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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-16
NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 16 1877

men to govern her people and her soldiers
and bayonets to fight her enemies.
Upon the other hand the Caesars depended
upon their armies to govern the people
They did not at first arrogate to themselves
absolute power. They recognized the forms
OF the republic, the authority of the Senate,
and observed all the appearance Of citizens Of
republic But they plundered the people;
they indulged In the most frightful acts OF
cruelty and despotism; they degraded the
most eminent citizens; virtue became a
crime; commerce languished; industry was
paralyzed; patriotism died out, and under
the forms OF the republic, sustained by ii
centious and subservient army, the Roman
empire became the most wretched, debauched
and miserable on the earth.
The question for this people to determine Is
whether our free institutions, our trade and
Industries shall be maintained and cherished
by measures of craftsmanship, or our iber-
ties and material interests subjected to the
dangerous experiment of attempting to CO.
cree, by military force, into submission to
wrongs and misery provoked by wicked poll
Giles Of government, hungry and destitute
men and women. This latter is the plan pro-
posed by the advocates of an increase of the
standing army. Let the people mark the
man In Congress who gives his voice or his
vote for any such measure
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-16

The Washington correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Enquirer writes his paper some ugly
stories of rebelious Blaine. He says.
Formal complaint has been made to the
President that Senator Blaine has been as
sessing Federal office-holders in Maine on his
own account to conduct the campaign In that
State. It Is known that the Postmaster al
Portland was assessed for five hundred dol
lars and the Collector of the Port for one
thousand dollars. II they have not already
paid the amounts they will be advised to re-
fise to honor the demands made upon them
as contrary TO the policy of the Administra-
ton and civil service reform.
Will the President allow this fragrant viola
ton Of his civil service reform to go uncor-
rected, and TO be added as another special ex-
ception to the contumacy of Conkling's man
Cornell, in New York, or will he refuse to be
thus openly deiied by the insolent chiefs of
his party and compel from them respect for
the rules of the service2 The question Is an
interesting one to the country, and 1t will
doubtless prove so to Mr.. Hayes before very
long
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-16

An interesting letter from A. U. Buell., our
Washington correspondent, will be found on
page two Of this mornings DEMOCRAT.

Our excellent contemporary, the Mobile
Register, pays very eloquent tribute to the
citizen soldiers who were killed here on the
a4th of September in 1874, In the course OF
which 1t says:
And finally, first among his peers, the name
Of brave &. b. Newman. Jr., a gallant Federal
officer who, having fought for the flag sup
posed to embody the principles q the Union n ,s.
amnngst those he had often met In battle but
whom he Joined when constitutional liberty
was at stake.
This Is an error. Mr.. Newman was not O
Federal officer On the contrary, he was a
radiant Confederate soldier, and served
throughout the war In one of our Louisiana
regiments Major w. G. Robbins, who was
killed on the fourteenth in the foremost of the
fight had been Federal officer, and served
with distinction through the war In the Union
army. He was. however, highly esteemed
by all our people.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-16
WHEN THE SWALLOWS HOMEWARD
FLY"

