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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-07
CITY CoUNcIL-oFFlCIAL.
REGULAR MEETING
C1TY HALL. Nav ORLEANS, |
Wednesday, March G, 1878. !

Wednesday. March 6. 1878. I
The Council met this day at IL o'clock m. in
regular session.
Present: Hon. Ed. Pilsbury, Mayor, presiding;
and Administrators Brown, Cavanao. Dia-
mond, Edwards, MoCsffrey and Repgstorff.
The reading Of the minutes of the previous
meeting was dispensed with, and they were APP
proved as printed
COminunica lions from the Mayor anu All"
ruinistralOrs.
The Mayor laid before the Council the se@leo
propossls received in his Office for furnishing
McDonogh School No. g. They were opened
and read BY the Secretary and referred to the
School Board for report. They were as follows
Excelsior School Furniture Manufaotur-
"b,s J No 81, TAO Ct
Excelsior school Furniture Manufsctur-
ing Company, Jas, i. Pernet, agent, .oo ~
R;oe horn r. DO ,,..,..........,...... 400 80
National School Furniture Company,
A. Fl. wilkins, agent. 't.'.'
Tho TO lowing message from the Mayor was
MAYonAJTY OF New ORLEANS,
New Orleans, March 6, 1873. !
To the City Council:
L
adopted at your last meeting, providing tor inc
payment OF 5000 to Mississippi Fire Company
No. ., Tor back rent.
No appropriation having been made for such
pnrpose in the budget OF 1878, the Administrator
Of Public counts is prohibited by section ~.
City Charter, from auditing and the Admln'stra'
tor Of Finance from paying such claims.
ED. PILSBURY, Mayor.
On motion Of Mr.. MoOaffrey, the Mayor veto
Was unanimously sustained.
| The following report from the Commissioners
OF the MoDonogh School Fund Was read and re-
ceived ,,--..,
MAyoRALTyoF NEW ORLEANS, !
New Orleans, March 6. 1878. !
To the City Council Of New Orleans:
We have the honor to submit the proposals
the parties named below for building the MO
Donoph School louise No. 8, on square NO il96
Third District bounded by Tonti, Rooheblave
DAbsdle and Onzaga streets. received an'
opened in the Mayors Office, March 1, at IL m
| ,,,,r.,, ~ IN official notice.
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JC DENIS. Administrators.
Office TO BAKERS.

MAYoRALTY OF NEW ORLEANS.
City Hall. February Q, 1877. !
The average price OF fresh -four being this dag
seven dollars; in accordance with said valua~
ton the price OF bread for the week com menca
ing on MONDAY. February 4. 1877. will be:
Sixty-two ounces for twenty cents.
Thirty-one ounces for ton cents
Sixteen ounces for five cents.
Bakers OF bread are required TO use only the
best -four of the above value Der barrel and the
useof damaged or inferior -four In bread offered
for sale In this city La prohibited. Consumers
of bread are requested to report TO the nearest
police station any violation of the above ordf4
nance either In variation OF weight or quality OF
material.
fe3 led. PILSBURT. mayor. y
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An Interesting point in regard to shippers
rights, has been recently decided In ono OF tho
New York courts: Charles Fl, Lagman engaged
the National Steamship Company to carry 1000
tons of freight for him from New York to Lily,
erpool at d fixed rate per ton. He hen sold
this right of transportation, In parcels. to sey,
eral shippers In Chicago ut rates which wond
give, him u profit Of about 100 per cent The
goods we're taken at Chicago by the Erie and
Pacific Dispatch Com any. which. under gen
oral authority from the steamshp bRs
fading from New York to Liverpool The
goods were brought 70 New York, =, charged e
steamship company paid the inland charges.
took the goods to LIVERPOOL. collected tho whole
freight and refused to pay Lagman anything.
contending that his contract only covered such
goods as he should himself ship from New
York He instituted suit agai INST the company.
and. on reference. obtained judgment for the
freight received by the company. less the price
which he had agreed to paw and what had been
advanced to the Erie and Pacific Dispatch Com,
has just been sustained by the Supreme Court
in the general term, which pronounces the con con
tract valid and the plaintiffs use OF it legiti-
mate.
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( Commercial and Financial Matters.
The national debt reduction for February was
~ aso oo which IL pretty fair for the hard times

