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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-29
NOSTALGIA NEGROES.
A Few of the Emisrants EHrctHasty
EMreI Rf The kRnAaa Fever.

In an article which appeared In our yester-
days paper, treating the subject Of the negro
emigration from Louisiana. 1t was stated that
this exodus was m evil which, though bound to
assume larger proportions than 1t is ut present,
would eventually remedy itself: that the same
cause which inpe1led the negro to seek his for
tunes In Kansas. the fancied superior adyan-
tnges there for making living, would make
them leave Kansas again for Louisiana. 1t Is
likely that practical personal experience will be
the only complete cure of the emigration fever;
that those who have determined to 20 to Kan
sas will not he deferred by the sad experience Of
the returning members Of their raee, but will
20 to find out for themselves how the country
Is. and will get back whenever they can.
The following telegram from Messrs. Sehnrff
Il Rarnheimer. q BIT. Louis firm. speaks for It,
''ET. LOUIS April %. 1879.
IF. =. Mylas. Correspondent Meyer. Weiss 4
Co.. New Orleans:
South We hear II those aready In Kansas
Many are impoverished and anxious to return
being dissatisfied. We have sent our agent ont
and to assist oil desiring to return. viii advise
60 - ''sCHARFF y BERNHEIMER.'
MesHrs. Meyer. Weiss Il %. state that the above
at. Louis house will not only furnish free trans.
portation to the negroes who are desirous OF
| returning to Louisiana and Mississippi, but
viii supply them with sufficient rations for the
| trip home, and that planters who. wish their
bands 70 return can refer them - their house
for Transportation and food 1t is thought by
| these gentlemen that witt proper exertions
nearly all who have left the State can be induced
| to come back aud that others ean be persuaded
/ from going.
| However. as to this latter question there Il
much diversity OF opinion. and 1t is generally
considered that 1t would DO very difficult To sud
denly stop the emigration movement.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-29
THE ST. JOHNS.

The st. John Rowing Club has chosen an
Anglo-Saxon holiday for the eliminating cele-
bratlon OF its aquatic sports. Next Thursday
May /. will witness their seventh annual re-
gatta. There will be six races on the day spe-
Gifted. The first will be a single scull race for
the championship Ct the club: after this q
wherry race; then will follow single seut
shell race for the light weight championship.
for weights under 1875 pounds: pext there will
lie a double sculI race and after this race he
tween four r cared gigs: then four cared shell
lures of the day. The first race will start
prompts. at o'clock In the evening and the
others will follow at half-hour intervals. After
the races the guests OF the club will be- enter
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-29
DEATHS DURING THE WEEK.

The following is the weekly report of deaths
In the city. taken at the office Of the Board of
Health. which shows very fair state Of health
at present In New Orleans.
Total number of deaths for the week ending
Sunday. April ~. 1o6 Of which 4s were white
males. % white females. % col0red males and
15 eolorsd females.
OF the total number So were natives of Louisf-
ana OF Germany, 8 OF IRELAND. 3 OF France, 3 OF
shooting and one from taking morphine; null
tipie injury /, burns /: 90 died from eonsump
ton, pneumonia. s enteritfs. apoplexy. s
mesenteriea. 8 teething, dysentery. infantile
debility. 2 senile debility, bronchitis, dfar-
rhea. . commissions, infantile. cholera NOR
bus, meningitis. dropsy, . paralysis. 2 iris
mus naseentium, / heart disease senile gan.
CREME. laryngitis. empyema, obstruction 81
bowels. l cancer Of stomach, puerueral fever
malarfal fever congestion of brain, | soften.
ing Of brain. SPINAL meningitis, mYelitis,
epilepsy, paralysis Of the insane.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-29

