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DAILY DEMOORAT.
*ela Jorual of te Stats of Ietrsl3a.
Odnsl Jerul of the City of New Orlem.
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PBOPBIBTOBS.
GOnGB W. vUPL1r,
. j-, ag rYOH JOHN AUGUIf TI,
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W etr.SANo, m1EPTEIIBER 1, 157'I.
'MADE OF NEW ORLEANS WITH
SPANISH AMERICA.
The location of New Orleans at the con*
*SwMe and embouchure of more than 20,000
miles of navigable river made it the natural
matropot and point of transhipment for the
water-borne commerce between the Interior
West and the Atlantic and foreign markets.
It was the suspension of this right by the
Spanish govanment of Louisiana which com
,plled the purchase of that province. The
seaeessful substitution of artificial for nat
aral ways of transportation has so far neu
ktalied these natural advantages of position
as to have reduced our export and import of
Wastern commodities to a small and di
ailashing proportion of their former
amount, while the rival outports of the
lastern Atlantic have increased their com
merce in the direct ratio of our lose.
It is thus that New Orleans, the Constanti
mople of this continent, seated almost mid
way between the production of provisions
sad manufactures at the North and the
great tropical necessities of civilisation, sits
elasted and insulated, while the precious
aeuamerce is swept triumphantly around her
Sno the coffers of her sagacious competitors.
This perversion of trade reflects no reproach
Upon the merchants of New Orleans for two
salons. First-It is the result of a revolu
flea which has pervaded the whole commer
eil world. Second-The sail vessel has suf
lred from the superior facilities offered by
the steamer, and all the principal rivers in
Europe and America have surrendered, in
.great part, the travel and carrying tr.de to
te railroads. It is only necessary to examine
lthelaborate and authenticated reports of the
edaeral government to see that the direct
arlatitudinal trade between the East and West
has been permanently established across the
mauntains, the rivers, the continent and the
eeamns.
We may employ an authentic summary of
tis movement, taken from the recent speech
et the Secretary of the Treasury.
The entire tons passing any point on the
Missleesppi river is 8,000,000.
The tonm paslnsF tih lakes is ........ 3,000,000
New York canmos ................ 4,000,000
Bt Lawrence ..................... 2,000,000
gre Railway .................... 5,922,911
New York Central.. :............. 6,803,680
Pensylvania Central ............ 9,922,911
Baltimore and Ohio.............. 8,000,000
Total ..... ..... ..........36,649,502
To this must be added the tons taken from
the Mississippi Valley by the Virginia, Ken
tmoky, Tennessee and Carolina connections
with the East, and the movement on the
Ilssslasippi river will not amount to one
twelfth of the gross weight carried by
rival routes, not taking into account
he travel and values. It is not material
to state that the tons reaching New Or
leans do not exceed one million. It is sufli
dent tosay that commerce has its magnetism.
it is interest. It has a polarity which acts
oa the shortest line between production and
aaesumptlon. It makes "the tour of the
world in eighty days." No physical advan
trges of course or position will control this
Iaevitable law. It should be accepted and
employed. As we might fire back the projec
'les which had inflicted damage upon us.
New Orleans should herself apply this estab
lished principle to her own advantage. It
*hould afford her a renewed confidence in her
smmerelal destiny. It has deprived her of
OmOourrent of trade. It may replace this by
ale more valuable and more permanent. A
lengitudinal line of trade drawn along the
meridian of the Mississippi will traverse the
eatres of production in the western interior
it the United States and Canada. Produced
through the Southern seas and across the Isth
mus of Central America, it will concentrate,
conduct and interchange the reciprocal com
ameee of those great regions.
1mo UL u U w10U gLUULt La/UUe.
This chain of inland seas, supplemented by
parallel railroads which connect them with
ll the great commercial cities of the Union,
will constitute a line of inboard commerce
In direct competition with coastwise navi
.ation. It will furnish a more direct and
ligible mode of intercourse between the
Northern and Southern producers and con
ermers, just as the artificial tradeways be
tween the East and West have tended to
i.persede the navigation of the Mississippi.
