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BRORERs
- K, nuBINsON b CO.,
AS' BANKERS AM BRoKExs

D 4, RuBINSoN h CO-
BANK ERS ANN BROKERS
V. +. OOH. FOURTH AND MABKEf
Wilmington, Del.
Us. TOURS Oh SALE,
SILVER BOU9hT AND SOLD.
FoR SAFE 10 shs. Union National bank
STOCK, s shs. First National hank stock, 4 shs,
arIAers' National IA nk stock.
TLILOTr, JOHNSON 4 90.
BANKERS AND BROKERS
CORNER Sixth AND MARKET SIS
Wilmington Delaware.
DIRECT PRIVATE WIRE
From our ONCE to tho New York and PhilA
doiphia Stock Exchanges. Quotations fur
uished simultaneously with sales boins
made at those exchanges.
Philadelphia, New York and SanFranciscC
'toeks and bonds bought and sold and car
ried on margin.
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Y. +. OOH. FOURTH AND MABKEr
Daily Republican., 1880-10-18
Us. FoURS IOR SALE.
HILN EN- BOUGHT AND SOLD.

Wilmington, Del.
Daily Republican., 1880-10-18

FoR SAFE 10 shs. Union National ba
stock. s shs. First National Bank stock, 4 q
arIAers National IA nk stock.
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INDICATIONS.

QUOTATIONS.
From Robinson, Chandler d Co., Bankers,
ms Market street:
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DepIorable Condition Of the Otto.
man Empire.
Famine In Armenia and Anarchy Else
where--New Sanitary Regula-
tionB in Cuba-LosB OF tho
Steamship Montana
General Foreign
Notes. ~@.
THE UNITED KINGDOM.

LONDON March 13.-Workman have arrived
nt Pensance with cablo house for tho now
French cnble. II will be- erected noar Port
Heurnow. The English section of the cable
will l,nvo Loneon next week. and It In expected
thnt 1t will be completed and In working order
In ton days.
A dispatch from Horly to Lloyd's anyR: Tho
Guion Linn steamer Montana from Now York
which arrived ut Queenstown yesterday and
proceeded for Liverpool. Ia on tho rocks In
Church bay.
The nails. pnssengors and crow Of the Mon
tntn have nll been saved Tho steamer Ia
nehoro on tho mHinlnnd. with list to prrt Of
nhout 70 degrees. The forward compartments
of tho Hhtp nro full Of whter Sho III nfont ait.
bur thore II not much prospect OF anvlnH her.
Mr.. dindsiona. apsakink ut Marylebone yaH-
tertimy. announced that Lord DoIby had don
nitoly joined the Liberal party.
LIVERPOOL. March 10 rho Montana struck
about 3"cIock this morning. IT IL underatoou
II deuse fog prevailed at the time Tho pnason-
gers nnd mnils left f,r Liverpool Mt IL o'clock.
Tho cnptnin and crew remain by tho ship.
which ts reported sound Mt.
Tho Standard anys: Wo understand TINT Sir
Garnet Woissley.hns accepted the post of Qnnr-
termuster General ut the Horse Guards. Mnito-
hull
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TURKEY.

