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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-30
THE HATT6RM

Is b model Of political wisdom and vigorous
common sense. Any adjustment Of the State
debt Is to be left TO the people to satisfy, and
in the meantime no greater tax Is to be levied
than Is neceasnry for the payment of the ex-
pen5es Of the State government economically
administered. The convention also demands
~ nconstit1tiortat tproyision prot5btttnG tse Stnte
foreUer fr0m borro,einD money 0y1d iss1tieg
compromises Of the State debit The people Of
Tennessee have learned the important lesson
that 81 State government should not have any
credit, that u puthc crett0 is a pubhc curse,
and 50 they wipe it out forever by prohibiting
their agents and servants every borrowing
any money In the name Of the State.
There is some discussion In relation to the
attempt to suppress
THE D1sTtLLERIEs IN THE MOUNTAINS,
running without q license from the govern
ment Of the United States. The sympathy Of
The people is generally with the distiIeries.
When will the Congress abolish the harsh
and barbarous penalties imposed on people
for eDdeavoring to avoid the payment Of n
tag? England used to hang people for not
paying 81 tax on imported property and for
exporting wool. Of equal barbarity is the
law now In force, which sends men to the
penitentiary for not paying q tax Oh whisky.
Such barbarous laws have long since been re-
pealed in the mother country, but free and
fast America IL slower to have true freedom
and true progress than England.
The true principle Is to require no oath9
and no inquisitoriai process in the collection
Of taxes, and to impose no other penalty for
their non-pay ment than ordinary interest,
and to rely entirely on the vigilance Of the
public officers for the collection Of all sorts Of
taxes. Fines. penalties forfetures and i'm
prisonrnent do more harm than good make
men desperate and cost more than the tax
collected by such means Is worth Why should
O. man be put IN the penitentiary for not pay
ing his tax on whisky but suffer no penalty,
but the interest, for not paying his tax on
real estate? What would The Democrats Of
Louisiana have said II Kelogg's Legislature
in the penitentiary for not paying their taxes
And this IL exactly what the Federal govern
ment has been doing for years, and not q
word has been uttered in protest. Very truly,
A LOUISIANA PILGRIM
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THE YELLOW FEVER.
PROGRESS BF TssE sC0UEgGE NEW
nECEwATENas SOUTHERN
CITIES.
ElgEssy~twa Deaths I'm Memphis xestersa v
A Number 0f WOwaFAs Attacked
Tte Fever HHcreasEng.
[Epeoinl to the Democrat.l

MEMPHIS. Aug. 29-The fever is increasing.
There were eighty-bwo deaths to-day. Out Of
nineteen Howard members five are sick, in
Guiding Butler Anderson, the Grenada hero.
w T. W
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AUSTRIA.

Increase of the Modified F0rce to ESO,-
600 WEN.
VIENNA, Aug. 29.-The modified force Of
the Austrian army has been increased to
10000 men. This Is more than was ex-
pected.
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TENNESSEE TOPICS.
TRE RESULTS oF THE LATE nEMo-
CRATIC STATE CONVENTION
The Lssw@Tax HEsn nphant-TaKa-
ti0H I'm Tennessee as Compared
with That I'm Louisiana.
Correspondence Of the Dsmoerat.l ]

Correspondence Of The DsmoeratI
CEDAR LODGE, Near MCMinnvills Tenn,
August 26, 1873. E
The excessive crowd has driven me away
from Besrsheba. The climate st that noun
tain resort Is delightfully."- cool, much cooler
than on this lower bench Of the Cumberland
range. The scenery Is grand, the fresstone
water excellent, the Ghalybeate cool but weak,
very weak A concurrence Of circumstances,
the exceedingly warm sumner and the wide
prevalence Of fever and ths quarantine In
many directions, have all combined TO fill the
hotel to ovgrflowlng; so full Is 1t that It Was
impossible to get decent sleeping apartments,
every available nook was filled to repistion;
clean sheets and dry towels were absolutely
,lnattaihable, and on cool nights it was Inn
possible to get any blankets or comforters,
when such things were very necessary, In
ventilation.
A beautiful view Of
BEN LDUONU
Is presented from the spur On which my cot
tags near McMinnvlle Is situated, and the
surrounding rolling country, filled with corn
fields, orchards and far1n-houses, with inter-
vening patches Of forest, gives as pretty q
picture as the eye could wish The varying
shadows Of the clouds, thrown on the sides Of
the mountains gives an ver-ehangiug scene
that can never grow monotonous.
The high tsx men, or bondholders, were
beaten in
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
badly, and the low tax men are triumphant,
to the great advantage OF the people. The
taxpayers, and not the tax.eaters, have com
troll Of the governmental machine, and none
but low tax men cBu be nominated or elected
to any office. The average assessment OF
property does not exceed one~fourth Of its
market valtte. An acquaintance Of mine, who
hhs q small farm for which he has refused Gil
offer OF $1,000, and $1,000 worth Of rnDVables-
horses, cattle furniture, etCAis assessed for
all at only $1,000, and his State tax is only 81,
and county and school and road taxes al ag-
gregate only 50 80; in other words, the total
taxation for all purposes On q property worth
5000 IL So 80, or 38 cents on tte 800 Of as
sessr1ent, or 0.7G Il 6+1O cents on the 800 Of
actual value. In New Orleans the total State
and city tax is 80 80 on the 800 of assess~
to and often exceeds the actual value tEli54
should be multiplied by four; then the rate
in Louisiana is thirty-six times rs great in
proportion to actual value as the tag for ail
purposes in Tennessee. In my former letter [
only gave you Il comparison Of the State tax,
without any reference to the county taxes,
and saying nothing about the assessment or
valuation.
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GERM Y

