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The Placer herald., 1858-05-08

One of our exchange papers has gathered
up the following "hursts of eloqnenae' which,
it says, were delivered before court of JUS
tce in Pennsylvania:
"Your Eonor sits high upon the adorable
seat of justice, lilS the Asiatic rock of Glib
raltar; while the eternal streams of Justice,
like the cadaverous clouds of the yal,ies are
meandering at your feet"
This reminds us of the commencement of
n speech of lawyer in New Jersey-"I our
honors do not sit there like marble statutes
to be waited about by every idle breeze"
Another western orator commenced his
harangue with-"lhe important crisis which
were about to have arriven, have arroven."
Another, "rhe Court will please to observe
that the gentleman from the East has givel
them a very learned speech. lie has Roam
cd with old RomuIus; Soaked with old So
crates; Ripped with Eurpidcs; and Canted
with old Cantharides what, your honor
what does he know about the laws of Wis
consin?"
A young lawyer in one Of our own courts
commenced his defence as follows: "May i,
please your honor, the Deluge has passed
over the earth. The ark has rested upon
the mountain, and the rainbow OF justice
shines as beautifully upon my colored client
as it does upon any one in this court, inclu,
ding the Jury"
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BIRDS IN JAPAN-Brds are treated very
kindly there. They are never killed for
sport, and little troughs are scooped out in
the tomb-stones, which priests fill every
morning for their drink. During the stay
of Commodore Perry's ships, number of
officers started one day to 60 cunning. AS
soon as the japanese saw the cruel murder
of their birds, they went to the Commodore
and begged him to put stop to such con-
duct. There was no more bird shooting in
Japan by American officers after that; and
when the treaty between the two countries
was concluded, one condition of it was, that
the birds should always be protected.
The Placer herald., 1858-05-08

EDIToRs AND MINIsTERs-IIow few cer-
gymen, how few lecturers, how few public
speakers OF any description, ever addressed
an audience half as large as that to which
the editor Of the smallest country paper
breaches! How many clergymen are there
who are accustomed to audiences of n thou
sand, and how few papers which do not
strictly and literally find more than thou
sand readersl
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AN ACT
To prohibit the e0Ilcetion of accounts for Lquors
sold at retail ' " 'f"

The PfopIe afMe State of California represent
ed IN Senate and .assem6iy, do enact as .follows
Sec l. The purchase of, or the sale and dclv--
cry of any sprituous or malt liquors, wine or ci-
der, by retail or by the drink, is hereby declared
to be an invalid consideration for any promise to
pay, or assumpsit Of account therefor, when the
amount of such account or demand exceeds five
dollars. ''
SEC g. No Court shall in any aetion at law,
render judgment for greater amount than five
dollars, ar the sale q retail or by the drink, Of
gether with costs "
SEC. l. This Act shall take effect, and be In
force from and after the first day of June one thou
sand eight hundred and fty-eight; prouided, notl-
ing in this Act shall be so construed to affect in
any manner debts contracted prior to said first of
June, one thousand eight hundred and Gfty-eght
Approved April 2lst, 1858. S'1
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judicial dignity in Louisiana.

