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11. JeI s New QrIp0a _. J. H3AR8U JO 1A.m "o 'Q~ #*I I. 3r. sswe . A e .;..". One ear . . 41 The W h r bree ..., 4irMp~~ an* Arte " a/ lp, 0 i L> 1L Y W14, 81. the eay And Ugeettiag natsa er she seaeOsatfll ahe tar are Esa a.lt. a ass asa e. gigassm ?esrseds Nl;uwr'& d-r to me, gn L eaa peW ar t..m.** earggg g Boggas ar upon a by Agatlag at tle . every Aare in the de asy to tbm ý *b DReese aaprI e qi aevlna absolute ezaelitu acid pin ualitj'. As theAtfi apbiiMtth tof gifebs of epoose eniMakalalpmeate act the mesas to advertise their wants, the Is ." p~ItI theS.Y11 e sf of o, and also plan, the ers of the Davoonis 7 t e 1 or 0 ee. TO OU1 t . * I Al j et added to its oftce a Pt1) ating dlid all the latest and most desirable im types, rates, bordpts, etc. WE aria papered to compete with any job aiament in the BSth. We o 126t, the sbortest notice, anything from a per 61 a book to a lady's visiting card, in best of r W g i the stnt~U 1a's f!saW arnU~ .oet rt of our friends in our program. 1URKE TO THE FRONT. has w4gteta Gov. yeeemently protesting tion of the "feur turning Board. 7(r. eat and sentiments are so t}ýºt desires to a00oord a full free pardon, even before trial, to *Jreir,'ibrger or thief in Lou. oub dgi'g the past ten ys a, bbs rascalities under the of polities and through the in lity6t ublio o0ee. Perjury, aje aedt 'vand theft, prao hadiual oMolal, Mr. Backe re ;ards~ apolitcaf offenses, and as pros . eelion of any such oMeioiot. antof (hde. Buske esteems a a polkictil ofense. all these dastardly crimes; to toenpouxfd y llignIess ue gadeals" tjrq' j 5id jdtI ,ive all tb vagabonds anthfeves who MvUpleudered the State a quit claim te their "twag," is what this venerable 1)oltlilan thinks is " arking hlutawd d$ to Nagtore peace and prosperity " Louiusina. Glendy Burke of course has a h it his own views in the matter of prpsecutio ,ut he displays too Afirms otivei m itl. Jury" in this business If Mr. bad acquainted himself with the of thistmate against urager?, and illarized hi it w the proceed of the Retuting Board and the uni ipd aytrwhelming belief which ails in this community that Wells d his associates are guilty. of this he would be able to very plainly ther motive for the action of the d Jury,~ E A mative so proper, and legal, that in the minds of all pndid and right thinking men it ab ea eludes the idea of the base al one Mr. Burke attributes part of his letter Mr. 'It thakes no difference of the men of that re acquitted of their ver they were, by the of the Conservatives of all other parties besid'es, Abese political matters re Mr. Burke or anybody f this much talked of "sol ge" of the Conservatives of LI aa that forgerers, perjurers and bribe4ppers should, go unwhipped of Justice or even unchallenged by the offi osea of the law ? We never heard bf any such pledge until these .iprosecutions were A Stutedsand we do not believe that *ay such exists. Louisiana has fallen jew, indeed if, after eight years of heroic struggle for her rights, it turns out that her liber Liles are based on an Jntamoun bargain, and he ,w ofoers dare not lift th h.* the vilest and most n tors within her bor d without king to their very ti I on which v. d le le tK na e prol o f x G e re e the mal ye ent to ter r juries of the All t he hbps s lative to the ecutionigmounts tot , that, when duty peq res him td in the mat ,hey; p he de92 at for the a, this a vast on roly satisfed that he will do. TBE (IALOASIEU IMBIOGLIO. It is greatly to be deplored that the Federal courts should have adjourned for the summur withbut beaching a final solution of the Caldesieu troublo. The case of the lumber men is goe of s - oeptiopal haM ishie and, by resog of the large number of innocent people iuvabed in serious distress, soseting should be promptly done to ford them relief. Besides, it is greatlyio the in terest of the government that a settle ment of the case should be reache4 as pewaqdstiWogblSg, We have reason toy believe that the value of the property seized hs been greatly overestimated, and, granting that the government can establish its