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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-21

people have borne as long as they can
bear. and they will bear no longer. IL
10 In the power, then, OF the incoming
| President to restore peace and prosper
lily to Louisiana, or to provoke condi-
ton OF things which will ruin and
| desolate one of the fairest regions
Of the world. And let him bear
In mind that, as 1t Is the highest
accomplishment OF gentleman to
know how to die, 30 1t ID tho noblest
duty OF State to know how to fall, IL
fall II must. This duty, the people OF
this State understand, and fMr. Hayes.
In the interest OF Packard and the gang
OF cut-throats and thieves, rogues and
adventures who surround him. shall
resolve TO crush Louisiana, he will have
to gather within her borders the army
and the navy to throttle her, and then
drag through his administration u
chained but struggling and
unconquerable State. whose ruin
1t will be the busin ess Of his admins
tration to complete.
From this time to the 4th OF March Ii
must be the business of the people Of
Louisiana to convince the country that
they have no tribute to pay usurpa-
tion, and that the case of Packard In
Louisiana IL as hopeless, 80 far as 1t
depends upon the people OF the State,
as the cnse Of Chamberlain ID In South
Carolina.
All that we hear from Washington
tends to assure us that the new Presi-
dent proposes to adopt Southern
policy just and wise. This fact has
terminated the people with hope and
filled them with u generous and forgiy-
Ing feeling toward even those who have
robbed and outraged them for years.
1t will be black and Infamous crime,
In the interest Of band Of usurpers
and robber politicians, to crush out this
sentiment which is the spirit and sup
port Of Christianity and civilization,
and plunge u community Of nearly q
million of people, with lalge interests,
into o condition of discomfort, misery,
and, we scarcely hesitate to say, |
warfare; into a condition in which |
race will be arrayed against race
Ia which corruption, persecution and
roguery, sustained by the arm OF
the Republic, will keep up fierce,
vindictive and desolating conflict with
the better interests OF the State and its
ocial and political institutions.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-21

The country papers express consider
able disgust ut the latest batch Of holi-
days we had. From February 10 to
February IA 1t was one continued holt
day; all the courts had to be closed
and business generally suspended.
Legal holidays have been increasing
with wonderful rapidity in the past few
years, and, really, unless some stop is
put TO this sort OF legislation, unless we
finally agree to have no more holidays.
1t liz likely that we will soon drift into
the Russian system, where working
days arc exceptions. II the birthday
OF every patriot and distinguished
statesman Is to be celebrated by idieness,
and IL this country continues to produce
patriots and statesmen with the won
derful fertility 1t has shown In the past,
this awful fate awaits us.
Some OF these papers SO 30 far as to
propose the utter abolition of all holt
days as o relic OF ancient barbarism and
paganism, when certain days were holy
To certain gods. This Is going q little
too far on the other extreme. It does
seem, however, as IL the Legislature
might prune off few OF these super
fluous holidays and limit itself In this
respect il the future. There 10 plenty OF
work to do in Louisiana, and we cannot
afford Ia be idle so often.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-21

/ The news that the river has already
commenced falling has caused some of
the country papers to prematurely re-
joice that oil danger OF an overflow is
over.
The winter ID now half gone, say
these, whilst there have been no waters
yet to fill up the swamps above, which
must be done before there can be any
rise In the river or any serious damage.
"The assertion that snow and ice
during winter, are followed by high
water In the spring, ID not sustained by
the test of experience. The dissolution
OF snow and Ice does not occur every
where at the same time. In Tennessee,
Arkansas and Lower Missouri, 1t Is
melted and gone, before 1t begins to
melt In Iowa, Wisconsin, and other
Northern States. Nothing but univer-
sal rains, which seldom follow such
universal SHOWS as have fallen the pre-
vious winter, can bring the melted
snow and Ice into the river ut the same
time, and fill up the streams beyond
their reasonable capacity Of outlet"
We would like to believe this, but we
cannot help thinking the rejoicing pre-
mature. It is true that the river has
not shown indications Of rising early,
but just In this lies the danger. The
cold winter North has kept tho snow
packed up In the mountains to later
day than usual. All the rainfall of the
Mississippi Valley Is there accumulated
in the form OF snow and Ice, Us ID EVIL
denced by the fact that the river for the
past half year has been lower than ever.
It 10 probable that the rainfall is quite
rs large as ever; the river has carried
off far less water than usual there
must consequently be more than usual
TO come down.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-21

