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THE NEW ORLEANS DAILY DEMOCRAT.
) OTfXOIAL JOURNAL O0 THE STATZ 0r LOUIStANA AND 07 THE CITY 0P NEW ORLEANB.
VOL. II---NO. 262. NEW ORLEANS, WEIDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER o1), 1877. PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
. ... . . ... . .~ " i i i ll i II an
vls BMAxe ARSt rgPfslt GtI114 TLE
PI Aglt)1 gtDN CAIINIt I't
AT Iolnl__V¥IILLE.
apgaweh Made by anyeat, Pentmnastfr Uen
fawl Mey, eeeretary c tvainrt andi
Wade lHamtptnn,
'Ltot#vttta Ky, t, leept. . --The Pretsiden
tal 'ty were to-day etCllm upon by the
tahiol boM.d, and, accompanled by thern,
thery V.lit l thepublec esaecol., wlherspwchte
W#re made by the "l'leslldent, 'PostmaterI Gen
tral Trey and Mecretarles Evarits aid Me
4r.riy. thring the viit, Miss White pre
a.teId Mr.I HIlay.;withl a hbemtiful bouquet
f)fVrmititig "Amnerihw.
trs. latve was als Rr pirented with Ita tnau
l-tilbolquet as an apprelatCiot of true woman
hood and the first ialdy of the nation. 'T'o
thehac pt.,sentatlons the Pr.wleent responded
With appropriate re*tiianrks. Mc'l'etary flvarts
AI. ipoke regarding public sclioils, and t.e
i8rel to his eartly education in the c'omnchon
eohiools of llontAnt. After- which snome very
oomtplisnotary re. nremi were addrleased to
traI Htayes by the pupils.
_ ierYlt I e, Sept. 17.- -Mr, EvIartse spoke ns
gAmerlean people, whatever faults they
~lha. had, have ne-ever beetl wanting in
ev f their otry and in ant estlmate tof its
IgreatI l, Thelre was nothincg we supposal
lfotrtn.ty was not larke enough for in its
_ tt iliprove the human race; but we,
IdBl of t., hadl an undue eStimate of the
tpe.s of our countlry When we imagined
it wagreat . c. eougl for two countries;
oOuPterritory,.o tr opatulation and our pow
d . enough _t t maike two nations of,
has bien dispelled, and now, here
uI d 0 forever, we are one people autl a
t e, The border Stan line having
lra ted, there .nial nod another
tlevery famicly of America in
ey dit.ict; It was the line let by
rthe ar between the armies on the one side
other, that was sComethlli signa.g, for
hnot run very straight in Missouri or in
ditt sky nor inc TPnneseeP, but it was a line
t bias lee obliterated ; and do I say too
u h when I ask of you to arCce with cme,
t the wisdom and patrlotslmm of the
obllterated. Now tlhe Prsident has at
tded. to two great points In which the North
Slearn nore th tan the Southl. The great
is an id that theu youth t f Persia were
talt three things- to ride, to shoot and to
pk the truth; ald out' youth on both ldles
tvn leatrned to ride and shoot, let us speak
truth to one anothlr.
ow, gentlemen, we have all co. e tougether
learning the trcrible lskwon, and onle alch
iotslufitent. Let 1o part of our vast
e-untry have another coinflclt between armed
r dent antounced hsle pleasure at be
ig abloe to intrtyuce to his follow-people at
wellknown to all, Wade lampton, of
rolina. Fully five mnute elapsed
e Gov. HIfapton could speak, so loud anid
wI wetae cheers gtihen hmt. le sall:
' ,Pr idt anred Mty i'ricrdcie of Kenlcctky -
atulate yo tn upon thl auspiclous ocea
d upon the nitcanltude of th reception
w tave iven to the Presidnt of the
i tater. Apolause.l
is no place in America- where the
~uld have been better done, and I amn
that there Is no place in Amer'lea where
, ben better done than in the city of
l Applausel
ere is no place where it could have been
.ore sgpioplIat, bocanuse the poHlital opin
nOneUttý.i majority of the pyocle of Kentucky
"~radlftc rent ftmrom those cf his Exeolleney.
Yo . have shown that you recognise in him a
man who has idnce his duty--a man who has
rlsen high enoiugh to be able to say. "he
serves his party 1, est who serves Ills country
best," for that is a acltilent which aought to
find a response in the bro at of every patriotIe
Amerian. Yu lhave come here to pay hmlic
honor, and I r. lnd myself ac extremely for
tunate In that lave bonn aile to partlcipato
JInltLJd without dilrespect to the geotlie
Invited me to this receltlion I must
I t I c111e chlilly that I mlight (for I amn
Sthern man) extend a warm greetitn t.o
.WrPresldent act he strucck nouthern Roll ia
he etood on the once dark and bloody ground
of Kentucky.
No longer so, butt aa I trust In (tol, here'
and elsewhere, a land of peace. prclsperit atnd
happinesse-pace uanid prosperity which he
has mostly given to you.
My friends of Loui sville, [ thaink you in the
name of South tareclitnc antd 1 will say to his
Exeellency, that itf he will do us lit'i honor to
visit us there, we will give r ih i a Kgrc'ting as
warm as this; thoug,.h pcrhaps we can't show
him as many tuen, we will shcow him that we
have not forgotton that act of kindnCes and
reoncilllatlon a.cd junatlce that he perforlmed
for South Carolina. [Loud applause.l
DOMESTIC NEWS.
