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The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-06-29
CUBAN INDEPENDENCE.
The only Thing Preventing 1t, the rlant~
ers' Dread Of Emancipation.
New York Sun, |

[New York sun.l
| After all Campos' boasting that ho
would put an I'D to the Cuban rebellion,
the following lacts remain undisputed:
| That the planters made about halfa5
much sugar as last year, although their
| crease In price Of sugar did pot even ap-
proximately compensate them for the
deficiency in quantity. 3. That the
money which they had to pay for the
protection afforded them, the thirty per
cent and other taxes, exceeded the whole
net value of their crops. 4. That they
are completely, or almost completely,
ruined. s. That they will positively de-
cline next year to pay any such price for
lection, they must join the Cubans.
This Is the pith OF all the late reports
Of amnesty. return of confiscate1 aIpp-
erty to Cubans, autonomy, ets AEoth
Jovellar and Martinez CamiisyB-be-
tween whom, by the way, there is very
little entente cordiale, just now-know
that the Spanish planters hold the key
OF the position, as they have held 1t for
eight years past. They know that they
they shipped Captain. General Dulce in
1859; they know that the want OF sue
cess in the field has SO disheartened the
Spanish trading and planting element
that the collection of taxes Is almost
impossible; and they know that, IL the
Cubans would only modify their consti-
tuition q little, 30 as to make emancipa-
ton gradual, or SO that the owners could
be partially remunerated for their slave
property, the arrangement which has
been for some time under way for a
grand pronunciamento OF the Spaniards
ia this city in favor Of Cuba Libre would
at once be q fnu nccOnlpH
The Cubans are willing to cede all
minor points on the basis of independ-
ence. do not, however, believe that
the Cuban Congress will take single
back step in the matter OF emancipa-
ton. That must be as it stands in the
ditional." The Spaniards, who have
always been proverbially very cruel
taskmasters, and who are aware how
difficult 1t will be for them to hire free
labor, will strain every nerve to obtain
some modification from the Cubans;
but IL the Cubans are unyielding, the
Spaniards will prefer half loaf to no
bread-that is, they will prefer to keep
their estates under the protection OF free
Cuba, even without their slaves, to the
certainty of seeing the estates destroyed
and themselves utterly ruined under
Spanish rule.
Another but minor stumbling block
in the way Of the union Of the resident
Spaniards with the Cubans Is the Span
ish currency Of the country, known as
the Spanish Bank paper. 1t has no
basis, and is absolutely valueless and,
unpleasant as it may be for the million
aires to settle with those people whose
sole capital 1t Is to-day-mostly the poor
and laboring classes-this
Is clearly the duty of the Spaniards.
who issued the bills and used the
It nowise is matter that con-
Germs the Cubans. AS soon as the bal
ance OF the sugar crop is exported the
country will be bankrupt, and every
thing exportable will have been ex->,
ported. y,
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-06-29

About 0 o'clock Wednesday night difficulty
took place aboard ths steamer Lotus No. 8, lying
at the head Of First street, between two negroes,
whose names could not be ascertained. and which
terminated 10 one OF them being slightly stabbed
in the left side. The party who did the cutting
lost no time in mak"g good his escape.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-06-29

The rivalry between the two leading
Chinese theatres in San Francisco is not
less intense than that between two Of
our first class the tires. The contract
with company performing at one the
atre expired the other day, and the rival
theatre made large offer for their SER
vices. Thereupon the manager of the
theatre they were about to quit locked
them, through strategy, in the green
room, and gave them only bread and
contract. Writs Of habeas corpus, OBJ
tanned by his rival, however, convinced
him that this Is not the "'Melican"
style OF securing signatures to con-
tract,
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-06-29
THE COURTS.
second District Court.

Succession of W. J. Pike on the the petition of
his widow for the adjudication of certain prop
ertv, held in common by herself and her minor
child, Gertrude D. Pike. The value of the prop
erty in the parish Of Orleans is sl0S ZOO; in the
other portions of the State 1882 SO; movable
effects s355,609 3d. All the above property ha 8
been aejudlcated in favor of the widow Pike, but
it remains specially mortgaged in favor OF the
minor child.
Third District Court.
The jury in the case of GabrIe, A. Cerreiolles
VS.. the New Orleans. Carrollton and City Railroad
Company last evening brought in verdict in
favor OF the defendant for the sum Of $2500 and
costs.
Fourth District Court.
Cecilia Rochtmuler, wife Of Hei ry Gobel, yes
terday commenced an action IN this court against
Isidore Newman, claiming $4,000 damages broach-
ed on her character. She represents that during
the month Of July, 1876, she was in the employ
Of said Newman, and that while in his employ he
caused her arrest and Incarceration, charging
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-06-29
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT FRIDAY JUNE 20, 1877

always been Federal officers. and
nothing but the division OF public plum.
der has made 1t cohesive. Take that
away and it falls to pieces.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-06-29

We know by experience that Frank l.. Leas,
No. 56 Camp street, keeps the best kind OF ice
cream and cakes. Bis prices are low and his
restaurant first class.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-06-29
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
ST. JAMES HOTEL.