EmE NME1IFI8E BslhK ANVsEFEEES BEB RVESCUV1NL
Rate.
BERLIN, Aug. 29-The Bank Of Germany
has advanced It's rate Of discount to five per
oont
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THE FEVER AT NEW ORLEANS.
official Rep0re of weatahs and New Gases

OFFICE BoARp or HEALTH,
.-.".~ New Orleans, August 49, 1878.
ON eial statement of cases Of yellow fever re-
ported In New Orleans Is as follows viz:
Deaths from IL m. yesterday to u III. o-day. 40
new cases. l4n
Total cases to date 2f0b
Total deaths to date eDs
b. r. TAYLOR. III. D.. Secretary.
, 1878-05-11
Arrest.

Some years ago, in a country not
hundred miles from here. small sized
man wen, to the plantation of gentle
man who was light in wit, bnt rather
heavy in flesh. with piece Of paper in
his hand, folded in legal form and
known by the abbreyiations of ''ea sa. "
Having found the owner of the planta-
ton in the field he explained his busi-
ness. when he was requested to read tue
capas, which commenced as usual>-
You are hereby commanded, without
delay, to take the body off, ETC..
'.Humph?" says the prisoner. stretch-
ing himself on his back. II am ready
"Oh, but you don't expect me to carry
you in my arms?"
Certainly; You must take my body,
you know. do not resist the process
of the law, understand, but submit with
much cheerfulness.
"Will you wait here until I bring q
cart?"
Cant promise; may recover from
my fatigue in the meantime"
"Weli. what must do?'
"You must do your duty"
And there he lay immovable until the
man left.
, 1878-05-11
EeSum ption.

MADISON, April 20.-The Wis
-consin State Treasurer, the First
National Bank of Madison and
the State Journal resumed gold
payments to-day. The Journal
paid it's editors and employees
their weeks salary in the pre-
cious metal, to the amount of
nearly $1,000. Early in the day
there was some excitement and
disposition to run on the bank,
but meeting its demands prompt
ly the excitement subsided and
the demand sensibly dropped off.
At Stoughton village grain
dealer obtained a quantity Of
gold from Chicago and attempt
ed to resume gold payment, but
being a strong greenback neigh
borhood most farmers refused to
touch it and demanded green
backs. r. G. INMATES,
Editor State Journal.
, 1878-05-11

that may be authorized to receive
them. No line of conduct has yet
been agreed upon relative to the
subject, although there is much
speculation concerning it.
Friends of the Texas Pacific rail-
road say that the bill recently intro
duced by Senator Johnson as COM
promise between their company and
the Southern Pacific is in no sense
in their interest. They claim John
son as friend of their measure, and
are sanguine Of passing the bill as
reported by the Pacific railroad
committee.
WASHINGTON. May 4.-Davis to-
day presented to the house of repre-
sentatives the resolutions adopted by
the convention of trades unions held
at San Francisco recertly, concern
ing Chinese immigration and the
tariff questions. They were referred
on his motion to committee on edu-
cation and labor, and are likely to
exert a very favorable influence
upon its consideration of the Chi
nese problem, being both strong
and temperate. There is no truth
in published assertions that this
committee has manifested an incli-
nation to shrink action upon the
Chinese question. The delays that
have occurred are by no means ex-
traordinary. and as this committee
has not yet been reached this session
ia the call of reports from commit
tees for action, nothing will have
been lost by these delays in case q
satisfactory report be agreed upon
within the next week or two. The
prospects for such an agreement
have for some time been constantly
improving under the pressure Of
persistent and sagacious efforts of
members of the Pacific coast delega-
ton, and on the whole more sub
stantial progress has been made
toward securing practical action by
congress than ther was good reason
to expect at the eicommeneement of
the session.
The house finally passed the legis-
lative, executive and judicial appro-
priation bill o-day.
, 1878-05-11
Ashes 20 Ashes.

