SEditor. lab
VILAN -LIN,_LA. __
WED URDAY . su us*. tifi
Mtlssr. Christian Hyatt! Mercantile Ai
Stat ners, 88 Oamp Street 'New Orleans,
arc ~.ithorisd to receive gubeordptions for
are thorredCu
t~i. , per. c
M c 1hartona & C.; oV 4the Na
*'onal Bank, on Common Btroot, are 0
advertising and collecting agents. th
Mr. Thos. Tardrew is our authorized le
agent for receiving advertisements and sub- at
.criptious in the city of New York. 1ek
way h. found at the New York HotW. '
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Nr.w B: ýT.-We learn that the A. IM. T
T. C'mpany have bought a new boat to t:ak to
thb place of the AnnaE.
PI'laos TuNaB.-TherC are doubtless
twenty pianos between Brashear and New
Iberia that need tuning, and all that is needed
t' have them tuned is to leave word at this iI
,nec. S- advertisement.
is .wK -A flatboat, containing the frame,
weathcrboarding, doors, sash, blinds, lime,
sand, etc., sent by Col. P. C. Bethel, fro:
Memphis, for the construction of a new house
on cue Of his plantations on the Teche, uun
in the Mississippi last week on its way to
tLh parish.
The friends of John B. Hereford, , at>=
arc Iuvited to notice the card of MIr. eourjge
~roud, 59 Carondelet Street, New Orlcau~
hhid we publish in another colmen. Mr.
Ilieret rd is doing business for that houoe
-nd will be happy to see his friends at their
eunuting room when they visit the city.
l R E aD AND Rout. i CYPREss LU'.BiLn.
-J . Parkerson offers a bill of cypress
dr s.ed weatherboarding and rough inch
I.ank for sale at prices much below the cur
rent rates. See his advertisement in
anutpor columnu for particulars. The lum
ber will be delivered at any purchaser's
lauding free of charge.
TbiLr Tw--Mr. Lombard, of New
Iberia, and the editor of this paper are about
to 'art through the parishes of St. Martin,
Lafayette, Vermillion and Opelousas. While
ab1ent, our readers cannot expect to see
much local matter in our columns, but we
hope to make up for this defect by nume
rt vi parajTaphs from the prairies, bayous,
and streams of the magnificent sheet of,
country over which we may ramble in search
of iteini.
FV vons.-Capt. Broad U. S. M. Steamer
Anna E. has our thanks for morning New
Orleans papers dleiveral at th Castle gate,
above Franklin, eight to ten hours from the
Cruscent Oity.
Capt. John J. Atkinson, Texas J,;
5teamship City o Queen of the
\ HosE F11LT.--Several drafts, mailed
at this oflico for New Orleans, have lately
failed to make the trip; and even duplicates
have failed. What's the matter with the
Post Offiee6 `? Who is to blame ? Those
sending important letters will do well to
seud them by express. - The mails are unr"
lia>>le. They are demoralized.
NEW ICE MACHINE.-Messrs. D. L. & L.
G. Holden have sent us circulars descriptive
of their new ice machine. The circular
states, "we have a chemical by~the use of
ww"b we cin make ice to sell at half cent per
pound. Our machines will range frnm -50
pounds to ten tons per day."
They state that they can manufacture ice
by these machines at a cost of two dolm per
ton. Their headquarters are at 4 and 48
Iulia street, New Orleans. P. O. address
Lock lxz 787.
GONTE to Tru CIT -The steamncr J. 1).
Ilinde, Capt. Thos W. Muggah, left for
the city last Thursday, and will make regu
w-uPi between-New Orleans and Attsik4
pas during the season. So the Captain in
formed us. *
The Hinde has been fitted up in good
order for the trade, and;Capt. Tom is about
maxodating and attentive as patrons
and his friends could desire.
A rive wherever he goes.
PooQsLa-Ag question has gone
the United States Court whether
in a state of war, or peace ?
4 e Atpruey General con
helin a utj? of war, and out of 1
. 'lke-sade is no ighting, no F
rmeuanoo to the oTted States laws, no v
` r ~r notbini tat looks norik1k
l tban in Louiisna, or
l, figuratively speaking, acoerdu
to e books and the ise mcn of old
=times, theoretically and "in a hero," the ti
d 7 Gemeedl thinks that w
bloody war rages in Miuulelippi. y
The Judges of the Suopeme Court of the
United States, Judge Chase at the head of si
the learned law expounders, are examining s,
diligently the musty law bs e f past ages fa
bro!IhLt #qp ;ý RIouio q.I ci
ý uee w thppe is ats
j* In lline Missis
- anisasexios tLi
emasahich col
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TE C 5 4308 QU iOzX. C03
Everybody -s interested in the Chinese
labor question.; The w blac labor
-ing men do not '
cause his competition n * ¬
. tiful, and will reduce es.es e
wants him fo, tha- 0
e American laborer doesnot want him. .=
' There are two Inds of stements in cir-___
culation in regard to the character and effi- Teal
ciency of this kind of labor. One statement
Chinaman a Sihcy, mali- O
.wpid Others state that the
they are n , humble, and quick to Loi
I le-n Thw Ten statement, the
b- and we think t ate most truthful. the
K As labore y certainly are in great hbin
I skiai~l infaliforria where they have hai7
nearly a bashed thousand of them on trial. co
I. They command high wages in gold. Though c
' innltitqy arrive it, California yearly, em- nol
ploycr still call for more, and American la- o
borers oppose the movement of flooding Cal- of1
.s iforn kith so formidable competitors. cil.
cd *to the supply of this kind of labor it is ag
int e t .le. Nearly one-half of the in- ex
ha of the globe are Chinese. Caleb '
stimates their number at five hun
n1, nmIllions, and he is good authority.
