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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-04
SOME FACTS ABOUT SILVER.

Few persons seems to BIO aware OF the fact
that the old silver dollar-the dollar Of the
daddies' and the subsidiary silver coins Of
the United States. issued prior to April L,
1863, were d full legal tender for oil debts,
public aud private, without any distinction.
These subsidiary coins consisted Of the half
dollar, quarter-dollar, twenty-cent piece,
dime and half-dime. Prior TO April /, 1863
$6s,679,507 Of half-dollars and an enormous
sum Of smaller silver pieces had been coined
in the mints OF the United States. They are
all invested to this day with unlimited legal
tender power, and the government is com
PEELED to receive them in payment OF it's GUS
toms dues at theif nominal value.
The dollar Of the daddies contained 41211ss
grains OF silver, and the subsidiary coins
their due proportion OF this weight of silver
the half-doilar 2064 grains, the qua1ter-dol-
lar 1885, ETC. But on the 1st of April, 1863
Congress, owing to the fact that, because Of
the increased value which silver had acqur-
cd, our subsidiary coins could not be kept in
circulation, reduced the weight Of these coins
and provided that they should no longer be q
legal tender for more than five dollars in any
one payment.
No change however, was made In the old
silver dollar-"our dads legal dollar" That
coin Of 4t21a grains, nine-tenths fine, is still
coin of the standard value of the United
States, and was and is dollar with unlimited
legal tender power But it's further coinage
was prohibited by the act of February 10,
1873 and what the Bland bill aims at is the
repeal of that act in SO far as 1T demonetized
that old silver dollar" loved better than all
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-04
CANCELLATION OF BOND.

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Executive Department. J
Whereas OSCAR B. SARPY, of the parish of
Plaauemines has applied to me for the cancel
lation Of three bonds, furnished and subscribed
by him as principal, for the sum of six thousand
dollars EACH one dated November II. 1878. with
Damas A. Thibaut and Henry Mahoney securi-
ties. each for the sum Of three thousand dollars ;
one dated December 7. 1874. with the following
securities: A. Milon for the sum of one thou
sand dollars, Arena Dobard for the sum of
thirty-nve hundred dollars. and Sarah r. Stack
house for the sum of fifteen hundred dollars
and one dated October 80 1878, with T. w. Saw
yer as security for the sum Of forty five hundred
dollars. and Henry Mahoney for the sum of flf
teen hundred dollars, conditioned for the faith
full performance and execution of the duties of
said Oscar B. Sarpy as sheriff of the parish of
Plaauemines
Now, therefore, I. FRANCIS n. NICHOLAS.
Governor of the State of Louisiana, have
thought proper to issue this my proclamation.
calling upon all persons having interest herein
to show cause. in writing at the office of the
Secretary of State, in the city of New Orleans.
within ninety days from and after the last pub
LEGATION hereof, why said bonds should not be
cancelled and annulled. and the above named
securities discharged from any further labili-
ties In the premises.
In testimony whereof, / have signed these
presents and caused the seal of the State to be
hereunto affixed. at the city of New Orleans
this twenty fourth day of December, in the year
Of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy seven. r,-,.,-e,-,, ~ ,-r,rr,,
By the Governor:
WILL. A. STRONG.
Seoretarv of State ia22 3Ot*
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-04

There has been going on In the West, dur
ing the past few years, almost wholly unno-
ticed by the press, q gigantic social revolution
that promise to change the oldest ideas and
customs of the country and to completely
Europ eanize it.
| The peculiar freedom from stiff social reg,l-
| lations enjoyed by the young men and women
| of the West in their intercourse has often been
noticed. This freedom is easily explained. It
| is the result of the rapid growth of Western
villages into towns and Of towns into cities.
The belle who made her debut in the little
frontier hamlet of Chicago had scarcely re-
| tired from the field, had not yet secured o.
matrimonial prize, when that young giant had
| grown to city. The result was that the
city society was conducted on pretty much
the same basis as the village society, and that
the social DEGREES and restrictions of civilized
Europe were laughed to scorn by Young
America of the West. This freedom enjoyed
by Western girls has always been a subject
Of wonder to European visitors; oil have ex-
pressed their surprise at it, many their de-
light. and some severe disapproval Of the
Arcadian simplicity of these untutored dam
sells.
In no place of all America were social
customs more simple than in st. Louis
The parties, balls and entertainments OF
that city boosted of none but the young
There was neither room nor desire for the
presence of any curious relatives, and girl
who brought her mother along with her to q
ball as protector was regarded with sus-
picion, and quickly laughed either out of the
} habit or out Of society. That peculiarly Amer
} lean habit Of q young lady going to ball with
no escort save a young gentleman, an &C
quaintance Of perhaps only q week, and re-
turning home at daylight to get in the house
by means Of q night-key, flourished in st
i Louis in all its glory. In fact, the most per-
i feet social freedom prevailed. 1t is true
the old folks looked with distrust upon
i this system, and made several efforts to inau-
gurate reform; but as the young people
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-04

