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MUNICIPAL MATIERS.
Judge Nmith Will not Take Ill Seat
Until Monday Next.
The Council were in Committee of the
Whole Thursday morning, considering
the Assessment Board qluestion and
other subjects of Importance.
It seems that there is a little hitch in
this matter of the Board of Assessors,
the members of which dissent from the
opinion of Mr. J]engstorT, Admlinis
trator of Assessments of the city, who
contends that It is his privilege to as
sign the assessors to whatever duties
he may deem proper, and also to ap
point the clerks of the board.
The assessors claim that the law sim
ply makes the Administrator of Assess
monts c.r efll(iuo a president of the Board,
but does not confer upon him any such
power as he claims over them ; that
they are State officers, entrusted with
the duty of assessing property in New
Orleans for both 8tate and city uses,
and therefore in no wise subordinate to
the Administrator.
They propose, as far as their duties
are concerned, to regulate and dis
tribute them among themselves. It
seems that the matter will be easy of
adjustment, and that the action of Mr.
BengstorfT was taken in order to facili
tate and expedite business.
THE IIRAINA(E StilT.
There seems to be no apprehension on
the part of the city Administrators con
cerning the suit of the Canal Bank
against the city for remission of taxes
on drainage lands, to the extent of $29,
101 25. In addition it is also believed at
the City Hall that the act passed by the
Legislature,remitting all taxes levied for
drainage purposes on lands in the rear
of the city, il unconstitutional, and
such will be the defense of the city when
the tnatter comes up in court.
.IUDtE: H. J. N. SMITH,
the newly apl)ointed J.udge of the First
Reoorder's Court, has called on Judge
Kleinpeter to Inform him that he will be
allowed ample time to close his official
affairs, Judge MSmith proposing not to
pke possession of the office until Mon
jay next.
In the matter of the Board of Assess
prs, since what is related above was
written, the following opinion has been
given:
NEw Onr.tAs, May 2, 1877.
To his Excellency F. T. Nicholls, (lovornor of
Louisiana :
Dear ,i--in the matter of the Board of As
uMers, I am of the opinion that section 88 of
oet 90 of 1877, extra session, constitutes the five
uilesors into a Board of Assessors and that the
Administrator of Assessments is only a member
of said board, to sot like any other corporation,
by resolutlon passed by a majority of members,
at a regular meeting.
The act of the Admlnistrator of Assessments
is not the act of the board.
Yours, truly, J. O. EGAN,
Asl stant Attorney Gent ral.
The opinion as well as the conclu
sion of the city Administrators in com
mittee of the whole, settles the misun
derstanding. The probabilities are that
the clerks of the board will be different
frois 0 110 onted by Mr. Beng
st or lev.of the assessors had
alNidy m elr selections when
they appe at the City Hall to
qualify.
A Candidate for the Galiows.
Judge Whltaker, in the Superior
Criminal Court, Thursday morning,
called up for sentence Michael Monier,
who was convicted of rape on two little
girls. The man, who looked to be about
fifty-seven years of age, and whose
countenance betrays his brutality,
came forward with the deputy sheriff,
looking haggard and nervous.
In a clear and firm voice the Judge
stated to him that a jury had found him
guilty of the charges laid against him,
and that under the law he would there
fore sentence him to be hung by the
neck until dead, on such a day as the
Governor might fix.
When the sentence was ended the
prisoner showed signs of great mental
anguish, and went back to the dock al
most dazed.
AT TIlE STATE HOUSE.
Outside of the Auditor's and Treas
urer's offices there was nothing of mo
ment transpiring in the State House on
Thursday morning.
The locksmiths are hard at work with
drill and chisel on the vault door in the
Auditor's office, and the prospects are
that by 3 o'clock the lock will yicld.
After the solid iron door has been poneo
trated, the large iron safe on the inside
will have to be picked before the valua
ble papers it is supposed to contain can
be got at.
The lock of the Auditor's vault suc
cumbed after a long and tedious labor
at last to the locksmith's efforts, and
access was secured to the vault yester
day afternoon. There were many im
portant documents and books found on
the inside, but Mr. Jumel did not desire
to enter into any investigation of them
until the committee app.inted by the
Legislature for that purpose had made
their inspection. Some rich develop
ments are promised, and something of
the inside working of things under Rad
ical rule will doubtless soon be made
public.
