New Orleans daily crescent. [volume], April 21, 1856, Morning, Image 6

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peome himethroukgh ef ce of some of
todos~d' lt eaGmponi 0 ro m dethoovn, on
t.'T hee thefigura exen tes with a facility
loety,'liete n each noter. a adena, and making
t -uhlt e*tdon d a ned ot pernoado thohearer he
nti d life. Hi performanc t the ext en to
- open the leeionet, end on
ton. It in of fthemot remerkahle
Sawild ' to the g sd have reqd hanvt
m . ohe? an, e omy.frie yond, cathe he
ery, Gt e ooft s rnal:.
(1 frdrnkiofcg.W en new- a young man
e y whotad tlefs e than a tate of ment whichl d
agemeet. lhem praed nthv1andh intol the past.
c :1witbbhlse measuref it; : henrt-throed.-
Sef osagr- who rqfooed to 11s01 to mes; hut
bd y on oneith the. I -ed madly from the.
cdittemg a wild ' to god of love, and with
.it , this t : It iothends, capted he
ace ,-and o. pistols to pt a. to myW
l day o1f r[vatios. As It flies, God waits to
gg.in,. ListenI Divine love espeake." Unto
-opd;i7,eii, taall." Tle great expintion hen been
.Tnd he fountaint is -open. - That blood is sum
. ;Who. eveer 6ll may li.e ; from death in sia
nelt»jo glory a f.a. u dcdyetnfSaviour. But
delaynot. Nw; nettonidorrow. Time rshos. Life
g Death hnlsn °-What men are at that last
e;theyare fooer, Its moralbuecolors'the illim
- .:,H} tkdvute it? <,What I this breath into which
enok-Inter mli crowd`;. on which hangs eternity !
wast 1 Are`nyou Coad?. 'hnMust truth be unheeded ?
"lorereleoted? heavens lst? -Waste tl. Ease, plea s
aare gegddfnme-thre* th em alt away, if need be;
not-momente. S'eizethem-held- them h That nn.
Sg anal is tobeo . .d, if.lever, n ow -.[Presbyte
N tlaperyovne-eo Miowsn.-4-new motch hasa boon,
, inveated ,,n Fra.n e. It is deiged'tos eupercede the
dresenit ingeros lumIoifer add loofoco match, and it
. di.aidtanowereitepurposeeompletely. It'isinpmos
bl.e t.oignito this mato without brgiging itbin eon
'-slit with friction ,paper or" clpth prepared for the'
.apress ngeot; and the two lhng lways kept apart
-excppt when to be usned,neither eao take fire from
pontaneoau' qombsstion, or through the theft of rate
'A feson ScRsOo:-..ldm..1lnlvany ye most die,
lithoighbye're so halo and hearty, ye must die, that
-"e neut. iAnd- you, -Mr. Rafferty, must die, too,
-.lth ghye. areoso lane eand so lank that ye scarce
Smake co shadow when the sun shiuts, ye must die,
- - .etye most. Asd:you, Mr. Inaishkilln, ye musot
4 Oip ;1tha.-he must. - And' you, too, Tongue M'On.
ell for'an' eus'bre noa-s-y-cleenked;.and are foriver
makng lord e to-bthe girls at Donny Brook Pair, ye
meat die, yes, ye must all, di, -I maust die, too,
aldthogh I am.thie pastor of the ariosh, and have the
m -qnf all yetrsng l., ie;must die, to ; and when I shall
-be~hdisg up befois Good.eos; and Goodnss is after
,sayigh me-" Fatther Mtlnrioo -Lflbrty,how it your
h 'for donkennass?" I shan y,"oo. h,
gy lane year honor." And tbenGoodnessrwll
my,' Father Muilrico Lafferty. 'how G oer garish oil
tlortýhai d4g and such like deddly pina?'.."Och,
nightyolaae, youar honor." "SO yo .oee it's a good
character Isltit be gtving Goedness ov yez all ; bot
"whel Goodnese ehull my ome, oFather Mairimo
tElfeoty how have they pakd~ou their E r des?.-"
"what t -say to t . -..ku
i.o ' nan, ec r . o "
ho"net n, the 14th of October, 17911'
. rO dmal Ducan, and the hatch
I . peirtere about to engage,
.'t a pasioghy AdmiraYDunoan'a cabin, saw
anhi e.. -k -
ofsr'eyl.Jarck!" exolimedoae,"wIiat lathe Ad.
ca~yg rca." replIed lbs other.
"'prte C for what?"
.x b t hhe ird" gtremwoictoy."
We- no., that a ,loeal tishame. We are.ell
l b1ib:. temeoa.etr. "e"des,gi.ethe egg,.
is4te em itself eod i
cO P"
. rt, that dY tlieatese Jtmes
i. othe nited Stanbots o antd log that all
e tliee as·l o it abondr uo reapnr a
ie s;r r unentd ea~b i· af tll oitossayyhtis
` piate ih i ;rthe rhemaithnder f ratlon
Ierio to l owa i nt ed ho tity-nie guns. The doIs.
f ,gab d.Channon d andlTredss were ordered to
ee ,arbur o im 6ot Jme th e Bb n
lcra s -f othu British fr aht layutted t irtey
gilt oil.- 'The h tihsto eanted te fygs and
ge ,.h ~ i t ung were twed for ne-paunder
m n d.fe era the remainder eelnd, an
ati drsidtern. fdf Britess whler;e layingit their
id o in b Yors ofn h ostar at t -he .ae t og t h
ainth srme e 'Captin Evfriga lay s.ebe di
Mon Dtcomm, anog taed, and Ceape Cell, Mani
oe te of the e in
and Congr es,-putCat ea and shiled for the-Bans . f
kewf, orered anhe from thence station, eand wrand
Imade oerahing bts to iptain Lawhalers;, th 4nft thi
ta nlBritihfrigate w blohiekadig the pot. At hei
am., trel.od tao I frigate~wld ke, Captain Evan ts,
Ahfeodieho bttlen honor o, witheir respeotise co
trie thmein the ameingale. Captain Evans wa ordth
atb redlt tenanand aoeverolliioaae of the eyea,
and Cwoti Jamea sLawreo was apponted in his
placet the command f theaChe Chesapeake.
ihnly ioftea aferivat of the British vessels in of
asbr tite tkinh in t.i.'ci he Shannonboh , : ~e an-V.
Broke, srlord ite the edospeak the in liundred miles
hanflahing boats toe, pand Lawrence, thatn as ngtr
asat ly hit frignalteo be mutnoloadig thea pat he ox
Pecoted. Captiin asre le unlds cne ant and the ry0th
.n thordeal battl thet ofir respective Sh on
tries. Some of. the fosting ght boue--at word o'clock
ki ,the Cband oedk got undert vay and came 'oot
s wouthh coarbe o m t,etnal i'brwezsmskina a igdy
The month of Mayadeawhile thlape Shannon Cander
gtain Broke, apprehensl titatithe Che pet, inkieg tand
nteintrem ot, o t fear e s hatti ther Bitis veela-of
ut e, o'olookfP..,o e trie he ostaate haot:dto andb
war might bei l.arkier atloe nfour milho dis, t from
ther channllon. Te Shand t t i aediahintely at, prn
fotherang hovt o sa upon icCapeak fiho e hundred me
under a flg of~t oe, ached c with five large spoet
at a gieen lsgtal ta be nutalty agreed hepn by bath
of Mayt and it e"" beirved that Captaine aswsence
v ywingone of whih was a a immeoae
evereeied it.rs' rights"
Sthe Che large le gt underhi way could e readt
niaple es thewater. eoniderabl the distannon e.
asy siade tio ofing fron.thO c aptaothin Brothat
Chesapenke.
At on'cloc ot. xthe that thek horic and
fired minhein og then aouthar miles, diortant flen
theSbooanno. Then hannn imroediately fired an
tuher and have Cs;:upaer hiohd the Chsapake maden
ad b~·~~oard the ~lhhanon eec fight! Raemember
it aq began tlsa.ten nr disooa inc their veinshe
-rivalvesnele. t o
Co dhesanpeake apprenched with llve large oplen
bel si fely r, one of t whSpniards, nor Dutmmense
owhk flag eiohd Frete ctrade ad ,therors' rights"
tdteresnh in large lettae. which could b e rthead
Stytenaked eye nat t considerable distance. cti
TheC aea eth wit m aof two Sh, anon,
- wa s psf moiteii d tg . o Shannn, Cataont Broke
o u ie n immediately lufda short oratin
S ltec i'dt of thea . Shnnon, thndat the Americans
are ppred atiBroke nwthih spered to the at or artoe
iscl wha o srvel to put thhealm down wheatn the
smn hot asuddenly routnd--to awol commandber
ihat-tdy 'liove Aogunsiaxdn blow d in their veins ;
Ced tdain Bro h was- t iven, inor Spaiaen, nour gutch
hear!" s nl te whele broadside of tlibmStnnnon, at
alfpiston shot distance, wast ithoued it t her or g
breordsdestmorutiely ouan if it ded eao ctly rak
on thie the e crew gave unbleto return a single
gun. Tt -broadstiewiofe vme lsts uofntgie.Oe uhn
dred muworiter ien was seveomuded b mort of the c
Sbelonging to the Chene ere struc down,
eithekilled or.anded, and oive guns on the side of
thOhpek losste' enaged were dismounted an tren
Sered :'s d combns ant.
