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LOUISIANA ITEMS.

On Monday week resulted in the choice of VIM.
G. Lawes mayor; w. G. Wilkinson and Thomas
Supple, trustees in the first ward Emile Collin
and Casimir Martin, colored, trustees In the sec
opd ward and Joseph Ferrier and Robt. j. Duke,
trustees In the third ward. 1t is 10 be regretted
that Messrs Tobias and Weinschenck, in the sec
ond ward, were defeated by their Radical oppo.
nents.-[ Donaldson Drapeau.
disturbance took place last night at one OF
the gro churches, in the lower portion of the
CITY. between some soldiers and negroes In the
general fight that ensued, Scott Gordon was shot
through the arm by some unknown party. Inc
origin of the difficulty, il appears, was polit-
cal one Scott Gordon, during the late campaign,
was leading colored Democrat, and IN the con-
test did his State some service" Since the
election be has been the aim OF Radical persecu-
ton and a thorn in the sides OF the carpet-bsg-
gers and political vampires of this parish-l 8aton
Rouge Comet, 26ih.
We are told that Messrs. Louque and Thiblut
have purchased the sugar plantation formerly
belonging to Mr.. Charles Roussel, for the sum Of
$50 900. This place was adjudicated about two
wears ago TO Francois Bougere. for the sum OF
$25 OOO. Il is reported that Mr.. Aymsr, who
| bought Mrs. Winchester's plantation, month ago
for $3.50 goo has refused $40 900 for the same.
II the price of sugar lands keep on increasing at
this rate, they will soen be sold by the yard or by
| the inch. The ION to California" and more
| modern "on TO Richmond" were child's play
| compared with the present sugar fever. II the
| advent of Northern capitalists can hasten the
| hegira of carpet baggers, we will say welcome
| TSf John the Baptist Meschscebe.
We Inadvertently omitted last week to mention
| the burning of the cotton gin of Mr.. Benjsmn
| Mudd, on Bayou Marie Croqusnt, In this parish
with eleven bales of cotton. six Of which were his
own. We are panied to learn that Mr.. Mudd was
severely burned, but he is now out of danger and
convslescing rapidly. 1t appears that the fire wa:
| purely accidental.-t0 pelousas Courier, 26th.
The district court, in session in Opelousas. has
sentenced seventeen persons to the penitentiary
| Fourteen Of the convicts are freedmen. Horse
stealing was the greatest weakness of these un
happy parties.
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MOVEMENTS AMONG EXPRESS KIHGs.-The
Springfield Mass Republican says that highly
important movement Of the recognized kings of
express companies Is going on. Among those
engaged in il are the managers of the late Amer
lean Express Company r. l.. johnson, of Albany;
W.. Melcher, of Boston, and Col. j. M. Thomp-
son, the original proprietor of 1hompson's ex-
press. II 10 understood this combination, with
their associates meet at the solicitation OF large
number OF business men. not only OF New Eng
land but of the entire West, to establish express
facilities throughout the territory now occupied
by the American and Merchants Union Express
Company.
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A house. WE CAN RECOMMEND Of Gu
people in New York last summer complained of
the more than exorbitant rates they were charged
at the SO called rst-clsss hotels, and the little
they received for their money in return. That
they we're overcharged for their rooms. charged
with "extrssn (thst well known item in hotel
bills) which they never had, and that the quality
of what they did have was much inferior to the
same comestbles in New Orleans. We advertise
one house in New York--which is first class as q
family or gentlemen's hotel-the Irving. 1t 10 on
the European plan, with as good restaurant bill
of fare as any in New Orleans. The hotel is also
neat and clean in all its departments, virtue that
is placed next to goodness. and which quality
few hotels DO positively possess At the Irving a
gentleman may live as extravagantly and yet az
cheaply as he desires and he is not likely to come
in contact with any bet gentlemen. We call the
attention Of our readers to the advertisement in
another column.
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Honest men are easily bound, but you can
never bind knave.
Plantation Bitters cures dyspepsia.
Keep no more cats in the house than win
catch mice.
