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THE LEGISLATURE.
The enate.
The Senate having been engaged in
aucus with the House, was not called
to order till half-past 12 o'clock, half an
hour later than usual.
Lieutenant Governor Wiltz presiding.
A message from the Governor an
nounced that he had signed the joint
resolution creating a commission on
city charter, and the bill limiting the
-ablibty of parishes, Orleans excepted,
for costs and fees In critint.st cases.
Mr. Texada reported enrolled bills
Incorporating the town of Miliken's
Bend and the Hibernian Society.
Judge Ogden introduced a bill as Sen
ate bill No. 130. prescribing penalties
against tax collectors and other officers
od the old regime for making collec
tions, etc. The bill was read by title
and referred.
The Senate joined the House to ballot
for United States Senator, and shortly
neturned.
Mr. Steven having called up thb gen
eral revenue bill, House bill 194, the
dame was considered from section 66,
ýbeing the one last under consideration
Atbe day previous, when Mr. Boatner
Offered a substitute for the section.
2 Section 66 was adopted as printed, Mr.
S.oatner withdrawing his substitute.
, The amended bill as printed, was
gurther adopted without additional
amendments, down to and including
meOtion 73.
Mr. Grover moved that seetion 82,
providing the mode of assessment in the
.ish of Orleans, and appointment by
the Governor, by and with the consent
of the Senate, of five assessors of prop
erty for the parish of Orleans, be made
section 8J, and offered an amendment
providing that the assessors for the city
be appointed by the city authorities.
Mr. Texada in the chair.
The amendment was lost by the cast
ing vote of the Chair, and sections 80
and 81 were adopted as printed.
Mr. Steven offered a substitute for
soetion 82, providing for the appoint
ment by the city of three of the five
assessors for the city.
The substitute, was lost by a vote of
1l to 10, and the 82d section was adopted
asprinted.
Sebtionn 83, 84 and 86 were adopted
Svithout change.
Seution 86 was amended to read:
S"That said assessors shall receive
$13500 per annum for the year in which
a new assessment is made. and $2000
per annum for the other years," etc.
Section 87 was adopted without
.bange.
Section 88 was amended by Mr. White
with an addition providing that the
Sparty whose claim for redress has been
Snstaued shall have his remedy by sum
Vary proceedings before the courts,
ql0bject to a penalty of 10 per cent if his
aspeal be deemed frivolous.
'Sestions 89 and 90 were adopted with
eat change.
Section 91 was amended to make the
vetbiage correct for the appointment of
a ven collectors for New Orleans, and
t,.*ng the bond of collector Seventh
ltrict $15,000;
: eotion 92 was adopted without
b*nge.b
se~ton $3 was amended by Mr. George
.oonform to the changes made In see
91, and was further amended by
meers. White and Texada changing
centage of tax collectors in First
trict to 11 per cent, in Second Dis
*t to 1) per cent, in Third District to
4per cent and in the Fourth District to
iper cent.
Additional sections to 101 inclusive
were adopted without change.
Sections 102 and 103 were adopted
without change.
Mr. Goode offered a proviso to the
leat eotion, that this act shall only ap
p to the collectors of taxes, hereafter
-be assessed, and shall in no manner
jply to the collectors of taxes already
assessed, except so far as they affect
the commissions of tax collectors.
Mr. Boatner offered an addition to
°tr. Goode's proviso covering the cases
ot collectors recently appointed and
.-llfled, acting under existing laws.
e amendments were adopted.
-Mr. George moved reconsideration
at adoption of section 13, and to insert
the words "remove and to" in line 7, as
prlnted. Amendment adopted.
The President in the chair.
Mr. White had section 67 reconsid
ared so as to conform its features to
the changed provisions of section 6a, as
he contended was necessary, by re
Saoring the proviso, "provided no fee
al- ll be charged by the Auditor except
where property has been actually sod
and bought in by another party than
the State," and adding "except in cases
where said lots or lands have been for
ilt~hsd to the State for one year or more,
the Auditor shall be entitled to a fee
Sa one dollar for each certificate of re
--4.mption." The amendment was
adapted.
Section 38 was reconsidered, and the
ion as originally printed was
fed.
. iendments proposed by Mr, Whee
r4m to section 49 were refused.
