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THE NEW ORLEANS DAILY DEMOCRAT. OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AND OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. VOL. IIl-NO. 261. NEW ORLEANS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBtER 9, 1878. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. TIlE YELLOW FEVEIR. A VERY VALLEY OF DEATH-FATAL i ADVANCE OF THE DISEASE YESTElRUAY. No Abatement In Memplhis-One Hundred Dealhs Yesterday-Partial LIsI of the Mt'lcken. [ IRDp,,ial to tho )Demoerat.1 MMIcmu'I Is, Sept. H. -IncOlllete reports tshow 70 odd d(atlhs to-daly; cstimnated total about 100. There is no ablatement. Dr. Me Koln, of St. Louis, hitl died- the ninth physi clan; seven oth(ers are 111. C(ook, the third Howard member within a week, has died; five others areOstill sick. The newspaper corps Is suffering severely. Landrum, city editor of the Avalanch: Broo()ks, ne(ws editor of the Appeal, and Mathes, editor of the Ledger, are all down. Brooks also lost his wife to day. tRev. D)r. Slater (Methodist), is very I1; Rev. Dr. llarris, (Episcopalian), is unex pectedly recovering. Rev. Dr. D)ahell, of Bhreveport, and Mr. Schuyler, of liohoken arrived for duty. Ed,. Worlslr ..atI acitive and well-known Mason, is among the new cases. Heveral Western nurses died to-day. Mouthern physicians and nurses are goner" ally well. A meeting of the leading members of the city government, Clitl;rns' tellief Committee and Howard Association has determined to remove all supplies, except those absolutely necessary for the sick, into the country, so as to force lazy negroes and others to go out in steatd of staying in the city to draw rations. A committee wis aplpointed with powers almost dlctatorial. W. T. W. Gubernatorlal Commendation of the Charlilable-ProElI mation of Gov. Cunllnl, of Illineos. Cur(Aoo, Sept. H.-- Gov. Cullom, of this 8tate, has issued a proclamation commend ing the liberality with whllol the people of this State have responded to the appeals from the SHoth, and urging them to make re newed exertlonms in this direction. He par ticularly recoommernds the churches, charita ble Institutions anld fraternal socletloe to make contributions, and to forward such to tile most needy localities. Fever on the Iorgan treamer lnutchlnon ti NEw YORK, Sept. H. ---The steamer Hutchln son arrived at this port a few days ago from Morgan City, La. with freight and no pas sengers. When she reached here four of her crow were down with the yellow fever. Last night one of tihe sailors, named Peter Hanson, died. The three others seemed to be in a fair way of recovery yesterday. I1 POLITIllCAL,. Failure to Get E.,ouah Votes to secure a t RenomilnatiOn CnaIAho, Sept. S.---In the Republican Dri- d miari's last night Mr. li ntano, the present c meoomber of Congress from the Th'hird District, s failed to get a sutliclent number of delegates tj to give him a candidacy in the nominating G convention to be hold Tuesday. d The Bible In the Public clhools-A Bit- C ter Flight n llarttord. NEw HIAVEN. Conn., Sept. 8.--There is a t] bitter tight going on over the Iibie qucestion C in the pIuhilie schools. Two nmeetings were held C this Week by each faction. Among thosowho t( favor the restorationi of religious exercises in ii the schools are the Catholic clergy and many s' prominnent Republican politlcians, Including I Postmaster Perry. Thi opposing party Iiet I last night. Profs. Sumner and Brewer, of ti Yale College, spoke against sectarian schools. c Prof. Sumner said that the school svystem is in danger, and that this cry of no religion is an attack on the public schools. The fight started over an attempt of the a Board of Education to dismiss about flfteen Ii Catholic teachers. The Catholics established r a parochial school, and the priest last Sunday c advised the congregation to vote against any school fund appropriation. A member of the o Board of Education says that if no funds are ( raised the schools will be closed. t Prof. Summner is on the anti-religious- t excise ticket. t Hearney to be sued for tibel. e Niw YORK, Sept. 8.-The attack made on the firm of C. Nugent & Co., manufacturers, t of Newark, by Denis Kearney in his Union f Squaro speech Friday night, has caused qulte c a sensation in Newark, and the senior mom- I her of the firm nhas expressed his intention to a sue the "sandlot" orator for libel. e THE AWARIDS. Additional List of Americans rWho Se cured Prizes at Parts--A Creditable outcome. PARTS, Sept. 8.---The following is an addi- t tional list of awards to American exhibitors a at the exhibition. Like the previous lists, it I is unofficial, and has been obtained in advance a of publcation : c Class B--Silver medals to G. W. Dunbar & Son, of New Orleans, canned articles of food. 1 Grocers' Packing Company, of Boston; Francis H. Perry, of Providence, groceries. Bronze medals to W. K. Lewis & Bro., of Boston pickles, etc. T. L. McKonny, of Ma rengo, I11.; M. Plummer, of Portland, Oregon; H. J. Reynolds, of Chicago. Class seventy-four--Silver medal to Ameri can Grape Sugar Company, of Buffalo, N. Y., t grape sugar; A. B. Farquhar, of York, Pa., threshing machine, horse plows, rakes, etc.; Gale Manufacturing Company, of Albion, Mass., plow an(t hay rake. Howe Scale - Works, of Rutland, Vt., scales; Alexander ý Spear & Sons, of Pittsburg, Pa., plows andl cultivators; Stratton & Cullium, of