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AGRICULTURE. rtaBIICAL ILEMK RMITS 11 NOll A-PLAS. TER OFP IYPIIM. The Opium Poppy. Dr F. AIIMANT. Before cultivating any speies of plants in - soil It is highly important to ascertain whether its physical constitution fits it for the cultivation intended. Mate)orilogical in fluencme in the lo"ality are nxt tI.o he earefully borne In mind, and lastly, the chemical com position of the seill. If dleflcient, tmay be corm pleted or increased to f t rit aximur capacity of production. Itand and 'lay, whose mixture constitute AHirthlE Por[fG, are ..asesed each of distinct properties or powers of actln, and somIIe of these proper ties are ll manl y respects anrtgol.istil to each other. From their mixture in suitable proportions t~sult, cnrtain conditions of fprme.ability of conainRenre, of resistence to drouth, of tillable adaptability, which, ombined, will Insure the uccess of cr'ops; anld inl thie a!tsenlt of any one of these conditions, if no remedy is ap plied, the crols will neoeOsarlly he under great risks, according ll ilthe more or leFs regular Ineteorologlral phenomenon against which such colditiotns or preplaraltion as as al bove, protect.t I he crop. rTH, pxiPss oIF SANDI ib well as the contrary excess of ilay In the composition of soils. tmust he guarded againust bY all mIts. For if any one of i h ose two, elements doml Dates, the s)oi loses Its quallties; It becomes less andi less ft rtilIc in ltproporltiln as the pres ence of eIther conatlitinti, Is exaggeratedl. tI'tlE 'LAY, lo more than pIlre santti. an he cul]tivated with any profi. There'' Is a itedirumn of pro portion which tllh hIpIhandlillnll m ullIt create when naturle hle nlt itnrle tihe worllk Itself. and withoult whi'hi no flrtillty nor scrurity are attaluahle. ('AI 'AAlE.UI' MATTER, W.hlich is freoqutntly Iv tct with in arabloe snoils, andm whlich In soni, a iwinos we hwave to adlt to thnlll, Is llot f great valuei', ll'lt hler, whlen two shundant. It rilixltre with the solil, however, Is highly u1seI'fl when it doop ex csetl certain prlropolrtions, blt Its pr|idirnl t1ane I is aI dettiimirental t.s thnt of sanld or of clty. which cont,lri t,1 soF it powerflully to fertility w.hen it is i pii , r rO e pr rllot'tl ss, will Ihollrr. e Itself a ou111r1e of st rility iwhen it. is ipresent in too) sItrsng propr ti ons. When tie flrmnir luas well o.ser.ved the physloal constittion of his soil and given it such elemnents fls It rI iniird to poI l3rate Its various esistl inen1llts in i Ot in proportiont, then he may .telect his 'rop a'r')din'tlgil to facilitles of clilate ini his lostlity aintl aflter that Inl crease his yields by thIle applealtion of such fertillzer.'s 11 l1%may hAt rim.lot thel tirl'tlieiinle ietsi of the pl aint and si ply i 1the delihelelies o weakness lof the lsoil. Cultivatio o0ln sIIt lh princpllles, and eon stant oli.erlvatioIns will surely cVo, Itl)il't to suill' cess; hilt, the unwise rush it a miorl or lts0 home ll t he Iset up thanrl that of what oaur neighlior is doing at his homie. lThe condi-'l tions in which lie Is ciiltivntg ltirnay . sh totally different from the telldilou where we are practicing, ailthollghll no d flTre!nces are ap parent to sight., ilod lthi exipllilhe the success of some lo cky nhll.lIhbor in i ('fnIll IPs 's here all erops and inlaluitgetlniislll have failed. The succlessful farmer lhaid culltivatal ac'clrdiing to sollnd doctrines andti rinliples as nunll 'elaterd afllvO, antl I the others, whosIi!e imetliuiil (of pttillsuctslon were not, in simila1%r corul(litoli, iint nee srarily with hilttt'r d( 1heception. An llustratlon of this mania tol rush at con tuislonts c'annot he. ftound more sigge'.tl.ve than that of the plealtrilll rtle, 'w. w eliu do tri Inentni conlscl ui llll e It ri, It.li t l)lli.' isetlI tnt ate c(ondenlltlatln i fi fa perfetly soundI ipr1ac'tlc', after it ihad Ild1 tl fn rash exaggeratlio of its jprtslutted merits, Tie FIRIT rl'E O1F PlAATER. The first recordld obse(I-rvatlions on the effaets of pl.astesr or gy llsuli in grillltlire were male Iby the Ri. v. M. llyer, a village pastor in tIh principality of liotilofi,. lurl iJng the laitter ihalf oft tIlhe euihteisit hi ieiutlr'V. Tllchefll, in Hwitzerinnd, anti ltcchu t, in (Jermanl, continulile ati.nd multipllied t)hol first experinitnittlstf tI he pastorll, ansi from thleir" mo're .vstetiatli trials resu'ltal' posIitive faiets -which led to 1ia iaoe gteerllail'l use of plaster. Benjamin Frankti ' tll's tlstsrstt ed experiment on a ptllcif 'll 'over, IInl itsu1)1.1 's wit'5ness5d'l iy thouitsailnds, did away with lth llst idoti.ts, and betami a fintil so'lsser'ttion of I he VAIIE OF 'LPA' .'lTER, IN AlRl)('lili')Ul'lE. A''ordin(' g i etnal pop rtll tllilodliil, lholW lvel' in r Iisltl is .tIlo s of i ,nurtIns, i 0 t l., t lhe ue It plastetr iwas not resortedI to int as iher tonlas ire, but it It. was griossly eoxaggelral'ted. iin lthl opinion of it good manltil' agricT'ltlirists, tilpt ter breaml a Fomlewhat uniTersal fertilizer, flit to lie sliubstitutedi to stl y alnd all 11other)'s. Thomania l rlt. i l Its e'vils promptilly, and11 it was soosn afterwards discovered that pliaster :vould art'! rith lth tlid of sorganic' fertilize'r::, and that it was qiiltl r'ss'isnous for cs'rlain plants; as a t~ip-dressing It exercised onil others quite a nega'tive's' if