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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
HOUSE PAINTING.

The season is at hand for Painting and Decorating
the interior, also the exterior, of Houses Stores,
Churches other buildings. plain ornamental
STYLES, suit all the various tastes and fashions.
The unders gned informs all rites in need of the
above kinds of Painting we'll of Kasominng and
CoorDg, Painting Walls in Oil or Fresco, that at
short notice he able to I'LL any order that may be
favored with.
He Furthermore wishes to Impress the minds OF All
favOrnR him With their patronage that the materials
all specially selected and the very boa
quality and that the work shall in all cases be per.
formed according TO contract he employing other
but the most skilled wOrkmrn in the city
For further information call nv shop address
per postal card. JOHN ROBINSON,
House Palnter-a speciality,
au9 Iy Corner of Johnson and Bienville streets.
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FIFTY PER CENT
BELOW THE OLD PRICES

FINE FASHIONABLE CLOTHING, in y;
Splendid Seasonable ovERCoAT5 bo'0 =
Heavy Weight. I'd
All the New Sly les in HATS: Glow
and Fur CAPS. "a
Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods, TTupkS
SatGhels-
Custom made Kentucky Jeans. ,nrt1
The ladies' are rospec fully invited to ,ns sta
tiful assortment of BOYS and YOUTHS w.
A magnificent stock Of Cloths. Dlag"%PIS o,h
and Ca4simeIes, also Blue Reg ulatioN w
for Metropolitan Uniforms. -.
Measures taken and fits guaranteed, 80 Pc
than anywhere in town, ut .rS
COGAN'S CLOTHING HoVibs
No. 10 Canal rect, and No o Gross tss
deco 3m Customhouse "i
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LINCOLN
~ RAISES AND
REMOVES ALL KINDS OF BUILDINGS,
Ohioe, I19 Robin street.
An communications should DO addressed 60 Boz 1ua,
Mechanics and Eradero ETchango corner St. Chae1oe
and GrAsier streets Now Orleans.
Country ordera pranpfly attended -. mh9glly
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MISCELLANEOUS ADvERrIEmENH
SHADlNEs.
Catch of 1875 Have Arrived,
AND FOR SALE BY ALL LIVE GRocERs
TO THE PUBLIC,

Five Years since. after previous years of eIpsd,l
l., the I1ropagation and preservation OF shadilss
Young shad, We fret introducea 'u' nSn 10 'ns An
The Unparalleled success Of our enterprise n
from the production Ct 'e5c eS0 taot
Oh The rreat demand and consequt mt Ahaustiod
crop az fret for three successive seasons oi,t
brongn noa np' the production of parties epdeao
IT. ads upon our reputation. .,,, ,,.,
onaui i bnnef.sa in q mild. pleasing, appe.Is
ssuee psla able to all from oil ts9
sardnesI retaining only the na' a !, nchnss &C
Iuneb Of evening meal-by merely opening thebot
daily want for every family during Lent. =,
They are econs mica, oeng Aoou' nNi 'ae pal
sardines. A.. ;,;pal AMI only nail,
Sbaoinss a. ALL sids Hope X Co
ptesseu v" III Warren street, New Y1l
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Buy your trusses and braces where they are
m ade and fitted at H. Spmanns, 30 Barenne street
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CARRIAGE MAKERS.

T THOMSON & BROS,
Carriage and Spring Wagon Makers.
60 and 7O.- Rampant Street------68 and 70
Between Common and Gravier.
Received Highest Premiums at State Fairs of 1871 1872
and 1873 for best Family Phaton, Victoria, Open
and Top Bugges Beer Wagon Grocer's
Wagon, Express Wagon etc.
Being practical workmen, and employing none but
mechanics, are prepared 10 make to order
refer to many the city using vehicles Of
our manufacture All work guaranteed. tel475ly
Jose PH WARTz,
IMPORTER AND DEALERIN
Carriage, Wagon and Cart Materials,
Springs, Axles, Bolts Ready Made Wheels, Buggy
Bodies. Wood Work. Trimmings,
PAINTS AND VARN1SHES
SARvEN PATENT WHEEL,
Carriage and Wagon Maker and Repairer,
SALES ROOM, NO. "A CARONDELET ST.,
Factory-No. Carroll Street,
nos 4Iy NEW ORLEANS
w. F. CLARK,
SUCCESSOR TO A. LeEz,t
134 and 1856. Rampant Street----.1 a and l3t
Between Toulouse and ST. Peter,
NEW ORLEANS.
- Manufacturer of ali kinds Of -
Carriages, Rarouches, BuggieS,
Express Wagons, Platform and Elliptic Sprini
Wagons,
SEWING MACHINE WAGONS, ETC.
Received the FIRST PREMIUM at the Louisian
where. il74ly
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STATE OF LOUISIANA. 1000 tons. TCspt
STATE OF MINNESOTA, 1000 tons u
STATE OF ALABA MA, 24O0 tons; ':.nna
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. S'oo ". g!
STATE OF VIRGINIA, $500 tons $500 Css
STATE OF GEORGIA, sI,m tons .---'
STATE OF FLORIDA, 25t0 tons .-'-
STATF OF INDIANA. $500 tons --.-'''
STATE OF NEVADA, $500 toDs'- =, ref
The Steamers of this line are dispatche" -
LIVERPOOL DIRECT. all part
Through Bills of Ladiug stgneo "
Britain and the Continent ,,ontbs,
Return Tickets, good for TWelVo
reduced rates. ,,arts Of
Through Tickets to and from all p@i''
Kingdom and Europe. ,,-.ordess >
An experienced Surgeon and ste%dGiinos
each Steamer. No charge for "oO
attendance, at rates. ,
Drafts from 81 up issued at lowesSS tS part
Prepaid Emigration Ticket ISSUE did Coun
to send for their friends In the T 10 Ire
green baoks, from any Railway eS I1 lev. Lars
The vessels of thus line are Az iepce.
com msnded by men Of skin and nd ~ cross -
built especially for the trade ana "
out detention. -, ara Tlnsnlss
The passenger aceemmS44S ts SR Z co ~
naySi 71Iy 81 Cares 81 y hs.ss
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sMoKELESs PITTsBURG.

Correspondence Of the Cincinnati Enqurcrl
Pittsburg free from smoke to-day as is Cincin-
natl or Louisville and business is decidedly sick The
iron interest Of the is desperately depressed, and
when this is the in this city all other interests
share in the dulness. The causes that have brought
about this state Of affairs to speak more properly,
one cause the efforts OF the contraconiss, have made
the trouble. Last winter the iron manufacturing EN-
ployers finding the value OF their daily depreca
ting az the hard money basis being approximately
approached demanded that their employees accede 70
pensate them he empoyers for the dminution OF the
value OF their goods This demand was met by refusal
on the part Of employees and the result was the IA
mons H1ockoutU Several thousand men we're thrown
Gus OF employment and the Analr resulted In direct
loas Of nom ave 10 ten millions OF dollars 70 Pttsburg
besides driving considerable portion OF her trade 70
other cities Meanwhile the dull times continue and
the iron business lanRuiehea
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AN OUTRAGEOUS TRAMP.

From the Troy Times, sept ~
short distance from West Troy, in the tewn or
Watervliet resides farmer named stephen Thomas,
whose family consists OF his vito and only daughter,
Carrie About four o'clock on Monday evening Mr.
Thomas and his wife drove TO Troy on some business,
in the old farm wagon leaving Carrie, who Is about
twenty three years old to take Of the house In
their absence as she had often done before. About
half past seven o'clock tall lank individual made his
appearance Miss Thomas thought he was tramp,
and, being alone refused him admission He Grst
coaxed her to open tho door, and when that Of
avail thought to force II, and threatened to burn
The house unless no was admitted. He finally
crept into window in the Of the house. Tho
young woman uttered sharp scream, and the next
moment she was knocked down and the ruiian at
tempted an outrage She struggled bravey and graspcd
hold of his beard The rufan struck her In the face
and again tried TO effect his purpose She seized him
by the hair and he begged for mercy, and, notwith-
standing his unmerciu treatment OF ner she let or
him He fell TO the floor exhausted for few minutes
and then pursued the GIRL who had fed into the house,
and succeeded in catching her before she got out OF the
ward lie beat her until she insensble and then
left her In the jostlo with the brave girl printers
rule fell Of his pocket Her father returned few
minutes alter and with the neighbors, secured the
surrounding country for the rufan Miss Thomas had
two OF her front teeth broken and got OF her eyes
blackened and sustained bruises the head
and face, addition TO having her clothes all torn,
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CENSUS on NEW YORK.
Population Of the State
4,916, 6O4.
AGAINST 10000 IN 1854.
Census Records Of the Times Of the
Dutch and English.
FIRST COLONIAL CENSUS.
Population During the War 3.
the Revolution.
CENSUS OF 1875 IN DETAIL.
The Cities and Their Unfair Share
in State Legislation.

