The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-02

deprecated Not much. Mr.. Gould
was not enjoined by court from
paying out what money he liked to-.
He paid the entire dividend, and now
the smart people who got the injunc
ton have awakened to the fact that
the magic talisman which they
thought they had wasted to dust in
the presence of this wizard of Wall
Street.
George Gould lie NOT like his fa-
ther. He is what is called bright
and clever in rich young men, but
even great many of his associates
say that he does not know enough to
20 in doors when it rains. He is
ambitious, who would not be ambi-
tious 10 the presence Of such a man
as his father, but he lacks the men,
tai power, the quick decision, the
combination of the shrewdness of
the Tombs sbyster, and the ability
to grasp large questions which char.
acterize the statesman and the gen
eral. He may be perfectly safe as
he remains in the leading strings of
his former partners, but the name of
Gould willccase to- sway the fortunes
Of Wall Street, except at the times
when it can crush by the mere bulk
OF the money behind it.
l was speaking with leading i'm
porter of champagnes the other day,
and he assured me that the price of
"fizz" would materially increase in a
very short time, and that as far as
the best brands were concerned thew
would be hard to get. "Many ofthe
leading manufacturers in the cham
payne DISTRICTS" said he, "will not
make a bottle of sparkling wine OF
the vintage of 1882. Last autumn
was SO cold and rainy that the grapes
could not ripen and therefore the
saccharine matter was destroyed.
OF course there is a big supply of
wine in the cellars of the manufact-
urers, but you will see how the alb
sence of one years crop will affect
prices. You would be surprised to
know that last year 1924, 664 bottles
were imported into this country.
Now it is safe to say that fully that
quantity ii not more Of New Jersey
champagne and other native spark
ling wines have been consumed as
well. Thus you see what nation
of wine drinkers we have become.
Last Saturday Theodore Thomas
Chorus Society gave a superb con-
cert in memoriam of Richard Wag.
ner. The effect was grand. The
concert was composed entirely of Sc
lections from those Of his later ope-
ras where his pecuiak style and me-
thod and genius first asserted them.
selves throughout and made his mu-
sic really the "music of the future"
And this future is not far of. The
maestro of Bayreuth is scarcely il
his grave a few months yet the en-
thusiasm for his strains has grown
amazingly. There is scarcely con
cert at which at least few selections
from Wagner are not given, and in
the works Of younger composers his
influence is too plain not to be no.
ticed by even the amateur. Mr..
Thomas was one of the earliest dis
ciples of Wagner, and this turn of
affairs must be peculiarly gratifying
to him as he was in fact the APOSTLE
of Magnetism in this country. His
chorus society is now really the best
organization of its kind in the city.
and has left the Orotorio Society in
the shade.
Two weeks hence our oyster season
will close, for no New Yorker with
any liking for the proprieties, hopes
of happy life and aspirations for u
blissful hereafter, would dream of
eating an oyster in a month whose
name rejoices in no r. The supply
this season has been limited, com.
pared with former years, aud as a
veteran oysterman assures me, if
wholesale and indiscriminate dredp
ing for them does not soon cease, we
will be as badly off as England for
the juicy mollusks and it will take
the Fish Commission years to repair
the damage.
DURING the two years ending
May, 1882, the Secretary of State re-
ported ll9 pardons and seventeen
of sentences. Does it
not seem like a farce to be spending
the peoples money in bringing back
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