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The New Orleans crescent., 1868-10-09

Among the responses to invitations to atten,
by soldiers of the old army of the Cumberland
last week, was the following from Gen. Rose
Grams
The New Orleans crescent., 1868-10-09
OFFICIAL

NAYoRALrY OF Nsw ORLEANS, I
City Hall, October 3, 1868.
The New Orleans crescent., 1868-10-09

MAYoRALrY OF NEW ORLEAss,l
City Hail, Oct. 8, 1865. I
mo. 106l-N. 81
Resolced, That the surveyor be and he is here
by authorized to construct wooden side walks on
Dorgenois street, between LaHarpe and st. Ber.
pard Avenues, provided the cost Of the same
does not exceed the amount Of i've hundred dol.
lars (s500.)
(Signed) ALFRED kEARSY,
President Board Assistant Alder men.
(signed) THOMAS MARKEy,
President Board Aldermen.
Approved Oct. 8, 1868. -' e
(Signed) JOHN Il. CONWAY, Mayor.
A true copy:
JOHN W. OVERALL. Secretary oc9 st
The New Orleans crescent., 1868-10-09

DIOCESAN SYNOD OF THE CATHOLIC CLERGY OF
NEw YoRK-PRoMULGATIos OF THE STATUTES
OF THE NATIONAL PLESARY COUNCIL OF BALrI-
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MAyoRALTY OF New ORLEANS, I
City Hall. September %. 1868. !

sef MAyoRALTY OF New ORLEANS,
City Hall. September %. 1868. I
mo. l051-N. 81
RESOLVED, That the mayor, controller and
treasurer cause to be manufactured an instru-
ment with which city bills may be stamped so as
to bear interest from date of issuance at the rate
semi. s ,i annually n ereen6acfs Said stamp shall
be imprinted ON each city bill hereafter paid out
of the treasury, and no others, and every such
bill hereafter paid out shall receive the signature
of the controller and treasurer across it. And that
1t shall be the duty of both the treasurer and
controller to keep record Of the dates, numbers
and denominations of each and every note thus
paid out.
(Signed) ALFRED KEARNY,
President Board Assistant Aldermen.
(Signed) THOMAS MARKEY,
~ President Board Aldermen.
Approved September %, 1868.
(Siened) JOHN r. CONWAY, Mayor.
A true COPY:
JOHN W. OVERALL. Secretary. oc6 st
The New Orleans crescent., 1868-10-09

MAYoRALrY OF New ORLsASs.
City Hall. Oct. s, 1865.
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RESOLVED, That the controller be and he is
hereby authorised to cancel the assessment and
tax bill on the lots situated Calliope street, be-
tween st. Charles and Prytsnia streets. belonging
to the Hebrew Education Society, for the year
1857.
(Signed) THOMAS MARKEY,
President Board Aldermen.
(Sisned) ALFRED KEARsY,
President Board Assistant Aldermen.
Approved Oct. s, 1868.
|Signed) JOHN r. CONWAY. Mayor.
A true copy:
John W. OVERALL. Secretary. oc9 st
The New Orleans crescent., 1868-10-09

CoNTRoLLER's OFFIcE, Cry HALL.l
New Orleans, Oct. q 1865.
Notice is hereby given that the controller will.
at this office. on Tuesday, October l3, 1868, at
noon, adJudicate ID the lowest bidder or bidders
the above contract. ss per specifications.
oc2 10. j. o. LAEDsy, Controller.
The New Orleans crescent., 1868-10-09

r NAYoRALrY OF New 0RLRAss,l
t1 a City Hall, Oct. 8, 1868. I
ff'r mo. l062-N. 81
Resolred, That the controller warrant on the
treasurer in favor of F. Mouney, for sixteen hun
dred and eixty-two dollars and seventy-fve cents.
(sl662 75) for shorts of the clerks in the trsasu
rer's department.
(6igned) ALFRED kEARNY.
49,. President Board Assistant Aldermen.
(Sipned) THOMAS MARKEY,
....' President Board Aldermen.
In force by virtue of law:
JOHN w. OVERALL, Secretary. oc9 st
The New Orleans crescent., 1868-10-09

MAYoRALTY OF NEW ORLEANS, |
City Hall, October 3, 1865. !
The New Orleans crescent., 1868-10-09

