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BRITISH RESIDENTS RELIEF MEET
TNG.

The British residents Of our city met yester-
day lii pursuance OF a call by Acting Consul f.
u. Stringer. Tor the purpose of forming relief
association for British subjects. Present-R.
BIeakiey, Hy. IT, stringer, W. Fl. Lilly, VIM. Au,
aerton. Rev. q. Fl. Waters, Chas. Holland. g. B.
Henning J. ]. Martin. J. B. Barrow. W. q.
Brooks. WI Morrison. ". D. Rickaresy,s T.. w.
Gowryas. I'D. Danekaurap, r. Tenant. Geo. B.
Whiting, TN. RaiaaF, Wm.. Askew. John E,
sssatslas. David James Wna. Moore and John
Hamilton.
Mr. stringer called the meeting to order and
explained lis objects. and said that he was not
Iii his personal or official capacity able to re-
1Ieye the distress OF his countrvnen. hence the
call for this meeting.
MEL. stringer read his dispatch 70 sir Adwara
sEIorr1san and the reply of that genaeman,
which was received with enth us1asn. -
The bylaws OF the st. George Society 81
Nav York were read. and MIR. Strlnger ufgea
Tflsir adoption for the formation OF like soete-
Ir. Wn. Rainey offered . resolution that the
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BILOXI HOTELS.
BILOXI, August 20, 1878.

Biloxi August 20, 1878.
Editor Denocrat-Yours Of the twenty eighth
instant was handed me by Mr.. r. B. Holly. [
made due inquiry from Messrs A. NJ. Bickham,
Jno. G. Davey, T. l.. Airey. Geo. Candy and G..
Hanson, Of the Montross Hotel, who assure m o
that tho price of the board of said hotel was
the same as 1t had been for the last two years,
and that no increase in price had been made
this season., !, myself, have been, a guest OF
this hotel for the past two months and my
board has not been Increased. ! inquired also
from some of the guests Of the Magnolia Hotel,
and they are not aware of any increase in the
price Of board. OF the other boarding houses
and hotels In this place + am not prepared to
speak in as positive q manner, but from what
could ascertain did not hear OF any. increase
In their rates previous to the epidemic, | had
heard of some dissatisfaction on the part Of the
majority of the Droprietors Of hotels on ac-
and I assured them that on the proper repre-
sentation due correction would be made. The
weather here is delightful, and tho bathing and
fishing are excellent. H!pray the Lord that this
most dreadful fever noW,preyailing at New Or
leans and elsewhere will shortly disappear
Please acknowledge. Yours. truly, r. D.
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REGISTERED FROM THE EIGHTH TO THE TuIR.
TIETH or AUGUST, 1878.
sTATE-EHOHsE NOTES.

Gov. Nichols yesterday formally Withdrew
his proclamation declaring quarantine oh
Atchafalaya sand the Rigolets. Tho resident
physician wits notified by the following dis
patch:
New ORLEANS August 80 1878.
TO DR., D. W. Adams. Rigolets
Quarantine abolished. Evacuate Mt once,
b. u. TAYLOR
Secretary Board Of Health.
similar telegram was semitic DR.. J. A. Smith,
resident physician at Atchafalaya.
Superintendent Lusber has been absent from
his office for two dars past, experimenting tho
removal of the Peabody Institute. From Mr.
Dimitry, secretary of Mr.. Lusher, 1t Is learned
that the removal Is necessitated by the fact that
the the Lease having expired, the owner Of the
building demanded possession. contemplating
extensive repairs. The institute has been
transferred to the building formerly occupied
by the Locuuet- Leroy Institute, almost directly
opposite to its old location.
The Governor yesterday made the following
appointments:
Clerks of Registratio Victor Estopinal. for
the narish of st. Bernard; Charles W. Scott for
the parish OF Ouaehita.
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LAUGHTER WITH TEARS
SOME STRAY SCRAPS rROM A HOW
ARIs's EoTE-BooK.

