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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-30


N0fice-Netther the captain, swnsrs nor
the undersigned agents Of the british steam
ship MEDIATOR. Hannay master from Colon
will be responsible for any debts contracted by
the crew of said vessel
mb2s 81 DECAH h co.
once NJ the Merchants Mutual ln.ur-
anes Cpmpany, No. iG4 Canal street. New Or.
leans, March 10 1879 Notice IL hereby given
that the annual election for eleven directors
shall be held Mt The office OF Ibis company on
MONDAY, April 7. 1879. between the hours Of 10
| n IN. and y. IN. -
mh21 q. w. MOTT, Secretary,
onios ot she st. charles street aaiirsaa
| Company. corner Carondslet and Eighth
streets, New Orleans. February ~, 1870 CertiH-
| cato No 2G2, In favor OF Mrs Sarah T. Bow.
| man, for nine shares Of the capital stock of
| this company, dated August 10. 1870 having
been lost or mislRid notice is hereby given tha'
unless the same bs procured Mt this office with
| in thirty days from date hereof q new o rtineate
will issue In lieu thereof, and said certificate
No. 262 he declared null and void
mht got " BIVIE ERE Snoretafv.
Ehe woraan's en-. i-,ian Uniaa Wi,
| meet on the first and second TU E5DAY In each
/ month, at IL %. m. ut the Oarondelet Street
/ Methodist Church.
/ Maa J. J. LYONg President.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-30

Association Army Of Tennessee. Lous@i-
ana Btyiaipn-Thera III be a sterla nj me ltuu If
this association on MONDAY EVENING. the
thitty. hraf insta Mt at ~ O'Clock at Hall No "a
Baronne street Important business In ref r.
ence IT, the re- union will be brought before the
nesting
by order of AUGUSTUS HEIUHARD First Vice
President and Acting Pt sident
mh2a2t JOHN q. GuLDING. Secretary.
New Orleans, March 40, ts7p,-rns
death Of George r Crane will cause no Inter-
rnption In the bualness ~ ths fltm Of 1EORqE
I. CRANE n 90, Mr.. CYRUS CHisM giving his
personal attention To the same
The continuance of The custom Of his friends
is respectfully solicited.
GEORGE ?. CRANE &jC0..
mb9e1m No. t0l Poydrns street
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-30
The Anniyerssrv et the ladies.

sa.ssoeiation will take tlaca at the Bethel on
Inlthn street. on r tuesday,. April /, at | D, m.
become m, fnbsrs, Dues Afty cents, quarterly.
! /, usual u e9neart and temperance meeins on
NBAF ,MOhDAf Admitanee free. Refres h.
vitatinn 70 supper by stump speech
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-30
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, SUNDAY. MARCH so 1879.


To the Fr.nt = Hea dauarters Meyer
Hi6ss, COMPANY A. First Regiment Louisiana
the above eommand are hereby ordered to as-
semb,e at their hall. Camp street, Mt 81 O'clock
on WEDNESDAY EVENING. April .. 1879, fully
eqnippea, for inep, elton ard parade.
BY order of M. g. HoyFs Captain Command-
Ing. p 6UERRIDAN
mh8o IT. Orderly Raigeant.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-02
APRIL TESTING.


l heard two robins singing in the wood,
One April day.
And what they said my heart we'll understood,
That April day;
'Oh, love is sweet through all the busy day
time!
Oh, love is true in winter and in May-time!"
But then, you know, the hour was folly's
Twas April day.
And !. to keep in tune the merry birds.
That April day,
with them thoughtlessly some foolish
words
Twas April day;
MY love is fair, ! could not help but choose
him;
Ny love is wise. obi what could / refuse him,
This April day?
Yet should he hear me sing, let him beware
This April day,
And III say, i love him., have no care
It's April day;
The token that he sends-Oh, yes, / kiss IL;
And If he sends it not, ] sorely miss it;
promise, song or KISS, now pray what is IT.
On April day?'
and laughing through the woods
came,
That April day,
Until a clear, strong voice sang back again;
Oh, April dayl
This girl Of smiles aud tears, this little rover,
With pleasant jesting does her heart discover.
Thy mirth IS wisdom; ], her happy lover;
Thou, April-May.
lie elasped my hand and through the wood
We went,
That April day,
Singing like robins in our glad content
That April day.
Oh, golden sunshine, and Oh, silver raining,
Oh, earnest %iesting, and on, sweet complain
ingl
Two happy hearts stood watching daylight
waning,
That April day.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-02
..Ain't as Bad as He seems