clahn to the whole seizure, it can be done eu)' after a prolonged and costly lftiglon that would in the sld eat up t ti i rkeeeds of the property in Under vigorous enforcement of the law all or this timber may be forfeited to the government-that is, all that is to pave nen f on gasernngt yet, evb in Wch ifesa, thete equities which forbid any such ox The r e, d their 1 1 s devoid of anything like intentional c ;i~iqly. p~nd~r tlaa imstances a~t6 e governmk t c justly de mand to the actual value of the timber Mit stodiou the bad. This is bet an. inconsiderable fraction of the market rva&Ali I "tfrie at the mills. Fully five-sixths of this attaches to it from the laor of these poor people who h avqput it and borne the cost of its tran n rtation, and it would be a great op1 iod thrbaf t l igc - a siWitsA aggan entat the cost of the labor and sufferings of these miserabl1 poor people. If the government can in justice elaim in detanity only to the extent of the actual value of the growing timber, and it is only to that extent that it can possibly have suffered lossthis value hiic44 ' made the basis of tlpepfraismenl of the logs and. metttnent ot ieqeie. I We ha no by sudh al un derst y endt Ihis whole r espeedily Odd ,and gristus suferhp , 1 thesd u ortpp -: l pIs Mple ed. 1 We,? thertfore, feel it our duty to sta. 1 gest that the marshal, whom we believe ,to be a just man, and entirely without any wish to prolong or exaggerate their I troubles, shall go over and see these I people, and after apprising himself of a1l the facts of the case, make such apresentations to the government as I will secure the necessary relief. When sun widespread and universal I w~hedness Pestf1b to a whole omunity Alt the ri.Oeou en forcement of the law, it can be justified only by the most extraordi nary circzpqances. These, we conceive, do not exiut In this instines. The loss to the governz~ent can be but trifling in any event, and the indications are that these people were entirely unconscious of the criminality of their acts.' But, aside from this tle benefits to be a In pro6f of this, and4o show what the governmentehall rJ ipJ in the event of establishing its claim to all of ti11 prop erty seized, after beaging t*eoxpense of a prolonged litigation, we' submit the following facts, taken from a communi cation from a correspondent on. the ground; who is evidently entirely con versant with the facts. He says; " It is claimed' that there are under seizure here about 58,000 pine logs, of the value say of $150,000. we will suppose that evdry log belongs to the United States. Reports from Calcasieu, prior to this seizure, show that their lu r was worth, on from thirty to ninety 4MVS, $9 per 1000 feet, board measure let us say it is cash at this. It costs the mill $8 per 1000 to reduce the log to lumber; logs then are worth $6 per 1000, board measure, at the mill. The best authority makes an aver log 252 feet, say 250 feet, or four logs per 1000 feet of lumber and beyond dispute the actual value of this lumber at the mill is just $1 50 per log. There aro of these logs one-fifth in tide water, say 11,000 logs; deduct for sinking and other waste 10 per cent, leaves less than 10,000; deduct also from their mill value twenty cents, the customary price for towing or $2000, and say 10,000 logs at the mill valued at $15,000, less le towage, or $13,000. Well, where are the remaining 40,000 logs? Seat. teredi from the head of tide water to the stump, ranging in value from $1 20 to 20 cents, or averaging 70 cents per log. Deduct from this 20 per cent for loss and waste leaves 56 cents per log, or the lot maybe worth $22,400. Add to this amount the value of tide-water logs, and we have, not $150,000, but $39,400, which the timber would bring in cash from ' the mills, if it were not worm-oaten, and otherwise injured. But it is badly damaged, and is really not of more value than $30,000, which is to indemnify the national Treasury for an expense of $75, 000, perhaps more; besided untold wretched ness to thousands of suffering citizens. But worse than this it is a well-maintained fact, and ill be so prdven In