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M" THW LELATUE. 3XXrA RsUSI@WX. WEDnIWIDAY, sIaron m-a. The senate. The Senate met at the usual hour, 121 m Lieut. Gov. Wiltz in the chair. Mr. Goode, for the Judlolary Commit tee, reported unfavorably on House bill No. 277 relative to vagrancy. Mr. deorge, for Conference Commit- tee, reported a bill relative to resupply ing assessment rolls of 1870 and pre vious years where the same have been lost or withheld from their proper ous tody. Read twice and laid over subjeot to amendments. Mr. Robertson called up House bill 920,1 appropriating $115,000 for the ex. pt.ses of the General Assembly. Mr. Robertson offered an amendment making any surplus thereof subject, If necessary, to the warrant of the Gov ernor to establish and maintain the State Government. The bill was referred to the Finance Committee. Mr. Garland, for the Committee on Claims reported favorably on the claim of O. M. Tennison. The report was adop'nd, and the bill as it came from the House was finally passed. r. Wheeler asked to call up House 1 No. 90, to nocorporate the Madison Transportation Company. Roead twice and referred. At 12:30 p. m., on motion of Mr. Kel y, the Senate joined the House to bal iot for United States Senator. Mr. Grover, for committee, reported favorably on House bill No. 942, substi tute for Ilouse bill No. 91, enlarging the limnits of St. Mary parish; and House bill No. 7;:, to incorporate the town of Many in the parish of Sabine. Mr handiford moved to adopt the re port. CuLrrtled. Mr. Steven introduced Senate bill 130, to authorize the heirs of the late Louis Surgi to euo .thi State. Rtead and re ferred. Mr. White called up Senate bill 1.2, the elegticn bill, providing for the puri ty of elections, by repealang the old law and making a now one. The bill was recoonsidered, so as to be ubjeoot to amendment, and was finally pssed as printed, without material change in its provisions. On call of Mr. Eustis the Senate went Into executive session, which was short. ly raised and regular proceedings were resumed. Senator Goode in the chair. Senate bill 126, to facilitate the liqui-. dation of the debt of New Orleans, by authorizing the city to sue, etc., was re considered and the third section was stricken out, and the bill was finally passed. Senate bill 134, substitute' for House bill 129, relative to sewing machines and pianos, passed finally by a vote of 11 .eas to 8 nays. The President in the chair. House resolution to provide for a hy drographie and topographic survey of iayou BJufu, limiting the expense to OS60, was adopted. House bill 171, t' abolish publio ad Ialnistrations of the State, except in the perish of Orleans, wa~ referred. House bill 170, to confirm the charter of the Dorohitto and Red River Plank Company, finally passed. House bill 1i t, for the relief of the Fruit Growors' Association of the Gulf States, was referred." House bill to provide for the transfers to the parish of Lincoln of certain pa pers from the parishes out of which laneoln was formed, passed. Mr. Texada reported enrolled Senate ,bill 101 regulating terms of parish courts. etc. vOUrIs, I6W. Senator Eustis in the chair. Bill for relief of Sheriff Handy was -mod and referred. s ouse bill No. 243, to amend section Hos '8. of the statutes relative Ito corpora tions, being a bill in the Interest of the Orangers or Co-operative Association, was referred to the Judiciary Commit House bill No 7o to define limits of the Second Judicial Distriot, etc., and to annex the Sixth and Seventh Munici al Districts of New Orleans to the First Judicial District, was read the second time and referred to the Judi ciary Committee. Mr. lbatner Introduced Senate bill No. 137 to amend the act No. 11, of 1873, relative to usurpation in office, and au thorizing the Governor to suspend and appoint officers pro tem. where old of loiers persist in recognizing usurping fificials. Head and referred to the Ju diciary Committee. Mr. Wheeler called up House bill to amend section 3217 of the Revised COlvil Code, relative to physicians' privilege for medical services, regulating the Samount and order of the privilege in certain cases, and creating a lien there for on crops, etc. Pending consideration, for want of a qtiorum, the