The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-09-02


managed TO change front often enCagfi 10 10.
main with the strongest Bftse, but when flla
war ended and political lines were more dis
h'netly 'ng arW = od ha seh Wsoa , toloM
field, ard Tho old Democrat was the kepub-
lican organ. The RepdsbhcaR labored hard
to build up Q new party, and fafhered EVERY
n movement ga n this direction. T. !, foHghss
sngendefed by envy and hatred, and finally
had the satisfaction Of sseiug the Times undel-
cloud. But this was tire result Of b,sd niasr-
agement % ITO, On the part Of those controlling ths
gree TO the Influence Of the Hepubiicas. But
just as the Rt4,abtictae bsgan to eonrrntHIate
itself upon having an open field TO itself once
more, and OF debating in politics another OBJ
stacle made its appearance iii tho HhapHa
q the Globe. The rapid success OF tha
Globe is familiar to everybody at MI
posted hi regard 10 Western newspapers The
pocx sbe sa sbp paRdr and \ 7 ptoo pG e
tronized papers for their real worth, and noe 1
from political Or patriotic motives. The Gtobe,
and subsequently, the afobe-nensocrat, s,ie- 4
patronage that tho Republieda, seemed to eons##
slider exclusively its own, snd hence the nfi- j
tagonism.
The Times flot1ndered ON for two OF tfirge
years, surrounded continually by difficulties.
and daily encountering new ones. Creditors
were put off and troubles bridged over unit
THE policy oP PATCHWORK
could not be extended any further. The t,a-
per and all Its appnrtenances were sold Ht
public auction, and became the property nf
b. NJ. Chambers, president Of the butchers
and Drovers' Bank, and one Of the most thor
onghly practical business men of vt. Louis.
Mr.. Chambers, IN addition to his superior
business qualifications, possessed u personal
popularity second to none and n character for
integrity and mprightness that com mphrativefy
few men achieve. Tho simple fact of Mr..
Chambers becoming the owner of thG
Times gave 1t strength and influence
to start with, and the course he has pursued
in the management has increased It's power
aud influence with every issue. Possessing
ample means, Mr.. Chambers relieved the
paper Of all indebtedness and inaugurated q
yaeea i p n tha fra rank ,aaf y wnern @ o
nails. Able and experienced men were put
In charge OF the various departments and
correspondents were employed In every
Quarter, The paper today s occupies a strong
peouniary success is but q question of time.
and short time at that Within the space Oh
d few months the Times has been brought to-
q paying basis, and ere the winter is over
the new proprietor will have received baek
the money he expended to establish the paper.
The Times Is the recognized organ ef theA
Democracy Of the State, and is respected and
admired by men Ut other political opinions
for It's ability and intrinsic merit
THE COMING EXPOSITION.
The city is aroused and enthusiastic over
the Grand Industrial Exposition which opens
ON the 10th Of next month. The Exposition
takes the place OF our annual fair and there in
eyery " e tha ety ave uned their
efforts and no public enterprise has ever been
more generally adopted and pushed
forward than this Exposition. From
eshyo ashFy svsfy yvs State sseursa a sns spes oea na
during the past few days hundreds Of appll-
cations have been refused, because delayed
until too late to admit OF the erection Of atifll~
tional buildings. Several Of the largest ex-
hibitors at tie Centennial will be on hand
with the same fine displays they showed
| there. For over O month one hundred work
| men have been employed erecting new build
ings to accommodate demand for space In ex-
cess of any previous year.
| tt has been decided to open the Exposition
| with a grand industrial procession, and q
very large meeting OF merchants and manu-
facturers was held last night to prepare for
this The Mayor has promised to issue q
proclamation declaring the tenth OF .Septem-
Der general holiday. Governors OF several
States and other distinguished men will DO
present to deliver addresses, and II is esti-
mated that at least 10000 persons will be on
| the Fair Grounds that day.
MISCELLANEOUS MENTION.
| suicidal mania seems to prevail here
Scarcely o day passes without ut least Gns
| person "shufflng off by his own act, and
| frequently the number reaches three or four.
| 1t Is remarkable fact, too, that three
| fourths Of the suicides here are by Germans.
! The several insurance suits instituted In
the courts during the past few months have
developed state Of rottenness In Insurance.
| business that will induce many O man to
| keep his money In his pocket and truet To
luck rather than invest it in policies There
seems to have been combination OF uIt-
scrupulous men who managed to control Il
number Of the insurance companies and
swindie the policy-holders out OF every dollar
| they invested.
| The new city collector here stirred up the
owners of drinking saloons, denominated IN
| the law dram-shops, to an extent that will
tell heavily against him at the next election
The regular license imposed upon dram
| shops by the city Is $50 per year, and the coi-
lector claims that under some old or new law.
with which the public is not familiar, he il
entitled to the sum Of 90 50 In addition to the
| license, for collecting the latter, The COL
lector gets salary Of 5000 per year IN addi-
fee from dram-shops would net him alone the,
comfortable sum OF $4,000 per year. The
| dram-shop men have determined to, resist
| this fee. 1t Is scarcely necessary to add that
the collector is a Radical of the genuine stripe