court if permitted, thatalil the doubtful logs, with one nent 6iceplica, iwaln unselsed, and In the ease excepted there will be no ense made. Owing to the unfavorable situation of the logs they will not bring more than five cneec, and neither te owner nor the ppersbfi from *hom he bought them have any other pgoperty. There reems to be a very bitter feeling among the log men against the Mar shal. This is unjust. The Marshal is entirely without disetetion. The pro ceedings against the log men were in stituted through'the courts, and the Marshal has no option but to obey the orders of the court. The present Mar shal, we are certain, sympathizes with the unfortunate defendante, amd will do all in his power conslstentwith his duty to relieve them. Whatever wrong has been done, or hardships imposed, the present Marshal is not in any measure responsible for it. THE ST. MARTIN WAR. Messrs. Delahoussaye, Veazey and Bassett, claiming to be, respectively, recorder, clerk and judge of the parish of St. Martin, have issued a declaration of war against the State government. The Returning Board in committing the "political offense" of changing, altering and defacing the returns of St. Martin parish, have jumbled them up so com pletely that the present State Board of Canvassersftound it impossible to make anything out of them, and there is a rum6r abroad that Gov. Nicholls, under the circumstances, will fill the offices in St. Martin by appointment. Messrs. Delahoussaye, Veazey and Bassett have heard of this and have resolved to "hold the fort." They repudiate the State Board of Canvassers and fall back on the edicts of the Returning Board. By the authority of this noble institution they affirm their determination to stand to the u ath, even it they submerge the u niverse in blood. Mr. Johnson ought to go over and join the hostile forces in St. Martin. He disputes the authority of the gov ernment and refuses to surrender the official books and archives of the Auditor's office he has stolen, on the ground that the only legal gov ernment in Louisiana. is that which t t its title on the work of the Return g Board. Pitkin, too, should repair the camp of the army of St. Martin d erect the standard of revolt there; and he might be accompanied by the members of the Returning Board, who will want to remove the arena of their operations from this city before the text meeting of the Superior Criminal Court. With these alliances Delahous saye might make quite a demonstra tion. We shall not be surprised, however, it it turns out that the Delshoussaye crowd have ",bitten off a bigger piece than they can chaw." It the Governor of Louisiaa comes to the conclusion that these men were not elected to the offices they now hold, they will have to Falk out, and their threat to " repel force by force" will not be worth near as much to them as it costs them to ad verties it in the New Orleans Timner. The doughty warriors of St. Martin should understAnd that we now have a government of law in Louisiana with a man at the head of it who is deter mined to enforce the law and who is afraid of neither the moral nor physical responsibility necessary to be incurred in doing so. Let them bear 1i mind, too, that Packard has transformed himself into a second= class exhibition and is playing martyr to very thin and undemonstrative bloody-shirt conventions in the North; that Pitkin is barking un noticed, like an angry poodle, at the heels of the Administration; that the members of the Returning Board stand indicted for forgery, and Johnson for embezzlemed, while Kellogg is an exile and a political mendicant. Indeed, the times are notepropitious for such a war as Messrs. Delaboussaye, Veazey and Bassett appear to be courting. GEN. GRANT ON DINNERS. Some inquisitive Englishmap con gratulated Gen. Grant recently in Lon on on the great number of heavy din ers he had been favored with, .and sked if they were not the best dinners he had ever partaken of. The tGeneral was prompt, frank, and at the same time patriotic in his response. It was true he had been dined very violently, but all of his one hundred and one dinners