llhlolllc . Lanes anid ilbert,l Iltous.l.igaullt Klhhulman and de ilasparin agree., after e'xhaustive\ re wePIIl on lgmnous plants andli acts n'egat ive ly on crreals. ON ARIABLE LANIDH pllaster d.I'1 not sIer .oln (Icorl'di g to the wime1 nuthoriti es above) to have qulite il det, rnm Ilnlt action. It, ca1use tihe alkalls to pI11 through the suilerfciall Ilyver of tihe eli (where thelly are habitu ally retained) Into the (dep or lower layers wher.le thI. roots. f legumino usIII plants usually se8k t1heir nutriment ; lhence its vithine in soil Ihearinug elrops of tholse Iplanfts o(nly which are legUnlinous. ])IVERlI'., (')O1',S. It Is not possibleh, for uS, to embrace in a single article the n lnll elatll url e o l all c 'rops that ('coul sulPron(e tlhe c'ultivatlo/n of our usual staples, whol there are nltuiilral or lnan but tIamongI thel qanlltlil. shnull lt ie mientionell the opium poppyIl'. lof which so little is known or ever said in LoiiItaniia. The followilngI, f'ru ll 111th Ie1st n thllorit.ies, and aleonllng ialso tlthe I'Uitel Staldlies Agri tural Reportsl, arI' t he mlost r.liahle ilfuorlila tions available onl tihe 0i'l I'M PoITY, its value. cultivation etc. If a plorion of the opium employvl by the Mldical profession could he prtxhied in our' own counllry it wou.l llto atfolrl a pleasant anld, doub)tless., profltablb crploymvlnt to persons of small lmeansl, is Iino clit.l 18 reqllired in outlay for machinery in the ordinary moden of collecting it. Theaim shlould be tA) producel a prnme, unadultArated article by sciariclat.ion, and In tli.s way to establish a reputation for the production of opium of the best quallity. Reckonillg thirty lpoundlls to all acre, at $8 a pound, the inl·ecll would Ix' $240, a su1m which is far above the' value of most cultivated crope. S'E(TFES AND 'I'TLTURE. The common garden poppy ~ IPaperer som iiferunl) is thce spcies cultivated in Turkey, India and in this coulltry for medicinal pur -opes. There are two principal varieties of this species: one h ith wlhite se.is and, usul ally, with white .flowers, and the other with black seeds anL violet or red flohwers. The former is generally cultivated for orpium, and the latter for oil, although both products may be obtained from each variety. The poppy thrives best on a light, sandy loam and Is not an exhausting crop. In the commencement the ground should be prepared as for garden culte and enarliched with a liberal supply of tteogmenol a mapures. When the plant ans arrived at full maturity at the end of the cas.on it decompose s very quickly, and, If plowed under, is said to furniah, after the frst year, a very large proportion of the manure necessary to keep the ground in gxod con dition. The mode of culture usually adopted In this country differs in some particular from that pursued in Turkey and India, where the seeds are sown broadcast, and thinned out to rIch distances as best suit the convenience or the taste of the cultivator. It Ihas been found with us most convenient to sow the seeds In drills about elghteen inches apart, and tr t thin out to six or eight inches between the plants. In order to get as many plants as poslible on a given area some prefer to make the first two rows a foot apart, and then to leave a space of eighteen inches, thus alternating throughout the field. Three or four ounces ,o sred are said to be sufllelent to sow an acre, ibut, in order to insure a "go(il stand" a l ml'h larger quantity is generally used. The cover' ing should be very slight, not exceeding one fourth of all inch. The time for sowing should be such that tile plant may mature its bl's sorm and the oplum be gathered In thl dry season of the year. for If the soil is wet at the time of Iblosoning, oplurn will not he forrred in large quantitlis, nor will it he of good quail Ity. The plant mnaturt' sulfielently for gath rling its opilum in ninety to one hundred days. QUALITT AND ('I1MATE. The quality of opium is generally etimated by the quantity of morphine it contains. A certain amount of heat is necessary in the cultivation of the poppy iln or der to prod uce opiurtm of the best qualitv and in the largest quantity. This requieste is commonly sup posed to be found only in what may bl called wartr climates. The poppy is extensively cultivated ifor opium in Asiatcl Turkey, India Egypt and France. Turkey opium, most of whincih Is obtaiedl fron Smyrna, has the high est reputation for minedleinal purposes, and Is that which is principally used by physicians in this country. It Is declared, however, on the best author ity, that opium is prodlueid In France fully equIal to the best quality fromt Hiyrrn, and is less frequently adulteratedl than that ob tained from the latter place. THE MEAN ANNUALr~ TEMPERATURE (,f tIhe oum ldistrhits of the, forttegoing coun tries, natmed in their order, is respectively ;5"', I", 75" 50". There are doubltless other conditions besiles temperature which are on sential to tile production of opiumn of tle first quality, as Roil, equabhlity f cllnmate and a Iproper proportion of went and dry weather - hilngs which can be accurately deterrmnIed onl y bactual trial in tie dlilTerent localities in which It Is prolpose(t to cnitivate it. We give the results ofr analyses of dried spelt .irensi of opluml frurq tie clountries nlamted, recentlyv inade by M. UIbitiourt, ill which he gives the pperceltrtge of Inorphira found In each, as fol Ilws: Tuikey oriluln. fropnl inll myrna, higlest p rrcentuge, 21 40; lowest, 11.70; mean, 11.79. India, from P'atna, highest. 