davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-16

The showers Of yesterday afternoon put quite
damDer on the spirits Of those picnickers who
had looked forward to an afternoon OF pleasure
beneath the oaks and in the parks. During The
evening, however. the number rallied and the
dance was indulged in until the usual late hour.
g Judging from the mise, IL you will, the music,
in the second District last evening, the ice cream
veDders and organ grinders were driving
thrifty business. The shrill cry OF "Crem Ia
glace" seemed 10 be q sort Of chorus for the
doleful notes of "Norma" On the organ, while
the little ones enjoyed both festivities.
Workmen have been engaged for . number OF
days past in plasteriDg the entraDce hall Of the
Custom House, and now that rather lugnbrious
corridor begins to assume lighter and more
airy appearance.
The plants In Jackson Square show the effect of
the late torrld heat we have been suffering
Some Of the roses looked shrveled and parched,
even after the shower yesterday.
In the game of base ball between the Franklin
club and the 340s, the former were victorious by
a score OF 40 to %.
Sister Mary Alphonsus lin the world Miss Cecl
Parker died on Saturday at the Convent OF the
Holy Family, Third District.
The Academy Of Music is being thoroughly
overhauled for, the coming dramatic season, which
opens early at this theatre.
or the 1900 bales OF cotton on board the Gov
Morton when she caught fire, over 1900 unbroken
bales have bsen saved in damaged condition,
and loose quanty equal to seventy bales. Fully
1000 bales have been injured by water only.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-16
THE PENNSYLVANIA CAMPAIGN.
How the Opponents Of the President Pros
pose 10 Garry 1t ON.
Ratimora tlun
BsltimOre Sun.

One OF the most active and influential OF the
Pennsylvania Radical Republicans who was
in Washington yesterday, said that things
would soon be made very lively for the Presi-
dent He said that his side intended to fur
nish a good deal of fine campaign materials to
the Democrats in the States whete.electionS
are to come br this fall He said that litho-
graphic copies by the ton would be made OF
the letters written by Mr.. Hayes during tho
last eampaign, including the letters In which
he asked for money to carry ON the campaign
expenses, and also letters written by him en-
closing copies OF his photograph to people in
different palts'of the country. This gentle
man also said that the Radical Republicans
we're determined to probe the Louisiana mat
ter to The bottom. that they intended
to secure copy OF the agree
ment made between the Louisiana
conservatives on one side and Stanley Mat
thews and others acting for President Hayes
on the other side. This agreement was and
is still supposed TO be in the possession Of
Major Burke, who was here as the accredited
agent of the Nichols government.
Major Burke, while he was here and again
In New Orleans has boon frequently applied
to for copy Of this agreement, but he always
positively refused to say anything on the
subject. The Pennsylvania Radicals say that
they will now make him disclose what he
knows through the medium of q Congression-
al committee of investigation. A resolution
either intrusting this Investigation TO the
Committee on Privileges and Elections or
raising u special committee for the purpose
will be one OF the first things Offering in the
Senate
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-16
Black Hills Currency.

correspondent of The st. Paul Pioneer
Press describes the use of gold dust Us cur
rency as the greatest nuisance Of the Black
skin sack and no matter what he buys, be 1t
a plug of tobacco for ten CENTS or an outfit
for several hundred dollars, he G1ust weigh
the amount out in dust. This is a vexatious
process, and of course it cannot be often re-
peated without u considerable per centage Of
waste. Gold is taken at eighteen dollars In
greenbacks, and all the heshopkeepers give two
prices. A movement is on foot to remedy this
evil by adding a considerable percentage to
the more - sensible miners m are are beainnina I to to
sell their dust as they bring it in, and do their
trading with paper money. Formerly there
was much risk in taking gold dust as it was
mixed with a material that it was impossible
to detect by any test except that of acid, and
few could spare the time to submit the dust to
that process. Now the dust is comparatively
clean and safe to handle.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-16
short Items.

