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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-18

1t looks very much as If resumption of spe-
Gle payments is to become fact without the
interference Of John Sherman and the synd-
cate Of bankers. When gold fell to quarter
of a cent on Saturday last, a number of Chi
cago national banks announced that they
would redeem their notes In gold on Monday.
This course will probably be followed by other
banks in different parts Of the country, and,
Of course, the result must be that there will
no longer be any premium on gold. In view
Of this fact, we cannot exactly see the merits
of John Shermans trade by which he has dis
posed OF $5O,OOo,O 900 of AZ per cent bonds
OF the government at 1917, q most
enormous discount, and accrued inter-
est besides. There are some queer circum-
stances In connection with this business, and
it should certainly receive the immediate
attention OF Congress-.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-18

That's the way the money goes The
House Committee on Canals has agreed to
report bill appropriatlng $4,000 to enlarge
the Dismal Swamp Canal. But New Or
leans cannot get s47s.ooo to preserve its har-
Dor and the city itself from destruction.
This sum can be expended to construct an In
land ship canal, over which $1,000 worth Of
commerce year will not pass in order to
save lot OF rickety old government ships
the dangers Of navigation along hundred
miles Of bad coast, but 1t cannot be appro-
priated to preserve the second port 10 the
Union from imminent destruction, and adapt
its harbor to the necessities of its immense
shipping. There has been monstrous blum
der and negligence somewhere along the line,
and we shall keep pegging away till it is cor
rpctad
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-18

Cincinnati paper interviewed, some days
ago, one Hon. VIM. Eaton, member of the
Democratic National Committee from the
State OF Kansas. In this interview that gen
tleman let out great many Of the secrets of
the last presidential campaign. 80 the inter
view pretended, asserting. among many other
things, that the campaign OF 1876 cost Mr..
Tilden S375,OO0, much OF which sum had been
given to impecunlous editors, and another
large portion of it sent to the South.
This interview turns out to have been in
correct in many particulars. The home pa
per Of Eaton, whose name, by the way, Ia
Isaac not William, has interviewed that
gentleman, and finds him willing TO talk
freely and frankly on the subject Of the last
presidential campaign.
In this second talk he corrected many of
the facts as given in the Cincinnati inter
view. Money was not spent during the
campaign of 1876 on editors nor in the
South, he says 1t was believed by leading
Democrats that the only way in which the
Republicans could be defeated in certain
Northern States, particularly Ohio and lndi-
ana, was by using money against them. The
Republicans were scattering greenbacks over
these two States, and 1t was thought at
Democratic headquarters that unless the
Democrats could meet money with money
they would be beaten In the fight Tilden
being a rich man, and supported by rich
friends, 1t was thought that the necessary
campaign funds could be easily raised
in New York and sent West. Instead OF
this being the case not a dollar was sent
to Ohio until about two or three weeks
prior to the election, and then it came too late
to be effective, for the committee had been
seriously crippled In perfecting the organize
ton of the Democratic party in the early
part of the canvass for want Of funds OF the
money raised for campaign purposes 100000
was spent In New York, says Mr.. Eaton, for
printing and circulating tracts that no one
ever read.
Such were the main facts related by Col.
Eaton at this second interview. There Is
nothing strange In his story, and 1t Is doubt
al whether even the most bitter Republican
,naners will seek to make any point against
Tho Derocrats on it. Every one knows that
nolitical campaigns require money to carry
them on: that platforms, torch-lights. hags,
and even orators cost something. The only
two serious charges 10 the original interview
are now promptly denied and repudiated ~
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-18

Col Eaton; these are the assertion that money
was sent from the North to produce a, solid
South, while the fact was that the Southern
States bore all the burdens of their elections;
and secondly, that a large amount Of the
campaign fund went into the pockets OF i'm
pecunious editors. The other campaign ex-
penses were perfectly legitimate and will
scarcely afford the Republican press a fair
opportunity TO howl over that "Tilden barrel
Of money" which, according to Eaton, turns
out to have beer q very small affair after all
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-18

The government agent who. as our dis,
patches stated yesterday, has been making
such glowing representations Of the cordial
esteem and affectionate regard In which Tom
Anderson is held in social and business cir
cles in this city, evidently had more solicit
tude, in making his statements, about COM
mending himself to the administration than
telling the rugged truth. He has given
Hayes fine dish Of goose" and his state
ment that the vast majority OF Democrats
look upon Anderson as prosecuted man" Is
a miserable lie.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-18

Under the head Of Capitol Notes" in this
paper, few days ago, 1t was noted that DIR
+. M. Mumford, in the municipal election in
Bayou Sara, received II votes for Mayor,
against j. +. Irvine, the successful Candi-
date. This paragraph did our friend. DIR.
Mumford injustice. He WAS not q candidate,
and posted a notice at the polls to that effect.
DR.. Mumford is one Of the most highly
esteemed and popular citizens Of his parish
and town. and so far from being candidate,
supported, we believe Mr.. Irvine.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-18
THE LEvEE CoMPANY's CASE.

