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"REPUBLICAN AT ALL TIMES, AND UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES." VOLUME 1. NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, SUNDAY, OCTOBER I, 1871. NU ip Hilli "I III I I II . N U MBliRi fai , ,i il'InISIANIAS. OWNED,'-T ,:,111 my ND V :ND AED BY COLOR I\ · PUBLISHED EVERY S' AND SUNDAY MORN-' \ II1( .\)NDELET STTREEIf r,3IOPRI2!3TORIB. t IN ;Il K' , LLLt.','. P I ' iNE:. C. 1 n1,, Si U. IllO\VN,---Editor. '. I:. . I'INC(II'IA ('K. i .. ... . 3 I ) S . ........ . ~... . I'OS'PECTUS OF .he 10 uista(nin. 1 . - , IX I to estal ish aniother jI: 1 . n 11al in Nw Olrlhans, 1 .ii,, ;, 1, r , 1 the LotLIIAs IAN, .... I .. . ", tim es painf ully - I ,v". I1 tlhe transitinu stiate4 Sf,I ,. Q . i us thir stnlggliingftfflrts . iht plition in the Body I 1', ,:i.'. i4ii'h teC conceive to be their 1 I- rg.,.t4,r'l that much infor i. 'n1llcicte, encouirageiment, . I .ld I.,,rof' h:tV' 1h'e e lost,. ill ... , ,', ,f the la:ik of a medium, . : Ilhi,'h thesehidetilencies might , . WI shall strive to :lakc I,,,I In.NI N a d,,Sil,',I 11ll in tlhese PI'OLICY. .- (Iur ,,,Iotto indlicat's, the Iioa-1 ,', .shall " IH T,t, licn . t , li · ,,,,! rco'olr edl ti i rrc umsc~ i cCtl~an " wt II A,4l!ic:t.ll ti sII e, urit$ y a, r kinjoy ,I f I,ro-:lc iil lig rtl y, th1 ai bso lt, ,quLalit of j l 1 tic ,n 11 .-fore thr law, ,u an: I im l l,irti:il di strillutilln f hon ,r a ln t 1 I:itron, , 'a to all who merit Ih sir.,us : 1, llayin lir anel s11 ities, ,1 .lI, rating tl mcmory litlt,'Lo th Iitler I ,, p lo ti (lll 1:'l"ll.1!nO 1n-ll on ,n :,l c lassi,':t tind l letwlil n all - II l,, I.ti i:tl disa ilities, s ofstr kiled ·t fre.arane,',. where maldign ity a, un.ut reigned, 1and seek for , ad justice where wrong and , :1i oljcts, we shll conserve -t interests, tilevate oulr oblei t., :.n I m iabli position amlttongI 'r lStates, bly the development I Iwitable dresores, andt clure I i, , i, ,fit, of the mighty changes SI'I ry1 aiInd condition of tlhe 1 r I l h, ('h ll t n ry. i ',,' t, I t , liglth4l e l flfl eI ll O tu'elc i I ,lt th, l ,lsorfma y ulif lan I ,F . . . atin, ALf ju.stia., L . \,: n.i-ll.Wt te doctrine of an 4 fl' i-,, 14, ;ly , in thd expe ndi " n"" l" with the .xigen " i, t l, orr ( iuntry ad the I " t 411 ll e rv legiLimat( e ot lifwe i1o44. , ,f the n establishing a lm,,unt i- uty the cdueation of t. n e, ,ht ,nment, C u the seen ec I 't i4 ilit. of a Republiran f & ,,40,,I,. ,,du.t, wLn shill strived POETRY. A FAILURE. YY M. EIDSSA WYSNE. The ulled ot praise too long withhtld laiy solutilxes c, nlite in vaill, lith li wexr lIes to undo the past, ()Or litench the awVtall pain That like a hidden tire ,utned on Till a' xullbiti,,i'. stre. th is ;gone. ij I'l tvar., that c tluine s.* tatdly May fall :upon a "raveo With tcndtier.ne,4 that c,,ts Lto late T' stri angthen, I !xw,-. ;,r -:av, ; When he who walked adl worked alone Liecs dreolultss under s ,ne white stone. Yon then ma'y say: "How we.ll he did! IIw i, llatrveloulsit lite pen 'That drew the vail froin hmllan hearts To please the taStes of nlen !" And ye.t, so ll.tyifil each l.in-strokle, You never knew when that heart broke. Oh ! if such praise had only come From you before the words were said That loosed his fingers from the pen, And bade hint join the dead, Where honors cannot stir or thrill The pulse, nor praises pierce death's chill. T'rI far, dini hights to which he climbed But made the stars the farther seem: The' m4on looked out frlom rrloing clouds Lit'. senmed a wild, weird dream; I' thest cold hights he. missed the thrill )of jiys ,which all yo r' pulses till. Yon cannot call it true' Success4 l'ecaustu mtn. say that he was great; lie maisacd the blessings all men have- The ceomnmonplaces of your tate; He would have bartered tfiue and pea, And left his mountain-tops to win. You heard his bitter cry to man, Anil; "hark !" "he sings another song." 1,,' ,uiiled, and said: '1h, writes of lnpain, As if he tfel:t it." "Lord, how lontg, lie cried, "'tunst I stand h lre aloc ?' Hle asked for bread, you gave him a stone. I lWhih standith, now ablove his head; While you, whtilo .atiled, now I:now too hate h'l'at he, whom nttn estei'n'ed and plraise'd, W.es not and never ettld Ie great . The Ist held thte ,in. in h'h:ius, Whitch De.ath has st'att.rrd, like hi, gains. Errors of the Reiuubliean 1'rtes. . [Fron th,' Iohner Iliad. It seems to he the "oflicial duty" of some Hx'publhic:tu newspaper.s of Ithis Staite t, pas stutlicld antld ster retypcVlid lprsontl culxgies upont 1Gov. \\ortlthli which are sme