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T ORL EANS DAIL DEMOCRAT.
OFFIO'AL. JOURNAL OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AND OF IHE CITY OF N]EW ORLEANS.
VOL. II---NO. 312. NEW ORLEANS, FRIDA4, NOVEMBER 9, 1877. PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
TIlE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS.
MlUml~MIPPI.
O1e NMndred Thousand Democratle Ma
Jority.
I lecial to ilhe Democrat..l
IAocrlSox, Mins., Nov. H.-The straight. Demo
oratle ticket has ,he.t eloeted without opposl
tion. The la~islature will he overwhlelmingly
Democratic, about two IRadicals and four inde
pendents in the H(ouse of ltepresentative out.
of I;4. In the tenate all the regular De.mo.
cratoe nominees have bnen etected: therefore
there will be but one W publolan otnator In thtt
body-ho holds ovver-end no Indep'ndoents.
lsalisliDpI stands, wh over Ieu.seu mijority.
With the solid Bouth. K lIARSlt.l)A,LE.
Chairman State, Commitee.
Adalmn.
l.a'rclt., Nov. '. - The oleu4loRn was very
,qulet and tim vote twenty to twently-live e'r
etnt short ,f last ye~L. Any amuntIt, of
'atehin _. Indittion point clearly to the
lction of the whole felsion ticket., oxenpt. pR
hIbil, the county treasurer arl onlle mlnlrmilr of
e Legislature. Woodl, olored. fusion ,llndl
et for sheriff will I reoably have a mauorlty of
m a lundred tit o1, hundred and fifty. Lan
fl.au, fusion illnator. nnd B ,aker a ld anilr
ln. .union ItepRUrRcnlltlI,t.1iP 1, are ierti.llly
oeclod. G~eorge Wtashinglon. colored. fusion
epresentatlve, in probably blaten.
'Llnrein.
lnOoNrtAVRN Nov. .--The vole in 1 Ini,wln
ountly was it folJ ws: J. M. Stone. -loem.. 1419:
A.G..t B.rown. Indupndetlll ntl . Tli et.heher D)uim
Oeratlce oeLdidiilti for litnte o~i(eIs w re ,II
Swithout opplosition, their vote. ranging
tgm 264 to 1t01.
n the con ty til lket R. It. Appllwhlte. Dlmo
Crat. was elnlted ltrleresotntatitve, recliving 1ut0
votes to eel for H. I'. Apklns, Indeyoendont.
A. b. (ox. Democrat. was elected Itheriff by
Iiprity.
uX.le rer there were three candidates
,P.Mlae Democrat, who got 451 Votes John
etmsne lie ublican, who got, iti votes, and
t o received. 09A votes, trand was elected.
nte Democrat and one Indepondenlt wore
jI t atioee of the peace.
ell election was very quiet, beUt the contest at
Selame time was very warm and exciting.
The negroes In Brookhaven voted the lndo
pendent ticket solidly.
Pike.
The following in the vote for Repreosntative
dSheriff in IPke' so far ait hieard from, to wit:
tot iep;resentat iv, - t.ausey, i)omoOrat an11;
.onorl y. Indfielideint3 :1tt4. For Bhorld-Mlc.
et m DocnOlrat, 2,I: (,olllns, Independenn , :013.
L'mert.-It n sutluopse i that McNulty will beat
n (l 200 in the collunty, and Causey's majority
will reach lom.
NEW YORK.
etirmates of the New LYork Press.
The Times.
Nitw Yonx, Nov. s.-The Times publishes to
morrow m-rnini a list, of the members ololted
.o the Logishature which makes it stand as fol
lows: t9enato. 20 otooblioians. 12 D mooratse;
Assembly as leDublbians.a Demoma rats. 1
4bor Relformnr. A Rtpublican majority on
ioint ballot of 1. n
The nun.
The ,San sav the Rotublleans will have a ma
jority in the Mmnatet. In the Asemibly the inll
tations are that the Dern erats will have a el im
m.ajority, though the Rtepublicans claim it. It
wlt require a complhet.o oount in some of tho
Iola rural districts to dlaide.
Tho majority for Beach in the State will be
about It,,eo. though it may fail below that flg
rg2. Ho runs several thInusand behind his
icket.
The World.
The WVorld makes the Mtatte untate stand.
Drobahlly Republican by two miorlty. The
Ausembly is In doubt., but counting the one
-reenbeek mItan from Chmunlg as a Democrat,
it le probaly Os Democrats to oi Repu.lllicans.
The Herald.
The leraol figures as follows: Senate,-le
npublcans 19. Demoorats 13. Assembly-Repumb
Ilcans 67. Democrats 6o. Labor and Greenbac'k 1.
The Tribune.
The TrUilnec says the Sonate is pvosibly Re
Dublican. and tho Assembly is in doubt. Its
ures are: Semtato-ll.publliean 1R. Democrat
o, Independent 1. Assembly-Democrat. a3.
publican a. Greenback Democrat 1. John
-Norri~sey ithe Independent.
MARYLAND.
The Legislature.
BALTrMOnE. Nov. s.-Returns indicate that
Keating, Democrat, for Controller, will have
so000 to :).o00 majority. The Senate seventeen
Democrats and nine Republican-. The House
Drobably sixty-five Democrats and nineteen Re
hblieans. In the last House the Republicans
had twenty-four.
Tilden on the Flections.
New YoRn, Nov. 8.-DurIng an interview yes
terday, ex-Gov. Tildon said that he was satis
fled with the way the elections went. He thinks
the Republican party is demoralized by the
way it got into power, and he predicts its early
dissolution.
Philadelphia Strikes.
PHILADELrPIA, Nov. s.-At a meeting of strik
ing car drivers of the upper section of the city
it was decided not to accede to the reduction de
manded by employers.
