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gh4 Vm err4ans (;a4qs t. OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CITY OF NEW OREANS. e. m. IXON Ai tasse ad P perG0er. Trn PAILY O'RY IECtLe Is pambusd EBT MONllIS 4--Mendays usept fer:y SubMcrlptlon, In advance, 5$; Mal eawrly, $8 Qusrterty, $4; fgle0 espies, 10 em. eates eof Advervd.ns squaws. U man hs I . ab . a meonth Is months ine...... l.. 12N .U. lu. M.t. M75 as. two..... n.. 3I .. Iw .. s I3.. A .. Tros.... 5 .. 5 .. 70S .. 1 .. S7 .. Fourn... W .. 40 .. se 14.. .. i .. Yis..... 4. 10 ... 170 .. 175 . . ... 4 ým. 1o01. .. a .. u5 .. B-nn.... e0 . It6 .. 136 .. t10. 375.. FIrot... at .. 15I .. Is3 .. 1eo .. 40 .. inte..... 71.. s1 .. 3 s .. Tm .. 4W.. Teo...... 75 .. 135.. 1011.. 310 .. 6)0.. Fhewre... A1 .. 145 .. 15.. 33 .. so .. Monthly advertilamnts. erted eWery other day, to obe ,barged wo.thirds the sews rte. First and Pearth pap monthly advermtbeents, neh square, 5 per month. ?relebt adrtlest bhvng the reas of tu paper, eart werMs. i1 w0 p eqr sare; ea7.h aeegeant tasertlaon ra asts mr se..-. trsU and Fourth page tradaet advertisements., ea assertion, $1 0 per qusare Adretiýs s Insertd as mYals be hoarged as new Ied traeslo. agular adversers, wh advertise largely, shall be allowed each docount from above named transent rates as may be agreed peon; promded,. that ia as as shall nob discount amseed S per ent. All ban notees of advertisements to be charged ~J Oute net per lae, each lanrtio All tranasient advertaemeat mast . paid for In advaneo All advertusements n markeod for I.y specild nuober of toserlons will be pebllshed en t~e and charged seord. laly. All bill with regular advertlners shell be rendered monthly. A square is the space oecuptod by ten liear sold agate. TIE WEICKLY C)RBOCEW'1 Is pulitsbed every Iaturday moruln. ubcriptloU, $5 per snam. In advance; half yearly and quarterly, same :ste1; snglo coples. 10 nts. setee of Adv-erltseta Square. 1 mooth 1 montha mouIb.s months a months U"...... $ I a so a ans . .eO. satl. net. Twn...... p .. 16 .. 5. .. 32 .. d, .. I ee.... 12 .. 2 . . 28 .. 44 .. 70 .. rOnr ... 15 .. 17 .. 5 .. 5 .. 90 .. rtra..... I .. 53 .. 41 .. 11 .. 110 .. en.... 3 .. .. 75 .. 5 S0 .. 90.. .. ritten. 4.. 4 5 . 110 .. 140 .. I2) .. Thrty... 70 .. 150 .. i80 .. s30 .. 4 .. WEDNESDAY KMORING, APRIL t,. 1869. CITY TOPICa. The many who listened with so much pleasure t the readings and recitatio:es by Mrs. O'Donovan Inosea at Lyceum Hall on Monday evening, as well os the many who by other engagements were denied that privilege will be pleased to learn that she will, at the conclusion of her eng gementd in Mobile. Vicksburg and Memphis, whi will be within the coming fortnight, return to o. city and give an. other entertalonment. Such belng the case we would express a hope that hey success of Monday evening may be but a prelad- to one even more Itrilliant when the returns to `e. Carlo Patti announces a jchamber concert, at G;erman Hall, corner Blenhille and Exchange Place, Sunday next at 1 o'cle k. He will be ably assisted, and will please 1's . teners with some of 'he "Bounds from Home," and the "Lays of Many Lands." Details wi!' appearbereafter. A wagon pard up Camp reet yesterday.con tsiutlg three wooden life-ate figures of Faith, Hipe and Charity, snowy ,hite and beautiful under the bright auellighL 'Faith and Charity 1 stood up bravely, and appesi ed quite able to go it clone upon their own individual responsibility, but Hope, bright goddess, with uplifted finger, pointing heavenward, was 'tlutohed tight In the embrace of a brawny Africpi, whose sable has contrasted etrasgely with th alabaster whiteness of her divine robes. - -f The crowd which lines thb sidewalks about the Old Levee street entrance 1the Custom Homse tells alas, too plainly, what the newly appointed ificials have to enoonntor before they get things in fairly running oder. Removals and vacancies to correspond, dolt seem to have come quite as rapidly thus far as tf faithful could wish. A clean sweep is their ultimatum. A lottery ticket sometimes seems to derive especial value from some ittle trifling inoident connected with its purchase or possesion. For instanee, a day or two sinoe, a gentleman having purcuhased four comblantloni for that afternoon's drawling, got Into ear and Went homeward. After alighting his attention was atLtracted by some one calltngto himn from the back window of the ear, and snaking at him someth!ng white-what it was he couldn't imlagine-he didn't think he'd lost anythlag. Bo the ear went on, and the votary of the fickle goddens went house, only to discover ten minutes later that his 1ottery tickets were pone. Pshaw, post hastse he bolted out of the houce, and taking the next car hurried out to the termlinus at the Jackson railroad depot. The starter had heard nothing of anything be. ing found in the prevlous ear. What next ? Why perhaps the fivdgr had gone over to the depot to take the evening tral up the railroad-the trai hadn't guns yet, and if cthre tickets olt could be recovered, there was a lrine to be drawn to a ~htainty. So, oin some lhaste, the loser