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The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-26
Unemployed Labor.
denver News.l


DO you know where / could get a
harvest hand?" Yes; do you see that
man across the road holding .he awning.
post In front OF that saloon? Well. 90
for him, he wants work" They met and
commenced negotiation. What do you
pay for harvest hands2" TT pay from
"a SO to " So. It depends ali on the
man. well. sir, guess / am your
man; l want work, but whether work
pr not depends all on the wages" II
Nv, i've min. nine miles from here. 2nd II you go
one day. then Well fix the wages salts.
factory" us there cover to your
wapon?" mo, sir. no cover, but nice
spring seat" "No covert" yelled the
laborer, do you think I'd ride nine
miles in an open wagon to get work I'm
the harvest field Why. you must be
sick Stranger, pull down your vest. I"
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-26
RICE. FIVE CENTS.


nature and driven them to arms, they
could count the beatlngs Of their pulse
and keep 1t within the measure ut which
1t courses In Boston.
Now, tlffs u Just the position Of the
white race n the cdrpet-oag provinces.
The protectlonsof the law has been with
drawn from II, and the yils Nrstchss
who undertook task which might well
have called into play all the virtue and
wisdom with which mortal can be en-
dowed have never felt the stimulus Of .
higher motive than that expressed by
the coward Ames when he said, The
question Of howl can get money to live
- the one question with me-" Instead
OF attempting to harmonIzs thR noces.
they have made every effort ~ 0tray
them against each other and sobco1n an
infamous living by playing upon the
ignorance aud pandering to the VII es Of
the negro. Ia
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-26

We are under obligations 10 the Times
for having cAlied our attention 20 An'
error OF omission Ain our review Of the
press Or ,Re Nfh Inst, BY which Il ap.
pears to be credited with sentiments be-
longing to the New York 1fmes
Though the New York Times is sn able
paper IN It's line. its natnesake, 'otil
valued neighbor. has d good mind 6f its
own, and we would be sorry, indeed, To
see 1t indorse all The sertiments OF the
New York sheet. We would certainly
be very unwilling that II should be
thought so through any fault Of ours.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-26
The Qncra Treupc

Touching the reported visit Of Mr..
Paul Alhsisa with IN opera troupe to
this city, spoken Of by the morning
pcpsr the so ere IS. tG$s saush mr. Anszs
States with q company, the leaders OF
WhiCll are M'ile Lambele, (Mr. Alhaiza 5
wifel soprano; Mr.. Cazeaux and Mr..
Gad1lhe, tenors. Mr.. Alhaiza's advent
to our city is conditional and would oc-
our In Euhruary next, but it seems that
tho Opera House has been secured for
that period BY French Dramatic Com
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-26

ICourier- -.totIrnal1

The Republicans do not want the pub.
lie schools to become sectarian, they
say. There must be no doctrines OF
tenets Of any sect or sects taught in
them there must be no alliance with
any church on the part OF the Govern.
ment. Last July number OF mem.
bers OF the great Radical party |" met
in convention ut Philadelphia and pass,
ed the following resolutions:
Fitst-That we are in favor Of Protestant
America being ruled and governed by Protes-
tant Americans. - Iff,I
Second-That we will support none but Pro-
testants for Office :,
"Third.That we will support and Instruct
our friends to support and vote for Hayes and
wheeler nr PRESIDENT and Vice President Of the
United States"
Hayes accepted this u,lsectarian plat
form.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-26

ThM triune tradueer. tue editor Of the
So RsiQil lcdx<f esx !. yt6Ssns,
wants 10 know "tow long Il tfn0 would
elapsc. after the elect on .oi. a .Uemoy
cratic President and o rebel Congress,
before the crack OF tho overseer's whip
would be heard throughout the South?"
And the New York World wants TO
know how long a time will clapsei te-
fore tire editor in question willlrestorel
to then Government the amo0nt for
which he was Il de'aulter when he held
the Chicago Pension Agency, sanda Win
return to IL wounded soldiers daughter,
Miss Ada Sweet, to-wit. the sum ex~s
torted from her as reconsideration 1Ofl
her appointment? stQifUasll#sb Tcf
The r. PITS question cont tains an
impertinent tnauendo;' the WCrld9s
question Is one which the scribe Of the
r. ~. r. will find 1t inconvenlent tol
Ils Wergff alff = 3 fgfT1sfEst4ss dfSf II rsz$
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-26

