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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-25

Very little capital will be furnished for the
Republican party by Garfield's resolution to
provide for the issuance of rations to the
negroes who have eUigrated to Kansas, and
who are now congregated at Wyandotte In a
starving condition. 1t was expected that the
resolution would be opposed by the Demo-
Gratis, and thus the superior regard of the
Republicans for the negro would be estab-
ished. But the Democrats do not propose to
oppose the resolution. On the contrary, they
propose to enlarge its scope, and give the
suffering and destitute white man relief as
well as the negro emigrant. When this
amendment is offered the Republicans will
find themselves In a quandary. They cannot
oppose it with any show Of consistency, and
to vote for it will be to bankrupt the treasury.
A square backdown is their only resource.
The originator of this brilliant coup is Hon.
E. John Ellis, of New Orleans. It is the finest
piece of political and parliamentary strategy
developed during the session.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-25
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, APRIL 25 1879:

this trade. This bill should certainly COM
mand the support OF every Southern member
Of Congress.
III revert to the tariff question, we note
With disappointment very general dissatis-
isfaction at the reappointment OF Fernando
Wood to the Craftsmanship OF the Ways and
Means Committee, In whose hands the re-
vision of the tariff rests. 1t Ia reported that
Mr.. Wood, without assigning any reasons
therefor, is opposed to the immediate prepa-
ration OF new tariff bill, and insists upon
delay. In several respects the chairman OF
this committee is not entirely acceptable to
Southern members. At the last session OF
Congress Mr.. Tucker, OF Virginia, made an
indignant protest against the miserable mis-
management of the business of this most inn
portant committee at the hands of Mr.. Wood,
and In very able and earnest speech pointed
out the necessity for sound revenue reform,
to both public and private prosperity. Ii Will
| be matter Of satisfaction to our people 10
know that the more influential members OF
the Committee OF Ways and Means are de-
termined that the Democratic policy In
this respect shall not be suppressed In
committee, and that 1t Is within their power,
under the rules of the House, to accomplish
their purpose. They propose to take the
first step in this direction by selecting sub
committee with Mr.. Tucker at the head OF 1t,
whose duty 1t shall be to prepare and submit
such measures as are deemed necessary and
important. We hope that this will be done
and that the relief the country has been de-
manding for years will soon be afforded, judi
ciously and effectually.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-25

We observe, from the Baltimore Sun, that
our so-called Senator, Kellogg, has started
the story that the negro emigration fever has
reached the sugar parishes, and the negro
hands are leaving in such numbers as to ex-
cite the most serious apprehensions 10 regard
to the sugar crop. 1t ID useless to charac-
terize this statement as false. Kellogg knew
this very well when he made the statement to
the Sun reporter. Not negro emigrant has
left sugar plantation In the State for Kan
sas. Indeed, the movement 80 far has been
entirely confined to the parishes OF Madison,
Tensas and Concordia, at least three hundred
miles from any sugar plantation.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-25
SOUTHERN SENTIMENT.

The Republicans In Congress In their eager
ness to arouse the passions OF the Northern
people against the South, sometimes over
step the mark. This was the case with Mr..
Frye, OF Maine, who attempted to identify the
outspoken utterances of our contemporary,
the Natchitoches Vindicdtor, with the idiotic or
hired nonsense OF the Oklahoma States.
Mr.. Jas. II. Cosgrove, OF the Vindieator,
having seen Mr.. Fryes statements yester-
day. addressed the following letter to Hon. j.
b. Elan, the member Of Congress iTom his
district:
NEW ORLEANS. Ia, April a.. 1879.
Hon. j.. B. Elan, House OF Representatives.
Nh Dear Sn1My attention has been called to
a statement made upon the d )or OF the House
BY Mr. FRYE Of Maine wherein my papeh6 fne
a su pporter OF the doctrines enunctated by the
oRaiona States. and an indorser Of its edi-
or b osao naers States IN the os
Of the indicator. nor have ! ever aee4
the sheet nor an, extract from i, i which !
can now ca to mind u py lfe AL ha We ever ge
bates In Congress In relation to its tone. etc !
do not indorse its sentiments. II am to Judge
of them by what hear through those debates
nor do the people OF my section. as you well
I do not write this as an apology for my De,
mocracy or its peculiar 70 somel style; ina.
do desire to retract one word l have written
or sentiment | have expressed o. Kadicaltsm
and Radicals sput mort emphatically denounce
the attempt To align me with the gentleman T!
from the Western Reserve now editing the Okla
Iona States. and Illuminating doctrines that those
who know Southern honor know they will
never conntenance. ..,.-.oaou
rect 4a f1 your rsnd H. coseRoyE
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-25