Senate adjourned till 12 m. T'hursday. The Honse. "The House assembled pursuant to adjournment. Speaker Bush in the chair and a quorum present. By Mr. Dupree, of East Baton Rouge, chairman of the special committee on the subject--A bill relative to the Amer loan Printing Institution for the Blind. The bill was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. NEW BILLS. By Mr. Lyons, of East Feliciana-A .Ull amending sections 3274 and 3241 of l Code of 1825. By Mr. McGehee, of West Feliedana 'To incorporate Bayou Sara fire com ,any of Bayou Sara, West Feliciana. Referred to the Committee on Corpora tions. By Mr. Hill, of Orleans-To abolish the Board of Commissioners of the New -Orleans Park, and transferring the con trol of the park to the city of New Or leans. Referred to the Committee oh Affairs. iBy Mr. McGehee-A bill to appro priate from the revenues of 1875 and 1·876 certain sums to pay the debt of the Charity Hospital incurred in those years. Referred to the Committee on . Appropriation. HOUSE BILLS AMENDED. I ouse bill No. 153, to reorganize the Board of Health, returned from the 8en te with amendments. SAfter somtedi ussion the bill was, on motion of r. Voorhies, ordered print and made the special order for Satur at 2 o'clock. use bill No. -, to regulate the fees qa'oners in the country parishes. In as amended. at, Mr. Ryland, of West Fe Ap opriating certain sums for ofthe past indebtedness of on Appro p· Oren of the parish of Baton Iloouge to ruMi the deblt of that parish. UNIFINISED BUUSIJUMS. House bill No. 187, the homestead bill came up on the question of re duoing the amount of land unexempted from seizure from 10o to 00 acres. Pending consideration of the bill the Senate met the House, and the General Assembly in joint session proceeded to ballot for United States Senator. The vote resulted as follows: lenatn. Heuse. Total. D. FP.Jonas... .... . 2 17 19 B. L. OGibson............ .. 1 7 6. Jobn EBlIl .. ... 8 6 8 X. o. Randolph........... 9 17 s2 L. A. heldon ............ 4 4 B. R. Brlnd........... 5 2t. 26 James Iuwls...........0 1 1 -- Watkins......... .... O0 1 1 T.t. ..................2 72 9J Mr. Cressy had previously withdrawn the name of Mr. Bllieu, Mr. Hammond that of Senator G. H. Ellis. Senator Texada nominated Col. E. G. Randolph, and Mr. Young, of East Baton Rouge, Mr. Ryland. Mr. Toler nominated Mr. Watkins, of Webster. BWOIN IN. Before the ballot was taken, Messrs. Frank J. D'Avyof St. Landry, Bernard Dayries of Pointe Coupee, and Ulger Romero of Iberia, appeared on the floor of the House and asked to be sworn in. The oath of office was administered to them by Speaker Bush, the event pro voking the applause of the members of the General Assembly and of the lobby. The House resumed its separate ses sion and took up the special order of the day. House bill No. 303, substitute for House bills 185, 98 and 222. Mr. Voorhles here obtained a tempo rarv postponement of the special order to Introduoo a bill to authorize the As slstant Attorney General to prosecute in criminal oases in the absence of the Attorney General. The bill was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary to report immedi ately. House bill No. 187, the Homestead Bill--The yeas and nays were called on a motion to lay on the table Mr. Mo Geheo's amendment to exempt from seizure only sixty acres of land instead of one hundred and sixty. The amend ment was laid on the table -yeas 0o, nays 17. Mr. Lyons of East Feliclana, offered an additiona. section, giving the debtor the right to wave and relinquish his rights under the provisions of this bill, in favor of the creditor. This section was opposed by General Young, of Clalborne, on the ground that it was legalizing fraud and would destroy all the Intentions of the bill. Mr. Kernochan of Plaquemines, spoke in favor of the section, and took ocoaslon to express his opinion that it would be better for the poor if there were no homestead laws. Mr. Leeds in the chair. Mr. Singleton, of St. Landry, favored the homestead bill as originally con structed. To do away with it would be fatal to the agricultural interests of the State. It would not alone strike the poor man, who can always take care of himself, but it would strike his wife and children. Mr. McGehee, of West