"1e_ `Afriea has but about a hundred millions,
e and America has less than a hundred mil- iw
usq lions. -
u, When will the Luited States be supplied th
with Chinese labor? W
We think many of our people have not m
u ;w figures on this question, and think an 01
,rgc aimple supply could be brought to this coun
an; try in a few years. Let us see. "
Mr About 300,000 European immigrants p
ee. laud at New York yearly. Large immi- a
hair gralt fhips, carrying a thousand persons,
canno amake more than four trips yearly be
twee Europe and America. It would take I
ress svevs -five of these large ships constantly
inch in the trade to transport 300,000 European
cur- immigrays to our shores.
cuill From New York, or New Orleans, to
t im China, vethe Cape of Good Hope, the dis
lum- tance is about 15,000 miles; via the Pacific
Ocean and the Pacific Railroad the distance
is about 12,000 miles. By way of the Red
New Sea, the Meditewranean and the Atlantic
ibout the distance is about 12,000 miles.
irtin, It would be much- djaper to bring Chi
Vhile ncse inmmigrants by the= and Atlantic
see Oceans, and the Cape of $ Hope than by
it we the Pacific Ocean and llMetrii.. The
nie- 4uiukest route, and grs tie cheapest,
yoUS, would be by the I a and the Red
:t of Sea to the Itheas of Seas! and thence on
earch the iTediterranean and Atlantic to the
Unitestates.
amer A sail ship cannot make yearly trips be
New tween any of the ports of the United States
gate, and China. The distance in the round voy
a the age is greater than the distance roudl
'globe. Bu houand ships, each car
`thousand immigrants, to remove one
the million of Chinese to the United States
Iyearly. Where can such a fleet be found
1.adaptcd to such a trade ! -
ailed A leading New York journal predicts that
itely in tell years there will be fifteen millions of
cates Chinese iu Chi United States. To us the
the statement looks extravamn &. The colmner
'hose cial world cannot spare the ships.
11 to We do not understand how even a ail
mnre- lion of Chinese can yearly leave China for
the United States until mere ships; are built
for their transportation. And a million otf
6z E. these laborers scattered all over the land,
tiofrom Maine to Texas, and from the Lakes to
ulrthe Gulf of Mexico, would b In$a smahllal. I
per ~lowance of labor compared with the demand. ,t
.-o But, we have na doubt thgOithe i~mmi
gration will generally inc lle~ 8ow&, I
icj as the European has inolim s5ibc West. '
prThe chanatc of the South uuitahmlan kifter
- 8tanta of higher latitad.,f
We have no doubt tile men of wealth
at the North, the stayers, IGS ]atd.
holders and cap s, will generally &vor
Chinese innuigaien, because it, will cheap.
en labor cv ri in the United States,
hewill not receive as many
o e ra as the South; and in the
end it wilt reduce the price of cotton, sugar,
rice, andi the staple productions of the
t outh, i
As our section of country we hope
to see ans and other European laborers 1
come hb ettle, and make ita countr
Smothau6 d down to posterity with
c plcc apd pride. Dr. Duperier, and man
rjof his# , are the ttue friends of Lou. 1
isiana. ap the South. Give us an immi.
- ýra that will dot these beautiful prairies
tJwith arM &.o 'ntn wL.
w . `ail theirsons follow the plow and
w the hoe. 1
worked by one or two hundred yellow 6
from China ? And if capital ab- a
the smal, places, axd works large plan- ti
t with these yellow Celestials, what
i he condition of society here thirty ri
yea ? jr
T ry will be utterly ruined by
such. a agernant. A few wealthy ab- a
sen will have raimed soeiety here, a
fort ugraizememt, wil be the
~O 2Ir nh ier Paradise Lost. I
¶ lal1eetion is to be 4..erred
tin the fa la $ upme.e The
bjeet is th wFp "
anotblr conser f at
of Virginia, on t 0 U1
Pennuy vwaia. ,;
the sh~I.,fM h
bsk 1Maealy M rim e e, ita
qpd d>41). Irnes mai in
rpalede as 1 do iuajls to 13kigames.
assak" squign fir ile
ert .thliers receie, ead diot :
be s wed to testa' befere eqrta od .
be aineasona sa 7 h at
Que. MOUA CMGTT PAV
The City C m u leans has
lately ui to Ch aegqeare front
itontchar
be, lit. ,kc for tia
M t ~this Ilust is :aked for ta
Ski. ,ppropriatte
for tie rot soon to be colapleted to Texas. Mr. tit
M.eanhassaeatSIall persons whohave taken the trouble era
to make inquiries. that whether iled or not aided by
others, he will complete at an early date, the road to
L Texas; and whatever else his enemies may charge bah,
Sagaist hma, it casmot bpe said that he has *ver sleteivd Dai
our people, or made false representations. elec
5 To us it appears that Charles Morgan is mu(
t the only live capitalist in New Orleans or will
to Louisiana. Instead of fencing lira out of ten
t, the city, as some would do, it scents to us
that they should open the gates wide, and lot Ilol
it him in. Others talk, but he works. lie helpsf cap
re himself, and he helps the country also.
1. They complain that Morgan owns all the Tel
connections between New (r'leans tn d the lin
Gulf ports. If, in addtion to his otlir kiln
u uopolios, they would give him the monopoly pot
a- of running the city government, pay him by ety
d- contract to act as Mayor and Common Coun- eiti
cil, New Orleans would be much better man
is aged than it now is, and at a much smaller fro
Ln- expense, and city credit would, in due time,
deb stand on a level with that of Boston. tlt
m- The writer in the Picayune above referred St:
ty to, speaking of the extension of the Morgan K
Railroad to Texas, says: go
' The very privileges he now asks, and the expenditures in
Oil- immediately contemplated. are guarantees of his desire dr
and intention to complete the read without a day's delay. ric
No-one at all conve4
lied that Mr. oergan will build the Texas Road- We have th
assurance to that effect, and we believe that not a day in
will be lost: t t ste s have already been taken to com w
not mence s,** the extension; and very large _0
outlays his. .en made for the purpose of put
ting in perfect condition the road now running to Ber
Unll- wick's Bey. It i, said this latter alone will cost over di
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Such being the
case. is it unreasonable to concede to Mr. morgan, for a
Rnts proper consideration, a foothold-a mere lauding place Ci
lmi- and depot for a road, admitted to be the most important
evercontemplated for the extension of the commerce of d,
the city, Or shall we, by a narrow spirit, that has too S
be- often governed our Councils. drive from us every pro P
take ject that is devi-ed for the ctlarg-eueut au.t owerlf.r of C
the city, C
ntly s
pean CRIMINALS AT LaRGE.-Three negro u
criminals arc at large in this parish who are v
z, to guilty of the following crimes. One killed
dis- his mother by stabbing her to the heart, on
acific the Palo Alto plantation, just above town. 1
iance One of the three, a young negro of eighteen i
Red or twenty years, killed an honest and inof
antic fensive old negro at Mrs. Porter's planta
tion by beating him over the head with a
Chi. hoc, breaking his skull. The other is the
(noe negro woman at Judge Baker's plantation,
m by who stabbed her husband with a bowie knife.