correspondent of the Brandon (Miss.)
Rapubticaa gives the following specimens Of
Now justice is administered and judicial dig
nifty sustained in one of the Parish Courts in
louisiana. lie says
Speaking of Grand Juries reminds me that
the Parish Court is now in session here, his
Honor Kiah Rodgers presiding-old Kye-
or Ky" they usually call him. Old Ky was
passing sentence on criminal, and delivered
himself as follows:
prisoner stand up! Mr.. Kettles, this
Court is under the painful necessity of pass
ING sentence Of the law upon You, sir. This
Court has no doubt, Mr. Kettles, but what
you were brought into this scrape by the use
Of Intoxicating liquor. The friends of this
Court all kno,cs that eff thar is any vice this
Court abhors, it is intemperance. When this
Court was young man, Mr.. Kettles, it was
considerably inclined to drink; and the friends
of this Court kno,cS, that this Court has na-
terolly a very high temper, and if this Court
had not stopped short off, and stopped the
use of Intoxicating liquor, have no doubt,
sir, but what this Court, sir, would have been
in tho Penitentiary or its grape."
Anothay case was before the Court. An
overseer who had been discharged, brought
suit against his employer for the whole years
wages, alleging that he had been discharged
without sufficient grounds. "Old lyy" charg-
ed the jury as follows:
"The jury will take notice that the Court
is well acquainted with the nature of the
case When the Court first started out in
the world, it followed the business of oyer
| af !, k,e ,,.1,, IA
the Court understands, it is hosses, mules and
ggers-tiough the Court never ovcrsecd in
its life for less than 500 dollars and this
Court in hoss racin' was always materially gift
ed-and this Court in running quarter race
whar the hosses was turned, could alters turn
a boss so as to gain Is feet in Il ra, e-and
this Court well recolrcts that on certain
occasion in the Parish of West Feliciana it
was one of the conditions of the race that
ky Rodgers shouldn't turn nary one of the
hQsSesr'
Another case was up, and two lawyers got
into a tight-one of them a preacher of our
church. Old Ky called Justify for the sheriff
"Mr Sheriff l!-Mr helitf!-take them
men to jail I'll he ID ef this Court will
have her dignity nsulted in this manncr!'
Now, have given you some items taken
down on 2 Louisiana Parish Court--al facts
-"sketchcs from tte'-and the half has not
been told.
This Parish Cour. is show worth forty
Of "Everetl's Varietics'-and my show was
like the menagere tha, King Darius cNhib-
itel to Daniel. 1t didn't cost II cent to take
a peep. When you've seen old Ky Rodgers
you've seen the elephant, and not till then
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Sunday Law.
An Act TO provide for the better observance Of {,
C,t,l

An Act TO provide for the better observance Of the
Sabbath.
I've Pcapie Of the state Of California, rrpye-
sented IN Seaale gad .AsseMMY, ia enaH 8s
SEC l. No person or persons SHALL on the
christian Sabbath, or Sunday, keep open any
storc, warehouse, mechanic shop Workshop bank
ing house manufacturing establishment. or other
business houses for business DHrpHses; and no.
person or perons shall SELL OF expose for sale,
any goods, wares or merchandise, on the christian
Sabbath on Sunday; and every person who shall
violate any of the pr9yisiAns Of this section shall
be deemed guilty of IL mistemranor, and upon
conviction thcreAf shall he fined in the sum of
fifty dollars, together with the costs of prosccu-
tiAn; and the judgment shHl also order that tho
dcicnlant shall be imprisoned until the same shall
be Satisfied, which imprisonment shall not exceed
one aay for every two dollars costs, ar IN that
proportion. ''''
SIG. 2. The provisions of section one of thia
Set shall not 9nnly to-. or in any manner affect.
Tie bAsincss Af hetel keepers, inn keepers, tavern
keepers, keepers A rcotaufghts, haarding house.
keepers, keepers of livery stahIcs or the retail
business of druggists. or dealers in medicines; OF
to the sale of fresh meats, fish milk; or TO the
sale or disposal of any article or thing, or to any
net or thing done in case of necessity, or charity,
on such Sabbath or Sunday nor shall the provi..
siGDs of said section one apply to such manufac.
turing pr other lHsiHGss establishment as neccs-
sarily require to be kept in continual operation
to accomplish the business thereof. "'''"
SEG. q. The provisions Of this Act shall not bq
so construed as to conflict with or in any manner
affect, the provisions of an Act entitled IAN Act
to prohibit noisy and barbarous amusements on
the christian Sabbath" passed March sixteenth
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-(ive; propi-
ded; that any person who shall sell or expose for
sale milk, fish, or fresh meat after ten 9'elQpk A.
NJ, shall be liable to all the penalties Of section
one Of this Act.
SEC T. This Act shall take effect on and after
the first day of June, A. D., one thousand eight
hundred and fftycght.
Approved April 18th, 1858.
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THE SUBMARINE RA1LwAY.-It is said by
European journals that the project of M.
Thome de Gamond for connecting England
and France by submarine tunnel is to be
thrown aside for plan much more novel.
A vast iron tube is to be constructed which
will float in mid ocean, not touching the bot
tom or yet rising to the surface, through
which the railroad is to be laid. 1t has been
calculated it would cost six million pounds
sterling and would have a buoyant power OF
one hundred and eighty 1.-TWO thousand tuns.
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Tho other day fellow named Tom, was
lying upon the floor, when his mother OBJ
serving him, asked 'are you illl" Il am
rather low" replied Tom.
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A Hbernian, when knocked down, ex-
claimed, "Do you strike a man when he is
down!" ooh, no." said his Antagonist
Then, faith, and III lay here." replied Pat.
The Placer herald., 1858-05-08

