The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-02-09

-. clpitols from their principal towns.
-. rr,iece,sors followed this examples, and
..r.bed the State capital at Baton Rouge, 4
=. ,,,e.,il,s from all parts Of the state, and
I'll 10 become sill more SO when the rail
uog chartered are completed-an event
u.beljeye will occur before the time for you
y. -.r,lar session. At this point was com
Il in 1871. Il State House, which for archi-
..,,l beauty, convenience OF arrangement,
.olility Of structure, compared .avorably
= any bull ling for q similar purpose on the
sanent 81, .,ls!.f..
intimately during the late war, this build
..g,., seriously damaged 'f7 fire, bu. am
armed. upon what | regard Us good authorl-
,bstthe injury WAS not so serious or SO diff
4. 10 repair as is generally believed, and that
...r,be restored to its original condition Of
,,..cth and beauty for less than one fifth of the
r..5.Il cost
I,5er,tore recommend that authority be given
49,, =, employ one or more competent persons
/, .,uine the building, and report its condi-
can and the cost of repairing it
IMMIGRATION.
The European war, in addition to its dissas-
.,,g: eject Of depressing the price OF cotton,
b. ecsed the suspension of the Hamburg
...,m,aip line to New Orleans, and interrupted
q, time, the Bremen line. The recent arrival,
,or.v,r Of nearly eight hundred emigrants ON a
.r,ls steamer gives promise not only of an in
,,s,.i emigration from Germany, and possibly
-n Trnce, after the termination Of the war,
l., .,,l. that New Orleans will hereafter share
,,,-s lr,ely in the benefits Of the emigrant
,,b The establishment OF the Liverpool and
w,,a;pi Steamship Line, whose ships are
lali specially for the transportation of emil
,-,e from Great Britiin and the Scandinavian
s.,.nes. will also increase the popularity OF
4, Nv Orleans route of immigration, even to
a,lorthwestern States 1t is to be hoped,
,arer, that the planters and landowners Of
i,iana will be able to induce larger num-
softhe immigrants landed in New Orleans to
s:ie within the borders of the State.
During the last year, the Commissioners
d Emigration have published largely in the
yathern States and in Great Britain, and
4 is their intention to send competent
isent to Europe as soon as the war shall have
ermmated
During the autumn there has been large
influx OF laboring population from the
northwestern States,
LAKE BoRGNE CANAL.
Since the last session of the Legislature
,ork On the Mississippi and Mexican Gulf
n Lake BorSne Canal has been prosecuted
18th great vigor. Nine machines are now
nployed in exc;rvating. The canal will be
pcned for business up 70 tine river bank i'll
be course of thirty days. The lock will lie
omplcted and the canal connected with the
-,rr about the first of July of the present
-cI.
PUBLIC PRINTING.
recommend "a uf great Importance the
.oS,ity of amending the law relative to
'dlic printing.
When the act in relation to the matter
vas passed. the State was in 70 condition to
'ilagse money, but WIS obliged To issue
NarA,s worth at that time only forty or
Ey os1s on the dollar il payment of the
WORK Since then the credit Of the State
hS improved. and warrants are now selling |
at St'cII;l -tlu,c cents on the dollar, with a |
tar prospect Of soon reaching par value.
We aIc nov il a condition to greatly reduce
the pne' Of pablic printing, and should
-ni the number of papers in which the
Tvs are to be published.
ILLUSTRATION AND ELECTION.
The disregard OF the rights OF franchise
"necd IN many localities i'll the State in
iNH' induced the last Legislature to resort
" LIE most stringent measures for the pro-
lection Of the people. The violent rancor
~nS period having now given place to
more liberal and just acknowledgment Of
"e ule relations of all our citizens, COM
menu to your consideration the modification
~Ae registration and election laws to an
o'at that, while securing the inalieuable
'l'-N Of all, will make the usage undsr
va less lrAsome and exacting to the few.
iSil transmit to You in few days the re-
l%a the State Registrar, embodying his
%"AS to the notifications that are DEEM
dlrsrble.
~ Nports have not been received from
~ Alalnstrators of the Charity Hospital
- -. NtS Orleans, Of the Deaf, Dumb and
,--a Asylum, Insane Asylum, Military
,~ I"u''ny' and State Penitentiay, I am I'M
~y 10 submit them with my message, or to
- ,-A' any recommendations in their behalf.
= "'if receipt at this Office, l will lay .
. win such suggestions as l may have
''''' before you for your consideration.
II. G. WARMOMH,
e va motion of Mr., Ray 1000 copies of the i,