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THE NEW ORLEANS DAILY DEMOCRAT.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF TEE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
VOL. I1---NO. 180. NEW ORLEANS, MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1877. PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
i)OMESTIC NEWS.
A TERRIBLE MTORIM AT MEMPHIN.
Wulidings, Steamboats, Ete., Badly Dam
aged by the N4orm.
(Hpecial to the Domocrat.]
MEMPum, June 17.--About 7 p. m. a severe
storm of wind and rain passed over the city,
demolishing signs and damaging buildings
in course of eretion. The haif of the roof on
the Cumberland Presbyterlan ('huorch was
blown off. The front walls of a number of
small brick buildings oil .Jefferson street were
blown out. The steanmers Phil Allen, ('oa
honia and O(sceola Belle, lying at, the wharf,
parted 4heir lints and floatei down the river.
The Phil Allen was blown against the
bank on the east stile of the river; unin
jured. The Ctahonitt kept iin mill-st~r'n. itn id
wee overtaken by l igs and Iirought baick.
Tho Oscoola Mello grownlei ont It ar on the
Arkansas side, below the cit y.
Her ehiminiys were blown down. 1reoking
through the iipper d'cks and (itherwis' mlain
aging her.
The river is rising rnphilly. and tugs are t.
work, and it is believel she will he got ill
before morning.
TilE LEXINGTON IIACFN.
They Promise to be the Most Pncressful
Races Ever Held in Kentucky.
[Hpr'ial to the itnmoirat.l
laxtirrotN, .luile 17.- The trotting races
will cotimneito here next Tuesday and ceon
tinue four days. The purwss have all been
fuiled. Horses and strangers are arriving
daily. The tnwk will be in line condition and
the rnats promise to he the most successful
over hild in Kentucky.
The following stabltc are represented: from
Edgehillt. Col. West's 2from Frankfort, Major
Mcl)owell's and It. P. Ilepple's; from Ver
sallies, Macuy Brothers'; from Danville,
Brucet ; froni iiarroslshurg, Bowman's; from
Ruoitelville, Hully's; froti 'ynthiana., WilI
sito's anti MceGitbotts; front Ihrxington, Tra
cy's, 1)r. Price's, OITut's, ('rib Davis'., John
T. Jonis's. i)r. llarris's and It. Straderit.
(RIMES AND CASUALTIES.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
An Illinolsan Murders His Wife and Kills
Himaself In a Fit of Drunken Rage.
Special to the I)emoerat.l
(IUInAto, Jini 17. Fred Hendricks, a
wealthy fanner living in the vicinity of Old
town, McLetn county, Ill., fifty years of age,
In a fit of drunken rage Friday night, shot
iit wife, to whom he had ieen married
'twenty-tive years. It tpptars that he hail
/ long been an unfaithful htttuntt, and re
turned home from Bloomington about desk,
bringing with hiln a girl whom he toli
his wife was to supply her plue
in the house. To a remark she
made in answer to this, he kicked her,
then drew a revttlvor and mmotnitteiel
shooting at her. She ran inward the gate
and fell, weltering in blood. His hired min.
named Daley, witnessed the whole affidr, but.
deterred by fear from stopping it, hl comtmui
nicated with the nhightors, who begun a
search for Hendricks, and at 7 o'clock next
morning found his dead todly lying besideo a
hay stack, a quarter of a mile from town.
with a bullet hole through ils forehead and a
hand grasping the revolver with which he
had murdered his wife.
struck by L'ghining.
[Special to the Deonncrat.]
COLUtMnus, 0., June 17.- Peter ()'Brien and
Roger Donahue were killed by lightning yes
terday evening while standing under a tree,
about four miles south of this city, seeking
shelter during ai heavy thunder stor-n.
O'Brien's boots were badly torn by the light
ning and a slight contusion foutl on his
breast. The heel of Donahueit left. hoot was
torn off, but nit mark ott lis hotly was found.
Both were unmarried mttin. T'rh ligltting
also struck several buildings lit this city. No
serious damage, hiwover, r-ltsiii.
A Four Thousand Dollar Breach of Prom
Ice.
lSpoe'lnl to the Demo'rat.]
M1LTWA1TKEE. June 17. In the tase of Ail
gusta Fisher vs. W lcome W. Kirby, in the
Circuit Court yesterday, the jury found damn
ages for the plaintiff In the siini of four
thousand dollars. The complaint was for
seduction and breach of protmie. Kirby Is
the son tf a prtmtinetnt citizen here.
Wrecked by Wheat.
[Special to ithe Democrat.I
MILWAUKEE, June 17.-RindskoiT & Tenny,
wheat lirokers and spculatimtors. have faileti toI
meet their Iiabiiltiemi, varittusly estiomatod at
from L$2O,000 to $3(t,000.
CAPITAL NEWS.
The Freneh MisInon.
[Special to the Democrat.]
WASHINOTON, June 17.-Gen. Novi.< ap
pointment as Minister to France will date
from July 1H. He will sail about August 1,
being requested to reach Paris not later than
August 20.
FOREIGN NEWS.
THE TROIDLE WITH TalE CANADA
INDIAN'.
The Indians Fled to the Woods and De
termined to ReqIat Arrest.
