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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

present without demand, but simple IN
telligence Office for the registry of title,
price and description of lands for sale in
Louisiana. Its purpose is to place these
lands as near on a parity in the fnity Of
price and title as are the lands Of its
great competitor, the federal government,
and its grantee corporations, which now
offer acres by the million, and upon terms
even more favorable than the government
itself There is a feature of great po-
itical Importance in this plan. 1t is the
subdivision of lands and the securing of
homesteads for the people. No theory Of
government is safe which leaves the ad-
ministration to the assumed wisdom Of an
aristocracy, whether Of blood, money
or acres That government is in
the end the most free in which
every man considers himself part of the
State, either in present or expected pos
session Of its property or its honors. The
distribution of lands in homesteads creates
this grateful interest in the common well
fare. A man having home will fight for
it sooner and longer than for his landlord.
A man having a home for his family is
less apt to become disconnected unit Of a
turbulent crowd He becomes conserva-
tive, from the fact that he has something
to take care of. How else can we account
for the astonishing fact that those mil
lions which in Europe constitute the
chronic dread Of the upper orders, " dis
appear within the wilderness Of our vast
domain and become a source Of strength
and legal liberty? These people acquire
homesteads. They are adscripic oIebs,
not by the base tenure Of the
feudal tie, but by the voluntary
and honorable attachment to their own
property. The subdivision of lands and
the abolition of the gang labor system is
then to be anticipated from the labors Of
these gentlemen. It is gratifying to be
informed that both these inapplicable
features Of a past system are being dis
carded by some of the most practical and
patriotic Of our planters. The multiple
cations of small holdings will not only
relieve our large planters Of much re-
sponsibility, but it will promote the in
terest Of merchants, mechanics manu-
facturers, Of all professions and occu-
pations, whose profits depend upon COM
merce with the independent cultivation of
the soil We're this valley occupied by
dense population Of small farmers
studded with villages and busy with
mixed industries, We leave to the magma
tons of all who have anything to sell to
estimate the benefit which New Orleans
must derive from daily intercourse with
such a surrounding country.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

jurisdiction. It is not rash in us to say,
therefore, that Mr.. EImore will have
the pleasure of being sent for by the
House to-day to explain his conduct. He
has assumed, for the purposes of his in
junction, that the resolution Of the House
carries with it no weight, but may be
spurned, spit upon and disregarded by
anybody; that it does not impair the
official standing Of Governor Warmoth
does not vacate the executive chair, and
hence Governor Pinchback is necessarily
an intruder. This theory virtually abol-
ishes the authority Of the Legislature, and
vests in a district court the power Of i'm
parchment, or at least claims for it the
right to review the decision of the House
in case where that body has the sole
power.to act.
War95.he district judge de jure as well
as de fdct0, it would be the duty Of the
General Assembly to impeach him at
once, or address him out Of Office, but as
he can only be regarded in the light OF a
private person temporarily occupying Off
cial position, the more obvious remedy is
to punish him for contempt by imprison-
ment during the pleasure Of the House.
Mr. Elmore has already received an al
most unexampled rebu1e from the Su-
preme Court for his reckless disregard Of
law and the rights Of parties. He was
ordered to the Parish Prison for ten days,
and only escaped incarceration by being
met at the door Of the prison by pardon
from the Governor. His career since his
usurpation Of Judge Dibble'S seat has
been rather monotonous succession of
strange antics It will be next to impos-
sible for him to recover public respect and
confidence sufficient to make useful
judge out Of him. Even if there were no
serious charge that could readily be
brought against him, there would be
propriety in retiring from position the
duties Of which he SO feebly comprehends.
He is the worst failure we have ever had
on the bench of this State, not even ex-
cepting some Of our parish judges.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11
ELECTION FRAUDS AND OUR CITY GOV
ERNMENT

