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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. 237. NEW ORLEANS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1877. PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
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WAR NOTES.
TEK UUUAIARI 11 NI MAhlA(Ra.n
Over rilleen Thousmand Cbrtistlann Mur
dered.
l.oNtioN. Aug. 14.- -The D.ail Newst Bu
h·hsrerst colrrespondent telegraphs: I have
written the following as I re.elved It and
from the terrible accounts which fui Ltive
c~tntinually bring over the Balkans fetr it
must be only too true: On July 81, the day
,of the Russian evacuation of Eskl Naghra.
the Turks ordered that all Christians, mlen,
women and children, should be shot as they
left their houses. Thosl who remainedl
within were burnt, alive. The order was
.titBe to burn down and destroy every par
tlci of Christlan property In the place.
Many leading Turkish omerchants took part
in thetaffair. O)ne dlspatchet a large number
1o l ashI BaRouks all ovter Tehirpan District.
This dtstriCt Is one of the richest In that part
STufkey. It contains a liarge proportlon of
rlistln Inhalbitants, and over i3X), churcheis,
1100 sthools and colleges all of wbichli have
ot.en burnt. TIm dlsutruetlon extonldedt to the
vllage or ltghldan, Mahialesl, 1atnll, and
many otlhers, In all ablout slxt , eontnaiilnlg
lfron I1NO to 200 fanmiles each, lcarcely fifty
-merstous have escaped alive, Bulgarlan fu l
tIes at tihbrlavo anld HIlv oesnltimate that
frontl 12t,0(1 to 1t,000 ('hristians llave b).rn iallis
acred.l In Eski ttaghira and Tehirpan.
The 7Timr's military orrres sondent at lui.
rharetl gives particulars of the Esil ttaglira
itnlanerot. s.i. lar to those telegraphed by th
tNll Vim'.,s correspondent.
Iumliam Reinforcemnents.
LONloN. August 14. -.Theo Nra's Vi'enna
'dispatch avys: The pasf g of the Danlhib.
by the main hbody of thie Roumanan armlly
has been postponedl until large Russian .ein
torneoments arrive. A portion of the Iumperial
Guatrds have already reached Kisehen1fl. The
artuv will It cm nloyed partly to strengthen
the terops In the l)obrudscha.
Gen. e.urke Ordered lack.
LONIA.ON Aug. 14.--The Times' Bucharest
enrrospondent says: The decislon to with
draw all pretensIons of ocoupylng the other
aside of tle Balkans this eampaign caused an
order to be Issued for the retirement of (len.
h}.urko's force behind the mountaits. The
cavalry could hbe of no use among the woods
an l-peiplpees of the Balkans, and are re
qlred oin this side. where forage Is Ilmore
esIfly obtainable.
. The IMyptlan Contlntent.
LONoxN, Aug. 14.--.The News' VIenna dis
Sltobth reports that the Egyptians under
Prince Hissan commenced on Saturday an
-ofeinalve movement from Varna towards Tra
jua' Wall. An attack on Kustengl will be
i by the Turks alter the arrival of Hobart.
's fleet, which has embarked the troops
t Sonkgul.ln-Giale.
eUllttrasakem Resaignatlen.
LoNInoN Aug. 14.--The 8tanderd's Vienna
tcomeslnalednt telegraphs: Althoulgh denlied
In olliat quarters It is an undoubted fact
that Prince (iortshakoff, at the close of July,
todiered his resignation. It will not be do
Swhether it will be accepted until the
arrives at Batroeno, near Bucharest.
nt for the resignation is that Oortech
promised the other powers that their
ta should have full weight in the sot
of the Eastern question, but finds his
blitteone is declining before the extreme
r. He also oppeos Roumanian and
ti oo-operation.
Greece Preparinlg for War.
Dtpoolal to the 1)emoorat.l
ATHerNs, Aug. 14.-Eight thousand ieserves
have jonlel the army: also a thousand vol
wnteers and many G.reeks from abroad.
The Roumanlann Will loet Cross the
Danube.
[Socoliid to the Demoorat.l
VIENNA, Aug. 14.- The main body of the
Roumanlin almny will not croes the D)anube
auntil the arrival of largot Russian 'reinforce.
ments.
Austria Will tot occupy lerireovlna.
LaOINtIN, Aug. 14. Th1' NfImulor'd' Post l
orrepndelnt says: Thee Austrian govern
ment has made al disIniaration, through its
lenat in Pl'oth, that in the present condlition
f affairs in the Erast,, the 'nroject of occupy
ln Bosnia and HlIeraegovuna is anbndonll.
This Is attrlbutedl to the nlumlllromus loohtin'ls
in Hungary in favor of the integrity of the
Ottoman Empire.
A Russian Conspiracy in Asia.
[Boe:tal to the Democrat.i
IA)NDON, Aug. 14.-Advlhes from Silmln
state that a Russian conspiracy has beoen dls
eovered against the Ameor of Cabool, In the
province of Kandahanr. Four oflicials were
exeuteu. for compllcity in the conspiracy.
'lHeavy PlbhtinUg - ipewted in Asia.