John Winchester's mills, employing forty-five
hands. went out, to-day. Next week it is ex
pected the strike among the smaller mills will
be general, but no reduction of wages is an
ticipated in the larger mills.
Another Defaulter.
TRENTON. N. J., Nov. s.-A defalcation of fif
teen to twenty thousand dollars has been dis
covered in the accounts of Walter F. Bartlett.
receiver of taxes.
Bartlett is also proprietor of the American
Hotel. He was arrested privately last evening,
and after a fruitless effort to obtain security was
committed to jail.
A Bequest for Cardinal McCleakey.
pNw YORK. Nov. R.-A bequiestof nearly $30.,000
has been left to Cardinal MeCloskey by the late
Mrs. Catharine Merrill, widow of Nathaniel W.
Merrill of this eity.
The Erie Railroad Ordered To Be Sold.
Naw Yoax. Nov. s.-The decree of foreclosure
and sale of the property, rights and frapchises,
etc., of the Erie Railroad Company has been
raneted by Judge Donohue. in the Supreme
Court, in chambers, an t there appears to be now
some prospect of the railroad soon passing out
of the receiver's hands. The decree was grant
ed in the suit of the Farmers' Loan and Trust
Company against the Eris Railroad Company
and others, that being one of two suits in which
the receiver's appointment was m ide abo ut two
yearr ago. The sale of the property takes place
in this city. The property is to be sold subieet
to the receiver's contracts. Ex-Judge James C.
Spencer will audit and pay the accounts of the
receiver of the Erie Railroad. The amount
which may he found due the receiver upon ac
count is to be a lien on the property. In case
a new company is formed by the bondholders
the receiver may make arrangements with the
latter to take the bonds and coupons for their
fair value, or a pro ra a for the amounts found
due him.
Marine.
Nxw YoRK, Nov. 8.-The steamers Columbus.
SHaimai and San Salvad -r, from Savannah,
have arrived off Sandy Hook.
Bankrupt.
SPRIN.FIELD, Ill., Nov. s.-Corideon Weed, of
ef Bloomington, has filed a voluntary petition
1r bankruptcy, with liabilities of $1.00,ooo,. and
rly ay. assets. Mr. Weed has bean loan
g money for other parties in Illinois on farm
ortgat, yuarant een the interest and pin
fandf the Toesecurities having been
-I..'..~ea d .
iN an al t:be same. The threat mnlt ynsrterany
by t Ia . Hlresidet of the central organization
that Ie ltin ejeltmlenle are allowed to he Inforcned.
Nnew Yorkers must not ho astonis.thed if they seP'
the disrrder of another Pittsburg. is ridictiuld
hy tlhe. Rmnlufwt.u rrs.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Political Excitement In France.
va'*4nii. Novt. --The ,niailnardi's Paris diis
atch anys: There Ji great, exIltomenl. in pDo
tical 0ircles. The Io niutr lis alnm', t the only
Conseorvative journal which recommennnl s ta ciin
ollketor¥ polliy. This journal asserts that
Prestdeyt Mal.elllon has no Intention of re
iglllltg as he is (rinvinclI that such a rcourse
would iexpos) the country to the greatest peril.
The Woosung Railroad.
EAINoluninlln, Nov. N.-~hl' Ilondon corrtspon
alnt of the SiNetsa~in, says: Lord Dertl . hs noI
lillled the (lhi noselgoveronilontl that. her Majioty's
,vernml'llonl t will I.gard th destructiton of the
Woosulng railway ita an unfrlndly act.
The strike of the Clyde Iron Workers.
LoNInoN. Nov. s.----Lord Moncrthff. the arlltra
toir inpointuditu to adiijui.st, the diffolrenoes hot weit
mlntors anl iron workers in Ithe ( tyIdi, shli
yalrlsl , ldeided tli it N a. il deulllalll t'the I Iron
workier for an inCert'se of wages.
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WARL NOTES.
The Warlike Mllontenegrins.
IZRAUHA Nov. .--The Montenogrlns are Im
hardlinig iort Hordtar, near Hu.uZ. 'I h v also
have twenty sItge gIuns in poslltion befor~r
I'odiigaritza.
Another nRull ian Victory at iars.
LoNhoN., Nov. s.--A ItIuIslan oflillal disitch,
latied ioenakdlnila Novoen tier 6,. says: (tGei.
Hi.looroff yeiisterday occupiedl a Doiltlon n fro'nt
of the soutwllNesiorn fort of Kars for thce ur
pose of erecting .io1th baltlttries. The Turks
attlcked liWm, wore detfeated,ll. and retrallted in
disorder, itpurslued iby the Itulsians inito Fort
ItHllz Pi'ashi at the plolnit of the havonet. Thly
Inifieted great hisa on the 'lTurks. Nlkeod the
tlanN. e'liturued ten oflfTers and forty nOen, anlld
tihen rt.,lhed with small loss.
The Frenel Troubles.
LToNoN. Nov. s.-A specuial dispatch fromin
Ptris hasa the following: The DHUnroglio Cal '
let will remain in oflice for the present. Tche
mnmbers of the ilght In the Hienate have atlan
doned the projiet for an inter ol ation. It in
unuiiirstool that the Loft of tho Cithamber of
Detpulties have resolved to invallidate the .lne,
tlon of those C(onIservativesIi who wore rI'eturned
by small nimairtllt N. Rtnlllors a're current of Ia
difftroneulC htweenM. 'l Gro., tPr.suloit of lthe
Chamlher of Depn.uties,. nd h. amntbatntla.
"COLON ELp."
IWashing on Capital.]
The oolonels and judges have come to town.
The rotunda of the Ebbitt House reverberates
with the din of debate and clinking of glasses.
