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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-12-18
By Hoffman, Marks q Co.

JOHN POITEVAET AND JOSEPH A. FAVRF, COM.
PLAINANTS, vs. CARONDELET STREET AND
CARROLLTON RAILROAD COMPANY, DE-
PENDANTS.
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pETITIONs AND SCHEDULES

Prepared strictly according to the bankrupt law
general orders of the United States Supreme
oourt and rules Of the United States District
Court, by HOLM CApTpp
At Ire Office of c. s. Kellogg, Register in Bank
ruptcy, Customhouse building New Orleans
Blanks ALWAYS on hand. mol
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-12-18
By S. Gu1nauIt.

SUCCESSION OF MRS. MARIE SEVERE FSPINOSA
WIDOW OF JACINTO ALEIX
Second District Court for the Parish of Orleans
No. SO $780,
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Monetary--Commercial.
MONETARY.
OFFICE OF THE DAILY REPUBLICAN,
"WEDNESDAY EVENING. December II, 1873.

We have material change to notice in the
money market, either in bank or on the street.
extent and several of the banks have met it pretty
freely. In the open market the preference for
loans cOlaterals continues with the tendency
deal Of currency on deposit and supply the demand
to fair extent Everything indicates the early
equalization of currency and checks, perhaps by
rates for first class paper with collaterals at Ol
y cent p month; Al without collaterals at y
o.. and second grade at 203. First class mort
gage paper continues to rule at 10 y cent p
annum, and second grade at 1l012.
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STEAMSHIPS.

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! STATE LINE STEAMSHIP COMPAN
LIMITED.
The following new first class full powered en,
built screw steamships are intended to sa ~
larry between NEW ORLEANS and LIVERpS5
and GLASGOW and NEW YORK: w
LOUISIANA, % tons register. :. Captain Stev.
MINNESOTA. 1000 tons register. Captain Han.
ALABAMA, az tons register. ........ Captain Es
vIRGi MA, $500 tons register. Captain SAL
GEORGIA, $500 tons register ,Captain rooaa
@ 70, liverpool direct, q. follow, ..' :
LOUISIANA,
With dispatch.
From New York to Glasgow, sailing fortuiobs,
Will receive and sign through bills of adr. =.
Havle, Bremen, Hamburg, Antwerp. Rofsa.Se
and all Continental ports. ''ssa
Return tickets issued available for rwpyu,
MONTHS, at reduced rates. and Through M.ls
to all parts of the United Kingdom and ku,oca. s1
A stewardess and surgeon are attached r.,
steamer; NO charge is made for ATTENDING -
medicines. Ae
Money Orde rs granted free of charge.
Prepaid Bmigr alton Tickets issued hs,s ,on
ties DESTROYS Of sending for their friends p@'
These vessels cross the bar q all timea v@h.r.
detention. "i'loub
For freight and passage, having supero, s.,o,.
modations, apply to -'SS~
A. K. MILLER Co.
sel4 No. % Carondelet street. New crIesu.
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BUSINESS CARDS.

'~"~"'>>>~s ~O~~~>~~~~~~~--
o.no MAhchAL. CHARLES vAUTHIER
AHCHAL'S RESTAURANT.
NO. ~ Union street, between st. Charles and Car.
ondelet.
boarding by the Day, Week or Month.
FURNISHED ROOMS.
frvafe Supper Saloon for narties de- In
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-12-18
By o. Valeton.

BRUNO J. 3. LANOIX VS.. JEAN BAPTISTE La
NOIX EFT AL
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SUCCESSION OF B. BUSCKER, DECEASED.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-10-18
THE GREENBAcK POLICY !

