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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-23

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SsI ss$!s::d g: iss:s:.:sS S:.ss 6: So:
spS in tn.
%s s s & s able he se
Is aT :. sI e eSa
time tie insi!sai!sn was .."s.:
e d Ss city IN s Tss sa
at Harrs has for some time past given mueh as
determined to set apart plot Of ground on Wards
In July ass plot was eeed about two acres in
tent removed from the buildings, the island ana z
REs eaiS 10 inter 'n'f'n was obtained from inc o0A'0
the sns rs on on the Of
emgTans landing depot. Castle Garden except such as
burial
the & 6sniT 70
Of The Wards Island property as Is not nov hs'G 6X
held BY several persons. some Of whom are minor
great to the State that tile should 6s
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nsANc,AI, RIf r ,,.,.oar... or N.
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winter large number Of sick and Destitute eamgrants
vide for their and the RS, we're
torney Gcnera for permission as required By law to
borrow money mortgage OF the property at Wards
500 given and N: sum
ana %a apped pa 70 the uses named
sS tbs g.
the Beard has had Ss rus sS w rs
suit the efficiency ofthe department mas part oeen
following abstract statement o, sns revenue 9, ana
expenditures Will show the sources ana amount o. ne
% "a s year fss the
he items OF as hs In Se resSussr report
appended heretos-
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Received from emlgran's being AMOUNT returned
ny Gs e nsrSr ana 70 m
q e. df.,; subtle;
BANK 81 inmates funds and interest Ms4o
Rs SSara o. from GAINED smiarat
ns ssSssS5 ROM employ si uniform account ls
ciety loan U on bond and mortgage 100000
Total. .Sss4Oii
Pad Fad sS d Bill.
the Insane al Ward Island. ................ fon9
WARDS Island l7aNs
pa asn for forwarding emarsnts inland and to
Paid ior food ana temporary relief for emsrants
pst os isr support Of :simas children and 0
PAD stste agents Salaries ana expenses s
Paid for Insurance at Wards Island and Ca tie
PAID na,ste. Of wara is and fun Dis deposiicd Isl
Cash balance, December 81, lS74.............. Sta
Total .ssslOil
The Commissioners are drecJed by law to reimburse
several counties cities and Of the state for The
expenses they may incur under me ao1r laws Tor the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-23

The Commissioners are dlrecJed BY law to reimburse
las TAR as may be" out of the computation fund.- the
counties cities and towns of the state, for the
expenses they may incur under the Poor laws tor the
suppnr. of emigrants chargeable to the Commission
Under this law the Commissioners have paid to the
counties &c the year l847 the sum of 81 4l,zA
Fills have been rendered by the SupcrinteEdents Of
the several counties cities and towns ana by
officers chart able institutions within the State for
the care and support OF emigrants from May 1879 to
~ To
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-23
SUPREME COURT-GENERAL TERM

WRIT OF ERROR IN FELoNIOUs ASSAULT CASE.
Before Judges Davis, Brady ana Daniels.
Frederick Evers, indicted for an assault with
intent to kill James Curran. in April last. was
tried at the last October term OF the Court OF
General Sessions, bsfore Recorder Hackett con-
victed OF an assault with dangerous weapon,
with intent TO do bOotly harm, and sentenced Tor
three years to state Prison. A writ of error
was obtained by VIM. F. Howe, the prisoners
counsel, ana the 1 case on TINS writ aTg arG
Counsel made lengthy and forcible argument,
c0ntendlng, FIRST that q portion OF the evidence
was irrelevant TO the issue; that the Court erred
In allowing certain witness to give testimony;
that manifestly illegal questions we're put 10
another witness, and that certain portions OF the
cross ex animation OF the accused were improperly
admitted. Abundant reasons, he commended, ex-
listed why the Judgment should be reversed and o
new trial ordered. Mr.. Phelps answered these
various points and tnen the Court took the papers,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-23

CONTINUED ON NINTH PAGEI
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-10-27
ALEXANDRIA. La, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1875.
Prayer That Created an Uapleas-
antReSS.

