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THE NEW URLLEANS DAtILY DEMU0CAT.,
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
VOL. I1-NO. 155. NEW ORLEANS, THSDAY, MAY 24, 1877. PRICE FIVE CENT
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BY TELEGRAPH.
TIHE PROCLAMATION OF NEI -
TRA LITY.
Both Russia and Turkey Oppose It.
They IVeire to Procure Arms in America.
[tpeLal to N. O. Democrat.]
WAsnismTON, May 23.--It is under
stood here to-day that the State Depart
ment has an understanding with both
the Russian and Turkish governments
to the effect that neither is anxious to
have a proclamation of neutrality,
sinoe both are being supplied with arms
by Ameroian manufacturers. BUELIL.
EALD AND HI1 JETTIES.
The Next payment to Eads to be Sus
peaded until a Further Examination
of the Jettles is Made.
The Channel, Both Above and Below the
Jetiles, to be tSuveyed.
Possibility ot New liars Forming.
18peeial to N. O. Democrat.]
WAsmiNOTtox, May 23.-There is much
mystery about the movement against
Bads, mentioned in these dispatches re
eently. The Secretary of War says he
has not seen the charges mentioned,
whioh is true. But further inquiry de
velops the fact that while the Engineer
Board has made no formal charges, cer
tain members of it-havepersonally re.
commended that the next payment be
suspended until a more thorough system
of sounding and measurements be ap
plied to the jetty channel.
What this new system is cannot be
ascertained, but the representations
personally made by members of the
Engineer Board to the Secretary are tc
the effect that the present system ol
survey is confined to the letter of the
law, and is restricted to the jetty chan
nel itself; whereas the spirit of the lave
should be observed, and that channe
be surveyed both above and below the
ends of the jetties to see whether nei
bars are formed, before another pay
ment is made. BVELL.
THE CIIARGES AGAINST FLANDERS
Some of the Queer Transactions in the
Nub.Treasury Department at
New Orleans.
The Manner in Which Treasury Agent
Seised Cotton in Te'xs.
No Money Accounted for to the Goverm
ment.
Flanders' Agents Under Indictment.
He Gets Them IJe'eased.
(Speldi to N. 0. Democrat.J
WAsnHmorox, May 23.-The following
are specifications filed yesterday against
Ben Flanders: While in the capacity
of Deputy United States Treasurer at
New Orleans, he appointed, in the latter
part of July, 1870, a special treasury
agent and sent him on duty to the State
of Texas. This special agent opened
an office at Houston, in that State, on
the 2d of August following, and during
twenty-two days of his official career
in this capacity seized in Brazos
and other counties, through the aid of
contract deputies about one thousand
bales cotton, together with wool and
other property, and transported the
same to Houston and Galveston. He
there sold it for his own private bene
fit and that of his associate, for which
felonry he was atterwards indicted at
Galveston. In the month of July pre
viously the United States military
forces seized about one thousand bales
of cotton in a different county and
stored the same at Houston and Gal
veston, to await the arrival of a
Treasury agent. This afforded Flan
ders' agent an opportunity to make out
a fraudulent return, and account to the
government for an amount of cotton
equal to what he seized, the military
making no reports of seizures to the
Treasury Department; but to effect this
felony and cover it up, it became neces
sary to obtain from the Special Agent
that succeeded him in office his receipt
for cotton found on hand. This his suec
cessor did not do, but took charge of the
cotton at once. But Flanders, one
month afterwards, came to the rescue
of his deputy when the latter was under
indictment at Galveston, and used
the influence of his office at
New Orleans to obtain from the succes
sor of his deputy a receipt for a part of
the stolen cotton, thus trying to make
it appear that the government received
its proceeds; and for the double pur
pose of getting out of the fetters of the
law again, Flanders appointed another
special treasury agent, and sent him to
Ban Antonio, Texas.
This special agent seized at Major
Peniman's house, fifteen., miles east of
San Antonio, 486 bales of cotton,
brought it to Galveston, and made away
with the proceeds of it.
While this agent was acting under
the letter of appointment of Flanders, A
he seized at and near San Antonio tens
of thousands of dollars worth of proper
ty, but neither he nor Flanders have8E
ever accotinted to the government for a rat
dollar of it.
Flanders (did not send the name of
this special agent to the Treasury De- en
partment at all, but did in the October
following recommend him for appoint- pr
ment to the Supervising Treasury
Agent, Geeoo. S. Denison, then at Gal- or
veston. an
This second agent, an agent of Flan- i
ders and not of the government, was as
afterwards arrested at Shreveport or in
Memphis by order of Major Gen. E. R. 8.,
Canby, and imprisoned at New Orleans. of
Here again Flanders used his Influence of
and authority of his office to fix up vs
papers of his agent, and had him re- be
leased and allowed to report at Wash- i
ington. BUELL.
Prreehyterlan Asmembly.
