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THE NEW ORLEANS DAILY DEMOCRAT.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AND OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
VOL. .II---NO. 23:5. NEW ORLEANS, MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1877. PRICE, FIVE OENTS.
DOMIETIC NEWS.
EADN' J icTTI g.
Capt. Brown Presents a sVlry Fnvorable
Report Thereon.
[ivoeal to the Demoorat.l
OCIriN.l riO', Aug. 12.--A WashilngtAon spe
eial to the, tazrc says that Capt. Brown, of
the Uninte SNtates Engineer Corps, in charge
of the inspe.ction'of Eads' jntties at the mouth
of the Mississippi river, has just sent to the
War Depairtlent a very favorable report. The
report states that Eduls' plan is a substantial
suceets. During the past four monthle there
has been more work done than at,.ay provi
ottn lpe:iod. One nmrlltli rix hundred thou,
sand cubic& fett of mattra't s has Iwenl placed in
position at the jettihw at the h Mel of South
fuss, with tabout Iaxty thousand otlbhi, yards
of stone. The' ettloment, which had eein prlie
vlouly notitced at the end of the easl, jetty,
hals stopped. and there has boon nio nIItlt'i'telh'
settlement sillnc March last.
In four imlloths 150,0(00) yaills of Mdlilhnlnt
have been sIcoured from betwoeen the jettIes
and carried out to sea. All that hnp.des the
passage now of a ship drawing twenty feet
tlrouigh the entire longth of the jottles Is at
little strIp of 140 foot In longth. Through the
rest of tile chulnol thorn is a depth of twenty
feet.
Capt. Brown finds by a comparison of the'
Gulf survey beyond the end of the jetties that
as the result of jetty currents there has b~tn
t slight average increaso of depth, while the
enty foot and thirty feet curves hav e re
ad. From this hcircumstance the conelu
ton is drawn that the bar has not reformod
in advance of the Jottles.
Capt. Eads, who is here, is confident that on
the basis of this roport lie will soon retwolve
his noumind payment of $500,000.
The hilnesce ulnaw the Utnited M.atles for
iDccial to the Democrat.I
8AN FIASNtIscO, Aug. 12.--Col. FLred. A.
mee, well known in counnetion with Chinese
afliirs on this coast, will present a claim
aphnest the United States government for in
demnity in the case of the Chinese Of this
oity whose property was destroyed recently
during the disturbances helr. Application
will be Made through the British Minister at
Washington, as Chlna has no ministerial rep
tesendfltitve there, and as the parties injured
emigrated from the British port of Hong
Kong.
The claims will aggregate about 8100.000 or
upwards, hAif of which Is for actual, and the
tomlaindor for constructive damagee.
More Crooked Whisky Proecuntions.
IM8rteal to the Demoornt.l
SrT. Louis, Aug. 12.-Two sults have boon
er nl the Un'itod States Circuit Court by
the go rnarent against Joseph 0G. Choteau,
distiller, and 14s bondsmen, James C. Ed
watr iand N. 8. Choteau, one for $25,000 and
the Mtfier for $26,000, for violation of the
i,Vrelile laws In May, 18781.
Working Cenvietl in the Mine..
t$peeial to tho Democrat.]
NAsixViLLE, Aug. 12.-No delinite result has
beeh effeoted by tho conference of the Coal
Othek minel's and the Penitentiary lessoos in
trfe0lree to working convicts in those mines.
Net Alarmed at Maine.
[8peoiat to the Democrat.]
SWAUnlcrTON, Aug. 12. -. The President,
while he interprets tl. action of the Maine
convention as opposed to him, d(los not aIp
pear to be at all concfrnesd about its results.
Death of an Old Salt.
14eleal to the Democrat.]
SAN FylANc'Ico, Aug. 12.--Qapt. L. P. No
lan, of the PaifLic mail service, diedl July 27,
at Aapulpo, vwhero he was superintending the
wrBck of the steamor San Francisco.
,Ti WIATlER YETEIDRIAY.
The following is the "temperature" at the
various points named, as reported by the
ijiglnal Service telegrams furnished by Hor
leant Brown, of the Signal Bureau, and indi
biating the state of the temperature at the
points named, at 3 p. m. yesterday:
Cairo 81 degrees, Cincinnati 86, Galveston
92, Keokuk 74, LaCrosse 81, Leavenworth 88,
Louisville 83. Memphis 88, Nashville 90,
naha 84. Pittsburg 80, Shreveport 95 St.
Luis 77 t. Paul 75, Vicksburg 91, Yankton
t. ) 4 ]~ Augusta (Ga.) 91, Corsicana (Tex.)
Mobile 91, Montgomery 95, Savannah 89,
New Orleans 93, and Key West 86.
LEVI ER FROM RAYVILLE.
RIAYVILLE, RICHLAND PARIRS, LA., )
August 7, 1877.
Editor Deamocrat-We have the inest cro1ws
that a crow ever flow over. There is eonsid
erable talk of caterpillars, and some of our
f Qlanters are preparing to give the vermin
.bees of arsenic, others Paris green. Some
bay there Is no use to try to destroy the ill
sect; but, as a matter of course, Got favors
the vigilant. The co·tn crop Is made and is
very fine; fodder pulling and working the
public roads are the order of the (lay in this
parish.
The public health is very good at this time,
and our physicians will have to do something
else than dose out calomel. Now would be a
good time for them togetgoxt paying schools
in these hereabouts, as schoolmasters are
scarce.
