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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-24
PROCLAMATION
by
FRANCIS I. NICHOLAS,
Governor Of the State Of Louisiana.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

| STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Whereas authentic information has been by
me received that JACKSON BLAZE. late of the
| parish of St Bernard, in the State Of Louisiana
committed the crime Of murder on the body of
| one ROBERT BROWN, In the said parish OF st,
| Bernard, on the thirtieth day of the month of
November, 1876, and is now fugitive from
justice.
I.FRANCIs T. NICHOLAS, Governor of the
State OF Louisiana, have thought proper to issue
this, my proclamation, calling upon the good
people OF this State to give their aid and assist
ance in arresting and bringing to justice the
perpetrator OF said crime, SO that the law can
be indicated; and by virtue Of the authority in
me vested by the laws of the State of Louis
iana hereby offer reward Of ONE THOU
SAND DOLLARS for the arrest and safe GUS
tody OF said JACKSON BLAZE in any jail in
this State.
Given under my signature. authenticated with
the seal OF the State Of Louisiana. at the city of
New Orleans, this twelfth day Of March, in the
year of cur Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy seven, and Of the independence Of
the United States of America the one hundred
and first year.
FRANCIS T. NICHOLS.
Governor Of the State of Louisiana.
By the Governor:
OSCAR ARROYO,
mh13 Assistant Secretary Of State.
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LEES SWORD.
He Never Surrendered it to Gen. Graz

nae never surrendered 1t to Gen. Grant
The Richmond Dispatch contains the
following communication:
MessrS. Edit0TS-I am sorry that you
allow to pass unchallenged the item In
your paper of this morning from the
Bangor (Me.) Whig about Grants mag
nanimity in declining to receive Lees
sword, etc. Several years ago you pub
lished letter from your correspond
emit, Viator," giving Gen. Lees
own account Of the surrender, in
which he denied most emphatically
| that he ever rendered his sword
| to Gen. Grant, or had an idea Of doing
SO. In Personal "reminiscences of Lee
| there is also full statement of Gen.
Lees own account Of the surrender, the
following extract from which settles the
question: "Gen. Lee said that when
he met Gen. Grant they exchanged po-
lite salutations, and he stated to him at
once that he desired a conference
in reference to the subject mat.
ter Of their correspondence. Gene
raj Grant returned you your sword.
did he not, General p one of the
company asked. The old hero, straight
ening himself up, replied in most en-
phatic tones No, sir he did not. He
had no opportunity to do so. I was de-
termined that the side-arms of officers
should be exempt by the terms of the
surrender, and of course I did not offer
him mine. All that was said about
swords was that Gen. Grant apologized
to me for not wearing his own sword,
saying that it had gone off in his
baggage, and he had been unable
to get. it in time This spoils a
great deal of rhetoric about Grants
in returning Lees |
sword, and renders as absurd as
it Is false the attempt Of Northern ar
lists to put the scene on canvas or into |
statuary. Even Gen. Grants conni-
vance at this so-called Historic scene"
will not save it when the world knows
that r. e. Lee said that nothing of the
sort occurred. The sword scene, the
u historic apple-tree," etc., are mere in
ventions Of army correspondents, which
70 please the fancy of the 'saviors of
The Union" that they are being con-
'tantly repeated. Grants terms were
but he knew full we'll
hat they were the only terms which
Zee would have accepted.
Richnond, March Is, 1877. J.w.J.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-24
THE ATTITUDE OF HAYES.
And a story Ellugtrative OF the LudIc-
r0us Position.

| lNeW 1OfK sun,
| The present attitude of Mr.. HAYES
toward the Fraudulent Governors.
| Chamberlain and Packard, brings to
mind the story Of the good little boy
and his grandmother. The little boy
was the special pet of the old lady, and
the two were discussing the relative dc :
gree Of affection of each toward the
other. Finally the old lady resolved on
a test Of her granchild's / devotion.
Johnny" said she, If either you or
[ had to die, which had you rather it
should be?" Johnny pondered the
question a few moments, and then sud-
denly Frightening up, replied, cheer
fully; "Well, grandma, think 7 had
rather you should die, for I think I
could stand the loss better than you
could" This is about the case with the
three fraudulent Executives we have
named. It Is death to Packard and
Chamberlain to go out, and it is death
for Hayes to have them stay In. Though
the latter still has an ardent adnira-
ton, closely approaching affection, for
both the others, he thinks he can stand
their loss good deal better than they
could his; and therefore he blandly asks
them to commit kari-kari in his behalf.
Packard and Cham berlain, however. do
not seem to view the matter in this
light
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SENATOR DAVIS.
The Beautiful way I'm which NE FIlls
His Seat.
MARY Clemmer in Cincinnati Commercial