This iss superior machine for drying ssxAr Corn and
her substsneea"-is,isntine American.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-12-31

THEATER EXTRA ATTRACTION. - The
Honeymoon was played last night, and play
81 exceedingly well. The singing was as
good as usual-and that is saying all that
need be said. The management announce
that Miss SAlIie Hinckley, the celebrated
sensat.oral star actress, has been engaged
and that her engagement will commence this
evening She will appear as Esther Eccles,
her original character; Mrs. Beatty will play
" Polly Eccles," Mr. Beatty will assume the
character Of " Hon. Geo. D. Al Roy" and
Mrs. Stewart will play the part of " Mar.
chise de St Maur." This is one of the most
elegant Of modern comedies and should
draw Immensely. Better 90 early in the day
ard secure your box seats. See programme
in another column.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-12-31

4 PHoroGRAPHIc VIEW OF THE STATE
PR1soN, taken bv Frank Ludlow and pre-
scented to this Office by that accomplished
artist lies upon our table. It is taken flom a
point north-easterlv from the prison building
inside the high fence and is a irst-rate pic
ture. Thanks.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-12-31

Turkey AND CHICKEN SHOOTING MATCH.
Nose Haines will have a grand New Years
turkey and chicken shooting match at the
Race Track to-day. The exercises will
commence about IL o'clock this forenoon
Be on hand, you shooters
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-12-31

Cor BAcK.-Billy Wilson has returned
from White Pine looking as hearty as a
mustang Mr.. B. F. Bivins returned from
San Franci>c.' night before last. He will
return to White Pine on Tuesday next, the
.j:h proximo.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-12-31

An AcCIDExr-MrsH aines, wife Of our
citizen Nose Haines. while going to pay a
visit to 4 neishbor last night, fell and broke
her right arm. Doctor \. w. Tjader was
called in and the bones properly set. At last
accounts the lady was doing we'll.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-12-31

MAJOR JACK SrRATMAN has replenished
our table with supply of Eastern papers;
among them are Harper's and Leslie's
Weeklies, The Irish Republic, The Toledo
Blade, &c. Thanks.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-12-31

LADIES. ATrENTIoS-Miss Mary f. Dick
son is now in the Orm>bv House land not
at the s.. Charles Hotel, as previously an
nounced) in Carson City, and will remain un-
I'll Saturday, January Cd, where and when
the ladies' of this city and vicinity can be
,upplied with the latest Fashionable millinery
goods, direct from San Francisco, which she
will dispose of at very low figures. Call and
s-e he.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-12-31
THE DAILY APPEAL.

THERE will be a watch meeting, tonight,
in the Colored School House, commencing at
J o'clock.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-12-31
BORN

In Carson City, December 80 1868, to the wife
Of seymour PiXlry. daughter.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-12-31

NorICE TO THE CEEDIToRs AND DEBT0Rs
orE. B. RAIL-The year 1868 being near
i clo.e, f. B. Rail desires to notify those
whom he owes and who owe him to call at
this place of business in Carson and square
up accounts An annual settlement Of
business matters prevents errors and con-
fusion and giv,s all hand fresh start. free
tom debt and enables US to start the Happy
New Year pro>perously and 50 on an even
keel with all the world and the rest of
nank ind.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-12-31

EIEGANT MISUNDERSTANDING engrav-
ing Of letters and scroll work executed BY
Mr.. Charles Friend has been shown to rs
lately; and We can, claiming 10 be something
If Judge of that sort of thing, say that it is
done with exquisite taste and skill. We have
said as much as this Of Mr.. Friends work
before; but we refer to the subject again
Just to testify to his sturdy improvement as
n engraver. In this connection we consider
i. not ont Of place to say that MIR. Friend
Keeps at his counter some OF the best real
Havana cigars that can De found this side Of
the mountains.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-02-04

