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S-gennwpdA frt-r. FIrlru PuW·.
will be suspended Mfr a week, in order to
reorganize it. The removal of Jewell is
t direoot result of the Investigation con
tincteol hv the special treasury commit
too. McCartee, former superlatendent,
is mainly responsible for the corrup
tions that have grown up in this bu
roan. A more rotten branch of the pub.
iie service never existed. The investi
gation showed the grossest criminal
negiloct and an extraordinarily low
standard of character among the em
ployees fillling the most responsible po
sitions In the bureau.
O(ne of the most serious thiings brought
out as a result of this investigation ls
the carolossness that the government
has hitherto permitted in harndling the
plates ulpon which its pa)per money Is
lprinted. Thousands of dollars are spent
every year by the secret service chasing
hdown and arresting counterfeiters, yet
it nIapears from this investigatlon that
t hero is morn danger of loss frornm duplli
cation than from counterfeiting curren
cy. For instance, the plates of the bu
reau are in charge of two or three men
who are reslONsible to no one but, the
heal of the division of engraviLg.
Theso plates are kept loose in a
laro s.ife, Iandi areo carried
1o and from the work rooms without any
ptrOlper precautio)nl . being taken tlo aseulre
thi plates lf(on being taken out of the
uIl'an. it, has beon shown by investi
gatio tlin hat the average character of the
mnen empnloy'ed is niot good, there being
io parliri~lr precautions against the
abstraction of iplates. The temptations
are ite last Ito, great to be successfully
resis.ted by any of the type of men that
had cehrirgo of thie hIureanu under Jewell.
Mel'horson, who suclceeds Jowell next
Tuesllay, Is a rabid partisan, but his
Iersollir l Ihonest upon business matters
is licyrofii llrstlon. in, is not a man
who will c.niitlrin any of tIhe enorniites
hl.at were o iltilrateo by MoeUartee.
I : 101ro-I1lO1 N, I'INTI1ATION.
'The Inrllilrl'i' to Ir lisle Into lIe New
,turkrl, anld I'rolnilltly, ahlo, tiee New
ri ' I i Ctlsc, illlinu '.
I ftiesgo Timie!?.]
Niw Yrtu, Aplril27,. -Thecornmisslon
oki trehr liieiiltors appointied to invest i
gate the tllinirs of tihe New York eaus
toun-house liel its Ilrst informal meet
ing to-dlay. It 'onslsts. of lion. John
.Tay, ehairtnir ; Lawrene Turnurlre, of
Moses 'raylor & Co. and J. H. Iobln.
von, AssIstRanI Holihitor of the Treasury.
Mr. Tirnire is ta Demnocrat, a man of
efrotnoi(rclla experience, and will not
•act,. as hii colleagues say, in any parti
san spirit. The letter from the pteore
tary of the Treasury, John 8herman,
empowering the commission, and ap
polllnting Mr. Jay its chairman, contains
the following instructions: "1 desire
a thorough examination into the eon
duct of the business of the Now York
custom-houlse,, and its seems to me
proper to make such an examination by
ithe ail of a committee whlih shall rep
resent the nmerchanuts, the officers of the
port, nd thills department. I have,
therefore, to request you to act as such
omnrnitton. This examination will em
bra.e the following points:
"*. Whetlhr the forces nowomployed
inl the vanri s iranches of the customs
service at New York, including the na
val oflice, surveyor's office and apprasa
or's department is in excessof the actual
needs of the service.
"2. Whethor any of the force now em
ployed are delioient in proper attention
to business, or In business qualifications
of integrity or character.
of integrity or character.
"3. The number of hours they areoom
ployed and whether such hours can be
properl y increased.
"4. And whether they are in any man
nor employed in other business.
"I also desire to inquire into the sys
tem of business in vogue in the apprais
or's department.
"1. Whether it can be improved in re
gard to the mode of appraisement, ex
amination of g,)ods, manner of sam
pling, etc.
"2. Also, as to the manner in which
appointments are now made.
":,. Whether it can be improved.
"4. Whether appointments heretofore
made have been upon political influence
without regard to efoliency.
" I desire you to give your careful at
tention to such complains as may be
presented to you as to the mode of con
dluting business, and as to the efficienoy
of the service and to take them into
consideration In making your report
upon the general subjoot involved. The
heads of the various departments of the
(ustom-House will be requested to give
you their cordial co-operation in pursu
ing these inquiries, and they will be re
quested to suggest to you any changes
that may occur to them that will be in
harmony with law and tend to promote
the efllloeney of the service."
The committee begins its investigation
to-morrow.
TIlr: 1101' SPItNI s ILESEiRVATION.
SlH: IUNITED STATE COMMISRION TO IN
vI'FTI(ATEr THE OIT SPIIINOS, AND WHAT
I " I IlRO'POH4 TO 1)O.
[St. Louis Republican, April 27. I
Ex-United States Senator A. II. Ura
gin, of New Hampshire, and Gen. John
Coburn, of Indianapolis, two of the
commissioners appointed by the Presi
lent to appraise the Hot Springs reserv
ation in Arkansas, are at the Lindell.
