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The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-01-23
FIRST DISTRICT COUNT.
INFORMATION FILLED.

INFORMATION FILED.
Cbas. A. Stevenson, obtaining money under
false pretenses.
ARRATGNED.
John Gaul, assault and battery, pleaded
guilty to assault, which plea was accepted,
and the accused discharged on his bond, to
await sentence.
NoLLE PBosBQUI.
John Burke, assault and battery; Archie
Campbell, larceny
VERDICT.
Joseph Fortrudel, obtaining money under
false pretenses, not guilty.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-01-23
WeIDb's starry.

Last night Officer Carey found man named
John Webb lying on Penn street, between
Poydras and Perdido, suffering from wounds
on and about the head The victim could not
he had been set upon by parties and beaten for
no cause whatever. Webb was taken TO the
hospital, where his wounds were examined
and pronounced not dangerous.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-01-23
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMoORAT WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 49, 1878
h blood flowed In q copious

scalp, from which blood flowed In i. copious
stream.
-. oifleer GER Pezzico, Is destined to langush, be-
nlna lils1. tne pafs y the Parish Prison three
,,,,,,,s ~ ~ " bbing boy, yet Pennuel clups
pesTrssohs srss, ~ =" .tbitum. -,
ne OF q cotored woman has made On ALL
aa aavle Pagainst Pennuel before Judge Miltefl-
tperger. charging him with assault and bat
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-01-23
RAILROAD DEPARTURES.

The following were few OF the departures
BY the Morie fast line last evening: ]. Il.
Britton and w. ]. Allen. Savannah: B.. Z. Little,
NeW York; T. q. Maitland -Dugali. Selma;
I; ;Metcaif and family, Jackso .ville; Mrs; d..
st. Louis J. T. Beatie AID wife. New YORK; Il
Dal-hiemer.. Philadelphia; Arthur Little.
,ap.s Mhp.sellBg, n Va; Geo. stoekmaa. Indiana
Washington; G. A. Brockway. New York: jos
eph Marks and J. w. Bushnell, Cedar Keys !:
~ Mrs. =. Hammond. m e New YORK; !. " Mitchell.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-01-23
SIXTH DIST .uvr COURT.

Susan y. Chandler vs. Mutual Aid and
Benevolent Life Insurance Association
Judgment was rendered In favor Of plaintiff
for $231g, with legal interest from january 1,
1871 and costs Of suit.
Shakespeare Smith Il Co. vs. Edward M.
Seott.-kule for new trial refused.
The Louisiana Artificial Stone Company ys.
b. A. Northumberland for plaintiff
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-01-23
FIFTH DIsrr 1sCr S,oUnT.

A rule for o new tr .tal In the case Of Robert
Mcnamara vs.. Jar lies Andrews WIS refused.
Rosanna Mehaf ~ VS.. Gabriel Madison
Judgment for pla' milf
Henry Ellertr, ,ann vs. James r. O'Pry and
wife.-Judgme 4nt for plaintiff.
Charles DaArmas vs. Widow b. g. De st.
Romess-Rdle for new trial was granted.
James Buckley w. Vim. H. Seymour
,IuI1upr,t for pnintjff
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-01-23
City Licenses are payable until the first
instant at per cent discount.

.Staub, at Goldthwaite's bookstore, on Ex-
change Alley. near the corner of Canal street,
continues to sell late and cheap news from all
parts OF the world. We thank him ro-dav for
the Scientific American, the Philadelphia
Times, Wild Fire. Harper,s Bazaar, the London
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, etc. Frank
Leslie's monthly is most interesting as to mat
ter and full Of fne engrayings.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-01-23
THE COURTS.
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.

Mr.. Justice Hunt delivered an opinion In the
case OF the Home Life Insurance Company
against Brame, from the Louisiana Circuit.
He decides that the company cannot recover
OF Brame for the killing of one McLenore
the assured, by which the company was dam
aged to the extent Of the amount Of his policy,
holding that on principle and authority the
action cannot be sustained In such case.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-01-23
FOURTH DISTRICT Co.URr.

In this court Emile Martin has instituted
suit against the Board Of Administrators Uf
the Charity Hospital to recover the sum of
$3.50 for bread furnished that institution.
tered suit against the same, tlafendaIlts. claim
Ing s60s7 for groceries fur sished.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-01-23
A severe Case.

