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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-14

EXCHANGED By the public icT gAnsl than they
ets Ok to-day for. the clipper ships u the past
II their huge sails were seen alpnRslds Of the
amoke.plpes Of = White ntsr. = uanara, RI a "A
a. lila wort III fhilit Canal eckome does when
eompared With the lettiss Of today: ls
mi schatuee which arc now absorb
ing 10 much Of the time Of The honorable com
mIftee, viii sppear equally absurd after the
com pjsti6n 81 d ship railway
In conclusion, beg to suggest that II IL OF
the utmost importance to American commerce.
that II shall be. enabled. wheM works upnh the
advantages therefrom II the least possible sx-
penae. II must be conceded that the capitals
who will control the works when built VIII pig
entitled to rea,zs profit proportional TO the
magnitude Of their Investment: therefore. II iH
question Of the arst moment 70 the American
people whether the neeessatY means oost
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-14
PARsELL's REPORT.
Two Hundred Thousand Dollars Collected In
America for the Relief Of Ireland
Probabilities Of The Election
In the Green Isle, Etc.
ff1hiaaxo Timas i

tOhicaxo Tlmes.l
NEW YoRR, March tO.~=Charlss 4. Parpell
arrived In the city ut 10 100 o'clock Tonight,
ON his way back to England, committees
oortsd him ID Che Filth Avenue hotel, where
large number Of his friends were waiting 10
recslvs him. In answer to calls for spsech
Mr.. Parnsll said. among other things:
regret that 1t has become my duty 10 re-
since our work Ia this country has Just begun.
| could not have hoped to traverse the Held
fully during the next three Or four months.
After the general election. which Will be over
In 4 months time. hope 70 return to this
of now. am glad that you have taken prao-
tical steps here, and that two organizations
have been formed Tor the furthsranee Of the
purpose 81 the Land League. l have asked
York Hotel, and there viii explain to them
fully what / think ought to bs done during
my absence for the pushing on Of the work
We all have 90 much al heart. We have trav-
eled over ten Thousand miles, and visited six
ty.two different cities. and verywllere the
with tho most extraordinary 0titburst 0f gym.
pnthy | certainly did anticipate q kindly
welcome by the 1fishmen IN America. but
was not prepared for tho extraordinary depth
0f feeling shown III every city, abd not only
IN cities but stations where we tnst deputa-
tions who presented addresses to- us during
The few u,Dlnents the train waited. We havv
collected about *2D0,0eO, and Ut this about
&l2O, 900 has actually reached ireland and Ia
doing It's good work there. l sse on every
side very strong desire TO assist the Ma
ttUuHt Htttd bsHstae IA ttn work. / think It
could 30 Immensely helped by tho forming Of
branches In America. propose TO do this bs~
fore my departure to- morrow,
Speaking of the object 0f his return. Mr..
parnsll sald to . reporter:
/ am sure Ut carrying my own county Of
Meath. but until | get homs can't say much
about the CANVASS. We shall gain. | thiHA.
from twelve to twenty lrishlnel IN The house.
Repprtsf-FrOn what goutltiesf
Mr.. Parnell--Wsl. lipperary, Cork City.
Waterford. two In CARLOW. Galway City, New
Hoas, Monag hon. Kildare and Donegal. There
will be come others, too, perhaps.
Nep.-~Will oil those gained by Land league
men7
Mr.. P,-oh. yes.
Nsp.-How much money have you collected
for the agitation fund.-
Mr.. Prom 80 900 to $4,000.
Kep.-Have you heard Of any cases OF stnrva-
NJ. oh, yes; II IL Just ny bad ~ we pre-
dieted. There have been good many deaths.
Rep.AHavs you heard Of any INSTANCES In
which money sent 10 the Mansion House fund
was used. rs you predicted, only for those
farmers who paid their rents
Mr.. p+-1 never aa:d IL WAS To be 30 used.
Mr.. Parnell sails ON the steamer baltic to-
morrow afternoon, and will ba escorted down
the bay by tho blxty.niath Regiment and
many citizens on q large excursion steamboat.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-14


