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DAILY 1EMOCRAT. Ofike No. 62 Camp Street. ZIIIAHil AT 'IIli b It) IiIFFI(L AT NNW ORLEANt4 Mi Hb.UONI) CULAtI8 MATTEIR. U.,4 'IA'N 01l' NI 'l IIt lh'TIA: The Daily Democrat. Ona v.ynr .............. 0 Ix hlottt................ "Phu M,~iutha .. . . PiytIt'.t In AIv.Azi''. The Wealily Democrat. Thr' Wv. KIT I 'ir I ,'AT A'I Sm )IM ' otgllt-.APR o vpyi. wlti sHH 1. (mr+llliji 1 ) I Un turIbar.. a Hi hU ellrwiln u rutnw: On.'y Yt' SI KS. j'.yFnhin i~t AdtIvii'ti. paw ..aS.+K~kla J $1%416#%VIl 67 one AMUSEMfENTS. £CAnWMY 01F MUTHIIJ humr' . '1.A: i Ow rt,r,.', "As You LIKE 1r," lu Mriss Fo'mmiulltns 5JiANt1)0I'ISiI H.) NI; - Alfnlitte1'. 1, (1uAN1.m: Of,'1 .~t ; t1 ii y1l. (miRtnlt ;K(1iRi Pt A," bu Ihs Mtwarit'' (Jr'o4 Vrt.st'h tt.pmrt. ITstrtjs. WE ATHEK PROBABILITIES. For lhr Smoalh ANi,nlnr utfi ( ue!/ Nýtils'.v s',4 erlI to mtttsht rlg l itiitIt I, tit of- purtll, st).~11 iot'tilhtrr. t.rtt'7n)1 m 15.0 (lb' f, Iscirl rri M4. - ttofliriij or ,4rtwlpj fullsiii btr,mrfncrr tint! t jllhtj CAhtnrl)s- its binml rtiis rr. CAUOU8. A ,4lint encus e 'will be hold In the hall of the liouse of Itprt'selntatlves this evening at 7 :30. Full attendance reque stb'd. Mi. .1. 'INNIN1oDItA1. Chairman. (irant and C(hamntlwrlin is thie latet Idea of the IhIket-nakers. 'I'here Is a very decided pMilitary Iavor abhut It,. An enthusiatlot Marylatnder, determined to resar a monuinent to t he object, of his present. admiration, ha.s naed hibs son "Uarcelou."' The boy shoult have grit. The wave of prosperity has extended to real estate at last. and prices are rapidly ad vani rg In many of t Ih lties. This Is.weletal ly noticeable in New York, whero lthe increase In valuation aggregates $2s,1l83,1t7 si.ce the last asoeesemont. California, ii so.is, has the worst record of any State in the Iunoln for unpunlahed mur ders. l)uitng the last two years Sexty mur ders have occurred In Mlendoctno county, In that State, and yet only one nan has been cn Vcted. The San Franclsco B1ulletia confosrse that not more than one murderer in llfteen in Valihfonla Is ever punisheel. The tow with whlch the inreat Republlo left St. Louis, the other day, for New Orleans. conslsting of live barges laden with 2io),0Ot bushels of corn, was the largest that ever left "the Future Great City of Amerlca." Translated' into car -lads, it would have filled fa0 cars and nreuired at least forty trains to convey It 1,0 It. shipping port. We are Informed thLat.l tnlg. F. F. l'rroxlln, of St. Landry, will be a candidate for election as judge of the third c'rcult court of appeals. Judge Pet t(odln was elected distrlct attorney In 1876, and again at the last election, by a large mnajority over the T"rom Anderson comn bination. It Is only justice to say that he combines rare qualities of lirmness and abll Ity coupled with a suavity of manner which has justly won him an enviable reputation. The colored citlizns of San Francisco have left the Republican party for good. They held a meetineg in Sun Francisco the other day, and unanimously resolved that the negroes were but the tools to boost the white Repub licans into power and never secured any of the offices themselves. They are now looking around for another party that will take care of them, and give them some of the fat places. The Readjusters in the V irglnia Legislature are evidently afraid to touch the subject of State finances. The Legislature has been In seselon an entire month, and no financial question has yet been brought forward by them. The Washington Star is of the opin Ion that they will quietly drop these financial questions altogether, and contine their t forts to keeping control of the State government, which they now have securely in their hands. Talmage selecoted nightmares as the sub ject for his sermon last Sunday, and en deavored to discover whether they were caused by dyspepsia or a revelation from above, He was rather inclined to regard them as due to both. Dreams were repeatedly mentioned in the Bible as having been sent for the purpose of giving warning, and more than once are mentioned as having been sent from on high. On the other hand, it was equally true that too much supper would develop them, and therefore it would not do to attribute meaning and significance to every vision we see in our sleep. He failed, how ever to tell how the two species of dreams could be distinguished from each other, and his hearers are, therefore, no wiser than they were before they heard him, and are liable to mistake the result of too much cheese for a prophetic and warning vision. The Philadelphia Times recently sent cir cular letters, with blank circulars for an swers, to the entire press of