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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-26

The Cologne Gazette states that the
Russian preparations for the protection
Of the coast OF the Baltic are progress
ing rapidly. The frigate Petropaulov-
ski and q number Of smaller vessels are
occupied at Helsingfors with the laying
of torpedoes. At Dunamunde (Riga)
the ironclad battery has arrived, and
the steamer Rabotnik and five minor
cutters, which were at work there, will
now go to Cronstadt. Adjutant General
Butakoff, who is still at Wiborg, is
charged with the direction of all the
fertilization work in the Baltic. A real
panic exists among the Russian
merchants Of the Baltic towns, as
they think the Russian government
would hardly take such extensive
measures for the protection Of the
coast il it did not believe that it had to
be prepared for an attack by the Eng
lish ironclad fleet. Navigation is in the
highest degree hindered by the torpe-
does sunk everywhere.
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ONLY A hoy.

s,nlv n boy with his noise and fun;
The yeriest mystery under the sun:
a. brimful of mischief and wit ana gee
III aver n human frame can be;
And as hard 10 manage as-ah an me
A''" "Tis hard to tell. :,
Yet VIC love him well
Only n boy. with his fearful tread, -.
Wboo cannot be driven but must be leo,
Who troubles the neighbors' dogs and cats,
Hna tanrs more clothes, and spoils more hats,
Loses more tops and kites and bats
Than would stock store
For year or more.
Only n boy with his wild, strange ways,
with his idle hours on busy days;
with his queer remarks and his odd replies
Sometimes foolish and sometimes wise. .s.a.
Often brilliant for one of his size,
As meteor hurld
From the pleasant world
Only n boy. who will be man
n NatlIre goes on with her first great pliall--
If water. or fire. or some fatal snare
flnnsprs not TO rob us of this our heir.
Our blessing, our trouble, our rest, our care.
Our torment. our Joy,
"Only boy
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-26
ARREST OF THE ASSASSIN OF JOHN
w. GULLY.
Meridian Mercury, August 49,

1t was generally known here yester-
day, and to some parties the day before,
that the real assassin of John W. Gully
had been arrested in Tennessee and was
brought down Thursday night to Scooba:
The streets were full Of rumors, but we'll
substantiated facts were meagre. 1t
seemed to be well substantiated that
the man arrested is a negro, one Walter
Riley, an old resident of Kemper county.
About six years ago, this negro waylaid
and shot and killed Bob Dabbs, in De-
Kalb, and ran off and has not been
seen since. At this writing we know
nothing of the evidence upon which his
arrest has been based for the murder of
Gully. The first theory that Ben Rush
had slipped into the country and COM
mitted the murder, has long since been
exploded by satisfactory evidence of
his being in Arkansas at the time; and
the mystery of it has been perplexing.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-26
INDIAN DEvOTEEs.

| Formerly, it was possible for devo-
tees-with the object Of exciting admira-
| ton or extorting aims, or under the de-
| fusion that their self-torture was an
act Of religious merit-to swing in the
air attached to lofty pole by means Of
q rope and hook passed through the
muscles of the back. Such self-inflicted
mutilation is now prohibited. Yet, even
| in the present day, to acquire reputa-
ton for sanctity or to receive homage
and offerings from the multitude, or un-
der the idea of accommodating store Of
| merit, all sorts of bodily sufferings,
penances and austerities, even to virtual
suicide, are undergone-the latter being
sometimes actually perpetrated out OF
mere revenge, as its consequences are
supposed to fall on the enemy whose
| action has driven the deceased to self
immolation.
I saw man not long since at Alfalfa
bad who has sat in one position for fifty
years on a stone pedestal exposed to
sun, wind and rain. He never moves
lead him to the Ganges. He is an object
OF worship to thousands, and even high
caste Brahmins pay him homage.
1 saw two Urdhva-bahus, one at Gaya
and the other at Benares-that is, de-
voices who hold their arms with
clenched fists above their heads for
years, until they become shrivelled and
the finger nails penetrate through the
back Of the hands. Another man was
prostrating himself and measuring every
inch of the ground with his body round
the hill of Govardhan when passed.
| Two attempts at samadh occurred in
Mr.. Sheppard's district. A devotee an
nounced his intention Of adopting this
| extraordinary method of securing per-
actually buried alive in the neighbor-
hood of village. His friends were de-
tected by the villagers in pouring milk
down hollow bamboo which had been
arranged to supply the buried man with
air and food. The bamboo was removed
and the inferred man was found dead
when his friends opened the grave short
ly afterWard
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FEGHsTGr.SG ON TEA.

