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DAILY DEMOCRAT. Ofiicial Journal of the ('onstitutlonal Con ventlon of the itate of Loulslana. OSoe. No. 109 Gravier IStree. RATES OF ,' UBS(RIPTION: The Daily Demoorat. One Year ......................... 01 tit Months........................ Three Months ............*...8 @ One M onth ........................ Pstage, one year............... Payable in Advance. The Weekly Democrat. The Weekly DpmOn rat, a large etuht-page ;etr.wlla te furnlshed to subsoribers at the ·Oowlng rates: e us Year............................ iMons hS................... hreo Months ..........: .......... 5 Payable in Advance. xIW ORLEANS. MAY S, 1879. The Constitutional Convention was engaged yesterday in the further consideration of the report of the Committee on the Executive Department. Three additional articles were adopted. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the office of Superintendent of Public Education was abolished was pending when the Convention adjourned as a mark of re spect for Federal memorial day. Massachusetts is just now bearing off the palm in the matter of divorces. SBoores and hundreds of suits are filling the dockets of the courts, and the lawyers are reaping a .harvest. No explanation Is offered for the sudden and vast increase of these cases, and the press, clergy and general public are be ginning to inquire into the cause. The startling announcement is made that S'ecretary Evarts is only waiting for the Sherman movement to subside when he will announce himself a candidate for the Presi dency. One letter from Evarts throws a chill over the whole country. If he enters the presidential race a series may be expected. From this aflliction there seems to be no es cape. The acquittal of lIon. Noble A. Hull, In dicted for fraud In the November election in Florida, s a severe setback to the administra tlon, It was confidently expected that he would be convicted, and thus not only would a Democratic seat in Congress be vacated but some pretext would be afforded for fur: either prosecutions. It may be expected that the outrage mill in Florida will now be closed ~'.for the season. " Austria did not occupy Blosnia and Ilere tina without some sacrifice of men and M -honey. The people looked for some recoom penee for this expenditure, and thought they ofound it in the annexation of two fine provey Inoes. This, however, is not the case. The treaty undrer which the provinces were occu -pled has recenly been published, and it Is found that the Sultan's sovereignty over both Is fully guaranteed. Now the Austrians are graumbling, naturally enough, at the loss of their blood and money for the maintenance of peace and order in the Grand Turk's do aainlone. According to expectation Lorillard's Parole 'won the gold cup at Epsom yesterday. So great is the fame achieved by the American borse since he has been in England gad so extraordinary has been his suc uwss that only two horses appeared ,et the track against him. These were 'beaten easily-so easily that there was little :iaterest in the event. This makes the sixth aS.Bio Parole has run since he crossed the At iamntic, and he has won five of them. It may i.eb said that he has made what betting men aull a clean score, inasmuch as he was heavily hadldapped in the race that he lost, and sub a.q.'r- uently beat the winning horse when weights were more nearly equalised. His eareer in England constitutes in itself a re markable record. The Darien Inter-Oceanic Canal Conven 'lton at Paris had no less than six different Toutes across the isthmus submitted to it: Tehauntepec route, 149 miles long, with 120 looks; Menocal's Nicaragua route, 181 miles long, with 17 locks, to cost $168,400,000; Blan Schat's Nhl -ragua route, to cost $82,.00,000; Wyse's Pr :ama route, 45 miles long, 12 locks, to cost $2-3,600,000; Kelly's Ban Blas route, ft miles, no locks, to cost $268,000,000; the Darien route, 18) miles, 2 locks, to cost $200, 4)00,000. After a long discussion the conven tion seems to have fixed on Wyse's route. It has many serious defects, notably the number of its locks and the heavy cost. In Indorsing it, it is greatly to be feared that the Paris Congress has put a "quietus" on "the entire canal scheme. Capital is not so 'plentiful now-a-days that people are wil liang to invest a quarter of a billion to dig a ditch over the Andes. Europe seems to be enjoying a multiplicity of vexatious questions just at present. There 4I the Blanqul question and the control of the .a hool question to worry France; the strikes in England; the general bankruptcy in Gter m2any; the Socialists, Nihilists, typhus fever and martial law In Russia; besides the Greek frontier question; the disputes between the Bulgarian boundary commission and the Servo-Bulgarian commission as to where .Siberia ends and Bulgaria begins; the revival ' of the Albanian League agitation; the Italia frredenta aspiratione; another Cretan insur t ection; a civil war in Syria between the Druses. Maronites, Turks, Arabs, and Eng batse; besides lurmuah, Afgflanistan, Zulu land and the Khcdive's warlike preparations to resist any Turkish, Engli-h or French in terferenco with his home rule. Such are a few Sof the problems agitating Europe. This Soountry is lucky in having few troubles to distress it-only a silver bill and the use of Stroops at the polls. . And now the Michigan Legislature has passed a tramp law. Evidently the Impe cunious pedestrian is regarded in that State Sas a nuisance of the most flagrant character, >and he is to be kept out of it if a leglslatlve 4,ne:tment can aeconimplish that result. The Slaw provides that if a tramp shall refuse to work in return for foid, clothing or lodging upplied, he can be fined $10 or Imprisonment - Mo more than thilrty days; and hard labor for onm (me to five years is the penalty for pro curing food by threats or na'iciously injur nY peraon orroper .ty. If five tramps -ether together to encourage vagabondage, oQr for any other unl"awau purpose, they must Meure two years at h·.r labor, and anytown or other public impro vemnt The w exempts those physically mul to work emles under eighteen years of age. I is safe to say that if this law is executed, the State of Michigan will not be a favorite sum mer resort for the gentry who "carry the banner." WHAT IS IT? The proposition announced by Mr. Forman, as chairman of the sub-Committee on State )ebt, that the acts of the Legislature of 1874 are not binding on the people of this State as laws, is, to say the least, startling, if not, in deed, as Mr. Caffrey, in his able dissent, calls It, revolutionary. If the funding act and the constitutional amendments proposed by that body are to be treated as void, for want of authority, the same is true of all the legisla tion enacted by that and subsequent Legisla tures up to January, 1877. The Legislature of 1875 and 1876 was in part Democratic, and during Its existence some important legisla tion was adopted, including the supplemental funding act, which subjected to judicial scrutiny millions of the outstanding State bonds. The legislation which enacted the funding bill and proposed the amendments was inaugurated under the election of 1872. Hence, if Mr. Forman's conclusions are to be accepted, all the legislation of this State from 1872 to 1877--all the official acts done under and by virtue of that legislation are absolute nullities as emanating from an unauthorized body. The far-reaching conse quences of such a doctrine are appalling. No doubt that millions in value of property rests upon this legislation as the foundation of its title. Transactions beyond computation in number and in amount have been had under this legislation. Mr. Forman's theory strikes them all with a radical nullity, and virtually 'xpunges from our judicial, executive and legislative annals the transactions of four years. Who can measure the extent of the calamity which such a proposition in volves ? It is second only to the projet of the Commune in its far-reaching destruc tion. There is no avoiding the conclusion that if that Legislature was incompetent for one act of legislation it was incompetent for all. You at once strike down all accepted theories as to de facto gov ernment, and at one fell blow destroy all successorship in government, leaving each succeeding administration free to disavow and nullify the acts of its predecessor, upon any partisan pretext