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fMeling ter and Catholic Messenger.
UUV U&1LRB. IIUWDAT. JULY s1. 1st%.
TWILIGHT ON THE BEACII.
The crimas. go'ry of the setlinE .un
Tath lain a moment on the soean'a brest.
Till twilbght shadows athering one by oLe,
ratg us the tidings, day to gone a teet.
Ta oat upon the waters like a veil.
The mists of evoenos rtae and stretch away
Between the beorlson and dieset mit,.
And earth and sea are clothed in sombre gray.
Ts o tide esee higher up the smreeth white beach.
inlollg &hem4i It bas for ages sag r
The freight my idle heands ve seaooward ang.
Over the whitlrapped waves the sea gullse sar,
With eavry deppein wing and reetles ery.
e dskne soprende Its deeper mante o'er
The changing shadows of the twilight sky.
No volee but mine to minglake with the ound
Of Goln's melody. as one by sme
The staes lght lb the vast cncahve around
And live its glory that i never done.
Still btlbsr onrepe th tide with subtle power,
Ad tlll the wvr pec advance with sullen roar,
But with the last fint gleam of twilight hour
I tu se Lsomeward from the lonly shonre.
-CATHOLIC WORKM.NE'S CLUBS IN
FRANCE.
London Reliste r.
We have received the official Report for
1877-78 of the (Duvre des (nerles are hoe
Bwe d'Or vriirs, or the French Association
r Catbolie Workmen's Clubs. The little
om isa very interesting one. Found
ed by the Count de Mon six years ago, the
oraoeiation has aeomplished an amount
ta.o estosel work that makes ous wish that
it could be imitated amongst our people in
england. In the six yeares n which it has
been in operation it has succeeded in e
tablishing and maintaining no lees than
325 clubs, with an aggreg-te of between
forty and fifty thosand members. A cen
tral eonncil directs the work, assisted by
committees for special branches of it, and
for the study of eonomic questions as they
affect the working classes. This central
council also publishes a review treating of
such questions as are of interest to the
workmen. It keeps up a continual eor
respondence with the clubs, and further
unites them by its members making tours
of inspection, and by holding congresses in
propineolal cities. It has, moreover, begun
the organization of a committee of employ
ers who are willing to give their time and
knowledge to the development of practical
measures for improving the condition of
the workingclasses. As yet this latter
organization is only begun, but the council
hopes to see it assunme a positipn of real
importance, and by bringing employers and
workmen to labor together for a common
end in which the interests of both are con
cerned, it is not unreasonably expected
that a real step will be taken towards put.
tingan end to the suicidal system of strikes,
or, as it is the fashion to call it, the strug
gle between capital and labor.
But the clubs are only a means to an end.
The Association does not exist to supply
Sworking men with rooms where they can
-read, study, converse, or engage In games
of skill, in order to pass a pleasant evening.
Again and again the Report insists on the
necessity of not mistaking the means for
Ake end, the outward form of the work for
Its essence. This end is twofold. First,
to withdraw the working men from the re
- volutionary clubs, and from the influence
eoinddel and socialistic leaders, by giving
thembpa the Catholic club all the advan
tages they can obtain from the non-Catho
lic associations, with theadditional advan
tage of Catholic teaching; secondly, to
Srevive amongst men who have the advan
-dsges of birth, foitune, or education, the
feeling that they have a duty to perform
to the working classes, to unite them with
.tiase classes by the tie of hris-tian chriaty
and brotherhood, and to organize them in
Sbody to assist the working men in found
ing these Catholic clubs, and in studying
social quetions from the Catholic stand
point. Thus substitutiog the idea of
Catholic brotherhood for that of mere phil
'anthropy, the Association strives to unite
theupper and lower clesses in the diffusion
mof Catholic ideas, in order that it may thus
thetroy the Revolution. It has no party
oharacter. It does not necessarily attach,
" itself to the idea of eitler a monarchy, an
empire, or a republic. Its one ideal is that,
under whatever form oi government, the
ruleof public policy and of social right
should be the doctrines of the Catholic
Church as defined sad interpreted by its
Supreme head. This, then, is the mission
of the Atsociation of Catholic Working
Men's Clnbs-a noble one, an ambitious
one-perhaps it will be said too ambitious.
