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THE LEGISLATURE.
a*XTA amsilOeN.
WKIxNsDAY, March i1.
The senate.
The Senate met at the usual hour,
19 m., Lieutenant Governor Wilts pre
siding, and twenty members present.
The Senate at once joined the House
to ballot for United States Senator and
shortly returned.
Dr. Perkins called up the special or
der, being House bill No. 179 regulat
iag the sale and disposition o coal oils,
etc.
The bill, with some amendments, was
finally passed. The amendments re
late to minor details and not to the
material provisions of the bill.
Mr. White in the chair.
Mr. Ifoberteon, for Conference Com
mlittee on Senate bill 181 to fit the
terms of court and salaries of parish
judges, reported with amendments to
amendments made by the House.
The report was received.
Mr. Breaux called up and had referred
his bill to repeal the aot incorporating
the New Orleans Sanitary and Excava
ting Company, and the bill to repeal
the act regulating private markets in
New Orleans.
A message from the Governor an
nounced that ho had signed the bill
authorizing the appointment of an
Assistant Attorney General, and the bill
prohibiting tax collectors from holding
other offices from parish officials.
House amondments to the bill inoor
porating the Ancient Order of Hiber
nians were concurred in.
Mr. Ellis, for Committeeo on Hoform,
reported favorably with amendtnents
on House bill 10,'l fixing the fees of the
Oriminal Sheriff, by striking out forty
cents and lnserting flifty cents. Report
reeived.
Mr. Stubbe, for Committee on Elec
tions, reported on House bill 21r and
Senate bill No. t hy substitute. This is
the General Election bill.
Mr. Oarlantl oalled up report on Sen
ate bill 112, relattvo to claims of hoard
of Engineers, Report adopted and the
bill was finally passed as amended,
striking out the claim of the Secretary
of the Board of Engineers. The bill
embraces the claims of Messrs. Hlebort
and Longstreet.
The President In the chair.
House bill No. 194, general revenue
bill, was taken up and considered by
sections, beginning with section 10, as
amended by Mr. Boatner the previous
day, when the first eighteen sections
were adopted.
The bill, with the printed amend
ments, of the Senate, was further
adopted without additional amend
ments of note down to and including
section 86.
A message from the House asked con
outrence in bills passed by that body,
repealing the Lottery Company; mauk
ing the warrants of clerks of State ofi
ers for their salaries receivable for
taxe,.and a concurrent resolution regu
lating bills on the calendar according to
their importance.
The thirty-seventh section of the
pending bill was discussed on a motion
to strike out the section.
It was amended so that it shall be un
lawful for any notary, or recorder, or
sheriff to pass any not of sale or dona
tion without being assured by exhibits
that all State and parish taxes for twelve
months past due have been paid upon
the property described in the act, and
that any violation of this provision shall
make them and their sureties liable per
sonally for all taxes due upon the pro
perty.
Setion 38 was amended by Senator
Rlohardson to ali'w assessors two in
stead of three per cent on the first $4000
of State and parish taxes in the aggre
gate assessed, and that no salary shall
be lees than $300 for the year in which
complete assessments were made.
Mr. Texada in the chair.
Sections 39 and 40 were adopted as
printed.
Section 41 was amended, that the Gov
ernor shall appoint every four years, a
tax collector (with the advice and con
sent of the Senate) in each parish of the
State, except Orleans. Other amend
ments were of minor importance.
Section 42 and 43 were adopted as
printed.
Section 44 was amended with a proviso
that the section which relates to tax
collectors' giving bonds shall not apply
to those who have given bonds since the
10th of January, 1877.
Sections 45 and 40 were adopted as
printed.
Section 47 was not materially changed.
Section 48 was slightly changed, to re
quire district attorneys or district attor
neys pro tern. throughout the State to
act under instructions of the Auditor in
testing the bonds of tax collectors, etc.
Sections 49, 50 and 51 adopted with
allght amendments.
Section 52 was amended with an addi
tion of enforcement by seizure and sale
of any persoenal property owned by the
taxpayer when the amount of tax as
sessed shall not have been paid within
ten days after a written demand thereof
has been made.
Mr. Kelly in the chair.
Section 53 was slightly amended.
Sections 54, 55 and 56 were adopted
without further change.
