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Payable In AdvanIce.
oWrr.Senay edition of an .MO T will ad
,Crmatm d.t 4nrl t 4.ae" telme Jm rltevo to theF.
iWcnurl ntero or the o Cl Orlents rs0he
OuirBns and to tho rb st w c"^onfrut.r at s
ait eas beul n ed orwill rournis 4 CU
aere a. the followinger rtae:
ot ye Dao .. w..ea.ree . $S5 0
Pyble in Advne.
atOY i--Wa M., for -lent and o obale ad-Th
,ailure in the deliven toet hedirat MR
o Tuesday, Masoh 0e, 187.
det..oes of thieinew Orleans DIS-o
T and pbeen talitedfrom
vAStrrr TnsATas-Benefit of J. Kittridge-
TsE EAL $ MlUSN.
A few days ago wA *gs tShe
Sopthlan that what th# , lt`04 .veI
meat required in this bgtgAA was.
sot a formal reaognlith Opthe Ped"
oral government, bt 1ieofdai
ton from its own iin t0 sh1
he of the paymet 0 tAasA. We
glad to see that the .taspayers of
#W Orleans entertak tile same view
the situation that we do. A Psltto
e office of Major Burk, the eiMolesa
ollector of the Ple DbIsrlot will
rinse the most inreduloas skeptlo
the business amen of Mat distiet
"we coming forward wtth 6t.imealAible
erity and pouring into the'eoOres of
b`.e State the sums assessed eaganet
them, and furnishing the officers of
their ohoice with the tneas wherewith
to out into suooesdtl .,o th ih
wole machinery of. I.goY fzat. This
real, practical patriotism, worthy of
w e highest praise, and of morevalue to
S} satse than the mos' eloquent de
lion of the Pwatard oosspiracy
e most earnest reso1.s to " recog
" only the Nichells government.
Friends in need are friends indeed.
severest test to whichJ a capitallst
'aun be subjectqd is that which involves
the payment of money. Those timid
,,and faint-hearted persons who adver
Stis their readiness to pay their taxes
. to the representatives of the Niocholls
g.overnment when this or that event
ahall have happened-that is to say,
when the Packard edifice shall have
crumbled into dust and there shall be
o other government to demand tribute
them, are entitled to no respect
hatever. They are neither warm nor
id, and therefore neutrals in a con
t in which every man of heart and
ral courage should declare his posi
and stand ready to abide the con
uences.
one with the least claim to intelli
e, and whose judgment is note
by a timidity resulting from the
stand most penurious selfishness,
as this moment the least
do f the permanency and perfect
stabr of the Nicholls government.
Eve easonable person understands
that 'there had been any purpose on
the of the Federal administration
to lze the gubernatorial preten
alons Packard, some steps in that
4 would long since have been
taken Mr. Hayes. It is patent to all
that recognition of this claimant
regarded by the country at
ar a violation of solemn pledges
madn behalf of Mr. Rayes and with
his wledge and sanction, as a con
for the abandonment of fac
opposition by the Democracy to
te ounting of the electoral vote-
ges which were approved by the
ng elements of the Republican party
,and the violation of which would effec
tually defeat the very object which Mr.
Hayes hopes to attain by his Southern
policy, namely, the support of his ad
ministration by a majority of the Ameri
can people. No one realizes more fully
t than he does the embarrassment result
feg from the fact that he came into
ipOwer as the representative of a minori
'ity of the voters of the country. He reels
very keenly the flaw in his title to the
]pteeidency, and wishes to cure that de
't by pursuing such a policy as will
r2ma criticism and gain for him the
if not the active, supportof thet
f South " which turned the scale
gast him in the presidential election.
S antS attained by any half-way
die se~ its. of his' posi
t a . oh 'e
guide his of t be re
garded as a t aid c.t
ardly surreodesi r t tbi $4.
men of his p w r ` · a
has already provtoW o te 1 utter'
saees againsta .ih. bamnot non
yield to without falin g ompletelY .
der their domination, and bringing
himself and his Cabinet mneroile.e
oule and contempt.