CHICAGO, Ill., May 23.-A telegram a?
was received from the Preshbyterian As
i sembly of the South, in session in New L'
Orleans, which says: "The Southern to
Assembly disapprove of that part of the "
Northern Assembly's greeting which
omits reference to the main part of ~u
their paper sent to Brooklyn from Sa- un
vannah. and says: "If our brothers t
of the Northern Church can meet us on a8
those terms, which truth and righteous
ness seems to require. then we are ready °'
to establish such relations with them
during the present session of their As
sembly." 'nited Methoilets.
BALTIMORE, May 23.-The boundaries ft
of the district of North Carolina were '
changed to include the Greentield, 8
West Virginia, circuit. The committee ml
on boundaries reported, defining the ,,
PittsMburg West Virgitria awl Mtcbigan
districts, and reccmmending the abol- sl
I ishment of Tennessee and North Caro- of
- Jina, as they were included in other dis
tricts. The report was discussed at
length. No action.
D!.conelhInue. t
SCLEVET,AND, May 23.-The Residence
a Insurance Company, organized here in t
1873, with $200.000 capital, has resolved
f to discontinue business.
Fires.
PITTSBURG, May 23.-David Chambers
& Co.'s lead works burned. Loss $100,
, 000.
FOREIGN.
e WAR NOTER.
LoNwoN, May 22 --A Reuter's dispatch a
from Constantinople to-night says:
Since the capture of Ardahan, the Rus
sians appear to be preparing fora vigor
ous attack on Kars.
The Turkish Ministers have resolved
to draw no salary during the war. I
The Stcrulard's dispatch from Erze
e roum reports that the Russian centre i
has driven the Turks from their posi
tions at Karodehouran, a village near
Kars.
The Standard has the following from
various points:
All indications betoken that the Rus
sians are making a serious movement
on Western Bulgaria.
The Danube rose nine inches between I
I- Sunday and Monday.
The Servlans are making offensive
preparations at Saltschar and along the
Timok.
The Council of Ministers at Be!grade
resolved that Prince Milan shall inform
the Czar that after Roumania's pro
clamation of independence Servia can
not remain neutral. Roumaiia's declar
ation caused great excitemen tat Vienna.
All Hungarian papers declare the
hg our for action has arrived for Austro
st Hungary. A letter from Kossuth is
published, urging an alliance between
:Y Hungary and Turkey against the com
rt mon enemy, Russia.
ar A Russian decree orders the forma
tion of two more Cossack divisions on
' the Don to reinforce the operating
army.
d Abasians ,are full insurrection; the
n Turks have armed them. The Sultan
has ordered 20,000 revolvers to be paid
g for from his private purse for distribu
er tion in Caucanus.
D$ There are five great Indian troop ships
of at Portsmouth, in readiness to proceed
Ito sea if required for other service.
A thousand barrels of powder were
2d embarked for Malta to-day.
se The Turkish Council of Ministers re
Ie solved to send all reinforcements arriv
ing to Erzeroum and Batoum.
e- The fall of Ardahan secures the Rus
oh sians in their position before Kare, and
at o;pens a new line of operations agaiDnst
re Erzeroum.
Russians have replaced the Ron
ry manian troops at Oltenitza; the re
es lieved Rounanians marched towards
nd Little Wallachia, where the Roumani
al ana will concentrate and remain on the
defensive.
a ST. PETERSBURg, May 22.-A dispatch
n- dated Botschi, Tuesday, reports that
ut the Turks attacked the Russian posi
he tion at Adler. A severely contested en
gagement ensued.
On A Turkish man-of-war has been vio
ry lently bombarding Adler sin¶: 10
he o' clock this morning.
. . . . .. -.. .
.A s.rprlse Party.
It is generally pleasant in the DEMocnRAT ofice,
where good feeling and harmony are the order f
the day all the time; but yesterday was made still
more pleasant by a surprise party of the printers,
the job office, the pressmen, an4 the employee of
the office, who caught our business manager and
aseoc.ate, Mr. George Dupre. as he was return
ing to the cfti.e, and wr hout any prtmnni.
tion or sign of warnir g, presented him
with a beautiful gold-headed c&ne, wi:h
the flattering inscription, "To Geurgo
W. Dupre, from his employes, May 23,
1877." Mr. H. H. Baker made the presentati.,n
speech, which was appropri ately respond d to,
after whion a basket or so f )umm & Co.'s deli
cious champagne was seut for by the well pleased
manager. which was made short work of by the
whole army of printers and employes. By a
curious coinei once, the whole eoitolial staff,
some of whom happ 4ed to be absent as the pre
sentation, manage 1 to be untnimoun in their at
tendanoe when the champagne came in.
The Singer is the only sewing machire na
erropulonu men have ever sttem, ted to imitate.
What better oroof is wanted of its superiority ?
(ofce, 91 Oanal street.
STATIE IBOtRD OF LIQUI)ATION. o
-- et
REwOITIONst ADOPTED at
Afferting the Validity of Certain erle L
of Bends.
