The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-07

coming of the yellow fever pest. lt IS
thought, too. that these precautions must
have the effect of preventing much disease
and the serious raging Of the fever as In last
year ia not therefore looked Tor.
The total valuation Of Boston property for
1879, real and personal, is $612, 253, GOO, loss
of s1s. 1g3. 600 The tax assessors have fixed
the rate at S12 so per $1,000, decrease of
thirty cents. There Is gain Of $3.50 polls,
mainly in Democratic wards.
The Louisville COuIier-J ournal Of the fourth
Instant says 1T was thought by many that
the rise would make sufficient water In the
lower Ohio to let out number of towboats
with their tows, but In this they have been
disappointed and but very little of the coal
which arrived will be able to 60 below.
Nearly 1000, 900 bushels arrived here in the
fleet
The lighthouses along the New England
coast are now beaming with unwonted brill
lianGy. 1t has been noticed that after the reg
ular annual inspection" by Mr.. Sherman
they shine in manner that astonished the
mariner and puzzles the cod and mackarel. It
Is little singular, however, that the lights
any of Mr.. Sherman's care.
The st. Louis Times OF the fourth instant
says: French orders for wheat in large
amounts have been received In New Orleans,
but for Jack OF suitable tonnage the orders
have been sent to Baltimore. st. Louis is
sending large quantities of bulk grain to
New Orleans in barges, and the papers are
iubilant over the success Of the jettles. ALI
that remains IS for them to bring in the heavy
carrying grain vessels, and the trade Is an
assured fact. Without this, it is not far out
OF the way to call the river grain trade de-
fusion.
There are still outstanding about seventy
five million dollars worth Of called United
States bonds, upon which interest has ceased.
Many Of these bonds are on deposit In the
treasury as security for the circulation OF
national banks, the owners having been
choused out OF their chance to exchange for 4
per cents by the sharp traffic of Mr.. Sherman
with the syndicate. They are doubtless ex-
pecting decline In the price Of per cents to
/; par OF a moderate premium, when the de-
mand Tor money to "move the crops" and for
! other business enterprises becomes more
| q
per cent.
1t was decided at Louisiana, Mo, a few days
ago that fire engine belonging to a city can
not be seized and sold for its debts. Creditors
of the city had obtained judgment In the
, United States court on its bonds. and the fire
engine and apparatus belonging to the city
were seized; but the city applied to Judge
Porter, Of the Pike County Circuit Court, for
an order enjoinng the sale. It was granted
on the ground that the fire department prop
erty was part Of the city government. and its
seizure and sale would be against public pol
icy. The court further held that the proper
course to pursue was to apply for mandam-
US on the city council requiring 1t to levy a
tax on the property Of the city for the pay
ment Of the judgments.
1t is odd that United States bonds stolen
from the Manhattan Savings Bank of New
York should be successfully negotiated, not
withstanding the wide publicity given Of their
number, issue and denomination, and should
not be recognized until presented at the
United States Treasury Department for re-
demption or exchange. Among the bonds
thus taken was a number of coupon 5-2os of
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ol NlHuU HIll SJUU, j. ne
discovery at the treasury arose from the fact
that bonds OF like numbers had already been
received in exchange for per cents. The
, numbers Of the stolen bonds were changed in
, a manner which shows that the operation
was the work of skilliul experts. The red ink
numbers were removed or changed by the use
alkalies, new numbers were printed on the
, bonds, and the background OF the numbers,
} which was also removed by alkalies, was
skillfully restored by painting with brush.
The entire operation was done SO artstically
as to defy detection without the aid Of good
glass. Thus far five of the stolen bonds have
: been discovered by the treasury officers, two
being of the denomination of $1,000 and three
OF $500 The numbers Of the thousand dollar
stolen bonds were It's, $50 and 20S,419. On the
former the figure was changed into cipher
and In the latter the figure was changed
into g. The numbers of the three five hun
dred dollar bonds detected were altered as
follows: No. 97,92s to 97S28; No. 208746 to
2OS, 74S, and No. 194,597 to 1867 The gov
crnment will not redeem the altered bonds,
and the holders must bear the loss or trace
down the responsible persons.
MONETARY.
OFFICE OF NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT.