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DRESS GOODS, dc.
CL0SINC-0
SALE!

On Monday we will corn-
mence our Annual Closing
Out Sale Of Winter Goods.
The following is emily u few
of the many bargains ,ye
Will offer. Ladies, call ear
ly aud secure choice BAR.
GAINS.
500 pisces Plaid Dress Goods idark COLI
orsl, 7 and Sc, worth l5o.
400 pieces Snowflake Dress Goods clos
~; 2S2 { pieces Tysen Reps, best quality, lax
o. 35o 80 PIECES . stylish Rroc2ded Dress Goods,
~ and @oc. reduced from 80 and 4oc-
q md a5e &c. ssaaesd Sssssd om hRseas s.
$50 pieces Black and colored A,l-wool
dnsaa asamGres f1 49 @ ,nshss wide, 80 and e5c, re
15o pieces All-woo1 Co!ored Cashmeres,
~ inches wide tbest quality, Use. reduced
.125 pieces Black Cashmeres, a1l-wool. 48
inches wide, closing out at rs. 85c, and 81,
the cheapest Cashmeres ever offered.
50 pieces Black Gros Grain Dress Silk
IeQuc6u TO S1s $1.4os and $l.5O-speCial bar.
gains.
The balance Of our F'urS to be
closed out at Half Price,
Is Sets Ladies' Alaska Mink, $3.50, re-
duced from S5.
35 Sets Ladies' French Seal MuRs and
Boas. "a, reduced from So.
Genuine Mink Sets from $8 to $25
100 dos. Fur Trimming, as and 35c. re-
duced nom SO and 75c.
Special reductions in Ctoaks, Shaw1a.
Blankets, Flanuels, and Watexproofa.
70 bales Heavy Brown 8heetiue. yard
wide, and Sc, worth 10 and l2c.
Genuine Fruit-of-the-Ioorn and Lonsdale
Cotton, 1Oc.
n. B.--Bargains in every De-
partInept.
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ALL OWNERS

Of old Wheeler i Wilson sewing g-machines should
call at the Office, 155 State street. The Company
are prepared to exchange with all the old Gus
toners On very reasonable terms, and give them
new machine still better than the old, and far in
advance Of any other.
, 1877-01-07
TROOPS At .jEffERsoNylLLE, IND.

LOUISVILLE, H., Jan 6.-Two companies Of
Uuited States troops arrived at Jeffer5onyille
and are quartered in the Government depot.
Their coming has produced some commolion
among rhe people Of Jede1sonrflle NJ well as
LouisT FILE
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FIR RANCE.

FAILURE or THE sUGAR-BKET CROP.
PARIS, Jan. 6.-Thc largest sugar-rclnery Of
Nantes has stopped work for want Of the raw
material. Many other houses have discharged,
their workmen.
, 1877-01-07
4tNt1kE All 0THERC

UNLIKE ALL OTHERS.
Every housckeeper should purchase Dr.. rrice's
Flavoriug Extracts for they are the purest and
best-unitke all others,
, 1877-01-07

WINTER, THE DANISH roET..
PARIS, Jan. G.-Rasmas Villalo Christian
Ferdinand Whittier, the celebrated Danish poet,
died to-day.
TIE REV. RICHARD coBBALD.
LONDON, Jan. G-Thc Rev. Richard Cobbald,
the English author, is dead.
, 1877-01-07

Iolanl's Aromatic Bitter Wine Of Iron Is a
and I'm paired digestion. Depot, IS CLARK street
, 1877-01-07
VEEISTINE.

