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Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-02-21

The Republican Club Of the Tenth district
tenth street, near The Canal. In the abss nee
Of the president, Mr.. Jenniter, the vice prokl.
dent, Mr.. lie Barnes, called the meeting TO order
It was then agreed that the club 70 into mass
meeting, and, on motion Of Mr.. Hurdle, Dr. D.
W. Bliss was called 10 the chair. and Johh N !.
DR.. Bliss suggested hat delegates To tn, con.
yenton be elected, and that the election u mem
bors Of the General Committee be postponed
Several objections were made to this prOposL
ton and some wanted the reorganization OF the
club TO be considered hrst.
The question being put, the motion was
Mr., Miller offered a resolution calling for the
appointment Of two tellsrs, who should Judge Of
the right OF those present 10 vote.
Quite squabblo ensued, some ObjectInE most
strenuously 10 one Of the tellers, Mr. Norris,
but the police soon restored order, and the mo-
The room Vas then cleared, and as each per.
son passed through the door the tsllers decided
his right 10 vote. Considerable excitement was
displayed while this process was going on,
The vote having been taksn, the chairman
announced MessrS Bliss, LsBArnes, and Hurdle
elected as delegates % The convention.
nous, and the meeting then adjourned.
Eleventh District.
The meeting IN this district was called TO
order by J, L, n. Boweni Mr.. Cato Ward chosen
CHAIRMAN anu H. W. IOmpklne, secretary,
After the appointment " tsllOrs, q vote vas
taken for representatives 10 tho Central Com.
mittee, and the following gentlemen were chosen
8. s. Baker @. II. Newman and Jas Thompson.
To the nominating convention u. W. Tomp.
kins, j. L. ~ Bowen aud W. r. KennauEh.
The meeting then adjourned.
Twelfth DbtTIet.
The meeting Of the club Of this district was
held al UnlOn League half the president, J, T,
X. Plant, In the chair, William Helmick sesre-
taTy,
On motion, the following gentlemen were
elected as representatives 70 The Central Com.
mitteo for the current year j. II. X. Plant, NJ.
DuiIy and W, A. Duekett Amer which the
club Adjourned, AndA II 81.
MASS MEETING
was organised, with N, n. Miller In tho chair
and MIR, Helmiok secretary.
Tbs election Of delegates 10 the conVentloI to
pointed, and MeSsrs. p. A. Julllen, Gilman
Kirby and W. A. Duckett elected.
On motion Of Mr ]. 7. X. Plant, the delegates
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-29
New Orleans and Memphis
We copy the following from the Memphis

We copy the following from the Memphis
Appeal:
Tom Scott went to New Orleans some
time ago and stated that if the people
would furnish $l,0O0,000 he would give the
city immediate railroad communication
with central and northern Texas, doubling
the commercial wealth and resources of
New Orleans, and liberating commerce from
the supreme mastery of Morgan, the owner
of New Orleans roads and steamship lines.
Seven hundred thousand dollars Of the sum
have been secured, but the spirit and power
Of New Orleans have been broken, its pub
lie wealth squandered, its treasury robbed
and it's people impoverished by intolerable
taxation. Banks and other private corpora
tons have made subscriptions, but the citi-
zens Of New Orleans have failed to coop
crate with them. They assert inability to
discharge existing public burdens. Such
is the pitiable condition to which South
ern communities are reduced by the
domination of savages and thieving adyen-
turers controlling their votes. 1t is stated
that the sum total of taxation levied upon
property in New Orleans is seven per cent
upon assessments made by the tools of
those in authority. Despite these facts
such are the palpable exigencles of the
hour and SO imminent are dangers involv-
ing the utter loss of all trade with Texas.
by its diversion to st. Louis and Chicago,
through the perfection Of railway lines pen
etrating every portion of the State, that the
robbed, plundered, Novertaxed people Of New
Orleans assent to the imposition of the tax
required TO meet the exactiOns of Tom Scott.
If New Orleans. woe-striclen and shOrn of
prosperity by knaves until the city itself
wears an aspect of desolation and decay,
may incur Indebtedness to thwart the aims
Of remote cities Of the northern valley of
the MissisiDni much more wisely NAV
Memphis, prosperous as never before, incur
Indebtedness to maintain her commercial
supremacy in Arkansas, and extend it over
western Missouri, Kansas, the Territories
and Texas. Two railway lines-one ex-
tended to Shreveport and another to Kan
sas City-ae indispensable to the accom-
plishment of our purpose, and million dol
lars may be required, buta profit Of more
than $40 100000 will accrue from the invest
ment, and Memphis be made the gateway
for the wealth of continent transferred
from ocean to ocean.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-29
Mo- 81.
An ACT