posted doer to the platform; there, iafter ome searhob, rdcognised a gentleman who had been i the car witt him; had he seen any one plck up ay th4.. In the ear ? "Ah,. yes," was the good:natur. itply, "the gentlemuan is somewhere about here, t ielleve." Just then a colored boy spoke up," I'll 'how him to you, air: come this way." 8o off p;cted the loser again, followlg in and oat tb. ,gh the crowd in the wake of his leader, whri atlly pointed to an elderly gentleman, ssyinrs~ " that's the gentle. man, sir." "Did you f:7l some lottery tickets, sir, in the street car coi'~;g out here?" "Ah. yes," was the reply, " 1 gave them to my son," pointing to a young mat c oee by. The tlokets were politely returned in the next moment, and the lucky owner, oveujoyedat their recovery,hur ried homeward again, conrilent that only through I euch tells and tribulatlons was the great prize to be gained. He shtowed hbs tickets away in a safe corner of his vest pocket, and that evening stopped in at the firgt policy shop to asoertan the esolt. Alasu, he had wronaixty centl i One of the moat plneasiL incidents of the season was the receipt, yesterdaf, of a box of delicious strawberries from the modrI fruit farm (near Car rollton) of our enterprisig" young townsman Mr. J. M. Prather. The trurt is of the celebrated I- . periJal variety-the eamelsoeld last seaseo at Hen. nmg'soa Camp street, gd at Ballejo's, oorner St. Charles sad Jackson stre tr. If oar frinds want a premium arlicle of strxvberries let them look out ftor the square basket Imperies. From C. C. Haley's, 19 Commercial Plane: Tourf. Fie'd and Farm, .April 10; Pporting TiLe, sOd Teca'rical News, April 17; Day' D ,lgs.. April 17; Tue Flag (B.too), April 24; Rand d Table, April 10; New Yort Merry, Apil 2t., sad Appletio a Jourtal. April IT. Visitors to the Stata Fair wll find it to their in terest to reed tbe advertlisement of Mdors. J. A. Braelman & Co., em the fourth page of this day's Cuecavr. TEO Cag3lB o0 Olu . Before a ajonrnin, Congress passed an set providing far the oepniatioa of a eensua bu reau to take charge of the eansas of 1870. The act, as finlly passed, reads as follows : Be& enacted, etc., That time is hereby sestb lished In the department of the interior an office to be known as the census bureau, the principal t ficer of which shall have charge of the census to be taken in 1t70, and shall perform such other do ties as may be requlsed by law. Sac 2. That, subject to the limitations of this act, the census bureau shall be under the direc tion of a superinteudent of the oensus, who shall be appointed by 'he president, by and with the consent of the Senate; and his term of service shall begin on the let of May, 18i9, and shall con. tinoue for the term of three years end no longer. Htie shall rec ive an annual salary of $4000, to be paid n m.,ntbty mnstelmt nta. and the nece-sary allowao e for oflice expenses, sad shall be allowed the o®m cisl franking privtlege, and the right of using the library of Congress, the same as allowed by law to meml ere of Congress. tbc. 3. Thatthe secretary of the interior shall appoint for the census bureau, upon nomination of the said superintendept from time to time, as the bhomines of said bureau may neceesitate, not exceeding one chief clerk, with a salary of 2T0130; ten of the second class, and as many of the first class as may be necessary to complete the census within the time prescribed by law. He may also employ such watchmen, messengers and laborers as may be necessary, who shall be paid the same rates as now allowed for similar services In the department of the interior, provided that none of the clerks or employes authorized In this section, except the chief clerk and one clerk of each class, shall be appointed until the let day of December ot the year preceding that in which the census is to be taken. And Lrovidad Inrthaer that at tho etroitrnernre years from the date fixed by the act as the beginning of the service of the soperin. tendent of the census, the term of all officers and employes herein provided for shall expire, and the census bureau shall be closed, and all records. books, papers and other property connetted t! erewith shall be delivered for safe keeping to the secre:ary of the interior. Sao. 4. That the census shall exhibit the numt ber and condition of the population of the United *a'tes as it may exist on the Afrt day of June of the year in which the census is taken, the number of burtts, marriages, divorces and deaths that may have occurred within one year next preceding said da'e, the statistics of agriculture and prodoo. tive iLd-stry wlthin the year preceding said date, and statistics of the educational, religious, intel lectual, charitable or other social interests,. and vital and sanitary statistics according to the forms of schedales hereinafter to be provided for. t1-. 