The Seventh Precinct Ia full OF dead dogs, and
yet the police arc not hsppy.
The poles Of the Subul ban Station amuse
themselves reporting broken and dirty lamps. II
Ia good thing that there are few soiled and
broken lamps, for If there were not the police Of
this precinct would have nothing TO do.
Saturday evening, owing TO the heavy gale, the
schooner Monita, commanded by Capt. Boyd,
was blown ashore and damaged to the extent OF
fifty dollars.
The only work done Saturday by the police of
The Suburban Station Was the bringing in OF
man named John skevery for safe keeping
Officer Koehler, OF The First Precinct, can't
find anybody TO arrest, so his time is employed
reporting the shed at Nos. Is and II Front street
as being in q dangerous condition.
John Paris and William Smith we're arrested
and lodged in the Second Station, chars ed with
having stolen property In their possession.
Nora Jane Roper, a gushing female OF sixteen
summers, was lodged in the Central Station,
charged with larceny Of meat.
negro roustabout nameA Sam Gray was ar
rested ct Che iustigstion Of 4. Lopez on board
the steamer r. E. Lee, and lodged in the Harbor
Station, charged with the robbery Of s63.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-16
southern Nhigs i'm Council,

A telegram from Washington, 9th inst, to
the Baltimore Gazette, conveys the following !:
A secret meeting was held here at the Eb-
bitt House on Saturday night last, presided
over by Gen. J. NJ. Leach, OF North Carolina.
1t was composed Of Democratic politicians
from the States Of Texas. Missouri, Alabama,
North Carolina, Kentucky, Maryland and
Georgia Eight were present, or about one to
a State. They met to discuss the duty of the
conservative element of the Southern De-
mocracy toward the Presidents Southern
policy. After full expression of opinion 1t
was decided that SO far as the present policy
is concerned, the Democracy can and must
give it hearty support. AT the same time the
opinion prevailed that all talk about the party
splitting and resolving itself in part into q
Hayes party at the South was not to be
thought Of All those present were Old Line
Wings, and in expressing themselves as
quoted, felt confident they were refleeting the
views of their ancient Whig colleagues at the
South. The meeting was merely informal,
but another of more Importance will be held
here about the Goth of this month, just before
the gathering Of Democrats takes place at
the White Sulphur. The intention is to have
at that time u large convention Of the Whig
elements to talk over the political questions
of the day, and take such action as seems ad-
ysabc.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-16
CHEAP CIGARS.



The room was low and long, with four win
windows sat woman about forty years old,
punching cigars from q pile of strippings
close by. At another window were two men
finishing the cigars, and in the farther part of
the room were two beds and table, with
dishes on 1t. While the pretended dealer was
talking with one OF the men In regard to tho
cheapneSs with which 1t was possible to
manufacture cigars, the door opened, and u
ragged little girl entered with a dirty canvas
bag on her arm, the contents of which she
emptied into a barrel near the door. She
then sat down and commenced to strip to-
bacco from tho pile before mentioned. The
man who did the talking was very loouacious
and stated that he could purchase cigars
for about seven dollars Thousand.
He said that the wrappers used were of
Western tobacco, while the filings were some
times OF much finer quality" To Illus
trate this latter assertion he showed the con-
tents of the barrel to which the little girl had
contributed. 1t was half filled with what
might be called garbage, culled from the
streets, and consisting OF scraps Of brown
paper, cabbage leaves and cigar stumps,
some of which were, no doubt, stumps of Ha-
vana cigars. The manufacturer then took
his customer into another room opening from
brick fireplace, and plank on which were
spread out the gleanipgs from the barrel, as
sorted and separated to dry. He showed how
the burnt ends of stumps were cut off, and
the remainder unrolled; how dried cabbage
leaves, boiled with tobacco stems and sumach
leaves, could be converted into "very fine to-
bacco,' and closed his explanations by eXtol-
ling the virtues of the tonka bean, valerian
and ammonia as tlavoring extracts.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-16
TURNED OVER TO HIS SUCCESSOR
MUNICIPAL MATTERS,

