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pgstaa lýTk Or ewOIMU oOUOI W. Dt7PRU, '" &MI JOHI £UGUITIN, A. LflNE?0. JAlIN. aILKA~rp. OI TO3 R I, 1077. communication signed "Pelioan," die the respective claims of Louisiana jentunky to the vacant seat on the $u Bench of the United $tates, though lug, in our opinion, sound views, is becaue' the vacancy has already tiled by the appointment of Gon. **i, 3. Hamlet, the colored ex-sheriff of ( parish, and at one time a claimant geat in our Stato Menatc, has, we learn *e Ouachitp 1legreph, deserted Loulsi good, and is now building a fine real in Urbana, Ohio, Hamlet Is credited ` Irtune of $50,000, which he accumu a this $tate, in a very few years, by an devotion to politics of the Republican Hamlet shows his good sense in us now, and is extremely lucky to get eaosly as he does with his savings and He is, however, not the only Lou 3adicalwho is building a fine resl st the North. earpetbaggers who &ade money out and stealing, and were fortunate to hold onto it, have deserted us and the North rich and influential citizens. hlypearpebbaggers left us are those that roke and impeounlous and who can Oacsqumntly get away. These we have ting those places where they once Gallers, and fondly cherishing the denlu At they can squeese a little juice out of weather for some Wooks pest has been º hworable for the cane crop. The warmth has caused the cane to .14 retain its verdancy to an un late period. And now we have the commenoement of the grinding with a heavy growth of unripe abd cane, which will not ripen and *0 a to be fit for grinding until we and bracing weather. 8everal plan bave begun grinding had to aban I asecount of the small product of in the juice and the impossibility granulation. This backward con dEoes great anxiety among the list they be caught with an early ,geso, such as overtook them last wili compel them to apply a large (t their labor to winrowing-an ox lob which depreciates the value veness of the cane. These un ass are somewhat dishear our planters, but we have little will relax thelrenerges to over and make the best out of their e. o crop has suffered even more tcae. The weather has been unfa :'l the worms which put in an early have made said havoc. The fa tabount. of last summer must now be unted; indeed, so far as we can cotton crop has boon out off fully seems to be working In a very manner in the far West. The ma Eansas towns and counties have f their debts, and now Nebraska in their footsteps. The showing yor and City Council of that small ing burgh Is indeed unpromising. Indebtedness is $400,000 on a ent of $1,010,000, or 40 per cent valuation of the city. &idress to the holders of Nebraska the mayor and city cognoel lay blame for the bad condition of the aoes not on the tows officials, but on oppers, "which terrible visitation," ,"has for several years almost en destroyed the products of the country to the city, in consequence of which be unable to pay its immense muni In full." A good idea, a sweet re throwing the moral responsi the repudiation they propose on the of the council of Nebraska City uafortunate holders of the bonds of Is somewhat threatening. They ts on the dollar. bondholders refuse this." say they, e likely to get little or nothing. every city in the entire West Is hope All are moving for a compro they fall in that, the neat thin will udlation. Much as we regret, this of a majority of the people. The vu es, and the sentiment is compro udlate.' We wish it were other t is not, and creditors may as well truth at once." probable that the New York bondhold now begin to thoroughly appreciate and ruin wrought by the grass has there been known sucha stealage eotton," lathe cry from every portion of and Mississippi. The seed cotton drive to the cotton fields with half a wagons and go oft with them filled spoils. This annoyance has grown that every parish Jury has passed stringent laws to prevent such without, however, aecomplishing sslage grew so great in Adams coun ppl, a few weeks ago, that the W that county met and organized into protective associations for protection of their crops. These associa hare met with a success beyond the hopes of those who originated them. lar watch is kept on all the seed cotton and several persons engaged in this trade have been arrested and convicted. convictions have produced terror the cotton thieves, and many of them, maid, have given up the business as dan A vigilant patrol is, nevertheless, kept up, and the watchfuiness of the Is so great, that it is believed that, as Adams county is concerned, this ii seed cotton traffe is effootually broken Adams county movement has been so that several other Mississippi mrepose to tImitate it, sad are now protsetiw5eiasm for patrol ý tiem d mm a±!