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NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN.
XME I.
NEW ORLEANS, FRIDAY. MAY
1807.
NUMBER 45.
SINGLE COPIES, TEN CENTS.
OFFICE—No. 57 ST. CHARLES STREET.
TERMS—SIXTEEN DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
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Her Fast and Present Hecord
l,oyally— Internal Impruvement*
lloiae, < hiirche*. etc-FIm* f'hureli
JflcoUo/i Pavement: It* Advun
. eH —lid neat tonal Hyntem of < h!<«ar«»—
, ( olored Population— ii peat Oalliep
of Baptist*. etc., etc.
Chulauo, May 25, 1807.
Republican:
leaving your city I have missed the
of your excellent columns, which
Jedding the light of republican truth
jejjion which greatly needs such ilium
For some reason no copy has
to hand, and I am in darkness as
progress of events among you.
amor has come to us that Uen
Shcridan is to be removed. It
be a shH day when that brave and
loldicr should be superseded by a man
nerve and political integrity. But
rust there is no ground for the report.
igo has a high reputatiou for loyalty,
record during and since the war has
bright one; and in her devotion to
itional cause she represents the great
bwest. that seat ot empire for the con
As Chicago was in the front rank
Northern cities in the days of con
now she is foremost in some of the
if peace—such as graiu, provisions, and
er, h<?re excelling all other cities. She
Cl*ICAOO COR BESPON IIE ACE.
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of a splendid opera house, and better
ill, she has many elegant churches,
finest of these is the First Baptist
of which Reverend I)r. Evarts is
Its cost, including the organ, which
purchased for $12,0Q0 ( was $172,000,
has all been paid or provided for, ex.
$ 10 , 000 .
organ was built in Westfield, Massa
s, and is considered second to none
country, uot even excepting those
one- in Boston and Brooklyn. It
three thousand three hundred pipes.
Bpeiuo of transportation from Boston
was six hundred dollars. The
Biptiat'church is built of that beuutl
which abounds in the vicinity, a
of limestone, called Athens marble.
In tin* town which bears that classical
me twenty miles distant. The
inexhaustible, and the atom- s
rtblv adapted to building' pi.;; »-•*.
lily worked when first taken *ut,
log harder by exposure, and acquirin'
I low tinge. When rough »
it is finely adapted to public build
ami for private residences it takes i
ntly fine polish. It looks much bet
q common white marble, and does
ike that, crow dingy with age.
"Nicolson" pavement is " all the
re, and 1 think it must supersede
atni rubble stones. It makes a much
inter and safer footing for horses, and
that horrid din which stuns your ears
Cana! and St. Charles streets. The
if allowed to vote, would all go for
n," aud then what charming
you could have without goiffg to the
% roads. The expense is saul not to
the ordinary kinds.
A if it
rho!'* extent of that finest st
, Wabash avenue, is thus paved, and
* splendid three miles drive.
both
Bodying together, and. w hat forms a
remarkable contract with New O.
•chools there is no distinction of color.
I colored people of this city
ctable body, numbering
cry
some 5000
The Olivet Baptist church, with some
Ambers, all of whom, with very f«sw
jttons, were ► laves till the war, hav •
ed an elegant brick meetinghouse, U>
stacost of about $20,000, and almost
tly by their own exertions. It is a
imentto the capacity and zeal of these
e, who so lately were themselves the
irtvof others. It stands as an answer
irebuke to those who persist in deny
>the blick man the ability to care for
If, ami who are crying out that with*
\t controlling care of the white man
Drelapse iuto barbarism. A Virginia
lionist has recently made an honest'
noble confession of his mistake upon
ibject, and the world is fast coming to
niod. Let the colored people take
*1 from such acknowledgements to do
best, by their moderation and industry,
piritof progress, to prove the truth of
Mr friends predicted and their cue
ire confessing. Let them show that
mi govern themselves, aud walk
r aid calmly amid the excitements of
ies, not permitting any pretended
»to tempt them beyond the bounds
opriety aud good order in the assertion
arrighiB.
tne present time there is here a great
^ntheringof Baptists, from all purts of
niUd Stales, on the occasion of the an
wry of the great denominational socie
-tiit- American Baptist Home Mission,
■try Union (foreign department),
JSfion Society, Bible Society, llistori
Bible Union, etc., etc.
* eram&tcd that nearly 3000 strangers
hat nearly
gttendaiice, from Maiuc to Texas.
8oatheru States are represented, us
Jpjrtoia, Teunessee, Arkausas, Mio
Ssnth Carolina, Texas, etc. It is evl
Jw already a beginning is made of a
°f Nprthern and Southern Baptists.
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at the North, yet I think the__„
nhip and co-operation throughout
is not distant. A brother from
Carolina confessed at one of the meet
few years ago he believed slavery
but that Providence had con
of his error. A change, he said,
on among the people, especially
'au people of his State, and their
been softened by the munificence
Dimity of the North toward their
poor.
rtpit. i
pi him«
■wsemblage of Baptists, who number
1,100,000 in the United States, Is the
r held in the country, and Is ani
t remarkable spirit of harmony
Mean Baptist Home Mission so
[ushisugurated an era in the history
t benevolent organizations in the
it uf a colored man, the Rev. Mr.
J»JMor of a church in Brooklyu, N.
P*Place in the executive board. Mr.
^•JJJ/Eeuiog delivered an eloquent
" \ was frequently and heartily
the immeuse congregation
the close of his remarks the
^--ick, just arrived from Eugland,
'Juki aud iu the name of the
| °f his native land, gave him a
ttluie. It was a grand scene,
hr l £ rv * ce I saw the brother from
r^Y^toke the hand of the brother
Uyu, and so we had a ventral
11 °f North and Houtli, white and
■*rica aud England. The sceue
* Dew proof of iho power of
i to subdue enmities aud preju
LJtJ bi bind men of diverse races aud
^*«i«th*„T. c.