Knotsof bar-room stat.nmon, from points of
vantage commanding the bar doors, wrestle
in wordy wrangle over the l'resident's policy
and what the "people really want, by God,
sah I" The hotel bell-boy flies around with
unwonted alacrity, In hope of the illusive
quartor; the beguiling hackman charges up on
all who even look across the avenue, shouting
out, "Hero's your old driver, colonel!" and
drives the annoyed "colonel" into a stroeet
car for the fare of which he has borrowed a
nlckel from the "judge;" the vigilant barber,
soapy, sBontAid and smiling, halls each un
shaven face that passes, "Walk right in, col
onel, you're next." The pavement in front of
Willard's In the morning resembles a parterre
of gay flowers. Clusters of "colonels,"
hedges of "Judges" fringe the sidewalk, with
flaming countenance, like sunflowors. The
buds on their Bardolphian noses, swell to
blossom by the sprees of nights, rival the
hxamtonnicres of those lovely arid graceful go
raniums, the treasury clerks, who, rising
from their Sevros vases, called boarding
houses, wend their way to their daily toll.
Spots of rash, those crimson guests, pour
their pinky blossoms over the judicial physi
ognomy of the "judges," and the air is laden
with the seductive xodors of the distillery.
Well may this be called the gay season in
Washington. It is with a mournful regret
we chronicle their accession to office, for then
we lose them. True, more come; a vast army
is always ready to rush in the breach, but it
roequire months! of tippling and hotel letter
writing to ripen and color them. "Here goes,
co)lonel I" We would never be without a coleo
ncl in our button-hole or a judge in our hat,
if we could help it.
NECOR ROBEgON's SACRILEGE.
The Bones of the Nation's Dead Not to be
Scattered With Gunpowder Blasts.
[N. Y. Sun.]
A survivor of the wreck of the iron-clad
Tecumseh who lives in this city, received a
letter on Monday from Geo. M. Duskin, United
States Attorney for the Southern District of
Alabama, informing him of the granting of a
perpetual injunction against junk dealers,
and all other persons, restraining them from
interfering with the remains of the iron-clad
and two hundred men whose bones lie in her
hulk at the bottom of Mobile Bay.
The Tecumseh was sunk by a torpedo in the
channel off Fort Morgan, Mobile bay, in the
light under Admiral Farragut, on the 5th of
May, 1864, and of 200 souls on board only
seven escaped. They found egress through a
hatch eighteen inches square in the turret.
The wreck has lain ever since deep down in
the quicksand where the vessel sank-a vast
iron coffin for the men who went down in her,
no attempt having been made to recover their
bodies.
Secretary Robeson sold the wreck last win
ter to junk dealers for old iron. It being
necessary to make some 600 blasts to obtain
the iron in pieces, which would have scat
tered the bones of the patriots in all direc
tions, steps were taken to stop this desecra
tion of the patriots' remains, and a temporary
injunction was obtained. An appeal from the
proceedings was taken by the junk dealers,
and the United States Circuit Court for the
District of Alabama has ordered that the in
junction be perpetual.
Get your kid gloves at Kreeger's,
Read Navra's invitation to the China Palace.
A Singular Autumn.
The unusually warm weather of this
autumn has filled the fields around Port
Kent, on Lake Champlain, with wonders of
nature. A correspondent of the Troy Times
says: "We have a very singular autumn, its
like being unknown to the oldest frontiers
man. There is a second growth of strawber
ries black and red raspberries, and some
apple trees are in blossom, while the apples
have not yet been picked. On our farm we
have cut the second crop of hay." The oys
termen of Maryland state that the weather
has never been more favorable for catching
oysters than this season and as unfavorable
for selling them. The boatmen have had
more oysters to spoil on their hands this year
than ever occurred in the same space of time
before.
Get your kid gloves at Kreeger's.
Bead Navra's invitation to the OChina Palace.
The coast at the Port Said mouth of the Suez
canal is advanci noutward at a rapid rate, es
timated at fifty yards oerannum-a truly alarm
inl statement, which, if only half correct, will
involve extensive dredging operations every
year. The general level the Mediterreen is
said to have fallen about fur inches since the
oana has btan opined.
CAPITAL NOTES.
CONIiREMUIONAL PROCEEDINIGA.
The Nenate.
WARHINoITON. Nov. .,-The, 8enate met at 12
m.. and bills and petitions were' introduced and
aplr oriately referred, a fo llws:
ily Mr. Mionhnald: A petiton from J. C,.
FoTthassllsn, tasking for relief on a sewing ma
0hi lH patent.
Bly er. MDonald: A resolution that thes x
ense Incuarrer d by the com. 01 ittle atpointed to
nttendthe funeral of the Intoe Menator Morton tie
approved by tihe PrnsIdent of tile Mnate.
Mr. Cockrell. from tbe (.olmmlitteo on Claims,
prsentedl a favorable report. on the bill for th"
relief of Amos Ireland. of Florida. l'lahcd on
the calendar.
Ily Mr. Garland: A bill to create a circuit
court for the district of Arkansas.
By Mr. Anthony: A hill to authorize the oer,'
tar'y of the'i T'rea (ury t in ur(chase a certalin l t. of
land for governmlent pturlp)oses: also to allow
'orm. j. O(. Mathews. ,f the ulithd SMt to naIvy,
to acep't at sliver teat, t. fr, frl tio Emperor of
Him.
Mr. Ilamliln. from thI Cnommittre on 'Post
offiles Itrd I'Pot Illndl. rope rtetd favorably (n
thi bill for the rlilef of Edwin Ilodgers.
Plaleod on the ufolllndar.
ly. Mr. Ingalls: A bill ito nll.nnd tle'hnrtBr of
the National Life Illslrlaln' (on1011tany and for
windling uu the affairs of i ht, same.
