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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
dollars, payable quarterly on his own war;

1OIlttISs DbyttDlJ laaht bpAay WA hAo VIVA WoA@
rant. -
NUMBER NINETEEN,
No license tax shall be imposed by the
State. or any parish or municipal authority
on any mechanical trade mandatory or faea
tory, except such BIS may require police Tegus.
lations, In towns and cities.
NUMBER TWENTY,
The Legislature Is authorized TO eXeInps
from State, municipal or parish taxation
household goods. such as furniture, wearing
apparel. tools of trade or profession and fam~
liz portraits, not exceeding In aggregate value
the sum Of five hundred dollars.
ACT NO. IL, EXTRA SESSION OF 1878.
NUMBER TwENTY-ONE.
Strike out the first part Of article 141 OF the
constitution Of 1868, which reads: "a unie
versity shall be established and maintained
In the city Of New Orleans. 1t shall pc COM
posed OF o law, O. medical and @ collegiate de-
partment, each with appropriate faculties
The General Assembly shall provide by. laW
for Its organization and maintenance; AND
insert: "The university shall be maintained
It shall be composed Of law, o medical ana
ON academical department, and such other
departments eas may be established by Law.
each with appropriate faculties; proyideds
that the law and medical departments already
organized shall continue In the city Of New
Orleans, and the academical and other de-
partments may be located elsewhere La the
State" iy18 til
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PROPOSALS FOR LIGHTING CITY
WITH OIL,
DEPARTMENT or POLICE,
Administrators Office,

New Orleans October 8, 1878. }
Sealed proposals addressed to the undersigned
will be received ct this office until BATU RDAY
NOON. the nineteenth instant, for lighting,
extinguishing, cleaning and keeping In repair.
etc. the lanterns. lamps ETC., in those portions
Of the city of New Orleans lighted with oil. for
term of two years, In accordance with specihca~
lions on file In this department.
The city reserves the right to reject any and
oil bids.
All parties making proposals for this contract
are required to deposit with the Administrator
of Finance. as an evidence of their intention to
abide by the adjudication. the amount OF one
thousand dollars in cash, which shall be for
feited to the city In case of failure to sign the
contract.
Bidders to whom the contract is not awarded
will have their deposits returned TO them on the
day the adjudication is made.
No bids will be- received unless accompanied
by the certificate Of the Administrator Of FL
nance certifying that the required cash deposit
has boon made.
Proposals to be Endorsed Proposals for light
ing. distinguishing, cleaning and keeping In RS
pair. ETC., the lanterns. lamps. etc. lighted with
OIL" and addressed to the undersigned.
Bids to be made at so much per lamp per ans
mum, cash. -
ROBT. t. DIAMOND.
Oc4 TIC Administrator.
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THU NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1873

ss1g 70 ords s poR 9s GR of pr e g
BGR fr B5Rs Is s oa Gr @ yin IN
uuiry at 46D46c for No. mixed, Mt.
WHEAT Receipts email and demand light
"' WHISKY Market quiet and steady. We quote
choice Cincinnati 81 0s01 Co., fair to good West
ern 81 O5@1 OF. Louisiana 81 o5@1 o6. VIZ
WOOIr-Demand good and prices Hrmer We
quote bury 9@1oc. Louisiana clear 2o@e2lc. lake
BUTTER-Dull, New York creamery y fine Inc
1a aaT Wa R1e
XII EaIEz ss q y lev York cream 1l@la'
STARQHIn lslr demand at ts s@aSc n liz l9ts'
8N12hPWff1htffF6pE ~ q i sigS Dbl
CABBAGEs-Are quiet. They are quoted
III B s111 3 nc; s@sxc Western 2H@s2o
POULTRY-Old chickens seat: young
81 5eGD5: ducks SO 6o@4 geese IS; turkeys slo@l2
EGGs - Western zoe: Louisiana 22@25c y
RIGE-Easy. Prime s@eAc, good bNg5Mo.
fair gA@shc, ordinargK 4%@5o' common 41Se'a$c'
BALT-Wessrs. Jackson d Manson, the we'll
known salt importers and dealers, nave opil-
lions: with sample stocks, on hand and very cry
limited demand. the market may be, duoted
easer. A cargo Of coarse Just arrived sold re
dealer private terms; we quote d esa9 T.
rates from warehouse 10000 TOR coarse. g5cgs =
bushel. Table salt In pockets 1sl@7o each. as In
size. -,
FISH Messrs. g. Fl. Lawrence. & %, have
oblieingly furnished us with the following
ppice list for new fish: Mackere extra No. !
Bbls sts. halves 30 50, quarters 50. kits %:
80 d. kite 81 Is; maekerel No 2-Bbls $40, halves
IS 25, quarters 50 rs, kits 81 10; mackerel No.
large-Dbls g. halves q u.s. aqarters g 81 90 kits
40 50. quarters o. Kits csc: maokere No, g.
small--bbls s5 halves 90 rs. quarters 81 rs. kits
g0n.
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ROBERT z. LEE
SIsCDX Y