Suapended Payment.
Naw Yonx, Sept. 1s.-J. & W. Lyall, of this
city, spoendied payme-nt to-day, with liabill
ties at om00o,ox.
RellTef for FcFrnandlna.
Nxw YOIK, Hept. I.--Hubscrlptlons are
beilng rabied in this city for tlic yellow fever
lufferers of Fernandiha.
A Pestomlee urlcglarrlzedl;
POUrHKctsPmF,, Sept. 18.---lBurglars ontered
Catskill postofflc, Ic.st night, thlwc open regis
tondletters, and teok all the ilone y they
could lay theic hanids on. Evoerything is in
confuesion this inornlng, so tchat no cmals
could be made upl.
A Storm on the 4culf Coast.
WABaMTroNo, Sept. 18.- The Signal ohlhe
reports a cyclone dleveloping in the 1i-at
Uulf States. (Cautionicry signals are ldis
played along the entire (ult and Atlantic
-=oast.
The Irxilnton lacem.
LXgrINlTON Kli-, 8pt. 18. FTRaT RACE.
Mile bheate Btfort's McWh'irtc'r 1:1, A. K.
Richard's T'yphtoI 4:2, Ward & Graly's En
light 2:8, Warren V. Toy's Enmbower 3:4, HaTr
per's Early Light distcancod. Tine---1:54,
SEcOND RACE.--D)RaSh of tlree-qucarters of a
mile; teighteen starters; Mc'Gibtcin's Sinnoick
first, Leslle & Scully's Fairy Quelten sae-ond,
rinateadi's Ambuscade thlrui. Tinme-1:23,.
THIRD RACE.--Dash of one mlle; ten start
1mS; Mohair first, Tillil Brent second, Herit
sage third. Timc: 1:52/,.
WAR NOTES.
A Grand Battle Expected Noon.
LONeoi, Sepl. 18.-A dispatch from Bucha
rest sa3ys that the Russians have received
reinforcements from Roumania, which are
arriving by forced marches to the support of
the Czar, who is ad-ancing toward the Jantra.
It is also stated that Mehemet All is ad
van.lpg near the Jantra, whence news is soon
to be expected of an engagement.
An Armlstlee Asked F]o.
LONDON, Sept. 18.-Dispatches fr m Berlin
report that Bismarck and Count Amdrassy
have made a demand through Prince (Gorts
ehakolT for an lImmodlato artlnlaMtl' lpetwenrl
ItiaRiaa and Triirkoy.
The fllentnetrtn Ciaptulre
Lila;NnN Rnlpt. 1t3.-The 'lmra Unlttllljc' rcll'
rc'spfnb'~bnt says: flytesn'slritIle
tho TIIIIIl'k llmut blrilng all s1IuppJIIOM s way 'If
KIMk, as lliek entirely eoolmlsnndlihe rInlu
fisoni 1IIg·l1H to all the int'eisr-i IT Molobthllrl
lweglspvlt~a. ________
The Ntifcianis riepartnttrw Winter 'tutps.
TioNl~uJN, Sept. , 1, The WI~ilyr Nrtc'n' clol·1·r
omlet~~t t at V1011111% reportsf. t lint, I (·tl. Tloctle-lr
+twl, the dnfen#Ier of Mll ia141u11l, has1 l01'eived)
or'Iiers to 1 faIt'lpllaits III fTIll Torlt ifylng Wlnter.
am n, at Ma hitll. I lriovAi. HI MfII'fl anld Nik
oplip ll.
If It cotmliMs t31 the worst, Nikopoiiln, wIhr a
1tl1(ng depot. is toi ho IntlIIIIsllOtl, Will hi' heold
Itall inil z 1111. All tress 11"' 1pM, Ineanwhilh,
are 1iCi'ltiT to thle *intrititl e11.
The 'hitrx' IIwltiarr1t cIorresponldllnlt 14ay.31
The Manatees atAl I'invnn amr tlltlvlll tp nncor
tarwiMl a lege IIInts aºNl ;eoelv rIng ,lntnorl'o
mlnots of ilIfal 113.
VOItEI«(N NEWS.
Itewl Prom I ntsniey.
IorNllN, 14ept, 11. I)lnpat~eihou repel erid hnr
ntate that fStanlloey's whehoIO ta arelt 111ilil
}ei lIe at Iuhanids on I'ho(- oanst lIT joIwer1
(t,,ition, Twentty olhis lnm1n alr IreptortI1d Mink
with iuloete.
The lcreek IllnfiNI y.
LoNlwvN1 Mept. 114 -'-lTh 11,irCM' At10e1ns 111
realllndollt IlttnoltluleeM that tflu I{i;,g ha1 r111
turned to Athens to lonfer with thie t llII1IltnI'I14
about their resignattotta. eronac(iunntt on the1
death of AM. CamnrlR.
tre., and the kepsilllean 3.eaderhlp.
LoatoN, Sept. 114. --The Parin IIIIrrITpMond-I
eat of tht ,cnrktrel tdeleg Iaphs that M.
Ilrovy has written a h etter le'liaring th111
etatlelment that lie 1re11101tu1d the .IIt)IlhlcI a t1
leadershitp it vihluiutty.
The Polley of the French Governnent.
