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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-02
The National Democratic COnventiOn-Ar-
arrangements mt Baltimore.

The National Democratic COnVentiOn-Ar-
arrangements mt Baltimore.
This is a special to the Louisville Courier
Journal:
WASHINGTON, June GA meeting of the
members Of the National Democratic Com
mittee and the local committee of Balti-
more was held in the latter city to-day.
Considerable routine business was trans
acted, after which Mr.. John /. Ford re-
ported his progress and plans in the fitting
up the Opera House for the convention
purposes. The artists are industTiously at
work preparing State banners and devices
of various kinds to beautity and adorn the
interior Each banner will contain the coat
of arms Of the State it represents; and the
seats of the various delegations will be de-
%gnated by vari-cOlored silk markers,
mmed with gold bullion fringe. Some
d. feet of evergreens viii be tastetuly
ehaauted along the tiers and walls,
h0useF the whole appearance of the
raised be presidents desk will be on a
handsOmelFm on the stage, and will be
signs, etc. eOrated with the national en-
assistants willAesks Of the secretary and
pOrters' desks, tO7mediately IN front. Re-
will be provided, mumber of two hundred
facilities secured for'he greatest possible
venience OF the press. comfort and con-
Washington, Jefferson, ,uaut portraits Of
CarrolltOn, and other olson, Carroll of
will be placed in appropriated men
The lObbies, halls, entrances, oOlpositions.
mittee rooms, etc, will be Testers, COM
made most attractive. The exterior and
building will be made to look its gayesthe
flags, evergreens, notices, devices, q
One entrance door will be assigned exclu
lively to delegates, while another will b
devoted to the accommodation Of the AT
dience. Ushers and pages will be provided
and in fact all will be done that industry
taste, and desire to extend a cordial we
come TO the visitors can suggest It wa
determined by the resident committee to a
once begin the arrangements for gran
ratification meeting in Monument squar
on the night Of the day on which the CON
mittee will finish its labors. This will pre-
badly be Wednesday night, the tenth, o
Thursday, the eleventh OF July.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-02
Defining His Position.

This is from the Shreveport Telegram:
We have been favored with copy Of the
following dispatch, forwarded by Colonel
George Williamson in response to q tele-
gram received by that gentleman from
some members Of the Reform organization
in New Orleans. 1t shows what Colonel
Williamson was prepared to do for the re.
demptiOn of the State from executive mis-
ruiei but when an issue is made between
the white man and the black. he is explicit
as to the side he viii take. There il bpt
one course to pursue in such an event. and
that Is for all elements to come together
without delay and wipe the organization
out Of existence
SHREvEPoT La, June 25, 1872.
To Or. Warren Bricken, J. @. Fleming and Colonel
j. D. bill, New Orleans, Louisiana:
Your kilograms have Just been handed to
me. Am at home, owing to sickness. l
have strong personal regard for and an
probation Of Mr.. Kellogg ] have never
thought Of stamping the State for him, and
would not do so except TO beat Governor
WarmOth and his crew, | adhere infexiblv
20 our reform idea, that the redress of State
grievances is of the first Importance. l
will use any party to break down the Chief
cause of our oppressive burdens-his Excel.
leney Governor Warmoth. But if the con-
test is forced upon us between the white
man and the black in Louisiana, know
that the Reform party, after exhausting all
efforts TO prevent such an issue. viii take
the white mans side regardless of all other
questions. GEORGE WILLIAMSON
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-02

