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! .. w erk ans sealg (n esnent. OFFICIAL JOURNAL -or TII1' STATE OF LOUISIANA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 7, 1866. SGJNERAL ASSEMBLY OF1 LOUISIANA. TUESDAT, FEBRUARY 6, 1st Senate. The So.late mettoday at noon, pursuant to ad journment from yesterday. Lieut.Gov. Voorhies presided. On the calling of the roll, twenty-fivn members responded; a full quorum. The journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. During the proceedings the following members were in attendance: Messrs. Abney, Anderson, Armstrong, Barrow, Brnale, Burthe, Campbell, Coco, Cooley, Duvlgneand, Egan, Ellis, Fellowes, Foute, Gibson, Gordon, Hough, Kavanangh, Kel 5o, Kenner, Lapeyre, Lott, Mohan, Munday, New ton of Jackson, Newton of Morehouse, Palfrey, Poche. Purcell, Scruggs, Taylor, Welch and Wil cozon--33. Mr. Burthe presented a memorial from Con stance Brown, asking an extension of ferry privil eges, and gave notice of his intention to intro unce a bill for the purpose. Mr. Palfrey introduced a bill to abolish the office of Surveyor General, and of Begistrar and Re oeiver of the branch land office at Winnsborough, La. In espport of the measure he read a letter from M. Adrien Dupre, stating that the office was a mere sinecure. Mr. Bringier last held the office of Surveyor General, and he did some three years ago, leaving a number of valuable public documents mixed up with his private papers, and one object was to endeavor to recover them. The bill nwas carried through its various stages and passed. a Mr. Bruale offered a bill relating to sessions in thi-.Supremo Court. It provides for sessions at Monroe, Alexandria and Opelousas. It was read a first and second time, and referred to the Com mittee on the Judiciary. Mr. Wilcoxon gave notice of his intention to in troduce a bill in relation to judicial advertise ments. Mr. Mohan Introduced a bill for the relief of W. H. C. King. lRead a first and second time and re ferred to the Committee on Claims. On motion of Mr. Hough, the Senate extended an invitation to Major General Frank Gardner, who was present, to take a seat within the bar of the chamber. General Gardner accordingly entered and was introduced to Senators, with whom he entered into conversation, very much, apparently, to mutual gratification. Mr. iioute culled up the bill relative to the in spection of scales, weights and measures. The object of the measure is to relieve sellers of those articles from the expense now imposed on them, under penalty of a flue of fifty dollars, of having all of them inspected, before being sold or used. The bill was carried through its various stages and passed. Mr. l'.'ae called up the bill to repeal the home stead exnemption act. Mr 'Egan moved that the bill be allowed to lie over, as the general subject was under considera tion by the legislat ire. On motion of Mr. Poche, the bill was read a first and.pecond time, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Anderson-presented a bill to authorize Caro line Vanhill, wife of Lucius Dupre, to alienate her dotal property. The bill was carried through its Yarious stages and passed. Mr. Palfrey presented a bill to modify the law in relation to tacit mortgages. This measure is of such importance that we give it at length: Ailn rlition to the rnetdlng of morigages In reror nf emloro, m.,lred women, interdnlictd peraunes nd aobs.eontes: Snsca os 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and llouse off fttprsentativea of uthe huale of Louisiana in serc-l Assembhly convened, That it addition to the office of Rlecordcr of Mortgages, now estab lished by law, there shall be established at the city of New Orleans an office for the recording of all proceedings producing a mortgage in tavor of minors, married women, interdited persons and absentees, ald such proceedings, thus recorded, shall hIave effect against third parties throughout the State. Sac. 2. Be tifurther enacted, etc., That the office to be establisahed under this act be styled " office of registry of mortgages, in favor of mi nors, married women, interdicted persons, and ab sentees for the State of Luiolana." Soc. 3. Be it Jfurther enacted, etc.. That it shall be the duty of the several clerks of courts having jurisdiction in this State, besides the re Oording required of them under existing laws, to anuse to be recorded in said office created by this act, as well as in the offioe of mortgages, of the prish in which this office is situated, all bonds iahien by them from tutors of minors, cutators of interdicted persons, or curators of absentees, as also the orders of court making said appointments; and letters elof tutorship and curatorship shall not be issued in such cases until a certificate of the re uordcr of the office established by this act shall have been returned to the said clerk to the effect that said record has been made, ren eived by him, and filed with t the i tier proceedings of the case. Soc. 4. Be it further enated, etc., That no proceedings of family meeting, assembled for the purpose of deliberating in relatiuo to the inutereats of minors, no ivenrtory of tihe property belonging to a succession in inelijhliinors are entrusted, haa be homologated until said proceedings and said inventories shall have been first recorded in said office created by this anot, and a certificate of the same returned to the court to which said proceed ings belonlg. urce. 5. Be it furth e enacted, etc., That it L shall be the duty of every notary public, or other officer exercising the duties of notary public, be aides causing to be recorded in the office of re corder of mourtgages ,I the parisI in which the party resides, to oause also to be recorded, in the office etablished unler this act, every act passed before him in which, under existing laws of this State, a legal mlrtgage is created in favor of the wile in the property of tihe husband, I whether the said act he a marriage contract or any other actwhich may serve to show the sums of money or other property which the wife may have brought by way o1 dowerat the time of mar riage, or receipts or other acts, serving to show the snment of money or