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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-19
FREDDY n. BAGGED,

At the Superior Criminal Court Tuesday morn
ing very demure looking gentleman was seated
inside the bar. apparently just stepped in as
visitor. Not far from him. however, sat the
lynx-eyed johnson. Of the Parish Prison, who
was evidently keeping . close watch on the indi-
vidual. At 1890 O'Clock, Judge Whitaker, COL
Gibson. the attorney for the aforesaid individual
and number Of interested parties entered the
private Office Of the Judge.
Deputy Clerk Arthur Waugh then, in q very
clear voice, read an application for q writ of
habess corpus on the part Of one Frederick Bax-
ter, of Philadelphia, who had been inosroersted
on the charge of being q fugitive from justice.
Baxter Was what some would call lady killer.
A soft and neatly turned brown moustache, .
smooth and plump face and we'll shaped head,
and his person neatly attired, he looked as IL the
chargs Of embezzlng something like $4,000 must
be mistake.
Judge Whitaker heard the case, and after
scrutiny OF the mitimus discharged the Baxter.
His eyes cleaned with bright rays Of hope az he
saw liberty within his grasp. He leisurely walked
out Of court, and just as he was snnf1ing the
fragrance Of free air Messrs. McDonogh and
Pecors, aids to the chief, tapped him on the
shoulder with reguisition from PENNSYLVANIA,
and Freddy WAS carried to the Third Precinct
Sta ton,
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WEATHER AND RIVERS.

Frigerio reports the lowest temperature on
Monday night al So degrees above zero, and the
range yesterday from Sc to GO degrees above zero.
The Signal Service kilograms, giving record
of the weather in the North and West yesterday,
show still warmer weather. with light rains at
come of the points. The state OF the thermome-
ter. as reported, was as follows:
Cairo 49, Cincinnati 66, Davenport SO, Dubuque
So. Galveston Ga, Indianola g. Keokuk SO, La
crosse 48, Leavenworth GO, Louisville &c. Mem
pbis SO, Nashville 68, Omaha 80, Pittsburg 81,
Shreveport 81, st. Louis 49, st. Paul Al, Vicks-
burg ~. Yankton -, Augusta (Ga.) 10, Corsioana
SO, Key West SO, Mobile SO, Montgomery 70, and
Savannah 67 degrees above zero.
rise of three inches at Dubuque, five at Keo-
kuk, one at st. Louis, and four at Memphis, with
a decline Of nine inches at Cairo and ten inches
at Vicksburg, are the most important changes in
the water level OF the Mississippi, and in the
Missouri and Ohio no change worthy Of record
was noted.
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CUST0M-H0USE TOPICS.
ON THE ANXIOUS sEAT-PEARL RIVER
LOGS RELEASED.

All Of those who expect offices, as we'll as those
In the Custom House who desire to keep what
they have, are on the lookout now for the srri-
val from Washington OF those lights Of the party
who are believed to know what is going on in
Administration circles and what the mill will
grind out in the way of
APPOINTMENTS IN THIS STATE.
Lewis was one OF the ''expeoted" on Tuesday
morning and had delegation waiting for him at
the depot, and others are expected all, in fact,
but Kellogg, during the next twenty -four hours
Special Deputy u. y. Marshal Mccormack ar
rived during the morning from Pearl river, where
he released some 5000 logs cut from government
lands under the government contract with the
Eads Jetty C0mpsny, and reports the log aues-
ton in that country practically settled, at least as
far as seizures are concerned.
Packards friends, that is those who have lust
returned from Washington, do not seem to be
quite as confident as they were concerning his ap-
pointment TO the Colleotorship, and none Of them
anticipate any action by the President for
month at least.
Some OF them claim that Andersen and Wells
have pledge from the
SECRETARY or THE TREASURY,
Endorsed by the President, that Anderson shall
manage the concern as Special Deputy Collector
and Special Treasury Agent, and that official
does not think, ss he has said, that either Pack.
ard or Lawrence will be in possession Of the
Office for month yet.
II was rumored about the building yesterday
that Kellogg intended to come here during the
holidays, Kellogg himself having made such q
statement on Friday night last at Washington.
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TURKEY EXTRAORDINARY.

