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Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-19
Louisiana CongTessmen Looking after
her Interests.

WAsHISGToN, April l2.-Represent-
atives Gibson and Elan, of Louisiana.
were before the Committee on Com
merce this morning, and laid before
that Committee data of estimates for
the improvement of Red River, for the
removal Of snags and the bar at it's
mouth, and the improvement Of the
New Orleans harbOr, asking 100000
for Red River, and 100000 for the har-
Dor at New Orleans. Gen. Gibson ad-
dressed the Committee, and has reason
to believe these appropriations will be
made. Gen. Gibson was on the Ap.
preparation Committee, aud believes
his bill for an appropriation for the
New Orleans mint will be adopted.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-19

entity was 10 hang them 90 long as they
bore arms. | would like 10 know how
many men co1ld have been hanged 10
the Confederate service while they
were standing in llHe Of battle with
RlIstening bayOnets on their coHntry's
bsttle6elds? When Q member of the
House asserts that this nominated can.
didate Of the Democratic party for the
Door.keepership deserved, by every
law, human and divine, to have been
hanged, and when that utterance 10 &C.
companied with the boast that he alone
stood BY that law and executed It, l
would like to know what Interpretation
or construction can possibly be given
to his language except that Conieder-
ates we're TO be hanged when the pow
er TO hang them was conferred.
Mr.. Buller-NOt after we had agreed
not to.
Mr.. Blackburn-I am cory that It
was necessary for q member of the
House to remin ! US of the exercise Of
what he chooses to term clemency, but
which impartial history will denomi.
nate but common fairness, ard th i In
illustrating this msgnanlmity, for
which he claims such credit to bis par.
", II was necessary for him TO parade
before us boastfully the execution Of an
unarmed and helpless prisoner, the
only man, believe, when the history
of that war shows TO have been killed or
injured on the Confederate eide by the
warrior from Massachusetts,. Loud
laughter and applause on the Demo.
ocratic side.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-19
ILLINOIS DEMOCRACY.

Patriotic PlAGIoFm Of the State COnVeA'
tlOa-ThS Electoral CSmmISSIOR Fraud
Condemned.
SPRINGFIELD, ILLt., April l2.-The
preamble to the platform of the Iii.
nois Democratic party is as follows:
"The Democracy OF Illinois, Assem-.
bled In Convention, congratulate the
country on the fual settlement Of ques-
lions resulting from the late civil war
upon principles OF local self.govern.
ment 90 long supported by the Demo-
cratic party, and reaffirm confidence in
the capacity Of the people 10 govern
themselves, aud their belief In the su.
premacy Of civil over military power,
liberty Of individual action uncon-
trolled by sumptuary laws, separation
OF Church aud State, support Of free
common schools, aud the duty OF all to
yield 10 the lawfully expressed will CT
the majority"
Supplementary to the platform the
folio wing resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That the acts Of leaders
of the Republican party 10 defeating
the choice Of the people for President
and Vice.President, Il the monster po.
litlcal crime of the age; is crime
against free government and the elec.
tive franchise, which can only be con.
doned when The criminals are driven
from power and consigned to infamy
by the people whom they have out
ragged and we denounce the acts Of the
President In appointing TO high Offices
corrupt members Of the Returning
Board as q reward for their infamous
conduct; aud we condemn officers o
the Federal Government who have at
tempted to interfere with the admins
tratlon Of justice In the Courts oi
Louisiana"
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-19

AN unfortunate accident occurred
on State street, near the Capitol, this
morning. AS Mr.. Simmons's butcher
wagon was being driven down the
street, the horses became frightened
and ran away, and the driver, VIM.
Whitesides, In jumping from the wag-
on, was thrown underneath 1t, sus-
tanning a compound fracture of the
ankle. 1t is thought that amputation
Of the injured limb will be necessary,
Since writing the above, we learn that
DR.. Craft amputated the unfortunate
mans leg.-[Jackson Times.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-19
EaunIiantloA ana Ia.tIcs.