This meridian is the chord of an arc, whose
periphery lies along the perilous track of the
yelone and tornado, past the reefs and shoals
d our Atlantic coast, and over the heavy
mountain grades which lie between the
Atlantic ports and the interior. This Missis
appi meridional route knows no impediment
dt navigation, and- no obstruction of grades,
tunnels or men. It must, upon the principle
at natural advantages and artificial improve
mant, constitute the ultimate and permanent
way for the movement of this commerce, to
which we have adverted, and of which we
uhall subsequently indicate the value.
The Federal government, in having failed
bt adopt a proper policy, and to provide ade
quate facilities for the development of this
onatinental trade, has permitted the greater
pIrt to be wrested from its natural marts and
manufactures in the United States, and to be
borne to distant and transatlantic markets.
The States, in yielding to the Federal gov
nm., ent the exclusive right "to regulate
a00merce with foreign nations," and to levy
: ldollecttaxes,duties, imposts and excises,"
- ~W deprived themselves of the means of
- 'stng a foreign commerce by the ordin
ray Influence of reward or retaliation. The
Ikvariable tariff upon foreign productions,
with the inexorable opposition to conventions
of reciprocal trade with its neighbors, has
tended greatly to prevent the resale of Euro
pean imports or the exportation of American
products to the markets of this continent.
The policy of the continental States and Col
aes is equally injurious to our interests. It
osists i4 asystemof protection and revenue,
as a etalation upon the American tariff by
heavy dut es on provisions. The American con
oarmer of nanufactures is therefore required
to pay a lh price for the imported fabric of
irope or he protected article at home, but
be s extcl ed by this retaliatory policy from
be marke of Spanish America. The West
ern consumer does not only pay a duty of
forty per cent on Spanish wines, or twenty
per cent on Spanish sugars, but pay or at
least advance eighty per cent on the flour,
lard or corn which he may exporttothe Span
ish islands to pay for his Spanish purchases.
The United States begins to perceive the
eonsequen3es of this selfish and sectional
policy, in the perversion of continental trade
of which we have spoken. The error of re
lying wholly upon the home market for the
protectAd manufactures has been made pain
fully manifest by the recent industrial dis
content throughout the country. The cause
appears to consist in the increase of domes
tic production beyond the home or foreign
demand. Within the past decade the produc
tion of provisions increased eighty per cent;
the production of manufactures one hundred
and twenty, live per cent; the increase of pop
ulation was some thirty-five per cent. The
immigration of skilled labor from Europe
had given an abundance and perfection to
American fabrics, which relieved our de
pendence. upon foreign countries and re
duced the revenues upon imported goods.
Yet the effect of this progress was to di
minish the European demand for our surplus
food, while it was impossible to find a market
in Europe for our perfected manufactures.
Hence it was found that the immigration into
the United States has been reduced from a
total alien immigration of 448,189 in 1872, to
169,986 in 1876. When we note that the skilled
operatives have for many years p'ast aver
aged fully ten per cent of these alien immi
grants, it will be readily seen that the sur
plus productions of the United States must
soon be far in excess of her home and present
foreign capacity to consume. The
late disturbances did not so much arise
from any want or excess of currency.
The manufacturer could make no profit on
borrowing money to create an article which
he could not sell, while foreign capital, as in
the case of silk or iron manufacture, would be
imported to manufacture any article which he
could sell. The demand for our productions
does not enable the employer to pay wages
adequate for the support of the operative.
The United States has reached a point of pro
ductivei excess and perfection which surpasses
the demand for this surplus. Like all other
nations, in ancient and modern times, she
will be compelled to appease this discontent
by largesses, or enlarge this demand by colo
nies, by conquest, or by a liberal, enlarged
and conciliatory foreign policy.
The last annual report of the national Sec
retary of State confirms the loss of the con
tinental trade. It also demonstrates a value
in that trade, which, if enjoyed by the United
States, would greatly relieve the anxieties ot
our manufacturers and alleviate the priva.
tions of our workmen. The Secretary estl.
mates .the annual trade of the continent
south of the United States at $530,000,000, of
which the United States enjoys about one
fourth, or $112,350,000. It Is added that not
"one-third of this meagre share is transport
ed in vessels under our own flag." While the
commercial returns of our own government
and some foreign authorities render it proba
ble that this trade is greater and our own
share more than that stated by the Secretary,
the proportions of commerce and navigation
seem unchanged. It may be remarked, in
parenthesis, that if our consuls were required
to formulate their reports it might lead to
more correct estimates. Adverting to this
anomalous condition of commerce, the Amer
ican Minister at Venezuela says :
United States cotton is spun and woven in
England and is selling at high prices after its
two ocean voyages. North American flour is
carried over 500 miles that it may be baked
in various forms and conveyed nearly 5000
miles to a market only 2000 miles from l~
starting point.
