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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-18
Napolcon's Fortune.

Whatever may be said against the Third
Empire, and it is subject upon which
good deal has been said, it is evident that the
Emperor did not use his high place for his
own personal gain. He died comparatively
poor. commission is now in session in
Paris to determine how much of what is called
the "Chinese Collection" at Fontainebleau
belonged to the private estate of the Emperor.
This collection comprises articles OF unique
worth and value. After the Summer Palace
in Pekin had been captured by the
English and French armies its contents
were taken and divided Part of the
trophies were given to Napoleon, and
these dhis heirs now claim as his personal
estate. NJ Rouher, in pleading the
case for the Emperor's family, said that
the fortune left by His Majesty was
greatly encountered by mortgages, and
that an effort was being made to have them
paid. If France made an allowance for the
Chinese Collection there would be no trouble
in this payment, but if. not he would be COM
PEELED to go to the courts. We believe the
amount demanded is about six hundred thou
oohu uO@Ao, e1AAo "o PAcouu1c IL WILL Oo uiiOWCa,
so that the collection may remain at Fontaine-
bleau 1t is not long since France paid eight
millions of dollars on account of old claims to
the Orleans family, already one of the richest
in Europe, and we should not think there
would be much difficulty about the compare
lively small sum demanded by the heirs of the
Emperor
We note one point in this discussion which
is of interest. When the allied armies cap
tured Pekin the French commander issued in
structions not to burn anything. Notwith-
standing this the English troops set fire to the
Summer Palace and would have burned the
Winter Palace also if possible. For generous
and humane people the English seem to like
unnecessary harshness in war. Their troops
burned Washington while in temporary and
hurried occupation. They burned Magdala
and the Chinese palace and seemed to have
destroyed Coomassie. Yet if any army were to
sack London it would be "a crime against
the human race" The burning of the Sum-
mer Palace in Pekin seems to have been q
brutal and wanton use of power 1t is to the
credit of the French that they are anxious to
disavow it. But it does not look august or i'm
perial to see the heirs Of an Emperor quarrel
ling for the possession of works Of taste, art
and ingenuity, robbed from the palace Of q
Chinese sovereign.
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BROOKLYN PARK THEATRE,
opposte Citv Hall ooklyn.-ZIP, ats r NJ. closes a
III p NJ Lotta,
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BOwERY THEATRE,
Bowery REVENGE, and VARIETY ENTERTAIN
MENT Begins al r, NJ closes at Ii 7. NJ.
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METROPOLITAN THEATRE,
No. SIS Broadway.-VARlErH ENTERTAINMENT, al
7:45 =. NJ closes at ~ 80 P. NJ.
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NIBLO'S GARDEN
Broadway, between Prince ana Houston streets -DAN
CROCKETT, at r. NJ. closes at l0;oJ r. NJ MI. trans
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LYCRUM THEATRE
Fourteenth street. sixth avenue French Opera
Boufie-LA FILE DE- MADAME ANGOT, at 8 p NJ. !;
closes at 10 IS T. NJ. Mile. Marie Aimee.
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TONY PASTORS OPERA HOUSE,
20l Bowery.-VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT, at P.
closes at II Z. NJ
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Rejected communications VIII not be re-
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STADT THEATRE,
Bowery Grand German Opera-rHE MERRY WIVES
OF WINDSOR at p. Nj closes al II p. Nj Nine. Lucca
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BRYANT'S OPERA HOUSE,
Twenty third street, near Sixth avenue.-NEGRO MIN
sTRELSY &c, at 7. NJ. closes at 10 L. NJ
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WOODS MUSEUM
Broadway, corner Thirteth street-NiCk WHlFTLES
at p. ~. closes at 30 p NJ. TIE MAN FROM
AMERICA, at P. NJ. closes at 10 80 p. NJ.