They are accompanied by J. W. Ander
son, of Washington, clerk and stenogra
pher of the commission.
Gov. Stearns, of Florida, the other
member of the commission, is on route
via Memphis to Little lock, where he
will join his colleagues. The commis
sion were appointed under Senator Dor
soy's bill, and among their first duties
will be the survey of all the springs,
some fifty-eight In number and the set
ting apart ahd dedicating the same as a 4
roservation to the people of the United I
States. The bill requires the survey and I
inclusion of all the hot springs, making a
a reservation in one body of between 400
and t00 acres.
The buildings on the reservation are
to be removed under the bill, and the
owners given certificates, but no provi
sion luas been made to meet these ceorti
licates, which will doubtless be the sub- 4
joct of future claims on the government. I
it is believed that all of that portion of
the Hot Springs Valley Ivlying between 1
theArlington Hotel. which may be in
iluded, and the Hot Springs Hotel, ex- I
tending to the west side of the present I
street, will be made part of the govern- 1
nent reservation. This will necessitate
he removal of nearly 100 buildings for I
which certitflates will be given. Ou -
aide of this reservation it is estimated
,hat about 2000 acres are to be sold un
ier the bill to persons having improve- I
ounts, after the valuation is fixed by t
the commissioners, the owners having
.he iirst right to buy, or to forfeit such k
ight it they decline to pay the valua- I
ion. Old Arkansans hero express the I
pinion that there is an exaggerated t
iew of the value of the property, I
tome thinking it worth from five
o eight millions, which is
hought to be beyond all bounds. If a
he commissioners go there with these (
exaggerated notions of value, it will, it
is urged, bear very hardly on the old
oocupants, who have a color of right to
the property, In virtue of long posses
sion. It is said there are about 1(100
different occupants and persons who
own improvements, some of whom have
been there il tty years.
The Rectors, for Instance, located
New Madrid scrip at Hot Springs about
the year 1818, possbly before that time.
The first shock of the earthquake at
New Madrid was felt on the night of
December 1., 1811, and was repeated at
intervals for several weeks. In Febru
ary, 1815, Congress passed an act for the
relief of the Inhabitants who sus
tained losses of real estate
from the result of the calamity. It pro
vided that any person owning lands in
New Madrid county on the 10th of No
vember, 1812, and whose lands were ma.
terially injured by the earthquake, was
authorized to locate a like a like quan
tity of the public lands of the territory
of Missourl.
These locations were made on the
most fertile lands, and ltlctor located
about 200 arpents at Hot Springs, then
in Missouri Territory. Other occupants
followed. and the claims were tested in
the courts in 18(19 and decided against
the owners on technical grounds
the main point being that the
Surveyor General failed to register
the location of the scrip in the depart
ment books in Washington. The com
missioners here leave this morning for
Hot iprings, and expect to be occupied
in their delicate duties for about one
year. The final report of their work
will be made to Secretary Schurz of the
Interior Department.
INDIAN TEIIRITTOIII.
A Iropomll llon Is isrlnll It nt Ilthe IUnlne.
Tihe Indians Anxiolsu for a Territorll
Formn of Gorternmfw3.
The Indian Territory is occupied by
about 75,000 souls, who are members of
thirty-three Indian tribes. The prinel
pal of these tribes are the Cherokees,
Choctawse Creeks, Chickasaws and Sern
Inoles. 'Ihey are known as the " live
civilized trtibes," and number in the ag
gregate about 55,T.80 souls, with the ex
ception of iabout. 1500 or 2000 civilized
Indians belonging to remnants of
tulibes, such as tihe Henecas, Wyan
dottes, 'eor ias and ModoOes-for that
gallant little tribe is as civilized as any
of them. The residue of i he 75,000 are
wild or " blanket Indians."
The following are the various tribes:
Cherokees, 17,000: Uhoctaws, 10,500;
Creeks, 13,500; Chickasaws, 5000; Semi
noles, 3000. Total, 55,000.
The negroes living with the Choctaw
and Chickasaw nations were mad) free
by the treaties of 1866, but these treaties
did not stipulate that the negroes should
become members of the tribe, so that
they simply remain citizrns of the
United States, who are legally residents
of the Indian Territory; that is, they
cannot vote, cannot sue, cannot sit
upon a jury, and have no interests in
the schools and courts of the country
in which they were born and bred.
The following is the white and black
population of the Indian Nation:
Cherokee white citizens, 1500; Chero
kee neuro citizens, 3000); whites and ne
groes living under "permits" as laborers
and tradesmen, 3500; Creek white oiti
zens, 3500; Creek negro citizens, 45,00;
living under permits, 2000; Seminole
white citizens, :lt0; Seminole negro citi
zens, 1200; whites living under permits,
200; Choctaw white citizens, 150t0;
whites and negroes living under per
mits, 1)00); Chickasaw white citizens,
1000; whites and negroes living under
permits. 6500; employes of railroads,
1,000. Total number of white and black
citizens legally residing in the Indian
Territory, 3:,200; total number of In
dians, 40,5(00. Majority of the Indians,
4300.
