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The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-17
from the New York SUM-

From the New York Sun.
In the theaters, hotels and other public
places of Boston, q man is often seen whose
odd demeanor is the subject of much COM
ment He wears good clothes, has an intelli-
gent appearance, and the speech of an edu-
Gated man, but his eyes have the unmistakable
CLEAN of insanity. He is always in hurry,
and always inquiring for Charles Garner.
This man is Frank A. Smith, and his mania
was strangely developed. About five years
ago he was in Kansas. In the bar-room of q
tavern in which he was staying for a few days,
he got into quarrel with bullying from
tiersman, and was finally struck by his ag-
gressive opponent. Believing that his life
was in danger, he drew revolver, at which
the scared desperate ran out OF the room.
Smith followed and fired; but the bullet
probably did no damage, as the man was not
seen that night, nor afterward in that neigh
borhood. 1t is supposed that he dared not
return to the tavern at once. The excitement
of the encounter seriously affected Smith, who
was not in good health, and his morbid fancy
made him think that he had killed his assail-
ant. He returned to his home in Boston,
firmly impressed that he was murderer. His
friends have sought for the missing man in
vain, only learning that his name was Charles
Garner, and that he was q dissolute vagabond
Smith refuses to be convinced that his de-
fusion is not fact, yet is always looking for
Garnet whom he says he is certain he must
have "shot entirely out of existence" In
all other respects he is same.
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II volcano should suddenly appear in the
peaceful PAlisade, nobody could complain
that it did not give the jewellers along the
Hudson proper warning. For there is NO
doubt that on Thursday evening, between 10
and IL O'Clock, an earthquake shook the
foundations of those beautiful and famous
hills, crock ribbed and ancient as the sun, :"
as Mr.. William Cullen Bryant would describe
them, and even disturbed the milkpans in the
dairies of Westchester. We have reports
from too many different places and persons
to doubt that New York was the scene of a
subterranean upheaval. It sounded like the
echo of the recent election, and was as terri
fying to those who heard it as the Democratic
majorities were to the Republican politicians.
Its duration was probably not more than from
ten to twerty seconds; for, though many per-
sons supposed that it lasted much longer, an
accurate measurement Of time is difficult to
unframed and excited minds. 1t sounded, Ve
are told, "as if the earth had opened with
dull thud," as it "a train of cars was
passing over distant BRIDGE" like untimely
thunder, and as if a cannon had beed fred
or a powder mill had exploded. Of
the scenes at Fort Washington, White
Plains, Mount Kisco, YOnkers, Spuyten
Duyvil, Sing Sing. Tarytown, New Rochelle.
and other places we give full accounts, and
religious revivals may reasonably be expected
among the inhabitants. The meaning OF
such an unusual occurrence should indeed be
q subject OF serious thought, and although
this city did not experience much Of the shock
OF the earthquake we are disposed to think it
was warming to our inhabitants. Poe seemed
to think that New York is by no means a safe
city to reside in, for he certainly referred to it
when he said in one of his poems,
And when, amid no earthly groans.
Down, down that town shall settle hence,
He'll, rising from thousand thrones,
Shall do it reverence.
Let us trust that by private virtue and mu
nicipal reform that salutation may be for Q
long time postponed.-N. T. Herald, 18th inst.
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Bros &co-a do b Haller-1 do W shepard 9
bondio-9o pkgs beer e Krost-4 hhds sugar Rich
ard Flower Ico-Total 1853 bales cotton CTS sacks
cotton seed hhds sugar
PfTTSBURG-Per steamer B d Wood-l0o. 600
bushels coal to B ID Wood g. Bro
DONALDSONVILLE-Per steamer Lizzie Hop
sugar G a We6re-4s bills molasses half bills do
C Jaubert &cO-6 hhds sugar 81 bbls molasses Mana
dc Lacsssaane- do hhds sugar G A Lanaux- g
sugar A Tertrou-9 bbls molasses W Burbridge Aeo
IL do IA hhds sugar Chism & B0yd-and sundnis to
order-Total los hhds sugar 252 bbls molasses half
BONNET CARRE = Per steamer Josephine
II hhds sugar to W Burbridge &co-t4 do 90 bbls
molasses E F Stoskmeyer &co-23 do Lanaux-li do
half Dbl do 10 hhds sugar Bush & Levert-24 half
bbis molasses p Lanaux-2 bbls sugar Desle SEQ
Total IS hhds sugar bbls sugar 1s6 bbls molasses
