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the state. s...s.
Sec. Il. Be it further enacted, etc., That all
the general laws Of the State shall be published
once in the French language and once ia the
German language in two daily papers published
IN french and German respectively in this state.
and that the compensation f5r the said publca-
tons, including the translation Of ssid laws, shall
not exceed the maximum rates fixed in this act
for the PRONUNCIATION Of said laws, and it shall be
the duty OF the board created under Sec
ton one of this act to select the said French and
publishers thereof for said translation and publ
cation; provided, tbat the translation OF said
laws shall be done by authority and to the salts
faction OF the Secretary of state.
Sec. 10. BE 1t further enacted, etc., That in
the parish Of Orleans, where advertisements are
required to be made in relaa n to jud1ciaf pro-
ceedDgs, or in the sale OF property under judicial
process, or in any other legal proceeding of
whatever kind. they shall be published in a daily
newspaper published in the English language,
and which shall 80 have been published as
daily paper for at least year prior to the in
sertlon OF said advertisement OF publication:
said newspaper 10 be selected by the de-
fendant or patty charged with the con-
duct OF the proceedings; pTouided, the defendant
shall make the select N within three days of the
service of notice of seizure or process on him
should the defendant neglecs to select the plain
tiff shall have the right to do so; and should
neither plaintiff nor defendant select nor the
party invested by law with the direction of the
proceedings, then the sheriff, constable cl, rk or
other officer as the case may be, shall select the
newspaper so selected eha publ sh said adyer-
tisement ia conspicuous manner, each and
every advertisements to be in the column or
columns and all under prominent title ia capi-
tals, TO wit Judicial Advertisements. Should
there be no newspaper published in said par sh
as Aforesaid, said advertisement may be posted
as nov provided BY existing laws.
BEG. II. BE 1t further enacted ETC., That in all
parishes Ut tha state outside the parish OF Or
leans. where advertisements sre required to be
made il relation to Judicial proceedings or Ia the
other legal processing Of whatsoever kind, they
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-15
VARIETIES THEATRE.

THE LADIES' THEATRE,
CANAL STREET, NEW ORLEANS
FOR RENT,
For the Season of 1877-Ts. and season following.
if desired.
This theatre is new, spacious, completely and
superbly equipped in every respect. and is most
eligibly located on the principal and most FASH
ionable thoroughfare in the city.
Address WILL STEVEN.
Secretary La Fariete Association.
mh12 st mo tn su New Orleans, La.
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unpaid, then, and only then, that portion Of the
surplus revenue d. posted in conformity to this
cot at credit Of the Redemption Of the Public
other ti.an the said five and half mills tax, may
be applied by the Board of Liquidation to the
purchase OF such unpaid coupons under thes
rules which govern the purchase OF bonds, pro-
vided no such coupons shal be purchased until
Elk months after their maturity, and provided the
said board be well satisfied that it Is to the evil
dent benefit of the State to make such purchases
with view Of maintaining the credit of the State
in conformity to the constitutional amendment
number three, OF eighteen hundred and seventy
four, ii ia hereby made the duty of the Treasurer
to keep separate accounts OF the income and ex-
penditures Of each fund in each year, and, after
setting apart or paying out an amount thereof
equal to the appropriations and warrants lawfully
made against each of said funds, the surplus, il
any remain, shall be Immediately deposited by
the Treasurer at the credit OF the Redemption
of the Public Debt Fund and the Board OF Liqui-
dation is hereby authorized to require
from the Treasurer or Fiscal Agent, at any
such fund or funds; proujded, that no surplus to
the credit OF any account or accounts of the sew
eral funds shall be passed to the redemption of
the public debt fund, there being deficiency or
deficiencies IN any other of said accounts, unless
said surplus exceed the amount of deficiency or
DEFICIENCIES in all the other accounts of said gem
eral fund, il which case the transfer to the re-
demption Of the public debt fund shall be made
only TO the extent Of ssid surplus, and the said
surplus to the credit OF any one account not
shall be retained subject to the action Of the Gen.
erai Assembly. No bid shall be entertained for
any bend to an amount exceeding ninety-fye per
cent Of its face value, and the board shall always
rsiactng any and an bids but shall puhish il the
official journal the result OF it's proceedings con-
corning euch redemption or refusal to accept sny
Of the bids made. Il bids are offered II excess Of
, 1877-02-24