[selial to tthe Democrat]
LOND.,. Aug. 14. No movement of the
'BRueeians is visible in the neighborhood of
tSukum Kaleh.
At Batounm, on Monday. there was an artil
tlory duel. Heavy tlighting is expoetedl.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Germany and China.
'tSpecial to the Democrat.l
BLellS, Aug. 14.-The Chinese ambassador
has arrived to settle the affair of the Chinese
lhratees who murdered the captain and mate
of the German schooner Anna last splring. It
Is his iutention also to establish a permanent
Itation Ihere.
Parliament Prorogued.
[Special to the Democrat.]
LoNuos, Aug. 14. -Parliament was pro
this afternoon until October 31.
A Rtiot In Londonderry.
(SpY'ial to the Democrat.]
LONDON.g.Aug. 14.-Rioting took place at
Londonderry yesterday, on the occasion of
the opening of the Prentice Beers' Memorial
Hall. A number of persons were injured and
fatally stabbed. The military were called
out.
Tne Fenian Prlsoners.
LONDON. Aug. 14. -The Fenian, Michael
Davitt, will he released immediately, and
her cases will have early consideration.
The Kalat r Fxploestn.
PARns, Aug. 14.--Intelligence has reached
erethat Kalafer has been destroyed by an
accidental explosion of the powder maga
The Indian Famine.
[Sp.cial t, the DemocrRt I
C.ALCu.rA, Aug. 14.-At a public meeting
at Madras on the 9th to consider the
neeessary for securing help from Eng
for the famine sufferers, it was stated
t the necessity for supplies is steadily in
VThee are already 1,50',000 people being fed,
aoe-r half a million have died. A resolu
tion waM adopted anklng assistance from the
principal citiUe of tngland, Heotland, Ireland
and India. The mover of the resolutlon said
that more pnopie wore found deadl in a singh'
morning In Madrau than had 4dl1l in the'
whole of liBngal from faminn.
A llate of NIPrMP.
[.neClnl to thet De.eionrit.
I'AIN. Auig. 14.--The Mfonitur says that
the qule.ttion of stat , of mleg has never bn
dsleuSsold or rahI.lned the (!hlllet: that mnll
hers are in po.rf ot a.nord, and that neither
the (iorlatl r' lilly olith'r govw'rn .ent 1has
ever onedo any represenlitition ini the l)prot.nli'
of 1 )lnko IIroglic at the head of thel C(ºib
inet,.
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DOMESTI( NEWS.
The Indalns In Utah.
, ,i ll to Iht I)th iith i tt| .1
.MA.u LA. h,, Aug. 14.---Adviet's from Lo
vh ll' ltationi report that yestertday the In
dtIns hurnil trlhe n' ifllnlhiof the Pirie, broth
or4 on ]or.te 1'itlrie, twenty tilles from
Il,vll's. Firing was heard In tthe vlinity.
MIeCtglant Porest Flrem.
IHNttdal to the Demorrat.1
('in tio, Aug. 14.- -HMpelals front blHoseoni
iran, Michigan, report large fires raging in
that tiglon, destroying thoulands of dollars
worth of p1ilo anld threatening houses anid
The Capital of Wert Virginla.
[oveeiaI to the Demorat..I
WnIiECr,INul, W. V., Aug. 14.- 1The l Ittall re
turns hidiat.e thalt 'harieustol has Ibeen chli on
the termanent seat. of government. The
eapi cal urimains at Wheeling until May Ii,
1885.
An Injunction Agalnnt the Imlln lounltaln
RalIroad.
[Hpeoeal to the D)nmonrat.]
MlriailnIs, Aug. 11. A special to Lihe Aot
hinchrt says that Chancellor Eakin rendierU l a
decision restrainlng the Mt. Louti Iron Moun
tain and onuthern Railroad f 'om intefnrring
in any nmaner with the depot and bridge
prlvileges of the Memphis and Little Rock
Railnroad.
An Indian Inroad.
lipe.lal to the Democrat.]
HE1E:NA, Montana, Aug. 14.- -The following
has just been received from Bannmok : A party
of Indlans crossed at the head of Hlorse
Prairie to L.omhi, and strkling Stephenson's
this morning, killing the Pierce brothers alnd
others on the route, there. They are evi
dently makilng their way to Snake river
valley.
Ammunltlon For Turkey.
l[SDelal to the Demoorat.
BosToN, Aug. 14.--The English stoanmsllip
Brainall sailed from Now Haven some time
Saturday night with a valuable cargo of am
munition for Turkey. No report of tier sall
ing was made, to keep the Russilan authorities
in lgnorant'ce. ,
Tile Maine Demeeratie (onvent.len.
i(peeala to the Domnorat.]
lIP'OTrAND, Me.. Aug 14.- The Dlemocratic
Stato (onvention assembled at 11:15 this
morning, and was caled to order by Heon. E.
F. Pilisbury, Chairman of the State Commit
tee. Hon. Win. L. Putnam, of Portland, was
made temporary chairman, and John B. IRtl
man, of Ellsworth, Soeretary. On motion
the temtporary organization was made pr'man
ent. 'otLn vice presidents were chosen and
commlittees appolnted, and the convention al
journed till 2 p. it.