The latest information from Kansas con-
firms that previously received. The negro
emigrants at Wyandotte and elsewhere are
in state Of great restitution, and the Gov
ernor has found it necessary to petition the
authorities at Washington for relief. This
will not be forthcoming Immediately, and
meanwhile the emigrants are suffering from
exposure and the pangs of hunger. There
seems to be no opening for them, and while
the State authorities are profuse In promises
Of assistance and employment, thus far little
or nothing has been done.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-25

The election Of Mr.. JAS. II. Cosgroye as
printer OF the Convention was recognition
by the Convention Of the course pursued by
the New Orleans DEMOCRAT and by the
Natchitoches Vindicator. Mr.. Cosgrove has
been for several years the editor OF the latter
journal, and in tile contestfor the printing OF
the Convention, after tho withdrawal OF Mr..
Dupre, he represented the DEMOCRAT.
Mr.. Coegrove is thorough Democrat, and
this fact, with his services TO Louisiana 10
his section Of the State to the party, entitie
him to the honors and emoluments OF the
poGftiOn
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-25

The Greenbackers yesterday rebuked the
Republicans for their cry Of revolution, and
gave notice that they should vote on the ap-
propriation bills as they did on the army
bill-that is, they were opposed to attaching
political legislation to the bills, but would
vote for them on the final passage. As far
as the proposed legislation was concerned, as
an independent proposition they would favor
1t. Evidently the Republican minority will
derive little Of the aid or comfort they ex-
6cted from the third party.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-25

vThe rations allowed the colored emigrants
ut Wyandotte are, the st. Louis Gtobe-D Demo
syat, Republican, which has constituted Itself
the special champion Of this emigration move
-ment, declares. one loaf of bread, without
meat. One-third Of the negroes are quar-
tered in box cars and the remainder are IN the
city buildings near the railroad station. Sew
eral Of the emigrants have already died from
exposure and most Of the rest are sick, this
sickness being due. In large part. to the dill
ference In climate between Louisiana and
Kansac
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-25

The New York World has taken survey
OF the condition and prospects OF the business
interests of the country, aud reports them
AZ better than for any period during the past
1--WE years. 1t predicts an increased grain
CROP next year, and thinks that the cotton
CROP then raised will be almost wholly sur
vn1,rr 0rnn
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-25

It Is thought that Congress will continue
10 sit at Washington as long rs the weather
allows It to do So 1t is, therefore, predicted
that 1t will not adjourn before the middle OF
tune, As soon as warm weather comes the
congressman will feel the necessity Of spend
No a few weeks at Cape May or Newport.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-25
NEw ORLEANS. APRIL z.. 1870.

Edwin Booths assailant seems TO have been
crazed by liquor, and to have had no very
clear idea Of the actors offense against him.
A very pretty bit Of scandal has been spoiled
nv the later developments of the affair.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-25
PROPOSALS TO BUILD AND FOR RE-
PAIRS.

PROPOSALS TO BUILD AND FOR Re-
PAIRS.
DEPARTMENT OF WATERwoBKs AND PUBLIC
Buildings, Room %, City Hall.
New Orleans. April 81, 1879.
Sealed proposals will be received at this Office
until WEDNESDAY April 80. 1879. at 10 o'clock
M, for the following. viz:
/. To build belfry In the Sixth District. in
the square bounded by Magazine. Camp and
Berlin streets and Napoleon Avenue.
2 To repair the City Insane Asylum building.
According to specifications on file in the office
of the City Surveyor. The work to be adjudi-
Gated to the lowest bidders. The city reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
Parties bidding must make separate pro-
posals for the work specified for EACH and are
required to deposit with the Administrator OF
Finance, as an evidence OF their intention to
abide BY the adj ications. the amount OF 500
In cash for each proposal. which shall be for
feited to the city case Of failure to sign the
contract Bidders whom contracts are not
awarded shall hay their deposits returned to
them on the day adj ication Ia made.
Proposals to be inc rsed:
1. Proposals to bui J belfry."
2. Proposals for reI re- to Insane Asylum"
L Z. CHEvALLEY.
Administrator of Wa works and Public
Buildings. ap21 I'd
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-07
KENTUCK KNICK-KNACKS.
Pithy Points Picked up in the Old
Commonwealth.
Specials to the Star.