The Had white men killed these negroes what a
pest, feast it would have been for Radical editors
t Red and politicians: How many crocodile tears
on on would have been shed: But no political
the capital can be made when one negro kills
another. Poor Sambo.
Ps be- SL.AEvsa I\ Misso nsi.-Whilcth In t.
States torney General and S ace exists in
d voy- iji " e issouri papers arc discus
0 * sing the question whether slavery exists in
Missouri?
Es ear- A late number of the Hannibal Courier has 1
e one the following:
ouSnd We are led to make this inquiry by ieeing
hedthe fog l ink in ubihen I
that tinel, as among the official proceedings of the
ins of county court of that county.
"The Sheriff was ordered to sell Mrs.
a the Mary Ferrington and her two children, and
'ser- Margaret M6Calloch, poor persons, without I
means of support, to the lowest bidder, for t
s for "Wiley Sitthi bought Margaret McCul
a loch for two hundred and my douprs
built "John M. Mabe bought MIary errinton
m of and her children for one hundred and forty
lad, llars."
es to Now, Ahe next thing in order will be for ,
M j. sseootendcd and indignant son of Mormon
and. .to nomqout flatly, denying that polygamy (
,j. exings among the saints of the Jo Smith c
X1. p rmiom, or ever did exist, but that the .
RssL report is all a Gentile lie.
Ater Gen. Lee's book, "Memoirs of the War," t
is now in praes, and will soon make its ap
pearance in the book stores.
und.
nor The Yerger trial has closed. Dr. Bar. i
sap. tholt testified that he saw nothing in Col. r
tes, Yerger's conduct that m' intimate insani- r
may ty, nothing that might sbe the effect of
the liquor, or a violent temper. c
n
t' The steamship United Kingdom, which "
sailed from the port of New York for Glas.
cow on the 19th April, is supposed to have
oPe been lost amidst icebergs and heavy gales, t(
not a passenger or a human being saved to i
try tell the tale of the calamity.
rith
sen A. T. Stewart has sold twenty shawls
on. this season at $3,000 each, and one at $4,- of
ni. 600. One fashionable and adorable wife to
ies upabill $20,000 at his store in a
ad ms... an...
Valley Naviaon Company or 1 \
ma dey in the Labr Convention, eapital stock
Ow to be $1000M, with privilege to double the ap
amount Commtteeswere a pointed to 8
am open tab.eription books in Lotusiana, Ken- f
n- tacky, Missesippi, 4Jlahma and Arkansas.
at After a vote of thanks to Hon. I. G. Har- i
ty ri, President, the a ibor Convention ad.
journled usie die. thi
by CaHrmaE IUstELLEO.-In a recent publi vic
b- meeting at Beston, Dr Hedge quoted a re
r mark *f Sir Frederick Bruce to Senator wh
Sumner, to the effect that the Emperor's the
bministers at Pekin, when he was English bL
mlemsuador there, were the superiors of any 1
European cabinet. "What," said Mr. Sum
aer, "do yoe' mean to say that Lord Pal.. the
merston, Lord Derby and Mr. Gladstone abl
he have their superiors in the Chinese cabinet?" fin ,
" 'It is not for me to aake such a personal fro,
eompprisos," aid Sir Frederick, "but I re
peat what I said; that I have not met Euro
ad P seanabtomen who were the equals of the mei
(Sinew mlalsties." Dr.'Marttn, professor bee
ii the cofege at Pekin, and translator of fan
Whetomes York an international law into 0i
re Cheel s tthis anecdote by ail
a, lag that FrDederick told him,, in regard to Islan
S Emiperr's prime minister, that he had non
ever mat was fairly his superior e oI
con
Twelkefeae oto atS known to gles
ease- the thatof o is nforty laid
that hethbest elit
: e ~ ~been found fs .g acetc
o toehe silt walteir of the oceans se pdt doom
ha1. b e W s ped up forWh mle of the with
MOW - p - Cori
LGROAVU, LOCAL AND URAL. Et
J) , July 10th. raL ai
for defence of Colonel
r that was in a sWe of. f raft
time the murder was m mil oth- wit
rers declared him subject to fits of insani-mi
ty. Dr. Barthold gave rebutting evidence. mu
t V WASUICTuN, July 11th.-The carpet- a
& baggers of Texas, who espouse the cause of Ev
" Davis, have succeeded in delaying the ful
election. Gent. liamilton's friends are very att
es much disappointed, as all the electioneering
or will occur in cotton picking time, and ma- m.
of terially disorganize labor. wb
us Ma.srIuiS, July 13.-The Chinese Labor be
let C invention met this morning in the Opera fer
House. A large number of planters and
Ps capitalists present. til
The following States are represented: ti!]
ho Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, South Caro
le ling, Lojui'inna. Missouri. Kentucky anfti n
('alifornia. .c
The o 'inanue ')iinIIittOC ,anbmitted a re- do
1ly port favoring a joint stock immigration soci
by ety, with offices in the principal Southern ty,
in- cities. ml
The Inunigration Committee promises a an
tn welcome and protection to all immigrants
ler from China or elsewhere.
ne, The Transportation Committee reported th
that Immigrants can be brought to Memphis
red in lots of 500 and over, from the Pacific
States, by rail, for $50 each, and from Hong in
[an Kong to San Francisco at $80 to $100 each, E
gold. Tye Kin Orr, a Chinaman two years m
ures in this country, now visiting Louisiana, ad- th
tsirv dressed the Convention. He stated tht tan
hy" riculturalists can e e interior of China;
5iLvI 6 that they are easily managed, being patient, j
day industrious and docile, and that the ChineseC
eom- would easily ltequme workers of Southern ti
arge soil.
