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Gallop Across Iberian Prairies to the Petit Anse. History and Legend. Zescription of the Wonderful Salt Ibebia, Sept. 6, 1879. The mornlriv rr.n was Jaat glinting the steeple of tbe cia rch in Kew Iberia as our guide, a smiting Suced negro boy, called Garrison, ted tbe horses wt from tbe stable.

Already tbe stores vers open, and tbe main street looked quite animated as little cavalcades from tbe surrounding country passed ay. Tbe spirited mustang pranced along in ecmpejiionshipwltn tbe more demure mole, and weatber worn country cart labored on behind tbe more pretentions buggy. In front, tie waters of tbe Tec be, in a silent, somnolent stole on their meandering way to tbe Atchata Hjfc, txntfuil I ti ilocy fcol Ha OX pri meval lire oaks, bearded to tbe foot with tbe swaying moss. A gentle southeast wind raised little clouds of dost about tbe footfalls of the herses and made flags of tbe calicoes hanging out in front of thetrades men's stores as samples of tbe wealth of xabrierto be tound inside, A perfume as of new mown bay drifted in from over tbe prairies, and, listening, one could catch tbe lowing of distant matronly cows at feed on tbe limitless Attakapas pastures. It was a morning to be out' of doors, and even tbe "bones snuffed the fragrant air and grew "frisky in anticipation of a gallop.

The Mecca of our day's pilgrimage was the Petit Anse, as it is better known, Avery's Island, so remarkable for its inexhaustible salt mines and great natural beauty. Through the base to the southward. Just lifting its head above tbe dark skirting of the far off forest, could be seen the dim outline of tbe highest bill on Petit Anse, tea miles distant. Between Iberia and it lay stretched tbe smooth floor of the prairie, dotted here and there by clusters of trees and now and then by specks of habitation. The blood tingled in our an exhilaration almost lntoxi eating played with tbe merve strings of sen ilbiUty, as at a gentle trotTwe turned down a side street, rode out of the town and reached tbe soft turf of' tbe prairie.

We could appreciate for the first time old Caltb Plummer't feelings when bis boy from "the golden South Americas returned." We did feel, as John Owens so well, readers it, "Just like a Jumping jack somebody pulling tbe tring." Giving the horse bis head we plunged the spurs into him and galloped out into space, and then, forgetful of all proprieties, greeted The Wderfa Cattle "rtfb a refrain from some old minstrel ballad. We had for the nonce shaken tbe epidermis of twenty years from us were a boy ararn. One or. two cane fields were passed near Iberia, the stalks' twisted and broken by the late storm, and tbe leaves. frayed, as as if combed into a long fringe, then we left the laboring world behind.

As we rode along, flocks of white cranes would rise from the cattle boles and coulees in the prairie fly. a short distance and then gravely survey us from off their stilted' legs To the west the sky and plain met, the eye ranging almost to the Vermilion River; to' the left lay a long stretch towards Jeanner ette said iCppremort, with islands of trees datting thesea of green, and behind us tbo'Teeheand its It is over a century go that the high epirited Aeadlans sought these pleasant pastures, away from the tur xuoii and. strife of political rancor, and whether it wm byaamemysterious lntifltlon or from the romantic tales of some voyageur, certain it Wthey cosJd not hare selected a more beautiful spot where Peace with her wings seems so to shield the fertile fields and sylvan shades. Boss, you'd better look out nyar," said nr ebony guide, calling us down to mundane things, this hyar coulee is mighty deep wid de water of de last rain," as tbe horses plashed throutix a ml nature lakelet in one of the depressions of the prairie. His warning was none too early, for it was enly with sundry plunges and most artistic di verting that tbe animals succeeded in reaching the other side after asefreshl ng but tin wilting path in the cool flood.

As we approached A very Island tbe hills began In height and to. separate, the individuality sf each being distinctly discernaale. "That there hill on de right is where de Averys lib' said irrtson, aa behind dat big one la de mlt I knows de place, yon bet." The hills were covered with a thick, oraet of wamrrt, gnm, cypress, magnolia, oak, elm and hickory, save here and there where openings showed that clearings had been made. hen we reached a point one mile and an eighth from the edge oi tbe Island, we came to a Cerdaray Causeway, built over tbe sea marsh which surrounds the place, and which was then three feet under water, tbe planking being afloat. ow com menoed tbe dangerous part of our ride.

