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THEa baby that insisted upon Se1ngk
rolled ina carriage at night on the upper
tlooprr of New York tenement house has
won, theaday. Judge Van Hoesen having
dissolved the temporary Injunction granted
against It by deciding that the baby has a
natural right to be soothed in any way it
prefers As 10 most babies this right, il
not unborn, is soon acquired. The idio~
syncrasy ofthis particular baby, which,
when teething, orfretfal from other causes,
prefers rathertto be wheeled than rocked,
is one not often met With, but most
mothers will agree that alt babies, except
their ewn, ate possessed Of similar vagries'
A majority insist upon being CARED in the
a-nnp, although few Of meeker spirit will
compfonaise on being rocked in chair
instead Of The cradle. But whatever their
peculiarsiemands may be when they are
teething (which they are assumed to be
whenever they get croas, they dissolve al
injnnctions oy tears, and triumph in til;
end, like tn is New York baby, who wei
t, Court in carriage. As 10 the suffer
iug lodger, who sought to put brakes ou
the baby \ perambulator. the Court plainl:
told him that peace and comfort coul'
only be obtained for cash. lie could re
live in French fat or a hotel and expo {
the cemforts of a seperate house Of whic
he vas exclusive lord and master and sol
occupant,t roiJ, ~ a.' II '.-
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Nortm M 0sunscnmnA@Iho . of our
suhscribss who arsinde6ted 70 othe MORN
4se HEnaa.H Win Obkgssy IN early r.
uaiftGnon Moa1 NorTITaq A---ana' 's'@ !
azPsesosa leaving the city for any PERI
cd Of time, however brief;oor those gong
abroad, can. hare The MoRNING hERALl =
Sled q sll any address by ordering the same
iat qRis qRis ofhcc cc " siF cents IA. week, eeakx,,o,ua
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s'It seems as If should cough my head
orr is sometimes the impatient exclama
tion of sufferer from severe Cough
Quell the paroxysms with Hale's Honey O.
Horenound and Tar. TIE relief Is imme
diate and the cure certain. Sold by al
Druggists.
Pixies ,Toothache Drops cure In ont
nafntteL *'
The Morning herald., 1878-08-01

Tar respectable people OF +. fam'ngnam
Illinois, sneglecting to attend the annual
election ffoor ffor police magistrate, ne ioalers
Of the town, took advantageof the If inon- :
ference, and elected TO the Office e fellow
who had been liberated from Jail. Ihe
respectable Framinghamers were te r'.o'y J,
siocksdwhen they found out what had
been done, and Immediately petltioned! the
GoyeSnorzto withhold the commits uon
Whether be will comply or not the lei son
isnonethe less instructive. -.
Tt Is simply d repetition on a small SC III
of what has 60 frequently transplreo 10
Philadslphia and in many other plac' IS
The better class declining to take part 'd
political affairs, leave the election Oh can
didates in the hands ofthose who are the
least fitted for such responsible duties, ant
the result is that public Offices are too ire,
qaently fllsd BY men whose moral ant
Intellectual qualifications are of such
character asto wholly unfit them for III
duties they ,are called upon to discharge.
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EDUC AT1ONAL.
TRINITY HALy,

BEVERLY, NEW JERSEY.
Established 1857. English and French Home
School for Young adles. Varled aoVsn'
taees vf the his hest order. Number OF pq'
Ills limited. Fall term beIins sept, IsIl'
For circular, address Mrs. IL. q. hon'
Prjtl ipaI '"FJ
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SUMMER RESORTS.
YEA SIDE.

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BOARD, ST ,CO;TO $1O,O)A WEEK
AT
STOCKTON COTTAGE. SEA GROVE q
CAPE MAY POINT, N. j.
Del 'ghtfully located on tn beach; 80 rooms
: pee ial rates for families. Cheap and d-i.
|ly communication between Whining Ion
and sea Grove by steamb. at.
EMILY CONYERS
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Hand M ade,

No machinery being Used in their manu-
facture and will he OF the BEST MATER
IAL, and made by the best workmen, and
under his own supervision. shall sell
these goods at prices very Little higher thai
machine made SHOES.
The Morning herald., 1878-08-01