Mr.. Angaud on Sidewalk DISTINCTIONS.
We have received the following communica-
tion from MIR. Angaud, the shoe dealer al the
corner of Royal and st. Ann streets:
Editor Democrdt-Confdent in your impair.
tiaiity, please insert in your columns these few
lines In viudication OF an article which appeared
in the DEMOCRAT Of Juy IL, in reference to the
shoe dealer at the corner of Royal and st. Ann
streets. The following is the real truth OF the
Gaze:
The said shoe dealer, after having received
two notices, AID not complying Herewith, was
brought before the Hon. Judge Miltenberger,
who propounded the following questions:
Why 90 you not comply with the city ordi-
nances? I am here to enforce them, and will
do so.
Answer-Your Honor, came here to pay nv
fine. I know that am in contravention, as well
all other dealers in this city; but it seems to
me that the city ordinances are general.
do not see, may it please your honor, why
should be prosecuted. I have done the same
thing for over ten years. I do not OCCUPY one-
third the space that some OF my neighbors do,
Send an officer to inspect
To this the impartial and honorable iu 7pe ssid.
'sMr. Angaud is with many others in contrayen-
.ion, it would be unjust for me to punish one and
not the others. Please take your goods and let
the order be general"
According to that order, the goods were taken
in for week, and when it became evident that il
! was q personal persecution b. u1InoHn parties,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-16

first syllable Is OF Kurdish derivation.
though, euriously enough, the word has be-
come. strictly the designation OF tribe m
habitlng the hills Of the Province OF Aidln.
This tribe forms only part OF the 6ooQ nov now
encamped at the top of Pera; the rest con-
sists of Kurds and Turcomans, the difference
between whom requires o good discrlnllna-
tion Of chronological types Tor their costumes
notably their headdresses diiiefen,it,
they are all very much alike In one trait,
which strikes the spectator at once, the I'M
posing collection Of arms "A regular pat5ery
which they carry in the folds OF their
waist-bailds, consisting OF crimson stun
wrapped tightly round the middle oi
the body to a depth OF more tllan loot.
After putting them under canvas" the next
question was Rigging them out" Its so!u-
tlon will form another illustration TO that In
teresting volume Costumes Pbpuldires de la
7luqaie. published, with photographic plates,
cason OF the Vienna Exhibition. The Zei-
becSs having given way on the subject Of
their arms--that is to say. their weapons-
stand out for bare legs and BREAST, tne real
objection being to the restraint OF buttons
and breeehes. 1t Is proposed, therefore, to
give them hybrid uniform which which will
preserve some Of the most characteristic and
least unmiitary features of their primitive
costumes.
After the mafansis, or militia, comes the
very last resource Of all, the timmtotes, corre-
spending somewhat to our pensioners. with
the differences that they have no pensions, ex-
cept in particular cases for special services.
These are the men, many Of them well ad-
vanced In life, who have served their full time
In the regular army and reserve and who can
only be called OUT I'M case of fnYasion, and
then only in great extremity. TS policy OF
this exhaustive levy may be disputed; the
patriotism OF those who have responded
to 1t cannot be. There cannot be less
now than 6O0, 900 men under arms, or who will
shortly be under arms, but u great number Of
these are raw recruits, such as lost Ardahan.
This figure, which | am sure would not be put
down as much below the mark by the Turk
ish military authorities themselves, is, at the
same time, very much below that at which
the late Hassen Eddin Pasha put the ayaila-
BILE regular forces after his reorganization Of
the army, and it must be remembered that 1t
has only been by desperate efforts that GOO, 00O
men have been got together in crisis which
has reused the patriotic spirit of Mussulmans
Of all ages.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-16

Mr.. MaeGahan, In letter to the London
Ne,cs, written on the eve Of the Russian in
vasion of Bulgaria, contends that Shumla
cannot be the objective point OF the campaign.
He intimates that the line of the Russian
advance will lead across the Balkans from Tir-
nova either to Kasarlik or to Shevno. There
remains the maneuvre Of turning the Balkans
altogether by an advance upon Sophia, at the
head Of the Roumelian Valley He thinks
that the Turks will never give the Russians a
chance ito get grips Of them in the open.''
At the Russian headquarters sagacious men
look forward to Che contingency that
the Turks, after making as stout
o defense on the Danube as opportunity may
offer, may draw off with their forces as little
broken as possible, and leaving but mere gar
risons I'm their fortresses, fail back uninter-
ruptedly before the Russian advance till they
gain the last shelter Of the defensive position
outside Constantinople, their design In this
ignoble movement being the hope Of forcing
English armed intervention in the defense Oh
Constantinople against Russian ATTEMPT to
take the capital. Mr.. MacGahan considers
this idea as somewhat far-fetched, but 1t is
likely enough that the Turks will exercise ex-
treme caution in giving battle in the open to.
or accepting it from, their northern ADVERSE
ries when the latter are in any respectable
force
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-16
POOR MATERIAL.
The Way in Which They Drum up Recruits
for the Turkish Army