We have been so in the habit of abusing the
Radiculs, that our friends, for the want of
these to abuse at this time. and considering
t~m as vermin of the past, pitch into Gov.
bNholls and the Legislature on general prin
ciples. I pitied the poor devils of the legisla
ture and tried to defend them, but soon
learned that it was too big a task for a man of
my calibre, and retired from the field.
Some time ago the Hon. H. D. Ogden, chair
man of the committee on Investigation of the
department of education, instructed the Hon.
Thos. A. Spires, president, and P. H. Toler,
secretary of the hoard of public education of
Riahl*nd parish, to make an examination of
the pooks and records of the former school
boava ot Richland, and report at the earliest
amo.a ns practicable. In obedience to said
lnastruoons Messrs. Spires and Toler be
gan mle two weeks ago to investigate
school matters. The minutes of the
board show that on the 19th of August, 1871,
J. E. Lewis, C. R. Balfour, W. Day Oli
ver, J. A. Legette, Wmin. T. Oliver and Thomas
Jones took the oath of office as membars of
the school board for this parish, at* pro
ceeded to organize the board by electii Ir
win E. Lewis, president, and Wm. T. Oliver,
secretary and treasurer. There was some
preliminary business done when the board
adjourned. At the regular meeting of the
.school directors of the parish of Richland,
held in the town of Rayville, on Monday.
Octobor 2, 1871, there are the following o4n
tries :
The (lainm of W. A. Heott, tocihtr in distrlci
No. 2, for $5'2 .)0, wtas pirsetntod, allowed arwl
paid.
Also, that of J. Wilson, bwcher in D)lstrice
No, 3, for $34 15, was pr4sIontA.l, allow(ed an
paid.
Also, that of J. HI. (hriflin, teAl'cr in I)DIs
trict No. 3, for $28 50, was presentlM , allowed
and paid.
Also, that of i. C. hell, tlacholr in D)istrich
No. 2, or $39 37, was prosenlAtd, allowed and
paid.
ecttlon 16 of act No. 121, of ac'ts of 184I;, t"
tlhu'rethe presi(ent of th.le I hoardI (I raw all
warrants on the tr'onserrl. Upon n exalll
llatiol of the stubs of the warrants of the
treas(urer's I(books tlhe investigati)on showed
tim following exhtlit:
$185 15. I No. 1.1 Oct. 2, 1571.
Pay to .1. Wilson, fnlidt for
Rt(i=v(l the albove describd)(t o(rif)t.
.. 11' I soN.
$13i:1 27! . I(No. 3.1 Oc. 2, 1471.
l'Pay to It. 4(. I3dl. fnnd for
1.(eolve(li the all (ove dsc'rlio(l or1(1der.
it. C. HlnrL.
At the regular metlng of the sIlh(sH l di
rectors for the parish of Rilchhland, held in the
townu of Rltyvilo on Mo(nday, Jan. 1, 1872,
thI(4re(4 arl tilhe fo1 i(wing ointries:
The cllin of W. A. Scott, school district No.
2. for $12, wits pt'ron0lltn', allowed and paid.
The clinhl of Miss IJizzlo Graham, by .1. (1.
icltehalrdson, school distric(t No. I9, for $45,
was prosnnt(.l allow(ld and orderedl paid.
The tlaim of H. C. B(ll, distrit No. 13, for
$183!1 0. was presentel, allowed and or'der'ed
The stubs of the warrants of the 1tre(5a
urer's book for Janulary 1, 1472, shEow('d tihe
following exhibit:
$112. INo. 5.1 'an. 1. 1572.
Pay to W. A. SHeott fund for piul(lie sc(hool.
Received tihe above describl order.
W. A. ('o'rr.
$239 80. No. 13.1 April I3, 1872.
P'ay to Rt. C. e31 fund for , publi'
school.
Revoived the above dtescriboed order.
RI1OHARD C. It;hi,.
He gives himself the following credit :
"Cr.-'January 1, 1872, by amount paid out tio
teachers Ianl explenses, as per settlement with
State Suporintendlent, $1684 (:;1."
Yet hoe has not a single voucthor for one
red pent of said sum.
In one plaeu there is a charge of $42; in an
bther of $42 10 for bringing shclol.toney from
New Orleans here. Thlior is an item of $74o to
cy expenses- of delegates to eonvention.
Thre is no safe business mnan, who, if h1 was
in New Orleans with monev and coming dl
rect here, but would send it by express.
To give him credit for everything that he
claims' lhe states he falls behindhand $1264 ,10.
On tie 11th of October. 1871, J.1. .1. Osthsn
took the oath of ollice as a sChoo(l dlr(.ctor.
Tih minntos met with the furtlher showintg:
"At a called mneeting of the boart of sc(hool
directors, made tlhrough the Rlchland Brron.o,
for the old board of directors Ito moot in the
town of Hayvillo on July 5. 1873, t4o settlo( up
their business, there appet.aredi .. E. Lewis
president, W. . Oliver s(.roetary and tteas
uror, and W. Day Oliver. There buing a
qluortnl present, they prow"eded to buslines.
"Be it resolvedl by the Board (of Schiool 1i
rectors of the parish of Richland, That the
report of W. T. Oliver, secretary and trnas
urer, be recoived, and that his bond he can
(clied," etc.
I will have you iear in mind that J. E.
Lewis was W. T. Oliver's security on his bond
and that W. Day Oliver was his son. lie has
been called on for his vouchers and an expla
nation; he did not produce the first nor
lve the latter. Tlho. Jones, the last seere
try. and treasurer, squared out like joint
work.
Respectfully, oth., T. RH nr, ANn .
FIRE AT SEA.
An Unknown Vessel In Flames on Lake
Ilorgne.