We may cite a few examples of this national
dereliction. The whole trade of the Argen
tine Republic in 1875 is stated at $106,087,000;
of this the United States received $3,056,000,
or two per cent. The national share in this
sail carrying trade was about 12 per cent, but
"no steamer under the flag of the United
States entered or cleared at an Argentine
port during the years 1874 or 1875, though
more than a million tons of steam was em
ployed by European nations during the year
1875 alone."
Our national trade with Brazil was even
more unsatisfactory, since an adverse balance
established last year of $38,199,195 had to be
liquidated in specie. The American Minister
reports that "since the withdrawal of the
American line of steamers the trade between
the United States and Brazil has been carried
on principally in sailing vessels, bringing
cargoes of general merchandise and returning
to New York with full cargoes of Brazilian
products."
Our trade with the Spanish islands is even
more unfavorable, giving a balance of more
than forty-five millions of dollars, solvable
with specie or sterling bills, remitted to pay
for the manufactures of Europe.
The most singular perversions of this trop
ical trade consist, however, in that of the
Isthmus of Panama. This commerce has
been created by a railroad built with Ameri
can capital and protected by the guarantee
of the American government. The goods in
transit in 1876 were: Imports, $11,757,000; ex
ports, $10,552,000. Of this aggregate of more
than $22,000,000 the United States do not
enjoy, according to the very obscure sum
mary reported by the consul, more than
$3.000,000, or about 14 per cent. When, how
ever, we turn from the report of this consul,
which he says is "as reliable as it can be
under the present circumstances," to the
more authentic returns of the Custom-louse,
we find that the whole trade between New
York and California, via the Isthmus of
Panama, was in 1875 but about $2,500,000, of
which one million was in the precious metals.
It is not a proper occasion to do more than
indicate the immediate remedies for this
deplorable abdication of national duty.
The policy of Monroe simply forbids the
establishment of any European domination
upon this continent, yet it does not prevent a
European control of the continental com
merce, manufactures and carrying trade.
The continental States are shielded from a
foreign sceptre, yet they swell the revenues
and perpetuate an industrial dependence
upon the very kingdoms from whose despot
ism they have been rescued by the protective
intervention of the United States. While the
adoption of a continental policy would pro
mote the industrial interests of the United
States, it would contribute to our national
unity, industrial content and the progress of
republican institutions. The institution of
such a policy would require:
1. A system of diplomatic and commercial
appointments made strictly in view of official
qualifications.
2. A review of our tariff and treaty rela
tions, to promote commercial reciprocity
with all continental States and Colonies.
3. Such postal and railroad facilities as will
aid in giving effect to this policy.
In order to display to the most cursory ob
servation the small share in the Spanish
American trade enjoyed by the Unitdd States,
and the insignificant participation of New
Orleans in a commerce between twenty mil
lions of people in the United States and
Canada, whose line of trade will be found to
coincide with the meridian of the Mississelippi,
and twenty millions of people who inhabit
the American continent and its islands south
of the United Stttes, the tabular statements
which follow are submitted.
STATEMENT OF NAVTIATION BETWEEN NEW OR
IEANN AND TIHE CONTINENT41A l'OR'TH MOUTH
o N ' IT T tNITI) STATEN FOa TIHR XIEARI 14976.
W.ITH (UAIKIO. IN BALLAMT.
ENTERED. ..
No. Tons. Men. No. Tons. Men.
Am. stil 17O 69.462 2,303 22 11,322 21a
Am. sieam 41 5.,103 1,4140 4 4.139 9H
For. sail - 89 3,089 1,513 I 1(. 72.975 2.06o
For, steam 23 41,o2 21 , 83
TOTAL ENTERED. No. Toens. Men.
American sail.............192 9784 25
American steam ........ . 4 54,242 1,508
Foreign sail ............ 194 120,1404 3,573
Foreign steam. ............. 44 74,738 1,821
Total........ ........ 475 330,72 9,4
WITH CAIOO. IN BALLAST.
CLEARED.
