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The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1870-12-18
the OLDEST CITY II the Woe,n !

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/ iSc..S 'a.a ~ tiN 'idcst city IN tln
WITH A.re anu oid"n nave cli1inbicsl
Va 'n' s'eae' DSu'te ~ u rum; fnlinsr''
n.S ."','cu IN snc N'l"'s h the" desert
.>nnc'''n ma i'aDyion nave dlS'i'l'enrtsi
l.'nl Tue S''ore :" the ir'ies anu Ses'''
i''l'iir''''s' damascus remains wiiss II
was pe''re tne days ~ .Abr''hani--'
'''i''er oi 'i'a'e a'H'- tr'sse'' an isi"nd "l
sfre'''te NJ . a ss'sert' pree'esthlts'
a'lnt'i WIN mar'l"i ano s'"'r'u 1850
casuMs extending beyond thnty cen
tar1es :
: It was near Dunascus that Saul Of
Tars'ls saw the light from heaven, abevt.
the brightness Of the sun; the street, whicE
lis called Straight, IN which it b said he
pr;lyetii," still runs through the city, tile
caravan calii,.s anil goes rs it did one
thousand years ago; there is still the
sleik; the ass and the water-whccl: the
merchants Of the Mediterranean and the
Enphrates still occupy these, with the
multitude OF their waters" The city
which Maholnet surveyed from neigh
boring height, and was afraid to enter.
because 1T is given to men to have hut
one paradise, and. for liia mlrt; lfe w.ts
resolved not to have Il in this world" Is
tlis d;ly when Julian called j. the "Eve OF
the East" as it w;~, in the time Of Is:.ial,
the head of Syria.r ar -
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Tine b0nAPAkTES.

Chafle5 Bonnpartcl: tc :isld E;ctitia hisws:
rcspe.tSt,ic citizens of Ajnccio in Cmsi
wsrr the PARENTS uf clgl,t children, uats
whuin bset4ifue All emlsrrnnl tlssi6lthi
of lnv.lerii couIacruis three 1Ssezsi
kingt Oiit- a queer, 0nc reigning a.
crdSi, taistl 'one y '1,risceSs. This d
exalnblesl misldi,mness -of ftstuse spsn
lit is true. from the extraordinary ycfai
of one brother alone. Bat it il not
less true that the whole f:unily wcrs. e
dowetl with-sfar -ln9re than the ass
:,l,Iosins of Q ,qr,sy aud nlslity. S.unu
this ss;saiiI has ls1IstxAnsu,itlssd tb IL
children. OF Nletwcntyssx gnss.lshiklr
to Charles and Lartitia. QUO revived 1
splend ,rs--..n,l lnixfpptpn.ss, the too,/
the first empire; eight or nine Of 1e
have btconle ntrfllorro rep,ltc-tx y
ing, each III his oWff line. of great Gstii
tiQll; While in none 81 them "a tho
ever all earesl ANY appearance (wt tasnts
or folly In fhep iiiretti0n IF e.iknss |
is only n'kShdre1 ycafR yatfe thenrst
thrnr---JoScph--wasb borRy aiiftonly Z,
years since the yu,pssst n tl.snl-.-Jcr"
-~sliess. :. Within. fhe y6'3y9ss ~ =. saa.g
lift.s they ,lmsc gowh9x ( krNsce twic
each time with W.; xovJ Jusent II the maj
rial re. r,rc,ss IL IL. country sluitesI
prooctinn..lt.tl,e1.nyth II H,ex xsigHsla
tho Lif6s:ulties -itA wh;tchthey have fo
med altn.nces xfth the nobk bkst 1Qa,s ~.
|, ,Eurola. hex have bcsi,--.;"r g,x;Sl 90; 81 81
Nd cvii. trietdSli,- IN the n,5ntlss p
sncn. lcy have fsllcn llopels~ly, nv
have Si~sa nm expccte.lly. They hs'
had disis osMs reyassRs, asix1s s4Ilund
saecsssr. .TlMy, haye lssn alter,nt.-
the slsrt and tl~ sisilyd children
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ieudNyor to establish another Repuh-
NAL in New Orleans, the proprietors of
HAxrAs. propose 70 gil necessity which
sellon2. andsometi,nes painfully felt to
In the transition state Of our peo-
= their struggling efforts to attain that
in the Body .ro4itic, which VIC con-
BE- their due, it is r. gnrded that much
ion, guidance, encouragement, counsel
ooi have been iost. III consequence Of
ola medium. through which these de-
'misla he supplied. We shall strive to
sLorIsIAsIAN q desileratum in these res
. POLICY. 49,.
motto indicates, the LorIsrAxrAS shalf
sbIcan at all tiups anil under dh circtm-
We shall advocate the security and
1t Of broad civil liberty. the absolute
If all men before the law, end nh i'm
istribntion OF honor and patronage to
merit them.
Us OF allaying animositics, Of obliterat-
memory If the bitter past. Of promoting
D., nnd union among all clnsSs and be-
4 interests. We shalt advocate u,- re-
fall political disabilities foster kind
l,orb. ann " .re maligni'y 5 and resent
med, and ss~k for fairness and justice
srong and oppression prevailed. Thus
our aims and objects, We shall con-
ur lest interests. elevate cur noble
an enviable position among her sister
by tho development If her illimit'sble
5 aud secure the full benefits of the
changes in the history and condition Of
PIE and the country.
in2 that there Can DO no true liberty
the supremacy f law. We shall urge
nd undiscriminsting administration Of
TAXATION.
all support the doctrine of an equitable
lof tern,ion among all classes faithful
N n tho revenues. ec.a ny in the expen-
confcrmably with the exigsncies of the
'cOuntry and the discharge Of every To-
.oblisation.
H. EDUCATION.
AA sustain the carrying out Of the pro-
Of tho act establishing our c"nmou
'ys'eIa. anil urge rs paramount duty the
cn Of t\cur youth. ss vitality connected
sir owl erliyhtment.S and the security
Sili'y of y Republican Government
ssuerof3s manly. independent. and
/" "rdaAl We .l.ll strive ,o r.~cus
ape, from AN ephemeral. and temporary
e. anI establish it upon a basis, that il
Dot command" We shall u all events
re' snco.ss tsk-s
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ssusroas manly. independent. nnd
rs "rdnAf We slsll strive to rs~cns
ape, from AN ephemeral. and temporary
=. snd establish it upon basis, that il
Dot command" We shall u all events
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New-York tribune., 1870-01-07
BROWNS BRAVAD0.

