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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-04
BY TELE GRAPH
CONGRESS.
Senate.

WASHINGTON, March 3-Mr Fenton pre-
sented a memorial from large number Of
business men of New York, expressing
alarm at the unlawful action of the Secro.
tary OF the Treasury in issuing revenues
that never before were resorted to by any
civilized government, putting out irredeem-
able paper currency in time of peace, and
asking Congress to Immediately prohibit
the Secretary from issuing any more of the
reserve, and to withdraw at once the
amount issued to this date.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr.. Fenton said the signers to the memo
r.al represented at least $500, 100000.
Mr.. West submitted resolution instruct
ing the Committee on Contingent Expenses
to inquire as to the proprieiy of furnishing
each Senator with a copy of the textbook
published by w. H. & o. H. Morrison, also
including the national banking laws, and
information concerning the public debt.
Adopted.
Mr.. West moved to postpone the center
NAL bill and take up the army appropria-
ton bill.
Mr.. Sherman suggested the centennial
bill could be disposed of in an hour, and
that the finance resolution, which had been
deferred until to day, could be proceeded
with.
Mr.. Sumner advocated proceeding with
the appropriation bill, and expressed the
belief that if Congress went into the con-
tennlal business it would result in an ex-
penditure of $3O0O0,000.
The motion of Senator West was lost
yeas l6, nays 30.
Mr.. Carpenter said that tomorrow, when
the Senator from Indiana (Mr. MOrtOn),
who was now detained from the chamber
by indisposition, would be present, he would
ask to take up his Louisiana bill for the
purpose of making his promised remarks.
Mr.. Hamilton, of Maryland, gave notice
OF his intention to submit remarks upon
Louisiana affairs. The centennial bill was
discussed to the adjournment.
House,
The House took nm the hill to sacnra
homeste to actual SETTLERS on the nmhlic
domain. The hill WAS amended hv adding
a proyiso that no oath shonld he reEn;red 81
anv one des;rino to secnra a homestead Az
cent the oath to smnnort the constitnt;on of
the United States. This was mainly for
the benefit of the peonle in the Sonfhern
States, who, under the existing laws reouir-
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-04
The Hebrew Benevolens Assecia tioniIiaii

The fair daughters of our Jewish friends
are busy with preparation for the coming
ball-fancy dress and mask-to be given
next Saturday evening, at Exposition Hall.
by the GentIemen's Hebrew Benevolent
Association. The occasion will be that Of
the thirtieth anniversary of 1.-THE organiza-
ton of this excellent association-a society
composed of the most substantial members
Of our mercantile community--and the ball
bids fair to be one Of the most elegant and
recherche affairs of the season. where lovely
forms and faces, and tasteful costumes will
abound. and sparkling eyes and diamonds
vie for superior brightness.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-04
4 Hint from the Tax COilec tors. .

Our readers will please observe the sug-
gestions of the tax collectors, published in
another column, and bear in mind that this
is the ''last CALI After the fifteenth in
stant the penalties prescribed by law will
be rigidly and impartially enforced. Par
ties, therefore, who have licenses or capital
tax to pay would do well to interview the
polite and accommodating officials of the
tax collectors offices, without delay.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-04
The Pint0l ARain.

We regret to have to record the shooting
of Jack Web, though we are glad to state
that the same is not considered danger Gus
by his attending physician. Jack is 80
times very wicked when under influence of
liquor, and We understand that this was
the case whan he was shot, and Alph onse
Miguee, who did the shooting, and those
who witnessed the affair, state that it was
justifable, a. there is no doubt but other
wise he stood good chance to lose his own
life. We regret the occurrence much, foz
when sober there is NO botter citizen in our
town than Jack.-Iberio Progress
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-04
The fowboat Question IN Congress.
The Washington correspondent Of the st

