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The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-12-17

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 1875.
special dispatch from st. Louis to-nigh
reports that the Indictment against Gen
Eabcock is found, and adds that it wa
7assed upon by the Grand Jury last week
but that the absence of the District Attorney
from The city and the death OF MIR. Hender
cons child had delayed the return of the In
dictment. At the last moment before its con
templated return, some of the Grand Jurors
expressed a desire to further examine certain
points OF the evidence, and this, 1t is report
ed, DELAYED matters until to-day. A potiica
aion from Washington to MIR. Henderson,
that on account OF his
ATTACK UPON THE PRESIDENT
be would not be longer retained as special
prosecution counsel in the whisky cases, has,
30 says the ST. Louis dispatch, caused univer-
sal comment where it is known. Mr.. Hen
derson had been much annoyed by the ver-
sion of his remarks which was printed here
and which gave grounds for the belief evil
IDENTITY entertained in Washington that he
attacked the President. This version, he had,
however, disclaimed, and had fatty denied TO
his superors in Washington, that he had in
tended to make and had make any attack on
che President, or that he made any reflections
apon him.
The fact that his denials and explanations
were not accepted in Washington arouses sus-
picion here" continues the dispatch, ''that
ahe authorities in Washington mean, if they
can, to break down the case against Gen.
Babcock, or OF least do all they dare in that
direction. If Mr.. Henderson is dropped, it
10 more than likely that his associates will
feel compelled to follow him, and thus leave
the cases against Mckee, Mcguire, Mum and
Gen Babcock mainly in new hands. In view
of the intimate knowledge the present prose-
L. 80 .In,r ~. L.
A VERY SERIOUS BLOW
10 the successful prosecution of any of these
important cases. These suspicious are deep
ened by the knowledge Of the fact that, i'm
mediately upon the announcement of the
military court of inquiry and the publication
OF the dispatch in the newspapers announcing
officially from Washington that the military
court would not in any sense be allowed to
interfere with the proceedings in the civil
courts here. it is now known here that
A PRIVATE AND UNPUBLISHED DISPATCH
was received from Washington, directing that
Ghe evidence in the hands of the government
prosecutors here against Babcock should be
surned over to the military tribunal ct Chi
cage. This order, had it been complied with,
would have deprived the District Attorney of
all the evidence he was using before the
Grand Jury, and the court of all the record
evidence which has been collected in this case.
1t is understood that Mr.. Henderson was fatty
opposed to allowing the civil prosecutors to
strip themselves of the whole evidence upon
which they were depending to make good
aheir assertion that they would connect Gen.
Babcock with the Ring. If he is now to be
removed, this will inevitably give ground for
ahe suspicion that the authorities in Washing
aon are determined to cripple the civil prose-
cntion so far as they dare."-N I. Herald.
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THE INCREASING POWER OF THE DEMOCRACY.
The officers selected for induction on to
day are so far exceptionally good that it i
needless to mark in what small particular
mistakes we're made. Such criticism as thos
chosen are susceptible of, the Republican
papers will soon enough develop and the tasl
1oay be remanded to them with confidence
that upon the whole they will find little tx
attack. If the Democrats house shall be q.
eircumspect in its future legislation as it has
been in its organization, the possibilities O.
fntnre victories are well nigh boundless
Earnest efforts at a fulflment Of its promise!
of retrenchment and reform and careful avoid
anoe of anything approaching partisan per-
secution, will turn such o tide of popular
hyor to the Democratic party as will prove
absolutely resistle s. a...7
Indeed it is not impossible that, before
spring has fairly come, the Republican party
which finds itself to-day surrendering one
branch OF Congress, may discover the othel
branch also is wrested from it. A dim con-
seriousness of this possibility seems to be
dawning upon Republicans whilst with san.
guine Democrats growing realization of the
chance that may come within their grasp has
made the wish father to the fact and started
Aasty predictions of its accomplishment.
The former are engaged in an anxious con-
alteration of the composition Of the Senate
and careful consideration of the reliance
which can be placed on their maj ority, the
result Of which is the most unpleasant convic-
s5on that the preservation of their ma ority is
by no means assured. Counting the noses,
they number forty-two Republicans, twenty
nine Democrats and two uncertain Booth
and Christiancy) with one vacancy in Louisi-
ana, making seventy -four in all-the number
OF States now in the Union being thirty.seves.
Christiancy they think, can be depended
apOn to vote all right upon call measures es-
sentially Republican in principle" but then
there are Sharon and Jones, those million
aaire Senators from Nevada, who lifted To en-
selves into the Senate upon piles of golden
eagles, and are not of the kind who will tie
themselves into harness and do the unpleas-
ant duty of party hacks in the matter of regu-
bar attendance. Then there is Paddock, and
two or three more, who went into the caucus
last spring, and yet were so far assisted in
their election by Democratic votes that, when
1t comes to final trial, they are properly
placed nowhere else than among those uncer-
balm quantities which we represent algebrai-
eally by the character X, until the working of
Abe problem develops their actual value.
Worst OF all. apprshensive Republicans are
disposed to think, from some considerable
acquaintance with them, that there are sew
ersl of
THE CARPET BAG SENATORS
who can be best designated by the same
aigebraic expression Y, since their value is
equally unknown until they are put to the
sest-Specidl Washington Correspondence st.
louis Republican
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Has Madness Seized the Cabinet ?