The steamboat Assumption, which arrived
here yesterday, had on board negro named
Alexander Bevenau, who was severely
scalded about the face and body, by the ex.
Mr. Ernest Raziers. The injured man ON his
arrival was sent to the hospital.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-01-23

Unequaled in it's location, and unsurpassed
in its arranRements for the convenience and
comfort OF the travelling public. the Colonnade
Hot.l ON Chestnut street. Philadelphia, holds
the highest rank.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-01-23
SECOND DISTRICT COURT.

In this court the SUGGESTIONS OF Henry Wray,
Amelia Jones, Jean Marie, Adolph Pincon
and Martin Carey have been opened.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-01-23

IN the case d Widow Grosko9 IS. Philip
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-01-23

City Licenses are payable until the first
instant at per cent discount.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-01-23

to his parish. to Iberville. portion Of st.
Martin Ascension and Calcasieu.
thorities In support Of the deleterious effects
Of the reopening OF the bayou. He said that he
had not one cent Of personal interest in the
thought that 1t would be a cruel thing to put
the people OF the sugar region in jeopardy OF
being oyerfowed. without affordng them be-
forehand any means to protect themselves. He
stamped. therefore. the bill with the name OF
folly.
facilities Of navigation to those who wanted the
bayou opened. but they wanted to secure the
parishes referred to as being endangered. by
devised BY the State Engineers '''''' W ~
IA message from the Governor was received
transmitting the annual reports OF the Auditor.
tentary the charity Hospital the % Insane s sni 1sy
lum. the, State Library. the Board of Liquida-
The yeas and nays being called on the indefl-
the committee, the result was yeas Is, nays %.
The chair held that the entire subject matter
wf Moase iii ny ss nnaPns an appropriation
Tor the mileage, per diem and contingent ex-
penses Of the General Assembly. was called up
by MIR. Young OF Claiborne.
After some dilatory proceedings the bill was
ordered to be read second time.
Mr.. Lyons. of East Feliciana, took the floor to
that i was 1nconsSitutional @ la Ia this that It pro-
vided for borrowing money to pay the expenses
Of the General Assembly. He therefore wanted
Mr.. Mcdehee Of We West ' Feiiciana' s Also wanted
the bill referred, SO that the constitutional OBJ
jections should be eliminated from 1t. He en-
tered his solemn protest against the hasty pas
Mr.. Young, after charging that the arguments
on the other side were made for delay, moved to
After further ilibustering. Speaker Bush. ON
the f1onr offered substitute for the entire bill
The substitute is similar to the original bill.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

The postmaster general has given orders
that hereafter postmasters will not be allowed
to Rttsche stamps to letters for any one. The
order l. given 50 that no blame may be at.
tashed to the officials in case letters should
mlscRrry,
In a Bucharest court, three gypses
who were about 10 be sentenced 10 penal
servitnde for life committed suicide with q
knife that one OF them suatched from q
woman. Al three had completed the act
before The astoUlshed officers could interfere.
Eight hundred brewers, representing a
capital Of over one hundred million dollars,
will meet at Baltimore at the brewers con
gress, on June 4. As Baltimore has forty
breweries, the malt masters will probably not
suffer for want Of their favorite beverage
very much,
the million-and-a-half dollar memorial
hall at Philadelphia il found to he in a ruin.
ously leaky condition. The interior orna-
mentstion which cost 80 much is in fair
way to be ruined, as the damage has been
going on Tor s1 months and must continue
until money can be secured from the state
to m AXE the necessary repairs.
United States minister Seward writes
OF the famine in China thst actual famine Is
pressing upen fifteen uil ion people, while
sixty million are suffering more or less dis.
uess. He says the crops have been good
Immediately around the stricken districts, but
as food can be transported only on wagons or
pack ANIMALS, IL cannot be taken thither in
sufficient quantities to save the lives OF the
peop in lientzin A house uade Of mats
for he accommodation Of suffering women
and children from the famine districts was
burned and one hundred and fifty lives lost
The Osceola times., 1878-06-01
Dignifled WCOps.v

A thoughtful correspondent, writing
from Paris. warns our bumptious coun,
trymen (if ther. lie any such) against
attempting to argue with a Paris police
man:
He will find him a very different per
son from the guardian Of the public
peace he is accustomed TO in New York
or Boston. At first, he will probably
dislike the air nf authority which the
PsrisiaD srgeant de ville possesses in
common with the soldier indeed, the
policeman Is doubly soldier, for he has
probably served in the regular army, and
the lice organization takes q military
shape, and has many military customs.
Anything like impertinence to police
man will he apt to entail disagreeable
ccnseo uences; resistance will be sure to,
and nobody but mailman would think
of It. A blow would be followed by very
rough handling land a French policeman
is never alone y by very unpleasant
night in the police cells and by term
OF imprisonment which might carry you
we'll beyond the clo-e OF the exhibition.
1t was only the other dsy that .aw an
Enylishman at Calais, man evidently
of intelligence aud good position. get
into the most silly quarrel w,ih laced
and buttoned funciipnsry or the wharf,
who asked him his name The Eng gish>
man had not heard of the rule, aud chee
To think bim.elt insal,ed and 10 re use.
There was an alt. rcs,ion which lated
minute, and ss the train stsrtosi ! Hw
him marched of between = couple q
gems Gavmss.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-01
The Discovery OF North America.

