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The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-17
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION.

We have not been disappointed in the
result of the election in New Hamp-
shire. 1t has been for many years a
Republican State. The occasional tri-
umphs Of the Democracy have been
achieved through local disturbing
causes notably the temperance move
ment-which has sometimes carried off
enough votes from tho Republican party
to enable the Democrats to carry the
State by a plurality. New Hampshire is
a locality where u venomous hatred of
the South still survives in nearly all its
energy. The average New Hampshire
Republican has kindlier feeling
for thief than he has for
la Southern man, and would
rather see h--ll annexed to the Union
and enjoying all the rights and privi-
leges OF sovereign State, than the
South emancipated and restored to its
rights under the Constitution. The
spectacle Of SO many representative
Southern men in Congress has, there
fore, shocked the sensibilties Of the
New Hampshire men, and they very
likely regard the exposures of corrup-
ton in the Administration, which the
Southern Democrats have aided in
making, as a devilish Confederate move
upon the integrity Of the Union,
and they resolved to check it.
New Hampshire, too, is said to be
the most venal State in the
Union. New Hampshire voters are
bought up in droves like sheep or hogs,
and driven to the polls to vote as they
are paid to vote. 1t was the policy Of
the leaders of the National Republican
party to take advantage Of this fact, and
when the Belknap exposure was made,
they raised and sent over to the Granite
State large additions to the stock fund
for the purchase Of votes.
And yet, we do not pretend to say
that the result in New Hampshire is
without an alarming significance. It
has not, it is true, been SO much a
triumph Of the Republican over the
Democratic party as the open and
shameless triumph of corruption. But
this fact is one evidence that the corrup-
ton and profiigacy which are now so
conspicuous in the administration Of the
Government pervades the masses of the
people, and that consequently it will be
most difficult to organize the campaign
upon the basis Of opposition to corrup-
ton. II the people are corrupt and
venal, they are not likely to be greatly |
shocked at the existence of corruption
and venality among the men they have
elected to office.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-17

frntlcnens the peoplo will believe him
guilty until he produces the most con-
vincing proof OF his innocence. He has
not done so. He has met grave charges
presented by honorable men, and sus-
tanned by the sworn testimony Of
others, with bold contradictions. This
is audacity, but not refutation.
Having met the charges against him
in this matter by mere denials which
are worthless. with something Of inge-
nuity Mr.. Anderson strengthens his
weak defense by attempting to destroy
public interest in the matter. With this
view, he coolly af1irms that the Legisla-
ture of 1875 having repudiated the B1uf
and Crocodile bonds, the State has no
longer any interest in the matter. For
brazen audacity this Is equal to any
thing we have ever seen. The truth Is,
that the Legislature of 1876 passed an
act forbidding the Funding Board
to fund certain bonds until the same
should be declared legal and valid by
the Supreme Court. The BGuf and
Crocodile bonds, the New Orleans, Mo
bile and Texas railroad bonds, and the
North Louisiana and Texas railroad
bonds, were among those included in
this act. Mr.. Anderson tells the public
that by this act the bonds, the proceeds of
which he is charged with having appro-
priated, were repudiated, and that, con-
sequently, the State has no interest in
the matter. Mr.. Anderson is too well
informed not to have known that this
was not true He knows perfectly we'll
that the Supreme Court has already
ordered the Board Of Liquidation to
fund the North Louisiana and Texas
railroad bonds, amounting to 81, LIZA.
600; that the New Orleans. Mo
bile and Texas railroad bonds
are now before the court on ap-
peal, and that the general opinion
is, that the court will declare them legal
and valid. And he knows perfectly
we'll that the Bnuf and Crocodile bonds
have not been repudiated, but that they
will sooner or later be passed upon by
the Supreme Court, and that the
chances are that they will be declared
legal and valid obligations against the
State. It was O wretched subterfuge
on the part of Mr.. Anderson to declare
that these bonds had been repudiated,
and that the State was no longer con-
cerned as to whether he and his allies
had honestly expended their proceeds
or dishonesty appropriated them. The
taxpayers of the State have a very
lively interest In the matter, and it is
hardly probable that the Senator has
not heard the last Of it.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-17
LONDON IMPROVEMENTS.