From the nrst agricultural settlement of New Meth
erlands by The Dutch, in 1923, until after lis conquest
BY the English, in 1864, but few memoranda are pre-
served that show the population and growth q the
colony
In 1928 Manhattan Island had go souls, al told; in
164s, from 400 500 men; Albany, in 1913 about 100
inhabitants.
In 16i5 the Manhattan settlement contained scarcely
one hundred besides traders and Al the beginning
Of Governor Stuyvs5ant administration, in l647 there
were estimated be about $50 at most 800 men able
to bear arms. In 1866 New Amsterdam contained 100
houses l. 900 souls and in 1858 the whole colony
numbered over 900 When surrendered 10 the Eng
lish. 1864 tho province was estimated 10 contain
fully 10 900 and the city / 500 inhabitants
COLONIAL GENERATIONS
At the request Of the London Board Of Trade Cover
nor Dongan required the shers Of the counties
TO take census carly in 1887 Only fragments Of their
reports are in existence. The Albany county return
will serve as a specimen Albany county on the 9th
Of March 1887 reported o5S males and OPS females
1O7 male and 50 female negroes companies OF foot,
369 troop or horse 81 merchants; POP male and 100
female christenngs and 1919 burias during the seven
years preceding.
The first census OF which the complete records exist
was taken in 1898 We give the fgures:-
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for years WORK :. trustoo. and e. 500 for tn

H 900 for years WORK Lrusee and 81 90 for III
same period as Commissioner
THE PRESENT COUNTRY
- NOT 20 large as the nominal amount OF the loane be-
cause some or the bonds have been extinguished "
amortization. IL Is reckoned by tho committee to
amount roughly to &c 527 393 OF which 81 $50 I64
lor interest ID arrear What thought OF the chance
OF payment may be gathered from the fact that the
price upon the market As about f3 per fICO bond
ana so he whole debt Is theoretically worth fl7q 703
or much less imam half OF one years. interest Captain
Bedford fln, however - Of opinion according To his
answer To question o33 that If the holders fstck 10
their bonds, they VIII get their money for them. n
Captain Pim however, admitted the same day ha6
there why his judgment should not he con-
elusive. 81 do not profess TO be nnanciern he aid
aud he added 81 went into tins matter because lad
devoted fifteen years Of my life 70 the question OF tram
sit through Central America ! the enormous I'M
porance Of it. and had spent thousands OF my money
in the interests OF my countryn He had mover
been to Honduras however. Another witness who
does not appear to have been to Honduras either Mr.
Haslewood a co-trustee Of Captain Pim said:-
been called desert Of greater value than the Chincha
Islands and II the railway be brought meet that SPOT
It, there Is three and half miles in length aud
mile in width, and II has sulphate OF copperworth f
ton There quares there better than those Of Pentey
Gus, and the timber is something marvellous in It's extent
and value.
Hs advice TO the bondholders was to 60 ont and
he had been in places, he said Mr. Cavendish
Taylor, however. OF the Ninety-ffth regiment had
actually visited Honduras he swore that the coun-
try along the line was jungle and desert, 'the most
God iorsaken country with no Europeans except
few along the
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Some of the changes the reader win note, due to
the division of old counties TO make ones. These
changes since 1921. have been ;-Chemung taken from
Tioga in 1886; Fulton, from Montgomery ls3s; or
leans from Genesee in 1924; Schuyler from Chemung
Steuben and Tompkns in 1854 Wayne from Ontario
and Seneca, and Yates from Ontario, both In 1923
The rapid absorption of power by cities will be no
ticed. New York, from 10 members in 1922 TO II
now; Kings, from l to Q, and Erie, from l to s. tell
the story for New York Brooklyn and Buffalo.
In the next apportionment only Kings and New York
will gain members Among counties that will lose We
shall probably find Cattaraugus, Columbia. Delaware,
Madison, Oneida, Ontario Oswego, Otsego, st, Law
renee, Ulster, Washington, Wayne and possibly some
others
STATE cENsusEs 1876.
Beginning with 1925 the several State enumerations
have regularly occurred at intervals of ten years No
complaint made about the accuracy fairness of
these countings until 1855 1t happened just then that
Native Amercanism and Know Nothngism active
in the State and held degree control of the Leg
slaure OF 1854 though believe that Legislature did
not perfect a census law.
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the ron. Her population By the nine federal enumera
u 80.