To our mind the decision OF Judge Monroe,
Diminishing the suit of the Levee Company
against the State, is a very plain and con-
vincing statement of the law, and If sustained
by the Supreme Court, as it doubtless will be-,
1t will operate q saving to the State Of nearly
two millions of dollars, which no one believes
to be honestly due. The inferior work and
extortionate charges of the Levee Company
have deprived it Of every particle Of popular
sympathy, and the people are very willing
to see it restricted to It's strictly legal
rights. The decision is that the act Gre
ating the Levee Company Is not violative OF
the constitutional Limitation Of the State debt
TO S25 900 900, because 1t has created no debt on
the part Of the State to the company. The
only obligation the State assumes Is to col
lect and turn over to the company the levee
tax. II the act had created debt, says the
judgment, the debt Of the State exceeding the
limit at the date Of its passage the State
could repudiate If reputation cannot touch
It, then it is not debt When the State has
failed to pay over any portion Of the levee
tax shown to have been collected the COM
pany will have claim against the State, but
not till then. This Is very plain law, and we
cant see what answer can be made to it,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-18
NEW ORLEANS, APRIL 81, 1873.

Col George q. Vest Missouri's brilliant
Confederate Senator. has proclaimed himself
o candidate for the seat In the United States
Senate soon to be filled from that State. His
election would be very gratifying TO his
many friends In Louisiana, made during and
s.innn the
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-18

In another column will be found notice
from Major E. A. Burke relative to the pay
ment Of taxes on real and personal property.
The advantages given to taxpayers by the
reduction Of per cent, if paid before the end
Of the month, ought to be enough to call out
a general response.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-18
DIED.

RENSHAW-On April IT.. 1878. at o'clock a
N Henry Deynoodt, aged months, son Of
The friends and acqu Enhances Of the Rem
shaw and Deynoodt families are invited to at
tend the funeral. which will take pla q Thurs
day Morning, April IS. at 10 o'clock. from the
residence OF the parents. No. 435 Carondelet
street.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-18
MARRIED.

BATLEY-AINSWORTH- the residence Of
the brides father, by the Rev. M. w. Trawick.
on Monday evening. April 49, 1878, Nathan E.
Bailey. Jr.. to Amelia N. Ainsworth, daughter
Of Chas. Rhodes and the late Ann Morton both
of this city. No cards.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-18


The select Senate committee on the re-
vision Of the law regulating the counting of
the electoral vote for President and Vice
President has finally prepared bill which
will be presented to the Senate for its consid-
GRAFTON in q very short time. The Senate
committee takes an entirely different view of
the presidential election from the House
committee. The latter desired to make the
election popular and wholly dependent on
the vote of the people. The Senate commit
toe makes practically no change In the law as
1t now stands. but seeks only to provide for
all possible contingencies in a presidential
election, and thus to prevent another disputed
election.
According to the bill prepared by this com
mttee, the electors are to be appoint
ed by the States on the first Tuesday
in October; on the second Monday in Jan
uary they meet and cast their votes for Presi-
dent. Each State may provide by law for the
determination Of all controversies concern
ing electors, and the determination of its
highest court shall be conclusive evidence as
to who are electogs. If the highest State
court. however, does not pass on the question,
then the electors recognized by the board ap-
pointed by the Legislature to canvass the re-
turns are to be recognized as the true and
proper electors.
The two houses Of Congress are to meet to-
gether on the second Monday of February to
count the votes for President The certificates
purporting to be the votes Of the electors are
then to be opened and handed to the President
Of the Senate, who shall thereupon announce
the result of the vote and the name of the
persons voted for. He shall then call for OBJ
jections: each objection to the vote Of any
State must be signed by at least one Senator
and one member of the House. If there Is any
objection, the two houses separate and the OBJ
lection is put to each OF them. IL both de-
eide In favor OF the objection, it is sustained;
il not it is dismissed. If, however, there is
a dispute not only concerning the electors of
a State but concerning the State Supreme
Court or Board of Canvassers that determine
who are electors, then the two houses shall
separate and pass on the question which Is the
proper and legal tribunal or Board of Can
vassers. II both agree on the same tri
bunal as being the legal one the electors re-
cognized by that tribunal are to be considered
the legal electors, and their votes are to be
counted; il they differ, then the vote Of the
State in dispute Is not to be counted at all.
Such are the main provisions of the bill.
1t seeks to prevent any difference arising
that might cause disputed election. Whether
1t will accomplish this result or not, 1t Is now
impossible to say. 1t certainly behooyes Con-
gress to prepare for the emergency OF an
other presidential middle, as the Repub-
leans, we'll pleased with their success of 1878,
will certainly try to play similar game In
1881
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-08-14
MarryingfO for Money.

