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The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-16
THE FIRST DISTRICT.
Correspondence Between Chairman
Adams and Gen. Gibson.
A Suggestion from the Latter that
Measures Should Be Taken to
Heal Existing Dis
sensions.
Rooms OF FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DIsTRIo T !
Convention, Masonic Hall.
New Orleans April a. 1886.

Rooms OF FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DrsTRIo
Convention, Masonic Hall.
New Orleans. April H. 1880.
Hon. r l. Gibson:
Dear Str-As chairman Of the delegation
forming the Convention of the First Con-
gre ssional District. am directed to notify you
that you were at a session Of that body held
this day. nomInaed to be the Dem ocratic ,n-
servative candidate for member Of the United
States House OF Representatives from the First
Congressional District of Louisiana at the COM
ing general. election.
This nomination is rendered not only as an
evidence OF our appreciation OF your public
services In the rast, but also because OF our
deep sense Of the Importance Of preser Wing
your able assistance and large experience In
securing the passage of those measures 80
fruitful of good to our State and people, the In
PRODUCTION of whioh you have already effected.
Your we'll known solicitude for our welfare
prompts the belief that you will consent to con-
tinue the good work you have 30 we'll begun.
and give us an earnest thereof by accepting the
candidacy which am instructed to formally
tender to you,
Yours. very respectfully.
LIONEL ADAMS. Chairman.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-16
market He has no business which might be
injured by bis becoming Democratic candi-
date for the Presidency,

market. He has no business which might be
Injured by bis becoming Democratic candi-
date for the Presidency.
It is now asserted that the delegates to the
National Republican. Convention from Rhode
Island are not for Blaine first. last and all the
time. They have been Instructed to vote for the
strongest man before the convention, and Will
supp rt Grant II his strength comes up to the
number claimed for him.
The efforts TO secure harmony between the
Wallace and Randall factions In Pennsylvania.
at the Harrisburg Conv vention, will be lament.
able failure. Judging from the surface indiea-
lace. does sll the conceding. and Wallace ie
anxious to secure the same desirable result Ii
he is allowed the exclusive management OF af-
fairs.
NEW YORK Aprl 1s-The Herald to. day COM
pletes the publication Of Its series Of Inter views
from the Southern kt trs.. They. are Of the
same general tenor as those he etofote and 20
to show the Southern Democratic leaders a
most unanimous in decl .rtng that 4 lden's
nomination for President would be suicidal and
ruinous.
30 far as heard from the Grant men seem to
cent election In Virginia for delegates to the
state convention. Zach Of the following
Grant men. to the State convention: Caroline.
Chesterfield, Oulpepper. Henrico.' Hanover,
Norfolk. Prince George aud R,ckingh ham.
Dinwiddie and Elizabeth City chose each one
q eeates out OF a possible twenty. 1t is b =.
II we'd thst returns from Other counties will
show that a large mejority OF q ant delegates
have been chosen. A gentleman who arrive !
TO- day from Norfolk, and who has been aec;;
lively engsgsd iu the asnvass of the State. said
the Republicans are almost unsnimous for the
nomination of Gen. Grant, and that many OF the
more conservative Democrats announce that
they will support the ex.Presid, mt II he is
Nominated.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-16
WASHINGTON.
The Work Being Done by the Vari-
ous Congressional Comm ,Ittees.
The Star Mail Route-BrsidgesO Over
Virginia Rivers-The reedmen's
Bank-Eades Plan for I'M
proving the Harbor OF
vtcksburg.
The Texas Pacific Railrcad.

