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LOUISIIA.L Covington proposes to organise a fire com Oak Ridge, Morehouse prish, wants a city charter. Colored labor continues to cone into East carroll. The river here Is falling at the rate of one foot each day.--Vidalla Eagle. The laboring class, we learn, is contracting freely for the coming year but little if any trouble being experienced by our planters In securing hands sufficient.--lTensas Journal. Mardi Gras was celebrated in Lake Charles With many mask' rs on the streets. There were a larget number of visitors in town, several of them coming from Vernon parish. We believe It is very generally the senti meat of the people of this sectlon that tihe office of assewsor should not be abolished or blended with the sheriff's olllce.-lVldalla Eagle. We are condemned to receive more doses of the Brott mall failures. God help us Pray tell us, mall authorities, what have we done to be treated with so much contempt?-I Baton gouge Herald. The Webster rimune has changed hands, Mr. John M. tcaniand, its former editor and proprietor, retiring, and Mr. 8. M. Mc~ranie aseuming editorial charge and management of the paper. We were Informed that the two bridges on Grosse Tete have been washed away. Bridges on this bayou have been expensive to this parish, and In future they should be built so as to re6lbt all high water.-[Polnte Coupee Pellcan. The steamboat Cara arrived last night with one barge load of seed. While on her way down, and near Collt ge point, one of the bar ee she had in tow, having on board about to8000 aks, struck a snag and sunk. -[Oretna Courler. A greater number of our farmers were in town on last Monday than we have seen on one day for a long time. They report matters quiet In their netghborhoods, a.nd every pros pect for good crops. Labor ls plentiful, and well satlsf.ted with their last year's returns for their work. I Union Gazette. The Carroll (.mservative cites as an illue tration of what may be acompolished by in dustrious negrs's, the case of a man named Blchardson. the latter cultivated, with the aselesistance f two men, tidrty-slx acres In cotton and fourteen in corn. on the Edgeileld plantation, in that parish. His net proilt was $903. The contest for the paroctial printing of 3ablne was a lively one. The Southron of fered to do the work at a discount of .) per cent from legal rates.; the Indrz proposed not only to performU the wortk gratis, but tendered a bonus of thirty cents for the privilege. It is needless to add' that the Indc. carried off the "prize." A meeting of t'e citizens of West Baton Rouge and P,,ltat C tnpee was held near the store of J. I.'Nardin, on Bayou Poydras, last week. R. It. Chinn was unanimously elected chairman, E. G. Blenker, sheriff of Polnts Coupee, vice president, and Charles 8pann ecrettry. A committee was appolntetd which drafted resolutions wherein those taking part in the meeting pledged themselves to lend their aid and asselestance to the ofiers in en forcing the laws and malntaliungsocial order and quiet. The Lake Charles Icho rgives the following table of distanres on the LousloantI Western Rallroad : Orange, T1exa.l, to Slabin river 7 miles, Blackberry station 13. (Chouplque bayou 24%, Calcaslen river 30': ' Lake CJtlaries 98%., Lak'- Chal It to Iavou Utýler 2'/ G(ood man's 3 English bayou 7'" Hamieren Ltblen's 9. Pine Islaed 15, Weot L.sw uIne 13V', llenry Welsh's 24%. l'each Tree hol)low 25',. Grand Marais 33, l,,l.runs :35, Mermentau river 89%, Ba.vou Blanc 50, l'oupevilll 58, Vermil lonville 78. Here at New Road we also had our Mardil Gras procession, and although it was not per haps as grand an afItair Itas the New (rleans procession, yet it was t'autlful to behold. The costumes of our masqueraders were gor geous, representing historial personages, the memory of whom elevated the soul of man; and lndeed who would not ftel purer and be emulated towards deeds of valor on beholdlng such true representations of l)on Quixote, Punch and Judy. the harlequins, as Aould be seen on the main thoroughfare of our little city of New Road on Mardi Gras day. Next year we will Invite the outside world In time to come and behold the pa geant.