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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-17
THE CASE OF CARR & LAUN.

After full ana paClenC nearing ana
investigation before Judge Smith day
before yesterday, Mortimer Carr &
Laun were committed for trial before
the Superior Criminal Court on the
charge of forging bills OF lading for a
large amount of cotton and drawing
upon the same, and selling their bills Of
exchange to Seligman, Hellman g. Go.
and to the Citizens Bank to very large
amount.
Laun, who is a young German, was
brought from California on a requisi-
ton Of our Governor, and Carr was
arrested and has been held a prisoner,
being unable to give the bail fixed by
the Judge. Laun, on appearing before
the Police Judge, confessed his guilt Of
the act of fabricating the forged bills Of
lading. but seeking to imply that he did
so under the superior authority and by
directions Of the senior partner Of the
firm.
This course naturally sugges ted the
suspicion of plot and concert on the
ptL u VI Gu6 dCCuOOO WAlCu at OhtARP
the prosecution into using Laun as
witness, which, it was thought. would
be a dangerous experiment. But the
prosecution was too guarded to be thus
caught, so the accused, Carr, was COM
PEELED to avail himself of Laun's evil
dence in his defense. But it did rot
avail much. The prosecution made out
it's case in the most ample and conclu-
sive manner and both parties were CON-
mitted for trial. They will have fair
trial, and we have no desire to antici-
pate the verdict Of the jury. We only
now refer to the case to applaud the
rigor and vigilance of the prosecution,
and especially to commend the spirit
and sense Of duty of Messrs. Seligman
q, Hellman and the President Of the
Citizens Bank in mourning serious ex-
pense and responsibility to bring
these parties to trial and justice.
Special counsel were employed by them
who co-operated most efficiently with
the regular State officers in this pros
ecution. The success Of this pros
ecution would not reimburse them
their heavy losses. BUTT will vindicate
the efficiency Of the laws and the repu
tation Of the honest dealers Of the city
by showing that those who trample
upon the one and violate all the obli-
cations Of the other, shall not go un-
punished. It is needful that this lesson
and example should be adopted and
followed by all good citizens. Those
who shrink from this responsibility;
who, with knowledge Of fragrant
crime fail to present the same to the
proper authorities; some who even seek
to cover up and compound crimes in
order to save themselves from
losses, ignore very gravely one Of
the first duties Of good citizens.
In the present, or in the recently past
prevalence Of crimes Of embezzlement,
defalcation, and various forms Of NAL
versation and bad faith, the prosecut-
ing and judicial officers of the State
greatly need, on account Of the accumu-
lation of an unusual burden OF labor
and responsibility on them, this coop
Grafton and aid Of the citizens in the
prosecution and punishment Of all vio-
lators Of the law, and Of the peace and
dignity Of the State.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-17
HERsELF ON THE CHURCH.

The Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer prints
this statement: "A negro woman who
was member Of the choir Of the Locust
Hill Church, which is situated ia Mus
cogee county,, near the line Of Harris,
was requested not to sing with the
choir. She got mad with the church,
and told them that if she couldn't sing
no one else should, and Monday the
church was burned down. She was ar
rested, and confessed setting the house
on fire. Locust Hill was probably the
best finished house the negroes have in
this section, and the woman deserves
severe punishment"
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-17
OFFICE OF THE
New Orleans Pacific Rail-
way Company.

At q meeting of the Board of Directors of the
New Orleans Pacific Railway Company. held this
day, 1t was unanimously resolved:
That whereas, the Board of Directors of the
New Orleans Pacific Railway Company have
satisfactory assurances that the company can
procure, by means of frat mortgage bonds, al
the necessary rails, spikes, fish plates. locomo-
tives, cars, depots, water stations. turn tables
and other necessary improvements, after the
road shall have been graded, the bridges built
and the cross ties procured. for the entire line,
and
Whereas, when the sum of s675, 900 hall have
been subscribed, said company will be able to
complete the entire line, ready for the rails and
rolling stock; therefore,
Resolved, I hat the President of this company
be and is hereby authorized to issue in the
name of the New Orleans Pacific Railway Com
pany, bonds on its entire line from New Or
leans to Shreveport, La, and Marshall, Texas.
at an amount not to exceed $4,000 per mile. pay
able in forty years. and bearing interest at the
rate Of six t6) per cent per annum; and to Sc
cure the payment of said bonds, in both princi-
pal and interest. the said President of said COM
pany is hereby authorized to execute first
mortgage and act of pledge on all the railroads
capital stock, corporate franchises, and real and
personal property of every kind of said New
Orleans Pacific Railway Company, either now
owned and possessed by said company. or here
after to be acquired. and that said President be
authorized to offer and obtain subscriptions for
s675, 900 of said first mortgage bonds in the city
of New Orleans. 1T is further
Resolved. That the proposition to issue second
mortgage bonds on said road is hereby with
drawn, and parties having subscribed thereto
are hereby authorized and entitled, on applica-
ton, to have their subscriptions changed to sub
scriptions to first mortgage bonds. 1t is further
Resolved, That subscriptions for said first
mortgage bonds will be received at the office of
the company. and payable in monthly INSTALL
ments of twenty per cent.
E. B. WHEELOCK, President
Z. L. RANLETT, Secretary.
August IS, 1877. au17 2p7t
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-17