The bill as a whole as amended hav
! been adopted by sections, was final
£4peased, and the Senate, at 3:15 p. m.,
~ t ito executive session, and so re
~alned for a short while, after which
they adjourned till 11 a. m. Friday.
The House.
The House assembled at 12:30 p. m.
peaker Bush in the chair and a quo
u present.
F OMMITTEE SERVICE.
fl' Mr. Jonas, of Orleans, chairman of
,mmitttee on Judiciary-Favorably
• Rogse bill No. 274, to vest the Third
WAfit Court for the parish of Orleans,
-,oncurrent jurisdiction with the
etvil courts.
S fvorably on House bill No. 273,
: fbing the forms of bills offered I
f bills passed.
` PAorably on House bill No. 272, to I
ed nd re-enact article 488 of the I
G of Practice.
Tee Senate now met the House in
a session and a vote for United
Senator was taken, resulting as
ws:
Senate. House. Total.
. . ...... it 2 "3 3
. :'.'... ...... ..:: 1 14
3 9 12
-l.-.............1 17 24
0 1 1
...... 21 64 81
o choice, and the Senate withdrew.
.lous to the balloting Senator
ord withdrew the name of the 1
Wm. M. Levy. Senator Breaux t
ted Senator H. C. Mitchel. Cain
nominated Judge W. G. Wyly.
1rouse resumed its separate ses- i
:Mr. Young of Claiborne-To ap
3 ne hundred and fifteen a
Sollars to pay the per diem I
of offcers ad employee I
* Ainem~Z jthe extrat
ý.. t~~o f le
the Revised Statutes. Refered to the
Committee on Judiciary.
By Mr. Aldige of Orleans, according
to notice-A bill creating a Board of
in Audit, relating to the State debt since
1874. Referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee.
n Also a bill to reimburse the city of
New Orleans $75,000 for maintaining an
extra police force at the State-House.
at Referred to the Committee of the
Whole.
n By Mr. Delavigne, of Orleans, by con
Ssent-Relating to the exemptions
from taxation of fruit, vegetable and
i flower growers who sell thetr own pro
ducts. Referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee.
By Mr. Jonas, of Orleans, by consent
--A bill to amend an act relating to the
es incorporation of the Louisiana Histori
s cal Society. Referred to the Committee
o on Corporations.
Also a bill to recreate and re-establish
the Superior District Court of New Or
leans. Referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee.
By Mr. Bell, of Orleans, by consent
A bill amending act 14, of 1872, to pro
6 vide a revenue and relative to judges of
, courts, justices of the peace, etc. Re
ferred to the Judiciary Committee.
r By Mr. Estopinal, of St. Bernard, by
consent- A bill for the relief of P. O.
r. Hebert, United States Commissioner of
Pensions. Referred to the Committee
1 on Claims.
The House resolved itself into a Com
mittee of the Whole.
Mr. Voorhies in the chair.
The committee took up the appropri
e ation bill and made the following addi
tional appropriations:
By Mr. Ferguson-To the Louisiana
Retreat, $1000; for printing Supreme
Court reports of 1876 and 1877, amended
from $10 000 to $12,000; publication of
y laws in Drench and German, $3000; for
the National Guard of the State of Lou
isiana, $30,000, to be paid in warrants
on the vouchers issued by the Major
General; for reimbursement of money
forState land erroneously sold, $4000 out
r of Levee and Drainage fund; for reim
- bursement of purchase money for
° school land warrants, $2000, out of fund
created by sale of said warrants; State
d Engineer, $4000; two assistants, each,
$3500; State-House keeper at Baton
d Rouge, $300; Draughtsman Engineer's
Department, $1500; appropriation of
$500 for contingent expenses of the En
gineer's Department - all appropri
e ations of this department to be
o paid out of the levee fund; for Register
of Conveyances of New Orleans for
furnishing to Board of State Assessors
certificates of transfer, $600; rent of
State-House and public offices, $5485;
e compensation to parish assessors, $8400;
e to pay assessors in the city of New
Orleans, $6250; for gas in State-House,
$400.
Charity Hospital of New Orleans
8 From annual revenue received from the
Louisiana Lottery Company, $40,000;
from business upon auctioneers, $10,000,
or as much more as may be collectel.
f Slaughter-house inspection fees $11,
000, or as much more as may collected
from that source.