We do not, for our part, think that it
aims too high, nor do we regard the work
it has already accomplished as of small
importance. It is true that among the
thirty millions of France, 4(to menau is not
a large number to belong to the Association
nor amongst the thousands of communes,
or, as we would say, parishes, are 325 clubs
more than a nucleus- for future work. But
we believe that the progress at the outset
must necessarily be slow. The older work
ingmen os the towns already in the hands
of the revolutionary organizations naturally
hold aloof from the new Association, and
it has to recruit its ranks among the
oountry people and the younger men of
the towns. But the chief point is to work
solidly, no matter how slowly, and to lay
a secure foundation for so great a super
structure. This, we believe, is being done.
Throughout the Report there is a spirit
which augurs well for success. There is
no attempt to pvt things only in a favor
able light-difficulties, and even failures,
are frankly set forth. Ilov to repair fail
ures, how to meet dtifliculities, are matters
which are discoussed in a practical, boui
ks-like way. In the various clubs, or
prles, no fixed rule la followed as to the
dbrm which each is to take. Every one is
.adipted to the special wants of the district
in which it is placed, and in form they
4 wary from the town clab, with its oratory
and its rooms for study, amusement and
soeial intercourse, down to the little vil
Iage cerate meeting in some cottage, or in a
room at the prasby tery, and having the
perish church for its oratory, and the Cure
for its honorery president. The effect on
the members is said to be very good. They
feel a kind of esprit de corps, they know
they are not isolated, that toey belong to a
lalrge and powerful body, and they thus
gainoourage to say boldly what they think
;n defence of religion, to put down bad
language among their companions; in a
word boldly to profes themsrelves Catho
lice, and to act publicly as such. At the
annual pilgrimage of their province they
meet the members of other e.rcle, and
each one of the mass of men assem
bled, with banners displaed, a as spublio
become a propaganeodist of the work. As
the cercle increases, the men of the district
become steady and sober, and there are
places where employers specially seek for
workmen who belong to the cercle, for they
have come to know that this is a guarantee
for their fidelity, steadiness and industry.
The religions character of the Association
is a guarantee for its endurance. No great
Catholic work, based on seealar principles,
can last long or accomplish much. But
when we see a group of Catholic laymen
boldly announcing that they trust to prayer
for their ohief help in the organization they
have began, and declaring that that or
ganiastion will in all things make the
bteahinga of the Holy See the guide of its
conduct, we feel that asucese is assured.
There is one great danger which always
menaces the.Aesociation, that is the danger
of suppression by an unscrupulous and on
Catholic government. The Revolutionary
arty in France, it may well be imagined,
looks with anything but favor upon Cath
olic associations whose object is to aid,
protect, and instruct the working classes,
amongst which it always hopes to recruit
the rank and file of its army of unbelief.
It will be easy to find some pretext for
interference if the Government wished to
interfere, and though the Association is
essentially unconnected with party poli
tics, that will be no protection for it if the
istransigeste Party get, the upper hand in
the Government. If this peril only I
averted, we confidently predict a er-at
future for the (auvre des Ceroles Coarfo
liques d'Ouvriere.
It may be well to add, in case any of our
readers wish to know more of the work the
Association does, that the offices of its
Secretariat are at 10 Rue do Ban, Paris.
Perhaps now that so many Irish and Eng
lish Catholics are visiting or passing
through Paris, some may take the trouble
to call at the Rue du Ban. We feel sure
such a visit will be an interesting one to
the visitor, and an encouragement to the
secretaries of the work, who are desirous
that it should be as widely known as pos
sible.
CYPR US.
The island of Cyprns, which Lord Bea
conifield has so cleverly acquired and
welded into the chain connecting Europe
and India, the other links whereof are
Gibraltar, Malts, the Suez Canal and Aden,
is the most eastern island of the Mediter
ranean, being only sixty-five miles from
the Syrian coast ; on the north it approaches
to within forty-tour miles of Asia Minor.
Its length is about one hundred and forty
miles and its breadth from fifteen, at the
northeastern extremity, to forty, the total
area being 3 678 square miles. The popu
lation is estimated at 200,000 souls, of
whom perhaps two thirds are Greeks, the
remainder being Ottomans, Jews. Catho
lice, Maronites, and Armenians. Hitherto
it has formed pait of the vilayet of the
islands of the Mediterranean, having as its
capital Nicosia, where resides the Archbi
shop, though his title is Metropolitan of
Constantia. Since the counnail of Ephesoas
in 431 he has retained his independence of
any patriarch,and the Church of Cyprus
forms one of the independent groups into
which the Greek Church is divided.