[Special to thl Democrat]
MONTREAL, June 17.--The provincial police
reached Oka at noon yesterday and proceed
ed to the Catholic school-house. Not an In
dian is to be seen about Oka. A report says
they fled to the woods on the approach of the
police. Another account affirms that they are
secreted in an upper village, armed and de
termed to resist any attempt to arrest them.
Rev. Mr. Parent, Protestant missionary at
Oka, is endeavoring to pacify the Indians. It
is said that the Indians have decided to ap
peal direct to the Dominion Government and
demand an inquiry into their causes of griev
ance.
The cause of the burning of the church re
inains a mystery.
The officers of the District Royal Lodge of
Orangemen call on the members of the lodge
not to join any body of 1men who may
propose to proeed to Oka in any outsile
organization of Individuals, without the an
thority of the lodge, however much they may
sympathize with the opprisseil Indians. hut.
to await, the decision of the courts.
STERNAL PUNIPiIMIMNT.
A Quarrel Among the Canadian Preimy
lerlans Concerning It.
Isperhal to the Democrat.l
HALIFAX, .iulln 17. -Tho McDonbll case wits
disiuisi d in the Presbyterian Assembly yes
terday and thLi day before.
I)r. Topp, of Toronto, moved by resolution
that Mci)onill be required to answer categor
lenlly the questions respecting his position on
Cho doctrine of eternal punishment.
hi motion wits carried by 174 to 82.
Mi I)oniel doiliniei to make a further stati
nu'nt Lhau he had previously submithyl1, to
the effect that hre held no opinion it var~ianor
with thL j confession of faith. II( reiluelt
eii tie Assembly to instruct the 1'rombytery
of 'ITorinlito to frame It libel aglinsi h1n1.
G.EORGsE IV'S WIFE,.
The Ntory of Mrs. Fitzherbert's lIarriacq.
[N. Y. H$un,]
We copied the otlher d4ty from t he New Or
leans Democratit alittle pnragraiphsitntingtfat,
(ken.Ord, now in ommnnand of the IUnitlA
State44 forces oil the Rio (4 rinde, is it grnd
son of George IV, and the "actr44,' I nru.
Fitzherhort, to whom he wits married Ihy it
"(atholie" priest, Willie he w1 s Prince I -
gent; that a son was born of this mairringe,
and was consigned to the cari of a tutor
named Ord,whohrought hint Lo this country;
that this son, who took the name of his tutor,
married a Virginia or Marylnnd Ilay, by
whom he had two sons. one of whom is (.en.
Ord, the other being now a judge In (alifor
ida.
There 1A4 only oe fait in I his s!. or " t hat, is
true which Is that. (George IV. (while Print'
of Wales, marrled Mrs. Fitzht'rbert. $tte was
never an actress, nor in any way connectetl
with the stage. thi wits of 4 itonitan I atholie
family nametl inythe; if Irre' roiihnble
character, considerable beauty. and a very
1.miable disposition. At the tints of it' first.
acquallintaitetl witil the Prince of Wales sh1e
wits it youlg widow, sincerely atttched to her
religion, aniI not, lIkely to change it. for w114 Id
ly advancemnent. In 17414 the Prince, thon
under twenty-live. fell dl'sI trati ly in love
with her. 11H was not at t lint t.itme Prince
Regent. IHy the law of England he could not
contract any marriage without the consent of
Parliament, and lip could not, marry A t omtit
Catholic without forf'iting his right. to the
crown. To avoid the Priiie't importunities
Mrs. Fitzherbert retired to the coit innt. and
remained abroad 11 year. 114 wrot4 to her
constIntly, and in December, 17445, she re
tiurnl' to London and consented to mar'ry
hint. The Prinee. to the great dissatisfnettlio
of his father, King George lot, had ntt~othed
himself 14ersoinally and Io'it ically to '1a4les
tames lox the gr at Wi ig leader. Hearing
that, Mrs. Iitzhir~ber~t had returned, and that,
the marriage was likely tot4ake plume, Fox
wrote to the Prince it manly and sensible
lettert remonstrating against, the marriaigge
pointing out its illegality, warning hint .tt
if thero were children from the marriago they
woltd he illJigitimateu, and that the eountry
woult he exposed to the danger of it disputel i
snteersign to the throne. It Is quite 'er4t4ain
hint the l'rince cout t not have Ihowi' this
letter 1o Mrs. Fitzhetrhert; but he und4 11144
following answer tt Mr. Fox:
"CARLETON;+ HOUSE: Doe. 11 1575,
2 o'ctoik Sunday morning.
" t1; Ikte'r ('etrdst-Your letter of last night
afforded me more true satisfaction than I can
finds words to express, as it is an additional
proof to et, which I assure you I4did not want,
4f your having that true regard and affection
for mn which it is not only the wish, but the
ambition of miy lift' to merit. Make yourself
tay.5 111my dear frietd; helievet h t he, a t.1
world will1 now soon be convinced that there
not only is not., butt never was any ground for
thes4 reports whih of late have )tcon sou444l
t'volently circulated."