-[Polnte Coup e Pelican. Merchandising In the parish of Pointe Cou pee must be prolltable and the merchants in this parish must be gootd business men. From New Texas to Redl River Landing and thence to the Athobafalaya and down that stream most of the merchants have large stocks of goods; nearly all of them are owners of cot ton plantations. and have money to advance to their customers. We know of two mer ohants who have acquired large sugar estates and on Groease Tete, Fordoche and the Chenal others have bought and paid for cotton plan tations, which are either being rented or worked successfully. Other merchants are Investing their prolits in town lots, and again others are doing a banking business. We doubt if any parish can point to as many sue -eesful merchants, and, at the same time, as a class they are distinguished for their integ rity. their liberality and their public spirit. Pointe Coupee Pelloan. The little town of Covington seems to have had the most successful carnival of any in the country. hIex reached Covington Monday at o'clock, and promenaded the principal streets of the town, winding up with a royal banquet at the 8t. Tammany Hotel. On Tuesday came the proceasion-Rex and his suit-consistlng of the Earl of Warwick, a band of native warrior's, the press, Blue beard, Fatlmai the Kings of Clubs and Spades, the Maid of Ichlluncta, the Iero of Bunker Hill, Humpty Dumpty, a Chinese juggler Rip Van Winkle, the Devil and several monks, monkeys and negroes, led. There were. besides these, three floats in the pro cession representing the Wild Men of the Forest, King Cotton and plantation life. A number of dwellings were adorned with the King's banner, and were otherwisedecorated. At night a grand niasrquerade and fancy dress ball was given at the court-house. Last Wednesday evening, at Garraway's saloon, Lake Charles, Joseph Mathis was shot in the foot. An aflldavit was made, charging a stranger from 'Texas, named Shafer, with the shooting, and under a warrant Sheriff David H. Lyons arrestAed Shafer and put him in jail. Matt Woodlief, a gambler, who has been here some two or three months, said he was a friend of Stafer, and made some threatening remarks about the sheriff in con nection with the arrest. That night, between 12 and 1 o'clock, Burns Lyons and Capt. John 8. Hawkins went to the sheriff's house to in form him of some suspicious sounds about the jail, apparently pointing to a jail deliv ery. The sheriff being awakened by his wife, mistook the party for assailants and fired, seriously wounding Capt. Hawkins. The next morning Matt Woodlief attacked the sheriff with a revolver, whereupon he was fired on and instantly killed. A coroner's jury decided that Lyons was acting in self defense. AMUSEMENTS. Grand Opera House. Last season, when the Emma Abbott Com pany first appeared here, we recognized the talent of Mrs. Beguin to the extent of devoting a special notice to her, in which we endeavored to do justice to her good qualities as a singer and an actress, while we had very little to Fay In praise of the remainder of the troupe. ex copting. however, or Mr. Peaks, the then first basso of the company. who was also an artist. Since the production of "Trovatore" on Mon day, in which Mrs. Beguin distinguished her self as Azuceua. we have wondered at the poe sibility of her connection with the Abbott Oom pany at all. and the only way that we can ex. plain the anomaly is by the fact that outside ,of the imported operatic combinations, there is "no place for an artist like her in the United States. We are now going to say a few words of Mar tha as produced last evening at the Grand Opera House by the Abbott Company, but be fore doing so we will crave Miss Abbott's par don for having made a transposition ourselves yesterday conerning her. A slip of the pen nade u say that in her MJiserere scene she had Seul[ In atll tone below tle key. W ofl r ps tramposl on oourred in the nat trio of t eriha is a farite of the genern Amerle publi e. and j jutly so. for ifs muglo is fresh, tmlm and sily understoodyet ull of artis tic de cy in is shadlngs and not unfrequent ly elDenolngafiabe of genius on the partof its composer With some voite snd the lea.t taste for any knowledge of muelo. Its presenta tion should ordinarily be acceptable, and we are far from denying that the performance last evening was acceptable to the audience. but. it was marked by those glaring faults and oertall ments of the Abbott Company. last year and this. that have kept away from thetheatre that class of people who have struggl d. at no little sacrifcle, to maintain It as a temple of art. Faults which, if the number of our visitors front other States was not so great, would show nightly a sad deficit in the exchequer of the management. We do not moan, In saying thls.that the strangers now in our city are less Intelligent or cultivated than ourseives, for that would be absurd, and more in very iad taste; but if they form almost exclusively the audience of the Grand Opera It Is because they are in a strange Ie nd and must accept the opportunlties offered them for recreation and amusement. The the atre is an oven parlor, and since there are only two of them oven in the city. one of which olays "Conrad the Corsalr" every night it is plain that our visitors have little cholce in selecting their entertainments. Our people, as we have already said, are In dulgent to a