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The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-06-29


DISTRIBUTION OF nEMruMs-onANTtNo OF d.
valedietory. ....... Composed by the Graduates
Read by Miss Burns.
Address to the Graduates,
Composed by Miss Craft
Recited by Miss Mcliedmond.
The young ladies acquitted themselves so adj
miraby in their respective parts that to give to
each her due need of praise would require
more space than tho press OF important news
on our columns will allow. yet we cannot refrain
from mentioning few of them: Miss Barrett
read the opening address in charming style.
and in the C..ntata the excellent singing OF the
Misses Burthe. Miss A. Deian, Miss Florence
Schmidt, and the little children who Joined in
the choruses, was remarked by all present.
The composition OF Miss Eveline A. Waldo was
clearly and correctly read and evinced a fine
conception Of the subject. The Rose OF Savoy
gave an opportunity for the young ladies to dis
play their musical training and the singing OF
Misses Reggie and Graft was especially worthy Of
praise.
The valedietory was one Of the most appro-
pirate and feeling addresses we have ever list
ened to, and the effective manner OF its reading
BY Miss Lizzie Burns lent additional charms to
its well chosen language. The address to the
graduates. recited by Miss McRedmond. made a
pleasing closing to the exercises by the pupils.
The distribution Of premiums and granting
OF diplomas was witnessed with intense interest,
and the trophies were carried off with Just pride
by the deserving pupils.
Rev. Father Finn. in delivering the awards, a
diploma and gold medal to the graduating class,
remarked that they had all done 50 well that ii
was impossible TO class them otherwise than by
saying that they were all entitled to the same
honors.
The names Of the graduates were Misses
Lizzie Burns. Uranie Voisin. Bibbie Connor,
Helen Connor, Louise Reggie. and Mary Barrett.
After the exercises we're closed. the visitors
| repaired to the fine art hall. where were dis
played the work OF the young ladies in painting.
drawing. wax work, needle-work, etc. We re-
greet that we cannot give the full description Of
these productions which their excellence do
serves. There were:
Herbariums by Senior Glass; Illuminated mot
toes by Misses o. Voisin. L. Burns. J. Larkins.
Z. Dejan and NJ. Burke; pillow shams in lace
work and braiding by Misses l.. Reggie. L.
Deian. G. Craft. Il. Riley NJ. Howard. and N.
Guerrero stole by Miss II. Common; wax flow
ers by Misses b. Conner. L. Burns and II. Con-
nor; wax crosses by Misses Florence Schmidt
and K. Gilmore: wax motto by Miss N. Kelly !;
tapestry work by M sses M. Barrett and Il. La
garde; embroidery by Misses B. Conner, f.
Waldo. Della Karstendiek and NJ. Howard !;
paintings. drawings and other fancy work.
We cannot too highly compliment the ladies
Of St. Dominic on the proficiency shown by the
pupils OF their school in all the useful as well
as ornamental branches OF education. Their
excellent system, combined with their kind and
judicious management, has secured for st.
Mary's Convent an honored place among the
educational institutions Of the South.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-06-29
nv Railroads.

BY Railroads.
MORGAN'S LOUISIANA AND TEXAS II r.
hhds sugar 5s6 skis rough rice 80 bales cotton
917 sks potatoes 100 head CATTLE.
NEW ORLEANS AND MOBILE RAILKOAD-
46 hhds tobacco and sundries.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-06-29

CKAMD ECORE.

Leaves EvERX SATURDAY. Msp.m
k<<@h@r&nl 9omery,. Alexandria. Norman's
Wares. Barbins' and all way land.
ings Intermediate on the Mississippi and Red
Rfv0rB-Tho steamer
New Bart Aba.
r. gtnnott. master. Geo u Hamilton, clerk.
For freight or passage apply on board gr TO
ADAMS d WORK,
dete arm No. aCommerefal Place.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-06-29