Feliciana, argued in favor of allowing the poor man discretion as to the manner in which he should care for his family and not hamper him in obtaining food for them. Speaker Bush on the floor, took a view sltpllar to that of Mr. McGeheoe. He wished that the poor people should have the right of disposing of his property as he chose without being put under the protection of such a law which in effect prevented him from ob taining credit. He was in favor of the section authorizing the right of waver, because it would give the poor man discretion to do what he pleased with his nn-onrtvy Mr. Yoor Lies said that we could not now, under the disturbed condition of society legislate properly on the sub ject. He was opposed to any tampering with the homestead law. When society had returned to its normal condition he might agree with Speaker Bush and Mr. McGehee in their arguments on this subject and on many others, but this was not the time to do so. Mr. Billieu, of Lafourohe, was in favor of the homestead law on grounds of public policy, and the amendment will be a dead letter. Mr. Jonas, of Orleans, agreed with Mr. Billieu on the same grounds. In times of prosperity he would be in favor of repealing the homestead law, but the time had not come to change the exemption laws of the State. He would vote against the amendment of Mr. Lyons for the same reason and of pub lie policy, for it would emasculate the bill. Mr. Carloss had previously proposed an amendment to Mr. Lyons amend ment providing that the waiver author ized in the latter amendment should be made only in cases of debt incurred for provisions and supplies of the debtor's family, but withdrew it at this junc ture of the proceedings. He was in favor of the nomestead bill. Mr. Lyons closed the debate, saying in other Words that he wished to meet the objects which suggested the motives of public policy in a different way from the members who objected to his amendment, that is by giving the poor land owner the ability to borrow money to oultivate his land and bring him prosperity. The amendment was laid on the table, and the bill eventually passed finally and a motion to reconsider was tabled. THE SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY was taken up again. Speaker Bush in the chair. House bill No. 303, substitute for House bills Nos. 185, 198 and 222. The full text of the bill, as passed, is as follows: BaCrtos 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives aqf the sale of Louisiana in General Assembly convened, That for all taxes due previous to and inclnding the year 1873, the city of New Orleans shall receive in pa.5ment of the same, together with the costs and charges, the valid outstanding floating debt of said city at par; and that all interest on said arreared city taxes up to and inclnuing those of 1873, be and the same is hereby remitted. That for the face of all taxes of 1874, said city shall receive in payment, of the same school warrants or said year tor the school tax; Metropolitan Poloe warrants of said year for the Metropolitan Police tax; the respective interest conpons of said year for the special interest taxes to pay which, a special tax has been levied to meet said coupons and all evi deoces of debt and admitted vahd claims against said eity accrued in said year or the balance of the tax of said year, with all interests and costs and charges. That for all taxes of 1875 the city shall receive payment as provided for the taxes of 1874, save that the newoal interest taxes shall be pGa in oash; prids, ithat the taxes of the current- year .hal be paid by the peras who seek to avail themeiveon of the previona of this Be fjrbe-rea .Q daO That tb acs take effes from and afster nd that all laws wsor t aow Wh tiers . ftmOuh.l of Orl1ean, who aiwed fastdelinqueue had not tkef adtlan tage of the liberality of the premium bond law, and that the poor people could no more come forward under the provisIons of this bill and pay their taxes than they had before. Capitalists, brokers and holders of city warrants alone would be benefited by It. On the final passage of the bill, Mr. Tremoulet called for the yeas and nays. Yeas 48, nays 17. A morion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed was tabled. House bill No. 204, to amend