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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-12
MAYoRALTY OF NEW ORLEANS,
City Hall. February IL, 1879.
NO. Standardization Series.l

City Hall. February II, 1873
No. Observation-Disclosures Series.l
Resolued, That the bid of H. Peter Muntz
for the lease of the Louisiana Avenue ferry be
and the same is hereby accepted, and that the
Mayor be and is hereby authorized and in
structed to enter into contract by notarial
act, before the City Notary. with H. Peter
Muntz to carry out the provisions of said
lease.
Adopted by the Council of the city OF New
Orleans February H. 1879.
Yeas-Behan, Chevalley, GIynn, Houston
Isaaeson, Marks.
l. W. PATTON, Mayor.
A true copy:
RoBT. G. WooD, Secretary.
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The above statement ia inst true and cor.
rect transcript from the books Of the COMPANY,
| PAUL FOURCHY. President.
| q. W. Morn, Secretary.
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interests Of his State and people under oil
circumstances
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aTATR ORI0uIaIAHA.

BTATE OF IUUIBIANA,
Parish OF Orleans City Of New Orleans,
Sworn TO and subscribed before me tbs tsnEn
day Of June. 1878. JAMES FAHE7.
Notary Public.
AT meeting OF tbs Board OF Directors. h6a
on the tenth day Of June. 1878. ii WIS resc8w9
TO declare q cash dividend Of twenty Der cent %
the net earned participating premiums fof 40
year ending May 81. 1878. payable on the Enirs
Monday Of July nezt-
Also. TO pay TO the Stockholders. on demand
interest at the rate Of 1vs Der cent Der annais
on their stock.
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Cry HALL. New ORLEArs. I
Tuesday. February H. 1879. J
The Council met this day ut ~ o'clock m,
In regular session.
Present-Hon. |. W. Patton, Mayor. pre-
siding; and Administrators Behan, Chevalley.
Glynn, Houston, Isaacson and Marks.
The reading of the minutes of the previous
meeting was dispensed with, and they were
approved az printed.
Communications from the Mayor and
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tIOHH fFUm TIC MHyU J
Administrators.

MAYoRALTY or NEw ORLEANS. |
New Orleans, February IL, 1879.
To the City Council:
have the honor to report that on the
seventh instant appointed =. A. MeMurrray
property clerk, vice Il. o. Minor. resigned
also, +. g. Welshans and III. Hessel, super
numerary clerks and operators on Crescent
City Police.
Very respectfully,
I. w. PATTON, Mayor.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06
INEXPENSIVE Happiness.

The most perfect home | ever
saw was in little house, into the
sweet incense of whose fires went
no costly things. A thousand dol.
lars served for a years living of
father, mother, and three children.
But the mother was the creator of
home. Her relation with her
children was the most beautiful
| have ever seen. Even dull and
commonplace man was lifted up and
enabled to do good work for souls
by the atmosphere which this wo-
man created. Everyinmate of her
house involnntatily looked into her
face tor the keynote Of the day ;
and it always rang clear. From
the rosebud or clOver-leaf which,
in spite of her hard house work, she
always found time to put by our
plates. at breakfast, down to the
story she had on hand to be read
in the evening, there was no inter.
mission of her influence. She has
always been and always will be
my ideal of "a mother, wife home
maker. If to her quick brain, low
ing heart, and exquisite face had
been added the appliance of wealth
and the enlargements of wider cul,
ture, hers would have been abso-
lntely the ideal home. AS it was
in is the best l have ever seen.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06
In fhe Orchard.

The Scientific Farmer advises,
as the flesh of most fruits contains
mich potash as well as lime in
combination with the fruity acids.
and the seeds piiosphoric acid, the
application each year per acre of
200 to $50 pounds of bone dust, 800
to 400 pounds of sulphate ofpotash
the latter guaranteed to contain
thirty y-five to forty per cent. of sui;
plate of potash. This would give
us seventy to eighty pounds of pot
ash, fifty to sixty pounds of lime
from the bones), ten to twenty
pounds of nitrogen, and some mag
nesia in the potash and the fertili.
zer. Such treatment has been found
successful by fruit growers in both
this country and Europe.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06