Parties who arrived in the city last evening on
the Mobile Railroad Sunday excursion train re,
port that they saw in Lake Borgne what seemed
to be a schooner
OR SHIP ON VIRE
out some three or four miles further and nearly
in a line with the point where the st.amor Lizz e
burned.
The passengers on the train first noticed the
burned veseet when crossing the bridge at Bav
lit. Louis, and from that pint to Chef ientrou
the flames were plainly to be-'een when ther
was no timber to hide them from view.
It being late at night it was not noesible, no
course, to learn any partiunlars, though it can b.
safely said that there were
NO CASUALTIES BY l)iROWNINi,
as the lake was neatly calm, only a light broeze
blowing duling the day and evening.
------aD-O4,.-- -
FRF NC", POLITICS,.
A political map of lFrance was iisued thel
other day, sihowing the streicngth of the partlee
iu the several dLepiartmenrlts. It told so strangeu
a story for the diiscomllturl of the Ionarch
ists that the authorities had it seized at the
kiosques, whlere it was Offlred for sale. The
arrondissetlents were colh)ed acc((ord'( g to the
votes which they gave at the last general
election. The Lounon Timnc says: "Red is
used to mark the place which returlned, any
of the .I3H3 deputies who voted a want
of confidence in the present ministry, while
green indicates the area of favor for the (abil
noet, and white the few spots that are neutral.
The effect is very remarkable. Nearly the
whole eastern half of the country, from the
Pas de Calais to the Pyrenees Orientales, is
colored red. Only thirty anti-lRepublican
constituencies, it is said, are to the east of
the line, and they are mostly in four or
live groups; while toward the south nid
the centre ten' whole departments have not
returned a single royalist or imperialist. Th<
southwest, on the other hand, is in the ihand
of the monarchical patties, although ever
that ancient fastness of legitimacy is broker
up by many centres of republicanism. The
political lesson of the map may be concisely
summed up in the fact that the Repullicanm
are exclusive masters of twenty-three d(epart
monts, while their opponents have not the
sole I)ossession of even one.
Palats poyal.
Among the many changes to take place soon
a on the grand boulevard none will be more strik
ing and more indicative of the good time to com-e
than the swaying to th- breeze the banners of the
grand "Palaim Royal." Our enterprising friend
Levy, who has for so many years been the popc
lar proprietor of the dollar store, No. 137 Oans
street, seems to have had his faith shaken in re
publican institutions and ideas, and is deter
mined, with one fell swoop, to obliterate the
name of dollar store forever. He is making prep
arations for the opening of this elegant and gor
I geone estabhiehment, and nothing will be'sparet
I in making it the most attractive place in th,
Southern country. Levy's dollar store is known
throughout the whole South, and as it has been
e known for its promptness in filling orders am
e the polite attentionof the clerks, and the place te
get everything, so will the Palais Royal gro:
into popular favor, for we will see in the large
if and gilded sigre that are to adorn the buildinl
evidences of a new era, a prosperity which w,
have longed for but never expected until th
e present time.
e Buy your buggies and carriages from L. 'I
Maddox, 35 Carondelet street, near corner Gre
vier.
- OUILHERN NEWS.
t UI enlintalna.
r The ' chelols in Lafourleh will oiten 81ptotn
bIro I.
4 Terr'llonne blasts of vane with ifteeln red
joints.
o The army worm has appeared In Lafayette
I parish.
(Leal t'state4 hais inlrealse in value in Moliroo
I twenty per' cent in the past few Inillths.
Livingstonl parislh is rlshiigl less icott.nl then
lu tl 1a( t d gi. I ll)rrg e irlt tll () rn rl buIInIW os.
S 'Thel corli a ltl !otilon c'r'ops or (lalasi.ni 111n
-(lauLeron iare gWod N o (cta't)rillar report(ed
n1a yet.
SIThe eol tl. iani ,d il ftrntiorlsl is (o r ,tilg I 10
horn l(sed for tie lnlll(, owing 1 tMt te.
of retton eand. .
T'hoe r are a few coltton wors' in 'TV~li g t
Ihl, Intl ne lt, fars of lny daltv tib(g. h Thie
'l'h' et'le .i his in Jffrsoll n ire vry tiroulb
lsmelll, iInd iver('v Iw Mhas aI n Hring of gKri
around i "r el(, to t iol' tilc t I ir froli thr . li ,
'IThe l'liuar crop Is sightly Inlljui'ed llaround
oln, ,neretto i by rk i droith. i ,lstewhere inl
llboria parih it Is In i exeilent conliitiot .
A tinew mlll oluteil t l c .lestab liIshed le
two1 n Minl.ll lild 1t(d Manyti, atl(I i11 nw p)( t
oflit)' fr .lnaclsonii' pla(,e ill ])HSotal p rl'ish.
Iobert iBownl, connlllled in iros lln the, toni
lporar"l'ytl' Trrc onnclii jail, ainlatiiged to (uLt thli
fat that held the ron ring ariotnd his leg and
I(,campd.
The cot. t ,L, o I" llll, tlo e.o n of the Districtl'
(Court i LUfoulrch4,. although it, lengthy on.,
wwa fiftly lpe( crnt h(le than llit hlii. Ieln for
8D Illl(! yl rs.l'l i
Molnroi is enetgelitally vaccinating the
oell lle i le p it ttl l vhi's i ilty. It 1 tw. 141.lo
Drul'ltli a pist-hMoullseo ild i longer fetI'A l.the
s niall-pox. Thlerel is oMly onl CAti in th
towtl.
