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The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-29
THE MANHATTAN BANK.
THE institution Closed to BusIness-saXty
mays' Notice Required OG seeR0stt0rs-
Reward for the Burglars.


A Reward for the Burglars.
NEW YORK, Oct. 28.~-The startling news OF
the gigantic robbery Of the Manhattan Saw
ings institution caused Il profound sensation
to-day in banking circles. The magnitude OF
the robbery and the daring manner III which
II was planned and carried out fairly as
founded the custodians OF the peoples money.
The bank building is closed for business, but
largo crowds of depositOrs are gathered i'll
the neighborhood Of the bank anxious to as
certain the condition Of affairs and the pros
poets of getting their money. The lanltor
and night watchman, who were arrested and
afterwards released yesterday, are ut the
bank to-day helping to straighten out mat
tors, DepOsltors are indignant and denoun-
cling the bank officials for entrusting the
ianjtor with the combination OF the vault
The bank directors held a meeting to-day
and 1t is understood a large reward will be
Dnid for the apprehension Of the burglars and
the recovery Of the stolen securities.
Notice has been posted on the doors OF
the bank stating the fact OF the rob-
berry of S2,747, 700, and requiring sixty days
notice from depositors. Many depositors are
giving notices Of intended withdrawal, but
no deposits are being taken or payments
made. The bank officials state that the sur
plus Of the bank Is more than sufficient TO
cover any probable loss that may be sustained
by reason OF the robbery.
The police are actively at work on tho case,
and the officers on duty during the past few
weeks In the vicinity Of the bank have been
called to conference at headquarters this
morning, probably to compare notes as tc
professionals who have been noticed there
abOuts recently.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-29
RUSSIA n CENTRAL ASIA.
THE Boundary Line of Her Southern ssSs+
sessions.


sessions.
At the present juncture OF affairs it is worth
while noting what the existing southern
boundary line to the Russian possessions In
Central Asia is as drawn on, their own maps.
Typographical department makes no change
In the frontier line north Of what is often flor
want OF q better name) called Kashgaria
From the meridian Of kuld ia the line follows
pretty closely the water parting Of the Tian-
Shan mountains as far as the Suck pass. But
here instead Of following the Alai range
which has been hitherto considered to be the
southern limit of Ferghana, it turns almost
directly southwark, and, taking in the great
Kara Kul lake, advances TO point only 100
miles distant, as the crow fles, from the nearest
point OF Kashmr territoryt This, it may be
observed en- pnssant, Is rather different from
tho 450 miles usually assumed to separate the
two empires. After running with q generally
westward direction for about fifty miles, the
boundary turns and rejoins the originally &C
cepted frontier about the meridian at Kho-
khud. But the manner IN which it leaps
across streams and water partngs In order
to do this is suggestive OF further "sym~
tuetrcal reCtifiCatiOns" in q southerly direc-
ton. From the last mentioned point it runs
OF Col. Walkers map uf Turkestan, but only
breaks off in @ manner as suspicious as it is
abrupt, for q gap OF very nearly 100 miles
It. then follows the old frontier line up to the
Oxus. The said map contains q great deal of
new information about the Pamir, karteghin
and IIissar countries. which English cartO-
graphcrs will do well to make note OIL Lon
don A tleDnum.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-29
POLITICAL WAITS.

