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OFFICIAL.
yvyO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF
i THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.

STATE OF LOUISIANA, }
Office Of the Secretary of State, !
New Orleans, July l4th 1874.
TN conformity to article LAT, title nine Of
i the constitution OF 1868, publication is
hereby made to the voters of the State of
Louisiana, Of the proposed amendments to
the constitution of the State agreed to by
two-thirds OF the members elected to each
house of the regular session OF tho General
Assembly Of the year 1874, and required to
be published three months before the next
general election for Representatives to the
General Assembly, in at least one newspaper
III every parish OF the State, in which news
paper shall be published. Said amendments
appear fully in acts Nos. 4, % and 81 Ct said
session Of the General Assembly, which are
herewith officially published for the intor-
nation OF voters, and will be submitted to
the people ut the general election, Monday.
November 2, 1874, in such manner and form
that the people may vote for Or against such
amendments separately; and if a majority
OF the voters shall approve and ratify all Or
either Of said amendments the same shall
become u part Of the constitution.
2. q. DESLONDE,
Secretary Of State.
No. 4.
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Since the first of January, 1874, to

Since the first of January, 1874, to
September /, our current receipts
from licenses and taxes have amount
ed to within $67 900 Of our current
expenses during the same time and
that this in despite Of disastrous
overflow which has necessarily re-
tarded the collection Of taxes.
| recommended to the Legislature,
during its last session, the adoption
Of the policy Of restricting the rev.
enues Of each year to the expenditure
of the same year, and of declaring
null and void all appropriations made
in excess Of revenue. These recon-
mendations were adopted, and con-
/ stitutional amendment was proposed
to be submitted to the people to carry
| them into effect.
The appropriation bill passed last
winter contains many items which
were believed to be unnecessary and
improvident. The payment of these
items has been enjoined by the courts
OH the application Of the Attorney
| General, and the appropriations of
the last Legislature-in themselves
much less than the appropriations of
previous years-have been reduced
within the amount Of the estimated
receipts. The large amount of
So, 300, 600 Of outstanding warrants
remaining unpaid when the present
government took charge of the State,
consisted Of warrants issued year by
year over and above the current rev.
enues of such year. Our administra-
ton, it is believed, will show no ex-
cess Of appropriation over revenue.
submit Il statement of the appro-
priations made by the different ad-
ministrations which have controlled
affairs in Louisiana during the last
nine years:
First-The Democratic Legislature
of 1865, 1866 and 1867, composed .ex-
clusively OF white men, Mr.. McEnery
and others OF my present opponents
being influential members, made APP
preparations Of $l7 ,l29 ,554 while the
total taxes collected during the same
period were $3,379, 600; leaving an
excess of appropriations over revenue
Of SJ3,75O,554.
acknowledgements Warmoth's adj
ministration made appropriations for
current State expenses, exclusive of
school, levee and interest funds, us
follows:
For 1868 and 1863. --.-..........--$2, 70o,o 900
For loIO- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Z, l35.92O
FOR 1871. 3,799. 9G9
For lS72.... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1.SI9,S56
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IS emnently Family Medicine Z: and nv
s.,' ns hepI ready Tor immediate resort wifi
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EaAectual Specific
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~ the Back Sides Or Joints oftep n,;..at an
ZOE hnenmatlsm: Sour Stomnoh 49, -
Appe1lIe; bowels alternately cos+;rs .na
.aa headache; Loss Of memory nth
somatl h sensation a'st OF having failed to do
Debility. Low %,xes s" ought to have been done;
pearance Of the Skin and Eyes y Al. r aR
o'.e'' mistaken for CONSUMPTION.
sometimes many of these symptop,...4..a
I Inn n'sease; at others very few: lint tha
., LII Inc largest organ in the body "a .er1
IL e.ie scat OF the disease and q nct b.
"latea IN Tune. great suffering wrs..SeS-
ue 81 ana n yyssaath win ensne. " 1's'.s-'
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Total debt when Governor Kellogg
came INTO office -....- $24, OS4, 2S7
Increase during Governor Kellosg's
administration by issue of bonds
authorized by laws passed pre-
vio'sl --.-..... SOL 900
Reduction Of debt during Governor
kcllogg's administration by re-
denlption of past due bonds, fund
ing operations ami retiring of out
standing floating obligations 80. ,626. O23
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An Act