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
was crowded during the greater portion
of the day, and the callers did not abate
until the office had closed. Col. Casey
and Gen. Gibson, among others, were
present, and remained some time with
the Governor, talking on general sub
jects of interest. The following ap
pointments were sent in to the Secretary
of State for commissions:
David Arent, Mayor of Farmersville,
Union parish.
Thos. G. Lewis, W. It. Ruthland,
)an. Stein, Geo. Fenton Aldermen.
Ed. McCollam, Police Juror, parish of
'errebonne.
4. C. Gibson, Police Juror, Madison.
B. R. Lucas, Police Juror, Madison.
1. Ganner, Police Juror, Madison.
L. Bory, Police Juror, Madison.
S. Cochrane, Police Juror, Madi
'n. King, Police juror, Ascension.
L. Brent, Police Juror Ascension.
Xf. Call, Police Juror, Ascension.
lehman, Police Juror, Ascension.
r. Hanson, Police Juror, Ascen
a IN THE TREASURER'S OFFICE
rdinary current of affairs were un
d. The embezzlement of one of
gg's tax collectors, Harlow, after
amination of the books, was found
nount to about $12,000, which the
will probably never recover.
e of the city tax collectors, that of
£hird District, effected a settlement
a the Auditor and Treasurer yester
the first under the new order of
•TI ?U DIn GOA thoRD
:: god thriy
assemble to-day--the first session for
some time.
A number of very important financial
questions will hoe presented, and the
session will be of much interest.
TIIE (GRANITE IBUILDI.Ef.
The question about the Custom-House
is what has Jargooe Pitkin (lone that the
newspapers claim his position for Col.
Jack Wharton. The proposition is
anomalous to the relations existing be
tween Pltkin and Packard, for it was
Packard who put Pltkin in as United
SHtates Marshal, and since he still
belongs to Packard's ring, no good rea
son can be adduced for his substitution
by Col. Jack.
I'ltkin is as little of a carpet-bagger
as he, and, therefore, as regards anti
qluity and residence, there is no reason
why Pltkln should not suit Hayes'
Southern polloy as well as the colonel-
this s what they say about the building,
and they even add that Pitkin has been a
IRepublican for a longer time than the
colonel. At all events, it is just to sup
pose that a soft place will be found for
the colonel say something worth about
three thousand a year, and 'plenty of
room to be filled by his hearty, reson
ant, hilarious voice.
I MAJOR IEN l.1,oO(MTELD
is to be head of the Bureau of Audit of
of the Customs Department, so they
say, and as the major is a first-rate ac
countant, and was a first-rate quarter
master under old Magruder, and that
there are certain commercial and family
relations between him and Tom Ander
son, there must be some reason to be
lievo that the opinion is a correct one.
The reported rivalry between Col.
Wharton and Pltkin for the marshal
ship is nothing to be compared with the
fight for the Bureau of Internal Reve
Snue.
Mike Hahn alone had been mentioned
for the oftie thus far, in compensation
, for his fealty to Packard within a year
or so, but who should loom up against
the jocular speaker of the Rump but the
editor of the Republican, Wm. R. Fish,
whose friends have raised a fiendish
howl against Hahn for entertaining
even a presumption to the position after
going back on the ex-Boss, and deliver
ing that speech in the House of Repre
sentatives eulogizing Judge Spofford,
for whom he voted. After having
VOTED FOR lEI,.LO'm(
on St. Louis street. The fight promises
to be an interesting one; meanwhile, it
is asked, what has the poor faithful
John Cookrem done to be ignored so
completely in this struggle for spoils?
Judge King has left the city and gone
to the country to return in a few days.
His absence will have the effect of estop
ping a good deal of Custom-House
gossip. The storm against the new
appointee's confirmation is brewing
quietly, but assuming more portentous
proportions every day, and it is an even
bet to-day that the locumt kLciei' of Tom
Anderson wontget in by several lengths.
THE FLOUR INSPECIORS.
Their Fxamination to Take Place To-day.
The Committee on Flour of the Pro
duce Exchange, in pursuance of the
resolution of the Exchange, adopted on
Tuesday last, have, through their chair
man, Mr. J. HI. Polhaus, notified the
flour inspectors to appear before them
to-day to be examined as to their quali
fications as flour inspectors.
The Board of Flour Inspectors as at
present constituted consists of Messrs.
