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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-23
|.'.a,rTA,S FINANCIAL DISTRESS.
shewirg fsr the Holders Of the
s1ate,s uDWnds--plans Of the
Uuea ina tera..

avn Jan. 16.-Tbe multiplicity Of
49,, snut from here about the public
~ no doubt confused even the saga
srusnclers who have watched The pro-
~ The General Assembly with care,
u nrobably hopelessly muddled many
~ On well Informed. In 1871 the
- or many Of them, SURRENDERED
sid bonds; relinqulshed one-third OF the
~ lar West Virginla's share, and took
sa,nainjnQ two-thlrds "consols," with
4. receivable for taxes. The coupons,
80 nroyided for, have come In as taxes
penssrrbeImed the treasury. All efforts
WIdate the coupons have been estopped
IN nnurts. But such IL the distress Of
ss.to ard the fear of ultimate repudia-
5 nsi many OF the creditors have proposed
mn,,1nuiah their per cent "consols" for 4
ssa1 rOld ''consol" bonds.
NJ ueneral Assembly has declined this
Ilns.ition and invited conference with the
!gsrIdprs. which the Governor will arrange
9ss,,ary 30. 1t is said to-day. But In this
3sstins, the General Assembly has given
IVA NJ the bcndholders that IL can do moth
shsh will require All incr ,ase Of taxation.
ws.ssaet,t rate, after providing for the gov
a l..!vsnt and public schools, will not pay
- ~ Thar, az per cent. Next year there will
IA General reassessment of lands. and
4 - swij 20 down, while the rate stays the
~ The prospects, therefore, are that for
q. irst ten years the creditors will not be
ID get much over 3 per cent.
rIcbt on the heels of the legisla-
w MI for conference with the bondhold-
i M "readiusters," who are In the
3.Iodty In both houses, have Issued call
f.. n rot,ven.lon OF their party 10 meet here
= isuuarv as. The intention Of this is to
~ !: the bondholders that they must come
srn n or be prepared for the worst, which,
Il I'M case, It 70 supposed. ~ an appeal to the
'cia ID instruct their representatives to
" IN 4 constitutional convention, by which
"A whnle debt. or 50 much az is necessary,
n N swept out Of existence. No one Of re,
liability can he found N virginia who VIII
IN that Ne Ia for Reputation. "Readiust-
a those who want the debt reduced to
~ states ability to pay" with the present
IA III taxation--are, however, plenty. Nc
srdbIe readjustment measure, will pass with
a being vigorously opposed by the debt
s,prs ~ but that the 'readjusters" are In the
siority In the state seems admitted.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-23
A MEMORABLE EARTHQUAKE.
-. ue.truct,on ot Lisbon In 1855

Tho most memorable event in Lisbon his
nv was the earthquake OF 1855, traces OF
shIch YOU can see to-day, and about which
emile copverse-as the people OF Chicago do
shput their fire as though 1t happened. the
il ahcr day. II was on the feast OF All Saints,
] Il the early morning, when Christians were
i 4 mass praying for the repose OF the souls Of
i iSe dear ones gone. A noise was heard as OF
iSundpr. the buildings. tossed like a ship on
~ pillows. darkness fell upon the earth, and,
q All the churches were crowded, hundreds
! NM crushed 10 death at the affairs foot by
tAa falling tImbers. Nearly every church In
he town was destroyed. Then the people
rushed TO the water side and to the higher
Xaanas Of the town, mainly to church called
HI GATHERINGS. Surely there was safety on
he high places and on the banks Of the river.
Dit second shock came. st. Catherine's
|cburch fell with a crash. The river became a
~. and there rolled over the banks a noun
Slnous wave, sweeping the lower streets
nd all that lived on them, and the earth
|Wened and the ships went down, likewise a
&6agnifcent marble quay, on which people
! led assembled went down, down into the
=6eptbs, and when the wave receded 1t was
| bund that all had been swallowed up. The
| liver rose and fell three fathoms In an Instant.
The ships anchors were thrown up to the
surface. A third shock came, and vessels that
had been riding in seven fathoms Of water
vprp stranded. Then a fire broke out and
nged for elk days. Never since cities were
bundled was any one 30 sorely smitten as
beautiful Lisbon.
The best authorities say that the loss to
Libon was $500, 100000 In money. or 10000
houses only 5000 remained Thirty Thousand
lives were lost. Then the robbers came and
Numbered the ruined town, and 1t was turned
over 10 plumber until the rcsolute Marquis
r0mbal, ancestor Of the recently deceased
8cdanba, came, and, building gallowses In
mrious parts Of Lisbon, hanged everyone
who could not give q clear explanation OF how
Be come by his property. In all $50 were
hanged. II seems that the earthquake which
datroyed Lisbon was felt all over the world
y far north IA the Orkney Islands and in
jamaica. The elimination was i'm Lisbon.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-23
Little m,sesy.

