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SCenttnasttd rl.m First PUe.
Bay for 68178; one from Otis lemtok for $760,
"for makinglo examination of seleoMton, approvals
sad rerlools of swamp, intental improvemt
nd lands r imakn proof belst for treat
books e" ons trane errlnbo eto an oIn
embn the same for ISthe orre r . ofr.
mnothrS, dated Deemb ,7 171.
Next one dated June 1, 1879, from GOUrI ir
mk for fr making form anda blanks, ar
ranfIOg and aI*ullfyig lists of apprOarli and re
Jetor), aDI mSaking indexre for foae or the
several shools, internal improVemelt ann swamp
Aest one drated une 1, 1871, from 13. . CB.amp
1t.e, for 1m00 "for making forms and blanks eto.,
"exactly mlr. to the one noted immediatel
above.
Nest one from I. B. Campbell, no date, for
8780, for making examintion of selectIons,
ta., proof sheets of tret books," the sameo .
poemiekoenp
Nat, one from M. Srjour, Jr,, dated Aurusnet 16'
1871, for $76as olsrk in the tate Land Ot.le.
Another odned by etiour a Cl1erk, dated No.
vember 18, 1871. for 6916 etor seces m olerk.,
Another dated December 21, 1871, by eour,nt
s clerk, for $98.
Another dated June 4, 1879, from Sejour, for
800 for services as clerk.
Another, no date, from B. B. Oampbell. for
6800, for making exoaminaton of selection., ap
provals ad rejections of swamp, internal l.
provement anr e school lands making proof
eheet for triact books, showin the date of seles.
tlon, approval, or rejection, date of sale, number
and date of patent,and transferring them into
tract books and indexing the sOme for the south
0eaOter. district.,
Another no date, from B. B. Campbell, for
$'83, for doing exactly the same labor (?) in the
Oreensbnrg district.
Another, Jly 2I, 1871, foo $, for H, Gseoon
for examining and protracting the field notes c.
W. B. It. Bargen, making map, and aoopunt of
deptf surveyor.
Another, December 27, 1871, Oti temlck, for
$760 for "doing" the ireensburg district, as
did 6ampbell.
Anotber, no date, for 8800, from Otis lnmlok,
for doing the southeastern distrlot, an did (lamp.
bell.
Another from Peter O'Donnell for 6.10, for
, beoksu.llng etao, anrd another, same party, for
q ll, forprinlong, books, etk.
h1or thee. receipts it will be see that In the
miontheof December, 1811, and June 1871, Messrs.
Itemlck and Ot1 were paid esch 8800 for work
whloh the exper t testifies coul dWd should have
been done by sertt of the OsMae and which
, even were an expert employed, should have oest
not more than 1000.
At the s.t lue It is shown that 8ejour drew
$888 as &1.sla% clerk. Comment is unnoceesry.
UIININCIPAL MAT'.l'Ie.
The Premium Bond drawing began yesterday
mornlng at 10 e'olook in the onnell chamber,
and Nlosed at . o'olock, the only laterruppen being
one of a few minute fror ilnob for the six orphan
boys who had been scured to draw the aumbers
from the wheeL There were 1186 prises to be
drawn, ath oolal list of whioh will be found in
the oolumns of the DemocuAT,
There were in attendance one or two bank presl
dent, several Carondelet street brokers aad
many private individuals Interested in the draw.
ing. The lucky number, that which drew the
principal pri.e, was No. 818,595. It did not oume
out until nearly the entire number of prises lI
been drawn.
COAL atD.
The bide for the supplying of a barge load of coal
to the city for the use of the Waterworke were
openid at the OCity Hall yeterday at noon, re
mslting as followes: W. 0. Ooyle Go., 42 cents;
0. A. Miltenberger & Co., 42 sents; Lambert A
Co., 41 cents, and Brown & Jones 89t cents.
The firm of Brown A Jones being a responsible
concers, its bid will In all probability be ao
cepted.
The clerks about the City Hall have had
A OOOD JOKR
to laugh at rcently. A taxpayer oalled at the
City Hall to ask for an extesiton of time to pay
hise tase on the ground of great nanolal em.
barrasemente and obtained the required relief.
Within a day or two afterwards his name, together
with hose of a half dozen members of his f.m
y, appeared in the daily papers as being boked
for one of the moat fashionable epringe in the
country. It lI believed at the Olty Hall that this
tourist will have a very slim ohanod of obtaining
another exteneson of time during the presenr
* O ty administration.
The City Surveyor reported yesterday to Ool.
Denie, acting Mayor, that the building on Canal
street, now in course of constrantiorn o the site
of the old Matson Blanche, is
IN ooNTraYrNTION OF LAW, I
beang supported by wooden pillars. The builder I
will doubtless have to replace them by iron or
granite. So much for Mr. d'Hemeoourt'e offoial
opinion of the front of the building; his private
opinion of its architectural beauty he reserves
to himself.
Ma. 8ewmzxY'e CARD.
In relation to Mr. Sweeney's oard Mr. Cavanao
state, among many reasons for reporting unfa
vorably on the propo ltion of that gentleman,
that the ownership of the river front in the d- I
trict is in litigation the riparian proprietors
claiming a title to the battere, rendering it,
therefor., mpiesible for the city administration
TO I.Asll IT.