Gus. Bouligny, Judson, Ed. Durrive,
Quinn and Hathorn. The two first
named gentlemen have for many years
occupied the same position, and their
competency to fill it will be taken for
granted. As to the others, we are in
formed by Mr. Polhaus that the ex
amination is necessary, from the fact
that neither of these inspectors are
known to have ever been in any man
ner connected with the flour business,
giving rise to the presum ption that they
cannot be competent judges of the pro
duct.
It is the purpose of the Produce Ex
change in case the committee report
any of the inspectors to be incompe
tent, to apply to Gov. Nicholls for their
removal, by virtue of an act author
izing the Governor to remove any of
his appointees for cause or incompe
tency.
OUTLETS TO TIHE SEA.
Why Not Hlave Both the Jetties and the
Baratarla hllp Canal.
An excursion was gotten up on Tues
(lay by Capt. Cowdon, the indefatigable
champion of the Barataria Canal
scheme, to join which a number
or the visiting engineers present
in our city were invited, in order
to survey the route of his pro
posed ship canal. His invitation,
however, was not much heeded by the
engineers, who had found more agree
able employment in examining the
great works of Capt. Eads at the jet
ties, and enjoying the princely hospi
talities extended almost weekly to par
ties from the North by this enterprising
and shrewd contractor.
There was, therefore, only a small
party to accompany Capt. Cowdon to
inspect his route and familiarize them
selves with the place. A few gentlemen
from the city, including two very sen
sible and practical engineers and two
representatives of the press, joined
Cant. Cowdon and, proceeding in a tug
boat to Harvey's Canal, which starts
from a point on the right bank of the
river opposite Louisiana avenue, were
then transferred to a small steamboat
commanded by Capt. Otard, and
proceeded down the canal
thence into Barataria Bayou and
thence through various canals and
lakes of easy navigation; striking wa
ter of 25 feet depth within ten or twelve
miles from the Mississippi, and finally
reaching the bay of Barataria, a beau
tiful harbor of thirty or forty feet depth,
locked in by Grand Terre Island. Here
the steamboat came to anchor in the
very spot where Lafitte's fleet once
floated in security. It is one of the
safest and most accessible harbors on
the Gulf. Ships of the size of the Great
Eastern could here float in safety.
In front lay the great, expensive and
now abandoned and always useless Fort
Livingston, which now serves only a
purpose that might have proved a valua
ble one to Lafltte,thatof concealing from
the open gulf ships of the greatest di
mensions anchored in the bay. To reach
this point, our steamboat had passed
through quiet, clear sea water for sixty
miles, three-fourths of the distance in
water from twenty to twenty-five feet
deep. This water has a strong current in
ward, caused by the tides of the gulf, and
is peculiarly susceptible of being made
available by contraction for washlng
a ýecure passage for large ships through
the whole distance from the bay to the
mouth of the artificial canal, the IHar
vey's and Barataria, which connect with
the Mississippi river. The plan of Capt.
Cowdon in to enlarge and deepen these
canals, and to cut across the wlndinKlS
and the shallow lakes, from which the
waters of these canals flow, making a
straight current of not more than flfty
two miles to the Bay of Barataria.
When this point Is reached the next
groat effort is to open the bar which is
reached after passing through the
narrow and deep outlet between the two
Islands Orand Torre and Grand isle.
This bar is encountered abouta mile out
from the entrance of the outlet and ex
tends three-quarters of a mile. On it at
present there Is not more than six or
eolght foot of water. This bar is created,
not as the Mississippi bar is by the deo
posit of the sediment of the river-but
by the washing of the sand by the tides.
Through this bar Capt. Cowdon pro
poses to build sea walls, which
will narrow the current anti con
tract the inland outflowlng tidesso as to
wash out a depth of water great enough
for the passage of the largest ship in the
world from the open sea into the beau
tiful waters of Barataria Bay. He main
tains with great vigor and zeal that such
a work Is far more practicable,
and will be far cheaper, than the jetty
plan now being worked at the South
as.a. This being accomplished, it is
obvious to all observers, scientillc and
unsclentiill, that the rest of the work is
only one of ordinary canal work, pro
sontlng, indeed, fewer obstacles and
Involving less expense than any other
canal work over undertaken, since na
ture herself has already (lone the work
for us.
Thus the comparative merits of the
two plans, if they are to be antagonized,
depend mainly upon the question, whichl
has already been thoroughly discussed,
whether sea walls and canal3 are not
preferable, cheaper, more practicable
and likely to prove more permanent and
rellable than jetttos. For the present the
engineers appear to be largely enlisted
In behalf of the jetty system. We have
been assured every three months. for
the last twelve or eighteen months, that
the jettles are a comIplete Huccess. We
hope this may prove to be true. There
are, however, many doubters, who dis
trust the p)ermanency of this success.