Cleared Yesterday.
Steamship Hudson, Gager for New York.
A Monlton
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-06-29

no change UI measures ana NO I0Iorms
ALL THESE ABUSES,
wrongs and crimes. the product Of sixte n wears
necessity for reform confessed by the Republic
cans themselves. But their reformers are voted
down in convention and displaced from the
Cabinet. The party'S mass of honest votes is
poweriess to resist the eighty thousand office
holders, its leaders and guides. Reform can
only be had by peaceful civic revolution. We
demand a change OF system, change of admin
istration. a change of parties, that we may have
change OF men.
The reading was frequently interrupt
ed by applause. The denunciation of
the resumption act and demand for its
repeal was received with special favor.
At the conclusion, DOrsheimer said the
committee had adopted and indorsed,
though not as part of the platform,
the resolution which he had read in
dorsing the action of the House Of Rep
resentatives In cutting down the appro-
priations. He exhorted the convention
to firmness, also. regarding the resolu
tion as to the just claims OF soldiers,
sailors and widows and orphans.
y. DISCUSSING THE FINANCIAL PLANK.
Gen. Ewing presented. at the request
OF several gentlemen, substitute for
the financial plank,
The majority report was adopted-S51
to SO.
Mr.. Ewing, Of Ohio, took the platform
and said at the request Os several men,
bers Of the committee he presented the
report, recommending the
striking out Of the following clause OF
the majority report, to wit:
AS such Q hindrance we denounce
the resumption clause Of the act Of 1875.
and We demand Its rereal. /"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-07-24

Here is what the venerable ThurlOw
Weed says of Tilden: "He did not 60
to the front in the hour of the country's
peril. His voice was not heard in the
time Of danger, and when money was
needed for the widows and orphans, Mr..
Tilden's purse was not open. No vote
of mine shall ever aid to elect Presi-
dent who was not in sympathy, and pub
hcly known to be a war man, loyal to
the core, ready with his voice, his inhu-
ence. and his means to help his country
and uphold her flag. Mr.. Tilden was
not one Of these"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-07-24

Both parties have made ''refOrm" the
watchword Of the present campaign. 1t
remains now to look over the history Of
each party aud see from its record which
has really, as a party, been most honest
in the administration of national affairs /;
and il will also be in order to hunt up
the record of Gov. Hayes and Gov. I'll
den to see which of the two, as without
doubt one of them will be the next presi-
dent. has the best record.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-07-24
THE HAMBURG MASSACRE.

One Of the most horrid and siekening
massacres, not to except those Of the
Modocs and Sioux, was that Of the
shameful, deliberate and cruel slaughter
Of negroes by white men in Hamburg,
South Carolina, only few days since.
IL shows that the miserable and 6endish
spirit seen in the rebellion, and display
ed on the battlefield. in the prison and
in the murder Of negro soldiers, is still
rampant. aud only needs to be unre-
STRAPPED by the fear Of law to burst
again on the heads Of union men and
the unfortunate blacks. From the
Springfield Republicans condensed ac-
count we give the following;
What are the facts In this Hamburg
case On the Fourth, company Of
(colored) state militia, parading in tn,
streets, refuse TO get out Of the way O
two white boys. gentlemen's sons return
ing from a visit 10 Augusta. The high
toned father Of one Of the boys brings |
suit against the negro captain and hi
men for obstructing the highway, an'
retains Mr.. NJ. @. Butler. formerly ma
jor-general @. S. A. to prosecute il
The colored trial Justice pOstpones tn
hearing once or twice Mr.. Butler the
tells him that the negroes, who hav
gathered at the armory. must give u
their arms. The trial-justice, who
also a general in the state militia, advii
es them TO comply; but they refus
Presently, white sabre clubs appear Q
the scene The chivalrous youth
Augusta snatch up their guns and hurr
across the river. Another demand
made for the guns. The negroes rep
again that they are the legal militia
the county. Then they are besieged
their armory. Small arms proving i
effectual, six-pounder is brought ov
from the Georgia side Of the river Sc
eral negroes attempted TO escape fro
the building; FIVE succeeded, two a
shot dead. one is taken prisoner al
butchered in cold blood. The other 4
grOes, 20 in all. are dragged from t
cellar. Mr.. Butler. late major generi
after giving orders for the conveyance
these prisoners to the Aiken Jail. rid
of home. Then the guard take out {
"ringleaders, one by one, to coqvC
lent cOrn6eld. bid them run for tn,
lives. and shoot the poor wretches do
as they run. Those who got farth
dropped down at 80 yards. Then |
other prisoners we're turned loose. anC
volley fred after them. And then
white chevaliers rode away. well satisf
with their nights sport. The Charlesi
Neles hears that two Of the bodies W
''mutilated with hatchets and bayonet
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-07-24