Of these Indians, 15,000 are of mixed
blood, all of whom can speak English,
and about 7500 full-blooded Indians
who understand English, consequently
58,700 persons understand English to
18,000 who do not, a much better repre
sentation than Now Mexico makes.
Besides these, there are 20,000 wild
Indians. The Osages, Cheyennes,
Arapahoes, Klowas and 'awnees are
the largest. The Osages have made
some little progress in the cultivation
of the soil, but as a general thing they
still rejoice in red paint and blankets.
Nine-tenths of the personal property
in the five tribes is owned by citizens of
the United States and mixed-bloods,
who talk and road the English language ;
this is exclusive of the property owned
by the railroads and their employes;
there are about 300 miles of railroad in
the Territory, covering about $10,000,000
worth of property.
The ".F'ranklin bill," to organize the
Indian Territory into the Territory of
Oklahoma was reported favorably from
the Committee on Territories a year ago,
and made the special order for the 15th
of December last. It was crowded from
its place, however, by appropriation
bills, and the Presidential count took
up so much time that it was impossible
to get it to a vote. The report on this
bill was not unanimous; a minority of
the committee submitted a report oppos
ing the Franklin bill and offering a sub
stitute for it. Although the committee
did not agree as to the details of Mr.
Franklin's bill, they were unanimous
upon the question of the organization
of some form of government for the In
dian Territory.
The matter will be brought up at the
next session of Congress and pressed
zealously.
The American Oyster Abrond.
[Chicago Tribune.]
Having gained a foothold on a for
eign shore, the American oyster be
came a staple article of export, comfort.
ing the benighted foreigners and yield
ing a goodly profit to those engaged in
exporting him. Where a few barrels
constituted the first venture, the orders
increased gradually until at the present
time the exportation of oysters aver
ages over 2000 barrels per week. Eight
or ten New York firms have their agen
cies in Liverpool, where all oysters are
consigned, and whence they are dis
tributed throughout the country. The
p)roflt on them is good. Here they
are worth about $3 50 per barrel, the
transportation costs $1 50, and they sell
for from $8 to $10 per barrel. There is
comparatively little risk attending their
transportation by steamer. In warm
weather they require to be kept cool with
tee, but in the fall and winter months
they do not need this frigid attention.
If they are fed and watered occasionally
they stand the voyage splendidly, arriv
ing in as fat and tempting condition as
when they left. Not being subject to
sea sickness, they waste none of their
substance by foolishly throwing it over
board. Thus the industry has grown to
important dimensions. What with our
exportations of beef, oysters, sheep,
hlour, wheat, corn, etc., America bids
fair to sup.ly the whole world with food.
Well, let the demand come the young
eat of nations will prove herself fully
equal to the emergency.
CITY AFFAIRS.
NICK TRAl I N.
Tie Crowd Now Invade the Cnstom.house
and Its Vicinity.
Whilom idlers and loungers around the
State-House, ex-officeholders, Return
ing Board chips and splinters and de
funct Metropolitans have shifted their
quarters and now invadethe doorways
and corridors of the Custom-house,
looking for something to turn up.
Before the dispatches came confirm
ing the nomination of John E. King for
the Collectorshio of the Port, the mot
ley crew discussed the probable appoint
ment with considerable evidence of as
surance that King was the coming man ;
but whence they obtained their infor
mation, can only be surmised.
8. B. Packard himself was about
yesterday, looking quite busy and not a
bit ruined, as his friends are endeavor
ing to prove by vague assertions. He
looked anything but wan or pulled
down. As usual, he prefers riding in a
cab to doing like other common mortals,
walking home, or better, taking a nickel
ride that would land him at his door.
The appointment of
THE NEW (cOLtLECTORI
has certainly taken many incumbents
of the granite building offiles by sur
prise. They are even mystilied at the
fact that it shonld have oc
curred at tbhi period. There are
rven some thes offlialls
who believe that the nomination ij so
much at variance with lHayes' Houthern
pollecy that they are inclined to believe
that the appointment wit made at this
date lmnply as a sop to Torn Andoerwt i,
for it was but a few weeks ago that K Ing
was sitting as a judge on Packard's Su
prome Bench.
Findling it dilfle'ult to understand that
the now appointee will aid Hayes in a
policy which the ex-jldge is inaturally
ho'liieed to have opposed, I hloy co cl lie
that the appointmlent toeing nmarl niv w
will allow sufliciomt time to undermine
his
IOR I'ICTH 1o CONFIR tM A'ION
by the Honate, which will not moot iun
til next month.