To provide Tor the construction Of q shell
road in the parish of Jefferson by the
police Jury Of the left bank Of said parish.
and for the payment thereof; for the
keeping of the same in repair, and tc au-
thorize said police jury to levy 8 special
FAX for said purpose.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly con
vened, That it shall be the duty of the
police jury Of the left bank, parish of Jetfer-
SON and it is hereby authorized and EN-
powered to pass and adopt, within ten days
from the passage of this act, the necessary
ordinances and resolutions for the construc-
ton within one year from the adjudication
of the contract, OF shell road extending
along the Metairie ridge in said parish Of
Jefferson, from the New Orleans canal west
as far as the Labarre road, and
at the option Of said police Jury
along the Labarre road to the river Missis-
sippi said road shall be in all respects
first-class shell road, and shall be built in
accordance with the specifications to be fur
nished by the surveyor of the parish; and
it shall be the duty of the police jury to
cause the surveyor Of said parish, or ofs0me
other, in case there be no such officer to
furnish the necessary plans, lines, grades,
levels, curves, etc, and to take the general
superintendent, in accordance with the
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-29

of this State and of the United States; to
| alter and amend or modify the same at
pleasure.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the object of this association shall be to se-
cure by purchase or donation, land or lots
of ground in this State and the same shall
be distributed in the following manner:
In shares of one hundred dollars each, to
be;paid in FIVE installments of twenty dol
lars on each share.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc, That
no member of this association shall hold
more than five shares, and each member, on
each and every share of stock held by him,
shall pay to the treasurer the sum Of twenty
dollars on each and every share held by
such member. ANY member desiring more
shares within the number limited than he
at first held, shall pay a sum in addition
equal to the amount already paid by mem
bers holding the number of shares desired
by him, with the interest which has accrued
thereon up to the time of his application, so
as to make his entire payments pro rata
with the others.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the officers of the association shall consist
of president, vice president, secretary and
treasurer, with five other persons, who to-
gether shall constitute board of directors,
six of whom shall constitute quorum; and
the above named persons shall be chosen
annually by ballot. The said officers and
board OF directors to be possessed of all
powers and duties incident to like officers
in similar corporations. The president of
said association shall be the president of tho
board of directors, and as such shall have
the right to sue and be sued IN behalf of said
association. The board of directors shall
have the right 10 fix such compensation as
they may deem necessary for such officers,
subject to the approval of the association
Il NErnA
purpose.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
this association shall meet quarterly on the
first Mondays of January, April, July and
October of each year, and oftener if calico
together by the board, and notice of such
quarterly OF special meeting shall be pub
lished three days in paper having tho
largest circulation IN the city of New O4e
leans.
SEC. g. Be it further enacted, etc, Thaq
when land has been acquired and it is pro-
posed to distribute the same, the board OF
directors shall cause the same to be equally
divided among the members of the associa-
ton, and shall lay the plan of distribution
thereof before quarterly or special meet
ing, duly announced, in order that the plan
may be ratified and carried into effect, or
such other substituted as may seem best to
the association.
SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, ETC., Tha9
this act shall take effect from and after its
passage. --
(Signed) O. H. BREWSTER,
Speaker of the House OF Representatives.
(Signed) 2. B. $. PINCHBACK,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved April 90, 1872.
(Signed) FL. c. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
"A true copy:
F. j. HERON,
Secretary of State.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-29

