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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-12-23

The Market Company have done a brutal and
serseless thing in driving the countrymen from
the Ortn spaces near the market up to the bleak
out OF the way place near 10th street bridge. 1t
is doubtful if the act authorizing the city to
occupy the ground near the 10th street bridge
for q market for the cOuntrymen empowers the
Market Company to drive them up there; and
certainly they cannot do 50 until some accom-
mOdatiOns have been supplied there, and
the ground made fit for the purposes desie-
mated. But granting that the company have
the power, it was a most extraordinary
and indefensible deed, to enforce that power at
this inclement season, driving the countrymen
intO cold, inaccessible place, where there were
10 customers, and enabling the hucksters a. the
market to put up their own prices. The coun-
trymen are naturally indignant at their treat
ment, and some Of them who have attended
Center market for many wears declare that this
is the last time they will come to this city. or
certainly to the vicinity of this market. In
other cities it Is considered a wise thing tn
encourage eountrymen to bring in their produce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-12-23
AUTIFUL AND Rare,

REAUTIfUL AND BAKE.-
FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
JAPAN BRONZEs,
CHINA ours AND sAUCrRs.
CHINA PLATES,
JAPAN CURIOS
w, BURCHELL,
Hooe Iron Building,
declS-eosw near Ebbitt Wa6se
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-12-23

COFFEES.
OLD GOVERNMENT JAvA-the best to be had.
JAVA COFFBE-cheaper grade,
M0CHA-genuine, and Q choice article,
PLANTATION JAVA,
MARACAIBO-none better,
LAGUAYRA-
RIO
We also have the above goods roasted fresh every
day, AID in the very best manner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-12-23

TEAS.
"a SPECIALITY
SIXTEEN GRADES, AT LOWEST PRICES
We claim that we are Offering some OF the cbo,eesf
goods in this line that be found in this market
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-12-23

P.rticuar attention Il herewith called 10 the large
as-ortmeut Of CNRKDEEMED PLEDG Is On hand
Xhich Ue offer az q small advance over cost, 20 en-
able NJ 20 elise them out before the LIST Of January
Fyery articls fully warranted
). doLpsrEIS co. Loan Once,
Sess e lRepJ SVs ~ street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-12-23

FISH.
s MIS- SMhacrkkE nRpt, in barrels and kits;
TONGUES and SOUNDS, HALIBUT FINS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-12-23

NOW Is TIE TInE To DEPOSIT.
All sums Of o5 and over deposited in the
FREEDMAN'S SAVINGS BANK
from this date, to include the second Of January,
lsz2, vi i'll draw interest At
SIX PEI CENT.
from date of Depoeit.
Mark the place :-Ne~ Bxiidias, NORTH Of the
Treasury dec22 did
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-12-23
TNOTICE TO POLICY HOLDERS.

OFFICE OF THE MUTUAL FIRE Tvs. Co..
WARRINGTON, ID. c., Dec. L., 1871
Policy holders are hereby notified to renew their
lNstRANCE for 1872 az the Office of the Com pany
Oh or before MONDAY, December Is, 1871
dec5-lOt j. WESLEY BOTELER, Sec
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06
NOT nnITE A FAILuRE.

When a federal ofice-holder garbles a
resolution, passed by Republican State
Central Committee, after keeping it in his
private possession for week, for the pur-
pose Of connecting the villainy; when a
State Central Committee of that party
permits itselfto be duped into the attempt
to pack its State Convention, by comforting
upon that same official the absolute power
to determine who shall compose that con-
vention, regardless Of the will of the
masses Of the Republicans. And when
the Republicans of this State submit to
such villainy, bare-faced and shallow
trickery, and surrender their rights at the
bidding of any official, anxious to save
his head or promote his unholy ambition,
then our Democratic neighbor, the Times,
may quote US as announcing, "Repub-
hcanism failure, and reconstruction a
farce in Louisiana"
But our neighbor should possess its
soul in patience and not too readily fancy
that the Democratic millennium is so near
at hand through our failures. Republican
ism in Louisiana will be all the stronger
after the ordeal of next week, and Repub-
licans will assert their appreciation of the
principles they hold dear, by maintaining
their rights and rebuking the efforts made
to tamper with them.
Neither Mr.. Packard nor any other
official will determine the composition of
the convention. That will be done by the
delegates elected by the people of this
State, and the Times be left without the
quotation over which it has gloated SO
eagerly.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06

