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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-18
A ROmbshell in the House.
TOipcinpati Enuuirer.1

WASHINGTON, Dec. t3.-The Republicans
in the House, who had been reposing in a
state Of fancied security against further in
vestigation of their mode of administering
the government, were rudely startled this
evening when Wood reported back resolu-
the government during recess. What excited
them most was that the committees were a,l-
thorized to go back just as far as they pleased
They were willing, however, to have the play
OF Hamlet II Hamlet" was left out-that is,
the committees were to investigate to their
hearts content ii they were only deprived
of the privilege of sending for persons
gestion knowing as he did that the reso-
luton was. worth nothing without that
power In fact, under the rules of the House,
committees have power now to do every
thing. in the way of investigation except to
send for persons and papers. 1t is the taking
Of testimony, either documentary or oral,
that the Republicans object to. Garfield, Con-
ger Hale, Butler and others Immediately in
terpOsed points of order, all of which were
successfully overruled by the Speaker, and
they resorted to filibustering by making diIa-
tory motions and calling the yeas and nays.
On the first roll call the Republicans abstained
from voting, and the House found itself with
having responded All the absentees we're
accounted for, however, rs they had taken
precaution to pair II the Republicans would
have voted quorum would have been found
present Wood then moved call of the
House, which was ordered by a vote of eighty
six to fifty-seven, but during the roll call
there was consultation, and as members
was to be brought up this afternoon, 1t was
deemed expedient to let the subject go over
until tomorrow, when 1t will come UP as un-
finished business.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-18
SHORT TALK WITH SENATOR
SPOFFORD.

Yesterday afternoon representative OF the
DEMOCRAT had a very peasant talk with the
Senator elect from Louisians, Hon. II. M.
Spofford.
After an inquiry by the reporter as to the feel
ing in Washington over the seating OF Kellogg.
Mr.. 6poford stated that IL was exceedingly
bitter. The Democratic Congressman in both
houses denounce it as an outrage and did NOT
hesitate to say that it was an act which they
eould not countenace. In the Senate ii was
question as to the supremacy OF party and
nothing else. Not alone in the Democratic ranks
was this feeiDg OF Indignation against the seating
of Kellogg noticeable, but Republicans also ex-
pressed their opposition to such move
It was sort Of revengful act for the seating of
Butler, OF South Carolina. Mr.. spoford
stated that he believed 1t to be his duty TO Law
before the coming Legislature by way OF writ
ten address or speech the full account OF his
stewardship that they had given him. He desired
to place before the members exactly what had
takt n place and the reasons leading to it.
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NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1877
to the American authorities or to take hand

to the American authorities or to take q hand
in q general Indian war,
The police made inquiries with reference to q
report published in st. Paul paper some
weeks ago, to the effect that Martin Royal a
soldier OF the Seventh United States Cavalry.
was captive in the Sioux camp, and that he
mad been painted and dressed in Indian cos
tune, and also compelled to marry Spotted
Eagles daug ter. The story is without founda-
tion. Sitting Bull says he does not believe there
1s squaW In the Unaepapa nation who would
marry an American officer. much less q private
soldier.
He adds that seven or eight years ago. when
he was at Santing Rock agency, a white man
came along and asked to be allowed to dwell
white mans life. They took him in and shortly
after he married a young sduaw. He picked
up little Of their language and became almost
as one of them: but they soon found out that
all he wanted was to learn tho whereabouts of
gold In the Big Horn and Black Hills country.
30 his young suuaw was taken from him and he
was ordered away. He went off. but re-
turned month after. bringing them n
present Of tea. and leaving it,, hur-
riedly departed. Three braves and four
old sauaws, who partook of the tea, died In
great agony q few minutes afterwards, and Sit
ting Bull thinks the poison was intended for
him. He thinks this man was an American
officer. He used to receive letters from the big
man IN ashington, who wanted to get hold Of
the gold lands. and in 1870 or 1871 he seen in
Washington by the Cheyenne chiefs who were
visiting the President. He WAS with the Sioux
altogether about two months.
Sitting Bull says be complained Of the mnr-
der of the braves and sauaws to one Of the Off
GERS at the agency. who told him that the muir
derer had the ear of one of the Presidents
counselors and was therefore all powerful.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-18