from the Correspondence of the N. Y. World
LONDON, Feb. 2l.-The Metropolitan
Board of Works has now jurisdiction
over 11S square miles of land upon
which dwell a population of 3,513.O0o
people in 451,742 houses. The Board
has been in existence for twenty
one years, and it has done a
vast amount of work of the ut
most importance and value. The
complete drainage of the whole metro
politan district has been accomplished
bp it; it has built the magnificent en-
bankments on the river unequaled in
the world, at cost of G2, 4O3, 269; it has
provided parks, gardens, and open
spaces, many OF them very beautiful, at
the cost of G343, 900; it has built "a great
and is still building others; it has
almost transformed old London and
changed it from an ugly and ill
planned city into really hand
some and delightful metropolis.
Strange to say, the board has done
all this in such a way that it now has
a debt of only G9,215, 1886, and this debt
embraces also the cost of large improve
ments now being carried on involving
an expenditure of G3,000,000. The tax
levied by the board this year will be
little over AID in the pound 4.Gd). which
will raise the sum of G446,079. The
board will also receive G233, 900 from the
coal and wine dues of the city of Lon
don, which are now paid over to it. Sir
Charles Dixie has recently written a
paper on the taxation of Paris, which
shows that things are better done in
London than in the French capital.
The Parisians are charged in local taxa
ton GA a head, and this is independent
of taxation for the General Government.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-17
REMARKABLE FEAT.
WestOn's IT'S Miles In Is Consecutive
Hours.

London Correspondence Of the N. y. Times.l
A number of doctors are watching the
performer very closely from a profess
sional point Of view. The only prepare
ton Weston makes for his feats is to
pass few days quietly in the country,
taking ten mile walk daily. It has
been stated that he lives chiefly on cold
meat and is total abstainer, but this
is not exactly the case He does not
confine himself to cold meat, and
before starting for his present 275
miles walk he had broiled steak and
he also takes soup made from extract of
beef. During his walks he takes moth
ing except cold tea, lemons and oranges
to refresh himself, with the soup just
mentioned for nourishment; but at other
times he is not teetotaler. His Ordi-
nary rate Of walking is about four miles
and half an hour. During the first
twenty four hours he rests for ten min
utes every two hours, when he reclines
on a couch, with both head and feet
and the body doubled up, and
he is then shampooed with bay rum,
rubbed in direction from a distant end
Of the limbs toward the trunk. At the
end of each twenty four hours he takes
two hours sleep and generally eats a
little cold beef. His walking is entirely
from the hip, his knees being flexed.
Weston made his 275 miles and had
three minutes and thirty-nine seconds
to spare.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-17
ATTEMPTS TO DESTROY THE RE-
CORDS.
Taft should Keep steam Fire Engine
standing at the Door.
from the Washington Capital.

From the washington CapltalJ
Our article concerning the attempted
burning of the army and navy buildings
is creating considerable attention, The
wonder Is that these significant events
SO long escaped notice. Here were de-
cords of two of our most important de-
partments, and they passed like sum-
mer clouds, without especial wonder.
Save q feeble reference to rats, lucifer
matches and spontaneous combustion,
no thought was given to the gravest
events occurring in this questionable
Administration.
Women seldom, and men never. tempt
the Penitentiary without some powerful
motive and no common hOuse-burner
saturated papers with petroleum and
fired the heap without some design
other than q wanton desire to witness q
conf1agration. Had there been but one
attempt it might have passed as q cas-
ualty; but here were three on the Navy
and one on the War Department.
And yet it requires the fall of War
Secretary to awaken public interest i'm
the overt acts. "a
We believe, aided by anonymous let
ters received, that we have clue to the
criminals; but we believe also that it is
too late to use the information. Water
destroys as completely as lire, and the
house burners, SO desperate in their
efforts to obliterate all trace of their
doubtless lost no time and
opportunity to carry out and destroy all
that was damning to them. We walked
through the Navy Department fter the
more serious attempt at destruction,
and saw it wet, dripping and torn up.
We said to friend then: "The San
Domingo, French arms, Secor claims
and all have gone beyond investiga-
ton =
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-17
THE GALLONS IN .NEwBERRY.
Execution Of Thompson, the POmaria
Murdefcr.

