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New-York tribune., 1878-06-26
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New-York tribune., 1878-06-26

alone. and to resist Russian dlctation. AS
the lamented MacGahan psinted out In one OF
his last letters from Constantlnople, Loru
Beacons6eld had grand opportunity TWO
years ago of following In the footsteps OF
Canning-the great statesman who toresaw
that if Greece were protected by England
she would never become the tool Oh
Russia. That policy has held good for
half century. Lord Beacons6eld does not
look so far ahead. He has preferred a more
theatrical part. He has brought the Sepoys
TO Malta and forced Russia TO turn aside, IL
not to back down outright He has DIS
missed the Eastern Question with
flourish of trumpets. Dismissed. but not set
tied it. The final solution will be wrought
ont with blood. and by wiser craftsmanship.
New-York tribune., 1878-06-26

When statesmanlille persons at Washington wish
70 have something said, and do not wish TO say it
themselves, they ask our good-humorcd agent Of the
Associated Press To do it for them, and the solem-
nity with which he goes through the motions as #
he were doing it out OF his own head
is always edlfying Here however, is something
sent over yesterday. which is absolutely as solemn
as the face our agent pulled in transmittingit !;
Inquiries continue to be made from persons occu-
pying Federal offices In different parts of the conn
try in regard TO whether the Presidents Civil Ser
vice order remains in force, whether II has been
modified It can be stated on authority that the
order VIII be enforced" The proprIeties having
now been observed. the officials will proceed with
the exercises aud trample on the order as much
longer as they please.
New-York tribune., 1878-06-26

imnortance Of elementary knowledge being tell'
desire for an advanced degree OF euuoa''oS -
followed. To promote this the rich nave gwen -
their abundance and the poor whatever 'ney WIZ
able to bestow. If we have too many Coliesss, g,s
some of them will in time be given up Dus sne
noble sentiment which called them INTO eAis'onoo ,
will remain, and many generations Oh Aineii0"''
stndenfs will nartake of its helpful bounty.
New-York tribune., 1878-06-26

DAILY TRIBUNE, Mail Subscrlhers, $40 per anDum.
sEAII-W EEKLY TRIBUNE, Mail Subscribers - per an
WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Mail Subscribers, 81 per aunum
Terms. cash in advance.
THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE will be ready this morning
st O'clock in wrappers for mailing. Price cents.
Upon advertisers car leave their avors for THE TRIBUNE
l28s Broadway cor 3lss sos W. 23dst cor shave
New-York tribune., 1878-06-26

The Literary Congress which forms the sub
jeet of our Paris letter, appears to have been
organized in an informal way, and to have
lacked the patronage of some distinguished
French writers. 1t cannot fail, however, to
elicit a good deal of practical information
regarding international copyright and kindred
subjects.
New-York tribune., 1878-06-26

In the opinion of competent critic, the
scheme of colonizing Liberia from the South
ern States is tone of the greatest frauds OF
tins century, This emphatic judgment
comes from the Hon. J. Milton Turner, for
eight years our capable and credItabe Minis
ter to that country, and himself a negro.
Mr. Turner's views are given without reserve
in another part Of this issue, and are calcu-
lated to open the eyes of his fellow blacks who
have been begging in Charleston for a chance
TO 90 to the African Paradise. Sickness DIS
ables the laborer in Liberia about half the
year. and the heat enfeebles the system the
other half. Flour is $14 a barrel, and wages
are So a week; butter is a dollar pound.
and men get sometimes rs much as fifty cents
a day for doing the work Of horses. There
are mines, but no resources for working them
the soil is ferule but the country can't feed
its own inhabitants, aud imported rice is 81 a
bushel; the natives hate the cOlOnists and the
coIOnists hate the natives; there Is no inter.
marrying and no fraternizatOn. Mr.. Turner'S
suggestion for the true way Of building up na-
ton of civilized blacks on the coast of Africa
bears the brand of common sense as well as that
of successful use. The plan of establishing
schools where natives may be trained for
work among the natives has already been
tried IN Sierra Leone and promises best in
Liberia. 1t will be easier to educate one PeO-
pie than to mix two.
New-York tribune., 1878-06-26