The Russian soldiers are said to live
and fight almost wholly upon tea. The
Cossacks ofteyn carry it about in the
before hardf ming, are soaked in sleeps
blood, and boiled in milk, with the adj
dition of flour, butter and salt, SO as to
constitute q kind of soup. The passion
of the Russian for this beverage Is sim
ply astonishing. In the depth OF win
ter he will empty twenty cups in success
sion, at nearly boiling point. until. he
perspires at every pore, and then in q
state of intense excitement, rush out,
roll in the snow, get up, and go on to
she next similar place Of entertainment.
SO with the army. With every group or
circle of tents travels the invariable tea
cauldron, suspended from tripod and
1t would be vain to think OF computing
how many times each soldiers pannikin
is filled upon halt. Itsis his first idea.
Frequently he carries 1t cold in q copper
case, as q solace upon the march.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-26
THE LABOR QUESTION.
ktsrmfses as to the Recommended ttOns
which President Hayes Will Make
to Congress on the subject.


Washington National Republican,
It is well known that at numerous
Cabinet meetings held within the past
three weeks the labor question has, In
several instances, been thoroughly dis
cussed Some members Of the Cabinet
are now known to favor the passage Of
law providing for the organization of
commission on arbitration looking to
the interests of all concerned-produ-
GERS, merchants. railroad employees and
capitalists-so that any question what
ever involving a compromise may be
agreeably settled. A member of the
Cabinet, in q recent conversation,
| that Congress had right to pass
such law under the clause of the con-
stitution authorizing that body to regu-
late commerce with foreign nations and
among the several States and with the
Indian tribes. Such commission might
be vested with power to examine into
the desirability Of chartering railroads,
and might require certain conditions to
be fulfilled so as to establish reason
able certainty that a projected road
would be remunerative, 80 that a COM
pany would have the means to pay for
Its construction and thus avoid disas-
trous failures.
At any rate, 1t is understood that the
President will enter largely into the
question in his forthcoming annual
message to Congress. Just what course
will be recommended. however, is not
known, though it is reasonable to sup
pose that the proposition above referred
to will be at least suggested for the con-
sideration of Congress.
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MAKING LOVE BY PROXY.

Says recent English writer: "The
richest heiress now on the engaged list
Is Miss Crawshay, the daughter Of the
Vulcan Of the Hills In South Wales.
Her dowry is said to be $500. 900, and she
is about to bestow her hand and heart
upon briefless barrister on the South
Wales circuit. should be very happy
to take her sister on the same terms, il
I felt inclined to marry-for money.
These iron masters daughters have a
very considerable way of selecting poor
men for their husbands, for Sir George
Elliott's daughter married one Of the
Ne,Cs, and few days ago the heiress OF
a Durham colliery proprietor bolted
with the editor Of a north country news
paper. 1t is said Of one Of these
ladies, perhaps it would be cruel
to say wbich-for the maneuvre
after all was innocent enough-that
meeting with gentleman on board a
steamer which was engaged in laying a
deep-sea cable in the Atlantic, they very
naturally took to flirting on the quarter
deck. The lady was all alone except
with papa. The gentleman made him
self agreeable, and being tall and hand
some of course soon ingratiated himself
with the iron-king's daughter. One
day finding himself alone he proposed
there and then. ''Hush!" said the lady,
papa is asleep on the sofa and might
hear you. Let us take stroll on deck, y
81 am very sorry" said the lady, resum.
ing the conversation on deck, "but, OF
course, you did not know when you
were talking to me below that was en-.
gagged. But have sister at home who
is exactly like me, you would not know
US apart, and when we return home ]
will Introduce you to her." The intro.
duction followed in due course, and the
marriage within six months. The court.
snip all took place by proxy.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-26
Second District Court for the parish Of Orleans
No. 39,486.