FIVES AT HAVANA.
Hlierfii«» to General
esnato tftoarauilne ttpfu
l^ter
yesterday the following copy
lent by Geueral Sheriduu to
*°wer. It Is dated on the 29th
r* Jmivb learned from a reliable
•• prevailing in the
b iLa™** °f Cuba, aud dr
Jour attention to this fact, to
^■•y Put th« triioiM nf vnur com
faq. ? PDt the troupe of your cum
LfoT* beet sanitary cwudifon, as the
**aeh here at anv time, owing
Z* *h« proper authorities * > ea
•ry re-pec Lilly your obe
v. H.HKSKIDAN,
? United States army.
mil If VERMIN PARISH.
Kcpub.
Irlav In I he Hell very of the 1
llcisa"—■'"I'lcuyun •*' Action on
«!' Mtt-iim ho 11 Office pm— Condi 11<
Freedmen—Effect* «*f the l.nl
Prospect of the Crop*—The Fr
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l_'orre-pondenc*i of the Republican
Jackson, La., May 20, 18C7.
At last, several days after the weekly
Crescent and several other New Orleans
weeklies have been received by subscribers
in this place, I have just received your noble
paper. It is so refreshing to catch oc
casional truths and loyal sentiments, that I
regret that the Republican is prevented
from reaching me. I think I am justifiable
in using the term prevented, for thiv reason:
A number of gentlemen embarked at New
Orloansjon the steamboat Vicksburg, some
three weeks since, having for their destina
tions, some Catahoula, some Jackson, ami
some Ouachita parishes. Copies of your ex
cellent paper were addressed to them and
sent aboard the boat. After starting from
New Orleans the gentlemen inquired fur
their packages, anil were informed by the
gentlemanly clerk that they were re
turned to your office. And upon ask
ing the reason, were told that it was
not the desire to carry those paper*.
I am informed that there is no regular con
tract for carrying the mail by the Ouachita
river boat-, and if such be the case, of
course they can act their own pleasure
about carrying the Republican, but those
who control these boats must have very
weak faith in their own doctrines when
they so flagrantly show their fear of having
your advocate of truth and humanity circu
lated through these remote districts.
Yet s-o it seems : nor is this the only
ground lor complaint, a9 for three weeks
no answers have been received to important
private letters; and I am compelled to be
lieve that the postal officials at some point
between this place and New Orleans will
not bear investigation.
Registration is proceeding with ordinary
rapiditv, the colored voters outnumbering
the white over three to one.
Very many freeilmen have not been paid
for last year's labor. Their situation, if
change ! from what it was prior to the war,
has changed rather to the worse.
They are eager to get their "free papers,"
and prize them highly. Of course, after so
many years of total mental darkness, they
cannot at once appreciate the benefits
which they will derive; but their natural
Inst nets tell them that they are for their
good.
I find many citizens who were forced into
assisting or * ngagiug in the rebellion, but
who are loyal t In art, and although they
consider it to their interest to withhold then
opinions, rejoice in the triumph of Union
republican principles.
Tli • majority h#*eni to accept of tie- situa
tion as best, and I trust that no disturbance
will o. nr during registration or at election,
-inlets some irresponsible, foolish parti* -
allow theri:s«*l\. s to be carried away by
"Bourbonou*'' patriotism.
"It i hi evil wind that blow s no one any
£bod," and i.tfio.c.-U the whirlwind of deso
lating war far* 1 .* swept ever this land, im
poverishing 1 1.-* people, among other good
things It L.o 'one them the most manifest
IS that it ha- tau_lit them to raise their own
subsistence instead of importing it as here
tofore. The planters are now aware that
corn is king, and have planted much more
oi it than over heretofore.
The season is so backward it is impossible
to predict as to how the crops will yield;
but, considering all the disadvantage*, the
crops, corn especially, look very premia
Tt is well that, at last, the Southern urm
ers see the lv-st course to pursu* , and are
trying to raise their own food, for it. i
really deplorable to see the poveity of -o
many of these p *on!c. #
The agent of the freedmen* bureau is
here. That institution that is so much slan
dered and ignored, is now prepared to dis
tribute f >od to the needy when the police
jury will bring forward cases of destitution.
THE FIRST .NATION A I- BAA K.
A Carious Parade of Figare*—AVhnt has
Become ol' the People's Money.
We find the following dispatch from New
Orleans in the New York Herald of the 21th.
Some oi the figures may not be exactly act ur.
ate; butthemaiu items are probably suffici
ently so to create astonishment tu the minds
of the many depositors who supposed the of
fleers of the bank to be intelligent and
faithful enough to lend their money out on
good security in small amounts, and not in
sums varying from $20,000 to $200,000, to
geutlemen who "generally indorsed for each
other." It was said on Wall street last winter
that any man who could write a note, aud put
a government stamp on it, could get it dis
counted by the banks of that famous 6treet.
But we doubt whether the most verdant
financier of any city would have ventured
to lend money to such names as appear on
the books of our First National bank as
debtors:
New Orleans, May 23, 1867.
Jacob Barker's failure is considered a very
bad one. Great dissatisfaction exists that
no official statement of the affairs of the
First National bank has been made by the
examiner, Mr. Kuox, who has now had the
institution in charge twelve days. The fol
lowing is its condition: liabilities $1,170,
000, assets $1,200,000; one-third of the assets
are considered good. The liabilities will be
increased $400,000, that being the amount
of the certified checks of the bauk which
the treasury held, and which were taken up
by a draft of Y. I*. May A Co., on Oakes
Ann s, but w hich were not forwarded for
collection. T. I*. May & Co. represent May
and A. 8. Mansfield, a private banking fltui
ju-il about starting. The principal debtors
of the bank are: General Beauregard, by
note $40,000, and overdrafts amounting to
$72 000; General Dick Taylor, $37,500; Gen
eral Harry Hays, $20,000; General F. J.
indirectly, over $200,000; Colonel
Nixou, of the New Orleans Crescent, $80,
000 ; General Wade Ilamptun, Cuthbert
Bullitt, J. B. Walton ADusloude, and others.
each
These have genera'ly indorsed for
other. Over $200,000 of the funds of the
United States court were iu the bank.
