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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-01
A DELAWARE POCAsSET.
fanatics Murder Of His Own Child il
Delaware.
PHILADELPHIA Times.l

IL Delaware parallel to the Pocasset tragedy
~ Deen unearthed by the Wilmington
hSesag Erenaag. GILES Kitchens, now living
Tween Concord and Laurel, in Sussex coun-
\, one day In February, 1857, cut his ehiid's
s sssI because ethe voice Of the Lord had
sO%ananded him to offer him as a sacrifice,
nv M no voice said, stay thy hand" aG1l-
~ ~. YES farmer, blue-eyed, sandy-haired
iSs WI Who read the Bible q great deal. He
". III amended Methodist pr0tracted meeting
\, - hight before the tragedy. When he
isksled home his wife observed that he was
sd sSt under great excitement. During the
~ Sas the voice of God commanded that he
Aug ~ Kill his dearly beloved little son and
~ z aus blood as q sacrifice In the morn
~. 9e went to the woods and once more
~ ~ the command. Then he prepared a
Se..i Knife to siay his soma babe eighteen
s 1870 Old. Taking the child to the woods
d,s laIeW himself on the earth by it. Soon a
sss st a1sesgan to snuff at his feet Surprising
~ 4lke Abraham's ram, the dog had been
nv " VI n lake the place OF the child, he waited
ns, 1oa TO SO command. Hearing no COM
~ a ne slew the child. In May. 1857, GiIlie
Gss put upon trial at Georgetown, Judge
ssage +. Fisher, now of Washington, being
ssS;a!tof. and Senator Willard Salisbury
- Mg When the State had closed its
oosma4 u salisbury arose, but was SO over
~ mat he burst into tears and the jury at
ssS fsIulaed verdict Of not guilty. Gillie
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LOUISIANA.

The crops Of corn, cotgon a ahfl ot'lel pIv-
IS tiuCts In B0ssler are LOOKING Weii.
Fl New iberia holds it's town election Monday,
J1irle ..
~ ~ piuuant, New Iberia, enjoys horse
Iaess every week. ,,.,a, 49,, ,,.,,., - ,,,
Cropss4 . H. It'll, IL naedad' R1 z y
png at ac haan ~ ao i, III
Ine ~ n,.anhito Teyo,rT,,d tbia - .1as
Cnce Y ~ III. NJ. 80
The Caddo parisn lan contains twenty pri-
Il 0Oners, ana Inc ". LANDRY parish JAIL con-
& tains seVeneeen pilsoheis.
The st. Charles Hssat0 says the plant cane
on several plantations In that parish are
boxing In line condition.
Crops Id the bottom" on the Shreveport
md Bellevue road, In Bossier parish, are
Il boxing wen ana promise abundance.
ish and the public schools, iii consequence.
Y iii have to be shut llp this week.
The Ave year old child of Mrs. Betsy Bluer.
str Hahnvilfe, has been kidnaDped. No traces
a the kidnapper. = ~ =
\ M M. n Ranzano,a ,.,ca cro, IN 81 po,pord
- baen saved v the ateo MN n,mr s eractad IN
~ ~ 1antate, y siy adpd eieclea ~ ~
+ t ~ p hours, "n'on hossAeu wig nelo7 =
Ss / Grand ovo,,ro,oy, y, r,o1,a Ts,o yrov, Mor.
III, Iii IL ,.I ~ 1,oin 80 th
s ~ ybanafsI ~ IN Mnrsran NV nnr.,a
IN Tan ~ 1o11oa's = 80 80 80 oioy ooaA0e
y u 1e g
Meysr s.h -, nne W. mHe 1I,e NY sv.e M III
the eca 81 e yaru acsnt SUNNY RI rain W.
wy 80 y = soly sc'.,. euppiy =. 1a...
Deaver was Killed LAST week ln q Ine s s.nu
y tne rear 0I Messrs. Snelley Oo.s Fll.,
Rdarsiiv HI = II hs Iattif,ide : !" e'o va
1awAa s, 81. ha,s ~ a. .,.,..
Ine speeial ei iss heiu " VIZ Lnlra ware
sN Donaluspnville ~ MOnnay laSC, ioT ne
purpose q sseleeIlng ~ alnerman 70 III re
vacancy ~ w. nvWn cOuucli resulIe0 ~ me
eie cN ~ .anuls sicnoar.
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UTANTED-THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT
" the cheapest and best advertising Id the
the trst and i've cents Tor each subsequent In
gertion. Ynh22
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D1ssoLUT1oNs-NEw FIRMS.