Yesterday the dead body Of a
man was carried through the
streets to Greenwood. Only
eight carriages followed the plain
hearse. AS the unpretendlng cor
tege threaded its way through
the MONDAY roar and whirl of
traffic, not one passer-by in a
thousand turned his head to look
at it. Yet less than one short
decade ago the man whose body
lay in that coffin was the domi-
neering ruler Of New York city.
His breath made and unmade
man. A scratch Of his pen, a
word from his lips, was fortune.
His antechambers were thronged
with suitors. Politicians fawned
upon him; capitalists conttnded
for his smiles; Governors, Con-
gressmen, Senators humbled
themselves before him; he con-
trolled courts OF law, and had
many Judges at his beck; he had
Legislatures in his po> ket.
Had he died at that time what
a mourning we should have seen
the flags at half-mast, the pub.
lie buildings draped, Broadway
in black from the Central Park
to the Battery! Yesterday the
only mourners at Tweeds S iuner-
al were his kinsiolk, a few old
friends, and few poor people
whom his bounty had warmed
and fed.-N. Y. San.
, 1878-05-11
The caorey Question.
SEAr"Ls, April g, 1878.
rur rDr-opS cy THy DISPATCH:

n SEAT'Ls- ApFi' <, iSto.
To THE rDr7oIs cE THz DISPATCH:
l read your editorial in the Dis
PATCH of the Esd inst, on the Mon
ey Question:" and also the Orego-
miaa's comments on my letter to
that paper on the same subject, at
the time OF their issue. Having al
ways entertained high regard for
the editorials of the DIsPATCH, be-
cause of the advanced age and the
long and varied experience of the
editor in the field of thought and
study, l have refrained from making
hasty reply that l might be the
more sure of my ground. I feel the
weight of experience against me. in
both the DIspATcH and O,'egonian,
and yet cannot shake of the thought
that they are both mistaken in the
premises they have assumed on the
money question. which seems to be
the question ali over the United
States at the present time. Having
given the subject a more careful
study, I would like the privilege of
answering through the columns of
the DISPATCH. trusting to the Ore
gonian to copy the same for its read
ers, if found worthy.
You dispute the truth of my state
ment that a gold dollar is worth a
dollar to the holder, not because it
is gold, but because the government
places It's stamp upon i: and by stat
utory enactment makes it a legal
tender for all debts, dues or pur-
chases.
Money of gold las we'll of every
other materially is coined under an
act of Congress, which stipulates
that 25 s 10 grains of gold, 800 fine,
shall be put into its gold dollar. You
must admit that if rs $40 grains of
gold. 900 fine, are made to consti-
tuts q dollar. that quantity is worth
a dollar in the United States. But
let us take this coined gold to Eng
land or France, and what can we get
for it 1t is no longer money. as IN
the United States, and must be sold
by weight. and the bullion value is
determined in the United States)
by the coin of EnslaNd or France.
is cy
, 1878-05-11

According to the Cearense of
Ceara, Brazil, the suffering from
famine in that part of the empire
continues unabated. The state
of the population of Aracaty IS
simply horrible. Over $4,000
persons dying with hunger arc
there collected, living in the
greatest misery, and it is feared
that the death rate, which now
amounts to 60 or 40 persons per
day, will increase with fright
full rapidity. The famine has
spread into the neighboring
province Of Piauchy, and the
starving population are leaving
the country In large numbers.
, 1878-05-11

