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New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04
ANOTHER FRTZP BROUGHT N

! very famous craft which has lately
been cruising under the tax resi9ters' flag,
struck it. coiors yesterday and hauled up
n the wind tcr a parlev with Lord High
Admiral Hawkins. In PLAIN land phrase,
the New Orleans Picayune Printing Com
pany finally concluded that its wisest
poAcy i to pay its lawful taxes, and after
d successful application to have the aascss-
ment reduced to twenty thousand dollars.
rendered the money to tie court. AS the
Superior Court is not q tax Office, how
ever, tie tender was declined, and the
parties were referred to Collector folger
Doubtless the little bill has been settled,
with such items Of cost as have been
charged up to that acoouno
The moral We derive from this s,l1ren-
der is that brave and sptetul words do
not strengthen a weak cause, and that
those Who loaSt the l3udest are often the
irst to falS H,eeafteD when We scar o
ma7 anxioUe@e proclaim from tie 4ouse
tops and the markG8 places hS Yntentio@
, to asfy the lawsGf this State o,e 9ha95 Sc
him dowS0s on 0rly candidate for 6he
stool OF eepentanco Our neighbor is not
without company in defeat, b'.t we earn
cstly hope it will prcve to be the last to
enter the S,te in the unequaSconte And
now, having practically withdrawn from
the tax resisting association, it Will lie Q
sound financial measure to dispatch its
collector after the gentlemen who have for
several months been offering their services
thro7l9n its advertising columns to 2elp
taypayerso@ aS the very hole into which
ehe 63ey1o has falIe,o They may not
be egtogeth0e blind leaders Of the bind,
bat they appear to be unable O. S2ep their
caen;s out of Sc ditch.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

continues to represent the wishes OF the
majority Of the people, to be modified
when it ceases SO to do. It hos been SO
modified, and this is the sore point.
The PicGyune asserts that mo difference
has existed in the United States concern
ing the express grants in the constitution
They have all arisen from constructions,
etc. Now, it must be remembered that
tie constitution is a human instrument
expressed in mere human language, and
therefore necessarily liable 20 different
constructions. True, the language Is as
plain and simple as possible, and the ideas
as clearly conveyed. 2ev0theless the
greatest legal lights o5 ol9 country Save
not thought it ueedleso % 9l0;idate 1t;
and volumes are filed with explanations
Of it. To tax, then, about disputes IL its
construction as something objectionable
is idle; and to say that the particular con-
constructions which it chaTacterlzes as
virtually aDolishing the Constitution, q
simply another way of saying that such con-
strlctions We're not Slose n.a.i9ained hy
its own party.
Our ne.shbor O. so carrieS o@ay by 9ts
enthusiasm tor negatives th&S Is claims
Tor them divine sanction, @XclaIming
Then vd9},e9 that is the yc?ce Of the
Democratic party was tlaa OF nine out Of
the ten commandments o hon snalt
note Has this bold assuner Of heavenly
sanction forgotten the simple Bible lessons
Of his childhood, wherein he learned that
these prohibitory commands, these thou
shalt not's, were issued to childish and
SEM Gbarbarous people; and that the III
functions of the dispensation unde- which
we live, the Gospel, are not negative hut
positive. It is no longer Thou shalt not
steaZ . Thou shalt DO no nurder, "@Thou
snalt not bear false witness against thy
neighbor;V bup Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thyselSo 91he Christian 2
net governed by negatlonS We make
thSs point not tha6 is Sas arg spedYYa6 ap-
9hcation to the theory O. government
although It ought to Gaye), but 70 correct
an error which we are surprised to see in
SO careful sheet We would, therefore,
suggest TO our neighbor that e scrrpulous
reperusal OF both the New Testament and
the constitution of the United States
would perhaps reveal more positive pro-
visions than negative ones, more thou
shafts, than thou shalt nots.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04
4 CARD.
BgAeEgAH. La, May J !a-

