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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-08
SPRING MEETING, 1879,
COMMENCING
SATURDAY, APRIL II, 1879.

FIRST DAY-SatuFday, April IL.
FIRST RACE-Purse $500. Hurdle Race: first
nofse Slso. second $50. Mile heats over
SECOND 53sh psaf RHGh-The p,ekwick stakes. for
addsay sar rbs6 "a s1 With We
THIRD h.A 81 slI aees. Purse $500; flrst
horse $780, second $50. Two miles.
SECOND DAY-Tuesday April rs.
FIRST RACE-"The Momus Stakes for two
81 which flrst horse 70 receive si5 10. second
sEd ~ af hh6E aifa Howard Stakes
sweepstak es for all ages; $50 entrance. D. D..
With fsoo AIDED DID, bK ths club, and sseo add.
first horse is TO receive $500. second S1oo.
third e saye s stnae I've . mile He gats
sst horse So second &C., One s'1 mile DASH
THIRD DAY-Thursday, April II.
FIRST RACE-A handicap for, all ages, Purse
$3.50: first horse 5000. second $50 Entries to
be made the second day at 10 M, weights TO
maze IL v p cue 6s enes g e
the usual time OF closing. One mile and
sEd a1sIso kAcE-A handicap for ali ages. Club
Purse $500: first horse saso. second 10. Con-
ditiong same as flrst race. Mile heats.
Pagse Az ADDED 81 81 ne oesSs W Ha
First horse 5000. second $50. One mile and
three quarters.
FOURTH DAY-saturday, April 10.
FIRST RACE Handicap Hurdle Race Club
e me day and Lac
ct the usual time Of closing. Two miles over
SECOND ID ! RACE- Selling Race for oil ages.
Purse 300: first horse, $50. second s6o:
their proper weights for $1,000. allowed s.
pounds for $50. 10 pounds for $500. -
o sp bg eysn
Third HAcEGolnb Purse $3.50. for oil ages
first horse 1900. second $50. Mile heats
best three In i've.
FIFTH DAY-Tuesday, April ~.
FIRST RACE-Club Purse $500, for all ages !,
each three years old % carry their proper
i Weights: pounds allowed for mares and
5saablpTks 81 9lls ~ sess aaess
three ola e. n,a, With sss
o1p sane 80 Winner II ts sd PesWef
Stake to carry pounds extra. One mile
Third I'D k aaEl Consolation Purse. for horses
that have run and have not won during the
meeting Purse $500; first horse $50. second
$50: horses beaten once allowed pounds
9aaaTaaash ~ 9l's for III ages Purse
$500; first horse 800. second 500: entries to-
b. made at IL m. The dap previous weights
made in writing " through t6s entry box al 81
the usual time of closing. -Four mile dash.
In all stakes, five or more required to Gil. In
purses no money will be given for q walk over.
Stakes to close April /. 1878.
Members are notified TO call for their badges
at 104 Canal street.
The races will commence at o'clock D. M. In
case OF postponement on account of the Weat her
D pennant will b. displayed from the Crescent
Hail. corner OF Canal and 81. Charles street.
Quarter stretch badges. for the meeting. .$I2 90
Invitation badges 10 90
Day badges. -...............+..-..... 8 90
Admission to Club stand q 90
Admission to the field, first day free, other
Il Must enter by the GENTLY gate.
RULES OF ADMISSION.
mn Med Inv gentlemen
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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-28
HOW % snoo, An Alllra,or.