other property received by bcer r Iby her husband for her account during the arria:ge and any notary or persons exer ci.cig tc tulotctio ot notary, who ohall fail to o0mply with the requiremelnts of this section, as f to tihe icnridiug theorein mienttioned, besides being liable to the perston injured thereby for all damages which may lie sustained, shall be guilty of a nilsdemeanr in office,and shall, on conviction thereri. uIpon indictment or information, be dis mis.etl .Io hiis office, and hle sentenctd to a fine not c c eidinlg live hundred dollars, and imprison meut net exscoedlg six months, at the didcretion of the cs art. bic. U. Be it further enacted, etc., That no ackLeb oledgmelut of receipt of money or other property, on the part of the hulsband, shall be evi enco of Ithe paymenit of such money, on the de livery of such prope-rty, unless acciompanied by tile cerliic,it of thie regit.tr bl tile oice creaed by this act, to th.e effect that said receipt has been duly teerledl ini his ice, and that only from the date if raid ccrtillstie. Ss,. 7. Be it further enacted, etc., That the reeorning of the acts, receipus, and other doca ments I equrced to be recorded undelr tile provisions of this acLt shall operatte, and have effect in aveor of minors, mnarlled women, interdicted persons, and absenteeo, in whose Iaver they may exist, as the case may le, as a general mlortgage on the immovable uroperty il the husband, tutor or cur.n tor, as the case may be, throughout the State of Louisiana, against third persons, from the time of record id a. offioe. Sac. 8. Be tlfurtbe' enacted, etc., That all costs chargeable by clerks of courts. notaries, or other persons acting as notaries, under the provisions of this act, shall be lthrged an judicial or notarial sets, as the ease may he, in aosurdance with the fee bills established by law for clerkr and notaries, ad payable by the parties liable to pay the costs of the coll-ternl proceedings. Si Sac. 9. Be itf rther enuoted, etc., That the Re glster at thu obce of Mortgagesa, created by this Sact, shall be entitled ho receive the same fees for his services as are established by law for paroohial eaordrr, and no more. SSac. 1. Be it further enacted, etc., That the said Register, created by the provisions of this act, shall be required to lkeephis records in the i following manner, uamel4 He shall have one book of recaods for each parish tu the State, con I tainiug tihe proceedinggeas above enumerated, re garding iiidiiidual, domisiliated in ,said parishes, and in eooturmity with the official returns made to him in eonflermity w this act, by clerks of corta, otarioes, etc., and shall have an index carelully and teirertiy 5tett of each eof raid books of record ; auil in ~dition thereto, the said tegister shall keup and preserve a general and correot in NEW ORLEANS DAILY. CRESCENT. THIE OISCEENT Is PUBLISHED DAILY (Blndavs Exoepted) AND WEEKLY, BY J. O. NIXON, No. 94 CAMP STREET. TER~L.--DAILY. i a6; WE'EKLY, 95 PERL YKA VOLUME XV. WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 7, 1866. NUMBER 150. dex of all said records combined; the whole to be open to the inspection of the -public, upon ap pliatlon therefor. .Sc. 11. Be it further enacted, etc., That the acts of said Register created by this act, whether said acts be original acts, records or copies of acts, shall, under the seal and siondtare of said iegister, have the same authenticity as acts of a similar nature executed by Notaries Public, Par chlal Recorders, or other ministerial officers of this State under existing laws. sc. 12. Be it further enacted, etc., That imme diately after the passage of this- act, it shall be the duty of tie Governor to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, a Register of Mortgages, for the office established under this act, to hold his office during the term of four years. Soc. 13. lBe tt further enacted, etc., That this act shall go into effect immediately after its pas sage, and that all laws or parts of laws contrary to this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. In presenting the bill, Mr. Palfrey said he wish ed that a measure of this importance had been taken up by more capable hands. The great de she of all was to facilitate the introduction of capital, and one indispensable merum to this end, no matter what else mightbe done, is the removal of the uncertainty existing and the risks rnn under the tacit mortgage system. Measures of similar import to the present one had been introduced into the Legislature on former occasions. Eleven years ago such a measure was brought forward by Senator W. W. King. It met the support of the Genate Committee on the Judiciary of that day ; but a ubstitute was offered for it by Judge Moore of St. Martin ; while he himself offered a substitute for both. At that time the Senate had an official reporter by whom the debates in the Chamber werehreported,and tjey were afterwards published. Ito had in his hand the report of the debates an the subject at the time referred to-1855 ; and as they gave in a concise form his views on the sub ject then, with which those he held at present coincided, he would read from the report what he had himself said, and the reply of Mr. King. This the gentleman then proceeded to do from pp. 69 et seqq. of the Oficial Reports of the Senate of the State of Louisiana, session of 1855. The principal points in his observations were that the bill gives security to all conflicting interests con nected with or in any way affected by it. It provides a perfect security for minors, mar ried women, etc., inasmuch as it contem plates a central office for the recording of all mortgages of this kind originating in any part of the State. It offers security to capitalists, purchasers of property, and others acting in good faith, against the insidious effects supposed to be produced by the existence of unknown mortgagee. The central office he proposed to locate at New Orleans, becauose there real estate is much more an object of commerce than in other parts of the Statle; and to require mortgages on it to be regis tered elsewbere would be such an incumbrance that transactions could scarcely be carried on. lie