.BosToN. Dec 17.-To-day being the SEVENTEEN
\ Co.. publishers of the atlantic Monthly, seized
the opportunity to give a banquet to the con
tributors of that periodical. Accordingly the
Hotel Brunswick WIS tonight the scene of a
symposium. where the guests were all men OF
national literary reputation.
VIM: A. Howells, editor ofthe Atlantic Monthlv,
presided: on his right sat the venerable poet
The other guests were Chas. Dudley Warner.
John Weiss, Oliver Wendell Holmes. Joseph H.
Osgood. Jas 7. Fields Sam'l l.. Clemens Mark
J.. I. Trowbridge. J. II, Haman. Henry w. Long
fellow Edgar Fawcett J. W, Higginson, r. Fl.
Stoddard. and besides these. some twenty other
literary gentlemen.
The post prandial exercises were of q very
entertaining order. consisting Of poems and
short addresses by the guests. The exercises
ended about midnight
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perila Of the been.

The New York C1mmercial and S,iDyiu0
List says: "The Register of Wrecks upon the
English coast for the year ending June 30.
1877. has recently been made out, and it
shows a considerable increase in the number
and loss Of property over the previous year.
The number OF wrecks, casualties and cOllis
sions on and near the coasts of the United
Kingdom and the surrounding seas during
the year mentioned was 3757, or 167 more than
in the previous year. OF this number
502 involved @ total loss. There was a.
smaller number OF lives lost, however, from
these wrecks than In 1876. In the fifteen
years between 1861 and 1876 there were 12.322
human beings lost from English ships bnt
owing to the efforts OF the National Life Boat
Association, and it's well disciplined crews the
loss of life bears a constantly decreasing ratio
to the number of wrecks. In the lustrum, 1885,
so, the average of casualties recorded was
1852; for 1876 it was 1888; for 1see-70, 1862.
while for 1916 1t was 2226. OF last years
wrecks no less than IT'S were caused by colIi-
sions, and the journalistic Plimsolfs have
considerable sharp criticism to offer on this
point. While in this country fires and tumt-
ling structures furnish the greatest lessons.
In England the admontions have more to do
with the seas over which the nation has
dominion. The London Times says: eve
cannot acquiesce in a blind fatalism and say
that those perils may reasonably be expected
to yield greater percentage OF disaster as
maritime traffic increases. Increased danger
should carry with it increased caution" The
systems of Great Britain appear to need some
as we'll as our own.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-18
WI ARlNE NEWS.

SOUTHWEST Pass. Dec. 17-Arrived: British
ship Prince Lucien, Whitney master 81 days
from Liverpool. in ballast to DeWolf Powell h
90. Sailed Bark Said and schooner Matte w.
Atwood. Wind east-light and foggy,
PoRT EAps. Dec. 17.-Arrived: steams hip
Emily b. souder. at II o'clock last night. Foote
master. from Havana and Florida ports. 10 l.
X. Roberts British steamship Tiara. at IL M.
Bethel master. from Cardiff. to Eugster & Go. !:
British steamship Memphis, at 1890 . m, Mel
ion master, from Liverpool. to y. Weeks Il Go. ::
American steamship Reading. ut 80 D. m, Col
burn master. from PHILADELPHIA. to VIM Creevy
schooner Anna NJ. Allen, Conkln master =
days from Sagua la Grande, in ballast, to mas
ter. Sailed: steamship Margaret and schooner
Anita. Weather calm and foggy.
New YORK. Dec. 17.-Arrlved: Asatia, from
ondon Massachusetts, from Liverpool.
Sailed: Holley. for Liverpool.
BosToN. Dec. l7.-Arrived: Java. from Liver
pool.
PORTLAND, Dec. t7.-Arrived: Ontario, from
Liverpool.
PLYMOUTH. Dec 17.-Arrived: Wie and New
York, from Hamburg.
LIVERPOOL. Dec. t7.-Arrived. Britannia and
City of Montreal from New York.
MAvLILE, Dec. 17.-Arrived: Anchoria, from
New York.
GLASGOW, Dec. 17.-Arrived: State of Nevada,
from New York.
ROTTERDAM. Dec. T.-Arrived: Maas from
New York.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-18
A Great Engineering Enterprise,