| The frauds perpetrated upon the people
of this city in the election Of November 4,
are beginning slowly, but surely, to be
brought to light. The rats are deserving
the sinking ship, and many Of those en-
ployed in the dirty work of undermining
the rights Of the people and multiplying
| their wishes as expressed in their ballots,
are now willing to secure their own safety
| by exposing the means used and the i1sti
gators Of the base plot. That several
| thousands of ballots were cast for which
no legal voters stand as sponsors is now
ascertained' beyond shadow of doubt,
and will soon be officially made clear to
our cheated citizens.
We do not deem it probable that any
material change in the personnel Of the
municipal and parish governments will
be made by the correct and lawful com
pilation Of the returning board; but it
must become apparent to all that those
officials who have been installed illegally
upon certificates Of Supervisor Blanchard
and by the usurpations Of Judge Elmore,
must at once be deposed AS we have
time and again declared that every officer
elected by the people must have the full
measure Of his deservings: but for their
own sake and the safety of public interests
it is absolutely essential that they be in
Quoted into power in the manner and
through mediums determined by law. We
have have had surfeit of c0,lpy de
etat, which inevitably result in COM
picated, lengthy and worrying
litigation, with the public treasury mulcted
in heavy sums; and this is substantial
reform which must be inaugurated imme-
diately and in the case under considera-
ton.
The gentlemen who thus seized the
various local Offices, intent seemingly only
on ACKNOWLEDGMENT, have lost largely
in public esteem and confidence by their
course. Let them seek to regain it by a
cheerful acquiescence in and recognition
Of the law bearing on the contest they have
invoked. AS the Mayor and Administra-
tors who now occupy the high places at
the City Hall have not complied with the
forms required by law, they can not be
considered rightfully in Office. no matter
what their majorities may appear TO be on
the tabulated returns.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

The Times declares the people of New
Orleans were degraded by their supine-
ness in permitting their liberties to be
wrested from them by ''a gang of unscru-
Pulous adventures and negroes" by
which choice expression it doubtless in
tends to designate the legal government of
Louisiana. On Friday last the editor of
the Times, aided by some Of the fusion
ring, endeayored to get up an Indignation
meeting against Judge Durell, but our cit
liens utterly refused to res ond, and the
cold shoulder then turned upon him and his
co-conspirators we hoped would convince
him that respectable people Of all parties
had determined to align on the side Of
law and the Republican party, not be
cause they like our candidates more, but
because they were backed by right and
justice, while the ''adventurers" were
found enrolled in the ranks of their op-
ponents.
Its call for another Indignation meeting
in the name Of this people, published
yesterday morning, with three or four
hundred signatures, was the laughing
stock Of the town, even the Pjcoyune quail
flying It's mention of these ''citizons" with
the significant assurance that a portion of
them are Of ''the highest responsibility
and influence"
It was all right for once or twice, just
after its bright dreams of plumber were
dissipated by Judge DurelTs awakening
tones that it should frantically rave and
tear its locks and proclaim that the whole
world was ruined But the people know
what is best for themselves. and are con-
tent, and even the few who Sympathize
with our neighbor's disappointment, think
it is full time these rantings should cease.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11
A PROCLAMATION.
Lieutenant Governor Pinchbaek Assumes
the Executive Chair,
STATE OF LOrisIA

STATE OF LOUISIANA
Executive Depar tment
New Orleans, DeGember9 1872 \
To the People of Louisiana:
WHEREAS, Under the provisions Of article fifty
three of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana
an ir1peacAment of the Governor operates as a
suspension from office pending the consideration
of the articles of impeachment by the Senate, and
devolves executive powers and duties in the near
while upon the Lieutenant Governor of the State;
and
Whereas, The House of Representatives Of the
state of Louisiana has this day presented articles
of impeachment against H. G. Warmoth, Governor
of the State of Louisiana, and has referred the
same through an appropriate committee of their
body to the Senate of the State for consideration
and action therein:
Now therefore I, P. S. Pinchback, Lieutenant
Governor of the State of Louisiana, do, the prem
;ses considered assume the duties and claim the
Urerogatiyes deg0lYed upon me by the constitution
and laws of the State of Louisiana, and do issue
this my proclamation to the good people of this
State tor the information of all public officers rela
tive to the matter herein set forth and ask the
operation and support of all good citizens to ena-
BILE me faithfully execute the laws.
Given under my hand and the seal of State at
New Orleans this ninth day of December, A. D.
1872 and Of the independence of the United States
the ninetyseventh
P.B. S. PINCHBACK
C.-o-.u q RovPE Sacretary of State.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11
LOUISIANA IMMIGRATION AND HOME
STEAD COMPANY