The Way I'm Which They Drum up Recruits
for the Turkish Army.
fConstantinopie Correspondence N. Y. Times. !
Nothing can equal the almost desperate
energy of the Seraskerlate in bringing up re-
crafts from every part of the empire except
the SubmlSslveneSS-I should be eXarperatinp
II said enthusiastically which the popula
tions respond to the appeal This is a proof
at all events, of administrative efficiency in
the provinces, and serves, at the same time
to bring into relief the want of consideration
their part, so willing to make sacri-
fees for a government which has gen
orally only thought of them when it has
wanted to levy taxes in money, kind or blood
Ihe conscription is popularly and not in
aptly, called the "blood tax" The Perotes,
who, except when passing the bridge at the
moment OF the landing of troops or munitions,
nave seen hardly anything to realize that
the country is at war, and still less that they
are themselves (the natives, that isl, under
.he regime OF a state of siege, have this week
hao Drought home to them the exceptional
eoholt!on IN which is now placed the empire
III which they live, and of which most of
them know so little and care so little about
beyond what is necessary to their wants
ana tastes. We are accustomed, here, to
Flsi.ofS from every part of the globe-the
arctlc regions being the only exception 1
can think OF at the moment-and nearly
always arrayed in their national costume
Nevertheless, the apparition of some thou
sands OF Asiatic highlanders, who arrive
In batcheS from Smyrna, and paraded
about the streets with naked legs and
breasts, and armed to the teeth. did make
some sensation. These aborigines are called
Ieibecks, corruption of Zet Begs or Zeibeps.
sigMtying lords OF the mountain. The
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-16
NEGRO EMIGRATION.
An Idea That is Being Discussed in Va
riOus Northern Papers.
Washington National Rannhl;eon1

correspondent Of the Galveston Neps.
writing from Kingston, Jamaica, says:
England is tracing quietly, almost silently.
a navigable pathway for her commerce into,
the very, heart of the African continent.
Around frian the great central lakes of equatorial
fertility, wanting nothing but civilized settle
ments to make it tributary to British com
maTfe n5 fanih and manufaetures Jamaica can and
British colonies and tens of thousands Of
black and colored men of the United States
Will Will surely ~ follow in their way Ali this is
incredulity But with more time @ and ler snaca oa
for the array, of facts now developing i'ta the
most skeptical will finally admit that we are
on the eve of an African exodus W. '-
There is no question but that a great fold
will soon be opened for the enterprise of the
colored race in Africa, and our colored citizens
will be well qualified by education and ira in.
ing to take the lead in the great schemes fo,.
the development Of the resources of Africa
which the British are now planning in So
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-16
The Real Issue i'm the Next Congress.
New York kunl

To rebuild the waste places left desolate by
the war will be the first cry and a Southern
an offset to this the restoration Of the for
feited land grant to the Northern Pacific will
be demanded, coupled with additional Gov
ernment aid to vast visionary undertaking.
Thus we have in the very beginning, log
character. The great question is, whether by
uniting the two projects votes enough can be
obtained to carry them through. The matter
will be canvassed beforehand, and will very
likely be determined in the organization Of
the House. The Administration, it seems to
be pretty well understood, will be in favor of
liberal appropriations. Can it gain votes
enough on this ground to place Republican
or some Southern Hayes Democrat in the
Speakers chair?
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-16
The Presidents summer Rambies.
baltimore IN

WASHINGTON, July lot may be promised
from the programme which the President has
marked out for summer jaunts that he calcul
gramme indicates a more extensive swinging
around the circle than Gen. Grant was in the
habit of taking for himself. But President
Hayes programme of travel is so arranged
that he will frequently be in Washington to
attend to public business. By this arrange
meet of his the anomaly will be avoided
which existed under the Grant administra-
tion of the heads of government being away
left in the hands of clerks.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-16
Thc guardian Of Four Hundred Millions.
Especial to the Democrat

