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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-06

The UNION BANK OF LONDON FORGERIES-
The arrest Of two Of the persons one in New
York and one In San Francisco engaged In
Issuing forged circular notes on the Union
Bank of London has developed n remarkable
conspiracy on the part of the master spirits
who have put the scheme In motion. It Is
now understood that their plan was to
operate simultaneously In all the larger cities
OF the Union, either In person or through
agents In their confidence, and 1t Is estimated
that notes, or, more properly speaking, bills
Of exchange" had been put in circulation
to the amount # I10,000 (S50,0O0) before the
recent arrests Here made 1t Is not Gus
tomary with American bankers to furnish
travellers with negotiable bills Of exchange.
They prefer to Issue letters Of credit instead.
as being better guarded against forgery For
the benefit of readers who may be uniniormed
In respect to such matters we state the differ
ence between "a circular credit and "a letter
OF credit"
A circular credit is letter given by bank
Introduction to the correspondents OF the
bank living In the different cities through
which he may pass. In addition to this letter
OF introduction the bank furnishes him with
sundry bills of exchange for ten, twenty or
fifty pounds each. to be negotiated whenever
and wherever he may see fit. These bills OF
exchange. or circular notes." as they have
been called, the traveller may get cashed any
where and by anybody who knows the stand
Ing of tse bank, or who has faith in tho
[genuineneSs of the letter Introducing the
traveller to the correspondents, or in other
words, to the local agents of the bank grant
ling the credit. 1t is easy to perceive that with
a forged circular letter bills of exchange NAV
ALSO be forged to any amount, and NAV
really be passed by the forgers or their
'confederates upon the unsuspecting On the
other hand letter Of credit. which is tho
usual form adopted by Americans, is for a
specified amount and money upon 1t can only
be obtained from the local agents OF the
bank abroad, each Of whom indorse In his
turn upon the letter OF credit the sum OBJ
Named from him by the traveller, until the
gpecified amount for which credit has been
IUiven is exhausted. The difference then, it
will be observed, between the two forms Of
credit Is that in the one case that the number
and amount of the circular notes In possess
sion of the traveller represent the credit to
W.ncn he is entitled. whilst they are In form
That enables him to pay them out for his pur
bhases, or to get them cashed without
having recourse to the agents OF the
bank. In the other case no money
can be drawn except through the banks cor
Respondent, and the sum so drawn Is Endorsed
bn the letter of credit. 1t is easy now to see
That the circular note system gives an expert
toroer and his associates an unlimited field OF
kction, whereas 1t is extremely difficult for
Them to operate with forged letters Of credit.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-06
FLAT PAPERS.
BLOTTING PAPER.
VISITING CARDS.

We have In stock the finest assortment o
VISITING CARDS In this city. which We fur
nish to our customers at the low rate OF
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-06
STATIONERY
For Jobbing Purposes,

Which We are prepared TO offer our customers
at prices TO suit
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-06

Sales to-day 10000 bales. Market weak an
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-22
Rolling Down Hill with a Bear.

The Boise City (Idaho) Statesman says;
Charles Norton, who has been engaged
in mining on the Boise River, near the
junction of the north and middle
branches of the river, had very serious
encor hter with bear last Sunday morn
ing. He had gone to the top of steep
Hill, and when near the summi5 had
taken hold of small tree TO pull himself
up so as to reconnoiter the valley b yond,
where he had been accustomed 20 find
deer, when large she bear, that was ly-
ing with her two cubs just on the other
side of the bush, which concealed them,
sprang upon him seizing him by the
under jaw and tearing the lower lip down,
making an ugly wound. The front of
the upper jaw was also fractured just
above the teeth, six of which were loos-
ened and hung down, With the fractured
and detac! ed portion of the jaw Another
fierce bite OF the enraged animal lacerated
the cheek and tore tbe scalp in several
places The right arm Was also bitten
through q the scUffi Norton and the
bear both lJat their equilibrium ai the
Top &f the ;,ill aud together rolled down
I the steep hilleide distance of for.y f,et.
Upon reaching the bottom they were
about six feet apart, when Nortof.'s dog
was heard barking at the top of tie hill
where the cubs had been left. I lis at
tracted the attention of the bear, when
Norton, who had his gun strapped 70 him
ali the time, mansged to direct the muz-
zle against the rear portion of the brute,
and reaching back cooked the piece and
fred it. The ball passed lengthwise
through the body of the animal and
through the head, killing her instantly.
Norton then made his way home, whence
ne was brought to the house of William
Paxton, in this city, where he was imme.
diately attended by DIR. E. Smith, the
physician who has charge Of patients ii
the County Hospital. Dr. Smith re
stored the brokon jaw and teeth 10 it
/ place, and sewed up the torn under liz
and dressed the wounds, and has th'
patient in fair way of recovery
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-22
A Bogus wheeIbarrOw Man.