BeAsEgAH La, May J, !d-
ErII RErCEri,AT:
III the Braashear News of the twent ysi, III ultim0
under the heading "A Family Quarrel the editor
makes al attempt 20 embodv Il latent sluT az the
OF people called by polite persons 'lsraeltes
II it be the intention OF the editor 10 cast such
sur, then say that tie effort is entirely Un-
worthy public Journal ". ..ioh processes TO labor
for the public good and to improve the people
among whom il is published. But pel maps tins ie
not the policy of the sheet mentioned. We are at
q loss tc form opinion upon this question, siuce
We do not any ything in the paper mentioned
which would justifN such d conclusion, that 1t
worked for tie pahlic weal. If this be its policy,
it is infinitely more latent that the malicious srr
Ot which we speak, and lie only VITO could dive
deep into the intern inable waters and drag up
drUw ned honOrs by the locks, could discern that
it was the wish of this editor to send out period
ical which would do credit to our little rising vi
lage, OF dspens. light to 4fose who Wait eagerly
but dsappointedly, TO receive it. And, further
more, oi the opinion that, ii tins smai,
sheet tdimihutIre, We might have sad, in every
particularly Processes 10 do good to the
mun.ty whose misfortune II is TO have rs lot cast
among them, It's efforts have only been miserable
a1ortion15 a3lstead @f promoting peace and har-
rnCSv, and Of ameliorating tlG Condition OF those
ugio do most to support it, @ seems to crouch like
a whipped spaniel to a certain interest and policy
and to take the dishOnorable course OF wonndng
tee] Ggs without cause pCctext. There are
many Israelites in the town of Brashear and
their contributiGns to the welfare of the place
not at al inconsjderahle and they are not unrepre
sented in tie Brashear News. Now. We do not
wish t" nurse Siper to sting us To death, and We
wish the wotthy ~ editor "t tha; paptl to rise TO
explain.
mNi it!r. u. CAHEi5N
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04
EIS OCCUPATION GOER

o fusion operator in grapevine dis
patches complains because Governor Kel-
logg has sent the Netropoiitan militia up
the Ieche, where they have the telegraph
2ne5.@ $aidSe, oso long as they went
out i1oo The hork woods / could drive a
ye5}l erado 9n killing them off by the
peopYe and 9ce have a contradiction for a
dayer two Poo folIowo He ought to
90 some one@ut 70 cut the wires.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

There was a rise in all classes ot State
and city securities yesterday. State war
rant, arc worth forty-six cents; State bonGs
forty-fve aud q half cents; school certih-
tcs@xty eight cents appropriation GER
ti.cates sixty eight cents, and Metropolitan
PuNcGawarrhnts nircty-two cents.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

A petition was filed with Governor hel-
logg yesterday for the pardon of Timothy
Hays, who was recently convicted OF man
slaughter and sentenced to one days i'm
prisonment by Judge Abel}0 The petition
Is &Sgned Sy Mayor Wilt, J0tO Denis aud
sesgsa3@theS we q known citizenO
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

The Cardinal Alexis Billet, Archbishop
of Canterbury, whose death was announced
yesterday morning, was the Oldest man III
tho College of Cardinals. He was ninety
years of age. He became cardinal I'D
iS6lz7 There are now twenty seven empty
rrl hats 10 tll5
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04
PROCLAMATION.
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD.

STATE LoCI.lAN..
Executive Department.
NV Orleans, April % lf73.
Information nav rs reached me that forged or
fraudulent State Lconse Blanks have beer ten
dered for sale. aGge discount on the face Va ue
thereof being ote T } an induce ement TO pUfrEae
hereby offer reward of One Thousand Dol'are To-
Information which viii lead to the detection ard
cony ictiol of person engaged ill sO GeiEabd-i'g
the state.
Given under my !aLG and the seal OF tie State
hereunto attached II iwenty- eighth day oi Agrs
eighteen hundred and seventy three, aLd Of ire
independence OF the l lifted States the ninety
seventh.
WILLIAM =. KELLOGG.
By the GoverIor
p G. nkSLGSNf,
,nfSt ata
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

Much interest beng manifested ny al
sorts of people, particularly the old mem
s,ers of the bar, in tho first appearance of %
colored lawyer in Sar Criminal Court, we
have devoted some space to Mr.. Chester
argument before Judge Abel last week, ID
in defense Of West, Jamison and lfown,
tl,o ALLEGED murdcrers of Isaac Walker.
The argument was ably prepared anu Wen
delivered, and will elicit comment,
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04
REDUCTION AT WASHES.
PROCLAMATION.
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS REV ARD.

