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x0 * 5EMORAING MARCH 3, 10$50
' Report of the Board ofUeuL
2The eora of the ad f Healths' i. city,
made IA1n a ae ith o
h ocsetifs reppared bythe Sfretay, Capt. Labuzan,
and te t, Dr. Choppin. Wehave received a
esls of te B ptet containing these papers and
tp fellosteg iimportant facts from them.
erdande h, the law of 1855, authorizing
, eir conde t, .1du of Health lhas located a
S a ,aaiont oantheseft bank of the Miississipi,
tiit five miles from the head of the oPasses,
and about seventy-two miles below thle city. It mea
eight acres front by forty acres deep, between
ellines, making abeautiful enclosure for the
of a qs ratine station. The grounds are
se. well drained;;bmd have many fint e shade
io The i sndha ansmobstrueted course opened
rit hi almost every direction, and thtisadbery exter
nal means is improvedto render the sj.iot bthli althy
anmti jantifal.
,Ths authority of thi Board hk.l bee used' in the
eletion of four lildings. A ma , 120 feet
long by 45 feet .Vid, two stories .iia[oth galleries
eine feet wide, both above and belbio.
A minor hospital, or pest house, for malignant and
eainoentiy contagious diseases, two stories'high, with
galleries, and eighty feet long, has been erected,
saiaing the opportiunities foreparating the diseases
which ar e contagious, and -f.g fully accommodating
alliuneoqalled.
The receipts of te.oard last year-ending on the
Iet'of January-w~ere $67,468 18, of this amount
$45,000 es eceived from the State under the law of
15th .far.Y1t5 t $19,593 75 was received from ves
nes 'at the Miss pi'ppi.Station; $2,191 94from the
Atchafalaya Statioai and $682 49 from the Iigolets
Stition. The expenditures were as follows, Ex
penses'Mississipp Station, 841,701 50 ; Rigolets Sta
etion, $3,47r 67; Atchafalaya Station, $7,811 03;
espeaisesofil binl New Orleaj $7,358 87.
.The liabilities of the Boarif~isomnt to $28,746 18,
and its assets $12,124 51.
A frther apprepriatiqsof twenty thousand dollars
is askid for, hoping wisi.rhhsa sum to make the con
cern pay for if.he tablishment of the stations
ensued r the piireseat year overwhatit vwil
lý lo39,o00. The stations on the Atcha
fhIlayeni. 6rt Pike, on the Rigolets, have been
disientinued since 'se first of November last. A dis:
cn.ion of the contagious character of fever and a
denisostration of the benefits arising from quarantine
stations in'other cities, makes a very interesting por
tion of the report.. It is shown that our imports from
countries where yellow fever prevails, adTfrom which
vesnelsewould therefore be quarantined, is $2,583,713,
more than one-half of wlch is from MeXico; while
the total value of importais abont $166,0600000-the
imports from sea being t$6,000,000. But for the
epidemics, it is thought, they would have been $216,
000;000.per annum.
The character, hi tosry and nature of epidemics and
quarantine stations, are fully, and elaborately re
viewed. The station on the. river, whatever it may
have accomplished, or failed to accomplish, with
regardttoyellowmfever,"has prevented ship-fever and
small-pox from being imported. Confessing the fail
eepf.the plan to have accomnplished all in one year
i~snay do when tlroughly organized, and pre
uh success for it hereafte~ , the report and
nouid oi ary thereof both close.
DRoos AND MEDICn Es.-B- yrne & Co., corner of
Camp and Common streets, wholesale and retail druggists and
apotbecarles, offer to the public and country merchants an ex
cellent and complete supply of drugs, chemicals, patent meci
tones, perfumery, toilette articles, ship, steamboat andl planta
tlon .tedicino chests, and various kinds of medicinal waters.
Druggists and physicians will nd thie purchases to be what they
are recommended, and those who have prescriptious to be coor
pounded, can have them eareoflly attended to.
FREsIa GARDEN .SEEDS,--D. M.tauapty, No. 61 Gra
oer street, who, for how long a time wo know not, Ihas been t o
gaged in improving the quality of garden produce, haoos jst e
ceived a fresh assorment of seeds of the growth of 11o0, corn
pritng an seasonable varieties, which he offers by tlhe dool,,
hundred or thousad papers for country merchfints. Tho ame
kind of seeds, of equal freshness and purity, are put 0p in au
asorted variety, for plantation use.
WHOLESALE AND IRETAIL DRUG STOoE.--JtUmes
Syme, druggisttcorner of Canal and Carondelet stt eett , t, s a
vey large and well selected stock of fresh drugs, patent medi
tines, surgtcalinstruments, and other articles belonlong to his
business, selected wtlh great care, and for sale on the most rea
toable teoms, lPhiydons, drutggists, planters anld country
dealers whoo omakingt purclhases, will find everythintg the
need to complete their selectious, at his store, and cau rely upon
the purity of each aricle that is obtained there.
Partcutlar attention will be, as heretofore, paid to putting up
prescriptions; and residents of the city necessitated to make ose
of curative preparations, can rely upon obtaining of him the
purest and most effiaeious medicines. Surgical instrunmnts of
French, English and American t nanunflture, may also be ob
tained attttame plee. Refer to the advertisements.
EAREGES, MUBLLnso, ORoANDtES ANDOo MORoNING
Goods.--Horace Harby, No. 185 Camp street, notwithshlnding
theextent and variety of his former stock of dry aod dress
goods, hasincreased It by a large, fashionnble and highly de
stoable supplo of btegest, muslins, organdies, camotries tad
(jtoncts also, muslins, embroidered sleeves and collars, robes
and bndklrchloefo . The ladies will not be able, by the most in.
dostrlot s sbopplig, to End more beautiful fabries with mote
tasty desgns, nor to obtaiu them at any less prices. See the ad
vorllsement -
SBrPno, SUMIER AND MOUm NING GooDS.-Giquel &
Jadnson, No. 18 Chartres street, have just received, and 0oen to.
day a fall tspply of new styles of bareges, mtelins, titsses, ja
oneots and other dreas goods, which suopass, In elegance of
gureo, f, not in quality of fabric, thoto which have preceded
them, and will gratifyothe most exacting taste. In addition to
tose articles of drel s goods, which are of first importanc, lthey
have the most valuable auxiliaries : lace mantillas, poins,
shawls and veils, with whatever else Is required for fll street or
parlar dress.
Those who are In mourning will fnd no fuller or more desira
tio stock of mourning goods in the city, comprising black silks
alpao, de laines, bareges, erosses; foulards and calicoes. All
wboroe making selections of dress or dry goods should call on
them.
GEo GROCERY STOiE.-For the choicenesst purity
lnd excellence of ch articles as are to be procurd at its coln.
tr, there Is, perhaps, no one whfrt can take precedence of tile
t Gett.roery of E. L. Bereler, No. 23 Baronne street, oppo.
toethe.Lafayette Railroad Depot. A full supply of excellent
wines, brandles, iquors and cordials, together with freshll groce
rlse,e lwaysb procured atthe"Gem." Purholeri s hould
nototh foI act,
NEW SrB oNG Gooos.-D. P. Scalan & Co., Nos.
12 and 14 Chartre street, solicit the attention of ladies resident
t oot dcty, t their very full and choice stock of new spring
good, comprlsingsilk of all kinods, qualities, colors and de
aerlptdons; printed mulo anod tissues, jaeonets, bareges, eta
brolderles, manttllas, millinery, and a great ariety of other
articles, imported ad selected. All who wish to keep pace
iAth the year, and apparel themelves afresh to welcome in the
seooon ofhbird and summer breezes, should rejoice at the tan
nomucemeo t and pay a personal viit to the depot of so much
eletgace. -
Sotl00l010 FRNIlTURE ROOMS.--Charles A. Stew
art, Nos. 171 and 173 Canal street, continues to maintain and in
crete ote former desirable reputation of his rurniture ware
rooms, by keeping constantly on hand the latest styles of flne
parlor, chamber, kitchen and omefli furniture; manufactured i
the best manner and of the best materials. The supply of ma.
hogany armoire and bedsteads and household furniture gene
eradll, is equal to any Is the city.
SnIRTS AND FURsNSHING GooDs.--Gentlemer n who
redesirous of procuring that first and lndisapesable requisito
for a complete wardrobe, a ell made sldrt, should not fail
visdng. N. Moody's store, corner of CaOal and Exchange
Place. le is supplied with a very large stock, embracing all
styles and qualties, made up in a fine manner from the best
gooda. Those who desire, can have their shirts made to order.
GREAT So0CrERN ILMa-DY.--Among the loany
medicinea possesed of reat luse nd efficacy, especially in this
llampte, is Woodman'a Cherry Expectorant; a oure decoction
of the wild cherry bark, comprising many valouable lgredionts,
that render It superior to any other coagh medicine. The na
tore of theremedy and its style of operation are explained is
the adverttiemant, which garantees It superior to coda-lier oil,
cherry pectoral, or any tling else now extant. It can be pro
cured in this city of 0. 0. O oodman, corner of Common and
Magsedla streets.