FTVHIs STOVE HAS JUST BEEN INTRO:
Il duoedi In this market. It is, manufactured
In Georgia, and Is presented to the public as the
equal Of any Stove on this market for all house
hold purposes, with full guarantee to that ef:
feet while 1T Is sold fully TWENTY PER GENT
CHEAPER. by the undersigned.
JAMES KI. TgE YNOLDS,
General House and Steamboat Smith.
Plumbing, Gas and Steam Pipe Fitting. Stoves,
Ranges and Pumps.
90 ........... BarOnne Street ........s4-. DO
Between Union and Perdido streets,
ap1s1w NEW ORLEANS. LA.
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j. 1896 10 s352.5i3 %

Total thus tHr. Sh,ODH.oBb ~ soo1,oLo w
We quote exceptional paper 7@s y cent:
do s@1o: second grade do "a: loans on col
Iaterals $685. Al mortgage paper 5000: SEC
ond grade do % y cent per annum.
Gold Ia quiet and firm.
Foreign Exchange steady.
Sight In light request.
State ConBos steady at 751a@752S.
Premium Bonds easy at S1h@31N.
Stocks dull.
Gold opened In New York ut 1905. and closed
OF 10oH. Here it opened at 10ohf@1ooa. anu
closed at 1DO}6t@f00A,
STERLING Bank bills 4s2@4s3M: CONNER
cial 47sa(DA79h
FRANCS Bank francs $3.50; commercial 5.2GA'
HIGHT-Bank counter rate Is v cent COM
mercial A00H % cent discount.
NEW ORLEANS STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
FIRST cALLl-1O A. M
$4,000 State Consols. ...-................. 75a
States rs 15@7ks6; Premiums 31A@318.
SECOND CALL-12 M.
No sales.
States 751l@7stl: Premiums 31h@s1a.
THIRD CALL-2P. M
II 900 Premium Bonds. ............-....'. 3la
States rs 4 @752s; Premiums 311k03ia.
tBy Telegraph ..
NEW YonK, Oct 8.-Money closed at u cont.
Exchange closed lower at 4801st@4s5- Gold
opened at 1OOss and closed ut 1904.
LONDON Oct e.~Bar silver 514. Consols for
money ID lilo for account 94I.
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ENTs.
PROCLAMATION,
MAYoRALTY or NEW ORLEANS,
New Orleans. October Z. 1873.

New Orleans, October 7. 1878.
Whereas, his Exeelency. Francis r. Nicholas,
Governor OF Louisiana, has issued his Drocla-
nation setting apart WEDNESDAY,, the ninth
instant Us Il day OF fasting. humiliation and
prayer throughout the State;
Now, therefore, I, EDWARD PTLSBURY,
Mayor OF the city of New Orleans, do unite In
recommending to the good people OF this city
to close their places Of business and abstain
from their usual avocations on that day, and In
their respective places Of worship that they
join In the appeal to the Most High that in His
own good time He would stay the pestilenee
which walketh In darkness and wasteth at
MONDAY and that they invoke His choicest
blessings upon the people of these United
States who. with one heart. Without stint and
without measure. have poured out their treas-
ures In aid OF our grief-stricken communities
Given under my hand and seal, at the City
Hall, this seventh day OF October. 1878.
nc7 3t ED pITSBUHY Mayor.
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p EOpENING-oN TUESDAY, OCTOBER l.,
10 1873. will reopen my Oyster Saloon an9l
be prepared to serve my friends and the public,
GENERALLY, with the very choicest that the mar
Boarders will be accommodated. either up or
down stairs, at $50 per month, and s34 Il with
-Wine-two meals daily. The very best Oysters
viii be served in all styles at the same price as
at any first class establishment where oysters
are q specially.
The undersigned has thoroughly renovated
and repaired his restaurant, and guarantees
satisfaction.
Special wine list for all the approved best
brands at lowest prices.
LEON LAMOTHE,
se2o I'm Icons Restaurant,
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DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE,
City Hall. I
New Orleans. September 81. 1878.
The Twelfth Quarterly Allotment Of Premium
Bonds will take place In the Office OF the ADJ
ministrator of Public Accounts on TUESDAY,
October Is, 1878, at 10 o'clock q. M, at which.
time forty series will be drawn. (
CHAS. CAYANAC.
se22 I'll Administrator ad Interim
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Oc4 TIC
NOTICE.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE., Cry HALL,l
New Orleans september rs. 1873.
Whenever 1t becomes necessary to REMOVE
any of the OFFICES OF REGISTRATION
from their present location, application for
said removal must be made to this department.,
according to the provisions Of ordinance No.
4677, Administration Series, approved Septems
Der IT, 1873.
CHARLES CAVANAC,
rs
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Nine national banks In Boston passed their
dividends October /, and nine made reduced
dividends. The October dividends payable
In Boston amount to $4,373,728, OF which the
banks nay 81, 153,500
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This being fast day, appointed by the Gov
ernor there will be general closing OF ex-
x,Itnn1ns Custom House and stores.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-09