whatsoever. We can not believe that any considerable number of members of the Convention are prepared to give their adhesion to so communistic a the ory. We say communistic as meaning the destruction of all stability in government and as remanding the State and the rights of its people to the tender mer cies of the party that chances to reign. What becomes of constitutions and laws under such a doctrine ? The very instru ment which the Convention Is now framing with so much care and labor will be but a rope of sand In the hands of future partisans of Mr. Forman's school. In its turn it may be denounced as the fruit of violence and fraud, and this may be made the pretext for disregarding it. In the name of common sense, let us find some other theory upon which to base repudiation, if we must have It. Let us not add anarchy to our other woes, and open the floodgates to eternal and per petual strife and uncertainty. What faith, what confidence can or will the world repose in us, if we thus set at naught the very foundation principle of stable gov ernment ? What man seeking a home, or capitalist an anvestment, will ever turn his eyes toward a State thus Mexicanized? Capital and popula tion would not only avoid us, but what we have of them would rapidly flee from us. No man of prudence could invest a dollar on the faith of our laws, lest the next turn of fortune's wheel should bring to the surface men of Mr. For man's views; men who can destroy the oldest and most consecrated ideas of government and law by a stroke of the pen. No publicist, no statesman or judge, has ever dared to main tain such a doctrine-for under it there can be nothing but anarchy. Its acceptance will in one year cost Louisiana thrice the amount of the debt it is devised to avoid, by prostrating the credit of her banks.and merchants, by discouraging immigration, by driving away capital. But there is yet another view of this mat ter, which ought to command our attention, to wit: its effects upon national politics. The same argument by which Mr. Forman main tained his proposition will Invalidate all the csts done by this State under the reconstruc tion acts of Congress. It will expunge the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amend ments from the constitution of the United States. On the eve of a presidential election, which is pregnant with weal or woe for Louis iana, can we afford to strengthen our adver saries by such a course? Can we afford to in rite those who may, under a third term of GCrant, be in power, to apply Mr. Forman's theories to our own government of the State ? Can we afford to handicap the national De Rocracy with such a load ? We think not. On the contrary, we should discard all sub terfuges and legal quibbles, and treat the sub fect of the State debt as a political question, and seek to reconcile our obligations to pub lic faith with the necessities of our people. A REMINISCENCE OF OCARPET-BAG GERY. The indictment of Milton S. Littlefileld and (corge W. Sampson by the grand jury of Wake county, N. C., ten years after the crime for which they were indicted was committed, recalls one of the most notable events of the profligate and criminal era of carpet-bag gery. For the brief time in which it reveled in North Carolina, carpet-hag rule was more oppressive, riotous and prodigal in criminal expenditure than in any other State of the South, Louisiana and South Carolina not excepted. In the brief space of two years the State debt was increased from $14.000,000 to $38(;.000,000, and when the next election came around in 1870 two counties of the State were under martial law, the writ of habeas corpus was suspended, and the people were held in terror by the IIolden-Kirk militia, a force formed of the worst elements of society gathered from East Tennessee and native negroes, number ing nearly 2000 men-all this under laws passed by the reconstruction or bayonet Legislature. It was during this period that Gen. Milton S. Littlefield, then late of New York, came into public notice. At first he appeared as proprietor of the Raleigh AStandard, which became the official organ. Afterwards he was appointed president of the Western North Carolina Railroad. This was a State work