Section 57 was amended on motion of
Mr" Garland by striking out the proviso
at the end of the section, that the Audi
ter shall charge no fee except where the
property in question has been actually
sold and bought in by another party
than the State.
Mr. George proposed another change,
increasing to 2 per cent the per centage
to be paid by taxpayers for redemption
of real estate from sale for taxes. The
amendment was adopted.
Sections 58, 59, 60 and 61 were adopted
with but slight changes.
Section 62 was amended, on motion of
Mr. Stubbs, with an addition in these
words: "Or except in cases where
certain lands or lots have snot been
forfeited to the State fqr one year
or more, the Auditor shall be entitled
to a fee of one dollar for each certificate
of redemption."
Sections 63, 64 and 65 were adopted as
printed.
Mr. Boatner proposed a substitute for
section 66, relative to redemption of
property adjudicated to the State in de
cault of bidders, etc.
The substitute was read, and pending
further consideration of the bill the
Senate at 3:30 p. m. went into executive
session, and thereafter adjourned till 12
m. Thursday.
- ~ ~ ~ T a ------e-C1ýý asez
The House was called to order at the
gai'hour. Speaker Bush in the chair
.asd arorum present.
zparm by the oev. Father Hubert.
IOLUTosw,
_tsefa veto
regainr the clerk of the House to
mae out suach a list. alad on the teble
oti motion of Mr. Kernoohan, of Plaqate*
mines.,
Mr. McOehee moved to amend by
making the resolution a concurrent
resolution, and providing for a joint
committee of three from the Senate and
five from the House for the purpose.
Adopted.
KENATv BILLS.
Mr. Bowden, of Franklin, called up
Senate bill lo0, to reorganize police
juries in the country .arlshes, with
amendments by the Committee on
Parochial Affairs.
Mr. Voorhies of Orleans, wished to
amend the seotion authorizing the Gov
ernor to appoint five additional pollee
jurors in every parish of the S8tate by
providing in effeot for the wiping out of
all the polloe jurors in the State, and
authorizing the Governor to make new
appointments of five pollce jurors in
each parish.
Mr. Voorhies made a forcible argu
ment In favor of his amendment, saying
that the pecular circumstances under
which we are situated made it necessary
that the amendment should be adopted.
We were threatened with an evil which
must no taken at the root. In twelve
or fifteen parishes there was trouble
ahead which should be arrested, not
that the people of those parishes were
Inimical to us, but that some in
dividuals were. Therefore a radi
cal change in the composition of
the police juries should be made
and persons appointed, regardless of
parttes, who would recognise the
Nicholls government, and who would
not interfere with the collection of the
taxes as had already been done and
whioh had necessitated a bill rrquiring
the tax collectors to qualify with the
Auditor of the State. Genutlemen from
the arisheos in which no dificulities
coual,[ arise needl have no apprehon
alones in this matter, for the Governor
would beyond doubt reappoint the polio
jurors now in offloe in those parlahoe.
As to the power of the Legislaturo to
pass this law there was no question, and
tho Supreme Court had time and again
decidod that it was lawful.
The Senate met the IHouse in joint,
session, and proceeded to ballot for
a United States Senator, with the fol
lowing result:
loonate. fouse. Total.
B. 1. Jonme.............. 5 84 81t
1it. . . ibson ............. 8 18 21
Pr. Hlugh Kennedy .. . 8 8I
Win. m. Levy............ U 7 13
W. 0. Wyly......... .. , 2 21
DBank ... ....... 1 1
Totatlse...... ...........19 06 84
No election and the Senate withdrew.
The House resumed consideration of
House bill reorganizing the pollice ju=
ries etc.
Mr. Sartain spoke in opposition to
the substitute at a time when the police
jurors were gradually coming over.
Mr. Voorhies replied that Mr. Sar
tain's argument supported his own
views. The object was to wipe out by
law those police jurors who refused to
recognize (Joy, Nicholls or were skulk.
ing. As to the danger of two police ju
ries in one parish, when the Nicholls
jury shall have been appointed, it will
not pay the Packard supporters to
create trouble.
Mr. Voorhies then proposed that the
bill be recommitted to the Committee
on Parochial Affairs, in order to save
time.
Mr. Washburn, of Morehouse, moved
to amend by referring to the Judiciary
Committee.