Three vessels cleared hence for Liverpool
Yesterday. with cargoes which included 1883
sacks OF oil cake.
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The steamship Scindia cleared yesterday for
Liverpool with 1885 bushels of Corn and 1879
bushels of Rye In bulk.
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CITY ORDINANCES OFFICIAL.
NATIONALITY OF New ORLEANS,
City Hall. March 6, 1878.

o
City Hall. March 6, 1878.
mo. 1888 Standardization series.l
Resolued, That permission be and is hereby
granted to s. M. Boyd to use one OF the dredge.
boats belonging to the city for the purpose OF
raising coalboats on the river, provided said
boat shall be repaired at his own cost and e1-
nense: and provided, further. that be will give
good security for the return Of said boat IN good
condition and repair; this permission revocable
at the pleasure OF the Council.
Adopted by the Council Of the city OF New
Orleans. February &c, 1873.
true copy:
THos. G. RAPIER, Secretary.
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New Orleans Democrat. ndyer ling
proposals for Department ri Water
works and Public Buildings, APP
proved. ..,............. ...t..... W
New Orleans Democrat, subscription
for the year ending January ~,
1879, for Department OF Assess
ments, approved. ..............s. 10 o0
4. r. Hansell, transfer blanks, note
heads, ETC.. for Department OF Pub
lie Accounts. -. ........,... l9 10
T. F. Hansel, stationery, etc, for
Mayors office ...... ............ aD I'D
Jas Andrews, for bringing steam launch
Il. e. Andrews to the city, as per
agreement. ......... ........,.... ~ 30
P. Gallagher, CITY sexton, for building
wall, repairing and cementing
vaults in Lafayette Cemetery No,2.
Besnard h Montsgnet for the cnnstruc-
ton OF f)odgate on the Peoples
Avenue On nal, at the intersection OF
the GENTLY Road, ne per resolution
OF the City Council No. 4239..... $3.50 10
Total ........................s 12,488 Ga
Adopted by the Council of the city Of New Or
leans, March 6. 1878.
Yeas-Brown Cavanac Diamond, Edwards
MoCaffrey, Rengstorff.
ED. PILsBURY, Mayor.
true copy:
THos G. RAp1ER, Secretary.
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The towboat Liberty, with three barges, iett
Cairo on the fourth instant for this port, with
eels sacks Of Corn and 62.5oo bushels OF Corn IN
hill
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French china decorated tea and dessert SER
vices. of the latest styles. 1T E. 0fner Co. s.
ITA Canal street.
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MAYoRALTY OF NEW ORLEANS,
City Hall, March 6, 1873.
mo. 1885, Administration Series
Resoipea, That the sum Of s26, GAG SO be, and
the Same is hereby appropriated, to pay the pay
roll OF the Crescent City Police for the month OF
February, 1878; and that the Administrator
of Public Accounts warrant for the payment of
the same
Adopted by tho Council Of the city OF New Or
leans, March 6, 1878.
Yeas-Brown, Cavanac, Diamond. Edwards,
McOaffrey, RengstorH.
A true copy
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The Good Time Coming.

