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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-03
LETTER FROM GEN. GIBSON.
NEW ORLEANS. July Q. fs

NEW UKDEANS, July 2, IbTo-
Editor De1nOCrnt-I observe in the pub
lished report Of a conversation with me seve.
raj errors, which, with your permission, I
will correct at some future time errors very
naturally occurring In the attempt to report
q conversation.
The friends of our people In Congress gre
to be found among the Southern Dem ocrats.
We must look TO them for the Pacific Rail-
has been the champion of these measures.
They are in favor OF an economical and pure
administration OF the government, but, at the
same time, of such constitutional legislation
as will develop our material resources, ex-
tend our trade and remove the distress among
the laboring people of the country. These
measures have not yet been acted upon by the
House Of Representatives, but have been re-
ported favorably by the committees, and /
believe will pass at the next session.
Yours, truly, r. L. GIBSON.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-03
STEAMER BURNED.
THE ANCHOR LINE PACKET CAPITOL
CITY DESTROYED BY FIRE,
with the Elevator at Memphts-One Pas
senger LOSt and Another Burned.

MEMPHIS. July 2.-About Q o'clock this
morning q fire broke out near the boiler head
of the Anchor Line steamer Capitol City,
from Vicksburg for ST. Louis, while she was
lying at the elevator here, and in a few min
utes the whole boat was wrapped in flames.
The officers, crew and passengers barely es
capped with their lives, leaving clothing and
everything behind. A strong westerly wind
was blowing at the time, and before fire en-
gines and tugs could reach the scene the ele-
vator was on fire, and the gale drove the
flames through the building, where were
stored one thousand barrels Of oil, bagging
and Other. intiammable materials, which
caused such terrific heat as to speedily drive
back the fremen, but not until one named
Conners had been dangerously burned. AS
soon as the fire was discovered Capt Crane
ordered the boat to be cut loose, in order to
save the elevator; but the gale held the boat
hard against it until pulled off by a tug,
when the boat flOated down stream hun
dred yards, among some trading and wood
boats, and burned to the boiler deck, after
setting these boats on fire.
The elevator soon burned to the waters
edge, and together with large amount of
valuable merchandise is a total loss. despite
q heavy rain which was falling at the time.
The bluffs and levee were lined with people
to witness the awful conflagration which Lit
rp the whole city front. There are various
contradictory reports as to the number of
lives lost, but up to this writing only one
body has been found, which lies on the deck
of the Capitol City, only the trunk being left,
and thus far it has not been identified.
One passenger was severely burnt in trying
to save his baggage. Capt. Crane thinks the
fire was the work OF an 1ncend1ary. The
total loss will exceed S20000O the greater
portion of which falls on the Anchor Line
Company of st. Louis. AS the books and
papers of the boat and elevator are lost, 1t is
impossible to obtain reliable lists of either
losses or insurance.
The body found on the Capitol City this
morning has been identified as that of Thomas
Ewing, Of Colfax, Ind, by his aged wife. He
was seventy-three years Of age, and was re-
turning home from the South Capt. Crane
put his wife on the elevator when the fire was
discovered and told him to follow, but he
turned back to save something left behind
and was lost. Mr.. Robinson, of Logwood
Miss, was severely, but not dangerously
burned.
All the crew are safe, and the only passen-
ger known to be lost is Mr.. Ewing. The boat
was crowded with passengers when she ar
rived here, but a majority of them had gone
ashore. Capt. Crane thinks the boat and ele-
Yator were set o1 tire at the saIas Lilnss as he
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-03

E1MYRA, N. Y, July "A terrible tragedy
occurred 10 the business portion Of this city
last evening. Col. Atern Buckbee, proprietor
and owner of the Buckbee Hotel, shot, and 1t
is believed fatally wounded his wife and his
mother-in-law and then putting the revolver
to his own head fired and fell dead. The ter
rlble occurrence took place at the residence Of
the wife's parents. Deceased Is about twen-
ty-seven years of age; at one time was under
sheriff Of the county. His wife had not been
living with him for some time, and, it is said,
had refused to go back to him, which was the
cause Of the occurrence.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-03
MARINE NEWS,

