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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-06
ST. LOUIS INSTITUTE FOR YOUNG
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both English aud French are taught by pro.
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German and Spanish languages also taught
Music, vocal and instrumental. receives spe-
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The New York herald., 1877-07-08
MEXICO.

RESULT OF THE RECENT ELECTION IN soNoRt-
THE SONORA RAILROAD CONCESSION APPROVED
BY THE GOVERNMENT.
SAN FRANCISCO, July Z, 1877.
A despatch from Tucson, Arizona, contains the fol.
lowing advces from Gusymas Sonora, TO the 2sth OF
June:-
Mariscal has been elected Governor Of the State.
A PROVISIONAL GOVERNOR APPOINTED.
A published report says General E. Husr,a has been
appointed Provisional Governor and Military Com
mander of Sonora, and that the election for members
OF Congress In that state has been annued.
SONORA RAILROAD CONCESSION
telegram from the city OF Mexico says the Sonora
Railroad concession approved by the government
JuneS
The New York herald., 1877-07-08
Mormon Ghosts.

Our Salt Lake correspondent gives in
letter printed elsewhere significant sam
pie of the evidence which District Attorney
Howard has in hand against the Mormon
leaders, Among the papers left by John d.
Lee was story of Mormon attempt to as
sassinate one Tobin. He WAS shot in the
head and left for dead, his crime being that
he had offended Brigham Young, and was
guiding some men out of the Territory
whom the Mormon leaders had marked for
assassination. On inquiry Mr. Howard dis
covered that Tobin was not dead, and our
correspondent gives US now Tobin's own ac-
count to the District Attorney of the attack
by Mormon agents upon him and his party,
concealing, for obvious reasons, the names
of the assassins. Tobin was found in Sacra-
mento; he now lives in Springfield, ILL.,,
and he will be an important witness in the
prosecution of Mormon murderers. Ac-
cording to Lees account Brigham Young
knew of these murders in fact, everything
OF that kind appears to have been faithfully
reported to him.
The New York herald., 1877-07-08
THE CHARTER OAK LIFE.
A PROPOSITION FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF EXIST.
ING DIFFICULTIES.

A PROPOSITION FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF EXIST.
ING DIFFICULTIES.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HKRALD.1
HARrvosD. Conn, July Z, 1877
solution Of the troubicssof the Charter Oak
Lie Insurance Company is offered to-day and is being
not only vigorously urged by the local press but
strong personal pressure has been brought bear
Insurance Commissioner Stedman 70 induce him
Efforts ior the ul success oil the scheme. which, Is
reported he iavora
THE PROPOSED PLAN
The primary object Is suppress clamor against the
present managers the company. and the proposition
substantially provides Tor the retirement oi majority
the ola board oil directors aid the sale o their stock
to abe and trusted capitalists and business OF
city in way connected with the past history
oil the company " Is represented that, with this
material IN the directory OF the institution and prac-
tically controlling H. the cloud that lowers over
IT Will quickly lit, and It Will be placed sound
basis within very brief period.
READY TO SRLL.
In this connection II may pe said that Mr.. Furber,
OF New YorI, financial manager oi the company, some
time ago stated hat he ready to dispose OF his
stock whenever was deemed best the interests Of
the company, and is Understood that IL 10 this STOCK
In part. that 10 covered by the terms Of the prop
osition.
The New York herald., 1877-07-08
The Bread and Butter Brigade.

The Bread and Butter Brigade.
Cousins, uncles, brothers and fathers are
Just now in demand with the bread and
butter brigade. When they sorrowfully
resign their places on political committees
they smilingly install their relations in their
places.
1t does not matter; what is needed is
publicity, and that these machine politi-
clans cannot avoid under the Presidents
order. Where a political party has fallen
into the control of Custom House weighers
and gaugers the device of these people Of
putting their cousins in their places does
not help them with the voters When these
once get it into their heads that they are
made the mere voting tools of parcel Of
petty federal ofice-holders and are used to
perpetuate the rule of bread and butter
brigade they will take the matter in hand
themselves. Republicans who wish to save
their party from contempt and destruction
ought to protest loudly and quickly against
such tricks Of the tidewaiters. Nothing so
soon brings a party into odium with the
people as the knowledge that it is ''run" for
the benefit of favored class, and not for
the public interest.
The New York herald., 1877-07-08
A Rumor Of the Pope's Death.