Already our birds OF passage are beginning
to return from their summer flights, and the
golden days Of the summer widower are
drawing to a rapid close-the days when
settler and headache came after nights by
the sad sea wave with the pretty milliner
over champagne and ices, or with some
fellow in weeds like his own over pompano
and chablis or the enhancing 'draw.''
The neglected gardens are now being
weeded, and the gardener and houseboy are
ordered with peremptoriness, and for pur-
pose too full of mystery for speculation,
to tread down the grass under the
dear old tree mentioned so often
in his loving letters as the place
where he pinned In lonely widowhood and des-
olation, dreaming of the absent loved one
The paved yards are being Redeemed, and
new geraniums, the largest and most luxu-
RANT to be had for love or money, have been
ordered to replace the ones she left In his scare.
that she knows have been watered night and
morning with his widowed tears, but which
furnished him bontom,ieres for week or so,
to find theirsepulturein mademoiselle's work.
basket, or on her dressing table, and then
were forgotten and left to wither on q west
ern verandah. Old coats are being overhaul
ed for tell tale bil,ets, and stray bills for
"sundries' are being rendered to the con-
Stunning flames. Every morning there is a
heap Of burnt paper for Bridget to sweep up
from under the escritoire. and she wonders as
she does 1t why her master smokes so much
more in these lonesome, latter days Of his
widowhood. But the hardest task of all is to
recover the sedate and meek demeanor of the
Benedict, to forget his impudent leers and
winks, and put aside the swagger and rollick-
ing havior of his widowhood. It is hard, in
deed, to study the fit Of his boot with down.
cast eyes while that gay Phllis coquets right
opposite him in the street car, and to
Still the tender fancies
That go WantOnly UP spring.
Pretty, rosy Mary Jane who, a week ago,
thought her master could "charm the birds
out of the woods, finds herself snubbed, and
when she comes in with the shaving water is
greeted with a stony stare and a grutf and
chilly morning"
Ice and settler are no longer demanded, and
"My Mary Jane is not the household ditty.
"Old King Cole" too, no longer wakes the
midnight echoes and heralds the incoming
lord or outgoing guests.
sad change is coming and no one knows
1t better Or feels 1t more deeply than Bridget,
who kept the keys, Or Mary Jane, who brought
the shaving water unless 1t be my lord HIM
self, who Is trying to find some favorite air to
whistle in moments of unconsciousness i'm
the place of the one that he has been hum
ming for these last six weeks, whenever he
drapped' into song, as Mr.. Wegg did into
poetry.
But on the other side is there nothing for
madame to forget nothing for her to teach
Johnny and Maud it is sinful to speak Of or
to bride the nurse not to allude to2 Has
she no billets to lose by the wayside, or songs
to forget? Fie! fie! shame on the base in
situation. She went away for her health, and
any man is brute that don's kno,c it,,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-16
IN MEMORIAM.
Rooms ORLEANS DRAMATIC ASSOCIATION.
New Orleans, September Is, 1877.

Rooms ORLEANS DRAMATIC Association,
New Orleans, September Is, 1877.
At the regular meeting held this evening, the
following preamble and resolutions were read
and unanimously adopted:
Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God in His
inscrutable wisdom, to remove from earth our
esteemed friend and fellow member SALIVA
DOR JOSEPH FONT: be 1t therefore
Resolved That in his death the Orleans ORA
matte Association has lost most highly valued
member one who manifested the deepest in
terest In It's welfare and prosperity. and was
ever ready to contribute literally and with an
open hand to the maintenance and advance
ment Of this association.
Resolved, That we regard the demise of Mr..
Font as a great and irreparable loss. not only
to our association, but to New Orleans, of which
he was for many years a most useful, enter
prising and honored citizen, to large circle OF
admiring friends and acouaintanoes. and to a
family to which he was singularly kind. affec-
tionate and devoted.
Resolved, That the members of the associa-
ton do wear for thirty days the usual badge Of
mourning as indicative of our high apprecia-
ton OF the character of Mr.. Font. and as a
token of the profound sorrow that pervades
our hearts at the loss Of SO useful and honored
member: and that a copy of these resolutions,
duly attested by our President and Secretary,
be sent to the family of the deceased. to whom
we tender our sincere coincidence and warmest
sympathy In their sore bereavement.
JOHN w. BRYANT. Chairman
JAMES L. STUBER.
o. s. BABCOCK,
nj. d. GARDNER
Z. II. COOKERY. Committee.
e. H. CoRKERy, Secretary. se16 1t
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-16

The Hon. Herr Brantano, who represents
the Third Illinois Congressional District
CHANGED to remark that the Washington let
ters Of the Chicago Times are written in the
editorial rooms of that moral newspaper"
Whereupon the Times pleasantly observes
that the Hon. Herr has lied, adding to this
observation the gentle reminder that Lying
is in this country an offense punishable Grim
inally." "'Tis pity, but pity it is, it's true"
We are impelled by every humane considera-
ton to almost wish the abrogatiop Of the
ninth commandment whenever we witness
the delight of the Times in breaking it and
observe how necessary it is to its purposes
and journalistic success.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-16
CARPET WAREHOUSE,
VACCINATION.
TO THE PUBLIC.