The State Board of Li luidation met at the or
State-Hon-e yesterday, a quorum present. B
Speaker Buth offered the following seties of 0
reaolutions. which were adopted:
NO. 1-C-ONSTBUIN ACT No. 11 OF 1875. At
Whereas, eat No. 11, approved April 17, 1875, r'
entitled 'An act enpplemeutal to oat No. 8, sp- tr
prov d January 24, 1474," etc., provides, among 8t
other things, that. the Board of Liquidation is
prohibited from funding obligations of the state,
and from issuing any outstanding bonds of the pi
mtate, or warrants, or coupons until snohb bond,, p1
or warrants, or coup ,n, asa I fBrt, by fiual de
eree if the Supreme Gonur of the Mtate of Loasi- f
ana, have been declared legal and valid ibliga
tious against the stat, of Lutsiana; that the s(
same were ,ssu'nd in etriot conformity to law, not So
in violation of the constitution of this State, or hi
of the United blates, and for a valid considera
tion;
Whereas, by the said act No. 11 certain Issues no
of bonds and warrants were specifically detlaed
ques loned and doubtful as to their legality and
validity, and the said Board of L quidation ex
presely prohibited from iseuing consolidated be
bonds in exchange therefor until their validity, rt
legality and consideration had been tested under
the provisions or said act, and a fliral decree ren- n
dered as to their validity, legality and considers
tion, a statement of which questioned bonds ri
enumerated in said act, numbered 11, is herein
after given;
Wtereas, the Supreme Court of the tsate of
Louisiana did, on April 30, 1877, decree and order "l
that all bonds questioned by act No 11, extra l
session of 1875, must have th ir validity deter
mined by a direct action before bling fundable;
Wherea+, none of said questioned claims have, h
so far as we are informed, been tested and naesed
upon as req tired by said act No. 11 of 1875, and
the said decision of the Supreme Court of the
State; and
Where is, this Board, under and by virtue of
said law and the ruling of the tnpreme ourt.,
has no discret'on, and must obey the legislative
ant judicial mandaties;
Therefore, it is now ordered, that all the bends
ano cslairne enumerated in said sot No. 11, hero
after given in derais, are herrby oeclared not
fundable until they shall have been adjudioated a
and passed upon by the Suprimi COtrt of the
state, in a direct action losti uted, ,n which they
shall have been questioned, and the said conuri
shall, by final decree, declare such bonds and
claims legal and valid obligations ag'inst the
State o L niMilani thlat the same were issued in
strict eonf,,rmity to law, not in violation of the
constitution of this sltate or of the United States, I
and for a valid consideration, to wit:
FIRST CTASS.
The bonds considered and held as belonging a
to the redemption of the 8tate debt funds, and i
the tree schtool unds, esoecielly the latter, which
are held by this board as inalrens Is, because
they were mead such by artcle 137 of the c,ns i
Sintiln of 1852; by section 81 of act 32, approved
March 15. iR 5, page 429, ita utes of 1855, and
by article 144, .oustitutiln or 1864, and by article
139 of otnstitution of 1868; and, theref ore, could I
ot,, hi sold or converted, as ordered by anot 81 of
1872-that is to say, bonds of the State of the
v.ronios issues wihob had been redeemed or never
lnsued, and which have been reported by th
Auditor . f Public Aoo'unts as m se.ng. or wh ch I
were sold un ler act r , approved May 25, 187,,
and isnnedl or reissnje, comprised in the first
clamsI, viz:
i. Bonds of the New Orleans and Nashville
RIilroad Company.
2. Bonds of the Mexican Gulf Bailroad Com
8 Bonds of the N. O., Jackson and Great
Northern Railroad Compony.
4. Hondas ,f the N. (1., Opelonsas and Great
Western Railroad Company.
5. B ,nes of tl.e Vichsburg, Shreveport and
'Texs Railroad Company.
6. Bods ,f th.e Baton Rouge, Grosse Tote and
Opelo usas Railroad Corn mvny.
i 7 Bonds for the relil f of the Sta'e Treasurer.
8. Bonds issued for the free school fund.
SECOND CLARS.
t 9. Bonds issued under act No. 35, approved
D, cember 23, 1865, for expenses of building
I levers.
10. Bin's issued under act 115, approvgd
March 26, 1867, for expenses of buildiing levees.
11. Bnds eisaned under oact No. 8', approved
Febsuary 25, 1870, for work done or to be doze
on the levees.
0 12. Bonds of the New Orleans, Mobile and
n To xas Railroad, is.u'nd under act N,. 26, ap
. prov d Februsry 17, 1869.
n 13. Bonds isdsed to the New Orleans. Mobile
and Texas Railroad Company under aot No. 95,
approved April 20, 1871.