Louis Times of February % sayss
Colonel A. +. Yorke, of New Orleans. ap-
peared before the House COMMITTEES on
Commerce to-day, and made a defense of
the Towboat Association, who have been
complained of as obstructing the mouth of
the Mississippi, and hindering the perform.
ance of the work of dredging by the govern
ment boats. He fully traverses the state
meDt made by Major Howell, in charge of
the government dredging service, and says
that be has certificate, signed bv all the
insurance and bank presidents and nearly
all Of the merchants shippers and business
men OF New Orleans, completely contro-
verting the charges brought against the
towing association and establishing the fact
that the association have been performing
their duties faithfully and honestly in all
resOectS
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-04

After twenty years work the women of
Charleston, South Carolina, succeeded in
raising ga, 900 for q monument to John C.
Calhoun, only to end their labors by voting
down . resolution to erect monument,
after all. Now it is proposed to devote the
money to educational purposes.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-04

We were pleased to meet yesterday
Colonel w. II. Sparks. who is on visit to
his Old friends IN our city. Ihe Colonel is
general agent tor the sale Of Appleton's
"Cyc!opedia.' one of the most valuable
works of the kind ever published in any
country. and which should form part of
the library Of every re aiding man. A, the
author Of memoirs OF Fifty Years" Colonel
Sparks has won high rank among the lit
erary men of the Union, as his book has not
only reached an extended sale but ranks as
one Of the standard historical works of the
country. Although he has passed three
score and ten, still he is as hale and as Wig
orous as most men Of forty. and we feel
assured that he will ye: live to add other
inestimable gems to Southern literature.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-04
A High Commitment.

Major William Murrell, of the Governors
staff, has been the recipient Of a high and
well merited compliment. The line officers
Of the Fourth Infantry. Louisiana State
National Guards, have petitioned his excel.
leney to release him from personal service,
and promote him to the lieutenant colonelcy
of their regiment. request which will.
doubtless. be complied with, even though
the commander r-in-chief nigh: prefer to re.
tain the majors services.
The fourth regimen6 has been assigned to
General Souer's brigade. and we congratu.
late the General on the accession tolhs com
mand Of so earnest, enthusiastic and capa.
BILE an officer as Colonel Murrell.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-04
papers, y

Saturday, the seventh, decides the question
Saturday, the seventh, decides the question
Saturday, the seventh, decides the question
Saturday, the seventh, decides the question
Saturday, the seventh, decides the question
A to who will win the capital prize,
A. to who will win the capital prize.
Al to who will win the capital prize.
A. to who will win the capital prize.
A. to who viii win the capital prize.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-04

Josh Billings gives . remarkably just
definition of country newspaper editor !;
IAN editor il a male being whose biziness
il to navigate nuze paper. He writes edi-
torials, grinds ou. poetry, inserts deths
and weddings, sorts out manuscripts, keeps
a waste basket, blows up the devil steals
matter. fites other peoples battles. sells
his paper for 81 so a year, takes white
beans and apple sass for pay when he can
git it. ralzes a large family, works
nineteen hours out of every twenty
four, knows no Sunday. gifts damned
bi everybody, and once in while whipt
bi somebody, lives poor, dies middle aged
and often broken-hearted, leaves no money,
and il rewarded tor a life of toll with q
short but free obituary puff in the nuze
papers,
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-04
The Temperature.

The thermometer at Louis Frigerio's, No.
follows: At A. NJ. 5So; at 9 P. NJ, 10;
at P. NJ, 10. Lowest point during the
night of March 9. 49o.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-04

PABLO s. Co.'S MINERAL WATER AND
principled parties have been pirating upon
the great reputation Of Messrs. Pablo &
CO.. az manufacturers Of mineral waters
and ginger ale. by using their bottles TO
vend q spurious article. Notice is given
elsewhere to the public 70 look welt from
whom they purchase hereafter. The really
excellent articles made by that respectable
old house will only be sold by parties hav.
ing its written authority.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-04

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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-04
WASHINGTON.
The Howard CourtmnrtinI.

WASHINGTON, March 3.-The Howard
court of inquiry adjourned till March 10.
Nominations.
The following nominations were made
to-day: Charles p. Ramsdell, as marshal of
the eastern district of Virginia, and r. f..
Mcdonald, as postmaster at Charlotte,
North Carolina.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-17
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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CONGRESSIONAL.