STATE OF LOr.s!Axl
Executive Department. :
New Orleans. April 2l, 1875.
Whereas. official information has been received
by me that about the thirtieth day OF N.ascf,
1873, William B. Mcdonald, All old and worthy citl-
zen IF this State, WAS brutaly murdered a. vtT-
az n, in the parish OF kson, in this State. ov
persnn or persons to me- unknown.
Now. therefore. 4, William P. Kellogg. Governor
of the State of LOuIsiaGa, have thought til TO ssue
this my proclamation. offering reward OF FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS for the Apprehension end
conviction OF the murderer murderers Of TIE
said William B Mcdonald; said reward "a ee pad
the certificate of he sheriff and distric: attGT-
ney of said parish of jackson that the person ap-
plying for the furnished the inform o.
which led to the arrest and conviction of ire
aforesaid murderer Murderers.
Given under my hand and the sea! OF the Stace
here unto attached this twenty first day o. april
l8T3 and of the Independence of the United S;a-es
the ninety seventh.
WILLIAM P. KELLOGG.
b tho Governor:
WILLIAM WEEKS,
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

Commodore Vanderbilt and At stew
art each lack bar two years ot i"nr score.
George Law il more than three score ana
ten. but he attends faithfully 10 his am
meuse interests. including the Dry DOCK
BanR and the Eighth Avenue railway.
Nos,s Taylor is nearly seventy-five, and -
@eputel to be worth SlO,C0o, 600.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

The address 10 the people, on the subject
of the Colfax massacre, prepared "y L. Aar-
y;s Chester. FrQ., and adopted at the meeting
of co!ored people at st. James chapel On
thetwcnty second of April, has been trans
lated int, French, and is for sale by Simon,
corner OF Exchange alley and St Louis
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04
ted for the collection Of what may

adopted for the collection Of what may
be found due.
We have previously called attention to
the small capital il trade some OF Our tax
resisters are assessed upon. We are
anxious to know if the authorities mean
to enforce, in -jnstice to those who aie
fully assessed, the full intent of the law.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

An affectionatc husband down town
kissed his homely servant girl the other
night as she opened the door for him, m
der the impression, Of course. that 1t was
his wife, lie has to carry water and split
kindlinr now himself.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04
MARRIED..

CEASE-CLARK-On Tuesday, April 2e, by Rev
Father Neilhart at the residence of Charles II.
Chase ESQ, KATIE LOUISE CHASE, OF Ne" Or
leans, to JOHN EDGAR CLARK, OF Frankfort Ken
tucky. No cards.
IiEernnn. ENGLAND rapers please COPY.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

Gao service@oPthe Methodist Episcopal
Chur,9 loorner oQst Charles and Cailiope
streetO will be conducted by the pastor,
Rev9 James MorrovO Special sermon il,
the evcnns-sul#ect The New Birth
Hours o. services II A. NJ. and 7.30 p. NJ
Strangers cordially invited. v
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

Rnaot9s by the late Legislature the ezS..Lu ve
Hosp Tor Smallpox and contagious coiut slnEs,
Is ON THE PUNTCHARTRAIN RAlLRoAi,
Fifth square outaide Claiborne stIee,
INDECENT cases arr received according LEI a.
city proviscus WITH permits from the lar
officials
Pri7Ate i.aying cases are received fer Nht6f
81 per dav: !'Tivst. rooms SIS.
Apply at the hosIitai. U-22 :,
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

A new gentleman's newspaper, the Pro-
;essio,,al aud SSortiny World, published in
Philadelphia by Robert j. Caverly, has
made its appearance. rs Typography is
excellent, and q portrait Of a New Orleans
favorite, Barton Hill adds to its attract tor
To patrons Of this city.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

