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The New York herald., 1879-08-08
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We publish this morning series OF In :
teresting letters and articles about the
commercial and manufacturing depres-
sion in England. The letters tell their
own story clearly enough. England is at
pressions in all branches of her industries.
Her commerce has dwindled down and
her crops have been all but destroyed
by On abnormally wet season. The cotton
spinning and iron manufacturing interests
have been very seriously injured by foreign
competition, the former to great extent
by lack of commercial probity on the
part of the manufacturers themselves.
The Saturday Revieso brings up some
most interesting facts. Since 1872 England's
trade with the United States has fallen Oft
from two hundred million dollars to seventy
million dollars last year. These figures are
o startling explanation of the extent of
the reasoning of the Saturday Reriew
on these very interesting statistics cannot
safely be accepted by British merchants
and manufacturers. The Saturday Reoie,o
imagines that with increased prosperity
and increased exports Of grain the United
States will become again the purchasers
as of yore, and so bring up the fig
ures of Englands export to-, O sum
equal to former years. But trade once
lost cannot be SO easily regained, and
though commercial reciprocity is highly
to be commended it is doubtful whether
England can ever enjoy tenth part of her
former trade with us. The Saturday Reuieao
should not be allowed to mislead the
British people. America learned q Sc
we're lesson during the period succeeding
that of abnormal imitation. She learned to
be economical, and, what is more, to mako
for herself what she had previously bought
abroad. The decrease in the English ex-
ports of the various articles mentioned by
the Saturday Reuie,o is the result, not so
much Of decreased demand here
as of an increased production on our
part Take, for instance, steel rails
Alone. In 1870 not single steel rail was
made in this country; in 1872 we made
"a, 600 tons; in 1878 500, 900 tons; while the
largest quantity ever made by Great Britain
III one year was (OO,UUU IONS. IQe reason.
ing of the Saturday Revie,o should, therefore,
be accepted by English economists with
great reserve. We do not wish to be
selfish in our commercial transactions we
would, in fact, rejoice to assist England in
doing little trade, just to keep on good
terms with her, but we do not see clearly
how this is to be done. Our skilled labor
is now equal in most branches to that of
England, and where that fails labor-saving
machinery helps us out. We have also
learned to reduce the cost of all products
and can now fairly compete with England
in the neutral markets, except in a few arti-
cles where manual labor comes exclu-
sively into play. No. we fear it is
vain for England to expect to re-
cover from her commercial depression
by means of increased trade with the
United States. AS to the probable export
Of grain it is certain that England will have
to purchase larger quantities than usual,
and we shall be the gamers But what we
can purchase from England in return it is
difficult to say.
The New York herald., 1879-08-08
CONCERTS AT SARATOGA.
rDY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD

SARATOGA. August T. 1879.
Herr Wilhelmj's second concert at the United
States Concert Hall this evening attracted the largest
audience Of the season. The programme was an ex-
ccllent one not only that it showed Herr wilhelmj
at his best but that it gave the assistant artists.
Mme Julia Rive-King. Miss Gertrude Franklin Mrs.
Christian Fritsch Ind Mr.. Z. A. Stoddard chance
to be heard each at their best Admirers of outdoor
music also hud grand treat in concert at Congress
Park by Browns Boston Band. which concert was
made doubly attractive to large crowd, both in
fireworks. .
The New York herald., 1879-08-08
A Brutal Crime.

Justice Morgan yesterday for a felonious
assault on little boy seven years of age
ought to be dealt with as severely as the
law will permit. The prisoner is an old
man who makes living by cutting grass
in the front and back yards of houses Oh
the west side of the city. Having been
annoyed by some boys on Wednesday
afternoon he gave chase to the youngsters.
The New York herald., 1879-08-08
OBITUARY.
GILLESPIE MILLER.