An unauthenticated rumor, purporting to
be telegraphed from London, and stated as
originating in the latter place no one knows
how, declares that His Holiness Pope Plus
died yesterday at Rome. While we sincerely
hope that this s'strong rumor" is as destitute
of backbone of fact as many which have
preceded it from the same source, the
public is aware that man of the great
years and manifold bodily infrmities of the
Pontiff is, almost at any time, likely to pay
the debt of nature. More than any man of
his generation has Pope Plus furnished food
for rumors about his probable demise. He
has, however, been as persistent in living as
the rumor-mongers have been in kill
ing him. Six years ago he reached
'sthe years of Peter" which he had
been told at his coronation he need not ex-
pect to see. Plus did not die in Difference
to this time-honored tradition any more
than he did to please the ultramontane anti
Christ, Victor Emmanuel, or the apocalyp-
tic animal which all true sons of the Church
see under Prince Bismarck's pickelhdabe
But he is an old man who has borne a
weight of years, of ailments and of sor-
row, who has seen the Papacy shorn day by
day Of it's power, who has seen his friends,
his councillors and trusty champions fall
beside him, and the end must come at last.
Should it unfortunately take place at the
present time it could not fail to add an
other to the delicate complications which
exist in Europe. for the election of a new
Pope would bring many grave interests into
collisinn
The New York herald., 1877-07-08
LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.

Messrs d. Appleton Co. have In press and will
issue In parts, In the fall 1.-THE American Household
Cyolopada," edited by Professor E. L. Youmans,
thor of .sTne Handbook OF Household Science" who
has been assisted in its preparation by eminent spe-
callss IN the various departments 1t will DO
plce digest OF modern knowledge, scientific aesthetic
and practical.
The address on "Ipdustrial Art Education" deliv-
cred by John T. Culyer OF Brooklyn before the grad
uating class of the Cooper Union Normal Art School
has been printed In pamphlet form.
"Haphazard Personalities" Is tho title OF a new
book by Charles Lanmun, soon to bc published It
will be devoted to the authors, artists journalists and
other pubic whom he has beon acquainted
during his prolonged literary career and will be ex
tensivcy illustrated with their correspondence Mr.
l.anman commenced his writing life as a newspaper
correspondent and hunter Of the picturesque has
spent m ucn OF his time In making small ongressmcn
immortal In his Dictionaries and Annals, and for
many years past has been officially ident ed with the
japanese government so that his personal recollec
tions not likely 10 be without variety they
been associated with New York anu Washington and
extend over period Of nearly forty years
Mr. r. Fl. Stoddard has returned to journalism and
become literary editor OF the Express upon which
congratulate journalism in general Express in
particular.
sumptuous illustrated work In grand folio, on
titled "Das Schwczerland: Elmo Sommcriahrt durch
Gcbirg und Thal," by ". Kadon, is beng issued in
numbers at Stuttgart.
Wurzenbach's extensive "Bioeraphical Lexicon o
the Austrian Empire" has reached the thirty-third
volume, containing part OF letter 5.
great work on bridge building, entitled ''Die
Brhcken der Gcgenwart," by f. Heinzcrng, with
many illustrations OF the best iron bridges Europe
and America, Is published at Aachcn, IN Switzerland
Mr. Sheldon Amos, one OF the ablest writers among
the London barrstcrs, has published a largo volume
embracing "a Comparative Survey OF Laws in Force
Tor tho Prohibition. Regulation and Licensing o
Vice.
The New York herald., 1877-07-08
1nsurreetson in Kentucky.

It is o great while since there has been any
extensive disturbance of the peace in a South
ern State that it was not sought for political
also great while since anybody's life has
been threatened on the neither side of Mason
and Dixon without an appeal to Washington
for troops. This mornings news from Ken
tucky will, therefore, appear as refreshing
novelty. 1t is pleasant to find that the
American people still have spirit enough to
get up an insurrection on other than
monotonous political issues, and yet more
agreeable to know that the Governor of q
State believes it possible to confront do
mestic foes with domestic force. The war
now actually on foot in Kentucky is one of
a kind that RACES from time to time in every
community of people where semi-savage in
habitants of remote mountain district are
in collision with an advancing civilization.
1t is the analogue of our anti-rent war and
of the whiskey rebellion and Of those
extensive collisions with highwaymen
and counterfeiters that have been so
common in the annals of all the Western
States. In Kentucky this sort of irregular
vitality was stamped out at one time. But
the war between North and South, and the
lessened energy of State authority as to
domestic difficulties incident toi it, have, per-
haps, furnished the occasion for the growth
of new generation of fellows who must
be taught by energetic examples the pro-
priety of restraining their personal impulses.
The New York herald., 1877-07-08