#si~oaef eottel stealing, hue Ada is efthmty farmers have put an end to ths lines' outrages. These seemed to work together; the greater the theft of cotton the greater the number of 'Imes outrages on innocent negroes, whose only offense was a small bag of seed cotton. We shall probably have a let-up on outrages now from our neighbor on Camp street, be cause the material for these outrages is gone, some locked up in jail, the others left for other parts. LOOK AT HIM. Stanley Matthews has made a more infa mous record in the last twelve months than any other political blackleg in the Union. The telegraph announces that Judge Spof ford's credentials were yesterday referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections by a majority of three, the Republican Senators' including Stanley Matthews, voting solidly for reference. Thus Mr. Matthews appears be fore the country in the character of a double traitor. lie visited this State with Clerical Error Stoughton, John Sherman and others in the Interest of the Republican conspiracy, while the Returning Board was proceed ing with its fraudulent count. No man, not even Sherman, did more than Matthews to encourage the Returning Board and inspire it with audacity to reverse the Louisiana election. He was the author of the famous paper issued by the Re publican visitors, maintaining the right of the board to perpetrate fraud if it did so under the forms of law; and when the foul thing was done he was its loud-mouthed, brasen-faced and shameless defender. In short, he was one of those chiefly instrumental in having the Louisiana election reversed, Packard returned elected Governor of the State and the Repub lican Electors eleed. According to the principle that there should be honor among thieves, Stanley Matthews should have stood, through thick and thin, by Packard, for he had been a party to the organiration and consummation of the damn able and gigantic fraud on which Packard based his pretensions. But he did not stand by him. When it became evident that to stand by Packard would be to endanger the fraudulent pretentions oe Hayes, he did not hesitate to throw Pack ard and his gang of bogus legislators, ofli dais and policemen overboard, and consent to the establishment of the Nicholls govern ment. He was the friend, chief adviser and confidential counselor of Mr. Hayes, and Mr. Hayes recognised the Nicholls govern meat and the Nicholls Legislature which elected Judge Spofford to the United States Senate; and that recognition yas given before Judge Spofford was elected. There was every i reason to suppose, therefore, that Mr. Mat- l thews, understandingtheindefeasible right of a Louisiana to representation in the Federal I Senate, would vote to seat the Senator from i this State elected by the Legislature recog nized by the President acting on his counsel and advice. Ingenious casuists may find excuses for a swindler who betrays his pal; the ends of justice are often aubuerved by such betrayals. No more striking illustration of this fact could be given than the fact that by Matthews' betrayal of Packard revolution in Louisiana, and perhaps throughout the Union, was averted, and the cause of law and order made triumphant. But what excuse can Mr. Matthews and his frlend make for his second act of bad faith and treason? That the Re publican majority in the Senate is being rapidly reduced is true, and doubtless Matthews, in voting for the reference of Judge Spofford's credentials, was influenced by a purpose to sustain, even against the con stitution, the waning strength of his party. But honest men will ask, "Is this the meaning of the now famous administration shibboleth 'he serves his party best who serves his country best?'" Unfortunately It Is easier to write and speak fine sentiments than to act them; every penny-a-liner can noW find high sounding sentences on every hand ready for use on any given occasion; but to act noble things requires as much courage, unselfishness and devotion to the public good as it did in any other era of mankind, and, of these high qualities, this