No. Tons. Men. No. Tons. Men.
Am. sail.. 141 60,257 1,964 10 1,728 17
Am. steam. 3 45,159 1,286 .... ..........
For. sail .. 89 8,8s 9 2. 2 211 18
For, steam . ..................
216 100,800 8,540 12 1,989 80
TOTAL ILEARIEII. NO. Tons. Men.
A,,erican ail l............. 151 57,98- 2,a08
American steam ............... 36 4,159 1.2
Foreign sai.................. 41 4,103 309
Foreign steam ........... ... ..........
Total..... ...........228 107.247 3,626
TRADE OF UNITED MTATEM WITH
SOUTH AMERICA.
Countries. Value Value Total.
ImportRs. ExpoErts.
ArgentineRBe 63.602.736 $1,819,190 $5,121,920
Brazil ....... 45,453,173 7.253,218 2,700.391
Central Amer 1,819,120 938,102 2,757,222
Chili .......... 7 222 2,187,752 2,912,974
Danish W. I . 93,612 9o0,3e 1,198,921
French W. I- 1,857,66 1,486,925 3,844.593
British W. I. 3,479,291 8,197.042 11,676,33
BritishGulana 1,172,119 1,750,452 2,922,857
Hayti- ..... , 3,076.199 4,732.724 7,808,923
Mexico.. 12,856,753 4,7(06778 17,212,531
Dutch W. I 6097.172 878646 1,570,718
Peru ....... 1,440,972 1,176.022 2,017,895
San Domingo 405.,.3 695,859 1,101.222
Cuba ......... 58 ,717,68 13,746,08 72,43,746
Porto Rico .... 0524 2,099,076 6,404,900
Colombia ... 5.497.643 3,940,442 9,444,088
Uraguay ...... 1,804,552 1,126,123 2,930,675
Veneruela 5.8.7.115 3,424,278 9,299,993
Other ports. 127,987 .......... 127,987
Total ..6. 8152.987,818 6.0,65,796 8213,623,009
TRADE OF NEW ORLEANS WITH
SOUTH AMERICA.
Countries. Value Value Per cent.
Exports. Imports. of N. O.
Argentine Repub
Brazil .......... ... .4,048,595 7 08
Central America $102,041 122,941 a 15
ghilli...-....... ..., . ......
Danish W. Indies....... ...............
French W. Indies
British W. Indies 94,195 i18.6 .97
British Guiana. .. .
Hayti ......... ...... ..................
Mexico ..........1,066,414 867.551 11 23
Dutch W. ndiles . . ...... ......
Peru............
San Domingo. .- - .:..........:...........
Cuba ............. 29.489 2,185,371 3.75
Porto Rico ....... .........
Colombia ............. ... ..... ......
Uraguay. 4. .. ....
Venezuela 6.... . 101,441 .96
Other ports ..... ......................... .
Total. ... 61.798,409 87,344.631 4-28
The scope and purpose of this paper has been
to assert the proposition that. the industrial
discontent in the United States has arisen
from the excessive surplus of domestic pro
duction, and that this can be best relieved by
creating an enlarged foreign demand for this
excess. The very limited share of adjacent
commerce enjoyed by the United States
would render proper a continental system
tending to this object.
The diplomatic and physical mdasures ne
cessary to this object undoubtedly give to the
Gulf ports of the Union, and especially to
New Orleans, the facilities essential to local
development and national utility. It is suffi
cient to have indicated these points leaning
to those whose position and province it is to
direct the diplomatic and legislative policy of
the country to elaborate and give them effect.
JUDGE BILLINGS.
Since Judge Billings was elevated to the bench
he has frequently been praised by mostof the
members of the New Orleans bar. They say
that in his rulings as a judge he has never be
trayed either heat or impatience of temper-no
anxiety to give any liltigant an unfair advantage
-no wish to dwell on trifling omissions-no an
imosity whatever. He has only been desirious
that the truth was discovered to apply the law
His speaking, his conduct his manner, are all
unexceptionable, all suited to his ability, his
kindly nature and gdnuine modesty. Before
his appointment as a judge he had a large prac
tice in this city, which made him familiar with
every class of cases. Pride of every kind is as
alien to his nature as vanity, and having es
chewed politics, he has become justly popular
with our people.--N. O. Picayune.