Put Koopuanchap arrived at noon and ad- Is
over dressed the convention, stating that his
the house has imported 30,000 Chinese into Calie 1
f fornia, many of whom are employed as mer ai
jlace chanics and others on railroads. They are
lane paid from ninety cents to one dollar gold pe
rtaot day. They can be induced to come from p
c, too San Francisco hers for about twenty dollars L
jime per month, but can be obtained much
IT'ao cheaper in China. They will make five year P
contracts at 10 to $20 per month. He ii
states that they ae not at all times reliable
cegro unless security is exacted. and will take ser
oare vice with othersswhen higher prices are of-' 1
;illfered.
tled G.AI.vFr'romabl' i1.-Specials from Co- '
t on lumbia say theColorado is higher than ever a
town. before known. The water rose 47 feet 8
ktecu inches, but is now falling slowly. The a
whole valley it entirely under water, and t
the crops destryed. The railroad between a
lanta- Alleyton and Ciumbus is washed away for
th a several hundrelyards, and badly damaged a
Sbetween Alleyp and Eagle Lake. A nom
is the her of persons have been drowned below
ation, Columbus, navy not given. Alleyton was
knife six feet under water. Dead bodies have -
Phft been seen dogig past there. The water ]
rhat a cut off Dunovtut's and other plantations at I.
ditors Eagle Lake, to occupants of which,;it is
supposed, havqperished.
C At Lagrangeb W.vter is falling slowly,
ýlitical but is still four 'eat deep on the public
k kills square. It is pmored there that Bas
trop and Webb ille are washed away and
many lives lost. 1hese towns are situated
on lower lands thn Lagrange.
ieAt
ý G ALYS.STOS, July 14.-Cars hwe been
ists in sent out from Harrisonburg, Texas with
boats to rescue cferers by the flood in the
iscus- Colorado Valleywho took refuge in the tree
Is in tops in Eagle Lake bottom, and have been
there two days.
Positive information has been received
,r has that the waterwas two feet over the tops of
telegraph poles on farms in Eagle Lake bot
tom that are cultivated every year.
eng- -
MAOBILE, J Lj a44.
Thefire orn In a room.
)f the the time a powerf Northwest breeze was
blowing and the flames spread with terrible
Mrs. rapidity, and burnt with such fury that no
and one could get near them. The main build- It
thout ing was entirely destroyed, with all its furni- `i
r, for ture, and in many instances with all the i<
baggage of the boarders.
:Cul- At the time of the calamity there were a h
bundred and fifty boarders. No lives were v,
lost. Most of the fugitives took refuge at j,
Ston short's. cl
forty Loss sustained, $35,000. Fully insured. it
re for a OMAHA, July 14.-General Can surprised
a village of Dog Indians, killed fifty-two fu
rmon and captured seventeen women and children
g and three hundrgd fifty animals. '1
knkh The proclamation ordering the Mississippi'
on the 5th Tuesday in November has been
t the signed by the President. tl
Phillips is now argeing on behalf of the di
Yerger habeas eorpas. Hoar is present li'
rar," taking notbs. r
s ap. LATEST.-The proclamation for the Mis- W
I issippi election has been promulgated. It
submits to separate vote the disfranchise- di
ment clause, the ineligibility clause restrict
Bar* lug the State from lending money to corpo
Col. rations or becoming stockholders in a corpo- tip
ration; and asimits to a separate vote part of di
" the oath of offce as follows:
et of "That I ha at a member of any
convention, vo . or, or signed any ordi
nance of secessigun; that I have never, as a th
hieh member of any State Legislature, voted for ai
the call of any convention that passed any th
such ordinance." hi
have It is understoo*'that sections four to fif
ales, teen inclusive of article thirteen under the an
d to head of ordinances, are considered as form- 1
ing no part of salconstitution.
WASHINTON July 14.-Cubans here MJ
have insurgent aivices to 2d inst. ta
swl" The cholera is reported to have broken "
$4,- out among the Cabans in the Eastern depart
wife meat and is very fatal.
The vomito is very malignant along the
in a coast and low land country telling fearfully
on the Spanish so ers.
Quosada ho own before Puerto Prin- l
fPli cipe, and e t take the town and rail
to r-a ý- Wisevitas lila very short time.
oe] The Cubans i~d a very decided victory og
to reat rejoicing aneng the Cubans. bet
Gen. Jordan and his command have so ®.o
Ms. fay escaped pestilence. An important on- son
gagement is inevitable, which will be of a de- *as
a- sive charact'r. 'W
ad- Emissaries frog the Labor League ot t ing
the Pacidic States may soon be expected to An
visit the Middle and Eastern States, for the ad
)lic urpse of enlisting the symahg j of the 1
re- Workigmen 'a Association t tt
tor whole country, lIntheir efforts to prevent for
r ther iamportations of Chinese labeoers to the
, United States. To
m- The Bee of til14th contains a sumeaton
al- that the SouthernStates should elect respect- a
me able Northern men as their repeesbenyvs wgah
h?" in Congress, and thus relieve themselves eso
sal from the presence of carpet-baggers, wil
re- -
1.0- Abana and Phaqiar rivers, of Dasaceus, wee
e ' mentioned in t h riptures, have recently f
of famous canoe eller. MacGregor after ml
to ing from Caria Suez, and e the
7y elta of the Nile, ad his canoe bt Laf
to land to Brevout ce over Mount Loba- Das
td non, and fnally ed in the river Abmes,
or ea which he to the plains of Dam. t
.co. The rivernis au4 Phirpar, in Cra"
consequence of il beasts, l an
to gles, and sava e, have hltbher j
ty laid down inane ty on the map tr ot*r
It .ellrs. MacGrer gives s
g account of a i atone lawn," with some L.
