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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-18
Railroad Personals.
by THE JACKSON ROUTE,

The departures by this route last evening
were as follows: Henry Taylor, Thomas Burke,
J.T. Hyams and Mrs. ]. e. Pattison. St. Louis; A.
Goldstein, s. NJ. Vandegtiff, E. Reiss and W. De
Liano, New 70 k; ]. Boilon and wife, for Europe,
via New York; P. J. Horinge, Cincinnati; Mrs.
Walker and Mrs. Langdnn, Chicago; G. R. Steele,
yicksburg; A. Bobet, Memoirs; a. NJ. Todd and
wife. Nigga Falls; a. O. Vaughn, Monroe. La;
more, E. Andrews, Pittsburg, Pa; John M.
Sand.dge, Lynchburg, Va.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-18
Short Items.

Cruelty to animals is the charge that holds
Charles Williams in the third.
Lizzie Davis is in the Third Station, charged
with trying to pass counterfeit fifty cents.
Lucy Madison does not believe in allowing the
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-18
THE s,nttRTs.
Fourth District Court.

Fourth District Court.
Paul Tulane VI. Alfred Dnmaine and r. h.
Byrue. This il q suit for provisional seizure
on the premises occupied by do endant, situated
at No. 40 Camp street. The plaintif's claim il
5000. The writ issu q.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-18

Buy your buggies and carriages from L. T.
Maddux, 50 Carondelet street, near corner Ora
gier.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-18

The University Of Leipsic has fifty
six students from the United States.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-07-25
Political lettings.

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'ioar VIII oe called 10 PRESIDE over the ne
puohcah cohVeh'ion' Whlcn is 10 DE held OIL
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UNDER New Hampshire's new constitution
the state senate will henceforth consist OF
twenty-four members, instead of twelve, as
"e'eVoio.e' by 'he Voee ol iaso march, seven
VI '"e u's.''c's were oe''oc'"''c ana severn
Ueen hepuolicah'
The Massachusetts Republican state com.
mlttee had last year but seven federal office
holders outof forty-two members, not enough
to manage things very much unless the
other members allowed the " tail to wag the
dog, as the saying Is
ONE of the disinterested acts of the last
Congress consisted in distributing among
its members all public documents on hand
and providing for their transportation free
through the mails, thus denying the new
members of the present Congress any books
until they shall be printed
Tur Richmond e,,,. /ao,,oo.o,;o\ .o,,s
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-07-25

Seven persons are known to have been killed, and
eighteen to twenty-five wounded, several Of them
mortally number " other persons are SUI
posed 70 have been wounded who ESCAPED in the
crowd Among those wounded are seven mem
bers OF the police force some seriously The mob
at this point has secured arms, aud direct col
lision seems inevitable.
Al BUFFALO, SEw YORK
The strike commenced ut this point Monday
evening, the mob Selling all railroad property in
the city and preventing the passage Of freight
trains. The colonel Of the sixty-ffth Regiment
attempted to retake the round-house from the
mob, but was repused and severely beaten
Throughout Monday the strike continued, the
strikers growing more bold and defiant Before
the day was over every railroad centeiing in this
city was involved in the difficulty Engineers
we're warned at the peril Of their lives not 10 take
out train. All the Erie engineers have struck
and called upon their brethren ON other roads to
Join them There will be no resumption Of work on
the Erie until Division Superintendent Taylor and
the Master Mechancare removed The authorities
are warned that if another shot is fired it will be
the signal for total destruction of railroad prop
erty. The strikers say they do not strike because
VI ituu'tu IdNs Dut DetHuse OF tne ulScnArBe OF
their delegates who went to consult General Sn.
perintendent Bowen. The mayor il enrolling ex-
ira policemen, and militia from adjoining towns
is called here. Every precautionary measure is
taken to protect lives and property
IN OTHER PLACES.
On Tuesday strike was declared on the Cana
dian Southern railroad, and strikes have been or
ganized in st. Louis Indianapolis Albany, IIoi-
nellsyie, and in fact in almost every railroad cen
ter except New York. There has been no blood
shed, however, except above specified The
mob in Chicago have shut up the railroad works
and all the leading manufactures in the city, and
are threatening to do serious damage
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-07-25
Mount Washington Railroad.

