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The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-01

which springs from the wise admins
tration of legitimate government; from
the impartial administration of the laws
from the disbursement Of the public
funds for the public good. The peace
which fiourishes under those auspices II
coveted, desired and loved by all goot
and patriotic citizens. It is under thu
influences OF this sort Of peace tha'
kingdoms and republics v flourish
grow rich, and are happy. MOI
unfrequently peace Of ro this kline
has been established through war and
revolution. To peace Of this nature
tyrants, usurpers, rings and thieves
have always been opposed, and in it,
great interests, very often, it has been
necessary to raise the standard OF wal
or Of revolution and to strike with the
sword. ,ft.4 l.,pf,tata h,a.attlt..,s ,tll .
And there is another kind Of peace.
The peace which comes Of abject, in
famous, fatal submission to wrong rand to
usurpation. This is the peace w. Pitt
Kellogg and his minions would estab-
lish in Louisiana. This is the peace the
sixty signers of the memorial protest
ing against Kellogg's Impeachment
have mistaken for a public blessing. This
is the peace those Conservative gentle
men who are eternally protesting
against resistance to Kellogg would
have us accept. 1t is the peace the wolf
gives to the lamb; the peace which fol-
lows in the track Of pestilence and
famine; the peace the ruthless con-
querOr accords the sacked city; the
peace under whose whitening influences
commerce dies, cities decay and free
men degenerate into cringing wretches,
fit only to bear the scourging of their
masters the peace which paralyzes
every brave, generous and honest senti-
ment OF the human heart and under
which flourish cowardice, treachery,
cupidity, and every species OF meanness.
II the people OF Louisiana hope
to restore the prosperity Of their
city and State, they must take to their
hearts the lesson embodied in the quota
tions we have given above from great
English author, and which are exempli-
fed in all the history Of the world. They
must not mistake that infamous and
fatal peace which comes of abject and
cowardly submission to wrong, for that
most noble, beneficefft and glorious
peace which is often born amid the fires
Of revolution, and which is the legitimate
child lof resistance to oppression and
They must, in short, insist
that a constitutional government shall
be established in this State. -liA
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-01

States Assistant Attorney General, and
j. f. Leonard, the States District At.
torney, or in other words, a criminal
accused by the State, and represented
by the counsel OF the State, were
all present aiding and abettfffg In this
monstrous proceeding, and to-day, by
such agencies, Kellogg is declared ac-
quilted, and the representatives Of the
people stand at bay. as'h ~ 'Aflsii'e' ~
Even date with all this comes Kellogg g
message, the most extraordinary on
record, announcing that an act passed
by the Hahn House and Senate In 1876
has become a law, and that the Speaker
Of the House cannot, in any event, be.
come Governor. if HieI'19I eaa y
And this Is the case to-day. The
usurper has defied the law; the Senate
and the Chief Justice have abetted him
In his defiance; a bastard act is fiaUnt-
ed by him in the faces OF the people as
the law OF the land, and the Returning
Board and Supreme Court stand ready
to beat down the popular will ut the
polls, and to perpetuate the usurpation.
l. But two days remain, and the eyes OF
the entire people Of the State and Of the
Union are turned upon our representa-
tives. 'siH3lt i's-'t go
Let the House act let it act at once
let there be no half-hearted action; but
ceasing all cavils, and silencing all
doubts, strike home upon the usurpers
with all the powers which rightfully and
constitutionally belong to 1t, and Of the
propriety OF exercising which the House
must judge, under its solemn obligation
to preserve, protect and defend the law
Of the land, and the liberties of the
people.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-01

PERSON AL.--Mr. Chas. w. Pescay
formerly with E. A. Tyler Of this city
and now q resident Of Houston, Texas
paid us q visit yesterday. We welcome
the Duke" to our realm and wish him
a safe return to his principality.
We had the pleasure OF call yester.
day from Mr.. Wright, the editor Of that
fearless and able paper, the Vicksburg
Herald.
DIR. Potts, OF the Mansfield Reporter,
is In our city. The Reporter is an ex-
cellent and widely circulated paper in
North Louisiana. t sA
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-01