A late author very truthfully says,
"Gold cannot buy happiness, and the
parents who. compel then. daughters to
marry for station or money commit a
.grevious sin against humanity and God.
And woman who marries churl for
his wealth will find that she has made a
terrible bargain-that all gatherings Of
heartless grandeur are phosphorescent
gatherings of heart Wretchedness; that
her life will be one of gilded misery,
and her old age Will be like a crag on
the black side of a, desert mountain,
where cold moonbeams sometimes gilt
ter, but no birds sing, but wild storms
howl and hoarse thunders roar, and
through the sweeping storms shall be
heard the. stern voice of God saying:
Your riches are corrupted, your gar
ments are moth-eaten,- your gold and
silver are cankered, and the rust of
them shall be a witness against you
and eat your flesh as if it were fire. F"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-08-14
Expectation of Live Stock.
New York Special.

"a The export movement in live cattle
still continues. The exporters have
sent out this week nearly 1000 head,
divided among six steamers, nearly all
for English ports. From February 9TH
to the present date they have sent out
1O4, 113 head, valued at over 81, OOO,0OO
From other ports,i including Phlla-
delphia, Boston, Portland, and Mon
treal, there have probably been sent at
least 10000 more, and of those sent
from Canada, nine-tenths came origi-
nally from Chicago and st. Louis. This
shows an enormous growth of the
traffic since last year, when the total
exports from the United States scarcely
exceeded 10000 heed. American cattle
are now shipped direct to Cardiff, Bris=
tol, Glasgow, Aberdeen, etc, and large
numbers go out in the Hamburg line Of
steamers, via Southampton. Com
plant is made that owing to the heavy
expenses and competition, business is
done on q very small margin. The
best cattle average in London and Liv-
verpool e23 or s24. .Freights out are
from e5 to 96 per head.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-08-14
What [ Have Seen.

An old man Of experience says:
I have seen a young man sell good
farm, turn merchant and die IN the in
sane asylum. -.......--..
I have seen farmer travel about so
much that there was nothing at home
worth looking at.
[ have seen a young girl marry a
man of disolute habits, and repent for
it as long as she lived.
I have seen man spend more money
N folly than would support his family
in comfort and independence.
I have seen man depart from truth
where candor and veracity would have
served him to much better purpose.
/ have seen the extravaganza and
folly of children bring their parents to
poverty and want, and themselves to
disgrace. ................ tf1
Ihave seen prudent and industrl-
Gus wife retrieve the fortune of a family,
when the husband pulled at the other
end Of the rope.
I have seen a young man who de-
spised the counsel of the wise and the
advice of the good, and his career end
in poverty and Indebtedness Ho
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-08-14
4 Chemical Triumph.
New York Tribune.

Modern chemists are very expert in
resolving compound bodies into their
simple elements, but the opposite pro-
cess Of building up bodies from their
elem entary constituents, is one of ex-
IRENE difficulty. In 1868, however,
two German chemists, Prof. Graebe
and Liebermann, succeeded in prepar-
ing from the hydrocarbon anthracene,
manufactured from coal tar, the bril-
liant dye-stuffs hitherto won from mad
der. This was the first instance in
which the chemist had succeeded in ar
tifcially preparing colors occurring in
the vegetable kingdom; and although
the manufacture of artificial madden
coloring matters has assumed at the
present day colossal proportions, and
bids fair to supersede entirely the pre-
paration Of the natural products, it has
hitherto remained the only instance of
the kind in the history Of chemistry, all
other vegetable and animal dyes obsti-
nately refusing to disclose the secret Of
their composition. Within the past
few weeks the madden colors have
ceased to occupy this unique position.
Modern chemistry has also succeeded
in preparing synthetically common in
digo. This discovery is likewise due to
a German chemist, Prof. A. Baeyer, the
genial successor to, the chair of Liebig.
at Munich, and a most indefatigable
and successful investigator For score
of years he has been seeking to solve
the problem of the composition Of indi-
go and its synthetical preparation.
Slowly and patiently he has gathered to-
gether and elaborated one fact after an
other until, finally, at the last session
Of the German Chemical Society, he
was able to announce the completion,
of the long research and the discovery
of the last link in the chain of synthetic
reactions leading to the formation of in
idigo.& The processes involved are, how
ever,too intricate and costly to have any
Immediate result on the comm erciai
value of the Well-known dye.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-08-14
$50 late" said he, looking at his