repudiated Ohio Senator, this blackleg politician who got into the Senate by an accident, and whom the people of his State discarded on the first opportunity in thunder tones, possesses none. He began life as a Democrat. When that party lost its ascendency in his State he turned Republican. Failing to gather honors or emoluments from that organization, he joined the Liberal move ment and went into the Liberal Convention of 1872. Failing to attain his ends there, he deserted his new allies and became a Grant Radical. He came to Louisiana in Hayes' interest and was a party to the Returning Board fraud, by which Packard was declared elected Governor. Finding it to his interest, he deserted and betrayed Packard, and became a party to the Hayes scheme of recognizing the Nicholls government, organizing and recognizing a Louisiana Legislature on the basis of the real election returns. The Ohio Republicans having repudiated Mr. Hayes, Stanley Matthews and all "the policies," Mat thews, true to the record of his life, has now deserted the conciliatory movement and joined the extremest element of the Radical party. Indeed this man seems never to have had any honest convictions of his own. He has betrayed every party and every cause with which he has been united, and deserted every principle in which he has ever concurred. "A great man," justly observes Junius, "in the success, and even in the magnitude of his crimes finds a rescue from contempt." Under this rule Mr. Matthews cannot be classed as a great man. He has displayed all the qualities of an unprincipled man and pot-house politician; he has failed in all his schemes, and the crimes he has undertaken to perpetrate have been of the lowest and most debasing sort. His election to the Senate has only elevated him to make his failure more conspicuous, for he was at the first elec tion after that accident repudiated by the people; he sought by the lowest jugglery; by the instigation of forgery and by specious defenses of fraud, to prolong the existence of carpet-baggery in Louisiana, and he igno miniously failed; he went before the people of Ohio to defend and uphold the fraudulent in stallation of Hayes and the establishment of legitimate government in Louisiana upon the same principles, and the people of Ohio spewed him out of their mouths; he placed himself on a moral plane with Eliza Pinketon in this State, and he is now emulating the treachery ot the worst leaders ao Grantism in the Oesate. When Ia lae shot-ightedness , fl his mp st appil to forces Ii his Mature other than those o prinliple, honor and integrity. THE OOUJTEY PRESS. Do the city tapers say anijthing in regard ti tics fyour s 'too meetjngs, Ptllehs no proveinents and hundreds of other local mutters Snterest whi hyour home papers publish word eakui to to uraw attention to your pr iet and aid in is progress antl enterprise? Not a line. And there are m n who take such eni traeted views of this matter that. u, esa they are gettinhgas many square Inches of rpadlunp matr inrhi own as t hey do i N ae the think thev are n t getting te wort ther money. It roenin 's uc of a man who took the largest psir of boots in a box because thu nrice was t be same uis the pair much smaller, that fitted himn.-! West Freilioana Sentinel. The above observations are in the main cor rect. The city paper., however, give more attention to country interests that the &entf nel credits them with; but it is none the lees true that ir is the parish paper which looks fully and especially after the home interests of its people. A well edited country paper is of invaluable service to a community, and every citisen of the parish should subscribe for it and pay for it in ,advance before he thinks of taking any other journal. There are no papers we read with so much pleasure as our live country ezehanges, They give us the class of intelligence which is of most im portance to the public, and through their col uimns we keep en rapport with the people of every portion of our own and neighboring States. Among the country papers of Louisiana there are a number conducted with intel ligence, spirit and independence; these pa pers we always know represent and influence the community in which they are printed, and we attach great value to their articles. There are other. which are almost a disgrace to their parishes and deserve no support. They are horribly printed; they contain less matter than an