designed to penetrate the Blue Ridge to Ash ville, and from thence to continue on to Ten nessee. Apparently to consummate this pur Durpose. Littlefleld easily secured the grsant by a rival Legislature of nearly $7,000,000 of Btste bonds. They were placed in his hands by Gov. Holden-after wards impeached and turned out of offioe for suspending the writ of habeas corpus--and with them in his pocket Littlefield proceeded to New York. Notwithstanding the protests of the entire press of the State, he succeeded in hypothecating them on Wall street at about fifty cents on the dollar. This accom plished, the good people of North Carolina were troubled with him no more; the rail road of which he was president languished for want of his fostering care and remained unbuilt because of a diversion of its funds. When Littlefleld was next heard from he was in Florida, where he had purchased a railroad on his own account with the money derived from the sale of the North Carolina bonds, and was enjoying the friendship and Intimacy of its Governor, Harrison Reed. As long as Radical rule continued in North Car olina he remained there In security and undls turbed. As soon, however, as the Democrats came in power in 1870 efforts were made to bring him to account for his bold flnanclering. Acting under the directions of the Legslelature Gov. Caldwell, of North Carolina, issued a requisition upon Gov. Reed for the extradition of Littlefield, then living in lordly style at Tallahassee. The requisi tion was dishonored, Reed refusing to sur render his friend and associate to the North Carolina authorities. When this became known the Legislature of that State, after denouncing the conduct of Gov. Reed in be fitting terms, offered a reward of $10.000 to any man or number of men who would de liver Littlefield into the hands of the North Carolina law officers. Spurred on by the hope of reward detectives made several attempts to kidnap him. Feeling no longer safe in Florida Littlelleld left that State and estab lished himself in Paris. Here he lived for several years. Upon Littlefleld's return to the United States several attempts were made to secure his presence in North Carolina, but he evaded arrest elsewhere and refused to set foot in that State. How he was at last secured is not known to us. That his Indictment has excited great interest may be readily be lieved, and his trial, which, it is announced, is to be vigorously pressed, will create a sen sation that will be felt far beyond the borders of North Carolina. No more splendid rogue was the joint graduate of reconstruction and Radicalism. THE DEMOCRAT AND THE EXODUS. From the reports recently received, it would appear that the emigration of the colored people to Kansas from this State had almost ceased. Without becoming amenable to the charge of self-laudation, the DEMOCRAT may lay claim to having contributed materially to less ening the effects of this emigration, thereby benefiting the poor and ignorant persons who were being misled, as well as the planting in terests that were affected by it. As soon as the movement assumed propor tions to justify it the DEMOCRAT dispatched a reliable correspondent to Kansas, who has in dustriously labored to ascertain the origin of the movement, and has taken practical steps to check it by exposing the deception prac ticed by the local managers In Kansas, and by visiting in person the negroes who had been deceived and duped by their false friends. The result has been a stoppage of the con tributions flowing from the East as soon as the mercenary character of the local man agers was exposed, and the return to their old homes of a large number of families who were only too glad to avail themselves of the aid extended by our correspondent. This enterprise, inaugurated and carried out at our own expense, and having borne such good fruits, may suggest to our public spirited citizens a practical method of deal ing with the question if the movement should be resumed. Mount lEtna is now in eruption for the seventy-ninth time in history. IEtna has been one of the most regular of volcanoes in its eruptions, having never been silent for any long period of time like its neighbor, Vesuvius. The latter