AH THEM EAT*.
Tut Olympic Music Hall.—B ob Hart has
created a mono for the Olympic that wins
for it a high rank in popular favor. The
mammoth variety combination appear every
night. The programme embraces mins
trelsy, pantomime, farce, ballet. Though
the weather is hot and sultry, the Olympic
is a charming place for an evening's enter
tainment.
*1 ii k Hutii Music Hall.—O n Gravier
street, near 8t- Charles, is the famous Ruth
music hall. Mure famous still are the
talented young artistes, Miss Mellio Sander
sou and Miss Julia Dixon, the banjornt and
guitarist. Jim Brogdou and Ned Clifford
are there, also, aud we do not wonder, with
these brilliant professionals, that crowds
frequent Becker's house of entertainment
nightly.
Th* Metropolitan Free Concert FIall.—
Mis* Chemo iu her challenge jig; Dora
Shelley in her new and pteosiug comic and
sentimental songs; Tom Warfield, the bau
J«list., and Tommy Fell, in everything new
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These arc the inducements to visit the
Metropolitan this evening, and a host of
people will go there
Academy of Miuiic.—T his evening there
Is rfffuther entire change of programme and
mure novelty. The wouderfui Zanfrettu ami
Rok*lay iHintlhs In two brilliant panto
mimes. The beautiful farce of "Horuc fur
the Holidavs" an*5 new songs, dance-*, ami
olio entertalniMniU. The roaring panto
mime of "Nicoderaus" close* the evening's
performances. It to the coolest place of
arausemeut la the city.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
Fifth
Ogtle
belt, and Znchuil
There was a pretty full attendance la
evening at the New Orleans Ball
Orleans street. After a few remarks by the
president, Robert N. Ogden was introduced.
He said he saw around him men who had
shared with him the tented field, (he did
not say on which side of the great struggle
for the salvation of the country or its d**
truction, but it was upon the latter.) He in
voked his hearers in the name of Charles
Dreux, who fell upon that field, (upon the
same side) to act as Mr. I). would act were
he here.
However, he advised them to register as
they might now do under the liberal decision
of Attorney General Btanbery, and t > vote.
Cultivate the friendship of the Northern
.
element among you. Consult jour better '
judgment in this matter, not giving way to j
the natural impulses of your hearts, that
»uth.
element has similar interests to your*. The
North is determined to beat into*your heads,
so to speak, with the butt of tin* musket,
the fact that Northern capital shall be used
as safely here as at home. As this is inevit
able, let ine impress it upon you, said lie.
Swallow your pr*judices against the
negro, and influence him by every means
to vote with the South. He is a
must grateful beinir. vo d of the spirit
of revenge, said Mr. Ogden, and with
such characteristics he eau be won to vote
with his old friends and against—[well, it
is impossible for any reporter to write all
the epithets which the speaker applied here
to the great radical Republican party of the
country, j Prove t > the n< gro, said he, that
congressmen suited t>> you are equally so to
him. Let us acknowledge the negro politi
cally our equal; though we, being otherwise
his superior, must govern him, or a war of
races, destroying one or the other of us,
must ensue. .Mr. Ogden favored the princi
ple—[a radical Republican one]—of the
building of levees and other river and har
bor improvements by the national govern
ment.
Then launching an anathema upon the
heads of Judge Wurniouth ami other lead
ing gentlemen of the Republican persua
sion, he went back to old Rome to prove by
the history of Cariohmus that it is better
for those who had fought upon the afore
said tented field to try and save New Orleans
than to destroy it—to cherish their native,
mother State, and receive ilie blessings of
Louisiana by so doing. Applause followed
this classical close.
Mr. Jules Lambert was the next speaker.
He addressed the meeting in the most ener
getic manner in the French language. He
would not offer apology for so doing, it
being the mother tongue of so many Loui
siana's old citizens, lie was not a' politi
cian: an contraire. But he would simply
review the political situation, which he did
very prettily, and with marked ability. If
it is dark—if a cloud appears, said he, light
a caudle, ami all is light. Enlightenment
is wanted. He acknowledged that the time
is dark. He advised all to register, and to
treat the free linen with justice and as fel
low men. Make no* distinction for color's
sake. His remarks w- re well received, and
deserved to be. On closing, the band greet
ed him with the enlivening Marseillaise.
Colonel Zacharie entering the hull at the
moment was called to the stand. He re
marked that he came tolnurand not speak;
but each and all should bear his part, and
lie proceeded to address the meeting. He
discussed th« reconstruction law clearly,
is not a matter of choice for the
no option is given in the matter.
1 or lum.-elf he hud long since determined
to " accept the situation," aud he advised
his auditors to do the same if they had not,
and register, preparatory to exercising their
right of frauchi-e. He favored a general
participation, and was sorry so few whites
had yet registered. They should span* no
effort to obtaiu tie* treedmau's vote. Thus
far tue matter had be* u imprudently man
aged. Each one ol you, said he, *uch
Southerm r has some influence, with one or
more negroes; use it, and show them the
Republicans arc not their friends. Show
them the injustice to the negro ana the
white Southerner of the cotton tax (which
the liEri'BLi'JAN also shews, aud favors its
repeal), aud convince them that we, their
Id masters, are tiieir old friends. Mr. Z.
losed by again urging ail to register, when
the meeting uuiourned, not condescending
to notice the motion of one of its irrepressi
members to give three cheers for Jeffer
son Davis, though another was found to
second the motion.
Error.
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We arc requested to state that the name
of Captain C. S. Sauvinet was omitted erro
neously from the list of vice presidents of
the meeting in Lafayette square on Wednes
day evening.