IfIl was not for toe South the stall.
Wari Radicals could not hold together.
Northern journals and Northern poll.
liClanS keep tie party that possesses the
Government BY the greatest fraud ever
perpetraled on 9 people, together, by
arraylng It againAt the South. Al
though these meu wish us 10 believe
that they consider the South part oI
the ga-lorious Union, their uncsssiug
aim seems 10 be that they must keep up
the impressioH 10 the North that the
South is justly q suspected p irt of the
Union. II they had not this task their
work as a party would be over. The
last dodge is TO create the idea that the
South is working for power TO enable
her to depete the Treasury BY South
srn appropriations. Of course while
attempting to do this, they keep silent
about the vast amounts the North has
received, and the debts thus created, on
which the South is paying her portion
of the interest. Il wouldn't be pleasant
to remIud New York, Michigan, Msssa.
chuSetts, Illinois, lows, and the rest
of them of the almost countless mill
lions they have received, while crying
robber, thief, rebel, burglar, ETC., to the
Southern States who appeal for q few
thousands for absolutely necessary
work. II the Tribune should 90 far
forget itself Ss to allude to the millions
New York has received, while warn
ing Congress Of the designs of Confed-
crate Brigadlers, It might appear lit
lie unjust, and 1t says nothing. The
game IS to pSnder 10 the Stiuglness, the
prejudice and the hatred OF certain
classes In the North. This has been
done 60 successfully that It Is now con-
sidered ell right by these classes for
Congress to appropriate endless
amounts, so these appropriations are
made In q climate sufficiently cool to
insure their purity. The spending Of
the millions on the Northern Pacific
railway, that begins at Duluth, and
ends in the snow 10 the woods, is not
10 be questioned. Il 10 go very cold up
there that 1t is impossible for this
appropriation not TO bS pure. This
is true also of the Union and Cen
tral Pacific roads, Of the Larbors on
the lakes up North, Of the bays and In
lets ell along the New England coast,
OF the improvements on The big aud
little rivers and creeks, aud of every.
thing that is located north Of the Ohio
river. The anguish exhibited by the
Union aud Central Pacific roads be-
cause the Government, aided by th'
Rebel BrigadierS, is trying to persuade
these roadS to do what they agreed t
do when they were chartered by th'
Government, iS heart-rending. These
roads are across northern soil, and In I
accordance with the teachings they
have received, they think the Govern
ment ought to give them more ant
make the cuSsed Rebel States pay It
instead Of requiring OF them to keel
their contract. The fundamental priu
ciple of this wonderful party iS this
The South needs watching instead o
aid from the Government; oil apprO
priatlouS should, therefore, be deniet
her, but all the North asks for ShOulC
at once be promptly given, so that th
Rebel South may have 3 chance to hell
pay the bill. Equalization and justice
indeed
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-19
RocOsnitlOn OF tho Dlaz Government

Recognition OF the DiaS Government.
GALVESTON, April l2.-The News's
Brownsville special says . dispatch re-
csived from the City Of Mexico states
that on the 9th inst. Minister Foster Of.
ticially recognized the Dlaz Govern.
ment.
WAsHIEGToN, April l2.-Mr. ZAmi.
cana, Mexican representative here, has
received the following telegram, an.
nOuncing the recognition Of the Diaz
Government by United States Minister
Foster: "City Of Mexico, April TO-
ls7S-MinisleT Foster sent yesterday a
communication recognizing the Gov.
ernment Of Mexico and establishing Of
fetal relations with the Mexican Gov.
eminent. You have been appointed
our Minister TO the United States Gov
ernment, and the Senate has confirmed
the appointment. Signed, Vallarta,
Secretary Of State"
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-19

. VIZ are pleased TO learn that COL
Lamar will do oil iu bis power to &C.
cure sufficient aid from Congress to
keep open our hsrbor. Senator La
mar has great influence in the Senate,
and we doubt not that be will be able
to secure an amount commensurate
With The important work to be done.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-19

IT cannot be too often repeated that
Iuxuries, not necessities, bring poverty
and ruin. We are made 6ankrupts,
not by what we really need, but what
we think we want, therefore never 20
abroad in search Of your wants--if they
be real ones, they will come home In
search OF you; for he who buys what
ne does not need, will soon want what
be cannot buy,
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-19
aRi)itbsbmgHfaId
saturday Morning, April IS.