They came near having row in a
colored prayer meeting at Keytes-
vile a few nights ago. One of the
sisters, who had a grievance, prayed
thus:
"Oh, Lord! look down pom Dy re-
sembed children hyar dis .ebenin'
an moob 'em with Dy grace. fetch
dyar harts wild de spirit Oh all-bonn-
ding lub. Build up dar faith so
strong dat de debhl can't bulge it,
an specially would We. ak, if it am
possible wild de Redeemer, dat Don
put leetle noah sense into de oh
justicated pate of de yallaw wench
what am agiglin' on Gle bench preop-
posite Dy belubbed sarvant.'
whats dat you'se sayin' to de
Lord bout me?" asked the wench,
rising TO pint OF order.
Not seeming to notice the little in
terruption, the snpplicator continued:
"Gib our fool an erin sister moar
aisgumption, oh Lord! to see de diff
ferumence atwixt right an wrong,
an larn de lluzzy to behave herself
in Dy holy sankchooary, stead OBJ
.wrigglum round like she was swal-
lowed corkscfew, an taminetin'
desc saked presinks wild unholy win
kin $ at Gle male an maskeline pro-
portion oh dis assembled gatherin' !.
An OH
Its a lie! good Lord, it's lie!
an Dou in by inhammate wisdom
knows neber done it!', shouted the
traduced member, who had now be-
come nearly wild with rage. "Dar's
not one particle of troot in it. It's
a lie, an | can mash de lies!' +.
With these words she threw her
self over the bench on to the back of
the kneeling sister, plunged her
hands into the hustle of that devout
but indiscreet person and lifted her
up bodily.
Confusion reigned and dire dis
may was in many faces that but a
moment before were bright with the
hope of heaven. But staIwart dea-
con finally separated the females, re-
duced the unnaturally elevated bus
tie Of the one, Gained. the excited
feelings of the other, and, addressing
the relieved audience in an impress
sive tone, said:
"Bredern, it am bettar dat we dwell
together in impunity. Less peal to
de frone OBJ grace dat dar be no noah
such graceful disruption in our
midst. Will Brudder johnson please
make de peal in one OBJ powahful
prahrs?'
And the appeal was well and time
ly made.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-10-27

-PERIoDs of financial depression
amounting sometimes to pauics, have
pervaded all nations. Of the cause
no satisfactory solution can be made.
For more than two years past Eng
land has been subject to this de-
preston. 1t seems to be greater
now than at any previous time. ~
Heavy and disastrous failures have
added to the trouble, and hence capt.
tai is unnecessarily cautious, and
thereby agreat existing evil, with
out apparent cause, has been greatly
aggravated. The same state of
things, to considerable extent, ex-
ists on the continent.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-10-27

PAPER Car WHEELS. The expert
ment is about to be made Of using
paper for the construction of wheels
for drawing-room cars OH one of the
railways of New York state. The
advantages of paper over any other
light material are said by the inven-
tor of the new wheels to be the fola
lowing: ut is noiseless; it does not
swell or shrink with the weather, it
affords a stay to the tire and a latte-
raj support in farming curves; at the
same time it adapts itself to any tri-
fling inequality of the inner surface
of the inequality of which wood or
iron fail to do; and, finally, it seems
to be stronger'tllan any other mate
rial-many times stronger than any
material OF the same weight-of
which wheel can possibly be made"
In these wheels the usual steel tire
with its trait fange' is used. Upon
the axle, as center, two heavy cast
iron fanges are fastened parallel to
each other at right angles with the
axle, and in the plain OF the diane
ter. The inside one has an eight
inch radius, the outside one COM
pletely covering the outer disc, and
overlapping the tire ne-half an inch.
Through the compressed paper, from
dange to fange, are passed strong
bolts of the best iron, secured by nuts
screwed home"s firmly, and near
enough together to hold the paper in
its place without unnecessary cut
ting away of its fiber Or weakening
The aanges.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-10-27
The Democrat.
TERMS,

70
rup DEMOCRAT is published Week
II, at Four DOLLARS per annnm-
Two DOLLARS ANs FIFTY CENTS for
air months, PAYABLE IN AID
VaNGE! No subscription taken
for q less period than six months.
ADvsartssassrs inserted at the rate
"a If Osg DOLLAR per square for the
srst insertion and FIFTY CENTS for
each subsequent one. 80
r,aer lines or less, (BREvlER) consti-
tuss a square. -.
osrruARY Notices, Marriages, Public
Meetings, Cards of Thanks, etc., to
he paid for as advertisements.
~ PERSONAL CARDS, when admis-
,;bIe, charged double the usual adver-
,;sinr rates
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-10-27
Thousands Against Millions.
TIE APPOINTMENT OF A RECEIVER FOR
THE CHESAPEAKE AND TIE
OHIO RAILROAD.