| unsurpassed g0Od water, anu alinOSt
proverbial good health. In 1853
several cases of yellow fever were
brought here from Mobile, only
twenty eight miles distant. The
cases were fatal, and the largest
part of the community attended
them and the funerals, and no con
tagion followed. In 1853 my old
est brother was brought from New
Orleans very sick. | was then a
child, and fond of my brother,
accordingly / crept behind him and
occupied the same bed that night,
unnoticed by my anxious parents.
After two days he expired, amidst
the most excruciating agonies.
That, likewise, produced no con-
tagion in the neighborhOod, nor
even the family. Lastly, iu 1867,
several fatalities occurred here
from yellow fever taken in Mobile,
but no contagion followed them.
This is one of the finest certificates
of health we can offer of our little
town, not to say anything of the
splendid health of this community
during the fatal summer of 1873,
when the scythe of disease was
Staying the people on every hand
and all around us. There is some
talk, that the merchants and bust
ness men of Mobile, who have, and
intend to buy summer homes here,
mediate building railroad branch
counecting with the Mobile and New
Orleans road at st. Elmo, for their
own convenience. This facility will
enable them to come home, be with
their families at night, and return
to their. business early IN the morn
ing. A finer fish and oyster depot
than this could not be found on the
Gult coast, for shipping and supply
ing inland markets, should this
hoped for branch Of railroad ever
be carried into effect. | have in
charge an estate, only one mile from
the Gulf, Oh the north side of the
Bayou landing, only quarter from
a natural oyster reef, consisting of
GAO acres of finely timbered land,
across the Bayou from IA large saw
mill, and enclosed on all sides by
barriers formed By the hand of
nature, accessible by small bridge.
This can be bought at bargain.
Titles perfect. The first owner had
a Spanish grant, and sold to the
father of the present heirs. | would
advise persons wishing u good
home, farming land, and an unsur-
passed stock range to come and see
this very desirable property. The
cultivation of the orange tree has
been very much neglected at this
place by the early settlers, but
those who did plant a few have
proven to us, that no finer growth
than their specimens exhibited, can
be found north of the tropic regions.
Several fine specimens stand on the
old homestead of the above de.
scribed estate. In conclusion,
beg Col. Claiborne to accept my
sincere sympathy for the loss Of
his residence and other property at |
bis "Zama" plantation in Han
cock, and above all, his select Ii.
brary, which, to a man like him,
must be inestimable.
Respectfully,
PALMA.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06

This is about the time county
candidates begin to stir themselves
and when they rind themselves in
the most amiable mood. They are
now more accessible to popular in
f1uence than they will be after the
election, and they will be ready to
make any promises to win the good
will and support of the dear people.
Now is the time to bind them to the
future. Now is the time for the
farmer to exact some substantial
consideration for his vote. Now is
the time to secure the passage of
the law for the protection of sheep
husbandry.
If we are not misled by the signs
of the times, legislation will make
no mistake in striking at the root
of monstrOus evil and imposing
such a tax Oh dogs as will make
them a source of revenue, or else
displace them to make way for the
increase of sheep. 1t is admitted
on all sides that nothing stands in
the way of the profitable care OF
sheep but the dog. 1t is equally
admitted that one is profitless, "A
curse. a nuisance in their excessive
number, only maintained in their
multitude by an irrational senti
mentality, while the other is one of
the greatest agencies Of human
civilization, handspring of com
merce and Notwithstanding
the world, feeding the multitude,
and enriching the soil. AS between
the two can ordinary intelligence
hesitate for q decision 7 Yet the
decision is made up to the present
on the side of fatuitous and ruin
ous prejudice.
The people are waking up. Let
them reverse the past, and begin it
by reversing the relation between
the dog and the sheep; and let them
do this by exacting from their rep
resentatives in the legislature
pledge to enact the most stringent
of dog laws-the most liberal of
acts for the protection of sheep
PdtrOn.Of Husbdndry.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06
FROM BAYOULA BATRE
INTERESTING LETTER FROM PALMA
AN OLD COIN.