Pennsylvania, outside of Philadelphia, for the purpose of ob taining an expression of opinion concerning the popularity of certain persons mentioned in connection with the presidential nomina tion. To these circulars more than half of the journals of the State have replied, from which the Tines is enabled to make up the following summary: On the Republcean side 26 are for Blaine, 22 for Grant, 3 for Shermau, 5 for the field, 7 for the nominee and 3 for the best man; on the Democratic side 15 are for Tilden, 13 for Bayard, 11 for Gen. Hancock, 9 tor Seymour, 4 for the titId, 5 for the nominee and 11 for anybody. From the foregoing it would appear that Republican preferences are rather evenly divided on Blaine and Grant, while the Democrats manitest a dis position to support Tilden, Bayard, Hancock and Seymour in the order named, or "any body" with a respectable chance of winning. These returns, coming from nearly all sec tions of the State, would seem to indicate that the sentiment favorable to a particular candidate is Lot confined to any particular locality, but is scattered, and the papers, whether for one candidate or another, gener ally agree respecting the average of opinion n tbe locality in which they are published. THE SENATORSHIP,. The DI)EOr'nAT lhas not admltted the ('ialIms o4 f (ren. (litlhn's advoceates when thley sasumIe that he hae pre-eminnll tly dlhtinguished htIoIif in hls 14ongrn.slonal carerr. At the same time we do not by any mIan ell ek t'4 dllny hirm that eredli, to which ho 18 justly entitlhI. Ills long nervi'he, de piortmnt.i,, aind ac4knowhledged attention to the hIternesI con(hl41e Io his charge has enabled hint1 1o rnl4der e0flhlnt 4ervh i pIIronPtlcting t'he luglr Illterel44', nIld he has I l't or L earn 4t4.ly lin othelr dilrc14tonls,. iN, have hIRt col lsn1lu'F. na4nd It wits their dutiy n3 tL, do. 'T'he1 1i)14' I.'IAT' has simlply Illcheckedo1 over aralolu4 4 lupporter4l4l who httvLo 4'trtay4(l a dis poltlnl toI dwarf olther pu4lin I allll of Tln lltl anIa int itaignih i4'n4441n and exalt (ton. (hlton by c.'ntering In hilm all the (r4.llt for remiults whic'h uIIuesIIIll nlh y may 1e avrcredlited to 1,1141 co4nc'urrentl, eTforlt of his c.(o IleaguOs anLI political ast i'latel . HSuppose',, however1', It he admitted, for t. h Rake 1of riigl olltl, that (.on Gibon Jposs.4e4 s all 11he nhillty and inliuno luIn (Congr4aI now 41l4hnd for hu b1 y hi fri ensl; that, Iy r4' 4on of ma4 ny years of 4etrvioi and his ihll4n .I.I n4H4aocialtl44l at Washington, I14 IIh. a4'lcured it high p 411,i lon loln thp e 4omo1t imlp4 ltint l4n 11n mitte4m hIn the i114e, thle om tulte on Ways a ndl M4ans14. Now, If (1rlll' (tllhon he h el4'('tdI lnlllt l Nllatoh H4 1 1ato14l', 1t4 1take his se4t i I1 I5 it, It, s nearq ly prob14ablo that 1he woull ble '4441 a ca4idhtto for re-hii(l tliol 1to thle lou4ll4 o Ii 14.1(1. No 44one who knowsI 44ll41r distfgingulshed friend woulhl calcdllhat me pollnI hie doing soll . It woulbt not 4olnllort with son at,rlial dignitlly, to say nothi.ng of other nlnnl feet, objectliolln. As It lmattetr of fact, nill th11 gre'atl 4(me1'r .t which affRI't the materlal ni ltrvl.4s of the south, and which have bteen pr44eet1 usml (nCongress for years, will inII all probability Ire disues allnd passed4 upon )h' tween now aln 1(1(:1, Itai11 the great attIthhlid will I1. In the louse of RItepre(ntatativvs. The 4rev,'iell hill. which Is trained by the ve4ry ( lomulItt'e on Ways and Milltano In which tGenl. (14lw4oni. IN sa Id to wIlt such powlerfull in Iluence. . mlUst originate11 there. It Is In the frllllng of thlis legAlatioln that thle sugar ' 1n ior!ests are 1protected. It Is In I the 1iouse that all appropriatIon bills for Improvements must origiunate. If (Gln. (Gliaon shall be trtansferred froml this liIld of u4lsefnilne and be relegat4l to two y.ers of1 rlrotllenll, after which h14 will take lls rlank amlongslt tlthe now Hlnators, and therel commlience at the Ibottom 4of the sa1na torial ladder, how will the peop.I he 4~cm pensat>4 l '1 for the l1.w that may follow to all of the vitail e111a.allu1r in which they are inter 4ottlI ? If it has Ih'been (l1Hll4's hlluehn(n4 that has maintllined th1m tariffl upon sugar, who will stand betweetn this Intere4t ai da(lllnger when he Is absent ? A Loulslana Inmember may 144o assaignedl to that 4e4lllillll1it.r , blut as it Is one in which pr4xmll4on Is 4rlInglly h41,w, It I( mrani!fst that the very representatives. of the sugar nlllter4rt who now urge Gen. (ihbson's claims would be4 the sufferers. Agaluin, 1o hin ble1btl41o, what would hb\ome of the appropriations for the MilssIsoippi rlver, tih Mint, harbors, railroatds, and, In 4fact, 4for all those 1liiso.ur'4s which w4e