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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-28
PROPOSALS FOR COAL.

DHPARrNRNr o. IAPRovRM4yrs I
New Orleans, January e. 1876. !
OKALED PROPOSALS WILL BIZ RECEIVED AT
twelve O'clock n. for furnishing to the CITY two
hatboat loads Of Pittsburg coal, to be delivered
within the Waterworks inciosure, ct such points
rs may be designated.
Bids are to be made at 30 much per barrel
AL parties making proposals. for this coatrac.
are required to deposit with the AdministratO, Of
Finance the sum Of $500. previous to adj 1dication
as evidence Of taeir intention to abide By the same
which shau be forfeited to the city in case of re-
fusal to Sign the contract.
Bidders to whom the contract ia net awarded
shall have the amount Of their deposits returned
on the day Of adjudication.
No bid will be entertained unless the cert icate
Of the Administrator of Finance accompany the
same.
The city reserves the right to reject any and ali
bids.
Proposals to DO Endorsed Proposals for coal"
measurement
jazz I'd E. A. BURKE, Administrator.
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NOTICE.

STATE TAX COLLECTORS OYNCE
No. POI Canal street, ;
New Orleans, January %, 1876.
DUBL1C NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN TO THE
l. taxpayers Of the Second District Of New Or
leans that am now ready to issu, State licenses
tor the year 1876 and to receive all taxes for the
years 49,. 1874 and 1878. The Office will be open
from A. n. to 3 NJ
B.F JOUBERT
ar I'm State Tax Collector Second District.
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PROPOSALS FOR BONDS.

DRPARrnHNf OF P1sAso1,)
New Orleans January q, Is76. !
CEALED PROPOSALS WILL BR RECEIVED BY
- the Commissioners Of the Consolidated Debt
until twelve O'Clock NJ. WEDNESDAY, February 23
1876 for the sale the ei Of . $50 900 Of bonds OF
the city OF New Orleans including premium issues
Bids must state the amount of accrued interest
thereon and all offers must cover both primo. pal
ana interest
The right to rejec. all bids ID reserved
Jazz Iawtfe23 Ed. PlLSBURY, Administrator.
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PROPOSALS FOR OYSTER AND
LAKE SHELLS.

DRPABTxRyr OF IMPROVEMENTS,
New Orleans, January 81, 1875. !
g RALED PROPOSALS WILL BIZ RECEIVED AT
~ this Office until TUESDAY, February l, 1876,
for furnishing to the city 1000 barrels Oyster
Shells and 10 go barrels Lake Shells as per spec
hcati0ns on file in the Office of the City Surveyor
The city reserves the right to reject any or al
bids or to accept bids for portion of the quantity
ia2a ID "a BuRKR Administrations
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PROPOSALS FOR LUN1BER.

DEPARTMENT OF IMPROVEMENTS,
New Orleans, January 81, 1876.
GEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED AT
furnishing to the city ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
FEET OF LUMBER, according to specifications on
file in the Office Of City Surveyor.
ia22 I'd E. A. BURKE. Administer .oY
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m Sns months oms aaazs moashs year.

Monthly advertisements. lnsert 90 every oshef
day 10 De charged two-....cGs OF IN: above rates.
Second page monthly advertisements, each
Trans:ent atIvert :sements. having the run OF the
pa-+, first insertion s per square; each suose'
1ua-t insertion fifty cents per square.
Second page transient advertisements, eacn IN
in serted a. intervals to be charged
ae new each insertion
Regular advertisers who advertise largely, will
be allowed such discount from above named iran.
Ue nj rates ss may De agreed upon: provided tsat
n no case shall such discount exceed twenty-five
per cent. . A. =.
All business notices OF advertisements to Dc
charged twenty cents per line tor eacA inseT'1oo'
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NOTICE..

DEPARTMENT OF FISAysRl
Few Orleans. January II, 1916. !
(v1TY LICENSES FOB THR YEAR 1876 ARE NOW
~ due. and viii be issued from this once unit,
February %, 1876, after which costs will accrue
jail I'd, T. PILSBuRY, Administrator
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NEW ORLEANS, ST. LOUIS


A HERO, JR.,
NOTARY PUBLIC AND COMMISSIONER op nxxns
Omce Ne. IL Cemmercial Place.
attention given to all f"'~A' ~~ AVA
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RAILROADS..