WASHINGTON, April 49, The Senate Commit
ee on Poetofapes and Post Reads to daY ap-
Sc,nted subcommittee to examine the eslst-
tag laws for'the regulation OF the Star service.
and report whether any revision is necessary.
The senass Oommerce UJmmtttee 10 day de-
aided TO report tverselv on the bill GO author
ixe the Rich mond and Southwestern Railway
COMPANY TO construct bridges across certain
rivers In Virginia. The committee bases It's
action u2on several decisions OF the United
Supreme Court, TO the effe that when both
banks OF a stream are Ia the came state the
Legislature thereof has ample authority tie
authorize the construction of bridges across
Representative G'Conner. of South G ,rolina,
madean elaborate argument before the Ways
and Means Committee Of the House to-day IN
favor OF his bill to remuFerat the freshmen r
their losses threcgh the failure of the Freed
meme Savings Institution.
Repres entatiye 'OhalH ers, of Miesissippf, to.
day presented 30 the HOUSE the report of Uept.
FADE for the Improvement OF V,ekeburg mar
bor, toeeth,er With ? map fr,m % the viekshara M bur
The Senate Committee on Railroads heard
M on 81 te e esas g
and adjourned to meet on Saturday, when ac-
! ton Is expected. Or, ,Huptina,on and J. N.
Wilson al eued against the btil ana Gov Brown
OF Tennessee. reioined briefly
PUBLIC BuELprNas TO BIZ ERECTED.
The House Committee on Public Buildings
1 and Grounds hava, during th 8 present Con-
grees. recommended bills providtng tor the
various points. which will necessi5ate an .ap-.
preparation aRgregating ss7soooo. One. third
OF the amount will be reaui, ed during the first
year. OF the thirty seven bills above refel red
TO twenty. three are now upon the calendar OF
the House aud the remaining fou teen ara with
the committee. and will be- reported to the
House whenever reports OF committees are
again called,
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-16
SOUTHERN PRESS CONVENTION.
The Associated Press and Newspaper Rep
resentatives in Council.
Especial to the Democrat.l

Especial to the Democrat1
ATLANTA. April l5-Tae Southern Press As
pociation assembled here to-day and effected a
the last nesting of the assoeia.
ton having been In 1859. Representatives from
Charleston. Savannah. Augusta. Knoxville.
Chattanooga. Macon. Montgomery. Mobile. New
Orleans, vicksburg and Natchez were present.
Hon. srastus Brooks. president, and J. W..
Simonton. general agent Of the New York As
sociated Press, andW B. summerville general
agerS of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany. came from New York to meet the mem
bers Of the association. No reduction In rates
were obtained. bct 1t WAS agreed that ali papers
In the association should bs furnished iooe
wsrds extra per day upon the payment of iye
dsllars additional per week.
The citizens OF Atlanta are giving grand
reception at the Kimball House tonight to a
large Chattanooga excursion party and the
of the Prees Association.
Meesrs. Howell and Hemphill. OF the Atlanta
Constitutiow, deserve the thanks of the Southern
press for the hospitable reception extended By
them to the Press Association. 2. M. B.
tBy Associated Press.]
ATLANTA, April 5.-Repreeentatives of the
dily press OF the southern Sta es met here to-
increase their news faci tiles. A permanent
orRanizasion was ffected. With j. Il. Estelle. of
the Savannah Ne,cs. a. president.
Mr.. Stmonton. general manager, and Mr..
Erastus Brooks chairm su Of the executive
comptEtee Of the New York Associated Press,
partment Of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, were present.
satisfactory arrangements as to hours for
the Transmission and increase OF news were
made.
The following resolution was unanimously
adopted:
representatives of the Southern press here Hs-
sembled that the duty now levied upon print.
Ing paper and material used ia the manufac-
au hori2Dg an extension of the Voelser wood
pulp patent; and Senators and Representatives.
In CONGRESS will diseharge solemn duty they
acting law that will accomplish these objects.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-16
MARITIME.
A Leaking Vessel Puts Back Into Port.

NORFOLK. Va. April 1.-THE schooner Matte
A. Hand for Charleston. with a cargo OF rail-
passing the Capes.. when she put back and
stopped the LEAK: She again started on her
e@G pos Was nut 20
was held to-day and repairs ordered. She will
discharge part OF her cargo and stop the leak
BURNING OF STEAMER LOADED WITH WAR
MATERIAL.
LONDON. April 15.-Tbe British steamer AIN
wick Castle. bound for Valparaiso. with q large
cargo Of war material. has been burned while
lying at anchor In tn, river Elba. She was In
sured for f137 600.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-16

WEST POINT. April Gen. Schoffsld stated
to- day that there was no foundation for the
traitors Of the outrage on Whitaker. Hs aiso
said the public had got wrong impression
that the present investigation by court of
inquiry is the fret that has been made. when
the fact Is that upon presumption that the
guilty parties were In the corps OF cadets the
commandment Of the corps had used all his
powers In thorough and exhaustivs investiga-
ton, aud then sent his report of his failure to
ferret out the perp etrator to the superintsnd-
ent. Gen. Schofeld then ordered the court of
Inquiry to Investigate the impulation cast upon
Whit akar
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-16

SAvANNAH. Ga. April 15.-The sixth annual
Association. of Georgia, met tonight Dele
gates from all parts OF the State were in atten-
dance. Geo. Walter presided. Addresses Of
II. =. Train. and responded to by Mckinney
Low Of Augusta Walter B. Brown of Atlanta
and Thos, r. Gree. travelling secretary of the
International COMMITTEES The convention will
remain In session till Sunday next.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-16

