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Year: 1878




the communication of Mr.. Bay
ley, which was rejected by the
Mtelligencer, because we believe
in a free discussion OF every
matter of public concernment.
1t is always safer to allow free
discussion even to bad cause
than to attempt to suppress it
by intolerance. We have no con-
troversy with Mr.. Bayley upon
the general principle Of the en-
ployment of Coslie labor in eX-
clusion OF, or in competition


with, white labor. We concede
to him all the argument in that
relation. 1t is only in it's mis-
application to the proproped ex-
tension of the Seattle and Wal
la Walla railroad with which we
take issue. We have no doubt
that now, in this time Of gene
raj labor depression, white labor
could be obtained sufficient for
the construction Of the railroad.
The practical question presented
is: Who will undertake to fur


nish the means for the employ
ment of white labor? Had the
railroad company government
subsidy, or other means for the
construction of the road, we
would say, by all means, make
the employment Of white labor
an Indispensable condition to the
enjoyment of public or private
aid. But when it has become
an aScertalncd fact that white
capital can not he had upon the
condition of' employing white
labor, it puts white labor out Of
the question; it ceases to be Il
matter of discussion because ii
is utterly impracticable. The

only practical question now is,
whether We will allow the read
to be constructed by the capital
and labor Of Cinnamon or do
without it. By refusing to al
low the road to be built by Chi
namen 10 white man would be
benefited in any manner. When
the road is finished it will be un-
der the exclusive management
Of white men; no Cinnamon will
own one dollar Of its stock or
hare any voice in its direction.
1t will make available for farms
and homes thousands of acres
Of now wilderness country. 1t
will open to profitable use i'm
mense coal fields and iron mines,
and thus give an impetus to set
tlement, manufactures and COM
merce which will afford protita-
BILE employment to thousands of
white laborers now unemployed
1t will increase the market val
ues Of real property to ten times
the amount of the cost Of the
road and inaugurate an era OF
prosperity such as has rarely
heretofore been enjoyed by any
section Of the country, because
our natural resources are unri-
vailed by any, and by this every
industrious laboring man would
profit and thrift secure compe


tence to each. What laboring
man of common sense would be
willing to sacrifice all these ad-
vantages to an impracticable alb.
straction regarding the employ
ment of Chinese labor? 1t is
right and proper to discourage
and dlscountenance the compe-
titlon of coolie with free white
labor in any of the established
industries of the country. Their
influence is degrading to labor
and demoralizing to society. But
the objection does not apply to
the construction by Chinese cap
ital and labor Of a great public
Year: 1878

John =. Phair asks of the Legislature,


through his.counseI, either bill applicable


TO his particular case. which shall give him


a new trial if the evidence warrants it, or


a Communication Of his sentence to imprison-


ment for lie il it does not or. second a


general law, which shall permit new trial


to be granted, in any capital case at any


time, upon discovery of new evidence throw


ing doubt on the justice Of the verdict


previously rendered We can see no pro-


priety in any event in Il commu .ation Of


Phsir's sentence. His crime, if he COM
mitted any, was murder in the first degree.
lie is innocent or guilty. and he should be
freed or hung.


The Legislature, it is to he hoped, will
also ''go slow in the direction of any
general relaxation of the certainty ofjustice.
1t is largely the uncertainty that the penalty
of the law will follow crime that is
filling our State Prison with murderers. .
To the chances that murderer may be
cleared by skiiiul counsel in a trial, are now
added, 10 our State, the chances that in the
long interval between sentence and exeeu-
tlon something may turn up-s0me escape
from prison. some act Of executive clemency,
some retrial of the case by newspaper,
followed By new trial at law-wbich shall
give the criminal his LIE and liberty. These
chances arc so numerous that desperadoes
are willing to take them, and murders and
desperate crimes multiply beyond all preyi-
Gus precedent in our State. We believe
that the period of over two years which may
now elapse between conviction and execu-
tion in murder cases, is too long for the ends
of justice. Independent of the opportuni-
ties thus offered for escape, the long interval
permits the public sense Of the enormity of
the particular crime and the public demand
for justice, to become relaxed. The penalty, if
ever executed. becomes almOs. discovered
from the crime, in the popular mind; and
the feeling that speedy penalty ,riA surely
follow crime, which is such a safeguard for
the public where it exists, Is largely done
away.