Specials to the Star.
HopKINsvILLE, May THE newborn
babe that lay on the ground all Saturday
night has been claimed by Miss Baird,
who lays her disgrace to respectable mar,
ried man, near Trigg Furnace. In the
woods, alone, she gave birth to the child on
Friday, and remained with it until Satur,
day, when she placed it near negro cabin
and left.
RUssELLy1LLE, May THE other day n
colored woman left her little child at home
while she went out to work. When she
returned the child had been attacked by
rats and sustained injuries of so serious a
nature as to result in its death.
HARRoDsBURG, May THE Hon. T. II.
Reed, former Representative in the Legis
lature from this county, died at his resi-.
dence here and was buried yesterday.
PADucAH, May THE question of Dr. Jo.
J. Harris paternity of the bastard child oI
n Lyon County lass comes up in Eddyville
the 9th. A farmer lawyer" poet law
yer" and State Senator are of counsel in
the case.
WINcHEsTER, KY, May THE residence
of Mrs. John Martin, near Thomson's Sta
tion. burned yesterday morning. Loss
5000. No insurance. $500 in grecnbackS
burned with the house.
SHELBYyILLE, KY, May About Q
o'clock yesterday morning fire originated
in livery stable on Washington street, in
the rear of the Armstrong Hotel, occupied
by Mr.. Samuels, q colored man. This
house with several other small houses were
burned; also six horses and much valuable
property. Loss about $1,000.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-07
NEW RAILROAD LINE.
Connection With the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad,

The Standard Gauge Railroad Line, which
a company of Eastern capitalists propose to
build from Cincinnati through Mt Wash,
inston, Amelia, Georgetown, Decatur,
Portsmouth and Ironton, crossing the Ohio
at the latter place and connecting with the
Chesapeake & Ohio Road at Huntington,
w. Va, will be commenced within thirty
days and will be completed by the end OF
1880 There will also be built a branch,
leaving the road at Georgetown, to connect
Ripley and Maysville with the main line
and also two branches from Huntington to
penetrate and develop large tract OF coal
land owned by the road.
The company has obtained possession o.
nearly one hundred thousand acres of land
in the western portion of West Virginia, q
great portion of which is the finest coal
land in the State. Two millions of bond:
have already been negotiated in New York
and everything is favorable TO the new en-
terprise. Mr. J. D. Watson, the represent
ative of the company, has been in the city
for several weeks arranging for the work
and has opened an office in Masonic Tenn
Pile. This enterprise will cost the city moth
ing, but will be a great benefit to her by
opening connection with the rich minera
and timber country of West Virginia.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-07
RECTIFIERs IN TROUBLE.
A Big Kick About the New Law.

The rectIfiers of this city are now in trouble on
account OF the law that passed last March requir-
ing them to furnish the authorities at Washington
d. c., with the following:
They are obliged to give the date when any
liquor amounting 10 five gallons or more was
sent away, 10 whom II was sent and to what pla G
Of business the number Of packages
the kind Of spirits, by whom
distilled, by whom inspected, the date
OF inspection, the number Of wine gallons, the
number Of proof gallons, the number OF proof
gallons out, and the serial number OF warehouse
packages.
The law means that any amount Of spirituous
liquors over five gallons must be put ON record
anu duplicate Of tile entry furnished to Collector
Amor Smith.
They are to have two securities. both freehold.
ers, who are required to give description OF their
property and the value Of the same. Two wit
nesses are to testify as to the value OF the estate
Another point is that the recttiers must furn
ish bond in double the sum ofgoods disposed Of
The report to Washington is to be made every
month beginning from April last
The law further says that no house which Is
manufacturing vinegar is to be allowed within
six hundred feet of q rectifying house. a
In interviews with several rect!ters to-day
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-07
Board Of Public Works.

