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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-07-26
OFFlCIAAs
70 lie Quauned Electors Of the State Of
Louislana.


-, .. SrAfR OF LOUISIANA,
Ofiee Of the Secretary Of state, :
New Orleans, July "a, 1874.
In conformity to article l47, title nine Of
the constitution of 1868, publication is here
nv made to the voters Of the State Of Lou
isiaua, of the proposed amendments to
the constitution Of the Stste agreed to by
two.thirds of the members of the elected
to each house of the regular session Of the
General Assembly of the year III I, and re-
ouired to I've published three months be-
fore the next general election for Repre-.
sentatives to the General Assembly in at
least one newspaper in every parish OF the
state, in which . newspaper shall be pub
lished. Said amendments appear fully in
acts Nos. 4. % and 81 of said Session OF the
General Assembly, which are herewith Off.
cialIy published for the information of
voters. and will be submitted to the people
at the general election Monday, November
9 1874. in such manner and form that the
people may vote for or against such amend
ments separately; and il majority of the
voters shall approve and ratify all OF either
of said amendments, the same shall become
a part of the constitution.
p. g. DESLONDE,
Secretary of State.
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such petition is to be filed, the same may
be signed and verified by the oath or oaths
of the attorney or attorneys, agent or
agents, of such signers. And in computing
the number of creditors, as aforesaid, who
shall join in such petition, creditors whose
respective debts do not exceed two hundred
and fifty dollars shall not be reckened. But
if there be no creditors whose debts exceed
said sum of two hundred and fifty dollars,
or if the requisite number of creditors hold
ing debts exceeding two hundred and fifty
dollars fail to sign the petition, the cred.
itors having debts of less amount shall
be reckoned for the purposes aforesaid"
Sec. Is. That section forty Of said act be
amended by adding at the end thereof the
following words: "And if, on the return
day of the order to show cause as aforesaid,
the court shall be satisfied that the re,
quirement of section thirty-nlne OF said
act as to number and amount of petit
tioning creditors has been complied with,
or if, within the time provided for in sec
ton thirty-nine of this act, creditors sutfl
Gent in number and amount shall sign
such petition so as to make total of one
fourth in number of the creditors and one
third in the amount of the prOvable debts
against the bankrupt, as provided in said
section, the court shall 80 adjudge, which
| Judgment shall be final otherwise 1t shall
dismiss the proceedings, and, in cases here
| after commenced, with COSTS"
Sec. IA. That section forty-0ne of said
act be amended as follows: After the word
Bankruptcy" in line eight, strike out al
| of said section and insert the words, cor
| at the election of the debtor, the court may
in it's discretion, award venire facias tt
the marshal of the district, returnable
within ten days before him for the trial o.
the facts set forth in the petition, at which
time the trial shall be had, uRless adjourned
for cause. And unless, upon such hearinf
or trial, it shall appear to the satisfaction
OF said court, or the Jury, e the case ma!
be, that the facts set forth in said petition
are true, or If it shall appear that thu
debtor has paid and satisfied all liens up0l
his property, in case the existence of sucl
liens was the sole ground Of the proceeding
tho proc eeding shau be dismissed, and th
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SEC 6. That the nr6t clause OF sectlon
twenty of said act be amended by adding,
at the end thereof, the words "or in cases
OF compulsory bankruptcy, after the act OF
bankruptcy upon or in respect of which the
adjudication shall be made, and with a view
of making such set OFT" -,
SEC T. That section twenty-one OF SAID
act be amended by inserting the following
words in line six, Immediately after there
by" "But creditor proving his debt or
claim shall not be held to have waived his
right OF action or suit against the bankrupt
where a discharge has been refused or the
proceedings have been determined without
discharge
Sec. 8. That the following words shall be
added to section twenty-six OF said act:
That in all causes and trials arising or
ordered under this act, the alleged bank
rupt, and any party thereto, shall be COM
petent witness"
SEC. 9. That in cases of compulsory or in.
voluntary bankruptcy, the provisions OF
said act, and any amendment thereof, or of
any supplement thereto, requiring the pay
ment of any proportion Of the debts of the
bankrupt, or the assent of any portion OF
his creditors, as condition of his discharge
from his debts, shall not apply: but he may,
if otherw Use entitled thereto, be discharged
by the court in the same manner and with
the same effect as if he had paid such Der
centum of his debts, or as if the required pro
portion of his creditors had assented there
to. And in cases of voluntary bankruptcy
NO discharge shall be granted to debtor
whose assets shall not be equal to thirty
per centum of the claims proved against
his estate, upon which he shall be liable
as principal debtor, without the assent OF
at least one-fourth of mis- creditors in num-
Der, and one-third in value; and the provls
ion in section thirty-three of said act o.
March second, eighteen hundred and sixty
seven. requiring fifty per centum OF sucf
assets, is hereby repealed.
Sec. 10. That in cases of involuntary OF
compulsory bankruptcy, the period of foul
months mentioned in section thirty five Q
| the act to which this Is an amendment
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-08-22
ST. LOUIS.
Whaf An Oid Mempoian IhiUks OF 80.
ana what ola MeSnpbians are
Doing for IL.
From an Occasional Correspondent