A waggish advertising firm in San
Francisco announced pTematurely the
arrival of the Albany tramp who Is
trundIing wheelbarrow across the cor
tinent. The line of march was adEer-
tised from the Cliff House to the HslI-
way House, to the gate, to Marketstreet, I,
to the Oakland Ferry, TO California to
Sansome, to Kearney, to the City Hal.
The sidewalks, stores and upper windows
on the course designated swarmed with
spectators, anxious for a glimpse OF the
traveller and his vehicle. Soon alter one
o'clock a man with a wheeIbarrow
labeled, ''Frem New York to San Ffsn-
CISCO" suddenly appeared in front OF q
photograph gallery. He was procesded
by Jack Guess, better known about town
as "WhistliDg Jack" from his pro-
| ficiency in that art. This sable lesder,
whose hat and baton were ornamented
with knots OF fbright-coiored ribbons, ,actea
the part of drum-major, and blowing Out
lively airs, escorted the supposed nero
and the motley procession surrounding
him When they were opposite Inc
City Hall an ex-superyisor rushed io1 n
and vigorously shook hands with lne
tramp. congratuIating him on MS .ohg
march, thus successfully accomPlispeu-
But it was a bogus wheeIbarrow mzn'
1t was huge hoax of an advsfLls'nk <
firm, conceived in the leisure OF BUSHES
hours.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-22

eyes closing in spite of myself. L fell
back across my bunk, asleep.
Douglass, awake, my bro ther. Save
yourself"
Half asleep and half awake, l heard
my brothers voice, and replied, : All
right, Robert; Pll get up directly"
And then 1 was going off again.
"Douglass. awake, my brother. Save
yourself"
This time the voice reused me more,
and l was thoroughly awake, but still
under the influence of the narcotic with
which l had been drugged
Douglass, awake, my brother. Save
yourself"
The third warning in my lost brothers
well-known voice completely restored
me-
I jumped off the bunk in the dark,
nud discovered that the cabin contained
over foot and half of water. Then l
saw the plot.
The design of the Captain and mate
had evidently been that 1 should go to
the bottom of the scuttled ship.
With great difficulty and hearty
shove | succeeded in breaking open the
door, and in another minute I was on
deck.
1t was nearly Aush with the water,
and as jumped up could preceive that
the three boats belonging TO the ship
were in the water and manned.
"But where's the passenger T'' l heard
somebody say. amt going to shove
off without him."
"He's dead drunk" replied the mate
eve haven't got time to wait Tor him"
That's false, James Sharpel' 1 sang
out, as I approached the gangway
" You either didn't give him enough, or
else you gave me too much. What is it
Jack Alen?"
Here you are, sir; jumpin."
And the third boat, which it appeared
was steered by Allen, who had been in
quiring for me, came alongside and took
me off.
That night we had stiff gale of wind,
the three boats separated, and the two
commanded by the Captain and mate
were never heard of.
After some very hard work, and being
wet through nearly all the time, We
were picked up.
In less than a month we were once
more in the Channel, and then it did not
take Us long to reach London, when we
took the train to a berdeen.
The evidence was most conclusive, for
in addition to what heard. Allen had
actually watched the two villains down
the hold, and saw them boaring the holes
which ultimately scuttled the Falcon.
With regard TO the Company, they
kept their word with me, and I shall
never go to sea again.
The reader has now heard ny nara
tive OF the three warnings, and can form
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-22
Paper Making.

