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Mrning Star and Catholic Messenger.
1sW erRLANS, SUNDAY. M]LCH st. 18e2.
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THE AUn icrh&TION OF TE1 BLESSED VIROI .
The Churchb, in perfect consistency, cele
brates, under this title, the utterance of God's
eternal eounesl, which coheres, in the message
of the angel to the Virgin, with the Incarn
tion of His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
The festival which commends this nparall
eled event to the loving memory of eve77 1
- tholio, indeed, of every one.who claims to be
a Christian, is recorded in the earliest li.tr
gles of the Church, while the Fathets of the
like early periods-those espeeially of the
Eastern horebh-from 8.Gregory the miracle
worker of the middle of the third century, to
St. Basil of Silencia, of the middle of the fifth,
have, in most touching and convincing homi
lies, paid eloquent reverence, to this great
mystery, the first and greatest of the Christian
faith, and to its solemn, binding consesration,
in the primitive devotions and forms of publio
worship.
Of this there pannot be an historical doubt.
The Sacrmentary of Pope Gelassus abundantly
prov.es 4btt i- wae establlshed in Rome b0g
efore the middle of the fifth- eptury, and
hence that it mnst have come down to the
Universal Church on the tide of the traditions
of her darlier days. Indeed, Pope Benediet
XIV,.the most erudite among the many erudite
bagiologists of the Catholio Church, asserts
this antiquity. We have his "Enohiridium"
of Festivals under our eye as we write these
lines, and in the third chapter of the second
part, in which he treats of the feasts of
Blessed Virgin, he broadly assunmes that, so
great must have been its antiquity, '-we may
piously and not unreasonably imagine that the
pious worshiper is indebted for its origin to
the living gratitude of the Blissed Mother
borself, who, with the return of each of her
earthly years, could not fail, with marked and
lngular devotion to honor the mystery which,
in r pure bosonm, had worked the salvation
of ma d." Equally probable is it that the
Apostles selves, and the disciples who
soon swarmed und them, observant of this
pious practice of t oly Virgin, readily con
formed to the comme ration of so precious
an anniversary of the rede ion of mankind.
However this question of Ch ian archeol
ogy or of religious tradition may rd, it is
beyond doubt and cavil that, on this t of
the Catholic Church, rests the very sum o
deservings of the Blessed Virgin, wrapped in
the mysterious honors of her motherhood.
Neither the jeer of the scorner can blemish,
nor can the cuonning of the serpent defeat, pre
rogatives which God himself, with an unerring
baud, has stamped for time and for eternity.
Ece 'esim boatam me dicent omnes generationes!
As all the accompaniments of her whole pre
,vious life had miraculously tended to the ends
-- -ismysterious motherhood; so all its sanba
quencios nmust necessarily have moved in har
mony with the fninese of God's interests.
Question this form of His merciful wisdom for
the redemption of ore
and death, and, by the act itself, you at once
reject and defeat, so far as your vain question
ings may reach, His merciful scheme, through
the Blessed Virgin, for the salvation of man.
There is no one-we do not say a Catholio, who
is a higher witness of faith in Christ-who
claimsato be a Christian, who, not yielding to
this truth and this fact, can stand under their
crushing weight, without danger of self-delu
sion or rebellion against God.
-These feeble remarks attempt neither the
dignity nor yet the nature of adoginatio essay.
They are intended to pour a loving, however
inadequate tribute to the Mater rirentium--the
mother of the living hopes of earth for the
ever-living hopes of heaven, one of which,
with as, is that it has so far-stated enough to
suggest that the Annunciation is, and that it
cannot be but, the - concentration of God's
counsels tosoching the unapproachable destiny
and pre-eminence of the Virgin Mary, selected
by that annunciation as the agent of his mer
cies to the children of earth through her super
natural maternity.
The measure of greatness of the divine in
tent-if it may be measured-lies in the fact
that this very mystery of the Virgin's mother
hood is inseparable from the eternal, sovereign
mystery of the redemption df mankind, devised
through the union of God, the Uncreated, with
the created and elect-work of His hand-the
work of works of Almighty mercy, moved by
Almighty love-the very centre around which
then moved, and from that time, in the human
sense, have down to us continued and, for gen
erations unborn, shall continue to move all the
spiritual hopes and destinies of earth, made
secure by the eternal earnests of the annuncia
tion made to the Virgin Mary.