showed that this was the law uplto 1i10. Mr. eink, the report showed, abandoned his own bill and supported that of Mr. P'alfrey. The bill was rend a first and second tim and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. On motion of Mr. Gibson, the bill in relation to respites was taken up and made the order of the day for Thursday next. Msir. Palfrey called up the bill to establish an internal improvement district, and moved to recon sider the first section. le stated that since tihe bill had been previously before the Senate, the committee had had an informal meeting, and had inserted certain amendments which it seemed de sirable should he adopted. Mr. Anderson moved to amend the section so as to except the parishes of St. Landry. Vermillion and Lafayette from the provisions of tile bill, on the ground that they are but little subject to overflow. Mr. Coco supported the proposition. Mr. Palfrey urged that the parishes named ought al to be included, because they are certainly alluvial m lands, within the sense and scope of the bill. Mr. Kenner followed on the same side. o The question being put on Mr. Anderson's mo- re tion, and the yeas and nays called, resulted in the following vote: Yeas--Messrs. Anderson, Campbell, Coco, Ka ov anaugh, Newton of Morehouse, and Scruggs--6. m Nays-Messrs. Abney, Barrow, Brusle, Cooley, Duvigneaud, Fellowes, Foute, Gibson, Gordon, Kenner, Lapeyre, Lott, Munday, Nelson, Palfrey, pt Poche and Welch-17. Pt [The vote announced by the Secretary was 15 to th 8. We are unable to correct the error; but it will bt be rectified in the official report.] Mr Newton, of Morehouse, moved to amend the w section by striking out the parishes of Morhouse, to Onachita and Caldwell, on the ground that no Is levee system whatever on the Mississippi could nm affect the lands in those parishes, as the water by bi which they are inundated comes from Arkansas. tt Mr. Gibson moved to lay this motion on the al table. di Mr. Brusle seconded this motion. al The question being put, Mr. Gibson's motion was tt carried by the following vote : If Yeas--Messrs. Abney. Barrow, Brusle, Cooley, p Duvigneaud, Fellowes, Gibson, Kavanaugh, Ken- ti ner, Lapeyre, Lott, Mohkn, Mundoy, Nelson, Pal- tl frey, Poche, Scruggs, Taylor and Welch-19. a Nays-Messrs. Anderson, Campbell, Coco, c Hough and Newton of Morehouse--5. [[n this case again the Secretary announced the vote 18 to 6, and where the error is we cannot IE point out at present.] n Mr. Duvigneaud offered an amendment to strike 8 out the phrase in relation to "alluvial lands," and f insert " lands subject to inundation on the Missis- tl sippi." p Mr. Mohan moved to lay this motion on the r table, because if it were adopted, it would be found impossible to find any one with lands liable f to inundation. d Mr. Duvigneaud withdrew this amendment, and substituted another, including lands subject to in- t andation generally. t This amendment was accepted, and the first section was adopted. Mr. Palfrey moved a reconsideration of the o second section, which was agreed to; but it was found that the purpose he had in view had already been attained-namely, the striking out of a pro- I viso in the original bill. Mr. Gordon moved to amend this second section ( so as to provide for the appointment of commia missioners by the Governor, instead of their elec tion by the people. Mr. Mohan moved to lay the motion on the table. Mr. Palfrey seconded the motion, which was carried without a division. The second section was then adopted. The third section having been read, Mr. Palfrey-moved to amend it, so as to confine the voting for commissioners to parties residing on the alluvial portions of the districts taxed. Mr. Gibson objected to the amendment as utterly impracticable, and moved to lay the motion on the table. Mr. Taylor thought the amendment a very proper one. Mr. Gibson withdrew it. The third section was then adopted as amended. The following sections, to the eleventh inclusive, were adopted. On the twelfth section being read, e Mr. Palfrey moved to amend so as to tax lands s and other property on which State taxes are e levied. Mr.Newton moved to lay this motion on the table, which, however, was negatived without a , division. The amendment was then pbt and carried, and then the section as "mended was adopted. p The question for ta adoption of the bill as a r whole, on its second reading, was then put, and tI apparently carried. , Mr. Ilough said he was in favor of a bill of this kind; but he thought this did injustioe to the par ishes of Merehonse, Caldwell and Oueb.ta, which had never yet been included in any levew system. He had doubts whether there were in tlhse par ishes any alluvial lands, and he asked why, f these parishes were included, all the parishet. on Red River should not also be included. Mr. Lott thought the gentleman's objections not well taken. It really was of nogreat consequence where the water came from; and if the Senate were to commence excluding certain districts on such grounds as had been urged, there could be no limit placed to the exclusions. The question was then put on the adoption of the bill, and carried, on the yeas and nays being ing called, by the following vote: Yeas-Messrs. Barrow, Brusle, Cooley, Duvig neaud, Egan, Fellowes, Foute, Gibson, Kavanagh, Kenner, Lapeyre, Lott, Mohan, Munday, Nelson, Palfrey, Poche, Purcell, Scruggs, Taylor and Welch-21. Nays--Messrs. Anderson, Burthe, Campbell, Coco, Hough, Newton of Jackson, and Newton of Morehouse-7. [In this case, again, the Secretary announced the vote as 2f to 6, and we cannot rectify the error. We followed the vote as closely as we could, and can only account for the discrepancies by reference to the prevailing buzz and confusion.] The bill was then taken up for a third reading. Mr. Foute moved a reconsideration of the twen ty-first section, on the ground that in giving the commissioners authority to fix their own pay, it gave far too great power over the large amount of funds that would have to pass through their bands. The motion was agreed to. Mr. Welch moved to amend by making the pay ment of the commissioners six dollars per diem for each day of active service on the Board, and