Torty-five millions Of pairs of sewed shoes
and 55.00000o pairs Of pegged shoes were
made and sold by the manufacturers of the
United States In 1877, and 85 per cent of the
yyork done on these shoes was done by ma
shinery.
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OPENING OF REGISTRATION OFFICES

REGIsrRAR OF VOTERS, PARISH or ORLEANS. I
New Orleans. August 30. 1875 {
The different - registration, offices will be-
O'Clock M. and every day thereafter from o.
o'clock a. N. to 70 O'Clock NJ. and from go D. m.
until 7 D. NJ. Sundays and legal holidays ex-
cepted. until MONDAY. October 81 1878. at e
o'clock o. m. ]. 0: LANDRY.
au30 GOT Registrar, Parish Of Orleans.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-09

State Consols were steady yesterday OF 751g
ca75sS, against 7511403751l On Monday, showing
a slight decline. Premium Bonds we're easy
ut 311sD311s, the same as on the previous
day. The gales at the Stock Exchange were:
ConsoIg, $4,000 at 7514, and $4,000 Premium
Honds nj 31L.
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vement at ports for four days. UP to


Receipts at ports since September 1..... .454 GAS
Receipts same time last year. SIT
Receipts same time year before. ...... 1913 AGA
The consolidated report for four days gives
exports to
G.B. FIRE.. Con. Chan. Stocks
Last week. ..14ol6 80. 2,374 212,sl5
This week last
OCEAN FREIGHTS-Are quoted as follows:
BY steam-Cotton to Liverpool 7.16d: to
Havre &C; to Bremen d.; to Hamburg -;
to Antwerp ID; to Revel and CrOnstadt &C; to
Genoa and Barcelona 49,; to New York re;
to Boston, Providence. Fall River and Phila-
delphia &C..
By sail-Cotton to LIVERPOOL ID; to Havre
15-16c to Bremen &C; to Hamburg ID; to Ant
werp ID; to Revel and Cronstadt d: to denoa
and Barcelona c; to New York Q; to Boston
Providence. Fall River and Philadelphia &C.
.SUGAR-Is In light request and prices I'M
changed.
We quote: Inferior -@-c: common to good
common 7@72sc; fair to good fair 77S@sc; fully
fair SIC; prime SIC; strictly prime SIC; gray
clarified O.; yellow clarified, as in quality,
o@9%; off whites. good to choice. eAc; white
clarified 97S@9Hc.
MOLAssEs-The market is quiet and prices
nominal.
We quote: Common 1s024c: fair 25@28c
prime 30@32c: strictly prime -@-c: choice -
&C.
COFFEE-Is In moderate demand at steady
nrinna
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-09