The Annunciation and the Incarnation are,
therefore, but one and the same mystery which
the Church logically blends in one commemo
ration of grateful prayers and reverential love.
For these there are reasons, which not only the
voice of the Church displays,-but which the
admissions of even Calvin himself, one of her
most relentless enemies, freely proclaims. "We
cannot admit," he says, " the blessings which
Christ Jesus has brought to us, without admit
ting, at the same time, the extent to which God
has honored and enriched Mary when He elect
ed that sheshould be the mother of His only be
gotten Son." But theessential condition is that,
not only had He willed that she should be the
Mother of His only begotten, but, what is im
measurably to her glory, that He also willed
that she should freely coasent to the honor and
sanctity destined for her name : that she should
even discuss the means by which this high
prerogative was to be ensured; is one word,
that this great and merciful scheme, in contra
diction, it would almost seem, of her own pre
conceived ideas of duty, should depend on the
fiat of her trusty humility and unbonnded
faith: "Behold the servant of the Ld ! Be
it done to me, according to thy words;"
This is the great characteristic of the Annun
ciation, the incipient mystery of all the mys
teries, through which God works His ways
with Ills creatures. Another scarcely less
striking characteristic is that, through the
sacred traditions of the past, Mary, by the
graces which had been originally lavished
upon her, and by the merits which they had
secured, stood in every way worthy of the on
earthly dignity, the glorions elevation for
which she had been selected and to which she
was raised. Wonderful ways of God's Provi
dence! The promise of the Garden of Eden,
after thousands of years, finding its fulfilment
in a village, which had no existence when
the promise was made!
So great and worshipful a mystery could not
have been announced; the record of its an
nouncement could not have been handed down
to revering posterities, save in that form which
is essentially great in itself, the form of ineffa
ble simplicity. With the very first accounts
of that divine simplicity, which brings convic
tion and pours faith into the human soul, we
acknowledge, revere and adore God's mercy, in
its best revelation, which was the dawning
splendor of Christian hope and Christian truth.
We need but revert to the Scriptures for the
record of the grandest declaration of divine
power, which it has been given to man to con
ceive. '"In the sixth month, the angel
Gabriel was sent, from God, into a city of
Galilee, called Nazareth, to a virgin whose
name was Mary. And the angel, being come
in. said unto her,' Hail, full of Grace, the Lord
is with thee : blessed art thou among women.'
This, we repeat. is the preface to one of the
grandest exertion.ed i.omnipotence. Grander
than the act of God, thinkiag earth and seas,
suns and stars, beasts and man, into existence,
out of a clhaotio ian. Grandler. infinitely
rander. becalsne he willed Himself, through
His own suspension of His own laws and
through the appointed agency of the virgin,
free fromn sin. und, therefore, " full of grace,"
to be bemmed in, to be "involved," as bt.
Anugustin baa it, in the clay with which He had
originally wrapped the.frail creature of His
hand.
Read that opening and its sequel,-la tht
luminous records. o( the inspired pemnanw
What a see I What a dialogue and what a
conclusion "I '- ole side the angel of God
announcing the intentions of supernal ameroy;
on the otb erMary, i' her Virgin shrinking
ness, resolving the tremendous mystery of the
inoeanation and coasnermnating, by one act of
obedient hmiflity ,the eternal destinies of the
world. She yp.lds to the message with a
lowliness ofbearing, with a sobriety of speech,
which leaves room for no other, feeling than
an overpowering sense of the immensity of the
mystery, all in all suffiioent for itself and for
the end for whieh it was merelfully devised.
Look at the pioture from the mejd limner's
hand. "In the sixth month"l This is the
sixth month of Elisabeth, her. precursor's
pregnancy. This sixth month, the divinely
determined period for the Incarnation of the
Word, In Mary's womb, falling on the 25th of
March, marks "the fulness orf days," so often
alluded to in the older Scriptures, as the ma
turity of God's promises-of the hopes of the
Patriarebs-of the predictions of the Prophets
and-of th every starting points of the Supreme
law of redeeming Grace.
