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It's importance will tiopond upon tho tliacov-
cry Of moro timc-drafts accepted by Mr..

AIT importance VISA WIN Ntn~Of"
cry Of moro timc-drafts accepted by Mr..
RonEsoN.
Tho SECOND charge, which IL moro serious,
concerns tho tranafor Of 81, 900, 900 Of naynl
funds to jar CookE, AtoCuLLoon Il Go. Mt
the timo Of tho pnnio, when Jar CooKE was
ttlmbling. Tho fact Of sach transfer In not
In dispute, but II 1aa boon maintained lore
tofore TINT 1t WIS made at n time when tho
Secretary Ind no reason to doubt tho Bolvoncy
Of Tho firm. but tho Congressional Commit
toe Is now in possession of kilograms whiol,
Becm to tliarrovo tl,is theory. 1t Rccnsa that
ono Of these kilograms from JAY CoorE to
RonEsos acknowledged that unlcss ho (lsonE-
sony acme to their MD tic houso would
go under, s'ana II wo fnil," the dis
patch adds, at will provo national
calamity" 1t n1so is in proof from
dispatches which passed botweon 1ionEsos,
who was in New York and Long Branch, and
his Acting Secretary at Washington that the
former first ordered tho deposit Of :s500,0o0
md Afterwards Of $1,000, QUO, and insisted
upon urgency III the Treasury to get tho
money transferred by telegraph though he
was III full knowledge of tho ombarrnssnonts
OF JAx CooKE ut tic ti,no. Tho theory il
certainly plausible TINT this transfer, If made
tn tho I,ondon housa. woa nodo with this
rcot t,;erotct, II; or1or TINT n ,n,1ht t,,r t,,o
money over by telegraph to tho Now York
house Of JAY COOKE Il Co., tho Secretary not
daring to make a direct transfer to JAZZ
CooEE in Now York. But tho transfer being
dc1ave,1 somowhat In tho Treoa,rv 7yas ,nnt1o
too 1ato tn l,o turnod ovcr In Jsv cooKE in
New York. md eo IT din NH sova him, mt
n t,;7 eova tho 1,ondor house ,v1,;c,, eoon,u
to bo still t]oat;nr m thu hns;R os thin n,onev
tbat sill, ron,o;nn nnno;,1
Ona ;,ofonvo o1vancoi7 ,r, 1,oto,f of no,reo,,
in tllis ,nattor is TINT lo already Ind nayy
funds deposited with tho JAY CooKE house.
tho oxnct amount of which IN not stated, bnt
which is gunposod to bo about 81 ,00o, 600 ::
and tint Lo rnaao the tlcposit Of 81 800, 600
moro in the homo Of proppinr tile house up.
and thus in tho end gotttur back the money
originally deposited. It will bo clnisnod for
him that. in tlo;na thia. he more1v matlo Tho
mistake thot business men often mike on
their own behnlf TI,oro saems to In n 1,itc],
in this EXPLANATION. If tho purnose was to
holm JAZZ CoogE on this ground. why did not
Secretary RopEyoy ,anko n d;roct dopos;t in
the Now York house? And If tho 81 900, ,ooo
did not 60 to sustain JAZZ CooxE's American
house, and his London house is atill solvent.
wbv In not this money rcnaid? Hcra in nm.
otlor of those mysteries which hayo become
go common under Mr., RonEson's atlministra-
tion, The Congressional Committee is now
in vay to ntriyo ut tho probable truth Of tho
rna+tor 1Yo on1v 1npa thnt in nnrsu,;ro tto
, 1876-03-30

The Chicago produce markets were steadier
yesterday. Mesa pork vas more active, mud
closed :dc per brl higher, at 81. .40tg..aa. 4o33
cash asld $.2.G73 for alay. Lard was rather
quiet and easy, closing ut Sl37at@1J.oa5
seller'Alay. Meats were quiet mud unchanged,
ct 6as' for boxed shoulders, l23c for .so short
ribs, and l2sso for do short clears. HighwiAes
Vero quiet mud firm at SLOT per gullon.
4s~4r was in fair demund and steady. Wheat
, 1876-03-30