Whille he was thus misleading Mr. Fox the
Prince was devising means of acorinplishtng
the marriage. Mrs. Fitzherbert was n
virtuous woman, and any other relation than
marriage was out of the question. One day,
while Mr. olines, a ilergymnan, intimate
with Fox and his friends, was dining with
Lord North, he r'eceiveil an invitation to sup
that evening with the Prince of Wales. Lord
North Iisok him aside and told himn that the
Prince would prohally ask hiin tai perfortm
the marriage ceremony. 'T'his turned out to
le true, but Mr. Johnes refusel tocom lywith
the Prince's request. Nevertheless the mar
riage took place. very sexetly, on the 21st of
I)eeewnter, 1785. '1 he rni'rnnaiily wiis not,
perfor'rned i y li Roman Catholic priest, hut,
ivy ' Protestant clergymani. Nix ypentlenei
werei present, and two of them signed the
miilrralnge certifliate as witnesses. One of
theim was the uncli and the other the brother
of Mrs. Fitzherbert. Any scruples which she
ir her friends milht have felt were overcome
in this way. By the dieirees of the Council of
Trent: whIch are the law of the Roman Cath
olte (church, marriago is valid In countries
where t he authority of the Council of Trent
is not acknowledged, even if it is not per
furned by iL Roman Catholic priest. This
marriage, utterly void by the English law,
was sanctioned by the law of Mrs. Fitzher
bert's church, and she believed that she could,
without scruple live with the Prince of Wales
as her husband; and she did so privately.
But it is certain that there never was any
issue of the marriage.
In the spring of 1787 it was announced in
the House of Commons that an application
would le made to Parliament to pay the
Prince of Wales' debts. A member (Mr.
Rolle) rose and said that if sunrch i motion wais
made he would move the previous question,
as the prioposal "involved matter by which
the constitution both In church andi $tatA'
mrl tht be injuriously affected." Everyhody
uni erstao(l thiisto allude to the rumors of the
Prince's private marriage. On a succeedling
day, Fox denied the marriage in the House,
'in point of fact as well as law." "The
fact, ' he said, "not only never could have
happened legally, but never did happen in
any way whatsoever, and had been from
the I eginning iL base and malicious false
hoisl.'' On being questioned, he de
il Irid that "he had direct authority
for what he said." The next (My a
gentleman of Foixs acquaintance said to him
ut Briooke's club house, "I see by the papers,
Mr. Fox you have denied the fact of the mar
riage of the Prince with Mrs. Fitzherbert.
You have teen misinformed. I was present
at that marriage." In the interval between
Mr. Rolle ' threat and Mr. Fox's declaration,
t tie Prince had told Fox a deliberate lie. Fox
lliiiinc that he had been duped, renounced]
the Prince's acquaintance, and diii not speak
to hint for more than a year, and although he
afterward associatent with hire personally,
iiii acted with him and for hint politically,
lie never aga~in trusted the word of the Prince
of XWales. Mrs. Fitzherticrt, whoi was made
to believe that Fox had denieid her marriage
while knowing all about it, never afterward
spoke to im.. Fox could not retract the de
clatratiioi tie hail nmate in the House oif Ciiri
mans without exposing the Prince to the dan
ger of losinga the crown.
The marriage, of course never was acknowI
edged; but the strangest part of this affair is
that no one in England ever doubted that it
had taken p lace. Mrs. Fitzherbert was re-'
irar'ded. as long as she lived, by sonic niem
hers of the royal family as a lady who had in
fact been married to the Prince of Wales, and º
she was treated with a certain respect on thatt
account. The subsequent marriage of the t
Prine to the Priness Caroline of Iirunswiek,
his separation from her, the renewal of hie
relation with Mrs. Fitzhurbert, and his sucond
de ertion of her, moake up the rest of this sin
fular history. If the man hart bcon anylrdly
lut a Priner, he would have boon indletal for
bigamy, and the penittAntiary would have
been th ! nd of him.
As to the fact that this marriage was with
out issue, there is the most conclusive
authority. Earl Rtuissuli, in hits "Lifo of Fox,"
cloves his chapter on the subjeut as follows:
"Fortunatei for the nation the marriage of
the Prince of Walbs and Mrs. Fitzhiertrrt was
not cursdl with issi'. Had a son biun born
fronm this marriage, a disputed, or at least a
doubtful sureuesson must have trun the re
sult; for the lnman Catholic suihjuts of the
crown were sound to believo in the validity of
the marriage, and they imight have disputed
the binding nature of an act of 1'arliarrent,
witch sot asidiithe legitimate issue of a reign
ing King. Mr. Fox luiu done no rnnre than
fits duty in pointing out these perilis to the
t'rinie of Wales; but he' did so at, the risk of
losing the favorof tim Prince, and of inciirring
the iisting resentment of his victim.''
'There is a scoiel to this singintr storry
which Eor rIussnnll dii nots tell. Ini 1512 asr
notion for a lihlu was tiril in the Court of
King's lench, fi which it a-irs cilarly proved
that the 'rinre of Wales huld, for twenty
yenrrs, iwni an irnnuity to a former editor of
tho Morninirg 10t (it ipluintifl' in lihei etionl
for suirprtrssirig si-e lth i's. which hliat,
inlifnir had thriitened to iublish, relating to
tire rii'nui's inar riage witfh Mi's. Fi ii'hirbiit..
'the itefenitni in thic sioon was sihe for ia,
libel, consisting inl a. nhiargi turnt the fioner
editor of ihi Alturning 1i.si, afterwaad i a iag
istrate in tihi county of SlITiolk. had oirn
5gity.of obtaining and reneiv'irng hush money
ironr fie l'riine of Wirtes. 'h're defei'ant
pliaued, and proved te. flue itihiargu wash rue,
inn the jury gave him ri vewilit. The pay
runt of the innuitf' was distinrily trnenif
tihrouigh sivernl persons to the i'r'irsurr'r of
of the f Juihy of (orniwaill, ine of the l'riin's
flleurs.