This is the language which the Picayune em
ploys in an editorial of yesterday on the Calca
sieu case. If the statement be true that Judge
Billings has become popular with our people,
we are the meanest and most degraded com
munity on the face of the earth; if it be untrue,
the assertion is an outrage on the just pride
and self-respect of the entire State. .Iuslly
popdlar Judge Billings never can be in Louisi
ana; justly odious he must be wherever there is
any popular esteem for whatever is manly,
honest and of good rebort. It can never be for
gotten that in the midnight of December 5, 1872,
Judge Billings, drew up the order direct
ing Packard, the then United States Mar
shal, to take possession of the State
House of Louisiana, to hold it until further
orders from the court, to prevent the assem
blage therein of the lawful members of the
Legislature. and to apply to Gen. Emory for the
necessary force. It will be remembered forever.
and with advantages, that he was the arch
conspirator in that atrocious crime against the
peace and majesty of this commonwealth, and
that by virtue of that very act, which commend
ed him to the insolent and vulgar tyranny of
Grant, he became the successor, and the fitting
successor, of the drunken judge into whose
hand he thrust the pen which signed at once the
doom of this State and the fate of him who
sealed it.
For this wrong no penitence can atone; for
thisoutrage, conceived and executed with de
liberate foreknowledge of its treniendous con
sequences, there can be no pardon while liber
ty endures. It not only made possible. but in
sured, all the long years of servitude and spo
liation we have since writhed under. It gave
to the strong arm of Federal oppression under
which we groaned the semblance of legal right,
and steeled the hearts and blinded the eyes of
our Northern compatriots to the justice of our
appeals and the righteousness of our struggle.
It made possible the larger but not more damn
ing fraud of the Electoral Commission, and
Judge Bradley was the legitimate offspring of
Judge Billings. They are linked together by a
community of crime which will not fade from
the memory of man sd long as free institutions
exist.
Doubtless Judge Billngs will have his para
sites. That he has been and will hereafter be
"praised by members of the New Orleans bar"
we do not question. Proud as the bar may well
be of its noble record in the history of human
freedom tyranny has never, in any age or State,
been without Its advocates and supporters
The splendid and triumphant defence of Eng
lish liberty by Erskine was maintained against
the dark and desperate assaults of Knott and
Milford, only less unarmed than that great
protagonist. And this community has not for
gotten, despite the life service of a venal or an
nsinecero press, that in all our sore strait, from
Warmoth through Kellogg, the advocates of
suecesfiul villainy have been easily retained
from among the foremost members of the New
Orleans bar.
On Judge lillings' soul rests the blond of
those murtyred patriots who fell in our streeIts
on the 14th of September. If their m urderer bus
benome "justly popular" while that blood has
scarcely yet exhaled to Heaven let no hypocriti
cal semlblane of worship mock on this coming
anniversary of their fall the solemn sacriflce
they made for us. Let that press at least which
lauds the one pay to the other the decent trib
ute of its silence.
Not Judge Billings can never be rstUpy popular
so long as memory holds its seat in the brain of
that people whose liberties he once struck down
with the foulest blow over aimed at tlhi repub
lie's life. He is and will be, while men have
hearts to suffer and endure, athing for the slow
moving finger of scorn to stab with social death.
Lot him pray for the charity of oblivion; lIt him
beseech the kindness of enduring silence; let
him wear out in alms-deed and in prayer the
rest of that life which he has so darkly clouded,
and doing justice hereafter, and walking hum
bly among men, seek from God, who may par.
don him, that forgiveness which man dare not
extend to those who commit the ineffaceable sin
against human freedom.
A CARD TO COTTON FACTORS,
The attention of cotton factors and planters is
called to the superior merits of the Improved
Eagle Cotton Gins. These Eagle Gins are the
standard cotton gin, far ahead of all other
cotton gins in workmanship and durability, and
make a sample of cotton which always brings
the highest market price. The Now Orleans
Cotton Exchange paid 3o cents a pound last
summer for a bale of cotton ginned on the
Eagle Cotton Gin, and sent the bale of cotton to
the Centennial Exhibition as the best bale of
cotton ever brought to this market. The St.