5 That for the purpose of obtaining in the most efficient msnner the statistical information ireqnlred by the fourth section of this act the su ,erteter dent of the census, acting under the advice of a joint select committee on the ninth censui, to consit. of the House committee, and such commit tee as the Senate may add thereto, is hereby authorized and directed to prepare schedules, not exceeding sit in number, which shall conform generally to the schedules provided for by law, for the seventh and eighth censuses, but with otah moditications as the changed conditon of thl. ppulation and Industry of the United States may rtquire, and with other modifications as mry in his jntggment render the census more correct and valuable; and in carrying out the provisions of this section he is hereby authorized to employ the cervices of persons, or any persoes specially ekliled in any branch of statistical science con nected with the census, and for t'is puirpose there is hereby appropriated a sum not to exceed $S000, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. He shall also prepare a full set of blacks to be used In taking the census, and shall lay before Congress on the first day of its second cession, in 169t, a printed report of the sahedu:e and blanks herein provided, together with any sngges'ions he may think neces-ary, in order t) pt rlect arrangements for taking the census, to the end that Congress may fix by law the exact form of schedules to be used. 1Sc. 6. At,,i be it frther enactd4, That said joint cc nmittee on the ninth ceunevs, to he appoina ed as herein before provided, shall have power to send for persons and papers, aod to examine wi - no saes in order to ascertain tie beat method of tak ing the paid ninth census, and for obtaining such other itformation concerning the populition, ma duotry, property and resources of the country os they may think proper for the purpose of render oag the censns and statistics to be obtained there aitb correct and valuable; and said committee ere hereby authorixed to act during the recess of Congress. and through sub comnittees, and shas; report at the next sesmso ef Umrlrem. a bm i5,e the taking of the census with such schedules, forms and directions as they may think best; and the congressional printer ie hereby authorized to print such portimns of the evidence and such doco lments as said committee may rcqaire daring the trcews, in order that the report may be made iu print at the commencement of the next session. It will be seen that, under the fourth sec tion, a very comprehensive report is to be made of the statistics of the country in all de partments. The census is to be taken under the authority of the census bureau, and a joint committee of the two houses is to draft a bill providing for taking t'io census, which bill is to be reported to Congress at its next pession. Taxes es eamb tag. The following decision,received yesterday from the Internal revenue department at Washingt n, will be of Interest to the proprietors of the gambling saloons recently chartered: Taxsurn DaItavru.r, Office of Internal Revenue. Washington, April 7, 1i69 ) Fir-A letter under date of the 31st nit. has been received from Meessrs. - and -. of New Orlesans, in which they state that "at its last session the Legislature of Louissas passed an act providing for the licensing of gambling houses, and ader its provItsions several plascee have been opened, where various games of chance are played, such as faro, roolette, roge-t nolr, keno. etc.," end that you contemplate assessing the persons engaged in this busilnes a lottery ticket dealers. These gentlemen have tilo day been referred to yu to r reply to their questions, and you are here by intructed that unless the business is so con docted as to fall within the deofinition of a lottery, as fairly to be Inferred from the definition of a lottery teket dealer in paragraph six of sectlon seventy-nine of the internald revenue laws, no tax bshould be apseseed. 'elthbr faro, roulette, ronge et noir nor keno, as usally conducted, is a lottery unoder the in~ter nal revenue laws. The fact that the lottery buroi. ness is taxed. and that it is gambling, does not make all kinds of gambling taxable. Very respectfully. J. Hi. Dorzass, Deputy Commissioner. Loni Wolfsey, Esq., usseesor of internal revenue, New Orleans, La. A Sutar Tmirn.--Eteswhere will be seen an snnouncement to the effect that the three high eat prizes have been awarded to those celebrated dealers in furnishing goods, Meessrs. Leighton & Hayman. Their famous shirts have long been recognized as the ne plus urltra of manufacturing talent, and now receiving the additional evi deace of a discriminating judgment, they will in future stand withont a rival In the field of compe tition. 