.r.ar thta conclusion WAS reached lawyer ar
rived from Washington, and the next Gay
after his arrival was ordered to. send Inc
mind nj YOU, BUT the originals to Washington
for review, and the provost marshal was Or
dered to release the thief Capt. Sage,
who was IN upright man and gallant on.
GER determined to ste the thing out; ~ he
wrote letter to friend in the Office OF the
Judge advocate general at Washington, an,
In short time, received y reply stating mat
the case had been dismissed On VIZ osteh I.
sible ground OF want Of jurisdic1lon, y
being alleged that no otiense nM na.s !,
of the United States. that II ANYBODY
had been defrauded it was the tax
payers Of the townships who hAd employer
this reverend Yankee pickpofket as their re-
cruiting agent 70 this letter sa t request 60
fore the Judge advocate general, 70 SHOW what
was M pIajn as d pikestaH, 70 wit: that the
dafrauded parties were soldiers then IN the
service of the United States, and that there
law, law This letter evoked reply that settled
Can't Sage; for 1t Informed him that the
reverend Massachusetts thief was particu-
hr protege Of Henry Wilson, chairman of the
Senate Military COMMITTEES, that Wilson 9 in
Hnence was what stood IN the way, and that
il he didn't want to get himself into trouble
he had better drop tho case ut once. Upon
this Sage asked me Ii ] had kept copies Of
the papers. / told him had not. He then
ordered me to make out IN official precis Of
the case from memory, which / did, and he
took 1t to Washington and laid the whole
matter before Abraham Lincoln
Mr.. Lincoln listened to the captains story
and then gave him on order for the original
papers Btt Htey mere neper found Capt.
Sage was put OIL upon ono pretext Or another
for several days until one fine morning he re-
ceived an order to report ct once to his reEi-
ment for service In the field, and that was the
end Of the matter Many years after tried
to find those original papers, but could only
learn that they had been destroyed. Az Tor
the reverend thief, no went back to his con-
genial Massachusetts to enjoy the snug for
tune OF fifty odd thousand dollars which he
had wrung from the veins OF seventy odd
eoiored men In the manner have described,
and
UNDER THE PROTECTION OF HENRY WILSON
have gone into details on this subject be
eause want to show the oolofed people whd
read the DEMOCRAT just what kind Of pioua
cattle they are dealing with when they com
NIT themselves and their fortunes to the
keeping of New England Radicals. ] intend
To write u series Of letters on this subject o.
which the foregoing IL merely q sample; and
before get through shall relate some very
entertaining III well az instructive episodes in
the history Of the Freedmen's Bureau aud the
Freedmen's Bank. 40. u.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-29
The WORK Of an Incendiarv.

At about 10 o'clock Saturday night q fire, tina,
is supposed to have been the work Of an ineen-
diary was discovered in the Kitchen of the
which is owned by Mr.. Jacobs and occupied by
Mr.. Ben White. was damaged to the amount 81
$50 Mr. White Is convinced that the house was
premises during the entire evening. and the
vicious person who did the work built the Are
IN hole, In the kitchen floor, and alongside OF
the Misunderstanding. Mr.. Whites furniture
is insured for $500 In the Firemen's. while the
building fs Insured in the Sun Mutual. The
fire WAS extinguished by the neighbors and Do
liee without the necessity of an alarm.
Hadl the operator at the sixth Station put
himself to a little trouble. which was hts
duty. tbs above item could have been furnished
the readers OF the DEMOCRAT Monday morning.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-29
OUR GUN CLUE.

Our Gun Club are working vigorously In the
cause OF craftsmanship. Their second excur-
sion to Areola came Off last Sunday. and was a
most enjoyable affair. A railway coach was
placed specially at the disposition OF our boys
by the Jackson Railroad Company. and the trip
up was enjoyed by all. When the grounds
were reached there was found present goodl,,
number of the country sportsmen.
= The first match OF five prizes was won BY the
New leans shooters. The first. gold watch.
BY Charlton; second gold seal ring Fontaine !:
third. gold seal ring. Arms; four b, gold seal
ring. Smith fifth. gold seal ring. Selpn.
/. The second match. for d splendid breech-
loading shotgun. was won BY Major Arms.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-29
ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
mauI,erret,s Renetlt.