Before the news reached the city our
reporter met Col. James Casey, the
present Collector, who was in excel
lent spirits and ex pressed himself
fully about the Collectorship. lie
said, pleasantly, that he was not ambi
tious of retaining the position, which,
since his incumbency, had given him
more annoyance than enough, andt
possibly too much experience in
hluman nature, and he useemeoi
to think that gratitude was not the chief
constituent of a certain cless of poll
ticians. The office, he sald, had never
been a source of prollt to him; on the
contrary, it had been an expense, and
the only value which he attached to it
was the little influence which it might
give him in hiseconmercial relations. 11o
was satisfied that he had many friends
among the business men of Neow Or
leans who would welcome him hack
among them, and that he could resume
his avocation as a business niln with as
much success as formerly.
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MIEETINNG OF THE :CLUBr11 PRIlmENTn .
There Will be no TorlallIRht Prore'risan.
There was a large attendance last
evening in the Hlouse of RWpresentatives
of the Presidents of the Central and
Independent Ward Clubs for the pur
pose of taking into consideoration the
propriety of having a torchlight pro
cession on thanksgiving night, May 10.
After the organization of. the meeting
the committee previously appointed,
reported through their chairman, Mr. J.
R. Alcoe Gauthreaux, the following
resolutions:
Whereas, this cormittee in of the
opinion that it would be asking too
much of our people, already taxed ho
yond their means, to contribute the
funds necessary to defray the expenses
attending a parade; and
Whereas, upon consultation with the
Governor and Lieutenant (lovcrnor, it
has been ascertained that their ideas on
this subject coincide with those of your
committee; therefore be it
Rljlteced, That we decline making
any declaration as to the manner of
celebrating Thanksgiving D)ay, Ilraving
every member of the orgsniz:itions hlero
represented free to act as hle doms lfit.
Thereupon the meeting adjurnetl.
The rnrlh Committee.
There was a meeting of the Demo
cratic Parish Committee last evening,
President II. C. Brown in the chair.
After some discussion on several unim
portant questions, the following gentle
men were appointed to act as the gov
erning committee on primary elections
in the several ward central clubs:
Messrs. Hoffman, Seventh Ward,
chairman; Grayson, First Ward; Mc
Call, Second Ward; Leahey, Third
Ward; Kells, Fourth Ward; Hubhard,
Fifth Ward; Brewster, Sixth Ward;
Maher Eighth Ward; Dudenheffer,
Ninth Ward; Blake, Tenth Ward ; Gor
don, Eleventh Ward; Babcock, Twelfth
Ward; Simms, Thirteenth Ward; Ma
dere, Fourteenth Ward; Kevlin. Fif
teenth Ward; Hoey, Sixteenth Ward;
Stubbs, Seventeenth Ward.
After the selection of the committee
the Parish Committee adjourned until
Thursday evening next for executive
business.
Departure of Gen. Inleclas.
Yesterday afternoon Gen. Inglesias
left this city by the Mobile route for
New York in company with some friends.
He still is sanguine that he will, in a
short time, take his seat as President of
Mexico, and says that nothing has lately
occurred there to change his previously
expressed opinion.
Lerdo do Texada is expected here in a
few days, where it is expected he in
tends to effect some organization to ad
vance from the frontier.
It is reported that whilst hero Gen.
Inglesias received an offer from
GENERAL LONGSTREET,
proforing his sword and support to Mex
co, both of which were courteously re
fused.
Gen. Inglesias intends, so reports say,
to eater Mexico at no late day, and from
corTespondence we learn, will be re
ceived by a strong party who will sup
port him with their lives.
Triumphant Taffy.
Political dlssensidns naturally have a
paralyzing effect upon commerce and'
the trades in every community, and
even labor, notwithstanding the neces
sity It staggers under to secure food,
seems to relapse into a condition cate
lopsy, and to give itself up to the ruling
passions of the hour. No better evl
donce of the truth of this can be
found than the condition of all
classes hero during the Packard
reign in the Mt. Louis Hotel.
Capital stood idle, trade languished,
and malcontent labor stood still await
ing the denouement. But now, judging
from a stroll on Canal street, there
seems to be a change, and this change
is particularly noticeable in that nqw
branch of industry, the taffy candy
trade. It would seem that Packard's
so-called government was particularly
hard on the taffy men; but now, relievedl
of the incubus, they are coming out
with renewed vigor.
To the ordinary wayfarer it is not a
little difflicult to choose from the several
stands that line the sidewalks just what
taffy Is the best. In fact, old residents
declare thlat no one as yet has been able
to determine accurately just which taffy
man vended the superior article of this
sacharine product, and some go as far
as to say that it is all alike. These re
ports are not worthy of consideration,
however, for a cursory glance at the,
placards displayed over those portable
dispensaries sets the matter at rest at
onrc(e.
First, we qeo a good-natured looking
boy, with a Iimple on his nose. prolb
bly the mark of " we long lost choo-ilbl"
hoiling forth behind a tray supported
on a kind of saw horse, who, with some
vanity, points to his sign, "Chamnplon
Crescent City Taffy, Homo Made."