'TiS not this article alone that the firm are priding themselves upon, for they have all the latest novelties of the season selected with artIs tio taste. Strangers will find their establishment one of the most attractive tn the line. We refer car readers this morning with much pleasure to the third snual statement of the Ger mania Insurance Company of New Orleans. ThIs institution has long been regarded by our merouatle commnunity ma one of the moseet sub stautial sd reliable among us, and being con docted by ofcers who are peculiarly adapted for discharging ts responsible duties, its progres has been marked ty the most judicious manage ment, while the promptitude displayed in the ad Jus1tment of all Iclaims has readered it one of the most popular of iur tIcal companies, As rnegards t success we have only to advise a careful perusel of its disbursements and assets, from wlich will be perceived that a net progt of $30,(0 has bPesa resised since the publication of is, statement in 188. The board of directors also at their last meeting resolved that a dividend of $10 per share be declared credited to the unpaid stock notes. Don't boy a mierabie single thread machine, when you can get a frst premium Grover & Baker at the New York price, fifty-five dollars, and war ranted ,y yeurs, at 182 Canal e et. - Z O=1hAL *AlIAIm. 'SO. Tradeeontlaume maekdepresssein Eaglel. CarloIt Patti is gasig to Turkey. Seatear Grimes hs sailed for Europe. Busteed's cae will be taken-up agal. The pope is posting a nunclo for a mision to the United States. Cool teatment-sendinog Kilpatrick back to Chili. The Arkansas Legislature has adjourned after whitewashing the " melish." At the Dickens banquet in L'verpool on the 10th Anthony Trollope suggested the appointment of Dickens as minister to Washington. Freedmen and the crops are repcr.ed doing well in Bastrop. General Early has gone to Lexington on a viit to General Lee. Thanks to the Southern Express Company and the officers of the steamer Norfolk. It was cold enough last evening to render good fires enjoyable. The Galveston News says the crop prospects of Texas are, on the whole, flattering. Wendell Phillips sighs for a Peter the Great to " ohew up " the unreconstructed South. Sir Edward Cunard, agent for nearly thirty years in New York of the line of British steamers well known by his name, died on Tuesday week. Geo. Ellis has London Punch, Harper's Weekly, Hearth and Home, Western World and New York Cli; per. The inhabitants of Richmond, Va., are debating whether to call Miss Van Lew, postmaster, post -...... or ©ostmlss. The " airy, fairy Llman" wfwe "a.esa's Wly dainty muse is a Mrs. Rawnealey. mother of seven children, and as ethereal as a prise ox. Massahousetts pines for the appointment of Dr. Howe to the Greek and R. W. Emerson to the Swiss mission. Mrs. Grant is said to have won all hearts by her cordiality and empressRCent at her first recep tion. New York courts have decided that turtles are reptiles and not animals, and that holes can be punched through their flippers without Infraction of law. The late T. Bigelow Lawrence left nearly a million dollars. All except $30,000 bequeathed to Dr. A. T. Pigelow, his godfather, and a few smaller p!ivate legacies, goes to Mrs. Lawrence, the widow. Eyrich, 130 Canal street, has "From an Island," by Miss Thackeray, one of Loring's Tales of the Day; a fifty cents edition of Pope's poetical works, and "Anne of Geirstein," one of Apple ton's cheap series of the WVaverly Novels. The town of Madison, Ga., was destroyed by fre Thursday night, the 8th. Nearly every pound of provisions in the town was consumed. What escaped is wholly insufficient to supply the wants of the people, and they are said to be actually suffering for bread. The congregation in the Fork (Episcopal) Church in Hanover, Va., a few Sundays ago, was found to be gradually becoming insensible from carbonic acid gas, which was prevented from escaping by an obstruction in the flue. Bishop Whittle suspended the services, and great con fusien envued. Jennie June, the fashion correspondent-other. wise Mrs. Croly--ays that when requested to re spond to a toast at the Sorosts Press dinner, she told her husband that she was afraid she would break down; but he replied, " when you blow me up you never break down," and she was thus en* couraged to make the required response. TLe " fungus" of Siberla and Northern Asia supplies the means of intoxication of 40 010,000 people. Op.um in Southern Asia enables 400,000, OGO petope to get drunk. Persia, India, Turkey and Africa, with 800,000,000 people, use hasheesh. Cocoa is popular in South America,; betel pepper anong the Pacific aid Indian oceans. We learn from the Shreveport South.Western that the planters above the " rart " propose to give two hundred thousand acres of land as a basis for raising the means to remove that formidable obstruction to the navigation of Red River. On this some very heavy English capitalist will ad vance the necessary means. There are over twenty-two miles of solid raft to be removed. Bismarck's son, a schoolboy in Berlin, was cho sen by the teacher, who wished to toady Bis. markc pere, to declaim upon the question: " What man rendered the greatest service to Ger. many within the last three or four years ? " To the surprise of everybody and the extreme dis gust of the teacher, young Bismarck selected "Dr. Strocaberg"-a railway contractor. The New York World of the 10th contains a long article In favor of assimilating the manner of handling and dealing in grain at that market to the manner prevailing at Chicago. It also argues that if St. Louis would compete with Chicago, she must improve her rail connection with the Atlantic seaboard, and place no reliance upon the