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HEwosIE ASs. FRENCH WEEKLY OF n PAGE.
Devoted 10 Southern Intsrssss.
tssvsn Year, Of Existence,

mes senmaneabe publcaasr for fsnnsx ana esr,s,.
80 me elegant French Language; Il rsvisv
eeoefsey ne political events the week t6s sr..
me eo1ns ne Me- Orleans American pred the intssss,s
lncte o. LousianA the Agricultural and cormeci.i sss
ne the market price current The theatrical 1
sno scientific productions Of the day and -
snscoceess and al that compssee 4 drS elss 49,, -
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NEW ORLEANS July %, 1863
To the Honorable the the CITY Of New
Orleans - 'S - Nv"
Conference.-The undersigned Property Owners and
on Toni Street. between Main and EsDlanade
represent TO your Honorable Body that only OF the
banquettes sidewalks street and that
they therefore pray that the steps
will pray etc - T-
II. MONTREU L. l08 feet
+. GARNET 81 feet.
A G. LEHMAN, 30 feet
a. ROUX. 100 feet.
FRANCOIS PRENAT, 30 feet,
r. L. RELENNACK l4D feet
MANUEL GUERRIER 81 feet
ARTHUR OLIVIER 60f.et
AUGUs1E DALEHE, 20 feet.
=. A FREMAUX, lis feeI
?. RGLLS 27lS feet
CARL LORCH 27lS feet
JAN ABAD,E, 80 Ieet.
JOSEPH PIELAR 100 feet
AkTOf 10 DE MANI lOD feet
T. II. MOUSsEAUX, ~ feet
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foTK y petitioners would also represent are
msorty OF actual and property
ing on both sides of Locust street from Felicity Road
Washington Avenue
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ERENCM MEDICINES
-PRErARED BY
GRlMAULT & CO., CHEMISTS,
Is RUE RIOHELIEu, PARA
Asthma, OPpression. Dyspaes,
INDIAN CIGARETTES OF CANABls rNn,c.
PREPARED sr GRrnAuLf Co., CHKxrsrs, PARIS.
Recent experiments France England and Germany hsv.
proved nst THESE Gig rees Tor ts
above distressing Affections especially when RsIi.ao.ns
sIsmonium and Opium have failed give relief


PkPslNk, the latest scientific discovery of DR. O.,..s
hyscisn 70 bis majesty the Emperor Of the French h th
GASTRIC uice itself rather. the digestive principe
wnch dgests food in the stomach When BY some ~
otner the supply OF digestive fluid small the
nation Of the mucous coats Of and bowels heat
oSan p.uitT snEms es OF strength and Din fsmsles
appreciation OF the Paris Academy Of Medicine VI
~ suen diseases and prevents vomiting during pregnancy
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NO More Copaiba and Cubes,.
MArCo vEaErALIs VI

nj s =. e.nsr medicines have failed tb... n,...,
ar. snect cure Ihess insure rapid and
Thsv n recent and chronic Of priv.,s S;y
mineral rsmsd. .'s ana ss superior hitherto o Ut
In recent and and Cuhebs The iajsctiso Z
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I.r.. .r.e STATE, OF LOUISIANA. D
OFFICE BJARD or PUBLrc WORKS.
New Orleans, Nov 20. 1863
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received this Office
until FRIDAY December IL. 1865 for the baildng Of
the following named Levees,
BASS LEvEE. parish of CARROLL
SAVAGE LEVEE parish OF Carroll
DUCKPORT LEvEE, parish Of Madison
PELTA LEvEE parish IF Madison
GILLESPIE LEVEE, psfsh Of Tensas.
ST. JOSEPH LEvEE. parish Of Tensas.
MARENGO LEVEE, parish OF Doncordis.
GLASSCOCk'S BEN0 l.EYEE, parish of ConcordA
Said Levees 10 be constructed accordance vita PLANS aud
specifications to be In this Office be added
or decreased, ct tue option Of the Board
The Of bonds will be the estim sted
Of the proposed work win Lty per cont additional aud
twesty cent OF each and estimate be retained
until the completion Of the work to the satisfaction Of the
Board sad bonds to be secured by responsible
resdests Of the State whose signatures must be appended
each bid guaranteeing the ability OF the bidder 90 faln his
agreement and that the IL awarded will
be accepted and entered into accordance with
Bids will be Endorsed Proposals for building Lsvee"
No bid will be entertained hon party who hereto
fore failed TO fulf his for the building OF
with any former Board
The Board the right reject
may be ofeIed
BY order Of the Board r. d. MITCHELL.
Secnetary.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA,
OFFICE OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
ERW ORIFANS Nov % 1854