AUsrmA thinks The settlement Of The
duossion Russia and England are quar-.
FalIug about European question, but
Rnasls thinks Il { Russian question.
Russia eauBoi, therefore, expect any
at,islanee from Austria.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-19
DR.. Prices Special FIayOrIEs
Extracts,

Vanilla, lemon, and ali extracts used
In aavoring ice.cream, jellles, cakes,
ETC., are acknowledged by the best
housekeeprs in the land to be the finest
aavors made. Strange that persons
will use worthless extracts when such
natural aavors as DR.. Prices are to be
had.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-19

VIZ print to-day . SlrOUg letter from
DR.. c. X. Marshall who is nov In
Washington, about the injustice with
Which the South has been treated 10
the matter of appropriations. This
letter is backed BY The figures, aud II
shOnld hsve 9 good fleet 10 our IA
waP
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-19
Turkey Issues a CiToular-she will
Stand By the Treaty, but Would
Like to see II Modified.

CoSsTANTISoPLE, April IL. - The
Porte has issued circular 10 its rep
resentatives abroad that It recognizes
the treaty OF San Stefano as the result
OF reverses sustained by Turkey In the
late war, aud expresses the determine
ton to carry out Loyalty the terms OF
the treaty, but declares that the Porte
would nevertheless regard as oppor.
tune any notifications which might
be made BY benevolent intervention OF
the Powers and moderation Of Russia.
It concludes by stating that whatever
may be the issue OF present negotia-
tions, the Porte pledges Itself 10 carry
out the projected reforms.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-19

REAL sorrow Is almost as difficult to
discover as real poverty. An instinct
We delicacy hides The rags of the one
and the wounds Of the other.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-19

II any one wants to see how much
heroism there Is 10 private life let him
wait and see how many women dare to
90 to church Easter Sunday without
new bohnets.-l Boston Transcript, i.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-19


These sums embrace lighthouses
post.offlces, custOm-houses, etc., etc.,
and our State got one or two trihing
lighthouses on the coast, for the bene'
fit of mankind at large, but for our
people we have received nearly moth
ing, To open and render havigable
our rivers we need $4,000, and we
must have II.
We have the members who know
their rights and will maintain them
and win and build up our home inter-
ests, end make our State inferior Ia
none in agriculture, commerce and nav
igation. 1t will not all be done IN q
year, bat II will come to pass.
Yours, Z. X. MARSHALL.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-19

How does this look at homer What
is its signifcsnce5 Look at Illinois,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, nets mil
lions while we get 5000. Nor is this
all there is more 10 tell by and by.
These are for rirers and navigation.
But look little. In the same lime the
totals TO each Northern and Eastern
State amount to something magnificent,
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-19
Congressional Aid.
EDITOR Ylcksburg Herald:


In your editorial on the effect OF cli-
mate aud geography upon Congres.
sional aid, you not only hit the nail on
the bead, but drove It home. SILL, ps.
tlence and 9 solid front will give Us
justice In the end. The North-Democ.
racy, oo-grudges every dime appro.
prialed TO the South. The fact is, our
Senator'S and Representatives south of
the old Mason g Dixon's line, have got
to "staud together or hang apart" 90
the old patriot said In signing the
Declaration OF Independence. The
hour has come for decision-A solid
and honored South, or subjugated and
despised Colony. If we are mere
"hewers Of wood aud drawers Of water"
for The North aud East, let us gracefully
accept the situation, aud thankfully re-
ceive the crumbs that tall from the
bounti'ul board Of our superiOrs.
But II we are peers, aud absolutely
component paris Of the Great Repub.
lie, lei u, insist upon our rights, aud :!
our members OF Congress vote against
every measure for other States until the
South 10 fully aud cordially recogt tized.
We must stand up, an unbrOkeu front
and hold ourselves fairly to our duty,
or disiuteyratsd creep despised aud
spoiled.
WHAT THE FIGURES SAY.
When you penned your editorial you
said GU had not the reports Of exp nd
itures at hand. So have sorted ouI
a few, running from 1865 10 1873, as 4
sample; aud these statistics do not glvt
by any means the amounts spent on lh'
States at large, but simply those OF
river and harbor improvements. Thes'
illustrate the whole question:
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-28