SLAVERY IN Tux CENSUS
Negro slavery began here almost with the original
white settlement IL considered matter Of course
with the Holland and English coionsts and after the
Revolution sanctioned and continued by a special
legislative enactment The earliest step toward eman-
cpation was dictated by military considerations when
the Colonial Congress enacted that slaves who enlisted
IN the army with the consent OF their owners, should
be free In 1T9S an act passed providing for the
gradual emancipation OF slaves, and ON the last
day or March, 1877, il enacted that slaves
born after the 4th Of July, 1893, should be-
come iree-if males al twenty eight and II females
at twenty 1--WE years Of age But those born before
that period TO remain slaves for life. Had this
law remained unchanged might have paraded
fair regiment OF venerable slaves at the Philadelphia
Centennal but public opinion was too strong for il,
and just before William Lloyd Garrison started his
Liberdt0r, and years before the abolitionists
began to show strength the Revised Statutes made an
end OF slavery in New York by enacng lin 1929 that
AL persons within the jurisdiction OF the State were
theHceorth free except in where legally in re-
strant for crime.
The following table shows the number Of slaves at
several periods with heir ratio Of the total popuaton
also free colored, at several enumeratons, and their
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From 1880 to 1910 was the period of western cmigra
ton when thousands Of families left Northern and
Western New York for Michigan and Wisconsin. The
reduced increase from 1860 to 1870 shows orclby
in agures than m words the devastation of the
In conclusion we give the enumeration by counties in
1860 and 1870 with gains and losses and per OF the
changes each county ;-[Sars 81 denote losses
auctions.
THE FEDERAL CENSUS or NEW YORK COUNTIES
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enumeratons We present the aggregate, up to I5oU
and the returns by counties for 1860 and 1870 No
great fault has been found with any OF these enumera
tons The last one was made nearer a complete census
than any before made IN this country certainly much
superior In accuracy 10 any State census vet taken
The figures for 1850 taken just before the war and
represent the state at the height Of ts development
FEDERAL ENUMERATIoS9
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cENsUs-1S75
We have taken much pains to get from official and
other the county totals of the taken in
June and July OF this year. The results far mere
aggregates Of population CO. gwen in the table fol
lowing Four five counties only are estimated, and
in those by well informed residents of the loca
tics We give the corresponding population in 1865
the increase and the ratio of increase by percentage
Figures marked with star ~ show decrease l.
YORK PnpuI LrInN=1H1h
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These figures show that the proportion Of coored
residents has regularly and rapidly declined from the
colonial They show moreover, the mistake OF
those timid white people who apprehended that the
Southern rebellion and emancipation would send vast
oil ignorant blacks to overrun our State in com
mon with the entire North. There has been but a
single instance OF serious trouble with negroes in
this State, and that was 134 years ago In
this city. II called negro plot TO rob and burn
but evidence Of plot was produced on the trials
Yet the public excited that nothing could calm
them until fourteen negroes burned at the stake
eighteen hanged and seventy-one transported. One
white man. Catholic priest, was hanged. That was
the first and last great trouble with negroes, and IL was
simply outrageous persec&ton, the result OF loosh
ELECTORAL cESsusgs
The constitution OF l777-That ''as soon after seven
years the termination Of the present war may
be practicable and at intervals OF seven years snbse
qucny, an enumeration Of electors under their several
classes should be made as the basis Tor the adjustment
OF representation III the Senate and Assembly. Under
tins requirement. enumeratlons were made IN
1890 1875, 1901, 1SG7, 1914 and ISL In the
latter year revision Of the constitution made,
By which the electoral franchise given TO all white
males tMenty-one wears old and upward and coored
males who held property TO the amount OF $3.50 The
only officers elected by the people under the hrst
constitution were:-Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
Senator's Assemblymen, Supervisors, Town Clerks, AS
SCISSORS Constables and Collectors-wth Congressman
and Presidential electors, OF There three
classes Of voters:-l Those owning freehoids valued
al $3.50 more; Those owning freehods worth from
500 to $3.50; B. Those not ireehoders but renting
OF the annual value Of So There were also
few hundred who by virtue OF having been
made freemen in the cities of New York and Albany
they could for Assembymen, but not for Governor
or senators Still another class became voters Just
the old constitution expred-men who neither owned
rented property but who had paid taxes 10 the State
or been enrolled and served in the militia worked
on the roads or commuted therefor done service
any other way which, by law exempted ircm taxation.
The Governor Lieutenant Governor and Senators were
chosen by freehoders who were actual residents ard
possessed ireehods OF the value Of $3.50 and above
all debts charged thereon Male inhabitants who had
resided in any county for SIX months preceding the
election could for member OF Assembly provided
they owned within that county freehold Of $50 paid
yearly rent OF IS and rated aud pald taxes II
\ il singular that discrimination made against
4 blacks mulattoes except that they must produce
/ authentic evidence that they free
We give the results OF the several electoral enumer
atoms IN the following table,
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THE LAST TRAMP.