80 -
Puckl
General Benjamin Butler is the
Dick Deadeye of American politics.
And why?
Let us critically examine the char
acteriStics common to the creation of
Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan and the
creation Of an abseut-minded first
cause. General Butler is unquestion-
ably unpleasant to look at There
is nothing soothing-nothing tender
aud sympathetic about him. He does
not resemble one of Chopin's noe
turnes. He reminds you more definite
ly of an aria from Tannhauser, played
backwards.
On the whole, he is not agreeable to
retina.
Then, furthermore
Dick Deadeye is specifically des-
cribed as triangular"
Now, you cant call Butler square.
And on this point we need not en-
large. 'Twere as well perhaps to pass
to the next. His name lis agin him. p"
1t is, in some subtle, underlined way,
associated with spoons.
Butler-SpOOns-see?
And then again, and finally, he
"ain't as bad as he seems
No, he is not.
He seems, to the popular eye, to the
apprehension of honest people of aver
age intelligence, a disreputable old
scalawag, a demagogue who has will
fully prOstituted the intelligence that
might have made him a statesman; a
fellow of mean tricks and devices a
blatant bully and a noisy nuisance.
But he isn't.
No Let us adhere to the dicta of
the religion fashionable at the present
day. Let us admit that General Ben
iamin Butler has a soul to be saved.
That there dwells in him a spark of
the divine fre-a spark unavailable at
present-but thar. Let us believe
thatif, on his deathbed, if he will but
roll up his eyes to the ceiling and
mortgage his moribund spirit to the
church militant, he will die in the
sweet SAVIOR of sanctity, whitewashed
of all his mortal faults and f%ollies.
That is the gospel of the day.
But pagan Greece would have very
promptly dosed him with hemlock,
and let him take his chances of squar-
ing his life's record with the moral
code of the Immortals.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-02
How the FIRST Trains We're Run

Chatham IN. ~ Courier.l
The notice of the death of Enpi-
neer Hiram Shook in the Courier of a
fortnight since, calls to mind many in
cldents which happened when we were
boys and railroading was young. In
cur youthful estimation Hi Shook F."
and Bob Best occupied positions
only oqualed, but scarcely oxcelled,
By tho President Of the United
States. Every boy along the line
knew at half a mile distance, with his
eyes shut, the individual puff, ring
and whistle Of each separate engine.
Their names are fixed in our minds in
a half-forgottcn way along with the
names Of sohOolmates. The highway
leading from Frisbee street to East
Chatham partly follows the old road
bed, whore tho grade was eighty feet
to tho mile. The old "iniuns used
To- have a tough time there, and it was
common for the fireman to sit
on tho cow-catchor with a pail
of sand, sitting it on the rail with his
hand. This sometimes failed to make
the drivers stick, and we boys" often
helped tho iremon pick up small
stones, laying them across the track at
short intervals. Our inclination to
put big ones on, so as to see her
smash en-" was yehemently rebuked
by said engineer. The cry of "0ld
Shook is stuck again p would send
a small army of us down to his rescue
at any time. Our reward would be a
ride up to the crossing on the old
Vance place battle-ground. FREE
quently, at these times, the water
would get low in the boiler, and was
supplied from the creek, near by, with
pals. One very dry summer the
grasshoppers were exceedingly plenty,
and the hot iron attracted them in
such numbers that the trains were
several times stopped. Through the
meadows the rails we're completely
creased over by the mashed body
Of the hoppers. We used to think Il
part of the duty Of the fireman TO
throw wood at every dog that barked
or chased the trains. The wood thus
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-02

thorized the issue of treasury eortid-
Gates of small denominations, bearing
low interest, as we'll as the State Of
Georgia. which will be used as cur
rency though not intended for that
purpose. Other States may do like
wise. The great want of the country
now is confidence, which will grad
ually be restored, but requires time.
1t is based on the fidelity and integrity
of contracts between man and man.
Another year, with another crop, it is
believed will do much to restore con-
fdence, add to the volume of curren.
cy, and increase the value of personal
and real estate-sO long aud sadly de-
pressed. Indeed the signs of the
times indicate that there is opening to
the country an era of prosperity such
as it has not enjoyed in sixteen years.
Very respectfully,
WIN. JOHNSTON.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-02
An Astonishing Spectacle.

