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THE NEW ORLEANS CRESCENT.
VOLUME XVIII. FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 12, 1869. NUMBER 17
IL I i il a _
THE OHBsULNT'S DISPATOHES.
WeA tlilNGTON.
THE LOUIbIANA OFFICES.
Those Having the Inside Track.
HAHN AND PITKIN AFTER fOREIGN MISSIONS.
Th ,t- . _--- ew Oisa.- Orse-.I-
PROBABLE (ONNIUL TO MALAt .
IRpeerial Dpat.h .., the New Orls OrtmeeL1
WAIHINGcTOw, M~h 11.- -Pardee, an applicant
for dietri,.t atternvehip. Sullivan for the naval
cflice, and Hutchine for assessor, have the inside
track.
Hallhn and Pitkln will arrive to-morrow evening.
1 hey are appllcanta for foreign missions.
1P. I. ieeketel wilt probably be appointed con
ea, to Malaga. DELTA.
TWO OF MR. JONSN0H'S PARDONS
ARRESTED.
BINKLEY AFTER THE INTERNAL REVENUE FOLKS
WIlH A SHARP STICK,
PROCEEDINGS OP CONGRESS
EIITTITION F'ituO) TEXA1.
MORE CIZBINET NOMINATIONS.
Boutwell for the Treasury Department.
HAMILTON FiSH EHR IHE STATE DEPA3TMENT,
Gen. Rawlins far the War Department.
'ashbbuerne ominated for the
Lreucha M isisvaiozl.
()T1HER1 N NIINA'T'I )NS.
Suspersion of the Order Moving
Infantry Regiments,:
The New orleans Post OOice---Tbe
Louisiana Congressmen,
WtAtr:N ;iT)';, Al:tr II 1l.-S- far as ascertqinel,
the lew a .L.,lnisr,' r .n has only succee.led in ar
restng two of MSr .IJ.hneou'M pardons.
Fx ,Srle'tor [tir ekley and ez-Commissioner
P.1'ori, of the reverinu department, ha-l a chase
to daiy. Rollins f, mald refuge io the revenne iltsi e.
ubt,- . t'lIy Iltokley met Deputy ',,nmas
pi r.r iI rl ,Ji. who. resoonding afirmativ 'v t',
a ies'nlvl hethea lie would tight, was Ikna) .e,
down tby !inckley. when a cr-w.i sepax.te(l ti.
be ligPrenti.
e,'-$n7-tNmmner presented a petition from the
loyal citizens of T'x is, adling for a provi-liioul
1r vernment for their p-otet~tln, asqert!nl thit if
the pentditi coi)-ult'ttin bhe adopted tLe Mate
will be handed ,,v'r t. the rebels.
X\ýi" ,n i,,nrr ,l , . I a hill rel:evlng certe'n per.
sons tr : dilsabilit!es. Referred to the jui I rv.
A 1ill was introdiced amending the poiAl !.:~,
dl.ueding with the teet oath in certain instan 'e-.
'lhe following oinunations have been male :
B,'utwe'l for t).e treasanry; Hamilton Fch,
itate department . Gen. Rtawline, war deport
ment, and Waehburne minister to France; A.
K. t-harpe mar-h il District of Columbia, Can.
.ron A. Newconib marshal for Missourl, Frank
Moore, of New V irk, aseistant secretary of
legation, Paris : :m.n-y A. Stockiale collector of
itteral revelnue. Louisiana, Vice Gcen. rateed
ntl; Edward V. Kingsley, escretary of leg'ation,
,adrid, vi(e lloratio J. Perr : James m1ng*
street, Purveyor of customs. New' )rlenas vice E.
T. Parker. resigncd : Juo. F. Casey. colle:tor of
custums. New Orh a ,.
'lhe Senate ctlolrined the nominatiort tele
r aphed at noon. Nuoe of the othere were cou
i lted.
Gen. Halleck w:ll probably be relleved by ;Gen.
Schofli !ii.
Gov. lReed, of Ftlri ta. is here.
'the G(;orgia It ,dt a delegitin of four whites
eri tihret tlacks h +,1 an Interview with (rl,'t,.
hlie pii t'idea t i-e'H(eVel their written ePt.re ":11it
F.it, g .I was a I.a.'tr wbhlct required e.uay a id
il'thll 'I.
l t dr, cti a of th r)r-:deent, o runt' of g"ne
er- r, ,rs N io. i tl :'( hr i'ry .th, 1- I , are "ires
t., hei h i-r ' ' .1 I, m.lintry r, ei.iiei., !i C ,
p1(0n 0 utltl 1 firt sr < ,
1I .t -i ' t t i ,.1 .:i,,. M. G. Parker ie ap ipoi nted
,'tetoie recei;t. fron let to (;th inst., iclnusive,
i he I'ljreaa has s araeraph indicating that ths
IJ!::iuian, mnembir i- (f 'ongree are coanlltlerin
(t:e poprilrty of reolIrmtg. whereby a prol.iged
Inve ri' ,,ion will Ii.- uvoldd, and the early re
Irt -envP'.,ui of t . PS*- h, 0'eele d by a n-w
· c n. it ib s , d. ., : c.,e inquiry. that cn
cerrt sIf actn in ". In rli I t is i:pro.hatble,e aul
tite tliO I iirahrI C it cii upon itihormi.iA Circ.ver
I SrTet -It arp',', lates this evening. that
Piirkhr rw rl 't 01 way f'r the N~ew ()Orlans
Ti , in i t ir e)ii. ,I l tl li)h P, ,f t. Ht -n1 irl
ii ( hsrls W l ',si- I em).sirvg ),al lH.
i ' 1, t> t tabiiii. the In-hah deipart
'Abe illu eei *' r. cu tIe goverliiin t crc!it
8at taketl up, a: d thh e ~ond secitio strlccen
oult--- to 14.
'I ,e -etati. winhlout farther action, adjonrned
to L.,nday.
FP.ON 'E' ERSBURGO, VA.
@he Repufhltean etate ('svear ttor-Mlore
C rte eat--1 , asLtefls .Md me.a.olutioLme.
I'r i ,::-! ,. 1 ,r 10.-In the afternti ., aes
PiL i im t na Cofvi (Ien 0to day there was 11 o ire ex
t"' . A coliled sergeant-at-armi was ac
), Ih., agalllslt ihrm a white member lrevs.,ed
) I pi,.'l while att-mpting to make an arrtnlt.
i lM was taken r h.rm, of by thepolice. A o,: :
to ask ' ; .:Ha) : 1. withdraw the police vat te
:entl: . i : '+:I - liortlyafter wittadriw '1
; t IIf + forrce I li tt - h+all. The nomltontions worl
ian gte tito I -.esanlted uas follows: H. II.