Proposing amendments to the Constitution
of the State Of Louisiana.
Section /. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives. Of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly convened
two thirds OF the members of each house
agreeing thereto), That the following amend
ments be proposed .and entered upon the
respective journals OF the Senate and House
OF Representatives with the yeas and nays
taken thereon, and the Secretary OF State
shall cause the same to be published three
| months before the next general election for
Representatives to the General Assembly
i'll at least one newspaper in every parish of
the State in which a newspaper shall be pub
lished. And said proposed amendments
shall be submitted to the people mt said
election in such inlnncr and form that the
people may vote for OF against each amend
ment separately. G. " first proposed
amendment for approval" or against ap-
prevail" and in like manner as tc the others
and if a majority OF the voters at said elec
ton shall approve and ratify such amend
ment or amendments, the same shall be ap-
propriately numbered and become part Of
the constitution, and be proclaimed is such
by the Governor and Secretary Of State.
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE coNsT1-
No. 1.-THE issue of consolidated bonds
authorized by the General Assembly. Of the
State. at its regular session i'll the year 1874
is hereby declared to create n valid contract
between the State and each and every
holder of said bonds. Which the state shall
by no means and in no wise i,nDair. The
said bonds shall be valid obligation of the
State i'll favor of any holder thereof, and no
court shall cnjoin the payment OF the prin-
cipal or interest thereof, Or the levy and
H. ~
lew, collection and PAYMENT. the judicial
mower shall lie exerciscd when necessary
The tax required for the PAYMENT IF the
principal and interest Of said bonds shall he
assessed and collected each and every year
until said bonds shall be paid. urinci,,al and
interest. and the nroce41s sLali he ,,.,;d hr
said bonds az the principal and interest of
the same shall fall due. and no further lep
slation or appropriation shall he renuis;te
for the said assessment and colIect;m ,nL
for snch payment from tl,e treasury.
li;,, ,ol,ars H.,
remain at the lowest point reached, beyond
, Mh;en .ne pubic aent shah NOT thereafter
GRAFTON until the debt il reduced TO fifteen
million dollars, beyond which it shall not
be Increased. Nor shall taxation for all
State purposes, excepting the support of
public schools, ever exceed twelve and Il
half mills ON the dollar of the assessed valu
alton OF the real and personal property III
the State. except i'll case OF war or invasion.
NO. 3-Ihe revenue OF each year derived
IRON taxation upon real. personal and
mixed property, or from licenses, shall be
dcv"ted solely to the expenses OF the said
year for which it shall be raised. excepting
any surplus remain. which shall be directed
to sinking the public debt. All appropria-
,lohs ana claims III excess OF revenue shall
DC null ana VOID. and the State shall Ill no
manner provide for their payment.
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PARISH OF ASCENSION AND
TOWN OF DONALDSONyILLE.

| ~ The CHIEF having been designated
by the proper authority Official Journal OF
the parish Of Ascension, in its columns will
appear the Proceedings of the Police Jury,
Town and Parish School Boards, and all
| Parochial and judicial Advertisements re-
| CURED by law to be published. Great care
will be taken to render the CHIEF
a DEsIDERATUM
to every Merchant, every Lawyer, every Of
fetal, every Man, every Woman, in fact,
Everybody
in the Community; and to this end we solicit
AID AND ENCOURAGEMENT
from the Business and Reading Public in the
way Of
Advertisements and Subscriptions.
Though making Speciality of Home AT.
fairs, the CHIEF is not unlnindful of Passing
Events Elsewhere, and upon the first page
of.each issue will appear
SUMMARY OF GENERAL NEWS.
and Choice Selections of
POETRY AND LIGHT LITERATURE
While the fourth page will Contain
FLASHES OF FUN,
GENERAL GOSSIP,
USEFUL RECIPES,
MARKET REPORTS AND
MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS
~ In consideration Of the effort we are
making to furnish Il First-class Newspaper.
it will not he unreasonable on our part to
expect the Intelligent People Of this and Ad.
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Subscribe For
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IVfII $IO,J1 ., I 40
Third-GOvernOr KellOgg's admin
istr;.tion made appropriations for cur
rent State expenses, exclusive of levee,
school and interest funds, rs follows !:
For 1873. 81 $50. 25l55
For 1874. ITO f24
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CHARLES w. LOWELL,

Attorney at Law.
OFFICE, 50 Carondeiet St.
New l>rIeans.
Will practice in any court in the STATE. All
business promptly attended to, and all com
mnnlcations answered without delay. noyI
The New York herald., 1874-07-22
SUPREME CoURT-CHAMBERS.
Decisions.