When rags were the only materials
used, the production rested upon the
consumption Of linen, and up to the
wear 1900 the annual quantity was es-
timated at the rate OF about one pound
for each inhabitsIt; up TO 1900, two
pounds; to 100, three pounds; to 1900,
fous pounds; and in this century it
aches fve. About 1910 the Use o.
china clay began in England. followed by
aniline and the vArio u, rag substitutes
wood pulp. esparto, straw, and jute
These substitutes afforded an unlimited
supply OF raw material, and altogether
changed the conditions of The paper in
dustry. B7iore this time, when there
was only dednite amount of raw mater
ial procuiabIe, all Of which was needed
and used up in the manufacture, compe-
tition between paper makers depended
solely upon their means OF obtaining
rags. The larger tae supply of one man
facturecr, the lee By SO much was the
entire quantity consumed by the rest OF
the trade. When the different substi.
tutes came in, any number OF new
factories were capable of being estab-
lishe5, and the old ones could be illimit.
ably extended, the only restraint being
the fear in the mind of the manufacturer
of a demand for the manufactured
product. The old factories increased
their operations, and new establishments
were founded in much greater number
and extent than was compatible vith
the requirements of the public ior
paper. Within the last few years q
larger proportionate amount Of capital
has been applied TO paper manufacture
than hitberte.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-22
Sad Suicide.
New York Exnress


a suicide of an extraordinary charac-
ter occurred on the steamer State of
New York while on her passage from
Hartford to this city last night On the
vessel arriving at Pier "a, East River,
early this morning, the captain reported
the facts to the police, from which it
appears that well-dressed, middle-aged
man, supposed from papers found in his
possession to be G. w. Scott, Of Baltic,
Conn.,, came on the boat at Hartford,
and, it was noticed, acted in strange
manner. Shortly after II O'Clock last
night while the State of New York was
nearing SaybIook, deck-hand named
Price noticed the passenger walking up
and down the forward deck, smoking a
cigar. Shortly afterward he heard -
noise, and on looking around, saw the
man lying on the deck.
At first he thought the passenger had
fallen from intoxication, but on making
an examination, found that the unfortu-
nate man had shot himself in the right
side of his head with Smith & Wesson
revolver, and had died instantly. In his
pocket was found the following letter
Hartford, Oct 29.-Oh, M Dear
Son Il take the steamer this afternoon
for New York. That / shall ever reach
there you can judge by what have sent
You. What l have stood against for the
past ten years has come at last. Many
times l have fed to find company, not
daring to trust myself alone. God bless
you, my children, Charlie, Annie and
Minnie. i know you love your little
sister dearly. 1t nearly broke her heart
when you married. She felt as though
she had lost her only brother. Yet, in
all of her acquaintances she preferred
you to marry Minnie than any one else.
Oh, how l longei 10 see you. Minnie and
Mr.. and Mrs. Popkins, ere / go to see
mamma, and pray / may be with her.
can't say farewell. God bless you all.
/ know you will care for Annie You
and Carrie consult with Mr. Gibbs on
all matters. He is a true and honest
man. Your FATHER.
have written to Annie same as TO
you.
This letter is written distinctly until
the sentence 81 can't say farewell" +" is
reached, when the writing be0omes
blurred and irregular. There was also
found another letter or memorandum,
indistinctly written in pencil, giving
directions 'or the disposal of Lis prop
erty. Scott is supposed to be man of
wealth and culture, a former member of
the Connecticut Legislature, and part
ner in the f,n Of Sprague 4 CO., Baltic,
Conn 1'he remains were taken to the
rnofgue, where Csroner Croker will hold
an inouest.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-22
ALovely Picture.
Darlington Hawkeyo.

Beautiful, beautiful silken hair"
Philip murmured fondly, toying lovingly
with one Of her Aut-brown tresses, "soft
as the piamage oman angels wing light
as the thistle down that dances on the
summer air; the simmer of sunset,
the glitter of yellow gold, the Iich red
brown Of autumnal forests blend in
enhancing beauty in its" And just
then it came off In bis hands, and he
forgot just what to say next. There
was a moment OF profound silence, and
then Aurelia took it from him and went
on: of the room with it. When she
came back be was gone. They meet
now, but they meet as strangers, and
the eyes that we're wont to beam upon
each other with the awakened love light
now giafe as though life were sn eternal
wash-day.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-22