and fifty miles viii determine the de
| pendence that each can place upon the
business that will support it Men
naturally go to the nearest market, pro
vided it is equal in all things, ST. Louis
is 10th to believe this lesson, for il
initiates against her hopes in the future.
She is working to draw to her merchants
the trade of Texas, which belongs to us
| but this letter cautions her against putting
| too much money in the effort, since the
trade of Texas grayitates toward New Or
leans by virtue of her proximity. The
merchant in Houston or San Antonio
will not go to st. Louis when he can
zach a nearer market. 1t is against
sound business rules that he should do so.
Time and expense both conspire to make
the merchant trade where he can trade the
| quickest, and with equal cheapness.
Therefore, though st. Louis may build
railroads to Houston, she will not control
the commerce of Houston, any more than
she seduced away the trade of Chicago by
building road over which it was sought
to be inveigled.
ST. Louis has one consolation in this
matter, however, which is, that New Or
leans is. not very enterprising rival, and
she may be able to coax our customers to
Missouri when New Orleans is spending
her summer months at Saratoga. More
over, she can safely calculate that little
energy will give her great advantages in
the way of start, for New Orleans will
not discover that Texas has any trade
worth building a railroad to obtain until
some stranger tells her Of the fact. She
does not explore much, and her public
enterprises are very slow Of conception,
and still slower of completion. st. Louis
can build road and impoverish region
Of its best trade before our people will
discover that poacher is On their pre-
serves; and then they will move to recover
their lost ground, as if they cared bat
little whether they won the fight or not.
We are out of pocket large section of
country already, not because other mar
kets are nearer than ours, but because
other merchants are more enterprising
than ours are. Under new dispense
ton, which is rapidly rising in our
midst, st. Louis will find that her efforts
against Texas will be contested by New
Orleans, and if we did not have such a
wide field to conquer for ourselves imme-
diately at home, We might make the ambi-
tious merchants of st. Louis feel little
anxious about their trade with Colorado.
That will do, however, to whet our appe-
tite hereafter, when We have done our
local duty.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06
THE DEMOCRATS WANT IT.

The Louisiana STATE Register of yester-
day sustains its reputation for good
sense and acute insight. We commend
the following paragraph to some of our
pretended Republicans, who are lending
themselves to the Democrats to break
down the State administration and the
Republican party:
All the Democratic papers are alarmingly
frightened that the Republican convention
next week will indorse the State admins
tration. 1t would be very naughty thing
to inderse the State administration when
the Democrats are opposed to it. Demo-
Gratis take great interest in the success of
the Republican party, and generally recon-
mend it to do just what will secure q VIC
tory for-the Democracy. Their big card
now is to break down one wing Of the Re-
publican party by using the other wing
against it, and then they hope to come in
and whip.the victors. Some men have not
got the sense to see this, butt is as plain
to the ordinary mortal as the red nose on
a whisky sucker.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06
THEY ARE RECRUITS.

We learn that the movement of troops"
which has exercised some of the credu-
lous Democrats and their allies in the
Customhouse is transfer of sixty-three
recruits from one point to another. Our
wise fellows rather exaggerated the mat
ter at first. They declared that the whole
United States army had been ordered here
to report to Marshal Packard and assist
him in his patriotic war against the Re-
publican State administration. But as
this view failed to be confirmed in its en-
tirety, twas suggested that the Central
Committee had applied for detail Of
troops to serve as delegates in the conven-
tiou which certain prominent Democrats
yesterday declared is to be held at the
Customhouse on Wednesday. A little in
vestigation settled the question. The
United States army has not yet been or
dered here, nor has the Customhouse
been designated as the place Of meeting
for the State Convention, though the Or
gan of the Central Committee, the BuI-
le.;n, positively declares it has.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06
HUNTING TRADE.