1OPARTNERsHIP-OFFICE AND SALES
" room, No. d ROYAL bTREET, between
st. Louis and Cont street-NeW Orleans, May 49,
ls79-The undersigned have. this day formed q
copartnership under the firm and style OF
BARNETT & GOURDAIN, for the purpose Of
carrying on general AUCTION AND COM.
MISSION BUSINESS.
Our Mr.. MAURICE BARNETT's long expe-
rience In the auction business and our Mr.. J.V.
GOURDAIN'S as an old merchant, hope By
their exertions and prompt attention to be able
to. give full and entire satisfaction to their
friends and to the public Ia general In whatever
may be entrusted to them.
Sales OF Real Estate. Stocks. Port Wardens,
Mortgages. Furniture and all outdoor sales will
be attended to with promptness.
We invite the attention OF our friends and OF
the public In general to the above card and hope
for q share OF their patronage. -
BARNETT GOURDAIN.
MAURICE BARNETT. No. 81 Royal street.
]. v. GoURDAIN. my15 ThSuTu1m
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Three natives ut Madras have been sem
man. The man was believed to be q sor-
cerer, and the prisoners said that they wished
to knock tooth out OF his mouth to deprive
him OF all power OF enchantment; but they
knocked too hard, and not only effected their
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-01

"A man Id San Francisco fell down stairs
and broke his neck. I've find," says the jury
lii the case, 1T that he came to his death from
the Monaghan hordes which are overrunning
diate arrest OF every accursed pigtail the DO
lice can lay their hands on"
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r, nss since lived an upright life, kind and low
. taG % als children. He does not dare to read

party OF wrecked sailors have been float
ing foS i've days on raft, prey to all the
fortunes OF hunger. AS s.
AT last the fatal hour has arrived when. &C.
cCrding To custom, the unfortunates must
draw lots to zee which. shall serve az refresh
ments Tor hts companions. The man to whom
the lot falls, Immediately sees six ferocious
and impatient knives raised to his throat.
Pale, but resolutely, he exelaims:
Hold am ready to die, but not at your
trembling hands. Give me q revolver. will
blow my brains out"
AT these words one OF the sailors cries In O.
tone Of energetic protestation:
Not II / know 1t, you won't! That's just
the part that like best"
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HOUSES WANTED.

WANTED TO RENT-A HOUSE CONTAIN
w ing three bedrooms. parlor, dining room
and kitchen. Raised cottage preferred. .Ad.
dress p. O. box 1766. Rent not to exceed $40.
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ADJUSTMENTS.
EETE CHAMP
RECEPTION COMMITTEE:

