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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-18
The English Mission.

WASHINGTON, Oct I7.-There has been much
wild speculation in regard to the English mis-
|sfon. 1t was first announced in these dispatches
that it would be given to Pennsylvania. This
has given rise to divers random statements as
Ito gentlemen who. It was alleged. were being
in that connection not one of whom
have had that honor, except Mr.. Mcveigh, and
Ehe only incidentally.
The mission has not been rendered to any
lone, nor will the subject be taken up for a week
|or ten days. The resignation of Minister
i, which will allow ample time for selection.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-18
New York politlc.-wooaln withdraws

AUBURN Oct. ia dispatch from Palmyra
announces that S nator NJ b. Woodin has with
drawn from the senatorial canvass, declining to
run against State Treasurer Ross.
A new Republican convention will be- held
nj nday, Ostober "a, and some OF Woodins here
tefpre ardent supporters are very bitter in their
announcement 0f his action In This matter, 40
eusng him. truthfully ps they claim, of stand
ing in fear Of Mf. Ross strength.
Mr. Woodin, it is said, hid not the slightest
thought Of declining until Mr.. Ross succeeded
Mr.. Moses as the Democratic nominee. Hon.
+. M Ppmeroy.. of this place. is spoken Of as o
Substitute for Mr. Woodfn.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-18
The House Committees.

& WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.-Speaker Randall said
to-day that he had not yet turned his attention
to the formation of the House committees and
would not for several days. Much interest is
felt In their composition, particularly among
the members of Congress. on account of the
unsuitable persons who were advanced to chair
manships by the late Speaker, and who, In the
late contest, led the opposition to Randall. 1t
was understood to-day that the Committee on
Ways and Means will be constituted with regard
to the material interests of the country.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-18
Suicide.

NEW YORK Oct 17.-This forenoon. Ernest J..
Wallenstein, clerk In brokers' Office. at No. 50
Exchange Place. discharged pistol at his
head while in the eounting-room: He was
taken to the hospital In dying condition.
He was the foreign corresponding clerk In
the .offiee Of Hefdelbacher, Ikethermer b
Co., brokers. Exchange Place. He shot himself
through the forehead. His accounts show no
discrepancies, and dependency is supposed TO
De the cause. He was taken to the hospital,
and died shortly after being admitted.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-18
PaHder ExnIasiar,.

PoTTsv1tLE, Pa., Oct. 17.-The powder wagon
Of N. G. Speer. at Hunters Station. containing
about seventy five kegs Of powder, blew up th s
morning The driver was thrown distance Of
about 100 yards receiving injuries from which
he cannot recover. He WIS a. young. man and
had been married only few days. Nothing re-
mained Of he wagon but the hind wheels and
axle, and the horses we're 50 badly injured that
it was found necessary to shoot them.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-18

ENGLAND.


\
LONDON, Oct. 17s-,rhe crew Of an American
ship which had just sailed from this port mn.
tinted yesterday when off the More light, The
captain shot the leader dead. and tile mate
wounded another OF the mntn0ua crew
force 0f British marines boarded her aItd
brought the vessel back to London. The name
Of the vessel upon which the nntiny occurred
Is the New World, Oh New.York. United States
Minister Pierrepont WIS communicates with
upon the subject, and he claimed that the Brit
ish marines mad no right 10 bring the vessel
t. London, she being ut the time Of the natfny
Oh the high seas
CleOpatra's NesasS Abandoned In tIsa
storm.
:, LONDON, Oct. 18.-Adviees haye been received
that Cleopatras Needle was abandoned It'd the
Bay OF Bseay during the great gale on Sunday
last. Six 0f ths crew OF the steamer Olga w6re
drowned, but the crew OF the Cheaps Were
saved.
They Won't Resign.
LONDON. Oct. 18.--A dispatch from Paris do
MES that the French Ministry will resign.
DtsehargIn@ the Union Men.
GLASGOW. Oct. 18.-The Clyde masters have dis
charged all the iron workers WHO are union
men.
COmDlimentIng Stanley.
LONDON, Oct. 1s-The King OF the Beleians
and the Austrian Geographical Society have
complimented Stanley in glowing terms for tho
results achieved by him in his African expIora-
tions.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-18
Pntterson's Case Adjourned to october
4 2HsF.