fault, but they are unwilling to en courage mediocrity, lest when it will depend upon them alone to fitll the seats of the Urand Opera House it will be empty, and the proprie tors will have to close its doors and deprive us of about the only artistic place of resort In New Orleans. Their'e ls notologic. We spoke of Mr. Peaks at the beginning of this reference of 'Martha." Was it benause he was a good artist that he was dispensed with this veear, and Mr. RFse substituted for him as I'lunkett Mr. Ryse was aoupplauded lastyear for his comicality, notwilthsauditg his .xtra'rdl nary volo-. which hat won for him the title of "'obtalled Bas.o." but the idea of presenting him as the dignifled. though bluff, country no bleman In Martha. is slmply preposterous. The Idea of the stage people of povoklong by their applause an encore for Mr. Tom Carl (the second tenor of the company. who is euperior. however, to the firte.) was fataL For what was the result? His romn izt if the third act had been sung uacettablh. showing that he pts cseHne a goo i. well toned voice of expellent c,mpasa, and ftll of sympathy. But the forced enore (amet and he fell a martyr to friend ship. One of the r'asons was probabiy that Mr. Carl had bitched he aolce half a tone too high, and the result was that his aria in the last ant and his duo with Martha ( leas Abbott) iead to ihr, mlit. d Miss abbott does a clever thing in Martha; It is her sinrnlg of the "Last htoeA of tumm-a. " which 1- about the only thing which she slngs n tune, but the ear of the musician cannot be dectvoe, at the tlQaset of to stinar in itc'hing It hit f a tone lower than it I. written. And there is no reason for this. unulcs It be w.at of cultivation. for Miss Abe 'tt's volto is equtll to the ecorm. We understand that t'lre is sIme little chi oitn'ry about the production of (1 trmen on taturd y at this theatre, and may tsko ooasalon to refer to it between now and then. To-tlay at the matinee the Chimes of Nor man .y, and at night the Daughter of the legl ment. A(ADEMY OF MUBIO. The Evargelline combinatino still continue to attract large audltnces to the Academy. ant will no doubt continue to do so uniti the close of their engagement on Saturday evening next, At the matinee to-day Conrad the COarair will be ehrformed. It will also hold the boards to IRLNCOn OPERA HOUSE. RL .NOII OPERA InoUSI. This evening Mr. Polix Itgamnp y the talent ed Frnnch arnt t. will give an exhibition of hie lighning tirawing at the French Opera House. This wil bs. as we are informed. the only chanoe for our people to witnas most inter eiting Ifnt* with the poneil, for Mr. Regamey will leave the city very sm,. It is certainly worth the while to speoin this evening at the Opera House on Blter bin street. The ticket office at Ithe Opera House will he open from t9 . m. to 3 p. m. to-day aird In the mevening at 6% p. m. 1Ickots can also bhi had at Orunowald's music store and at G. E. 8trong's, No. Its aunal btreet. BAsE BALL. The V. J. Lambert. Jr.. II tso Ball Club hold a metlong Mondmy mevenillnl and reorganlz.d for the season of Ioil. with the foil iwlng omo.res nd ut mHmi ors: V. J. Lambert. h ,norary uree| diitit aind treasurer; John McGYar, presllent; Paul F)ss, vie ' ipresidllntt and r. f. ; Peter toke Ne'cretiary and v.; Alvin Ada us. steward and e. 1.; Henry Miller, c.; John Trant, Int b.; John Alfortlih. 't1 b.; HIgh Brady.:ltd b. John Moy ian. s. s.; Joseph Lambert, I. 1. KNI(IIUT OF PLIAUIItJlt OCIALT CLUB. At a mttoling heold last Saturday night the Knights of Pltasure Ocalal Clubi w.es organized with the following officers: Wm. St.ratmeyor, ero(ldent.; J. H. Dakln. vico presidlnt: W. Stouder. secretary; A. T'ook. treasurer; J. L. Connell, sergeant-at arms. Wants a Crown for Grant. [Washington Sentinel.] At Don Cameron's convention a delegate from Allegheny county made a set speech of some longth, which he closed with the declaration: "That It 'publicans everywhere would rejoice if they could place a crown upon Grant's head." As there were some anti-Grant Republicans at the convention, that open-mouthed Mr. Moreland, who let the cat too soon out of the bag, was greeted In consequence with groans and hisses, and aries of shame. Staub. From his extensive stock of news at Gold thwaite's. corner of Canal street and Exchange Alley. Staub sends us the New York Herald, Times and Sun and Philadelphia Times of the fourteenth instant, and also Harper's Monthly for March. which is really a superb number. being unusually full of the most exquisite en gravings, and containing a vast amount of In teroesting and varied reading matter. Dr. Wis. Alex. Grene, Maceo, Ga. Dr. Wm. Alex. Greene. 