As the horses put their foot on the planks they would sUp from under them side wise, and ft was only by a display of considerable acrobatic skill that they eould keep from falling. It took, nearly an hour to make the mill and required all the half forgot ten equestrian skill to sit the horses. At last we crossed the "bridge of tbe Bayou Petit Anse, running by the inland, and found a broad mad leading tip a steep bill before us. A few minutes' lope over the bard, reddish clay and we entered a large inciosure, and in front of the Avery residence dismounted beneath a shady tree. On the gallery we were greeted by Major JLeeas, looking rejuvenatea.

notwithstanding a severe spell of sickness lately at the North, and soon was the recipient of the ever bounteous hospitality of one of the fatr est households in our son kissed South. The recent storm, the fatigues of travel and the cares of tbe world, that seemed so far away from this wonderful Isle, were all forgotten in the entertaining conversation of the ladles, whose reading and. observation seemed to be almost as limitless as the broad prairies surrounding their island borne. Petit Anse, Avery's Island, is one of tbe finest In Southwestern Irfwialana, rising abrubtly out ii the sea marsh, a seeming contradiction to i nature's ordinary rcmtiiie of formation in the extensive sea marsh border of the 8 tare lying on the Gulf of Mexico. Its hills, and they are many, have none of the characteristics of alluvial bottoms, but are bold elevations, reaching one hundred sixty feet in height.

The rapid growth and decay of vegetation which has built up the marsh in tbe progress of years into the dry prairie, seems to nave bad no hand in the creation of this peculiar 'island. The great forces through whose powerful agency it was born came from be it was in tbe agony of a Titanic la bor that it nrst reared its head above the Jong, low level of the surrounding stretches of reedy prairie tremblanU. It contains about 2506 sores of almost every variety of noil, and is connected with tbe Golf by the Bayou Petit Anse, a deep sinuous water: course, and boonaea on tne west tbe marshes of Vermilion iny, and on the east by those running to the shore of Bayou Cypramort. Its reololcal character evidences that it was levatetl above the land level one hundred miles around by a great upheaval In which Orange Island, now the property Joe 'Jeilerson, Cote Blanche and three others likewise partk ipated. The bills are covered with a yellowish rl clay, in which sandstone, coral, fliut.

Jasper, gates, and car relian fire clay and iron ore in veins running through the sandstone eaa be found. The jt lil.les show that they were once in a ssml I.ri icMceHt state, as the imprint of shells can I i on most of them, which would seem t. riTe vocanle action JXat tne lsiana certain, ior in iuo tic vuuom the bouea oi a hue mas tadon have been unearthed, as also many excellent speciinens of Indian pottery ana arrow heads. In digging the shaft of the salt mine, which baa given the island so much celebrity, at the depth of fourteen feet of clay, and resting on the solid bed of salt, was found a papoose's basket, mads of split cane, in perfect condition. Above it, in the soil, were corals and flints, showing that since Its deposit there a ehanire in the surface bad taken place.

It speaks la the eloquence of silence of centuries gone and the existence of a people before the great upheaval, for the ordinary action of the elements tends to diminish rather than augment the soil on tbe hillsides and tops. About three quarters of a mile from the Avery homestead is The emit Sitae almi Katarsi. in our Btate. When the existence of salt on the Island was first discovered is not den nit ly known, but in 1810 and 13 it was manufactured from the waters of springs rising out of the hills. Little attention was given the subject for many years, and it was only when tbe scarcity of salt in the Confederacy made that article of greet value that tbe old industry was revived.

In 1861 one of tbe i resent owners, finding that the water from be spriug was diminished in volume, ordered the well to dug out to free an outlet of the water. After digging a short distance a bard substance was struck which was thougbt to be tbe trunk of a tree. Mr, Avery called for a chisel and after cutting for some time brought to light a lump of pure transparent salt. At once tbe mine was commenced, and op to the time of its occupation by the federal forces the Confederate Government drew its supply from this source. At present tbe mine is being worked by the American Bock 8alt Mining Company or Galveston, whose grinding mills have a capacity of 160,000 pounds per diem of white pure table salt.

Tbe workmen bad Just finished dinner when we reached the mine and the ears were descending and ascending the shaft. The superintendent, Mr. M. Ilirsch, politely explained the surface operations, and we prepared for the descent. The shaft was abont nine feet by five, in which two.

elevators were used in carrying up the salt laden cars. Stepping on the platform, ye ton. in i tut empty car and tbe signal was given. In a moment daylight, the lovely scenery aad tbe upper world, were left behind and we were ushered nrro utter darkness. Tbe sndden change made the absence of light almost as painful as would too much of it, and it was a second or two before the eye eould become used to seeing nothing.

Jvighty three feet down the car stopped and we stepped out. A few fire flies seemed to be moving about in these nether regions and on eitner side could be heard the blows of pickax and crowbar. After a few moments the forms of the miners could be distinguished with their little lamps in their hats and above the arched roof of the long galleries which run nearly due east and west. Passing down the astern gallery our lights were reflected from myriads of salt crystals above and on either side. Overhead round stalactites hung In grape like clusters where the breath of the miners bad moistened the salt, and on either band the hard surface of the salt rock could be felt.

The galleries are 85 feet wide, 10 feet high and 340 in length, and through them runs a tramway on which the cars are pushed. It is not yet known how deep this huge saline bed extends, but exploration has already found that at its known thickness it contains enough salt to supply this country's cou sumption for half a century. Tbe teinjera ture of tbe mine is much below that of the surface and aided by a large air pump the circulation of air down there is kept up, making severe exertion not exhaustlnfr. Xov there are employed only fifteen miners and twenty two men above, but when the projected branch of Morgan's Texas Railroad connects tbe island, with tbe main land the number will be largely increased. After chipping off a few cubes of salt as souvenirs of our visit, we ascended, dazed when, we alighted by the sunlight.