EKW ORLkANS Nov. u NO. J
Sealed Proposals viii be received this Office until II
SATURDAY. December IL 1868 for the building Of moran
cy- Levee, in the parish OF Madison
RECONSTRUCTED in accordance with plan and
this Office the to be added
10 or decreased at the option Of the Board This
posed payment will be explained it differs from
other cases.
The Of required will be the estmstsd amount
Of the proposed work. with fifty per cent. additional and
twenty each and esmse 20 be retained
the completion of the work to the satisfaction OF the
Board Said secured by RESPONSIBLE
residents State whose signatures must be appended
guaranteeing the ability Of the bidder 10 an his
agreement that the contract Ia awarded will
accepted into In accordance with require
mepts-
No be entertained from party who has hereto
fulfil his agreement for the building OF ievecs
with any former Board.
The the right accept reject all
bids that may be offered.
By order OF the Board -
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MACHINERY, HARDWARE.

LEr1~ TeU1snr-' - r1sase
GsfABLIsHKD n i@l
| c,rnsr Of Dslsra and TsusAss ssrssea.
u, 80 lssvs y Inform hdals asl ~ vabs snaalu
mat w ere prepared formerly 70 manufacture stsen
Enginss Bssru Sugar Nils Sugar Ksttlss Draining H
chines Saw Mills Cotton Presses usvs sorswh On oser
s Furnace Msuths Crate Bss al kinds Of Plantation ~
Steamboat Wsrks. ~ svsy tsssiStea q nsehi.y
NE South. ~rn.r r4r.r.~ M AkkDs W
Orders len q Bsx n, Mseha.is end Dss,@ 1zshaasA
villrscsivs promps attention. fvIrT
CHAKEsPEARE FOUNDRY.
no. 1s GIRoD STREET. BETWEEN BARoNNE
ANE DRYADEs STREETS,
New orleans.
John aeddsa JosL A Shakespeare. s. swoop.
GEDDEs, SHAKESPEARE CO..
Iron and Brass Foundsu and xschinisss Manufacture
every variety of Steam Engines Sugar Mills Saw Mills,
Draining Machines Min and Gin Gearing and Crate Barr,
Store Fronts, Columns, vmtilaton and Sash Weights
Blacksmith Work of all kinds
WV. n. RETNOLDs.
CRESCENT IRON WORKS,
Nos rs and zzs FRONT STREET. NEW oaL.Am
Is prepared 70 make contracts for wRoUGHT-IRoN
WORK Of any Description Quantity. ct the Lowest Prices
Manufacturer Of Crescent Brand HORSE SHOES
Also, Of Cary's PATENT EARTH BoRER
Orders le at Box so Mechanics Exchange lao Post
Office. win receive Prompt Attention
LUMBER, COAL, WOOD.
CHIP. STEAMBOAT.
wHEELwRIGHT. CABINET AND HOUSE
wHITEoAK, ASH. HICKORY. POPLAR. WALNUT.
CYPRESS. YELLOW PINE,
or all dimensions constantly hand and for sale ny
JOS. A BROWN. Lumber Dealer,
Bienville and Levee Streets
One square below Custsmhouse.
Saving circular every description with
patch r.". rrrt. ..rF
X ALTMAN. j. O..
TROPICAL ROOFING MANDATORY,
And
DEALER IN COAL, CHARCOAL, COKE, WHITE
SAND AND FlREWOOD,
No. Fra Bienvfile street, Corner OF Marais.
Orders left ct the above place, Box S. Mechanics Kx
change will receive prompt attention
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PETITION
DETITION....