In this particular case, it seems to US that
all the demands OF Justice or mercy will be
satisfied by the passage Of an act permitting
the Supreme Court to grant a new trial to
Phair, if in their opinion the new evidence,
or what is claimed to be such, warrants it.
The courts were made to settle such ques-
tions. 1t is objected that certain rules of
law-as that new evidence produced in such
a case must be something more than eumuia-
tive in order to warrant a rev trial-will
tend to defeat the application for a new
trial before the court but these rules were
framed after long experience, for the protec-
tion of the community and the furtherance
of the ends Of justice and there would seem
to be no good reason why they should not te
applied in this case, as well as in any other.
We believe the public will be satisfied if the
Legislature refers to the courts the entire
disposition of this case. With any other ac-
ton there is likely to be well grounded dis
satisfaction.
Year: 1878

OUIDAs TEACHISGs.-Pardon must be re-
membered TO be known.


A very trustful woman believes in her
lovers fidelity with her heart a very vain
woman belives in it with her head.


Passion will pardon rage will survive alb
sence, will forgive infidelIty, will even thrive
on outrage. and will often condone q crime /;
but when it dies of familiarity it is dead for
ever and aye.


womans violence is mighty power /;
before it reason recoils unneryed, justice
quails appalled,, and peace perishes like u
burnt up scroll it is a sand-storm, before
which courage can do but little the bravest
man can but fall on his face and let it rage
above him.


The truthfulness of women communicates
itself to the man whose chief society they
form and the perpetual necessities of in
trigue end in corrupting the temper whose
chief pursuit is passion. Women who en-
viron a mans fidelity By ceaseless suspicion
and exaction create the evil that they dread.


man cannot perhaps know all that a
woman suffers from his infidelity. Hers to
him may wrong his pride and his passions
with great agony, but IT cannot seem all at
once to bring intense humiliation, intense
desecration, personal and spiritual, with it
as does his to her. 1t cannot make him
l,pshamed to exist II makes her.
The art of pleasing is more based on the
art of seeming pleased than people think of
and a woman disarms the prejudIces OF her
enemies by the unaffected delight she ap-
pears to take in themselves You may think
very Ill of a woman but. after all. you can
not speak very i'll of her if she has assured
you hundred times that you are among her
dearest friends.


The old proverb that, between two, one is
always booted and spurred, the other always
saddled and bridled, is trde. 1t is not supe-
riority OF mind, or OF character, or of per
son, that determines which shall ride and
which shall be ridden ; it is generally rather
the result of certain hardness OF temper
which determines the question early in the
day and never loses the supremacy. Taken
roughly, it may be safely predicted that will
always be the highest nature that will sub
NIT. Often it is the jade that rules tho hero,
the fool that has his feet kissed by the
genius. From he, latest noud, "Erindshp."
Year: 1878

The Shoe and Leather Reporter sees
good times ahead. 1t says: Peace and
plenty we have had before, though
never a peace that gave more promise
of being enduring, nor plenty in such
variety and profusion as to embrace
nearly everything that is derived from
the bounty of Providence or the ingenu-
ity of man. Nature appears to have
been busy beyond her wont in replacing
the treasures consumed in the strife of
war, and amid the illusions produced
by false system of finance. The bene-
fits ACQUIRING from these expanded
sources of wealth have been distributed
among the multitude. The industrious
and frugal are coming to the front, the
adventuresome and speculative are be-
ing driven to the rear; the chances of
the few to accumulate large fortunes,
suddenly, are dimishing; similarly the
opportunities of the many to acquire a
modest competency by steady and per-
sistent effort are on the increase.
Year: 1878

e / was dragged down with debt, pow
erty and suffering for years, caused by
a sick family and large bills for doctor
ing, which did them no good. I was
completely discouraged. until one year
ago, by the advice of my pastor, pro-
cured Hop Bitters and commenced their
use, and In one month we were all well,
and none of US have seen a sick day
since, and | want to say to all poor men,
you can keep your families well year
with Hop Bitters for less than one doc
tors visit will COST know it.