RECEPTION COMMITTEE:
Hon. i. w. PATTON. Chairman:
Gen. q. Z. Beauregard. Gen. w. j. Behan
Lieut.. Gov Il a.. WiItz Col. w 4. Vaudry.
Col. q Fenner. Col. A. Meyer.
goI. n. Owen. Col. O. Peyroux,
GoL Buck Miller. Col. Sam'l Boyd,
Gol. u. A. A. Williams, Major j. b. Richardson,
MAJOR =, a. Pickles, Major Glenn Walker,
malor =. LiMenthRl, Capt. r. b. Peasants.
Capt. Z; MeElroy. Capt. ]. j. Mellon,
Can't. IN. nc. Robinson, Capt, b. q, IBatf1era
GaDL. n Al. Blanks Capt. Geo. ii. Lord,
gaDt. ~. y: joyce. Capt. VIM. Pierce,
Gapt. y. y. Souby. Capt 3. H. Buck,
Capt. Eugene May Lieut. John Holmes
Lieut.. Edwin Harris, Hon E A. Bnrke A
g Mpt. y. q. fitzpatrick, Iheo. Hellman. ESQ,
Mon a. p. lsaaesOn, Geo. Smith, ESQ.
y. =. schmidt; ESQ, janice jackson. ESQ,
ya y Rd !: DAY. ESD. Van Benlhuysen,
T. Lee shute. Esaa. Thos. q. Handy, ESQ.
Ferd. Goldsmith ESQ, r. j. OBrian. Eses.
a. 4r1vot. Esq. v. u. Ripley. Eeq.,
Y Lewis. Esq; q II. Allen. ESQ.
Dr. VIM. >. Mitchell. VIM. Mehle,
3. Conery, Jr. 81
Col. John Glynn, Jr
4. Lieut. Col q. 1eGardeur. Jr.
NJ Major " E Fl Z. ] Benny. Major Warren Stone.
Capt y. a. 81 Vauaht, Capt jas. ii. Edwards.
Capt. ~. ]. Fortier, Capt. >, Augustin.
je1 1t
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WANTED-FfmALEs.


WANTED-A SITUATION BY Il FIRST
~ class licensed engineer. Has had thirty
SIX years experience az machfnfst and black
smith. Unexceptionanle references given,
State where an interview can be had and ad.
dress. for two weeks, 2. B., MECHANIC, care OF
this Office. Has chad fifteen years experience
on sugar PLANTATIONS. my3l At
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MlsCELLANEOrJs WANTS. :

WANTED-AP PARTNER WITH A CAPITAL
~ OF from $4,000 to 5000. to invest In tan
merry In one uf the best locations In Texas. Adj
Texas. ie1 81 \
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tials 0f South Africa, the word Zulu signi-
Tying heaven. Their reputation as warllke
race dates from Chaka, who became early
inflamed with the ambition OF rivaIIng Ma
poleon Bonaparte. While quite youth he
fell In with some English sailors who had
been cast ashore In st. Lucia bay, and from
them he heard Of the victorious career OF the
great Corsican. He vowed that he would be
q conqueror, and at once set to work to fulfill
his vow. When, In 1926, he heard for the first
time Of the overthrow Of the French empire
ait Waterloo, he complacently remarked /:
yes, 900 now; there are only two great
chiefs III Jill the earth. MY brother, King
George he Ii king Of all the whites, and /,
Chaka, am king Of all the blacks"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-01-09

There can be no doubt, think, that
whist is increasing in popularity, for not
only do old people now play, but young
people also are often found to prefer a
quiet game to adjoining the walls CT a
room or gazing out of the window.
The reader will remember Talyrand's
remark to youth who had said that
he did not play whist Young man,
what an unhappy old age you are lay
ing up for yourselfln Aud nowadays
youth seems to fad the game as attrac-
tive as age. Partly, no doubt, this in
creased popularity proceeds from the
habit acquired by many Of playing at
college; but it Ia mostly to be attrib-
uted to the fact that the whist OF
to-day is so very different from
that of thirty years since. cit is as
tonishing," says DR.. Pole, ain how
different Il hight the game appears. It's
acquisition, instead of being laborious
and repulsive, becomes easy and pleas
ant; the student, instead of being
frightened at difficulties, finds them
vanish before him and even those who,
having formerly practiced without
method, take the trouble Of Learning
the system suddenly see the light break
in upon them, and find themselves re-
paid hundredfold IN the Increased en-
joyment and satisfaction the game will
afford them" the chief means by
which the new game" has been intro
duced into this county is through the
practice and advocacy of college stu
dents; but l find even among those
who play Systematically tricks of play
sanctioned, so far as know, by no au-
thority. Thus, having first lead from
the long suit, many persons make theii
second lead from ''sneak," that is
one card, in order to ruff on the re-
turn. l haYe also noted a signal not
given in the treatise. ''Trumps being
shown against you," says Cayendish,
"throw away from your strong sui
because there is no chance of bringing
it IN" The signal alluded to Is, trump'
being lead by your partner, and your
own hand being exhausted of them, tt
drop the lowest of your strong suit the
first time you are Obliged to. refuse, as
hint to play from this suit when hi
| gives up truRps.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-01-09
EADS IN nor WATER.

