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The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-17

Some one must have blundered on or about
the Goth Of December, 1873, when the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury issued an order declaring
that the value of the Chinese tael was 81 81
in American money, upon the basis Of tho
gold dollar. Primarily the blunderer was
Secretary Richardson, who, in this matter as
IN many others, acted upon the information
Of suborainates. without caring whether they
were right or not. Some of these officers
informed Mr.. Richardson that this coin was
worth the amount named. when, in truth and
in fact. it was worth only 81 IS per tael. The
result has been an overvaluatisn in all in
voices of Chinese goods of twenty-six cents
per tael, and upon ad ualorem valuations there
have been excessive duties demanded and
obtained, and now the department is com.
PEELED to confess the blunder, and Secretary
Bristow gives notice of the fact, and pro-
hesses himself ready to make restitution.
Several hundred thousand dollars will have to
% paid cut of the Treasury to importers and
Aerchants who were overchsrged.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-17
CLUMSY CALUMHIEs.

One Of the silliest and clumsiest calumnies
we have found floating around in the Western
press, and which originated as nearly all the
stories about the South do in the Office Of the
Attorney General, is that which alleges that
the Democrats had attempted to secure control
Of the State by buying Kellogg of, and the
attempt had only failed because of Roman
firmness and answering integrity Of Kellogg
We scarcely know which is the more absurd
and amusing, the charge thatthe impoverished
and ruined white people had attempted to buy
off the usurper, or the assertion that having
been tempted, Kellogg had sparned the Offer
The individual who invented that story de-
serves to be rewarded at once for the marvel
GUS faculty he has devel6 ped for inconsequen-
tial lying, and we shall not be surprised to
hear that he has been appointed chairman OF
the Radical committee for the manufacture OF
Southern outrages, or made editor of the new
Administration organ, The Republic, or OF the
Chicago Inter- Ocean.
Certainly he has given unmistaksble evil
dence Of ability to run any or all Of those
machines. We can't help thinking that the
"fellow" who started this absurd falsehood is
the author of that stupendous fabrication
given to the world by the Republic, in its issue
of the 18th, and we will wager battered Con-
federate bill that the rascal is in the pay of
the department of Justice" as it is now
magniloquently styled, than which title moth
ing could be more bitiugly sarcastic.
In regard to the overtures which, it is
alleged have been made to Kellogg the Wash
inton Utroaicle-which is popularity believed
to have pipe connecting..its sanctum with
the coffee Of Justice through which it re-
ceives its daily supply of outrages- recently
published the following:
"Overtures have been made to him before
and since the events of the 14th, by the lead
ers OF that movement, offering him most
tempting reward if he will betray his people
into the hands of the Conservatives and yield
up his patronage to their control. These offers
have been repeatedly made verbally, and, in
at least one case, in writing, yet Gov Kellogg
has stood firm, and refused any concessions
which involved the integrity Of his party, or
the interests Of his people,"
We would laugh all the more heartily at
the absurdity Of Kellogg standing firm against
any such offers if it were not for the painful
that he and his rogues have no need
to be asked to accept money from us, since
they have forcibly abstracted from our pockets
all our spare change.
Wonder if Kellogg could not be induced to
publish that one offer which he is asserted to
have in his possession in writing? The Bull
LEr1N will insert it free Of charge.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-17

A dispatch says that the Princess de Bour-
! bon Mime. Perkins), whose husband is now
IN prison in Paris, is utterly destitute, with
three children, begging for work and endeav-
oring to borrow the pittance Of $50, and that
her aunt, the ex-Queen of Spain, lives only q
few doors of, but refuses to help her. This
ID the same Infanta Maria Isabella de Guron-
sh de Bourbon who only few years ago was
married with much pomp and circumstance to
Mr.. Perkins, the United States Consul at Lis
bon. The royal Republican pair went to
Paris, and for about three years lived on the
expectancy Of the brides aunt, the ex-Queen,
and the assurances Of the groom that large
fortune in America was coming to him. Mat
tiers went from bad to worse until Mr.. Perkins
owed board bill of something like $4,000,
and his landlady had him arrested. The
court adjudged the ex-Consul swindler, and
sentenced him to one years Imprisonment,
and the Princess was left destitute with her
three little children.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-17
THE HIVES.