A letter from Texas was recently pub
lished in the st. Louis Republican which
suggested some reflections that even st.
Louis did not appreciate. Every COM
mercial centre is entitled to, and will GER
tainly receive the trade of given radius,
provided it trafics in the true commercial
spirit. Chicago and st. Louis have been
building roads to cut each other off from
sections of country that owed their trade
to Louisville, and have met with disap-
pointment in their efforts. In their en-
deavors against each other neither city
has been able to divert business that had
legitimate centre. Given, that two
towns Of equal importance are situated
three hundred miles apart, one hundred
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06

AS sample of the extravaganza which
the Democracy may be expected to intro.
duce into the country when Tammany
Hall comes into possession Of the govern
ment at Washington, it may be men,
toned that the city of New York, in two
years, bought forty square miles of car
,peting at the extravagant price of five
dollars per yard. Perhaps it will clear
this statement little to explain that New
Workers say three-fourths of this money
was stolen by the Democratic ring which
now rules the city, and which hopes to
rule the nation.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06

Governor Bramlette, of Kentucky, is
deeply aggrieved because many things,
including the amendments, have been
done '''outside of the constitution" Does
Govern or Bramlette look at the venerable
constitution as he does at steamboat
boiler, only to be mended by getting in
side of it? And if he does, how is the
entrance to be effected except by break
incr II
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06


body in the premises. It seems that one
Mckay, lieutenant Of Lindsay, got the
bride, and took good care to pocket it
himself, excusing his selfshness to Gov
ernor Lindsay by saying that he was
afraid to offer the money to the Cover
nor. Some men would have been indig-
nant at Mckay, but it does not appear
that this was the case in the present in
stance, the wrath of the parties implicated
being of diffusive sort, and venting
Itself in very general network of inn
personal cuss words. A little more direct
ness would be better to the public taste.
Mckay ought to be kicked according to
the rules of ancient chivalry.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06

The course of the State Committee, in
assuming to determine the question OF
who are properly elected delegates, and
who are contestants, is an act that should
meet with the strongest condemnation Of
the convention. Let US look at it. The
State Committee issues a call for con-
vention, to meet in New Orleans, on the
ninth of August. 1t fixes the number of
delegates at 1GS, and apportions them
among the various parishes according to
the basis OF one delegate for each 700 Re-
publican votes. 1t declares that the Gre
dentials shall be sent to the president of
the committee, S. E. Packard The com.
mittee allows itself to be insulted by S. B.
Packard, its chairman, who deliberately
strikes from the resolution the " hall in
the Mechanics Institute" fixed by it for
the meeting, and instead of rebuking him
by turning him out of the Craftsmanship
of the committee, approve Of, the act by
committing to his hands the duty of Sc
ACSO1A5 anu titSA44AS ~AoeASI Afs14 IVA lAC
convention. He will, without doubt, Sc
lect the United States courtroom, in the
Customhouse.
Finally, they declare that nobody shall
be admitted TO the hall who does Het first
receive ticket frem Mr.. Packard, and
he is instructed to give tickets only to
such persons as he or his committee may
say are duly elected, or are properly
contestants.
Here we have as fine a case Of conuelo-
ton packing as ever was seen. To
epitomize-
First, all credentials must be sent to
the State committee.
Second, S. B. Packard is to say. who
are delegates and who are contestants.
Third, nobody to be admitted to the
hall but persons as are so declared
delegates or contestants, and have S. B.
Packard's ticket.
We have tyet been informed whether
the committee will or VIII not do the
voting.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06
CRESCENT HALL.


