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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-04

Tho City Of New Orleans VS.. Mart1n
Lannes; same vs. PeSfe Lannes.
CUPERIOR DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH
y of Orleans, SOS. 16.746 and s9,o26.-By vir-
tue of two writs of fertk facias to me d.
rected by the honorable the Superior District
Court for the parish of Orleans, in the above en-
will proceed to sell at public auction, at the
Merchants and. Auctioneers' Exchange, Royal
street between Canal and Customhouse streets, in
the Second District of this city on MONDAY,
June 5, 1876, at twelve o'clock NJ, the following
described property, to Wit
Sc opd District of this city, in square mum Der one
hundred end overweight, DO IN Ted BY Custom
bouse Canal, Liberty and rankin streets. Ge.ig.
ma ed as lot number tw. I've. measuring tweuty.slx
feet on CustomhOuse street, by one hundred and
fourteen feet in dep0h.
Seized in the above suits.
Terms-Cash on the spot. ~
kUGKNE WAGGAMAN,
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-04

MetesrelsGical and River Report. v,
The following statement OF the weather and
rivers is farnissee y the signal Service ofhce
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-04

The market opened with q fair inquiry, and al.
though OPT rations we're restriH4d by factors
evincing incIe ed confidence and less disposition
to meet the demand freely, yet 1900 bales cha ged
hands during the morning at ktAadler and, IN some
cases stronger prices, without indicating ally
quot able var iaton, after which the movement ex
blbited no features, and the additional trans
actions reported did not exceed 1850 bales. maxim
total for the day, noted above. OF 1850 bales:
1t was evident that q much larger business would
have been fdODe bad factors granted the COZ cos.
DIS aske d; but some even more stringent in
their pratensions, and Others ofen their stock 8
sparinely at the ruling rates In only a .ew ases
brokers reported offers accepted which had been
previously refused and the. advantage, if any,
was on the side OF the factors, without show
ing any quotable improv ement. The ispat' hes re
ported Liverpool steads at pre- lous rates with
sales of IL UO0s Rles. and arri, ais weak, and New
York quiet at yesterdays quOt.tl for spots and
1l6d Il C lower or futures. sterling exchange ruled
a fraction hi CHER n he cold spell OF Yesterday and
last night was a frequent subject OF remark. end
NAV ha e had some infu&n e on the tone of the
market.
The Exchar ge makes the amount on shipboard
not cleared tbefOre to days expoIts) 476l1 bales,
leaving in presses, agreeably to its account at
II NJ l25 1872 bsleA. If deduct from this the
amount sod but not vet delivered, the balance
will be about 900 bales TO represent the guam
THY unsold large part Of which is withheld from
the market in transit not yet sampled.
The Exchange reports: Sales 280O bales. Mar.
1yatf ,,-r,,
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-04
NEW oRLEANs CLEARING ROUSE.

Gold opened at ll30ll3k, against ll2zs at New
York. ana after liberal business. closed at ll3a
1893. against il2's in that market The salss
summed up @l27 900. embracing 5000 at ll3'e;
5000 end e6ooO at ll3A; 5000 and $4,000 Ut
1l3A; SIS 900 at ll3A 6ll3h; $40 600, $4,000 and
$50 600 at ll3k. and $1,000 at 1888.
30 safes of silver were reported. American haf
dollars are now quoted at l0l0lo2 and Mexican
Under iirhs offerings, . better demand and
further stifEening in New York sight foreign ex-
char ge VS. ctr Ong0r.
The movement was quite limited The sales OF
sterling we're c0nfnedto ell 900, embracing G!5O
bill Of fading at IS 48h; S55OO do at IS 48h
S 49, $1,000 bank at IS 5l1a and $1,000 do at IS 81
No sales of francs were reported.
At the close sterling bills were quoted Ut 35 ~
0S ~ for bill q ladng and Al clear. and ct %
IS 5l1s for bank blank counter rate -0S9 ~
and francs at 46la "a 60 for commercial, and
nominal 1sF hank.
New York sight continuing scarce and in re-
quest, was. little sitter for comm rcial. but
without mot able VARIATION. The sales we're con-
fined to 666 ODt, embracing SIS 900 commercial 1t
y y cent premium and 8 10000 and 6 10 600 do and
600 aud S2eOVe priv ate bankers 1t SIG y cent
premium.
TIE banks continued to check on New York at
p cent premium, and commercial sight was
still quoted at SIG.
The following is the Official statemt Mt of the
sales reported today al the New Orleans stock
Exchange: u
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SHERIFFS SALES.
GEORGE 1erz W. John Grief.