For COngress-EOurth District.
WE are authorized 70 announce Col. THOS.
w BOYERS, Of Sumner, as a candidate for
Congress from the Fourth Congressional Dis
trict, TO I'LL the vacancy occasiOned by the death
of Hon. ,JnO. W. Head
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-17
AGRICOLA IN KID GLOVES,

The Western Rural dares to maintain
that when Mr.. Mechi "grieves "-a'
he does in the London press-over tn,
fact that there is but one Agriculture
college in England, while the United
States has thirty-two, he proves that
he knows little if anything of these In
situations IN America. 1.-The one English
institution" our contemporary says,
& has added more valuable facts to ag.
ricultural knowledge than have the
whole Of American impostures; but the
English institution is also accused
rightly or wrongly, of turning out only
the kid-glOve species of the genius
AgricoIa."
Perhaps the most unpleasant fea-
ture of such paragraph is that there
is too much truth at the bottom of it,
Nely York Tribune.
The real difficulty lies i the fact
that professors of agriculture have un.
dertaken to teach what they have never
learned. Any professor may call spir.
its from the Vastly deep of rural lore
but will they come? When sensible
men undertake TO expand the old time.
practice Of medicine into science and
art, they divided the profession into SIX
or eight departments, one man Civ nc
his whole time, talent and energy to a
fraction of the duties of college. By
this wise division of labor, nine-tenths
of the medical schools achieve sue
cess. So far as we have been able to
learn, not one of our thirty-two agri-
cultural colleges has been organized on
this principle of developing and
teaching new profession. They cling
to dead theories, to the follies of ex-
plOded educational systems, and then
wonder why their best efforts are not
more popular. True science deals with
great facts, and in that way is able to
make substantial progress from one
decade to another. But the college
labor and thought devoted to agricul-
ture are not scientific, unless it be sci
entific for man to work for his salary,
enjoy the good of it, and leave his pro-
fession no better than he found it. All
such teaching, farming and learning
lack the element of progress, and in
time become unsatisfactory. If such
educational institutions are ever to be
in harmony with the go-ahead spirit OF
the age, they must be remOddled and
brought fully up to the standard of
modern development.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-17
THE UNITED STATES sENATOR.s
SHIP


Many and most important matters
of local State interest must come before
the Legislature that meets next month
enough to occupy the fullest atten-
ton and calmest elaboration of that
body for the seventy-fve days to which
it is constitutionally limited. Yet we
cannot ignore the question of vital i'm
portance involved in the selection Of
United S ates Senator. During the
termof Brownlow 'ssueeessor must come
the gradual change of the Federal
Senate from Republican to Democratic.
During that transition state there
must be a critical period when the two
parties viii be SO nicely balanced that
one weak Senator may work us much
harm. Not III Tennessee alone, but in
other States, each Senator to be elect
ed should be positive and representa-
tive Democrat in the best sense of the
term. Amy thing which viii help our
Legislators in making a good selection,
or will make the selection more speedy
as well as safe, in order that they may
the sooner give attention to State ques-
tons pressing for solution, should not
be withheld.
Hitherto the UNION AND AMERICAN
mas thought it polite and expedisnt,
both as newspaper and a Democratic
organ, seeking the success Of our party
and principles, to hold aloof from the
contest, endeavoring to deal impartially
between the various asp;rants, and
treating all as emulating brethren, none
Of whom we could or should favor to
the advantage of the others. Wehave,
therefore, sought conscientiously to
hold an even balance between them,
according to the measure of
our Judgment and ability. At
the same time, as a newspaper,
wishing to keep the people posted
about all that is going on among the
politicians, we have felt impelled to
copy from our State exchanges of va
rious sections the ehullitions of local
sentiment reflected therein. Some of
these extracts have necessarily been
complimentary or otherwise to one or
another Senatorial asoirant, but their
sources were duly credited, and they
indicated to our readers the diverse
forces at work. We have, also. since
the question was preached, expressed
our opinion that no resort to caucusing
seemed necessary under the circum-
stances.
In view Of the animus of the Sena-
toriI canvass thus far, and the devel-
opments daily coming to the surfa ,e,
We find no cause, either as a mere news
paper or as desirous for the selection of
q good Democratic Senator, to regret
the policy we have pursued. We have
simply taken the side of the people,
treating all the candidates alike,
but ventilating all wire-pulling
so far as it came to our
knowledge. Highly as we appreciate
the liabilities and capacity of several
among the rivals for the position, we
cannot, in conscience, throw a fire.
brand into the camp by expressing any
preference or antipathy, however strong
or slight. Let each stand on his own
merits, and let the question be decided
by the Legislature, with whom the law
and the people leave it.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-17

