The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-16

natterlng TO the reverend gentleman AnO
severely criticizing his sensational and dram
attic style of preaching. They were not at
all pleased with his might side New York
! He went to places Of evil resort not to rescue
the fallen, they say, but rather for the pur-
pose OF unwilling before excited multtudes
what many Of them were only too anxious to
see and hear. The committee, after censur-
ing Talmage for these sermons, finally made
number OF charges and specifications
against him, on which they suggested he
should stand regular trial.
Talmage took the floor TO answer the report,
and made, as usual, an excited, sensational and
humorous speech. He was happy, he said, to
be investigated, and would like them to begin
at once. 1t was finally concluded, however.
to postpone the trial until the twenty-fourth.
In the meanwhile. Talmage does not seem, In
the least, worried by the report, and, some
what like Beecher after his trial, feels con-
WINGED that 1t has given him more notoriety
and celebrity The trial undoubtedly brings
him larger audiences at the Tabernacle, and
this Is what he seems to care about most.
Acting Bank Superintendent III. IT, Lamb
has been Investigating the affairs of the
MANHATTAN BANK,
and has reported that it has surplus of at
least 100000 He has therefore decided In
favor OF allowing 1t to continue business. The
bank, 1t will be remembered, suffered severe
ly from burglary com mitted on 1t last year.
An effort was made to compromise with the
burglars and have the stolen securities re-
turned, but this failed. An effort to persuade
Congress to furnish duplicates Of the stolen
bonds to the bank also failed. Mr.. Lamb
losses the bank is still In solvent condition.
1t will accordingly recommence business in
a few days.
THE RAG QUARANTINE
has been put In force here already, and a
cargo OF rags from Trieste quarantined and
disinfected. Nearly 100000 bales of rags are
brought into this port yearly, mainly from
about half the material consumed In the pa
per mills in the East. In order to protect
the country against the plague now raglngin
Russia, it was thought proper to declare a
has been to send up the price of rags three
eighths OF cent already. This will bring
about considerable advance In the price OF
paper in very short time. The paper dealers
seem rather pleased than otherwise with this
prospect.
There has been quite controversy between
the Herald and the World. as to whether
SCARLET FEVER
Is raging In this city or not. The Herald
charged that 1t was very bad, that one Of the
public schools had to be shut up in conse-
quence OF the prevalence of this disease in its
vi Unity. The World asserts that this is
very exaggerated statement Of the case. The
mortuary report for the week shows only so
deaths from contagious diseases during the
week and 1913 new cases. Most of these were
cases OF scarlet fever, as very little diphtheria
or measles prevail in the city. This, however,
cannot be considered very alarming state OF
affairs. New York Is about as healthy as
usual. The mortality Is principally among
children, particularly in the tenement-house
portion of the city.
The Herald has been for some time past
publishing q list Of the
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held by our life insurance companies, in order
to let those holding policies in these com
panteS see whether they were sound and re-
liable. There was considerable alarm mani
tested by some of the companies at this piece
OF enterprise, which made their Utmost affairs
SO public, particularly as many of the mort
cages held by them are on property that
would not sell for half the amount of the
mortgage tomorrow. There has been in
consequence general growing and grum-
bling against the Herald, and 1t has been
called on to correct its list In many particu-
lars. lhe list, however, Is now nearly cor
rect, and it's publication is undoubtedly ap-I
preciated by. the public, as it shows up all
the weak and Wavering companies.
The medical colleges here are grinding out
DOCTORS
to O remarkable extent. The University of
the city of New York. Columbia College and
the Eclectic College Of New York have each
turned out patches during the past two
weeks, making argrand total Of nearly 800
young nj. DIS. or course we cannot support
all OF these HGsculapius's here; they will
scatter over the entire country to look for
victims