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The Constitutional Amendments and
the Charitable Institutions.

The Constitutional Amendments and
the Charitable Installations.
The question is raised how far the anne nd
ments to the State constitution will interfere
with the aid heretofore extended to the chart
table institutions of the city from the public
funds. 1t has been held that the two new
sections added to article s prohibit the
institutions except those ''for the education
and support Of the blind, the deaf and dumb
and Juvenile delinquents," and that ''au laws
authorizing grants to institutions not in
cluded under the exceptions named will, after
January l, cease to be constitutional" Argu-
insists that the amended constitution "will
deprive the city Of the power to give away any
but small proportion of the money (eight
hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars)
appropriated for charitable purposes in next
years budget" and also of the power to use
the excise funds for similar purpose These
views are said to be held by the City Comp
troller, who has desired that the Excise
moneys should be retained in order that they
may go into the sinking fund, and not to
charitable institutions.
The new section, No. 10, applies to the
State alone, and forbids the giving or
loaning of its money or credit to any associa-
ton, corporation or private undertaking, ex-
cept, under legislative provision, for the
education and support of the blind, the deaf
and dumb and juvenile delinquents. This
exception therefore applies to State aid
alone, and not, as our contemporary sup
poses, to city and county funds. The other
new section, No. II, provides that mo
county, city, town or village shall hereafter
give any money or property or loan its money
or credit to, or in aid of, any individual, as
sociation or corporation. or become, directly
or indirectly, the owner of stock in or bonds
of any association or corporation nor shall
any such county, city, town or village be
allowed to incur any Indebtedness except for
county, city. town or village purposes. This
section shall not prevent such county,
city, town or village from making such pro-
vision for the aid or support Of its poor as
may be authorized by law" We have quoted
the section complete on account OF the in
terest that attaches to the subject. Its pro-
visions do not seem to US tointerfere either
With the appropriations of the tax levy or the
distribution of the excise money The
moneys, in both cases, are given 'for the
aid or support of the citys poor, and
their appropriation for this purpose is
authorized by law" 1t would be lament
able to cut of from deserving charitable insti-
tutions, without warning, the sources from
which their means of usefulness are derived,
and we do not apprehend that the new amend
ments win bear any such construction Exist
ing laws, framed under the old constitution,
are not made unconstitutional by the adoption
Of the amendments, and BESIDES the excep-
ton in the section We have quoted seems ex-
pressly to cover the special appropriations
and the existing distribution of the excise
moneys.
An APPEAL from General James 8. Brisbin
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WE PRINT to-day list of the important
bills relating to city matters which have been
vetoed by Governor Dix, with his reasons for
rejecting them
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married. elsewhere, and all the essential points
are fully presented.
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YORK HERALD
BROADWAY AND ANN STREET.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT
PROPRIETOR.

THE DAILY HERALD. published every
day in he year. -Four cents per copy An
nuaI subscription price $12.
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WITH SUPPLEM ENT.
New York, Monday, Dec. 2, 1874.

From our reports this morning the probabilities
are that the soeather today wM be rainy.
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AMUSEMENTS TO.NIGHT.