Plantation Bitters cure fever and sgue.
War makes thieves and peace hangs them.
Plantation Bitters cures liver complaint and
nervous headache.
Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.
Plantation Btters cures the effects of dissipa-
ton and late hours.
Better have one pillow going than two cradles.
Plantation Bitters are an antidote TO change Of
water and diet.
Fools and obstinate people make lawyers rich.
Plantation Bitters purify, strengthen and In
vigorste.
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SOUTHERN LoYALIsT CLAIxs.-The amount of
claims presented by alleged Southern loyslists for
damages to property by federal troops, now oa
the table Of the Senate committee on claims,
an, u.ts to jus ali q ion delsr,; but se istors
are of opinion that the passage Of the veiy first
claim, as q precedent. will swell the list to hun
dreds OF millions of dollars.
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great many amusing incidents occu red on
Christmas day, but none more SO than the one we
are about to relate:
One Of our dignihed and stad old bachelor
friends. not accustomed to strong drink, had i'm.
bibed pretty freely in egg.nogg and champagne
punch, and was feeling as happy as lord. when
he remembered be was invited to a fashionable
party that night. He had always declined attend
ing parties, as be said, because he had no good
clothes, but tonight he was just 10 the humor for
it; so he repaired Immediately to Messrs. Lyons
& Stevenss fashionable emporium, corner of st.
Charles and Common streets, and got complete
outft--swallow-tailed coat, tight pants, embroid-
cred bosom shirt, etc., and-need we say was
the observed of all observers. Reader, if you
would cut swell. go and do likewise.
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Do TELL.-why 10 Phslon's Flor de Mayo, the
new perfume for the handkerchief, like an GRAND
boyi Because It is scent everywhere. Sold by all
druggists.
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HOLIDAY GIFTs.-An who witnessed, during the
last few days, the bargains offered and made at the
great sale Of holiday gifts, splendid gold Watches
rich diamonds. and toys of ell kinds, etc., made by
G. de Ferret, auctioneer. at the corner of Orleans
and Royal streets. will bear us out when we ad
wise all heads of families to attend bis sales which
will be continued at the same place tomorrow and
the day after.
The sale begins a, l0t o'clock precisely. Seve'
raj large invoices have arrived, and are now being
opened and exhibited. There being no limit to the
sale, the attention of the public is respectfully d.
rected to the rich and costly articles which will be
offered.
Remember the hour and place Of sale.
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MAesoLIA wArER.-Superior TO the best i'm
ported German cologne, and sold at half the
price,,
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Ausdversensnts marked for specified nnmss OF
srons viii BE- and charged accordingly
kHsuls with regular advertisers shall be rendered ossnn
Asquars shs spses occupied ~ zen Bass solid agate
vFIH WEEKLY ORESOENr
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oALLsLHow TO BE MADE.

One psr cont Of the Stock WIN rveairsd Subscribing
ana subssqusn ea exceed i've par cont month.
win BE- made By the Board OF Director from time to time
may Be necessary supply funds construct and squp the
hnss Int viii be made after the osnt. 10 paid
uptn The sars Capital shall havs subscribed.
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r
s1e.eeo.sos. -fa
In 100000 Shares. Of the par vslas Of
500 Fer share.
su,hs e.ua amount to be padia Cash is
SIS Per shars9
And this amount 10 to DO paid follows One psF
cent at Of Subscribing and no more, until the entire
capital has bssn subscribed calls to be made b.
the Board Of Directors not 10 exceed Eve per
cant psr month when per cent NJ tbs value
Of The shares hss bssn pad certificates win be
usd This vim give The Company paid up
CASH CAPITAL OF $500. 900.
which win be su eisps 10 duplicate ALL nearly s.
the paying points reached By the present monopoly
me prsssn. Telegraph Compsns country havs been
ever six millions Of dollars per rr hundred
cent on the actual their ss shs present capital
having be- watsrsd over sthousAnd per cen.