VAlueO, Sept. 114. Duke Doe (Cam at. 1i
htnuine, on Suinday, m~ade an ImIportant
sattenhh, 111dentl TIlas a 1011111all I14
snlnglo Irldclfwl hll:t;lr dtIllir cn 1.10 4il4t'ralll1IT
nhared ~ ~ 1ln hi' Ito I*illI IaI', Ar~ll 11111l
03111 th1 rp ht'tr 1 lig t thIle gklllurnt w.n i en
dna-voncr to dlotratnt atttentlcn fromr hour' affairs'
He Saul: "l anali'miha- a m ee sni
Thngle power ec atoubt thllate aIn jacy in.
the l'ltnl1iOtt l plall1ltllll' 1 T A1110 nt w1111 a114 m
shal yo y th whle fv101111 apral i II Vr All gilti
powers Aret~ nralrrcd thart the govnrnl'tmconl
woatld1( refuse with energyt'U, toc n,ancfc'jrtfr' it-sett
witih a Inlopaganuill~, , from whatever i' c/lrrinf.rt·,'
It migh~lt ennui'. which mightI1 tin it (lu,'((`lf
tr.nth t ur danger to he., telghhcrs..
The Gmvernmenttltt lmtle in Airrrest.
LoIlooN, Sept. 1I,--o Uldo Mhl;liman nn-l
aglnnloe that his 414lT lrltlnt oiI Al. 11lo isis II
cetlved the iil tielal rspprnihabon llT the grcsivlrn
T n atnt.
The ahipwnrtarhtx" Rtrlke Efnded.,
LoftboN. Spt.t 14.-- The Clyde shipwrights.fA
Ii)1r) IN Mept. 114.--. A t'a111 n11f OIIpOMP nnlll·I
statee that Muirat and (larnilotta ga~ve noltice
to-dlay of appeal Tromt theilr recent seteolhtel.
Thls not ittoo having only 11101n given n lro ath11e11
fuil legal Interval shiswer that lthe nllclMell iii
The t~rla. Ill (lanihetta on1 alIpsld IIM witiiO'I
Tlo' Maltrllday.
EQUIN0O'TIAL TELIEIIltAMS.
A 41AIIC ON TillE : OIITHWUMTEIIN
CIOAMT.
Heavy Rain Fall at Varlonm Polntr.--Over
mix IncLhe of Water Falli Here
in Forty-ellht MourM.
The following Is the "tAmnperature" at the
various points named, as reiportoAd by the
Mignal Bervloe telegrams furnlshed by 8t.r
geant Brown, of the Hignal Bureau, and Indl
eating the satet of the temperature at the
points named, at 3 p. m. yestArday:
Cairo 61l degrees Cincinnati iG, (jalveston
69, Keokuk 70, La(,rosse 71, Leavenworth 72,
Louisville 6.5, Mnemphis 64, Nashvilloe tn,
O)inali 75 Plttsburg i15t, Shrtevport 71, St.
Louls l6l , At. Paul 71, VicksliurKg 1-,. Yanlkton
(1). T.) 75, Augut ta ((ia.) HO, ()oricalna (T'lx.)
71, Moluil 71, Montgtonellory ' 7, Savannah 84,
New Orleans 75, and Key West 9l.
IRain was reported yesterday at Virknhurg,
Mobile and Montgoumery. At tihe flrmerl
place the rain fall for the eight hours lending
at 3:45 p. in. was
NEARLY, FIVE TNr:IltH.
The rain fall here for the tight hours ndl
hlig at 3:45 p. mi. was one Inch and a half.
The (Galveston wires w'ore down again yes
terday, bult the signal service reports for a
portion of the day previous, for the eight
hours ending at 3;45 p. nm., wor' reeived, in
dicating a rain fall of 2 29-I10 Inchesl ; at mid
night 8-100, and for the eight hours ending at
8 a. in. It was 6-100 of an Inch. At that hour
the wind there was high, but had boon blow
ing a
PEIRFECT GIALE
for the previous sixteen hours. and in fact
nearly all day on Monday, the direction being
from the northeast, until yesterday morning,
when it changed, and came directly'fromn the
north. The reports for yesterday afternoon
show brisk to fresh winds at every point noted
in the "temperature" indications, the ve
hlwlty at the principal points being as follows:
Cairo 12 miles per hour, (Cincinnati 6, Dawvn
port 10. Dubuque 8, Indianola. Tex.,
TWENTY-FOUR MILES PER HOUR,
andi froIn the north; Keokuk 6; Lacrosse
Wis., 14, Leavenworth 6, Louisville 8, Mem
phis 10, Na.shille 9.
Here, at 3:14S p. m., thevelo :ty was 28 nuil's
an hour, Omnaha 11, Pittsburg 6. At (alves
ton on Monlday night the velocity was 45
niles an hour, at midnight it was 50 miles an
hour, and yesterday morning 34 miles an
hour; Shrevwport 16, St. Louis 8, St. Paul 7,
Vicksburg 12. Yankton 5, Augusta, (iGa., 4,
Corsicana 16, Key West 4, Mobile 16, and Sa
vannah 10.
CAUTTONARY SI(NALS
are continued up at (;iveston. Indianola
Mobile, St. Marks, and at New Orleans and
at the hour of the closing of this report last
night there were no indications of a let up in
the equinoctial.