The eloquent and earnest preach or. Rev. W
J. Murphy. whose energetic and touching SER
mons during the lenten exercises at
st. Patrick's Church were so much admired,
Will be the lecturer on the occasion of
the benefit for the poor visited by the ST. Vincent
de Paul SocietP. Sunday evening next, and tb 9
tnorough, exhaustive and esthtsfe maHner With
Wnich his subjects are. treated. give every
promise PFC OF byiliant edityinR and entertain
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-16

The lease wss ratified by the Louisville and
Nashville Road at It's speoial meeting In this
city last Saturday. but the matter has been kept
q secret The Gsorgla Railroad board OF dtsec-
and It was ratified by the Georgia Central the
same day
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-16
The Suspension Of Dodge, Potter e. Co

New YORK. April t5-Ths suspension of
Dodge, Potter Co.. No. "a Pine street, pro-
duees little or no effect on the Cotton Exchange,
other than NEE ing of the members to day rel
attve to their affairs. No action was taken; but
general sympa ny was expressed for the firm.
Superintendent Powers stated that the suspen-
sion. In his opinion. will not affect any men,
Der OF the Cotton Exchange, and that hs cannot
tell how the firm stands until to days averages
are made up The suspension was caused by
the failure OF customers to put up margins.
The members OF the frm expect to make ar
rangements to resume business
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-16
Purchase az n aRailroaa.

COLUMBIA, s. G.. April 15.-The Greenville
and Columbia railroad was bought to-day by
1t Is understood Mr.. Courtney is the rep re-
sentative Of syndicate controlling nearly all
!ne second mortgage bon Is OF the road and
Charleston. "
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-16
The telegraph War.

DENVER. Col. April 15.-By decision OF the
United States Circuit Court, rendered to-day.
covered possession of the wires alonfs the Dem
yer Pacific and Kansas Pacific Railroads. which
of February, and the American Union Is en-
Joined against further Interference herewith.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-16
Railroad Connections

LOUISVILLE. April 15-Ths Kentucky Lseis.
lature has passed q bill amend :ng the charter
Of the Maysvilie and Big SANDY Railroad Com
road from Cattlepurs to Newport and OWN 2 :
ton. making connection with the Chesapea ke
and Ohio hailroad.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-16
GeOrEfa Gold Fields.

ATLANTA. April Is. Additional adviees from
the gold field In Nacoochee valley show rich er
results than before reported, A solid nugget
weights. without flaw or gravel. Two hands
picked up geo pennyweighis Ia one day. The
mines are not for sale at any price,
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-16
The LoufsviiIe and Nashville Road Ex-
tending Its Lines.

LOUISVILLE. Aoril Is - Private dispatches
tsom Sayangah. received here, state that the
georgia Central Railroad and tha GsorRia Rail-
Eosa pave leased 10 the Louisville and Nash
xllie Railroad. with the privilege of purchase.
tnat portion OF thu Western Railroad OF Ala
oams extending from Montgomery 20 Selma.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-16
Colored Men ON yu,ies In Petersburg, Va.

PETERSBURG. April 15--At the regular quar-
Judge E. Mann presiding. which met to-day.
{ ur colored men were imDaneled as jdrymen.
gross have been impaneled In iuries here.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-16
THE LABOR QUESTION.
A Thousand Employees Thrown Out Of Work
in st. Louis. ...

ST. LOUIS, April 15.-Owing to dissatisfaction
among some employees OF the Vulcan steel
Works In regard to wages, the company have
closed part of their works for the preseat. One
thousand employees are out Of work.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-16

ATLANTA. Ga. April 1.-TWO hundred az.
oursionists arrived here to-day from Oincin.
lan and were to- might rendered a reeeption at
address Of welcome. and appropriate responses
were made. To morrow the exenrsfoflsts will
cave for Augusta. Charleston and Savannah.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-16
wALLENsTEIN's VICTORY AT NEwMAnKEr.

LONDON, April 1b.-L)rillard's three years
old chestnut colt Walenstein, by winning the
r race for the Newmarket handicap yesterday.
race for The city and suburban handicap, which
will come of at the Epson spring meeting, on
Thursday, the twenty-second instant. and Of
trades cup. which will come off at the Chester
meeting. on Wednesday. May s. Walenstein
won an easy victory yesterday. and greatly eur.
priced all sporting writer's
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-16
SPORTING NEWS.
The Slosson-Vignaux Billiard Matoh-The
Frenohman the Winner-Proba-
bilities of Another Match.

