The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-16
NEW ORLEANS, MONDAY, APRIL 1e, 1877

ALI the urSt-CldSS lOGelS on Inc route |
have agreed to lodge and feed the pill
grims at 50 day.
The Irish Canadian pilgrims are to
leave on April 10, Father Dowd, Of st. |
Patrick's, accompanying them as Chap !
lain. There will be 100 in the party, SO |
from this city. They are to sail on the |
Inman steamship City OF Brussels, and
to be personally conducted on the other |
side by Cook, Son & Jinkinson. Tick |
cts, good for year, $500. These cover
all railroad and hotel expenses up to
May 81. The party will visit London.
Father Dowd has not crossed the ocean
nificent box containing more than $75,-
900, the gift Of Canadian Catholics, to
the Holy Father.
JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES.
The Former DESTROYS of Concluding a
New Tceaty of Commerce With Us.
Especial to the N. Y. World,l
WASHINGTON, April 11.-An effort is
about to be made by the Japanese gov
ernment to negotiate a commercial
treaty with the United States for the
purpose Of securing higher rate OF duty
and more revenue on importations from
the United States into Japan. Under
the old treaty the duty averages about
per cent. In return Japan proposes to
open all her ports to commerce with the
United States. Heretofore, in dis
cussing the question of our COM
mercial relations, it has been the
policy Of this government to CO.
operate TO some extent with other
nations for the purpose Of maintaining
equal advantages in the way OF exports.
It the rates at which the latter were
admitted from this country were greater
than those levied on the importations
from other countries there would, OF
course, be an unjust discrimination
against the United States. 1t is claim
ed, however, that the opening Of all The
ports of Japan to the United States
would more than compensate for any
loss from an increase OF duties. 1t is
also said that our importations from
Japan are now subject to our excessive
tariff rates. It is evident that the Ja-
panese Government is desirous OF rals-
ing more revenue from customs, and 1t
is not improbable that it contemplates
revision of her treaties with other ma
tions as well as the United States.
MARDI GRAs.
Poor success of the New York Carnival
Association.
IN. Y. World.l
A meeting Of the Carnival Association
was held at the Sturtevant House last
evening, for the purpose OF forwarding
the preparations for that event, which
has again been postponed to the middle
of May. Nothing damped, however,
by these successive, and to the outside
world ominous, postponements, the
members of the association proceeded,
with the assistance of a lawyer, to in
corporate themselves under the general
| laws of 1875 into permanent Carnival
Association of New York." the objects
of the organization, as stated i'll the ar
ticles of Incorporation, being "for social
and mutual benefit, and patriotic, musi-
cal, dramatic and lawful sporting pur-
poses"
The officers state that several thou
sand dollars have already been subscrib-
amount being raised, and that present
appearances promise we'll for the sue
cess of the undertaking. The after
noon parade is strictly under the charge
of Col. ST. Martin, and has no connec-
ton with the Carnival proper, which
will be held in the evening. The festlv-
tiles are expected to conclude with a
grand Carnival masquerade ball at Gill
more's Garden, at which King Carnival
and his whole court will attend and the
outside public be admitted. Among the
gentlemen announced to take part In
the evening parade are: Mayor Ely,
John Morrissey, Sheridan Shook, Ed.
Gilmore, Nicholas Muller, Superintend-
ent Walling, Commissioner OF Jurors
Dunlap, Max Fleishman, and Colonel
Michael Gregan.
REPRESENTATIVES, FROM TEE IBIS
EUTED STATES"
A Republican opinion as to the . Facts
Washington Special to N. Y. Tribune.l
AS to the "three disputed States,
the facts stand: In South Carolina tht
five members elect are enrolled-three
Republicans and two Democrats. In
Louisiana the clerk has placed upon th'
paw roll Messrs. Ellis and Gibson, Dem
ocrats, and Darrall and Leonard, he
publicans, they having certificates O
election from both Nichols and Pack
ard. No names are enrolled for the
Fourth and Sixth Districts, where
( Nichols and Packard certified the elee
: tion Of different persons-the former Gle
r claring Elan and Robertson el.cted
9 the latter declaring Smith and Nash
l This non n-enrollment costs the Il publ
a cans two more In Florida, where earn
Q declared Purnam in the First istric
: and Bisbee in the Second Distric elect
ed, both Republicans. and Drew de
t clared Davidson in the First, an | it il
believed Finley in the Eleventh Dis
9 trict, both Democrats, the Clerk las en-
!. rolled Davidson in the First and left tn
:, Second District blank. In this case tn
i rule of the Clerk, applied in Louisiana
: of accepting name when certified b
n both Governors and rejecting nam
|, when the certificates conflict, appear
to be changed. For, although the tw
q governments differed as to both dis
:, tricts, the Clerk of the House decide
t between them as to one district, and d.
d clines to do SO as to the other. In th
" first count of the Returning Board j
Q Florida, Purnam was declared elected i
9 the First District by 294 majority, an
g Bisbee in the Second by 142. In th
e next count, then claimed by the Dem'