Miss + Nj Rugeley, Ala RC Titiel. Syracuse N
G H Horn, MISS III FilkIDs, do.
G Ramaguray, Mexico G M Haines, Geo.
ADtoni GRAMS, Mexico G. nj Haines, Geo
M Newsom Tang'hoa w Gregg
J Doane. City Miss 7 Fair Miss
r Nancleave. Sp ng James q Fair, Miss
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-06-29
MORALITY In HAYTI.
The Proportion of Legitimate ana TJIegi-
innate Births In that Island,
New York World /

LNBW IUTk WJTIu.I
.Artemus Ward, in his capacity as a
civil service reformer and census emu
merator, once propounded the immortal
question, What is the average rate OF
morality along the Erie Canawl?" The
disclosures during Gov. Tilden's admin
istration showed that it was not very
high. but it can hardly have been lower
than that of Haytl. The Independant
Of May l., under the heading OF "Etat
Civil de Jacmel." gives the following
interesting statistics:
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-06-29

Last evening Grunewall Hall was crowded with
the elite OF the city 10 listen to the commence
ment and graduating exercises Of one OF the
finest female institutes in the South-the Oar
natz Institute. The programme was selection
Of musical and literary gems the rendition of the
same by the different young ladies' was superb
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-16
HOW the Litt1e Girl Proved VI.

Hereafter the language Of mathematics
will have to be more exact A female
teacher said that on certain occasion
she had in her school class Of little be-
ginners- children of 4 and 5 years and
that in Inducing them into the rudi-
ments of arithmetic she sought to sim
plify things as much as possible. There
they had the ten numerals on their ten
fingers, and in adding or subtracting the
simple numbers, they could reckon upon
those digits. The thing worked to a
charm, and the little ones readily learned
thus to solve the first problems Of the
great science.
One day the class was out for recita-
ton, and subtraction was the theme.
Give from five leaves how many ?"
was by-and-by asked of a bright-eyed
miss of four summers.
The little thing up with her fingers
and went at it. For time she seemed
exceedingly puzzled, but at length her
eyes snapped, and she lifted her head
confidently.
Give p she said, with most assured
emphasis.
Curious to know how she had arrived
at that solution, the teacher asked her to
explain.
"Why," replied the child, holding
out her two hands, and placing them
side by side, "zere's five on at hand,
and five on at. Now I take away 'ese
five fom 'ose five, and-'ere zey be-
five !"
About as fine piece of ocular demon
stration in the way of logical dilemma
as you will often meet.
To head Off such sharp little dis
coverers and accountants, it will be in
order to say, Give from itself how
many 2"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-16
One Hundred and Sixteen Years Ago.

State Treasurer Dubuclet returned to
the city on Monday morning from a trip
to his plantation in IberVille parish,
where he says the crops are in good con
dition, but rather backward. On his
own plantation he has a negro EMPLOYED
who is now 116 years of age, and who has
been in the same family since he was 40
years of age. His name is Nelson Jor-
dan, and his native State Virginia, where
he was a slave, and when 40 years of age
was brought to Louisiana and sold to the
father of his present employer. Even at
his advanced age now he cultivates. and
has raised three acres Of corn, using only
a hoe to keep it free from weeds and
grass, besides attending to a garden
patch and attending to light duties about
the place. cold Nelse, as he is called.
claims that before he was sold by his
master in Virginia he had boarded up
nearly $500 in gold and bank bills. which
he secreted in the woods In the planta-
ton, and he has repeatedly desired to
return to find the lost treasure. but
hardly thinks his trip would be success
full. Besides attending to his corn now
he manages to find time to catch consid-
cradle drift-wood in the river, using a
skiff he made with his own hands. and
he is SO eccentric in his way that be
mends and patches his ewn clothes. his
eyesight being yet sufficiently strong tc
permit him TO thread a needle on &
bright day. He is particularly down on
''lazy niggers, as he calls them, and does
not let an opportunity pass to express
his Indignation at those Of the plantation
laborers who " knock off, O moment be
fore shutdown. He is active and eco
nomical, and has laid up about $500 fol
rainy day, and expects next year Il
raise big crop OF peas.-Neq0 Orlea9a.
Democrat.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-16
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
The Blacksmith Man.