By. Mr. Mathlws: A bill su pvlemnntal if an
nat to provide for the r(sumlption of stelle pay
Inlllt .
ily Mr. lpencfer: A bill for the reliof of the
Il)eposit Marillsgs (fofnlpany of Molio.
By Mr. (ChalTeo: A preoan.ibfl and resolutionsl
setting forth that Congress did, Iy the aft of
June, 1(s;2. and Iby sflt.sefqulmelft acts. grant large
.uhbtlffdhs In tihe sheam of land grants t.o blullf
the Union Pacilll Rlailroad utIn feort.al conmll
lions; anti
Whereas. aitd roadls have Ilgiffltsed to operate
their roald in llconfolrmity to sa11dulCt,; t.lfrf'fforfe
Ivl''tle. TI'hat tih I'roltent ih require'd to
inform the HMlate whalt Ileilful melnallre are
nll'essHHary to enforT. the performance of said1
fon tracts.
Mr. Clhatffee asked that this I. print4ld and lay
over. Ht gave nltiif, tihalt lhe woafid call it uID
early Inext Vwook anld siubmit, solne remarks
11 pon it.
Mr. ''homson suggesLted that the preamble he
modflled to read: Whereas, it is alleged, in
place of assertiug that it is a fact, etc.
The House.
WAlIIINIaTON. Nov. M.-The Housea, on motion
of Mr. Atkins rf'solved Itself into the cprommit
tee of the whole on the army a propriation bill
Cox. of New YorK in the nhair. After the bill
had been read in tih cfmiflttcn Mr. AtKins said
that he was unllrtain as to the wlshes of the'
Hlousfe on the subjfet of a agmlral debate of the
Sflestion; neithtr he nor t hecommittee had any
les Ire to restrilct dffbatt. anmd he t.htrefore moved
ia referesnce of the bill tof the comnlmitte, for thel"
tplrose of limiting thet general debate on the
The commlt'-e rose,. andl aftelr a little discus
sloln tw houlrs Was fixd on 1f s the time11 tfo dis
of11s th, bill1
At 12:11 thie lHouse . ilgain wnllt into time com
miltto of the' whiole.
Mr. Atkins said thatl. h wonl'd orpllly built a
few minulltes Ill ex illlantion of the rFeat urlts of
the bill. fho ,av it. as his 'pi niohn that he Ap
tropriati , ( mitt l.o had nol hllg tOl d ' wih
the delay in callling thll extra sesslon of Con
grfas: that. bhlollmn' to the Judilcary Commit.
toe. He pal tllhre waRs but olne tenm n blhis bill
that wasr not in ithe former lI 1--that was an ap
frropriation of $)o.,ss) for converting the mooth
IIore into rifled cannon. HIe said this wouflt
make excellent riflal guns out of the fcompara
tively worthless Itodman guns, and the co¢m
mintteo thought this sum couldI be expended
In these expterimonls.
He nlext wanton tt, show the manner in which
the items had been arrived at.. and how the com
mittee had been enabled to reduce the amount
of the appropriation for horses for the cavalry.
There Ihad buon a material rtdlluction in co0Lsf(-.
(lllllcne of the te.rlinlltion of the Hioux war,
which left a sul tly ',f horses on hand. In the
matte.r of clothing there had been an increase
of agpro rlations., bf..use the supply left at thie
close of the war hat in part. fulrnlshed clothing
for the prfredntlg ycars. ThIs had been ex
haustod, and the lstImatis this year were for all
new clothing for the army.
The debate was continulled by Foster. Conger
and Phillips in favor of kfnrflng up the nu11
her of mlln. and Dulrham and 1inegleton aIl Ilnst.
it. Two houllr were lllowed for general dlebate:
at the closte of that time Schleieher ploved to
strlke out the chluso limiting tile army to the
number now actually in it at this time. This
gave rise to adebaw under the five mlnutes
rule, which lastlod until adiournmoent. At 4:20 p.
m. the House without a vote being reached ad
journed.
Confirmations.
WA¥SHINGTON Nov. H.-In executive session
this morning, the Senate confirmed a large nunl
ber of nominations for postmasters.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs reported
favorably on the nomination of John S. Welsh
of Pennsylvania for tn- British Mission.
Mexican Extraditilon.
WAHINoTON,. Nov. 8.-The Diaro (lffiale of
Mexico. of ctohber 17, contains what alppoars to
ble an authioritative exposition iof the. views
of theo Mexican governmnent In rotor
once to the extradition treaty with the United
Statees. It claims that the antion of the Executive
in ordering the surrender of the rioters who
attacked the Rio Grandlec City jail was in ac
cordance with thee advanced and onlightened
principles of international law, and was re
quired by thei pteuliar ,ircumnstances of the
crime. It says: "The government has duties
toward its citizens; it has also international
duties, to which tt would be unfaithful if it re
fused assistauce in the excution of justice."
Mexican Clalms.
WAsHINtTON, Nov. s.-Senator Edmunds, in
the Senate this morning, offered the following
resolution, which was agreed to:
Resoh'ed. That the Committee on the Judiciary
be and is hereby instructed to inquire and re
port whether any legislation is necessary in or
der to authorize the payment outof any moneys
received, or to be received, from the republic of
Mexico or otherwise, to American claimants, of
awards made by the commission created un
der the treaty between the United States and
that republic. the ratifications whereof were
exchanged on February 1.18s9.
Nominations.
WASHINGTONov. N 8.-The President to-day
sent to the Senate the following nominations:
Henry Sanford. of Florida, to be Minister to
Belgium; Wm. A. Stewart. of Kentucky. to be
Collector of Internal Rtevenue. Second District
ef Kentucky; Wn. M. Burwell. of Louisiana.
to be Register of the Land Office at New Or
leans; Alexander Smith. to be Postmaster at
Baton Rouge. La.: L. North. to be Postmaster at
Brunswick, Ga.; John M. Clintock, to be United
States Marshal of Maryland.