proposition Is on foot to remove the
parish seat Of Richland parish from
Rayville to Girard. At Rayville there
ID already courthouse; IL Is the most
central portion of the parish, and offers
many other advantages as parish seat
The only objection to it. IL that 1t will
not grow; 1t continues to remain small
village. and refuses to bloom into all
the glories ola full-fiedged city. It ID
argued that Girard, being the only sta
ton on the railroad In the parish, will,
II II be made the parishseat, soon grow
into thriving town, and for this reason
the change Ia advocated.
What the people of Richland need
most OF oil, say the Girardites, is o
place where they can get their supplies
and transact their business without hay
ing to go to Vicksburg or Monroe for
these purposes. The argument Is o
good one. The non existence of small
towns In Louisiana has been one OF the
serious disadvantages and drawbacks,
and one OF the causes that 20 80 far
to prevent the introduction of manu-
factories here. In this respect,
Louisiana Is probably worse off than
any State OF its population In the Union.
Mississippi boasts OF several score OF
towns, Texas is teeming with them, but
Louisiana has only ten villages within
Its borders, whose population exceeds
one thousand.
II 1t be possible to build up country
towns, 1t will be found advantageous to
all classes, agricultural and others,
to do SO. The only thing to be avoided
Is q forced dollhouse growth, which,
like prematurely ripened fruit, is only
another name for prem allure decay.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-21
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REMOVA AL.


HANDSOME PLACE OF TWO ACRES front
on the beautiful river Teche, comprising 60
acres Of excellent. newiy-fenced land. OF which
90 are admirably adapted to the cultivation Of
sugar, cotton, or corn: the balance consisting
of u magnificent meadow In which the residence
Is situated. The whole property will be sold.
consisting OF the land above mentioned, and n
residence, kitchen, cabins stable, vegetable and
fruit gardens, and all necessary appurtenances.
This offers an excellent opportunity to any one
wishing to raise stock, or to cultivate cotton or
sugar on q small scale, there being cotton gin
and sugar mill Ia the ieighborhood. This
property has never been inundated. The
dwelling house Is comfortably furnished, and
will be sold with or without furniture.
For particulars address A. 10. d., Postonice,
Box 5aO, New Orleans. iel8 20 II
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-21
LADIES S, HAIR GOODS.
The Largest stock. Beet ASS rfmens and
Lawest Prices in Tho south,

lowest fricts In the sonth,
Wa match all colors-the Invisible Seam
Saratoga Wave. and all kinds OF Hairwork made
mr. To order ComhnRs made up. Old hair re-
worked or exchanged for new.
Hair JeWeary of hIi Kinds,
Mounted on 1s-karat gold. and at very low rates,
To siliT the times. A large assortment oil oilet
Sets Vases perfumers, Brushes. Combs and
novelties In Fancy Goods. All Kinds OF Hair
Pins just received. have 4 choice lot OF gray
and gray mixed Brafds and at very low prices
10 realize money. Wigs and all kinds i hair
work for stage purposrs made 10 order at short
netice aud Ill New York prices.
Greet Inducements during the Holidays. at
1855 Canal ri ecs.
I'll III PEIkGK.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-21

The 'sall cotton" system comes up
again for discussion In North Lou
isiana, as 1t does regularly. every
planting season. The time Is close
at hand when the planters will
have to solve this problem and
arrange their plans for the coming crop.
The question Is between plenty Of cotton
and q scarcity OF provisions on the one
hand, attended with worry, exhaustion
of the land and dangers OF caterplllars
and worms, and, on tho other hand, the
Improvement Of the farm by raising cat.
tie, corn, horses, etc., with the certain.
ity at the end Of the year OF being better
able to enter upon another year.
There is very little difference OF opin-
ion on this subject. The past half dozen
years have satisfied all planters concern.
ing 1t. The only real question is: Can
stock, cattle and horses be raised In
Louisiana? They certainly have been
among the impossible crops OF the past.
The system that the Radicals intro.
dnced into our legislation found Its
certain way to the laborers, and practi.
cally forbid the cultivation of anything
as easily stolen as corn or stock. We
only suggest that. under the new
rcaime. and proper administration Of
the laws, stock can be raised In Louisi-
ana Just as easily as in Mississippi, and
request the planters and farmers IN
Louisiana to take this fact into con.
alteration, now that they are making
up their minds about next yesr' e crop
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-21

