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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-26
WE THE PEOPLE.

Quite wind has been raised as to who the
Alexandria We the People Is supporting for
the Democratic nomination for Governor.
Quoting from the Marksville Bulletin, tho
DEMOCRAT classed 1t among tho supporters
of Gov. Witt. It turns out, however, that
the We the People flies the name Of Gen. Og-
den as Its first choice, and the Times is quite
jubllant over this new. journalistic recruit.
But Gov. Witz's friends need not be despond-
ent, nor those Of Gen. Ogden enthnsed. over
the position OF the Rapides paper. It is. indeed.
a subject on which both gentlemen can well
preserve their equanimty. The We The People
was established a year or eighteen months
ago by j. Madison Wells US his personal
organ, and though it pretended to be- "inde-
pendent Ia politice," 1t was for long time,
perhaps, the most violent and abusive Radi-
cal sheet In Louisiana. Finding that Radi-
calism was dead duck in the Red river val
ley, tho We the People suddenly Topped and
became, under the same editor. as violently
Democratic as 1t had been indecently Radical
It is now, we believe, In favor OF hanging
everybody who Is not bulldozer. In short
its life and adventures are d weak imitation
Of those Of the New Orleans Times. Both
Gov. Witt and Gen. Ogden can well afford
to snub We the People.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-26
CITY RAILROAD FRANCHISES.

To the Editor of the Democrat:
| have been requested to make public my
propositionsato the City Council for the pur-
chase of the City Railroad rights Of way. Pre-
Stunning that the public have right TO this infor-
nation will state: First that have offered $780,
| tiff cash tpen being put In possession second
If this ie rejected have guaranteed to bid up
to s75o,Ooo again, If all the present bids are
jected. either at auction or If new proposals arc
called for; third, as the city Is being pressed by
$3.50 900 Of Judgments | have offered to retire or
take - these judgments and pay the amount of
the City Railroad Compsnys bid ts63o0o in
addition. and to give the city the benefit Of any
arrangement it II ay make with the judgment
creditors for settlement under par. 1t Is urged
that 100000 Invested In premium bonds now
is equal to $3.50 900 at date OF being put into pos
session Of the franchises. / have shown this
to be an absolute fallacy. interest is saved
or made. whether purchased now or ten years
| hence IL the price paid Is the same. and that
bonds purchased now have no other participa-
| ton than similar bonds would have II purchased
six months or ten years hence.
| am satisfied tina. as no good reason could be
| assigned for the acceptance of 100000. when
$4,000 can be obtained. that the Administrators
have too much good sense to award the contract
for a sum that would purchase nearly one-half
million dollars less Of debt than the amount Of
| fered by me. particularly when such an award
could be get aside legally.
se25 3t 2dp W. VAN BENTHUYSEN
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-26
ENGLAND's ELEPHANT.

The troubles OF Great Britain on account Of
her Indian possessions are far more serious
than would appear from the published facts
and reports. ..@M .# .mr"
The military Inducements and disasters In
carrying out Beaconsfield's scheme Of g. scien-
tfic boundary on the north and In maintain
ing the anti-Russian rule and alliance of the
Ameer of Afghanstan are serious, but not
50 vital or serious as the other embarrass-
ments and burdens which devolve upon Lord
Lyttons government OF the vast territory
and population with which the British en-
pire is burdened in the East.
The far graver difficulty encountered by the
Indian government arises from the poverty
Of the people and the expenses Of maintaining
the costly military establishment which the
policy and diplomacy Of the home govern
ment have imposed upon them. There Is
great difficulty in collecting the necessary
taxes from SO poor and alf-starved a people
Under the administration OF the old East
india Company these expenses were met by
large contributions from the government at
home, and BY exactions from and raids on
rich native princes, who heeced their subjects
with remorseless cruelty to meet the demands
Of the exacting Britons.
These sources Of revenue have ceased The
Indian government, while Instituted by the
home government, mas to raise by taxation
the sum needed to support the large armies
which are employed to carry out tie imperial
policy OF Great Britain. II these expenses had
to be met by drafts On the home government
Beaconsfield's ministry would be allowed
short shrft by the FESTIVE taxpayers Of
old England. They are quite contented, how.
ever, when this burden is thrown upon the
miserably poor Indians. Lord LYtton has to
shoulder this burden Of which he and his
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-26
GERMAN EMIGRATION.