New Orleans route. The Lebanon (Ky.) Clarion says: :' A hen be. longing to the Hon. J. Proc. Knott laid an egg one day this week which bears upon it in raiasd letters the following inscription: 'Wo! wo! wo I U:ysse S. Grant, 1S96.' This ls not a sen sation story, but a fact. The ame OGrant is some what indistinct, and some read It Rains; the rest of the inscription is perfectly legible. This won derful egg will be brought to our office in the course of a day or two." Two more Texas despersdoes have kicked the bucket. len Bickerstaff and a fearful accnmolice named Thompson were shot and killed in the town of Alvarado, Texas, by the outraged citfizens of that place. After receiting his mortal wounds, one of which had burst the ball of his right eye, Bickerataff fired two well directed shots at one of hos ausalslants, and then fired several shots at ran dom; when Thompson was instantly killed. At a justice's trial in Vickaborg, on the ith, five negroes, who had seen the gentleman there ac custd a'most every day for a year or more, came into Justice Lowenberg's office and swore that on the preceding Tuesday night Mr. Aabert Newman, son of Dr. J. C. Newmao, at Mont Albon, took out from hli hone a negro named Aleek Hill and killed him. On the night and hour in question Mr. Newman was seen by more than one hundred persons dancing in Vicksburg at the bill of the 8Sns 8od Club. Mr. Newman was instantly dis charged. The danghter of the owner of 1500 acres of beautiful land In Virginia, and an heiress of " on told wealth," is said habitually to be seen with dirty hands, dozy eyes, towsly red hair; an old homespun, ragged dress; a form which Indi cates the entire absence of bustles, hoops, paper collars, cotton and palut; her toes out; and driv uing a mule with one rein to a two whee!ed mule cart, in the bottom of which she squats on her " hunokies." We are gratified to announce that a gentlemasa from Decatur, Ill., Mr. Basback, Is soon to open in this city a manufactory of brooms and baskets, which will turn out one thousand a day of each of these nuseful articles. We also learn from a re liable source that another enterprising gentleman from the West will soon start a large flouring mill oin this city, capable of grinding six bhundred bush. 5ls of wheat a day, and thereby enabling our oia zens to provide not oanly themselves with fresh and wholesome flour in quantities to sait, bat at a saving of about thirty per cent., as compared with the prices now paid by small purchasers to ocr grocers. B. L. Bonus No. 2.-This flue, fast paspenger packet leaves every Friday at 5 1. x., far Shreve port. 8bhe conects with light draft boats for Jef. eee, and will pot passengers through to that pobnt in three days; also with care for Marshall and stage for Tyler, Texuas. The Lola D. will leave Shreveport on the arrival of the Dodge for uFper Bed River. MAotnOLtA Warz.snperior to the best im ported German colognes , uand old at hail the praIe WUATr Wn sa** LA lkflNAIU 1 - The crowd at the Pair Grends rns somewhat diminished, stHi there were large numbers pre sent, and all gave evidence of a lively curiosity as to the articles exhibited. Nothing attracted more attention the thegreat lIfilag pump of Mr. E. . Irens. Teablue rib. Ibon was awarded to it. This pump is so wonder fully powerful that the visitors stop before it in si!ent wonder. Ran by a portable engine, with only forty pounds of steam, it sends a perfec: cataract of water over the race In such a continu ons stream that the apparently weak affair oppo site it would undoubtedly be washed away i there were no obstacles interposing. This pump sea be seen in operation every day during the fair, be. tween the hours of 4 and 6 P. w., and we advise all visitors to be present who can. It is well wwth seeing, believe us. Btabler's eamned beef took the blue ribbon in spite of the fact that there was nobody ln sight there yesterday torepresest it. The intriuno merits of this valuable Invention were inoontestible, as even the most Inexperienced committee men had to confess. For it must be remembered that this beef is butchered at a point where the cattle are fresh from their native prairies before they have been fevered and sickened by long driving and starvation, and by the process with which it is cured, it keeps perfectly fresh for years. Iiis put up in cans, which contain from ten to forty pounds each, sad is as much letter than our market beef as "Spiced Fulton market" is to "salt mule." Mssu. A. C. Pieirpnt & Vo., Nu. 1h Nww r yae street, are the agents for this beef in this city. We earnestly recommend It to the public. Mr. Henry Goodwyn, the maufacturer of the oeautiful jewelry, about which we spoke a day or two since, took the " blue ribbon" for the bestifne work of original designs of home make. He is a worthy gentleman, and we hope that his fellow citizens will extend to him the patronage be deserves. Mr. Charles Piscay, one of our native born citizens and an ex-"so called," received also a blue ribbon for the best display of flue silver ware. The goods which he exhibited were really wor'h going to the fair to see-especially