A lniolting was held lit Camlpo Bello plntana
tlion Oil Tutesday nlast, with a view of doviling
ometlt IlliltuI of oIningI ToneI i Bayou, and a
nli*ltilng wtas holdi Hi lhrol.!pot lon ttahe staml
day with n view of ldevising sl.nle mean of
t ilppii. t up.
An additionadlll tanld swli al tax of two and
onL-half milll will be levied in Lafourcho par
iiw for the lpurpos' of liquidating thei old and
outstandinlg debt ,of thlle itrsh. Thae eDntinel
(oinptlllins that as this makft the 4a1rish tax
ation twIlvD inId one-h1lif Huentsn ilis beyond
the limit prHcttril. by law atnd conslquently
illeg al.
A bloiwdly and tragleal afflray took place (n
Saturlday evninlg Int, lt Mr. t Mrt.rn 's pllan
tation, In St. Charles parishll, lbtwut, two
colornl men. It appeiars that Washington
Hledson aid William Hontt had a personal
S1lloi w1ords had passed Hudson drew his
pistol (n Scott: tlh latter retreated out of
litl'as wayl, and then ldrew his weapon on
his (odtl.Ulnt and tired, the. ball takineg 1iict
iln iudsonl's shoulder. In return Hudson
h.fil blctrk two ihots without ofhret, thue
waslked Into his (llin anld Kgote holt of it
muskuet loadedl with llukshot, Olvel.d and
tlired alt acot hithting hi him in the labdoml.
which causedl is death in alout thirty hours.
iudsiton then lmade his gescape.
P'ascal A. Pujo, of LakeCtlhalrlos, was mur
dereil iast Sundary, eight miles west of that
pllretd by a Tcexa desperado nlamedl Harris.
I larrls and Pujo had a fist-light in the morn
I , In which Pujo was victorious. Harris
of , but returned in thel, evonlng on horsoeaek
dlsmountew d in front ft of a ouse whore Pulol
was staying, anild goling t'o the door, mot Pu)o,
filred and killed him Instantly. Bolig pur
sued by a FrlenchmanL who saw the murder,
hoe i1(red1 on his pursuer, riddling his clothes
witih his bucksholt. After emptylnK Iboth bar
I'rols h d(l!eterlmined to) relolad his guln, when
the Frentchmlan seized7l his hlore nnd mado off
with 't. A posse of cighteen menll, undler the
sherift inImmediatelly pursulnd iHarrlis anid lap
turod an alllccomplice namelld Parish. Hlarris
also was apturedl at Parish's, bult rescued
by some fr'iends front Texas before he could
be turned over to the shorilT.
MI lMtlpllIpi.
Thl'ere is talk of an independent I),emo.
cratie ticketL in Harrlison county.
A lhVg' iamnount of turnips hlis be.rn planIIt
'this 3 'r fioll' stoci'k raisising purr'l ses.
Mr. P. M. Perkins, of Tiuniica county, Miss.
u ti, ttell lns s fl si nlill 't fol 1 out llree a(cres ol
land.
All thle lriiiss hlalli of Mississippi are t,
have' ait grand jubilee at Jackson oil the four
teentlt of heptemier.
Ira D. Rlolbbins, alins Lattin.er, was lod~c.
safel'ly in thlle Westvilloe jil 5by theli sherill oi
l'niilll county.
Tllhe Ic'oen rnlcy of Le.'akse ,ouinty hihl I
prlihiiry olesltioi on last Mondiay, tlihe th In
t stlnt, and put a ticket ln the fIleli.
Mississipipi will welcome those Indianiin
that are coniling to s'ithtl in that State. 'h'i
Vicksburg ( cttt.oin Exch'lLange will intr.s.t it
self in this inmiirationi schmiie.
Thie Ileach nlnd witterrnlotni vendors oi'
Vicikshurgl are oln a strike for higher wages
As tie ietiznllsl rsis to give in to tlhestrikl'rs
Sinmoist of the 1'ruit, is left unsold, andi tlirne'
over to the hogs to eat.
A rich vein of silver ore has been diseoverls
3 live miles northwest of the town of Montague
Miss. G(ood jud ges say the' ore (ontains sixty
5 five per cenllt of silver, with eliough gold tc
l pay all expenses.
Miss Mamie ('raig' aged nine years, o;
Paris, who swallowxe a large brass-heidles
tack, a month ago and who was given up tl3
the doctors, coughed the tack up the othel
daly and is now doing well.
If you lave lost the gieneralsoutlines of youl
personal and family history, announce youn
f name as a canIlidate. The lost recordsl will
SIJb furnished promptly, without money and
Swithout price.--IGrensala Sentinel.
L The fruit shippers are very busy. ThaI
have clone well in most instances, rl'eceivmin
p prollftable returns. Besides cheaper freights
shippers of fruit need fair scales in ornher to
1 rceve' their just dues.--IHolly Springs Re
porter.
~Texas.
There was frost in the valley below Young'i
Port (ion the' 21st and 22d of July.
The elei'tion foir mayor of Ilo-ckdalse resultes
in the chlioice of A. A. Burrik by Ia majority o
eighty vAtecs.
The colored pseople of Hillsboro are holdini
a religious lmeeltilug,.thiat has been going lI
incessantly for three lnontlis.
e A prisoner nlamled lland, confined in th,
Falls county jail, at Marlin, contrivled to re
lease hiimself froim his niiilaUaceis last wee]
and set fire to the jail.