14. Bonds issued to the North Loutsiani and
STexae tailroa I Co-pany under at. No. 97, ap
Spr, ved April 10, 1870, anrd cet No. 108 of 1868.
s 15. Bonds is-ned to the Mitsias,ppi and Meri
t can Gulf rhip Oanal t(ompany, under act No.
1. 116, approved M rob 8,1869.
16. Bvnr's issued for relief of P. J. Kennedy,
under act No. 105, of March 25, 1870.
17. Bonds purporting to have been issued for
redemption of certidfcates of indebtedness under
act No. 5, 1866.
18. B nds issued under act No. 146, approved
le January 3, 18711, for aid to the Boial and Crowo
n cdlit Navigation Company.
L(f NO. 2-NEW ORLEANS, AMOBIT.E AND CI'ATTANOOA
RAILROAD COMPANY.
Whereas, act No. 86. atprovrd April 17, 1876,
page 130, Statutes of 1876, prohibits this boars
i om funding any of the guatanteed bonles of the
New Orleans, Mob le a d Chattauonga Railroad
Company, and of the two and a half n illions of
bonts issued for stock in said conpanv, on the
grounds that said bonds are invalid. Illegal and
unonstititional, and that the funding thereo
would volate toe letter and spirit of act No. 3,
approved January 21, 1874, impair the credit of
the 8tate, and thereby lessen the value of the
etate securitlo' to the prejudice of the holders
the reof; and, woereas, the said act No. 8( is im
perative ad aIav.:s to this board no discretion
wnatsoeve ;
It is now ,ordered that this board will not re
ceive fir funding, and wily not fu-.d any of the
smcond mortgage guaranteed bonds of the New
Orleans, Moblre and Chattanooga Railroad Com
pany, pretended to have been iensud under act
No. 26 approved Febro.ry 17 1869. nor any por
tin of the two and a half milhions of bonds pre
tended to have been issued for stock in said asil
r -ad oompany. under act No. 95, anppoved April
20, 1871, the said act No 83 declarieg and pro
claiming that the State hat. received no conied
oration whatever for said issues of bonds; that
they had beenu illegally issned, indorsed and de
hivered, and that they had been issued in direct
violation of h constr ution.
No. 3 --RELATIVE TO THE. KELLoGGl BOARD.
Whereas, we are informsr rumors are circu
lated to the effect that this b ,ard will review and
attempt to cancel and nnliify oonusoli tated bond.
issued by the lId board, whereof Wm. Pitt K-1
l-,gg was president, in excbange for bonds, war
ra tso or coupons, in the category of those above
enumerated, aud likewise of other series and
isueen; and whereas, this board is by law entirely
confined to a resi w and examination of the
bonds, warrants and coupons not yet funded,
and to an exchange of these, when declared fund
able, fr consioll itted bonds authorized to be
issued by act N i. 3 of 1871;
I: in now o dered thae th:s beard will confine
their ac ion exclinevely to the con&idera i n of
and act u ,,n snc i untunded bonds, warrants or
coupons as may be presented to them for fund
iag. and will ,ot investigate or go bel ind the
action of the pie -eding hoard of Liquidation as
to bonds already funded, or in a- y mauuer c.ll in
queotion any of the bonds streadv is ued and ex
changed thr bonds. varrants or conpons of the
State it b .ing the opinion of this bourd thas ihe
.un-olidated b nds already issued and perfected
according to the require-enots of the law are be
yond th ir control or jurisdiction, even if they
were inclined to act upon them, any inutetion o'
doing which th-y again disclaim.
At er the adoption of these resolnuions a die
ensai ,u oicurred upon thu subj ct of the bands
issued for the "free school" a d "redempuon of
tate deb6" funds.
Taere was an exhib t presented purprting to
onntain the numbers of all the unfundable out
standing bonds of the series inclnded in the T
above-rsmed funds.
This exhibit had been used by the old Board of
Liquidation, but as it was, to all appearanoes,
not an official document, although correct, Mr. 1
Bush urged that the board could not have any T
official action upon it. t
The exhibit was made out from a receipt of p
Auditor Peralts in 186G for the bonds which were
enumerated. The bonds after the war were
turned over the, roper local officers by the United
States GOvernment. Mr. Campbell, a clerk in
the rreasure's office, in which he has been em
ployed for the last ten years, was called and ez- C
plained with regard to the exhibit which he had b
prepared. He also explained emeerning the sale
of the free school bonds and others in 1872 under
sot 81 of that year. There are 13 of the free
sohool bonds missing, supposed to be still in the
hands of the United State Government.
Mr. Campbell has the receipts for each bond
sold, which he was requested to produce on e
Thursday morning. a
Mr. Peralta was also summoned, the object .
being to prooure if possible the orixinal of the o
receipt mentioned above, so as to obtain the 0
number of the bonds.
The to'al amount of the bonds enumerated in
resolution No. 1 in class first is $1 044,600, of
which $6t9,000 are from the free school fund.
A protest from Messrs. Forstall & Sons against
the resolution adopted on Tuesday, was read and
laid over.