Cyprus early belonged to the Pt ni
clans of the neighboring coast ; then it
was colonized by the Greeks, and became
the seat of several independent kingdoms;
then it passed under the power successive
ly of the Pharosha, Persians, Ptolemies
and Romans, excepting a short period of
independence under Evaogoras in the
fourth century, B. C. Here was one of the
chief seats of the worship of Venus, as the
,namre Cnypr i will rnmind the rorir
Paphos and Salamis were among its famous
cities of old time. The Crusaders refs it
from the Greek Emperor and made it a
kit gdom for Guy of Lusignan, whose de
sceodants lost it to the Venetians, the em
ploy-rs, as readers of Shakespeare will re
call, of Othello. After a siege marked by
prodigies of valor std immense slaughter,
the Turks took the island 307 years ago
and have held it ever since, except during
the per:od of 1832 40, w en the viceroy of
Egypt administered its affairs.
The island is fertile and rich, though the
frequent drought shrinks its principal
stream, the Pedias, to a mere rill and com
pels the inhabitants, the waters of the
wells being brackish, to have recourse to
cisterns. Minerals abound, including cop.
per and precious stones, though the mines
have hitherto been sadly neglected. Among
the vegetable productions aye fruits, cot
ton, tobacco, dyewood and drugs; silk is
also produced, and wine. In old times the
wine of the Commanderis, a vineyard tak
ing its name from the Knights of Malts,
enjoyed a wide vogue, but as the popula
tion has fallen from 1,000,000 in Venetian
times to its present low figure, so the wine
production has fallen off from 2 000,000
gallons to 200,000. There is some demand
in Egypt, though none in Europe, for the
common red and black wines of the coun
try, against which Europeans have a preju
dice because of the taste they acquire from
being kept in tarred casks.
The island has one splendid port--am
agosts, the Arsinoe of the ancients-which,
though so choked with filth as only to
afford anchorage for a few small craft,
might easily be restored to its prominence
under the old Venetian role, when hun
dreds of vessels rode within its roadstead at
ease and in safety. Despite the locusts which
scourge it ceaselessly, and the even more
raspacious Turkish tax gatherer, Cyprus Irs
of late years been increasing in prosperity.
Its grain crop is small, and both the wheat
and oats are inferior, but colocynth is ex
teuslvely cultivated; large exports of
madder are made, and cotton and carob
beans are sent abroad to the extent of some
thousands of tons annually.
Whenever and Wherever
Diseases of a choleraio type prevail, or there
-e uses to apprehend a visit from them. the sjstem
hould be toned, regunlated and relnerced by a conie*
of Hosteteter's 8tomch itters. Perfect digestion and
a regular hblt of body ae the bhet safeguards galinst
such maladies, snd both re secured by thsle inestimable
tonto and .lteretire. The Bitters are also extremely
servlceable in remedyiteg such disordere. If promptly
taken in bilionus colic, diarihesand cholera morbas the
dIsease Its usually frusetrated. In diarrhea cases it le
only necessary to restore the tone of the relazed
bowsls. snd this is one of the spes!fie offsets of thli
mediolne. WiLd os the stomaeh, hesrtburn. bilicus
-ee. nausea, headache sod other symptomssof disturb
ance in the gastrc usd hepatli r.giosuate shM) Ipeal1y
relievod by this exaelleno remedy. .s a family medt
oIne it is tnsauahble, sloe it romp.ly sad completelJ
remees thes almnts whieh uae of meet fieqoen
'We oought to be persnaded that what
God rePfues to our prayer He grants to oar
irvantion.'--B. ,getise.
FIBRY 8BEPENTS.
STRANGE SPECTACL"E PRESENTED AT TIIE
BURMING OF A QUINCT ICS IIOUsE.
Qalney (11.) Whig.
A carious and thrilling spectacle was
witnessed Sunday evenin by persons who
were early at th- -cone of, the burning of
McDade's ieo "h , on the bay. It was
caused by th." escape of probably hundreds
of snakes, which seemed to wiggle and
crawl and bound directly not of the flames,
and to then run for the bay, creating a
continual splash, splash, splash, as one
after another of the reptiles went headlong
into the water. The whole conntry for a
mile around was light as day. The snakes
seemed to come from every nook and cor
ner of the building, and, writhing in agony
from the Intense beat, instinctively made
directly for the bay, and, maimed and
borned, as many of them undoubtedly
were, they plunged in promiscuously, the
larger ones-some of them of tremendous
size-throwing great volumes of water high
into the air. The watchman at one of the
other icebousee says that when he first
saw the flames they envoloped nearly the
entire building. He ran to the door and
attempted to enter, but was driven back
by the fire and smoke. Nothing whatever
could be done to save the icehouse. It
had no doubt been set on fire by tramps,
several of whom were subsequently found
lying near the rains, fast asleep. One of
these very graphically describes the rush
of snakes from tte burning building, which
was a sight as terrible as it was wonderful.
