The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-07
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49, Out of 44e5 horses that passed within
niuht az The dummy cars In use on one OF the
milwaukee, street railways in one week, only
nine manifested fear Of the machine.
The negroes comprise only about one
fourth Of the population of Memphis, Tenn,
and vet of the 1863 deaths In that city last
wear. Col, or nearly one-half were negroes.
A large portion of the counties of WASH
snuton Beaufort. Tyrrel and Hyde i'm North
Carolina. il now two feet under water.
Nearly all the mills and milldams have been
washed away by the prevailing floods.
1t liz stated on Democratic authority that
the Democrats of York county. Me-, are dis
satisfied with Mr.. Williams Endorsement OF
the Electoral Commission, and will probably
east their votes for Gen. 3. j. Anderson, of
Portland, for Governor.
Miss Lucy Stone Blackwell is to begin
The canvass Of Colorado in behalf of univer-
sal suffrage on the 18th of September, and
will devote three weeks to the work. Miss
Partridge, Miss Hindman and Miss Matilda
Fletcher are to assist in the task.
The Farnesina Palace, SO well known to
all visitors to Rome for the story of Cupid
and Psyche as told in fresco by Raphael and
his disciples, Is In great danger of collapse,
owing TO the works going on for the inn
provement of the channel of the Tiber.
Experiments with electric lights lately
took place at Cronstadt. The apparatus was
fixed on board the Peter the Great and was
of such intensity that small print could be
read on a vessel moored four cables off. 1t is
contemplated to furnish all the forts at Cron-
stadt with this light.
Wendell Phillips writes to Lord Dufferin
begging him that he will not allow the United
States to get hold of Sitting Bull This sug-
gests happy thought. Why not exchange
Mr.. Phillips for Mr. BullP We should make
by the operation, but If Yankees cannot make
a good thing by swapping, what are they
good for. anyway p-[ Philadelphia Press.
Most of the Georgia papers approve the
new constitution as an improvement upon the
present one, and predict that it will be ratified
by the people The Gainesville Eagle, how
ever. says: 'sThe opposition will be a minori
ty-perhaps small minority in numbers
but 1t will be potential in intellect and iniu-
ence. 1t will command respect. It will be
heard. 1t will be felt. 1t will divide the
Democratic party. and rally all opposing ele-
meflts."
The Governors must have had an uncom-
Portable time at the Exhibition Building in
Philadelphia the other day. The Times of
that city says that the crowd seemed to re-
gard them as exhibits themselves, pressing
close upon their heels, cutting off their pass
age, commenting upon the plain and even
somewhat careless habiliments of one or two
of the dignitaries, and otherwise showing
their appreciation of the fact that never before
had so many Governors been with them at
once.
From work on the "Materia Medica of
the Hindus, recently published by Mr.. Geo.
King, of the royal botanical gardens Calcutta,
il appears that, Notwithstanding the present
extensive growth and use of both tobacco and
opium in India, neither of these narcotics
were known there in ancient times. Opium
was introduced by the Arabs and tobacco was
brought thither by the Portuguese from
America about the end of the sixteenth CEN
fury. The far country" whence the "sweet
cane" was brought, was India, and our mod
arm word sugar-candy made up of the two
Sanskrit words sawkdrg ktdnda.