The owners of $l2,OoO,0oO of the
bonds of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad called at the office of Fisk &
Hatch Yesterday and signifed their
desire to join with other bondholders
in procuring a reversal of the deci-
sion throwing the road into the hands
of a Receiver who is believed to be
inimical to their interests. On Sat
nrday last Judge Hugh L. Bond,
| United States Circuit Judge at Rich
mond, Va, made Mr.. Henry Tyson,
of Baltimore, Receiver, on the appli-
| cation OF tn rec persons who assumed
to represent $4,000 of the first
mortgage bonds. The bondholders
in this city, say that Of this amount
$4,000 way bona fide, and that the
Judge actually threw the road into
the hands of a Receiver on the de
mand of $4,000 out of $I5,0o0,OO0
| of the first mortgage bonds, not to
mention some So, 100000 Of other
bonds.
| Judge Bond told a bonlholler that
| H. ny 80
his action was designed to protect
the road from loss, inasmuch as creai
itors had begun to attach its prop
erty in different places. 1t is regard
ed as significant fact by the bond
holders that the Receiver, Mr.. Hen
ry Tyson, and nearly all ofhis bonds
men, have in some way been connect
Ell with the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road, to which, in the event Of its
completion, the Chesapeake and Ohio
will prove formidable rival. Mr..
Henry Z. Tyson was formerly Mas
ter of Transportation of the Balti-
more and Ohio, and is regardedas an
able railroad man.
The bondholdars base their char
ges against Judge Bond upon what
they term his precipitaney in hear
ing and deciding 50 important a case.
On the 9Th inst, in the preliminary
hearing he set the case down for Oc-
tober 22d, and the counsel for the
road were preparing for this hearing
on Saturday last, while Judge Bond
was giving decision adverse to
what was considered the interest of
the road and its creditors. One of
the counsel hurried to the .Court
room to obtain temporary stay, but
the Receiverhad been appointed.
1t is said that the bondholders will
try to obtain a reversal of the decree
or, at all events, to procure the APP
pointment Of Receiver in their in
terest. - N. Y. SIM.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-10-27
DUTIES OF F.ARMERs.-Farming

DUTIES OF FARMERs.-Farming 10
not only q. profession, but Of all pro-
fessions it embraces the widest range
Of scientific propositions and practi.
cal facts, and affords the widest 6eld
for the exercise Of. the philosophic
and analytic mind. Instead Of the
brightest boys being semitic medi-
cal college for afield worthy Of their
talents, they should be educated
practically in the duties Of agricul-
-ture. FIX. 4 4.
is prominent duty Of the far
mer 50 to pursue his calling as to III.
-spire a respect for it in the minds Of
his children and so train them that
they shall be. able to pursue it,suc-
cessfully, which can only be affected
by his ayailing himself Of every adj
vantage resulting from the discoye-
tries of science and the accumulated
experience of the past. This will at
once strip farming Of almost every
disagreeables feature, and clothc it
with attractions possessed BY no 9th
Fer business. s''.; ! n g
As at present conducted there is 4
large amount Of very disagreeable
labor required to be performed in
farming and itisImainly to this fact
that we owe the desertion Of that
business for others by country boys.
Science and human Sixth must relieve
this, and undoubtedly viii, If the far
mer will avail himself Of their aids.
I-[Ex.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-10-27
OLD Winston was a negro prea-

OLD Winston was negro prea-
cher in Virginia, and his ideas of
theology and human nature were of
ten very original. A gentleman thus
accosted the old gentleman one Sun
day: Winston, | understand you
believe every woman has seven dew
lis. How can you prove itY" aWell,
sab, did you never read in the Bible
how seven debbles were cast outer
Mary Magalin?' "oh, yes, I've read
that did you ebber hear Of 'em
bein' cast out Of any oder woman,
sah?" "No, / never did, "WeII,
den, all de odders hab got 'em yet
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-10-27
~ THE DEMOCRAT


WHY SHE SToPPED HER PApER.-
She came bouncing through the
sanctum door like q cannon ball, and
without pausing to say GLOW dye
dor she brought her umbrella down
on the table with mighty crash,
and shouted:
II want to stop my paper
GAIL right, madam"
"stop it right of, too," she persis-
ted, whacking the table again, "for |
waited long enough for you to do the
square thing"
She Quoted down for moment as
we ran our fingers down the list Of
names, and when we reached hers
and scratched it out, she said:
There; now mebbe you'll do as
you ought to after this, and not
slight woman jest cause she's poor.
If some rich folks happen to have a
little red-h e AIDED, bandy-legged,
squint eyed, wheezy squaller born to
them, you puff it to the skies and
make it out an angel, but when poor
people have baby you don't say a
word about it, even if it is the
squarest-toed, blackest-haired, big
gest-headed, noblest little kid that
ever kept a woman awake at nights.
That's what's the matter, and that
why I stopped my paper
And she dashed out as rapidly as
she came Exchange.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-10-27
The secretary of the treasur'