We have tust alluded to the fore-speech of
the Prophets and we now ask the reader to
look to the utterances of one of God's eeers.
The prophecies of His word through the lips of
Daniel bear a character of historic precision
and ehronologieal certainty. They utter the
succession of' Kingdoms-the revolution of
Empires-the coming, the death and the reign
of Christ. The prophet's vision of the " Son
of Mau," whom Incarnation, through the
sequel of eventS, made the Son of Mary, is
strikingly peculiar. That foreshadowed mys
tery was revealed to him through God's mes
senger, the angel Gabriel.
And now, who is the messenger to the hum
ble Virgin of Nazareth? The same Gabriel,
the messenger of prophesy to Daniel, who is
-commissioned as the messenger of fulfilment to
Mary. He came to announce the coming and
the manner of the coming of that " Son of
Man," whose glorious visionhe had explained,
fully five hiaired years before, to the prophet
Daniel ; while, by the continuance of his office,
be reveals to us the continuatie6 of the promise
and work of God, through the succession of
human centuries.
His mission, however, goes far beyond the
duty, which might, naturally, be supposed to
be assigned to 'him. He proves, even against
the reluctance of unbelief, out of what pre
vious and inscrutable counsels was directed
t essage which be bore in accomplishment
'of th omise made to Daniel in his vision.
Follow t norel of the latter day and see
whither the a 1-flight is winged. Is it to
Rome, the all-con ring and all-victorious?
Is it to Athens, the a arned and all-wise ?
Is it to Babylon, the all-ha ty and all-proudt
Is it even to Jerusalem, the a oly and tem
ple-crowned T Otherwise i that fli directed
-directed to an obscure corner of 'e
directed to an humble village, called Naza
-Nazareth, whose name was at once a proverb
and a scoff.
But, in yon humble Nazareth, there is a
lowly roof, which shelters the hoarded treas
ures of heaven, the joyful promise to earth,
the secret prediction of the "Ancient of Days";
and under that lowly roof, you find a Virgin
with more grandeur, wisdom and power than
were in Athens and Rome and Babylon.
A Virgin, whether among the races of men, or
the choirs of angels, from whom the eternal
light was to radiate over the world, and that
"Virgin's name was Mary "I To her was the
angel Gabriel sent from God, and there, in
that lowly hovel, unknown to the pretended
wise, the mystery was announced, the Annun
ciation of which was, in a perishing world,
the mastery which was to renew the faceof the
earth.
Six months before, the same messenger, sent
to Zacharish, the High Priest of God, in the
very act of offering incense and prayer, ad
dresses him in words of authority and com
mand, which draw a line of distinction be
tween the cir.umstances and the individuals.
To Zachariah he says: " I am Gabriel, who
stand before God, and am sent to speak to thee
and to bring thee these tidings; and, behold,
thou shalt be dumb, because thou Last not
believed my words, which shall be fulfilled in
their time."
This, certainly, is an authoritative language,
if any such ever was used-the language of a
superior to an inferior-the language of an
ambassador of God to man. even a man invest
ed with the dignity of the priesthood. The
same snperiority-the dame authority-is con
veyed in the statement of the same angel's in
terview with the prophet Daniel: "Gabriel
came," says the prophet,-" and stood where I
stood and when he was come, Ifell on my face
tremblisg."
Now we have the identical messenger of
heaven, not to a prophet-not to a High Priest
in the holy livery of the Lord; but to a lowly
maiden, commended by no known attribute to
the regard of men-addressing her in the
words of that salutation, the imperishable
formunla which pays to her merits the homage
of two worlds: "Hail Mary, full of grace; the
Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among
women." Now mark the contrast. Though
humble in spirit, there is no prostration of the
Virgin, before the angel such as marked his
meeting with the prophet of God. The hom
age and inclination ame, on the contrary.
from the angel himself and his words are not
of copimand, but of honor and all but adora
tion. It is not easy to decide which is the
supernal essence-whether Mary or Gabriel ?
