New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-10
A Romance Of the Revenues
Tie following Interesting story Is tod g.

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the Cincinnati Commercial:
IL an efo:: Of the acnisnen ofs default
'ng lnterna. seyenue collector to obtain .
new :ria. SHAT a judgment; agains: sLem
may be Sc: aside. :he de.a..s OF one o: the
mos: remarkable Ge:a!cacions tina. had ever
occurred IN this country have been brongil:
70 light. In 1867 Dav:. T.. Bonteoy wac
collector :or :Ae :o,:rto Texas district.
headquarters a: Marshall. One Of his dep.
u,ies. stationed q: jefferson, an ex-Con.
tederate. by some sneaLs got about $4,000
behind n us accents. Eon.eoy went IL
person to Jefferson to secure settlement.
After w.an Cling cor some time. the deputy
drew his revolver. the tTG were k!Qus u
.o..: Boa.oey he would Kill him IN.
les. he :Bonieoy, would coz sen. to .ign a
rece!p: ID tul! 10: tie missing. $4,000. IL
gain time Bonfeov consented, and asket.
the deputy 20 draw up the receipt. Before
he had written the half OF it Bonteor eho.
h,H and he died INSTANTLY. Tie civil
authorities st once arrested Bonteov and
threw him into jail. That night Boafeoy's
house was entered and his wife was MUIR
de.ef. Her head was smashed IN with an
AK. This :urned the tide in Bonteoy's favor,
and sttes Ge:av o! a day or two he Wa.
released OF bali On his Wa! home .e
passed the grave .. his wife, when hi.
emotion SO ovescan.e Inn shat he fen faint.
ing - the grounds In twenty.four hours
he was corps. having died Of . broker
heart. some slime sabse4nene to his
sT1es. the military authorities TOOK
possession ef his cafe, and breaking
j: open found s6s.ovs which was 10000
less than there should haze tees IN
it. f.: :l:ee years Tie Internal ReVence
B:iraU s;ro~e to ye. matters straight. and
90 III Srtc,A >s,o 81
the se.alca.ion ougi, 70 rest. Finally. IL
1871. Supervise YaIJan was pu1 On the
case. and aztec three months bard work hi,
solved j. and found by Andisputab's proofs
tina. the money wa. all there when Bonfeoy
died. and :Lat Il had Seen stolen by Bon.
tesvs deputies ~ :his Ciit was ksorgA-
agaius. Bon:eoy's bondsmens anu by \ dacs
sion g:vea few months ago. jud gme1t was
takeH agans. them Cor the amount OF tle
bond. sjoSog. ThU judgment shey now
ask to have set aades They do not dispute
:lat the STRUCTURE is legal. but claim tha>
equity entities them 10 relief 1t is pioba.
BILE &.a: tae Solicitor will decline 10 accede
to new triais when they VIZ snake te.s
avisa! y Congress-
Sir. Gladstone on Railway Traffic.
4: Sailroad meeting reid IL London,
recently. the chairman read letter he had
received from M,a Gladstone, from which
the s,liowinG extract is made: -. seems to
ne That the great object OF the company
orgns to be the fui.es. development OF Its
traffic within the Units of IT'S carrying
powers For my own part. should prefer
fafes likely - accelerate this development
powerfully, even az some present risk. to
otAe2 farce more certain 20 maintain with.
auv any intermission the present slow move.
inens OF receipts upward but also calculated
20 prevent any considerable increase in
the rate. ! must own that with modera.
ton Ok fares join in my own mind another
change. namely. the substitution OF two
classes OF passengers instead 0: threes This
IS change which l have long desired, and
Tor which. u she proprietary givs il their
1t appears TO me that the company
ougb's as II the case OF other companies. to
make considerable efforts, confident in the
economic principle. the support of the pub |
tic and speedy success. l admit that nv
mind Is biased by financial experience
which mas been long and wide. 1t has pro-
convinced me- that. as rule, the |
State or individual or company thr,ves best |
which dives deepest down into the mass of |
ne community and adapts its arrangements
, the wants OF the greatest number. l have |
eer the revenue OF this country stationary l
or MANY years. l have seen il, mainly /
,n6er the influence Of improved locomotion
md OF freedom OF trade. acquire principle |
# increase. which increase was itself pro.
,ressiye But in the last ten years the |
,rogress was more marvellous, and ascribe
he augmented rate of progress to aug.
nented means of the most numerous classes,
gLo spend las they have causel a far larger
hare Of what they get than those above |
hem. hope the system Of your railway
nay be such as most largely to address
self to the means and want of the labor.
,g and the middle lower classes. am far
'cm saying that finance and locomotiOn
re IN all respects parallel; still there is q
analogy between the principles
ppheable to the respective systems"