IL IS we'll this once that sturdy old
seaman, who has nagigsted the Missis-
sippi for forty years, has been enabled,
without the appliances of that sort Of
learning which colleges give and with
out dollar beyond that which fur
nishes the commonest necessaries OF
life-it is well for the returning sense
oil public honesty when such q man has
access to congressional committees
and to the press Of the country. In
bought.newspapers and unpurchaseable
lawgivers have discarded Eads's
schemes OF extravagsnt and worse than
useless expenditure and approved the
simple, practical philosophy of Capt.
John Cowdon. While Eids was
! organizing capitalists IN st. Louis, in
Guiding owners of the great news
papers of that metropolis, in order to
draw ten millions from the Treasury
for the construction of walls on either
side of the Mississippi at its mouth,
honest, thoughtful and practical John
Cowdon was urging Congress, through
the press and through two or three
members of the House who had
studied his plans for the relief of the
lowlands and establishment of direct
trade between Europe and the South,
to cut ship canal fifty miles from
New Orleans to Barrataria Bay. lie
| proposes to have a locomotive on It's
banks to tow vessels to and from New
Orleans. 1t costs each merchantmen
entering the jetties one dollar per ton
to enter and the same sum to make
its exit from the river, and thus YES
constructed to carry wheat and cotton
must pay ten or fifteen thousand dol
lars to go in and out of Eads's jetties.
With such tax upon the commerce
of the South New York and Boston
must ever maintain a monopoly of
European and even South American
and Cuban trade.
| But the New York Suns exposition
| of Eads's financial adventures and the
sale, under mortgage, of the bridge
that Fladd built for Eads and the ex.
posure of the combination of specula-
tors who lent money to Eads to be re-
funded, two for each one dollar ad-
vanced-all these facts have influenced
the conduct of Congressman who
listen to the plain, unpretending,
unheralded steamboatman rather
than this swindling, empty pre-
tender and adventurer Eads, who,
IL the New York sam be trustworthy,
built jetties on either side of the State
Bank of Missouri and flooded his own
pockets and relieved those of share
holders of vast sums of surplus cash.
He was part and parcel, and the big
financial sparcel, of the ignominious
Governor Fletcher's reign. If the
Suns statements be credible, Eads
will spend few years. while we are
testing the value of his jetties, in the
Missouri State prison. Meanwhile
paid enemies of honest, PLAIN sailing
will interpose no further Instructions
to the theories and practical, simple
philosophy of John Cowdon, approved,
as they are, by NJ. De Lesscps, the
greatest of living civil engineers.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-01-09

4 seh man was apxious to get back his
proneTty. Gen. Jackson " sved ms
.on' and announced the decision. aod
saIa: " Now, gentlemen, 90 CALMLY
and IN order, and each man take his
owa property" When the word VS.
Eiven the people came with rush.
{ was mosc terrible than an army with
banners. They came buleing against
the fence. sud, in the struggle TO get
over, they Knocked it down FOR hun
dreds of yards was overturned and
nearly trampled 20 death. Each man
got his property. and thus The fraudu-
lent race was broken mp by an exhIbi-
lion Of the most extraordinary Courage.
lie did thst day what il would have
required coco armed men IL have e.
fvcted. Ali this was effected by the
presence and action Of QUO man, and
withou, the drawing of one drop Of
blood. A certain knowledge that in
one event streams OF blood would have
flowed effected this great and worthy
object
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-01-09
To Subscribers