LYCEUM THEATRE
Fgartsenth street and sixth aycnus.yTHE GRAND
svldene
GERMANIA THEATRE.
Fourteenth street-ULrIMO at s. r. N.
WOODS MUSEUM.
Bfofdwsyy aH q h'h I.okET
2. N, closes at ioi5 p M. Mr.. Dommick Murray.
asFA IT. close. :. 80
OLYMPIC THEATRE.
no SA Brosdway.-vARIETy. at r. NJ closes at 10 As
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
CROOK. ats r. NJ closes At Il r NJ
PARK THEATRE,
srssdwaN oetwsen Twsn,ynrst and s% 70
hE John T. Raymond
THEATRE CoMIoUE,
No b4 Broadway-vARIETY, at oP NJ; closes At 10 30
BOOTHS THEATRE,
nff %
mDP. n Mr.. John s. Clarke
ROMAN HIPPoDRoMg,
sR .Tss and aea
wALLAcK,s THEATRE.
lo ~ r. NJ Mr.. Boucicault
TERRACE GARDEN THEATRE
atsP. a. closes st 1850 r N.
NEW YORK SrADT THEATRE,
Boxey.,DER FLEDsRMAus, st P. n; closes At
10 ~ r NJ Miss Lima Aayr.
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE,
twenty eighth street and Broadway.-YORICK, at 8
NJ closes At ~ ~ r NJ Miss sara Jewet, Mr.. Louis
James
BRYANTs OPERA HOUSE.
West Twenty third street, near Sixth avenue.-NEGRO
MINsTRELSf, DC, at p M; Closes at 10 r. NJ Dan
Bryant
MRS. F. B. CONwAYS BROOKLYN THEATRE
JANE EYRE, at 8 p. NJ. Miss Charlotte thompson
STEINWAY HALL.
Fourteenth street-CONCERf at r. u. II. Butman.
SAN FRANCIsCo MINSTRBIS,
Broadway corner Of Twenty ninth street-NEGRC
AlNSrREL.sY, at p NJ: closes ~ 10 p. NJ
NEW PARK THEATRE BROOKLYN
THE HOODLUM Mr.. w A. Messenger.
ROBINSON VAIL
sixteenth street-SEGONE DULL CARE. Mr.. Mac
cAbe
GLOBE THEATRE.
Broadway-vARIETY, nj r. NJ closes at 10 80 p. II.
Miss ennie Hughes.
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NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS and
after January /, 1875, the daily and weekly
editions of the NEW YORK HERALD will be
sent free of postage.
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LYCEUM THEATRE,
Fourteenth street and Sixth avcpue.-THE GRAND
DUCHESS, at P NJ; closes at iu:A3 I. NJ Miss Emily
svldene-
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WOODS MUSEUM
Broadway, corner OF Thirieth Street.-The TICKET
OtLEAVk MAN, at 2 p. n. The o GAN MAN, nj s
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GERMANIA THEATRE,
teenth street-ULTIMO, at 5 r. n.
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METROPOLITAN THEATRE,
To- So, Broadw ay-VARIcrY at r. NJ: closes ct 10 80
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PARK THEATRE

GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
wenty- third street and Eighth avenue.-THE BLACK
kOOk, ut z. NJ closes At ii T. NJ
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PARK THEATRE,
Broadway between Twenty-hrst and TWENTY second
streets-GILDED AGE, at r. NJ; closes 10 80 r. n
hr. John T. Raymond
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BOOTHS THEATRE,
corner Twenty third street and SIKH avenue.-RED
IAfE and - he WIDoW HUNT, at sP. Nj closes At
10 10 p. n Mr. John 5. Clarke.
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ROMAN HIPPODROME,
Twenty sixth street and Fourth avenue. -FETE AT
PEKIN. afternoon and evening, at and &
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Subscriptions and Advertisements will be
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THEATRE COMIQUE,
No bl4 Broadway.vAkIETY At oP. NJ closes at 0.3O
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HERALD.
Letters ard packages should be properly
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Rejected communications will not be re-
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ROBINSON FALL
Sixteenth street-bE9ONE DULL CARE. Mr.. Mac
cAbe.
GLOBE THEATRE,
OVERWHELMINGLY ats +. NJ closes at 10 80 p. II.
iss JIG nnie Hughes.
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WALLACK'S THEATRE.
broadway. THE sHAUGHRAUN, at 8 P. NJ closes
l0 ~ p. M. Mr.. Boucicault
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been aroused under the sting of defeat does not
tend to union and Cancellation. 1t is given out
that the President in his Message will reafirm
with holder emphasis the doctrines main
tanned in his veto. Even if the inflationists
should be subdued into prudent silence they
will not 'turn their backs upon themselves
and vote for such reform Of the currency as
the President is expected to recommend 1t
is probable that the substance of the act of
last June will remain undisturbed. The in
fationists cannot get more and they will not
consent to take less. 1t is the obvious interest
Of the democrats to let the subject "slide."
They do not wish to republish their own
divisions and are hoping that the party may
be brought into some appearance of unity on
this subject by the time of the meeting Of the
Forty-fourth Congress. Legislation looking
to an early return Of specie payments is,
therefore, improbable at this session.
The moral imbecility and divided counsels
which are pretty certain to obstruct useful
legislation ON the currency may prove an ad-
vantage on another subject. As to granting
subsidies, guaranteeing railroad bonds or pro-
viding for the construction Of canals, it is
stated that the President will recommend
nothing, and hence Congress will do nothing.
II Congress will not curtail disbursements
from the Treasury and tighten the taxes it is
not TO be tolerated that it should increase
them. 1t is understood that the President did
advocate subsidies and internal improvements
in the first draft OF his Message, that his
Cabinet strongly objected, and that he struck
1t out altogether. Aside from the conclusive
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NEW PARK THEATRE. BROOKLYN.
The HOODLUM. Mr. w A. Messenger.
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TERRACE GARDEN THEATRE.
Fifty eighth street and Lexington avenue--vARIETy
at 5 r. n. closes 1t 1880 r. NJ.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-22
PHILOSOPHY OF THE UNIVERSITY
OF FRANCE.