I\, Is. g Vernor- .. 1. Hiarris, negro, lientenalt
gove rt ,r. Th(). 1:, I laden, attorney general, and
A. Mi. :Ie . cvnleesaman at large.
Itie-.:n. c r at dopted: 1. Favorini tbe
ear y rt.t ,i'li n ," Vtrgtnia under the new 0'Jn
,-titutihn witou' ::.. ge or amendlmtenti, ant an
rarly elec:ic., w:!.,ut wHi h there is dEs-r of
tial disaster. . h2:\: the e:ection of Gen. Grant
shas awakened nrt i n:P ani given nev guarno
Ite <f l:k i'uo - lt , of the R pub!ican party,
a:td ,,.i'l atd.! ' t;id tUo alt the privi:egee f
Olte.tie. H Ilsra' with pratitude (;rant's in
,,,ciral, atI, t!. :'C 1.1m for declarng that
t i .v, re al e.-. ii estahliihed t -te cn
n 'be peace. 4. .preses the hope toat hrne
atir n, 'tlte CC. Aiy" th. right t i ';:."i to
,' ) ao t! h c v-'e ,t-. 5. Thanklog the pe·rs ent
I.. r r.--' ,i.,g h- .t i and t,,- nidi tih " • ,
tiir :u i Iwh tI tcy bi )ieein rmnv,.l ir the
S faitt: l ai ,har ', of ttlir dllti' , a-- 4 a',
pleag'ng the pro .'ent the suppiri of Vr-di-ia.
(. A 'tirh e .. ty of righ's fr all , :
rgir'' r ci, 'pr the edai i,)n of tlii p,, )n'
In pl' r' !,h, i ' u i tall: a m',rw e.iI ~r
tenl of taxatuio :I r rsonable prov C,,n tj p:e
- rye a home tr:ii ae.zare. levy a .1 sa'' : the
palyment of the pu est debts of the State; to
,ecure aa Impartitl jry tril by opening the jiry
Sbox to all male citizens without regard to race or
'olor. 7 Aeserting the right of the res.
republican party of reconstrootion to de
-ermine the manner at well as the con
ttirutton and laws under which the State
-hall be restored. 8. Asserting that no repebli
"'n form of governmment can long exist, or he
wisely administered where a considerable portion
• the pI-ople are ilfrauchised, oand that the Re
t ubli' as party of the siate are not in favor of the
creation of permanent disabllties, but pledges Its
I forts and infloence to secure the removal of the
dusabiuotee of those wno accept in good faith the
r"eults of the war aid c- operate in earnest eff).rts
for the restoration of the State under the recon
struction laws: but that such removal should be
caimed on superior claims fur amnesty, which
.'e not possessed by the great body of disfran
ilised persons. . Asserting that the Repab
iican party is the real partyof reconstruction, and
that there can be no permanent restoration of the
State except through its initrunmentali'y.
After reorganizing the State Central Committee
the convention adjourned. I
A colored delegate last night was ordered out
of J. Pritt'shotel, and refusing to go except by
force, was arrested by the police. The mayor
this morning discharged the prlsoner, but decided
trat hotels in this city are understood to be kept
oven for whites, and should not be intruded upon
by colored people who were not registered guests
aLd had no right therein.,
FROM ATLANT&.
The eeorgtl Letslesamre--Raltteatles of
the FPfteemsk Amneadmea.
ATLATA. March 11.--The House passed the
fifteenth amendment by a vote of 74 Lyea to 69
nays.
Members opposing Its adoption said the artl-le
destroyed rights exercised by States since the
tonndatlon of the government, and a concession
by the people North and South that they have no
right to determine the right of suffrage. They
claim it a ooncession by Congress that the recoa
struction acts are unconstitutional and that It in
vests Congres with the right to impose suffrage
of all men on the States, irrespective of color or
race. They say that the fnndamen'al principle of
Democracy I is hat negro suffrage is wrong, not from
any ill w.1i towards the n-gro. but because the
Democratic party is a white man's 'party a,d
represents the intel Isence and virtue of the coun
try; that Gov. Bullock belongs to a class who
desire elevation of the negro above the whites,
as b9 that means alone they can secu:e power. and
when the Republican convention met last May,
they de-ided that negro seltrage should be Im
iposed on the states which had seceded, but not
on ihe loyal States becarte incontltaUtionat.
the Republicans said the Dem3erate must settle
the matter: that the pill loiked bad, and It was
bad, but when swallowed they woo:d feel better.
The r ,treme Radicals and Democrats left the
hall withoutvotin r.
FROM NEW yORE.
Ammualitom landed in Cuba-Reveace,
NS \1. it. Mar h 11l.The Her ld's Havana
tpterial saes the s'eamer .ietr-rn B irden fro it
.Jacksouvl'ie. Fla., a itl';i ~ .ii,00 hill cartridges
ai d a nntither of recruits landed salely.
NS.\ 1 t.e. March Il.--D:-trict Attorney C( tort
.ey bus rec-ived iti.tru tieo. to p-i h the Fuller
Siti U sol uittir tlev-nue ca-(- to Conviction.
FROM SRREVEPORT.
Ios, or the Steamer (uba and Cargo.
-.", '. ::r;:. 'arch 11.--.--The steanmer Cabs
No, I ( qI,; i, H lt .n, fwith 5-U bales of cott n
n beard. ,t.:k in Alba::'s Canal on the 9th in
.tat . I',B' at :al loss. & portion of the cargo
w:I. be saved. No Iiv,. lost.
PROM BALTLMOgRE.
K erptlin or Fx-lr,nden, Jiohme·n.
.itr:uiiouc, Ma"ch 11.-Mr. Johnson was met
At Al r,,"a-s by the comm:ttee of ivltati, n and
::.e it)t . ot:t i, and was received at CamJei
-tiit.t- b-y G( v. IBowie, the State officers and an
ian.endae crowd.
FROM HAVANA.
I holera--Pi stattoes Destreyed-Chtpmests
of uga·r so the Unsted Slttes-A-rmed Cu
Ibams Landed.
H1.vi a., March l0.--The cholera has disap
ptea.red froml xantiago de Cuba.
There has been great deitrnetion of planta.
ti, ns in tthe vicinity ut Monteznma and SBana
(111z.
9:ipments of sugar from all Cuban ports to the
U"' ted States are very heevy.
HIAVANA, March 11.- The steamer Henry Bor
den, reported safely landed In Cuba. carried 104)
yong ('baisa, armed with Peabody riles, re
v~lvers and short swords.
It is stated that ('easedes would continue the
Fabiat. p, ,icy until his forces were better armed.
FROM EUROPE.
Th. Spaishl SGoernmeal to le lee.
tooito, March II.- The ,lpanish goveromrent
, Ceg;ri..il D)lice to soupelld the execution of
coutudlmea insurgents. Securities steady.
FLOM SOUTHWEST PASS.
