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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-17

F. Yprks Woodward Esq,, has been ap,,
the port, vice Mr.. Ludwig, resigned.
The John Wilson haying sprung her butts
~ the late storm, Is now laid up for repairs in
the Ocean Dry Docks.
The Viekshurg ferryboat r. Gelss which
was sent here to bs repaired Ii now in tip top
order, and is ready IL leave.
| The bnnaupttes on Where street, hptwnnn
Esp!anade street and Bayou rt,ad. ate In good
| order now. The plank fnads have been laid.
and cypress CUTTERS put MP o
The Boston Base Ball Club will cross bats
| to-day With the Atlantic uine pf Alafers.
| game to be played IN tlie ground Of Me-
| Cartv Square, the former club state That
| they would lihs to hear from any club In their
district.
The Orleans t,enevnlent Association pipe
tlsnir second complimentary gfand f,noy
drrss and mast hall at Glnewald Hmll. Of,
Saturday, the SID inst Every thing j. pre-
parFst to make the night lovsly
A grand entertainment win be given BY the
st AloYsius Dramatic Society Oh the Sun
days February. r and "a, nb Holy Trinity
Hall, corner Of IT. Ferdinand and Roynl
ssreete. The play to be represented Is entitled
'DbH AplhHlso, 81 the Triple GROSS
The Committee a Agriculture md Com
nhfee held q. meeting yestpitlay At tltair
roc4us In the State- House 10 discuss The Till
combining the Chamber Of Commerce and the
Bpard III Trade, Nothing definite was done,
an0 bhfoo1iutIlbtee WIN Httet agaiEF before rat
porting
On Monday and Tuesday. eighteenth and
uneteenth itlstants, tlts Fst Peter Variety and
Dramatic Club Ut tho Third District will give
al ENTERTAINMENT at st iharlns Hall, Alginrs.
under blis at,spiees 1T the relief committee.
fr the Henent Of The sufferers from The lpss
Of the WeAltister. The bill will le hanged
each night.
o We tave been shown, am elegant trophy
presented by the Crescent City Rifle
Club for competition by tho members nf our
city IN Tiffany organizations. The prize com
ssfs Of solid silver stanal beautifully carved,
loldina. q atlb glass dneanBar. which Will be
filled " tfs bfandy and both the stand and
cpi,tents wil bs competed for to-day et the
aD0. yaxl tange.
,shperi ntetldent Eugene Mbsfief. Of the Sixth
Ward, has 3shn nnite busy IF late In cutting
ditehes una thak ing flood gbtes to drain the
gtonnds naar, md AROUND Tie Magnolia Gar
aens into the bayou st. John. This section has
been. hera 'offr@ sadly neglected. by Tie city au
hofites. nFthis work deserves The aptrtfbh-
ton Of eve Icy property holder In the neghbors
hfyn1
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-17
LEGISLATIVE HEEus.

Yesterday Mr. Wise, chairman NJ the Com
iHitt 90 on Elections and Qualifications. tade
msietttY relsnt from live committees Inv Tile
tss,ttsiea tasaSof Judge Barbi,, claiming the
sent now occupied by Lptlis } attaar a# the
member fre4n Asoyelles. Tho refart was
Favorable 10. Judge Barlin III, The grout,f of
The ineligibiity III Souer who In Ihp Gpnion
of maiuiity Of the rpultnittep wass ns,t tilt
ZEN Sf Atpy slles Mt the date of tie election
orher conclusion of the majority tltsstl t~as
that all votes east fet sSptat beiag Illegally
cost. could not be counted: and Judge Bar
bin receiving the Highest number of votes
Legally east. W nc entitled TO the sea4
Gov Hahn read q minority report signed
by four tieriibets NJ the eotlniHee. favorable
10 Mr.. Souer. An effort was inade by both
sides to get the question: tip fus inlmediafe ae-
ton, bat objection being made the ntFse went
over under the rules
There was but one Of The prCpqsea amend
tnents bo the constitutions. passed yestsnday
that providing for the reconstruction of the
Judiciary. The amendments fixing tle aalaries
III the Judges Of the Supreme Court was list
by n vote OF 81 nays ty AZ ycas This latge
vUte against the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to stHrtie
the cons itutlUn cDiblhrs, attributable as III was
to the detection d the Republicans, and Judge
Lyons moved TO postpone all further con
sitleratipn of the amendments I'LL Monday, at
p. IN. THE sudden detection Of Tie Republi-
cans was supposed to be due to the report OF
The COMMITTEES ut, Elections and Dualitiea-
tiuns adverse to SDlar and III was limited that
they might Insist ,iboil his seating he the
member from Avoyeiies as tile condition pre-
eedeht 10 further Republican SUPPORT uf Tile
htnendmens. IF these sarniises be true.
Judge Ball,Hi or the amendments must 60 up.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-17