From the General Fund $20,000, war
rants issued for this purpose shall be
receivable for State licenses and taxes.
Salary of State Superintendent of
e Education $5000, out of the general
fund; and the following out of the
Y school fund, Secretary of the Superin
tendent and other expenses of the office
t of the Superintendent $2000.
By Mr. Leonhard, of Orleans-travel
ing expenses of Superintendent $600;
chief superintendent of New Orleans,
$2250; assistant do., $500; six division
superintendents for the State, $3815; for
1 support of public schools $400,000, or as
much thereof as may be collected from
taxes levied for that purpose.
By Mr. Toler-For copies of assess
ment rolls, data, etc., for the city of
New Orleans, $6000, to be paid out of
the general fund, upon warrants ap
proved by the Auditor.
By Mr. Hill-An appropriation of
$15,000 for similar purposes in the coun
try parishes; compensation of parish
assessors, $7500 out of the school fund,
$20,000 out of the interest fund, $8000
out of the repair fund.
By Mr. Bowden, of Franklin-An ad
ditional section requiring a strict
accountability of all moneys expended
for contingent expenses; vouchers to
be made annually to the General As
sembly, and all moneys not expended
to be returned into the Treasury of the
State.
The appropriations for the State En
gineers' Department, reported yester
day, was amended, on motion of Mr.
Washburn, of Morehouse, to read
"Out of the Levee Construction and
Repair fund for salary of State Engi
neers, $11,000; Secretary and draughts
man, $1500 each; for maintenance of
levees, $260,000, or as much thereof as
may be derived from the collector of the
tax."
By Mr. Hill, of Orleans -For rent of
effice of the Assistant Attorney Gen
eral, $300.
By Mr. Voorhies, of Orleans-A pro
viso that in case of the abolition of the
Louisiana Lottery Company, the Audi
tor shall issue his warrant in favor of
the Charity Hospital for the sum of
$t0,000 out of the general fund, besides
the sum of $20,000 already appropriated
from that fund.
Some discussion arose as to the pro
priety of providing that the warrants 1
issued to the Charity Hospital at
Shreveport should be made receivable
fflrtflT0 Q
Mr. Tremoulet, of Orleans, took the
floor to warn the House against extend
ing this privilege too far. He also took
occasion to refer to the possibility of
the House having made appropriations
out of the general fund in excess of the
revenue to be applied to that fund, and
closed by moving that the bill be re
committed, in order to ascertain the
fact beyond a doubt and regulate the
same.
Speaker Bush, on the floor, moved
that the bill be referred to the Com
mittee of Finance of the Senate and the
Committee on Appropriation of the
House, which was adopted.
The Committee of the Whole rose,
but was unable to report to the House
for want of a quorum on the roll being
called.
The House adjourned.
TIlE JACKSON RAILROAD.
Confirmation of the Purchase.
In the case of John Newell, J. B. Alex
ander, Illinois Central Railroad Com
pany vs. the New Orleans, Jackson and
Great Northern Railroad Company and
New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago
Railroad Company, Judge Woods issued
to the master in chancery orders to ad
just the accounts with the trustees for
the costs, expenses, etc., attending the
sale, and to receive from any holders of
bonds their election to become parties to
the purchase. The order sets forth:
The master in thbie as having made
his _ o.ot tbm. .f.tg e
ý+ o hsý d :
deed of trust filed in the eause and de
scribed in the decree of that date, and it
appearing from the said report that all of
the proceedings under the decree are
regular, and that the property men
tioned in the decree was sold on the 17th
of March, 1877, in this city, at the time
and place specified in the advertise
ment, and the said master having
reported that Adolph Sohrieber,
Constantine Meneclas. Wmin. Alexander
Gordon, B. F. Ayer, Lewis E. Simmonds
and W. K. Osborne are the purchasers
of said property, as a purchasing com
mittee, selected by the holders of 2561 of
the bonds proved in this cause out of
3557which haetbeen isued- and sold of
the series described in the deed; and a
deed having been reported for execution
by the master, so as to convey the prop
erty to the purchasers, the purchasers
are ready and prepared to pay the bal
ance that may be due to all the holders
of such bonds as shall not elect to be
come parties to the purchase. The
court, upon consideratTon of the pre
mises, orders that the deed reported by
the master for execution by the trustees,
Newell and Alexander, and by the de
fendants the two corporations, as well
as by the purchasers and the master,
is approved.