The wherfage or mooring charges that are ol.
looted go into the treasury, by the way, subject
to the lsue of the suit, and oannot be used for I
an purpose.
r a.Ovanao says, however, that even though
it were within the power of the city to grant the I
lease, he would be opnosed to doing so, because
he entertains a
NATIvE OJEl.TION
to placlg the landings of commerce under the
controlof a ewitb indivtdual.
Regarding Ihe propoe:ion of Mr. Sweeney to
pay to the city one thousand dollars more than
was collected in 1876, Mr. Oavanac says he
doen't think it at ad improbable that Mr.
Bweeney couold afford to do so, and that, but
for certain legal diuonitiee, he, Mr. Oavanao
himself, oould do as well. In truth,
the oollsection for lnt month have been in excess S
of thoe for the same period last year. But, he
adde, it Le not the purpoee of the city to oollect
more from thi source
TRAN 1s ACTUALLY
needed to make the neceauoonry constructions for
the esae moving of the coal buate or other orafte t
that m reqqaire that portion of the river front
TEB SCHOOL bOARD.
There was a meeting of the School Board last
evening, and, notwithstanding the heat of the
night, a quorum was present.
The meeting was one to be devoted entirely to
the election of teachers, and it wa. the intention
of the board to go into eteontive eplon. After
a resolution had been passed that yper cent
of the teacher.' pay for September, 168, be paid,
SMr. Bartley offered a resorltion that darihg the
election of teachers an open session be beld.
He said that he was opposed to holding secret
meetings, and wanted the action of the board to
be open and before all.
The President pro tem, Guthelm, rapped his
gavel and pronounced that this meeting wasan
adjourned executive session and that the doors
should be closed.
Craig tried to make a speech but was rapped
down, and Mr. Bautlev appealed from the decision
of the chair, but the chair ref :sed to hear it.
The doors were then cloyed and the board went
at work on the teachers, the result of which will
appear in this afternoon's paper.
An Accident in Gretna.
Sunday evening, between 7 and 8 o'clock, the
flooring of the gallery of Mr. Bowling's house,
situated on Front street, between Coperni,
Avenue and N-wton street, in Gretna, gave way,
precipitating to the pavement below several per.
sons, most of whom escaped with a few trifling
hurts, except one of the parties, a Miss Stokes,
who was aeritusly, but happily not dangerouely
injured.
The fall which the persons on the gallery sune
tained was fully fifteen feet or more, and that no 1
store serious consequences ensed is remarkable, I
C-USTOM-HOUSE GLEANINGS.
It THE "O*UTC," TUE s09lSMeMI@IN AEIU
It NEW tlRUNSEL CAEPETC.
Ualited rtates Marshal Wharton (oIlng
S to anleaelen to Untle the Knotty
r" (t) Log question.
J. Madison's absence makes the eastern cor.
e rider of the ustom-Hoause (second floor up the
iron etep-ladder) present a terribly gloomy ap.
pearaune, and but for the Surveyor's bueinee
offic and the Revenue ofte that hall would be
Satoally deserted except by aofe seekers.
T The "pets" are at a lose now where to while
s away the time whloh hange so heavily upon thei
hands, and are more than ever anxious now to
hear from
TEx R1FnORT OF TRIG OMYIuNlONs,
as the fates of some depend upon that report.
The commllelon, or a mejorlty, Gen. Sheldon
being abeent, met again yesterday, but transoated
r no business, and adjourned until to-day. The
r collector states that, notwithstanding all reports,
rumors, ete,, he will not make any obhagee until
th. report is acted upon by the 8eoretary of the
Treasury. Consequently the "outs' will be oom
r polled to "eling to hopes," as It were, for some
Stime longer.
The Colleotor's and Naval Offices had their
measures taken yesterday frr a new ult--)f oar
r pet--and in a few days visitors there will have ane
opportunity of walking over a handsome Brua
eols ostret.
The United States Sub-Treasurer will remove
his oftloe to the new qoartere in about two weeks
f or as soon aflter the omtoe is complnted as he gets
Iastructione from the Treasury )epartmtent to
r do on.
hre United States Marshal
WtLtL 00 TO CAAIOAIFiE
in person in a few days to look Into log matters
himself, and will straighten matters out if he can
r do so.
r do so.
r CAUIHT AT LAMT.
A Confdlence :hap Who Left the Detectives
In the Lurch.
Our detectives, wita this class of gentry, New
Orleans is partilarly blest. These would-be
barglar.otohbere do a deal of work-that is, they
do a vast amount of walking, and have a great
deal of mystery about them. Whether they
arrest anybody or not, it makes but little dif.
ference, they try hard enough, that is, in keeping
with the thermometer.
About three weeks ago the gong in the detee
tivee'ofLoe sounded 3, and at an I.terval of a
minute eounded 8. This was to notify the chief
of detectives to send to the Ohief o Pollce his
two best detective men. Instantly the order wea
obeyed, and there stood at the oblef's door two of
the Crescent City's lyest cope.
One was a Dimmark blonde, while the other
I was characterised by a brilliant spark that dazzled
esth eye that came In contaet with It.
'The chief notified these man oatchers that
New Orlean was Infested with a confidence man
of the wores stripe, and his name was Ben
Berkery.
SThe two deteotives, after receiving a descrlp
tion of the cosfidence chap, started out In search
of him.
A few minutes after they had departed the re
porters were notified that the detectives were go
ing to make an arrest. It was a terrible shock to
the reporters' nervous eyeem, but, after taking
a coople of drinks (of vichy) they managed to
stand it.