WE see it stated in the Washington
Republican that strong disposition is
manifested by the more practical men
of large financial experience, in both
houses of Congress, to resuscitate and
press forward, with some slight modif-
cations, the bill introduced early last
session by Hon. Freeman Clarke, of
New York. 1t provides for coin re-
demption of greenbacks by July 4,
1876, with the right of reissue, and the
simultaneous repeal of the limit to the
issues of National Bank currency, and
contemp,ates the establishment of a
joint stock bank in New York, which
shall act as a clearing house and
redeeming agent for National
Banks; such banks to be ex-
empt from taxation on the
average amount of their deposits with
the bank of redemption, the latter pay,
ing the tax. The Secretary of the
Treasury is to sell no more coin or
otherwise pay out more than may be
necessary to meet the interest on the
public debt and the required contribu-
tons to the sinking fund, until the
amount on hand shall have reached one
hundred millions, which amount is
deemed sufficient for the redemption of
such portion of greenbacks as may be
presented. These principles conform
to the English system as operated
through the Bank of England,
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-17

If a false Legislature should again
be established in New Orleans we can
hardly doubt that Congress, if the citi-
zens content themselves with a peace
full protest, viii at last put an end to
the usurpation which has disgraced
the country and damaged the party.
Your average Washington politician
may not have a very keen sense of JUS
tice, but he has high appreciation of
popular opinion when IL is expressed
as emphatically as it was in November
Besides, the family influence" is not
as strong as it used 70 be.-NeaV York
Tribune
While hoping for the best, we fear
the event may prove our contemporary
too sauguine. The family and ring in
huence that keeps Brother-in-law Casey
and Marshal Packard in power, seem
to still rule in the halls of Congress.
Witness the recent choking off by the
House of all investigation into the safe
burglary trial, involving the lings that
revolve around Grant, like those of
Saturn.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-17

GOVERNMENT subsidies do not al.
ways rebound to the benefit Of the re.
cipients, but rather the reverse. 1t be.
gins to leak out that the Pacific Mail
Company expended $4,000 in lobby.
ing through Congress an increase OF
100000 in their annual subsidy. They
had to trench on the gain of two years
to meet this expense and run the risk
of any succeeding Congress upsetting
the whole thing on account Of fraud
danger which has proved real. And
now the Ne1C York Sun informs us how
the Collins Steamship Company was
bankrupted: cit did well when fair
allowance for mail service was gra tied;
but when the pay was doubled it went
to pieces, and the reason given at the
time was that a Congressional Ring
and its confederates demanded the
lions shareof the additional appropria.
ton"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-17

We are sorry TO see our amiable
friend, Mr. Medil, of the Chicago
Tribune, allowing himselfto be dragged
into column of reply to the sneers
that have been uttered against his pa
per, because It contained a postoffice
advertisement. We, too, have been
sneered al for the same cause, and now
that the advertisement has appeared in
the Globe for the last time, our only
sorrow is that 1t is not immediately
succeeded by another. We have lived
too long in this wicked world to expect
aught but sneers and gibes from the
unrighteous.-St. Louis Globe.
Our St. Louis contemporary does
not meet the point made against the
Tribune, and which has worried that
journal If Mr.. Medill had not STEP
ed in and changed the policy of the
Tribune, would that paper have re-
ceived said postofice advertisement !?
1t was the covert insinuation that "the
OK knoweth his owner, and the ass his
masters crib which riIed the usually
placid Tribune.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-17
LEGISLATIVE OFFICES.