Brown has spoken at last, and we must ad-
NIT very much to his purpose He has sent in
what lie calls report of his operations, but
which, in fact, is merely document intended
to thrust to the surface with all possible plaus-
bility the lOng-matured purpose of the Ring to
plunder still further this unfortunate city. Not
content with receiving S49S, 500 for neglecting
the streets of this metropolis, Brown demands
S1,000,000 for the same service, and is magnani-
nous enough to hint as much by stating that
this sum is not to include the removal of snow,
nor TO require any work to be done when the
weather is inclemept, exceptions which can be
easily made stalking horses for all future laches
The cool mpudence of this proposition could
only be equaled by the bravado of the pick
pocket who should announce in q crowd that
he was about to begin to steal.
We have a few facts for Browns entertain
ment Last Summer the streets became 80
foul from his neglect that the Board of Health
was compelled to take them in hand. For two
months and half 49 miles of paved surface
were cleaned once each week under the
direction of Sanitary Superintendent Harris,
in the Fourth, Sixth, Tenth, Eleventh, Four
teenth, Sixteenth, and Twentieth Wards, the
most densely populated and filthiest portion !,
of the city. In doing this work the streets
were thoroughly hood and swept, and large
proportion of the dirt was removed, although
some was lett FOX Browns carts. and generally.
New-York tribune., 1870-01-07

Their last two candidates for President-Mc-
Clellan and SeymOur-were its especial antag-
onists. Their Journals stigmatized. Lincolns
Proclamation of Freedom as an incitement to
wholesale arson. rape. and murder. III ever
party was unanimous and vehement IN con
demning any great public measure. the Demo
Gratis were thus hostile to Emancipation.
No thanks to that party. Slavery is dead.
Its resurrection is beyond human power. but
the Blacks are still hated, desplsed, vlliihed,
and in every way DETAINED and degraded; ana
that is the present business of the Democratic
party The Civil Rights bill was opposed Dy
this party precisely as Emancipation had been'
So long az it was possible, Blacks were eX-
cluded from street-cars, as they stlll are from
stages in this Democratic city. In States IKE
Kentucky, where Democracy bears undivided
sway, they are not allowed to give testimony
against Whites. Wherever it is still possible
to imbrute and trample on them, Democracy
is now intent on that achievement.
The XVIII Amendment is simply barrier
to such prescription and degradation so lar rs
the right to vote and hold office is concerned
OF course, the Democrats oppose 1t every
where. and TO the bitter end No Democratic
Legislature has ratified or will ratify 1t. No
Democrat has voted for or now supports IT,
Our Democratic Legislature has made haste to
use its fraudulently acquired power expressly
to rescind so far as it can do so, its ratlilca-
ton by the preceding Republican body. The
Democratic leaders insisted on doing this be-
fore Committee was appointed or any pro-
vision made for preliminary scrutiny OF bills
or resolutions. Every Democrat but one voted
for the repeal.
Is is not stupendous effrontery, in view OF
these well known facts, for Mr.. Hitchman to
profess that his party recognizes the oblga-
ton to elevate and advance the BlacksG The
negro has borne up manfully against half a
century of Democratic hate, cruelty and op-
preston Ought he now to be shmed with
such barefaced, loathsome hypocrisy
New-York tribune., 1870-01-07