| In war. plaques and famine, human nature
shows itself. Tho hidden qualities of Tho ge,,,,s
homo crop out ut such times and tho bed rock of
callous Indifference or tho warm springs of uura
| sympathy are sure to be developed. Already
something of this has been exhibited and no
better scope can be found for the exhibition OF
| 1t than In the daily rounds of any member of
| the Howard Association A day or two ago m
Incident occurred which, although savoring of
the humorous. still tells ofgthe cold stee-heart-
edness of some grasping people.
| In small tenement house of three rooms Inv
as rnany children sick Of the fever. The mother.
& widow, had expended her last cent to relieve
her little sufferers, and was subssting daily on
what she received from the Howard Assoca-
ton. On Thursday the landlord appeared and
ordered the poor woman to vaoate the premises
the next day, or II she did not @ constable would
put her few things on the street. Ono of the
Howard reserve corps happened to be- on hand.
and after listening for some time to the land
lords talk, informed that creature that IL one
stick Of furniture or one article was removea
he. the owner Of the premises. would be- held
lihble for murder IN case any of the children
died. The landlord. after 9. sound lecture, re-
tired considerably chagrined.
1t is curious to 500 the people who visit the
Howard Association rooms and tho many
guests they are on, Some want nurse TO Of
want IL few dollars for the "auld man. who
hasn't made dollar for a month, to got the
poor fellow Ills mornin's cocktail" AS a Ike
case Howard came across q man yesterday on
his rounds who wanted that association to do
everything for him that he wanted
Dyer SOC me child LYNN there waltin' fur to
The Howard man responded that he did
An amt yer. now say. ain't yer o goin' to
cabs for q furst class funeral for it?"
The Howard man said that the association
was formed to aid the suffering, and after death
they could not bury tho dead.
Arrnhl an Is that the kOind Of min yege nre2
Shure phats this money comm ere fur but to
give us good funerals. An it's stealing of It
you are, Shure yese call yerself good min.
Phat will yes do whin tho eperdemy is over
Shure yes all will be buldInS yer folne brick
houses off the money. Give me q furst class
funeral, shure, that's phat want"
Tho rublcund nose and bIeary eye showed too
plainly that there was little obliquity Of moral
vision. and the Howard man, who stood calmly
the assault escorted the gent to his back cute
and sat him gently down IN the alley.
1t is curious. TO see the Ignorance. the bnse
ingratitude OF. s0me OF tho lower class For
over u week this man and his family had been
subststing only on what the Howards gave
them. and because the ''furteen" cabs were not
forthcoming he commenced this vtupera-
ton, These are only two cases. but every day
similar ones are seen.
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THE NEW SATURDAY AUGUST 81 1878
i requested would entail upon Thu govern

4 III 5 b
sion requested would entail upon Thu govern
ment. - "
Collector Smith will irarneaiately commence
an investigation of the after. IN viii DO read
to report at an early dn ~
Messrs shultz 6s Go, addressed a conlrnnnica-
ton TO the Collector requesting him to author
ize them to pursue the sarne method of unload
lnE ono OF their expected vessels. the Orient,
which was foleWed In the unloading of tho ST.
LOUIS. HIS reply. gave the necessary authori.
zation and Under 1t the vessel will be inspected
as quarantine. unloaded by the use CT lighters,
sas goo q, stored In the government ware
houses, the paDers sent to the city and entered,
and clearance papers given, and thus the yes
sci SCI, VIII bs enabled to depart ON d return trip
without she or any OF her crew coming to the
CITY, The agents pay the transportation and
ors.
Peter Orbett. who was arrestedef for attempting
20 smnggle the 500 cigars found concealed In the
toreeastle Of the City of Mexico was yesterday
arraigned, before United States commissioner
Lane and remanded to prison in default Of
bond Tor his appearance.
United States Marshal Wharton. who hes been
expected daily for some time past, Is still abb
sent.
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CITY ECHOES.

Annie Lewis was locked up In the Third Sta
tion charged wi b larceny.
A charge Of larceny holds Florence a prisoner
In the Third Station.
Thursday night some malicious party DIS
charged pistol at the corner of Carondelet and
Girod streets.
Mike Birmingham, who shot and wounded
Patrick Cash, was arrested and locked up in the
Sixth Station by Sergeant Ed. Ryan.
VIM. Chapman was locked up in the Third
Station charged with assault and battery on
Michael Kane.
During the thunder storm Thursday Mr.
Todd's residence at the corner Of Customhouse
and johnson streets was rIlck by lightning.
John Williams, a negro, was arrested charged
Aliens residence.
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HE
sseavs varHsrvss AnOVyv Ill YEsLhOsv
FEWER ~ vICEsssBugta.