There are many indications among the
vast German population OF Europe OF q large
prospective increase Of emigration to the
United States.
Tho failure Of crops, the new policy intro
duceh by Bismarck OF heavy import duties on
breadstufs, the no longer to be justified ex-
actions ~ military service to keep up the
enormous armies, the low rate OF wages aud
other causes, supply the strong motives to
such emigration.
TO these motives must be added the dtffu-
eion of Information among the people In re-
gard to the vast resources OF this country for
every kind OF production and industry. Our
large German population, now almost equal
ling that Of old Germany, has not failed to
supply this Information to their country
men Iii the old world. The certainty OF &C
curing independence and competence. the
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-26
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 1879

high esteem in which this thrifty people
are held In this country, are familiar facts
throughout Fatherand. @#=....=.
The vast results OF this industry, the So
briefly, intelligence, skill and admirable
training Of the German race Ia this country.
their adaptability to republican duties, and
always reliable good citizenship, entitle them
to the credit OF an important agency in build
ing up this great republic. Wherever they
settle prosperity, rapid and substantial devel-
opment follow This class has contributed
largely to build up our cities and towns
and supply them with competent and skillful
artisans, tradesmen and all the other appli-
ances In large communities. Large dis
tricts of country which few years
ago were wiIdernesses have been con-
verted by their industry and persever-
anoe into gardens. In our neighboring State
| OF Texas they have given a splendid example
OF these results OF their settlement and indus
| try. The German colony In Western Texas
has outstlipped all other settlements In rapid
| and substantial growth and prosperity Their
| lands are better cultivated, their towns and
villages are we'll built and well governed, they
maintain exee4pH schools, they even Quilt
vate and harvSkbur peculiar Southern crops
better than our people. who have devoted their
industry almost exclusively to these products.
The cotton sent to market from New Braun
fels ID known to all dealers as German pick
lngs and ranks the highest OF all others on
account OF it's cleanliness and the care with
which 1t s gathered and packed. But we need
not dwell on such familiar facts as these OF
the great value usefulness and solid virtues
Of the German people,
Our vast and yet undeveoped resources de-
mand and Invite large increase OF the pop
| ulatlon. Our own Southern section offers a
peculiarly attractive field for their enterprise
and the virtues which achieve such wonderful
results. And In no part Of the country are
they more highly appreciated or more
earnestly desired than in this State and city
where they have established O reputation
second to that OF no other class OF our various
population for all the virtues OF good citizen
ahin
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-26

The Grant papers are making rs much
boom over the return OF Ulysses to our shores
as possible. One OF his supporters, usually
g sober, sedate journal, breaks out in pictures
and maps over the event. and publishes q
diagram to show how the vessels were ar
ranged In San Francisco bay to welcome Its
hero. The procession that marched after the
General must have been q curious one.
Among other paradng gangs were the Italian
fishermen the A. ID. T. bows, the Handel and
Hayden Society and the Oakland Literary So
ciety and others. What a literary society
was doing iD Grant procession. except as q
sarcastic hit at the General, it is hard to
say.
Concerning Grants speech OF conRratula-
ton on his arrival here. the Chicago Times
says that tits greatly Inferior to his speeches
abroad, and suggests that the newspaper man
who does up this part OF the Grant boom was
either too much hurried or too much cham
pagned. Whatever be the cause, however, it
is evident that Grant becomes dumb OF
American soil
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-26

council complain with much bitterness.
Already the new government is oppressed
with debt, and the taxation is exhausting and
empoverishing the people There Is conse-
qnent decline Ia production. The expertable
cotton, the chief source OF wealth, has largely
decreased In amount and value Should the
present condition oil affairs long continue, TINS
expectation will In few years cease
entirely. This will be d happy result on
least to our Southern section.
In short, 1t looks very much as u the Eng
lish people were about to realize the wisdom
Of the policy to which they were driven ID
reference to Canada when that province De-
came so burdenso1ne, and required SO large
military establishment to protect 1t against
the Fenians and fillbusters. Afghanfstan OK
poses their northern boundary In India TO q
much more serious peril. Why should the
lives OF Britons and the money OF her people
| be consumed In the perpetual struggle TO
maintain an empire and tho national honor.
that cannot maintain itself with the lives and
means OF its own people?
Lord Harrington, the most efficient, adroit
| and influential OF the Liberal leaders and ora
tors has recently propounded this question
John Bull appears to have taken 1t worry 80
riously into consideration.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-26
ACARD.
To the Voters Of the Eleventh Ward.