There is no room for doubt that a
large portion Of the Southern whites are
bent on depriving the negroes of all po-
litical power. They will not try to re-
peal the amendments to the National
Constitution which guarantee equal
rights to both races, for they know that
would be impossible. They will not use
their State Governments to accomplish
their purpose, for they know that that
would bring them within the strictest
Interpretation of the prohibitOry amend
ments of the Constitution. They will
seek also to avoid the penalties Of the
reinforcement laws" by making it as
difficult as possible to trace their acts
directly to the motive of depriying the
blacks of suffrage. Yet by such out
bursts of violence as that at Hamburg,
and by a general course of intimidation
toward leaders and men of influence on
the Republican side, they will do what
they can to reduce the voting power of
the negroes. How successful they may
be can be inferred from the result in
Mississippi, where the negroes were prac-
tically as much disfranchised as if the
legal right to vote had been taken away
from them. Now, the question which
every American citizen is bound to ask
himself is, Will this gross actual viola
ton of the principles of free government
be checked or sustained by the election
of the Democratic President and Vice
President ?-N Y. Times.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-07-24
Laws relating to Newspaper Sabscrip-
ton and ATrearages.

!. Subscribers who do not give express notice to
the contrary considered wishing 70 continue their
subscription.
2 If subscribers order the discOntinuanee OF their
periodicals. the publishers may continue 70 send them
until all arrearages are paid
3. IL subscribers neglect refuse to take their
periodicals from the Office which they are directed
they held responsible until they have settled their
bills, aud ordered them discontinued
l. Ii subscribers move 10 other places without in
forming the publishers and the paper is sent 70 the
Former direction, they are held sponsible
). The Courts have decided that refusing 70 take
periodicals. from the Office or removing and leaving
them uhcaed for is primo acie evidence o. intention
al fraud
O. Any person sho receives = newspaper and makes
use d u whether be has ordered it not is held in
law 70 be subscriber.
. II subscribers pay in advance. they are bound 10
give notice 10 the publisher the end Of their time
y ihey DO not wish % continue taking IT. 0therN be
the publisher Is authorized to send il on and the sub
scrloers VIII be responsible until express notice
Win payment Of al arrears lie sent 10 the publisher
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-07-24

ATRoCITY OF THE HAMBURG MAssA-
cRE.-Of all the Southern outrages since
the war, there is no one more sure to
have an important influence than this
Hamburg atrocity. There is no conflict
of testimony about it. 1t occurred in
broad day, was utterly unprovOked, was
attended by peculiar circumstances of
barbarism, and included the armed in
vasion of neighboring State. For one,
have been trying hard to convince my
self that the Southern whites had ac-
copied the results of the war, and that
other questions had now come upper
most. So far from being bigoted Re-
publican. took part in the Fifth Av-
enue Political Conference, p" and should
certainly have refused to support the
Republican nominee had he not COM
manded my confidence. As it is, | am
moro than ever grateful for the inhuen-
ces which secured the nomination of
Hayes aud Wheeler Of what use are
all our efforts to lay aside the issues Of
the war if they are still to be kept alive
by our white fellow citizens of the South
The spirit that sends armed men across
the South Carolina border to-day may
just as easily send them across the Penn
sylvauia border next year if it secures
the aid of Democratic National Ad
ministration. For one do not prOpos,
to acquiesce in this.-Coi HigginsOl
an AZ Y Times.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-07-24

Some time since, when the Express
fell of the fence on 10 the Democratic
side, its readers were promised with ar
ticles, ''from time to time, which should
show why John l.. Edwards was the
most suitable person to represent the
third district in the next congress. We
have looked somewhat carefully and
have failed to notice the articles. What
did our neighbOr mean? Why does the
name Of the Camp s. Stewart candidate
not appear with other candidates at the
head Of the editorial column in the Err
press? Don't go back on Mr.. Edwards
now he may fail of an election, if you
do.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-07-24
Petition for Divorce.