12.21; lwest. 5.1 ; Irmean, t.01. France, frmin Aliensr, hIgh st, 2225; lowest, 14.9:1; neati, 17.09. The meanI percentage here given of eacph kind (of opiuml ils the mean of all tie specimlnrs analyzei, and, therefore, d(es not in everv eaose corresprond with the mean of tlhe highest and lowest. l'Fron an examinaration of the mean tmlperature of thle clinat'es of tlhe countrlie namned it will be lseon that thle lprll rof India andl Africa, which have tlhe hottest clhnates, is of the poo.rest quality, whilet that of lTurkey and Iirnc.', whichi have the coldl ret, is the best. nll ndila the of opium per acre is said, by giId autthori y, to be from twenty-five to forty poundlls avoli dpllloles. In the idpartmlent of Hilne, inl France, 40.000 acres are cultivated annually with the poppy, and the good opium sells at wholesale for $1 to. $10 per pound, aceordlin to, the quality. At a standard of 10 (er i'er t of morphla ft will sell for $7 to $7 50 per polind. Bleslils the plum on extracted froml the capsules of the plants 'nitivated on this large area of land, the seo.dl have onlm yoa.rs heein sold for about $840H,050 fior the oil which they contained. ThIe avernge yield (,f oil from lth seeds of capsulles which have not Ibon seariflel Is 25 to 27 per 'nnt, and It is iconsld pord better for salad oill than most olive oill sold in the market. Hoods from scarilled cap sol w shouldi not be used for planting, as their vitality has bheen much weakened by this pro (ess, arid the plants which they p'ro(ndo are correspondingly ftoble. Thiey yield only shout two-thir ls as much oil as oither seeds. Tile popy is also cultlvatod in Germanay on a large scale, h,1th for oplum and for oil. Its (litullre c(ommencefid only a few years go. billt so great Ihas eren its success that. the oilumtll produced thPre has nearly supplantel th) use of the fi reign article. From (termany it passed over to Franie, and there are nron ;0,0H)x to 701,000) lcres ilnder profitalble culltiva tion in the latter eountiry. VWhy sholuld we not. try it In loulisin a ? THE BRAIN A PHONOGRAPH. UIllgemtlve Theory of an Engliuh Doctor, IN, w York Times.J Rlidents of i)o qlineyo who have boon do. lightedl and instrulteid by his brillianlt paper on "Thle Palimprsest of the Hluman BLraI I, wulld do well to irmld again that mrost sug festive essay in c)nnnltio't with rlomlre sponll ltions just adlvan.tl Iby D)r. (C. William Hie moW hoarhting lupin phiysiological researoh The ijlitcovery of ithe mlicirophllo anld of itF two oldor sislters, the telephone and the pho Ilgrasph, the doctor thi ks will probabll Ihe rega rded as on of the greaftest ach levmonlil of the present centulry, anld thie phlenolllna prseinted by thenm may rivel theo s. erets of anhate organizatlion. IH lirtx.'ltrls to trace an analogy tbetwoon the action of the brain in the exerciis of nmemory annd of the ilphongrlaplh Ill reprodcilng tihe imprll, ssns it renolvedl. Brielly lls stato ment of the case is this: The impressions recoived throiligh the senses are conlmmlni catei tot tite co.rpuscular bodies imbedded in the gray substance of the birain, these cur iuctulir bodies, in which Ihe sensitive nelrves terlminate, are connectedl by dilliatt ilaments with the nervous vsystem of volition, (on which they react, and tiat the mind may have the power of dealing with imprressions receivedt in the past, there must te some material which hprmanently reunlves these impros sions. He then asks whethter the gray suib stance of the brain he not like a store-houllse c intaining the aneunlulated treasures of otlr knowledge and experience, to bet called into ulis by the directing power of the mindl, in tulrning on, as it were, one phonographie Iarrol after another. On this hteory therie mlay hie given an explanation of driellrs, hallucilnations, otc., in states or con ditins whore the control (of the will is weak ene'i and the im nlrints oif 1 he past in the brain hcOomnle culonfulls.II and enter nll to strange Otmll lilnations. That the appearance oif things rliinll us lnv lind a peormlanent iigtlment throuilgh tlsome form of impreo.ssion In the gray nmnti.er of th.e rain, ast well as siunoids, lans lately hi on shiowln by i)r. Willoughhy Smiith. lie substituted erystallinenselniumi for carbon in the nlirolphon, . and whein arn y of sunlighlltl fell on the s1helenium a noise li ke that of a ste'lIll hammier was bhrid. - * - ~~ ----- Hlow cheering it is to rend that John Brown .JoinuIs joined the iJoiners' Mutual Protection Assix'iation, paid fifty cents, droppel)d hdead, awl Mrs. Jones received $1000 insurlance! That seems to solve the problem of hard times. ('olloge professor (to junior, who has bhon tnking adivanbtge of his ahsent-mindlenoss) "Yo'lung man., find on looking over the re cordlstlnat this makes the fifth time in two years that you have been granted leave of ab slncet to attentd your grandmother's funeral." -[ uHarper's Bazar. ()nly six months ago, when John Stilsen, of South Hill, mal'rlred Norah Johnson, he called her "his darling Nora." And now, when he gets up in the night to fasten a spring clothes pin over her vocal nose, he uses the same ten der expression, but leaves out the "darling." [Burlington Hawkoys. Ever since it became known that Judge Levisee was offered $100,000 for his electoral voter the office of President has sank into in signflaonce, and more men ill every State are in training for the nomination for elector in 1880 than ran for city marshal in 1870. It doesn't take men in this country long to learn what's what. The delightful hotel at Point Clear is now ready fo r vitors. This ithe most dellahtalu wateclag uoes lath. South. TIHE COURTS. BCOOND JUDICIAI, DIPTRICT COURT. CONVIC(I'ED. State vs. Martin Pannaud, alias Louls Mar tin. -Larceny. State vs. John Hlenry, allias Henry Davis. Larcen y. State vs. Lna lHamllton.