BAYOU La BATRE, May Is, 1899.
Editor Democrat-Star:
have long meditated writing a
few words of thanks to Col. j. Il.
II. Claiborne, through the medium
of your worthy columns; for his
kindness in replying to my letter
of September 9th, 1878, wherein he
gave me a partial history of Bayou
LaBatre. Such kindness meIited
something more courteous thau
these tardy but heartfelt thanks /;
but the imperious press of many
duties hasinterfered with my wishes
in this respect, from time to- time,
consequently, l hope, that your
interesting and honorable cores
pondent from "Natchez on the
Hill," will apply the old proverb
"better late than never,n to my
case, and forgive my neglect suffi,
ciently to lay me under still heavier
obligations, by enlightening me-if
it is in his power-abOut certain
coin in my possession. | went fish
ing with lady-a fair daughter of
Mississippi-(whO was born near
Natchez), not long since, and not
far from the spot which Col. Clai-
borne tells us the first United
States flag was planted in 1911, my
attention was arrested by round,
rusty piece of metal, lying in the
shelly sand. stopped and picked
it up quickly, for it was of the size
and nearly the thickness of a $40
gold piece. Both my companion
and myself felt Il little startled and
she stopped and frightened my
treasure in the sand-to my great
disappointment. 1t ,cds a Going
but copper one.
On one side at the top is a crown,
in the middle three stars, with the
letters Y L between them, and be-
low the date 1916, and around the
whole the letters JOANNES. ID.
G. e. T. BRNS. P. REGENS.
On the reverse side a globe in
the center, with the letter b in the
surrounded by the words,
Circuit Orbem PecuaiG Iotum.
The Specification of the letters on
the crown side do not comprehend,
and being, unfortunately, an im-
perfect classic scholar, the rest is
little palmer than hieroglyphics to
me. Nor do any of the oldest set
tiers of the country, to whom L
have shown it, know its value,
since none have ever seen anything
like it. value it highly as relic,
however, of those early times OF
which your worthy correspondent
was good enough to enlighten me
from his French trans
cripts, which must be very inter
esting. l recognize, by his writ
ings, Col. Claiborne, as an eDthu-
siastic admirer of our coast cOun-
try; which | take this opportunity I
Of informing those of your readers,
who may feel interested, that our |
little town promises
vet to become one of the most ]
popular watering places on the
Gulf Sound coast, on account OF IT'S
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06
From Marion County.

COLUMBIA, Miss, May %, 1879.
Editor Democrat-Star:
L will here ask you for a small
space in your valuable paper, in
which to give the Rev. Father
Viguie praise for the most eloquent
sermon which he was kind enough
to deliver to the citizens of Colum-
bia, at 4 o'clock in the evening, on
the goth, by their request through
MIR. Michael ORorke, who is a
jealous member of the Catholic
faith. The sermon was an expla-
nation of the rules of the Catholic
church. The citizens were in good
attendance and were well pleased
with the sermon. Hoping that the
sermon will be of good effect to all
who were listeners, 1 will close.
Ever your friend, j. w. FL.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06
Sicily.


MEssINA, June 3.-The eruption
of Etna, which is now in progress,
is the seventyninth eruption OF this
volcano of which there is any re-
cord. 1t promises to be one of the
mostmemOraDle of this long list of
eruptions. 1t iscOntinually increas-
ing and assuming vast proportions.
Enormous showers of ashes have
fallen in Messina, which is forty
five miles northeast of the noun.
tain; they have also reached Reggie.
in Calabria, niue miles southeast
of Messina. Showers of ashes and
clouds of smoke issuing from the
volcano obscure the sun and give
to the scene indiscribable sombre
and lugubriOus aspects. Vast
streams.of lava are pouring down
the sides of the mountain and
threatening the destruction of San.
ia Maria and other villages at the
base. The crater throws out i'm
mence fire balls, which burst with
great ,brilllancy and tremendous
reports. The scene is impressive
ly and terribly grand. Several
severe shocks of earthquake were
felt at Messina, and the apprehen-
sions of the citizens are excited to
a very high pitch. The stream OF
lava flowing down the mountain
side is already 230 feet wide aud
four miles long. The three new
craters are very active.
Ldter.-The eruption of Mt. Etna
is vastly increasing III force. The
lava stream now extends distance
of nine miles from the crater and
has passed through the woods of
Calabooso.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06
NUMBER II.
HOrOace Greeley Oh the Proposed
Assassination of JEFF. Davis.
Nu,v ynpEr. Mn q %