There are many who are unshaken in
their prefereference for canals and sea
walls.
Time alone can determine which of
them is the correct opinion. Mean
time, however, we see no good reason
why both plans should not be tried and
put in operation. Both would prove
universally serviceable and beneficial to
our commerce. There would be two
competing outlets for our shipping,
which could be in operation at the same
time without conflicting with or imped
ing each other.
We hope, therefore, both enterprising
projectors will enlist in favor of their
undertaking the requisite capital and
aid of the government. The whole val
ley of the Mississippi demands larger
and freer outlets for its enormous
productions, so as to relieve them from
the heavy burden of the very high costs
of overland transportation. If either,
or much more, both projectors accom
plish the results of which they are so
confident, this city will overcome the
only obstacle which impedes her rapid
progress to the position of the largest
commercial mart of this continent.
AT UIUNEWALD HAIl.
The Entertainment (Given by the Ladies
of the Crescent City Itelief
Association.
(Grunewald Hall last night was the
Scene of one of the most beautiful and
select gatherings that that spaclous
place of entertainment has ever hold,
as was naturally to be expected on ao
count of the occasion which was for the
relief of the families of the fallen
braves of the 14th of September. The
elite of the city of New Orleans were
present, and the picture was one long to
be remembered.
The programme of the evening was
inaugurated -with the performance of
the Little Sentinel," by the members
of the Orleans Dramatic Association,
who kindly volunteered their talents for
the entertainment of the patriotic
guests.
We do not propose to be invidlous in
criticising the several actors, because it
would take too much space to give to
each his due proportion of praise where
all (lid so well.
After the repeated plaudits of the audi
ence had crowned the termination of the
dramatic portion of the entertainment
all obstructions on the floor were re
moved, and fair women and bravo men
joined in the intricate mazes of the
dance. The inner comforts of those
engaged in sacrificing to the goddess of
the many twinkling feet were not for
gotten by the ever-charitable ladies of
the association, who, with their usual
taste and forethought, had provided
every delicacy that could tempt the
appetite.
When our reporter left the scene was
one of the most beautiful and enchant
ing that poet could imagine or painter
depict on canvas, and many years may
elapse before the photograph of the pic
ture will be dimmed in his memory.
Surely last night's gathering shows
that the sacred memories of the past are
still alive, and that our grateful people
have not forgotten what they owe to the
heroes of the Fourteenth of September.
The Property Holders' Union.
There was a large attendance of the
members of the Property Holders'
Union last evening, over Hawkina'
saloon. The principal topic under con
sideration was the coming election on
the Pacific Railroad tax.
The President, Dr. C. H. Tebaul-t,
read an act, just promulgated, requiring
a new registration before any election
can be held in the city of New Orleans.
After some discussion no action was
taken upon the matter.
A motion thanking the Attorney
General for his prompt action in taking
out an injunction against the payment
of the appropriation made to the Re
turning Board members who had relin
quished their claims to a seat in the
Legislature, was carried.
Next a letter was read, addressed by
the president of the association to the
secretary of the Charity Hospital, re
questing information relative to the
cause why the Marine Hospital subjects
had been removed from the Charity
Hospital when it had brought in a rev
enue to that institution of nearly $50,000
per annum.
On motion of Mr. Thompson it was
resolved that the association exert its
influence with the Governor to secure
his signature to the bill No. 303.
Mr. Thompson said that it would be
an act of mercy to the property hold
oer to allow thorn to pay their taxes in
city scrip.
. Executive session was then called for.
What to Eat.
We entertain kindly feelings toward
our senior editor, not only because his
name is at the head of the paper and
that we have adopted the device "In
hol sli.o r'inccs," but also on ac
count of his sportsmanlike pro
ipensities In regard to the chasing
over hill and dale of the nimble
shrimp, the pompano Ileet of foot,
(I'odrt ()os), and may hap, as far as we
have been able to ascertain, the swiftly
moving and intelligent oyster.
Theoroefore we do not like to crush
him when chance throws into
our hands the elements of
triumph,. but a decent respect for the
glory of our local columns, against
which he has shown a sort of profes
silonal and jealous spite, forces us to use
the weapon at our disposal. Our senior,
in a manner whch we must admit (from
e.xrit dtn corps) to be brilliant, has crilt
cised editorially our article entitled
"What to Eat." We must say that on
the next (lay we answered in a smasher
which effectually silenced his batteries.