A st. Louis dispatch says that Biuford Will
son has telegraphed from Washington to Dis
tict Attorney Dyer "that he expects to go
gsls0"
This may well create more surprise in the
pablo mind than even the removal of Mr..
Henderson. Bluford Wilson is the Solicitor
Of the Treasury and it is to him. pre-
ssYinently, that the country is indebted for
abe detection and exposure of the gigantic
srands in whisky which Secretary Bristow has
had the honesty and courage to prosecute and
;snish. The country might well take alarm
nj his removal.
No wonder the whisky ring are in state of
rejoicing, as they are represented to be.
They may well exult if Henderson is already
set aside and Wilson is likely to be. a
How heavy load of venality and crime do
,he members of the Cabinet think this Ad-
ministration can carry? Are they mad IN.
T. San.
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be collected on delivery. IT the postage ia LETT
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Dead Letter Office. Should it reach its destina-
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first class matter, three cents.
In large cities and adjacent districts OF large
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gEW ORLEANS BULLETIN
NEW ORLEANS, DECEMBER II. 1875.
CROOKED WHISKY"

sy,EtIAI DISPATCH RECEIVED IN WASHINGTON
DETAILING SUSPICIOUS FACTS PRESIDENT
GRANTS PRIVATE AND UNFULFILLED ORDER
THAT THE EVIDENCE BE TURNED OVER TO THE
MILITARY COURT.
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-TRUSTEES-
A. J. Aiken, j. Davidson Hill,
s. d. Autey, M. johnson,
Hugh Allison, j. s. Lanphier,
Isaac Bloom, Robert L. Moore,
j. A. Braselman II. J. Mullen.
W. I. Blakemore, John Myers,
c. H. c. Brown, Edward Nalle
E. B. Briggs, Edward c. Payne,
Samuel Boyd, George W. Sentell,
John d. Cobb, w. B. Thompson,
j. E. Campbell. Frederick Wing.
W. L. Gushing, c. w. Wood, t,
Benjamin Gerson, 7. s. Waterman,
p G Gilbert, j. F. Wyche,
C. A. Green Lloyd r. Coleman,
G. P. Harrison. oil cod tt
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ARTICLE Y.
ARTICLE vi.
LIQUIDATION.