The Board of Health desire to inform the
public that smallpox has not yet disappeared
from New Orleans, and that it is of the highest
importance for preventive measures to be used
in season to obviate another epidemic during
the approaching winter. The establishment of
vaccination with bovine virus supplies O want
greatly felt in this community, and Is fully
recommended by this Board to the patronage of
the public.
Those DESTROYS of free vaccination are noti-
fed that the several Sanitary Inspectors will
hereafter be prepared to vaccinate gratuitously
all applicants with bovine virus at the places
and times subjoined, on WEDNESDAY and
SATURDAY Of every week. from 1 O'Clock to Q
o'clock D. m.
WFirst District-Dr. sCHLATER, No. 2o3 Cal
Hope street.
Second Dstrict-Dr. A. LANDRY. No. t52 St.
Peter street
Third District-Dr. HENRY BEZOU. Police
Station, Elysian Fields street.
Fourth District-Dr. JOSEPH HOLT. No. 754
Magazine street.
Fifth District-Dr. J. Fl. MAGRUDA, Court
House. Algiers.
Sixth Distriet-Dr. r. A. BAILEY, Seventh
Precinct Station.
Seventh Distriet-Dr. WILLIAM H. WAT
KINS Court House. Oarrollton.
SAM. chopin. M. D..
se1G % 80 President Board Of Health.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-16

The excessive cordiality and mutual conf
dence that have recently grown up between
Hayes and Hartranft is suspected to be the
premontion of a compact looking to the dis
comfiture of the Camerons and the succession
of Hartranft to Don's seat In the Senate.
1t is commonly believed that the Federal
patronage in Pennsylvania will be placed at
Hartranft's disposal to secure this very end.
He has been at work for some time trying to
antagonize the Cameron Mackey element in
the party, and it is hoped that by 1879, with
the Presidents aid Pennsylvania will take a
long farewell of old Simon and his bright boy.
1t is matter Of very slight moment which
wins, as the executioner of Mrs. Surratt is
quite as disreputable as the amorous Simon
or the hawty" Don. 1t is fight of the wife
and the bear, and we don't care which whips.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-16
MARRIED.

BRIDGE-MACON-At the Church of the
Messiah. on Wednesday, September IL, 1877,
by Rev. DR.. Beattie. Miss Jennie NJ. Bridge. of
this city. to Mr.. J. Madison Macon. of Rich
mond. Va.
Richmond, Boston and Dedham papers please
copy.
SHANKS-DAVIS-At the residence of J. C.
Cofeld. ESQ, Point Houmas plantation. Ascen-
sion parish. La. on Wednesday. September IL.
1877. by the Rev. NJ. Willie. Mr.. Edwin E. Shanks
and Miss Josephine j. Davis, all Of this city.
Louisville, st. Louis and Binghamton. N. T..
papers please copy.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-16
DIED.

BENS0N-Thursday. September Is, 1877, OF in
fiammation of the lungs. Charles Henry aged
II years. z months and "a days, eldest son Of
Mary and G. F. Benson.
BARBE-Thursday morning, at 7 o'clock, at
of Etienne Barbe, native of Mayenee Ger
many.
JUMONyILLE-On Tuesday September II at
$50 o'clock p. M. Numa Coulon Jumonvilie
rod va
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-16
REMOVAL.


TO OUR NUMEROUS CUSTOMERS, FRIENDS
AND THE PUBLIC.
Having leased the beautiful and spacious
store
SIS and 1855 Magazine street,
Corner of st. Andrew
We will take possession of the same \
october LIST,
With the
MOST ELEGANT AND SELECT STOCK OF
DRY GOODS
AND FANCY GOODS
EVER DISPLAYED IN THE UPPER CITY.
In the meantime we will dispose of all goods
at our present store,
$50. Magazine street .......... $50
AT A GREAT SACRIFICE,
Regardless of Cost.
Parties wishing to take advantage of this
opportunity to obtain bargains in Dry Goods
should not fail to call before we move.
LEVY BROS,
se1G 1t $50 Magazine street.
CARPET WAREHOUSE,
.Chartres street
Stock at greatly reduced prices for cash.
We are n2y gfIering our Y, hg{ end r eheiee
WINDOW SHADES, CURTAIN MATERIALS,
etc, at a great reduction Of prices.
Parties wishing to. purchase. or to inform
themselves will find it to their interest to call
and examine our stock and prices.
se16 Su&We A. BROUSSBAO d SON.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-16
CARD OF THAKNS.

The following resolution was unanimously
adopted by the detachments in charge ofminute
guns, 14th September:
Resolved That we tender our sincere thanks
to Capt. feathers. Of steamer Natchez Capt.
Jas. T. O'Pry, of steamer Isabel; Messrs. Bell
& Menge. Joe Ferrer. Gem of the Levee; VIM.
Conway, Levee Pavilion; Joe. Balters, of the
Washington House; Joe Walker, of Crescent
Hail. Jules Zatarain. of the Gem; j. R. Warner,
Alex. Deck F. Downey. NJ. OConner. for the
generosity extended to us in furnishing US
with refreshments, eatables. etc.
s. TOCA.
Battery G, Louisiana FL ED Artillery,
se161t* Lieutenant Commanding.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-16
SCHOOL BOOKS.