Out of the doorway, through the roof, in
the midst of dense volumes of smoke they
came by scores; large snakes and small of
almost every species known to thislatitude,
their eyes extended and their forked
tongues darting defiance at the blaze, they
actually raced through the air for a place
of safety. They hissed with madness and
pounded the earth with their tails in fury
and seemed to screech in the agony they
experienced in coming through the fire.
The number of them appeared to be end
less, until the whole structure was so fully
consumed that no more could escape from
it if anywere there. Great rattlesnakes,
blowsnakes, moccasins, gartersnakes, wa
tersnakes of every possible description and
age were huddled and hustled together as
they came forth, apparently borne by the
flames. The creeping things were horri
ble to behold. No one dared attempt to
kill them after they had passed success
fully through such a furnace. Wild with
rage and tossing venom into the fire, which
seemed only to increase in volume, they
coiled upon the ground with arched necks
ready to strike the foe that approach
ed them. Some of them even seemed to
stand upon the edge of the ice-house, as if
bidding defiance to the devouring element,
and to lick up the flames with their
tongues before giving up what had been
their home. It is declared upon good
authority that some of these reptiles were
ten feet in length, with bodies of enormous
size, which made large swaths on the earth
when they crawled, and as to their num
ber, no one could give a more accurate
idea than that there were hundreds. One
of the largest, of a bright green and gold
color, which was rendered beautifully
brilliant by the fire-light, appeared through
the side of the house, which was in fall
blaze, bearing in its mouth two of its
young; and scales fell from its body like
hailstones as it hurried away uttering
tones of torture as it proceeded. Some of
the snakes took refuge in a large pile of
lumber near the icehouse, underneath
which several dead - carcases were found
when the lumber was removed to a place
of safety. The house was built with thin
boards, by which a vacant apace was mecade
j.io.tbe siding, creating an air chamber;
and it is supposed that the snakes bad
taken possession of this for a home. The
tramps who endeavored to stay in the ice
house Sunday night probably discovered
soje of the snakes, and attempted to smoke
them out but the effort resulted in the
destruction of the building
AN ENGLISH WEDDING NOTICE.
New York Times.
If the British wedding was as formida
ble as its advertisement nusually is, few
persocs would have the temerity to be
parties thereto. To us Amerioans a mar
riage notice in the British journals is the
cause of mingled wonderment and-amuse
ment. When we surrender celibacy, the
announcement is apt to be made in as few
words as possible, rarely filling more than
three or four lines at most. In England
the announcement makes what printers call
a square, and reads like a condensed cata
logue. We seldom pick up a British news
paper without seeing something like this :
"Married, at Ramsgate Rockery, near
Oakley, Stafford, at noon of Thursday,
30 h lost, by Rev. Plantagenet Clatter
book, LL. D., F. R. S., A. T. S., M. N. O.,
Q. R. D., uncle of the bride, Recter of St.
Bartholomew's Church, Elephant's Head,
Briarlane, Berkley, assisted by Rev. Theo
philus Timoleon Titmouse, J. O. B., R. R
R , X. Y. Z., D. B. F., cousin of the bride
groom, Rector of Calvary Church, St. Mar
tin-in-the-Back Cellar, Monk's Nose,
Grantley; Gertrude Mande Beatrice Con
stance, third daughter of Granville Neville
Bolingbroke Popjaggers, Esq., J. P., M. O.
T., S. P. Q , W. O. N , of Barekness Briary,
Cbolmoodeley Chairbones, Somerset. to
Hlrold St. John Evremont Scragsby, Esq.,
second son of Major Wellington Clive
Ne!son Scragaby, late of Her Msjtesty's
Four Hundred and Eleventh Foot, K C.
B., R.B. A, L. G. J, and E. T. C.,of
Pompernickle Priory, and Stonehenge and
Sticklereck Lodge, St.bChristopher's noder
the Hedge, Mumblepeg, Hertford." It is
enough to take away one's breath even to
read this, and how the stordlest Briton can
erdore a ceremony so weighted with titlee,
naomenclature and geography, paesses
American comprehension.