GRANT AND MADDox.-Since Maddox
has given his tes,imoy, disclosing some
of the corruption Of the Louisiana re-
turning boari-for which Grant Dis
missed him from The internal revenue
seryice-the radical papers at the East
have published statements 10 the effect
that he is a man utterly devoid OF
character. They Fay he Was block
ade runner during the war that he II
notorious for enacling the spy and be-
trayer and is not at all worthy OF
confidence. If this be true, 1t simply
makes the case much stronger against
Grant, who, knowing Maddox 10 be
such i character, appointed him 10 re-
sponsible position and retained him IN
it until he gave the testimony which
exposed the fraud and crime OF the
radical returning board and implica-
ted men of the party in higher places.
The logic of the affair is, as 1T Ii pnt by
the radicals, that Grant appointed
Maddox because be believed him TO be
A scoundrel, but, on discovering him in
the act of exposing a colossal fraud, he
instantly dismissed him. It is merely
saying, in so many words, that Grant
will appoint or keep in office a noto-
rious rogue, but, the moment the ap-
pointee discovers any trace of honesty,
that will be considered ample cause
for removal.
, 1877-02-24

Tuy BATTLE OF THE GIANTs.-A
persual OF the arguments OF William
NJ Evarts and Charles O'CoDor before
the Electoral Commission, discovers
pIainly the difference in the manner
and sum Of the pleadings IN The case
Oh each side, and the peculiar style
and ability Of the rival intellectual
giants. Evarts' argument is framed mp
on the technical, close, circumscrioed
limits of the exact law, aud 1t will be
understood only by those who have
been educated in the law or are con-
versant or familiar with legal practice
or p!eadings. 1t is not intended tor
the popular mind, nor will ii be clearly
understood by the average reader. On
the other hand, the argument OF Dir.
O'Conor is broad and comprehensive,
plain, statesman like and massive. IL
is the noble reasoning oi a great, ex-
pansive, clear, and through!y honest
LAWYER statesman, who rises superior
TO the confined bounds Of statute law
in case which demands the full hight
of Justice shed upon it in behalf OF
the people and TO the welfare, safety
and glory of the Republic, and who
djsdains an advantage which techni-
cality affords or a fraud offers. And
irs grandest, best and most perfect
analiiy L., that IT oan hH road aud
understood IN every line aud part, alike
by the profound scholar, the learned
iurist, the man of law, aud by the
reader who has mastered only the
elementary branches Of a common
school education. It's simplicity OF
dic,iGn is The harmonious accomPanl-
menl of it's purity, lis dignity, It's
majesty of thought and it, irresistible
logic. 1t IL undoubtedly the greatest
effort of the great mans life.
, 1877-02-24

The IsDELIBLE PRooF.-TO meet
and overcome the testimony of LlLtle-
field, the witness who altered the
original returns of Vernon Parish,
Louisiana, at the dictation of J NJ.
Wells, snd transferred the democratic
majority to the radical side. the radi-
ca!s are busy at work in fabriCating
and publishing statements to impeach
and invalidate his veracity. But all
the time, there stands the absolute
demonstration of the material fact
the original poll list and return, with
the erasure and transfer, exactly as
Llttlefieid describes the thing-snd no
amount of false swearing or false pro
tesration will overcome this indubl-
table testimony. LittIefeld was rogue
enough 10 commit the outrageous act,
but he did it at the dicta;ion of his
superior, Wells, the President of the
board; aud, as it frequently happens
with persons who heedlessl Y commit
crime, when his conscience smOte him
for having committed it, he made the
best repars,ion he conld-that Is, ne
confessed the crime, and revealed how
and by whom be had been led to it.
, 1877-02-24

\ CASE IN PoINr.-The Supreme
Court of the United States has Just
decided that an officer whose term eX
tends 10 he qualification Of his sue.
ceSSor remains an officer until his sue.
cesSOr is sworn in. Although Watts
rendered his resignation after he had
been voted for on the 9TH of Nov.
his successor had not qualified on the
day when the electoral votes were
cast, and according TO the decision of
the Supreme Court Just alluded TO he
was still 4 postmaster This being so
Hayes has not the slightest chance,
unless that provision of the consti.
tuition can be nnIlified which forbids a
federal office holder TO he Pfesiden
tial eleclor. This is the decision held
b. the Supreme Court, and vet it is
quite certain tha; Bradley and his as
socIates on the commission will rule
that Watts was an eligible elector.
From the first the republicans manag
ed tho Presidential controversy on tie
principle Of the Little Joker" Now
you see il and now you don't"
, 1877-02-24