-Parjury. Rtecom- I mended to the mercy of the court. MISTRIA I. State vs. William IDerby.--Asault and battery. NOiRi. PROSE titI ENTERED. Rtate vs. H. Leonard. --Assault and battery. CONTINUED. State vs. Frank Perry.-P'eriury. RENTEN'RED. Anguat Meyers, lareeny, twenty days Parish Prison. John Henrr. alinas Henry Davis. larteny, thirty dae s P'arish I'rl on. Mar'tln I'an'itu 1, aliaq Loo'ut Martin. assault and hatter y. $r inlr' anrd all costs rof prosne utlon; in default of pas)llent, thirty days Parish I'rl son. H. ID. Clark, larAeny, two years State Peniten tiary at hard nla,r. Ernest Barges, assault and battery, $1 fine and '',st4 of prosecution or in default of pay umnt. RIxty days Parish P'rison. AN INTERE'rTIN(I CARE. In the ease of thea tale vs. Lena Hamilton, In dietld for perjury, the trial was ontererl into on I Thur day morning, arnd the xamrination of witnesses contiInldr to late on Friday evening. when the ease was submitted and thle court de livered the oharge to the jury. The jury re turned Into opven court about it o'cl.ok p. m. with the verdict of 'Guilty an ' recommended to the lmery of the court." It. Kilung Cutlltr. Esq.. the couInsel for ,"efendant flled a motion for a new trial on Saturday n.ornling. r'turnable on Wednesday. Julry.i 1s7s, and on suiggesting to the con rt that the mental ondlition of the de fendant was much affo.ted by tihe verdict ren dered, and that her husband ant herrelf were property holders In tho Hixth I)istrit, and on furt'her suggestinig that thle ltr lot Attorney had no otjinctrions,. It was rorderedt by the court that the deafeiaollt tte released on her own reogonizance in the sum of Sto0n during tile ipendency of the rulie for i new trial. The verdi.t of the jury in thi. Rase has pro voketd ennsinlral.le commrent Inr ('arrollton. Its origin oecurred in a nt arrel b'ietween neighbor-, rasurtin iin i Mr. lHamrilton making r an afflidavit againrirst a Mr. Young, her neighilror. c'haRging him witih assault and battery, the hat tory totnsir.tlng in e'lbowitng her The ac".used having bhren disc'harged, brought a ('harge of perjury against hls a.,cus.'r: hIene the trial. Tie evitiepent wtls in thle mlain nreratlve. Tlhe nirnieroun witnleses testiflld io thte ffteet tiat thiey tonild not aity that Mr. YouniIg had strullck Mrs. lHtimilton. Mrs. Young, the wife of the t, InIc'lial witness for the ftat.. sworne ositilwy that her husanR lhard nioItsit ilk the prisoner. Tire sAcen in the cotrt, rotom whenu tIre sealed verdict war read y 'sterdaly rmorning is saitd to hIave Meen a very tOllr'hhl ( oe)tne, thie risoner ex Ir'e Psing her willinlness tor g t.o thre I'euliterr itary sin'e twelIve' of her oulntryme'l had (con eludlad that sIpr was guiltv. It was rnetorte'd in C rr ilton nlast eventing that tihe verdil't was nrot in cotllhtan,'' with the cthr rare of trh jurlg'n and that Mrs. Hamilt.on woult Iio gurantedi a new trlal. FOURTH II$TRIlT COURT. In the caen of E. 'T. I'arker. adminlstrntor. vs. Joseph itilgery, J,.lgen iT,,nstn rn,'ered a judngmrent for ulaintiff yoestrdatiy. FIFTH DIElTRICT COURT. A. Baldwln vs. Strmmners i fitrnninrcn . 'l'he ruil fl atd hierin to dissolve th).n Injunciti'on was overruled. I.. Hltehinsorn at airi. va. thie Nw Orleans (Ioslighr (!Companyr --A now trial was refsetd. InI thei (tresointi ! ity IUlirlro)d IotiltOst lbte wean Watson VanBinthi.vet'n v'. k. Itlldwln and his Ioard of dil re:tors, JuIldge Rogers disinlssed the exeepti 'n filld A. (trifTo v-u. the same. and i. LI'.ening vs. the same T---here was ra like jud'ment. r suri. IOR CRIWIMAL COURT. E NTEN{I D. G(}randl Inraony- Efwar 1 Wallan. and George SBird. nix monkus In P'arlsh Prison. ''he nmotior In arraest of jrudgm.nt in the R'as Sof Thomas I'ickett. convittedl of manslaughter, - was continued to 'lluesday. SECOND RIECORIIER' COURT. r BaptHste Rrmogena, for assaulting and wurnding Franlao Clement, was asent before tha First Dlistrlut Court - -***- - TiW HiiobK. SEN(rol.lRe RAMVMAR ExIaERines. fIy RlYv. Rih t a d Morrisr. M. A., ,L . ..and If. C. Brown, M. A. (Cloth, p. 110. Now York: I). Apple S ton A Co. New Orleans: (Geo. Ellis A Brother. 