~ mother puts an apron on to keep my COATES
nd wubbers on my little boots and then I go and
lean
gainst the blaoksmith's doorway, to watch the
coal-fire shine,
he bellows heave, the hammers swing-I wish they
all were mine
he horses bend their legs and stand; don't see
how they can
}ut I would love to shoe their feet just like the
blacksmith man.
Tang-diddle, tang-diddle, tang-diddle-tan!
What a jolly noise he makes, the blacksmith
man!
Yhen grow up an old big man, with whiskers on
my chin,
will not have grocery store or dry-goods store or
will not be a farmer or a lawyer, not bit;
n PRESIDENTIAL the other boys meaning to
be it.
Dr. a banker, with the money-bills piled high upon
the STAN
d rather hold the red-hot iron, and be black
smith man
Tang-tiddlo tang-tiddle, tang-Hddle-tani
o, what jolly noise he makes, the blacksmith
man!
he blacksmith man has got such arms his shop is
such place
lie gets as dirty as he likes, and no one cleans his
face!
nd, when the lghtning's in the sky, he makes his
nd ali his fire flares up quick like lightning down
below.
Jh, he must have the incest time that any person
can;
wish I could grow up to-day and be blacksmith
man
Tang-diddle, tang-didde, tang-diddle-tan!
L wish [ could grow up to-day, and be black
smith man
mean to have little house with vines and porches
tot,
Il fixed up nice and clean for me when get tired |
of SCOT
d marry little Susy and have her for my wife
{eyo been so well acquainted with each other all
life
h, 7 mean to be as hearty and happy as / can,
nd an honest good, Woodworking, joly,rosy black
smith man!
Tang-diddle, tang-diddle, tang-didde-tan!
Here goes the honest, good, Woodworking, jolly |
blacksmith mani
Ma
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-16
Saved from Starvation by a Cat.

The Suffolk (Va.) Herald relates the
following incident: 'sSome time ago the
wife of Mr.. Alfred Davis (who was
drowned with his two sons last Friday
evening in Nansemond river was con-
fined to her room with protracted sick
ness, and such was the poverty of the
poor man that he was unable to procure
the necessary nourishment for her in
deed, as Mr.. Davis related the case, the
wants of the family must have been of
the severest and most trying nature, the
family subsisting for several weeks on
potatoes and salt alone. During theead
indisposition of Mrs. Davis and her
pressing want for delicate food COM
mon house cat went into the field and
caught a young hare and brought it to
the house. Mr.. Davis took the hare
and made it into soup for his suffering
wife, which caused rapid improve
ment in her condition. The day follow
ing the same cat again set out on its mis-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-16

alone; whether she will protect Repub-
licans in their lives and liberties now
that military guards have been
taken away; whether home
rule means immunity for Demo
cratic murderers and the reserved
right" for which the State is so
anxious is the right to encourage politi-
cal assassinations. But the Democrats
of Mississippi have not heard from out
side. Surrounded by the complete
works Of John @. Calhoun, they draft
solemn resolutions upon obsolete issues
of politics, and pay no more regard TO
contemporary facts than if all beyond the
barrier of cotton-feld and cypress-swamp
belonged to a world with which they had
no concern.
It is waste of time to debate theories
of government in State which does not
protect its citizens from assassination on
account of the unpopularity of their pol
itics. There are some hundreds of
thousands of sincere people at the North
who believe that the Federal authorities
ought to keep such a State under mill
tary care, and import carpet bag Gov
errors and Legislators for it and to talk
to them about the reserved rights of the
States is Like arguing with a northwest
wind. They had their way for the first
ten years of reconstruction, and there is
no guarantee that they will not have it
again. Certainly Mississippi is giving
them great deal of help.-NeaO York
Tribune.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-16