Under these serious disadvantages ti e Che object
d stae e t m to tiedAwro -
ran longsde a delivered her broadside, fecton
alf of whice wase pointed at the water line, and the
other half at thed thri tinand masts of the Shan.--n,
Sver shot peetrted below the ater lllned p andin
every shroud of thee fore, mainn, and mizen rigging of
the Chauoptan Bro ut tohisprcs. To the speaker was
then vrging wedi wheno the best boweranchor ofwhen the
Shannon caught din tde lanyrds of -ther main riggind
gtyCaptlings frokem bot givesei we"Fire throwen aboardns 1
when" o the vessels were bothdside lashed and noe ft ain
hatf-pstiton snot ditance, wao ored ito the Che
peThe quarter-dotrck guns thand parif it of the mactly indeck
gs of the Chesapeake playedig upon thle obow of thea single
haed mon, and thilled and wouns ded part of the bowt
ce afterprt oging t the Chesapeake. Th.sontrck third
nd fourth roapakdsides of thwre Ciesmoealntd were vrn
destredctiv. Nmnrfon b of thee Shnaon.
andr the disin the bow hadvantages the Chesapvea
rangklled alndsidwou and delivered eron onethebo of
the Shannon, whi washere the at riter was statione, and the
ter, inal at to rigging and mase, with only onthe mSansa-nd
eeg dt hoof twelve;trat below the reminder waere killed and
thegigahnead, wnhad lastteed nower about ioft minthe
nts, grappliagd four roundth vesls were most throat wnad beend,
whred by either vessels ;wrhen the order of Cafta in
Broke cTlled the uartoarders away, and part of th ma-dety ork
in of the Chesapeake. A few seamepon theand marines
fought gandtly on the forecastle ofguns and part of heske, o
untimthey we overpowered ; some e hai supplayd pto
thdeckafthroart of the Cebospekore. Captaihe Broke was e-third
vrd fely wournded on oard the Chesapenake. ee very
Then a tie. Nunber oftel on boand crew hanoddled,
around ithe guns atm of the Chesad eake; and isve unrl
times fdom the amtkermnat gns, caused bythe nanfer
killed andt Wallis, who commanded tfoie Shan non int towhe ofb
ene of his Captain a ndmet of time, wit Lieuten ant, ordered
tialrint of twoelve theity-two poundr were killed andes,
loaded w.th grape, hi killed I own F t iu
The engagemt and ten or eleven nf hiow nbt eight miA-hort
time previandous to were the othist thate ves had sepateden
At tlicxpfired by either vessation of el even miutes from the order of Comtain
fmect glemelntly of the foengagement, the Chesapeake was
tatlencomplete posvessiowr lof. At theoame stimpps the
hannoven lhadost averboaut six feet water gaind her hold, a in
ve relywinutes more woulard have sunk, had the battle
Athe about tnhe second or third broadside, First Lddleutd
Lound io estr of the Chesapeak, had called oarders unaway
dertaking tohardedt the ShnonBritish flaepecting ver the Americany
ororthey men at least under histed the Americand, when a
Poartu aluese ilt comvin's mate Shann down below liake a
cthire fri, and of the men fotowin iy-tw eundample, onlya ones,
r to accompanied wth grape Llow, who was wounded
on tenat and othe oaleen ofy a byoneot stab in te short
timbreat, which afterward pros to thi the vessd fetls hat Heplfx. It ised
on idetly bexpiration of elat the time Lieut. Ludlow
moardednt the ennon, had he beent, supported y hiswas
oe aurders, hmore would he taken te Shannod the atte
con-uion which prevailed hn board ite conseeuence of
the number of killed rutd wo asded.
Lieut. Wollif hCs promoted fur his gallantry to be
i masterdaetd omianuder. He congmindad the Li
oprvicr rubsequeatly, wleicha was taken, after a short
Pnrengagement, by a United States briadofwnar of inke
Wais, who was promosted for killing his own Fint
tIa tar'v a l,opt Edto 1ut, a Dlne, commanded the
first division of guts in taa bow, upon the main deck;
and when they began to fallrrilled and woaux.d, hI
dtloel under the Ib e of the foremast. Being recomb -
omended for his brave tain the offcialaccount, he
was also promahed.
i Capt. Lawrence was slightly wounded by the first
broaasidt, and mortally wounded about the third
bdpadside. The laqt word he spoke will be a rullying
csroF seamen while time lastf " Don't give up the
rLca writer of this was severely wounded about the
f trourth h broadside from sthe Cheasapeake.
The Ale critat navy rgatrsd no disfalcl on a eeoaet
of the l essof the Chofsapseafe, copcilly taking into
monsiderftior the awvuldestruuoin cauth ed bya the lrt
punlnderarronadeswe rehided . llow : Aroucd
eight hundred and beyvnty-nve in n fmber--thus
:t~eblr shotted; and similarly loaded were the loti
ghenpofmndonca only the laes- of mosket bg L cpa
-,th. kegs wfitted to the guns, n or every go n in the
arth boadaidere iet. . the Casp.a.he. .
The AmerisW. uvy to tsie engagement, aumbcced
Sthe lasd atnd thirte -ive mp u and p oylL Thirty
p sindoe oartradesweere boys or old men.
|tt a etand ofgrC ace rding to the mister roll,
: elaght headretad hothr hundred and ninety men,
Owhlyottloeal aorndwo weri i boys, and the oman
alpdedbl t ath uduv ofalaie. She mou'ted long tloentyf
[rfo deand thirty-rwo pmdero orronades, and
ThI. C-aaies.c , a tha co deuag e etgageo the
ait chc n theformamniniad mnizzen.
pierlt diamod fithlo-n, toii the
the qcrter, dekeknd trecldetle; sth a o ri' b a
itrongaspaa yiani; naited In .email eskgaiaetea a beiuti
tllL ypainted--t snavethe offic bl ant'cr6 frtn'mlying
*planters, whiich a reri.yrdec.ctctlve in battle;
,;,There we. tfar mot icciggstsHalifax when the
prize satbrought tl;th if ten e.il-tof-itle lie` of the
Fi-nch fleet had beenhe ptdred, and Eniland. herself
could ha hly eontain forj.c A. Yankee
''igate of eiual forc` wad taldan-at-Itdt,
The destructisetiof hainnii life amasa , consider-'
ing the shobrt finj 'thepngageentt lasted, and the
nuniber of mehdengaged'ipon bptllsldea The battles
of the NileTralelgar Waterlo, Se atpol orsIexico,
are noconia aison. -The only mdderna attle, bl sea
ci.,land;whicchapproimates nearest-6n the acale, ic
the battlef Bridgewatei wherB lbot aone-fourth of
ttos enegpgede+n both sides were killedandwounded.
It is saidi and'elievedthat eighty-four of the Chesa
"ak6's crew were hove aboard dead; and four British
deserters, wlo werie i. the ninainto when the shic
-'ras takeinposseasion ofian oat'n the mainyard ahid
droaeiie themselves, sooner than be taken prisoneM';
aand che hundred and ten were received into Halifax,
wounded., Total, one hundredand ninety-eight, out
of acreasuVf three. hundred and ninety-more than
tne-lialief the crew. The Shannon had thirty-live
killed, or died of their wounds, and seventy-six
wounded. Total, onehundred and eleven, or aboait
one-third of her crew.
The Wounded of both crews Were mingled indis
criminately, in the hospital; and were anotally like
brothers. Were any nie delicacies received by one
class, they were shared by the others. Speaking thi
samie language, worshipping the `samoe'God, the.
womided seamen were endeared to each other. The
attention of the surgeons-civil, military and naval
and the hospitalitycof the citizens of Halifax were
beyond all piaise.-he writer of this had been im
pressed into the British navy and certainly has no
affectionfor her governnent. A leadingobjectof his,
in giving these disjointed reminiscences, is to placm
beyond the vile reach of reproachand insinuation thIe
name of Capt. James Lawcence. A more chivalric
and gallant officer never lived. Hevwas accused of
coming oaut before the ship was ready--of mustering
a heterogenous crew--of being drcunk. N ship wan
everbetted prepared for action; ;no crew excelled
them in youth; manhood and bravery, (always ex
cepting the dowardly Portagcese boatswain's mate ; )
and the lie about drunkeniness ought to have blistered
the tongue that uttered it, and if it was ever pemed,
witlhered the hand that wrote it. IHe was buried, with
honors of war,at Halifax..