SOUTHERN Russia threatens TO become
a rival OF Pennsylvania in the product Of
petroleum. The persons who some time
ago found oil near the shores OF the Cas-
plan sea, are reported to have turned
their discovery to profit. From one Of
the wells q stream, free from gas and
froth, is forced to a height Of seventy
five feet, yielding at the rate Of 10000
barrels a day. 1t Is believed that oil
abounds in Circassia, Georgia and AstFa-
chan, and that, when improved methods
Of drilling and pumping the wells have
been devised, oil viii be got in immense
quantities. Companies are already form
ing, it is reported, at Odessa, Novo
Tcberkosk, AstTschan, and other cities
for the purpose Of obtaining oil.
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Nov 4 the winter of our discomfort
Made glorious summer by. his sun Of York:
Yet there's hue and cry for weather-strips.
And coal remains IN the neighborhood offs
Nov are our brows bound with victorious wreath
Excepting mine, which is bound with towel
Dipped in iee-water; and yet am not happy.
Grim-visaged war had smooth'd
His wrinkPd fronti-piecs, and now, instead
OF mounting barbed steeds that snuff
The battle from afar and whose gallant
Riders wish it was from little further,
He capers nimbly in a Iady's chamber
To the Iascivious pleasings Of bnIl-fddle.
But !, that am not sha ped for sportive tricks,
Nor made TO court forty-dollar looking.glass;
l. that am rudely stump'd and want loves majesty,
Not having a hve-cent nickel to my bach;
1, that am curtaiPd Of this fair proportion,
Cheated OF features by assembling nature;
being hump -baok'd, knock-kneed. pigeon-toed,
spriD9-halt, ring boned and spawned, so that
Even dogs bark at me as halt by
Why, I, In this weak, piping time OF peace.
Have no delight to pass away the time
Unless / spy my shadow in the sun
And dsscant on mine own deiormity.
And, therefore. since can not prove lover
am determined To prove villain
Then, hear me. ye immortal gods,
straightway do announce myfef
As q candidate for tns State legislature
on Clty Derrick.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-22
The Russian NihiIists.
All the Year Round

All the ear lsOulA.
The vast associations of the Nihlllsts
is more comprehensive in its aims and
more thoroughgoing in its principle than
were even the Anabsptists of Lsyden,
or the Jewelers. and Fifth Monarchy men,
who fought and marched, under protest,
in Cromuoll's army. Their simple de-
sire Il to make d clean sweep OF all hu
man institutions and to take their chance
OF what may follow. Only give them
leave to destroy, and the reconstruction
may prove practicable, or may not but
in any case, the world viii be tilted out
of its old grooves and cut adrift frem rs
old roorings. No more authority,
whether of priest CT king, Of corporsl or
policeman. No more property, be Z ip
an acre Of potatoes or princely de,
mesne. Religion, learning, ambition.
family life, are obstacles to so gigantic a
change Let all these go, says the fierce
eyed apostle of this gloomy creed, and
then the new millennium of universal
negation will run its course unchecked
That Nibiism should number millions
of Russians among its converts is not
very surprising, since an ignorant peas
antry, slaves but yesterday, and used
from infancy to a rude tribal commun-
ism, cannot be expected TO grasp the
truths of political economy. Nor need
we wonder if counts and barons, clerks,
captains and civil functienaries, sincerely
sick of a grinding despotism that med
dies with everything and mends nothing,
should become fellow-conspirators with
those "black people" whose first act
would be to improve noble, magistrate
and eficial flem off the face OF Russia.
Even educated Nihilists perhaps cherish
vague hope that some order might be
evolved out of the chaos that is TO come,
and that the new system might be more
to their taste than the rule of sitting
despOtism. The real ground for aston
ishment is that so many Germans, supe-
rier both in culture and in brain power
TO their hat-faced neigh bors beyond the
Niemen, should have proved themselves
pupils, only TOO apt, in that dark and
dismal school which had its origin in
Russia. Nothing but violent reaction
against drill, bureaucracy and pedantry
can explain the sudden adhesion of SO
many myriads of thoughtful, hard
headed Teutons to a faith that is gilded
by no bright hopes and surrounded by
no roseate illusions, and that offers, at
best, no loftier prospect of success than
that of set of mutinous urchins, who
should have achieved the triumph of
tearing up their books and blrring
out the schoolmaster. Unfortunately,
however, Germans sometimes act where
Mustovites are content to dream, and an
armed and aggressive sect of revolution
&ry zsalots, ready to expound their doc
trines with rife and revolver, may at last
compel society To ..nsunsv willing slsfeas-a
- its own first principles,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-22