WASHINGTON Oct. 17.-To- day the case OF Sen
htor John j. Patterson, who was arrested about
k0nsdays ago on q requisition from the Gov
brnor of South Carolina to answer charges IT
etc, in that State. was tried before
Nudge Humphreys. sitting in chambers. on a
EErif of haheas corpus. Gen. Conner and James
E,oWndes representing the State with Mes srs.
IN. A Cork Shellebarger and Wilson aud Judge
|3tm1au for tha respondent
h The case Vas opened by reading the papers
~ the matter hy counsel Tor the rclator. alter
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-18
Marlan's Nomination - other Appeint,
npnts

WASHINGTON. Oct. 1.-THE President sent to
the Senate to-day the n mination of John M.
Harlan of Kentucky. to b > Associate Judge Of
the Supreme Court. Besides this larg9 number
of more or less importrnt nominations were
made, but among them none that have not al
ready been made public.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-18
CourfHey wins,

OsWEGo, Oct. 17-There was large attend
ance to witness the single sgull race between
Courtney, Riley and johnson: The weather
was fine and the condition OF the water favor
able for quick time.
In the pools Courtney was the favorite selling
at 500; Riley was second choice at so. and
The race was won by Courtney. Riley second
and Johnson third. Time-f4.45 which fs tho
bet lime On record. Distance one mile and a
half and return.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-18
Misapprepr,afipg an ESTE fe.

New YoRE, Oct. 17.-The uncertain rumors
that had been fl 7ating through Wall street yes
terday eulmina es aftar the close Of the market
with the intelligence that John w. Palmer has
misappropfiatad the estate nf his sistsr-in- law,
Mrs. Lamont. and her children. The alleged
$40. 900.
Mr.. Palmer's inability TO meet his liabilities
Was ,erbalig hnngahesa M ~ ths Ioek ~ s
his office. He is in the city and claims that it is
O family matter In which the public have no in
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-18
The Paris Exnasifinn.

New YORK Oct. 17-An adjourned meeting oi
the citizens. who fqvor the participation Of the
United States In the Paris Exposition will be
held at Underwriters Hall, No. Is Broadway.
at $3.50 p. IN. Thursday. The correspond
enee between Corresponding Secretary Henry
Scott and he Federal authorities. and the ae-
ceptanees and leelna iors Of gentlemen nomi-
mated for the National Executive Committee at
the last meeting. will be read.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-18

WASHINGTON. Oct, l7.-The Democratic sens-
tors held caucus this morning at which it was
.letsrnined. after considerable discussion, to
Npgfford md Eustls. Of Louisiana and press
their Immediate admission. No action was
taken In the matter of South Carolina.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-18
Frefshts-DimcuIties Adjusted.

New YoKK Oct. 17.-It ia stated by the presi-
dents OF the trunk lines that the difficulties be-
tween the New York Central and the Grand
that the advance In eastern and western
bound freight has been agreed upon. and will
shortly be given in detail.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-18
Rev. Charles Mccarthy suspended.

NEW YORK. Oct. 1.-THE Rev. Charles r. No
Carthy, formerly a UniversaIist minister, was
tonight, receiving two weeks notice prepare
tory to expulsion
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-18

New YORK, Oct. 1T.-The steamship Abyasin~
MIA, which sails to-day for Bristol, Eng, car
ries, in addition to other freights 900 bushels
Of grain, $50 barrels OF flour. 400 packages Of
cake The Angela for London, carriss 5000
bushels grain. 1000 cases cheese. 1000 packages OF
butter, IS 900 cases canned meat and 1000 cases OF
Oil cake
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-18

which 1t was suggested that the argument be
adjourned. Gen, Connor stating tina his en-
gagemenis were such that he could not be here
until the aist. and the hearing was accordingly
adjourned until that date
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-18
The Trunk Line Percentases.