w. Il. Thompson, negro the Pomaria
murderer, was hanged at Newberry on
Friday In the presence Of several thous-
and spectators.
Thompson rode to the place of exeeu-
ton seated upon his coffin and smoking
q cigar. He assembled the scaffold calm
ly and took his seat in chair and then
finished the cigar. He had been sem
fenced to be hanged on the 18th of Feb
him by Governor Chamberlain for pre-
paration to die. Accordingly he Joined
In prayer with the Rev. Mr. Kuhns, q
white Lutheran clergyman, after which
he expressed to the assemblage the hope
that he would meet them i'm Heaven.
He then read q confession that he him.
self shot and killed Mr. Hayne Reid at
Pomaria on the night of the oath OF Dc
cember, and that he then robbed the
safe and set fire to the store. He excul-
pated certain parties whom he had inn
plicated in a former confession, and said
h at only one other person was with him
when he committed the murder. His
thanks were then returned to Mr.. john
ston and the sheriff, and the ministers
of the Gospel, after which he was made
ready for execution. The trap fell, and
he was launched into eternity His neck
was not broken, and death resulted from
strangulation. The body was left sus-
pended for over forty minutes before
life was extinct. Neither Of his two
wives nor any Of his relatives claimed
the corpse.
The facts Of the murder are still fresh
in the minds OF our readers On Christ
mas eve, Thompson and Wade COOK
and Calvin Wilson knocked at the door
Of the store of Mr.. Hayne d. Reid, at
Pomaria, at 8 o'clock at night. after the
store had been closed, and were ad-
mitted, and while Mr.. Reid had his
back turned, Thompson shot him
with pistol, and then either
he or one Of the other finished tho
robbed of about $4,000. The murderers
then saturated the dead body with kero-
sene and set fire to it. The flames COM
municated to the building, which was
destroyed. The next morning the marks
of violence on the charred remains, ana
the open safe, showed that horrible
crime had been committed.
The detectives arrested Thompson and
his accomplices. The former made q
confession, and delivered up the money
which had been concealed in his own
house. Thompson was tried by g
jury of his own color, convicted ana
was sentenced. The other men VIII
be tried at the next term OF COURT
Thompson was hardened GRIM
inal. He was once sentenced 10
the Penitentiary for twenty years lot
horse stealing, but was soon pardoned
by Governor Moses. While EN- route
to the Penitentiary he shot one OF ms
guards. He set fire to the Jail in Column
bia in which he was subsequently lncar-
cerated for another offense, and came
near escaping. He was full.bloodeu
negro about thirty years OF age
Ne,Us and Courier.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-17
IonD LrSroN.
ven lrerc1lth, the New viceroy Of India

owen Meredith, the New vicer0y Of India.
Handsome, suave, graceful, accom-
plished, he was quite the conventional
beau-ideal Of the young enthusiast and
poet. Absorbed in composing poems.
and reading them, as a priceless favor.
to a little circle of admiring vOtaries ;
rendered melancholy by the GOODNESS,
the young man regarded him with a
loving enthusiasm, denied him the least
manifestation of personal interest and
affection, and frowned sternly upon
his literary aspirations; In love, as
u matter OF course, and. almost
equally of course perhaps, in love
swith married woman, a hopeless pas
sion, which held him vibrating upon the
verge of suicide, but which did not pre-
vent the young poet from enjoying a
mild Irritation when favoring fate
brought him into communion with any
sweetly sympathetic soul in the form Of
sitting himself at the feet
of the Brownings-ac accomplished, ami
able, brilliant. with endless sweet and
winning qualities, although q little sem
timental and effeminate such was the
Robert Bulwer... the "Owen Meredith
of twenty years ago. Since, the
character of this brilliant man has
undergone, IL not a transformation,
yet an unusually noble and harmo-
NOUS development. His connection
with the diplomatic service has brought
him into relations with the statesmen
of Europe, and kept him in midstream
in the current of events. His marriage
to beautiful, accomplished and noble
woman; the love of lovely children; the
earnestness of his pursuit OF literature
and high ambition; the devotion of
troops of friends all have combined to
give depth and earnestness to charac-
ter which seemed to lack these qualities.
In literature he has attained u world
wide renown and popularity and has how
been appointed to the highest office with
in the gift of the English Govern
ment. Lord Lytton's appointment rs
viceroy has occasioned surprise and dis
satisfaction in certain distinguished
quarters. Looked upon as the courtly
man of the world and elegant versifier,
the favorite of ladies and darling OF
drawing rooms, his sterling qualities
have been overlooked But Disraeli is
not man apt to be deceived in his esti-
mate of character. My belief is, that
Lord Lytton will not prove unworthy of
the trust reposed in him, and that it is
not improbable that he will command
before his death higher reputation
than his father, both as a statesman
and author London Letter.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-17
The Presidents Slush."