Ed doors, rafters, and windowa-shaters, covered I
. with Greek inscriptions, dating before the Al
-Cbriethan era. rash
Lu3a sa m N., July (', I Stý
Editor Plantett
4 agU -I feel it due tore gentlemen con- L
potg the labor associaimn of Attakapa-, to
in %= themiathat the sickness of ily tfuaily
raImit ieptssiblef hr me to co-operate o
_ with those constituting the executive com-n
e mittee for carrying out the object of the as- 1,
sociation, at least during this summer.
of Every intelligent connuwiity in the South
be fully comprehends the substantial benefits
attending the iutruduvtion of iioniigrauts: we
m- may, individually, have our pet ideas, as to
what class and rnee of people it would be
or best to attract to our 'ection; but these dif
ferences we should harmonize in behalf of
the great object sought Even the most
IJ time serving cconti-ti tiuuI.' con'cede that
rn until thn tillable portion 44 the preVcnt nine
teen-twintieth" of ti1. inienti vat' 1 and ab1 on
re- doned lands of the South become the proper
I ty, in fee simple, of frugal and industrious far
mers, it will be impossible to control with
a any degree of security, "gang laborers" to
ita work the large sugar and cotton estates of
ted the South, with pleasure and profit.
his The United States are receiving 300,000
16 immigrants a year fium Europe upon the
oh, East, and will doubtless be receiving as
a many from the home of the "('Celestials, via
a- the Pacific, upon the West. Even theae
sources of supply must continue to tall short
na; of the demand £w- y c-" year- to come.
en3 Considering, ttean ose increasing competi
ern tion for labor, would it not be wine upon the
part of those of us living in the bod favored
land of the Attakapas, "to be up and doing.
alie We can populate our land- with laborers,
nier and domiciliate them among us, by either
are going out in our collective or individual ca
rom pacity and bringing them howe with us.
lars Let us do this, and abandon the error some
na planters have adopted of believirg that the
HIe increase of wages will proportionately in
ble crease the supply, as absurd as expecting
of- 1 N ito give " as its product. Let every
tub stand upon its own bottom, adud, 'Let
co. -every man paddle his own bcoat. These,
Iver and similar aphorism, make up the maxims
)t 8
The and proverbs of a peculiar class of men in
and the world, who fancy success alike honor
reen able, whether attained through the practice
for
god of charitable precepts, or oppressive dogmas.
yam- If these and similar maxims are to be re
eow ccived as orthodox tenets of the planters of
lave Attakapas-"Love thy neighbor etc.," is at
rater least one scriptural injunction that will soon
i s"play out," and planting with it.
If however, each landowner in Louisiana
wly, would appropriate ten per ceut. of the as
b sessed value of his estate to the introduction
and of immigrant-, ten years would not have
ated elapsed before the increase of her agricultu
ral riches would surpass conception, and
with find her a joyous and prosperous people, for
the getting past troubles in the sun light of sur
tree rounding prosperity. Yours etc.,
been J. B. Pau ;.
rue - * ' `
sved o ( . 1 .-fr. [Gr'ele' den unces the Grand (
sAof rmt of the Republic. He t. ys the country
bot- wants peace, and rest, and harmony, and
justice, while these men want a di-tracted
country that offices may be gained. And he
At the wofullest division that ever t1l upon
was this cursed earth.
ible
no Lii Till Pit il: IS'i I.--The Stklriiidg.
ild- Indians in Wisconsin are rapidly disappear
rai- ing. This tribe once nunbered 10.10() war
the riors. They emigrated from Masiachtusett
to New York in 17e.). to Ohio in 1'92, aold to
a Wisconsin in lr2l, a large number of them
a having resided in Massachusetts until a few
rere i-cars ago. The remnant of the tribe which
at noy numbers about 30011 men, women and
children, reside at Shawano. and :are sutfer
red. ing for food.
A DIsTREisiNG C-tsa.-Here is a poser I
two for the philanthropists:
ta The Governor of the Bahamas reports that
'the diminution in the number and valuation
pp. of wrecks has deprived numbers of their for
meri core of employment and prolit.'
e We have heard of villages so peaceful that i
the local lawyer became liankrunt; and of
the districts so healthy that the doctors couldn't
out live. These were hard cases enough to see a
remedy for, but what is to be done for those
[i-worthy people at the Bahamas who are de
Itprived of their work anad profit, because gel
tish captains wont wreck their ships and
Ise- drown their crews.
ict
Po- oLala-x or Mu. lBoomr.-lTh long a31
po. tatetd marriage of Mr. Edwin Booth, the
t of dstingmished tragedian, to 3Miss ary Mc
Wicker, the little Chicago lady who has been
playing the leading parts at Booth's new the
y atre, oecurred on Monday at 1 o'clock, at the
SLng Branch Villa of J. H. Mejicker., £sQ.
eathe oahr of the bride. The marriage ccere
for mony was performed by- the Rev-. B. F. Myers.
tuy the grandthther of the bride, who caine fronm
his residence in California for this pu-pose.
if The marriage was a quiet one and the bride
the and groom, accompanied by Mr. McVlicker.
were to have proceeded to Philadelphia the
same afternoon. The honeymoon will proba
bly be spent in sonie quiet summer resort.
ore Mase McVicker, in becoming Mrs. Booth, has
taken a final leave of the stage.
en --- --- -
it- SPECIAL NOTICES.
he
ly DENTORs TO THE BANNER OFFICE, "1
in
iil Those who owe this oefice mLst pay up. I ueedt 00n-v.
and must have it. Th a jian uad rents of this
7 o6e are sash artie .
U a s..r.o ju tu tontsm against A.ll who oe this ioflc,
between St. Landry parish and Berwick's Bay. As
so seae as I can get round I shall present these bills in per
R- son to all between New Iberia and St. Landry, and mn I
0- ass ETHAN A. DENNETT, or Mr. CHARLES K
WILCOX, will present the ac-onnts against those resi.!