amounted to but one dinner, as they were invariably repetitions of the rst he had been invited to, and, as to their quality, they could not compare with the dinners served up in his own country. There was a tiresome same ness in all the English dinners. Their bills of fare were stereotyped. There was a painful lack of variety in their menus. In fine, John Bull had a great deal-to learn on a subject which he im agined he had mastered above all other people in the Christian world. Now this utterance of Gen. Grant im presses us with a better opinion of his good sense and taste than any other which has been reported as falling from him- during his lionizing in England. We hope that our anglo-maniacal Min ister will not regard it as a duty of his position to address a diplomatic note in explanation of the General's perhaps too unguarded frankness and ingenuous patriotism. Senator Ben Hill, of Georgia, who is not invariably wise in his utterances or in his political acts and ideas, has mhade one apt and just suggestion. It is that the President's course in reference to Louisiana and South Carolina ought not to be described and regarded as his "Southern policy," or treated as the application of any new ideas of constitu tional right and power by way of conoer Son to a sectional demand or acompro ise of a controversy wherein the South occupied the position of a supplicant for favor or tndulgenoe. The President's course in reference to the solution of our case was. a simple and honest discharge of a plain codeti tutional duty, in the. performance of which the whole Union was interested as well-as the South. He ,announced and applied a fundamdhtal principle of our government and constitution, a cardinal idea of all eepublicanism and free government, to wit: the subordina. tion of military to civil power and the right of the people to constitute and maintain their own local government and to resist and suppress all invaders and assailants of that right. This is not Southern policy or principle. It is na tional, and as dear and essential to each and every section, and to every 8tate and every citizen of our confederacy, as to the States and people of Louisiana and South Carolina. It was for this right that our fathers fought the revo lution of 1776, and the people ot Lou isiana in 1877 would willingly have followed their example. But they were saved from that extreme r, sort by the wise aznd just action of the President in renouncing and repudiat ing the treasonable and unconstitu tion41 pollby which such malignants as Morton, Blaine and Packard demanded of him, and now revile and denounce him for not adopting. Touching the only point of interest in the correepo dence between Derby and Gortschakoff relative to the Russian design on Constantinople, the wily old Russ thus lucidly explains his Imperial master's views as regards Contanti nople: Without being able to prejudge the course or issue of the war, the Imperral Cabinet re ports that the acquisition of the capital is ex cluded from the views of his Majesty the Emperor. They recognize that in any case the future of Constantinople is a question of common interest, which cannot be settled otherwise than.by a general understanding, and that if the possesslon of that city were to be put in question it could not be allowed to belong to any of the European powers. If any one imagines that these in volved and ambiguous words and Sen tences will impose any pledge or re straint 'Ujon Russia not to occupy and hold Constantinople, he must have lit tle familiarity with Russian diplomacy and Tartar unsciupulqusness. If Russia obtains complete possession of Constantinople she will hold it for ages, and the other powers will be easily reconciled to her possession by the sugar plums which will be thrown to each and all of them. The Canal Street, City Park and Lake Railroad, with its valuable properties and franchises, will be sold at public out-cry to-day, at 12 o'clock m., at the Custom-Iouse. This is the most valua ble property that has been offered for sale in New Orleans for a very long time, and it offers one of the best opportunities in the