And now comes the Augusta ((Georgia)
(,onsltintonalist, ('hronrIl and ,cnti
nIel that endorses us as fully as it is pos
sible for any paper to do. That original
sheet does the thing, it must be ad
mitted. In a sly way. The Constilttion
alist, if it is anything, is original, and
after that, sly. Wishing to pay us a
compliment, without hurting the foeel
ings of our senior for it evidently does
not ignore the feud existing between
us It-- copies, head-lines and all, our
article on "What to Eat," inserts
it in its own local columns, and
dilicately withholds from giving
us credit. We wish our friends
of the Augusta ('o n.stihtionlisl,
('hronicle and ,Neolinvil to understand
that we anpreeiato the delleaiy of their
conduclt under the diflhcult circumnstan
cos, and we will add that, if we over can
hell) them out on any future occasion,
we will be happy to do so.
The IBaratarla ('anral.
We are informed that the citizons of
(Gallipolis, Indiana, have taken the sub
ject of the Barataria Ship Canal into
such serious consideration that they
have petitioned Congress to give a na
tional character to the corporation. One
hundred and thirty-seven of the fore
most business men and largest cap ital
ists of that place have affixed their sig
natures to the memoral.
A MYSTERIOUS I)E&TIi.
The Demise of Otto Stromback In tile
Burgess Ilotel.
At half-past 1 o'clock Thursday a
man by the name of Otto Stromback
died suddenly in a room in the third
story of the Burgess Hotel, corner of
Poydras and St. Charles streets.
This man about two months ago at
tempted to commit suicide by taking
morphine. A Dr. Wringwood attended
him and saved his life. The same phy
sician was yesterday requested to give a
burial certificate, but refused to do so,
and Dr. Walker was called in and gave
a certifloate of pIrnicious fever.
Offleer J. J. Melnteoo being informed of
the facts, started to investigate the mat
ter, and learned that the deceased was
seen walking the gallery in apparently
good health twenty minutes before his
death. This forced the officer to
make a more thorough investigation,
and learned that the deceased was well
to-do in the world, and on interviewing
Dr. Wingwood the officer was requested
to call at his (the doctor's) office to-day
at 10 o'clock, and he would consult with
him in regard to the death of Mr.
Stromback.
This sort of talk forced the officer to
believe that there was some mystery
connected with the death of the de
ceased, so he repaired to the room and
examined the body and found it terribly
swollen.
Officer McIntee then came to the
conclusion that the deceased had either
committed suicide or been poisoned.
The facts were reported by him at po
lice headquarters, and the Coroner will
hold an inquest to-day, when some lighb
will be thrown upon the death of Strom
back.
A DIsecarlded lDaughter of Tawny Africa
Attempts Sulelde.
In the last three months the I)Euto
CRAT has chronicled suicide and at
tempts at suicide of persons of nearly
every nationality save Africans. This
time we have a (laughter of sunny
Africa, who, being betrayed by her
lover, attempted to seek consolation in
the oblivious waters of the Mississippi,
and would have succeeded had not an
unkind peeler discovered her and fished
her out.
The would-be suicido's name is Mary
Geoller; she is 30 years of age, and when
locked up in the Sixth Precinct Station
she stated to a ])EMOCRAT reporter that
she was tired of life, and attributed her
desire to quit the world to one Pete
Jones, who had promised to love, cherish
and obey her to the end of his natural
life, and who had just about a week
before the tying of the nuptial knot
given her the cut direct and started to
adore another.
Regardless of Mary Geller's tale of
woo, the police authorities think her in
sane, and beside the charge of attempt
ing to commit suicide the charge of in
sanity was also recorded against her.
AMAZONS.
An Incident Provlng that the Penknife
1i Mightier than the Tongue.
Mrs. Kevery is equal to a whole regi
ment of stabbers and cutters when she
gets started, as was examplifled at 7
o'clock last night at No. 365 Gravier
street, when she drew forth her trusty
penknife and plunged it eight times in
the body of Mrs. Grafney. A police
officer, putting in an appearance, spoiled
Mrs. Kevery's fun by trotting her into
the Central Station, where
SHE WAS CHARGED
with stabbing and wounding, with in
tent to murder.
The wounded woman was attended by
a physician, who stated that her
wounds were severe, though none of
them were penetrating ones.