New YORK, Oct. 17.-The Trunk Line per-
eentages we're not changed by the presidents at
their late meeting.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-18
they want Resign
Disguisting Attitude of the sfarshais ADJ
yisers.

ssFs'fN'H1DKrsS " SHD IvHdISEzkH NM
visers.
LONDON. Oct t7.-The Times Paris corre-
sp2ndsnt says; The attitude already attributed
to the Marshal's advisers is diSu Iietfng. They
are sal to be resolved to use the nnFortunaI6
expression OF the Duke de Cazes, in his last
speech not to disarm IL must Be hoped ttrat
this is unfoundsd. 1t is doubtful however,
whether they can count on the continued sup
port Of the Senate
MacMahon Undecided -Gambetta Active.
PARIS, Oct. 18.-Presidsnt MaeMahon's final
policy is still undecided.
M Gambetta is actively engaged In uniting
the Left. The Republicans are iudisposed 10
accept q coalition Cabinet.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-18
sale of Coal,

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-THE Delaware, Laeka.
wanna and Western Railroad Company will ad
yertise the sale Of one hundred and twenty five
thousand tons OF coal ON the 24th inst.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-18
MaeMahon Undecided -Gambetta Actlye.
SPAIN.

MADRID, Oct. 1.-THE Spanish Government
has protested against an increase OF the fmpost
duty with North America.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-18
snytier's steal.
shipments to Enreue.

NEW YORK, Oct 17.-Moses A. Snyder, third
teller OF the Merchants Exchange Bank, has
stolen about $1,000.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-18
View York Registration,

New YORK, Oct. 1.-THE registration In this
city to-day numbers Al 591 total for the first two
days. 1860 against III 008 for the first two days
last year.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-18
The Presidents Message-COmme of
the New York Press.

New YORK Oct. Commenting on the Presi-
dents message the HeJald says: The message
sent affords little scope for comment. 1t is brief
and busins ss-lke, and so strictly confined to
the few subjects which made the extra session
, necessary, as 70 raise no questions on which
there can be a reasonable difference Of opinion.
The Tribune
says the message is brief, business-like and
sensible. asking no Legislation which is not OF
present importance, making no recommends
tions Of which any portion can be attacked. 1t
is hoped that Congress will act promptly on the
suggestion of immediate legislation with re-
spect to the Paris Exposition. There ought to
be no further delay in this matter the interests
Of exhibitors have surely suffered enough al
ready.
The World
says the prompt, almost undisputed election OF
Mr.. Randall was proof that the majority Of the
members of the House meant to transact busi-
ness and not to talk Of politics. The message
of President Hayes gives little political talk
and plenty of work to do. 1t is as business
like paper as any President ever sent TO any
Congress.
The Times
recites the points in the message. and says the
only point Of interest, excslt the deficiencies,
brought to the attention of Congress by the
President. Is the necessity for an appropriation
TO enable this country TO take part in the Paris
Exposition next year. We trust there will be no
hesitation on this subject.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-18

Cigar Makers, strike

NEw YoHK. Oct. 1.-THE Coe plan OF resump.
ton has been somewhat modified
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-18
The Vatican chasrinsa

ROME, Oct. 18.-The Vatican was intensely
ehagrined at the result Of the french elections,
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LONDON. Oct. 1s.---A dispatch from Bucharest
says that the bombardment of Plevna along
the whole line has been commenced.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-18

NEW YoEx: Oct. 17.-0yer 10 300 cigar makers
are on strike.
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LONDON, Oct. 1s.-A Bucharest dispatch says
the bOmbafdment oil Rustehnk has been re-
opened.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-18
GERM r.
ROW n.

BERLIN, Oct. 18.-Gen. Wrangel is seriously lii.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-18

WASHINGTON, Oct 17.-The Secretary Of War
has addressgl the folio wing letter to the Seere-
tary OF the Treasury, and 1t was sent to Con-
gress with the Presidents message:
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-11-09
Too Sharp by Half.