'f'his is onn of tha Appleton R.lfis of Lterary fPrimnr'a, whloir have ar lrnrandlandl ar'h Ilnlvpr aa c''mrnmndatiol . They mire, all admirnahl, as are ihe Helina a Primers of the same .artes. Thsl little volumle in of s teial use In the editorial room, whre it. will be al ways of valIie. BmONNY KATE. A nvol, by Christian Raid. New York: 1) Aplanton nCo. Naworisnas: George Ellis & Brother. I'rir, sevrenty-live O' rritS. Chrlittan hIldf fis one of the most poular of Amirlran novellrtR. and has deservedly risar, r to th height Rshtir o"in trlRs In the ran k of anl hore. TIs hboonk. as arn nil her prlvioul s at trls, is Sohnrnractrized by the grarim and easer of stylg which marks hliar out frm all othir writers. Te laRnguIage is s aomnethin exquisite, yet .airirir and most natulrnl. and th r'chra ters nrae s nfh an wn mn"et. in very day lifo -real flanh annd h o4d poploln ",onny Kate.' we predict. will win her way to all hearts. THE PHYIer's OF TilE MIsissurIIP. The l'hysalas of incn (ulf rf Mrexio anu of its (ileft Af S flit. nt, the MI-.silrnpl. By C(leb Forshey. The physics of tie Miaissl lppl. the greatest anifd mlost important river In the worud has al ways be.I a sAniij','t f iI ltrest. hut rnever more so than It Is to-day. The Mialsisripl nas now nntered the flld iof politlie; Its pihysial are a qjuiation of interrest to , alf the peRop, (of the Union, a great Iplitti.il IsaPu in whlih Cn garfns is partliularly interr-tried. Conlgrrsa has annronotn Its willingnrsa to lmprove the Mis sissippi river. Its rnlll tf rind its channel. arid has asked only a full anid rorrant report on the Shysics of the Mississippi river and the Im provements nfnrt .sary, Prof, Forshey in his pamphlý gives much of thoe'ldsrired informa tion. HIs tbok Is a most Interesting one; it Is not wrlit in In ntechhnlcni lalnguagie, bit is iasily comprehenird, and rhrefror to be road by iill persons interstoetd iin the history of the Missis sloptl. Among other interstifng portions of the pro fnssor's pamrphlit Is a hlstorical review of the geology anld physics of the river. lie is as pielally intrresting in his revlew of the Rassos. their growth and decladance. The new passes thlt have s.ru ng into life offernd an orutlit to tlhe f rade of the valley for some years, and than filled up and dlisappeared altogether from the eommornlai worll. The sufbjects connected with the Mississippi are really Irlnrmerable, yet the professor neg lents note of tlhem. IHf d istcusses its currents, both cold and warm ; its rutl(ta and chantnel; the drift martrr precipiltated In it; Its former bholndarris; its nopths. at. Taking up the Mi-iestippi. he prooneori to discuss thl various plans sugger-til for the improvament of Its out Iet a i I t's channel Hla investigates the sub Jilt of dreidging and Its flTects on the mud lumps and ( dirnimnt of the river; atuldisn the q .istIons of bars and pa.ses. and ther affet of rite je]rtty system onl thrse. The professor is vidirntl y no thllivr.r in the jetty syst m: he thinks thatt the jrittirs will act as a sort of dnam that the wutprsa will run aroullnd the jrttirs, ,down other ptrsisn or over the banks. Hn says: l( t. trbyond the juttles the bar will form at ronei unless) the mateirial is carried away. That it will not be carriedl far In ad valne of thlirftlr.i can be answrrd by past ex per one . Has it, bumn alwaye carried away, or has the bar for mud and pushed outward pro gruosively anld fore.vr? "Thp' impronability of reaohing a littoral cur rent tilat has not t.on doing the work before, at this or any of the many passes is too great to haRe an expectation upon,. and places the success in the cratrgory of exprliment. In se-vn ryars. perhaps. this experiment will have a solution. The bar will manifest its dis position to f 'rm by that time." Altogclher, the book is a most valuable con tribi ion to the physics of the Mississippi, and will enabl- (' ,ngrrss next sesslun to act int-l. llaently when tue question of improvements comes up. The Mutual National Bank, as will be seen by a notice pubilibed elsewhere, has declared a dividend of 4 per cenit payable to the stock holders on demand. This speaks well for the bank. On First of July proximo, Judgments will be obtained on City Taxes of 1878. Oee advertisement. The Colonnade Hotel, Philadelphia. is a model establlshment. It is suoerb in both style and appointment, and Its table and service cannot be excelled. See the Point OClear annonneement in anot;.er oolumn. This watering pllea is a1 Te poyDular zeOsat evry seasoa SIlUOAL IOtImOl To Carrollten Pas.enlers-The iteamer JOHN W. CANNON lll carry passengers to and from Canal street and Carrollton on every Tuesdey and Sunday evening, at 5 o'clock, going up and down stream, charging ten cents each way. The proceeds to be given to the or phans. jesojyl Tu4w The Regular Monthly fleeting of the Louisiana Sugar Planters' Association will be held at their offiea. No. I.c Common street, on WEDNESDAY, July 9 .at 7:3.o o'clock p. m. All planters, whether members or not, are cor dially invited to attenld. jeS0 jy2 3 JAMES F. OIRTFFEN, ecretary. mouthern Yacht (Club--lembers are re quested to te present at Hawklns' Club Room on MONDAY EVENING NEXT, at 9 o'clock. Important business- reports of regatta rcom mlttee and judiges. Members are requested to attend without further notice. By order of the ComUmortoro. jeao 2t OWEN JEMISON, Secretary. H-oward Alocniation-The annual meet Ing of the Howard Ascocla'lon for the election of offcelors, etc.. will be held MONDAY EVEN ING. July 1, at No. 5s Camp street. at 7,% o'clock. Members will he lpurctuat. By order of J. M. VANrDErRIFF I'resiolent. ja3i 2t F. It. BUUTii VA VD, Ser,,tnurv. Offlee of New Orleans Homestead Asno elation. No. lie; l'oyduras street, corner of Camp, New Orleans. June 29. i78-The stock holders of this association are hereby notified that a LOAN will be offered on MONDAY EVENING. Jnly 1, Irs7. at 7'i o'clock, in the hall, over the offlee of the association. No 11 PI'oydras