From an Occasional Correspondent
ST. LOUIS, August IL, 1S74-The lest
week, have spent in this great city
great nO7D, and greater in the future, foi
ii is growing and expanding in improve
ments and population every day. At
every turn ] find former citizens Of dear
old Memphis, who have come to join
the throng who believe this is one day to
be the greatest city on the continent OF
America. The business, hustle and ae-
tivity in ali departments of business
strike you at once. Every man Is
hard worker, and exhibits an energy
and enterprise that would astonish the
old routine business men of Memphis.
One thing strikes tine stranger or so
jOurner-every man you see Is for 81.
Louis. He tells you everything he can
to impart TO you faith and confidence in
its growth and prosperity. The old fogies
have passed away, and the business
Of The city is now in the
hands Of young and enterprising men
men of prOgTess-whO drive business,
and refuse to be led by the antiquated
notions of the old set who have retired
and are rapidly passing away. There
are no croakers or idlers to be found
every man at work, and he works with
a VIII; in other words, every man seems
to have a driving-wheel. One thing
must say TO you in confidence: Nine
out Of ten Of those who have come here
from Memphis seem to take pleasure in
iisparaging the old town by saying " it
is played Out;n will never grow in popu-
laiiOn, or improve as a city; that the
leading men and merchants do nothing
to encourage trade or help the younger
and enterprising men; as they say,
"once a clerk always clerk" is the
rule; no promotions, no advancement
but when the Older men and merchants
accumulate a surplus of money, in
stead of investing it in new en-
terpTises, manufacturing or extending
trade, they invest in an insurance COM
pany, bank OF brokers' shop. Not so
here. The men of capital enter most
heartily into every enterprise that looks
as if it would benefit st. Louis. There
is no trouble or difficulty here in getting
men Of money to take stock and pay
out their money in any enterprise that
looks plausible and promises to pay le-
gal interest on the investment. Exam
pies Of this kind are numerous and results
wonderful. The packet lines, railroads,
bridge and tunnel, and many others,
have all proved to be successful and pay
ing investments. The pole star of ac-
tiOn, and the great consideration is the
prosperity Of st Louis. They are souls
OF but single thought, and hearts that
beat as one.
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MIDDLE TON.
The Cry From All sides, " Bnrnt-UD
CrOPs'''-POlttfcs, Politicians ana
0dtdstes-RaiIrOads, Etc
7rom an Occasional Correspondents