Mr. Voorhies offered a substitute for
the section, authorizing the Governor
to appoint five police jurors in each
parish, who shall have been real
dents of the parish for two years next
preceding their appointment, and who
shall hold office for two years, and who
shall thereafter be elected for two
years, said five jurors to constitute the
police jury of the parish for which they
have been appointed.
Mr. Bowden, of Franklin, was op
posed to the recommittal and the sub
stitute from the gentleman from Or
leans ; he was opposed to the principle.
The bill was refered in accordance
with Mr. Washburn's motion.
Mr. Byland of West Feliolana chair
man of the Committee on Conference
on the part of the House, reported on
Senate bill No. 101, to regulate the
parish courts, an agreement between
the committees of the two houses. The
amendments were adopted.
COMMITTER SiEVICE.
By Mr. Huntington, of Orleans, chair
S.r Chn Tl mmlts, nn ~lralmp+ Il ,
bill on the claim of Lehman, MocDonald
and others.
Unfavorably on several bills for the
relief of J. G. Richardson, E. D. Fair,
E. Van Houghton and Frank Huguet.
NEW BILLS.
By Mr. Kidd, of Jackson-Notice of a
bill prescribing the manner of appoint
ing enrolling clerks.
By Mr. Buck, of Orleans, according
to notice-A bill supplemental to an
act relative to the Funding Board. Re
ferred to the Judiciary Committee.
House bill for the relief of Lehmann,
McDonald and others, for services as
clerks of the Canvassing Board, was
takeid up and referred to the Committee
of the Whole. The House resolved itself
into a Committee of the Whole.
House bill No. 140, for the relief of
the Fruit Growers' Association of the
Gulf States, appropriating one thousand
dollars to assist in defraying the ex
penses of an exhibition of fruits, flow
ers, etc. Reported unfavorably upon.
Mr. Voorhies in the chair.
Mr. Ryland, of West Felioiana, moved
to amend by substituting $300 for $1000.
The amendment was adopted and the
bill passed finally.
House bill No. 264, for the'relief of
Thos. H. Handy, Civil Sheriff of the
parish of Orleans. for rations furnished
to the posse comitatus, appropriating
$4000 for the purpose.
Another bill to reimburse Sheriff
Handy for moneys expended for the
same purpose appropriating $2724 39.
Both bills were considered by the
committee who agreed to report favora
bly on both.
House bill for the relief of Lehmann,
McDonald, E. LeBlanc and others was
taken up and considered favorably.
Also House bill for the relief of Gil
lorv, Loaderneau and others.
House bill No. 244, the general appro
priation bill, was taken up.
The Committee of the Whole reported
favorably.
The following was adopted: For sal
ary of the Governor, $8000; Governor's
Private Secretary, $2200; Clerk during
regular and extra session, $300; porter,
$720; Lieutenant Governor, $3000. Seo
retary of State, $3000; Assistant Secre
tary of State, $2000; porter $480; Li
brarian, $900; Assistant Librarian,
s$00. tt ey General, $5000; Assist
ant At&0!3 General, $3000 Clerk,
$1500. , $8090 W Ohi lerk,
$1500 esoa ; State tHeiatetr rand OMfe,
$1500; keeper State- ouse, $000. Con
tingent expenses of the Governor, $10,
000; of Lieutenant Governor, $1000; of
Attorney General, $1000; of Seretary
of State, $1300; of Treasurer, 1500; of
Auditor, $2500; of lieglster of Land Of
floe, $500; of Speaker of the House, $500.
Judt4tary Department. - Balaries of
judges of the Supreme Court, $3aa,500;
reporter of do., $2500; judges of district
oourts, $120,000; parish judges, $120,000;
district attorneys, $25,500.
Miscellaneous.-Adjutant General and
contingent expenses, $1300; Insane
Asylum, $30,000; Institution of the
Bllnd, $10,000; Deaf and Duumb Advlum,
$10,000; pensions, $10,000; State Print
er, $33.500; Sisters of Notre Dame Asy
lum $1000; St. Vincent's Home, $2500;
Little Sisters of the Poor $2000; MLt.
Vincent's Infant Asylutn, $o00: St.
Mary's Orphan Boys' Asylum $2500;
Mount Carmel, $1000; German Protest
ant Asylum, $1000: Female Orphan
Asylum of the Irnmmsulato Concep
tion $1000; oevouth 81reot Orphan
Asylum, $1000; Touro Hebrow Infirm
ary, $1000; tho two Holy Family insti
tutions, $b00 eah ; lcouse of the G(oo'I
Shepherd $1000. By Mr. : Now
Orleans 1!etmlio Orphlan Asylutn, $1500.