+ No people on earth will resort TO
meaner and dirtier methods ofrevsnGes
than the Americans. Because Sitting
Bull "got away" with Custer and Ms
command, the American press, TO get
even with him. have started the report
that he was educated at West Point,
where Fred Grant learned the art of
war. II this vile slander reaches tho
ear Of Sitting Bull we shall expect TO
hear of his having massacred every
Federal soldier In the Black Hills.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-26

The great firm OF A T. Stewart & Go.
we learn from the Chicago Times. OF thu
Goth inst, have perfected their arrange
ments to open an immense. branch o
their house In Chicago between the Liz,
OF September and the lst OF October
The leases for the stores were slgned. on
the 10th inst, and the firm have agreed
to keep stock OF goods constantly On
hand valued at not less than two mil.
lions OF dollars. The Times says:
"The Wilder blockis leased for five
years from the 1st Of January. the Drake
building for five years from the 1st OF
October, and the Rothbant building also
for five years from the 1st of October.
A. 7. Stewart & Co. are to pay $4,000 a
year for the Drake block. $1,000 a year
for the Wilder block. and $4,000 year
for the Rothbant block. All the prop
erty.owners in the vicinity have clubbed
together and subscribed $1,000 year for
five years, $4,000 year OF which is to go
TO Drake, and the other $4,000 a year to
pay for the necessary fitting up and
finishing OF the Wilder block"
It would seem from this that the
property holders OF Chicago have q
healthy appreciation OF the Importance
to their city OF displaying a liberal spirit
towards those who purpose, to invest
large capital in the business interests Of
their city.
The Chicago branch of the Arm of
A. I. Stewart q Co. will import their
goods direct from Europe, and the
package will go through to them. .un-
broken. They will deal on the samei
terms as other Chicago firms. and 1t is
said their establishment will interfere
with none Of the established houses,
and it will only concentrate Id Chicago
an immense business which now goes
to New York. ~ 1s'ast fsAa e
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-26


curions case that nSy give birth 10 many
others has arisen in New York. A building on
Hthe corner OF Sixth Avenue and wenty third.
built by Juhles X. Haskett. tn, actDr. and now
leased BY jarrett and Pamer. was namsd In
honor Of tiie celebrate ftragedtan. Edwin Booth
Booths THEATRE" Mr. Booth com Dlained 0f !
this repeatedly. and brought suit for damaSe6
against jarrett and Palmer. claiming that theso
gentlemen hive no right to take -his# name in
this way and that there are many pieces pro-,
dnced in their theatre 70 which be cannot give
his approval. and whose Representation thus
ref set on his character. sa3 t1 $3.50 -
II the judge deei les In. Mr. Booths favor. how !;
m inycases will this not give rise TO-? nTilden
ani Ii ;ndr cks should bring suit against all :
those vile. itineraut peddlers. who sell second
hand suspenders. razors. as Tilden suspenders
And poor Gejrge wa4hinxtbn--if he wer = only
iiving-might have enough suiis against persons
who have ius ulted and revi ed his name, To feed 4
whole army Of officers And Henry lay-ws
know of dozen cases where that statesman--K ,
he were alive-wouId b, justified not onIyt in
suit for damages. but criminal prosecution
for Aioei aud abuse OF tn It august name.f wea Z.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-26

Judge Hill left the city Friday even.
ing. after opening his court and giving
orders how the applications for the ap-
pointment Of Supervisors Of registra-
tion should be made by the two State
Csnt-al Committees.
Il wns pnderstood that the Demo
cratid HtaSS Central Committee would
make its applloation Saturday morning,
and Ale IT. lists Of names suggested for
appointment Of supervisors OF election.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-26
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEES.
They Meet ana Take 4 Recess Of OI
e7Our.

They Meet ana Take 4 Recess Of ON,
Hour.
The State Central Committee was
called to order ut noon to-day by Col
]. w. Patton, who called Hon. o. voor
HES to the chair. aa
A committee OF Eve on credentials
Geo. w. Dupre, chairman. was appoint
ed, and the COMMITTEES took a recess oi
IN hour to give time to the committee
to examine the credentials Of members.
II Is understood that there are three
CONVERSATIONS from the parish of vt.
Landry md the Third and Seventh
Wards OF New Orleans.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick and Mr. Farrar, from
the Third Ward, and Mr. Il. A. Ducros
and Howard MeCaleb. Esq. from the
Seventh, were in attendance.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-26

SEVENTH WARD TURNOUT.