Gillespie Miller. an old and esteemed teacher, died
at his home. at Inwood. the Hudson last evening.
after lingering illness He was born in Montgonl-
cry county. N Y. in 1922. At the age Of sixteen he
commenced teaching in country school. and ere
he attained his majority he became most efficient
and successful teacher. About twenty-five years
ago he to this city and obtained position in
the public schools After acting seeeral years in
subordinate position he was in 1857. appointed
principal Of Inwood school, in tho Twelfth ward,
and retained the position until his death.
The New York herald., 1879-08-08

The WBATHER.--The of low baron cter
that was moving over the central valley dis
tricts "Wednesday has reached the Middle
Atlantic States, and the pressure within it is de
creasing steadily. 1t is closely following and
will probably merge with the that has just
passed off the Nova Scotia coast The barom-
cter is rising in the Northwest and West In
the South Atlantic States 1t remains nearly
the same, but will commence rising this
afternoon. Rain fell in the central valley
districts, the Middle Atlantic and New
England States. There were also some
showers on the Gulf coast, but the amount of
precipitation very small. Fair weather pre-
vails throughout the Northwest and the South
Atlantic States. The temperature remained
nearly stationary in the Gulf States and fell in
the other sections OF the country, particularly in
the Northwest The winds have been from
fresh to brisk in the upper lake districts and
on the New England coast. Elsewhere they
were generally light. severe tornado is
reported to have passed over the extreme
Northeastern sections Of the country, doing
much damage Go crops, &c. The weather over
the British Islands is very unsettled, on account
of the passage of disturbance over the north
crn districts The weather in New York and its
vicinity to-day will be colder and partly cloudy,
possibly with showers in the morning. To-mor-
row it will be cool and fair.
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WITH SUPPLEME EN- T.
NEW YORK, FRIDAY. AUGUST s, 1879.

The probabilities are that The heather an Ne'o
York and us ricinity to-day sciH be colder and
partly cloudy possibly scih shoccrs in the morn
ing. Tomorrow it aciU be cool and fair.
The New York herald., 1879-08-08

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock market
was feverish and closed on general decline in
prices. Money went up in furry, but reacted
to 21a to 3 per cent, at which it closed. Gov
ernments were a shade weaker at the opening,
but closed steady, while railway bonds were
irregular and in fitful demand. Exchanges were
substantially unchanged.
The New York herald., 1879-08-08

THE BLACKS AND MULATToEs of Hayti draw
.hc same race lines that exist in the South, an,
this is the cause Of most of the political trouble
of that country.
The New York herald., 1879-08-08

MURPHY, the temperance evangelist, is about
to renew his labors in the East. He has fine
field in the metropolis.
The New York herald., 1879-08-08

HooTCHENoo OR MoLAssEs--these constitute
the essence of the temperance question in
Alaska Anything for an agiaAtiop.
The New York herald., 1879-08-08

THE SHOOTING AFFRAY between couple of
Virginia editors because was ''filnder" and
the other a ''readiuster" is the last and most
ridiculous exhibition of Southern chivalry.
The New York herald., 1879-08-08

NEWPORT CoTrAGERs ought to be the most
neighborly people in the world. BY means of
an admirable telephone system they indulge in
social gossip order family supplies without
leaving their apartmenta. Before long they will
be discussing the fashions with their friends in
New York
The New York herald., 1879-08-08

IT WILL be gratifying news to our silk manu-
facturcrs that the statistics of the silk crops of
France, Italy, Spain and Portugal show an i'm
mense deficit compared with former years.
The New York herald., 1879-08-08

TIE MANNER in which the affairs of the Con-
tinental Life Insurance Company are being
settled is not specially calculated to invite con-
fdenoe in institutions of this character.
The New York herald., 1879-08-08

Four EXCITING RACES are reported from Sar-
ntoga, but the favorites were all beaten.
The New York herald., 1879-08-08

IT Is A GooD THING that the extravaganza
of certain banks in the matter Of high salaries
is being officially investigated There ought to
be a shaking up among the dry bones.
The New York herald., 1879-08-08

THE FRIENDS of General Fitz John Porter, not
content with the finding of the court of inquiry,
are now endeavoring to secure for him the prece-
dcnce over General Pope, the officer by whom
the charges were made. If successful it would
be singular case of retaliation.
The New York herald., 1879-08-08

THE SPIRITUALIsM of ex-Superintendent Kid
die is evidently creating commotion in the
Board of Education. The anxious inquiry is,
Will he be reinstated!
The New York herald., 1879-08-08

The ELEVATED RAPID TRANSIT LINES are pro-
ducing revolution on the Second Avenue
Railroad. Compressed air motors are being
adopted.
The New York herald., 1879-08-08

JOIN TAYLOR, the so-callcd head of the Nor
mon Church, is endeavoring to capture million
of dollars belonging to the estate of the late
Brigham Young. There must be good deal of
prophet in so large a steal.
The New York herald., 1879-08-08

