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Year: 1873

The Times, in displaying the e'silver
lining" to the financial cloud that over
hangs our city, says:


In considering the actual financial stand
ing Of the city II must pe remembered that
her Indebtedness can not at the worst eX-
ceed the limit of So ,OOo,oc0.


We regret to know that this is delusion
likely to be dissipated at any day that an un-
scrupulous orneedy Legislature may come
into power. This limitation, so-called,
is nothing but an act Of Legislature,
and may be violated tomorrow with i'm
punity. We mention this error because
it is common to great many persons,
and because We would be glad 70 see the
constitution so amended as to limit the
power of the Legislature to impose NUM-
cipal Indebtedness upon the city corpora
ton or upon any other.


It must be obvious to al who have the
permanent reduction Of debt and taxes at
heart that with the outstanding and un-
limited power Of the Legislature to man
damus the city into debt the limitation
of the State debt is disadvantage to the
people Of the city of New Orleans. Why?
Because the city only pays sixty-six end
two~tbirds per cent OF the State debt while
she is responsible for the whole of her own
debt, The Legislature then, restricted
from taxing all It's constituents, may i'm
pose special werk or a special debt upon
the city. In such case the city must pay
more debt and taxes than if there was no
limitation upon the Legislature to increase
the debt of the State.


An amendment Of the constitution limit
ing the powA Of tie Legislature to man
damus the city to incur debt, beyond a
certain amount, would greatly improve
the standing Of our civic securities in
foreign markets. While the paramount
power of the State government over the
corporate creatures Of its OWE enactment
can not be disputed, it might be well to
define and limit that power IN the par
ticular stated
Year: 1873

A letter from Terrebonne parish ir-
forms as that several Of the unquiet
spirits OF Houma and vicinity are trying
to get up disturbance there. We are
asked to call the attention of the Governor
to the report. For the information Of the
quiet citizens of Houma We will say
Colonel Flanagan and his gallant peace
makers, who carry percussion locks, have
just returned to the city from most sue
cessful mission to Livingston parish, and
can, if necessary, be sent to Terrebonne
at three hours notice. If the citizens of
Houma will telegraph to the Governor on
the frs appearance Of actual danger, we
have no doubt force will be sent to look
into matters on the instant.
Year: 1873

a deeper port at the mouth Of the Sabine.
We have no purpose to controvert the
anticipations of these gentlemen, nor to
convince them that their way to Europe
is through New Orleans. Our only OBJ
ject in this reference was to show that the
men Of ST. Louis are not so separated by
political artagonism and official greed as
TO refuse co-operation upon the common
welfare. OF this, an additional and even
more important example will be given; but
it should occur to New Orleans that if her
best talent is employed in violent strife
as to the distribution Of Offices, there can
be none of that harmony in pursuit OF
her commercial interests which is so IN
dispensable to her welfare. Can we not
expect such harmony and cooperation, or
shall we wrangle about politics while 81
Louis and other cities invade our territory
and carry away our commerce?
Year: 1873

Tie force Of Metropolitan militia re-
Gently sent up to Livingston parish, under
command Of Colonel Flanagan, have re-
turned to the city without firing hostile
gun OR being confronted by a single foe.
The report Of the commanding officer,
sent to the REPUBLICAN yesterday, from
Baton Rouge, will be found among our
dispatches this morning, and afford all
the information on the subject there is to
be had.


This makes the second expedition OF
the kind that has been sent out since the
passage Of the law authorizing the employ
ment Of the Metropolitan Police as mill
tia force, to be used in any part Of the
Sta-=. The result has been such as to sat
isiy the most sanguine friend Of that wise
enactment, and to give most assuring
sense Of safety to every good citizen Of
the State. The great trouble with US las
been heretofore that upon every occasion
OF disturbance, bluster or even riot, our
State officials have been without an ade-
quate State force to send to the scene 20
restore order by the strong hand. IN de-
fault Of such an auxiliary, We have been
in tie habit of looking to the
United States government for that
help which we should have been in a con-
dition to do without. This has undoubt-
edly placed the Republican government of
the State in false position abroad, ard
led people to inquire why the party, be-
ing in majority, could not sustain itself.
The solution of the problem involved ex-
plantations which com plicated the whole
matter, and rarely proved satisfactory,
For the first time, then, since the adop-
ton Of the constitution Of 1868 We are
placed on such basis that we are able to
sustain ourselves. And 50 long as p1u-
dent counsels prevail, the State forces
that can be brought into action at short
notice will be practically invincible before
any that the malconten.s can array against
it. In this connection we may express
our qualification that there has been no
necessity TO Use forcible measures in the
sections of the State already visited, ard
We sincerely hope such an emergency
may neyeg arise Fog while we insst
upon Che aigid enforcement of the Saws
we hope 90 baye Ss Goue without seed
shed.
Year: 1873