| The success Of the Russians in the present
war is due almost wholly to their victory oil
Plevna, and that victory is largely owing tt
the Roumanian troops. Without the assist
anee of these Rounanians the Russians would
never have been able to have effectually sur.
rounded Osfnan Pasha and starved him into q
surrender. At the beginning of the wal
newspaper correspondents were won't tC
ridicule the Roumanian troops, to laugh doubt
| ingly at their courage, but when the proper
| time came it was soon found that they made the
very best Of fighters. 1t was to them that the
| capture of the Gravitza redoubts was due.
They stormed o dozen other Turkish for
tihcations. and left their thousands of dead
on the field of Plevna. Now that the
war is ended, Russia negotiates the terms of
peace alone. refusing to allow her allies any
say in the matter. Servia, which eowardly
waited until it could see which side was about
to win, is to be rewarded with large Turkish
land grant; Montenegro is similarly to OBJ
tain Turkish territory while Roumania, which
bore the brunt of the battle. Is not only to
gain nothing, but Russia has actually decided
to contlscate O large portion of it's territory
near the mouths of the Danube. Russia, how
ever, seems not at all satisfied with even
these terms, The Raski NV, the Russian off,
eial paper, and host of other journals of that
empire declare, evidently at the suggestion Of
the Russian Chancellor, that the best reward
Russia can give Roumania Is to swallow it up
altogether, and thus give it the benefit Of
Russian laws and civilization.
"Above ALL +" the Ruski Mir says, "RoumeS
MIA must not be allowed to become neutral
State, lying between Russia and Turkey. In
acquiescing in this Russia would only be con-
senting to a repetition of the arrSngement,
henceforward obsolete, OF the treaty of
Paris
In return, therefore, for it's loss of men and
treasure the principality of Roumania is
likely only to obtain a harsher and more Sc
we're master than Turkey. It has certainly
exchanged King Log for King Stork.
The Russian terms of peace with Turkey
are easily explained. The Servians and Mon
tenegrins are Sclavs, Of the same race as the
Russians and as the one great idea of Russia
is Pan-Sclavism to unite all sections OF the
Sclavic race in one empire, it is interested in
building up these States at the expense of
Turkey. The Roumanians, on the other
hand are not Sclays There are $1,000, 900 of
them in Turkey, Austria and Russia. 3he
Russians are unwilling to see the Rouma-
mans united into one empire, that would be
as barrier between them and Constantine
pie, and as a consequence reward their Rou-
manian allies with kicks and cuffs.
Roumania Is we'll aware Of this. When the
Roumanian Chambers assembled, the other
day. one of the ministers remarked: "God
grant that the sacrifices Roumania has al
ready made may be the only ones she will
have to make in consequence of the present
war" All the other ministers Joined in D
mournful amen to this prayer, which evident
ly represents the sentiment OF the unfortunate
Roumanian nation.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-04