I" a WORKINGMANn ~
Year: 1878

1


in answer to questions regarding the
Grand Prize mine, propounded to the
Tunes Rerier. that journal-which is in
a position to know Of what 1t speaks.
closes detailed account Of the present
conditions of the mine in the following
pertinent language:


''"here is but a small quantity Of ore
in sight in the upper workings OF the
mine. but there is q considerable
amount Of unprospected ground where
as extensive and rich body rs that
which has been worked out is liable to
be developed ut any stroke Of the pick.
Tne leIge at the depth which was at
tanned when the flow Of water prevent
ed further sinking, is narrower than il
will average above, but its foot and
hanging walls are as well defined as
ever, and there is no indication ut that
point of its giving out. Persons ex-
perienced in mining matters know
that the widening Of q ledge ut some
points and contracting ut others Is
nothing unusual-in fact it is the rule,
to which there nre but few exceptions
ana such persons we'll know what i'm
portance to attach to the fact that the
ledge liz narrow at the particular point
where the sinking ceased. Some OF
the richest ore even taken from the
mine came fr.m the lower workings.
1t will probably require three months
to complete the arrangements for re-
Stunning active operations in the mine,
or before the shaft can be sunk to the
requisite depth and the necessary drift
connections made for taking out ore.
During that time the stock may drop
to a lower figure even than it is at
present, but, without advising our cor
respondents either to buy or sell. We
have no hesitation in expressing our
opinion that the chances are favorable
for more prosperous season for the
Grand Prize in the future than 1t has
ever experienced in ihe past. ... ......
Year: 1878

The investigation of the disturbance at the
sixth ward primary on Saturday evening
last, in so far as the police is concerned, will
take place on Saturday evening before the
Board of Police Comm issiOners, the session
being exclusively devoted to the investign-
ton. 1t was hoped that a full board would
be in attendance, but the probabilities are that
Mr.. J. II. Keller will have to leave the city on
Friday afternoon. The Mayor said yesterday
that the investigation was not only necessary
for the public good but In the interest of the
officers involved In the affair The tone OF
the Mayor and the members of the police
board Is very decided in the matter of police
men mixing with politics, and 1t looks as
is found.
Year: 1878

Last evening the grand old St Louis Ca
thedral was the scene Of one of those sacred
festivals that are wont to bring together the
elite and beauty of our Creole population.
The brilliant attendance witnessed the mar
riage of Miss Emma Larue, the charming
daughter of our worthy fellow-ctizen and
merchant, Mr. Felix Larue, to our amiabIe and
talented young friend, Paul Capdevielle.


The nuptial ceremony was performed by
the Rev. Father Jordan, S. j., whose blessing
was bestowed upon the deserving couple with
that fervOr and elOquence which are inspired
only by love for the pure and the good. After
the ceremonies at the church the immediate
family OF the bride and bridegroom assembled
Year: 1878

There is n halt in the conversion Of ev-
denCes of city indebtedness into the ctys


watcrwOrks stocks. The WaterwOrks Com


pany decline to transfer on their stock book


the shares exchanged by the city for It's float


ing debt The reason for this declensiOn, we
are informed by the president Of the com
pany, is the fear that the terms of the law
have not been strictly adhered to In advertise
ing for the bids. For example, the act Great
ing the WaterwOrks Company, provides that
these advertisements for bids shall be adver-
tised for fifteen days, and while it is admitted
that the advertisements did appear in
the official paper during fifteen consecutive
days, it is questionable whether the law
meant to authorize the opening of bids on the
fifteenth day, at noon, as was the case. In
other words, that it might have been neces-
sary, In order to comply fully with the law,
not to open them until the sixteenth day
Howbet, President Toby, with q view TO
avoid any litigation has submitted the quc4-
tiOn to the attorney of his company who will
consult we believe, with the City Attorney
The latter's opinion, it is reported, has al
ready been expressed, being to the effect that
the advertisements were thoroughly legal
The Mayor has little to say on the subject,
further than that it is. in its effect, a mere
qubblo, and that the result will not change
the present situation in the least
Year: 1878

The Administrator of Police, Mr. Diamond,
Is preparing to treat rowing CANNES with some
Of their own flesh, mixed with the recent dis
covered cream cake flavoring Mr.. Diamond
says that he will take care this summer that
each dog will have Cnl y one sausage for his
be remembered that last year it sometimes
took a sausage stuf1ing apparatus and a
dozen sausages to kill one dog and it was
even reported that a darkey had made a
hearty breakfast off the so-called poisoned
sausages without their producing any sensi-
bic effect upon him until he was told that they
contained arsenic and even then he was only
n little 9kcnrt
Year: 1878