By Mr. --: Jowish Home, on Jacik
son street, $1000. By Mr. Kernoohl.l
Children's Hlume of the Protestant Ei'is
copa1 Church, on Jaeksun street, $1500.
By Mr. Frg uson : Sixth Distriet Or
phan Boys' Asylum, on St. Uth.rles Are
nue, ---., By Mr. Fitzpatrlok; News
boys' Home, $500. y Mr. UrCsey: St.
Alihonsus' SBiters of Meroy. $1,0Qw.
For ptilishing anl hinuling do"laloues
of the Supreme Court for 1170 antl 1877,
$10,000.
At this juncturo the committen rose
and repolrtod its rrotio to thu ho luse,
and asked permission to all again to
morrow atLt onhil ,'clock.
Mr. 11111 of Orleans now cralilIe up
house bill No. 2M1, for the rollrf of
Thomans HI. htndy, shariff, which was
p.ssed finally.
''The o1Hone adjo,)urnd.
A .IAMEIEi*4N iEliEl.
Wingard's Namlerss F'orc, blolen.
Years of Toll and Care Vanished Into
Thin Air,
The world of science will hobe shookoed
to learn of a robbery which ocurred
yesterday and was perpetrate,: in the
boldest manner. The article stolen is
nothing less than Professor Wingard's
"NAMRISS RS ftSC," n.
upon which he has bestowed much
care and labor for several years past.
Professor Wingard resides at No. 47o0
Annunciation street, 'near Horapuru
where the object of his solicitude and
the great problem of the ago, just oom
pleted, was stowed in a trunk in one of
the ground-floor rooms of the building.
Tuesday night,
ADOUT BLKVEN O'CLOCK,
a knock at the doctor's door awoke
him, and he found that he was sum
moned to the sick-bod of a patient.
Returning at ten minutes past twelve,
the doctor was surprised to find his
door, which he had carefully looked
before leaving, wide open, and his hor
ror became indescribablo when he dis
covetid that the trunk,
81X lTY ftl.,
which contained his Nameless Forcen
had been carried away. Inquiry of the
peoploe in the house revealed nothing
further than that they heard some noise
in the room where the trunk was kept,
but it was believed it was created by
the Professor himself. Up to the hour
o writing, the most diligent search has
failed to give a clue to the perpetrators
of this
NAMELE55 DEED,
for there must have been four or five
thieves engaged in the robbery, owing
to the weight of the apparatus, which
was completed at an expense of four
hundred dollars.
There can be only one surmise as to
the guilty parties, and that is that they
must have been some of
PACKARD'S EMISSARIES,
seeking to secure something by which
they might practically prove the decla
ration contained in their unanimously
adopted resolution, regarding their abil
ity to sustain themselves without the
aid of the Federal troops.
BREVITIES.
Ex-Gov. Warmoth, who has just re
turned from Washington, says that the
President has stud iously refrained
from expressing himself outside con
cerning his policy. From his language
it would be inferred that he had not as
yet made up his mind entirely to his
own satisfaction, and that he would
await the inquiry of the special com
mission.
The trio-Wells, Anderson and Pit
kin-returned to the city Wednesday on
the 11:20 Mobile train, and went imme
diately to the St. Louis Hotel, where
they spent some time with Packard in
secret consultation.
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Charlle Moore.
This is the title of a song which we
have received from the author, the
Hon. E. E. Kidd; music by Chas. J.
Young, Esq., and dedicated to the
memory of the dead of both armies. In
the words we recognized the elegance
of the eloquent Representative from
Jacksen. The musio is full of pathos
and marked by a graceful movement,
and the combination makes a charming
song of a touching episode of the late
unpleasantness.
Academy of Music.
To-night, again and for the last time
Mr. Nobles appears in his sensational
drama of " The Phoenix," which has
drawn very well. To-morrow night, the
last but two of Mr. Nobles' engage
ment, that excellent actor will appear
as Jack Ryder, in an entirely new sen
sational play, entitled "Diamonds in
the Rough; or, The Slaves of New
York."
Mr. Nobles' good acting in "The
Phcenix" gives us reason to anticipate
another treat.