Holler E > x|>lo*toit-9teambOHt Accident at
the
Shortly after 7 o'clock yesterday morning
the donkey boiler on the port side of the
Louisville packet St. Mary's exploded, the
engineers being at the lime eugaged in
raisiug steam for the purpose of pumping
water into the main boiler. Of a sudden,
with terrific force, the explosion took place,
aud the boiler was lilted through the cabin
aud hurricane decks, carried clean over the
steamboat Leonidas, lying next to the St.
Mary's, and came down upou the hurricane
deck of the Ruth, going through iuto the
ladies' cabin and stopping* there. Simul
taneously both suioke stucks of the St.
Mary's fell, fortunately both
athwart the hull, but smashing out the
upper works of th-* boat on the port or levee
side, aud crushing everything beneath
them. By the force of the concussion, too,
the stateroom-doors, otherwise uninjured,
were blown off or broken, the solid wulnut
counter iu the clerk's office was cracked
from end to end, and the furniture, crock
ery, and chandeliers in the cabin were in a
moment transferred iuto a chaos of debris.
No lives were lost, and this is really
provideutial iu view of the violence of the
explosion. Two engineers of the boat,
Peter Seibold aud O. Miller, were slightly
scalded, as was also Mr. C. E. Dunu, a
gentleman who had taken passage, and was
awaiting the boat's departure to night. A
colored cabin boy w as ulso hurt by being
struck on the head by a flying fragment,
aud a news boy is said to have been scalded
quite seriously'.
The St. Mary's reached this city from Louis
ville on Wednesday morning, and was still
engaged iu the discharging ot her cargo
when the disaster occurred. 8he is com
niauded by Captain B. F. Goodwin, and her
clerk is Morris Dorsey. This latter gentle
,u upbear* to be peculiarly uufortunate
in 8 team boating, he having been in com
mand of the ill-fated steamboat Como, re
cently burned ou Trinity river, Texas.
The entire amount of damage is estimated
at about $15,000. Messrs. A. Britton & Co.
were the agents ol the boats.
The damages sustained on board the Ruth
aud Leonidas were considerable. Ou the
latter boat the chandeliers were shattered
to fragments by the concussion, while the
descent of the boiler iuto the ladies' cabin
of the Ruth caused, we learn, little other
injury than the breakiugof the woodwork
The exploded boiler was a tubular with
seven flues, aud previous to the explosion
\t had been filled wjth water to aid iu clean
ing out the other boilers.
kl«»i Mina and Razor.
John Martiu, colored, hus been sent by
Recorder Gastiuel before the criminal court,
to be tried for having, on the 18(h instant,
assaulted aud cut James John, colored, with
a razor, on Treme street, near Conti. A ra
zor and a siuugshot were found ou his per
son wh* n at rested, which makes the ac
cused liable, also, to prosecutiou for carry
ing concealed weapons.
SclBure of Trudlag Bool*.
Colonel Gurney, special deputy collector
of internal revenue lor the first district of
Louisiana, so.zed a large number of trading,
fruit, aud fishing sloops and boats, f.r Ion*
payment of the government license tax. It
seems that a large number of the owners
were ignorant of tbe law requiring them to
take out such a iioeusc, it not having been
enforced strictly heretofore, but when the
trouble was properly explained they paid
tbe required amount, and their vessels were
released.
The Crescent of yesterday morning C 0 u*
tributes this tunny paragraph:
Last evening, about seven o'clock, as the
Republican club of Algiers was passing up
Canal street, near the C'lay statue, the col
ored freed man who is in the habit of carry
ing a transparency around town'ad vising
everybody to visit the Olympic, happened
to emerge from St. Charle- street. Seeing
the procession passing with numerous trans
parencies, our Olympic artist crossed over
and brought up the reur of the procession,
bearing aloft his huge transparency with
the pride natural to one who felt that he
was the most conspicuous object in the as
sembly, and dancing gaily to the music of
the life and drum, it was curious to see,
among such mottoes as " Equal rights,''
"Liberty." "Justice," etc., etc., the huge
transparency recommending everybody to
to Bob Hart's to-night,"
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Mystick Krew
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Browned Boy Identified.
The body of the boy feund drowned, as
mentioned yesterday morning, lias been
identified by special aid Farrell as that of his
son, who was accidentally drowned during
the storm on Saturday last. Coroner Delery
held an inquest, a verdict of accidental
drowning being returned.
Elglulng the City.
The city will be lighted in the suburbs
before many days, the controller having, as
before stated, sold the contract to build
eight hundred new and to refit old lamp
posts.
Itoariliux IIuiKte Thief.
Paul Moreau, a yon tig man who knows
how to dress and gfv* himself somewhat the
appearance of a gentleman, was arraigned
betore Recorder Gastiuel on two separate
charges of larceny. It appears that on the
tenth instant, he rented a room from
M'me Henrietta McCoy, on Toulouse str* et,
between Treme and Franklin streets, after
which he carried off from the house twelve
different pieces of wearing apparel, a lot of
books and sundry other articles, including
the ornaments on the mantle piece, the
whole valued at about $25. On the six
teenth he made his appearance at the house
kept by M'me Fraucms, colored, on Marais
street, between Conti and Bienville, rented
a room there and cleaned it out in the same
way, carrying off the bed sheets, a porcelain
chandelier, the ornaments on the mantle
piece and the key of the room. The testi
mony against Moreau, as to the lir>t rob
bery was pretty conclusive aud the case
was sent before the criminal court. 11c
then pleaded guilty to the second larceny,
and not being able to furnish the required*
bail, was remanded to prison to await trial
before the criminal court.
title.
On Wednesday evening Mr. F. P. West, a
painter doing business ui: 102 Poydraa street,
put an end to his existence by taking an
ounce vial full of laudanum at his residence
n Franklin street between Clio and Erato
trouts. Dr. Nichols was called upon to «. x
mine the case, but found the unfortunate
mn already dead. It is said business dilli
ulties were the cause of the depression
which prompted him to the act.
