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The daily gazette., 1878-08-27

The British Consul at Adrianople re-
ports that the Bulgarians continue to
plunder and outrage the Mussulmans.
The Greek Archbishop has communica-
ted to the Consul details of the most hor-
rible atrocities.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-21
THE HOWARDS.

IT was source Of qualification to the MEM
bers Of the Howard Association to see that
on their respective states there was no in
crease In the disease yesterday. In the
lower districts the disease has not been SO
marked as in the upper. So far as can be
judged it is safe to say that the climax has
been passed, and from this time forward the
fever will go steadily down. The destitute
convalescents still take up all the time OF the
Howards, for there is no period during the
course OF the fever that requires more atten-
ton aud is more critical than that after the
fever hs.sS 1ubsideGsr, The following dispatches
were received yesteres
HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. Sept. 10. II D. M.
Gen. F. N Ogden, Vice President Howard AS
sociation:
Drs Bailey, Courier and Metcalf all we'll. DR..
Seguer convalescing. New Orleans physicians
nave made for themselves a reputation we feel
w. l.. HOLLAND.
President Howard Association.
Dr. Slater and twenty nurses and provisions
left on the steamboat Blanche Porter. Capt.
Mcdonald. for Greenvile last evening. DIR,
Archer. Of Pointe Coupee. will get on the boat at
Racouci Landing for SAFE place.
CANTON. Miss September 20, 1878.
r. r. southmayd, Secretary Howard Associa-
ton:
New eases twenty. deaths four. in last twenty
Thomas, president Howard Association, but
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-21
POLITICAL WAIFS.

Alexander Fl. Stephens over -exerted himself
in his renominating campaign, and Is sick-a-
bed again.
Gen. Joe Johnston Is seventy one. and Hon.
Robert McLane. nominated for Congress to
succeed Tom Swami, Ia his brother-in.law.
William Shakespeare Is running for consta-
BILE ia a Michigan village. Yet this Is the man
who said: Fling away ambition; by that sin
fell the angels"
The Ides of March played the dueee with
Julius Caesar, but the 1dees of Murch brought
death and desolation to Eugene Hale.-[Balti-
more Gazette
Senator Lot nj. Morrill,, of Maine, was struck
by the wave at Manitou. Colorado, where he has
been spending the summer. He got up and
started East by the first express.
In forecasting political events 1t can do no
harm to remember that the retired rear ad-
mirals really hold the balance Of power in this
republic whenever they decide to vote solid., :
washington Posi-.
Speaker Randall will have very little diff
Guilty In securing re- election from all appear
ances. The Republican papers are gradually
coming out for him against the fiat" man the
Radicals have Endorsed.
The Republicans in Pennsylvania are said to
be much encouraged since Register Scofeld
and Gov. Hartranft told them hat Il they bad
good luck they might be successful in eleeting
their candidate for Governor, perhaps
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-21
LETTER FROM DoNALDsoNvHLLE.
DoNA1DsoNvrLnE, September 90, 1878,

DoNAI.DsoNvrLLE, September 90, 1878.
To the Editor Of the Democrat:
We are bravely at work. inspired by the noble
deeds of your own Howard: ours having tried
to fight. and hope CBsar-like, to conquer. In
our own town, outside OF cases legitimately not
ours, the demon fend Is neither to be dreaded
nor feared; Ii it were not that we might consider
ourselves stricken down with vanity, it would
really look and seem as IL we mastered The situ-
alton.
The heroic DR.. MeGaillard, with his own fam
ily stricken down. always upon the breach DR..
John Duffel, DR.. Deyileneuve and the Howard
Assoeiation (please do not forget Mr. Lefebvre.
of the City HoteD have all We'd together, and we,
day, believe Attfla's scourge Is no more.
Tuesday the old chimes tolled ten times it was
not on account Of yellow fever. but of that sep
tember bilious intermittent fever which knows
no rest.
Our community nourns and deplores the loss
of Henry. Loeb. Our village turned out en-
naasse and the Donaldsonville cannoneers paid
their last respects to their departed comrade
and friend. Peace to his ashes.
again repeat that We are still at work and
courageous, and that with such men as Judge
Maher. Robert N. Sims. Louis Lefort, Lefevre.
of City Hotel. Felix Reynaud and John Fl. lis
ley, Jr.. aided and assisted by the St, Vincent
Association. and kindred associations, and the
indefatigable Pierre Klopman we are deter
mined to conquer or die In the effort
PELICAN OF ASCENSION,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-21
THE REPUBLICAN, CANVASS.
How HIT WIN he Conducted According to
Mr. Eugene HALE Hard Money 10 be the
Issue ON which the Party Will WIN or

