The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-22
NEW YORK.
Mrs. Granger's suit tor DivOrce-After An
Old MANS M0Hey-GOv. seymour ON the
Chinese QuestiOn-A Girl Thief.


NEW YORK. Feb. 21.-Mrs. Granger Is seek
ing to have her marriage with Capt. Blair an
nulled asking that 1t be declared void from
the beginning, because OF his previous mar
riage. Blair will make no defense. Mrs.
Granger was Miss Fletcher, OF Kentucky,
and the widow of Gen. Gordon Granger.
| Blair says that he told Mrs. Granger OF the
relations with the Glasgow woman, and she
| had passed the matter over as an iDdiscretion
| of the past eondoned by time. Capt Blair is
still In Fort Columbus, awaiting sentence.
| Jonathan Tremaine Wells, aged seventy
eight. sensible enough to have accumulated
fortune alleged to reach $500,000, is now
pronounced sane enough TO keep It without
the aid Of his sisters, cousins and aunts, and
especially cousins, who wanted to get posses
| sion of his property on the ground that he
was Of unsound mind. Wells gave some
strange testimony the other day. but It ap-
pears that 1t was to ridicule the proceedings.
He stated that he was little irregular Tor
awhile owing to the excitement over his
relatives trying to put him in an asylum;
Wells was for over forty years successful
merchant
The Times reports gentleman engaged in
! the China trade as looking upon the bill to
restrict Chinese immigration as an unwar-
ranted insult on the part OF the United
States to the Chinese empire, and an insult
all the more inexcusable from the fact that In
passing the law this country Is undOing, OF its
own accord, what few years ago 1t forced
China to do unwillingly. There Is danger
that the Asiatics will retalliate. He said that
mass meeting urging the President to veto
the bill Is under consideration.
| The Star says Gov. Seymour being not
only a wise statesman but shrewd observer
of men and things, his views upon the Chi
nese question will be read with Interest. In a
! recent conversation he declared tie present
| Chinese in this country an unmiXed evil.
Their wants being few, they are able to work
for the fraction of sum that will support
Americans and it is by destroying the first
great cond tion Of life, the family. Ten years
ago. when the Governor argued against the
coming of the Chinese, he was answered that
there were only 10000 OF them here, and
that as the number would mt be likely
| increased he was lighting shadow. NOW, al
the lowest estimate, $4,000 Cinnamon were ln
| the United States, and but for the growing
antagOniSm to the race there would be three
times that number. Even now they are suTh-
GENTLY numerous to threaten the prosperity
of the millions of native workingmen. Ihe
ment had the right to pass a law In l8OS to
exclude the importation of Africans, when
was intended as blow to the slave trade
1t certainly has a right to exclude semi
barbarous people who do not come 10 stay
| and. If they did, would never assimilate With
our people.
Mary SIMMER, aged Is, a large and pretty
| girl thief was arrested last night. She mao
entered fifth story room with false Key
When discovered the janitor gave chase ahu
she slid down five stories on the elevator
rope and ran several blocks. The flesh was
torn from her hands and her clothing was
bloody. On her person four brass keys, HVe
wire keys, screwdriyer and several pawn