FortwePsT Pass. March 1l.-Noon-Barome
ter io:gi. i sod northwest and light. Arriveo:
tramo.I-ip Oi.ntal. suow, IL, tan, to Win. Cies
sy; bark 'reichden, Saler, Gl davw from An
twerp, general cargo, t. Lovell & Bailey; brig
C(incepuou. ~car,,ttc. .2 days frotm Marseille, ti,
tlianhbui & h;rand; bark Frutlnjualo, Monasterl.
vi da)s frosm Isslna. with fruit to order; three
rmasted schooner Jetffrson Borden. Hall, Provi
'i-uce, ice,to Crescent City Ice Company. S dies :
Ltcuaalsp.a ARgnes and W. G. Hoewes, bark Oluars
and .sip Arran.
Pc,t'TItnwT P'.is4, March 11-6 n. M.-Barome
tr :'o:.W. Weather ca'mr. Arrived: Brig Nueva
('asi, Inrvall, three and a half days from Havanas.
witre, to Poig Brithi rs; h.bp Gardner (:olby. Dun
tar. fity rix da) fr-rn, Newp irt, Wales, iron, to
reaster: echooner W. L. iurrows, Londen, tweoty
three tasy frilm Pston. ice and general cargo, ti
i weter: t rig (' HI. Ki-uredy, Saples, eight lays
I--ni Motarnlzi. sncr, to A. (:ounnrie & Ci..
-, rd : .ark Ant.i I ,, d,!; slith a iidl Runtst':
It ti-:'i t HUrace i a',. and stemsamlp iher
(C'awo, Mirch Il.-Passed up : Belle Memphis
sno1 shre re. lowlin: Thompson Dtean anld Dex
tri. !vier rie InctiCes. Snowing rhie evening.
Mi in : . ri 11 .-Weatner cloidg avi wr
- '. 'i t snow th:9 afternoon. l:.vrer tl injg.
i'essd up: Argosy and barges. Down: Robert
litnsvtiu.L a March 11.-Rtiver rsling, i fees 4
fncltes in the canal.
S--. ir;· Marh 11.- -Pver ewelltng.
I( 'itiR O. March 11 --s'aw-aed own : Peytona
1nr0 barges at . A. M. Itiver aechning.
I ,~o ' MMarel 11 .-Afiernoon.--Consols 92 for
nrteo . r. :: :r ace.u . Bonds b2). st, -k t--·lv.
LI, sii i,. March 1-Afternoon.-Cotton dull
Ibr ad-.,:s ilutrt. Beef 90S. Tallow 4is.. jd.
1.. H :' , • Mar h 11 -Noon.-CJttoi ti'ene
, .t.; t- ;,ling uplands 12@i~12 d.. miJidLng
(Orleans 12.I. ,'did. Sales 7(00 baLes. Breadstalsl
Hia\is, iMarch 10.-Cotton firm. On the tpit
I .t.t. Mar5 h rl--Eventhng.---Coonlolls ,3. Bnds
. u ar on t'. -.i'p t It s. asf1t -a , -.. In-rease
I! bul itn in the Bank, of a;nglao d .19.000.
l li~h t, March 11.- Evemnlg.- CJtton un
changed.
S t!.'.thr'I M.. ar'h 1-Evrening.--Cotton doll.
a i'ddlitg uptands ld.; mridling Orleino 1243
t12d. HaFon 5Is. 6d. Tnrpentine 31s. 6d.
o aw Y.~oe. March Il.--Five twenatles o!f 2
t 11' : n' ' 1I' : i-f ';5ti 117; do. new, 112;,
e Naw YoRz. March ll-Eveninr.-Southere se
-n.ttie generally nchanged. Mony e-a'y at 6
, c,;Rceut. old 11. Sterling quiet 10:. Stocks
.ower and unserttled.
S N x t K,., March l.- EvPning.-Co.tton heavy
r,: . lower. iaiea 1000 hales. Mititing u7
,'·. e "- . Flour to re - cvivc . out pr,_es favir
, utr: .uperyLe 5'at,- $S 44t". i'F 5. comnon t,
to i lair extra -outhern $6 5u~i, i-. Wheat closed
quiet. Corn drill and declining. Pork firmer:
mesa $30 75331 124. Lard dull; kettle 19 lP@istc.
Whisky duli at 95e. Groceries dulL Sugar quiet,
Mouscovado 12412jc. Naval stores quiet.
Freights du!l.
MaiPnpe , March 1l.-Cotton active at low rates,
middling uplands 27ko. Receipts 571 bales. Ex
ports 860 bales.
CIIscinATI, March 11.-Flour dull and un
changed. Corn G6@67o. Otse 65c. Pork 531
0o. Balk meats held, shoulders 124t., Mides 14 c.
I acen held, shoulders 13jt., clear rib sides 16ic.,
clear aides 17c. Lard 1la6. rflame 1il @1)c.
Fsr. Lorts, March 16.-Superfine fl nur 5!5
5 75. Wheat $1 50®1 55. Corn 6,870-. Oats
;2@68e. Barley steady. Rye $1 30@1 33.
Pork $31. Bulk meats nominal. Bacon si.iul.
der 14e.: clear sides 17@17;c. Lard l186Ils o.
Whisky 92c.
Cnertaoo, March ll.-Flour $5.~t6 50. Wheat
$1 15(d 15}. Corn Sic. Oat. 53! @3'.. Rye
$1 19@1 20. Barley $1 87. Hi~hwioes 9c0.
Pork $30 50. Lard 1Sc. Bulk shoulders 12a.,
sides 156.
LOUISVILLE. March 11.-Sales 103 hhds tobacco
at 850l3. Perk $31 50. Lard 18.o. Bacon
'ioolders 14c : clear rib sides 17c.; clear sides
l;lc. Bulk shoulders 13c.; clear rib lides l;..:
,lee-r pides pioa. Flour-e-s ertine $S. ~iP . Corn
i;l;64'. Oat. 62(~;5c. Whisky 93c.
MosILu, March ll.-Oottoa market dull and
espy; o1n middling 264e. Sales 200 bales. Be.
celpts 203 bales. No exports.
MISCELLA&NOUU
('or.rxnu .S. C., March 1 l.-The General Assem
bll han parsed a joint resolution, ratifying the 15th
amendment.
A-GoUSTA,GA., March ll.-The tobacco reported
seized here fur alleged violation of the revenue
lase, was released this morning, it having been
proved that there was no ground for seizure.
BRcatnon, March ll.-After a harmonious e
lion of three days, the supreme lodge of Knights
of PJthi aadjourned. Charters were granted to
establish lodges in West Virginla and Ohio. making
thirteen States in which the order is engratted.
