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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-18

The Broadway Railroad, as proposed In
New York. IA commanding much attention In
that city, as Invaluable franchise which should
not be granted except ut large peculiarly adj
vantage TO the city. The Herald publishes an
open bid from citizen of 81 100000 cash for
the franchise up to seventeenth street, and
an additional 1880, 900 for IT. up to Central
Pork. That paper declares this bid 10 DO bona
fde from party whose own means are equal
to carrying out the whole project. but who, In
addition, represents other capitalists, ard will
comply with any other reasonable conditions
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-18

The American Cable Company has secured
the right to use new invention by which ten
messages of twenty words each will be sent
every minute between Paris or London and
New York. The process, 1t Is said will also
enable the company to send in thirty minutes
from London to New York the entire contents
of Il newspaper like the London Times. This
will make submarine telegraphy tolerably
cheap and multiply the business Of the cables.
The new rates are to DO from three to five
cents word, and at that price everybody can
afford to talk to Europe
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-18
boston, providence, Fall
River and PHILADELPHIA &C. Wig N. York.

,SUGAR-Is easier and In fair request Re-
40 iptg ID . hhIs We1uate.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-18
FUTU RES.
The position OF the market at New York may
seen from the following:
Closing
Gnt,,rGa-
Mf1dItpn
OCEAN FREIGHTs FROM NEW ORLEANS

Tone Of the market strong. Gales IS 900
bales.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-03-21
A Revolution In Ocean.Transit.

Yachtsmen and tourists who visit the
Isle of Wight or Southampton have
often been puzzled by strange craft
that cruises in those waters, and which
invariably slows down to ordinary speed
when approached by other vessels. She
seldom appears to have anything more
serious on hand than q party of gay
pleasure-seekers, but watermen and
others who have watched her closely
tell of wonderful bursts of speed in
which she flies through the water like
an express train. She is the vessel with
which all the later experiments of the
Winans brothers. Of "cigar steamer"
fame, have been conducted, and the re-
suits to which these experiments have
led are as follows: One spindle-shaped
steamer 500 feet longer than the Great
Eastern, or 1000 feet in length, is al
ready designed and to be built 1t will
have engines of 100,000-horse powers
and will be propelled by twin screws
under the after. quarter of the vessel.
The mean speed of this vessel is ex-
pected to be over twenty nautical, or
twenty-three statute, miles an hour
She is to have tower $50 feet high.
containing in part state-rooms looking
out on circular balconies, but having
within a hollow cylinder, extending
vertically throughout its entire length,
and traversed by an immense weight
susceptible of being adjusted at any de-
sired height. This is On invention OF
Mr.. William l.. Winans, and the effect
that it produces upon the notion of the
vessel is precisely the reverse of that
which one would most readily infer.
When scaled" TO q proper height, in
proportion to the beat or motion of
the waves prevailing, it absolutely pre-
vents all rolling. The great length OF
this steamer will prevent pitching, SO
that, presuming it lustifes the claims
and expectations of the inventors, ii
should be very advantageous for pur-
! poses of ocean travel. 1t is designed for
the transatlantic mail and passenger
service, and their port of entry in this
country will be New London, Ct, OF
which special survey was made three
years ago with this view Milford Ha-
ven is expected to be the port of entry
for Great Britain. That it will revolu-
tionize ocean travel is the conviction OF
the Messrs. Winans, and on that convic-
ton they have expended millions, and
are about to expend still more, it being
their intention to construct three other
similar vessels as soon as that described
shall have been successfully operated
The estimated cost of construction OF
these vessels is Fl, 100000 each, and it
is confidently believed by the Messrs
Winans and many Of their friends that
they will accomplish the passage of the
Atlantic in less than six days at all
seasons and il spite OF ony weather -
London Cor. Nelp York World.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-03-21