The benefit Of friend Maubarret. thetreasurer
of the Academy Of Music takes place this even
Ing. The event IL doubly interesting. tor u Is
also the closing entertainment OF the Oolville
Opera BurIesaue Company and the closing the
atrieal performance Of the senson. we need
hardly besDeak for the beneficiary full mouse,
for he ID too we'll known to require our recon-
nendation In order that tho occasion shall be
brilliant one. notwithstanding. and sue
eessful In Il pecuniary sense
The entertainment will consist Of the first act
of Cinderella and the second act of Robinson
Crusoe y in both of which charming bnrlesdues
the entire Colyille Company will appear Gus
Williams will doubtless improve tho opportn-
nifty TO make him elf still moro popular. he
viii as usunl, appear In German character
songs. reeitations and quaint sayings.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-29
"A Fire.

At half-past o'clock last night an alarm of
fire was sounded from box II. for blaze In the
kitchen at the residence Of DIR. Carter at the
corner of First and Magazine streets. The fire
was extinguished. but not before damages
amounting to $50 had resulted.
On reaching the box Officer Faust, y ho turned
In the ALARM found that some one had broken
open the box The lock was taken off and
brought to the Sixth Station and an officer
placed In charge of the box
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-29
GATY ECHOEs.

Josephine Million. alias Jubilee. was inear-
eerated In the Third Station charged by Officer
l.. @. Mclaughlin with being dangerous and
suspicious character.
An ebony-eolored gent named Robert Jones
was arrested by Officer Hawkins and locked up
In the Sixth Station charged with gambling on
the banauette and assault and battery on the
officer.
Some burglars tools. left by the night robbers
Who attempted to effect an entrance into Mr..
Ehrensing's house on the night of the seven
teenth instant, were found by negro and
turned over to Capt Gill.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-29
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sTATE-H0UsE NOTES.
Mere Ruarantine-The school Appr0pria'
tim.


ttOn.
The contract for building the Lobaells Store
ievee was signed yesterday. 1t s one of the
largest levees let this season, there being about
ninety thousand yards la It.. The price con-
traeted for is 14ys cents per yard.
Superintendent Of Education Lusher has re-
ceiyed the report Of the committee appointed
to ascertain what amount was due employees of
tho board who still own their claims out Of the
extra appropriation Of the revenue Of 1877 made
by the last Legislature Tue amount arrived at
by the committee Is s1o,827 50, and Of this sum
1866 50 is due the teachers. There ID not quite
enough OF the appropriation left to pay the
total amount and the balance on hand will have
to be- distributed pro rata.
The ,ard Of Health has issued orders for
the establishment of
QUARANTINE
at the Rtgoets and at the mouth OF the Atehaf-
alaya river. commencing on the FIRST Of next
month.
DR.. Chopin, president Of the board. leaves
the city this evening for Memp his to attend a
sanitary convention to be held there.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-29
A Man Garrotea.

At about 2 O'clock Sunday morning man by
the name Of Bower called on Officer Martin and
stated that while he was passing on Delord
street, between, TchouDitonlas and Foucher.
hes was held up by four unknown men who cut
hts, pockets and robbed him OF all the money he
hatd on his person. The amount taken was
about st2. The policemen have a des crintion
Of ttae hghWaymen and ere long some OF them
will no doubt be behind the bars.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-29
Concealed weapons.

John Otto, a blacksmith; Mike Condor, a
clerk: John Taylor. q lahOrer; John Bfinchi, d
candy maker. and John Osterly, a laborer we're
locked up In the Sub seventh Station. having
beer, arrested at the picnic given at Carrollton
Garden for carrying concealed weapons. Jos.
Lang and A. Goodhastor, for the same offense
were locked up In the Suburban Station.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-29
Rescued from Browning.

At O'Clock yesterday morning, while the
steamboat Era No. 10 was In the river rounding
70 TO make her landing at the head of Custom.
house street. q colored deck hand named
Charlie Lewis accidentally fell into the river.
but was rescued by the crew throwing him a
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-29
CusrOM-HoUsE NOTES.

There was dearth of news In the Custom
House yesterday. the Collector not being visible.
Gen. Geo. A. Sheridan paid q hurried vislt to
the building. but nothing leaked out as to Its
Import.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-29
PERSON Al.