Meadville, Ia. hay loader; United States Wind Engine and Pump Comnany, of Batavia, Inl., wind mills. Bronze medal to Bickerford & Huff i manufacturers of seed drills; Marks & Co., of New York, horse rak,,s, shovoels and hoes;, Theodorix Randolph. of New York, ditching machine; J. A. Stoddard, of Dayton, agricul tural inplemi ents; Taylor Manufacturing Company, of Westminster, Md., portable en gines. Class seventy-six-Gold m edal to P. K. Ded trick & Co., of Albany, N. Y.; hay press and horse power bale tie mnachine; D.i rs, of Mo line, Illinois, plows; John Dodds & Co., of I)ayton, Ohio, floldlingsworth's rakes; E. & F. Fairbanks, of New York, scales; Farmers' Friend Manufactur'ing CompaRny, of Dayton, Ohio, grain drill; Johnston Harvester Coim pany, of Brockport.. New Jersey, mowers and reapers; D. hM. O)sborne, manufac turing company, of Auburn, New York, mowers and reapers; A. J. Reynolds, of Chicago, Walter A. Wood, of Hoosic Falls, N. Y., and Albany, reapers and mowers. Silver medal to Adriance Platt & Co., of New York, mowers and reapers; C. Aultmann & Co., of Canton, 0., agr'icultural machines; Bay State Lake Company, of Winchester, Mass., hay rake; J. L. Case, of Racine, Wis., agricultural implements; A. W. Cotes & Co., of Alliance, 0., grain rake. A Lawyer's Missinug Clerk Discovered in Topeka-All for Iaove. NEW YORK, Sept. 8._Superintendent Wal ling was Informedl that the mising lawyer's clerk of Bouenu A Docklin, Anthony, is safe and well at Topeka, Kan. It will be remem bered that on the morning of the thirtieth ul timo Anthony's hat and pocket-hook were found at the foot of West Twenty-fifth street, and that Capt. Allain was constantly be sought to adopt the theory of suicide or mur deor. Superintendent walling has now deilnile Information that Anthony found ia prospect of marriage with Miss MIIllo Butler, a shop girl in Huyter's candy store, and on the twrnty ninth of August he bought a ticket for T1'pe ka, met Miss B1utler that night, loft her ap parently radiant over his prospects, went to Twventy-flfth street, placed his property there and lied. iHo was communicated with by his family, and threatmns to commit suiclde.lf his whereabouts are discovered. On the War Path-More Delinquency of tile Indian Bureau. (Crie .Ao, Sept. 8. .-Reports were recolved here at military headquarters, yesterday, representing that the Cheyenne Indians, numbering about 1500 were about to leave their reservations in Fort Rono agency, In dian Territory, and go upon the war path.ll They aro2sald to he In a destitute and half starved condition, owing to not having rv celved the supplies due them from the Indian BurjLeau. (lon. Sheridan expresses the belieft that the' troubles are magnilled, and that an outbreak would be averted. LOCAL TOPOIRAIHIIY. What an 0ld Mlap of the City of New Or- &, lrann MShows. e A city contemporary in endeavoring to cor- Is tect'~irtain 4ilteimebts of the New York hier aid relating to the location of the "Infected O. districts," says: "The reservoir and hot-hod Si of the disease is the low andt badly drained c( and batly cleaned, but comparatively new vi quarter between Magazine street and the river." ti When such assertions are made by a news- ol paper published in the city of New Orleans it 8( is not to be wondered that the lerald, pub- A lished 1200 miles away, should make the tA egregrious and unaccountable errors con- Ir tained in its issue of the third instant. y The truth is, that.the entire section of our city lying between Magazine street, uli town, T and loyail street, down town, and the river, L is the highest north of the Metairl"e Rlidge, o the fall being from six to eight feet (or more) it from the crest of the levee to the streets i named. N It requires no theodollte to establish this li fact. We have under our eyes an old map, o the property of Surveyor Id'Hllmencourt, signed ai January, 1829, by Fras. B. Ogden, and dedl- cl cated to "Gen. Jackson and, his brave coIi- it panlons," that gives a natural criterion with u which to substantiate what we have said. I A short time prior to the date of the map, f( there occurred a crIwasso at or near Carroll- n ton, on tile place of J. B. Macarty, filling the I1 basin lying between the Metairie Ridge and the river. a On Mr. Ogdon's map, the points reached by g the "backing" water are traced from Soraplru ar street (down to the lower boundary of Now Ii Orleanl. 11 Tihe limit of the overilow is indicated by a h line corresponding to the following: sTAI'rIN(I from Sorapuru street, between Plaquomine and Prytania, down Prytanla, across St. Mary street into Nayades street or St. Char- II (le Avenue, on the river side of the Avenue; down to and through thq centre of Tivoli Cir- 1 clo; thence along the llIIL, shide of St. C(harl's street to Julia street; tilrnice crossing over to the river side of St. Charles street and to the fI centre of Lafayette srlare; thence receding i diagonnally across to about the centre of the block comprised between Povdras, Perdido, 1 Carondelet and St. Charles streets. The direction of the line of overflow is thence from the corner of Perdlido and St. Charles streets to the corner of Canal and c Old Levee streets, the point reached nearest I to tile river. The line now receldes in a direct line to the corner of Dauphiine and Conti streets; thence advalnces to the corner of I Bourbon and Orleans, back to Dauphinl and e Dumraine, and to