The information is contributed by the Bos-
ton Post that Congressman-elect De La
Matyr, OF Indiana, was Ori ginally named after
q salt marsh in South America.
Notwithstanding the overwhelming Demo-
cratic majority In Texas Senators Maxey and
Coke are energetIcaIly stumping the State In
behalf OF the ticket and party principles.
DR.. De La Matyr, the recently elected In
diana Congressman, is In New York doing
SOme campaign speaking. lie will soon leave
for Buffers baiiwick.
The Boston Globe says the regular Repub-
licans are SO hard up in Mas6achusetts that
they had to send for Schurz to help them out,
notwithstanding his high price
Eugene Hale Is said to be after the Navy
department portfolio, Hale learned scaman-
ship on his late voyage up Salt river.-tSt,
Louis Journal.
This is the workingman's fortnight He
has more friends now than he ever dreamed
of having before, and more than he will ever
have again-until next October.-[N. Y. Tri-
bune.
The Democratic candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky is said to be the hand
soonest man in the State. Woman suffrage
might come in advantageousIy for the gen
tleInan in question In that State
Gov. Hartranft thinks there will be a solid
Democratic South in 1880. For the first time
since he has been under the malgn Cam
eroniAn influence the Governors sentiments
~ ~-'DHAA WV
rect
The voting population OF Indiana, as certi-
fled to the auditor Of the State by the several
county Auditors, is 451 ,o56, including 805G col
ored persons. These figures will form the
basis OF the Legislative and congressional ap-
pOrtionment to be made In 1879.
The San Francisco Chronicle says that
Hayes first blunder was the insnceritv of
his civil service reform protestations. This
is mistaken view OF the question. Hayes
| first blunder was when he took an office to
which he had not been elected.-lN New York
Sun.
The great army Of independents In Georgia
and other Southern States is fast lessening ir
numbers. The candidates of this particular
sect are withdrawing in great numbers from
hopeless contests. Emory Speer, an Inde
pendent candidate in the Ninth Congressona
District Of Georgia, is the last prominent one
| to retire from the field.
The indianapolis Journal has official re-
turns Of the vote for Secretary of State from
all but five counties in Indiana, and unof1icia
reports from these. The figures show thes
aggregates: For Moore, R"publican, $780, 755
Shanklin, Democrat, 1914 491; James, Green
back Labor Reform, 39448; Democratic plu
rality, 1876. The total vote was 4l4, ,69.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-29
MINOR TELEGRAMa.

The st. Elmo Hotel of Sioux City, Iowa, was
damaged by fire on Sunday to the extent OF
$t5OOO insured in Eastern companies.
The society connected with the John Street
M. E. Church, of New York, the oldest society
in America, celebrated its one hundred ana
twelfth anniversary Sunday.
The Rev J. Hyatt Smith, Of the Baptist
Church, Williamsburg, N. Y, preached yes
terday on drunkenness in professions. He
cited g terrible example from the bar, bench
and pulpit.
The Law and Order Association OF New
ark n. j., had Sunday score OF lnfOrmers
visiting barrooms In search or evidence on
violations of the Sunday law. Trouble IS
ahead for the saloon-keepers.
Al. FAY, a barber In Newton, Mass, COM
mitted suicide yesterday morning by. throw
ing himself In front of railroad train His
head was severed from the body and one arm
and both legs cut off.
Provost, murderer of the Vancalet family,
hun : himself In the jail at Vincennes, Ind,
early Sunday morning Ihe cQroners Jury
with the murder. This, with the threat OF
lynching, induced the act. A Catholic priest
visited him Saturday, but gained no confess
sion.
A committee of Baltimore gentlemen called
on the President yesterday, and invited MIN
to attend the Maryland Institute Fair next
tation. He will leave Washington Thursday
morning and return the same evening: Inc
delegation also invited the Chinese Minister TO
be present, and the invitation was accepted.
Jacob Daman, proprietor of the St; James
| Hotel, died at Omaha on Saturday night, nav M
ing been shot twice by Edward kreisman. Inc
men had an impromptu duel on THURSDAY
night, the difficulty arising from the charge
| that kresman had been too intimate with
Daman's wife.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-29
LETTER OF RER. TEEOs. I'D. WAhHHARE@v
OF TME TENTH WARD.
Nav ORt.EAHs, October %; 1878

Nav 5OBtEANs, October %. 1873
To Chairman and Membsrs Executive Commit
tee of Parish Committee:
Gsntleme,l1n brder to create n feeling OF har~
mony and unity among the Democratic. Com
ssrvative voters Oh the tenth ward and 10 fur
ther the Interest oh the pa7ty. do hereby with
draw my name fTenn the TICKET ~ O noEafnee OF
the party for tho Lsgss sstnre from the tenth
our m State means SO 10 be- true to to the princspes Of
true Democracy and that the only salvation Of
our community from vetBrn to Radicallsn is
The union of @ sosd Conservative vote. think
best to bury any personal pride or ambition
that may have and 10 entfeavor BY with-
drawal to unite aIlthe heInooratic- Conserva-
tive voters In my Representative Distributions
the insidious sn aeapofs Of tho worst class OF
Republicans to again assume the reins CT gov
ment. Yours, respectfully,
TH0S D. WILLIAMS.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-29
The French Ednca tIon BUDGET.