Little mhosy.
IChicago Tribune.I
1t costs Rhode Island but 81 go per capita
to pay the ordinary expenses OF the State
government. The Governor reports over a
fund during the past year. It is good thing
Tor taxpayers to live In little State.
Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic stim ulates the dIRes-
stomach,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-23
C0nkling's Last Greatest EGOrts.
IPhiladelphia Times,l

senator Conkling has at last made ''the
~ test effort of his life," and it is so brief
~ ~ ~ grammatic that 1t will be memorable.
selking disrespecffully OF the President of
cso ynlted States, the answer came: II was
0'1ng OF Mr.. Hayes, sir!" Conkling has
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-23
WASHINGTON Avenue Drug Store,
Corner Magazine ana W.sh,n<tor a..

Constantly receiving fresh supplies Of pure
Combs Of all kinds, Brushes, Soaps. PerfumeereSS
Toilet and Fancy Articles. ETC., sold at small
margin. Coral Tooth Paste. recommended by
beauties the teeth to a fine pearl-liks orna.
ment and ravishing beauty. Glycerine Cold
Cream for chapped lips. face and hands Rob
bronchii is and pneumonia PRESCRIPTIONS mt
up night and day. r. J. MAINEGRA. III. D..
Druggist. Phaxmacersist and Practical Chemist
oc28 II 1dp
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-23

said many things which are clothed IN mora
studied rhetoric, but he never before said 90
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-23

HELP wANTEu-mALEs.

WANTED-IMMEDIATE 200 MEN TO
-, ~ work on leyee at Skpwith Landing. Miss.
Wages. 81 per day and board. Also station
WORE, L, FORD n CO.,
Jazz btF Coptraetnve
The New York herald., 1879-12-25

TIE WEATHER.-The centre of disturbance
that was over the central valleys, as stated in
yesterdays HERALD, developed energy as il up
preached the lower lake regions. The gradi
ents for northcrly and northwesterly winds
became very steep throughout the Northwest,
owing to the rapid advance of the area of high
barometer from that region. The zone of low
pressure now lies along the Atlantic coast dis
tricts from the Gulf Of Mexico to Nova Scotia
except over Florida, where the northern margin
of the high zone moved northward during
the early portion Of the day. Rain fell
throughout the Middle and South Atlantic
States and the central valleys, while snow Is
reported from the upper lake regions Clear
weather prevails in the Northwest The tenn
pcrature has fallen in all the districts except
along the Atlantic coast and In the lower
lake regions. The winds have been from brisk
to high over the lakes, brisk to fresh on
the New England coasts and light elsewhere
The weather in New York and its vicinity to-
day will be cold and partly cloudy, possibly
with snow in the early portion, followed by
clearing and colder weather. Tomorrow 1t will
be very cold aud clear.
The New York herald., 1879-12-25

Captain james b. Eads narrates to-day
the details Of his scheme for an ihteroceanic
ship railroad with eight or ten parallel rails
and with lock at sach end of the route.
It appears to be substantially the plan
which has long been advocated by DR.. Will
lam +. Claiming, of Providence, the son Of
the celebrated Unitarian divine just be-
fore the meeting of the Paris Congress last
summer DIR. Claiming wrote an exposition
Of his design, which had an extensive circu-
lation in the press. The chief difference be-
tween 1t and Captain Eads' consisted in it's
proposal of stationary engines to hoist the
trucks laden with the ships up steep in
clines. The respectable authority OF Mr..
Edward J. Reid, formerly chief constructor
of the British navy and designer since of
iron-clad ships of war for the German,
Turkish and some other governments, is
cited by Captain Eads in favor of the rail-
road project. Mr.. Reid passed through the
United States some months ago in q journey
to Japan, where he was invited by the
Mikado for consultation ON matters per-
tanning to the navy.
The New York herald., 1879-12-25
Ew YORK HERALD THURSDAY DECEMBER

the Puritans But were the old New Eng
landers now alive. they would have no
excuse for self-seclusion; they would be
unable to have their own way about every
thing, and therefore would escape the arro-
gance that the sense of power seems to
breed in every man; their quick wits would
be frightened by that attrition OF other
and different wits which was impossible in
their day. but is compulsory in ours. Like
all of their descendants, and every other
Americans. they would want to know
about everything that is going on, so
they would have no time for oficious in
termeddling with their neighbor's affairs.
Were any of the original Puritans alive
they would probably hurry to New York.
as so many of their desoendants have done,
with an eye on the main chance. They
would make great deal of money, throw
some Of it away in Wall street, dress ac-
cording to the latest fashions, go to the
opera in winter and to Coney Island in
summer, listen respectfully to good SER
mons and swear inwardly at poor ones,
regard Quakers and Baptists and their
other one-time denominations as first rate
fellows, and never think of witchcraft ex-
cept when they fell in love. In short, they
would be exactly what we are, and for pre-
cisely the same reasons.
The New York herald., 1879-12-25
POLICY HOLDERS PROTECTED" !"