:. tts auSc
at pres signs
of the ability f the
country to reds nback
notes, they are quoSeu up to
the value of gold. Is tn ne, Or
is that journal mistaken i rem
ises it occupies 2, In New City,
the money centek greenb( lks have
never been below par. Gold was
the commodity dealt in, OF money
charater. Has not gold come down?
Greenbachs have not moved a peg,
as shown by the money rates pub
lished from time to time in the New
York papers, but have proved the
most stable money ever circulated
among the people. To get a correct
view of this matter, we must take
our standpoint from the money cen
ter of the United States, and not
from San Francisco, or Portland in
Oregon. By doing so we will find
that gold has fallen from its hight
estate SO grains being only
worth 100 1-2, or half per cent above
par of greenbachs. This is not be
cause of any increased ability of the
government to redeem them, but
because OF the approximation OF the
value of these two kinds of money.
and the promise of making green
backs a iull legal tender. and there
bv as useful i'll as wide field of
service as gold.
What gold the country has on
hand has been acquired by the sale
of bonds, increasing our taxes
and with it all it is insufficient to
take the place of the paper money,
which redemption means. Ninety
millions of gold will not redeem
seven hundred millions of paper
money.
But you say, it is not the mandatory
expression of the Government that gives
value to paper currency, but the pfos>
pect OF redemption
You are referred to tie act auihori-
zing first 60 millions gleenback notes
bearing promise to pay II Is true, but
when or where, not stated, and at the
time of their issue. not expected. These
promises were upon paper, get they
were not then nor ever since redeema-
bic in coin, from the fac. that they were
better than coin, commanding one
eighth Of one per cent. premium for
gold. What made this 60 millions of
paper money better than gold coin? Ii
was the mandatory act of Congress
which made these notes an unlimited
legal tender, and as acceptable in the
, 1878-05-11

The killing of a woman in a
Woonsocket variety show in an
exhibition Of Workmanship has
led to the presentation Of bills
in seven Legislatures forbidding
similar performances. In sew
eral cases the proposed law in
cludes all dangerous feats, such
as the use of the trapeze and
the tight rope; but generally
only shooting and knife throw
ing are put under the ban.
, 1878-05-11

While negro man down IN
Georgia, the other day, was car
rying child in his arms along
a road, large eagle swept down
upon them and endeavored to
seize the child. A lively battle
ensued between the parent and
the eagle, the latter getting the
best OF it until a farmer came to
the rescue, and knocked the
eagle senseless with an axe. The
bird was captured.
, 1878-05-11
A writer in the Ultramentan

A writer in the Ultramentane
organ, La Untrels, justly re-
Dukes the tendency to send lith-
ographs and cheap bric -brac
to the Holy Father by Roman
Catholics in various parts OF the
world, and points out that in
these days, when the Holy See
is dependent for support on vol
untary contributions, hard coin
or its equivalent is much more
accountable.
, 1878-05-11

"A free negro woman was
kidnapped in Cincinnati twenty
five years ago by a slave dealer;
and sold into slavery in Ken
lucky, where she remained un-
til the close of the war. Recent
ly she sued Sheriff Ward, Of
Little Rock, the kldnapper, for
SIS, 900. A long and closely
contested trial resulted in a ver-
dict for $4,000.
Henry Goodrich is a music
teacher. He has travelled from
place to place until he has taught
music in every State in the
Union. 1t is said that he has
married seven Of his pupils, and
most of the States are yet to be
heard from. In ClarksLurg,
Va, he outdid his former matri-
monial exploits by marrying two
girls in the same village. He is
now in Jail.
Returns lately issued show
that the colony Of Victoria, Aus
tralia, with an area Of 6,S3 |
square miles, has Il population
about as large as Brooklyn, and
is growing at the rate Of 20 per
cent. year. Now South Wales
with an area of 47S,S6O square
miles, has 100000 population,
and is growing at the rate of 80
per cent. a year.
The State of North Carolina
has 81 cotton producing counties.
, 1878-05-11

I have known vast quaint
ties of nonsense talked about bad
men not looking you in the face.
Don't trust that conventional
idea. Dishonesty will stare you
out Of countenance any day in
the week, if there is anything to
be cot by it.
, 1878-05-11

The Rev. Aver Pratt is good man.
but his features are very ugly, the domi-
nant expression being that Cf reckless
depravity: He went to Austin. New. to
take charge of church. One day.
while he was still stranger to most of
the inhabitants, he was out hunting
He stepped into highway, with his
gun ready to fire at bird, and found
himself in front of a stage coach. The
driver, judging by the clergyman's atti-
tu5e and countenance, concluded that
he was robber. and sent two bullets
through his hat before be could explair.
, 1878-05-11

A newly-married Danb2ry
man went home the other even
ing and found his wife asleep on
the lounge. He kneeled beside
her and devoured her with his
loving eyes. "John,'' she muir
INJURED in her sleep. eyes, my
pet, what is lt?" he whispered,
thrilled to his hearts depths by
the calling Of his name. "John,"
she again murmured," "spare-
rib is only nine cents pound. !"
The thrill passed off.
, 1878-05-11