-------
WASHINGTON, July Is. - Mr.. Kennedy,
formerly Census Commissioner. has pre-
sented TO the President, in the name of GER
tain national banks, a protest against the re-
noval of Croggin, who for many years has
been the custodian of about four hundred
million dollars in bonds belonging to national
banks. and who was lately dismissed because
he had broker in his service. 1h addition to
this, number of national banks have aigni-
fed their willingness to pay Croggin's salary
themselves, II he can be retained to guard
their interests.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-16
THE WEATHER YESTERDAY.

The following is the temperature" at the
various points named, as reported by the
Signal Service kilograms furnished by Ser
, geant Brown, of the Signal Bureau, and indi-
eating the state of the temperature at the
points named, at p. m. yesterday:
Cairo sS degrees, Cincinnati 92 Galveston
80. keokpk "a, Lacrosse 7s, Leayenworth SO,
Louisville %, Memphis %, Nashville 93.
Omaha so, Pittsburg 81, Shreveport 90 St''
Louis a5, st. Paul 49, vicksburg 90, Yankton
ID. T. SO, Augusta (Gal so, Corsicana TEX j
e, Mobile S5, Montgomery SO, Savannah 96.
New Orleans 81, and Key West so. ~
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-16
rho ChaImcttc monument.

Isn't ii about time something should be done
with that would-be monument At Chalmettt7 A
reporter visited the place yesterday, and the pile
that adorns the site of Jack,oh's victory below
the city. From al amateur standpoint, the monu-
ment looks exceedingly like sugsrhouse chin.
ney. and exceedingly unlike anything to COM
memorate q glorious victory of the national
arms. The idea OF erecting tho shaft originated
with James II. Caldwell, who organized corpo-
ration and secured State aid for its building, but
il appears the funds gave out before Its comple-
tioD, and It has remained in the present unfiu-
ished condition for many years.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-16
A RUN ON THE BANKS.
A Panic In Sc. Louis Causes General
Run ON all the hanks.


Sr. LOUIS, July 15.-lThe suspension OF the
Butchers and Drovers' Bank yesterday
caused run in the afternoon on the Boat
mems Savings Bank, Union Savings Associa-
tion, Provident Savings Association, North
sc. Louis Savings Association. Lucas Bank,
Lafayette Bank, Citizens Savings Bank, and
Bank of st. Louis, but these runs were In no
sense extensive. The demands were almost
exclusively made by small depositors of the
laboring class. and were met promptly Very
few II any merchants or business men joined
In these runs. II is believed anxiety will
subsde and business resume It's regular cham
nels tomorrow
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-16
The Lilies of the Forest.

Yesterday as choice sgathering.of pionickers as
has been assembled beneath the outrageous
shadows Of the oaks, gathered at the City Park
for days recreation. The club under whose
auspices the festival was given was the ladies' OF
the Second District, who had chosen the name Of
tho "Llies OF the Forest" for their organisation.
Of which Miss Lille Morris is the president
Dsucing and bountifuI spread rounded off the
day delightfully."-, and the party returned at an
early hour, amply repaid for their trip to the
fnrnak
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-16
VOL. II---NO. 2o7.
DOMESTIC NEWS.
A TENNEssEE HANG.
The Rope slips ana the Man Dies In Tcr-
rfbIc Agony.
Especial to the Democrat.l

Especial to the Democratl
MEMPHIS, July ia special to the Ard-
5atoIs, from jackson, Tenn, says William
Wilson, colored, was hung In that city yester-
day for tho murder Of City Policeman Newton
@. Persinson, on the night of July ID, 1876.
Fully five thousand people witnessed the exc
cution. The fall Of the platform occurred at
II as a. m, but owing to the moose slipping,
death was occasioned by strangulation, which
was of most agonizing character. The
doomed man writhed and struggled his pin
ioncd hands madly battling with tito air. his
legs convulsively updrawn and shot out.
while his body trembed in throes7 of muscu-
lar motion. His death was terrible, and made
q fearful impression on the vast throng that
was present.