1tgrorn MI. III. III. Augustus. recently from
HianaItsFa. and in this city on business the
VInkaburg Howard Association. q DEMOCRAT
a.ea,orter yesterday obtained the following In
soregting
ACCOUNT or THE CONDITION
of.affairs In that unfortunate and unhappy
city.
mir. Augustine said:
You cat, probably form an idea Of the cohdi-
tion Whefi shy that I'LL places OF business ex-
eept drug stores, and the like. are closed. The
streets arc deserted; you can walk down the
whole length Of some of the principle ones and
meet nobody and when persons do mest tneir
SnIl Is abuut the fever, who Of their friends
ftayei t their condition. and who, among their
waa hey TAKEN re t ahnus 9 iaf an
slloaa Who remain are very much excited and
alarmed on account OF the number Of deaths
md @ absence Ct COMPREHENSIVE ap a. mi vi dpu,s 70
All fhe doctors In the place gre Frustrated
Nng o t ase NV W. hed 1t The mos ssn doc
tors. Two of these have. died. and Dr. q Leary.
acting mayor, who was, however, praetioing his
our great want In experienced nurses, we
Naya flot u sufficianE number OF them. There
were. when 1 left, about 800 eases report
I sd 10 the Howard Association as In need of as
distance and In addition TO this there We're some
NIFTY or sixty dases In Well-to-do families not re-
porteds -,
anutter Of course. there Is no employment and
RarnyIBinnH OF all kinds are very scarce. The
Sereentage 81 cases and deaths among the col
bred people is much greater than that among
file whites. and there is great want OF sympathy
ssslls1flp them for each other. However, some Of
Eha influential men of their race have recently
Formed themselves into 4 relief assooiation
md are cooperating with the Towards. There
are -
Z Y y al
engine horses being appropriated TO the USE. Of
alfe doctors amt nurses from New Orleans. Mo-
praysrs are said over the body at the house.
md IL 10 plHaed In the hearse and carried off.
II i'd nn uncommon thing to see q dray with
one br more collins. containing bodies OF the
poor. proceeding through the streets to the
areat faifsiculty Is experienced In getting
uoFrINs.
bodies being sometimes exposed for hours be-
fore one CAD BIO obtained. and It is also almost
impossible to get persona to dig graves.
There are h great many cases In the country
surrounding the City, and oil are suffering for
the want OF medical attention and CARE At
Magnolia Hail. a ANAL country hotel five or six
miles from Vlcksburg. almost every person Is
4 e E = y,
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Forty-one applications for relief were re.
aeiyei and five deaths reported to the relief
committee Of the Young Mems ChristiansAsso-
citation yesterday. VA
Among the amounts contributed yesterday
\ WAS one OF $1,000 5B, which was forwarded by J.
EierreDont Morgan. treasurer of the New York
cotton Exchange committee. through W. +.
Ealsey. ESQ.
One OF the members of the committee yester-
day came across an interesting case-that of &
man seriously i'll with yellow fever, of the
Worsttype. He refused even In his rational
moments 60 take any medicine or submit to any
treatment. He was expected to die last nights
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THE TOWARDS.


Yesterday was a particularly lively one at
the Howard Association. The room was crowd
ad oil day nurses and applicants for aid. and
j ~ was quite late when there was breathing
room for the members. The number of applica-
aions was greater than on any previous day. the
nalnhar being yesterday 25s, making total
ainca the Towards started work of 1898.
The following dispatches were received: :
CANTON Miss, August 80. 1878.
%. ID. southmayd. Secretary:
Please send two good male nurses Send
sSpnIaH Ellsworth as one OF them. He wants to
some. q. w. THOMAS. President @. ii. A.
GRENADA, Miss August 80, 1878
IL. r. southmagd, Secretary:
n alor Anderson doing finely so far, Weather
zlhfayagable. Slight increase in death rate No
zliatarIal spreading OF the fever. Shall expect
champagne tomorrow. Would write you de-
Tails. but lack mail facilities.
WARREN STONE, NJ D.
Or. n. a, Riley came nobly to the front ana
volunteered his services to the association for
Ill INDECENT click OF Algiers. AS DIR. Riley is so
well known, this proffer will give the Towards
astTong adiutant on the other side of the river.
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sHaE sHsaHsg,