PARIS, Apri, 14-The billiard match between
Slosson aud Vignaux was concluded to Mig ht.
Vignaux took up his run where he left It laat
night and added 80 points. making total of 1881
points without a mss. blosson made great
effort to restore hle fortune, and succeeded In
achieving a run OF Itos points. during which he
was repeatedly cheered. Vignaux, however.
scored the 500 anired for the last night, and
scored 1889 points. which. added to his previous
count, makes a total OF 3lls. At the conclusion
him his revenge. yfgnaux has not agreed to do
so yet. but It s prob bile that the encounter will
be resumed In fortnight.
EABE BALL,
CINCINNATI, April A.-The Cincinnati base
ball club played the fret game of the season
with the Nationals. Of Washington to-day. win
ming in ten innings. The score was: Oinofnnatis
9, Nationals 8.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-16
stock Gam bling In CaIifernia.

SAN FRANmsco. April 15-In the State Senate g
to-day the bill for the suppression Of stock
gambling was defeated,
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-16
POLITICS..
The Missouri Republicans The Delegation
Instructed for Grant.

SEpALIA, April 15-The Republic IN Conven-
ton. after eecting delegates to Chicago, adopt
Republican party indorsing the admtnistra.
tion of Gen. q, 4. Grant when President, and
the delegates to Chicago to vote as
unit on all que sions and for Gen. y. s. Grant
as caiidate for President.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-02-21
What Eyes are For.

The saying that the faculty OF speech was
given to men that they may conceal their
thoughts is eclipsed by reply attributed to
the Chevalier Bunsen. He was present with
Bishop Bloomfield and others at a ''clairvoyant
scance." The Bishop amazed at the perfor-
nance which, of course, he could not explain
exclaimed, "What, then, were our eyes given
us for7" Bunsen Immediately replied, "To
limit our visfon.' This certainly Is a clever
paradox. The significant truth it expresses Is
confirmed in every observing mans experience
The hopeful and sanguine and curious see
wonders mentally and can give the exact d.
mansions, capacity and style Of ''castles in the
air." But when actual sight and experience
are appealed to the airy vision is limited and
circumscribed by stubborn facts. Half our
lives are spent in dreaming and the stpht IN
dreams is far-reaching and magnify1ng.
Bring the theories OF philosophers and discov-
erers-the scope of their imagined vistas down
to the test that seeing is believing-and then
they frequently find the things they think they
see are but dtssolv1ng views. In the political
field the ''far-seeing" politicians are preparing
themselves for an illustration of Bunsen's def
milton. All see; but since all do not see alike,
there must be many cases Of color blindness,
and the roseate hue, in the actual light OF
events, will prove itself sombre to ninety and
nine. If our eyes are given us to limit our WIS.,
Ion, those are wise who make the limit include
what they actually know, and never overlook
the present and practical in trying to peer be-
yond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-02-21
VILE DE MONACO.
Grande Procession Allegorique.
AfOccaSiOn du VENDREDI-SAINT
nn'y aura qu'un DEMI-REFAIT.

That is to say, on Good Friday the bank would
only take half of its usual advantages.
A place like Monte Carlo, full OF money, and
full of dupes, naturally attracts gentlemen who
correct the errors OF fortune in ways more or
less ingenious. A certain Comte de Montvilllers
has lett a legendary fame. At Wiesbaden he
found out way OF stopping the gas by which
the rooms were lighted. He laid his plans well;
in moment all was dark, and the Count was OFF
with an armful OF bank notes, and as much gold
as the ancestors of the Alcmeonidie carried
the rooms were lighted with lamps Mont
v1llierS, who was an intelligent bandit, changed
his method He managed to sneak under a
diyant in the rooms, and sta1d there when all the
company and the croupfers had departed. When
all was darkness and silence he crept out lighted
a dark lantern, and uncovered the roulette
table. With pair of pincers he gently tight
ened the wires OF all the red compartments so
that the roulette ball could not easily enter
them. Next day he backed black, and naturally
with success. But a Judicious crouper had
marked the run on black, and examined the
roulette wheel. Without saying anything he re-
versed at night the arrangement Of Monty1lliers
who next day lost all he had gained by resolutely
backing his favorite black. Scoundrels who
watch the tables and sweep up the stray money
OF the unobServant. 1t has happened to us to
detect an amateur thus removing our stake
to another color, where the amateur proved
unsuccessful. one Of these scoundrels hit on
really happy thought. A player had left a
large sum OF gold on red, where it was doubled
anu uouuieu dSdlH. IWo loulS IoLcu vi, unue-
tected by the owner to the marked Off space
called eaUers, where they prospered, and be-
came "a louis A thief who was looking on
knew this, and the head croupier was also well
aware of it, and of the intentions of the robber.
But the latter succeeded. Sliding up to the real
owner Of the money he said: ''Sfr will you do
me a favor? 1 have "a louis on the e1lue,s;
dare not take them up, for my father-in-law has
just entered the room, and have promised him
that will never play" The other bowed
politely, raked in his own "a pieces of gold, and
shortly afterward presented them to the inge-
NOUS guardian OF orphan moneys.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-02-21
Wasted Time i'm Love.Making.