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Piper-Heidsieck and orly Piper-Heidsieck.
Choice new spring calicoes are 6o/ per yard at
M. L. Byrne & Co.'s, 163 Canal street.
New parasols in great variety are offered cheap
at the special sale of M. L Byrne & Co., on bat
nrday, the 24th.
R wm- Dx.ar- eera.---ia. L- Byrne 4 Co.
have made themselves famous by offering such
inducements on their great remnant day, but
low prices are not confined alone to this day, for
they have been selling a beautiful selection of
goods for some time a less than half price. To
morrow rmnante will be sold very chBp, and
Sanbalwld a adaemsenti wllbe ed,.d In
iK. "~Boia-ee
CITY AFFAIRS.
PACK tIL'l8 AURIt.
An Extra fesdlon Called.
Judging from appearances at the it.
Louis Hotel there must have been some
dispatches from Washington condemn
ing anything like a demonitratlon.
There was not nearly the crowd hang
ing about that was there the two previ
ones days, and his patrolmon wore an air
that betokened a burden lifted from
their mind.
Packard himself was in the best of
humor, and said that the case would
now be settled soon. Inu is opinion, it
would be "Packard or a special cornm
mission," and that he was confident the
commission would put him right. In a
facetious way he asked the representa
tive of the IDEMOORAT whether his com
,any of Nicholls' militia would not en
list in his force, as United States pay
would be given for men. Te1 laughed
over the report that he could not secure
tilhe establishmnt of his goviernment.
Thi-re is one thing most noticeable in
his offile within the last three days, and
that is the
PROFOU)NOD q,!('RitEC
of the consullatilonti of the alvi4or5
around I'ackird. The inner office is
now kept sealed to horet.is, and only
the tried ones can entr. 'Ihe hand
some d(sk, too, of I'rivat.e t4ocretary Ii.
(c(lonuest (llark, has bo.rn removeds from
the anteo -rmolte, rand tihoro is a general
appotretlncno of hiaroness o.servablJt
abot tlhe roorn.
Weidnisday, to nirni.iit Ilie Mlonrate not
having had IIa qallgl'lln anrl their s',ssionis
having oendlno lot, u r asiiolal retolutlion,
Pt.ckard lissuted
114 Pi'H'CLAMA ATION
calling an oxlFtr setsuion of the tribes.
Again nil those holeful ipatriots are to
cit, honeath the fremo.'cs of (Itanova in t ho
HCenate chamber alnd look ntopefully
forward to the approach of that long
soight for arrival --a quorurm.
I[ the .meantimno the mom hers of the
Hlouse enjoy their morning's sport play
ing debating socelty and of afternoons
sport their new twenty-five cent canes.
DUtIN(l Titi AFTERINOO0
there was a ripple noticed throughout
the building, the cause of which was
discovered to be the arrival of Senator
Demas who had seceded from the
Nicholls Legislature. HIls advent at
the Hotel was hailed with delight, for
they claimed that his presence gave
Packard's Senate a quorum. They were
perfectly satisfied to believe this twad
dle, and taking him again to their
bosom they immediately entered Into a
session where they remained up to a
late hour last evening. The way they
went at pending legislation was equal
to a horse race too see. It looked as If
they thought Demas wouldn't hold on
until morning, and so they improvedl
the opportunity by pushing work.
The advent of Demas was duly tele
graphed to Washington and the an
nouncement made that there was a
quorum on hand.
LAST NIUOPlH SVELR.
There was evidently a feeling of ox
oltement late last night, for the Pack
ard force had a strong fervor qf patriot
mrl upon it. At 9 o'clock there were
about forty men udder arms at the door
way, rifle in hand to do or die for the
country, and the clans in the remote
interior slept uneasily, why it cannot
be told. From the display made it was
evident an attack was apprehended
and another example of the old biblical
adage, "the wicked flee where no man
pursueth."
Leaving all jesting aside, there was
an evident feeling of insecurity around
the St. Louis Hotel last night, and
under instructions unusual precautions
were taken by the guards.
From anumber o Itepublican sources
it was gleaned last night that Packard,
on the first opportunity will lot those
of his men who are spoiling for a tight
out of the tavern to enjoy it.: 'I'he
chances are that now a commission is
coming, the Packard forces will not
dare to go outside their building. From
present appearances it looks as though
there was a feeling of great trepidation
at the old St. Louis, and that the Boss
is weak in meral courage.