CHICAGO. ILL.,, Dec. "a. 1879.
In the United States District Court this morning
Judge Blodgott dismissed the petition Of Cook.
sgnee In bankruptcy Of the Protective Life Insur-
ance Company. for an assessment upon about six
teen thousand policy holders to pay some sixty
death losses. amounting to ss24 1000. which had
never boon assessed by tho company. He held that
the mutual contribution plan adopted by the COM
pany anomalous and illusory one, and an ex-
pertinent outside OF tho beaten paths Of ifc
and those benehciares In whose behalf the assess
nent was asked might well have anticipated the con.
tingency which has arisen. Tho Court could not
assume TO make the assessments, which the COM
pany ought TO have made. since to do so would be
tnequitable, and would impose upon the policy
holders burdens for which they could now derive no
equivalent. the company being dead. This decision
ID. the BIB aud the Commercial League pransh Of the
company
The New York herald., 1879-12-25

The third brother of the notorious Scan
nell family shot his man yesterday in
Third avenue barroom. We do not know
how many more brothers remain to dis
tinguish themselves, but shooting or being
shot with pistols in disreputabie haunts on
Third avenue appears to be family
propensity. with all the Scannells. Our
report is not clear whether the
place where this last tragedy occurred
was o "hotel" within the construction
of the Excise Commissioners. There
are few street crossings along Third avenue
free from just. such nuisances on one or
more of the corners, where dangerous
characters resort who would quite as soon
think Of venturing abroad without shoes
and stockings as without a slungshot or o
pistol. The police say that these places
cause them much "solioitude." We beg to
assure the police that their own negligence
to suppress them causes still more solicit
tude in the neighborhoods where they ter
rify orderly inhabitants and depreciate the
value of property for blocks around.
The New York herald., 1879-12-25
National Hymns.

Mr.. P. s. Gilmore, the we'll known musi-
cal conductor, will to-day give the first
public performance of his new anthem.
Columbia" and as he announces that the
music and words are the results of direct in
spiration public that has seen or heard
little of inspired origin in late years will
probably crowd curiously to the Academy.
With the respect that is due to in
spiration Mr. Gilmore has taken care
that the music shall be rendered by
composite orchestra that may safely be
called the finest that New York has
ever known, while eminent vocalists will
sing the words; the anthem will there
fore have every opportunity that its
com mposer-or human medium-can de-
sire. and it is not impossible that it
may achieve Mr.. Gilmore's darling hope
and become Americas national anthem.
Certainly it has no strong competitors.
sHail, Columbia" has never been able
by its words and music to enter the
hearts of the people; the words Of tho
s'Star-Spangled Banner" commemorate .
special occasion instead Of embodying
national sentiment, while yankee
Doodle" although fully naturalized and
great favorite. is a foreigner-even q Brit
isher. Twenty years ago all of those airs
were suddenly displaced by the old camp
meeting air to which the song "John
Browns Body" was fitted, but the air that
stirred millions of hearts 30 powerfully for
several years has practically retired to the
depths of individual memories. Mr. Gill
more, therefore, has, if not Q clear field,
at least a better chance than any of his
predecessors who have made similar at
tempts, and he could not ask for fairer
Judges than he will find in this most cos
mopolitan yet most patriotic city of Amer
The New York herald., 1879-12-25