G IerressN'S CLOTHIso.-The mamsmoth clothing
establishment of Alfred Maroe & Co., No. 34 lMagarine Ilreati,
is oai of those peculiar features of sewr Orlean bousaines sichsin
thoald not fail of attracting the attention and patronage of all
ho visito the iouthesn metropolis. The asoratmeat of fashions.
hle sad dorable garments, for men and boys, caneot be aso.
passed. either in extent or variety, In thia city, if elsewhere.
Te'a dvertdiament, to which we would direct reference for fall
details, catalogues every varlety and every qaliy of eloshing ;
that which Is leeded for froetler life, and that which is appro
prlalate to life in the lty. The prices will readily commend tiem.
selves to sastomerl o that those who go onc will be sure to go
again.
In addition to She asual tork, a fdl supply of India rabbeb
clothing, a large variery of trunks, valises and carpet brgs, withb
many other articles too numeros to be speclfed in a notice, ca
be P I'.d thore-al of the bhst qsality and on ths most rca
rasbe tfam.
Jewilsh Wicldous' und Oplitrha' Inome.
We have teceived a pamphlet containing an
account of the dedication of the Home for Jewish
Widows andOrphans, situated on Jacksonlaid Chip
pewastreetsihn the Fourth District. The dedication
occurrnbd on the eighth of January, and was attended
by a great many people, of all peroiasions, from all
parts of tile city,
The .ground on which the Home is erected faces
120 faet on Jackson; and 180 feet on Chippewla streets.
The building fronts f6 feet on the former, with, a
depth of 41 feet on the latter, and is three stories high.
The facade and portico are neat and somewhat orna
mental, but comfort-and use have been sought for
more than show. The windows are large and well
ventilated, and the passages broad-inteieting one
another at regular distances The lo..r:sory con
tains aIparlor, matron's room, commiittee rbim, dining
room~' 9 by 21 feet-store-rooms, pantry, iltchen,
hath, and other ro0ms-well lit and abundantly
ventilated. The second and third stories are devoted
to sleeping rooms-all arranged with a vico' to cne
fort and health. The p iion of the buildiug is well
chosen for rendering the' doritories co61 and plea
sant. Pipes have been laiin every room and hall
for conducting gas, anu fo' car.ying water from the
cisterns, of which therei i $large one Cs, and, also,
a yery deep well. The.giee ds ar well filled up and
l gded, and, when le4auubbery grows green, will
b- e very pleasant.
Following this outline of the buildings, the pamph
-let contains ai -account-oa the ceremonies, and gives
the prayer and the aittuie ttended the dedica
tion. Ithey were ; n , and well adapted
to the oc-asion.
Following the adrs es and gentlemen
present were invited ` t 'hilI of the building
where refreshments had boric provided. After the
usual toasts and speeches belonging to such an occa
sion had been disposed of, Sir Moses Montfiore, " the
shining pillar of Jewish philanthropy,:' was elected
First Honorary Member of the Association. The inost
interesting feature of the occasion was, however, the
liberal amount of subscriptions then made, which
amounted to $2,580 ; subsequently increased by the
subscriptions of ladies, amounting to $758, to the
handsome sum of $3,6(08; which may well be set
down as a large and honorable charity from those who -
gave it. "
New Orleans is full of great public charities of all
kinds, intended to aid the poor, healthe sick and help
those who are suffering. The American charities,
which outweigh all the others, include hospitals,
state-prisons, jails, houses of refuge and asylums.
The French have a reliefiand benevolent association
and so have the Spanisllh.d Portuguese. We do not
know whether the St. Georgo' -Society is charitable
in its organization or not.. 'Other sects and nationali
ties have their charities, and've are happy to see that
our Jewish citizens have erected an asylum which
shall entitle them to an equal standing with those of
other religions. In this remark, we do not ignore the
fact that the poor of their creed are cared for by
those who am richer, but rejoice to see that charity
organized and so arranged that it will be freed from
the annoyances-and instability of private benevolence,
and put on the broad footing of a great public good.
"SOME" LADIES.--lu Cleveland recently, Kate
Saxon, who was giving " readings," offered n prize of
a gold watch to the individual of masculine gender
who should bring the most ladies. The watch was
won, the Herald states, by Phillips and O'Leary, of
the American, (in partnership,) who took in one hun
dred and thirty-three ladies-their competitor only
fifty.
Public illeetinu In the Fourth District.
The people and proper:y owners of the Fourth Dietrict hell a
meeteing Fridy night, itil Union ll, iiiidlteO strect, aid we
herewh give tihe ti ,roeedilngs therealt.
The meeting was called to order by Mr. Logan MeIlnight, and
on his motion D)r. it'.. P. Shderlaind was appointed Irei
dent -asplr Aueh, iee-Presidenti; Dvid Adams and Ihbcrt
Loytla, tScerctrle.
Tile oiject of tie meeting having beeno exllalned, tie folloi
"n resomltions were then unanimously adopted :
Wherens, Tlhle Legrlatone of tie the of td.ewhila Ihs re- :
centlypa-ednahillentitled "At net to equalizeani liit - Ixa
lion it city of New O trleas;' lt whih i effect, i simply
1o equalire the eesoll, he, de rCt, nd it, iolateiu,, f plightd
faith, to imposo ,ion tlle Fltl rth Diisriet dnlle Tornl l niihl it
wav reeially een I clld u, th!le ict of'r oolntiont a ll Tteirerf,,:, ]
F'orti]i Diriict of eNe Or,-.Gel.
1. T lht the nlteraeion he ile ceonditeons ender which tlc late e
cety of Lafayette uwas anh xed to the elty of Ncv Orlno anlld
the co uhe lcth imp.tilion lpot l thle fourteh Dilict of i delt
wn icr . uitllcr Iher people nor her poveron Lnt ad the r.y mtehte
pTt lereti, d froeaig and iont withu th durred, hm Io, , , a
act ediulls ill its spirit, hso inhitdl ts ill its chracr, te , at calln
for til e pruomptet ruldolinjutie andm the steruust legal fl itannce.
owecrs o reatl eate aeo l scves of tilhe Fourth t )iirit, of att ih
thirty cents o every I50e of i tie he hiereof--an fro the
owners oi' real estate tlnd slaves of the SecoCnllld I)itliet of about
fifteen eel t cill the $1( of tile vl tlo--ll tht is \
tlrlioln, niot t laing in lull ut endtllding for a lonn.irne, of gemt S,
is colmtnimtel under he, specious coloring of "equlaldiin" nllnd
3. That thie people of the Fourth Diltricet, actuated by a sp it
of good eitizentle p, hii e heeirfully e iectete ill the Inrli
rionsof the present Art of (onoll.a]ilntion, and ha,: ]omptlnt v
paid teilr anutull e .ros gont of h ,e00o0, llmueel that sum ii
tebi perc ent, hetof th ol I orgitlal dhelL, whilt llhi.i r tle r prvi.
pions of the me st tlel irte, second and Third unipalitlea
hove only been cllend ilpu for cigllt per cent, ol their t iid a
re.peetive debt, nd that this differlencer running throeghlr lnc
anlny years before the consolidated debt will lhe epingnllhed,
hers wilh peculiar irdsip upon tile peopledf the Fourth m)is
trler, and invohcs notoely thie payetelt iy then of their e n"i
debt otf $5dl,It, but lwe reontribution of an equal 5tll to the
dclts of tLe oiler districts, which surely i an ample e m eanrn
tio e for acll imaginary benefits tile people of Lafayette ay ee te
reeived rton anncextoan, without sllbjectlinr thenl to an act of
Arn.to. Ndiillion.
I. Thit by the Act of oneetolidliall, ail the trght, and pro
prcityof the preetnt Fourth I)irilact were teranefcrLii to tie ty
of New Orlee, upone certedn tondltions whihe , it Is now pr
posecd to vioite to tile great dettlint of tle peoplc of tllr F t
Diterict, witnhout eaking their eoleet and without "makin
conptesatioen therefor."
5 Thit'the palpable injustice and il egallty oe this act moust
ccessarcily prooke a rhac l oue the part of thnite anir.e e. tot
pay tle tax's levied b ldller igts proisions : ando til lilt ltn
breh will etlle nlll t prostrate tf e credit of tle city han serlna
ly depreciate tile value of' all her securities.I
f. That the people of the Fourth 1)ltrict poiut with pride to i
their punctl iaynclent of their fuil ntd eelnt qeoti of tile taxes
levied for the interest on the railroad honlds and fur tile current
expenses of tile ity, acl ttc td hitl with joy any, lliteitlo ofi
tie tax levied to pay fir the crrent eexpnses.