being candidate. This is O. most lame and
impotent conclusion. These men have GER
tainly never exerted any influence over Til
dens public life. They did not prevent him
from making war on the Tweed and canal
rings, or from reorganizng the finances, and
reducing the expenses Of the State OF New
York. And it was because he had thus signal
lied himself as fearless and capable re-
former, who could not be diverted from his
duty by the most powerful influence Of the
closest friends and abIest men, that he loomed
up in 1876 as the man for the hour. The
popular mind cannot be withdrawn from the
consideration Of great public principles to
such impertinent and immaterial issues. The
great facts are that the nomination and
election of Mr.. Tilden was the work
of the people; that his deposition was the
work Of the jobbers and of the politicians who
had obtained control of the Democratic party
organization during the prevalence OF the
slave question, and who were seeking to main
tain that control. The route Of the party In
the Northern States in the late election natu-
rally followed The question Is plainly pre-
sented, therefore, whether the Democratic
masses will continue to allow their principles
to be sacrificed by the ambition of that coterie
OF politicians under whose leadership they
have been so long and disastrously defeated.
Having seen that the nomination Of Iilden
quelled all discord in our ranks and broughC
success, and that his defeat and abandonment
by the congressional coterie has brought back
discord and defeat, they can be at no loss now
to restore unity and strength to the party.
Yours truly, MONTGOMERY BLAIR
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-28
THE PRESIDENTS. MESSAGE.
A Larg Q Amount of Attention to be Paid
to Southern OHtFages.
Washington Post.T
Washington Post. J

Washington POSI-
In his forthcoming message Mr. Hayes will
make the reported OntEagess and violations OF
law in the South during the late congressional
elections prominent topic OF comment. These
violations will be condemned as fOrcibly de-.
oriying q large number OF citizens in specified
localities OF rights conferred by both national
and State authority, thus preventing results
expressive of thefr will n the administration
of public affairs, Such proceedings will be
further deprecated, broause they Indicate shat
the pacfication Of the South is not yet COM
plete and because they cast reproach upon
and endanger the integrity OF free i2stltu-
tiOus.
Owing to the decision Of the United States
Supreme Court that the enforcement act was
Unconstitutional, it not being In specific ac-
cortlancs with the fifteenth constitutional
amendment, and the failure Of the House In
the Forty third Congress to pass the Senate
hil designed to meet the Judgment OF that
tribunal there Is no law to punish 81 class OF
casey affecting colored men which the act was
Intended to reach. The law relative 10 The
russnJers of Congress, however, affords 81
| reuptty for some Of the reported wrongs, III
| nicting fine Of $500 and imprisonment for a
year on any person found guilty of illegally
| preventing or obstructing the free exercise ol
voting, aud fine Of $4,000 and Imprisonment
| for not more than ten wears on those engaged
| in conspiracy for the same purpose.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-28
The Nicaragua Canal.
[St T,OHis RsDublic,n.i

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-An effort will be
made to revive interest in the inter-Oceanic
canal route across Nicaragua. All data on
the subject Is to be submitted to the Presi-
dent, aud it is expected that he will send it to
Congress with special message. The gov
ernment of Nicaragua is anxious to dispose
of the matter one way or another, and il the
government of the United States declines or
fails to take favorable action during the com
ing session of Congress, an effort wilt be
made to enlist the governments OF Europe in
the enterprise France and England have al
ready signfied willingness to take hold Of the
work, and it is believed other European gov.
ernments will join them. The government OF
Nicaragua would prefer that the United
States should take the initiative and invite
cooperation of the governments Of Europe,
but regards the enterprise as of too much i'm
portancc to the interests of Nicaragua and
the world at large to jeopardize it's success by
further delay.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-28
The Madness Of Sectional Issues.
LCleyeland Herald, Rop

& new series OF political campaigns made
upon sectional Issues would seriously retard
the development of the country, the revival
of Its industries and the restoration OF pros
perity Al the important eoon2me aues
tariff internal improvements taxation,
emigration, foreign trade and the like-would
be Indefinitely postponed. In the angry tur-
moil OF sectional strife, menaced by the
come to e. stand-stiI and would waste the
energies needed for it's growth in q needless
quarrel within It's own household,
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-28
Compliments tW the SOUTH
[ChicagO Tribune.l