St. Philip street, up again b f to Bourbon and Ursulilnes. It now has a re- b ceding direction to the corner of Burgundy I and Barracks, whince it sihoots, almost per- d JcIndicularly, to tilhe contro of tlhe block t bounded by Esplanade Barracks, Chartres r and Royal streets, and falls back in a curvi linear direction to Greatmen street, on the I river side, down to the lower limits of the , city along it a line parallel to Casacalvo street. I This evidently shows that all that portion 1 of the city lying on the river side of St. r Charles street, in the First and Fourth Dis tricts, of Bourbon street in tih Second, and Greatimen street in tile Third I)istrict, by far 1 the highest, and which has resisted tihe en- t croachment of the vastest overilow that has ever affllictd New Orleans. Since the compilation of the map referred t to there Ias been no material change, unless t for the better, of the grade of the streets nea r o est the river. All doctrines specially connect ing the fever with filtlh, low lands, bad drain o age or particular locality have, in fact, t seemingly been exploded during the present epidemic. Foci of the dseisease may be found in the cleanest, the best drained, the best con structed localities and those inhabited by the better classes, as well as in the lowest and worse quarters of the city. Indeed, with one exception, Orleans street, the inhabitants along the drainage canals, 5 and the vicinty of the draining machines ap t pear to be a privileged class, at least in so far e as the death roll is concerned, if not in point of healthfulness; and thus far the rear of the t i city, where no paving exists, has suffered i. little comparatively from the fever. Y. M. C. A. The relief committee reports sixty-seven ; cases and five deaths. Dr. C. C. Herndon, who has been acting with the committee, was yesterday taken down with the fever. Samuel K. Shepard, one of the most efficient I .I and active members of the association, died, r Iand was buried yesterday. He contracted I the lever while discharging his duties as a ' member of the relief committee. I- In reply to the telegram sent Saturday last, r the committee yesterday received the follow Sring: g WASIINIGTON, 1). C., September, 8, 178. - W. T. II rdie, President Y. M. C. A.: g Your telegram received. We will set your " association right. Our idea was to disabuse the charitable of the idea that there was dis cord between any of the noble associations d of iNew Orleans that are battling with the f pestilence. Your dispatch and an explana tion shall be published. E.Jo[N EFIS, SIR. L. GIBsoN. .lR. BERGHIN. A few days ago we had occasion to refer to Sthe culpable neglect of Mr. Berghin, the street s, contractor of the Third District for the remov c al of garbage, in failing to comply with the Sterms of his contract in so far as the Clai & borne street portion of his district was con ; cerned. The reproof succeeded in provoking ", the appearance of the garbage carts for a few ', days in the locality, although at irregular hours. The district is again neglected, and the re Sspectable people are compelled to throw their house refuse into the Claiborne canal, whilst l- the lower classes simply dlump it in the mid 's die of the street, thereby infecting entire ife neichborhoods. a- Mr. Bergihin is guilty of gross neglect of 11- duty in this matteIr, and the City Hall author re itie, are none the less so. t, If we are not mistaken, it costs something e- like $20i,000 annually to supervise the work of r-, the contractors. A CONTESTEI.I MAIA IAttl E I DID ARCHII.MHOP HUGHESR PrEr ORM P THE WRONG CEREMONY. An Etclerlaatlcal Court Organlzed b7 the Cnrdllnal- Mrs. James Dick HIIIl's Mult for Divorce and her Engagement to a coust. INow York uin. alth.1 An ,ecIw;! iastlcat court, appointed by Cur dinal McC(loskey, has recently tried, in this city, at slrngular case of a contested marriage T caoremony performed by the late Archbishop IIughes. IThe R.oman Catholic Church for bid)1 Its ciYrllmmlunlcants, even if divorced by , the civil law, to remarry, and the wife who 41 semks a separation in the plesent ease takes n the novel ground that her husbandI being ia I'rotestant tho ceremony under which they p were joined was not bindindin. The husband Is James DIck 1ill, only son of Henry Hill, of the old firm of 1I1l11, McLean w ,& Co., cotton factors of New Orleans. The tl elder H1ill before the rebellion was one of the 8 largest.cotton. planters in th, sfrt r owingt five plantations In Mississippi ane .Loiullana. n On a single one of these plantations he had 01 80x1 slaves and ramsed annually 1500 bales of V cotton. When he died the entire estate, a valued at $i,(00,000, went to his son. Jam.es D)lck Hill was educated in Paris and he en joyed every advantage that a lavish expendl ture of money coutl obtain. When he became of ago he gave a dinner In Paris which, it is said, has rarely been equaled in magntll conee, and was the subject of gosslp in the American colony for years. It Is said t to, have cost him 100,000 francs. With an k Income of $150,00)0( I a year, the wealthy young Southerner was conslderedl a, great prize in the matrimonial market. On his return from Europe he visited Newport. I 'The reigning hollo there that season was Miss a Loulsa )u Saulle. She was seventeen years of age, and had boewtcthing beauty and chiarm ing rmanner. Miss Du Saulle was the daugh tor of