We regret to learn that Mr. r. r. Alcee
Gauthreaux. civil! sheriff. 10 lying quite i'll at
his residence on Magazine street.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-29
rHE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, APRIL 2e. 1873:

Summary: Arms a. Henderson a. hena 10 y, ~
D'Estrapes %, Fontatna 90. Watson 10 Myles ~
| 6lanoek 10. Hhody 20. Kernlon 10; =, .,,a noat.
uoned lie CITY boys finding no competitors.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-29

tained Mt the boat house with refreshments 90
tarpsiehorpan recreation. Cars Will run every
twenty minutes on the day of the races.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-29

Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic restores the appetite
and ~ pleasant. safe and efficient.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-29

Chew Jackson's best sweet navy ton1ee
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-29
THE SOUTHERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

Your very ob'tsvt, ANTI GARFIELD,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-29

department 1GHoLs LUNCH HOUSE having fitted
t attention having been paid TO the
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-04-17

The DESERT OF CoLoRADo.-Thc
San Francisco .Arg0nGut says For
what purpose the Colorado desert was
made Is one Of those mysteries which
have sc far proved past finding out-so
utterly barren, so apparently worthless,
so dreary and desolate, so scorched with
blazing sun, so blistered with burning
winds. The rocky hills that bound il
are more forbidding than the dreary
desolation Of the sandy plains. The
hills are absolutely destitute of verdurc
--treeless, soilless, colorless. Through
the centre ofthe plain, and parallel with
the railroad, runs a mountain range of
shifting sand, ike SHOWS piled up in
banks, drifting and mos ing With the
winds. The plain is not entirely des-
titute of vegetation, but the vegetation
is worthless as the sand in which il
grows. There runs midway between
San Bernardina and Yuma one small,
beautiful stream of clear sweet water,
properly named the whitewater" but
along its pebbly margin there grows no
flowers, shrub nor tree. This beauti-
full stream in the desert suggests the ir-
reverent reflection that this part ol Gre
alton is badly planned and badly exc
cnted work, rejecting upon the Divine
Mechanic who spake il INTO existence.
The mountains should have been clothed
10 primal forests; the plains should have
been grassy meadows. Along the hill
sides should be Ieaping cascades OF
sparkling water; brooks winding amid
flowers and grassy banks: fruitful land,
where fat kline, lowing herds. bleating
hocks and singing birds. mlngiing their
voices with Che thanksgiving OF weIl-fed
humanity, should be constant psalm
of alteration to him who must ever lack
an altar in the desert of the Colora-
do.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-04-17

PREDICTIONS FOR THE FUTURE.-A
number Of young ladies will marry well
and die III.
An epidemic OF colds will set in next
winter.
The potato bug. Paris green. Scien-
tifc reports as usual,
Many hundred new doctors will be
turned loose TO kill the first year Of prac-
tice, and to cure the second.
Seven hundred old, overloaded and
badIy-manned ships will go down and
be never heard Of during the next sew
en- years.
Bank failures viii struggle along one
by one; bank presidents and cashiers
abscond. and the community will enjoy
its usual astonishment.
People will continue 10 say this is the
hottest sumner ever knew. Viee UeTsa
in winter.
Several old rich mems wills will be
disputed.
Numerous houses will burn down
next year.
Several great people viii die and a
number Of smaller ones.
There will be several railroad aeci-
dents, a long and searching inyestigs-
ton and the usual gradual simmeTIng
down and dying out Of the whole affair.
-.New York Graphic.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-04-17

The Pope preceded most Of his suite. rs
il be wished 20 rest in solitude after the
long day Of his public duties. To the
great disappointment Of Savaiori, who
had prepared some rustic seats, The
Pope did not profit by them. He stopped
q moment before the laftice OF the avia-
~. smiled ut the golden pheasants, at
the fan-lailed pigeons, with the beneSo-
lence Of . Sc. Francis d Assist; thea re-
snmed his walk. penetrating the lhicket
which occupies large part Of the gar
den, aHis Holiness. Salvateri ex-
planned, takes 3 rapid walk Of an hoar
and 12lf exeff IIav 81 zlfe Ayn Mn.
RI. 1n the middle q : Large saaalte,
carefully trimmed, ghe agrm2pl he Pope,
with the legend. 'slno XII. Pont.
Max, The cypress. tic star and the
lilies Of the Peccis being very careful
~ outlined. Leo XIII. did not pay
much attention to the work Of Salvaio'
ri, but one need not therefore conclude
that His Holiness does not care for art
He has Just ordered all the tapestries
winch are in the Vatican to be collec-
ted and placed in chronological order
and according TO the schools TO which
they belong, collection which will be
of exceptional importance, and in many
ways he shows his interest in things
not ecclesiastical but relating TO general
culture.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-04-17