And this, indeed, because if the angel's is a
virgin nature, the Virgin Mary also is an
angel. But Mary is not only an angel in the
body; she is also the Queen of angels, as the
mother-elect of the ion of God. Hence
Gabriel's language is not that addressed to a
subject and, not even to an equal ; but the lan
guage really due to one, made a Queen by the
crowning of God's hand.
He, therefore, meets her as an ambassador to
a Power, in which he sees the reflex of the
Power, which- has sent him. So long as
human language earries a positive meaning
and conveys an obvious sense; none other can
ever attach, or be made to attach, to the words
of homage which accompany the angelic salu
tation and constitute, as it were, the very rea
son thatjustifies their utterance.
Enlarge the words and see how they will
read: "I, Gabriel, speak to thee, from God.
I am bound, Mary, to speak in this wise to
thee-because thou art full of grace-because
thou art blessed a.ong women. Such is
my mission from everlasting Wisdom and
everlasting Power and my lips may not speak
otherwise. This is the mystery of the Annn
ciation, absorbed in the mystery of the Incar
nation. This is the fiat of the Salutation,
which exalts the Virgin above every creature
of God's hand; the Salutation, which, a mo
ment before, on the lips of the messenger, as
sured her: "the Lord is with thee;" the Balu
tattoo, which brought forth Immannel and en
titled us to say, through her, " the Lord is
with us;" the Balutation, which is daily re
newed by the faithful over the world. With
the dawn of the morning, which wakes us to
the weary toil; with the noon, which has al
ready brought the burthen of the toil; with
the setting of the sun, which warns us to cease
the labors of the day; in cheering, comforting
sounds, from steeple and spire, come, over the
worshiped memories of the soul, the million
voices of the angelus-bell, ringing in the ear of
every Catholic, the blessed words of the An
nunciation: " Hall, Mary, full of Grace! The'
Lord is with thee I Blessed art thou, amongst
women and Blessedi is the fruit of thy woub,
J.sns!" We Catholics, and only we Catholics
keep up, as we have kept up for centuries, the
nmeuento of God's mercy and testify our grate
ful worship of the Boo, through our tender de
votion to the Mother.
A contented mind is a continual feast.
DOk5IIO CyATOLIC IA LLeSoZ, C.
" Conferefoise to the Chitiesht to RocA C0r&
Tina --In th6 'Baltimore xFrrdr of theb ItU
inst., we find a very interesting and edify
log letter from a correspondent-in the old
North State. In connection with the fol
lowing extracts, which we make from this
letter, we would call the attention of our
readers to the wonderful dispensations of
Providence which, in response to the deep
and sincere yearnings of a soul desirous of
finding the true road of salvation, even
from such a source as the impious and of
ten blasphemous columns of the New York
Herald, causes the light of the true faith, to
be shed:
It was last spring that the priest of Wil
mington received a letter addressed "To
any Catholic priest of Wilmington, North
Carolina." The writer was a physician,
living about eighty miles from the city-a
man of great respectability-who bad for
years been chasing "the Will o' the Wisp"
of Protestantism and at last had given the
race up. He had inquired of the Truth at
the door of almost every meeting-house,
but in vain. He stated in his letter that
looking over.a number of the New York
Herald, he had just read a discourse of
Archbishop McClosky on the Catholic
Church. He had never read a Catholic
book or talked to a Catholic priest. He
had given up the search after Truth and
the Church of Christ, but this discourse
was a torch and an authoritative guide
that aroused him and boldly bade him :
"Come after me," "Con-e and see." He
asked for books and information. Rev.
Father N. kindly corresponded with him,
and the result was that in a few months
the gentleman came to the city with his
family and entered the Church along ttl
lis wife and ehildren. His eldest daught
er is now a boarder at the Convent of the
Sisters of Mercy. Returning to his home,
he did not hide the light of Faith in his
own bosom. An extensive practice gave
his zeal the opportunity of displaying it
self.. Books of instruction were generous
ly purchased and freely distributed to
every one that could be persuaded to only
learn something of the doctrines of those
"of whom all manner of evil things were
said, and who were hated by all men."