LONDON March l3.-Reports from various
points of the Ottoman Empire show n most
hopeless condition OF confusion and dilapida-
tion. Tho consuls ut Salonica have informed
the ambassadors at Constantinople that. except
in the immediate vicinity of owns. the whole
region Ia dominated by brigands. Thirteen
distinct bands nre enumerated comprising In
nll about 100 men-Greeka. WnlInchs. Bulgari-
ans. Albhninns and Turkish deserters. They
levy binckmnil upon Mussulmans and Chris
tians ndlscrmtnatey.
Up to the twelfth instant nothing further con-
cernng Col. Synge and wife had reached Con-
stantinople.
LONDON March 13-Appalling accounts con-
tinue to come from Armenia aud Kurdistan
Famine extends over an area of 100000 square
miles. Five months must pass before nnoth or
harvest can bring relief An appeal for help
has b. on published here. signed by the Arch
bishop of Canterbury. tue Marquis OF Sails
bury. Earl shat csbury and u number Of other
prominent gentlemen.
Troubles between the Greeks and BulRGrians
In Eastern Roumelta have become SO acute.
ana evidences Of q systematic effort by the
Bulgnrinns to drive away the Greeks and Mus
sulmnns arc 40 overwhelming. that Aleko
Pasha. Governor General. though he is believed
to be in sympathy with that movement has
been compelled to issue circulars to projects
commanding them to dissolve the Bulgarian
secret societies and armed Rymnaatic assocla-
ttons organized by the Russians during their
admlnistrn Ion iE that provinces.
Gen. Strecker. commander Of the ROum elan
m ltla. has demanded the dismissal of Russian
officers. and threatens to resign II his demand
iS refused.
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THE HARRIS BILL.

TO the Editor of tho Democrat:
In my article entitled The Science OF Epi-
demics." published In your issue Of the ninth
instant. allusion Ia made to y bill now before
OanRroas which clothes the National Board OF
Hoalth with extraordinary and dangerous pow
era. That bill Is call tho Harris BILL
Please allow mo now to xive In your widely
circulated paper tho summary OF this ex'raor-
dinary btl. In order that the Southern people
may sec to what u danger they arc exposed. and
be able to avert II. DR.. I. q. LeIIardy. or Ba-
vnnnnh. On. writes II thus:
Upon the report of the National Board OF
EJehlth to tho President of tho United StRtsa
that an epidemic OF ah infectious or contagious
dseaA. exists IN any City. town or village q tho
United States, the President shall Issue his
proclamation declaring su b ,cy. town. etc.. 70
be On Infected place. nnh forbiddng al inter-
course by rail nr otherwise hetween such place
and any other part uf tho country under pom
atty oi forfeiture of goods. and Of ilnos. and Of
imuiisonment This bill. It It becomes u law.
cannot fail to be productive OF kreat harm to
tho interests OF ali railroad corporations. md
of MI other Ueraons engaged In inland trans
por,ation. In Wow ~ this tho citIa,ns Of our
rotuorts chic ny. but not TX lusivcly. nre hold
Ing meetingA 10 expr' IA their diaapprobatipn
ana to appoint d.l"g taR to n AcnnvSntinn IN for thO
purposo" "i petitiontng Congress. md Of framing
u neW bill IN which commercial and sanitary In.
trssia VIII aupnrcedn quarantine re- i 'irluns.'
In thia connection We deem II desirable that
the railroad rorpor ntloup. whose intnroaia arc
40 tnaStTlrlhly Involved Hnpulu hHVN " voice.
ANA we invite You to move promptly With us In
thia matter.
Now. II quarantine could prevent epidemira.
there would bo no danger. We would place
ourscves under tho shadow Of its wings and
fonr no evil. But has 1t over done it2 Never.
Cnn Il do NJ Nrver neverl II Ia II nationnl ex-
perimtn. without tho shndow OF "A rational basis
for is existence,
We believe IN Snto nnh natl boards Of
honlth. formed upon thu basis nf clennliness
and public lnni,n,i n. ind we give them eur
honrty support: but Wa condemn State and nu-
tiOnnl quarantine M II curse which hhs now be-
como !. snare. and may engnlf AL of our mn
trrinl interests and even our lthertios This
quarantine. under tho operations of tho Harris
hli, would bs TAR W rise than theA sho gun
panic ot 1878. Our city. and nlt other places In
which yell W fever mig ht be pronounced. would
b" doomed. aud our inhabitants would be cut
or aud cursed na were jewish leparH of old.
H. Ii proposed that the convention bo hold In
this city nt u very nrly day. and we earnestly
hope that our citizens will awaken to tho I'm
pornnce OF ita grent work. and make Il u sue
cesa which shall hereafter be remembered even
~ tho memorable fourteenth Of Haptemhor
1874. u II MlLNER. M. ID.
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FRANCE.