DEsERrERs.-Three deserters were lately
court martialed, sentenced to receive fifty
lashes each, and be drummed out Of service
at Fort Humboldt. The sentence was car
ried out.
The Placer herald., 1858-05-08

Several of the Paris journals ironically
congratulate the British army on the very
easy terms with which it achieves its vic,o,
ries in India. This an alusion to the ac-
counts from Bengal and Dude, where Col.
Seaton kills 800 of the enemy with the loss
of one man; where General Outram Stays
at Secundra $50 Sepoys, also with the loss Of
one man; where Jung Bahadoor captures
Gorruekpoor and killa 2o9 foes, with the
loss of two Ghoorkas, etc.
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Ancient Mechanism.

It is we'll authenticated fact that some
of the building stones Of the ancient Balbec
are at least thirty y-six feet long, twenty broad,
and fifteen feet thick. 1t is equally we'll
known that these immense blocks of stone
have been moved a considerable distance
from the place where they were quarried.-
The blocks weigh about 1900 tons each,
and are probably the most prodigious masses
of rock ever moved by mechanical appliances.
None such are now known which would be
adequate to the handling of such immense
weights. Who were the people or what
were the appliances by which these blocks
were piled up, is matter of speculation
Perhaps there were giants in those days, or
arts and principles known only to the build
ers Of Balbec.
SINGULAR DELUsIoN.-The New York Sun
states that Victor Mix, a resident of Ale
ghany county, New York, has been seated
for the last four weeks on two dozen eggs for
the purpose Of Matching them, oy DIRECTION Q
spirits.
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A SINGULAR PRoor OF ArrAcuMEsr.-A

A SINGULAR PRoor OF ArrAcHMENr.-A
few days ago, in Liverpool, woman, who
cohabited with man, cut off his fore-hhger
while he was asleep. She clasped the inger
upon stone, and applying the knife, struck
it with another stone, seveihg the finger,
which hung only by piece Of skin. The
man subsequently received surgical treat:
ment at the North Dispensary, but is maiti'
ed for life. 1t appears that the man threat
ened to enlist in the army, and the woman,
from the. strong affection she entertained for
him, -icommi,ted the act in order that hs
might not carry out his intention, which
would result in their separation.
The Placer herald., 1858-05-08

A letter dated Holland, Erie county, Penn,
March 18th, says:
A very afilictiya dispensation of Provi.
dence has occurred within twenty miles Of
this place. A Pr slyterian minister named
Reed, was going to attend a meeting of the
Prasbytery. He stopped over night with
another minister, at private house. Mr..
Reed was taken with fit in the night, and
it was supposed had died. The other minis:
ter being in hurry to get to the meeting
in season, had him buried the next day. On
his return from the meeting, he told at Ok
ford that their minister was dead and buried
His friends went Immediately to get his re-.
mains and bring them to Oxford, when to-
their great sorrow they found that he had
been buried alive.
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ruE MUsrTAav.