France is preparing to expend 81, OO,OO0,000
more during the next ten years on govern
ment harbors, canals and railways. Both
branches OF the legislative corps have sanc-
fioned this gigantic project which was pro-
posed with the utmost confidence by the gov
ernment The new loans will probably be
per cents, the French government having
met with no difficulty In placing that variety
OF bonds of late An exchange says:
cit was proposed because the people of France
very much wanted II. They have faith that tho
money will be expended with French frugality,
which 10 almost parFimony. and they AZ are hnx-
sous to subscribe 1t ten times over. When these
loans are offered the, spectacle will again be
seen of THOUSANDS Of peasants and artisans
money In hand, whiting for morning and
chance to subscribe for their beloved rentes. The
administrator suggested and the legi ,l Is
politicians and oilers or to distribute, largess
river and harbor bills. It Is intended for great
public works which are strict necessity or want
or will be an undoubted advantage to France as
mense increase OF travel and business ali over
France. The Improvement OF Boulogne harbor.
which Is Only one Of the mary things contem
the augmented trade with England alone.
WHAT WE Buy AND SEII.-The following
ports for the eight months of the year ending
August II, 1873, compared with the account
for the corresponding months OF 1877. 1t will
be seen that our surplus Of sales for 1878
promises TO exceed even the unprecedented
surplus shown in 1877:
For August. 1877. 1878.
Eyports-Domestic. ...... $41 ,73S.340 $58041,9 1922
Foreign......... 9Sl358 l,047 493
Total. .................. $40 Tl9 sos $50 O89 4S5
Imports. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 39.24S04 1893. 1865
Excess of exports. 80. $3.471.652 s22,1 200
For eight months ending
August 81.
Eyports-Domestlc- $367 1868. 631 $46G 1871 800
Foreign. ........ 1888 1901. pol
Total ..........-.. .$3T5 4S4 .2R1 $475 638. 761
TmDnrts 336, $50 ,266 2S7 1877 STA
Excess ofexports over ...---
imports............ $3S, PSI. 1895 $1S8, sol ,097
Species months
Exports - Domestic. 0766.3S3 15.995,52l
Foreign 900. S973,S60 5306 1872
Total ................. $39,740243 So, 30l 643
ymuorts. .,......... .,-.., 14276.b92 20,620 $50
Excess of EXPORTS. $25, 4635 1 1921. 1888
Merchandise and specie ~
Evnortg 415 2246o4 496 $40, 404
Imports OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 35O.S0S.958 307 s18,044
Excess Of exports over
imports 8 months. S64,415,546 S189, 122, $40
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Register before the offices are crowded.
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COIN MI III HgGHALs
OFFICE OF NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT,
Tuesday Evening. October 8. 1878.

COTTON-Holders were free sellers to-day.
and, under the influence OF good demand at
.asier prices. d fair business was done, the
sales aggregating $3.50 bales.
The following are the official quotations Of
the Cotton Exchange:
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Cotton on shipboard as per account Of the
Cotton Exchange Is as follows: Liverpool 2223,
Havre 20tg Bremen 131i. Mexico -. Spain =,
Mediterranean -. North Sea -. coastwise 1875
bales; total G307 bales. This. taken from the
stock at noon. as noted at the Exchange, leaves
In presses 81 1856 bales.
The receipts Mt oil ports, consolidated. as per
telegre ms to the Cotton Exchange show totals
bales, against $500 same time last week, 81 ,523
last year. and "a, 444 the year before.
The movement at ports for four days. UP to
IA TO- ia civ hn1pvu.
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ACT NO. rs, r.. s. OF 1878.
eJr7s1rrrrl nNM

That the seat OF government shall be estab-
lished OF The city Of Baton Rouge or at the
city Of New Orleans, as the majority OF the
e enn election: those voting to locate the
s Capital at Baton Rouge shall indorse
N their tickets, ttFor State Capital Baton
Rouge;" those voting to locate the capt.
tai at New Orleans shall indorse on their
tickets, t'For State Capital, New Orleans.
nnn.l
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FLOUR-There is small jobbing demand
and prices are easy Sales-25 bbls at SIS rs: %
at So So 25 at s5 So Is at S. 49, and Is at So 25 p
We quote: Choice extras SIS 1905 80: family
s5@b IS; trebles. low to choice, 81 25@5; double
So 1909: common 50 5000 rs. Dealers In their
trade obtain an advance OF soc u Dbl on these
stock light and market frm at s. 45@s 50 for for
tinue to sell at So rs y Dbl for small lots out
of store. Sales-5 bbs at 50 so, and 900 at 81 As
GRTTS-Supply moderate demand light and
marke steady at So 65@3 IS ~ bbl delivered to
the trade on the an 41 Dealers quote choice
HOMINY-Wholesale 5000 as: retail So 500
8 75
RYE FLoUR-H I,5 he at So 5000 rs,
and confined to small lots. which are sold at
Dry 5fsYS sALT + MEArs-rhe market remains
shoulders s, and new packed ditto sic. Old
meats are neglected and nominal
PORK-Quiet and steady. We duote mess firm
at 50 50; Dealers still quote mess at $1,000 IS.
BACON-Neglected and easy. Shoulders $50
SIC; clear rib sides 65s@62lc, and clear sides &C.
Dealers rates are &c higher than these prices;
trade and there is only q small business even
in that way. Prices. however. are quiet and
unchanged.
HAMS-The supply is fair and the demand
| moderate. and but little has been reported out
eide the local trade Prices are steady and un-
changed at decline of &c on last weeks QUOTA
tons. Wequote ordinary hams 9@10c, and choice
sugar cured 12@125lc. as in size, quality and
brand. Dealers prices are 14@ke higher.
BREAKFAST ,BACQN-The supply is ample
choice goods at e@gdc; dealers are charging
'i PAoKE Us ' HOG F0 PRoDUors-Dealers are
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
MONETARY
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT.
Tuesday Evening. October 8. 1878.

NEW ORLEANS CLEARING
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WHAT WE Buy AND SELL-The following
rs the account current Of our imports aud ex-
ports for the eight months of the year ending
for the corresponding months of 1877. It will
DO seen that our surplus Of sales for 1878
promises to exceed even the unprecedented
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PREMIUM BONDS.

CHARLES CAVANAC,
Admi IN istratnr Of Com m at,eA.
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ACT NO. IA, r. s. OF 1878.
NUMBER TWO.

Representatives shall be chosen on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday Ia November,
COMPLETED In one day. The General Assembly
shall meet on the first Monday In January,
1879. and biennally thereafter, on the first
Monday In January, unless different day be
appointed by law, and their sessions snail De
held at the seat OF government.
(Strike out article seventeen)
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Se2G
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-06-22

THE report of the chronological
Commission, just published, contains
an exhaustive and interesting account
of the locust, whose permanent breed
fairgrounds are said to be comprised in
an area of 100000 square miles in and
about Idaho, from which they only emf
CRATE when their native region becomes
too densely populated. They have not
strayed north beyond the timber line on
the 53d parallel, west of the Cascade
and Sierra Nevada ranges, nor east
beyond line drawn from the
western edge of Wisconsin to Hous-
ton, Tex, though they have been
found south of the Rio Grande. After
one year in new home the locusts in
variably wing their way back to their
permanent breeding grounds, though
nearly all die of parasites or disease on
the way. This being the case, the
scourge is to be averted by destroying
them at home, so that it will not be
necessary for them to swarm, and the
Commission give many means of doing
this. They prefer a law compelling
! farmers to harrow their eggs under in
the fall, but also suggest plow-
ing, irrigation, collection of the eggs
every bushel of which destroyed is
equivalent to 100 acres of corn saved
burning, crushing, trapping the young
locusts with tar and coal oil, diversified
farming, the encouragement of birds to
eat them and hundred other methods
The report is the most valuable ever
published by the Government, and will
be in great demand, especially at the
West. The Commission desire an APP
preparation to continue their labors an.
other year, and the character of the
work already done will probably Sc
cure it.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-06-22
A Bold COunterfeiting Scheme
sFs - sThwarted. sra, - az

A Washington special. to the st. Louis
Times says: Mr.. Glover's Investigating
Committee has made another highly in
teresting discovery in the Bureatrof EN-
craving and Printing. z The history in
detail of one of the boldest eonspiracies
on record to counterfeit Government Sc.
.crlrities is thereby revealed. The facts
are that some years. ago a noted coun-
ferfeiter named Hank Hall. alias
Holmes, in New York, employed two
plate printers named 'Lankton, father
and son, to come to Washington, and get
employed in, the Printing Bureau, and
secretly obtain impressions in sheet
lead of the plates used in printing United
States notes and bonds The Lanktons
succeeded in obtaining employment,
and by careful management took inn
preston of compound interest, note
plates of several dimensions also 30
cent fractional currency plates and some
others. These were taken to New York,
and compound interest notes to the
amount of S75O,O00 printed - Hall and
the. Lanktons then quarreled.r The
Younger Lankton was .poisoned; his
father got scared and fled and finally ex-
posed the conspiracy. Hall was ar
rested but managed to elude punish
ment until reward was offered for
these counterfeits, when he secured inn
munity from punishment by producing
them all, delivering them up to the de-
partment.