Some practical joker in New Orleans has just
created a perfect panic in the Republican
ranks at Washington For many days the
correspondents Of the Western papers have
been coming dispatches of the most sensa-
tional character regarding the proceedings
going on In the Returning Board cases down
here In New Orleans. These dispatches soon
worked all Washington into perfect fever,
far exceeding anything known there since the
days Of the Electoral Commission.
Consequently, when Garfield received tele-
gram from New Orleans announcing that he
had Just been indicted by the Grand Jury of
this parish for conspiracy to procure false
return OF the election, and that John Sher-
man, Stanley Matthews, Job Stevenson, Eu-
rene Hale, Z. w. Stoughton and others would
be indicted within day or two, the greatest
consternation prevailed among the Repub-
licans.
Garfield was undoubtedly frightened by the
news He is naturally timid man, and the in
telligenee brought on severe nervous attack,
that completely Frustrated him. When he had
recovered he dashed around Washington in
search of all the Louisianians he could find
there in order to learn whether the dispatch
was correct or not. Far from satisfied with
the information that nobody else had received
this news but himself he insisted on on in
tarview with the President on the subject,
which. however, it is said, was far from salts
factory.
Sherman was scarcely less alarmed. He
also had an interview with the President from
which he came gloomy and cross, peremp-
torily refusing to be interviewed by reporters
An interview, however, that a Herald repor-
t1r had with him ON the previous day, shows
that he takes a very gloomy view OF the Louis
lana trials. He thought the jury woulc
ronyict Anderson, and that he had no hope O
nardon. He dwelt 50 feelingly on the disgrace
that would cling to Louisiana II it sent the Re
turning Board rogues to the penitentiary, thai
me cannot fail seeing some personal feeling
ii the matter. This outrage will make de
ce,,t f.ouisianians ashamed OF their State,
4 ma said: ut surpasses In criminaiity the repu
fiation Of her State debt by Mississippi Th'
,vhola movement is ill-advised, unfortunat,
and likely to produce the worst results
evidently the Returning Board trials nav
alarmed the Radical statesmen IN WASH
| inuton, and this alarm has been magniiied
fhnusand-fold by the sensational dlspatcnes
IA the Western papers. It would take very
l;ttle i,,st now TO cause o scattering In Mash
, mott among the leading statesmen q tnf
Republican party.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-04
MARRIED.

PUTNAM-GEREN-O Wednesday. January
80 at the Church of the Annunciation. by the
Rev. r. T. Stuart. Fearn, daughter of John M.
Putnam, of this city, and James 2. Geren,
Sherman. Texas. No cards.
Jackson. Miss. papers please copy.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-04
NEW ORLEANS, FEBRUARY a, 1878.

We are under obligations to Senators Euetis,
Jones of Florida, Maxey and Bayard, and
Glen. Gibson, of the House, for important con-
gressional documents.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-04
PROPOSALS FOR LEvEE WORK.

STATE OF LOUISIANA
Executive Department, I
New Orleans, February 2, 1878. }
Sealed proposals will be received at this office
until MONDAY, February Ii. at IL n for the
construction of the. following levees:
Petite Prairie levee, Plaauemines parish.
Melbourne levee East Carroll parish.
Plans, profles and specifications will be ready
for inspection at the State Engineers office
between the fourth and eleventh Of February,
1873
Proposals shall be addressed to the under
signed, and each one Endorsed for the particular
Ievee on which the bid is made.
The sealed proposals must contain deposit
amounting to one cent for each yard OF the esti-
mated contents up to ten thousand yards, and
an additional quarter of one cent for every yard
over, to be forfeited to the State in case OF the
failure of the contractor or bondsmen to qualify
within forty eight hours after adjudication, or
else the bondsmen must be present at the open
ing of the bids. prepared to sign Immediately.
The Board reserves to itself the right to reject
"A-' FRANCIS T. NICHOLAS.
Governor and President of the Board OF State
Engineers. 1e3
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-04
BODLEY BROTHERS. ..
I2s and l2O.. Common street. .l27 and l2D
Between st. Charles and City Hotels.