Tne ADO0 Hlne AOUnaHE'
A remarkable streak Of good fortune seems
to have smiled upon our Western and Southern
steamboatmen Of late Ono good turn after
another has oyertaken them. until It seems now
that the sunshine OF prosperity and success ls
smiling spon them as in the good old DAYS of
yore. For a long time railroads seemed mon,
trss The Wys abd a son S1d os boa
were almost entirely dependent upon local
packet trade for support, But notice. during
Orleans Is fast superseding New York rs
shipping point to foreign ports. Eads Jetties
The passage OF the new steamboat bill. the
immense crops, the improvements OF our
rivers. the wping out Of existence foolish laws
concerning boats and boatmen, the reduction
Of wharfage at various cities and towns. me re.
duction OF officers licenses. the signal light
system. reduction OF foliage In our canal the
establishment Of pool lines and their successes
the further legisl ation Of acts and laws looking
to the exclusive interests OF steamboats, and the
commerce and trade of our great rivers and
these blessings and others TO follow. thoclcudB
Of ndversty. which have hung 50 heavily over
Gus sunshine of pros perity. Ii looks to us ns II
the great tide Of trade and commerce. which
has been sweeping 50 long towards New 49fk
towards New Orleans aud the West and South,
All that used TO be cnrlied and showed a., ~
the beautiful and mighty Mis- .issippi and Ohio
rivers. seems. rs ii Of its own free will ana ac ,,
cord rushing down those great rivers ana all
going to New Orleans and out through the Jet
ties instead of New York and Its. vast harbors,
Just look at all the railroads In this country To-
day. Some few manage to keep out OF the poor
house but the majority nre bankrupt or In the
hands of receivers. Look at the lines running
east and north. lighting like cats and dogs Tor
the little old bone" with scarce enough meat me,
upon it to feed grasshopper. while the raul
roads Of the West and South are aetqmally doing
East. and this "cut-rate' business certainly
means something. 1t means they want busi-
ness-that which was once theirs is theirs no
longer.
Quite & number OF large. fine, fast steamboats,
have been built during the past year; more are
being built. and we are satisfied that there will
be room and business" for all. If steamboat;
men will only dwell together in unity" and
work together for each others good. Organic
your pool lines. and live up to them and thei1
obligations II you do. our word for it. you wi
know no such word rs fail" We can't see it
in any other light than that beautiful anc
prosperous future is awaiting the steamboat
men of the Yves, and South. and the press an
the people should arouse themselves at once <
heimportance of this fact. -lLouisyille Courier
Journal.
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Three years In the penitentary, the punish
ment msted out by New York recorder 70
dishonest dealer. who Obtained GOODS by laiSe
representations Us to his financial RESPONSE
bility, ought to have salutary erect on the
very NUMEROUS class who succeed III swndling
rnerchants In the same way.
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MAYonALTY OF NEW ORLEANS,
City Hall, March 6, 1878. !
mo. Standardization Series.
An ordinance ptovdog for the payment OF the
accounts therein named.
Be it ordained. That the following appropria-
tions be and are hereby made for the month
of February, 1878, and that the Admin
istrator OF Public Accounts warrant on the
Administrator Of Finance in payment OF the
same:
Jas. D. Houston, Criminal Sheriff, for
maintenance of prisoners s3,939 go
For fees in Superior Criminal Court e.. 1,l8i 30
For fees in First District Court .... 480 50
For fees in Second Judicial District
Court. ............-. .......... oo4 on
Total Observation-Disclosures. So 2O6 20
Adopted by the Council of the CITY Of NNo~ Or
leans, March 6, 1878.
Yeas-BrowD, Cavanac, Diamond, Edwards,
ED PILsBURY, Mayor.
A true COPY:
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true copy:
THos G. RAPIER Secretary
MAYoRALTY OF NEW ORLEANS,
City Hall, March 6, 1878. !
mo. Observation-Disclosures Series.l
An ordinance providing for the payment Of the
accounts therein named
Be it ordained, That the following appropria-
tions be and are hereby made for the month OF
February, 1873, and that the Administrator OF
Public Accounts warrant on the Administrator
of Finance in payment OF the same:
New Orleans Gaslight Company, for
lighting the city, as per contract s10,898 40
Thomas Pickles, for lighting oil lamps,
as per contract. -.............. 1879 IL
Lamp posts etc Observation-Disclosures. 81 so
Adopted by the Council Of the city OF New Or
leans, March 6. 1873.
Yeas-Brown, Cavanas, Diamond, Edwards,
McCafrey, Rengstorf.
ED. P1LsBURY. Mayor,
A true copy: o
THos q. RAPrER, Secretary.
MAYoRALrY OF NEW ORLEANS,
City Hall, March 6, 1873.
An ordinance providing for the payment OF the
several accounts therein named.
mo. 1892 Administration Series.
Be ut ordained That the following appropriations
| be and are hereby made for the month Of Feb.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1878-10-17

Ilulll tllc iAiul nJVWh"i'
Young men contemplating marriage
have so frequently called upon us to adj
wise them in the manner of popping the
all important question that at last we have
concluded to give our opinion brief air
ing, once for all.
You will find it II comparatively easy
matter to secure a wife if You will cxer-
else care as to the time and place, with
some little regard as to the manner, Ncv-
er propose to Il young lady after hearty
meal. The blood is needed to aid her
digestion, and her imagination Is chilled.
NorShOuld it come Just before Il meal,
for the longings Of an importunate system
conduce to anxiety and irntability, and
tine shock may prove hazardous. 1t would
be better to select the evening, and gem
orally after you have taken her to some
entertainment Her nerves are then
apt to be stronger, and her mind may
have already dwelt on the possibilities
until she is perfectly prepared for the
reality.
But never forget youself so far as to
propose on returning from Il theater. She
VIII nave lllc sll It's 'tllN an VI o'il' "N'e'
before her mental vision and you can t
compare with the romance she throws
over him. The best way is to invite her
to some entertainment which you know
she wants to attend, and then propose to
her Just as she is ready to start This
will be greatly to your advantage, for she
will easily see that rejection will upset
an evenings amusement, and will largely
influence her decision.
In the spring Of the year you must re-
member that her system is undergoing Il
change, and there must be II change OF
scenery to excite her torpid imagination.
Never risk a proposal in the house at this
season. Take her for drive over the
worst road available. When at dis
tancc from home convenient for the pur-
pose, tell her frankly that she must
consent or she will have to walk back.
Nine times out of ten she will prefer to
ride
The summer possesses claims over other
seasons, if natural advantages are Judi
ciously applied Strolls in the woods are
cilicacious, or losing ones way in Il black
berry patch will bring reasonable wo-
man to terms. Never 90 a fishing with Il
view to proposing. You cant avoid smell
ing a bait Il perfume inconsistent with
love making.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1878-10-17