MOBILE LINE.
GREAT NORTHERN AND EASTERN MAIL RoDrR.
On and after November IA,
Trains will arrive and depart from Depot, foot of
Canal street az follows
DEPART.
Uav kXpreSS.s..s ...........,..,..... 2.20 A M
Through Express and Mail, ., 500 p nj
ARRIVE.
Through Express and Mail. 600 A. n,
Pullman Palace Cars daily to CINCINNATI Lous-
vile Nashville Lynchburg and Baltimore without
Cnange ana only one change to New York and
Ticket office corner Of Camp and Common
streeLs, opposite City Hotel.
no2l D. ,. ROBINSON Superintendent.
NEW ORLEANS, 81. LOUIS
AND CHICAGO RAILROAD COMPANY.
GREAT JACKSON ROUTE.
On and after October 81, 1873.
At $50 p. NJ,
trains depart and arrive as follows from Calliops
street depot:
ss.RIs:: 1898 4 4:
asS $! Ai ssaaas9 s:is 81
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cara through to 81.
Louis, Chicago and Cincinnati
only one change Of sleeping cars to Eastern cittea
Tickets for sale and information given at No. 81
Camp street, corner of Common.
A. D. SHELDON, Agent.
ia!z ~ = D. FROST, General Manager
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THE WEEKLY REPUBLICAN

"a prb,isbed every Saturday morning, and contains
tst nfyYs nv telegraph miscellaneous reading edl'
to-ia,s local matters OF genera! public interest,
commercial and monetary reports, and every tnlns
tina appears in the Daily except sue items as are
OF Lite OF no pubic moment. The WEEhLl NJ
PrBLICANis en- excellent family paper, valuable
tsoS on tae current topics Of the day
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Terms of Subscrip ton.
One year, e5; six months, 81 50.
Advertisements.

Transient advertisements same terms as u IL the
Da.!v Monthly advertisements inserted tor one
ou-th of the daily rates.
l.oeral commission allowed to those who SEND
Us clubs Of five or more
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-28

the reduction of taxes, we ought to be salts
fed that policy is pursued that will secure
relief to all without infringing on the
rights of any. This is sacred duty to be
performed in the common interest Of a
whole people regardless of graduation in so.
ciety.
Our organization desires to see taxation
reduced, and will combine with any party
that will devote itself to the attainment O.
GO desirable an object. There is no doubt
that the Property Holders are an infuen-
tial body, and are to some extent sufferers
in the general ruin. We heartily sympa-
thize with them, but let us see that in reliev-
ing these gentlemen from an oppressive
burden greater injury is not inflicted upon
their less fortunate neighbors. What do
the property holders propose9 To abolish
the school tax and the police tax, to arrest
the progress of all public works, and to re-
pudiate the city debt.
L. If you abolish the school tax, you allow
population to rise in our midst stepped
in ignorance. How shall we answer
to grow up in idfeness and vice :
VIII this form the class that is to
retrieve the fortunes Of our afflicted city!
Or will it bring that industry and intelli-
gence which alone can restore public pros
perlty and enhance the value Of property9
3 Let Us pause for an instant and ask:
for what purpose is the police force organ
lied: Is it not for the protection of life and
property! Without police community
falls back to barbarous ages, when every
mans hand was turned against his neigh.
Dor, and no right was recognized but the
right of the strongest. Remove the check
of police, and you let loose on us al the
bad elements which exist in every large
city; life is no longer safe, property is pill
LACED. and anarchy is in our midst. Surely
this is not what the property holders are
seeking.
3. As regard the arresting of pubic i'm.
provements, it may be said that an impov-
erished city like this can not and must
not engage in improvements that are
not an absolute necessity. A rigid
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-28