Dunbar's Bethesda Water for kidney difn-
cnlties- Gale & Blocgi, s. South Clark street.
, 1877-01-07

~ taAAiC 4u%O LIE u1Ss5kS VI G1|A ~
Yo'ec csc Ct suffering, and to disburse money in
taso'e!lisent manner Twenty-eisht hundred dol
AT we're collected, and number OF wealthy
1mef'can residents pledged themselves to an
uaa Subscriptions amounting to g. ESQ. Find
4a recently TINT there we're but $500 remaining in
ae treasury Of the Society itac rest Of the Honey
1A'4as aeen expended in sending ninety-dye per
us LUCE 10 a1ncrlca, and in aliordinE temporary
.sue4 70 haif Us many n1o:c), Amenean women
~ ~. - wore With the:r ueuul energy and drafted
49, Nosa INTO their army. Through this gentle
an kindness, and with the valuable cooperation
~ =. mrs. Jennie Van Zandt, Miss Josephine Yorle,
-, saekard tall Ame7ieans,. Mr. Cc!li, and ser
80 oteer Enslshceu, performance Of - Faust
80 gwen II 1ae Lycea:n Theatre, from which the
as!n SUI Of 81 200 above expenses was realized. The
9ee' Q! LIE Society is to send destitute americans
4''1e' oot to keep them abroad in idleness:
r., HOTEL ARRIVALS.
q 'nne'saan nan Honse-Stuart Rogers, Providence; G.
H., se3 e'i1'91' p a. r.. ths Hon L: G. Paul. Ee
Eosx,.M&i;. sx y; Ssott, san Fzsaeisco:- fremont
ss nSh as l. l. & axee rhs rSssa Ssw Ha%e: ktaie:
nons nons,on T., Agent, Chicago: ]. II. Andrews. WI
jIoeS; e.; w. L. Bancfoft, Port Huron; Cspt-
lie IHI1aes; Hon Memphis: 4: " Cameron. Toronto;
St.s. Se~ Orleans: Col. John Wilkinson and Henry
the t1hse'aas IT, Richmond Va; S. Hinman, Beloit
Sn,:rsesn en + St1nson, DAYTON. o.: j. &. Clark,
Y.iEsae!d, Mass. ; Col. u. r. Stephens, New
tS.n::: tSS, Grond l,dcifc-s. n. Whipple, North
yo.s3ss: =. II: Brown, Cincinnati: Col. q. }.
fhs fhr1aa, IN, T. y: 4. Il. Row. u1nmonds?o-t. y. T.;
ven,,ort, = G. Tyns. Peoria: S: L: Brown. De-
Sta5pS1; G. Depierre. New York; the Hon. $. II.
nnneptnensoa: nn.3ts Aenomince: II. II. Stafford, Mar-
tcnrt Mich Judge David Davis. u. $. Supreme
West rs rEoonlington. -: Palmer liouse-Gen. j. l.
f.s .,sM1.ent- 1.st- Sew York; James Delaney, London;
T y HIoa: a. H. Green Massachusetts: the Hon
~: T. ~ nMaterhouse, Connecticut; Gen. r. j. Han"
mn. Dubuque; s. c. Cook, St Paul; P. D. Ar
EHaat.' ESa.' Alwsukee; T. Arnold, Toronto; Gen. In
Esns, Detroit: the Hon. Schuyler Colfaz. South
i ~, NE Hon J. L. Pike. New Hampshire; F.
T. 1. Hull, Toledo,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-20
THE COURTS.
superior Criminal Court.
SENTENCES.