General Frank Gardner, who was the
Confederate commander OF Port Hudson,
at the time Of its surrender TO General
Banks, died in Vermlionville last Welnes-
daya lie was an officer in the reeu] ~ army
before the late rebellion.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

The news from the birthplace OF our
Saviour that bloody fight had occurred
between parties of Latin and Greeh monks.
jr Bethlehem, Judea, in which several We're
seriously injured, sounds strangely II this
nineteenth century.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

Major Steve Power has published a pocket
companion and guide for the use Of plant
ers, merchants and travellers, which con
tains q large amount Gf useful information,
tables, statistics, etc, carefully compiled,
and NAV be relied on for their accuracy.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

Fae pTedg eafe es the SIetrepol1tan goa9
s,u,a pbedgo BanG 9s5IS 30 continued on Mono
day &c eleven GSc9oc2o OF Goo o Camp
street, by Messrs. Montgomer.S THIS being
tho closing sale, the public and the trade
should not fail to attend.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

London has salvage corps, supported
by fire insurance companies, which aids the
ire brigade in extinguishing fires, guards
prope. ty IN burnt buildings and looks after
tie iutarests Of the insurers generally.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

The sheriff of the parish of Orleans Will
sell at auction tomorrow. at ) p. NJ, at
his warehouse, No. "a st. Ann street, be-
tween Royal and Bourbon streets, Second
District, furniture and movable effects.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

Assessment Noe. l32, IS3 ara IJs--see
special notice @ column. Deaths OF %
Kuitierc Numa Augustine and Jehn Dovl,
payable at the Office of the Mutual Aid and
Benevolent Lie insurance Association,
No T. Camp a,tceet Amount PAID out
since organization, August, lo6S, $3-2,?50.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

@Lucy9 writes from Brooklyn to say that
4he don't object to a good-looking gentle
man gazing square in her face, but that it
does make her awful mad when she looks
back 40 see him staring back too.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

g get parrot was so disgusted with the
sumuBt of moving day at Harrisburg that
.ae, signalized his passage through the
streets on the top of the furniture wagon
py tho most shocking profanity.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04
~ucces, ion Of Lero,le Ichnu.e and jeanDe

WIlt--NU.
elECGND DISTRIC COURT FOR TIE PARISH ,r
~ Orleans Notice is hereby given to III. .-.C.T-
9Ts OF tins estate, AID 10 all other persons LeFrA
Interested 10 sil0w Cause within ten daVs lAIr .he
present notitic tti0r, If auy~ hey nave or cal Wv
the account presented BY tile adm instructor -
this estate should nof he homnlogatsG ..rG Al
proved and tb- tL.ds distributed il. ;c..~l2l,e
herewith.
BY order nt he Court.
ar26 80 n,v5+ FRANK PACE lE COX
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04
Succession of JOHN Henry sn!isi->o.

CECOHD DISTRICT COURT FOB TIE PARISH (prs
~ Orleans. - Whereas, Ms Cather;n, sing
ras peNtloned the court for lettere OF aduu4s-
,auoh on The estate of her late hus0aUd. .icir
henry smith Notice is hereby given to a 7 " hon t
may concern. 10 slow cause within ten C.Ss ~
me prayer OF tie said petitioner should ~, lie
granted.
E." order Of TIE Court
ap30 my 2- FRANZ pacv I'd C-t
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

I.onSan has forty-six regular theatreO
ana one now in course Of erection. ms IS
exclusive of music halls, concert rooms ana
entertainment galleries, which number over
Tpe iNndrcd
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04
succession of Luriiie yivnnt, Widow o4

ssshCIhD DISTRICT COURT FOR The P4EISH OF
oleaiis.-.'ot"e IS hereby given to To-, cred
VI ''7 t7tdi. and TO all OF er persoI- here .
interested 10 show caus. within sen d9ys f,cr ne
hotii"3' on & any they have o. car y ty
. ao 1c'o'ht ~ s-rf,d by the testalnent..ty ~
~ V, I'm IN i. 'ifat" should not b. roruon.aJed
ao, "n. 3d iIa tAc H,Dds dletlibut5t a At
y order rf tlC Court
TIlE4 ~ rNANK PACE Up ore
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

q petition has been sent to Congress ask
Eng that body to otter 10000 reward TO the
perscea who finds d sure cure tor smallpox.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

g certain Congressman is credited with
saying AERat he will pay his debts with his
back payo thus placing it where i will do
Ehe most good
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

g,.@the0McCranie has got tired OF editing
q. Democratic paper in Ouachita parish' ana
e.dvertises his office, the IeleJrdph, i"r SAFE.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