LONDON. March 1J-Reuter's Paris dispatch
says: Published reports OF lhs decisions OF the
Cabinet Council. relative to article seven or the
Ferry education bill. are premature. The only
bring forward any now draft OF Tho article. and
will not participate IN u second decision Of the
bill Regarding tho propoaed Interpolation.
the government seems disposed to accept nm
right OF dealing with tho position Of unauthor-
ized religious confrnternlties on their own re-
sponsibilty. beng guided by exiating laws In
their conduct towards those establishments.
Prince Hohenlohe,, German Ambassador, ut
tended President drevy' reception on Thurs
day.
nAyRE. March l3-The General Transatlan-
line between Havre and New York to-day with
the departure hence OF the steamer France.
Weekly departures from New York will begin
or the thirty first Instant This company will
ins o at au Barre"na t oaais II neris Mar.inaue.
Havana nud Vera Cruz and thence 70 Havana.
New York Lisbeu. Gibraltar and Marseillea.
The first departure from Marseilles will take
place. on tho tw nty-eiahh tnttant, and from
New York twhere steamer is expected on tho
twelfth Of Ma, on tho sixteenth Of May. The
steamers on this line NJ the Ferdinand do Les
seps. Vile do Marsellea and Oaldera.
PARIS March ia Cabinet council WAS held
to-dny. but the proceedings were kept secret
This gave rise to reports that differences arose
about the Jesuit question. which to-n night is
semi officially denied,
It is asserted that Gen. Greeley. OK Minister
OF War. has been appointed commander OF the
army corps at Orleans.
Tho managing committee OF eight Senators
has decided TO accept no compromise about the
seventh clause of NJ jules Ferry's education
bill. and to take no part In the debate on the
second rending Of the bill.
La Pdtfie announces that Father Beck Gen.
eral OF the Jesults. has arrived In Paris.
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CUB l..

HAVANA March 13-Captain General B!anco
has ordered the following additional rules and
regulations. With th- object to ameiorate the
lnsalubrity of the ports # the island: All yes
sells discharging their cargo shall notify the
sanitary deuutattons Of the port. when a ply
scian shall immediately inepect the vessel. No
vessel will be allowed to take in cargo until 1t
shall have received q paper from the sanitary
dt,futation saying 1t is in healthy condition
and ready to load. sitter the vessel Is loaded it
will again b., inspected: especially for the OBJ.
ject Of asceraining whether there are any cases
of yellow fever on board; whether the numb
of paeseng-rs and crew does not exceed the
prescribed limit of the vessels capacity and
whether 1t ca rles physician. and has COM
given to cap ains OF vessels by inspecting ply.
sicianb shall be In wiring. and the captains
will BE- Obliged TO make their answers In writ
me ents bordering thereon. will be scrupulousiy
inspected periodically.
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loft tho building In d body. Shortly afterward
tho demand WIS aeeeded TO and work resumed.
POLITICAL MATTERS.
Gov. Garcelnn Before the Hale Investigating
Committee.