Far and near was spread the news of the
conversion of Dr. - , one of the most
respected and one of the best educated
gentlemen of the county. Good people
a-gre led to think and to read. And among
ma were the four brothers of the Doctor,
with th 'rfamilies. One has already en
tered the ch, whilst the others will
make their prolion this week. The
Bishop of North Car a, on returning to
Wilmington, sent one o priests to visit
this county. After riding fi iles in the
cars and over twenty in a car e, the
Reverend gentleman reached the do r's
residence, where were gathered his imm
diate relatives and some intimate acquaint
ances. The.priest to most of them was a
seven days' wonder. That evening Bev.
Father N. baptized the children and gave
an instruction to the company. Present
was one of the pillars of the Methodist
Church. Next morning Mass was said, at
which several made their first communion.
At twelve o'clock, although the weather
was extremely cold, the neighbors gather
ed to about the numberof fifty, in order to
hear something of the Catholic Charch.
The instruction lasted over an hour, and
gave great satisfaction. Father N. started
towards home that evening, but remained
at one of the houses of the converts to in
struct his neighbors. Next morning the
colored people of his plantation, number
ing about fifty, came also to hear the word
of God. Poor negroes I They are dreaded
on account of their numbers, and are re
foused membership in tihe white peoples'
meeting-houses, for feat lest their numbers
might obtain for them a title to the.Church
property. Six months ago, in the visited
neighborhood, there was not one Catholic,
now there are at least a dozen, and as
many more, it is expected, will next week
be received into the Church by the Bishop,
who has already started to visit this mis
sion. Since Father N's. return, he has had
the satisfaction of hearing of the still fur
ther fruit of his mission ; one of the most
influential members of-the- -Methodist
Church has become a Catholic.
Conversions in Long island City.-A very
interesting ceremony took place in St.
Patrick's Church, Long. Island City, on
Sunday, the 3d inst. On that occasion a
family consisting of Mrs. Gertrude Reid
line, her son John, and two daughters,
Mary Ann and Mary Josephine, were re
ceived into the bosom of the Church. This
family were members of the Lutheran per
suasion, and their conversion is hailed
with pious joy by the good pastor, Father
Marco. and the Catholics under his charge.
-N. Y. Tablet.
CathoWe Lyceum in Rochester.-The Rt.
Rev. Bishop McQuade has purchased the
valuable property on which the old Ex
change Hotel stands, on Main street,
Rochester, upon which he will have erect
ed a fine building, which will contain a
hall and rooms for the Catholic Associa
tion,library rooms, gymnasium, etc. This
will be a splendid addition to thie many
fine Catholic institutions of that city.
Death of27 Tromas Ferguison.-We regret
exceedingly to be called upon this week to
record the death of this gentleman, which
occurred at his residence in this city on
Saturday, March 9th, in the 45th year of
his age. Mr. Ferguson was one of our most
useful citizens, and one whose place among
the Catholic laity it will be diffcult to fill.
No man in this community was more iden
tified with Catholic interests and Catholic
charities than he, and his gentle connsel
will be missed in the many Catholic asso
ciations of which he was a member. He
was President of the Upper Council of St.
Vincent de Paul's Society for about eight
years, and so mild and yet so firm was his
administration, that, notwithstanding in
the Society composed as it is of all nation
alities, and having a branch in each parish
in the city, nothiag occurred during that
time to mar the unity so characteristic of
the St. Vincent de Paul's Society, or even
cause a debate of any consequence. So
well did he understand the rules and spirit
of the Society and so highly was hoe es
teemed by all, that his opinion on any
subjeet connected with the society was
teaken as final. He was also member of the
Catholc Orphan Board for a number of
yeare.--8t. Louis Watchiman.