A communication from tenants and
property-owners on Second street, between
Main and Walnut, calling the attention ol
the Board to the insufficient supply Of
water to meet the demands required by the
occupants of the property on that square,
was referred to the Committee on Water
works.
The following communication was re.
ceived and referred to Mr. Bell:
"CINCINNATI, Nav 7, 1879
1.-THE wharf property l leased of NJ s.
Forbus | now tender the lease of to the
City of Cincinnati, on its assuming to pay
the rent due on said lease from the date
hereof. d. COLLIER"
The property in question is that piece Of
ground which is needed for the extension
of the Home street sewer.
The Committee to whom was referred the
subject of transferring the water power at
Lock No. to James Gordon recommended
the adoption of a resolution to take effect
provided the said James Gordon pays all
water rents now due and becoming due on
and after May 1st, 1879. The recommends.
ton was approved and the Clerk was di.
rected to transmit a resolution to Council.
The engineer reported that he had in
spected the work done on Mclean street
from Pavilion to Hatch streets and found
that it did not comply with the specifca.
tons The Clerk was thereupon instructed
to notify the contractor to comply with
the requirements Of his contract.
A resolution was adopted and trans
mitted to Council that G. b. Kerper and
associates be granted permission to occupy
certain portion of Eden Park for supplying
refreshments, amusements and attractions
such as the Board of Public Works shall
approve of.
1t is the intention OF Mr.. Kerper to build
q magnificent refreshment stand, construct
pony track and a flying Dutchman" fol
the amusement and benefit of those who
visit the park, and place attractions there
which will draw large crowds to that beau
tiful place.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-07
The Circus ia Coming.

Cooper, Bailey &..Co. great allied shows,
having just returned from a great three
years triumphant trip around the world,
travelling by sea and land seventysix thou.
sand miles, will reach Cincinnati, and show
four days, afternoon and night, commenc,
ing Monday, May 21st.
This great show, or rather three shows,
is pronounced the greatest now travelling
They have ten trained elephants, four diff
ferent dens of performing wild beasts, one
hundred vans cages and lairs, and the
great show is lighted with eighteen electric
light chandeliers, equal to thirty-fve thou
sand gas Jets.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-07
Shadows Of Coming Events.

Services in memory of the late Bishop
Ames will be held at the st. Pauls NJ. E.
Church tomorrow evening. Bishop Wiley
and others will take part.
The annual Convention OF the Ancient
Order of Hibernians of the United States
of America, will be held in this city on
Tuesday, May 18th, at Hibernia Hall, Ninth
and Plum streets.
Miss Jennie Smith and Dr. r. f. Taylor
will sing, and Miss Mary Taylor will play
at st. Paul Lyceum next Friday evening
There will also be a free lecture on "En
craving" by Fitz Edwin Jones' Esq.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-07
Local Personal,

Mr.. S. W. Siebern celebrates his 57til
birthday to-day.
Nine. Julia Rive-King is visiting hel
mother, on Ninth street.
Prof. T. A. Stevens will sing at the York.
street Church services this evening
Madame De Fremont, nee Anna Dunphy
the contralto, from New York, is visiting
her mother and sisters in this city.
DR.. 0. Z. Davis. who has been at Hot
Springs, Ark, for the past few months
arrived home last night fully restored to
health.
DR.. w. s. Jones, who las been with the
Cincinnati Gazette for long time as fore
man of the composing room, local editor
and editor of the dispatches, has severed
his connection with that paper. Doc. was
clever gentleman and good newspaper
man.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-07
GLINTS FROM GOTHAM.
Meanness, Miseries and Meandering g
Of the MetrOpolitans.
LoNGSHOREMEN VICTORIOUS.
Assnrigtad press To the Star.

Rational Associated Press to the Star.
New YoRK, May THE steamship COM
panies have yielded to the striking long
shOremen.
sTowAwAY FOUND DEAD.
John Battersley, a stowaway on the
steamer Canada, was found dead on the
orlop deck when the steamer discharged
yesterday.
THE MANHATTAN BURGLAR
The man who was arrested in Philadel-
phia, Monday, while trying to sell some
bonds stolen from the Manhattan Savings
Institution, has been identified as John
Dobbs, the notorious bank burglar. He
will be brought to this city on charge of
completely in the robbery.
WANTED TO DE HIS OWN UNCLE
In the suit of Will. c. Jackson, the
nephew who desired to marry his aunt,
Judge DAILY has awarded Judgment in favor
of the aunt. The nephew had sued to re-
cover thousands of dollars that he loaned,
in expectation of becoming his aunts hus-
band; suit that he instituted after she
was married to another man.
KICKING MR.. KIDDLE.
The Herald to day says: When man
displays such mental imbecility as to be-
lieye the brainless trash contained in Kid.
dies book actually comes from the spirits
of Shakespeare By ron, Napoleon, Franklin
and Hamilton. to say nothing Of Moses,
Pontus PLATE, St. Paul, st. Peter and Bill
Tweed, lie proves himself unfit to take a
leading part in selecting the textbooks for
our schools and directing the education OF
our children.
sUNDAY-sCHooL STATISTICS.
The ffty-ffth anniversary of the Ameri-
can Sunday school Union was celebrated
last evening, and a very large audience was
present. The annual report showed there
had been organized in 1878, l,067 new
schools, with 4,915 teachers and 80, ,l7G
scholars, aud there had been S,S05 Bibles
and Testaments distributed and IA. lao fam
dies visited.
BI-METALLIc SUGGESTION.
Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts,, forwards
to the Tribune for publication a letter ad
dressed to him by B. F. Nourse, of Boston
The text of the letter is the assertion that
under existing laws and conditions at home
and abroad it is only question of time
when this country arrives at silver mono
metalism." The evils to be apprehended
are pointed out ard way of escape
through "bi.metalism" in Europe is sug
gested.
CYNTHIA HESDGA's HARD EARNINGS.
New York, May 7.-Cynthia Hesdra, a
colored woman of sixty-seven years, dice
February last leaving fortune of $4,000
the accumulation of years of hard work as
q laundress. Early in life she married Ed
ward Hesdra, muatto OF Jewish extrac
ton, who is a contestant of the partition
suit brought by fourteen relatives to divide
the estate upon the hypothesis that she
died intestate.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-07
AcoidenN,