A new era in the history of Science aud
| Literature in New Orleans, was inaugurated
81 last Monday night, in the opening f
the Hall of the Academy Of Sciences to a
W0m0h, on which occasion one of the largest
aud most intellectual audiences ever assem-
| bIcd III that nall, listened with the deepcs
interest to the reading Of "A paper by Mrs
Sarah A. Dorsey.
| This lady, whose rare literary and scenti-
| tic attainrffeAts have won for her AN enviable
position IN the intellectual circles both Of
Europe and of Amerca-had the moral
courage TO brave the opinion Of the world
in thus accepting what she justly considered
as rare compliment-the unanimous invi-
tation extended to her by the n. O. Academy
o, Sciences to address them upon the subject
of the Philosophy OF the University 81
Fra ce; "A subject Of which, in its latest
developments, but little is known, and less
un' erstood among people of ordinary scen-
titc and literary attainment.
Publications in the French and Latin
languages, upon the most abstruse meta
pnyS 1h'sti'if. HdNt WHY
for those who have ample leisure and rare
intellectual capacity.
Happy in TIL: possession Of both Of these
requisites, it has been labor Of love with
Mrs. Dorsey to prepare "A most profound and
elaborate exposition of the system of phil
osophy advocated and expounded by the
greatest minds Of Europe at the present
day.
Mrs. Dorsey held her audience unclaimed
in rapt attention for an hour and half.
No mere abstract Of the lecture could do
Justice to the snhject, which, as it was, was
condensed within the closest possible con-
fines.
We trnst that Mrs. Dorsey may be in
duccd to give it to the world in form
which may place it within the reach of i'll
thinking minds
At the close Of the reading, the Rev c.
X. Marshall. of Mississippi paid most clo-
guent tribute to woman, her powers and
her position, as illustrated on that occa-
sion.
An interesting discussion followed which |
was participated in by the Rev. +. Fon-
tame, Prof. ID. X. Whitaker, DIR. j. X. Walker
and of hers
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-22
A MAN OF MANY OFFICES.

A person by the name of J. $. Clark, who
has managed very adroitly to obtain several
positions of emolnment, has turned up in a
new role. First we believe he was a sanitary
inspector, then he got into the School Board,
and then he wormed himself into the Board
Of Health, and now, mrdbile dict", he turns up
in several offices all at once, one of which is
Metropolitan Police Surgeon, he having re-
Gently captured that position from DR.. Amcs,
an old time Republican and good physician
In one of the first cases that this brilliant
NJ. u. is called upon to treat, he gave the
poor policeman certificate that he was
suffering from bilious fever, but not salts
fled with this diagnosis, the policeman sent
for DIR. Ames, who found it to be very pro-
nonnced case Of smallpox. We have never
been advocates OF the metropolitan police,
but we submit that as the members of the
force are human beings, they are entitled to
be created as such.
This is not the first time this man Clark
has been brought to our notice. He is rep
resented as having the manner of a bo6r,
and we know Of instances in which he has
treated ladies connected with the schools
with the greatest rudeness and insolence.
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ACT NO. ST.
z.ns.

If any evidence was wanting Of the out
rageons trifiing with the patience Of a too
patient people by that lawless crowd call
ing themselves Legislature, the speech of
Major T.. A. Burke last night before the
Firemen's Charitable Association would be
sufficient. He said: ~ stood upon the
floor Of the House, with at least twenty
five Of friends and heard aud saw this
bill (act ~ killed; but, by a species of
modern legislation, it came to lite after the
adjournment of the Legislature" Neither
the unctuous excuses of the de tdcto, nor the
willy special pleading Of his Attorney Gen
eral, will wipe out the truth or stay the
conseqm enccs following this mOckery. The
tiremen express themselves as determined
to venIilate the whole affair.
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COLORED LOUIsIAHIANS VS.. CARPET.
BAGGERS.
A ROW AMONGST THE YAITHFCL-LADD AND
ANTOINE.