TWO QUEER ACCIDEN re.
TUe Result of Earthquake, at gsa on
ahips.
[N. Y. Tribune.]
Tho art~hquako theory promlitI's to It as
groat, i convoenienoo to navigators its t.o nov
Plistt of thi California school. Tho offil rs
of the Paftiflo Mail tatAinthtp City of San
Francisco l'ontond that at thel Iinto of thel
earthquake' thattlestroyed lqulg uI nn rho Po(
rlivian coast thorn was an npheaval of rho
suHmarini rnof on which tihe vessel striuk.
Tho naval oilllers ati A uittilo enttnrtain the
Hiaoo theory, and ti tl' Pntrits on I ho log-hook
of Lhi 11nitaltI Statts utnitit shit Laikitwanna
in the sumo harbor are ilted iin proof of the
astertion t hnt thorn wore a it groat. mnany big
tidal waves with tirenighst- beh'ind tahnm atout,
thl' thinto tli' stA'tonship wis wrtckttl.
This view is iontitfirii iliri uhnily by al at
toutnti which tlii Sprctitor putlihits of lhi
wreik of lhi Itattntshit Knight. Tentjpinir
unadr simtilar conditions in rho (lull of 'Tunis.
Thi ship did not it ike tiho rotck; nay, thl'
rook struck rho ship; and it most, have boo it
roek from it Hitnarino volatno for thio vis
sol was at It dist~ance' of ten mill's from the
nearest, known Kropp of rooks. Tho shook
was attompantt tlnity at rumbling noise attl by
a sHethitg of thlHl sea Itito whit(' foam all
round the ship, and though the ship wits not
stdaifltl in her courtt, slo soHn hogian to 1ill,
arnd hoad to ho staurviv to rho islandt of Glaliton,
where the captain ran ill 'I n shore in it shal
low place.
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AM MEUIENTM.
OAt Gtova -The spintdid tocioty of St.
Maurice, composed of the French residents of fat.
ileriard parish, in the vicinity of the United
etates barracks, and of the town of Versailles,
were out yesterday in strong force, and with their
handsome banners and flags paraded the streets
of our city, led by a fine band of musos. The
society then proceeded to Oak Grove Plantation,
near the line of Nt. Bernard parish, where they and
their numerous guests indulged in a gay fete
champetre, the main feature in the evening being
a grand ball, and in which young and old par
ticipated to their hearts'content. The affair was
a decided success, and we refer to it with the
greater pleasure, knowing as we do how well the
society will employ the profit, of the fete in be
nevolent purposes.
DELAigAfea PABK.-Home Hook and Ladder
Co. No. 1, of the Siuth District, entertained
their friends in regal style yesterday at the Dela
chaise Grounds, as they always do whenever the
anniversary of their organization takes place.
There was genuine enjoyment for everybody,
and everything went off in the pleasantoet way.
TiE. YOtUNi LADIES AND GENTL3TIC NtI PtCNIf
Magnolia Garden yesterday afternoon presented
a pleasant eight to a seeker after the delightful.
Under the afispices cf the Young Ladies and
Gentlemen's Mutual Aid Association one of the
most successful and pleasurable picnics of the
season was given, at which every one seemed to
thoroughly enjoy himself. fry twilight there was t
fully two thousand guests in the garden, all of
whom entered heartoy into tihe aprit of the oc
casion, nt rendered the enjo}mnent mutual.
AtcAZAf Filnptate.-At this lttle bijou of a
variety theatre last evening tLere were present
many ladies an-I gentlemen. who enjoyed the
sparkling performance. loun. Mary Julien and
Miles. Uudri and Dorel were the attractive fea
tures of the evening. Unlike anything we have
had here for many years, the Alcazar fills a void I
now that all other rlanes of amusement are
closed. The singing is excellent and the acting i
vivacious.
THE COLORED ORPHANS. -The Fair Grounds
veste rday was well attended by both white and
black, the occasion being the picnio given for the
benefit of the Colored Orphan Asylum. The
game of raquette was one of the prino pal fea.
cures of the day and was hotly cuntested.
The West Fellelana Murderer.
James H. White, the West Feliciana murderer,
now under sentence of death, was yesterday
brought to this city by the sheriff of his parish
for safe keeping, until the Governor shall have
signed the warrant for his execution. White was
incarcerated in the Central Police Station, and
afterward taken to the Parish Prison and placed
in the condemned cell.
Personal.
Capt. R. B. Matthews, of the Picayune, he who
"does" the State-House, leaves the city this even
ing for a pleasure trip to the East, and will "do"
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and other
cities. May his shadow grow larger by half dur
ing his absence.
Brevitles.
A private telegram from Packard yesterday
announced his safe arrival in Washington
from which place, after a few days sojourn,
be will proceed to New York ana thence to
Maiue.
-The tide of Chinese immigration has set
in again. Over 3000 Chinaman landed at San
Francisco during May, and more are coming.