We most always be ready to sacrifice our
dearest and best natural affections in
obedience to the call of our Heavenly
father. "Call none your fAther upon
earth, for one is your father in heaven"
(Matt. xxiii. 9) Our Lrd has taught as
this not by words only, but by his own
example and by that of his Stints.
FUNERILs, MARRIAOGEs., ETC.-Attention is
solled to the card of Coroner J. G. Itoche, whibch we
publish in our alrertLinog colmns He wil take
charge tf flonerals and the embalming of bodies. Having
betn raeied in the bainese aond having studied it
thoroughly, the Coroner asever Lfila to give perfect eat
Isfaction. He has carrlagsequal In allrempecta to say
In the laS. sad emploj seaso bat experieneed sad
polite drlems. His Ls are viably s. Cll a
bia stSa m Nam s m kae,
FBRNCH TA PBSTBY.
A CARPET FOR AN APARTMENT IN FONTAINE
BLEAU COSTING $60,000.
Pall Mall Gazette.
The display of tapestry at the Exhibi
tion by the Gobelins is given a very prom
inent place, and naturally attracts a great
deal of attention; for ever since the de
cline and fall of the great Flemish mano
factories those of France have occupied
the first position. Tapestry was introduced
into France in consequence of the Intro
duction of Italian architecture. The one
was a necessary adjunct to the other.
About 1543 Francis I. established a royal
manufactory of tapestry at Fontainebleau,
and a second was shortly afterwards cre
ated in Paris at the Hospital of the Trinity.
In 1549 Henry IV introduced Italian work
men, and placed them in the Jesuit estab
lishment of the Faubourg St. Antoine,
whence they removed to the Louvre nine
years later. In 1601 Flemish workmen
were engaged, and were obliged to keep
eighty looms going ; and subsequently the
manufactory was removed to the Gobelins,
while an extra atelier, with Italian work
men, was opened in the gardens of the
Tuileries for the fabrication of high-warp
tapestry for the king. In 1662 the great
Minister Colbert centralized the tapestry
works and purchased the Hotel of the
Gobelins. The painter Lebruon was placed
at the head of the establishment, which
under him, and in the space of twenty
seven years, manufactured 4 110 square
aanes of high warpand 4,300 square aunes
of low warp. It is calculated that this
tapestry in money value of to day, cost the
statq $2,000.000. About 250 workmen
were employed, and were paid by the
piece. A square anne of high warp was
paid 450 livres, or $540, and the low warp
not quite so much; and this represented
the labor of a year.
Today the Gobelins manufactory pos
sesses a budget of a little over $40.000 a
year. The administration costs $5,000,
the workmen's salaries $19 000. the dyers
$32,000, the school of design $2.000, raw ma
terials and models $S0..-Ta.manufactory
now only employs 53 workmen, twenty-two
of whom are engaged in making "la
Savonnerie" carpets. The tapestry work
ers are very indlffdrently paid. Thus, ten
workmen only receive $400 per annum :
and this after 20 years' service. Others
receive only half that sum. after a long
apprenticeship. But it appears there is no
difficulty about recruiting for the Gobelins
on account of the prestige which is attach
ed to the place; because the tapiesiers are
lodged, because each man has a little gar
dest in the grounds surrounding the hotel,
and because when old ace comes on a
pension of from $200 to $250 dollars a year
is granted.
The Gobelins, too, is a kind of family
concern. The tapissiers are tappirsiers
from father to son. M. Duray, who was
Minister of Public Instruction under the
empire-and a good and liberal-minded
minister, too-belonged to the family in
question. His father was one of the bead
workmen at the Gobelins; he himself was
an apprentice, and two of his cousins and
several other relatives are to-day in the
establishment. One of them, M. Camille
Durny, wove '"Le Glacier," copied from a
picture by Mezerolle, which is in the Ex
hibition. The cost of production of the
two large compositions of Lebrun, called
"Terre" and "Eau" which are each 25
square metres amounts to $23 000 each.
As a specimen of -"La Savonnerie" work
two carpets are exhibited, the price ef
which is enough to astonish one even
after the tapestry. One carpet, destined
to cover the apartment at Fontainblean
l..........bi.d y Pi .1. during
his captivity, cost $60,000. There is a
tendency on the part of the present direct
or of the Gobelins to give up copying pic
tures, and t confine his tapestry to the
decorative art.