The Northern press is now fulmi-
mating a first class article Of Indignation
over the action of the Georgia Constitu-
tional Convention, in ENGRAVING into
the forthcoming constitution a repudia-
ton Of the $S,0OO,O0O Of Bullock railroad
bonds. Jay Gould's stool pigeon is
especially gushing with his yirtuous
wrath in the Tribune, and in the mad
intemperance thereof treats us to the
following novel theory of republican
government:
To say that the reconstructed government
which issued them was not valid is an alb
surdity that only blatherskite Bourbon like
Robert Toombs could be guilty Of II the
Bullock government was not valid, neither is
the present State government. which sue
ceeded it, nor the Constitutional Convention
itself. All law and authority existing in Geor
gia grew out Of the acts of Congress recon-
STRUGGLING the State.
We have quaint old tradition in this
part of the world, to the effect that "all
law and authority existing" in any free
and sovereign State, exists by the will
and consent Of the people, and when
we see it stated in one of the leading
papers Of the country that the authority
for a constitutional convention is de-
rived from an act of Congress, we blush
to own for countryman the miserable
one that could write such sickening
nonsense.
The truth about the business is simply
that the railroad subsidies were passed
by corrupt and venal means, for pur-
poses of barefaced robbery and pillage;
the roads were not built, or SO poorly
constructed as to be valueless, and the
funds appropriated to them stolen, and
fraud, theft and rascality stain the
whole transaction from beginning to end.
The people of Georgia have rights, as
debtors, as we'll as the fraudulent hold
ers of these spurious obligations; and
these they have chosen to assert in
their own way.
It would be very absurd thing to al
low themselves to be robbed and plum
dered through an insane superstitious
reverence for an acknowledgment Of
Indebtedness which possesses not one
essential of an honest obligation except
the FORM
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-17
THE SITUATION In FRANCE.

It is very plain that affairs in France
are rapidly tending towards the newt
able coup d'etat. The Bonapartists are
clamoring for a proclamation of state
Of siege. The Figaro calls for the resig-
nation of the Duo De Broglie, Presi-
dent Of the Council and Minister of JUS
tice. whose liberal antecedents render
him an obstacle to such a step. But it
is hardly probable that the Due De
Broglie, who is an Orleanist, will do
anything Of the kind merely to silence
the clamors Of the Bonapartists.
Although profound peace prevails
throughout all France the conservative
press is urging proclamation Of martial
law, and the reasons they give for SO
doing are alone sufficient to prove that
true democracy does not exist in that
country, and that the people are not
yet prepared for republic. There is,
indeed, report that the Cabinet has
already determined upon such course
by vote of five to four. Commenting
on this report Z UnireTs says:
Ii the ministers have really decided, as
alleged, by five votes to four, to proclaim a
state of siege, we shall highly approve OF the
measure We ask for a state of siege that the
electors may vote freely, and be uninfluenced
by the falsehoods OF the Radical propa-
ganda.
The same paper goes on to say that
a declaration of martial law is rendered
necessary "by the license of the Radi-
cal newspapers. which dare to talk of
civil war unless their candidates obtain
majority at the approaching cleo
TONS"
The Defense says:
It is natural to suppose that the govern
ment may be forced to meet by state of
siege the fierce and unconstitutional war the
Radicals wage against it; the 1858 have inaug
urated q veritable government and social
crisis; the constitution Is formally attacked,
and the government would be wrong if it did
not seek the means to defend itself.
It is hardly necessary to tell this
community what peaceable election
under the shadow of bayonets means.
1t does not mean republicanism, and
the government that finds it necessary
to maintain itself by such elections is
not government Of the people, and the
people who endure them are not pre-
pared for self-government.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-17
ASSOCIATION ARMY OF TENNESSEE.

