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The seoar. 1
The Senate met at s1 m., Lieutenant t
i Wlti presidin .. . n
. rove r te uo maittee on
?t1onsf and Paroohisal Afairs, ret
~ iorabl, on House bill No. 1I8, sub.
to for iouse bill No. 11i9, to author
pollee juries to fl the rate of parish
v.orably on senate bill No. 84. to
secure holders of life Insurance
aorbly, with an amendment on
bill o. 714, to incorporate ,ul .
*btituto for House bill No. sa,
bU for House bill No, 95, to or
poll juries.
vaorabl on Senate bill No. 00, to
the boundaries oc St. Mary
A essage from the House announced
Sl e by that bd of Hou bill
e Morgan Pcilroa;dbll-and that
Souse hadcncrre in Senate bill
to repeal section 114 of the nevised
Ogde n without previous notice,
ubd .e an act to est In the State
of -,lacation control of the site
seed for the State, in the city of
SOleans, for the location of a State
I School, and to authoriMe the
ng or sale of said site, and the use
te revenues or proceeds to aid in
htaining the normal school or
b s to be established in the city of
SOrleans." The bill was read and
Ted to (Gemminttee on laducatlon.
he nate joined the House to bal
for United States Senator, and re
~uruing resumed proceedings at 12::30
Texada reported as correctly en
S:enate bills Nos. 45 and U0.
. Itobertson under a suspension of
r-les, called up the new railroad
[Iouse bill No. 191, originall intro.
in regular session in the Senate,
d known as the bill to incorporate
h a Morgan Lotiisnn and Texas Rail
and Steanmshi Company.
he bill was read, and under a furthor
enton of the rules was read a sec
time with a view of reference, and
referred to the Committe on Ildl
with instructions to report Wed
. 7th inst. ... .. .
T, i. arland called up senate oni. 8, ia
ter secure holders of life insur- uer
Solicies. Ordered printed as bfo
order for 1 p. ri,, Tursday.
. Robertsn ealled p aouslo bill 38,
rounise Police s in the par- M
fi~rleso O)tesd. The bill was ret
the speolal orer for Frilay. b
r. Breaux in the chair.
., esage from the Governor was
aounoed, but not read. si
motion of Mr. Robertson House Ti
W on first readings were taken up, mi
accordingly
V a bill No. t1 , the eneral revenue Tc
was read a sooond time by title and an
seo House bill No. 175, to prohibit pc
sae of seed cotton in the night. E
a Senate then went into executive el
on, and so remained for a consid- in
le time, probably considering the
or's message, which is supposed at
e covered nominations for con- 17
4ton by the Senate.
ter executive session, police bill No. Ie
71, as the s bject left pending, was re- at
04 oc
Mr. Kelly moved that the second see- p
Stio as rinted be adopted.
Mr. Wheeler in the chair.
Mr. Texada moved a reconsideration o
ci tle motion of the previous day by
w tilo e the amendment of Mr. Robertson a
s;W ted down. That amendment pro- ,
dfor a mixed board of State and is
t oMoere.
X. Zacharie took occasion to address tt
ienate at length in favor of leaving t,
matter to the control of the city. m
ime might come when the people .
of ew Orleans might have to again oj
as they had to do for years, the t
y power of the State, and he
want to leave on the statute tl
a single scintilla of the odiousness A
e statutes bearing on this subject. b
Ogden agreed in favor of a mixed t
Sthhat there should be some check
osen wheel of power on the part.
e tate in the composition of the
Board. Hid had seen the time,
e administration of Mayor Water
, when the police under this
or's control had even prevented
f'rom voting.
e! question was further discussed
r. Boatner, White, George and b
to the reign of terror during the c
ant Committee excitement in the
e of Mayor Waterman, to which the i1
f~or (Mr. Ogden) had alluded, Mr. c
contended it did not serve as an 9
ouet against giving the city the or- 1
tan ation and control of the polcle, for
tvery state of violence had been a
otek by the action of the people of I
Orleans. lie hurled back any in- t
~ton that the people of this city
d not be left to govern themselves
all circumstances.
oberton said when he first con
the matter he was in favor of
egating to the city the entire con
e police as strictly an affair of
government, but further refiection
the use which had been made of
during the "know nothing"
e had changed his oopvlctions.
