The Louisiana Democrat., 1867-04-24

are still doing fair amount of business
but these are the exceptions to the genera
rule OF inactivity and dullness.
i The great steam boat Richmond, bull
for the New Orleans and Louisville trade
arrived here on Monday, and was throngei
with visitors until her departure last night
Tuesday afternoon, and evening, the crowi
was so great that it was difficult to make
a tour Of the boat. She is richly, but
plainly furnished and decorated
rything about her is large, roomy and com
Portable. The state rooms are well arrang
ed, the berths are three OF four feet from
the door of the room, which leaves fine
space to sitin. Sliding doors separate the
rooms, SO that, when desired, two or three
rooms can be thrown into one, for the ac.
commodation Of families travelling on her
In the rear Of the Ladies cabin, is recep.
tlon room, from which, stairs lead to sit
ting room on the hurricane deck, where
the ladies can have fine view of the see
merry as the boat passes along, and at the
same time be protected from the weather.
In outward show and decoration the Rich.
mond is not equal to the Great Republic,
but she has an air of substantial comfort.
unsurpassed by any of her competitors of
the great river
The appointment Of the Boards Of Regis
trars, for our city is complete, and the dif.
ferent district officers have given notice
that they are now prepared to register all
who are qualified to vote The rush has
not been very great thus far, the applicants
are fully two-thirds "colored citizens" and
when they are around "white trash" have
to stand back-but there is ample time for
every one to register, if they don't all wait
Tor "the rush to get over sDe in time,
be in time-now is a chance to get your
moneys worth; be in time, be in time.n
The Collector of Internal Revenue Tax,
has presented a claim on the city, for tax
on the money issued by the city-and the
report goes that apayment of about twenty
thousand dollars has been made on account.
1t is hard to see how the city can be made
liable to this tax, as the law expressly
states that the tax is on the circulating
notes OF State Banks and Banking Associa-
tions, and the city cannot be said to be
either Of these. Another thing worthy of
notice in this question is that the bulk of
the city money now in circulation, was
printed and engraved in the North, signed
by city officials appointed under Butler
and Banks rule, issued under Yankee au-
thority, to liquidate debts contracted while
they were in absolute control Of all our
municipal affairs-and yet for this military
transgression, assumed or real, the people
must now pay a heavy tax, and pay it to
the power, whose officers committed the
fault, without the peoples advice or con-
sent. Such tax should have been con-
tested to the bitter end by our city Off
clals, this haste to apply the meagre
resources Of the treasury to the liquidation
OF very questionable debt, shows the
difference between officials who are respon-
sible for their acts to the people, and those
who owe their political existence to a
'higher law
A very interesting and novel scene oc.
CURED here on Tuesday; Americans
natioes Of the land Of freedom, emigrating by
their own choice in search of liberty and q
liberal government. In former times the
tide OF emigration, from all the over-crowd
ed and oppressed countries Of the old
world led to our sheres, but under the IJ-
party Of the present day we find
Americans themselves seeking shelter from
wrong and oppression in foreign country,
and that an Empire The steamship Mar
mlon, took the emigrants, numbering some
four hundred, all destined for the American
colony in Brazil--where tract of land
forty miles long and twentysfour-miles
vide has been sold to them by the govern.
nent at the nominal price of forty-three
cents an acre. This land is fertile, well
ocatcd, and every encouragement is pro-
missed to emigrants by the Agents Of the
brazilian Government. The passage by
he Marmion was one hundIed and thirty
iollars In currency, and ten dollars in cur
ency to the Government Agent Upon
heir arrival each emigrant is required to
,ay sixty-two and half dollars in specie.
Another steamer will leave here the last
II this month, in which am informed the
sev. Ballard S. Dunn will go out and ac-
company the colonists to their home. Mr.
)unn has been very active in this move
aent, and speaks in the highest terms Of
he prospects that await those who seek
lome in that country. I,
Nothing definite has yet reached us in
citation to the war clouds in Europe
ept that preparations are still making by
IL the powers, to be ready for the worst.
'onnt Bismarck has addressed an energetic
ote to France inquiring the reasons for ,
uch Warllke preparations, but we have /
OF yet received the tenor Of tho Emperors j
eply, If any has been made. /,
am indebted to Messrs P. j. Christian (
Co., stationers and book sellers, 73 Camp
treet, Tor a copy of Labatt Il Walkers
Bankrupt Law of 1867. The j
'ork Is well arranged, and those interested i
the matter cannot get more useful and
alae than this Like most Of my breth-