LOWER IS Err COAsr-Per steamer Marie Sundries to
order
Bv Railroads.
NEW ORLEANS AND TEXAS RAILROAD@-
10 do NJ Bayly & Pond-l5 do hhds sugar Ma
pero 5000 'b6ls mOlasses Richard Millken-S7 do
f J Forstan &Sons-40 do Thibant 36 do Robert
NEW ORLEANS. ST. LOUIS AND CHICAGO
RAILROAD COMPANY-December $3.50 boieo
cotton to Prtchard Z Bickham-966 to Richardson 4
May-229 Lehman Abraham &cO-2l9 Alcus. ScheFck
& Autey-9e Stewart Bros &co-H JnO Phelps 600
e Never, Weis Aco-76 Blakemore &coIv4 vaide1.
Hawkins 6co-6S Jn0 Hardle $50. nrTe4 IA. AZ.
klnsOn &cO-43 JnO Chane: BIO q SON. AuVy
&co-36 = Wilson l. Mills-33 Prestidge Graham
&co-as Payne, Kennedy Aco-iA Allison COG
W Harrington &co-19 Britton, Moore Coiema IN
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Hogan-5 Beadles Wood kco-3 w Morrison-
81 Wolfe &co-1 Wetmore- Il q Crom-
well-2 cases mdse ID II HOlmes-l car lum Der Locus
&co-2bdls trees Wetmore-1 do Payne KenIe-
dy Gco-7 sacts cotton Ably 4 BOuigny-s SACKS
cotton seed Iaylor-S DC Louisia1e IN Co! ncrcee
hams Vose Bros-l6 bills apples Kelly Donefty-A
car stock W JacOby-1O1 pkss butter 20 Dds apsee
FDelBOndiO-5O boxes cheese Hoyt WMcox-S
tierces hams 50 tierces lard Schwabacher &Hirscn-
hhds bacon Howard FrSesonsLs Casks =, rope
Fevre-l0 bb!s WHISKY A I Bennett &cO-aO d0J e
Ryan-5 bbls apples Dayisen 4 Pitcher-to DGls q
whisky to 0fder-1O0 do Behan, Thorn AcO-4 hhdA
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In his sermon the other Sunday MI.
Beecher exclaimed II would rather be q
suffering man than happy flea." For our
part, we would rather be happy flea, ten to
one. What life OF adventure is his and,
perchance, how delicious a martyrdom
Meandering forth to quench his thirst, in the
rich, purple champagne-goreo Of lovely woman,
he finds himself serenely browsing upon q
field OF unsunned snow within her immacu-
late stocking Of feecy silk, feeling that If
there is an elysium on earth, it is this !" and
when caught and daintily crushed between
her dimpled fingers, he feels not Gin cor
poral sufferance pang as great as when
giant dies but simply
Dies of q rose-odor in aromatic pain;
and, as for him there is no Hades, that is the
last Of him. But the g suffering man -
catch him fooling about that silken hose, and,
as Brother Beecher is but too well aware,
Brooklyn owls.-LouisuMe Courier-Journal.
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rParis Correspondence Philadelphia Press.l
The music-loving and excitement-lovine
people Of Paris are anxiously awaiting the
opening Of the new opera house and the re.
turn of Christine Nilsson, who has made her
self very popular with the Parisans by hei
willingness to sacrifice gold for glory in quit
ting her Russian engagement to come hither
and marguerite the opera house at such
.sadly.reduced rates of salary. I am told
that Mime. Missions marriage was wholly
and solely love match, on the part of her
husbanda jas well as on her own; that he fell in
love with her while she was studying for the
stage, and was very anxious then to marry
her and free her from all necessity OF ever
appearing in public, he at that time being
quite wealthy. But the fair Christine, with
full and well-founded confidence in her own
powers, declined to relinquish her hopes Of
fame and fortune, but promised that she
would marry him and quit the stage as soon
as she had amassed fortune equal to his
own, which amounted to 1000, 900 of francs
$500, OOO). Time passed on; the Swedish
peasant girl became one Of the worlds re-
'cognized queens OF song, and the whirligig
Of time in Its changes swept away the fortune
of NJ. Rouzeaud. have been told that his
depression and distress of mind were in
tense. "The woman that love has scared
far beyond me-" he remarked to an acquain-
lance of mine. ''She is SO far above me that
I can never hope to call her my own" But
there was an honest, steadfast heart throbbing
beneath the diamonds and laces of that snow
queens corsage. In her glorious prosperity
she did not forget the love that sought her
out in her days Of obscurity and poverty. We
all know the end of the romance, the wedding
in Westminster Abbey, the train Of brides
~ -
bridegroom of the country. Madame Nilsson
has taken superb suite Of apartments on the
Rue Auber, not half dozen blocks from the
home OF her dark-eyed rival, the Marquise de
Caux. She is to reside there during her APP
preaching visit to Paris.
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NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN
-~>~~~>>o~~-~-c-~~oo~ro~>~
NEW ORLEANS, DECEMBER II, 1874.
THE QUESTION OF LEvEE DUES.
The Effect Of the Decision Of the U. s.
Supreme Court.