The board at 3 p. m. adjourned until the usual
hJur on Thursday.
THE RAILROAD WAR.
Meeting of the Opposingl Citizens of the
neceond Ward. a
Pursuant to call, one hnndred and fifty persons t
opposed to the Pacific Railroad tax gathered at e
Minerva Hall last evening., t
The meeting was called to order by Mr. J. A 1
Shakepeare. O" motion Mr. A ohibald Mitchell
was elected president, and Mr. Thos. Reynolds
secretary.
Mr. Arhobibald Mitchell addressed the meeting
at some length and was followed by Dr. Brickl', f
After the doctor had concluded his peeoh Jhe I
president read the following resolution, which 1
was unanimously adopted:
Whereas, ths meeting vrroves of railroads,
as they do every other enterprise undertaken by
private indiV duals to promote their welfare. But
this meeting is nnalterably opposed to levying a
tax to aid in the constructi' n of railroads, linies
of steamers., mannfctortes or other private en
1 terprises. how ver advantegeous they may appear
to th- commnoity: therefore be it
Rrtolnfrd, That this meeting opposes the levy.
ing of a tax to aid in the co ,strnction of the New
Orleans P'aciti. Railroad beooause it will be an in
s vasion.of the rights of property, a moral wrong
r and a poli'ical blunder.
1,.soloed, Tst if the merchants and business
h men of his ci y de'm this railroad essential to
the business prosperity tf New Orleans the)
should, like the same class in other cities, build
the road.
Resolved, That if this road is entitled to public
aid, every railroad and individual under'aking
would be qually entitled to the same sesistanoce.
The con eqUenBe would be an entire destruotio
t of ,ronerty and basiness.
Resolvedr, That we cannot comprehend ho- 836
,t miles of railroad, osrting ab ut $1t,000,(00 can
be cons rooted or purchased by this tax, which
d if a eol'ected-an impossibility--cangot exceed
$2 4'0.000.
Re.olnvd, That we see in this undertaking a
necessary failune, as the stock voluntarilysub
r. suoribed and the contemplated tax are not
snffieient to construct more than one-fourth of
the contemplated road.
ihesolnted, That it is obvious that if this tax is
d roll et d, or attemtated to be, an immense amount
g of misery will be produced, whilst the railroad,
for want or means, will never be completed. but
d will tleav nu impoverished aId the roal a failure.
i Thh meting then adjurned. .
THEY STICK TO IT 'STILL..
tr
Another Expedition after Latlte's Treas- hi
tare Formlng.
Doubtless many of our readers will remember i
that some eight or ten years ago there was some
what of a stir raised by the report that an expe- .
dition was being fitted up by private parties here sl
bound for someofthe islands in the Gulf for the d
purpose of searching for buried treasure sup tl
posed to have been hidden there. A printer then
employed on one the daily papers here, had in n
his possession a map that had been left him by a a
relative, which pointed out a sp ,t on Cat Island,
on one of the sand mounds there, where chests
of treasure were to be found. d
John Newell, for that was his name, started ,
four times to make the search, but by some t
strange and mysterious, ~incidezce each time he
and his party came t., grief just as the island was
almost in reach. On the last trip Newell went
by himself, ar:d when outside his little ya'ht, ap
propriately named the "Reckless Babe," found- 1
ered and her owner drowned.
For the last fift years these s'ories shout
buried wealth have been sntre, t here, esceoially
among the Cre, la families, and to-day there sr
many who believe in: the story and have fal faith
in thoee old traditions.
As a sample f this confldenca, it is learned
that since the publication of the recent organ z:i
tion c.f a stock company, at the North, to search
for Capt. Kind's buried g^ld, there is on foot
here an expedition to go after Lafitte's, and a
ach oser is to be chlartered soon to carry the
adventurers and their implements. One of the
parties who was interviewed by a Dat c.AT re
porter yesterday, s ated that there could not be
so much smoke all these years about these chests
of Sopaisb gold wi bout there being some fire be
hind it, and the map he had showed exactly
where the lucky spot is. The party propose to
1 leave next week and remain away for a month.
tENSATIONAL.
Rumored !llilnX of Jamna A. Laws, of
East Eellelana.
Ex-Jndge Jno. S. Dula, colored, the poetmas
t'r at it. Francisville, arrived m the cily yester
dy from West Feliciar:a, and reported at the
Oustom-House that Jemes A Laws, a prominent
Republican negro, Lying at Jackson, East Fell
cians, was murdered on Raturday night last,
egiving the pirticnlsrs thi-h wert pictured in a
I, purely tr tietl e e ati it at light.