fifteen cents per mile for traveling expenses. The motion was agreed to. Mr. Palfrey moved to reconsider the first section and strike out the amendment, " other lands sub ject to inundation," introduced by Mr. Duvig neaud. The motion was carried, and then the bill was adopted on its second reading. Then the Senate adjourned to to-morrow, Wednesday, February 7th, at noon. S-t--4 - House of repesent.ttaes. of The House met at 12 u. Mr. Elam, Speaker pro P' tem., in thle Chair. Player by Rev. Father Chalons. f( Mr. Lagroue, in tile course of the sitting, rose to os a question of privilege, to make a personal ex- gi planation. In presenting his resolution yesterday, re in regard to an article in the Times newspaper, he ti had, he said, been misrepresented, and, in order to to place himself right, he requested that his explana- fr tion be spread upon the minutes. The privilege was accorded, and his statement was read as fol- di lows: rt Injustice to myself and to my standing in this w House, I roust state that, in introducing a resolu- ei tion yesterday, in regard to an article published in at the New Orleans Times, I had no intention of offer- I p ing any disrespect to the other newspapers pub- b lished in this city. Many of their editors are my Il personal friends, and stand very high in my esti mation. I have no doubt that if the members so n eager to have my resolution tabled, had taken the b trouble to read the article in question, they would o have pursued another course. I am a slave to no clique or party, and will always endeavor to re- n ward merit wherever found. a [In our report of the proceedings yesterday, on D the bill to give the election of Treasurer,Surveyor, v etc., of the city of New Orleans to the Common n Council, it was, by a typographical error, made to p appear that the object of Mr. Lemarie's amend- a ment, giving the election of Comptroller to the a people was to guard against collision between that officer and the Treasurer, whereas it should have tl read collusion.] d A resolution offered by Mr. Snider, was adopted, g for the appointment of a committee to pay a visit c of examination, in conjunction with a Senate com- u mittee, to the State University. FINANCIAL EABSLRES-THE LEVEE FUND. g On motion of Mr. Walker, the rules were sus pended to take up, out of its order, the bill re- tl ported by the Finance Committee, to authorize the issue of certificates of indebtedness and of bonds for funding the same. The bill went tllrough its several readings, and was passed without debate, and ordered to be sent to the Senate. It provides that two million of dol lars of certificates of indebtedness, of such de nominations as the Governor shall determine, shall be issued by the State to pay its current expenses; t that those certificates shall be payable one year after date, without interest, and receivable for all dues to the State or the purchase of public lands, and that bonds shall be issued by the Governor to the amount of one million of dollars, payable in forty years, and bearing interest at six per cent. per annum, for the funding of said certificates to that extent. The bill also provides that besides e the interest, the Treasurer shall set aside annually I a sufficient sum to purchase twoutnd a half per I cent. of those bonds, which would extinguish the I entire debt in forty years. This bill having been disposed of, on motion of Mr. Walker, the bill, reported by the Finance Com- I mite.s also, to authorize the Treasurer to return five hundred thousand dollars from the general fund to the Levee and Drainage Frund, and to au thorize the payment of the same for levee pur poses, was taken up, and being upon its second reading was discussed for upwards of an hour. Mr. lHead objected to the bill. The money taken from the Levee and Drainage Fund was taken during the war, and must hlave been for war pur. poses. The payment of the war debt was inhi bited and he could not consent to support snuch a bill as this unltil all tire creditors of the State were put upon a like footing. This was an indirect way of paring part of the war debt, and he moved to amend the bill by saying that tile money sIhould'be " loaned" instead of "returned." M. Tucker thought it a curious point the gen tleman had made. It was competent for the State to borrow frnm the levee fund, or it was nost. It competent to borrow, it was competent to pay; if not competent, then tile borrowing was a nuility, and the State was responsible to the fund. This was the logic of the matter and he was ofuposed to the amendment. Mr. Leeds proposed the word "transfir." That, I he thought, would be the most accurate word ih thqe connection. Mr. Stills maintained that the original word conveyed a correct idea of the ohligation of the State. SMr. Head argued that essentiaTy the bill was a scheme to tax insdirectly .the whale State to build y levees, and he should oppose any proposition for ea general tax for sectional pepposes. Mr. Bailey deemed the phraseology of the bill y correct, as truly indicati.g the nature of the transaction and the duty e.fthe State. - Mr. Snider thought the duty to replace the I, amount in the levee fene was clear. If the pro s, position had been to p.y a war debt, he should have opposed it, butiss this case the money had only been taken freoA one pocket to put it in ano Is tirer, and in sucth ease he shdlld discard all those o extreme sensi sie notions about the war debt. Mr. Simonda observed that there seenied to be a great siisconception of the nature of this case. a The money prop-sed to be returned hat been takeL from the swamp land fund. That fund was ed name given to certain moneys set aside for a ad assent to anything tie Stale a sougt to do with it, and it was therefore a misuse of language to speak of the money taken from it as a war debt. Even if taken for war purposes, of which he had no evidence, it made no difference, for in no sense could it be regarded as a war debt, the payment of which was interdicted. Mr. Scanlan was in favor df the bill, as it came t from the committee, as it proposed to do that I which it was the duty of the State to do, to return I the money which had been temporarily diverted I