Tbe NATIONAL TELEGRAPH OoMPANY have
eornou nom the United Of the inpcr-
tsacs Of their enterprise grant Of The most valuable
frsnchisss ever conferred upon Telegraph Company. No
competing line the right granted By Con-
sss to this Company 10 and opesss lines
every Railroad and Mall Route In the Cri StsssA The
pesop Of this Company differs nom that Of any company
ever before organised ausssa Of she Hight Of wys
forever settled
The Stockholders Of this Company cannot be sold out sr
transferred to any other Company. The act Congress I'M
der which this Company has been ofrs,.ca prohibits
transfer Of the franchises granted.
OAIISLHOW TO BE MADE.
lines. Int 10 can. WI ?: mad. .s, III. s.s Pc. s.n !. PAID
which Win all the commercial esntss and Important
places in the United States This opinion rests apon the
most reliable estimates and ssponsbls Offers 10 construct
snd squp the linssL
The NATIONAL TELEGRAPH COMPANY Is organised
the Of the State Of New York. and franchises con-
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Broken or defective bridges should receive the
prompt attention of the street commissioner, I'M
less that official is disposed to act or refrain from
acting upon the supposition that the city is so de.
cidedly poor it can never be effectually mulcted
in damages for the broken legs of horses and
other misbaps likely to result from his neglect
For full week last past, dangerous hole has
existed in the bridge crossing the Carrollton ave
nue., near the New Canal. seeker of unconsid-
cred local trifes might find it to his interest to
stand by that bridge aud watch for catastrophes.
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-conPAST's OFFICE
NOS. o. ANB 90 BROAD WAY.

Admitted amount Of the Capital Stock Of this Compsny
Allotted 70 this locality and those having opportunity
Subscribing vii placed equal tsrms with lie
rstors and u IKE interest," n AL franchises whi
have accrued may hereafter ssssas, 70 Vie Conpss
nom sny and al sources.
Subscriptions wiz be received By :
DANIEL EDWARDS.
Resident Director for the Sss;ss Of AlsbsmA Mssssp
Texas and Louisiana.
%. 30 and 81 New Lsvss street.
New Orleans
d. WEBSTER,
AT the once Of r q. Dun Co.
70 Canal stree
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And this amount h to be paid - follow; One psr
cen. at time Of Subscribing and no more until the entire
ospss has bssn subscribed sss to be made b.
the Board Of Directors instruments not TO exceed I've per
can't psr month when thirty per IT shs par value
Of shs shares has bssn pa certificates win be is
sued. This Win give The Company paid up
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We notice that Psrson Newman states that the
letter which we yesterday published, purporting to
be an acceptance by him OF q challenge from Mr..
bennett, of the Planters Banner, is q forgery. OF
course the parson is authority in the matter and
we have no more to say, save that good
Joke was spoilt by the denial of the authenticity
of the letter. We shall always regret that it was
not genuine, as that mill would have been some
thing worth seeing. The ring has been deprived
of great contest, and the people Of New Orleans
of great spectacle.
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Anew enterprise, TO be nnsvn o. the NATiONAtdr1Ie
GRAPH ooMPANY. has been organised with vsaA''o
franchises conferred BY recent aes Of cons Tor the par-
po.. Of establishing TRUST LNBs OF rEIEaRAPH ON
an &c principal railroads and NAL routes In the un'so
stsse. The Stock to b issusd upon the same principle
that Of the Merchants Union Express conrsny which f'
Gently commenced operations Ths design TO mo
entire business community In the enterprise This don
not 10 much TO dispose Of the Il 70 secure the
,s.s Of the country through which the lines BASS
Ths Capital 10 70 Be
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Parties subscribing TO the Stock VIII eommunicsts the =
letter 70 he Resident Director. DANIEL EDWARg'
this city, q The time Of subscribing. u
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CASH CAPITAL OF sa.soo.ooo.

s present Telegraph Compsns Of the country hsvs bssn
consolidated into hsgs ncaspoy. and ssnins
ever six millions Of dollars per rsar hundred
can't on the actual cost Of their ls present capital
having be- watsrsd over one thousand per cent
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SIS Per shsrs'i
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If the third of six were three, what would the
fourth of twenty be The answer to this ingenious
paradox is seven and half.