MARY Clemmer in Cincinnati Commercial
Senator Davis looks as IL he enjoyed
himself vastly M ore than in the Supreme
Court room. ALI the justices there
look uncomfortable, whether they feel
SO or not, sitting in lonely state in a
straight line on that lofty ''bench" in
their Troublesome gowns. No wonder
they all get SO enormously fat
and heavy jowled. Judge Davis
elephantine figure, folded in that
long tailed robe of satin, was a sight
for commiseration. Now in morning
coat he looks considerably relieved.
He swings his Senatorial chair about,
ana throws his mighty arms out over
the other desks, spreads himself, and at
last mas room to spread. He has
strong and noble countenance. There
ID not another left in the Supreme Court
room at once SO benignant and trust-in-
spring. It Is emphatically "a good
face" while it Is @ strognly intellectual
one. What pity he cannot subdue
that "ponderosity" of his sufficiently to
leave the action Of that large brain I'M
That he has so much, and
uses 1t so well, In spite of all, proves
him indeed mighty man. The resolu-
tions of the bar of the Supreme Court,
in which they record "their high sense
OF the learning. ability, love Of justice,
and fearless independence which he
brought to the discharge Of his judicial
duties," are record of which the retired
Judge may we'll be proud. But he will
find in the Senate Of the United States
q larger and more congenial sphere
with q future
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-24
A Palace Car Decision.
Especial dispatch to the World. !

IrPooraI ursPatcH TUf1u.
CINCINNATI, March 18.-An important
case was decided in the United States
Court Saturday settling the rights OF
the Pullman Palace Car Company re-
garding taxation. The suit was brought
some time since by the Auditor of Gin
ton county in this State against the pal
cars running through the county and
stopping only at stations for repairs.
The case was brought up in the United
States Court, when the company asked
for a permanent Injunction, which was
granted yesterday by Judge Swing. The
decision Is considered very important,
as this was test case regarding right
OF counties to tax cars running through
them.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-24
BROTHER BLAINE.
His ShalIOwness of Policy and Powers OF
Conversation.


Conversation.
Mary Clemmer in Cincinnati Commercial
To people acquitted with that politi-
cal gentleman's tactics, Blaine's beau
tifll department at Mrs. Hayes recep-
ton, on Saturday, was amusing. The
report in the evening papers of the
gushing reception he received there,
was equally amusing. The proof-sheets
Of his speech, which was sent to every
reporter in Washington but two,
didn't stir the people of the
land as he expected. They were
perfectly willing he should make an ass
OF himself, but declined patting him on
the back while he did it. But if the
people wouldn't applaud nor echo his
war whoop, he could go to the White
House and set those seal eyes of his
softly upon Mrs. Hayes, and dazzle five
hundred other women with the corus-
cations Of his conversation, and set an
indefinite number of men to saying for
the ten thousandth time, Jim Blaine is
just the smartest and best-hearted fell
low on earth" And then he could write
a little paragraph for the papers telling
all about it.
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WARMOTH's PLAN.
He wants to Have a Hand i'm the Gov.
ernmentai Pie
[5t. Louis Republican,

L9b boais IsspuDucAn.
Warmoth Is out with a patent for set.
Ting the Louisiana middle. He pro.
poses that the Legislature shall be re.
organized by the members whose seats
are uncontested. They are then to set
tie all contests and proceed to canvass
the returns for Governor, both parties
agreeing to abide by the result. This
be admits would give an approximate
Republican majority Of twelve on joint
ballot, but he says seven Of the twelve
are not particularly friendly to Packard
and could be relied on to secure a fair
count. Two months ago this PROPOSE
ton might have seemed fair, but since
then the country has learned not to de-
pend upon those impartial, judicial
minded Republicans for q fair count.
No compromises hiding ingenious tricks
need be suggested for the Louisiana
difficulty. The case must be decided
openly, squarely Oh it's merits, as
question OF law, of right and of justice.
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NOT S.