apprentice could sot in two days, and they never furnish us with an in telligent opinion or an itsgi of local nows. A live, energetic country editor doas more for his community, and generall gets less pay for it, than any other citizen of te parish or coun ty. However, there has been improvement of late yearsin this respect. The country editor who conducts a good paper is no longer, as he used to be, a sort of mendicant who is ex pected to drink free whisky, live on $5 per week, and bomlrow that. People read more newspapers now; the standard of ability in country journalism has been raised, and the country editor, where he is a real worker, is a man of consequence among his follow-citi zens. But the country press can yet be im proved, and it is, it seems to us, the duty of every citizen of a parish, where an enterpris ing paper is published, to aid the editor in im proving it and increasing its influence by sub scribing to and paying cash for it. After he has done that, let him forward a cash order for the only representative Southern and live newspaper in New Orleans--the DxoczeATr. The New York Herald, which is noted for its bitter warfare on the Mormons and Mormon l sin, seemato think that the proceedingsof the great Utah conference, held about ten days ago, give promise of a more satisfactory ad ministration of Mormon affairs - secular and religious-than has been seen for many years. There is no reason, it thinks, in view of that conference, to apprehend an early die solution of Mormonism; on the contrary, the probabilities are that, through the zeal now being shown by the leaders of the church, its strength and numbers will be greatly In creased in the next few years, and the church itself do far more work than was done in the last ten years of Brigham's life. The great conference was held October 6, and consisted of all the dignitaries of Mor monism, the twelve apostles, the seventies, the priests, teachers and deacons of the Mel chisedec and Aaronic orders of priesthood, the chief patriarch, high priests and bishops, making altogether an assembly of over 8200 persons. The action of this conference was to give the control of the church to thetwelve apostles, with Taylor tit their head. The apostles, on their part, prmised to render an acount of the finances of the church twice a year, a thing never done by Brigham, and to report all heir acts to the people for their approval. The proceedings of this .conference were harmonious and earnest throughout, and the apostles evidently succeeded in their effort to convince the Mormons of their honesty of purpose, and also in reviving the church's faith in the salvation of the world through Mormonism. Everything, in fine, betokened a revival of the enthusiasm and fervor of the early days when Smith was prophet. So aroused was this religious enthusiasm that the story told by the apostles of their having conversed with God was everywhere accepted as the truth and as a proof of more promising days ahead for the church. One of the apostles, Woodruff, was, at the same time, interviewed by several thousand spirits, among whom were all the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and all the Presidents of the United States but two, who admitted their religious errors on earth, and begged, although dead, to be now baptised, and admitted into the Church of "Latter Day Saints," a privilege which was, of course, ac corded them. The Herald seems to see in these wild sto ries circulated by the apostles a desire on the part of the leaders to reawake the religious feelings of the Mormons; and in the fact that they are accepted in good faith by the people a proof that they have succeeded therein. It expects, therefore, to see a great effort made to win converts to Mormonism and to create a revival within the church that will make it as strong and potent as it was before railroads and Gentiles disturbed its harmony. The days of Mormonism are far from ended. The great conference meets again April 6. DIED. YANCEY-At the residence of Mr. Wm. J. ('orkery, on Lafayette plantation, narish of Poatoe Coupe., Capt. Stephen D. Yancey. of congestion of the brain. Richmond, Va.. pane's p'ease copy. FLOEIANI LANGE. FELIX LEGENDRE. LANGE & LFGENDRE, No Se Deeatur Street, New p rleans, GENERAL CORNIrSION MERCHANTS, COTTON SUGAR, MOLASSES RICE, Etc. O lR o keep constantly on hand FLOUR. PORK, BACON, COFFEE, CORN, Etc. ocI1 Im Lt