too, left by them. The cutters were carefully
washed and disinfected, and the total
expense was $3,547 54 of which SSOl DO
or nearly one-fourth, was expended for
disinfectants. Now. will Brown make for us
a simple calculation There are in this
city, below Fifty -ninth-st., 213 miles of paved
roadways. If $3,547 4 sufliced to clean and
disinfect 4S miles once week for two and
half months, we would like him to show us
how 81, 900 900 can be honestly expended in a
year in only cleaning, say $50 miles, for we
will allow that liberal estimate above Fifty
ninthst
Brown g. Co. may as well understand that
we understand them. The pretense that
$49S,5O0 will not keep all our streets IN fair
condition of cleanliness is as false as the de-
mand of 81 ,OOOO 900 for that purpose is mpudent.
With gloss too slight to deceive even an
idiot, Brown has announced the design OF the
Ring to filch an additional S5OO,OOO per annum.
Can Brown wonder that he is generally con-
sdered a swindlerf
New-York tribune., 1870-01-07

The men who perpetrated the election frauds
in Brooklyn were to have been arraigned for
trial yesterday in the Court of Sessions; but
they took advantage of the tricks of the law,
and their counsel succeeded in getting the
business transferred to the Oyer and Teminer,
where prominent malefactOrs are usually tried.
1t is easy to see through their little game.
Their guilt is flagrant, open, and even con-
fessed, and their only hope of escape
from trial is in the laws delay.
But it will not do. The District
Attorney has them indicted he cannot, and
we presume he will not try to, recede and
the crime will not be passed over by the peo-
pie, whatever favor it may get from politicians.
1t is one item in the great Democratic victory
that honest men mean to see punished. If JUS
tice is not done in this case, let the cOnspira-
tors look in the Bible for an instructive les
son about the cloud not bigger than mans
hand. That Brooklyn swindle must and will
be punished; it remains to be seen whether
justice will be meted out by the courts, or by
a higher power.
New-York tribune., 1870-01-07

Supervisor Conklin of New-Oreans recon.
mends that the licensed gambling houses Of
Louisiana shall pay not only for license, but
give per cent on their gross receipts" We
have but one objection to this. Five per cent
mt enough Give them license on the
condition that they shall pay to the Govern
ment ninety-nne and two-thirds of their gross
receipts, and one-third of the same for their
license. That will bring them to book and
make them useful. That the Internal Revenue
actually cannot get along without this dirty
money we don't believe. If it can't there are
various sources of iniquitous revenue which
have not been touched yet.
New-York tribune., 1870-01-07

On the adjournment of the State Assembly
Yesterday, one of Mr.. Sweeny's representatives
came up to the Speakers desk and gave out
the first installment of the Dickings of the sea-
son. in the shape of passes over the Enc Road
for the year 1870 There was quite a struggle
among the honorable Assemblymen for their
pasteboaTd, as some of them were in hurry
to get aboard the trains just then departing,
Mr.. Sweeny is rushing things. We all know
that too many of our lawmakers have
walked the streets of Albany with their open
hands behind them, and that such hands have
been richly filled; but to call to order after
adjournment, and hand over Mr.. Fisk's little
bIibes in this free and easy fashion, is an out
rage on public decency.
New-York tribune., 1870-01-07

We have seen in our day perhaps twenty
thousand advertisements. be the same moro Or
less, of indignant husbands forbidding trades.
men to give credit to their too expensive wives
"A most gnominiOus restraint upon the precious
feminine rapture of shopping! But here is a
model husband in Chicago who advertises that
"he will pay no debts contracted by any per.
"sOn, on his account except by his uitew Hi,
name would seem to indicate that he is Of the
old Germanic stock, and has inherited the fine
old ireside virtues of that hOme-lovlng race.
The compliment which he pays to the prudence,
thrift, and self-restraint of his wife, is one
which the dashing spouses of great capitalists
might sigh for, and which would make their
visits to Stewards occasions of paradisical JOY.
There is a great deal of suggestion in those
little words, Except by my wife"
New-York tribune., 1870-01-07