Louis L)iu Saulle, a French merchant of p New Orleans, and a man of great wealth. Biefore the seasaon was ended the engagement of Mr. Hill and MIss Du Sulle was formally r announced. In 1855 they wre nrmarrl:it in this 4 city by Archbishop flughes. The bridal gifts in diamonds and jewelry were of almost fab ulous cost. On the evening of the wedding C Mr. 1)u Sanulle handed his son-in-law a check for $80,000. Mr. Hill tore the cthck Into frag mrents and flung the pieces ait Mr. Vu Saullo, saying, "1 did not buy your daughter, sir." The young couple went to Now Orleans after an extendId E.uroupean tour, and lived in grand stylle. Mr. hlll had a taste for the line arts, and he gratlified It. His gallery of paint- c lags and statuary was considered one of the 7 finest in the South. -lie was fond of fine horses and he prided himself on having a pair of horses and a carriage for each day In the week. In the summrner Mr. and Mrs. 11111 cItme North with a retinue of servants and divided their time between this city and New- 1 port. Their bill for one season's entortain nlment at a hotel in this city was $10,001. Three childrenl were born to Mr. and Mrs. 11111, and i their domestic life was one of great happl- i noss. The war broke out, and with It came sudden ruin to Mr. 11ill. ills slaves were freed, his plantations overrun by tilhe contnd ing armies, his New Orleans factories were stopped, and the family home was one of the first houses occupied by Gen. Butler when he entered New Orleans. Mrs. 11111's father, Mr. Du Saulle, was one of those who foresaw the coming dlisaster in time to sell his property. He returned to France and settled in P'au, with an ample fortune. At the close of the war Mr. 1 ill was utterly impoverished and unable to provide for his family. Mrs. Hill i and her children accepted Mr. lu Saulle's offer of a home in France, andl IL separation between husband and wife, which was then begun, has proved final. In 1874, Mrs. Hill began proceedlngs for a divorce from hetr husbarnd in the courts of this city, but the case was dismissed by a referee on the ground of insulliclent cause. She then went to live in New .Jersey, where she instituted another suit, in which she was successful. She then returned to France to live with her parents. She still had traces of her beauty, and she soon had a train of ad mirers. A wealthy French nobleman sought her hand in marriage., and they became en gaged. Mrs. Hill was a devoted Catholic, and found her faith an insuperable obstacle to her remarriage. She consulted eminent lawyers, who tholught that they had found a a way out of the dihliculty in an irregularity in i the first marriage ceremony, which nullified the bond that, under the churoh rules, still made her the wife of Mr. 11111. The lawyers ascertained that Mr. Hill was a Protestant, and that Archblshop Hughes in marrying them had performed the ceremony that Is re quired when both bride and groom are of the Catholic faith. The case was laid before Pope Plus IX and lie was asked to annul the mar riage. The Pope sent the case to Cardinal McCloskey with Instructions to order an ec clesiasticda court. The court, which was composed of Vicar General Quinn, the Rev. Dr. McGlynn, and Father Farrell, tihe Cardinal's secretary, met in the ecclesiastical residence in Mulberry street in July. The greatest formality was observed. The members of the court wore their full vestments. Vicar-General Quinn was president judge. The Rev. Dr. McGlynn was designated as vindicator, or counsel for the church, and the Rev. Father Farrell was secretary. Mr. Hill was present as a witness, lbut had no lawyers. He only opposed the annulling of the marriage because it would mako the children illegitimate. Mrs. Hill I was not present, but was represented by the Count Flllibetti, a Roman lawyer, who bears a resemtblance to ShakesFeare's picture, and is, it is said, an orator in his own language, t but he cannot speak English. The foirm of pIroceeding in the court was totally un like thaLt in courts of law. When a wit d ness was called, Mrs. Hill's lawyer was ex a cluded from the room until the direct ex aminattion was cloncludled. Questions were out to the witness in Latin and translated into ItaliLant, thence into English. The secre - taLry kept the entire court records in Latin. On cross-examinatton the Roman lawyer sent in his questions in writing, and they were put to the witness and his answer was recorded. The testimnony was signed by the witness in Stilhe presence of the lawyers. Mrs. Hill pro e duced as witnesses the Lulings, of Staten - Isltnd, who tre hir relatives, andtl then a few s others, besides nrmerous depositions from II persons in Now Orleans and France. An ef L- fort was made to show that Mr. Hill was not a Catholic; that Mrs. Hill had married Mr. Hill by ctoercion, andtl that no binding cere mony was ever performed. Mr. Hill was brought on from Nashville at the expense of the church, being to poor to pay his way, to o testify in relation to tile marriage. Two other Switnessess, friends of the Hills, were sum moned in behalf of the church to prove that v- tithe ills had always considered themselves o husband and wife, and had lived together as rSuob The court was occupied nearly three weeks in taking the testimony, and when the case was closed the testimony, in Latin manu script, was duly certiflled by each member of the court and delivered to