AN EX-*UNITED NTATEI COMMI5sMION
ER UNHAPPY.
N. N. Friable before the First Municipal
Police Court on a Charge of Embez
zlement.
H. N. Frisbie, an ex-United States
Commissioner, is in the meshes of the
law and F. C. Mahan put him there.
Mahan, on the 3d day of March ap
peared before Juage Kleinpeter, of the
First Municipal Police Court, and swore
out the following affidavit:
F. C. Mahan being duly sworn, doth
depose and say that, on January 9, 1877,
the National Metropolitan Bank, at
Washington, D. C. issued draft No.
5001, drawn on the National Park Bnk
and made payable to the order of affiant
for the sum of $899 06, which came in
the possession of one H. N. Frisbie,
who held the same for and as the prop
erty of afflant.
That on the 13th day of January, be
tween the hours of 9 and 12 o'clock, at
No. 38 Camp street, in the First District
of the city of New Orleans and within
the jurisdiction of this State, at which
time and place affiant demanded said
draft, or check, from said Frisbie, who
refused and still refuses to deliver up
the same, with intent to defraud afflant.
jTherefore affiant charges the accused
with embezzlement and breach of trust.
The case came up for examination to
day before Judge Kleinpeter, and the
evidence went to show that the accused
received the draft legitimately, but that
he retained it with the intention to
swindle.
From the evidence of Mr. Mahan it
was showed that Frisbie was to receive
some forty odd dollars for his trouble,
but that he claimed three hundred and
odd dollars for his services. This the
affliant refused to pay. I
The evidence being very strong
against the accused, and after hearing
argument from both sides, the Judge
took the case under advisement.
BERGEROIN, 7oCi ARE WANTED.
So Give Up Like a Little Man.
Yesterday Officer M. Lynch, a police
man of the Third Precinct, appeared
before Judge Miltenberger and swore
outan.affidavlit charging a negro named
C. Bergeron, a sergeant oT the Packard
police, with having at 11 o'clock assailed
him at the corner of St. Louis and Royal
streets, and threatened to shoot him.
A warrant was issued for the arrest of
Bergeron, but when the court officer en
tered Packard's domains for the pur
Sof arre lu {bIman, hekwas I
$tation, and the Cptan notified 1I
offloers to keep a sharp lookout for ID.
geron, and to nab him as soon as he
stuck his head out of the building.
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A COWARI'S I AND
Whilh Held Itlhe PlMtol that Was to Do s
1nM0d0y weed.
Last evening, between the hours of s
and 10 o'clock while Pierre Landry
was promenading with some friends on
Contl street, between Marais and Treme
streets, an attempt was made by some
unknown coward to assassinate him.
It appears Landry was walking along
the street talking to his friends, when
suddenly he. clapped his hand to the
left side of his face and exclaimed:
"My God, boys, I am shot."
le was taken under a lamp post
where it was discovereed that the ball
had taken effect in the left side of his
cheek. At first It was thought that
Landlry
WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED,.
The alarm was immediately given,
and a dilligent search was made for the
cowardly would-be assassin; but, like
all creatures of his stripe, he had made
his escape, leaving not the slightest,
clue that would lead to his capture.
The wounded man was conveyed to
the Charity hlospital, where his wounds
was examined by ])r. Smythe, who pro
nounced it severe though not danger
ous. lie was then corJveyed to his reel
Sdene, No. 703 Marati strett.
Landry believes it was an attempt to
assassinate him, an.d up tt.hn time of
the shooting he did not bollvoe he had
an enemy in the world.
I;ITY AND) PO,lI(:I ITElr..
I~iACdf OF 1'I TRUST AND EI.MIIZl/,I,EMfNT.
James Pol'eor, a cigar miaker by occupa
tion, at 11 a. m. T'1,oday fourl hirsolf
in the mresh,. of the law. charged by
Laura Joseph with breach of ti ust and
eOrntez.,lren.ont.
BnlUnsLa,Al4.--- 'tw.entl the hlour r of 2
and :3 o'clock We' rInemmav mor log I ho
oyster shop of R:of'rlo Marquez, corn er
of Rampart awl Poee streets, wrLe en
tered by burglars who broke open a
trunk and atole its contents, which con
slated of two gold watches and chain,
also $1(50 in currency.