From an Occasional Correspondent
MIDDLETON, TENN, August 1S.-
The cry from ali sides is " Burnt-up
CROPS" and " When viii it rain?" 1
learn from q friend who has a good
knowledge Of the present situation Of
the crops, that there cannot be more
than One-half of a cotton crop raised in
this section, and scarcely one-third of
corn crop. We have not had good
rain since the middle Of June. What
shall we poor merchants do who have
sold on tick with the expectation Of
realizing on it this fab? II we fail to
collect, what will the farmers do next
year? Viii a new set of merchants
come in and help them raise the next
crop? l would think it would take
go ID pluck to travel path that had been
80 unfavorably trOu the past season
And still our farming friends expect US
to still roll out the -four and bacon
so they can pay US one-fOurth or one
half they owe US. Times never have
been so distressing since the war. Your
Memphis merchants persist in sending
out their drummers. Lookout, whole
sale men! the time will come, l fear,
when you will regret few trips that
have already been made. Our county
is in a deplOrable condition. But little
excitement exists in political matters.
A great many speak favorably Of W. T..
Avery and T. G. Lowe for congress, but
will support the nominee of the conven-
tion-any way to beat the Radical or
black ticket. Our county is peaceable;
no negro riots, nor fears entertained or
one; too much smoke already for the fire
in other places. We are afraid to have
a street-fght, for fear that we will have
an army in upon US. Our town is still
improving, Notwithstanding bad crops
and hard times. Several new houses
are in course of erection. Middleton
will grow in spite OF hard times, and Is
bound to be good-sized town. Colonel
B. P. Robson, manager Of the Ripley mar
row-gauge railroad, is managing the
road finely; no trains are behind time,
and everything seems to work smooth
ly. Colonel Robson is the man for the
place, and the Ripley road is a success
beyond doubt. Let her be extended
to New Albany, Mississippi, at the ear
lest possible time.
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VANITY very frequently finds curious
expression in bequests. Some time ago
there died very wealthy Englishman,
Mr. Beriah Bottled. The gentlemanis
weakness was pride of ancestry, and he
specially piqued himself on being Of the
same stock as the Thyme family, whose
chief is the marquis Of Bath. Now,
Lord Bath, who enjoys the reputation
of being the original Of Farintash, thinks
an amazing deal OF himself and his de-
scent. His mother was a Barring, and
he is credited with the remark that it
would take at least two generations 10
wipe the stain Of a commercial connec-
tiOn from bis connection. So, inasmuch
as the Botvilles had in q recent period Of
their history suffered from a similar
dreadful faint, the marquis WAS COM
monty reported 70 have snubbed the as
piring Beriah, and spoken seornfully
Of his claim to cOusinship with his au-
gust self. Notwithstanding this, when
Beriah's will was opened it was found
that he had bequeathed what will ulti-
mstely amount TO thirty thousand
pounds year 10 the second son (whO
was then unbOrn) of the marquis. Just
latelya Mr.. Runciman, late OF Lawrence
Pountneyiane in the city OF London,
has had a similar freak, and
has left the Countess Russell ten thou
sand pounds, "because he believes HIM
self descended from 8 common ances-
tor" Who wouldn't court cOusinship
with Runeimans and BOtfields under
such delightful circumstances?
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VOL 81 NO .2O8

dians, he is confident that no such
commission could have occurred more
over, the mail-rider would have TO ride
t@o hundred miles TO carry the news TO
ont Suliy, whereas the scout from
Wnom he prOisssed to have gained his
Information had only ao0ut sixty miles
to travel in order to reach the nearest
telegraph station. No official report has
been received Of any such affair.
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LYNCH-At o'clock am, on the 2lst Inst,
Mrs. KATIE LYNCH, aged 25 years.
Friends and acquaintanees are invited 20
attend the funeral, from her late residence,
No. lI2 Monroe street, this (SATURDAY)
morning, at 10 o'clock. Carriages at Flaherty
& sul Iivauis.
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At North Verona, Indiana, Thursday,
two men, named May and Stephen But
ter, were killed by the explosion of some
powder in well they were digging.
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as thev are diametrically opposed to
nearly all that Mrs. Tilton appears to
declare in her published statement,
deenn il nv duty TO myself and my POI
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believed was due nom Bowen. The
,I1estion whether Wilkerson knew o.
behaved that any Offense had been COM
mitted. will depend on the fact whether
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him, and how far the reconciliation vas
real, and to get statement in writing
that would seem TO free him Beecher)
from imputation thereafter. l more
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gscf tbat ne preierred 70 discl0se II, but took
49, a5x,ice of a few Of his leading friends IN
~ - e,rrch and was oyerruled by them, they
scTeeing to take the responsibility Of tne con-
cssiment. This would take on somSWnat
Srona tbe hypocrisy OF the thing, but leaves
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Tnank Won for your aiIeetonate h.lseitaoS;
and tor your loyalty 70 my go9o ma Ie1,a1
r.,,,e when I was out Of town had 70 90 out
again immediately. II the papers 10 nS. - S
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y, is.r,- ,f those love besemy mother, hus-
band 1ad my dea- children.
After signing the tripartite covenant,
milton desired that l should return
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!. ,.,s,.s ..5ss.sss. ~, accept, and ;
two days afterward, sent hin
letter OF explanation in which
f1I am now satisfied that what
was erroneous" Maanwhil
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fuf one honorable way 70 meet Il IN my Judg-
rnent and the precise method occurred 10 me
m bed this morning, and was about writing
10 YOU 70 suggest n when your letter came
:, IN vrr!fs you a sistefiy letter expressing my
=. N conviction that this whole sub 3ect needs
lls f,.,.I ..a,.Ytaef and ehaSfq dfScusalOn. that
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BEECHER TO MoULToN.