South for a profita ble investment. The road is completed from Canal street, at its intersection with Basin, to the Lake, at the old Spanish Fort, the most picturesque and delightful point on Lake Pontchartrain, while the road is the smoothest and best built of our lake lines, fully equip ped with dummies and cars ready fdr a large passenger travel. As the road now stands, with proper management it could be run at a large profit, there being a great and pressing need of this opening to the lake. Its franchises render it still more valuable. The purchasers will have the right of way for a continuance of the road along the whole lakeshore, and should they thus extend it, it would combine all the advantages of the three roads. We trust that enterprising parties will buy the property to-day and put this splendid road in speedy operation, as another line will just bow be a bless ing to the city and a great profit to its owners. 9 We are indebted to Mrs. A. P. Field for files of late Cincinnati papers. TO THE SUMMER TOURIST. Those of our citizens who are fortunate enough to be able to esek respite from the labors of the business season just closed, and to recuperate their energies at somb of the many delightfn summer resorts to be found in the Northern States and Canada, will be glad to learn that the old favorite Jackson route, under a vigorous and efficient management, has become one of the very best traveling thoroughfares in the country.. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been expended, as we are credibly informed, during the past twelve months for new iron and steel rails, new cross-ties aid new bridges, and today it may be safely said that no road south of the Ohio river surpasses the great Jackson route in smoothness and perfect safety. We have had occasiol, during the past few weeks, to travel quite extensively over that road, and we can thus, from actual experience, bear witness to its ex cellence in every particular which goes to consti. tnte i good road. DIED. SNYDER-On Tuesday, July 10, 177. at H o'elcek a. in.. Robertson Torian Snyder, sgfd 10 days, infant son of Chas. A. and Nannie Torian Snyder, Memphis. Philadelphia Times and Richmond papers please copy. 'NOTICE TO SPORTSMEN -AND THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL. Notice is hereby' given to sportsmen and the public In general that the Shellroad along the Bayou St. John to the Lake is in perfect order and condition, as well as the road along the Lake Pontchartrain to the Railroad Depoct at Milneburg. Bath-houses have been erected at the Lake End of the Bayou St. John for the use of fami lies. P. TISNE, Ja., Secretary Carondelet Canal and Navigation Company. jyll St JEWELRY AT AUCTION! I. C. LEVI, Auctioneer, 106.........................Canal Street ...............10 WILL OFFER, TWICE A WEEK, HIS LARGE AND ELEGANT STOCK OF JEWIELY AT AUCTION, And remainder of days will sell at Private Sale ,n usual. f ors FIVE to TW T71V3 Ply CENT J'iothan any other estailishment which ,dvertises d~idl7 Watches Repaired and Disanonds Uewet Only by skillful workmen, at the lowest rates Jeeo 3m I C LEVI. We Canal street. JULES MUMM & CO., The Beet Wines Now Before the Public. ZUBERBIER & BEHAN, Agents, Corner Tchsetpitoulas and Common streets. Rehs ju10 Im g GO TO GRUNEWALD HALL, -FOR TIlE BI ES'I' P EA1N , Sunh as the world-renowned planes of STEI*WAY & SONS, W. KNABE & CO., PLEYEL, WOLFF & CO., THE LEADING PIANOS IN TUE WORLD, and unsurpassed In this climage for DURABILITY. Sold on EASY MONTHLY PAYMENTS. at LOWER PRICES than asked elsewhere for an Inferior PiAno. Parties anxious to secure a reliable, sweet-toned, durable piano, AT A MODERATE PRICE should buy no other bhit one of the Newly Improved Upright FISCHER PIANOS, or One of the Very Popular 84UA3E HAINES PIANOS, Recommended and warranted in every respect. ,THEY SE PERFECT GEMS. Go by all means to GRUNEWALD'S OLD RELIABLE HOUSE. known all over the country for fair dealing ani liberality; and at the HEAD OF 'IHE MUSICAL BUSINESS. DIRECT IMPORTED MUSICAL MERCHANDISE, of all desertptions received by almosteverr European vessel. and