giving the appointing power to a corporation
aud he urged ttiatit wtitd be dangerous t.
give judicial and executive power TO the Bnart
OF Trade. Heleferred to a bill that was Of
ferred last year compelling All Inspection ri
Hour, etc
Capt. Buck asked that s,ite one fayoilng
the bill should express his opinion.
Mr. kirkpatrick asked that the clause iela
atiye to tUl,acto inspection be st fi"sfan out.
It was also asked by Mr.. Dunn that the
word "weighet' he expungea.
Mr.. Raymond said that the object of the bill
WAS ttrgive to THOSE who have the handling Of
the provisions their management. 'Fhe MP
rpinLu,ent Of inspectors should be given to "A
Boara Of Trade as II IA now done In ftiengei,
New YmH Boston. asra even tile little city 81
Houston. The merchant Is the protector. but
he did NOT believe IN q hierarchy which would
follow cUtu9ulsUlF inspection.
tfedescribed the wpl'kfng Of The bill and said
that inspections tH,det 1t would he piotrt-
ton to The consumer Me urged that In nitfnr
tsp give validity to ti,a action Of any inspector
INV should b. passel sss that their cettiii4
Gates would he good In ~ court even In Eng
ilat9l
G.. ". Sears favuresl the hill
Inv reference w n ltl6sNinn MI Raylnb,TH
said that the tstitibh1 If F,t4rnrtuts was not
limited and thas 1t was the prirppss tb grant
license tn every ttatty atFlYlng WIN WIS
honest.
The hour Of "A arriving the eo,lnstttee adj
jouihed ''ntll TnestlaF hpEt
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-17
A Loss TO EUROPE.

| Affairs In Europe are decidedly mixed, and
| whether peace OF o bloody war will be Tho re-
suit no sage, however wise. can tell At one
time Tho war cloud Is dark and threatening
agaT ii Is scarcely as large MS a mans
hand" and then, the winds of peace blow upon
1t and it disappears altogether. Great stabes-
men declare that wat0must COME and other
equally great and respected, bid us hope that
no blood will be shed. It Is u sort Of game of
now you see Il and now you don't" IT Is
perhaps unfortunate for Europe that, at such
a trying time It should lost9 the councils of
thought entities him TO respect ono whose
voice is ever on the side Of mercy, peace and
love- one before whose coming grim ysaged
war smoothes his wrinltled 'front.' one In
whose prfsenes "all goes merry as u marriage
bell, ono In whose tlailOmilth and happiness
follow willing hnndmadens.
We refer. of course. to our glorious Rex,
whose departure from MytetT has already
been ehrSnieled aud who i now doubtless ON
the eeeans billows. followed by the chosen
vessels of his royal ileet. and alp bound for
New Orleans TO join in our Mardi dras fes*
tivities We'll that which is Europs's loss Is
our gain, and therefore we should prepare to
receive Tho King IN n trle Of mngnilcanea
bettthg his high position.
Casually dropping IN MT Carnival Palace
yesterday we found that the Duke dc la Bou-
levafd, accompanied by The Dukes Of TGhou-
pitoulus and Pelican State, had just arrived
We ran assure our readers that oil Is we'll MT
the palaee and Tint ths knowing ones antici-
pate the most brilliant carnival ever wit
Missed in New Orleans.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-17
AERIAL NAVIGATION.