Tie MAINE NORMAL for February opens
with an Interesting article on ElectroTele-
graphy by Jacob Abbott, followed by short
sketch of the .Wonders of Geology by n. T.
True; Letter TO Young Teacher by Geo.
E. Bracket; Pm article on the Want OF sym
patty between the Colleges and the schools OF
our State written by A. P Stone and reviewed
by E. P. Weston on the first page oil to days
Press: the Schools and Schooimasters OF the
Olden Time, by Isaac Weston; another sensi-
BILE ESSAY on Textbooks, by c. B. Stetson, and
other original articles. In an editorial article
the difficulty suggested by Mr.. Stone is recog-
nizcd and explained. There is want of sym-
pathy between the colleges and schools, be-
cause there is no organic connection between
them. They are not parts Of one system, but
independent systems by themselves, and so
are all our schools The remedy for this con.
fusion is pointed out by Mr.. Stetson in his
talk about textbooks. There should be some
capable and central board or commission with
authority to bring order out OF our education
al Chaos. The superintendent OF common
schools has no authority and but little inhu-
ence. His labor is mainly clerical, and if his
Office Were abolished tomorrow the State
would not sensibly feel the loss. There is need
of complete revision of the school laws, and
we are glad to see the Normal leading off in
that direction.
Published by George NJ. Gage, Pennington
Terms; 81 80 year. f'
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-02-04
State News.
ANpRoscoaGIN COUNTY

D. NJ. Waterhouse, Esq, editor of new
Democratic paper at Lewiston called the
Conservative, died quite suddenly of paraly-
sis, at the residence of his sister in Saco, last
Friday night, al the age of sixty-four years.
We learn from the journal that Robert p
Briggs, one of the most well-to-do and respect
able farmers of Auburn, committed suicide by
hanging, last Sunday. For the past two
years he has been somewhat out of health and
subject to fits OF temporary arrangement at
times laboring under the hallucination that he
was coming TO want. Sunday he appeared
about as usual, and nothing strange was re-
marked in his conduct. Some after four
o'clock he took a water pail and proceeded to
the barn. Being absent longer than was
thought usual, his son, a lad OF fourteen years,
went to the barn to see what delayed his IA
Their. The latter told him he would be in
presently, and the lad leturned to the house.
About 8 o'clock the lad went to the stable
again, and on opening the door the dead body
OF his father hanging from beam by small
chain, was the awful sight that confronted
him. Fastening TO the house and returning
with his mother, the two managed to release
the body from its situation, but life was ex-
tnct. The unfortunate man had fixed the
chain about his neck, the other end being fix
ed around beam, and leaped from the NOW
His neck, however, was not broken.
The Journal says that one day last week as
Mr.. Daniel Maxwell, of Wales, was choppinp
of .the.butt OF a large ash tree which he had
felled, while standing upon the log his feet
slipped, and he fell backward to the ground
just as be had raised his axe Tor another blow
As he fell, the head of the axe struck him i'm
the center of the forehead cutting large cash
and rendering him insensible. fortunately
his son was there at the time, and gave him
assistance at once. 1
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
We learn from the Wateryilie Mail that In the
claim of the Davis family against the p & X,
railroad which was eterred nv apree,napt IN
Judge Danforth, john Ware and Z. +. Webb
the award has been made, giving the claim
ants S2140-being in addition to $5S7 so pre-
viously paid.
The Mail states that the tannery and wool
pulling establishment Of Mr.. 1. n. Bates, at
West Waterville, was burned on Saturday
morning, the 25th instant; cause ofthe fire un-
known. The loss consisted OF the building
thousand dollars Insured for So 900. The
loss was promptly paid by the agent, on
Wednesday after the ire. 8
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-02-04

SOME PEOPLE think that there is kind OF
omnipotence in wealth. Consequently it is
assumed that Commodore Vanderbilts with
drawaI of his support will prove very serious
matter for Gen. Grant The Commodore is re-
ported to have said at QUE time that he was
willing to spend half his fortune to make
Grant President. There is nothing, however,
in the previous political history of the country
30 Justify the inference that his detection will
be Of the slghtess consequence. The coterie
of New York millionaires, that SO often drops
into politics in patronizing way, altogether
overestimate their weight as political ele-
ment. How much good did their patronage
do Mcclellan in 1884? Belmont himself took
the young Napoleon" under his immediate
charge, but the American people preferred
Abraham Lincoln and elected him, as they " i'll
no doubt elect o. s. Grant in 1868. In local
contests, rich man may sometimes affect the
result of an election, but to imagine that a
President can be elected by greenbacks is re-
lying altogether too much ON the yenality OF
the American people.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-02-04