In the successful draining of the Fucine
lake, In the heart OF Italy, marvellous work,
requiring the exercise of the highest engin-
eering skill, has been accomplished. The
lake was land-locked basin in the Appenine
chain, close to the old Valerian road, built i'm
the time of Claudius Caesar, and still serving
as the highway to that otherwise inaccessible
region. The great fertility of the valley,
which, centuries ago, was one Of the Roman
reclaiming the land, and in the time OF the
the emperor named the task was undertaken.
but not successfully. The area Of the water
was reduced by the sluicing works Of the Ro-
man engineers, but the lake was by no means
drained. Floods In recent years have been so
disastrous as to necessitate some effort at
draining off the lake, which, finally, has been
accomplished entirely by private enterprise,
the reward Of the adventuresome capitalist
being the fee Of all land thus uncovered. The
natural obstacles have been numerous and
appalling, but the ingenuity Of the eng neers.
backed by the muscle of armies of laborers,
overcame them all.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-18

reoonsidered. and on motion was unanimously
laid on the table.
Dr. Tebault read from recent report n deci-
sion OF Justice Mari in she case OF J. ID. Wilson
vs. City OF Shreveport, to the effect that the efi-
GERS OF municipal corporation cannot create OBJ
legations binding ON tbs corporation, unless their
power TO do so In express, or necessarily or
nationally implied BY the powers that are ex-
pressly granted 10 them in She charter OF the cor
porstion, Or ia essential to the objects for which
the corporation WAS created. The power granted
by the charter of a corporation to give suels
bonds rs might be necessary in the conduct OF
LTD litigation, in the current administra aton OF
its affairs. does not authorize the issue OF bonds
ior raising money. A negotiable form will not
imPart validity, even in the hands OF bona fide
hoider, Tor value to an obligation Of q corpora-
ton which it had not power to contract The
otflcers OF municipal corporation can create no
debt against the corporation, anless The ordi-
nance creating the debt imposes tax for its sx-
tingushment.
The decision was read and spread upon the
minutes.
On motion OF the president DR.. Tebault was
appointed to prepare for publication report ON
the subject OF the city debt.
DIR. Tebanlt made some remarks condemning
the premium bond scheme. He said that Judge
Woods in a recent deeisien declared worthless
$4,000 900 railroad bonds, 81, 800 900 OF which had
been converted into premium bonds, and he nn-
derstood that Mr.. Denis had refused to convert
any more Of these bonds into premium bonds
The Union went into executive session and
afterwards adjourned.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-18
The Returning Board.
[Morehouse Clarion,l


The time Is now drawing rapidly near when
the case Of the State of Louisiana VS. J. Madi-
son Wells and T. G.. Anderson will be called
up for trial. The diabolical crime with which
these scamps are charged is 50 great in mag
nitude, SO appalling in hideousness, that our
entire people anxiously await their trial, con-
viction and punishment They stand to-day
charged with forging. altering and publish
ing as true the election returns in this State.
The result of their hellish work Is now patent
to the world, and, for the sake of the per-
petuity of republican government in our
country, it is to be hoped that these vile
scoundrels will be punished as severely as
possible under the law
1t has been claimed by some that the pros
ecution should be dismissed on account Of an
understanding between the Nichols admin
istration and the Hayes visiting committee,
that no political offenders should be punished.
Whether or not there was ever any such un-
derstanding we are unable to say, but even if
there had been, the Republican party has
broken its part of the compact by giving Kel-
logg seat in the Senate, to which he was no
more entitled than the Great Cham Of Tar
tary. This then absolves the Nichols ad-
ministration from the performance of any
compact it may have entered into, and in JUS
tlce to the people of Louisiana we earnestly
urge the Attorney General to prosecute
these Williams with energy and. .vigor
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-18
&uiCIh e..