Glover has his serious side There could
be no better way to take good look at 1t
than to read the statement in our Washington
DISPATCHES of the way in which he has con-
ducted and dropped the investigation INTO
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. A
more reckless trifng with the regulations
of honest officials was never beheld in Wash
ingt0n Eight weeks ago he set out upon
foray against this Bureau, and before begin
ming demanded that Messrs. Casilear and
Sullivan, holding important positions there.
should be suspended, because it was the Opin-
ion of this back-actiO TeiOTmer that they might
have been doing something naughty, and might
obstruct the progress of his investigation.
Rather than leave the least ground for sus-
picion that obstacles were thrown in his way
these officers were suspended. They have re-
mained suspended since that time, while
MIR. Glover has been listening to "A
lot of foolish stories from discharged
employees and disrepUtable and crack-braiued
experts He failed to find anything in his
eager search for fraud but lacks the decency
to say so. The charge was made, but it was
neither proved nor Withdrawn. The suspended
officials have been reinstated, after resting
for two months under utterly unfOunded
imputatons upon their integrity. and Glover,
as he runs away, fires a last, mean shot
in saying that the Bureau is in bad way,
but that "nothing specific" has been proved
against these gentlemen. This is the serious
side of Glover His credulity is amazing; his
dishonesty is no less wonderful. He hasn't
the intellect or the virtue to watch an oyster
bed, and yet the Democratic House has put
him in a position of National importance.
New-York tribune., 1878-06-26

Persons Laring tOCn for the season. and Summer
frarellers, can hoCe THE DAILY TRIBUNE mailed 10
them. postpaid. for 81 per month, the address being
changed as often as desired.
New-York tribune., 1878-06-26
Business Nollres.

FINEST OLIVE OR SALAD on, expressed from
he choicest SELECTED OLv especially for and bottled Dy
CAsWELI. HAZARD q CO., dmggists Fifth Avenue Hotel
Rudnp and ave- corner 39tst also, No l32 Thames
St Newport r. AS bottle this oil ourselves we can
uaranee every be superior TO other salad OIL In
narkct Our only places Of business are as above.
SURF HoTEI," Fire Island Beach. Through
tickets 81 20 excursion 50 25 Trains leave Hunters Point
n T. and Auanticave Brooklyn az $50 and 4;3O p m
New-York tribune., 1878-06-26

General Butler says that not the slightest
inference can be either legally or logically
drawn that Secretary Sherman wrote the
Sherman letter. This is equivalent to aOtle
pros. from the Prosecuting Attorney.
New-York tribune., 1878-06-26

Among the sins of omission of the Demo-
cratic House, and one by no means so small
as it may look to the unscientifc mind, is the
failure TO appropriate $4,000 to further the
Howgate Polar colonization scheme. This neg
lect will compel the return of the Tyson Ex-
peditioD, and the progress which might have
been made in a sIngularly open season will be
lost.
"Dear Pitkin," in his testimony before the
Potter Committee yesterday, let in little
more light on the already well illuminated
Anderson. He showed that the protest which
Anderson says was written for him was, in
fact, written and signed by Anderson himself
which explains his failure to produce the
paper. Mr.. Pitldn also describes the off-hand
way in which Anderson once admitted one Of
his peEjuries.
Prince Ernest Augustus having agreed to
reDOunce his claim to the HanOverian throne,
and accept in return the sequestrated prop
erty of his father, that yexatiOus question
will cease to disturb the domestic politics of
Germany. The Prince would have gained
nothing by delay or by pursuing the hostile
course which caused the Prussian Govern
ment to withhold the 100000 thalers it
agreed eight years ago to pay the late King
George.
The Park Commissioners sensibly prohibit
fireworks on July in the city parks The
Aldermen have failed to make the usual ap-
propriatiOn for these senseless exhibitions on
our most important National holiday. Now If
the Police Board win forbid the firing of guns,
New-York tribune., 1878-06-26

The Associated Press explains that the al
legged accusations against ex-Secretary Robe
son. by the Naval Committee, never emanated
from that Committee at all; and that the
present Democratic Congress, after care
fully ex mining the disputed bills con-
tracted by Mr.. RObesOn, has ordered
them paid in full The friends of the eX-
Secretary are right enough in claiming that,
so far as it goes, this must be taken as
vindication, extOrted from the most
unfriendly of tribunals. 1t is about time
there were an end to this perpetual
snarling at Mr.. Robson. We did not
think well of his administration, and when
he was in power we took occasion to say So
frankly and often. But it is only just to re-
member that he has now been investigated al
nauseam, and that every effort to prove Grim
inahty against him has completely failed. 1t Is
time therefore, that his enemies should
either shut up or prove their charges Until
something like proof is produced, his vindica-
ton by this DemocraticCOngress must be ao-
cepted as complete.
New-York tribune., 1878-06-26

torpedoes and even crackers on the streets or
private grounds, we may enjoy not only a
quiet day of reasonable and intelligent cele-
bration, but avoid the usual sacrifice of life,
limb and property inseparable from the Chinese
method hitherto IN vogue.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1878-05-03