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MARTIN LAMWES BUTCHER, kes. 7 and 38 MAGSAZINE VARKET. BupDlles Boardi houses and Fa milles in sen eral with ever'th the market offers, and esnecially a varlety of Bausage of first quality. marketnga delivered ree of charge, and prom,'? iaeaded to nolta II. SCHWARTZ & BRO., 149 TO 169 MIAGAZINE STREET, AGEaNTS FO1R DFARES PATET STEAI PUm Th amttetlom of the Dubile s partiUla.. ealbed to the GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICEB I b T~s re.Iun oi a pssIlegn9aeount of the deeremae h the oset 01 labor utad m L t in hi S otwerlng o( mepuailty or either. S hotwit&tan ged previously ackaowledged SUPERIORITY OF THE DEANE PUMP, B It h bee the coaunt endeavor of he manufseturer to render It stit more wortlyar o MheP with w It has been received, by such S IMPROVEMENTS IN DESIGN AND DETAIL a i o. lIm f strengthen and perfeot t for the mear uses to whlehb t l applied, U. The Most Perfeet Steam Pump Made. soIb U iMP s sanieoted to a rigorous test before leaving the manufacbrr. and everyn 1 ' oblaste ourselves to refund the nurobase moner in ase any Puma shabould fall o ki 1 form thework for which we arrant it. We have constantly on 'and alare and complete assortment of PUMPS FOR VACUUM, SYRUP, TANKS AND FEEUING BOILIUS KELLY STEEL BARB WIRE. STEEL BARB FENCE WIRE. With the i nvntio, manPt facture and use of BARBED WIRE dawned aruNW ERA 3 ll 0. P'r evlously all fenoes of wire or wood had to be made of mus ient stregth resist the brute force of the animal to be restrained and It depended amn the strength and activity of the animal as to whether the fence oould be broken down or scaled; hence, fencing had become ve ycostlr. and. in many cases, almost impessible to be otaed. thus makin a great drawback to the settlement o0 some of the finest vortions of our Oontinent. THE EASE AND COMPARATIVE CHEAPNESS With which BABBED WIBE can be transported the small amount of time and labor to put it up. its wonderful efficiency as a *ence, and its Oom arative unespah made for it a most wonderful and remarkable success. The amount o sfii have been unprecedented. and though little wars heard of It four rears all the otte i and Territories of v theie ~nated &aBtes, We are Prepared to Execute All Orders, Small or Large, Premptly med t TV Low Prices. FRIEDMAN'S INJECTORS AND EJECGTOS. .e spelal attention of manufactdrers, mill owners, and other parties using * ste al to the reat economy of emplering Injectors as a means of supolying water to M In most eases these Injectors may take the place of Steam Pum s to great even wherthe tlatter have been set up and are now in use. It wonld be a matter o t apply one of the former also to your boiler. for the following. among many other reasem pertinent, that might be given: The Best of Pumps Will Sometimes Get Out of Order, others frequently. In which cwee much valuable time is lost while making repalrs. such circumstances. is a comparatively inexpensive machine. always in order a rd at a moment's notice to take the place of the disabled Pump and allow the wor to n a ing unusual had oocurred. Then again .{mev bse.used to Wrest sdeelage in repltsttto hea t, dsMa the ,tt eioe to be e s good coedttoa to eat us. full lwad o i twn t M ai the morudnsie. edeiog b.y this ogersdoa alone a Great Saving in Fuel, and Wear and Tear of Beoilers. The Steam employed in working the Injector is returned to the Boiler with the eed) / thereby raisina its temperature, and preventina the unequal exuanslon so disastrous to Plates. caused by Dumping in water at a low temperature. The Feed Water enters the Boiler through the Injector In a continuous streas. Wha I great advantage over the unavoidable intermittent supply produced by all kinds ofems s. These Injectors are warranted to work with the most perfeot regularity and whE irn i applied, acoordlng to the instructions given. uaranteed to work to the fullest entesat 1 - osacity, as laid down In our table. Tey will also. it desired, be sent on trial to responlsible parties for thirhy dan to be cepted Itf ound to work as represented. otherwise to be returned free ot expeasm aro t transportation. a DEALER IN JUDSON AND ALLEN GOVERNO.BIS, SShapley & Wells' PORTABLE ENGINES AND BOILERM. STEAMBOAT, CHURCH AKD PLANTATION BELL&B : Bar, Hoop, Sheet and Boiler Iron, WHITE LEAD, Macbbln etnd 0,arrlae Bolts. Packers' Bachetn. Nut. Washers and Nails, . nd Bolt duttes. Files. 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MIUWPm AND BLACKS.a TOolS ONoALL KI.Daop HOV ANIA v lse and Belowu" Dirt, e and Iron Wheeltrow"e -Bb oe Beltin. and Packing ofa'll kinnsdrew an. d s.ecnd-Har id Pordthle and stationirr Engines. Boilers. Bhatting and P, diers RALD]OAIt AAe IIL UIIPPFiOJ or ALE, mniss. SEastimates for rNw Boilers Fuarnrlh ed on AppHloeatll :Psrt*ls rjto u¶Us e will sav. a Las erenae b. a us befose s. - i g e ne . o +.ewied atalge. M. (CIIWALRTTZ & BRO., nd 149 to 1s9 KAGAYIE E BTREET.