How Et WIN he Conducted According to
y Mr. Eugene MaIe-Hara Money 10 be the
Issue ON which the Party Will win or
Lose.
WASHINGTON, Sept 2O.--Hon Eugene Hale,
of Maine, chairman OF the Republican Con-
gressiona1 Campaign Committee, was asked
to-day how his committee stood on financial
1T occupies the same position that the
Republican party has always held" replied
aThen ii there is to b be +. no change in the con-
aThere Is nothing in al the talk Z Of pro TO-
light light on Che same issues upon which
the battle In Maine was fought The speak
that helped In Maine. Mr.. Gorham and I
have agreed upon this. They are the kind OF
men we want to make our fight for sound
and redeemable currency"
s'You did not then propose to make any
concessions to the Greenbackers.
mot In the least, even In districts where
our party could be coalescing with the Green
hackers to defeat the Democratic nominee,
the committe would not consent to such a
course. The only safety for the party is to
keep right along on the honest platform. We
would lose both morale and strength and
votes by any other course"
stMr. Gorham's speech In Newark, Mr..
Hale, was quite the opposite to what you
say, ;yy;,, uo $50 a,a,,-, +n,nxg N +na+ sneoob
with which T cannot agree. It represents,
however, only Mr.. Gorhan's personal views
He has not tried In the least to force his views
on the committee, nor to dictate to 1t In any
way. The reports that he has Is untrue. /
entirely satisfied with Mr. Gorham. He has
done noble work for the party; such woTIk,
that every Republican in this country should
feel grateful TO him for.'
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-21
The MOrfuary List MT Holly Springs
DeatFa of Col. Walter.i

report death has l1e been busy at this point. The
Following are the latest Victims: Mrs. ". S.
Featherstone, Mrs. Foreman, Mrs. Mary
Stewart, J. H. Stone, Joseph Webber, Thos.
Knable, Mrs. Thompson, VIM. Collins, +.
Lees chlld s. hhhap, MI Geary' COL d. W.
The new cases are Eugene Leedy, Jr., Mrs.
D.J. Oliver, Lizzie Dinch, M. Davis, Osley
Lee, Adeline Smith, Lizzie Malchi, T. Rather,
Callie Sykes, e. Leidy, Sr., Cotton, Of Beau
e. Williams, Chas. Dow, John Talbot, Rev.
John Johnston and three others whose names
could not be procured.
Col, TEL. w. Walter was one Of our most
earnest workers and his place will be hard to
fill. He has been energetic In behalf OF the
suffering and fell victim to his devotion.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-21
TIE OUTLOOK I'M ILLINOIS.
MIR. TownsHlend's opinion About 1t
Probable Calm of Two congressman.
. EWaahinuton pnet

Probable Calm of Two C0ngFessmen.
Washington Post]
Hon R. W. Townshend, Democratic member
OF Congress from the Nineteenth Illinois Dis~
trict, arrived in Washington last evening, and
Illinois viii, certainly follow suit. haven't .
nos Rafte1s 1 9 @ denn naan o it end al 9or people in Il
"Po yon mean "a g., that the Democracy will carry
and elect the State ticket. too. This npheaval
IN Maine is going to help US in the West a great
'And the Greenbackers 2"
There is no danger Of the Greenback 10 ove-
ment in the the West absorbing the Democratic
bulk Of the Greenbaekers ss are A Certainly ee "
satisfied with the, Democratic. position
which went into the Greenback movement a
year or two ago has returned, and Is now, sup
Bortinge: the Democratic nominees. while the
stand by the National ticket I find that to be
m the case 2 all throush o.; my section OF the State.
The Legaure e. vii IL cfrany have majority
believe the Democrats will be able to elect the
next Senator. In a number of districts the
Greenbackers have indorsed the Democratic
nominees
How will the next congressional delegation
7 think we will gain at least two districts In
the Bloomington district. Stevenson. the DEM
ocratie candidate has b7en indorsed by the
Greenbackers, and they are supporting him
heartily. Then We will carry the Chicago dis
triet, now represented by Aldrich. Our friends
In Chicago count confidently upon that. Sprin-
ger will be reelected, beyond doubt; 80 will
Morrison and Sparks, and in tine Cairo district
Judge Allen Will be elected. consider my dis
trict perfectly SAFE"
Wasn't there some dissatisfaction in Sparks
| district"
Yes, but it was only temporary. The differ
| ences have been harmonized and Sparks viii
| get an increased majority"
If the Republ1cans do succeed in carrying
| the Legislature, viii they send Logan to the
| Sehate?"
Il think not; Oglesby's friends think Logan
| has acted unfaifly in making this race after
having lost his own election, and this has en-.
gendered autsooDisns that cannot be easily
| harmonized. believe Logan will have ma
! lority Of the Republican nempers OF the Leg.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-21
New Gases at TEibOaauX-Ten Deaths MI
LaBadfeviH1e In Two Days-The Fever
nn the Plantations