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NOTES ABOUT TOWN.

The chamber OF the Board Of Supervisors "a one Of
the most elaborately finished and certainly one Of
the most costly apartments used by any legislative
body IN this country. The poor taxpayers who SUD-
port this magnifcence, see this room, as the
Board meets only when the ring wills 1t and the peo
pie do not know OF 1t.
The oillce In which the taxpayers 1pony outy
their STAMPS" Is one OF the closet darkest damp
est nthiest most cramped, crowded. lily ventilated
and generally disgracefu holes that could possibly
be selected and dignined with the title Of an ONCE
This office the poor taxpayers obliged to see al
least In taxpaying season, or be mulcted accord
ingly.
The politicians are on new tack-creating saw
ings banks Saving money for the poor working
man There Is one Of these establishments assigned
to the upper end OF the island another to the east
side and another down town. The two latter are to
DC run by the members OF the Board of Supervisors
while the paid officers Of the banks receive pay from
the county as clerks to the Board OF Supervisors
what new, scheme is hidden In this latest wrinkle OF
the Immaculate "Supers"
According TO the programme announced by the
Judges there will be no opportunity afforded to-day
TO those who may be unlucky enough to be arrested
for fraudulent voting to avail themselves OF tho
great privilege Of habeas corpus vulgac, 'have his
carcass,rD instituted by King John In his great
charter. All the courts have adjourned until to-
morrow and 1t Ia not likely that any OF the members
OF the judiciary will sit at their residences for the
purpose Of allowing these writs In view OF these
facts would 1t not be wen to vote early,n but not
too ''often.n
Ten thousand deputy shernn in New York city
and two thousand in Brooklyn will preserve O the
public peace to-day. An average Of more than one
onicer to every hundred in habitants, men, women
ana children, without taking into consideration the
Metropolitan Police force. The police have tho
reputation Of being under the control OF q republican
commission, and % New York is strongly demo.
cratic 1t is fair to presume that nearly all the
"deputesn will be democrats, under the command
OF a democratic sheriff. II collision does not ensue
between the police and the deputies after the exam
pie OF the late Philadelphia election, there will be
cause for congratulatiol.
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pate such things both are cautious in giving the
provocation on election day, 40 we are inclined
to think it will turn out in this case, not only
in the South, but in this metropolis. We ex-
pect, in short, throughout the Union day Of
law and order, and that with the returns Of
Grants election tomorrow morning a well
come feeling of relief and security will pre-
vail in all sections and among all parties, races
and classes.
We look forward in the next place to q
good administration from General Grant
From his short experience in the War Depart
ment we expect that in the matter of retrench-
ment he will save, as President, hundreds Of
millions to the Treasury, and that before he is
two years in Office the people will appreciate
the advantages Of his practical reforms in the
tightening of our burdens of taxation and in
the steady approximation Of greenbacks to the
gold standard. We expect, too, that under his
conservative policy towards the South the
value of Southern lands will 80 rapidly rise in
value as to divert heavy tide of emigration,
enterprise and speculation southwark, and
that before the end of his administration
negro suffrage and the national debt will cease
to Brighten anybody. Finally, we expect that
the election of General Grant will be the be-
ginning of the end Of radicalism and the dawn
of new and better dispensation.
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have sufficient power to destroy our nationality.
We awoke at the end of our rebellion and dis
covered that we were bound together by an
irresistible and relentless force which shapes
our destiny beyond our power to avoid it, and
marches North, South and West with an iron
tread, absorbing State after State into mighty
national union.
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Railroad and Theatrical Excitements-A
Grand New Fiscal Opera ton.

Railroad and Theatrical Excitements-A
Grand New Fiscal Opera ton.