MARY L. GAsKILL VS.. A. BROWN GAsKILL-
State Of Vermont, Orleans County Court, September
Term, A. D. 1876
WHEREAS, Mary L. GaskiI Of Barton In the County
Of Orleans and State Aforesaid has filed In the Clerks
Office Of said County Court her libel for divorce set
ting FORTH in substance that she lawfully married
al St J0hnsbury in the County d Caledonia On the
24th day Of March. A D. 1863. A. Brown Gas
XII and has had by him one child. Helen B. Gaskil,
That she has IN all things kept her marital vows. and
that she has resided IN said Orleans County for more
than the three years last past that about the
oth day Of May. A. d. 1873 the said A. Brown Wilfuy
deserted her and has since continued said deser
ton and that the said A. Brown Is unified have
the care and education o. their said child and therein
Iaryng that the bonds o. matFimony may he dissolved
and divorce granted her, and that she may b. allow
Ell the custody Of her child and 70 the u
her former husband
And il being made 70 appear that the said A. Brown
GaskIl resides without this State that a citation
cannot be served upon him. Il Is ordered that the sub
stance q said libel and this order be published IN the
Orleans County Monitor. weekly newspzper publish
I'd at Barton In said County three weeks successiYely
the last u which publication shall be least six weeks
prior 70 said time Of court
Dated al Irasburgh aforesaid THIS 7th day Of July,
A. D. 1876.
l. n. CUSHMAH, Clerk.
?. W. BALDWIN, Attorney for Llbellant 28-3O
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-07-24

Governor Hayes in his letter accept
ing the nomination for president has
completely taken the wind out of the
sails Of the so called Democratic reform
organs, and they can find no fault with
it. What will Tilden do for thunder
when in the course of the fall he gets
out letter Of acceptance ?
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-07-24

Where was Tilden when Hayes was
in the army fighting for the preservation
Of the union? Which candidate will
receive the votes of every confederate
officer and soldier? Is it any fault OF
Gov. Hayes that every Catholic in the
United States is opposed to his election
n nresident ?
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-07-24

We presume our farmer friends, who
compose the county committee, take a
sensible view of the matter, and consid-
er haying of moro Importance than poll
tics 4; otherwise, there would be a call
for a county convention.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-07-24
LETTER FROM NEW YORK..
NEW YORK, July l6, 1876.

NEW YORK, July l6, 1876.
Special Correspondence.
In the destruction of Castle Garden
last week was destroyed $50 said all the
local papers) one of the oldest landmarks
of New York. On the contrary, an old
landmark was discovered for the fire.
clearing away the growth of woodwork
about it, laid bare the frowning walls of
the old fort, which, reared more than
century ago, has watched almost the
whole growth of the city. The old cas-
tie has had quite history, too much of
one, in fact. to be fully recOuntcd here.
Originally intended for the defense of
the town, its guns were first trained up
on the colonists themselves in a civil war;
Then it becomes haunt of the pirates
who infested the northern waters. Soon
after the war Of 1915, its Notifications
were leveled and the structure itself
turned into a huge pleasure ground,
which character 1t held upward Of
forty years. Washington and Lafayette
have been welcomed by New York with.
in its walls, and here it was, in 1851
that Jenny Lynd, that most wonderful
and most lovely of singers, under the
management Of Barnum, made her debu
in the New World, before an audienc,
of nearly $4,000 people.
The fearful heat continues, though
somewhat modified by the two heav,
showers of a few days since, and tn
interchange of electrical compliments b
the clouds and earth on those occasion:
The thunder aud lightning of Tuesda
f night were as severe as possible, an
fluid striking in a dozen different place
in the city and immediate neighborhooC
The suferings of the inmates of ii
A crowded tenement streets have been te
5 rible for these two weeks. No one WI
1 has never traversed Baxter and the a,
jacent streets on the East side of TOW
q can from any idea of how human beinJ
n are packed in the four and FIVE stol
e sardin boxes that line those narrc
? passage ways. The uncleanness al
consequent stencil are sitting even
. the poor wretches who have hardly ev
IN breathed any different AIR. Duri
Of these hot nights it has been a phisiC
y impOssibility for them to sleep in doc
- and thus all the sidewalks, docks a
Of open places have been nightly cover
in with the sleeping forms of all ages a
d, sexes, some on bed ticks, some on blair
= cts and many more on the hard pa
nm ment
re All the parks are transformed il
nd dOrmitOries for the time being. Cent
,e Park. Madison aud Union Squares a
n the Battery are nightly sought by tn,
of sands Of sufocated sufferers. whose u
les row quarters indoors are simply unbe
he able. Taking it all in all we are u
~ y. nimOusly in favor of petitlOniDg G
,vn Myer for a northeast snow-storm.
est IL is about time that something h
he pened for our relief as the mortaI
!, from sdnstroke is becoming alarm
81 among both men and animals. Not
ton than 400 persons have died from
ere heat thus far and the number may lal
s." ly exceed that figure. On the street
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-07-24
CHANGE In SEASONS
always calls for
CHANGE IN OUR CLOTHING
to ensure health and happiness.