Persons wishing to apply for membership in
this association are notified that printed forms
for that purpose can be had on application to
the undersigned, or at the DEMOCRAT business
office, or to Capt. N. r. N. ROBINSON, City At
torney's office. City Hall. Applicants and others
will please inclose their communications to
Postoffice Box No. 2435, addressed to the Asso-
citation Army of Tennessee.
The requirements are to have served honor
ably in the Confederate army. south of Virginia
and east of the Mississippi river till honorably
discharged or paroed, to have enlisted from
Louisiana. Or to have served as above from an
other State and to be q resident of Louisiana at
this time. ~
JAMES LINGAN,
First Vice President Acting President
JNo. G. GoLDING. Secretary. aus 2w
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-17
RARATARIA SHIP CANAL.
POLITICAL AFTINITIES."

Secretary Sherman, in his dulcet and
consolatory letter to Collector King,
uses this we'll rounded phrase:
"The true rule is to select from your
force the very best men for the special
duties Of their position, giving to expe-
rience, personal character and political
a6inities due consideration.
We have italicised the vag ue and per-
picking words of this general direction
of the Secretary as giving a happy
example of the force OF that old latin
maxim dolus IN gen eralibus, which, in
plain English, means a catch. trap. q
dead fall set by'one ofthe most cunning,
persistent, INSCRIPTIONS Of political
partisans In this country.
The light let in upon Mr.. Sherman's
inner character, by his actions and re-
ports in reference to the Louisiana case,
revealed degree Of partisan unscrupu-
lousness and fragrant insensibility to
truth, justice and honor which rendered
il one of the most difficult tasks ever
imposed upon q people to be recon-
ciled to his appointment by even the
brave and manly action Of the Presi-
dent toward our State, with his appoint
ment to the leading position in the
Cabinet. We knew Sherman had not
only been one OF the prime contrivers Of
the huge and revolving fraud upon
this State, but that he had
gone before and beyond them
all by an Endorsement OF the charac-
tiers and conduct OF Wells and Anderson.
A lifetime Of repentance could hardly
expiate this offense against truth,
honesty and the conscience Of all hon.
CRADLE men. Certainly no studied
phrases and sentimentalities which ap-
pear to make up the "web and WOOL
Of this boasted civil service reform,
can ever clear the escutcheon OF Mr..
John Sherman Of this infamy. Hence
we are not surprised to find in these
italicised words Of his homilies to Col
lector King. the lurking devil OF the
inscriptions craftsmanship which Is too
deeply imbedded ia the nature OF the
man to be glozed and smoothed over
by the dullest phrases that precede
the pregnant allusion to political affin-
tiles. They may deceive President
Hayes--we hope for his own standing
they debut nobody here or in Ohio
will ever be misled by them into any
other Interpretation Of Mr.. Sherman's
purpose and meaning in this gentle
intimation to our complacent and i'm
pressible Collector than hint that
Mr.. King must take care in
his appointments to consult
the particular affinities of him,
Mr.. John Sherman. leaving the hapless
Collector to ascertain what those affini-
ties are. So far as he himself is con-
cerned. the Collector has avowed that he
has no political affinities himself. ALI
that is known of him politically is, that
he was an Old Line Wing OF the most
fossiliferous character, and that he was
only brought into notice recently as a
political entity through the personal
favor and patronage Of Tom Anderson.
that he has no known affinities. po'it-
cal or personal, save with Anderson.
and that If, under the too severe de-
uands Of bis st. Landry master, ne
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-17
UNITED STATES IN iERNAL REVENUE.

COLLECTORS OFFICE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA.
New Orleans, August 49, 1877.
This office having been Informed that certain
persons are visiting the places Of business of
merchants and dealers in this city. and assuming
to exercise the powers Of revenue officers. in
demanding to see the special tax stamps of
such dealers, the public is hereby advised that
the revenue officers Of this district bear their
authority with them, and are instructed to ex-
hibit the same whenever called for. Any person
who cannot show his authority to make such
visitation and demand should be treated as an
imposter. JOHN COCKREM,
au17 st Collector District of louisiana
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-17
WAGONS! CANE CARTS! sPOKES
il. III. @oR "a,

Is and 20 Union and rs and II Perd lido
streets.
Sole Agent for the Celebrated "STUDFBA-
KER" 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, Fell
loes Hubs, Shafts, etc. Wheelwright material
Orders promptly filled. All work warranted.
au2
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-17
DIED:

MCCULLOH-On Wednesday, August Is. 1877
at $50 O'Clock p. m, W. J. McCulloh, aged fifty
years.
GREENFIELD-At Clarksvil Q, Tenn. August
late Thompson Greenfield and Elizabeth Brun-
son Greenfield.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-17
OUR ANNUAL STATEMENT.
First Of september, 1877.