This co,,oration NAV he dissolved at q penera
meatino cdnvened for that mrnose with The "a
seot Of three fourths Of thee stpcI ~ The con
nanv and two thirds Of the stock ranresented a
spmcb meet;no and in case of snch dissointio,
the i;auidat;on sbaII he rondncted Nv three corn
missdners alected bv ballot at snch meet'no a
tha tern,inot;on Of t5;s Cbsrter The Enn;Ss+;o,
she,I he nonduoted nv sirnar hoard oF thre,
acknowledgements tn he IN the san,e wav e,ectad .,
General meeting of stocLholders 'convenad 70,
tbe nnrnosa - o'10N -o'
Thus done md nnssed at nav ofice in tbt
nresence Of Andrew + Armstrong and John w
Hunter iawfuI witnessed residino in +b;s c;tv
Who have hererntn sicned heir names a. sncb
tnaetber with the SAID annearera and mo se;l
notary on the dav month and vesr herein fra
wr;ttan, 81 fter reaa;;ng tba whole VS. 49, .
nOrio}nal SionedI q W r PAyTEy
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National Republican., 1875-11-20

national welfare during the period.of its
expulsion from power. 1t seeks restora-
ton without the slightest absolution from
its standard political sins. 1t loves slavery
and worships at its broken altars with the
same devotion that marked it for the long
years that it held power. 1t insists upon
State Rights with the same persistence that
marked it prior to the Democratic rebellion
in behalf of that doctrine. Its sympathies
, are all with the South to day under the as
sumption that the late insurgent States are
suffering great wrong at the hands OF the
Government in the devastation of its prop
erty under the effects of war which that
section waged against the Union. In fact,
all the hopes and expectations of the Dem
ocratic party rest upon the Southern States,
and if it wins at all, it will be under the
power of its alliance Herewith. This is
lis attitude as it stands on the threshold OF
another Presidential contest, asking the
people of the preserved Union to yield to
its keeping the destinies of the American
Republic.
In view of this, all other questions of
national polity sink into insignifcance when
placed in the scale against the future unity
and peace of the whole country. The spirit
of the rebellion is not yet extinct. The
thirst for ascendancy in the future and
revenge for the past is very pressing. A
Democratic national triumph will prove
resurrection of all the bitter hates that
centred in the rebellion, and history will
repeat itself when opportunity offers. The
issues of 1860, 1864, 1868 and 1872 will be
clearly defined in the struggle of 1876, and
that party which met them with bold and
triumphant front in those contests must
soon meet them again. The Democrats
seek to inject into the forthcoming election
issues of minor importance, to divert public
attention and add to their chances of sue
cess, but the popular mind must be steeled
against all such political agencies The
great issue is the national salvation. To
preserve the Union in peace and conserve
all the rights of American citizenship should
hold paramount place in the heart and
purpose of every loyal citizen. Itis upon
this line that the coming battle must be
fought to victory to secure the benefcent
ends of republican form of government.
The path of duty is plain, and the Repub-
lican party must not be diverted from it
under any pretext.
National Republican., 1875-11-20

THE New York Sun, always eagerly in
clined to find fault or issue ISLANDERS, makes
8 positive statement that 'the Cuban Re-
public has bribed nobody" This answer
to the charge so generally circulated that a
Cuban bond ring is in existence will prob
ably be accepted as sufficient. The origi-
nators of this charge, as well as those who
have repeated it, and continue to repeat it,
will now be compelled to find some other
ground upon which to base their assaults
against the Cuban patriots. If they are
anxious, however, to pirate about corrup-
ton, let them turn their attention ever so
casually to the Spanish side of the question,
and they will find more than enough to
satisfy them. Spanish gold is a reality,
while Cuban bonds have no value except
in the contingency of Cuban success. 1t
is, therefore, apparent that the Spaniards
alone have the means to secure corrupt
action; and who will doubt, in view of all
that has transpired in New York and else
where within the past five years, that they
have employed their means effectually.
National Republican., 1875-11-20