MONDAY.
Ny DEAR FRIEND called last even
ing as agreed, but you had stepped out.
On the way to church last evening met
Clsfiin. He says Bowen denies any
such treachero1s whisperings, and is in
a right state. mentioned my proposed
letter. He liked the idea. 1 read him
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Of constant and sincere efforts to save
him. It leaves him and Mrs. Tilton in
almost the same position it found them,
except in so far as their own late ingen-
uous and the untruthfulDess Of their
solemn statements may lower them in
the estimation Of the world. L reserve
to myself the right, hereafter,
to review the statement Of
BeecheT in contrast with the
facts, as shown by the documents here
with subjoined, and others which I have
at my hand, the production Of which
did not seem to be necessary until some
portion Of the published evidence Of
Beeeber demanded contradiction.
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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-10-01

A boy nix yeala NJ age son NJ Judge
Austin, liying siS miles southeast NJ
Deuisan, wac buried ina oollpn pfn
and smallered % death ou Tuesday
lasl.
Considerable excitement b growing
up over ihe silver miNes 10 Llano
county, Parties are operating with
unusual success,
since Sheriff AsheaHd District CLERK
Wesleolt came inlo office Ia Harris
county last December lhry have ppl'
leeied aud paid into lhe county lfpas-
my an amount of jury lazes equal 10
the whole sum accounted fpr hy The
radical officers during thp six yeals
they held those offices, aud yet re-
publleanism means honesty, 80 Ia
supporters say,
our contemporaries may talk about
their pretty Young ladies, but stephens
vile can come w with any VI theme
Westward Empire,
Houston will not he Houston Wy gaH
light after this week, unless sle walks
up 10 the captains ofipe and settles
old seures,
The Denison News says that tlle city
authorities ol Sherman wereVery much
alarmed far lheir safety while lhe
glasshoppers were lowering over that
town, ~ those iuucols acc death N
ever Thing green,
John Onield, Of sherman, married
Dora Wright, u reformed eourlesall,
on Saturday night last aud lelt fol
California,
A friend Informs M that H. l., lierly
was nominated yesterday ~ the den'
OemtiG candidate for Justice OF the
peace, precinct No, o, "VlCe Brown eH'
caped,N Those are his words, Brown
has esenpedi Harrison county lost a
Justice Oh Of the peace aud the penllen'
tinry Inns. lost u d-arncd able bodied
rascal, Exit Brown, enter Berry
LMarahnll Daily News,
Mr. william Gordon, Of lirOth coun'
~, killed three bears on liartou's oreel,
last week,
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CItI,,
Texas brand Prize Concert Postponed
20 nNInbnr gn, IAaI.

~ October 80, 1874,
The Hon, James 4, u, Wilson, mny'
or of Houston, aud the city council en-
dorscs the enterprise ~ follows
llousros, TcXus, April 80, l@i
We, the undersigned, regard the
real cMnlo distribution, which j, II,
Foster proposes 10 mako on the I'D Of
October next, In this city, ~ calculated
10 promote improvements, nnd place
Ing within the reach Of many, who
otherwise would he unable, II chance
TO secure II home for them ANA their
families, aud having, from our long
acquaintance with him, every conn.
dcnCo In his Integrity, we lccl Justified
In saying that we believe he vi II ear.
~ out his distribution honestly aud
fairly, according TO his advertised
plan.
Signed 10y the mayor, the Hon,
James 4. d. Wilson, and city council,
Capital prize, $4,000, gold, ten rest
dcnces IN Houston population 10000,
and the railroad center Of the slalo
1870 tracts OF land In different portions
of the state. Value Of prizes, SllO,OOO
$4,000 tickets, At ~ each. The man.
agemcnt ARE 80 well convinced Of the
success of the enterprise, that they feel
justified in promising TO refund every
cent Of money, If the drawing does not
take place on 22d of October, Every
prize paid in full, whether all the
tickets are sold or not. Send for clrcu.
lars. Agents wanted, Address
j. II. FOSTER,
Manager, Houston, Texas.
II. w. HOUSE Treasurer.
Pierce ~ lyle, Agents.
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rOR lAAlREhA.