Maj..Jon(es of tihe frontier battalion, reachei
1 Austin, bringing in three haid plrisonrs. H
had themuii ina wagsn, and without other guarst
than liiun.self brought thern from Jo(leyvillt
The colored laborers at Austin struck Mon
day morning, but do rnot sceni to have acclon
plished anything thereby. The.l chief of polic
swore in l00l extra policemlen, and the city re
d nsined luiet.
e Twonegroes. Jim Walker and Sandy Barnes
were assassinated on Sunday night last whill
asleep in a workshop at Spring Station, oe
the International and Great Northern lRail
d road, by'an unknown party, who shot then
o through a window.
e In Wise county there is a well 110 feet dee:
which supplies, at all seasons of the yeal
several families with an abundance of water
B but when the wind blows for twelve hour
e from the north no water can be drawn fror
the well. It is a mystery how the wind coul
affect the water at a depth of 110 feet.
Harrison Wilson. a negro, killed J. R. Dur
away, a white man, in Milam county, wh
i- had inquired the way to a house from anoths
negro, who had directed him out of his wa3
.1)naway had rturno(l toanwut' the nejro of
it. and when he was b.ingr led away
Harrlmom approtu~lwl from behoil and kilhlli
him with a flat-ron. He ac~knowlledge
the drel, art Is in jail awatthng trial.
bALL, AND BULLe' ErE19,
A Day at the Riflle Butte at FPessmner.
yesterday afternoon was quite a gtia one at
FrLgmoor, and ourriflenlen improved the oppor
tunity by dolog some excellent shooting. As it
we the last day for the Crescent City team to
disply their marksmanshlp the crowd was con
aiderably larger than on the previout Sunday,
anol from the interest shown, the earnestness of
enbs' feelings toward our "home boys"
de most manifest. The contest for the
D bthge between "w temnbes ao tlhe s:b
s day's sports, and Capt. It. G. Eyrlob
vfator. The following is the score :
T' 500 YARBo, l Tlro IfL AODI) A AI)ON.
" gyricoh1. 8605 5 6 0 0 0 6 60-84
Jas. Bnobley-- 0 4 4 5 5 6 4 8 44 4 4 4 4-00
Major Win. Armus-- 6 4 6 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 6 5-64
withdrawn.
Jno. K. ltrnaud-0-withdrawn.
E. T. Manning-0-,withdrawn.
Pollowing this was the battle for the Vaudry
badge, with, military rifles, six pounds pull of
trigger.
0. A. Thiel. ...........40 out of a possible 50
William Pi.roe ...........82 out of a possible 50
T. U. McQuit.y ...........81 out of a possible 51)
J Cathalouine ......... 2 out, of a possible 50
W. J. Maltby .... ........28 out of a possible 50
D. Huhes. ...............20 out of a possible 50
B. H. Watkins.... . 24 out of a possible 60
E. A. Shields .............24 out of a possible 50
E. F. Perilloux............J out of a possible 50
J. J. Maginnis ............20 out of a possible 50
T. M. Baker .............19out of a possible 50
John T. Plgott ...........18 out of a possible 50
P.1Moran, leather medal. .14 out of a possIble 50
The result of the team shoot was very tie.
The wind was light and ohanging the directon,
varying from 8 to 8 o'clock on the dial, but It
gave the shooters considerable annoyance. The
scores published below show, however, that, not.
withstanding this, bualls' eyes were not the ex:ep.
tion by any means:
uItEx3EN'r crrY rIP L OLUi, AnG. 12, 1877, oav
LILIENTUAL'8 CUP-r- OURTH sRiOOT.
R. (. EYRIC&.
800yds-56 4455560.55.5 55 65-71
900 yds-5 55 8 5 4 5 5 54 5 5-71
)00 yde-5 5 8 0 5 2 5 4 5 5 4 . 6-61-20.
C.API. DUDLEY REAPIL,
800 yd- 5 6 4 5 5 6 55 5 4-72
900 yds-6 8'4 4665054556555-17
1000yd-0 4654445884 8444-66-196
(1OL. JOHN GLYNN, J'R.
800yds-54 5 4556 4 45 4 5 555--68
900 yde-8558455 5 5 44545-65
1000 yds-3 5 5 4 4 6 4 2 8 a5 4 5 4-9--192
H. T. MANNINO.
800yds-4 5 5 5 5 55 6 5 64 55--1O
900 yde-- 5 53, 44 8 4f 555 4-64
1000yds-4 3 5 56 3 5 5 3 4 4 50 0 6-56-188
WAJOR WM. AlMi.
800yds-558555 05 4 4 5 85 5-64
9100 yis--3 I l 8 3 4 3 6 6 & 5 65-618
101ydsa-41 58585445684445--63-48 7
JOBH K. RENAID.
800yds-0 844 45568 554545-i1
9020yds--48 5666 58 55 6 5 4 8--87
1000 yds-4 43 5 64 4 4 5 2 4 3 4 3-57-185
wMALL B0FD AND B AILUOAIM.
We are not partial to small boys, either as
a genus or a species; in fact, we think the less
there would be of them the smoother would be
the harmony of the universe. We will go so fai
as testate that if there was a decent way o
quietly eliminating them and destroying the
nuisance, so to speak, by ashoretion, we would
have no objection, and would even seoretly ap.
pland the consummation. This is what we think
of small boys, and we do not care who knows it,
At the same time we hava a nervous horror of
dreadful things, and we admit that we shuddered
on Saturday evening, even to our bosom'scorts
and in the marrow of our bones, at the sight we
Saw.