The French primary education budget for
theyear 1879 am 3unts to 82,916 francs, or
463, 900 francs more than in 1878, rs learned
Of Public instruction demands this increase
partly for aiding different communes In the
establishment of o free school system, and
partly for completing the organization Of the
educational museum at Paris, started in 1872
the latter purpose is 10000 francs Monsieur
Bardoux. Minister Of Public instruction, has
directed the projects to abstain In future from
interfering with the appointment Of teachers
in the cOmmunes. The minister leaves 1t en-
tirey to the local authorities to select their
teachers because, he says, these authorities
are the only natural and legitimate interpre~
tors OF the wishes Of the people
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-29

FREQ us 1t s possible to be. At tho Council
board my vote will always be for what I shall
consider tsst for Ne.o ff'leans. regardless OF
me will believe that Of me which I Hay. and
those who do not can ask their neighbors and
af the polls express their decision. =
t.. Your political interrogatori ios Understand to-
be addressed to tho Legislative nominees and
with them leave the answers.
In conclusion permit mo to say. that Eny cfts~
zen who docs rae the honor to rethin my name
upon his ballot, shall mover have 8ause to regret
that he voted for ALE. III. ISAAC3ON,
Candidate on the Democratic Couser yattv9
ticket for Administrator OF Finance,
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-29
More Encouraging RepOrts-Nucleus of q
FUND for she widow ansa Orphans
nE Lieut.. RGMmeFR.

NEW YORK, Oct 2S.-Dispatches show that
the Southern scourge Is dying out rapidly,
reports from the very worst places being ia
yorablo now.
At meeting of the Southern relief commit
tee of the Chamber OF Commerce 1t was voted
to set aside from unappropriated receipts the
sum of $4,000 rs a nucleus Of 81 fund to be held
In trust for the widow and orphans Of Lieut..
Benners, United States army, who volun-
teered to take charge of the relief steamer
Chambers, with medicines and provisions for
districts on the Mississippi river infected with
fever, but cut off from all communication with
other places by reason of the panic caused by
and lost it in the cause of humanity, and he
has left behind him q widow and two orphan
children,
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-29
GEN. PATTON AND THE CsTHZENs,

Gen, Patton having boon informed that NOM
bers Of the Ctizens' Conservative Association n
had Stated on the streets that he had solcite d
the Endorsement of the association TO his nors H.
nation us Mayor. addressed commandment on
to tho committee demanding Oh explanati ,on
which was answered, as follows
100 ConMoH SIRE Ell. !
New Orleans. October 27, 1B7 g. (
Gen. /. W. Patton, 221 Washington Avenue
Dear Sr-Your communication OF the tv 1enty-
sixth instant is received In which you sta CO that
you are informed by several mutual I riends
licly on the streets that you solicited frog mem
bers OF our association an IndorseR iant for
your nomination as Mayor and 10 whif h YOU at
sHtion between ourselves, had at the hdjntant
Generals Office. some three or four avs before
that fndorsement Was mad0,
In reply desire to say that your CT ,mmunioa-
ton Is the first lntmation | have hg ID as to the
existence s Of iany such rHmor an' deem Il
committee have done you tho inju slice to make
such statements contrary to fact and my high
at once present anything can to remove esi eny
such unjust imputation.
Shortly Ate after your nm9minatio m n. when calling
your department. in tbs cours o nl friendly con
versaton [ took occasion to Congratulate you
upon your, nomination, M afterwards re-
marked that you had many warm friends and
supporters in the moveme at with which / was
connoe,en, ahd snt re probability was that
dOrsemPnt. N
you feplled that you 7ere O party man and
ment, We had best out ont a fuiIv difrarenl
ticket. / then said that wouId not renent tha
remark, and you repli eh thnt was nj nnrfen,
liberty to do so; and lr eioined that sunh action
WAS not contemplated nv onr committee
This Is substAntinI ~ ali tho conversation w.
had on that subject; ,nt If INV recnllectinn does
not accord entirely with vonr own shall h
pleased. and considf ,r # ma ren1red bv fairness
anu lus1Fe, 70 conc 1r with you in any other par
he.ulhr Whlch you, an recall to my recollection
Most respectfully Jand truly vonrs ete
G. l., WALKER
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-29