from the specific use for which it had been donated. Mr. hlead defended his amendment, and lnd- I cated his purpose as correct. The Swamp Land or Levee Fand, was not the creation of a general I thx, but a fand in the benefits of which the Stats I rt large had no interest, It was not, for instance, I like the school fund, for the benefit of all, and mcneys taken from whihb, for other purposes, codul properly be restored by general taxation, but it was a fund. exclusively for the benefit of f lande-subject to overflow, one in which the inter east warspeelal an local. The money taken from it he Snew to have been taken for war purposes, and the' State had noe more right to pay it than if it was due to Mississippi. Mr. Stillel moved tolay all the amendments on the table,atd the motion prevailesd. Mr. Snider moved to strike out the figures indi cating thesum to be piddand insert such words as would provide for the return of the exact sum taken from the fond. Mr. Williamson, supposing the amendment was proposed in the belief thatthe amount taken from the fund was; less than the sum proposed to be F returned, asked'the Chairman of the Finance Com mittee to inform-the House on-that point. Mr. Walker said the amount taken waeoversix hundred thousand-dollars. Mr. Tucker had'another objection to the amend ment, that the Treasurer might regard the obliga tion as a war debt, and think it his duty to refuse to turn the moneyover. Mr. T. wanted the sum specified, and the bill to be specifoally mandatory upon the Treasurer. The money was needed in fund, without any possible contingency of a failure to return it. Mr. Snider withdrew the amendment. Mr. Kent was opposed to the measure, as pay ing part of the war debt the State hadcontracted, as doing that indirectly which could not be done directly. It was not taking from one pocket to put into another. It was taxing the whole people of the State to compensate the loss a part of the people suffered by a war expenditure. Mr. Elam (Mr. DeLabarro in the Chair) took the floor in favor of the bill. Whether the money was used for war purposes or not, whether taken le gally or illegally, the obligation of the State to restore it was the same. The fund was a dona tion from the general government for a particu lar purpose and whatever sums had been diverted from it should be restored. Mr. Walker said the Finance Committee had drawn up the bill with aview toobviate the objec teons which had been made to it, in connection with the idea of a war debt, or the idea of gan eral taxation, for one of the sections provided that so soon as the five hundredtbhousand dollars pro posed to be returned should be realized from the bonds authorized to be issued, for the building.of levees, the amount would be paid back. Mr. Head repeated that whenever it was deter mined to pay all war debts, he would pay this; but he would not consent to pay one debt while others were repudiated. Mr. Halsey urged that if the objection to the measure as payment of a war debt sprang from ano apprehension that it might be regarded as cuntu macious or rebellious, such an apprehension was very erroneous, for, since the fund had been do nated by the Federal government for a particular purpose, the diversion of it from that purpose and not the restoration, would- be contumacious and rebellious. Mr. Williamson, as a representative of a part of the State which was high and dry and needed no drainage fund, as might be supposed, had investi gated this question with more than ordinary cir comspection, and the result of that investigation was that all the objections which presented them selves prima fame had.been obviate, and he re garded it his duty to advocate the bill, because it would be outrageously unjust in those living on the uplands to refuse to pay a debt justly due to those on the swamp lands, whose fund had been used by the State. He did not know for what pus. pose the money had been expended, nor did ha care, for it did not affect the legality or justice of the measure under, consideration. A misappre priation of the money did not justify a refusal to restore to those for whose benefit it was donated wtatever was diverted, and the residents of the swamp lands should not be compelled to beans all the loss of the misappropriation. The previous question having been ordered, the bill was ordered.to be-engrossed-yeas 65, nays 15; and the ratles having been suspended, the bill was passed and sent to the Senate. THn CITY EnEOTION BILL,-POLICE nLL. PaOD.BI Mr. Jonashaving obtained- leave, called, up the substitute reported by the Committee on Amend y ments to the City Charter, for Mr. Solomon's bill, -r providing a.police.board for the city. Mr. Jonas urged the immediate passage of the bill. IHe had understood, from authority Ihe could not qpestion, ,f that the Executive hesitated to sigathe bill which - lately passed the Assembly, providing for a city n electiouin New Orleans, until such a law as that I beforeothe House wa-enalotd. a. Tho bill, which establishes a police board, as di r. rected.by title 8, articles 133. and 134 of the Con id stitution of 1864, the members of which board are to he appointed by the Governor, and of whiclt the n Sayer is one ex-oflcio, was then taken up and Spassed witout discussion or amendment and sent r. to the Senate. MIRnT.a.l. aIoUS. Mr. WilUamson, from the Commnitee on Federal .Relations, reported favorably, with verbal amend- d 'mente, Mr.Fenner's joint resolution, relating to the sentimnents and feelinga of the people of Louisiana toward the Federal government. and unfavorably on Mr. Thleneman'J joint resolutions relative to i the Imprisonment of Mr. Davis, and exculpating, him from the change of treason. Mr. Wilhamacon prselnted a bill to create an office of Commissioner of Enigration, which weas ordered to be referred to a special committee on motion of Mr. W. Mr. Austin, from the Committee on Printing, re ported favorably, by substitute, Mr. Gates' bill to amend the law defining the duties and fixing the compensation of State Printer, and both btlls were ordered to be printedanod were made the special order for Thursday next at 10 o'clock. On motion of Mr. Voorhies, the bill to change the