A Wall street broker laid wager the
other day that Christopher Columbus
discovered the continet OF North Amer
lea. and ol course, lost it. 1t is surpTis-
log how msny intelligent persons enter
tain the same error. Knowing that he
discovered number OF islands in the
western hemisphere, they think that be
must Of necessity have discovered this
cont nent also. They forget that he died
in ignorance OF the grandeur Of his
achievement, believing Cuba, Terra
Firma, and the other lands he had found
10 be remote parts of Asia. Amerigo
Vespucci, after whom North and South
America is named, did not discover this
continent proper either, The land he
discovered lay near the equator, and he,
too, was deluded with the notion that it
was portion OF Asia. John Cabot was
the di.coverer of North America (sonie
time in May, 1897, which he likewise
supposed to belong to the dominions of
the Grand Cham. He sailed along the
coast for three hundred leagues, and
went ashore, without finding any
human being, though he believed the
country inhabited. II is remarkable
that the three great disooverers of the
Western world should all have been
Italians, Columbus having been born
in Genoa, Vespucci in Florence, and
Cabot, presumably, in Venice The birth
of Cabot is uncertain, As are his age and
the place and time Of his death. But
the tact that the license granted to him
by Henry VII calls him Kabotto, Vene-
tiaD, would seem to determine the ques-
tion OF his nativity. The discoveries
had sorry fortune. Columbus, as we
are aware, was treated with the blacklist
iDgratitude by the King Of Spain.
when the officers OF the vessel in which
be was carried prisoner to Spain offered
to remove his chains, imposed upon him
by royal order, be replied, 81 will wear
them as reminder of the gratitude of q
princess He died, as every body knows,
neglected, in extreme poverty, OF q
broken heart. Nespucci had many trials
and died poor, and Cabot fell into ruch
oescurity that no cne can tell where OF
vhsn OF how he died. Surely the sugu-
ries attendant on the birth OF the western
world were not favorable, and in q
superstitious age might have led to the
belief that its history would never b.
marked by good fortune New York
Times.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-01
Mr LOVER.
ny EMMA NoRTisKR WHITE,

ny EMMA hoRTiskR WHITE.
At 'aSt am blessed with = lover,
Jast what lover should he
Devoted aud constant and handsome,
Handsome ns handsome can bo,
Devoted l. devoted, Relieve me
he never has left me day
| am ever his prids and his darling
Without me he cannot he gay,
Its cares for no lovelier lady
10 him ! an very iatr
Contented he rests on my bosom,
Kisses my lips and my hair
Handsame - his cheeks sre like rosss,
His head Is run over sith ourls,
His forehead Ia white as snOvdrlit
Hil teeth glimmtr olesrtr thas pearls.
HIS eyes they are as bright as the sunshine,
Niih lsshes tint cannot be beat
And tl.sz tn9v that you've Eeyer
seon sucr sSndr nd such feet
Wealthy Bers ~ tssss Of nione1
Money to nim is bIi dross
u yer and gold for nv lover,
Are only for pitch and fox toss
Ho must have been born 10 fortune
Hes lived at his ease ever since;
II you'd see hut the style oi his dressing,
You'd probably think him pr1c~,
Shirts thick frosted with stitching,
Silkpn embroidered socks;
ihins the most Of bis money
ne keeps In painted box
He'll show you sold.n guinea,
"a which he cut his hrst tooth,
Strung on an azure ribbon.
lied with q iovs-knOt fHso5th
OF tseth be hss half 9 doxen,
set TO the cunnirgest mold
For | sm my lover mother
roT he Il but one year old
The Osceola times., 1878-06-01