the Cardinal. After the proceedings are reviewed by Cardinal Mc Closkey, which will not be done for several weeks, the papers are to be sent to Rome for final review by the Pope. It is not expected that a final disposition of the case will be reached in loss than a year. During his de tention in the city MIr. Hill was handsomely provided for by the church, and his expenses were paid on his return to Nashville. The witnesses were all conveyed to and from the court in carriages provided by the church, and every courtesy was extended to them. In the meantime Mrs. Hill is impatiently awaiting the decision of the church, Her paIrents strongly favor her alliance with the family of the I'rnich nobleman, but she will submit to the dicreo of her church, she is re portiad us saying, whatever It may be. LETTERS FROM TlHE PEOPLE. [The DrnMOOrAT is responsible for none of the views expressed in the conmmn nicatlions i#nd#r this heaul; but no communications will )o printed except from responsible parttie.) TIE NATIONAL PARTY. To the Editor of the Democrat: Someduays ago this parly issued a manifesto throughi the papers of the city. ft contained a largo greenmack plank and advocated the I withdrawal of the nationaianks and the sub stitution of United Staters currency in lite of national bank note+s. This met the approval of many Dermoc'rats. More recently, a convention of the aItxve party was held in New Orleans, and put forth a platform with the greenback notion omitted. The object oapeared to be disclosed by a reso lutionipassed unanimously to seek an alliance with the Repubitans. The latter do not favor the greenback pollcy. Hfence it became neces sary to cultivate their good will and secure thew vots. MBe" re. Ciullom a nd Cestellians are both`Y sTiblit nsi aiel ha h ' e, bn norti nated for (Congress, one for the First and the other for the Second l)lstrict. They are the principal speakers and leaders of the National Party. Whether the Radicals will adopt them as their eandidates is very (luestlonable. Meantime, the game they are playlng has de ceived nobody. NEM.lo. .--.... e-- - --. THE HOWARD,S in Sunday is by no means "a day of rest" to. o the Howards. Their work is one which never a, knows ceseation until the scourge has disap peard. E Yesterday it was officially reported that M Dr. Broadus, who has been doing noble work P as a volunteer physician, had been stricken with the disease. Dr. Thos. Taylor, formerly a practicing physician in this city, but who has for a8 number of years been located in New York, w reached the alty yesterday. He comes as a n volunteer physician for the HIowards. I The following dispatches have been re- b, ceived: PoRT Gt.asoN, Miss., September 7, 1878, F. R. Southmayd, Secretary Howard Associa tion: Please send us five good colored female I nurses by rail to Vicksburg and Grand Gulf y with all dispatch. Let them be good ones. Great suffering--especially among the col ored people. Seventy-nino deaths to date. P Thanks for shipment of ice, tea and crackers. a Please send live casks of ice by each packet. JAMSE A. GAo( , ti I resident Howard Association. L i V.tcKsiriUt, Septemirber 7, 1878. SF. It. Southmayd. Secretary lHoward Asso- t ciation: fl I Right tRev. Bishop Elder reported dying; I he reteived the last sacrament to-night. In Sform the Archbishop of your city. P W. M. tM. OCKwooD. 6 Presitdent Howard Association. C hlolLy Si'INss, Miss., Sept. 7, 1578. y J. M. Vandegriff. President Howard Associ- v ation: Your dlispatch reached here, as well as Dr. Segur, druggist and fourteen nurses. As many more needed. Need no more druggists. n Fourteen new eases to-day and twelve deaths e since arrival, fifty-six hours. Several more Sdying. Type peculiarly malignant. Send us I money, as everything is neededl. Have to Y find all the nurses and some refugees, and the medical staff, as all the families are dis ordered and have sick in their houses, and no servants. A sad l)ectacle. All of us are well. GOUltilEIn, M. D. WYTrrH;vIh,LE, Va., Sept. 8, 1878. B. B. Newman, Treasurer Howard Association: Proceeds our entertainment for benefit yel low fever sufferers $350. A. P. CALFEE. . CANTON, Miss, September 8, 1878. f F. It. South mavd. Secretary Howard Associa- I tion: c t If possible stop only ten of the nurses sent r here to-day, as lolly Springs seems to need k them worse. Order them on there. We have a received a good deal of local help in last day I t or two. Send us if you can two barrels of I L cracknel biscuits. Wire at once as to change i r of nurses. G. H. THOMAS, I President Howard Association. I S HoLrA S.RIrNos, September 8, 1878. I F, It. Southmayd, Secretary Howard Associa tion: Send thirty blankets and five barrels lem ons. God bless you and your people. W. J. L.. HOLLAND, Peresident Howard Association. I GRENADA, September 8, 1878. F. R. Southmayd. Secretary Howard Assocla- t tion: 1 Eleven deaths for last twenty-four hours. t 1 Dr. Itingold is among the dead. IIUNSAKER, Operator. s THE MEXICAN WAR VETERANS. I They Organize for Mutual Relief Against r bickness and Destitution. A meeting of the above association was held in the Washington Artillery Armory yesterday morning, the president, John Pur 1 cell, in the chair and S. M. Purcell, secretary e pro tem. After the ordinary routine of business D. M. Hollingsworth was called to the chair, when Capt. Purcell took the floor and offered the following