The Mobile freight train had started and was
utder good headway, and a baker's dozen ol
small boys, blrck and white, were romping in a
way that made us dizzy on the roofs of the
freight cars, and running races, with a temerity
that suggested thoughts of anlucky falls and
mashed bones, over the empty platform cars. of
which there were about seven or eight. The
nonsensical and abmtinabe little wretches werre
playing tag or some other abaurd game, ju nlpinu
llt the "Wilbeholmus Caprico'ius" from one cal
to the ether with astonishing agility, and when
they had got to the end of the string
of platform cars would jump to the
ground as if the oar was not in motion, climb up
again by the irons and preeipitonu laddere of the
freight care and begin over their horrible rompe
and dreadful race, the ponderous engine all the
time snorting uselese sounds of warning and the
speed of the heavily rolhog train increasing a
every palpitating moment. We have seen the
prof seional acrobats, reale and female, plal
their airy pranks in the circus, and could not fer
hear succumbing to a touch of heman nature b]
shuddering when the desperate actors took theil
flywg leaps in mid-air, but these were
working for their daily bread, it wae
their profession, and as an Americar
citizen we object to censuring anything that it
buIiines, but email boys running races over plat
form cars have nothing to do with bnus.ess; ii
fact, they have no basiness to do it, and it ough
to be the business of the company to see tha
they should not be permitted to do it. We an
derstand that the same thing goes on daily alei
on the Jackson railroad. We enter oar protest
We claim of the supervisors that they shouhe
have the prac ice stopped immediately. The:
have a responsibility. Let them only think for i
I emoment of a poor mother whose twelve-year-oh
son is brought back to her a mangled corpse.
New RLte Crop.
A large shipment of new rough rice, som
prising 114 sacks, was received here yesterday
by the New Orleans and Texsa railroad, and wa
brought to this city by the steamer St. Franol
Belle, running in connection with the railroad. I
1 was raised on the Aymar plantation, St. James
I r ab, consigned to Mr. 0. W. Terrell. Thb
above is the second receipt of the season and the
first receipt from the upper coast. Our energeti
friend, Mr. C. E. Payne, the superintendent o
the above road, informs us he will continue te
bring large shipments of new rice from this da.
The Amateur Rowing Asselation.
The Louisiana itate Amateur Bowing Asse
ciation met yesterday at 10:30 a. m., at Hawkinl
club rooms, and decided to hold their annur
"championship regatta" upon the lake, in BSe
tember, between the 17th and 24th instant. Th
aftair is likely to prove an immense success, a
all the clubs will take a hand.
The association is now composed of nine clubs
The annual meeting for the purpose of alectin
officers to serve f r the ensuing season will t
hi Id at Hawkina' club room on nunday next a
0, 10 a. m., when final arrangements for the re
1' gatta will be made and tLe programme at
nounced.
of TWII NIoPE' ANIIIIV3ERARIY,
trowdie Line the Levee to lee the ear.
h es awt Their Week,
The Hops Bowing Clab ought to be happy over
the resutD of yesterday's greeting on the part of
the publie to that ergaenirtion's third auniver
p, eiry. The levee, from the head of Enghien
a street, where the elub hone is siteatedr to the
r. point where the stake boats were placed, pre
it sented a most anMlated appearane, and the
to wharves were lined with ladies in eager antioipa
t. tion awaiting the promised sport of the day to
y, commence. As it was known that crack crews of
of this orack elub would be out on the water, many
+' amateurs and lovere of rowing took the oars down
to the club house, and by 4 o'clock almost every
b rowing club was represented.
h The rdeent victory of the ipe t stbem~4
the recut regetta augmented considerably the
general interest Int them, and as it Is not unlibely
one of their crews will partloipate in
UinA .ttoHmR sa o.rorver
4 to be hotel at the North, there was a natural dse
sthe to witness ones more a display of their skill
and mnscular power. From. the date of its or.
gansitlon down to the present, the rise of the
ry Hopes has been most rapid. Frý,m a small be
gi nning the clu- lst snoreased Its Influence anod
of membership, until now it is, perhaps, the most
popular with oarsmen in our city,
50 The advance it has led in our srouthern waters
so in thorough traning and discipline has by victory
g,, proved the efticieney of the regimen, and already
O there are many who think the Hopes rank with
50 the best of Eastern crews as to style, bottom,
0 finish ,f stroke and power.
5o Yesterday's programme was judiioustly en
!, leoted so as to please the large crowd ansembled
so TO so Iaomot
ro to the club. The tub race with itt somewhat die
astrous results to some of the aspirants, was to
10 the crowd what the, farce in a theatre is after the
50 more eclltng drams, and served to bring out
e. load shouts of uproarious applause from the be
holders.
One feature of the occasion was the brass band
I that, with somewhat more than the skill of the
ie average brase band, disconured between the races
s. selected Mars. Uoming over the water the sotnd
was mellowed and softeuen+, the tone improved
P by the distance and lightened by the clear at,
mosphere,
ia The wherry, gig and tub races were exciting,
and were hugely enjoyed by those aseembled,
CHtlwreN' TRABDE.
)3 Momenthlals About Perries and Their I;sne
fiqlaues andi Areomnaontldlen.
Of late our people have found the way to the
6 ferries, and every afternoon "dime excursionists"
are to be met with in numbers on board the
steamers paying between the left bank and Al
glers and Gretna, in search of a breath of cool
1I air. It Is., however, surprising that the number
of eacursionists is not greater, for it is very slt
dom that there is not at least a light breeze on
the river, and at no time is it so warm on a ferry.
18 boat as in the walled thoroughiares of the city.