tiinits IhvC:I,. ull and piledl on in the most jumbled and fulsome style ---and at the smune time all who in any respect or to any degree differ from the (;overinir, oil any political issue or umeasu'c of policy, are de nouced in terms of unmeastuned and indiscriminate .damnnation. As the friend of (Gov. W'armoth, we regret to see this. He is a gen- t tlnemn of many winning qualities, and of many worthy points: but lie is not immaculate - hs is not a liv- t ing god - nor are all whot, difer from him altogether imbeciie or alto gether devils incarnate. A true friend will no smore culo gise your faults than will he hide your virtues. As oe who desires the success of Gov. Warmoth-- ast one who likes hint personally and t has with or for himn no political r quarrels--we would fain see his c virtues sustained ond vindicate, e andti his faults criticised and rebuked Suntil corrected anti cured. And on the other hlanl, there is I another pusillanimous habit in dclulged by that portion of the Re- 4 publican press of Louisiana which a omploses Gov. (Garnoth. He is a denounced indiscrinminatcly, as with- e out a single redeeming virtue, and , all his friends held up and depicted I Ias servile lackeys, and obedient and t truckling "office-holders" under the Executive appointment. This i is alike weak, unjust and infamou s. ( It shows lack of argument, and in- r volves a very palpable and inexcus- r able falsification. r This is all wrong, and plainly un- e just to all parties. For our part, e we shall continue, as in the past, to e support and sustain Gor. Warmoth a and all other members of our party, a so far as in our F'stimation merit a may justify and demand, and no m farther; nor will we denounce or b oppose any member of our party to d please or "curry favor" with an- a other. The editor who does so, is I not fit for the position, and stulti- t fies himself and belittles his high a calling. We want to see our party feonds healed. " Let as have peace." WHO FIRST AblERITI$D RAILROAD BONIDS IN NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS? There are three great epochs in the history of railroads in the Unit ed States. The first reaches to the year 1848, befor which time no rail road hbonds from the West were of fired or advertised in this city. The sec"nll period1 extends to the out brc-ak of the war, and shows a very active construction of railroads, and a growing disposition on the part of capitalist to invest in their secu rities. The third period covers the paper money expansion, with the wonderful stimuhlus it has given to railroad enterprise, commercial development, and material growth in every section of this continent. During this last period the news papers have played a very import ant part in informing the popular mind, and keeping alive the pub lic confidence in railroad invest ments, as the most promising and the most permanently valuable, when judicious care is taken in the selection. In this country there has scarcely ever Ieen a time when the newspapers were more active than now in dis cussing the merits of the multitude of new enterprises which are invit ing capital in wall street. And to all aplearance the growth of our railroads is likely to increase for many years to come. And this movement will be stimulated by many obvious causes, two of which are conspicious. First, the great majority of our railroads have proved very satisfactory invest ments to those who embarked their capital in them and were patient t enough to wait a sufficient lapse of time for their full development. In all nsuch great works there is at first I a slow rate of progress, which it is I impossible to avoid, especially in new countries, where soil and cli- t mate are good, and whose popula- 1 tion and resources are increasing. I But when the time of prosperity I comes, its fruits often multiply t themselves in geometrical progres- I sig,n. There are banking firms in Wall street whose boast it is, tlhat I after ten or twenlty years, no rail road they hale ever endorsed has t f,aikdl to pay its regular interest to Sthis dav. Secondly, there is a vast I amount of capital which in this f country and from abroad, is accu Inulated andt is in quest of safe, re munIrIative investments. Many r descriptions of railroad bonds ex- I actly meet this want. A few pro- I jected shemes may disappoint ex- I pectation. But there is now so much intelligence on the part of t the public, that unsupported claims and promises which cannot be ful- c filled are soon exposed, and cease I to be delusive to anybody. We have mentioned the increase c of our