A writer in Hdrper's for August gives
description Of this wonderful piece Of mech
anism that cannot fail to be understood.
lie says; "The railway might have sug-
gested Jules Vernes Journey to The Moon.
aud is such miracle of engineering that IL
will be a pity II any visitor to the mountain,
misses ride over it. The work of con
,truction was begun in 1866, and was com
pleted three years later. The route follow
the Ammonoosuc valley, and from the Fab
van House to the end of the friction rail IL
,ix and two-third miles. For two and hal
miles the grade is two hundred and ninety
feet to the mile, or one foot of perpendicu
lar height to eighteen feet of horizontal dis
lance. Besides the usual rails, there is a cen
trail rail of peculiar construction to receive
the motive power, consisting of two bars o
iron, with connecting cross-pieces placed
four inches apart. A central cog-wheel OF
the locomotive plays into this rail, and sc
cures a sure and steady mode of ascent and
descent The locomotive, as it first come
ont of the engine-house, has the appearance
of being ready to fall over. The driving
wheel is geared into small wheel which
connects directly with the crank, and -four
revolutions of the latter are required to make
one of the driving-wheel. The locomotive
pushes it up in the ascent, and allows it to
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-07-25
A Presidential Defender.

The southern nolicv of presidart Uayes
las fo,tnd M abIer defa,der tban H., Iao,
ard Racon in AN article in the Nav, yorL
Tribune. crit;cising the sneecb If ax.Covar.
nor Chamberlain Of Sontb CaroIina Tba
followinp is tbe conclud;no ror,ion A. IN
its relation with FOREIGN, nowers our national
Government naver ;noniras ubo OUGHT 70 ho
but who is, Emperor King Sulton or presi.
dent so in its relations with states i, +bis
Union if does never ironire land nro+ no,,or
he trusted to inouire( who is Coverpor Il.
j,,re but only who is Governor do f,c,o
The nrobl.m ybicb pres;dent ua,,os ha1 -
deal with in Louisiana and South Canliuo
was NOT identical in all ras,,eots Nth t,o.
which President TYLER was connalled IN fooo
in Rhode Island hnt in eacb Of tboso t,roo
cases the main fact was the fact Of . drol
Government In Louisiana the ouost;o, bo
t,ceeu Packard and Nicholls in South Co,o.
lima the question betwean Cbanharla;n a,d
Uamptop was. Which is reollv Covernor .
or. in other words. Which Of tbe two il IN
nossession nerfornino the functions of nov
eminent In neither case was tba ouastioo
a ditTicult one Goveruor packard sbrt mn
i'm a State Uouse in New Orleans Gover.
nor Chamberlain Similarly besieged in tba
State House at Columbia. To the Pres.
ident (yirtually) Il am Governor do ;vre
send me troops enough and will he Gover.
nor de facto' On the other hand Governor
Nichols at New Orleans. and Governor
HAMPTON at Columbia. saw to the President
each for himself. Il am Governor de 6,c,o
as well as de jtye: ask for no military mid
from the United States. if only the de,acb.
ment of the United States soldiers which
garrison the State House can he Withdrawn
there will he no donht as to the actuaI oo,.
ernment. and the state will be perfectlv abla
to nrotect itself against domestic violence
The President after careful inouirv and ia.
liberation. concludes that. as = matter If fact
the pretensions of Governor Packard TO he
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-07-25
Another Female valedictorlan.