Mr. MOrrissey well deserves the reputation
of being the 'best behaved man of his party"
Early in the season he called on Speaker Col
fax and told him that he wished to be put on a
committee that would never have any meet
ings; and, moreover, that he desired his name
to be last on the list of the committee Mr..
Morrissey consequently figures at the tail end
of the committee ON revolutionary pensions,
which, practically, has nothing to do.
The latest listof Republican speak ers for the
New Hampshire canvass embraces Senators
Nye, Morrill,, (Me.,) Wilson and Conkling. and
Representatives Logan, Farnsworth, II. d.
Washburn, Orth, Stokes, Hawkins, MAYNARD.
Blair, Bingham, Delano, Eckley, Garfield,
Ward, Paine, DoDnelly and Boutwell,
Governor Swami, of Maryland, it is reported.
declines to issue commission to Senator elect
Hamilton, claiming that his election was il
legal. r..- ....
The legislature of Tennessee passed a law
on Saturday allowing negroes to hold offices
and sit on juries.
A majority of the Senate and House judicial
ry committees are said TO be of the opinion
that the action of the Ohio legislature in with
drawing the assent of that State to the consti-
tutional amendment amounts to nothing.
General Grant, in conversation with a
Western Senator, fatty denied ,Johnson's
charge that he broke faith with the President
when he turned the War Department over 70
Stanton.
Gov. jenkins OF Georgia, finds Gen. Meade
difficult subject to deal with. The Iatter !.
trying to secure the body of the C,ovornor
who is now in Washington, and have IL ,aLen
to Georgia before he can sue out a writ or
ha6eds corpeus.
D. III. Namely, of Augusta, United States
Commissioner for Maine, is in Washington an
official business.
1t is said that the New Hampshire Demo-
Gratis are sure of $40 900 ia cash to assist them
in the political campaign, If Commissioner
Rollins can he removed ..-
Ihe legislature elected by the people of
connecticut on the 9th of April will choose a
United states Senator to succeed Mr.. Dixon
VINO Is now iuiiy committed TO Democracy
Among the Republican candidates for the DO
sition are ex-Governors Buckinobam and
Hawley, Henry b. Harrison, Professor ov,us
Northrop of Yale College, and Ex. Conyrasg.
man Brandagee and Deming. The gentlema,
first named il thought to have the fairast
prospect of success. The Democratic candi.
dates are equally numerous. Among them Is
Gov. English, who will probably be elected if
Ehe Democrats carry the legislature,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-02-04
ARMY AND NAVY IN1ox Coxr,,,,,r --..l1,l.;s

ARMY AND NAVY UNION CONCERT. q This
concert will come off on Thursday evening al
City Hall. 1t is to be given to the Mendels-
sohn Quintettea Club of Boston, assisted by
Miss Addie S. Ryan. These same parties re
Gently gave concert in Detroit of which the
Post speaks as follows: rfas. y 49,
The QuINTETTE CLUB. = Notwithstanding
the threatening aspect of the weather. la
evening, a large and fashionable audience AZ
tended the concertof the Mendelssohn Ouin-
tette Club of Boston, at Young Mems Hall.
vi this concert as whole, it was undoubtedly
the general verdict that it was the most de-
lisntflll ~ Il was beyond question the most
thoroughly artistic entertainment given in De-
troit since the Quintette were here last wear.
The programme has been popularized by a per-
haps too liberal Introduction of solo PLAYING
each member of the club beirg given an OPP
portunity TO display his rare skill ipon his "a
vorite instrument Although each of the fiye
performers is master of his instrument the
feature in which the Club excels every other
collection OF players in this country if not in
the world, IS It's concerted playing, in which.
each instrument is so accurately blended with
the whole that the ear is almost deluded into
the belief that but one musician, and he mas
ter, is playing them ALL Indeed it is not like
ly that any one of their audience will ever
again hear any concerted playing even APP
preaching theirs in perfection. The music
too, is of the choicest selection, embracing the
gems of Mozart, Beethoven Meyer 3eer, Men
delssohn, and others of the grand masters.
Nothing could be more exquisite than the del
1cate finish with which the ravishingly beauti-
full andante of Beethoven was played last
evening, and nothing more enchanting than
the clarionette quintette of Mozart The great
masters themselves, were they living and pres
ent at the concert, could hardly detect single
point in which the execution of the Club fell
short of the fulness of their conception. OF
the solos, that on the flute was really marvel
lous, while that on the yiolincello delighted
the audience immensely, as was attested by
long continued applause
Miss Ryan, the vocalist ACCOMMODATING the
CLUB, is charming ballad singer. She pos
sesses sweet and piquant face, and slight,
grllsh inquire, which at once secures the good
Will OF the audience while her voice is pure
clear contralto, of large fexibiiity and much
delivery. Her elocution is excellent, giving
the varying sentiment Of the poem "a well as
of the music. Indeed, the chief charm of her
voice and manner lies in their sympathetic
Tone There are many more powerful and
more brilliant singers, while there are lew
more satisfactory and interesting
The programme for this evening is compos-
ed of a still more choice selection from the
most eminent composers, perhaps than that of
last night. 1t contains Memberships exduis-
lite quintette in . flat, with two other concert
ed pieces, four instrumental solos, and three
songs by Miss Addie Ryan. re -
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-02-04