astical authority must be treated with
great wisdom and shrewdness by the Coun-
Gil, if good is to result from its action.
The Council may find so much business on
its hands, when the time fixed for adjourn
ment arrives, that it will give the rest OF the
week to it. But we are sure q body 80 wise
and discreet will not rush matters of vast
and perhaps vital, importance through in a
day merely that its members may adjourn
at specified time. We shall look with in
terest for the ultimate findings of the Coun-
Gil on all the matters indicated in its
programme.
The opinions of DR.. Smith, of New Or
leans, Moderator of the Southern Presbyte-
rian Assembly, and of Mr.. Wright, of st.
Louis, which we publish to-day, will be
read with interest. They give clear and
intelligent statement of the principles,
mission and probable results Of the Coun-
Gil, and heartily indorse the views which
the HERALD has already expressed on those
things. DR.. Smith expressed his gratitude to
our correspondent for the interest which
this journal has taken in the Council, and
Mr.. Wright looks forward with hope to un-
pnralleled success in the Presbyterian
Church when her educational and mission
ary forces are massed for the subjugation
Of the world to Christ. He thanks the
Methodists, from whom he believes the
Presbyterians received their first promising
ideas Of UNCONVENTIONAL unity. The views
of Mr. Gordon, of Pleasantville, and Mr..
Hunter, of louisville, KY, both eminent
ministers in their respective denominations,
while more brief than the others, express
substantially the same hopefulness of the
ultimate great success of this assembly of
the Presbyterian Church.
The New York herald., 1877-07-08
pulpit Topics To-Day.

Our pulpit topics from week to week are
a pretty fair gauge of the ecclesiastical at
mosphere. When the natural thermometer
is below the freezing point the pastors are
intensely topical but when those persons
are absent from the city who are supposed
to be able to pay for and to appreciate o
good pulpit play the actors do not indulge
in this form of treatment of their subjects.
Great minds can be appreciated only by
great minds, and anything is good enough
for the dog days--the lighter and more airy
the better Hence Herod's ballroom sug-
pestive of fun and frolic, interrupted though
it was by death and dlshonor-will
be opened by Mr.. Herr; the rights
of women will be considered histori-
cally and religiously by Mr.. Mccarthy,
who will also demonstrate that retribution
and punishment are inevitable and irreversi-
BILE. The history and power of word and
a sketch of Lot will be given by Mr.. Moment,
while DR.. Wescott explains the duty of
children to parents and shows what church
prosperity is and how it may be secured
A few extraordinary Christians will be ex-
hibited by DR.. Deems and the souls worth
and Gods faithfulness will be set forth and
enforced by Mr.. Hull. The temperance
people will have good opportunity alter
this to 90 into the whiskey manufacture, for
Mr. johnson will explain to them how the
The New York herald., 1877-07-08
Potency OF the "Tip ;"

