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dinance as amended:
Yeas-Bonzano. Walton. Eemfci, Delas.
size, Cockrem-j.
Mr.. Shaw asked 70 be excused from vot-
ing, on the ground that the ordinance was
directory on him.
The ordinance as amended was declared
adopted.
General BusinessO
By Mr.. Shaw:
An ordinance relative TO the property of the
! city on which the engine house of oNissiso
sippi Fire Company No. = is buiIto
SECTION l. Be it ordained by the Council
of the city of New Orleans. That the prop
erty of the city on which the engine house
OF Mississippi Fire Company No. is built
be appraised by two persons. one appointed
by the Mayor of the city, another by the
president of the company, said appraisers
to appoint third. if necessary
SEC. 2 Be it further ordained, etco That
IN case OF the purchase Of any other prop.
erty by the company, exceeding in value |
the present lot according to appraisement, |
the city will accept mortgage thereon for |
the amount, said mortgage to bear no intero |
est, and to be uncomfortable so long as.the |
new property SO mortgaged shall be dee
volved TO and used fog the public fire
service.
SEC, 8. BE it further ordained, ETC., That
the Mayor be authorized to negotiate for the
sale to said company of the property and
building known as the iron building, at the
head OF Canal street, on terms to be here
after agreed upon by said company and the
City Council
Read twice and referred to- the Adminfso
traitor of Commerce and Public Buildings.
By Mr., Remick:
ReSolred, That permission be and is here,
oy granted to the New Orleans, jackson
md Great Northern railroad company to
extend their railroad track from its present |
erminus to the wharf at post No. Is, First
Instruct; the line and construction of said :
rack to be made under the supervision of !
he surveyor Of the city of New Orleans: {
rovided that this permission is revocable
1.-THE pleasure Of the City Council 7
Adopted.
BY Mr. Remick
Resolved by the city Council Of New
rleans, That the vendors Of fresh fish in
lie Second District, who supply the dealers
the several markets in this city, be al
wed to prepare and offer their fish 6oT 7 T
lie at 3 A. NJ. :
The Eighth Street Railroads
Mr.. Remiek called up the following orii-
nee and moved that it do pass, the veto
the Mayor notwithstanding.
Mr., Cockrem seconded the motion: Sc
solution to grant the right of way to the
JarondeIet and Carrollton City Railroad u
Company, and to lay double track on 70
Eighth street, between CarondeIet and Seal
Drytania streets. | ~
Resolred, That permission be and is here an
given to the Carondelet and CarrolIton | for
y Railroad Company to lay a double ten ten
* & on Eighth street from the intersection Az
section off Figb+b 80 800 70 Tue m lis1
oIso ~ a,aa = Ssnu ~ JANA streets; ing
also 10 erect ana MAINTAIN a turntable / of
Eighth street, near the intersection of etc.
'tsnIa street, on the following conditions. 7,
No portion of Eighth street shall be not,
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STATE state Of Louisiana vs.. Enslt.I Rar,

i IF IT,. DIS RICT COURT FOR T4F phpisr
SsT isff0 to me- No. dif ss5fB as s 81
hshth District Court for the Gy af the h9n0Eabe the
public auc so6ted proceed to se
Exchange Rova a. s sea Merchants and Auetioneefs
cu on ssFees in the Second 6 6fa ana ID GSs
O'clock d. 1Att66 the 3a October 7s at SF sRs
bo A GdEfT Al LOT OF GROUND. situated :, -
Claude streets use Lafayette, Rampant aS ID "% e.
SSeked in the above spit
4erms-Cash on the SPOT
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By R. NJ G B. j. Montgomery