WESTERN PRODUCE. LIQUORS. ETL
HAV T IN STORK AND IN TRANSIT
50 PUNCHEONS CHOICE
California Claret and White Wines.
which I guarantee pure and of first quality.
Nor rale low, in lots to suit purchasers.
C. DOYLE,
je301m 41 Tehoupironlas street.
JOHN T. GIBBONS & CO.,
DBALI S IN
GRAIN, CORNMEAL AND HAM,
67, 59,61,63...New Levee Street...57,59.61,63
aul 77f ly Corner Poydras, New Orleans.
JOHN MoCAFFREY,
DALERm IW
HAY, GRAIN, CORNMEAL, FLOUR,
ALL EIDS OP0
Western Produce Constantly on Hand.
28 and 30.......Poydras Street......28 and 30
Corner of FOtPon,
aulSIg7 1 NnW flUL
GROCERS--COMMISSION MERCHANTS
pETER ELIZARDT,
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GROCERIES, PROVISIONB
TEAS, WINES AND LIQUORS,
Corner Burgundy and Mandeville Streeta,
KrW ORLEas.
Oountrv orders promptly filled, and all goods de:ivered
des30 l7y free of charge.
3. OWKERT. L COZRT, JL
E. CONERY & SON,
(Establlhed in 1846.)
WHOLESALE GROCER:
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
M.D
Dealers in Western Produoe.
CORNER OF CANAL AND DELTA STREETS
deTT77 ly aW oaLEAas.
THO"S MANGAN,
CHOIOE GROOERIES,
AND IN ALL KINDS Or COAL AND FIRE WOOD
No. 446 St. Charles St , corner of Polymnia,
1EW RLoaLs.
Wood and C.al Yard. No. 4I St. Charle stroetm
Akll ogiogs U ssmdd n4, amd oods dellvred
HOUSE FURBISHIIIG GOODS
FURNITURE.
On the rines of the house larely destroyed by fire is
built up a handsome NEW STORE, which I am now
filng up with a splendid stook of ,
- NEW FURBNITURE,
purcmhsed at LOW PRICES, which will enable me to
BELL CHEAPER THAN ANY OTHER HOUSE in
the city.
PARLOR SETS, covered with Reps, Terry, Hair
Cloth. etc.
BED LOUNGES and 8OFA8.
Handsome VICTQRIA BEDROOM SETP, with Glsees
Door Armoair sad Frm Dressers,
DINING ROOM SETS, in Oak sad Walnut.
A large stock of LOW PRIOC FURNITURE, suilt
able for eoantry trade.
SPRING and HAIR MATTRESSES manufactured to
order.
NEW CURLED HAIR and FRESH GOOSE FEA
THERS always on hand.
HUGH FLYNN,
167 ad i169.....Poydras Btreet....167 and 169
jel6 ly
Stewart's New Family
SEWING MACHINES,
15 and upwards. Runes llghter, makes less noise. is
the oheapest and moast snd ome (Singer style)
machine in the market.
J. BOOTH, GENERAL AGENT,
614............Magaine Street..........614
5rw OaLsAns, LA.
AGENTS WANTED. myl273 ly
ESTABLISHED 1857.
G. PITARD,
wrOaRB AND DEALER IN
HARDWARE, GRATES,
PAINTS, OILS, VARNISH, WINDOW GLASS
WALL PAPER, ETC.,
221 and 223...... Canal Street......221 and
Between Rampart and Basin streets
ap2S lv wN W OaLUANs.
The Cheapest House
IN THE CITY.
THE MOST BTYLISH AND DURABLE
OF ALL KINDS.
Parlor, Bedroom and Dlningroom Bets at very low
dgurrs, and all warranted to be of the best material
and workmansbip.
Cll and see. YTon will'seve money by doing so
before buying
Spectal attention paid to Country Customers.
W. !. RINGROSE,
ap2l 78 ly 171 Camp street
V. BIRI,
Importer, Manunfeturer an4 Dealer In
WILLOW WARE, WAGONS, CRADLES,
MARKET BASKETS.
Work Baskets, Chairs, Clothes Baskets German and
French Fancy Baskets. eto.
120, 288 and 253 Chartres'Streets,
jsa078 ry Inw eoaLEANs.
House Furnishing Goods
AND
KITCHEN WARE.
In order to do a PI.UMBING and GAS FITTING
business EX LUSITELY, I offer my entire stock of
the above named goods
AT COST PRIOES.