ari4 t.lhd be l.w origlliated or caused to be conslioerod heretofore? It is quit4 clear to us that If It IHb true that (Gen. (lIlbonl has one-hilf the iutlue.nco ne cribl to hin1 by his aIdvocat4As, thoul the poo pie will host serve themselvtls by keeping him upon the battle-ilhld wheore their inter ests require the hardest flighting. This view of t lie matter does not, of course, regard the (eneral's p)reflrcnc'es); Ibut, In asmuciih as the questotn at leIuo is one which the Legis4lature is lkely to view from the standpoint of what will beet pro mote the welfare of thel ptopleo we present it in tllis shape, and apprehend that our legia lat/rs will aval I thcmselves of the opportunity offered to retain so excellent a public servant whom e he can do the most g(xd, and by plac ing John McEnery In the Unllntl States S -n ate they will, we think, not only reflect the l)cmiocratlo sntiment of the State, but secure the additional services of an able, pure and patriotic gentleman. ORGANIZED CHARITY. Gov. Wiltz in his message touched upon that article in the new constitution which makes it incumbent upon each parish to sup port all tintirm, sick or disabled paupers re siding within its limits, and very properly called the attention of the Legislature to the necessity of providing against mendicant and vagrant pauperism, and also of legislation "reprehensive and penal" to check the influx into the State of numbers of insolent, auda clous and "healthy vagabond mendicants, who have recently invaded Louisiana." This is a very important matter, and one that de serves the serious consideration not only of the members of the General Assembly but of the public at large, and it is quite time that some system of organized charity was adopted in this community which would work in the interest of the really needy and,dis tressed and against those professional paupers whose presence in any community is a nuisance. Honest poverty suffers in silence while vagabond and shameless beggars pa rade themselves upon the public highways, making an exhibition of their misfortunes and demanding alms from every passer. It is often very perplexing to those who are charitably inclined to know jlst what to do when appealed to by these pitiful-looking individuals, and nine times out of ten the im pulse to give prevails over the disinclination to encourage this character of mendicancy, and about nine times out of ten the money given is squandered upon persons utterly un worthy and not in need. To avoid this waste ful expenditure and to insure the distribu tion of charitable funds among the really destitute, there are in a number of Northern cities, notably in New York, Philadelphia and Buffalo, societies organized for the pur pose of investigating every case of alleged pauperism that. is brought to their notice. These societies are under the management of the very best citizens, who have an office where complaints are filed and where blank forms are issued, which, when filled up, se cure a thorough in.estigation into the case of alleged poverty. For all purposes of pro feasional mendicants these forms answer admirably, as whenever a party is applied to for aid he can take the name and residence of the applicant and hand it In to the society, where it at once receives attention. In this way private charities may be bestowed with actual certainty of their giving relief to those who are genuinely in need. The province of these societies is not merely, however, to look up and assist these cases of pauperism, but to make a thorough canvass of the city and ascertain by actual personal investiga tion every case of distress, and to relieve it as promptly and fully as their means will I perm it. This system has been found to work to the entire satifaeetton of all plarilei cotierinell Cl(.opt the chroll!c and0 profechioal pi allipora, whoar'e, very naturially, disguimted with this niodli i In iterferene.o wit Ih t heir LImoil-honored prerogiatl ves, nd Irn llrllihaking tho dueIitl frIom thn ('cmlllunlllllltlH reforrod to aiinIi It ,.lng toL otslllH Wlhose( ,I'ple are lnot of .o cutllll0l atn ll nv 'iatllltlll ig tur11 n rof int t. 1 11 hr IrnIIIH v1tAt 1an,, whon iar" In niout'. mat lli4c"' riinst nUd well-fed flloiws. iiii who have so Iong pa'ticll d the n ls tol< ml l-dollv rr lt yle. i. Ito think Ilholimlvec entlll'il to a Ilving without work, will ultimately Ie c(mpellel Ito take to Romle hionet, aide legitiiale. biiliuisn or tie ltake llthiil,'lvr to otheir iinid mlllri'e oongnl Iall lilman, where they aln join thll great and yearly' Inlll'enlnlll. in ainly of 111,'ii.ironil. We shouldh Ih, ld toini n the IOglnlitltl'r pI1MC iolli'l Ilni iaw ilmay le noe Ruiiy Ito sIlleet the grwling uvll pLilnted out by the ()iov orItnor, ih to ihrol i thle ro fiiormation in New ()rle iu of a semlty for theI ro ller of then Ipoor and for the .upprl.,idlln or nlldleatlny. Hu111 itii Iilt y I ll r llhi , th iIIIlittgolllll ll, of our loading iiuil nulit Inrll ntlint l 'illznl , andi syttlo nnthally of gnnizeld, would be abll to ido lia rlnat tluil if' go oli antd I'relievet a great nlilhr '1 olllf miritorlousl poor wlviiso witeiLs are now unknown anli wilh, iuIITtff in sil ,iuo. BANIlrAT'ION. 