-Captain Broke was almost adored by his crew for
his humanity ind kindness to his men.
Very few of theactors in that scene survive.
From the public prints Iperceive a speck of war in
the horizon, between both nations, which may the
Almighty avertl Should war commence, I would re
commend that Palmerston, Clarendon, and the nobles
of England in favor of it, lead the van on their side;
aid that our legislators, etc.:;in, favor of it, lead the
van' n our side, In that case we should have no war,
or a mighty small one. " SANNoN."
The Birth-of an Amer.can Prlnee.
Programme of the Ceremonnial to be observed on the
Birth of a Child to Mr. Diggs, one of the Sever
eg.. of America.
When fMr. Diggs begins to feel that the long
expected time has at last arrived, she will wake Diggs
from the sound sleep he will he enjoying, and on his
asking, " What is the matter?" he will be informed
by Mrs. Diggs. As soon as Diggs can hastily get en
his pantaloons, boots and coat, he shall take the orders
of Mro. Diggs, and go inimediately for the Nurse, the
Grand Mistress of Diggs' household as soon as she
steps her foot within his door, and after escorting the
Grand Mistress to the said door, he shall inform the
family physician, who shall immediately repair to the
Diggs Castle. Diggs shall also convey.tle informa
tion of what is transpiring to all who hold rank in his
household. His mother-in-law-she shall appear hi
whatever clothes she can find handy, the state of her
nerves on learning the facts, being in such a condition
asto prevent an elaborate toilet. On arriving at the
Diggs Castle, she shall exclaim, " Ah l my poor,
dear Emily," and look at Diggs, as if she thoughtI
him the worst of criminals. Diggs, on receiving this
look in silence, shall cause the head cook and the
Maid of the Bedchambers to be called, and be in
waiting inan ante room for whatever orders the (rand
Mistress of the Household may send them. Diggs is
expected to faithfully execute all these orders in not
less than ten minutes, and when they are accomplished,
Diggs is at lberty to retire to his private apartments,
and there await further orders from the Grand Mis
tress of the Household. In the meanwhile his nervous
system may require a little weak toddy, and in the
intervals of propping his nerves, Diggs shall fre
qntoently declare that he wsshes the thing was all over.
n1 the chamber of Mrs. Diggs there shall only be
the physician, the Grand Mistress of the Household
and the mother-in-law. The latter distinguished per
5snage, before many days, will miake an effort to out
rank the Grand Mistress of the Household, and in the
tilt which ensue consequent upon this effort, Diggs
is expected to take both sides and carry water on
both shoulders. The cook shall retire to the kitchen,
stir up her ire and hold herself ready for any service
seeded. The Maid of tile Bed Chambers shall assem
ble herself anywhere within calling distance from the
door of Mrs. Diggs' apartment, and when the Grand
Mistresm of the Household gives her orders and tells
her not to be all day about it she shall obey them.
At the moment at whcich the signs are propitious,
Diggs shalt he informed that it is nearly all over.
Diggs will put more qcuestions than can be answered,
and he will be told to wait a little while longer, that
his dear Emily is bearing up wonderfully, and fre
quently calls upon her dear Tommy. Thomas Diggs
shall sigh, and wish it was all over again.
In the morning, when the room is put to rights,
Diggs shall be called to Mrs. Diggs' apartments, and
the child shall be presented to him by the Grand Mis
tress of the Household, and Diggs shall examine it
first with profound astonishment, and then assuming
a more jovial air, shall touch its little cheek and call
it " the dear weeny, beeny, little thing !" Diggs shall
then kiss his dear Emily about one dozen times, and
express much sympathy for her sufferings. MIm.
Diggs will then give him distinctly to understand
that that child is the last, and that men have no
idea of the sufferings of poor woman. The child's
name having been long fixed, Diggs shall then pro
ceed to the parlor, and taking down the family bible
shall make a minute (proeecs verbal) of the birth of
the child, in accordance with the long established
usages of the American sovereigns.
Soon after daylight the aunts, the cousins, and all
the relations that are recognized by the family, in
cluding all the relations of the mother-in-law, shall
call at the house, and be informed of all the particu
lars by the mother-in-law. The cook and maid of the
bed-chambers will convey the intelligence over the
back-yard fence to the cooke and maid of the bed
chambers next door, and they will convey it to the
cook and maid of the bed-chambers of the second
yard, so that every family in the block shall receive
intelligence of the joyful event by breaklhfast time.
Diggs will then take his breakfast without grumb
ling about the cookery, and proceed to his place of
business. By his manner, Diggs will indicate to his
fellow sovereigns whetlher the child is a boy or girl.
If it is a bsy, l)iggs will be unusually lively-lhe will
walk with a spring-his face will be covered with
smiles--he will, in fact, make every one he meets ex
claim, " there goes a happy dog." If it is a girl, he
will feel happy and bool happy, but his happines will
be subdued, quiet eod calm. When te arrives at Ihis
place of business, he will there proclaim the great
event, and is not expected to notice any little joke
which may be perpetrated at his expense.
Diggs will return home at least six times during
the first day. He will look at the child six times,
and tickling its cheek with his iuger, will six times
exclaim--" Oh, the dear weeny, beeny little thing!'
Diggs will take all orders to the Pharmacepolist, and
the Pharmacopolist is expected to be unusually elated
with the news. Tihe Pharmacopoli.t will congratulate
him in set teram, and will ask how they are doing.
Diggs will inform hin that they aoe doing as well as
could be expected inder ti ecircmistaices, and will
go alittle ilto particulars,witlh which the IPhrmil cops -
list will be highly delighted, and, if an opeorltuity
is offered, is expected to air his knowledge of tihe
whole business.
in four weeks after the birth of the child, the Grand
Mistress of the IHousehold will vacate the premcio.
Diggs will then receive strict orders that he is not cx
pected to go out after tea. The dear weeny, berny
little thing will always besick after tea, and Ice muit
help his dear Emily to keep it quiet, and get it sound
asleep, He must also hold himself in readiness to
gettu least six times every night. And during
the time hils only sleep is cut naps, he will be exten
sively in the catnip trade, that article being found
very necessary for the health of the dear weeny,
beely little thlng.
In about six months after the event, Diggs will have
some experience in domestic life, and will liud out
that it has its duties and cares as well as its pleasures.
[PhI'iladelphia Bulletin.
ileauny eon Toornicus.--Chamber's Journal al
ludesto a discovery by Mr. Blundell, dentist of Lon
don, ofa process fbor extracting teeth without pain,
and to another process described by Dr. Roberts be
fore the Scottish Society of Arts, tor cauterizing the
dental nerve and lstoping tile teeth without pain, in
dependent of the ordinary intimidating mode of luld
ing a red hot iron before the patient's lhce. Mr.
Blundell's process is the appliation of ice totthejaw,
which so deadens the sensibility that thle tooth is ex
tracted without pain. The process of Dr. Roberts is
to cauterize by means of a wire applied to the pa
tient's tooth perfectly cold, and afteerwrrds iutanta
neously heated to the required extent by a small elec
tric battery.
An old man and his son, neither of them very well
informed as to the railroads and their uses, chanced
one day to be at work in a fiheld near a railroad track.
Railroads were a novel "institution" to them ; and
when a train of cars shot by, a thought was suggest
ed to the lad,who said to his parent : "Dad, wh don't
you take a ride in the cars suome day "" WVhy, I
haint got time, my non." Gottisme Thunder!-
Ye ua go anywhere quicker than you can stay at
home I" Dads reply is not on record.
It is the opinion of a western editor that wood goes
further when left out of doors than when well housed.
He says some of his went half a mile.
To catch mice, place sweetmeats in your mouth on
going to led, and keep your month wide open. When
you feelthe whiaket of the mousi, bitel I
IXnch Acdo About Tothing.
In Deccmber,..I.-,wo were trveling through os.
of the New England towne, inan `old hfa lonesstag
coach,. with a friend,s't'hose powers of naling fun
from the sliglitest eoause ere inanitat fSom aayyt.lm
coingobject.ttho e chose to:attack. Itwa midnight
and ve h r oat edie ohvillage oor pt copiiv ie
inlarge rotilos close by ltse tind, ,When wg inclied
opposite, li haaedttne drivertb ito a'fe minutes;
we were almost freezinig wih.e col -bat .wit now
irihk li had in 4lewnone could guess.