Ny own studies have satisfied me that tho
lai Rest loaded ships may b. carried with per-
feet safety ut ten or twelve miles per hour on
steel rails Weighing but seventy pounds per
yard. The kind used on flrst.class railroads. and
On wheels which will not impose AZ great u
pressure upon the rails as that OF the driving
aud that no grades need be encountered from
ocean to ocean on several routes greater than
l per cent. or 50 feet to the mile.
Transportation OF ocean vessels. promises more
certainty Of success than was given In favor Of
the application q steam On the ocean before
pool to New York The present proposition is
not SO much OF an untried experiment rs that
was. because to. day vessels OF q few hundf ed
both IN this country and Ia Europe. Forty
years ago large canal boats were. and believe
are yet transported over the .Aleghenies In
~ with the wonderful achievements Of the past
| forty years bsfore us. no Intelligent man Will
doubt that we can transport Slips to- day by rail
way IA easily az We could transport canal boats
SIX years ago. when the question 81 opening
the mouth 81 the Mississippi was being con
sidered. the only means supposed By the great
mass OF the public 10 be possible. was q cat al
| as in the present instance. 1t then required
rne utmost efforts and most persistent arRu-
| ments to induce the government 70 ,ry TIE
difficulty BY ietlies. And 70 strong IRE preju..
dices fixed In the minds Of men. that 1t is not
unlikely that II the jetty plan had not been
financial. and. may add. the professional rick
Of failure with the offer to do the work 81 less
than the official estimates q tts cost. the gov
yesrs et 70 COME come. Be deialns ID the swanps Of
Louisiana to CONSTRUCT canal at = Cost three or
four times greater than the jetttes which to- day
tue aad Il Me- ib.o
the cheaper and quicker plan has been tried
- t0nnd g b. success. y would 10 more ~
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-14
10 tho Honorable the President Of the Senate.
the Speaker Of the Hpune aud the Members
N thn ClanatRj Assembly OF Louisiana.

The undersigned. residents 81 the city Of
orsans, ssfl 70 View ,e
s i he present form d ths soyeraneat d
sSs, IL; s Mex S Srsas h Af sasssn q
ar 4 N thst Such change
desired BY those. glasses Of the ,population
sesfs w. ss Wien eass
them to this coneusioh. are as folloya.
s rhe sssassa q seys 2 lines se Iaas ~
thirty years. and each time At t4e expense OF lite
b. I, ,H ae 81 u. geS
e s - political destiny. - ...s.s..s..
A% essd s. ssss q
and was undoubtedly the cause which led. TO
e All o,n changes. 100 SLOW Irresponsible aud
possible. y a. the same time opened he door
troaiuaed the element Of uoliea Into our mu-
niclpal affairs and created dissensions among
W. believe the present aystem with slight
notifications. can he made TO secure an em.
government VA suggest TINT The bureaus
which ars how objsotlsHe, should be abolished !!
that the Mayor and Aamlnistrators q Fiaaua.e;
constitute the executive department Ut the city !,
III a that board 1T couhclltnen. composed OF
not sss s wa . s e,s s s1sso
s sss Win q and aasStY s
4 ss s XIV a. Mssss .a me as sa
lions aud respensl6ility, d ,hp hoard 81 doan-
elmen, being atrletly d aped. very simple
organization would 90 Reached and ny ihe cleo.
hta, carbohydrates aSs H 81 si liz AFFAIRS e. ''
Furthermore. your netitionefs arc sure fhae
as ,sp2 9f sf sys naw es s9@
CITY kss suffered from the d,aas tiers which have
81 the world-siagnation IT business. and y do.
greass In the value Of propsrty ri I'll kinds.
With the returning, prospettty which is now
and prudence would seem to dictate top radical
. change. IN the present system should not be
We va d do hot wish our children to be- educated
Into 4 thorough reliance on change ~ 4 remedy
Tor al their grievances. Rather should they DO
eeeh Isssioss :. msi, and si,lsens - ~ .'.'''
We would also respectfully represent hat any
he s bS Sests s mitch wsaa
10 The date Of tho general election In November
next. would DO srcatly detrimental 10 the Inter.
sf q M people ~ wss w e e
sesss " sas bse she = ,e% i
been been, almost destroyed By 4 composition which
abe. had been rendered powerless % resist,
Added to this, she wus seourxed by an epidemic
unex lmp,ed In IT. deetructivenens 10 the lives
OF liz citizens. and In tho terror. .whiah u ip.
.pired ,hroashont the land Under prov..
now 10 DO recos erin9 from these ealamities
and all those glasses Interested In u are strain.
ins every nerve 70 be- prepared to utilize u when
| Ii comes In full and complete force. There
should, then. be nothing 10 distract attention
from this important point. A municipal. cleo
ton during the Rprtpg or summer would ht
/ distracting and miaehIsvoua. and We hnmbly
Wk you. should you le9isato .npon our cit,
Affairs ut all. 70 POSTPONE any election to q dai
when we could spar. the time to hold It. i !,
~ nearly m poesiblo. Il united people. Al
| election now might endanger this desired
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-14