Ladies who want BARGAINS in STOVES, COOK
ING UTENSILS, etc.. should call a.d examine at
THOMAS McKENDRICK,
Practical Plumber and Gas FiLter,
62i........ _Magazine Street...... ..62.
Above Joephlne lall 78 Iv
NEW CHINA MATTINGS.
ELKIN & CO.
168.......... Canal Street......... 168
Are receiving new
CANTON MATTING,
WHITE. CHECK AND fANCY PATTERNS, in
various qualities and at very LOW PRICES.
We have a large stock of
CARPETS,
BRUSSELS. THREE-PLY and INGRAIN.
Also, OIL CLOTHS. in all widths.
NEW PATTRENS OF WINDOW SHADES.
ocl 77 ly
A. BROUSSEAU & SON,
17...........-Chartres Street.......... 17
IMPORTER AND DEL LER IN
Carpetings,
FLOOR OIL-CLOTHS,
CHINA AND COCOA MATTING.
TABLE AND PIANO COVERS,
WINDOW SHADES,
CRUMB CLOTHS, RUGS MATS,
CARRIAGE. TABLE AND ENAMEL OIL-0.TH
WHOLESAL AdND RB2TAL.
CURTAIN MATERIALS -Lace. Reps, Damask.
Cornices, Bands, Pins. Gimps, Loops and Tassels,
Hair Cloth, Plush, Bed Ticking and Springs,
BURLAPS. by the Bale and Piece.
Prices as low as those of any one else in the trade.
oCol 77 lv
CARRIAGE MAKERS.
JOSEPH SCHWARTZ & CO.,
IMFORTER AND DAMLER IN
Carriage, Wagon and Cart Materials,
Sprtngs, Axles, Bolts, Ready.Made Wheels, Baggy
Bodies,. Wood Work, Trimmings,
PAINTS AND VARNISHES.
SARVEN PATENT WHEEL,
A gent for the Celebrated
BLAOKSMITH'8 FAN BLOWER.
Carriage and Wagon Maker and Repairer,
- Ssleerooms and Factory -
No.. 43, 45 and 47 Perdido Street,
Near Carondelse Street.
de23 77 ly NEW Or.5A3n.
J. THOMPSON & BROS.,
Importers and Dealers in
Carriage and Wagon Makers' Material
And Manufaoturers cf
LIGHT CARRIAGES & SPRING WAGONS.
ALL AT REASONABLE PRICES,
68and 70...Sothb Rampart Street...68 and 70
f£e 7$8 ly Between Comme sad Gsatver.
WATCHES, JEWELRY, ITC.
MONEY TO LOAN
on
DIAMONDS, JWRLBY, WATORIU, SILVEL
WABE, PIANOS, LOOKING-GLASSEs md
FUrNfITU of all deesriptions, and all oLter
personal property, Gans, Pistols, et., eoe.
- O -
On STOCKS, BONDS, and otht Cdl1terds, a harp
and shall sums, at as low rtes of lnterlt asu
chartered lnstitution nto this city.
LLEDES KEPT ONE YSAR.
Hart's Loan Office,
43.......-..Baronne Street.............4
(Opposite the N.O. Ou Co.)
MAURICE J. HART, Agent.
N. B.--Purtie not being able to call in person, wll
reseive prompt attention by oomma loating with th
ALL BUINESS STBIOTLY OOPIIDUTImAL.
The boalsi.. ot 40 Ut. Charles stret. nowan e e'
"H' e Brokers' Oee." will be contnamd a s burt
fore. mhl72 81y
JOHN P. BOCHE,
Jeweler and Optician,
Watches and Jewelry Carefully Repaired.
SPECT2ACLEB AND EYE-GLABBE
Of Every Deseription.
Partiular attenion pa& to sitt the aelghteorrately.
No Nas9 ampStt e ert
dsO 77 ly na Lw oesa s.
INSURANCE.
TWELFTH ANNUAL STATEMENT
4 OF THE
Factors' and Traders' Insurance Co.,
No. 37 Carondelet Street.
Now ORLEANs, May 91, 1878.