MADISON. Wis, Dec ia distressing suicide
occurred here Saturday night. Annie O'Nei|, q
bright and well educated young Irish girl.
second girl In one of our best families. A con-
siderable sum Of money being missed. the mat
ter was put in the hands of the police. and one
O'Neil. where she had gone sick day or so
before.
Without charging the theft on her. he asked
her to go with him in search of the money,
which she did cheerfully. but no trace of 1t was
found. AT er leaving the officer she went TO five
drug stores and endeavored to buy strychnine,
for, as she said. poisoning the rats She was re-
fused in all the stores except the last one. She
went Immediately home. went into the back
yard, took the poison went to her edroom
and laid down. She soon gave the alarm end
medical assistance was Immediately called but
too late to save her. She protested on her dying
bed her innocence. and gave IS her reason for
with 'rs poceman lice and beng she Of
theft
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-18
RENNY-WI&E.
A sensible Plea for the Reinfr0ductiOn of
the Old Fashioned Cent.

[Boston Post.l
There is considerable of movement along
the line of the Mississippi, especially in New
Orleans and ST. Louis, to introduce the cent
into the various transactions Of business
there. We are glad to see it and hope that it
will be successful. We have great respect
for the cent-not on account of the material
Of which it is made, nor yet because it repre-
sents any great amount Of value. But 1t
teaches the value of money. The child should
not grow up to mans estate supposng that
nothing in the world can be bought for less
than nickel, and that d five cent piece is the
most insignificant of all denominations be-
cause it Is the smallest with which he Is ac-
quainted. DIR. Franklins philosophy
could never apply to him. How
could he take care OF the pen
nies If there were no pennies, and SO he
grows up with notions formed upon an ex-
travagant principle that is positively injuri-
GUS to TRUE economy. The Western boy, de-
prived OF his coppers, grows up the Western
man. Five cents to him are one. A dollar is
twenty cents. and five dollare are no more
than one dollar. Money looks small In his
eyes. He wants q great deal Of it, and he
wants 1t cheap, of course He wants it of pa
per and he wants it of silver. With cheap
He can cut canals, tunnel mountains, build
railroads that nobody wants or needs, and
crafty his reckless spendthrift notions gen.
orally. He was educated with contempt
for little things. An atmosphere inimical to
healthy economy was thrown around him.
Therefore save the rising generation by
giving them the pennies again, and If they
will save those the pounds will take care Of
themselves
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-18

Augusta Chronicle Constitutionalis

Augusta CnrOnl 3le-CoDStltutional1St.I
Hon. Jere Black, fresh from his butchery Of
counsel in the Vanderbilt will contest, and, in
the course of his argument. draws picture
of the Commodore that does by no means re-
semble the pulpit and newspaper eulogies Of
that remarkable individual. Mr., Black said:
tHe had one faculty that was preternaturaIly
enlarged and that was for accommodating
property. It was so enlarged that it dwarfed
every other moral sentiment and every in
tellectual power. Sanity depends upon the
balance that has been preserved between the
different intellectual faculties and moral SEN
timents SO that all of them bear their proper
proportions to one another. Suppose a mans
liver, to, be enlarged very, much be-
yond what It ought to =, be, is that
one of his organs becomes much
more active or inlamed than any
of the others, as matter of course that alb
serbs the powers of the others. Com. Van
phrenologist would cali it, was in chronic
state of inflammation all the time. 1t grew
wonderfully. And he cultivated it, and
under his cultivation all the intellectual
faculties that ministered to the qualification
thing else. Morally al and reiigIous1y bis
mind was bowling Wilderness He did not
content himself by worshipping Mammon
alone, though certainly he was very Jealous
devOtee of that meanest and least erect of
sure to demoralize the mind and to corrupt
while it weakens the understanding. When
this is carried to very great extent, unques-
tionably it's victim cannot be considered
sane man. The love of money In time
amounts toaa mania"
OF course this was uttered professionally,
and we leave to conjecture what the redOubt-
able Jere would have announced had he been
retained on the other side But what a terri
BILE sketch! 1t occurs to u.s. however, that il
the Commodore's faculty for acquisitiveness
was prematurely enlarged, he was not spe-
cially to blame for it, since nature had more
to do with it than any other agency. II sanity
depends upon beautiful harmony Of the
moral and intellectual qualities in man.
how many persons, at one time or another
would escape the mad-house? Especially in
the pursuit and love of money how few would
avoid the commission of lunacy? The desire
for gain may become a mania, but the faculty
of acquiring vast property and administer
ing it safely betokens, it seems to us, an emf
nently sane intellect, and one too, of no mean
order. Judge Black himself is said to be as
keen as anybody on the scent Of mammoth
fee but becomes SO absent-minded after he
gets it that his family have to hunt in all the
pockets of his old coats to discover the hard
won but strangely neglected treasure. And
yet who would, in his right mind, accuse
Judge Black of being insane? The man who
does so possesses a courage that amounts
to sublimity or fool-hardiness, utterly re-
gardless of the security Of his scalp-lock.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-18
CAPITAL NOTES.
THE Ell PAsO TROUBLEs-THEY WILL
HE TREATED AS PURELY LOCAL.
COukIing's Committee to visit tho RIO
Grande-M0vcments Of senator
Sss Blaine,
Especial to the Democrat.l