Ing Between New Iberia and Brashear City.
Great numbers owe the office from four to ten dollars.
All who owe that amount can get these small sums, and
should not fail to haveithem on hand when their account
are presented. D. DENNETT.
he Franklin, La.. July 21, 18T..
a'
TO THE NEW ORLEANS MERCUNT3S
AND OTHER BUSINESS MEN.
i Business anen of New Orlean, sad elsewhere, who
IS wish to make budacsis in the region of country extending O
85 Afom the Lafourche to the western limit, of St. Landry, his
will do well to advertise in the PLIsTERs BLAN1EIR the
me
Besides the general circulation of the lANanit, its m
It weekly issue raeches nearly every iofhffstfe and read lar
y Ing family in the parishes of St. Landry, Vermilion,
0 Lafayette. St. Martin. Iberia and St. Mary, and our jour
it Hml has many readers in the parishes of Terrehonne and
*1Infeurche.
y It may safely be claimed that the circulation of the
.- Butusa In this prasperous section of Louisiana is far
I. times as large as that ot amy other paper published in or
out of the State, and our subscription list is rapidly in.
1ereasiag. T
Advert isag. T
Tim line, or the apace of tea lines. aonparcil type, the LIE
sumo m that on edia priating these terms, per mouth, s 7& *sor
two Honths, 05 7J1 three mouths, $7 50. Ion"
ower rates. L it
All advertising hill- redne-t twenty fire i--r cent. for Tris
Peash In advace. I jei
SPECIAL NOTICES. NI
Patrontita Rease IAssaitestioas.
L4O SnMA EQUITAULE LIFE INBU
) SARCE COUPARY. T
Y
Organised in this state-Managed in the state
-Capital Retained in this State.
S- Isnues policies on Human Life on all the approved Ph
plans, as low and as favornhlt a n.tv (wompany
r. in the United Stat.
Office 11SJ (Cital it. N**w Orleanns.
DIRIt FORS.
tsi
C E Grarrd. -C( Elirar.l.y A. h
Ve C Cavawoc-Preaident Itank New Wa i .m
E A Tykr-115Canal -tielt.
to A Thomasen-Creernt City .su .uI Im*.
M J Smath-of M J Swith & Co.
be Wm Creevy-AgI. NY S.S Line
f-, Ed Barnett-Notary Public.
if. F Bigney-President Atlantic Insur.., C. Ct
of C II Sloeomh-f $1ocomb. Ballwin A
O eo A Fondick-President Merchant l:.ehan:
)o ury Tate-of Henry Tate '
\\ 1:i Nlunt It-ot Sehmuidt k Z. i,*I I
Pat 3.1.. II.nder.am-of John Htn*1 l it a
I o-f Penn & Pa'..
.1 W Sr..t -of Stone & Murpht .e, I'r- it*
V. \" It IIutl' l.tretary.
I' D I Is:laerir. A it. ]. iIt I
,*_ i I ilua i n,.. A ent,Jcaeret' L".
it
itl - -
to .Ti
of rPtcial .i'otice.
rO To the Sugr Planters of Louisiana. Vi
lie Ft
a -par- haviug beent circuletld 1.y intersed partie-.
1 that the NILES WOBKS. of Cincinnati, haul su-prnded
ibt-.. -- they would call the eslpccial atteItion of the
Plauting st imunuity to the fact, tbhbeir Shops are in
)ets sal a.-nces.-f.l operation andlieving the largest P
IC. and km t .jro..ve1 St.ck of Standard devigns and pat Ti
ti- tinrt far Plantation and Sugar Mill Machinery in the co
he I nit I state- are fully prepared to execute any and it
d ck in this line. either nuet or repairia that sad y
le othered, at fair prices and at short notice.
Planters who are unacquainted with the styl- and
quality of their work, are referred to th, natutero us
Per Sugar Mills and Sugar Machinery of their wake. in all
C0- parts of Loutiana: and feeling confident of their u .e- 11
US. riority. woalt sioiji a sithare of the work to be d te. b
ue Address NILES WORKS.
tht Cincinnati, Ohio.
tu- NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
ert .v t ntralea.
Ltt t I tatholies of this town are reit .-. I to teit in
next Saturday, the ti4th, between 10 anti It *' thick, in
the torning, at Mr. U. Perret: re-idea"e.
iflb Franklin, July Flat, lt6S--1t
hl For Sale.
ior
tice Dressei Lan'ber and Liame
Zii* -£i,I) feet drkeme bhe tl eAg. "l . t pr, 1 ether
aC- rding.
,21000 feet iach cypree plank, (rough
s of t0 Barrels of Lime.
To be delivered at any lauding fre of -charge.
s at Apply to J. G. PAltKERtSON.
Frankinu. July 21, td -tf.
10011 -
NEW ORLEANS AND ATTAKAPAS.
Dann Steamer J D. Hinde, Thomas W. Mug
gab, Master.
tion The Steaner J I. IIINDE n ill run regularly be
twi n New Orleans and St. Martinville during the eea
son, touching at all the landings on the route betwe it
Itu- the monuth oT Red River and the wv-tern terniunu.
July _'t, 18ti9-tf
and --- - -- - -__
JOHN B. HEREFORD,
Sur- WITH GEORGE STROUD.
COTTONT FALCTOR
:utd GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT
and 39 Carendelet Street,
EtedR .
lief ,tel trot NEW ORLEANS.
1I. J. C(erti Waldo,
'liii
\n," - a i sit F. Can Bluthnysen & Co. as Book
keepjr aund Ca-hies
rtu'
ar- INSURANCE AND ADVERTISING SOLICITOR
ar
ti- OFFICE WITH
toý
em Wl.1 C CO(OKE, IN t RANCE ADEN t.
C"
idi No. 30 Camp Stre*t, New Orlesas. La.
fiti
er- Fire. River and Marine lisk, written at Curren
r-Rates. All losses liberally adjusted and promptly pail
at this office.