FLORIDA correspondence Utica ODserNer'
The methods by which alllgators
are captured are varied, but the
most novel and certain recipci is the
following which will give for the
benefit of those who contemplate en-
gaging in the business. To begin
with, you take about fifteen pounds
of yellow dog. And now some
Over-particular person may want TO
know what the color Of the dog has
to do with it, which is easily eX-
plained. There Is more "yelp" I'm
ton of dog of any other color. In
order to secure your ". d. you must
be very observing, aud find out at
what negro cabin one can be found.
Then, when the occupants of the
homestead areaway In the field You
must get the Y. d. the best way you
can, always taking good care the Y.
d. don't get you. Put a rope around
his neck and abduct him to some
lake where the alligacors are known
to eongregate. You will, OF course,
have had the foresight to provide
yourself with a rifle before this in-
teresting stage has been reached.
You must then fasten your v. d. to
q log or sapling some four or five
yards from the waters edge then
make one end of q strong cord fast
to the dogs tail and carry the other
with you to some convenient log
a little distant, behind which you
can ambush yourself. Your novel
machine Is then In working order,
and proper manipulation Is all that
is necessary to the success of the
scheme. Now you give your end
of the string several vigorous jerks,
until you hear a series of agcnizing
yelps at the other end. Then you
can appreciate the dOg's color.
When you have got your dog we'll
warmed up to the work, just glance
out on the water If there are any
gators there, you will see them
making rapidly in a bee line for the
bait. 1t is sure thing never
knew it to fail. They win emerge
from the water and make slowly
and surely for that v. d. with wide
open jaws. Then Is the time for
you to take an active part i'm the
programme. If not too nervous
about that time, you can easily
shoot the foremost reptile, and the
Others will take fright and founder
back into the water. The first time
/ tried this admirable plan IL did
not end so auspiciously as / could
desire. got my dog all right
enough, and got his voice pitched
to the right key, while 1 erouehed
behind a stump ready to shoot the
first gator that made his appear
ance. That reptile soon showed
himself, and was some twelve or
fourteen feet long. This was rather
more than i had bnrgalned for, but
/ blazed away at his right eye. or
course failed TO hit anything but
his horny head, and the gator new
er winked, but came straight for
the yellow dog, / took ia the sltu-
alton ut once. The gun empty, ga
tor already swallowing the dog and
no doubt considering the practical
bility Of making second course Of
me. ignominiOusly fed, and soon
afterward heard a certain freedman
If anybody had seen "dat
ar dorg oh his'n." He will never
know what became of that dog un-
less some reader of this Is unkind
enough to "give it away"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-28
WHOLE NO. 2,275.

that Davis had gone away, when
we returned. But / kept close, and
let no one but my folks know / was
alive, for / was determined that
Davis should be punished in some
manner. So l never went out with
out a thick double veil over my
face, for / was afraid of Davis vet.
''Then, one evening, was riding
along in carriage with my hus-
band, when / saw Mr.. Sharpe sit
ting at q window. He was dis
guised, but recognized him, and
remembered that he had once prom
ised to help me If ever / needed his
services. So went up to the win
dow quietly and spoke to him, and
told him about Davis, and that. is
all. didn't want the man hung,
OF course; but / hope he won't be
allowed to murder me, and / am
sure he will want to when he finds
Pm not dead"
But Davis was past doing anyone
any further injury. The wretch
went from one fit into another and
finally died, literally frightened to
death. And so his sin had certainly
found him out.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-28
An Ancient Natiom,

At the departure Of the children
of Israel from Egypt, China was
seven hundred years old and when
Isaiah prophesied of her she had
existed fifteen centuries. She has
seen the rise and decline Of all the
great nations of antiquity. Assyria,
Babylon, Persia, Greece and Roine
have long since followed each to
the dust but China still remains, n
solitary and wonderful monument
of patriarchal times. Then look at
the population of the country,
roughly estimated at four hundred
millions--ten times the population
of Great Britain and Ireland. Ev-
cry third person that lives and
breathes upon this earth and be-
meath these heavens Is a Chinese !
every third grave that il dug for a
Chinese,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-28
Lexington CKy) Press.


Gen. Speed S. Fry, OF Danville,
KY, has the reputation Of having
killed Gen. IOllicoffer at the hattie
OF Mill Springs, Jan. 10, 1862, and
Il - thought his promotion from
Colonel to Brigadier-Genera was
the result Of the deed. Sheriff G..
w. Sweeney, of Casey county, who
was in the city yesterday, however,
says that he was within rod or
Gen. ZOllicOffer when he fell from
his horse heard all that passed be-
tween him and Col. Fry before the
shooting; saw Fry when ne fed (;
knew the caliber of his pistol
afterwards saw the pistol-shot wound
in Zollicoffer's leg, and knows that
this alone would not have disabled
him from active service when
dressed.
Maj. Sweeney narrates the Incl
dents of that day as follows: He
was standing about sixty feet from
Col. Fry during the battle, when he
saw man, apparently a country
man, followed by sixteen or eigh-
teen men similarly dressed, advanc-
ing rapidly on the right, who, when
NAbcC CIOuEng luIGW uD Ills fIklb
hand and said: "Col. Stanton, those
are yOur own men you are firing
upon" Col. Fry discovered that
he had been mistaken for the Colo
mel of a Mississippi regiment, re-
piled "Yes, they are our own men
and so are you" firing his forty.
calibre pistol at the same time.
Gen. Zollicoffer being without arms,
his sword, turned to ride
away, when Corporal George Cabal,
of Company A, first Kentucky u.
5. Volunteers, a sharp-shoOter,
raised his Minnie rife and fired,
striking Gen. Zoilicoffer just under
the shoulder blade, ranging up
ward, the ball passing through the
body near the heart and out in
front. Gen. ZollicOffer fell forward
over his horses shoulders into the
road. When his body was ordered
TO the rear il was examined and
two wounds found upon it-one
made by Minnie ball, as described,
and the other a small wound in the
,alf of the leg. Corporal Cabal was
killed at Lebanon, Ky,
May 8, 1852, when Minnie bali
struck him in the breast just at the
point where his ball emerged from
he body of Gen. Zollicoffer, fol-
owed the same range, and came
nut just at that point where his ball
the body of his victim.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-28
rhe ONTO Demccrn,io Ticke,.