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It is understood that with the $3.50, 600 Of
taxes taken from tho City Treasury to Now
York few days ago tho Comptroller has
partially paid ind removed tho certificates
fulliug due in March, but beyond this lo has
been unable to accomplish any loans, In
addition to tho certificates falling due in
March, there aro others held in Now York to
tho amount, with interest, Of $1,000, 900.
Tho amount held in Chicago. with intorost,
is about $1,500,000. But tho Treasury Inns
been empticd, and the pay-rolls for Marcls,
April, May, and Juno do left wholly uppro-
viied for. Tho half million Of certificates
n4aluring in April and tho million antl lalf
maturing In hay, so fur as We can learn,
Aayo not been renewed, nor eau the Comp
trolcr, We fear, arrange for them, much less
borrow the money To pay tho S800,0 cur
rent expenses Or the $iG6,000 interest on
thu bonded debt.
Thu city holds certificates Of purchases of
real estate At tux salcs representing $920, 600.
THESE represent back tAxas, for Which tho
city haa judgment and lien. OF courso
al tllls tax has To ho paid, with interuat, at
so1na time. Ia thDre not wisdom enough in
tho Common Council To deyise some way by
which tho city can convert these into cash,
or To borrow money on thom? rLat $780,
600 would 60 fur to pay current expenses
and relieve thu immediate c,nbarrassmeuta Of
the city. 1hcso tax.sulo certificates bear a
nominal interest at tho rate of 25 per cent.
Cannot the City Government make it MI i,a-
durcnleut to soino person TO take thcso md
advance money Oh thcm7 Or is 1t tho pur-
poao to 10. everything tako its own course
until the Government il forced to suspend I
Tho action OF the Common Council In refus-
Ing to reduce the appropriations for tho pros
ent year has Ind most depressing etrsct Oh
the public mind. It has discouraged tax-
paying. The general public look upon the
, 1876-03-30

Tho old, old Storey Tho Times on tho cit,
certificates.
George bancroft will occupy hls Newport houa
tho coming season.
Mrs. stowe's Son Charles IL soon to MARIA
hIiss Monroe, Of Cambridge, Mass.
Tho Now York World publishes touchin.
little obituary Of 1Iambloton!an, the famoua
stallion.
Mr. Motley will leave London at Eastcr 70,
DorsosBhiro, not meaning to return for the Tent
Of tho Boason.
Prince Leopold, Of England, has been h
Paris, incogniso. calling himsoH, for eup!.ony
Lord Balmoral.
Six persons havo bought tho olympic Theatr,
tn st. LouiH for the bonoit OF AIR. Edwin Adam.
friday night. Ho will recolyo tho entire n.
cetpsa.
Mrs. ". A. Richardson, wife Of the ex-Socst.
tary Of tho Treasury, died At Paris Supd,1
morning. eho Has On her way home iron
Egypt,
"Tho Primer Of Political Economy" prepared
by A. D. Mason and J. J. 1.aloE, Of this city, u
| rovio#ed worry favo1ably in tho laat number ai
tho London Academy.
Tho Empress ot Austria u,nde her nrst ap
poaronce this soasou in IN English hunting.
fold March II, II Ia a fayortto pastma will, ls,
and ENGLAND Ia her fayorite l,untlnr-1old.
| uoo,,r boe otto, ,.,a H., a,,r,,,.. a..
r,.,..o,.,,, ,.,,,;. ~. .t~. - t.1.,. .Nr.'
unou'etauo 1nue!o' LUZ ny sno"s ula 'sltu " ha
| worhs by charging 5000 In gold for the !" Goa.
ton,tst ttnrct ,,1,1ol, In In In vr3tn FIR Thu,
so'.n'"n tn nIa1en "n'a A' 10 ~ "4''' LUZ 11's
aofo Ihomaa
o.n' AAp..a'sA. ~ hpo'Aa4's VI nts No" de'
say farm sad NY mother supetintends III
;lv co,nnotolv o,,.1o,n1 hor aons .n5 I III, .n..
reudor to none Of us."
u1obn p,r1, ,,,,rka nror,no,, ,aa m hu..
ness to bury himself In Woatnlnater Ahbey,
ainco be WA an Improvement On Kings nd.
! "."e1 ~ ""o ~ inP4u'oAA'"' y" 14"ee' eha
should havo gone OF on bis OWN hook aud taken
W. ~'
Lord Au,berly's chtldron, who wero to b
o.ousns W 10 'aIuos, nAse poou 'akan ifon sos
on,nion Of ernnont counso1 mi % c1gon ~ w. tn,, n,
| o+or,ff.,i,or To-1 nwaao,s ~. g. a.. =.
, 1876-03-30
Gbt~Gb1ea9o Qrillba1,rt.