We have endeavcred, several times, to explain
why people will swelter for half an hour or more
in a street car to reach some suburban resort,
there to swelter again for an hour of' m6re, in
stead of seeking the bosom of the Miseltsippi for
refreshment. It cannot be that the fare of the
5 ferry is objectionable fr it is
IirreT PEr OLENT CO5APtt THAN
that of the lake or Carroilton cars, and for the
modicum of ten cents a person can ride all day
on any of the ferries if he choose. Perhaps the
e delinquenoy is due to the fact that our people
have to be shown the way to the ferry landlngs;
>f and yet they And the way very readily to all new
e resorts without being driven to them. 'As to the
d ferries being easy of access, that is established.
The street cars land passengers within fifty yards
k of the Esplanade, St. Ann or Jackson street fer
d ries, and the distance to be walked to the Canal
f stzeet landing ib only about 100'yarde longer.
d Being unable to satisfy ourselves on this point
we can only report that it is singular that people
e prefer a
5TIYLI Ni lIlDE
in the street care to a c'iol and roomy ferry-boat.
We have tmado the experiment, and besides en
of j )ying ourselves have learned a few things eon
oa ruing ferries which may ho read with intcrest.
Our experience being chietly derived from the
a Unual street ferry, we shall take it as a criterion
y for our relation, the details being obtained in
d conversati,o with Mr. Tios. Pickles, one of the
lessees, and his collector. Mr. itewart.
It is. or rather it used to be, the almost unol
e versal impression that it took a ferry fromn fifteen
ae towenty minutes to oross the river. unok . is not
g the case, however, for they usually make
r IItIIEE IUOGND TRIPS
witlhn an hour, or six trips from shore to shore.
The day boat begins to ran about 5 o'clock in the
R morning, and does not stop until eight in the
e evening. when the night ferry takes its place.
This makes ninety trips a day for the day boat.
The night boat runs at the same Wate until 9
'i o'clock, and thence every half hour suail mid
is night, when it lies up subject to call from some
re belated traveler. From 9' o'clock at night tmil
5 in the morning, however, the fare is ten cents
each way.
Of course, says Mr. Pickles, this night running,
s especially after midnight, is done at heavy ex
pense and is a dead loss to the lessees in one
s" ense, but, besides acootnmodating and
ir EXcoUAoIiO vIstroas
'e to Algiers and Gretna, it encourages people to
is live on t i right bank, and the profits of the fer.
.n ries incroase in proportion to the increase of
is population. Singular that the street car eom-
t- panies don't think as wisely as our ferrymen,
in who say they unoderstand their business, and that
it their prosperity depends in greater par; upon
at the amoant of accommodations they af
i. ford to their patrons. That is why
io they arc so careful in obtaining frequent tests of
t. the boilers of their boats (which is done under a
Id pressure of two hundred pounds of steam) and
!y in keeping them scraped and clean. There are
a at present only two nihei steamers running, one
Id at Canal street and the other at Jackson street,
which are deemed sufficient to ment the demands
of travel. They necessarily require an ix ra set
of men, consisting of a pilot, an engineer, a .o0l
lector and firemen.
n- Yet this s not all the accommodation which
y, these ferries afford. Ron by conscientious and
is sensible men, they will frequently watt several
mmnutes for
A LABORER Ott IECHANIC,
in order to enable him to reach his workshop in
5s time and save him from a quarter to half a day,
ie which he might lose by getting there a
few minutes after the time prescribed by
time strictly observed rules of the shop.
1i Then, again, teachers and school children
of going to and returning from school are charged
o only half fare. Very recently a pleasant occur
rence happened in this connection. A passenger,
7. having claimed the privilege of paying only five
cents for the round trip, was asked on what
grounds. He answered that he was going to
o. school. His appearance indicating that his story
was improbable, be was asked his age. Twenty
four, he said, and then explained that he had
al been working all his life in Algiers until he had
p- saved enough money to en. ble him to
tie GET SOME BCHOOLING,
as and had selected a school in New Orleans for the
purpose. Every day now. his nickel pays for his
round trip, like any other schoolboy. It is this
5* nickel business, although apparenly very in
ag significant, which gives the collector of the
be suanl street boat the pleasant opportunity ,of
at walking up and down the staircase leading to the
re- upper deck, ninety times a day, not to speak of
in- the other trips wh ch he may have to make
during the day to attend to the carts and wagons
beon ferried oter, and loo. after thbel eaer
on the boat; and when ngh om e de as o
Senerlly fest likte going to a dsanlng party. Mr.
o Sewart tells many quatt stories of the stratelgy
and tactich of certats olasses of passengers, $
avoid the payment een of that insiualnab
Is so frequent that there is not a roseee on the
boat which has not to be looked intoeach trip,
sI kt some paseenger has esconsed blimseIf n oen
of them under some pretext, to avoid meeting
the collector. The greatest dodgers however,
belong to the newly enfranobleed lcses. Th&
darkies walk boldly on board, and when the oel
leotor calls fIr his reona, they "aue vesy sorry
boes, but de man I'e been working for
didnt give me no money dis week;
when 1 come over again I pay you, shush." The
i excuse is well known by experience, and he is re
quiredl to deposit his eotton hook or hie poeket
knife, II he have one, M. seelrtty for the nalael,
otherwise he is carried bhnk on the return trip to
Shpela of deparlmsre It not alret at o
ours, however In the letter asoe that fter et
slderable fumbnling abopt his clothes, he inds the
required nickel; and yet sometimes, derpite the
most careful watching, ae manages to give the
collector
"Tu f soip,"
and lands safely at the point of destination glory
ing, doubtless, at the onte way in which he has
"done dat white man." The colored woman will
pay for herself, but the child is invariably under
six yers of age, and, on a pilun, she will turn
all her pockete wrong siede out to convince the'
ao llector that, at all events, she ".lu't got sO
udder peiayune." The human nature of the col
lector gete the best of him and the okhe paeee
free of charge.