The secretary of the treasury
has given directions for the retire
ment Of $304,5s4 of outstanding le-
gal tenders. that amount being so
per cent. Of the national bank circu-
lation issued during the past month.
Until further orders the outstanding
legal tenders will be $3SS,94l, l24.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-10-27
g. Cox.

.-Grasshoppers have appeared in
Africa in great numbers, and the ma
tives are making dried beef of them
for winter use.
There is q lad in Boston whose
mother cured him of bad habit by
just saying: willie, George Wash
ington never cracked hickory nuts
with his teeth"
The Graphic says it is easy
enough to initiate Josh Billings, and
says: 'Doant Harry egs in your coate
pockit. Eggs amt good after they We
bin set on awhile"
"A school boy in Indiana was
asked: Elbow many Zones are there?"
he promptly answered: "Four-the
horrid, the frigid, the temperate and
the Incorporate"
When a boy falls and peels the
skin off his nose, the first thing he
does is to get up and yell. When a
Girl tumbles and hurts herself badly,
the frstIhing she does is to get up
81 IL,
JOHN (who has been carrying on
this sort of thing for about seven
years: "Do you know, Mary, I real
y thiak we ought to be settling down
shortly. What do you say now, if
we arrange for about--say two years
time?"
The maddest person on the Bos-
ton and Providence Railroad one day
last month, was the water boy, who
handed we'll dressed woman glass
Of water, with which she began to
Stake the thirst of mean looking
poodle, allowing him to drink from
the glass to be used by the other
passengers. The boy snatchcd the
glass away as soon as he saw the
use it was being put to, remarking at
the same time that he wasn't hired
to water dogs
Those editors who are decrying
the "pull back" skirt, and seeking to
bring ridicule on the fair sex, would
do well to look at home, and mend
their own foolishness. They should
stop coloring their whiskers, and
padding their shoulders, and wearing
box-toed shoes, and eating cloves for
the tooth ache.?) Let them "pull
back" on some of their shortcomings
before they read the ladies such fear
full lectures on what is evidently a
good fashion.
-"WeIl, Mr.. Miller" said Yam
kee, proudly to travelling Scot, as
they stood by the Falls of Niagara,
sis it not wonderful In your coun
try you never saw anything like
that" Like that!' said the Scot;
"there's q far mair wonderful con
Germ no twa miles fra whar was
born" "Indeedr exclaimed iona
than, with an air of supercilious
skepticism, "and pray what kind of
concern may it be?" SWELL, man."
replied sawney, sits peacock with
wooden leg"
"A story is told of a little miss of
five or six summers, who unconsci-
ously perpetrated one Of the best
Jokes of the season. Wine was be-
ing passed around and she was invi-
ted to take some, but declined
"Why do you not take wine with
your dinner, Minnie?' asked a gen.
tleman who sat near her. Clause |
doesn't like it,. "But take little
then, my child, for your stomach's
sake" he urged. 81 amt got no
tommick ache!' Indignantly respond
ed the little miss in the most en-
phatic manner. As both question
and answer were distinctly heard by
those around, every one burst into
laughter, which so frightened the
little maid that she cried.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-10-27
PENNSYLVANIA has passed q nep

s. --PENNsYLvAsIA has passed 8 new
law to cover cases Of ABDUCTION like
sthatiof Charlie Ross. The law i'm
Iposesia fine not exceeding i've thou
sand dollars, and imprisonment at
hard labor not exceeding fifteen years
On conviction Of completely in har-
boring, or concealing, OF enticing
away, any child, either within or
without that commonwealth.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-10-27
Buried Treasure. ,ua msin
100000 IN THE MISSOURI RIVER.