The rain fall here in the city during Mon
day night was three inches andl sevwn-tenths,
and during yesterday up to :1:45 p. m. was
two and a half inches, making a total of six
and one-fifth inches. The barometer at 8 a. m.
indicated 29:65, 2 p. m. 29:50, and 6 p. m. 29:50.
The rain here and above caused a rise in the
river of one foot for the twenty-four hours
ending at 3 p. m. yesterday.
The following were the variations of tem
perature, according to the thermometer
(Fahrenheit) at Duhamel's store, on Canal
street, yesterday:
6 a. m., 79; 12 noon, 0; 3 p. m., 80; 6 p.
m., 77.
11r01f in tt iif nrn d
I4EIIK4UA ANI) titE (CJNMTITI1TION.
rrtintnan 'riH11tit,
11P~in~t.ATiVB POWRIt OVVPIR TAXATRYN.
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t~hfi Mniflitf Ifn Ptiftoff P11114 tt eigtht tie pfe1ill
1.1111t ivhiio gI'Ifl'flli pItil'llfh'1 Itlrlf11Psfi toI
hIiFest', moatt warn' ever fIbIlfwl, It Ilsl tt4lr,
pIffI lflfjniflfl II t lrht, tliitn thff' Iff Rhiffim Iii hf
illln lfi Rifli i'. 'I'lif f 1 Iflflf1041 ttIffii to) thr'
letnlgt of If ItO ff1011n lvflintitflutin l so th1.
Afi in tlnt Elf P'l'tiffflivf.Atir ,i 14 f, ftPr11fl'r14
II rol' fflt'iI' n mllle, I;xperieofo1o hnn tnafght,
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hf 71, fifftollll I1' e'oulgif ifts l1lt if'ifffif' lvffl III
1 he p1111111t " f lfI'f1l feII ifn )W-f'itizefIfs.
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iifRit: "Thf l'll lntltfflfl nI fit the 11 lleifl fiMIf.ts'A.
11ff ni ofrR , till' t:rlitO~i Hkl'ttft' if) jlrr~lfffrf~f~~f
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supfetnerlc Inww' plnretn "tsraxt in RllthllfIIIY
f1lfffffle f tfIr itif, tltlon Tieiflfi'lln m.lliljI'I'i.
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tit t, ftscl 1111 the? Pnl'istncf ii l t tuhtrttll ty
ft'ntafi. "'I'ill right. I Ii' tlfXftinfl ligit-f
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(loriornti An~nflflily, fo i nf1, nor1 O11 othelr Itl'
p -nliffff'flt5, Itffi hlifll'l I ly I s llifI fslitf tif,
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uinte, ffflwiiilwifPfnlliffg fily gift.. glrffit ff1
fkiffllf'llt. wlfff.tev¶f' tfy tiffe (if'lfrai Assent
M~y.'
Wit~h this pl'qpna'ntliic i the n 'otlifttltnti~n pro-
Wt~tnte nIol the c!(rpurni~ilonR whlo'hI nrtn he
list'.1 tI' liwlff'. 'I'f'lfftlf r mpI'trf'I'f 1110
vtaty jufftf tiff' lf ofprilegntff l ' dl IrfrPf
fftie Plywer wiI'gih ffIltlilfff. W tlo 1 01 with
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ploni.t ifft'fl'14tiPI'r n fffffitholufflt y r.lin mfnffary
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filly. .I'tfiilfl l. u. ifltleff l('l ti p nglijo
of ute Fin''·~nrli Iltiverntrnent. Every Doe u rp
prnrirtt+'s' the ti ll p,(,.(~I1·1('( o1 perusingC the meth
ofr ns10int'r'atpltitll. Nn tins' desires thalt In
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fIflni i'it l '' o i' 1 111 lnprr'rlr if'ffIf'fflf naI1 711ff ifE
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pot'atit~iot truslt the s tate. ' rhere t ts neverll
11 tiffa ' Iffh tifinfi tit thin wftlf'lr ther flIghff4e1
flfiffft I ffl I liff t.flPtimlf' 1f, If tlf'l gffifg nf
I*,wcllr t'xrcnptt wit~h the 1t'est'rved tighl t tai
ttlntn11n11, nif's fi'rflitlfi. Nfffff flolrirtl o tint' ine
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f'f l'711fftl' f'fiftf 14r1mct a ifitf' Wirlt.lhff t, l'oi~lf'
MIJtOnnl Iti wro11 tltUff till (Iif'flfrf.i1 ff1u liff' ffit
I thy will purut, thIirn' ilttrtI't by unworthy
nuutas. T.1'he constittion of (it4,rgl recog
ilius thle vlm1 of no.c4irat.d entArprt~n, but 1
retai'n4 in t he handu of the Mtat the su )promne
c'ont.rol of their action and t.xste4enee4. As a
consell.e(lnlctql('o h o nf t.lh linolnt domalin, the
(Gene'ral A(,,ml1ly i1 nlht.htorl;al t~i taJke the
prolp,rty or f'ranchjsm of inchorporatA'd
corplnhlK4 111d1 subject, thl.rm 1 i publi(
1110, the µ11.111' 14 ,1s tihe property of In
(IdivI1u(als; nor 4h)41(11 the exerc'i(4n of the
pollce powgrs of tem iStab Ith fu,
abridlge or con't riled wn "to permit cor
pIor.t lia s t44 coui it, their bt!4(inenlls in (1such 1.