FARM AND PLANTATION WAGONS.
Cane Carts Bagasse Carts, Small Carts of all
Sizes Timber Wheels, Wheelbarrows. Spokes,
Feoes. Shafts, Wagon Material. Axle Grease,
etc.
This Is the oldest and largest wagon establish
ment in the South. manufacturing their own
work and guaranteeing everything they sell.
fe3 1y 2dp
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-05-16

n soNe Of DO disisioss q tie Ceatrsl
Vstmaui Re Isa nan q large bssi-
Dess experience and las great mAHy
frieaas h disereAi portions Of The stAls.
n 7. sPsEue Of Brandon Is also.
We understand. 10 the seld, the caucus
just called 10 BFaadoh having unan.
imously elected delcgates psedged 10
him s8d be vii have some support 10
the eonveation, though be Is probably
making 10 very determined effort. Il
Is quite possible that neither of the
candidates viii SET a majority Of the
votes a. the fret ballot and that the
dark horse may win after ell.
There Is DO use 10 eoBoeAling The
fact that : greA, many proninen. men,
10 different portions Of the state and
almost every man ia Remington
county. would be glad TO have Hon.
A. L. Miner. Of this town, elected to
this ohice. lie is man Of large ex.
peTisuoe and undoubled ability, having
served in both branches Of the leglsla-
,uro time and again, and also as repre-.
sentative IN congress. Only one pos
sible objection can be made TO him,
some Of the younger men regarding bis
age as an objection. but Mr., Miner is
still strong and vigorous and can dis
charge the duties OF the Office much
better than younger man who lacks
experience. II was once the custom,
and We think IL should be revived
TO bestow this Office on elderly men
who deserved we'll Of the state, and we
are confident no man at the present
time, could enjoy the honors mole wor.
thiIy. Mr. Miner viii employ no man
TO 60 about the state to Jir things for
him and will make use Of none OF the
means too often employed in an active
canvass, and il the honor comes TO him
at all it will be the free offering of the
people -Four years ago his name was
presented to the convention, without
bis knowledge, and be received large
number Of the votes cast though an &C.
tive Canvass had been made for two
other candidates. This year If il should
be announced at the convention that he
is candidate the result maxashow
even a larger vote for him.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-05-16
srArr oosvEsrsos

Tho Republican State Convention
having beea called At Darlington On TIE
25d iast there i bat short time 10
which 10 cali primaries and elect dele.
gates and The republican town commit.
Tee 10 eAcA town should see that these
meetings are called st once and del.
ega,cs chosen.
The republican town committees IN
the towns Of this county are A. iollows
Arlington-Henry @, Williams. w. L.
MoAuley. Wm Z. Eaton; Dorset--W.
A. Tyrel. O. NJ Sykes, Ira Cochran;
Landgroye--H. II Harlow, Chas. w
Woodward. J II. Abbott; Manches-
ter--H anBey Howard. K. J. Hawley,
Fred y. Cook; Pcru-P. j. Walker, NJ.
b. Lyon, J. p. Long; Rupert--Albert
L. Burton, Edward p Sheldon. Geo.
Riehey, Sandga.e-- Willis Bentley, G.
j. Hamilton, Il. L. Hamilton sun
derland HarilAnd Judson, j. j. Hill.
Albert Amidon; Stamford--C. f Win.
cheil, NJ olough. Green Nicholsi
searsburgh Geo. j Bond, Joseph
Crosier, Foster Groesbury; Readsboro
- w Carpenter, III. DAWSON, A. j.
Pike; Winhall--C. b. Williams, l.. @.
Bolster, j. NJ. Kendall Pownal--L. j.
Gsrdner. Pliney Wright, Justin Patrell.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-05-16

"New Process" -four is an article
that everybody has heard of, though
not everybody understands what it 10.
Stripped OF technicalities, this is about
the story Of its manufacture; The
best -four used to be made Of winter
wheat. Spring wheat yielded either
much less 10 quantity or else SO much
Of the bran got into the -four In its
manufacture that its color was intoler-
ably dark. The wheat would be ground
aud then bolted. In the refuse---the
bran and middlings-would be includ.
cd large proportion Of the weight Of
the spring wheat, and this would sell
more particularly for feed for horses.
Now the best Of flour. aud the most ex.
pensive, is made out Of this very re-
fuse OF the old fashioned process. 1t
all came out Of the discovery of a way
TO draw out the bran. Under the new
process the " heat is ground, about as
before. The first result Is an ordinary
-four sold for expectation. Then the
remainder is taken and put upon great
horizontal sleeves aud. while agitation
is going on there, an ingenious system
Of drafts. rushing up through, carries
of the bran. What is left is the gluti-
nous portion Of the wheat, tho most
nutritious and most productive. and
out Of this, purified now by the draw.
ing or the bran, we get our new pro-
cess -four. The result Of The discovery
Of the process has been TO make the
poor spring wheat Of Minnesota and
upper Wisconsin the most valuable
kind Of grain. and 20 cake The fortunes
Of the inventors 81 the method. who
have bull. up at Minneapolis immense
mills.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-05-16