THE Wheeling IntsIligencer says that
/" the Louisville Courier Journal finds itself
's involved in little trouble with the Post.
"office Department owing to the prying
" propensities Of the Cincinnati postmaster.
Z" The Courier Journal has been enlosing
/" circulars and other matter pertaining to a
" drawing (Which is to take place in the
" near future) to their regular subscribers,
"t thus violating two or three sections of
postal law. The papers passing through
" the Cincinnati post Office were examined,
and the circulars were found enclosed.
Z" The papers have been gobbled up and
forwarded to Washington. The penalty
" for this infraction of the law is 81 900 for
" each offense."
National Republican., 1875-11-20

THE New York Tribune, after scanning
the political field with its usual complacency
and prescience, appears to give up its
fayorite idea of nominating and electing
an independent candidate TO the Presidency
next year. 1t says that 'sit is clear that the
Republicans can win the next Presiden-
tial election if they will only continue to
deserve it. The people who have given
them one victory after another and have
kept the party in power for fourteen
years will be only too glad to find them
!" selves justified in sustaining it again.
@' What they require is merely that 1t
&c should again become and remain true to
' its old-time principles" Thanks for
this. But who, pray, are the ''people"
that admit that the Republican party has
been false to its principles2 They are only
a few malcontents and ambitious aspiranss
to Office and some innocents that have been
beguiled by the great newspaper founded
by Horace Greeley and its confederates into
the notion that new parties can easily be
formed by such floating material as few
disappointed and dissatisfied leaders of
battalions in either or both of the great an
tagonizing political forces of the country.
The Tribune has learned the folly of this
notion II has seen that the great names
of Greeley, Sumner, Trumbull, Schurz and
others of less note, aided by the Tribune
and half dozen other great independent
Journals, deserting the Republican party
and coalescing with the Opposition, were
insufficient to seduce the people from their
allegiance 10 its principles in 1872. 1t is
also well aware that the apparent desertion
of the party in 1874 was simply political
apathy on the part of a meagre portion of
its followers, who, discouraged at the hard
times resulting from commercial and finan-
cial revulsion, staid away from the polls and
suffered the elections to go by default
Now they have, many of them, returned
to their accustomed places in the Republi-
can ranks, and the Tribune gives it up
That is all there is about finding them
selves justified in sustaining it again"
National Republican., 1875-11-20
TIE pRrs1nENr1AL cAnpA1eN.

With the opening of the Forty fourth
Congress will commence the next Presiden-
tial campaign with considerable earnest
ness. The Democratic party, which is now
In bosom alliance with the insurgents of
the late war, is hungry and thirsty for
power and the emoluments of place, and
entertains faint hopes of winning the next
Presidential contest. With Democratic
House of Representatives as its skirmish
line, that party will seekto make its organ
ization somewhat efficient in the coming
struggle. Tilden, Thurman, Allen, Hen
bricks, P sndleton and a multitude Of lesser
lights will aim to make their respective in
teresis shine out in the organization of the
House, so that Randall, Kerr, Cox, Wood
and others who have been led by their per-
sonal ambitions to enter the list for the
Speakership, begin to feel the Presidential
tide rising around and washing away the
foundations upon which they have been
building their respective hopes. The
perils of candidacy for the SpeakershIp
are much more formidable under the ad.
vance Of the great question of the Presi.
dency than these gentlemen had anticipated,
and he who a month ago appeared to be
the coming man may be overwhelmed IN
the Presidential tide and entirely lost sight
of before the House is organized.
The indications now are that the late in
surgent States viii control the Democratic
party both prior to and throughout the com
jsfPresidential struggle. This will bring
tbst Marty, after fifteen years of banishmeul
sEo,n mower in the nation, back to the poin'
!, rational nantterB where it stood in 1860,
,-is5 n passed underpOpular condemnation
81 enduring defeat It has learned nothing
in the way Of patriotism OF iealiy 70 the
National Republican., 1875-11-20

ELSEWHERE will be found communica-
ton upon the subject of extending the lines
and plans of the city, streets and avenues to
the District boundaries, which deserves the
immediate attention ofthe citizens, property
owners and authorities of the District. If
81. B. S." does not err in his estimate of
the prospective increase of our popula-
tion, we shall soon need the extensive
area which he suggests should be i'm
medistely surveyed and mapped out, SO
as to preserve and extend the present
beauty and symmetry of design of this
Capital
National Republican., 1875-11-20
AOtai.' Sttfs1tood
OF those sent to Peru there remain about $780,.
notfn =
Vote Of the State.
rFrom the Albanr EVENING Jour-