Professor Proctor Descends to Earth.
Studying the stars is very frigid occu-
patton. Jupiter and all the rest Of the
heathen deities used to descend to earth to
warm themselves. Professor Proctor also
gets into heat now and then about ter
restrial concerns. This morning he takes
turn at the New York back system in
letter which We print in another column.
He thinks he understands the planetary
system and the cometary system. but the
New York hack system passes his compre-
hension. SO it docs ours. He asks
for information on the subject md
we cannot give it. We hope he will con-
tinue his researches into this interesting
topic and if he ascertains any principle
which governs the New York hack system
let us know what it is. There is q great
mass of city ordinances to which this sys-
tenn theoretically should conform, but
somehow it does not On paper it is per-
feet, but in practice it Is as irregular as
shower of shooting stars. Phaeton in the
suns chariot was quite as safe as passen-
ger in an ordinary New York hack, and the
vehicle probably was cleaner. We con-
gratulate Professor Proctor that he got off
with sound limbs and an unimpaired
pocketbook from the clutches Of the touts
and hack drivers to whom he incautiously
intrusted himself last Saturday evening He
inquiries how.they manage to escape kicking
by passengers aggrieved like himself We
can answer that question. In the Arst
place it would be unlawful, and another
reason is because. with few respectable
exceptions, they constitute one of the most
robust and rufianly bodies Of men in this
community, and kicking them would be
dangerous practice for anybody except
professional pugilist. For further informa-
tion we respectfully refer Professor Proctor
to His Honor. Mayor Cooper, the chief execu-
tive officer Of the city otNew York, who is
sworn to the duty of enforcing oil the muni-
cipal ordinances, those regulating hacks in
cluded, to the best of his ability, though
we should regret to measure the ability of
any of our Mayors for thirty years past by
their SUCCESS in this branch of business,
The New York herald., 1879-12-25

enormity of such practices. Any amount
of infammatory agitation in Maine which
stops short of actual violence will have q
good effect in fixing public attention upon
a grave evil. Honest and fair elections lie
at the foundation of our institutions.
When the voice Of the people. as expressed
through the ballot box, ceases to control
the choice OF public officers the American
Republic will have been subverted. Let
us hope that the evils now SO loudly CON-
planned of will work their own cure by in
spring the country with sense of the
perils which attend the pollution of politi-
cal power in its sources.
The New York herald., 1879-12-25

Mr.. Curtis was quite right when he said
at the New England Society's dinner that
were tho carly colonists now alive they
would be just such men as their descend
ants are. He might have truthfully re-
versed the terms of his statement and said
that had we lived two and q half centuries
ago we would have been exactly such men
as our ancestors, whether these were New
England Puritans, Southern cavaliers or
New Amsterdam burghers. Were my Of
us, even at this late day, prosecuted for
our religions sake, we would prob
ably become as marrow and bigoted %
The New York herald., 1879-12-25
ADJUSTMENTS TO-DAY AND EVENING.

ACADEMY OF MUsIC-GILsoREs COLUMBIA MArISEK
ABERLE'S-TINA. THE MILK vENDER Matinee
NIBLO'S GARDEN-HEARrs OF STEEL. Matinee.
STANDARD THEATRE-PRiScEss TOro. Matinee.
WALLACKS-OLp HEADS AND Young HEARTS. Matinee.
GERMANIA THEATRE-DIE NIcHTE DIES MLLoNAKRs
FIFTH AvENUE-H. NJ. s. PixAFoRE- Matinee.
UNION SQUARE THEATRE-FREScH FLATS Matinee
ABBEYS PARK-FRITz IRELAND. Matinee.
DALYS THEATRE-ARABIAS NICHE Matinee.
GRAND OPERA HoUsE-BRornER SAN Matinee.
NEW YORK AQUARIUM-UNcLg rox's CABIN. Matinee.
NEW YORK CIRCUs-HUMPrY DUMPrY. Matinee.
BROADWAY OPERA HOUSE-SrRArEGIsrs. Matinee.
THALIA THEATRE-DER yEaKAuFTE ScHLAr. Matinee.
TONY PASTORS THEATRE-vARIrrY. Matinee
SAN FRANCISCO Observation-Disclosures
CoMIQUE-MULLIGAS GUARDS CHRISTINA Matinee
ROSTER 4 BIALs CONCERT HALL
ASSOCIATION HALL-JuBILEE SINGERS
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-WALKING MATCH
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUsIC-PISAroRK.
LYNPARK THEATRE-TnE GLADIATOR Matinee.
HAvERLYs THEATRE BRooKLYN-MY PAnrSzR.
Matinee.
The New York herald., 1879-12-25

IL THE SOUTH really feels pleasantly disposed
toward the North, let South Carolina tell New
York how she managed to get off with thirty
days session of her Legislature. 1t is true that
we are told that much unwise legislation took
place, but the same thing invariably happens at
Albany, no matter how long the session may be-
The New York herald., 1879-12-25

ANOTHER COLLISION between steamboat and
sailing craft, and each side says the other is to
blame. The next statue of Innocence" should
be modelled after skipper from New York,
although ferryboat pilots might be eligible as
hints concerning the proper thing
The New York herald., 1879-12-25