Greenbacks Mt tho New York Gold E1-
change yestcrf}ny closed Mt 87f.
, 1876-03-30

lIr. Secretary RonxsoN is in trouble. There
is no doubt about TINT. Ho may possibly
pull through. Ho may bo nble to show that
he has not been guilty Of my corrupt prac-
ticcs, and TINT the abuses in tho Navy Do
partsnont under his administration havo been
tho result Of Incompetence and bud judgment.
But thcre is scarcely hope that ho can do
better than this. Such m outcome would
relioyo him Of tho disgrace mud penalty Of
impeachment, but it would not eave him
from IN enforced retirement from tho public
service In disgrace. Tho public las long Ind
q suspicion TINT tho alfairs Of the Navy Dc
partmcnt have been mismanagel This sus-
picion had it's original bnsis in tho appoint
ncnt Of Mr.. RoBEsoN to tho head Of tho Navy
Department. There Ind been no special
preparation in his caso fur that position, md
ho had not been conspicuous na q statesman.
Thore was mystery as to why ho was ap-
pointed
This n,yatery in hIr. nonEaoH's caso llaa
boon followed by still other mysterioH, which
likewise remain unexplained. Tho with
drawal of tho naval funds from the safe-
keeping Of tho old md weI!.ostblishea Lon
don firm OF DAn1so Brothers during the panio
Of 1878 was q ,nystory. It WIS nlso mya-
tory why these funds, when taken from tho
DAn1so Brothers, should bo given to the
London house Of JAY CooxE, McCu11ocn
l. Co., which wna known to be intimately
connected will, tho bankrupt American firm
of jar Cooxx d. Co. Tile extensive prepnra-
tiona to put tho navy on war-footing on two
separate occasions were also mysterious, aud
the public could neither obtain nor deyiso
any satisfactory explanation thereof. In
view OF these experiences, 1t Is not strange
TINT the Investigations by Congress- Of Mr..
RonEsoN's administration should bo regarded
with mixture Of interest aud apprehension.
There aro now two serious charges against
Secretary RouEsos, which certainly denlana
the most thorough mud impartial inyestiga-
ton. The lryt has como up in tho work Of
tho House Committee on Expenditures OF tho
Navy Department, Secretary RouEsoN has
claimetl that, notwithstanding tho o1traortli-
nary expenditures which were reported and
Which were not warranted by the approprla-
tons for tho ycar, ho has kept within tue
appropriations for tho year, and 1t is certain
TINT no large deficiency -estimntoa have been
submitted by him. But it now seems as
though Secretary 1sonEsoa Aas boen discount
ing tic navy appropriations for Henext year,
which IL clearly forbidden by law, there being
statute which expressly prohibits involving
the Government for ths future payment Of
any expenditure in cacess Of tlle current
years appropriation. but it is now reported
I that draft has heou accepted for $.00, ,000
, 1876-03-30

Wo understand TINT the Chicago Gas Conf
pRny has indicated its willingness to roduco
the price Of tho city gas to 81 per 1000 foot,
which is MI it charges tho largest private con-
sumors now, If The city will make now con.
tract binding itself to pay this ratio for tho
next ten ycnra. Tho city should decline to
bind itself by 80 one-sided III ngroonlent. It
will bo bottor to continue to pay tho excessive
prioo for tie two or three years Which tho
present contract still las to run, If tho Gaa
Company cnnnot be mado 10 500 tho short
sighted policy Of insisting on its pound Of
flesh. But tho only now contract uiat could
DO 1nado with safoty extending over any Pc
Rod Of yoars would DO ono containing tho
condition TINT either party shali lavo tho
right to ahrogato it ut six months notice. It
is not at nil improbable TINT long before tho
expiration Of ton ycars thoro will bo now pro-
ccsscs for the manufacture Of gas, or now de-
vices for tho practicable uses Of petroleum,
that will supply cities with evon better
light than We now have, md for DO or 90
cents per 1000 feot.
Tho sano discussion Ia going on III Gin
cinnati and other cities. In Cincinnati,
tho Gas Company's contract with tho city
Inns still four years to run, but it haa
proposed to retluco tho price to $31.90 if
tho city will extend tho contract six yoars.
Tl,oro is strong popular opposition to paying
this much, and the offer Of compromise On
these terms will probably bo rojcctod. It is
held there TINT tho Company CAN supply tho
gas at s1.60 per 1000 feet at q fair profit
Everywhere tho gas companies find thcm-
selves compelled TO reduce their price from
80 conta to 81, Notwithstanding the monop-
olics tlloy onjoy. Tho reason Of this is that
tho improvements for burning petroleum oil
arc so decided that 1t IL boing very widely
adopted for private consumption. In tho
Cincinnati Gazeth Office, now oil.lamps aro
used which havo been modelled on the plan Of
what las boon known ns the =" "stutlcut'a
lamp" and which, as Mr. RICHARD SMITH,
the editor Of tllo Gaz<ttc, says, give bcttor
quality of light than the ordinary gas ut
one-thirtl the cost. Tho progress that las
been matlo IN the uses OF Illuminating oil dur
ing tho past few yonrs warrants tho belief
that before many years more city gas.lamps
may bo provided with light, better than Is
now given, from safe and convenient reser-
voirH attached to the post, md without any
Of tho costly mains ind pipes TINT p2w. mako
tho cost 30 large. Chicago should nut bo pro-
vented by any long contract from avfiling It.
scn Of these probahlo advanhgen.
, 1876-03-30