Alfred Townsend, who was convicted
OF burglary at the junk store OF Mrs.
Sarah RosenZweig, No. 10 CarondeIets
Walk, on the night OF August IL, 1870,
was sentenced to fourteen years In the
Penitentiary, the full extent OF the law.
It will be remembered that Mrs. Ro-
senzweig was found dead In her led til
the morning after the burglary, when
the accused was discovered under piIa
OF rags in the premises.
There being no careful investivfga-
ton In the case at the time, the accused
escaped trial for murder.
Geo. Bowser, colored, ex-police officer.
for false Imprisonment OF Amos King.
IS days, and for false Imprisonment OF
Ernest Munehow, Is days Parish Prison.
ACQUITTED.
Shooting with intent to kill--James
Clark, charged with shooting and
wounding J. Fl. Murphy, In front pf
the Tivoli Garden, on Chartres street,
February ~, 1876.
First District Court.
INFoRMATIoNs.
Petty larceny Sanders, John
Rutledge.
Assault and battery-Elien Smith.
Henry Cramer, John Martin, Charles
Cohagan.
| Entering q coffeehouse In the day
time with intent to steal-R y. Vance.
CONVICTED.
Obtaining money under false pre-
lenses j. H. Jensen. charged with OBJ
tanning from the Metropolitan Loan
Bank 1910 ON the 10th OF February. 1876.
by representing to Mr.. Frank, presi-
dent, that q certain lot oil plows, then
In the Boston Warehouse, belonged to
him, and obtaining said money on the
warehouse receipt. When the money
was not repaid by accused, the bank was
to sell the plows, but had to deliver
them up to the agent OF the Iouisville
Excelsior Manufacturing Company.
who claimed them as their property,
| the accused having been entrusted with
| them merely as o. commission mer-
chant. Ex.Judge Cecil. Braughn, pro-
| secuted in behalf Of the bank, and the
jury after short deliberation found d
verdict of guilty.
Judge Kielnpcter's Court.
Pauline Crosse, charged with bur-
glary and larceny Of goods, valued Git
about fifty dollars, from the grocery
store OF Mrs. Mary Donohue, 150 Peters
street, corner OF Notre Dame. on the
night of the 22d January, 1877, was sent
before the Superior Criminal Court.
John Crosse, Henry Will and Mary
Green were discharged on the above
complaint.
G. Williams, G. Adams and Jack Hart
nett, charged with robbing Jas. Cooney
on South Market, near TchoupitoulaB
street, were sent before the Superior
Criminal Court.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-20
TAXES.
To Which Government the People Of Lou
Isiana Have P.id Their Taxes.

That the Nichols government Is the
government Of the entire people of
Louisiana is practically proved by the
fact that the taxpayers OF this State
have recognized it as the true govern
ment and paid over all their taxes to it.
In almost every parish OF this State, no
matter how Republican 1t may have
been in politics, meetings have been
held to arrange a mode OF paying the
taxes over to the Nichols government,
and the taxes have been SO paid.
In the following parishes the police
juries, In many cases Republicans,
taxes to be collected and paid over only
to the Nichols tax collectors. In adj
dition to this, large public meetings
have been held, and the citizens OF all
classes and politics have pledged them-
selves to pay taxes to the Nichells gov
eminent and to it alone: Caddo e. Re
publican police jury, Calcasieu, Clai-
borne, Rapides (Republican police jury,
Pointe Coupee Republican police jury,
Red River Republican police jury,
Lincoln and Union.
In the following parishes with but
one exception) the Police Juries have
In public meetings also, composed OF
ali classes Of the citizens, each parish
has been divided into districts, and
committees OF citizens appointed for
each district, to collect taxes therein
and turn them over to the Nichols gov
eminent: Caldwell, DeSoto, East Fee
liciana, West Feliciana, Franklin, Iber-
Vile, jackson, Livingston. Morehouse,
Natchitoches, Ouachita, Richland, st.
Landry, St. Mary, st. Helena and St.
Tammany. r,
In the parishes of Catahoula, Came
rem, Grant, Lafayette, Sabine, SC. Mar
tin, Tangipahoa, Vermilion, Vernon,
Washington, Webster and VIM, the
people, with one accord, have pledged
themselves to pay all the taxes asked OF
til en- BIZ the Nichols government, but
not a cent to Packard.
In not single instance, and in not
single parish, has meeting ever been
held piedging the payment OF taxes to
Packard; nor has single taxpayer In
| the whole State Of Louisiana ever de-
clared that he would pay q cent to
Packard; nor has q meeting OF any
kind ever been held In the State (save
an informal one In st. Nary indoraing
the Packard government and promising
Hin support II my kind.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-20
Puf.ITIl,Ai, talk.