Tho harbor Of Antwerp is now illuminated
night by electric lights, and it is proposed to 81
ply them to the pub ic squares Of the city.
The italian Department of Instruction hs
offered reward of 600 lire for the best etsay o
the progress of Aryan civilization in India.
The real sabre OF Osman is not at th
Mosque of Fyoub, but belongs to the Gran
Duke Constantine Of Russia, to whom it wa
given by q friend who purchased it from it's hui
ger-strcken custodian. Murad V. was girde
with copy Of the original
81, The new palace OF Radziwel', which is no,
ping Furnished for Prince Bismarck, as Chan
cellor Of the German Empire. requires heav,
amount for furnishing it. About $4,000 hal
already been spent for the, purpose, and de
~ mand is made for s175,00O more.
... Won Amin writes than he cannot under
stand why Bismarck has followed him with sucf
vindictiveness for four years. unless it be that be
II is controlled by nervous exaltation into which
" the Prince olk n falls. When he takes 1t into his
1. head to persecute he pursues his victim with
]. Unsuitable bitterness.
Maria Christina of Savoy, Queen of Naples, is
to be beati6ed, and Cardinal Riario sforza. the
Archbishop of Naples, has been charged with
collecting the necessary evidence in the good
ladys case. He will also sustain her claim to the
y. honor OF beatifcation before the court at the
Vatican.
The International Exhibition on the Champs do
Mars is beginning to take considerable proper
tion. Out of 10000 ,ubic metres that have to be
severed, 4400 are already completed. The park
in front of the Main Building is in course of pre-
paratior. II is to be 1860 metres long and 500
wide, 1900 workmen are employed. A monster
cascade is to be constructed in natural rock from
the Forest Of Fontainebleau.
Many years ago the government of Nova
Scotia assumed the project Of placing a number
OF sheep or swine on Sable Island to avert the
danger of starvation to which seafarers escaping
from wrecks had been exposed. But these AMI
mails could not subsist on the only shrub which
thrives in the eands Of the otherwise barren Isle
of Stables. An old French doctor suggested
trial of the tough and shaggy little horses known
as Canadian ponies, ana forthwith detachment
OF them was forwarded In the government steamer
to Sable Island. The unfastidious ponies took
kindly to the solitary shrub, made the island
their home, and became wild in time. Recent |
exports from the Isle of Stables, or Sable Island,
as it is variousy called, chow that the ponies are
becoming almost extinct, owing to the frequent |
capturing Of large numbers of them for use on |
Anticosti Island, and for sale among settlers in |
the interior of Newfoundland and distgn b smle,s
OF Nova Scotia.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-24
PROCLAMATION.
Executive OFFICE,
State Of Louisiana

Executive OFFICE,
State OF Louisiana, !
New Orleans, March 7, 1871
Whereas, information has reached me that D
A. WEBER, citizen Of West Feliciana parish,
was this day murdered in the town Of St. Fran
cisville by d person or persons unknown; and
Whereas, am determined to punish crime
and repress lawlessness throughout this State
Now therefore l. FRANCIS T. NICHOLS.
Governor Of the State Of Louisiana, do issue
this my proclamation, commanding the officers
of the law and all good citizens to aid to heir
utmost in arresting the offender or offenders
aforesaid. to the end that they may be punished.
And I do hereby offer reward of FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS for the apprehension
and conviction Of the said offender or offenders.
Given under my hand and the seal OF the State
at New Orleans on this seventh day of March,
.As ID. 1877.
FRANCIS Z. NICHOLS,
Governor OF the State OF louisiana.
BY the Governor:
OSCAR ARROYO,
mh8 Assistant Secretary Of State.
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EsUyEUS.
Intentionally Active State of that
Great Safety Valve.
detroit Free Press