IiES' Will greatly advance their own interest by buy ing their ID GLOVES EE-AT EEBREBG'S NEW KID GLOVE. EIlOU, - TO - NAVRA'5 CHINA PALACE (TOURO BUILDING), 199--CANAL STREET--199 My friends and customets, and those who are about starting housekeeping and~old IIOUSE KEEPERS who wish to replenish their house hold, are respectfully invited to examine my NEW AND IMMENSE STOCK of the latest styles of DECORATED FRENCH CHINA. FRENCH, ENGLISH AND GERMAN GLASSWARE. MAJOLICA FAIENCE, FLEMISH AND BOHEMIAN VASES, PLOWER POTS and JARDINIERES. STATUETTES AND ORNAMENTS, TOILET AND CHAMBER SETS. BISQUE AND BRONZES. In designe and low prices I defy any compe tition and will cheerfully take goods back which can be PUROEASED (not offered) elsewhere cheaper. M. L. WAViA'S China Palace. 1i9 Canal street, Touro Building. Remember I have no branch store. * ocgfdoplm MME. OLYMPE, 144- -Canal Street- -144 By the arrival of the steamship Hannover MEE. OLYMPE has now received a portion of her large selection of EATS, BONNETS, COSTUMES, TRIMMINGS, LACES, etc., made by her in Paris. Mme, Olympe remains in Paris to complete her last purchases, which will be forwarded by steamers as her selections are made. Her numerous lady friends are respectfully invited to call and examine the most select and latest attractions reeolvedby the lHannover. ol18 19 21 28 25 2p SPECIAL NOTICE! ! RtEMOVA.L --OF B. & W. CRONER -TO 141 CANAL STREET, Corner of Bourbon. Having rented the elegant and commodious s tore fortherly occupied by Messrs. Levols & Co., and later by Messrs. McGibbon & Co.. we have fitted it up in the most convenient and comfortable style. The old stock having all been disposed of during the summer, we will offor an ENTIRE NEW AND SELECT STOCK of the most fashionable DIIY GOODS, At rates which DEFY COMPETITION. Our Stock Is Complete in Every Depart. meat. We would call also especial attention to our CARPE1 DEPARTMENT. The patterns of Brussels, Three-Ply and Ingrains are very elegan WINDOW SHADES AND CURTAINS are all of the NEWEST AND LATEST DESIGNS. and of this year's importation. Mattings, Floor Oil Cloths, Cornices, Etc., to which we would call special attention. seso lm 2dp WA6IONS ! CANE CARTS! SPOLE SE. NM. BO R"LE.Ab tO and 30 union an3 I1 and 17 Perdides streess. Sole WAt for the Celebrated N OTUDEBA so 11 kiCABTS and SPEING WOEK Df all kinds and sinse. Dealer in Philadel his and W (lane I. C. LEVI, Auctioneer, 108 ..............***************ana Street............................IOS WILL OI'fln TWICo A WEEK, mi!! LABOE AND ELE1ANT STOCK OF JEWELRY AT AUCTION, And remainder of dris will sell at Private bale, as usual, from FIVE to TWENW*IYU MB S ClENT LE3$ than any other establishment whibh advertites dalij. Watches Repaired and Diamonds Reset Only hi skillifl workmen, at the lowest .at e VI 1 C & sese >sin.iEIteCad., A. ERKENBRECHER'S OELEBRA'TED CICINNAU ~TARCI, ESTABLISHED 1842. F. A. BEHAN, Sole Agent, No. 2 TCIIOUPITOULAS STREET, NEW ORLEANS. REMOVED. SAWS...........130 GRAVIER STREET............SAWS. BRANCH, CROOKES & CO. SAW MANUFACTURERS. AGENTS FOR WESTERN OIL COMPANY. DEALERS IN SAW MILL, RAILWAY AND PLANTATION SUPPLI E LARGESTOOK OF CICULAR AWS. Uoo IIOT MILL AND IteANG IAWM OPet. OitA 13AWS. """""..Salesroom, 130 Gravier Street.... ...AWl . seeiO lm 2dp . JARPWETS. ELKIIN& CO., 1ss ..............Canal street..............166 Are receiving new and elegant styles of AIMINSTER, VELVET, BRUSSELS, THREE-PLY and INGRAIN CARPETS, OFFICE MATTINGS WINDOW SHADES and CORNICES. CURTAINS and UPHOLSTERY GOODS, OIL CLOTHS, from six to eighteen feet wide. At the Lowest Prlees. otl2 lm2dp MIt. J. SA(GET Informs his numerous friends and the pub lie in general that ho has lately received from the Manufactories of Belgium and England, a large quantity of FIRE ARMS, of the most elegant forms, and also all articles adapted to hunters. _ _ ocmim REMOVAL. I would respectfully inform my friends and the public that I have rem vod my har-room. the WASHINGTON, from No. 41 elta streot to corner of Poidras and IDelta s'reets (next door) where with enlarged facilities, will be serves the 4iolest of wines and liquors, and sumptuous linch daily from 9:so a. m.to 1p. m. I have added to my establishment a first class oyster saloon, where may be obtained meats at all hours. JOSEPH BALTAR, ool7 St 2dp Proprietor. CARPET WAREHOUSE, 17............Chartres Ntreett....... .....11 We are receiving large ad ditions to