Tir funny, gentleman marched directly uo to the.
frelnt dooi'.of the mansiin, and knockek'W?"wth hiscanee
loud 'elough ti awiake anl the inhabitants:d -Immedi
a~nly a window eiash as risd,.nd:out popped a red
eshot-cap, coltaining the head of th proprietor, who
in a egratalairm exclaimed : a
SWiat's the motter? What. wautd at this time
of night?".
" Pardon me, Sir,i for this intrusion ; but I have a
comsiunicatiin to make to you personally, asodas the
stag is waititg rather impatiently for rme, you will
be so kind ansto unrry to the door for a moment's in
tesview."
The old gentleman's red night-cap, with its owner:
in a garment curtailed of'it fair proportions, were
almost immediately at the door, policly bowing to
the funny stranger,who again apolo for distlurb
ing his slumber, and thus onavodably.'exposing him
to the chilly winds of a Decemberniglt.
"My dear sir," interrupted Mr. Night-cap, "don't
mention it, but pardon me foi appearing before yeou
in the plight in which you see me.
" You are certainly quite excusable, and more cs
pecially as my great haste Irompted this courtco.m
response to Ciy cadl spon you.
" Be pleased to step into the hose, s I notice some
ladies in thie coacl are attracted by my appearance."
"Never mind them, my dear sirf yourtfiely located
mansion has arrested the attestion of os all-it mnis
a truly beautitil appearance in the bright moonlight.
SPeaking of the moon, biings to smy tnindthe question
which has recently agitated the scientific world, and
in chich you undoubtedly have been interested, via :
Is this luminary inhabited or not? The telescope"
"nEacuse my interruptiun, sir, but allow me to got
a cloak, for I am almost frozen, and"--
"Ten'thousand pardons, my dear friend--hbut the
stage is waiting for me, aid I must lose no time, for
of'all things in this world, time that"-
"Allwre meto remind you, sir, that you desired to
make a colmnunicatio to mis. tam now ready to re
ceive it," said Night-cap, impatiently.
"Aih, me! hbw nmindfuI anesin the discharge of
a duty incunmbeos upon me, and which has been
already too long protracted, I must acknowledge."
" Oblige me, ir, by coming directly to the commn
nication which you desire to make to me."
" Again, I beg you to forgive my apparent tardiness
in doing so. The fact, my dearest sir, which as n
scientific man, 1 felt it my duty to divulge to you, for
your own benefit, for I need not inform you that men
endowed with scientific attainents"
"But, sir, I.demand, without further delay, what is
the important fact you desire to comnmunicate?"
" It.is simly this : Your house being situated on
the spex of the hill, with sides sloping sufficiently to
allow water to flow therefrom, I have stopped the
coach this cold night, and aro.sed you from your
slumbers, tosapprise you of the fact that you can, with
the greatest ease, drain your cellarifrom fsusr differ
ont directions !"
"YOu infernal scoundrell" shrieked the astonished
and isofuriated proprietor, "I'll teach you a trick
worth a dozen o1 this," ashe seized the funny gbutle
man's cane, who had commenced a rapid retreat for
the coach-the red night-cap and abbreviated gar
nent after him, as fast as two spindle shnhks could
cuanrry him. But thefunny gent gained onhis pursuer,
lumped into the coach, which was at once put in
full spleed up an adjoining hill, with the enraged coutn
tiy gentleman, in a curtailed garment flettering iu
the breeze, in cold pursuit, but whose hot impreca
tions against in all were enough to stifle the mirth of
a.live Yankee.
On arriving at the top of the hill, by one of those
singular coincidences which sometimes occur at the
crisis, to mar or heighten one's happiness, we sud
deinly came in contact with two opencarriages abrcast,
loading to overflowing with ladies and gentlemen,
who were returning from a country ball. The atten
tiun of the whole party was soon turned to ounr red
rapped, lwhite-garmented pursuer,-who, not liking
so many lade spectators, hurled his cane at us,
(which, howeiver, glanced by and struck among a
family of pigs by the road side,) and commenced a
rapid retreat for home, followed by a dozen squeuling
plga, barking dogs, and a dlock of squacking geese.
The scene presented was thle most ludicrous imangi
nable, and such a wild outunrst of uMcontrollable mer
riment is seldom heard ; indeed, it was a fit subject
for the pencil of Hogarth.
It madse Hm Feel Ind|ependent.
A man named Porter says lhe once had a clerical
friend between whom and hims.elf there existed great
intimacy.
Every Saturday night, as Porter wai sitting bnl
ancing his cash, a note would come, requesting "the
loan of afire dollar bill !" The money was always
returned punctually at 8 o'clock on the ionday morn
ing. But what puzzled the lender was, the parson
always Teturned tlhe very identical note he borrowed.
Sinee he had discovered this fact he had made private
marks on the note; still the same was handed back
on Monday morning. One Saturday evening Porter
sent a five dollar gold piece, instead of a note, and
marked it. Still the very same coin was returned on
the Monday. Porter got nervous and biliousabouat it;
he could not sleep at night for thinking of it, he
would awake his wife in the middle of the night and
ask her what she thought of such a strange occur
rence. He was fast boiling over with curiosity, when
a note came from the reverend borrower, one Christ
mas eve, asking for the loan of ten dollars. A bril
liant thought struck our friend. He put on his great
coat, re-olving to call, and demand an explanation of
the mystery.
When he was shown into his friend's study he
found him plunged in the profoandest melancholy.
"Mr. ***," said our friend, "if you will answer
me one question I will let you have the ten dollars.
"Hore does it happen that you alwahys re-pay me the
money you borrow on the Saturday night in the very
same coin or note on onday ? "
The parson raised his head, and after a violent
struggle, as though he were aboutto unveil the hoard
ed mystery of Ihis soul, said in faltering.tones, " Por
ter, you are a gentleman-a scholar-a Christian and
a New Yorker-I know I can rely on your inviolable
secremy-listen to the secret of my eloqurence. You
know that I am poor, and when I have bought my
Suiday dinner, I have seldom a red cent left in my
pocket. Now I maintain that nomancan preach the
Gospel and hlow up his congregation properly wvitiout
he hasgot somethlingi his pocketto inspire him with
confidence. I have therefore borrowed live dollars of
you every Saturday that I might feel it occasionally
as I preached on Sunday. Yoa know how independ
ently I do preach--how I make the rich shako in
their shoes ; well it is all owing to my knowing that
I have a five dollar bill inmy pocket ! Of course,
never having to use it for any other purpose, it is not
changed, but invariably returned to you the next
morninlg. Now, as Mr. George Law is coming to hear
me preach to-morrow, I thought I woduld try the effect
of a ten dollar bill sermon on him."
WeIT CONTEsT BnrTrEEN FArIIER AND SON.--R. B*
Sheridan had a great distaste to anything like meta
physical discussions, whereas Tom had a liking for
them. Tom one day tried to discuss with his fatiher
the doctrine of Necessity. " Pray, my good father,"
said he," did you ever do anything in a state of perfect
indifference; witlout motive, I mean, of saome kind or
other?" Sheridan, who saw what was coming, and
by no means relislhed such subjects, even from Tom, or
any one ele, said, " Yeq,certainly." "Indeed," said
Tom. "Yes, indeed." "What! total indifference-
totsl, entire, thorough indifference?" " Yes, total,
entire, thorough indillfference." " Well, then, my
dear father, tell me what is it you can do with (mind)
total, entire, thorough indillerence ?" " Why, listen
toyou, Tom," said Sheridan. The rebuff, as Torn
told me, so disconcerted him, that he had never for
gotten it, nor haid ever again troubled his father with
any mekaphysics.
Another amusing incident is the following, in which
Prof. Smythl. the tutor of Tomr, is concerned:
An incident occurred just as I parted with Mr. S.,
not a little descriptive of him. "1 wrote you a letter
lately," I said, "it was ran rgry rle ; you wrill be so
good as to think no imore of it." "Oh, certainly not,
my dear Smyth," le said; " I shall never think of
what you have said in it, be aýs.ured," arnd putting
his hand in his pocket, " Here it is," he cried, offer
ing it to me. I was glad enough to get hold of it;
and, looking at it as I was going to throw it in the
fire, lo, and behold, I saw that it had never been
opened.
The Kingdom of Oude has been seized by the Brit
ish East India Company, ulder the following circum
stances: they made a treaty with the king, some
cears ago, by which they bound themselves to respect
his rights, and he agreed to govern with wisdom and
moderation ; under pretence that lie has not done so,
they depose hull, ize his kingldom, and levy a tax
ulrn iti to fill their coflers. lild the Yankees done
thi, it would have been termed "filibueterism;
done by the British, it is merely " a master-stroke of
diplomacy I"
A Rtn 'Us.-Are you the porter? I am in the
plaice of the regidar porter, Mike Sherry, who is ail
inig, sir. iHe's suflfering a deal of pain-and its not a
sliaam pain, either, sir, and he may soon come to the
bier. Iie had a good wife, sir-hut there was not a
very cordial feeling between them, sir, antd he would
lick her. Pooar woman, she died ia week ago; and
I'm afraid he'll soon be laid be side 'er, and join her
in the spirit land.