The anti-Coolie editors raise their hands in
pious horror and groan unceasingly, "The
land grabbers and the Mongolians," they ex
claim, "are the ogres of California." "There
will be revolution in the Sacramento and San
Joaquin valleys." "Coolie labor is worse than
the African slavery which it has cost the
nation more than a mill on of lives and more
than $4,000,000 to throw off." "The oppressed
millions will be impelled to the last resort of
revolution to redress their wrongs." Was
the Chico massacre "the last resort of revolu
tion ?" The editors need to be muzzled.
LATE TREASURY DECISIONS.
EXTRACTM OF INThRIRMT TO IMPORT
RUN AND EXP4RfERRt.
Matters Whilh Interest hlslp Owners,
Agents, and all who Traneaat
Euastoms Office Iusiness.
For the infirmation of all importers, exporters,
ship owners, agents, masters of vessels, customs
brokers, and In fact all who have business trans.
actions with the customs officers at this port, we
append extracts of the "opinions" and "decie
ions" of the Secretary of the Treasury, rendered
during last month upon the construotlan to be
given the acts of Congress relating to
TARIFF, NAVIGATtoN, En'.,
the extracts selected being, of course, applicable
to this port.
ITAIN( I'OtRTS OF VECEleio.
* * A Tie decisions of the department, as a
general rule, have required vessels to bail from
the port at which their papers are Issued, and
this principle should be amnes.d to for the sake
of uniformity, lint unless there be good reasons
why it should not be dono, vessels may hail from
a pert of delivery establishtee by law. * *
OROITND OEMLOCK BARit FREE.
Ground hemlock bark to be entered free, as
per provision in the free list for marsh mallow.
MAILINi VF$ICREL NOT iiEQITiiiEiD TO CARRY ilIOAT.
* * * 8aieing vessels are not subject to the
sections of the h-visod Htatutee which regulate
the steamboat inspection service of tie United
8tates, and which require veseeld ear yiog pas
sengers to be equipped with boats and apparatus
to save life when exposd to danger. * * *
IMPORTATIONS THROUGH THE MAIL.
It appears from official reports received from
various officers of this department that articles
from foreign countries are frequently imported
through the mail to the loss of the revenue.
Such importations, with certain exceptions, are
illegal, and the articles become subject to seizure
anst forfeiture for a violation of the revenue laws.
Collectors of customs will, therefore, seize all
sueb packages (with the exception of those here.
oafter specified) delivered to them under the ex
isling regulations of the Postmaster (jeneral.
If the importation be lees than fifty dollars in
value, the collector will deliver the goods to the
party entitled thereto, on payment of their ap
praised value, to be acconote I for in the same
manner as the proceeds of other forfeitures; and
if of fifty dollars or more in vnlue, he will report
the case to the department for special instruc
tions. * * * * s A
IMMEIITATE TRANSPORTATION OF FREE I1*)"Dt,
* * * Merchandise utitled to froc entry
can be entered for immediate transportation
without appraisement. *
Ii5o"IARG.E 01 HTEAMIRHIPH AT NInHT AND (O21
i'ElNNATION OF INMP'ioUroRA.
Upon the entry or a steamship from a foreign
port, a general order may be issued by the col.
lector for the dischargo of the cargo on the dock,
nuder the suporviaion of one or more inspectors,
excopt goods which go into wardhouse of class 4.
To continue the discharge of the cargo after sun.
set, a special license must be obtained in accord
auce with the provisions of seotion 2871 of the
Itevised 8tatutes.
Goode will be delivered from the docks by the
inspector as fast as perrmits therefor are present
ed, and such as are disfharged for which no
delivery termit has b:en aeo, ived will be sent to
the general order store. The collector may, at
the request of the master agent or owner or the
vessel, .flow goode landed, but not -permitted,"
to remain on the docks, at the sole risk of the
owner of the vessel, not longer than forty-eight
hour, from the time of their discharge, noon the
production of evidence that the owner of the
vessel assumes the risk of the goods allowed to
remain, and agrees to pay the duties on any
goods which may be lost by so remaining. This
request must be made in writing to the col
lector, and must state that, if the permi sion
is granted, the good. will be at the tisk of the
owner of the vessel; that he will pay all duties
on goods which may be lost, and must be signed
by the owner of the vessel or his agent duly
authorized. The consent of the collector thereto
must also be granted in writing. At the expira
tion of the forty-eight hours, no permit for their
delivery having been received by the inspector
the collector shall send the goods to the general
order store, and have the same weighed or
gauged, If required.
Inspectors assigned to the discharge of steam
ships will be allowed extra compensation for ser
vices rendered by them after sunset and before
sunrise odly when night permits to discharge
have been obtained.
The amount of such extra compensation shall
be fixed by the collector at a rate not exceeding
ten dollars for each night's service of an inspec
tor, and such compensation shall be paid to the
Collector of Customn by the master, owner or
agent of such steamship at the time of granting
the permit to discharge at night. * * * Any
inspector, or other officer of the customs, who
shall receive
ANY GRATUITY OR REWARD
whatever, directly or indirectly, from an impor
ter, or from tho masters agent or owner of any
vessel will be summarily diemissed from the
customs service; and the name of such inspector
or other officer of the customs, together with the
name of the importer, the master, owneror agent
of such vessel making such payment, shall ho re
ported by the collector to the district attorney
ft r prosecution, under the provisions of sections
5451, 5452 and 1501 of the Revised statutes.