Then one comern across nnotOher urchin
who dlays jlackstons, with an y pIassingl
boy so disposedrl, who keeps the flies off
a stand with rows of this candy, neat ly
dre'ssed in a surpileo of white pap tr.
and who " blows " on his Iplanardi of
"The only True Champion Eix~cellor
Taffy in the mSouth, on si.lk fc r Ilve
clnts.s," all in gilt letters on a black
background.
A littl, further down a full-grown,
able bodled maln ll niignly looks flowr
on a tray with somlle forty yellowlih
looking sticks of hybrld molasses candl y,
and with a show of rilde brushes the
dust off a glass sign with the words
"ofl(d model taffy; the only original
in the South" upon it. It would almost
seem that the cause of all our troubles,
all our deferred hopes, our struggles to
ril our State from the rule of rascality
and thievery was dlue to the fact, that
people heretofore dhid not Indulge
enough to talfy.
Leaving the big chiefs of the trade out
a host of little taffyltes hedge in Canal
street. Litt 1, fellows, with only a card
board inscribed "Pure Taffy.' " e(,al
Old T'I'ffy," " Louisiana Taffy," and ,
such like subalterus, hang on the out
skirts.
We have had our eye on these taffy
men, boys and girls for a long time, and
Inemnory only recalls one purchaser of
their ware, and that was a newsboy
when the trade first opened. lie saw the
sign, and, calling to a brother in the
niowf vending business, exclaimed:
"'Ere's a go, 1111, lots us buy some of
that there taffy. I heard Billy Vickers,
wat runs our ward, say nobody could
give him taffy, and now lets us see what
she is."
If anybody else has made a purchase
of this new product of intelligent in
dustry, it must have been done surrep
titiously when nobody was around.
The business thrives, however, and now
that politics are settled, we may look
outi for "corners," "bulls and bears" in
taffy.
MUNICIPAL MATTElRS.
The C'ity 1141 In a Regular State of
Siege by Applicants for Police
Positions.
The City hall was besieged on Monday by a
larger number of applicants for positions on the
city police than there are positions to be given,
and the beleaguered parties, the Mayor and City
Administrators, wear a weary look consequent
up in their wrestling with the great
mass of printed applications which they are en
deavoring to assort, and also because ,f the
prospect of having to hold a meeting of thi; com
mittee of the whole, whiih may last until far
into the n'ght.
IPETgRtMINED Ol;l'N.
In adlition to the partial list of olnicora deltr
mined upon as among those to be elecooted at the
Council meeting to-day, the followirng have been
ascorlained as certainly agreed upn:l Douvilliers,
sergeant, Ja('kon Srlqare Station; Illtrlor Statiorn,
O'Rourke, sergeant, J. Donovan and J. McGoul
drick, corporals; Fourth Precinct, Alex. Duden
heifer, sergeant, - - Broadhead, corporal; Second
Precinct, Bae. Galvin, sergeant.
TILE FIOATINiG 1)DIIT REDIEMPTION 01I1,1
will not be considered fully until the police busi
ness is settled. Mayor I'ilbury is as vet too
busy to give his opinion on the subject, but finds
time to say that the views expressed by the
newspapers do not take aw:d en, ugh range of it.
The city's case will soon be prepared for per
sentation to Gov. Nioholls; from which it is to be
inferred that the Governor will not sign the bill
until he heats what the city administration has
to say. Mayor Pilebury claims that if the city
were compelled to receive all of its outstanding
obligations for taxes, on the basis of justice as it
has been argued, she would find herself in an
awkward predicament-by having to pay more
than she is able to.
THE I'OLICE APPOINTMENTS.
Since the above was written for yesterday's
evening DEMOCRAT, the Council completed the
list of police appointments, which will be found
officially printed in another column.
! lIE AUDITORIAL BATTLE.
Johnson Seeks to Remove the Case to the
Uiiled States Court.
B, fore Jougo HIouston, on Monday morning,
the c so of the State of Louisiana ex rel. Allen
.umel, State Auditor. vs. Geo. B. Johnson, came
up on the question as to whether a writ of mangy
damns should issue commanding defendant to
deliver up the books, accounts and other proper
ty of the Sta'e.
John IRay, Esq., on behalf for Johnson, pro
sented a petition asking the removal of the cause
to the United States Court during the trial. This
petition sets forth that Johnson was a candidate
for the ellice of Auditor of Public Accounts
of the State at the last election, and that
he was deturned el ctod by the board of returning
officers and was commissioned by the Governor;
that he qualifled and took possesion of his office
and coutinued to discharge the duties thereof
until his office was taken possession of forcibly
under authority of Francis T. Nicholls. The
potiteon claims that under section 2010 of the
Revised 8;atutes of the United States Johnson is
entitled to have the cause removed to the Federal
Court. It was also alleged that In,000 oolored
voters had been prevented from voting.
Mr. Ray argued that the jurisdiotion of the
State court ended at once upon the filing of the
petition and bend, and the jurisdiction of the
Federal court vested at once when the defendant
came into court with his petition and bond.
