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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-04
INJURIOUS ECONOMY.

| III Mr. Sherman be not too deeply engrossed
In his captivating but delusive still hunt for
the Presidency, and IL he will remove his
eyes for u few moments from the fixed con-
temptation Of the peculiarly unornate archi-
lecture of the White House, we would like to
engage his attention long enough to suggest
that the commerce of this port must not be
permitted to suffer either from his too pro-
found occupation in other matters more i'm
portant to him personally or from any
penny wise pound foolish" system which he
or his subordinates may have adopted In
reference to New Orleans. When In an ex-
ceednqiy generous humor, recently, he au-
thorized the Collector to appoint five addi-
tiona inspectors for the term Of fifteen days
In order to facilitate the discharge OF the
large number OF vessels arriving here
from foreign ports, but he has
repented of that sensible action already, and
notified the Collector that the continued em-
ployment OF the extra inspectors will not be
permitted. The withdrawal of these men will
work great injury to our commerce by caus-
Ing long and entirely unnecessary delays In
the discharging of all vessels from foreign
ports, and will save the government the enor-
nous sum Of fifteen dollars per day.
The duties paid into the Custom House
here for the month OF December, 1879, amount
ed to 1851 AT, while In 1873 the amount paid
In for the corresponding month was but
$50, 934: and yet the force is no larger now
that In 1878. 1t Is manifest that the force Is
totally inadequate to the performance OF the
duties demanded OF 1t. and that the merchants
of New Orleans will be forced to lose thous-
and5 OF dollars In order that the government
may save the paltry sum of SIS per day.
Economy is a very excellent thing when prac-
ticed with judgment and common sense, but
the Treasury Department will not immor-
talze itself by refusing the port of New Or
leans the requisite force of customs inspec-
tors. There are many and conspicuous places
In which very large savings may be effected
In the Custo m ii ouse and the Treasury De-
partment, but there ts no true economy In
compelling the importers Of New Orleans to
wait an unnecessarily long time for their
goods, or In the detention OF ships at great
expense when they might be given quick dis
patch by having few more inspectors.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-04

The Afghan war Is not the only one Eng
land has on her hands just now, although
many persons seem to think so. She has ten
other very unpleasant difficulties to deal with
at the same time. A year ago the Nagas, In
Southern India, murdered one MFR. Damant,
and the British government has been engaged
In struggling but very expensive and annoy
Ing war with them ever since, during the
course Of which as much severe fighting has
been witnessed as in Afghanistan. Nor are
England's difficulties In South Africa ended.
although both Cetewayo and Seeocoeni are
prisoners. The subjects OF the latter are as
defiant to the British troops as ever, and from
the preparations being made by Sir Garnet
Wolseley to meet them, 1t is evident he ex-
poets q long, tiresome and expensive conflict.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-04

Piqua, Ohio, was amused some days ago by
the trial OF the case Of Adolphus Lakewood
(colored) vs.. Robert Cole (colored). As both
plaintiff and defendant demanded jury Of
their peers and Of their own color, their re-
quest was granted and a negro jury impan-
eied. This news brought q large crowd
around to watch the proceedings, but the fun
was spoiled by the plaintiff suddenly with
drawing the case before trial in order to avoid
an indictment for perjury. As the Piqua
Judge holds that negroes are entitled to q
negro jury If they demand one, he 10 proba-
bly, of the opinion that an Irishman can de-
mand jury composed entirely OF natives OF
Erin, and that q 0ne-eyed man can refuse to
be tried by men possessing their full compile
rnent Of eyes
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-04

Az the late session Of the Tennessee Legis-
lature bill was introduced to punish grave
rohbing. It was true that the session had
been called for the express purpose of pro-
viding the city government Of Memphis, but
at was supposed that everybody would sup
port Dill OF this character and that 1t would
go swimming through both houses. To the
surprise OF the advocates OF the bill, they
found q regularly organized lobby led by the
medical colleges OF the State In opposition to
them This opposition was enough to defeat
the bill and 1t fell through. Graye-robbing is
not q crime in Tennessee and the students in
she Tennessee medical colleges will not be
without their supply Of subjects" this
rEintnr.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-04