GEORGE MerZ 70. John Grief.
OIxTH DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF
- Orleans, No. 8627.-By virtue of Q writ of feri
faclas to me directed by the honorable the sixth
District Court for the parish OF Orleans, IN the
above entitled cause, l will proceed to sell at
public auction, on MONDAY, May 8, 1876 at half.
past ten o'clock A. M, at my warehouse Nos. %
aud Is Orleans street, between Royal and Bour.
streets in the Second District of this city, the
following described property, to wit
GROCERIES. KTC as per inventory, which may
be seen in nv olace.
Seized in the above suit.
Terms-Cash on the spot.
EUGENE WAGGAMAN.
ap26 g mN4 Civil Sheriff of the Parish of Orleans.
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RIVER REPORT-3 P. NJ.
Andrew Johnson's Successor.

Below high water mark Of 1874.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-04

To.dav's exports embraced 1913 les 70 Liver.
pool 1929 10 CrOn tadt md 1893 to New York.
K, ceipts proper since last evening 220l tales,
against 1904 on last Wedn av, AID 678 last
wear making al aggregate since Friday evening
of e997 bales, against 1888 last week and 6113
last year. And since August 81 Of 1,34594 bales,
against 96l 8ll last year-increase 38i 49,
The Exchange kilograms MAKE the receiuts at
ali the ports frGm II NJ. yesterday 10 y to dav
1892 bales against 1882 asst week and 2o06 last
aud since Friday Il i22 tales, against ~ 165 last
week ,ahd II 436 last year. otal since August 81
934 10 bales, agaips 1914 l38 to M0n1 noon
May 8, last year-Incre 620,622.
Exports Friday to TUESDAY, inclusive, to Great
Britain $50 bales, against rs 636 last week and
%, l67 las year and to the Continent II 815 bales
against l7.225 last week ard 1928 last year.
stocks at all the delivery ports made up to II NJ ,
s23 6l9 les, against $50 757 ast week and 457 1871
last year.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF COTTON RECEIPTS IN
BALES NEW ORLEANS ST. LOUIS AND
CHICAGO RAILROAD.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-04

RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE.
ST LOUIS Steamer Commonwealthv3oS bales
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MESSIEA-Bark F PirandellO-2000 bxs lemons
5000 bxs oranges 1000 pkgs birthstone IL pkgs mdse
l8 cks wine
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The City of New Orleans vs.. Wtlnam
Henry Clay King. b.

smy48ll Civil Sheriff of the Parish of Orleans.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-04
The City Of New Orleans Widow f..
unLlauder: same vs.. same same VS. came.

my4 ;e4 Civil Sheriff of the Parish of Orleans.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-04
NJ d. Fazr nde.
rOo<,

my4 l3is4 Civil Sheriff of the Parish of Orleans
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-04
Nh. Civ Of New Orleans VS.. Manner
Ano O'' Fernandez No. ].

,s:u C,v;, Sheriff of the Parish Of Orleans.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-04

: 6U06NE WA0G1AMAN.
my4 l4je4 Civil Sheriff of the Parish Of Orleana
The New York herald., 1876-12-19
Something Rotten I'm the state OF
Denmark.