OH ! WHAT A QUORUMi
How the Radicals Deceive the Country.
The Radical magnates have been telel
graphing throughout the country thai
they have a legal quorum in their Sen
ate, and, unfortunately, some of thf
reporters of our local press word theli
reports in a manner that seems to con.
firm their telegrams.
The truth is, that Packard's Senate,
even with Demas and Allain, who has
played the part of Cincinnatus by leav
ing his field to serve his country, is still
short of a quorum. The Packard Sen.
ate consists of the following members
really elected: Allain, Burch, Bryant,
Cage, Dumont, Gla, Harper, Landry,
Sutton, Stamps, Twitchell, Young, De
mas-13.
Lo which the Returning Board added
Hamlet, Blunt, Wakeftlel and Weber
4; making a total of 17, and not a
quorum.
Subsequently Baker and Kelso, and
on Wednesday Tom Anderson and Mo
nette were sworn in without the least
claim to a seat, except that the legally
elected Senittors had not applied for
their seats.
Weber, one of those seated in this
manner, is the same individual who
was on the floor of our Senate when
Demas, the perjurer, was sworn in, and
made a speech in praise of the Nicholls
government. Weber's seat being con
tested by the Hon. Louis Perkins, he
did not have the gratification of being
sworn in.
In our Senate there is still a quorum,
even according to the returns of the
Returning Board, as follows: Messrs.
Boatner, Breaux, Ducros, Ellis, Eustis,
Garland George, Grover, Goode,
Kelly, Mitchell, Ogden, Richardson,
Robertson, Mteven, Texada, Wheeler,
White and Zacharie-19.
To which are to be added Messrs.
Perkins and Sandiford, and both seated
as having been really elected, notwith
standing the Returning Board, and Mr.
Stubbs elected in the place of the late
Judge Meredith, who was in the last
category.
LEGISLATIVE TOPICS.
Good Work on the General Appropria
tion and General Revenue Bills.
The Senate was engaged yesterday
principally on the general House
revenue bill, which was completed and
goes to the House to ask concurrence
in the amendments of the Senate.
The House received, in the early part
of the session, several bills, the most
important of which was a bill re-crea
ting and re-establishing the Superior
District Court of New Orleans.
The greater portion of the day was
employed in Committee of the Whole
in finishing up the general revenue bill,
which the committee is prepared to re
port to the House. The report was not
made yesterday on account of the ab
sence of a quorum in this body, when
the committee rose, a little after five
o'clock p. m.
The bill will be considered by a joint
committee, consisting of the Finance
Committee of the Senate and the Com
mittee on Appropriations of the House,
to discover whether the appropriations
from the general fund are within the
resources of that fund.
The Taxes are Coming In.
A round to the several Nicholls tax
collectors offices shows that the people
are coming forward with remarkable
alacrity in the settlement of their bills.
Not only have the largest and most in
fluential property holders already signi
fied their desire to settle so soon as
their bills were made out, but the
smaller real estate owners, whose num
ber is much larger, show a willingness
te step forward and support the Nicholls
government; that is somewhat unusual
in the history of tax collecting.
The Gaines Cases.
In the United States Circuit Court,
before Judge Billings, the several cases
of Mrs. Gaines, against a number of
defendants, were up for argument yes
terday. Major New, on behalf of the
latter, urged the plea of prescription,
and was answered by W. R. Mills, Esq.,
for Mrs. Gaines. To-day the argument
in the chancery suit will be completed,
when the argument on the merits of the
case of Fuentes et al. vs. Mrs. Gaines
will begin, involving the question of the
will of Daniel Clark of 1813, in which
6rs. Gaines was instituted his univer
sal legatee.
AMUBSU ENTS.
ACADEMY OF MusIC.-To*night Mr.