Just at the mouth of tbe shaft is a powerful crusher. which reduces the large lumps to about the size of a thimble thence it is carried by an elevator to the mill where it is ground to fine powder ready for table use. We bad done the mines. There still remained, however, a strange idea that, it could not be possible we were still' in our loved Louisiana. It seemed incredible that while in New Oreans four feet below tbe soil we strike water, here should exist a bona fide mine with shaft, real.

miners, blasting powder, etc. It took some time for the mind to settle its account with the senses, so strange were the impressions formed. The Load af Kvana ellae. Up bill and down valley brought us back to the Avery bouse, and a right royal gallop it was. Spring water run in singing diminuen dos over pebbly oeus, vagrant mocxing Dirus gave to the wind a shower of pearl notes, prodlgalof bis jewels as the maskers in Bome's carnival are of bon bons, and like tbe sadden flashes of half remembered glances flitted In the sunlight the evanescentbutter flies.

As we, took our seats on the broad gallery tbe wind freshened somewhat and the awnings were raised, disclosing a landscape never to be forgotten, and worthy the peu of a BL Pierre ana the brush of a Turner, Bon tag or Clague. For a. moment it seemed as though the beauty of picture enforced silence for comment on what lay at our feet would be sacrilege. The village of Grand Pre, tbe sad sweet song of vangeline, and the softening influences of Longfellow's verse came back to us, and for the nonce we were lost in the masesof imagination's fancy domain. Par off to westward some thirty miles distant a dark, narrow band showed tbe woods of Vermilion Bay on the horizon, and between them and where we stood lay the broad prairie.

A thin haze softened the outlines of distant objects, and the shadows threw about them a rich sepia tint that contrasted exquisitely with the green of the grass and rushes. 8ilvery in the sunlight little loops of the Petite Anse and other bayous could be discerned miles away, veins of light on Aa Eiiu raU Field. A little to tbe right could be seen, nestling behind a covert of magnoUas, the residence of Joe Jefferson, on Orange Island, about seven miles off. Through afield glass the houses were distinctly seen, as well as the orange grove and fences. Behind ns crawled, away over the plain tbe road to STew Iberia, we had traveled with its herds of cattle unci oases of shade.

In front, looking seaward, the marsh ran out for miles, tin til the waters of Vermillion Bay were reaehed, where both seemed to blend into a line of haze. Looking eastward. Grand Cote, with its hills and forests could be distinguished on the sea of marsh grass and nearer the Au Serge prairie bathes in a flood of sunshine. If the landscape was of superb loveliness when gazed upon directly, its beauties became more defined when one saw it reflected in the Claude Lorraine mirror, which the Indies of the house handed us. It was difficult to lay it aside and from it drinking in the scenery only created a thirst for larger draughts.

Henceforth one need not travel beyond our State boundary to view the delicious masterpieces of nature's canny hand. Ola Traditl About tbe year 1790, there came to tbe inviting shores of Petit Ansa a woman from the btate of Pennsylvania with a large family of children. They were pioneers in thii comparatively unknown bind, and subsisted entirely on their rifles and traps for support. Beavers were plentiful in this region, and as there was always a ready market for their peltries enough was obtained to keep body and soul together. John Hay, one of the sons, lived to the ripe old ae of 92, dying only in 1869, and from his hps the present generation learned the history of those days so mil oi adventure anaaanger.

i no lnaian tribe living on the main land near the island were the Attakapas, or man Hay said that it was impossible for bun, no matter what inducements were held out, to entice any of the tribe even to put foot on retlte Anse. Their only answer to bis invitations was that centuries ago these people had suffered great misfortune there and they dared not visit the place. What was this inherited fear and tbe event referred to have never been iscovered. The testimony of tbe hills shows that it onee Was thickly inhabited by Indians, for their pottery, baskets and anvils have been found, but since 1800 all Indians have shown a great aversion to the place. These old stories throw about the island that peculiar Interest always concommitant with legends, and tbe visitor cannot bnt look upon the valleys and hilltops there with an innocent sest.

Prooablv there is no soot in our eountrv so peculiarly situated as Avery's Island, and certainly there is no sueh microcoria as is there found. The household is exemplary la its arrangements and there rests about tbe domestio circle there so pore an atmosphere that it would be profane to open to tbe world even a hasty glimpse of it. it is traly a representative Southern home as it existed before the war. and neither the wild alarums of contests nor the results of political strife seemed to have affected the gentle influences there exerted, and made impressive even in a hurried visit. We bndtbe pleasure of greeting our confreres of the tbe Masters L.

