The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-16
Things IN GENERAL.
A LOST OPPORTUNITY.

With the adjournment of the Convention
Yesterday there settled on the faces of many
of the delegates look of gloom and despond-
ancy. They had made money, but not as
much as they thought they would, and all
hopes of realizing their great expectations had
died out with the last nomination. Some OF
them cursed "the luck and some cursed
their own ''pure cussedness" inneglecting, aye
refusing to seize opportunities that offered IN
the hopes that better one would turn up.
One of this latter class was heard complaining
to two of his confreres, who mingled with his
tears of anguish Said he. ''By Jove, l wish
l had taken that 500. # l only had we
would have made $40 or $50 apiece" The
others agreed with him.
| 1t would appear from the above recorded
conversation that delegations We're organized
as stock companies to work the candidates
and divide the proceeds.
VERY TRANSPARENT DODGE
was that of the Convention yesterday. in NOM
mating the man, A. Sparacio, for the purpose
of catching the Italian vote.
| 1t was a weak dodge as well as a transparent
one In the first place, Sparacio has no
standing among the Italians, and the mere
fact that he is an Italian cannot influence
their votes. In the second place, Leon Ber-
| toll, who is a candidate on the Democratic
Conservative ticket for the same Office, is OF
Italian descent, and is an educated and
talented man, respected by all and eminently
fitted for the place
HOW LEWIS GOT HIS NOMINATION
will, no doubt, be interesting to the many in
the Convention who opposed him as we'll as
to the general public.
there were the following named ex or present
/ Of Of m o.
ments OF course those who were in Used
their influence tor the purpose OF staying
there, and those who were out used theirs to
get back.
Second Ward, James Casey. Third Ward. NJ.
P. Creagh, H. G. Stone, John P. Pullum, Ihcs.
Redwood, John Reynolds, James Wash: Fifth
NJ. E. Perault, A. A. Denis, Samuel Freeman,
JOS Mazet. Eighth Ward, J. L. Dupassean,
Fred. Curns Ninth Ward, David Douglas, J.
W. Edwards. Eleventh Ward, John Campbell.
Twelfth Ward, Paul Bruce, D. c. Woodruff
Thirteenth Ward, c. B. Augustus. Fourteenth
Ward, Eli Johnson Madison Brown. Fifteenth
Ward, E. j. Brunei, Paul Green. Seventeenth
Ward, John Jordan, Richard Miller.
| Twenty-seven in all-neariy one-fOurth OF
the total number OF delegates and yet Lewis
said he felt proud at ''thls evidence OF your
undated confidence"
/ CoWHIDISG AFFAIR
took place yesterday on Bourbon street, near
Canal, in which John p. Becker, beer saloon
keeper, underwent the punishment, and W.
H. Fitch was the man that inflicted it. Becker
howled as each blow fell, and drew a revolver,
which Fish took away from him, and then he
howled louder than ever and danced to the
great amusement of the spectators. Fish
Ike pt the fun going until he tired, and then,
with a parting whack, he let his victim go
Becker, who is much the larger man of the
two, ingloriously fed. The affair was occa
stoned by~a statement made by Becker de-
rocatory to the character Of Fish.
| SPECULATIVE PEELERs.
Certain officers of the Harbor Police force,
have been, since the arrival OF the feet, max
ing little outside money by using the police
boats for the purpose of carrying officers OF thu
several vessels to them at night, when tht
hour at which the ships skiffs can leave hal
passed.
There were two fishermen, however, james
Carroll and James Manning, who had the bes
run of customers, and, in consequence, inter
terred with the speculation of the peelers, VIII
stood it up to Wednesday night, when, as thu
earliest means of getting rid of their rivals II
business, arrested them as dangerous and sus
picious characters, and locked them up. The.