Disappeared.
Waltenbcrg, who hatl Captain James
thorn arrested on a charge of embezzle*
ment. has left the city. Waltenbcrg mar
ried Miss Rhode, a German actress, a few
eks ago.
That City Committer.
)n the 11th instant the following resolu
n was unanimously adopted at a mass
nvention of the Republicans of this
city:
Jiesolced , That the president of this con
tuition be hereby authorized and Instruct*
1 to appoint a city executive committee,
insisting of the same number which corn
use the representation of the city in the
jwer branch of the legislature, and call
ii<l committee togethi-r. this committee to
ave power to fill all vacancies. We are
daily asked when Mr. Heath, the president
of the conven tion, will appoint the com
mittee.
ftkeplIeUm.
)n Wednesday evening, while the great
procession was passing the Republican
St. Charles street, with torches
flaming, banners flying, voices cheering,
and music resounding, one of our reporter
overheard a conversation between two
ly individuals, members of some recon
struction club. One said to the other:
" Dern it, Bill, let's go. This proccs.-ion
will never pass. It's only the same lot of
walking round the block. There
ain't enough niggers in town to make this,
procession 1" The skeptics moved on.
llor«»- Cur* tu Carrollton
Yesterday the change took place, estab
lishing horse or mule cars for the steam
trains between Canal street and Carrollton.
Forty new aud handsome cars were placed
upon the line, proving to be more than the
preseut travel justifies; but as they are
much more agreeable and convenient than
those hitherto used, and make the trip in
about the same time as the steam cars, the
track being so smooth und the mules first
class, it is trusted the travel will rapidly in
crease.
Counterfeit Nickel*
Officers of the street railroad companies
-ay that counterfeits of the five cent nickels
are becoming very common. It is bad
enough to have to use such abortions in
the shape of bronze and nickel five, three,
two, and one cent pieces with which the
late director of the mint has cursed us.
without having counterfeits of these palmed
upou us. In the old copper as well as othe
oins of the United States, there was some
artistic execution; but all appropriateness
of d* sign disappeared long since—certainly
in 1851, when the three cent piece, iu IsjU
when the nickel cent, and still later when
the five cent nickel were introduced. If
we can have nothing better than these, and
the dirty fractional shinplasters, we may as
well fall back upon wampum of the Indians,
used after the first settlement of the coun
try; even coou skius would help tjje case
some.
IIain't no V*e for It
This seems to be a common expression of
the natives of this part of the country.
Spanking of that gorgeous river palace, the
Great Republic, with a Mississippian while
crossing Lake Pontchartraiu the other day,
our traveling companion had not seen
heard of her arrival or the father of waters.
• I hain't no use for the
He could just as well
not—it was too big a
Indeed, said lie,
Mississippi river
dispense with it
thing for him.
A Heavy Judgment.
Yesterday, in the circuit court of the
United States, Associate Justice Durell pre
siding, a judgment'by confessiou was en
tered of record in favor of th** New York
warehouse and security company, against
Mary C. Sterling, for $150,000. This judg
ment w'as upon a note and mortgage, the
latter of which covered a large and valuable
plantation in the parish of Point Coui»ee.
Be * ---------*" *- "
Jy agreement of parties no execution is to
issue for the sale of tin; mortgaged premises
until September next. The plaintiff is a
northern corporation.
Adjourned.
The criminal court of this ci?5 has ad
journed until next Monday, June 3.
Carrying Flrearata.
Thomas W. Cronau, an employe in the
quartermaster's department, who was ar
rested for carving a revolver and firing off
the same on Dryades street, was fined $25
yesterday morning byr Recorder Ahern, with
the alternative ot going to the parish prison
for thirty days. Cronau, when first arrest
ed, w .is turned over to the military authori
ties. The affidavit against Cronau was. re
turned to the mayor, with the following in
dorsemeiit on it:
"The order forbidding the carrying cf
firearms was Intended ouly to assist and
render effective the law which, it appears,
haa ample jurisdiction over the preseut case,
and provides for adequate punishment.
Hereafter, while the order will be rigidly
adhered to, it is not the intention ot the
military authorities to take from the civil
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authorities the custody ov trial and punish
ment of this class of off*-alters, except in
aggravated cases where the law may not
apply or when the punishment It prescribes
may be inadequate."
The mayor thereupon sent Cronau before
Recorder Ahern.
Police Appointing!
First District—W. F. *
ihafer, vice Henry
Failure.
linted by the depos
Second District—D. l'ecou, vice D. Kier
nan; A. Ferrar, vice T. Higuin.-; L. O. Don
nell, corporal, vice George Renaud.
Third District—James Mayance, vice J. R.
Garcia.
Tlic Bank ofC<
The committee ap
itors of the Bank of Commerce to
with Jacob Barker relative to the interests
of depositors, and to solicit of him a full
statement of his affairs, and bis anticipated
action relative to adjustment of the same,
met at room six', No. so Camp street, at
eleven o'clock, A. M., yesterday. Mr.
Barker having notified the committee of his
wish to meet and coufcr with them to-day.
a sub-committee was appointed for that
purpose. The result of th* conference with
Mr. Barker, as well as all other acts of said
committee, will be made public through
the press. About one hundred of the de
positors in this bank registered their names
yesterday at the rooms where the committee
were in session, together with the sums of
money due to them at the time the bank
shut its doors in their faces. The amount
of these sums reached about one hundred
thousand dollars; and yet our reporter was
informed by a member of the committee
that this only represents about one-tenth of
the who c. Mr. Barker, therefore, is de
priving his creditors of at least one million
dollars of hard cash. And who are these
creditors ' Not th rich, who are able to
stand such losses w ithout much suffering:
but, judging from'thoso the reporter saw
weeping aud mourning their losses, and
registering their names, they are tin
middle and poorer classes of society—very
many of th* mi poor colored people, Irisii
and other women, whose hard earnings
from the needle and the wash-tub have thus
been wrung from them by this bauk failure.