We call the attention OF our citizens
to the meeting to-day at ~ o'clock IL
the hall of the Chamber OF Commerce
over Louisiana National Bank, on Com.
mon street. Delegates from sixteen
States are present.; the matter is Of
vital Importance to our State, and we
trust that the presence in force Of mum.
beers Of our leading and active business
men will demonstrate their appreciation
OF the importance OF the occasion.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-01
Il. II. SOUTHMAYD,
Business Manager

The DEVIL Sitting IN JUDGMENT UpoN
SrN.--Jno. T. Ludeling presiding over
tn Senate sitting in trial Of VIM. r.
Kellogg.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-01

The Immigration Convention will meet at 10
O'Clock on WEDNESDAY. March 1. at the room
OF the Chamber OF Commerce. over the Louisi-,
ana National Bank. Common street, near the
corner OF Camp.
- ~ lAh JOHN H. KENNARD. '-si1
Chairman Of Executive Committee Chamber of
Commerce.. foa6. o. ~
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-01
Carpet and Curtain
WAR EHnnRE

Wholesale and Retail. II Chartres Street.
GARPETING, Administer. Velvet. Brussels. etc.
EtsQ 111St ylltGt0TH, English and American.
WINDOW SHADES. Table and Piano Coyers
CURTAIN and Furniture Materials.
bhOCATELLE, Cotelines. Reps and Slip Gov.
BCR-APS. by the bale. piece or yard.
Ie27 o1p A. RROUSSEAU i SON
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-01

The attention OF United Friends OF
Temperance Is called TO notice, pub
lished in another column, OF an adjourn
ed meeting Of the Grand Council to be
March LIST, 1876. - go
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-01

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The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-01

presiding, and Immediately non-suit
the case" was the sagacious advice OF
Warmoth.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-01


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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-27
The Fatal Collision At Sea.

It is difficult to account for the fact that
the most experienced seamen become in
ime totally Indifferent to dangers that
strike an intelligent landsmsn as being the
most likely to overtake ship when APP
preaching a frequented coast. We have
known of large steamers being dragged on
the rocks by oceanic and littoral cur
rents that have been carefully traced
on charts for the purpose of marking their
dangerous influence on navigation, and yet,
when approaching these treacherous locali-
ties, the utmost indifference is displayed by
captains. Narrow channels that lead to i'm
portant ports are entered at full speed, while
with good luck for pilot the ship master
takes all the risks that come in the way
without making solitary provision against
disasters that threaten on every
side. So with nearly every other
movement and manmuvre known to navi-
cation, recklessness, which is the direct
outgrowth of familiarity with danger, in
creases that danger tenfold and too often re-
suits in catastrophe like that described in
to-day's HERALD, by which the British brig
S. n Collymore was sent to the bottom and
four lives were sacrificed The collision took
place at night, during dense fog, in the
vicinity Of South Shoals, of Nantucket,
and in the track Of vessels bound coast
wise. The National Eagle was bound
south, for Rio, and the s. N. Collymore
north, for Nova Scotia and although both
captains were familiar with the dangers Of
the vicinity they kept right on and drove
through the denss fog until the National
Eagle drove the S. N. Collymore to the bot
tom. There was no shortening sail; no
sounding Of the fog horn on either ship; no
precaution whatever ; SO that the probabili-
ties OF a collision were rendered rs nearly
equal to the chances OF escaping ono as
the masters Of both vessels could make
them. 1t appears that the captain of the Ma
tional Eagle made a creditable effort
but will any one commend the hus-
band for abandoning his wife on the
wreck without making the slightest effort
to save her? 1t was case of 'sauve qui pcsst"
with the captain of the Collymore and his
men, in which helpless woman, sleeping
man, q young sailor and boy were left to
their fate. A better system of night and day
fog signals is much needed for safe naviga-
ton along the New England coast but none
will prove SO great protection to vessels as
the recognition by captains Of the rules
which should govern the most as well as the
least experienced seaman in approaching q
frequented channel.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-27
The Arithmetic OF the Political situ-
alton.