VS. received visit yesterday from Mr.. Fritz
A. w.. Won kbrens, one Of those interchangeable
workers who pursue an iGlea until they have
brought IT. 10 realization. "a
Many attempts have been made toward sue
ccssfnl navigation Of the airy regions and
Msr, Voa oEhfens believes that he has sue
ceeded ia accomplishing the heretofore con
sldered unaceomplishable feat. He has in
vented conieal balloon, with car,propelicd
by steam, with patent wheels attached, which,
according To all appearances and reasonngs,
ana at least inaugurate the first saccess Of
aerial navigation.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-17
Mexican war Veterans.

Correspondence Of the ConrieraJourna1
STANFORD, KY, Nov. 81 hate read sew
sral articles in the lon1e-Joumeet relative
10 the pensiolug 6f Mexican war veterans.
md, although / am not one Of tttetn do not
hesitate to assert that our country owes ii to
them 10 give u pension TO all Of bhat honored
band who may apply for ii, if the Inv should
phss. The great majority Of The people Of
this country would most HEARTILY indorse
such 81 measure. There are nearly two score
Of tho veterans in this Iineotnt county.
some OF whom IRE quite poor, and some
afflicted. Ohs Of tta band IS old, who, as 1t
gallant captain, did valiant serniGe Others,
whose bair is frosted over with many winters,
would GLADLY receive and enjoy tho pittanceof
IS per month. The present Congress ought
not to adjourn tirtil the act is passed. giving
I'LL Of our Mexican war veterans q pension Of
ut least s8 o month to Irtysttss, and more 10
the officers. IF Congress- should foil or refuse
to give this smhll sum to our conntrys qalr
liant heroes, q blssh Of shame ought to mantle
the cheek Of every member Of the body who
vsfsd agaitst br refused to support q bill
which was offered to give b apension to the
soldiers Of the Mexican war. There shotikt be
no delay Too long already shey have been
Kept put Of the pittance. Let It be no longer
said that he AmericaC Congress refused 10
pension their old war Veterans. JrsTI ~.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-17
EELEtsbEsa- N OEst.S ~.
Release et L"vest. Taylor ant, Pope. AL
o legged EsnsplratDra.

We have seen thFdntision Of Chief Justice
Cartier, OF the Distinct of Columbus rendered
On the 9th inst, in ths babeas CORPUS proceed
inEs IN references to Ds lowell intfaHte1 for con
spiraey in the Belpsa- Hoblon eass. disehara-
ing the defendants upon the following
grounds:
''that the Indictment Of Itself 'isftto NJ 81.
cuts its own thtoat, in TINT 1t describes an
impossible crime charging the defendants
with eonspirng erne TO- 1874, To seepver a
Judgment which, whs entered May 10, 1874 a
legal npossihility.'
eft is likely that tho conspiracy was laid
June 10. 1874, to avoid The bar Of Limitations
If this constitutes She body Of the indiet-
mrnt it is fatal 10 1t 4"
certainly the body Of Ibis indiht,nent WINS
correctly reeited by Judge Lowalt United
States vs.. Frederick &. Pope, t. s. district
Court, Distrieto Of Massachusetts Pope, CO.
defendant IN this easel md the 4pptsmutory
part does not redsenit"
Judge Cartier continues "'Fhe Indictment
has got to be judged as an entirety. II / have
correctly read it, with the fatah mistake in
the very heart OF 1t. The defendant is dis.
charged
Since this decision was rendered. NJ Geo.
Taylor has been released on the same
grounds ESQ that Pope, Lowell and TAYLOR are
nil free. and the only eases understood are
those Of Mnssis Iteyehnud and Shannon,
which go to the jury on Monday morning.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-17
THE AsiRICULTUHE AND CONNER lie
COMMITTEES. ...