| ELEGANT HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. ROSEWOOD
8ROCATEL PARLOR SUIT. OILED WALNUT
AND ROSEWOOD BEDROOM SUITS OAK
1ININGROOM SUIT, FINE BRUSSELS CARE
PETS, OIL PAINTINGS, ENGRAvINGS. MANI
TEL ORNAMENTS, SIGBRORS, CHINA AND
GLASSWARE, ETC
ALsOo
ONE ELEGANT ROSEWOOD UPRIGHT 9LEYEL
PIANO, COOB STOVE AND KITCHEN FURNI.
TURE.
ATPUBLIC AUCTION, WITHOUT LIMIT OR RE.
serve, on account of breaking up Housekeeping.
BY r.. NJ. 81 B. D. MONTGOMERY
- K. M Montgomery, Auctioneer-Olice No
o. camp street-Wil be sold on MONDAY
September 80, 1872, at halfpast ten O'clock at
residence OH Louisiana avenue between Prytanfa
and Coliseum streets
, The ENTIRE CONTENTS of said elegantly fur
hshed residence consistingin above mentioned ele.
CANT rosewood oiled walnut and oak narloT he'd
ana dIn1ngroom Furniture, Brussels Carpets Mir
Piano IVA
The terms cash in United States treasury
notes. se25
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AUCTION SALES.
BY G. De Ferret 6 Co,
SPLENDID RESIDENCE CORNER OF WASHINGTON
AVENUE AND CHESTNUT STREET.
SCCCESSfOH OF CHARLES HENRY GSIAvA.
Second District Court for The Parish OF Qg'eans~.

SCCCESSfOE OF CHARLES HENRY GsIAYA.
sesend District Court for The Parish OF og,eans~
80. IS 535o
RY C. DE FERRET g. CO.-SoHs g
4B monrOse, Auctioneer-Cffice No so Roya
Ieet.-THURSDAT, OctObere2 "a 1872 at twelve
o'clock NJ, at the st. Louis Auction Exchange il
the basement rotunda of the st. Louis Eotei viii
be sold by public auction, by virtue of an order
from the Hon. Louis Duvgneaud Judge of the
Second District Court for the parish Of Orleans
dated August TO- 1872 the following described prop
erty belonging to said succession ~
TWO LOTS OF GROUND in the Fourth District
OF this city, designated by the Nos 8 and 4 in the
square bounded by Washington avenue Camp,
Eourth and Chestnut streets, on plan made by +,
ID. flIe, surveyor, dated January 16 1860. deDos.
tied IN the office OF w II. Peters, late notary pnh
ic Said lots adjoin each other and measure each
80 feet front on Washington avenue BY I25 feet in
depth, between parallel lines lot No forming the
corner of Washing tOn avenue and Chestnut street
together with the splendid two story brick real.
dence and dependencies, containing two large mar.
Iors dlnlngroom and pantry large hall washroom
ana kitchen, plaza and side gallery on the ground
moor, nFe bedrooms and dressingroOms hall bath.
room On the first story garden trees flowers LARGE
clsJern She'd gas introduced thu Oughout the whole
TeTms-The purchaser to assume the payment of
a mortgage Lote due February Is, 1875 for & 800
and for the balance of the price of sdiudica+ion
cash IN United States treasury notes
Act OF sale, together with United States internal
revenue stamps attached, before A j. Lewis NO.
ary public at the expense of the purchaser
seA Oc5 II 10 "a
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SEES oc6 26 Sheriff of the Parish of Orleans