Eleven more of the passengers and crew OF
the Roruesia. making twenty-five In ALL are
known to have survived the loss Of that Ill
lated steamship. They arrived in Baltimore
yesterday, having been picked up four hun
dred miles west Of the Azores by an Italian
bark They gave q graphic account Of their
wanderings Tor three days In an open boat
and In stormy sea, which will be found In
the Dem oCRAT this morning. Two of these
element-bulrated men are Louisianians, one
tOwen MoCabel being citizen OF New Or
leans. and the other (John y Sullivan resi-
dent uf Rapides parish.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-04

A correspondent OF the Chicago Inter Ocean,
who has been studying the exodus question.
gs Of the opinion that there are fully fifteen
Thousand negroes In Kansas that have moved
there within eighteen months. The exodus
movement commenced In Mississippi and
Louisiana, but 1t is now largely from Geor-
gia. Kentucky Texas and Virginia. or the
arrivals the Inter- Oceans correspondent cam
didly oonfesses that not more than one In five
cones into the State with a cent OF money in
his pockets The arrivals now amount to
about twentyf five to fifty each day.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-04

The weather abroad continues abnormally
severe Such cold winter has not been seen
lin Switzerland for twenty years. Lakes
Rienne and Movat have been converted into
skating Kinks, and even Lake Geneva has a
considerable portion Of its surface frozen
over. In Turkey business is greatly incom-
naoded and retarded by the heavy fall Of
snov, the railroad between Narnon and
Rustchuk Il blocked by 1t; the grain barges
IN the Sulina mouth Of the Danube have been
caught Ia the ice, and will remain as tho
rcaghly frozen up all winter as was Capt.
Kane in the Arctic regions; and the passage
across the Danube from Rustchuk to Ginr-
tveyo ia practicable to wagons. News OF this
kfyad may serve TO brace us up little during
the present spell OF winter hot weather.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-04

There has pever been 90 much grain In
store In New York as to-day. With S21 sea-
going vessels at the wharves waiting for car
goes, only seventy-fve are loading grain.
The explanation Is that the great specula-
tors. keene Il Co.. are holding back the grain
for another rise, and will not permit any Of 1t
so be shipped. 1t is said that most of the
captains OF these ships at the wharves are
growing tired Of remaining idle at New York,
and will put out for some other port II they
find the continuance of the present deadlock
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-04

The English commercial reports for the
past year chow a considerable Improvement
Ia her commercial relations with the United
States. the gain In exports to this country
over 1878 being S75.O0O,OOO. The showing,
however, Is equally Hattering to this coun-
try. as the greater portion of the British
Imports was OF iron, consequent upon the
extraordinary demand for that article, super
induced by the business revival here
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-04

The Federal government provides 65 per
cont of tho rations for the White river Utes,
and the latter ekir4lish around and provide
The remaining third. 1t is suggested that the
government might withhold It's supplies and
thus starve the refractory savages into good
behavior. These Indians only have 1000 acres
~ d family, and 1t is impossible for them to
Enisa food enough on patch like that.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-04

The Peters pence collections during the
past year for the benefit OF the Papacy
amounted TO over 81, 100000. France leads
with s220, 900, and strange to say, this country
comes second. with contribution Of $4,000.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-04

ADJUSTMENTS.

ACADEMY or MUSIC" ProuE Miss Fanny
Davenport aud her company.
GEAND OPERA HOUSE tVarietiea) g COL
MULBERRY REILERs"-.Tohn r. Raymond
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-04

BAJOHN-On Monday, December 20. 1870, q
Hftesn minutes to O'clock a. M, Antoine Pari
BaJohn. aged tWentythree years q native @
this city.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-04

CREEVY-Monday night Mt II o'clock WI
liam Creeyy. aged sixty one years q native
Belfast ireland, and q resident of this city #
The past thirty five years.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-04
WEATHER PROBABILITIES.

Foy The Gulf States, warner soaaherty 'riads.
.faFttng possibly foitoncd on rising. barometer,
T1rttg cto1!dy ,cedther and occasional rams.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-04
RAILROAD DISTANCES.