Thi Iinlights of Pytlhlas.
[Nleintl to tih Dmocralt.l
(hi,:vtLAND, Aug. 14.--T'lhe MnupreomoeCounil
of the World and G(rand Lfodge of Ohio of the
O)rder of the Knights of Pythias were in ses
sion in this city to-dauy.
The Saratoga Races.
[SIacint to ith Democrat.i
SAiATmroo,t Aug. 14. The first race to-day
for the itmaiden two-year olds, three-quarter
nile. was won by Clifton, in 1 :17:4.
:Thlte $tconlt[ Imlttet, the Klnelrur Stake, for
thrltr-yea.r olds, two milcs, was wonl by Bra
zil, in 3:38 :1..
The third raie, tuile and a half dash, was
won easily by Parolo in 2:3(;:.
The last race of the day, one and one-eighth
of a mile, the winner to) be sold at auction,
was won by Cardinal Woolsey in 1:57°'4. The
winner sold for $75 in a pool of $830.
The Rio Grande Troubles.
[Special to the Democrat.]
WAsHINGTON, Aug. 14.-The Cabinet to-day
considered the Rio Grande troubles. It was
announced that the Governor of Texas would
demand of the Mexican authorities the cul
prits who crossed from the Mexican side of
the Rio Grande on the 12th, and broke open
safes and committed other depredations. The
Cabinet approves the Governor's action under
the extradition treaty.
It. F. Campbell Reinstated.
[Special to the Democrat.]
S\'SXHINO(TON. Aug. 14.--R. F. Campbell's
application to be reinstated Collector of In
ternal Revenue for the Third District of
Texas, in place of M. N. Brewster, the present
incumbent, was granted.
A Awimnling Match.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 1:3.-The swimming
match between Thomas Covle, of Chester, Pa.,
and George H. Wade, of Brooklyn, to-day,
from Red Bank to Gloucester, a distance of
four miles, resulted in an easy victory for
Wade by two and a half minutes. Coyle ap
peared much exhausted. Five thousand per
sons witnessed the race at Gloucester.
Death of a Philanthropist.
TE1RRE HAUrE, Aug. 14.-Chauncey Rose
died to-day, agec s3. He was the originator
and first president of the Terre Haute and
Indianapolis Railway, and the prime mover
in the Evansville and Crawfordsville, the
Evansville, Terre Haute and Chicago, and
the Vandalia.
He has given large sums for charitable and
benevolent purposes, which aggregate more
than two millions of dollars. He has lately
built and endowed the Rose Polyteennic In
stitute of this city, and made provision for
the erection and endowment of the Vigor
County Orphan Asylum.
MONEY AND STOCKS.
(Special to the Democrati
LosNDO, Aug. 14.-Coneols for money
94 15-1i; U. H. 5-2)', 1865, 106-'; do 1807,
100^ ; 10-40'o, 1101.; new 's 107;'Erlo i' .
New Yont, Aug. 14.--oud hl i~; U. . O't
of 1881, 11lt5; do Houpons 1121 ; 5-$9's of
1884, enlpons, 108' ; do 1865, new gsauo, 100os ;
do 71 0 4 (1"4101 ,. ' do 1808, coupons, 111' ;
l d's., 1t 10-40's, 1041%; do (Inupons 112"Id(
111',; ourrIney ( s, 125'4; nlow ('s 1(104.
DOM10E TIC( IMAIRRTNL.
8peeilal to the Democrat.l
M'r. Iouis, Aug. 14.--Flour oxtremetnly dull11.
Whaont lowi't; No. 2 rol $1 251 , hl ItalIh;
No. i do aIt 1M' esli. $1 1i'.wri 15'4 August;
$101( c41r( 08(4 l4pt1mrit'. Corin i lIrinor; 4';,
i('all; 41" : IrI41 HM iptorl r'ii , 42' '.0'17, (ct,4
her. Oats Mteatdy: 25 ('isli aini Hoptm.oner.
Whisky Itcadyr. Pr'k lowor'; $slt.1l (1) op)
tenslh' . Dlry aill i.,e.ts lower Ito stIll; houl
ders' 4 hid i dear ri( ( P, 1hld e(n, or An
tgult. 'iacon liowr; (, rµ7~'. ,iard nonlhlnl.
CINCIINNATI. Aug. It. F)llor qlhiet.. Wheott.
dull; whitea $1 2rui11 :It, Corn quilt, 4715114.
Whisky activ' and l IliS. $1 114. l'k dull alnl
lnomlllnhl, Inrd qUn41!; ,'Ill'rrleu inltmk, H' .
UIlk niletts dlull anid unsettle(l, l5.,a-Heam
iljht and utnchutgl'd.
ClifW!A(oon, Aug. 14.- -Wheat $1 O2'd4ri1l (M72'
August; l4 ; 1 optote .i W (1o4l. No. 2
i,,I wlntl.r $I1 .C4l 17. P'ork i- dull
and nothing doing; ntonminally $12 1(4
firt Meptuo'tollr: $12 si for lt' (t4ei'r.