two new cases Of fever here within the last
two days. All the sick are doing well, with
one exception, the Sister Of Mount Carmel
Convent, who Is very low: ,
Labadieyille shows no improvement. There
day, as follows Two sons of DR.. Mcneil, one
son of +. Deculr, Oscar Boudreau, G. Fremau,
Santacca, Nine. Edward Prejeon, Nine
Adrian Barrilleau and daughter, Edward
Quatrevingt. A number Of other patients are
In critical condition.
John Erskine died yesterday on the Lorio
plantation.
The New Orleans nurses-fve In number.
passed through this place to-day on their
waY to IlahadiAYille.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-21
BuryzEsg tine Dead I'm Memphis.
TTp~ por+nn of ffIavaInnf7

In the city the work OF caring for the sick and
bRrying the dead is carried on like clock WORK.
wrapped into q eSaset. put into a box, the cover
screwed down. and the remaSas taken Oh 10 be
buried. No funeral Is held, unless perhaps
some friend reads the burial service or prayer
over the rough coffin as it goes into the hastily-
dug hole. Night and day thu. burial goes on,
night the carts pileu up with the confns d dead
go rsttsing by, while. the negro grave. diggers.
with shouldered spades. march By In sfngle file
with q steady tramp that somehow seems to sink
into the very heart Of the listener, and he turns
to his couch with a sickening feeling that he
vices. At the cemetery the dead come and
piled mp awaiting their turn to be Inferred
They I'LL graves faster than the negroes can dig
them. and they seem 70 come In with a sort OF
riYalrY ns to who shall be buried first.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-21

hope not from fever: think II ID pssafratioa.
Chairman Relief Committee
JACKSON, Miss. Sept. 10 1875
Z. r.. southmayd. ESD, Secretary Howard Assoc
citation:
IL possible send physicians and nurses TO
needed j. d. STEWART.
President Howard Association.
MORGAN Cry. La. Sept. 90. 1878.
]. M. vandegrif, Presidento of Howard Associa-
tion:
Mr.. Steel Is dead; L. Clark critically ILL,
Twenty four sick at present: only one new
s'''o '1*' ~ 'lJ j. THUEs. TAYLOR. M. D.
HOLLY SPRINGS, September 20, 1878.
r. r, southmayd, Secretary Howard Associa-
ton:
Send six self registering thermometers.
w. BAILEY. JB,, III. D.
TH1BoDAux, La. September 20. 1878.
f. N Ogden. Vice President Howard Associa-
ton:
Send for pressing necessity In. Labadieville.
BY Morgan Railroad direct TO Thibodaux, six
p. A. AUGOIN.
The Bethesda water donated by Richard
Dunbar, OF Waukesha, Wis, has been dis
tributed to the sufferers. Drug stores ok the
Howard Association and parties In need OF
the same can get it on physicians orders.
Its effect il cases OF suppression OF urine has
been remarkable,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-21
collins Abridgement Of Thucydides.j

collins Arrangement OF Thucyd1des.J
The second summer of the Pelopenesian war
began miserably for Athens. A pestilence
broke out in the overcrowded streets and
suburbs. It was said to have begun in Eth
opia, and to have been conveyed by some mer-
chant vessel to PirRus. The disease appears
to have been Ia violent eruptive fever, Of what
form is not known. Persons were attacked
suddenly while in full health, without osten-
sible cause. First they were seized with vio-
lent fiashings about. the head and redness
and turgesence OF the eyes; within, the fauces
and the tongue became all at once blood-red,
and the breath unnatural and fetid After this
came on sneezng and hoarseness, and in
a short time the suffering extended to the
chest with violent cough; and when 1t settled
on the heart it disturbed it's action, and pro-
duced bilious discharges OF all kinds known
to medical language, accompanied by great
distress. In most cases dry hlccup came
up, causing violent spasms, which sometimes
ceased soon, and in other cases lasted" long
very hot to the touch nor .pallid, but rather
red livid, and covered with an eruption OF
blisters and sores; while the internal heat
was so great that the patients could not bear
upon them the thinnest garment or the finest
linen, or to lie any other way than naked, and
had longing to throw themselves into cold
water. Nay, many who were not care
fully watched actually did so, into
the, tanks, urged by an insat1able thirst,
and and rs it MACE 1cR or NJ little Tba1 suffered
severely from distressing restlessness and
want of sleep throughout. Yet during the
whole time the disease was at its height the
body was not sensibly emaciated, but held
out against this suffering in a way beyond
belief, SO that most died about the seventh Or
ninth day Of inward fever, still retaining con-
siderable strength. Or, If they survived this
crisis, when the disease passed into the abdo-
men, severe liberation supervening with pro-
fuse diarrhpa, the majority died OF this at
last from sheer exhaustion. For the disease,
which had its first seat in the head, passed
down gradually through the whole body, and
If any one got through the worse stages, it
was apt to leave its marks upon him
by selling the extremities, for it light
ed on the fingers and toes; and many only
few A cases OFT Of their M eyes M as S we'll Son Some When
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-21