Great Safety Valve.
detroit Free Press.1
An uncomfortable account of the
present condition of Mount Vesuvius
was given by Prof Boyd Dawkins at
the meeting of the Manchester GeoIogi-
cal society on January 30. Prof, Daw-
kins, it seems, visited Vesuvius week
or two ago. and on arriving at the mouth
OF the crater found that it was filled
with. a dense vapor like fog. A 'slow,
roaring noise" could be heard. and oc-
casionally there was flash of light.
which was probably the reflected glare
OF the lava surging aboutin the volcano.
Undismayed by these symptoms of in
ternal disturbance, the Professor GAL
lantly, went down seven or eight
feet below the edge Of the era
ter, and found that he could
light pieces of paper in holes which
he dug with his hammer in the
black ash on the inside. Everything,
indeed, indicated a tendency to erup-
ton, and, according to the accounts
issued by Professor Palmieri, one of the
volcanoes periodical attacks of fever
may be expected in comparatively
short time. Professor Dawkins is of
opinion that Mount Vesuvius performs
the duty OF safety valve to q very
large poEIlOn OF Inc earth. This may
be the case, but the melancholy part of
the affair Is that the earth should re-
quire such a safety valve, and, more
over, that its needs in this respect be- |
come more urgent each century Of it's |
existence. Professor Phillips, who has |
made Vesuvius special object of |
attention, has come to the con-
clusion that the volcano has become |
far mere energetic during the pres
ent century than it has ever been before. |
The first known eruption was that
which overwhelmed Pompeii and the
country A. D. 70. It was
not until the seventeenth century that |
the number Of eruptions in the hundred
years was as many as four. In the |
century the number rose to
and during the present |
century twenty-siX eruptions have
already occurred. How many more may
AXE place during the remaining twenty
,hree years Prof. Dawkins is unable to
'ay. All he knows is that the mountain
s IN very restless state, and may ego
III :" at any moment. On the other
hand, as pointed out by member of
he society, reports made about Janu-
Try OF expected eruptions ought not to
,e noticed so much as at other times, as
he inhabitants Of Naples make the most
II such reports at this season in order
o attract sightseers.
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Suppose He Should =?
IN. 7. World.1

Suppose President Hayes should sug-
gest having the Southern question set
tied by arbitration by commission of
fifteen, Packard and Chamberlain to
name eight members and Nichols and
Hampton seven?
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noon, and charged them not to forget
| 1t. Just before they came she took
twenty grains of morphine. One of the
friends invited came in just as she took
stomach pump. The doctor and the
pump inverted the order of events, and
the morphine, somehow got on the out
side and the unhappy dame still lives.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-24
The Modern Mariner.
New York Sun.l


My name il is Dick Thompson,
I'm sailor blunt and plain,
I learned to splice the main brace
On the Indiana main.
My tarpaulin is reeking
With the oceans briny sweat,
My clothes are damp and od'rous
Of the sea mists lingering yet.
Sea mists OF Indiana,
That watery waste and wide,
Where Morton's gay Armadas
On the bounding pillows ride.
Oh, yes, I am q mariner
OF very high degree,
Which my name it is Dick Thorn pson,
And I spell it with "p."
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-24
The Heidsieck and only Piper Heidsieck.

BURNETT's FLAyoRING ExTRACTs.-IRe SUPER
o7-lty of these extracts consists in their peyfec
purity and great strength. They are warranted
free from the poisonous oils and acids which en-
ter into the composition OF many Of the Fictitious
fruit fayors now in the market. 1hey are not
only true to their names, bat are prepared from
fruits OF the best quality, and are 30 highly con-
only need be used.
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900

Professor Of Chemistry Suppose you
were called to a patient who had swal-
lowed heavy dose Of oxalic acid, what
would you administer? K. who is pre-
pairing for the ministry, and who only
ry)-I would administer the sacrament.
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ADVERTISING RATEs-DAILY.

Transient advertisements 81 per square (ten
lines of solid agate) first insertion; 30 cents
each subsequent consecutive insertion.
Wants To Rent. For Sales and Boarding ad-
veriBefnents 10 cents line. net cash, solid mea-
sure. None taken at less than 20 cents.
Advertisements for the period OF one month
nd longer, as follows:
Local or Business Notices 20 cents a line. net.
Editorial Notices, In Editorial type. 90 cents
taan
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VARIETIES THEATRE.

TIL e LADIES' EATRE.
CANAL STREET. NEW ORLEANS,
FOR RENT,
For the Season Of 18777s. and season following
il desired.
This theatre is new, spacious. completely and
superbly equipped in every respect. and is moss
eligibly located on the principal and most flask
fonable thoroughfare in the city.
Address WILL STEVEN.
Secretary La Variete Association
mh12 ct mo tn su New Orleans Ia
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CALDWELL PARISH,
support, Taxes and Aid for the Nichols
Government.