Day after day rolled on and Berkery was not
eauaght, but the two detectives never gave up
hunting for him.
They went to Mrs. Ber'kers' house, as they
knew Ben slept there, and told her that they in
tended to search the house. Mrs. Berkery in.
vrted them to do all the searohing they had a
mind to, and while they were engaged she went
into the yard and turned her five bulldogs loose.
The two detectives saw the savage canines but
they would not run from them: they had too
much respect for the seat of their breeches, so
they backedout of the yard.
lo no few dayse go the two detectives were
again watbing for Blen, and the criminal saw the
omire before they saw him, so he eessumed
lameness and was passing by the detectives when
one of them said to the other, there goes the
chap we are looking for, the other said oh no, the
man we are looking for is not lame.
While this oonversation was going on, Ben
took dvantage of it and again evaded arrest.
On Saturday night last the two detectives again
di overed Beb, and again being unable to catch
him fired two shots for the purpose of frighten
ing him, but the confidenoe ohap had smelt pow
der before, and never stopped running. Buffone
it to say that the detectives were left on getting
Berkery.
The police of the entire city were then notified
by Chief Boylan to arrest Berkery on eight, and
on Sunday evening Patrolman Teen, of the Third
Precinct, succeeded in arresting him and lodged
him In the Third Station.
Berkery was wanted for playing the confidence
game. He is the same party who about eighteen
months ago victimlzed various firma of the city,
of whom Messrs. Chas. Ballefo and E. J. Hart
were the heaviest losers.
These firms pro.ecuted him, and he was con
victed on four different counts before the un
perior Criminal Court and sentenced to the Peni.
tentiary for ten years. ie never went to the
Penitentiary, as he was pardoned by Kellogg.
This time Berkery was wanted for the same
offense, but other business firms of the oity are
the victims.
The evidence now against him is strong, and
ha h.. . hln lfPh l ,nn. n ..r. , Al.W... 1.r, o
at Baton Rouge.
AN UNFORTUNATE KNIFE G~RINDER.
He in Stabbed in the Left Mide for A iklng
for His Money.
About half-past one o'clock yesterday, on
Tohoupitoulas street, between Nuns and St.
St. Mary, a diffloulty took place between a knife
grinder named John Roacci and a man named
Anthony Rourke, which terminated in the for
mer being stabbed in the left side and danger
ously wounded by a knife in. the hands of the lat
ter.
A DEMOcRAT reporter repaired to the scene of
the dillioulty, and gleaned the following particu
lars:
It appears Rourke gave Roaccoi a pair of
scissors to grind, and after they were ground, re
fused to pay for them.
Harsh words were the result, and Rourke went
into his house, armed himoelf with a knife and
returned to the banquette.
As soon as Rourke came out of the house
Roseoi cursed him in Spanish. After the cursing
Rourke drew his knife and rushing upon
his victim, ptabbiug him in the left side, inflicting
a dangerous wound. As soon as he bad com
mitted the murderous act he made good h:e es
cape. %
The wounded man was conveyed to the Char
ity Hospital where hie wound was examined by
by Dr. Pratt, who pronounced it a dangerous
wound.
A Firgmen's Workshop.
Some time ago, in one of his annual reports,
Mr. Thomas O'Oonnor, the Chief Engineer of the
Fire Department, recommended to the Board of
Delegates the establishment of machine shops
for the use of the Department, which would
economise large same annually paid to private
shope for horsesboeing, repairs to the eng;nes,
etc.
At the last meeting of the board of delegates
Mr. John Fitzpatrick brought up the subject, and
on his motion a committee was appointed to in
quire into the expediency of the proposition, and
report at the next meeting.
The expense to our Fire Department under the
present system is enormous. When a steam en
gine is sent for repairs to a machine shop the
time of its admission into the shop is noted, and
from that moment until it leaves the charges
upon it begin at the rate of six dollars a day for
the machinist and four dollars for a help, all
needed pieces of machinery being charged for
extra.
Each time a horse is sho'l it costs two dollars,
whilst the work"i'ould be done at the depart
ment's miobins chop for one dollar and a quar
ter. The proposition would also comprise a coal
yard for the use of the shop and the steamers. The
eoonomy in this matter, it is also claimed, would
be very great, since coal can be purchased in
large quantities at times, as low as twenty-flve
cents per ba.rej,
The department have not unfreqtnntly had to
*ay from one dollar and a half to two dollar.s
barrel for fuel. It is only surprislg that a mat
ter so important has not yRd reoeived the serious
attention of the bheard, and if all that I. claimed
for the new proposition be true by one half, it is
reasonable to suppose that the committee will
report favorably upon it.
FIRME.
Collislon Cetlwee Jeflferson 11 and
CVhalmette 28.
About half-past o'clock yesterday evening a
fire, caused by some shavings being Ignited by a
colored boy named Spencer, broke out in the
two-story frame house corner of Galennie and
Annunciation streets. This property, which was
owned by Jas. Burns and occupied by several
families, was damaged to the extent of $50.
The house was losured for $4000 in the liber.
nia Insbranoe Company.
While engines 22 and 23 were running to this
fire, when at the corner of Magszine and Jose
phIne streets they collided. One of 22's horses
was badly injured on the left leg and shoulder
and one of the wheels passed over his boof and
badly mashed it.
Personal.
Dr. Frank L. James, a well known practitioner
of medicine and a surgeon of no limited abilitt,
of Osecol, Arkansas, and, by the way, an ex
journalslt of Memphis, Tenn., is in the city
spending a few days.
nunstroke.