On the first OF September the DEMOCRAT will
issue correct. concise and comprehensive
statement of the commerce of the city OF New
Orleans during the past year. made up and
compiled by gentlemen whose facts and figures
cannot be disputed by the commercial COM
munty.
This issue will contain several exhaustive
essays on Agriculture, Railroads and Manufac-
tories, together with IN elaborate and statistical
treatise on our
RELATIONS WITH SPANISH AMERICA.
We will publish q correct and artistic map.
prepared and executed specially for the DEMO-
GRAFT by that we'll known and accomplished
Civil Engineer. Mr.. THOMAS s. HARDEE.s
THE MERCHANTS MAP "
OF THE
NEW ORLEANS PACIFIC RAILWAY
will show its Importance to New Orleans as the
COMMERCIAL EMPORIUM and BUSINESS CENTRE
of the
Great Agricultural Region Of the Southwest
It will show the position Of
EADs' JETTIEs
at the mouth Of South Pass. and also the pro-
posed location and route OF the
DARATARIA SHIP CANAL.
We earnestly solicit the patronage of our
friends on this occasion. and those Of them
who wish to send papers to their constituents
would do well to send in their orders as soon as
possible.
The advantages which the DEMOCRAT offers to
its patrons in point Of CIRCULATION AND PoPU-
LARITY are second to those Of no other paper in
New Orleans.
AS an advertising medium 1t Is unsurpassed.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-17
UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL,

UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL,
Eagle Hall, Prytania street, cor. Urania.
The Fourth Annual Session of this school
for Boys will open on MONDAY, October l. 1877.
The principal will be assisted by full corps of
competent teachers. He refers by permission
to the Faculty of the University of Virginia and
to his patrons the past session, whose names
may be found in the circular of the school.
Circulars can be had at the book stores.
For further information address
GEO. C, PREOT, Principal.
iy31 3m Pc. Box 1875
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1877-08-31
SGCGIQB JUDICIAL
Il 10 81 & tyMyaD.

Por auto del Sr. Juez de Ia nstnncia acci-
dental del distrito &c San Francisco de esla
ciudad, dlctado en- los cieeutiyos seguidos nor
doha Ines Caeas contra D. Eleuterio Melino.
en- cobro de mil oclocentos pesos intnreses,
Sc manda sacar d pdhlica subasta por t6rmino
de veinte diaS que emnezaran contarse desde
la presente fecha veneen cl dia veinte dos
del pr6ximo mes de setiembre, una casa sta cn
la Gale del Sol csqnina Ia de Nolzagaray.
mareada con el ndmero 157, propiedad del
eiecrtado, la cue ha side egbaTga,ia !, tasada
en- $500 pesos moneda cor1iente; debiendo
tener iagaf q rcmate las dos de la tartle del
citado din yeinte dos de setiembre pr6ximo,
en- este Juzgatlo, j se advlerte que no Sc adj
.mitiran p0stnras que no cubran las dos terce-
sras parties dc la tasacion.
Lo qlle SC liace saber al .pdblico por medic
del presente edicto para conociriento de los
que quieran interesalse en- Ia sabasta. Puer.
to-Rieo, Ggesto veinte siete de mil ocho-
cientos setenta j siete. Demetrio Ginaenez i
Moreno. Ia
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1877-08-31
NueVa imprenta
uDELI BOLETIN. =
FORTALEZA, 81.

Contando esta imprenta con toda clase de
aIe.eentop asi De persoRal como de msterlal j;
I I nanel. hacn con LIMPIEzA, BARATURA
y PnESTEZA toda clase de impresos lihros,
= desde los mas senciAos los mas largos j
~ ss,~c,,,nlicadoe. Para estados cuenta con exec
eates cGjss neeanicas
PARA nj COMERcIO.
c.noeinienkos de buaues de vapor.- Idem de idem
: vsls ~ R6lizas de embarQUe para eahotaie. De-
*areeionoa. ke.s AZ.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1877-08-31
Alcoholado Barnes.
PUERTO--RICO.