His Majesty of Denmark is at loggerheads
with his wise councillors of the Rigsdag, and
is in fair way to be short of money. This
has nothing to do with the murder of
Hamlet's father, but seems a serious busi-
ness. The King will have. it is true, pit
tance at his bankers from the indemnity
that represents the extinct sound dues, his
little income from the sale Of stamps, and
six or seven millions gathered from the
distilleries. But for the regular budget of
taxation the Rigsdag will not vote it and
refuses with inhammatory speeches, and
makes declarations that if the royal author
tiles endeavor to collectthe taxes which the
Rigsdag does not vote then the people must
resist with arms if necessary. Certainly
that is tho corrcctsconstitutional theory, and
we rejoice to observe that "the main voice of
Denmark goes withal." His Majesty is dis
posed to argue the point, but when temper
once gets into the dispute ''you cannot speak
of reason 10 the Dane" lie will stick to his
point, and we suspect it will take new
Ministry to settle the differences. The re-
fusal OF supplies is great constitutional
process, and we may have to try it ourselves
one of these days.
The New York herald., 1876-12-19
Troops In Washington.

We can discover no good reason either for
alarm or invective at the fact that few adj
ditional companies are arriving at Washing.
ton. The District Of Columbia is under the
exclusive jurisdiction Of the national govern
ment, and the objections to the employ
ment of federal soldiers to do police duty
in the States have no application to
the national capital. The government
is responsible for the maintenance of
order in the District, and it can
employ its own troops for that purpose
rs feely as the States can employ their
militia for maintaining peace within their
own limits. Ii there should be an outbreak
in this city our uniformed regiments would
be called out to suppress it, and they are
always at hand for such service on two or
three hours notice Their practice Of
o splendid spectacle to enliven the
streets, but is of great public util-
ity in exhibiting to the dangerous classel
the overwhelming force they would have
to encounter if they should give way
to their evil passions and stir up riot.
The federal troops may be just as legiti-
mately employed at the capital for purposes
Of protection and warning. There is no
probability of violence and disorder at
Washington during this exciting winter,
but even its possibility makes the presence
of soldiers in the neighboring barracks
and forts wise measure of precaus
ton. In this peaceful city of New York
we should all object to the disband-
ing Of our local regiments as we
would to the suppression Of insurance com-
panies. There is hardly one chance in
thousand that any particular mans house
will be burned, but he would feel anxious
and nervous If it were not insured. Tho
very presence of an adequate military force
in the vicinity Of Washington will probably
prevent necessity for calling on it for any
service. 1t is a safe thing to have them there
until the public mind shall have settled into
its ordinary state. of political apathy.
The New York herald., 1876-12-19
Seeking = med v.

The Senate yesterday, on the motion of
Mr. Edmunds, took up and passed the
resolution for the appointment of a commit
tee of seven Senator'S to act with the House
committee in devising means to count and
declare the electoral vote. Mr.. Edmunds
will, of course, be on this committee, and
his conservative views and fairness will
make him one of its most valuable members.
He mas evinced an earnest desire to arrive
at a solution of our present difficulties, and
if one of his propositions looking to that
end did not seem to US to be desirable
way out of the trouble we are prepared
to give the Senator from Vermont
full credit for the most excellent in
tentions. The joint committee, which will
no doubt embrace some OF the best men in
both houses and of both political parties is
the best tribunal to receive, digest and dis
cuss all propositions looking to the desired
end and Senator Edmunds does we'll to
withhold his own further plans until he can
submit them to the consideration Of the
committee. Senator Wright's bill, intro
duced to-day, does not refer to the count
and the declaration Of the result in the
joint convention of the two houses, as re-
quircd by the constitution, bnt seeks to
provide legal appeal to the courts,
after President or Vice President
has been declared elected, by any
candidate who considers that the decision is
not in accordance with the actual result of
the election. 1t gives the defeated candidates
for President and Vice President the same
opportunity for a civil contest as the laws
afford to other civil officers. The bill might,
however, be referred to the joint committee
as relating to the business Of the electoral
vote. 1t seems to be complicated in it's pro-
visions, and we doubt whether any bet
ter method will ever be devised for the
settlement of disputes over the electoral
vote of State than an appeal to the State
courts, provided the authority of the courts
is not swept aside by military power.
The New York herald., 1876-12-19
A Word to President Grant.