The decision of the Supreme Court 81 the
United States on the question of the right o.
The city to levy and collect wharf dues, was
received with considerable satisfaction by the
masters and owners of steamboats, and Other
crafts doing business at this port.
The case was instituted some years ago by
Capt. John Cannon, and was carried through
our State Courts, the Supreme Court of this
State deciding it in favor of the city, and this
decision the U. s. Supreme Court reversed,
holding ''that the ordinance of the city OF New
+" Orleans imposing levee dues on vessels which
stop at the wharves of the city or moor
in the waters Of the Missippi River within the
city limits, is not compensation for the use
of the wharves but tax upon such vessels
for the privilege Of landing or mooring, and
thus viewed as the assessment of tax and is
measured by the tonnage OF vessels it falls
directly within that clause of the Constitution
prohibiting State from laying such a duty
without the consent Of Congress.
at proceeded that municipality building
wbarves and piers, for the use OF commerce,
may properly require some compensation
from vessels using them, but it said that in
so doing care should be taken not to go be-
yond the sphere Of State authority, as limited
by the Federal Constitution. Reversed.
Justice Miller delivered the opinion"
There seems to be prevalent wrong i'm
preston as to the effect of the decision, it
being generally believed that it cuts of all
revenue from the wharves. This, however, is
not the case. Under the existing ordinance,
& tax on tonnage is imposed on every vessel
arriving at and mooring in this port whether
the wharves are made use of or not. This is
put stop to, but for the maintenance Of the
wharves the city has the right to charge
reasonable amount for their actual use If
an excessive amount is charged, it is believed
it can be successfully contested.
H. W. KING, Esq, managed the case for the
plaintiff.
The Council can and will no doubt at an
early day pass On ordinance establishing
tariff for the use of tho wharf
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How They Clean Streets in Paris.
lAnnlefons' Journal.l

The superficial area OF public way which
has to be swept daily amounts to eleven mil
lion metres "a metre is yard and One-ninth),
and the work must be finished before the
hour at which general traffic begins. To
accomplish this, the operation has to be
begun about o'clock in the morning The
hands employed muster by brigades at certain
points in each district; thence they are sub
divided into bands, and proceed at once to
their early task. Whatever the weather,
whatever the temperature, the street cleaners
must be at their post and at work.
These toilers of the small hours are to be
counted by thousands. They are, as it were,
the chandeliers of the great city. Long be-
fore Aurora peeps from the east the tramp
Of their sabots, or wooden shoes, and
the harsh noise of their stiff brooms, are
to be heard upon the pavement. At that ma
tutinal hour, when the stately streets of Paris
are under the dominion Of the sweepers, you
will meet, side-by-side with them, those moe
turnal philosophers who explore the heaps of
rubbish and refuse which cucumber the road
side.
These two classes get on together in the
most fraternal manner. The sweeper, or the
sweepress, is ever ready to lend a willing
hand to the chitonaier's, or -picker's inves-
LEGATIONS, and to contribute to his reaping
good harvest. Your sweeper is, for the most
part, both steady and thrifty, and he is rarely
to be seen at the public-house. Indeed, he is
too glad to get home and bed to as soon as he
has got through his fatiguing work. Besides
the hand-broom, there is the machine
sweeper.
More than forty machines for the latter
purpose are employed upon the Paris pave
ment. They require only one man each.
This is the driver, who, while attending to
his horse, manages a spring, from the box
where he sits, by means of which he lifts and
lets down the sweeping-cy!inder at will.
These machines are chiefly used on the
the avenues, squares and broader
where they are to be seen at
work the greater part Of the day. In bad
weather, more especially, they ply their way
the mud, half-melted snow, etc.
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A New York thief has tried new and sue
cessful dodge. He bases his operations upon
servant girls advertisements for new places
These he collects and arranges his programme
systematically for his days work. He calls
at a house to answer an advertisement, is ad-
mitted and states his business. He gets an
interview with the advertiser, and after some
conversation states that his wife is shopping
and will call in fifteen minutes or such a mat
ter to see the girl for herself, as her judgment
of the applicant will be necessary before a
bargain can be struck. The girl retires to
the kitchen and shows the gentleman into the
parlor to await the coming OF his wife. In a
few minutes the front door bell is rung by the
gentleman and the girl makes her appearance
in the hall. The gentleman states that he
fears his wife has missed the number, and
wishes to go and hunt her up. That is the
last Of him, and also of such silver spoons
and other small ware as the gentleman has
been able to lay his hands upon in the house.
He then repeats the performance at the next
place on his list, and in this way manages to
pick up a living.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-17