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not attracted the attention OF MIR. Bergh and
been agitated by him with that energy and
power which he frequently expends on less
practical reforms. The travel on Fifth avenue
is enormous, and the animals driven over it
some of the finest in the city-are martyrs to
its miserable pavement If Mr.. Bergh will
cooperate with the Park Commission, and
obtain control of Fifth avenue for the latter,
he will do good work in the cause of hu-
manity. With the means of systematizing
labor that is in the hands of the commission
and the care for animals that MIR. Bergh
would exercise in the choice OF the pavement,
we might get one really fine street. Many Of
the fine streets of London, and nearly all the
great thoroughfares of Paris, are paved on the
Macadam system, which is excellent for the
horses and is found to wear far better than
any pavement we have ever had that was not
ruinous to animals In Paris they have a
good modification of this system by which
Belgian pavement is laid for six or eight feet
at each side of the roadway, and the Mac
adam road is made between these. Such q
pavement laid on Fifth avenue would make it
o magnificent drive.
The Legislature should lay aside politi-
cal considerations in this Riverside i'm
provement matter and give the Park Commits
sion the power which lcgitimately belongs to
it. And if they will stretch that power the
length of Fifth avenue the people of New
York will approve the license.
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AM WEST GATH ST.. FIRST FLOOR, TO THE
III cftA respectable girl seamstress and to as.
sst with fine washing best city reference Call
daYa
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77 yoa nsU woman T. do sa aeers house
work in small family; Is first class servant. Call
from 10 to-.
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80 aRkENwlcH AVA FRENCH PRoTEs1AN7
40 maid speaking EnRlish dssires place In family
S1rops G 3 saSrss e hsv s e osAAA
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OK STH Av., BETWEEN 23D AND NTH SITS,
III over the store.-A scamstrcss wishes to engage
In private family cut and At ladies' and childrens
dresses and do all kinds Of family sewing; il willing
assist with children; objection the country Call
or address,
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CSQ WEST 4lST STA RESPECTABLE GIRL 10
40 do homework in q small private family; best
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400 EAST 18TH STA RESPECTABLE WOMAN A
E.C competent laundress, wishes some faincs'
washins terms rs per dozen can do n:ting and
putting: satisfactory reference. Call or address.
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7730 70 Az, BETWEEN .ss s9rH IAN. AND GOTH
willing and oblging; best city reference CAN for two
DAYS
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7SG WEST 18TH STA RESPECTABLE PERSON
W. as searnstrcss; is good operator on Wheeler
and help with chamberwork; objection to the coun
try city references
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OH EAST 18TH STA DREssMAKER AND SEAM
AOl stress desires a few more engagements by the
day or week; can operate on several machines.

900 EAST 10TH ST., THIRD FLOOR.-A THOR
LVC oughly competent operator on Wheeler Will
sons and Grover Bakers machines wishes engage
ments by the day week: Is competent to work with
for two DAYS.
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ono WEST 18TH STA HIGHLY RESPECTABLE
LOA young girl to do chamberwork aad waiting or
waiting alone; thoroughly understands the OF sill
ver Is willing and obligng good city reference Ring
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7SC WEST SD STA FIRST CLASS SEAMSTREsS:
IoO understands dress making and akinds of family
sewing; ladies' maid and hairdresser II required /:
an expert operator; best city reference
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1s)S WEST 32D STA RESP ECTABLE WOMAN
fLC 10 do housekeeping or washing by day or week;
good reference.
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ia WEST 18Th STA RESPECTABLE GIRL AS
III chambcrmaid and seamstress or would do light
waiting IN private family. Can be seen at present en-
ploYcrfa
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C1Q WEST 9TH STA RESPECTABLE YOUNG
AlC woman TO 60 by the day to do washing or
houscceanng best city reference. Call for Mrs. WAL
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I 407 ID Az; SECOND FLOOR YOUNG wo,
plain COOK washer and ironer; good city reference.
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90 WEST 43D ST., TWO FLIGHTS BACK-A
OtC respectable young girl TO do housework or as
cook washer and roner small private family three
years reference from last place.
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Ok EAST 9TH ST-TO DO GENERAL HOUSE
AlC work in small private family with the assist
ancc Of little girl; would like to be together city
reference. Call or address.