Between the hours of 11 and 12 o'clock Monday
morning Mr. Hunter, of the firm of Hunter &
Cochran, was sun struck. The unfortunate man
wan conveyed to the residence of Mrs. Good, on
Erato street, where he was attended by D)r.
Axon, who has hopes of his reonvery.
Drowned.
About 2 o'clock yesterday while a colored boy,
named Bradley Martin, resldiog on Newton
street, between Franklin and Verret, Algiers,
while swimming In the river, was sacidentally
drowned. Body not recovered.
The Chlase for tile Murderer.
The hunt for the murderer of Frank Johnson,
who was killed last Bunday, is being proseouted
with great vigor by the captain and patrolmen of
the parish of Jefferson pollee. There an be no
doubt but what Jeff Dents would 'soon be cap
tared If the aforesaid offioers were not compelled
to retaln tO Oretna eery nighfto rest.
Thereis a rumor In elroulation that this felon
ishiding in a cane brake abouteix miles from the
iot where the .ee4 was committed. ieveral
negro women have been frihtened there during
yesterday by the tadden appearanee of a myste
rtoue person in the woods.
TIIe rioulnern Fra.auE.U: . N.~s,.w.Ls .
The performance of the "Long Strike" last
evening was marked by an exception to the ru's
in the matter of the weather. Those who have
been accustomed to patronize our amateurs' mid
summer entertainments may have noticed that
whenever they are given the thermometer
seems to be seized with a fancy for
climbing, and the result amounts sometimes to a
suflfoting temperature in the auditorium. Last
evening was snch an exception to the unpleasant
rule that we like to mention it again in the hope
that the gods, recognizing our appreciation cf
their bounty, will hereafter be, ordinarily at least,
as liberal to players and auditors, for is materi
ally enhanced the playing of the amateurs and
the enjoyment of the spectators on this occasion.
The performance had attracted a full house,
among which beauty and those handsome, airy
toilettes that our fair friends so gracefully wear
in the summer months; were predominant. The
play was very smoothly rendered, and was the
oooasion of flattering applause to Messrs.
Oefalu as Noah Learoyd, Oolinsky as Jent
Slarker, Hoffman as (rankshar, Swift as
Johnny Reilly, Fox as Sir John Fairfield, and
Misses Emmie Wilmot and Lizzle Wood, who
played the parts respectively of J.ane Learoyd
and Betsey. Taking all in all, the Southern
Dramatics have good reason to be satisfied of
their efforts to entertain their friends.
The Racrquette Game.
On the. 4th there was a match game of rae
quette played at the Fair Grounds between' the
Bayous, Capt. L. Lange, and the Lavllles, Capt
P. Fuentes, for a silk flag offered by the Cldks'
Benevolent Association. The game was a tie.
Saturday last they played again for the flag on
the Racquette Orsoen, foot of Domaine street, and
it was won by the Bayous, that club making two
balls.
The game was played by 140 men on each side,
Fully 1500 spectators were on the grounds.
Games by these clubs are played regularly every
Tuesday and Saturday, commenciog at 5 p. m.,
and are well worthy of a visit.
Mortuary Report.
The following were the number and principal
causes of deaths for the week ending uonday,
July 15,1877:
Males 58; females 71. Total 129. Whites 74;
blacks 40; mulattoes 15.
Consumption 20, convulsions infantile 6, debility
adult 5, dysentery 8, fevers 10, small-pox 11, teeth
ing 5. Total number of deaths 129.
Interred from public institutions 15; on certifi
cate of coroners 14.
A Model Pollee Omcer.
Officer El. Ryder, of the First Precinct, was
before Judge Smith, yesterday, for firing off a
pistol in the durprise Saloon. The Judge told the
officer that the day had past when policemen
were the masters of the people, and they must
now understand that tney, like the court, were
the servants of the people.
That while he would only fine a citizen $5 for
firing a pistol, he would fine him, as he was an
officer and a preserver of the peacq, $20 or thirty
days in the Parish Prison, and Ryder went down
for thirty days.
Who e He?
A mysterious little man, who rushed madly
into the clerk's offlue at the Central Station last
night, informed the clerk that he must not
let the reporters see the sheets or the books. He
then made his way into the room which was once
occupied by "a" secretary, took all the items off
the file and locked them up.
Who he i+, or what position he occupies, no
body seems to know. One would, however, be
led to believe that he was Chief of Police, and
that Col. Boylan was his assistant.
Tell us who he is, and the reporters will give
you "half."
Railroad Departures.
BY THE JACKSON AND NORTHERS ROUTE.
We notice the departures of Carl Kohn, Esq.,
and family; also that of A. Meyer and family for
Niagara ialls and the East, on Sunday night.
The family of Isaac Scherck also left on Sunday
night for New York. Mrs. M. LeBlanc and fam
ily, of the coast, were among the departures last
evening for Montreal.
The faoilies of J. A. Walker and Major Hyatt
left last evening for the East, taking Chicago and
the celebrated Wankesha stprings en route.
Jules Rigal, the champion wrestler of America,
and wife left last evemung for California. Rigal
goes to San Francisco to test his championship.
N. D. Wal:ace, of Wallace & Co.. D. A. Mil
burn, of McNeely & Co., and H. D. Martin left by
the same line for the West.
W. McCollum left f r Montreal via Chicago,
Henry Day for Ran Francisco, and C. M. Mat
thews for Little Rock.