At a meeting of the police jury in and
for the parish Of Caldwell, held at the
town of Columbia, La, on the 10Th day
of March, 1877, the following resolutions
were offered by the president and unan-
imously adopted by the board
Whereas, at an election held on the
7th of November, 1875, Francis r.
Nichols was duly elected Governor of
sthe State of Louisiana by large major
ity OF the voters Of the State; and
Whereas, there is now man by the
Governor OF our State, against the wishes
OF the people and without having been
elected to the position he is trying to
asurp, but was so counted in by gang
constituted as returning board; now,
therefore be it
Resolued by the Police Jury of CaId,veH
gnTish, That the government headed
by Francis T. Nichols is the only law
full government of Louisiana. and that
we will recognize no other as such, and
that it is the only one entitled to the
support Of the people; that we, the Po-
lice Jury, will not, under any circum-
stances, sustain or recognize any but
the Nichols government; that we will
not be, in any case, controlled by the
laws enacted by any but the Nichols
Legislature.
ResotUed, further, That we call on
the people we are representing to sus--
tain us in our action of patriotism, and
to give to no one their support except
those officers authorized by Gov. Fran
els T. Nichols, and pay taxes to no one
except collectors appointed by Gov.
Nichols.
Resotoed, further, That copy of this
ordinance be sent to the Columbia
Herald and New Orleans DEMOCRAT,
with request to publish.
Adopted March 10, 1877.
J. Ell. JACKSON,
President Police Jury.
Il. A. GLASS, Clerk of Police Jury.
Q -
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The old and reliable Piper-Heidsieck.

BURNETTs COLOGNE is file d In elegant bottles
OF superior finish and beauty-in themselves an
ornament. It has, in brief time, attained 4
large and constantly increasing sale, confirming
The opinion Of the best judges, that it ia equal.
# not superior, to the celebrated Farinas
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"See the hosts of sin advancing Satan
leading on" is what they sung in a
Chicago church as the Sunday-school
marched up the aisle, headed by a.
deacon.
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Squares.

Monthly NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., having the run Of
the paper. inserted every other day, to be
charged two-thirds the above rates.
Editorial page monthly advertisements. each
square, $40 per month
Rates for Advertising Ina the Weekly New
Orleans Democrat.
Transient and general rates the same as for
Daily.
Advertisements for the period of one month
and longer as follows
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No conditions are necessary to the
liberation of South Carolina and Lou
isiana, and we believe none can justly be
made.-[N. Y. Herald.
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BuRNETT's CocoAINE.--A perfect dressing for
ale hair. The Cocoaine holds in liquid form
ptrge proportion OF deoderized cocoanut oil, pre-
haired expressly for this purpose.
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DAILY DEMOCRAT.
TERMS OF THE PAPER:
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

DAILY per annum $40; and at same rate half
yearly and quarterly.
WEEKLY published every Saturday morn
tng) per annum %: and ut same rate half
yearly and quarterly
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make the terminus of the r. r. & II. G..
r. r. at that city instead OF Depison.
From present indications the cattle
shipments from Fort Worth will be full
ly double that Of list year and will re-
qnire millions Of dollars to do the bust
ness.
Eleven prisoners escaped from the
Palestine calaboose one night last week,
Two heroes refused to avail themselves
of the open doors, and remained to stand
their trial.
The Mail says that st. Louis capital
lists have taken hold Of the Dallas and
Gle burne Railroad, and it will certainly
be built. The preliminary survey Is to
be commenced at an early day.
The Mayor Of Denison has ordered the
police to allow the reopening of the
dance houses in that city, giving as a
reason that the city has no other source
OF revenue than the fines received from
these establishments.
The following are the principal land
grants made by the State of Texas dur
ing the past year: Texas and Pacific
Railroad, 3,409, 2S0 acres; International
Railroad, 512, 900 acres; Galveston and
San Antonio Railroad, $50, $50; J. Fl,
Gibson. 2S2, $50; Tyler Tap Railroad.
l67 ,040; Texas Western Narrow Gauge
Railroad, 204,sOO; Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe Railroad, 215, O40, etc. A sum
total of 5,307, 100 acres or 1894 square
miles, equal to the State of New Jersey.
Mrs. Armstrong;. Of Denison, at
tempted to commit suicide Monday
evening last. She had previously ar
ranged her burial apparel. and invited
her friends TO come over in the after