It is evident, then, that Mr. Hayes
cannot and will not recede from the
position he has taken toward the South,
and that no one need entertain any fear
lest Packard should, by plaintive ap
pea, .eor ingenious argument, or by in
citing a riot In this city or the country,
obtain practical recognition and sup
port from Washington. His doom is
sealed. The utmost that he can gain
by persisting in his claim to the Gover
norship is "recognition" in the shape
of some fat Federal office, and that is
probably what he is now aiming at.
We should pay no more attention to
him and his motley crowd of carpet-bag
gers and idle negroes, than we would to
a minstrel troupe enacting a burlesque
upon representative government. All
we have to do is to dismiss from our
minds all apprehension as to the stabil
ity of the Nicholls government, to re
gard it as an established institution,
which it certainly is, to furnish it with
the requisite means wherewith to ad
minister the public affairs of the State,
to cease speculating upon the countless
rumors which reach us from Washing
ton and to bend all our energies to the
work of repairing the damage and losses
inflioted upon us by many years of mis.
government. To allow unreasonable
fears to deter us from those business
enterprises upon which the recupera
tion and prosperity of the State depend,
would be to sin against knowledge.
We are as secure in our political rights
as the people of any State of the Union,
if we are true to ourselves and prove to
*he country the stooerity of our profes
sions. If any calamity should occur
ad. poverty and distress gontlnue to
t 'us, because of 'our abstention
mr sua4ve work. we hall have
mly ourselvestto blame and be entitled
fo moyplmthy from others.
O0I1F "B IN A5NI5I A.
This I the title of a little book
prttate by the author of La Grande
puoieesa himself, in which he
trecntm' his adventures during his
recent viitt to America, and the
aepressions they made upon him.
Eome of the New York critics, however,
:eny that be wrote a word of it, aseerb
it to one Monsieur ".," whoever
hat may be. But we absolutely refuse
o yield our credence to the assertions
pf these literary detectives solely upon
the evidence afforded by the book itself.
We are eonfident that the "biographical
natroduetion" is by Albert Wolff, be
nme4 i. It All hn 11 A Ikhn. Wn14 .-nA
ill that comes after It is of Offenbach,
and therefore was written by him, as it
purports to have been. To deny the
-luthb tiolty of his claim to the author
slhip of these reminiscences is to main
.tn what we can never admit-that a
Zfenodman can write as well, as admir
ingly, of some one else as of himself,
and that his frank and honest vanity is
capable of assuming an .impersonal
quality, of becoming disconnected from
himself and attached to some one else
of whom it will move him to speak with
the same affectionate admiration that
he feels for himself. To prove beyond
cavil, then, that the little Maestro did
not write so of himself, would be to
establish that he and Monsieur "N."
have palmed off a literary imposture,
in comparison with which the achieve
ments of McPherson and Chatterton are
but the most bungling frauds. The
pleasures of autobiography are very
dear to us all, but there is a certain zest
in a Frenchman's enjoyment of them
that is peculiar to that delight, and can
neither be feigned nor imparted to any
other phase of pleasure. But, the
malice of these critics does not end with
the denial that Offenbach is the author
of this very modest literary effort. The
savage and resentful criticism it has
provoked is even more droll than this
denial. To us it is a better and more
enjoyable book than Mark Twain's
"Innocents Abroad," for the best of
reasons that the professed humorist
merely assumed to be what Offenbach
was in reality, for the sake of the absurd
situations the character supplied.
The author's comments ate never rude
or inconsiderate, and are, in many in
stances, extravagantly laudatory. If
there is any misrepresentation, it
certainly is referable to misap
prehension and not to malice;
but, for that matter, we have noticed
no misrepresentation, nor even any ex
aggeration that is not pardonable, for
the purpose of a humor that is always
kindly and genial. There are some very
shrewd observations, and some touches
of ridicule of Yankee peculiarities, for
the most part deserved, but then Mon
sieur Jacques affords us so much to
laugh at in himself that we should not
object to laughing with him occasion
ally. Indeed, he is so honest, so sim
ple, so credulous, so gullible, that no
wag in all America can read his book
without a mournful sense of what he is
losing in life by not knowing its author.
We more than suspect that the maestro
was not in the secret of some of the
incidents he relates, which bear a most
suspicious resemblance to hoaxes of
which he'is the victim. For instance;
he tells u of lwaiterwho whisted
e-i~bat
speaking of the pollemef
a .a tret Mt oro.lnags for thi
i * efty ofdv pd*arins, e says: "'houk
,ne bruni OP~o vet erossing, a large
amoaunt e damagsa old be recovered
r by the lnjured part; but if this mistor
tune sb Md occur at a time when yos
ht h on the pavement, usel
In& not only you have
dhe riI&tascvsee anything, but the
Sowner oftbearige can demand dam
ales for his loS of time." If this ver.
slon of New York law is correct, what
splendid opportunities for money mak.
tog are opened up to the Jehus. They
have but to ride down every soul they
oatch off the crossings and sue the mis
erable wretch's estate for loss of time.
His account of Jim Fslak is a marvel
of French exaggeration. He says of
this worthy: "Every person who want.
ed employment on his railway had first
to enlist in his regiment; and in this
manner he enlisted one of the finest
regiments in New York. Occasionally
he would take a fancy to call out his
men and have them march in presence
of some fair dame. On such occasions
the railway traffic was suspended
and the stations were closed
along the whole line. " On al
most every page we find abun
dant evidence of child-like innocence
and boundless credulity. These make
up the staple of the book, and, we sup
pose, constitute the "misrepresenta
tion," of which our critics com
plain. But to us they appear only
the unsuspecting recitals of so
many hoaxes, of which the author
was the butt. Where there is no room
for such a suspicion his comments are
sensible, and, in the main, compli
mentary. His general impression of
America is summed up in a few words.
After describing her wonderful advance
in the material arts, he says: "They
have conquered the mater ial world, but
have remained behind in the acquisi
tion of those qualities essential to spir
itual life. America is to-day like a
giant of a hundred oubits, endowed
with every physical gift, but lacking the
one essential--a soul."
"Art is the soul of nations; it expresses
in words what the purest sentiment
creates."
Then follows a most sensible sugges
tion of the causesof this deficiency, and
the remedy for it. He says that true
and high art is produced only by "sta
ble institutions, steady local work, and
slowly acquired traditions." Everything
of this kind Is nomadic, uncertain and
precarious in America. We have a few
great artists, but there is no "American
school," nor will there be until we have
permanent theatres and academies of
art and a well appointed conservatory,
"There mightelapse perhaps ten, twenty
years before these institutions produce
excellent results. And what are twenty
years? In twenty years your students
may become masters; you will be in
dependent of European art."
Noting the small number of statues
of great personages in the squares and
streets, he makes this queer comment:
"This is a great contrast to France,
where everybody is more or less sculp
tured in marble or moulded in bronze,
in consequence of which our country
begins to look like an immense museum
of men in frockcoats, or a collection of
dummies for a ready made clothing
store."
We wish we had space to give the very
amusing and perfectly truthful account
of a genuine American dinner at one of
our palatial hotels. Imagine the horror
of a French gourmet or even a gourmand,
whose traditional breakfast, as
described by an American, is
"two salt cellars and a muffin," at
finding himself "suddenly surrounded
by thirty dishes-soup, fish, meat, vege
tables, and sweets, without counting the
rear-guard of desserts," and "the most
comical part of the business is, that all
you have ordered, and have not order
ed, is brought you at once." This is
horrible, but it is true. We cannot close
without quoting one of the many ex
travagant eulogies of the American
women: "It must be confessed that
there are perhaps no women so fascinat
ing as American women. In the first
place, they are handsome in a propor
tion wholly unknown in Paris. Out of
every hundred you meet, there are
ninety who are lovely. Moreover, they
know how to dress; their toilets are of
the most exquisite and perfect taste."
Whenever he mentions les belles sau
vages he goes into rhapsodies. This
must redeem any book of the kind,
whatever else it may contain that is un
kind.
The chief engineer of the largest
steamship of New Orleans, Mr. J. F.
Edgar, steamship Diego, will deliver a
lecture this evening at 7_ o'clock, at the
Second Mission, corner of Pleasant and
Laurel streets. Subject--" Memory, as
regards the mercies of God." Seats
free; public invited.
An exchange says that when the clear
and awful note of Gabriel is heard, Bob
Ingersoll will not be poking cheap jokes
at Cronin's nose; no, indeed-he'll be
flying around after that fire ladder.
Not Hard to Sult.
[Washington Special.]
Mr. Key has already received numer
ous letters from people in the South,
asking for appointments in office. A
Methodist minister of Tennessee writes
and says that he thinks a great many
of Grant's appointees hayvebeen in long
enough and. ought to g to re
tire. He .he would ething
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OB HO ISYLAND WO. Q a 0 GOAL fTaD,
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Delivered to all parts of the itry.
PRBIOS M08 THIB WUM.
4 wod per oor4 ..........................6 es
eoto, PwrOod.... .....................
Ah ld oak mthed, per cord................ 600
Sg raantseo
Jj.nt 4DjUL RAD tAT, Aaent.
M'ME. S. LIBERMAN,
9 0 ................ al Itreet ............... e
Is in receipt of all the latest novelties of the
season, consisting of materials for
COSTUMRB,
TRIMMINGS,
HATP,
BONNETS,
FLOWERS,
and LACES,
IN GREAT VARIETY,
and is propared to execute all orders entrusted
to her In the usual
ELEG4NOR OF IMT LE AND FINISH.
mhti 2piu&RTu
CARPET WAREtLOUSE.
17......... Chlartres Street.......... 1
We offer at Reduced Prices our Large Stock of
CARPETING of all kinds.
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, of all widths and Qual
ities.
MATTING. Table and Plano COVERS.
WINDOW SHADt . Cornices. Bands etc..
CURTAIN AND FURNITURE MATERIALS,
of all kinds and qualities. etc.
Also. BURLAPS by thebale or piece.
mhls avSuMo8a A. IItOUTTSHEA & RON.
PREMIUM BONDS
ALWAYS ON HAND AND FOR SALE IN
SUMS TO SUIT,
Next Drawing lath of April.
NICIHOLLS LEUIALATIVIE WARRANTS,
Pturhoased by A. LaMORE.
_ mhl..lm Letter I), Gabler Court.
GREEN OR BLACK TEA
- Worth 40o. we sell at 8ac.
GrREEN OR BLACK TEA
Worth oo, we sell at 400
GREEN OR BLACK TEA
Worth 600. we sel at eo.
GREEN OR BLACK TEA
Worth 7c. we sell at eGo
GREEN OB BLACK TEA
Worth 01 we sel at 760.
GREEN OR BLACK TEA
Worth Le.we sell at s1.
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something never before offered in the South is
our M9s5 GOraie
in Oolong, Imperial. Gunpowder. Young Brson
and English Breakfast Tean.
This Company Carries the Largest Stock
of Teas in the South.
We have the finest selection of Royal, Imperial.
Gunpowder. Young Hyson, Uncolored Ja
pan. Oolong, English Breakfast and Pekoce.
We have choice Teas from the East Indies.
We guarantee our Teas to be perfectly pure.
This Company deals in all grades of
COFFEE.
GREEN RIO 20e.; parched or ground 25c. All
flooer grades equally cheap.
This Company has now on hand some very
choice OLD GOVERNMENT JAVA, very scarce.
Our Goods are Sold at New
York Prices.
felt 3m .D . ... ..
FOR SALE.
A HANDSOME PLACE OF TWO ACRES front
on the beautiful river Teche, comprising 66
acres of excellent, newly-fenced land, of which
:6 are admirably adapted to the cultivation of
sugar, cotton, or corn; the balance consisting
of a magnificent meadow in which the residence
is situated. The whole property will be sold,
consisting of the land above mentioned, and a
residence, kitchen, cabins, stable, vegetable and
fruit gardens, and all necessary appurtenances.
This offers an excellent opportunity to any one
wishing to raise stocx, or to euniivate cotton or
sugar on a smil scale, there being a cotton gin
and sugar mill in the neighborhood. This
pronerty has never been inundated. The
dwelling-house is comfortably furnished, and
will be sold with or without furniture.
For articulars address A. E. G., Postoflee,
Box 'l$O, New Orleans. fels o tf
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AND BY PUBLIC OPINION THAT THE
Steinway, Knabe and Plevel
Are the
LEADING PIANOS
Of the World.
Convince yourself by calling at the General
Agency at
GRUNE WALD HALL,
SWhere you will find the Largost and Best Se
Slections of all kinds of
lMUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
AT LOWEST PRICES and EASIEST TERMS
Bra Jantruments, Snriass, Aceordeems,
Miusa e Boxes, Musie, of my ows
Importation, at
SWHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
T is in your interest to call on me before pur
ekasing elsewhere.
LOUIS GRUNEWALD,
14, 16, 18. 20 and 2 Baroease treoet.
W. W. VWASHBURN,.
ARTIST PHOTOGRAPHER,
11; canat l street.
Oppootte Clay Statue. New Orleans.
Mr. WASHBUBN is himself an artist of
in each dearmenorb a edors eo
onio orelfbeet lin tte ees
Ja th Ci7, tram T et to Party t' a3 I rnaestaut Uis% ate
t all a 5t%. @ Orfteton of she aIIJUtK .]IL PllAnOS
SThat Are NoW Beigs MaulMactred.
The New Seale Upribht Chiekering Piano is a PENFECT Go ts
Be Sure Y.u,. (et she Chial ering if You Want
the fBw'I' PIANO
l'Ult MALE 13Y
PHILIP W RL IT,
H N.-. 7 s.nd )O Ha ronne steet,
On Monthly Payments Liberal Discount for Cash.
mh17 lm
A. Il. IlILL,
GOLZD I'IiN MA1 TLT1AC'3ITRER.
NO. 86 ST. CHARLES ST.. NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Exact SIzes and Prices of my Exylra Go I'd PI'ens:
N.. a No. A Na . Ks. W0 . e. fi5 NO Ne I it ., lfglt
0a $a 8e 1s3- . MG. $*tM 6i e . 's$ t a b'L8t
These Pens have been used throughout the Routh and West for the past twenty
They are Polid Gold. Dam. nd Pointed, and warranted. If any Pen prqves defective, WItlS'
place it with another one tree of charge.
I will take broken or worn out Gold Pens in exchange for new ones, at the following qrieut
same siz as Nos. 1, 2 and a, 25 cents ; Nos. E and a, as cents ; Noe. 6 and 7, se cents; No. 8, TiCeabS
No, 9 80 ; No, 10, es.
1UBBSR Pr#KET HOt,T ERS for any sele except Nos. 1 atd o10, f1
GOLD-fMOUNTED POCKET H'OLDEIs. forNos,3. 4,5, S and 7. ,.
sent by registered mail. at my risk. on receipt of price, or by Express C. O. D.
GOLD RING SPECIALTY, : 300- IFFERENT STYLES.
A. M. HILL, JEWELER,
NO. 86 ST. CHARLES. 8TREET, NEW ORLEANS, LA.
MY PRICES ARIE ALWAYS THE LOWEST.
DIAMOND RINGS PROM 816 UPWARDS.
AMETHYST RING:, the largest stock in the South.. All vses, shapes and styles, f to.5..
(IAMEO RINGS. The best assortment of fancy stones in the oity. PRICIES LOW.
PFARL AND GARNET K'NG., 8ingle stones and tlusters in great varietyT
INITIAL SEAL RING'. (Pink Onym) Medium size se, large si$es1o. ANY LETEl ,.
Also, a comelete assortment of hadies' and gentlemen's Seal lings with blood stone, tossi.
moss agate. pink, red. gray. black, white. purple and green onyx settings, at prises from $$ SwI
small rings, to $5 61. as $ 0, $15 and upwards for the fliner 5ualities.
