New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-13
ON cARONDELET STREET.

The chronic calm OF CarOndelet street
was disturbed yesterday by the agitation
consequent on the announcement that
several of the banks had been defrauded
by an ingenious and audacious series of
forgeries 1t is stated that the total
amount thus obtained from the earnings
Of the banks is more than SEC, 1000, and
there was much speculation as to the
effect On the stock of the victimized in
situations. The forgeries seem to have
been committed by an enterprising house
in the whisky trade, known as Williams
& Clayton. composed of a couple of
gentlemen who have thus given ourpeople
an example of Western shrewdness and
capacity for making large amount of
money without any other capital than
few barrels Of whisky and facile and
educated pen.
For the last ten days the curiosity of
the "street exchange" has been attracted
by a mysterious looking cask standing On
the corner of Carondelet and Common
streets. This cask contains two large
pieces Of fine, fat beef, which remains,
day after day, without change, and which
purports to have been butchered two
weeks ago in Texas. The cask belongs to
the "Meat Refr;gerating Company" the
objects of which are thus described in an
article in the Bulletin of yesterday:
For transporting meats the casks are
made to contain from 800 to 500 pounds, and
are to be taken to Texas and filled with beef
killed directly from the pastures at Hous-
ton, where the company have arrangements
with the prOprietOrs of large packing
house to furnish them to the extent of one
hundred choice first-class beeves per day.
They are also preparing to contract for beef
at IndianOla and ROckpOrt. The contract
price for frst-class Texas beef is under
three cents per pound, and the cost of trans
portation of the cask both ways and the ice
to bring the meat safely (less than one hun
dred pounds to the cask, is about one and
half cents per pound.
The cost Of bringing beef alive. includ-
ing freight, insurance and commissions, is
about $l2 so per head, and the loss from
keeping the animals for days without food
and water, is estimated at ten dollars
more. or four and, half cents per
pound. The refrigerated beef costs
for freight and ice one and a half cent.
The animal costs in Texas fifteen dollars
per head. The same animal costs the
butcher thirty-fve to sixty dollars, accord
ing to the season Of the year. besides hav-
ing lost ten dollars in value. The fat of the
animal when killed in Texas is OF pure
creamy white; when killed here it is gener-
ally Of deep yellow, showing that contine-
ment in the crowded, badly ventilated
steamships, where they breathe over and
over the impure gases emanating from
their bodies, starvation, want of water, and
fright flor it is well known that the cattle
of Texas are as wild as deer, and will not
eat in confnement), has produced an en-
gorgement of the liver, causing the bile
to be sent through all its tissues and causing
the intestines to become Shiny and diseased.
In short the animal has bilious diarrhea and
must be killed as soon after arrival as posi-
BILE to save his life and what little fat re-
mains. If he is placed on pasture to re-
cover from the effect Of his trip he invari-
ably grows poorer.
Slaughterhouse stock was dull yester-
day. In the morning 81 shares sold at
23s. At the board so shares sold at 23s;
80 at 23l Other sales at the board were
new city sevens at 69a and old city sevens
at II.
The following were the offers and bids
~ +bo ,oorJ 10 ct y,irbt