The official announcement or the
course Grant intended to pursue I'm re-
gard to affairs In this State was received
last evening with a general feeling of
satisfaction, as the most sanguine had
been fearful that Grant might be in
duced to oyerturn the established gov
ernment. The announcement quieted
their apprehensions, and allayed the
fears OF the less hopeful.
The general opinion is that the posi-
ton Grant has assumed indicates the
position taken by the leaders of the
party in Washington; that they. like
him, have concluded that the Louisiana
crowd is too much of load to carry,
and that the National party cannot
| longer efford to maintain In power the
men Who In their struggle for office
have cared not how much discredit they
brought on the party, or In how much
trouble they involved 1t.
The dispatches received last night,
giving the Information that Grant was
Influenced to take his final stand by the
advice OF the prominent men of the
party, show that this view Of the mat
| ter is correct.
It IS believed that the Same influence
which induced Grant to adopt his an
| nounced course will have considerable
| weight with Hayes in the event Of his
| being made President, and In conse-
sequence there Is @ feeling Of confidence
in the final recognition OF the State
government.
The crowd at the st. Louis Hotel was,
yesterday morning, given to understand
| that the long-expected recognition dis
patch would be received tomorrow. 1t
was currently reported In the building
| that Packard had received o telegram,
assuring him that it would come, and,
| Notwithstanding the fact that tt Was
| the same old story, they believed 1t,
and were, In consequence ofethis be-
lief, In good humor,
Later In the day, however, when the
first exhilerating effects Of the report
had worn off, and the dispatches In the
| evening paper were read they became
| containing Grants views and intended
| policy was received last night, they re :
| lapsed into their old condition of melan-
eholy.
1t will be In order to-day to announce
| the receipt of kilograms containing
assurances from Hayes, that one OF
the first acts Of his administration will
| be to install Packard, aud, of course,
the duped adherents OF the Boss will
believe In them as implicitly as they
did In the recognition dispatch.
| The position which Grant would pub
licly assume In regard to affairs In this
State was we'll known to the leaders OF
the Republican party here yesterday
morning, dispatches having been re-
ceived at the Custom House, and, 1t liz
believed, also, at the st. Louis Hotel,
and yet the information was
kept from the followers, and they were
led to believe that the news was encour-
aging. It shows that Packard and his
staff appreciate what q slight hold they
have on q large majority of their ap-
parently steadfast supporters.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-20
ADJUSTMENTS

VARIETIES THEATRE.--Mr. Geo. Fawcett
Rowe made his first bow last night as q
star before New Orleans audience In
his own play Of Brass" We had read
the first criticisms OF Mr.. Rowe's play
SEINE of which were seathing, whilst
others were highly eulogistic. Brass
deserved them both. Its literary worth
liz not to be disputed, and it possesses q
fund of fresh humor which runs delight
fully through its five acts, but to express
which with the necessary snap
requires q more thorough mernorizine
OF the text than was evidenced last
night by most OF the participants In the
cast. It was first attempt for all, and
therefore they should not be toe severe
ly handled FOR q natural deficiency.
The plot Is thick, clumsy at times, and
the larger portion OF the scenes are
drawn out at too great length; and
whilst they might be read with sus-
tained pleasure, they are too long for
the purposes OF the stage, and give the
play draggy appearances. The denou-
ment Is faulty in the extreme In this.
that 1t is not rapid, and 1t would fall
fatty on the senses OF the spectators
but for the eccentric scene Of Waifton
cative OF much laughter, although en-
tirely out of character; and vet even
this scene also is too lengthy.
If Brass" Ia not q great play, it is
funny, and the leading character Is
better as an idea than as production
The pity is that the reform of Haifton
Stray begins too early In the play, and
the original conception appears as q
flash to be lost entirely to view, except
on rare occasions, when that .'combina.
ton ring" comes upto recall the or
iginal idea.
Brass" will be presented every night
this week and at the Wednesday and
Saturday matinees. In day or two II
will probably be rendered with more
smoothness, when the star will not be
compelled to play the double part OIL
player and prompter, and its merits
may be judged more fayorably.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-20
POLICE AND CITY ITEMS.