Another abhOrrent neOlogism appears in the
Western papers. An unfortunate actor named
Fleming jumped from steamboat and vas
drowned. Immediately it is telegraphed from
Louisville that he "suicided.' What is to be-
come of the English language, if these things
are to go on, we do not profess to know, but
it is reasonable to suppose that we shall soon
be speaking and writing a dialect in compar-
ison with which the jabbering of African saw
ages is as precise as Greek and as musical as
Italian. The telegraph operators have already
coined quite large vocabulary Of verbal
horrors, and their ingenuity in this way threat.
ems to be inexhaustible.
New-York tribune., 1870-01-07

" referred to, Of alteration Of intellect. ::
at never saw a patient with such delusion.'
This is certainly plain enough; ana Ut.
Maudsey's language is equally explicit, when
he declares that insanity never is restricted 10
one point and though monOmaniacs, so-called,
sometimes appear sane on all matters but one,
tbey have their bad tines in which the dis
ease shows itself in various ways. Now the
weakness of Mrs. Stoves reasoning is here;
she has not made it absolutely certain that
Lady Byron did not manifest other symptoms
"besidc those referred to of alteration OF in
"tellect." She has brought valuable testimony
as to her general strength OF mind; but IL IS
conceivable that there may have been occa-
sional indications of insanity perceptlble oy
her immediate associates and concealed from
the world. DIR. Forbes WinslOw says that she
could not have concealed unsOundness OF nina
for thirty six years but so far there is no alb
solute proof-only a strong probablllty-tnat
she entertained the idea of incest at the time
of the separation. She is known to have men
toned it to various persons, but the daCes are
not given The earliest statement OF the klnd
which we now have the means of fixing was
made by her to the Rev. Frederick W. Robert
is important to observe, however, that the most
valuable testimony which we possess as to her
mental condition is given six months after
Robertson's death by DR.. King, who, during
her residence at Brighton, and presumably at
the very time she made the statement in ques-
ton. was her medical attendant and intimate
friend He speaks of the clearness and
strength Of her intellect as remarkable and
never failing, and adds that the state OF her
mind has always given him confidence in her
severest illness. Mrs. Stowe does not mention
this evidence, but it may be found IN CrabD
Robinson's Diary. 1t agrees with what was
generally known of Lady Byron's character
We are reduced therefore to choice OF two
suppositions. We must suppose that Mrs.
Stoves conjectural explanation of the Leigh
letters is the right one, and that the whole
story of Byrons crime is true; or we must
suppose, in opposition to the most eminent
medical authorities, that Lady Byron was Sc
cretly insane certainly for seven years, and
probably for thirty y-five. The true solution OF
the Byron mystery lies in decision OF the
question which of these two suppositions does
the greater violence to common sense.
New-York tribune., 1870-01-07

DR.. Choate, Superintendent of the State
Lunatc Hospital at Taunton, Mass, in lis
report just made, gives some interesting facts
regarding the comparative insanity of the sexes.
He says that the excess of insane women over
insane men is becoming more and more marked
He does not attribute it to any greater liability
to the disease among women, but to the fact
that more lunatic men die. More women sink
into hopeless insanity. Men are made insane
by physical causes, while women succumb to
subtle moral influences, not easily reached by
hospital treatment not threatening to life, but
intractabe and not very well understood by
the profession.
New-York tribune., 1870-01-07
Gem21otk Daily Griba1te,
FRIDAY. JANUARY Z, 1870.

The Dominican Generals Lup5rOn and Cabral protest
the acquisition of samana Bay, which President
Grant will explain in message to Congress. 80
The Spanish Minister has taken means TO procure the
detention by the National authorities Of the Cuban YES
eel Annie which has appeared in the harbor OF Charles
ton. == The French Cabinet have triumphed in de-
mandng the retirement OF Baron Haussman for the Pre-
lecture of the Seine. == riot has occurred in the
Longford district OF Ireland and the partsans Of Mr.
Martin. the Irish Nationalist have been fired upon by
soldiers.
Its reported that the Hon Thomas Durant will be
nominated TO the Supreme Court bench for the Southern
District. A bill introduced in the State AS-
semby 70 regulate freight charges on railroads; both
branches Of the Legislature adjourned until Tuesday
s- No new proposals for a postal treaty have been
made by the French Government == The steamer
Lady Gray has been burned at Omaha. - Two col
lege students were run and killed the Phadel
phia and Erie Railroad.
The Chamber Of Commerce is discussing harbor en-
croachments == August Morgenstar committed sui
eide for lack Of employment. == An effort to build q
new railroad between New-YOrk and Philadelphia is
making progress. -- The telegraph operators are
stn on strike. The Kings County Supervisors have
organized and chosen Vim. j. Osborne for Chairman
- James Logan died last night -= Our Mutual
Base Ball Club has returned after pleasant Southern
tour Cold 100 1904 1908 Temperature, 2s, 49, 49, 49,
New-York tribune., 1870-01-07