The flood-disaster ut Szegedin, in
Hungary, though it will not be so last
ing in its effects, is scarcely less APP
palling than q great fire. Any catas-
trophe by which $4,000 people are
rendered homeless even temporarily is
horrible enough TO arrest the attention
OF the whole world, and to call for such
aid AZ may be necessary to relieve their
immediate suffering and assist the VIC
Tins in regaining self sustaining con
dition.
1t is not possible at this early day to
estimate the loss nor the suffering of
this Hungarian community. The peo-
pie of the town had warning of what
was to come by the breaking of two
embankments and the probability
that the third, largest, and last pro-
lection would give way before the
flood. Thousands of men had been at
work for several days in the effort to
save the embankment, but it gave way
during the night, and hence the flood
must have taken large part of the
population by surprise. The terrors of
rushing waters have been graphically
described by Charles Reade in one OF
his novels and American readers have
closer recoHections of such impressions
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-03-21
How Lincoln Relieved Gen. Rosecrans

Gen. James b. Steedman, Familiarity
known as "Old Chickamauga," was
never in happier frame than at the Ford
Post reunion the other night, when,
with other valuable anecdotes aud Incl
dents of the war. he related the follow
ing "Some weeks after the disastrous
battle of Chickamauga, while yet Chatta-
nooga was in state of siege, Gen.
Steedman was surprised one day to re-
ceive telegram from Abraham Lincoln
asking him TO come to Washington.
Seeking out Thomas, he laid the tele-
gram before him, and was instructed to
set out at once. Repairing to the White
House, he was warmly received by Mr..
Lincoln. Mr. Lincoln's first question
was abrupt and to the point: Gen.
Steedman, what is your opinion of
Gen. Rosecrans?" Gen. Steedman, hes
itating moment, said: MIR President,
/ would rather not express my
opinion Of my superior officer"
Mr.. Lincoln said: ut is the man who
does not want to express an opinion
whose opinion want am besieged
on all sides with advice. Every day /
get letters from army officers asking me
to allow them to come to Washington TO
impart some valuable knowledge in their
possession" well, Mr.. President"
said Gen. Steednan, you are the Com
mander-in-C Chief of the army, and if you
order me to speak will Go So" Mr..
Lincoln said "Then / will order an
opinion" Gen. Steedman then an
swered: Since you command me, Mr.
President, l will say that Gen. Rosecrans
is splendid man to command a victori-
Gus army" But what kind of man
is he to command a defeated army?"
said Mr.. Lincoln. Gen. Steedman in
reply said cautiously: Il think there
are two or three other men in the army
that would be better" Then, with his
quaint humor, Mr.. Lincoln propounded
this question: "Who, besides yourself
Gen. Steedn1an, is there in that army
who would make better commander"
Gen. Steedman said promptly: Gen.
George II. Thomas" 81 am glad to
hear you say So" said Mr.. Lincoln !;
" that is my opinion exactly. But Mr..
Stanton is against him, and it was only
yesterday that powerful New York del
egation was here to protest against his
appointment, because he is from rebel
State, and cannot be trHsted" Said Gen.
Steedman 6 man who will leave his
own State-Thomas was Virginian-
his friends, ali his associations, to follow
the flag of his country, can be trusted
in any position to which he may be
called" That night the order went
forth from Washington relieving Gen.
Rosecrans of of the command of the
Army of the Cumberland and appoint
ing Thomas in his place Toledo (OhioJ
Journal
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-03-21

The Louisville Post publishes story
OF powerful editorial, once upon a
time, written and suppressed by the
late George u. Prentice, the value
placed upon the article being S25, eco.
Mr. William Calvert, who was for many
years bookkeeper of the Louisville
Journal, gives the information, saying
that he and Paul r. Shipman alone, of
persons living, know the secret. Mr..
Calvert is thus reported:
Zone day, while l was bookkeeper at
the Journal Office, $25, 900 was left oy
very prominent man for Mr.. Prentice.
/ know it, for l handled the money, but
didn't know for what it was intended. /
always used to go to the Office in time
to send off the early mails. At this
exciting news was looked for, and the
next morning / went earlier than usual,
in order to look at the dispatches from
the proof-sheets IL the composing
room. / proceeded to the hook and
commenced looking at the proofs, when
was astonished to find a columa edi-
torial written by Mr.. Prentice and
strongly favoring the secession of the
State. 1t was ut time when the ex-
element here was high, the Legislature
was in session, and this editorial was
written with view to influencing mem
bers. l was greatly surprised TO think
that the Journal should espouse the
cause of the Rebellion, and 1 deter
mined, for the time at least, to Kill that
editorial. l at first got chisel and at
tempted to deface the types so that the
article would have to be reset or laid
over, but this would not do.
ct had but short time before the
forms would go to press. / started on
a full run in search of Mr.. Shipman. L
succeeded in finding him, but where 1
do not exactly remember, as was so
excited at the time. / hurried with
him to the Office, reaching there just
before the form was closed, showed him
the proof, and he ordered ii out. What
q relief it was to him and to mel 1t
was in this way that the noted editorial
which would have thrown the Journal,
perhaps Kentucky, on the side of the
South and the Rebellion, was sup
pressed. have not said anything in
regard to this matter until lately, and
then only when approached on the sub
ject. Mr.. Belligan, who was then fore
man of the Journal, removed the edi-
torial from the form.
"The next day there was lively time
about the office, Mr.. Prentice being ter
ribly mad. You know how mad he |
could get. A consultation was had,
matters were amicsbly settled, and in q
short time the Journal became one of
the leading Union organs. 1t was not
until after this that / knew what the
S25, 900 was to be used for"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-03-21
A Family Saved nv n Cat.