an act td incorporate the Factors' Warehouse Bank. Passed finally. By Mr. Toler, of Richland, chairman of the Committee on Appropriation, on behalf of that committee as part of the Conference Committee reported by substitute for the general appropria tlon bill. The substitute makes the fol lowing appropriations out of funds not otherwise appropriated : Governor's salary $$000, privato seo retary $2200, messenger and porter .720, clerk during sessions $300, Lieutenant Governor $3000, Secretary of State $3000, Assistant Secretary of State $2000, porter $480, State Librarian $900, Assistant State Li brarian $600, Attorney General $5000, Clerk of the Attorney General $15,oo, State Auditor $5000, State Auditor's chief clerk $3000, State Auditor's book keeper $2000, State Auditor's assistant bookkeeper $1100, State Auditor's two assistant bookkeepers $1500 each--$3t0,, State Auditor's tax and assessment roll clerk $1500, State Auditor's register and warrant clerk $1750, State Auditor's messenger and porter (for both) $724), for salary of the State Treasurer $5000, for salary of the State Treasurer's chief clerk $2500, for salary of State Treasu rer's book-keeper $2(M), for salary of State Treasurer's two asslstant clerks $3000 for salary of State :ogister of Lind Offlee $1500, for salbry of the Keeper of the Htate House soo, contin gent expenses of the Governor $10,0004, contingent exposeso of the Lieutenant. Governor $1010), contingent expenses or the Secretary of State $750, contingent. expenses of the State 'l'reasuror $1540(, contingent expenses of the State Audi tor $1500, contingent expenses of Li brarian $3100. Joutlicearl DI)pcrrtnt', Supreme(loulrt Judges $35,00o, Ileporter Supremeo (ourt $2500 Judges of District Courts $120, 000, Parish ,Judges $84,500, District At torneys $25,500. Mi scellancoius-Adjutant General and contingent expenses $3000, State Insane Asylum $25,000, Institution of the Blind $4000, Deaf and Dumb Asylum $10),0(0, pensions $10,004, State Printer $30,000, assessment and tax collectors' rolls $2500, printing general laws in French and German $2000, Keeper State-House grounds $300, Chief Superintendent Public Schools of New Orleans $2250, parish assessors $5215, New Orleansi city assessors $2000, for lost. assessment rolls in Orleans $14001), in country par Isbes $1800, for support of public schools 1500 000. FjOu (1)00. ir'oml Intlrest Frlnd --To parish ases sors $15000, to New Orleans assessors $450,; for lost assessment rolls in Or leans $2000. In country parishes $1000. From Leree (Construction Itlnd-State Engineer $4000, two assistants $5o001, bookkeeper $15x00. draughtsmnn $ - contingent expenses of department --, parish assessors $8000, Now Or leans assessors $3000; lost , assess ment rolls Orleans $1200, in country parishes $25r00; egister of Conveyances for certificates of trans fer $6i00, rent of State Honseo $54i5, assessolso Orleans parish $:0o444, parish assessors $8440o, assessment rolls for Or leans lost or carried away $201)0, for country Parishes $3000, for gas in State House $400, Charity Hospital at New Orleans $20,000, Charity Hospital at. Shreveport $7500, for militia in the fu ture $40,000; the warrants to be rocelv. ble to the extent of $20,000 for general fund taxes. Special ,Fund - Charity Hospital at New Orleans from Lottery Company $40,000, from auctioneers $10,000, from slaughter-house inspection $8400~ and from poll tax all that may not be re quired for the educational fund. From (Current &,hool Fund --State Su perintendent of Education $:;o.00, for his secretary and expenses of office, $20(51. REGULAIL OIRDElt. House bill No. 209), to unite the Loulsiana State University with the Mechanics' and Agricultural College, and Senate bill to carry out the objects of the donation of Congress for an agricultural and mechanical school, came up together. House bill No. 209' was taken up alone. After occupying the House for some time, on motion of Mr. Tolor, of Rich land, the bill was laid on the table. The second bill-Senate bill No. 10l to carry out the objects of Congress on the subject of an Agricultural Collegeo was next taken up. On the final passage of the bill the yeas and nays were called. Yeas 32, nays 27. No quorum. The House adjourned. NEWS BY MAIL. ALL OF IT. A