to the highest bidder, payments to be made
in cash in such proportions as may be
deemed advisable: that the Waterworks be
sold, with the right of supplying the city
with clear, wholesome water, under certain
Limitation of water rates; that the bonded
debt be estimated at par value, and to
this must be added the overdue interest,
that the interest on ten per cent bonds;
be reduced to seven per cent, and interest on
bonds of every other description be com.
puted at five per cent.
The batturA rights have been variously
estimated, and by some they have been
valued as high as fifty millions. I think
they might be estimated with safe. at So.
100000. Waterworks may sell for from
$500, 900 to 100000; lands and tenements
in and about the city for about s30O,C0o;
sale of markets for ten years will yield 3d..
800, 900; outstanding city taxes OF two mil
lions may be estimated at 1850. 900: max
ing probable total of $23,80O,000 without
taking to account the quarter per cent tax for
interest, the surplus of which in due time
will go toward the redemption of bonds.
It would not be advisable to force q sale
of batture rights, wharves, etc., but it is
reasonable to believe that the whole could
be sold to advantage during ten years, by
which time the entire debt would be can
celed, when the functions Of the board of
li4uidatOrs would case. The new city char
ter mast abolish the bureaucratic system,
and thereby legislate the present admins
tration out of Office.
1t should provide for the election of seven
teen aldermen by their respective wards, to
serve without pay, and hereafter an addi-
tional alderman for every additional ward
that may be established. must add that
the duties Of the aldermen would not be
onerous, nor occupy more than two or three
hours Of their time each week.
city. The election of Mayor and aldermen
to take place either in April or May, their
installation into Office to follow Immediately
upon their election, and the period of ser
vice to be two years. It will be necessary
to have secretary, street commissioner.
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to praise either. / shall give you o plain
recital Of the most prominent facts in con-
nection with our city governments, and
shall nothing extenuate, nor auSht set
down in msliCe."
No act can be more corrupt than that of
men placed in high official positions who
trade upon the knowledge derived from
their Office to the prejudice of the c0mmu-
nifty with whose interests they are intrust-
ed. In all countries it is considered high
crime and misdemesnor. All may have
heard OF Hudson, the railway king. He
was director and chairman Of many rail-
way companies, as well as Q member Of the
British Parliament, controlling Committees
ON railways. Becoming aware from his
position that certain charters were about
TO be granted, he went into the market and
bought up all the availahle railroad iron.
What was his fatee He was ruined. turned
out of Parliament, sent to prison. and died
. disgraced and broken hearted man
Yet it has been loudly rumored that some
of the men who were IN office at the time
when the three municipalities were about
took advantage of the knowledge their po-
sition gave them to buy up in good time
the. deprecisted stock of the three munich
palities, anticipating the settlement contem.
plated in consolidated bonds ct par value.
Many such abuses occurred from time to
time, and not the least of them was the
loose issue of notes which commenced be-
fore the war and continued during and
after the war, all tending to create q debt
Of which 1t 10 my duty now to speak.
1 shall take as my starting point the yeaf
1852, when the three municipalities were
incorporated under one government. The
debt complicated ct that period amounted
to about u, 600. 900, snd will show you
how, from l852to the end Of Mayor Con.
ways administratioa in 1870, it rolled mn.
BY various means, to the ackuowledQed
and recorded figures of $4,000, 900.
Independent of the recorded indebted
ness there had accrued fosting debt Of
unknown idimensions,i unknown from the
fact that accounts were very loosely kept,
or NO record The issue of consolidated
bonds amounted to about $1,000. 900; rail-
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-28

TO snow now Icv6Que may DC reduced
The City AttorneT receives salary of $1,000
department. Considering that no import
ant law cases are In court, the duties mus.
be very light; but there is also an assistant
city attorney, who is occupied in pursuit OF
tax suits, and for all moneys recovered
from these suits he receives q commission
of five per cent. This commission, paid to
a second party, tor duty that might easily
be performed by the City Attorney, is said
to yield close upon go, 600. and rumor fur
tier says that this commission is equally
divided between the assistant and the City
Attorney. Is this sos ask for informa-
ton.
You will observe that this commission
outlay of $20, 200 does not appear in the
city expenditure; it is lost sight of ia the
fact that if 800 is received from the tax
payers, the Is commission is deducted, and
the tax account in the clerical department
is credited tor $95 Only, and the revenues
reduced thereby.
Again, as l have already stated, old city
notes are on the market; it is urged by
some that the quantities are not consider
able; but it must be remembered that they
are loose issue Of Indebtedness; q correct
record of the number was seldom or ever
taken, and it is positive that there ia no
way of checking them. Some of them are
even unsigned, and yet one and all have .
market value Of forty. five cents to the dol
lar, and are still taken at the City Hall in
payment of taxes.
am at loss to comprehend the motive,
Or the legality of the act.
" The gentlemen of the Administration,
with Little capacity for finance, lose sight
of the important feature that every dollar
of old city notes paid into the treasury
lessons the revenues. . revenue with it's pre-
else legitimate claim upon upon it, fore.
Swallowed BY budget; that lie, If the
The public mind can never be Quoted 20
long as 90 many Irregularities affecting city
affairs and increasing the debt are per.
mitted. The foregoing statements viii, I
think. sufficiently prove the want of bust
ness knowledge in those at the head of
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-12-11