We publish the following pertinent inquiry
from correspondent, and commend it to the
consideration of the gentlemen who compose
the Hives. 1t is to be hoped that the folly Of
the Hives movement will be seen in time to
be checked in its mischievous tendency:
New ORLEANS, Oct. Is, 1874
Editor Bulletin-The undersigned would re-
specially ask of you the following informa-
ton:
Do the Hives intend keeping their ticket
and vote it at the next election, and thus
split and weaken the Democratic or Peoples
ticket?
If they do, would it not be advisable for
the newspapers to urge our people to unite
and vote only one ticket, and thus save our
poor State, if she is to be saved by the
ballot?
E pluribus unum. Let us not forget that
motto, which is the motto Of our country,
and now more than ever ought to be ours.
Respectfully, ETC., INQUIRER.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-17
The Business Situation.

In an article on sThe Business Situation"
the New York Times expresses the opinion
that the rumors of distress of prominent
business houses, in various departments of
trade in that city, would not have gained cur
rency if it had not been that there has been a
general expectation since last fall that con-
siderable number Of failures would occur,
sooner Or later. There was great deal of
real distress last autumn, universal demand
for settlement, and for the time being many
debtors were unable to respond. Exten-
siOns Of time were arranged in most
cases, part of which were known and part
not. The former have been generally met,
but in many cases which had been bridged
over the extent of the embarrassment and the
success of the renewal arrangements have not
been known. This underlined element of
doubt has resulted in general feeling that if
the compromises of last year should result in
a heavy crop of failures no one would be
greatly surprised. In fine, what is now hap
pening is looked upon as rather the heavy
ground swell after the tempest of last fall than
the result of any subsequent blow to the
business interests of the country.
The severe shock which business in every
department received from the panic of last
fall had the effect of inducing business men
throughout the country to manage their af-
fairs with great caution and good sense, though
the corresponding reduction of expenses in
various departments made business dull, and
in view of this dullness dealers have been care
full on the one hand not to overstock their
stores, and on the other hand not to extend
their credits. The larger creditors have been
lenient with debtors, and there has been de-
sire to work along safely, and take in all sail
not necessary to navigation, SO as to run as
little risk as possible. Even if an
unusual number of failures should occur
it need not cause great depression or
alarm. The Times considers that Every many,
and probably nearly all, houses that were
really solvent the LIST Of September, 1873, are
to-day in a much better position to stand any
business changes that are now possible than
they then were" In similar tone, and at the
same time sharply satirizing the respondent,
speaks the New York Euening Bulletin, excel
lent authority in business affairs. Hence the
hope is entertained that while business may
not be largely prosperous this winter, there
will be no general distress and that there will
be speedy revival of business activity. The
country is producing steadily and its con-
sumption is diminishing, which, sooner or
later, must lead to renewal of prosperity.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-17

MISSISSIPPI. Governor Of Mississippi
is from Massachusetts,; the Lieutenant Cover
nor is negro from another State; the Super
intendent Of Education is a negro now on trial
for felony. In Clairbons county the Sheriff
can neithar read nor write; the negro Coroner
is under indictment for burglary; the negro
County Treasurer cannot add up . column of
figures; the Board of Supervisors have no real
estate interest in the county, and most of the
magistrates are negroes, many of whom can
not read, and, Of course, cannot even compre-
bend the laws they pretend to administer.
And, in the facs Of these monstrosities,
Mississippi is expected to be happy and love
Radicals, who have dene this thing
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THE CONQUERED STATE.