CEvroR VETERAN CORPS oF isi2-wiLL ASSEMBLE
- the OF GraDi and Lu1w sreeis or cundsy,
Pes q az cciccs to attend ihe " charen a o"ps,
Rev Mr. gearis pastor BY Invitation Let every veteran 20
present, " the weather permits. Rs artsr,,oxo ,,,
Isaac NJ PHYrE, Adjuiant
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GENTLEMEN'S LIST.

Yates Ann Young Mrs., Henry Ut Young Sarah q
ZachrissOn Mrs 10th st
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A YOUNG LADY or PREPOssEssINg APPEARASCs,
~ and ample fortune. Va DESTROYS OF fornint the
pusintsnce OF gentleman with view To mstrinony he
~ good disposition aud moral habits Address sin
and truly, Kosae u. Raymond, Brook Post oflce
frRF LADY WITH A BROWN DRESS AND REf
Il shaw who shopping ssturtsy morning IN N.
the of tathsrtne and Madison w
please send her address with view mArmOny 70 HeufI
Wilson. Union square Post Office
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sEeAps,

rrpsoys WANTING sEGARs AT wHofEs ALE, w9o
have srs-lned my s'ocs and my prices are eonymce
ha, no, on underss he market but hat The brands
ODER are desirable Cal and examine and VII gursnies
40 nisa.s o. C1iEEBS No. IL Broadway.
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TAX oRDINANCE---OFFICIAL.

SEQ shall dpty Of the Commissioner
be tken Of all persons subject pro-
vided the OF March
the 18th Of November and the 18Th o. December o. each year
and for suit all who have paid license
SEC 81 All applications for licenses made writing
treasurer the o the applicant applicants
s specify the Of the business they propose follow
the number Of partners 10 tie concern with their and
whether resident esdn. partners whether
intended that liquors to besOld in said business.
All persons resident OF the city STATE acting
for themselves agents for oihers who shall receive
display samples or sell goods In shall
pay a a Of three hundred dola $500
SIC 80. All ordinances OF ordinances conflicting
in their provisions with this ordinance
[Sgnedl A. LANDRY,
President Fro ten Board OF Aldermen.
tSignedl ff.st y. MAGIOET,
President ROasd OF Assistant Aldsrass.
Approved December 80, 1851. II ~ .
tSignedl CHAB. NJ. WATERMAN Mayor
true copy J. b. WALTON,
jas 81 Secretary Of Mayora'ty.
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CHURCHES.
BAPTIST

