New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-02-01
Report of the Flnance Committee.

The report Of the Finance Committee Of the Com
mon Council giving an exhibit Of the financial condi
ton of the city for the year ending the 3lst of
December last will be found on the fourth page under
the official head. tt will receive, as it deserves the
attentive consideration Of all taxpayers. s
It is, unquestionably the most satisfactory Budget
that has eInanated from the Finance Committee for
years. Our people have heard a great deal about re-
duced taxation; butt practically, they experienced
nothing butinereased taxation. The word of promise
kept to their ears was always broken to their hopes
and Wordy pledges of retrenchment and reform have
invariably resulted in enhanced imposts But "acts
speak louder than ,vords,' and Judging them by
their acts, the present Council has proved reform
and retrenchment Council indeed as we shall proceed
to show by the unmistakabe and ndisputable figures
Upon entering the discharge of their duties last
spring, the Finance Committee, finding the city deep
ly in debt determined to refrain from recommending
general appropriations, etc. and although inconve-
nienGe has arisen from rigid adherence to this rule
the committee do not think sufficient causes have
transpred to justify an abandonment of it, Nor do
We nor will any sensible man, who looks to the fl-
tre as well as to the present The system of econo-
my and retrenchment that has been pursued has
largely reduced the floating debt Of the city, has re-
plenshed the treasury and brought about reduction
Of taxation Let this policy be followed two or three
years longer and the financial condition of New Or
ean will be better than that of any large city in the
country.
But to the figures we spoke Of as we have not room
for the eaborate review we should be glad to make,
otherwise. We will start out by giving the valuation
Of the property Of the four districts as per report
According to statement G the following is the valuation of
},iF;sI ede anS
F Feis4 Dc Dc Dc Dc Dc s 5;,2s5SS
IN &c
hundred dollars valuation for 1885 l5 e., ), (
Sf;::s &
perceived material reduction the result NJ ''
1855 ASSESSMENT FOR 800. @ 49,.
.s5F HI }J.5 . LIST Dis ID Dis. Sd Dis. 4th Dis.
S s:j; ;ss e g &
zig from las. IS e. sss Is s IL city
s Pss s in R M a 81 e ps ce
in the Third District aud decrease of two and for
Districts. ss r.. ft8 @4f tS7t
If the foregoing figures do not convince all tax
payers that the present Council is deserving of high
praise, instead Of censure, we do not know what
will, what can. They will feel the effects of the
wisdom and prudence Of the Council in their purses,
and we have never yet known the pocket nerve to
become caous or insensible to magnetic influences of
the kind y# AZ. 4su saa aft. 81. tets-..g. E.5.}
Great credit is due to the Finance Committee as
whole, and to Mr. Jamson Eager, Chairman Of the
Finance Committee Of the Board of Assistant Alder
men, in particular. He has devoted a vast amount
of labor to the subject, and has had much to do in
bringing about the suspicious state of things that
now exist This is not nvidious praise; for we under
stand his colleagues on the committee freely accord
him more than we have bestowed. ~ .
REVENGE OF A lover Cutting off a Girls Nose
We have learned from Mr.. Warner some of the par
tculars of most dabolical outrage that occurred
last week about three miles below his landing on the
Mississippi It appears that Dutch widower living
at that place has family of groW1rup girls, which he
is anxious to get rid Of The Oldest, goodlooking
girl of twentyone, is living with neghbor, and has
lately attracted the attention of an Italian, who has
been staying about there, and has wanted to marry
her. His suit has been backed up by the old man, but
the girl has steadily refused to marry him. Last week
tile fellow called at the house, and requested to see
hef at the door, when she appeared, he seized her
by the end OF the nose and with his pocket knife cut
it off close up to the bridge. The poor girl screamed
and ainted and while the family rushed to her assis-
lance, and tried to staunch the blood the ruar took
legba across the Mississippi and has not since been
heard of. Next week we hope to get the name and
description of the fellow so that he can be posted nv
| every newspaper in the Union. 4
liza Crosse (Ws.) Nat Democrat
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A dispatch Of the 24th from the town of Rome,