ON mental, nervous and acquired debility
a pamphlet of great importance In when
on indsputably is shown howlost hsalth
can be regained, also essay on marriage.
should be read by all. Can be had, price 20
cents in postage stamps, post 11ee' by
addressing the au her,
1925 Flibe rt street. Philadelphia. Pa.
here he may be candily suited.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-17
army-an argument which would have justi-
fled the Federal troops In burning down every

army-an argument which would have justi-
fled the Federal troops In burning down every
church In the South.
AS a sort Of offset to this claim the Repub-
lcans have introduced loyal Northern war
claim on behalf OF the sufferers OF Gettys-
burg, for they are not PARTICULAR opposed to
war claims in the abstract, but only to the
sections whence these come, just as the New
York press Is not opposed to appropriations
II they be devoted to improving Harlem river
| People may remember that O battle was
fought at Gettysburg. During this battle 1t
became necessary for the Federal troops to
occupy certain fields, also to remove certain
fences for the passage Of the troops; per-
haps, also, these fences were injured by
strong cannon balls. The Gettysburgers
now bring in bill for the rent of the fields
occupied by the Federal troops before and
during the battle, and the damage done to
fences. Their claim will, of course, be
large one; it is many years since the battle
of Gettysburg was fought, and this kind Of
claim grows with years. We would not
prophesy that Northern war claims
will bankrupt the country, because
the North suffered but little by the
war, but If this Gettysburg claim be
taken as fair sample, n six months cam
paign of Lee in Pennsylvania would have
produced an amount of caims to which even
the 7rib,me's summing up Of 'rebel Glazing
would be utterly Insignificant, and which
would certainly be paid. These two speci-
men "rebel and loyal claims, the first to
come up for discussion, would seem not to
have furnished the Republicans with the
capital necessary to carry them through the
coming election. At least we should Judge so
from the fact that not single Republican
paper notices "this impudent Confederate
raid on the treasury to rebuild college |
burned by the Federal troops.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-17

There Is said to be a majority OF one In the
House committee in favor OF suspending the
sinking fund for five years. Such measure
would, undoubtedly, prove popular. and 1t
can scarcely be doubted would pass the
House Of Representatives. We have already
boarded nearly S260,O00 more In this sinking
fund than the law requires and the money
now going into that fund might be appropri-
ated to much better purpose than paying the
debt; it might be used to develop our nation
al resources and revive the prosperity of the
country. We have been paying of our debt
much faster than we promised, far faster
than there is any necessity for.
When this country was prosperous this
could easily be borne; but now that hard
times afflict the entire Union, any haste to
pay the debt is highly injurious to oil inter
esGs. When we compare the relative financial
condition of England and the United States
and then consider that we are trying to pay
off our debt ten times as rapidly as England
Is doing, the scheme strikes us as either
absurd or criminal. We have done a good
deal for posterity, and we can afford to let
posterity bear some of the burdens of our
debt, instead Of taking all these burdens on
our own shoulders and attempting to pay our
Immense debt in full In a comparatively short
period Of time.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-17
The gOlicitJIdp for Gen Shields the "ypter-

The solicitude for Gen. Shields, the "veter-
an OF two wars" appears to have been parox-
ysmal after all, and the probabilities are that
he will not be placed on the list Of retired brga
diers. Sargent, Of California, has introduced
ms substitute for the bill In his behalf one
Including some fifteen other Yankee briga-
diers. The old soldier might at least have
been spared the insult of an association with
Butler and Garfield who arc named in the
bill. It was bad enough that the gallantry
and devotion of the old soldier should have
been rewarded by making Of him a scapogoat
for lot Of sensational political claptraps
His honorable scars were entitled to more
reverence than this, but to make him ridicu-
lous by associating with him as worthy of
equal consideration such post captains and
provost executioners as Butler and Garfield,
whose military exploits consisted Of hanging
q few helpless wretches and robblng a great
many more, is an indecency inconsistent with
even the proverbial ingratitude OF republics.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-17

