The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-07-15

! leaves as above every Tuesday and
Saturday, at Z q. fn., from the head OF
st. Louis street, touching, both going
and coming, at the head OF Jackson
street and Louisiana avenue. Fare I:
| "a so.
In few days we expect to announce
the complete organization OF the steam-
| boatmerl's Tilden and Hendricks club.
| BAD NEWS
[By Telegraph
| SHREVEPORT, July 4.-To M. N. Wood.
| New Orleans and Red River Transpor-
tation Company: River risen at Fulton
| / foot inches In the last twenty-four
hours. Everything overflowed and rising
fast here. j. H. JORDAN.
THE IsaBEL.--This new home made
packet will be launched this evening.
The Era No. 10 has gone to choke
stump.
tFrom Morning Press Dispatched
vtoKsBURo. July H.-Riyer rose L inch TO-
day. Weather warm and clear. Passed up:
White at iam ,,, p9wa; KATE .,,h r .; :aa m Thar
| nometer 96. The river has risen 10 inches. No
movements of steamers, The upper river at
and Is n W out Of It's bun $. threatening all the
crops with destruction In the upper rivor valley.
MEMPHIS July 10. River rose inch, and now
stands "a ieet inches Heavy rain storm this
Afternoon. Maximum me curry 30 Arrived:
Ella from Arkansas river. Departed; Capitol
CITY for Vieksbnrg, Helena for ~ Louis; A..
Ba or for ohio river. Shnkie for Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, July IA hiver II feet Inches and
falling. rainy and warm.
p1TrsBURe. July i4.-Hiver feet 10 inches and
falling.
EvANswt July H.-Weather threatening
and warm. River falling.
LOUISVILLE. July i4-Weather warm and
ele'r. River falling; feet In tie canal.
CAino. July H.-Arrived Maude and Belle
of Shreveport from 81. L2us. scudder from
Nptu .tflH ,rE rtp1s Ia nj Hhrnypnngt
and 1cudder for st Louis Maud for vicksburg.
River 81 feet 10 inches and stationary Weather
ST. LOUIS. July 1A-Arrved: Mollie Moore
fropi,NsJp 0rIasufS Brsnd Tower from Vicks-
lepresent said parish Mt the STATE Con
lervative- Democratic Convention, to be
held at Baton Rouge on July "a, 1876,
The Convention was called to order
by Robert Martin, Esq, OF Breaux
Bridge. who proposed the name OF Mr..
Walery Thibodeaux as President Of the
Convention, and the names Of Messrs.
Trevil Thbodeaux, Trevil Guidry, Oar
court Dugas, Charles Gueriniere, Sr.,
Adolphe Dupuis. Valery Ledoux. Chas.
Leblanc and BaItazard Berard as Vice
Presidents.
These nominations were unanimously
approved and ratified by the Conven-
ton. ...,,,,,, ,,, !. st,,n 10 tbe : pro,
= nm q of the public fignte waste OF public
lands to CORPORATIONS III uS, ana tnelf ulVeF-
aud nIonopDlies and sion from actual settlers
demand that tho ma by the party in power,
tiona domain be de- which has squandered
voted to free homes 20U,0W,00J acres upon
for TIA sople.-[Ciu- railroads alone. and out
einnau Platform of more than thrice that
aggregate has dsposed
of less than a sixth to
tlers of the soil.-tSt
Louis Platform.
That the Cincinnati platform is
treacherous on this question is proven
from the fact that il it is opposed to
grants OF the public lands to corpora
tions, it never puts its precept into prac-
tice. The facts are these
Total acres not reserved for free
homes mes....................... 1885 4O5
To nj number OF acres bestowed to
land grants since 1927 2T.....4........ DOG 900 900
Granted by Democratic party In thirty
four years s....................,... 3o.f5I sos
Granted by Republican party In fifteen
vars I75. BAG. .405
Democratic grants per annum........ 900. 900
Republican grants per annum........ 12,O0O,OO0
These grants by the Republican party
cover 274, ,75s square miles, an area as
large as the territory of all the New
England States, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland,
Ohio and Indiana, which altogether
embrace only 256, 900 square miles.