CHANGE OF BAsg.-There is already
indications of change in political
tactics in the South which has long
been anticipated by close observers OF
political affairs. There is disposi-
,iou shown, on the part of some OF the
radical leaders, 10 advocate the sbOll-
ton of negro suffrage when 1t becomes
apparent that the colOred vote can no
longer be controlled by ;hemrelves.
Tn a recent number of the New Or
leans Republican the proposition was
distinctly stated, that if the party
sfould, from any cause, be brought TO
believe "Ihat the representation OF the
colored people can no longer be direct
ed by them in the manner that their
hearts and conscience would dictate"
meaning, if they should refuse to
vote en- masse according 20 the orders
of their self constituted le2ders-then
the very object of granting that rep
resentation would be beet Promot-
ed by suppressing a power captured
and turned against its defenders. 10
this the Picaypoe replies that, though
the democratic party opposed unYler-
sal suffrage ten years ago, because the
emancipated slaves were not prepared
tor il, yet that party lar never coun
tenanced the disfIanchisment of citi-
zens already possessing the suffrage,
and is not likely TO cOuntenance II
now.
, 1877-02-24

The TRIBUYAL's DECISION FINAL
The electoral bill which passed Con
gress provides that the decision Of the
commission shall not "impalr or etfec;
any right now existing under the con
s,itution and laws TO question, BE- pro
cesding in the judicial courts of the
United States, The right or title of the
person who shall be declared elected
or who shall claim 10 be President OF
Vice President of the United States,
if any right exists" The intention OF
this clause is to preserve for the unsuc
cessiul candidate any right TO proceed
bv QuO lCdrrGntO or otherwise, which
he would have if no such electoral ar
bi:ralioH had been constituted. Does
the clause do what it professes to do
Suppose that, as the result of the ar
bitrs,ion, Mr.. Hayes is declared Presi
dent, and Mr.. Tiiden contest the re-
publican candidates title TO the Pres
idency. The legal questions involved
must come ultimately before the Su-
preme court of the United States.
Five of the nine Justices constitute a
quorum. But FIVE of the nine bave al
ready served as members Of the arbi
lrariOn tribunal, and, under oath, have
adludged the case. Without one OF
The disqualified Justices there can be
no quorum of he SurTeme Court.
, 1877-02-24

CorToN MANUFACTUREs.-The BOs-
ton papers are almost jubilant over
the Frightening prospects Of their cot
ton manufactures. The 10rCrtiScr
says that there are thousands of bales
on order books that have not vet been
started at the mills. The inability to
fiji orders, however, arises from the
low stage of water in the streams,
combined with the largely increased
orders from the foreign market. The
annual export before the war did not
exceed eleven millions, and was then
confined to standard drills and Sheet
ings. We now export all the best
styles of our manufactures, and the
favor with which American prints
have beea received abroad promises
even greater extension Of this depart
ment of trade.
, 1877-02-24

SENATORIAL WIsDoM.--In a late de-
bate in the U. S. Senate, one of the
speakers referred 10 Marlborough as
having disgraced the English Judiciary.
Now it so happens that Marlborough
never sat on the English bench, but
from first TO last was a soi3ler. HIS
offence, and the deed that linked his
name with iufamy, consists in having
entered into correspondence with
James at a time when he held a conf
mission under William OF Orange.
Marlborough YVES a traitor 20 his SOW
ereign, but never corrupt lndge.
Senator Bugy. Of Missouri, made tins
mistake, and yet in the whole Senate
there was not Intelligence enough to
correct him.
, 1877-02-24

GRAyT's DUTY. Grants duty on
the 4,h of March, ;be Brooklyn Eagle
emphatically declares, is to get out.
Only that and nothing more. After
that, his duty of defending himself
and his gang in the suits their discoy-
cred peculatiuns will lead 10, viii oc-
cupy him aud his lawyers to the full
OF their time and resources. He has
no idea of holding OF relInquishing the
Government, unless it be an idea of
force, bu, The country will survive him
and the laws will prove equal TO cope
with him.
, 1877-02-24

CAMPAIGN FUSOs.-The \. Y. Her
ads Washington special says that
Knott's committee in the House has
subpenaeds Collector Orth, Marshall
SharphiIl, ne collectors private sec-
retary, and have called upon Secreta-
~ Chandler, in hrs capacity of chair
man OF tie national republican CON-
rlltlee, and upon Mccormack. secre-
tary of the committee, to produce
their bank accounts and all accounts
relating to receipts and disbursements
of money for election purposes. The
HoHse committee intend TO show
that very great sum of money,
nearly 100000, was sent in'o Ohio
by the republicans TO carry that Stale,
and that Hayes indorsement is on
some of the checks thus sent, the
meaning of which would be that be
handled the campaign funds in his
State.
, 1877-02-24