PORT EADs. July Q. 6 D. m.-Wind northwest
and very light. Weather rainy
Arrived: American schooner ] N. Gameweli,
Weaver master, IS day5 from Bath, No, WITH
cargo ice to Crescent City Ice Company
American steam yacht Day Dream at4 d. Ia.
Foster owner and master. II days from NaS
York, via Norfolk Charleston and Key West,
put In for fuel and sailed at $3.50 a. m. Tor Gall
weston,
Sailed: Steamship jamaican, ships AngeIita
and Adorna bark H. A. Buruham, scho0ners
Wave Crest Theresa G. and Su-an Scranton
SOUTHWEST PASS, July 2, 6 .. m.-Barome6eg
2s.45. Wind west and light. Weather cloudy
thick and rainy.
NO arrivals or departures.
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examined the boat half an hour before the fire
was discovered and found all right, and the
watchman, five minutes before the fire broke
out, passed the spot and noticed nothing
wrong. The Anchor Line Company carried
their own risks The oil on the elevator was
insured for $4500 each in the Imperial Of Lon
don and the Peoples of Memphis, and $4,000 in
the Home of New York.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-03
American ENTERPRISE,

LONDON, July "A dispatch from Malta
says the United States steamer Gettysburg
reached Benghasy, port town Of Barca,
Northern Africa, situated on the Gulf Of Sidra,
420 miles northeast of Tripoli, June Is.
Since her arrival 700 soundings have been
taken and several important discoveries made,
which are chiefly in the nature of dangers to
navigation in the Gulf OF Sidra.
ALI on board are we'll
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-03
MISCELLANEOUS.
Scott Wants the Pennsylvania Central
Pooled.

special says Col Thos. A. Scott, president OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, arrived
in this city Sunday after a prolonged ab-
sence. The letter of Mr.. Vanderbilt on GER
tain important railroad questions was sub,
the letter met his cordial approval In many
of the points raised, and suggested he Is con-
vinced as thoroughly as Vanderbilt is that it
is impossible that high rates should be
charged for transportation of property. In
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-03
ELIZA PINKSTON.
THE TRUTH REGARDING A LEADING
BLOODY-sHIRT STORY.
Eliza Paid $500 for Perjury, ana Swim
dled cut of the Money.

Eliza Paid $500 for Perjury, ana Swim
dled cut of the Money.
New York Herald
During the counting of the presidential vote
of Louisiana, in New Orleans, before the Re-
turning Board and the visiting statesmen, in
November, 1876, the country was startled and
shocked by the introduction, as the victim OF
| and witness to savage Democratic bulldOZing,
OF a colOred woman named Eliza PlnKstOn.
| She had been severely wounded, was appa-
rently, dying, was brought IN TO give testl-
mony lying on a sofa or settee, and gave re-
markably succinct and dramatic statement to
the effect that her husband, Henry P1nkston,
had been dragged out Of his cabin by gang
OF Democrats and murdered before her eyes
because he was prominent Republican, and
| that the same gang then brutally beat, cut
and shot her.
! She seemed still greatly debilitated when
testifyiDg, and her story and her appearance
produced profound impression in New Or
leans and throughout the country. her ap'
! pearance was complete surprise TO the DEM
Ocrats Of the State and OF the parish (Ouachl,
tai in which she lived and where the brutal
outrage was said to have been commltted'
/ They appear to have at first accepted her
| tale but as soon as they could reach the par
! ish and look into the story, its truth was posi-
lively denied and later it was charged That
! Eliza PinkstOn, having, with her husband,
been the victim of a quarrel with some OF ner
cOlored neighbOrs, had been picked up Dy
Republicans, brought to New Orleans, tutored
carefully in the part she was to play and the
evidence she should give, and was then sud;
denly and in the dramatic manner Whlcn Will
b. remembered, brought before the Return
aing Board as a sample of Democratic brutal,
Vity. The denials came too late, however
Efzas statement had gone over the country
1t was given out that the poor creature could
not recover from her wounds. she dropped
out Of public sight and attention as Other
events came up, and until lately it was moi
even known in New Orleans whether she was
dead or alive. She had disappeared from
Ouachita parish, and no one thought OF her.
ELIAS STATEMENT.
A correspondent of the Herald chanced t.
learn few weeks ago that Eliza Was still
alive; that she had recovered from he
,H,..,.,ilaI aar1ia and had re
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-03
The Pay of the Whiting Statesmen.
Nav York Herald