DIR. II. St. Clair Ferris VS.. James M.
White, captain of steamer Katie, and owner.
SIXTH DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH
fieri facias to me directed by the honorable the
Sixth District Court for the parish of Orleans,
in the above entitled cause, will proceed TO sell
at public auction, on SATURDAY, October 5
1872 at five o'clock p NJ, at my warehouse, No
"a st. Ann street between Royal and Bourbon
streets, in the Second District of this city
ONE PIANO
Seized in the above suit.
.. Terms-This being the second and last adiudica.
ton, the said piano will be definitely aduGi-
Gated to the highest and last bidder for what
it will bring, at twelve months credit. the pur-
seenv goOq law Rnd san scnt
chaser shall have to deduct and pay in cash the
amount of printing, clerks and sheriffs fees etc
say about two hundred and seventy FIVE dollars
G. S. SAUVINET
SEES Ocl S Sheriff of the Parish of Orleans
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pY C. e. SSIRARDEY a. Co., AUCTION
- GERS Nicholas j. Roey, aucti0nGer-ofice No
II Exchange place.-SATURDAY October II, 1872
at twelve o'clock NJ, at the Merchants and Auc
tioneers' Exchange, Royal between Cana
and GustomhOuse streets, in this city of New Or.
leans, by virtue of a judgment of the honorable
the Second District Court for the parish of Or.
leans, rendered August g. 1872, will be sold by pub
lie auction for account and risk of former pur-
chaser, Frank Sharp, who failed to comply with
the terms of the adjudication made to him on the
eighth day of June. 1872 the following described
property, to wit
A LOT OF GROUND. in the Fourth District of
this city, in the square bounded by Sorapuru Philip
Tchoupitoulas and Rousseau streets designated
as lot No. 50, and measuring3l feet inches front
on SOrapnru street by about ll9 feet 10 inches and
lines in depth. The improvements comprise one
and twostory wooden tenements, known as No. Is
Sorapuru street andtronting the SOrapuru Market
oTerms-Oue-third cash; remainder at one al
Two years credit, in notes of the purchasers Sc
cured by special mortgage and vendors lien. and
bearing interest OF eight per cent per annum
from date Of sale until final payment, with peual
clause of five per cent attorneys fees in event of
suit and improvements to be kept fully insured
and policies transferred to holders of the notes
and purchasers TO assume payment of all taxes for
1872.
Acts of sale and United States stamps at the exc
pense OF purchasers before Octave Morel. Esq,
notary public. sel0 81 % oc5 IL
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SHERIFF'S SALES.
John Williams, & Som VS.. Charles
Y - I Lon, --ic-n IL