A Lawrence man allows his wife 80
week for pin money, with the understand
irg that she shall forfeit ten cents for each
absent button, and the same amount for
each cup OF poor coffee. This arrangement
has been going On for two years, and the
day has not yet come when he could claim
Year: 1873

Tilton says that the bosom o. Brigham
Iouns's family is perfect sierra OF
breasts" We have often heard it said OF
Theodore that he was an incomprehensible
sort of fellow-forever in the clouds; but
we should Judge from his remark that he
had been steadily going higher than that,
and had finally got into the milky way.
Year: 1873

A Peoria expressman has horse that,
Immediately upon being unhitched, goes TO
a hydrant in the stable yard, and taxing
hold of the handle of the stop-cock with It's
teeth, turns on the water unfit the trough
is nearly full, when it ouenches its thirst.
Year: 1873

A Modoc picked up a shell which had
been thrown into his lava bed, and thinking
il was a water melon, undertook to pull the
stem out with his teeth. He is now cultl-
waiting small melon patch in the happy
buntIug ground beyond the western sky.
Year: 1873

1t is interesting TO note how many dlt-
ferent ways Tangipahoa was rendered N
the Northern and Western papers the
morning after the news of the police move
ments ON Amite was telegraphed by the
Associated Press
Year: 1873

B1 THE DANBUR1 MAN.


Paper collars are well enough
understood now, and the addition
of cloth lining has worked a won
derful Improvement in the article.
The boy who tries his first collar in
this day has none of the trials or
apprehensions of the boy of ten or
fifteen years ago. We remember
with unpleasant destinctness the
first paper collar we ever wore. 1t
was at surprise party. A half
hour after the advent of ourself
and the other surprisers we were
located in the parlor on mohair
chair. And they were very fresh
and vigorous mohairs too. 1t was
our intention TO have got in cor
ner, but we missed the aim, and
got located within eighteen inches
Of the stove. 1t was large stove,
with a complicated mass of perpen-
dicular sheet iron pipes, like an
organ, only il was warmer than an
organ. The stove set out from the
Year: 1873

A lecturer undertook to explain
to a village audience the word
phenomenon" "Maybe you don't
know what a phenomenon is.
Well, I'll tell you. You have seen
a COW, no doubt. Well, COW is
not a phenomenon. You have seen
an apple-tree. Well, an apple-tree
is not phenomenon. But when
you see the COW go up the tree tail
foremost, and pick the fruit, it is a
phenomenon"
Year: 1873

1t is scarcely necessary to tell
the fashionable Ladies and Gentle
men Of Osceola and vicinity that
c. II. Gaylord is again receiving
an immenco stock of Fall and
Winter Goods. The lorge piles of
empty cases stacked in front of his
store house in sufficient proof that
he has the stock;-but if you are
skeptical, step inside the mammoth
building, and be convinced that
the largest and best selected stock
Of goods is here to be found, at
prices to suit the times.
Year: 1873

THE long looked tor local packet,
West Wind made her appearance
at our wharf yesterday evening, on
her way to Memphis. Capt. Tom
Sexton, who was aboard, informed
US that he would be on her until
the Frank Forrest is brought out,
which will be in y few days. The
West Wind will leave Memphis on
her return trip on next Sunday
and arrive here on Tuesday Morn
ing. AS soon as the Forrest is
brought in the line we will publish
a regular time table, in the mean
time we would advise shippers to
avail themselves Of this light
draught steamer to ship on and
run no risk of having your freight
planted on sandbars.
Year: 1873