The New JERSEY AUTHORITIES have acted
with praiseworthy energy in taking measures to
prevent the spread of pleuro-pneumonia among
cattle. The disease is dangerous to man and
beast
The New York herald., 1879-08-08

THE FAILURE of the Exchange Bank of Mon
treal, which believed to be one of the
+. firmcst of Canadian financial institutions will
unsettlc confidence throughout the Dominion.
The losses are confined chiefly to that city.
The New York herald., 1879-08-08

OWNERS OF PROPERTY cannot be too careful
in the selection of custodians during their
absence from the city. The young fellow who
pawned thousand dollars worth of stolen
clothes is an epample
The New York herald., 1879-08-08

THE POWER OF SERvANTGALIsM was yesterday
curiously illustrated. spiteful maid circulated
ghost story, little boys stoned the premises
the master was called from his country pleasure
and The girl fell into the hands of the police.
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fully executed Not single Russian SOL
der now remains in Turkey" That
second sentence shows what the Pre-
mier intended by the first. His
sole idea of the purport of the treaty was
that it was made to get the Russian soldiers
out of Turkey. With that ofaccomplished
he believes the treaty has been fully car
ried out. Now the truth is that not Sec
tion of the treaty has been carried out as it
was made. Even the evacuation was not
done as agreed, and, though it was done
loyalty at last, it is the only fact provided
for by the treaty of which that can be said
Only Russia has made an earnest attempt
to fulfil her obligations under that treaty.
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mo. 80.

Iaira? Not one particle. The propo-
sition is all in the interest of the
bonlhollers. Reduce the interest
from seven per cent. to five per cent.
and still extort from the tax payers
tho five and hale mills interest tax
and the result amounts simply to.
this. The same. amount of money
will be wrung from the people; the
same system Of governmental robbie
Try viii go on; the same proportion
of,tlie farmers products, and ofthe
property holders rents, and Of the
laborers' wages will be extorted for
the benefit Of the bondholders, and
the two per cent. stricken from the
rate ofinterestI will go into the sink
| ing fund to pay the mass ofthe debt,
honest and fraudulent viii any Of
our contemporaries; will any Of the
bonaholders; will any Of our noble
patriots Of the bar who are running
for tho Convention in the interestiof
the bens,holders, tell as where the
relief under this proposition comes
in for the tax payers? Tie propo-
sition is an insult. to She people; it
lis simply contemplate. We are
ready to coneede that a man may
honestly hold that the debt should
be paid dollar for dollar, principal
and interest. Such a man may be
an interested parity or he may be
lialf-witted; still Ire may be honest
and patriotic. Butt is simply alb
surb to talk of affording the people,
relief from the debt by proposing to
reduce tue interest from seven to
five per cent, while holding at the
same time that the five and a half
mills taxsis an inyiolable contract
which cannot be Impaired. What
the people Of Louisiana want is relief
from the-burthen Of debt and taxa
ton. 5This is tilei issue the Gehsti-
tniional Convention must meet and,
settle. When the Convention ad-,
ljourns they must, leave us State
rate Of taxation, for all purposes, of
not more than FIVE mills. fist be-
held that the special interest tax
cannot be touched, there is no relief
for the. tax payer, nor future for Loua
isiana, and it will be asaweli to deed
at once the revenues of the, State to;
The bondholders. What We require
lis low taxation; protection for prop
erty and industry If the Conven-
tion has not the courage to oppose
1.-THE money power and carry out a
1program'me that will reduce the States
}raie Of taxation to five mills at the
highest, the Convention, will be a
fraud and a disgrace to the. State.
II N. 0. Democrat. = So aH a.;asi'
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FIVE AND a. HALF MILLS.

Il Ia grf
Can the people Of Louisiana, Will
their real and personal property re
duced from six hundred millions tt
one hundred and twenty millions
pay q debt, largely fraudulent, o.
over twelve millions and interest on
the same at the rate Of seven pc,
cent? We believe chat there is no,
a man, excluding the bondholders
who will answer in the affirmative. =
Even the bondholders, as a general
thing, express willingness to have
the rate of taxation reduced, The
enormity of seven per cent. interest
on a debt of over twelve millions is
SO fragrant that even the holders Of
the debt understand that it is an
outrage.
But what is the relief proposed fol
the tax payers? The more reasona.
bic of. the bondholders express a
willingness to have the rate Of inter
est reduced. But they denounce any
proposition to reduce the volume Of
the debt, either by eliminating the
fraudulent portion or; by scaling the
consols as reputation, and they ag.
gressiyely declare that, the FIVE aud 9
half mills interest tax, shall not be
impaired or touched. "Reduce the
interest on this mass of fraud from
Z to 5 per cent" says our autocrat,
ic creditors, s'but touch not that sac.
red five and half mills tax which
Wells and Federal bayoncts have de
creed shall be wrung,yc after year
for nearly half a century to come
from the people to pay the sacred
bonds created by Warmoth and Kel
logg."
And what relief does this PROPOSE
ltion offer the tax payers Of Louisi
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DEMOCRATIC PATRIOTISM,

j 1910 ss{l ,tfsBEt sis$L5.Ea IL y s4i4tBi
/ The very soul and essence Of our
THEORY Of government is that the
Legislation of the country shall Be
1.-THE reflection ofpublic opinion; that
the majority of the people shall rule,
and that their will, and not the will
.toflthe minority, shall. be enacted Id !
to, the laws. On this theory our POI
Ilitical structure is based. and every
Tact that tends to defeat this funda-
mental idea, and make the will Of
the minority dominant, is Of aereyo.
flutionary tendency. allf ri
/ Let US apply these plain, practi-,
Ical, selfevident truths to the present
Estimation at the Capitol. The House
is Democratic, and the House which
has been elected as its successor Is
also Democratic. The Senate, Re.
publican by bare majority this
morning, will be Democratic from
and after, high noon to-day.
| The people at the polls, and
through their state legislatures, have
electedfa Congress Democratic in
both branches. The will of the
American people, AS lawfully ex-
pressed, is that the Radical legisla-
Ition which constitutes the subject Of
the present contest, shall be swept
from the statute book, and that the
righteous principles of the Demo-
cratic party shall control elections.
The Republicans majority in the
Senate, taking advantage Of a tech
nical right, proposes to defeat what
it knows to be the will of the people.
Knowing that after 10 o'clock to-day
it will be powerless to do anything,
and that the people have commits
stoned Democratic majority to Leg
islate for them, the Senate decides
to die in an effort to oppose the de-.
cree ofa majority Of voters and q
majority of states. 90 a
The Senate, which calls itself Re-
publican, and processes to hold to
the theory Of majority rule, decides
to expire in an attempt to defeat the
majority, and keep the power Of the
minority in the ascendant.
The spirit which inspires this ac-
ton of the Senate is the spirit of
revolution and disorganizatiou, and
no palmer duty was ever placed be-
fore any body Of men than the duty.
deyolyed on the House to defeat this
arrogant pretension.
The Democratic House fully APP
preciates the. high toned insolence
Of the moribund Radical Senate, and
lis firmly resolved to defeat the OBJ,
ject Of the Republican leaders. II
an extra session is the result of this
resistance to the dying dictation Of
Ratlicalism, the responsibility for
that session will rest on the party
that bar attempted to proiong Radi-,
cal rule after the party had passed
into retirement. Ii.
The Democratic party is simply
striving to make the legislation Of
Congress conform to tue expressed
wiso Of the people. TO do anything
else would be to abandon not only,
1.-THE Democratic crec.l, bnt the fun
ldamental idea Of republican institp-
tions. Washington Post.
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ALEXANDRIA, LA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1879 "a q