great drawing room the wood fire snap
ped with good will, and glinted gayly
upon bror 20 and ormolu, upon the quaint
mirrors set in garnets, upon the yellow
ivory keys Of the old piano. Anson
SearIe rose to receive bis guest with a
flush OF surprise.
"Is it-you-- -HittyH" he exclaimed.
You"
YES. You did not expect me?'
Expect you No. Have had reason
to expect you 2
We sometimes expect without res-
son. | have come expecting you to
grant me favor"
"A favor?"
Yes. IT strikes you oddly that |
should be brought to beg favor of you,
does it mott But there is no other friend
upon whom | can make even 10 shsdowy
a claim az upon you. Do you think !
would ask any thing of one whom have
served $3.50 ill--if were not in ex.
tremityr
. hope you will ash any thing Of me,
Miss Hitty- any thing you want"
~ have become mercenary, Mr.. Searle.
want money. Libby and have made
up our minds to mortgage the place we
must have five thousand dollars without
delay the place is not worth no much,
| know, but IL thought perhaps you
would take 1t for security, AS far rs ii
would 60; and then-Libby ard i are
not too old TO work, TO earn money and
there's Tom and we all would strive to
make it up TO you, sooner or later, inter.
est and principal. ! am dreadfully un-
businesslike, perhaps; but what can l
do9 And | must have the money. |
cant't live can't die-witheut it. Do
I make it clesrf'
"You make it clear that the Thosne
fortune has all leaked away. am glad
of it. Pardon, but hold grudge against
that same property; 1t has cheated me
out Of twenty years of happiness. Yes,
Miss Hitty, you shall have the money.
l have plenty; am rich in everything
but the one thing / coveted. But I
cannot take the mortgage; you
shall have the money and welcome,
but | can't accept mortgage on
the old place, Miss Hitty; it Is too
sacred to me. Think of mortgsging
the old apple,tree where we swung
in the hammock together, of bringing
the garden where we dreamed in the
summer evenings into business trans
action But all the same you shall have
the money, Miss Hitty--"
But, oh you know | can not take
the money unless-unless-"
"Unless you take the owner with itY
Was that what you meant TO sayY I'm
sure 1t wasn't, but, for Heavens sake,
say 1t, Hitty. Don't you know, vowed
never 10 ask you TO marry me twice 7
Do you want me TO break my word,
eh 7 Now 1t is your turn to do the
asking"
90 should think had asked enough"
said Hitty, the great tears standing in
Anson searle. You don't want to marry
me, an old maid ike me See how
faded and gray am" "
And it swear ! do want TO marry
you, what will you say 2"
:" shall say, then, Why don't you do
40, Mr.. Scarlet" What will Libby say
when she hears I've asked you u marry
me
"she will say you have done your
duty like man
"Well, Miss Htty Thorne always had
an eye TO the main chance" said her
neightors. "She Tilted Sesrle when he
vas poor, and now he is rich she marries
him. What fool woman can make Of
a sensible man only it usually takes a
Young one u Bszsr.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-01
CONGRESSIONAL.
HOUSE.


In the house, on the Goth, Speaker
pro. TEN. Ssyler announced the appoint.
ment OF the committee under the Potter
resolution to inquire into the alleged frauds
in the late presidential election, as follows:
Clsrkson \. Potter, of New York William
r. Morrison, of Illinois; Eppa Hunton, OF
Virginia; John A. M'Mahon, OF Ohio J. c.
:. Blackburn, of Kentucky: W. S. Senger,
Of Pennsylvania Thos. K. Cobb, of Indiana
emocrais B F. Butler, of Massachusetts, ;
Frank Hiscsck, of New York J. D. Cox, OF
Ohio, and Thomas Il Reed, of Maine, repub.
licans .. Under call OF the states, bills we're
introduced and referred rs follows; By Mr..
Harris; Reporting law imposing tax Of
one per cent. on S ate banks BY Mr. Shelby
tAls.l: Giving the guaranty of the govern
ment for the payment of five per cent.
interest on bonds to be issued hy the follow.
ing named companies to the following
amounts: James River and Ksuawhs canal
company, sixty million dollars; Atlantic and
Great Western canal company, nifty million
dollars; Florida Coast canal company,
twelve million dollars; Fort ST.
Phillip canal company, ten million dol.
lars: Rock Island and Henuespin canal
company, thirteen million doll ,rs; Oswego
canal company, twenty five million dollars;
Big Sandy railroad company, i've million
dollars. BY Mr.. Garfield: For making the
tenth and subsequent census. BY Mr.. Atkins;
The Osceola times., 1878-06-01