street. The public are cordially invited to be pres ent. JOHN T. GIBBONS. President. T. J. O'RUrL,rINAN, Secretary and Treasurer. jeso it No lee-(Cation-All Persons are hereby notified that from this date. June 2s. 1i79, no d bis against the steamer W[ID (IAZiEiLE will be .alil except contracted on the written authorrtry of leas tf B. COTHELL, Owner. Primera Compania Cazadores de Or leans--Aten tIon -Los rni mbr a deila espresada compania se reuniran io DOMINGO, 3o a la de I mananaen sn cuartel, do gala y uniforrue. con el objeto do efectluar on passo Inilitar. Los mierbr., honorarirlos q(lie dlesron hono rarnos con Sul presintla y plartltipar Ill pino mllitar, Qurltan respec' lnosamenltt invitados a la lla/ma horn, oI la iun doe l tRrdA iquc sailrdr ia romlrania de so cun rtel, con dscltlnacon al ptcnic pie tendra lugar en ei Magnollia Garden. I'or orden del Capitnn Jose Ic, L tro. El Hargeito Irltrnero. jc2s MlitfTEI, PINEDA. 0fllcc of New Orleans Clty Railroad Company, No. 12i Canal sitroet. New Orleans. Jun'e '2, iRTR At it ied telg of the Board ot 1)1 rec'tors, holl on the twelfth instant, a dividend of 'HItFE DOLLA It per share was declared. paynilei to Illh stocickholder- on or after MON DA Y, Jouly 9, 1.7R. AII transfers , f stock fort n isay-i previous to that date rmust be ex divl died. je 2, tj v R ( . . _ T , +P W I _. ,- ,nr.c yr _ New Orleans Waterworks Comnpany, Omffc No. 47 C nam street--Notice In htereby giv,,n that the ANNUAL Fi Iu'rTION FOR F( OUIt DIIRECTOItI of the New Orleans Waltrwo( ks SCotmpeny will he held at this ofilets on MON DAY, July I. 1975, between the hours of 11 o'clock a. im. andl a . m ALIPX. BIONNEVAL, Secretary. New Orlean , ,Jlln. is I n . ji"1 tri Offlee of New Orleans Clty Railroad ICormpany. No. 124 Canal street, New Orl(ans. I JunRe 5, Inl-Certificata No. 3579 in favor of Miss Adela Jackson, for twenty-live shares of the capital stock of this company. rearing date January 2 1i7i, having beon lost or mislaid. notice is hor(eby eiven that unlnss the came he prolduicd at this offlce within thlrdy days from datt hereof, a new e-titnitcte will Issue in lieu thereof, and said certiflcate No. 3579 be declared Snull and void. jet lm C. C. LEWIS, Sero tary. BANK NOTICES. *tate National Rank of New Orleans. New Orleans, June 29. 1578--At a meeting of the Board of I)irctors helo June 2R, 1578, a ipc'oial d'ividnd of TFN PERI CENT and a semI-annual dividend of FIVE PEll CENT were du'lared upon the reduced stock of this hank. payabtle on and after MONDAY, July 8, Isi7. to the stonk holders who have exchanged their old stock certifllats for oertifloates of reduced stock. The transfer book will remain open, but transfers will he "x-.dlvldend." jeso) 2w CIIAR. L , C. DEI'TY. fleshier. ltlrens' Savings Bank-June 29, INI8 At a meetlung of the Board of Dire'ors, held this day, a dlvidend of FOUR PER CENT was ldeclared. payable to stockholders on demand. jain it M. BENNER. ('ashier. The People's Bank of New orleans--lNew Orleans June i9. 187s -A semi-annual dividend (,f FOUII PIER (iNT ron the capltal stock will he paid to the stockholders of this bank on and after MONDAY. Juiv . By order of the Board. j:0o i4t N. 1,4NDRY, (cashler, Mutual National Bank, New Orleans, .ulne 29, 17 --At a meeting of the boarld, held on the twenty-eighth Instant. a l)IVI DEND OF FOJUR PERl CENT was declared, payable to the st, ,k hrolders on demand. jiso t _, JOSEPI MITC(HEI,, Cashier. GIermania National Bank, New Orleans, June 29, I785--At a meeting of the B ,ard of DI rectors, hlId on the twentv-nighth Instant. a semi annual DIVIDENID OF FIVE PER CENT was declared, payable tothestocknolders on de n an d. jpno lw J. L. PIERCIER. Cashier. Hilernia National Rank, New Orleans, June . 29. I-A DIVIDEND OF FOUR PJR DlENT will be paid on demand. By ordl,r of th' board, ijan 1w JOHN (. DEVEREUX. Ca.hbler. State National Bank, Flral Agent, sate of LouIsiana. Now Orleans, JIlln 2, uT7--Notlce is hrebhy given 'hat the .July 187 Coupons on t h Consolidated Bonds of the State rf Louisiana will be cash.-d on and after MONI)AY, July 1, 1iq7. upon preuentation at the hbank, or at the Bank of Now Yoer. N. B. A. in N,,w York. BAM'L II. KEN1tNEDY, President. je27 1w New Orleans National Bank, New or lnans, June 21. 1575 -At a meeting of the hoard of dlirectors held this day a dividend of FOUR PER CENT was declared. payable on and after Monday, July 1, 1I7i. to all stockholders who have paid the assessment called for, una a. 1t74, WM. PALFREY, Cashier. je22 lm A PRIVATE CLASS FOR THOSE CANDI dates who failed In the late examination for the academic departm-ets will be opened July 1 In the Webster c(hoori corner of Dryades and Erato strcets. Pupils desirous of entering this u-Itsa should call at an early late. Terms moderate. jniat It* MARY MfTT,TL. SUNi RIIES! UNIDRIES! OLD COGNAOC-1 packages Castillon. 1iS5, PORT-ua packages F. Durand. O1,l) ulN----2 , packages superior Holland. AISYN'tlE-lto cases E. P'rnod. KI )l H;I- so cass E. P-urnod. W'NIITE WINE-20 half casks Sauterne. HOLLAND OIN-ao demijohns, 5 gallons each, superior. For sale by WM. H. VREDENBURGH. je2r, it 28 Pt ers a' reAt. MONEY TO LOAN -ON DIAMONDS, JEWELRY, WATCHES, SILVER WARE. PIANOS. LOOKING-OLASBE8 AND FURNITURE OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, And all other personal property. Guns.!Pistole etc. Also on Stocks. Bonds and other collat orals, In large and small sums, at as low rates of interest as any chartered institution in this city. PLEDGES KEPT ONE YEAR. Hart's Loan Office, 45 ............. arenne Street.............45 (Opposite the N. O. Gas Co.) MAURICE J. HART, Agent. N. B.