lmanner!' 4 to infrringe tihe equal rights of in
livishila or th4 , g4eneral w1ell being of the
11ta1A'." FrIim14 ti14 (Idoctrin4lo it) Ih'1h4d4(W the,
Ipower of the (rllrler As'rmbly to ro'gulabl
the. frelghtl and pµssµnger traflic and toA pro
hibit. unjuntl d hirlminathons upon the various
rnli1oad ofr tlht Mtatle ad enrotre this legis
lation by dl(,qualt' pe4nalth. Bllt while the
IA'gil4lat'ure shall not permit the forf'lture of
,the c(lln.rtur of anlly c',orporatilolln, nor altir or
lnern(ll lthe s(Imo(, I otshall not make any enat.
llenllt for4l thle lbernlot of sullch corporation ex
c'pt upton t hecon.lllli.on thaLt It shall there
after hoi1 its 'harc't r lsubj.'t to he provilonel
or tlhis (constltion. Every am(ndmlent, or
lspec'ial law for the h14n'lit. of a corporation,
"shall opler'at4l a a nvation of thie charter
and shall brlng the same under the provlslns
of ,(this c(onstitutlon." Thi purpos4( of (41pa
rat Ing the St lat and the corporatlon Iw4earrhil
still further by denying to the Logislature the
plower to allth.hrize 4 one (iororatlon to buy
s1haresl' in another, or to make any contract or
4agr(snl4ent wlhattver with any (such corpora
thn which lmay in effect or intention "detfeat
o(rilesseln co'mpetitio(n," or "encourll('age monlop
oly." It, also prohibits evasions of the law by
railroad c4ompanies, which shali neither give
nor lpay any rebate or bonus, or by other de
vice "mislead or (deceivo the pullie as to the
real rat(' chhrged by the company." To
guard against imputation of injusthie no pro
1ision of tihe constitution shall be taken to
impair the obligations of a contract. Much4 Is
the bohl, just and original manner In whllmll
Georgia preserves to Msociety the advantage of
associated enterprise, yet preserves it from
the cmnsequences of ilmprovident grants or
fraudulent, ni4seonstruction by the grantees.
It may as well be aldded( that the constitution
limits the power of the Legislature to grant
corpiorate powers to private companies, ex
cept for banking, insurance, ways of public(
transportation, express and telegraph tcom
panies, or any donation or gratuity to any
person or corporation whatever.
PUBILIC DEBT AND TAXATION.
The powers of taxation delegated to the
General Assembly are limited and defined as
follows :
For the support of the State government
and the public institutions.
For instructing children in the elementary
branches of the English education only.
To pay interest and liquidate the principal
of the public debt, suppress insurrection, re
pel invasion and defend the State in the time
of war.
To supply artificial limbs to soldiers
ttlnind in tho inilltairy orvrIen of thi (ion
frdnrtl y.
'liht Iotdlig lrllnrim r.i 5s tA ti t x.h rxl'an Of
tim piowr of taxatimn are, that taxation Alhmll
ho unlformm and rnl rmnhrrrm upofl all property
taxed, n.dil olod and eollnwld jmundr gonoral
lawn. No poll tax aIhall ho Iovinrl axc.pt for
.dulnat.lonal purpimoa. and tnt xn.mdling ann
dollar per poll. Thi prowir to tax corwpor
tInrs and #t nrporatn property dhamll not ho 1 iur
rltntr.1. or sa'indl.. I. 'lThi only proplrty
xopmit from taxation tonsalta In the property
or tho MtaIl., planae of rellgloeh worship or
tuirial, or 'harity, rollogiat, nreadmtnal or
other hbilhlthg Idl a o plol for odoatlontl atind
litorary p trposoa, togthalr with law Il.rarlia,
phll a' itpiml nda ll illuatratliv appmaratit. 'lhim
axn.mptlon IA fomrfnitr l whennvnr sn.ch plropr
ty shall in umda for any ither purpona than
aa Il'rirlbod. Thla m'allutllol dIIogatlohn .t
Irpowcr t' , t h ,he Lolntrlaamn 1 a tinelnlod by for
bldhI idig the IloginIaturn to ineroaanthObonddi
dell,t of llio Mt.lds. rltttlring it tsr spR~olfy in
any law for tim loan of amoney to thn Mtato
thlm apoll.t ptrt'poa, for whIh, It. in intndntl;
tfoldilng It it plidga tha erodit of thet Itto
i., kg inlivlldoal or corporatiln, or to corn
mlt til. HtmrIt as s itrkhllnr or joint ownor
In any aasaonat.Ion wlatovor. Tho Logaia
tloin I "also piohltbill Ifromrn dologatlng nuh
powers tit any omrunty or othor municipal nor
porlatl.ll," Hlrt h., norporalon hsII shall nt havn
Ith righlt "to Ilvy a tax for any purpoir," 'x
rcntl, rf l thIM aipporlt of shIchl# wIthIn thlir
Ilnlla, tar Iuil. l and r'pior public o. . liHisi,
trilntatln prIaoimonrs andl ptaup.r, pay Ilgal
nxplnssa, key p ipl roada and pay donla oxisat,
Inn it this dlata. T'hi whole debt, diln from
any iuni'ilpal norporation shall not o..ntl'd 7
pir nult lonl the taxnh.l valu v therein, nor
I per cont on anuth valuatIon for tniiporary
Fpirposasa, withmot thn annnt of two-thirdIsa of
Lthe m utilfllod votorn, at an oh vtion to bn hhld
for thal lplrpomn. Nor ' the MH.t1 l autho(rized
to I asIsumeI l.m l dbtl,, f any mlninli.pal corplo
ration. stnions intulrrel in tlo dmefnse orf the
t4ttmtn gainl.t Iin.l.rrrctlon or Invasalo In t tirn
of war. lAnlnIpal .orpoirat.lona am prolhl
bit'.l rrumr Incurring any dlalbt mitil provlsion
shall olavo slawrtl ntdol thorefor ..v th.l munii
pal gmvnrnncment, arj attn-h governiiinrt alihil
at thl' tinme of n-rnatl ng aitnlh debt pr'ovhilo for
tlIn payment of itsn nlrrthnt int.rhenl and pritn
nilpal ast naturity. within ths parkld of thirty
yenart.