In an article In our issue Of the thirty-frst
utimo on the Vicksburg, Shreveport and
Pacific Railroad Company, we stated, from
Information received from a gentleman who
had given the matter close study, that the
distance from Marshall, Texas, to New Or
leans by that route was only tifty-tive miles
longer than by the route OF the New Orleans
and Texas Pacific Railroad, OF which our
friend Mr.. Z. B. Wheelock Is president. Since
the publication of the article referred to we
have been handed by the chief engineer OF the
N. O. T. P. Road the following estimate OF
the distances between the different points on
the v, S. and P. Road:
Miles.
From New Orleans to Jackson. Miss. 49,
From Jackson, Miss. to Vlcksburg As
From Vfcksburg o Monroe. .................. IS
From Monroe to Shrtve port.-.....-.-...-...- 100
Fl ON shreveport to MARSHALL. $500 A.
From New Orleans to Marshall, via Vicks-
burg anti Shreveport-----.--.... 443
Mr.. Green fixed the distance on his road be-
tween New Orleans and Marshall at 1856
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-04

GENELLA-On Tuesday. December 20. 1879
of Chas. and Mary Louisa Genella thorn Ken
nedyl
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-04
MARRIED.

LI,-LIENICKE--Un Thurs day, Jan.
uary /. 1880. at the residence Of the brides
father, No. 228 Eighth street. Mr.. Waitsr Au-
eustus o'Niell. of st. Mary par isb La TO Miss
Carrie Augusta Lienicke, OF this city. No
cards. y
GAUSE-MUGNIER-O On Tuesday. December
30. 1879, at the residence OF the brides mother
No. 555s Dryades street. Fred. Cause. of Mande-
vile. La. to Miss Louisa M. Mugnler. OF this
city
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-04

HELFFRICH-On Thursday january /, 1890
NJ o'elok 2. m.. Martin Helffrich. aged 80
years 7 months and Jays
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-04

LFETCH-At Tuxpan, Mexico. December i
1879, at $50 p. M. Capt. VIM. Leetch aged s
years. q native Of Belfast. ireland.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-04
DIED.

COOKERTON-On Saturday january g. 1890,
~ o'clock a. m, Emily Mary Cockerton. az d
six weeks and five days.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-04
PILES CURED.

Blind. bleeding and itching Piles and Fistula
cured without the use Of knife. ligature or caus-
tic. free from pain. danger or loss of time from
business. Cures guaranteed. References given.
DR. THOMPSON,
ja1 ThSu* 1873 Carondeet street..
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-04
MELROSE ABBEY,
- Having
LARGE APARTMENTS.
ALL FRONT ROOMS,
Ell .ElA NTI.Y EIIRNIRHTD
ELEGANTLY FURNISHED
IL Now Open to Receive Guests.

Parties wishing to make arrangements for
the season will find 1t TO their Interest to call
and examine The house Is situated at the
CORNER OF FOURTH AND PRYTANIA
s'raets. surrounded by large grounds. prome-
made walks. flower garden. svergfeens and
shade trees: lew minutes ride from Canal
street; cars pass the house. up and down, every
few minutes ard run all night.
SuWaFr
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-04
RUULEY KRnTHERA

Have ava The poet complete stock OF Game WAGONS.
I1Esa eng d Tour mnIe Cane CARTS. Ok Carts. Loo
CARTS, kioe CgEts Small CARTS Of every size. fonr
s ~ slx seat Family WAGONS. Spring Waeons
Hounds, Wagon Material, Axle area.as Sh ~
Bo11es eye. we especially Gall attention TO oar
innll-slaeo sWedgsd and hardened Axlas. uhiilsd
npAos eno Sxtra ironing Of asi our Carts ana
wagons. Mhnufaosurea in oar own factorfas n
asaea W: Va irosl the cess material and bY
ni1sr meGnanles we oan give q reliable
ne largest iemand "Iao suDpi2
d n Yep aas 40 Union street,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-04
GENERAL NOTES.
VIENNA, 4
arrived here.