While Hose-reel No. IA was on its way to
answer the alarm from Box 2s6 last even
ing, the axle broke, throwing the driver of
his seat, but he escaped uninjured.
A seven-year-old son of Sergeant Sargent,
of the Oliver-street Station-house, was last
evening run over by lumber wagon while
he was running to the fire turned in from
Box 1885, The wheels of the wagon passed
over his abdomen, and it is thought he can
not recover.
Robert Pitts, boy living at Fourth and
Sycamore streets, was severely injured by
falling down a hatchway at No. 40 Main
street yesterday afternoon.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-07
MISERIES OF MANKIND
Chronicle Of the Crimes and Calamities
that Afliict Humanity.
HE HAD A PATENT RIGHT.

Specials to the Star.
PERU, ILL, May 1T is reported from
Stansbcrry, near here, that the wife of A.
D. Crayton, business man and prominent
man in church matters, eloped with an Ex-
Methodist minister, but who for some time
has been engaged in selling patent rights
in this and adjoining counties. Mrs. Cray
ton left two children.
SUICIDE OF A GRAIN DEALER.
LINCOLN, ILL.,, May John B. Hender-
son, a dealer in grain and lumber at Allen
vile, shot himself with revolver the ball
entering the right temple. He died in.
stantly. The cause of his death Is attrib.
uted to severe losses met with on the Chi.
cago Board OF Trade.
SERIOUS sTABBING AFFRAY.
Ell PAso, ILL.,, May IA serious stabbing
affray occurred yesterday between Charles
Harris and Bud Malloy. Harris throat was
badly cut and he received two stabs in the
back. He can not recover.
SHOT HERSELF IN THE EAR.
FINcENNEs, IND, May Mrs Jennie
Stanley, the proprietress of house Of ILL
fame, accidently shot herself through tho
ear last night while taking pistol from
drawer. She will not die.
BUTCHER BURNED TO DEATH.
Rock ISLAND, Ill, May THE residence
of Conrad Belcher, a German butcher, in
the east part of town, was burned las
night. Belcher, who had been on spree
the day before, was suffocated by the smoke
and died before assistance could be rem
dered.
THE DocToRs OWN DOSE.
BRoADwELL, ILL, May Last evening
]. L. Harvey, a young physician of thi'
county, died from the effects of dose o.
laudanum, taken by him late in the after
noon. Harvey leaves a wife and one child
Cause Of the suicide unknown.
HAD TOO MUCH LIP.
ELKHARr, IND, May &c. Haywood, {
carriage driver for W. G. Hill. had his up
per lip bit off yesterday by horse he wa.
playing with.
PERUVIAN FIRE.
PERU, IND, May The dwelling house
OF Mrs. ]. NJ. Jackson, west of the city
burned yesterday afternoon. Loss 81 900
partly insured.
TERRIBLE FATE OF TWO PAINTERS.
LAcoN, ILL, May 7.-Hesterday while
three painters were engaged in painting the
cornice of the Presbyterian Church por
ton of the scaffoIding gave away, THROWN;
Martin Miller and Jas. Stone to the ground
| distance of one hundred ard thirty feet
instantly killing them both.