3, That whilst the people of tile -ourth District are palmed at
any evidetecee deprcssion in the etndition of their t isLtr - is.
tritls, yet they ca c lind tto cth evdenrecs of eroeeeerlt in thei"
own midst as would justify a change ill their taxes nil the ground
of ehlaiity or bctetolenee.
S. That the act "for equatlizing nd limiting taxatioi in t New
Orleans," Ie tell Insance of Imsty illtd nICOllSlitlultat legi'lalinn
which eclls fore the ntimdversione of ithe Chief leeecutiee of tie
Slte, and the people of the Fourcth Dtrite ret pctfulle y appeal
to hhl for an nterposithion of his veto.
9. That a general eonmlittee lieppoitted hy the ('llairlan of
this teetiecn to carry thes reetuicnti to his tIceelcy, GovUc
Wikliffe, alld further meeeorhllie him ci the sci jet.t
Sigted: Wit. I. SUNI)ORLANi, President.
KASPAR AhteIi, Vice-Pirelent.
DeaeD ADAMS and Ronder IlteTo, Sccretalic.
Amongst the micthers ppointed oil the above coeunite are
R. \. Perkins, Logan Mcght
I'. Ir inI. l.11r.t
d. ll lll t tte ille helnte,
r. e, i. it. . .ieiwer,,
D ehee i. A. Oiect,
J. et c ;iefey Ft. It.SqPedest
M. :itsint c eter Keiser,
Chic. Iecigcg tcllrry Ireelinc.
Adol. ltlailton. Kannr rAueh,
A 1)i Kell }. I'. Suldllnd.
Jot'. B'ree mn it
CoMinISSION CAtPeT WA ERooeo ts. - Todd t Co.,
No. 120 ('anat street, iear Loial, arc upiplhd with velvet,
tapestry, Irusiel,engrati and other h carpcetin, weheih arefcired i
exceedingly Iow, illorder t close eonigmct. The t cltoek also
embraccs window eorlice, trln.parlct schades, rngs, rots,
druggets, aud Isd! other attice. (citded cin the drpncralcet cf
honee-furnishing.
CAItET.iG.--L. Elkiu & Co., No. 3S Cnll) street,
Ihale illcreated their eock of e aler cretcele e ruest,ii leit,
wvindow hlades nut carpeting; so 'tht tlhe awellnlet is now
complete in ce.ry dcpiltrtlce. i.i,.ligi to reduce Ile cpresut
stze, in order tio lthe room for fturther tupple thic n offer ci try
article at a \cry Iow price. Tile inducement to nlrdhserse ouldL
not wcl be greater.
I OtLo .l Hoet.-- By refereice to our advertisitgi
coltcs it will ei seen that the Bliloxi Ilntel will its mloslIdl -
vantages for an enterprep ing .td spirited aIdllol, i eferced to i
rent, on accomtmodaeing termst., it rl plicion imede.
Those who desire Ito obtain a leIec tee do uo y eddrleteteing tit.
A. C. Nixon, No. S Apollo street.
It will he remembered that a lilroad has bheen chartered, der-.
lhg the present seesiou of the Legislature, to run from It, lchr- i
eu's ointti, PFse Chrictlau, to Poie cidetl, Iltilexi,ehcih will
materitie y incrc. se the u.ut iamollllt otf hthine,.
HIqTS.--For just one week longer, gentlemen will
continue to enjoy the opportunity which ha beten hefore ithenl
for a wceek pat, to iprocure, at cleduced price, Oin1eeaik sl'k
hate, fine French oflt hat; pilush, navy ap d other caps, Tf the
most excellent manufaecture. ic opportunity and its extrent
may hh lenctd hy calling poo DI. C. . Johatoll, NO. 79 Ioydre
treaet, next to the coietr of CaLpi, ihosC e dte, Licemcut caU be
Been in saother cceln.
SCeHOOL IBloOe AND STATIONERY. - Thoites I,.
White, Ilooeheller, No. 105 Canal trcet hais a large and well
selected arsortment of standard and mcdlern school book.,, of all
uinds, to wtich he ineitci the atteutit of lrchasteirs. Mer
chants who re ehithitng the city should call iud examiuc hi. As
sortment andp¢ets befcore clcplcthg theirpurehces.
A POWERlFUTL ARGUMEINT.
Legislature v-s. Ilufty.
The public are seldom entertained with so grave and
serious a farce as the proceeding had by the majority
of the present Legislature ill the eltirt to remove
Mr. Hufty from the office of Sheriff i the city of
New Orleans. There are but few ilnstances i tile
history of our national or State governments in
which paower has been so boldly assumaed by the rep
resentatives of the people, and in which the provi
sions and purposes of Constitutional law have been
so recklesly invaded. There never was a time in the
coarse of our political being when the people sutffered
with such slavish apathy, the exhibition of this Le
gislative despotism.
The mnajority of tihe present Legislature seecm to be
afflicted with legal blindness, or to be animated ly5 a
spirit of political desperation. To suppose them to
be in the exercise of their right senses, would be to
impute to them a degree of moral and political ttrpi
tude which ought to render them infamous in the fit
tore history of our State.
The address of the General Assembly is predicated
upon the allegation that there was violence, friand
and bloodshed in the elections last fall in the city of
New Orleans ; that Hufty was elected in consequence ;
that Bell really received a majority or would have re
ceived a majority of the legal votes. They say, that
these facts were proven to the Committee on Con
tested Elections, and through them to the General
Assembly. They assume that these facts constitute
the Legislature by necessity, the graud inqueslt of
the State, and clothe it with the power to transcend
all the provisions of the law and of the Constitution.
The Court of the Star Chamber had no feature more
odious, infamous and oppressive than this ; the dark
chambers of the inquisition record no more revoltinii
picture of desperate and despotic authority, than tile
power which our present Legislature assumes to itself.
We profess to be a people whose constitutional and
statuary ehactments effectualy shield us, alike fromn
the impulses of passion and tile caprices of power :
a people whose love of constitutional freedom is as
vigilant as our hatred of oppression is unrelenting ;
a people ieho profess to hold that the great and es
sential defenses of popular and individual right are to
be maintained by a strict and taithftl .constructiot
and exercise of constitutional authority. But of what
force are our Constitution and laws, if we have or
ganized in our midst, a tribunal of such tremendous
authority, as to override at pleasure alike the one aand
the other ; a court so inquisitorial in its power and
proceedings as only to be rivaled by tlhe dark legends
of the Vehat.
Suppose we admit everything as fact, which the
inalority of the Legislature assert, still, under the.
Constitution and laws of our State, their course is
nothing less than a high-handed usurpation of power.
and a criminal violation of the text and spirit of the
Constitution which they have sworn to maintain.
The 21st art. of the Constitution provides, " that
both houses of the General Assembly shall judge of
the qualification, election and returns of it amembers.'
This power carries with it, thle right and authority to
examine and adjudge all questions of fraud, violence,
bribery, tumult and other improper practices can
nected with the election of members to either houses
of said General Assembly.
Over this branch of the State elections, each of said
houses has exercised its jurisdiction to the fitlest ex
tent; in fact to such an extent that its exercise is
some what tainted with illegality. The jurisdiction
which each house of the Geileral Assembly now ex
ercise in matters of contested elections, is limited, itn
precise terms, to elections of mnembers to the General
Assembly. This is the only clause of the Constitu
tion which confers any authority on the Legis-lature
to judge of elections, or whllich can h relied on to
constitute the State the grand inquisitiaon over queis
tions of elections. The same section of the Constitu
tion, provides, " but contestcd elections shall bte de
termined in a manner to be directed by law." The
plain English of whichl is, tile Legislature may jucdge
of the election of its own mcnlenars; " but shall n:t
judge of the elections for other oirices. If the Con
stitution intended to give the General A.reambiy this
grand supervision of elections, why did it enjoin
upon that hody to provide by law a rulde for dila poa
of contested electionu. The fact that the 21t
art. of the Constitution, in the fi.rt 1art of it. gives
tile Legislature power, absolute and excnlhive juri+
diction over certain matters of eleetion, and limit its I
authority in the latter part of the same article.- i can
elusive that the Legi-latnre has not and was not in
tended to have any inquisitorial or powers of gen
eral inquest over matters of elections. No act of tile
Legislature is required to define tile power belonging I
to tile General Assetmbly. nor the mode of its exercise.
It is a plain, palpable consltitutional prosisiou to
which mere legal enactment could not add anything,
and from which it could not detract. It is limnitcd
within precise bonds, and connetid to certain clearly
delined subjects, that is, elections of tneberm to eatch
house of the General Aeseaibly. The latter clause of
the same article provides far srich electiuatOns asre naot
embraced within the specific juri-diction granted to
the Legislature. The Constitution neither illdicatcs
the tribunals before which, nor the rules by wh'ch
such elections shall ibe tried, lbut expneasly reqtires
that they shall be determined in a mtauner to e pro.
vided by law-. 'fhe inference is plain and irresistible
that the Legislature is excluded from this department
of State elections. Their duty is howrever clear ; it
is to provide by law for the mode of determiining con
tested elections, whichl being done, the execution of
that lawr is vested in another department of conatitn
tional power, which tile (eneral Asembly will never
a be permitted to invade ; a department jealous of its
jurisdiction, and onaftbcted by the pressure of political
enmities by which it maay be seurraouded.