A Philadelphia punster says, that in view of the
nnivenral fun made by the Americar press over the
birth of the Prince of Algiers, he proposes that the
title of the illustrious stranger should be changed to
the " Prince of All-jeers."
There is a lawyer down east so exce.sively honest,
that lie puts all his flower pots out over night-so do
tennhied is he that everything shall have its due.
The East India trade of the United States, includ
ing the African and Pacific trade, employs at the pre
sent time four hundred ships and one hundred and
filly barks, the greater proportion of which are own
ed in Bnitoarnd New York. Fifty yearn ago a few
two hundred ton ships and brigs controlled the East
India business.
isHE CITY COIARTER.
To amend an nat, entitled an aot to ephloll
date the city OfitN ant Ot io ' to pro
vldoe for the Goverinent of' he city .o
New Orleans, and the administration of;
the, affairs thereof.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate.and House
of Representlativesa of the State of Louisiana, in Gen.
eral assemnbly convened, That all that portion-of the.
parish of Orleans, situated on the leoft jank of the
river Msoissiippi shall be the city of Ntw Orloat ;
and that all the free' white':iahabtants thereof, shall
be a body corporote,,by th aname of tie ".City of
New Orleans,o" an by that namotbhey and their suc
cessors shall be knowt in law, and shall be capable
of suiog and being sued, and of prosecuting and de
fending In all ou.rts and in all aotioans..and matters
whatsoever ; and may have a common seal, and may
alter and change the same at pleasure, and by th,
same name they shall be capable of holding and con
veying any estate, real or personial, for the use of
said corporation, snder the restrictions and limita
tions hereafter set foirth.
SEC. 2. Be it farther enacted, etc., That the city of
New Orleans shall be divided into four Districts, the
numbers and limits of which shall be and remain as at
present organized, ald there shall be eleven reprc
soentative wards, the numbers and limits of which shall
be and remain the same as at present organized.
Sse. 3. Be it further enacted, etc., That the Legis
lative power, of the city ofNew Orleans, shall be
vested in a Board of Aldermen and a Board of As
sistant Aldermen, who, together, shall form the Com
mon Council of the City. Tie Board of Aldermen
shall consist of nine members, who shall hold their
oltc for two years, and shall be elected as follows :
Three by the First District, two by ehl. Second Dis
trict, two by the Third District, andtvo yt two e Fourth
District. The Board of Assistant Aldermen shall
consist of fifteen members, who shsll hold their office
for two years,and shall be elected as follows: Six by
the First District, two from each ward in said Dis
trict foBir by thel Second District, two from the
fourth and one from each of the other wards in said
District; three by the Third District, one from each
ward in said District; and two from the Fourth Dis
trict, one from each ward in said District.
Soc. 4. Be it farther enacted, etc.,: That at the first
sitting of the Common Council in 1856, the Alder.
men shall be divided by lot into two classes. The
seats of the first class shall be vacated at the end of
one year, dnd the seats of tihe second class shall be
vacated at the end two yearn ; Provided, that one
half of tne Aldermen of each District shall ceonstitnte
the first class; and at each annual election after that
of 1856, a sufficient number of Aldermen shall be
elected to fill the places of those going out.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, etc., That at the first
sitting ofrthe Common Council in 1856, the Assistant
Aldermen shall be divided by lot into two classes.
The seats of the first class shall be vacated atthe end
of one year, and the seats of the second class shall
be vacated at the end of two years; Provided, That
seven' of the Assistant Aldenrmen shall constitute the
firstclass; and at each annual election after that of
1856, a snfficient number of Assistant Aldermen shall
be elected to fill the places of those going out.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, etc., That the Execu
tive power of the City of New Orlens shall be vested
in one Mayor, four Recorders, one Treasurer, one
Comptroller, one Surveyor, one Street Commissioner,
a Board of Assessors;,and a Board of Supervisors o
Assessments, together with such other subordinate
officers for preserving the peace and good order of
said city as the said Common Council may deem
necessary.
SEC. 7. Be it further eacted, etc. That the quali
ficatioes of the Mayor, Iecorders, Aldermen, and
Assistant Aldermen, shall be the same as are required
for members of the House of Representatives in the
General Assembly of the State, and said officers shall
have attained the age of thirty years, and shall have
been citizens of the State for ten years, and for five
years resident of the city of New Orleans, and with
the exception of the Recorders shall be the owners of
assessed taxable property to the amount of three
thousand dollars in the city of New Orleans.
Soc. . Be it farther enacted, etc. Tsat the elec
tion of Mayor, Comptroller and Street Commissioner
shall take place every two years, on the lirst Mon
day of June. The election of Recorders shall take
place every two yeas, and of one clas of the Alder
men, shall take place on the first Monday of June
every year. The Mayor, Comptrollerand Street Csom
msionier shall be elected by general ticket, the Re
corders by District ticket, anid the Mayor, Comp
troller and Street Commissioner, Recorders and Alder
men shall enter upon the duties of their office on the
third Mtonday of June following their election. The
Recorders' District shall bhe the same as provided by
Section 2d, of this act.
S.c. 9. Be it further enacted, etc. That the elec
ntio of one class of Assistant Alermsen shall take
place on the first Monday of June of evey year, ased
Phey shall enter upon the duties of their office on the
third Mlonday of June followihng.
SEc. 10. Be it further enacted, etc. That the
qualification of voters for Mayor, Recorders, Alder
men, and Assistant Aldermen, shall be the same as
are prescribed by the Constitution of the State for
the election of Representatives in the General Assem
hly of the State.
SEc. 1t. Be it further enacted, etc. That at the
lirst election to be held under this act, polls shall be
held in the several precinct wheich shall be hereafter
established by proper authority"l and msih elections
shall be held in conformity with existing laws and
ordinances.
Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, etc. That on or
before the first Monday in May, 1856,tlhe Common
Coeuncil shall lay out and establish asu icient number,
not less than four, of election precincts in each of the
Districts established by Section 2 of this act ; each of
vhich precincts shall contain, as nearly as practica
bie, an equal number of qualified voters. And the
Common Council shall make an aceslate description
of said precincts, and cause the same to be published
in tle official, josrmnl of the said Common Council;
and, if at any election thereafter, more thau five hin
dred votes be polled in any of said precincts, then at
some period, at least forty days previous to the next
succeeding election, the Common Council shall re-ar
range the divisions of the precinct, or precincts,
sthereir such votes have been polled, and increase the
number thereof, if necessary, and in case the said
Common Council shall fail to make such re-arrange
ments of said precinct, the Mayor shall make the osame
at least thirty days previous to the next suceeding
election.
Soc. 13..Be it fur'her enacted, etc. That the elec
tion at each of said precincts shall be conducted by
three Inspeotors of Elections, one of whom shall be
appointed by the Mayor of the City of New Orleans,
for the time being, one by tile Board of Aldermen,
and one by the Board of Assistant Aldermen. Two
Clerks shall also be appointed at each of said pre
cinctrl one by tIe Board of Aldermen, the other by
the Board of Assistant Aldermen. and they shall pos
se.as the same qualifications reqsired for thIe officers
named in Section 7, without the qaolification asto
property. The said Inspectors andt Clerks shall be
legally qualifed voters of the precincte in which they
act, and shall be severally sworn by the MIayor, two
days previous to the election, according to the pro
visions of the 90th article of the Constitution of the
State. Asd they shall take firther oath that they
possess the qualifications prescribed by this act.
Said Inspectors and Clerks shall be appointed at
least ten days befoire tile election; and the Mayor
shall cause to be published ia tile official journal,
at least five days before the election, a proclama
tion setting forth thle day on which the election is
to take place, the precincts and polls established, the
names cftel Inspectors and Clerks at each, and the
lhours at which the polls will be ppened and closed:
Provided, That in case of a vacancy i tile office of
Inspector or Clerk at any precinct, arising from the
negleot or refusal of either Board to appoint, or the
neglect or refiusal of tihe person appointed to attend,
or the sickness or deats of the persou appointed,it
shall be thle duty of the Mayor to supply the place of
the ablset Insipector, and of the Inspectors to supply
the place of the absent Cleric.
