The weekly Louisianian., 1872-12-21

EDITORIAL ITEMS.

! EDITORIAL ITEMS. .
! Su1c1DE-On Sunday last, Mr.. J
NJ. Dirrhammer, q well-known law
yer Of this city, poisoned himself b.
taking q virulent and deadly poison
+" atrophine." On discovery, he
Was removed to the Charity Hospi
tal where all the skill of DR.. A. w
Smythe, the House Surgeon, wal
put in requisition, but unavailingly
as he soon expired. No reliable
cause is assigned for the rash act
Mr.. Dirrhammer was married early
last week to o lady Of color, at least
so says q certificate Of Judge lis
soft. .
NFw YoRK FIFTH AVENUE Hotel
F1RE-On Dec. 10, a disastrous con-
aagration broke out in the laundry
in the fourth story Of this building
and burnt and damaged the build
ing and property to the extent Of
100000. Over twenty persons
were burned to death, and several
others badly scalded by steam es-
Gaping from the pipes in the laun-
dry. The panic and confusion OF
| the hundreds of guests are indescri-
bable.
PROGRESS OF PEACE AND ORDER
Notwithstanding the highly disin-
terested and patriotic advice given
to persons elect to various positions
during the recent elections, not to
recognize in any manner the exist
ing administration; no, not even to
apply for commissions to which the
regular returning Board might de-
clare them entitled, the gentlemen
so counselled and so returned see
matters in an entirely different light,
and they have been applying
to Acting Governor Pinchback for
these commissions just as rapidly
as they have been informed Of their
title to Office, and the Acting Gov
ernor has been promptly issuing
commissions to the applicants.
1@It seems to have become q
certainty that Vice President COL
fax has resolved to resign and as
sumo the editorship of the New York
Tribune. Verify, our calling is q !
noble one, and the Tribune must
stand at the head of it, when it is
no derogation for the Vice Prcsi-
dent of the United States to resign |
his position to edit q newspaper.
Next to the Presidency Of the coun-
try being popular1y regarded as the
acme of an American boys ambi-
lion, will be that of being an eff
ient editor of a newspaper, and in
stead of simply boasting that "any
10Y may become President, will be
ldded, or " Editor of the Tribune"
ALL HONOR and reverence to the
memory of Horace Greeley who
his Office and made it so
honorable.
s9 The Religio Philosophical
Society, in granting Letters Of Eel
owship recently, issued one to Miss {
r. Augusta Whiting, of Albion,
Michigan. This document author ,
zes the female Divine to solemnize
marriages anywhere in the United
;tates, in due form of law. Miss ,
Whiting is a spiritual lecturer, and ,
he Relsgio Philosophical Journal says .
q connection with this subject:
"Spiritualists win do well to see that
he honor and perquisites attendant
pom such services go to our lecturers b
ather than to those who oppose and
ldicule our faith.'' I
DGExclaims the New York H. q
epende't of December 10Th: &
Think of It'll Frederick Douglass, b
10 runaway slave of Baltimore, +,
,cursed son of Ham, ostracised
nigger," carrying to Washington, as Il
of the Electors Of New York, q
le presidential vote Of tho Empire -,
EsteI Well, we shall have social "
quality, as well as political equality, v
: and by. Lei
A Co1oRED BnsHoP.-Bishop John la
|. Brown, Of the A. N. E. Church, 81
rived in our city Tuesday in at "
ndance on the Annual Conference L
his church. Bishop Brown is el
10 of the ablest and most eloquent Il
vines in the country.-Galuesto'a b
.andard. tl
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