An enterprising business man runs two
branches of trade, to wit grocery and a
fish market. The grocery he runs himself,
and the fish market by deputy, and eve
ny night the latter makes returns of the
proceeds of the days business to the pro-
prietor.
A day or two since the grocer found in
his fish market returns a counterfeit five
dollar bill. He took the chance of trying
to pass it off again. So he called an old
darkey who was hanging about the prem
Uses and said to him
"Sam, here's a five dollar bill that's a
little doubtful. If you will take it and
pass it, I'll give you dollar out of the
change"
Every WE'LL" said Sam, and lie took the
bill and went off.
Later in the day he returned, having &C.
complished the feat, and handdd over four
dollars to the grocer.
That night the grocer, in counting over
the cash returns from his fish market, was
more surprised than delighted to find the
identical five in the pile.
"Look here" said he sharply to his mar
ket clerk, "bere's counterfeit bill Who
did you take it OFF, Didn't you know it
was bad 2"
The clerk took it and looked at it for u
few moments.
"Oh, yes" said he, 81 remember now,"
~ took it of Sam, the darkey. l thought
it was little doubtful, and wasn't going
to take it, but he said he got it of you, so
thought it was all right"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-11-09

Thieves and policemen are the great
pests of Russian towns, but especially po-
licemen. A man who has resided some
months in Russia even grows to doubt
whether the notions of meum and tuum are
comprehended there as they are in other
countries. IL you pay visit and leave
cloak on the seat of your carriage, that
cloak is gone when you come out. Ifyou
walk out with dog unclaimed, the dog
vanishes round street corner. Shop-keep-
ers are afraid to place articles of value in
their windows. House. holders are liable
to have their horses and carriages stolen if
they do not keep "a sufficient number of
stable servants and take care to see before
going to bed that one at least of these
menials is sober. A man who goes out for
a night stroll unarmed may be set upon
within sight of droschky stand and strip
ped of every article he wears, including
shirt and small clothes. The droschky
drivers will not give him q helping hand !;
they will rather start otfaltogether in pan
ic, lest they should be summoned to give
evidence; as for the police, they hurry up
afterward, and make the despoiled man
pay twice the value of the things he has
lost in fees for investigation. 1t is said
that a person influential enough to make
himself unpleasant to the police gets back
his lost property in time; the police will
even restore him the equivalent if they
cannot recover the actual articles.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-11-09
Duck Shooting in Maryland.

There are various ways of shooting the
ducks of the Chesapeake and its broad af-
fluent, the Susquehanna. Gentlemen for
the most part shoot from "blinds" and use
decoys; while market gunners use the "sink-
boat" or the might reflector" "Blinds"
are any sort of artificial concealment placed
at an advantageous point upon the shore.
They generally consist of seat in sort of
box or shelter some four feet deep, and ca
pable of containing three or four persons
and couple of dogs. They are thorough
ly covered up with pine branches and
young pine-trees, and communicate with
the shore by path similarly sheltered
The water in front is comparatively shall
low, and, if it contain beds of wild celery
on the bottom, is sure to be a feeding
ground for the ducks. About thirty yards
from the "blind" are anchored fleet of
perhaps hundred and fifty decoys. They
are wooden ducks roughly carved and
painted, but devised with strict regard
for variety and sex. At little distance
they are calculated to deceive any eye, and
they certainly have great deal of weight
in determining the action of a passing
flock or bunch of ducks. The sink-boat is
in reality u floating blind. 1t is nothing
more than an anchored box or coffin with
hinged flaps to keep the water from invad-
ing it, The gunner lies on his back in it,
completely out OF sight, and around it are
placed the decoys. 1t is extremely tire
some work, but very destructive to the
birds. They float down the stream when
shot and are picked up from boat station
ed below. 1t is wholesale numbering
sort of thing and has little sport about it.
The might reflector" is quite as bad. 1t
consists of large reflector behind a COM
mon naphtha lamp and mounted upon the
bow of boat. The latter is rowed out into
the stream where the ducks are bedded for
the night, and the birds, fascinated by the
light, swim to it from every side and bob
against the boat in helpless confusion
The number of birds secured depends only
on the caliber of the gun. From twenty
to thirty ducks to each shot fired is a COM
mon experience. The hunter who uses one
OF these reflectors may succeed in getting
into half dozen beds in night. Anoth-
er thing he sometimes succeeds in, is get
ting charge of shot in his body from some
indignant sportsman on shore. If rifle
is handy and any one chances to be up and
about at the hour, no hesitation is felt at
having crack at the spot hunters" nefar-
ious light.-From "Oanvas. back and Terra
pin;;" Scri6ner for Nooember
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-11-09
Fattening Poultry.