Foun. - Officer Danto yesterday
found on Customhouse street, between
I)auphlao and Bourbon, two blank
books, containing 57 ten-cent postage
stamps, 20 cents in currency and 2 pho
tographs and letters. Any one calling
at the Third Precinct Station can re
cover the sage by proving ownership.
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A Phantom Performancr.
Before the close of the Varieties The
atre there were some differences be
tween the management and the troupe,
which culminated in the dissolution of
the contracts with the company and a
compromise, by which the actors agreed'
to cancel all scores on the receipt of
two weeks' salary in advance.
This agreement was fully carried out,
but the terms were not agreeable to the
members of the orchestra, whose con
tract ran to the end of the theatrical
season. They refused to join In the
compromise and threatened suit.
And now comes the peculiar part of
this affair. In order to hold tbhe theatre
for the sum agreed upon for the full
term, they determined to put the man
agement in default and to go on with
the performance of their obligations,
play or no play. Ho they accordingly
took their places Tuesday evening, not
withstanding the fact that the house
was closed. Fiddles were tuned up, the
basoon wipes off, and promptly at the
hour a brilliant overture was struck up
to a phantom house. Only the ghosts
of former spectators listened to the
music. The darkness in the galleries
was black, the dress circle looked like a
deserted churchyard, and only the
misty outlines of the landscape on the
curtain could be distinguished in the
dim light.
After the overture the intermissions
were duly performed, and this most re
markable performance was brought to
a close,
Prominent Mierchants Charged with Ob*
strectlng the Sldewalk.
I Mr. Johnson MoCaffrey, Administra
tor of Improvement, determined not to
allow merchants to obstruct the public
thoroughfares, ordered his Deputy, Mr.
D. C. Levy, to have everybody punished
that persisted in doing so.
Yesterday Mr. Levy repaired to the
First Municipal Police Court and swore
out affidavits against Messrs. Smith
Bros. & Co., of 83 and 87 Poydras street;
Messrs. A. Peiser & Co., 24 Magazine
street, and Dennis Werbach, 293 Lafa
yette street, charging them with viola
tion of section 1955 of the City Ordi
nance, to wit: oustructing the side
walks.
At last account none of the accused
had appeared, but will probably do so.
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Another Conflict Threatened at the St.
Louis liotel.
Yesterday afternoon there was anoth
er collision imminent near the St. Louis
Hotel, between the police forces of Gov.
Nicholls and Packard. About half-past
3 o'clock Col. Loan ordered his men to
cross Royal street and disperse a crowd
of negroes that had gathered there in
which there were a number of white
gentlemen. When the men attempted
to obey the order these, gentlemen re
fused to move, as also did two members
of the Boylan force. For some time it
looked as though there would be a con
flict, but the Packard police withdrew
and it was quiet once more.
After a Newspaper.
Camp street was enlivened Wednes
day morning by a woman dressed in
black, who was making inquiry for the
Timed office. After some meandering
she at last found it, and in a very vio
lent way rushed up stairs to annihilate
editors, reporters, etc., with her para
sol. It appears the Times very justly
condemned the carelessness in some
residence where there had been small
pox and the little precaution
taken to prevent the spread of the
disease. This hurt the feeliogs of the
individual referred to, and she started
out on a bellicose expedition.
In the office it was at once seen that
the woman was not then in the full pos
dession of her faculties, and before she
could carry out her design she was es
corted down stairs, where she went into
hysterics. It was afterwards learned
that she had been an inmate of the In
sane Asylum.
Nwpseu arasol. in gmvua I ary Sof eobea
f· at t s 1aeh.M.L. 1p1as Oik.. ee
' Iii "'I ·-ý ý. ' . »:_--"
Yaerse _w.. :ea- --
1ttparte.i Crilwtnafal rl,
PLEAD tvILrft.
Carrying concealed weapoU i~, 1th
Wilson, sentenced to $10 f tn a
Parish Prison.
HABEAS 0Orl, V.
State ex rel. Billy Wilson fv, Orimlur
Sheriff et als.--telater was eomtmmt
as a dangerous and suspicious 0 lb~.
ter. Writ made absolute and teo
discharged.
8tate ex rel, James Miller it ai li. ,
the Criminal Sheriff-Relator and Ight
others were committed for treason
Judge Miltenberger without ball.