Frequent mention has been made of late
in the papers of the honors bestowed upon
Miss Jennie Rich North, the valedictorial
If the recent graduating class of Bates Col
ege, Maine. A friend of the young lady
furnishes the New York World with som,
facts in her history. She is the only daughter
If DIR. Loomis North, of Bristol, Conn, wht
lied before she was one year old. Miss
Jennie enjoyed the privileges of the public
chools of her native town, and graduated
from them at sixteen years of age, having
lways ranked first in her classes AT this
lime her teacher remarked to her mother,
Your daughter has nearly college prepare.
ion, and what do you propose regarding
her ?" "To have her receive as good al
'ducation as any in the land" was the reply.
The teacher, who had graduated at Bates
College some years before urged that she be-
sent there, and the young lady Immediately
et about preparing herself therefor under
another teacher in the study of Greek and
Latin, having mathematics in advance of the
h''tootiN NlhhillNdulbu0s ~ ll' hbt VI
seventeen, a stranger to the faculty of Bates,
she passed her examination, and at the close
of the first year of her collegiate life re-
ceived the first prize for general scholarship
continuing to do so each year during her
college course Another Young lady, Miss
Carrie Warner, entered the freshman class
a year after Miss North, and has also main
tanned high standing as scholar. Neither
Of these young ladies were obliged to study
evenings, nor have they been in the practice
of this Miss North's improved health is a
sufficient proof that young ladies can study
without injury to health, when they keep
good hours. 1t is due to the fellow-students
of these young ladies to say that they were
ever treated with the greatest courtesy by
the gentlemen of their classes, and, contrary
to reports, there was no united effort to de-
feat them in their work.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-07-25
The New Loan.

The subscriptions at par to the new four
been a splendid success. The subscriptions
in our own country amount to about seventy
millions, and the bond taken on foreign ac-
count will make the aggregate several mil
lions more. Such result is one upon which
the government may be heartily congratu-
lated. 1t shows that American credit is
now second only to that of Great Britain,
and scarcely surpassed even in the tradi-
tional strength and stability of British fl
nances. 1t exhibits degree of confidence
in the solidity and honor of our government
which is eminently gratifying. A short
time ago we Were borrowing at six per cent.
Then we were able to command loans at
five. And now our credit has advanced to
point where within month we can bor-
row nearly a hundred millions on popular
subscription at four per cent. But while
attesting in a signal degree the high credit
of the nation, the large amount of the loan
which has been so promptly taken also shows
the steady tendency towards basis of
smaller returns and less profits. When there
is so large an investment at four per cent,
it suggests that the means of placing capital
at higher rate are becoming limited. There
are other evidences that we are returning to
hardpan The reduction of the rate of in
terest by savings banks on deposits, and by
insurance companies on bonds and mort
cages, all point in the same direction, We
have found in the depression of the past
four years that the flush times have gone by.
We find in this adaptation of interest and
investments TO the solid basis that the peo-
pie are gradually accepting this plane as the
condition of the future When it is fully
established, we shall not have the feverish
excitement of the high paper days hut we
| shall have more permanent security.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-07-25

The WHEAT CRoP--The Toledo (Ohio)
Blade speaks thus iubilantly of the new
wheat harvest " All our exchanges are filled
with the most glowing accounts of the con-
dition of the wheat crop now being har-
vested. 1t is an unexpected and gratifying
change from the doleful jeremaids that so
many sang few weeks ago. Michigan, In
diana, Ohio and Illinois papers unite in
boasting of the biggest and best yield known
for years. The need of laborers to harvest
it is so great that in all the smaller towns
all the available young men have been lured
into the fields by the good wages offered.
The farmers are in good spirits. For once
they have found the happy conjunction of
great yield and high prices. The new
grain is already beginning to arrive in
market. There is every reason to believe
that the great bulk will be brought in soon.
Farmers who are wise will hasten to realize
upon their grain, because there is great
uncertainty about the continuance of the
present favorable opportunity The present
high prices of wheat are stimulating the
production of grain all over the world, and
the American farmer will soon have to COM
pete against new and strange opponents.
As long as the price remains at what it is
now, the European consumption will be less
than the usual quantity, and this, with the
grain gathered from many places in the world
that have hitherto not entered into compe-
tition, will force the prices down.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-07-25