BIoToNr. March ll.-John W. Coleman. who was
arrested by the civil authorities charged with em
hezzling tounds from the freedmen'a bureau in
Louisiana. has been turned over to the military
authorities for trial and conveyed to Fort Warren,
to be taken to Louisiana for trial.
IxsiluvoO. Ky., March 11 --';en. Breikinrilge
was welcomed home to-day, and widl resume the
practice of law.
HAtAKISwrGi.s, PA., March 11.-The S'eate hy a
strict party vote ratided the i!tteeuth amend
,uicct.
AI.GCsTA, ME., March 11.-The Legislature has
ratired the flfteenh amendment.
'ocal ,$ntellltct..
Soit for nrrfamstton of Charweter-Thtrty
Th'eu.aa Dolttrs Ciamed.
A suit for heavy damages. which was brought in
the Filth District Court on March 1s, lttt, is now
just coning to a final trial, and is one that prom
iles to be of unusual interest. ren plaintiff is Jon
athan 1). Knox, superintendent of the leather
msnuuactory at Magnolia, Miss. He brings suit
against William Henderson, president of the com
Nasy, alleging that he has made, during tle
miouths of December lt67 and January lad4. at
Meguolia and at uammit on the Jackson railroad.
,tatemuents to the ellect that he (Knox) had taken
idvantsge of his position as superittendent of the
works toswindle the company out of $ i6.00,
cuupling these statements with abusive language
about Knox. Mr. HIloderson replied by denying
he allegations all and singular, and all aligad:tin,
.1 malice or evil intent towards lu.ox. As t,l tle
witnesses live in Missisrippi, comaiusaiOus hat to oe
i-tiled to take the testimony, and tris, together with
he interrogatoriies and counter Interroigatories.
t,,n criss interrogatores, a.l of wh ci: hb d to bY
e-nt t y mail and an.wers r-cetveu, tave t .,eu up
iirwitleorable time. Mr. Knollx o0 .s In tlde teri
mony of Herman Bruning, Michael Bi Ler anJ t.
U. a 4teir to sabssantate the feet tsess tr. irader
-on did make the stat.menta alleged. Mr. leu
,ersou brilas in the testimony uo Mr. L. L fraube,
wsayor of Magnolia, who says tod&lhe a.a B.auiaug
just alter be had given his testimony; that he,
B1rt tuig, was under the lntienuce of liquor; that
It. L. C'sater'. character is good, but teat hie would
not believe Michael Hauer, the i'her witnes. on
oath nine times out of ten; would not believe him
at any time unless he (Traube) knew that he was
.peaking the truth. Mr. Traoue also testifies that
Mr. Knox's general character is not good; also,
that he (frauhbe) was employed by Mr. Header
son as his attorney, but not to hunt up evidence,
impLpy to attend to the examiona:io of witaesaes.
Deisattint also brings or ward W. L. Conly, spe
cils ofliter of Mlagnolia. who testifies ~ at he would
not believe Mr. Knox under oath in any sait
where he might be him.elt interested.
James J. fhannon, of Meridtn,. Miss., also teet:
fles that he has known Mr. Kunox or twenty-two,
years, and that in 1s53 Knox. who was then living
at Paulding, Miss., made a secret sale of his pir ,
perty to avoid paying his debts, and left the trown
and came to New (rmeans, where he was suhi-.
quautly arrested, and where he tore up somt
niotes that he had preterdid to amsign in payment
of a debt due Cohen & Bro., of Palding. W ile
in Paulding, Knox was known as a "notorious
liar," and was expelled from his. Maaoso lodge on
charges of lylmg and slandering preferred by
hhauncn. Mr. -hannon further states t:ist he
lever has had "m hat could be catled a pearsnal
difficulty with Knox."
The above is substantially the case as it now
stands. The trial commetnced yesterday, anid wli
probably be completed to day. rteG jury is com
posed o sonme ot the very brht ut:- in te cAty
leading merchants and prolinlatlt c-tazO- --0
there is nt dotubt but that atu iatriligent ,tad ju.t
verdict a 11 be rendered. Fellwes A .di, i, lir
ialtntifl, and Clask, l;asne A Ilcusuaw for de
ewar, e or P5acpoekets.
1.e rvagrant ac has not yet diiviu them all
away, it would seeiu, for in Wedlnesday eveting.
,, the auditerce Cbs nI:etrIirg from tue ,t.
( harles Theater. a gentleman by tie iniAe 0!
o'mmderson had a small lo i In tms-ey tilcheO iron
i s p cket by some adroit "' knock."
Intereat Revenue leeipts.
Tl.e rec.ifts ,f internl revenue in this (l'irtf)
Collect on District ot I.iii.iana. fr sm the il' to,
:he 10th lhst., smouut!ed to $+-.116 il. Ol rhis
fs (0i.t 50 was paid in from distilleries, sewvn of
slhich are in operation.
Bur·g rv.
Funr unknown men climbed up on tie ro )i i,
tIle to-baCO warrehuu e at the corneUr of Noiei a, I
,ater streets, bet ween two arid three o'ctl:
\ .t.rday murin arid t I tshiee laceH ~tieents Iof
, t l cr. tc'orpoi al Kline - , h.i " ip se t'l.v were re
os oc the pror-erty, anid riv:. g ch-e ftir-. t
itel fugiiivv- no thiuoks with ellect utoi onte of
them. All bowever eeaape.
Camlstiy.
A young lady neittd Mors h!arv Winans, while
cr, ering the street at the Iners-ttlon of i.tm,rart
,ni JoIba. (New lihiun shout etiht 'tciick yes
terday morning, was ttrutk hi a pliantn- dray.
SIircked down and nutined srioiuo Ini jrles. lie
-;as sent to her residence by the ollcer on tnat
beat.
toar d oI Pollce Commlissioners.
The new vagrant act provijdes that any idle per
i-tn t.,prelhended wlih anuy puckock or other Ino
rtruei:tt with the pr'-lee inteut,,n to felonione
I, b,eahk in and enter aty dwelling, etc.. oir with
,iy ifl. nsive wepon with probable intention to
tel-, tously assault any person, shall be deemed a
iagiant, and it is made the duty of sheriffs, ctn
stables or policemen to carry such hefore the
Liard of Police C ammissloners, who, a'ter a brief
and summary examinati n, to be held wathia
twenty-four hours after the arrest, shall decide
elton the propriety of the arrest. In case of an
aflirmative decision, it is made the duty of the
.iiad to designate a juttice of the peace or a
ri cirder, before whom the party chargedl with
vagrsancy shall Lbe f rthLwith sent for exmtamstion
and trial, which shall tske place within forty.
eight hours after the papers are received by said
magistrate.