Gen. Thomas III. Ewing, of Lam
caster, the Democratic nominee for
Governor, was born at Lancaster,
Ohio, August z, 1929. He is the
third son of Hon. Thomas Ewing, a
man we'll and favorably known In
public affairs of the State. He re-
oeiVed a liberal education, was
graduated at Brown University,
Rhode Island, and in March, 1855,
at the Cincinnati Law School, At
both institutions he ranked high,
and was generally believed to have
inherited a large share of his fathers
ability. In 1856 he removed from
Ohio, to Leavenworth, Kansas,
where he engaged in the practice Of
law. He was successful from the
outset, and soon came to rank as the
leading lawyer of the young State.
He also became prominent in poll
tics, and was accepted as one of the
Republican leaders. He was chosen
rs Chief-Justice of the Supreme
Court of the State, and in this posi-
ton he served for a period Of two
years. On the 18th of September,
1862, he recruited and organized the
Eleventh Regiment of Kansas Vol
unteer Infantry, of which he was
appointed Colonel. He commanded
his regiment In the battles of Fort
Wayne and Cane Hill. At Prairie
Grove he had risen to the command
of a Brigadier-G General of volunteers
on the 18th of March, 1868. In
June, 1865, he was assigned to the
command Of the district of the bor-
der, comprising all of Kansas and
the western tier of counties in Mis-
souri,. In March, 1864, the district
of the border was abolished by the
creation OF the department of Kan
sas. BY request of Major-General
Rosecrans, then commanding the
department of Missouri, Gen. Ew-
ing was ordered to report to him,
and was assigned to the command
of the st. Louis district. He greatly
distinguished himself at the battle
of Pilot Knob for military judg-
ment, courage anil gallantry.
Gen. Ewing was brevetted Major
General for his conduct in the cam
paign. The war being practically
ended, he resigned his commission
the 18th of March, 1865. He was q
member of the Constitutional COn-
vention of Ohio, lS73pT4, was elect
ed to the forty-slXth Congress as
Dem0cFat, receiving 1863 votes
against l2,345 votes for Horton, Re
publican, l70 votes for Smart, Ma
tionai, and q votes for A. S. Scott,
Prohibitionist.
Gen. Americus Vespucius Rice,
the candidate for Lieutenant-GOv-
ernOr, entered the service April ~,
1861, as Captain in the Twenty
first Ohio infantry, in the three
months service, and was mustered
out August II, 1861, by reason Of
the expiration of his term of service.
September 2, 1861, he was commits
stoned Captain In the Fifty-seventh
Ohio Infantry, 1t having Just begun
its organization. February, 1862,
he was promoted to Lieutenant Col
onel, and April Is, 1863, he was pro-
NOTED to Colonel of the regiment.
His brevet rank dates from May 81,
1866, He was elected to Congress
in 1874, since which time he has
served in that capacity for four con-
secutiYe years. 1t Is claimed that
his war record Is an exceptionally
clear one, costing him a limb, and
that In consequence he will be pop
ular with the soldier vote.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-28

PROFOUND thought by a states
man; "If you want to hear any
thing good said Of you in your life
time, circulate report that you're
dead.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-28
The state Debt settlement.
Memphis Appeal.