Stone mountain, about nineteen miles
east of Atlanta, Georgia, is one Of the
greatest natural curiosities in the Southern
States. Il is composed exclusively Of
granite said to be much finer in appearance
than the Illinois granite. Since the war
the mountain has been converted into a
quarry, and the stone is in great demand.
A large capital has been invested in work
ing Il, and some Of the finest building ma
terial in the country brought to light. Car
loads are dispatched daily to New Orleans,
Mobile. Augusta and Macon, and even to
points as far north as Memphis, Louisville,
Cincinnati, and st. Louis.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-04

be made to do right by force, and if they
could find a proper occasion to try the
experiment. there is but little reason to
doubt that they would accept of it in
the interest of reform. All sorts Of
Republicans, white and black, no
matter what impels them to differ one
with another, must decline to have any
interest in common with the Democratic
party, simply because that party is hostile
to every Republican in the State, what
ever his color may be. This hostility is
founded on a bitter prejudice, which is
one Of the evils in human nature that can
not be arged out of men. It was visible
il the faces Of the Democrats yesterday,
and its presence had good effect in
making genuine Republicans lean closer
together in their common interest. The
intense hatred Of Governor Narm0th 10y
the Democrats is the best evidence that
he is and has been true to his party and
his principles, and the appreciation of
this fact made every Republican sym
pathize with him yesterday in his con-
test with the Democracy, assisted as
il was by some badly deceived recusants
from the true Republican household.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-04
TIE LEGISLATURE

| Although the organization OF the Legis-
| lature still remains incomplete, and mat
tiers in the House at times yesterday looked
rather stormy, the prospect for speedy
! organization Of both houses has decidedly
| improved. No quorum in the Senate has
yet been obtained; but when the House is
properly organized there viii be 30 diff
Guilty il obtaining quorum i'll the Senate.
Both houses are decidedly Republican,
and the contest has thus far been 20 get
them organized on Republican basis.
Cntoward circumstances cOnspired last
winter to place Mr.. Carter il the Speak
er's chair. This unfortunate movement
was consummated by Democratic aid and
resulted in giving much patronage and
political influence into Democratic hands
From the course matters took yesterday
in the House it was quite evident Repub-
licans were beginning to see that unless
they united once more, the political power
of the State was bound to pass Into the
hands Of the Democrats the same men
who stood pledged in 1868 to Blair's idea
Of reconStructing the Southern States,
which was simply to take from the cOlOred
people the right Of suffrage, the right to
hold office, and, in fact, all Of those civil
and political rights that all freemen
esteem so highly, The first evidence was
given yesterday that Republicans are be-
ginning to see the danger into which they
have been entrapped by few willy poll
ticians. When the House met, and roll
call and prayer had been heard, motion
was made by Mr.. Devices, Of De
Soto, to postpone the adoption of
the minutes Of the previous day. When
it is recollected that the minutes Of the
previous dag embrace a resolution indors-
ing Speaker Carter it Will be perceived
that even postpoEement Of the adoption
Of the journal Of the previous Gay signifies
that Mr.. Carter and his friends have lost
strength with the House. Tie motion of
Mr.. Devices was sustained by a vote Of
forty-nine to forty-siX. Immediately after
this vote had been taken Speaker Carter
took occasion to apologize TO the House
for his apparent rudeness to members on
the previous day He said that what
might seem as r1deness to them was not
intended as such. After having made the
amende honorable, the Speaker called Mr..
Moncure, Of Caddo, to the chair, and stated
that he shOuI1 claim the ri rlt to address
the House upon a privileged question He
had personal explanation to make. 4
good deal OF opposition WAS made 70 al
lowing Mr.. Garter to make his personal
explanation, but the House fnaEaily con-
scented, and Mr. Garter proceeded to state
that his character had been attacked by
the official journal Of this State Aud
after going into lengthy explanation
and defense of his acts as Speaker, lie
became very much excited and denounced
as false the statements that he had been
instrumental in squandering and misus-
ing the public funds. 1t IS to be
supposed that in speaking Of the
official Journal the Speaker meant
the New Orleans REPUBLICAN, and as the
REPUBLICAN has never designedly made
false statement in regard to the con-
duct of any public officer, be he Repub- /!
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-04