population as one cause of r the growth of railroads. It is also I true that new railroads bring newt population. But, as with the I growth of commerce and industry, f the usame number of people double t their traffic every ten years, our railroads may for a long time be expected to make some progress 1 even in those States where the population is comparatively station arv. The State of Massachusetts has one mile of railrouad to five and li a half square miles of territory. t When the like ratio has been devel- L oped in the great States of New t York and Pennsylvania, they will ih each have 9,000 miles, or double as t many miles of railroad as now. Il- I linois would have 11,000 miles, or a twice and a half as much as at a present. In view of these facts, it a is fair to infer that in some others, a the construction of radlroads will be p rapidly pushed forward until the t ratio of Massachusetts has been v reached. Before that time, how- t ever, we shall have 100,000 miles a of railroad in this qpuntry, instead Id of 53,399, as at present To build e all these new roads a less interval a of time may be required than some of our readers may suppose. This a may be inferred when we remem ber that we have been almost c doubling our annual increase of mileage, which in 1864 was bat 738 miles, but last year was nearly nine a timec as much, or 6,145 miles, b against 3,033 miles in 168. t Another thing which will con- a tribute to multiply our new rail- 6 roeda is the pemc of aiatioa t into one system. which is controll ing nearly all the recent great move ments of our railroad magnates. Originally our railroads were built without much reference to any gen eral plan. But extensive consoli dations are making which necessi tate new links of road to complete each new network which is or ganized, and thus to perfect or im prove the railroad facilities on which the growth of our national wealth and commerce depends. As it is not eas,y among the nmul titude of securities which are offer ing, for an ordinary investor to scrutinize and examine them all, so as to choose those best suited to his views, many persons are naturally led to follow the judgment and ad vice of their bankers. Among those of undoubted responsibility engaged in selling bonds in our metropolis, we may mention, in addition to those named in previous articles of this series, the firm of W. P. Con verse & Co. The Senior member of this banking house has been a merchant for over forty years, most of that time in New Orleans, where, as President of the Bank of New Orleans, of which he was the or ganizer, and in other positions of trust and responsibility, he enjoyed a reputation for honesty of purpose and fair dealing, excelled by few men in any section of the country. In 1852 the city of New Orleans delegated him as a committee to go to New York for the purpose of ne gotiating the two millions of con solidated bonds of the city of New Orleans, which he did successfully. I Mr. Converse retired from active I business for a few years; but in 1857 returned again to commercial pur suits in New York, and for over I fourteen years has been located in i Pine street, where with his sons I who are his pairtners, lie has suc- t cessfully negotiated some very imu portant loans, both publicly and t privately, among which were the bonds of the city of St. Joseph, Mo., the St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad Bonds, (Eastern Division) and the Jackson County, Mo., bonds. One prominent characteristic of e this house is, that they do not un- ~ dertake a loan unless they are per- f fectly satisfied that they can, by of- i ficial evidence, substantiate everyl statemrent that they may make con cerning it ; and unless such doen- i ments are forthcoming, they decline t having anything to ido with it. They c have repeatedly been urged to take a hold of various loans, but have de- a clined many for the reason that e they were not themselves perfectly I satisfied with the security, and i could not conscientiously recom- I mend them to the public. I As an evidence of the recognition I of their ability as merchants, we may mention the fact that they have E been entrusted with the agency of a the Baldwin Locomotive Works of I Philadelphia, the "oldest," and by t far the "largest," establishment of a the kind on this continent. (A nmerican N.,-Nmrzper' Reprrier.; TRUE TASTE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN c MONEY. t Many immagine they must re- e linquishl all hope of gratifying their a tastes, or the inherent love of the beautiful, if they do not rank among the rich. This