Stocks of Merchandise. Stores. Dwellings, Sugar
eer Houses, and other town and plantation impruve
ments, insured at the lowest rate- conpatable with an
equitable adjustment, of losses. When applying for in
tat surance send a diagranm with description of the property
ion to be insured,
or- RI FEtL- TO
D. Dennett, Franklin, La.
tat Messrs. Samuel Smith & Co.,
of " Townsend It Lvyaa, New Ortans.
3t B. T. Walsle, Ega,
Address aM emmuaiestlous to
a J. CURTIS WA1.Dt).
the New Oricans:
ic
e!- "ALO WVANTED
nd -
in a priate in town by a gentleman and his
isife, either by the ju ith or year. Will furnish their
ut- bedding. Addes P.O. Box %3. Franklin. ILa. jeant
he e
1 1 Li er.
e11
ti- .at arrels LIME for Smasby
I1. M. WALKER.
I.ranklin. June 30th-3m a
Carpet J Drse.ise!
Sl
A BROUSSEAU & CO., IMPORTERS,
tic 13 Ohatrtrae Slint
It
Offer for Sale at Low Prices-
CARPETING-Engllsh and American, of all kind
FILOR FURNITUEE and enameled oil cloths.
.is 3fATTING-500 rolls China, 100 pieces Cocoa.
WINDOW SHADES, Table and Piano Cover-,
CRUMB CLOTHS, Crugget. Limes uad Felt,
CURTAINS-Lace, Reps, Worated, Daspask, etc.,
FURNITURE COVERING-Linea sad Cetton Stripesl
CORNICES, hands, Pinky, etc. jeat y
Wr, 1tefnd Ciy LW.e Isu aem Cos'
p0-N. -
-0 *
-OF
St. Louis, Miesouri.
Ag" ut' 6r the i'uish "f s. . D. ENLrr.
r Franklino La.
Carta and H1aeses. P
R~ ttes- ar
'litre. )tal. Cart snth or tithout DoubleW-. -
Ox Carts,
Four Mule Tongue Carts,!
s Extra Wheels,
Singletrees, Lubricating oil.
td Ave Grease. in kegs and barrel, Ti
t Also the celebrated Haliliews.
Persons wanting Carts. will save the freight from
New Orleans by purchasing here.
Franklin, La., jeRl-tt MI. WALKER. Agent.
.edmiral .emussees' Book.
cri
Waotied, active and energetle men to auvass forAd- F
natal r catnume. great work nrs re Afloat" being a Fe,
history of the cruises of the kniter and Alabama, and N
the operations of the James River Fleet in the last to
months of the war. Agent* will find this the must psopun bet,
tar work published since the war. The demand is on. dac
precedeated. For terms etc., address, -g
bet
P. O.4bx1378 C. W. JARIRATT, ilublisher. tili
r je-Iilt Common 5:., New Orleans. for
At
VRTA3LE GAS LIGHT.
-AT
I.' p. P t ETiS DRhfG f..TORE. 3f)
- . -. 19coa
artil
THE late jr sale, allF. 1'. Perret's Drug mor
T om,~t~JDZ mi complete sliwk o~f the zers
Slwi5An NS ceds O A GAS I.MU'S. (IIANDE.- The
LIERS, LANTERNS, ETC : Ats, PSeline in cans and
and barrels. fsr general na-. and prvatVe dwellings. BL:
Stores, Churches, Public Ilalls, steambhoats, Coffee F'
Homes. Hotels, Saloous, ltaetor'ies, Suagr lHouess, etc. .TI
All who wish hoesp. Cuavesleet, and Perfectly Rafe BT i
Al wiht. whoa to coal Ga. at n5.. Half thu *xls'use will
d.s well to give tI.. Portable tins and Puarulius a Fair O f
Trial (' NWAY & 'IJEHAN. Co
jesI0.tf
NEW ADVERTISEMIENTS.
Photographs,
PORCULAINS AND ANBROTYPES.
HfIIE I NDIRSIF.1NED I;l t.i. 1 1 itL 1:.1 ,
th i4bb t . 1.. .,
a PHOTOrRAPH-IC TO ALL.L : I
%iIi t, a ''. 14 PXP F..
Photographic "Cartes de Visites," and Im
perial Cards, Porcelains and
Ambrotypes.
.1u0 all t t oft- k pp rte
h ut tr ; t,,. tL 1. 1t p
PHOTOGRAPHIC COPII;.
rut Ila-.c,.r, tp ait *-a . .
Pha alanad ' at. i
-tay 4¶ill 1,c -Lh,' tlFt r' a \1:.\ l1t.! 1
Eft rtl. anEd Dviraoa, .
S 1"1 . . t.4 r. \ 4.
Franklin.,h trn . ' n
1. Reuter.
TIN. 4Ft PI Rt AND N I) .- 1 tt IN .
Main Street, Franklin. La.
Keep- ctn-t.autly on lh it .t ' - , *,.t t
Ware at reaconableptice.
Ordern solicited and prompt y aNt44. I
Franklin. Jan. l-, lr;7. ly .1
.'d Horses, g a'ies., tcl., To LIt.
le -
in The - riibtertl.. Lave latelyii . ,T'Ati.LL
Pt' k.-tt ; ,l, -tant, o .1M.iin -t . t''. k:tn «...
they have Horota and Saddle-. l;t4ggies- and l i 4
Teams to let at all tiaeu-. d a4 l 4 . ;ht.A it ,'
be condition tot actcotun.odat, tLb pubic te. 1 ri
ud new, ant Itran . r- ar larc 1- it- t . t .+1t1
I1 -il 51:0
and .otire
.u,
all I Lac,. on the wa.y.; ,,n'tio - .. "
lie. HEtER .TONE LIME. s nud a v-,
be tere re'a'y to deliver . he : 'r L.cAC h 15 J,- -
maypl.tf .1. 41 lA.IttELt;.,
Nerbseript ioe ý.