THE FITz-JoHN PORTER CAsE.-The
official report Of the board of inquiry IN
the Fitz-John Porter case has been ap-
proved by the President and the Secre-
iary of War, aud the general will now
be restored to his old rank and position
in the army. The report of the board,
which consisted of Generals Schofeld,
Terry and Getty, gives narrative OF
the events which gave rise 10 the
charges against General Porter, omitting
unessential details and limiting them
selves to a plain statement Of essential
facts established By positive proof
Concerning the charge Of which Gener-
al Porter was found guilty-not having
moved his command on the night oi
August 81, 1862, in obedience 10 an or
der from General Pope-lhe board re-
port that il was a manifest physical i'm
possibility to march over that road tina;
night: that nothing would have been
gained by the attempt, and thatIt would
have been wiser if General Porter had
delayed the attempt still longer than he
did: that he exercised the very ordina-
~ discretion ol corps commander,
and that il was BIS plain duty 10 so ex-
ercise il. The report closes as follows :
General Porter was, in effect, con-
demned for not having taken any part
in his own battle. Such was the error
upon which General Porter was pro-
nounced guilty Of the most shameful
crime known among soldiers. We be-
Iieve not one among all the gallant SOL
diers on. that bloody field was less de-
serving of such condemnation than he.
The evidence Of bad animus in Porter's
case ceases 10 be material in view Of the
evidence of his sOldIerly and faithful
conduct. But ii is our duty to say that
the indiscreet and unkind terms IN which
General Porter expressed his dIstrust OF
the capacity Of his superior comman-
der General Pope) cannot be defended,
and TO that indiscretion was due in very
great measure the misrepresentation OF
both his motives and hIs conduct and
his consequent condemnation. Having
thus given the reasons for our conclu-
sions, we have the honor TO report, in ac-
cordance with the Presidents order,
that in our opinion justice requires at
his hands such action as may be neces-
sary to annul and set aside the findings
and sentence ofthe court-martial in the
case of Major-General Fitz-John Porter
and to restore him TO the position oil
which that sentence deprived him, such
restoration to take effect from the date
Of hIs dismissal from the service"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-04-17

e. A refractory Irisbman in Jail
named Dennis McGinniss, refused 10
work. The keeper said TO him "Mc-
Ganniss, you 90 to work or TO the pump.
"Niver," replied the Irisbmsn. A Sec
ond time the keeper ordered McGInniss
10 work, but he refused TO bulge an
inch. "Now, for the last time, BIC
Ginniss," exclaimed the keeper, "you
go to work or the pump" "Niyer,
SIR, said McGiaRiss. Strengthening up
TO the futi dignity Of man. "Bedad.
cir, I'll lave the jail first"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-04-17
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Written Tor the Beacon.
Dear st. Kary's, Tarewslll
~ >.

Oh sad are the moments that sever
The ties % the spirit mcst dear, -
Their mem r. shall linger forever
To wnken the Sigh and the tear.
The sunbeam MI vainly Ia shining,
All vAinly do music and song
Now chGde my fond heart for rcpining
As they noat on The breezes along.
Rain on this bright BIN forever,
With the friends Of my giFIhood III dwell,
Their nem'ry shall iinger forever,
eswest hosss, dear 81 M3ry's, iArewell
C0nid n bird only dwell for an hour
in Eden's rich garden Of light
Then dear would appear the green bower
Where lately IL fonndits delight;
Zen IKE that poor bird Of the wildwood,
turn with strange sadness and fear,
From the beauafal Eden Of fehiDdhood
To the world 50 deceitfuI and dreAr.
Though parents and friends fondlY cherished
Shall solaee my grief with their love,
I'll mourn for the hopes that have Perished,
And often in spirit I'll rove
To the scene Of life's earliest pleasures,
When joyous and free from all care,
dwelt amid sweetest Of treasures,
OF fscience, and piety there.