'T'ho inting hold 'l'hurnday night, at (hid F'ollowni' Ilall iieii'r litlla lapie.mtof the iAux Ilaryy Mauitiary As~cliaittloil, though nlt so large'l y aittiendlal an it li uili hlave I)bl'or, cioin id.lring the mitagnltudo iof the ends in view, was the Inaugulratlion oif a liovenmlen the hln poirtilmoe or which to tilu city cannot l i, 1 over istllliiateild. 'Thlil re..uai'k of the 'prteldaet iof the, aLsciatlion, (. A. W hitney., Esq., al'e worthy of theo et'il oll nsi enillit ion oif i our people, gelinerally, esupecially oif our morcan tile itnllnllllllit, V. anii we i'reprodul e thei follow ing ixtl ril, In iordeir to tllrhcut publici attenttion ulore tlhoirllugthly to the mllatter: Iin mir o in iIl Now Orleans hnm it grat future.,. ,1anld 1 se noIll ri toi4 n toi dii oubt Ihi Iti will i. tIll l Unlole . l'llllnks Ito (!utp. ,ilt to( wh)oml wn (llgih lto ll giattfutl we hnVi nlw one of the uwtl hat hiru if I i iolitIDHlIlt, anll hLv re anll to hoio tllhat in lue. than tIhroe! yititiu p) 'lilbly two, --his 'iry v 11 Ii tilhe gulf tormlius of the othln! rn l i ',tlll,' Rhillrad. In leuis thii ii mix iiOhnlhe We will have raIlrIltai iolmmilutl.:llntio wl'h Trxil. inoe before mlll y ynlsra throi rail conullictlhioil with the ralirlitd n1tl wllk of lti t grieat Hil I--Itr lll an 1 emlhre+. We hiventonsti.,lllllhontl hat a.ir low Ltaxi lind effrit'tllIlty Liru itt sll froinm I he laiisi that hiitve . raniigled ihcnlolllr. We lihave groally iu. ernlestiul oll'iVs aind rimniiunrativi pl'.* a. VWe hitveIu growIng ll ilIllletlei withi Mei'o, thel Wiitu I ilii. anl Htit ult.h Aminirlli. ultdi with It l iiu.iXi nl lxptlin. onvrrythli 4tg a gi i AfavlOllhly fr it h it rantrlllllnt prii4lae Ity of oir gratlt i- ty. Thait i.lv.thitlon conlilllitlln thl muIio t which W-1 itr, iassemblell to di l-Pt . If tlllmionl a ontlllln , it in Idle to deny that. our irogreis will Io giiitly rhltarli.il. With fuhi.l t11"4lih, it I , lilllenult to plut £ he borw l 11111 tiis if our futui re. A,'tlon is Ili'4 li ary I- lm dllate action.. The ilian. h lou millPt oI tent at 4ch1 . lU1t i l4 in athoroI lgh and Iihiral rilmanenr. A.ntoll linealuLl idea b. The ubhlle treasury is nexlihltuttdl. anl I froml that dlhotlion the fiu miPr iur inlRhe R tin litie. 'Io our mi,,pin. In their ilndiviiual mopneity. nlli t1t wIV look for the ltnnllS iitiaollhllu ltil i(noIe - .liry Il to irnirve thh hlal'h of the clty. The Ilmoli will n ,it lie walcited--l will bI, retiiruned lten f-,h in the pirtletilon to llta and in the ou hani ~d villue of irlip tyi . This Ie a clhear and Contlhe statement o)f the sllltlj'ct, and volYtirne of words would not more elTectually iounvey its vital rnpolrtanco. We beliow with Mr. Whitney that "with public health it is dllticult to plcturl the possibi)lltleio of our future." and hIluce the iabsolute nflall slty for prosec(uthig inltelligently anti deuitr minedly the groat work of sanitary reform. lIt our people retrench andl practice the most rigid ,ionouoy lu every other respect, but let them not hesitate to subserlibe liberally to nlaintain for oiur city the reputation for clean liness and healthfulness which by hard and persistl'ent work and a wilo expndllltliur (of moiniey sliti a('htievoed luit year. Tho future 1i ind~dwul hill of bright promtl:i;t for us if we ian avert from our city the ecourge which has In the past nfllicted upon her so much sorrow and damaged so Immeasurably her material iuter ats, and that thisl is possible, nay almost cirtalu, the experlence of last year suflhdlently prouves. Cleansing a great city, however, is a great and continuous work, and one cleaning up will not sfenice. With the awful example of Memphis before us, who shall say that the people of New Or leans can overestimate the Importance of sanitation, or that they should 'holtate one moment about subscribing whatever amount may be deemed requislte to a thorough cleansing of the city and tlhe prosecution of sanitary work throughout the nixt summer? We believe that our cltlzens are fully awake to the importance of the proposed work, and that they will not only contribute largely and cheerfully of their means, but will give in every possible way their assistance to the public