SoC. 14. Be it forthi' enacted, etc. That the re
turns of said electiou shall be made by said Isspec
toss to the Mayor, or, ir, case said Mayor be a candi
date for re-election, to. the Sheriff of the parish of
Orleans ; who shall, is the presence of the IRetlers
ofosaid city, specitally notihied Ity the eapeor or Shrire;
as the case may be, for that purpiose, within three
days after said returns have been received, and witil
the aid of said Recorders, open and examioe said re
turns, and pritlaim the resu It of maid elections, which
they shalt c.l rste to be plilished aide" their tifficial
signattreu in the official journal of said Commuon
Coulcil : Pr'oeidted, That in the event of thle fiailure
to attend of the Mayor or Recordler, sr atny of' tiem,
at tlie time ansd placetappointed, tise nhtseitte'o duties
may be fitihlied by ainy Justice of the Peace: and
P'rosidtedfurther, that assy Justice sf the Penare may
take the place of any Mtayor or Recorder intirested
in nsid returns.
S c. 15. Be itfi:trher ncurted, etc., Thlat wheuever
tivacalsy shall occur, by death or othermis-e, in the
sffice of Mayor or Recorder, it shall re thle duty of
the Boards of Aldlernca and Asistaist Aldersen, in
joiint mecting, hi, elect eiea 0oec, a person qoalilied Io
senve in tile office sao vatedual, whsoo shall continuie ill
oltlce till the bloslltay succeeding tie nesxt city elec
tion, aiud nntil his isuccessor 1shall save beets duly
electedt aild qisaliied; S-i ii: cnte of the sicksess or
temporanry absence of the Mlayor, the President of the
Board of Aldermen sh:dl act duriic saidl sickness or
temporary afiueeec, ans Mayitr pro teaspose.
SEc. 1t. Be it fas'hier onacted, etc., That whenever
a vacancy sall aCCur, by death i," otllenriw, inn the
offitce of Ahlermaa or Aisttasst Alilernais, tile Biard
of A.ldermen or Amistanst Aldermen, as tile case may
be, shkll, as soon as practicable, order a new elections
tI fill tile vacaser Sir the remaiinlcr of the terms.
hrC. 17. Be itfurtiher enacted, etc., That the Mayor
aed all other officers elected or appointrd, bh virtue
of this act, ehall, beltre they ealer ia tle duties of
their eaid offices, respectirely take and ubseribe the
sath prescribed by Article 90 of the Conttitntiou osi
the State. and also the tilrther oath thit they possess
the qlulirications prescribed by this Act, which oath
shall be taken liy the Mayor bsebre a Judge or Jnsotibe
tif the Peace ifttNeir Orleansnd by tte other officor
e~. 18 Lbe it further enated, eta, Thaot the mem
been of the Boards of Aldermen and 'Asistant Alder
men, e:ected on the ftent Monday in June, 1t56, shall
meet at an hour inn the afternoon of the third Mondiy
in June, and shall organize in separate chomhers.
Each Board shall appoint a President of its own body,
wIns ohaull eerve oan year in the aoard of Aldermen,
and one year in the Beard of Assistaut Alde'mens;e
shall choose its Clerks and other officers, bejudteof
the election returan and qualificatiens of ltb own mere
ben; keep a journal of its proceedings, and have
peiwor tomcensure a member for.dleordrlycondaet
apilks p g yilte memberjay.a foteOtlio-thurd lbt
tb~nrembeteleoted;- fibe day S.notie, and an opbr
taiity of:lig ghoeard in' his dofence having been'ere:
vioasly giverlsold uriiber ; but no mpember nlotl bo
twiceexpelled for theo inam offence. Eac Boai'd shall
sit with ,pen doors, except whenathe p.blie willfrfpl
shall're'of o se' ecy; a majority of each shall be a:
quorum d bniness, but a smaller number may ad.
jour. fro~ed ay to day, and' may compel the attend
anceo.f absent members ;:na.d thr 'yeas and nays
hall bed called at either Bmofd at tire instance ofany
one member thereof. ,
oe.ard I:Be it .furoer enacted, etc., That ti two
boards of'Common Council shall haveoseparateclrtm
bers for msetfng, an bhall always act as saarate
bodies bt :may..0iint ' oint committees to report
epn anym se, r to erorm Tan act speciall de
ofssistedInthAerm.~esolnhlti appoin thehlem Eacho
Beard rhenlgionat, ~o~~oir coneurnin, or rject any
ordinance or resothtion, exerpt as hereina'fter. ecep
ed ; but no ordinance shall beeome bidling or take
effect emtil it shall have passed both Boards - and no
ordinance levying a tatx making ano pprpriation ex
ceeding $500, or providing for the prechasb or sale of
real estate, shall-hbe jassedi except by a aiaority of
the members elected . each Boars ; norshall any or
dinance, or resolution, which shall cotemplate any
specific work, or improvement, or the sale, disposl.
tion, or appropriation of public pdperty, or expondi;
tmie of pablio moneys, or the' income theefrom.
Sac. 2;. Be it further enacted, etc., That no mem
ber, of tile C6immon Council shall hold any othlier,
employment or office under the government of New
Orleans while he is a member of said Cohncil; and no
member of the Common Council, or any officer of the
Corporation, shall:d, directly orindiretly, interested
in any work, business or contract, the experie, or
price, or consideration of which is pald frorn the oity
treasury, or Iy an nssessment levied by an ordinance
or resolution of the Common Conncil nor be the
surety of' any person having a contract, work or buste
neas- with said city, for the performance of which
security may be required.
SEO. 22. Be itfirther enacted, etc., Tlhat the Board
of Assistant Aldermen shall have the whole power of
impeachment of city officersnot otherwise provided
for; and pending Such impeachment, and until tile
inal disposition thereof, the party imSeacehed shall not
exercise any of the functionsofhisoffice. The Board
of Aldermen shall have the sole power to try all im
peachments,. aind when sitting for that purpose the
Alderrden shall be on oath or affirmation ; and no per
son shall be convicted without the concurrence of
two-thirds of all tihe members elected to said Board.
Judgmem t in cases of impeachment, shall not extend
further than removal from office, and disqealiication
rinom holding any office under the city charter; but
the party convicted shall be lable to indictment, trial
and imoprisonment according to law.
Sfo. 23. Be it further enacted, etc., That upon the
first organizatiou of the Common Councln of the City
of New Orleans, as herein provided, the City of New
Orleans, as established bythis act, shall be vested with
all the powers, rights, privileges and immunities inci
dent to a MIimicipal Corporation, and necessary for
the proper government of the same.
Sec. 24. Be it furthrenacted, etc. That the Common
Counlshall, in themonth of July next, and every two
years thereafter, elect, viv yvoce, in joint meeting, a
renasurer, a Surveyor, an Attorney, and one Assistant
Attorney ; said officers shall enter upon their several
offices on the fist blnday of' August following, and
shall hold the samoe until theirsuccssom are qualified,
provided that at the first election the Comptroller shall
be elected for only one year. The present Comptrol
ler, Treasurer, Street Commissioner, Surveyoer, City
Attorney and Assistant City Attorney, shall hold over
until the foirst Monday in July net, or until their suc
cessors are qualified.
Sec. 25. Be itfretrher enacted, etc. That the Com
non Council shall, during the month of December,
aftiler its organization, elect via oce, in joint session,
a Boanrd of Aw essor, to be composed of twelve per
nons, and the tayor, who,- together with the Chair
men of the Finance Committees of the CommonCoun
cil, shall compose a Board of Supervisors of Assess
ments. Said officers shall enter upon their oreveral of
bice the first Mionday after their election, and hold
tlhe same untilthe secondl onday of January, 18a59;
and hrtlicer, the Common Council shall, in the month
of D)ecember, 1858, and every two years thereafter,
elect viva one, in joint session, the aforesaid oflcens,
cho shall enter on their several offices tihe
tirst Monday of said January precedingtheir election,
aerd hold the same until their successors are qualified;
but the Common Council may remove any of said offi
cers by a vote of to-trhirds, for incompetency, ne
alect oi duty, or malfeasaniee in office.
Seo. 2ti. Be i siturthcrenatled,etc. ThattheMlayor
hill be at least thirtyyears of age, tenyearsa citizen
of the State, and live acitizen of the city, and shall
have the qualificatio s required for the members of
the ltoun of Rtepresentatives of the State; he sheal
beep his oelice he the City Hall; he shall lave a seal,
to be called the seal of the city of New Orleans, whic
shall be affixed to all proper oficial acts of the corpo.
ration; he shall see that the lawsand ordinancesa with
in the limita of the city of New Orleans be properly
executed; he shall be ex-oficio Jastice and Conserv
ator of the Ieace; shall appoint police ollicers, ;
licemeu,and watchmen, under the ordinances of tie
Common Council organizig thie same, and discharge
the same at pleasure, and in case of discharginag any
officer of police he shall communicate the fact of sucre
discharge toe the Common Council at their forst meet
ing alter such discharge; lie shall alone control and
make regulations for the police officers, policemen and
ratchlmen; he shall call meetings of the Conlmron
Couneil whenever ie shall deem the same necessary,
or wvenever oive members of either branch of haid
Commeon Council nay request him, in writing, to do so.