- Gov. Nich its was apprised of the report during
the eves i'ta, an] took tmmentiate steps to a-c r
tain the particn!ars by telegcopb. Shou.d htey
e confirm the rep r', he mty ,n tke a trip to Jack
t son himself to quiet nets affairs.
gaain-t the Tax.
e At a large meeting of col red citizens held in
ti e Ten h Ward la-t evening Mr. Wm. Logan
off red the f llowing recola itL:
e Be i1 res Iced. Tat we, the members of the
Ihou h Wald club, ar- opposed to the taxation far
4 the Psa.ifi tai ro ar; we are against casting our
votes for it, and we ask all colored men of the
y pai sh of Orleans to vote against i', because itia
o noxious to all the poor classes of peop~e in the
e.ty of New Orleans.
a There is no excues for boming a cheap or old
af machine at E2~ when 14 a g-ts one of the latest
impeovaed Binger's, with all attachments. Office,
0 91 Canal traet.
TWF'EED NOT TO RE REEAglEa. I1
Tildeni aind Conklinw Oppesed to Gilgt (1
Him Liiberty.
[(Cincionati Enquirer. )
Ngw YORK, May 20.-It is now stated o
Spen quite trustworthy authority that
Tweed will not be released,and that his b
testimony will not be used either in a
pending suits or suits which might be n
brought against hitherto innocent par
ties upon the basis of the prisoner's i,
revelations. It is current gossip in u
political circles that this decision has o
been reached through the influence of b
Governor Tilden, and possibly Senator i
Conkling, but for what reason can only L
be conjectured.
A TAIEA.IRE TROVE. . i
How Turkey Will Get Money for Her War.
(Courier-Journal.]
The Turkish funds having given out,
the Bheik-ul-Islam has sent a commis- a
sion to the Snerif of Mecca to demand ,
a fat contribution from the treasure of
Islam, a fund composed of the offer logs
of pilgrims at the shrine of the Prophet, a
over which the Sherif of Mecca stands
guard. It Is understood that when the e
Mohammedan faith is in danger, this a
treasure must be used to defend it. As o
it has been accumulating for 462 years, ,
some French writer calculates that, it m
now amounts to $120.000,000. O
JUDtIAIL TE tLINGM.
A Gold Mine to Federal Offielia in the
Mouth.
[Hartf rd Times. I
WASHINrTON, May 10.--The Attorney
General has recently been informed by
an agent that he authorized to go South
that one-half of the very l rge judicial a
expenses of the United States courts in t
the State of North Carolina are fraudu
lent. It appears that the United States t
marshals in that state havean amusing. ,
way of making out a lot of subpoenas
for witnesses in all parts of the country.
Although these witnesses never serve,
the marsha is certify that they have done
so, charge in the mileage, per diem,etc.,
and send the receipt for the same, which
i they also azgi tihet-l-es8,t to -th-De
partment of Justice as vouchers showing I
that they pail out the money. It is as
serted by this agent that nearly one
half of the money that should pass
through the hands of the deputy mar
shals, United States commissioners,
etc., in that State, sticks to their own
r hands, and that the United States
judge, United States marshals and nu
merous deputies are engaged in a huge
Sswindle against the government. This
agent asserts that he can prove from
false vouchers on file in the Treasury
a Department the stealing by those offi
o cials of at least $75,000 during the past
Syear. ie says, furthermore, that since
d the present administrai i has come
into existence the stealing has been
g larger than ever, as most of those hold
ing positions of the class indicated are
hourly expecting to be removed, and
they are determined to make bay while
the sun shines. The same state of
0 things exists in every one of the South
Sern States, the amounts stolen outright
during t he year amounting to more than
a one million dollars.
Ti
NEW ORLEANS PICIFIC RAILROAD H
TAX. of
E.rlir Dertocral.--Permit me once more to oc- st
cupy your coltmmn upon the sntul ot of the above ta
tax. It is admitted by every candid man tl a ti
this tax, or any tax tor other than strictly govern- t
mental purp )ses, is an outrage ap'n the rights t
of prop.rty, vie ative of principle and fraught
with evil. It is also admitted by all Intelligent, W
honest and unprejudiced minds, that snffrage, al
either nuiversal or I mited, has no right to oun- te
trol the difpsittio of private property; and a
hence, any tax imposed for other than strictiy le
governmental purposes is wrong, and the impo
sition of it by vte is a daegerous outrage. But
this assault up n property Is persistently de
fended by the tyrant's plea-the plea of neces- al
pity-under which more evils have been inflicted, t
more wrongs perpetrated, more oppreoseons con- St
summate d, and librty more frequently stri ken si
down, than by 1II he other device a and pretexts (
to which designing men resort to accomplish ai
their ends.
I entirely reject the plea of necessity; no bus
nees prostration, however distrepslng, can jlo ify C
a moral wrong or a departure from the plain
obligations, dutie and func'ions of government.
It is beyond question the day of the advocateq
i f tris rad to establish b yond ail reasonable
doubt that this road is an agsohlte necessity. I
maintain that not a single argumenlt, not a single
reason, has yet been adduced to establish that d
this rad, if built by a tax implsed upon the city k
of New Oilea :s, will be o any advantage what- b
ever, still less a ne, esaity that would justify a )
measure that re d, ra al; props rty insecure.