Judge Egan, Assistant Attorney (General, on
behalf of Alien Jumel, then opposed the transfer
of the case, lie argued that Congress, under the
Fifteenth Amendment, did not intend to com
prise such a class of cases under the provisions
of the statute referred to.
The oase was an application for a writ of man
damus between two itdividuals, citizens of the
same tftate, and the questions as to whether the
detendant had been wrongfully prevented from
exercising the duties (,f his oflice, or whether
voters had been unlawfully prevented from ex
ercising their right of franchise, could not be
gone into in this cause.
(Gen. Hugh J. Campbell, on bekalf of defend
ant, followed, arguing that if there was any mis
take made in the removal of the cause, that could
be presented to the United Ht.tem Court, and if
so f und the cawe would be sent bflck. The law
was so framed that Just such inquiries as the one
under consideration shon'd not lake place, and,
therefore, Congress vested the lFeIeral cownt
with jnrisdiotion upon filing of th ,lbond er' in
After listening to the a-gmnsnts, Judga e Hous
ton overruled the spplication for removs.t, and or
derore the case to pro(ceefd on thie veslion of the
issnance of the writ. Mr. Allen J"unal. the Hiale
Auditor was plaRced on tle stand, anil testifi'd as
to the facts set ftr.h in thii pilit,,i, and thou for
the defense, Freeman WV. Eat, r was watrie, Il,.
testimony related to !Ihe I'nIidly of the bho ks
aul Ithe j jettmnu.ttt of hJ'ittn.
When the evil nr" cl·oel, Ith's ITtit , in an
oral opinlion, orderedl Ihi writ of nslani tmni to
be made peremptolry, co'mmaleiig (i0o. Ii. John
son to deliver to thI .l,tpli -n!t. Allen ai dmet, all
the records, boetok, oit., btlonging to the oflice
of Auditor.
It is rcp,r'red tllht. Meiors. RI:ay antl Canelholl
w ll file an al'pllieation in the (;Iit.ed Httates Cir
cnit. C sur, fir a writ 'f , rrw''iri directed to tlhe
Fourth I)astrict (Jltt rt, imntinl lll linll the no rtrh to
send the records ofu the ca!no to ti (lrllt C(,urt.
II.SIlI(; 'Ifil: t l'"rIOltihit .
Julldl.e Woodsm Pren'hse n llShrt. N-rslon
oni Itefolr,,s Ifroni,, le Ilenchl.
Monday m, rting siJ.lgo W ~ot!s, of tih United
States Circuit Courtt, whil-o passing upn, a clse
ill bankruptcy, took ithe occ,.asion to direct the
attention iof the ilr to the inteotions ir the court
hereafter in certain oases.
len said the practtlce had grown up anil bmnn
sanctmoottl for a long thim i's this city, although
it existed In no ether place within the circuit, by
which masters in c'ien 'cry arl assigunes I0 batik-.
rupt.py emplotyed auctioneers to cry sae's under
decrees of the court, insated of following the
law, which reqtuired that these sales should be
madte from the door of the Customn-louse.
telferring to a bill of costs in the matter just
passed npus,t he saltd that the anctioneer's fees
mrnounted: to tiL, besideits $2 50 for the niio of the
auction roosil, and twlenty-flivo p r cent on the
charge for advs rtising the property, and that
had put in his own pocket, one quarter of the
charge for drafting a plan and elevation of the
property.
lie had hlld a consultation on the subject with
Judlge lillings, and they had agreed that the
practice should not prevail hereafter, and that
the crying shall Itn malo from the doors of the
Custom-House, where it could be done for five
dollars.
The rule wonll be maintained unlnes other
wise ordered by the court, and the same rule
would apply to extra advertising.
THriE ADMINISTIIATORI IN ('OfIRT.
Dlistlnisnl of the Rule for ('onteinpt by
Judge WVhilaker.
There was quite a large gathering in the Bn
perior Criminal Court-room Monday morning to
listen to the djaision of Judge Whitakor on the
rule for contempt against the City Adminis'ra
tore for refelmig to pay the SherilTs bills on his
certifioate. The attorneys for ith the city and
tlne Hheriff arrivtd about 11 o'clock, when the
Judgo delivered his opinion. ll, said, after a care
ful examination of the authorities submitted, he
had arrived at the conclusion that the rule for
contempt must be set aside, but he informed the
attorneys that the remedy by a
WRIT (IoF MANI)AMIlS
was the proper one, and aviseod them to amend
their pleadings and file a petition for mandamus
by Tuesday. It is probable that under this
rnling the city will be ct:inill' d to pay the
Sheriff, othorw1so the criminal courts will have to
uspentlI, and the jutrios be dlischarged, as is now
the case in Judge Woods' Court.
lre lu tinhen llnlsliremnle.
'T'he following was filed in thitlipe ilor District
On mcnotion of John J. Finncy, District ALtor
ney, and upon suggsoting to the court that
the grand jtirors in and for the blody of the
parish of Orleans, alter a visit made by them to
the "Louisiana Itetroat," an institultion estab
lished in this parish for the treatment of persons
of uinsound mind, have roe mmended that this
honorable comurt aponoint a commissioner ac
tnoatin.o inrlireuitn for the purpose of inquiring
into the mental condition of one Curtis F. Lewis,
now confined in said Louisiana Itetreat.