fDR l0AlliLhh,
flni DlsineE
non, s0iiR -, nEAGAA'
~ Anderson eepnlf'
second Districts
Hon, ", -, cpLnhhsoA'
u Marion eonnli
Third Districts
non, las, ", Tnh0chn"hi"''
efpoliin equity
FouHh District
H0s, HoGrH y, Mills
ofhaVaHe eonnp'
Flnh DISTRICT
hon, IOHk nAs10ph,
u Travis e1anly'
Sixth Districts
HON, GusTAyR sCHLIiphth'
Gf hewitt county
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STATE ITEMS,

A band OF masked men, on the night
Of the Goth, went TO the house of Mr..
James Boyd, IN Montague county, and
demanded man named William
Stone. Stone stood on his defense
with n shot gun, and scared the crowd
oil. They gave him twcnty-four hours
to leave the country. They also or
dered II Mr.. Robinson and his family,
and young man named James Ben
nett to leave the county. Mr.. Robin
son Is an old Texan, and was ut one
time chiet justice Of Montague. Stone
and Bennett left at once, and Mr.. Rob-
inson was packing up to do likewise.
The Statesman is informed that the
young shad placed in the Colorado in
July are being caught and sold in the
market.
1t is stated that the Hon. Galusha A.
Grow has resigned the presidency of
the International and Great Northern
railroad company, and that Mr.. John
S. Kennedy, of New York, has been
elected to fill the vacancy.
District Attorney Swan and eX-con-
fcderate Captain II. l.. Berry went into
Mr.. Henry Goldwater's bar room, in
Marshall, with n negro to get drink.
But Mr.. G., wouldn't countenance their
social rights at his bar. The name of
the negro is suppressed out of respect
for his feelings at being caught in such
company. So says the. Jefferson DEM
ocrat.
An accident to Il freight train on the
International and Great Northern rail-
road, two miles east of Jefferson, on
day before yesterday, smashed up six
cars, and broke the thigh of Mr.. James
X. Lowe, brakeman, in two places.
The Williamson county Record has
closed its existence. 1t is to be sue
ceeded by democratic paper under
the editorial control and proprietor
ship of Captain A. S. Reed.
c. w. Macune has purchased the
Burnet Bulletin.
Governor Coke offers the following
rewards for the apprehension of the
criminals named
d. MeRae, for the murder of r. S.
Peters, in Grimes county, $500; w. P.
Wolf, for the murder of G.. N. Sandal,
in Madison county, $500; Neal McMil-
Ian, ST., and Neal Mcmillan, jr., for
the murder of John Longbotham, in
Madison county, $500, each; Alfred
Washinton, (colored), fer the murder
of James Flournoy, in Grimes county,
$3.50; Alfred Berry, (colored), for the
murder Of Robert Jones, in Grimes
county, $3.50.
Some of our more entcrprising farm
ers are beginning to make prepare
tons for sowing wheat. There will
be larger humber OF acres sown this
fall than ever before Il Westward EN-
pire.
The San Antonio Express says that
GENERALIZATION is new catch word in
troduced into our politics. 1t never
heard of the contest between Adams
md Jefferson, seventy years ago.
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lHE Chicago Times says that . Mo-
hammedon mission II about TO be 90
tabllsned Ia that city, and looks upon
II asa good thing fr lhe reason lhh'
II lisa religion thai prevents ll' devo'
teea from stealing u IN said ~ tl'
lower of the great prophet daIes take
that which 10 not his own ana there
ID ample historical evidence 10 prove
that the Molammedans live NJ u
their Ureed IN Ibis respect
A missionary Of that sect ought "a
DO appointed 10 establish u brahcll
mosque NJ Washington, for the benell'
Of congress aud Landaulet Williams