ACADEMY OF 1fUslO-Ha,sled htroet. bstveen
Nathsus Bur1osque Troupe. " "diroae drons."
, 1876-03-30

Light snow, to 10 followed by clearing
woather in tho aftornoon, arc tho conditions
predicted for this locality to-dny.
, 1876-03-30

ADELpIu T1EATHE-DsArborn street, corner
kfonroo. - The Flying aoud."
, 1876-03-30
THE CITY FINANCES,

Mayor GOWNS official organ announces
Comptroller HArEs has toeu partly successful In bis
negotiations with tho financial men OF Now York. lIe
has provided for al tho floating indebtedness OF the
city in tho way Of city certdcateo but io cannot
cure additional bonds With Whic, TO carry tho
pensea Of tho city. Tho information comes from
te1y ,tlsabts source. This only partially e1trcatca
tho city from its MONETARY dilemma. Money must ba
had with which to ruu tho governmental machine, and
Mr. HAYES tho authority staos, viii not 10 abie 10 sc-
cure The money III the East Consequently tho city
will DO compelled to look to It's financial men for
aid. II IL sald that application will be again msds by
tue Mayor To tho banks for loan city Certificates
Of sum sufficient to meet the requirements Of tha
city. Falling In this, II II stated that ho will labnnd
tho Police aud Frs Departments nnd 10 sycry other
way reduce the expenditure Of mouey uutiit shall b.
within tie limits Of tho rtJs inconn,
Tho exact meaning Of this is not very clear.
The payments made Or to be made by tho
atty nra M fn1lpw6:
, 1876-03-30

Mov1cKERB manifestation street, bslvecn
Dearborn and Stalls. Engagement Of John E. ONans.
n Tho Nicttms rand - Bolon 6hinala."
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-23

There is an old sphorism that economy is
the road to wealth, and there is no broader
exemplifcstion of that truism than the
road that leads to Montgomerys great fur
niture emporium, Armory Hall, No. 81
Camp street, where not only the elite of the
city, but the humble class can obtain what
ever they desire in the furniture line. Their
large and spacious warerooms are filed to
repletton with large and varied stock of
furniture OF every style and design, from
the finest parlor and bedroom suits, dining.
room, library and hall suits, to the cheap
est class of furniture, used in the cottage,
cabin and kitchen. Being in daily commu-
nication with the leading factories both
East and West, they are enabled to keep
supplied with all the latest styles and do
signs in their line, and, obtaining them un.
der tho most favorable circumstances, they
can undersell any other house in the city.
At this time they are selling very low. not
wishing to carry . large stock over tho
summer months. Judging from the hum of
business in the ''classic old building"
they possess, ill we can Say is 60, see, and
judge for yourselves. They only ask IN
epsa held and . fair fight, free trade and
Dailors' rights.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-23
Fortune,

Fortune, the willful goddess, was repre-
seRted by the ancients in various ways,
though generally by the figure of beauti-
full woman, who, with q smiling face, dis
tributed favors right and left with boun.
teous hand. With all her knowledge of the
world, and her brilliancy and beauty, tenn.
pered by what must have been Q remark
able experience, she was said to have been
. very peculiar mistress, and was required
to be wooed in bold and persistent man
ner, timid aspirants for favors being put
quickly aside for those who not only dared
bnt persevered until they won.
From this belief of the ancients We mod
erns could easily learn lesson which.
taken to heart, would lead to many bless
ings which might be in store for us if We
would only make the effort.
In this the second golden drawing of the
Louisiana State Lottery offers a splendid
opportunity. 1t will be drawn on the
twenty-ninth of April, positively, without
scaling or postponement. Toe institution
is one in which an investment can be
safely trusted, and if only fortune favOrs
You may secure q competency for life. The
capital prize is 100000 in gold, and there
are $3.50 other prizes, amounting to $5O0,00O
gold. Whole tickets $50; fractions down
to twentieths in proportion.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-23