Full History of the Matthews-Fester Agreement. [Special to (hioago Timer.] A week or two before the 4th of March it became evident to the Hayes men that the Democrats had it in their power to defeat the count, and that they intended to do so. Appeals were made to Southern men, and after sev eral interviews devoted to prelimina ries, a formal agreement was drawn up in writing. It was divided off into ar ticles. Article one enumerated the par ties to this contract. On the part of Nicholls appears E. A. Burke; on the part of Hampton, Gen. M. C. Butler; for Hayes, Senator John Sherman Chas. Foster, James A. Garfield and Stanley Matthews. Article two pledges the signers upon their personal honor as gentlemen, to abide by the terms of the compact. Article three provides, in careful legal phrase ology, what shall be done upon the part of the signers for Nicholls and Hampton; that peace shall be se cured in their States, no social ostra cism, no violation of rights of property, immunity for all political offenses; that there should be no political prosecu tions in courts, crimes excepted. There was a deal of argument on putting in the expression "crimes excepted;" but It was finally agreed that it should be inserted. The Hayes men, in turn, pledged that as soon as the count was completed and inauguration over the troops should be at once withdrawn from Louisiana and South Carolina. It was also further pledged that the troops, when withdrawn, should not be returned. There was was a final clause reeltin that the Has people bound Vese to all t above anea 4 -irb'o I him to bringle the a i oi anad Ssuoess.til comp tion. Ths areement Q was made out n triplloLte. One copy s was sent to Hampton, the second to e Nicholls, and the third was kept by the r signers. A pledge of secrecy concern , Inthe ompact was also made. It was SIntended at first to ask Grant to sign it, and have him withdraw the troops after the count was completed. Then it was i, thought not proper to have him attach s his name to such a compact. It was y also thought not best to have Hayes i sign It, as the document was signed 8 i with his approval, by his most trusted B a friends. Grant gave his word as a sol- O dier and a gentleman for Hayes to have ti 3 the troops withdrawn as soon as the a i count was completed. He did order b f (en. Augur, in New Orleans, to with- b y draw the troops. Without the compact ' fully described above there would have t been no wavering of Southern votes. U t This compact was shown around to Southern men who could be trusted. Further than this, Charles Foster had P r two letters from 6ov. Hayes upon the P subject.tThe first letter was a very brief t' one, written to Foster after he had ti made his speech upon the floor, ex- d pressing his belief in the necessity and 1i certainty of a new and better policy u toward the South. This letter was not more than a dozen lines in length. It said that Foster's speech correctly B outlined Hayes' policy, and that it was cordially approved. After the formal compact was made a copy ti of it was sent to Hayes. He, therefore, S wrote another letter to Foster fully ap- sl * proving and inlorsing the compact as made for him by John Sherman, Stan ley Matthews and others. Foster used I both letters to assure Southern men d of Hayes' intention to do the right re thing by themn- in fact, give thern all tl they could hope for under Tilden. The IL formal com~pact was lfnished on the H8 turday of the week tprior to theo co:r- 1I I plrtion of tho.count. It will be noticed al upon glan(ing at, the record that up,un I'L t ttfi dayr, for trio firt tiurne, the fllibus- o i tors fal.d In their attempt to secure a ia recess. The compact was the causei of~ this. It appears that beyond two lot- r' ter, written to Foster, both Foster andl N Stanley Matthews wrote personal guar- a' ant.oes tIhat they signe'd themselves. The II ocnasion of this was John Young tl Brown's wavering in his adhesion to the anti-illibusters. lie alone of the Kentucky delegation voted with the anti-obstructionists. When he received E that memorable dispatch from some twenty-live of his most intimate friends, upbraiding him for his course, Brown at went to Foster fu,. further assurances. ,H Ito said that he was running a risk of le ruin