Tho weak rejoinder OF Mr. VIM. Pagan to the
pointed and uneauivocal charges made by me
against him charges that were drawn out by a
most upiustiflable and seemingly malicious at
tempt on his part to defeme and injure mo
might we'll be left unanswered were 1t not for
the assertion made by him that / lot only ac-
knowledged being in the interest of the holder
of a lucrative office, but justified such an alli-
nnce. The cause must be weak indeed that has
reruurte to fueh aiein.eHaeHe methods. Il
made no such ACKNOWLEDGMENT, bnt. on the
contrary explicitly disclaimed 1t, es the follow
ing extract from my first card will prove:
In soliciting your votes will say that ] am
not in the interest Of any man or rfoR. aGd am
only DESTROYS OF promoting the welfare OF the
patty and OF the people.
That appears to be- plain English. Mr.. Gun
boat Ozark" Pagan, and. therefore / have per
haps erred on tho side of lonency in using the
word disingenutous-a more choleric man had
given 1t harsher torn. confess the indigna-
ton aroused By the uncalletbfo for harshness of
the first card from Mr.. FaRan's pen was greatly
Modified by the acknowledgment In the second
that he did not oven know who his opponent Ia
the Eleventh Ward was; but. like the gallant old
Spanish kniGht-errant. the brave but ridiculous
Don Quixote. with visor down ard lance atilt
actually charged q windmill.
The attempt by him to drag into purely per-
sonal discussion other persons. and subjects
entirely foreign to the issue. Is only another
evidence Of weakness. This fighting wind
mills and chasing shadows seems to have i'm
paired VIM. FaRan's faculties OF perception. II
one may Judge from the looseness of his state
ments and the utter lack OF coherency In his
card. The announcement that he will not In
| duERe further in newspaper controversy NO
doub; gave pleasure to his friends, While it can.
not but be a source Of regret to his opponents. II
| Mr. Pagan had only been inspired to write cards
ca lier in the campaign 1t would have rendered
| all electioneering on my part in the Eleventh
Ward quite Unnecessary.
| Very respectfully.
| seAtf JOS. J. KOHL.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-26

Lieut.. Carey. the man was was charged
with DESERVING the Prince Imperial, and
whose condemnation for the act was reversed
by the English government, has recently
been making himself Extensively prominent
by writing letters to the prees and TO private
persons explaining his connection with the
affair. Among others he has several times
written to the Empress Eugenie upon the
subject. When Carey WAS under sentence the
Empress interfmed in his behalf, although 1t
was natural for her to entertain harsh feel
ings toward him. Most mon would probably
have done just whit Carey did. and yet the
mother OF the dead Prince doubtless thought
he should have made an attempt to assist
him instead Of running off. Be this as 1t
may, the Empress seems to have become
| weary OF Carey's importantly. and is re-
ported to have said when his last letter vas
received: why cannot he leave my poor
boy alone He left him alone once. There
| is whole volume Of sorroWful protest
| against Carey in these words
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-26
WHITE SHIRTS
READY FOR INSTANT 1rsr
All Size+13 10 Is Neck.

LOT s1o-A good open back SHIRT. linz, =.
m1ngs. With cuffs, properly nhSnnJp
duced to rs cents eant. q
LOT C-Onr reg1lar ONE DOLLAR au,.
the be yane In New Orleans at thss 80
redncei to 90 cents each. 's Din
LOT -Warpsutta COTTON BODY ,,a..
without cuffs, open baek u good ssrv uasa I, VI
shirt. at 81 20 each. 'i'oses
LOT L-Same style. body of New YORK. Ms,.
shirt Of best materials and make radassss
LOT A ia stylish CORDED SHIRT IS.
known to orr customers, regular ~
81 rs, now 81 60. YIN
LOT 212-Also we'll known, PLAIN poaa~
open front. with fly. regular price u "
d rs.
LOf 7s-TWO PLAITe. open front and =.
tons. without collar. d good shirt, prioa Y v, !.
now u As.
LOT IN Much the Same SHIRT ss >. q.
long bosom, collars attached, rsculas r w
81 rs, now 81 80. VI
LOT 42s-TWO AND THREE PLATTs -
long bosom. open front, with buttons0 ~. ~
fly no collars, regular price "a d. nnw 4 IS n
LOT 425-sam- SHIRT extra long bosn,mnsa Y
and three plait- with collars attached IN 49, =
lar price % so, now II IS. a
LOT s75-TWO AND THREE PLkyTa A..
long bosom and fly, best shirt made N w. "
,ars. regular gTIIGea q rs. now:
made. collars attached. regular nric M Z v
now reduced to ~ u.s. 80"
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-26