The cause of the difficulty, as gleaned
by a DEMOCRAT reporter, appears to be
that these women quarreled over some
trifling affair, and Mrs. Kenery, not
being able to wield her tongue with as
stinging an effect as her opponent, drew
a penknife and used it as above stated.
silver Bo.pina.
Pltelc of the Unoy"' Central Iligrh Mehool.
The picnic of the Boys' Central Hitgb
bchool, at the Fair Grounds, yesterday,
wag a success.
The younger boys amused themselves
rambling in the woods, while the in
vited young ladies and the young men
of the school whiled their time away
dancing in the large hall to the strains
of delightful music.
The picnic, as stated, was a perfect
success, aind the day will be reomem
bored with pleasure by those who had
the good fortune to be present.
Thie IHonrd of Ilenitll.
The soveral members of the Board of
Health met at their rooms yesterday for
the purpose of comfplot ing and perfect
ing their organization. After some dis
cussion, the question of the reduction
of sanitary inspectors was called up,
and afterwards the board adjourned.
At( l d lntnl hl, oo ln .
At half-poast 2 o'clock Wednesday, in
i houau on Tromro street,, between Ht.
Ann and Ht. Potor, a eigar-maker by the
name of Pierre Morrat i was accldentally
shot in the groin by the careless han
dling of a revolver in tho hands of a
friend named Anthony Gonzaillos.
Tho woundeot man waq conviyoyd to
his residence on Dauphino street, I,
twoon Ht. Ann and Dumraine, where his
wound was examined by Dr. Uastellanos,
who leclinod to give an opinion.
Gionizales was not arrestOd, as Mr.
Hterrati said that the shooting was purely
accielntal.
Oflicer Connors brought to the iar
bor Htatlon on Thursday morning Ui
bundle containing a pair of boots andl a
suit of clothes, which ho found on the
levee, near Morgan's Italiroal. In the
pock(et of theo ants were found varioull
, things. The owner can recover the samo
by proving property.
lrevltleM.
Thi driver of an offal cart, being ar
re(sted for stealing old clothls, excused
Ihimsrelf on the ipldea that they were
garb-age.
The Mortgage and Conveyance offices
have been remroved from Chartres street
to the first story of the iron building,
No. 40 Mt. Char l.s street, opposite the
;t. Charles H[otel.
Chas. l'op)e' dramatlo company,
formed of the debris of the Varieties
troupe, and which left here last month,
was disbanded on their way North, the
enterprise being unsuccessful.
It is not astonishing that men should
he so dostructlvely inclined, consider
ing how children love destruction just
for the fun of it. A fond father of our
acquaintance had been furnishing ten
cent whips to his two-year old son, who
would invariably break them on the
same day and cry for more. Thinking
to zet ahead of his progeny, the father
purchased a regular cowhide, which
was duly presented to the son and heir,
who of course could not succeed in
breaking it. iHe was not a little aston
ished, however, a lday after, when the
boy, whip in hand, came to him implor
ingly requesting, " Pa, pleathe break
thith for me!"
The Now Orleans Cotton Exchange,
as we are informed by a circular from
Samuel HI. Buck, Secretary of the Na
tlonal Cotton Exchange, has been direct
ed to appoint one delegate and one al
ternate to attend the International Cot
ton Convention to be held at Liverpool
some time during the month of July
next.
The Turks like the present Sultan
because they say : " ie Is the boss for
us." The old follow does not think that
this remark is insultin.
Ex-Gov. Warmoth departed for Wash
ington last evening on the fast train.
His visit, it is said, has for its object the
future prospects of the ox-Governor
himself.
The ladies of the Crescent City Belief
Association are charitable even to edi
tors. We acknowledge receipt and con
foss absorption of some very line
chicken salad, delicious cake and splen
did whisky punch, for which we give
thankful recognition.
TilE COURTS.
nlied NSIates CIrruit Court.
The cotton cases came up yesterday
on the demurrer of It. S. i)enneo and I'.
Noblom & Co. to the sufficiency of the
indictments, and the demurrer argued
at length by counsel. The court took
the matter under consideration.
In the Gaines case C. S. Rice, solicitor
for J. B. Watson and J. W. Davis, filed
a motion to show cause on the 7th
inst. why the master's report should
not be approved.
United MtateM District Court.
IN RE lAYIY & POND.