D. Avery ami J. ilcliheiuiY, the editors and propii etors of the Petite Ax Monthly Amateur, the smallest newspaper in tbe world. Tbeee youtbs write the articles, set up the type and print their little mjouof a paper in a most commendable manner and already have secured a circulation, they might well hejproud.of i i It was with regret that we saw the bands of tbe clock give warning the time wa approaching for our departure. The picture eque landscape seemed to throw around us silken ties that were too sweet to be severed but tbo outer world bad claims upon ui and with a dash oi determination we paid our adieus to the family and without looking around, for fear we would still be tempted back, galloned awav down the hill, across I tbe prairies and into New Iberia filled with aeugntmi recollections of one of the golden days in our calendar.

The imprint of those hours of pure enjoyment are indelible and memory will always turn the page where they are recorded with renewed pleasure. W. GOTHAM GOSSIP The RepabUeaa Caaveatioa A Glarlftea tdsa of Caakiinsr As Unpopular Keaaiaa Ua BeM Hint froaa the Taanaaay Oram Win the DcBMcnus Unite The Board of Edacatioa Afraid mt ane As tscr Action is KitHlea CaseThe pirinuLllstlc Saperiatendeat Write a Letter tm aa EditorThe Park Caanala ieaers at it Aaain 3Iayr Cooper Asked, Investlaate Them Enthaaiaotie Max Strakasch His Italiaa Opera Seasan Tereaiiia Mincer and Biaawsa La Blanche The Troape and Repertoire Arrival of Opera Boufiers Denis Csllina'a Walk from San Franc Isca Stay la the Kichola Certiorari Writ Castoaa IIoaae Inspectors ta Watch the Harh wTtfaam Jewetu i i Special Correspondence the Picayune. York, Sept. 4, 1S79.

No political gathering could well be more uneventful than the Republican State Convention at Saratoga yesterday. It was simply a glorification of Conk ling. The opposition was cowed into complete submission. The only demonstration it made was to hiss spUef ally as the delegates voted for Cornell and thus betray its own abject humiliation. Mr.

Conkling's speech, as temporary chairman, was prolonged by repeated cries of "Go on! goon!" One lunatic shouted, "Keep it nf I con Id Listen forever." Vice President Wheeler, the permanent president of the convention, blossomed ont a full fledged stalwart, and came as near to attacking the Administration aa he dared to probably. No man in the entire assemblage was made to appear as utterly insignificant as the gubernatorial nominee, Alonzo J5. Cornell, of New York. When that gentleman advanced to call the convention to order, not a hand was raised, and throughout the proceedings he was a nonentity Conkling's man." When the roll was called, the names of Curtis, Arthur, Morton, Sloan, Hnsted, Sharpe and Fenton were received with cheers. The name of Cornell fell flat from first to last.

When his nomination was made unanimous, a single no rang out clear and strong, bnt the attempted spasm of applause greatly resembled a murmur of discontent. The singular spectacle is thns presented of a thoroughly unpopular nomination in his own party for the highest office in the State Government. The Convention was well summed up by an opposition repartee. 'After Cornell's nomination there was a motion for recess, which was lost by an overwhelming negative. A Conkling delegate remarked with overweening sarcasm, the noes have it for once." Yes," responded an opposition delegate, and the machine has had the Convention by the nose all the time." The Republicans as a party will march nn the polls solid to vote for Cornell, but what can they hope from a campaign which has not in it the first element of enthusiasm.

Their platform is devoted almost exclusively to national affairs, while btate lssnes are touched upon gingerly. The bloody shirt is their battle flag. Let the Democrats but reconcile their local differences and they will sweep the deck like a double shotted broadside of grape. But the leading Tammany organ here declares with bold significance that "the interests of the Democrats of this city and those of their municipality would suffer less from a Republican Governor than from Thus Kelly's month piece. It is a dangerous sentiment to ventilate, and if the idea it suggests is carried into ettect, the Democrats will make a big bid for defeat.

And this is the same organ that declared with a perceptible shudder of righteous indignation that Mr. Kelly would sooner cut off his own head than make a political bargain with the Republicans. Let hope the block is not ready for the great Tammany leader. If he has the interests of the State and nation at heart, his fight just now is with Conkling and with Robinson or Til den. Kiddle is a local issue and a very important one.

That the Board of Education recognize the fact is evident from their action yesterday. There was a full meeting, and every man came with the full expectation of voting for a superintendent of the public schools. Every inch of available space was occupied by spectators. The routine business was dis of in a few minutes, and President announced, as usual, that motions and resolutions were in order. The pause Svas brief but terrible with suspense.

Everybody waited breathlessly for a resolution concerning the superintendency. Sudden', as if unable to endre it longer, Commissioner West made a motion to adjourn. It was seconded and the yeas and nays called for. Eleven voted in the affirmative and nine in the negative, and the IhmuxL stupefied by its own action, stood ndiourned before one of the members realized it. The fact is they were afraid of one another, and nobody bad the courage to take the initiative.