NEW ORLEANS, June 28.-It having been
extensively stated that Secretary Sherman
was paid $1,000 by Mr.. Charles I. Howard, OF
this city, to pay the expenses of the visiting
statesmen and this being one Of the points
which will be examined into by the commit
tee, your correspondent to-day called on Mr.
Howard, who is sick at his residence. In re-
ply to questions he stated that he had never
gwen any such sum or portion Of it; that he
never saw Judge Harlan or spoke to him in
his life, and that the whole statement that he
had given any such sun to Secretary Sher
man Is entirely and unqualtfiedly false.
A number of Democrats La Vernon parish
GRO .f,..ey.s fIiz{Tls1 n eyropuhaPk flaYfV
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GRIM Z.
A $4,000 Pick Up.

TROY, N. Y, July 2.-Amos Buckley, treasu-
rer of the hosiery mills at Abba, drew $1,000
out of bank yesterday, intending to pay of
the operatives at the mill for the month Of
June He entered street car and was robbed
There were fourteen passengers on the car
but the robbery was too sudden for interfer-
ence before the men had jumped from the cal
and so escaped,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-03

STAUB Nor LosT-An excited crowd Assem-.
sembled in front of GolIthwaites bookstore ON
Exchange Alley, near Canal street. Everybody
was speaking. and the only. words that conld be
heard amidst the din were Potter comnaittees
rush? Simply because some base knage said
that Staub had been kidnapped to appear before
in persCn. who came smiling out Of the sazerads
House (whare be had ALREADY smiled and afEs-
bly said Gentlemen, here am what do yoU
rioGicals. magazines. etc.. from al quarters.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-03

LONDON, July .2,-The defeat of Mr.. Chal.
mondley Pennel at 100 birds for $500 side
by Capt. Bogardus, the American champion,
few days since, has led to another match
Mr.. Aubrey Coventry has been matched
against Bogardus for G100 a side, with power
to increase the stakes to GtO00 by mutual con-
sent. Fifty pigeons at thirty yards from five
traps are the main features of the match
which takes place at Brighton, August 6.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-03
Pan-Anglican synnh.

LONDON, July 2.-The Pan n-Anglican synod
opened to-day in Lambit's Palace in this city.
The question under discussion IS the union Of
all the Anglican churches The synod is pre-
sided over by the Archbishop Of Canterbury.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-03
WEEKLY MoRTuARY REPORT.

The following is the mortuary report for the
week ending Sunday. June 80:
Males. 50: females, 46; whites, IS; cOlored, 40.
The following were the principal causes of
de tn: Malarsal fevers s consumption a,
tabes mesen erica 5, congestion of brain 5. apt-
pexy 8. paralysis g. heart diseases g. pneumonia
(. dysentery 4. debility 4. Bright's disease 81
total deaths 100.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-03
Railroad Matters.

RICHMOND, Va, July 2.-According to the
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad was sold,
reorganization has just been effected.
Representatives of the purchasers met and
elected G. H. Huntington president A. S.
Hatch first vice president, and VIM. G. Wick
ham second vice president
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-03
Wealthy niScOYerIesl /

BISMARCK, D. T., June 2.-The latest re-"
ports from Bear Paw mountains are to the
effect that two gulches with placer gold de-
posits have been discovered, and two mining
districts organized, with recorder for each.
The second gulch is reported to be very rich,
yielding $50 day per man.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-03
A &2O.OOO Pull.

CLEVELAND July "A miraculous express
re- berry occurred yesterday afternoon at
the American Express Company the respon-
sible party.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-03
Financial.