More than a third of the population OF
New England is now of European birth or
European descent in the first generation.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

THOU SHALT" vs.. THOU SE4LT No7sS
ISe Pjcaype, critiasing an article -
che AajS5p on the Democratic party, ad
mYts est 3 80 and ssvays has been Q
partyef Sleros segatioIsa and rronounces
'9his doSe a@seroS free government
ssSs this saSient ezpounder of con.titrs
tional lac, 'iS nothing but neqati,4,s On
poweo' 20 Sreaervo these eegatis.s .
proclaims "tbe gone e;ssion of the D,e-s
cratic party. o government estabS-he's
to maintain oegatiyes @ligAt undoubtedly
stand we'll, hut how souls e eos Sbose
like a ship wilhou& stears 90 sa.ss's
nothing but o,ll4ess g,allass : a goos
thing, and, unser ordsssss csrcnmstancess
necessary; but psen S. shG2 Has sprung
4 lealoas our ship Of stase 80 Sttle
over a decade paso all hands 90 g. work
to pitch not only ballast bat cargo o,els
9oar,o Everyo4inee % maeter 3ov2
26ao ointrinsically. must Se sacrificed to
safety. oean,wer thus theenPliel meane
ing Of our neiehboo ior it is9ile o. ignore
the significance of O. hings at tie Sars
Of progress" all pGe:ensions to v9GSca BIO
yond the limits Of the coustitl9op q, do
nounces as o.surrat.ons.
Now it ON not be denie9 the g.
limits Of the constitution have been yitao
ly changed by tie eject of that very
progress which our contomperalo calls
usurration. Does it olean to ealogize
that instrument as itswas or as it is The |
Republican party las and always has bad !
as strong a respect for the constitution as
the Democratic, but it has not regarded !
that instrument as a fetish to be abiectly !
but as a provision represent
ing the highest wisdom of the times in
which It WIS formed, to be used while il
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04
Succession Of i<Btmn V. Bennett - 10

GECOSD DISTRICT COURT FOR TIRE CAEIEE
~ of OTlcans.-N0tics is heI eby given tte
creditors OF this estate and to all other l,ersci 8
hCreip interested t6 show cause, within to- dhvs
from the present Iotlncation il any they have
can, why the accoult presented hv )"hr V.
Gould, administrator of this estate. siI0u 0uit
DO homOlogated and approved, aud The flcte ti.e
trihutef III accordance herewith.
BY order Of the Cosrt.
2p}r my4 g. FRANK PACE. il ( .rs
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

SsnnOND DISTRICT COURT FOR TIRE psK7>t,
- oi orleans Notice j. here by given tt ff' ,I.d
itor5 or TINS estate sr6 to all u frr nar.,,,. 80,
iI iihI,'re5teo 10 Sh"" canse within ten lavs from
nio p,tAtp' not tcatl"D, If any they hav, rr "a.
IJS IT'J wy accom- presented by the widow If no
Wy a'Jeis.u an" "a 'trs tutix of Ter ninr children
i'.'I h do 1'.. @flhs, ering this estate slru ~
trl0lted III accordance therewith. 80
~ order Oi the CoGrt
hltI ~ FRANK PAGE Or C.n.a
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04
Succession OF Jean Pierre Eav,o-%o.