our stock. We NOW NE L A" AND UND)ER PRICES CHARGED BEFOi4E TH H, WAR. AXMINSTER Wilton. Velv t. 13*1'BEUrdiýLN Ta mtry, aplys. IGRtINS Venetl'ans Hm. FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, Wiw Shades. Table and Piano Covers, Curtain Materials, Lace and Nottingham Curtains. Trimmings, etc., etc. seew Sm 2dp A. BROUMSEAU A SON. TAXES-LICENSES. NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS, Large Discounts made on all settlements of taxes and licenses, W. H. BARNETT, Broker, as St. Charles street, 0c7 ly 2p Opposite St. Charles Hotel. H. A N. MAMORY, Auctioneers and Commission Merchants, Nec. 45 and 47 Decatur Street, New Orleans. REGULAR CATALOGUE AUCTION SALES -OF- BOOTS. SHOES AND BROGANS, TUEsDAYS ATD THURSDAYS Of each week. Liberal cash advances on consignments, oell am2dp School Books -AT CONTRACT PRICES. 6i0 TO HEADQUARI'ERS FOR SUPPLIES FOR YOUR CHILDREN. All the TEX ' BOOMS adopted for use in the PUBLIC 8 HOO1.", as well as the PKIVt TE SCHOOLS of this city anid surrounding coun try, furnished at pricers bcyond competition, Regular exchange prices on newly adopted books in all schools for the full period allowed, and all advantag -s offered by Agents or other Dealcrs can be obtained at one place by calling at the ý Great ýoutharn Book Depot, and thus save tme and money. _ Lib-ra terms allowed uealer. and Schools, and all Local as well as Country Dealera are hereby appointedAgents without fLrthcrfor mality, and invited to send their orders, or call and purchase stock and obtain necessary con tract and trade list of prices, etc.. at Nos. II and Its Camp street. oce61m ROST. J. HARP, Agent. THE LOAN OFFICE. No. 17 Baronne Street. Delinquents will take notice that all unre deemed pledges, whereon interest has not been paid up to May 1. 1877, will be etfered for sale. without distinction, from and after November 1, 151. CARPETM. All tho et and most elegant deulgas ta Ingrain , Tapestry and English ' Velvets, Axminsters. OIL CLOTHS, from six to twenty~four fem, WINDOW SHADES, CORNICES, Uphelstery and Curtain Dl ga Wall Paper, Mierrrs, Frames and 3euldIngsl At the Lowest Market Price. HEATH, PIPPEY A LABA, sei o 7dp sm gf and 9s Camp street. NEW STYLES PAPER KANQINGS, WINDOW UADWI, > All grades at very low prices. F. NEWHALL, 40 Camp street, All work promptly attended to. col1 im sup FINE FURNItURE, UPeOLITERT ANY PAPIR UANOINo. The finest assortment of PARLOR, BEDROOM, DINING-IIOOM AND HALL FURNITURE over offered in New Orleans will be found at NR. 40 Repal Street, with a generel stock of FuriturC and Curtain Materials, in Satins, Fec uoettes Brocatelles. Coteoiies T Reps and Cretonnes, with suitable Iii gimps cords and tassels. A fine se of Bobbinet anr' Noitingham Cnrtal s, cornices, gilt polEs and rings, onrtain Window Shades in every variety. , and Pier Glasses, with beet French p Statuary in Newest style's Paper in newest styles, from 'eilings and fancy rations to the lower' priced p ier ,T lug to furnish will find it to thire r ~ ~ ~ i ad h rd call and examine before beyi H. N. $B or; lm 2p __ 49____ W W. CLAn, Jao. W. Noants, Di $resident. Vice President. end DIEBOLD SAFE AND LOCK C The Leading Safes in the world. Have ne , failed to preserve their contents against FIR3 OR 3UVOLA*9, though tested thousands of times. PatlU U. tablishing themselves in business will fied itt. their interest to give me a call before puf' ing elsewhere. Over twenty Seoond-handdoll. binatlon Look Safes on hand. for sale very 10w. A. ROY, Agent New Orleans branch Diebold Saie E,. Lock Company. an22 2dptt S9 Canal sb' Establish 1909. P. O. sex TW. WHITE'S GINNERY Office 96 Union, near Carondelet Ma TO COTTON( FACTORS AND P> 'I4N? GINNIN TEREM--THE SEElD. BAGGING, TIES, TWINE and DBATAG$ furnished FREE since isie. Parties wishing to know the average yield .d Cotton ginned at "WHITE'S GINNEBY" lltM season wfll please send to the undersigned far circulars. D. PRIEUR WHITE. sol0o Pm idp Awr. OCAsianL 0. C:assaE. E. L. CAnaazna. CaAs. J. OAsagg, A. CAJRIERE & SONS, COMMISSION MERCHANTS. _ Cerner Royal sand .. LIteral Advances made on OondanasegA o e our friends in LONDON. LIVERPOOL, d avnes Ombp ItAVRU and BOUJ)UAXw New Orleans Savings liastittU Se.150 Canal Street. A. MOULTON. Z. A. PALPREY, CARL n.ON. TI.. BArYE, DAVID URQUHART, GEORGE JONAS, JOHN e: GAIEs, THS. A. ADAMS, THOS. A. OLARUE, CBRJBTN lomim ORAl. J. LEEDS, 5A11MU1maraU1 M ~ lmgaseage At.ail