Last Saturday, Hiram Holdridge and
wife, of this city, went to Webster to
spend the Sabbath with their son-in-
law, j. Fl. Van Antwerp. The family
and their guests sat up quite late, and
it was after the midnight hour when all
retired. About o'clock in the morn
ing Mr.. Van Antwerp was aroused by
the loud mewing of cat that has been
a pet OF the family for many years. In
fact, "puss" seemed unusually dis
turbed, and, contrary to oil previous
conduct on her part, made quite u
racket at the chamber-door. Mr..
Van Antwerp paid but little attention
to the noise as soon as he ascertained
the cause, and fell asleep. Shortly after
A o'clock, however, he was again awak-
ened in the same manner, and was ter
rified on discovering that the whole
house, even the room in which be was
sleeping, was wrapped in flames. He
awoke his wife, jumped from the win
dow, with difficulty got the badly-fright-
ened lady from the proximity of the
flames, and then gave the alarm to Mr..
Holdridge and wife and other members
of the household in time for them to
save themselves. = Rochester Demo
crGt.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-03-21

under, and of the strange places from
which the family silver and other ar
ticles of value were unearthed after her
sudden death.
SO Adrienne and I found ourselves
rich people. The jewels realized far
more than had imagined they would;
and, by buying more ground, on the
spot OF the old house built such q
home as Adrienne was fitted to adorn.
Then came telegram to my wife,
telling of fall her father had received,
and that his life was in danger. We
found him sadly changed from his for
mer self, and when, in q feeble voice,
he called "Adriennel and held out his
weak arms to my wife, all my anger van
ished.
We did not tell him Of the difference
| in our fortunes, but, after he had suffi-
GENTLY recovered, we brought him by
slow stages to our home, which Adri-
cnne had named "Ingleside." Then he
was told the wonderful story of the
treasure trove we had found through
little Adde'S desire and attempt to kiss
"the pity lady" The old man held out
his hand to me.
Herbert, I am almost sorry for this.
/ had thought to prove my changed
feelings by sharing with you the wealth,
which has only been burden to me
since, in my pride, refused to listen to
my daughters request for forgiveness
"Say no more. sir" replied. Let
bygones be bygones-but for you
would never have had my wife, my dear
Adrienne-"
"Nor little Addie, papa" Dried sweet
small voice, whose owner had come un
noticed to my side, and overheard my
words.
Looking around me, 1 sometimes sigl
as the memory of old Aunt Susan comes
back to me; of how she pinched ant
struggled to live within her small mean
and keep her little home, while all th'
time the legacy which had been left he
by her grandmother, and which woult
have made her beyond want, was, al
unknown to her, within her very reach
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-03-21
AS THE SEASONS COME AND GO.
ny ALpKRr PIKE.