We ask the President to take care that he
fatally stain his own fair fame. If he acts
according to his intemperate and unconsti-
tutional language he may do the country
great injury; but he is sure in any case to
leave the Presidency an object of.contempt
and disgust to the very men whom he must
meet face to face in Europe. They will in
evitably regard him as an ignorant and reck-
less partisan and not as statesman or patriot;
as the fit leader of taction in Mexico or
Bolivia, but rs most unfit to have ruled
great nation, or to associate on terms of
equality with themselves, the states
his efforts during the remainder of his term
of Office to redeem himself from the ridicule
and aversion with which the most eminent
statesmen Of England and other European
countries will DO filled by an utterance of
which he ought TO know not one of them,
from the highest to the lowest, is capable,
and which, if one of them used it, would
drive him from public life in irretrievable
disgrace. General Grant is not the .srepre-
sentative" of party; he is the President
of the whole people; the President
of the democrats as well as of the republi-
cans. Let him lake great care to remember
this lie cannot afford to act partisan
part in the events of the next few weeks,
The very threat 10 do so is revolutionary.
an unconstitutional and dangerous act in
him. Can he not sec that when he thus
announces himself as a mere partisan lie
invites and challenges opposition from the
other party; that he solicits suspicion and
justly alarms and repels all fair-minded
men? The most honorable men of
both parties m Congress are coming
together to prepare measure for
examining" the electoral vote. Does the
President, as The representative" of n
party, mean to oppose and to veto any bill
The New York herald., 1876-12-19
Compromise in Germany.

Our dispatches to-day indicate that an
two parts of the German Parliament on the
points of the code as to which the de-
spatches q few days since announced o
difference. 1t will be remembered that
the Reichstag is the German House of Rep
resentatives--the Diet of the nation-while
the Bundesrath, or Federal Council, is made
up of the representatives of the several Ger
man governments of the confederation, just
as our Senate is made up from repre-
sentatives, not of the people, but Of the
States. In the Reichstag bill was recently
elaborated somewhat in the nature of code,
as it digested the laws on several important
subjects 1t was n measure that was looked
forward to with much satisfaction by the
whole German people for the wisely liberal
spirit which characterized some important
provisions. But the Bundesrath, in an
excessively conservative spirit, refused
to ratify some important clauses. This
was, in fact Prussia rejecting the lib
eral propositions of Germany--for Prus-
sia so outnumbers all others in the
Federal Council that her voice controls. One
of the important points rejected was that
press offences should be tried by jury. The
compromise leaves the authorities an option
on this point. They need not let an offender
go before jury as the law stands-unless
they are sure of the jury.
The New York herald., 1876-12-19
Mndhouse Abuses,

Mr. Townsend's lecture on the treatment
of the insane commands attention through
the lecturers practical knowledge of lis
subject, and from lawyer who carefully
weighs his words We therefore get knowl-
edge of our asylums which is terribly hu-
initiating The boasted precautions of 1872
and 1874 are found to be at best only half
way measures. When Commissioner Of
Lunacy was appointed, and invested with
all needed powers as an inspector, the
relatives of insane persons fondly hoped
that their friends would be protected against
inhumanity, but Mr.. Townsend believes
that the Office was created in the interest of
asylum officials, and hen6vises its abolition
so that the abused and their friends may be
saved from Elusive hopes for justice. Mean
while things 60 on in the good old way.
Superintendents deny all charges; govern
ing boards, who know little or nothing
about the treatment Of patients, consider
that their principal duty is to whitewash the
superintendent, brutal nurses lie without
stint and honest attendants cannot speak
the truth without losing their positions.
To make matters worse, it is almost impos-
sible'to use in the courts any OF the testi-
mony that is offered by the sufferers, for the
fact that they are or ever have been inmates
of an asylum is prejudicial to them in their
capacity of witnesses.
Defective as the New York laws on insanity
are, those Of most other States are great
deal worse. 1t is, therefore, The duty of the
long withstand, to ceaselessly agitate this
subject until the public understands what
chambers Of horrors exist in every State un-
der the guise of asylums for the unfortu-
nate The HERALD does not propose to drop
the subject until lunatic asylums become
what they profess to be, and until it is i'm
possible for any combination of brutal
nurses and incompetent superintendents to
outdo in secret the horrors of the Inquisi-
tioU
The New York herald., 1876-12-19