Under the above caption an exchange
says
Recent developments show that if the
Greenback Policy, advocated by the De-
mocracy few years since, had been adopt
ed, the financial crash Of the past few
weeks would not have come upon us. The
country is prosperous, say all, but there Is
not sufficient currency to do business with
And why Simply because Congress leg
islated in the interest Of the bon lholder
and against the people We have a large
debt, and Why might not a portion of it
as well be in currency, which bear q per
cent. in gold If the peole's wishes we're
properly represented in Congress, we would
have an increase Of currency and dimi-
mutton of nterest-bearing bonds. But
our rulers are in the pay Of the rich and
give no heed to the demands Of the poor,
because the latter do not look after their
own interests.
We are pleased to see our opponent
even at this late day, acknowledging the
soundness and efficacy Of our financial
policy.
Now, the truth is the democracy a
few years since stole the financial plank
from the platform Of the National Labor
Union. which reads as follows
l. That it is the duty Of the government
to establish Just standard ri distribution
to capital and labor, by providing purely
national circulating medium, based ON the
faith and resources Of the nation, issued
directly to the people without the inter
ventIon IF any system Of banking corpora
tons, which money shall be legal tender
in the payment Of all debts, public and
private and interchangeable at the option
Of the holder for government bonds, bear
ing rate of interest not to exceed three
and siXty-hve hundredths per cent, sub
ject to future legislation by Congress.
The Democracy advocated it as a measure
Of their own since then. Several Of the
leading men Of the Republican party have
taken the spirit Of the resolution and acted
upon it, and to-day it is occupying the
minds of the ablest hnanciers nf the cuun-
try
The experience Of the last ten years
proves that gold ia the shape q money is
not absolutely necessary for the transac-
ton " commercial business. and in our
local affairs It has been entirely dispensed
with. What has given value to the Nation
al Bank Note Is 1t not that the Govern
ment Is to redeem it In the present
crisis would they not have deprecated in
stead Of approaching III value il it were
not that they are secured by Government
bonds Is it not the faith Of the people
in the ability Of the Government To redeem
then that has giveuthem any value v hatever
as circulating medium Why not, then,
come down ~ PLAIN facts and admit that
the gold-hasls theory is a falacy Let gold
fall into its natural position IN the mercan-
tile world, adopt the true American none
tary system as recommended 10 Congress
by the National Labor Union, and do
away with panics and gold gamblers.
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system, the invasion Of another nation
brought things TO q level. The lAbores
would not fight a. they had nothing to
fight for, and the capitalists were soon
killed off, and men took new start. But
this fashion Of bringing things 70 level,
has passed away, and generations q ty-
rants and robbers are only brought to their
senses by the resistless tide Of popular in
dlgnation. The statement that the poor
demand ''new deal from the possessions
Of the rich, is not true. They know that
capital is, in fact, Of little consequence.
The rich do not live on their capital, but
on their daily pilferiDgs from the earnings
Of the poor. It is these daily Pilferings
from the fruits. Of their toll, that cause
complaints from the poor. They are tired
Of the ceaseless extortion OF grinding mo-
nopolists. Of the fiimsY, frivolous pretence
on which they are compelled to pay fifty
hours of labor with brain and muscle, for
one hour Of labor with brain aud tongue.
They demand the reconstrl 'ti"n W society
on the basis Of Moses and Tie prophets, of
Confucius and Christ. They demand moth
ing more they will be satisfied with moth
ing less. They ought TO agitate, and they
mil agitste, until this is obtained, and
they will obtain it, though it cost them the
fearful price paid for the extinction Of
slavery. j. w.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-10-18
LABOR ITEMS.