Commissioner Walker was loaded with a resolution and all cocked and primed, but at the opportune moment ne couiun or wouKln't go on. so luddle remains superintendent, and an extra meeting will have to be called to dispose of his case. Meanwhile, he has been devoting the vacation to the preparation of a letter to the editor of Scribner's Magazine. It seems Dr. Holland reviewed his spiritn al'sticbook rather severely in the July number of that periodical, and he takes up the cudgels in his own defense.

Startrna out with the observation that "The history of literature shows Jthat of all writers literary critics are. the most shallow, the most pretentious and dogmatic, 'and the most unreliable in their judgment and utterances," he goes on to show to his own satisfaction that his work is not only of heavenly origin, but possesses the highest literary merit. The man has gone daft beyond a perad venture. No wonder Dr. Holland expressed astonishment that "a hard headed, keen minded possessor of common sense," such as the editor of the book was known to have been, should, have consented to father snch a tissue of absurdities.

One or two extracts from Mr. Kiddle's letter will suffice Of my book you say, It has come and has gone but this statement only shows how little you really know of the success of the book thus far, and how unable you are to judge of its future. The class for whom you write may, indeed, reject it upon your arbitrary die turn, but tens of thousands who never reni a gage of benbner will peruse the cook with satisfaction, and pass it around to be read by others. Were you to read the letters which I have received from those who have read the book faithfully and humbly, you would perceive your mistake in the form of the participle used, and say not 'gone but School girlish quotations from the "cwi'munications" of Bryant, Judge Ed a montts, Dr. Muhlenberg and Lord Byron are given to show that the literary quality of the compilation is superior, and then the letter concludes as follows Suppose all these messages are really authentic and suppose also that yon had had the actual experience in receiving them, and were convinced of their authenticity, and their importance to the world in its present state of materialism, infidelity, selfishness, vice and crime, would yon have been willing to face the scoffing and derision of the world in performing your dnty to make them known to mankind Well, this is what I hare done, and I have never wavered in my faith that the future results will fully justify me in the sacrifice which I have made' We are in danger of making a martyr of Mr.

Kiddle, it is impossible not to pity him. Anybody curious to read the whole of his letter to Dr. Holland will find it, I believe, in the October number of Scribner's Magazine. The Park Commissioners had another stormy meet hi yesterday. President Wenman can.e firmed with a formidable array of documents to prove his charges against Commissioner Lane, including specific accusations of bribery and' corruption and exhaustive communications from the engineer and contractor of the Riverside Drive.

Several letters from Mr. Lane to Dear contained damaging evidence, and one from the latter to a contractor may be printed as a specimen brick: Mil Dear Mr. McEnroe Lane insists upon being paid by the contractors a salary of $3500 a year, monthly, which he wants the Parle Board to pay him as treasurer, at least until he receives a salary from the department. This, of course, is in addition to what he requires the board toaborrtTbe'treasurership and its powers. No matter what you may promise him to make him act squarely, yon must not, under any circumstances, pay him money, because it would injure you if it should get out, and is against the law.

You know that you are acting honorably with the city, so he cannot possibly injure you in the least. And I would see him before I would let him blackmail me. If the board chooses to do what lie demands, that is their business. I will send you word when I hear from him. Mr.

Lane was naturally excited by the reading of this note and exclaimed, vehemently, It is a lie it is false I will have this man indicted before a grand jury for bribing a public official." You admit then that you have been bribed said Commissioners Conover and Wet more in chorus, Mr. Lane evaded the question and said he should prefer charges against his colleagues before the 'Mayor, and demand an investigation. President Wenman informed him that he had saved him the trouble by already taking measures for an investigation. He then made a motion to that effect, which was carried, Lane alone voting in the negati ve. So poor Mayor Cooper having disposed of all the old Police Commissioners bnt one, has another "non partisan" board thrust upon him for judgment, with interminable lawsuits stretching out into the future.

In view of the approaching musical season, Max Strakosch believes the pres sent era of good times will go on indefinitely, that we have eaten our commercial and financial oatmeal and porridge and arrived at the mtlk and honey course. He says he will have spent a round hundred thousand dollars when he is ready to begin his Italian opera representations. He opens at the Philadelphia Academy of Music on the 6th of October, and goes thence to Baltimore, Washington, Cincinnati, St. Louis and Chicago, and then either to New Orleans or New York, as the case may be. He has not decided yet whether he will present his troupe here at the Fifth Avenue Theatre or Booth's, and is in the same state of uncertainty regarding Miss Neil son's appearance.

I suppose much will depend on the success and length of Morris Grau's opera bouft'e season. Strakosch is nothing if not enthusiastic, and there is no doubt that he believes he has got the best Italian opera troupe in the world. Teresina Singer, he says is unquestionably tne greatest living dramatic prima donna, the only successor of Grisi and Titiens. She is in the nenith of her power, a superb actress, with a most magnificent voice, perfectly trained and under full control, a Hungarian with all the fire and enthusiasm of an Italian. This is the language of Max, remember.

