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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-13

message was received from the House of Rep
resentatives announcing the death of Hon Gus
tavus Schleicher. OF Texas, and inviting the Sen-
ate to participate in the fune al oBscques in the
Hall OF the House at 3 p. m. to- ay
Also that committee of eight Representatives
and three Senators be appointed to escort the re-
mains to San Antonio, Texas.
Mr.. Coke OF Texas moved that the Senate concur
IN the House resolution, which was agreed to, and
the CHAIR appointed Messrs Coke Bayard and
Hamlin as the Senate Committee.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-13
Judge Hunts Condition.

National Associated Press to the Star.
WARRINGTON, Jan. l3.-There is no per-
ceptible change in Justice Hunts con-
diion. 1t is reported that in case he should
not recover, or that he is permanently re-
tired, Attorney Devens will be ap-
pointed % fill the vacancy, and Secretary
Thompson will be transferred to the De-
partment of Justice and Eugene Hale ap-
pointed Secretary of the Navy. The rumor
is heard in highest Government circles,
and generally credited.
Important Land Decision.
Justice Miller, i'll the case of Stull against
the United States, involving the right to
lands in Arkansas and Missouri valued at
several million dollars, rendered an opinion
to-dIy affirming the decision of the Circuit
Cour, against the plaintiff.
For the head Member.
The desk occupied by the late Repre-
sentative Schleicher was heavily draped in
mourning, and a handsome bouquet of
Soyers was placed upon it.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-13

Early yesterday morning a fire entirely
destroyed the kindling-wood factory Of
Clarke& Lewis. No. SO Tenth avenue. Five
horses were burned TO death. Total loss
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-13
Specials to the Star.

OIL CRY, Pa, Jan. 13-Noon.
River three feet and about stationary. with
no prospects of break up. There is fiyo
feet of snow on a level above Tidiontc. ana
when it melts and runs INTO the river, look
out for big flood.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-26

ID proposed to drum up By tempting allure
ments and false promises. Two hundred
dollars were raised at the fremont Iemple
gathering for the chartering OF ConWay,s
boat. !,
The suggestion would be here IN order 1or
these Massachusetts people to look out Tor
the suffering and trouble Of their own labor
ers AT home and elsewhere In the North.
There Is just now greater agitation 10 tne
Fall River manufacturing district among the
laborers than there is in the fields OF the
entire South. Yet this Is only one OF the
great manufacturing centers all over the
North where the laboring population Is agi-
tated and disturbed, where 1t threatens enor-
nous strikes or complains Of the prospect or
the presence Of starvation among them.
These men, belonging to the hardest-Worked
class Of laborers In the world, do not COM
plain of the matter Of being taken in droves
and forced to vote according to the will OF
their employers or be discharged, as has been
the rule with them. They bear political per-
secution In q worse form than has ever been
visited upon the negroes Of the South without
complaint They demand wages sufficient to
provide for themselves or their families.
They can get no ear to listen to their griev-
ances, nor can they arouse public effort
which would tend to better their condition.
But suppose, taking advantage OF the dis
turbed condition of the laboring population
In all these great manufacturing centers at
the North, Southern agents should be sent
among them with the ayoWed purpose Of in
ducing general emigration, that they should
put this purpose into practical effect threaten
to paralyze the industries and stop the busy
wheels Of work throughout these districts,
how would these Southern agents be re-
ceived? They would be treated as incendiary
agitators, arrested, imprisoned, even out
lawed and lynched by men In the commune
ties specified who directed or profted by their
manufacturing Industries.
representing this case we do not counsel any
violence from our people toward the Northern
agents who come to the South with the
avowed intention Of enticing the laboring
population from the fields and destroying the
agricultural industries OF the South.
We think If the Northern people looked at
this question In the light In which we have
presented It, they would discountenance
and discourage all such meetings as were
lately held at Cooper Institute and fremont
Temple, and discontinue all subscriptions
made to further the evil purposes of labor
agitators and emigration agents.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-26
dicial question to be passed upon In q pro
ceeding for due and unpaid taxes.
WEsToN,s VICTORY.