A NUMBER Of the Frankfort, n. ", cot
ton mills are running on half time, in con
sequence Of falling off Of orders and diff
Guilty in procuring currency to pay wages.
Canpbells mills at Manyunk are closed by
a strike Of the operatives. At other Many
INK mills work continues at reduction.
South Barkfoundry is closed, and 600 men
are idle, refusing to work at the proposed
reduction.
ONLY one silk mill in Philadelphia is
running full time. Several mills have
suspended, and others are running only
part Of the time, with reduced force.
THE workmen in the Southwest Foun-
dry, Philadelphia, Henry G. Francis, pro-
prietor, struck on the 9th, in consequence
Of the proprietor insisting on a reduction
Of 30 per cent off mechanics and 10 Der
cent per diem of laborers. The South
west Foundry is one of the largest indus
trial establishments in the city, and en-
ploys nearly 600 hands.
z. p. BoYER's furnace, at Port Carbon.
was in imminent danger Of being burned
last week. The roof of the boiler house
caught fire aai was burned of.
NINETEEN carpenters, two molders and
four machine shop hands were suspended
at the Lansford shops. We hope they
will soon be set to work again.-Tdm.
qua Courier.
WIN. TENNETT, a mason employed on q
new building st st. Peter, missed his foot
ing recently and fell twenty-four feet TO
the joist below, sustaining injuries which
resulted in death.
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gun to be actively worked within the past
thirty years. The mines of France and
Belgium do not produce as much per ton
in proportion to the men employed as those
of England and the United States. and
the obstacles to sinking are also greater
In Belgium the beds are very thin and q
great waste Of coal in the form of slack is
produced by the miner, though, there are
some very thick Goals in the district Of St.
Etienne. The seams are much broken,
presenting little regularity, and all very
limited extent. In the department Of the
North, out of 134 minable beds, few in-
deed exceed three feet of thickness.
Prussia is rich in coal. The coal field
of Saarbriecken, ON the left bank Of the
Rhine, possesses greater thickness Of car
boniferous strata and a greater thickness
of coal than any other distaict in the
world. In some places in the central por-
ton Of the district the coal-rocks attain
the enormous thickness of 20, 900 feet, and
the number Of coal-beds above six inches
are l64, measuring 1888 feet, while those
Of a minable character are seventy-seven
in number, and include 240 feet Of coal
There are other and valuable deposits in
Prussia, besides important quantities Of
lignites or brown Goals Of the newer for
nation. In Westphalia, Prussian Saxony
and in Silica there are important mining
districts, in which both the free and brown
varieties are raised. Some Of the brown
Goals are in great demand for local purpos-
es, and as they exist in shallow basins the
expense Of sinking, as compared with those
Goals Of the carboniferous formation is in
considerable. In Prussian Saxony upward
Of 1000, 900 tons Of the tertiary Goals are
annually raised from the mines.
Austria also possesses valuable deposits
Of coal, Of both varieties; but it is only
within the past quarter Of a century that
serious attention has been given to the
development Of the coal deposits Of this
country. The annual production scarcely
exceeds 5,O0O,0OO tons, Of which about
onehalf is raised from the brown or hg-
mite coal-measures. Some Of this class Of
Goals greatly resemble the true Goals in
character, aud for many purposes they
serve almost as we'll In some places in
Austria the tertiary Goals are Of remarka-
bic thickness, attaining height Of from
fifty to 100 feet.
In the Spanish Peninsula a fine coal field
possessing numerous workable seams is
found, but little has yet been done in the
way of development.
The vast Empire of Russia appears to
enjoy full share of Goals, though little
has yet been done to develop them. With
in a few years some very extended and I'M
portant geological surveys have brought t.
light the existence Of extensive areas Of
carboniferous formation, containing nu-
merous coal-beds Of great value, and NUN
bering many thousand square miles Of
area. There is little coal in the countries
Of southern Europe, there being none
within the boundaries Of Italy, if We ex-
cept some very limited and unimportand
patches Of lgnites.
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The Belgium coal-held exists IA the
shape Of series Of long and narrow basins.
Ii il about 100 miles long by four to six
miles ia width. and exhibits numerous and
remarkable zigzag contortions. There are
l57 different beds Of coal iii Belgium, Of
which l20 are minable; but most Of these
are quite thin, seldom exceeding three feet
Of thickness The deepest cOal-mines IN
the world are found in this country. In
the province Of Hainant, near the village
Of Charleroy. one Of the pits is 2S2O feet
deep, and another near the same place,
has been sunk to the enormous depth Of
34ll feet. Belgium, although the smallest
country If Europe, holds high and -ris-
tinguished rank among nations, by reason
Of her literally developed mines Of coal
and iron. England, France and Prussia,
alone of the nations of Europe, surpass
her IN the annual coal production. Fiji
teen millions Of tons are annually raised
from the coal-mines Of Belgium, the chief
centres Of mining industry being in the
coal-districts Of Mons, Centre, Charleroy,
Manner and Liege.
The coal-felds Of France, though nei-
Their few nor of inferior character, have
not been sufficiently developed to supply
the demands Of the nation. Belgium ex
ports several million tons of coal annually
to France and millions more are imported
from the English mines. There are about
fifty different localities in France from
which coal is raised; but the principal
mining districts may be grouped under the
coal-feIds Of the North, those Of the Cen
tire, and those Of the South The coal
basin Of the North forms part of the
Belgium field. The beds are very thin,
and the measures are covered by the ere
taceous strata for thickness varying frou
240 to 400 feet, which not only renders
resort TO boring to discover the coal forina-
ton necessary, but opposes great obstacles
to sinking, by reason alike Of the depth OF
the mines, and the immense volumes Of
water, which are found in the chalk forma-
ton.
The coal deposits Of Central France are
of very irregular and limited area. Some
times the seams are very thick, reaching as
high as forty to sixty feet, but there is no
certainty of their continuance. The most
important mining centres are the basins Of
st. Etienne and Rive de Gier. These two
cities, which contain vast populations, oY|
their Importance wholly to the deyeSpe
ment of the coal and iron industSes Oh
the respective districts The firY>ralways
constructed in France were >4 Toaus 70
the mines Of St. Etiennei am wnen, IN
1884, it was proposed II me Vha ~ of
tSa %os, ,s,r.aas absurd IDEAS were
s.e No. H. ~ assembled wisdom of the
P. a.;en ~! Of the Deputies from the
l AL lined that cars and road alike |
p5s5e precipitated into the valley, and |
uaer declared that the smoke and steam |
..afch wouh accumulate as the locomotive |
tassed through the tunnels would suffo-
,ts the pDple on the trains to death.
d The COO mines of the South of France,
i'm the detrtments of the Gard and Ar
dache, p4duce about one and half mil
lion tonannually. They have only be-
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-10-18