MEANS BusINEss-President Hayes has
decided that federal otlice-holders cannot
be allowed to retain their position on the
Republican national committee, although
there is no political work for that committee
to do for the next three years. There are
seven members of the committee who hold
federal offices, and the secretary, Mr., McCor-
mick, is assistant secretary of the treasury.
lie has not yet decided what to do, but his
friends say that he will probably retire from
the Treasury. He says that he was placed
on the national committee by the party, and
cannot now see his way clear to desert his
post If he does resign as assistant secre-
tary of the treasury, he will be the first fed
eral ofice-holder who has given up his office
for the sake of retaining his place on a po-
litical committee.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-07-25

A PLEASANT REMiNiscENcE.-A North
Carolina Journal vouches for the truth OF
the following In one of the holly contested
fights in Virginia, during the war, a federal
officer fell wounded in front of the confeier
ate breastworks. While lying there wounded
and crying piteously for water, confederate
soldier (James Moore, of Burke county, North
Carolina,) declared his intention of supply
ing him with drink. The bullets were fly
ing thick from both sides, and Moore's
friends endeavored TO dissuade him from
such a hazardous enterprise. Despite re-
nonstrance and danger, however, Moore
leaped the breastwork, canteen in hand,
reached his wounded enemy and gave him
drink. The federal, under sense of graf
itude for the timely service, took out his
gold watch and offered il to his benefactor,
but it was refused. The officer then asked
the name of the man who had braved such
danger to succor him the name was given.
and Moore returned unhurt to his position
behind the embankment. They saw nothing
more of each other Moore was subsequently
wounded and lost limb in one of the en-
gagements in Virginia, and returned to his
home in Burke county. A few days ago he
received communication from the federal
soldier to whom he had given the coup of
cold water " on the occasion already alluded
to, announcing that he had settled on him
he sum of ten thousand dollars, to be paid
in four equal annual installments of two
thousand five hundred dollars each. Investi-
cation has established the fact that there is
no mistake or deception about the matter.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-07-25

NEW HAMpsHIRE.-The Legislature adj
journed last week, Before doing so, resolu-
tons were passed deprecating all attempts
to reopen the Presidential controversy, APP
proving the general conduct of the present
administration, and highly complimenting
President Hayes, but declaring that the peo-
pie view with alarm the atrocities, political
prosecutions, etc, at the South, and desire
that stern measures should be adopted, if
necessary, to punish the guilty A minority
resolution emphatcally approving of the
Presidents order for the removal of the
troops from the South, and his civil service
order to federal ofiice-holders, was presented,
but motion to substitute it for the ma
jority report was lost
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-07-25

TRUE GENEROsIrY.-The Springfield Re
publican feels that it has been insulted by
the Vice-President. 1t happened on this
wise Evidence being found that one w. A.
Wheeler had received a contract for furnish
ing the government fifty thousand Spring
field rifles at the time when the Vice-Presi-
dent was member of Congress, the conclu-
sion was jumped at that the contractor and
the Congressman were one and the same,
and so the charge of a corrupt and crooked
transaction was advanced, The Vice-Presi-
dent, in quite a sharp letter to the Repubh-
can, declared that said contractor was
another person, and asked that the Republic
can would publish proof of its statements
concerning the matter, and charge the ex,
pense to him at advertising rates, OF course
the Republican acknowledged its error but
still it could not resist the temptation OF
saying something about " the insulting tone
of his note"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-07-25

The lNDIANs.-There are indications of
a serious war with the Indians of the north
west. The savages have murdered many of
the white settlers in Idaho, and have also
inflicted severe losses on the troops sent
against them. The report comes from Wash
ington that the military situation in Oregon
is so serious that the President and Secretary
of War contemplate removing General o. o.
Howard, and placing General Crook in COM
mand of the forces there. The leader of the
hostile Indians, Chief Joseph, is reported TO
have received large accessions from various
tribes, and that his followers now outnumber
the government troops in the field 1t is
stated that the failure of the government
contractors or agents to furnish the supplies
guaranteed by treaty, is the occasion OF the
Chief Joseph tribe taking up arms against
the government.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-07-25

