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THE COUNTRY PRESS.
"This parish is lively-we said it last
week and we say It again for the pur
pose of impressing the fact upon our
eread.7
Were it not for political excitement
which brings a number of our good
citizens together occasionally to discuss
the situation, this would be the dullest
parish we ever saw or lived in."-(West
Sao og ugar Planter.
Business and trade are at a lower ebb
in AlexandriII than at any time since
the late unpleasantness has pretended
to come to a close. Ih fact we oant re
'member the time that there were so
many vacant and unrented stores with
@Ut a business tenant. We believe the
were and early certainty of the Nicholls
government will cure all these hard
sleess drawbacks, and all will revive
ad be prosperous again.,f Alexandria
Democrat.
White labor increases every year in
Louisiana, but it could and ought to in
crease a great deal more rapid y, and no
doubt would if proper inducements were
held out to this class of immigrants; but
the trouble is that our planters use all
their means and efforts in this direction
to induce colored laborers to come
among us. If they would induce white
f~ami as to come, divide their planta
tions Into small farms and sell or lease
them to them, the country would be
more prosperous, and we would all be
'benefited thereby.- I Bichiand Beacon.
We do not propose to labor heavily
on the political question hereafter.
Articles profound, sensational or other
wise on the "Southern Policy," the
Packard pretence or the Nicholls regime,
,are alike unavailing so far as they tend
to promote harmony or satisfy the pub
lie appetite for information.
When the leading Democrats have
.oompleted their Infamous work of com
promise, whereby we get a Governor,
In name, without the legislative muscle
either at home or at the National capi
Ial, to assist in carrying out the reform
pictured in our book of principles (?)
we shall undoubtedly, mention it-as
the grand result of the final struggle of
the great Democratic party.-[Port
Vincent Triune.
We have heard of several acts of row
dyism in this vicinity recently, which
are degrading to manhood and unwor
thy of civilization. We trust the grand
jury has, during its session, fully inves
tigated the reprehensible practice of
carrying concealed weapbns now so
much indulged in; but it behooves the
M. Rood and law-abiding citizens of Union
ts to so direct public opinion
hat all acts of recklessness which en
danger the peace and well being of so
olety may disappear from among us. It
is true that it Is in the very nature of
Man to have differences, but when these
differences occur let them be settled by
the friends and neighbors, or, as a last
resort, in the courts at law. These
things can be brought about by the
thinking people of every neighborhood.
-(Union Record.
It is now certain that Nicholls, elect
ed Governor of the State of Louisiana,
Will remain Governor. Hayes' policy
is known, Hayes' honesty cannot be
doubted; the commission sent by him
into the State do not come to impose
Packard and his gang upon us. The
reign of the odious carpet-bagger is
over and Louisiana once again given to
Louisianians.
All well, say certain Northern jour
nals, but there is danger of a reaction
Sof a revival of old ante bellum ideas and
of the old ante bellum planting aris
tocracy.
Such a danger is absurd. The middle
class of whites, a class which before the
war scarcely amounted to anything,
has risen and become, through its num
bers, work and force. It is to-day the
people of Loulsiana.-iSt. James Louis
The wonderful commission sent down
here by Hayes' Cabinet have been
gacheeing around New Orleans all week.
On Tuesday they made a proposition
to have the Legislature, as formed by
the Returning Board, assemble and re
count the votes for Governor and State
ofoiers. That was a luminous idea for
men to come so far to bring forth.
Leave the settlement of the political
difficulties in Louisiana to the tools of
the Returning Board forsooth I
Either that the commission is a set of
- asses, or else they suppose the peopie
of Louisiana are a pack of fools.
The very proposition is an insult in
Itself.