| John Williams 81 Son vs.. Charles A,
! Lewis and James B. Lewis ct al
| cHIXTH DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH or
. Orleans No. 263l.-By virtue of a writ of fer
| facias against Dr. James B. Lewis, to me directed
by the honorable the Sixth District Court fer the
| parish of Orleans, in the above entitled cause |
will proceed to sell at public auction, at the Mer-
| chants and AuctiOneers' Exchange, Royal street
/ between Canal and CustomhOuse streets, in tie,
| Second District of this city, on SATURDAY, Octo.
Der 20 1872, at twelve O'Clock M, the following de-
| scribed property, to W.T.
| l. FOtR LOTS OF GROUND, situated in the
Fourth District of this city, designated by the
numbers seven, eight, thirteen and fourteen in
square number one hundred and thirtv-iour,
bounded by Sixth, Seventh, st. Denis and Dryades
streets, and measuring follows, to wit: Lot
Der seven measures twenty-five feet front Sixth
street. by one hundred and fifty feet four inches
hundred and fifty feet four inches seven and a half
lines on the line nearest Dryades street. and tw6L-
tytive feet in width in the rear lot number eight
measures fifty feet front on Dryades street. by
bers thirteen and fourteen measure, each, thirty
one feet three inches front Sixth street, the
same width in the rear by a depth ranging from
ore hundred feet four inches to oneshunGred feet
five inches.
O. A LOT OF GROUND, situated in the same dis
trict, designated by the number twenty in square
number one hundred and thirty-seven, bounded
by Third, Fourth, st. Denis and DTyades streets.
ME assuring thirty feet front on Fourth street, by
one hundred and tweaty.six feet nine inches IN
depth -
Acquired lots numbers seven, thirteen and four
teen the third OF April, 1869, registered IN book
number nineuy-fOur folio six hundred and two; lot
number eight, the twenty OF april. 1909
re gstered in book ninety-four, folio six hundred
and fOrty-nine; aud lot number twenty on the
twenty sixth of june 1863 registered in book Line.
ty-fUur folio seven hundred and titty-fye.
Seized in the above suit
Terms-Cash on the spot.
lT-yrT
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An ordinance providing fOf the payment o.
the several accounts therein namedo
Be it ordained, That the following appro
priations be and are hereby made, and that
the Administrator of Public Accounts war
rant on the Administrator of Finance in
payment of the same:
9. $. Sauvinet, civil sheriff, for costs In
suit No 474, Louisiana State Lottery rs.
| city, Eighth District Court, $l8 SO
G. Miller, jury warrant, $50.
Index makers, for preparing index of all
proceedings of City Council, from April,
1870, to April, 1872, as per agreement, $500
| ii. c. Clarke, Secretary to Mayor, for ad-
Tances for postage, p0rterage, etc, for Office
| ST. 50. ''0o'
Henry Hinck, work for Department of
Public Accounts, $50 so.
j. Brett, jury warrant, ssh
John ). Wa4On, money advanced as 9aW
charges, $434 so.
Passed two readings
By Mr.. Shaws
An ordinance to settle a balance for re.
pairs to Hope Hook and Ladder Com.
pany,
Be it ordained by the Council of the CITY
of New Orleans, That the Mayor and Adj.
ministrator of Finance be and are hereby
authorized to settle with James O'Conner,
under the law for funding, for balance
- ACA ~ EsIAIS w 1AOpS IOOh dlu Lauder
Company authorized by ordinances Nos.
1923 and 1923, new series, being ten per
cent reserved by the city, $75o
Adopted.
AIr. Shaw called up the weekly pay goii
ordinance, read twice last meetingo
Adopted. !
By Mr.. Shaw:
An ordinance for the payment o. the pay
rolls therein named.
lie 1t ordained That the sum of $4,000, |
" so much thereof as may be found neces-
iary, is hereby appropriated for payment
II the weekly pay rolls of the city for the
week ending September 30, 1872
Passed two readings.
Mr.. Shaw called up the ordinance, read
vice and printed last week, relative to in
crest on warrants for new consolidated
onds.
Mr.. Walton offered the following as a !
lbstitute:
rants for new consolidated bonds, general
series. a
SECTION /. Be it ordained BY the Council
the city of New Orleans, That the nee
sary amount be and the same is hereby
opropuated for the payment of interest r
warrants for new consolidated bonds, to u
~; IN currency for interest due to July l. -
-, ! and II gold, or its equivalent, to Oc- T.
Der l, 1872 and thereafter quarterly until 81
SEC. 2, Be it further ordained, etc, That
e g, administrator of Public Accounts be
.thorized to issue his warrants on the Ad-
of Finance in required amounts n,
eretor. in favor of the fiscal agency. which -
all take charge ofsuch payments Of in OF
est; and the Fiscal Agent shall sfamn On
d warrants the words Interest paid IN r.
49," and for further s seem
Ill punch hole in them for each nav
Mt Of interest.
Mr.. Shaw said he would accept the
endmens if a proviso were added that
le person authorized by the fiscal agency o.!
uld sign the certificates. ~
he Mayor suggested that the amount of
uld be specified also. ter
nus amended, the ordinance was passed. an on
I ordnance, read twice last week, pro- Pr,
ng 1oF expenses Of the Department of j
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yegms-CasB ID United States currency.
P. F.. HtRWIG,
Special Deputy Collector
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used as a stand or resting place for the
mules or horses used in connection with the
| cars OF SAID company, under forfeiture OF
the right herein granted.
/ Z. Eighth street, for the distance of the
right OF way herein granted from Caron,
delet TO Prytania street,, shall be covered
| with three inch plank, nine to twelve inches
wide, for its entire width, between curling,
| excepting as much as may be required to be
! Kept open for cutters The planking to be
| laid on four by eight inch sIeepeFs and we'll
| spiked thereto Said plank road to be kept
in good order by the company and at their
| expense. All repairs to be made upon no
tice by the Department CT Improvements
| without recourse to law, and the whole
work to be subject to the approval of the
Surveyor and Administrator of Improve
ments.
3. The company shall agree to release
the city from any obligation to buy the road
at the expiration Of the contract
4. The company shall assent to any sys-
tenn Of trunk road that the city may here
after adopt.
.. The company shall not establish anv
standing place for men, horses or mules at
the junction of Eighth street and Prytania
b. In all other respects the terms and CON
dItl0ns OF the previous grant of the city to
said company shall be applicable to the
extension herein granted.
The yeas and nays were called oQ she
passage OF she ordinance
Eeas-C, ckremO Shaw Oe?assigeo BEN.
lex, Bonzano-5.
Say-Waltone-So
The ordinance was iecfare.S 2a,seo! oeee
tie Mayors vetoe
Consolidated pebro
The following report was presented
?FT6gE az G,s%MIesIOBERs OF THE CoSsoLIDAfED9
Debt OF New Orleans, :
September "a, 1879 !
IN answer 20 an advertisement, accord.
ing TO law, inviting proposals for the sale
to the city of old consolidated bonds, offers !
were received ranging from $40 to $751; SO. !
The commissioners accepted all the bids :
below $780, and purchased 258 bonds
ALFRED SHAW,
administrator Of Public Accounts
JOHN S. WALTON
administrator of Finance
BENJo Fo FLANDERS,
Mayors
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VALUABLE Log ON ERATO STREET.