d N"V h'Nhj ''"l
In the Tribune to-day are printed
for the first time two old letters,
one written by Horace Greeley on
the plot to assassinate Jefferson
Davisy IN 1864, 10y three Union sol
diers, and one by Gen, Shernrau in
Che same year or the origin and
object of the war: The Greeley
iletter is as follows: iG#
| OfFrcE or TnE TRIBUNE,
I New YORK, March 4, 1864. e
SfR: Trnst God in all things
and work by his means. submit
that assassination is not among
these. You greatly mistake In
supposiug Davis of and especial
consequence. The monster that
is Aevouring us is slavery |; the
passion of using the ignorant and
simple not for tlreYr own gOOtij but
for ours alone. Were this out of
your own blood, we should very
soon see the rebellion crumble
and, as it is the var will last no
longer thar we need itStrying and
purifying in'hueuces!
Yours, HoARCE GREELEY.
Sherman letter was writtert
from Georgia to an old h.dy friend
IN Baltimore. The following is an
extract:
"My own heart beats as, warmly
as ever toward those kind, gener
ous families that greeted us with
such warm hOspitaly in the days
long past but still present in memo
ry, and to-day were amy Of our old
cherished circle; their children or
their children's children to come to
me as of old, the stern feelings OF
duty would melt as snow before the
genial sun, aud | believe I would
strip my own children that they
might be sheltered, and they call
me 'barbariau,' 'bandit,' monster
and all the epitlfets THAT language
can invent that can signify malig
nifty and hate" ...
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06
CHANCERY COURT-7TH DISTRICT.
GE0RGEsWOOD, Chancellor.

Jackson county, first Monday of March
sud September, continuing 6 days.
Harrison county. second Monday in
March aud September, continuing days
Hsncsck county, thEdt Monday in
March and September, col,i,n. lng 6 days.
Marion county, fourth Mouday in March
spd September, continuing 6 days.
Perry county, first Monday In April and
October, continuing q days.
Gre~ne county, second Monday in April
sud October, and continuing days.
Wsyf county, fourth Monday tter the
lyurtl, Monday of March and September.
continuing 8 days
Clarke county, iirst Monday in May and
ieyember, continuing q days.
Lauderdslc county, third Monday OF
Nay aad November, continuing Il days.
Eelapor county, second Monday in May
November, continuing 6 davs
Monthly Rules Of Chanccry Court on
the second Monday in each month.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06

A young man with two wooden
legs was Recently sent to prison in
Paris for forgery, He lost his legs
BY machinery, aud had pension
of $3.50 year from his former en.
ployer, but he was rather IA fast
youth notwithstanding his defec-
tive means of locomotion, and used
often to pawn his legs until his
pension came In. FtInlly he took
to forgery, and was sent where he
will have little occasion for legs.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06

1t isn't the trail, delicate girL
with the soft, gazelle.like eye; that
the divine aftiatps 6f spring poetry
rests upon Not atall. The genus
of rhpme and rliy hun is more often
found in the robust and somewhat
wrinkled maiden of forty Summers,
with II good appetite and superb
digestion. Young man, beware of
the rhyming female. She is the
most expensive kind to feed.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06
LINES TO THE MEMORY OIL NELLIE
SUFFER-.
DIED AT PASS CHRISTIAN, MISS, FED. 2s, 10.

-----
o, many mournful day hath flown,
Since first amid our family band
Death came and stole our lovliest one
And bore her to the spirit land;
Yet shrined with many sweet sad thought
That loved ones memory fingers now
For o! she left void, that naught
But mournful thoughts can fill.
Her gentle soul We strove to think
Would linger yet mid earthly flowers,
Even when twas trembling on the brink
Of lovelier words than ours.
And yet it seemed like sin to grieve'
For one so patient and resigned;
For, if she mourned, twas but to leave
Such breaking hearts behind.
She died-yet death could scarcely chill
Her smiling beauties, though she lay
With cold, extended limbs, for still
Her face looked fairer than the day
Those eyes once eloquent with bliss,
Were closed as shutting flowers.
o! few could bear sight like this,
Yet such sight was ours.
How slowly wore that long, long dayf
Like spirits in some haunted place
We'd sit and sigh, then steal away
To look once more on that pale face;
And when the funeral rite was said,
They bore her from our happy home
Aud left her with the silent dead;
A pale faced tenant of the tomb
They reared no marble mid the flowers
Above her grave to mark the spot,
Yet many heart as fond as ours,
Will hold her unforgot,
And though at times we strive to smile
Serenely for each others sake
We weep in secret all the while,
AS if our hearts would break.
Yet why should death be linked with feari
single breath, low drawn sigh
Can break the ties, that bind us here,
And watt the spirit to the sky.
Such was her end, Il calm release,
No clingings to this mortal clod;
She closed her eyes, and stood in peace
Before n smiling God.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06
A party nf Irish ,uau want IN

A party of lrishnen went to a
clothing store to bay suit of
clothing in which to bury dead
comrade. All varieties of garments
were examined and discussed by
the mourning friends, but none
could be decided upon until one of
the party held up "a light, thin suit,
saying: "By gorra, let's take this
Dys, it's thin and cool, and poor
Pat will find it mighty coinfortable.r
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06

