New Orleans and Jackson Rail Road, 50 c. per $100.....331,751 30 66 "Opelousas Consolidated debt, Current Expenses, 75c. per $100, 331 c. 66 (( Total Tax,...... .221,167 53 Estimated Revenue for the present Fiscal Year from all sources, 1854. State Taxes proper on an assessment of 300,000,000, as the total taxable property of the State at 16 c. per $100, Licenses, Auction duties, School Lands and Rents, $500,000 00 For general objects, $765,000 00 First District.-Thomas Asken. Second 66 -M. Esnard. Third 66 -D. Farrar. Fourth 66. -R. McDonnell. Algiers. John Brunet. Recorder of Mortgages.-Bernard Avegno. Register of Conveyances.-Bernard Marigny. Recorder of Births and Deaths.-N. Trepagnier. Administrators of Charity Hospital.-Dr. A. Mercer, The. O. Stark, R. W. Adams, Dr. P. Durel, John Pemberton, P. E. Bonford, D. L. Beecher. Port Wardens.-David Martin, Master Warden; G. Hilliman, B. Beauregard, Horatio Davis, John Deniger. Marine and River Inspectors.-R. L. Robertson, Richard Swain. Capt. Cooper. Fire Inspector-John Adams. New Orleans Chamber of Commerce. John Woodruff, President; Chas. Briggs, First Vice President; J. M. Lapayre, Second Vice President; J. A. Mansoni, Secretary and Treasurer. Committee of Appeals.--G. W. Holt, R. B. Sumner, W. S. Pickett, S. H. Kennedy, J. W. Carroll, Jas. Greenleaf. Harbor Masters.-David Adams, Jas. A. Lusk, John M. Scott, Peter M. Peterson, John Denigre. Armourer State Arsenal.-Francis Garcia. Post Office.-W. G. Kendall, Post Master; W. P. Reyburn, Assistant Post Master; G. Levasseur, Head of City Post; George Whiteman, Special Mail Agent; F. Dentzel, Local Agent. Custom House.-T. C. Porter, Collector; Joseph Genois, Naval Officer; W. E. Stark, Surveyor; D. O. Hinks, Deputy Collector; J. W. Hinks, Deputy Collector; R. W. Adams, Appraiser; A. G. Penn, G. T. Beauregard, Commissioners New Custom House. ; Branch of U. States Mint.-Charles Bienvenu, Superintendent James Brewer, Treasurer; M. F. Bonzano, Melter and Refiner; A. J. Guizot, Coiner: H. Millspaugh, Assayer; J. D. Gilmore, Chief Clerk; M. G. Kennedy, Weigher. Howard Association.-V. Boullement, President; G. Kursheidt, Treasurer; D. J. Ricardo, Secretary. Mechanics' Institute.-Newton Richards, President; A. W. Scates, Secretary and Librarian. RAIL ROAD COMPANIES. New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Rail Road Company. -W. S. Campbell, President; John Calhoun, Secretary. New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Rail Road Company. -J. H. Overton, President; B. F. Flanders, Secretary. Rail Road Officers not known.-New Orleans and Carrollton Rail Road; Jefferson and Lake Pontchartrain Rail Road; Pontchartrain Rail Road; Mexican Gulf Rail Road. State Tax 16 c. per $100...... Mill Tax for the support of Public Schools.. Poll Tax for the support of Public Schools.. Total.... ..395,725 47 CITY TAXES, ETC. Jackson Rail Road Company 50c. per $100... .331,751 30 Opelousas Consolidated debt, 33/1/0 105c. 221,167 53 Current Expenses, 75c. 530,194 20 1,779,790 76 BANKING COMPANIES. Bank of Louisiana.-Capital, $4,000,000. W. W. Montgomery, President; R. M. Davis, Cashier. Branch of the Louisiana State Bank.--W. H. Avery, President; R. J. Palfrey, Cashier. Canal Bank.-Capital, $4,000,000. H. A. Rathbone, President; Samuel C. Bell, Cashier. Citizens Bank.