resolutions, which were unani mously adopted: Whereas, There are many soldiers and o sailors of the Mexican war old, infirm and d in necessitous circumstances, and further as there is a general stagnation in business 3. whereby some that are still able and willing it to work, can get no employment; and as it most, if not all, have passed through the 1. ordeal of yellow fever, so that they do not .n come under the head of yellow fever sufferers, )- but are still worthy objects of charitable re +n lief; therefore, w Resolved, That a relief committee of nine n be appointed to devise ways and means to f- assist sick and infirm veterans of the Mexi )t can war. r. Resolved, That contributions from Mexican e- war veterans and others will be thankfully is received and acknowledged. of On motion the following gentlemen were to appointed to serve on said relief committee: Dr D. M. Hollingsworth. 185 Gravier street. a- S. W. Swarbrick, 59 Camp street. at gEJosiah Fisk, St. Charles, near Adams, Sev Senth District. as J. W. Demarest, 27 Front street. W. F. McLean, 58 St. Charles street. is J. E. Bissel, 158 Julia street. se iH. Wedemeyer, Tchoupitoulas, near Jack u- son. of F. B. Gillen, 6305 St. Denis street. er John Purcell, 184 Washington street. c- On motion the relief committee was author al ized to fill vacancies that may occur in its or body. ed Adjourned to meet subject to call. le- The California blackguard's style of ora ly tory is spreading. The R-v. W. f. Ellis, of rs Worcester, recently used the following choice he language to his hearers: "You low, realy he mouthed looking wretches of the devil; you h, look as though you had but now hopped out Sof hell, and the devil hadul stuck you up against ;ly the fence to dry. It would make God's stomr [er ach sick to look at you." Hit 'emr again, A I'EIiLA)IJS IF'[TUiRE. WHAT IN TO KEEP THE HIG MTATE8 HIITCHEI TO THE LITTLE STATEN? f IGravhie Interview with Mr. Sntmour.l 1 Thie compositi)nl of the Mernatit, he said, wayI . Iat source of great peril. 11. alluded to a lspcech) which Ihe adl dllivered in New Eng land many years slnce, foretelling that sorme day or other the St, 4tes containing the bulk of t the wealth and population of the I nion would v not consent to be ruled and t,:xed by littleout- t lying States, poor, tihr'Jy settled, and having interests diverse from those of the richer fel- e low-Comrrumonwealths. ".It is all very' well,'' says Mr. S.eyniour, "to clamor for a nation rather than a eonfdleration of States. BEut it is just possible that the feeling I have referrel to may result In a violent 'reaction to mthate rights by States which aue unjustly treated t under the present system. Did it ever occur e to you," ardde(., he, "that the hulk of the pope- u lation as well as a great proportion of the wealth of the ci,untry is confined to eight t States, and that these are contiguous to each I other and occupy the central zone of the t Union? You see the trouble ir.just here. The Senate was laten.ded to be a conservative and ( responsible bodKy; it really has become a most i revolutionary and irresponsible association. | It was never intended by the constitution to give all the appointing power to the Henate,, ut it has tried to wrest this power from the President. Appropriation bills originating in the House of Representatives, and cut down by the watchfulnm as of oao' - omical members there, are increaied again in the Senate, and forced upon the t country by the votes of the Senators for the outlying and petty States. The little New England States, the poorer Southern and Western States, having a minimum of the population of the country as well as the i wealth, are to-day taxing the great wealth- I frodwucing States without their consent, What it I to prevent the'se greater States from calling. a convention of their own, adopting a re- = formed constitutlon under which the smaller States would be allowed only their due 1 weight, in national affairs, and Insistlng, as a rmatter of justice, that this should be adoptxed in place of one that allows the populous and wealthy Commonwealths to be taxed for the benefit of the smaller States ?" -- * ------."*- 1 0--- ý- . . LOUISIANA NEWS. Mr. J. G. Brookshier, of the Attakapas s I Rifrfltlr, recently died at Morgan City of I yellow fever. The town council of Franklin, St. Mary parish, has imipose(d a tax of $25 of all drum Smers who sell by samples. The Marksvillo (Avoyclles) Iulletin says there is some talk of organizing a greenback party in that parish. Thibodaux mails are fumigated before dis tribution, by being placed in a box filled with fumes of sulphur fifteen minutes. The crops of this parish cannot be cur- ' passed. We will have, if no accidents happen, one of the best crops ever made in the parish. I Cane is growing finely, and promises a good I yi:ld, and corn in a~bundanc e. The orange crop will not he so goodl, as the storm of last year greatly injured th(e trees.-ITerrebonne Progress. We are informed that the yellow fever has made its appearance at Labladieville, parish of Assumption. We hear various reports as to the number of cases; frorm eighteen to twenty-eight cases and two deaths reported up to Wednesday night. We are also in formed that this dreadful disease has made Its appearance in Thlhodaux, parish of La fourche.