Our republican contemporary, the Times,
printed yesterday carefully prepared table
which purported to give the number of votes
that will be given to each candidate at Gin
cinnati, SO far as the delegates have yet been
chosen and their preferences are known.
Another republican contemporary, the Com
mercial Advertiser, complains that this table
is unfair to Senator Conkling I'm estimat-
ing the relative strength of the candidates
for the Presidency at Cincinnati" says the
Commercial, lit gives Mr.. Conkling but
seven votes out of his own State The Times
knows that he will have more than forty
votes on the first ballot from other States
than New York" The Commercial does not,
however, point out the States from which
these votes are to come. Although we dis
cover some errors in the Times table
we think the false impression it is cal
culated to make does not SO much lie
in particular inaccuracies as in the mislead-
ing effect of unexplained figures grouped
with little regard to their real meaning.
Even if we were to accept the table in the
Times as accurate it would only be necessary
to analyze it In the light of we'll known facts
to make its deceptive character apparent.
We insert the summary appended to the
table as the basis Of our remarks:--
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-27
the Gainsborouuh Robbery.

What folly it was to cut from its frame the
famous portrait of the Duchess of Devon
SHIRE by Gainsborough ! Such theft %
this is futile, for the thief can derive no bene-
fit from his offence. If man steals bond
or dollar he may sell it in the open
market, but celebrated work Of art
is not disposed of so easily. The value
Of this picture depends upon the fame and
the name Of the artist, and unless the name
is revealed in the sale wherein is the thief to
profit? A reward Of five thousand dol.
lars has been offered for the arrest
and conviction Of the wretched of.
fender who stole the portrait of the
Duchess, but he has probably already dis.
covered his mistake. He has stolen what ID
not marketable, and might destroy the
picture to escape detection. Gainsborough
was celebrated contemporary of Sir Joshua
Reynolds, although he never equalIed
that great master of the last century.
His most remarkable picture is
the famous "Blue Boy" in which
he attempted to produce warm effect,
while using what artists describe MS cold
colors, and succeeded superbly in his effort.
The robbery will remind the public OF the
cutting ont Of part of a Murillo in Spain
recently. and the plan to sell it in this coun-
try, which was soon detected.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-27

Within few days nearly four million dol.
lars worth Of dry goods have been sold in
this city at public sale, and at prices which,
while they satisfy dealers, present to manu-
facturers the conditions Of the market they
are called upon to supply. This may not be
exactly revival Of trade; in fact, the event
is still too recent for an opinion to be safely
given Of its probable effect upon trade gen.
orally, but i looks encouragingly like an
issue from the deadlock that existed. Tn
certainty in trade, the inability to make
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-27

The rates and regulations Of cabs and
hackney carriages in Paris, which we publish
to-day, will afford our citizens further in
sight into the abuses to which we are sub
jected in New York. It will be seen that
the rates of fare are even less than in Lon
don, and from the number of vehicles
and horses employed in the business
it is evident that it is profitable one to fol-
low. The cab hired in the street or at a
railroad station costs thirty -four cents only
for the course" or forty-fve cents by the
hour, with liberal allowance for baggage
and trifing charge for extra trunks. The
General voiture Company possessed last
year over five thousand vehicles, over nin<
thousand horses, and employed up
wards of five thousand workmen. If a
passenger desires to make little more
show than a street cab enables him to do he
hires visiting carriage and appears on ths
boulevards and avenues in o handsome
coupe, with liveried coachman, from one
o'clock in the day until five in the evening,
for the small charge of three dollars. For the
added luxury Of liveried footman in addi-
tic n he pays only single dollar more-littls
enough for full grown man in gold lace and
buttons. coupe or victoria to the theatre
and return costs only one dollar and sixty
cents, and other entertainments, such az
balls, soirees, weddings and funerals. can be
attended at a proportionate expense. We
even have satin lined carriages for ladies'
use at only small extra charge. When will
some sympathizing individual give US such
luxuries in public oonveyances in New York?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-27