Mr. W. L. Scott, Of this city, who
was one Of the earliest settlers Of this
section Of country, and a perfectly re-
liable man, has given US the follow
ing for publication: +, 4; ..,.,s,.,st II,
In July, 1919, the second steam,
boat that ever passed up In Missouri
Riversstruck snag at the bead of
Trademarks Island, between Boom
vile and Arrow Rock, and inmedi-i
ately sunk. The boat, was loaded
principally with Government stores.
It had in the hold a large quantity
Of Monongahela whisky and also
100000 in silver coin, WHICH was
being taken to, Council Bluffs to pay
the Government troops stationed at
that place, which was then the ex-
IRENE outpost of civilization. Mr..
Scott, though a smalIboy atfthe time
lived very near the scene ofthe aeci2
dent, and remembers well what was
related BY the officers Of the boat at,
the time, and also the agents Of the
Government who, came some time
after, looking after the lost treasure.
When the Government, agents ar.
rived the river had swollen to such
an extent that no yestige ofthe boat
was to hesseen, and theyireported to
the Government that'iti was i1npossi
bic to recover Che money, or any pors
tion Of the cargo. 's''s'..4'' - 4
Fifty six Years have passed away
and yet Mr.. Scott says he can now
point the exact place where the un-
fortunate steamer lies buried4 with
its valuable cargo. He probably
the only man living who can do So,
and he is well advanced in years.
The Goyernments4can reclaim the
money if it will make the effort; .or,
if release Gamble igivensby the Gov
eminent, private parties will tun-'
aonbtedly undertake 1T. Il Boonville
Eagle. ,4. 49, S.. I.n4
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-10-27
The Ohio Election,

~ tsi ( 49, tlft ~ - siss}tts s lss. :
The rag baby, is dead. Nothing
remains but for Democrats. to put II
under ground as promptly IS posi-
bic. 1t is plain that if the Demo-
Gratis Of Qhias had adj !, been led BY the
moeratiesstaAsansnaaof@ Chic in-s
stead Of by theiraCi Cincinnati ccrrup-
stionists, Hayes would have been bea-
ten by an overwhelming majority.-
With all the advantage whichss false
financial issue gave to- the RepobN-
cans, the factthat Hayes is probably
elected by q majority so small in =
total vote soa large forebodes the
hopeless defeat Of the Republican
party eyen,in Ohio itself when Ohio
Democratic platforms are the expo
,nepts Of Democratica principles
Nothing is clearer to the unbiased
political observer than that the cleo
ton of Hayes is not Republican
victory, nora Democratic defeat. It
is'the defeatiof an attempt to rally
Democrats -snder Republican stan
.dards, it is the rejection.M an incorn-
petent leadership usurped by! a small
knot of corruptionists centering at
the Enquirer Office with whom poli-
tics is a trz3a and'political principles
a,pretence. Their folly in shaping
thedissues of the present campaign
has been supreme. It required the
very genius of faulty for them to
prevent Otto from being transferred
from the roll Of Republican to the
roll Of Democratic States. The mis-
deeds Of the Republican party now
ripening in all their baleful fruits, in
the disorganization and usurpations
Of the South, in the universal hard
times at the North and West, these
and the principles Of a true Democ-
racy Which are and have been a fat
protest against those misdeeds in all
their causes and their present conse-
quence-what other reason, what
better reason did a people ever have
for discarding their political servants
and selecting new ones. These were
all,suficlent reasons. These were
the true issues upon which the Ohio
campaign should have been fought.
But the blunderers who have twice
already, wrecked the fair prospects Of
the Democracy devised another issue.
1t occurred to them to attribute Hard
Times to a contraction of the cur
rency which has never taken place,
and to prescribe, for its cure the re-
.newal oftbat imitation Of the curren--
cy4 the reaction from which had been
the chiefest cause Of Hard Times
The results what might have been
expected. Itswas all but impossible
even in Republican Ohio to stay the
sweep Of Democratic victories. But
their madness if it was not treason,
their treason if it WAS not madness,
rose to the occasion, and this morn
ing we have to regret the loss Of 1
great State which might have held
between New York and Illinois the
centre Of the Democratic column.
-FNew York World.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-10-27
TIRE Southern Pacific Railrn

~ F-sstNP sFf PA : Il \
The Southern Pacific Railroad
is meeting with much opposition.
The change of guage, according to
a report just made to the Memphis
chamber of commerce, cuts Kentucky,
Tennessee, Arkansas, North Missis.
.sippi, Virginia and Maryland, out OF
all chance to a participation in its
advantages. But can that be justly
called q Southern Pacific railroad
which excludes two-thirds Of the
population Of the Southern states
from all participation its beneftsi
------.-e >4ps
LII must make prisoner raven