=
The Hendricks Guards OF the Seven N
Wsrd held Z house warming last night,
D 1o19 nav wl1WArn; corner OF Morales
ana bsRatelle streets, after which, &C.
gompenied BY the Nichols and Wilt
Guards and 'ttps aentilly Mounted
Rangers Of the same ward. they pa
raded the principal streets. stopping on
tnefr way " tho rUsidence of Gov. Voor.
nles, on Rampant street. near Hospital,
who addressed the club Ut length, and
urged them In their good work with
wordsiof eneouragemeDt.
"a NINTH WARD.
The election FOR delegate TO the State
Central Conmittee held Yesterday re-
suited In the selection ri Mr.. John II
behsn, who srscstvcd 527 votes to Mr.
Henry Wassam's 5t3.
ELEVENTH WARD.
Major r, A. Burke was elected yester-
day In this ward to the State Central
COMMITTEES over Mr.. Young by mnjor-
ity OF u votes. The total number vi
ballots cast was 1856.
ttfA TENTH WARD.
There was also an election for del.
BAmUa Mower and A. y. HenrIquez
belng the candidates. the former being
e!bcted. he hAving received 3se and Mr..
HenrlQuez 3l0
X ttncoxD WAND.
The colored club OF this ward. of
which u. II. Metz 10 president aud mum.
niaht d the wigWusA, corner Of Cailiope
and bt. Charles streets. Several speak.
err have been invited to address The
meeting. asRHA ~ Ht5#s s5e
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-26
A riecs gf Mercsy.

x cont6dSporury. III answer to ques-
ton, asserts ilat-footed that 10 man born
on The first OF January, 1900, Is born 10
the nineteenth century. On the same
therefore born In the year zero, hence
he WIS not born ut all. We leave our
contemporary 10 settle with the church
for this piece Of beresy.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-26

augusta Chroniele.l

The fact has been ascertained that
out OF the twelve jurors who sat upon
the Hamburg inquest, at least six par
ticipated in the affray, one of whom was
a lieutenant in Doc Adams company.
Their names are G. G. Turns, foreman !;
A. B. Griffin. John Bird. Daniel Martin,
James Coleman and Thomas Carroll. ~
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-26

This country, almost without knowing
u. II taking position as silk producer.
Last year more than half the silk pro-
ducts consumed IN the United States
were Of native manufacture. and the ia !.
dustry thus represented is constantly
In all Of its dctafls. ''91sai.''4 :
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-26
Looks Humorous.
[courier-Jnnrnal.I

This Is all the answer that Postmaster
Comfy gives TO an earnest paragraph
asking him to publish to the world a
list of railroad cases refused by Lawyer
Hayes In consequ nee OF the extremely
large fees "There don't seem to be
much Of that, when you see it separate
ly; but when you put dozen or so OF
them together they look humorous"
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-26

The high Federals do not assess tho
official underIings any longer; they
send. somebody who Is not a high Fede-
raj 70 solicit subscriptions for campaign
purposes, and then simply discharge
the obtuse underii .gs who fail to re-
spond. Thus a law OF Congress -
cvaded, and the Father OF Lies II !,
whipped around the sttlinp,-4us~
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-26

The Radical papers have much to cay
about Coy. Tilden's, war record, d,n some,
thing which appertalnsI TO- the, dissant
past, They had better devote their
energies to explaining and cleaning up
the peace records Of the leaders Of their
own party. 80. ..,..t g...,,.., ~ l.-., ...s.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-26
The abur1lO.

It II understood that two gentlemen
Of this city, Messrs. s. and b., went up
the river this morning to fight n duel
with shot guns. The cause of the duel
and the exact point Mt which II WAS TO
have taken place are not stated.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-26

The hope OF the South lies not in
military government from Washington,
but in the awakening spirit OF chiyalry
and courage in the too long overawed
citizens OF the South asserting itself
and protecting its own community by q
popular uprising againAt the m urderers
and their speedy and condign punish
ment christian Union. eF
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-26

President Grant arrived at Long
Brspch last week, and he will now en-
JOY short season of repose ut his cot
taye by the sea. The country will not
grudge his vacation after long sum-
ner spent at Washington, with a Demo-
cratic House of Representatives and in
,umerable committees Of investigation
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-26
khr(nnn WAND.
Tsrchliri,t Ssrocr.,ton.