the Gulf, to strike down that damnable
fraud. let what power back 1t that may.
We do not say the people will resist the
federal troops; such course would be
madness; but they would feel that ruin
Ia their inevitable portion, and 1t Is i'm
possible to predict what men driven to
desperation, hopeless OF justice, will do.
The citizens tax-paying citizens
OF nearly every parish In the State,
have assembled In public meetings,
rendered their money to Gov. Nichols
and declared that not one cent
shall be wrung from them to sup
port a loathsome usurpaticn which
is the enemy Of their liberties
and the curse Of their property.
There is not a parish In this State In
which Packard's collectors can collect
the taxes. Each Packard collector who
sets out on such a voyage will have to
carry squad OF Federal troops to
guard his carcass, and the citizen who
pays taxes to any such official will be
bounded out Of his town or parish as a
traitor to his State and renegade
among his people. Mr.. Packard can
collect no tares from the people Of Lou
;siana. either ne,o or under the sanction
or Mr.. Hayes recognition.
And more than this, IL Mr.. Hayes,
when he assumes the presidency. shall
attempt to set up and sustain the Pack
ard usurpation, which we do not be-
lieye he will do, be will plunge this
State into condition of anarchY. The
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-21

Our subscribers will confer q favor
upon us by reporting ut this office every
failure In the delivery TO their address
of the DEMOCRAT, us we are particularly
DESTROYS III achieving absolute exacti-
tude and punetuallity.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-21

Packard and his comferters now I'D
NIT that we have got the age" on
them. How about those dispatches not
to break the status quo
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-21
"Wednesday Evening February 81, 1877

The office of the new orleans DEMO-
GRAFT has been Removed from ~ Camp
street To 200 GrRvier street.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-21
Amusnss ESrs this EVENING.

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-11-07

HallOwell Post Once.

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Western Mail arrives daily, Sundays excepted
at 3.44 and lS p. NJ; closes at IL 40 A. NJ. and
for the night Pullman train at 8 2. NJ.
Eastern Mail arrives daily. Sundays excepted,
at 557 arc ll.57 A. M; closes at $50 aud y
z. NJ.
Litchfeld Mail arrives on Tuesdays, Thursdays,
and Saturdays, at 10 A. M. closes Sundays,
Tresdays and Thursdays at 8 p. Nj.
Office Hours from 7.30 A. NJ. to $50 p. NJ. As
no mail arrives on Sunday, the Office will remain
closed on that day. Mails made up on Sunday
evening for the Monday morning trains.
Z. ROWELL, P. M.
Hallowell, October, 1877.
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Kennebec Savinps Bank

This Bank Is not required to make
returns to Assessors.
Deposits made on or before tie l0h day of any
month toil be Hated back to the fret dav of the
same month
On First Monday in May and November of each
year dividend will be made on all deposits sand,
ing at those dates, which have been deposit one
full month.
Money deposited in Savings Banks ia not to be
taxed to depostors hereafter.
Dividends as soon as declared are added to the
principal, thus compounding the interest every six
months.
Loans made to depositors on depositing their
Bank Book as security.
Once I'm Freemens Bank Butlding.:
8. B. GLAZIEk, Treasurer.
WI. HALLE1T, President.
Augusta, Jan. Is. 1878. ians9-tkWtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-11-07
NO. 264
TIE PATENT OFFICE.
WORK OF LABoRERs IN AND ABOUT THE
BUILDING. g

Some nine or ten persons are employed
in cleaning, polishing and putting in order
an immense number of models in the east
model-room. The water accumulated
between the ceiling of this hall and the
roof above during the fire, and came
through in large quantities deluging many
OF the cases and the models which they
contained. These were principally valu-
able ones, in the classes of sewing and
knitting machines, carding and spanning
machines; also stoves, heaters, registers
and hot air furnaces, in the class OF calor-
lfics, &c. There is much steel, iron and
brass-work about them, and they had to
be cleaned and put in order to prevent
their being entirely corroded by rust.
They are carefully taken apart by Mr..
Ford, machinist, cleaned oiled and put
together again. The assortment and ex-
animation OF the many thousand models
which have bsen picked out OF the ruins
and debris, and which it is hoped may be
identifed by comparison with the draw
ings, to serve useful purposes in the fu-
ture, will be quite a long and arduous an
dertaking, and will shortly be commenced
under the supervision Of Major Love, who
has already rendered valuable service in
this and other directions connected with
the recent disaster. Laborers are busy
in the burned portion Of the building
packing the copper sheathing formerly
on the roof into boxes for sale as old
copper. Much of this copper is melted
into masses, and, during the fire, stream
OF molten metal-lead and copper--is
poured through ventiator in the CELL
ing into the draughtsman's room below.
This room with many Others in the buiId-
ing, has wooden floor above the mason
ry. and some of the employees, with
great difficulty, kept the molten metal
from setting 1t on fire by pouring on
quantities OF water. Upon thOtop OF the
temporary roof, over each wing. is built
tiny wooden penthouse, in which sits,
day and night. watchman, regularly re-
lieved. to give warning in case of dam
ger. There he sis in unenviable solitude
and through stormy and iair weather alike
eats his lunch in his little cabin on the
tar-covered roof. like Marius moralizing
amidst the ruins of Carthage.
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AUGUSTA POST OFFICE,