that kind Of I don't know what to do
with myself feeling that makes girls
throw their arms round the nearest friend
and smother her with kisses, that is
feigning petty jealousies OF others, and
saying I wish you could love me, when
one isn't in a mood for sweet stuff. The
most loving-hearted girls don't show
their feelings by any means. They do
not love to kiss or parade affection, but
they are kind, O! so kind, to their last
breath and drop Of strength, to those
who need and deserve their care. Kind
with the kindness that makes one wise
for others happiness, so that mother
looks into the mending basket to find
that troublesome torn shirt-sleeve made
whole, and the apron finished for Bobby,
and father has the room quiet for a
long evening when he wants to read the
debates, or to make calculations, and
Jennie finds her rain-spoiled dress
sponged and ironed fresh in the ward
robe, and Mrs. Brown over the way sees
the children taken out of the house when
she has a racking headache, and the
teacher knows who will run up the |
founces and sew on buttons for the new |
suit she is hurrying to make out of /
school hours. There is nothing too
homely or distasteful for this sort of |
girl to do, and she might take for her
signature what saw once in kind let
ter of Elizabeth Stoddard's, the novel
list. Yours to serve. The kisses and
the love-making may be shy enough
with her, but the kindness is for every
body, and it runs very deep. Nothing
draws ON her help and sympathy so
much as to need it most, to be without
interest or attraction in any way.
"tThe best recipe for going through
Life in an exquisite way, with beautiful
manners, is to feel that everybody, no
matter how rich or how poor, needs all
The kindness they can get from others in
the world. The greatest praise written
Of Madame Recamier, the most beauti-
full woman and complete lady Of her own
Or any other known time, was this" and
Miss Winchester's face softened, and her
face fell to moving key as she repeated
softly the words / afterwards saw copied
in an old manuscript book Of hers, and [
knew that she had loved them. '''Dis-
grace and misfortune had for Madame
Recamier the same sort of attraction that
favor and success usually have for vulgar
souls.
There was the nature of a great lady,
Vide A20Gke.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-16
The Mississippi Democracy.

There is something almost sublime in
the composure with which the Demo-
Gratis of Mississippi sit down under the
eyes of mankind and proceed to ignore
the universe. It only happens once or
twice in decade of years that their
swamps and wildernesses, their resolu-
tons and their police, attract much of
the attention of the outside world, and
under ordinary circumstances they might
commit any number of absurdities with
out remark. But it does happen Just
now that the world is looking at them,
and that their behavior is of some con-
sequence to the Democratic party else
where. Since they obtained control of
their State by methods which, to put it
mildly, are open to a great deal of criti-
cism, the only important event in Mis-
sissippi has been a political massacre SO
horrible in its incidents as to arouse the
whole country. The Democratic county
officers have failed to punish the Grim
mails. The Democratic Governor has
failed to teach them their duty or to in
terest himself at all in the affair. The
Democratic press has keptsilent aboutit
Everybody, outside of Mississippi, seems
| to realize that the Kemper county mas
saere has placed the Democracy of the
whole nation at disadvantage, i'm
periled the permanence of President
Hayes Southern policy, and thus
threatened the entire South with new
nisfortunes. One might have thought
even a Mississippi Democratic Conven-
ton capable Of understanding the situa-
ton.
The first act of the convention. how
ever, was formally to ignore the Kemper
county affair by renominating Gov.
Stone; and then it proceeded to dis.
course upon the limitations OF the Fed.
eral authority, the sovereignty Of the
States, the right Of every free people tt
be let alone, and the other common
places of past era. What the country
wishes to know is whether Mississippi
has the will and the power to enforce
her own laws, now that the Genera
Government has resolved to let he
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-16

The debate on the Burials bill in the
English Parliament makes the statistics
Of parish churchyards very opportune.
There are IN England and Wales, now
open, 1917 burial-places in which only
the state-church service can be used.
There are 5,005 places in which de-
ceased person not a member of the state
church can be buried by his own minis
ter. There are in England IL, 682 Dis
senting places Of worship, and in Wales
1928, making total of 20, 400. Most Of
the unconsecrated cemeteries pertain to
large towns.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-16
Snake Stories from Georgia.

Sandersville (Ga.) Herald. "Mr.
Kirkland cut open a hollow log to catch
a rabbit, the other day, and on drawing
the rabbit out he also drew out an i'm.
mense rattlesnake that had partly swal-
lowed the animal. He struck the snake
upon the head, when sixteen young, fu-
rious rattlesnakes ran out Of the pouch
under the body of the mother snake.
The little snakes were very bellicose,
but were all killed. There were seven
teen rattles on the old snake, and it
measured about five feet in length. "
Hamilton Ca. Journal. " Mr.. Al
fred johnson, five miles below Hamilton,
has discovered a den of horned snakes on
his plantation. He has killed two of
them, and seen several others. They are
of white and black speckled color. The
horn is on the tip of the tail, and is stuck
into everything that comes within reach.
Mr.. Johnson informs us that he cut one
in two parts about foot from the end
Of the tail and it still used the horn,
turning in any direction to stick it into
anything that touched it. This settles
the question that there is such thing
as horned snake" sr
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-16

sion Of charity, and succeeded in catch
ing partridge, which was likewise
brought to the house and delivered as
was the hare; and thus it was, through
the fundamentally Of this cat, the life
of this unfortunate lady was saved from
absolute starvation. The facts of the
above can be substantiated as correct.
and are given as related by Mr.. Davis
In person
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-16

The London Young Mems Christian
Association has 184 branches in England
and Wales, with LIS, TOO active members.
Five of their branch buildings have cost
the following sums: Edinburgh. 917,-
600, Dundee, 100000; Birmingham,
81, 800; Liverpool, EGO, 900; Manchester,
945, 900. At q recent conference the
means Of giving the work of the associa-
ton broader scope were much dis
cussed.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-16

ACCORDING to the new constitution,
lobbying will hereafter be crime in
Georgia.
Decorah-posten., 1877-04-19

%euriorspne De oslaa ere, iaa blipsr ooa beitanbis Ell slsr
auosn liom Sage. bporpeo hi fan9e Dem. Sfnlle pl laa
aaa iuo % nappe 8ueetcn. ST. @roserer.
asa, saa Se fun no % nap bam." a8oe @roslers.
Sc BAN Del nof blue" San gap oerpaa Sstlsnten I'm.
buretuiua ON Storms MnlGitele ublanost, men omtalte
life 8ruuecn BERTH; forrsiten tunos Der Del lite gieres pi.
bere, oa Buelsn par leiet; men ba ban lite enftoe ut
Napu fat SorbinoeNs mso oenns Sag, % oa bet lr
bar bam ubeba9sli9t, at @ierninaSmaucen Ianotes iblanot
bans ssus lolt. iaa iilbeo ban i9 at bsiale Dc Var bun.
orsce Salsr, buorOm Oct breeoe is. paa Den Bstinssle, at
Saasn life bleu pibsre omtalt. "5sS tan lite isare Gem
lrar, Sr. @rOsiersr," ia8oe Beientsn. "msn ies lial tents
ouer bet" -
Nrebrlffe bapee llosn &atairOien perst taus % ines.
luttet, men bsnbss 6aosr bapoe unoer zine mango 6orrst
uinaer lite laat Merie b,rtil. Sficnt Siitorien ON Bsglen
bapoe 9r9rst bam. laa meute ban bog at tnnne bragg en-
Morbid peraf, Den nsmli9. at bebreoe benoe Tor benees
Bprneiorelieie, bpis ben ellsrS lite lfuloe 8aa opsr al l8
lelp. Deb Mibba9sbortst = Be ipits atib alsne iammsn
- lasos ban: "Dr er opoa9et ct Saliineri paa 8Ontorst
"Gr ben Sfploi9e ~opbase?" ipur9te Dreosriifs. ia.
Giorm." - San la9oe bet meo ben roli8e Betonln8 man
anpenosr, uaar man uuosioriaar: "2apos l8 laa ltt
Net? Sra ben Rant iunbe man 10 pente 10 BET @srlts,"
"Sror on pirielis bet. Daoa?"
"Sa, al min Sall8beo trr ip BET; Oct CT l9 NOT
nsot til at tro o~psrfor %iolelare Seoher?"
SPAR bu pirtelia Ysuiir. 0abe?" ipursts bun, nosn
ido at trO paa Muli8becsn. men aliseoel no8e bsflsmt
ON 2iertst.
"Mus emo NOT Of Bsuiiu; is ianot bet SsIs bans
Decorah-posten., 1877-04-19

Gn H6tte Saliintritr ere. siler
bpao man paa Wols bar oprasst.
blepns btsnasoe mso Vapirsr. ION
bare onbrnate / Den osrpGrenoe Spa'
,ebanf, al 8~aarbbrua,r i Haabe &ri.
ton Youlitn 3Ofttbrs NnsiUl.
osnos sr 81 Mar sammsl % bar
none % 3 Bern. San bar ielp
usbaaast at bare forfalitet | Oct Ssls
10 &ersloblisatiossr til ct iamlst
Bsleb af msllem l4--l500 Spo.
Oisie Sctfaliinineer bur ban uciert
i Ell lang Marr9ift; ban niger Of
uere blsuen iorlspst osrtll. oa ban
uso Stliist siter lin Woner flebts
De leie % iahe Gienoomms, % ban
iiben bar bapt @anitsliebsoer i IN
lsonin9 al uolesnin9su. San bar
itaoi9, fori@llsr ban, baabet pao
bsbre Siosr for ba at funu. iaa
Srben / line foripipIsce Nnerer
6orucsn Wois Sparsbanf CT &p9s,
% Sreosrifitaps Sparsbanier inter
eslereoe.