By postal card, other means being
too expensive, subscribers to the
STATESMAN will be rendered accounts,
showing amounts due, or soon to be-
come due, on subscription. 1t is q
time of the year when all may settle
accounts, and subscribers are request
ed, in receipt of statements, to remit
at once. by the first OF January it il
proposed to have all outstanding mat.
ters closed, and q prompt reply will
save further trouble in collecting bills
Our friends, regarding this as bust
ness, wilrnot fail to respond.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-01-09

THE new army bill, contemplating
the abolition of the A5jutant Generals
Office, ard making this officer and his
subordinates the appointees of Gen.
Sherman and dependent upon him and
his facile tools and sycophants, is not
approved by the press. Especially are
the Democratic newspapers hostile to
the measure. Phey suggest the pos
sibility of Grants re election, and
with Grants personal government and
Sherman's absolute mastery of the
army, thus Invested of its only princi.
pie of republicanlsm and transferred tc
the absolute mastery of one man, the
empire becomes an accomplished fact
It is not proposed to lessen materially,
if at all, the cost of the army, or to in
crease Its efficiency, but rather to make
the one-man power perfect. Witt
Sherman general-.n-chief and his bro
ther master of the treasury, Gran
president and the army the supple ma
chine in all ats incidents, organization
and staff of the chosen agents of Gen
Sherman, the empire would be an &C
complished fact.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-01-09

VIZ have been trying to induce
preachers to use terms properly when
they speak of SUNDAY" and Of the
Sabbath, +" and now, since the courts
'interpose in our behalf, a share of sue
cess may attend refOrmAtory efforts, An
indictment against cigar dealer OF
Bridgeport, Connecticut charged that
the offeuse wxs committed, net on
Sunday, but on the sabbath or Lords
Day. The court quashed the indict-
ment, holding TIA. the Sabbath means
the seventh day OF the week, snd Sun
day is the FIRST, while the Lords Day
is Saturday with some worshipers and
Sunday with others. The Christian
use OF the word Sabbath, when Sunday
is meant. Is q mere affectstion.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-01-09

WE have written of slow poisons
used in bread, crackers, sugar and
candy mills. All these articles of food
are prUfusely poisoned and cheapened
by the process. Fancy syrups are no
longer used by sane people, and the
whltest sugar is looked upon most
susplciously, but now we are told OF
people poisoned, infected with diseases
worse than leprosy, by using perfumed
fancy and other soap made at the large
factories like Colgate's. There they
buy all rottiDg flesh and old bones and
mad dogs AMI cats and reeking, rotting
fowls from suburban barn yards, to
be converted into fancy soap with
winch pretty girls cleanse their
soft white skin. Several cases OF
this sort of poisoning, affecting the
most delicate organs, have occurred,
and many sensible, industrious house
wives of the great Eastern and South
ern cities have learned how to make
their own soap. 1t is safest for gen.
tlemen frequenting barber shops to
have their own chosen soap. The
worse the material of which it is con.
stituted the more dehcately it is per-
fumed. And it has come to this that
modern knavery In the manufacture
of that which should insure perfect
purity is in itself perfect fonlness.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-01-09

The London E1aminer thinks thst
the duration Of the earth's existence
must yet exceed COCO years since that
many will be required to convert, st
the present rate Of progress, the heath
en- Of India. The same paper adds that
the .so-csllei converts are the worst
rogues in India. The rejection de-
duced from the facts stated is thet We
have more heatheHs at home than we
can ever convert, aud our missionary
labOrs should be confined TO our own
cities and to cur own communities in
which the Bible is never read and ser
mons never pronounced.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-01-09