has been known to re main quiescent for over a century and then burst forth in one of its wildest eruptions. ,Etna, on the other hand, has never remained silent over fifty years. As a consequence people living in its neighborhood are always prepared for an eruption, and therefore such catastrophes as befell Pompeii and Her culaneum are rarer here than in Italy. There have been periods, however, when iEtna has proved itself more than dangerous. In 1169 Catania was destroyed and 15,000 of its in habitants perished; in 1527 two villages near the mountain with many inhabitants were destroyed; in 1664 and 1673, also, neighboring villages were destroyed and lives lost. Since 1673, however, although the volcano has more than once broken out, no persons have lost their lives thereby. The last great erup tion of JEtna took place in 1852. Since that time the volcano has been quiet, save occa sional outbursts of smoke. The present eruption is declared to be more threatening than any previous one. Although it is but a short time since the first intima tions of an eruption were given, the lava is already pouring down the mountain side in rivers, and the ashes from the crater are fall ing far across the Straits of Messina, in Italy. The situation at Messina and neighboring cities is said to be decidedly panicky. The heavens are obscured with smoke, the streets covered with ashes, and the inhabitants are so alarmed at the krospect that business is seriously interfered with. Bismarck has lately set himself up as a great financier and political economist, and gone to work to cure the many business and financial troubles under which Germany is languishing. Among his plans for restoring prosperity to the Empire is the restoration of a double stand, the adoption of the bi-metal lie system which prevails in this country; in other words, the remonetization of silver. It was only a few years ago that Germany de monetized silver. Its experience in this mat ter is overwhelmingly against the use of gold alone as coin. The prosperity of Germany has been constantly diminishing until it is now on the eve of general bankruptcy. To prevent this Bismarck has determined to re monetize silver and place in circulation the hoard of this metal which the German treas ury accumulated when it took up all the silver in the Empire. Bismarck will un doubtedly be able to carry his scheme through. He is now all-powerful with the Reichstag, and can get any measure passed he wishes to. Silver is undoubtedly looking up in the world just now. Its price has advanced con. sideraly within the past few months. If Bismarck's remonetization plan is adopted, the silver dollar will soon equal in value the gold dollar, as the silver men pre dieted a few short years ago. An other fact likely to increase the value of silver in relation to gold, is the great de crease in the amount of silver produced In this couutry, last year, as compared with previous years. It was predicted by the monometallsts that the supply of sliver from the Nevada mines would soon be so great as to soon flood the country with their metal. Instead of this being so, the silver production of 1879 falls $15,000,000 behind that of 1»78. Talmage's farewell to his congregation was just what was to be expected of him. "I am going to leave you next Wednesday on the steamer Gallia," he said, when he had gotten thtough his sermon, "for a little vacation on the Continent. I might here mention that a luxurious steamer, finely fitted up, with accommodations for the ladies, and on which a splendid lunch will be served will accompany the Gallia down the bay, so that all who wish to see me off can do so. Tickets 50 cents; children half price. The choir will now--." Evidently there is method in Talmage's rell glon. In the meantime the country will feel greatly relieved at learning that the reverend gentleman is now far from our shores. A long farewell to him. WAGONS I CANE CARTS1MI b1'OkE hl H. N. SORIA, 18 and 20 Union and 15 and 1 PFerdldo streets, Sole Agent for the celebrated " STUDERAKER" WAGONS. CARTS and SPRING WORK of all kinds and sizes. Dealer in Philadelphia and Western Cane Wag ons. Carts and Drays: Timber Wheels* Wheel barrows of all descriptions