BY Judge Lawrence.
Llttell vs.. Sanf0rd.-Delault opened on Terms.
Memorandum ,,.,,
Wipship VS.. winship, Felkamp vs. Goodcmeld,
Hodsdon vs.. Nudd, Baocock vs. Field, hllnger VS.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Whiting vs.. Foster.--Motion Denied with $40
costs. Memorandum.
White vs.. White, in the matter o! Horniager.-
Memorandums for counsel
jackson vs.. Walker, De Landers VS.. Dayton, Fer
ris VS.. Freeland, United states Trust Company VS..
Sheppard. wallace vs. Heath, Fleury vs. Noelkl,
shaw n Wilcox Company W. ChurchiiI. Hirsct vs..
Robinson Dechen vs.. Hughes. Battersbv vs. Het-
eel Appiebee VS.. Fowie, Carmany VS.. Norris
Granted.
Gibbons VS.. Malloney McGone VS.. same Mo-
lions denied, without costs.
whttemore VS.. BardlIl.-Default opened on con-
nitons.
Aaron VS. Begert.--Motion denied, with so
costs.
Jessup VS.. Jones. Motion for receiver granted
Scone!d vs.. Connor, owens VS.. Owens.--Refer-
.Bces ordered.
Jcppe vs. Elmore,-Motion denied, without
costs. Memorandum.
The New York herald., 1874-07-22
THE COMPTROLLER AND THE
ARMORIES.

One OF the things that Comptroller Green most
positively refuses to pay are the expenses attend
ing the fitting up OF our city armories. When the
excuse so universally made in regard to claims
against the city OF mo appropriations becomes
absurd IRON appropriations being made to cover
such Indebtedness, he then raises the question OF
Tue legality OF the claim, and THIS failing, sends
experts" to examine each item in the bill. and
tbereupon raises the plea of gross and excessive
charges. A case in point came up yesterday be-
lore Judge Larremore, holding Special Term OF the
Court OF Common Pleas. In the latter part Of last
year Messrs. Nathesus & Frey fitted up the
Ninth regiment armory and their pi amounting
to sl2, GOA "a. was duly approved by the Board
ol Supervisors. The Comptroller. however. would
not paw II, ana suit was brought in June last
AGAINST the city to compel It's payment. For some
reason the Comptroller did not contest the suit,
and Judgment was accordingly rendered by de-
fault or the iu amount clalmed. Now, through
Mr.. Carter, his special counsel, ne Is seeking to
have TINS deiaut opened, ana motion 10 this ell
feet was maze yesterday before Judge barremore.
Mr.. Carter vented his views with good deal Of
energetic orce regarding what he Jesignates
as these armory abuses. The claims for httlng up
the various CITY armories he iDsised were OF that
magnitude tnat the Comptroller was compelled to
raise the question 10 whether the SUPERVISORS
had the riant TO direct them to be fitted up. The
Comptroller had been advised by counsel tnat the
Supervisors had no such authority unless they CON-
Piled with the provisions OF the act OF 1852 and in
Inc iace of sucn advice he insisted that
pelled TO pay these claims unless
ordered to do so pursuant to the judgment
OF a competent tribunal; but II advised by CON-
petent tribunal tnat the Supervisors had the rlgnt
to exercise The power they had In these matters
notwithstanding the act OF 1862, the claims would
be paid.
Mr. Hall. in opposition, urged that the Comp
troer acted dlsingenuously In the case; that th G
authority TO lit up the armory in question was
competent; that the approval by the supervisors
Of the bill was final; that 1t just 3lll that a
Judgment had been given tor the amount by n
competent tribunal and that the present conduct
oi the comptroller was simply treating With con-
tempt the creditors OF the city.
At the close OF the argument Judge LarremOre
took the papers, reServlng his decision.
The New York herald., 1874-07-22
WO0LLEN DRESS GOODS IMP0RTA.
TIONS.

In the United States Circuit Court yesterday be-
fore Judge Shlpman, Auguste Richard ana others
brought an action against Chester A. Arthur. Col
lector OF the Port, to recover an excess OIL duues
paid under protest on wooeh dress goods.
statement OF facts was submitted to Judge ship
man as follows On March 16, 1874, the p'aintih
entered at the Custom House an invoice oil all WOOL
dress goods, imported from France IN the steamer
Perere. from Hayre. The value OF the goods was
invoiced in francs of the currency OF France, and
amounted, together with the charges and COM
missions to 5,629 SO francs. According to the act
Of May - 1S46, which was in force at the time OF
the passage OF the act OF March B. 1878.
IL was provided that in all computations
at the Custom House the francs Of France and
Belgium 'shan be estimated al eighteen
cents and six Mills BY this estimate the
dutiabe value OF the goods In question was $10i7,
or less than twenty cents per square YARD. by the
tariH act Of March 2 1857, goods OF that descrip-
ton, when The dutlabe value Is less tnan twenty
per square yard are subject 10 an al val0reln
duty o thirty-nve per cent and an addlu0nal
duty or six cents per square yard; but from such
amount ten per cent IS 10 De Deducted Dy TIE
operation OF an act passed June o, iodI ,,s mHI
the amount OF the duty thai could be ieved on tue
goods referred to was S616 Al. Claiming to act
under the instructions OF the secretary OF the
Treasury the defendant estimated the HanC at
nineteen and three-tenths cents, which estimate
carried the dutable value OF the palnl'S goods at
twenty cents per square yard, and by the pro-
visions Of the existing tarin laws subjected them
to ad valorem duty OF iorty per cent and an ad-
ditiOnal duty OF eight Genus per square yard, less
per cent to be deducted under the operation OF
the act OF June 1872. Computing the franc at nine
teen and three tenths cents the amount OF duty
that could be levied on the goods was Stl3 12,
which amount the defendant eXacted and the PLAIN
tlf paid under protest. claiming that the franc
should have been estimated at eighteen cents and
BLK mills. Suit was brought by plalnin to recover
S157 20, the difference between the amount or
duties which they Onered TO pay and the amount
tney did pay under protest.
Judge Shipman In his opinion says:-"My
conclusion Is tnat section ! OF the act
OF March 2, 1873, and the act OF May 22,
1886, do not cover or embrace the same
subject, and tnat the former section was not IN
tended substitute 1Or the act OF 1S46 ana KIN
drcd statutes, but was intended lOr other and diff
}erent purposes than those which are speclfed IN
the class statutes OF wpicB the act OF 1916 Is
part. in determining the dutiable value OF the
plaintiffs goods the franc should have been es-
timated at eighteen and slX-tentns OF a cent. Let
Judgment be entered Tor the plaintiff,
The New York herald., 1874-07-22
ARREST OF A BANK CASHIER.