! At about o'clock yesterday evening q
70 occurred at the corner Of Dryades and
| Canal streets. between two colored men,
| Fl ubbard anG Denbar, belonging respective
I " to the factions Of Antoine and Ladd. In
the melee Mr. Keller. an African Christian,
InteIfered in the interests Of peace, and sue
ceeded III obtaining the pistols OF one OF
{ he beIligerent-, and, falling to paci.y them
BY peaceable means, he threw off his coat
and proceeded to accomplish the same ami
liable end by a vigorous attempt to success
fully knock down the respective warriors.
Failing in this, he attempted TO kick the
bellgerents apart whereupon Caucasian
brother made his appearance upon the scene
Of action, took possession of the deadly
weapons, and seemed thereafter to be
highly delighted spectator Of the scene,
until the fray was closed by the arrival Of
the police who took the combatants i'll out
Of the cold, and left our informant gazing
spectator.
After the arrest Of the parties, who had
been severely handled by fisticnff, one Of
the belligerents, on being carried off, pro
claimed his motto to be, d" Louisianlans
against carpet baggers.n
II would seem, from this, that the negroes
Of orr State are beginning to realize the
fact that their salvation depends more upon
their own people than upon the profcssed
friendship Of caIpet-baggcTs and strangers,
who have no interest outside of their own
pecuniary advancement.
This feeling is becoming widespread, and
we bclievc that, at the next election, it viii
be demonstrated III such a practical way
TIL It the simplest will understand its i'm
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THE OPPORTUNITY.

The outlook for poor Louisiana is indeed
a dreary one. For five years past one dis
astrous season after another had at length
brought our people. planting and CONNER
cial interests alike to the verge Of almost
unavoidable bankruptcy. Still there wa:
hope tEat proptious planting >eason, with
bounteous crops to reward the faithful til
lers Of the soil, wonld go far towards re
deeminr the Inisfortunes of the past few
years. and infrlse new life into every com
rnercial and agricultural interest within oul
| borders and the heavens at first seemed
| from every side there came to Us the most
cheering news Of the crop conditions, and
! the heart of Louisiana beat high with hope
of prosperous season. Now. how changed
From all quarters of onr State have come
reports as alarming d, tIey distressing
And disa ter disaster
Follows thick and follows faster"
Not only have the floods, which All inscru-
table Providence has permitted, swept away
the fond hopes which have been INDUCED.
but they have laid new demands upon those
who, though reduced by the common mlstoI-
tunes Of the past few years, have Yet been
spared the appalling calanltes OF the pres
ent overflow, but whose ,yhpathes aud aid
are now appealed to. and will be answered.
But amid all the miseries OF the past few
years asioned by unproptions planting
seasons, there has been one drain upon our
y. ope which has eaten like "a cancer, which
they were powerless to prevent, and which
was not only unnecessary but is positively
unjust and an lniguity; and this evil is still
upon n>. and can be removed in but one
way aud that is by a righteous decision
from the Supreme Court Of our State against
the illegal, oppressive and confi,cating taxa
ton. which special, unwise and corrupt leg
i-lation demands from this impoverished
people, in the name and under the forms Of
law. aud which the stern mandate Of "A
righteous court can alone prevent from ut
tcrly impoverishing this people
Even now with dcsolatioll. and III many
cases, ac,ual starvation, staring Us i'll the
face, the mercilcss tax-satberer demands
under unrighteous enactincnts, what little
is left. Here Is glorious opportunity for
our Supreme Court to kill the cancer that is
eating the substance Of this people, and in
large measure grant great relief to our cit
ZeHs,
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WEAKENING.