Fr,p, thc DprI r,.tn, IIa,vkcyc
w,. -. ..,,..:.... A.. l,l,...
we r''l''ll'ocr ll''''li'H MI r'''SoI'
some years ago, when he was most deeply
absorbed in his experiments relating to
fine roudrrtilility of soprd tbrouoh yori-
In. .,,II,.l ,,.. .,sI in,.n
GUS ''''''u'''N' anu "'''' ' ''i'H anu 'i','i,
cStlnS conversation with nm upon That
subject. We conycrscd upon the we'll
known fact that the same mcdiumo Of trans
mission has different properties at differ
rnt times. We both cited instances in
which man f. years old, though using
his utmost strength of lung and voice.
could not Shout loud enough, at $50 in
the morning, to awaken boy 8 years old
just ON the other side of lath and plaster
partition. while ut II o'clock that night
the same boy would hear low whistle on
the sidewalk, through three doors and two
flights of stairs, and would spring instant
ly ont of Il sound sleep in response to it..
1t was Il belief Of Mr.. EdsOn'S at that
time. that sound could be made to travel
as rapidly us feeling, and to test the mat
ter he had invented delicate machine
called the spanctrophonc, which he was
lust about irving when we met him. We
were greatly interested in the machine
and readily agreed TO assist IN the expert
mcnt. BY the aid Of Mr. Ellison and IL
Strcct-cm nickel we cntircd into the la
boMtory boy about Z years old. After
many times rcassuring him and promising
him solcmnly that he would not be hurt,
we got the machine attached to him, and
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1878-10-17

the heart and lungs OF our industrial
world, whence would have pulsated the
living tide of our currency to yiviiy
which, when worn out and etletc
it would have returned for renovation.
Then gold, rclegatcd to its true posi- tlon
as merchandise, could have increased or
decreased without causing Il ripple on the
surface of affairs, and, with II demand for
it almost amounting to nothing, it would
have had no other value attached to it
than its normal share in connection with
every other class Of property represented
by the greenbacks. Then, hayingno need
OF gold, Government could have imposed
prohbitory tariff on all goods Of foreign
manufacture and thereby given such an
impetus to the energy and enterprise OF
the people that everywhere new ilctories,
new trades, and new arts would have
blossomed out all over the land, making
greater demands on the currency to sup
port and represent them, and turning out
productions so great and varcd that y tax
thereon too slight to be telt, would have
supplied Government with revenue fully
ample to meet every emergency. Then
wages, rents, and prices would have been
high compared with what they were when
gold ruled as the measure and not like
grccnbacks as the representative of value;
distinction viyidly drawn in the early
days of our fratmcidal struggle, when,
with bread at , cents loaf, excited mObs
paradcd the streets of New York crying
Bread or blood, mdwhen, a few months
later, with bread ut 10 cents loaf after
the issue of grccnbacks, peace and con
tcntmcnt prcvailcd thus showing it is
not the price of food which determines the
happiness or misery of people, bnt the IA
cilitics allowed them for acquiring the
means to pay the price Without green
backs, without currency but only gold,
there was rioting and starvation with
bread at cents loaf but with green
backs alone and no gold, there was peace
and abundance with bread at 10 cents Il
loaf Grccnbacks as the representative of
values clcyatcs propcrtyto the price of the
labor expended in creating it, and while
doing 50 furnishes the means to pay that
price; but gold as the measure Of values
constantly lowers property from the price
the labor expended in creating it, and
while doing so gives birth to every species
Of misery and oppression. WM. Howard.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1878-10-17
The First Precious stones.