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OLE Sd Az. NEAR 18TH ST., IN THE BAKERY
llC store-A first class dressmaKcr understands cut
ting. fitting ana trimming In the latest Partisan style Tor
ladies and children, would make few more engage
ments by the day has tho latest patterns outs
operates machine.
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Q07 EAST Bath ST., SECOND FLoOR.-A GIRL
Owl to DO 'housework; Is good washer and ironer
anG can do plain cooking; good reference.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-06-07
Aiming the Gulf Forts Remarkable
Scene in the Gulf.

MAJOR U. w. Mcheo OF the United States
ordinance corps and formerly of Jefferson
cred at the Southern. The major has Just
returned from armiDg Fort Pickens, Flor
ida; Fort Morgan, Alabama; Ship Island,
Mississippi, and Forts jackson and st. Phil.
lip, Louisiana. Seventeen heavy guns have
been mounted at Ship Island, twelve guns
at Fort Morgan, and six fifteen inch guns
were unloaded at Forts Jackson and
st. Phillip, besides placing all the ordnance
in the different forts on the Gulf coast in a
serviceable condition for war. Major Nc
Kee expects to return in October to COM
plete the armament of the coast defenses.
that work having to be suspended for the
present on account of the prevalence of
hot weather, fleas and mosquitoes.
During the recent great flood the major
and his party, in the performance of their
duties, were sailing between Horn and
Round islands, Oft Pascagoula, en- route for
Fort Morgan, where they encountered
most remarkable. scene. Here for miles
were seen logs, driftwood and patches of
turf and soil floating out into the gulf, filled
with live animals, which chung to their frail
barks with the tenacity Of shipwrecked
mariners, an account Of which will be for
warded to the War Department.. Among
the animals seen were rats, raccoons, pos
sums, rabbits, alligators and moccasin
snakes in uncounted numbers all brought
down from the swamps and marshes, per.
haps from fifty to 100 miles inland.
10 the gentlemen witnessing this remark
able scene the facts had scientific inter.
est. They were reminded Of the geological
periods when animal life was transported,
doubtless by similar floods, from regions
far inland to the mouth Of estuaries. and
their bones being entOmbed in the silt and
soft mud, furnished the organic remains
which are preserved for ages in the hard
ened strata. 1t was by similar means that
the fossils now found in the solid limestones
were doubtless ingulfed and preserved dur
ing the past geological periods. In this way
also the islands along the Gulf coast receive
accessions of new animal types not before
known to inhabit them. Major Mckee will
spend . couple of days here in seeing his
old friends, and then leaves for the national
armory at Springfield. Massachusetts,
where he will remain on duty as second in
command there, Colonel Benton being the
first in c0mmand.-St. Louis Republican.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-06-07

s1presented By the trustee purchasing, tha'
RI TO cav: If the 0Dger1DOr Of the State q
fouisians bids III the properly, be mus
paw eS75 00U, and the accrued interest there
on in cash, tor the first seventy pales q
road, and all in cash for tie remaining por
ton of the road; the first mortgage trustee
Will have to pay in cash only the excess
over SS7 5 600. and the accrued interest there
on. on the first seventy miles, and no CAST
at all for the remaining portion OF the ROAD
A third party must pay cash for the whole
amount of his bid for both sections. 1t il
obvious that the first mortgage bondhold
ers. who hold 47,250.0 GOO OF bonds. have
command of the situation, and that they
always had 1t from the first.
On the twenty-seven,h day OF May, 1874
petition in bankruptcy against this com
papy was filed in the United States Distric,
Court by one of the subcontractOrs, to
whom large amount is due tor work done
west If Donaldsonville. The order to show
cause why the prayer OF the petitioner
should not be granted was made returnabe
on the eighth OF July, 1874.
Your committee respectfully submits that
the above review of the history of this cor
poratiOn, which has barred the way since
1869, and still obstructs the building of a
railway to Texas, is sufficient to warrant
them in declaring as their firm conviction
that there is no hope of relief from them,
and that the only chance of securing rail-
way to Texas is a speedy sale for cash,
whereby this property, unincumbered, may
pass into entirely new hands at the earliest
possible moment.