Chicago 1nter-0cean.l
If the congress of loyal, patriotic,
but anxious men that assembled in
Washington fifteen years ago could
have looked forward a decade and a
half, it is likely they would have beon
womewhat astonished, if not discour
aged. CHANGING at the house, they
could have discovered tho seats filled
by rebel ~brigadiers, while an army of
ex-C Confederate soldiers swarmed in
the public places. Looking over the
senate they would have seen eighteen
prominent rebel generals reclining in
the high backed chairs, a Confederate
editor at the sooretary's desk, and the
aide-de-camp Of the oommandor-in-
chief Of the rebel army in the conf
dental position of executive clerk Q!
the senate. At first sight tho situa-
ton would lead them 10 suppose that
traitors had trlumphcd and the rebel
army, which had been so long striving
to capture the capital, had at last sue
ceeded. But listening to the proceed.
ings for a brief period, this impression
would be dispelled. They would
catch, amid the oulogies of Jefferson
Davis, passages revealing the faot that
the rebellion had failed, that loyalty
had triumnbod, that the Union had
been restored, and then, bewildered
and doubling, they would gaze won
deringly around at those fruits of a
Union triumph, and ask themselves il
such things we're possible.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-02

Good Words.l
1t is half a century since Mr.. Tu-
dor, an enterprising merchant of Bos-
ton, thought he might make money il
he forwarded a cargo of ice to Cal
cutta. Before that gentleman under
took the venture a little natural ice
was obtained at a place about forty
miles from the capital Of Bengal.
Shallow troughs were dug in tho
ground, pans Of porous earthenware
YER placed therein, a layer Of straw
being %interposed between the bottom
of the pan and the ground, and a little
water was poured into each pan. If
the wind blew from the northwest
during the night the water in the pans
would be frozen before the morning.
This ice fetched a high price in the
market. In 1888 there was no longer
any necessity for rosorting to this
process for getting it, as in that year
Mr.. Tudor's FIRST ship sailed up the
Hooghly with q cargo of ice on
board the cargo was sold in the
market for three pence per pound.
Since that day the export Of leo
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-02

thrown was an unfailing supply 70
several families along the line. So
much dog-wood led to the oompany's
building wood-racks at the stations,
whore each engine was measured out
its due allowance. The old-fashioned,
low changing break beams furnished
quite a safe foothold for many a rsek-
less stolen ride, and the wonder is that
so many Of our young necks remained
unbroken. The oil spots on our
jackets and caps were the result of the
efforts of vicious brakemen to dis
lodge us.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-02

horror and agony which beset him,
when he landed at Christ church, TO
read from the English papers the mar
riage Of Maud Branscombe and Louis
Polek.
The young man returned to Eng
land. And there learned the hus-
band of his former inamorata was a
wealthy jew, and that he in turn had
been deserted by his wife, who for
reasons not known to the public, had
abandoned him for the variety stage.
The lover returned to Australia, and
while Mrs. Scott-SiddOns was there,
renewed a friendship with her begun
years before in England. His story
was told her, and when she left for
America he commissioned her to find
Maud for him, impart to her his for
giveness to tell her that when wearied
of her present mode of life, or at a
loss for a friend, to command him. 1t
was but a mission of love to reclaim
the woman if possible, and Mrs, Scott
Siddons promised to be the instru-
ment. Besides, she is laden with
messages from the girls - Maud
Branscombe is yet in the flush of
early womanhood-Own folks"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-02

from Boston has become a regular and
most profitable branch Of trade. In
the warehouses there as many as
100000 tons of concealed water arc
stored away at a time. Many thou
sand persons are engaged in the ice
traffic throughout the United States.
The capital invested amounts to So
100000. 1t was shortly after the be-
ginning Of this century that MIR. Tu-
dor began to export ice from Boston.
For several years the quantity shipped
was small. A quarter Of a century
after the trade had commenced the
number of tons of ice exported was
1852 at the close of the first halfcen-
tury the quantity had risen to nearly
10000 tons. The commercial sue
cess which attended this operation in
spired an ingenious Yankee with a
more ambitious notion. He proposed
to so in quest of an iceberg, to grapple
it and tow it to a convenient place for
distribution. The scheme, though a
plausible one, has not yet been carried
ont
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-02
MIR. stock.

