The Washington union., 1857-04-16
FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.
NEw ORLEANS, April 8, 1876

NEw ORLEANS, April 8, 1857.
An election for associate justice of the supreme
court and for six district judges occurred in this city
yesterday and resulted in the success of the know
ings The democrats made no nominations but voted
for gentlemen of high rank and reputation who had been
brought forward irrespective of party by leading
merchants and lawyers The know nothings nominated
out andout ticket the of their candidates being
better known parsans than jurists We hope for
the best; but this result this overthrow the Oldest
the abest and most respectable members of the profcs
sion by the mere decree of combination Of cubs-is
regarded on all sides public calamity. No violence
occurred at the polls that apprizcd Of but the
objection of recent outragcs and the general dread OF
ganized rtlanism deferred quiet people from voting
The upright of the know nothing party confess that
they have unclaimed devil whom they clnnot control
who in his fury, does not always discriminate and that
in spite of themselves, nc has command of the city
Everything here would have downward tendency but
for the great that spring from our position
Nature has mapped New Orleans down as the great me-
tropolis OF the South and VEST and great she IS and will
be, in spite of bad administration grinding taxation ard
municipal misrule THE Southern Pacific railroad seems
to be making sensation. It's reorganization
has been fortunate, II has in This city -, local
habitaon and name The new president George
5. Yerger, esq, is cmphatically man of move
ment. He is originally OF Nashville; came to aIissis-
sipp in 1885, thereabous and in the financial revul-
sion that overlook that State during the disastrous era OF
banking and speculation he acquired high reputation and
fortune at the bar He is OF tried integrity capi
BILE Of protracted labor embracing with aror whatever
he undertakes and never undertaking anything without
first closely calculating the results. The press here
very able and allpowcrful when nitcdand the people
seemed resolved to stand by him in this great enterprise
and have unlimited confidence in his capacity and in
has laok.
The address OF the Hon Mr. Hlliari long the hon
orcd and distinguished leader of the opposition in Ala
bama--has been received here with much satisfaction
His approval of the national and conservative character
of the present administration and his appeal to all south
TO rally around it for the safety of the constitu-
ton and the Union will not be made in vain. There is
in the South who exercises greater influence
public opinion and especially that widespread intel
Iigent and influential portion of our community con-
nccted with the Methodist Episcopal Church His fra
terna relations with that body well understood He
is of the most eloquent expounders of their faith At
the late general conference in Alabama his affecting ap
peals and "reminiscences dissolved that grave and en-
lghtened assembly into tears and carried their udg
ments along with their sympathes; and sure that
now, when he addresses the vital of the
nation, his words, wherever they are read will carry
with them weight reflection and conviction and those
words win not be lost On the confines of Texas. in the
pine log cabins OF Mississippi In the hunters lodge in
Arkansas, wherever the pioneer mails the saddlcbags
OF the circuit that great instrument OF cvilza
tioncan carry them, they will be circulated devout
ly hope, for the benefit Of common country.
We are happy to notice the appointments rendered by
the President to Senator Pratt OF Maryland and TO James
b. Clay esq, of Kentucky The letter OF the former
and the exerons of the latter contributed little to
the auspicious result OF the election This recognition Of
the patriotism of the oldnc wings and the homage
offered to illustrious memory, very
gratifying to therdemocracy OF tho South We arc not
disappointed N the msgnshimity Of the'rrsdent