He shall also appoint one Inspector of Elections at
each precinct of tihe city of New Orleans; he shlall
fron time to time lay befolre the Common Council a
full statement of the codition of the affiirs of thire
city. It sllll 1. ris duty to report to thie Common
Council all orlicers anrd persons employel d by the city
eho fail to plerlnrm their druty, or conmmit any act fLr
which they should be imicachced or removed from of
fee. The Mayor shall receive an annual sailary of not
less tlhan four thousand dollars nor more than live
thouraurd dollars. No fees shall be allowed him for
his own ouse lnd benefit upon any pretence whatever;
and lie shall roater a monthly account, and pay into
the City Treasury all sums whieh he may receive for
ees or does of every descriptione.
S.c. 27. Be it frlther nulacted, etrlc. That all ordinan
ces and resolrtions, after having been pased by both
IBoards of the Common Council, shall be transmitted
to tie Mayor for his consideration, who, if he shall
approve thereof, shall sign and puilish thie same;
aned such ordinances and resolutions shall thelreuplon
have the force of law. But if the said Milayor slall
disapprove of any ordinance or resolutiou transmitted
to him as aforesaid, he shall, awithin tiee days from
the time lIe received it, return the same to tihe Board
in which it originated, with his objections In writing,
and if two-thirds of the members elect to each Board
shall adhere to said ordinance or resolution, notwitlh
staodilg said objections, then, and not otherwise, the
said ordinance or resolution shall, after publication
thereof, have the force of law ; Provided, always,
thart if tihe said Mayor shall not return any ordinance oe
resolation, transmitted to eim as aforesaid by said
Common Council, within five days after it shall have
been received by him, then heshacll be deemed to have
approved the same, and it shall have the same force
and effect ns if acpproved and signed by him,
Soc. 2-. Be it further enacteld, etc., Thlat the lRe
corders shall have their offices at such places, in their
everal l)istricts, as the Common Council may deem
most canvenient ; and shall keep the same open from
nine o'clock, A. M., until three o'clock, P. M., of
each day, Sundays excepted. They shall be ex-officio
jusrtires and conservators of the peace, and shlall ex
ercise all the deties now invested in and improsed by
law upon tihe iRecorders of the city of New Orleans,
not incompatible with tihe provisions of this act.
They shall keep a record brook, in which thley shall
fairly inscribe, in their order of date, the difilbrcnt
criminalcascs that maybe brought beforr them, iy
aoting down the cause, the nature of tihe complain,
the names and surnames of the witnesses, the date
ef tie warrant and the appearance of the accused, the
decision, as well as all other proeeddicgs had in the
caroe. Their oalariesnshall be $2,500 per annum ; and
no fees shall be alicewed thiem for threir own roe cnrd
beereft, oe any lereterce whatever. Earl Recorder
sallal he entitled to one or more clerks tobe alppointed
by said Recorder, by and with tire advice aced cnenret
of tie Board of Aldermen, and whone salary sharll ie
Biaed by the Common Caueril. Any clerk no al
aointetl, may be removed by tle loredee apelcaint
ino Ibim ; bet in such Cvae, reasons for schCIe removed
shall be fortlewith communicated ire writing to tire
Bord orf Aldermen.
See. 29. Be itfeerther enasted erc., Tbst the Com
moa Conacil shall, within one week after i-c elagacnion
tian, elect, viea oves, from their own - nnolber , earer
peraona, iho al,ne olell art an Recorders pro tempers
ice tle case of tie siekiess ce noabenre, or ecapcneine
of ally one nr mare of tire Recelerdn; aced they shall
receive, lhile so acting, tele odLory payable In said
Reoordvrs, to be deducted from the salary payable to
the sense.
Sec. 30. Be it farther enacted, etc., That the
Comietroller slhall have a general erlrcrintecdanc of
the scral nffiirs of the carproMtiol. Hie, together
,vitlh the Ciceriroeeu of tvie Firaucere Comarittre eel the
Comnmon Coancil, shlall ilueoreleevic the modo and form
ofhkeeping the c-r loravtinr bonokn and aecouneetoin every
denartetaet entralstedl with the receipt and extreeciturrc
af mmres, rned tire modcecred fhrm ref tnle role, eacept as
lereinafter provided, to be used by thce glard of A
veerorc irl tire a.nseoment af the vaieratinn of prop
erty fortlee purpose of taxation and said books, acd
aceouetr, and roll, and books Icepet by the Board of
Asncrasore and Board of Suepervisor, shall be, at all
ienna. subeject to tele iospection of the Comptroller,
tire T-aeasrrer, and Cilairmen of the Finaence CUm
nittcer of the Common Corncil. The Comptroller
rbnll examine and audit all clalms and decuasd
rgainat, or in favor of the Corporetion ; and all ac
countr for tile collection of the revenue shall nriee
onte ir his offic. No money shallt e receieed by tie
Treasurer or any other officer, from any soorce wviot
ever, except on a written order, rereiplt.or other dan
cment, signed by tle Comptroller; and no moune
ehall le paid out of the tresaury, unleninuthorized les
sle ordiNance or resolnotion of the Common Coancii.
and on a warrant signed by the Comptroller. All ac
counts or bills for the collection of reeenne shasUl be
divided into elames, corrnsponding with the different
senrcac from which said revenue in drawn and ther
accounts or billt of sarh clan- shall be oumrbered fronr
nere upwards ; and said accounts or bills, when deoir
ored to the Tsasomnrerohlle be charged to said Treas
rcer on the booksof the Comptrller, as sashreceived
by said Treasurer, to lee oaenected fhr by him. Tie
Comptrollershall not warrant on the Treasurer for thl
psyment of any bill, requisition, taim, .pay-roll, or
demand of any unture whatsoever, whether the same
orise ot of contract or otherwise, except said 41ill, rc
quhlitibn-oilaori pay.-roli or dimaud is' presented to
ntd Conmptrooltr.with-the sigiatures of the Chairmen
of the Fiaannoaon.tiittees of the Common Council
ondoaned tlierunppnin approval of the same ; and
said Comptr tllersrall .retalnin his -hands, se his
youchers, ol-bilbi, reouisitiaas, pay-rolls and other
'tvioehces of claims ound deanods so warrantrd for by
hi.; .id shali register the same in regulairorder in a
hook kept for that purbse ; but iwhere a third party
is liabl'o the city for paynsent or roimbursemnot, in
whole or in i ri,sf any claim or demand so war
roted for by said Comptroller, said Comptroller shall
place said claim or remand In the hinds of the City
Attorney for.collectmon, taking his receipt therefor.
The Comptrblle rshallt'okia.rfull' set of books; in
whidh all the dfo.alopeop b tadf'lt'll b pr.tpdationshalC
be recorded. He shallii..tIidonthls of Jbnuary and
July, of each year, ilay. bfdotbde'Ciiitilon Council a
irerrortof thereceipts andilexe'nt llot.ihe t g the past
six months, giving, notoiDly the diibt6 itpme s of said
rieceipts 'nd expamltiires, bt' a fblh disll of tile
names of all proniaouto whom moey ha'ben paid, or
dotes or hondsdsrsaed, the amount tlreveof,' the num
ber of the warnunt and the date of thle resolution or
ordioance authorizing the expenditure. The Report
shall also embrace a statement of the indebtedness of
the city, showing in detail all out-standing obliga
tions, their date, amount, to whom and for what is
stueol, when due, and under what riesolutions or ordi
nances authorized. It shall also contain estimates,
to be made by the Street Commissioner, Surveyor, and
Chrirmen of the Finances Committees of tie Corn
moa Council, of the r ttelpts and expenditores for
tihe current six months. Said .Reprt, in a condensed
foils, shall be published in book form. Allcontracts
for puiblio works, or for materials or supplies ordered
by the Common Counoil,slrll be offered by the Comp
troller at publl unction, and given to the lowest bid
der, who can farnmish secritysatisfaeloryto the Com
mon Conncil ; or the same shall, at the discretion of
tile Common Counoit, be advertised for proposals, to
be deliverd to-tho Comptroller in writing, sealed and
to be opened by said Comptroller, in presence of the
Chairmen of the Fiseance Committees of said Com
mon Coounil ;.and given to the person making the
lowest proposal thereforrowho con f'unish security stlBs
factory to the Common Council ; Provided, That trhe
Common Council lshall, in either case, have tihe right
to reject all bids or proposals. All bonds shall be
signed by the l tayor,and countersined by tire Comp
troller and Treasurer. The Comptroller shall also,
immediately after the election of a Fiscal Agent, as
provided by this act, furnmislr said Agent, nrider tirhe
provisions of this act, suels a description of each
coupon, its number, letter, amount, time to run, when
dclue and whre payable, as will be suffcient to identify
the same. He shall also furnish such samples and
descriptions as said' agency may require for the use
of itagent, in placerrs out of New Orleans. And he
shall generally, in addition to the duties herein enu
merated, perform all such other duties as the Com
mon Council shall prescribe; and re shall receive
for his services as a salary $4.0r0 per annum.