This establishment, which has enjoyed SO high a
reputation for the past six years, has been thor
oughly renovated and refitted throughout.
The Billiard Hall,
The largest in the United States, containing
TWENTY-FOUR TABLES,
has been reftted, and presents to-day one of the
most attractive halls in the couI try.
The Barr0Om
Has been enlarged and refurnished complete, and
will be stocked with the finest of liquors that be
found in this and European countries. This room
WILL BE RE0PENED ON SATURDAY EVENING,
the fifth instant.
The Cigar Stand
l. also stocked with the best imported cigars, all
kinds of chewing and smoking tobacco and every
thing in the line.
The proprietor has Just cause to be proud of the
Hberaity in which the citizens of New Orleans
have bestowed their patronage upon the various
departments of Crescent Hall, and takes this occa-
sion to return his profound Acknowledgements to
his numerous potrons for their past fayors, and
promises in the future, that nothing shall be lack
ing to merit their fullest appreciation.
A. w. MERRIAM,
ans 3t2p Proorietnr
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06

An apple of Louisiana growth, meas
uring fourteen and half inches in diame-
ter, has been presented to the editor of
the Planters Banner. 1t did not remind
him of his youthful antics on the Fourth
of July, when he was loyal urchin ia
Maine, but simply recalled to his atten-
ton the miseries of the country that is
now without more fruit of the same sort.
If the Fourth of&uly had been better re-
membered, there would have been no &C.
casion for this grumbling.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06

b
The Christian Adrocote and Journal, OF
New York city, is theleading official jour-
nal of the Methodist Episcopal Church in
the United States. The last weeks issue
has two items in it of interest to Louisi-
ana people. One is a notice of the mis-
sion work under the care Of DR.. Daily, OF
this city, which is reported as including
about one-quarter of the State.
The other we commend to our neigh
bors of the New Orleans Christian Advo-
cate. We quote it entire:
Revs. E. Cobb and T. j. Upton, of the
Louisiana Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, the former presi-
dent OF Homer College, Louisiana, and the
latter agent for the same, are now in this
city for the purpos6of obtaining aid in en-
dowing that institution and furnishing it
with the necessary library, apparatus, etc.
These gentlemen come with the highest re-
Communications, and are worthy of the full
est confidence.
To these gentlemen, such commenda-
ton, in such journal, is worth having.
1t will afford US pleasure, as secular jour-
nalists, to quote the first word of this
character that appears in the New Orleans
Christian AdUocate in reference to any
Northern" Methodist minister who may
come from New York to New Orleans.
Certain worthy bishops and doctors of
divinity from New York, we have heard
of recently as visitors here. But We did
not hear Of it through our neighbors
columns.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06

Herr Mohr, German traveller in Eastern
Africa, has written description of the Vic
toria Falls, on the Zambesi river, from
which it would appear that these falls are,
in some respects, superior to those of
Niagara. He reached the spot. after innu-
merable difficulties and endless trials of
patience. "The length of the fall" he says,
III. nearly an English mile; it is four hun
dred feet deep and the cliff over which the
water flows is from $50 to $50 feet wide, and
the stream flows on in channel only go
feet wide between dark precipices.D
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06

Governor Bramlette, Of Kentucky, who
has doomed up out Of the retirement of
private life to cheer the Democracy with
campaign speech, involuntarily does
duty as a good Republican in furnishing
us an item in favor of tie honesty of the
administration in its collection Of the in
ternal revenue. Says Governor Bramlette:
''The revenue officers, from December,
1867, to February 1869, collected in one
district s37, 032, 075 in taxes on whisky,
while from March, 1869, to May, 1870, the
revenue officers collected in the same dis
trict, from the tax on whisky, s67, $50, 812,
or an increase of $50, $50, 737." "This is
making our whisky pay good deal of
taxes" adds theresurrectionist. The peo-
pie who drink whisky and those who do
not will refuse to sympathize with Gov
ernor Bramlette's lament, for the honesty
of the government has not injured them
in the least The faithful collection of
the revenue helped to support the general
expenses, and its payment by the distillers
only took SO much from their stealings.
If the treasury had not got the money the
manufacturers would have pocketed thirty
millions of dollars and drinks would not
have been cent lower. If Governor
Branllette continues in this vein of argu-
ment he will prove that the administra-
ton is fully entitled to the support of
everybody but the distillers. Let him
11rocaed
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06
WE ARE sArIsFIEn.