Having been awarded by the State Board of
Education majority of the bids for furnishing
the public schools of the State. and having ar
rangements with publishers. we are prepared to
furnish the following books at prices named
Column No. / Is lowest retail price adopted !;
column No. Q exchange price. for first introduce
ton. when books of similar grade in actual use
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-16
PHOENIX HOUSE,
No. DC st. Charles street,

Next door to the Academy of Music
Opens tonight. Thoroughly refltted and re-
nous refreshment house in NeE Orleans.
RESTAURANr. LIQUOR BAR, OYSTER SA,
LOON. BOWLING ALLEYS, SODA, MEAD
and CONFECT lONERY DEPARTMENTS, Gin
cinnat LAGER, ice cold SEQ
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-16
WAGONS! CANE CARTS SPOKES Z
H. M. 9oETA,
Is and 70 Union and Ii and IL PerdidO

streets.
Sole Agent for the Celebrated "STUDEBA.
Kerr WAGONS, CARTS and SPRING WORK
of all kinds and sizes.
Dealer In Philadelphia and Western Cane
Wagons, Carts and Drays; Timber Wheels
Wheelbarrows of all descriptions Spokes. Eel
loes Hubs, Shafts. etc. Wheelwright material
Orders promptly filed. All work warranted.
unD I'm
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-16

Be it known, that on this aoth day of August A
ID. 1877 at a general meeting of the stockholders
of the Commercial Transit Company, convened
for the purpose of making any notifications
additions or changes in their act of ineorpora-
tion in accordance with the eighth article there
Of and also article 6s7 of the Revised Statutes Of
the State of Louisiana, the holders of one hun
dred shares Of the capital stock Of said company
being represented in person or by proxy the
same being the entire amount of the capital
stock of said company, it was unanimously
Resolved That the first article of the act Of
incorporation, which now reads as follows;
be COMMERCIAL TRANSIT COMPANY and
the city Of New Orleans is chosen as the place
of its domieile.''
be modified and changed SO as to read as fol-
lows. to wit:
be III Pea a We B b Eff RRohD ss
PANY." and the city of New Orleans is chosen
as the place place Of its domicile.
ADOLPHE SCHREIBER,
Per pro Ernest L. Forstall.
L. J. HIGBY.
WILLIAM H. OSBORN,
Per pro W. Alex. Gordon.
JAMES EMOTT,
Per pro W. Alex. Gordon.
81 U4NESANT FISH,
Per pro W. Alex. Gordon.
G. F. CONRAD.
JAMES G. CLARKE.
w. ALEX. GORDON.
/, the undersigned Recorder Of Mortgages in
and for the parish of Orleans. State of Louisi-
ana. do hereby certify that the foregoing modi-
fication in the act of incorporation was this day
duly recorded in my office, according to law, in
book 152 folio 154.
New Orleans. September 7. 1877
J. G.. RICHARDSON,
Deputy Recorder.
A true copy;
r. s. CHARLES Secretary.
coo 1e o. an OCT
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-16
SIDNEY b. SWIFT,
Veterinary SURGEON,

PROFESSOR OF CLINICAL SURGERY AND
TEACHER OF THEORY AND PRACTICE
IN THE ST. LOUIS VETERINARY COL
LEGEJ
Having located in this city, begs to intimate
that he may be consulted daily in regard to the
DISEASES of Horses and other domestic ami
mails, by addressing him at No. ss Camp street,
or Leonard Il MaxwelPs stable. sell If
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-16

the Tudors and the lines of kings who pre-
coded them had enjoyed all the power
and indulgences of absolute monarchs
Why, then, was it that Righteousness, des-
potism. commercial ruin, and, finally, ma
tional shame and extinction resulted from the
rule of the C@sars, while liberty, wealth and
national glory are the rich heritage of the
English people?
The reason is very simple. The Tudors had
no standing army. Under the government
of England, asst then existed, the princes
were nominally absolute, indeed they exer-
cised, and sometimes harshly, many of
the prerogatives of absolute monarchs.
But they stood always in awe of the
people; there was a point OF oppression
beyond which they dared not venture, be-
cause there was point Of endurance be
yond which the people could not be driven
Consequently the English monarchs in the
main were forced to shape the policy of the
government in the interest of the people,
and they were ever ready to listen to the
grievances of their subjects and to redress
them. Arbitrary and imperious as Elizabeth
was the masses of the people of England
under her reign were free Thus it was that
English liberty grew and English policies
moulded the institutions Of that country into
their present noble form. In tie days of their
most absolute power the princes of England
had no army to override the people, and
in later times England has used her states
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-16
Extraordinary Attractions
THIS w EEK.
FLANNELS,
BLANKETS,
COTTONs..
BELOW LAST YEARS PRICES.
BETWEEN BOURBON AND DAUpH1NE.