Away with all such nonsense I
Nicholls is Governor of Lousisana,
and so will he remain until displaced
* by a military Governor, or a successor
ihonestly elected to succeed him.- IThi
hndanr ~AntinaL
There is now no doubt that the Nich
olls government is a fixed fact. Not
withstanding there is a commission to
arrive who are charged with some sort
of powers from the President, there will
be nothing done that can effect the va
lidity of the government of the people's
choice. Nicholls is Governor, and like
Hampton of South Carolina, he is going
to be Governor or be General. The
fraudulent President does not desire any
other solution of the Southern caee, and
erea if he did he would not dare to in
terfere with the established and recog
nised government of the people. The
whole nation, from Maine to Mexico,
and from the Atlantic to the Pacific, are
disgusted with the carpet-bag, negro
governments of the Sout h, and we can
sately promise that they will be known
no more in this land during our day
and time. Our people can prepare to
rejoice, "eat drink and be merry," and
celebrate the passover of their deliver
acne from the bondage of eight years of
.carpet-bag negro rule.-[Minden Demo
The gods certainly make men mad
they wish to destroy. The local Radi
cal fairly howls over the chance be
eemo to find for " Packard's recogni
Von," when, should such ocour, it would
be a sad day for them.
It is hardly any use to be "mealy
Imouthed" with this class of filthy
thieves. They have so long disgraced
feeling of manhood that treating
with any feeling of consideration
y superfluous.
u ecognition means, in plain
the death of every rural thief,
g. wh# i goes into exetacies for that
,Qgmmlb gtB;,ust as certain as the
." ~ i of thi 8tot don't pro
se oc hsit
if they Insist on Packard they can have i
him-with a limb sad a rope thrown in,
This is no idle foolishness-it's gospel
truth.--[Natchitoches Vindicator.
SPRING DRESSEM*
same Pretty Rhetoric and Figures.
To the Editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer :
You answered yesterday a question,
asked by "Two Lady Readers, When
was the proper time for making a change
from a winter to a spring toilet? " very
sarcastically. Now, would you allow a
lady subscriber to give her views and
advice on the question? It depends al
most entirely upon the climate in which
a person may reside. Because we in
Cincinnati and vicinity consider velvet
bonnets too heavy for the warm April
days, and substitute a straw, it is by no
means necessary that a New England
belle should do the same when the snow
lies upon the hill-side, and the rude blast
would disdain a lighter drapery than a
cashmere or merino. It would be as out
of taste as to find the arbutus creeping
from its sheltering covert with a snow
storm whirling by or the brook violets
budding by an ice-bound stream. Then,
again our fair neighbors of the South
are already enjoying their thin dresses
and lace bonnets; but they have also
their jasmine and their myrtles. Yes,
that suggests a pleasant thought. Let
the flowers be your barometers, girls,
and when the wind is stilled, and the
sunshine and sky invite them forth, it
is time for the loveliest of your spring
array. But one word of caution, "one
violet does not make a summer."
I also wish to say a reproving word
with regard to the extravagance to
which our ladies are giving way more
and more. It is true a man must now
adays take many things into consider
ation before he asks a lady to marry
him. There is not only housekeeping
to be thought of, but Madame's ward.
robe, which must be renewed and
added to with every quarter's settle
ment or salary. The expenses which
"outward adornment" creates are re
markable, and look startling, particu
larly when we consider that many a
wife whose husband is on a cleok's
or bookkeeper's salary expects all
the season's "necessities." Deduct a
spring outfit, usually about $200. from
$1500 per annum, and add as much more
for summer, autumn and winter a tangos
united, and supposing the house ex
penses to be conducted in the same
style, it would not take more than two
years to break a man's spirit and ruin
his peace at home. Debts would creep
in and accumulate under such a regime,
and poor Mr. Micawber's fate may be
re-enacted by his wife while her hus
band waits in vain for "something to
turn up" to relieve him of his embar
rassment.
But there is another point-the lavish
expenditure upon the dresses of chil
dren. How much prettier and infinitely
more child-like is a child when dressed
in simple lawn or merino, a pretty staw
hat and good street shoe or slipper than
those decked like so many ballet
dancers I
There, now, I am done "being dread
ful," and hope the ladies will act upon
my advice. Au revoir. PEARL.
CHARLEY TIENAN.
The here of the wt. Louis Fire.
[Oinoinnati Enquirer I
The hero, this time, was a gambler.