Inted l .52'q for Hopton.io"r or Ohlst1h..
l)'y Hallt lnlr(l , hox dl, qult'l : nl .tinally lll
clelagell ; bollduh)l.r0 5`4; hortI rii lls i":'4 sh.'ti
lvati 7; 1 tg hlar and slhortr cilor 8i.4, long
THE WEATHIER YIsTERDAY.
The following Is the "toumperaturo" at the
varIous ponllts nanultl, as roported by the
Signal Service tolegrams furnished by Her
guant Brown, of the Hignal Bureau, and indl
catlng the state of the temperature at the
points inanlmd, at 3 p. m. y4estrday:
Cairo t. degrmes, Cincinnati 76, Galveston
MH, K.okuk 72, LaCrosse 7(1, Leavenworth 711,
Louisvillo 76, Memphis .i), Nashville :2,
Omaha 77 Pittsburg 41, Shroveport 87 St.
Louis 711, tL. Paul 41), Vlcksburg 87, Yankton
(D. '1'.) 7, Augusta ((a.) 77, (orsaltna ('fox.)
:,l, Moli n, Mont.menry $0, Savannah 78,
Now Orleans 87, and Koy West NH.
The followilg were the variations of tenm
perntut'o. accordling to the thormonotol.
Fahronherit) at Duhllnuml' store, on) Canal
strceet, yeIterdaty:
6a. in., 79; 12 noon, 94; 3 p. Iu., 92; 4 It.
in., H4.
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ANOTHERI MUIiRDERBRI ABROAD.
Whose Fault Is It That Justlee Did Not
obtain Ets Due ?
Close upon the heels of the Delaney-MoEvoy
esee, where the murderer is now roaming at
large and defying the sword of justice, comes the
development of another affaTr, equ dly serious, ia
whloh human blood was ashed and the life of a
man saorifloed without condign punishment reach
ing the red-banded criminal. Was It the fault of
the police or of the court, and can the thing be
remedied now ? A brief history of the case will
enable our readers to Judge.
On the twenty.tifth of December. 1871, Martin
Bush was brutally murdered oposite house No.
91 Rampart street by one Joel 1;. Cannon. Can
non wqs arrested and a true bill found against
him for manslaughter, whereupon he was re.
leared on bonds on the first of May, 1872. The
bonds were signed by his brother-in-law, one
H-nry C. Bull, now a fulgitive from justice, hay.
ing jumped his bonds onlthree charges for pernury
and lroenv, and one Jones. On the twentieth of
August, 1878, the bonds were renewed by said
Bull and one lornutm, who are not worth a
dollar.
Oannon, after his release, occupied the posit ion
of supervisor of registration under Warmoth in
1872, and was employed under Mr. Brewster as
pound keeper of the First District, who, we must
say, Immediately dismissed him when he heard
of his having committed the murder.
The trial was put off until 1875, when Oannon
deoamp d. He went to Now York, where he
went to work with his fugltive broTher-in-law,
Bull. who was president .of some wild cat revol
ver oompeny.
Nothing was beard abant him until 1576, when
Bull mur lornd an 1 ishl laborer in BIro okl n, aided
lnd shell(d by ulnnon. They w-re, hrwe'v-.r.
b .tb aequuitedl by thb gran t jtry of rnig'scoun y.
The District Attorney of that county was fr.
nished with a copy of the charge' against Bnl I
and Cannon by District Attor"ey Flunoe. They
are at present in New York city. where r hey can
ibs arrested and returned here, provid-ld the
necessary rcquisition is Asnt ran by Gov. Nicholls.
JU'LIA WANTED TO DIE.
But for tile Necond Trinme was Prevented.
At the dilapi'ated house, No. G7y. Uidon a reel,
in a dilapidaed room, on a dilapi latId chair. sit
the emaciated form of a negr si named Julia
IRrynolds.
Julia had a'tempted to commit suicide, and the
instrument she had used for the purpose of pro
duct ig death was a vial of laudanum.
Ac ior'ing to her own statement, ahe this morn
in, conclundd that as her lover had ft 'wn to the
bosom of another that the only thing left for her
to do was to destroy herself. and being impressed
with this belief she repaired to the drug store
corner of Oravier and Rampart streets, and asked
the diulgist for five cents'worth of landanum.
The druggist filled a small vial with the poison
and gave it to his customer.
As soon as Julia had gotten posseession of the
landanum she asked the druggist if there was
enough in there to kill oneself with. He in
formed her that she had better try it and see.
Julia reulied, "Well, that'4 just what I am go
ing to do;" and the man of physea told her to go
ahead; that she would find enough in there to do
all of the kiling that she required. The would
be self-dest oyer returned to her den and swal
lowed the drug.
She was however discovered and saved from
d stb.
This is Julia's second attempt at self destre,
tion; her first attempt was abiut four years ago.
A Pleasant Excursion.
The eteamship Alabama, which Col. Boria has
placed in the Peneacola trade, is a handsome and
fast sailing craft. Bhe hae evry accommodation
for travelers, and the recent schedule of excursion
price will no doubt induce many to avail them
selves of this rare opportunity of taking a short
sea voyage across the Gulf. A fifteen dollar
ticket entitles you to a round trip. She is com.
manded by that experienced otcer, Capt. M. J.