the miniature race course, with the horses in full career, and that bijou of a silver steam engine. Mr. Peter was complimented by a blue ribbon for the best silverware, and last bit by no means tLe least on this list, was Mr. F. Thomas. who re. ceived the gold medal for the bei't ratch made in tle Southern 1lates. And in our opinion if the committee had added "as good as any made In the world," they would have only done him simple jostice. Messrs. Bostick & Seymour showed us a specl men of the bread cooked un Monday In the Coes mopolitan stove, which carried off the honors of the trial, and we freely confess that we have never seen better. Persons who wculd like to convicce themselves of the correctness of this judgment can see a sample in the counting-room of this olfce. We intend examining the Cosmo politan stove critically on our next visit to the fair, and then shall give a fulland complete description (f it, paying especial attention to the points wherein it is claimed by the patentee that it ex cels all others. We shall do this for the benefit of housekeepers, who must always feel a lively in terest in such a subject. 'I he compartment allotted to Mr. M. S. Hedrick, of the great Southern Sewing Machine Depots, \N. b7 and 11 Canal street, looked indeed gay, embellisbed as it was by such a variety of beaoti tot sewing machines, splendidly carved stands, and two blue ribbons; but the cynosure of a!l eyes was the Wilcox & Gibbs machine used by the wife of Gen. Robt. E. Lee during the Confed. erate war. This relic is now as useful and in as good order as when first sold to Mrs. Lee ten Jears ago, and we verily believe would bring its weight in gold if Mr. Hedrick would part with it. Messrs. T. B. Bodley & Co., the general machin ery agents, took first premiums on the following articles, which they with commendable publio spirit entered for competition: Stafford's cultivator, Hatly's gangjplow, Cole man's harrow, an improved horse power, a reaper and mower, Coleman's asma 1 mill, Gullett's steel brush gin, oil Injector, tallow injector, the best display of pumps, the beat saw gammers and ri:e drill and seed planter. We commend the atten tion of visitors to the farmingjimplements partica larly. All who till the soil now in the B;uth must adopt the same means of making it profitable as do those of the same calling in other countries. Botr-mnxh Prmm'rs.-Colonel Rufus R. Rhodes, solicitor of patents, No. 23 Commercial Place, officially reports to the Casscwr the following complete list of patents granted Southern invent ors for the week ending April 6, 1SCi : Lousiza -A. J. Going, Clinton, cotton culti vator; J. D. . Newell, Tensas parish, assignor to himself, N. G. Brice, E. Tomaris and Taos. Pickle, New Orlease, breech-loading fire arm. listri·-t of (swiwbia.--A. A.C. Klaoucke, Wash ington, envelope; C. L. Willis, Washington, cap ,tan; A. P. Rines, washington, sash pulley; Ed. Lynch, Georgetown, process and apparatus for tanning. Maryland.-Levi Brown, Baltimore, banjo: 1 B. F. Deal, New Market, medicine for cure of tihe gravel; V. i. Heruog, Baltimore, spring hinge; 3. Dawson, Baltimore, pole for stretching leather; Ed. P. Esetwiek, Balumore, boneas black kiln: mnuel RI. Scharf, Baltimore, fire and water-proof cement: same, asphaltic pavement. T1rgiria.--Jam es Bond, Norfolk, Ilfe preserv. ing apparatas; Wi. J. Davidison, Staunton, syringe. It eat Virgir, ia.-J. C. Wilson. Coralborg, toyere. (f or-vin.-T. S. Toggle, Coloumbus, medical compou.d. A atnala.-J. B. Read, Tuecaloose, velocipede. !;Ises4sipi.-L. A. Lindsey and J. P. O'Sulli van, Jctlson, fruit crate; D. H. A. Sanders, Senas t boa, cotton seed planter ; Wmin. M. Morris, Washington, cotton ba'e tie. eenitucky.-T. H. Withers a'd Jacob Do'finger, Lonsevllle. chorn dusher. Al;.souri.-A. Ray, OnGramle, ear couping; Ed. Gailer, St. Louis, marnne furnitore. Wenote uith much pleasure thisl morning the formation of a copartnership between Mr. Eagene (. Meslier and Clarence C. Thayer for the par pose of conducting a genera! auction and comm's sion business. Both of these gentlemen are well and favorably known in our community, and with energy and ability at their command we have no doubt will reap a liberal share of publio pa tronage. SRIxrsaI x CLon--The attention of the members of this popular dramatic association is called to an advertisement in another column, wherein they are requested to attend a regular meeting of the club at their pooms at 7h o'clock this evening. The many deligitful entertainments given by them during the pust three summers are still fresh in the memory of our citisens, and we look forward to the coming summer with muoh pleasure In the hope of enjoying many more of them. Balf way up Lookout Mountain, the place where I memory is stirred by a thousand thrilling assoca ticfn, and where the brave boys of both armles net and fought hand to hand, where the blood of 1 both frtiend and foe wes mingled together and ran I down the moantin-side in rivulets, is a smooth faced rock, upon which a poor, wounded soldier inscribed the following: '". T.