He taught the saints heroism, the right
ecous tenderness, the godly Pharisees
self-sacrifice, and died a martyr to the
noblest Impulses. Charley Tienan was
a gambler at No. 01 South Fifth street,
St. Louis, in the neighborhood of the
Southern Hotel. He was among the
first to reach the fiery scene, and, with
sublime gallantry and unsurpassed fear
lessness, rushed to the rescue of the
helpless women and children imprisoned
by smoke and flame, and helpless from
fright. The founder of the Christian re
ligion said: "Greater love bath no man
than this, that a man lay down his life
for his friends." But Charley Tienan
was willing to lay down his life, not for
his friends, for they knew him not; not
merely for strangers, but for those who
would scorn to recognize him on the
street. Again and again he rushed into
the maelstrom of fire, each time saving
a life. He had rescued several women
from the jaws of death, and was looking
for another to save, when the ladder on
which he depended for his own life was
moves to another window. He returned
from his long look for another opportu
nity for divine kindness to find that he,
too, was on the brink of death. Suffo
cation and flames were behind, and
forty feet beneath was the cruel sIde
walk. He cre pt out upon the window
sill and leaped for the nearest ladder.
His hands barely touched the "rounds,"
and the casket of that heroic spirit fe'll
forty feet-to death. Men say his life
was not proper, but none of the men
who say so will die so noble a (leath.
Diviner instincts could not be implanted
in human breast, and gleaming out of
that terrible fire shine those last two
noble hours of the life of (Charley
Tienan and his consecrated death.
"He warn't no saint., but at Judgment-day I'd
tate my chance with Jim.
"Longeide som' pious gentlemen who wouldn't
ehook hands with him."
Real Estate Reaching Its Actual Cash
Basis.
[New York Graphic.]
Bome of the recent losses felt in real
estate transactions go to show more
than ever the necessity of arriving at a
steady uniform market, an approach to
which is gradually being made. They
also demonstrate the fact that real es
tate speculation, and the ownership of
real estate, does not necessarily imply
that speculators and owners are the
most fortunate people in the world, so
far as the possession of property of
money value is concerned. That there
is a growing demand, with the
mending of affairs generally, for
bringing into the smallest compass pos
sible inflated values that have hereto
fore existed, is too apparent to admit of
questioning. It may be said that the
admonitions of this demand were chiefly
from the upper portions of this city so
far as city property is concerned, and to
a considerable extent this may have
been true at the first symptoms of re
trenchment, but it has now become ap
plicable to all real estate transactions
and ownership, with a few exceptions.
In this connection it is worthy of note
that thirty-two lots of land situated be
tween two of the principaj avenues
of the city, which were purchased
four years ago at a cost of $640,
000, and upon which the expenses and
taxes have since amounted to nearly
$200,000, are now considered to be
worth but $320 000-an estimated
loss of $500,000 in iour years. Another
instance is that of the recent sale of
seven lots of land on one of the princi
palstreets of thelcty at $100 oi lt
whic y oat the oanr ti eshd
tou rr ý:,4 ;
ýsaa
g old for $215,000, and the expenses since
have added to that amount $100,000
more, yet to-day they are valued at but
$75,000 on a fair appraisement, and it
Is said would bring $15,000 less than that
sum if there should be a forced sale of
them. These figures, which represent
by no means isolated cases, show the
tendency of real estate to reach its
actual cash basls, which can result only
in a firmer market in the end.
AKUSEXENTS.
ST. PATRICK'S HALL- To-night and to
morrow night will see the last perform
anees of H1ealy's Irish Minstrels and
McEvo y's Bibernica which have been
delighting large audlences throughout
the week at St. Patrick's Hall. Few of
our play-goers havo not yet enjoyed this
chaste entertainment, and those who
failed to do so will, in all probability,
throng the great hall to-night and to
morrow to give the show that eclat
which it justly deserves at the close of
the short season for which it was se
cured. The price of admission is only
fifty cents, children half price, which
makes the entertainment the cheapest,
in proportion to its worth, that we have
seen for a long time. r
ACADEMY or Music.- Lemons.- The
first performance of "Lemons," John
B. Bunion's adaptation of Julius Rosen's
comedy of "Die Citronen," occurred at
the Academy last night before a large
audience. One of the great qualities of
the comedy is that the entire plot is the
occurences of a single day, and the
play is presented with the same scenery
throughout-the country seat of Olym
pia Brinkerhoff. This scene is a model
of the scenic artist and stage manager
taste and talent, and is the best thing of
its kind that we have yet seen at the
Academy, upon whose management it
reflects great credit. "Lemons" is one
of those plays which it is impossible to
analyze, except at great length, owing
to its intricate and eccentric situations.
It is the story of a good mother whose
only failing is to be easily flattered, and
is lead into the belief that she has
not yet ceased to please, and
of a young lawyer, in love
with her daughter of course, whp con
tinues to serve his own purposes by en
couraging the silly propensities of his
would-be mother-in-law. This is as
much as we can say without becoming
inextricably mixed up in the delight
fully woven web of the charming argu
ment, which is humorous,witty, spright
ly elegant and chaste. The comedy.is
a hit.
With such a play to present-with
little or no time to study the vivacious
dialogue, full of repartee, the exquisite
and intricate situations-the Academy
troupe had more than an ordinary task
before them, It is, therefore, quite
natural that they should not nave
been as perfect as they might under
better circumstances. We were never
theless once more confirmed in our
belief that Miss Wilmot is never
better than in light coquettish parts
like Kate Brinkerhof. Roland Reid
in the light eccentric, like Olen. Buffing
ton, and Mr. Power, as leading young
man, like Fred May, Cinnie Thompson
as Claire Buffington, and Walter Kelly
as Tom Brinkerhoff, were also very good.
We expect to see all much better to
night when they shall have mastered
their lines and stage business.
We advise our readers to pay a visit
to the Academy to enjoy this treat.
A GRAN) FIREMEN'S FESTIVAL.- The
grand ilrernes's festival to be given on
Sunday next by St. Bernard Fire Corn
pany No. 1 and Pelican Hook and
Ladder Company No. 4, at the Fair
Grounds, will be the first firemen's fes
tival of the season. Those of our read
ers who attended the festival of these
companies last year will agree with
us that it was a most enjoyable
affair. Next Sunday's affair will
be made even pleasanter, and will comn
prise a grand pigeon shooting match,
foot races, pony races, mule, hose car
riage butcher wagon races; grand
match footrace between Wm. Stevenson,
of No. 8, and Wm. Brooks, of the same
company; a grand match truck race
between Lafayette Hook and Ladder
Company No. 1 and Pelican No. 4, and
the whole to conclude with dancing on
the platform, or in the "Art Building,"
as circumstances may require.
"Nos INTIMnS."-The "Association
Dramatique Orleanaise" rang up the
curtain for their thirteenth com
plimentary entertainment, on Satur
day last, before one of the largest
and most appreciative audiences
ever gathered within the Opera
House walls. The play selected was
one of the liveliest productions of the
sparkling Sardou, "N os Intimes." and
the full comedy strength of tbe club
was brought out in the cast. The char
aeter pe'rsonations of Mr. John Davis
(Dr. Tholosan) and Mr. H. Dessommes
(Marecat) were inimitable, while Mr.
ErA ar Pille as (Jaussade, and Mr. J. M.
Uressy anrl Mrs. Repetto-Rossi, respect
ively as Maurice and Gecile (Jaussade,
sustained their parts as finished actors.
Indeed, the great scene between the
two latter characters in the third act
was rendered in a manner which would
reflect credit upon the best of profes
sional actors.
The other parts were renziered in an
equally creditable manner, and if we
have taken the liberty of particulariz-
ing in the above instances it is in no
spirit of invidiousness, hut merely be
cause the parties named were so fortu
nate as to be cast to roles affording
more scope for the display of histrionic
telatnt
The Races To-day.
To-day's meeting will be one of the
greatest events in the history of the
Louisiana Jockey Club.
There are four races and not a bad
herse entered in any.
For the first race, one mile and a
quarter, Jack Hardy, Bob Woolley, Kil
burn and Verdigris are entered. They
have all won races during the present
meeting, and the prettiest kind of a
brush can be expected.
The entries in the second race, OCt
trill stakes, three-year olds, one an i a
half miles, are King William, Cottrili's
entries, Gay's entry, Com. Parisot, Ella
Rowett, Lynchburg Filly, Cora Linn
and John Campbell.
The third race, consolation race, one
mile, has for entries Coronella Belle
Barkley, Woodland and Maria tarnes.
The event of the day is the fourth
race, four mile heats, and for the purse
the following named horses will contest:
Tae Nipper, George Lumine, Buss But
ler and Uncle Tom. `
Large Diameods.
Only six very large diamonds are
known in the world, and they are called
"paragons." Their names are "Koh-i
noor" (in the possession of Queen Vic
toria), "The 8tar of the South," "Be
g efit," or "Pitt" diamond, the "Great
Austriu," the "OrioN," or "Great Bus
aisin" an the iBorneo." T. T l atteri.e
CITY AFFAIRS.
THE l11H JOINTS.
The Autonomy of Louisiana Moon to be Ad
JusteGl.
The Commission yesterday took a re
cess from their labors and rested from
work. Some of the most devout visited
the churches, and those not so inclined
remained most of the day in the San
Carlos. Nothing like business was
transacted, but several callers were re
ceived, who entered rather into a gen
eral conversation than upon the topic
of politics.
From the present outlook, however,
it is patent that the bottom is out of
Packard's case, and that even the Com
mission appreciate that fact. Monday
morning's session of the Nicholls Leg
islature will, it is very probable, show
a recognized quorum. Intimations
thrown out
IN (JOMMIHItON U1IfOLEtS
show that the arrangement acquiesced
in by the Democratic caucus Saturday
night, and to be ratified this morning
by the members of the Legislature, has
fully answered every request of the
Commission and this body will so re
port to the president. In an interview
with Gov. Brown, last night, he stated
to a reporter of the DEMORAT that the
members would not leave until their
labors had been completed, and that
the Commission had no intention of
quiting the city until that time. He
could not say whether they would visit
Washington or not. It depended entire
ly upon events.
FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES
it was gleaned that to-day the prospects
are more than ordinarily bright for four
or five acquisitions from the St. Louis
Hotel, in pursuance of the adjustment
olloy, or rather the surrender of
Packard's henchmen, and an election
of an United States Senator in the legal
House of Representatives.
It looks very much like a speedy set
tlement of the legislative matter and a
consequent breaking up of the Packard
gang. Packard himself is reported to
be unusually suspicious of some of his
old supporters, and doubtful as to their
loyalty to him.
The steady advance of Louisiana con
sols since the report of these prospee
tive desertions of these five or six mem
bers of the rump would seem to give an
air of greater probability to the report,
for bonds are now fully five points above
what they were ten days ago.
IT WAS LATE LAST NIGHT
before the many members of the Re
publican party left the St. Charles ro
tunda, which seems to have unusual
attractions for them. Ex-Gov. War
moth was on hand, discussing the situ
ation, as also were Dr. Southworth.
Gen. Hugh J. Campbell and others.
There was evidently considerable corn
motion in the Radical camp lest night,
and the uneasiness displayed by the
"faithful" betokened coining disaster.
A SUICIDE AFTER ALL.
Drift of the Auetopyy and Inquemt Over
schwrigertM Ilody.
The body of C. Sehwoigert, who was
found dead, with a bullet hole through
his heart, at the New Ltko End, on Sat
urday, was yesterday removed to his
late residence, corner of St. Peter and
White streets.
At 5 o'clock in the evening Dr. Rance
and City Physician Schumacher held
the autopsy and inquest, and the jury
returned a verdict of suicide.
The evidence elicited before the cor
oner's jury went to show that the pistol
found in the possession of the deceased
was his own, it having been made a
present to him qome months ago by his
step-son; that the deceased suffered
terribly from an indolent ulcer on the
right leg, and that he was a man that
drank very hard.