Fire on Cunalitreet.
A little after one o'clock yesterday morn
ing fire was discovered in the three-story
brick house No. 209 Canal street, the lower
floor of which is occupied by Meyers A Win
nett as a variety store. The stock was
slightly damaged by both water and fire.
The amount of insurance is unknown, and
incendiarism is supposed to have been the
origin of the tire.
The 1 arpet Thief.
Yesterday morning one Vincent was
arrested charged with having stolen the
I iece of carpet from before the store ot
Messrs. Cohen A Piuski, on Canal street, ou
Tuesday last.
The Yrr<-i»re«*ltile Holdler*.
Mike Makiu and John Reilly, the two sol
diers who created a considerable disturb
ance in the bar-room of the St. Charles
hotel yesterday, were brought be for*.- the
recorder, and Makiu lined $25 und Reilly
discharged.
Health of the i tty
General Mower has issued the following
order:
"The commanding officer at Fort Macomb,
Louisiana, will, until further orders, pre
vent inward bound vessels, coming from
any foreign port, or from any domestic port
which bus been, or may hereafter be, quar
antined, from passing that post."
Mayor II* nth has ordered a detail of two
policemen from the force in each district,
whose special duty it will he to co-operate
with the health officers in maintaining the
city in a good sanitary condition.
Diftchat ire*!.
Morris Miller, the colored man who acci
dentally shot Christian Nicholas, on a
schooner iu the New Bar in, yesterday
evening, was arraigned before Recorder
Ahern and discharged. A certificate from
Dr. Font, as=istaut surgeon of the Charity
hospital, stated that Nicholas was only
slightly wounded, and would soon be well.
l.an-eny
Frank Alvarez, uutit recently removed by
Mayor Heath, a member Qf the police, was
arraigned before Recorder Gastiuel, yester
day, charged with unlawfully retaining pos
sessiou of a gold watch found by him on a
street iu the Second District, knowing the
same be the property of J. Lilienthal, jewel
er, on Canal street. The watch, numbered
03,513, has been identified by Mr. Lilienthal
as one stolen from him wh* ■. his store was
burglarously entered last month—an occur
doubtless fresh iu the memory of our
■-owned at Algclrr*.
Coroner Brownlee held an inquest on
Wednesday at Algiers, on the body of one
Pierre Auure Hatrel, a resident of New Or
leans, aged twenty three years—a verdict of
" Accidental drowning " being retained.
Deceased was on Monday last crossing
from this city to Algiers, on the Second Dis
tance, and iu attempting to step on the float
he fell iu the river, sank, anti was seen no
more alive.
COTUT ur.POBTH,
Tnltetl State* C'l*-«-ult Court — II
Durell, A*K<»clute Juilgi
York Warehouse and Security Com
pany vs. Mary C. .Stirling. Judgment by
confession for $150,000, ami decree of fore
closure upon the plantation of defendant,
ituated in Point Coupee parish.
Execu
tion stayed until September'1, 1
Henry Jackson vs. Vicksburg, Shreveport,
and Texas Railroad Company, John T.
Ludeling, John Ray, und others'. Demurr* r
to the jurisdiction of the court ou the fol
1. That plaintiff, in merely alleging them
selves as holders of certain bonds, without
setting forth ownership of same, and the
manner in which they had become owners
of such bonds, had not disclosed an interest
sufficient to enable them to stand in judg
ment in this court.
2. That the allegations of the bill- are
vague and indefinite, and too gen* ral in
their character, and the citizenship of all
parties plaintiff is not set forth.
originated the writ of seizure aud sale of
the property, which court has the exclusive
power of controlling its own process, and
the exclusive power of correcting any "bus 1
of the same.
4. That the Vicksburg, Shreveport, and
Texas railroad company, havimr, by its
charter, perpetual existence, or until legally
dissolved, aud its officers being required to
exercise their functions until legally super
seded, and there having been no election of
directors since 18G5, it follows that W. M.
Wadley, who was then president of the
company, still continues to hold that office,
and he being oue of the plaintiifs in this
suit, aud in contemplation of law, a citizen
of Louisiana in relation to the affairs of the
corporation, although actually a resident of
Georgia, is prohibited lrom litigating before
this tribunal.
Still ou argument.
Naturalized—Ed. De Larzaz, Leonard
Reinhart. Bernard Williams, Joseph S:
ret, Joseph Fraser, Henry Altmulhfr, Henry
bruhn, GodUeb Fiiuk, Abi * ~
> rah am Cope.
1'alled State* District t oart- Hon. E. 11.
Durell. Judge.
McLoskey, Mason A (^o. vs. W. G. Coyle A
Co. Default entered, and libel taktu pro
confesso.
Naturalized—Caspar Wentz, Valentin
Weber, Peter Shaffer, Matthias Schloseer,
aud David Nolan.
First District Court- Hob. W. W Howe,
Judge.
Htatc vs. T. Joliu^m and H. Johnson, lar
ceny. Pleaded guilty.
State vs. 1* Kelly, Assault and battery.
Pleaded guilty and waived time of sentence.
Sent to parish prison for three days.
fcitate vs. C. Durand, J. Garner. A. Fagot,
and Henry Prince, robbery. Tried by h
jury and found not guilty.
State v-. Jerry Taylor, larceny. S'olprot.
eutered.
State vs. O. Thomas, larceny, Aot pros.
entered.
fctatev*. Lewis Brown, assault and bat
tery. Triad by a jury and found not guilty.
State vs. James Ward, assault aud battery.
Tried by a jury, found guilty, aqd, waiving
time of sentence, was fined $25.
Naturalized—Franeis Schmidt and Moses
Heiadingsbclder.
This court has adjourwed until Monday,
Jane 3*
BY TELEGRAPH.!
[Special Dispatches to the Republican.]