1S T 1'o Ik 1-,% NEW uFRLLiNK t:s IL\ :
- c4it i 444 and 44 1ipt4 d for at the I'", i1
Jhist Recti'rd.f-E.
A git4ti.. .,-, otini .4 4444H ndb a.- n
and furni-hing goid-, f.,r -pring .444 . 44..L.. 44 . r. ,
will by sold below New Orlean. t'tn- pac -
Hall, Mlai. -tr.-'. Franklin, by
PLTER1AN .a KtON1.1:
Fraukliu. April M'th. 1mt9.
4.4. F - it t1t , r - . . . .
Chambers o %etdberry.
rge.
- WHOLESALL (. I' F, N
ss.
No.: 7 Tehouhitoulta' -Irent,
.5
NEW ORLEANS.
Learfs GreremnberX,
WH1OLL.ALL 41.R144 El'
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
NO. 69 OLD) LEVEE STREET
B1C14Cen (on' tnt Bi4nii4:.-: 4t
may:'1)-ty. New Orlean'.
S Tb the Puatel.
On and after July tt.t I will furnish 1k-lun III.
park, d ini sack- .1 100 pound- each ,t L .f k
$1 i.41
e.,teoh wtin the amonan enclo et tell at the thar ,f
Anna E. or Warren Belle. will reach n+. t Ll receico
prompt attention and dispatch. and I hope t: give gen
eral satisfaction. II. I' BAYLEY, Itonuteter,
unok- Morgan La., and Texas 1: 1:
Algiers, June -2th, 1.-9z-tf
FOR Franklin nemisary
a Will he re opens" no, the rerepjn of pupil -ni t,,
of August, which will be the beginning It the -chs:
year.
Board can be had. ;n good faw lie, fr 1-. -r.
exclusive of lights and washing.
L The foilowing are his terms of t'iton payIn! it
vance, I er sescion of ive monuth
rren Elementary Branches............ ...
paI Higher Branches...........................
Latin, Greek, etc. . . ....
ingar Freni h and Musi4 ... .....................
h an For further information apply to
>r in- FranklinL.Julv Ili. B. CLE:Gt, i'ii iips
wirty Franklin._July
BRICKS AND TILE.
The subseribers have a kiln of britk- anu til a
n'. brick yard above Franklin, of excellent -1s.,s v
sale. (;iliNDU Y IWIRDt
Franklin, La., June 41, leoti
Partser Rnauted.
d his A planter, who has the beat land in i. I. t .
their good location, but no money. wants a pariu , fr 1..
ý:In or more years, who has money. the pripr tt.r puttlisu ti.
- plantation and his own services against the capiial - t li
partner. The plantation has a capacity fir o1 I
heads of sugar yearly, and made that amauns t bt1 a
war. For particular., apply at this loise.
Franklin, April 2O, 1htl*.
Jamges .1. Gresheam.
BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER
92 Camp UItrset, New Orleans.
Has for -ale those miracles of fts apu- >ha
complett- for :t0 cents, Byron, Burni. Mi-re, ttanr
Tasso, Milton, Scott; Tennyson. complet. fsr tiny ,n
These books are printed in clear type on g.".s h* r. asi'
some of them are illustrated. Any of the above till
mailed on receipt of price, fifty cents. Family Bible-,
from #i? up to #10 with placesfsur photographs
Prayer books. Protestant and Catholic-in all sty i-s "f
las, binding and and all prices. Webster-i and Wirne-t t
new quarto Dictionaries. The largest and b" st s-lolt
- stock of metiical boots in New Orleans at N-.hrlsu
price. A very large stock of school and tsisreclanu .t
31r. t.rehamn is thankful for the ex wive '.,irons,
received at the hand. of the peopl- st " Stary 1'arisA
and promiacs always to give satisfaeti.-s. Any tideer
that lhe may be favored with for statio--ry oer tob print
rT ing rill be fialuthf lyperforncd. je -la
"Ie.b.r.ba..u. .h.ua&ke. up his -ll - s*
its Liuhtning IRod. to protect building h t 1 u:
pas parishesand fit. Landry. He rill so . t .' u,
among the people.
Centrevill, June ;, lettt. .1 '1I I, It it IN
First Premiums .lwearded
.t Tit
TILRD LOISIANA STATE FAIR,
m rn1:
S TE N E '
PURE RAW BONE FERTILIZER
The most economical and t ifective agent
crsps and enrich the soil.
d- The interest of ivery Planter. Farmer. .:"
Fruit Grower ni ill be advanded by the nsi-" "
a Fertilizer.
ad The decrease of the average yiehdi-f all r" . la .1
it North and South, since 1slit, is a well knuwn if,., :, I is
the deterioration of our lands is not rapidly , heekut I
1 better and more effective system of fertilizing, tib- ,
- dictivene-s ofthe soul will contnue to iiniitls.
The most important consideration for the tar,.se.
be which is the best, as well as the tust eotna,+us s.
tilizer for restoring the prodnetion of exhauttl- itn I.
for keeping them in a condition for profitable -'u..
A Afair test will convince the tart-r that tl.. r
cheaper and more effect ire agestt that;
STERNS' PURE REW tONE FrETILIZt:l
Which is warranted PURE and UNAIiULTElI:R ft
BONE, not mixed with sand or chemicals and ,L.I...-t
contain the injurious iigre.ients usuitly- snts It ,s.
artificial fertilizers: A small portion if iiith,. i u."
more effective then large ,1unittitie5 itt vli-nutact test~
zera, sad one layer will last from three or toue via: -
-The Iroptrietotr of the above Fertilizerallso maunfases n-.
and keeps constantly on hand, in large ij~tiatitse'. Ihi t\l;
BLACK of all grades.
For directions, prices etc.. address,
.9TFRN'R RAW BONE FERTIItt ZEtR AN)D It, NI:
BLACK FACTlRY, Lock Box 1I4. New I Iri-ats, i.
Offire-At I .9'18 8TERN & BltOfi; Anetisneuer ars
Commission ireeh at . No.-X Mswrazine and t.i Ie is r
streets, New Orleans. -;". It