ssHow soon we are forgotten when we are
gone" is the simple and true remark Of poor
Rip Van Wrinkle after he was awakened from
his sleep of twenty years in the Kaatskill
Mountains. What shall be done with the
body OF man after its life has left it has
always been problem. The East Indians
deliver it to be devoured by birds; the West
Indians, in our own country, place it on
trees, exposed to the slow decay of the atmos-
pheric effects, while the Christian, who is
told that the body and the spirit shall be
raised at once, antagonizes humiliation and
demands that the mortal shall, in the lam
guage Of the New Testament, put on immor-
tally. Yet true religion would seem to tell
the world that what happens to the mere
mortal frame is of little worth. The Theo-
sophical funeral is no better than any other
funeral, unless it conforms more than other
methods to sanitary laws. 1t will be o very
interesting and instructive ceremony, but its
importance may be exaggerated. 1t is not the
dead that we should care for SO much as for
the living, and one act of kindness is worth
o dozen sentiments Of regret We recon-
mend the Philosophical Society to study
these truths. 1t is not how dead man is
inferred in a grave or inurned nor by what
ancestral ceremonies he is honored that
is so essential to the world as what is
done to the living, the poor, the criminal
and the wrctched. Generosity alone truly
proves the worth and humanity of our pub
lie corporations All after death is mys-
terry, but life is all we know.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-27

Mn. RoBEnT RUpERrY, Of Jersey City. who
recently left the painting business to try hiS
fortune as diamond merchant evidentl4
mistook his calling. His first stock in trade
consisted of pair of cluster earrings, pair
of solitaire earrings and q diamond breast-
pin. He took the solitaires and the
stones in the breastpin out of their
setting and disposed Of them at the moder-
ate sums Of ten and twelve dollars each and
the clusters he sold for one dollar and q
half. The police Of this city took charge Of
him and sent him back to Jersey in order
that he might be taught trade at which he
can realize better profits.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-27

The two executions yesterday presented
singular contrast The man Piper-if we
may dignity the brute SO far as to give him
credit for any manhood at all. when he was
almost destitute Of any real human trait
went to the scaffold like q beaten hound.
The applause of the people outside
of the prison when they heard the
beast was dead simply expressed the
universal feeling ofindignation at his crimes.
Under the garb of religion and in the shadow
Of the holy cross Piper perpetrnted crimes of
the utmost cruelty. He was probably ire
sponsible, but that is no reason why he
should not have been put out Of existence.
The wolf and the rattlesnake are irresponsi-
BILE, but we naturally shoot the one and tread
upon the head Of the other.
Frost went to the scaffold bravely, and
though the manner of his execution was ter
rible it was not disgusting. Even if he-did
not repent he did not exhibit physical
terror, and there is some respect to be paid
even to murderer if he dies what is called
game" Physical courage is always respected
by mankind, and the moral courage which
strengthens q convicted man to 60 deliber-
ately to the hangman's moose must COM
mand sympathy with the man, notwith-
standing the fact that it is attended by horror
of his crime. Frost was so far superior to
the brutal Piper that, though both were
murderers, the one seems almost innocent
in comparison with the guilt of the other.
The question of capital punishment is
one of profound importance. 1t has been
much confused by the sentimentalists.
They pity every murderer, yet they do not
care for his victim. They ask for mercy,
yet are unable TO declare true system
of justice. 1t is very likely, we are willing
to admit, that the hanging of Piper and
of Frost will not deter other men from COM
hitting murders, for no murderer ex-
poets to be detected, and many have
not yet been discovered. and yet the feeble
ness of the influence of the death penalty
upon the morality Of the public and upon
social safety must not be permitted to inter-
fere with justice The story is told Of DR..
johnson that he proposed to marry Mrs.
Thrale when that celebrated lady replied,
1T would disgrace you, for I have had an
uncle who was hanged at the Old Bailey"
''That makes no difference, said the Doctor,
with his usual good sense and candor, ''for
have had a dozen relations who ought to
have been hanged, but, much to the general
regret, were not" We are inclined to be-
lieve that hanging does not prevent
crime, but it at least extinguishes
criminals. 'Give every man his
deserts, " said Hamlet, land who shall es-
cape whipping?" There are many men in
the world who ought to be hanged, but won't
be, and the chief objection to the scaAold is
this, that it settles no general principle of
right or wrong, but simply deals with ex-
ceptional and extreme cases of crime.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-27