THE talk at dinner is about various
acqusintances how they have married,
and their domestic lite. After numerous
observations from one and another, q
guest addresses the hosts daughter, a
young girl nine or ten years old, who
wears a very thoughtful expression ::
"Well. mademoiselle what is your opin.
ion about all this? Shall you marry or
remain single 9' Neither. think
shall be widow.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-01

sure; that word burn ought to be
barn of course;" 50 he changed it to
barn" Now the poem begins, MY
little wife is out beyond the barn" I'M
agine the poet as his eye falls upon this
cold. blooded murder Courier Journal.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-01

A PoET in the Cornhill Magazine,
wishing to write that his wife was out
beyond the brook, found that "brook"
would not make the rhyme be wanted ;
therefore he thought he would substitute
for it the word "burn," which means
brook, although "burn" d jes not sound =,
TO unaccustomed cars, like water of any
sort. 81 he wrote, "My little wife is
out beyond the burn" 1t made pretty
line, and it did well enough until the
newspapers began to copy the poem. An
intelligent eompositor soon fell sioul Of
it. HSshought, "Well, heres an error,
The Osceola times., 1878-06-01

ENGRAVING on glass is now done with
the aid of electricity. The glass is first
covered with concentrated solution of
potassium nitrate, and the design Is
traced with fine plstin point connected
with one pole Of battery.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-01

We are in receipt OF a portrait of a
noted revivalist, subscribed, Yours in
Jesus, E. p. Hammond" Upon the
back OF the card is written: - He who,
being often reproved, hsrdeneth his
neck, shall suddenly be cut off, and tba,
without remedy. A whip tor the horse,
a BRIDE or the ass, and a rod for the
FOOLS back" A no bride was found in
the package, we inisr that Brother Ham
m-pd retained it for his own use."-
REV. Harding.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-01

sHARoN's seven-story palace hotel in
Frisco is the biggest Kind OF an elephant
ON the hands OF the proprietor. Every
month at least sl2 600 is due on mort
gage account, and the running expenses
OF the institution are scarcely met by the
receipts.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-01

AMONG many interesting relics in ard
about Monterey, Cal, is the wreck of the
old brig Natalie, the veritable vessel in
which Napoleon made hls escape from
Eita' This slowly decsying wreck is
safely anchored in the sand by the new
whsrf
The Osceola times., 1878-06-01

THE British newspaper press direc-
tory " for lS7sexhibits ,744 newspapers
published in the United Kingdom. In
the United states in 1877 there were
s,079 newspapers and periodicals. OF
British newspapers ljs are daily, while
OF the American 700 are daily.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-01

A BosroS man named Samuel b.
Hale, who has been farming in Buenos
Ayres forty,dve years, owns nov 5000
acres Of rich prairie, 3 900 cattle, 500
horses, 10000 sheep and 400 hogs.
The fences cost S2G, 900. Last year the
wool product Of the farm netted 522, 900
pounds, and there was yield OF 100000
pounds of tallow; also IS $40 sheep
skins.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-01

DURING the nine months past, the
aggregate value OF exports from the
United STATES has exceeded that of the
imports, as shown by the custom house
hooks, by $2O6, GOO 600. The cabinet
considered this fact recently, and became
convinced that it demonstrated satis-
factory commercial and financial con.
ditioa.
The Osceola times., 1878-06-01

From the return of the British board
OF trade, for the first quarter of 1873, 1.
appears that the exports of breadstuas
from this country to Great Britain we're
$4,000 600 in excess of the amount in
the corresponding period last year, while
our exports OF cotton decreased $780,
900 in the same time. The increase in
wheat was SIC, 900 600; -four, SO 900, 900
and corn S4 600 600
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-10-31
A Mistake.

Many, we may say, most people are
apt TO think that the financial troubles
aud hard times which this country has
been experiencing since 1873 are the
hardest ever known in the history OF
the world but this is a great mistake
England passed through aImost iden
ticaliy such crisis between 1915 and
1926, which was brought about by the
same causes, by the attempt TO resume
specie payments by force of law and
a contraction of the currency conse-
quent thereon. From the condition OF
unheard of prosperity during period
ofspecie suspension for eighteen years
the people of that country were re-
duced to a condition of bankruptcy
and beggary. More than four-fiuhs
of the land owners of England lost
their possessions, the number being
re5iuced in ten short years from460,-
600 to 10000. History is but repeat.
ing itself. BY the policy of the party
in power the wealth of the country is
being rapidly transferred from the
hands of its producers to swell the
possessions of the money kings, and
the people becoming reduced to
state of vassalage. Yet in the light
of the examples of history and the ev-
licences that surround us upon every
hand, ward, right onward do the op-
pressors pursue their course.