Twenty-Five years ago Missouri
boy left his home and started out
to become president OF the United
States, He got as far as Cinein-
natl. The boy is now man, and
is also one of the best shoemakers
In the Ohio State prison.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06

An inveterate wag, seeing. u
heavy door nearly off its hinges,
in which condition of neglect it
had been fOI some time, observed
that when it had fallen and killed
some one 1t would probably be
hung,
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06

The Gasette says Clara Louise
Kellogg went from Music Hall to,
the Parker House, changed her
dress, locked her trunks, and left
the Providence depot for New York,
all in twenty-six minutes. ThiB il
about the quickest work ever dsae
by Singer machine. 4..f
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06

Madame de b. was dead, and
they were weeping in her room.
SHOW sad,1 said one, "to die at
twenty-eight." "Thirty," sighed
the dearest friend of the deceased
as she raised her head for moment
and then bowed it again.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06

"Oh," said the afflicted wife,
weeping over his body, che said
he would take off his flannels any
way, and, poor man, he little
thought how soon he would go to
that place where fiannels are new
er needed"
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06

Prayers for rain arouse from the
churches of Louisville Sunday, and
10! Insliana, Ohio and Kentucky
are drenched. Let Robert Inger-
soil rage.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06

The Rev. Moses Brock was read
ing morning lesson in u church
about the woman that had seven
husbands, and Anishing the SEN
tence, " And last of all ne woman
died" He added by way of com
ment. "Aud well she mOut.r
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06

A choice of evils-Mamma Snow
Arthur, be good boy, and take
your medicine, or mamma will be
very angry" Arthur (after ma
ture deliberation.) "I would rather
mamma was very angry
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06
TIL Il q % U II I s.
REGULAR TER
r1pCUiT COORT--SKvf II DisrniCr
JANEs S. llAMM, Judge,
THOMAS s. FORD, District Attorney.


L,odcrda,e county, second Monday In
s.hruery and August, continuing le days
Tsn,per county, first Monday In March
md as september, continuing II days.
Clarke ccoatS, third Monday in March
md Septen.bcr, con tinuing IL days.
w W,ync county, first Monday in April
And october, continuing Q days,
Greene county. second Monday In April
and october, continuing & days,
I Perry county, third Monday In April
md October, continuing 8 days.
Marion county, fourth Monday In April
md 0ctsbsr,, continuing 6 days.
VI Hancock county, first Monday after the
fourth Monday Of April and October, con-
tnaing !? days,
Harrison county, third Monday after the
fourth Monday Of April and October, con-
tmuing 6 days.
Jackson county, fourth Monday after
fourth Monday Of April and October, con-
tNling II days.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06
Private Boarding

A few boardes, by the day, week or
mouth, with or without lodging, can lind
accommodations at private boarding
house near the railroad depot, on Pasca-
goula street, Scranton, Miss. Terms In
accordance with the times.
MRS. I. A. BLAKE.
May 9, 1879.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06

Careful housewife (ifting shoe
from the soup tureen): LA! who'd
a thought baby's shoe would turn
up in the soupf But knew it
wasn'tlost Inever lose anything
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06

AD Atlanta negro, who tried tss
send one of his offspring through
the postoffice, was promptly arrest
ell for attempted blackmailing.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06

A woman never finds half so
much satisfaction in the sermon as
she does in grease spot on the back
at the woman's dress in front of
her.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06

A poker-player with four aces
cares nothing for the divine rights
of kings.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06
DR.. ID. e. Case, ri
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 7

II 7 TSlC INN 4t4NI 10 hHN'I1N''NeI
Having permanently located at Ocean
Springs offers his professional services ~
the people of the town and surrounding
country. Thirty years extensive experl,
encc in the valley OF the Mississippi ana
in tho city Of New Orleans, enables him
to offer his professional experience rs con
sulting physician to the members OF the
PATERNITY who arr practicing at the towns
llung the coast.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06
j. II. Carter,
DIR. w. ID. Bragg,

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Nj, PERMANENTLY located at Moss Point,
forn ana will practice i'm the town and
''"ee at c. $. Stcyart's Drug Store.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1879-06-06
PROFESSIONAL.


Ay4sta, Perry County, Aississippi.
Having located permanently at Au
susla, respectfully tenders his professional
xvicets to the citiEcils of that place and
aroundiIg country.