The Southern members have come back to
Washington, and, US their great leader, Ben
Hill, says, "they have come back to their
father house, and come to stay" They have
not been SO long i'll voluntary exile from that
house that they have forgotten its old attrac-
tions or their old ways. They used to meet
as the representatives of a people who de-
pended for their existence upon the 1er0cty
OF the few and the fear Of the many. They
we're for years engaged in an attempt to bully
the North into q recognition of that sy7tem.
thrir Old game The events that
have transpired daring the recess have
shown that the nagnates OF the
Southern plantation and the leaders Of the
rebellion have not forgotten the manners and
methods OF the civilization In which they
were reared. The same energy and audacity
which, before the war, was devoted to ran
sacking the mails for Northern newspapers
and examining the effects Of Yankee school
mistresses fer incendary documents, has
Just manifested itself in the tfuculent threats
and plantation sWagger OF the South caro-.
lima RedShirts, and in the 1nurderou3 deeds OF
the Bulldozers Of Louisiana. They have
come back to claim possession and demand
control OF the country which they have once
disOwned, and whose election officers they
still refuse to recognize. 1t was one OF the
favorite doctrines of that section that II an
opponent could be shot. That doctrine has
again been vndicated by represslye violence
and open frauds in South Carolina, and by
the outrages Of the Tensas and Caddo par
ishes in Louisiana. They have been success
fu, these Southern leaders, in the one thing
In which they ultimately became successful
in all the long years before the war-they have
forced q united North.
They have not been more successful IN tnell
legislation. With the beginning OF the last
Congress they inaugurated system Of star
chamber legislation and a campaign OF spies
| They raked the cutters Of the continent fol
months, and their work was typified in the
Potter and Glover committees. AS resul
of the Investigations of the Potter committee
the New York Sun, which Was the sturdles1
instigator of the investigation, threw Iilder
overheard because the ciphers killed him
And the Glover investigator has himself beeel
lett at home in Missouri. Bill Morrison VII
not be sorry.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-28
FOR BALE o
NOTICE.
OFFICE OF CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
Schr olS

OFFICE OF CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT or. PUBLIC
Scht OILS, I
New Orleans, November 27 1878.
An examination of candidates for admission
to the Academic Departments. City hlgh
Schools, will commence on TUESDAY. Decem"
Der 8. at 9 a. M, in the respective High school
buildings. Candidates must be fourteen years
of age and proficient in the elementary Eng
lsh branches taught in the highest departments
of our Grammar Schools. Applicants from the
city public schools must be recommended by
their teachers as poss essing the qualifications
which were prescribed for the examination
held In June last, VIM. O. ROGERS,
Superintendent Public Schools, New Orleans.
rooq st
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-28

philadelphia North Am erican. J


The South is brewing bitter cup, and 1t
Taay be necessary for it to drink that cup to
It's dregs before it will reform it's methods Or
It's manners. It refusal to be taught runs
parallel with the refusal Of Pharaoh to do
right, and the penalty will be as certain and
swift and bitser. 1t seems to be forgotten
that because men ignore the Almighty, He is
not destroyed. We're all people to declare for
the Almighty would not be abolished
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-28
EANs DEMOCRAT, THURSDAY NOVEMBER

pleas ing In such g position, and most Of all
the officers OF the old regular army, who want
Il man who is not only perfectly just, but en-
tjreIy cOnversant with their system and in full
dali, or whoever in the next Speaker, should
by all means select Gen. Johnston for the
chairmanship. The best Secretaries Of War
ever known IN this country were John G. Cal
of the Military Committee will be Joseph E.
IohustDns
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-28
The Peril of Being Pnffed Up.
Boston Herald

The Republican party will make a grave
mistake if it becomes puffed up by the unex-
pected brighter prospects before, it. It has
gained more by Democratic blunders than by
its own virtues; and what virtues it has shown
it got by chance in President Hayer, who Of
Tended the leaders Of his party in his attempts
to reform the civil service and his liberal
Southern policy.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-28
with Hands Reekins with Gore.
Washington Post,

Washington will be an awfully dangerous
place to live in after the Forty-sixth Con;
gets here. More than hundred OF the con
gressmen-we are assured-are coming here
with hands reeking with the gore of muir
dered victims all over the South We don't
desire to create unnecessary alarm, but really
this IS horrible. We suppose that Jorgensen
will be about the only Southern member
whose hands will decline to ''reek'
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-28
no More Need for Congress.
ICleyeland Advanced

There's no use of any further sessions OF
Congress. AS the New York Tribune puts it,
the banks have now made arrangements by
which they can override any act or congress,
and they are doing it,
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-28
The ssEswEa mers" Booming,

ISt. Louis KepubIIcRn.I
Tke bummers are booming all along the
line, and unless Blaine and Conkling bestir
themselves right vigorously, they will be
hereafter, rs they have been heretofore mere
bobs on the tail Of the bummers' kites.