The various clubs OF the Third Ward
will have d grand torchlight procession
tonight. O0nsidering that there are
over twenty clubs In the ward that nrc
fully equipped, y splendid display may
be exnocted.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-26

Morton is Worse than hyeua he Is ghoul,-
TX ,nsas City Times. - TNffaee
1t sunneeessary to say after this that we are
entering close and hot political election. .,
aud that the campaign Is already begun Ia Indi-
ana We rather like this "ghoui" expression,
though. 1T is singularly appropriate for many
Raiicat Dapsrs-monster who feed on dead Z
bodies and thin2s decayed and rotten. Upon :
refe ftion We are almost inclined to agree With e
the Kansas City Times that Morton has ghoul
ish tendencies. HI. mental pabutum must pc
rnigTy mast AM rotten food, II we are 70 ju0gs I
Of III by his speech, 9 he does nos seem 10 care
what he feeds on, be It truth or lies. II 10 can =
only make point on it.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-26
A HrAtesi.

The opponents OF Mr.. Fitzpatrick are
circulating n memorial for signatures In
the Third Ward, asking that the cleo
tion OF Mr.. Fitzpatrick to the State
Central Committee be set aside. and
that IN election by ballot be ordered.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-26

The following additional nominations
have been made:
West Fcliciana--D. A. Weber, Supervisor. vice
w. H. Duke failed TO qualify,
Orleans- -Fourteenth Ward-Jno. A. Sheridan,
Clerk. AE A8Aa
fIfteentli ward--W r. Loan. Supervisor.
Sixteenth WUrd~-E EheO. Martin. Glerk
Heyente0nths WMfd-T d. Weaver Clerk.
The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-26

Queen Victoria. It is apprehended, will
soon be as large rs David Davis.-[Cou
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1876-03-25
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
FROM oUR REGULAR CoRREsPoNDEST.
WASHINGTON. March I8.

FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.
WASHINGTON, March l8
If rumors had only folm and color, in
stead Of extremely uncertain sounds, one
might fancy himself looking through an
an exaggerated kaleidoscope, which some
strong hand was whirling with amazing
rapidity a cluster Of nost interesting
statements appears; you are wondering at
its grouping Of apparent facts, you are be-
ginning to have positive opinions, when,
presto change another bewildering col
lection is before you! Dazzled and
startled, you only realize that the facts
are essentially the same, but 50 differently
arrayed that you would hardly know
them.
Having seen a few more whIrls, you are
quite ready t. turn away disgusted, closing
your eyes for rest. and wishing you hadn't
ooked ut all, since the mocking phanto ms
of all you have seen are still dancing be-
fore those inner eyes which you cannot
close.
Last week no eplthet was too dreadful,
no anathema too severe to be pronounced
against Gen. Belknap and his wife. That
precious investigating committee was q
band of dauntless, self-sacrihcing men;
Mr. Clymer had heroically put aside all
the common emotions inspired by years Of
intimate association and friendship; he
had held down every impulse Of gallantry
and chivalry, because a wrong doer must
be ex, ,osed, and he expected a grateful
country would wreathe his handsome head
with laurels never won in any other way.
though most eagerly craved.
But that strange kaleidoscope has kept
up its fascinating whirl, and somehow mat
ters do not look precisely as they did
when so much printers ink was used in
tremendous head lines, and editors begin
to wish they had used adjectives less lib
orally too. Indignation has given place
to pity; men begin to find that quotation
from the first chapter Of Genesis exceed
ingly trite, and women, thinking Of the
terrible distress and anguish resting upon
q sisters head, feel mist gathering over
eyes that have have been dry and hard, 50
they too are slowly coming to wonder if
action had not been too hasty and judg-
ment too swiftly spoken.
THAT IMPEACHMENT DEBATE
developed many curious facts. 1t certain
ly placed the committee in a most unfor-
tunate position. They had before them q
witness who swore to most damaging state
ments; they received his testimony; ita
record was duly made, and then before
the ink was dry upon its writing they al
lowed him to 60 whittier he pleased, and
he pleased to 60 to Canada, whence it will
at least be very incOnvenient to bring him,
should an impeachment trial be actually
commenced. Again it appears that the
Republican members of that investigating
committee never attended one of its meet.
iDgs, till they were called upon to read
the proof of q report about to be made.
They had been officially notified concern
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1876-03-25
FROM MICHI6AN.
PONTIAC. March 10. 1875.