spirited and self-sacrificing gentlemen who have done such good work in the past, and who are now buckling on their armor for the grand struggle against dirt and (tilseas which Is inevitable this year. Let us all help the association and city and State authorities with words of cheer and with our means to win as conspicuous and brilliant a victory this year as crowned their labors in 1878. THE SUIOIDE MANIA. Two young men have recently committed suicide in New York under such peculiar cir cumstances as to excite unusual newspaper comment. Both of them, it seems, went about the act of self-destruction in the most deliberate manner, leaving behind them care fully written documents concerning their worldly affairs, and providing for the dispo sition of their bodies after death. One of these self-immolated individuals was a young Englishman named L. A. Holland, a graduate of Oxford University, and the son of a well known and wealthy clergyman of the Estab lished Church, living in one of the central counties of England; while the other was a young German civil engineer named Parthay, who, like Holland, was of excellent stock, highly educated and possessed of talents above the common order. Both of these young men in their valedictory mes sages to the public assert their san ity in the most positive terms, although neither displays a willingness to advise the public concerning the motives leading to the shuffling off of "the mortal coil" in such an unceremonious manner. Parthay said he went "calm and without any pt sseon or fear," while Holiland said, "I do hope that no one will think me mad." Relative to the dispo sition of their bodies after death there was also a singular unanimity, each expressing a desire to be cremated. The German did not care for ceremonies, but "would prefer burn ing," and the Englishman did not wish to put his family and friends to more expense than he could help, but "should like to be cre mated." Following swiftly the one after the other, these suicides would seem to suggest something more in the way of a motive Ithan the urual "life wearlnse" enanndered by dleappol(utruP-t or trouble. ThhoI who are about to enterl- that "nllodIAeovered cioun try" about which tInlore Itas ver hb.l Rso rn l4'hi of 141pwalhtthon ald "o 14t4lle of real knowhledg, aroe nlot, usually so mntlhtdlnbal In t[ho r nntl fun4ral mi ov4cu4utsJ4. In fact, iif i vIry 4Pl4'Im that it pt r4an med( llttin!g alil44t|o ove1 r ex g.l 'rocn ' any palrtlM 'lulatl' Wk Ih ('cllcrn1ing ,th d4..4 1 t4oilh of ihl ti. hill. rm'4ain4l. J'ho 1 1r4' , ll (tl 11.4 11nt.11r.l IInp4Iilst' I~ 'Ier t h1.1 1 4lr('ll-n tl1n'4'44 WI 1411 (444(4 to 11 4 to 41((4 11.44 th4 1)41(441, 4ltr.1 lIy oIf T i (,1, ( ' Val l 4 I 4,av 1 h1 I'eH t 14to halll''. fr an1 young 4 i4hll3Iw , 4b vIi rl l .1n, a14 4 4 n(4 41 stys Iln 1i14 l',tt4'er' ", I r ally 1'414.4 li't 4441414411ne I 't inl4lioIr what 1ho44 ',lr444 of lthr )l1441 y afltetr 1,he 4o111 hls4 l.rt ( it." Whlat, t..n145, '4ll4l4 l have4 Ibon the I IOtLI lv 4tuatl, I 4.l 1.14144 . young. Ih oll4lllLllgen all( well-lin.hlttal Imen to rI.lllh IlI 'ell ..sly to 414n1a.lth, wheln a,4(,orlil Ing It the wr4 i t.tn 4 tnmlllt orf 4oal4 t.h)ro wlor nI1 tartI( lly la1114 that nighI.|t n4ot lh444V Iu'on 4-ilsJly 14hr1144 f Are theilr 14 ol.alim or5 orf tinht(llr y tit r''1 Vl' ,e 'R IV a 4vll lno(.4 o)rf 1madnla., o4r Ir'lle wt I h(' llIV uhit lilly w(1ore nlt' tel.I, 1 1 1,'ly by ia d134, 1415i to 16114rl.4 ,. (44 v1141d myst4r4l.i' of tIhe grnat hl'rnlor1,fr Or h111 they ratln y tla4(t 1114 (r5.m1 ,tion of ithe lutly would ho1 t1e4nd of4 all? (rn rtinlug thrt1 , ln'ehi of t1(441e sui.'Itle , 4ighth, h11n(1. 444 , lih'ved him11 lr ju 4tllinble In 414t11ng his life with what, Is legarihol Iy tR3+44lety as the highest of tlrshn,4s, shna ll w)e not say Ithat they ",di4ed am tIh , fool ( It l 'h ?" A 00D RIDDANOE. WV'o regret, thl t ln tllhe rsh orf oth, r 1 matters and4 I IIIrthe engrosih1 g l1pro41haton of eventL, we negilt.i4l t1o thank J4ude illlings, for 1.1 oe bltk4 of ju1tlell4 41l propriht.y as w411 as on4 hIliI4a of tilf to ll tir , st' 44l t,4 4l 1. fratern ity, for his a4t1,lo 4In 144 rmovil4ng the lat. 114 )Io1rrl or ltrlnl'r,. Ilow Chaster lver ca(me ta1 lf tppoi lnt.4l( to that 1 'too has always been a msyd.tery 1.) 3(x44)41 cfLIz4e8; how lie mlauag4el 1to 4-c'pO decapitlation o long has proved Oln moore ot a (ot'ldol4irumn. ''Thorn I no doubt1141, hloweve'r, as to the 411"4444 and LIroti4n445e4 of his removal. .,11 |11(' 1111113l4gs4144144, l 441 tl ol J ll av4 , 44r 44 1onorv odgtle lIlIllIng could not thav done lloait more just ("r ellni4n(htl4 thing or o ll that( would ore rt( 1 cr4aly co4cI4ut4rat ul(n I4lll self the grIatiltud4e f at 4lrge and inlu mntlal (chum. 