Women appear to love military glory as
much as men, that is II Mrs. Carroll, of Mary
land, is representative woman. That lady
has just addressed the House Military Com
mittee in support of her claim to distinction
as military leader. She claims to have
originated the plan of the Tennessee cam
paign, which resulted in the capture of Fort
Donelson and other Union victories. In sup
mort Of this claim she presented to the com
mittee certificates signed by President Lin
coin, Stanton, Ben Wade and Tom Scott. all
tastifying that she and she alone originated
the plan and idea Of that campaign; that she
urged it upon the authorities time and time
again, and pressed it SO persistently and en-
eruetically that the government finally deter
mined to adopt it. and dill adopt and try it
with great success.
In asking that the government now recog-
r;za her claim, Mrs. Carroll distinctly de-
clares that she does not desire any money or
ann,ppr,ation from the government; that she
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-17

The petition praying the Postmaster Cen
eral to enforce the Federal statute prohibit
ing the circulation OF lottery matter through
the mails, was on the streets yesterday, and
received during the few hours OF Its circu-
Ila4ian sarer einhtnnn hundrad namau In
deed we are informed that only three
or four persons to whom IL was
presented declined to sign it. The petition
will be circulated to-day and during the next
few days. and we trust that every good citizen
will sign it. copy Of 1t will be found at the
counting room of the DEMOCRAT and those
TO whom 1t may not be presented can call at
our Office and sign It.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-17

Fitz-Jo ohm Porter's case Is again to be re-
opened. He was cashiered with q perpetual dis.
qualification for disobedience OF orders at the
second battle Of Bull Run. at tho instance OF
Pope, who preferred the charges. This Is the
Pope who, contrary to the usual custom
among accomplished equcstrians. carried his
headquarters In the saddle, feat In which
he was so entirely absorbed that he allowed
Stonewall jackson to regularly issue rations
to his troops from the Federal commissary
wagons. For the purpose Of reconsiderIng
Porter's case court-martial has been ordered
to convene Immediately at West Point by di-
rection of the President. This order WAS OBJ
tanned on the representations OF Fitz-John
Porter himself, In which he claims to have in
his possession newly discovered evidence that
will convict Pope of worthlessness, incapaci-
ty, etc. We must protest against this sort Of
thing--the war is over and no good can come
out OF such Investigations. With the exocp-
ton perhaps of Banks and Butler. the Con-
federacy had no more reliable commissary
than John Pope. This Is an era OF concllia-
ton, and we are willing to let bygones be
hypOnes
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-17

| Alas! poor Moses that he should hav,
robbed the people of South Carolina fol
nearly a decade; that he should have escapet
all punishment for his many peculatons ant
robberies In the Palmetto State only to be
caught and locked up for petty forgery.
The story OF the crime for which Moses was
arrested In New York few days since is
briefly, as follows:
In January, 1877, he purchased at jewery
store In Charleston goods amounting to S3lf
In value as presents for his wife on her birth
day, giving in payment a note for that
amount indorsed by Josephus Woodruff.
When the jeweler went to the indorser for the
money the signature was pronounced for
gerry. Confronted with this charge Moses
said that Woodruff authorized him to sign his
name; he soon afterwards modified this
story and agreed to surrender the goods to
their true owner if the matter was dropped.
He surrendered about 500 worth of the
jewelry and gave an order for the
rest Of the money. This order was never
paid and none of the other goods ever
returned. The jeweler accordingly proceeded
against him for forgery and Moses was
arrested
Thus fell the man who presided as Speaker
of tho South Carolina Assembly during a
session where the incidental expenses
amounted to over a million of dolars-and
only for S216! Unfortunately for Noses he is
in bad odor with the Northern Republicans;
he overdid the theving business, and further
damned himself by turning States evidence
He receives, therefore, no sympathy from the
Republican press. We're ne Kellogg or An
derson, or even Wells, how easily could the
whole affair be converted into a Democratic
prosecution. The jeweler-some rampant
Democrat; Woodruff, a perjured despe-
RADIO, suborned to convict Moses, because
that Republican statesman opposed the
Democratic slaughter of unoffending negroes
the whole thing a Democratic scheme to ruin
q Republican. But, alas for Moses, his reputa-
ton is too bad for this, and thus promising
Outrage Is spoiled and the Republicans
are cheated out of what, under proper dress
lng-up, would have made splendid war cry.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-17
REBEL CLAIMS"