W7ENTZELL,S LINE
NcV Orleans 0aaI BnyOM Bt,tholo,,,e,p
Regular Packet.
The new and elegant passenger steamer,
- CLARA s.,
Wns. Wcnt=ctt, Master; LcW Rice, Clerk.
Makes regular through trips from New
Orleans to the Upper Ouachita. The CLARA
5. has superior passenger raccommodations,
good fare, and makes her trips with speed
Connects with the now and very light
draught steamer " ID. STEIN - for points
on the Upper Bartholomew.
January IS, 1878. s
The Ouachita telegraph., 1878-05-03
CONSERVATISM.

In Republics political parties rise
and fall and disappear sometimes In
short and again at longer intervals.
The old Democratic party of this nation
seems to be an exception to this rule,
and we think 1t may be accounted for
not only In the fact that its principles
commend themselves to the sssober
second thought of the people," but
that 1t has always been an aggressive
party, and has never used any skim
milk policy.
We are led into these reflections
because we think we perceive an evil
dent tendency within the party in this
State, to be all things to all men, and
to have no sharp, well-def1ned ae-
gressive policy. The spirit of so-calledi
Conservatism, In our opinion, will
wreck the old party in this State,
unless 1t meets q sudden check before
1t becomes too powerful to be controlled
by the party proper.
This Is no time, nor are we in a con-
ditton to compromise with or take into
close af1liatf0n, any of the men, high
or low, who have been assisting here.
tofore In waging war against the best
Interests of our people. The Democracy
have won the fight; they must reap
the fruits Of victory, and shape future
campaigns In such a way as to secure
their continued enjoyment.
We are no extremist, but we have
no patience with m0ngrel parties held
together by the cohesive power of pub
lie pfunder. We want to sec the DEM
ocratic flag floating everywhere. We
can only afford to do battle beneath its
folds as long as ii has inscribed on it
the time honored principles of the
Democratic party; and we hope the
party will never again form entang-
ling allinces that will not only bring
defeat, but disgrace as we'll.
With new constitution, and the
destinies of our State In the hands of
the Democratic party, we will have a
long career of peace and prosperity
before us.-B0ssie7. Banner.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1878-05-03
A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION,
Editor Ne,o Orleans Democrat :

Editor Ne,o Orleans Democrat:
When the Legislature does not re-
spond to the wishes or wants of the
people, there is always a remedy. This
is an axiom of republican institutions.
Those who remember the history of
Louisiana in 1854 can verify this
assertion by an illustration.
Under the constitution prior to that
period it was impossible to get con-
stitutionaf convention, and the people
resolved to take the sense of the voters
of the State by an extemporaneous
method, somewhat like that proposed
by the Sugar Bowl, as quoted by the
Democrat of Sunday last. I most ear
nestly commend it's suggestion.
1t is believed, I assume, that the last
wishes of the people. There is almost
universal dissatisfaction. The press
out of the city OF New Orleans agree
upon tins matter. Let us, then, have
convention and the mode OF calling
one is easily pointed out. At the cleo
ton approaching let the sense of the
people be taken, by direct vote for or
against convention simply, and if a
very large majority vote for it the next
Legislature will provide for it. This
may be taken as granted.
The election for mcnbers Of con-
vention should not be mixed with
other matters. 1t should clearly ex-
press the peoples desires upon the
matters that pertain to our fundamen-
tai law, and nothing else. nominate
the fifteenth of January as the day OF
election.
And since there is jealousy Of city
influence upon deliberative bodies,
whether just or unjust, would sug-
gest Baton Rouge rs the proper place
to hold tho convention; and to pro-
vide against any seeming influence, let
us elect men to the convention that
can dismiss their private affairs for the
period of the convention and attend to
this alone. The leaves Of absence,
then, will not destroy the usefulness
Of its members, as in cases within our
memory.
The fixing of the capital, and all
other matters proper to be Incorporated
in a constitution, can, in this manner,
be materially considered and decided,
and in the future acquiesced in. Let
us, then, have a constitution that will
last at least Il generation,
Respectfully proposedy by
CALEB G. FoRsHEY,
An active participant in the election
OF ls43 in Concordia.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1878-05-03
RERKsHIRE AND ESSEX PIGS.

