The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-22
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i Or late there hos been ii uotiesHbla
IdesrsaHs. OF ufoHkersv ON the street,
aud as dispatch after dispatch has been
received, the more clearly Indicating
The flnal settlement OF The Louisiana
case by the recognition of Gov. Nichols,
OF the rlea.lnterferenee Of the national
administration, the fears OF these
despending ones have disappeared. and
| the universal feeling Ii now one OF con-
| Eidenes,
| AS confidence las become restored.
| DISCUSSIONS on the political situation
| have become less general. and with the
present prospects Of the establishments
gf the Nichols government, business
has beootne more brisk atad people have
not the same amount OF time to devote
| to politi1al talk.
server last night In the rtti,nda III Eha
BIT. Charles Hotel, that State tinnpeea
had absorbed most other topics for the
nofes. and the status of Its bonds had
somewhat eroroaehed upon the domain
OF tho Status of its quo. There wers
lounging about this rendezvous during
the. evening most of the prominent
bulls aud bears OF the flags, and the re-
cent rise Ia State securities was earn.
sstly canyassed. Some OF the go1ged
bears were trying to assuage the palms
of their recent wounds inflicted by the
bulls. The evenings dispatches, indi-
eating with more posiliyeneHs than bs-
fore, the recognition oil The Nichols
government were not exactly u b1nns
eettehs FOR those who had wasted their
energies In trying to keep the market
down, but which market, like the tnsr.
curry In Mark Trains Sandwich Island
thermometer. would not down vt oil,
outside the gentlemen who indulge
IN shorts and oHlls, tho feeling amongst
Those who dWelt more particularly upon
The political outlook WIS one OF extreme
satisfaction. Private dispatches, eortob4
Grating as they do those inade public,
have created q btr6ug feeling Of conf
aenes Ia the community. and Accord
inglY spirits were much lighter ind
smiling faces were the rule.
AT THE sf. Louis HOTEL.
yesterday everything was quiet and CT.
eeediHgly dull. The OCCUPANTS OF Tho
building were, IL possible. more gloomy
than they were on the day before. they
had hoped that there might be some
silver lining to tho blaek cloud which
overshadows their future. and they
ahxlously wnited for that lining 10 bea
come visible, but they have ss yet failed
IL. discover tt.
Those whose duty Ii is to keep them
IN Rood nuinuE myStErtDusIy spoke or
kilograms which had been received
from Washington, from Columbus,
OHIO, and from other places: but when
asked the contents OF These dispatches,
they simply shook their heads md
locked exceedingly wise. They failed
to satisfy the anxious induirers, and. In
consequence, their efforts TO raise the
spirits OF The crowd were unsuccessful. |
When The. decision OF the Commission
on the Louisiana case became known
In this city, Packard warrants jumped
up to, high figures, and quite IL num-
Der OF holders, expecting another rise,
refused TO soil even at that price. On
tho receipt OF the information that the
present rational administration would
not interfere In the affuirs Of this State,
they dropped AS suddenly Us they had
gone up, and are still falling, and now
the confident holders who would not
sell are very unhappy.
The Legislature met and, after en-
dsavoriDg TO obtain quorum and fail
ing, adjourned until Thursday.
There he's been nothing further heard
Of Weldon, and oil inquiries regarding
him elicit only the statement that he ID
still In confinement.