Sicilian brigands recently carried away a
son from his father, at Vale della Vita, prom
Using to restore him on payment Of 6Ooe
francs. The father gave Information to the
police, and by their activity the brigands
we're discovered, and cave near Oaltabellot-
ia was named as the place where the boy was
to be found. The father and the soldiers, on
entering the cave found the bones OF the lad
lying about, the flesh having e., been an, eater
been murderded by the brigands In revenge
for the supposed treachery Of the father In
giving Information to the police.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-14

The latest and most striking instance OF
Lenten self-denial is reported from fashion.
able female boarding school, The principal
had told the young ladies that In the pent-
tential season now ut hand "they should NOR
tify the flesh by denying themselves some
particular article OF food"-and she glanced
at the table, on which we're the viands which
custom provides at those establishments.
The next morning the spokeswoman told her
that the girls had unanimously resolved to
give up hash."IT The Hour.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-14
BANK MANAGEMENT.
The Incidental Expenses o. Some Of the
New York Savings Banks.

The Runker's Ma0asine gives some interest
Ing figures from Mr. Lambs report ~ to the
management Of New York savings banks. In
one bank the first officer has been receiving
tst0o per attnattl during the laat three years
Of his llse when he had been on q permanent
leave Of absence. In another bank Inc seere-
tary, with q salary Of 5000. recslyed 10 add
tioti ~ extra compensation *27. 900 In ten
years. Among other Items reported from dif-
fsrsnt banks we lind such as these:
January 1ass for bust OF president. e7b0 90
May issg for bust 81 sseretary a,,.. $50 W
friends Of tho bank. '..........ss.ss.s1 e7e 80
Or take another instance:
July q. 1867. wedding present to child OF
former treasurer 80, 1850. &t15 90
June ~, 1865, home assoeiAtion 1900 20
october a. isss. wedding present to vito -.
OF bookkseper. ttztst.*ts. = e..stt#.. 10 w
This bank believed In "tempering the wind
To ascertain whether that bookkeepsr's wife
Ia remnrryin9 got better husband, ~ the
price Of the present was raised. Here Ii an
other specimen:
March. 1868. entertainment .s.-s.'....t d9i 10
MAY 1bBp entsrtai Il M mt .........fs..4 GAG 90
March INTO entsrtain rnstt ........1..... Go ~
Eabr unyy tH7i stltsrtNi n tuent ....... sos 10
May 1A7a enfgrtain ment .....s.44.s...... isV 20
February, 1873. enter tain ments 1gs 90
Fsbr nary 1H14 eutsrtAi n ment. 179 60
fsbrn.ry 1870 en.sr f ,.,dant As %
ApfIl. lhsV Hervlgeol siVe1 W pl''.tueu.
for long aud faithful services Without
ealNry .s..... b2tB &c
July 1868. portrait Of president. 1856 oo
In the accounts OF another bank u ,633 IL
put down for five dinners given To the
| trustees. No wonder that. with such expenses
M these, people lost condolences In sayinxa
banks.
The examiner Is trying to explain to the
fat-headed listeners the character Of mira 2,
Gle lie asks scholar, what ID q mrAcler
. II don't know. SIR" "Tf-all ut onee-the sun
appeared IN the heavens ut night, what would
You say It waa?" "The moon." "But, II you
were told it Was the sun, what would you
lie. Suppose told you IL was tho SUM- The
scholar, after a moments deep reflection
bobbed his head. "PIeaae. Sir, I'd say you
| were drunk Deutache Ieltung.
/ -~~@e~1 . -
There are 800, 43o Roman Catholics In Scot
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-14

Nine stowaways were found on one Liver
pool steamer bound for Boston. the Other
day, and dispatches say the rush Ct emlgra.
enough 70 pay their passage - very great.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-14

There are 800. 430 Roman Catholics In Scot
land.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-29
"A Duel on HOI seback,