--[T'errebonne Progress. TILE COUNTRY PRESS. b [Alexandria Democrat.] Above all we advise those of our people n dealing with New Orleans, now more than h ever to cling to the noble merchants of that a city, who have always supplled you bounti- a fully, and don't in this, the dire hour of their calamity, throw off on thorn. Do not for a moment entertain the idea of trading with St. Louis and the West, because your friends a are temporarily shut out from you. A plague ji Is now on them, they are battling with it like t: heroes, are sending nurses, money and pro- I visions to striken Grenada and other points, o with a lavishness known to New Orleans benevolence and charity. We must, for the present, live up to the situation, harvest our crops and our means, prepare to meet the plague, if unfortunately It should visit us, and above all we must remember our promises n and our sacred obligations to the noble and I big hearted people of New Orleans. d [Natchitoches Vindicator,] n Some journals are anxious to know why the a convention at Baton Rouge failed to mention t. the amendments proposed by the last Legis- 8 lature. The convention recognised the fact, 5 that the contest all along was between the c amendments, which had their birth in cor- a ruption and major support from corrupt men b on the one sides, and the call for a convention e to frame a new and honest constitution on the t other. s They l.eclared for a convention, and by that a declaration more emphatically denounced the a amendments than if they had deluged Louis- I lana with a sea of words. FIGURING ON THIE CHANCES. Some of the 'Grounds on which the Re publecans Rent their Hopes of the Next House. [New York Sun.] In spite of the lengths to which the South ern Democratic conventions have gonein meet- i ing the Greenback sentiment, members of the Republican Congressional Committee here 1 have hopes that in many districts South independent candidates will be elected whose sympathies will be with the iRepublicans upon many questions con- I nected with the organization of the next House. Letters from Texas show that in the districts are now represented by Han cock, Mills and Culberson, the Greenback movement gives prospect of success to the in dependent candidates. These letters received by Republicans are corroborated by a letter received here from one of the Senators from Texas, who is extremely anxious over the general result, in a State which went Demo cratic recently by over 100,000 majority. It is understood in the Republican committee that no Republican nominations will be made against Gibson and John Ellis in Louisiana, independents being run inst. ad. Hopes are I entertained that a straight-out Republican f can be elected to fill Leonard's seat, but in Nash's district an independent will be run. Senator Conover, of Florida, who is now in town, takes his usual sanguine view of the situation in the district where he is running. In the adjoining district, where Bisbee is a candidate the Democratie nominee has pub lished a letter taking an extreme inflation position, and attacking Bisbee for his votes in favor of contractio ktst winter. In North Carolina the Republicans will 3 make a strong push shortly, sending Blaine down there, who is to make three speeches in Jesse J. Yates' district. Democratic advices from that State speak of all but three con - I gressional districts in North Carolina as se f riously affected by the demand for immediate , inflittion. Senator Johnson. of Virginia, said Sto-day that the growth of a similar sentiment aI in Virginia was the most remarkable feature t in the political canvass of the past three t weeks. It has' tnquestionabhy given inde - pndent candidntes encouragement in two or three districts. Among the ? orthern States, New York appears tfo give Gorham more anxiety than any otherW. In Iowa the tRepublican organization ha4w writt4en to McCrary for wadvlce as to the tliT for holding the election for Congressmenf nfla fall. The new constitution flrle the election of State, oflleers for October, at the election first, after It was aldopted, .anli said nothing as to the future. 'l'he Fledeati law requirer an eletion for Congr-'aesmon in November, ninles. the State constitutltorecquires other wlse. The Rlpublic:ans fear that an electiol n October would be c)nstrue~t as null by a, I.emocratlc: louse under the et'riet letter of the Federal law. McCrary tha written, al vinJg a ipelal s ession of the Legielature; to bring both State and Congrresional eleo tlans together In November, the expertelns of two clen:thins being the prlncllckreasou forD esca~ing the dfllicrrl'ty. .....---9-r O 1 ... ... POLITICAL WAIFS. 'The 'Wild Ass of the Sand Lolt.r A8 the name rnow given to i)emrtis Kearney. It has,becn aser rtained that of sov(rislgna tures fhmnd by Gen. BStior's canvassers in orne rxoom of a large factory In Lowellonly one was * Ibgal voter. Hayes Is, the greatest of the Presidents. Ho has traveldl more than Washington, aworn leos than ,hkokon, and advertised more hotels than Grant-- Chicago Times. Secretary McCrary is reported as satistled of the success of theIepuitulean party in the corning Iowa elections, but, nevertheless, hli Intends taking part In the canvass next week. John P. Allmond '(em.) was electd Mayor of Wilmingtor; DI)l., on the third Instant, by a majority of 570'over' Charles H. Gallagher (Iep.). The new city council is also Demo erratlc. Mr. I'otter ought to have known better than to trust his chlef secret to such a leaky old