In August next the peOple OF
Tennessee will be called upon to
express their opinion in regard to
the proposed settlement of the State
debt. The polls will be regularly
opened in every county in the State,
and the people are requested TO
come forward and deposit their
votes either for the ratification or
rejection of the terms submitted by
the last Legislature and accepted
by the creditors of the State. There
has been but little discussion of
this question, because the opinion
obtained that the people had gem
orally acquiesced in a settlement on
the basis of fifty and four. But il
seems the repudiators per Sc have
resolved to make fight in opposi-
ton to the liberal terms offered. In
another column we publish a letter
from Maj. w. j, Sykes, which dis
cusses this subject in a spirit of mod
Grafton and Cancellation which
should animate every voter in ex-
pressing his opinion at the ballot
box. When such lOw-tax men as
Gov. A. S. Marks and Hon. A. s.
Colyar, and such extreme State
credit men as Mai. Sykes unite in
support of the ratification of set
Element on the basis proposed, it
was hoped that there would be no
contest, and that the people would
unite and cast a solid vote for the
acceptance of terms so liberal. Not
withstanding the factious opposition
which had been threatened and
which has developed itself in a
small way, we believe the people
will cast an overwhelming majority
for the proposition which finally
settles the State debt and forever
takes it out of the politics of the
State. Mai. Sykes, in his letter
published in to-day's Appeal, shows
the grounds upon which State credit
men, like himself, can and should |
the settlement proposed. |
There is great indifference in every
part of the State in regard to the |
vote to be cast in August 1t is to |
be hoped that a full vote will be
cast, for, with small vote, however
great the majority, the present Leg
islature might be indispOsed to act.
West Tennessee will, no doubt, by
a large majority, vote for an accept
lnce of the settlement at fifty and
four, but the fear Is that a small
vote will be cast, and the Legisla-
,ure which Is to be convened by
Gov. Marks might possibly regard
Ill who failed to vote opposed to
he settlement, and hesitate TO enact
he necessary laws.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-28
DON'T FORGET! !!

To go to V. L. Williams popular Low
Priced Shoe Store for bargains in Boots,
Shoes, Hats, Caps, Notions, Etc. The
people do daily testify that he now has the
best goods for the least money of any
house in Clarksville. Reader, put US to
the test, and prove what we say. Store
Room, on the Corner, No. 25 Franklin
and First Cross streets.
May 81, 1s79-tf
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-28
hooker on southern General..

Gen. Joe Hooker, i'm a conyersa-
ton with an Enquirer reporter,
said: "Gcneral Joe Johnston was
the best soldier the South had. Gen.
Lee was great because of his nice
sense of honor. When he invaded
Pennsylvania Lee paid for every
thing he got. He paid In Coniede-
rate money, but that was what he
was paid in, and he had DO other.
But he paid it cut, and even when
he passed through those towns in
Pennsylvania he put guards around
their stores and protected their
goods, allowing nothing to be taken.
Even clothes and boots aud shoes,
which they needed 50 much, were
not allowed to be taken. This was
not so much great generalship as ii
was ehivalry, but il made the man
who did it great figure IL the con-
test.n
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-28

The Paris police adopted an in
'geniOus plan recently to find out
how certain firm was being mys-
teriously robbed, One day large
box, or rather case, was sent to the
store and brought into the back Of
fee. 1t was marked Explosive
Materials" Air holes had been
bored in 1t, and from this position
the detective-for one was inside
could overlook the store. He saw
about noon, when there was no
"boss" to be seen, that one of the
clerks went to the door TO watch,
and the other to the till, from which
he took some money.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-28
CLARESVILLE MALE ACADEMY

This school will begin on the THIRD
MONDAY 1.-THE 18th day. OF AUGUST, 1879.
The Principal can take four or five board
ers in his own family.
PriDcinaI d. NJ. QUARLES,
lime 81 lS7g-tf CIarksyille, Tenn.
New-York tribune., 1879-02-27
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pAssTNGER- FOR EUROPE.

The following are the cabin passengers who
VIII sa for Europe to-day the 1nman steamship city
Of Chester and those who aicdyc>"rtay on the Aera
FOR IIVERPOOI.-Bg SeqmfLiO Cttg ~ Ches'rr-Il Nc
Moran McNOIIa, Miss Margaret D. vivid }. {. vivid,
Thomas IammeTtOn, J. H'iirLJ. h-llr dpi"n J. - In"l
son British Army servant Nr Emerson and infant
ComnisssIy j. {. IHndy. British Amy retro MrAhana
& walker George Winter j. -chWaL, MTs ~inluh, Miss
ANY ~taf0rth, Lieutenant r. A. Davenport British Army
J. Yuumans Bouccault, Miss BUuciCault, Miss
a Bouccau Dion i,oac.cauit Jr Henry Icion ! inuc-.
Mis- Innes T. skinner, Ms skinner A. H. scoil N5du'; T.
Han
Bs Stamslip Aige6a Edward ], Alien g Brock, W. Il
Thomas q. Bcrucft, NJ. nul Mr. j. g. Black VIII un
lgr o~ o. ~ Cofbin George CICs-~C. g. l.. LIsrn ".
sbcts tHo Misses Dp-l'i- MI captain lanes
J. Rowland infant DF J. D. Hogan Miss b. IoGc-, James
JugsIn Irancs Ie Mamma. klby i"e", j. NJ Pade i"d :
Iaiir1 Harrison r. ~ru, W. VI NrhauS, H. G.. SLCInan,
A TAYLOR. William Williamson. George i NhitwriL