The doctrine formerly was, and it was thought to
be a healthy one, that " law is a solemn expression of
Legislative will." This, however, may be a fogyism
which ought to be exploded ; nevertheless it implied
the concurrence of both houses in the proposed
measure, as well as the approval of the Governor.
The wildest visionary never drcalmed that law in
Louisiana could be defined to be the sovereign and
irresistible will of either house of the General As
sembly.
In obedience to tie I plain letter and intent of the
21st article of the Constitution, the Legislature have
pasced laws declaring tile malonner in which contested
elections shall be determined. By the act of 1s55
they have specially asserted the only power to deter
minae elections which the constitution gives them
and by the same act have clothed tile Judiciary with
exclusive and final jurisdiction over all other cases of
contested elections. They point oftl the mode of pro
ceeding--the rules for taking the evidence--the man
ner in which the coart shall be organized- and inatlly,
they provide that thile judgameut rendered shall be
filal--not evenoto he reviewed by the higher trihlatls
of the judiciary departmerent.
They also require tthat thi e cantest shall not be con
fined to thle sincgle contestants, but thaat it shall have
the character of an actioan ly the people to vindicate
Sthe freedom of suffrage and the pority of elections.
Wthat is meant by the wordfinal ? We understold
by it, construing it with tile whole spirit and aieal
ing of tile laws, that all aqueations of " flaatd, briiery,,
force, tmtolt and otler ipropr latria practi-ces, are to ibe
inquired into at the insltarnce of a speciaicd numaber of
citizens, and that the daciasion of the jury is not
mecrely a bar to the taromecati-at of the trme contest be
twreen the same individual oudniestaats ; but that it shall
be thle end of all cotatet in regard to that particular
Selection, Tihestatultespercially'lrevidacif thejaudgment
of thie court shall e in favor of the party whoie lec
Stion is conteoted, that opon a certificate of tile fct
the Governor shall immedtiately issue his commission.
The plolicy of thaclaw admits of no atatiguous inter
lpretationl; its object is to secure at once a aill inves
tigation into all qaestiaaas of irregularity in electiona ,
and also to inasure a discharge of all the oliial tifne
Stions es-eratial to thie administratiian of public inter
ests. The wnord jialo is used to take such casres out
of the oedinary modes of litigation, and to pltevent
the various flnctioasof putlic authority fronl hcing
suspenpded by a relative ald protracted law-tuit. IfI
this interpretation is just-and no man wrill hIazard
his rerputation for good sense bly eontrovCrtiag it
then tihe contest between Bell and lultty, or betwernc
the people and HIufty, being once decided by a legally1
orgaenised jury, is final, and there is no power in the
State, judiciary or legislative, which has tle aurthority
to review it.
If the Legislature presume to take cognizance of
the snujct, it must be either by appeal orin iccaord-
ance with some statutory enactment. Surely no sane
man oill Ipretend that thie General Assembly can en
tertain thie suaject as upon aipeal, since, by the law]
whlich goverrs them, as n-well as tihe people at large,
they have clothed the District Court and speccial jury
with final jurisdiction which expressly forbids an ap
peal.
When the Constitution says, " that contested elec
tions shall be disposed of in a manner to be directed
by law," it certainly will iot ble maintained that there
is anrystatutory provisio which clothes tile Legisla
ture with judicial power over these suljects.
But, says the address, tlhese thets ascend above
ordinary foaty and circumstances," and hence these
extraordin0y lpowers are required " to cut up (in the
language of the Governor,) the-e evils before they
have taken root." This is not only an extraoredinary
proposition, but is one frauaght with imnnense evil and
danger to those constitutional limits by vwhich the
exercise of public power is restrained. Tyrants could
be manufactured to order triom this enormoue s perver
sion of constitutional law; and the inevitable result
of such a doctrine would be an unmitigated despotiesm
of a stupid and reckless majority. Can tile Governor
and his constitutional advisers and co-laborers sup
pose that the slirit of the people of Iouisiana will
slavishlysubmit to such high-handed usurpations?
Do they suppose that tie spirit of Lexington and
Bunker's Hill has expired in the hearts of oar people,
or that the genius of resistance lhas lost any of the
vigor of '76 ?
We are gratified that at last we have beeL enabled I
to grasp the ground of this dangerous pretension and
to grapple with it in the very inthucy of its existence.
The majority do not pretend then that they halve any
warrant for this procedore in the 21st Article of the
Constitution ; nor in the act of 1553 in reference to
contested elections. Iiut still they say, " we are tile
Granld Inquest of the State," and our character as
well ao authority, result froom the provisions of the
Constitution.
Having reached thi point we should have supposed
the arg:ment to Ibe exhausted, and thle majority of
the Legislature driven to tilrewall, were we not again
startled by a construction of the Constitution, as shal-
lowe as it is unwise,illogical anddangerors.s. Mienwho
have not made coistittiional law their study ; and
wlho do snt clearly comlprehend that our governmnenti
is emphatically one of lawn, are prone to ruln into ex
tremes, whieh, as to themlselves, are absurd, and
which, as to the integrity of constitutional govern
ment are not unfrecqueltly iperiloua. Some minda s
abound more ill materials for fancy than in tile ele
merts of sound logic. They are better organized for
vehement declamation concerning imaginary mnassa
cres an-id sIassainations, than for tie stern intcrpreta
tion of legal propositions. They are more inclined to
soar in the regions of pathos and poetry than to plod I
through the plain and unvarnished interpretation of
constituto l siatext. We should never have known what
articles of the Constitution the majority of the legis
lature relied on if we had not been advi-ed of the fact
in reading a very impassioned, and we hope we shall
tbe pardoned for saying, a very ridiculous speech, by a
very eminent member of that very powerful majority.
Ite says :
"But. sir. it seems, the compilere of tile volune
which I hold in my hand, thought differcutly when
they elraned the folleowing articles: Article 93.
'Laws shall ice made to exclide from oEffice. and from
the rights of suffrage those who shall hereafter be con
victed of bribery, peejury, forgery and other high
crimes and misdemneanors. The privilege of free suf
frage shall be supportcd by law reglating elections,.
and prohibiting, under adequlate penalties, all sundue
inlluence thercon from power, bribery, tullmult or other
ilnmproper practicec' "
AeT. 97. " All ivil civil ers except the Governor
and Judges of the Supreme and Infbrior Courts. shall
be removable by an, address of a nmajorityof both
louses, except thoe-c the remnoval of whllom has leern
otherwi<e provided iby this Con-titiution.'
Fre we have thle exact ground-work upon which
the argumeCnt of the majority in favor of the ('onetit
tional power claimedl y them is based. The as
sumption of this position al=o nperatc eas an aban
domnment of our reliance upon Art. 21, or upon oar
legislative enactment, flere they have thrown upe
their works., imounted theirordilnancer , ansl entrenched
themselves ibr the conflict, which msk t now hIa foaght
between them and a peple ,roverbially jealous of
their own rights and unrlelutingly hietile to the ou-sr
pation of power.
Nas let ui a nalye ize e t -e sinuiar iacs of material
oult of whichl this extraordinary power is rleasoned, or
athfer frhm wiich it is wrested withoniut a reort to I
anytlhing which can lay claim to the dignity of reaoam.
As t,. Art. !9--Fir-t. tile Leahlature has obeyedo
tle nmandate of t.eis Article. anid e ls mnls ade l; ti t
ex, hl]eO fnr-n amic e all perlns coInvi:ted of briheryre
perjury, forgery and othelr high crimes and misde
-ecsond, it ha pas-ed laews to e aplport the prir
ileer of free sutfa ge, and p rohibsitilsngne.e uder adequate
penalties, all endue influernces therle-a froin powers, tu-c
mult or other improper practices.
Third, tile l.ci-eatie hbls pa=-ed las, giving to
the Court.s po r to punish all oil ations ,,f thise laws.
It Lhas also pased laws pirovlding tr tile decision
of the legality and validity of elections. When tile
right of popular sueTage hab been a!leged to have teceon
invaded, or whlen elections have l been infltnenced tby
power, bribery, tumullt, or other improper ln5acticer ,
it eea nrganized a Coert before whih ai l rio '
contesti shall be tried, and ;as declared that the de- '
eision of that Ctourt shall he indal The only s power
conferred on it by the 93 Art. is that of making
layss: this it hase done, and in the. laws hn enm
braced the entire soleject matter clnlts.elplateid ]by the
Article, and the only power which r-mains to it is
to chiange, modify or rcpeal tho-e laws: but it clan
not ss c(ihange or nlodidy3 thema ato a-ionle to itself
the exercise of a power which s elongs to another
department of the govenmnent.