Ti e irst prisoner arrected under this ac: came
betre the board yesterday. H. Petrie a;ilas J0ones,
as was stated in our last edition, had been arrested
in \Weuinesdsy night at the "' Ismarck " on
Itoyal street, by special officer Hoolibhsan. upon a
ctarge of being a dangerous and suspicions char
ecter, having no viible means of support, and of
ueitg a fugitive from the city workbouse nearly
two years sine. UIon his persoun were found a
esndte. Irtti hes and a quantity of loose psuer.
,i! of wl;,h were illege-l to be indications of
telonious intent. tle was incarcerated at the
-lecond Iistrict lockup over riEtt and yesterday
mrrning apoesrel beft re the poli- e·nne
.,ic-.e;s, Oscar J. Puno presiding. After " a brief
and summary examination," an directed, the
action of of ofer Houlthan was sustained and
Petrie alias Jones was sent before Recorder
Becker, who kept the ball rolling by sending him
before the First District Court, a trial by jury
having been asked for by him.
asee ReHse.
Bince the last issue of the CasecnT the follow
ing bills have been signed by Gov. Warmoth:
An act for the relief of Albert Lastrapes, late
State Librarian.
An act to carry into effect article 123 of the
Constitution of the btate of Louisiana to provide
for the recording of mortgages and privileges.
An act appropriating $3000 for the purpose of
preparing a classified digest of all the acts of the
General Assemblies of the State of Louisiana.
The general appropriation bill has not yet been
signed, and in consequence the clerks of the dif.
ferent departments are suffering from the non
payment of their salaries and complain very much
of the delay.
atnsary.
A dispatch has been received by Gen. Buchanan
from the war department suspending, uanil
further orders, tne provisi fns of the order sending
the first infantry bence to Fort Leavenworth, ant
transferring the oflieers of the tweanteth infantry
to ourrespoendhg commands In the twenty-third
lnfantry, stationed in Alaska. For the present,
therefore, the troops remain as they were.
Leave of absence for twenty days has been
granted to let Lieut. Richard Vance, twenty.
eighth infantry.
Gen. R. B. Ayres reached here from Arkansas
on Wednesday, returning from an absence of
several weeks.
Miseellaueous Items.
A sailor named Henry Spencer, belonglong to
the ship Victory, was found by Officers Bowlin and
Woody, lying on the levee in an insensible condi
tion, he having taken spasms, fallen there and
irjured himself severely. He was conveyed to
the Charity Hospital.
About a quarter before four yesterday after
noon, also a colored man named Louts Gilbert,
aged forty, fell down in a fit at the corner of .v.
Louus and Burgundy streets, and expired in a few
moments. The coroner was notified.
A set of gold studs have been found and
tbrought to the office of the superintendent of
police, whete the owner ran obtain tuieit by prov
mg pr, pcrty.
The temperature yesterday, as shown oy the
bermometer at C. Dah.rmei's, Ill Cartal street,
ately corner Bienville arid Coartree stre'ts, was
as follows: At 6 A.M. 4,idegreee; 12 x. 56; 3
r. u. i3 ; P. M. C3.
It is expected to have car commonucation
opened alung Canal strer, from I-'rout tcs t;lai
horne street, by the extension road. by the drrlr it
next mronth. Thi- wil be a great' onvsvletenc,
establishing direct conuecttoo. as it ail,. bltween
the levee and the rear portious ul the city.
The Cousrts.
FItsT DIATRICT (COUR--MfcreF; Cros.-er.
geaut Andrew J. Whbitter, of the First LIstrict.
was ytra'erday arraigned at the bar , f the Fret
l)strict Cunrt on the charge of having, on the
21st Novetuher last, on ". ithIua street, killed
and tnmrdered a man named John l(leason. while
the latter was pnrsued hby that ot ber. the tes
timony given before Judce Abell was materially
:he sanut as. introducd at the 'lme before tlt-crder
Becker, prior to the committal of Whittier before
the Strlniumal Court, with one exae'lon- -the tes
timony of J. R. Pons--and is substautially as fol
lowe:
lIr. Ritchie testified to the 'ature of the wountl.
Tre first s'veral inch es of the wuaund wona ti t
have ti, ed Gleasson. I' wastro severlng of :an t:t ry
that caused death. 1s certain that the w,,ind w in
a gun-shot woond. itnesse called on deceased the
next day after the afflair and fuud hiu wt a
clear nlintr. W\hen he was asked wne'cer tile
priasner, wrto was present, was the man who sh it.
h imI he ii.tiated that te was, and said. a ld-.s
Ing Wlhttier, ". Go away," at the same time matk
ing a motionq wlth both i mts a seougn ne
wou'd 1-p'h him wtsw.
lIast.l t ,rcner 1'('-annor verwrn.-He h-'d al
-rl nest over the body of Guleason, b it a post 'nor.
'emi. exan li.aton being objected to by the Irio l.,
St decrt , d nrcn was held ; he is stii!i,-l. hoIn
ever, tInat the wonted was caused by a pistil ishot
entertt.r the left hi , and I(,dging in the b ah ccrie'
Sbeert li·s s,oern--Between t. and 10 o'clock
on the 21st November last he heard two repolr: of
a pisto:. After the second report, he imlnmei tely
went twardrs the direction of the reports and
tcund a tr:o-her of persons standing in front of the
gate of No. 3. St. Thomas rtree.t and Gleason
,etd r ; and croantieg. He ask d who, hi tired
Ite soot. Vh battier said he had iired thle shot.
Witness expos:ulated witl hi n, telling h.m that che
i' a riear'y it cr-k his da,,cihter, the l, l h inag
t.ile nor on his Igallery. W\'\tuer Iar -rt-I th:t
oe woulrl shoot aI witness or any other te'sort
who w, nil not halt at his comumand. \,itnesm
hearI two reports.
r,,.-s, , ri,,i d--Did not see the shooting, and
'kos noticing abont it. Whi'tier told witness
that he would be sorry to Injure any one of wit.
nee's tami Jy.
..:. R. ]'t its, a p",!ie .im,.. .i· , ,rct-On the
uoy mheutiOi.ed, about a q..Cter to 10 r. I., he
r earl the word " halt " tv' e, a-id the report of
a fire-arm: met Sereant Whittier, who told wit.
Sera thu; Lie i.a . dube We abho ,tll; thli was on the
il aO:e of the bluc-k, on it. liiulis, betweeu
Th-al;a and :rHs*o; 0'': ' r and aitsi went into
, room in a house a eb rt distance off, No. 3" St.
Thomas street, to search fi,r a person; met a
young man coming down stairs, and asked the
.-run it Le Led seen any uoe come out: he
cs ere d no. .\ thorougherarch was made in the
)I rd. VeAt ini al scUld itil,, a d fu.n I a min
h lir tng frotnm bhe side. lying down in a rraoom;
had seen the fint'r man a iqlarter of an hour be
I ,te, In a state oi mt ox-.mtion. Had searched
the yard thoroughly the lilt tunce. A yonUig man
- c,- c~ me iut of tr:e ard ianc- -ill to S,'rg ant
\lhttler that he had eh:t his brothor. Whittier
.ic, thl:t i' could to' he. becacoP he had fl-ed one
- ot IhI the acr and the other In thu gr und.