Mr.. A M. Gibson has inst returned from d
two-dny's tour with Gen. ButlOr in his canvass
Of Massachusetts,, and he says Ben is sure to
be elected Governor. At ProyincetOwn, where
there are 800 Republican and fifty Democratic
voters, Mr.. Gibson says over 100 Of the former
and nearly all the latter called on Gen. Butler
Marlborough, where the General spoke the
other evening there were twenty-seven vice
presidents on the stand, and every one OF them
had heretofore been active Republicans. Mr..
lust concluded canvass of the State, and
they concede to Butler % total vote Of 81, 900.
The General in his calculation, takes all the
Republicans allow him, and adds votes enough
to put him In the Governors chair.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-29
NEW ORLEANS. October 26, 1878.
To the Chairman and Members of the Execu-
tive Committee Of the Parish Committee Of
the DemOcratic- -ConserYhtiYs party:
CARD FROM ALFRED H. TsAACSON
CANDIDATE FOR ADMENEsTRA-
TOR OF FINANCE.
NEW ORLEANS. October 2s. 1873.

NEW ORLEANs October 2G. 1873.
To the Editor Of the Democrat:
You may we'll conceive that personally I have
no inclination to rush into print to vindicat4 or
re ute anything said or policy proposed. Strict
ly q q business man understand my nomina-
ton to have been made, and business man
shall a. heretofore conduct myself if elected.
Everything that goes through nv office shall be
correct as far as In me lies. and IL when in OFF, Q
any citizsn wishes either, TO give advice or re-
hand at his service. and the financia business
Of the city subject to all proper scrutiny.
no policy bnt the cty's good; no friends to re-
ward, no enemies 70 punish; do not 60 into
office as a politician; was as much surprised to
have the nomination rendered me as you would
be yourself. Mr.. E1itor. I go in unpledged un-
committed to any person Or plan, and am as
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-29
The Retiring Day of the Memphis Relief
Committee.
avalanche, 26th inst ]

lAValanCne, 26tn lnSt.l
farewell day at the commissary yeste1 =
day manifested the same eager desires fc II
the necessaries of life that has characteriU I'd
the surgng multitude before its doors for T he
last three months. A sable mass Of hun ian
beings, here and there variegated with q few
white faces, crowded the department rom
early morning until the doors tnallyc losed
at O'Clock o. N. Four hundred and sixty
nine families made a last haul upon th insti-
tuition, and Conmissary Maccabe q nd his
corps of assistants were not only equal
to the occasion, but to the last srailip .gly dis
pensed the world charities wit h equal
and exact justice to all. No more rs tions will
be issued from the philanthropse In .stitutions
on Court street. Henceforth the C ,mmissary
building will be devoted to othe purposes.
4 few days will be 5 necessary to set in order
be closed as a subsistence me- lium forever
When Capt Maccabe has has ti1o g to bring his
supplies dispensed to our suffering people
will be set forth, when it " Ill be shown that
the commissary of the Cisi zens' Relief Com
mittee, under his dispensation, has been con-
Quoted on a scale OF accuracy and system
tantamount to the enormous business daily
transacted there.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-29
MISCELLANEOUS.
Effects of the Late StOrEm-AneeEseF
Wreck.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.-The Signal Corps
chief signal officer at ii a. NJ to-day as fol-
lows:
The steamer Florence Wetherbee arrived In
the harbor this morning with the wreck of
the schooner Wyoming, of Boston, in tow.
cargo of logwood She has lost her masts
and cables but is otherwise uninjured. The
captain, one passenger and part of the deck
load were washed overheard while going into
Beaufort harbor
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-29
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.


NEW YORK, Oct. 28-James McGloan,
1ahorer. returned home from q debauch yes
terday drunk, and began quarreling with his
wife Mary, and beat her severely about the
head face and body with broomstick The
woman, who had also been drinking, subse-
"nentlv laid down on the bed and fell asleep:
While asleep the husband set fire to the bed
S' The hodv of a dark haired woman, clothed
In handsome black sacque over blue dress
and 81 black skirt. was found in the river yester-
day. ~~oe ,,so found
in the river; supposed to Do 1he n'sSlns
Vim Wm' B. Witsie, who was shotiin the head ea BY y,
Frank McKennu in front of liquor store OF, OF
the latter, on the twenty-hrst lnssanV' oAoo
Yesterday,
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-29