NoUvELLK- ORLEANS, q Juliet 1858.
Memorable Consel Commun de a vile dc Ia Nouvee
Orleans:
MeseurNous les soussgnes proprieaires dams Ia vile
de Orleans, representons respecfueusement vo
tire honorable que les psnquetes du cote sud de Ia rue
Magnolia parsnt de la Ch PEASANT lie marche Keller
usqus Ia St Andre sout nondees pendant les grsndes
pues renduss mpassabes grand prejudice de petit
tonnses Consequence Ills demsndent
que consdersnt des pesre de cote soent places
dans IA de que lie voyer de la vs soft instru don
orde de bones bsnquettes bque soent consu
atm de servr bienetre -ssulemsn de petit
onnsres mss auss du public general ct continue
ront,
FRACIS LUReES, 146Iz pie1s.
COMPAGNIE On CHEais DE FER DE LA RUE ST.
CHARLES, 80 peds.
JOHN BUkNSEI, 1861 piedA
j ii. KELLER. 40 pieds
PATRICK MURPHY, q pieds.
GREIZNER 4 SOOTH, l56 pieds.
Petition signe COS pIeds.
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oPons ~ Ne~cnstAe, heniucsy,
MILITARY ACADEMY FOR BOYS
Newcastle is located In the healthy blue rass r.go. ~
henry county equ distant -four miles from the Loassvts
frankfort and Lexington and the Louisville aud Cnenns0
& ipsos connected With each By good pka
Inc Academy buildings, owned BY himself are of uuoder.
admirably adapted for school purposes and sita
s.ea ~ shs suburbs Of the town The Of edaeaton
AIN ~ tnoroughness In branch, be deterrined
impartial and searching examinations fhe discipline Win
ye slcty minary requiring puncuaity pre- uptne.s n
as Re o. every duty The domestic department
oe cononcteo With care and berslty ths
health comfort and eontsnmeut scholars Tas scho
te session Is divided into two twenty veeks esch
tue nrst commencing 18th The chargss -
eveytnng excepting uniform, and medical sttsnS
snce viii De thee hundred sud sevsaty dollars in U
currency of the entire session Of in
equsi Instruments one at the begin Of each lar a1 A.
hs 70 oeouction from these charges will ada for
osehce onng the term, IN protacted sieknsss
current term will be required - " w -
inform furnished on the reasonable terms Roar.
snd stationery prices A. A.. ,,,h.- -
nmiteo those wishing places In the Insttuto
sPPy Al once In thus making his nanent rcd
N hentuc and devoting himself ihs EDUCATION az
friends In this Common wealth 'f0''aon VI M
ssor ,uttner inform alton address x. KIRBY SMITH
student will leave the Eminencs on ~,
Railroad. whence emnibusss win convey thar
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ED UCATIONAL.

GKsMMAR AND Hugh SCHOOL.
WITH PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT,
For Boys over Seven Years Of Age,
Corner OF Camp and Terpsiehore Streets.
Opposite Coliseum Place.
NB-For terms and ether particulars apply at the School
or on Saturdays ut II Commercial Alley. to
X NJ LuSHER. PrtnrinaI
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NEW ORLEANS. July 81. 1853
To the Honorable Council Of the city of Ns~ Orleans:
Gentlemen-we the undersgsed property hoden Of the
City Orleans respectfully represent TO your honora
BE body that the south side Of Magnolia
from Clio street to Keller Market TO St. Andrew
oveowed by heavy rains and rendered tmpassa
bic greet detment OF petitioners wherefore they
respectfully request considering the premises to have
good brick Sidewalks made will bene
ct opy the petitioners but the whole community and city
at large, and they will ever pray
FRANCIS LURGE S, l461s feet -
ST CHARLES STREET. RAILROAD COMPANY, ~
feet W..
JOHN BOENsEL 1867 feet.
j. H. KELLER, I'D feet
PATRICK MURPHY. 81 feet
GRETZkEk a BOOTH, l45 feet
Petition signed GUS feet.
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VINO TAKES THE MONEY!