Although the editor of the Louisiana
State Register does not deny in express
terms that he holds a position in the Gus
tomhouse, his paper fully reflects the
idea. There is none of that seryility in
his articles which invariably characterizes
the writings of pensioners. His last
number is model of newspaper, such
as we should rejoice to see all who claim
to be Republican. If some of our dull
country editors would emulate the Register,
their readers would be gamers by the
stupendous change.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06
five dollars

A Philadelphia physician writes to. the
Posi- to correct an impression that black
berries are useful or harmless in cases where
children are convalescing from diarrhea or
ch5lera infantum. He says that from close
observation during several years, mean
time enjoying large practice, he is forced
to believe that there Is no other cause go
fatal to life in1these complaints as eating
blackbcrries.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06

There is a large and ill-natured breeze
afioat in Alabama, because somebody by
the name Of Stanton paid one hundred
thousand dollars to bride Governor Lind
say, which said money Governor Lindsay
never saw the color Of. The indignation
is very frothy with the Democrats, but
they are not reported as prose cutting any
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06

| One OF the characteristics Of hotel clerks
is illustrated in an incident which occurred
in Saratoga. General Sherman arrived at
midnight at prominent hotel dressed in
an old soiled buster buttoned up to his
throat, with his struggling red beard radiat-
ing'in a thousand separate and distinct di-
rections, and, without giving his name, IN
quired if he could have room. The clerk,
in the blandest manner, informed him that
he had just one left, a rear room in the
fourth story. When the clerk had read the
name of the distinguished guest, he had no
difficulty in finding splendid room vacant
on the ground floor in front.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06

:. A new law point came up in the police
court at Washington, last week. Barbara
Sauce was charged with using protane Ian
guage in the street. According to the testi-
mony of the defendant she was German and
the cursing was in Dutch. The judge said
be. did not know Of any law against cursing
in Dutch, but others testified that she also
cursed in English, when the Judge fined her
five dollars.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06

Mother" said little girl who was en-
gagged IN making her doll an apron, II he
level viii be duchess when ! grow up"
Chow do you ever expect to become OUCH
ess, my daughter ~ her mother asked.
s.Why, by marrying a Dutchman, to be
sure, )" replied the girl.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06

C. C. Theard, agent, announces the pub
hcation tomorrow ofthe Mercantile Courier,
a weekly newspaper, in French and English.
Although weekly at the start, it viii be
conducted as nearly as possible on>the plan
; Of daily. Office in Caxton Press building,
corner of Camp and Gravier streets.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06

The Kickapoo Indians kick both ways.
Part Of them live in Mexico and part in the
United States, and it seems that those in the
United States .maraud into. Mexico, and
those in Mexico maraud into the United
States, the two divisions doubtless sharing
the profits after the manner of civilized
man
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06

tits stated that by recent decision IN
thelaw courts, the marquis of Butte comes
into an additional income Of $200,000 and
arrears to the amount of $500,000.. 1t is
further reported that the marquis trustees
are about to run line of steamers from
Cardiff, South Wales, to this port.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-06

The city assessment rolls are now open
for inspection and correction at room No, Is
City Hall. Taxpayers are earnestly re-
quested by the Administrator of Assess
ments to call, and examine theirolls, which
will be closed ON the first of September.