There is considerable CONSERVATION in
high Radical circles at the turn affairs are
taking in Congress, and they are growing
daily more uneasy at the prospect Of being
compelled to abandon the offices which they
have nsnrped and consequently all hope of
further plumber. There is no better evil
dence of this than the frantic efforts which
art being made by the State Tax Collector
Of the First District to gather in the spols
before the doom Of the usurpation shall he
finally sealed. All sorts Of threats are being
made Of suits and seizure, and many weak
kneed and timid people are, we are SOFT" to
see, being induced by fear to walk up and
settle.
The attempt on the part of men, whose
tenure Of office is so extremely doubtful, to
wiring from the sadly overburdcned people
money to which they have legally no claim,
must be regarded as most reprchensible.
ke logg, too, is becoming profnse OF prom
iscs, and there is scarcely anybody now to
whom he would not promise anything. His
last promise is to publish "A list Of bills re-
ported passed which will not receive his
official approval He is in "A very promising
frame Of mind just now, and if John McEnery
were only here to proffer the request, there
can scarcely be a doubt but that Kellogg
would promise to abdicate in his favor.
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NORTHERN DEMOCRATS AND STATES
RIGHTS,

The objection urged by Northern Demo
Gratis to Senator Carpenters bill is that 1t =
in violation Of the doctrine Of State rights.
We find all he Southern Senator'S support
ing the bill-but the intense State rights
Democrats Of the North are opposed to II.
The absurdity Of the position occupied by
these rigid Senators is exposed by the Rich
mond D,4potch, in the following comment,
which has the ring Of the true metal aud the
pith aud flavor Of epigram:
General Gordon and General Ransom can
vote for the bill. They were gallant South
ern soldiers Bnt your Northern Democrat
can't violate " the rights Of the States ex-
cent in time Of war
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-22
A MARRIAGE FEAST.

In one Of the cosy ard comfortable private
terday gathered party Of ladies and gen
temen who discussed with manifest delight
a dinner such rarely tickles the palate Of
the wealthiest and most fastidiOus gour-
mand. The feast was prepared by the pro-
pretor of the hotel in honor Of MIR. NJ. j.
NJ. Mason and his bride, nee Miss Marie T.
Catonnet. There was no.e of the stiffness
and ceremony which so often mars an occa-
sion Of this kind, and everybody seemed
determined to make the last few hours OF
the happy couple in New Orleans as bright
and enjoyable as possible. To repeat half
the pleasant things that were said, to
attempt to picture the content and happi-
ness that beamed from the sparkling eyes
Of the lovely bride and nestled in every
dimlle of her radiant face, or the intense
satisfaction of the handsome and happy
groom, were to insure failure.
And when mine host, i'll proposing toast
to the young adventures upon the sea Of
matrimony, alluded to the strong ties Of
friendship and affection that bound him to
tho groom, who, for several years, had been
his main reliance and trust in his arduous
duties, we fancied we saw tears gather in
Mason's eyes and trickle slowly down his
manly face; but then the room was dark
and the wine was delicious, and perhaps we
saw as through glass, darkly.
A "puis cafe,' rapid shaking Of hands,
few mysterious sounds like the popping of
champagne corks, and away the couple
drove to the Thompson Dean, upon which
river palace they will ascend to their new
home in Arkansas. They carry with them
the cordial wishes of all their friends for
their happiness and prosperity.
POcahohtas matinee Saturday. Secure
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OUR SENATOR.

The peculiar role hat Senator West has
PLAYED 10 the matter Of the Louisiana Flee
tioD BILL and the Fort st. Philip Chhai
suggest % ~ the propriety Of showing up
his early history in this city and san Fran
cisco. His connection with American Hook
and Ladder No. q his diamond pin transac-
ton and his indebtedness = the city .! San
Francisco IL his collections Of the wharfage
dues are facts of notoriety, and at 30 dis
tant day We propose to yentllate them 10
a rInIan
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-22
FIREMEN AS JURYMEN.

In an interview which casually took
place betwc Mr.. Smalwood, jury Com
missioner aud Mr.. /. ~ Marks, Tuesday
morning. We understand the former stated
that il would be the purpose of the com
IDssioncIs to avoid, as far as possible, the
selection of active firemen for the perform
lice of iury service
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-22

As the day draws near on which the Dis
ciples Of Thespis make their first appear
ance public interest and curiosity increases
Certain mysterious individuals, who are
supposed TO know everything, give assn
rance that the display will be chastc, at
tractive, and at the same time gorgeous,
and there can be no doubt that the event
will DO long remembered.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-22
THE LEVEE COMPANY.

The unusual pres, Of local matters Of pub
lie interest upon our columns, has been 50
great within the past few days, that we
have been unable 10 give this company the
attention VIC desired. In our next issue,
however, we will pay them our respects.