--l60-X-Early in the battle I was wounded, and uarried to this spot by two clever I 'Yanks.' They bade me larewell, sad as they I supposed, to die, for I was so weak from loss of llo.d that I could but f·aly thsk theLm for their kindses. They left in my cnutuo apart of a bott e of Plantation Btttmers, to which I owe my life, for it streugthee d me, and kept life within ne nOtil hbelp came and my wound was dreused. i;od blees them fo their kdess, sad for the Plantation Bitters. "Mamv DAvAez., Compuany B, 10th G(." Buy the only sswng me-aeu M l er lessy as, a the Grove & Baker. Wsrrateu far E years. E Quilter. braider and hemn e giv with each ms s choe nt 1 CleaaMeeut I 1 Varsrras TlrPam.--We were very mnkh er prised last eveantg to /d so many persons, and thae moetly of the ýIe of society, at " School;" bt are glad to anaanone that Robertia's new comedy of the above name dr a brilliast sueooes, and well it deserves to be. for Mr. Floyd has spared no epe to putting it on the stage in a manner beltting its reputation. We were espec. ially pleased with the beautiful simplicity of Miss Grey as Beda, the poor dependent pupil of Dr. and Mrs. tdgf. who were well played by Mr. Piereeand Mrs. Preston; while Jack Poyptz and Lord Beaufoy could not have been in abler hands than Messrs. Floyd and Sheridan. The ,Nagna Tighe of Miss Ortn was a chrming performance, yet It seemed to lack that especial v.ni one would expect to find In a young and brilliant girl, horn and brought up in English society of the Eset landies ; but as this was only the second represen tation we have no doubt that in a few nights she wPl so improve the character as to make It the leading one in the comedy. Any how we would advise every body to go and *ee "Sohool" at once for it is very evident that Mr. Floyd don't Intend to let it have a very long raun, he having already commenced preparations to introduoe a gentleman from Ireland who will be accompanied by that abortginal heiress Pocahoatas. "The Road to Ruin" to aiso in preparation. Sr. CnLas.--There was another full atten dance at the St. Charles last evening, inoluding many ladles occupying seats in the pzrqaette. Mrs. Scott Biddons repeated her admirable imper sonation of Jul a in the "Hlunchbsok," re eiviog, ea. before, an excellent support from Mfr. Pope as Mcshr lahlter, and Mr. Stevens as Clifrd. To. day at noon Mrs. B ddon gives another matinee reading, an oc(asion which we anticipate will call troether a brilliant assemblage. The programme, which will be found in fall elsewhere, contains some inviting selections, including a repetition of Tennyson's "May Queen," by special desire. In the evening we are to have Rosalind again, with the same admirable distribution of characters as before. We regret to state that it will be an Impolst bility for Mrs Biddons to accede to the general request that she repeat Pauline, in t'io " L idy of Lyons." For her farewe!l benefit on Friday night that grand old comedy, the "School for Scon ala," has been and is in active rehearsal, and for the occasion but few seats even now remain unuold, AcAvoUY oF Mtsic.- Lefsgwell, the Leffing well, the inimitable Lffingwell, delighted another housefull of people last evening by his laughable character of Romeo Jater Jenkins in " Too Much for Good Nature." the burlesque being pre ceded by that always welcome farce the " Lim erick Boy.' with Cavanaugh as Paddy MIles. To night we are to be entertcined by a repetition not only of the sentimental Romeo, but by another visit from that dear gushing girl Clorinda, to see whom, in all her childish innocence and guileless. nese, were worth twenty times the admission fee. \ive le Leffigwell. Alda' New MalNOault, CIacUS AND AVIARY. This evening at half past 6 Colonel Ames and his indefatigable manager Doo Chambers throw open to the public, at the corner of Baronne and St. Joseph streets, the exhibition which they have long been preparing and which they justly an nounce as the most complete show of its kind ever offered to the people of New Orleans. There are no seedy fixtures, no tawdry trappings, no hack. reyed apparatusaboutthee establishment. Every. thing is bran new, from the snowy pavilIon itself dos n to the sawdust which is plentifully be sprinkled in the ring. Colonel Ames is about starting out on his summer tour, but before de parting offers our people an opportunity of wit. resaing the many attractions with which he is to delight the people of the provincial villages and towns. After to-dayentertainments will be given at 12 t.and 7 r. x. daily until further notice. Tea PARLOR CotoEsrs.-Next Monday even ing Mr. Chase will inaugurate his third annul series of Parlor Concerts at Odd Fellows' Hill. Miis M. G., Mrs. Dubose, Mrs. W. H. Dunn, Mr. Cassard. Mr. Tracy, Mr. Meteye, Mesers. J. G. and A. G. Wheeler, Mr. Wheat, Carlo Patti and Mr. Convelaert compose the combination of talent, whose performances are to give eclat to a series which promises to be more suocessful both socially and artistically than even its memorable prele cessors. MATIxNr CoNcERT.