DIsMisSRD.-The country will learn
with some surprise that the case of ;he
United States against ex Secretary
Belknap has been dismissed by the
United STATES District Attorney. The
reason given Is that the crime ot which
he was charged cannot be proved
against him. President Grant indor-
ses this action, stating that he learns
from the District Attorney that con
viction is improbable, end adding,
with somewhat vulnerable logic, that
BeIknap has already been pretty Sc.
verely punished, and in consequence
ought not to be pressed To trial. Gen
eral Be;knap was a weak man. He
had not the moral courage TO spend
less money than people who had more
20 spend and he was moreover the
husband of woman who had no com.
FUNCTIONS of conscience IN regard 10
the means by which money was OBJ,
tainel 10 crafty her vanity. Belk-
nap was not the kind OF man 10 be
much more honest than his neighbors,
and he we was less skillful than some
of them in covering up his tracks.
But this confessed inability OF The law
to detect and punish crimes. known to
have been committed, will have bad
effect upon the public mind. II gives
force to the suspicion that the law is
less efficient in pursuit Of influential
offenders than of petty thieves, who
steal 10 escape starvation.
, 1877-02-24

No REsIsTANCE.-The n. Y. KGGl9 says
no serious resistance will Re made to :he com
petiUn of the count and Inauguration of
Hayes. because it is now manifest that such
an attempt would not only fail of It's object,
hnt split and destroy the democratic party.
Most OF the great --c' ZION of the country will
De satisfied with the result of the Presiden-
tisl election. The srea. section which had
mos. reason for Dissatisfaction snd whose
wishe. have heen rhwarted, and it's electoral
votes nullifed, is foremost IN cours"iIng
patriotic sub.nis-inn. The South sets its face
ayain., the filibnstering Of the factions op-
position. and conn-els il. democratic brothers
TO give President Hayes fair trial 1t dem
ocra-- will rice above the heated political at
rno-phere Uf Washington and cast their eyes
over the whole country, they will look in
vain for any section that will refuse 70 recOg-
uizs Hayes as the lawful President of the
United States.
, 1877-02-24

DEMOCRATS generally propose TO
abide by the decision of the electoral
commission, but when asked their
opinion of Bradley and his associates,
the expression is that they have
damned themselves to eternal in-
fanny"
, 1877-02-24

REnARKABLE FAcT.-It is related,
as a remarkable fact, that only eleven
Senators who participated in the I'M
peachment trial of ex-President John
son are at present members of the U.
S. Senate. The leading radicals and
some OF the oldest members of that
body, including Summer, Wilson,
Fessendeu, Nye, and others-have
died. Trumbull, Schurz, Fenton, Hen
ierson, and Others, have since been
prominently before the public. pursu.
ing at times different paths. Williams,
of Oregon, and Pomeroy, of Kansas,
fell from their high estate soon after
their terms expired. and are now mere
figure heads in the political world.
, 1877-02-24

THERE is a probability that an ex
ira session Of Congress may be called
for the 4th of March. The attention
Of our law makers has been so taFen
up with the presidential question and
the work of the great tribunal, that
everything else has been neglected and
the necessary appropriations have not
get been made. Unless more business
shall be done between the present
time and the 4,h of March, than has
been done thus far, an extra session
will be unavoidable.
, 1877-02-24

A DESPERATE CHANCE-Unless j.
Madison Wells got the million in
hand, or legally secured to him, for
counting Tilden out and Hayes in, it
Is probable he will come off badly in
his Infamous bribery operation. The
radicals in Congress, however willing
to do so, can never pass the bill TO
pay his thieving claim of half a mil
lion dollars for cotton that he did not
lose, and it is not among the things
unlikely 10 happen that he should yet
be brought 10 atone in some measure
for his heinous crimes by serving the
remainder Of his life in prison. A
striped suit would exactly become
him. Then he would change from a
laughing to a crying hyena.
, 1877-02-24

GENERAL JONI McDONALD, Of whis-
kew fraud fame, the dear personal
friend of President Grant, has been
pardouod out of the penitentiary by
iL-L individual. Joyce, we snppnse,
wilrbe the next convict pardGned. The
President seems determined that when
he goes out, all his bosom friends shall
be out, too.
, 1877-02-24