AS tasual. the chief topic Of conversation al
the City Hull yesterday was the prevailing cpl.
demfe aid Its deplorAble effects. Whilst tbs
Mayors yellow fever correspondence has grown
smaller by degrees. contributions come In az
literally as formerly. Among the donations
there was one OF $50 from Mr.. A. Z. Tiff. Of Key
West. and another from Baltimore. accompany.
ing the following note:
MAYORS OFFICE CRY HALE, 4
Baltimore, August 20, 1878,
The Mayor Of New Orleans:
Dear Sir--T have received no call from you
for aid. but tho generous people of Baltimore
have anticipated. your necessities. and have
much pleasure In sending to-day by express
s135. to be ndded to your relief fund. PLEASE
hand sa5 Of this sum to the Howard Association
Of your eity--a contribution from the officers Of
the Maryland penitentiarys II you need physi.
clans and nurses, please telegraph me- have
receive and forward aid to your people. With
high regard your obedient servant ,r
FERDINAND @. LATROBE. Mayor
THE HoLLINGswoRTH PUMP.
Surveyor d'Hemecourt is not at all inclined to
consider the inuendoes contained In the publ
cations referring to his report to Administrator
Meoatfrey on the Holingsworth pump. at work
at the head Of Josephine street. Urged into q
conversation on the subject he said however
that his report to the Administrator of improve
iASAbs uoSs NV hpplt fSoAoL Hi vi
the Hollingsworth pump, with which he had
nothing to do. but was simply an
expression of his opinion. In compliance
With the request Of NJ n, McoatIrey, as to The eff.
to flushing cutters. The pump might be oapa-
BILE Of lifting millions Of gallons Of water per
the entire volume Of water be used to food only
one street. His objections to 1t are that 1t Is
stationary. and would require much time to be
streets in the upper districts that need flush
ing; that to replnce the wharf and the levee
at tie head of street would cost at least $500,
whereas better effect could be obtained from
portable pumps without mourning such ex-
pense. Another objection. is that the pump
floods the entire street while in operation, thus
atfording q vast surface for the sun to act upon.
when the pump stoppedWork. j
AZ to having seen the pump OF work Mr.
d'Hemecourt asserts that, In company with
Administrator MeOaffrey, he has actually re-
the apparatus. r@
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tleriiBn att onte form u ~. George
AagaAfY. Adopted @ r. s.
The following nfTleers we're then unanimous
iii elected. President, Hy. Il. Stringsr; First
Vice prasad ont, ChassN Holland seeond Vice
pEssiaHnt, ohm uhaffe. Treasurer, w. ID. Rick
HEby; Secretary Frank Hatchins
RESOLUTIONS.
T2eee5eed. THAT the thanks oil the society he
rendered Sir ID Thornton for bis noble and
generous donation.
Adopted unanimously.
Bir H. Thornton WIS by reclamation then
elected a1f honorary member OF st. Georges
Benevolent Society OF New Orleans.
The president was instructed to appoint an
executive committee To draw MP tho necessary
rules and regulations. and was requested to
make such committee appointment to-day.
The meeting then adjourned till to- day at 3
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, 5a ~
@EGHsTR ALTON.
How tEse Coloresa People Have Been Regls-


Another notice Is published to-day by Mr.. J.
o. Landry. the Registrar of Voters. announcing
that registration In the wards will begin on
Monday. at IL M. at the places designated in o.
former advertisement. and giving the hours
during which voters can register daily there
after Sundays ind legal holidays excepted)
that Is from o. m, to IL M. md from 80 until
To. m. The registration will continue until
Monday. October 81. at .. m.
Meanwhile the main registration office will
remain open for compiling the work In the
wards, but voters will not be registered there
after tomorrow evening.
Up to date only $3.50 voters have registered
Up to the eighth Of the present month about
7424 voters had registered, showing prepon-
deranee In favor Of the whites but sin 80 that
time the colored people have registered In tho
proportion Of about three to one as tho follow
Ing table by wards will show:
REGISTERED FROM THE EIGHTH TO THE TI1In-
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RETURN OF TIE HOPE AND PERSE'
yEEgANCE CREWS.

The crews Of the Hope and Perseverance
clubs arrived at :s5 last evening. via the jack
son Railroad. They were met at the depot by
delegations from both clubs with torches, and
as soon as the procession was formed they
and partook of q bowl of punch. They were
then escorted to the Hope club house. where
they partook of a collation.. drank wine and
many foaming beaker to the success of the
yictors.. All the parties we're looking well after
thnir trim
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Run over by q Car.