In commenting upon the opinions Of O'Con.
or and Reverdy johnson, the New York Tri-
buaae, without taking sides with either, takes
occasion to remark no less truthfully than
forcibly.
The action of the President, however, as
both parties admitted in the Louisiana debate
in the winter of 1S72-73, does not bind Con-
gress, and the case of the conquered State
must come up for discussion in the Capitol at
every session until it is settled one way or
other. It is to Congre alone, not to the
President, that the victims of Kellogg, Casey,
and Packard turn for relief If the legisla-
tive branch eff the Government had no power
SO undo the great mischief which the Execu-
tive has done, we should feel ourselves very
near despotism of the most cruel kind.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-17

EXIT BUsTEED The famous and fussy car
pet-bagger and Federal Judge, Richard
Busteed has fed from Alabama. He has
taken up his carpet-bag, left Alabama, settled
himself down in an off ,e in Chambers street
in this city, and from his new base of opera
tons yesterday sent to Washington his resig-
nation of the United States Circuit Judgeship
Of Alabama. Having consistently outraged
the honest people of the State, and having re-
him in Alabama. He has therefore taken his
departure, and upon rea ,hing a safe distance
from the scene of his judicial exploits and po-
litical chagrin, resigns his soiled ermine and
is now here ready to furnish the Republicans
as many stories Of Southern outrages as they
may want-N Y. World, 18th inst.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-17

Instead Of being at deaths door, as repre-
secuted a few weeks ago, the Hon. A. -
Stephens, of Georgia, is on his legs again and
making speeches throughout his district. On
the 18th inst, he made powerful address on
national politics. He said the issue before
the country is not the Civil Rights bill. Radi-
cal corruption, or Grant usurpation. These
are minor issues The true issue is the depar-
ture of the party in power from constitutional
cove ynment which threatens the States in the
exercises of rights. The fight is on Cen
tralisia.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-17
PHILADELPHIA ITEMS.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 16.-A meeting Of infusn-
which resolutions we're adopted heartily indoors.
ing the Centennial celebration, and rledging
subscriptions to the stock Of the Centennial
Board Of Finance. It was also decided that a
thorough canvass Of the county should be made
at the earliest day..
Christian K. Ross, the father Of the abducted
child, is reported to be in q sinking condition 1t
is said that for several days past his reason has
been growing fainter.
In a game OF base ball between the Boston and
Philadelphia clubs yesterday, the Bostons scored
6 to the Philadelphia 4.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-17
Counsel's Opinion on Exorbitant Charges

Much dissatisfaction was expressed last
season at the arbitrary charge Of twenty-five
cents made by the compressers of this city for
the drayage Of cotton from the presses to the
wharf for shipment, shippers, in all instances
being able to convey their own imports to the
wharves at fifteen cents per bale. So much
was this imposition felt by large English buy
ers, that the opinion of that eminent inter
national lawyer of the Northern Circuit, Mr..
J. 2. Benjamin, was taken. The following
was the case submitted, and his opinion on
the same:
''Your opinion is requested as follows :
Have the two cotton press companies OF Gal
weston, under their acts of incorporation, the
legitimate right to refuse to a buyer, on the
presentation of his bill of delivery, all dues
to claim further arbitrary charge of twenty
five cents per bale for conveying the same to
wharf, when the buyer can do this at the
lower charge of fifteen cents?"
Opinion-It is. enacted by the acts of in
corporation of the various cotton press COM
panies of the city of Galveston, that the
President and Board Of Directors shall have
the power Of enacting bylaws at any time.
That all charges they make for storage or
drayage to wharves is under their bylaws.
That if redress is needed, on the ground
that such charges are unusual in other cities,
and detrimental to the welfare of the COM
mercial community of the city Of Galveston
through its foreign commerce, it can only be
obtained by voluntary remission on the part
of the Directorate, or an appeal to the State
Legislature for an amendment of the original
charter, or such amended charters as may be
in existence.
That such charges for drayage are, conse-
quently, legal. L. P. BENJAMIN.
Court of Passage, Liverpool, July 14th, 1874.
Opinion 20 Guineas. George Harris, clerk.
What, after this, will our foreign friends say
at the increase Of the charge for arbitrary
drayage, from twenty-five cents to forty cents?
Is it not exemplifying the old adage OF killing
the goose that lays the golden egg ?-Galres-
ton Mercury, 11M inst
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-17