Nobles presents his new play "Dia
monds in the Rough," or " The Streets
of New York," for the first time in this
city, with Mr. Nobles as Jack Ryder,
the Diamond in the Rough, and the en
tire Academy company in the cast, and
with entire new scenery, properties and
calcium effects. The play has the repu
tation of being life-like and of the most
emotional and sensational order. A full
house will doubtless mark the perform
ance.
Choice new eiring cahcoes are 6%/o per yard at
it. L. Byrne & o.'., 168 t aiel street.
BurTrrrT's FIAVORING EXTRCTr--Are need
and endureed by the best hotele. ooLfectionere,
grocers and the first families to the country.
New parasola in greet variety are ogered cheap
at the speci 1 se of ML . Byr.e & Co., on 8pt
urday, the 24th,
We take pleasnre t referriog our cotton mer
ehates to the adveritmement of the Louiiana
orPi~isk a~~au
CITY AFFAIRS.
PACKARND ACRU.
Row They Take the Commission.
It appears the Packard crowd have
received the news of the proposed Com
mission to Louisiana with as much
distaste as the Democrats. Yesterday
morning, in an interview with a
DEMOCRAT reporter, Packard stated
that they all took this view
of the case. The commission was ap
pointed to do either one of two things,
itter to -seat somebody who had not
been elected (referring to Nicholls) or to
patch up a compromise by placing such
aone in power and pensioning off the
contestant.
All over the building the mutterings
against the commission were loud and
deep, and some of the most rampant
said they had rather have Nicholls than
a longer delay.
Up to noon Packard's dispatches
showed that the personnel of the Com
mission was not known even in Wash
ington, and that it probably will not be
known before the members start.
The situation around the Hotel is un
changed, and nothing of a startling
nature has occurred.
THE LEGISLATIVE WORK
didn't progress as fast as could be
wished, but the faithful seemed not to
care much for this as the senatorial
question had more attractions for them.
The candidates looming un before the
Packard body are W. H. Hunt, James
Lewis and John Ray, but from the talk
about the building there is no inten
tion to elect anybody just now.
Packard was irate yesterday after
noon over the incarceration of his re
cruiting agents, and of the refusal of
Judge Whitaker, of the Superior Crimi
nal Court, to release them on a writ of
habeas corpus. He said such action
was vindictive, and he would send in a
message 'o his Legislature to
TO ABOLISH AT ONCE THAT COURT
for its dereliction of duty towards Re
publican offenders. It seems these ar
rests have made Packard very sore and
have touched the aspirant's heart in a
very sore place.
A NEW RUMOR.
I the Speclal Commission the Work of
Ex-Gov. Warmoth ?
It has cropped out that ex-Gov. War
moth is reported to have had a very
large hand in the matter of the appoint
ment of the special commission to*Lou
isiana. On dit that his powers of per
suasion and his ambition to be a Sena
tor on a compromise had the effect of
bringing Hayes into line and securing
the appointment of the commission.
The quid nunces, who claim to know
most everything around the rotunda,
say that Walmoth's aspirations are not
a whit abated, and that his Washing
ton visit was only made to further his
designs. It is said that the ex-Gover
nor hopes to get in under a compromise
which the commission will endeavor to
bring about, but the knowing ones can
not see how the work is to be accom
plished. The whole matter is ventilated
i Washington, and by this afternoon
the truth of the report will be known.
NOAH JANUARY.
If You Don't Stop I Will Fill You Full
of Holes.
At 6 o'clock last evening a negro
named January Fletcher, rushed madly
into the Fifth Precinct Station and in
the most excited manner informed the
Captain that at the corner of Enghein
and Good Children streets, a negro by
the name of Joseph had drawn a re
volver and fired four shots at him with
out effect, and as January was pointing
his middle finger at Joseph, exclaiming
that he would be sorry for "dat dar
shooting," he fired the fifth shot and
knocked that middle finger into smith
ereens.
As. the Captain appeared to doubt
January's assersions he went down into
his breeches pocket and drew forth the
end of that middle finger, which he
had done up in a piece of brown paper.
January said that he did not mind being
shot at four or five times but he would
not have lost a portion of that middle
finger for a silver half dollar.
The police are looking for Joseph and
he will, no doubt, be arrested before
morning. January was taken into a 4
drug store in the vicinity of the station
for repairs.
" BUtsbARS.
They are Discovered Secreted In a Store.