The fresh young leaves are coming, dear!
In the genial prime of May:
And the bees in the blooms are humming, dear !
And the world is glad and gay;
Ia gay and glad I'm the iipe bright spring,
Forgetting the winter snow;
But winter again the snow must br1ns'
As the seasons ebb and how;
And 80 the world goes round ring,
As the seasons come and go.
Az the seasons come and co. and the years
One after another die,
With wan sad faces wet with tears,
And the laugh that ends in sigh;
In a sigh-and, signing our hopes and Joys
Pace after them, sad and slow, .
with our manhood's bsubles and childhood's
As the seasons ebb and flow.
Leaving Ms only the pleasure that clogs,
AS the seasons come and go.
The lads are the fair girls wooing, dear,
In the rash glad days OF spring,
And the greybeards for young loves suing, dear
While the thrushes, mating. sing.
They are wise-fnr the young grow old ana grey
And time is fair girls foe;
And maids are fici.e, and men will stray,
Az the seasons ebb and flow;
For loves forever IL but a day,
As the seasons como and go.
In the new loves lap all the old are forgot,
When the mouth new kisses Graves;
They are gone, like players remembered not,
One after one, ike the waves.
On the dead loves ashes the live loves tread,
And into It's fires we throw
The false girls picture, the tress of the dead,
AS the seasons ebb and flow,
Forgetting the once sweet lips 30 red,
AS the seasons come and go.
No. no there were loves We cannot forget,
Charming faces. forever dear:
Sweet lips. with whose kissing ours Jingle yet,
Loving words we shall always hear;
Eyes that we always shall look into,
Whether they love Us or no;
Alterations immortal, tender and true,
Though the seasons ebb and aow;
Immortal, oh, darlingl ~ mine for you.
While the seasons come and go.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-03-21
HOW THB ZULUS FIGHT.
The Desperate Hand-to- Hand Struggle ri
Rorke's Drift.
lCapetown Cor. London Times.]


lCapetown Cor. London Times]
The main body of the British add
vance, under Lord Chelmsford, sene-
trated considerable distance into
Zulu-land, over twenty miles beyond
Rorke's Drift, near which camp had
been established, with convoy, con-
sisting of 102 wagons, 1,400 oxen, 2
guns, 400 shot and shell, 1920 rifles,
25O,OOO rounds of ammunition. and a
rocket-trough, the whole valued at
100000. Ten miles beyond Rorke's
Drift Lord Chelmsford left the convoy
guard and advanced with the remainder
of his forces, some ten or twelve miles
further into Zulu land, ito look for the
enemy" who, it afterward turned out,
were ut the same time 10000 strong.
Lord Chelmsford being well out of tho
way, they fell upon the convoy. The
British fought bard, and retreated
gradually upon the camp and its valua-
bic stores, thus getting the support OF
all their immediate forces. The Zulus
fell fast before the deadly rifle; but
they carried out their courageous tactics
with bravery which will not be for
gotten when the historian comes to
tell their story. To hurry an encoun-
ter to the struggle, hand to hand,
is the Zulu idea. They advance in a
body, the men in the rear rushing into
the gaps made in front by the enemy's
fire. Then the men, with short knives
and shields, sling back their rifles and
leap upon tho Zoe. Those who are
armed with spears break them off short
and convert them into short swords.
This is what happened at Isandula
and the camp at Rorke's Drift. The
overwhelming numbers of the Zulus,
taking the troops at a moment when
there seems to have been no oppor-
tunity of awaiting themselves OF in.
trenchments or barbados, enabled
them to overpower the red-coats.
The British officers and men fought
and fell where they stood, each of them
however, Staying his two or three tC
enc in the unequal fight. The oolors o.
the regiment and the stores fell to the
J victors, who thus came into possession
of valuable weapons and ammunition
which they could also show to possible
allies as inducements to join them. No
less than 81 British officers and 57(
, men lay dead in the sacked camp be
fore the Zulus carried off the spoils. III
:. the meanwhile Lord Chelmsford wa
still looking for the enemy!" Whel
! it was all over the news reached hin
and he fastened back, to discover tina
the force he had left in his rear haC
, been annihilated. The Zulus had no
} held the camp, but had carried off lit
orally everything that made it a camp
! 1t was an awful scene OF slaughter
There was not living soul in it.
There were no wounded to tend an(
succor. Quarter had neither been asked
nor given. Black ana white lay to
! gether in the death-grip. Both haC
fought with equal courage and despera
} ton. The sturdy Englishman had me
! in the athletic Zulu foeman worthy o
his steel. The moderated savage hat
shown himself creature upon whom
, drill may be as effective in the direc
} ton of natural courage as on Euro
: peans.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-03-21

as may be communicated by descrip-
tons of the breaking dams in New En-.
gland three or four years ago. 1t would
probably be difficult to exaggerate the
horrors OF such scene as he's been
enacted at Szegedin, for water may be
more terrible and relentless than fire
when it comes in o torrent that no
human hand can stay, and too swift and
overwhelming to permit OF escape.
Hundreds 'of houses must have gone
down in that night of terror, and hun
dreds OF men, women, and children
mnst have met q sudden and frightful
death. Chicago Tribune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-03-21