AUGUSTA. March l3.-Ex- Gov. darcelon was
examined by tho Hale Investigating committee
to- dny with reference to the counting OF the re-
turns 81 tho recent election; no said TINT y by Z
for exaWinntion 81 returns. All candidates
bringing records OF their towns had access to
them. He know nothing nf an y so-called scheme
Of counting ont. He neither knew n"r INQUIRED
issued Certificates wore brought 10 him and
hs signed them. aupposlnR they were made out
M accordance with returns. Did not know that
tho certificates had been issued to seventy eight
publcana. Nothing WINS said In the council
about counting In y quorum OF FusiOntsts. Fhg
matter was not diaGuasch. He was snrprtsed
any certilentes wronefnlly. the facts were false
" tet before him. He had presumed that MIS-
conr oil were honest and honorable mon. nnd
hnd compiled the tRbulntioDs according TO law:
Ia cas. where there was any aa1s.b h PA ne ,ad sad
honestly. Certain rules hhd been latu down
which were applied to the returns. regardlesS
of party. There had not been any inhtanc0
whore n Democrat hnd been allowed to correct
ouIo'B DRi.EuATEs AT IaRaE TO BK SELECTED DIX
THE STATE OOMMtTTEEs
COLUMBUS, O.. March 19.-The Democratic
State Central COMMITTEE have decided to hold
u convention In this city. on May q 70 nominate
Delegates 1T nrgo To ,he Natlonal O nvet ton.
Tho tatO OF the n nte Convention has not bOen
nxej.
FuMaLE suFFRAdE IN WISCONSIN
MmwAuKEE, March lathe Senate lnst night.
by n vote OF ID to II. coneurred In tho Assembly
solution providing for female suffrage Ia
VIII cousin
THE AnKANaAs REPUBLICANS.
LlTTIE Rock March l3-'The Republican
state convention II called to meet April ~ to
nominate pres idenihl electors ard select dele
gates to tho Chicago convention.
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Thate Method.
27435aNi4l
2743559o4l

Striking or four figures on the right as deci
mails. within 359lo0Oo Of tho exact area ia found
by each proc ess. The Fhber method REQ ntres
sixty three figures and eleven lines: the true
method sixty figures and ten lines and under
the last named process 1t will be seen that the
calculation required Is easi.r
Taking the diameter Of Il circle ut hs9 70 (which
would nearly equal the area Of Tex 81 as a
basis to find tho area would require 1bs figures
hy the old school method. sixfyth ~ by the
Fnber method and sixty by the true method.
l am now preparing u tahnlar statement or
the area Of each State and Tarritory. the square
root or the each area. and the diameter Of u
circle comprising an area equal to that of each
State or Territory. There being forty seven
States and Territories. l must make forty
seven calculations. and. ia order to economics
time and labor. l divide the square root Nv
eight and add the product to tbs. dtyidend, and
by using two decima!s to flnd the root 3232
nGure' are required for the forty seven ealcu-
lAlions, under that process: but ,he Faber
method would require 3,67. The differences In
favor Of the true method IL 2a5 fig res. and the
calculation In each case Is somea hat easier
and forty seven lines Of space Is saved. Under
the Old school system the diameter must first
be ohtained.) What do you thiuk of the true
method Of finding the diameter Of circle. the
ares being given. or Of hnding the area Of
circle. the diameter b' ing given2 SAXET.
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An Irish n ut.
From the Report Of Geo. Hepworth. one Of the
Helald's Relief Committed

From the Report Of Geo. Hepworth. one Of the
Helald's Relief Committed
Let mo give you sample OF what saw In
many scores OF huts, and In q few which are
thatched and OF stone, and stand on the edge
OF O bog which affords them peat for fuel.
They contain three small rooms. One Is the
room where the household lives. Through q
small hole In its roof tho kitchen smoke is
generally forced to escape. There is almost
q peat famine this year on account OF wet
weather. Tho only fuel consists of q bunch
OF green twigs. Another room ts for the COW,
" they are happy enough to possess one.
which is rarely the case. The COW is part OF
the family and always goes through the front
door. In the third room, which ts perhaps
eight or nine feet square, the family sleeps.
They have one bed, with two thin, worn-out
blankets, and hero four Of a household OF
nine must sleep. not lengthwise but cross
wlee, covering themselves as best they can.
the corner and sleep OH it. Pressed by hum
ger, they have eaten all their store OF pota-
toes. The only food In the whole house is
few pounds OF Indian meal, which they mix
with water and make into stlrabout. This
Is all they have, and all they will have until
the autumn. What wonder, then, that they
should be disheartened and discouraged
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@ a CAVALCADE,