Some of the English journals are criti-
who have announced their intention to re-
lieve tourists from the annoying tax levied
upon them in the form of gratuities to SER
wants. The point of the criticism is that
the movement, while purporting to be in
the interest of the guests, is in reality in the
interest of the hotel employees and probably
of the proprietors themselves. Those
servants who do not come in contact
with the guests-the cooks, scrubbers
and others-grumble at being debarred
from the valued privilege of ''tips,"
and begin to demand double the wages Of
their more favored brethren to compensate
for the disadvantage under which they rest.
To get out Of the difficulty the hotel keepers
have hit upon the expedient of making o
small increase in the pay of their employees
and putting stop to the bestowal of ''gra-
tuities" by including them in the bill The
idea of making gratuity an established
charge is certainly a novelty, but mas
much as the guests will at least know the
extent of the tax, as the landlords will
make an additional profit out of it, and as the
servants will exchan @ an uncertainty for a
certainty, probably it ought to be satisfac-
tory all round.
great deal is said about this gratuity
business on the "grand tour" and English
men after Continental trip and Americans
after q European visit are emphatic in their
complaints Of the impositions to which they
have been subjected by the hotel employees
into whose hands they have fallen by
the way. Yet, after ALL neither Englishmen
nor Americans fare much better at home.
We should like to see the hotel in England
at which the magic potency of ''tip" was
not needed to obtain those substantial CON-
forts so much desired by travellers. Let
any American who has ever spent week at
q watering place at home recall the vacant
look with which he is received in the dining
room if he has not made things pleasant
with the head waiter; the difficulty he has in
finding a seat at table, and the impos-
sibiity of obtaining the same seat at two
consecutive meals. Let him remember the
| length of the service and the shortness OF
the side dishes if he has not oiled the palm
of his attendant the number OF times he
must press the knob of the indicator to
produce the presence of coored
gentleman, and the slowness of the ap.
proach of the ice water if he has
not evinced his appreciation OF the
ebony imps of the bell. We should like
to know whose children can get enough
milk to drink or good saucer of '.blood
gravy" until the outside requirements of the
second table" have been attended to-
"Tips" are necessary evils in all countries
and they bring their full value. If they
should be prohibited by a law of the land and
,'put in the bill, as it is proposed to do il
in Switzerland the ''gratuity' would still
be slyly slipped into the hands OF those ty
rants of the travelling public, the hote
'help."
The New York herald., 1877-07-08

The GREAT FIRES that have desolated some
of our sister cities naturally suggest an inquiry
as to our own danger and the means at our dis
posal to grapple with large confagration.
That portion of New York peculiarly exposed in
such a contingency is mapped out in other col
nmns. The Chief Engineer of the Fire Depart
ment gives his views on the subject. The ques-
tion is of very great interest to n large portion
of our citizens and ought to receive more than a
mere passing notice. West Washington Market
should be torn down as soon as possible. AS
long as that rookery of wooden sheds is allowed
to stand that whole section Of the city is in con-
stant peril
The New York herald., 1877-07-08
CUBA.

AN INsURGENT CHIEF sHor-No NEWS FROM
GExERAL MARTIxKz cAMpos.
HAVANA. via KEY WEST. July Z, 1877.
The insurssnt chief, Xorejon, who wounded and
taken prisoner has shot In Remedies. Moro than
$50 insurgents said havo been shot after being
taken prisoners in various actions.
GENERAL cAxpos ARNY PARALYzEp.
Nothing has been heard OF General Martinez Cam
pos. His operations are apparently paraly zed.
The correspondents Of Havana newspapers his he'd.
quarters are quite silent
The New York herald., 1877-07-08

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.--The bull move
ment of Thursday and Friday continued during
yesterday, and, although but little business was
transacted, yet prices were well sustained.
Gold opened at 1O51 and Immediately ad-
vnnced to 1868, at which price it was steady
all day. Government stocks were steady, while
State and railroad bonds were generally higher.
Money on call was easy at 1o 2 per cent.
The New York herald., 1877-07-08