500 900 Troops Engaged i'm Military
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 30 to- Their Efff-
ciency-The Force That Could be
Placed I'm Eaae Field.
PARIS, Sept. 20.-The army corps nanpuvres
which commenced on the twelfth instant are
now concluding. They have been very inter-
esting. Engaged in them were the first,
fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, four
teenth, fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth
corps, with the twentieth. fftieth and sixth
divisions of cavaIay, numbering in all about
100000 men. The first corps under Gen.
Clinchant, conducted operations for Che relief
Of Lille, which was supposed to be beseiged
and invested by an enemy. The whole pro-
gramme was gone through with, beginning
on the twelfth, and tomorrow and next day
1t will end with a general engagement in front
of Arras.
The Fourth Army Corps executed it's regi-
mental and brigade operations south of Paris,
and was then engaged in manHuvres On the
hypothesis that Paris was invested. On the
fifteenth this corps was reviewed by the Mar
shall President. All of the ten army corps
were on a war footing. The operations were
narrowly watched by German and English
officers. Their opinions as to the discipline
and efficiency Of the troops and the strategic
ability Of the officers widely vary. But on
the whole it seems to be admitted that the
army is in an excellent condition. Tomorrow
France could put 100000 OF trained men In
the field,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-21
TILDEN AND TAMMAnY.
The Struggle Now Going ON In New York
for Party Supremacy.
Correspondence Chicago Times.l

Correspondence Chicago Times
New, YORK, Sept. IA gentleman who re-
turned from Saratoga yesterday tells me that
liest satisfaction to the score of Democratic
Tner retreat They are immensely tiekled over
branehes Of the next CONGRESS and their pro- pro-
phetic vision reveals the brightest possibilities
Of success in the next presidential election. Mr..
one Is more elated over Names remarkable
achievement or over the prospects of the future
than this crafty politician.
fall will be the struggle for supremacy in the
Democratic State convention at Syracuse. Mr..
Tilden is working al the innumerable little
convention. He, Is master OF all the arts OF
still hunting" in politics, and there is not a
county in, the State where he is not quietly
working, through his agents, to accomplish the
election Of good Tilden delegates to the con-
yention. He knows very well that unless nc
beats John kelly and d aaa = Hall and
his POLITICAL fiddle and resign all pretensions to
leadership and all aspirations for office.
of the hard work OF his agents. Greene county g
best claims to distinction are that it has the
Catekill mountains and large Democratic
convened in the town of Cairo, and they were
exhorted by all that was best for the party te
send delegates who would refuse to clasp hands
bitter end John Kely's pretentions to the State
leadership. Tilden's name was not mentioned
but everybody knows that there are only two
factions in the Democratic party Of New York
viz: Tildenites VS. Tammanyites.
john Kelly covers the party machine In this
city with bis thumb, but It remains to be seer
how much strength he can develop in the rural
districts. Tilden has the advantage OF intimate
political friends and adherents In every assem-
bly, district in the State VII are capable Of rem
dering him effective service. The battle In the
convention will be hot one at all events. fol
Tammany always kicks up deal of dust, IL il
be only the dust Of defeat The result will be
awaited with interest,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-21
NEW ORLEANS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21,

they rose from their sick bed, had lost all at
once their recollection and did not even know
friends. The plague continued it's ravages in
Athens for two whole years, and then, after
an interval Of twelve months, broke out again
B. g. 427, ana lasted another year. 1t carried
off altogether 4400 of the heavy infantry and
cavalry (all Of whom would be citizens Of
some position1 and of the lower classes ga
number never ascertained;;" Of women and
children the historian seems to take no ac-
count. The total loss Of life probably ex-
ceeded the nuraber Of those slain In battle
during the whole war.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-21
Chamber OF Commerce subscriptions
supposed Case OF Fever--BrOok"
Tym'S Mite.