eat 10 o'clock tho committee mete and the
first matter taken up was the consideration
of the bill fixing u standard Of weights and
measures. Judge Lyons was present, as the
originator of tie bill, and he said that he had
conceived the measure in the country aid had
no idea that there would be such opposition to
it. His object was simply to punish those who
might sell on short weight. On account Of
this short weight many were making pur-
chases in the West Tho consumer Is thus
defrauded and suffers.
There are merchants In the country who
t9rder short weight barrels OF Hour and pork
on purpose, 1t Ii difficult to get % full barrel
when q purchaser desires it now. This trouble
Is particularly with pork.
Capt. Buck suggested that the bill in qlIes-
tion did not correct the evil.
Judge Lyons resumtpg said that the conse-
on the laborer Of the country by this, strik-
ing off on the weight. Labor IS dcmoralized
by it, and men will not work year after year
and then open their eyes TO the fact that they
have been deceived. te<
w. G. Raymond, as a representative Of the
merchants. said that q four-horse team
could be driven through the biH He said
that unless there was general law passed
relative to these cases Il would be without
result.
An act regarding Board Of Trade was est
taken up. The act repeats the charter of the
Board Of Commerce, and gives to the neve
board the appointment OF inspectors of al
products of agriculture cotton excepted.
The inspection was to be voluntary.
Petitions were read against and In favor Of
the new law.
Mr. Boulgny asked whether or not joint
resolution had been passed last year relative
to the subject.
Mr.. Berry stated that subcommittee die
have the matter under consideration, but tina
did not affect the present matter.
DR.. Ryland stated that it was the desire O
tive to the appointment of inspectors
| Mr., Bouligly said that he did not believe il
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-17
THE ItH1K I'm n0x.

few dtHvs ago WE related The circumstances
connected with the breaking of The fire alaanl
teaaafahh hux ut Hone No: VS. house.. by Mr..
John Evans, Tie foreman Ut the company.
and referred to the report Of Capt. o'lJe IT
the Flfth Precinct police, which said that Re-
eordef Miltenhnrgef had eleplned to take the
alfl1aYit Ut the policeman mn the llnat against
MI Evans. We have siitce been informed that
the ,easoi, why Recorder Kfiltenbelget re-
the policeman would not swear that the break
Ing. of The box Ind bapt done 'felunipttaly, and
t,hllnionsls" Without W1inh no critlie OF
6itellse could be Implied, and the affidavit
would have been valieless; Subsequently,
and having expressed his Willingness to make
2 complaint IN accordance with the forms Of
law, his affidavit was taheh. Tho case is
netttling.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-17
HOTRI. ARRIVALS.

81, ST CHARLES 5; HoTgL-Jqha Miaenire Mp
nor cg DAY AND S M MeEe at
son, Il, z Harrison Cincinnati; John G ysager,
NV NJ York; NJ H@lassp M t. & Iaiass 4
France; Joe seIkman, New York, Mrs. Gee, T
A AaM s. L9ais rereas9n EaweFd H.
@ s sssasld w saH, hes ss
n2, "aa IT, VIZ c a "Ha n Mss
], loehians bcondon. j Keiderkan. Chicago;
EdwA r. FYnssWi4ie Agemsf NJ. mnngfr End
Atkiuson, 81 M4ry; VIZ Gntcheon. Mis- Don
Ira 4. Packard and wife. Mich J 4 Thomson
field: A ThaxtDn. Dug ham: i Taplnr, Va :
A y Jones. Texas; DR. D. II Davis III; Mr. Mas
cad lad wife. Cranssilie. = '''''' oi""'
GAs h1ons e| me 3; eIvfs q Tex
ton La = 4 Doraas Louisiana: Capt GEO But
B4gosks co P PsTk I Ys1e m fDantI We
Seal, Madison parish: Mrs II < COLEMAN man Ala
smama; hss Sarah Hyatt Alabama Hitler
ham. ,Lonisianas pfdl .Iones. louisiana; T +.
M lars I'll Leaiissana: Lennon Louisiana F
nefiS; slun lGin, La, En6S milling, Wtnnneld,
IA; ! Melting, Winfield. La: r n Brian.
Mlnnheld Ia: NJ Brian. WINFIELD. La; L E
Lee. Louisiana; NJ Gockerham. Louisiana: II
Devaron. Louisiana; NJ r Machen. Winfield,
"a; 4 snmnerlin, Louisiana; .rry Jr.
sey. Jackson. Miss; / NJ Denham. Jackson.
Miss; DR. Ford, Columbia. Miss; Chas H
Akin. summit Miss; G Lowell, Palmyra.
Miss: Galeham, Louisiana: John Casper,
Alexander La: James Smith. louisiana; | W
Cool, louisiana; ] W Cooper. Ficksburo; A
Bass, East aaErol. La: NJ + McDonough. Phila-
| delphia Fl Frerichs and wife, city.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-17
A FIRE ESCAPE.
Experiments Wade Yesterday with sEr.
Wtflts ttvsa rafpts,