The North Star Wooden Mills Of Min
neapolis are making, or have made, 5000
blankets for the Palmer House, Chicago
EXTENSIVE iron deposits have been dis
covered about twenty miles northwest Of
Seven Bear Lake, the source of the st.
Louis River. Specimens Of this iron have
been tested and found to be very rich.
AFTER boring 1000 feet. and spending
$50, 900 all hope has been abandoned of
finding coal at Child's Ercal, in the north
Of Shropshire, England.
THERE were 94l, 1872 tons Of railroad
iron made in the United States last year,
an increase Of 16S, $50 tons over the pre-
ceding year; Of this the product of steel
rails was 4,070 tons
EBONY weighs eighty-three pounds to the
cubic foot Ggnum vitae the same; hickory
fifty-two pounds; brick fifty-fve pounds;
beech, forty pounds; yellow pine thirty
eight pounds; white pine twenty-five
pounds; cork fifteen pounds.
IN order to promote enconomy in the
use Of coal for domestic purposes, the
British Society Of Arts offers prizes to the
value Of -, 500 for improved CRATES and
for an apparatus for cooking by gas, the
object Of warming and ventilating the
rooms also being considered. The prizes
are five i'll number, each consisting of $3.50
and the Society's gold medal, and the con
ditions vary in each case.
THE Peronelle, the first Of a ife-ship
lotilla, projected by Captain Hans Busk,
was recently launched in England. 1t is
proposed that the hotilla shall consist Of
large, powerful and buoyant steamers,
themselves provided with couple Of or
binary lite-boats to keep the sea in all
weathers, cruising vigilantly in the most
frequented tracks, more especially where
vessels are known t. be wrecked in almost
every storm.
IL his pamphlet on mummy cloth Mr..
Thompson says: "The beauty Of the tex
ture and the peculiarly i'll the structure
of a mummy cloth gwen me by Mr.. Bel
zoni was very striking 1t was free from
gum or resin or impregnation Of any kind,
and had evidently originally been white.
1t was close and firm, yet very elastic. The
yarn Of both warp and wool was double,
consisting of two fine threads twisted to-
gether The wool was single. The warp
contained ninety threads to the inch, the
wool or weft only forty-four. The fine
ness Of these materials, after the manner Of
cotton yarn, was about thirty hanks in the
pound. The subsequent examination Of a
great variety Of mummy cloths showed
that the disparity between the warp and
the woof belonged to the system of manu-
facture, and the warp had generally twice
or thrice and not seldom four times the
number of threads in one inch that the
wool had.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-10-18
NEWS FROM THE OLD WORLD.
Progress of the Labor Movement strikes.
settlements, de-. &c.

The MoULDERs' STRIKE AT MIDDLEsBOR-
oUGH.-At the Middlesborough Police
Court on Saturday, John M'Kay, one Of
the moulders on strike there, was sent to
prison for two months on a charge OF ne
electinp his work. and thus breaking a con-
tract entered into by him with Hopkins,
Gilkes q Co. The prisoner was summon
ed to appear in June, but failed, and a
warrant having been granted for arrest, he
was apprehended in Greenock.
THE ScoTcH IRON TRADE.-The follow
ing is Messrs VIM. Colvin & Co. s weekly
report, dated September 9 : The warrant
market continues in an unsettled state,
with prices exceedingly irregular, princi-
pally because an amount of speculative
business is being done out of all proportionto
the limited stock of iron in store. Theprice
which touched 125s Sd this day last week,
receded until ll3 was accepted on Friday,
and the market closed on that day about
I16s. Yesterday q moderate business was
done from lbs to 1l7s, closing at 1l6s Cd.
To-day numerous transactions took place
during the forenoon from 116s Cd to lbs
Cd, but during the afternoon business was
down to 118s, closing at 11Ss cd. The
prices Of makers iron are at present very
irregular. but they are decidedly sasier
since last week, and it Ia now evident mat
| the late rapid advance was not sltoset1f
warranted by the legitimate reguirss
Of the trade.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-10-18
THE TAILORS.