Louis Fair has awarded $loeo premium to a bale
of cotton ginned on the Eagle Cotton Gin. At
the Centennial Exhibition tthe committee de
cidedl the Eagle Gin was far superior to all
others. For the past thirty years the largest
planters of the Mississippi Valley have always
given the Eagle Gin the preference. They know
they are always a reliable gin, nerer failing w
give the most perfect satisfaction. The prices,
having been reduced to four dollars a saw,
makes them the cheapest Cotton Gin in the
market. All the Saws of the Eagle
Gin are 12 Inches in diameter, making
them equal to one-fifth more capacity than any
other gin of only lo.inch saws. The Eagle
Gins of so saws are equal to a eo saw gin of lo
Inch cylinder; a s6 saw Eagle Gin Is equal to an
Ss saw gin of other makes-thus being the
cheapest cotton gin in the market.
The undersigned has now had the agency of
the Eagle Cotton Gin Company for twenty two
rears. and during this long period has never
had an Eagle otton Gin returned, and no com
plaints ever made of their working. These
facts prove that in purchasing an Eagle Cotton
Gin the planter runs no rlsh. He is not obliged
to try an. eper'iment of inlroducina an mlried gin,
but obtains in the Eagle Cotton Gin the best gin
stand in the market-one that has stood the test
of thirty years and which is considered at the
present time the most reliable and perfect gin
made. WM. L. CUSHING,
No. 61 St. Charles street,
New Orleans, La.
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streets.
Sole Agent for the Celebrated "STUDEBA
KER" WAGONS, CARTS and SPRING WORK
of all kinds and sizes.
Dealer in Philadelphia and Western Cane
Wagons, Carts and Drays; Timber Wheels;
Wheelbarrows of all descriptions; Spokes. Fel
loes. 'Hbs, Shafts. ete. Wheelwright material.
Orders promptly filled. All work warranted.
au2 lm
CARPET WAREHOUSE,
17 CHARTRES STREET.
We are now offering at a great reduction of
prices our large and choice stock of
CARPETINGS,
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS,
China. Cane and Cocoa MATTINGS,
PIANO and TABLE COVERS,
WINDOW SHADES,
CRUMB CLOTHS, RUGS, MATS,
Carriage. Table and Enamel OIL CLOTHS,
CURTAIN MATERIALS,
LACE, REPS, DAMASKS.
CORNICES. BANDS, PINS. GIMPS,
LOOPS, TASSELS AND CORDS,
HAIR CLOTH, PLUSH.
TICKING and SPRINGS,
BURLAPS, by the bale, piece or yard.
Parties wishing to purchase or inform them
selves, will find it to their interest to call and
examine our stock and prices.
eel2dp A BROUSMEAU & 0ON.
A, PEPIN, JB. T. L. BROU$SARD.
Pepin & Broussard,
158.........CANAL STREET.........158
White Building, corner Baronne.
WHOLESALE-AND RETAIL CASH DEALERS
-IN
rrinInd DBwlc Dry 10 91,
DRESS GOJDS,
WHITE GOODS,
WOOLEN GOODS,
BLANKETS.
FLANNELS.
SHAWLS,
HOSIERY,
LACES,
Housefurnishing Goods,
-AND
Cotton Goods, Etc.,
-AT THE
Lowest Market Prices.
Special Attention Given to the Country
Srade. eel lt2dp
BOOK STORE
-ANiD
lidprtir for rn eary,
180 Canal Street,
NEW ORLEANS.
We again, for the FIFTEENTH YEAR, make
our bow to the public, with a very large stook of
BOOKN AND NSTATIONERY,
Which we sell at the lowest market prices.
EYRICH'S BOOK STORE
Is known all over the South as the best of its
kind, keeping ahead of all competition
with the
Latest Books and Fashionable Ntationery.
PAPIER "LA RUSSIE!"
A New Design for Mourning Paper.
There has long been a desire for some new
and appropriate design for Mourning Paper,
which, while being sufficiently indicative,
should not have the heavy, sombre appearance
incurred by the full black border. To meet this.
the new pattern substitutes the simple BLACK
CORNER, of any depth requlred, upon both en
velope and paper. The effect is handsome, and
the new pattern is rapidly becoming popular.
Put up in one quire boxes, with envelopes to
match, in three sizes-one, one and a half and
two and a half inch corners. Octavo, Oommer
cial and Ladies' Bath, either plain or ruled.
Price per box, $1 25.