sioa 81 privilege. Hale q Aaine asked
leave 70 insert An aneadmens iacluding
Mississippi and Oregon. AID ssia tAs
republicans would not oppose the rec
olution il The amendment we're adopted,
or even II the amendment were allowed
10 be pat TO a vote. even though Il
night be rejected, bot Potter refused.
the democrats not daring 70 60 on the
record a. opposing the amendment.
When The call was made 90 the resoiu-
ton the republicans did not vote which
iefs less than a quorum voting aud Of
course no action could be had. Az il
was evident no quorum could be bad
the democrats finally voted an adjourn
ment and retired for consultation.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-05-16

The repeal of the bankrupt law will
revive the State insolvent laws, which
we're suspended by its enactment, but
the revival OF those laws will not allow
parties to escape responsibility for in
debtedness existing at the time Of such
repeal. This is the view taken by the
best lawyers in the Senate, when the
repeal of the bankrupt law was lately
discussed in that body. Senator Hoar
used these words: Gas / understand
the old decisions Of the supreme court
Of the United States, there can be no
discharge whatever. under the opera.
tion Of any State insolvent law, frcm
debt contracted prior to the enact
ment, or tc the revival Of such insol.
vent law"
Mr. Edmunds, the chairman of the
judiciary, said, The present repeal OF
the bankrupt act, although it reviyes
the insolvent systems of all the States
does not revive them as to any existing
debt or any existing credit. The re.
lations of every creditor and every
debtor now existing, this act being re-
pealed. to-day, will continue to exist,
in spite Of State laws" These decla-
rations o. these able lawyers we're not
controverted in the Senate, and, there.
fore, may be relied upon as stating the
law correctly. Those persons, there
fore, who have been calculating to get
relief from their debts by the State
laws, are likely to find themselves mis-
taken.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-05-16

AT the caucus Ia Rutland Tuesday
evening to elect delegates TO the state
convention the Merrill delegates had a
majority Of o. The Herald claims that
the caucus was packed by Merrill with
Irish democrats We know nothing OF
the truth Of this assertion but the fact
that there are over 1000 republican, vo-
tiers in Rutland and great effort was
made 10 get them out and only $40
voted at the caucus would show that
there would not likely be a large mum.
Der Of democrats present on either side.
There will probably be two sets Of del.
ega,es from that town at Burlington.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-05-16

one haadred years ago last Sunday,
May l2lh, Col Ethan Allen. having
been exchanged as prisoner Of war,
visited Washington at Valley Forge
aud the latter wrote a letter TO the
President Of Congress in which he
spesks Of Allen as follows "His for.
iitade and hrmness seem to have
placed him ont Of the reach OF misior-
tune There is an original something
Ia BIN, that commands admiration /;
aud bio long captivity and suflerngs
have ouly served to Increase, II posi-
bic, lis enthusiastic zeal, He appears
very DESTROYS VI rendering bic services
10 tho States, aud Of being employed ]
add Al the same time be does not ds-
cover any ambition for high rank Con.
gfess viii herewith receive a letter
trem him and ] doubt not they viii
make soch provision for him a. they
may ihlak proper aud suitable
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-05-16

The LoDdon Times well says that the
fabric OF American society IL SO strong
that II can sustain. with little or no In
jury, shocks which would be fatal to
more cflete constitutions. In the
United States the freedom Of discussion
is = safety valve through which a great
deal Of superduous political steam Go.
cspes. The Americans have political
sAgacily enough 10 distinguish be-
tween Incorporate or even revloution-
airy speech and rebellious action. We
Co no, doubt. il they have TO deal with
any dangerous form Of communism.
they will deal with il effectively. The
.ociAl fabric Of tue United States is A.
capable Of successfully resisting such
an attack as that Of any state 10 tie
void