L,,.1a L:ccctum. c'l,ui, n- ,',r--oU the day
¾e tic.tid she was coilcing Ir-rn eh:rch : sow
-ree nisn stanDlig at corner (sf Erao' anl St.
hI mas: one of them (G;leason parsse I and
hcoved a man named l-cbinsun 'lit- the gutter;
wc:rds passed between them. WViness and her
arty scr t off. At the corner of Thalia they
cwere overtaken by Gleason and two other men.
Ihe -Ian who struck llbinso:lo had a long ice
I oik in his hand. and struck Ribinson again with
v. Gleason said : " You J--n s-n of a b--h,
I've got .,u c ,,w. and will tileh you." Knows
I ctthing cf the 1I1-lino.
E.d th. -est sctri - On the ?tet Novrmser, Icsi,
was sltti g In the loc.l;y. Heard Whittier re
a Hrk that ie would shoot aicy d--d man that
,, ,.A'il ul t. W.rt -vi i tco where ticc deceased
•..lyi 1,awn- bheluing Whittier suiue tl die
,'*N-ld wh. tosl- c im: "i(;, ( away:; yiu .tr( the
itan who, did It. Itires a ,t know whether Gc;lea.
ou wase shot or stabbed, nor who It was that
c1rorce Kryly -rInc -Was In lrer oibsee:
Sl" d the wt utle: rmn out and eaw Sergeant
\t iUtier shoot ;leastrn: ceard him sav ' hilt.',"
l: l shlot te second titue. D1, not recoguize
d-c eo-dt at the t1-ie : .iw him go int :tias
own ycrd. Saw him ly.ng on a bed in the same
prenles. Is certain Stirge-nt Whittler tired the
twosheo's. (;leson died next day.
I"rcuss iJcanirils- --Her roo-l in about forty feet
fr m tLe str-es. Went ,;clckly to the gate after
I eaiir.g the whistle. (feaso3 lives opposite her
hloue.* 1,ies not know who the two men were
wi,o were walking fast toward Erato street with
-erent Whittier. Never wso -'trnt Whittier
blf, re that right. ('tanot say c>s he was
, e-sed. I5d not kniow who any uof the three men
wee- until they reached the 1ati.
Y; :' -,T.,.et -The srme veri f," sja shoot
proved to be the ac-used afterwards.
Ialchsoiir , . cOllr l : i ,-n--(;ti ve an account of
the affray mer:tionsd in I auma;Baum' testimony.
Knows nothing of the kil!ing farther than that
(;leasson and the other men, wh, had assaulted
him. ran away when Sergeant Whittier caine up
and pursued tie party. hh tness heard two shaes
but saw nothing of the killing.
Louisa Baum was called for the defense, but
ter testimony objected to on the ground that wtn
L--- had tot been summoned tlr toe defense.
IMrs. -- I etrd h he two reportd. Iues not
know who bred them. Saw borgeant Whittier
after the shooting.
The cross-exsmination elirited nothing further.
Ti e case for the defense was here declared
,lisead ty Mr. Dalton. attorney for Whittier. It
: eIng 3 o'clock. and the connsel having informed
the court that the case would be argued, the court
wase adjouured and the jury locked up antil 10
o'clock this morning.
Foruew DIRvRIcT CorrT.-The following deci
aicne were. yeseterday, deliverd ty.;tadge Thetrd.
It will be noticed tlst both cases are compliated
)nFes; and also that in his -.ecl-icne Judge Theard
dcstlayn sound legal knowledge and rare jadg
f Ient :
James Magher ,5. A. L. Beading-Forth Dis*
trict Court-17,47---Jdge Theerd.
It is not neceeary to decide whether the ootton
in controversy was delivered frst to the plaiatin
or to the defendant, nor whether t was neceseery
to prove the law of Missplpi as a fact la the
case, for I Ma satisfied that there is no snbstantial
diflerence between the rule of the common and
civil law, by which the question on which the de
cision turns is to be deioded. The sale to the
plaintiff was made ia 1863, and that to the defend
ant in 18665; and It is proved that when Mahon
porchased the cotton he was informed that it had
previously been sold to the plaintif This knowl
edge vitiates his contract. Boah, the vendor, had
no cotton to sell to the knowledge of Mahon,
through whom the defendant claims. The ao
thorities relied on refer to the question at whose
risk, Is the property which has been sold when
something remains to be done by the vendor, sad
lay down the same principle as that contained in
our own law, where, for instance, the sale is made
by the tale measure or weight, the thing is at the
risk of the vendor until, the counting, measuring
or weighing has taken place, but in every other
respect the contract is complete, and the property
transferred to the purchaser as soon as the parties
have agreed on the thing sold and the price to be
paid for it. Shiefd vs. Morgan, 9 M5 6i; Hill vs.
Mergan, 4 M., 8. 477.
It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed
that the plaintit recover of the defendant the
one hundred and twenty-four bales o. cotton se
questered herein with costs of suit.
No. 19,726--Fourth District Csourt, Judge Theard
presiding. Flash, Hartwell & Co. vs. N. O., Jack
son and G. N. R. R. Co.
Plaintiffs sue for breach of contract of affreight.
ment by non-delivery of 360 barrels of molasses,
agreed to hbe delivered to them at Mobile. The
molasses was received by defendants as common
carriers on the 26th February, 1Hi2. Tre non-de
livery is admitted and the value of $4000 at the
place of destination is nodisputad. That value is
the measure of plaintiffs' rights.
The defendants seek to avoid their liability from
the condition of the country at the time, and an
averment of complicity with the power in con
ilict with the United States, a breach of blockade,
a quasi forre maceure, by which the property was
destroyed, and the prescription of one year.
The prescription of one year does not apply to
land carriage, and being str'i-i juris, cannot be
exten:ded.
As to the defense it would render nall, if sus.
,liued, any conltract made within Confederate
I-ues, and throw everythiug into cnfusion.
All the autlirs on the law of nal,ous admit
that within beiligerert lines, in the interest of pub
lic order thtelaws and rules of the conq teror for
the time beirt are valid so far as they concern
,rtvate relations. Whiting's War Powers, 55;
Halleck's International law, 781.
" As mihtary occupation produces no effect
upon private property, it follows, as a necessary
conreequerce. that the ownership of such prop
erty may be charged during such occupation by
one belligerent of the territory of the otther, pre
citely the same as though war did not exist."
Halleck, T'. A f, rtiuri contracts can bN made.
There ass no breach of blockade. The evi
dence shows the contract was for a lad carriage
and through a country wholly under the power of
the Conftederate States. There was no siege of
tither Mobile or New Orleans.