Fauris, and in the office we find the cheerful face
of our genial and courteous friend J. F. B:,yle,
who has been so long and favorably known in this
community as a steamship clerk.
The Alabama touches at Warrington, Pene*cdsla
and Milton, Flbrida, and on her return at Mobile,
Alabsma. A number of exer ionists are booked
for the round trip, and she will leave this even
uing from Jackson Square at 5 p. m.
New Rice.
We have received from Meaere. Kip k& ach, of
the Perseverance Rice Mile, a sample of new
rice just cleaned at their mills. It is from a lot
of sixty sacks received by them from H. Feltus,
of Wood Park plantation, in the parish of Plaque.
mines, and is the first shipment from the lower
coast. The lot was sold serte'day at 7%c per
p ulnd and is the fir-t sale of the new crop. The
sample we have before our eyes can compare
favorably, beth in ponr t of quality and as to the
manner of eleaning, with any rice that we have
ever seen.
A CII[AITE'lR OF LOUISIANA HIISTORY.
IA.lll ORlllER FOUR Tlh REMOVAL
OV TOOPM PROM THE PAE:KAED
ITTlTl--t10|tIE.
KellloK'r DUevlllabh mchemr andl D0hlS. lr
ernan' Treachermonl Alpprealoit w'
the Premidnent's Orders.
fll4le,'ial (I',rr.'nl , ,lfrif'rce of the N. 1). ilemoerat.l
NrMw Yo1xu. Auglust4 , 1877.
'rTh Now York Timlr of to-day coplies from
tllf) Natchitchlf's Virrrliiator an interesting
chapter of history, froin the lips of lly dlls
tingul*hrld and most valued frlPnd, (ol. Will.
M. Levy. iBut that gallant gentleman seems
toI have folt re1,,trainIfl froni a eop)llllt Ire
,'ithl of the fasnt. At all events, he hlan omlttet
ilfe most iIter',sting single fact or the whole
0e0ffrrrln1'c. My kuywlidge of tilS Wharrmter
of Col. Lovy i'lad Iml, to SIIppo sI that I11 was
impelled to suippr,'s this partlcular fi, t'l by
r I)IIlderatloIs of dI l (lOlatll pfersonal ('our
twy's to (441. (Irrnti; alrll the nature
of this t.ourn'sy will inb rleadily lip
pllrenllt whenll tilhe naturi ofIr the fact
is known. In olrder to prIservl thills (lur
reneief in compllle)tl. form for thell .ns) of ti.s
trlly, it. will 15e rfloUlisite ,to review briefly tli'
pre(rlceding vet.
For soar(' tiie prior to the ist end 2d of
Mairch '
(:ci,. .IAM. . ('AHKY
lhal boon operating ulpon the milld of (hllu.
(Irant favorably to) tile ilenuo of thie peoiple' of
LouisHll na anld against thlle pretonslo(Ins of thill
waninilg dylleity )of the carplietbaltggers: and
(lolf. Jllsy'A operllations wore duly Oxploit(ll
in tilhe I)IMo4rlt'rAT'H current, Washington 'or
r'fes.nl)idene('r of til' perl'.l. I anl confident
that I s .hall lnot pla)n too) iullh 4strl'es ll)pon
whait has now bncomelli0 a comparlatively unllnl
polrtant fact if I say thlit the framnl
of inid whilhl made (en,. (Irant 1,1
acv'ssibl', te) and SOi kindly . to
ward the real rIpreselitatives of the
people of Louiesiana, (Col. Levy. Gen. (ibson,
Mr. Ellis, Ily friend Burke and otherl' --dur
ilng the latter dlays of his ahlllinistration, was
almost entirely due to tlhe labors of Col.
('I1asy. 1He tills as It (nay, it is I fact that
Gen. Orant hadl fully d(etermintle to susttin
the carpeft-baggers no longer, and he pro
pared
THE ORDElll I(uR THE IREMOVAL Ofr Ti'' r TIRl'5.
tile fate of which is so entertallnlngly told by
Col. Levy. I ninodliately prior ix thie issuance of
this order an intelrview lo'eurred betwtr'n (jeln.
tranllt on tile olne hand, and Gibson, Burke,
and perlhapls ole1' or two otllher Loulisillana
gentlnemen oil the other hand, at which (Grant's
views, ast lie ,',pressed them, were ridu('.il to
writing by Burke in form of
A M OllR(ANDIT M,
and Burke requejsted permssilon to use them
for .artaln purposes which It is not now
necelsary to state. Whereupon Gen. Grant
male a few verbal corrections with his own
hand, then remnarked :
"Thef paper is low .rbhtantially corrert: in
fast,, it is absolutely correct, ' for I have re
vised it. You may lise it 1u you r(liujet.''
You are',, of course, aware that the situation
in Washington at that time was lively, and
that Louisiana was the Ifocus of attention.