There is story current that the Erie Rail-
road Company has bought Pixies Opera House,
and this has given rise to conjecture whether
or no that beautiful west side temple was to
become freight establishment or what other
use could possibly be made of it, But we
believe the story is not true. The company
has not bought the Opera House, though there
is little doubt that Pike has sold it. The no.
ton that the railroad company was the pur-
chaser doubtless arose from the connection Of
the name of Mr.. Fisk with the sale. This
name is somewhat identified with Erie, 80 that
some persons, perhaps, fancy the two names in
Interchangeable. This explains the appearance
of the company in the popular story; but
what explains the appearance of Fisk in tho
fact2 What new rumpuss does this irrepres-
sible fnancier wish to make now that the fine
little row that he started in the railroad world
has settled down and died away and left all
quiet along the lines2 Does he wish to make
an operate as he then. made railroad war,
and excite the innocent managers as he did
Drew2 Apparently this is what must be the
result of his new attention to theatrical pro-
perty. He was the partner of John Brougham
in the purchase of the little Fifth Avenne Opera
House, and with the exercise and the success
of the speculative faculty in that direction
there come new purchases. Now he ventures
grander flights; and who is his partner in the
new direction in which his ambition
seems to grow? Grau, says the echo. Per-
| haps the echo is right. Grau is great finaq-
| cier also, and might imagine no better COUP
| than to possess himself Of universal power in
| the matter of opera houses. Not that he needs
| thus to strike at Lord Bateman's base; but it
is pleasant to hold the fate of the opposition in
the hollow of your hand that way and crush It
! for your humor. This is the pleasure of the
i strong, and we can conceive that great man
| ager like Grau might be fond OF it, and might
choose not to depend upon the splendid Gene
We've and the exquisite voice of Rose Bell.
This is tremendous move on the part of Grau,
however, quite beyond his lease of the Theatre
| Francois. We can see a side on which it
might brighten timid mantle side, namely,
on which it would look like mistake if the
purpose were to GUST Bateman. He ought not
| to desire to move Bateman.
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GOVERNOR GEARY's REouIsITIoN ON COVER
NOR FENToN.-The Governor of Pennsylvania,
it appears, has issued requisition to the Gov
ernor Of New York TO deliver up the bodies Of
certain New York politicians who have been
indicted by the Grand Jury of Philadelphia Oh
the charge, properly presented to them, Of
committing election frauds in that city at the
October election. Against this kind of extra
dition we have no protest to make. If the
Governor Of Pennsylvania were to call for q
good many more Of the class of politicians in
cluded in the indictment found by the Phila-,
delphia Grand Jury we could gladly spare
them, and, in fact, we might rejoice to let them
suffer the penalties which the laws of Pennsyl-
vania prescribe for the alleged offence, strin-
gent as they are for we believe that the pun
ishment involves Imprisonment in the Peniten-
tiary. If the parties indicted are innocent
there is justice to be found, of course, in the
Pennsylvania courts; but, whether guilty or
innocent, we can readily spare the suspected
politicians from our community and good
many more of the same sort.
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engine, the railroad, the telegraph, the print
ing press-these, rather than the unifcation
of nationalities, are the great civilizers a
modern times
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A FUNNY NEWSPAPER FRAUD.-A copper
head paper published west of the Alleghanies,
in the city Of Pittsburg, the strongest radical
portion Of Pennsylvania, has reproduced an
article from copperhead paper in New York
which it accredits to the NEW YORK HERALD,
all about the youthful, indomitable demo-
cracy," and so forth, and a good deal
more stupid nonsense in the same vein. 1t is
not necessary to say that the article quoted
never appeared in our columns, but it may
possibly have been read with great JUNCTION by
the few people who receive their political
faith from the lucubrations Of the copperhead
journal in which the article appeared. It is
very funny to see partisan newspapers COM
hitting such petty frauds as these; but their
excuse may be best found in the desperation
to which their cause has been reduced on the
eve of the election.
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ADJUSTMENTS THIS EVENING.

PIXIES OPERA HOUSE, corner OF Eighth avenue and
esd sreet.-LA BELLE HELENE.
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wALLAcKs THEATRE Broadway and 18th street.
TuK LANCASHIRE LASS
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President Johnson says there Is no truth in the
story that Minister Johnson had agreed to mixed
commission for the settlement Of the Alabama
CLAIMS The negotiations. he says, are in fair way