Also the same style In CARTE DE L'ELITE.
Cards and envelopes, twenty-five in a box; price
per box, $1.
Also, fancy colored corners, same as mourn
ing.
CARTE DE L'FEITE.
This is the latest style or stationery for short
notes and invitations, put up in boxes contain
ing
60 cards, gilt edge, with square envelopes
to match ........................ st
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week elegantly stamped onthecards.
six kinds .. ..................... )
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JAPANESQUE STATIONERY,
" Kiku" and "Mlume" Paper,
For general correspondence.
JAPANESQUE NIOURNING STATIONERY.
Price per box. containg two quires, with en
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P P A W . rI z rin IlB
containing twenty-four sheets of paper, with
envelopes to match-all sizes. Prices. 20. 500oo,
75c, $1, $1 25 and $1 60, with or without initial.
Sent by mail on receipt of price.
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Will Find our Prices Low, and their Or
ders Receive Prompt Attention.
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Will Save Time and Money by Sending
their Orders to Us.
NEW BOOK!
P A. IN0T O Ia A.
A TALE OF LOUISIANA.
BY MRS. SARAH A. DORSEY.
Price ................ .............. $1
Any book published in the United
States, England or France will be sent,
post paid, on receipt of price.
J. C. ETRICH,
SUCCESSOR TO
R. G. Eyrish,
BOOKSELLER & STATIOIER
Box No. 418,
130.......... CANAL STREET ..........1..30
eel New Orlesas, La,
I. C. LEVI,
10S CANAL STREET,.
Jeweler and Alctioneer.
I. C. LEVI, the well known jeweler, eetah
Itshed in New Orleans mlnoe 18b2, who has al
ways kept
The Finest and Richest Assortment ot
Goods,
In the line of
JEWELRY,
DIAMONDS,
WATCHES,
ETC., ETC..,
anrd still keeps the same, now offers for sale his
entire stock from fifteen to twenty per cent
Cheaper Than Any Other Estabishlment
in the C!ty.
He also calls the attention of the public to
HIS AUCTION BUSINESS,.
BALES TAKING PLACE
EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY,
when he offers his entire stock at auction with
outlimit. After the second hid is taken he is
forced to sell, no matter what the article rots,
and under these circumstances he has been
often forced to dispose of articles thirty or
forty per cent below cost. the articles sold are
not auction goods. but consist of the best Iaal
ity in the market. Every auction sale he offers'
the finest kind of
AMERICAN WATCH ES,
From the Elgin, Waltham and Howard factories.
Also from the BEST FACTORIES OF EUROPE.
to wit: Jacot, Doret, Picard, Jurgensen, and
others too numerous to mention.
HIS SILVERWARE
cannot be excelled. He draws his entire stock
from THE WELL-KNOWN GORHAM FAC
TORY, the largest sterling silver factory in the
world. EVERY PIECE of silverware is made to
his order, the same bearing his stamp, and can
be had in any style. You will also find this fall
in his establishment the finest stock of Parian
marble statuary ever before seen in New Or
leans. Also the richest assortment of
French & American Clocks,
from the very best factories. He also keeps con
stantly on hand a full assortment of SETTINGS
FOR DIAMONDS. consisting of RINGS,
BREASTP1NS, CROSSES AND EARRINGS.
The customer may select the settings to suit his
taste, among a hundred different styles. The
diamonds can be reset in a couple of hours' no
tice. MR. LEVI has THE BEST WORKMEN
employed for
WATCHMAKING AND DIAMOND SET-
TING,
and can fully guarantee their work. No article
repaired delivered unless examined by Mr. Levi
in person.
The question has been often asked, Why
is It that Mr. Levi sells his One stock o.
Jewelry at auction ?
To this we would answer
quick Sales and Small Profits.
He having adopted a new method, he does not
intend to sell any longer like the balance of our
jewelers, who usually charge thirty or forty per
cent profit on their goods, but is willing to sell
any and every article in his establishment at
private sale or at auction, with TWO AND A
HALF TO FIVE PER CENT PROFIT, and
through his late experience has found a great
improvement in his sales, which accounts for
his making a great preparation for
THE COMING FALL TRADE..
Without exaggeration, you can find the finest
and richest and best selected stock in the city of
New Orleans, at
L C. LEVIS,
se; aS CANM 4 srTmsr,