"' A maritime bloasadoe is not violated by send
irg goods to the blackaded port, or by bciuging
tieri from the same throJni the intarto" canal
rnavigation or land cartiage of te country."
\\V'be itoll'd em uets, 4 ,
Judge ('ise, in his recent decisiou at itch
mood ii the c see of Kep -ell va. Peters aur PRail
road ( ompaty, thugh restri -tig to a certain ex
tent the principle that tie Confederate i'ttes
were a dt air to government, sayt : "'t isccear
that traht.-- iorils between i.li:ivi ilua, Wtsi h
v ould be legal and tiding nuder ordinuary cir
ontiestences, canl-' .,: prtnounote~l 11,hdal and of
Lto obligation bre.seri done in confortlity with
laws esrcted or ite tions given by tits u.urpiag
ower " r a ,r t r. 'riti'ioins usual under a'y
state of thise le e:u individuals and n1it ;ne
,eLdent upt .u ,in r'nacttr.-nt of the uitroing
'power, but in -.t ,rdauce with the recgtiM-d
rules. Masse ** " I-s -f * ... s .-.o . gb
the governutl it " jptre
ahe defeudoitai rc, ,-; the molastes 26th Peb
rmary, and forIs t-., a Chi her-after received
',hber freight and f,,r .,,,d t it llld they retldl
to rer eive any I: '' afer 2':'h l'ehruiry uaril
:;.: d -pot !-, b e;t f ,rwardett . th'e claimn
would not have ari.,,n adiiuet there and the mre
lleaes woulld have rrvhet its d-esinatition. No
--rye r,,r,ire depr,ved then of their abi'ity to
tirfill their contra t, hut their own neglect of an
ohvious duty whi h tb-yv had voluntarily under
taken caused the lots, and the consequence should
Ia!i upon them.
I'r these res-~ios let th- re j'r-am*nt in farm of
I'a:nu';la for I itft and itecrest Ircot jlicial de
.: ::d and cossm.
ScVtrern IstIratirt C'.i--r.--The jryv in the
ca--e of ?`eri ir vI. io' t'rrn!ttoti tvr, il ti' nm
v,t' , brought in a venr iCt of $7'I11 ant Inttrest.
dantag's I:fr tle lt ' 'he 1 iry was composed of
three white men and nine negroes.
UtrrnD STATES DISTRItCT Ct':ar.-The wine
Cate swar again up yes-terday. the t estmUony Was
it t.uirned by taking the evidence of Messrs. A.
loihbertaun, :i ulatUor, F. Laborde and J. ).
( rawloro, the lt.u;er eitrvy cerk in the C'atorn
Hiouse for the c.attauts, and or Mr. Cowe, re
butting tliunony for the governmtent. l)strict
-t'( -r,.y M,,Igaun su0tilltted ltt peinta of the case,
tisling argum.lat. .lodge WhtaLatar r,.de an
r loist.ent for toe claminants, when toe court was
ad; terned. 'iTh.- arguuint w,:l probably be
caused to day and the case submutted.
RrcOIttDER ICKEt' ('iii RT. -WaI. Graves. ar
rt;i utid ou a c:Lrge ou rubbery, w ts reminded
until the further irder of the court.
Mary Itodise was sent beCfore the First District
('turt on a charge of lrrceny.
;,l1 Wlliatms, -rraigne l on a charge of having
tu;len property in h:s postesalno, was remanded
it default of a votc'her.
J.A. Flcrit atd Ii. A. Phps, accnsed -f ias
- ult and battery, wire each relnired to furnish
1, id to keep ith: p ace
lhbiLrt Bihbs urt d John Italinson. screned of an
,- i'tt with intent to Kill, had their case con
t.outd to another may.
RtCORDER IGASTINELi CO('otr. - John 8iebt,
driver oe one of the cars of the city railroad line,
ass arraigned yesterday before this court to an
swer for the alleged offense of carelessly driving
his vehicle over a colored boy eight years old, the
.on of Sophia Mertz, on Mardi Gras last, at the
-orter of Harracks and lRamparts streets, crush
irig one of his letgs so badtly that an amputation
1t d to be resorts-d to above the knee. The testi
n ory elicited that there had been no carelemnese
t· the part of the dliver, who coiuld not see the
clil who had climbed on the side of the car
a File it was in motr;on and had ac-identally fa len
ut~uer the wtels, and that the company had ina
tis --ee furnished the services of tr. Drew, free
Ot -.!trfe.
Recorder Gastinel dismIssed the case on the
groluLd that it was a civil affair and not a orlt
eat one.
FOR lt iKRICANE ArND CARtO.LINA BL.I"FF,
. H t.VEr'Oir AND At.L WAY LANDINtt'~--tOituig
- ,,y Sattr";"-, t'/, t ,t.., at 5 c. n.-Tne
aI siles weel passenger packet Evening Star,
cLapt. Bcn iulton, leaves posiuvely as above. A
clerk will be found on the levee, foot of Cross
man street, this morning, ready to receive freight
for her. For fre ight or passage apply to George
II. Lord, 701 Graver street.
_ _ $= --
AOTHEnR .ATTRACTIcE SAL. RY LOIi BSvTRNw
, Rii , AT .ll MAt;A'I-aK AiI) at; (;RAVIER STRamiTr.
, Ina'utrsifg hias beers the sati'faction afforded
ty the merchandise offered at the salesrooms of
of Louis -tern , Bro., that were it not for their
t:ulimited resources they would be completely
conpluised to respond with sufficient alacrity to
the increasing demand. On every occasulon one
may observe representatives from the country.
nmarkets bidding with that avidity which would
indicate to the unintlated how very desirable nad
erpecially adapted are these goods for their par
thcrasr trades. Our retail city merchants also
.ttr~d these auctions, knowing that brihiiant op
jcortuniues for bargains await them, and that the
articles disposed of are perfectly reliable in every
respect.
To-day at 10 o'clock v. x.. six hundred cases of
boots, shoes and brogans ere to be sold, all of
fresh arrival and carefully selected for the seaseeon.
Al-o one hundred dcz-o hats, of the latest styles
mnd well as-orted. I'Partiesa in porsuit of such
g'ots we would advise to be present on this
occasion, es we are setisflied that their interest will
be benefitted thereby.
A GREAT UBIME DISCOVERED.
Attempted Fraud e the Ph alsi
lneararer emm "y--dlc
Develpmeats.
A DSZEN WITNESSES SWEAR TO THE DEATH IF
A MAN WHO IS NOW ALIVE.
A. W. faulkarm, Nember of the LoauiSia
Legislatire, Chief Villain and Head
of the Conspiracy.
Vix, ('hadwick and Noble MinorLigts.
THE OEAD MAN ARRESTED - A WASHINGTON
DETECTIVE CALLED IN.