.Texada's motion for reconsider
of the vote of the previous day by
the amendment of Mr. Robertson
seeond section of the bill was lost
adopted-yeas 12, nays 9. This re
tconsideration of the Robertson
dmeat.
r. Robertson's amendment proposes
<-taed board, composed of the Lieu
at Governor and Administrators of
Tieane, Accounts and Police, and
twree citizens of New Orleans to be
appointed by the Governor with the
Savice and consent of the Senate--all
_Without any compensation whatever
for their services as members of the
A' A motion being made to recommit,
t:i Goode said he was willing to refer
to the Committee on City Affairs if they
.c: ld agree among themselves. The
bill was referred to the city members of
the Senate. Yeas 13, nays 9.
House bill No. 114, relating to assess
-eant of taxes and appointment of tax
collectors, auditing board, etc., was re
The Senate acj urned till 12 m.
Nednesday.
The Rease.
House was called to order at 11:15
a. m. by P. J. Trezevant, Clerk of
ale, in the .absence of Speaker
h called Mr. Lyons to the
a quorum.
t.11 o'clock a quorum
Sop sal of tepre"
SOte t tai e Lo am iN . prott i -
man of the Committee on lectionsr
and Qualifications, with the req~asuet a
that said committee take aotion tiers- P
on and report thereon. 0
The resolution was not acted upon,
Mr. Bridger, of Caldwell, having sug-.
gested that it lie over.
ntarowr or oeMTrlrNU.
Bly Mr. Bowden, of FrrMklin, ohair- e
man of the committee on Parochial d
Affais-rFavornbly on House bill relt fi
tive to taxing lands in Lafourohe parish
tor drainage urpose. o o- i
navrbln a h optition from otion
;ans of ohland parish, asking the re- i
moval of the seet of ]ustloe of that
pariskh from Ka 'lllO to Glrard
By consent, Mr. Kidd, of eackson, (
introduced a bill to inorpporate the
Alexandria and South Arkansas Rail
road Compafl. I1diferred to the Com
mnittee on oaNreads.
By Mr. Billitu of Lafourche--An act
to repeal an act entitled "An act pro- j
vidin for the aooeptanre byf the Louis
ciana evee Company of a reduction of
the rate of ertain taxes to be collected
as compensationl for the existing cor
pany from four mills to three ll..o and o
oinonseqeInc of said reduction relieve 1
said ompany from liabilties for dam- 1of
ages in Oertaien cases, tma king said 0om
pany suable in theny pariunsh where dam
ages are suffered from crevasseS.
eferred to Judiciary Committee.
Unfavorably on House bill No. 187, to
amend and re-enact article otr of the
Code of PI aotiee.
Aioa on oenate bill No. 11 to prohibit
taex collect notaries publeri an l parischmond re
poders from hopaylding any offe on sprofit
under the Police Juries or the Board of
Sohool DirectOrs, eto.
Also on House bill No. 107, to rete
two additional justices of the peace and
1 constables in the parlshaof Union.
Unfavorably en Mouse bill No. 77, to
akUelio piaces g a misdermeanor.
- Unfavorably on Mouse bill No. 174, to
abolish the 0iflo. of parish reoorder and
conferring the duties upon the clerks of
r district courts in the country parishes.
j UnfavorablY on House blli Io. 181, to
exempt notaries public in Blohmond
parish from payIng license on said
of t~e. : . _ .. t - _ 1-I tt.. n 4
Unfavorably on House t,,t 1o*. 5, u a
amend section 700 of the Revised Stat.t
ties, relative to the piyment of mileage.
for carrying prisoners to the Loulisiana
penitentiarP.
1)touse bill No. 183, to incorporate the
Mississiptp Terre.aux.B43m ut. B. C. iC..
retursed with recommendation that it Ib
be referred to the Committee on Rail A
t~onate bill No. 70-To establish a a
small-pox hospital in New Orleans.
That the same be referred to the Com- ii
mittee on City Affairs.
By substitute for House bill No. 160- t
To abolish the existing polce courts, t
and to provide for the oraanlattion of ax
police court for the city of New Orleans.
Favorably with amendments on t
House bill No. 143, to amend and re- I
enaot section 683 of the Revised Statutes v
in relation to corporations.
1By substitute for House bill No. 7, to I
amend and re-enact paragraphs 2 and a
17 of section 1 of an act entitled an noat a
to provide a revenue and grant and col
lect licenses ; to prescribe certain pen
alLies and certain duties of judges of c
courts, justices of the peace, State and a
parish officers, etc.
FavorabLy, with amendments, on
House bill No. 186, relative to the crime
of carrying concealed weapons.
House bill No. 183, to incorporate the
n Mississippi and Terre-aux-Bacuf Ball
road Company, was taken up and re
ferrel to the Committee on Railroads.