SUCCESSION OF JOHN Ke COLLINS. DECEASED
Second District Court for the Parish of Orleans
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SUCCESSION OF ROSALIE BERNARD.

SALE FOB ACCOUNT AND RISK OF FORMER
PURCHASER
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LARGE AND IMPORTANT SALE,
BY CATALOGUE,
OF THE ENTIRE STOCK OF THE wB1r, KNOWN
GROCERY HOUSE, No. IO2 CAMP STREET.
CORNER OF PoYDRAs STREET
AT AUCTION

|. by r. VI. & B. j. MOSTGOMEBY-R NJ
ID MONTGOMERY, Auctioneer.-WIl be sold
on FRIDAY; September r. 1872, at 10 A. NJ, and
continue daily until the stock is disposed Of
One OF the most choice and well selected stocks
OF Groceries, Wines, Teas Liquors, etc in the city
contained in that well known and popular estab-
hshmentt with the fixtures, office furniture, etc. in
excellent condition.
The sale viii be made in detail, to suit all desir-
ing to purchase Catalogues can be had at the of
nee of the auctiOneers the day previous to the sale
The terms Of sale are cash in United States treas
urY notes. se24
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. PIANOS, CARPETS,
ETC, AT AUCTION.
DY r.. NJ, & b. j. MONTGOMERY
ID H. MONTGOMERY, Auctioneer-Wfll be snTd
on every SATURDAY, TUESDAY and THURSD1Y
at the Old Auction Mart No. 81 Camp street. at
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF NEW AND SFc.
OND-HAND FURNITURE, such as Rosewood Ma
hogany and Walnut Bedsteads, Armoirs BuTeana
Washstands, Parior Furniture, Marble top Cenfres
Tables, Carpets, French Plate Mirrors Mattresses
Cooking Stoves, etc
large invoice of Cottage Beds, Cane and Wood
Seat Chairs Also Upright and Square Pianos o5
oIeyel Favre and other manufactures.
ALSO,
an IMMENSE STOCK OF NEW PUREFrrPv
II descriptions at private sale.
TermE-Cgsn- noe
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Second District Court for the Parish of Orleans
No 35 81.
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COTTAGES N THE FOCKTH DIsTKICT.
SUCCESSION OF TOBIAS DRUM.
flY c. Z. s3IRARDEY q 90, AUCTIoN

second District Court for the parish of Orleans
No IS, AIS.
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State of Louisiana vs.. ,Iohn Cna.

r,1o -, Q. =. SAUVINhI,
9VIV Go OtIG Sheriff of the ria oP NIL
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, SI@te Of Louisiana VS.. John Roonev

sells "a oo7s e,.,, c. S. SAUyNRT
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sbarir - G. s. sAUvINET.
"NefiH Of the Parish of OrIenps
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-03-02
Art Notes.
mcruRKs AT RUDoLpH's GALLERY