Kellogg was struggling to avert his fate as I
have never 5senll any other Inan struggle, and
was using appliances that I presume no other
ilndividual this shilO of holl could have do
viselfI. le ceartainly knew that Grant intetlnd
e.1 to iss(re the olrder, and h had ascertrained
by a bitter lexperincfl in a recent in
tervieh)w that it would lIh futile to ask him1 to
withdralw it.. Acc.ordlingly 1e formed the des
pc)rrte planl of interA(t'ptlng it in truanMfilt. I
ipresumlile this is the only instance in the lhis
tory of oilr gfovel)rnllrent whller any (ivilian
lI.hs s5ucc1Jsfulliy cospire'd with ta Cabinet
ofliclr, top not merely (lisregard, but actually
to suppll)ress by violenit inlt(rriposition t nmilitary
ordelr of the lresidJrnt, acting in ihis capaclty
of commannudler-in-ihief oif thil land and naval
flc:os of the United St;t +! However, u :h
are, the facIts in this ca1es. Camoron's action
in violently inter-epting and practically nul
tifyirln the order of the Presid(lnt, for the rIe
uoval (of th tl') troops was due 1 t) the
FIRANTI( fL ABIOlS OF IoEL K1uxi.
Aind Kellogg was moved to s1uc1h frantic
exeIrtions by his own knowledlge of the fact to
whichl I alluded at the outset of this letter;
the fact which i1l. Levy, out of delicate
scruples respecting his personal intermourse
with the President, seems to have felt bound
to omit from his recital. It was this:
The President had becomre fully satisfied of
the impossibility of further sucessful
INTERVENTION BY THE FEDERAL OVEENMENT
in the affairs of Louitana. But he did not
like to back dIown from the position he had so
long maintained, quite so squarely as would
have been involved in a formal re(cgnition of
Nicholls. And he was likewise desirous to
have the Louisiana imbrc(glio settled before
the close of his term, or at least before
his successor should assume the reins
of power. How to accomplish the latter
object without undergoing the humiliation of
a square back down was aquandary with Gen.
Grant, fromn which he was relieved by the ac
tive mind of the resourceful Burke.
"The fourth of March comes on Sunday,"
suggested Burke, "making a species of inter
regnum. Remove the troops on Friday or
Saturday, so that the coarst shall be clear Sun
day. Then, when Monday morning dawns,
we will guarantee you that the Nicholls Gov
ernment shall Ib in peaceful possession of the
State, including the State-House (St. Louis
Hotel) and all the archives. There will be no
violence, fr
PACKARD'S FORCES WILL NOT RESIST WHEIN
THE TROOPS ARE WITHDRAWI.."
The idea struck Gen. Grant at once. If the
troops were withdrawn on Saturday Nicholls
would take the State House Sunday, dur
ing the interregnum, and thus to all intents
and purposes both his own outgoing and the
incoming administration of Hayes would be
free from complication in the premises. He
could practically go out of office Saturday
night, leaving the Packard government "in
sctat quo." Hayes could come in Monday
morning and find the Nicholls government !
This idea met the instant approbation of
Gen. Grant, and he timed his order in accord
ance with it.
The memorandum which he revised for
Burke was designed to acquaint Nicholls with
the fact that (Itn. (Irant e.rpreted him to teke
the Sltrie HIouse on Hrnundy, the 7th of March.
This state eof fateM was made known to Kel
logg by an Individual who was in the confl
dlence of the P'resident, but as I an. unable to
say whether the lact of this person was one of
dellberate treachelry or of Indiscrc't talle
hearing, I will leither monthlin his naintn nor
chartacteri'e hils miotive. It was this knowl
eligo which Iliovel eakllogg to suich desperate
exertion. Andl, but for thills knowhilgo, Don
(Cainlron never woulld hiave venltllrted ulpoll a
step so extraordinary as
rTile itU'l'i'EMIitN O( AN OltiDE OF oT11' P'ls
I 1DENT.
Now, then,, a word aboutll (!mnteron. I Iti
se.lteel thllat tlte suppresocal the iPres.Ihnt's
order eI'i 1 uthse he knew thatI the Pl'rol
d(ent it'sigrHliwl toa wink at a coarp d'del by
Nhiholls, Oil. Levy courteously gives
('!tmeo fti ' brenefit of his own julstiflnt
tloir on a point of otlcahlil etlhiltite. Hut
I set.rct Co(.. lfevy's reported conversa
tnhel in vain feor any Intimantion thit, he
Itdoi'.l s I~w ('ilruneili's version. (f his own 1110o
tives .. thee primises. I venture Ito assert
that, (.'ii. Lelvy, lite myseln, itl s not Helieve
a word of I a(lelr'on'l.'i delaration that Ie was
inove l toe thIat, !ext,raordinary stepl by conRsil
orathions of oI ffl('ll oltiiue'ttr,. orrm first to
last Camenron piaye'l a game of
'rTie MWs'r WiTrrT.lfD IIt 'r,nI''rrY
with the LTouisianait pneople. lie was hand in
glove with KHIIogg aind at thel. Hsan, time he
was nmost artfully ecliving antld mlnileading
his old college (clai.smut/t , Ralnall Gibson,
with profe.ssions otf iearnest deilmI' tAo see the
I.ltisiana case, equitably tdijuetl. (Gibson
beiltl (.lanameron, for the ri!asion that his so
clail idueittio and his breldlling render
him incapablle of coinprohondlng the illlera
ble dupllcity andl the rank dishoner of which
l)oAn (i'atnertrln icltpllhln nt only, but in
which lie, revels with il dellght knowni only to
selch human swilne as lie in.