Weston's previous record covers more con-
tests than any living pedestrian. He was the
first to accomplish 100 miles In twenty-four
hours, and now stands with the peerless rec
ord Of $50 miles In 142 hours, winning the
championship of England, $500 and the gate
money. Roweu will at once challenge the
winner, as also will Panchot, the Buffalo
pedestrian. The contest will probably take
place In New York.
This is the second time the Ashley belt has
been carried from British soil by an Ameri-
can, first by O'Leary and now by Weston.
The English aspirants have been many and
their course of training rigorous and long,
continued, end their disappointment must be
bitter at being compelled to surrender to
American endurance laurel grown on their
own soil.
For sake Of comparison the following table
shows the distances In miles Of the winners OF
the three principal Ashley belt contests-that
won by O'Leary In March, 1878, Rowell in
March, 1879, and that just won by Weston.
Browns record is also given In the last
column:
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-26
TIE LABOR AGITATORs,

About ten days ago large meeting was
held at Cooper Institute; in New York, to re
awaken interest in the matter Of the emiera.
ton OF negroes from the South, and to raise
funds for furthering the movement. The
meeting was held under the auspices of a
number Of religious fanatics, who apparently
divide their time between praying for the
salvation and preying upon the false liber-
atty of their flocks
A similar meeting was held at fremont
Temple, IN Boston, on Tuesday night, where
Wendell Phillips and other agitators sought
to work up feeling Of sympathy among
their hearers for the unfortunate and ILL
treated Southern negro and to collect funds
from them for the ostensible purpose of help
Ing to remove the race from this section. A
plan was proposed at this meeting to send
The creature Conway with Steamboat ais far
down the Mississippi river as Baton Rouge
[or whole boat load Of emigrants, which are
aot there ready to 30, Of course, but which 1t
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-26
TIE CONVENTION.

The Constitutional Convention yesterday
adopted an additional article, as substitute
for four articles introduced by the Committee
on Limitations, which prohibits the Legisla-
ture from lending the credit Of the State to
any corporation or individual, or authorizing
any political corporation to lend its credit to
corporations or individuals, for any purpose
whatsoever. An article from the same COM
mittee, prohibiting the remission Of delin-
quent taxes, was postponed until Monday
next. The Convention then proceeded to the
consideration of an ordinance submitted by
the Committee on Health and Quarantine.
This was discussed at length and large
number OF amendments were offered, debated
and adopted. When the ordinance was thus
perfected motion prevailed to lay the whole
subject matter on the table. Among the reso-
lutions introduced was one instructing the
State Treasurer to withhold the payment OF
the July interest on the bonded debt until the
further order of the Convention. This went
over under the rules and will probably come
up for action to-day.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-26
INLAND QUARANTINE.

The National Board OF Health has appointed
committee OF three. consisting Of Drs. r
w. Mitchell, Of Memphis; s. M. Bemiss, Of
New Orleans, and Fl. A. Johnson OF Chicago
to confer with the railroad and steamboat
companies Of the Mississippi valley, u.t4r :
view to preparino r,,io~ Ia regulations Tor
80 = Tue Introduction of contagious OF
infectious diseases from one State into
another In such a manner as to secure the
greatest sanitary good at least expense to
commercial interest. Representatives Of each
line In this and other Southern States are
urgently requested to be present.
The Importance Of this conference cannot
be moderated. II certain views were carried
into effect, inland quarantine would practi-
cally amount to such decentralization of in
fected districts as to utterly prevent all COM
munication and travel; while, on the other
hand. too lenient theories might lead to
grave and distressing results. The only way
to arrive at happy means is by just such a
cooperation Of medical men and chiefs of
transportation as the proposed meeting will
certainly bring about.
Whatever may be the views on the subject
OF quarantine against foreign ports, no one
can possibly doubt that the subject OF inland
quarantine is one affecting the vital interests
not only Of New Orleans, but Of every city In
the South. It is one requiring not only the
most exact profound science, but also knowl-
edge Of the wants OF the several communities
affected. It is one which may be either a
blessing or curse to the people. and hence
demands extreme care and deliberation Ia It's
management.
Certainly the most important work yer
undertaken by the National Board of Health.
It Is to be hoped that It will be carried to sat-
isfactory end. The members Of the commit
tee are well known and trustworthy experts
and between them and the railroad and
it is probable that excellent
rules will be drafted, preventing recurrence
OF the absurd embargoes Of last year and vet
guaranteeing protection to all.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-26
PIErY AND STOCK.