While so much energy and talent has
been devoted to secure the political regen-
Grafton Of Louisiana according to the
theory of the competitors, few; men COM
paratjyely obscure in their .Iaborse have
adopted another plan for obtaining the
same object These last men differ mas
terially from the first in this that 3hey
deem the power or prosperity Of State
founded on the industry Of its people and
the extent of its acquisitions Accom-
panying this interest must be- and always
is, education and moyalityo 1t is someo
thing in this world to be able to carry out
the high standard Of duty which the the
moralist treats In proportion to
the independent ability TO do well
is the moral reputation of every people
Poverty reduces nations 10 be-.
come brigands Or beggars. Employment
raises them again to the yank ot honest
men. Greece and Italy. the cradles of
liberty, have descended 70 contemp: in
the eyes of nations. The very thieves and
loafers of England, transported to coup.
Try Of abundance. have added the flourish.
ing colonies Of Australia. Cape Colony
and New Zealand to tho British crown.
Accumulated wealth. especially wheE con.
nected with hereditary stations presents
individual instances Of corruption. tut
the industrial employment Of > Whole ieo.
pie has never vet failed to make them
respectable. Then, on the one hand. we
have allegations of gross 5raud' among
those who think tina? a community l. 10
BE restored Jy party conflicts; "n the
other, a few men seem looking 90 ;m,ni.
grafton and industrial development: Cog
tie same result. The organization ?ylica
heads this article is. - sye have 0eason 3"
know. soundet; to furnish tic 'aIdhoId ~
Of Louisiana with an agency foS 'ie sale
Of their surplus lands It is 40 specufae
tive plan to constitute credit inobiljer
based on the convertible JaIus Of lands 1T
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11
JUDICIAL uSuRPATION.


Tina? was bold step which Judge Ell
more vas yesterday persuaded to take in
the matter Of issuing an injunction against
acting Governor Pinchback. If a court is
presumed to know the law, some Of its
plaineat provisions ought to be familiar to
the temporary occupant OF the Eighth
District bench. The facts are notorious,
and moreover brought to the knowledge Of
everybody BY the. publication il the off
ciol journal of the proceedings of the
House Of Monday that a resolution of i'm
parchment Of Governor Walmoth. and has
suspension from Office passed that body
on Monday. Il has furthermore been
proclaimed that the Lieutenant Governor
has assumed Tile executive functions. The
jurisdiction OF the General Assembly has
attached 60 the case. and 80 inferior State
tribunal s competent 80 Interfere. All
State tljbunai5 are inferior 80 the Legisla.
ture in impeachment easaso TIE ?nterfer,
erce in this NATTER theiq, By Judge
Elmore is clearly usurpation Of tie pre-
negatives Of the House aud contempt of
its authority in case where it has sole
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11
A CARD FROM Ex.JUDGE HOWE.