The Earl of Glencairn challenged Lieut..
Gen. Sir George Munro for grossly oppro-
brious language used by him towards the
Highland troops, as being 'no other than a
pack of thieves and robbers" They met
In field near Dornoch, "by gray daylight.
They were 10th we'll mounted on horseback;
each of them were to have one pistol, after
discharging which they were to fight
with broad-swords. The pistols were fired
without doing harm. They then engaged
with their swords, and, after few passes,
my Lord had the good fortune to give Sir
George a sore stroke on the bridlc-nand,
whereupon Sir George cried out that he was
not ablo to command his horse and
hope, says ho, you will fight me on foot
'Ye earle says my Lord, 4 will let you
know that Pm q match for you either on foot
or horseback Whereupon they both
alightcd and at the first bout MY Tsortl
gave him sore stroke on the brow, about
an inch above his eyes, which bled so much
that he could not see. Ills Lordslip was
going to thrust him through the body: but
John White, his man, pushed up his sword,
and said: You had enough of him, my
Lord His Lordship, In a passion, gave
INN stroke over the shoulders, and then
TOOK his horse and came to his quarters
Munro and his brother went to head quar-
ters, but with n,ich ado, for the bleeding
head and hand.b Their only attendants
as seconds were Lord Glencairn's trulfpeter
and valet-4hls man John above mentioned
--and Lieut.. Col, Alexan der Munro, a
younger brother OF By George, $..s 10
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-29
A Thrilling Night

The steamship Rotterdam, from Rotor.
dam to New York, met a terrible gale on
tho lst. Of March which increased through
out the day and at nigmfall had attained
the fury of Il hurricane. The engines were
kept moving just sufficiently to maintain
stccragcway the $50 steeragc passengers
were confined under battcned-down matches.
and every prccaution that care and expert
encc could devise was employed to miti-
gate the imminent danger. The storm was,
however, an extraordinarily violent one
the worst, in the opinion of the first officer,
John Verncs, that he has ever encountered
In long service on the sea--and tho Vessel,
tossed by gigantic waves, laborcd so heavily
that she threatened momcntarily TO cap
size. at 2 o'clock on the 2nd. a noun.
tain-like wave came aboard on the port
bow, and, rushing aft with tremendous
force, carried away tic false bulwarks
thrown across the deck in front of the first
hatch; then becoming jammed in the mar
row passage beside the chart-room, dashed
IN whole panncl OF that apartment, and
forced out the opposite panel on tho star
board side for Its escape. The Captain
was seated at his table in tho chart-room,
when tons upon tons Of water were hurled
over him through the burstcd sldo of the
room, and without waiting an instant to
open the door behind him, he took a loadcr
out Of the new aperture in the wall, with
the swiftly -rushing billow, and picked
hin,self up away amidships, startled, con
fused, and soaked, but Ynhurt The same
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-29
Colorado Heights.

just west of the limo of. contact of plun
and mountains; rise come oe tho sublimcst
peaks in America. Go up Pixies Peak be-
fore sunrise. and you will sec about twenty
peaks tipped with flame that are over Id,
600 feet above the sea. The Alps have
very few that are higher, and nowhere so
many visible from one place. Colorado
has one hundred peaks over $4,000 feet
high, and two hundred more over 13, 900
1cet. Among these peaks lie the parks in
the same general direction north and south.
These are large areas from twenty TO one
hundred miles wide, and from sixty to
two hundred miles long. They are sup
posed to have formerly been very deep
lakes among the mountains, but the noun
tain barrier having been cleft with canon
they are now dry. They arc located as
follows, beginning at the north First,
North peak, then two charming little ones
called Egcria and Estes Middle park, then
South park in the middle OF the State
where Fremont was hcmmcd IN with snow
and obliged to subsist on his mules-and
San Luis park in the south. The view of
these deep inclosed valleys from the sur
rounding heights is attractive in the cx-
trcmc. Men build their cities and work
their mines at unheard-of elevations. All
lIeadvillc, with its $1,000 inhabitants, is
l,o26 feet above the sea; the Stevens
mine is nearly II, 600, and the present help
mine Id, 900 feet above the sea. This is
nearly twice and half the elevation of
Mount Washington.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-29
A Floating lslanu.

Among the many natural curlosllles of
Oregon, it is not generally known that
there is " FLOATING island. Up in the
" Siskiyous," lying like pearl in the grent
mountain chain, is Squaw Lake, bcauti-
fnl sheet Of water now utilized by mining
company rs Il reservoir. For many years
the lake has been favorlte and delightful
resort for fishing partics and contained
nearly its centre an island, comprising
about an acre of ground, covered with lux
uriant grass and a growth Of willow and
alder. 1t was never dreamed that the
pretty little island was not part of terra
TRINA; but when tho bulkhcad across the
outlet of the lake damned Up It's waters,
tie island rose slowly until 1t lad been clc-
vatcd fully sixteen feet above its original
level. 1t would be question for the nat
uralist, rather than the geologist, to deter
mine the age of this floating island, as it is
evidently made up entirely of decayed veg
citation. Perhaps at some remote period
the roots of tree, uptorn by a mountain
storm and drifting out into the lake, formed
the nucleus from which the island has
grown; but it seems singular that it should
have remained anchored and Interchangeable
in Its position. The locality is much fro
quentcd by pleasure. seekers, who will here.
after notice the increased elevation.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-29
An Irish Fishing Village.
There was scarcely wcll-thatched