The Russian army lost during the late
war in Asia 453 officers killed, 1868 wound
ed and eighteen missing; total, 3l39. Or pri-
yate soldiers 1850 were killed, 81 .332 were
wounded and 4456 were missing; total, y, 80
LID all 1857 men were killed, wounded and
missing ON the fields OF Asia alone.
When to these are added the tens OF thousands
who died In hospitals, and the immense losses
OF the Russia army In Bulgaria, some idea
may be formed of the enormous sacrifices In
men made by the Gar to render the treaty OF
Eerin possible,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-26

In his lecture before the Social Science AS
ISOLATION In Boston, the other day, Mr.. Geo
r, Angel Iectured at length on food posons.
The story he told was very interesting but
decidedly alarming, az he attacked every
species OF food and left US nothing whatever
to eat. Poison was everywhere-in the coffee
we drank In the morning, In the sugar with
which We sweetened 1t, Id the very bread we
eat with it. At first these articles had been
simply adulterated- mixed with some In
ferior article; but gradually the grocers and
manufacturers had driited into the use OF dan
rerous poisons. Cream OF tartar was adul-
terated with terra albn, on white eartn "a dan
gerous article tending to produce Kidney ana
stomach diseases, cayenne pepper with RED
ochra cinnabar, vermilon and sulphuret OF
mercury lall posonsl; coffee with Venetian
red and btehromate OF lead, gamboge,
Naples yellow and lime; tea with prus-
sic acid, copper, verdlgris. Prussian blue.
tale, clay and soapstone, and SO on dd m
tinitam Worcester sauce was chemical
vinegar, vitriol; ard candy, bichromate Of
lead. Bad as this picture Is, 1t ID not all We
are poisoned IN other ways than In our food.
Mr.. Angel found that enough arsenic was I'M
ported lDIo Ills country every year
to kill six times the entire Hopu.
lation of the world. 1t is used In wall
paper, lampshades, wrapping papers for
confectionery, ladies' dress goods, wells
socks, gloves, children's toys, etc. child n
Troy, N. Y, died a few days ego by taking ar
sen!c from veil thrown over 1t to keep Of
flies. Lead poisoning from using vessels 81
lead is another danger we are almost always
running. 1t is especially dangerous, because
lead is a cumulative poison; not instanta
neous. but taking years to affect person
when it finally briggs on paralysis Or Menln
gets. Notwithstanding all these admlttat
facts, only two States In the Union havs
taken any action Id the matter, Wisconsin
which published and circulated Throughout
the State $4,000 pamphlets giving these vart'
Gus poisons used In aduiterating food articles
and the antidote for them, and Massachusetts,
which passed very severe law against These
authorizations and succeeded In locking up in
the penitentiary q number Of these public pol
Sonecs,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-26
1AtRRMMffS OF NORTHERN "
GINA AND TENNESSEE

The following members of the Associatde
the Army Of Northern Virginia and Afs !
Tennessee are hereby appointed COMM
to receive funds, which may be contrlpa. -
comrades and admirers OF the late Las1
GEN. JOHN B. HOOD. the fund 50 CONSUME
to be invested In United States BOMBS ~ 4
benefit OF his surviving children
JOHN B. RICHARDS0ss,. IL.
President Louisiana Division. Army OF 49,
AUGUST REICHARD,
President Louisiana Division. Army q -
ne5see. b
W. r. Lyman. chairman Francis =; j H' XIV
James Bnckner, Samuel Flower. Y; y vs h
j. Fl. Murray, Of this Army Of Nortnsip Y
Ktnia: J. A. Chslaron, Ct. Z: BeauTpgNSalsu..S 4
Stockman. Fred N. Ogden, Walter Y. orou'e'
the Army of Tennessee. ...a.t
Address Box 1896 New Orleans. seo 80
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-26

MIR. Evarts has become stalwart. Nothing
tiercer or more malignant against the South
has been uttered by the most frantic bloody
shirt organ than he heaps up In the follow
ing brief sentences: "The South went into
the rebellion and lost all but honor lt went
into Congress and lost all 1t had saved from
the rebellion" The language used 10 mild
but the sentiment ID none the less brutal.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-26