pY NASH AND HODGsON-W. I. .Hodgson
ID Auctioneer- Office No. 10 Carondelet street
On SATURDAY, September 1. 1877. at IL o'clock
Ghsses *a ss :. E5 81 7sa 18th IN The
basement rotu9da OF the st: Charles HOTEL u en
order Of the Hon l. Tissot Judge or Of the
dated July %, 1877. in the above entitled matter.
at public auction will be SOLD, cn,1rn -
A CERTAIN SQUARE OF GROUND, to
gether with all the buildings and improvements
thereon situated II the sixth Di5rlet 2, ms
ST Patrick. Dufossat and Valmont streets Sub
divided into eleven LOTS, and measuring 20
gether about 142 feet inches lines front on It.
Denis street. III feet inches lines front on st.
Patrick street 307 feet IL inches front on Dnfos-
sat stfeet and 309 feet 9 inches front on Naimont
street, all, more or isss, American measure,
according to plan at place OF sale.
The impr ,vements consist Of
4 FRAME COTTAGE HOUSE cistern. sheds,
etc. garden improved and fenced.
Terms-Cash on the spot.
Act of sale before Joseph Cohn. notary. at
the expense of the, purchaser, including the
taxes due and exigible in 1873.
jya9 aus Y 70 g sci
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the men at this point, In consideration
of the depressed condition OF trade, is
tantamount to a contest for months on
the part of half-clad, half-starved men
and their families, and possibly a final
defeat, and resumption even at lower
rates than those now ruling.
Men from other regions first effectu.
ually drove the working men from their
posts Of duty by an act Of incendiarism,
successfully arousing the approximations
of the management of further depreda-
tions; and again the company is In
straits owing to being between two con,
tingencies. They have been notified
that IL the men resume on the compa-
ny's terms, the property will be attack
ed: and on the other hand, that IL the
price is not paid, like retaliation will
be resorted to by these half famlshed
men. No troops are guarding the prop,
erty of this company, which consists OF
some ten millions of dollars worth or
property and ninety miles OF railroad
operated on the gravity system.
Two miles from this place yesterday,
In open daylight, the large outbuildings
Of Swoyer's coal works were set on IRE
and consumed, and while the citizens
were combating the flames the magnifi-
cent breaker, one Of the largest In the
| coal regions, WAS S6U I'll utos bAo IVA
tnnately saved from entire destruc-
tion, The railroad tracks on the L.
and b. Railroad and L.. and y. Raj
road are torn up every night, pas.
senger trains and locomotives stoned
and fired into, notwithstanding soldiers
are guarding almost every tie, and the
| track walkers are captured, and, being
inundated, leave their posts. The
squads of militia are frequently fired
into while patroling from the thick I'M
derbrush. The condition of affairs
as relating to the safety of proper.
| ty and the salvation of miners and
laborers from starvation Is daily
growing more critical. The mer.
chants have resolved not to do q
| further credit business. pTeferring tc
lose their customers by affronting the m
or driving them away rather than tC
run further risks of payment and entail
ling certain bankruptcy upon them
selves. Little children are daily beg
ging, with the sad story Of no work, ant
at the meeting Of the miners women
in their tattered garments plead witt
tears in their eyes for decision to re-
sumo work at the company's terms
while the better. TODD males and fe
males defiantly assert their determine
ton to hold the fort until the last incl
of ground is sold, the last piece of furni
ture in the pawnbroker's shop.
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Marrying His stepgrand other.


IETbIHUH tAy'1 ItbUUfU
This Is an age Of progress. James
Parton, the biographer, married his
stepdaughter, John Downs, of Nelson
county, married his stepmother, but it
was reserved for Dode Chesher, Of Wal
tons Lick, Washington county,. to out
strip them all in a matrimonial feat.
Last week he married his grandmother.
Dode Chesher is twenty five years OF
age, "a son of Rev. j. NJ. Chesher. the
well-known Baptist preacher, and
grandson Of William Chesher. Some
years since the latter died, leaving q
buxom widow of forty-fve summers,
and now his grandson has done what
probably no man ever did before-mar.
ry his stepgrandmother.
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INSULTING. IMAGINATION.

One Of the incriminated passages for
Mot d. Ordre was fined $4,000 and con-
demned to two months imprisonment
is as follows; IN. MacMahon, who de-
sends from mere apothecary, arriy-
ing from the British Isles at Autun to
seek his fortune, has dexterously al
lowed the rumor to be circulated, with
out ever contradicting it, that his an
cestors occupied the throne of Ireland y
It is probable that the paper will soon
disappear under the weight OF success
siYe condemnations.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-26
SILVER JONES FORTHCOMING REPORT
Hartford Times.l

Senator Jones forthcoming report on
the silver question is looked for with
great interest. 1t will be book OF sew
eral hundred pages, and will go into the
question in great detail. It will say all
that can be said about silver, and will
recommend reconciliation Of it. One
Of the novel things about the report will
be the advocacy of new token, or "the
money OF SCIENCE" as Senator Jones
calls it, that will neither be greenbacks
nor gold nor silver. Everybody wants
to know what the new token will be,
but so far the Senator has kept it very
quiet. He will report strong against
any more gold money being coined, on
the ground that gold is too scarce and
not suited for such uses. The report
will be printed in the latter part OF Sep
TENDER.
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THE MINERS STRIKE,
A Reign of Terror Existing i'm the Goa
Districts.
TCincinnah Commercial. ]

