The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-11-24

Orleans
Senate Committee on Appropriation
struck ont the amendments reducing
the army to 10000 men and maintaining
tour companies Of cavalry of one hun
drrl men each on the Texas frontier.
The petition opposing Eland's silver
bill has received the 81 yuaturrS of the
hank managers in Boston. The petit
TONERS represent that such a law w"ald
be great, prr.ju'lical to business and
banking institutions and to the welfare
OF the people OF this country; that it
would reduce the value Of loan bonds of
the nit'd States
These bonds are held 10y banking in
Stltutlons |" the extent Of one half, ut
least, Of all the ISSUES of them now out
standing, par! being 81, deposit with
ihc Government as collateral security
tor national hank transactions, and Il
part being owned by savings banks as
investments in trn>; for their numerous
lrr">itorS that it would ohliyc II re-
crpti"n III or savings institutions of
currency in deposits Of less intrinsic
value than tln legal tender circulating
notes Of the Government and that Of the
gold coin of u,r country. Tine petition
rrs earnestly call deliberate consitlrrt-
tion to such details OF this important
subject us are within the Statistic and
History departments OF our own coun-
try and Of HE important European na
ti"nS with whom We are intimately as
>"ciatcd.
There WAS quite Il scene when FELTON,,
If Groryia, 'lc>crbrd the financial con-
'litiOn OF the country aS Il STORM and
hurricane at .ra, on which. ships were
going down hy the hundreds and pre-
ri"u> lives were being cngultrd by thou
sands, while the wlrckrrS, headed 10y the
gentleman from New York (Chittpndrn)
were standing on the Shor" waiting to
gather up the spells. and asserting that
thugs wuud right themselves.
Brownsville, Nov, l4.--|;cn. E>c"hrlo
having been Indicted in the United
States Court tor violation of the nrutrali.
ty laws, in organizing !; military cXprdi-
ton in Texas to invade Mexico in the
interest of rx-Presi,lcut Lcvtlo, his trial
N:lS Dccn SCI lNi 10 NaH.
\ runlor prevails irrc that Col. W.
lareal crossed the Rio Gran;lc today,
about fifty miles above this place, into
Mexico. with Il hundred men, to oppose
the Diaz Government. Cntt>ttal activity
prevails amongst the adllclcnts of Lcr,o
ON this border.
Etlinylan Lawrence has bee" nnmi-
mated Collector Of Customs for New Or
leans, vice King.
Foreign Summary.
Signs Of activity in Scrvia arc multi
plying. Fresh troops are marching to
the frontier; the arscnals are working
night and day. The capture of the po
sitions which Gen. Scobclctf has been
attacking would turn all the intervening
works toward kodezevi, Tutchenitza
aud Grivitza. 1t seems pretty certain
that the fighting has not yet been for
thc ,tdoubts themselves, but for the
rifle pits in front of them.
The rcdoubts are the same which were
temporarily occupied by Gem Shobclctf
i'll tile battle of September II.
According to to-days rumor from the
Russian camp, preparations arc maxim.
for general assault on Plrvna. These
reports may be well founded, as it is
doubtful whether it is possible to starv,
Oslnan P;,sl,a out before winter.
A special dispatch from Rome says
that Notwithstanding his drbj!itatc.l v.,'
,itiun, tic Pope gave audience on the
llth for period of six minutes. He re-
ceived five priests, six laymcn and clever
! ladies, most Of the priests being French
His Holiness was borne III by four me,
and looked very pale and weak. During
the six minutes that the audience lasted
he never once moved his legs, but movet
his hands frequently and with apparent
freedom. The appearance he presented
was that of man on the very brink O.
the grave, bat who seemed to retain con
troll of his mental faculties to degree
hardly to be expected. The pilgrim fl
yorvd with the audience looked ON Will
awe. feeling that he cast his last look OF
Pho Mono alive.
The Pontitf conversed in French, ant
spoke with an amount of effort that wa
painfully evident. lie spoke Of the con
vulSious in France, about which III
evidently feels very deeply. lie conn
scled prayers tor peace, so that France
might be spared the horrors of auothe
revolution. The pilgrims were mucl
struck by the excessive tceblcncss ant
extreme languor of his eyes. His move
mcnts were somewhat asmodic, AM
there was an un,nistakahle appearance
of strong will battling against complct
physical prOstratlOn.
New Orleans, Nov. 15.-Gen. ". L. Nc
! MILAN, pension agent for the consoEida
ted district including most of the South
crn States, commenced to-day paying
amounts due for the last quarter, tn
payment Of pensions in the district ha,
lug been suspended 81 nee September At
on account of lsal"llc's trouble. Ger
McMllen reports sufficient fnndson han
to ply Oft the entire list.
The Cotton Crop.
Washington, D. c., Nov. Il. The co
ton returns Of the department. of aSrsr,,
!. turc made during the first week Of N
ve,pber compare the product in bale
with that of lS16 The absence Of KILN
frosts IS noted in all the States. Sligl
a frosts in til" more northern districts hay
:. been favorable to increase Of yield |
\ Fastening the ri opening of later bolls.
= Rains in October have been unusually 5
we're and interfering with picking, eau
O ing staining and loss Of fibre. The loss
/, from the prevalence of caterpillar We
q heaviest in Texas, were somewhat SCI
!, Gus in Louisiana, and to Il less extent
d Mississippi aud Florida. In tue folio
IS ing comparison by States with the CT
!, Of last year Texas has the lowest perez
" tayc and would be still lower but for t
q Is per ccntum increase of area. Ark;
is sas aud Tennessee stand high, not OF
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