Upon due consideration of this cause,
it is ordered that the rule of Paul Four
chy for leave to prosecute his judgment
and claim against Bayly & Pond be de
nied. It is further ordered that the
right be reserved to any creditor of the
bankrupts to apply to the court for the
setting aside of the composition.
And further, that any creditor may
make application flr an injunction to
restrain Mrs. Pond from executing the
judgment she obtained against her hus
band in the State court.
Second District Court.
The successions of Rosalie Leschez,
Norbert Vigne and Henry Duriand were
opened Wednesday in the Second Dis
trict Court.
Sixth Distrlct Court.
In the Sixth District Court Judge
Itightor granted a delay of twenty-four
hours to counsel to file briefs on the
exception filed by defendant in the cor
oner s case of Chastant vs. Roche.
The exception taken to plaintiff's pe
tition has the following grounds: That
there is no cause of action shown, and
plaintiff has no right to the relief sought
for, and that plaintiff's rights, if he has
any, are not presented according to law
and are prescribed.
After the hearing Judge Rightor sus
tained the exception and dismissed
plaintiff's suit.
First District Court.
Louis Vessier was fined $1 for assalt
and battery.
Clemence Cronan, Peter Crane and
Henry Johnson pleaded guilty to petty
larceny, and were remanded for sen
tence.
In the case of A. M. Thomas, colored,
convicted of kidnapping two little
white girls, a motion for a new trial
was filed.
Informations were filed against Joe
Tempo, Paul Banks, Wallace Brown, S.
W. Sheets and Sampson Wilder, for as
sault and battery; and against Paul
Banks and Geo. Fernandez for petty
larceny.
superior Criminal Court.
The case of Joseph Bataille, indicted
Nov. 24, 1876, for the murder of An
drew Boneto June 4, 1876. at 29 Hose
pital street, was tried. For the State,
the Attorney General; for the defense,
Judge J. S. Whitaker and G. Santini,
Esq.
'The State rested entirely upon circum
stantial evidence--an earnest appeal on
behalf of the junior counsel for defense-
who road several cases of convictions of
innocent persons upon such evidence,
brought from a very intelligent jury a
verdict of not guilty after thirty min
utes' deliberation.
Taylor Jenkins pleaded guilty to the
charge of carrying concealed weapons,
and was sentenced to pay $5 or five
days Parish Prison.
The case of Alex. Jones, for murder,
was continued indefinitely.
A.'arNmr orl Munis.-- Miss Maria
Mothoa ln holler will take a complimen
tary beneilt at the Academy appearing
for the first time in Engilsh Opera,
D)onizetti's opera cornique of the
"Daughter or the IK'girnent," being the
selection. Miss Scheiler is said to be a
songstress and actress of merit., who
has sung and playedl on the principal
boards of New York. and in the East
and West. At Niblo's Garden, in the
extraordinary polyglot performance,
this lady playe d in Englis f Dlrlenreona
to Booth's lheello, and In German to
Dawison's Olhc, llo the same evening
which would indicatoe I recognition of
great talent In her by these celobrated
at tors.
The plirformanco will conclude with
"Dice Turpin and 'Torn King" by the
Academy troupe, Mr. I'ower assuming
the title roles, and Bolarln .,ed that of
(;oo.ire!l'cr. Altogether a bill of great
attraction.
The "Octormon" to-morrow at the ma
tinee.
Don't forget the concert and dramatic
entertainmentat theoCarrollton Gardens
on Sunday by the Acadorny company,
beginninng at 4 and ending at midnight,
all for fifty cents.
.I5IT (' 011110.
Th'I' I'ewi Oflle, Ihat Ihe IucI liIcye 4tait
E:,Joys.
IN. Y. World. I
Ohio may not bh, a moth'r of P'resi
dents, lbut sh1' is a mother of ofice-hold
ors, and a tmother of remarkable fecun
dity. She has at l)r('ent the I'residency
and the Treasury D)opartment, two of
the seats on the Suopremo Court bench,
including the Chief ,Justiceship, the
Chief Justiceship of the District Su
premo Court and the Japanese mission,
with Mr. Noyes gazetted for France.
Of other civil positions filled by chll
dren of Ohio the official lists mention
the First Comptroller, the Sixth
Auditor and Deputy Third and
Fourth Auditors of the Treasury
Department, the chief clerk of the Poet
office Department and of its contract
branch, the chief clerk to the Solicitor
of the Treasury, the census clerk of the
Interior Department, etc., etc. In the
army Ohio owns the General and Lieu
tenant General, 1 of the three major
generals, 1 of the 5 active brigadier gen
erals and another on the retired list, 11
colonels, 10 lieutenant colonels, 18
majors, 43 captains and 93 lieutenants.