Thoroughbred and :cclimated. Without
doubt tho best breed for the South. The
subscriber breeds from the finest and best
bred imported Berkshires and their pro-
duce, such as .'Sallie Othello," .'Sir Dor
"Stumpy," "Sweet Seventeen" strains.
Has three fine boars at the head of the
herd. Stock entered for the third " lume
american Berkshire Swine Record' where
none but thoroughbred stock are admitted.
Pigs for sale at all times, as good as can
be found in the United States Price,
boxed and delivered at Trenton or Monroe,
La, 1926 per pair.
For further particulars. address
G.. r. HINES, NJ. D.,
Doa0nsUi2ie. Onion Parish, La.
References given if desired.
February %, 1873. ly
The Ouachita telegraph., 1878-05-03
AN APPEAL TO BE HUNG.

The ex-priest, Blasius Pistorius,
now confined in Moyamensing prison,
under sentence of death, for the mur-
der Of Isaac Jacquette at Norristown,
has written to President Hayes, in
which he urges that his sentence be
executed speedily. The condemned
man is but recently from Germany,
which accounts for the peculfarity OF
his syntax. The letter was dated on
Thursday and runs as follows:
"Your Excellency: On March 21 1
was verdicted OF murder in the first
degree, and on April 13 sentenced to
be hung, but all my efforts since then
to have the sentence executed were
frustrated, although I declared that 1
would not appeal to the Supreme
Court, and rejected the assistance of
counsel. do not think that anybody
has right to force mo to an appeal
to the Supreme Court or to the accept
ance of counsel. Since the sentence
has been passed upon me, it is my
right to have 1t executed-may the
sentence now be just or not. AS am
now locked up thirty-three months
without any comfort of life, regard
1t doubly AS my right, for such life
Is three times worse than death itself.
I request, therefore, your Excellency
to order that may be executed with
out delay. Pardon :! do not accept,
since it Is I and nobody else than /,
who has to pardon in my case. am,
your Excellency, with all due respect,
your servant,
s'BLAsIUs PIsToRIUs,
ttChtholic Priest.
''rO the President OF the United States Mr.
Hayes. Your Excellency, Washington"
The Ouachita telegraph., 1878-05-03

The Burlington Hawkeye says: 1t
Is very difficult to look at the pictures
in Harper's Weekly of Stanley and five
negroes in Il skiff fighting 346 ,957 ,s33,
544, ,s17 1854 ,OOO, 900 savage negroes, all
armed with repeating and breech-
loading rifles Mt ten PAGES, without
yielding to the impression that either
Mr.Staniey isgiven to prevarication or
the artist has misunderstood his figures.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1878-05-03
FOR SALE.

The above property. consisting Of a lot
commotlions dwelling, cistern, and ali
necessary outhouses, situated n mile above
fhe city of MOI fronting on the
place, or to 8. w. Bennett, Jr., designer
and engraver on wood, 81 Camp street,
New Orleans. Dec a. 1877
The Ouachita telegraph., 1878-05-03

Here is the way they do things in
i've towns: A railroad meeting for
the Western Marrow Gauge road was
heid in sherman, Texas, on the 10th.
on that afternoon subscription paper
had been taken around to a few citi-
zens who subscribed $4,000, every
cent of which will be paid when called
for.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1878-05-03
<.THE soNG OF HARD rIMEs.'