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-Stocks were very
dull, but business was done at q marked ad-
vance in prices. Money on call closed at per
cent after ruling at and lending as high as
l-16 per day premium 1t is thought the loan
market was manipulated by the "bears." Gov
.rnments were very strong, State securities
dull and railways comparatively active and
very buoyant
The New York herald., 1879-12-25

The BURGLAR who assaulted General Hen
drickson's servants wants to know what else
he could have done. Why, kept out of other
peoples houses, Of course. Nobody sympa-
thizes with man who commits one wrong to
hide another.
The New York herald., 1879-12-25

The COMMISSIONERS of Charities and Correc-
ton, warned, perhaps, by the results of the
Bellevue Hospital fire, ask facilities for
promptly getting fire engines to any of the
institutions ON the islands, should they be
needed
The New York herald., 1879-12-25

As THE COUNSEL of an owner of James
street den declares that robbery, such AS a
soldier was the victim of on Wednesday night
might occur in any saloon, II Is time for the a,i-
thorities to suppress such places. There is no
need or excuse for the existence of saloons
where vile women and bullics menace life and
property.
The New York herald., 1879-12-25
WITH SUPPLEM EN- r.
NEW YORK. THURSDAY. DECEMBER s5. 1879.

THE probabilities are that the sceather in Nec
York and its vieiny to-day ,riH be cold and partly
cloudy, possibly Nth snow in the carly portion,
foiiowed By clearing and colder heather. Io-n.or-
roio IL ,ciH be rcry cold and clear.
The New York herald., 1879-12-25

Now WILL PEOPLE Stop singing "Pinafore"
at other people9 man was shot yesterday for
this offence.
The New York herald., 1879-12-25

TIE GRACEFUL BEARS and hilarious bulls
made merry at the Stock Exchange yesterday,
and they could afford it, for they have not
known better season in years
The New York herald., 1879-12-25

TIE DEADLOCK between the Mayors office
aud the Aldermanic chamber is partly ex-
planned in another column, and not in way
rrcditable to republicans.
The New York herald., 1879-12-25

A FIGHT for money, between dog and q
man, is reported from st. Louis and still
worse that the dog instead of the man was
killed
The New York herald., 1879-12-25

of Paris alone one hundred and fifty thou
sand persons are fed by charity every day.
In the city of London the average number
tremely bad year. it is likely that the num-
ber there will be doubled before the winter
runs out. Ii we take the several capitals
of Europe together, excluding Constantine
pie, they contain at least million people
who could not at this season live
on from day to day but for the
pittance of food that is doled out
to them from public institutions or from
the open hand of private benevoIence.
There is charity enough. But who is re-
sponsible for the state of all these wretched
people who live upon itP Through what vice
or fault or ill-oontrivance in the machinery
of society is it that all these widows and
orphans and decrepit ones are made de-
pendent for life upon the sympathy OF
others? 1t is welfthat there is such charity,
and in its existence the Christian spirit
shines. But more practical Christianity
would go behind the returns, would apply
it's remedies at the source of the evil and
correct that gross spirit of greed-that hard
battle of life in which these feebler ones
are trampled down /; stay those tremendous
currents of national extravaganza in armies
which make the struggle for mere exist
ence so severe and the starvation of hun
dreds of thousands of poor inevitable.
Can Christianity do that? Can tho Chris
tian churches change the mood or spirit of
nations or affect the ideas of those upon
whom it falls to direct the destinies of
nationsf Has not that Church, on the con-
trary, lost what influence it ever had of
that large kind that could change the tenn
per of nations and sway the policy of gov
ernments, and is it not rather the ally of
those who prey upon the people than the
advocate and comforter of. the peoplep
Christ tried to set the religious spirit above
the religious machinery; love and good
will above the tithes and the temple and
the grand paraphernalia of worship; but in
the struggle between these two the re-
ligious machinery is dominant as the world
stands to-day, and is gorgeous but empty
she'll
The New York herald., 1879-12-25

HOLDERS OF Gas Stock refuse to be fright
ened by Edson's discoveries. So long as meters
are used the business is safe.
The New York herald., 1879-12-25
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

General Sherman returned to Washington yester-
day.
The London Esaminsr says that German 10 no
more "putchman" than he u Dane. though vul-
The New York herald., 1879-12-25

The UPTOWN RAILROAD in which the Alder
men take such tender interest is apparently to
be shelved by itself until similar Board can be
obtained
The New York herald., 1879-12-25

Two MEN walked on railroad tracks yester
day; both leave families to mourn their loss
The New York herald., 1879-12-25

THAT SNOWFALL of forty-eight hours ago was
most viciously moist.