The laws which it has pas'ed fully and properly
recognize tie althority of thle judiiar:y o.ver all
questions of tbribery. tumult and other unidue intu
ences whichl may he exerted over elctions, and tihe
declaration that this a lthoity shall he final, makes it
exels-ive and !ece'sarily debars the legislation from
exercising any grand inqulisitorial power,.
The framers of the 'Constitution fbre-.aw that
elections might iee- influenced by power. t:unsullt bri
bery, etc.: and ly article i3, they enjoined upon t he law
mking power to make laws which, when mlade, i
were to he enl'ioted by the juadiiary. Buat the lpowers
to napke law, :acordinC to the well-recognized theory ,
of our gv.ernelent, does not convey with it a powver
to dcride law. Such a construction strikes a danger
ors if not a fhtal blow at the organic adjustment of
Ipublic power inlto it tthree separate and iondependent,
departlents ; and if such is the true constitutional
doctrine to be deduced frol n the 93d saticle, what is
to prevent the judiciary froam heing absorbed bey the r
legi'latire department of the State? I f it lie true
that the legislature is d d by exiing laws ; it it
be true that the act of 18ic gives the court linal j- i
risdiction over all conts-ts for the office of Sherilf in
the several parikbes of the State ; if that act was
passed in reference to tihe expesa nlandate of alticle
93, ly wihat aiuthority can tie Legirslatre crim toe
becomre the grand inquetl over all qestions relhting to
thle regularity of elections ?
The claim cannot be.asserted excepit by an uIsrpa
Stion of power whieh sckl erts evvery mnember ef tIhe
n:,jority votin for thallt addresw inlto an suriper and a
tyrant. Grand inquesls are unknosn to our law;
they have to mtch thle cast of the vtar shamber
;and tihe inqui'ition. Girand inqulisitions are syn
onynmous witsh dtesiltislo, Thle repeleticac slind ano
ciates these r ,ordso viths frownvingl lattlementse neaeir e
towers and gloomy dxg-elrena-the dread nachillery
shy whIiclh kingps and tsalltels have glround the impa
tiet ee rinciple of poptlarle fcedo-a into t suehmision to
theirr will. lGrand ianqests and dmonlcracy e Auto
craecy and mobocracy is tile true stye of the reading.
Oer whlde pIolitircal fhb(rc, the entire genius and'rson
tint of our people p res e s wsithll thle ws ightt of eterili
enmeity upon slsch in-trulnecnts of baleful optlpression.
There is no dry land opn which this erratic nt
jrsity of the Legislature cran alightlin orticle 93. T'lhe
most liberal or even extravagant interseretartion of
that artlicle Wolld not moake thie slightest approachl l
toward confterrislg upon it the clblarcter of the
grand isquesl of the State.
lThe argnlesnt of the iasjority i'- not rendered mlre
logical or forcible by costroing thle 93d and 97ith
articles togethler.
Tihe lirst is desiganod to provide for and secure
order, quiet and regularity in elections. It gives
power to tlie I.egilature t, provide rles in accord
ance with which elections shall be condrcted, and by
whlich the offices- ennu:erated ill the cnsittiottio
shall be indolcted into ofiee. - The second is de'ignord
to autholrise the Legilaturee to pIrovide a moade for the
removal of any civil oficer whlo has been declared
duly elected, bat who hlas been guilty of official mis
conduct. The application of the 93d article is prior
to the issing of comtmissioi s by thle Governor. The
aplicatiol of tlice 97th is subsequent and relates
alone to facts and circsumstocres which may occur
after the individuoal lhas been clothed with his official
capacity. If there has been tumult, bribery or force
employsd in elections, tlese ma tters are examnined,
I decided and punshed unrder laws which have been
pasicd it coulormity to article )3. If there has been
ialversation in offtice, the same is examined and puen
ished by article SG, or by laws pasied inl coufoirmity
to articles 89 and 97 of the Constitution. Th'e prposes
and objects of these two articles are too clear to be
misinterprcted by honest and impartial minds.
'Ithere are various' waeys provided by the Constitu
tiin is which unolithfld ollicers may he suspended
frosii the exercise of their ollieial functions and finally I
removed from office. Art. StG provides for the removal
of certain olfficers by inmpeachmnet. Art. 89 requires
the Legislature to provide for the trial, punishment[
and removal from office of all other officers of the
State byindictlent or otherwi<e. And Art. !7 pro
vides that all civil officers, with certain exceptions,
mosy tee removed by address. It is clear that these
articles provide modes by which unworthy and un
tiithful ollicers may ie tried, sluspended ill their
functions, nud linally relmoved from oslice. t11 is
equally clear that these articles have no applieation
to anything which may have transpired previous to
the induction of the individual to office. The first
mode of trial, which is liir oiliccrs of certuin grades,
and belonging to specified departments of govern
emoout, is by imlpeachment.r Impeachment is univer
sally defiecd to be " i charge brought against some
oilicial tir mialversation i ollice." Tile charge
is referred to a commaittee, and if tlhe charge is prima
facie true, specifications ol'chargees are made, and the
accused put upon his trial and dlfenre. The tribu
nal 0 to try impeahment ill certain cases, is the State
Sentte. the Chief Justice or Senior Judge of the So
pIreme Court pre iding--Art. SC6. By reference to
all authorities on the subject, we do not nind the ptower
of inlpeachn ent to ibe naked poiwer to be exercised
capriciouly and ina spirit of political wantanneis. In
every single case of impeachment to which the marjority
of the Logislature can point, there has been a rego
larly organize ld d sworn tribunal--there has been
the individual charged with oilicial misconduecti-there
have been written specifications of the charge-there
has been notice to the party accusedC-evidenice taken
and counsel heard-makirng together as dignlilled nd
solemn mode of trial its any known to the aw. Suchll
is the course contemplated by our own Constitution,
Art. SI.
The Siuth article is too clear in its terms to require I
comment. The I.egi-lature shall "provide by law
fr the trial, puui-hmtert and-removat front olice of
all other ollicers of the State by indictment or other
wise." This article applies to justices of the peace,to
members e of the General Assembly, etc. The pur
pose of this article is in strict unison with the whole
spirit of the Constitution. Instead of conferring
upone tile T.egislature ptower to icmlao e the'e officers
i by tihe iere expression of its sovereign will, it re
quires that ibody to provide for the trial and pnishl
lelent of all other ofaelers. This implies that there
shall be a fiull, fir and impartial investigation. Trial
does not miean, ill tiou' law, a mere one-sided expres
sion of passion, prejudice or power ; it ineans exaiml
nation tornd deliberation, in wlhich the impetuous tor
rent of humnan plas-sion has been stayed iy tile solem
nity of an oath, and in which the elements of sound
mnid aunld llle morals are spilplcsed to lie ill tlile
ascendant. Tihe word piu i-hilent ilmplies thalt there
has been guilt or Ilisconlduct in " the otherlliredir of
the State." for whom the manner of trial is to be
pr-rcided; and it is the flair intendment of the wlord
'their removal from oice," that i conseqiealle of
th-iir official li-csuduect, trial and punishment they
eare no longer worthy to excrcie. their oflcial falne
tins. By i"idictmlent r othecrwise," is meant by
inipeachmeit, informatiuon ,r address, sinse these are
tile only modles of proccdin,.i ncamin-t civil or politi
cal itlenden- prescribedt or lermitted by the 'Con-titu
Sti-r. er thlii that altice '9 is equally as decisive
again- t thie power cl-imed by the majority, as article
Sl ha<e been hoiwn to be. There is not only no im
plid grant ofl any sush power, buat tere is aso
lirte cxsi-ion ilofrom it, since the article denlalds thart
the Lei- lature eiall tirlke laws whiech will give the
lmatter into) the ha:sl of tlte judiciarye or whii
will give the Legi lature juirisdition by impeacluneaut
All of the mode- of trial and removal frnl oafice
whether to be entertained by tihe IIose of Ie.prCsea
tatives under Arti-le a,, or hy the Senate under Ar.
t:l ,, Or c thie cotulrt under Article 9, or Iby both
oII ~i-r (, th e o:era A,-.cn~ly nnd,:r .Arlti l: 17. atire
pr,:dicated upoll the ihat ,f ni,-i::ld Iualfe-ic-lce. They
a!' nin es oef trial, and are limited to the ivesltigation
of the oicial acts of tile variousoel, o knowno o the
Con-titution of the Stlate. Artiile :it requires that
the lteri-l:ttme -.hall provide y law fer the tri lof all
ither oallccrs except these enum.erated inl Artice SG-
y inidictmentor othtrwi-e-- the rule! of plnrletidinge byl
ildie-tment orl inlIbrution are already fixed by law.
Tile obligatiou is equl;ly imperative on tie L.egisla
tare to provide, by law, for tile removal of an olticer
by ddret-s. Artilel 97 -nitainr tile r'ant of a naked -
power, and elnuln:ates a lade of trial and removal,
the detail. wheich, us-lder Article 591, are to be direct
ed i,y law.