-Lovers of munli will be pleased with the announcement that on Hunday next at 1 o'clock P. x., a grand vocal and initra rental matinee concert will be given at the German Hall, corner of Bienville street and Ex change Alley, for the benefit of that talented musician Carlo Patti, violin solo of the Opera House. and in which the artists of the opera will iparticipate. A programme of the selections will be published in due season. Wax FoiuRxE.--Sgnor D. Mariano Cnifassi has on exhlbittio at No. 103 8. Uberles street a col lection of wax figures representing various celebri ties or historical incidents, an inspection of which will amply repay the courons. VELCCIPEDI ScnOOL.-The school which is lo cated at No. 166 St. Charles street is open daily, from 9 A. x. to 10 F. x. ('orCERu.-Mr. Edward (iroenevelt, assisted by the German Quartette Club and several artists of this city will give a vocal and instrumental oon cert at Odd Fellows' Hall on the 2bth inst. Terrible Tasgedy near st. Psal. A MAN MURDERS HIS WIFE AND FOVn CHILDREN. A dispatch to the Chioago Times, from St. Paul, gives the details of a horrible murder whion oc curred on the 7th. in Oakdale township, ten miles from the city. A farmer named James B. Gray, well known in that section, in a fit of insanity killed his wife and four children, the latter consis ting of two boys, aged eighteen and eight, and two girls, aged five and three years. The mur derer was about forty years old, a large and pow erfui'y built man, and has many relatives in the neighborhood. Ha has lately been suffering from deafness, and grew iansse over it. The deed was committed about daylight. The neighbors heard Mrs. (;ray' screams, and going to the house, eoond the wife and four ohildren cat to p!eces with an sx and the murderer endeavoring to hang himself. He was arrested and lodged in the St. Paul jitl, where it required three or four men to hold him. In answer o Inquiries he would only reply: "I killed them all with an ax. Oh l hang me." The wife was murdered first, being cat In the head and stabbed severnal times The children were then murdered and pleed in a row on the Boort, their throats so badly cut as to nearly sever the heads from the body. The murderer had eme dently chopped their heads with an ax, mutileting them so as to render recognition almost impassi ble. Ibe wife was slain In a granary. There were seven wounds on her body, ttrough one of which the intestines protruded. Her throat was cnt from ear to ear. The alght was one of the most revolting ever witnessed. One of the chil dren's breasts wau so laid open with an ax that the lunrs and organs were distinctly visible. The wife had on only her night-dres, a rough coat of Let husband, and a pair of coarse shoes. The bodies of the childrue were covered by a bed quilt. TLe prisoner, at intervals of the paroxysms of maniacal lory, made a statement detailing the particulars of the murder. He says his motive was that he feared he was coming to poverty, and the family would be left destitute ; and he thought it would be better to send them to Heaven at once. The prisoner tried to beat his brains out sev eral times by jomping against the sides of his cell. Passengers per steamship Bienville, from New York via Havana: From New Yok--J PF x rife and 3 children, Mrs McElroy, W Moir : d a. e, Mrs W F Wright, AG Morgan. T Pinckney Ches Post, RER Osgood, Dr Barnum, B G Cox, Lient W B Colson. From Havans-M Arosco, J E Soanchez, J Fo salha, Mrs R H Cardoret, M F Del Monts, Mrs A Baslit and child, T Duston, D Duenas, R G Vivian, 8 Ports, Mrs Taylor. Miss White, J S Casutllo, 0 Averatre, wife and 2 childrea, J Llorenan, J de S l:omba~ier y 8t Mascent and wife, A Garson, W Meynalda, Myayas y Ocboa, J Fornel, Mrs C Soves, c;armine bores, L Bagarte and wife, L Es. blempio. wife and 4 children. Mrs G Gavrroy. M C Lianas, I. Carballa, Mr Fulton, Mism Fualton, Mrs L ('aballa and 2 children, Mrs M Sanchez, V Anival. Passengers per steamship Trade Wind, from Belihze BHondmuras: Jaa W Logan, J L Beeler, J T Bnck, Dr J W Banders, Fred Miacoa, W B Tendall, Mrs M E Tendall. W Tendall Jr, TR Fenadall, G Kuc, Benry B RichardSon. A 0 Levis, Master Alonzo Valenznela, J A Stokes, Mrs F PBtokes, M H Smith. Mrs M H 8mith. Missa Josephine Smith, Miss Cor nella Smith, Miss L Smith, Miss E 8mith, Master Frank Smirth. Master Jim 8mithb. A Misco, Mrs L Miacca., W Wallace, F W OCampbell, M A Mobley, Master Robert Btokes, Master Ira Stokes, Mrs M A Jobhston, Miss Poline Johnston, Dr W J Be. gan, Chas Aymer, B R eed, Uons Shaw, W A Hopper. Master W Hobbard. H F Byrd. Me S8 J Byrd, Mis Milly Byrd. Miss Flora Byrd. Master K Byrd, Master Willie Byrd. Mimss Alice Nixon. On the arrival of tim Thompeon Dean yesuer day morning, a womsn ad a youth of Il-pee sengers-were arrersted, on the ethority of a tel. egr-m from Mew Orleass Tha boy was reroag away from bhl father with the woman, n relative. She was discharged hI the afternoon, and the boy sent bsk to Wew Orlemo.- [Victsbrg Times, 1th inst. NEW ORLEANS C5EFS8C'NT. T xw o=LEAS S* ,CENT. e.e oaenmp sae". New Oraeseo . 0. NIXON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOB. Osdal E~eawl d the SA t Ior Orlesas. 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