'Ihern wn a fut i44 F.ntl abLein ronflll. t inI il"
convention utIl I the q1 l.alolnl whlether iny
nlnt. of olrtain allgu.l obligationa of' the
t.ahe prolollnun d llogal, null anli void by
vote of the (lnmeral Anunmhtl and the contt
tutional aronidinnetn t raltlfed in May, 1477,
shiould 1I recogni~nl and provklded for. Mr.
Toombai, in opposing thid rcognitton, tak
the ultra gro1 and that, the acts of ir·imatrue
lion ware void and the Htate organl/ationa
throulld.rr .t no authority. It wnas asl
argiuil that, tho obligations were in thorn
n.lv-s fraudllett, and Illngal, and o,' pro
nountmd upon legislative Investigation. (Gv.
Jdnkins. the preident of the monvuntion. thi,
rc',rd iof whose liftt prot"rtnil hitm from any
imtputation of Imipropnr tinth. is. repro
Imentd the claimants so far as to aIlvoist' a
jldltial inquiry into the vmaldity if th·ne oi,,
ligatlions. This provision of the cionntitttl in
was "arrie'i by a vnry large mlajority. It for
lbi4 t1oh Luglisatlur tno r·cognlw; thltse al
I'gid oblimations. It, al.4s pi1rohhlblt tih l rt
cognition orf any obligation crnated by the
Mtate dulring thle existano (of the war In.
twoun the Hitate, playabl on the ratification
of a treaty of penoa boetwer the biliigarents,
anrl forblid any departmenLt of the govern
mrnte to n.ak the Htate a party tI,
any ult In any iourt, FPodral or
Statn, toI tAWt the vallidity oif such
obligations. Thui honrn.l Assr.nly I. then
ordr.rudl to laty n, tax annrally for the umrr of
$1X),I(H000 as i sinking fund for the uxtingulsh
ment ,of tlhe puibllI ditht,. The proiouds aris
ing frnom the Maln of Ittate railroads is plodgrid
to thu ipayment Iof thm mortgage and lHtate dullit.
''hioro ar fsolno genoral l i Itations upon ilgis
latihon,scl.h asthat no ext.ra cionmponsat.lon shall
Ih given ts any punil i offlior or ontrato.r.' alftr.
the serviun shall have, wn! i performrnl, or the
contract rntorrd Into, The offliis of Stato'
printer Is rpeannwl after the present inorin
bmnry, andm the piublh printing will be lot to
the lowost rsponsibleti hildder. No momrnbor of
the General Assmrbly or other public offillcnr
shall be InteristlI in any such contract.
To make these stringent aqdt even distrust
ful provislons morn binding upon the mmrn
tiers of thu (eneral Asmbhly rand public
omflials, the participatlim of any suHI in the
proflts of public funds in their hands, or to be
raised through their agency, is declnared fo
ny, with di(luli.ilfcation for of.Tce.
The regular .tssion of the Logislat(urn Is
limited to forty days, btennlally, with tho
usual provision for a special session, thei oh
jocts of whiclh shall be stato.l In the procla
rnation. Hitch are some of the novel an(l
salutary restrictlions placd upllon legislativi,
power by the constitution of (Georgia.
W. M. ],.
OUR MEXICAN RELATIONM.
[Cincinnati Eunquirer.]
If Congress orders an investigation,
it will be found that the department is
misrepresenting an alarming condition
of our relations with Mexico. It is
beyond dispute that Minister Foster
has communicated with this govern
ment that Diaz's treatment to him was
insulting to a degree that would not be
tolerated by any government having a
disposition to resent indignities heaped
on it. Seward, assistant secretary,
cited the sending of Gonzales to the
Rio Grande with 1500 men to co-operate
with our government in suppressing
border outrages as an evidence of the
good intentions of Diaz, but the facts
as received by private advices are that
this demonstration was made in the
hope of forcing the recognition of Diaz;
and, further, that the troops never
r3ached the Rio Grande, but have been
ordered to another point. If the State
Department makes public the recent
correspondence with our Mexican Min
ister, the average American will be
ready to second any aggressive move
ment which may be ordered to con
vince the Greasers that this is the most
prosperous country in the world.
Maine didn't "went" so "hell bent"
this time, Connor's majority being less
than 6000.
ENGLISHI RAILWAYS.
How THlT ANR MA41rA#Gl AND TIEIRI c
A(L(OII')rNTa >"AIEE rr.
The *oCntrol that Parllamlnt, Ecrrq.tr
over the lLalelrnds rand itk
Good Ufteetm.