Charles HUDSON, late cashier of the Eighth Ma.
tionai Bank, was yesterday brought before United
states Commissioner osborn, on charge OF max
ing iase and fraudulent report OF the condition
of the bank to the Comptroller OF the Currency.
The afidavit on which the warrant was issued
was made by wiliam j. Best, one OF the late stock
holders OF the bank and recites that on the 9th OF
October 1871 Hudson made a false and fraudulent
report 10 the Comptroller OF the Currency at Wash
inGton OF the condition OF the bark, with
inept TO deceive the Comptroller ana delraud the
stock holders: that on the I3th OF December. 1871
rhe bank became insolvent and was placed in the
hands OF Mr. Albon +. Man, as receiver, to close
await examination.
The New York herald., 1874-07-22
THE M0NTCLAR RAILWAY SQUABBLE.
What Is Said OF Mr.. Pratt's Course-Mr.
A. s. Hewitt Thinks He Is Liable to
Judictment-The Case Referred to

"e SdSe 10
Counsel.
The action of Mr.. julius Fl. Pratt, in his capacity
as President Of the Hudson Connecting Railway In
causing the rails OF his road to be torn up, thus
delaying the passage OF the Montclair Railway
trains into Jersey city, was much commented upon
by citizens along the line OF the latter road yester-
day. There seems to be vast difference OF opn.
ION, too to the legality of Mr. Pratts action and
the case is not without its serious aspects. The
fact that Mr.. Pratt. citizen of Montclar has ar.
rayed himself In direct antaRonism TO the in
terests OF the road from that place has called down
upon his head any amount OF denunciation from
the citizens and has caused them to lnaugurate e.
gal measures IN order to regain what they deem
their rights in the premises. MIR. Pratt says that
in his action he has been influenced solely with
view to advance the interests OF the stockholders
OF the road he represents He says the Indignation
meeting Of citizens reported so eXtensiyeiy in the
newspapers, at which he was denounced so
narshly, was composed OF citizens or Beuey,lle and
Newark and not OF citizens OF Montcair, and he
does not attach much Importance to their resolu-
tions. He denies that II was his purpose IL taking
up the rails 20 stop the trains, but TO Accommodate
the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railway
Company. He nad not even an intimation from
any trusted source that the Montclair Railway
Company were to run their trains on Monday, and
The New York herald., 1874-07-22
COURT CALENDARS-THIS DAY,

SUPREME CoURT--CHAMBERs-He by Judge Law.
renceNos. H. 81, Co. "a. 66, H. 10, IS, IS, so, &c.
31, 93 95, los, ia. 1l5, 12o, l2s, 152, 16s.
COURT OF GENERAL SESsIONs-Held by Judge
sutherland me People vs. Gideon l.. Walker ct
AL, grand larceny; Same vs. Charles bowling,
grand larceny: same VS.. Chauncey H. CroWell.
larceny; same vs.. Margaret Caveron and Mary
Kelley, grand larceny; Same VS.. George O'Nell,
grand larceny; same vs.. Henry Cannon, grand
larceny: Same Va. William Miller, grand larceny;
same VS.. William Marcus, grand larceny: Same VS..
larceny; same VS.. George Doherty, grand larceny :;
same VS.. William Blair grand larceny; Same vs..
Charles Cassidy, larceny from the person; Same
VS.. Daniel 0Conneli, ieionous assault and bat