From the Popular Science MOnthly.
The first precious stone reproduced, not
only in its appearance but its real nature,
and in all its component parts, is the
lapisluzuli, the sapphire of the ancients,
not to be confounded with the sapphire Of
our modern jewellers. This untranspar-
ent stone, of magnificent azure-blue
color, was most highly priced by the an
cient Hindoos, Assyrians, Persians, Jews,
Egyptians, Greeks, ETC.; and this ire
fragably refutes the erroneous theory Of
some archGologists that the ancients were
unable to distinguish the blue color.
When pulverized, this stone furnishes the
surprisingly beautiful ultramarine color
with which the artists of the middle ages
delighted TO paint the mantle or gown Of
the Virgin Mary, although they had to
pay the most cxtravagant prices for the
pigment, which they always charged in
the bills of those who had ordered a sa-
cred picture from them. Some fifty OF
sixty years ago, Gmelin, the German
chemist, discovered that this most beau
tiful Of blue colors could be artifcially
produced by heating argillaceous earth
with soda, sulphur and carbon; and now
that Guimet the French chemist, has
practically introduced this process, Eu
rope manufactures annually about 100
000, 900 pounds Of this pigment, most o
which is produced in Germany,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1878-10-17

on that bill of mine gave me the clue to
your handwriting Mr., Bland-there is
Il Mr.. Blmd-scnt me down here after
you. Those figures and K-o-r-r-e-c-t
cleared you. There We're no figures like
yours in the altered accounts. George
lIarland was thief. was glad when
| could congratulate yOn on your luck. ~
"Luck, Madam! what do you mem?'
"lou were the only gentleman here
all the rest of them were cads and mutis.
Your society was not unpleasant to me,
and | should have so dislikcd to have been
the means of bringing Il theft to your
door Mr.. Bland was on that coach, with
the driver. Iou may have noticed first a
blue spluttcr and then red splutter
from his match. That meant All right,
Mrs Bland. George larland had mis-
appropriated $4,000 belonging to your
stupid old bank, and did it, clever as You
are in figures, right under your nose, Sir.
The papers for the last week have had
an inkling Of it-nOt where you would
look for the news, but in personals and
advertisements. That is why read the
papers. Please don't 20; any sympathy
might have had-and have not much
10 Wast?-waS really thal oi Una tnahKlul'lcss Fi, ,
tllill quiz y ucGeNV youlg mum l'He @ you
w'S SiliCI Miiiu' HcNtt SuHpcctVu Sou'
though AIr' bI1hu might nave aolle a6o So
"torS' il3riitla ouSli' 10 nave 9',u'voo' III
notes Wllh nlnl' num- on MS person, tni' , very
moment i mere was " oa'e look oI 3rc'o
III IN, NE "onl''. l"cyi , .r
,,,r,) ou atG, tiGn, M@ulheI ,r.,;l g,
ne VIE Oh 6I Mr, PlllGi i AN i,; airal,'
ana mere Ms bIHhd Sinil,u' showing N III, me
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1878-10-17

DR.. Holland IN scribner for October.
We had occasion, some months ago, tC
alludc to the examples Of immortality fur.
nished by men of money to men Of labor
in endcavoring to account, in some meas.
ure, for the brutal Gxcesses of the latter
1t was Il plain case, that hardly needed
arguing. The notorious facts, in cOnnec
ton with the moneycd classes for the last
ten years, are those which relate to the
betrayal of trusts, the watering OF stocks
gambling in grain and other necessaries
of life, the wrecking of insurance compa.
nies, the bursting of savings bank,
through stealing and reckless manage,
mcnt, the running of railroads in the in
terest of directors rather than in that oi
stockholders and the public, ETC., etc
Poor people have looked on, and felt al
tine power of this degrading example. The
way in which capital has been managed
and mis-managed in this country has beer
utterly dcmoralizing. The poor have
seen capitalists stealing from one another
in thousand ways, and even stealing
their own hard-earned savings. The
gambling in stocks, the gambling il
grain, the defalcatiOns among men who
have been universally trusted, the malver.
sation of persons high in the church, the
great game of grab" played generally
among those supposed to have money
and ar,ong the great corporations-all
these have tended to break down the pub.
lie morality; and if the poor have been
apt to learn the lesson Of life from the
"sunorior classes thpv have simnlv
learned to steal. What wonder the trades
unions thrive? What wonder we have
unreasonable mobs? If stealing is to be
the order of the day, the poor want theil
chance with tine rest!