Yesterday between noon and T. III Keller
Market was great centre uf attraction.
many people, including tretnan and Insurance.
ineil.heitg enngreahted there al Tie invitation
of Mr., VIM. With to Witness the operations uf
his Hire escape apparatus. The apparatus is
most simple and In Its general construction
Is similar TO the fire escape used In France for
many years Mr.. With claiming as his Ippe,,-
tinn only the iron frame work which Is use,l
to attach his % escape . tn The window sill ri
eleyated building i, for whieI, it Is intended.
The apparatus proper consists simply ri q
tube. ifiade OF sail duck and STRENGTHENED
along the seatns with ropes. crowded Will
fone handles. The under seam is The wider.
and the total diameter Of the tube nj eput three
feet. a The entrance Of tile tube was attached
10 the ftanie liked at tie top Of the bell tower
Of the Keller Mafket-a height of about fifty
feet aud Mt With was the first pat'son To al
low himself TO slide throBslSit, whilst tho
hstton. OF the apparatus was held by four
men. Several other persons followed MIR
With Including Mrs. With, the wife pf the in
efentofl some feet foremost. others head fore
most. and even small children eventually
vaHturea IT, come down through It, the process
The feature III Mr.. Withs Invention Is That
tile appatatl9 Is Intended to bn inelesed in a
boz SECURED 10 the floor uf the room OF n ho-
tel efof example, Immediately adjoining 81
NtltIlN me HHEs opening u the III pl
the box throws the apparatus out of the win
dow and makes II tetdy tot usn provided
however. tlXa lowel. end IF the tube is held By
persons on The street or in an adjoining build
ing
MIR. Will, will on Monday next experiment
On q more extensive scale from the top Ut st.
PaIleR.s Hall. between . and .. III. The 10
rality being n central one. everybody will be
Afforded al opportunity Of seeing il In opera
zion.
rY,t .xtl,,,
inventions Of Nj With, together with his
iron frame hook, arc intended to be applied to
burning buildings from the street, aud in this
PARTICULAR will be or great interest to fite'npil
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-17
QUITE REpREsmsNe.

Messrs. Chamonin and Marital, Of The Opera
House, set out last week on rowing excursion
Ia the Bayou ST. John. They enjoyed tho trip
hugely hut an unforeseen accident dam pstl
excursion, and sUhan about to lsnd near The
Esplannde bridge. Mr. Chamonin attempted to
j,imp on. before the skiff had landed end lpl
the first thing he felt was tho soft mud Of the
bayou on his head. His com panion tried to
rescue him. but shared tho same late They
were both rescued half drowned. by shanee
phssers by Thnt very evening these hrti tes
performed the "Cnnofiers ds Ia Eene@ THIS
title ought to have beeno Les Canotiers oflu
Bayou At, Jenn'
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-17
MUNICIPAL, MATTHIAS.
ANOTHER ,syurnryos,

lying hetweet Julia street, the New canal the
river and the upper line Of Garteilton are apt
In find themselves III pfHllcanent in ease oi
a heayy min owing TO the Injunction ISSUED
at the suit Of the New Orleans and Carrultut,
Railroad Company, prohibiting the city frun,
draining into the Dublin Avenue eshal and
tall fane. and from 'ising the Dublin Avenue
draining machine. Whatever may be tbe re-
suit OF the Injunction when tried ON It's nerits.
the temporary suspension of operations Mt the
hstnf.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-17
CONTINENTAL asfARns co. A..