The light shower last evening was quite q
disappointment to the ladies conducting the
fete champetre at CarroIlton Gardens but,
nothing daunted, they are determined to in
augurate the fete this evening, weather per-
mitting, with the programme as published,
consisting of performance by the Orleans
Dramatic Association, when they will appear
in the laughable farce, Hunting the Slipper"
An enjoyable evening is certainly In store for
ali who attend The Upide Club, which was
to have given performance last evening, will
appear at future day, due notice of which
will be given
Year: 1878

William Elliott was sent before the First
District Court for having stolen property in
his possession.


Henry Cross for an assault and battery on
Adeline Cross was placed under bonds to keep
the DNaCn.
Year: 1878

THE NEW CAMEL1A.-Hereafter, starting from
the eighth instant, the New CameIia will leave
the New Lake End unon arrival of the II O'Clock
train. This will enable her to land her passen-
gers early at their points of destination, giving
them at The same time delightful promenade
Year: 1878

Why it should be desirable to have
a small weak foot, any moro than a
small weak brain, is not easy to con-
ceivc. For the purpose of having
such small feet, not Il few wear boots
one or two sizes too small, and about
two-thirds of the width of the foot as
1t would be ut tho ball if allowed to
spread as it docs when standing with
out tho confinement of the boot. AS
a natural and necessary result of such
pinching confinement, the foot becomes
dcformed and larger than it would nat
urally grow, with enlarged joints, the
toes turned from II limo parallel with
tho foot, to say nothing of the trouble
some corns so annoying and cripplinr
to large class of young women. The
worst results of this crippling custom
of wearing small and narrow boots is
felt by children when allowed to out
grow their boots. 1t is poor economy
to allow tho young to wear boots when
the feet have become too large for
them, since deformity of the feet is
easily produced at this time. When
the boot is too short for the wearcr and
the heel too high, the ingrowing Of the
nail is perfectly natural result.
Year: 1878

At this season of the year it is, in
plain talk, just simply out of tho ques-
ton for many good people to pay their
taxes. With many their meat and
bread must come out of the merchants
storch ouse, and issued on the faith of
the incoming crop. This condition of
the people is too familiar to require
any further statement. And the trum-
peting Auditor and the tax eatherers
are as well advised as need be in the
promises.


Then what good can come of these
flaming, threatening tax notices I?
Will our devoted people be made bet
ter thereby: Will they become more
"patriotic" by such dictatorial and
"rcasonable' eXactions: Or has it be-
come popular of late to harrass the
taxpayer because some men can thus
employ their useful talents?


We shall say to our readers, though
remarking parenthetically, that such
does not apply directly to those in
Bienville, to give no time, trouble or
attention to these tax edicts. If YOU
are depending, as many necessarily
are, on the growing crop, pursue the
even tenor of your way, and pay your
taxes in the fall. Let the mcnacing
"taN bounding" fall stillborn. All
good people pay their taxes, and so do
our citizens. But this envenomed
this fiery threatening of
the penal laws, is at this time as futile
and unnecessary as it is mean and
devilish. If this be treason then the
majorities are responsible and must
carry the weight upon their own de-
voted necks.-.Spd,fo Times.
Year: 1878

[New Orleans City Itom.l


Crowding the great thoroughfares OF
discovery in this wonderful age, right
in the wake of the telegraph, and side
by side with the telephone and the
phonograph, comes the electric light.
Heretofore the difficulties in the use
of the electric light for ordinary illum-
mating purposes have been insurmount-
able. 1t could not compete with gas
owing to its extraordinary cost when
supplied by batteries, while the bat
teries as constructed were found not
to be reliable. And much additional
expense was incurred in the construc-
tion of the electric lamp. But there
are improvements in progress which
afford assurances that all difficulties
in the way of its perfect success will
espeedily removed. An electric lamp
has been patented which can be sold
at 50. The carbon points are kept in
position and the lamp will burn for
hours without being touched. The or
binary electric light is so dazzling that
it pains the eye, but the mechanism
is now adjusted SO as to lessen tho
intensity of the light and increase its
volume. The light of the new lamp
is, hence, softer and not less brilliant
or powerful. 1t is promised that we
shall have the electric lamp soon at a
price within the cost of kerosinc. The
uses to which electricity is being put
are wonderful, indeed, and the inven-
tors arc yet upon the threshold of dis
covery. No conjecture could follow
them into the interior of the temple,
or imagination conceive the fabulous
wonders of the era that is upon us.
Year: 1878