From p. @. Smith, ESQ.,, OF Ithaca, N. Y.
Having for tho last fourtoon years used
WistNr's Balaam OF Wild Cherry In my family
always with tho bOst success, aud confidently
believing that II has on several occasions
saved my lIfo-Igiyc it aB my opinion that 1t
y tho best remedy In use for diseases Of the
Throat and lnugs. About two yoirs sirce my
youngest son, then fifteen years Of age, took
u violent cold, which settled on his lungs. 30
rapid md eevere was tho progress OF the dis
case, that wo became very much alarmed. We
commenced giving him tho BAlsan, and con-
tinuod to do 90 until 1--WE bottles wcro used,
whom this dangerous attack was removed.
Lat yoAr hc was again setEcd with violent
cough and cold, and believing bls lungs to To
disoagCd We applied to the lAio DR.. J. L. H8w-
10y, ono OF our moat distinguished physiciAns,
for an examination, tho result Of which was
that bis lungs wero pronounced diseased. On
learning that wo had mAde use OF tho Balsam
no advised us to continue TO do 60, which we
did, and In tho course Of few days the health
OF my son vas entirely restored. Feeling
nniCr obligations for tho benodts derived from
this great remedy. lchecriulIy recommend 1t
to all who suffer from diseases Of the throat
and lungs"
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-12-11

It is n fact well known to all our read.
crs TINT a few proprietary medicines
have achieved o reputation as standard
remedies, md occupy place in every
we'll regulated household, almost Us
universally rs tho Biblo and the family
almanac. Foremost among these is the
Merchants Gargling Oil, manufactured
BY the well known company Of That
name at Lockport, N. Y.-c sovereign
remedy for man and beast, and one
which has wrought hundreds Of we'll
attestcl cures. We need hardly say
hero what tho patrons Of tho Blade fully
understAnd-that We do not make prac.
tice Of praiBirg Unfortunately tho
numerous compounds offered to the
public, but since We believe tho "Garg-
ling Oil to DO n carefully compounded
and eflicacious remedy, we do not hasi.
tato TO shy as much.-7oIsdo (0hio)
RlHHe.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-12-11
The Romance OF 1t.

Moncurc D. Conway sticks TO It TINT
the Juggernaut suicides are tho fiction
OF missionary imagination. Juggernaut
himself, as represented in Sunday.school
literature, is fictitious. Tho word Is
corruption Of JaganAth, "the Lord OF
Life, n tito Nscri6ed formerly to vishnu,
how to Krishna !; and to either OF these
dcities death was abominable, and not
acceptable. That deaths occur III tho
thronSs Of doyotees is not doubted; but
Mr.. Conway observes that when the
Prince OF Wales visited ST. Paul's after
his recovery from his desperate illness,
somo yenrs ago, several persons were
crushed to death, and fancies this iact
reaching some distant island sin such
shape rs to leave thero n tradition that
it 10 usual to sacrifice human victims in
England on tho recovery Of n prince, as
q part OF II Thanksgiving service. Espe-
cialIy might this be tho case il tho SEN
tenco we're reported aud interpreted by
priests anxious to place Christianity III
its worst light"
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-12-11
Tie Lecal NEWSPAPER.

VIM. F. Swiizler, ono Of the oldest
aud most respected Of Missouri editors,
hag presented the following sensible
vio5 OF tho value OF local newspapers in
sustaining patriotism, fostering lovo Of
our national institutions, and preserving
tho people from corruption and the
desp0tism to which it opens the way:
"Tho invention OF tho electric tcle-
graph and tho substitution Of tho fast
daily mails by railroad for the allow and
less frequent lines by stage coach, not to
mention the multiplication OF industries
corresponding in ratio with our III
creased population, having largely local
izod tho country press aud augmented
its usefulness and efficacy. These pow
crfrll agencies have made tho weekly
countryrewspapor the organ and month
pieco Of tho county or district in which
it is published reflex Of the opinions
and m exponent aud defender Of the
rights and interests OF tho people among
whom il is specially circulated. It is
theoretically, and ought 10 be- practi-
ca!ly, m honest and slcepless sentinel on
tho watch tower OF their liberties, and n
guardian Of their special interests, in.
dustrics aud activities whatever they
may be. "a
"As local seli.goyernmentis essential
not only to tho peace md prosperity Of
tho whole country, but likewise to tho
highest happiness and the highest civil
ization OF each Of its parts, 80 tho local
country press is Indispensable to the
proper development md defense OF tho
interests Of tho respective communities
which in the aggregate make up the
nation. Aud Ms tue abolition Of local
government would result in universal
anarchy and disaster, and in the inau-
gurAtion OF the iron sway Of colossal
monopolics and centralized despotism,
so tho extingaishment OF tho country
press would open the Goodgates Of a re-
Bistless torrent from the fountains OF po-
puIation, wealth and power.
az am. therefore, firmly persuaded
TINT tho perpetuity OF our free institu-
tions in the spirit and form designed by
Our Observation-Disclosures founded on
the great central truth. Of equal rights
to nil and exclusive privileges to mono
depends in no email degree upon tho
vigorous existence and fidelity OF the
country presg."
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-12-11
Lies Revolutions.