| There was scarcely a wcll-thatched cabin
in the village; the floors of most of them
were as muddy as the roads, and dotted
with little pools Of water, which seemed a
refreshing feature to the ducks that came
in, in quest Of food. The most sheltered
corner Of the cabin is devoted to the pig,
and the chickens seize upon every coin of
| vantage for roost. Nets hang from the
| raftcrs. and the equipments of the boats
are disposed in whatever dry hooks the
habitation boasts Of. The warmest SPOT on
the hearth is usurpcd by the cat, cherished
with great care as the protector against
their terrible enemies the rats; and beside
| 1t an old woman, who did moi seem to have
changed her clothes since her youth, cutl-
died the latest born of the household.
The village was prcvadcd with SO strong
an odor Of fish and tar that less agreeable
cmanalions were unnoticed. The dunghcup
was zcalorsly guarded by the door have
seen it, indeed, in the very living room Of
the occupants-as the riches that were to
prosper their next years potato crop; and
every morning the pig was sent on, to walk
with solcitudc for his health not be-
slowed upon the other members Of the
family. These people spend three -fourths
or their time III idllng and gossipinS saw
poor haggard Old women at the doors of
their cabin, or by the village well, who
had to crouch like apes to make their rags
cover them, SO mad for gossip that they
forgot their hunger and the rain that soaked
them; and day after day old men gath
cred on the sheltered side OF wal and
talked with rs much gravity as if they had
never seen each other before, and every re-
cltal was an unhcard of marvel Troops
Of half-clothed and haIf-sturvcd children
sprawled in the mud, fought among them
selves, or with loud ycls crowded about
some poor ass, lnflicing all the tcrn,cn!s
that their mtutorcd imagina,ions could
suggest, while their mothers, cans in hand
whispered, with lmazemcnt writtei. Oh
their faces, of all they had heard or seen or
dreamed OF since yesterday in village de-
pendent entirely upon itself for its topics OF
interest. llithcr, l learned, the priest
! came once year to hear the confession of
the inhabitants. They repair to one of the
cabins, where, while the pig, chickens,
ducks, and geese arc kept in abcyancc by
The Jealous host and hostess, the rite is
celebrated. Among these people, whose
only extravaganza seems 10 be on the score
ol their religion, he is entertained and re-
Quilted in u manner quite out Of proportion
TO the means of his entertainers; and when
departing, after the manner of the fond
mother Ill the story-book, who whipped
her children and put them to bed, he gives
them all sound rating upon their iilcness
and rcmissness in their religious observance,
and receives III return, ''long life to your
reverence" and "Gotlspced," from his
humble flock.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-29
81 Licked Tim :"

''Now, Mrs. Roosmycr' said his honor,
"what do you want warrant for2"
'Toor my husband, so much know"
''What's he's been doing9"
81 licked him."
"You licked himl' g t.t -
81 licked him. Und got right by dose. ~
'1Iow do you make that out2"
even l told you, then you find out Tflx
his dinner SO he 60 py his work.. Then he
catch his hand pehint und say he got pain
in his pack. So he lie down on the lounge
und groan like he vas very pad. Ven he
feels peter it vas too late to go py his york,
so he say he go nit the greek und catch
some fish. He don'd goome pack pcforc II
vas nighd, und all the fish vat he got vas as
meesrable lcedle pullhead what YOU
couldd ground; put he smell like some peer
parrels more ash dwcndy dimes. Und den
he say:
"What for supper aind ready2'
Il tell him you schplit some of dose fire
wood und dalk nit you. Then he catch
by his arm und schrcam:
ooh got the roomasticlSs!"
$50 you can'd schplit some wood2" I
say.
'sNcin. Oh! ohl dose roomaticksl doso
roomaticks !" he kept on griveing. ...,
Then I vas madden ash you dink. Und
say:
even you dold me you got a balm in your
pack, cay nothing. Und ouf you got
DOODLE up on acconnd you got some OF dose
roomatickst say it vas all rlghd Put, by
golly, ouf you dose BAN in the pack und
dot roomaticss Won don'd gone only ven
you got some york to do, then I lick you
on sighd."
"Vcry well, if you licked him what 'd,
you want a warrant FORE
"Oh acconnd he shall be locked oud the
way so l. put smcarcase on my own brod,
by shimmcny. Vot you dinks2''