Republican Senatorial Caucus.
WASHINGTON. Nov. s.-The Republican Sen
ators had a caucus this morning for the pur
pose of filling the chairmanship of the Commit
tee on Privileges and Elections. made vacant by
the death cf Senator Morton; also to make ar
rangements for the reconstruction of the other
committees of which the late Senator was a
meuber. No action was taken beyond referring
the whole question to a sub-committee, consist
ing of Hamlin, Sargent and Allison.
Revenue Receipts.
WASHINGTON. NOV. 8.-The internal revenue
receipts to-day were. $286,751 05; customs, $427.
398 83; National Bank notes received for re
demption, $6490o.
The Sliver Bill.
WASHINGTON, Nov. s.-The Senate Committee
on Finance held a meeting this morning, and
had a discussion upon the silver bill which
passed the House the other day. No action was
taken.
Strong's Letter.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.-Justice Strong 1s not at
all pleased wi h the publication of his private
letter to G. W. Jones of Tennessee. He regards
the action of. Mr. Jones in giving his letter to
the press as an inexcnsable breach of faith.
He says that while the views stated are not in
consistent with those he had always and now
does entertain, there is avast difference betweens
the manner in which they might be mentioned
in private correspondence and that in which
they were to met the public ere.
Vhs i ·ae2.
Stlatus to Inform the M.noH+lt what legli Impcdi
entis. if allyv. exist. which pIrOent the exe'nl!
tiol of the laws of ('ongress concerning the
oper.ttion)l of the Union P'acile lland hratilhi
In ac.rcrdanet with thie agrel'tl nit made be
twien the government and thie company, to
iil the)l to a strict obuervnnonc of the law
inder a pei'nalty of Inlmmtdiateo forf.itiur of til
thlir rights, privileges andl grants from thei
United l tati. toge r wther with all property of any
kiind belogllig to tilco, . lany.
A RI PUIBLICAN IN'ri.iui.
Tlhe Anti-Ilayes Republicans Anxious to
leat the Prewldent's Nnnluecs.
[N. Y. Herald.]
WARHIINoTTON, Nov. 4. The intrigue by lie
wotiliran Senators last March, which hiad for
Its object thel defeat, by the help of D1)mtlo
(rats, of the Cabinet, has been renewed her'e,
,li!thbje't now bling to gain over I)ernocratli
Senators to help the anti-Hayes Republhcans
to defeat many of the 'resident's nonina
,io.ns. The samen lleptlillean Senators who
pdotted i procure tllhe rejection of the Cabi
net in March aire btliovedl to be eingaged in
the prIesent scheorn, which is about i a certlin
t, fal as the former. 'l'lhere is a feeling of
obo1'irtn hitter.ness anl)lg .oilme lte ]tIlh1lan
itnatlors towardsl the I'resient., lind tiy a'(re
determined tIo break down his nominat,olne
and his polity at all hazards.
There is a rumor that, the L illliana Melna
tirs-- Spofford and Eulstis -coiuld be piut in at
on.,. aind by the act If promin'iltnt lpubllillcan
Stellnators, if they were able t AI a55l~re these ill
their tln of cnough )nlrno(ratic votesl in the
in,,nte to iefeat solme of tile prominent norni
nations of tile Preslient now before the MHll
ate. Thle anti-Hayses men would ilnel i.t hlast
a 1c/n I)enoratll Me.oellll tcors to help th!rn in
thetr sche1llle.
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Unhappy Fernandina.
Of the situation at Ftornandina, thie Hitvnn"
nah Niu,. saysH: (Only twenty whites who It
nainedn in the town escaped the sickness.
'Tih fatality ials been heavy. Accordlling to
the crnsus taken Septnlhber 28. 1877, there
wan a ipopulation of whites, 518; colored
1114; total white and colored, 1632. From
August 21 to October 31 there were ninety
four deaths, making a fatality of live and a
ailf per xcent of the total population. The
death rate among the whlites was about six
teen per cent, thlere being only about ten
ldaths among thll eolored. The white popu
lation depend exclusively on the shipping for
a support. They are all poor, and have no
neans or other business, but are dependent
solely on the proceeds of their labor for a
livelihoomi ; and now that there is no shipping
they will hiave to be fed by the city foratleast
a month to come, or the sulffring will be fear
ful. The Sanitary Committee havo received
but $17,000) fromn all sources, and with this
anum they have paid for medicines, nurses,
funeral expenses and all the other expenses
incltlent tAo an lipldtenic of yellow fever, be
sides feeding noarly tilhe whole population.
iOn the ,0th of October they had in the
treasury $1 5r0, and wieren in debt $20001.
The Panama Electoral Commisslon.
f N. Y. Nun.]
An Electoral Commission has just declared
(;en. Correoso duly elected president of the
State of Pananla. At the last previous ac
counts from that favored spot, a body of
troops appropriately called the Division P aci
flcldora had just arrived from the pacificatory
task of shooting all the ringleaders in the
recent revolution. A banquet given by Preod
dent I)ana in satisfaction over this result,
and also in honor of his favorite minister
and accomplice in his coup d'leat of
last May, Honor Oblltas, abrbptly
concluded In a little unpleasantness. For
Oblltas had proceeded to abuse his host, in
replying to a sentiment, as one who "con
verted the national flag into a dirty rag."
Whereupon Gen. Daza grabbed his guest and
kicked him out of the room and out of offie;
and with l)aza standing dazed over the oblit
erated Oblitas, the curtain of the Panama
news fell, to now rise, it seems, on a Presl
dent declared by an Electoral Commission.