and ostracism if he were mistaken, or Foster not only gave him personal as surances upon the floor, but he also M visited his room that night, where both at he and Stanley Matthews wrote out for tr Brown a personal guaranteeo that the at South should have all the compact hi called for. On the Saturday rtight di following the count. llanrldal iib- ti s-,n called upon (sen. Grant, In w the I'resldent's room, on the SMnate to side. It was the closing night of (Irant's administration. He was busy signing bills when Gibson camo in. (Gibson rernindled Grant that he haid or promised to withdraw the troops from (if New Orleans. Grant said that he had w already done so by the issuance of a p! most peremptory order. " But," said Gibson, " the Secretary of War knows nothing of sIuch an order." " How hi should he ? " said Grant. " I did not issue the order through him, but I sent it through the General of the army direct." " But," said Gibson, "the'" , order has not been obeeycd, and they deny in Now Orleans even that it hais aR been received." ' aid Gen. Grant: " cannot understand that. I made the order as peremptory (as possible." The ul fact that Augur did not receive the be order fully substantiates the statement yc that Senator Sherman, a member of the pc incoming administration, persuaded his brother to withhold the order until the nr now administration came in. H TRIIS8E PLlEDG~iE. if h A Ia;telnct HsltoIry f Ihe Way They a Were G.ven. [Special to Cincinnati Commercial ] WAsurlOTOr, March 25.- There is Smuch conversation here about the writ ten pledges said to have been given by A President Hayes' closest friends and ad visers during the progress of the Elec toral Court, to certain Democrats. The K following are the facts: When the fili- C bustering in the House wae at its height, several Democratic Senators, of among whom was Senator Gordon, tc were called into counsel by some of the Ia Southern Representatives who felt it st to be their duty to vote against t all dilatory motions, and to stand to by the Electoral bill in good li faith. Senator Gordon stated that he to had no responsibility as to the count, bi inasmuch as he was not a member of the House, but he did feel a responsi- 11 bility in protecting, as far as he could, rn the government of Hampton and the fo people of South Carolina, as he had la been specially asked to do so, and p. would therefore go to Mr. Foster, of Ohio, and others, and know in advance of the completion of the count what was t to be the fate of South Carolina and tr Louisiana. Senator Gordon did go with " John Young Brown, of Kentucky, and m demanded a written pledge in his ca- Inc pacity as a friend of the Hampton and ed Nicholls governments that they should fir not be disturbed, whatever might be the result of the count. It is alleged 'K and not denled that some such pledges Cc in writing were given by Stanley Mat- th thews and Representative Foster. ide GEN. GRANT. WE He Leaves Washington to .Geo.Wesrt pU TYoung Man." [Special to N. Y. Herald.] Ex-President Grant left Washington to-night for Cincinnati, where he will N, remain four or five days, thence to Chi- rej cago and Galena, Returning east, he b will stop at Harrisburg to enjoy trout i1 fishing in the vicinity, and then pro- be ceed to Philadelphia, at which port, on or about the 10th of May, he will take passage on an American vessel for Eu- a rope with members of his family. Since his term of office expired many i b persons have called upon him to ask in fluence in their behalf with the new ad ministration, but they did not secure it. Di ANMUEMRENT. t ACADEMY OF Musn1.--"Ben McCul- ru lough" is billed again for to-night at be the Academy, and will be followed on Sh Friday evening by another sensational th, lay, "Across the Continent," which at as received considerable applause lo1 here. The performance at the matinee lat yesterday and at night was attended hu by surprisingly large audiences, con- in sidering that this is Holy Week. tw A councilman will take a free pass be and ride on a steamboat 3000 miles and enjoy himself to his heart's content, but ask him to reduce the price of wharfage in when he gets home, and he'.ll put on more airs thbai a Frqeh barber, andbe titai e.tmbtc l x J CITY AFFAIRS. FACKAgD'S ACMEg. A quiet