At $40 o'clock last night white man named
VIM. Anderson. alias Crazy Bill. while under
the influence Of Haner went to- sleep on the
Claiborne street caFfraek, atthe corner of Bien-
vile and Claiborne streets. and the driver of
ear 81 being. unable 10 see him ewing to the
high grass drove his car over him. When thu
unfortunate man was picked up iva found
that his right knee had been so badly crushed
that ampntatIon Is considered necessary
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SECOND DISTRICT COURT.

Renshaw. Cammack & Co. have entered suit
in this court against the estate Of ". D. Harde-
man, for the recovery of $3.50. with interest
from 1879. being the amount Of a draft held by
the netitiOnars
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WAR DEPARTMENT.,
Signal Service United States Army, I
Daily meteorological record for the eight hours
a ending at 8: 43 p. M. Friday. August 80
observations taken at the same moment of
time at all stationsJ
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TAX COTTON SEED.

The Secretary of the Cotton Exchange hand
ed us yesterday the following letter from the
INK COLLECTOR of Tanaas nnrfsh which eXnlai n9
itself:
ST. JOSEPH, La, August o. 1878.
Dear SRI fear made q mistake In stating
the amount of tax imposed upon cotton seed by
trict. The tax on cotton seed Is ten cents per
ton and not 81. as fear stated. as appears In
an article in the New Orleans DEMOCRAT. Please
ask that journal to correct for me-
Respectfully. E. L. WHITNEY.
Tax Collector Tensas
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FOUND.

HOUND ESTRAY - ON SATURDAY, .AU-
IL gust "a. dark bay horse MULE without
shoes. The owner can have the same by PROV
ing property and paying expenses. J. ARK
SION, corner Jackson and Rousseau streets.
an3O 2t*
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The Yicksburg mail will be sent s,ff this
evening on the John ". Cannon. There viii
be hereafter but one mail weekly for shat city.
Col. J. B. Mercy freight agentof tae Jackson
Railroad, aud his brother ticket agent of the
fever.
The condition Of DR.. W. R.lAsadeville, who is
III OF fever was last evening considered favor
able, ana me PROBABILITIES ara that he will re-
cover.
employment, as laborers. to q number of prom
inentGiepuh5i Jean ward politicians who in the
days when the faithful reigned carried full
RoeBetbooks and wore considerable ieWelry.
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Every one speaks well of it, and those who
have been there once patronize the place ever
afterwards. Is II necessary 20 add that We refer
PhiladelDhia Pa? $3.50
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Great sale Of household furniture at the Old
auction Mart, 81 Camp street, this day at III
O'clock. Goods sold without reserve, Mont
gomery s Co., Auctioneers. -
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LOST

r ,OST-A PROMIsSORY NOTE. DATED AT
IL Galveston, Texas, about the month Of April
last, due on demand, drawn by William Gaudy.
payable to J. L. Alexander. All persons are
cautioned against negotiating the same:
au3l 3t* J. l.. ALEXANDER.
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FOR RENT.

L ond and third floors of No. 1876 CARVER
street. Apply to SCOTT MCGEHEE. 191 Gravier
street. aus l5t
T1OR RENT-POSsE SESSION GIVEN ON OC-
IL tober next, the large premises No. "a Camp
street. now occupied by the New Orleang he
ROBINSON. No. Carondelet street. iy9n
UOR RENT-PossEssION GIVEN ON THE
T. first of September next. The we'll known
Beer Saloon No. ISL Common street, between st.
Charles and Carondelet streets. occupied for
many years by Mr.. Krost.
Also. store No. 1874 Canal street. between St
Charles and Carondelet streets.
Apply to A. f. WEBER.
iy3 2m 1874 Canal street.
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RREVETHES,

r. indicates rising; F. indicates falling: s
indicates stationary.
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We have q line OF fine EMBTs ffs
INGS that we were selling last 0
60, 75. 81, 81 Is, 81 80 and So @
soiled by handling, We have
12k, Is, 20. Is, 35, 40, Is. 30 and
BEING LESS THAN HALF Oh
AL ORIGINAL COST.
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WANTS.
HELP wANTEHb-RERaALES.

WANTED-A GIRL. TO NURSE. APPLY
w ht No, BOT Esplanade street. between john
son and prisur anal ot#
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WANTED-A COLORED CREOLE CAR
w pointer to work inside Of sugar-hous
Apply at once ut No. 80 Perddo street aust 3t*