'Ti l.re i:; no r,-vcu of the Constitutin, then ;
th'e i- so l iirei,! i nti tile t ie-sis of epubiiel,-tr inti
trtan-l wheilh will authorize erjrile"-tictlie moral and
th:eie enormity tlhat there ole r can helle any quelItion ari
jing in thie adin i-Oration of public: ulaid r cr overwhich
tih lelg iative delpartieit of the government is cloth
Id wlith unlaitel and therce-re de-eptic power.
The huse. speaker, referred to before, "thanks G(od
there is such ae power in thie Con<titutio e hlie exults
il the aw-irted ltit that te most damnable featlne of
deripti-m is eigrivei upon the broad charter of Ipop
ular freedoml he rejoicesr that there is an aperture in -
thiie institution tlhrough which the majority of the
Legieature can e,:aie torevel in the exercise of ab
solute and runbrilled tyr nny ; he tinguts anl intelligent -
peple witih the rn,,-t exuberant thauksigivig that the
organic law of Louisiana has been so arranged as to
elhble s, dominant and unscrupulous msjority to dis
organize the entire t lli-ial stricture of the several de
partinents of State giverninet, and to annul the will
of thie peole by ejecting front olffie men whom the
lspeople have duly and legally elected, merely on the
ground that the political opinions of those officers are
obntoxious to the party ill power. What an lumilia
ting essaay upen the wolth and stability of constitu
tional government!
These are some of the inevitable cn equncraes of
tie existence and exercise of the power claimed by
the majority of the Legislature. 1st. You asumne
the position that sixty men, being a majerity uf both
Hlouses of the General Asoembly, can set aside the
legitimate voice of the ec pee ile pby removing under article
97, without anly reason assigned for so doing, the
oificors whome they have elected. If you can remove
one individual fior political considerations, without
reference to or inquiry into his individual conduct,
where is the limit to y-oeur inner ? If you can remove
hifty for nio oaficial misconduct of his, swhy not go
still firthlernd rcemuie iJudge Merrick? Thie same
argument lwhich snstails you in the one case should
justil"y aeu ill the uthler. It is not pretended that
there wso any irreguabrity in the electrion of Judige
Merrik. Ie oci'upiep his seat on the Snprele rbenoch
by the oice anrd wil of the nltive population of the
<tte. Therle was tlo freed or vsilenie ipracticed in
Nsew Orleans to prevent universal Europe, and even
free niggerdoniir , from combiing their weight and in
fluence agasinst hil. lBut under the naked lpower of
Sadilres, by the arnme authrrity hy which you rermove
Ihirnflty youa hiave the power tn renrover hiut. You are not
siled, under the ith art., to olter reesous or to cite
law. Tyrant do nor't re'luire or rbey either. lBut by o
eledng, you stab to the very vitals of republican litf.
You annihilate the sovereignty of thie peolde. You
traplnle the 3d art. of the Cobsttitutiou under your
Sfeet. You noit oly crush thie fireedem of snul'age is
your Yalldall march to power, but ysou destroy its
elbet. You ohliteranlte lbth thile sprilt and text of tihe
S-orgayoie law of the land. You strike every eolllem of
ce-nititutiolail freedsm fl-fm thie ihands of the people.
Yon stand ulpon the wrek anb d ruil of a governlsent
of limlited ptrowers, and exhibit yoursrelvest tio the world
as yeou are--a minereldle rand colltemptible caucus eof
tyrants.
If the Con-titutions of American Shttes are to
receive snrch ihtterlpretations as this; if tlhecre are io
m raeoll or legal defcrccs to rights of minorities, or to
Sthie will of the people legally expresced; if there is a
I ganld inquest ill every State, composed of a ntajority
of lth lHlouses of the Glereatl Asrembly, clothed
witih unlimited picesr, then indeed our experiment is
a ailre, i and republicanism is tile vilest deepotiem
Thie sercond result is, you take the right of ele
tioln outi of the hands of the people, where the Con
stitltiln tas stedtt it, and give this implertaaut right
of poulnar sovereignty into the hands of the Gover
nor. You retduce the cpeople to the attitude of suh
jeclt--you e evate tie Chief MgIsi-trate to the dig
nity andl pow-er of a kileg. This you call democracy i
Thie nanme is apprloprite ; it is in harmsonious tulison
with: dl the antecedents of your party.
Thi people will rememernr for yearo to colme the
"gra'nd inqoest" of Louisiana, with the same interest
with which the children and descendants of thie men
of '76 remember the minister of George ItI. But
what will the people say of the rDemocratic (overnor,
who will permit a servile and .rtvrun tjority to
clothle him with the sullietd and slhivcred fragmenets of
popular right and constitutional 'ricedotm. P.
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under the halmmer, in lots varying froln ten copies to
tell thousand. It is the fourth of July amoig theo
the publisherts alld retailers-the great occasion of the
year, and is thle best plan that has hitherto beenl
devised for the henelit of both lprties. llf a million
of dollars worth of printed matter will be sold, in New
York, during thle contilualnce of the sales, anld we
trust tolt some of our own dealers in literature will be
present to look out for the wants of this section.
With regard to these trade sales, we lind in all ex
change some informationl of so intelresting anld novel
a choracler that we give it as a pece of curront news
" Tie total number of publishers inl the Unitedt
Statcs, comprl! ising lowever only tboe who publishl
Iooks. not periodicals, is in round numlners three
hutmred. Aboullt three-fourthsof thlel are lobe foullnl
iln the cities of Bostol, New York, Philadelphia and
Ililtimore. The balance being divided among Cin
cinlati, the lext ill rank, Hllilo rn,uburn, Alb:iny.
Louisville, St. Louis, etc., etc. For tile disosition of
tihe large amount of publications issued by tlleseova
riolus housles, we have at least three thollsalld bolk
sellers, who lnake ttlat their promilnenlt bullsilless. atnd
Ilbetween six and seven tlhousalndl who are located ill
small villages, selling books ill connllllection with drugs,
grtoceries tor hardware.
The present trade sale, under thle supervionin of the
Plblithetc' Association, will be mansaged by the house
of Leavitt, l)elisser & Co., ald their invoices are very
fuill and complete, leading to an exlectation that at
least $;00,000 worth of iooks will be sold. Trade
sales take place twice a year regularly, itn New Yorke
sand Philadelphia, and are also held annually in
Cinoinnati,on a more limited scale. These few items
give some idea of tile amount of AmericanI readinlg.
It is true other and older colntries have great 'tles
that surlpas.. this of New Yotrk, in tile proportion of
four to one. Such is tile book market at Liepllsk,
thmlaos amlong book-tmtc the wortl throungh. Buitt, it
tile letolnanl and other continental saleo, as also,
oil a more limited s.ale, at tile insular book autiolu ofto
Gr:eat Britain, a great proportion of the works sold
are classics--sought f-or with avidity by libliolpoles
and biblionianiacs, not on arcount of valuable infor
mationt that may e in them, but fr tile otrangelless
of colophot, the singuhurity of type or title, or seoolle
other matter of extrateors intcrct.
Our American book sales are void of all this un
tmaning and ungroundeold attractiveness. Books nre
sold folr no ftnOcy rullbric; for no quaint spellitng, or
peculiarity of age ; but on accoont of tle immediate
tuseful practical information that slteps in tleir sheetsi
and is kept animate between their coverings. Thus,
tihe sale of Noah Web terl's Spelling Books -urtassed
anything the world has ever knowa'; and AdambLo s old
arithmetic, io.tc-ad of stlopping at twenty, or thirtty
editions,tlitke tIeadly's "Napoleono andt is Maro tso "
"or Ieecher Stowe's " Unocle T'otn,") ron t g as
many hundred editions ' asthey did units, and has not
cea-ed yet. All bootks, everything retlable, floml ;t
itll-pl.ter to a sanscrit inscription, is bought and
'read here, oWever. Our lplessescannot kteep Ip with
the dcmanlds of anl appetite that grow, mole xaeti.g
and voracious froom every oadditionlal sopl thlt is thrown
to it; an aplptitC whi'ch, like Co er)erua. is tIllaly headced
and never eeaes it< readlines to devour : a great inl
tellctuoal tunnel that cannot be filled byi lbkook, lpapery
o oclIe. If the I;td bestowed upon it is o.ly sooln
and well digc teld. the growth arib-ing thrtefrom will
le healthy and stro.g and will erect new pillars.
oIlwarks and lprotle"ltionll for totr plreeott lprot-perity,
and behind them place great viaduct= and lay broe.t
tracks lupon which this age and ages to follIw shall
<.weep exultingly into the gsllden and gloriouo Inlis
of the Wt, when knowledge, virtue aul pot.werhave
their highest results and earthly apoer'.