The Charleston Board of Health report,
On the 18th inst, that within the previous SIX
weeks several cases of yellow fever have &C.
Cured in that city, of which two terminated
fatally. No fear is entertained OF the disease
becoming epidemic, owing to the lateness Of
the season and the sanitary measures adopted.
Since the 9Th inst. no death had resulted
from the fever.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-17

The Financial Chronicle, df the 10Th inst,
publishes complete list of the railroads
which have passed interest maturity ON their
bonds, showing the amount of Ands ont
standing and the date Of default. he list is
too EXTENSIVE TO b published iefah a our
It may besAfd in brief, however, that the
list, With last January comprised 50 rail
roads, now aggregate 1G8; and th6t the de-
faults made up to last january amount to
1885, 403, 668, whereas they now foot up
in default in Jarna have subsequently re-
sumed position u s0lyency, either through
payment or funding the overdue coupons.
The latter course has been the most generally
adopted OF those remaining on thu list =
considerable number have negotiations with
their bondholdefs pending, the object Of
which is to fund their old liabilities. Thirty
new defaults have been added tUth4 list
Only 25 roads of the 1O8 are reported TO be
under active prosecution looking 6 fore
closure, and the following are the only roads
which have been sold in foreclosure: The
Cayuga Lake, Lake Ontario Shore, South
Side Of Long Island. st. Louis and St. Jo-
seph, Sunbury and Lewiston, Springfield and
Illinois Southeastern.
The Chronicle estimates the whole railroad
debt OF this country at 81, O,UUU,UUU OF Whlcn,
as shown above, $497, 8O7, $50, or %. per cent,
is now in default. 1t is estimated that about
1916, OOO, 900 Of our railroad bonds are held
abroad, OF which $3.50. OOO, 900, or 40 per cent,
is supposed to be IN default
Ali of the defaults reported are not refer
able to the panic. Thirty-four of the 1O8
companies of the list under review had passed
interest before the failure Of Jay Cooke 4 Co.,
and their discredited bonds amounted to
S144, SO7, 900 Of the total, S497, 8O7, $50.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-17

AsUN1oN OFF1cER's MONUMENT TO CoNFED-
ERATE DEAD.-Henry B. Fitch, Of this city,
contemplates monument to the memory of
the Confederate dead who died in prison here
during the war, to be placed in Woodlawn
Cemetery, in this city. It is to be of artificial
stone, twenty feet in height, a single shaft,
Supported by plinth. base and sub-base, not
possessing much, if any, ornamentation, but
being of graceful proportions and noticeable
on many accounts. On one face are the In
"Requiescat in Pace" "1S74,"
Erected by Union Officer in Memory Of
the Confederate Dead."-Elniya IN. ~ Adu.
A Lady wants to know what is the meaning
of "ante" and "pass the buck" Her mat
rimonial companion uses it in his dreams, and
she is afraid it indicates typhoid fever.
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a Card.