is an entirely fdse a idea. There are houses upoln which C thousands of dollars have been ex pended that would be quite intocr- t able to people of real refinement as a permanent residence. The whole a arrangement and furniture are so stiff and formal--so heavy and op- t pressive with superluous ornament, c that simple curiosity to what trange I vagaries can enter into the heads of t the rich, and in what absurd man- C ner they study to spend their abun- I dant wealth, would seem to be the F only motive which would thmpt a sensible person to enter. On the other hand, we find small c modest cottages, which bear unmis- I takable evidence of necessity for t close economy, that have more real y comfort and convenience about them c than those splendid mansions; and, e at the same time, they are gems, e bearing in every part the stamp of a true elegance and refinement. They p are so beautified by the genuine . taste and ingenauity of the oeeapeate u thatit is a real elasure top a t 1- from one room to another or sit quietly and enjoy the sweet en i. chantment-yet money had little to It do toward securing such attractions. It is the fitness of things - the lhar - monions Ihending of shape and - color, the adaption of the f'urniture e to the wants of each apartment, that - ake the whole comhinatio,n so pe - cnliarlv delightful. And yet, how 1 and from what was all this tastefil .1 furnishing constructe+d? If somn of those persons whiv1ie dark and - gloomy parlors are hung with the - costly damask, and their furniture 1 carved and upholstered by the most ) skillful and fashionable workmen, 4 should by chance find themselves in one of these pleasant homes, they - could not help being captivated by the spirit of the place, in the absence I of style and fashion. The elegant, airy, graceful parlors, the rest, the peace and comfort which pervade f the whole atmosphere, would be to them a new experience, and what t would be their astonishment to! t learn with how little expense all this which they acknowledge to be so refreshing, has been secured. No matter if the purse is not very t heaIy, y oung people, with good t health and a fair share of ttste and t ingenuity, have great pleasure in d store for themselves when they un- o dertake to furnish and beautify a c house, which is to be their first joint home. There are so many small A conveniences, so many little con- u trivancos that a carpenter never i, think of, because lie has never had o a~ woman's work to do, and there- r fore cannot see how important these n little things are. A woman knows u just where an hour's work, well o considered and planned, can be em- , ployed to manufacture some conve- c nient thing, that will save nmuch c time and strength, and which, how- o ever cheaply and roughly made, she ,, can, in a few spare moments, trans- (t form into an object of real beat:. li L:i M. II. .I' I,,chver. SYIBIILISlI OF TIlE CROS,. a Probably no symbol has been so universally employed in religion a and art as the cross, in its various' forms and modifications. We see it fashioned of gold or silver, richly 1i wrought and inerusted with gnms --of amber and onyx, of chony and ivory, and other rare and costly ta- u terials. It is engraven on the en charistic vessels, embroderedl on altar cloths and priestly vestments, and cut in relief on tombs and ecclesiastical structures. lopes, bishops, priests and abbesses wear it upon their breasts. It may here be remarked, e'it passaltt, that any person with good taste, or having a proper sense of the fitness of things would avoid wearing, for display merely, ornaments in the form of g a Latin cross--that on which our Lord suffered. There are the Mal tese cross and others used in her aldry, which are more suitable for 1 such a purpose. The most common forms of the cross are the cru.r inaissa, or Latin cross, having one of its arms longer than the other three; the Greek cross, which has the arms all of t equal length; the crtt.r deeu.Sala, t saltire, or St. Andrew's cross, so named because legend affirms that that saint suffered on such a one; and the cru.r ansalla, or St. Anthony's cross. This is also the sacred Tan of the Egyptians. Then there is the Constantine cross- -whicL con sist of the Greek letters X and 1', answering to our Ch and It, and thus forming the initial letters of tl the word Chri4osa-the MIaltese cross, and many others used in heraldry, such as cramndoneo, pat tee, fourebhee, etc. In religious pro- cessions a triple cross is carried be fore the pope, a double one before a patriarch or cardinal and a single one before a