The only way Of putting an end to the
scheme of robbing the treasury through
rebel Claims says Harpcr's Weekly, sis to
regain Republican control Of the national
purse
The simultaneous appearance of this cry Of
rebel claims in a score Of Republican
papers is ample evidence, If any were needed,
that the Republicans have finally decided on
adopting this as the key note OF tho issue
of the coming campaign in lieu of the
bloody shirt" Already Republican editors
are rolling in rows Of figures of these
supposititious "rebel claims, claims that. If
paid would bankrupt the world thrice over.
The first two war claims, however, that
have presented themselves in Congress have
not given the Republicans as much consola-
ton or opportunity for rejoicing as they
expected, and they have furnished scarcely
enough political capital to elect constable
on. The Republicans are consequently much
more willing to discuss the questions of
rebel claims" generally, and In the abstract,
than to consider and debate the first 'rebel
claim" presented this session to Congress
that Of William and Mary College
William and Mary College, the second old
est college in the Union, the alma mater of
Washington and four other Presidents OF the
United States, was occupied during the war
by the Federals as barracks, and afterwards
burned by them. Mr.. Loring, of Massachu-
sets, Republican, spoke earnestly in sup
port Of the claim, and made in its defense one
Of the most eloquent speeches Of the session
Most OF the Republicans. however, contested
the claim on the ground that majority of
The graduates OF the college and nearly all Of
$ professors had served in the Confederate
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-17
THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL.

Below our readers will find the appropria-
tions for tho several States embraced In the
river and harbor bill, and those made for riv-
| org running through two or more States
These little tables present to Louisianians
a very interesting study. We will direct at
tenton to very few OF their salient points.
/. Louisiana, with the second most important
port In the Union, possessing scarcely any rail-
roads and depending almost exclusively for
| trade routes upon rivers, several Of them diff
ficult and dangerous of navigation, receives
with two or three exceptions the smallest an
preparation. 2. New York receives the
enormous sum Of Ss26O0O, Michigan
$5G5,sOO, Texas without manageable
stream in her borders to improve
with n comparatively insignificant harbor,
and traversed in every direction by rail
roads, receives S28300O, and Louisiana re-
GENES just trentyfow thousand dollars.
3. Wisconsin is put down in the first table
for Sl5l,0OO; but In the second table the
Fox and Wisconsin rivers are allowed $3.50. 900.
Nearly the whole navigable length of these
rivers lie In Wisconsin and the appropriation
is actually for that State. Thus Wisconsin.
with her Insignificant and unimportant
streams actually receives S4O1 900. 4. The
Mississippi river receives an appropriation of
$G76,5OO, but New Orleans and Louisiana get
little II any Of the benefits of this Nearly
tho whole appropriation goes for the improve
ment of the Mississippi above the mouth of the
Illinois, only $4,000 being for surveys at the
mouth Of the Mississippi. ). lied river, which
traverses Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and the
Indian Territory, get $4,000 Louisiana has
an interest in this appropriation, which. con- |
siderng the magnitude Of the commerce de- |
pending upon this stream, and the magnih |
cent appropriations for streams in other
States of not one-tenth its Importance, Ia in
significant. We also share with Arkansas the
tremendous sum of $4,000 for the improve
ment of the Ouachita.
We have given, we believe, a very clear
statement of the interest Louisiana has in
the river and harbor bill. We do not seem to
have been left out through any sectional
influences, for Texas, lying along side of US
and as deep In the "iniquty" of rebellion as
Louisiana Is to receive $3.50 900, and Virginia.
another rebel State s2o5oO0. Our representa-
lives in Congress need not think 1t remarkable
Dr unjust to them If their constituents are
asking tho reason of the extraordny treat
nent Louisiana has received in this matter
The following table shows the appropria-
ions made the States:
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-17
AN INVESTIGATION NEEDED.