The advocates of the tax have failed to estab
lish the necessity of the road, or that i- com
pleted by t xation that it will ever be an advan
tage to this community. Now I maintain, and 0
wishb to put it on record, that this road tf built by 8
taxes wlong from this city, instead of being a
in advautage or c .ltributing to th.- r,ro perity of i
New Orleans will have t..e c ,Ltrnry eft ci. c
ilIe whole ntbject Ii a with n the purview F
of political econcvm; that ecience which considers
all ju'stion. that have a bearing upon the pros
petry or wealtlof c nmmnn .ee. i'hat scierce
which in practical i p. r ance, and in its r lItion 8
to the ordiunay affairs of life, as B ekle justly 8
observes. excee,'s in value all other sciene a and a
studies to which men have applied their intellr a e.
The advocates of the tax, with Irw exceptioas,
admit that the rnvestm n, wil not be remunera
tive to the stockholdirs or owners. Could the 4
stock be sold at par there would be no neceesty
° for the tax. Ther f.,re, I d,duce that, if this
road is built in the manner proposed, that it will,
instead of bdi g an advantage, be detrnmental to
the interests of the people of New Orleans. al
though certain professtons and certain individu.
I a may be benetited. Tors concu.sion is arrived
at, from the well estab:iebed, nay. fundamental
principle of economiota science, which is: 1
" Phat no industrial enterprise can be I
profitab'e to a commnitty that is not
profitable to the owners, who draw their
e capital from that community; or, in other word',
when capital is embaiked in an enterprise tiat
t yi as a less inte eat than if otherwise invested,
it is not only a loss to the individual owners, but
it is to the a nount of he C·r l-rence a loss to the
awu. I ,ommunity-n d no remote, indirect or co -
la eal ladvantak. s can c..mpe.ate for th s lmoe.
Unon this principle I ake amy stand bhalre the
world ar.d essert that if this road is built from
Saxsa ex orred frm tois ci:y, mttued of b ing a
necessity that wi n d justify the vy lation of the
rights of pr.pcr y, it will be deri',enral ra her
ttian otherwl e to the in:trests of New Orleans.
But I am nit opposid 'o th a road-or any l
other road that may be built by the ep naneous
n action of capitalis's using teir own fuuds ~ an
investment-as saue enterprisee will in all prth
abiity 31 1d an snterest on the investment, and
thus con:nbu e to th·- public wealih.
te Ay o jection to hall it, g this road by taxati n
ir isin th. withdrwtd of apital from more ,rodIt
ir able itveetm. n e end pl cidg it iu those that are
to leass remunerative.
is e: me giv- )on an fnl'ance. 'uppose a man
a Prld his bh rae ,.nd dray, by which he made 050
per month, ani inve-tad 'he pr.cee ýe in a see
1t g . aetaine which eny yielded t20. In oppo
Id gi this tran'actitn I wt uld not be opposes to
is aewing machines, but would c odemn the trans
ae, ctio ton a bumness point of view, a. un-smaunr
ative to the owner aed to the whole commaumny.
Hebre, I am not opposed to railroads any more
than I am opposed to sewing nmachines, hut, krnow
that if property is taken frc.n a profiteable itvenst
ment, and embarked in oneie los profitable,
whether it is to copes eot a railrorad or to pur
obase a sewing machine, it wll be a l,et to the
0 nmmnnity.
The 01oe of nrecesify Is not only not proven
but is disproveed; and the great wreng of voting
away the prcprty of the peorle wants even the
miserable apo,logy of necessity to redeem It from
universal oondemnati n.
Mr. Editor, I reed yt or artieln in this morr.
ing's issue with great pl asure; but I think yon
are in error in 'opposing that any one in thiS
community Is opposed to raslrosda per eP. I
have, with perhaps better oprortnitlies of julg
ins, seen none. As torivalry between us anld t.
irnmi,, trade will be determine d to that point
where capital more surely accumulates, asc this
will be where property is best protected and most
secure, and it is seedless to say that if this tax
is imposed that plase will not be New Orleans.
ARCHItULD MIPOfgL!,.
ftaes Rate Thayer.
A dispatch was received yesterday from Dalti
more stating that Miss Kate Thaser, daughte r of
Mr. Fred. N. Thayer, had made her debut at the
Academy of Music. The electrio wires carry
news of a grand success, a fine reception, two
"encores," and the crowning aesaraece of sno
seas, which is an engagement for the whole
series of concerts, Miss Thaser is one
of our New Orleans artists, and while here
was a pupil of Prof. Von IHnftten; since h.eashe
has been studying a year wtte s r. Mlat Marek
in New York. She had been en. aged to sid at
the Academy of nasio for one night only, buther
snccess was so great that she wee engaged for
the whole series of concerts. We are proud of
her success as being one of ours. aud sincortly
congratate her.