IT is said that the sergeant-at-arms
of the Senate deeply regrets the ap-
preaching permanent departure of }.
A. Logan. In the better days of the
republic when Logan was a power in
the land and the sergeant wanted 10
clear the galleries, he had but an
nounce that John A. was about TO
speak. John gone, the Senate's Of
ticer will have TO use main force 10
clear the galleries whenever the Sen
ate deems il advisable.
, 1877-02-24

TIE Kansas Legislature, after a
long struggle, has finally succeeded
in appointing United States Senator,
Col. Plumb. This Plumb is said to
be quite a palatable sort of a fellow,
and although a republican, the demo>
Gratis find their mouths watering at
the prospect of having him added TO
the iist Of hoGorable and conscientious
Senators.
, 1877-02-24

.SourBERS NRGRoEs-In those South.
ern States where the control OF affairs
has been regained by the native
whites, the condition of tie blacks, as
we'll as of the whites, is far better
than it has been at any time since The
war and the same result will follow
in South Carolina and Louisiana as
soon as the legal governments are
firmly established. Every one &C
duainted with the characteristics ot
the African race in the South will
readily zee that the nataral result OF
all this will be TO eventually give to
the democrats the great balk OF the
negro votes, provided the radicals are
stupid enough TO continue ter pol
lev of enforcing the color line 10y
claiming the votes Of all cO!ored ell
zens as righlfully belonging TO them,
even if they actually cast their ballots
for the opposite party. And so long
ss this race question is permitted 10
enter prominently into Southern poli
Tics, SO long with all The wealth, intel
ligencs, and respectabillty OF the white
race be found consolidated in the dem
ocratie party in the reconstructed
States; whereas If it was eliminated
from politics. the whites would natur
ally separate into distinct psrIies, as
ia the North. the negroes would fol-
low their example, and all classes
would be greatly benefited by the
chance
, 1877-02-24

Tng WAY IT SrANDs-It is an old
saying the receiver is as bad as the
tibet. Wells and his associates stole
the vote Of Louisiana, Rutherford
b. Hayes accepts this stolen vote, and
thus stands in the position Of recelV
er of stolen goods.
, 1877-02-24

WHo He Is.-The new Senator from
Tennessee, Jas. E. Bailey, served 10
the State Legislature from 1852 to
1889, and vas appointed member of
the Court of Arbitration in 1874. A
dispatch TO the Cincinnati Gazette
says he Is a man of broad, liberal
views, his whole life has been one of
conservatism, and he is likely TO make
his mark in the Senate.
, 1877-02-24

IuP1zT,Nr TN-TTTLy DECISION. The United
Stas- supreme r1urt in tsx-ttls case taken before
II from IN state recently lec!sd tha "a trea-ur-
er's depi flr mnis sold for delinquent tnIe- the
state OF Iowa -'antillly regular IN form, IL,
uier the statute Of that stat" at lie pyiB,1 fGci>
evidence that = sale wa- made; and, If there was
bona file sale sutstIUCrU fact the deri il
elusive evidence that II male at the proper time
and in the proper mTnner" IL also decides that I'm
case Sher- tsN-ieel regular in form recitei that
Isni was sold Jan 1, sni vhrr- the treasurer certf
ed that the sales Of land fOr delinquent taxes in the
county bagan on tiIst day, anil were continued from
day 10 day until Jan IS and that he entered all the
sales male on the tth sale OF lanl ai any time
during the period iOm the an 10 the 18th valid
and the recording such Sale made the first day
though actually made later did not impair the title "
Th- Cnitei states supreme eonrt stands with the
supreme court of the state upon th- principle that
land ownrrs must ply their taxes or LOSE then lands
The de>iSon l. a very important one. Anl viii inter
esJ deli' quent taxpayers and tsx-title purchasers
ially.-Io,sa Paper.
, 1877-02-24

IRREGULARI1TEs.-Fo several days past
complaints have reached Us from points MP
the valley of non-rec-ipt Of papers. The P.
o. people disciaim knowledge of anything ir-
regular, and the trouble must lie with the
route agents. We trust the new postal agent
viii look after the matter. OTap~,cs.
, 1877-02-24

president GRANT is said to have
made a good pie of money by inves-
ting in bonanza stocks and selling oGt
at the right time. One Of the bonanza
Senators is supposed ,c have had
good reason for showing him how to
do the trick.