But though Panama has gone low, of late,
In coups d'ltat and military dictatorships, we
do not imagine this Electoral Commission to
be one of the Hayes sort, for Panama has not
dropped so far as to have a IouisIana Re
turning Board.
A Russian roclallst.
One of the Russian proverbs runs: "An awl
cannot be hid in a sack." The fate of Gorono
vitch, of Odessa, shows that a treacherous
pol(le tool cannot be long concealed in a loose
and baggy association, such as a Socialist
society. He was a student in one of the gov
ernment gymnasia, and was induced
to join a secret society. Ills assocl
ates suspected that he was disloyal to
the cause, and in the pay of the police. Spies
wero set to dog his footsteps, and eventually
the society, convinced of his guilt, resolved to
put him out of the way. One evening while
ie was taking a lonely walk near the city, a
band of conspirators beat his head almost to
a jelly, and then drenched it with vitriol,
leaving the wretched lad on the highway hor
ribly disfigured and nearly dead. He was
rescued by the police and conveyed to a hos
pital, where he lingered long enough to make
a clean breast of his connection, with the so
ciety, and named his associates.
The Contested ieats In the House,
f iNew York World.]
WASHINo(rON, Nov. 2.-The Committee on
Elections of the House met this morning and
entered into consideration of the seventeen
contested cases before it. It was decided to
notify all contestants to file within one week,
with the committee, their testimony for pub
lication. The contested cases ,will be taken
up alphabetically in the order of States,
making, in the regular order, the Belford
Patterson contest third on the list. The order
in which the contests are given consideration
depends much upon the time occupied in col
lating and printing the testimony, and
Messrs. Belford and Patterson are both mak
ing strenuous efforts to obtain for their case
the first hearing of the committee. The
papers in the Colorado case haveing already
been sent to the printer, that case will be the
first one disposed of.
Heathen Missionaries.
The heathen are organizing foreign mis
sions for the conversion of Christians. The
Hindoos of the sacred city of Benares have
founded a society for the propagation of
Brahminism among the Christians of Austra
lia. An eminent Brahmin of the name of Sur
adschi, a man of great authority, has recent
ly been visiting some of the English colonies,
and while traveling in Australia, was appalled
and grieved at the fearful prevalence of drunk
enness among the Christians. Returning toIn
dia he called together a number of thoughtful
Brahmins, to whom he communicated his
glowing zeal to do something for the salva
tion of their degraded fellow men and fellow
subjects in Australia. The only perfect rem
edy, he considered, would be the conversion
of these Christians to a better and purer
faith. A large sum was collected for the
pious and benevolent enterprise, and some of
the Brahmins declared their willingness to
devote themselves to the work, and to spend
and be spent in this humane and holy cause.
Suradschi is now engaged in translating fit
ting passages from the Vedas into the
English tongue, for the use of the mission
aries.
A Decision of Interest to Gamblers.
[Philadelphia Telegraph.]
The gambling fraternity is particularly in
terested in a decision just made by the New
York Court of A , as it ndicates the
course ikely to din oloplainte
TWOi _ o n o
him oult of his money. Following their arrest
the district attorney having found It almrnos
irnpossible to convict gamblers upon the spe
cifli chargo of swindling in the pursuit of
their nefarious profo~alon, tried the experl
mont of Indllting the prisoners for larceny.
Upon their trial n the Court of (Genral 8es
slons, their Vcounwil contondedl that the offTense
was not lareeny, the money having beeu vol
untarily surrentdered( and that It matter d not
how fraudulent may have been the ntenmt, so
long as therem was no trespass. Tihe District
Attorney took a contrary gr(ond. The judge
charged for a conviction, which followed. Time
case was then taken to the Court of Appeals.
which tribunal has affirmLed the judgmnlent in
the (General MSsslons, J.udge MIller writing thel
opinion and( all the judgsc concurrinig.
THE WHIPPING PONT.
What a Northern Paper IHa to May In
Favor or It.
[Ohicago Times.]
A morbid si ttinontality, encouraged by
various leoturers and writeurs a few years ago,
caused the abldillon of the ihtth penalty as a
punisihnrlnlt for crine iln many of the Htates.
Phis dilseasedi opinion asIurnle that criminals
were permons to be pitlil rather than pun
shedl, an ld l much toward converting jails
and prisons Int'o Institutions for petting In
stead of punishing their innulAes. At present
there ire ai few persons who hold that the in
rnatA's of thnse inltitultlons shoulld recI'ove pay
for tie little work they do in thorn. Thbey
take the ground that crhrinals are not re
sponlliblo for tIheir twts, neve!r having re
celved ran eduatioln in Hunday schools and
free public schools. These sentimentalists
tlotk upor jails and priston as deslrable
places for reforming criminals by kindness,
but they would have thorn so conducted as
inot to mateLrially interfere with the pleasure
of the occupants.
The rectnt rapid Increase In pauperism and
crime, the present Insecurity or life and prop
erty, as well as the crowded condition of our
jails and pnrltentlaries, and the expense at
tendrling ther), have caulsed some other people
tog IUgin to suspect that there should be more
rigid as well as more economical punishment.
They believe that this may be found most ad
vantaqeously In the lash and whipping post.
They 'point with pride" to the prompt man
ner In which I)elaware disposes of her criml
nals and to the general dislike criminals en
tertain towards that State. The great num
ber of criminals supported In jails and pris
ons Imposes an oppressive tax on the better
clauss In the comnrnunlty. Confinement in a
secure building does not act to deter persons
from robbing hen-roosts, stripping clothes
lines, plundering houses, or stenaling horses
and cattle. Many steal because they are too
lazy to work, and prison life agrees with
them bocaue they are well lodged and fed
while they have little to do.