The Trustees, in conformity with the charter of the
Company. publish the following statement of its affair
for the flsoal year ending April 30th, 1828, to wit:
Premiums for the year
On fire risks..................8312 704 3a
River risks .................... 14 293 64
Maice risks .................... 45.780 70--$5 779 67
Less
Unterminated premiums April
30. 1878 ....................... 85,c Po
Retun premiums....... ....... 9,:i8 6-- 34,708 U
Net earned premiums .......................8,017 01
Losses paid
On fire rise ........655.458 14
River risks.......... 128641 36
Marine risks........ .6,550 00-*l10.649 51
Sinsurance ................... 3,71 99
Rebateo ........................ 14,017 3t
State and city taxes ............ 76,386 08
N. O. Board of Underwriters... .550:J )
Grees general expenses ......... 41.575 I
Profit and lOe .................. 4.08) 56- 359,511 41
Balac................... ................. 14 18 1
Add interest and discount and saoegso re.
ceived .............................. . 7
Deduct frstDeemi.annuual interest on capital
stock, S per cent paid, and second. 5 per
oent now due ............................ 100.00 i
let profir................................ $08,13444
erved ............................a.. 3O5365
Balance to be divided on net premiums.... t 5.1 7 N
The Company have the following aeseta, to wit:
Cah on hand ............................. 0,9t N -
Accounts in coarse of eollection .......... T 91
Bills receivable on pledge .............. 409.13117
Bilso receivable for premiums ............. f873 15
Bank and other stcks .................... .900118
City and Stte bond .... ............... 195.10t
United Ftatee bonds....................... 1.i
Bonds of MIoenic Grand Lodle........... 8.Eb ln
Bonds of Odd-dlows' Hall Aseciation... 5,0S I
Bonds of Assocltion for relief of Jewish
Widows and Orphans.................... 2,51 00
Total..................................1 488,316 14i
The foregoing is a true and correct transorlptifrom
the books of the Company.
ED. A. PALFREY. President
THOS. F. WALKER, Secretary.
fTraT. or LoM atatka. m
Parish of Orleans, City of New Orleu .,
Sworn to and subscribed befcrs me this twenty
second day of May, 1P78.
EDWARD IVY, Notary Public.
At a special meeting of the Bord of Trustees, held
on the lst inst., it weu resolved to pay on demands
ecoond semi.annual INTEREST OF FIVE P1ER
CENt to the 30th of April. 1978, making TEN P B
CENT PER ANNUM on the capital atoek of the Cor
pany tL,000,(00). and a CASH DIVIDEND 01
TWENTY PER CENT to stockholders on the amoant
$377.989 19) of their net participating premiums fh
the year ending the 30th of April. 1878.
ED. A. PALFREY. President.
JOHN CHAFFE, Vice President.
THOS. F. WALEER, Secretary.
TRUSTEES.
John I. N'oble. B. F. Eaobelman,
Jehn Chaff. Wpe. C. Black,
Richard Millikin, Charles Chaffe,
J. I. Warren, L. C. Jurey,
Samuel Frledlander, Wm. Hartwell,
A. A. Yates, C. J. Leeds.
R. M. Walmsley, A. T. Janin,
I A. H. May, Joseph Bowling,
T. Lytt. Lon,. A. M. Blokham,
Samuel H. Boyd, Henry Abraham,
Joseph MsElroy, Louis Bush,
William J. Behan. A. Brittin,
e9 Im O. Wi Sentell.
{IBERNIA INSURANCE COMPANY,
Offico, No. 37 Camp Street.
JOHN HENDERSON, President.
JOHN H. HANNA, Vice President.
THOS. F. BRAGG, Secretary.
Earnings.......................... 8210,071
LMsses Paid ......... .................95,058
Nlet Profits .........................".. 1,1
Assete............................... 39,8
At an election held on Monday, the 6th inst., le
following named gentlemen were ohaena Diretos 86
this Company to serve for the ensuing year,
John Henderson, John H. eanS.
Thomas King. Thomas Smith,
Thue. Gilmore, W. J. Castell,
John T. Gibbonse, William Hart
Emil. Gauohe. David JaoeOsn
1. J. Gasquet. MI. Gasvey,
George MoCloekey.
And at a meeting of the Board, held 3y 3th,
JOHN HENDERSON was elected preldsnen JOH
H. HAINA, Vice-President, sad THOO F. BRAGG,
Secretary.
The Board declared out of the net preots of the
Oomlnny for the peast twelve months ten (10) per nst
interest on the paid up eapitsl and five (5) per eont
dilvidend on premiums paid by stockholders. (making
with the rebate, 40 per cent on premiums). Said
interest and divideand to be plaeood to the credit of the
stock notes.
Iateret sad divideads paid stock ayable1
esek atthine o886 tk.Cip0SUFea_
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