'hls rellow ChanIlter hais don11e more than a41ny oth,.'r 144i5s4o1 e r ti ll ing Into oi4 ll(u4( a4nd4 dllllsr'put1.' the l .1,aihllnstraln ol f 1F1eer11 jUes thie hr14, In N4ew Orle'ansl. 14,,lm1 b! e sing an 44s4 (fr tlhe (do4n4t 4ai1nd moat1 opaque d(4r iptLion, h4 Is at onte c(Intlultal(i land oblltinate, poIln.pou1 and 1 Ualign4ant, (Iun ning a4nd un14r4Cr1puIlous. I' lls court has b1on4 the mediu m1n through which 4the most out rageousu anuoyun44(444, oL)rlrt4on4 1,1(1 h14J4urh.t were Iilic1te'll 4n st."auboa1 t len and steitn boat Int1erests. 'There was no co(mplaint so frivolous tihatt he would not make It the pre txt for 1om4 pJlrw'cut iol ; there was no alle gation lte fals a4n( ullteuablo that hi would )not mtaintatn it a asgainst the st.atnb(tst.. IIlf (H) dozn uich cOlmletloners as Chester would have driven the river commelrc away In lo,, than twelve mouths. Half It doz.n such 4courts as his would have made It Impoc Hllh tol toransact business that could by any dvic be b rought withnlu his clutches. With the in1tlcte of a bird of prey, his rulings were always against those who offered temp tation to phluder; with the Instincts of an ,nbiltter4e. and malevolent nature, his blows were alwavays leveli at the worthy. We arte glad( that Chester has gone. In the name of t nuIutero(uJ community andl of a large and important Interest, we thank Judge BIllngs for giving the impetus that launched 1him. He has been in autbority just long enough, however, to llustrate thei folly and the danger of app l} ig to public polithln a at of attaluments which nature intended for the cornillid by day, and perclance the neighbors' hen-rolet by night. Chester is ruined now, and to that extent ho Is a victim. Ilo can never hrlng himself down to his logit Imate occupatilon of chasing a twelve-inch hoe (town a ditch bank, and yet it Is the moat cer tain of all certain things that there will never be any popular yearning for him as an ex pounder of the law. It is difficult to imagine any field of labor in which Caester can figure to the profit and satisfaction of any one else, though possibly, If we had time, we might stumble upon a valuable sugtgestion. Chester, however, Is one of those things that people shake with too much enthueiasm to admit of an afterthought. They say, as we do now, G<(s|-bye! and then they want to air their minds. SUGAR MARKETS. We take the liberty of offering the sugges tion to the Associated Press that a better knowledge of the condition of the sugar mar kets of the principal cities of the North and West would be of great interest to our sugar dealers and planters, and, in this connection, it would be well if the dispatches quoted the grades best known here, and also give the tone of Northern and Western markets. L)uisiana now produces a sugar supply of fourteen millions in value. The number of persons engaged in the production and han dling of this vast crop, together with the large capital invested, justifies us in requesting that the fullest information shall be given, in order that our people may have the benefit of all the markets of the country, and we have no doubt that our friends of the Associated Press will cheerfully adopt so reasonable a suggestion, which is based upon the universal oesire of our business community. Notwithstanding repeated assurances to the contrary, and the excited comments of the German and Austrian press thereon, the statement is now made from Russian sources that instead of increasing her army it has been materially decreased during the present year, and that her purposes and wishes are all for peace. This is very well as far as it goes, but it does not go far enough. The charge made by the Austrian press was that Russia was massing her army on the West ern frontier, and there accumulating a large quantity of war material. No (xplanatlon is given of this movement, and until it is fully accounted for R>issia's protestations cf peace ful purposes will be accepted with reserve. Mr. MacTear, who recently agitated society and the jewelers with the statement that he had discovered a process by which carbon could be crystallized-in other words, an in vention for making diamonds-now announ ces that the annonncement was premature He admits that he occasioned very general alarm without good reason, but is of the opinion that he will yet succeed. Possibly he will, yet It would be well for him to be sure of success before he again startles those who have a large supply of the costly brilliants on hand. When an American wants to feel how small he is and how little respected is his country, he grs. down to Venrc~Mle. There he has the starch taken out of him nla the short.st poe allbl time. It, has long been thodellght of the averlge Voenierlan to show his contempt for thi "grea't reputlic," but wo submit that fhtr ircrt'Pt ooilurrt'inc. at Iiarctlofna carry thirk feeling rather too far. An Aier'lran.on 11l in entl llt to IApme consimi.tratlon, If the unrifr.r',Mntatlv- citizitn ai not. 