The forty-eight hours begins to run from the
time the vmesel actually completes her discharge
of eargo, and the time of such discharge will be
indorsed by the inspector superintending the
same upon the general order permit.
DRIED PLUMS-DUTT CN.
Dried "plume" are not dutiable as "prunes" at
one cent per pound, but are dutiable at two and
one-half coens per pound under special pro
visions.
ENTRY FOR TRANSPORTATION AND EXPORTATION.
* * Withdrawal entry for transportation
or exportation could not be allowed in the case
of merchandise not duly invoiced but entered by
appraisement without invoice for payment of
duties. * * Hereafter decree to allow the entry
for transportation or exportation of ans merc'an
dise concerning which, a proper invoic- has not
been presented. * * * * *
DAMAOE ALLOWANCE ON GREEN FRfIT.
The appraiser states thia it is the practice of
his office to make no allowance for damage oc
cuning to green fruit on the voyage of importa
tion unless the loss exceeds twenty-five per
centum of the ent;re quantity shiopad. * * *
schedule M provides that the allowance then
made shall be only for the amount of lose in ex
cess of twenty-five per centum of the whole
quantity. * * * * * *
The department is of the opinion that quantity
specified in said provision of law must be held to
relate to the quantity specified in the damage ap
plication and landed in the United States, and
not that shipped at the foreign port. In many
instances a portion of a cargo of green fruit be.
comes wholly worthless by decay, and such por
tion is to be excluded in considering the quantity
upon which damage is to be estimated unless it
is included in the damage warrant.
FIGURED AND FANCY ALPACAS, DIAGONALS, ETC.
CLASSIFICATION OF.
It is directed that a 1 such fabrics comnosed
wholly or in part of wool, worsted, the hair of the
alpaca goat, or other like animals, weighing less
than four ounces to the square yard, and known
as figured and fancy alpacas, diagonals, mohair
serger, fancy mohair, or London twills, shall be
classified hereafter as women's and children's
dress goods, or as aesimilaing thereto, under
the decision aforesaid, and schedule L of the
tariff.
When, however, such fabrics are obviously de
signed for use in the manufacture of upholstery
or other articles, and are not of the character
sold as dress goods for women or ch Idren, they
wdl be excluded from classification as dress
goods.
EARTIIENWARE-CLASSIFICATION OF.
The inquiry is * * * whether
earthenware, composed of "best" "nd "'ecaaud"
In the same package, and overed by one descrip.
Lion and price in the invoice, should be asesesed
at the highest rate of duty to which any portion
of the goode would be subjected when imported
separately.
The opinion, or decision, stated that invoices
in which such goods are designated as "nose
looted," or "best and seconds mixed," or in some
other similar manner, may be a scepted as indi
cating a clams of ware inferior in quality and
price to "beet;" that in such cases an Intermedi
ate rate of discount may be allowed, and that the
appraiser should d'termine the dutiable value of
the goods by actual examination.
EARTHENWARE-DUTY ON.
Inquiry-A difference of opinion between ap
praisers at New York and San Francisco respec.
tively, as to the proper classlifcation of certain
merohandise imported into the lest named port
anol transported thence to New York in bond.
Reply-It appears that at San Francisco the
merchandise was classified as poroelainware,
glazed, painted, etc., at a duty of 50 per cent ad
valorem, while at New York it was cia-sitied as
earthenware, dutiable at the rate of 4l per cent
ad valorem.
Porcelainwase is defined to be a semi-transpa
rent variety of earthenware, or "gemerally all
earthenware which hbe been ai mi-vitrilied, an'1
become translucent in the kiln."
An inspection of samples of the merchandise
in question shows that, notwithstanding it is
styled "porcelainwaro' in the invoice, it presents
none of the semi-vitritied or seml-trauslucent
properties or features of that description of ware,
but that it is a species of earthenware manufac
tured in .J pan, wi :h tnot belng comprised under
the terms "china" or "porcelain" ware, is dutia
ble at the rate of 40t per cent ad valorem, under
the irovision (Ileyl, 035) for "all oarlhenware
glazed, edged, printed, painted," etc.
LIKEN LAie -DUTY ON.
Is linen lace subject to it duty of 30 or 40 per
cent ad valorem?
It appears from the report of the appraier
that the lacd'in question Is known as "linen yak
lace," and is not known in comnirce as thread
lace, and that it was classified as "manufactures
of flax not otherwise provided for." and it Is sub
ject to duty at the rate of 40 per cent ad
va'orem.
ALIEN TONNAGE TAX.
IniJitry-To what vessels the following clause
applies and who are the officers of a vessel
within its meaning?
"An oct to perfeou the revision of the statutes
of the United States and of the statutes relating
to the District of Columbia," approved February
27, 1877, as amends soc ion 4219 of the Revised
- tates; and referring to that clause of the
amended section whii Ih declares that "any ves
eel, any officer of which shall not be a citizen of
the United aSttote, shall pay a tax of flfy cents
per ton."
Reply -The department decides that the yes
eels referred to in the section as amended are
vessels of the United States, properly document
ed, arriving at any port of entry from a foreign
port.
Or such vessels arriving from a foreign port,
firet, masters and mates are to be regarded as
oflicers- e'condly, such engineers and pilots are
also to be corsidered officers on steam-vessels of
the United States airiving from foreign ports as
shall not have conformed to the requirements of
the statue authorizing the employment of cer
lain aliens as engineers and pilots, approved
April 17, 1874, (UJ. h. Statutes at large, vol. 18,
part 3, p. 30.)