and bury her mother. Some one examined
the corpse and discovered that death re-
suited from smallpox, and no one could be
found to approach it afterWard until the
coroner had held an inquest, from which
the girl shrank with horror. There are
many instances of death among the poorer
classes, where the sufferer was attacked and
died without medical aid, but these cases
are daily becoming more rare as the dis
order spreads, and physicians are daily
called on to assist.
The symptoms of smallpox are simple
and can not be mistaken. A pain in the back
and racking pains in the head are the pre-
monitions, followed quickly by fever
Small blotches on the face and body sue
coed. The patient is generally treated Tor
the fever, and careful nursing may result
in recovery.
WHAT THE DOCTORS SAY.
The Drs. Nidelet were interviewed by che
reDorter of the Democrat, at their office on
Fifth street. between Franklin avenue and
Wash street Both enjoy al extensive
practice in the eighth and adjoining wards.
They were OF the opinion that az yet the dis
ease was not a raging epidemic. It was in
creasing steadily, but not rapidly. They had
had a number of cases on their hands, but OF
those only one had resulted fatally, and
that was a severe case of continent small
l..
taken with it were of the poorer classes,
and most of these were taken Immediately
to the hospital "Almort any alley you go
into" he said you find the negroes and
other inmates affected with it." DR.. Mont
gomery was asked and expressed the
opinion that the disease was not at all on
the increase He did not think the number
of cases this week would equal that Of
last. Last week some fifteen or twenty
eases came under his observation, but this
week he had only seen two. He confirmed
the statement that the viruIent continent
cases and the deaths which result most
ly from this phase of the disease,
were extremely rare. He had had but one
death as yet, though of course there might
he more in the other cases under his charge.
The most Of the cases he had seen came
from Biddle, O'FaIlon and Carr streets, and
that neighborhoOd generally, though he
had seen two cases in the southern portion Of
the city, and two near the French market.
The central portion Of the city, lying be-
tween, was not much affected as yet. He
spoke of the general rush of citizens to be
vaccinated, and illustrated the necessity of
it by stating that in large tenement row
occupied by as many as twenty families, in
one Of which the disease had broken out, all
the rest Of the children were saved by a
timely vaccination, and did not catch it
at all
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-29
No. S4o


70 authorize the North Louisiana and
Texas Railroad Company TO substitute
stock OF said company instead OF second
mortgage. in favor of che State, and 10
release the said company from Other ia
Silities 10 the State.
Section :. BE it enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives Of the state
OF Louisiana in General Assembly con.
Eened, That in lieu OF the second mortgage
required by the eleventh section OF the
charter Of the North Louisiana and Texas
Railroad Company, to be given to secure
the State for the ultimate payment OF the
bonds of the State. issued in conformity 90
said charter, or act No. f08 of the session
acts Of the General Assembly of 1868, che
said North Louisiana and Texas Railroad
Company may give stock OF said company
to the State to an amount equal to Che
aggregate sum of the State bonds
issued OF 20 be issued under said charter,
or act No. I08 of 1868, 20 wit: eleven thou.
sand two hundred and twenty shares OK
eleven hundred and twenty-five Thousand
dollars of the sixty thousand shares, or
six millions of dollars of the capital stock
of said company, and in consideration OF the
issue and delivery of said stock by said
company to the State the said North Louis
lana and Texas Railroad Company shall be
relieved from all liability on the aforesaid
bonds of the State, and that on the de
livery of the stock aforesaid the remainder
of the whole number of bonds authorized
to be issued by the aforesaid charter and
act No. los, to wit five hundred and sew
enty-six bonds of one thousand dollars each,
shall be Immediately issued and delivered
to the president OF SAID company by the
Governor Of the State.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc, That
within sixty days after the passage of this
of tba 7,ThSi1aOt and Hippp+nrs of the SAID
North Louisiana and Texas Railroad Com.
panv shall. at a meeting held for that pur.
pose, adopt all the provisions of this act, a
copy of which resolution or resolutions OF
adoption oT shall be delivered to the Governor
OF the State within ninety days after the
passage of this act, who shall file the same
IN the Office of the Secretary of State, and
it shall be the duty of the Governor of this
State. as soon as the president Of said rail
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-29
clear damage to him in large amount o