House bill No. -- A bill relating to
the carrying of concealed weapons was
taken up. The bill was amended to
make the penalty a ine of not less than
$25, and not more than $100, in default
of which imprisonment for not less than
® ten days nor more than three months.
The proceedings were interrupted by
s the Senate entering the House. The
0 Assembly in joint session proceeded to
ballot for a United ,lates Senator with
the following result:
k enatse. lose. Total.
I. . Jonas.............. 5 2 27
S .. L. tGibon............. 1 12 38
Johu Young ........... 11) ~L
W. A. Rtoburtuon...... ! 4 8
eU. D. Wheeler... .. ... 6 15
d Totals............t1 63 81
No choice, and the Senate withdrew. an
The House resumed its action on the
bill relating to the carrying of con- P
cealed weapons.
Mr. Kidd offered to amend by insert- Sb
ing that the use or handling of weapons,
accompanied by threats to do injury, EI
shall be construed as a violation of this sh
law. Adopted.
Mr. Lea, of St. Helena, opposed the mi
suspension of the rules to putthe bill on
its final passage. He thought the time
was inopportune to pass such a bill.
The bill lies over at the suggestion of A
Mr. Kidd, its author, who said, how
ever than when it came up regular he
would insist upon its passage.
Mr. Washburne, of Morehouse, called
up his resolution relating to absent
members, the text of which will be 0
found above. ty
Mr. Washburne said that the time of ti
compromises had passed. th
The resolution was adopted unani- hi
mously. O
Senate bill No. 1It, relative to the comrn- di
pensation and fees of tax collectors a
throughout the State, was taken up at b
section 4, providint that in the country et
parishes 3 per cent be allowed to tax p
collectors on the valuation of property T
assessed or listed. Adopted. '
In order to bring up the bill as a I
House bill Mr. Jonas moved to lay the ri
Senate bill on the table. Carried. ii
The bill was then introduced as a I
House bill and finally passed. e
Mr. Kidd, Chairman of the Enrolling b
Committee, reported as duly enrolled b
House bill No. 15. I
A message was received from the Sen- v
ate, announcing the passage of Senate v
bill 101, relative to the terms of parish v
courts, etc., and asking concurrence v
therein.
House bill No. 54, the General Reve- c
nue bill, was taken up as a new bill in t
. order to avoid any legal technicality c
which might be raised in case of the a
passage of the bill at the regular session 1
in one house, and its passage at the ex
tra session in another house.
The bill, as House bill No. -, was
passed finally.
Mr. Gaskins, of Lincoln, gave notice
5 of a bill providing for the removal of
Socertain oases from the parishes of
r Union, Jackson, Blenville and Clat
e borne to Lincoln.
Seaute bill-To change the Eastern 1
a boundary of Pointe CoBupe. Referred'
0.4ert ot
proVldes that persons over 41 years o
agge at change their names by ay
ication r to arish courts by pay thl
ass, P finally.
House bill No. 1i9-To etempt from
iloense tax gardeners, fruit an flower
growers, soling .~their own products.
The report of the committee to whith
the bill was referred was that petition- t
era should apply to the ity for re- t
dress. The bill was poestljned l.e- t
Houset bill No. 14, to exempt roperty
In Amite City from parish taxation, eto
Re urted upon unfavorably, Postponed
se bill 109, to authorize the fun do
ing of the floating debt of the parish of
tClaborne, etc. The bill was passed
finally.
House bill 150, to authorize the re
oept of warrants, etc., for back taxes
due the general fudd. Passed fnally.
HowuS bill 152, to create an a ditional
Justice of the peace for the Third Ward
of the parish of Cameronr , Passed
finally.
House bill No. 144, oreatlis an add[
tional Justioe of the peace tie arish
of Avoyelles. Withdrawn by Mr. tar.
bin, who sid be had prepared another
bill on the same subject.
Hoaus bill No. 153, reorganizing the
Board of Health of L oulýo ana. The
bill was taken up and acted upon until
the order of the day was called and in.
terrupted further action.
Durnt consideration of the bill a
lil te ourred.
Mr. Voorhies, of Orleans, objected to
those seotions which ploce the otfie of
the Recorder of Births and Deaths and
the inspection of slaughtered animals
under the control of the Board of
;Health, and on similar sections, on aco
count of the Cbsorptlon of politioal
power by this corporation He said
thtere might be r oonomy in the measure
as oontempltted by the bill, but it is at
the expense ao true principles of gov
ernment. The Board of Health and
Quarantine would be a power in the
Sovernment; it would wieldh political
influence, and still further tend to en.
gross power. This corporation should
I not be ex ojlciO the Incumbent of any
I of the offices of this government.