The New York Observer of recent date con-
tains a little history Of a transaction which
deserves to be given circulation as widely as
possible.
"A certain railroad company near or In New
York had no Sunday trains for years, but had
resolved to yield to the popular demand for
them, and accordingly published new sched-
ule. Four OF the directors Of the road were
strict Sabbatarians and devout members OF
the church, and were highly disturbed by
this sacrilegious and awful innovation. What
were they to do? On the one hand they were
men Of deep and ardent piety; on the other,
they were large and thriving stockholders In
the wicked and worldly railroad. There was
nothing left for them but to dispose Of the sin
full stock to some hardened but speculative
reprobate, and wash their hands clean OF
corporation SO depraved as to violate Sabbath
OF rest. So, finding some reckless and
funded sinners, they conscientiously I'M
loaded their erring stock at $3.50 a share and
retired from the business. What was the re-
suit? Why, within week judgment was
passed upon those purchasing Sinners The
stock dropped in four days to
thirty, then to twenty, then to ten.
Thus did an inscrutable Providence
avenge the blasphemous purchase But
there were certain complications in the iudg-
ment which were narrowing to pious contem-
plation OF the retribution. The wicked buyers
didn't clothe themselves In sackcIoth and
much repentance and pray for forgiveness.
Not a bit oft. They got out their little weap-
e-s, euu went cunning for those pious direct
ors, who wisely and precipitately fed the
scene. And thus, In the turmoil Of uncer-
tainty, the beautiful moral Of the whole thing
is lost to view.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-26
OBSTACLES.

We apprehend that suff1 Client thought Is not
given to the position Of the gentlemen who
have signed the majority report upon the
State debt and who have advocated It's adop-
ton in the Convention.
It may be- true that many Of these dele
gates have modified their views since the ex-
tended discussion OF the question, Or, that
they still feel 1t to be their duty to their con-
stituents to secure the adoption OF tne
majority report If possible.
Be this as it may, we can readily under
stand how delegates who have assumed
decided position in favor of the majority re-
port, would feel unwilling to subject them
selves to the criticism Of their constituents, Ii
they should abandon the ground they have
SO vigorously maintained, before the ques-
tion was passed upon by a vote OF the Con-
vention.
It was generally believed that some COM
mon ground had been found upon which the
minority and majority delegates could unite,
when the report was recommitted, otherwise
1t would have been much better to have had
vote upon the majority report In Convention,
and II, as generally believed, 1t had been voted
down, delegates favoring the report would
have felt themselves at liberty to entertain
compromise suggestions.
We do not know how far such cOnaidera-
tions prevail with delegates, but knowing
these gentlemen to be men OF strong cOnvlc-
tions, 1t does not seem to us probable that
they will recede from their report until 1t
shall have been acted upon by the Conven-
tion. If this be the case it may be well to
soAx 1fxY %h.,
original proposition at an early date
In order that this obstacle, II one 1t be, may
be removed, and delegates who may now feel
themselves committed, by report or speeches,
to the support Of the majority report, be free
to embrace such other propositions as may
seem to them proper, should the report be re-
jected.
Upon this subject we think It proper to say
that the article OF Wednesday morning In the
New Orleans Times, broadly and directly in
sinuating that the Debt Committee are accept
Ing the advice and cooperation Of the brokers,
and charging corruption upon the members
OF the Convention, is the most Infamous pub
LEGATION that has appeared III public journal
In this city.
III any further testimony were needed to
convince the members Of the Convention, or
the public, that the Times is laboring to de-
feat any adjustment OF this question that viii
bring harmony to Democratic councils, we
think 1t can be found In this gross and I'M
warrantable assault, made at time when 1t
is well known that the very best efforts OF
patriotic delegates are being exerted to dis
cover some compromise ground upon which
the extremes can unite.
The assault upon the Debt Committee will
not meet the approval Of any gentleman in
this community. The common principles OF
justice and decency should have induced the
Times to have produced the proofs OF the &C
cusations made In their columns, and fall
ure to do SO will brand that paper as guilty
Of willful and malicious SANDER.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-26

Gen. Burnside takes very broad view Of
the Monroe doctrine. He holds that the con-
struction Of a canal across the Isthmus Of
Panama by France and other European
powers would be violation of this doctrine
and direct insult to the United States, and
he calls on the United States Senate to issue
a pronunciamento to this effect Gen. Burn
side is very military, but 1t Is hardly likely
that the United States Is going to send her
Feet to Panama because the Colombian gov
eminent allows corporation, at the head Of
which are M. de Lesseps and Lieut.. Wyse, to
cut a canal that will connect its Atlantic and
Pacific ports.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-26
j. IA. BURKE, Managing Editor.
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM OF 1876 AND
1878