A letter on this subject, by Henry Eliot,
Washington county, Ohio, furnishes some
interesting items in relation to the cramm-
ing process practiced by French and En-
glsh feeders in this country, who 60 on the
principle of giving the fowls not only all
the food they would naturally eat, but
forcing an extra amount, which makes
them dull and sleepy, and thus increases
the tendency to fatteu. The feeders espe-
cially esteem buckwheat for this purpose
also employ oat and corn meal, mixing it
rather stiff, and rolling it into what are
termed, "crams"-i. e. masses two inches
long, of the thickness of mans little fin
ger. The Grams, dipped into milk or
water, are pushed into the mouth and
throat of the fowl until the crop is full, the
operation being repeated two or three
times day. In raising poultry for the
table, the farmer, said Mr.. Eliot, should
not forget that the chickens must be kept
growing from the time they are Matched,
or their framework becomes stunted and
fixed, and prevents their afterwards OBJ
tanning large size. The best food after
chickens are put up in fattening coops is
oats and corn meal, fixed with scalded milk
or water; the writer adds a low grade of
flour, baked and wet little. AS soon as
his chickens are sufficiently fat they are
killed at once, before the flesh becomes
hard and coarse they are not fed the last
day, as lood in the crop and intestines fer
ments, and detracts from the flavor of the
meat.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-11-09

TRANSIENT ADvERTIsEMENTs.-one Square, two inser
tions, Sl00. Each sequentinserton, 20 cents Lo
acknowledgements in the same proportion. spac
equal to six lines makes square.
HS- Yearly advertisements at special rates.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-11-09
Fertility of Western Texas.

The yield of the cereals there is simply
enormous. The corn is twice as high as
your head in May, and the grass has twice
been cut by that time; every known vege-
table has long been in the market there
The sweet and luscious figs are ripe, and
pears and apples, apricots, plums, and
peaches, are ready to gather while, later
in the year, bananas, pomegranates, and
persimmons come in, and the pecans drop
big and sweet as one finds them anywhere
else. There are fields about San Antonio
where four hundred dollars an acre have
been realized out of sugar cane, although
that is an extremely exceptional yield, the
proceeds being partly due to the sale of
cane in the streets, it being choice NOR
sci in its season. Large quantities of it are
fed to cattle also and for them, as another
delicacy, the prickly- pear is raked into
heaps, and scorched of its thorns by fire.
The Spanish moss is found in immense
quantities on the trees in certain portions
of the country round San Antonio, as well
as all the way to the coast. 1t is an
epiphyte, not parasite, drawing its sus-
tenance from the air, and not the tree, to
which it does no injury and it is already
forming good branch Of commerce, as be-
ing well rotted and dried, it makes val.
liable substitute for curled hair in uphols-
terry. Cotton, too is almost equally proli-
fic with everything else. In fact, there is
nothing which the rich earth does not seem
capable of producing, and producing at
its best AS you see it freshly turned up,
clean, dark and glistening as though it held
hidden sunbeams, it seems, according to
the old saying, fairly good enough to eat.
1t would excuse the clay eaters themselves
if it were on such substance that they fed f;
and one would well wish that, having the
traditional peck of dirt to eat, it might be
eaten in San Antonio. One does not won
der to see this sod break into blossom the
day after it is cut. And San Antonio in
this matter is but the type of all Western
Texas-a land of promise and of plenty q
land flowing in milk and honey Gf with
the cattle roaming in multitudes, one were
not obliged to use condensed milk in ones
Coffee land where the vagrant can sleep
in comfort under tent in open air all his
lifetime, and may live in luxury, scarcely
lifting his hands to labor, and where the
energetic and intelligent bind fortune hand
and foot and compel her to their service.
Nearly three hundred thousand people en-
tered it in the last year, and sought per-
manent homes many more, we understand,
contemplate the same movement in the
coming year. And their success is entire
ly in the measure of their endeavor for
with eggs selling from six to ten cents a
dozen, and with beef from five to eight
cents a pound, the cost of living is at its
minimum. Rents are the only expensive
item, and the climate makes tent sufii.
Gent shelter till house can be built
Ra,per's Magazine for November.