clear damage to him in large amount OF
money and inconvenience; therefore
SECTION i. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembll y con,
vened, That to repair the damage inflicted
on W. Jasper Blackburn, as set forth IN
the preamble to this act, there be and is here
by appropriated the sum of six thousand
dollars out of any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, to the said W.
Jasper Blackburn, TO be paid to him on bus
own warrant on the Auditor of Public Ac-
counts of this State,
SEC 2. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
this act shall take effect from and after
it's passage. -.---..
(Signed) 0. H. BREWSTER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
(Signed) P. B. S. PINCHBACk,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved May 90, 1872.
(Signedl H. Z. WARMOIR,
Governor Of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
F. j. HERON,
Secretary of State.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-29
No. so.
AN ACT

Relative to dispensing with the publication
Of legal and judicial advertisements in
the French language in the parish OF
Natchitoches.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
OF Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That the publication OF all legal and judi
ciaI advertisements in the French language
in the parish OF Natchitoches be dispensed
with, unless otherwise directed by the par
ties litigant, and it shall be lawful that all
legal and judicial advertisements be pub
ished in the English language only in said
parish of Natchitoches, unless otherwise
directed by the parties itigant.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc, That
all laws contrary TO or inconsistent with
this act be and the same are hereby re
pealed.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc., That
this act shall take effect from and after its
passage -----
Speaker of the House Of Representatives.
(Signed) P. B. S. PINCHBACK,
lieutenant Governor and President Of the
Senate.
approved May Ig, 1872.
(Signed) H. 6. WARMOTH,
Governor OF the State Of Louisiana.
4 true copy:
J.. }. HERON,
Secretary of State.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-29
The Southern Claims Commission

This is special to the Cincinnati Ga
ectts:
WASHINGTON, October pa marked in
crease Of the proportionate number Of cases
filed before the Southern Claims Commits
sion is shown by it's docket for all those
months of the campaign when it was be-
ieved at the South that Mr.. Greeley would
be elected. The most significant feature of
this increase was that it came from persons
who did not seem to regard proof of
loyalty as any longer of vital importance,
some even being forwarded by persons who
declared in the papers submitted that they
were in the Confederate service. There
seems to have been a widespread belief
among the claimants that in case Of Gree
ley's election the disloyalty clause in the
bill authorizing a settlement Of their claims
will certainly be repealed. Thus far the
amount of claims fled if about S5000O,000,
and allowances have been made OF about
one-iitth of the aggregate amount Of claims
Under the present rules Of evidence insisted
upon by the commission, 1t is thought that
the whole class Of claims that Congress
intended to settle under the act passed will
require 10000, 900, while the estimate made
by g member of the commission as to the
minimum amount Of claims for which the
government would be liable if the disability
clause in the present bill were removed,
fixes it at between $400,000.009 and
00,000000.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-29
NO. So.
AN ACT

For the relief of w. Jasper Blackburn.
WHEREAS, On the night of the eighth OF
July, 1868, and of the fifth Of November,
of the same year, the printing Office of the
Homer Had, owned by w. Jasper Black
burn, was forcibly entered by mob of dis
orderly and violent persons, and the presses
and furniture broken to pieces and the type
and other materials thrown into the streets;
and
Whereas, 1t cost the said W. Jasper
Blackburn large amount of money 10 reft
his office, in order to do the printing which
he was under contract to do for the State
and general government, and to restore his
Office to its former efficiency which vas q
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-29
Progress of the Northern Pacific Halle
road,

Advices received from the engineers Of
the Northern Pacific Railroad are to the
effect that the tracklaying is progressing
at the rate of three miles per day, and the
road will be completed to the Missouri
river by the first of November.
Thus far they have had no trouble with
the Indians, but on the contrary, have
found them peaeeable, and many of them
are at work on the road.
An eligible route has been surveyed
through the Yellowstone region and pass
found through which it can emerge with a
very LIGHT grade.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-29