That the Democratic Conservative party OF
The State of Louisiana in Convention assem-
bed, do hereby reiterate all the pledges con-
tanned in the party platform adopted ~ Juty,
1876, and particularly the following, to acat:
eve hereby pledge our party to the satsstac-
sio7, of all the legal obligations issued by TIE
State of Louisiana; to the most strenuous e
forts IN the direction Of reform and an eco
nonaical administration of the government, es-
pecially to the abolition Of all unnecessary pato
lic Offices; to the reduction Of the fees and sata-
yies Of office to the standard Of q tar remit
neration; the consequent reduction Of taratto''
to the loapest possible limit commensurate ac'th
TIE necessary expenses of the government and
ne preservation of the public faith, and the
cswtailment of the dangerously large patronage
of the Chief Executive Of the State
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-26

The fervent and poetical PIC has now a
correspondent after its own heart. Describ-
Ing Lamar's appearance while delivering a
sl'eecn Yesterday, the PCS correspondent
observes:
iHerest h, wan from sentineing of the South's
eleet s eyes EYES shone like two incandescent
tellectnality. ~ sne haio OF personal In
NOW. TO the unpoetic eye, Lamar,s ont;cs
don't look any more like ;ncanaas . op p,na
modes than they do like soft bolad aaa 80. -.
plnRged waterLa eions, but the smila ~ 49, -
lug go to speak, especially as the orha 1sou
'4p'ea as "softened by the halo 81 persona nns !
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-26

The Zulus are rapidly rising In popular
favor in several portions Of Europe. In Dub
lin they are In special favor, and song,
'Hurrah for the Zulus! Is always cheered.
The French Radicals, since the affair Of the
Prince Imperial, have fallen in love with the
Zulus, and amused themselves yesterday by
serenading the Imperialists with cries Of
The Zulus forever!" The natural result-a
Eiot-followed, which necessitated the inter-
ference Of the police. The Zulus have forced
themselves forward as prominent political
question In England, ireland and France.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-26

The ex-Empress Eugene Is reported In q
very precarious condition. She seemed to
have been attacked just as Carlotta was,
when she received the news Of Maxlmilian's
execution. Ever since the Empress has
known of the death OF her only and dearly
beloved son, she has been out OF her senses,
unablet to sleep, unable to take enough food to
support her. Her condition at last reports
was very critical, and death, or the same fate
that awaited the hapless Carlotta are by no
means improbable.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-26

There was day when the coal oil men OF
Pennsylvania made fortunes and when pc
troleum like shoddy was the synonym for
one who had made a sudden fortune. These
days, however, are gone, and petroleum now
commands In the New York market only ~
cents per gallon. The oil region Of Pennsyl-
vania Is no longer gold mine; the price Of
oil now scarcely pays for the digging of the
navy u7nl1p
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-26

The Arizona, Of the Guion line, has just
completed the trip from New York to Queepsf
town, Ireland, Ia the remarkable shsc; t :, =.
- eoson uase an susoibfd thus enabling her to
snolses. .ll championship Of the Atlantic be-
sl1 1 dispute. The Arizona can also lay claim
to the honor Of being the largest passenger
steamer afloat, being exceeded in size only by
the Great Eastern, which has been for many
years out Of the passenger business.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-26

Mark Twain wears his hair long, uses
"Braziiian pebble" glasses, sports French
heels and rattan cane, and Is partial to
neckties. His friends are profoundly grieved
at this unseemly levity Of Mark.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-26

intellectually" IL 1t wouldn't be an eyre
gious exhibition Of deplorable ignorance, We
would be tempted to ask exactly what "incan-
descent electrodes" looked like when 50 soft
ened," exactly as some months ago we silently
thirsted for information from the PIC on the
subject OF 'staccato violins," but prudently
refrained from inquiry into SO profound
subject. Perhaps, however, the Pic will vol
UNFAIRLY rise and explain.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-26

White whales are unlucky In New York.
The average life Of those imported is about
three months, for as a rule no sooner does
the frolicsome cetacean get comfortably over
the effect Of his trip than he begins series
OF gymnastic exercises, usually resulting in
the smashing Of his aquarium. Barnum's
last committed feto de sc, about five months
ago, In this manner, and now has successor
who evidences desire to follow his exam
rIn
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-26

One OF the peculiar occupations 10 New
York Is that Of the finder, who haunts ferry
landings and the front Of theaters, to pick up
such small change as may be dropped by the
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-26

Al Oswego former, on June q, shot him
self, fiurg himself off trestle, then held his
head over the rail while an express train was
DasgiIlp He died
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-26

Emile lola, the rage In fiction just now, Is
thirty-nlne, the son of canal builder.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-26
BODLEY BROTHERS

BODLEY BROTHERS
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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-26

Sunday school books are at a discount. One
New York firfn offers is 900 pages for $25.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-26

The above Watches are
correct timers, and all sol
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ting q full examination
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Money can be sent safel
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