This select organization Is. now preparing
to give grand ball tin the Ehll ssase Of thu
word Mt st. patilel's Hall on the twentvo
second instant. No Expense has been spared
to make the affair unique Of its kind The
decorations will be splendih and tire invita-
The supper will Big furnished on written CON
trait by q famous festatiratnur Of the city
and everything will be in Keeping with the
old reputation 81 the Continental Guaads
who know
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-17
base BALL.


The home and home game between these
two rival teams will come off at Ogden Park
on Sunday afternoon al oSloek sharp. The
winning club takes CUTE receipts besides d
purse Of 500. Both clubs have each won n
game. md this. the deciding game. will be
looked for with great intwest.. Lovers Of the
national pas1iine should 9loto fail to SEQ this
Un1Ilp
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-17
sECa aD D.s sRuCr .osraT.

No. 40,t42. Succession Of Tits Hyaointhss
and wife.
No. Al las. Succession Of MariACIsra Berth.
wife Of J. A. B1afa
No 4t144. Succession Of WiIbel,nina Bur
baliu,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-17
-aa---.s'-,.---
HYMN IN EAL.

Merrliy chimed the marriage bells Thurs
DAY evening in glad greeting to happy
couple, who joined hands and hearts and reg
is cred their vows of eternal fidelity oh st.
Patr1ck's Church. Mr. f. Coleman led to the
altar Miss G. Mallen, surrounded by friends
and relatives. Amid rejoicing and well wishes
the newly welded pair entered upon life
which promises to be crowned with the roses
Of reciprocal affection.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-17
ERsONAI..

DR.. j, +. HeRS sof VIM pafisFr, arrived yfs-
terribly on the Fart Able anE1is stopping At,
Cassidgs. DR. RELY was elected IN 1879 ~
the Senate IRON the Twenty fourth District
end was epu ntettnut by the Rehprning EoartI
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-17

We have received from Staub. the cheap news
dealer of Goldthwaites bookstand. on Ex-
change Alley, near the corner Of Canal street,
late papers from the East and West. Harpers'
Monthly for March, Puck, Frank Leslie's Week
ly, etc. Staubs is really a first class place to
get news
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-17

The Colonnade Hotel, Philadelphia, Pa, by
It's judicious reduction OF rates. will maintain
Its famous reputation as a model f1rst-class
house, alive to the demands Of the time.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-17

Faienca pate dure and roval Wooster china,
decorated aud plain, at E. offner & Co.'s. oppo-
site the Varieties Theatre.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-17

We have received from Philip Werlein, No.
1875 Canal street. song entitled " The Is es OF
the BY and By" Words and music by James
G, Clark.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-07-16

TIE FEARFUL GROWTH or CRME.-
The unusl ally well informed Boston cor
respondent of tie Springfield Republican
writes to that journal as follows concern
ing the fearful increase OF crime:
"Few persons have noticed how fas'
the prisons of the United States, and par
ticusrly those of the South, have been
filing up with cOnvicts since the Presi-
dental campaign OF 1872. At that time
had occasion 70 compute the number of
convicls in the 40 State prisons, and
found it to be about $1,000. On the first
of January, 1878, the number in the same
prisons, and few new ones that have
been built, was moro than q 900
Before the civil war the prisoners Of
all grades confined in the whole country
did not mu ch exceed 20 900 at any one
time; now there are more than 10000.
In Georgia, before the war, there were
less than 200 convicts in the State prison
all whi,e-now there are more than
1900, OF whom nearly 1000 are colored
men, and this fact leads TO system Of
employing their labor in outdoor en-
ployments. such as the field gangs Of
slaves used to work st--cotton-planting,
railroad building. coal mining, etc And
this labor now pays the cost Of support
~ n
Southern States. while at the North and
West the surplus Of cost over earnings is
very large, even IN the State prisons
Ten nnessee, Tor example, derives net
income Of nearly s70.O00 year from her
conyicts, while Pennsylvania, for the
game class OF conyicts, pays out twice as
much, or SAC, 900 a year, and New York
pays out even more"