Mrw Dupree, of E dst Baton Rouge, and
r, MBridger, of Caldwell, took the
ground that the measures were neces
Sbary for the support of the Board of
a Htealth.
SThe bill incorporating the New Or
lsans Waterworks Comepany. lteported
t by substitute by the Committee on City
SAffeairs.
The bill was read section by section
a and passed finally.
Mr. Kldd arose to a question of prli.
liege to apologize for having, under a
misapprehension of facts, alluded to
the proprietors or the American Dia
I, trict Telegraph, (in the debate on the
a proposed change in the pages of the
I. House) as not being in harmony with
n the Democratic party. Mr. Bolnger,
I he understood had been acting heartily
a with our people in redeeming the State.
By Mr. Hill, of Orleans, by consent,
o a bill to authorize and require the city
dof Nlew Orleans to receive ,ertain claims
it against it in payment of talxes.
1 Referred to the Committee on Claims.
i. A message from the (Governor was re
f seived announcing that he had signed
d several bills.
The House adjourned.
AMU5IM ENTd. tigs
AcADEMY OF MusC. - Simmon's & and
Slocum's Minstrels drew another splen- ron
did house last night, and deservingly strn
too. The company is an excellent mtn
strel organization, even though Billy the
Emerson is not with them, as was an
nounced before they came. Thatcher tha
and Simmons are very funny comedians, vr
and Harley possesses a remarkable so- the
prano voice a better imitation of a his
woman's voice has never been heard tru
in New Orleans; it is all but perfect. 'o'
Some of the sketches of the company wet
are very good. Grand matinee to-day. i
VARBIruIs THEATRs. - Miss Louise ap
Pomeroy played again in "As you Like cu
It" last night. We can only repeat wa
what we have said of her first perform- uni
ance of Bosalind, that it is one of the
most charming pieces of acting that we sal
have ever had the pleasure of seeing. to
The coquetry with which Miss Pomeroy of
played the entire scene with Orlando, I
after the meeting scene was delightful, ha,
and when withdrawing, she uttered.-- sp
"'Did you oall, par ?
Hr, yo tihave wre-dtid will, anl overthrown wh
Mlore than your euemioe."-- cal
She fairly brought down the house. shi
Miss Rosa Rand (Celia), and Frank po
Evans (orlando), came in for a good mi
share of the success of the comedy. dry
To-night "As you Like It." At the Sb
matinee "Masks and Faces." pe
LINCH LAW IN WatUILAND.I hi1
log
A Village Physician Gagged and Carried so,
Into the Woods and Terribly
Whipped. Pi
IN. Y. Sun.] th
BALTIMOna, March 2.-A letter to the fa
Gazelte, from Chestertown, Kent coun- or
tv, gives the story of a terrible chas- to
tisement inflicted upon Dr. Joseph Lort, n®
the physician of that village the doctor la
had betrayed a girl nametd ate Taylor. iy
On the night of the 19th of February the t
doctor was at home conversing with Mr. 8
and Mrs. Pryor, when a knock was st
t heard at the door. Mrs. Pryor respond- m
r ed, and four men entered. Two of the th
Spart are believed to have been William
r aylor and a friend named Joseph at
Turbit. One of the men inquired if Dr. 01
a Lort was in, and received anaflirmative ti
a reply. The entire party then rushed a
into the hall and passed into the parlor. a,
a Lort's face blanched with terror as b,
cocked revolvers were pointed toward n
g him. He offered no resistance, and was al
i handoufed. After being handcuffed ei
Lort was gagged, placed in a light o
t- wagon, and borne rapidly away. The I
e wagon was driven to an unfrequented C
i woods a short distance outside of the k
e village. b
Lort was then partly stripped a
i- of his clothing and Informed b
n that he could take his choice of
,y dying by his own hand or of receiving N
e a terrible castigation. He chose the
a latter. Young Taylor was assigned to
L- do the whipping, and had provided for it
the purpose a new whalebone whip.
is The victim was securely tied and the h
whip applied vigorously until it was e
e completely worn out, and the blood b
f was streaming trom the doctor's back, U
of which was lacerated in a shocking man- 11
i- ner. It is reported that he was then ri
struck on the head with the butt-end of C
'n the whip and knocked insensible, in li
- which andition he a left on the
grouad Afer the uaibis ttS returned
tare na odl
A Hellish Plot ts Iow tUp the Sim .