'FlThose nstes-if asse gtalr4.
It has been more than a year since it was a:u
thorita'ively stated that that inenff rat - nuis
ance, the stairway of the Custom-House, was to
be changed so as to make the ascent at least en
durable, but no movement in that dbliection has
been made. Plans were prepared of a double
staircase, jeining at a landing half way up, and
making the j uracy to the first fl 'or not esch a
test of muscle and lungs as it is now.
As it is at present, these stairs are positively
dsantgrotis, and good le'k only has prevented
fatal accidents there before. A trip or stumble
witl ensure a broken neck, and so st'ep is the de
-e ~ hat-- m-anygoing doAn have to take a
fr'io.ld'a arm for fear of vertigo.
The Mnlhltt of roof notori ,ty designed them,
and like bhis other works, whilst eopervieing
Architect ,f the Treasnry D. partment, they
tand as trn!.oleei of his ignoraznce and lack ,f
sktl.
AN ZN'TriORRIINARY INNlIDENT.
Volulntary Reltgrnation of a Gtvernment
Oflfice,
how it s EY,-t.vernor Proteeted an laid
Man.
(N. Y. Times.
WAsttrlc'rTor, May 16.-Ex-Gov. Car
penter, of Iowa, is about to leave the
office of Second Controller of the Treas
ury under circumstances that are quite
refrefreshing in these days of office hunt
ing. Some time ago the Cabinet decided
thatthe Paciflo coast should have a rep
resentative among the heads of bureaus,
and as Iowa has four prominent offi
cers-namely, Secretary of War, Land
Commissioner, Third Auditor and Sec
ond Controller-it was decided to va
cate one of them, and Third Auditor
Tabor was selected as the person to go.
Hearing this, Gov. Carpenter inquired
of Secetary Sherman wnether, if he
should resign, Mr. Tabor would be re
tained. The Secretary replied affirma
tively and Gov. Carpenter then said
that his formal resignation would be
forthcoming whenever his successor
was named. Mr. Tabor is an old man.
and has been In this office nearly eigh
teen years. He is poor and would be at
a loss to know what to do if he had to
f leave his position. Gov. Carpenter is a
young man and has been in office only
fifteen months. As between himself
and Auditor Tabor, he told the Secre
tary he thought he ought to retire. In
stances are very rare where one man re
a signs to keep another in office. Gov.
Carpenter intends to return to Iowa
h and enter journalism. W. W. Upton, of
Oregon, has been selected to fill the va
cancy, and will take the office July 1.
Dralntufg the ZEyder Zee.
[Amerioan Arch.t4 ot.]
Preparations are now going ca to
drain the Z~ader Zee. A dam forty
kilometres (241 miles) long, fifty metres
broad at its base, and one and a half
metres above the usual level of high
water, is to be carried across the gulf.
Upon this will be erected pumping en
gines capable of discharging 1,716,000,
u0. gallons a day. Estimating the aver
a..; depth of the gulf at about four and
a -alf metres, it will take steady pump
ii for sixteen years to empty the en
c sure. The cost of reclaiming the
5 0,000 acres now under water is es
timated at about $67,000,000. It is con
fidently expected that about 440,000
acres will be suitable for agriculture.
and can be sold at an average pricelof
$800 per acre.
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TIE MEC; OND VIRGINIA DIATRITT.
Mr. m~ear Gives Up HRl Contest of Wr.
4i4de5's Met.
[Ouon(er-Journa.]
The Hon. Joseph Segar, who has
been contesting the seat of the Hon.
John Goode, Representative of Virginia
for the Norfolk District, has practically
abandoned the contest, not having
begun taking his testimony and no
other steps to bring himself within the
law. Mr. Goode regards the question
as now settled.
Bacon at Shrevepott from Kansas City
: to . cent lower than from New Orleans.
Coffee 25 cents less fr-igtht at Shreve
port lower than by river from New
Orleans.
GaEAT BARoAT.s thi4 day, at 12 m.. at ::e
't. t harle' Auction Exchanger, n chlic' city
propery, advertumed po-itiv-ly to be sold f r ac
eolnt of the eucn0esaon of the late J. H. Hoyle,
I by C. E. Girardry, anctioieer.
The I at ta a Iare and valuable one.ensoprising
eieellent beinese b:and., one sad- two-story
dweilings, located on Wr. Charl s and TI fi Cir-.
Scl-; on at. J.,*e-h street, betwen at., Charles
and OC ronde! t; on (anal Broad, Giaqaet and
Bienville streets. Also, vela ble and rapidly on
hancing building sites in lots ,d sqnares on Canal
bIroad, Bienvilie, Cu.toushonse, Alezsndar, Na
pI oleon and obher leading thoroughiatre of the
Firs- and Second Littriet.
F r trrms and full partioulars, see descriptive
Sadvertisements and plen, at sale.
Bny on'y the &sager, they were the drat to re
dce the prices. O*eu 91 canal strest.