-Parties not being able to call in person , will receive prompt attention by communica ting with the above. ALL BUSINESSBB BTBICTLY OONFIDENTIAL The business at No. 10 St. Chars street. known as"Brts Broker's O>." will be coc t~nu as dmbmerat bfc ml1b FIRSt' GRAND MILITARY PICNIC, TO BE GIVEN BY THE FIRST COMPANY CAZADORES DE ORLEANS. IUNDAT, JUNE g0. 17¶,4, AT THE MAGNOLIA GARDEN.' Prngramme- Mllitary Evolutions, Guard Mounting, Dress Parade awl Mounted Battery Drill. Prizes-1. Best. drilled c'-,mpany of twenty four men, open to all commarlnds, a silver pia'ed Ice l'ltcher. 2. Target shooting with BDringfleld rifle. oren to all, a G(,ldl Mdal. 3. Poot race, $5 Gold Pin. aLiadles' invitationu can be had from any of the following gentleomn: Invitation Committee-Cant. Jose Llado, 203 Chartres; Lietut. It T;,rrea, ,4 Baronne street: Lieut. B. PuIg, .n (nnal street: Lilft. Tomns Boada, 223:% OGrvier street; lion. J. .IJan l On anal street; lt'n. Juan Mazdexex arts, 230 Tehonoitoulas street. JAIME VILERA, Corporal. Admlasi on fifty ', rnts. 2.t. St IUN ...... . BPORIT . FROLIO. (;IIANI) MOONLIaHT MILITARY ENTERTAINMENT - AND - SOIREE DANSANTE, To he gtveRn by Nicholls Riles, Crescent ('ity Battalion, Thursday, July 4, 1I7I, -- AT - CARROLLTON GARDENS. The Black Dinmond Varle'y lub will avDear In a GRAND MINTIREL AND VARIETY EN TERT ,INMENT, consisting of a grand Tight ltjpe. ,lack Wire, Double Trapeze and orntor tin ac s; also. Rongs Dances and Minstrel M4enes. The Black Diamonds comprise the very t, t talent in the South. Tickets .... .......... 0 Cents. Ladies invitations can be had by applying at Evrich, LillenthaI's. or from morn.ber rof the Company. jolt;)a 2: 27 'v jyl : 4 FOURTH OF ,JUL¥Y CELEBRATION. (PIIANDI MILITARY EXCURSION TIY TFite Continental (Inards, Company A. Excursion Train will leave the head of Canal stro ut WEI)NEtDAY, July 3, at lo r,'clock a. m.. and return FRtIlDAY. tlHe 11th, at 5 o'ilok p. m. Hpoeial cars reserved for ladies and their epsort. Fare-Round Trip. * llO. Notlce to Excurs'ontsts to Mobile, July ,. 4 and S. The follo'lng will be the rates of h-ard at the various hotels: Battle House. 2 taer day: Rt. James, meals (0 Srcents. lodging Po e.rits: un lfCity, lodging 50 cents: Smith & )llrllas' l-.taurant. $2 50o per I day, or meals ilo acents ea h. Arrangements for IExcurslon to Point I lear. The A No. I low presure steamepr ANNIE will leave her wharf, near the fotr, of Dtlnhin s street, at. 9 o'-k'k a m , Illy 4. arriving at Point i (lear at II a. m., giving excomrsionlits time to see the sR'rrolltlilg conn'ry, have dinner at the hotel andl return to Mohilno at 5 o'clock p. 'n.. in tlrneto witness I)REHSS PARADEar Frasearti. Fare for round trip and dinner at hotel, $1 0o. ijt st - -r.- . EXCURSION --TO MISSISSIPPI CITY, July 10, INY'.. . ROUND TRIP AND SPLENDID DINNER FOR $3. The tprsentation of a gold badge and certi flcate of membership on white satin to the HION. JEFFERSON DAVIS -BY THE- ASSOCIATION OF THE ARMY OF TENNESSEE will bA rnsponded to by MR. DAVIS In AN AIDDRESS T TIlE ASSOCIATION, on the beautiful grounds at BARNES' HOTEL. Will leave by Mobile train at 7 a. In. and re turn about 9 p. m. samn day. Trip tioket, without dinner. 32. By order of Executive Com mittee. JAMES LINGAN. in21 President and ex-offimoo Chairman. REAL RUSSIAN CRASH. WE HAVE JUST RECEIVEIi A FULL LINE TIIE AIJOVE GOODS, WITH AN AssORTMaNT OF Bath and other Towels. D. I. IIOLMES, 165 Canal and 15 Bourbon Sts. 0o25 ly ATTENTION IF YOU WANT GOOD, SUBSTANTIAL --OO TO A. ENSIUINGER, No. 37 MAGAZINE STREET. Here will he found a full assortment of Trunks, Traveling Bags and Valises, all at low prices. Also, trunks made to order and ro raired. °. 2m eod tthr, STATE NATIONAL BANK. N-W ORLEANS, JunA 11,1575. Notice is hereby given that the Capital Htock of this Bink was reduced, by a vote of the shareholders, on the twenty-second of May, 1575, from EIGHT IHUNDR:ED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS to FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTv-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, and that the Paid reduction has been approved by the Comptroller of the Currency. All outstandlog stock certificates are hereby called in and new certificates will be issued in their stead In the proportion of one share of the reduced stock in lieu of two shares of the old stock. All dividends from profits as well as those resulting from the reduction of the Capi tal Stock will be computed upon the new or re duced stock only. jel21m CHAS. L. C. DUPUY. Cashier. ROOMS PARISH CO(MMITTEE, DEMO CRATIC-CONSERYATIVE PARTY. Nzw OP.LEANs, June 29, 1578. A meetirng of this Committee will be held on ; MONDAY EVENING. July 1. it8. at o'clock, at their rooms, corner of Camp and Poydras streets. Fall attendance is specially desired, as this meeting will be held solely for executive busl ness. By order of HwIn C. Baowl, Prestdent. ieoC*t A. J. UELLY, Assimtsat .leretear. SIrrTUTIUNe WA MINT --VIAL.dlr lllks. Wul es..l iaii'eIrmslld. . W ANTED-BY A YOUNG Orf L, A RITUA tion to do houanwork or nurse; one give good references if reIqulrd. Has no obisotiont to ro in the country. Address J. B.. this oflee, j.ws at TWTANTED-BY A ItE4lPETABLE (1iiIr-4 Ssialtuation to d . houswork and assist lj nursing. Address K. R., this office. jestIat W ANTED--A RITUATION BY A REIEI'fE(T able woman t-, cook and assist in house work. Addranas . L.. this ofice. jen . W ANTED-- BY AN INDUWPRIOUR GIRL, A aitunationr to do hnuS.wo k or nursing. Good references furnished, if required. Address E N.. tis offic. j,.