'IIE LOWT' COMMIsNIONERg.ii.
A New Nystem of Customns tatlons Con
templated.
The liquids gave out, notwithstanding the
awful insinuations of a contemporary. The pro
vision was, besides, not so great as may have
been conjectured, and it was just as well that It
was so, for it is related by members of the I)ix
exploring party that seeasickness prevailed on
board as soon as deep water was touohbd, and
that there was little call for liquids afterward.
The Dix returned yesterday morning early
with all of the members of the Custom House
commission In good health and cheer, notwith
standing the little annoyance alluded to above
and the grounding of the revenue cutter for fhf.
teen hours near Breton Island. The reeiia of
the trip may be summed up as follows: The com
mission ascertained that during one month prior
to the trip the Dix overhanied 800 vessels of all
kinds and all sizes in her cruisings along the
Gulf shores, having sailed during that time over
a distance of more than 2500 miles, as evidenced
by the log bodk, and finding
A LARGE NUiittiR
of irregularities in her examinations of these
vessels, which will be recounted fully in the re
port of the commttiee. One of these irregular
ities consists in the failure of the masters of
some of these crafts to produce their "papers,"
on the ground that they have been lost.
The committee also learned that the officers of
the Dix have received information that a great
deal of smuggling, of cigars end cigarettes es
pepally is perpetrated through the Missiasippi
dound, by vessels engaged in the lumber trade
on the Gulf coast, and the inabilty of the Dir to
orniso in the shallow waters of the sound, together
with other consideratione. will probably cause the
recommendation of the imployment of a
vessel of sufficiently light draft to
meet the emergency, and whereby very large
sums, it is believed, will be saved to the govern
ment in the way of impost charges and our mer
chants, who pay dn'ies on their importations, se
cured from
THE DTfAtTItOUi OPERATIONS
of this smuggling.
There are, also, good reasons to believe that
these goods do not come to New Orleans or re
main on the borders of the Gulf-otherwise the
fact would have been discovered long ago-but
are sent direct into the inte rior, principally to the
Western States.
The committee have also become convinced
that a great deal of smuggling is done owing to
the Imperfect system of our customs stations.
Under this system there is now a station at the
Rigolets, which Is considered sufficient in that
direction; one near the mouth of the Pass-a
l'Oatre; one at Port Eids, South Pass, and one
near the mouth of Southwest Pass.
The commission are at a loss to understand
why the eystem is maintained since crafts draw
mg from three to five feet can come up through
Northeast Pass, and into Pase-a-l'Outre, above
the customs station in tse last named paas, and
through the open water on the west side of the
Mississippi up to the "Jump," and on the east
side up Cubit's Bayou to the Mississippi river,
also above
ANY CUSTOMS STATION.
It was also ascertained by the committee that
pilot-boats and tugs and towboats when return.
ing from sea are never overhauled or examined,
and this is considered by them as a great negli
gence on the part of the customs officials.
For these crafts sometimes meet vessels thirty
and forty miles, and even more, out at sea and
nooessarily beyond the sight of the customs
officers, which makes it an easy matter for them
to take on board the surplus of the incoming
vessel, as compared with her manifest.
The committee will, it is believed, probably
come to this conclusion: to do away with all the
stations below the heads of the passes of the
Mississippi and establish a single station above
the "Jump" and Cubit's Bayou, at home point
below the forte. It is also thought that in order
to
MORE EFFECTUALLY
insure the collec ion of impost duties they will
recommend that all incoming vessels, whether
steamships or sailing ships coming from a for
eign or domestic port, tugs, towboats, lower
coast packets, in fact a1p kinds of craft that pass
the new station, shall be subject to being boarded
and overhauled just as they might be by a reve
nue cutter on the high seas, as we understand it.
The committee will mee again this morning at
10 o'clock at the Custom-House.
Two Men istabbed.
At the picnic, Saturday night, given by the
Merry Fifty at the Fair Grounds, two unknown
m-n were atanbed. Whether their wounds were
serious or not could not be ascertained, as they
were ca&nied off by their friends.
OUR RIFLEMEN.
AT PROE.iMOOR TETERDAt
Brilliant scores by Our Honse Riflemen.
Now that we are on the eve of an international
rifle contest, more interest Is shown in the prao
tloe of our crack shots than ever before, and
from the soaree made this Interest i Justified.
The Oreedmoor riflemen in New York, as a rule,
fail to make targets that can compare with those
made by the Crescent City Club, and the aver
ages here are much higher than there. Yester
day's third competition for a position on the
team brought out all the latent energy of tie
competitors, and the consequence was that a
score was made that we may well be proud of.
Mr. Dudley Belph, to whom the Washington
Artillery presented that handsome r;ule, after
making the brilliant target of 207, christened lii
gnu "Upidee," In honor of the boys of the bat
tery.
The wind dnriag tho shooting was fresh and
changeable, varying from 2 to 5 o'.lock on the
indicator, necessitating constant chaingos in the
wind gauges. The light wals clear and bright,
but few clouds obscuring the sue.
The following are
The Meores.
DUDLEY ELPHU.