the same ticket with Conkling, il he is will
ing to take the Vice Presidency at all, and it
is SO high and honorable an Office that he
will not decline it. With this understand
ing the Ohio delegates will be transferred to
Conkling, and Conkling and Hayes will
make the strongest possible ticket. because
it will insure. success in the two great
pivotal States of Ohio and New York. on
which the election will mainly turn. Blaine
would be weak in New York, would add
nothing to the party strength in Ohio and
has not the slightest chance Of getting the
Morton or even the Bristow delegates when
these candidates are taken out Of the race.
The foregone certainty that he could not
rescue New York from the democrats is Of
itself o fatal bar to his nomination for with
out the vote of New York it is impossible to
elect republican President. We stand by
our Judgment that "Conkling and Hayes
against the deck" is the best expression of
the probabilities of the republican canvass.
The democratic horoscope does not point
to SO clear result. Governor Tilden will
lead on the first ballot at St Louis, as Mr.
Blaine will on the first at Cincinnati, but he
will be even further behind the requisite
majority than Mr.. Blaine will be. Only
bare majority is needed at CINCINNATI, but at
ST. Louis the successful candidate must
have two-thirds Governor Tilden is not
likely to receive even o majority, much less
two-thirds majority. We do not doubt
that he would make an able and upright
President nor that his administration, if he
could be elected, would be distinguished by
remarkable vigor and efficiency. We do not
doubt that SO conspicuous representative
of reform would be supported with en-
thusiasm and receive large popular vote.
But there are, nevertheless, insurmountable
obstacles to his nomination. powerful
and determined democratic faction in his
own State has resolved to defeat him at any
cost, and, what is more important, the
Western wing of the party would bolt and
destroy all chances Of success if
Mr.. Tilden should be nominated. A
man must be politically blind or
in state of lunacy who does not
see that these adverse elements will be
strong enough to control at least one-thlrd
of the. st. Louis Convention. Governor
Tilden cannot annihilate these facts by shut
ting his eyes. True patriotism, magnanim-
ity and party loyalty require him to take
note of the situation, withdraw his claims
and turn his influence in favor of candi-
date who would save all that is valuable in
his own principles. Senator Bayard would
make as honest and incorruptible Presi-
dent as Governor Tilden; he is as faithful
an advocate Of sound monetary doctrines
he has a large experience in national affairs,
while Mr.. Tilden has none he has excited
no personal enmities in any part of the
country and he would be enthusiastically
by the reunited democracy of New
York and of every section of the Union. Let
Governor Tilden rise to noble and gener-
GUS act Of self-abnegation and strengthen
his party by laying his personal aspirations
on the altar
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-27

ton for mandamus to compel the Judges
Of the Marine Court to assign to duty Mr..
James p. Sinnott, who claims to have been
appointed Judge of that Court by Gov.
ernor Tilden. The decision of the Court
confirms the right of the Governor to APP
point without the Senate, and declares that
the assignment of judges to their duties is a
ministerial and not judicial act.