Day There. It is almost certain they don't care for war down at the St. Louis hotel. Whatever might have been the feeling some weeks ago it is evident now that there is a greater disposition towards pacification than ever. The men are growing more and more tired of garri son duty, and the building itself has be come an object of almost hatred. Yes terday morning the only stir notice able around the noted oaravan sary was the strong and hardy blows delivered by the carpenters whe have in hand the work of erecting In the old office where Education Brown used to hold forth a platform for the Packard Supreme Court. Outside of this there was nothing of moment trans piring, and the chiefs, as well as the privates, seemed to have settled down to one conclusion, and that was "Damn the Special Commission." Packard didn't have much to say; Antoine had less, and the patriots on guard were nimum. From appearances, last evening, it was most manifest that the sombre gloom of the approaching flat was thoroughly appreciated in the hotel. The men seem to realize their situa tion, and, when word came that the State consols had gone up, there was a strong disposition to leave the fort. There can be now no qucstion but what the rank and file at the St. Louis Ilotel desire to he relieved of their duties, and any excuse that might score reasonable to their rommanriders for their absence would be given without any hesitancy. The ultimate end of the present, situ ation is fully a ppreciated by the "boys," and the faet, that they will s'oon have to ahbdicate is as fully realized on their s'lie as on ours. The displiatches received last evening wore not of that character to irroduct anything more than the ex prected l'fullgence on the part of the raithtul of a solemn sort of quinesonce, and from all outside aplearances they had little causeo to coungrtulate themselve~. A VICTIM VOR TIlE (iAi,LO W i. Eli Helm, who wan Found in the Edwards lnoule, Armed with is Deadly Weapon. SJohn Howard is the night watchmen at the Edwards House, at the corner of Mouth and Camp streets, and, like Napo leon the First, if he sleeps, it is with one eye open. But upon the morning of the 15th of March he was unusually vigilant, and about 1 o'clock he discovered some one trying to force open one of the window shutters of the dining room. Rie hid himself to see what was coming and discovered the shutter slowly open and then he saw two black hands raise the window; then a head was thrust through to wse if all was (quint. And then a large negro, ARMUED WITH A HIA'fTCHITT, entered the room by moans of the win dow, and was about, to search for booty, when Howard came fiom his hiding ila:ce, and leveling his revolver at the thief told him to drop that, hatchet. The thief obeyed and itoward made him a prisoner. The family were aroused and Mrs. Edwards, the prol)rietress of the house, being put in possession of what had oc nurred, rec(gnized the thief as one Eli Helm, whom she had in hier employ as a waiter AfiOUT 4 tEAR AGO. The accused was arrested and locked tp in the Parish Prison without the benefit of bail, to await a trial. He was yesterday arraigned before Judge Klein peter on a preliminary examination. The evidence was conclusive, and left no doubt on the Judge's mind that Howard had his man dead to right, so he sent him before the Superior Crimi nal Court on the charge of breaking and entering a house in the night time with intent to steal, armed with a dan gerous weapon, without the benefit of bail, A Ll htnilni Calculator Complained of na Being a Public Rulmance. Information having reached Capt. Kelly of the Third Precinct, that one C. F. howard, who claims to be a light ning calculator, was annoying the mer chants and the employes of the Cus tom-House by drawing a large crowd at the corner of Decatur and Canal streets, and obstructing the sidewalk, the Captain ordered Olfficer Blanchard to repair to the scene and inform the lightning calculator that he would have to find a more congenial corner for his business. But when the officer informed this lightning chap that he would have to move he became obstreperous, and in formed the officer in the most abusive language that he would not move a peg. * 5LANCHARD, DETERMINED to do his duty, arrested Howard and