Spokes, Fellows. Hubs. Shafts. etc I Wheelwright Material. Orders promptly filled. All work warranted. de7 ly DR. C. BEARD, OCULIST AND AURIST, 142------...... Canal Street -----......142 New Orleans La. Look Box 181i. OffRl hours-From g:Ro to 8:9n. ia4 2do tf NEW ROUTE - TO THE - VIRGINIA SPRINGS -VIA .J ACIKSO..N, Meridian and Chattanooga. On and after SATURDAY, May 31, 1879, SLEEPING CARS WILL LEAVE DAILY AT 5:I1 P. M. BY THE REIAT JACKSON ROUTE For CHATTANOOGA, without change, there connecting with thrngh cars on the East Ten nessee., Virginia and Georgia Railroad for all the noted springs and summer resorts of East Tennessee and Virginla. This Is the Shortest and quickest Route to the Springs. BAGGAGE CHECKED THROUGH. TICKK T OFFICE--S= CAMP STREET, cor ner of Common F. CHANDLER, General Passenger Agent. my.o 3t A. D SHELDON. Ticket Agent. ADOLPHE ORAUGNARD. JOHN B.HNEIDEB. GIAUGNARD & BHNEIDBER, Dealers in fine out Chewing. Snuff and Smoking TOBACCO, HAVANA AND DOMESTIC CIGARS, No. 46 Magazine Streel, New Orleans. La. Brier Root and all other varieties of pipes con stantlr on hand. maln lmIdp GRUNEWALD'S SMAM M OTH MUSIC HOUSE 14--22 Baronne Street, Grunewald Hall. Astoek of over 2O6 PIANOS & ORGANS to select from. General Agency of the world-renowned Pianos of STEINWAY KNABE. PLE>EL, HAINES and SFISHER. BBASS INSTRUMENTS. STRINGS. ACCORDEONS. GUITARS. Of our importation. LOWEST PRICES-BERT TERMS. Country orders respectfully solicited. LOUIS GRUNEWALD, no22 Grunewald Hall. New Orleans. GO TO E. OFFINE R'S, And look at the NEW STYLES of DINNER, TE& AND TOILET SETS. Also a large variety of REFRIGERATORS, COOLERS, ICE CREAM FREEZERS AND BATH TUBS. MAKE NO MISTAKE IN THE PLACE, 174 Canal Street, (Opposite the Varieties Theatre.) E. OFFNER. myll Im 2dD BODLEY BROTflERi Have the most complete stock of Cane Wagons, three and four mule ONne Cart., Ox Carts. Log Wheels Cotton Wagons, Bagasse Carts, F;rm Carts, 1ice Carts, 8mall Carts of overy size, four and six seat Family Wagons. .prlng Wagons fordelivering good.. Spokes. Felloe. Shafts, Hounds, Wa on Material. axle Grease, Cart Boxes. etc. We espcally all attention to our full-sized swedged and hardened Axles, Chilled Boxes and extra Ironina o4 all our Carts and Wagons. Manufactured In oar own factories at Wheeling. W. Va.. from the best material and by skirled mechanics. We can give a reliable guarantee meet any eompetition and supely he largest demand. Depoet-ISt a 1.i 9 UOMUennn stet, my Idptom CnauRL T. DU*AZON, PruitnL. L. A. BILLAUP, Ueerotaey. LOIIISIANA ICE MAIIFAICTIIIlNI C Dealer. in MANUFACTURED AND NORTHERN ICE! ICE! WORKS : ON TCHOUPITOULAS STREET, NEAR LOUISIANA AVENUIL DEPOTS : Neo. 27 and 29 Front Street, No. 12 Crossman Street, No. 60 Blenrillea NEW ORLEANS, LA.. ALBERT J. MICHAELIS, Superintendent. DAN. FINLEY, General soUe FOR THE VERY BEST AND NEVER FADING PHOTOGRAPHS - GO TO - 121 CANAL Street, 121 CANAL Touro Bailding. Tenr o w, Dullu . fn9lA4 lY NOW IS THE TIME - TO - BUY SHIRTS. STORE FOR RENT. This stock mutt be promptly reduced and special inducements are offered to CASH BUYERS. The assortment of MEN'S AND BOYS' SHIRTS Is very complete, and at PRICES EXCEEDINGLY LOW. All the"NEW GOODS." consisting of Seasonable Underwear, Choice Neck Dressing, -EMBEACING - NEW STYLES OF COLLARS AND CUFFS And every article in stbck will be put at the lowest prices to effect speedy sales. No Humbug I Now is the time to buy Shirts and Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods, B. T. WALSHE, 110...... Canal street......110 no22 THE BIRD CAGE, 46 ...........St. Charles Street...........46 SIDE ENTRANCE. 145...... ......Gravler Street............145 NEW ORLEANS. The Bird CaO is a first class saloon-keeping the choicest li uors only. The proprietor has secured the svlcea of Mr. Frank Ivichovich, formerly of thq St. Charles. my24 l m D. S. RnMELLI, Proprietor. J. Lev ois, 126 Canal Street, Calls attention o his FINFI ASSORTMENT OF FRENCH CASSIMERES, For Suits and Pants. in the Newest Shades and Patterns. CHARVET'S DENTS' SHIRTS, Now offered at VERY LOW PRICES. GENTS' HALF HOSE, Brown, White and Fancy Colored. GENTS' LINEN CAIBRIC HANDKERCHIEFS. ETC. onc FOR FIFTEEN DAYS ONLY. FOR FIFTEEN DAYS ONLY. OUR ENTIRE STOCK Of Well selected and Fresh DRY GOODS, AT COST FOR CASH, PEPIN & BROUSSARD, 158...........CANAL STREET........... 