In many cases imnprisoning a man for some
petty offense results In a punishment on his
family rather than on himselfl. He gres
where he is well fed, sheltered, and clothld,
while they are doomed to a life of wretched
ness and minery. The c omrnunity whlchi the
criminal has outraged is also punished in the
form of taxation to keep him in confinemoent,
and perhaps to support his family. It is held,
and In Delaware is generally believed, that
culprits fear the lash more than any means of
punishment. It is certainly an inexpensive
one. Brother Beveridge and other senti
mental persons would never approve of it
for the reason that it allows few oppor
tunities for granting pardons. Lawyers who
gain a livelihood by carrying criminal eases
to higher courts would also oppose the lash,
for their clients might receive their punish
ment before a stay of proceedings could be
obtained. Nevertheless there are reasons for
believing that the advocates of the whipping
post are by no means Inslgnificant In nuni
bers in the country at large, and It will not
be surprising if persons with practical no
tions about ectonomy present the subject in
somer of the Mtate Legislatures before long.
The lash has been restored in England and
in Canada for the punishment of certain
crimes, and the experiment is said to have
proved entirely satisfactory --to everybody
but the criminals.
Get your kid gloves at Kreeger's,
Road Navra's invitation to the China Palace.
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The Vote of Parts.
At the election, October 14, the vote of the
twenty arrontlissements of the French capital
was as follows: Aggregate vote of the Re
publican candidates, 2:;3,:110; all others, in
clusive of scattering votes, 54,242. The ap
parent majority of 182,068 does not give the
full Republican majority which is not far
from 200,000. St. Denis voted 16,811 Repub
lIcan, to 18,831 for all others. Sceaux, another
circumscription of the same department,
voted 21,514 Republican, to 4239 for all others.
Total votes in twenty arrondissements and
five circumscriptions of Seine, 274,(665 Iepub
lican; all others, 77,312-197,353 majority.
----91 04- --
Get your kid gloves at Kreeger's.
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Shrinkage of Values in Massachusetts.
ISpringfield Republican.]
The State valuation falls off this year
$101,000,000, being about $70,000,000 on real
estate and $30,000,000 on personal. This is
the largest reduction of any year yet, and
overdoes in some measur'the inflation of
years like 1872, when an increase of $200,000,000
was reported. The valuationr of the State as
now reduced, and without the corporations
and the savings bank deposits, stands at
$1,668,226,000. The depreciation at Boston
this year was over $62,000,000. The reduction
in taxation last year was nearly $3,000,000,
but this year only $861,000, showing that most
municipalities made in 1876 about all the re
duction possible in their expenditure. The
cities below Boston, however, have retrenched
more sharply during the current year.
Get your kid gloves at Kreeger's.
Uses of the Palmetto.
The palmetto has been considered one of the
most worthless trees of Florida. A gentleman
from Volusia now comes forward with a display
of brushes, mat' ings and ropes. made from the
inner birk, and contemplates the building of a
manufactory at Volus'a. The wild orange. also,
has always been regarded as a worthless fruit.
and millions have rotted every year. An enter
prising Yankee has engaged In manufacturing
from them essences, syruos and marmalades.
He has met with considerable success.
Get your kid gloves at Kreeger's.
Capt. John Wilson.
The above caption to this notice will be suffi
cient to attract the attention of all persons who
are admirers of true American heroism.
The advertisement announces a grand vocal
and instrumental concert for the benefit of this
hero's widow, at Grunewald Hall, on Tuesday,
November 13.
The Queen of England having herself shown
her appreciation of the eminent services of
Capt. Wilson for his gallant rescue of the crew
and passengers of the ill-fated steamship Con
naught, it behooves our citizens, of all nation
alites, to testify their admira'ion of a brave and
noble sailor and philanthropist, by affording
ample relief to his w )rthy and bereaved widow.
Full particula s of the pe formance for this
purpose will be given h-reafter, but a glance at
the names of the executive committee will
satisfy all persons as to the earnesrness with
which his old-time friends have undertaken
this performance.
Get your kid gomes at Keeger's.
TIE IJEEVEMS. *
TIlE VARIIOUI( PLANS sUtflJtsiNTEDP u O1p
IEKUIIILDINU1 THEM.
The Tiree Levee Kills Before CongreMs..r
A Mublsldy Asked for a Levee (eam~
mission-'Capt. Eads' Plan for eeolu ,
structlnlr the Channel of the I1erf.
I[Hpooial Correpmndonie of the Demoorat]
Ennrr'rrT lol.. Washington, Nov. 4. 11ff7.
During such lillt! Intervals as I havebeeo
habl to snanth between the nagony of the Lotli.
Lo))na cao and lthe lunacy of the c'urrenoy quett s
tlon. I have devotnd myself to mounding the
House and Benat.n in detail upon tile subleotf
''l IH EVE.IR. , '
At, this time, it. Is of coul'rs imtosiblo to foire
east with anyv alocnry timht et) 1'ili, action whlaob
this Congress will roachi rtgarding the leevell
of the Mississlppi: bIut I am aidb first, to aea5s .
yoll that there will be notion, antd second thet It
will i I itoral at lest ast s viwed from thest a d
point here; though whether tilh! public mindit
your latitdio, will lake the same view of it,I
At the olutseti
'rIIuE I,(VLEE COMMITTEER OF1 T110 IIOUtS1
tns been organized as 0one of the regullar 0o
tandilng committees, instead (of being as here..
tofore a elor!t committee'. Thils fart arries with
it greater import, than might be at first thoughtb
apIarent to any one not familiar with patEi i
mentary custom and t1he1 methods of legisltlatg
In Congress. The materlal point of differeteM
Is this: Htanding eommlltells are organ.led for
geneiral duty, or for Rsuh spe.ial services a
tay be ehl nntional in tbIlir Importance, whileo
select, cmmlttees are constltluterd to look after
affalir whtlh, by reason of ephemeral, partltaa
or sectional character, are not doomed of equal
importance to all the componlent parts of the.-]
hody politle. Under the operation of this rul.
the Leoveo Committee has hitherto been .0gn
.tltuted upon the select basis, and the faot th.~a
It has now been promoted to a regular status ri
of Itself an establishment of the nationaltP i
portanne of the levee Interest as a recognllmti.t
prinnitple. "
This was accomplished by the last CongreM .
and, though nothing else was done, the stmply
elevation of the levees into an enterprtis o
national character was itself a long stride, g~4
alTthat could reasonably have been expeoted of
a Congress that had its hands full of Pre..t
dential election, with such a moan as Tilden fog
a candidate, iin posse or in es0e.