PROF. W. II. BREWER, of Yale, bas
been studying the features Of the Wal
lingiord tornado and giving his views OF
tornadoes generally. Nobody, he says,
can tell what makes q tornado. There
are many theories conceTning the cause.
Lightning always plays leading part
in the disturbance. Ia some tOrnadoes
the exhibi ten of electricity Is grand.
There il no particular hour at which
they are form ed, but they usually take
place in the afternoon, for il is then that
a hot day becomes most sultry. In
northern latitudes the rotary motion i
always from the right 10 the left. The
column is funnel shaped, the small part
being on the earth. II sways from side
to side frequently, and sometimes
baunds. 4 k s.-asll, The movement ia
q snar Is lfs z 'lasssss1snsugn nusunn'
Feast. The Wsiiingford tornado does not
appear to have been unusually severe,
and the loss OF life was mainly due to
the fimsiness of the houses, which were
easily blown down. Similar tornadoes
often occur in New England. They
tear up trees, throw down fences, but as
ne lives are lost, little attention is paid
/ 10 them.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-22
WARS AND yyHISIs.

A DARKEY called at OWensboro, Ky,
the other day, and wanted TO know,
'Doss dis postords keep slamptsd ante
lofesg"
IT makes young mar ieel very much
as if some things ia the world were all
var. to sing "Come to ny bosom, come
love-" nnder a window, ard then happen
10 zee a sign so let " on -he door,
HOLMES remarlss on the wonderlul
4 provisions of nature. lie says there l.
n6reyeu left nnrrew tseyice der :.
flss rcsk si:'seet.e- Co. 1el' ~ "A :
psssd foyi 1 4 NC thB'
same way when yacanties occur 10
official positions.
AT q recent marriage IN a suburban
town the bridegroom when asked the
important question if he would take the
lady for better or for worse, replied in
hesitating manner, "Well, 1 think
will" Upon being told that be must be
more positive in his declaration, he an
swered: "Wel, don't care ii do"
The Nevada inventors aspire TO rival
the wonderful achievements Of Edison,
and perhaps the greatest triumph ever
yet recorded by them is tie invention of
a combined butter churn and ACCORDION.
The cream is placed in the lower part Of
the accordeon, and while the player is
drawing "Sweet Spirit Hear Ny
Prayer out Of the instrument, wooden
attachments TO the keys are churning
the butter.
SOMETIMES -ER-ER. R.-Augustus drives
great deal these lovely afternoons.
'Do you know" he said TO Eva, yesteT-
day, while they were driving out Fort
Madison road, edo you know, sometimes
-er-when these-rhese soft-End Of
soft-softing iafuences-you know,
these hszy soft Of soft-soft-ur-ah-
these kind Of soft" Presses his hand
departing uFon his brow and looks un-
utterable autumnal things.
NEwBURYPoRT, MASS, is almost un-
der the shadow Of Plymouth Rock. In
old times it was crime 30 swear on the
street, and if the boys did not 90 70
church the deacons hunted them up and
drove them in. Things, however, have
changed On a recent Sunday six ex~
cursion steamboats, were plying about
the harbor; the preachers were all out
of town enjoying their vacation, and
score of farmers, 20 save the tide, were
moving in the marshes.
a coLoRED Georgia minister breaches
the following practical theology; "Bred-
dran, my 'speriencs is dat it amt de
perfession of 'ligion, but de casional
~ ggnasp syUE yss1 aisrhg.us t04lsllS
gate an Peter looks yer right ia de eYe
and yer shows him yer long creed and
says, pompous like, dat yer 'longed terra
big church, de 'postle III shake his hear
an say, Dat amt nuf to get ye
through. But if yer takes all yer bills
under yer arm, yer grocer bills an yer
rent bills, an Ie looks 'ena over an finds
'em all receipt5a, hen say, Yer titles
clear an'unlock de gate an let yer
pitch yer voice fos de angels song. But
It ain't no use ter trabble along dat nay
rer path less yer can carry, folded up in
yer creed, a good rec'mendstion from
yer creditors Aebben amt no place
for man who has 70 dodge roun'
corner fur fear oh meetin' some one
who'll ask for dat little bill dat nebe
was paid"