It is ordered that a commission, to be com
posed of Andrew W. Smythe, M. D., John J. Oas
telJanos, M.D., and Samuel Chopio, M. I)., all
practicing physicians of this district, be ap
pointed to visit said C. F. Lewis, and report to
the court whether his mental condition be such
as to warrant his further detention in said Lou
eisana IRetrea.
At the Mtate Ilouhse.
The State-House now, after its long career of
excitement and staying up all night on the look
out for attack, has settled down into a condition
of somnolence, and scarcely wakes up before
noon. Monday morning the Governor had not
appeared upon the scene before half-past
eleven, and consequently ther3 was nothing
worth mentioning going on. The Auditor's
office is still under guard by the police
awaiting the arrival of Mr. Jumel to turn it
ov r to him. The State Treasurer's office is
and hay been open for some time, but as one of
the main springs of his department is the
Aud;tor, but little was being done there.
Capt. Flood rep ,rts that it would take a month's f
hard work to thoroughly cleanse the whole bn Id
inr. In the upper stories there are cart l'ads of 1
(irt, and already about thirty have been piled up
in the basement.
! Gov. Nicholls arrivsd at his oflice about half- I
pest 1 o'clock, and was enogaged in signing a
numbe- of bills already propcr'd fir his signa
ture. There was quite a number of visitors i
present, anxion' to present their claims ei her
for position or somothing else, to the Etecu'ivoe,
and as fast as the O 0vernor could rece:ve them
he did. As an ornament to his table some kind
lady friend had a'snt him a large basket of
EXQtUISITE FLiOWERS,
the odor of which filled the room with an ex
quisite perfume. There were no appointmen
made yesterday, owing, perhaps, to the Gov.
ernor's enforced absence during the morning; btl
to-day, it is said, there will be quite a large batch
of names handed down to posterity through duly
executed commissions.
THEI AUIO'rnR'S CI AE,
now pending before Judge Houston, in which
that judge yesterday decided the mandamau
against Johnson (Packard's Auditor) peremptory,
and in which there was an applioation for a rt
moval to the United States courts, is attracting
some attention.
It is said that if Judge Woods orders the
records of the Fourth District Court to be sent
to the United States Circuit Court, there may
possibly arise the whole rmnstion of the title
to the cflice of Auditer, and the late election may
be brought up. It i1 evident from the present
outlook that Johnson is going to make a hard
fight.
rtlentlfle and Terhnologlr.
Our worthy senior has been too much absorbed
of late in the llltnre of political science, to be
riq.ialted for the eatirfac'ory eldoldatlon of the
fir more abstruse aRl diflirult science of sheep
cullure. Ilencw, ei bejl,gak the Indulgence of
our readrlrs for the ornrl, views expressed In our
m ruing'd leadler on this atnd other subjects In
the higheIr range ,iof F.." n which he has en
jyerd scant opportn:tlin, of exploring; with the
c mpnralve v.i:tioi from politltl labors and
disquisitiona he nOrW oijoys, we are
nit witllhlt hopni that in a brief period of study
ni'd re.o.rlh nor sr.: i-,r lr)iy requtire, at least, a
familiarl-y ii Ih the t, uhthI g/ of the natural
Crioeree, sO as o Ienlbrat ir f l, appliitlion of the
worn's ".:'tlllle d of 'a.I niin.d" in the large
sense in whicsh soi, r. tie t ml.',ny them, soas to in
cl in lo thenlture auul i., v, I -,pmont, not only of
the physio I, lut Ikewisn of the Intelleetual and
mousI iqi ulitics of all '"allnials," in which large
form even the roln llrduliltionarir sembrace "all
orgajunid bodlis endoiwed with life, sensation
and the power of voluntary rlliour. All living,
sensitive, lnc'om t.vo btdive,."
Our senioir. bIini~g thus enlightened in the
tr cthologV of sheep culltire, will ibe better 1i,
pard'to wroillii wit, I the ditllinily which M.
hlairn ins li i tihe pr cfiJnl n pliiati.n of some
ule of ha.t sc i Ie y we i i . thi natural, as
well as ui ltiI piiiiiil wll I, the goats may he
elparsI it from tli, o i. ih . litI txperi.nce in
the plitiitl disc imintil, in of i.iuoh incongruous
animtls may iavail him I lie pirensuit of those
cruLstoaen aCld ev tly otJ,,cts ofr uport to which he
proplei t .), uli'votn a lh.rg ealir.i of those ener
gil a which hiv Iubor, tuilt.ert I wasted on scaly
" anila's " of thie polutla' genoe. If his success
in the chase of the nimble shrimp, of the arbi
dexterous craili, or of the retroigrseveo crawfish,
eqntls that of his pursuit of the politicians, so
happily impersonated by these "animals" of the
crustacean epeoces, we Itlulige the hope that his
sportive venture will ace Iiplish rich results and
plenteous spoils.