Dr. WQLC0H says he WIN pay 5000 70 any psrsea vno
20 readily and any pain ia the Head Teeth
Isanpiss Neck Shoulders. Breast Bach, Heart Lungs
Sides Hips. Abdomen, Legs Ankles, Feet Toes internal
sStssns acute or chronic Old Ulcers. Fresh wounds
frgntfu Cancers-tn fact. all pain, Rheu
matte Neuralgia from mosquito bite the most intense
Labor Psns-ss quick Pain Paint, reduce aou
rapidly heal permanently give pain in It's sp
whether applied 70 the weakest infant the os
Applied Free ct No. 81 Csrondelet street.
JOHN GRAVES,
Sole Agent for New Orleans md State Of Louisiana
Country Dealers and prue2tsfs sunplisS
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OFFICIAL.
NEW ORLEANS, July q, 1853

DETITION............. COMPETITION.
UTg 81 giE -A'ta -
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

CUH mlSSlON--FORW AROINa
HAY a. MEHLE,
ALEXANDER HAY; WILLIAM MEHLE.
Commission Merchants for the Purchase.
Sale, Forwarding and shipment of Hides. Leather.
Wool Beesvax, Taliow and Tanning
Materials
Nos. a ard 50 Commerce Street New Orleans
A fMAK d CO.,
WE II. AYsAR, 3. =. MnLrKEs DAS'L r LoaIu,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
No. 81 Csrondelet street. New orlsan.
liberal advances made shipments our friends I'm Lon,
oon Liverpool, New forK and Philadelphia
AYMAR 90.
Il @. NOEL d CO..
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
For the sale Of
O@'tie' Hogs, sheep. Mules and Horses.
STOCK LANDING. NEW ORLEANS
Satisfactory references given
Vr--. AHCOCK - co..
N. nBAU. j. 2. AYOOOK yoR gITxJvov.
tSueosssonto O. wnkin Co.,
sehhIssI0H MERCHasy-
-poH sz1 Sac. Or
Cattle. Hogs and Uhss,
srooK LANDING,
ofU Of ysnsr-o. \.
A kkNAIssANCs LOUIsIAHAIsn
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''raP or Peruvian Bark and IT,.
-PRKrARxp Br-
akI4AULT m

s'en''" " Il. l. II. Prince Napoleon, Pan.
Of Psrussn ssI 70 Agrssass FORM the .ct,.
the no. s%D:a, s,ss. T. D
ymD Us vresn sicnsssJ fscitsss ~. rsrs 70 cure
r: snSs.s s: :ss sod Of
80 often ey sns%s and sucohsa 70 com
and d also ss.. and seIlt.tss the aoS q e
End ns: excite; :sp:s sIas,s mo
and speedy ns sasos Of this scp ~ 3 sas
Ds''' General In Esv orisao. a.
Schaurs srsst
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MEDICAL.

CPECuAL TREATMENT OF CHRONIu
~ DIsEAsEs-DR- De BAUssET win take charge Of and
the following Diseases viz Secret
Diseases Whites Blennorrhses Ulcers rheumatism aout
Dyspepsia Chloose Liver Comp Diseases of the Trina
y Organs and Deafness Consultations every day from u
O'Clock n till ut his Office, Of Orleans
bon streets. Residence, No. A Dauphine street.
nR. II. wILHOFT,
PHYSICIAN AND AOCOUCHEUR.
Once and Residences 200 Baronne Between 0irod ana
Julia Streets.
NEW ORLsANs, La
Once Hours-From IL n to 4 O'Clock p u epec,elixv.
Female Diseases and 0bstetricsL
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A BOOK FOB THE UNFORTUNATE
). BALDWIN DUFrs TREATISE ON PRIVATE nrs
1879 Impotency Loss Of Power Nervous Dsbility With
Notes on lmpedments TO Marriage should read by al con-
kmplatng marriage Sent on recsipt Of Is osnts -
BALDWIN DUFF,
New Orleans Medical Institute
wh.r. al .-.. - Magazine street,
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KIRBY sMITH,s
MILITARY ACADEMY,
At Newcastle,
HENRY COUNTY. KENTUCKY.
A MILITARY ACADEMY FOR BOYS

On September 18th, 1888, KIRBY SMITH, with a corps
assistants whose qualifications of the highest order
open, At Newcastle, Ken,ucEy,
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EACrs - sssnI n. Kisnsr Holsnssr No. n
foydras street Manufacturers Of the Maakod Btters:
Gentemen-I hsve examined the paten. was granted
you by the Government for manufacturing the ksisko6
ana found IN the ingredients employed compound
vel 70 excite and In good digestive
nave preserioed said bittes several times, and
elect remain, gentlemen, very respectfully your osi
ossdient servant A: MERCIER M. d. lo6 Canal street.
have the patent bold for the Of
Msskon bers and lind nothing In the Ingredients Thereof
cordial aromatic bitter. b. A. SMITH M n
Your kslskon Btters, which l have eIsmined do no.
contain Ingredients injurious health and NAV s.
Your. N kCHtTPPHRr - m
The Portland daily press., 1868-11-25
Supreme j dicial Cours.