Men Spenu great zeal 700 mucn tlme, says
great filosofer, over love. We share Mr.. Mills
opinion, though probably Mr.. Mill would hard
" share our grounds for 1t. We don't grudge a
moment given to mans first love, because a
man believes in Ii. "Ci'edO Q,tde i'm poSstbye''-
- believe just because IL Is impossible"-repned
Tertullian to the objector to his faith; and it is
gain to humanity that at the very outset Of
life one should meet and believe In thing so
rate, from the dreary gospel OF Mr..
Buckle, from regarding ourselves as ma
chimes and tabulating our lives In aver
ages: So, too, there are days---early days-in a
mans course. when, sitting alone and
looking on sunset. he feels like grain of sand
at the mercy of winds that blow whence and
saves us out of thoughts like these by quicken
ing In US pulses OF pain and pleasure that will
beat on, drive the winds as they list. How
much, too. OF the reverence, the reserve, the
OF those days OF distant, hushed worship, or all
surrendering, alldaring faith, A mere girl, like
q mere dalsy. rOuseS within us thoughts too
gives beauty OF its own to the temper of a
man, as 1t gives it to the face OF woman
who has not noted the strange sweet
gives music TO the hasty speech in the hoyden
when loves finger first touches her? When
Pygmalion's statue bride quickened into human
me, she must have felt, one fancieS, an mex
pfesslDie JOY in The sense OF the rapture her
beauty had created and could sustain. 1t Is TIL
new SenSe-thiS consciousness that as she sim
Ply lives anu moves, ner grace and power Is
going out OF her to gladden. at least one heart of
man's-that quickens girls face out of the
hardness and immobility or earlier years.
From mere fysical immobile form, it be.
comes life and spirit, sensitive to every wave OF
thought, feeling, reflection. The very wonder
Of the new world she looks out upon, Its
interest, its awe, mirror themselves in the quick
alterations OF enthusiasm, of terror, Of tender
ness. 1t is quite as well to get little beauty
into the world, quite as well to preserve little
poetry In man, and while first love does this,
we don't mean to surrender it to Mr. Mill. But
We freely give up to him its successors. The
mere conventional repetition OF the real thing,
when its first fervor OF faith has fed, the repeti
ton OF the old love litanies by lips that have
learned the irony OF them: the mechanical
performance OF the ritual that has become q
sham-this is, we agree with Mr.. Mill, a sheer
waste OF human time. When man has got
safely over thirty, and looks back on the num-
Der OF these performances, their extreme dreari-
ness. and the time they have cost him, he feels
tWinge OF compunction- and a certain pleasure
In the consciousness mat he is now, at any rate,
secure till forty. As for women, till they are
Quickened by the apostleship OF the Champions
Of their ..rights.n they win probably go on
thinking these little farces the pleasantsst
Things In ltfe.-Home Journal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-02-21
The Smoking Nuisance.
New YORK Bulletin, I

CNVW
The smoker who Is welded to the habit ca
not readily understand why everybody els
does not like the same odorS. But the TACT /,
patent that the scent of tobacco is not onl
lutely poisonous. 1t does not mend the matte
to say this Is mere prejudice, or weakness. You
have no right to make Others uncomfortable for
your own satisfaction. No gentleman will
his coat saturated with stale smoke. No gen
tleman VIII pass through a car carrying a
lighted cigar In his hand, and leaving trail OF
will get in stage carrying smoiderlng STUMP
in his hand, and keep 1t there until it smolders
out and emits more hideous smell then than
before. No gentleman Will pun out his COSTLY
smoke on the platform Of the horse car, when
the passengers inside cannot escape some por-
ton OF the fumes. But you can find men doing
all these things any day In the week.