PONTIAC. March lO, 1870.
To the Editor OF the WORkIEsnASs ADVOCATE.
recent number OF the ADVOCATE ad-
mirably shows up the folly of the present
divisions in the ranks of labor. Seven
teen national labor organizations What
a waste Of means and energy J Why not
amalgamate into one body If the love
Of office ON the part Of leaders be the cause
Of these divisions, as surmised, one united
organization could supply the demand
as well as a number of smaller ones, as
there will always be local centres that
need officials.
But may not these societies be result
Of independent thought IN various locali-
ties In the general ferment Of labor
throughout the civilized world, indepen-
dent thinkers naturally come to the sur
face, see certain needs Of labor, and forth
with organize to secure these ends through
q new party and q new platform. Is il
not fact that half the labor world do not
know what the other half are doingl And
is not this mainly due to the non-support
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1876-03-25

deeming them; then everybody wanted to
keep their notes, because they were more
convenient than the coin. This is q fair
illustration of what would be the result if
the government were to issue gold notes,
as suggested. Add to this a redemption
of all gree nbacks by the government for
all dues of every kind, and it would be
equivalent to gold very soon. Bonds
bearing q low interest would serve as
balance power against a redundancy of
paper circulation; for when the paper could
not be used to advantage, it would find its
way into bonds, and nice versa
THE LABOR INTEREST
here is in a peculiar condition. We have
more money in this city than any place in
the world, for the population; yet thou
sands are out Of work, and very many
begging bread. The Chinese have filled
every avenue Of light work, and in many
instances are doing the work Of chamber
maids. When a manufactory is erected,
it is no sign that white men will get work,
but more Cinnamon are sent for, ana the
manufacturing is done by them. The
trade associations are no longer active in
the legitimate pursuit of trades unions;
buSy STC AAnkcElHk Ou buo E1Rkcu tuk6 Oh
dissolution, while the Mechanics State
Council continues to fight their battles.
Our information from the Eastern and
Middle States is very discouraging, and
leaves US to wonder how the future will
"pan out, as the miners say
THE AMOUNT
of gold and silver is on the increase every
day; more mines are being opened and the
old ones improving; there white men are
employed. Cinnamon do not like such
hard work, and dread the idea Of 60 so far
into the ground for days wages. Trading
in mining stocks is the principal business
of mOneyed men, and indeed large num-
Der of men and women are losing and
making money in stocks with their small
earnings. 1t is the most stupendous system
of gambling the world has ever known.
THE GRAIN CROP
will be the largest we have ever had; the
rains have been gradual and abundant,
coming Just when wanted for plOughing
ana seeding. Though large amount of
the Sacramento valley is overtlowed at this
time, the people will raise larger amount
of hay on that account, as the water will
disappear in time for that kind of crop.
Yours, ETC., A. Nj. WINN.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1876-03-25
FROM CALIFORNIA.
san FRANoIsoo, March, 13. 187

SAN Francisco, March, Is, 1876.
To the Editor Of the woRKISeAAS's ADVOCATE.
The great and growing question with US
is, What are we to do with the redundancy
of silver coin The trade dollar is now
8 per cent below gold, and greenbacks .
Der cent. below that, ma6ing difference
of 10 per cent. between gold and paper.
Some propose to increase the weight Of
silver coin to the commercial value Of gold.
The result of this would be to run all the
mints ON coin that would be taken out of
the country as fast as it was made.
The United States Government has this
whole question in its own hands. If it
would only buy all the silver bullion and
coin enough from five cents to one dollar,
to supply the place of fractional currency,
the question would be solved at once.
This would raise greenbacks to the value
Of silver currency, OF at any rate, one
would be equal to the other. At first the
people would hoard the silver, but they
would soon discover that for want of small
change they would be compelled to use it.
Then If the government would also buy all
the gold bullion, and coin it into 6ves,
tens and twenties, and issue gold notes
payable on demand, the currency would
be as complete as we ever expect it. This
would furnish q commercial circulation,
and a. soon a. it was known that gold
could be had for paper, there would be but
little demand for it.
Not long since, one of our gold banks
failed, and the notes were Ut . discount
for about twenty-four hovrs, when the
United States Treasurer commenced re-