OCTOBER TERM.-TAPLEY, J.sPREsIDING.
TUEspAY,--Lewis B. Follett Va. Charles w. Cut
ter and Saml. P Burnell. Account annexed $685..
Cutt,r is bankrupt, discontinued as to him. Defence
samuel p Burnell comes and pleads that plaintiff
sold and delivered an charged the goods to hares
W. Cult r, AMI he is the man who should pay ter
them and not I.
Fol EFT replies, true sold, delivered 'nl charged
to Cutter as YOU saw for his store in Bangor but i'm
meliatey on arriving at Bangor Cutter, who was at
the same time as3 a partner OF yours, transferred
the goods to your partnership store in vision and
Immediately notified me OF such trans CT, and y his
order charged the goods TO your finn.
Burnell r, j,nz:-True, Cutie was partner of
mine and brought the gooGs to store but he sold
them to the firm ON his own personal account, and
we pad him Tor them and he did not direct you to
charge them to us; if he did he had No legal right
50 to 10.
Follett again Ike did der them charged to you,
and di have a / gal right so to do.
The letter which Cutter wrote to Tllintif lost
Plaintiff says the Litter contained the order charge
the goods to Cutter g. Co. Cutter says that he wrote
to him that he had sent Il EN- to the Lewis on store
AMI would pay for them t. ere. Crcumsiantial evil
dence was introduced on each side.
The Curt instructed the jury that it was compe-
tent for Cutter to ira, ster them to the firm
in whole part by agreement with Plaintiff, and tc
bind the firm Jury out.
Strout & Gage. Webb.
The Portland daily press., 1868-11-25


Boston is to have nsg Illustrate d paper
after the manner of Harper's Weekly.
John BIght's sp 'ecl at Edinburgh shows
that be is getting more radical, instead of
more con>erative, as was supposed with the
triumph Of l. beraism. Speaking of the Eo-
glish monarchy, arts ocracy AMI hierarchy, he
exclaimed: 9The whole fabric is rotten, and
doomed ultimately to fall; tor the great mass
of the people on whom it is supp,rte7 is poor
aud suffering and degraded" It is evident
from Mr.. Bfigit'5 late speeches that he is not
far from the doctrine Of Democratic Republic
can'sm.
The stories of Grants wealth are reported to
be fabulous.
The Rev. Mr.. Sp1rgeon OF L,nlon is not a
teetotaler. He toll recent conference of
Baptist clerggmen that he could not get
through his arluous labors without his wine
ard beer. He said TINT for time he drank
his wine out of a medicine glass, and with his
door locked, but it leaked out and he found he
was doing more harm than by open drinking,
and now he takes it regularly at his meals.
Gen. Grant has snu5bed Off ,e-seekers so
successfully that during his recent visit to
New York lie was not approached by a single
one of the pestilent fellows
Suffrage ia Splia for The election of mem
bers OF the constituent Ccrtes is universal for
all males over %. Thee viii b, $50 deputies
in the Cortes.
Sensational paragraphists predict that in
case the Rebel members fraud ulently elected
to Congress from Louisiana are rejected civ /
war will be the result.
On Sunday ex President Pierce wrote to a
friend as follows:"I was quite free from pain
yesterday, AMI measuraby so to-day. I
hope to put my foot beyond the outer thresh-
hold, which have not done for three weeks -
Iowa has wide-awake Governor. The Des-
moines Register says that Governor Merrill
was the first m IN Oh hand to vote on the ,st
side on the day Of election. o. deposItiny his
vote, he male request that there would be
general charge along the whole line" and the
Republicans did 1t with vim. Gov, Merrill
is of Androscosgin county origin, being ma
tive of Turner.
The whiskey ring is as active as ever. 1t is
believed that an effort will be made to Induce
Congress to restore the So tax, so thai opera
tors can make clear profit of ST. so on the
stock on hand. Commissioners Rollins does not
believe that the proposition will be entertained.
as his forthcoming port will show that the
rece pts from the whiskey tax are much larger
under the new law than they were before IL
was amended.
The Portland daily press., 1868-11-25