The full returns from Maine are In. The
united Democratic Greenback vote Is 6s.231.
against 6g,376 last year, a loss Of only ll45
The Republican candidate lacks 572 votes OF
the majority necessary to elect him. la the
House the Republicans gain twenty-five rep
resentat,yes and lose one Senator, and have
a majority Ii both branches, insurlng the
election OF their candidate, Davis, to the gov
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-26

Sherman refuses to levy on the treasury
clerks to help along the Cornell campaign 10
New York, whereat Conkling wakes wroth
and says that the Seeretary's action Is due to
political jealousy. IT begins to appear that
the administration cannot be depended upon
to pull Mr. Conkling's chestnuts out q the
fire. aud Cornell will have to pull through, IL
he can. without any aid from the custom.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-26

It Is now said that the truly good Deacon
Richard Smith brought the yellow fever
charges against Gov. Blackburn. OF Ken
lucky, In order to divert attention from the
startling array or crime daily presented by
Ohio. The deacon himself admits that the
charges are tho sheerest balderdash; yet his
wicked partners continue to give them space
and credit Ia his Cincinnati GGsette
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-26

The last beet-sugar factory In California
has failed. 1t cost $350,0O0 to build. all OF
which money Is lost. We hear continually
that the cultivation Of beet-sugar can be
made profitable In the United States. The
experience of California ought to satisfy all
OF the fallacy OF this idea. The people OF the
United States will have to depend on sugar
cane az llsllal to sWeeten their tea and coffee
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-26
NOTICE TO VOTERS.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Registrar of Voters. Parish Of ORR ans,

STATE OF LOUISIANA J
Registrar of Voters. Parish Of ORR ANS,
New Orleans. Sept. 81. 1879. J
Tho Office Of the Registrar Of Voters for the
Parish Of Orleans will be opened on THURS
DAY. thetwenty-f fifth day Of September, at st.
Patrick's Hall. Camp street. opposite Lafayette
Square. and will ba kept open until November
a. 1879. Sundays and legal holidays excepted, in
order to enable those who have not registered
In 1878 and 1879, and those who have removed, TO
secure thoir regular papers. In view Of tho
great number OF applications for duplicate reg
istration papers, citizens are earnestly request
ed to use diligent search for original papers
before applying for duplicates.
CHAs. CAVANAC
Beg tstrar Of Voters.
se25t II Parish al Drieane
NEW GOODS! NEW STYLES!
Received by the weekly steamers.
ADMINISTERS, YELyETs, BRUSSELS,
INGRAINS.
LARGEST ASSORTMENT IN THE SOUTH.
a. BROUSsEAU'S SON,
........CHaRTREs STREET..
WINDOW BLADES,
LACE CURTAINS
COCOA AND CHINA MATING.
RUGS AND MATS In great varsity.
UPHOLSTERY GOODS at greatly reduced
prices. Call and SEQ for yourself. ocs 2dp
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-26

The French grape crop 10 snort ana the
outlook in that country for wine very aloomy.
Unfortunately America Ia not 10 the vine
business and cannot supply this deficiency rs
aha can with respect to wheat.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-26
Gentlemen's Co!ored Shirts,

a lot of 75c, 81 81 Is and 81 so last years 0oo6
reduced to SOC each sOeA
Another lot of better goods and better styles II
put at one price-s1 10 each
Some good styles OF COLORED ALL Inn
SHIRTS In stock at cost, So rs each nr..s
price $40 per d0zen.
All linen WHITE SHIRTS. nicely mada !,
stylish. at 81 rs each, regular Drice a =
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-26
THE DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTION.

Thirteen years OF State and city govern
ment under the new constitution cannot cost
Louisiana moro, On the assessment OF 1879.
than
state government ........ $12, 400, 900 90
City government ........,..-... 2l,oo'""o w
Total ...........t-. .S3a luo,v0u w
Difference to the credit Of the Democratic
Conservative party, $74,910, GA a..
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-26
NOW rs THE TINE TO BJJr
= III / RTs
AND ALL KINDS OF
gENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING Gonng

II having become necessity to promn.,..
duce stock the prfRent very con,fjes ! D ~ y
mept Of FREaH GOODS VIII. be- soLrns 9 4
GREAT bACR1FICf: also go5ds en- rnnto "
In course OF manufacture. on arrival aso ~