From the shop o,,d Senate, Of the 18th
inst, We learn that the tailors Of Sacra-
mentp have organized a Union At their
first meeting, about thirty members were
present and at their last, they could boast
Of one hundred members. which number.
they claim, they will shortly double. IN
Guiding all the best men ia the city. They
have adopted the Constitution in force in
New York City, with some notifications
The following is list Of the officers elect
President, James Mulroy; Vice President
A. \. Anderson Treasurer. n Boyren ;
Secretary, Eric Westine
The following preamble and pledge were
adopted
VIZ REAS, The existing state If civil
cation by accommodating the property OF
the country in the hands u the few, COM
plicates the relation Of employer and EN-
ployed.
AND WHEREAS, Many who have &C
quired, and many who expect to acquire
wealth, care not for the welfare Of their
fellow man, but will use all the means in
their power to blight our prospects and de-
priye rs Of the ability to do that which
Justice demands Tor our families. and pro
vide for the necessaries Of life to this
end Chinese labor IS beng introduced into
our trade, the sweating system with all
It's horrors hnds place in this city; some
Of our trades are working eighteen hours
day, while others are not more than half
employed.
The honorable and respectable employer
Who is willing to pay fair days wages for
fair days work, will soon have to com
pete with Chinese labor and the sweat
ing system, or be forced to invest his cap
ltal and energies in some more lucrative
business.
Therefore, We, the iourneymen tailors
Of the city Of San Francisco. feel satisfied
that the above named evils must increase
in power over rs each succeeding year I'M
less SEINE action Is taken on our part to
stay its progress, and as no better method
presents itself to our views than t. organ
lze for the mutual protection Of ourselves
and such honorable employers as are will
ing to give a fair remuneration for our
labor, hereby pledge ourselves to observe
and carry out the principles II the Constl-
tuition and BY Laws IF the Tailors' Pro
tective Union.
The Bylaws are similar to those adopt
ed by all Labor Unions, and would not in
terest the public general
We would suggest to the Secretary. Mr..
Eric Westine, the propriety Of communi-
eating with the Secretary Of The Tailors'
international Union, Mr.. - G. Hougen-
dobler, POP South Ninth street, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-10-18
THE LABOR WORLD.

FRoM our Eastern exchanges we learn
there is considerable trouble among the
New England manufactures, many Of
whom are reducing the wages and time Of
their hands while others are discharging
large numbers Of their employees.
THE wages Of the employees in the Cam
den, y. j., wooden mills, have been re-
duced ~ per cent III consequence Of the
monetary stringency.
In Jersey, the laborers on the new cut
through Bergen Hill were notified, few
days since, that their daily wages would be
reduced from Sl75 to 81 %.
A PARTIAL suspension Of the Dover, n.
H., shoe factories has taken place.
THE Taftville Company, Of the same
place, has given notice that its works will
be run but three days a week.
AT Baltic, Greenville ami the Falls,
short time will be adopted.
The Smithfield Manufacturing Company,
Of Hyde Park, suburb Of Boston, has
placed its help on half time.
The Hopkins 4 Allen Manufacturing
Company, Of Norwich, Conn, has dis
charged 81 hands, and brought the work
ing time to nine hours day.
Ar Lomukin Mills, Chester Pa, the
hands. fifty in number, are working on
four days time, the proprietors preferring
this to temporary suspension hoping that
matters will soon brightcn up.
The prospects Of a hard winter IN Pat
erson are increasing. The total number
of hands thrown out Of employment thu
past two weeks exceeds 1000. The small
dealers supplying necessities for the fami-
lies of these idle men. find great difficulty
in meeting their obligations with wholesale
houses, and many of them will r. ruined
unless the workshops speedily resume.