Detroit Free Pressl
A stranger, fat and plump, was yes
terday gazing around at the corner of
Woodward avenue and Clifford street
when he made a step and went into
the gutter six inches deep with water.
Five or six men were standing near,
and when the stranger swan ashore he
approached the group and said
Gentlemen, my names Stock.
None of them made any reply, and,
looking from face TO face, he con
tinued
Spit it right out-nothing mean
about me-"
The men were amazed and could
not make out what he meant, and one
Of them said so.
Why, I'm Stock, and I've been
watered-soe?" he replied. as he held
up his wet sleeves. "You could have
said that Stock was down, or up, or
wcak-see? You could have said it
was Stock-y, or that it was a Stock
speeulatiOn-see?
The men looked as blank as boards.
Stock began to grow red under the
ears, and as he turned to go he
growled
well, | don't want TO settle in this
town Folks here don't seem TO know
anythingl'
This speech riled one Of the men.
and he called after the stranger
You say that over again and I'll
whip Stock !"
"Whipstock whipstock You've
hit it--beautiful-neve heard o better
onel' exclaimed the man as he re-.
turned. "Ahl you chaps were play
ing of on me-come have some beer r
lie seemed SO jolly and good-natur
cd hat the procession followed him Ia
the nearest saloon.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-02

Rev. DR.. Ingraham, who died re-
Gently in Shetland at the age of l03,
is said to have been the Oldest minis
ter in the world. -Four generations of
the Ingrahams have lived in the same
house in Shetland, and they were long
generations, too. The deceased's
father died at the age of 100, and his
grandfather at l05.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-02

When one knows a good thing it
should be told and we do know from
experience that DIR. Bulls Cough
Syrup is the best remedy for coughs
aud colds we over saw. 1t only costs
25c a bottle.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-02

Since paper napkins were introduced
by a manufacturing firm in Wisconsin,
a year ago, one Boston firm alone has
sold 100000 Of them.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-02

A Texas farmer lately lost a yalua-
able horse, and offered a reward for
him. Several days afterward be re-
ceived from q neighboring town the
following note "The horse is here
come and get him. The thief has
been hung"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-02
PUBLICATION.
PROSPECTUS.
Fever Of 1878.

HNIE Howard Association Of Memphis will
i publish and have ready for delivery on or
about the first Of April next a complete his
tory Of the Yellow Fever from tho earliest
dates; also, q history Of the Epidemic Of 1873,
which will embrace tho names, with resi-.
dence, and date of death, Of over five thou
sand citizens of Memphis who died; the
names Of physicians and nurses employed,
diagnosis Of the disease by the most cele-
brated physicians, cures suggested and best
adapted "a. coping with the dreadful soourge,
together with incidents of the plague.
Also, a list Of the names Of contributors Of
donations, both IN money and supplies, from
the generous Rublic Of America and Europe,
amounting in The aggregate 10 near ave hun
dred thousand dollars, and what disposition
was made of same,
In Offering this permanent record Of a great
calamity TO the general public, the Howard
Association is moved thereto By a desire 10
save itself the cost Of publication Of a book
that will prove invaluable In the future, and
to secure, If possible, enough funds to pay for
q handsome monument, to be erected in Elm.
wood Cemetery, TO the memory Of Physicians,
Nurses and Members of the Howard Associa-
t,ion and Citizens Relief Committee, who
died during the Epidemic Of 1878.
The book will DO cotton up In tho very bost
size octave, and contain about Ave hundred
pages. Price $3.50. Address
HOWARD ASSOCIATION,
10 Madison Street,
MEMPHIS, ; TENNESSEE.
l5A2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-02
FINANCIAL MATTERS.

wednesday evening, April E, 1879.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-11-12
fsEESM iTsd .lt.tl..H-