Este cs nm licor 9 ma preparation compnes-
"a de agnar.liente decaiia y de plantns aroma
ticas, inuy usadas en- fnda Anier;ea, especial
mente por los indigenas.
Asf, pues, no debe existir el mas minimo t.
NOR EN- usara, puesto que, en- ningun case,
puede ofrecer riesgo alguno sH aplieRciuR
siendo sus resultados tan inmetliatamente eff
CAGES, que no dan tempo aque apaFezcala
duda acerca lie su utilidal
Bastan las primeras aplicaconcs en- cnal-
quiera de las dolencias que sc mencionaran
para que Sc note pronto y SECURE aliVio cir
cunstancia que ha da.lo lugar que haya obte-
nido uR credico satisfactorio entire las personas
que la han usado, y que su consume Sc haya
de una manera notable.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1877-08-31
lJUBCI0S DIVIaS8S
SEnIN.REO- -COLEGIO.

Con Ii compctente anuenca de nuestro ve-
nerable Preado teRcmos el giGsto de poner en-
conoeimiento de los padres de tamilia Y demas
nteresados, que el pr6Aimo afo esco!ar dc Sc
gunda enseiianza Sc abrira, como de costu?1-
bre, EN- ell local del Somuario, e dia L. de
octubre,
Los qne hayan de presentaiSe eXimenes
extaor1inarios, 10 verifearan en- los dias que
median entire el Is de setiembre vel dtimo
del mismo mes, Ell el cual tempo Sc deanacha-
ran tamEien las matrjGulas do { d 10 por la
maHGpa y de ii 4 81 por Ia tardc. El Rector
p Udrt9a G0icoecheQ, s. j. &c
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1877-08-31
N1TIHIETTI NlRI7IN1jI...


Pasaieros liegados aver en- el vapor espaho
correo SnntGnder
Jose Vidal Francisco Prats, Rosendo Prats
jaime Barbuesa Juan Campos, Marin Echalc-
Gu, Miguel Zafagueta, Jose Maria Laurnaea
Fermia lingo Tomas Echeyaria Emliano Po
wer, Juan Martin, ilaneisco lie Armas seno.
IA, Antonio Bueno, Mariana CresedS, jose
Ferrer, Micaela Par.lo y ma nina
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1877-08-31
vapOr hayagdez.

Dentro lie breves dias sadra este magniaco
vapGr de la Inca de Liverpool con destino 4
Norfolk t. u escala de Mayagiez Ponce
Adnlte pas lieros, los que oirece un os-
merado trato el captain n A tlrion
Para ii,!erlnns, diiiiirse en- Puerto Rico 4
Sres Latimer Comp. Mayagfez Borla Y
Comp, pouce Pastor Marquee ] Comp. 3--6
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1877-08-31
EIque suscribe Medico G. 10 certiAca.

Que deseando apreciar Ell verdadero valor
terapeutico del t6pico titulado /" "ALCOHOLA-
DO BARNES, 4" 10 ha preconizado en- yarios
casos de reumatimos musculares, hernierxneas,
adontalgias, contusiones, obteniendo los mejO-
res resultados. Que mas que en- niuguna otrag
affection, eu el reumatisnao muscular, que no
con su aplieacion un exito brillante
Y para que su autor tenga una prueba mas
lie la eficacia de su ALC0HOLAD0, fiOy la
presente en- Ponce d 8de Febrero de 1871.
DR.. alberto Guerra
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1877-08-31
MOD0 DE USARSE.
PARA Los DOLORES REUMAT1cos

Sc aplicara la parte dolorida, un patio
(pre6riendo la franela) enpapado en- licor, cn-
bri6ndolo con otro de cualquiera clase, pues
el objeto principal es conservar ell calor, ope-
racion que debera repetirse algunas veces
hasta obtener la mejoria que nunca tarda en-
preSentarse
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1877-08-31

Angel Aguerrevere, Licdo, en- Metlicina de
la Ilustre UniveEsidad de Caracas Medico en-
ejercicio en- esta Villa, certiico que desde Ia
aparicion del ALC0HOLADO del Sr. Don
Juan Barnes 10 he aconsejado cnant0s ellen.
tes he tenido en- sus suffimientos de los dole
res reumaticos neuralgas en- general STEM
pre- con buen exito, en- mi misma familia 10 us0.
constantemento,
Ponce, Febrero I de 1877,
A. AyuerTepere