Bianca La Blanche (Blanche Davenport, a sister of Fanny,) is the coming lyric star, young and beautiful, with a voice of more than exceptional purity and flexibility. Nature is seldom so prolific in its gifts as it has been with this young lady. During four years her successes and triumphs at the royal theatres in Naples have been so unprecedented that the manager, in spite of the most tempting offers from the principal opera houses of Europe, has struggled to retain her. Not even Patti has been able to eclipse her. They Bang on alternate nights, and it was doubtful which of the two was most applauded.

On seeing her "Traviata" one of the most eminent critics of Italy said She sings like Patti and acts like Sara Bernhardt." Marie Litta remains with the company, and the contralto will be Belocca, with Bertha Ricci. a new comer, for second. The tenors are Ricardo Petrovitch, Boldanza and Lazzasini baritones. Enrico Starti and Uottschalk: bassos, Enrico Castel mary and Karl Formes. The chorus comes from the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden, and the orchestra, with S.

Behrens and Signor De Novellis a directors, will be picked from the best players in New York. The repertoire embraces Traviata." Barbiere," "Faust," "Carmen," "Rigoletto," "Fa vorita," "Poritani," "Lucia," "Sonnam bnla," "Mignon," "Don Giovanni," llatriinonioSegreto." "Flauto Magico" "Aiita," "Ballo in Maschera." Trova tore. "Fra "Don BchutV "Fideho" "Ernini," "Nozze ui Figaro," "Mefistofele," "Martha," "Mose in Egitto," and Otello." As I said, Strakosch is enthusiastic, but a redundancy of adjectives in his case devs not necessarily implv great exaggeration. No impressar'b knows the American public so well as he; none have served it more faithfully and honorably, and none ean be relied on more 1 A. 1 1 I sureiy to iuinii preliminary promises.

He has a first class troupe that ill win esteem wherever it appears. CapouL Paola Muie, Angele, Mile Estephe and M. Villano, a very funny opera bonile man, reached here from Havre last evening, in the steamer Labrador, and drove to the Belvedere House. Notwithstanding the fatigues of the voyage they spent a little while at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, where Aimeo was playin La Petit Mariee." Denis Collins left San Francisco at 10 A. M.

on the first of June, and reached New York at 4 P. M. on the Sd of September. He walked all the way on the railroad track, stopped at every station, and ate and slept at hotels exclusively. It will be seen that he averaged about thirty five miles a day.

He did not fee the heat until he Teached A ibany, and is as well as ever now, and ready stat back again if anybody will him for it, He made the walk on a wager of $3500 between two San Francisco gentlemen, and gets $1000 for having completed it within one hundred days. Ho carried note book in which entries were made at every station and officially signed and stamped by the railway agents. Westbrook decides to deny the motion for a etar Dendinir th armerl from the Nichols rrnt certiorari, and praiits an extension of six days to enable the Mayor to make Ms return thereto, provided his counsel stipulate that the case shall be heard on the third Monday of this month. Collector Meiritt has issued an order for the Custom Honse inspectors to report promptly to Port Surveyor Graham lohenimn" "Umrlielmo Tell." Diavolo." "Fisrlia del Riiflrsrimento Pasonale.w CenereiitnTk." Sw ft all violations of the laws and regulations relative to the protection of the harbor. Sara Jew" me over in the steamer with the oj uffe people Yidetxx.

peculiar Duel rivondon Trnth i I was looking over the stories were sent in last week for the prize, and I wonder that the did not insert this one, which is really too good to be lost: "There is a curious duel now Dendinir in Boston, which besran severa. years ago. Mr. a bachelor, challenged Mr. a married man, with one child, who replied that the conditions were not equal, that he must necessarily put more at risk wirh his life than the other, and he declined.

A year afterward he received a challenge from Mr. who stated that he. too. had now a wife and child, and he supposed, therefore, the objection of Mr. B.

was no longer valid. Mr. B. replied that he now bad two children, consequently the inequality still subsisted. The next vear Mr.

A. re newed his challenge, naving now two children also, out nis adversary naa three. The matter, when last heard from, was still eoinir on. the numbers being six to seven, and the challenge yearly re newed." No court has ever decided against the cor rpcrnesa of the eenuine Fairbanks scale. which is made at St.

Jobnsbury, and recognized as tbe world's standard. Sold at 63 Camp street, New Orleans. Buildup your delicate patients by giving INDORSED BY PHYSICIANS, CLERGYMEN AND THE AFFLICTED THE GREATEST MEDICAL TRIUMPH OF THE AGE. TUTTS' PILLS Dr. Tctt bas ceeded in combining ks these pills the hereto fore anUgomsnc qoatW CURE SICK HEADACHE.

TUn'S PILLS ties Of STBSSOTaOM. Puroatits, andsnv Hirrrsa tohkj. CURE DYSPEPSIA, TUTT'S PILLS CURE CONSTIPATION. TUTT'S PILLS CURE PILES. Their first effect is to aDoetite bv food to property assimilate.

