITED TRIIUTE.
* Few of the denizens of this city can or will for- -
get the many charities of that public spirited
and over generous woman whose reputation k.
extended beyond the limits of the State. We
refer to Margaret Haughery, or better known as
"Margaret." From orphan children to the needy
of larger growth many have enjoyed her bounty.
but never before has her attention been directed
in admiration of soldierly qualities and military
discipline.
A few days ago in a most quiet and delicate
manner Margaret made known to Mr. A. B..
Griswold before the demise of that estimable gen
tleman, that it was her purpose to present Gen.
Augur with a handsome sword as a testimonial of
her esteem for his canduct during the arduous.
days of trial when Packard was hiding in theo
State House. Mr. Griswold personally superin.
tended the workmanship and the result was a.
S.ef d'oeuvre of taste.
The scabb3srd is of solid silver, with gilt
mountings, and the pattern of the sword is ac
cording to the regulations, ard its cost was not
far from $400. With her usual modesty Margaret
secured the services of a committee of gentlemen,
who willingly took upon themselves the pleasant
task of presenting to Gen. Augur this testimonial
The matter was kept very quiet, and even Mar
geret was mum upon the subject, but at last it
leaked out. The presentation took place, appro
priate speeches were made and the brave recipient
was felicitated upon the happy event.
THE ACADEMY OP MUSIC.
A Handsome Overhauling of this Popular
Theatre.
Yesterday we had the pleasure of visiting the
auditorium of the Academy of Music, where we
found a number of men actively engaged in over
hauling the theatre in all its parts, preparatory
to the opening of the next theatrical season an
the 2d September next-the date having been
definitely fixed.
The old matting and carpete have been taken,
up to make room for new ones as soon as the
painters and frescoers shall have finished their
part of the work. All the chairs have assumed a
new and fresh appearance at the hands of the
former, whilst the latter have exerted their skill
AT THE PANNELLSD' WALLS,
which, by gaslight, will have a very pretty effect
The ceding and the arch of the proscenium will,
however, remain untouched for the present,
owing to the want of time to makeoertain alters
tions, which the management has decided shall
be made next year. One of these alterations
will omouit in atrsaghteaing the front of the
stage, now forming an arc of a circle, the convex
side being towards the auditorium. This change
will deepen the stage by ten or fifteen feet, and
will bringapon it all that portion of the andl'c
num occupied by
THE PROSCEIIUM BOXEs,
new boxes to be constructed to replace them.
Visitors to the Academy this season will also find
that new chandeliers, some of them of a very
rich pattern, have replaced the old ones and that
additional lights in the corridors and especially
in the main entrance, 111 illuminate their way
into the theatre.
THE LADIES' DRESSINO ROOM
has been thoroughly refitted and repainted and
looks very comfortable and neat. It is also the
intention of the management to convert the lobby
immediately in front of the auditorium into a
parlor or reception room, and for that purpose
has ordered a handsome set of furniture and a
rich carpet. This addition will enable the patrons
of the Academy to meet and converse at their
leisure during the intermissions, or at any time
in fact during the performance that may ast
their pleasure.
Neither has the exterior of this
PAvoRITE LIrrLF THEATRE
been neglected, and it now presents a handsome
appearance in comport with the popularity which
it nas justly earned for itself.
The season at the Academy will extend over
thirty-two weeks at least, and nearly all the enga
gements for that period has been completed,
comprising the best combinations known m the
country. The list will be given to the public in
a very few days now.
In this connection we may say that the vacancy
which has been occasioned by Soldene's depart
ure for Australia has been filled by the engage
ment of Mrs. Alice Oates, who, we think, is now
in Europe studying the French styleof the opera
bouffe.
The private's commission-certificate of etr.
vice-ai Ellis', a Olamp street.