-29 W ANTED-DY A IEIIFPECTAB;,E YOUNG airl, to dio honus work and assist In wash ing. Adl'resn L. HI.. this mne. jAR a3t W ANTED--BY A R.I'EEOTABLE YOUNQ girl, a sltt.ntion to do houlsework antd nurse for a small family. Address M. O.. this ofifc. jeaR It W ANTED-A sITI1A'rION TO DO HOUSE work, by a respectable girl. Ad tress 7. B., this offmie. j_2a 1 W ANTED-BY A RBFRPEUTABLE GIRL. A situati"n to do housnworkl and assist is nursing. Address MOL(LIE, this office. jeaat W ANTED- FBY A REIPEcTABILE WRIl woman. a situation to cook, wash iron for a priveat' fmrlnly. Can come wel reeommenoded. Address Z. E, this office. jna2 at ELDP WANTKED-FE.& LMr. Co.ok, 19te. W ANTED--A (11OOD ((OK. APPLY TO I, .bUT'. Mc.AWLEY, Jackson Barraeks. jePl it* W ANTED--A YOfNG (1.. IR WHO UNDIL. stainds dining room and housPwork. Ap p'y at N.,. 5 South street. LafI,yette Square. j.n3 It* WTANTEu-A NO. 1 COOK, WHITE-OALI T at No, 557 t. C'harles strnet. Jie29 SITUIATIONSW W ANTED--IMALE. W ANTED-BY A WRITE BOY. FOUBTEUI yeaBRs old. a situation of any kind where he can make a living end RsPist in supportflg an aged mother. Address E. O., this offlte. j,'29 :It HELP WANTRFI--PIIALEq. IWTANTED--A FEW FARM LABOREBb-* W ages $Si pvr month and rations. Thear miit he rod plrow and he hands; two or three with Amall fambles, and handy with toolsk would be actepted. Box 2776, Postoffloe. je2R tf HOUSJRF WANTED. W ANTED - A 0000 PAYING TENANT' wilhois to secure a small house withit walking dilstanoe of the business portion o Olntl str.tl by the first of Meptember naiL Rort m.ust be modlrate. Address J. D. this ITATANTED-TO BENT-A HOUSE WITO Mr five rooms, in the Fourth District. must not be over 015 per month. Address B., DI)mocrat offiue. myn t. MIlO.( LLAMEIBOUIJS. ANTED-CNTE O TRY BOARD FOA LA W - must ba ",f easy RaOem to the city ra terms not to exceedl 20 a month. Address BIOARD, this offi . je8 01t TATAN ED TO BUY-A (00) SECOND V hand top butggy. Address '. O. Box 172l4 J_' ac 2t* - W. ANTI D-IN A PirIVATE FP-MILY,O.. ScupnDants for two neatly furnished id well ventilated romRs where every attend w 11 he liven Terms $8 per mouth. ApplY - 51tl Annunlation street,_ . jO IATANTED--A GOOD PAIR OF BTBO. VY butggy horses, well broke. Must not over seven years ol. Apply to J. S. 8WA t: No, 9i Canal stre.t. Now l Inans. je31O t P$1.50 eAt o Ma Ina. J. DLtRi.T OOPARTNERbHIPS. MDOPARTNERSHIP--.I HAVE THIS DA J I admlttUd Mr. BERNARD KLO IZa' nor In my Bakery. The f.ir,. nvi e dnr'ted in the nama 'f MAitOAET ERY & CO, MAROARiET UarlJ t jyl t NN(,7. 76. and 78 Parer NTOTICE--THE UNDU)EHRt NED T) N day wlthdrawn from the fl m of LA & MANCFIEZ. W. 8AM, Jon' 29 1978. jON IR)0,4OUTIfo N - THE COPATRTNEBS between the .n-lorsigned. under the of W. if. LETCHIFOBD & CO.. is this dat Potved by limitation. H. C. B,nocher has his entire interest in the assets of said flr W. H Let.hfrd,. who assumes all ilabi.. and will continue the business in his own and for his own account. W. H. LETCHPOBD. If. C. BOUOHER, Nnw Orleans. June 2!. 187. j1301 Ol PROPOSALS. OFFI: LoursIAŽA LAWN RECLAMlATION f O.. Now Orleans. June Is. W,. J I)ROPOrALI WILL BE RECEIVED the construe ion of levees and excasatOl. of canals on the lands of this rcompany In tm parishes of Nt. Mary and Terrebonne, in a> cordan.n with sD.pifleatlr,ns of the entainla until THUFI$DAY, July is. at 12 o'clock m., 1l. The eornpar, y reserves the right to reject a.y' or all bids. Address, for particulars, postofMO box No. 976. jolntd E T. LCHTIR. Secrretarlr • VACATION SCHOOL ---T No. 193 Carondelet street, between Julia and Oirod., Mr. A. f. LECHE will teach durlng the stll. mr months. ommemnriM.g MON'AY. Ju017 9 0aoirok a. m. The SYS rE I OF INSTB.Bt TION will be ORAL, thus affording the pD30 time fIr recreation while steadily advanonLE N B.-IRoyal street cars pass the door. THE CUNARD STEAMERS. MR. A. H. STUART, 80 . Carondelet Street .......... is vrooared to secure rassage from New 1to Liverpool per CUNARD ROYAL r.TEAMEIRS. Parties crose ng the ocean W ¢do well to ,all and see him in tme.as t steamers are filling up rapidly in advanoer Pailiner. jet816a FOR NALE. TO CLOSE SUCCESSION. The deasirable and eligibly located IREM.IDENCE, corner of Delachalse and Ches'nut streets. a4' joinining property of Capt. Woods. The grounds measure 16o feet front on ChestS nut street by a depth of 129 feet on Delachalee. For further particulars apply to O. H. MILLEB, Nos. 4)o. 52 and 54 South Peters street, Te-ms liberal. my26 3tawtt TO THE PUBLIC. $MAM IJANDEI)EIA Informs his friends and patrons that he keern and furnishes DAILY. PURE ICE CREAM, AT LOWEST CITY PRICES, - AT 2HE - Railroad Pavilion, New Lake End. 'Parti^ular attention to famillIs, jag 4t S MALAKOFp BITTERS, The best stomachio and tonic sovereign rema.g for Dyspesia. Excellent for an anti-ma*lna mornina beverage. Iw Prce-Pm are. a L .e1M . For sale in all asantitles by ALPH. WAL. sole mea C 1Qsllsemear