80 late" said he, looking at his
watch.
Come, Lizzie, walk with me down
to the cross roads,"
TO carry your luggage, sir ?"
OF a verify, no! This time Tom will
get the porters shilling. I ask you to
go solely for the pleasure Of your COM
pany. The day is fine, the path to the
crossroads pleasant, and if you enjoy
a morning walk, why not show your
self charitably inclined by going along
with me?"
L assented to Mr.. Graham's request,
from lateut wish to remain with him
till the latest moment, and also (shall
/ confess it?) with telling of malicious
pleasure in showing my newly fedged
independence to the Smiths. Indeed |
Was fully determined that their guar
dianship of my person and property
should be only nominal during the re-
naming twelve months of my minor
ity.
Time brings me to another fair
autumnal evening. My year of study
is closed. This very day [ am q, and
Utterly my sole mistress.
AS just one year ago, [ sit in the old
familiar room, with Mr.. and Mrs. Smith
and Lizzie; and as then. thought
weaves in my brain its many-threaded,
mystic web. But now, grave memory
retires, and bright hope beacons me on
within the fowery portals of the fu-
ture
Ass just one year ago. Tom
brings the letters from the evening mail,
and as then, there is a message from
Weld Graham. But the letter is not
like the previous one, addressed to Mr..
Smith. Neither can Mrs. Smith nor
Lizzie claim it. They nor you, reader,
have any right or title to it's contents
and only a clause will be transcribed for
your ediication.
Thus it reads: In our married life, [
intend that you shall, as now, hold
your property independent Of m y con-
trOl, even to the smallest fraction of
your portion of the Broken Shilling"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-08-14
MaIarial Fever.

Malarial fevers, constipation, tor
pidity OF the liver and kidneys, general
debility, nervousness and neuralgia
ailments yield readily to this great
disease conqueror, Hop Bitters. 1t re-
pairs the ravages of disease by convert
ing the food into rich blood, and it gives
new life and vigor to the aged and in
firm always. See Proverbs" in other
column.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-08-14
NIDSUMMER.

Midway about the circle of the year
There is single perfect day that lies
Supremacy fair before our careless eyes,
After the Spathes of floral bloom appear,
Before is found the first dead leaf and Sere,
1t comes precursor of the Autumn skies.
And crown of Springs endeavor. Till it dies
We do not dream the tiawlesS day is here.
And thus. as on the way of life we speed,
Mindful but of the joys we hope to see,
We never think, "These present hours exceed
All that have been or that shall ever be-"
Yet somewhere on our journey we shall stay
Backward to gaze on our midsummer day.
-Hidsltnan3er Holiday ScribHer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-08-14

THE house-1y now begins to. feel thor
oughly at home and is settling down te
work for the season in dead earnest.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-08-14

THE, Atlantic cable laid in 1866 has
been successfully picked up by. the
steamer Seine, sent ont to look for it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-12

MEMPHIS AND CAARL EsTON R.R.
Arrives. Leaves.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-12

to have a person appointed to
care for her property. The court,
after hearing the evidence, pro.
nounced her insane, and appointed
a trustee to manage her estate,
About fifty thousand dollars in
government bonds was found on
her person. After the decision by
the court she left her room at the
Grand Pacific Hotel, in Chicago,
aud endeavored to procure lauda-
mum at a neighboring drug store,
but received only a harmless drug,
and was prevented from committing
suicide. The next day she was
conveyed to a private asylum in
Northern Illinois, and after a few
months was placed in care of her
sister, at Springfield, from which
she sought quiet retreat in France.
The loss of her husband bore heav-
! lily upon her, but the blow which
wrecked her mind was the shaft of
death that fell upon her loved child
Thaddeus, or "Tad," as "every-
body's pet" was Familiarity called.
There is but little hope of her re-
covery. Robert, the only son now
living, is engaged in the practice Of
law in Chicago, and holds high
rank in his profession.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-12

st. Petersburg, the London and
New York Hotel, and a hundred
other hotels Of equal grade within
three minutes walk Of the Seine,
and ten minutes walk Of the exhi-
bition grounds, at equally as low a
rate relatively as he could be in any
hotel Of the same grade in America,
There is no reason for being feeced
except the universal reason that
"the American likes to be feeced,
provided it is done in a gentlemanly
way" 1t is almost always done
politely in France, and the average
American does not diferentiate (as
the Germans say between polite
ness and gentlemanliness.