lican or Democrat, it would be most
proud to correct any error it may have
fallen into in regard 70 Mr.. Carriers
official conduct. The REPUBLICAN has
only repeated what experts lawfully APP
pointed to investigate the official acts of
Mr.. Garter as Speaker have reported as
well authenticated facts; and unit! he
can show that these experts have not
made truthful report, the public press
and the community at large are bound to
receive as correct the testimony they have
furnished against him, taken from the
records Of the House.
We have no unjust feeling against
Mr.. Carter, and it is unneces-
sary for US to knowingly falsify his polit
ical record. His political character, We
must confess, We DO not like, because We
think it has not been consistent, straight
forward and manly. We are willing to
accord him some ability, bat very little,
if any, political honesty. We think he
has sneaked into the Republican fold to
betray the political power OF this State
into the hands Of lis Democratic friends.
But, # We have not mistaken the DISPOSE
ton manifested By Republicans yes
terday, he will be foiled' in this at
tempt. That is not the kind of re-
form that tie people Of this State,
without regard to color or pre-
vious condition, demand. The Dem
ocratic party rushed this State head-long
into rebellion, and brought upon the
people whom they now claim to represent
all Of their present miseries. We DO not
believe that even a majority Of this class
of our people now want the Democratic
party restored to power, and when Mr..
Carter and his Democratic friends in the
Legislature attempt to toist themselves
upon the people-by triclsery-as their
rulers, We hope there is still virtue enough
in our Republican Legislature to defeat
them If We are not mistaken, lIr. Car
ter was pretty well convinced Of this fact
when he called upon members OF the
Legislature to defend him against the
charge of misusing the public funds, and
they failed to respond. The public will
look with a good deal Of interest 20 the
proceedings Of the House to-day.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-04
NICTORY.

One of the most important victories
ever achieved by the Republican party Of
this State was gained yesterday in the
House. Speaker Carter found to his sor-
row that he had reached the length Of his
tether. The great party that trusted him
and elected him to a responsible position
determined to call him to account. His
official acts as Speaker are not approved
by a majority of the members Of the
party that elected him, and il is fitting
that there should be a change. But It ap
pears that when he was called TO ac-
count by those who placed him il
the Speakers chair he had the
weakness to resist by force the will
of the House. When the motion was
made, put to the House and carried, that
the chair be declared vacant, and that
Hon. W. II. Waters be declared Speaker
he gave the signal to number Of men
waiting in his private room to come forth
to his rescue. The appearance Of a
number of strangers upon the platform,
for the purpose of intimidating the
House, so far from having the desired
effect, only incensed the members, and
sealed the fate Of the Speaker, He had
the good sense to perceive his error III
time to prevent a tumult saw that he
had lost the fight, and promptly author
lied his friend Colonel Yorke, to an
nounce that he would resign upon tie
assembling of the House this morning.
Upon the first test vote Yesterday, 1t
was clearly apparent that Carter had lost
strength. The majority was decidedly
against him, and the long explanation he
made, by permission, did not strengthen
his cause. He has been tried and found
wanting, and will to-day, if he is wise,
walk the plank Of his predecessors in the
Speakers chair. Before the adjournment
to-day, Hon. W. H Waters will be the
Speaker and the House Will be fully or
ganized and ready for business.
To-all those staunch Republicans who
have stood so manfully by their prin-
ciples, We return thanks in the name Of
the Republican party Of Louisiana. To
those who have been led astray by the
specious promises aud beguilements of
our enemies, we say, come back TO your
true friends. We have nothing bt,t kind
" feelings for them. We 90 not care 70
inquire into the reasons which actuated
them, but charitably presume they were
founded upon good grounds and honesty.
All We say is, come to your friends and
rejoice with us in the happy escape orr
party has had from defeat through the
Vaccinations of its own trusted friends.
The battle is fought, and tie
victory is ours. The leaders Of the
boilers few in number and weak in
inhuence-will now occupy posi-
ton between the two recognized par
ties, distrusted by the one and despisod
by the other. Their strength is broken,
and their power is gone. When Nj Car
ter hands in his resignation to-day, we
hope all unkind feelings raised by the
strife will be allayed, and that the House
will settle down to that condition Of dig
nifty becoming to a legislative body.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-04
FORCE AS a REF0RMET,


The approaches 70 the State House
were occupied yesterday Ey diherent
sort Of crowd from that which usually
attends about Republican bodies IN the
South. Il tie colored members Of the
Legislature, Or to put it in q more general
sense, il the members Of the Republican
party had investigated the attendance
that watched their movements, they
might have felt that thtt WAS not a
healthy place for them, slHpoaing such
a political earthquake to be in progress
as that which occurred about FIVE years
ago in the same place. The Democrats have
not given up the notion that negroes can
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-04
on CAEOHDELET STREET.