AHE are authorized to announce WM.
w SAMPLE, of Davidson county, as a can
didate for Comptroller of the Treasury at tn
ensuing session OF the Tennessee Legislature.
decl5 I'd
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-17

AMONG the whimsicalities of the
French Republic is a proposition seri-
ously mooted to place in the Court of
AK a statue of Mirabeau, the orator Of
the First Revolution. 1t so happens
that among the statues already in place
is one Of Portels, the Judge who con-
demned Mirabeau The Nelc York
Herald remarks that it would be a SIN
gular illustration of the irony of fame
if the prisoner who was there con-
demned and the Judge who condemned
him should stand side by side IN mar
bic or bronze.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-17

SUNDAY amusements, such as oper-
attic and theatrical performances, have
been tried In New York, and received
d. with considerable favor. But all the
managers have been indicted, and the
law of thar State prohibiting such per-
formances has been sustained as con-
stitutional by the Court of Common
Pleas, as well as 10y the Suoreme Court.
Those who feel aggrieved by the re-
strictions thus imposed on their Sun
day amusements must, therefore, ap-
peal to the Legislature for relief.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-17

Now that Venus has been success
fully interviewed, and hundreds of
photographs taken of her additionally
beautiful physiognomy, the question
which disturbs the astronomical mind
is, whether or not the atmosphere of
the planet affects the size of the photos.
This IS an important matter, involving
the relative diameter of Venus to that
of the sun.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-17

MR.. STARKwEATHER, of Connect
cut, has introduced bill in the House
of Representatives to repeal the acts
requiring stamps on checks, drafts and
orders for payments of money, and
providing for the immediate repeal of
the existing law after the passage of
the bill.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-17
. rorEuoRTHY nECrsroN.

The Knoruille Press and Herald pub
fishes the full text Of the opinion of the
State Supreme Court, delivered by JUS
tice Sneed, in the case Of the State, ex
rel. Ross, VS.. Anderson county. In
1856, this county issued, in aid of the
Knoxville and Kentucky Railroad,
some 100000 of its bonds, with inter-
est coupons attached. Thereafter sued
for the payment of twenty-eight eou-
pons due and overdue in January, 1874,
the County Court and County Trustee
having refused to make him any inter-
est payments after July, 1872 1t was
pleaded before the court, on behalf OF
the county, that there were some irreg-
ularities In the election for the origi-
inal subscription, and also In the
time set for the payment of the
bonds. In deciding that the county,
after recognizing the bonds and paying
the interest for sixteen years, must
continue to do so, Justice Sneed cites
the cases of Conner, ETC., VS.. Aspin-
wall, 81 Howard, and Smith & Hall Va.
Clark county. Central Law Journal,
in which the United States Supreme
Court holds that when bonds import
on their face a compliance with the
law under which they were issued, the
purchaser is not bound to look further
for evidence of such compliance. This
principle has broad be ring on the
validity of all bonds. especially such as
have been recognized by the payment
of interest. The Federal and State Su-
preme Courts are not likely to reverse
their rulings.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-17
Union AND AMERICAN.
THURSDAY. DECEMBER II. lszA.

A PARIS letter says that Buchu
Helmbold is specializing there in stocks;
that be has made good deal of money
recently, and had over quarter of a
million dollars when he left his Ameri.
can creditors in the lurch.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-17
For Clerk OF the House Of RePresen-

tatfges-
I'VE are authorized to announce Mr.. MIL
w TON o. BROOKS, of Williamson county,
IS a candidate for Principal Clerk Of the House
Of Representatives. augl te@
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-17
NOTICE.
dec131nn

DEING DESTROYS OF CHANGING MY
ID business, l offer my Restaurant, Bar and
Fixtures, all in complete running order; license
paid until the first Of next February, and pOT-
ton paid until September next ANY party or
parties, wishing TO embark in the business viii
DO well TO call on me within the next twenty
days. The stand is the old stand formerly known
as the Riddleburger stand, corner Cherry and
Dcaderick streets. W. IL. AMBROSE.
does Wv