With pockets minus q red,
A merchant sat in unmerchantly style,
Resting his aching head.
The dollars a. we'll as the dimes,
While still with voice that told of the
He sang .sThe Song Of Hard Times.''
Break-Break-Break
While the wives are making calls;
Break-Break-Break,
While the daughters are going to balls.
Along with the barbarous Turk.
Where man has never 3 cent to save,
II this be q merchants work.
Break-Break-Break
While over the books skim;
Break-Break-Break,
Till In comes poverty grim.
Stocks and dollars and notes.
Notes and dollars and stocks.
Till over the books fall q sleep,
And dream of the missing rocks.
Oh, women with husbands dear,
Oh, women with brothers and sons,
You ne'er would buy such monstrons bills
II you knew of the awful duns.
In counting house. Office and bank;
Deprived at once with lightning speed
OF money as we'll as Of rank.
But why do talk of rank3
,,, IT'S q being Of fsnoy,s own;
To-day is standing alone.
Yes to-day is standing alone;
As gold and silver have fled
Alas that friends should be 30 few,
When a man is wanting for bread.
Break-Break-Break,
The creditors still keep hold;
And what are they gaining7 A few bank
Some railroad stocks-no gold;
That battered sign and this empty store;
A ledger some old blank books,
And the clerks old hat, that even a rat
w0I11 Int mt <Nf ia 1xo
Observation-Disclosures,
From the n1illionair re down to the clerk
Observation-Disclosures
No matter how hard we work;
Notes and dollars and notes,
Stocks and dollars and notes.
All, all going, while over my brain
A vision Of madness floats.
observation-disclosures,
In Boston as well as New York;
Break-Break-Break.
In London as we'll as in Cork.
While the West is blaming tho East,
And the East is blaming the West,
But can't tell how to invest.
Oh I'm sick of breathing the air
Ofthis crowded and dusty street,
Where the men once regarded will. care
Are treailing me under their .eet.
Oh for one short hour
TO feel as used to feel,
When my purse was full and my suit was
And my friends as true as steel.
With footsteps weary and worn,
With pockets minus red,
A merchant sat in unmerchantly style,
Resting his aching head.
I4oss-Loss--Loss,
While still with a voice that told of the
Would That tho rich would pay their dues
He sang '"rhe Song OF Hard rimes.''
The Ouachita telegraph., 1878-05-03

On Thursday last Mai. G. G. Thur
mond purchased list of cotton from
Mr.. s. B. McCutchen, one bale of which
weighed something over 900 pounds.
The size and weight of the bale led the
purchaser to suspect that there was
rotten in Denmark. Yes
terday an autopsy of the aforesaid bale
was made ut the warehouse Of Messrs.
Hicks & Howell, when it was discov-
cred that the bale, which was plated
with beautiful cotton on all sides to the
depth of about four inches, was filled
with about 400 pounds of sand and
about the same amount of rotten cotton.
The latter was so badly damaged that
1t was entirely worthless for any pur-
pose whatever. The cotton was shipped
to Mr.. McCutchen by Il merchant and
an honorable gentleman in Texas who
had purchased it from farmer in his
vicinity. For audacity and bold ras-
cality, this certainly takes the linen off
the bush. We opine that tho genius
whose mighty intellect conceived and
executed this heavy job will be brought
to grief. When he has been made to
serve few years in the penitentiary
he will learn that honesty is the best
policy. Times.
The st. Louis Times pointeally calls
attention to the fact that United
States bond for $1,000, purchased at
par in greenbacks, in 1864, was the
equivalent of $4OO in gold. On this
amount $50 annual interest, payable
semi-annually in gold has been receiv-
ed-equal to Is per cent. At the end
of twenty years an interest Of 81 200
and 81 900 principal, both in gold, will
have been paid, or $4,000 on an origil
nal investment Of 500! This is equa-
to 45O per cent in twenty years Mean
time this $1,000 bond will not have
paid one cent of taxes Of any descrip-
tiOn whatever.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1878-05-03
DELICAN SALOON,

Grand Street, Pierce's Old 81 md,
w. II. FERRY, Proprietor.
Where the public will always find the
very best variety Of liquors and drinks
enced ba-tender. He offers FREE LUNCH
every day rs an extra inducement to the
public, from II o'clock a. IN. to 3 O'Clock
p. M, consisting of Hot Seasoned Soups;
Roast Beef, Salads, etc. Price of one drink
inclusive of Lunch, only l5c. He respect
fully solicits a liberal share of the patron
age of the public.
Monroe, January 25, 1873.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1878-05-03
MISCELLANEOUS,
FURNITURE STORE,
AND FURNITURE REPAIRING.

The undersigned respectfully in forms the
public that he has now on hand q we'll So
!ected stock of Office and Household Fh,.,,i-
tss''e, Wooden c06ssss, Metallic Burial Chskets,
Coffin Trimmings such as Handles, Plates,
Scre,vs, etc. Terms, Cash. Store ON Grand
street, near the Courthouse.
j. f. PETERS.
Monroe. La, March Is. 1873. n26-tf