name of Join Bellow and family was taken up and concurred in. Mr. Deporter introduced a bill to establish a normal school for the tlate. Refesred to the Coma. mittee on Education. Mr. McCloskey introduced a bill to incorporate the Portuguese BenevolelLt ssociation. IRferred to Judiciary Committee. Mr. Tucker introduced a bill to amend article 1598 of the Civil Code. Referred to Judiciary Committee. Mr. Hudspeth introdened a bill deslaring Bayou - , in the parish of St. Landry, a navigable stream, and a bill for the organiat.ion of a board of pollee for the town of Opeloneas, both of which bills were referred to the Committee on Pa rochial Aff.irs. On motion of Mr. Halsey, the House bill for the relief of B. F. Mlrehtad, of Ascenmlon, was taken up and, after a brief disoussion, passed unanui moesly. The bill appropriates some six thousand doUlatito pay Me. Morehead for work don&dly him for the Sta.n'uuder contract, in 1860. ' On {notion of Mr. Lipsoonmb, his bill was take. up, requiring the polee of New Orleans to report arrests made by them, the cause and authority, within twenty-four hoars after the arrest is made, and requiring Recorders to make a speedy dispoel tion of cases awaiting examination. An amend ment recommended by tlwJudlciary Committee, requiring arrests to be reported immediately, having been adopted, the bll. as amended was passed. On motion of Mr. Tucker, the bill providing for the lease of the new canal was recommitted to the Finance Committee. The stay law bills, which were the drder of the day, having been passed over until the usual hoar for adjournment had arrived, were. together with the Senate bill for the liquidation of certain banks, made the order of the day for Tuesdaynext. And the Bouse then adjourned. TELEGRAPHIC DISPAT . S. PAtWIC RAILROID ARIANGEMIEr# i. Medicadl EumiR~ions for the Navy REPORT OF- TIE MILITARY COUNCIL FINISHED. GEN. SKEBIAN IN U.. S. SENATE. Stanton's Resignations Revived. EXTRADITION ORDERS. THE CONFEDERATE SPECIE AND'MR:. TRENHOLM Fenian Excitement Subsiding in Canada THE BANKING QUESTION. No Opposition to Maximilian. FRANCE COMING DOWN ON MEXICAN QUESTION, Blockade Running Profits Subject to Rules of War THE NAVAL PAY ARRANGEMENTS. HEAVY EXPRESS OFFICE ROBBERY FINANCIAL AND MARKETS. THE FRENCH TROOPS TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM, I l100 Fenian Movements and Excitements. CALIFORNIA WIES SEIZURE CONPIRMED MISCELLANEOUSL N.EY.. lAam-lat e6Pes DmatehMeal WAB.INGTON, Feb. 6.-The government. direc tore, commissioners and engineers of the Pacific Railroad Company, adjourned yesterday after adopting regulations intended to insure the speedy construction of the road. They have received U highly engouraging reports from the West rela- | tire to the progre.asof the road. 1e Boards of medical officeors will convene on the 12th of March for the."examination of candidates at for admission aaoAssistant Surgeonse in the Navy. One Board will sit at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, one at Philadelphia, and, another at Chelsea, Maes saohusetts. Gentlemen' desiroue of being. ea samined by these bodies will apply, to Secretaory Wells or Dr. Herwita, Chief, of, Medical Bureau, e stating their pdace of birth, and,which board.they propose to appsar before, with.testimonials.ate E their personal character. Applicants most be between twenty-oneonod twenty-six years.of age. I The military council composed of Oens..Thomaa, Sherman anad Made, has fliehed ita.deliberatioos. NEw Yoya, Feb. 6.-A-nother .ompany ofl orth- t ern men, who went Boath with a view of investing money and establishing homes, have-returned, and are endeavoring to create the imprsaion. that the lives and property of loyal men ase,not safe under the government establishled there. An association of State and city school super intendents meet today in Washington, to make a permanent national organization. The subject of a national bureausof education will be considered. Gen. Shermana was-.i the gallery of the Senate during the delizery of Sumaer's a speech. Rumors of Secretary Stanton's contemplated esaignation aae again current in. Washington. Gen. Steadulan and hautgomery Blair are men tinoed among the prsons. having a chance for Now Ysena Feb. 0(-An- order was yesterday. received, from Washington for extraditions o. George tiusloff, who was hold here on a charge of administcriag poison to one McKennon in 'i. rooto. The World's Washington special says it is tated our government has arrived at an understanding with the Frenoh government,and that to all intents and purposes, the diffiulty between themri set tied. The French are about to leave Mextiooa d the United States government has waivedany inten tion to enforce the Monroe doctrine. There will probably be no recognition of Mextal, butthese is an expressed or implied pledge thett, the United States will take no overt measure to,depose Maxl milan and put any one else in hinila.e. tIl un likely that formal diplomatic nelgtlons will be I opened with the empire. A qusn recognition will result from the present undetaoding, asd con Ssuls will be placed in proer p; oition to protect v American trade in Mexico. It is unitkely that the French will leave Mezico before the close of the n year, and while withdrawing, their place will be a supplied by Austria.. Belgians, and nnch Meal d alne as are not oppesed to the empire. Sf Naw Yox. Fdb. e.-The Fenlan exotiement t- in Canada has saomewhat abated, since it appears that General 8 eeuey is not in Canada. Preeca e tians have n.ot been neglected. The public and n military are on the alert. The alarm still wide d spread along the 8: Lawreeae. id Vitier's Exprenm s , in Toronto, was robbed Py list night of $12,09. The provincial telegraph t a'ce was also ente by robbers. en The Tribune's Washington special says 1 governmena is taking the ground that bloclde running wn . partof the rebellion, and that alt Property used, and all.profit made thereon are subject to the t.es of war. The governnent has sent agente South who have forced cotton frming, and called upon all en gaged in this balbeu to state under oath their associates and thr amount of theft business and proftte. Most of theltitesses have fully testified. But one or two wesosent to prisoon uecoantof their unwillingness totestify. The He. G. A.Tren bolm,ex-Confederate Seetetary of t1r'Tressary, was one of the largest stockkhldersil the enter prise. His testimony slowedmuch fralness. It developed the fact thatý just before the evae, ation of Richmond, the tt&ut amount of specie is Confederate vaults was .StF,t00 to $400,066; 000e, 00W of which were in the tInesury at Rilicmond. The last named was carried, off and distAlbuted partly among Johnston's solrlbrs and partly among the military escort of Mr. Davis. Mr. Trenbolin stated that It his opinion Mr. .avls and other Confederate oncers refused to natelve any part of it. WWsaemoorox, Feb. 6.