ThnsHwsjs. tern is noartaBBd. by then tonic aoooa the digestive regular ana vac nations ara pa dneed. TUTT'S PILLS The ramditT wlta which PERSONS TAKE CURE EVER AND AGUE. ON FLESH while aadsr the influence of tacas TUTT'S PILLS CURE BILIOUS COLIC.

pills. Indicates their a daptabilir to nouriaa the body, hence their efflcacr in curing nervous debility, melancholy, dyspepsia, wast TUTT'S PILLS Cure KIDNEY Complaint! oftSE TUTTS LS CURE TORPID fcR. TUTrSPILLS IMPAPT chronic constipation. and imparting health strength to the system. Sold everywhere.

Price 25 cents. OfSo 53 Mnrray Street HFW YORK. The Brown Cotton Gin. Cleans the Seed BefTer, Ran Lighter, Gins faster and cents leas money thaa any other Gin In the market. Every machine fully and legally guaranteed.

A Perfect Self Feeder and Condenser. These machines are made of the best mate' rials, and the workmanship and flninh are unexcelled. Has been awarded premiums at all the state Fairs, Georgia, Alabama, Texas, etc Price List of Gins, Feeders aad Condensers, Payable during (he Cotton Season i i i Price with Price of din, Self Feeding Price with Sell Attachments of Feeding and Sizes. Gins. Attachments Condensers.

30 Saw f75 00 $97 50 $120 00 35 Saw 87 60 113 75 140 00 40 Saw lOO OO 130 OO ItiO OO 45 Saw 110 OO 141 75 174 25 BO Saw 120 OO 152 50 185 0O 60 Saw 130 00 176 OO 203 OO 70 Saw 140 OO 182 00 231 OO 80 Saw 160 OO 208 00 250 OO Boxed ready for shipment and delivered at our factory. Special terms to cash purchasers. Scud for circular, containing tHtimmiloJ. fmm br two hundred live planters, who bought and as i. rom i4 to 1H58 we manufactured gin at imuniuM, ml, umier tne nrm name or T.

TAYLOR A afterwards CIJ5MON8, BBOWN A and made what was then known as the Taylor Gin. During the rear 1858 we removed to this place, where we have been exclu in manufacturing jrins ever since. nnii long experience, ine Destiabor suY.ae machinery and skilled workmen, we possess advantages not enjoyed by any other manufacturer in LEAST (5KKY KoT WOUK tor the Presses, engine and complete outfit furnished ue ueainsu. AaoreH BROWN COTTON GIN COMPANY, 2TEW LONDON, CT. ap27 SmeodtkWeow GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE.

Signature is on every bottie or the GENUINE Vo rceste rs i re Sa uce It Impart the most delitf tatte and sect to soups. EXTRACT. of a Iietter from a Medical gentlt. niao at Madraa to his brot her at WORCESTER, May, 1851. "Tell Leafe Per.

rins that their Kanoe is highly esteemed in India, and ia, in my opinion, the mont palatable aa well aa the moat wholesome 8 A UCE that is GRAVIES, FISH Hat Cald JOINTS, GAME, etc Bold and used throughout tbe world. TRAVELERS AND TOURISTS FIND GREAT BENEFIT IN HAVING A BOTTLE WITH THEM. JOHN DUNCAN'S l' Tuly; NIW YORK. imPORTAUT, lilFuRHATIOH TOR THE FE. ALL FORMEU 350432 WERE SOLD IN 1878, BEING 73,620 MORE THAN ANY PREVIOUS YEAT SOME VERY HARD NUTS TO ORAOK.

Companies have sprung np in every part of the TJnion for making an Imitation Blare, are not similar companies formed for making Imitations of tteri machines! Thfpublic wS draw its own inference. Gold is con tinually counterfritl bras, aad THREE QUARTERS of all tie Sewing Machines sold throughout ths World lnlc, nt.nt.int. iiKf4F.KK" made and sold by GENUINE II an competitors more than tws nndertook to fnrnish Sewing Ifacliin kinds of machines. The girls wr to ujvx follows ..127,833 Singer Mac' 181,260 ..219,758 ..232,444 ..241,679. ..249.852 ..262,316 i i ..282,813 ..356,433 itfose to state their sales.

WHY I Counterfeit REDUCED. WIS WARRANT EVXF.Y SOU) BY US. THE SIITGEB MANtJFACTURIWCI COPXNT. The SIIs GER has taken the flrs prize over WAfter the Chicago fire the ReMef Committee 517 dismbutid theii choice among five other living on these machines, way oia iney uixe oi Ill THE PEOPIJS'S AWARD TO THE SINGER. The people bought SINGER Machines as 1870 i 1871 1872 1871 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 Many of the manufacturers of other machines Sales of 1878 oyer 1870, 328,599.

Buy only the Genuine. Best always Wins In the Long Run. Waste No Money on PRICES OF THE GENUINE GREATLY CHINE i NOTICE THIS. The Genuine SINGER MACHINE! bp Patented Trade Blark and the name of tbe Singer Hiuu jng Company plainly printed on the ana of themacliina Send for Mustjated Woe 1 SINGER MMCrMG COWi'l. No.

