New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-24

streets Angelo Rodriguez and Raphael
LAMA beng the interested parties. There
existed kind Of personal enmity between
them, although it is said both are Cuban
patriots Without delivering many words,
a huge bowie-knife flashed out from under
an innocent looking pocket handkerchief,
and gracefully slid ard Don Lanza's
left breast, penetrating slightly, and for
.tunateiy striking a friendly rib, else there
would have sbeen an investigation by Cor
oner Creagh. LAMA grasped the shining
blade IN his right hand, and prevented
further bloodletting, although during the
scufHe the knife managed to cut long
slit IN the back of his coat. A policeman
at this juncture captured the Cubans,
marching them off to prison amid great
number of people. LAMA is editor of the
new Spanish paper, and seems to be man
capable of taking care of himself Rod
riguez states that his opponent cut himself.
THE ST. LOUIS HoTEL.-La Renaissance
of Sunday last becomes very irate at cur
little local article under the above heading
in the REPUBLICAN, of the seventeenth in
slant. The editor commences by saying
that we amused ourselves, disagreeably
enough TO the residents of the Second Dis
trict, with regard to the supposed or pre-
tended fuScO involved in the enterprise re-
ferred 10, and that the announcement of the
fact fell upon HIM like blow from ham
mer. He admits that the facts stated by
us are true, but at the same time charac
tetizes. our article as impairment, and writ
ten in the interest of carpetbaggers who
have bought property mp town.
In our article, we simply stated the fact
that the st. Louis Hotel enterprise had been
inaugurated with a great fiourish-about
$4,000 expended toward accomplishing a
eommendable enterprise, and after the
thing was in a fair way to be successful
some of the stockholders became disguised
and determined to pocket the loss and stop,
with the work only half done.
While the editor admits our statements
to be true, his Gallo ire becomes aroused
at the disgrace of failure, and because we
regret the misfortune, he calls us carpet
baggers.'
We rejoice that our down town friends
have taken the article so much to heart.
Even the Bee, on its French side, has pro-
truhd its sting, and given us compli-
mentary notice, which is intended to be
spiteful. The Gallo blood of the old
Second has been set on fire, and now we
have hopes that they will do something
We believe they will; but, if they make a
fresh start, we have an improvement to
suggest, which is this: In the rotunda,
according to the original arrangement
when the hotel was first built, visitor
walking in on the first floor could have a
full view of the interior of the dome, which
the classic pencil of Canova had orna-
mented with medallions and freseoes, done
in the highest style of ancient art. All that
beautiful and classic view has been shut
Off by the erection of floor and restaurant
In the centre of the rotunda To see these
gems of art the visitor must go up stairs.
Now, if our friends of Gallo descent
have any of the ancient pride of their race,
or their appreciation of art, let them re-
move,the floor from the rotunda and make
the building beautiful as well as useful.
We feel pride in the enterprise, and want
to see it succeed.
Ii this stirs the anger of the redactears
below town, let them pitch into us again,
and we will tell them something else.