A RENcoUNTER. little excite
ment was created In the hall way Of tn g
court building yesterday by reneoun-
ter between two we'll known gentlemen
Of this city. The parties were separated
before either had received any serious
bodily injury.
New FIRE WELL.-Chief Engineer H.
P. Phillips, OF the Fire Department Of
the Sixth District, has just finished q
new fire we'll at the corner Of st. Charles
avenue and General Taylor street, at a
cost of only SOS. The well ID eight feet
square and fifteen feet deep, and few
others in that district will be great
benefit In saving property, as generally
there is complaint OF mo water" at
fires.
VIaILANT PoLIcEMEN.-Jack Melon
aid, alias Ham and George Whitfield,
was collared at ten minutes past three
o'clock this morning by officers Garlic
and O'Conner and locked up in the Cen
trial Station charged with being Migrants
and also about to commit a burglary on
| the store OF e. N. Rusha, or Girod
street. between Tchoupitoulas and Com
merce streets. Mcdonald was also
booked for carrying concealed wea-
pom, TO wit. a revolver.
AN AccEssoRY.-R. s. Scot, a private
Watchman, was arrested al lU ~ last
night by Officer Dorsey and lodged IN
the Second Precinct Station, charged
with being an accessory to the shooting
of Officer Block on the night OF the 18th
instant.
FousD.--On Sunday Officer Gusman
found a black bracelet, mounted with
gold plates, on Rampant street, near
| TTrsulines. The bracelet is awaiting
| Identification at the Fourth Precinct
| Station.
| BREACH OF TRUST AND EMgEzzLEAENT. Ed
| ward Hin. the assistant toakzeePr OF L. Reader
& CO., No 81 Tcllonpitoulas stress, WAS arrested
| bv Officers Roper and White at the corner Of
| Thalia and Waite streets, charged by F. j. Lewis,
| also an employe OF l.. Beader Il Co., with breach
OF trust and embezzlement. Hill is ali alone In
| cell at the Central calaboose.
| BROKE HIS ARM has. Clark, 3 deck hand
on the steamboat Kouatz, while making fast the
| bow line Of the boat, Vas caught between the
wharf snd boat and his arm was crushed. Dr.
| Chambers attended him.
CHARGED WITH RugaLAar.J James Mcdninn
Eaa arrested yesfardav aud lodEsd 10 the Cen.
trail Station charged with having been IN pllcstea
| i'd tbs ST, Louis warehouse burglary committed
ou tlae night III the 18th inst.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-20
Work FOR INSURANCE DETECTIVES


At 1915 O'Clock last night an incendiary fre
was discovered in the grocery store Of .. Pisnch-
ard. corner st. Peter and Roman street. The
flames were extinguished with slight damage.
The proprietor OF the place was absent at
the time Of the fire, but his wife was In the back
room, and she stated that the cause OF the IRE
placed behind the door.
Chief O'Connor made diligent search for SONS
of the fragments Of the lamp, but was Hnsuceess~
full.
The stock in the store was valued at vs., and is
insured for 5000. but ia what company could not
be ascsrtained.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-20
HUNG TO DEATH.
The Manner In which Henry G. Warner
Chose TO Die.