LONDON, July 2-The course of the money
market was little irregular yesterday. The
changes in rates of discount demanded were
fitful, owing to o still unsatistied drain of
gold to Paris and the uncertainty regarding
It's duration On the other hand over half
million Is due at the end of the week.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-03
The Mills Closing,

FALL RIVER, Mass July 2.-The following
mills did not start yesterday: Flint, Two
Wampanoags, Granite No. and No. 2, Troy
Chace and Narragansett. On Wednesday
nearly all mills will close for the remainder
of the week and remain shut down through
tho next week
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-03
.,nown in the Coal Mines" ON Mig strike.

BETHLEHEM, Pa, July I'm accordance
with the previously arranged programme OF
the companies comprising the coal combina-
ton, the operators of the Schuykill region
suspended operations at their collieries yes
terday The suspension continues until the
fifteenth instant.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-03
A HURRICANE an The brazilian Coast.

LONDON, July "A dispatch from Rio jan
eiro states that fearful hurricane Is raging
on the Brazilian coast The shipping has
suffered severely and some loss Of life is re-
DOrtnd
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-03
Senator Stubbs.
fIafavatta Advertiserl

Lafayette AdVertiser.J
Senator Stubbs should confine himself to
defending his heavy and ghOstly public rec
ord. II the 'smalI country press" need over
hauling, 1t would be better for men with cIean
hands and records to undertake it.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-03
CASUALTIES.
Destruction of Railroad BrIdge-LOss
of Life,

DF LITes
PETERSBURG, July 2.-The frame work Of
the suspension bridge, 107 feet In length, just
being completed by the Atlantic and Missis-
slppl Railroad Company connecting with the
company's shops on the Chesterfield side Of
theAppomattox river, at this place, was blown
down yesterday by wind. Jas. II. Yaeger, of
Richmond, was killed; Philip Watson, badly
injured. There were ten or twelve other
workmen about the bridge, whose escape was
miraculous,
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LONDON.


LONDON, July "A Berlin dispatch says
that all the persons arrested in connection
with NObeling's attempt upon the Emperor g
life have been liberated. Nobelings young
est brother was discharged last week.
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BoEardus on Beck Again.

LONDON, July 2-Prince Bismarck gave q
banquet yesterday in honor of Gen. Grant.
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ELIAS STATEMENT

A correspondent of the Herald chanced t.
learn few weeks ago that Eliza Was still
alive; that she had recovered from. be-
wounds; lad married again, and had re
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-03
ELIZA ID PINKsTON,
mark. (Now Pritchard.

Sworn and subscribed before me this twen-
ty-third of June, A. d. 1873, after the same
had been read over twice to deponent in dis
tinct and audible voice in my presence and
that of the foregoing witnesses and her hus-
band, SINGLETON GARRETT,
Justice of the Peace.
These facts are substantiated by Wayman
Pritchard (Eliza's husband); w. J. Mosby cher
employer) and r. II. Hoffman, all of whom
swear that she had told them repeated y this
same story,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-03-19

Communication in yesterdays ISTE1II-
GEScER Il untrue in every particular,
and that II evidence Il wanted II can be
had by examination Of the documents at
he Mayors Office, or by inquiry Of relia.
BILE parties who were present at the time
the trial spoken OF was postponed.
Nearly two hundred signers TO the
Murphy pledge are reported fors.Thurs:
day, Friday and Saturday evenings and
Sunday afternoon. On Saturday night the
crowd at the Methodist Church was 90
large that two meetings had TO be made,
one In the audience room and one 10 the
lecture room. The one in the audience
room was addressed by Nj. Marshall, Of
Wheeling, and Mr.. Casson, Of Toledo,
while Nj. Dunbar and DIR. Wright spoke
at the other. Sunday afternoon . large
audience was present at the Disciples
Church, at which sixty Siguers were OBJ.
tanned. The meetings are to be continued
this week, except Friday night,
when the Calico Social takes place.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-03-19
The WOW Oh GOD 10 man.

