New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-04-12

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The weather during the past week hal
been generally cool for the season. There
was very heavy rain on Monday, but the
weather has since been dry and pleasant.
The unexpected and material advance in
cotton during the early part of the week
threw the factors of Carondelet street into
a furry Of excitement, which the subsequent
fluctuations in the price Of the staple hardly
served to allay. But New Orleans is net q
market Of so much magnitude as it was
before the war, and cotton does not. hold
its relative important position. The ex-
element growing out of a rise or fall in
cotton is therefore confined to compare.
lively narrow limits, and is not felt at all
by the great majority of the community.
The people are now engaged in politi-
cal campaign of great Importance. We
are gratified to observe, however, that the
active opposition to the adoption of the
constitution has been narrowed down to a
small faction of people who are either dis
| franehised or deserve to be. The rank and
file even of the so-called Democracy are
sure to vote in favor of ratification, in
order to be able to reap the possible ad-
vantages of holding Office under it.
The Republicans are everywhere active
in preparing for the election. Tickets
have been printed for most of the parishes
and sent home for distribution. These
tickets have been prepared in such man
ner that there is no installing them. They
have for vignette the head of Lincoln
and the United States coat of arms, with
the motto of Louisiana Union, Justice,
Confidence printed in a scroll above
all. The whole is surrounded by a
border representing the cotton plant
Nearly every colored man in the
state knows the design, and will, as
well they may, on the days of election vote
them in all confidence, for if deposited as
printed they can be depended upon not to
mislead, Every one of these tickets has
printed upon it the important words For
the Constitution" Yet with all our bright
prospects for carrying the constitution and
the Republican ticket, we hope no one will
stay away from the polls on the election
days. We can not have too many votes.
Apathy may give US too few. The consti-
tuition should be adopted by City thousand
majority, and the officers elected to inter-
pref it should be in perfect accord with its
admirable provisions
Some doubts have been raised as to the
legality Of any election at this time for
municipal officers. Thepoint seems to have
been raised by General Buchanan, who
is the very officer who should do all he
can to settle such question, if any there
be. The members of the council are d.
vided upon the subject. We published on
Friday morning the opiuion of a dis
tnguished lawyer on the subject, which
seems to be conclusive. he takes the
ground that the constitution created the
municipal Offices in question by CON
tinuing in force existing laws on the
subject
In another column will be found the re-
port of the examination of the case of
Julien Boudro, who shot and killed
baby while carelessly handling a Monte
Cristo rife. He has been held on a charge
of manslaughter. The man who COM
mitted the assault on the Kursteiner family
has also been appropriately dealt with
The amount realized from the sale of the
market stalls has been quite large, but not
up to the real value. The stalls have, how
ever, sold better than many people sup.
posed they would.
With the exception Of an occasional fire
and few arrests for minor ofienses, nothing |
of an important character has transpired in
local affairs.
The examination Of the charges preferred |
against Chief of Police Williamson by |
Mayor Heath has been rather abruptly |
terminated by order Of General Buchanan.