The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-05-15
NEW oR1ANs CORRESPONDENCE.

NEW 0RLANS CORRESPONDENCE
M IN ORLEANS. May 18th. 1873.
Eisron cEr;
f;ovesn, Kellogg kas disposed Dl
the two bs before him for the rclie1
Of the denquent taxpayers Of the
State. Hfiled with the Secretary
Of State ! veto Of one and signed
the othe, The Till vetoed is the
creation ttax resi.ters, and o1igina-
tod In .ouDamocratic House of Rep
resentatis. 1t made all valid war
rants, sep and bonds Of the State,
regardle Of the year they were 10
sued orEhe fund upon which, they
/ were dryn, receivable in pay ment Of
! all taxeane the State aud coilectab1e
prior to 15, = while the present 6nan-
cial poll, Of the government pledges
the reve,e Of each year for the cur
rent exposes Of that year; the tax
due to an special fund is duo to the
holders variants Oh ti.at fund ;
the Stateau not In good faith divert
these fuls-it would be an act Of
. bad faitLo its creditors. The Gov
ernor fnner objected, that it gave
the deliiuent an unfair advantage
over til honest taxpayer WHO bears
the buen Of the support Of the gov
ernmeL The annual expectation Of
u relic bill tended to increase the
delinqt mt list. and property holders
| would 1t pay in cash, while neigh
bors we permitted on becoming de-
linquento pay ut a reduction Of fifty
to seve'y per cent. +" If the pay
ments taxes were made equal and
uniform throughout the State, the
rate cod he reduced nearly one half,
and thcredit of the State would be
proporbnately improved" cit is
impossle for the State to maintain
it's cred and meet its obligations at
maturi except by requiring the rev.
cnnes be paid in currency" &c.
219, 9ls70, chiefly ante bellum obliga-
tions, ave been funded to date, and
S46O,T IA stands to the credit Of the
interei on the new consolidated
bonds This is encouraging provided
good fifth is kept with creditors. The
Senate bill signed aud promulgated
was oginaliy intended to remit the
penalts IT overlooked taxpayers If
taxes vre paid ON or before Decem-
Der fir, but a. Democratic interpola-
ton etended this provision to all
t;,xpayrs throughout the State. The
GoverDr knew it to be subject to
some 4 the same objections held to
the OF vetoed but not to the princi-
pal oe f" the partial remission Of
the t itself by permitting its pay
ment III depreciated paper" The
Goveror has certainly done all in his
pOweltO meet the demands Of our
complining Taxpayers, avn it il to DO
hopetfhc number of delinquents will
decreae.
Las,Monday the expected changes
in the Custom House were effected.
Postmaster Ringgold was relieved by
surveyor John NJ. G.. Parker, and in
turn rlieved Thomas Dug. appraiser
of Merchandise. Ex-Governor Wells
enterd the Office Of surveyor Of the
port, md appointed his son Levy
Wella,is deputy.
On tuesday William F. Loan was
.lectd Superintendent Of Police, re-
ievi,, Colonel Badger, who is now
tax olloctor Of the Fourtl, District.
-'aptan Loan, a brother-in-law of S.
3. Pakar'l, is highly spoken of and
s ans&-F Federal officer, native of
Massachusetts,. Colonel Badger, it is
q he lopcd, will be quite contented
vitl, lis new position, and his friends
re peased to see the brave man
rewarded.
CalIain Eads of st. Louis was on
ruestAy evening received in Parlor
,, st. Charles Hotel, by representa-
ives # the Chamber Of Commerce,
;ottol Exchange, Merchants Ex-
hang and the Ship and Steamship
ASSOCIATION. Mr.. Eads comes to ar
ange for the building Of the jetties.
! survey will be made Of the passes
nd a,b-contracts made for the driv-
q # piles and other preliminary
ork. The opinion is that the work
i'll MT be delayed longer that Au-