Mr. 'Ght!las Aos.a, &c E;n:, Gccrrr 1o:r.?,
alci 80 years, dicl laat hloaiay.
There is hGs1 10 Sl0s2ivauin cvu;.sY that
vii eat yoGng chinkerS-s) will maD.
They arc having races at charlottesville tn,
small stakes, and ~ Ting il clg,r.
A colorcd woman named Susan Boyd THs
run over and Killed Instantly yesterday on tiit
Atlantic and Mississippi! isei!!oar'. e! Abingdon.
The lcajjastcrs ar1 preparing ItV q grand
demonstration at Petersburg OF Friday night
in honor OF their oictol.! ''Oh sham, whcrc
S thy blush.
Nh 4. Shaw. Superintendent Ct tho Nicl!-
moud end Fetc!Sl uEg lt2itrO3d, has resigned
that position, az; hIr. i. d. Kline, G: South
Car0!lLa. hes tcca rh9san 10 his stcaG.
Tho case OF John +. poinicxtcs, o:,agsc,!
with thu murder Of Charles Curtis, VII pruEa
ably oomo up before tho Ccrrs Of Appeals at
Richmond next Tu'tdiy, WHOM tho court will
decide whether the accused si,ail liavc n new
trial or not. Tho case is lhi1G on the docket.
On Monday evening. =! l.onisa g. H., lIar"
Vcy PAIGE, white, and Duke Jackson, c0I0r0d,
got to dSTutiDg OVER pic OF msnGr2, and IL
difficulty followed, il which The latter was shot
fivo tines. Paine WAS drosdully ni;listc,,~hig
head having bcca terribly iraoinrcd. Tho IL
cUvcry OF both is very doubtful.
Notice has been aersGi upon Il. Lewis, alias
Ncvcrson lewis. aiiaa j;lsrsnn Lewis, alias
lVnIu0n lows, &c, &c, Hh> wsA Trccn!y
elected 10 the I|ons3 0i Dclcga,ca over Il. Ia.
,ionna c,EsHryniigc, nn!!sisE him that his
arGL 10 the Legislature would b. cont 'atcG hy
,'0nta Lewis whh WnE cItc;ci by The read
iustcrs, is clamcd so have had tao nany names
upon lla Ell Lesion tickets. t. ia also reported
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-11-12

10 aIig: : seecai Ieao.uliul So IS 10 auiir:3c
thl E!a2ut iDatold ii The OYeI.ccrs c! iho prcr
TO contract for tho burial OF paupcs.
Eir. Latham doubted tho powcr It! CduEcii
to enforce such o rcsoluti,u. ] he aodo gave
the Mayor the following power iu relation t.
ihc matter: 1.-The Mayor shall, Whenever be
ahslI judge necessary, appoint grave digger
Tor The public ground, and 20 grave shall &c
dug in said ground without the consent Of The
Mayor or Superintendent OF Pc ice.' After
further discussion tho sui .c was referred.
The greater portion Of tho sess ion wss spent
IN WGiIing for tho Board of Aldermen. a
resolution was uts7ed OF ono limo to go iato
JOINT meeting for tho election Of officers Of tho
corporation not heretofore chosen Tho Alder
men then excepted TO The election Of policeman
vico Lyles and chool trustee Woo Judge Stuart.
Council declined TO concur 10 thia and passed
a resolution Tor tho election Ct oil tho remain.
ing officers at the next regular meeting.
Several rtccsscs wore takon until business
should como in from tho other Bonrd, and at
last, about 10 O'Clock, the Council sent the
usual communication. that they had completed
ih:lr business and were ready TO adjourn.
Aldermen returned request that Counci| should
wait fifteen minutes, end SO they did.
''Ihn next thing you hear said ono OF tho
members. will be that tho Aldermen have ed
iCu!ncd and COMO home. That's the Wsy they
treat Ia.
Like pntlcnua On monument Gal!log ial
lnsiilfaJ Fat tho Common Council, taking caro-
Of thG mIautGs anl lotiing The hours lake care
0i themselves. 10 vain iiec, ter, GIlccu minutes
passed, not si2n OF business Then, with thr
oonviu!irn that tho children" had "snld" III,
'oIl fn|ks,' Tho Board tilur0oa.