We hope that, In embarking In this new sphere
of labor and ambition, he will not neglect to pro
vide himself with a dictionary of scientific terms,
so that h;s record of his aehievem' nts may obe
made up in a style adapted to tie comprehension
of the Acadlemy of Arts and Ctciences, and entl
tied to recognition among the archives of that
valuable and learned institution.
RedcnuplIen Day.
Gov. Nicholls has, by proclamation, ar.
pointed 'I hursdsy, the 1lth of May, as a day of
thanksgiving and prayer. 11 is meet that our
people shlnu'd rejoice ov, r the liberation of the
State, and give thanks to the Almimhly for the
blessings of free government, but will not there
be a display of the men who were Instrumental
in winning the victory ? It seems to us
that a review of the militia who
have been on the alert and doing
duty with their weapons and livhs in their hands
ever since the memorable 14'h of beptember,
lF7t, would be an appropriate way of celebrating
the redemption of the State. If this recognition
of their services is to be given to our citizen sol
diers, we think that they shounld he apprised in
time of the intention, so that they could prepare
for the occasion, and show off at their bast. A
week's noticn would certainly not be too much.
This is a mere suggestion.
'The MilitIn.
In the roster of companies in the commands
comprising the First IBr'gade, published in the
Deonl('iAT in Runday morning, there were some
inaccuracies and omiss;ons which we correct as
follows, according to information received:
In the First lattalin. Linnt. Col. C. H. Allen
should have been (lompau.ny D; B. A. Golden, Cap
tain; First Lieutenant, Edlward McRown; Second
Lieutenant, John H Kclly.
Company E, Al,,errnon H. Bick, Captain; First
Lieutenant, J. H. Wright; Hecond Lieutenant,
Wm. It. Turnbull.
And thie f Ili,'eio inlipool' nt company, Og
den Guards, Cliarl-s i. K(i'op, pia ; lFirst iieon
tenant, Win. V. Wren; 8.c-mud Lieutenant, Panl,
Hlenry.
Mlortunary Report.
The intermonts last week numberred, in addif ion
to which 10 still-born childrhen were r, ported, 120.
The principal causes of death were: Bright's
disoase 3. cholera infntutm 5, infantile convul
sions 5, chroni', diarrhea 4, till ftvels 6, conges
tion of the brain S, consonip'i)n 11, small-pox 24,
heart disease 4, pinorro pnenmonia 4, lockjaw 3.
Males 75; females 45. Whites 79; colored 41.
Of the total number of deaths 42 were of chil
dren under ten years of ago.
Nationalties -England 2, France 8, Germany 6,
Ireland 6, Italy 4, ,onlsiane (;;, Ether States 20,
Spain 1, not stated 7. Intterrdtl from public isti
lutions 9 on Coroners' certificates 16, certil8cates
of midwives 5.
Whot in the Arm.
Abont half-past 10 o'clock last night a diffiulty
occurred at the corner of lCamp and it. Mary
streets, which terminated in a negro named
Frank Sanders being shot in the arm and slight
ly wounded. The wounded man was conveyed to
his residence, on Franklin, near Calliope street.
Short Items.
Frank Williams, a pickpocket. was arrested at
the corner of St. Charlues street, and locked np in
the Cen:ral Station,
Thos. Jenkins, for representing himself to be a
police officer, was lodged in te Second Station
House by Officer ttarton.
Brevltles.
Two good looking and healthy youths brought
as last evening an invitati-tn to a'tund the anneal
ticm,ic of the IBoys' Central lltgh Hchool, to be
held at the Fair Grou'nl.a on Thursday, 3d inst.
We wish the boys a p'oasant time.
Do not torzet the Mav f,.atival at HM. Patrlck',
Ball to-day. There eil It,) a ' y-Pole, dancing
anti coronation of the May Quo n. nuch occa
casionl are not to )be negio, tedl or looked over.
A(:nEMxv or Mrsu: - ,)omnarrow evening the
third performnaine of the series of entertain
ments in titu'ed by Meesro. Power and Rted will
be given, the play a' lIe's ti being the notol asd
piotureeque mrel ,lram . of the "Octoroon," foe
the prodnoioen of which active preparation has
been made, with dtin r' g r.r to every re-qaire
m .nt as to ecunie and m-chaolcal effet, iL addi
tion to the strength ,f the cIst, which 'sill em.
brace every memi'er of bhe company. Tre man
agement have alrehara evinced a desire to furnish
the patrons or the Acd'temy with the l:adiug and
atrao ive dramas or the period, and we feel as
sured that their efftrts will rnt be in vain. Other
novelties are asl, in preparation, and we confl
dently expect a large attend tncet l)th on Wednes.
day evening and at the Saturday matinee.
Nom-~--
RrETrr'sT' FIAVORInO ELTa.cr--Are need
and endorsed by the best itedln. confectioners,
grooers and the first fam'iles in the country.
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