FROM WASH I N G T ON
THE PRESIDENT PREPARING FOR HIS TOUR.
ALL IDEA (IF IMPEACHMENT ABANDONED.
George W. Oiilc* Pardoned.
Washington, May 30, 16t7.
President JohnsoB has engaged rooms at
the Spottswood house, Richmond, at which
place he will stay over night on Sunday
next. He leaves h -re on the morning of the
2d prox. He will go to Raleigh on Monday
by special train.
The judiciary committee leave next week.
All idea of impeachment has* been aban
doned by a majority of the committee. Mr.
Ashley still urges the propriety of reporting
a bill for impeachment, but is so fa: un
successful.
President Johnson has pardoned George
W. Gale, of Alabama. He is notorious for
having offered to become one of a hundred
to give ten thousand dollars eacli for the
as-a*--ination of President Lincoln, llis
wife importuned the president to pardon
Dim. PAYSON.
h
FKOAI WASHINGTON
THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE CAPiTfL.
FKOJI ST. LOUIS.
I N l)I,V\ DEP11EDATIONS
FUOJI LOIISViLLE
l\Al(ilRATIO.\ (IF HENRY CLAY'S STATl'E.
FUOM CINCINNATI.
.Viiotli<'i- 11 «-:iv v
F K O M E i: It OPE
Abolishment of the Colonial Slavery System
FROM VIRGIMA.
THE FREEDMEN TO BE PROTECTED IN VOTING
VCCIDEVr.
FROM CHARLESTON'
Indictment Arainst Blockade Bonner
JIISCELLANEOrs \ i:W8
NORTHERN ASP WESTERN MARKETS.
From Washington.
Washington. May 30.—The president lias
appointed E. H. A eg imora a member of the
We.-t Point board oi v isitors.
General Thomas P. E* k*'rt. formerly as
sistant secretary of war. and now promi
nently connected with th-* Western Uniou
telegraph company, headquarters in New
York, is now in this city.
The internal revenue receipts to-day were
$«;17 ,o(mj.
The controller of the treasury advertises
in the city paper* that hank notes of the
First National bauk of New Orleans will be
paid in lawful money upon presentation at
the treasury of the United Stab'
Washington, May 3#.—The Republican
convention of Vermont has nominated John
B. Page for governor, and unanimously in
dorsed the reconstruction measures oi' the
last Congress.
From It. Loiilt
St. T.oris, May 30.—A Fort Kearney dis
patch says the Indian war has fairly begun.
Rauches are burned, stock stolen, aud set
tlers murdered daily. Troops are going
westward rapidly.
From I.ouUvIlle— Inaugural Ion of MurhU*
statue of Heury Clay.
Louisville, Ma\ 30.—The inauguration of
Hart's marble statue of Henry Clay in the
courthouse was one of the most brilliaut
demonstrations ever made in thi* city. The
procession of different orders and associa
tions was very imposing and of great length.
Judge W. F. Bullock delivered the oration,
Th.
ode written for the occasion by George I).
Prentice is pronounced his ablest effort.
Prentice
Business w'zs almost wholly suspended.
From Clucloaatl.
Cincinnati, May 30.—A G&llopolis raer
chant with Cincinnati business connections
has failed; liabilities over half a million of
dollars.
From Richmond.
Richmond, May 30.— General Brown, of
the freedmen's bureau, has issued a circular
lirecting the officers, iu view of the hos
tility which may exist to freedmen voting,
to see that the freedman is instructed in his
rights, and that he is registered and votes.
Judge Kelley spoke in Danville to-day.
Alexandria, Va., May 30.—A freight
train on the Orange and Alexandria rail
road ran off the track to-day billing the
engineer aud fireman.
From Charleston.
Charleston, May 20.—In the United
States district court to-day a bill of com
plaint was filed by District Attorney Corbin
;ainst Charles K. Preolian, Theodore D.
agner, James D. Welsinau, W. L. Tren
holin, George A. Trenholm, aud Johu B.
Laffete, members of the firm of John Fraser
A Co., charging them with violating the
laws of the United States iu blockade run
ning operations, and claiming that iu other
respects they are accountable to the govern
ment. Judge Bryau, upon hearing the bill,
granted an injunction restraining the afore
mentioned parties from disposing of any
real estate now held by them.
General Sickles leaves Charleston for
Raleigh to morrow' to meet President John
son. _ _
By tie Cable.
Frankfort, May 30. -United States bonds
77|.
Paris, May 30 —Frauds Joseph cf Austria
is expected to arrive bv the first of July.
London, May*'30.—Fresh Schleswig Uol
stein complications arc rumored.
The fate of Maximilian creates painful
anxiety throughout Europe.
Madrid, May 39.—The government is con
sidering the abolishment of the colonial
slavery system.
St. Petersburg, May 30,—The Emperor
Alexander left here to-day for Parts.
Bkrun, May 3%—Count Bismarck, it is
reported, will accompany King William to
Paris.
Fwvjlsa Market*.
London, JUj 30. Id A. M.—Con*olj steady,
American securities cue hanged. It la
t bought bant r»t« will be reduced one
courier.
-.ONDoy, May .'lO, Evening.—Consols 94£;
Liverpoo;
May 30, 10 A. M.—Cotton
uy.atit. Other articles unchanged,
ooi., May 30, Evening.—Cotton
gat Id advance. Middling up
niiddlin_r Orleans ILd; sales of
e*t!c Murke
f lNciNNATi. May 30. —Flour Irregular;
inter, family to fancy, *|:j 50®1C. Wheat
•ry dull; No. 2 white, $2 75. No. 1, $2 85©
UU. Corn dull at flue, for No. 1 hulk,
its dull at ,4c. Rye dull at $1 75. Cotton
Jict at 24@24$. Whisky dull at 30^533c.