BY THE M')30IL ROUTE.
Major E. A. Burke and family took the Mobile
line for the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs,
and left :unday at 5 p. m. Mr. J. A. Blaffer also
itft for Niagara Falls via Mobile. St. Louis and
Chicago. Mr. J. H. Oglesby, President Louis
iana National Bank, left Sunday evening for
Europe via New York, the famlyof M, W. Joyee,
r. Vsq.. for Virginia pring",, L. A. Chasse and IL
| M.. Leoodlo for Old Point Comfort.
be Judge W. W. Howe and family for Niagara,
Id Falls, left Monday; Capt. Jesse K. Boel and fam
i ily were for Vitgtnia Springs; Mrs. Brandt for
e Virginia Springs; Mr. H. M. Cooke for Lynohbtmrg
Mr. A. Thomson and family for West Virginia
to Mrs. and Miss Proctor for Virginia; Dr. Dlkson,
a of the United Stltes Army, for Cincinnati; Geo.
t. F. Kienabra for Canada, and B. A. lBourk for the
us Virginia Springs; Uol. James Andrews, from Port
ed nade, left last evening via it. Louis for New
is York.
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Arevitlie.
The New Orleans gun club members will comr
pete again on Wednesday next in a glass hal
match for the d,amond badge.
d The court people are anxiously awaiting the
arrival of the city workmen who are to repair
the old cabildo where the civil courts are held.
a With the departure of a number of the Judges
a the judge of the Ninth District Court will depart
be for the summer on a trip to the Merry Fifty
d Islands.
a A new dummy was successfully tested In the
al anal street line yesterday afternoon.
There wse a short renointre last evening at
the corner of IDuphine and Canal streets, be
ir tween three well known parties, but the affair
was ended by surrounding friends before any
ie police were seen,
'1 Mr. Edward Olark, Deputy Sheriffof the Third
a District Court, has left our city, on the ship
Sablsn, on a trip to Europe for his health. It is
trusted be will return with renewed vigor for the
coming term.
Mr. One. A. Schneidnu, si long and favorably
known in the wholesale coal business, has just
returned from an extended business tour, which
* was most successful and which gives promise vf
x- increasing very largely the trade of our city.
ty Manager Bldwell telegraphs here that Miss
Kate Thayer, of our city, met with a grand sunc
cess on Stunday in New Yuik at the Gilmore on
c.rt.
Another of the new palace sleepers, the
ty Parthia," of the At. Louis line, put in an ap
h pearanoe yesterday morning at the Molre depot,
in and is the counter part of the "Europa."
in When will that staircase at the Custnm-flonse
be taken down? Over a year ago the supervisor
or architecture in Washington pr6pared a plan,
with drawings, of a new stairway, which was ex
ceedingly tasty, for our Oranite Building, and it
was promised that at an early day the Improve
, mnent would be put up, but since that time noth
ing has been heard of it.
whort Items.
ly A broken telegraph pole is annoying the entire
police force of the Sunburban Precinct.
Mrs. Humphrey and Mr. Humphrey had a little
fuss, and the former got the worst of it, as she
was stabled in the back by her husband and
d slightly wounded.
For the larceny of a goat David Nelson and
Wm. Mannagan are in the beventh Station.
'o Mary Hall is again in the Fourrth Station on
P the charge of larceny.
id John Gaffney was lodged in the Central Sta
tion, charged with being a vagrant and having a
In dog in his posseeelon supposed to have been
stolen.
About 7 o'clock last evening Sergeant Ro..ks
rg arrested two men named Carl Iprsrd and W. N.
p. Anderson on the levee and locked them up in the
Harbor Station, on the oharge' of having 175
pounds of coff e in their possesoig, supposed to
have been stolen from the brig Cokelm.
THEI COUrTTR.
neeond District Courl.
In the uancession of Justues ranke, Judge
It Tissot, in his reasons for judgment on(the ex
r ception of Mrs. Pauline Franke in the matter of
ir the petition of Berman Danneel and Victor La
tour testamentary executors, praying that she
be declared not capable to be tutrix of her minor
!t children, and eictlded from the tntorship, de
it creed that Mrs. Franke's exception shoutld be
overruled.
In the succession of Dr. M. M. Dowler, on the
rule of Mrs. Dowler, admuleistratrix, against W.
t, 1. liodgson, auctioneer, Judge Tissot read a
lengthy opinion.
d The question involved in the case was whether
. the auctioneer had the right to make cer:ain
t, charges against the estate-for instance, for ad
y vertising property, to make it bring more, in a
ir paver other tlan the Rlelnblicran.
e Judge Tissot thought this charge just. but de
e ducted the 25 per cent discount from the auction
. eer's bilL All the other charges were sustained.
n Fifth Dlstriet Court.
During the morning the Slaughter-House cases
against Larrieu and others were on trial in the
Fifth District Court on the rule to set aside the
injunction.
Jean Larrlen, one of the delendants, being
sworn, says: I am a butcher. I have sustained
damages by the injunction issued in this sauit
between $200 and $800. At the time of the in
Junction I was arryinog on my business on this
side of the river. The way I lost $200 or $300
e was that I got cattle on the other side of the river
and I had to put them on pasture, ind I kill on
this side. For loitance, I kjl to-day and sell the
next day. I furnish the ships and I had to buy
t. from other butchers. I have had a great deal of
n complaint by the cause of the Issuance of the in
junction. I also had to employ a lawyer.
cnose-xxAMrNA1oN.