miserable contrast between the fate
Of her own child and that of tile ri
val who had wronged lier seems to
have been the last straw which made
Raffaella's burden more than she
could bear. SnatclIing 4 knife from
the kitchen table, she rushed out OF
the house aud plunged it to the hilt
in the bosom Of her betrayer,i as he
was walking ii the pride of his TIL
umph and happiness at the. head of
the village procession. Leonardo
fell dead. RaffacIEa, Of course, was
arrested on tie spot and tried at The
assizcs. There was no possible sha-
dow Of doubt as to the facts Of the
case, but the jury, "comprchending'
as the reporters say "the force OF
strong affection and the fatal trans
ports of love-" declared Rafaella
Storelli, not 'excusable, or even JUS
tiGed, 'but innocent @2' 8 ago ae
Now for my second story. This
time the scene is lafd..at Messina, Id
the purple land, par excellence,
\ ~ 4
"where law protects hot life" &
middle aged married man. one Vim.
cenzo' 1nferrera was, and had been
for some time, faitllltss to fits wife,
and persisted in maintaining rela..
tons with a mistress IN the city, de
spite the earnest and reiterated en-
Treaties and remohstrances 81 his
wife. One evening last month lie
and his mistress aud 4 cousin ,psiii " 81
hers we're drinking. together in in 4 4
tavern in an obscure corner Of The
public room Of which CHANGED 70 be
sitting the deserted wife, together
with her son, a very powerful yopn s
man in his twentieth year. Thus
the guilty couple were unconsyiously
seen, and thesyoung man was the
witness of the outrage. inflicted on
L. al
|h'is' mother, and the fault Of his
father. Afterla time, during which
bad black blood had been mounting
to the Brain and eyes Of the nnhap-
py wife and her son, the. other party
rose to leave the tavern, upon which
the outraged wife and her son,
springing together from their cor!
|ner, confronted them. The bus
bands mistress, the first to lose all
command Of herself, in her fury
hurled bottle at the head Of the
injured. wife: Thereupon all the u;
ger nature Of the. young man was
aroused and let loose. springing,
with q bound, on his fathers leman,
he laid her dead at his feet with one
dagger blow, and in two more
stretched his father anu the woman S
.CE8t. i!6 - ,sS}5.sAli f.4Hf.l tt.ff.TLt III
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A baby crept to his fathers knee,
And was lifted up and lulled to rest
Till tile blue eyes closed, SO tired was
And his little head fell peacefully 81
Atease Oh the ready shoulder there
While the baby hand, so soft and fair,
Lay like 9 shield on his, fathers
breast. - ~
F., Eel ial iGs5 259r4 ton fF9asa nsh
~, Z. fs.ai'. q 3, ii ~ i4sY-
OF old'tw said that when men drew
near III .SN ~ .'"'sA-
TO fierce temptation Or deadly strife,
Andlost their way inaa maze of fear.
Oriperiled their souls'for worldly gear
Byta way unknown an angel hand ;,
Would lead them out Of the dangerous
80 land =" a. ttss '"e5''' z
Into the light Of a nobleilife.l H1aS7
rs To-. ~. 2 t - 80
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,goletyl.g,
! THE SAFEGUARD.

II "a ~ - - = .-ri+ -.ti - 81 ~ -
BY MRS RS ELlz i:sl ". DEgIIsoN,
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MISCELLANEOUS.
THE GENUINE Z a'j
DIR. G.. McLANE'S
Celebrated American
WORM SPECIFIC ar
's"5 ,s' % OR 4 sfsi G'iH
VERMIF'UGE.
SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.

T'HE countehance is pale and leaden-
i colored, with occasional Pushes, or
circumscribed spot on one or both
cheeks; the eyes become dull; the pu-
pills dilate; an azurei semicircle runs,
along the lower eye-lid; the.nose is II!
ritated, swells, and sometimes bleeds;
a swelling of the upper lip; occasional
headache, with humming OF throbbing
of the ears; an unusual secretion Of
saliva; Shiny or furred tongue; breath
very foul, particularly in the morning;
appetitevariable, sometimes voracions,
with gnawing sensation Of the stom-
ach, at others, entirely gone; fleeing
pains in the stomach; occasional
nausea and vomiting; violent pains
throughout the abdomen; bowels if
regular, at times costive; stools shiny;
not unfrequently tinged with blood;
belly swollen and hard; urine turbid;
respiration occasionally difficult, and
accompanied by hiccough; cough
sometimes dry and conyulsive; uneasy,
and disturbed sleep, with grinding Of
the teeth !; temper variable, but gener-
ally irritable, SC. = I W
Whenever the above symptoms : {
are found to exist, aie9 ifq
DR.. C. McLAME'S tVERMIFUGEs
will certainly effect a cure, egaa
IT DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY 10
in anyform; it is an innocent prepare.
ton, not eaba6ls Of doing the slightest
injury TO tie m0st tender fgtaM. h ves
The genuine Dr. McLANE's YER.
MlFUcE bears the signatures of c. Nc,
LANE and FLEMING BROS. on the
wrapper -:o:- - '.st55.
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= : ny tf5,i;t O! ~ E9! stU s.s.,.-
OF old twas said that when men drew

The story is true for the world to-day:
We see no white robed angels3mild;
But ontof the dark and perilous way
Where men and women forget to pray,
lntolthe peace of a purer, land 4o, ~
They are led by q gentle, shieldin e
fEN * haf1dAS, as ,}dHtJ ':d8 llN6
The hand of a little, helpless acdila.