Although few years more would have laid
VIM. G. Warner peacefully in his grave. hs
refused to live longer, and at noon on Sunday
| took his fate i'll his own hands, and destroyed
himself at his room at the residence OF Madame
Schneider. where he was boarding, No. 5]s Old
Levee street.
The facts connected with the affair show con-
clusively that the deceased had for geme weeks
past
NEGOTIATED sELF-DEsrHUeTros,
this being his eecond attempt. Warner is d
native of Germany, aged 55 years, and WAS b res
ident OF this city some thirty years ago. At the
time Of the Mexican war he joined the Mexican
army.
After this war he set led in san Francisco,
married, reared quito afamily and piled his voca-
ton OF ship carpenter
About d year ago he came to New Orleans with
the hope Of getting work. After remaining hsre
several months he lost his employment and also
| Lost o small amouut Of money; tbs amount was
small, but largs to him. as 1t was the last cent he
had on earth.
| The loss seemed to
SET HIM caAzY,
and he made up his mind to destroy himself
Saturday week ago be repaired to the river End
| jumped in, but was frustrated ID his attempt
| by parties who saw him take the fatal leap and
| fished him ont. He was sent to bis homo. but
| from that hour he seemed respondent at having
been foled in the attempt.
| He still seemed determined to make way with
| himself, and on Sunday evening entered his
rooro and WIS not seen until last evening at half
| past O'Clock, when Madame Schneider becom-
! ing alarmed at not having seen him for go long
| period repaired to his room and called him By
name
| Receiving no response she repaired TO the
] Third Precinct station and reported the facts
| Officer Young was detailed to 60 ard force open
| the door with jimmy, as 1t was locked on the
| inside. As The door flew back from the force OF
the jimmy Horrible spectacle met their gazes
| for there,
| DANGLING BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTHs
| was the body OF VIM. Warner, he having COM
mitted suicide by hanging hinseR.
| The bed-chamber In which this horrible spec
tacle hung was filthy hole; the bed was rnmpled,
and the room was in a general state OF disorder.
The deceased was about five feet from the floor
suspended by Observation-Disclosures attached
| to q piece OF wood which he had passed
| through the Btovepipe hole in the chimney
| parellei With the mantepiece.
ALI being in readiness for the final leap ke
stepped of OF the mantelpiece, the fall not being
sufiicient 10 break his neck, death ensEed from
ssrangulation. From the appearances OF the
corpse it had evidently been hanging Tor about
| twelve hours.
The coroner held an inquest and returned q
verdict in accordance with these facts.
| The deceased leaves two grown dauE and
son, all OF whom are now residing in California.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-20
BRAss-KNUCKLED.
The Heilish work Of Negro Highway

TIE MeEi1sh W0rk OF NesfO HIShWhymen.
At 5 o'clock Friday morning most
daring highway robbery was committed
In the LIE Breton Market.
It appears that lady was passing
through the market buying her mar
keting. when she was struck on the
head with pair of brass nuckles by a
negro, who. after bringing his victim to
earth, robbed her OF her pocketbook
and then made his escape.
It appears singular that negro could
assault lady where there were so
many persons about, and be allowed to
escape.
It Is impossible to learn who the lady
was, as the police in that precinct knew
nothing of the affair, or where she was
conveyed after being wounded.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-20
KILLED ny A STREET GAZE.
Another Unfortunate Ushered into Eter-

Ats o'clock Monday morning, while
q little colored boy named John Bart
lett, aged two years, WAS playing on
Chippewa street, between Josephine
and st. Andrew, he was run over and
instantly killed by car No, SIS of the
Cain Comfort.
Itappears that the mother of the child
is in the habit Of allowing him to play
In the street, and this morning he
attempted to run across the track while
the driver was handing some change
to passenger In the car: the mule
knocked him down, and before the
driver could put on his break the
wheels passed over him, killing him
instantly,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-20
BREVITIES.

The Packard Legislature met yester-
day as usual, and, as usual, adjourned
without doing anything; "the Senate"
had no quorum and "the House" no
business.
Those people (street brokers) who
bought Packard warrants at ten cents
on the dollar will post their books this
morning and put the outlay to the
doubtful" account.
Though no suits OF public import
ance have lately been instituted in the
civil courts, the clerks have been busy
with ordinary cases on promissory
notes, ETC., large number OF which
have been filed.
The st. Louis Hotel people are afraid
the large Babcoek engine, they have q
large number OF portable machines and
leads Of hose connected with the water
tanks to all parts Of the building.
The case Of Alfred Colomb, against
the Recorder Of mortgages ct ais, in
which an appeal from an assessment,
levied by the Board OF Assessors, was
taken, was yesterday decided by Judge
Rogers in favor Of plaintiff. The Court
reduced the assessment one half.
The Babcock fire engine in the ST..
Louis Hotel is an object OF curiosity and
wonder to the members from the
country" One of these intelligent
gentlemen, gazing at it yesterday with
mingled feelings of pride and awe, de-
livered himself Of the following: II tell
you what, boys, OATS the thing; when
she goes off, she makes everything, fly.
You fellars just huddle together, and let
her bang away, and you is all OF you
dead men. DEM White Ieaguers can't
get in here now. They are bound to
take it into the yard though, cause the
noise will shake down the house If she
ever goes off. u