vessel as the "Widow" Butler. There Is nri old woman In the country who carries a more devastating tongae. John A. Logan, of Illinois, is a poor kind of imitation of .Kearney. Fe is making speeches now with the deadl[y intention of passing around the hat In the Legislaturo next winter to gather in any loose United states Senator ship that anybody may have to spare. While Mr. Carmeron'r Harrisburg TeleOraplh has been frantically fightIng the great rebel lion all over again, and exposing the awful character of C.onflierate brigadiers and such people, Mr. Simnon CJamrrlon has been help Ing to secure an appointment for Guerrilla Mosby. Mr. Camerona' newspaper and Mr. C(rmeron ought to pool their sentiments. lPhiladelphia Times. As the president was being whirled west along the Pan Handle the other day, Secreo f tary Sherman wase being tugged in the op poslte direction, and the engines shook at Newark. McGinnis, National candidate for Congress, was at the depot waiting for Hayes, but when he saw Sherman he tackled him, and to the uproarlonu amusement of the Idlers roundabout held 'him on the subject of Sfnance until both trains otarted. Mr. J. Madllison Wells, havng forgotten all about his proposed libel against the Timeis, now announces himself as a candidate for. COngress In the Fourth District of LouIsiana. lie evidently is oblivious of the fact that it's - o longer the custom in the South to select the mein lest fitted for the penitentiary to go to Congress. lie would have evenly filled the I hill a few years ago but he's too late; too late !.-IPhi la delphl' Tirase. t ---- sw-~c-- At sunset. IFrom Puck,. It was just the close of day. The West shone in scarlet splendor, and dimpled cloud-ships lay serenely clustered in sun-kissed argosles ove.r the peaceful vale, j where all was sweet tranquility. The robin was chanting his vesper song, e and the roses dropped Indolntly in the balmy breeze, and scorneemed wafted to a realm of deli clous visions. At this heaven-fraught hour I wandered down Woodland Avenue with a girl whose beauty is beyond description. Her large black eyes looked fondly into ruine as we sat on a. fallen tree. Her soft jeweled fingers lay in e mine. Oh, heavenly moment. I could feel a her warm breath on my cheek, for our lips t almost touched. She asked me in faltering - accents: r "Were you ever in love?" "Not till now," I replied. h And then she looked at me most lovingly, and I drew her close to my bosom, and was e just kissing her for the second time when a the vision broke, and I paid the dentist and' left. It was my first experience with nitrous oxide gas. A Yankee Crltlelalng London. r A correspondent of the Troy Budget does e not feel entirely at home in London. He says: "My sojourn here has only served to make me think that 'there is nfo place like home.' I long to get somewhere where I can geta. drink of ice water, a ruxury they know nothing of here, and it is only after consider- e able trouble and the payment of 'tuppence' 2 that lee can be had at all, and then a veryv i- small piece. I long to see a lady 'dressed lInt s, style'--hain't seen any in England who oould compare with an American girl; they don't seem to know how to dress here-the men n being far better dressed than the women but. n even they have their oddities, particularly ink e the matter of head-dress, their hats looking several sizes too small. This Is particularly it noticeable in the 'sogers in the army,' who, e are as thick upon the streets as policemen. - They wear a cap which reminds me of an in-~ verted empty pap' r collar box, lastened down upon their ear by elastic under the chin. The effect is laughable." Butler and Kearney. [Chicago Times I Butler is simply an intelligent hoodlum. He has no more honesty than his friendKear ney, is just as great a demagogue, and differs n- only from the other in the possession of cut t- ture and brains. Let Kearney be educated, ie and in time he would be a Butler; let Butler re lose his educational, and preserve his morst h qualities, and he would become a Kearney. Td 'here is nothing to choose between them ex e cept that possibly Kearney, being the mpre I- blatant and vulgar, is probably the less dan gt gerous, because more easily detected. IThe Family Weaknes.s, INew York Star.]J d All the red men whom Orvillo Grant erazed:' r or xpoisoned with cheap whisky in his capacity r of Indian trader are now avenged. The "fam- . t ily weakness" has brought him tosucha pass Sas compels his restraint in an asylum. is itmpton's Cauie. c ([Baltimore Gaaec te.l a, It is unfortunate that Massachusetts and re South Carolina should get each other by the u ears again, just as the era of conciliation Is in about to dawn, and all about a rascal who de serves to have his ears nailed to a pillory. Oe ne of thl PrlvllegeM. ([Washington Post.] S The yellow fever among the blacks is sup a pooed to be one of the privileges of American e citizenship which was conferred on them by the Fifteenth Amendment. ne IARINE NEWS. in es SOr: ETw-T PAS Sept. 8, 5 i. m.--Baromes. n- ter 29..)0. Wind west, light. Weather cloudy e- and rainy. to No arrivals or departures.. id PORT EADs, Sept. i, 0 p. m.-Wind east nt northeast, good breeze. H eaether cloudy and re pleasant. ee Arrived: At 7a. m., British steamship Hay ie- tien, Watson, mraster, 5 days from Vera Crw or with general cargo, to T, & G. Forwood, es, Sailed: Steamshipt Chian.