bishop. In the Roman Catholic and Greek i churches scarcely any sacrament is held valid, unless accompanied by the sign of the cros. The devout worshiper makes the sign of thes cros upon entering or leaving the church, and it is believed that it is effcacious in repelling the meemlts of the Evil One, and warding off pestilenee and dangers. The Ru sian peasant, in the the midst of his ti noisy earoauing and reveling, make p the sign of the mes oover hbis driak- . t ing cup, just as did King Olaf, - whom Longfellow tells about: " Oe'r his drinking-honl th. ;, -n He made of the croms dhvil. Churches and cathedrals are fre quently built in the cruciform shape; and in many countries it is very common to see large crosses erected ii phIces of public concourse, for purposes of worship or to comment orate some event. The famous Charing (,'here rein,') Cross derives i its name from its being one of the t places where King Edward set up a cross to mark where the body of his queen, Eleanor, rested during the progress of the funeral cortege to ' Westminster. t But it is not among Christians only that the cross has been en, ployed as a religious symbol. It was used as such by the aborigines of North and South .America, as 2 well as by the most ancient nations of the Old World. Prescott relates that the Spaniards found the cross l as an object of worship in the tem- J pies of Mexico, and researches in Centrald America and Peru prove that it was used in the same way by the inhabitants of those conu tries. Mr. Brinton, in " Myths of the New World," says that the In dians regard the cross as an emblem of the four cardinal' points of the compass. C The ancient Phoenicians, Persians, S Assyrians and Brahmins looked upon the cross as a holy symbol, as is abundantly testified by the numer ous hieroglyphics and the pictorial representations on their monu- hi mental remains. The cross is fig ured on Egyptian coins of the time of the Ptolemies: and Rufinus, Socrates, and Sozomen, ecclesiasti cal historians of the fourth and fifth centuries, all refer to the discovery of the sign of the cross in the temple I of Serapis, where it was guarded by the Egytians as emblematic of future life. Then, again, traces of the cross are found in ancient Gallic remains, and in relies of the lacustrine cities in Northern Italy. Mr. Baring Gould is of the opinion that the shamrock, or trefoil, was held sacred among the Druids on account of its shape -the stalk representing tile long arm of the cross, and the three lobed leaves the shorter arms. It was precisely this very idea which made the early Christians seize upon it as the emblem of their faith. Tht which hitherto had Ien the symbol of humiliation and shame now became their glory. The in strument of Christ's passion, by his a death upon it, became hallowed for ,s, all time.---re'hauoe. I BEAUTIFUL ANSWERS. A A mute pupil of the Abbe Sicard I gave the following extraordinary answers : WhAt is gratitude ? Gratitude is the memory of the heuart. What is hope ? P Hope is the blosom of happiness. I What is the ditf'rence between hope and desire ? Desire is a tree in leaf, hope is a tree in flowers, and enjoyment is a tree in4ruit. What is eternity ? A day without a yesterdtlay or to- I morrow ; a day without an end. What is time ? A line that has two ends--a path that begins in the cradle andti ends in the grave. What is God ? A necessary being-the sun of eternity -the machinist of nature- the eye of justice-the soul of the c world. Does God reason ? Man reasons, because he doubts A -he deliberates, he desiree ; God o is omnipotent ; he neveir doubts; iherefore, never reasons. C * WThe total production of pig iron in the United States in the year 1870, 1,800,000 tons, in addi tion to which 200,000 tons were im ported, almost exclusively from England, making the total con samption in the country 2,000,000 1 ton . The production and con sumption of pig iron in the eivilized world in 1867 is stated at 9,500,000 tons, or 21,280,000,000 pounds. 8 Ladies at the White Moun tains sleep under coverlids of news paper., s there aeenot blmait enough togo mrmad. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Squaresl1 mo:2 mos+3 moe 6 mos 1 yr One $4 $7 $9 $12 i$20 Two 7 9 12 20 3e Three 9 12 20 35 50 Four 13 '95 3.5 50 70 Five 20 35 45 60 85 Six 24 42 I5 70 100 I Column.: 453 0 120 175 250 Transient advertisements, $1 50 per square first insertion; each subsequent insertion, 75 cents. All business notices of advertisements to be charged twenty cents per 'line each ints.rtion. 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