Ill the pIre-etnt, however, the iolloo.vo,loll,,t t' atlend
ant upotn oentoal ctlture, we'ot rightly oireceod ott,
ipoperly uedl, al e ouch a<·hlloulhl .ead1 c\ry ole wh)b
ha- the good ot litii a'llllll'y and his el ac t ie.art t ec
jooie in the maaait-tations of its inrea-t . M're
strelgth it oine to err; ability tvithlollt ollleducatiol i
oot-c tlle inatility, for tihe latter will d, so thint
reolail a negoative ; whereas, the frerh, bitg i!posi
five, will do what is wrong. If edt-'atio is only
right there anntot boe a eot or surfebit of it. The
more the mlo err lantod the bettter; not m5ly for tle
mnlmediate individual or individual, obut for the wh',,
world. It is all olt theme, fortiotitely, to htlp upIon
here-the bcneliti of oloooatiooao intslli-eooe. Our
remark grlow' natotrally out of coo-idering the giaaod
opportunity there is otallrded in tohc-e book sale, to
lwhich we ihave t t lrred lotr pro:curing the paboollm
and fodder that o hall make thl increao s ; and, of that
whichl is to be sold, we trust oir own aerint will
return laden with the hoest, the ssuoleost and the mo-t
ot-eftll; w tevet oils oitathi~try otf progreso a
;oreayl made : whatever' ,points the way and ho the
means by twhioi it shall -esri'pao-ed in the future:
tFor there :o-e- fertile platins unmappeld and undisc'ov
cred; flamtes of thoutght ononat ed and oolknowon, yo.. y
to be found, cla.ssified oan renderoo'l utseful.
.(oC.'IEII. AND KIC.NlmE.--A city like N'w Of
I otr tl in o, 1 r 1. d ,yli . t E lrll* h " l, lIo b, " ,t Ad l '.I -A
,r n ll mile, rn [br 0 ,pr, t-aOdl A. sh,,Eri" whih i, Ali,
dI",ot of .hid nu - Fr an dl ".It . n prndC rin I- an1 g ,," -, hou. of
Ihvri` wealth, m'l-t ne d, ol1 ,-bc- ,re.r i ai " of(.Iil AltIf rt an~i
eterrse. 'l 'at it d et-I in b.- n ly pu a t, ; k.n y,
r, , Ily Ir. adl y'i all y il .l l 1,e thill ; al c[.f J. IT . 'ar, r t '.,
' ,r l " ',ram n ,,t l l l, lhtEobE ,a , tr,,E E t, q-lr In th, it
r,,ll, rill 'l- r,,re ] ]rodhl~t, rof nor oiimI P r , hand' ahe
s llll) o rf t DeV11 , N -l. Iull , ko ohe rrilg or!f ti o dary a
Tloli f E'oml I calhln I t n aic o f i ilcan he&m uinor, o1l llEura
le n h, ky a nI, l 'rwh I rll l , l, er p, rhr nom [l'¢l rocer iron,
nliornd- ad r i ln pCTen, c k nd 1 11 b'e llohllnldt A i Cl ude ll
sci h, by idn ] ilnlll dlo ,ce wo f the r it, oll w ichir l u ll nisec
I ly ll~ they can 'liret T r tarr brlirguina note l o rg c 1-k than frlom
CndEPr abNE ACT git.l.Ebi-T he dai, relyBrt te Th nd
vlrtiy, len l, Bile a fullb r itic ,Ol ofl ll I sr-en, a de onlldr
h are r , li v Tb lty I r lloiral tte nll e anl
D~A ENr CoIro.-R. T O- . Sll kes will 'Virgi Tobaccot
Arney of A.,t . yEs. H o. t oi.o il& D CoA, -v yi treet, ha.
iEll errEi, b ll be n , ! untity EnldAtld Ee n nitle i l e l' Oi cd e EE -.
.h::a in nafietrd chewnI tob co a u .all l," rilrl ad in An- ll. (if
t Iarie lI II. Th, . l forhave tonc llirllp rhllll (j len vr :l ).
The Prh.eil;l bti rnd and lll ' o anll of thi l lla li fi .. ,hurn
nll ith l I n the a r ir,~ nt, and winlll OLilll he1 ta inlude hll
tie most tI )n,-L r rllle, in tie vagn a erl y 1 ,lMlltll they u
el ntirtt . cll v n. , r after rward,% which il',tunnl,"hm, reonl
n ivl lllhl Oll ,seta,, thr:..e wolMn, e not pUr'eba- h) make an
tc llirrgi , ll. A lis n of tie bto , ni uty hIe sC>, i the ad ler
C HEAtP A., rbE-t trll't-l.r --The dati er collypes anti
nihlloto ,;dLen by hushriek, Ni,, ,inea;(a p street, aire wondier
uly l' p d litnl r luld. They all nrct oi irersal atte h iCa, and
itl, Bnrctallye tmsiered e ptrimr Ion an tiling ell e ll thlat lilne
that han, vr hori n introdueud. Al ll onu intIris, ift'y ,1 jt s,
er'b picture.
r r eel, F rc.,r. and hadelewr 1 t In IiquIr bt ai Io l ltc, have ati full
nluld c ete l astpplly of all knit, of arlleicles app, iltlilino e o
rurrchnutr.
wXXttTTERR FIRF OM CiRiESCSENTA.
- Su ticieint for thle day In the evil thereof.s
" Let to-morrow take care of to-morrow, it ecares need
not burden our rint.o,
What's the ors to anticipate sorrow--liei's troubrles
ore nelover beohino.
if to ]iole vcr 11i hlIe an error, 'tit o ne that- tl0e
wire Lrve preferred,
Alid lnew oftl Ilave Ilartt been in terror of evils that
never occurred.''
Whien one starts out into lire to battle ogainst its
trials, he vshoult maker ita rent deteLinoatilnl to never
yield. Keep doing, never deltlond rnor seek to-mor
row's tlrobles. .dlanr shoruld ie strong, great in ac
tion, cofidenit nld daring. What everlyo lhind to do,
do heartily, \VWisbingre, dreaming, dreading, fearing,
will neither hasten orllr avert tile futulre. The only
true, noble occupllatilan, is to kleep iup a tiLave hleart
and iever cease to strive.
" Let the world do itsutnlo ; it were brat to defy it,
'Tis the eo-wardn alone thaoitSocmbi to the bleltow
Ile Iarrlcr ord larm, Cer 'tiis vain to deliy it,
With lntpe faur one hield, we canr eluirte t each foe.'
Tihe anrrn who slislr anid dreads te future is testi- .
tote of that great quality, moralr courage, whilh is t
reticent power ill tile Illld, ready to rouse it.blf and
act with prompt and calllll decliisllli.
Never desprond. Wiho knowl how manliy eyes are
tullrned towards yonl, hllw manly hlearts leap with yolin
in njoy, or droop with yours is despair? \e vowe it to
our fellow tnll as well as to ourselves, to ever pre.
sent a cheerful fhee. iOne gloomly lbrtw will bring
glooml Rloing twenllty, annd cast it shadow, 00 as a pall,
upon the hearts of all around.
iThe nmla who bIldly stanlds and says I twill, will
always colller. Ile rider frrth over his enemies in
iitMntitablle power, and all dillierlties fill heltre him
i corlbwebs befor te he housewife's brootl. iLook not
rrmourlnftllly pllirtn your lot. but Ireet ithe with ia storn
fl'ront adl you mu.t prevail.
To bie mirthful and cheerfiul is indnive to health.
Who ever saw ai gay-hearterd dyspeptic ? No one, i'll
warlralt you. WVho ever tleard a erolake r whlo was
lnolt aflicted with indigestion or liver cumpllilaint ?
Ah, what ia treascire il a calnt and thankful hear:t,
contented nnd peaceful, filled with hrile alndl the
knowledge that with determinaition there i- Ino carth
word as nail. Had I the educartion of chiltrlnll I woald
pIlni.h " I canat" ahuostas.qlickly a I would untruth.
There is nothing that will tsoiner bepecak favor for
its wearer than a cheerful Cllltenanee. It mlay not
always Iietoken peace and a heart at er-a , huet it is a
pacsport where he is not known that will seldom
fail ; and our troluble fall more li ghtly when we calmly
and qulietlty receive them ; it only rendersthevm more
grievous to seek thea arnd retpine over ti.eri. Southey
says time goes by turns, that
' 'lThe sad1leit hird a season iindo to ring,
'TI'lt roughest st olrl a i-alll nemay soon allhy,
No ha o lard it ay ill tin tiaulneii d.'
