New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-16
Returns from the state.
NORTH LOUISIANA.

Inc 1ensaS. J0Ar2bat Is received, with the
official returns Of Tensas parish as follows:
Grant 23I5, Greeley III; Kellogg 2220, Nc
Emery 1872; Pinchback 2492, Sheridan 166;
Morey 228l, hcCranie l54; Wade NJ. Hough,
Judge Thirteenth District Court, pap;
Hiram r. Steele, district attorney, 1908, w.
Drake S33; Senator, Robert WOrrel, Repub-
lican, 1902, George w. Whitney, Repub-
lican, 757; George NJ. Ralston, fusion, 40;
Representatives, James s. Matthews 1867,
J. Ross Stewart 1859, K. w. Robinson SIS,
II. C. Moore 786; parish Judge. E. L. Whit
reY 1902, W. Il j. Clemens 783; sheriff, A.
j. Bryant 1907, Lowry Cammack 500; clerk
of court, Charles L. Steele 1916, John 2.
Harlow III; recorder, Solomon Shatfer 1891,
George B. Hamlett 799; coroner, Wesley
Dixon 1855, Marcellus Green 758; police
Jurors, James III. Gillespie 243I, G. G.. Cor
dill l6i3 Fl. z. Steele 1867; William Cool
ridge I6l9 Joseph F. Porter 1919, 4. C.
Watson, Sr., 8l3.
The following ward officers were elected
For justices of the peace-Gabriel John
son, William Johnson, Charles K. Steele,
w. II. Jones, Anthony Brown Thomas
Napper, Major Napper.
For onstables-George Roam, Robert
Rose, Clark Harrison, John Cox, James
Ward, Sylvester Seymour, Richmond Ed
monds.
commercial spiris of New Orleans.
4 New Orleans correspondent of the Chi
cago Tribune writes, on the sixth instant, a
letter, from which we quote:
AS the commercial interests of Chicago
and New Orleans, are, to q great extent,
concurrent, you will be pleased to learn
that the latter seems, Notwithstanding all
discouragements from losses, public frauds
and misgovernment, to be arousing herself
for honorable competition with the other
great business marts of this country. Much
might be truthfully said in apology for her
apparent supineness during the past nine
wears; but will not allude to but ono cause
for ii, which every intelligent an d thought
ful mind will to greater or less degree
appreciate. The war left Louisiana, Ar
kansas, Mississippi, and the whole country
commercially connected by the usual rela-
tions between producer and factor, with
this city nearly bereft Of the resources
essential to the cultivation of the soil. A
large majority Of both sugar and cotton
planters had no money with which to pay
laborers, or to buy provisions, working
animals, agricultural implements or pro-
vender. 10 most cases the corn and the
cotton seed to plant the limited areas at
tempted to be cultivated, as well as all else
necessary for the enterprise, had to be
at the very beginning of the year.
In 1865 1866 and 1867, the crops, from
want of due culture, the visitation of the
caterpillar, and, perhaps, in some degree to
other and natural causes, were very def
cient; and the merchants Of New Orleans
lost millions Of dollars that they had with
out security, advanced to make them. This
ia a very guarded statement, and millions
more NAV be allowed for losses since that
time, even though the crops, since and in
cluding that OF 1868, have been better. In
deed. the process still goes on, and there |
appears to be no other way by which to
keep the country in cultivation than the |
supply of money by the banks and the mer-
chants of New Orleans. The former, |
of course, have long ceased to deal |
directly in this way with the planter, |
leaving the onus to rest, as in fact 1t does, |
upon the cotton and sugar factors But the |
in order to do this, must have |
the money of the banks, and thus, IN the |
end, and every year, it goes to buy from the |
West mules, pork, corn, hay agrioul- |
5nral implementa, and other necessaries to |
H. production Of Southern crop; not to be |
returned until the end Of the year, and not |
hen unless success has crowned the enter |
Prise Of the borrower. So you perceive that, |
4 New Orleans mas not built railways and |
established ocean steam lines, she has at
east not been chargeable with boarding tie |
'apitaI she possesses; but has, in the most |
patriotic and benefcent manner, employed |
t to the purposes of preventing the country
rom becoming a wilderness, feeding its
agricultural populations, and furnishing to |
he factories of the civilized world the
taple that now clothes SO large part Of
he human races.