From the Cincinnati Commercial
She brought him vest and pair Of breeches In an
swer appeal for old clothes, for he very rag
ged She thought they would nt comfortably. He ex-
amned both garments attentvey, and, throwing them
down, exclaimed, There amt watch pocket nor no
hind pocket for pistol"
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v nat VIII DC TIE HKuTtS TOT I6lbf We have gained
the since 1865 about 900 Oc0 1870 about
$50 900 The ratio Of non-representative population
probably little higher than In 1s65-say eleven per
hat would leave representative population OF
about 2O3 600 On this basis II would require 13 344
for Senator and 80 S3e for Assembyrnan. Assum-
ing the representative population Of New York city
low twenty five per cent shall find in the
metropolis about 100 900 To for representatives.
This would give the city six Senators and twenty -four
observation-disclosures much below the supposed gain
and very below the antcipatons Of the democrats
Other contingencies passed bysuch the fact that
each county putting Fulton and Hamilton one shall
always have one Assemblyman.
To give a view Of the manner In which counties have
gained and lost in ABsembymen present The entire
six former apportIonmcnt a tabular form -
~ lla
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THE PACIFIC MAIL.
ANOTHER poUgTING THOMAS.

ANOTHER DoUBTING THOMAS.
To TnB EDITOR THE HEaALD:-
The public viii not have been surprised TO learn byg
card published in the HERALD of Sunday that Mr.
George S. Scott Vice President of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company has considered necessary to offer
some explanation or his recently published report con-
corning the affairs Of that company But desire 10
say TO Mr. Scott in the kndest possible way, that tho
moro explanation he attempts 10 make of the state
ment of September 27, short Of full explicit and de-
tailed report OF the actual condition Of this much abused
property, will probably only land him deeper and
deeper in the mud In the card referred TO, dated
October Mr. Scott writes:I desire to say 1t not
the intention of the management to do other than offer
comparison between tho liabilities of the company
they appear the books of the New YORK office TO
December and they existed the list OF March OF
the present year." and then follows, with "drst'
second and 'third unstaed amounts of liabilities
latter December l." Now the report Of Segtas,bcr2 II
said:-
The general financial results OF the companys bum
ness since March l, 1875, are as follows:-
Total Indebtedness March /, 1875 exclusive
OF Panama loan, and including the
rent payments accruing TO December !,
1876, under the contract for three
iron steamers 474, 7ol IS.
Present Indebtedness. $505, 500 Al
74eG ST
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Making total debt, exclusive Of the Panama


This, without taking into account tho OF repairs
to the City of Peking and City OF Toxic laid at
San Francisco which must be large the Alta CALIFORNIA;
OF tho oath Of September be relied upon in s
estimated cost of $3.50 600 for repairs to the City Of
Toxic above The foregoing figures only in excess
OF those given by Mr.. Scott by the small sum OF
ST. 79l o97; but, for complete understanding Of the
brilliant reduction boosted of 1t IS necessary know
that since March l, 1875 the company have realized
from sales of its assets follows
San Francisco property ..........-...... $3.50 600
Steamers " Ancon y and = Nebraska ....... 10000
Total cash received from sales. ........ $500 600
Add this realized to the debt above,
and we have grand total ............... 2S16 Cos
Deduct the debt stated for March 1st... 4H 7OI
And there is depreciation or 81 BAL 9c4
the basis Of that credit which Mr. Scott tells w
" has 80 steadily and materially improved
1t s said that Mr. Gould has publicly remarked, sPa-
cl1c Mail has future" Undoubtedly it has, but
what is It, prosperity or bankruptcy This is the
very problem in which not only the stockholders but
the public are intensely Interested II Mr. Gould VIII
order his 'lieutenant" TO furnish full and complete
statement, embracing in detail the receipts and
penses of the companys business since May 81, 1878,
together with the receipts from sales OF assets and
ships and how the sums thus realized have been dis
bursed the public will have much better basis from
which to derive a satisfactory solution of the problem
than that furnished by Mr. Scots prediction of the fu
ure. In the absence Of any such statement from tho
management in few days propose to furnish you
with carefully prepared comparison of the companys
assets and liabilities of May 81, 1873 with those OF
October 1875, together with complete list OF its
steamers at the respective dates Respectfully,