NEW York, Oct. 28.-The London Tsaes
says The Bishop of Manchester, preaching
Mt d church festival in Prestwch, said many
modern hymns, and some Of the most popu-
lar, are very "namby-pamby" and extremely
silly. They are full of erroneous conceptions
hell, Of angels, and he knew not what else.
Some, too, are uncean. Sensational and SEN
timeuta and popular theology Is, he was GER
tain. formed by them in two different direc-
tions. ono materialistic and the other emo
tiOnai.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-29
POLITICAL.
wendell Phillips Declares for Butler

New YORK, Oct. 28.-A Boston special says
that Wendell Phillips has published letter
in favor of Butler. He cannot vote for Miner,
the prohibition candidate, because tenn
perance men betray their associates on cleo
tion day ana are the laughing-stock of politi-
clans. He will vote for Butler because he
represents the determination of the people to
take the currency out OF the control OF the
money kings and keep possession of it them
selves. The General, he says, Is right on the
question.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-29
ROHsETHEAKs.

Col. Landry, tfie Rsgistrer OF Voters. will
giv6 the opposition the benefit Of q GemSnis-
Bioner Of ei0ati ~ at eaeh poll but In no case
will any Of the anti-IeG 10 Bfep~
resented at -eash poA n representattF0 from
either the National. 9fofsetyattvs. Tda payers
Or Republican Hekets will oct rs commas issioner
at every poll. but NO dsorsmination ls to be-
made in the thoice Of tho man. None OF the
factions nre recognized B9 regular parties. but
all together are comprised under the title OF op~
nOsitiOu tiekeSs
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-29
The National Liberal Committee -
Lively Meeting.

NEW YORK, Oct 28.-The Times Syracuse
special says The second annual congress OF
the National LiberalUommittee, which closed
Saturday evening, was very lively, The Free
Lovers and anti-Free Lovers had warm dis
putes. Vile epithets were banded about,
mingled with yels and calls. There were
half a hundred boilers. Both men and Wo-
men at the meeting advocated the uncondi-
-tinnal reneal OF the obscene liturature laws
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-29
RafssisslplsS Politics.
lSpriDgneld Republican.

Mississippi probably has less politics to the
square mile this fall than any other State
that votes next month The yellow fever has
stopped the publication OF many newspapers,
and prevented the general holding Of public
canvass Is so one-sided that bhere Is no need
Of the Democrats holding any rneetingss
their candidates have no opposition whatever,
except in one district and the Independent
who is running thereis expested to Withdraw.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-29
The True Hmwmrssnsss OF ghe RepOFts

Mfr. Tftden may have guilty knowledge OF
she cipher dispatches, but it Is preposterous
10 suppose that ha has 20 faR taken leave Of
his senses as to engage 10 marry st. Louis
belle, as paper OF that Sity announces. The
statement was probably weak invention OF
the st. Louis journal TO attract attention
Frora the dry goods failure there,
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-29
aaladdening News from Raemphis-The
Epidemic mt MM End,
Especial to the Democrat.l

Especial to the Democrats
MEMPHIS, Oct. 28.-Ten deaths were re-
ported by the undertakers and only two now
gases by the physicians, one OF the latter
being Acting Postmaster W. J. Chase.
A genuine black FROST with thick ice accom-
paniment, gladdened tho eyes OF the multi
tude this morning, upon which the medical
authorities issued their ploclamations that
tho epidemic Is al nn end BROOKS.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-29
SPORTING NOTES.
Hpeath of Harry EassetG.

JERSEY City, N. J., Oct 28-The celebrated
race horse Harry Bassett, owned by Col Nc
Daniel died in Paterson yesterday. His
the horse.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-29
A Wuffian Attempts suicide.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2s.,-John Carpenter, ' tne
eraI times fortnight ago, at St. Francis
Church, made desperate effort this morning
to take his own life, and would have succeed
ed on the spot but for the Interference o. h,s hs
had secured several days ago, from his coat
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-29
NDT HAPPY.

Tho sbateRsents of members Of the Tenth
Ward Germ an DernocrasEe Club arsto tho effect
that the meeting held last night was not har-
monious. Exactly whab did take. place at the
meet1ng is a question to be- investigated by In
tere,ted pa1 Ties hzah as will be by the card
published IL another column. q protest Is made
a1,hinat the prOeesdfngs.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-10-29
TIE YELLOW FEVER.
ENID OF THE EPIDEMIC AT MEMPHIS

Especial to the Democrat.

BATON ROUGE, Oct. 28.-YelIow fever report
for the forty eight hours ending this morning
at 9 O'Clock: Deaths two, new cases twenty
three. w. G.