One of Jay Cooke Il Co.'s creditors indig.
nanty refused u accept payment OF his debt IN
what he called d" rotten" securities Time passed on
however and the situation IN reference 10 the Northern
Pacific became materially modified. One morning the
indignant creditor reappeared with altered views on
the subject OF his demand. lie apOogz-d for h former
unadvsed speaking, and. agreeing 10 add his claim TO
those which were be satisfied by the distribution OF
securities, returned in an hour and aunOancea
that had realized l0S per cent OF the amount Gae
to MIN.
There is another High Church episode IN
the religious exp rience OF Philadelphia Recently iAe
Protestant Episcopal Church OF the Evangelist invited
the Rev. Mr.. Peroyal to the pastoate. As Mr. PcrciVa
had a short before been dismissed from Chrs'
Church Chapel a charge of teaching erroneous doc
trues, considerable comment was made on the acton
the Church of the Evaugests. and 1t referred 20 W
the Rev DR.. Herman l.. Duhrdng, OF All saints Chnren
in an address his congregation, during winch he sap
he would AS soon have the yestry take Roman
Catholic priest explanation of these views he says
Christ Church Is our parent parish and our cs'eio
TO go by, and Christ Church has actually put ow
Mr. Perciyal for teaching the confessional II Mr. Perez
val aud Mr. Hodge, after their deposition had ackuO"F
edged to The Bishop they were wrong. woui say
quicker than L would God speed IN their "orS.
Neither Mr.. Percyal nor Mr.. Hodge has aeeepted
but think 1t Is unfortunate that the yestly sh0ua ga
two such men at such time as tins. Ana Deyoha ta
the Church OF the Eyangelists was built prindpaly ~
contributions from all the Episcopal cnufehe' oi de
city and was expressly stipulated that whencye tee
not conducted IN manner satisiaot9Y
the Bishop and standing committee, the chutch sbV"N
be taken out OF the hands Of the existing vestrJ'
There was a Faith Cure" meeting OF the
Old Orchard Camp-Meetins Ground last Saturday III.
Cults referred TO OF the promises In Gods "oru
relative the healing Of diseases OF the body ana PVAo
OF his interest IN this WORK OF healing by prayer ens
IN particular two cases which had come under his own
observation one OF Il tumor and the other OF blindness
for nine years. which had been healed by means Of ab
CAPTAIN r. r. CATER, from the Military Academy Ones
ter Penn. testified that In 1872 he was afflicted WIZ
heart disease caused by improper exercise III the ~
NAHUM After consulting the sku ply sicIans ana
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-04

of their duty as revenue officers. There
upon the Democratic press Of Georgia de-
nounced Judge Woods, misrepresoutcd the
facts in the case, and blamed him for not fax
ing the testimony of the captured moon
"shiners "a conclusive instead OF that OF me
thirteen revenue officers. Even 'Ihe Atlanta
Constitution joins the minor Democratic sheets
in The attack upon the Judge, and says that
his decision is "an advertisement to Govern
"mcnt officials that they are safe in pursuing
"citzens to death, and that they will be
"spared even the modification of a trial by
"jury."
Judge Woods is q thoroughly reputable
iurist He was tie Democratic Speaker
of the Ohio House of Representatives
in 1853. When the war broke out
he entered the army, and after its close set
tied in the South and was appointed to the
Federal bench. He has never displayed polti-
cal partisanship upon the bench. When the
vacancy in the Supreme Court OF the United
States occurred, which was filed by the ap-
pOnment of Justice Harlan, he was indorsed
for the position by the bar of his circuit,
without regard to party. Now, because he
performs his PLAIN duty in saving from trlai
for murder these officers who killed bush
whacker in self-defcnce, after they had been
twice fred upon by the rascal and his com
rades, the Georgia papers charge him with inten-
tional unfairness. The Constitution says, in
concluding its article. owe present the
"matter to the attention of the people of the
North in order that they may appreciate
"the scope gwen to those who pursue and
"oppress our people under color of the Fed
"eral authority" We too, present the mat
ter to the people of the North. They will
not take the Georgia view of it, however
They will be likely to look on the affair as
fresh evidence of the hostility of the South
toward the n ltional authority and its SYM
pathy with persons resisting that authority,
no matter in how cowardly and murderous
a fashion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-04
UUY IS + CH1AGE TAINTED?