preme Court BuiIdlfin,
A SaIpliten that it t is tOf Work of the
Freneh toernmuilst A sseei1t1lel. an
At 10 o'elook yesterday morning Mr, ri
J. N, Keating, a well known citizen of d
this city, saw a wagon containing two dg
trunks and three kegs of powder stand- "
ing in front of the groosery store of Louis to
Peres, No, 8a St. Peter street,'opposite
the Supreme Court building, and a man fo
carrying the powder into the grocery. c
This looking rather suspicious, Mr. d
Keating immediately repaired to the
Third Precilnt Station and reported fy
the facat to Oapt. Kelly, Capt. Kelly, at
with a few of his officers, immediately th
went to the grocery store, but the sus
picious.looking wagon and its owner bl
had left. The Captain placesd a strong
guard in the vilinI# with orders to be of
vigilent and keep
A SHAt.P Loot OUT
for the wagon and its driver.
A few hours elapsing and nothing new cc
occurring, the guard business was be. to
coming monotonous and the policemen he
disgusted; but the old clock in the A
athedral had hardly tolled 3 o'clock ei
when the wagon with two men on the of
seat, again put in an appearance and
stopped before the door of the same
grocery, this time loaded with five kegs
Sof powder.
I Capt. Kelly and his men fell on the
a newcomers like a thunderbolt, and E
f made them prlsoners and seized the na
five 'kegsof powder. After this much at
1 had b.een accomplished the store of
I Louis Perez was searched, and the three
s kegs of powder and the two trunks, tha r
t Mr. Keating had seen going into the it
grocery in the morning, were
FOUND STOWED AWAY d
e In a little room in the rear of the groce. '1
` ry store. al
, The three kegntof powder and the two a
d trunks were soized by Capt. Kelly and ti
Y his men, and taken, together with the p
wagon containing the five other kegs of d
powder, containing twenty.five pounds
e each, to the Third Precinet Station. n
The powder was taken out of thq h
wagon and placed in a safe place In the
station, as were also the two trunks. n
The two prisoners on entering the d
r- Stationhouse, gave their names as Je- t
d rome Oach and Emile Poncet. The
y two men were searched, and on the per. e
son of Poncet was found a rose-tinted k
1n bill head of the firm of Ioyle & Engel- a
sheim, agents for Dupont's Powder
" Compýny, No. 2 Toboupitoulas street, c
a which end as follows: i
to saw OMLzaes, March 6, 1877. C
e r Bought of Tloylm & Engelsbe'm.
e Eight kegs of powder, at $0 65 each, $53 20.
eiceived paymeilnt & ENGlSIIkM.
r, The finding of this bill on Poncet
y brought t
S AN AN ACKNOWLEDGEMEiNT
t, from him that he had purchased the
t powder, and Jerome Gach not wishing
to be left in the lurch, said that he had
been hired by Poncet to do the hauling,
". and that he knew nothing about what
oi the powder was purchased for
After the prisoners were safely lodged
in jail, Capt. Kelly, believing that there
was a hellish plot at the bottom of the
afflair, started immediately to inves
tigate the matter, and found that Gach
& and Emile Poncet had in the morning
n- rented a room at No. 45 St. Ann
[ly street, and had made an attempt to
n- HTORE T.El POWDER
ly there; but the landlord, on discovering
er that his .house was about being con
er verted into a powder magazine, broke
s the contract and sent Poncet away with
ao his gunpowder and trunks. One of the
ir trunks was easily opened and found to
ct. contain seven candles, two of which
were over two feet long. There was noth
Sng else in the trunk. The other trunk
e appeared empty, and being found diff
ke cult to open was allowed to remain as it
nat was; its contents are therefore as yet
m- unknown.
bte eACH, INTERVIEWED,
we said that he had been hired by Poncet
ng. to haul the powder, and knew nothing
aoy of what was to be done with it.
vo, Poncet, when interviewed, said he
l, had purchased the powder on
d- seculation and intended to
si ) it to Central America,
whitch is very extraordinary, since he
could have more conveniently had it
shipped direct by the agents or the Du
nk pont Company. Poncet is a French.
od man, of medium height, ordinarily
dressed, and with a mean countenance.