'Tho cuTlIng an(l kliking, so to .H'ak, of our consular tient out3i of thCu city 5esrSrl to atil fr somtlffs action oii the part of IMr. tEvart,'in dipllrt inirint, If It aotultit i. A) to Do mo than a mild pro itest. SiAIE I iALL. I. E. LEES, WIlTI FOLEY AND I tGICfON'i. Vs. J. L. WRIGHTS. WITH NI(UIIOLB AND lIENNETT. AT O)A I LAN D) PAIIK, aIiiD5aW, J4UlUAiT p 1R. A dr, idmin n-Twr.nt.y-nve ennti . i...~.t_7 TW ENIT Y.tiM UNil ANNUAL MTATIEMCNT - OF THilE - HOPE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ORLEANS. Oli1sc... . - No. t Ositmnli rot. In oonformity with the rweulrementA of their charter, the (ompauy ulbilsh the following statement: I'Prmiumtn during the yoar ending DI)r~mtoblr 31, 17 ......... $72.739 rI On liro risks. .. ..........S. . t 7ll1 1f ()tI n rlluiril Ir ks ............ . ".2) 37ll On river ri.k .r i C6 iSM - - $ 7.,786 67 Less thnso Htoms: Los,-i4 yelnl ta iring tIboImo urlitod, vz; On tlII risk . . . .... ....... 7,98 57 ()n alllrlInn rItkn .. . .. tll o1 ()o river ri-k .. .... . 2 ,i 97 Ht1late to arlties iiusured 7,194 07 itat r an+i city i.. ii i in it aind tax()s o n on envi'al 411(t1 o tnltite for 14117: .... .. 5.2 t4 Retturn pr lotilur .. . . Ir., tI 10 Ito lil itluralo'............... . . 6,41.8 63 lonari ofi Unldir writllr. i,. i nr. profn.lt and los. In lu i*atl........... .. 63844 37 - 42.6r7o R Profit....... ... . ........... 10,133 76 The Comopany's assets: Hills reoitlva,ln otn first mnortgaget .... t..'t, 40 hills re.'r.lvtlin on pil ne ... ..... 2. ,2r1 51 lillls rrelv ,ehi ' fl. r i.remiurns 6 .9(n 13 Insuranniw,. G(iallht (.ilpitany and 'ther atooI ..k t.1.. . ........ .142 79 lrit i.d Stilt.s tier ieti ri I b,.ds .... 9,9W1 14 .Real itlateI in t tly .. .......... ..- 4.65ir 91 )U tfor lprot nlln in it course I, rol hIo ll tto . ........ ... 21.9. 1 a33 Cash on banud ................ 13 .) o Total assets ............... ...1,13 76 The above statement Is a truo and correct transorlDt from the" t, )ut h i4 tIte company. IiY I'PY;T&AUD. Presldent. Loutsrn BAINKTT, ti rortary. Sworn to and sub.orlbod before me. this tmnt.h day of Janury. tIwso. M. T. DUOiOSi. No'ary Pub'lc. NEw Otl,.EANS. January 8. I)4O. At a meeting of the Board of Direct.ors, hold this d Iy. the anni sl s atoment. submitted by tho Presidout wats extamlunit 4ltl( afuiroved as a :crrnt transcript of tho hi ),,k of the omm tiany. And in view of the i-rdprotatl r n In tho nimarket vaint i tof real ,(sto I anti tonks., theI fol. lowing reductions wtre uuauriuouly adopted. Reid rstate, from ........... ... . 14, 9 94 Keducid to ...... .............. .1 ( 9U __ -117,88 96 Stocks, from ......... ..... . 2'.12 Ic.duced to ........ ......... 2(Io.t 0I 4 736 75 Total reductions. .................2 6056 71 jell tf .LOU'4 RARNRrT. .ecortary. CHI N61E OF TINE. GREAT JACKSON ROUTE. Orn and after SATUR DAY. January 17. trains wilt l.av, as f.llowt: Expores malil (l ." ) 2:.i D. m. Mixed (Runolday- exe-op.lei) 7:15 a. im. Ao.tommodatton (Smturdays ont) 4 D. m. Exptres. mall arrives at ttso a. m.. dally. Mixed arrive-s at 7:30 n. m.., Sundays exc~mpteti. Aii-ommodation train to New Orleans Monday morning it withdrawn. F. CHANDLER. ja 14 tt _D Osneral PanwR.a r Agent. UNITED STATES FOUR PEi CENT LOAN. COUPONS AND REGISTERED BONDS BOUGHT AND BOLD. Denominations of 560, $100. 500 and 1000 always on band by the NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK, j-i41m 54 4'.aip utreqt. GO TO MOODY'S 12...... CARONDELET STB EET....i.1 - FO B SJIHIRTS, - AND - Gents' Furnishing G OO DS. Undershirts............ e5e each and upward Drawers ........... iSe a Dair British Half Hose (lull finished) ........... 25e All Linen Hdkfs ....... 2Se each Bilk Handkerchiefs.... sOe .. Cot'd Bordered Hdkfs. le .. Suspenders ........... 21e a pair Warm Lined Glovees.. ItSa Fur Tops Lined klin Gloves .............. S -. Oardigan Jackets......$1 SO each Cardigan Jackets (all wool) ....... .....1. O - Silk Umbrellas........ 00 . Otton Umbrellas...... 7S .. Linen C, llars.... . . 1 50 a dozen Linn Cuffs ........... ..3 80 Black iilt (made no) Bcars .............. Fancy Bilk (made up) Scarts............ .. Fancy Satin (made no) Scarfs. ... .. 2 . Fancy Silk Ties........ 2 _. ln1 2,n .D or RD CITY TAXES OF 1879. Dellnquents still havw a few days to Day their taxes without costs. Those who now refuse to avail themselves of the same will have no oces. slon hereafter to complain of additional ex pensees. ALP. H. I8AACRON. de21 tf Arlminitratr fnt P . anro HAftT'8 LOAN OYFFk'I 43 - ...»