Secretary Boutwell, yesterday offered for
sale the first million dollars of the four millions
of gold which he has announced his purpose of
Offering this month. The market price was
above 120 at the time it was offered, and there
was no difficulty in obtaining bids that COW
cred that point Last week he refused
all bids under 100, and, at one of the sales, he
failed to obtain the price he desired for what
he offered But the sales for the current month,
fixed at four millions, will be much smaller
than they were for the closing months OF
last year; and it is probably in conse-
ouence of the limitation he has put on the
Treasury operations, that the market is now
stronger and steadier than it has been TOR
some time past. The outflow Of the January
interest, the excellent condition of the public
finances and the healthy state of trade and
exchange, are, however checks upon anything
like a bull movement for advancing the pre-
MUM.
New-York tribune., 1870-01-07

Our Chamber of Commerce was most admlra-
bly, employed at its meeting yesterday in lis
tenng to an address by Mr.. Chadwick on
the feasibility and prOprety of an extensive
production of Silk in this country, especially
in California. If our great merchants did but
realize the dependence of Commerce on Indus
try-how the naturalization of new product
is a positive and signal augmentation OF the
National weath-they would often listen to
such addresses, and be prompted thereby to
enterprises Of world wide and enduring bencfi-
New-York tribune., 1870-01-07
THE PURSUIT or THE PRINCE.

Before the next new moon the effulgence OF
ROYALTY is expected to illuminate Washington.
The International Fair being distant in the
future that city seeks Prince Arthur as the
nearest alternative to fill her vacuum. She
cannot wait his coming, as proposed, IN early
Spring. Thus urgently invited 1t Is to be
hoped he will be adequately entertained, and
that the pleasures of tho Potomac may equal
the luxuries of the St. Lawrence. For 1t IS
said that he has found satisfaction in snow
shoes and sweetness in the soup that he shared
with Canadian lumbermen. Terraplns from
Baltimore and oysters from the Chesapeake
may compensate the Prince for the chOwders
of Ottawa and by crossing the Long Bridge
he will find opportunity to compare the hunt
ing grounds of the Old Dominion with those
no has tested in the New.
II will not be necessary for him to bring
from Canada any of the young ladies who In
professions, crowd their lOvelinesS almost into
his carriage. nor those who drink the remnants
from his wine glass, nor those who have saved
the dix that he turned with a shovel during
the opening ceremonies of a new railway
The District Of Columbia will not be lacking
of those who desire his hats, gloves and boots
as souvenirs. When the Prince of Wales
visited the Cooper Institute III this city, before
his very eyes, his handkerchief was "aspOrted"
that is the proper expression according to
Judge Fisher of Washington-by we'll
dressed woman, who distributed it in small
fragments to the surrounding crowd. The
man who bought the gondola cushions that
Eugene sat upon is not a native Of Venice;
and he, and the individual that kisses the sig
nature of jeff. Davis on hotel registers, may
be expected to follow the scion of royalty. 1T
a ball is given to meet the Princes predilec-
tion for the may movement, he will be sup
Piled as his brother was, with at least four
successive young ladies for each figure OF the
dance. NOJlesse Obiige; and, as Mrs. Malaprop
says of Captain Absolute, "he's so well bred,
$50 full of aacrity and adulatiOn.' For at
least a couple of years thereafter more infants
will be baptized in the name of Arthur than
of Ulysses or Stonewall Jackson.
He will also meet that portentous product OF
the age, the interviewing reporter. 1t will be
recollected that for the Prince of Wales, Artemus
Ward undertook similar Office, which, his
narrative says, putty nigh cost me my val
4" larbIe life Trndien,oynd hv " tho idoo Of a
Exhibitor of wax fggers gOin into the presents
of royalty, sez |, Albert Edard, here's
"my keerd. I cum to pay my respecks to
"'t the futer King of Ingland.'" 1t is not sup
possible that the entertainers of Prince Arthur
will take hint from the reply of his brother.
"'To speak plain, Mr.. Ward he sed, l don't
80 much like it, I'm sick of all this bowin &
90 scrapin & crawlin & hurrain over boy
%" like me-" Nor will his visitors follow the
advice of the great Snowman to others who
sought the royal presence: go home and
mind yure bisness'