OFFICE HOURS
For delivery of letters, from 73O A. M. 10 & "a
p. NJ. Wv
On Sundays. frem 9.l5 A. NJ. to 1915 Am.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS
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500 p. M.
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hocklaEd stage, via Washington, 6 T. NJ.
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Belfast, 1912 A. NJ. ana 1888 r. NJ.
Belfast stage, 1000 A. NJ
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p. NJ.
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MAILS CLOSE.
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bath and hockland, $50, ana 1000 a. Nj.
R'ckand stage, via " asnngton, 100 A. NJ.
Wsldoboro stage, via Jefferson, 100 A. NJ.
Mad son. l.3O T. Nj.
Winthrop and Monmouth, $50 A. NJ
farnnnston stage via keadhed, l.3o Z. NJ.
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Belfast stage, 3.45 Z. NJ.
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The Lives insured by the Society are careful "
selected in different parts of North America an
Europe, furnishing, by this broad field OF opera
tons, an additional and exceptional safety to tn.
Poliey-bolders The Insurances are made only OF
the Mutual Premiums Principle. The Surplus ar.
returned annually 10 the Iasnred.
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-12-21
Western Homes for Poor Zen.

The Boston Commonwealth says that
steps are being taken in that city to orga-
nize an association to aid industrious poor
men in securing homes and farms, chiefly
in the South and West. The capitalists
who furnish the means expect, of course, to
reap a benefit from their investment. 1t is
proposed to buy tracts of lands in various
desirable locations, assist colonies to remove
to it, furnish them with such supplies as
they are unable to furnish themselves, and
give the colonist bond for the sale of his
land when the cost and advances shall have
been paid back. The land adjacent will be
reserved to the association, its enhanced
value from the settlements around paying
a profit The scheme is based on success
full experiments of the kind heretofore
made, but greater care is promised in insu-
ring the protection of the colonists against
imposition, and in securing to him all the
benefits of his labor.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-12-21
rhe War In tha Eaat .

AT the end of the operations Of the year
it must be recognized that the Russians
are overwhelmingly victorious at every
point; that their enemies capacity to face
them in battle is exhausted. In wars be-
tween civilized nations success 50 absolute
as that which results from the destruction
Of the armies of Moukhtar Pasha on one
theatre and Osman Pasba on another
would inevitably be followed by peace
made on the terms dictated by the con-
queror. But this result does not follow in
the present case, mainly because the
methods of reasoning esteemed 10 civilized
capitals are not adopted in G onstantinople.
Fanatical frenzy aud barbarian pride can
not conceive that there are worse things
than humiliating peace Intelligent gov
ernments condemn the people to suffer the
horrors OF war-assent to the devastation
OF whole districts of country and the ruin
| OF cities, and contemplate these results
calmly as the price to be paid for the reali-
cation OF some national purpose; but when
the realization of that purpose is once
clearly seen to be unattainable they do not
continue the horrors of war an hour out of
regard to the impulses of blind and will
full passion. Political wisdom in this
respect was peculiarly exemplifed in the
peace that France made with Germany In
1871. But up to the present time bar.
barous pride has stood in the way of the
peace to which the Moslem must ultimately
bend. He has been favored in this indul.
gence of his pride at the expense of his
people by the immunity of his capital
Commonly the conqueror who has annihil
ated the force between him and his enc
mics capital is able to force peace at the
lannon's mouth. But the accident o.
Osman Pasha's first fortunate defence o.
Plevna-for it was simply an accident
caused the main fury of the war to gather
about that little Bulgarian town and the
decisive battle to be fought there rather
than in Roumelia, at some point from
which march on Constantineple would
have been only a military promenade
That was an accident of mingled good and
i'll for the Ottoman. Osman was at thu
, precise point where his resistance wal
most effective while he held OUT but ht
!, was also at the point where his case wa
most hopeless when be came to desire
, assistance from without. But he fell ONLY
, when the snow was due, and sacrificed
forty thousand troops to give to the Sui
tan's capital immunity through the winter
and the chances there might be in sucl
, immunity.