In the season we desire to dress in light and
lOose-htting clothing Of wish TO cultivate
taste in the style and fit of garments which Gus
tom has established to be nearly quite universal
Now to meet the demands and ability of all as TO
means to acquire for themselves, raiment suited to the
season approaching, we have in stock large and conf
plete line of
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-07-24

General Custer, with five of his ofic-
ers, were insured in the New York Insur-
ance Company of this city, as follows !:
General Custer. $4,000 /; Captain Yates,
$4,000 Captain KeOgh, $4,000 Lieu
tenant Calhoun, $1,000; Lieutenant
Crittenden, $4,000, and Lieutenant
Carter, So. 900. These assurances were
effected under a special provision made
by the company for the benefit of army
J officers.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-07-24

That imperial moteor. Dom Pedro.
disappeared in the eastern horizon on
the 18th, which is to say that he sailed
for Europe on the Cunard steamer Rus
sia. The illustrious salamaIder hasn't
seemed to mind the weather, but scoOted
around during the last two weeks with
undated energy, doing up the flag end
of his sightseeing.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-07-24

lines most of the horses that are not alb
solutely sick are so exhausted as to be
hardly fit for use, and all sorts of expe-
dients have to be resorted to in order to
keep them up. One of the largest lines
has set steam engine to blowing cool
air through its stables, thus keeping up
aconstant draught, which humane course
proves to be also measure of economy,
the horses thus refreshed doing their
work much better and more easily than
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-15
OUR NEXT GOVERNOR.

EDITOR INTELLIGENCER: - Believing, with
many others, that Lafayette county is entitled to
the next governor, and having long and thor:
oughly known Col. John Reid, and from our
knowledge of his eminent qualifications to dis
charge the duties devolvlng upon the governor
OF this great state, we desire to urge upon our
fellow-citizens of the state at large q fair, due
and candid consideration of his merits and
claims upon us for the Office of governor. Col.
Reid is a man of large, varied snd ripe expert
ence, and would bring to his aid in the discharge
of the manifold duties of the Office of governor,
the wisdom and experience OF the success which
have crowned his W efforts in his individual
affairs, when, as the architect of his own for
tune, by his untirins energy, economy, Industry
and skill, he has succeeded in winning 4 nome
and a home worthy OF the man, and a just re-
ward for a well directed skill, which he has
ever shown as a good dnancier. And with duo
Difference to all other candidates, in our judg-
ment, Col. Reid has more to commend him for
governor than any candidate now before the
people. In conclusion. knowing that it was
through his efforts and the result OF the vigorous
light which he made, rs the chairman of the
State Democratic committee, that the holding OF
the National Democratic convention was award
ed to st. Louis, which eliminated in the nomi-
nation OF Hon. Samuel j. Tilden, next presi-
dent OF the United States, We feel that this,
with other faithful and earnest labors performed
by him for the democratic party of Missouri,
point out most consplcuously Col. John Reid, of
Lafayette county, as the son of Missouri more
worthy than any one else to bear the standard OF
the democracy in the contest for governor.
Hoping to see Col. Reid receive the nomination
for governor, We subscribe ourselves faithfully
and eternally his friends.