I should say here, en passant, that the fafutt*
of the last Congress to take practical hold of tb
levee question was not due to any remisat
on the part of
ot0R DIITICOATION:
for M,'ssrs. Gibson, .Ellis and Levy stood t ..
fully in the Ibreach through all the long siessio
of 1875-76, trying persistently to get their wogk4i,
in. Of course, nothing could be done In the2
short sesslon, which was consumed in the elas .
toral count to the excluslon of all materia'lf ..
terests, local or national, domestlc or forefg
But the present Congress is not laborting't .'.
der any such disabiltlies, and there is s& sta g2"
and daily growingAlispositlon to take a -
from the wrangles ionli tics in order to try .
dlothe country some good. As a general pr(Po.
sition I find that
THI Rin tUILD1INO OF THE LEYVE.
I1 looked upon with unqualllfid favo by
of all parties and from all sections of b
try. At all events, I have talked witl
sentatives of all politics and sections wgthetkl .,
yet tindlng any dissent from my propo1dttU -,
that it is thell duty of the government to V.1Vt
the soil of Loulsiana and Misslsslprsi trol
overflow by the drainage of JIskota. Weqs+
Pennsylvania and Minnesota. Ho far th
no dispute, and I doubt if a motion to test
sense of either house on a general propoli
like the above would find any difficulty i
ing from the Clerk's desk to the Bpe. s
Vice President's table by unanimous
But on the matter of direct legislation
opinion divided; the dliffrenee of opinion f
ing upon varieties of expedlent, methods of pro
cedure and amounts of appropriation.
It may be said that there are now
THtEE s YHTIhM UNDEx CoNsIDnEnATION
by which to improve rebuilid or complete 't
lhvees; the difference in terms implyisngl -
closely thediversity in the systems. To I2d1
we may add a fourth, which has not the prl "
inence of the other three at this time, but wh .
may eventually be adopted, nevertheless.
THE FIRST PLAN
alluded to under the head of "to improVe"
levees. is in the nature of an extra item in a
regular River and Harbor bill. which pai, .
adopted, will involve the direct guardlanship .O
the govern ment over the wholi matter, andt
placing of the work underthe superisi[o
the engineer corps of the army. Ti
meets with most favor among the delegat
least interested in the matter, and is in
the same ratio objectionable to those W o
constituencies are more or less diretl
volved. The trouble with this plan, as
by the river people, is that It could not be
comprehensive enough: that under its op
tion the Mississippi would have to takb,
chances with all the other rivers, subject to .,
provement, in an omnibus mea-ure whtch
the traditional victim of Congressional log.r
ing.
THE SECOND METHOD
suggested as a plan "to rebuild" the levee, I Is
based u'on the hypothesis that the old a
is completely broken up: that the levees t
selves were destroyed by the operations
war. which at the same time impoverel
riparlan communities beyond the
adequate repair out of their own
The plan is to proceed upon this hrpotheus
the conclusion that the govern.ment, in vi.
the peculiar interests involved, should ma
exception in this case to its general r yle
garding war spoliations, and undertaket to· ,.
store a particular species of public probe.lt~"
which has been destroyed. Upon this theoyfit
is proposed to create
A LEVEE COMMISSION.,
to be composed partly of military and partl of
civil engineers who shall a .praise the o u
of work to be done and let the contracts withn
certain annual limitations of expense, the ei
to be defrayed out of the treasury by
approp'iation for that sp-clfl purpose,
that the work, once done, shall be per
to all time by the same agency. Thip
which the above is of course only a crude
imperfect sketch, evidently meets with moat
general support from those most familiarwith
the requirernents and most conversant with 2
the circum tances of the situation. It certal .ri
has the merit of being the most direct and
business-like method by which the generalgo- .
ernment can address itself to a task of such 1ý ;
quasi sectional or local nature. Of course it Iu
solves a surrender by the rirarian States of all
jurisdiction over the waters of the rie. ,
and, in fact. makes the bed and banks of the
stream a Federal reservation, the same a
harbor or the three leagues of maritime
diction known to international law. But
is no objection to this feature. Its sole ef6
upon commerce would be to transfer the legal
status of the river from State ^ourts to thoeof
the United States and to substitute admiralty
for magisterial jurisdiction. But there woam
be a parliamentary, or, mole strictly speakin&
a political difficulty in the way of this plan L
reason of the fact that its discussion wonL4
tend to re-open questions touching the war and
if there was any factious di po.ition to reta.d
the measure, this might become an obstacle.
That such a measure would recetve almost
the entire Southern support and the vote of the '
Southwest without excep'ion of person or p;f.
is not to be doubted, and, if the Southern md.;
are to be allowed to guide the action of Cos
gress relative to the levees this will be, bern'd
question, the plan adopted.
THE THIRD PLAN
referred to by-the title, of "to cotse the.r'e
levees, seems to be a scheme to eoab the
old-fashioned State system, as tar ars
th a national system of aid or
Northern men term t l "
otet been apprihsed of the ttt
anet on i ra o
e .a