The PRESIDENTS SALAaY.-The Senate
yesterday took up the Message of the Prcsi-
dent, sent to the Senate last session, vetoinc
the bill reducing the Presidents salary from
fifty Thousand dollars per annum to twenty
Ave thousand dollars, and sustained the
veto. Mr. Conkling voted in favor of pass
ing the bill over the veto, but in SO doing
only carried ont consistently his action of
last session and his general opposition to
the increase. Mr.. Bayard sustained the
veto. The country will be very we'll salts
fed with the action Of the Senate. The
Presidential salary as it now stands is GER
tainly moderate enough, and no one would
desire to see it reduced.
The New York herald., 1876-12-19
WITH SUPPLE NJ E n T
NEW YORK, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1876.
NOTICE TO NEWSDEALERS AND THE PUBLIC.

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as to talkof what he owes to the republican
party in this crisis He is the Chief Magis-
trate of forty-fve millions of people, and
not of political faction. He owes no debt
to the republican party which he should
discharge at the expense of equal justice
to the whole country We do not see that
he is under very heavy obligation of graft
tude to the party that made him President.
It took him from a permanent, lucrative
Office Of great honor and light duties to put
him into q transient place burdened with
perplcxities. 1t took him from position
where he received nothing but courtesy and
generous appreciation to put him in bed
Of thorns and make him target
for party violence and personal yitu-
peration. 1t deprived him of his
ease, of an employment congenial to
his talents and suited to his education, of
q position which would have saved him from
the rust of idleness during the ,ipest years
of his life, merely to strengthen itself by his
great popularity in vulgar struggle for
power. In an account current between
General Grant and the republican party the
balance Of indebtedness would be due to
him. not from him. He of all men ever
used by party to save itself from defeat
owes least to those who conscripted him into
politics He has many times declared thot
he never sought the Office and that
he sacrificed his personal interests
in consenting to take il. Heated partisans
are still using him for their own ends. Not
content with the sacrifices he has already
made they now wish him to sacrifice his
dignity and sense Of justice as a means, for
sooth, of paying the debt he owes them!
This is little too impudent.
Such Of President Grants admirers as love
to revert to his popularity at the head of the
army would be glad to see him make
better choice of advisers and be again him
self He has no real interest apart from the
peace and welfare of the Republic. His
name will live long after not only the
Chambers and the Camerons, but long after
his successor in Office shall have been for
gotten. Mr.. Hayes or Mr.. Tilden will
merely stand in the long list of Presidents
as one among the number, but so long as
our history shall be read General Grant
and his achievements will fill some of its
most resplendent pages. His fame belongs
not to any political party but to the country,
and he should not deface it by any act which
his descendants would regret to see recorded
in our annals.
The New York herald., 1876-12-19
icy may agree upon if it shall not happen

they may agree upon if it shall not happen
TO favor his party purposes? The scrutiny
Of the votes in the disputed States goes on.
Does the President mean to support the
Louisiana Returning Board in resisting the
demands OF a Congressional committee to
see its work? Does he mean to interpcse
himself, as the representative" of party,
between the country and the discovery 0.
wrong in those States? Is he so completely
the victim of the Camerons, Chambers, Nor
tons, Logans and other extreme partisans
that he cannot see how these men are, with
contempt they scarcely conceal, using
him for their ends? Does he imagine that
they did not perceive long ago that he was
ignorant of civil affairs and therefore fit
tool for them, because they can easily de-
ceive him General Grant means to travel
in Europe. How does he hope to
face the men he must meet there?
How can he escape their keen and cynical
contempt, if in these weeks when q great
question is to be honorably decided, he does
not rise above the petty representative" Of
party? And where, we ask him, will he
be it, when Invested of the power, influence
and respect of the Presidency. once more a
private citizen, he shall figure only as the
Representative" of a party? Can he not
see the painful, the ludicrous, the humili-
ating future he is preparing for himself?