the Shortly after his arrest a number of
ersonso seven or eight in all, claim
ing to be his friends, applied to see
him at the station, but were not al
lowed to, None of these individuals
eld seem to be known to the police, which
is another singular circumstance, as
mrany of the pololamen of the Third
Precinct are French-speaking natives of
that portion of the city. Taking this
the fact into consideration, and the extra
aun- ordinary method used by Ponoet
1as* to ship gunpowder; the fact that his
lrt, name was left blank on his bill for a
tor large sum; that he soughtso persistent
lor. ly to locate himself and store his gun
the owder in such close proximity to the
r. gupreme Court building, which is con
was stantly guarded by a large number of
nd- men in the interior; the empty trunks,
the the
8EVEN CANDLES, pal
and other circumstances gives an extra- dal
ordinary complexion to the affair, and 'I
the universal opinion is that it was vid
a hellish plot to blow up the Supreme cat
Court and the gentlemen who guard it me
by S. B. Packard and his thieves and for
murderers, It must be remembered
also, that A. S. Badger, Packard's gen
eral-in-chief was at a quarter to 1
o'clock on Monday morning discovered Hc
lurking in the vicininty ot the Supreme fo
Court building in company with an un
known man, and had to be driven away M+
by the guards, who informed him that of
spying in that neighborhood would not a
be tolerated. co
It is also known that there exists in bi
New Orleans as branch association of pl
FRENCH COMMUNISTS,
in affiliation with other branches
in the United States, who
have expressed themselves as being of L
extreme Itadical tendencies, and it is gi
barely possible that 'these wretched ap
men have been employed by Packard, he
in his desperation, to commit some ter- in
rible act which would create such a wi
commotion as would necessitate the so
interference of the United states troope. he
It is reported that a certain old genleo- 1
gist, who`w as a bahelor, boasted that
aawrytokt`MA
4r
£tel'tueWady moranig appeared Twa
i* ed&-the oikt of lou~gers, how. *wa
re1, somewhat diminished around the for, ,
sidawalks, The same stack of guns eatc
cotifrtated the Royal street doorway, test(
and the sate or apparently the same sodc
grim Metropolitan stood on guard, the TI
silent replresentative of the Packard
dynasty, whose territory his No. i1 bro- tion
gans almost entirely sovered, in v
On the stairway the hrfoes who want tares
to fight, bleed and die or their party, ture
listlessly hung areund manifestfy dis- how
heartened at the poor prospect ahead lecti
for any tgry sport, and gloomily dies dies
cussed the President's inaugural ad- Mr.
dress. cial
In Packard's oiche the old crowd of as t
ymnpathising friends sat in waiting, him
with funeral air, trying to ptck what one,
crumbs of consolation they could out of a rep
the late dispatches His
Paeard himself was in his usual but
bland spirits and claimed to have re- ant
ceived late Wasbington news indicative ten4
of good for his side of the house, and ner
rey Joeose.over the prospect of Major his
Ctrte's arrival with a cartel for ootn- aud
promising the situatiot. Packard said test
he was sorry he conuld not accept the Tilt
consuls office in Belgium, as he wanted life,
to be a Governor awhile longer, but he
hoped Gov, Nicholls would accept.
After some desultory conversation, he ie
expressed himself as perfectly sanguine
of recognition.
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THU WATKISWolrK BMILL. Po
The bill incorporating the New Or- mel
leans Waterworks Company passed the bon
House of Representatives yesterday, col
and was sent immedliatelyto the Senate Roy
for concutrence. Ha
The principal alterations of the bill Sex
from its or!ginal torm consists in limit- Do
ingthe existence of the charter at pal
fifty years instead of a "perpetual" tur
privilege. The company is to meet the roe
demands of any extension of the city. sh!
To section 14 a prorisois added that the eta
stock shall not be sold at lese than par. tee
and that when sold for obligations of esu
the city, it shall be only unider sealed all
proposals, after not less than fifteen
f days advertisement in two daily papers,
which shall offer said obligations at the
most advantageous rate, the Council to t
t have the right to reject any and all bids. Cu
It is also provided that the bill will for
not interfere with the right of indlvi- ha
e duals to lay water pipes from the river on9
to their establishments in the city. Jov
e Also, that at the expiration of the thi
charter of the company the city shall fir
d have the right of purchasing the works of
- after an appraisement of its value, th
r In ease of failure on the part of the for
c, ity to purchase, the charter of the com
pany to be extended fifty years with M
out, however, the exclusive privilege of (c'
supplying water to the city of Now Or- Ju
leans. Co
Town Talk
,t At the St. Charles rotunda last night Dt
there was the same congregation of Jo
those who go there to hear the news, he
e and who invariably go away without co
hearing it. Almost any unreasonable de
, rumor starting one side of the room
it would find speedy circulation on the
r other, and quid nunce who had little A
else to do amused themselves in such
oe diversion.