Yesterday evening the delightful spring
wea her. which changes to a livelier iris the
feathers on the FURNISHED dove. and accom-.
plishes many other difficult feats too numerous
to mention. impeled a half dozen Of Espla
made street beaux and bellies to graceful turn
out on horseback OF the riders we will say
nothing; for Of their own grace and skill they
are the most satisfactory judges. for them, OF
ing 10 gush And so they rode. amh-
all Of them young aud half Of them
he better half or those that might be
better halves) beautiful All Of sudden a
horse SHE'D a misbehaved brute. and to the
envious ground fell the preItiest Of the ANA
IONS. Happily, even the stony pave ment soft
en+d at r-r fair approach. and received her In
nocnossly. Nothlng damned. she mounted
again. and with the ret ot the joyful cava cade
rode away iato the distance, and amid the
g oaming. whereiu deponent listfully lost sight
OF tbs merry riders
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IMMIGRATION.
Tb the Editor Of the Democrat:

10 the Editor Of the Democrat:
Having noticed lately many we'll pointed
articles In your able journal on the subject Of
immigration to the South. more especially to
Louisiana may make bold for exposing my
yl-Ws on this subject. No doubt the present
labor Is moving from our plantations,
and must be replaced by other thrifty,
hardy workers Of the soil-men brought
up to farming. possessed Of ambition
to secure q home OF their own in our
State. With this class of immigrants In a few
effects Of bad laws under which we have been
ground down by kadlcal rule have noticed In
The teIegrems OF late propositions to bring the
astonlshed at gentlemen of our city inviting
them here. 4 hey are We'll aware thatthe United
states government must protect these people
auire. Besides. Louisiana has had quite
enough of United states rule In the past and
own government. Ireland is sntfering-Amer-
lea is contributing money for their relief We
want some of those. people to coms hereto
our uncultivafed lands and make heir homes
here. No country offers such inducem tnts as
Louis ana for chtae land. which can be bought
tered under United States 6o f esresd M i's, aws, or
from The State AT low prices. These e1uisranta,
oDee here. would bring their friends in 9 short
crease the re. anue Of cur state
BY taxes ca their farm aud uuder b. pres, Mt
constitution every mill 7ill be required 70 meet
expenses. These people wouli bee me land
owners; stock breeding would be their chief
en- p'oy nent knowing We. as they DO that II is
ei9s 9s' towaEa unr stat has no money t.
owns lands which. If donatei h q low dgur4 to
p.rmatnens sTIn t1e settlers would brig ID much BY
on them. How much better " u1i 1t be- for
those who q 9 In need in Ireland to have an as
e. clation nere 70 pay their passage 20 this
country. where they would readily fad Woa- at
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MORE ABOUT WATER.
Another Paper by DR.. Charles Smart,
Surgeon u. 3. A.