At 3 o'clock Thursday morning as
Mrs. Gavin, the proprietress of a varie
ty store, No. 475 Dryades street, was in
the act of turning out the gas in the
store, for the purpose of retiring, she
discovered two men secreted behind the
counter. She immediately gave the
alarm, but by the time the officers had
reached the scene the would-be burglars
had made good their escape.
The burglars made their exit in such
haste that it was impossible for Mrs.
Gavin to see their faces, and so she can
not describe them.
But she says that she saw two sus
picious looking negroes lurking about
the place during the early part of the
evening, and she believes they were the
parties who were concealed in the store.
PACKARD URCRUITERS..
Kelly and Jordan Granger on the
Mobile Line.
A man named Kelly. hailing from
Minnesota, and Jordan Granger, col
ored, were on the down train recruiting
along the line of the Mobile Railroad
yesterday.
They stopped at every station, offer
ng "good wages" to the colored men
they met. They said that they had
succeeded in recruiting a dozen men for
Packard.
Shootlng Affrays on the Onachita.
The steamer Shannon brings down
the intelligence that at Eldorado, twelve
miles back from Ouachita River, on
Saturday last, a party of men in town
commenced a promiscuous shooting,
and two men were kiilel and one
young white lady narrowly escaped
with her life.
At Columbia. on Monday, Thomas
Duke was seriously shot by one Hum
ble, near the court house. The parties
had some words about a lawsuit, and
pistols were drawn.
The feud is said to be of long stand
ing.
J. W. Riedel. the iiiamlist.
As to which State has the right to hold
J. W. Riedel, the Alabama bigamist,
Louianh er Alabama will be decided
I[_oil~u or-Aabaaer.
the Governor of Alabama, and that the
State of Louisiana could not detain him
longer in custody.
Judge Kleinpeter decided against the
accused and remanded him to the Par
ish Prison for ninety days, the time pre
scribed by la for the detention of fu
gitives from jutioe from other States.
Mr. Dalshe mer appieared before
Judge Whitake'r of the Superior Crimi
nal Court and lsrayed for a writ of ha
beas corpus,which was granted, and the
writ was fixed for argument at 10 o'clock
to-day.
Material Support.
The citizens of New Orleans appear at
last to have awakened to the fact that
the permanent character of the Nicholls
government depends more upon their
own actions than upon assistance from
Washington.
Whatever disappointment existed yes
terday at the failure of the Federal au
thorities to end the present condition of
affairs in this State seems to have given
way to a disposition of the people to
manifest their confidence in the govern
ment of their choice in a substantial
manner. Several of the largest tax
payers in the city promotly paid their
tax bills to-day, and many others have
applied for their bills, and Nicholls war
rants which had declined to 72 cents,
closed at 86 cents.
BREVITIES.
The Manhattan Club will meet this
eiening.
The Property Holders Union met last
night, and the discussion of tax ques
tions was kept up until after 9 o'clock.
Yesterday's receipts at the office of
Major Burke, Tax Collector of the First
District, were larger than on any other
previous day since he has had posses
sion of the office.
As opening day at the Louisiana
Jockey Club approaches, the stables on
the ground begin to prepare their run
ners for the work before them. Already
some of the horses have shaken off their
winter coat of flesh and look in splendid
condition.
A MID'lIUHT BBLAZE.
An Incendiary Flres a Dwelling House While
the Faml y I. Asleep-Los o $1500.
At half-past 11 o'clock last night,
while Mrs. Duchere and her family were
asleep in their residence at the corner
of Carrollton avenue and St. Louis
street, some unknown incendiary enter
ed her dwelling house and after satu
rating the wall of the kitchen with coal
oil touched it off.
The flames had
GAINED RAPID HEADWAY
before the inmates were aroused, and
barely did they escape with their lives,
as the tire had spread from the kitchen
to the dwelling.
As the building was a double one
story and attic frame dwelling-house, it
was almost totally destroyed before the
Fire Department could reach the scene,
owing to the bad condition of the streets.
The contents, as well as the house and
outhouses, were totally destroyed.
The property, which was owned by
MRS. PONDENT,
was not covered by insurance.