I did not make a bargain with my lawyer, but I
gave him over $200. Have <been killing on this
side. Haturday I killed four beeves, three calves,
and bought some hogs from the slaughter
Y house. .
John Guidre and Wm. Carl Kenner were sworn,
and their testimony was of the same nature&a
the above.
After ,rgument by E. K. Washington. Erq., for
Sthe defense, and Itobhert Mott for plaintiff's, the
case was taken under adviement.
What Is lHome Without It.
What is home with nonerto meet,
None to welcome, none to greet us,
S ome is sweet and oniy sweet, .
Y. Hom is sweet and only sweet, La
When we use the Kitchen Crystal Soap. th
of
TIE RETURNING BOARI1 INDICTMYENT. fle
sa
View% of the Country PresM Thereon. at
i [New Iberia Sugar-Bowl.] fr
The infamous Returning Board have th
Sall been arrested, charged with forging in
It and altering returns from Vernon par- si
*e ish, and admitted to bail in the sum of stl
$5000 each to await trial. We hope the e11
ir matter will be pushed to the full extent ka
of the law. cl
n [East Feliciana Patriot-Democrat.] pr
We are glad that District Attorney m
Finney has filed, under instructions on
from the Grand Jury of the parish of sc
ly Orleans, an information charging J. Cc
It Madison Wells, Thomas C. Anderson Ri
t C. Casanave and Louis M. Kenner, all so
a members of the Returning Board, with let
having falsely and feloniously uttered ra
and published as true, a certain altered,
D- false, forged and counterfeited public
)e record of the returns from the parish of
id Vernon of an election held for presi
dential electors in this State, contrary
to the form of the Louisiana statute in ja
such case made and provided, and ly
against the dignity of the State. And pe
we hope that the Superior Criminal of
Court, at its next session, will send these Di
infamous rascals to the Penitentiary.
[ibervilie South.] th
' The Grand Jury of the parish of Or- be
t leans have indicted the four members po
of the Returning Board and they are roe
It shortly to be tried before the Superior ha
d Criminal Court. This is as it should be, ab
and we hope they may be convicted and ph
" punished, in order that their great crime wt
of fraud may become so odious that no do
1. one will again attempt to perpetrate it ral
y on the people of Louisiana. If there plh
was any agreement to shield the Return
, ing Board from punishment for any I
t-crime they may have committed, the rea
names of the parties to the agreement tur
should be published, so that it shall be str
Ie known who it is in Louisiana, in high ed,
, station, who would lend his influence to oI
O protect tour of the greatest criminals not
ever known to the American people. to
We cannot for a moment believe there Mo
was any such agreement, and therefore a uvr
!, 1877.
we expect to see the guilty quartette
justly punished for their crimes.
[Baton Rouge Advoosts.]
We are astonished to see that the in
dictment of the members of the late
Returning Board, on the charge of fraud
and perjury, is construed into a viola.
tion of the joint resolution adopted at
the last session of the Legislature.
If we are to construe an indictment ol
a man or any number of xjen for crim
inal offenses by a grand jury as a perse
cution *what becomes of our boasted
theory of free government?
The very language of the resolution
shows that the claim that this prosecu=
tion violates Its pledges is a fraud. Any
one who will take the trouble to read
the resolution can see very plainly what
is meant by its language. It very forci
bly assures the world that persons of
opposite political opinions from those
entertained by the Nicholls government
should not be persecuted. What does
persecution mean? Every one who
knows anything about the English
language is certainly aware that
persecution means to pursue with
a malicious intent. Is there anything
in this case to indicate that the grand
jurors had a malicious intent or that
they were pursuing these parties for
the purpose merely of aggravating and
harrassing themi because of their politi
cal convictions? Not at all. Against
these persons there is a speclfyl charge,
and if the Htate falls to prove the
charge then they go free, but if the
State successfully proves the charge
as the parties themselves know full
well it will do then they must suffer
as other criminals for their wrong
doing.
We have heard It argued that the
crime of which Wells & Co. stand
charged was a political offense, and
therefore they are shielded by that
resolution. Again we say, if theirs is a
political offense so were the offenses
committed by Johnson, by Dibble, by
BUurob and by every other rascally
official in the State, for every position
held by them was obtained through the
Intrigues of politics, was conducted in
the interest of a political party, and the
crimes of which they stand charged
were more or less committed to uphold
the party then in power.
Is the man who forges and falsifies
election returns and swears to them as
being the true returns any less a crimi
nal than he who spirits away the books
of his office to hide the frauds and pee
ulations perpetrated by himself or his
political friends and shield them from
punishment; is he any less a criminal
than the man who embezzles hundreds
and thousands of the people's dollars
to aid his party with a campaign fund?
No worse are the latter than he, yet the
cry of persecution is raised in his behalf
while the latter fall unhonored and un
sung into the hands of the law. We
protest against this making of fish of
one set of rascals and fowl of another.
They are all guilty alike, and for the
sake of posterity should, if they are
ever convicted, be punished alike.
TU. RUL.ARIAN LEBiIO, .
The Bulgarian legion in the Russian
camp now numbers six thousand men.