The recent charges made In the daily pa
pers of the city with reference to tho inten.
tlonal bockading of the ietties by parties
Interested In working injury to Capt Eads
enterprise, has created in the commercial
community here profound feeling. When
the interests of this metropolis are threatened
and when an embargo Is plotted against the
passage Stewards of tho commerce of the
Mississippi Valley. there should certainly be
some tribunal before which the case could be
laid. If what has been alleged be true, there
ought to be at once full and complete ex-
posture OF the whole matter, and. if not, those
parties at whose doors tho charge is laid
ought to seek an opportunity to yindicate
their good name.
AS the question is one of vital Importance
and affects every branch of trade here, we
think it would be well IT, say, Joint commit
tee of the Cotton Exchange and Chamber of
Commerce should be appointed to hear the
testimony that might be brought out and
thus settle the matter.
1t Is stated that there are a number of
parties who will be willing to go before such
a com mittee, or one from either OF the above
bodies, and who will make disclosures that
will startle business circles here. If this be
30, let US by all means have an investigation,
and that at once. The matter Is too impor-
tant one to be allowed to pass over without
every effort being made to get Mt the truth of
the charges and counter charges that have
In the public prints, and to fix the
where 1t belongs
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-17

WA6ONSl CANE CARTSl SPOHES
H. II. SORIA.
Is and 20 Union and Ii and IL Perdido
streets,
Sole Agent for the celebrated "HTUDEBA-
RER" WAGONS. CARTS and SPRING WORK
of all kinds and Sizes
Dealer In Philadelphia and Western Cane
Wagons. CARTS and Drays;. Timber Wheels
Wheelbarrows Of all descriptions Spokes. Fol-
loes. Hubs. Shafts, etc Wheelwright material.
Orders promptly filled. All work warranted,
jas 2dptf
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-17
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL H. 1878

wants glory alone recognition as military
heroine.
The claim IN quite novel one, and seems to
worry tho Military Committee greatly how
to decide It, If they should decide as is not
improbable, In favor OF Mrs Carroll, America
can then boast Of military heroine as great
as either Semiramis or Joan of Arc.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-17

The following shows the appropriations
made for rivers flowing through one or more
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-17
NEW ORLEANS. APRIL IT. 1878.

The perennial resolution looking to tho
completion of the Washington monument
was introduced in Congress again on Mon
day. II was Ingalls, TINT did 1t his time
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-15
THE BRooKLYN WIFE SHOOTING.
What several Physicians say OF Young John
sons NJ entail Condition.

As Justice Walsh In Brooklyn yesterday
called the case Of Charles L. johnson. who was
accused OF shooting his wife Florence in the
fashionable residence of her father. Mr.. Ros-
well \. Benedict. ut 40 Monroe place. Brooklyn,
Col. Charles $. Spencer said that johnson had
been sent to the Bloomingdale Asylum for the
Insane. There was. he said. no doubt that
johnson was insane at the time Of the shooting.
and. as he was in that condition now. and would
probably have to De detained in the asylum for
six months to come. Mr.. Spencer asked that tho
examination be adjourned Tor that time, lie
presented the nfIldavits of DIR. Edward Rum
s,,y and Dr. +. q. Is. Drake. on which johnson
was committed To the asylum. and the affidavit
of tho medical superintendent of the asylum
that johnson, 3 mental condition was such that
he could not be- subjected to any grcnt excite
mCnt for six months to come without great risk
of serious and permanent injury.
long affidavit was read from Charles John
son. father Of the defendant. reclting that six
months after his sons marriage his daughter
in-law, Florence. complained of his conduct.
and said that she thought his mind was affected.
She urged him TO travel with him, hut as he
could not leave. he sent Charles Johnson to
Litchilcld Springs and To the Adirondack noun
tans, where he remained until the Seventh Reg
imcnt was called out ut tho time OF the railroad
strikes Subsequently the young vile repeated
her complaint. and her father and mother urged
her To have Il medical examination made TO de-
t"rmine the question of his sons sanity He
attributed his son X strange cOnductto excessive
nervousness, which arose from physical dis
eases. His son is in no condition to undergoan
cNum nation.
Justice Walsh refused to grant an ADJOURN
ment for six months. but adjourned the eNumi-
nation until May |.
Gen. Catlin. the District Attorney. said to a
reporter that he intended to employ an able eX-
pert to visit Bloomlngdale Asylum and make a
report to him Of Johnson's mental condition.
II he found that johnson was not insane. then
he would demand his release from the asylum.
and procure his indictment and trial.