There is little credit inleinrg citer'fuill when fortlne
smiles apace antd we have calm, r .lear wrneather before
s-- tic whan cloudr lower, wave` reolgiyn-a and toss
onr little craft tha lt wei show pluck of heart by never
deslrponingt . Mark Tarpley, itn ]ti.ktrns' Martin
Clhuzzlewit, who ;sought ditllh'iltie tilhat lie might
oLhow a tcmili o ftace "and comie out Ilbdly under
thrln," is ole of tle no-t leasant pl per onagen that
apt delineati r of hIumitiin character hai over dcral
iThere .i lno one more tio be pitied tlal hle who is
inr-ud with a d,,leponding dislposition, ever wering thle
" lt skeleto in thi frtiri ; it is his g'rim compan-.
iliii to all timet. Ille iay bali-lh the tei ror rier ft time,
eit cvr fined it at hio ellbowr , whispering wer, and
tro: hill iti ii.'ciit. 1There is nito solarce fCr himi, for Ihe
will ever .ic-ld to the lill tyrant.; gra-lp -tiy whLat you
maV. Pite for shamo! lan, rnr-e yourell' from such
servile slavery I r a It yolr tnllho(od, anild tho tlh
ionlti·or that vylu will snbdle or die-thalt youl will
never give rlp. ibt ·enete-le to tlhe la-t : and beCr in
lrini te the lirt step i- to keepl up a Irave and1 merry
heart, 1.t what c ill happen. ,No wealtlh c;il purchace
Sit, yHd vt it, po --c-tor ha,1 blolunlllil_ h.l.tlth. fHealth
nar v -t-tr-'tk r' iu , li,-'h title ai log atr1, fl c r 1-nit ti,
Il'lie11l"i dsecrt ill trill, hoiur of needl, vet with, a eOllntrt
Sed ain id An lavt e heart we have ricorhe, auitl ght tran
" c ndi, irl1-aner i not the thi l
l l's, is the croi- hi ilje,-'t er in kini ;
ai la,W C,' ,itter aco cann iAi tln it proived Ithat
"r- The cl ti at wI- al, i lthe prlle-rlt hr,err R
't·r - 1lt , liehltn all our 1' -ll dClay-."
wlhl whri dc, ir bt ahn,,-t -,,iz.d 1upon our
tie-,r, t- tlr '.ithtic' rhl;anring olod firaught with ter
tr, ha it ir liuie-. Adveriity te [rri
through whi-h all -hiatld p,=', to h,,iw thow miuch
iir, o' how an h .r-ntothin ,rail cirmpse urniatutte.
lRobert 3lttn', in lir qlaint ,way, tells i,
iThough o- t- and ero="e be lci.ns rieht <evere
There' < wit there, yell get there, yell tihid ntae ither
00l one InrIe1"oeltitiaonr, dear Cre-ocnt ille, I will
l i, c t '-i'-t't , biddIing all delpnd:nrts to take a
-" [ii lIly ieokIiln into lifte's acim- it,
eari rriotcw - atld favoes were vf like onoont I
Aklril vrierrg W lli--ht ti-idsl h.ioht.o, tree,
h, -aid, " etent, tis well it is n~ ,re--."
That is what i all a senoible man'e viev, of the sib
jevt- inake the le-t of wht we can't 0inem d, and as
the ltd and not very nlfied adage k rays,
'Never cry over l.ilt milk.
Cafn cNTeA.
1-Efl.TI7, 1aI'FTIrII AND LONG 1i cit"'.--Ofthe nlma
+ tpol i t-i ln:s itl( d l, Io ,1 tle l h,, o1 Iife and make ante'.
r asily m,. r the i"h fa; I , d c nr rduroy-roug},h . in it
,t ,i, I , ,. 7,' -t k ' , N\o 21 d artres trct,
opta-riot inxwlt- ; Iradhrlv't Matcd Pain Evt actor removes
aIhoer lil, 0i 1 ,I riear.1.17 :ni h 1 slring of liife; arnal.Lyons'
nl-ath t,,n an ,, tle perfc<t whole with a beaut., anal - -ow S
h with ,, t h" at all other i y,, l fall ,htIto t or. The ... seer
, - Is f l i, ac - ~ril ""Prili." are a1ore flally ,"t fl ilb in ito
adv rtei clmnel wie ,n oll inr nc tht u, nd to whlich w," refer tbo
IENTLEMEN'S IAsPIIIONAlII.E Cl.OTltING.--MeesN.
I 1ciloon 1k Mllrbot, ri Ier of st. (hi1arle i and (al trcetS, are
nupllicd uow,: Imlat, with r c(t, ',ni admnirable
e11d ed pri7cI . Tfl i Ir bsnu fply (c ,l ale nllrt il." int agra
wa1r 1hoh, together I ll 1ith I-rll.hlg Fr11d.11e III prof.i 1 1 l
drabilc trlal the sIrltI ILehad, in ournlarket. A great ariet}
of other qualitir, incheding i-en, mnshn, emeroidered and
ott,ll si , cal n ll ,t nd at the sItate Ilner1,. If lrllns n ed ex
cllencc. Gentlermran plo ,are making purchaser, should not
Ifil to Lila Ihliel n rill.
PR11ER1 Es11 .--. W. Coeler, No. 110 Common street,
hIts a large stoJ:k of e tloiee preserves, sarllile- and .uchoviea,
saue"r, jeltieý and other lxntrirs wlehcll tempt thle nppetite and
please tin palate of all. The 1lulolls kitnds are speciied il the
alverticmvl, t, htichll, to all tr: e ep, i(cres, will allmost sulply the
Now Toe tC1(n:s.-- Todd & Co., No. 120 Canal,
near 11oyal lrc t, olll r for slle ie. new alIll very superior top
iuggie"s, m"Ie I nmor & Stevens, of NTw York; ano, one
plain buggy, which will be di pu.ld of low in older to close the
CAI'rET \.WAEIIOFE.-- A. Ilrolltoeial & Co., No. 19
Cha Irtrs street, ol ll l 11 t 1o k cl, u 1p their ell-e ltahlishcd repI "
trtion for elhetalnt aud I~xcltir t caarlnd .tnlg It ll kill n d : tlrlrs els,
tapMtry, lIl't tnod ingrain, as well an floor oll.cloth, wvindow
sades, table not pinny Hovets, mald maniy other nrtllc, ,hch
r oll it a eery IoIw price. All .ho have purcha es to make
ao5lld11111 u nlOlOl no lihl e.Oe Miele stock biefore iorcdlsi.
(.,oC lINso.-1l. Pitin & Co., in order to close off
their fIll nid winter clothing, and make way w ith thon e firics
which ale suilted to sulmler anl s lsnhi, are 1 illoingo ff ltheir
suplly of thick clothing, at lery low rates, ollcing rare induce*
Thleny lre a0l.o rccivi: a further supply of linen tad colored
sII1rt1 ; colored Ill0. Lat pallolll and 1 .11,1 of yl1l sics andi
txet llcnt manufactuIre. d;elt!elen hnalt r ember the fact
a ,id f lilt ber and stree.I I t O which it lallI l 1r. , Mriie.d.
SoI.lTEAT 1 o .-P. o. llan, ld. No. 118 Canalreet,
and1 at tIhl Stl c'hrls Inook Sthe, Iadrtils reentlly reeil,1 very
.consideral,, Additio,. It T his stc1 k of lilll d tII n1111 1 ,) drc liter
a1ur1, allkin In i a. oomplete i ay that ScIn be foilnd
il ils or anly olher city. All of tile popllar writings of Mr.
TllaekrIy are inluole ten 1s1 collection. e uttlellrmc t'7mll th
Ctllt ry, strn1 goe, ctr\'t ]urrs and re hl ntIa h0 l rill, ca olla ondr
tumin his seilvres Ilbfore cllomdletinl o their IprchaPnries
SAOnOen GooI .--l '. A. Ilelrard, No. 118 Canal
Wtreet, i jost Aloing aE freslh .upply0 of fLeing sonds lgtcld
l tid. Tchl stck lllrlJ re panill, blaclck lll fniured blres ;
ren1,lines; blodck, fancy ad 0figured srilk,; iullln.I edgcing.,
.ilbolllci, lin - ii, I10 il11 0 aild shirting, of vrilol c kindl, 111nd1
grant v'ariety of milher luldlngofs arlitlel, whlose quality can bU
Ilen r 0d clilo onl eeo s 70ami 11nation. The tock i one of tlio
logestoo1 lllt .Olcilrltt, iil e.el" respect, of tllny that nll b0 L
fotlid I.llit city, andl tdl 110o wioO to elioin eleoance and
Urcluy iln their pallr:l, will do -ll to call nld c.aaliuo It.
I general routline is F(t el in the advertisement.
WATCUEg AND JEWELlTY--The stock of fine gold
ard rilver watnces, jcaclr vy , cr mid plated wares aui nimncy
ut'ich>s belonging to tre. s.tock of ,oscph Ipuaty. is now selling
off a tile mere cost of importation, ia order to ivied up business.
City deilers and colnlry purcll asers will find the present oppor
tuldty velr desirably and a<mnd d igcls, s oplportuuitics like the
piresent err rarely offredl. All who desire to secure alla ihlglbe
longingl to he stock of a large and firet elas .,stablishment of
this kiud, thould call at N.,o, 23 Camp strret, uuder the City