LADIES of Austin and of other cities
of Texas propose TO vote in elections
affecting public schools and the whisky
question. AS long as women are the
mothers of the sons of Texas and as
long as they love their children and
thus the land they govern and iuhabit,
we do not see why, IN these local cleo
tions, affecting the home and the fire.
side, they should not shape the laws
and select those who execute them.
Many women have fancy that it is
UNIV Omanly to vote, that they must
face throng of vulgar, drunken, howl
ing knaves and idiots who boot about
voting places and make the act odious
and results of elections most unfortu-
nate. With these women need not mix.
They may have polling places of their
own, and having the privilege, they
will study questions involved and ex-
ercise their rights wisely, honestly
and discreetly. We can see no pos
sible harm to come of law
in this country like that OF
England. If woman pay taxes in
corporations, she should vote in these
corporations. If she have children TO
be educated, she should control the
| conduct Of schools that absorb her
money and train her children. Women
are wanting neither in intelligence nor
virtue, and both these are sadly needed
in ballot boxes. If the woman be net
harmed by exerting power honestly
and wisely there can be no harm in
this restricted woman's suffrage.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-01-09
The Kitchen and ranIry.

oNELFr No. l.-Seven ercs and orc
cupful Of sweet milk. Beat the yrlks
first; scsld the milk with piece of
butter the siz, of an egg, aud pour
over the beaten yclks. Atd pepper;
pour into battered frying nan, and
while IT Is browning, best the whites
TO still froth. put them on oac-half the
yelks, and fold the other half over the
beaten whites. Serve at once. Itis
ligb5 and delicious.
OMELET No. Six ecrs. vkites
and yeiks beaten separately one CUP
ful of~warm milk, one tablespoonful
of melted butter, and one tablespoons
full of -four. Wet to a paste. add salt
and pepper; and the whites Of the eggs
last. Bake fifteen MINUTES in quick
oven.
OMELEr No 3. -OAe cupful Of milk;
two shoes of bread, broken INTO it and
! softened; small piece of butter, melt
ed; little salt yelks Of eight eggs;
lastly add the whites, we'll beaten.
Drop into hot pans and set in the oven
until Drowned on top.
To BAKE EoGs. Put saucers in the
oven for few minutes to heat; then
put into each one small piece of but
ter, and cover the saucer with il.
Break two eggs into each saucer; nut
into the oven for few moments, until
the whites are set, ard serve in saucers.
They are very nice.
INDIAN CAKE No. 1.-Two cupfnls
OF corn meal; One-third OF a cupful of
flour; two and one half cupfuls OF sour
! milk; soda to sweeten one egg.
INDIAN CAKE No. 1.-Two cupfuls
of meal one cupfut of flour; one cup
full OF cream; one teaspoonful OF soda;
| ono of salt; two-thirds OF cupful of
sugar, and three eggs.
INDIAN CAKE No. 3.-Three cnnfnls
of meal; one cuptul of flour; one pint
of sour milk; soda to swecteu il; two
eggs; two large spoonfuls of butter;
one cupful of sugar.
INDIAN MEAL MUFFINs. -Ole cur
full of meal, scalded in Que pint of
milk; butter the size of an egg; one
tablespoonful of sugar; salt; one egg;
half cupful Of yeast, aud il,ur
enough to make rather stiif batter.
Bake in quick oven.
INDIAN BAH!NocK.-One pint OF meal,
thoroughly scalded IN one quart OF
milk; when cool stir in eight we'll
beaten eggs; little sugar and salt,
aud bake in quick oven. 1t is vc:y
nice.
BEEF TEA.--Tske nice juicy meat
and cut it up into small pieces, sprink-
ling small quantity of salt through
it, and pour over it very cold water,
sufficient To entirely covert. Put this
on ice, or, II you have no ice, IN the
very coolest place you have Let it
remain three hours, and ON examine
ton the juices of the meat will be
found TO he all extracted. Place II
over the fire where it will come quick
ly to boil and let it boil ten MINUTES.
Then take 1t az once from the fire ana
place in an open vessel 10 cool. when
onhrely cold, strain through 6ne
cloth, and it is ready to use.