The association of bondholders styled the
New Orleans, Mobile and Chattanooga Rail-
road Company, afterward changed to the
New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad
Company, wrongfully and by means of cor
rupt legislation. as we believe, despoiled
our State of about 81, 100000 in bonds and
back interest not DUE and we consider that
any Association" of these bondholders, by
whatever names they may style themselves,
will be in the future as in the past, unreli-
able. We recommend the State authorities
by every means in their power to resist the
payment of the fraudulent and unconstitu-
tional issue Of Shreveport branch bonds
and the interest thereon, and to favor the
formation of an entirely new and trust
worthy company TO construct our much
needed railway to Texas, as well as the
transfer to such a company Of the seventy
miles of road west of Westwego.
Whether tho end in view will be best
subserved by sale of the road west to the
United States Circuit Court, or cash sale,
act, we leave to the decision of the Cham
Der. Respectfully submitted,
G. w. R. BAYLEY,
Chairman;
II. O. SEIXAS.
j. NORRIS,
t1 l.. II. JOSEPH.
The report was received and, on motion,
duly seconded, it was unanimously adopt
ed.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-06-07
Solving a Problem ON Rapid Transit.

While up the river few days ago, says
the Mississippi Democrat, we heard rich
one on some poor fellow whose name has
escaped us. He was padding to Vicksburg
in a dugout, and had been informed of a
certain locality called, Kicks Bend, which
ia eighteen miles around and in one place
about q hundred yards across. He was ad-
vised to land at the narrow point and drag
his craft over. But he passed the spot
going down without observing it and pad
died on eighteen miles around till he struck
it on the other side. Landing at once he
dragged his boat across and went gliding
on down with q light heart till he came
within few PAGES of the same spot where
he had dragged across before. Thinking it
q new cutoff he went ashore and tugged his
canoe over again. When he got back to
the river o second time he saun:ered
around little to stretch himself and soon
discovered an old newspaper out of which
he had taken his breakfast that morning.
It was now almost shutdown, and Ms he had
padded thirty six miles without dattering
progress be scuttled his dugout with
Ratchet, built q camp and waited til next
day for steamboat. - .fxral 20 -&U z
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-06-07

The New York Commercial Adrertise,.
gives its readers the following little story:
Would my little Ezra" seked fond
mother out on West Hill, ".like to be q
missionary, and 60 preach to the poor,
suffering little heathens" Tears-bright,
pearly drops Of feeling -glistened in little
Ezra's eyes rs he muttered: ''Naw, I
wouldn't; but I'd like to be on the perlice
long enough to put tin -xoof on the big
lummax that stuck sheemaker's wax on my
seat to-day. You hear meivJ eta.z s..ey9,
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nssss sss MONTH. sa s::

Monthly advertisements, inserted every othkI
Asy to be charged two-thirds Of the above rates.
Second page monthly advertisements eacn
SQUARE, go per month. x,
TTansient Advertisements, having the run Of tie
PAPER first insertion 81 SO per square; each SUISSE
auent insertion seventy five cents per square.
Second page transient advertisements, escn u"
oortion 81 50 per square. - =.
Advertisements inserted at intervals to be
charged as new each insertion.
MI businesa notices of advertisements to We
charged twenty cents per line each insertion.
Regular advertisers, who advertise largely, VIII
- slloWed such discount from above named tran.
SENT rates as may be agreed upon; provided, that
Al no caee shall such discount exceed tWekty'hve
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Enot be post route left. The Senator can
guess where it IL. -
mn: West In Vermont. presume.
[Laughter.]
his guess. Laughter
The amendment was agreed to.
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Daily Monthly advertisements inserted for one
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liberal commission allowed to those who sen'
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THE WEEKLY REPUBLICAN

10 published every Saturday morning. and contains
Sorials. local matters of general public interest,
oonnGreial and monetary reports, and every thing
Shatap0oars in the Daily except such items a. are
ofntt3s e. 10 public moment The WEEKLY RE-
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~ well for instruction and amusement ~ tnforma-
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ia homely proverb says stone, which is
1T for the wall win not be left in the, road
way.