Cincinnati Enquirer Washington Special. 10TH
twill be remembered that F. G. Heiser
& Co. recently denied the statement
made in these kilograms that Grant had
received $1,000 from Parke and Stewart
in consideration Of writing a letter to
Schenck advising him to go into the
Emma mine scheme. Mr.. Mitchell, of
Kansas City, who was named in these
dispatches as authority for the state
ment, has a letter from Henry Heiser
admitting that he made the statement.
The only error in the statement tele-
graphed was that the draft was for
100000 instead Of $4,000, and that it
was negotiated through another house
instead Of that of Heiser & Co. The
denial telegraphed to the Associated
Press was based upon these errors. The
main charge ives true,
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-17
A TERRIBLE MISTAKE.
The Danger Of Dark Rooms and whisky.
From the Dubuque HeraId.I

From the Dubuque Herald.1
Weddings are as thick in this vicinity
Just now as blackbirds in mulberry
marsh. This time it is two couples from
the classic and mystic shades of the
Badger State, not more than q hundred
miles from Sinsinawa Mound. They
had heard of the hospitality of our
clerks, our lawyers, our 'squires, and
the people of Dubuque in general, and
concluded that the environs of the Key
City was just the place wherein to weld
the letters that bind life. Arriving in
Dunleith, they boarded the ferryboat,
and placing themselves under the pro-
tecting wing of Captain Yates, soon
stood upon the levee that has cost the
city so much time, money and condem-
nation. The horse cars took them to q
hotel, where they were assigned to the
parlor, while q messenger was dis
patched for Squire Griswold. Upon his
arrival the squire took in the situation
at glance, and after satisfying himself
that all was legal and correct, performed
the marriage ceremony in duplicate.
The grooms were brothers and the
brides were sisters, young and hand
some. After they were married, the
clerk of the hotel was requested to show
them suitable rooms, which he did,
putting John and his wife in one, and
was Immediately over Johns room on
the next floor.
The grooms left their newly made
wives in their respective rooms, and
sauntered abroad to look over the city,
During their wanderings they fell In with
several of their rural neighbors, and con-
gratulatory drinks were the consequence
of the meeting under the circumstances.
The hilarious greetings were continued
late in the evening, when John and
James thought it was about time to re-
tire. John was asked by the clerk if he
should be shown to his room, but John
said he could easily find it, as it was in
the northeast corner of the building.
James tarried awhile near the warm
stove in which there was u CHEEKY fire
burning, and for two hours was think
ing, perhaps, ofby-gone times, recalling
the old scenes and SummOning half-fOr-
gotten faces out of the mists Of the past.
He, too, soon retired, and with the same
assurance to the clerk that he could
easily find his room, as he remembered
it was in the northwest corner of the
building.
The shades of night encanopied the
two happy couples as they slept In
and with it the fact that the lovers and
husbands had mistaken the rooms.
John had unconsciously retired in
James room and with James wife,
while James had done the same in
Johns room. Here was dilemma
which bashfulness had caused. What
was to be done? The girls were per
picked and abashed, but the mistake
was irreparable. After consultation
over the wreck of their connubial bliss,
they concluded to forgive and forget,
and avoid dark rooms in the future.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-17
LEG
A Bengal Tiger as Collateral.
from tho Iowa CITY Press

A circus company in this State owed
an editor a bill for advertising and re-
fused to pay it. Thereupon the editor
called upon the sheriff, who attached
the Bengal tiger and brought him around
to the newspaper office in his cage. He
during the first two days he not only
consumed fifteen dollars woe IN of beef,
but he scratched six dollars worth Of
trousers from the leg Of local reporter
who endeavOred to stir him up with q
broom handle to make him roar. On
the third day the tiger broke loose, and
the entire force Of compositors descend
ed the staircase with judicious sudden
ness. The editor was alarmed to find
his exit through the composing room
cut off, and that the latch upon the
sanctum door was broken. So he climb
ed out Of the window and sought safety
on the roof The tiger was shot.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-17
AT A DISADVANTAGES.
why Man Cant Wear n BustIc.
From the Boston POST