The Crescent City Rifle Club have decided to
present to the New Orleans press the finest
Christmas turkey that can be found in the pur-
ieus Of the city. 1t s to be contested for at the
Frogmoor grounds by all the members Of the
press who feel that way inclined, for the best
score at 200 yards. The club will furnish rifles
and ammunition to all the members Of the press
who will deign for the nonce to relinquish the
pencil for the rifle, and who will desire to enter
the lists. The last time score of % was made
by certain Journalist out of possible Is, and we
would be ashamed Of our confreres it th.t could
not be beat. II the pen is mightier
than the sword. certainly the pencil, which s in
initely superior, cannot but lay over by several
points the rifle. The match will come off on
next Sunday at Frogmoor, and quite sensation
will be produced when the result will be an
nounced. Christmas is coming and we want to
see who is the newspaper man who will ''say
turkey"
The contest for the Lilienthal cup has been
postponed until further notice, but the military
commands are invited by the CLUB to shoot again
at the park for turkey, beginning at II q. M, to
end at sunset. A crowd is expected.
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THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.

Judge Hiestand essayed his demolition Of
Prot. Fontaine's Jules Verne Romsnces," as he
called the Professors lectures, last night. The
only point he made was that the Professors idea
Of combining the Mississippi within half mile of
width was proven fsllaoous by the fact that the
levee system had somewhat confined the river,
and the result had been instead of cutting out q
channel that the bed Of the river had been raised
The jetties, he said, were already pronounced
failure, as was proven by the fact that Ospt. Eads
was sucking out channel with an immense sue
ton pump.
Judge Hiestand impressed us as an "old resi-
denter," and his talk of that order as opposed
to that OF the scientist. We do not mean to say
that Prof. Fontaine's theories cannot be demol-
ished, but We must be pardonedif we give offense
10 saying that Judge Hiestand s not the man to
tumble his air-castlas about his ears.
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GUATEM ALA.
The Experiences Of Major George Wilson
i'm this Land Of Earthquakes
an d Revolutions.


The Experiences Of Major George Wilson
in this Land Of Earthquakes
and Revolutions.
We were scarcely less surprised than delighted
at meeting in this city yesterday old and dear
friend, Major George Wilson, of Shreveport, who
has just returned to this country after an ab-
sence of two years in the various countries of
Central and South America. From the Majors
account the time he has spent abroad has been
full enough of sightseeing and thrilling adven-
ture, his accounts of which remind of the nara
tives with which the returned Californian of 1919
used to entrance his wondering listeners.
Major Wilson comes direct from the city of
Guatemala, in and about which he has spent most
of his time in engineering enterprises, though he
has also been in several of the South American
States and nearly all Of those Of Central America
during his prolonged absence. According to his
accounts all Of these countries, but notably
Colombia and Guatemala, are by nature, in
climate and soil, and beauty Of aspect, the very
PARADIsEs OF THE WORLD,
though some of them, Spanish Honduras and
Nicaragua, for instance are utterly uninhabitable
for q civilized human being, because of the
abominable basement OF the mongrel races that
inhabit them. Guatemala he describes as one Of
the lovliest regions on the globe, land Of
PERPETUAL SPRING,
of enduring sunshine and perennial bloom. But,
with all these wondrous attractions. between
earthquakes aud revolutions, it appears to be
rather an unstable and dangerous place Of resi-
dence. The revolutions have some sort of re-
spect for foreigners who keep their mouths shut
and don't mix up with them, but the earth
quakes are no respectors Of the rights Of digoity
Of aliens, and are operated BY IN agency that
does not entertain that mortal terror OF more
powerful governments which seems to control