Efficient Servies of Mr. Geo. & Darl ag,
Agent of the Inurance Compan
The annals of human crime display mean sad
varied phases of villainy, and show too oftes how
men have dedlcated to wrong doing nergie sad
abilities that legitimately applied would bring to
their possessor wealth and fame; but we dobrt
if ever a bolder, more complete, or more ole gly
contrived scheme of villainy ha been coaocrted
than that which we are about to describe-and,
certainly, a conspiracy was never more patiently
and accurately traoed up, or a crime and its mo
tives more thoroughly sifted, and more complstely
exposed, than was the attempted fraud whioc has
just been brought to light.
The principal party in the transaction ils A
thony Wayne Faulkner, a resident in the to n of
Columbia, Caldwell parish, ex-captain in the Qon
federate army, whence he was casahiered for sell
ing furloughs to his men, and at present scalawag
representative of Caldwell parish in the lower
house of the black and tan Legislature. The
party that he attempted to victimize was the
Pbmrix Mutual Lite Insurance Company of lHart
ford, Connecticut, and more directly its agent Ia
New Orleans, Mr. Geo. 8. Darling. The story of
the villainy, with all the twists and turns of the
criminals, for there are several parties impliated,
is a long and a very curious on. We will endeavor
to tell it as succinctly as possible.
On May 16, 1867, Mr. George 8. Darling was
appointed general agent for the Phboix Mtptnal
Life Insurance Company, of Hartford, Cbnn.,
with his office at New Orleans. On 21st May he
received an application to iosure the life of thes.
Vix, of Columbia, Caldwell parish, for S~O0,
which application was signed by Thomas Vix, and
made out for the benefit of his con-in, Win. C.
Noble. It was signed by Reuben Chadwick, an
witness, and the certificate of a friend, which ap
pears on the back of applications, was bigned by
A. W. Faulkner. All these parties, as will subse
quently appear, were interested in the conspiracy.
Accompanying the application was the physi.
clan's certificate of Vix'a good health, sig.od by
C. C. Meredith, M. L., a highly respectable phyrsi
rian and a gentleman who bears no pers at all in
the transaction, he hiving given his serov;ee ln ua
doubted good faith.
On June 20, Faulkner presented himself at Mr.
Darling's office, corner Canal and St. Chalgle
:reete. to get the p licy and pay the premium.
Mr. Darling had not then sent the application to
the home office. During his interview with Mr.
Darling, Mr. Faulkner seemed very uneasy about
somethming, so much so as at once to determine Mr.
Darling to watch the policy well. The applies
tion ans sent on to Hartford and when the policy
was returned, Faulkner called again on Mr. Dar
l;ng and paid the first premium, $167 20. Drtlng
these interviews Faulkner represented himself as
a friend of Noble, in whose favor the policy stood.
and as merely paying toe money for him. trhen
the first step, the getting Vix insured, was effected.
About the 1st of November. 187, Mr. Darling
received a letter from Faulkner, stating that he
had received a letter from Noble, who had said
that Vix, the Insured man, was quite ill. A very
few days after another letter came from Faulkner,
containing the melancholy intelligence that Vi:
was dead, and stating that due proofs of iask
would soon be sent down to New Orleans To
corrobofte his asertion Faulkner inolosel the
following letter, which he stated he had Just re.
ceived from Noble. It is a beautiful specimen o
ingenuity:
Bureta HILL, La., Nov. 7, 1869.
Crptain A. W. Paulkner:
;,-r-1 am sorry to have to report to yuc the
death of my conusin Thomas Vix, who, it seems,
hio been ,iLk for srone time, and died before he
reached his destonation. ()n the night of the 4th
November, 1e67, I received a note from C. a.
Grinalbaw, that be was at Itose8eid and very sios.
I went down the next moning and to my regret I
found him dead. He died at tir. A. Carraway's
house. He says that he had all the attention that
he could give him. He refoused to have a phyli
clase, saying that he had medicine with him; yet
Carraway sent for one but coold not get one. You
will instruct me, if you please, how to proceed te
collect the policy which I hold. From his letters to
me he most have had money, but I have not beean
able as yet to trace it up. I will try and see yoa
in the course of a week or two.
Yours, an ever, Wi. C. NouL
A few days after Faulkner sent to Mr. Darlig
the prombised proofs of the death of Viz. the
principal, of which were the two following afiJ-a.
vits, one from Carraway, the oan at whone house
Vax was asserted to have died, the o;her from R.
Chadwick, a friend called in, both of whom most
b,: must accomplished soundrels. Here are the
two deeoomenma:
erar or LotI-xaa,
Parish of Caidwell, MYai.rate'e Office,
Wsrd No. 10.
Perponally came and appeared before me, the
ordere;gned authority, Adam t 'rraway. a resident
of Catahonla parish, La., who beleing first dlty
sworn according to law, deposeth atid sayeth that
on the evening of Monday, tue 4th of N,.veriber,
1I'7, Thomas Vix called at his place very rock,.
being considerably cramped, and immediatelyl
went to bed and continued to grow wore nust
between midnight and day, Tuesday morning, the
5th Nrovember, la67, when he died. secimugly
r,,m cramp or cholera; in the night deponeat
tent for a physician, none being nearer
to deponent's residence than five mies, cand that
one being absent some ten minles further. Do
r oent next morning sent for W. U. Noble at
SI:nker Hill. some ten miles distant, who wee
the cousin of the deceased. Depoaoeat hired Mr.
Grimshaw to make the coffin for deceaed,
Thomas Vix, and also procured the ae[inonce
of Rehen Chadwick about burying decoased,
snd Wm. C. Noble took charge of the 'eJects
of msid Thomas Vix, deoeased, and paiJ the
buhorial expenses, sad said Thomas Vix, deuoueed,
was boried at Roseield, Catahonia p:rish, La.,
at or on deponent's premised, on WedncJda<
S',th November. 147. Depone't was acqu4 ted
'idh said Thomas Vix, deceased, for mo:etha
twelve monibths, having aen him at Wrm. Nble'e
and lther places. A. I. C(asiWlY.
fiworn to and subscrblhed, DIec. 4'h, I".
W. 1. VaLIiTrs, J. P., Ward No. 0.
S.Ts OP t.u,rifl'a-.
Parish of Cmdwell, MagiUsrate' 0 e,
Personally cale sad appeared before mle, the
undersigned authority, Reaben Chadwlek. a real
dent of Casahoui• parih, La., who, beln nrst
duly swor acording t law . d _poeta 'n.
eth. that on the morni~g of the 5th of Nove03 ber,
1>,7. Mr. Carraway snat for me to come and assist
in the burial of Thomas Vix, who was tu-n at his
I house a corpse. which I did a'sist to drew and
bury. He was buried on the tbth of Noeve3ber,