On June 22, 1854, Raiko Nikolitsech, a
Bulgarian boy, fourteen years old swam
over the Danube at Rustchuk, to inform
the Russians that the Turks intended to
cross the day following. The intelli
gence proving correct, the boy was
raised to the rank of a Russian noble
man, and sent to a cadet school at Mos
cow. In 1859 he became an ensign in
the Russian army, and soon after, while
in a Polish garrison, endeavored to
form a secret society in Bulgaria. In
1862, as a Russian officer quartered in
Bessarabia, he was a member of the
Bulgarian revolutionary committee. In
1875 he left Russia to act on the spot,
and in 1876, with a Bulgarian legion of
several hundreds, entered Bulgaria from
Lervia. The appearance of his legion
on Bulgarian soil brought on the
troubles marked by the notorious mas
sacres. Later In 1876 the legion joined
the Servian army under the command
of the Russian Colonel Medvedowsky,
one of the associates of Gen. Tchernay
eff. This band was the nucleus of the
legion which is now invading Bulgaria
under the standards of the Czar.
Suuer UU Lue uet uunLue LU LPL U YG.L, &
THE RIUMPIAN EGIJNERAL9 IN ARIE- v
NIA. 1
The military careers of the three '
Russian Generals who have been so un
successful in Armneniaare sketched by I
a writer in the Pall Mall Gazellte. Meli
koff and Tergukassoff are Armenians;
Dewel is a German, and Oklobschlo is at
Montenegrin. Gen. Melikoff, who is )
r only fifty-three years of age, is the son
of a merchant, and began his military
career as an officer in a hussar regi
ment in St. Petersburg. With his sol
diers Melikoff is personally a great fa- -
vorite. He visits them in their bivouacs,
tastes their soups, and inquires after
their comforts. He takes especial care
of the sick, frequently inspecting the
field hospitals and ambulances. At the
same time he is a strict disciplinarian,
and requires from all, and particularly
from the non-commissioned offieers of
his army, a punctual performance of
their duty. Educated in the Lazareff t
institution in Moscow, he speaks, be.
sides Armenian, Turkish, Persian, Rus- A
sian and French, but knows nothing of
either German or English. Gen. Tergu
kassoff is descended from an Armenian t
clergyman. When Schamyl was taken
prisoner, Tergukassoff was the first to tl
mount the walls of Giuniz and to plant ti
on them the Russian colors. Gen. Oklob
schio, the commander of the Rion
Corps, has been for many years in the
Russian service. Admittedly a brave
soldier, his capacity as an independent
leader is questioned. "He is said to act
rashly and without due forethought.
The Concordia Jail.
e Natchez Ielephone.]
Across the corridor of the Concordia
jail is laid a rough pine beam. Natural
ly one inquires, on perceiving this ap
pendage so out of keeping with the finish
of the building, what it is placed there
for. It is on this our little tale hangs.
During the war the sheriff being called
upon to hang a criminal and not having
the conveniences at hand he placed this
beam where it now rests, secured by op
posite openings in the wall, threw a
rope over it, placing one end in r
hands of a stout negro, he tied the oth.:r
about the criminal's neck, who was
placed on the gallery at the back, and
when all was in readiness he lifted the
doomed man and threw him over the
railing. Ingenious, but not by any means
pleasant to think about.
FuRNIrrTz. -Money saved is money made; so,
reader, save your money by buying your farm
ture at Montgomery's Arm':ry Hall, 87 Camp
street. Their stock is new, fresh and well select- p
ed, and their aseurtment is the largest an the
city. They know they can, and are sehing as low, if
not lower, than any h..ne in the city. They do
not ark you to take their word f,r it, but want you
to examine their stock and judge for yourself.
SMontgomery's salesmeu are all polite and atten- V
I uve, and take pleasure in showing their stock.
e When an Ohio man ruads a head line In hiE
paper, "T'hensltuatlon In Washington," he tele
graphs Hayes for it lmroimllately.---Ilanc.nnatl
Haturday Night.
"DOMESTIC."
Having com .1otev, arranaements with the
Dom..stio Howng Mwrvhine rJonatny for the
Southern agnUiy of their e(lebratujl machlnes
I how offer theitn to the public at the Lowest
Cath and Time Raths.
These man hnts are warranted to bethe light
eat running, most durable, and a.implest In con
Sstrunton of any loek-stitbh manhin made.
A new st.Ck of DIomrnetl and "rover and'
I Baker" machinejust received.
Orover and Baker Newing Machine Depot
11. II. TRUE,
t No. I Chartres street, Mew Orleasn.
LJEWIN' 'RICEPARHATION
t of Fine Cast Steel to the Sulphuretted Dust.
Th-so having u.rse and tested the value
of thin comp ound are respectfully informed
1 that it c,,n ,, hal at thei Drug more ofI. L.
t LYON and manr ,thr drucgraylsta of this city.
I,, !h'n unintlithte and nskoptlei I will 5ay
p viattel from the whole r.e4lave of inventors "of
I thoi uiirest and blst. anti-bilious mpdllines,"etc.
t I alhude to theit r l varlable setresy of lr gre
dient. 'lThe n.lal and only other molde In pro
dif'ling Hulotniretted Iron is by the hydrogen
1 pro.e.s, where It Is medl, by hundrdsl of
pounds fr the ermmrnere of the world, and is
not to, h erlelpndel on, as it ,contains too great a
prroportiorn of 'iarbon thartroal. which cannot
S1H avoded i ti tht ro:ces of their manufarc
Sturing It.