-The boae Commt on Banking by their action yesterday, on allowise more State banks to come in underi8e provisions of the law, made by their refusal, a paeceddnt f all such future'applications. Boevoe, Feb: .--The steamer FtMestlne-ha arrived at this-port, from Liverpool the28. alt. Lr-sarooL, Jan;-22.-The sales of coteon today embraced-8000 bales. Prices are dispoel'to de cline but the quotatons are unchanged. Lonxox, Jan. 2M--Consols, 87. Erie alares and IU. S.5-20's openedast an advance, closingeasier. Nzw Yong, Feb, 8,-The Post's Washington special says the House Naval Committe' has agreed upon a pay 118l, fixing the number of pay sasters at eighty, ofpassed paymastedlat forty, and of assistant paymasters at fifty. The Commercial says the treasury, on therl5th, wild istribute nearly eleven million dollars oficar rency-in payment of theiinterest on thife hundred millon dollars of 7-30s. The demand for gold for customs exceed $500,000per day. Cotton bills are a drug-on the market and can be bought at 1056to 106. Wasnarorox, Feb. 6.-The Supreme Court bas afirmed the judgment ofthe United States Court of San -Francisco concerning wines seized there for alleged undervaluation at the place of ship ment. Nspseeo, inhis speech on the 22d, says arrange ments. are being made to withdraw the French troops from Mexico, and:it is hoped this will pacify the United States, who were invited to join the expedition, but declined, although such expe ditionsayenot opposed to their interest. The re maindevof his speech refers purely to this quesn tion. New YngK, Feb. 6.--Judge Chapman, of the United States Circuit Court, has granted a motion to quash- the indictments against Barney, Fabian and Chanacy, charged with' uttering forged cuns tom house- bonds, the Court having no power to try the ease. The Express says a movement is being instituted among the O'Mahoney Fenians to solicit the inter ference of Secretary Seward in behalf of thelrlah Americana-found guilty n Irelandof being Fenians in America. The Fenian leaders are said to have a list of thirty British spies-who constantly watch theirmovements. New Yoan, Feb. 0., 11.48 a.a.,-Cotton nomin. al-at 48}®49 cents; Gold, 1.i ;Sterling Exchange, 1017@108. SoourawsT PAss, Feb.-G-8 P. a.-Two more, vessels have arrived at the bar this evening names unknown. The wind is still blowing. from the northeast. Nothing else in sight. QoanaNTINE, Feb. 6--- Pr. ..-The ship Sardi., from. Mobile, and the scheoners Ben Willis, from Ver-Crue, and J. L. Lewis, from Apalachicola, passed up at 1 o'clock this evening. LomIsvILLa, Feb. 6..-Provisions firm. Mes pork, $29. Bacon shoulders, 15c. Clear sides, 18jo.. Hams, 231o. Lard in tierces, 180. Flour, S7. Corn, 55®600. Oats, 48c. Leaf tobacco at ful rates. Hogs, $12 on.the wharf. Coffee, Rio, 27,t0c. Sugar, 15c. ard,.ljo. Sheetings,r0c. Cmcroasnt, Feb. 6.--Flour quiet. Wheat steady attl 90$05. Corn du.at 54c. Oats, 38)c. MeHs pork, $29. Bulk sides, ledj. Lard,.18i. Cotton, da-. Whisky dull andrmominal. Naw Yoae, Feb. 6.-Cotton closed more active, at -bout previous prices, 48o. for middling.. Flour tfsser. Whisky dulitat $2 26. Wheat quiet.and taem. Oats 480. Fork- $30 12. Bugar-COba nuscovado 125e. Molasses quiet-New., Orleans $1 15. Dreosed hou $13 75. Lardlio. Money. steady at 5 to 6 pereoent. for call loans. Sterling. exchange dull at 1064. Gold 1391. Governmepre stocks generally wthanged. APPOtrrorsBx Y THoE Govaneon.,--Th, ftel. o lowing appoint.iaeta were madeyesterdaybge(ovr ernor WYells: James Forit Netary Publio for the. paosheof r Bossier. Ion Rochellt, Notary Publie for the pgrlsh, of ' Terrebonnes,. Finr ALosax yHls MonocO--J'Tre, on, Boar4d a CoUon R.i..r-At 1 o'olock, this morriag the.oiy iO telegraplogane.the alarmn.ef L e. Beftro going to h press we sould only lears that ire was discommse p on board.the ship Noerish, lying at the foetoft Adele street, and lodsing with cotton.. The weesel belongs to.. Messrs. Eldon.& breen- e well oft New. York, sai, is consined, to Gee. W. Hynasu. As we wie the fire ia saldito,b raging in the, forecastle. It is. believad, that two men have.bsn burnedato death. T LpCTUnrs , FnIDAr vt E.INo.-We take muslipleasure isinforming nr, redeirathat in con noateon with. the lecture to be delivered on Friday ewaing next~by, Jol W. Overall, q., on the life ad, charapter of. "Stonewall!' Jacokson, a grand aneert.will be giyen. ReBsr.vedests for this ir teresting eenoaion.msaybe aoured by making i' m. snediate application at the Commerlial'Read leg Room, cowner of . tCharlee street and Corm oer citl ailey, at BIlaohk.aa's sad Grunewald's and other nrasio stores. The entertainment will ' pe for the benefi. of the widow and daughter o I Gen. JacLan,. and. tbatiasaying enough to at traot to Odd Follows' Malb an immense audlence. Ansosa.