They psychological man at Hartford
the other day to such an extent that he ac-
tually imagined himself to be Ben Butler, and
made a characteristic speech in the Essex
statesman's usual style. The next thing we
know of Ben will be using psychology as an
electioneering exped;ent to bolster up his
shaky fortunes ....5.
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When the father of the present Duke of
Richmond died he left his son Q bank note
tor $50. 900, but it is in . casket, and the
casket is so arnnged that any one tampering
with it would receive six pistol shots. As the
secret Of opening il without letting Oh the
pistols has been lost. the contents Of the
basket srs MA likely 20 Ls ..iasnsssssi. Thsss
Is French authority tor saying thAt this story
=. -. tyne
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A recent decision of the United States Su-
preme Court in the case Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad vs.. the State Of Maryland,
which has escaped general notice, reafiirms
the passage Of the act, February Is. 1862
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-17

Here, just as King Dave Kalakaua arrives
as visitor at our doors, some one starts
story that his Majesty's grandfather helped to
devour Captain Cook. We don't believe one
word Of it.-[N Y. Commercial Advertiser.
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A lady walking on Boston street the other
day, suddenly met a man who was coming
around corner with a lighted cigar in his
mouth, and it struck her in the eye, leaving
q mark that she will carry all her life. She
wants to know if there is no law by which
she can seek redress.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-17

A Michigan court has decided tina. q
woman with two husbands cannot be guilty
of bigamy if she marries her first husband
before she is eighteen years of age. The
decision has caused considerable consterna-
ton among those affectionate husbands in
the State who thought they were hurrying up
their happiness when they married girls.
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On retiring from business, wise old man
said to his son and successor: "Now. my
boy, remember that common sense is the best
thing you can bring to bear on every affair Of
life, except love-making."
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-17

Even Pennsylvania hangman may show
what is conventionally known as "taste," in
his profession. He smooths the pathway of
rating the moose with blue silk ribbon.
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The "voice of nature" is particularly dis
tracing to the young father who, in the mid
die of the night, clutches frantically at the
paregoric bottle and finds it empty.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-17
MARINE NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN, I
Thursday Morning. Decembee II. :

Cleared Yesterday.
Steamship Lavaca CoOksey, for Cedar Keys via Apa'
lachicOla- TX Roberts
Steamship City of Galveston, Evans, for New York
Rareshide g. Cameron
British bark John Read, NickersOn, for Havre-
Haynes &cO
Spanish bark Clementina Seaty, for Barcelona
AvendanO Bros
Brig Nettie Mackay for Barcelona Master
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Messrs Marks 4 Co., coffee brokers, have
.obligingly sent us their last monthly coffee
statement, from which We gather the follow
Gng:
Bags
LIST July, 1878, to 3Oth June, tlS74. :. 100, 0S5
Imports from LIST July, 1874, to 18th De-
cember, 1874 ................. 1O6,147
Stock on hand LIST July, 1s74............. None.
Received since. ...................l LOG, LAT
Sales since let July to date ............ 1Ol,l 47
Stock on hand 10th December, 1874. 1900
Stock in first hands, Chafiraix & Agar. 1000
MARKET.
Caryoes, prime, gold. .................ls IGl9
Fair, gold. .@is
Ordinary 20 Low Fair. ................- "a -
Gold, quotations this day. ......... Ill .1i1lts
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The Illinois Legislature has. session under
took 10 make ..wilfnl and malicious lying
y,ensl oiense. wlereEpcu the F'.er- Ocean
depounced the proposed cnactmsat o. .
.,.,.,,::.snns assault Upon the privileges of the
~yeYs.
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The day approaches apace
The day approaches apace