The man who lives in a crystal
palace should not blast rocks.
, 1878-05-11

payment of duties as gold coin. and as
useful in all trade transactions and the
payment OF labor and debts, as gold
coin. These nctes-a full legal tender,
have ever been preferable to gold.
Whv? Not because of promised res
dempiion. but because in as wide a
field of use. it's equivalence Of power in
payment and exchangahi!ity. gold coin
was in no sense its superior.
Look at silver coin. Before demone-
tizel by a Limitation of its legal tender
power. 1t occupied an equivalence OF
value as money with goid. The act OF
demonstration robbed it Of the power
and function of tender, and it could
not be used in as wide field as gold;
and by this mandatory expression of the
Congress of the United Sutes, silver
coin, without the promise of payment
Or redemption. los: its over as money,
and although one of the precious metals
had to be sold upon the market at a
large discount and loss to the people.
Thus il will be seen that statutory
enactments really have something to do
with this money question.
But you ask. IF statuary enactments
could do SO much. why were the green
backs at one time worth less than forty
cents on the dollar?" They were backs
ed by the mandatory expression of the
Government. Yes. but how SSferent
was the mandatory act in relation to
these bulls. The first 60 millions issued
was. by mandate Of the GoverEmeut. Il
full legal tender and advanced to $50.
with gold, when exchanged for these
after issues of greenbacks. with n re-
stricted limitation. of The legal tender
power. 1t one kind is. By mandate Of
the Government made equal with gold.
may not the Government by mandate
make an other kind unequal to gold?
Was not the currency generally known
as the greenback notes. which was Gas
You say) once sold for 40 cents on the
dollar, and the demonstration of silver
coin. by limitation of the use of both
as money. equally the effect of the mar
datory expression of the Government.
The Oregonian is wrong in supposing
an ac: to mar value, is as desirable as
an act to sustain. The Government did
at first do very near the right thing, but
under the inspiration oftbe bond sharks
II deprived not only the U. s. notes of
their full vaire. but struck blow at
silver from both of which disasters the
country is slowly recovering.
1t is the power OF payment in all
places in our country where money Is
demanded, that makes money worth
par, and not the value of the material
or which it is made. 1t is not money
:.l A. yr-ykl
being at par. and 1 have shown the
rcassus Why it was at par, and Why 1t
was not.
The grt enhack was taken in 81 states
W. 's'''- Sit was. at par, and became
rd of money in those states.
= in California on the
WHEN redemption
resumption nncalled
pected 10 take place.
have been, but for the
, 1878-05-11

exec. - duties and interest on the
public debt. What better proof do we
require of the potential power of a legal
tender given to any form Of money by a
mandatory expression Of the Govern
rnent? What sent gold up to $50 was
the exiaency of demand for it to pay
$40 ,000.0 annually for duties, to-
gether with the desire of the National
Bank ring to lessen the cost of the
bonds of the Government necessary to
hypothecate for national. bank notes.
endorsed by the Government and made
redeemable in the greenbacks Of tine
Government.
l beg pardon. Mr.. Editor, for the
length of this article. l have endeavor-
ed to cut short as possible and touch
all Of the points involved.
Respectively submitted.
nj g p
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DAILY INIELLlGENCER.
Saturday, March 2. 1878.

INCREASING. = r. Z. Harper, the
Csriboo Quartz Commissioner who ia
now in San Francisco. writ TO his
friend. in Victoria that there are four
quartz mills in process Of construction
for Cariboo, and that there will be e
host of quartz prospectors visiting Brit
ish Columbia during the present sea.
son. Glad to hear it. The more OF
them that come the quicker the head
wsters of the sksgit, Snoquslmie and
stiIligusmish will be prospected for
gold. That the Cascade range should
contain gold in British Columbia and
Southern Oregon, aud not possess any
in Washington Territory, 10 not proba-
bic. We should like to see Q fair test
made.
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vAos-A large number Of "s:eer-
efs" and "csppsrs." ~ they are called.
left town last night by the late boat, q
portion of their number having gone
away In the morning on the Zephyr.
We fail to sec anybody weeping over
their departure. Sick men can now
come to town for medical relief without
being "steered" up TO bogus doctor.
Our citizens are under many obligations
70 the City Marshal for his promptness
an Kidding the city of lot Of nuisan-
css, and, at the same time. putting the
county TO no expense in the matter.