[L. J. Jenninse in N. Y. Wold.l
ITo too1e, Aug. 31,--Perhaps your read
ers will not object to my placing before 1
them an extract from that letter. It is
written by an Amerloan gentleman who
lived some tjme in London, and who is
thoroughly familiar with railroad busi
ness on both sides of the water. The
letter is dated New York, August 17.
After referring to certain conversations
held by the writer with practical men in
New York, he goes on to say:
If any one wishes to get at the par
ticulars that oan be collected with re
gard to any American line, he naturally
goes to "Poor's Manual.' Here, the
same sort of information, though on a
much more thorough and satisfactory
ecale, is given every year in a "Blue
Book"--a report drawn up by the au
thority of the government, in the sta
tistical department of the Board of
Trade, and laid before both houses of
Parllamont. It Is, of course easily pro.
curable by the general pdbll. The re
port for the year 187ti, teceft ly Issued,
lies before me, and the cost of it Is
marked on the cover-is 4d, or 23 cents,
cheap enough to bring It within range
of everybody who cares t,, have it. This
book gives a complete return of the
authorlied share and loan capital of
every raliroad company in Great
Britain and of their paid up, ordinary,
guaranteed and preferential capital
with the debenture stock or funded
(lebt -in other words, it lays bare to
the eye the actual flnancial condition
of every railroad in these Islands.
The figures are arranged in col
umns under suitable headings, and
may be understood by a child. There
are no details relative to the condition
or working of any road which would be
looked for in vain. The return also
shows the number of passengers and
quantity of goods conveyed over each
line; the number of miles; the amount
of working expenditure and the re
cellpts; the receipts from each class of
passengers and the length of railways
under construction, I will send you the
copy of this new return, so that you
may, if you choose, show it to any one
who is Interested in the subject. As all
your readers cannot see it, I will quote
from it the detailed statement of work
lag expenditure, etc., of one of the chief
lines in England, the Great Western,
for the year ending December 1, 187$7.
I must, of course, transform the account
from a columnar into a paragraph form,
because the full double page of the
original return would be too wide for
vour columns:
Length of line in miles, 2059; main.
tenance of way, work etc., £920,345; lo.
comotive power, including stationary
engines, 0£83,654; repair and renewals
of carriages and wagons, £26C,203; traffic
expenses, (coaching and merchandise),
£.8.,347; general charges, £124,255;
rates and taxes, £129,462; government
duty £111,467; compensation for per
sonal injury, £27,000; compensation for
damage and loss of goods, £44,155; legal
and parliamentary expenses, *25P,03;
steamboat, canal and harbor expenses,
£128,207l; miscellaneous working expen.
rllture not included in the foregoing,
£82,042; total working expenditure, £3,
708,203; total receipts, £7,032,321; not
receipts, £3,324,118; proportion per cent
of expenditure to total receipts, 53.
Rolling stock: Locomotives, 1471; car
riages for passengers only, 274',; other
vehlcles attached to passenger trains,
1431 ; wagons of all kinds, 30,801; any
other carriages or wagons, 1509; total
number of vehicles of all descriptions,
30. 847.
1'ho details of the finances of the com
pany are given In a different return. In
this are included all the loans raised by
the company, the dividends paid, etc.
IfI were to copy out the return in full,
relating to the Great Western Railroad,
J fear your readers would complain that
I was littering up your columns with
figures, and they, as well as your com
positors, would be " out of sorts;" but I
must try to give you some idea as to the
scope of the return, ind therefore I will
take the totals only: Authorized capi
tal, £62,564,140; ordinary stock, £14,
957,211; dividend paid, 4 per cent; guar
anteed stock, £19,623,190; dividend paid,
5 per cent; preferential stock, £10,064,
204; dividends paid, 4& and 5 per cent;
total paid-up stock and share capital,
£44,644,605; total amount raised by
loans and debenture stock (details
given in full in the return) £15 030,103;
total capital paid up and raised by loans
and debenture stock, £59,674,708; sub
scriptions to other companies, £1,478,
647.
Another return gives full details of
the traffic, from which I will only quote
two or three items, still confining my
self to the Great Western: Number of
passengers carried in 187', 42,280,247;
total receipts from passengers and pas
sengers' baggage, £3,181,777; total re
ceipts from goods trafflc, £3,717,(03;
total receipts from all sources of traffic,
t7,032,321.
The reader will be kind enough to un
derstand that there is no line in all
Great Britain about which the same
particulars may not be instantly ascer
tained upon reference to this return,
issued by and under the authority of
the government.
Meetings of the shareholders are held
half-yearly, and the chairman (or presi
dent) and other officials of the road
have to be present, and are expected to
answer any question which may be put
to them. The accounts are made up to
the end of the half year, in a form pre
scribed by act of Parliament. No un
usual expenses can be incurred, no "ex
tensions" made, no new loans taken up,
without being first submitted to two
several meetings of the proprietors.
Furthermore, no new issues of stock,
etc., can be made without application
to Parliament. All supplies of every
kind are purchased by public tender,
investigated by a committee of the di
rectors, and official reports are made
thereon, which can be examined by any
proprietor. In short, everything is done
openly and above board-no one man or
body of men can secretly manage or
mismanage a railroad in England. "A
general feeling of confidence has thus
been created," writes a practical rail
road man in an interesting letter to me,
"securities hbeing bought without fear
of sutrsequent discoveries affecting their
legality, or of repudiation under any
circumstances. It ls the secrecy and
mystery connected with the issue of se
curities and expenditure of proceeds,
and the readiness with which contracts
are made and repudiated, and the syo
teom of favoritism in arranging for
freights and the use of the railroadis
generally, which have shaken the whole
American system."