CLIIDEIINtS.
Are Polrwnsens A uthorlzete.AClub IP1hNeg
eve nadlnerinlunartely T.
At about 1 o lock Sunday morning Oeers
Nixon, Walsh and Tate, at the request of a mea
named Jefferson Moseberry, brought a deepegaOt
negro named John Baptiste to the Gentral Station
for incarceration.
The prisoner was charged as follows: By Jef.
ferson Moseberry with assault with a dangerous
weapon, to wit, a rafor; by Wb., hiber with as
eault and battery, and by Officer Nixon with as
*an't with a dangeronus wepon, to wit, a ramor.
Whilt Moseberry weeas making hie har he
was struck in the face by the prisoner, Oofficer
:4xoW Alo wAsMa
who haduso right to let go of their prisoner until
he was behind the bars, tried to get posseesitu
of him. and while they were thus engaged ofer
Tate took a hand to the skirmish, and dealt 0
prisoner a telling blow over the head with II
club.
The negro exltaimed, "Take me to the hos
pital," ad.l thn fell seneelee to the lbor.
As stated in Sunday morning's DanooaAT1 as
soon as Sereant Ryan reached the station san
saw the prisoner's condition, be sent for a char
ity wagon and had him conveyed to the hospital
for medical treatment.
Forianately for Offeer Tate, John Baptiste, the
clubbed mant was only slightly inthred, for had
the wound proved amortal one, he would have
been in the eyes of the law a murderer.
There have been before the Board of Oremeent
City Police several, cose off ikbere cllubbi
prisoners, anod, as they have escaped with lighb
punishment, there has been no end to the pronale
euon use of. the lub. be polieeaean as we
have said In previous artlel, I not a ptble exe
cutioner but a preever of the peace. He ongtbb
not to be permitted to use his elub unless in a
case of necessity.
case or necessity.
Mletehuies' six.
Last evening the boys of Mechaniees' Fire Com
pany No. 6 returned from their enuri trip to
Vicksburg, looking recuperated after their so
journ in our ilster city. After they had arrived
they complimented the Damooeas with a ser
enade, and amidst a blaze of light their engine
was paraded through our principal streets. The
engine itself was a rem in its *ay.. The silver
and nickel ornamentation, highly polished as it
was, showed resplendently in the brilliant light
of the torches, and drew forth the enoomiums of
all who saw it. From ill reoorts the members of
the company enjoyed themsesves thoroughly oa
their trip.
Burgtary.
Saturday night burglars effected en entranse
into the residence of Mr. W. H. Hewitt, io. 214
Bayou Road, and succeeded in stealing and car
rufng away a lot of wearing apparel and one
diamond breastptn. No clue to the thieves.
The Frane-Tireuam.
Yesterday afternoon this new military organiza
tion, composed of French residents, turned out
in strong force, and after the benediction of their
handsome flHag, paraded the streets, presenting
a very fins apoasrance.
iBrrl tie..
Wouldn't it pay some enterprising man toenter
into a contract with the street oar companies. or
some of them, to run all-night cars? The comrn
pauies are not enterprising enough to run the
risk of ascertaining whether it would pay thes.
directly or indirectly if they did so.
Acceording to those who "took in" the Mobile
railroad excuroion yesterday the crop of alliga
tors in the swamps is bonntif l. One passenger,
on the train oounted no lees than fifteen, of all
ages and sizes, between OChef Mentour and Bay
St. Louis, some of the old stagers lying in the
snD, while the "sprigs" would dart out into the
savines as the train passed and; make tracks fo
a hiding place.
Between two and three thousand persons left
the city yesterday on the Mobile Railroad excur
sion trains. As a esalt the various watering
places on the coeat were crowded and hotl keep.
asn and restaurantears were happy beesase they
had more than they ceuld ell accommodate.
A new style of bits will shortly be adopted fo
the mules of the Tehoupitosas street line o"
ears to preseat them from running away. They
make the round trip on this lne inside of three
hours.
If the Mobile Rlilroad people weaould exteua
the limit of their Sunday dollar excarsion ticketM
to three days instead of one, they will accom
modate the public and profo finanoially by sopa
a course.
A grand picnic will be given for the beneft of
F. Mares, a blind soldier, at the Alcazar Gardes
near the barracks, on Banday, the 2d of Septem.
her next.
On Sands/a August 26, the Lousiiana Boelsi
Club will give to their ifrends at the Oaklan4
Park a grand complimentary picnic, which gives
promise of being a most de'ightful oessason.
Whert Ite.en.
At 6 o'clock Saturlay erening Ofcer Boswortl
killed a rabid dog it the cor.er of Celeste and
tiligious streets, the animal having bitten a lit
tile child of Mr. Henry Shelly.
Twenty-six dogs were poisoned Saturday night
by the police force.
About fifteen minutes past 3 o'olo-k yesterday
a fire broke out in the seeond story of the house
at the corner of Oarondelet and Poydras streets,
occupied by Mr. Boper. The flames were extin
guished with slight damage without the necee
sity of an alarm.
THE COURTS.
Judge Tissot has been engaged for some time
in the investigation of the matter of the nktr
diction of Mrs. Carrigan, wife of a well known
tailor down town. The de'er dnt summoned a
host of witnesses to prove her sanity.
Third District Court.
The case of James Tor'd vs. the New Orleans,
Mobile and Texas Railroad tUompay, has been
transferred from the late Superior Distriot Court
to this court.
Counsel for the 8laughter-H.ase Company have
filed motions of ap e in all the cases of the
company decided by th9 court.

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