We learn from the Little Rock
Gazette Of the lst inst, that the
banking house of Mr.. s. ii. Tucker
was open on the day previous, and
all his depositors were paid accord
ing to the term of his published
card few days since. There
exists such q marked feeling of
confidence in his personal integrity
and worth that many made deposits
at the bank during the day. We
arc glad to see confidence being
restored in our capitol, and that
the money panic is moro of scare
than anything else.
Year: 1873

Last Sunday, a Mrs. Mann from
Clear Lake came TO town and
sought the eur of an attorney to
whom sne laid bare the story of
the wrongs and oppression endured
at the hands Of her dear husband,
whom she had left with the full,
free and premeditated determina-
ton to sever all matrimonial obli-
cations. She was followed by a
step-son who made his appearance
early next morning (Monday0
armed with notices which he
tackled up on the store-doors Of
our kind hearted merchants, (who
were never known to refuse credit
to the effect that "Mrs. Martha Il.
Mann having left my bed and
board without just cause or provo
cation, the public is warned not to
trust her on my credit or account"
signed W. W. Mann. There was a
dllema for the poor woman away
from home, without friends or
money, and the public notified not
to trust her; She, the joy and pride
of the man who once vowed to
love, cherish and protect her, now
cast away, spurned and despised.
But this is not all, when the son
returned to the home of his youth
he reported to his fond parent the
fact that Mrs. Mann was sojourning
in our quiet village. The old man
waxed more wroth, and straighway
sought Squire, to whom he in
turn unbosomed himself of o har.
rowing tale of wretchedness, how
his dear duck of a wife had threat
ened to cut his gizzard out with a
carving knife &C., and swOre out
writ for her arrest, which was
placed in the hands of q constable,
with orders to " fetch her" dead OF
alive before the Squire. Fully
armed with a pocket full of the
law, the constable soon made his
appearance in town, learning that
Mrs. Mann was stopping at the
hotel, thither he proceeded and ar
rested the party he was in search
of. 1t being late he concluded to
remain all night, and take his
prisoner out next morning. The
lawyer in the meantime whom
Mrs. Mann had consulted when
she first came in, offered the con-
stable any required bond for her
appearance ut the circuit court,
which meets next Monday, but to
no purpose" he had come for her
and he was bound to take her out"
So leaving her at the hotel with
out a guard -(she was only q
woman)-he sailed up town to see
the sights. To make a long story
short, the next morning when he
was ready to start, his prisoner
was no where to be found and our
hero of the writ had to go it alone.
Sich is life.
Year: 1873

SINCE our last issue there have
been few scattering cases of the
epidemic which has prevailed in
our midst for the past three weeks,
confined mostly to the colored pop
ulation, and but two cases proving
fatal.
Year: 1873

1t strikes the most Of persons. when
they first sit down to Sewing Machine.
that i, is so complicated they will never
be abe to learn its operation. This is
true of many machines. but single days
use of the New Howe Machine with
the instruction that is easily obtained
will enable any lady to make good be-
ginning. and a few days practice will
make i, pleasant employment, OF
course in this. as in any other work, prac-
,ice is needful to reach perfection. Sew
ing with the needle in the fingers is NJ,
learned in day, and years are required
to become an expert. BIT few weeks
use Of the New Howe Sewing Machine
will enable any lady to do all her plain
sewing. and to do it well. and socn her
fine sewing with far more success than
with her needle. and leave her plenty oi
time for everything else she may have on
hand Call and see these worli-rcnowned
Machines. or take one on trial Of the
Agent Mr.. q. 4. Simms, leonard
town.
Year: 1873

The EVANGELICAL ALLIANcE.-We call the
attention of our readers this morning to
the fact that the formal opening OF the
Confehence of the Evangelical Alliance will
not take place until Friday forenoon. 1t
was originally intended that the meetings
should be held II Association Hall. This idea
has been abandoned and arrangements have
been made with the ,aroprietors OF Steinway
Hall In Steinway Hall, therefore, and not in
Association Hall, the meetins.s OF the Con-
ference will be held. The first formal meeting
will be held on Friday morning at ten,p' clock.
Tonight social reception will be given in
the parlors Of the Young Mems Christian
Association. This is the first time that any
thing of the kind has been held in New York,
aud the presumption is that New York will
honor itself by making the Sixth Conference
of the Evangelical Alliance an unparalleled
success. The holding Of the Conference on
this side of the Atlantic is q compliment to
America. We have no doubt that the result
will prove that the compliment has not been
lightly esteemed.
Year: 1873