sold, at retail and wholesale, at THE CLOSIST F'IGUREB. Sbnd for catalogues to LOUIS am RBrInEWALD, jell Grnwewald Hall, 14, US, 18,2Se and 22 flaronne street, New Orleans. UPRIGHT PIANOS, CHICKERING'S, HARDMAN'S, HALE'S, ', THE BEST AND CHEAPEST IN THE WORLD. I want no person to trade with me but who feels that he is getting a bargain. If I do not eon Vince you of this I prefer yQdwould not trade with me. Precs have come down. Machines Ene-half, stovex one-half, furniture one-half, and last but not least PIANOS one-half. I LEAI) THE PIANO TRADE IN THIS CITY, . -AND- Will Continie to Deal In the Future as in the Past, toOive the Best Birgatains sad, Most Accommodating Terms in the City. I mean what I say, and am prepared to supply PIANOS to all persons who will favor me with a visit, or will address me by letter. PIIILIPT WERILEIN. Tho Eaelia 7le and Cheap.IPricect Pianso Dealer, 1Nos. 78 and 90 BARONNE STREET. SOLE AGENT FOR CHICKERING'S. HARDMAN'S AND HALE'S UPRIGHT PIANOB. ]e28 1m DISEASES OF THE EYE AND EAR. DR. U. BEARD, OCULIST AND AURIST, 142 CANAL STREET, Lock Box 1817. New Orleans, La. feloly d&w TO bTEAMBOATMEP. THE UNIT D OIL MILLS OF NEW ORLEANS -known as the COTTON SEED ASSOCIATION call for bids to convey from so,eeo to ioo.ooo tons of Cotton Seed, by contract, from Memphis and all points below, and from the tributaries to New Orleans, 4ldress B, ANDREWS, President. No. 16 Union street. Cincinnati Gazette, Louisville Courier-Jour nal and St. Louis Republican will copy for one month and send bills to the Association, jel7 Im NOTICF. CROCKERY, CHINA, GLASS AND HARD. WARE, AT NET COST PRICES. On account of liquidation, the entire stook in trade of the late firm of GAINES &, BELF is offered for sale at net cost prices, for cash. Purchasers are requested to call before pur chasing, and may rely on finding extraordinary good bargains, and at prices lower than can be found elsewhere. J. G. GAINES, Solo Lliquidathr, 100 Cc Street. New Orleans, July 1, 1877. *y:3 15t NOTICE TO TAXPATERS. I have the various SCRIP AND WARRANTS suitable for paymentof City Taxes 1873,1874,1875, 1876, and years previous. State taxes 1873, 1874, and 1875 and the current year. which I sell in sums to suit at the lowest market rates. I also settle these taxes and make large savings to the taxpayer. W. H. BARNETT, Broker. 3s St. Charles st., opposite St. Charles Hotel. je28 1m EQUAL TO THE BES F. Marais Street Steam Brewery, 86...........Warals stUget........... O Between Conti and St. Louis. H. F. STURCKEN, Proprieter, jylo Gm NEW ORLEANS. New Orleans Savings Institutime, No. IS Canal Street. TRUSTB8: A. MOULTON, E. A. PALTREY, CARL KOHN, T. L. BAYNE, DAVID URQUHART, GEORGE JONAS, JOHN G. GAINES. THOS. A. ADAMS, THOS. A. CLARKE. CHRIST'N SCHNEIDER CHAS. J. LEEDS, SAMUELqAMISON, laterest Allowed on Depouits. D. UBQUHABT. President. CHAs. KILEHAw. Treasurer. apit iysp ANT. OAnaraas. 0. C4BtrIEE. E. L. CAnmIEBm CHAS. J. OAarsaEm. A. CARRIERE & SONS, COMMISSION MERCHANTS Corner Royal and Customhouse. Liberal Advances made on Consignments t4 our friends in LO2DON, LIVERPOOL, ants 9m2dp HAYRE and BORDEAUX Wood-Wood-Wood. AT WHOLE8ALE AND RETAIL. EONEY ISLAND WOOD and COAL YARD,. No. 375 JulIa street, New Basin, sear Nag. nolla Bridge. Postoffice address. Lock Box No. 1ie0. Delivered to all parts of the city, PRICES FOR THIS WEEK. Ash wood, per cord..........................asloe Oak wood, r corrd.................... s 0e Ash and oak mixed, per cord................ g Liberal discount made to dealers. satisfaction guaranteed. mhfl idetf mAe P. BADELAT. Agent. W. W. WASHBURN, ARTIST PHOTOGRAPHER, 113 Canal street. Oppoelte Clay Statue. New Orleans. Mr. WASHBUBN Is himself an artist of twenty-five yearn experience, and is suDDon teG in each department by a corps of assistaa wjo have no superiors in this or the Old World. He is the master of his business, Bes~de. employing the best artiste he uses the be materials and mates the best work on the One tinent, !'o may call this "BLOWING HIS OWN HORN." but for proof he refers you to his tbl and patrons and to his work<.wh spetsat fe AA Gallery. fee0