In stocks as well as securities, both city
and State, there is a stardstill. Whether
in the form of certificates of Indebtedness
with or without an appropriation, the shape
Of warrants or the gu!se of irredeemable
vouchers which contain more signatures
than an ordinary bank note, no one of them
were touched. Your genuine broker is not
"a man of sentiments" sympathy or poll
tics. He looks to his bond" He can not
be a partisan unless OF the side where his
money is invested or whence ii is to come.
Hence, i'll the late contest i'll the General
Assembly, the result Of which must affect
stocks, bonds, vouchers, certificates, waT-
rants. and upon the die of which the value
OF these securities is based. the broker was
spectator. perhaps an indifferent one--hut
still a spectators The whole force Of The
street, with the exception OF the cotton
corners. We're thus occupied more in a dis
cusSion Of The probabilities, in arIu-
ments upon the news. in conversation
upon the meli-s Of the men Of different
prominence engaged in the action than
upon the usual ouyInC and selling of obi
cations. Money Is intalIible as a prophet.
1t foretell> the changes of any paper long
before the owners dream OF any alteration.
1t is uncrliug as ali index. decided as a
guide and inlieXiJle as to facts. BY the
price OF the different obligations depend
ing for their realization upon the or
ganization Of the House. one could easily
see from time to time how the thing was
gong" This was all the interest brokers
had in the political events, in which many
of their principals are made or broken. and
the length and breadth Of this interest was
measured several times.
In relation 10 all city securities. much was
said and little done. The license paving
seems to flag, and was not marked yester-
day, as far as transactions were concerned.
with any extraordinary interest.
1t appears the late spring in the cotton
market was attributed TO encoura ging Liv-
erpool dispatches, though these were not
ION the boards" hut in the hands Of private
parties. The market opened with good
inquiry. which it kept up during the day,
and the sales reach a very high figure.
Money is beginning to come in, and 20
stay Demands for the country are about
satisfied. Cotton has been paid for. and tie
crop has been moved as far as a supply OF
cash for advances was required.
There were no sales at the Board of
Brokers last evening. The offerings and
bids We're rs follows
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-04
A pLATTERING TESTIMONIAL,

Two leading Democrats in the House
Of Representatives. received earnest pro-
tests from their constituents yesterday
against the coalition Of the Democracy
with the Customhouse factionists, and
We're requested TO sustain Governor War
moths administration in opposition to
such combination. The protests were
signed 10y gentlemen who are leading
representatives Of families that have for
generations stood foremost for wealth,
respectability and influence in Louisiana.
\ higher compliment to the Governor
could not well be paid.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-04
A TENNESSEE COMPLAINANT.

Says the Memplss appeal: The
Radicals have run up a debt Of sixteen
millions Of dollars il a single year il the
District Of Columbia Just so. But
they have something to show for it. PEG
pie need not 90 into commissions about
debt when by its very creation they swell
their own means to pay double what
they paid before The District Of Column
bia has never spent any money for its
own improvement, but always begged
Congress for the funds to keep tie city Of
Washington clean. 1t has been a constant
source Of expense to the nation, and much
complaint has been uttered against the
expenditure by Congress of large sums in
constructing and repairing public improve
ments in Washington. IN fact, SO great
had this luminosity grown TO be in
tie minds Of many public men, that
the suggestion to remove the national
capital has been making friends very rap
idly during the last two OF three years.
The new government Of the District Of
Columbia was created for the purpose Of
reversing the old policy by the adoption Of
a system Of improvements in and about
Washington, that the people who are TO
be benefited Will have to pay for. This
is how the sixteen millions Of debt origi-
mated in the District of Columbia, and
since it was necessary to create i or run
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-04