Mission to the Colored People.-On Friday
eveming, Marcdh lt, St. Joseph's Missioners
of the Macred Heart opened and blessed a
little church in Leadenhall street, South
B lg~e. The little hbreh was used b
ho tistas the presideas Uuada, who h
their t service in'itaa.ahatd. It. is.
now de4ieated to the Sacred Hert, after
which it is called. Very lev, Dr. Vaughan
blessed it, and preachedob o devotion to the
Sacred Heart. Be compared the humble
beginning of theoiissioners to other bum.
ble beginnings that in the eourse of time
became great works; he also drew a com
parison between the stable at Bethlehem
and the unadorned little church in which
he was speaking. The ceremony closed
with devotions to the Sacred Heart, which
were composed of alternate prayers and
hymns. The whole congregation joined in
singing the hymns, and, although there
was'no organ, the congregation made up
for this want by the fervor with which
they sang the praises of the Sacred Heart.
At the cooolnsion, a hymn was also sung
to St. Joseph, after which the people went
away quite pleased with the first service
in their new church of the Sacred Heart.
Ordiwraions .at tS. BOear u Bsminary,
Overbrook, Pa.- O- Thursday morning,
February 29, were ordained priests at the
above named college: Revs. John J. ]oyle,
Moses J. Armstrong. William Lomb ran,
Joseph V. O'Connor, Marcus Kelly Meihael
S. Bunce, James P. Furlong, O.S.A.,y ran
cis McShane, O.S.A. Rt Rev. James F.
Wood, Bishop of Philadelphia, officiated
on the occasion.
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No. t9a NEW BASI,, Julia Itrees Landing,
de624 m New Orleans.
WM. G. Cors, New Orleans. Hosunn. Woos £ Co.,
8M 'L AIeOOn, f wO s Plttsburg.
-. G. COYLE A CO,
COAL MERCIIANS,
not 6m Office. 1. lrra.ir ntn
ATRICK MUPRPY, olI MAGNOLIA TT ,E',
(Betweea TLalla and Erato strest,)
Hasea band alargstook of
Oak, Ash and Pine WOOD,
Pitsburg COAL and CHARCOAL,
l of the -Lba qaUty.
All orders promptly attended to. - not dm
WOOD AND COAL.
961 Delord streek corner Dr'ads. New Orleans,
OAK, A[B AND PINE WOOD, PITTBBURG COAL
CHAOROAL AND WkITE BAND,
Steamboat. Bakeries, Founderes and Families sop
pled at the sortset rnotice and lowest market proeeo.
J7=O71 y
GROCERS.-COl MMISSION dMERCHANTS.
W & LAWRANCE,
LESALE GROCERS,
33..... .....Tob o tonlas Street.......... 33
Offer for sale a large and well ted stock of
Staple and Fancy Groceries,
- consisting In part of .
BUGARS,
COFFEE,
MOLASSES,
SOAP, RICE
FLOUR, FISH,
PORK, SALT.
BACON,
CANDLES.
Etc.. Etc.
Which will be placed at Agures to su tile views of close
ash buyers. mh3 Im
A. W. Skardon. Win. Woelper.
A W. SKARDON & CO..
OGROCERS,
Corner Jackson and Rousseau msrets, Fourth District,
New Orleans
Goods delivered free of charge. (b4 75 ly
E. onory. J. R. Menge. E. Conery, Jr.
E. CONERY, SON & CO.. -
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
Commission Merchants and Dealers in Western
Produce,
CORNER OF CANAL AND DELTA STREETS.
012l T1 ly PNW o5LJAnls.
OM RICE,
RETAIL FAMILY GROCER,
Corner of Constance and Erato streets,
Choice Wines, Liquors, Tea. and One Goshen Butter
constantly on hud. oc25 71 ly I
CRESCENT GROCERY.
WILLIAM HART,
Wholesale and Retail FAMILY GROCER. Choice
WINES.L LIQUORS and TEAS.
Orvlier street, cornor of Rampart.
City end country orders solicited, and punetually at.
ended to. Osods delivered in all part of ethe city fre
of drayage. Choice oahen BUTTEit. myuilt 71 ly
J T GIBBONS & CO.,
DIOALSr IN
GRAIN, CORN MEAL, AND RAY,
-7, , 61, .......New Levee street ....... , 5o, 61, 3
helti7 Iy Corner Poydres.
BAKERS-CONFECTIONERS.