THE LOUISIANA RETU RSISG BoARD.Of course
Wells, the head Of the late Returning Board, is
very indignant at his indictment, and his threats
as to what he will and will not reveal are natu-
raj enough. 1t is safe to assume he cannot
hurt any one for whom the public cares anything
or who is now of the slightest consequence.
The rumor that Secretary Sherman and Mr..
Stanley Matthews were to be mixed up in the
matter in some way, which was evidently started
by some of the disreputablc republican poll
ticans and ''sorehcads," is denied almost in the
same breath it was made. We shall probably
have all manner of rumors on the subject during
the next ten days, threefourths Of which it will
be safe to disbclicve.
The New York herald., 1877-07-08
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Woodford talks ginger pop
Captain Eads Is at Pittsburg.
The pay-ternal dollar is the last
Theodore Titon 10 OF for Europe
Garfield Is working up his district
The average Vassar graduate Ia twenty.
Cardinal McCIoskey Is IN excellent health.
Bishop simpson has called on the President
Cronin Is going 70 nose something about Europe.
The corn6elds begin to looK like some pumpkins.
Major Daniel Is likely to be the next Governor OF
Virginia
the 18th inst
General W. W. Bslknap took his lunch on Barclay
street yesterday.
The Duke of ellington used to say that tho battle Of
Waterloo was ia - big fight"
Bob lngersoll doesn't like the BbIs because II every
where teaches that woman is a slave.
Rear Admiral Ansrew A. Harwood United States
Navy, is at the Union Square Hotel
The President Is now living out at the Soldiers
Home, In the suburbs OF Washington.
Secretary schurz left Washington Friday night to
spend few days at Summit Hill, M.
Hon Francis r. Piunkett, Secretary OF the British
Legation at Washington, is at the Everett House.
Conway says that Plerrepont has not acted like q
snob, shough he admits that he is rather uppish
Sehor Don Juan N Montojo, naval attache Of the
spanish LcBeUOn ~ 10 ~ notei
wick.
General McAllster, who has been sent by the ad-
mnistration Europe 10 observe tho war, OHIO
man.
Grant was not at Moteys funeral because Perrepont
did not receive regular notice Of 1t and had time
to inform the General
schliemann says his luck turned soon he began
to put out his lrst But have found that
the right foot IS just as good-fer tramps.
Niagara Falls not greatly patronized because Of
the expensiveness OF hotels, hackmen and walters
The reputation OF ,ns place suffers from dead beats.
Tho Detroit Free Press says that when Iowa
editor recently while In New York, asked the p. l.
man 20 show him round, the editor In ten minutes
was in the Tombs, while the ''man" back at his
desk at work
Congressman Townsend. the funniest old codger IN
the House u man who has Of his
Jokes than can be found whole exchange lst has
twice been made Doctor of Laws by Williams College.
His title now Is Hon. Martin 1. Townsend, NJ. c.,
ILL. DD. and he s lot tight either.
The New York herald., 1877-07-08

fashionable drinks Of the day are COM
will make spread" of this subject to-day
SO that no one will be likely to drink liquor
again until-the winter comes when it will
be needed, SO the topers say, to produce
warmth
The New York herald., 1877-07-08

A CITY CHURCH went down under the weight
Of a sixty thousand dollar mortgage yesterday
and is now in charge of deputy sheriff. Of
course a soullsss corporation was the mortgage.
The New York herald., 1877-07-08

From oar reports this morning the probabilities
are that the sceather IL, Nec York today tciH be
warmer and partly cloudy or cloudy, possibly ,ciM
MO,cess or an erening dtunder storm.
The New York herald., 1877-07-08

recruits just arrived will be in time for the trial
and possibly the execution of Brigham Young
The New York herald., 1877-07-08

MONMOUTH PARK RACES-The racing at Mon
mouth Park yesterday was excellent and the
attendance large and fashionable. Some first
class horses were entered and nearly all the
heats well contested. The winners were Daunt
less, ZOo-Zoo, Kenney and Deadhead.
The New York herald., 1877-07-08

THE DETERMINATION of the Orange societies
to hold no parade the 18th of July will be
approved by the majority Of sensible people. 1t
ls far wiser to spend the day with their families
along the sea shore and in the country than in
foolish marching through hot and crowded
streets
The New York herald., 1877-07-08

AN IDEA Of the financial and commercial i'm
portance of New York may be obtained from the
transcript of the transactions of the Post Office
for three months, which will be found elsewhere.
The steady growth of its postal business is the
surest evidence of the growth of the city.
The New York herald., 1877-07-08

THE Police COURT FINES for June were
nearly five thousand dollars. Bad whskey is an
excellent tax collector.
The New York herald., 1877-07-08
.QU UADRUPLE SHEET
NEW YORK. SUNDAY, JULY s, 1871

The HERALD riH be sent TO any address, free o.
postage, for One Dollar per month.
The New York herald., 1877-07-08
MACHINE SHOP DESTROYED.

Troy, N. Y, July Z, 1871
Tho machine shop and foundry of Otis Hodge, at
North Adams, was destroyed by Ore this morning.
The loss 10 $4,000: insured ior 6oQ
The New York herald., 1877-07-08

INFANT MoRTAIITY.-The mortality among
young children during the past week has been
unusually large-largcr than any week since the
beginning of summer. Fresh air is the best
medicine for the little ones. All who can 20
into the country will, of course, go; but there
nre thousands and thousands Of children whose
parents are too poor to take them out OF the
sickcning heat and dust. and there can be no
better charity than to aid some Of the societies
who are dcvoting themselves to tho little ones
In this way Perhaps the most efficient service
that could be rendered in the charity of caring
for the little ones wond be to aid the authorities
in the attempt to suppress the sale of swill milk,
by which the little ones arc poisoned to death