The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-08


MISCELLANEOUS.
Grant Arraignea by the Merala - A
scathing Rebuke.
NEW York, March THE Herald this
morning publishes two-cOlumn edi-
torial under the caption OF "Is it Per
the question whether the President
ought to be the servant or the master Of
the nation; whether the powers OF gov
ernment are entrusted to him for the
general good or for his own pleasure
and the advantage of his favorites, and
whether the Presidency is trust or a
prize to be used as piece Of personal
property. In considering these ques-
tions, the Herald cites forty-four differ
ent acts Of the President. from his
domination of A. Z; rs Stewart, @ as as
his attempt to repeal the law
which disqualified him, down to his
acceptance Of Belknap's resignation In
defiance OF the people, and says Is 1t
extravagant, in view Of the acts we have
recited above, to say that Gen. Grant
has aimed from the time he took the
Presidents Office to the present day, to
establish q personal government. Other
Presidents have rewarded political ser
vices, but he has reserved his favors ex-
clusively for personal adherents. Other
alone has, In contempt Of public Opin
ion, adhered to his wrong policy after
Its, ,disapproval by his. party and the
public Became known. Other Presidents
have quoted the Constitution to excuse
the performance Of acts distaste-
ful; he alone has violated the
constitution and set aside laws at his
own will Other Presidents before him
have been charged with a partisan dis
charge Of public interest, but ne alone
moieties, frauds and by displacemento Of
trust funds abroad to reward his per
sonal adherents. From the beginning
OF his Presidential career he has dis
played on every possible occasion and
In every possible way his insolent con
tempt for law, for Congress and for his
constitutional advisers, his reckless mis-
use Of the public service to further the
private fortunes of his relatives and
personal adherents, regardless OF their
fitness and honesty, his unscrupulous
and indecent greed for money, his in
ability to understand constitutional linn
itations, his disregard OF civil power and
his propensity to act with military
power in the arbitrary manner OF die
tator."
--T uY In)unctiOn Dissolved.
NEW York, March I'm the case OF
Freeman against the Panama Railroad
for permanent injunction restraining
the company from establishing rival
steamship line to Pacific Mail Steamship
Company, Judge Davis to-day rendered
opinion reversing the order and dis
solved the injunction.
Awful CaIamity-An Asylum for the Aged
=
Under the Ruins.
BROOKLYN, N. Y, March IA fire
broke out at 4 q. m. corner Of Bushwiek
avenue and Chestnut street, on the out
skirts OF the city, In a large four-story
building known as the Home of the
Aged OF the Little Sisters OF the Poor.
It originated In the south wing Of the
building and before the inmates knew
of it's presence the flames had made con-
siderable .headway. "A panic ensued,
and the aged inmates rushed wildly
about until exhausted or suffocated from
smoke. The police rescued many In an
insensible condition. There were. 1876
old people in the institution, and as
egress at Southern Park had been cut
off many rushed to the roof, shrieking
and crying. The firemen and police
rescued ali from the roof. but number
were suffocated and buried in the ruins.
Michael Cummings, aged seventy-five,
threw himself from a third story win
dow and was killed instantly; Jeremiah
Sullivan, aged sixty-five, was fatally in
iured by jumping from window. Thus
Tar five bodies have been taken from the
ruins. It is impossible to tell how
many lives were lost, but the police be-
lieve they have recovered nearly ell the
bodies. The loss on the building and
furniture is about $4,000. Insured in
the Nassau and Lafayette, OF Brooklyn,
and Phoenix and Guardian, OF New
York, to the amount Of $4,000. The
institution was maintained by the aid OF
the Little Sisters of the Poor OF Brook
lyn, and established several years ago
Chester spring Orphan school Destroyed
PHGNIxvILLE, Pa, March 7. - The
bows department of the Chester Spring
Orphan School, at Chester, was totally
destroyed by fire last night, The build,
ing was known as the Old Hotel, and
was occupied at the time by one hun
dred boys, all OF whom escaped. a great
deal Of furniture was saved, and the ad-
Joining buildings, through the exertlons
OF willing hands, were also saved. The
fire originated in the kitchen OF the bake
house. Loss 5000.
FOREIGN NEWS.
U. .. securities weakened by Exposures