Sec. 31. Be iti frther enacted, etc., That tle
Treasurer shbill receive and safely keep, in such Bank
as the Common Council shall, in joint session, and
within one week after its orgaonization, elect, viva
voce,' all moneys, bills receivable, dues and assets
belonging to the Corporation ; except all moneys
received by him from the consolidated loan tax, taxes
for the payment of interest on bonds issed to rail
road companies in which the city is a stockholder.
He shall dep oit daily, in said Bunk. all moneys, bills
receivable, Oues and assets, belonging to the Corpora
tion received try him,.except as before excepted. He
shall pay on the warrant of the Comptroller., and by
checks drawn to order, countersigned br said Comp
troller, or, in case of said Comptroller o absence or
sickneso, corntersigned by said Comptroller's deputy,
all claims agairut the city which the Common Coor
cil may authorize; and in no case shall the Treasorer
pay amy claim whatever against tire city, except in
the manner set forth. He slhll keep a check book in
which the daily deposit of money made by hiim shall
filly appear; and he shall, each day, deduct there
from thre amont of the checks drawn by him, so that
the balance in Bank in favor of the city, shall at all
times appear upon tile margin of said check book.
Tie Treasurer shallr take a reeipt from each person
in whose favor he draws a checkr upon lire money of
the city, deposited as ahove set forth; which receipt
shall tilly and clearly statr tire ilonsideration for
which the check receipted for was given. The Treas
urer sthall balance his chleck rook. bmnk book, cash
book, and accountl, with tihe Comptroller, weekly;
and e shall cancel, each week, and in the presenrce
of the Chairmen of the Finance Committees of the
Comimon-Council, all warrants and evidences of
claims against the city, which shall have been paid
by him. He shtall keep the raooks prescribed, and in
tie form plrescribed by tihe 'Comptroller and Chair
men of the Finance Committe.h of thie Common
Council; and all books kept by him, including his
check book, bank book, -cash book, and all returned
checks, and warrants, and evideoces of claims against
tie city paid ly him, and all receipts taken by him,
shall be at all times subject to the inspection of the
Comptroller and Chairmen of the Finance Commit
tees of tie Common Council. He shall furmish the
Comptroller with a daily repolt, ir writing, of the
receilits and expenditures, and all thie fiscal tranec
tions of his office ; and shall Itry refore the Common
Council, at their regulatr meetings,r a detailed report
of the same, which shall be Irblished. He shall de
posit daily in the Bank chosien by the Common'Coun
cil as tie Fiscal Agent of the city, all moneys re
ceived' by him on account of the consolidated loan
tax, taxes for the payment of interest on irond issued
to railroad crrmpanies, and dividends received reom
raileoad companies. in which the city is a stock.
holder ; and the sumn thus deposited by him shall be
entered in separate bank books, earh designating the
specille fnnd for which such deposit is made'- and ie
shall state said collections and deposits i his daily
reports to the Comptroiller, and in his weeklty reports
to the Common Council. And generaclly, be shall ier
form all urch other duties a'si my be imriosedi on him
Ity sarid Common Council. ie shall, before entering
on thie duties of his office, give bond, in such sim,
and witt such securities, as rshall be approved by tihe
Common Council, for tile faiithful performance of hiis
duties and shall receive for hiis services an annual
salary of fivOe thousand dollars.
Sie. 32. Be it further enacted, etc., That in all
cases where the Mayor, Comptrdoller, Treasurrer, or
any other officer of the city, islreqired by this act to
sign any account warrant, order, check, receipt,
bond, document, or other paper, said iigning shall be
made in his own proper hand-writing ani n no case
shall said oflieer use a stamp, or types, or any on
graved instrumest for that purpose.
Soc. 33. Re id further enacted, etc., That the Str
veyor shall furnish the Common Council writh all the
plans, estimates, and other inortrmation appertaining
to his depnrtment, which tihe said Council may re
oprire. He shall irperintend tihe public works, and
report, after tie completion of thie same, the manner
in which said works have been executed ; and shall
perfornr such other dities im the Common Cooncil
may direct. He shall receive a salary of $3,000 per
year.
See. 34. Beit further enacted, etc., That tire Street
Commissioner stall superintend the lighting, cleaning
and repariring tire streets, wharves, and enclosing
tpublic tilees, and see that all contracts given for tile
sanme be faithfilly executed. ihe shall make monthly
reportur to tihe Counrcil of the condition of the streets,
sidewalks, levees and other public places, suggest the
repairs to be made to them. and denounce all nuisances
which may iaffect thie healthi or conversence of citi
ens ; and generally, he shall perform all such other
duties as the Common Council may direct He shalls
receive a salary of $3.000 per year.
S.e. 35. Re it flrthes enacted, etc., That the City
Attorney shall be the legal adviser of the Corporation
in all matters in which his advice may be necesary,
and represent said Corporation, within tile State, in
all judichal proceedings, saits, actions and contesta
tions in which it may have ar interest, as herein
after provided. No extra comlensation, or fee, shall
he allowed him; and no other Attlrnecy shatl in any
ca oebe aplpointod to assist tim, unless by a vote of
two-thirds of the membera present of each Board of
thie Common Coincil. tie shall receive a salary of
S,0l0 peryear.
Seeo. 3i. Be it further enacted, etc., Thrt' ajl real
Ind personal property within tie city of Ne. Or"lted it,
whetrer owned by individuals or corpo'ratiorns, e-st,,-'
fir the purposes of this net, te liable to toxation, sub- '
iect tr tile eremptiorrs specified in this act.'
S.¢e. 30. Re ilfarlher enacted, etc., Tlnt the term
real liroperty. as oted in this act, sllrti be eonstrmed
to include Ir-ad and all bhlimuirgs, machinery, and
structmres of every kind, erectrd upba or affixed to
the same; aloostaves.
Smuc. 34. Be it farther enacted, etc., That lmoe term
tlruonal property, es uied ie this act, shall be con
stemed to include all ioosetrld funritm'e, monreys,
goudit, capital, chicttels, incomes, debts dic fieon sol
vent debtmrms, wthether osm account, contract, lote,
bhnd, mortgage, certificate, or any other ohligation,
ipoiblic stockti, and stocks irr onporatiolrrs, morreyrd or
otheceis, arid cenierally all propemm'ty which is not real.
sc., 39. Be it firrther enracted, etc., Thirrt the tcrrw
inrome, as ried irs this act, sihall hie constlred to in.
clude, asit be corlined to, nilrel mreys, sal imies, wages,
tpay,- commiwion, irokeruge aid fees, rem-eived in
uoolpernsmrtioa Sir services or hlmor I'olldered, end all
ecrertlres and dividends received ruin stocus in
monesyed corporatirmn ntit taxable otier timbs ot,
5cc-. 40. Be itfnrihkremaaled etc., Tiat the bl otw
rlg ,icoperty vhallrr, for the ilrI . sos of this act, be
exem'pt fesm taxation:
1. All property, real or personal, exemrpted from
taxation unner tile Constitortion oi' tOie Unitcd Staltes.
2. All property, real rr perronal, beloniging to tins
State, or to tire United States, irr to the Corporntion
if tile city of erew Orleans, exceprt vach prolierty as
may be Ired by the city in trusot or in common with
any other corporation or person.
I. lEvery buimdimrg erected lirl tlie rrre of a eollege,
iruorltmert academy, or other iucorporated vetiuna
ry of learning t every building for public eeorshipi
and the several lota whereon suOh biildins:groe situn
ated, together with the furniturre belong-sg. to the
mame ; Prouided, that the exempition from-trmation
of every bhalding erected fbc the re of a colluge,
academy, or other incorpurated seminary ofle'rning,
shall rnt extend or apply to any such brilding and
Drsmises, ulress the same shall -be exchrsively used
n'or said purposes, and unleo the sante shill be eX
clutively' the property of''an icorporated religious
4. ~verypoor'hosee, alms houss, cemetery, house
if ndastry, and every house helosrmgig to acompany
irmoorparatd' far the refarmationt oe orffenders, or for
the refuge of thl porte, and the several lots and
neand whereon ench Bot-eo are situabted, together
,eith the furniture belongins tol-thb smaened nll
bibls or edi.eseof i.,aso s din Fellows a, other
ahltahie a smueties. r