-Capital, $1,500,000. J. D. Denegre, President; Eug. Rousseau, Cashier. Louisiana State Bank.-Capital, $2,000,000. Samuel J. Peters. President; R. Relf, Cashier. Mechanics and Traders. Bank.-Capital, $1,000,000. U. H. Dudley, President; Gustave Cruzat, Cashier. Bank of New Orleans.-Capital, $1,000,000. W. P. Converse, President; W. P. Grayson, Cashier. Consolidation of Planters.-In liquidation. Southern Bank.-Capital, $1,000,000. John Egerton, President; James L. Wibray, Cashier. Union Bank of Louisiana.-Capital, $1,000,000. Alfred Penn, President; P. N. Wood, Cashier. PRIVATE BANKERS. James Robb & Co.; Louisiana Savings Bank, W. H. Garland, President; Benoit, Shaw & Co.; Matthews Finley & Co.; Samuel Nicholson; Judson & Co.; Thos. H. Barker; Bank of Commerce; Brown Johnston & Co.; Samuel Smith & Co; City Bank of Cochrane & Co.; Agency of Commercial and Agricultural Bank of Texas; Agency of the Bank of Charleston, S. C.; Horace Bean & Co.; H. B. Merrill & Co.; Pickett, McMurdo & Co.; Insurance and Banking Agency; C. C. Lathrop. INSURANCE COMPANIES. Louisiana Mutual Insurance Company, Charles Briggs, President; Liverpool and London Fire and Life Insurance Company, Charles Briggs, Agent; Merchants' Mutual Insurance Company, John Robertson, President; New York Life Insurance Company, C. C. Lathrop, Agent; Tennessee Marine and Fire Insurance Company, Perkins, Campbell & Co.; Granite Insurance Company, New York, C. C. Lathrop, Agent; The Royal Insurance Company, Liverpool, James Magee, Agent; Crescent Mutual Insurance Company, Thos. A. Adams, President; Home Mutual Insurance Company, A. Brother, President; The Mutual Life Insurance Company, New York, Thos. A. Adams, Agent. PROMINENT AUCTIONEERS. J. A. Beard, George May, Gardner Smith, Bernard Turpin, Geo. Pardon, George Palfrey, Louis Florence, Joseph Depas, R. B. Sykes, N. Vigné, M. Barnett, P. E. Tricou, D. E. Morphy, W. E. Vincent, H. J. Domingon, F. Hernandez, G. Leaumont, J. L. Carman, Thos. J. Spear, R. M. Montgomery. NOTARIES PUBLIC. Jas. Gauthier, E. G. Gottschalk, D. J. Ricardo, John Craig, A Roman, A. Robert, P. W. Robert, Wm. Christy, J. A. Lusk, Guy Duplantier, A. Abat, P. C. Cuvillier, A. Mazereau, H. Keating, J. R. Rareshide, Theodore Gengol, John Claiborne, J. R. Vanduslieu, Dennis Prieur, A. Chipella, P. E. Laresche, J. L. Lisbony, H. Remy, J. Cuvillier, R. J. Kerr, A. Ducatel, G. Drouet, A. E. Bienvenue, C. L. Kernion, R. Brenan, P. Condrain, M. Gernon, C. A. Tallarie, C. C. Porter, O. De Armas, G. Lugenbuhl, A. A. Baudoin, Y. O. Stark, Thos. Bayton, J. Graham, W. Shannon, P. Lacoste, H. P. Caire, H. B. Cenas, Thomas J. Beck, A. Boudesquie, P. B. Phelps, P. E. Theard, John Molly, E. Barnett, M. G. Kennedy, Jos. Cohn, John G. Poindesster, A. Dreyfous, Jacob Soria, W. L. Poole, H. Pedesclaux, George Rareshide, J. F. Coffy, E. Floyd, Wm. Monaghan, W. H. Peters, J. Agaisse, Th. H. Bartlett, Philip Prendergast, C. C. Ladeyere, Clement Brown, Edwin L. Lens, A. Doricourt, Jas. Fulhouse. CHURCHES IN NEW ORLEANS. Catholics, 17; Christian 1; First Congregrational, 1; Episcopal 4; Hebrew, 2; Lutherian, 1; Methodist, 11; Presbyterian 6; Presbyterian Mission, 2; German Evangelical, 1; Unitarian, 4. Total, 30. Value of Church Property, $1,203,500. |