15 White Building, corner of Baronne, P. 8.-Parties in need of DRY GOODS will find a great advantage in giving us a call before purchasing elsewhere. o. C. A. CHANDLER, PRACTICAL DEN1TIST, NO. 101 Canal street, New Orleans. Deutistry PRACTICALLY performed in all its branches at the very lowest RATES rnd most libtral CHARGES. mvt5. m2do TIHE NEW LOUISIANA REIEDY. (Greatest Cough Sirup of the age, or of ary age. Product of our swamps. Splen. '11d for children. NO poison, THIR-. TEEN pages of names of HOME REFEB ENCES, and increasing! Sold by drug. gist.. Depst No. 108 Camp street, N. 0. ias 6m Idp NOTICE TO STATE CREDITOW RooMS CoMMIrrEE ON Tit DUnr t the St, at the State-House, t New Orleans, Aprilses, The Committee on the Debt of the State, it accordance with a resolution of the Oonstit.. tlonal Convention, hereby give notice to the' creditors of the State that the committee is pyer pared to receive propositions relative to thead. justment of the bonded and floating debtot the State. Proposltions should be submitted in writFi to the chairman of the committee by a syidi. cate or agency, representing each partlt ei class of indebtedness. E. E. KIDDb Chairman of Commlttes. Address, New Orleans, La., State-House, myl tf LAST CHANCE, CITY TAKXE OF 1879. DaUParMaT or FrwAAxs Crr hrrU: New Orleans. May 26, ~ We sie placlng TAX BILLS of 1879 in oat7 and all who pay to this Department, say Ua the thirty-first instant, inclusive, can pay ti. face of the bill. On the second of June we will exact interge from the first of April, besides any costs t. ourred. &LF. I. ISAACSON. mys2 it Administrator. NOTICE TO bTATE TAX AND LICE-n PAYERS. All capital tax and license payers in the Ish of Orleans, delinquents for 1879. are h notified that suit will be entered against t on or beftre June 15, in compliance with and are urged to settle at ones and avoid a etc. See section 4, act 21, approved fiebrn 1879. and also the following resolution. p May 19, by the Convention now in session: "Resolved. That it is not the intention of Convention to take any action ealcul change the collection of taxes or licenses able for the current year." . BOND, R. O. BOND, Collector Upper Distri Office No, 241 Joseehin P: L. BO Collector Lower D.st Office St. Louis street, under the State myll 2w JUST RECEIVED A large and picked lot of Checked, White Fancy CHINA MATTINGS, WINDOW SHADES. OIL CLOTHS, COCOA MATTINOB. LACE CURTAINS, UPHOLSTERY 60MS " A. BROUSSEAU'S SON 11............C. artres stmt...... Prices Lower Than Ever B*~P* in New Orleans. Call and see. oes s1l. THE LOAN OFFICE. OTTO SCHWANER, I 17........... Baronne street.........1.7 Between Canal and Common, Opposite (Iruncwald ifl. Advances mane on PIANOS, for whilt" special accommodations are made. ja11 Washington Avenue Drug BSt.l C.rner Magaslne and WashbInwUlM I. NEW ORLEANS. Constantly receiving fresh suppii Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals. Patent . a ombs of all kinds, Brushes, Soaps P Toilet and Fanc Articles eto. r Paste, recommended btr all who use it as. very superior dentifi 'e. It beautifies thý to a fine pearl-llk' ornament and ravsl beauty. Alkaline Bouquet Powder for bau fying, softening end preserving the skin. best tblh g f r pri'kly he it and all sumnlDJ eruption4. Customerus. city and country,w fnd our stock complete, comprising many titlces Impossible to enumerate here,and sOt moderate prices. Prescriptiones t + and day. B. J. MAIN RA,. D Drust. Pharmacentist and Practial 356,432 GENUINE SINGER SEWING MACH[LES Sold in 1878. BEWARE of parties offering bourn and done over .WO chines as the IMPROVED SINGER. Companles have sprung up in every part @1 the Union for making an "lin tatlon lmw M y anre not simllar com anie formed for making Imltati.ns of o her wilng Mnhln.t The public will draw its own lnference, aock is continually counterfeited; b:ass and tin never* Waste No Money on Intferior Counterfeti* PRICES GREATLY REDUCED. BE'ND FOR OIBCULAR THE SInIER IMAF'D COInPJ 5. E. RiUNDLE, Ageat, 86 Canal street--465 Magazine 5trs~ AGENT Butterlck & Co.'s Patterna mhlD sm dhw