Marshall, Taney and Chase whether
he is to be chosen as the former was chosen,
without solicitation and against his will, on
account of his eminent fitness for the position,
or whether he is to be selected as the latter
were selected. as a reward for political SER
vices, or as q matter of expediency to
get rid of probably troublesome
rival. The pretence that the nomination is
withheld until Congress shall be in session,
out of feelings of delcacy tor the Presidential
nominee, is not accepted as a sufficient excuse
for the delay The President has it in his
power to select such man as the Senate
would not dare to reject, and it is his duty and
his privilege to do SO. If in making his choice
he is guided by the principles which actllated
President Adams when he adorned the bench
by the elevation Of John Marshall TO its head,
there can be no question Of hearty endorsement
of his selection by the people, no hazard Of its
rejection by the Senate. His action in this
matter is looked for with interest and not
without anxiety, because in the character of
the Supreme Court of the United States
is recognized the danger or the Sc
curity of the Republic. To degrade
that high and powerful tribunal to the
capacity and standing of a county court
would be to proclaim the ascendancy Of Caesar
ism and to invite serious distrust of the sta
bilty of the government. In the fiercest poll
tical contests, in the midst of the most heated
partisan strife, there has been feel
ing Of security in the purity and frmness OF
the court of final resort. To des troy popular
confidence in the Supreme Court bench by
making it a resting place for political servitors
or stepping stone for political as
pirants would be fatal to our national exist
ence. President Grant has it in his
power to avert such danger by following the
example of Adams and selecting the successor
of Judge Chase from the many able citizens
whose reputation is national and who do not
solicit or desire the office. If he delays the
appointment until it can be made the subject
of Congressional barter, and finally bestows it
as reward for political services, he will COM
nit a blunder the evil effects of which will live
long after his own official life shall have ter
minated.
Year: 1873

COLUMBUs Oct. /, 1873.
Carrie Cover, a handsome servant girl, while re-
turning TO her home last evening about ten
O'Clock, was seized by party OF men IN thckly
settled portion OF the city and held armly while
chloroiorm was administered until the girl was In
sensible She was then taken TO some place she
does not remember where she was horribly out
ragged. The girl was found this morning IN an In
sensible condition on the porch OF a house on
Goodalc street. Her body was acratched ana
bruised ana her clothes badly soiled and toEp She
n new N aapGAgous ooo6i1oe
Year: 1873

THE FIRE OF THE OLD FLINT was brought
out among the democracy at Utica yesterday.
Some of the scenes in the Convention there
were worthy Of the glorious days Of Old Tam
many twenty years age.
Year: 1873

The instructions of the Navy Department in
the case of the Polaris expedition, now brought
to its dismal close, appear to have been sin
gularly laundering and inadequate. In such
case there should be no loophole through
which insubordination could creep, no peg on
which two or more persons should attempt to
hang their authority at the same time. That
part of the Navy Departments instructions
which were supposed to cover the contingency
of the s.death or disability" of Captain Hall
proved in the sad event to be no more cover
than gossamer net would be to an Esquimau
with the thermometer forty degrees below
zero. The death Of Captain Hall left the Off
GERS, who had already become divided into
cliques, emphatically 'at sea-" 1t seems very
absurd, indeed, that the death of the COM
mander should simply divide the responsibility
between two instead of devolving it on one.
No better provision to provoke misunderstand-
ing could well have been conceived. Captain
Buddington's orders were sin any event" to
direct the movements of the vessel while to
DR.. Bessel was handed over the charge of
sledge expeditions. 1t would seem as though
the winter time was handed over to the scien-
tist and the summer to the sailor, under con-
ditions sufficiently vexatious to make each
jealous of the authority of the other. We
should be glad, indeed to learn why and how
this and many other stupidities were given in
the shape of instructions from the Navy De-
partment. The meaning which forces itself
upon us from the portion of the instructions
referred to is that the Navy Department could
not make up its mind to trust anybody with
the full command in case of Captain Halls
death, and that the words which provided for
a return home in case of non-agreement be-
tween the two were added because they could
not we'll do otherwise than disagree. We are
panied, indeed, to note the incapacity which, in
certain sense, foredoomed the expedition
before the Polaris was under weigh. The
rocks, shoals, ice movements and dangerous
coasts which have been marked on the polar
charts to warn future expeditions are not more
worthy of avoidance than the bungling charac-
ter of the instructions to Captain Hall from
the Navy Department
Year: 1873