P1rrsToN. Pa, Aug. 20.-Ten thousand
more pauperized human beings have
been thrown upon the Wyoming Valley
through the action OF four thousand
employees Of the Pennsylvania Coal
Company and the parsimonlous admin
istration of the company.
To-day the men in the employ of the
company referred to voted, by an over
whelming majority, to strike for an ad-
vance of ten cents per ton. The COM
panv have on their piy-rolls nearly
Jour thousand names. This action Of
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The above statement is a true and correct
transcript from the books OF the company.
ERNEST PRAGST, President.
JOHN WILSON Vice President.
P. NJ SCHNEIDAU, Secretary.
sworn and subscribed to before me. at New
Orleans this 10th day of July, 1877.
JOHN BENDERNAGEL. Notary Public.
NEW ORLEANS. July 10, 1877.
At n meeting of the Board of Directors, held
this day, it was unanimously resolvedto declare
a dividend of TEN per cent on the capital stock.
payable on demand, and u further dividend of
premiums for the year ending June 30, 1877. in
addition to the rebate of Is per cent already re-
ceved by said insurers on their gross pre-
miums, payable on and after the 9th day of Au-
gust. 1877.
jyl2 I'm 7. M. SCHNElDAU. Secretary.
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Southern Shoe Factory
OF JOHN HANSEN
TO ALL SOUTHERN CITIZENS.

am of the same opinion az yourselves and
am determined to help build up the manufac-
turing interest Of our native State in order to
which would otherwise go TO the North, at home.
About year ago started my Facto ry, and by
using the best material and paying my hands
promptly, have been enabled to extend my
business and support 500 women and children
that would have otherwise left the State. IL
order still to increase my Factory, would
earnestly call upon the merchants. not Only Of
the city but Of the whole country. TO give me
their aid and encouragemsnt. Come AND see me,
de1zty JEO. HANSEN
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ORANGE.

Mayor Beaudry, Of Montreal, who was
so mercilessly wigged for his weakness
at the time of the 18th Of July riots,
hates the very sight Of orange SO acutely
that when, this week, be got package
as a id Orange institution" with
such vigor that its president had to
made an explanation and convince him
that there was no political significance
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THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT SUNDAY, AUGUST 2e, 1877.

ia the matter, the tickets icing of all
colors. Mayor Beaudry eS changed his
package for blue ones, End the presi-
dent a prudent man-d .estroyed 10000
of the obnoxious tieke, It's. as believing
that the mayor could not be the only
idiot i'm Montreal.
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Grasshoppers are animal barometers.
It has been observed that rain invari-
bly, occurs. usually within half an hour
after @ sudden departure of swarm
from the upper regions to the ground.
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JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENTS
AUCTION SALES.
BY Nash e. Hodgson.

BILLS RECEIVABLE, FURNITURE AND
MOVABLE EFFECTS.
HORSE, COW. WAGON. CART. HARNESS.
TOOLS. FARMING IMPLEMENTS. ETC.
Corner Valmont and St. Denis streets:
SUCCESSION OF MRS. AUGUSTA JUST,
Widow of Diedrick Mahnken.
Second District Court for the Parish Of Orleans
No. .4sG.
DY NASH g. HODGsON-W. I. Hodgson,
ID Auctioneer-O Office. No. 10 Carondelet street
On WEDNESDAY,, September 5. 1877. at Il o'clock
a. m. on the premises on the corner Of Valmont
and st. Denis streets in the Sixth District Of
this city. by virtue and in pursuance Of an order
of the Hon. A. l.. Tissot, Judge Of the Second
District Court for the parish of Orleans. dated
July %, 1877. in the above entitled matter. at
public auction will be sold
ONE LOT OF FURNITURE, AND MOVABLE
EFFECTS, one Horse, one Cow, Wagon. Cart
Harness. Tools, Farming Implements Bills Re-
ceivabla. etc. the whole. as per inventory on
file in the records of the above honorable court.
Terms Cash on the spot. au26 30 SEE
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AUCTION SALES.
BY Plaoide j. Smear.
GENERAL HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE


GENERAL HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. ETC.
Ply PLACIDE J, SPEAR, Auetionser- Office
- No 46 Royal street-TH RSDAy, August 40
1877. at 1O7s o'clock a. IN at NJ. 2o7 st. Charles
street between Julia and St Joseph streets,
the contents of said premises comprising 81
large lot OF general household furniture, etc.
Terms Cash. a,i2e
BY Albert Paul.
PEREMPTORY SALE AT AUCTION.
BY Consent Of Parties.
OF THE ENTIRE CONTENTS Of the Splendid.
~ Furnished Residence. No. u Bourbon
street, consisting of elegant Walnut, Ma
hogany and Rosewood Parlor, bed and Din.
ing-room FURNITURE.
ALSO
THE ENTIRE PARAPH ERNALIA of the Res
taurant on the lower floor, lately es' ablished
and embracing all neces airy articles used il
a first-class establishment
pY ALBERT PAUL. Auctioneer-Oflce Al
ID Chaftres street-Will be sold on MONDAy
Aug. 81. 1877. at IL O'Clock q. M. at public auc
THE ENTIRE CONTENTS of said house.
Terms-Cash a,l4 til
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NEAT COTTAGE HOUSE,
NO. 573 DRYADtS STREET.
IN THE MATTER OF THE MINOR JOSEPH
Il. Kendall.
Second District Court for the Parish Of Orleans
No, 36,376.

No. 36,376.
DY, NASH & HoDGsoN1a-W !. Hodgson,
ID Auctioneer office No. - Carondeet street
On SATURDAY. September /. 1877. at u o'clock
M. at the St. Charles, Auction Exchange in the
basement rotunda of the st. Charles Hotel in
order Of tho Hon A. L. Tissot, Judge Of the
Second District Court for the parish Of Orleans.
dated July "a. 1877, docket No. 1885, in the mat
ter of the Minor Joseph f. Kendall, at public
"1 ONE PIECE OK PORTION OF GROUND. to-
gether with the buildings and improvements
thereon situated in the f3nrth District OF III
rome, Jackson and Philip streets. measuring
90 feet 91s inches front on Dryades street by a
depth of 1913 feet IA inches. all more or less,
between parallel lines, American measure. Be-
ing that portion OF a lot. OF ground nearest
Philip street, originally designated IS Lot No 2.
THE IMPRoYEMENTS G0NSIST, =, OF De-, A
TAGE, known as No. 573 Drya1es street. with
two-story back building containing altogether
about seven rooms, cistern, etc;
balance at one AMI two years, with per cent
interest and special mortgage, with vendors
privilege from date until final payment, the
mortgage to embrace the clause of per cent
for attorneys fees in case Of suit: the build
ings to be kept fully insured and policy trans
ferred to vendor 10 per cent to be paid cash on
"a Act tot Of sale before W. II. Seymour, notary pub
ic. at the expense Of the purchaser. including
be taxes for 1877. due and exigible in 1873.
y29 aus IL 10 26 81
NEAT COTTAGE HOUSE. WITH SQUARE
OF GROUND.
Corner of vamont and St. Denis streets
SUCCESSION OF MRS. AUGUSTA JUST,
Widow of Diedrick Mahnken.
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SUN MUTUAL lNSCAANCA'
COMPANY.
Paid UP Capital, S5ssD,Uss5
FROM THE TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL
STATEMENT FOR 1875.
%4G7.eU

Net annual earned pre-
NUNS and Discounts
and Interest AD7ssY
Losses, Expenses. Taxes' .o,- 49,,
vi ~. ~
Reserved fund $4,000 and
nar cent ........----. 6s,s47 s7-33s, 75sIH
Net Profit ...--.. S71,2os3E
Assets OF the company e9-
tirnatei at their cash
market value;
Stocks, Bonds Loans and -.
Riils Receivable. --------- 3J3.S9o To
Cash on hand and preni-
urns in course OF collec-
tfOn. tSosoe5 ~
1885 ,29a Al
Dividend paid on stock ten per n tper an
nun, and on participating policies twenty Der
cent. payable Ia casn. -
This old and reliable eompanyis Issuing poll.
ees Fire River ani Marine rsSs 9n sas mos
and settled upon liberal terms q tae!r offiee.
70 Garnp street. JANIS I. DAY,
" " President.
y c.Epg,.rT.r, Secretary SGS- IL
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TWENTY EIGHTH ANNUAL STATEMENT
Or THE
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CRESCENT MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
New ORLEANS. May II. 1877.

The Trustees, In conformity with amended
charter submit the following statement Of the
affairs Of the company on the Goth Of April. 1877:
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BILLS RECEIVABLE, FURNITURE AND
MOVABLE EFFECTS