85 CANAL STREET, NEW 0RLEA: None Genuine without the above Trade 1 If ark on the arm of the machine. 5 Kosadalis 0 THE GREAT SOUTHERN Remedy for the cure of Scrofula, Scrofulous Taint, Rheumatism, White Swelling, Gout, Ooitra, Consumption, Bronchitis, Nervous Debility, Malaria, and all diseases arising from an impure Condition of the blood. The merits of this valuable preparation are so well known that a passing notice Is but accessary to remind the readers of this journal of the necessity of always having a bottle of this medicine a.mng their stock of family necessities. Certificates can be presented from njany leading and heads of families throughout the South, indorsing in the highest tirms the Fluid Extract of Rosa. dalis.

Dr. R. Wllsaa Carr of Baltimore, says he has used it in cases of Scrofula and other diseases with much satisfaction." Dr. T. Paa, of Baltimore, recommends it to all persons suffering with diseased Blood, saying it is superior to any preparation he har ever used.

Rev. Dnaney Baa, of the Baltimore M. E. Conference South, says he has been so much benefited by its use that he cheerfully reoom mends it to all his friends and ac A quaintances. Craven dr GeV Druggists, at Gordonsville, say it has never iauea vo give satisxactaon.

Haat'l G. BleFadden, Murfrees boro, saya it cured him of jmeumaiunn wnen au eise i RosadaUs is not a secret ouack preparation, its ingredients are pub. lished on every package. Show it your pnysician ana ne win tell you it is composed of the strongest alteratives that exist; and is an excellent Blood Purifier. Did our space aamit we coma give you tes timonials from every State in the South, and from persons known to every man, woman and child, either nersonallv or bv refutation.

RosadaUs is sold by all Druggists. Jons F. Hesby, CCkbas fc 8 College Place, New York. I. L.

LYONS, New Orleans, Wholesale Agent mbl3 dAWtf a penect uuooa iTiamxR, and is tbo only purely Vl getabue remedy known to sci ence, that has made radical and Pxrmaiteht Ccxxs of Stpheus and Scrofula ail their It thoroughly1 removes mercury from the rystem; tt relieves the agonies of mercnrial rhemnaUmn.and speeday ernes all skin dls or sale by all Drag Men In New Orleamv: ap27 ly2tawAW 1 L. PRESCRIPTIOH i FREE. DebiUty, Ner iwiMjiM3y, ooiusun oc xaeas. AT.io" to Society, Defective Memory, and aU Disorders bronchi on brSMmtR, Any druggist has tbe ingredients. Ad dress, Dr.

jaques A an30 Wly "tXet clnoinntl. 0aia Prescription Free. FOR THE gprrnv frrru is iiw SSbv and disorders brought thVingredientst0aOT eXCeWU SstLJ 7 DR. JAQUES A aO VP dAWl Cbciaaati. O.

YEARS OUTDONE. Eyery Family Should Use I. MASSMAN PHILADELPHIA, TEE BEST IN THE "021 Parole PURE RYE Villi: PUT UP IN QUART BOTTIil Sold by all druggists and first classic Bassetti Xiqiiea. 69. street.

New Orleans, Sols Agents. I Jt9 Sm Is a compound of the virtues of rilla, Btillingia, mandrake, yellow with the iodide of potash ana iron, erfal blood making, blood cleanHit lif snstainlng elements. It is tbe safest, and in every jray the most alterative medicine known or avails the public. The sciences of medicir chemistry have never produced bo t. bid a remedy, nor one.

so potent to all diseases resulting from Impure I It cures Scrofula, and all scrof diseases, Erysipelas, Rose, or t. thonys Fire, Pimples and 1 grubi, Pustules, Blotches, BoCs, mors. Tetter, II mors, Salt Scald head, Rlnipworm, Ulcers, Rheumatism, Mercurial Disease, ralgla, Kemale Weaknesses and 1 regularities, Jaundice, Affection'? the liver, Dyspepsia Emaclat and General Debility. By Its searching and cleansing It purges out the foul corruptions vrl contaminate the blood, and cause i rantrement and deeav. Tt atimnlates enlivens the vital functions.

It prom' energy ana It restores ana serves health. It infuses new hie Tigor throughout the whole system. sufferer from anv disease whifth arises Impurity of the blood need despair, "win give Area's Saksapakixxa a triaL Remember, the earlier the tx the speedier the cure. Its recine has been furnished to pt' cians everywhere and they, recogni its superior qualities, administer it in practice. For neaxlr fortr vears ATEB'S saparhxa has been widelv used, stt i now possesses the confidence of sal of people who have experienced bene from its marvellous curative virtues.

Prepared by Or. J. C. Ayer JPraetlcal aad Aaalytleal Chemists, a Loweli, Mass, sou st AUt naossirrs STMTVBZ3 wt mzi i. KJ 0.