It is also stated that about a year ago
Scbwei gert attempted to commit suicide
on the Old Basin, between Broad and
White streets, by cutting himself with
an axe. He was discovered after hav
ing inflicted a slight wound and taken
home, where be recovered.
Regarding the peculiar position of the
pistol, it is thought that as it was some
time before the police arrived to take
charge of the body, that some one of
the crowd had taken it out of the hands
of the deceased, disarranged the cylin
der and then placed it in the position in
which it was found, with the hammer
between the caps.
A SUNDAY AIGHT SHOOTING AFFRAY.
Cornelus Clark Shot In the Abdomen
and Slangerously Wounded.
At 10 o'clock last night, on Calliope
street, between Locust and Magnolia
Jno. Ruffin made a nearly successfuf
attempt to usher a fellowman into eter
nity on an uncommonly short notice.
His victim was a negro named Cornelius
Clark, and from the manner in which he
is shot it looks as if Ruffin's wish will
be gratified.
It appears these men, who are both
negroes, had a previous difficulty,
but so far as the wounded man was con
cerned, it had been
AMICABLY SETTLED.
But from Ruffin's deed last night, it
looks as if the affair, so far as he was
concerned, had been left in statu quo,
and he wishing to have the mAtter set
tled at once, repaired to (Clark's house
and called him out on the banquette.
Clark, on recognizing the former's
voice, declined to comply with the re
quest. The latter seeing that his man
would not face him on the banquette,
told him that he was a coward.
This was more than Clark could stand,
so he opened his door and told Ruffin
that he had better get away from there
or he would
PUT HIM AWAY.
He had no sooner made this threat
than Ruffin drew his revolver and fired
one shot, the ball taking effect in the
left side of Clark's abdomen.
The accused, as soon as he had fired
the shot, threw his revolver into the
street and beat a hasty retreat. Later
in the night he was arrested and looked
up in the Second Precinct Station.
The wounded man was attendediby
Dr. Drew, who pronounced the wound
very dangerous.
The revolver used by Ruffin was
afterwards found and was a Smith &
Wesson, No. 32 calibre.
MSRTALLY WOUNDED.
wast the esrtem Uareka Ureagh
from Perktas' Lmadlag.
The steumboat Eureka, which arrived
hem. s re~:Itit
oondition that it was impossible for him
even to give his name. It was learned
from parties on the boat that the wound
ed man goes by the name of Jack, and
that he had been employed ditching with
a gang of other men atPerkins' Landing,
Bayou Lafourohe. That while thus en
gaged he became involved in a difficulty
with one of the men laboring with him,
whose name they did not remember,
and this party shot him.
The man who did the shooting was
almost immediately arrested after the
consummation of the deed and lodged
in the Parish Jail.
Jack was conveyed to the Charity
Hospital by Capt. iourke, where his
wound was examined by the physician
of the ward, who pronounced it mortal.
ICING OF CONFIDENCE MEN.
J. 3. Urtdesasm on Hils way to Missis
Mippi to Answer for HNi Crimes.
Last evening' Mr. Henry 0. Me-ers,
sheriff of Marshall county, Mississipyl,
brought to this city on the steamer R.
B. Lee a man named J. B. Bridegam,
whom he arrested in Baton Rouge on a
requisition from the Governor of that
state.
From what is known of Bridegam he
certainly deserves the title of king of
confidence men, as will be seen by a
perusal of the following:
Some few months ago this chap
turned up in Holly Springs as MWr.
James Hostetters, and after becoming
acquainted with the people he pur
chased a drug store and gave his notes
in payment of same. He had hardly
purohase I the store, when, one even
ing, he borrowed $100 from a druggist,
who was a neighbor of his, and gave
him a check on the Holly Springs Bank
and Insurmnce Company.
The following day the druggist pre
sented the check at the bank for pay
ment and was informed that no man by
the name of Hostetters kept any ac
count in that bank.
The innocent druggist immediately
started to look up Mr. Hostetter, and
his feelings can be imagined when he
learned that he bad left town.
The case was placed in the hands of
Sheriff Meyers, who, after working it
up, found that Hostetters had settled in
Baton Rouge.