New ORLEANS, Sept. Is, 1874
To Messrs. Bayly Pond:
Gentlemen-In compliance with your request.
We will state that the report that has been cir
culated to the effect that we indorsed as correct
the statement Of loss sustained by you, as made
out by the insurance companies, is not true. On
all occasions we have maintained that their state
ment was erroneous. Had all the books Of the
firm been saved, which was cot the case, we nm
hesitatingly affirm that the process adopted by
the Insurance Companies to ascertain your loss
would be incorrect.
To force you to settlement on their basis Of
adjustment is manifestly unjust.
Very Respectfully,
THos. F. WALKER,
SAMUEL NJ. TODD,
w, VAN BENrHUYsxx,
GEO. SoULE,
s26 Il =. B. BRIGds.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-17

We take these items from the Sparta (Bien-
wiley Times, Of the 9th instant The weather
for the last two weeks has been unusually favor
able for cotton picking, with the exception of
light and gentle rain on Wednesday morn
ing. Farmers are making rapid progress in
gathering the crop which under the present
favorable weather is turning out better than
expected heretofore.
Tie registration is going on pretty rapidly
now. The registered list stood at the time
the registrars arrived at this place yesterday
morning 81, about one-third of which are
cOlOred,
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-17

Grant has been making speeches to the
cuileless red men, and they don't think much
of him as an orator. Says Whooping Thun-
der: .Ugh! Him great small talk. Speech
NO worth a dam"
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-17

Another Ku-Klux outrage in Louisiana
But stop; both of the parties to the fight were
Republicans, and therefore the scrimmage was
perfectly legitimate. Several persons were
badly wounded, but the poll list will not be
reduced by the occurrence. Chicago Times,
18Th
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-17

ENco1-RAGISG PROSPECT the States that
have just gone Democratic do as well in 1876,
Hhe Democratic candidate for the Presidency
will receive 40 electoral votes-out Of 266
This will make New York the battle ground
of the campaign. Its vote will decide the
contest one way or the other-giving Pennsyl-
yania to the Republicans.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-17

Kellogg's registrarsat St Martinsville ''have
the honor to report that intimidation reigns
supreme at Breaux Bridge" They come to
the conclusion because nearly all of the voters
who have registered are Democrats. The Re
publicans in that region must be q very timid
set, for if they outnumber the Democrats as
largely as Kellogg would have us believe. they
need not fear the menaces of the White
Leaguers in the least-Chioago Times, 1Sas
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-17
SUPPLE N I n I.
NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN
NEW ORLEANS, OCTOBER II, 1874.
Ask every friend if he has registered.

Bayard Taylor denies that while in Egypt
he found the correspondence which passed
between Joseph and Mrs. Potiphar: He de-
clares that he would rot publish it if he had it.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-17
Removal.

The undersigned beg to inform their patrons
and the public generally, that they have removed
their entire stock ofdrugs. medicines, chemicals,
paints, oils, ETC., to their new and commodious
store, IS Magazine street, diagonally opposite
their former stand.
o21 Inn WHEELOCK, FINLAY b co.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-17

Mr.. Delano, Secretary of the Interior, said
in his speech at Mount Vernon, Ohio. that the
actual cost of the war was 81, 600, 00O, 900, and
Of that immense sum one-haf had already
been paid, and he called that Republican
craftsmanship. The fact is that when the war
closed in 1865 the estimate of the Secretary of
the Treasury varied as to the amount of the
debt from 50, 800, 100000 to 50, 700. 600, 600
Since then there has been collected from the
people $3.50, 100000, all expended under
Republican administration. This is $780,
OOO,O more than would pay off the entire
debt, and yet it stands to day as large as it
did in 1865, after we deduct from that debt
the amount received for Government supplies
in the shape of clothing, ammunition, etc.,
which were sold after the war and applied to
meet the necessities of the Government. This
shows how much truth there is in this state
ment Of this Cabinet officer.
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IF. SelIes,
Canal Street

1877. Canal Street.
MALCAMPS, and am the sole proprietor OF the
Boot and Shoe store, 1877 Canal street. but have
no further connection with store No. 2O1 Canal
Will be pleased to see my old customers, as
well as the public in general.
F. SELLES,
OF I'm 1877 Canal street.,
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-17

A dispute as to whether angels can really fly
like birds got up terrible fight between two
Detroit men the other day.