EDITOR REPUBLICAN,:
I notice in your issue of to-day the following
paragraph;
After careful inquiry feel compelled to express
disbelief Of the widely circulated report that there
was plot to make Judge Howe Chief Justice of
Louisiana, covered up by his resignation. The
story goes that Mr. Ludeling and Messrs Taliaferro
Howell and Willy were to be addressed out of office
by the Isabelle Democratic Legislature, and Judge
Howe given the chef place in the new appoint
ments.
If the story goes" as intimated in this para
graph, it is only another proof of the fact that
story may :" go" without any truth to support it.
Why the idle gossips who nfest our street corners
should invent such fctions can not imagine The
gentlemen who compose the Supreme Court are
my friends and they at least know that even if
should differ with them on some questions of pub
lie policy, could take no part in any "plots'
against them. And there has been no such plot"
w. w. HOWE.
December TO- 1872 dell 1t
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

Mr.. Ogden has not distinguished him
self for success in his profession since ne
began to play Attorney General He has
appeared in only two cases, one before the
Supreme Court of this State from which
he received a direct snub, and in the
other before the Supreme Court at Wash
ington, from one of the judges of which he
evoked hint that he was on cold trail.
Either he is an unskilllul practitioner, or
the tribunals before whom he has made his
failures do not understand their business.
We leave this question where we find it.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

VIII the Ptcayoue kindly separate its
goats from its sheep, and tell Us who of
the signers to the indignation meeting
call are not citizens ''of the highest
responsibility and inhuence?" Or per
haps it will prefer to save time and space
by giving US list of the few whom it
would willingly indorse as such.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

A little girl was one day reading the his
tory of England with her governess, and,
coming to the statement that Henry never
laughed after the death Of his son, she
looked up and said: What did he do
when he was tickled7" IT Henry himself
could have heard this question it might
have brought smile, at least, over his
troubled features.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

now many people we're at the meet
ing?p was the general inquiry by the most
Of citizens who could do better than
squander time in getting indignant Inc
Times put the number at five and the
Picqguns at three thousand, but neither
estimate seemed to satisfy the public.
Brown said fifteen hundred Smith, TWO
hundred and fifty; but we do not think
they have any better heads for figures than
the Times reporters. Baslng our Juo6-
ment upon the number of curious CUES
TONERS who want to know, you Know
we soIennnly declare that there was no
meeting at all.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

The meeting called at the Chamber of
Commerce at halfpast twelve o'clock yes
terday, to take into consideration the pres
ent paralyzed condition Of business in this
city, and suggest plan of relief, was SO
thinly attended that no business was done,
but to adjourn.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

On The tenth day Of June next. 1878, fifty
Years will have elapsed since the airst
steamer went up the Mississippi river and
landed at Fort Smelling. 1t was the steamer
Virginia. Mrs, General Van Cleveo now
residing at Minneapolis, is probably The
only woman now living who witnessed the
arrival of this steamer.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

The North Louisiana journal reports the
death of Mr.. Charles Mathews, brother of
Hon. James S. Mathews, Of Tensas parish.
In less than three years two brothers and a
sister of Mr. Mathews have died.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

Archibald Dunlop has just died in the
neighborhood of Troy, New York. Many
years ago he broke an engagement to
marry, and now he has left the Tilted lady a
snug $4,000.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

a call for the erection of monument to
commemorate the memory Of the late DR..
Warren Stone, will undoubtedly be re-
sponded to by great numbers Of people who
knew the merits Of the deceased.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

Mrs. Tozier, of Athene, Maine, now l07
years old, must have a most wonderful
memory, since she claims to distinctly re-
member the drowning of her father in the
Penobscot river l04 years ago.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

Edward Pearson, 50 we learn from '''o
FeIieiana Republican, recently arrested
for passing a forged order for $l0o
purported to have been drawn by -
=. Nswshain on j. u Harris, Gotten factor,
New Orleans, Was brought before Judge
Butler who, after hearing tue evidence IN
the case, required Pearson 70 giso bond
ii the sum d $50 for bis appearance u
The March term Of the district court. Inc
bond was NOT furnished, and Pearson was
remanded to jail.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