CECOND DISTRICT COURT POR THE PARISH CP
~ Orleans Whereas, Josephine A. Fegro hhs
petItoned the CUt.it for letters admin sI.ti.u
Oh the estate Of tho late jean Pierre fayrc. ot-
ceased, intes:a:e. Notice is herehy eiver 10 all
whom i NAV concern 10 show cause Wi'i,t .ar
DAYS why The prayer Of tho said peItt;c1er
sEouC not be grated.
By order of the Ccurt.
nNiI ~ FRANK PACE Up cor
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

SnGlaDapolis fathers are TO be commend
edo They hunt their biz SOILS out OF saloons
So horse whips.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

d. w. Shaw, the sheriff OF Grant parish
at the time of the Colfax massacre. was !
cousin OF Murat Halstead, Of the Cincinnati
Commercial.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

A young lady in st. Louis has been Keep
4ng Lent 80 strictly that her life is despalred
Ofa
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

Macrsady, the actor, who has just died,
@Sas eighty years old.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04
Succession Of Mary Campiston- Derea..d

wiz ~ I''iciii4' ttuOipN4--NO
Sh,'HI, DISTRICT COURT FOR THE psETSH
- OF oFitaiIs-.' iltreas. Etienue Ca1nFlor., l;s
ptutlohed u" court for letters of aduiri.+T.-iC,
M M the estate OF bis late WIFI, Mary C.,. tlnrr
No'co IS ncleb5 gwen to al whom il ,o3r COZ
cerh 10 SHOW caus" within ten days NJ. n o
prayer nf the said pctl. .ioner sg,oIIld mn ta W.
By order Of the Court ~ * '''1'
aTZ1 30 rlv5' EPANR p,CU II ,..-
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04
succession Of John Kern rud Of E,.,e ~ -
Kern, lis W'te-No 2b G55

ID,Ip3.
$f'CND DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PaErsp
- Oh o'itai.s--SGice is hereby given TO tI.. rT.t-
iitoIS OF TINS 4-tate and to 6tSI othrr ,a-sn,.
herein Interested. to show cause win, tn a..
rom iron lhe present no o+ucat0n if any tlpv Lave or
IN WHY me account presented by the id1i.1.
o M .'I I'll liis estate should not be hon ougaf.r 4
% a'H az pror7d and the funds distributed in .. tId
BY orh6r of the court.
myl i9' FRANK PACE. Jr. CiGf
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04

tropoitan Brigade that it is very well
regulated militia organization, and, there
fore, a constitutional and highly necessary
adjunct OF the State government.
No peaceatle man in the State has any
reason to fear the militia, whether under
the command of General Longstreet,
General Badger or Colonel Flanagan.
Their missions are all in the interest Of
peace. They are the duly commissioned
peace-mahers. They have orders to that
effect, and they will have peace wherever
they appeaaa even if they have to fight
for 10
New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-04
THE GUTENBERG HOSPITAL

Assistant Secretary of State.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-11-25

No new developments showed them
selves yesterday in Cuban affairs. The
government is SAID to be engaged in ascer-
tanning its latitude, and is going on at the
same time with its warlike preparations.
We hear from Washington, nevertheless,
that it is believed in prominent circles that
there will be no war, as the administration
sees its way clearly; and that while the
horrors of war will probably be ayerted,
"Cuba will be free." This is very signifi-
cant, though we have not the remotest idea
what it means. Should there be no war,
however, though Cuba be as free as the
wind, there are great many men who
will be infinitely disappointed as well as
disguised, for the reason that the real
question at issue is not settled. If Cuba
occupied, relatively, the same position
towards England that it does to-day
towards the United States. it wouldn't be
month before the Moro would fly the
British flag. But we are sleeping away
our opportunity.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-11-25
COMMISSIONERS DOUGLASS prelimiuar,

COMMISSIONER DOUGLASS preliminary
report shows the internal revenue receipts
for the year to have been sl14, 900, 600,
which exceeds Secretary Boutwell's esti-
mates by $4,000, 900. The cost of collect
ing the revenue has been s6,0OO,oOO, OR
little over five per cent, which sum the
Commissioner promises to reduce one-third
next year. The Commissioner recommends
the restoration of the tax on Illuminating
gas and requests, as the repeal of the
former has not benefited consumers, and
the latter can easily be paid by people who
receive legacies.