AN ENGLISH NIEw.-Referring to General
Grants post-prandial speeches, the London
Mayfair says "There isnothng like English
enthusiasm for bringing a man out, Here
is General Grant, for instance. During the
contest that resulted in his election he was
known as the dumb candidate, and through
out his Presidency, true to his character he
was the silent President His longest
speech was about six lines He inaugurated
the biggest thing in creation, the Philadel-
phia Exhibition, in four lines. Yet he no
sooner touches the free soil of England than
his tongue is loosed and he can make a
couple of smart speeches in an evening
one it is true, of his usual six-line pattern,
but the other, twenty or twenty-five lines
deep. Oh, that General Grant would re-
turn our kindness to him by teaching some
OF our politicians how to stem the torrent of
their eloquenoel He could confer no greater
benefit upon u.s.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-07-25

BRIGHAM YouNG's AVENGERS" Capt
john Tobin, formerly resident of Califor-
MIA, later of Springfield, ILL.,, will be District
Attorney Towards principal witness to
prove Brigham Young's personal connection
with the massacre of Gentles. His name
is mentioned in Lees confession He tells
long story which is, in substance that hav.
ing won the confidence OF Young by aiding
Mormon emigrants, he was appointed in
structor of tn, territorial militia, which pc.
sition he resigned because the cavalry were
used as avengers. subsequently he under
took to guide party of outspoken anti
Mormons to California, but the party was
overtaken by band of mounted Mormons
led by Brigham Young, and compelled to
stop, under pretence that they were going
to California to misrepresent Mormonism.
They finally proceeded, but were continually
logged by the Mormons, who at length fired
upon them as they were encamping at night.
The party were left for dead, and the Nor
mons, taking their horses, rode away. Sixty
hours afterwards, the United States mail
wagon, en- route to San Bernado, took them
up, but two died Tobin received shot in
the right eye which made him nearly blind.
He claims to have documentary evidence
against Young.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-07-25
The Connecticut Mutual.
4 LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY TO THE AGENTS
OF THE COMPANY

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duly feceiv ed with copy of the Chicago Jjii,toe
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MI James g. Patterson, OF this city, president Of
the Travellers Insurance Company and well-kpown
reinsurance men The same irtervie,y ,vas sin,ul
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widely spread in the prominent journals In it
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o-'s ,o iuci 'h''e uan szo'V"a year Al temper
Voi'' N"''ioh 'ne property "ouu ue worm sz9oVV now
'no None't'u' Mutual insurance company alone holds
's'so upon ' ""ui'so Vi si''VVVV' No" II TINS COM
"iS' were 10 20 10 "orN anu IN th"' company assets
over 'ey "onu hhd auehcoh inns malone OF 81 'ON"
After receiving your letter and learning from
other sources that tbi. interviey was heny OK.
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Ro,,er.n, ,Ilir., hi. ot,e,tio, ~, tho n,o,,. and
asl,in, whether any credit sb,,uid be eiveu m the
renortar'. statement He ro,lied ~ fnllo,ys.
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Jdeob L. Greene Esq. Secretary Connecticut Mutual
rve a"s4'a"qs So,p ''a,y. ,.,
fag, i,y. sn, n gne,,,, LIED ,ro,, mo IN nate nm,
inquiries in regard to the valuations Of certain real estate
Of determining the same During the conversation stated
1ai,ed ~, ina ,ronsr,y Of Ina, o,n,,nv ,yas s,,rs,
wrong that the same standard applied to the Mutual Life
Connecticut Mutual Travellers ornny other company would
runon'i 'ha the income from rents Of Palmer House