The unearthliest, funniest thing about
a man dressed up in woman's clothes is
always his hustle. He never, never gets
it on right. Not a single one Of the male
women at Cincinnati, on Mardi Gras,
wore his hustle with that flowing ease
and poetical grace which only comes of
long practice. Our fellows either had
the hustle away round upon one hip, or,
when it WASH t that, it was good many
kept putting his hand timidly around
every minute or two, and feeling behind
to see If he wasn't losing his hustle.
Uneasy is the man that wears q hustle.
He isn't used to it, you see.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-17
friday, March II, 1875.
~ LEVEL or MExlCANIsM.

imp street Buzzard yesterday,
Gktlcle headed '"The Level of Mex
had some very impudent
- ray with reference to an edi-
MhtQh recently appeared In the
nAG, headed Assassination as an
6tfon. . The Buzzard makes some
Iouo remarks of the Chicago Times
4xtiCle In question the text of it's
C0eions, and denominates the Chi
meet the leading Democratic
~ ehe Northwest. This is untrue
With. The Chicago Times has
~ claimed 20 be a Democratic
&or years. It claims to be an Sin
6nt Journal" and it is probably
le vilest and most unprincipled
pors In America. We should
4 compliment from that
NTH rs much horror as we would
~ the New Orleans Republican.
~ intimates that we ought to
4od. We are not astonished
3&tnks 30. Every villain thinks
4ntleman should be put out of
Nv. and the more deserving the
MI h Of q cowhiding, the more
pa1Dly he longs to see those who
~ give II to him hanged or shot.
ri the editor of the Chicago
NE hoary-headed old villain,
Nv wretch, whose occupation has
2or years to destroy the reputa-
= men and women to make his vile
1ell, had been horsewhipped every
= deserved 1t, he would not have
"a piece of hide on his back.
ortlCle which aroused the ire OF
lcago sheet and the Buzzard was
Ee1pect Objectionable. It simply
that In different periods of the
eeoples have been reduced to that
lneh- and dessitution by ty-
hid profiigate governments,
other means failing to deliver
hey had resorted to assassina-
WA that assassination in Italy at |
~ became IN institution Of the
"A IL the Radical thieves who
pr 20 many years robbed and
6ed Louisiana have brought
= state OF things which gives the
. significance, we cannot
%E We did not say that such
! case, though the Republican
NV thinks that 1t is. We said
Ia favor of ''the institution OF
1otion." On the contary we de-
1d It. But IL Louisiana has been
II BY the Radical party SO near
<(l Of Mechanism that an editor
write q historical review or a
" essay on the prevalence of
lnation In other times, without
|Inv the head thieves who rule
-, and awakening dark forebod-
- their guilt stain hearts, whose is
feasibility, and who deserve the
i the editor who discusses the cir
|1oees which, In other times, made
>okion patriotic duty, or the
rho In our own time have
II about q state of things which
w Hassassination" a word OF terri
nillcance2
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-17
Washington Gazette.l

Great men are the products OF great
exigencies. Mr.. Blaine. in the present
periIs OF the Republican party. Is
proving himself equal to the situation.
and inspire the reverence to which so
rare a commodity is entitled. Like q
superannuated mackerel beneath the
beams of the pensive queen of night
ment. Mr.. Blaine is not vlrtuous- he IS
virtue itself. He Is not vigilant-he is
vigilance. He is intelligence super
saturated with watchfulness. He hates
evil doors Marsh especially. How ne
hates Marsh! His hatred OF Marsh Is
vindictiveness boiled down to the last
point of concentration. Ii enmity TO-
ward offenders will kill at long range
Marsh is not safe even in Canada.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-17

6nge presented in our columns
md exhaustive letter OF Gen.
nxiy. showing upon whose
- rests the responsibility Of the
10 battle Of Gettysburg. 1t is
respects to be regretted that
uDsion was opened; but Gen.
ut provoked 1t, and Gen.
under the circumstances,
&aye done nothing less than
lone. The whole country will
y letter Of the old Virginia war
{ will place implicit trust in his
6oe One of the ablest and most
~ the Confederate leaders, he
- since the war one of the
md truest Of Southern citizens.
NE love. honor and revere him