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citizens appointed to consider the question
having declined to recommend la renewal
of State aid-there was nothing left but
foreclosure of the Western division first
mortgage, according to proceedings initial.
ed by Frank NJ. Ames, trustee for the
Western division first mortgage bondhold-
ers, by bill of complaint fled In the United
States Circuit Conrt November %, 1873.
The trustee averred that the "association
of bondholders," styled the New Orleans,
Mobile and Texas Railroad Company mo.
q had "come under obligations" to new
association of bondholders, styled the New
Orleans and Texas Railroad Company. and
he prayed for the protection of the court in
the work of completing the road to Grand
river, twenty one miles west Of Donaldson.
vile, and for decree of sale of the roads
west. Itwas authortatively stated also a:
the time and thencefOrward until recently,
that about $350,000 in money had been
raised and was on hand to complete the
road to Grand river; but it has since trans.
PRED that tho money put up consisted of
interest coupons detached from the rraudu.
lent issue of Shreveport branch stock
bonds, the payment of which is enjoiued
On the twenty-third Of May, 1874, Judge
Woods, of the United States Circuit Court
rendered a decree providing for the sale of
the road and property west of New Or
leans, by the first mortgage trustee, on or
before the first day of December next, after
six weeks advertisement of sale in New
Orleans, New York and Houston. Sale for
cash, and the first seventy miles west of
Westwego to be sold separately, subject to
the prior lien of the first mortgage to the
extent of $l2 800 per mile, OF $4,000, and
accrued interest thereon; the balance. if
any, to be applied to the payment OF the
mortgage bonds Endorsed by the State.
$4,000, on said seventy miles of road.
Balance of road, west, to be cold as Trustee
Ames may deem best, either separately or
in one parcel. r ~
The trustees, Ames for the first and the
Governor OF Louisiana for the second mort.
gage bandholders, only, to be allowed IN
bid in the property for their respee.;re.
bondholders, or the State, on payment 10
cash OF the amount due on the bonds not
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and executive authorities were really de-
ceived, they were misled; if not, they con-
niyed at fraud. According to the Audi
tors report these bonds were issued April
81, 1874, but there is no evidence anywhere
Of their Issue. --t. -t.-t
1t will thus be seen that this company.
on the completion of the railroad to DON
aldsonyille. obtained State Endorsement on
and State bonds for "a, 100000 besides the
amount of $l20, 900 for back interest. The
proceeds thereof, your committee believe,
were used for the payment of debts con-
tracted, in. part ar least, for the Mobile
division of said company's road aud for
payment Of the interest due on the Mobile
division bonds.
The indebtedness of the western division
was also increased without extending the
road west, by the purchase of the Pont-
chartrain railroad, steamboats,. a wharf in
Mobile, and the property and franchise Of
the old Opelousas read west of Brashear,
ETC., to the extent of about 81, 2J0, 600.
Thereby the Mobile division bondholders,
who are and were from the beginning the
company, were again preferred. and the
western division securities misappropri-
ated. -9s,i..s96s 9zs
In March, 1872, q western division first
mortgage, in lieu of the first mortgage of
March, 1870, was executed and antedated
January J, 1872, to secure an issue of 81 $780,
600 of eight per cent bonds-$2, 825, 900 from
Westwego to the Sabine river, 81 ,625, 900
from Brashear to Vermilionville, and
$2,80O,00O from the Sabine to Houston,
Texas. About, the same time work was
commenced at various points between Bra
shear and the Sabine river via Vermilien-
vile, under q neV contract, whereby that
part of the road was to be completed by
March i 1874 exclusive of rolling stock,
for 8, 500 goo in currency. esst.7s
But, as the company failed to pay the
contractors, and they their sub-centractors
this contract ceased in August, 1872. and q
new contract was made August l6, 1872,
between the company, J. andlW. Seigman