Another Paper by DR.. Charles Smart,
Surgeon u. 3. A.
DR.. Charles smar surgeon. whose paper on
the clstern water OF Now Orleans wns published
In tho DEMOCRAT las, Sunday. delivered another
very Interesting address before the Executive
Committee Of tho New Orleans Auxiliary Sani-
tary Association last evening.
He dwelt ut length on the character and m.
ture Of tho diseases engendered by tho uso OF
impure waters Of various kinds. aud again
urged cut -offt and filtration for the purpose OF
k., piyg 'he water in tho cisterns pure.
With reference. however,. to tho cut Off he
said: Tho difficulty In the or th, cut. on
Ia the impossihility of rejecting enough OF
the rainfall The rain IL seldom pure
Ing to aid IN its publication. but on the
contrary tand to deteriorate 1t. A heavy rain
shower ah inchesl fell In the city on the even
Ing Of tho third instant Samples OF this fall.
collected IN cloan dishes at its commencement
showed IN impuri'y figure of 30 Samples taken
9, IT, termination gave q. The lrst part Of last
So but this became reduced to II ns tho fail CON
ltnued. With the warm weather approaching.
1t Is not to be expected that tho impurity In his
rainfall Will lessen during It's storage in your
cisterns "
OF his work during tho week. DR.. Smart said
"Severn analyses have been made Of the river
Illustrating its condition at tho present time and
the nature Of the Impurities contained In 1t.
us llTAi WIS lHkeH from me VlClLlby OF INC ln-
iuX pipe Of the Waterwniks. II was henvily
londed WITH tutbidity. which consisted OF sand
clay and solid particles OF organic matter, most
ly bIoSen down vegetable tissues. 1t showed
IN impurity OF 20. Th, eecond is some or
the same sample. but passed through two
,hickn,sses Of ordinary flltering paper TO re-
move tho grosser SOLID impurities. 1t was
clonded wi h Il faint turhidty witch consisted
chiefly of minute clay particles. just visible rs
points under tho microscope. of atoms of vege-
table decay. aud 81 Il few infusory nnimalcules.
This gave 80 rs It's figure The difTersuce be-
tween so and SO II IL the imuurity of the gross
solid Particles which were he'd back by the Ill
terinG uaper.
The bird sample. filtered through sandstone
at the Iesnit CoIl.a was clear and colurless.
Any .mpnrity existing III 1t was of necessity In
q state Of solution OF. to bs cientltcAly pre-
else. III u state OF such minute division that 1t
PASSED through the pores of the sandstone and
WAS Invisible 10 the eye. 1T yielded an impurty
figure of twenty seven The difference between
twenty-seven and fifty Is ,wenty three. which is
the impurity, aused by suspe. ded solids. while
twen,y-seyen Is that caused by organic matter
In solution. Tbs last sam PIE was filtered through
sandstone bya gentlr tlrman living on North Ram
par street. II was clear and colorless. and gave
an impurity of five. This filtration reducel the
dissolve a inquiry from TWEEN, y At ven to per-
tectly Wholes lme tgure "a result virtually us sat
tsfactory as that accom- plished by charcoal"
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An Important suit Relative to C0nfed-
crate states Cotton.

New YORK. March l3.-In the suit Of the
United States vs. Harrison Johnston. ex-speciai
granted ny Judge Batchforh. on motion Of As
sistant District Attorney Wilson. and to-day
the United States marshal attached several
houses and lots. Il number Of mortgages bank
account and Il quantity Of stock In this city. tho
property Of defendant. valued Mt about one
hundred nnda ity thousand dollars. The cult
against Johnston who is at present q resident
OF Mississippi. is TO recover 81 06s 772, the value
OF certain cotton CONSIGNED to his care rs such
agent OF tne treasury He was nEnpt LOT M !,
Noxubee In Mississippi under Secretary Nc
Culoch. and It was his duty to. assume chargb
the so. called Confederate States. Johnson re-
ported that part Of this cotton had been sold
and the proceeds used to meet tho expenses Of
his officers and the garrison employed to pro-
tect It. The case will probably be tried at the
April term Of court.
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A NATIVE AUTHOR.

Mr.. w. Fl. Rolling presented the DEMOCRAT
yesterday with his first publication. which as
entitled 'Danse do Pluton." It is musical
waltz for the plano. written more for execution
than adapted to tho measured rythm OF the
dance. The base In that music Is not subordi-
nate to the alto. and both combine their har-
II. Rolling Is the son OF our talented fellow citi-
zen and pianist Hubert Rolling and appearst TO
first effort Is dedicated to Mr.. A. Marmontel. the
eminent professor RI the Paris conservatory.
who has ACKNOWLEDGED the compliment In q
very flntterinR letter.
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Dry GOODS j. Levoie's Heirs. No. 1873 Canal
street. have inst received by the steamship
Texas and will be prepared to spread before
their Customers on Monday q very choice as
sortment OF novelties in spring goods. This
importation Of sueerb fabrics. and no doubt q
visit to their store on Monday will repay any
one who appreciates q fine line Of goods,