. Mrs. Duchere stated to a DFMOCIRAT
reporter that this was the third at
tempt made by incendiaries to burn
her residence within a space of a few
weeks; that on last Monday night the
second attempt was made; that the in
cendiar- broke open the kitchen door
and built a fire in a corner of the room.
But fortunately the flames were dis
covered and extinguished, with slight
damage.
That she immediately reported the
facts to the police, who took the matter
in hand, but after a diligent investiga
tion failed to discover the guilty parties.
The total loss is estimated at $1500.
CITY AND POLICE IrE3IS.
FOUND GUILTY. - Mary Gibson,
charged some time ago with the lar
ceny of a pair of boots, the property of
Dr. Otastant, was yesterday tried in
the First District Court. The jury
found her guilty, and recommended
her to the mercy of the Court. The
arrest was made by an officer of the
American District Telegraph Company.
HONORABLY AcQUITTED.- Miss Katie
Fishhack, charged by Mary Weaver
with libel, was yesterday honorably ac
quitted by Judge Kleinpeter of the First
Municipal Court.
ATTACKING AN OFFICER.-At half. past
2 o'clock Thursday morning, while Offi
cer Geo. Honer was bringing a negro
prisoner to the Seventh Station-house,
he was knocked in the head by another
negro from behind and felled senseless
to the earth. The prisoner and his
rescuer both made their escape. The
wounded officer was sent to is resi
dence, where his wound was examined
and pronounced not dangerous.
RUN OvER.-About 4 o'clock Wednes
dab evening a colored child of Caroline
Jackson was accidentally run over by a
bread wagon, driven by Winm. Pique, at
the corner of Marengo and Laurel
streets, and was slightly injured. The
driver of the wagon was locked up in
the Seventh Station.
VAGRANTS.-Sixteen individuals, with
out any visible means of support, were
arrested on the levee and locked up in
the Harbor Station.
RoBsORY.--James Austin was arrested
on the levee, head of Customhouse
street, and locked up in the Harbor Sta
tion, charged with the robbery of wear
ing apparel.
'ROFESSIONAL BEGGARs.--John Mason
and John H. Evans retired into the
Seventh Sub-Station, charged with being
professional beggars without visible
means of support.
BURNED.-A colored child three I
months old, residing with its parents on
Elmore street, between Patterson and
Peter, was severely burned about the
body while playing near the fire-place.
LACENY.--John Warren, for the lar
ceny of a bag of clothes, at the request
of Michael Reiley, was incarceratel in
the Third Precinct Station.
OBSTRUCTING THE SIDEWALKe.-Henry
Taylor, who claims to be assistant Ser
gent-at-Arms of the Packard Legisla
ture, was run into the Third Station by
officer Frantz charged with obstructing I
the sidewalk and threatening the officer.
. . -.- - --.
Habeas Corpus Refused.
In the case of an application for a
writ of habeas corpus filed by Packard's
recruiting agents, before Judge Whit
aker, his honor dismissed the applica
tion, after giving quite a lengthy opin
ion on the subject,. The prisoners were
remanded to prison on the charge of
treason.
PACKARD'S CROWD SENT DOWN.
Their nam'-s are James Miller, An
drew Burke, Jas. Mandy, Wm. Ryan, A.
I ucy, Jos. Barkley, Q. T. Wheeler, F.
Noel and W. H. Matthews. Six of
these are negroes.
The counsel for relators claimed that
Judge Miltenborger was not the Judge
o~b.14oc~,]~~eC)~r?,n
.1 .-.- - . -I IF~ -- ,
5userlet Coriminal Cemat.
PLEAD GUILSY'.
Carrying concealed weapons--Clhl-al
Scott.
Assault-Charles Scott.
SENTENCED.
Carrying concealed weapons--.lbadi
Scott, $5 or five days.
Frank Jones, $15 or fifteen days.
Assault-Charles Scott, $2 or two 4a"S
SParish Prison.
NOLLE PRO3EQUI.
Manslaughter-Ex-Policeman Ftealt;.
Carpenter, indicted November 28, 18'l,
for the murder of Anderson Burrows on
the 8th November, 1873, at the corner of
Bouny and Peters trestr~ee, Agrs, wb -
resisted an arrest. Nearly three yemiai
afterwards, on the 25th May, 1876, the,
accused was tried and convicted of mrsa
slaughter. A new trial was granted. -
December 11, 1876, and since then tl.
case has been fixed three times fAw
trial, the State being unable to subpiaaý ,
its main witness.