' This Hulphlr,h f of Reflined Steal is the pure
sulphtlrrrt ,f sh-l, having not a parti"le of for
sign matter in lit corbinatlon. It is made by
hanrl.
r Thoa merlnir't profssorn of chemistry and
Sphyvicianr of Franrr, to ,'ther with the, Unlite
tttatesm )ispensatory, statPn that the great obtret
in arlminrlstrlnrr iron is to get the greatest
quantity lnto the gastric jul<*. of the stomach,ps
I It is intended, to renorvae, and purify the blood.
I and its known valunt a a to.nic.
mvt4 f W. T. T.
FITS, EPILEPSY,
--on
FALLING SICKNESS,
PERMANENTLY rCITRED-N)O HUMURV--BY
SONE MONTIIH ITlE OF DR, OOULARD'M (;ILE
) IIItATEID INFAILIBLE YIT I'OWLDERSi. To
I eonvince affrers that these powders will de all
we claim for thm,. we will send them by mail,
i'oH'r PAID, a iFEE T'lIAL BOX. As Dr.
(Ioulard is the only physiolan wbohae over made
ti la disease a picplal study. anddu toour kn 1
5 edge thousamnd have been PEItMANZNTLY
CUllED by the use of these POW WD
WILL OUABRANTEE A PEIRMANENT care In
Severy 'Hase or EFUIND YOU ALL NOIZKY
S iXPENDED. All suffrers should give these
powders an early trial, and be convinced of
1 thir curative powers.
PI'rlrI, for largo box, sa, or four boxes for $10.
sent by mail to any part. of the United States pr
I Ganada on recrt-' -f price, or by express ( O. D.
SAddress,
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F THE INUIIUANCE OIL is the only illuminat
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leading Insurance C',:npanies of Europoeu rd
America.
"The samplrof Insuran e Oil stands the high.
eat test of flash and burning point rof any oil
ever te.ted for the Committee."-New York
Board of Underwriters. . I
1 "For illuminatinng vu rpode the InsuranceOil'
I a Perfectly afe,,."--Nrw Orleans Board, ,
) Health.
"It is our opinion that the general use of tV.
I Insurance Oil woild gr-atly reduce the nuo
of lamp fires and r'xplosion, and lessen the rlwI
of destruction to lift, and property."-New Ot.
I leans Board of Underwriters.
Fathers and mothers who diraire the safety of
their children and hone. should use the
INSURANCE OIL.
P'ut up in bst barreis and a'-o
NEW PATENT FAUCET CANS.
For sale by
Puroline and Portable Was Light Co.
95 and 97 Gravier street. New Orleans.
Andby JERVEY. PETTIT & CO.,
Galveston. Houston and Austin. Texas.
I mvi tf
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Galveston. Houstoa and Austin, Texas.
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CONSUMPTION
Positively uwred.
All sufferers from this dfasoae who are anx onu
to be cured should try DR. KISINER'8 CEL-
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powders are the oniy preparation known that
will cure CONSUMPTION and all diseases of the
THROAT AND LUNGS-fndeed, so strong is
our faith In them, and also to convince you that
they are no hun bug, we will forward to ever
tsufferer, by mail, post alid, a FIES TRIAL
BOX.
Wo don't want your money until you are
p erfet:ly satielled of their curattve powers.
If your life is worth saving, don't delay in giving
a these POWDERS a trial, as they will surely :ur.e
5 yrii.
S I'riee, for large box $., sent to any part of the
United States or Canada by mail on ree:lpt o.
Y price. Address
ASH & ROBBINS,
ptls ly 36 Fulton street. Brooklyn. N Y.
Southern Shoe Factorv
e OF JOH1 HAlNSE3,
a3 and 5I Canal street, New Orlesas.
I, TO ALL 80THERN CITIZENS.
SI am of the same opinion as yourselves an4
am determined to help build up the manufac
turing interest of our native State in order to
t hel the laboring classes and keep the money
. which would otherwise go to the North, at home.
About a year ago I started my FaItc ry. and by
using the best material and a yina my hands
Dromptly. I have been enabled to extend
businss and support 5s women and chill
that would have otherwise left the State.-
order still to increase my Factory, I-'
earnestly call upon the merchants, not only
the city but of the whole country. to give me
t their aid and encouragem ant. Come and see .
del4 ly JNO. HANR
Slate Rwofil o .ng i .
Fire-Proof& Preservative Coating
FOR SHINGLE AND METAL ROOFS.
Oo 9 con t ill mrake s.hngl reon flrerrof, a eserve
t.tem from d..sy, stp ordinary leak, a. .e Mproke
the qualite of the water; and Io equal to are,
coat, of nrJdinry panlt o. premrTe.tL eo~o~aS5
metaln., whtle the eo.ot h bt litle. Thi Ct.,0ptf ,
meerts with an Increea. dem.nd where+e one atd.
and me,u ant be cofounded book R,,A Pkr.t..
eteae.ttey adrte-,d 6 ntee Arnm. theis, is
I manufctured by the unied. Bend r ot ends.
EDWARD THOMPaON,
Maonftacturer an Dealer in Rootfing .ntetl,
9e90 Ramses St. New O@esms Las
je13 im
Meat ltalls Nos. 3'1 & 38 Magazine Market.
u.rtit,- Shios. Familes, Hotels. etc., with
EGGS, VEiGETABLES,
FOWLS, iiA
SBeet, uttou n
- erk, Sausages T3St
S And everything the market affords.
MATLYN LANNES. Ja., Butcher.
Vegetahle Stalls Nos. 121. 124 Magazine IXarh