IFr0m the AIbAny EVenluK JourhAI.J
The Republican vote in the State is about
5000 larger than last year, while the Demo
cratic vote is $1,000 less. At the same time
the Republican vote is nearly $1,000 less than
in 1872, and the Democratic vote is also a little
less than then, though Kernan's vote was
light. In other words, the Republicans gain
over last year, while the Democrats lose
proving that the chances were to the Republi-
can side. But the Republicans also fall from
$1,000 to 5000 short Of their full vote, and
are then beaten only Is ,0O0-proving that on a
full rote the State IS Republican by at least 40, )
600. The Republicans Of New York have only
to look at these figures to be convinced that in
the contest for President and Governor next
year they can win the State. The campaign
for 1876 is already practically opened.
National Republican., 1875-11-20

AFTER much figuring the New York
Sua advises tie Demncrats that their net
loss in the recent elections is just about
equal 10 the wipiug out of their present
majority in Congress, and that their real
losses were greater in the State of New
York than anywhere else. This is not
very consoling, but, as Jim Nye would say,
tft helps some" Two or three more such
reforms q as Governor Tilden has inau-
gurated would utterly destroy the Demo-
cratic party in New York. 1t is kicking
hlunderbuss.
National Republican., 1875-11-20

Malaga round and hold Caucasus and tune
your loot and no one to Hindia. But we don't
want any more such Shaking, not to say
Assyrian case. of sHydera'- '-phobia Azfuhr
his 'Poormuzzer,' Brown is Nussingur. She's
Gundaya good time. Yual know, moreover,
he has gone T. Ascerghurl, and Goodman he
is at that Wuk, as any Wankaneer in England.
He's not to Bejighurd by any of you Punairs.
Pasuraun the hat."-Ister- Ocean.
That Zatla1at
National Republican., 1875-11-20

As soon as the rumor went forth upon its
mission to excite our people into the belief that
war was imminent with Spain it was really in
teresting to see the young American patriots
congregste on the street corners and talk earn
estly of the prospects of first-class sutler
business.
National Republican., 1875-11-20

DIED.
DEVAUGHN.-On the 18th instant, BENJAMIN
i. DEyAUGHS, aged 6fty-ive years.
Relatives and friends OF the family are respect
fully requested to attend the funeral nom his late
residence, corner OF Seventh and streets south
west, sunday, at 2o'clock p. m.
DAVIS.-0n the morning OF the 18th instant,
ELLIOTT MILEY, infant son OF Klva M. and James
N. Davis, jr., aged fifteen months and twenty-five
days.
Funeral to-day, at II O'Clock, from the residence
Of his grandmother, No. $50 / street northwest.
Relatives and friends are invited.
WALSH.-On the 18th instant, at 7:3o O'Clock D.
m. JOHN Z. WALSH. aged hfty-seven years, ma
tive Of the County Limerick, Ireland.
Relatives and friends invited to his funeral
from his late residence, No. $40 Four -a-halr
street southwest, on Sunday, the 21st instant, at
O'Clock p. m.
HERBERT.-on the 18th instant, at $50 D. M,
ELIZABETH HERBERT, beloved wife Of VIM. Her
tert, in the sixty-thlrd year of her age.
THEEDY.-On the 18th instant, at II p. m, Miss
LIZZIE TwEEDY.
Funeral service at residence, No. I2O7 Eleventh
street northwest, Sunday, at2 p. m.
GRAY.-On the I7th instant, at 2 O'Clock a.. m,
Mrs. MARY JANE GRAY, wife of Rev. DR.. cray.
Funeral will take place on Saturday, at O'Clock
p. M, from her late residence No. Is Grant Place.