BAPTIST:
W. Duncan, camp, G. Basin.
CATHOLIC:
AnnuneiAtion- Corner Msrnde, III and Morales.
Immaculate observation-disclosures, on Canal.
TJesuii' sl-Baroline, Common.
st. Louis Cathedral-Jack son Square.
ST Anthony-Rampart, C. CONT.
ST Alphousc-st Andrew, b. Live Oak and Laurel.
ST Angistine-BGyon Read, c. ST. Claude, .
ST BarthOlomew-Vlere,b b. Seguin and bartheeny, Al
giers.
s.. john Baptist-Dryades b. Clioand Caliope
st. 1oseph-Common b. Narias and Where
st. Mafie-Conde, n. urstliBe.
St Msry-Josephne, b. Live Oak an6 Lanrei
St Patrick-Camp b. Julia ard Girod. 80
ST Peser-Alarigny. b. Casacalvo and Grenmen
ST. fhefesa-tamp, OPP, tanetion Wiih frytAhia.
s.. Trinty-St. Ferdinand
ST Vincent e Psnl-Greatmen G Moniegrt.
ITfsulne Cuuveut--beiow the city,
IAN Camp Meip0mene.
EIpsT CONGREt3 STI0NAL st. Charles. n. Julia,
PROTFsTA EPISCOPAL: st. Peter's-seamen's Bethel
Esplanads LFgiist Froestante FrAnease--Rampar c.
Bienyiie Christ EhurehCenal Daunhine. 81 Pan's-
Camp Gaennie. 81 LukeHercules near Felicity road.
Trinit-Jackson Plaqucmine. Administration = AnnuH-
citation Square Mount Olivet-A lgiers-
| LUTHERAN: Euterpe. b. Bacchus and Dry AIDES
METHODIST Carondelet b. Heyia and CiIod. Felicity Road
Chestnut Mofeau c EsEhien. Dryades, c. feffsehore
Piety G. Greanen Maras, b. henyillesN Cont Coffee
n Jackson ST. Paul Icolored) carIoien, Carroilton c
pRREEssIBYTERiAN: Lafayette Square Prytsnis G clio
Casacslvo n Railroad Canal, Franklin. Fulton, n
Josephine. Prytania, 9. Josephne fhhlia, c Benton
Ronigny, Can p Cad2
gTRM nv ANG Protestant-Philip, Chippewa. Protes
| tant-Clio. b. Apollo and NaSsdes
i NTTARIAN: Prytania, CaaFe. Gle, l. ffsfslia ~
ID adts. 1erpsch re n. No,hees. tutftls. ., snecis
! Snd plyHdsS.
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> new ais in the Port Market.
All III Old tails shall removed by the contractor and new
tables shall be built in conformity with the plans hereto
The number Of running of new tables required 1884 feet
Of butchers tables I feet vegetable tables butch
sTs s he made ~ bs p S Ss 1 free % ~ e m
or other defects celebrated TO impair its strength durability
thick md the Top Of the vegetable tables shall be Of yellow
Shall ke by inches square, the lumber niche,
thick lumber for the bottom sides and partitions
tween the Of the market The
These shall Of the best cypress by inches and
shall supported in the middle ~ uprights by inches
nprgh and shall be framed together with tenants
am i b rongiv sened 10 H. % l 81 IN 9 b bt
All the lumber for the tables rails and uprehts shall
cured each with two Inch best strong iron butts and good
Each Of the crossroads on each side with good
Inch iron hooks placed at distances Of six inches and well as
Butchers 6oes shall be feet square and ~ feet long well
hg%ea ON d b he T 1 up bb gu Of g b sue opug e
obock the whole marked the plans and shall have the
An the tables the outside except the top) and all the
rails and uprghts well all the hooks and butts shall
three good coats Of best oil paint Of such color the Sur
allowed lumber Of the old tables may found by
the Surveyor Of the sizes and Ivy required by these pech
All he materials Of quality and to be fur
The work shall be begun lie days following appro
val Of the adjudication by the Common Council shall be
day 100 ''D''' D'''''' -,
hours and he shall not be allowed daily larger
quantity Of the old tables than the quantity he might be able
replace with new OH the same day.
Security amount Of $1,000 shall be required to
the faithful performance Of the contract.
Payments in cash the completion Of the work and lis
ceptanee by the City Surveyor.
It is we'll understood that in of failure by the contractor
to begin or Hnsh the work. any thereof within the
Rod fixed in the Council be dissatisfied with the
which the work being executed the Council shall hay
The right to annul he contract without putting the contractor
default required by article 1905 Of the Civil Code and with
applying court Of justice to aunul the same and with
indemnity; and il is also we'll understood that ia TIL
shall time abandon the work. finish
complete the in conformity with his contract the said
tractor shall forfeit all claims he may have part tn
work by him up the The abandonment tn
city shall thereby discharged from any all liability
or and is also understood that in the reod
the contractor and his securities shall be held and bound
lido % pay unto the city all loss difference between the prc
which the contractor originally contracted perform til
~ the price at which may be adudeated at resale
rehabilitation,
Bids to be for the whole work complete.
New Orleans, January 2, 1858,
lSignedl LOUIS H. PILE, City Surveyor.
Approved by the Committees Landings oil
Boards Of the Common Council.
sgnegl II HIS 4; TENN HART ; Chairmei
Registered january 4 1868.
HENRY DUREL,
Jas 81 Clerk Of Comptroller.
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NEW ORLEANS, November l. 1857.
The petition OF the respectfully showe that
majority required by the City Charter having signed this
petit they pray honorable body ordinances
resolutions effect Of having the sidewalks evelled graded
with bricks with the usual and wooden gut
wherever said sidewalk regularly laid with curb
and plyed with bricks wherever the cuTbtones have
ready laid in all that part the Third District comprised
within Press Els Fields Lsvee and St Avid Streets (except
Magny and the East side Of Eysan Fields
Hospital and Magny Josephine and Vaudeville Soidee
sree) The work be done in accod with specifications
Ole in the Surveyors office under the supervision OF said City
Surveyor and be payable In six and twelve months
bearing eight Interest per Curb less than
fpphe hick
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Jeferu's Double-Acting Suction Gnd Force Pun
lcith India Rubber Bal VaiUes,