Robbery-Bird Patterson.
WITHDRIAWN.
Robbery-Homer Bird. No robbetZ
proven, jury withdrawn and inform.r-
tion ordered to be filed for petty lar-.
ceny in the First District Court.
MABAs8 CORPUs.
State, ex rel. J. W. Riedel, vs, whW.t,
it may concern and whoever has tbo
custody of the relator.
The petition of relator says that bse I
held by the Keeper of the Parish Priem
or the Chief of Police, by reason of a..
requisition from the Governor of Ala
bama upon the Governor of LousIlam
to be returned to the authorities of Ala&
bama, to answer to the charge of
my; that the said requisition is 1
formal; that the Governor is a myth
lcal individual, and that if ever eiftb
of the gubernatorial authority of &a
one is recognized in Louiisana, the =th
authority has failed to respond to the
demand in this behalf.
That the warrant does not show on ift
face proof to the executioa of any orime
punishable; that the committing maSl
trate has failed to elicit evidence L
proof of the fact; that the relator is a
fugitive from justica from a fors1ti
State; that the relator has been oon
mitted without examination; that ths
relator had not flod from a foreign Stsa.
to escape punistument; wherfore rela.
tor prays that a writ of habeas corp4a
issue, etc. The aili lavit attached It
sworn to by Alex. Dtlkheimer, Esqet
counsel for relator. Writ made retun
able at 10 o'clock a. in. Friday.
First iskrilct Court.
AFFIDAVITS DI*MISBRD.
Receiving stolen guo.s-Mrs. iftlo
Lizzie Smith.
Larceny-W-. Frederick, Lucy VenelD,,.
Laura Williams, Mhbalia Cheevers.
INFORMATiONS.
Assault with a d gLuerous weapca,
etc.-Eddle Jones, Win. Parker -aE
Antonio Thomas.
Larceny-Helen Hiret, James Foe.y,,
I Fred Diepert and Louis Grofel.
i Assault and Battery- Win. B. Marti.
PLEADED GUILTY.
Assault and B~ttery-Peter Hvssu .
(two cases.)
NOLLIX PP.OSEQUIED.
Assault and 1,0t tery- dary Valenrtina.
ACQUITTEI).
Larceny-D. J. J. Bro.i n.
Entering a so p, etc. - Wallaua.
French.
CONVICTEID.
Larceny-Mary Gi(uson; aszault a&
battery-JosephIne Jordau.
SENTENCED.
Assault and battery-M-a.ry Paris. tU
months; Bill Williams, one day Pari
Prison. Ltreeny-Henry Smith 0o,
year hard labor. Assault with intet.
to rob-George Wasaington, two yesao
hard labor.
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The .uyonet.
At the office of the St. Charles HaBo
they have no knowledge of a diepatlek
reported to have b ?en received by GoL
R vers, the proprietor of the hotela
said to be in the following words:
" Prepare a suite of rooms for mysa!
and staff, PHIL 6HERIDAN.m
HOTEL A4IilIVAL44.
CITY HOTEI..-R Ktu:i, J 1; 0 lon, Ed CaMs
way, DJ Balwin, Wil l1q:i', exv.; J3aim.E
Jeseaup, S II ll, XKv: , - icw, Canada; I
Terry, Pa; Prank P'.r.kr -. ; E W Wordaib,
Mich; J 3 Brown, cN ; IMrs P' t.,, Mrsea~
harn, fuen; D K bOlbut, J ( g-:, i Keiine
W Pugh, La; Mr L: !ft,,, aird wrif, Mrs MlNem,
H L Pattersun at d wif., C W ro.,lor and ul6wr
John R,se a&d wift, 'Mi-; -IMr, Banhs, I L
Coax, ComN.- ee 1. E. 4 I y & Son800 a
tion adverla meont.
OChoice new eping c A.co- .re i1,e per yaQ@t
M. L. Byrne & Co.'. 163 UC a 's1rt.
C HAM PAGNE.
Importations in 1870, 34,815 Cases.e r
18,618 cases more thin any othtw
Brand in the T'nited States..
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