--S. Isaat was arrested in the Second District, on acharge made against him by J. .. Pefiold,.of the firm of Messrs. Quinla' a & Co., of a knowingly passing a co.nterfeit $M0 b' JI, The ac cused eought a bill of goods from Me arse. Quinlan S& Co., and, as alleged, gave the ' Dad bill, with a othermoney. inpayment for the purobhase. Re d iorder Kruebbe will investigate tl' a transaction in * due time. C. W. Norton was arrested by officer Nestor on . Jslla street, on oharges made r against him by Win, ll Donnelly of cutting him with a knife, and threat a ening him, having a revolver. very promisonoesly A displayed at the mame time. o E.. Benton was arrerted by omcer Begaln, on a charge of receiving th'ree bales of cotton, know. e lng them to be stolen. G so. mms was sr'ated by officer OGreen,an es charge of obtainng money from Pt k Aubrey by id false pretences. w Recorder Krn'obbe will take cogniances of the lust mentioned, eases. . d Ten Fast0.a LoBAeous 5 TUS rSeoois. At the lss. meet4 of ft D. rectf~it Pobuo Schools, a committp of fir idoi, 9 was ap i pointed to co-operatewitlr the SBperintendent, in h introducing the French language into such of the tntermen4ate schools as they might deem ad visable. For the future, th; F:euuh language will be taught in the following named shoole Ann, girls; Basin street, boys tRampart se4, rls; Bayou Rfad, girls; St. Pilip street, boysl Barracks street, girls; LeBreton, boys; L.eBretd-.r girls; Fillmore, boys; Beauregard, girls; C'Iil ieotte, boys; Chalmette, girls; Washington, iMa; riby and-Hancock. The system of instruction ti to be the i r trs. One teaheria to be asigned to each . the schools named. the seleetons to be made, it practicablefrom thosp of teachers new is the boolu. One bular day, from 2 untl S Vclock r. ., wll be%*air devoted to teed-, Sg the French lasagge. lThesiec.o. of ihb e Wlthe peattlons wilt be made by Ug Cofi ee Teachers. The text-bootsadsep ..1s s " parents of the papils will have to s Abecedaire; ?olterin's grammar, foul.r. mieresCo alsaces; Manstld'.ductn ber; Choie dletrtme, par Janiste The follo q named gentlemen aeue on the dbmmittle: Robert J. Ker, Chispelfr, D. bAug utid, D. C. He a " Jewell. J MAIL CoPmut wrtnjI WI osrew-WtIst - Locmsoua. .aye 12 eon iformed , master, Mr. lalarferr, tbat regulas plcation between New Od.e.s and ful a arm estaHblisbe A 1 Snow senat fratt atches tr Earrs rg, orwardmalauhteo ie ws b stnl y-ae T + ;ia . ourreaders hers sdihs Nae.st SuvymecaD. - EdwE4 whiý'vug W I 4 Used t' of mouslaughtej was ye sa iaee*' Judge Abell, of tiab Cetai 5s1Ch tus month's mprisonment fj the Stite -aytolpay $1 ne. Co~swas dr. .r" m the clay railroad cars, atd- we Epllanade street, when a man named wasiqll draunk at tIe Se, got l an meaqe paal isd nsalnigt7oz. C -gie an~,a·1~j bt'l ol*e ndwlafatallt J yresa beard in giaao u Jfta vchcle, crustiieg his beeas efore the th e ol.h s stopped, whisk the drivermiseavoe to So m seon asnowd' fel over. ThSejury befoerew g case was trld rendered a verdict of. =r quallSeatioe , but they,bave , y Judge Abelt a strong reeomedioY.ir way. The light pmbhniment iteposedl .in- th 4 -. court coincided in the '"eseosad silttg ' the jury. lsrrnason o WAsrantor35-Wlh 3. Esq., Assistant Secretary of the has been here some days on with the Department, lefh last` steambostunminary, en rests forW IfrTesmous DIsArPPEraAx O1 hucsd*t Mr. Ezekiel Jones, who resided witkdsla Dr. Smith, on Canal street, left his return in the veoning to escort some opera, als.aoewhich tine he hbu not b He had when he left the house $500 upos Ion. It if4eared that bee has poet with We sinceomcy trust that his disappear . q.I accounted for satisfactorily. _ : C.sConsaera.-The case of S E. l w fixed fo' trial yesterday in the CrOiinal Coant, Counsel foe the defense objected to ti oent, argument on the question was and wllbbresomed on Saturday next., esodanbinehorged withpublishing a liObel of the German papers of the city. d BoAan.osDmzmoas or PousLC Bnoc0 Seguls 'monthly' meeting wf-Ufa' BoaLo.q - 00,4 , rectors oi+£he .bio . wtini . l. Ki oleudy oBurk, ]SRq., Pre ident, to Theminatesa.of th.last meeting n. b c mmitteg, .sonsbtlg of teasre a |tcCoard,' Bslil Duoonge _and. poioted to ao - onotn ate w tint ,a add ash lortiauppvopýletoaienfe , pew school house in the Third SA ommunicalion from Mr. e -teaekro a-.a fer'd to aa sullis.e -IA aomomotcun hn Ronm M... Sasthm .or r. ogeno I: t' eomr aeeststreetoin ot, st; eprt bfrmhe f r os th arsP toud tratheortribne from h ea infored thalt hod bese ct' aa yca tempoonry, ety anuthorttiesa: 9i -; at variance with well estat Jgkbed in reaia 4, to.ath~matters . Os motion of Mr. JeweUll a apeoln Bl inOembe wa ppolu td fonwthela /oaleerim& with the (om sst.e on u of te. pg its.k..e in regard to the eteo.o of be i " sated.,thanl e believeda n 4bll wronld I in Q in the Laslaltore whir would r Iselection cadets shoe od be of a-.· cl.ar ohasaeter; that was, that 11 9 - gletardina ofsmtlees i.d unable to moaitd l ttea. U 'wifithe Institute. e eor. wele pD od rated: . thePreliont oa TMe.igmnatloo of Mi. Tyes as a membell0 tstosrdwasron ied and accepted. f. C. Raymond, Eeq., wa proposed 1.E. " Newton iohards' to 1u the vaoaucsy Dr. l-.t . wasalo nominat id. Mr. Raymond' eaokhoiseew the successor of yr.oye. A resolutiono r e red by Mr. Richard thahonre meae .Uoll from B to 7 oelok' Ou motion of Mr. Jewel, a comumti +g was appointed to consider the advieabilty + ing a course 0o lectures delivered for of the library ot the public sehooel..5 y idenl appoint ad Messrs. Jewell, Ohiap Sriday onthe committee. Dr. Pey , gave notice that t the s nt.r he awoual o ra , esoluton In regasd oiUtm the nmur Co .-Th o of fI 0r T• r aan esvsek . M. J. hlte.I et •1 nI tJo~' permanent, wdte as ostblw ued un n ever: , 0 . t "J"'. ... "e mont .s oe ajl d aquitte.n. _ourned. In. Ad as aquited. , i Nuties Ws e LW UC5. FaeweUll to the cotton, spoons andilver plate-. . Farewell the opportunIty to steoa and rob, -4- ,, That make the wealth of.Btler I 0 f*O welI- , Farewell Dutch Gap Canal, Fort Fs.r pow eg " The chance to insult women, rslg apzrega fl t Big' Bethel Drewroy's Bluff, endthe bi,..g ; war my eneral' star, my royalstate, ut t ta, my power-- .ra stt, e -my- ,...e." My breft deeds, my heapsof; apperl, g No more toohaplnea badger, or ano to 3.awk-., Farewellt The 'Beot" Isonly "Bottled uWdeRl If t8onamea* (iswh DesorarnmoeBn.aarmmEy.-Browlow, ofaee: see, ez-parson, bat unfortunatelyotez resently said, referring to the loyalty of. dstrlcts of Tsenmneee: : It Jeens btorit.+ -own from NHeae to morro1w wth am nunher ot glttteiul g eteW q shoulder atrapae4 welv pollee r hs oeqqOpapgi of gtbe pberu l great Btate By. asuh a brute is a people who 'etho tbere, leader the relotount? turly Ihr us ."! ba worte'. . ng. wa trioueo l oet , montheir tshde Aolkooa o oper. s Q&a t tt robce, whioh utoeatettate a ohlngsal'