prut. Browne, 10 Sunday Afternoon for Aphl.
Upon any ,heiatic theory Il is lmposai.
bic 70 Justify the ways Of God either 70
the conscience or 70 reason without .
future life, and without the Christian the.
ory Of that life. II we think of period
a few thousand years ahead when the
present order shall have passed away and
The ancient silence and Loneliness Of God
ahall have returned, We cannot help ask.
log the question, "What was It all for :
This meaningless stir Of creation which
has sunk back again into silence, was II
worth WhiIe?" Il Il at this point that we
can comprehend the despair Of the Indian
religions. We occidentais have bad .
childish readiness to view God rs the
creator Of the finite order; but that Is
precisely what the oriental mind has
found impossible. Il did not doubt the
Infinite, but questioned whether the Inf.
mite could connect itself with such ainite.
The finite, as We know it, is unworthy oil
the Infinite. He cannot descend from his
sacred everlasting calm and silence 70
take part In this cupid, senseless turmoil
Of the finite. hence the inite does not
exist. Itis q dream only, an illusion:
God 10 not in it, for 1t 10 unworthy Of
Him. Hence, also, let Us seek TO escape
from II, and By reflection on the eternal
and by withdrawal from action, let rs
lose ourselves again in the Infinite rest
and silence. Until very recently this
conception was impossible to western
thought Il was a matter Of course that
God could not want any higher business
than to make and maintain our world.
And as for the world, 1t was 8 great sue
cess: a little blackened indeed, but, upon
the whole, q very excellent thing. All
This has changed. Pesaimism has made
mighty advances in science and philoso.
ply, Il is becoming fashionable to deride
The universe, and the cant Of progress ts
receding. Our literature is full Of n, from
the magazine article written according TO
the prevailing fashion, to the magnificent
bu. haItcrazed utterances Of J.s. Mill IN
his posthumous essays. Whoever has the
words Of eternal life, 1t is at last settled
that science and philosophy have them
not. From the Indian standpoint, the
Indian notion is profoundly true. Con-
science and reason are satisfied only as we
advance TO the Christian doctrine that
the full purpose and magnifcence Of
creation become manifest only in eternity.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-03-19

Nowadays people doubt nearly every
thing. They forget that the known facts Of
to-day constituted the knotty problems Of
hypothesis but o few years since. unsuc-
cessful practitioners OF medicine quote the
doubts and uncertainties experienced by
Sir Ashley Cooper, who lived not long after
Harvey discovered the circulation OF the
blood, as evidence that but little Is known
OF medicine aside. from conjecture, entirely
ignoring the fact that their competitors are
daily healing diseases which Cooper thought
iucuable. lsnot such ignorance criminal
Catarrh, the most common and most inen'
rable Of all chronic diseases, readily yields
to the healing and soothing properties Of
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy when used with
DR.. Pierce's Nasal Douchs. II the case be
complicated the blood must be enriched
and purified by DR.. Pierce's Golden Medi.
cal Discovery. No remedy yet known
equals the Discovery In permanently curing
affections, of the lungs, liver, blood and
skin. II afflicted with constipation try DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Purgatiye Pellets. They
are a sure cure. DR.. Oliver Wendell
Holmes, in a late address, speaking Of our
proarsss, said, ITO those Of my generation
this modern world, which most OF you take
Us u mhtteE VI CUutscD ID ovNASS
Of wonder, a standing miracle. Science
and art have 50 changed the aspect OF every
day life that one OF o certain age might
well believe himself on another planet or
in another stage OF existence" No longer
does the sedentary man or the delicate
woman suffer from torpid liver, conStipa.
ton or drastic medicine. Science has
demonstrated that the concentrated e1.
tracts are mare potent and reliable than
the huge doses reSorted to by our lore.
fathers, hence the great sale and popularity
Of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purgatiye Pellets,
which are scarcely larger than mustard
seeds, yet are safe and certain as a cathar.
tic Alternative and anti.bilious remedy.
The following names are a few OF the
many who have been cured BY using the
Pellets, to whom the doctor refers:
Chas. W. Struble, Wauseon, Ohio; David
Thompson, Mounttort. Wis: Mrs. n. N.
Hastings, Troy, N. Y; I. 7. Mac, Pilot
Point. Oregon; VIM. r. Bot, Hyde Park,
Pa; Caleb Cowing, Eddytown, N. Y; A. D.
Brown, Isle, N. Y; L. Fogg, stllwell, ILL.,;
Thos. ". Landon, Paramount, Nd.