Inspired bD an snusudi FIoD or Arsn1 SpsfRs-
No sweeter girl eve ever gnu
That kefty Mart ms daughter Sue.
With sable hare, small tapir waist,
And lips you'd gopher miles to taste;
Bright, lambent yes, like the gazclle.
sheep pertly brought 10 bear we'll;
Ape pretty lass, IL was ayowed,
OF whom her marmot 10 lie proud.
Deer girl loved her my life,
and vowed 20 heifer for my wife.
Alas q sailor on the sly,
Had cast on her his wether eye.
He said NV love for her was bosh.
And my affection mushquash.
He'd dog her footsteps everywhere.
Anteater in his easy chair
He'd setter round, this sailor chap,
And pointer out upon the map :,
WHIT re once a pirate cruiser boar
Him captive to a foreign shore.
The cruel Captain far outdid
The yaks and crimes of Robert Kid.
He oft would whale Jack with the cat,
And say my buck, doe you like THAR
What makes you stag sroubd 10, sayy
The catamounts 10 something, heyr
Then he would seal it with OATH
And say: You are a lazy sloth
III starve You down. my sailor fine,
Until for been and porcuyine"
And fairly horse with fendish laughter,
Would say: -Henceforth mind what giraffe Ter
In short. the many risks he ran
Might we'll q llama Drawer man.
Then he was wrecked and castor shore
While feebly clingng to anoa.
Hyena cleft among the rocks
He crept sans shoes, and minus OK;
And, when he fam would go to bed,
He had TO lion leaves instead.
Then Sue would say, with troubled face:
How koodoo live in such placer"
And straightway into tears would melt
And say; How badger must have felt! /"
While he, the brute, woodchucx her chin,
And say: "Ayeaye, NY lsssl" and grin.
Excuse these steers. Irs over now;
There's nsught like grief the heart can COW.
Jackass'd her to BE- his. AID che
She gave Jackal, and Tilted me.
AID, now, alas the little minks
Ia bound To him with Hymen's lynx.
Charles y. adams.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-03-21
Our Enormous Losses by Fire.

The loss caused by fire still continues
to be enormous in this country, the
figures reaching total which must sur
prise many people. During last year
this loss amounted to $64,3l5, 300, of
which the insurance covered S36, 575, 900.
For the four years from 1875 to 1878,
inclusive, the total loss was S275, 314, $50,
of which the insurance companies bore
S147, ZOO. The greatest destruction
by fire of course occurred in this State,
the leading one In population and in
the number of its buildings. The loss
last year was over 100000, Pennsyl-
vania coming next with over $1,000
600, then Massachusetts with about
100000. Ohio 50, 250, 600, and Illinois
about 100000.
Of the establishments which are
classed by the insurance companies as
extra hazardous on account of their
special liability to fire, due to the ma
ture of the business carried on in them
or TO their construction of intiammable
materials, the total number burned in
1878 was 1929, valued at Sc ,557, 200,
and insured for S23,970,990. Thus,
though these specials, so called in in
surance parlance, were numericallyavery
small minority of the whole number of
risks, the loss by them footed up to
about two-thirds of the total losses of
the year.
The establishments of this character
of which the largest number were
burned in 1878 were the following; and
the table is instructive as showing the
sort of buildings most liable to fire:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-03-21
The Hungarian Disaster.

.Neuc York Sam.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-03-21

EMPLOYEES Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company have been notified
that drunkenness and frequenting Of
liquor saloons will be considered suf-
ficient cause for immediate discharge.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-03-21

THE kind-hearted publisher of the
Little Rock (Ark) Gazette printed this
announcement one day last week :
[" As our printers wished to join in the
Mardi Gras festivities yesterday, and re-
quested that but little original matter
be given to set in type, we prepared no
editorial for this mornings issue of the
paper"