The most serious tragedies sometimes
have comical features, and the exciting
scene in the House of Representatives yes
terday was Of this class. When Speaker
Cartar's ban Of r1lttians rushed from their
rendezvous they encroached upon the
space allotted to representatives Of the
press, wlereupon a sudden desire to ad-
journ seemed to unanimously seize that
distinguished body. Headed by promi-
nent legal luminary, who condescends to
enliglten the public through the columns
Of contemporary, and who, on this occa-
sion, exchanged his customary stately
bearing for cutie a boyish activity, tie en-
tire brotherhood for the time forsool their
occupation, and sought safety in undigni-
fed retreat. They evidently considered
it a free fight" and wanted to be
counted ont
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-04
A WORD OF WARNING,

Already some OF the colored members
of the Legislature have discovered the
sign which We pointed out TO their OBJ
servation, and if others will only use their
eyes a little more attentively than they
have done, there will be more Of the same
sort who will desert the coalition that
now exists between the Democrats and
the Customhouse faction. The colored
people never were in greater peril than
they are at the present moment, because
the very rights which they have obtained
after SO many years Of aspiration are be-
ing trusted to the men who used every
means at their command to prevent them
from achieving them. There is not a
pulse in the Democratic party that beats
in unison with the constitutional amend
ments and there will not be an opportu-
nifty lost when the Democracy viii not
attempt TO overthrow the principle of
negro equality. The present support
which the Customhouse faction derives
from the Democracy is founded upon an
intention to exclude coIorel people from
office; first, because they are hot consid-
cred fit for public position, and secondly
because the Democrats desire all the Of
fees for their own friends. Il this is not
plain to all the colored members. it is to
most Of them, and, accordingly as the
present contest may result il the Logis-
latare, tie negroes VIII see what their frl-
ture status will be. Let them look to The
ground obey stand upon.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-04

The stockholders of the Canal Bank have
elected as directors for the ensuing year
Messrs George Jonas, l. II. Stauffer, J. c.
Morris, George X. Preston, j. II. Allen, D.
McCoard and Z. j. Hart Mr. George
Jonas was reelected president.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-04

The Alaska Herald is authority for the
statement that sea lion meat and whale
meat will make a man virtuous and a
woman corpulent." 1t intimates, however,
that such dainties are not easy to digest,
unless washed down By an aromatic
araught of whale OIL
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-04

A rural editor has lost all faith in the
luck of horseshoes. He nailed one over his
door recently, and that morning there came
by mail three duns and seven stops" and
a man called with a revolver 10 ask ''who
wrote that article p
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-04

Winnie Ream has purchased a house on
the avenue, between First and Second
streets, Washington, where she will open a
studio. She intends to put on exhibition
her statues of Sappho, the Carnival, bust of
Farragut. and several other of her works.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-04

While the members Of the House who
have been enlisted by the Customhouse
clique are here bearing the heat and bur
den of the day, the more favored Sen
ators are off on a grand junketing tour on
the Wilderness, enjoying life at the eX-
pense of the United States treasury. Mr..
Boutwell, should ask Captain Barr and
Collector Casey if they are in the govern
ment service, or 10 they wish to make
revenue cutter Mccullough Of the VII
derness.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-04

The two outside forms of the Louisville
Lcdger were precipitated from the top to
tie bottom of the building Sunday morning
and irretrievably pied. The new elevating
apparatus gave way under the weight OF
tie metal just as the foreman began TO
lower the forms to the press. and twelve
hours work of many busy brains and many
busy hands was all wiped out in a minute
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-04

A Michigan paper says: " a gentleman
who came down from Isabella county says
ing distance Of twenty-one miles, and that
ten mothers proudly exhibited TO him ten
lovely and interesting pairs OF twins. That
shows how they settle the pine woods"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-04

George w. Childs, of the Philadelphia
Ledger, has just moved into his new man
sion, corner of Walnut and Twenty-third
streets, said to be the finest private resi-
dence in the world