Monthly advertisements, inserted every other
#Ay to be charged two-thirds of the above rates.
ssecad page monthly advertisements, each square
%2JpeE month. .,
transient advertisements, having the run Of the
saDer drst insertion 81 50 per square; each suOse
apeut insertion seveutyive cents per square
Second page transient advertisements, eaeI llseE
Inserted at intervals to be charged
~ new each insertion. %,
Regular advertisers, whs advertise largely, will
10 Allowed such discount from above named tran
Hfant rates as may be agreed upon; provided, that
In 40 case shall such discount exceed twenty-five
All business notices Of advertisements to be
charged twenty cents per line each insertion.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-29
No. 81.
AN ACT
For the relief Of w. H. Vaughn

For the relief of w. II. Vaughn.
WHEREAS, w H. Vaughn, State tax col
lector of the parish of Morehouse, has
overpaid the amount OF taxes charged to
him for the year 1866, to the amount OF
four hundred dollars, as shown per certih-
Gates OF the Auditor herewith annexed ;
therefore,
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives Of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly con
vened, That the sum of four hundred dol
lars be and the sameis hereby appropriated
out of any moneys in the treasury, not
otherwise appropriated, in payment thereof,
and that this act go into effect from and
after it's passage.
(Signedl O. II. BREWSTER,
Speaker OF the House Of Representatives.
jSigned P. B. S. PINCHBACK,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved July l, 1872. -.
(Signed) II. G. WARMOIH,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
a true copy:
+, J. HERON,
Secretary of State.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-29
An average OF little over los per week
The cases reported last week weres

There were thirty-four cases reported
yesterday. Thus it will be seen that the
disease has daily increased until Sunday,
decreasing slightly since Saturdays re-
turns. The average mortality has been
about forty-seven per week, or about thirty
per cent Of the cases reported.
The district in which the disease is most
firmly rooted and generally spread is
bounded by Broadway, Twelfth street
Washington avenue and Ferry street. The
houses attacked are generally filthy novels
and overcrowded tenements, in which the
inhabitants are thrown together without a
chance for fresh air or sunlight; dirty and
uncared for, offering every inducement to
vile disorders. Other parts OF the town are
afflicted as far south as the Arsenal, but not
10 such an extent. 1t is reported that Gay
street. between Morgan street and Frank
lin avenue, is feRced in, and that IN the
tenements on the alleys each side OF Gay
street the smallpox is raging terribly.
There are probably more cases than are
reported. and it is an indisputable fact that
several have died without medical attend
ance. ignorant of the malady under which
they suffered Yesterday afternoon lady
reported IL The board of health that
woman had died on Market street. near
Niuth, and that her daughter, all uIeon-
scious Mt ti.a nature of the disease, was
s ecl-rs IT, street for some one to dress
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-29
AN ACT


To incorporate the Louisiana Working
mems Homestead Association.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That Alfred Jones, William H. Green.
Green Curtis, L. Knight, William Wallace,
L. Kenner, S. HAYWOOD, Charles Vigers,
John l.. brewer, James Lewis, Thomas Isa-
belle, and all others who NAV associate
with them from time to time, are hereby
created body corporate, under the name
and title OF the Louisiana Workingmen'g
Homestead Association. The domicile Of
said body shall be in the city of New Or
leans, and shall enjoy under this title per
petuaL succession, and be as such capable
to sue and be sued, to plead and be i'm
pleaded, to acquire and possess real and
personal property, and to dispose of the
same; TO make and adopt such constitution
and bylaws oct inconsistent with the laws
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-29
lumber Load5ng vessels at PaseagouIa..

The following is a list of vessels now
lying at the port of Pasoagoula. icading
with lumber:
Bark G. 5, Rogers, Dickinson. sog Ma
tanzas.
Spanish bark Narcisse, for Havana.
Brig Lizzie Bell, for Havana.
Brig Ino, for Havana.
Brig Sarah Emma Craig, for New York.
Ihree-masted schooner Island City,
Smith, for Boston.
Three-masted schooner Roger Drury,
Gage.