A stranger fell into the river at Detroit
the other day. AS he was being helped out
some one seized him by the hair and drew
him up. "Where's the man who pulled my
hair 7" yelled the victim, as he reached the
dock. Just show me the Apache who did
it. and III mash him in a minute.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

in Kansas divorce was granted, and the
3ady remarked to "a young biushing
south" in the brief space Of twelve minutes.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

A baby having given too long and too
loud vent to her emotions at one of John
Owens recent performances, the actor
stepped to the footlights and informed the
audience that unless the play was stopped,
The baby could not 90 on "
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

We received, after the hour named, an
invitation to be present at the exhibition of
the Webster aud Jefferson schools, Dryades
street, at one O'Clock Yesterday afternoon
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

Gentlemen are reminded that when the
delicate neck-tie is Of other color than black,
gloves must invariably correspond, in pearl,
lavendar, or the faintest tint of ashes-of
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

The passenger trains on the jackson rail-
road will run from the junction Of St.
Joseph and St Charles street to day for the
last time at present. Hereafter passenger
trains will leave the Calliope street depot.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

Sen, project Of Hang Yang, has PIT
stop to the drowning Of female babies y
Sis department.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

q young lady doing honors in the White
House is novelty in American history
The distinction will fall on Nellie Grant.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

a iittHe boy once came running into his
motheu's room, and said: 20, mother5
came so near being drowned in the Chicka
hominy today @ Howe my sou go ex.
claimed the mother, n'great alarm. o'Wby.
some Boys asked me to 60 with rhem to the
Cnickahominv bathing, and if had gone
should certainly have been drownedo tor
you know can't SWIM"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

San Francisco bellies always carry a
twenty-dollag gold piece-simply that and
nothing more-when they ride on street
esars, to avoid paving fares. On third act
of this kind, the conductor stopped the ear
and went into store with one of the
economical creatures doublo-eagIes, and
made change for hes fve,c cent ride, much to
hey modification.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

The latest definition OF gentleman is "a
qnan wlro can put on clean collar without
2eing conspicuous.'
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

q young woman in San Francisco recently
committed suicide because her sister re-
S,uked her for drinking TOO much.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

A Louisville landlord turned away a
young woman recently on the single ground
shat she appeared alone to apply for lodg-
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

Mrs, Augusta NJ. Rodgers, Of BrookIyns
in less than four years received letters
patent from our government foc as many
as four different inventions: musquitc
canopy, a folding chair, a plan for heating
cars without fire, and an Improvement in
spark arrester ito be applied t" iooomc-
tives). The first two are also to-day 9so-
tected by the great seal Of England
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

A good hotel keeper is a man that one
San always put up with.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

it is stated by the Paris LiJertc that
smuggling has greatly increased in the
north of France, and that the government
is taking measures against it.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

Business men in New York are quite gen
Ssrally wearing breasted peajacket
fashioned coats, made of dark, mixed
cloths.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

A gentleman in Boston horse-car was
beard to remark that he knew upward Of
ffty native Americans who had tartars for
sEives.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11
T ADIEs' HAIR STORE
GEORGE It. SHILLING,

GEORGE T. SHILLING,
NO. 38l Dryades street, opposite Jefferson School
near Dryades Market
La6ies wishing to purchase anything in the
HAIR LINE, offer my large stock or Chatelaine
Plaits, Switches, Puffs, Frzettes, CurEs of ali
styles, etc, all of my own manufacture, from the
Eghtest to the darkest shades. | don't say that /
sell cheaper than anybody else, but my prices will
suit everybody. Ladies I would solicit your early.
call; examine my large stock bef9re making ar.
engagements elsewhere.
81 kinds of HAIR WORK made to order, at rea,
sonable prices.
All country orders promptly attended to.
have also large and splendid assortment Of
Fancy and Jet Ornaments; Fancy and Jet Sets;
Jet Horn and Shell Bands; Bracelets of all de.
scriptions, and other articles too numerous to
mention, at prices to sHit the times del I'm
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-11

although fishes have no voice, yet people
Aave been known to make fish-bawl