The day aPPf0aches Apace
The day approaches apace
When the favorite Single Number Scheme
When the fsvorite Single Number Scheme
Of the Louisiana State Lottery
Of the Louisiana State Lottery
Will be drawn
On the 26th inst
$50, 400 will be given away,
The Capital Prize being $4,000.
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CosT OF L1v1NG.-A comparison of the
prices of the staples of the country in whole
sale markets in November, 1859, 1864 and 1874,
shows that prices are nearly as low, and in
some cases lower now than before the war, if
they are reduced to the gold standard. Wheat
is selling at about the same prices in currency
as it sold for in gold in 1859. Corn is selling
for half what it did in 1864 (the year when
gold touched $3.50, and about the same price,
gold values, as it did in 1859. Cotton is worth
little more than in 1859, but is about one
ninth the price reached in 1864 Provisions,
sugar and coffee show a heavy decline, but
the present currency quotations are above
the gold prices of 1859. Dry goods show
great decline since 1854, prints being below
the price of 1859. Beef was rather higher, in
the local market, before the war than to-day.
Sales were reported in the Ledger in Novem-
Der, 1859, for 7 to 8 cents per pound. The cor
responding cattle market report published
this year quotes sales at from to u cents.
But before these articles reach the consul
mers items Of cost are added to them, which
have not been reduced in proportion to the
reduction in prime cost The tax rate of 1859
on real estate was 81 IS on very low valua-
ton of property; to-day it is 50 20 on cash
valuation. house which was worth $500
in 1859 could not be bought for twice that
amount nov, aud rents are from two to three
times as high now as before the war. While
it is true, therefore. that what are often called
the necessaries of life have been reduced
in price at wholesale to nearly the prices
which ruled in 1859. it is not to be inferred
that the cost of living to working men has
been correspondingly reduced. Provisions
consume about one-third to one-half work
ingmen's incomes. The other half is ex-
pended for rent, clothing, fuel, lights, and
other expenditures of all kinds and in many
of these there has been no reduction from
ante-war prices. But with reduction in the
prime cost OF provisions there will, undoubt-
eddy, come in time a reduction in the value
Of the things for which corn, beef, wheat,
etc., are exchanged, in other words reduc-
ton in all the many things which together
make up the real cost of living.
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Arrived.

AEE1vO0s
Steamship Wilmington, Holiness from Baltimore It'll
inst, via Havana and Key West to NJ Wither-
spOOhn-lst dist
British ship Edith Rogers, from Bromerhaven, to
master-POint
Ship Agnes Davis from Cardiff, Wales, Oct IL, to
masrei-FOint
Bark Arcadia Anderson, from Bristol, Eng, to mas
Spanish brig Felipe, Obesta days from Havana to
master-POint
Brig Charlotte Buck, Hunter from Kingston, ia, to
mas, er-POint
Schooner Gabriel Anne, verrine from Upper Coast
to master-21 dist
srEAMBoAre.
Belle Lee Hicks, from Memphis
BID Wood, Wood, from Pittsburg with barges
Josephine COzzins from Bonnet Care
Marie Bassett. from Lower Coast
Lizzie Hopkins, Dupuis from DOnaldsOnvillo
Ruth, Pickett, from Washington
WalOOn, Ruiz. from Lower Coast
Era No TO- Gillen, from Shreveport
Mary Ida Reynaud from Convent Landing
Belsw-Conins Up.
Ship Forest Belle, Sutherland, As days from London.
Ship Annie Burrell, Blauvet SO days from Antwerp,
Bark Maria Catherine, Slausman, Al days from Am.
Bark Protector, Jensen, from Newport Oct 10, to
Bark W jenkins, Durkee 40 days from Liverpool
Brig Caroline Gray, Punken, 6 days from Key West
to master
Outside---Waitfng Orders.
Ship Coronet Bryan from Havana, to master
Ship Minnie Perry, 80 days from Liverpool, to
master
Ship Tiger Miller, from Liverpool Oct 24th to C j
Shepherd Geo
British ship Birmingham, Durham from Liverpool,
Oct H. to master
Bark Hypatia, Dakin, from Barrow, Eng, Oct 49, to
master
Inside-Waiting Orders.
Norwegian bark Leviathan, FOrjesen, 81 days from
Aspinwall, in ballast to master
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MEXICAN PORTS-Per steamship City of Meri.
da-3O4 bales coffee to NJ PUG &cO-7 bales hemp
bags bales halters bales Irvine S Fernandez Goo
cases vanilla beans j NJ WitherspO0n-4 bbls Of
honey 2 cases do A Thibault
BALTIMORE VIA HAVANA AND KEY WEST
Per steamship WilmingtOn-AssOrtSd mdse
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RAlaW-CamlnR un.
Outside.-.Waiting Orders.
Inside-Waitfng Orders.


Norwegian bark Leviathan, Forjesen 81 days from
AspinwaIl, in ballast to master