It is only within the last few years,
however, that English railroad almlin
istratlon has been placed upon this sat
isfactory footing. There usedl to be
just as much "hole and corner" busi
ness In thir coulntry an can he charged
to-day in connection with any American
line. ]But Parliament Interfered and
compelled the companies to render a
striet account of every detail of their
management. Until ten years ago as a
gentleman, who has klndly given me
mnuch in ormation on the senhject, writes
to me- --rnd I beg particular attention
to this unotation from his letter, for it
i very important :
The English railways had luoned oblt
gations maturing at IIAed and Irregular
tateS and as these matured the cornpa
nies found great difficulty in renewing
them, even at, high rates. In some cases
renewals were Impraqtlcable, leadlrng to
req iverships and threatenings of "wlp
in f out" the common shareholders-the
common custom in America even yet.,
Parliament here Interfered. declared
that the debentures of a railway were
merely secured on the earnings, and
not on the property Itself, which gave a
substantiality to the shates never be
fore possessed, as it was distinctly laid
down that the shareholders possessed
the right of reversion -which could not
be destroyed-whatever it might be
w:rth. Debentures were then made
perpetual so long as the interest was
upaid, and as the rights of debentureand
shareholders were deferred they became
a favorite means of investment, Par
liament authorizing trustees to take
them up. They have conseoquently bs-en
issued at reducing rates of Interest, un
til now there are very few paying higher
than 4 per cent and some even less.
The extra Interesi formerly paid to them
now belongs to the shareholders, and
the shares of all English railroads have
become solid securities, most leading
lines being above par,
If slmilar chai)ges ermld he male
where they are needed In American rail
road management, can it be doubted
that the result would be Immensely
beneficil, not only to the great body of
proprietors and investors, but to the
managers themselves ? If it were known
that the common stock could never bhe
wiped out, the tremendous depreciations
which have been witnessed In the Arme
rican market during the last four or five
years to the ruin of so many pri'vate
families, would not have occurred and
never could occur again, For people
would hold on to their stock, even if
temporary defauit became inevitable, .n
the hope of better times-just as tfhey
buy London, Ohatham and l)over or
Metropolitan Extension stock here, on
which no dividend is paid, but whichb I
strongly held on the chance of good dl
vldendis In the future. Would Erie
shares have sunk to 86, at which price
they were quoted in the London market
only a few weeks ago, but for the fear
that some of these days they would be
repudiated ? Would Central of New Jer
sey have fallen over 100 per cent if peo
ple everywhere had felt quite sure that
although dividends mtight cease for a
time, the shares would alwafx represent
a certain claim upon thb property?
Millions of capital have gone from this
country to the United States, and quite
as much more is ready to follow it, if
you can only guarantee investors in
your railroads honest management and
no repudiation. If a man here buys
stocks, or even bonds, now in any Amer
loan railroads, he never feels safe. Very
often his uneasiness may be quite su
perfluous, but we all know that ln too
many cases there is good caiuse for It.
With the extent of country s1ill left to
be devaloped, with the trafflc which is
still waiting for proper encouragement,
the exceptional ad-tantages of your
position In constantly being called upon
to supply the deficient harvests of the
rest of the world--as at this very mo
ment-and with the splendid energy
and perseverance of your people, Amer
ican railroad property ought to be the
finest in the whole world, and a source
of Investment second to nothing but
government securities in public favor.
It is In the hope of assisting to make it
so, by calling attention to the defeots of
the present method of managing it, that
I have addressed this letter to you.
QOfVEUUlURlmET *AVINWSaW IANh.
(N. Y. Grsahic.)
The recent savings banks failures have
resulted in a very general demand from
all parts of the country for the national
government to enter that field, The
Cincinnati (lazette wants Congress to
authorize a three-sixty-flve bond for as
low a figure as $25. and from that up, to
be sold at par for currency, and the
Chicago Times suggests a four per cent
bond of $10 and upwards. The Ifera..l
of this city wants a government postal
bank like that in Great Britain, and
from all parts of the country come de
mands for the general government to
supply some means by which
the poor can have some certainty
in the investment of their savings. We
think it not unlikely that Secretary
John Sherman will make a suggestion
of this kind to Congress. There is a
great deal of money that can be lent to
the government for a low rate of inter
est, and it will be another tie binding
the poorer classes to the Federal au
thority. As we write, we hear of the
failureof a savings bank even in Massa
chusetts. Say what we will against a+
paternal government, there is a very
general impression that somehow the
very poor should be protected in their
efforts at economy; that State laws
should not be permitted to authorize in
stitutions that are unsafe and which
teach the lower strata of society that
economy and frugality are useless vir
tues. By all means let some measure
be adopted by the coming Congress
which will enable the poor to invest
theit money safely.
The chestnut tree, which furnishes a
great deal of food in Southern Europe,
is widely threatened there with destruc
tion by a little insect which girdles and
kills it. In the Pyrenean districts for
ests have been destroyed, the oldest and
strongest trees being attacked.

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