PLAIN GOL) BRING,--I always keep a full stock of these rings and can ftrnish any lle.
width or Quality. Prices $3 to $20. Orders filled same day received. Initials or inseriotion de
graved at 5 cents a letter. In ordering rings measurethe largest joint of the finger with a narrow
strip of stiff paper and send it to me.
COLr It. BSEfE"TOIS •O1.
25 different styles solid gold buttons, $1, $1 50, $2. $2 50, $3 and 8s.
fol'-lD Xn -OXa , TU .
s300 sets, all new designs: Diamonds, Pehrls. Amethysts, Garnets. Emerswls. Opals, .qA
Marine Jets. Turrnoise, Cameos, Coral, Plain Gold. Engraved Gold, Enameled Gold, ~o
Gold, Etruscan. Blood Stone. Otx, . &,. Prices $1 5c $2. sa 3$4 and nowards.
Solidc Gold ASloove BUuttonis.
In almost as great variety a.4 St',ds. Prices from $2 So upwardsc?
INITIAL CUF1 BUTTONs. No. fine gold and black enmmteled letter........... $
q 2. . . raised letters...........................
but larger ..... ...... 1 N
.1, . very large and elegant-.. 1_·4
Any article sont safely Iby, reisterod mail at my risk on receipt of pri!,*, or U. O. D. by $*
press, with privilege of examination it desired. 4ddress ts atllve.
THE AMERICAN WATCH CO. OF WALTHAM.
Announoe that they have been awarded at Philade~ihta four medals. vim:
FOR WATCHES FOR WATCH MAKING MACHINERY FOR A 81T
OF WATCH MAKING, AND FOR GOLD AND 8ILVER WATCH Oa
AMERICAN WALTHAM WATCH AGENCY,
A. M. HILL, Jeweler,
86 St. Charles Street, Corner of Comamaeroial PIase,
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
BEVISED AND REDUCED PBIOC LIST:
The following watohes are all patent l.eM
jeweled, same size as the illustration, and uS
unaer full guarantee:
Solid Silver Watch. same as out............ .l
8The same. but open face and flat glass.....
Solid Nickel Watch. very strong C*usse..... a
Solid Silver Stem-Winder, no key reaulg&~.
The same, but open face................- ~ &
a os, Silver Stem-Winder........... ...* U**
Solid Gold Watch, 2 oz.14 karat ease........
Same. but 18 karat ease ....*.............
Solid Gold 2% oz. 1 karat, Stem-Winde.r...
The same. but 1t karat case..........
Ladies' Gold Watch.................."-** 4
The same, but Stem-Winder.............. ,
In addition to these styles I have a eo .
assortment of Waltham Watches, from the
prices to 8350.
For the plantation, farm or aworklnag uA1
815 Watch or $25 Stem-Winder will prove aHi
is required.
I will send Watches. Gold or Silver Clhasl
any Article of Jewelry. by Expreses. . O. D.,..
mitting buyers to examine the artirl bt ~S
paying, and. if not suited, to return it.
ADDRE88 AS ABOVE.
Diseases of the Eye and Ear.
D R. C. HtEARD,
OCULIS' AND AUtRIST,
142 Canal Street,
Lock Box m117. New Orleans, La.
flo 1y
BUDl,4EIS ,. HlI'itf LLD BE ItR
We have secured thb' ag'ney of the celebrated
BUDT'JYEIER BOT LI)
is undoubtedly the best beer in the world.
V AItl:T'IE THEATRE.
THE L A DIES' THEATRE.
S\, *.l + 1. NLW OPLEANS,
'aORI RIENT,
I t,.r , ' n I ;,; , ein season follow ng.
i ' fired.
1j his 1 ui a.r, i ':w, spaitious, completely and
superbly uipp'.d in every respect, and is moat
o~ligibly located on the principal and most fash
ionable thoroughfaro in the city.
Address WILL STEVEN,
Secretary La Variete Assoclation.
mhl2 6t mo tu su New Orlean& I.
Dr. A. POINCY,
Of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris,
ps7 ROYAL sTRElla.
ia Brch. Wit4