"M ARGARZT."-(MABGARET HAUGEEBT)
BREAD AND CRACKERS BAKER,
74 76 and 78.... New Levee....74, 76 and 78
Neo Poydra street, New Orlans.
Zeese esuetantly ea hasd a large asmrtment of
BREAD. CREAM BISCUITS. and CRACKZRSI
of every de'cnpton; all made by maclhaey., at loweet
marlket prcl4. mbull 7 iy
. CObOROVE,
BAK tR.
'o. 19 or. MAY 8SerT,
Betwe Msagalae and Ceaetanae.
jell-ly
EEWICAL ADVERTISENEHTS.
DR. D. BLY PATENJT ARTXNCIAJ
) ! . ANI D AEM&
The steote y Legl d sie nrotls at the
tal. a-l - the lat -.,mpovmn i, At toh
lartoed for rve yLars, with elbat iatlischm. na
ivFing, or "o s Am. A ltrkm a eoelom m Lamp.
t>"pn,-m .p*-. ., . ~ . m"
ftd lily_____ '9 Uamm strea New Grim L
Dkeerlptire punppblot,· lolAg. J ddzm!L
re-- . II €D IIItII "J.- l' l ul~ ItllnllrlW
DR. T. sT. CLAIR FERRIS,
General Agent for the Southern iattee of
WARNER'S WINE OF LIFE
EXGLISI GIN AND AROMATIC BRANDY
Office, No. 8 St. Charle stret,
Irr sTAls )
8 emn 'ew Oroley. La.
H. SPILLMANN. MANUFAtTUBXN AND AN
Pilot of the Beet
Trustes, Braces and Abdominal 8upport m
in America or elsewhere.
SEVEN DIPLOMAS awarded at She L orisaane ~ab
Flil 1870.
TIErXl DIPLOMAS awarded at tie LSatoTezae3ls
Fair. 1871.
Swish to inform te publIc that m. Palst Tree .
ell as. to le Imatent atAbdominal Supporter wý e
-tes .,,ans .Lb nlitrumenla haoe no eprlnig beck -o
or th. horrle etrapll of eome n.bmliar instrumeon.
Practical mechanical experience of over Thirty Yem
will foull jstf4y me in solicltg your am A
tria woll hcumyne nou that humbug i ouldoe.
. . SPILLMANN, 3 ]ronn etrest
Jeisl7i t. yBetween Perlidn aus Uno. N.Orieans.
COUG HlS--COLDS--.AlTHMA.
CoUnon-oLos-~Tu;;.~
Remember, that for ae 4eo
tione of the Throat and Long.,
LAI'LAI;ECS INISLAN TURNIP
PECTORAL IALM il the lsoe
remedy, comblning fllecenep of
action with+ a moes palatable ie.
vor. Olve it trial. Prire Si.
Sold at all well assorted rSng
etores, and by the proprietor. RI
and olgi5 leisn Fields street.
Flor eale wholesuale Ia . J.
ARAT & CO., and iall wholesale ·I
.Je9S 71 13'ly
I-00 REWARD I. nftrrrd b
frl ir lsprhutur of Dr. lagc'e
ta('trrh lRlemdy for a e ou
i"tsd Oft Inad," CtaurrA or
Oi Ol.wicrh r n c notc rear.
nloi by Druggis at Sorts.
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS.
CARPET A.D OIL-CLOTH WAREUOUSE.
ELKIN & 00.,
168 .............Canal Street............. .18
Have a large variety of
CARPET-i..ln Velvet. Brunels, Three-Pl and Ingrala
whichb they oer at very low prices.
FLOOR OIL-CLOTH-all widths.
An elegant assortment of
LACE CURTAINS,
WINDOW SHADES and CORNICES
CANTON MATTINGS-White, Check and Fancy.
mb3 3m
JOHN 1O01$,
291..............Cap treet............991
Returns his sincere thanks to the pblic or the Itbera
patronage bestowed upon him. in the past, d rspe.. .
full ya kell a continuaue or the amea . r un utmi
n _..ease t. tIre ull saLtlsfation. e hai bad M1
e*tabli*hmeat "THOR UOHLY R TLDIIe D and RL
PAIRED, and now offer for alle, a An istf FURNI.