Jeferg's Double-Acting Suction Gnd Force Pump,
lcith India Rubber Bal PdiUes,
Suitable Sugar and Cotton Plantations Draining ENcava
tons, Dry Docks, Ships Ocean and River Steamers,
Dwellings, etc. etc, etc. .
The subscriber having been appointed Agent for this STATE
the Jeiery's Improved Doube-ACng Pump, with
Rubber Bail Valves prepared to receive orders
and furnish This valuable invention patented June
Bh 1855 awarded the FIRST PREMIUM the New
ducug This Pump this community the undersigned feels
that his efforts to bring il into general Will be
seconded by al who s operation and construction
The perfect adaptation Of solid Balls OF India Rubber for
mperyousnes and their yielding
certainty operation and perfection Of action which cannot
by any other Valves The simplicity Of
arrangement facility With which the parts be removed
and replaced the Or renders this the most perfect
desirable Pump in Every Planter Ship Steamboat
CAPTAIN should possess of these valuable Pumps
apart from their general they can in moment be
nsforncd into efficient Fire Engine.
Size No 2pesssses capacity of forcing 20 gallons per MIN
Price so
Size No possesses capacity Of forcing 40 gallons per min
ute. Price SJ5
Size possesses capacity of forcing IS gallons per min
| Price $50
And larger sizes suitable Dry Docks Drainage
a capacity OF 800 gallons minute now In course o.
construction and be expected Nos and nd
mraby adapted Houses for forcing the juice
and the ordinary which Pump generally
piled while for redeenng Swanpy Lands, the No. Sc are indis
pensable
they will speak for themselves, and that late
/ they win go into general use.
Samples Size No in operation al G. @. Bic
( Co.'s No. 90 Camp tree Price Conon's No M Poydfa
street. the Office Of the undersigned, where Ia
| ANDERSON D, DIETER Agent,
m 80 tiravier street.
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NoUvELLR ORLEANS l novembre 1851
La petition des ousgnes represene respecueusemen
Ia majoe requse par nouves chartre sgne pc
on prize honorable corps ordonnance
resolution ee dayo les baDquees niyelees PAYERS
bques les memes bordures fossees bois
csque enro les hanquettes Requirement
perres pavees brqaes
chaque endro les perre de borure ayant de
dams oue cette parte du Troseme District comprs de la
Press Eysees Avid (excepte Margny
lie cote Est des Champs Eysees h6pa uzeDburg Mari
gny Josephine, Vaudeville solidele) L'ouyrsge dot
accordance les specifications du
supervision du dit payable bes de six ct douz mois
poraut dineret Les pierres de bordue
doivsnt pas ere moins de pouces depeisseur
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

CONTROLLERS OFFICE .
City Of New Orleans, July 7, 1855
II EsOLVED, That the Comptroller be, an Il
~ he is hereby authorized and required to give notice by
standing advertisement In the official Journal accordance
with the ninth section Of ordinance No. 442 approved
80 1854 the Council will pay any bill against the city
contracted under authority Of from the Comptroller
In accordance with the ordinance referred to.
tSlgnedl Ell TRACY,
President Board OF Assistant Aldermen.
lSignedl l.. II. PLACE,
President Board Of Aldermen.
Approved pril %, 1855.
tsigpedl JOHN L. LEWIS Mayor.
The attention Of the officers OF the city and of the public
respectfully called to the foregoing resolution.
4. THEARD,
iyl6f Comptroller City of New Orleans.