PICTURES AT RUDoLPHs GALLERY.
Mr. c. f. Rudolph has added to his handsome
collection Of pictures, fine work by Hetzel,
" Larry Autumn" 1t is a beautiful scene among
the hills the masses of foliage showing the first
tnt4 of color from the frosts of advancing vim
ter He has also a new Hamilton, a Storm Scene
with A low beach in the foreground. The clouds
are breaking away, and driving in masses before
the wind the flush Of the out-shining sun being
reflected on them.
NJ. II. aiiUut tV piaGe on bis wqig nunber
Of pictures Of class quite diltereht from lhose
he has mostly collected hitherto. They are
,mall collection Of choice paintings, purchased
slrcad, mainly in lily, by Brown Butler, Esq,
Of mis- city, Mr.. b. has abandoned housekeep-
ING and places them in Mr.. RS charge. They
include fine Madonna and child, Beatrice
Cenci, and several others. We propose to agan
refer TO them, more fully.
MIR. TArNAIL's NEW PICTURE.
Apicture in the window Of Ziba Ferris, ,Jr.,
las been greatly admired, within the last day or
two. 1t is a landscape view by Mr.. ii. L. Tat
nall, Just finished and his best, as well as his
lltest work-so we think. The treatment OF the
hight through the trees, on the right h and, and
ol the mass Of foliage on the left, in the dls'
tance is admirably done, and the latter, MT
lctzel himself, who excels in such points, has
not often surpassed. We advise everybody to
zee this picture before ii leaves Wilmington for
it, purchaser, at New Haven.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-03-02
Dramatic and Musical.

Tho good impression made by the Rossini
Qaintette Club, at their Concert, on Monday
evening. induces some of our Entertainment
managers to look them up with view Of engag-
Ing them for another Concert We have not
much doubt that it might be made success.
The sale of tickets for Mrs. Bowers engage
ment il in progress at Boughman, Thomas, Il
Co. X. and the number Of seats already engaged
indicates that there will be good audiences
Eaa Lynne, which will be played on Wednesday
evening" seems to be the favorite. The play, on
Monday evening, il Ld,iy AUdiey's Secrei.
The Hale of seats for the performances OF
D'ro,re, by the Augustin DAILY Company, from
tue Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, will COM
meuce, at Boughman, Thomas K CO.. =, on Tues
day morning.
Madam Parepa-Rosa has been engaged to take
part in the great Musical Festival OF the Lower
Rhine at Dusseldorf in the summer, and will
rail for Europe, about May LIST.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-03-02
PRICE TWO CENTS.
TELEGRAMS.
New York.
oENrnAL AMEnIcAN rnoupLEs.

CENTRAL AMERICAN TROUBLES.
NEW YoRK, March 2.
Panama letter says there is much anxiety
there, on account of the demands made for in
demnity for the seizure Of tho steamer Montijo
and the expected arrival Of the U. S. Pacific
fleet. 1t is supposed that these demands are
pressed by United States, for the purpose of ac-
quiring land in Colombia upon which to construct
the proposed Isthmus ship canal.
MAYOR HALL BLUFFINd THE TIMES.
The Times says Mayor Hall has thirty-nine ac-
tions to bring against that journal and threatens
to have its propretors in the State Prison. in lel
than six months after his aoquittal on his pres
ent trial.
STRIKE OF RAILROAD LABORERs.
The workmen on the Northport, Oong Island }
Railroad have struck for advanced wages. Those
remaining were driven from the work by the
strikers Trouble is expected.
THE TAAT1IAEY HALL COMMITTEE
A new election for an entirely new General
Committee of Tammany Hall will take place.
THE STOKES CASE GRAND JURY SUSTAINED.
Judge Cardoza charged the jury in the Stokes
case, ordering the rendition Of verdict for the
people, legaliziDg the action of the Grand Jury,
and upholding the indictment Of Stokes.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-03-02
Andilor-GeneraI Hnrlrnnf', o

Andiior-G enernl Bariranft, of Pennsylvania.
Tho Drldcdredn refers to recent insinna-
tion of fraud, made against Auditor General
Hartranft and State Treasurer Mackey, Of Penn
zylyania, by some Harrisburg correspondent OF
the n. Y. Tribune Our Dover neighbor would
not, we Think do deliberate injustice to the
gentlemen named, and we therefore state that
the charges made were Immediately shown to be
maliciously false and upon resolution to in-
vestigate being introduced in the Senate, it was
negatived by the votes Of all, or nearly all, the
Democratic Senators, several of whom declared
the story 80 evidently untrue as to make an in
yestigation needless and wasteful expenditure
Of time and money. General Hartranft's per-
.onal and official character stands so unspOtted,
sitter his six years Of public life, that we make
this explanation to the Deidodredn, in the best
spirit. as simple Justice to brave soldier and
thoroughly upright official.