...A.N, STRi__... 43 OPPOBITB GASB OIl0a. Money loaned on Diamonds. Jewelrs, Parnl turd, Pianos. Mirrors a u e Mtl DANZIGEIR'S, 131 CAN'AIL ST. WE HAVE DETEIO1NED TO MAKE A G11M1 CLOSINQ OUT SIli OF AlL WINTER G00DS - Al oUR LADIE) ' f.'T GOA K, ILADlIES' RUrIII ('IIILDR IN'M Ci.OAKS and ISUITS, DRESS Non 11, MOU.KrN IN(l (110OI, FLAN NEIl,, IA'HKETS, ETo.C Are All Marker] Way Down. L.gardlesn of 0.i. W, eWmer't»^A fr""' I rwoo : OWr r ( (lAtf I. ,' ,\ K4 re.twl 'Od IEt $5, Our tr. (;LO'I l II, (t . K -) r4 t .r.I.n to 14, Our $7 (LOTTI (O1*' ' K. radut,.e. to 1s. (urt fin (.o II 4l t, I H O K i roluned 'ose, Our 1:1 CLOTII l;1 ) -\ .4 rou.tiji d to1 40, . Our Yc n )OL1NAN$ r ' Eh t. 5, Ouir $4 I)I.M`tN'4 rn 't" I, t,'i* ,. All our flno 1o01.4 AN4 anid CLOAKS ha. been mark"d down yt tour n".nt. GRAND I :EDUCTION In a) I our CIJILDIEN '" CLOAR.IE ILAN IEFTS: Our $4 75 12-4 Cotton ll,, \NKETd redned 0 "d ( Our 54 n, Woolen i,1ANKI, TH rp'el.isd tnto Our aX (ranulir I .It EKKt I r-''u,' tosl. Our 11 0o OIlllornia BIS. NKF, I'8 redn.ed w $9 Io. I)RFILN GOODN, N(M VELTIES: Groat il'dunetlons mnadle In all our DBID All onIrfliu Silk and Woolon !N( )VRLTIlN ,lf Ia sand I rtlu "I'd t l, 1t . stro and ..g, 100 Iplu'o Broado PI',l'IAN . v. 'lued at 800j :o5.. rodes It" o a' #1''id124 7 . 100 DIv if'"" LDKHH (1(ODr'I) a' 6 ad Ioto. I (aS,, BDr..9k. Nl PI')1,hn at 1214 . worth w MOL'RNItG O(H)O')8: 10 piefrer BIta-k A .IPA"A an l4uc. worth log 160o jpIeS Black CArH MUU tIILTTZ.t 10, W0151 25e All wooi beat Ilta-k JAHFTIMFREat u4. Luplu'. h as BIlack UAC1likRlRI at 66Co. 7o0,W and $1. Empreor Cloth. Bombasettes, 1Bfawnr Eo., Eto. Fur Capes lhedtuel to Half their Value, LADIES' AND F..II.DREN'R UNDERWEAR MAN U FACTORT4, The LAlttH''' n'ro('K I. the city, froml rilnh at to tbhe otale,t, II la.ce and Embloi5 P.rles for Raot'- ar.nd ir,lou's. ldlu.p' CIIEMHI K " 214 , worth Soc. Ladle,' HKIIlTS at 24 . worth soc. Great Rdnuctlon in Silk Broceds YVelvets, atins and Stilk Black and Colored ,laln Fllk V LVETS. Black and Color-ad tr,'ikE:, MILKM. Noveltles in HII K and OttENADINim -. v"ining w'- r. Black HILKS at 6 o. 7r". a6'. and $1, A lark. as.ortmeHt or flner HILK$I. 20,000 yards of Trimming of all ports. Patssamrnterle JET (Oº'NAMENTB. with tih larryest tock ':f FRINOVM in thoetty. Patent LACE,'. btra vr a LACES. etoe. HEADQUAiTEiRS FOR BALL FANS, 9OS Doear K10 EiI.PoVEM HID QLOM( Ladleo' 2 butto,na o, era Kid at 25.. LadllPe' dark K'dl, whit'. and opera. at404 . LadlIes' 10o-hutto Kid Ol .VOVt at O. All 'or FI.ANN~E .. t .., etc., are MAR .' WAY DOWN. DAN ZIGEU'S, 131..............Canal atr .eg..... ...1...ll.. "our'. IT,,t,.id'r fl B. BICHARDSON. 8. D. McENL.C JOHN 8. YOUNG. RICHARDSON, MCENERY & YOUNG, ATTORNEYT AT LAW, MONROE, LA. Will practice in all the parishes of NJi Loulslana. the Bupreme Court at Monroe the United Btates Courts at New Orlels el Washington. They have corresponding Aitoi iroys In each psrlsh. Particular attention dgl to the sale and l:asee of Plan a lone; have S. eral fine Cotton Plantations now for sale. j'SLl -crrS DR. ROBERT J. MAINEGRA -WILL areu- FREE CONSULTATIONS DAILY FROM 1 TO 10 A. M.. At the Washington Avenue drug store. e01UW Magazine and Washington strese. The Doctor is a prac itfoner of long eUS rienoe. and has acquired a vrofessionaloeslWI. in the treatment of diseasee of sa soan U1 chr'ni .haratar. nol6 g DL C. A. CHAIDLER, PRACTICAL DENTIJW' Ne. 151 Canal Street. (Between Bourbon and Dauphine) Dentitry practiolly performed in 1" BRANOH1B at the very lowest BAThS an j liher)0 (!R~iRaRPP.- _ CITY LICENSES FOR 1881, --AND- Taxes for Back Years / PANI AT A LIBEAlL DISC.UNT -BY M. J. HART, NOTE AND MONEY BROKIRl j9 tf 40 at. Charlps oe... AXMINSTERS. MOQUE . BRUSSELS. INGRAINS. Largest Assortment, Newest Styles. Prices in the South. A. BROUSSEAU'S 0ON, I1...T.CA...CART ST aSTaL '.* NEW STOCK OF WINDOW SHADES, CURTAIN GOODS, China and Cocos Mattilf LINOLeUL , OIL CLOTHS. CRUMB OLOrHd. RUO'. MATd, innarest nLety. Call an, ase-e. ns CITY LICENSES FOR 1880. DEPaaMET! or FTTAwOW. Cr1 S J New Orleaun. January , 185 This departm ut will be prepars- onJ DAY. January 2.188,. to deliver otty lioeas 1980 for all vehicles, trades, piof.'sioas callings: and will receive in payment of m same until January 31. 1880 9o per cent in cash, and 10 per cent in the unpaid ordinances of city for the years 1876. 1te77 and 1878. The owners or keepers of dogs areeS.I' fully notified tuat a license for each dot3 *M be taken out in compliatrce with ordio·_ 140. A. 8. A. H. I8AAC'90 gal l1 idminlstrator of f0l5