The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-27
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE BRAZILIAN STEAMSHIP LINE

IL Ii AuInOTltAlVelv announced In WABnlnR-
ton that Mr.. John Roach will discontinue his
line Of steamers between New York and Brazil
On the f1rst Of May. He claims that an English
co mpany has recently establ. he'd line OF fine
steamers between New York and Rio de Janeiro.
which hns had the effect OF cutting down
ireiUhts. and that 1t will be impossible for him
to compete with the new steamers. As an illus
tration OF the extent OF this ompetition 1t IL
said that the freight on sack OF Coffee which
has been heretofore u rs. has been reduced to
twenty cents or ~ a ton. Mr.. Roach Gains that
he loses s12s 900 year by carrying the malls.
II IL believed by some that this announcement
is only made for. the purpose Of Influencing
action upon the bill now pending In Congress
proposing to subsidize line OF steamships be.
tween the United States and South America.
pERrLs or A THIRD TERM.
II the example set by Washington. and en-
forced BY his own strong reason. that two terms
ar Q enough for any one person to be President.
IL now to be ignored. II will be impossible to fix
bounds to personal ambition In that direction.
nd We shall be forced into altering the only
weak part OF the constitution by prohibiting
more than one term OF six years. II Is clear
enou Oh that II q man 10 not satisfied with eight
years Of the presidential ONCE. he may not be
sAti SIZED with twelve. sixteen. or any number OF
years short OF his lifetime. II this IL met by
the answer that II will be for the people them
selves to decide. the response will be that every
cover ment on the face Of the earth ID subject
to similar decision. though not by the Same
forms.
LITTLE TOO FAST.
Mr.. Parnell, the Irish agitator. takes too much
for ara nted here. In late letter to his friends
in Dubli no undertakes to say that the Ameri-
can people are. almost ~ one man. In favor OF
q radical change In the Irish land laws and
that they are ready to lend helping hand to
achieve II. Such expressions only 20 still far.
Their to prove what has frequently been repeated
since his arrival here. that great mistake was
made In sending him. or in his coming to this
country on his self imposed mission. The
Irish people in this country are. doubtless. OF
Mr.. Parnell's way OF thinking; but the Ameri-
can people mean that the Monroe doctrine shall
work both ways. They have nothing to do with
the laws OF Ireland.
THAT NEW CHINESE TREATY.
Secretary kvarts denies that Q new treaty with
China has been agreed upon or prepared. and
asserts that the government 10 NO nearer the nc
complainant OF such an object than It was q
year ago. He may find 1t somewhat difficult to
explain to the Senate. particularly to the Cali
fornia delegation In &c ngress. why It 10 that no
advance has been made In the negotiation OF
such treaty. During the Chinese debate In
the Senate last year. when the speeches Of Sen.
ator Blaine hadcreated such a sens alton and the
parties had become so embroiled over the
Chi neee question. Mr.. Evarts stated to menu
bers OF the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
that the debate was unnecessary. inasmuch a.
the State Department had already commenced
NO NJ for n nj A0v0r}n0 tho "a -
features OF which the Senators complained.
Members Of the Foreign Affairs Committee
then said In open Senate that had they been &C.
duainted with this fact that the debate might
not have been necessary. Prominent Republic
cans interested In this matter made this sta.e-
ment and complained that the administration
had withheld It's confidence from members OF
It's own party In the Senate. Still now. at the
end OF another year. Mr.. Evarts rays that not
only is treaty not negotiated. but that no pro-
Rrees has been made during the year.
MONARCH OF THE SEA.
The City OF Rome. the new steamer Of the In
man Line. now being built In England, will be
a marvel OF marine architecture. The New
York Herald says she will be the largest and
finest merchant vessel In the world. She will be
1000 tons larger than the Arizona or the City OF
Berlin. her sister ship. and 800 tons larger than
the new Ounarder now being constructed on
the Clyde. She is to cost over 81 600 600. 1t 10
said. and will be as near perfection In the way
Of safety. speed and comfort 1t IL possible for
steamer companies and ship builders to attain.
She will be completed In the spring Of 1884, and
is to be placed on the regular line between New
York and Liverpool. The dimensions OF the
City Of Rome will be: Length Of keel. $40 feet
length over all. $50 feet: breadth OF beam. 50
feet: depth Of hold. SO feet inches: depth from
top Of deck houses to keel. 81 feet. Her meas
urement will be $500 tons. The hull will be OF
the best iron and will be built In the best man
ner. with eleven horizontal bulkheads and two
longitudinal bulkheads through the engine and
boiler rooms. The engines will be Of 1900 horse
power. with six cylinders-three high pressure