The New York Tribune's Washington spe-
cal says that one of the most important meas
ures to be presented upon the opening of the
session of Congress is bill by Senator Nor
ton, providing for the redemption of green
backs. He will urge that the sales of gold
be discontinued, and that the surplus of gold
In the Treasury and that which is to accrue
bs appropril ted for the redemption of the legal
tenders. His bill will fix the time for bepin-
ming of redemption, by way of illustration. in
January, 1871. He believes that before the
time arrives greenbacks will be worth t',e;r
face on gold basis. He will oppose in the
mean time any further contraction of the cur
-ency, believing that the contraction will take
place by the act Of redemption, by canceline
such notes when presented for redemption -
Gov. Morton does not suppose Eat his PROMO
sition, If carried mt, will tend to diminish the
Volume OF the currency as COLL aud silver will
coma In to supply tie pace of such legal ten.
DOR notes az m " b, ctnceled. The time for
beginning the redemption will not be insisted
on oy Gov Morton, some Congressman being
Ia favor OF beginning in one year, Others in
tnfee, ano still others in five years.
The Portland daily press., 1868-11-25
Uueuuaf Salaries,

Our system of off .ial rewards is all wrong.
We saw .hia. of course, intandfeS 10 make
il in any sense personal in its application to
present officials. Ii there nor an unwarra nta-
BILE disproporton between the compensation
allowed to the sdlarisd aud the feed OH GERS OF
the nation? The heads OF the departments at
Washington are paid salaries wholly made.
quate to their necessities, utterly insufficient
for the proper maintenance of the dignity OF
the Office. They receive on an average not one
half the amount they would make i'll the regu-
lar practice of their profession or business
Their duties require men of more han ordinary
ability, i'll view OF which we may well conclude
that the salaries they receive are small and in
sufficient. The other salared officers OF the
Government are ordinarily well paid but be-
You'd that nothing. Few of them have been
able at the close of their term to save
enough to pay their railroad expenses home.
The President of the United States s the worst
abused man and the woiSt paid man in the
country. Is there not gross inequality in pay
ing the collector of the Port of New York
More salary than tn. President of the United
States The salaries and perquisites OF sever
al OF the Revenue Collectors throughout the
country are much larger than +, ceived by am
OF our Cabinet officers or United STATES JUG
rs. The President of the United States, the
Cabinet officers, and our foreign representa-
tives are mlserably paid IN comparison wi h
government officers in other countries, who
not only receive nigh compensation while in
service, bat retire on large pensions when re-
called from duiy Congress should regulate
these inequalities. The President and cabinet
officers Can be f,irly paid without taking dol
lar from the public treasury. Cut off the fees
from certain revenue officers. and raise the sal
airy of the Pres dent anu his Cabinet adv s RS.
l. It Congress do thu. an jlS ic,, W II be done
aud money saved.-N Y Commercial.
The Portland daily press., 1868-11-25

II appears that o remark of ours rejecting
upon the good taste of Mme. U $50 in playiI
when Johnny comes marchn, home" i'm
mediately after "Home, sweet home" at the
,st concert of the G. A. r has called forth
letter from the distinguished volinist. enclos
in another from a resident OF Portland adj
dressed to her. Ia this letter the writer re-
gu, SITS her to play when johnny come>
marching hom,." s'Yaukea Doodle" "Star
Spangled Blnner," or dancing tune in re-
spone to an encore, by doing which she will
please everybody IN the hall While we think
this latter assertion ittc sweeping, we ha, e
no doubt, from tia applause, that 1t did give
great satisfaction to lIrge ndmbar of the au
aencr. The three pieces mentioned above
We're particularly requested, although the wri-
TER OF the letter would be plerseJ with "HoUe,
sweet home" "Home, sweet HON :" acas given
a, an encore in conjunction with When John
ny comes marching home" and the "Mocking
Bird" While W. hink artists should be The
best iud res OF their selections for an encore
we are well aware that it is always desire
with til m to please the public, and liz such a
case as the above it Is best to insert TIL piece
in the programme as by particular request. "
Nine Urso is pleased to thapk us for our no.
tice of her performance and thinks, as do the
Comm ttee, that this ex d ination is simply JUS
tice 10 her.