PORTLAND AND OGDENsBURG Railroad.-We
print on the first page of to-day's paper an en-
ergetic remonstrance against the bill in favor
of the Portland 81 Ogdensburg Railroad Com
pany now pending before the Legislature. In
another column we publish a revised and cor
rected copy Of the bill, as reported to the
House, several minor errors having been
made in the previous publication of the bill,
and one section, the fourth, having been
omitted altogether. The whole matter Is. thus
tail ly presented to our readers. The Legisla-
ture will doubtless pass the bill. No objection
has been made to any feature Of 1t, except the
proposition to authorize the city to subscribe
to the stock of the company, and that
may safely enoughIbe left to the discretion of
the persons immediately interested, the voters
and taxpayers of Portland. If two-thirds of
the voters of this city are convinced of the
wisdom of this proposition. it will be by
sound argument, and we protest against any
attempt to prejudice the case In advance.
The people of Portland are not crazy, and the
decision of a matter SO vitality affecting their
interests may well be left TO their unbiased
judgment
Discussion of this measure is as yet prema-
ture; yet we take leave to point out to j. C.
w. that ii the men engaged in this enterprise
are really spectators, as he calls them, the
success of their speculation can only result in
the establish nent of a paying road, and a
new and profitable road from the Lakes to
Casco bay will unquestionably be nth some
tempt us now to allow the Grand Trunk rail
l,N 4 LII =
alarming in speculation which promises to
open new and short route to the West. But
J. c. w. intimates that the route is infeasible
comparing it to railroad to the moon This
will not do. The route has been surveyed.
The grades have been ascertained. The
heaviest is encountered in approaching the
Notch from the south and is 60 feet to the mile
This, in comparison 10 modern engineering
will hardly be called heavy grade. In Eng
land grades of 1876 feet to the mile are COM
mon; there are several OF 100 to $50 feet. and
two that rise 40 feet to the mile for distance
of q mile and a half. The Semmering Alp in
Austrian Syria has long been trayerersed by
railroad with an average grade of 80 feet to
the mile, ranging from 50 to 1872 feet. In our
own country grades of 149 feet to the mile
have long been used on the Mount Savage
and Georges Greek railway in Maryland, and
ascent OF lii feet to the mile is common
enough on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
TRe maximum grade allowed by law to the Pa
cifc railroad now in progress is 1l6 feet, and
this grade will be required for a distance OF
three miles and half. In comparison with
such grades as these, it will be seen that an as
cent of 81 feet TO the mile Is hardly mora than
gentle inclination. The Route is feasible,
and it will pay. Whether it is best for Port
land TO invest a million and d half In it is an
other question into which We do not now pro-
pose to enter. .-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-02-04

LEGAL REcIrRocIrY.-It seems that there
is no provision in the statutes of the Canadas
which enables the United States to secure the
attendance of witnesses, who live in the Pro-
vinces, to testify in our courts. On. the other
hand, by law of the United States, "where
Letters Rogatory shall have been addressed
from any court of a foreign country to any
circuit court of the United States, and Unit
ed States commissioner designated by said
Court to make the examination of witnesses
in said letters mentioned. said commissioner
shall be empowered to compel the witnesses TO
appear aud depose in the same manner as to
appear and testify in court" The legal au-
thorities of the Dominion acknowledge that
they do not accord to this country a just reci-
procity in this matter, and it is probable that
the Parliament of Ontario, at its present
session, win pass law corresponding to that
Of the United States. ..ls .--.1r-e7 30