The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-07
NEWS By MAIL.
Gev. Hayes on the situation.
tCincinaatl Enuuiref.i

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| ID personal friend 81 Gov. Hayes,
visited Columbus last Friday, and while
there he called upon Hayes, During
| the conversation which ensted he said ;
81 suppose, Governor, that you do not
give any opinion on the presidential
question at this time 2" Coy. Hayes
! replied "Oh, yes. am stating 1t la
this way. II has now become o lawsuit,
and we have good case. good lawyers,
., good. court, and good prospects,. y
From this 1t would appeal. That his ex.
eelleney evidently believes that he is
the coming man.
HAYES AGAIN.
ne Thinks SIS well Of ais Prospects tkat
aHs Will Resign.
COLUMBUS, Feb. a.=1The report Il again
revived that Governor Hayes intends 10
resign the office he now holds, aud that
at All early day, some fixing IL before q
week. Ii this report be true 1t Is being
kept d very close secret at the executive
office, ne Inquiries made thern as late as
Yesterday III regard to his Intentions did
not bring any decisive answer in the
matter. Thbre isn't much doubt but
those who ore regarded hs being In the
line of succession namely, General
Tom Young and General Charley Gross
ven5f-=would like TO see the Governor
step down and out. II would give the
former u chance 10 exercise Tho tune=
tons of the office for n while, and &C.
cure him place In the State portrait
gallery. while in dfosvehor's case IL
would give him n boost TO ward the
Lieutenant aovetnorship, and possibly
toward tho nomination for Governor,
that he would regard Of iheHtimHbls po-
litioal advantage, IL Mr.. Hayes wants
TO heed tho wishes, and political pros
poets besides. OF these two excellent and
ambitious men he will resign before the
setting OF the sun.
MISSOURI.
Curious Libel gase==e,sinton of the gen,-
saissiu.=tts Gotten Trade.
Especial to Cincinnati Eh1Hifet,l
81. Louis. Feb. "a curious case Of
tho application Of the criminal libel law
has juat arisen. Your readers are aware
Of the fact chat the Life Association OF
America and tho Columbia Life have
been excluded from doing business Iii
Kentucky by the insurance authorities
of that State. There is u small morning
paper In this city which has had the hara
diheod TO publish illusions to the deposi-
tons taken In n suit on which that exs
clusion was based, The directors oil
the Columbia Life opened their fro by
instituting u civil libel suit against the
Journal. tho name Ut the paper above
mentioned, for $4,000 damages, and
followed that Immediately by institut-
ing criminal suit against q. q. Hume,
managing editor Of the paper, .unaer
the common law. Hume was taken to
jail this afternoon and confined for u
short time, after which he was released
on bail. Hume IL tho partner Of
Emory q. Foster, tho editor whose
name was made famous u year or two
ago by his cline Bhet" duel with Mai.
John N. Edwards. Of the Times OF this
city.
The leading politicians here seem to
look upon tho Joint Commission at
Washington as one OF the best institu.
tions that hos ever been Invented. The
Democrats consider 1t az certain card
for Tilden, while tho Republicans look
little blue, and aro inclined to take
the same view as that indicated in Har"
psr's Weekly. There ID no longer any
anxiety expressed as to the res alt, what
ever 1t may be: and. as the majority
here favor one particular result, 1t 10
easy 10 see which way they think the
cut will jump,
Considerable anxiety 10 expressed In
business circles about tho course OF cot
ton trade. which for three or four years
past has been largely tending In this
direction. but this season there has
been q sensible divergence Of the staple
from Texas and Western Louisiana
through Louisville. and this divergence
has been largely aided by the inability
Of tho lines running East from here to
supply the necessary car facilities. II
the louisville merchants would SEQ that
the little link Of thirty miles TO Phducah
wUs Pa F11jtTht
tage that st. Louis, with ell her re-
sources, could not overcome.
rHLasoas.
Ths Scarlet Fever Masking Nnatberiess
Victims Ia Chicago.
Especial to Cincinnati Eoquirer,l
CHICAGO, Feb. S.~-The scarlet fever
gcourge continues, and the people arc
greatly Mt tho prevalence OF
the pestilence. Tho cry ~, save the
little onee," aud, as tho collins follow
one another, several from the same
houee very often, tho parents OF the
city grow sick ut heart and panic
stricken. Your correspondent knows
Of several cases OF families who have
lost three and four children within the
past week. One family IN particular,
wherein four little ones have been lost,
and q fifth ID now lying ct tho point Of
death, has suffered from q dreadfully
severe form OF the disease. The Dip
iberia sceurge Is diminishing, but there
is but little, IL any, decrease in
the number OF scarlet fever cases.
The hommpathists are elated ut tho
success OF their treatment, and that
they have been singularly successful,
and have lost but few cases, is generally
admitted. The meetings Of the medical
men Of the Old School OF Alapathy and
OF the New School Of Homeopathy have
beon held, and u series OF resolutions
were adopted by both conventions In
reference to the modes Of procedure In
checking the disease. The big and little
pill men agree very well on the whole,
and are certainly all working with might
and main, and free from all professional
jealousies, to control the epidemic.
The poorer classes are suffering badly,
and many cases have been found in
which the patients have had improper