The KELSEY INQUEST is among the appar-
emily interminable things that have been
brought forward for the wearying of the
world. The Coroner adjourns for long
periods, holds open sessions and secret ses-
sions, and drops mysterious hints about wit
nesses he viii produce and SO forth-anything,
apparently, to give the miserable affair sem
piternal character. We wish to remind him
that it is not his business to arrange dramatic
tabieaux but to decide upon the cause of
DEATH and, if it is criminal Staying, to hand
over the implicated persons, without preju-
dice, to the Grand Jury The North Pole
will probably have been sailed over or
sledged over, or brought home in walking
stick samples to curiosity collectors, before
the inquest will be terminated at its present
rate Of progress. The tar-infected village
should be allowed to sink into its obscurity
again by having justice promptly done.
Surely the sensational Coroner does not think
that he is judge, jury, public opinion and gall
lows all in one.
Year: 1873

against his expressed desire. 1t would have
been the task of the President to force
the Office upon a competent and de-
sirable person, and not to force an
incompetent and undesirable person into the
Office. We now find the prevailing appre-
hension in the legal profession, as well as in
the minds Of all good citizens, to be that the
selection Of the Chief Justice will be controlled
more by political reasons than by consid-
erations for the public good. When we
reflect upon the important functions of
Supreme Court Judge; when we remember
that the Interpretation Of the constitution
under which we live, as well as the decision Of
all the great questions arising out of the mari
time laws, the commercial laws and the
various issues that occasionally arise be-
tween nations, must eventually be settled
by the fiat of that august tribunal,
we can appreciate the danger arising from an
unwise or partisan selection Of any member of
the Court 1t is startling to see that our
ablest and most conservative citizens fear the
elevation of partisan to the Chief Justice
ship, and that they find themselves necessi-
tated to confne their thoughts as to the proba-
BILE successor Of Judge Chase to the considera-
ton of political expediency.


The apprehension that party objects will
control the choice Of the President is un-
fortunately strengthened by the delay which
has occurred in the appointment There is no
good reason why the people should not know
Of once Vho il n ba the auseesaoS af.
Year: 1873

During the time between the dates
mentioned, the prices Of these staple arti.
cles did not vary materially and some OF
them have been steadily rising until they
have reached the present rates. Pork is
in strong demand and prices are growing
sitter each day. So 1t will be seen that
our farming community, happily have not,
been sufferers by the decline Of prices and
the shrinkage in values that have been
experienced.
Year: 1873

There was heavy blow before the
turn Of the night last night, which we
presume has done more or less damage In
this region. A dispatch since midnight
from the Telegraph office Says "our
wires are down and We are without our
liver report tonight"
Year: 1873

IA Baptist paper in Ohio was sent for
nine years to a subscriber who never
paid cent for il. The other day the
newspaper was returned to the patient
and long-suffering publisher with the
affecting note on its margin: "Gone
to the better world" The editor is n
very pious man, but it is reported that
his faith is terribly shaken in regard
to the accuracy of the information.
Year: 1873

The following letters from the peo-
pie Of Los Angeles are presented:


EDITOR HERALD: Why would it not
be good plan for the farmers to sub
scribe for the balance of the stock in
the Fair Association, and control the
management themselves? They can
and ought to control the Fair. Five
dollars for oranges, and five hundred
for trotters is not the thing.


ANTI-RACER
Year: 1873

EDITOR HERALD: Rely upon it that
the people are with you in your just
though mild expressions OF disappro-
val regarding the Fair. In your first
issue you stated openly that you were
opposed to monopolies, and that your
best efforts would be made against
those that exist at home. Many per-
sons who agree with your remarks on
the Fair, still doubt their policy. Re-
member that an independent paper
does not recognize policy when truth
Is at stake. DISGUSTED.