Ilndet , so ilmplichit was (Gibtson's faith in the
smooth pretensions of his old clastmate, and
so incapabtle was he of coniprehendling that
any man al xild be guilty of dollllerately vier
)rting the sanllctity of such a friendship, that,
nll one oI'lt.sio1n, wheeiu I ventuirtel to
cautlonIii h1in a Imputign C(rle!rotn's
sineerity with somne hlarshnhess of epi
tiht, an1d luxurianee of texpletive, he
cheitkeid mie with warlth land do
clinied tee listen to furthelr aiiuirnadver1sioi. I
thien. sought Buirke at Willard's, and askedr
him to wairl Gibson, ane, in fact, the entire
Lrouleiana dollegation, of
I AMFOtN'5 TIEA IHRRlY.
Bllrke' laughed, and said that Cameron's dui
plielty would be reendered nugatory by a
higher power In casiº ly apprehensions con
eorning him should turn out well founded.
That they had foundation is a matter of his
tory. And that Cameron's dupllcity availed
to) render nugatory the edicts of Burke's
"hlgheor power" is e4ually so.
These are the facts in full. They have an
historical value In tils, that when the his
torian of Grantlsm reaches the close of his
volume he will have to record that the very
last considerablee act of Grant's political
career was an endeavor to dloge a stern re
sponsibility; that, in the very act of loosen
ing from his shoulders the robes of offce thiat
he had worn for eight weary years, he at
temptwl to avail himself of a peculiar accl
dent of (lates as
A MIEIIrAIILE UlITERmYTi(iE
by which to hide the do.pest, darkest stain
he hul brought eipon themll and that oven in
this last, subterfuge of expiring tylranny, he
was thwarted by one of his owni crelatures,
who sh.owed il. :oente:mpt for his chief which
wouhl liave, bteeo cri linal iand it not been
jutlt.
ilowevewr, we can realily appreciate the
loftiness of the colnsideratlions which imprelled
Co1. Levy to withhold this sickening para
graph from his recital. Nor need the fact
that Burke was the author of the suggestion
be taiken as a reflection upon that gentleman.
Burke's businress was to (1o what he could to
save Louisiana; and the desperation of the
exigency warranted him in taking advantage
of any capability of her foes. Whatevter dis
grace there was in the attempt must redound
entirely to the discredit of the Presidenlt, who
was willing to jump at such a suggestion;
whose moral calibre was such as to blind him
to all aspects of the suggestion except its in
genuity and the fact that it afforded him a
hole for a dastardly retreat; amlnd of whose
character the circumstances demonstrated
that Burke was a shrewd judge. A. C. B.
Pelce ieanrd.
The Police Board met at half-paest 7 o'alock
last night at their rooms ito the Oentral Police
Station, Mayor Pilsbury in the chair, and a quo
ram of the commissioners present.
The first peeler that teed the mark was Paltrol.
man J. Wilson, of the Third Precince. This
officer was charged with sitting down on his best.
A oi tizen testified that the officer esat down to
fix his sock, but as no cfficBer is allowed to wear
socks that reqrire him to sit down on his best to
fix, the board ined him five days' pay.
Patrolmao Blehard Kerwin, Fourth Precinet,
for leaving his best and goig into a brewery to
see how they made beer, was reprimanded.
Officer Bannoe, of the same precinct, and for
th- same ofle.se, was fied five days' pay.
Patrolman J. L. Gil, Third PrecmeD, did not do
anything but get drunok. go to sleep on his beat
and carelessly lose his clab. After hearing the
evidence, the board 1,st no time in codming to :he
conclnuson that Glll'e servi en as a policeman
could be dispensed with, and hence he was die
missed the force.
Offlier Tate, charged with clubbing Joo. Bap
tiste, was oischarged by the board, as the wit.
nsese for the defense gave their testimony, and
those for the prosecarion were not beard.
Mr. Blasseui, the prosecuting witnese, when
interv awed by a DerocaT reporter, stated that
when 7ate struck the prioner over the head, that
Officers Walsh and Nixon had him secured.
This statement is also oorroborat'd by Davy
Cochran, the 'urnkey who, at the time that Bap.
taste was struck, was searching him for a razor.
Count Herbert Bismarck, the elder
son of the statesman, has entered the
diplomatic career, and is at present at
tached by the Foreign Office to the staff
of his father. The younger son, Count
Wilhelm, the more popular and the
more beer-loving of the two, is a co
referendar at the District Court, and is
now preparing to pass his examination
as an "asseQsor." Both sons, lieuten
ants a la suite of the First R-giment of
Dragoons, fought in the late war with
great distinction, and were decorated
with the Iron Cross. Countess Marie,
Bismarck's only daughter, is her father's
favorite and his almost constant com
panion,
TUK LATh STRt/IM PEUATURII
The OriInal Plan of the maltrad as
plosys.
iN. Y.Tsme.)
BALTIMOJn, Aug. 8.-In the course of
conversations with the most nltelligent
representatives I could discover in the
different branches of labor, a tone of
sullen discontent was the most observ
bie feature. Naturally, my first inqul
ries were among the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad employes who had either
refused to return to work or whom the
company had refused to take back. I
found a knot of them at a favorite ren
dezvous-a tavern close by the water side
in Houth Baltimore-and listened for a
half-hour to their coimpjalat and
their threats of what might be done In
the future to cripple the railroad. There
was not much to be gained from them
but, 1 learned of an engineer who had
quit the road, and who was spoken of
as the man to see on the sublect. I
found him, and his views of the whole
labor question were interesting enough
to warrant reproduction. He Is a man
of more than ordinary intelligence,
keen and quick in his talk, and has a
way about him that conveys the impres
sion that he is anything else but an en
thusilastic and ignorant tool. He said,
in the first place, that he had left the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad because,
under the 10 per cent redotlon, he
could not earn enough to support his
large family decently, and he thougt
he could find more profitable empoy
ment elsewhere. (But he soon dropped
personal matters and went on to more
important subjeote. As to the recent
strike, he said that it had been unwisely
precipitated. Away back in the spring
the railroad hands on the trunk line
had been convinced that their wages
were to be cut down, and there had
been interchanges of opinion among
them as to what should be done.
"Why," said my informant, "we had
delegates here in Baltimore from the
Pennsylvania, the Central, and the Erie,
in May, and we sent men back to
them, and the whole thing was
thoroughly talked over before any
orders for the reduction had been given
from either Scott, Vanderpllt, Jewett or
Garrett. There were conferences her
and in Pittsburg and in Jersey OCity, st
the railroad officials, with all their
smartness and their detectives, never
dreamed of what was going on right na
der their noses, Well, the upshot of it
all was that there was a general under
standing that there should be a grand
strike against the reduction of pay.
Now, young fellow, I am going to tell
you something that none of the news
paper men have got hold of yet. We
had no notion of striking in the summer.
All of us old railroad men knew thatthe
companies would have the whip bhad
of us then, because there would be
little business doing, and
could get along with the blacklegs
the green hands. Our prorame was
to accept the redu3tion without a mur
Imur, work straight along until the fall
',usiness was at its height, then to- de
mand an increase of pay from Garrett,
Scott,-Vanderbilt and Jewett, and itf it
was not at once granted, to strike as
quick as a stroke of lightnlfig and drop
trains wherever they might bie st any
point along any road. We think we
would have won the fight on that, but
the freight flremen and brakemen on the
Baltimore and Oblo knocked the whole
plan to finders by striking too soon. I
don't know that I can blame thet,
for the company wanted to send them
up the road on starvation wages, and
then make them eat up what little pay
they got while they were waiting for a
train back; but if they could have stood
it until Otohber, we should all have put
in our big licks at once on every road,
and no soldier would have saved the
companies then. Of course, when the
strike commenced here, the men on the
other roads were prematurely dragged
into it before our arrangements were
made, and so I may say that for the
present we have been whipped in detail,
while as a unit we would have
been invincible." Your correspond
eat endeavored to draw this man
out by questions as to whether
the original intentions of the confeder
ates might not yet be carried out by a.
I simultaneous strike later in the year,
but on this point he was wary. All he
would say was that people who thought
the trouble was ended had made an
immense mistake. The roads had all
promised the men that they would get
more pay when business became better.
"Now," said he, "we know well enough
that in the fall business will be a great
deal better, and all the roads will be
earning money. If the men conseant to
be starved, that stockholders may be
paid their 10 per cent dividends, thema
they are bigger tools and cowards than
I take them to be."
Among the many ehang to take plane soee
on the grand boulnvard sove will be more stalk
ing and more indicative of the good time to sme
than the swaying to the breeze the banners of he
grand "Palais Boyal." Our enterprisng friesa
Levy, who has for so many years been the pops
lar proprietor of the dollar store, No. 187 Casmt
street, seems to have had his faith shake. In re
publican institutions and ideas, and is deter
mined, with one fell swoop, to obliterate the
name of dollar store forever. He s making prep
arstations for the opening of this elegant and gor
geous establishment, and nothing will be spare
in making it the most attractive place hi ts
Southern country. Levy's dollar store is know
throughout the whole South, and as it has bree
known for its promptness in illing orders ams
thepo'ite attention of the clerks, and the plans to
get everything, so will the Palai Buyal grow
into popular favor, for we will see in the large
and gilded sigtr that are to adorn the building
evidences of a new era, a prosperity which we
have longed for but never expected until the
present time.
Capt. Eads, the builder of the cele
brated jetties in the Missiseippi river
near New Orleans, is sojourning at At
lantic City.
An "old resident" at Long Branch
tays Grant's visits there brought into
the place $500,000 every summer.
Pensacola, Fla., wants $30,000 to re
move all obstructions in her harbor.
A fifty years' copyright is proposed in
Holland.
A fisherman caught a shark in the
Alabama river, near Selma,