8- The opinion was eery general, how- G1
h ever, that Hayes intends to comply with ft
1g promises made, it is said. to one of our at
n Representatives in Wasbington, and a to
to more sanguine feeling was manifested B
than for ma zy a day past.
Private dispatches indicate no change ra
of policy in him' but Republicans here el
e intimate that Morton will "bulldoze" ea
th him into the old party tactics. Even
the most ultra Radicals acknowledge in
to that there is a struggle going on in their ii,
;h party for and against a change of polioy, Bt
h- and that it threatens to be a serious ob- $
ik stacle to the perpetuation of its very
organization.
it
et The Recorder*' Bill.
Yesterday Mr. Hill's bill relating to
municipal courts was reported to the
at House by substitute.
1g The substitute provides for the crea
he tion of two police courts, to be known as
an the First and Second Recorders' Courts.
to The first shall have jurisdiction in the
ha territory included in the First, Fourth,
ht Sixth and Seventh Districts of New Or
u- leans; the second court in the Second,
h" Third and Fifth Districts. The record
ly ers shall be learned in the law and
have practiced for three years. They
m- shall be elected by the City Council im
iee mediately after the passage of this bill.
al- Subsequently, every two years they are
als to be elected by the qualified voters of
oh their sections of the city for the term of
as two years.
trd The salary of each shall be $3000 per
of annum. They shall be allowed one
his clerk at $1800 a year, two assistant
ra- clerks at $1200, to be appointed by the
cet recorders. Stationery, fuel, light, etc.,
his to be provided for by the city. The re
r a corders shall have the same jurisdiction
nt- as now, and as vested in them formerly
an- by the city charter, and the Board of
the Police shall appoint four officers to be
on- detailed for each court, not removable
Sof therefrom without consent of the re
ks, oorders; and shall provide for any other
necessary force, etc. Penalties and fines
paid to recorders shall be paid over
ra- daily to the Administrator of Finance.
mnd The bill repeals all previous acts, pro
vas vides for the removals and filling or va
,me cancies by the Council, and the appoint
it ment of assistant recorders as hereto
mnd fore.
red Bill Nlened by the Governor.
1 Gov. Nicholls communicated to the
red House yesterday that he had signed the
ume following House bills:
un- A bill for the relief of Mrs. J. A.
way Meredith; a bill to regulate the terms
hat of the court of the parish of Jefferson;
not a bill to annex certain territory of Lin
coln parish to Jackson parish; and a
in bill to authorize the Governor to em
2 of ploy a secretary, a messenger and a
porter.
;hes The Comlninw ace Meetian.
who The spring meeting to be held by the
fLouisiana Jclkey Club in April already
t is gives promise of being one of unusual
hed sport. From what President Breaux
ard, has learned, the turfmen of neighbor
ter- ing States propose to visit our citt
h a with their stables, to open the racing
the season here; and, as a large. number ,
ops. horses ase certain to enter, a revivs
of turf interest may be confidentll
,alo- looked for.
that
Beves t- M
a mueh nNlg
far, as a rule, io t mnids t fP1
excitement etrsiltatie l v e ~i
taste left for the milder dileeutee 'i
social problems in leotutees,
The subject ohoseat by Mr.
" What is the Problem of
after an allusiona. to the .
tion of affairs here, he ltif
in medrTas re and welt thii
teresting cerebratiofn t t''
ture. Ahe lecture could De
however, only as a side te
leturet himself, for but few
dience present oared oas l
Mr. Tilton's opinion of the @
oial questions involved in
as they were curious to se
himself who had figured soil
one. As a public lecturer o
a reader, Mr. Tilton is not r r
His voice is clear and quite veluO
but its inflelions at times are ta.
ant and come as a surprise tt4l
tener, but he t1 not tiresome,
nor he is considerably elo ,
his gestioulations somewhat fl
audience applauded him -se,
testifying their apprecetlon [
Tilton's solution of "the prop
life." -___
IAºIrIIa M NE .fl..A
They Attempt to treate a ease #1 .
Levee.
Yesterday, while a gang of olei.4
laborers were working on a barge £4
Post 18, on the levee, a ctrowdl Of white
men, claiming to be longshot'eE. s,
boar led the barge and prevented te
colored laborers from working.