The officer repaired to Baton Rouge
and found his man. In this place Hos
tetters had assumed the name of J. B.
Bridegam and had married into a rich
planter's family, and had bought from
his father-in-law a plantation for $30,000,
for which he had also given his notes in
payment.
The officer made Hostetters, alias
Bridgegam, a prisoner, and brought
him to New Orleans and locked him up
in the Central Station for safekeeping
until to-day, whence he will be taken
to Mississippi.
CITY AND POLICE ITENS.
LOST CmoLD.-At half-past 9 o'clock
Saturday morning, a little boy named
Frank O'Neil, aged 4 years, strayed
from the resident of his parents, No. 248
Tchoupitoulas street.
The child was dressed in dark jeans
pants, a calico shirt with red figures and
striped stockings. Any Information re
garding him will be thankfully received
by Chief Boylan, at the Central Police
Station.
BuRGLaaY.-At about 3 o'clock, on
Sunday morning, burglars effected an
entrance into the "Truth Exchange," at
the corner of Camp and Julia streets,
and robbed the drawer of $10 In cur
rency. Officer Daily saw two suspicious
looking characters lurking about the
place, and when he approached them
they ran off. He fired two shots at the
supposed burghers, but without effect.
shert Itemn.
Henry Ray, for the larceny of a silver
ring, was lodged in the Second Station
house.
Henry Jones, a negro, for having a
box of tobacco in his possession, sup.
posed to be stolen, was incarcerated in
the Third Station.
Osle Nichola spent Sunday in the
Third Station, charged with the larceny
of a piece of bacon.
At 5 o'clock last evening, while some
little boys were playing on a pile of
lumber on the Old Basin, it fell with
them, and a boy named Albert Wil
liams, aged four years, was severely in
jured.
Wm. Lee retired Into the Harbor Sta
tion, charged with the larceny of nine
boxes of condensed milk.
John S. Alfred, a telegraph operator
by occupation by virtue of a warrant
sworn out by Theo. Jobin, was arrested
and lodged in the Central Station,
charged with having obtained $116 under
false pretenses.
John (orings found rest for his
weary limbs in a cell at the Central Sta
tion, charged by Officer Cooley with
having a box of glass in his possession
supposed to have been stolen.
George Wolf and Sarah James are
locked up in the Central Station,
charged with larceny.
Death of a Lejghulatur.
The many friends of Representative
Cockerham, of Bienville parish, will
learn with deep regret of his demise in
this city yesterday. He has during the
prolonged session devoted himself as
siduously to the interests of his and
the people of the whole 43tate, and his
loss will be severely felt in legislative
circles.
Brevitles.
The rifle shooting on the grounds of
our amateur associations was quite
spirited yesterday, and some very fine
scores was made. The day was just
suited for sports aield, and the light
was bright and the atmosphere most
clear.
Some wag started the report in the St.
Charles rotunda last night that Packard
had left precipitately for Washington
and the rumor produced considerable of
a stir for some time in Republican cir
cles.
Army of Western Louisiana.
Last evening there was quite a large
gathering of gentlemen at the St.
Charles Hotel, who once were members
of the Army of Western Louisiana. The
meeting was for the purpose of organiz
ing an association similar to that of the
Army of Northern Virginia. After en
tering into a temporary organization
the meeting adjourned until Tuesday
next, when due notice will be given to
their fellow-soldiers of the place and
hour.
oled in Basten.
Boston may yet become a wealthy
place. The Advertiser says: "In tun
neling Washington street for the sewer
for the new Herald building, what is be
lieved to be a vein of iron ore was
struck. Quartz rocks of the nature of
gold-bearing quartz were also taken
Out., and oompetent judges assume that
sinlver ould be seen in appreciable quan
tities. `A piscotf coal was taken cut,
Night Walsh tig. at ServtSP.