trotted him in the Third Station, and while conveying him to the station he made so much noise that he congregated nearly five hundred person, who follow ed in his train to the place of his con finement. Howard was brought before Judge Miltenberger, of the Second Municipal Court, on the charge of being a public nuisance, also, insulting and abusing the officer; and regardless of the evi dence produced to sustain this fact, he was turned loose to further annoy the public. The Board of Health. The Board of Health meet to-day at No. 159 St. Louis street, at 1 p. m. This regular monthly meeting will doubtless be well attended, as matters of much importance will be brought before the board. BrevItles.. His excellency Governor Nicholls, has appointed ex-Governor P. B. S. Pinch back, a member of the State Board of Public Education. Representatives Romero, D'Avy and Dayries, concluded yesterday to tell Packard good-bye, and took their seats in the Legislature. They are open in their expressions of disgust at the rump, and say that several more mem bers will follow in their steps to-day. Should the legally elected members of the Legislature, who have left or are about to leave Packard's rump, be al lowed their full pay in the legal Legis lature, they would receive nearly seven hundred dollars up to date, and besides, n some cases, mileage amounting to twelve hundred dollars more. The customs offices at this port will be closed at noon on Friday, 30th inst., (Good Friday.) The bonded ware houses will remain open and discharg ing inspectors on duty as usual We had the Pleoaure lst evening of gree BMr. Stanley who visits t '°:ent h ,dre d tntn . FOUsU AWN ClTY ITMe. Fras.--Oneo'clock yesterday mora~ln fire was discovered n an s an nooeu house on Spain street, between Ol(lf and Robertson. The property is on by Mrs. Grillo, and the flames were ast guished with slight damage. T he ai is supposed to be the work of an In-is diary. ANorman BLAZz, - About the semie hour the one-story frame house on Mt, John the Baptist street, between OWA and Mandeville, also took fire, T.W property, which was owned by flt aste Patel, was only slightly dam . Insured for $cOO, but in what om0 could not be ascertained. COARasa wITr MurTIWt.---MIohael Sl livan, Peter Johnson and John Ore were arrested Tuesday at the cornfr Levee and Marigny streets and looflt up in the Flfth Precinct StttOn, charged with mutiny on the ship Get tysburg. As UXFOIToNATE AtmcIEn?.-At hsl past two o'clock yesterday, whiln Daniel 8ohillen ger a screwman, was at work in the hold of a ship lying at tlh foot of Jackson street, one of the "Jacks" broke and struck him on the head, inflicting a dangerous wound. Schillenger was conveyed to his rest idence, No. 2W5 Rousseau street, where he received medical attention. TIIH CEOt;wRT. lnperlor Jrltwrinal Court. 'OM M IT(;L,. IRobbery Maria Higgins, colored, (ENTENe'ED0, Carrying concealed wnapon--Aleek Johnson, (Geo. Willitmrna 10 or ten days P'arish Prison; Jeff M,.'eoberry l$i0 or twenty days Pa'rish Pris,n. NOLi,l; PrORI5f l. Ibbery--Jlcetsy Toby, colored; prose cuting witness left the city. INF'RoWTWtIONH. Carrying conrcealed weapons- Louls Savoni. 'iN 'If A I,. Murder--Jack rand Dennis Casey, newsboys, indticted O(rtobr 31, 1876, fer the murder or David Glynn, on the lst of August, 14871. on North street, oppo site Lafayette Square. First Dirtrsct Court. IN rOtR M jATION . lReceiving stolen goods - Jennie Brown. 1. Assault with intent to kill. 2. Assault and battery--PIaul Phillips, Martha Hale. Assault and battery--Louis Vesnier, Thomas Connelly, J. Duffy. Larceny-Philip Paul E. Wilkinson, P. Murphy, Homer Bird. NOLLE PIMtE'.r;I. Assault and battery--James Timlin; transferred to Superior Criminal Court. Wounding lees than mayhem-- . iusso. --------r- -- By hie card i' '"i I h~, s.c-n that Mr. F. I. South masyd, at No. 18 Tunion strc.et, is prepared to pay taxae and blIenie.. We plblish to-day a e'rd from (:aptain Leathk era, who ni now eng e',I n ri.i r excln.ive pht.,i from the government in orc;inizing a malefue. tire of artificial etnme. From thie '.ptain's talk we Infer that he will hau no ditNiclty in obtalas .ng the capital neceseary to the success of his eu- - erprieo. 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