They ask relief, and their c@0ue
John E. Stacs, alleges that M. Milotn
berger has usurped his offie by fosre'
arms, and is not the judge of the b edi
Munfolpal Court.
The commitment fails to state W~ia
the treason has been committed or up ,
whose oath they are held.
Their commitment Is in vio1atio1 0
United Btates and State constitttu,
because bail was ref,used. The
of Miltenberger Is a gross violeatio
the status quo. 'They had, undo -
status quo, a perfc't righttofrm th
selves into a militia, as long as they
not disturb the pacv,'. There was nl_
treason, they having ley led no Wgi
against the State, melhefed to itls af
mien, or given thern, all or oomllftort
Judge Whitaker iL:sued the writ, re
turnable this morllng at half-past i'
o'clock.
Attorney (Ien,rrtl ()leon will repre
sent the tdic!rrndats a. rll Sherfit,
(N''IINtJrOD,
Murder-- State v. Pe'ter Coyto et als,,
until Friday.
First. Isltrlrt a enert.
Lasrn~eny -Jr... M ill- r.
I1iAD OtULTr.
Iarreorny- (ti ,rj, eº ms John Whit..
'l'rtrespas R .lk M'l l)oDal, ailasliam. .
Assault .aml t,-.l t.ry-tuastayte wrV
rimu, Charle M.I,rm ri',-'.
SObtaining rntaaay uniler false pIe
tonse sWni. Uaihe.
Obtaining rn,,re.y 'Wlor false pre
tenses-J. W. 'raott..
I;nlld MnatPs t(orns.
In the eases of N. W. Casey, B.eeeirve
of the New Orleans Jl;nking A I
tion, vs. various d,,btors of the batlh
there were seventy-five judgmentls riea
dered in favor of the plaintiff yesterday
for amount of stockholdaers' note.
No move has, as yet, been made in th
cotton cases in which iadictments wiofe
brought in by the Grand Jury of las
year.
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J. W. HIEBDEL
(or·os to Mobile to Stand HIS TUrlS em
Charge of Itgamy,.
A requisition reached the etty
day from Gov. George L. g
Alabama, for the body of J. W1
who stands charged in that Statei
bigamy. Gov. Nicholls recognized t
requisition, and as soon as an ofOr aS1
rives from Mobile to tike chargeol the~
prisoner he will heo taken bark teet
scene of his crime.
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Choice new apring aal,,ni are ,%d pe'if a
M. L. Byrne & c.o.'., 163 ' a .,i art ret.
President Hayes is dletermined tobaer
eight members to his Cabinet. To 40
this he admitst Vice President W..elr:
It is right to stick by a lucky numbe..
IChicago Journal.
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HOTEl. ARlRIVAl.
Carm orwE. -Wm. (M',duag ir aiwb w, IW,
J ltozers, J A Alanp, Pr asa; M A Tl
Cubs J L kLoba!n.u, T M .'lrnrr, TO Wi
TO *almslay, La; G0 1 Webster, Lfa
L Mosbhy AT Wiurberl, J M Walker, is1e;
Cash, J Atlkit, lied Iliver; Jacob L.se,
York; 0 Lonstreat, J ·arms Liaiga», i;
Annie V Conway, Mi,* Mary Cnawy, $
Mrs J B Tompken,. MlSa Itapea s, IMoblift
Thomas, rivmr; 8 E ,wo., 1, 4a; R, D Brdle,
Hf Dyner, t. Lenin.
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The old and reliable 'Pper, Htileeik.
Choice new spring cavica.s are 6%e per yard *at
M. L. Byrne & Co.',, 153 Caa.al street.
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To-morrow M. L. Byr: e & Co. of r i
of all classes of dry golod at ffty oeDbS sM
dollar.
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ParE[ATVax Loss or Ilal., which is so
nowadays, may be entirely provenled by is
ol Burnett's Cocnainrr. .
DoUnhL DArr,.-On and after
the 4th inst., the Jackson Road will
a.ssengertrains daily, runnring to ad .
city, making condnc-t.. rns f.l all points
eas td Wan st.
(; II. )I U M n I N .'S
C lAM PAGNE.
Importations In 1576, 34,81+ CýNl*;
13,613 eases more thfin may dh
Brand In the tnited $taie .
YOI t .AL s
SCHMIDT &
RABEIIFDE & NAU,
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