Among the many benefits derived from
the American District Tlegraph Com
pany is the placing of private watch
men of banks, warehouses, factories,
stores, etc., In telegraphic communica
tion at intervals during the night. This
service, which is supplementary to that
of the police, is performed as follows
The company places one of its automatic
signal instruments within easy access of
the rivate watchman of the subscriber
to signal to the office at intervals regu
larly during the night so as to prove
that he is at his post. These signals are
recorded at the district oflee. Should
he fail to signal at the proper time the
place is immediately looked after by
special officers of the telegraph
company. A report of the sig
nals and this service is furnished
every morning to each subsoriber.,
This system is the acme of protec
tion and is the result of years of labor.
It afrords such a nut work of security
to the subscribers of the Distriot Tele
graph Company that thieves and burg
lars are prevented from "cracking
stores or other premises provided with
the company's instrument in the hands
of their private watchmen. How much
superior is this system over that of the
old and fast dying out private watch,
who, after vigorously blowing his
whistle, or pounding the banquettes
with his locust, in the early hours of
the night quietly drops into some con
venient corner and "snoozes" off the
effects of tils "chill protector," while
the burglar quietly proneeds with his
work.
The private watch men of the subscri
bers to the Night Watch Signal Service
of this valuable in'.ti' ution cannot shirk
their duty withnut the fact being made
known to their employers.
Where these iis,, urnents are placed
it Is unnecessary for the watchman to
leave his poet for any put pose, as as
sistance of any kind is instantly fur
nished - mesnengers. special police,
Underwriters' Fir,' Pa'ro', or whatever
else may be rcquireJ. In case of fr*
or any other necessary cause, the sub
scribers are immediately notified. The
protection of this system *becomes at
once valuable.
SOUlH IIIUtoLA.
What the Carpet.Baggers Maie Cost.
[N. Y. Wurad.]
What have the carpet-baggers cost
south Carolina? From 1860 to 1878 the
valuation had declined from $490 090,000
to $170 000,000-a failing off of 65 per
cent. In the same period the tax levy
had increased from $500,000 to $2,700,000
-an increase of 440 per cent. From
$40,000 the cost of~,the Legislature had
grown to $251.000- an increase of 65.
per cent. Under Democratic rule for
sixty years before the war the total cost
of the public printing was $400,000, or
$6666 a year. From October, 1870, to
October, 1873, adding the extra session
of 1874 and undrawn balance of appro
priations the public printing cost 3924,
281 30. Before the war the sessional
stationery illl was $400; after the war it
rose to $16,000.
Of the seven members of the last gov
ertirnent but two paid taxes, amounting
to $16 99. Or the 57 white and 98 negro
legislators, 24 w ult es and 67 negroes
paid no taxes, and 85 of the 155 legisla
tors were not meution( d on the tax
books.
The figures made public last year
placed the inctt-arie of the actual and
adjusted debt or the State at $2,729,342,
or from $13.838.,84 it 1805 to $15,768,305
in 1871, while there was a fqrther in
crease of $6,712.608 for railroad bonds
indorsed, re prcsrteiinug are increase
under carpet-hag rule or $9.441,950.
THE ITEM) OF ALL.
PIPER11flhIllEI1
LIST OF CHAMPAGNES
IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED STATES
During the 7 hree Months Ending
March 31, 1877.
Cases.
PIPER.IIBIDNIRCK.....................4041"
G. Ii Mumm & Co...... "."" ............. 1.. 0
Moot & Chandon..................... 1,176
Pommery & Oreno....... .............. 1,016
Teldseleck & Co............................. 979
Bouche l s & Co.......................... *
Burchard-D llbeck & Co.................... 901
Charl'ts Heid slck......................... 664
Geo. Goulet & Co....................... 490
Theophile Roadorcr & Co................. 3t
Gofelor & Co................................ as
honart Pere & Fils........................ No.
Jules Mumm & Co......................... 300
Krug & Co .................................. 3e
Ayala & Co .............................. m. 71.
Flour do BilIlry............................ 275
A ckerman-Lau rance....................... 27i
Veuve Clicquot......................... .. 97*
Bruch-Foucher & C:....................... 906
Due de Mont-bello ...................... 180
Ernest Irroy & Co......................... 17
J. Bollinger................................. 9
De St Marceaux & Co ..................... SO
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Sole Agents of "Piper-Heldaleek" and E.
Piper & Co.'s
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