HOOyd4..555555454555 55554-72
900Jyds..453555435535555-07
1OOyde..34555554655555436- -207
it. (i. reYRJTC.
HOOyds..535455555455555-71
100yde .83854435550354 5-62
l000)de 455655554555533--u9 202
CoT,. .rNO. svYNN, mR.
801yds..355435555544555-r9
900yds..555434554554355-67
1000yde 543455443554544-61-200
JOHN A. RENAtlD.
800yde..544554455455555-70
900yds.384434555354505s-60
100Dyds 533452555355554-64 194
MAJOR WM. ARMF.
800yde..005455555555545-63
900yd...5354554455455 55-69
1000yde..4405355433545J3 5-58l100
A. D. BABBITT.
800 yds..354558453445543-12
900yde..554545433855485--63
1000yds..304553 I 33555405-60-175
X. T. MANNINU.
800yds..345335543545555-61
900yde..5503535243 55552-57
lOOyds. .00555 031425455-50-171
l1. D. DAPONTP.
ODyde. .435434.558535430-56
900yds..045585563044552-55
1000yd.. 545 344055204534-53-151
JAS. BUCKLEY.
800yde. 403030320332225-33
900 vds..453305335455443-56
1000 yde..4 5 4 2 5 5 4 3 5 55 4 8 8 0-57-145
Rile new wraensE Kuef 5lun.
The members of this club assembled in full
force for the third competition of the champion.
ship badge of the Btate, which was the event of
the day, Mr. L. A. Jung being the winner.
We publish below a letter received from the
Sharp's ttifll Company, presenting the club a very
hanosome rifle, to be competed for off hand. The
committee in charge f same proposes to put it
up for competition at 200, 300 and 50, yarda, off
hand, when some very flue scores may be ex
pected, as the entries for competition have been
fuite numerous:
lBIDorEvoRT, CONN., June 1, 1877.
Mr. John 14. Rainey, 71 OCarondelet street, New
Orleans, La.:
Dear Sir-We sent you yesterday, per steamer
from New York, one of our sporting guns, built
expres-ly for short range target shooting, which
we take pleasure in presenting to the New Or
leans Ride 0lmb through you, its president, as a
prize to be shot for by its members.
* We make no canditicns but suggest. in view of
the brilliant scores you are making at 500 yards,
and the fact that the gun Is intended for short
range shooting, that it be competed for at not
over 200 yards. We remain yours most truly,
SHARP'S RBLK 00.,
E. G. Westoott, President.
BURNING OF THE STEAMSHIP LIZZIg.
She Burns Seven Miles Beyond the RIgo
lets-Four Persons Missing.
The steamship Lizzie, whiob left here 9sturday
evening, caught fire seven miles from the Rigo.
f lets Sunday morning, and burnt to the water's
edge. She had a miecellaneoas cargo aboard
and several passengers.
There are four persons missing, two deck hands
and two passenger'. The passengers lost all
their baggage and effects.
It is said that the 11 o'clock a. m. Mobile train
refused to bring the shipwrecked passengers to
the city unless they paid their fare.
Nearly all of the passengers lost their money,
it being burnt up.
KILLED BY BOYLE.
John Mooney Dies from the Effects of a
Pistol Shot Wound.
John Mooney, who was shot at 9 o'clock Friday
night last by Court Officer Boyle while conveying
him to prison, died at half past 9 o'clock Bunday
morning at the Charity Hospital.
Coroner Roach and City Physician Beard held
the post mortem in presence of a jury, and the
Coroner continued the inquest until this evening
at 7 o'clock.
The doctor's certitflate of the autopsy shows
that the ball entered the deceased's abdominal
cavity, situated in the umbilical region, abut
one-half an inch to the right of the umbilicus,
perforating the Intestines, and producing hem
orrhage and death.
Short Items.
Richard Niltington, colored, aged 70 years,
died suddenly at No. 197 Royal street.
Thomas Larkins is in the Eigh h Precinct Sta
tion, charged with disturbing the peace and lar
ceny.
On Saturday Officer Duffy shot a vicious dog
at the corner of Josephine and S;. Charles
streets, the animal having bit a little boy named
Joseph Russell.
Alfred Wilson, at 9 p. in. Saturday night,
caught stealing cakes oat of a wagon, retired
into the Fifth Station house,
John Gafney, of the Emerald Isle, having no
occupation, was frrnished sleeping apartments
in the Fourth Calaboose on the charge of being
a dangerous and suspicious character.
A vicious dog bit a little girl, aged ten years, at
8:80 o'clock Saturday night, at 415 St. Ant street,
The canine was shot by Corporal Berry.
Win. Lengehenbioll finds himseif in the meshes
of the law, charged by Jas. H. Robles with break
ing and entering the house 190 Clio street during
the night of the 25th of May and committing a
burglary.
At half-past 8 o'clock last night offi er Martin
clubbed a dog to death at the corner of Orleans
and Maratc streets, the animal hav.ng bitten a
little boy named A. Mill'odre, aged 5 years.
Dangerously Eurnt.
At half-past 5 o'clock last evening, at the paint
store No. 27 E vsian Fields street, a man by the
name of Louis Fix was dangerously burnt by the
explosion of a can of alcohoL It appears that
Fix lit the lamp with a pieee of pa r and threw
the lighted paper on the can of alcohol, which
exploded and resulted in burning him as above
stated.