In the navy she has the Vice Admiral.
5 rear admirals, 2 commodores,
5 captains, 8 commanders, a
medical inspector, a pay director,
a pay inspector, a chaplain, 8 lieutenant
commanders, 21 lieutenants, 9 masters,
:3 ensigns, 5 midshipmen, 2 medical ofil
cors, 6 paymasters 6 engineers one pro
fessor and a civil engineer, besides 4
lieutenants of marines. 2 captains and
one lieutenant of the Revenue Marine.
This does not include children of Ohio
appointed from other States. At this
rate it will not be long before the pro
verb will be, "Scratch an office-holder
and he will cry, 'Ohiol' "
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INIllANM AM NOIDIEItI.
The C:herapnea, and AdvantagirF oaf 111Iz
InI thle RedIklnnr.
[Chicago Timoa.J
WAsRnNGTOCN, April 30.-A dispatch
recently telegraphed from New
Mexico announcing that Agent Plum
had captured some renegade Indians
and brought them back to the
Hot Springs agency is considered at the
Indian department a somewhat signal
instance of the plan proposed by Com
missioner Smith for arming and drilling
Indians for police duty. Plum is not
accompanied by any soldiers, but has a
force of one hundred Indian scouts
whom he has raised from the Apaches
and drilled himself. With their aid he
is engaged in removing three or four
hundred of the most troublesome
Apaches from the Hot Springs agency
to San Carlos agency, Arizona, and
keeps the peace in and about his agency
all the year. The entire cost to the gov
ernment is only $10 a month to each
man, their rations and clothing being
served out with the provision made for
the tribe.
'IVIL NEIl[Vl(:" ICF0I'ORE.)
E.l'anintlion on eu1 Iiinldergarten Vys
[Cincionati Enquirer. I
WASHINTON, April 29.--Ofllce-seekers
may take what encouragemelnt they
can from the fact that for thirteen va
cancies in the Pension Office, one hun
dred and twenty-six applicants corm
peted for them on Saturday. The ex
amination was one that a fifteen-year
old school-boy could have mastered, but
many of the questions long ago escaped
the memory of those fit-to-be clerks.
Schurz is evidently going to run the In
terior Department in the interest of the
Kindergartens.
THE ATLANTIC COAHT i iNE.--Mr. H. W. Fowler,
the energetic and popular agent of this attrao
tivoe line of travel, has leased and refitted
the comfortable and convenient office under the
St. Charles Hotel, at the corner of Common and
St. Charles streets, and tickets hereafter will be
soll there. This pleasant passenger route will
be well patronized this summer, for it takes in
all the principal cities between this place and New
York, as well as all the springs of the mountains
of Virginia. We refer our readers to their card
in another column.
H. Wenger publishes a card in another column
inviting the public to visit his place, on Bourbon
street, where he has for sale, with accompani
ment of music, the Best Milwaukee lager beer.
Try it.
Nobody doubts, or has ever contradicted the
truism that the first, in fact, the paramount ne
cessity of life is a new and stylish bonnet. No
lady can go without one. We therefore call the
attention of the gentle sex to Madame Olympe's
advertisement, wnerein she informs the public
that she has just received from Paris all the
newest styles and most elegant shapes. It is
worth the while, to call at Olympe's, if it were
only to look at the beautiful things.
i OTEL ARRIVALS.
CITy lo'rz:. -q C Chandler, Bay St Louis;
E Smith, 'l'Texa; W Bandall. Tenn* Wm A
Bnudgett, La; H tiaumgarten, N Y; E ( Grmn,
A Poitevant, Miss; J B Mattingly, Vicksburg; L
MG McOleery, La; B Maquez, N Y; Janes D
Stewart, Miss- Mrs J A Ventresa and son; J T
Holmes, Mrs J O Kirkpatrick, 8 0 Devine, Can
ton; C H Lawson, str Carondelet O)BRandall,
J B Kenshaw and wife, Miss; Dr BH,RBiton,
Texua Jno G Grant,F 0 Brooks, Lowfer oast:
Wm Thomas, B Hicks, H 0 Partee, st. -Caroads
let; P M Duiln and wif. Texas; TH K k. -
W W Pai5h. Ls; O PF sente, NY; Ha aoc
Mannr, Omcge