The particular attention of capitalists is
called to the sale Of city property, cotton
and sugar plantations to be sold at public
auction by Plaeide J. Spear and c. E..
Glrardey, at the Merchants and Auction
Gers Exchange, ON Thursday, April "a,
1876, at l2 NJ, in the matter of the bank
ruptcy of the Bank Of America.
l. The granite building forming tho cor
ner Of Exchange place and Canal street,
and lately occupied by the Bank Of Ameri-
O., and the fve-story iron front stores, Nos.
and Exchange place.
2. The two three-story brick dwellings,
Nos. 242 and pa Baronne street.
3. The Texada cotton plantation, in tho
parish Of Rapides.
4. The sugar plantation on Bayou Black,
in Terrebonne parish, with all necessary
parspharnaHa to carry ON the sugar Gull
ture.
For terms and conditions we refer to
advertisements Of Plaeide J. Spear and C.
+. 0izaRdey, under auction columns.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-23
Financial Engineering.
New ORLEANS, April 10, 1876.

EDITOR REPUBLICANS:
Your correspondent, ALLIGATOR" speaks
of Captain j. B. Eads as "great financial
engineer" desire, from "Alligator" or
some one else, to know ON which of his
achievements this reputation is based.
The only considerable feat of pure en-
cheering with which Captain Eads has
been, 90 far % am informed, connected is
the St. Louis bridge; foss1 can not regard
his feats in Washington, by which he de-
feated the canal party and foisted his own
scheme upon MS, as "pure engineering"
(By the way, what interest has General
Belknsp in tho jetty contraets) Now, this
bridge is generally reputed to have been
ct cost of about five times the
amount of the original estimate. This sort
Of success may do for an engineer, but in
any other branch of business the man who
accomplished it would be called cheat"
Excuse the slang, but it is 90 apropos to the
occasion. Very truly, etc.,
CROCODILE.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-23

AeOMOs
Captain Otterson, late of tho bark Maggie
McNiel, with his first officer and cook. sr-
rived here yesterday in the schooner Maud
Briggs from Rio Jsneiro. It will be remem-
bered that the Maggie McNiel was wrecked
on the South American coast in February
last, Of which due mention was made in the
REPUBLICAN.
Captain Otterson makes the following
report of the loss of his vessel:
At meridian. February Is, the weather
found myself l25 miles south of Rio Janeiro,
my port of destination. The wind ut the
time was blowing . stiff Wholesale breeze.
At midnight, judging myself about twenty
five miles OF shore, shortened sail. and
intended, if I did not make the light Oft Rio
ct 2 A. NJ, to tack ship and stand of and
on until daylight, the night being very
dark. At las A. NJ, while under easy sail,
the bark struck the beach twenty i've miles
east of Rio, where she became total wreck.
The mistake in my reckoning was caused
by strong northerly current, of the exist
ence of which I was unaware until after
the accident.
On Thursday morning the Venezuelan
man-of- war Bolivar made trial trip some
fifteen miles up the river, with the most
satisfactory result. The Bolivar has been
overhauling ct this port over three months,
during which time there has been some
$4,000 expended in . new boiler and re-
pairs on the engines and hull. The actual
speed that the ship will make could not be
ascertained until the machinery shall have
worked itself down to its proper bearings
through . little service. As it was, she
made over thirteen miles an hour. The
Bolivar will leave New Orleans on May Il
for Venezuela, under the command of Cap
tain C. w. Reed, Q gentleman who achieved
some considerable notoriety during the war,
while in command of the Confederate gun
boat William H. Webb, and who has given
his supervision to all repairs on the bull of
this chip, while an engineer of the Vene-
zuelan navy has superintended the work
upon the machinery.
The steamship Chilian, of the West India
and Liverpool line, while coming up the
river on Thursday night, struck Q floating
AVk WAACu VoAAACO away - pV1VAOA Va Ouo VI
the blades of her propeller.
Eight vessels left the city last evening,
and will all doubtless be put to seq this
morning. This is large feet for one day
st this season of the year. 1t is reported
that vessels drawing nineteen and one-half
and twenty feet of water can be carried
over Southwest Pass bar at the present
stage of the water.
The ship Lucy L. Llade. which sails for
Genoa the middle Of next week, takes out
six excursionists from here. This is rare
for pleasant voyage across
the Atlantic and mp the Mediterranean, ss
fine weather is sure to prevail this season of
the year.
The ship Majestic, lately partially burned,
is fully repaired, has the last Of her cargo
on board, and will sail the first of the week
for Liverpool, with her original cargo on
board.