The New York Commercial Adver.
tiser, an extreme Republican paper
asserts that there is more honesty and
less corruption and fraud in high places
to-day than could be found in public
life during the first fifty years Of our
government. awe are better people,
and, despite the calumnies ofpretendeCl
reformers, our politics are purer and
better. President Hayes, with all his
infirmities, is a much more honest
man than Jefferson or John Quincy
Adams, who, it was alleged, secured
the Presidency by bargain aud fraud" I"
This is an encouraging view of pro-
gress, but to do justice to the living
it is not necessary to malign the dead.
tsFraud" was as convenient u charge
to hurl at John Quincy Adams In his
| day as at President Hayes now, but
| it will have to rest ON some more sub
stantial foundation than ssit is alleged"
! to make it stick. In the case of Mr..
Adams it was long ago exploded, and
no one in this generation believes it,
not even the Commercial Advertiser.
In regard to Thomas Jefferson, the
Advertiser ought to particularize in
what respect he was a dishonest man.
Neither the case of the younger Adams
nor that of Jefferson is similar to the
case of Hayes. When Adams was
elected by the House ne obtained a
majority of the State, and was un-
doubtedly elected. Even If Mr.. Clay
had used his influence for Adams In
order to obtain the Secretaryship of
State, that fact could not affect the
legality of the election, but it has never
been proved that there was an under
standing between Clay and Adams,
It was fatal step in Mr.. Clay to take
the office under an administration
which came into being at his hands,
but that step is not to be compared to
the degradation of Sherman, Noyes,
Stoughton and the Others who manu-
featured an administration by fraud.
There was nothing of fraud in the act
of Mr.. Clay and his friends. They had
a right to vote for either Adams or
Jackson and they chose to vote for
Adams.


And SO of the case of Jefferson.
There was a tie vote between Jefferson
and Burr, both having been voted for
on one ballot <the then existing law
providing that the President and Vice
President should be voted for on one
ballot and the person who received
the highest vote should be President
and he who received the next highest
should be Vice President) and it being
understood by the voters that they
voted for Jefferson for President and
Burr for Vice President. When the
tie was announced it occurred to Burr
that he might be elected President
and he began negotiations to that end,
which finally failed and which de-
stroyed Burr's popularity forever. But
Mr.. Jefferson had nothing to do with
the matter, all of the conspiracy and
fraud was on the part of Burr. He at
tempted to reverse the wishes of the
people and he failed.
Year: 1878

Considerable attention is being turned
to the catalpa Of late years, and to its
value in resisting decay. Instances are
given of catalpa trees remaining sound
for great periods of time. 1t is equal
to any of the cedars in these valuable
qualities. Why has this fact been SO
generally overlooked here in the South
where the catalpa grows so rapidly,
and can be propagated with so little
trouble?
Year: 1878

TARIFF OF ADVERTISING RATES,


Advertisements will be inserted at one
dollar and fifty cents per square Zone inch
Of space or less) for the first, and seventy
live cents for each subsequent insertion, for
any time under one month. For longer
periods as follows:
Year: 1878

One of the passengers detained by the washout on the desert was lady from Prescott, Arizona, who experienced one or two romantic incidents on the trip. One was voyage in canoe, or sort of an open boat, from Enrenberg to Yuma, down the Colorado river, a distance of l20 miles, She, her uncle and little neice, were the only passengers aboard, with some two hundred pounds of freight. They at first spread an awning over the boat, but the wind was so strong that they came near being capsized, and had to take the awning down. and were compelled to make the trip in the open boat. The l!ttle boat was loaded down to the waters edge, almost, so that they were compelled to bale the water out frequently, which dashed in over the sides of the yes sell Yet they finally made safe landing at Yuma to encounter the misfortune of the washout.-[Los Angeles Star.