WASHINGTON, Dec. i7.-Regarding the reports
received here from El Paso Of n new outbreak
of hostiities, the War Department publishes q
semi official statement tonight that the dis
turbances will be treated us purely local. and
that nothing will be done to change our rea-
tions with Mexico during the recess Of Con
gresa
Senator Conkling's committee will proceed at
once to the Rio Grande, or ut least as far as San
Antonio. This information is obtained from
railroad officials. who are arranging aecommo-
dations for them. though members of the com
mittee say they have not fully decided to GO.
Blaine leaves tomorrow for Hot Springs.
Ark, and proposes, II circumstances permit. to
visit Packard In New Orleans during his trip.
He is very badly broken down. and. unless
party exigency in the Senate should impera-
lively require his presence in the Senate. will
probably not return till spring. BUELL..
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-18
It IL the Intention of the Government to
settle This Question Permanenfiy-NO
International GnmnIlcatians Fea red.

WASHINGTON. Dec. .17:-The War Department
that the, local difIioultles in III Paso county
Texas. which grew out Of the question of the
right and title t2 certain salt mines; had as
sumed q most threatening aspect. The few
United States troops and State militia in the
county have been surrounded and, unless re-
leyed very soon, 1t is feared that they will be cut
The dispatch from Gov Hubbard, asking as
sfstance from the President. was referred to the
top TRe n matter was referred % By The seereary
to Gen. Sherman, who telegraphed Gen. Sheri-
dan TO send all the troops he could The latter
troops as follows: From Fort Bayard. New Mex
leo, q distance. Of eighty miles. to E' Paso. four
companies of cavalry. 125 men. and one
Fort staunt.n, New Mexico. distant about hf-
teen miles from El Paso three companies of
81 men an and from Santa @ Fe S distant f t thrty i've
miles from El Paso, one company of infantry. %
men.
command. aud he has no others within five hun
4 gdred miles. 1t is believed that the troops from
Fort slaunton have already reached E Paso.
will probably be able to relieve the troops now
surrounded by the mob.
:. Troops have also. been ordered from Fort
Davis, Texas, a distance of about $50 miles, as
folloWs: One company Of cavalry 81 men three
com mpanies of infantry. p5 men. Total number
are ordered to proceed with all possible dis
patch. The route from Fort Davis is almost
& dsseEt m WAY a and the march IN warm arm weather
New Mexico. will no doubt reach San Elisario
to.morrow, and, with those from Fort Staunton,
will be sufficient TO keep the peace.
II Ii the intention OF the government to settle
this question permanently. Hence . sufficient
force Will be sent to the scene of the Disturbance
No international complications are likely to
grow out OF this disturbance. 1t is purely
! 1t ts purely local affair, in which the su-
premacy Of the local aud State laws are in
volved. The Mexicans who have come over
5from the south side of the Rio Grande and
| Eloined the mob on this side. are believed to be
relatives of d Mexican living in Texas. and
others who have for (, years been gathering salt
5striction Of any kind. If there should be fight
between the troops and the mob, and any of the
Iexicans from the south side should be killed
the, government Of Mexico will not be likely to
make any fuss over 1t.
These salt lakes have been a source of trou-
ole dating back almost to the first settlement of
III PasO county
Gen. sherman leaves here tonight on visit
10 his family In st. Louis
The select committee on Mexican affairs of
which Conkling Is chairman. met this morning
% organize and arrange a general plan of pro-
,edure. Its conclusions have not transpired.