TURE LOO.ING GLA OES,,O , I EANG E,
CORDS, etc.
Picture and Looking Gls Framed. UpbolsteRlrng,
Re- nln and Vuernmblg dnen is th buest mases.
d Furnituro moved with cre and dispatLch.
_Mr. Dols charges are VECRY LOW, se4 on
WALL PAPERN, PAINTS, WINDOW GLASS, ie.
119............ Common Street............ 11
The undersigned, formerly of 1lo Canal street,.
nouncee to his friernds and the pubUe then be s now
located at Ii COMMOLN STREET, betwsee Lamp md
St Charles streets.
He calls special attention to hie stock of WALL
PAPR, ralngi I n price from Ito. a roll pwsr
His rtock of PAITS, OILS, GLASS8 WINDOW
SHADES, etc., being very large, and b. eneseao
being muOch lower thla formerly, be is enabled to Nl
all articles In hi. tne at Greatly Reduced Pris
UCall end see tbr yoourselver.
I L. WIIEELAHAN, 119 Commen e
Ins English WHITE LEAD (B. B) always w
L. UT onter and Dealer in
FRILENCH AND GE1MLN LOOKING cla
Fine Oil Pailntingo. Engravlie nd Lithograpbh In
Colorn and tPlain ; Cbrumo rl blicatioe Oal
sad Square Portrait and Plcture  t of all
sires and patterns Artist'-Mato for
PFinting in Oil, Water and Pastel
Carpets, Mtes. Matting and Rugs.
Lac Curtains. Window Shades and Car.
nice., Curtain Holders, Picturo Cord sad
Teasels. 'botograph Albums, Pryer Books,
Crouncis, Carved Wooden oods, etc. Nine Fresek
CARVIED OAI DINING ROOM MIRRORIs
133 CANAL STREET, (Touro Row)
mbhI 71 ly Now rless.
WILLIAM ROAN,
Manufartnrer and Repairer of SpinlL
Hair, .Feather, Mou e and Excelsior MAT T
Als.o Pillows. Sheets, Blanket ad aMesquite So
No. S JRNVILL/E SLTRET, betw.ee Royal nad
Bonrbon streets, New Orleans,
Steamboats Hotels and Boerding Rouse suppliel ,o
short oto%. se4 low te.Au , pteg reeelmd
anOd carefullly storedl. el i7 lN
HARDWARE-STOVES-COOPERAGE.
THIIE AMERICAN STOVE.
THE VICTOR AT FIVE IITATH FAIRS.
For DITRABJLITW. ECONMMt IN FUEL. PER
FECT IAKINGO QUALITIES, it rivala any Ste
made in this country.
TIIE COLCUMRIAN COAL OR WOOD STOVE
Is the liES COMIIINED Fuel Stvore ever offere tO
the publlc.
A General Assortment of
COOKING AND HEATING STOVES, TINWARE,
GRIATES, HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
BIRD CAGES, ETC.
Country and City Orders solicited for ROOFING ani
GUTTERING.
PHIL. McCABE,
an4 tm Amuriran Store Depot. lI5 Camp Wtelae,
J B. AITKENS & SON,
l......... TCOUrITroULAS STREET........
DEALERS IN HARDWARE,
Iron, steel. Copper. riai Lead Galvrelsed Spl~e
Kati. Bolts, eta.
Brass and Compoettion. tShip HardwMa, Blidera' Ra]d.
evr. and Fire Grater.
Lockeiths' and Bell Hanger.' Materials.
To ether witi tlhe gteatet variety of every dseerltim
af Neehaoli:. ' TI+,11 and Hairdwraet bek ond a. tLe
'outh, at reasnan,l prires. jt '71 ly
G. I'ITARD, 3 -
Builders' Hlardware, Grates and Mantels,
PAINTS. OILS. VARNISH. TUEPERTINRR
WINDOW (;i.AtS and WALL PAPER.
349......... Co. mmon 8treet ............
ml4 Iv Nea"r ~ Clibere lllaret.
'4 +taeit.