In 1876 many persons voted for a Change
because there were some faults in the civil
service and were said to be n great many
more which they wished TO have corrected.
-Four years OF investigation and experience
have since proved certain things which ought
now TO be remembered
]. That the most of the alleged faults did not
exist except in the inllamed imaSimtions OF
campaign SANDERS of "Outs' who wanted to
get in.
II. That a Republican Administration has
been particularly Jealous in correcting faults
which did exist, so that leading Democrats
acknowledge that it has been the cleanest
Administration known for many years.
Ill. That the Democratic party never had
the power, and has not now the wish, to make
the public service cleaner OF cheaper. 1t serks
only to make the service odiously partisan,
dangerously incompetent, and hightfuily cor
rupt.
". That IL change of parties in power would
mean an arrest of reform, and il demOraliza-
ton of the service even worse than was seen
in the days of Pierce and Buchanan.
The Democratic party has spent four years
in burrowing and digging, probing and smell
=,
out intending that result, it has helped the
Republican party wonderfully For it has
proved clearly that nine-tenths of the scandals
with which the public ear had previously been
filled had no other basis than the vilest cam
paign SANDER. No other conceivable thing could
have done so much to deprive Democratic
campaign lies of all force as the proof that,
with all tho powers of Congressional com
mittees at their command, in not one case in
ten have the Democrats been able to ind any
evidence whatever to support their outrageous
charges. New falsehoods by the hundred will
of course be told. In most cases the public ear
will reject them with contempt.
Ii was known that there had been some
abuses and some corruption. Democrats as
serted, and many good men believed, that no
Republican Administration would have the
disposition or the daring TO effect reforms.
Through the campaign of 1876 it was per-
petually said This party cannot possibly
"refom ITSELF The present Republican Adj
ministration has been confronted by hostile
and most malignant Congress, watchful, I'M
placable. and eager to end a flaw. 1t Is the
verdict of Democrats as well as Republicans
that q cleaner Administration has not been
known for forty years. 1t has made gave
mistakes; it has offended many of its own
supporters by attempting reforms which
proved impracticable, or changes which upon
trial do not seem desirable. But it has steadily
gained, year after year, and at this time has
in the highest degree the confidence of all
those who really desire reform of the public
service, and there is NO longer a Democrat
ignorant OF stupid enough to say that Repub-
lican Administration does not dare to correct
Republican faults.
Democratic professions have been tested in
| Congress. Tried, faithful, and experienced
public sci wants have been thrust out, to make
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-04

the GTeenback organization is IN open WiIln0
against the attempted coalition. Cool RepuDH-
cans believe that they can carry Indiana III OcCo-
Der by handsome majority, and that ',o
Democratic and Greenback voters cannot ne
brought into the dishonorable alliance "nic"
some leaders have proposed.
If we go to November with Republican
victories in Maine, Ohio and Indi'na' wna'
will follow New-York and New-JeTsey are
doubtful. Even if both should by any ms
chance be carried by Democrats they cOu'u
not gain the needed forty-seven Northern
votes. losing Indiana, Connecticut and Cah-
fornia. Connecticut and California, essen
tally Republican States on national issues
are said by Republicans Of the coolest )uug-
ment to be safe beyond peradventure WIN 'De
swing and rush of previous Republican tfl-
umphs. those States should give handsome
maiolities. But those same previous victories
will turn to the Republican side large
doubling vote in New-York and New-Jersey,
will show the Greenback men the folly OF
belpjng Democrats to succeed, and will kindle
the enthusiasm of the Republicans for the hnai
struggle. At this hour three months Deloie
the election, we believe that it IS decldeuiy
probable, for the first time since the war, that
every Northern State will vote for the Rcpuo-
lican candidates.
No account is here made of the probability
that the Republicans may carry one or more
Southern States. "A fair vote and an honest
COUNT will be needed, and that, 1t IS need
less to say, the Republicans will not get at
Democratic hands if there Is prospect that
Solid South can elect to the Presidency the
ally of the White Leagues in 1865.