NEW YORK, Sept. 20.-The Chamber Of Com
merce Southern relief committee at their
meeting to-day decided not to send any more
money South to-day. Total subscriptions to
date S115,537 80, and amount distributed,
800 900.
The attention OF the Board of Health was
to-day called to the case Of Louis @. Leyen-
stein, who was sick at the Bowery Hotel. ME:
it was the opinion Of the attending physicians
that his sickness showed symptoms of yellow
fever. AS precautionary measure the sick
man was sent to quarantine and his room
was disinfected.
The total contributions in Brooklyn for yell
low fever sufferers are S21, $50.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-21
why nc Hs ReJoEcetR Over.
IRockland tMe. J Opinion.1

Our rejoicIngs over the downfall Of the
In the least damp pened bg the croakingsoS those
who affect to deplore an alleged Decentralization
of the Democracy: We love the Demoeratie
continue to do. So But we love ii only as a
means to an end. ~: the establishment OF the
principles on which 1t was founded. The great
dressed itself has been to smash he above ring.
The Greenback movement has resulted in just
that thing, and We rejoice at 1t with exceeding
great Joy, and can afford to bs "demorafized' as
the price Of SO great a victory In brief, ff we
cannot lick these Internal scoundrels We are
glad somebody else can.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-21
THE SENATE apooRKEEpER.
His Record of seats Once Occupied by
----w-- MRtMhIA Statesmen --.E


Interview with a World Correspondent
rs it true, Mr.. Bassett," asked the corres-
pondent that the seats and desks which we're
once occupied by Webster, Clay, Calhoun, Ben
ton, Cass and the Senate generally Of hall CEN
tury ago, are now in use In the Senate CHAM
ber2" .,o.o.., .r,.noz ~
statesmen you have named. j, am the only per
son, I believe, who knows the history OF the
Of daps hs and ea beh baYs a eeran a
houn Webster. Benton Gass and dozen OF other s
hqa aee deal Of fidsabS troabe o eep tho oas
sweepers noye the chairs about pas.ro Often Ter
de- k, and the new, chair Of some member from
g State recently admitted to the Union before
Ca1houn's desk, You see every time State is
for the new Senators. Frequently !, am asked
By Senators to point out TO them the seats of
Webster and Clay, but always refuse. II the
seekers would cut and deiace them just about
the time the seats we're moved from the old
chamber. where the Supreme Court . now low. is, to
Websters, chair, but I had it repaired and
changed the position Of It. and it has not been
m5srag ared n a II he Is n Of ba os e f3
In an iron safe I kept. a list Of the seats and
desks have named with the names Of the SEN
ators who occupy them at present some Of
are not SO able"
Is. the seat and desk occupied by Jeff Davis
now in the Senate 2"
yes. and it has history. too" said Mr.. .Bas-
sett. Il opened the doors of the Senate cham
regiment which was mobbed at Baltimore on
its way South; The troops lodged in the cham
out at the time. One morning when came to
the Capitol heard terrible noise in the SEN
ate hurried through the lobby. and opening
a door to the chamber, saw about twenty. SOL
diers charging bayonets into Davis desk; I
yelled to them to stGp and asked them hi That
is that old {, ,aitor Davis seat one of them re-
piled, and we mean to smash it.
No: 1t is not cried. That seat belongs e. to
the United States. Davis only occupled it, The
boys saw the sense of what I said and they stop-
ped ,jabbing the desk with their bayonetss I
had it repaired and it Is now occupied by
Here the old gentleman stopped short as II he
had almost forgotten himself. and. without
naming the occupant of Davis seat, changed
the subject
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-21
A sad Picture of the Needs of Memphis.

new YORK, Sept. 2O.--The total gross re-
ceipts tomorrow at the American Institute
exhibition will be given to the yellow fever
fund. AZ
A dispatch has been received from the
chairman Of the citizens relief committee OF
Memphis who says that it Is impossible to
furnish d correct statement OF the results OF
the committee, and that the people are dying
and sick on all sides. Money and aid are not
stavinn the disease. "We need money to
bury the dead, to pay for nurses, doctors,
medicines and supplies. Every cent we re-
ceive is judiciously expended. We need force
to help us work. Our numbers are daily re-
dueed by death, and everything Is In confu-
sion - @