The facts being reportedu to 004
Rourke, commanding the i
Htation, he iramediately ord
SI ergeant Gouldrick and Oor
Donovan to take a squad of men ai
t pair to the scone anl dlisperse the
turbers of the peoice. The poli.e O4
reaching the scene otrove off the lon
ahoremnen and told the colored hands I
start to work and they would be p1r0
tected, and work was itnmediately ra:
I surnmel. A guard was kept at the barge
I all dlay.
POLuI3(E AND (ITT ITEIIM..
tir iT BIroEFOn TEs 8UPER1Io COxrittLS.6i
CouvT.--LiZrte Dixon was yesterday be.
fore Judge Kleinpeter on the chargo
having, on the 4th of February, rob
r one Mary Jane Frawley of $65 worth
jewelry. The evidence went to show
Sthat L.zzle Dixon had violently 'rs
I1 from the ears of the prosecutor a pr
, of ear-rings with felonious intent. OsP.
this evidence the accused was sent be
e fore the Superior Crlmina( Court . :
Dan Shay, for the murder of Od er
SMcDonough, was sent before the saei
if court without the benefit of bail by
r. Judge Kleinpeter. The evidence wee
the same as that elicited before the
Coroner.
ButLAnuY.-On Monday Detectil
t Davis and Munder arrested one l
o Johnson and incarcerated her In th
Seventh Precinct Stalion, charged w
8, having committed a burglary and lam.
it cony on the night of the 4th at the real
le dence of Mr. C. Geheeb, No. 984k 1AM1
zine street, and stolen $100 worth of
jewelry. . s.
le Prelfeelstnal nondemsan Left i tIe
Lurch.
On February 8th Barkley Kelle ,..
noted thief, was arrested by (080 }
r Graham and looked up in the Oentral
h Station, charged with being avag.i.t
ur and having in his possession bu rg'lrV
a to6is, in violation of section 986 of the
)d Revised Statutes.
On the following day Kelley was a.n
fe raigned before Judge 1Kleinpeter on the
re charges and placed under $250 bond13
* each cage.
an A professional bondsman, the ex=aeea
o ing Judge of the First Municipal tii..Ji
ar lice Court, J. W. Quinn, became the
surety in both cases, to the amount oi
ry The bonds being furnished,.Barki
Kelley skipped off gleefully, and be.
not stop skipping until he skipped out
town, for he knew that the evidefe
to was conclusive and his conviotion Wen
htaln.
When his case was called yestertdyT>
in the First Municipal Court for a hiae
a- ing the court was informed that 1eeIy
as had given Now Orleans the out dire
ts. and goneto seek a more congen
clime.
be Judge Kleinpetor ordered the bonda~
th, in the case to be forfeited and hbis
)r- bondsman notified, and now as tt
whether the bondsman is worth san.
* thing remains to be seen. -
A severe vcntractien.
We are having quite unsea~f
weather, although the atmosphe .
beautifully bright and bracing,
mercury, which on Sunday at 80o'
p. m. stood at 74 degrees, gradually
to 02 at 6 o'clock a. m. on Monday,
at 6 o'clock p. m. to 52 degrees.
cold increased in intensity durt.
night, and at 6 o'clock a. m., on
day, the thermomete..indicated O4
grees Fahrenheit.
weheeIl sard.
The Board of School Direetors
in room No. 18, City Hall on W
day evening, at 71.o'clock.
Utfoned to a lasts.
Hostess-We're going down to
Mr. Mirabel. Let me introduce,
Miss Chalmers. Mr. Mirabel-A
me-is that the tall young lad
by your husband? hostess-li.
the most charming girl I know~
Mirabel-I've no doubt. Ba
affects aniline dyes, don't yout knol
weally cotrlda't go lown to sup
a young lady who wears mauve
mings in her skirt and magents
bons in her hair.--[Punch.
Nobody knows to this day w
time Noah, had of it in the ark
antedilqvian ancestor of the ..
Kentucky mule. .
It is said to be not generalle
that Mr. Longfellow received rolet
Bonner $300 as the price of the
'"The Hanging of the Crane."
HOIITEL ARMIVALS.
Cr s Uorra.-L u Myers, Fl' J G . J r
J Browlee and wife, Tex; fl A Kevyi W'
ley le; J W Kirk, Happy Jack; W g
Fi krd.iong and wils J U Madden. X
J W Braas.wellB I 3obl.i, W HI (erdoe.
lurphy, Mica?
The purser of the steamehip
our thmoks for late copes of uhe
'Thus does the gallat steasier not o º
1 pseers ely ro the t>ser 3 Ir th uan,
I over also the condensed thaolgbºt ols
I s oaws.
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