Having made large purchases of the above
goods late in the spring. when these goods were,
sold very low, we can offer them this month bv
the yard at what they cost In New York bv
the case. NA ~
FLANNELS. white. red and all shades at ,se
20c and Csc yard. ~ A'o'
Extra fine quality FLANNEIS at soc and s,e a
yard. 'AN wv "
CANTON FLANNEIdS as low as 7e a yard.
BLANKETS at 81 and so q pair up to the
finest French Blankets, all much below their
value. A
Splendid COTTON at Sc yard.
sott- finished COTTON at &C a yard
immense assortment Of CASSI N ERES, JEANS,
OSNABURGS, TICKS, at astonishing
LOW pKI1tEN
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-04-26
How to Ascertain a Horses Age.

1t is not difficult to tell 4 horses age.
1t is important to know a few signs
which serve rs criteria, and then the age
of horse at almost any stage Of lie can
readily be told. The colt is with four
grinders, and when the four front teeth
have made their appearance, it is twelve
days old. When the next tour come it
is four weeks old. When the corner
teeth appear the animal is eight months
old. When the latter have attained to the
height of the front teeth it is one year
old. The two-year old colt has the kernel
(the substance in the middle of the tooth s
CROWN grown out in all the front teeth.
In the third year the middle front teeth
are shifting, and when three years old
these are substituted by the horse teeth
in the fifth, AT six years the kernel
is worn out of the lower middle front
teeth, and his birdie teeth have now at
tanned growth. At seven years hook
has been formed in the corner teeth OF
the upper jaw, the kernel of the next at
the middle is worn out, and the bride
teeth begin TO wear off. AT eight years
the kernel is worn out of tho lower front
teeth, and begins to decrease in the mid
die upper front. In the ninth year tho
kernel has wholly disappeared from the
upper middle front teeth, the hook on
the corner has increased in size, and the
bride teeth loose at the points. In the
tenth gear the the kernel is worn out Of
the teeth hext TO the middle front of the
upper jaw, and in the eleventh year tho
kernel has entirely vanished from the
teeth of the same jaw. Attwelve
years old the crowns of all the front
teeth in the lower jaw have become
triangular, and the bride teeth are much
worn down. Us the horse advances in
age the gums shrink away from the
teeth, which consequently receive long
appearance, and the kernals be-
come darkish points. Gray increases
in the forehead and over the eyes, and
the chin assumes the form Of an agile.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-04-26

that "he had never met the law. as laid
down by his LordSh P, in any book in 8
library" "That may be, Sir" said the
Judge "but suspect that your library
is very small" Curran replied, 81 find
it more instructive, my Lord, TO study
good works than TO compose bad ones.
My books may be few, but the title-pagcs
give me the writer's names, and my shelf
is not disgraced by any such rank alb >urd-
tiles that their very authors are ashme d
to own them" "Sir," said the Judge,
"you arc forgetting the respect which
you owe to the dignity of the judicial
character" dignity !" exclaimed Mr..
Curran; "my lord, upon that point
shall cite you a case from book of
some authority, with which you are, per-
haps, not unacqualnted." He then brief
ly reclted the story of Strap in "Roder
lex Random" who, having stripped off
his coat to fight, entrusted it to a by.
stander. When the battle was overland
he was well beaten, he turned. to resume
it, but the man had carried it off. Mr.
Curran thus applied the tale $50, my
lord, when the person entrusted with
the dignity of the judgment-seat lays it
aside for a moment TO enter into dis
graceful personal contest, it is vain,
when he has been worsted IN the encoun-
ter, that he seeks TO resume tit is in
vain that he tries to shelter himself be-
hind an authority which he has aban-
doned." of you say another word Ill
commit you," replied the angry Judge;
to which Mr.. G. retorted, "lf your lord
ship will do so, we shall both of us have
the consolation of rejecting, that | am
not the worst thing your lordship has