Once on time there was q member
Of Congress who, with his wife, lived in
q grand house in Washington. They
were Con1tCd by the fashionable world,
aud while tho former helped to make
the laws Of tho land, tho latter vas M
houored dictatrcss in social life. After
many years she became a widow, aud in
tho winter Of 1874 found herself in
Washington, holding clerkship in ono
Of the public departments. She was in
feeble health, died suddenly while ell
gugcd at her desk, and this was the sub
stance OF her requiem: "She was q
most worthy womRn, but it was fortunate
that she died without warning, for in
tho event OF u prOtracted illness sho had
not a relative in the widO world who
could have attended her bedside; and
by the hand Of strangers Eho was COLI
signed to hor final resting place."
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-12-11
His IncautIous Remark.

A Chicago grocer and his family took
dinner with ono OF his patrons few
days since.
"This Is very nice Chicken" observed
tho grocer. as tho discussed q piece Of
tho leading dish. on tho table. every
MICS spring chicken, should judge"
"That Ghowi what kind OF q Judge
you are," broke in tho irrcpressi6lo
youngster Of the household. "Mother
says that chicken is tho toughest old
rooster sho ever secn in all her born
dlyH, md sho bought 1t from you, too |"
The rest OF the meal passed of in
silence, but toon after the guests had
gone away an atmospheric disturbance
arose in that house which shook 1t from
roof to Foundation,
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-12-11
CONSUMPTION Cured.

An old physician. retired from active prAc-
iicS. having lad placed IN his hands by nm
En9t India mtssionAry'tho formula Of q simple
vogoIub!o remedy, for tho speedy and pernA-
rcit cure Of consumption, bronchitis, catsrrh,
asthma, aud oil throat and lung Affections. also
n positive and radical euro for nervous debility
aud all Aervcus complaints, Aftor having
thoroughly tested It's wonderful curative
powers in Thousands OF Cases, feOls 1t
Lis dGty TO mako It known to his suffering
sciopiipus desire to ielIevo human suffering,
10 will send (frco OF chGrgo) TO all who desire
It, this rocipo, with full directions for prcplr-
ing and successfully using. Eont by return
mail by addressing, with stamp, naming this
paper, DR.. W. q. Stevens, 1870 Powers Block,
RoeieHiIr N Y
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-12-11
4 Big Plum Pudding.

On June s!h, 1910. at Paignton rair,
near Exeter. England, tho ancient Gus.
tom OF drawing through tho town q plum
pudding Of I'M immense Sizc, and after
ward distributing it to tho populncc,
was revived. The Ingredients which
Composed this enormous pudding wero
400 pounds Of flour, 10 pOuuds Of beef
suet, 140pouhda Of raisins ind 24O eggs.
Iswaskept constaltly boiliugina brewers
Q upper from Saturday morning till Tues
day, when it was placed on car, decor
utGd with ribbons, evergreens, ETC., and
drawn along tho street by eight oxen.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-12-11

Tho Rev. Matthew Bonner, NJ. D. Z,
lAto medical missionary 10 China, IL curing
tbuusarhs Of dyspepsIA, ladies' "nornipg sick
aeEs," IT, breath, and all disorders Of tho
stomach Rnu liver, by tho uso OF "Chiug." II
Ia tho Chinese sovereign remedy for thCsO dis
oIders. Send IL for q box, or a stamp for .
circular, to po,t.oficO box Iii, Troy, N.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-12-11

It is becoming all tho ego" to chew
i" alAtehlGss plug Instead OF fine cut. as IL Is
mSdo OF hsttor material and iucr snd moro
delicate flavor, NJ much liked by old chOwors.
Tho splendid flavor Of this BRAND Is known
only TO Tho Pioneer Tobacco. Company manu-.
fActurOrE, l2i Water st., n. Y. Eyory plug has
tho words alatclloab +. 7. Co." thereon.