$22 59. Bulk m**ats dull;
ides. 11c.; clear ribbed,
% 13@13}c.;
u Mere
mgar-enrod,
12 *c.:
Lard dull; prime
May 30.—Tobacco activ
mon le.
nf, $ ! 71
>ry d:
ried lei
10 : me
•lium dark filler
n
ight,
510(^15: black
wraji
per*, $
Cotton.
23lf<£24. Floui
* iins
ettled;
extra.
$10 50: fall dm:
ible *
•xtra. i
Wheat.
■
red.
lower—
$1 03^1 oo for y
rellow
r, and !
prime tierce. Whisky dull.
$12 75.
closed
$1 0f,@
8'■■^ , J2c. Pork quiet
r< is only a specula
' d, 124c. for
Sale
r.g previous quo
lions $20: Owen
■ irly this
' tobacco, fully sus
on-: light lugs $3:
nty cutting leaf
: f* ■ l it. the canal by the
unchanged, v
sid*- 12. Bulk
New York. :
-Cotton quiet. The
- favor buyers. Corn
>od. Sugar dull and
.
Liverpool,
am.-hip Vir
ived to-day,
May (\.t
tou market firm;
lies at 27^27:
for middling
uir heavy; hi
ale and Western
Southern miV<
• 1. good, $12 40@
<1 extra. Si-;'*,
'.16 75. Corn de
: Western in
: veil, $1 20<ftl 24
u *1 $1 no/gl 32
: for old. Mess pork
.ard I 24 <§ 1 !$.
s, igJ.r firm and in
land. Na\ nl • 1*
'res dull; turpentine
$4^. Fr
. heavy. Rail
es heavy. Govt
dull. Gold
i. yfi (jcent.: C
' - Ys -1 *62, coupons,
ms • '<r 7 ] ■'cent..; di*
tV.L Gold cl*
. - 1 w* aker, 137£@
iv emmet its dul
. -locks heavy and
From Soothv
r<e*t Pa#*.
rTMWEST 1 1 A ~ ~
chofleld'.
Ot 1!
These com mis
ice is not d *s.o.
ncltidcs a* folio
will tx prtfern
ral Schofield
th** purpose of
all persons in
'perty incases
its may fail,
lit ary cora
•iuafter to be
maud of the
, and clothing
urates,
take jurisdic
y have reason
Trial by
1 in all <
**l bv the militai
> believe
it till the orders
b<* made known
jurisdiction as
hissiouers will
*ute
vrits
trates
Any p<
il orde
resist
military commi.*.*ioner, e
military commission, am
shall be punished by fine
a'-curdii g tu the uatur*
offense.
r- and others, arc
eqite the lawful
<L rs to tbe Rarnc
• l by law to obey
l by civil tnagis
shall disobey or
r authority of a
tried by a
pon conviction,
d imprisonment,
1 legreeof the
mil
LOI IITAXI.lfS AT WMT POIKT
We are pleased to learn thut Louisiana
will be represented on the next board of
visitors to the 3Iilitary Academy at West
Point. IulSCS, Dr. Thos. Cottmau of this
Siate was a member of the board, receiving
his appointment from President Johnson.
At the annual examination of this year,
which comes off next month, Mr. E. H. An
gamar, an engineer of ability, and a loyal
citizen of this State, will be on the board.
The only cadet now at West Point from
this State is Charles G. Eckhart, a young
geutletuan of great promise, a native of this
city, who will graduate in June.
li** w:t* appointed in 1863, from the Sec
ond Congressional District of this State by
I! ui. .Michael Hahn. Mr. Eckhart after
graduating v. ;!l vLit his re utives in this
city, and await order- t . jin seme artillery
regiment. _
The Rights «»f <»|
special meetiug of the
Union League
duo was called Uiv last evening to "con
sider the conduct oi Horace Greeley iu be
coming bail for Jefferson Davis. Wo don't
iike to interfere in dificrencesaruong friends;
but we can't help hinting t** the Union
League club that it m ght possibly be well
enough fpr them to mind their o vu busi
uef-s. Mr. Greeley's bailing of Davi* w r as an
act performed by him as a private citizen—
and whether h** was wise or foolish iu the
matter, he had just ns perfect a right to do
what he did as any member of tue Union
lias to eat fish for breakfast, or go
vitlumt it, as he pleases.
If the Union League club proposes to
supervise the private conduct of its indi
vidual members, un i discipline all who fall
short of its standard, it will *irapi.v add oue
more to the many nuisances already exist
ing of this sort. It is becoming altogether
too much the fashion for societies, or par
ti**, *ht clubs to assume inquisitorial author
ity over the act*, words, and opinions of
their members. Everything like independ
ence ol th *ught is crushed out; no man can
have opinions of his own. or act upon them
without subjecting himself to the criticism
aud formal censure of a clique of sell-ap
po in ted judges.
John M. Bolts, in his recent letter of ex
planation, wonder* whether he will live long
enough to be permitted to act upon his own
judgment, without being called to account
for It by his frieuds. Most certainly uot.
The tuudency of things in this couutry is
xactly the other way. It is toward tyranny,
not freedom, in all matters ot opinion
1 and of actiou. If any mau acts with a party,
! Certain purposes, Iu politics, rt ligxm, or
anything else—he is held subject to the will
of that party in everythin*. He must bow
absolutely to the dictates oi iu leaders, or
ol those who claim to be ita leaders, on all
subject* and at ail time*. If he does not, he
Will find himself trie*!, condemned, aud exe
________________________ ______
cut* d as a traitor aud (tesriw.
We do uot admire Mr. Greclt-y'i extreme
1 anxiety to personally ctowu himself in
effecting the relea-e of Dmym On public
! grounds it wa* wholly neetliea-. ion any
conceivable personal grounds i$wa* inex
• piicable. But it was a prfvaii- aud personal
! act, aud oue for which he is respooMible to
tm authority but public nphiiou. K.irthe
Uuion Leauue club formally to ait in juJg
incut upon him for it. aertn ton. the height
" —* "
* of itniwrtineuce.—JVew J art Nation,