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MUNlIClrAL ATTsMR.
The PostAl omslttnII e-sIratuIlts1r Mlee.
Inlln Upoln the City AdmIlnltratllln.
The Committee on Postal Itelations wase p.
pointed by his Honor, Mayor Pilebury, on Wed
needay morning in a eordanoe with the recom
mendations contained in Col. T. Topper's report
of the proceedings of the postal convention held
at Old Point Comfort, which report was pub.
Ilehed and comnmented upon in the I~mnoLnAeT of
the 1lth lnst.
The following gentlemen have been appointed
to eonUtltute this important commlttee: T. Tup
per, from the Chiflnber of Comnmeroe; 0. L.
Walker, from the city at large; Charles OChaf,
from the Cotton Exchange; J. A. Alken, from the
steamboat Interest; A, J. (omila, from the Pro.
duose HEhange.
The duties will consslt in gathering data rela
ting to the Lounisans mails aad report upon the
same
omae people nsist on oonluanding the oity ad
ministration with the oard of Assessors, where.
as the board, with the exceptIon of Mr. Iteng.
terff, the Administrator of AsseMmentse, in oom.
posed entirely of appointees of the Governor, and
thereflbre are Sate olloers. The confusion leads
to many unjust ritlelisms against the City Ad
ministrators, who have nothing to do with the
valuation of property.
run oAtNW5 AnW,9.
tteferring to the propositlon of Mrs. (ainee to
eompromlse with the city, the Mayor saye that
the matter it now on appeal to the .npro'me
Court in the suit of (laines Vs. Puentes et ale.,
and that even though the oity were willinl to
nake a comnpromlse, she would be finanoially on
able It do so. Therefore the matter le left en
tirely with the United mtates llpreme Court for
settlement.
TONI'M r ITYOU D3AM.
ebpearls from the eoard of niatle s 1n
gineers.
'Th e overnor, on Wednesday, reteived the
following telegram irom Messrs. arred and
Richardeon, State Engineers, who went to ex
*mine the Tone's Bayou dam :
taservonT, La., August 91, 1877.
QCl. F. T. Nicholls:
Aversge death over dam and through wash at
Island end 6~ feet; extreme 8 to 10 feet. Not in.
ereasng. Daim of mattreeses and sand bare 'ill
exit bhih water can probably be built for $0000.
itavigation extremely bed and water may fail.
MHere three fet. Will arrive laturday night,.
IARROD and RIOKAIt D8N.
Major alrdee, who went to make a reconnois.
aunoe at the mouth of Red river, reports by tel
egraph as follows :
BAYOU MACa, La,, August 21,
0ev. F. T. Nicholls:
With the tfacilities offesrd by a seam tug and
aw l the work of examination at the month of
Bd rive w greatly expedited. bSulolent data
bas been obtained to show the dangers threaten.
SnavMiatiou, and upon whilh some immediate
ilon may e be s as a probable remedy ibr re
lief. I will return to New Orleans on the Par
goud in order to submit the result of my investi
gation and to confer with regard to what le ad.
uisable to be done in the matter.
T. 8. HARDDEE.
During the evening Major Hardee arrived in
the oi and will to-day present to the Governor
-e ollowing detailed report:
STATS Or LOttrIANA,
Ooee Booard of State ongineers
New Orleans, Aug. U9, le87.
Gov. F. T. Nicholls:
Dee' Sir--eooor4dng to instrnutions received ,
srom you on the 18th inst., I left New Orleans
cat day on the steamer Texas for the purpose or
-atkieg an examination at the mouth of Red riv.
Sr, wth the vew of determining the present and
d peetive diflcalties to nlviatlon at that t
-ilt. reached there at daylight on Monday I
monslaC i .epany with Coat. Wood, rep re.
emlluin the led river interest, and Orpt. lodge
sepresentin that of the Onsohite, who hadi
eem invited b pt. Atien to be present and to 1
i.-v me epoally what informatton they poe.
*eeed wi regard to the dileultie of the sltu.
uton as they existed lest fall We found a t
steam tug and yawl awaiting our arrival, and, c
with the folities affErdt d by these,
Tun WORK OF ZxAtINATION
was vry gretly expedited.
A reconnoisanoe was firt made over the route
betwtween the present and old mouths of Red
friver, embracing the outlet of the Atchafalaya
.and both sides of Turnbull's sland, a distance of b
about fifteen miles.
Asa result of this Investigation the form of e
servey required for the emergency was decided 0
apon and preparations immediately made for its
saosetion.
Very grave and plainly apparent dangers un
doubtedly exslt, welch almost certainly point to ti
an obliteration of the connection between Red
river and the Mississippi at no distant day, un
Seee some steps are taken to counteraot the clear T
.i delined operations of nature. 1
To aocomplish this suooessfully would require b
very extensive surveys, oocupytng a oonalderable
length of time to dettrmino the plan to be ai
adopted, and afterwards the expenditure of large I
eams of money to construct the necessary works. b
The appropriation of $20,000 by tte last Logisla
tare is totally inadequate In my opinion to per- a
oerm any work l okiug to a permanent Impror - )
mont, and th, refore my investigations on this tr
-coasion were devoted prinoipany to obtaining fa
suech data as would enable me to suggest how
some portion of the State's appropriation
COULD BE JUDICIOUSLY ZIXBNDED
in affording temporary relief during the present R
-commercial season.
The map accompanying this report will show p1
the different lines that were run, and also the of
ouundmge on each of said lines. It will be obh.
served that on the line at the head of the Atchafa
lays the deepest sounding obtained was 69 feet,
whereas on the line immediately below that at
point, on lower Old river, the cros secotton show- tn
a greatest depth of only 18 feet. This, together ti
with the oleerly marked and heavy ourrent set
ting down theAtchafalaya, the closing up of the r n
bead of upper Old river above, and the extensive
baer below, forming in what is oalled the "gut" in
lower Old river, piont unerringly to what nature
is slowly but surely doing towards severing the
connection between the 1e I and the Mississippi re
rivers, and causing the whole of the Red river or
waters to be emptied down and through the
Atchafalaya into the Gall
The ten cross sections taken through the grt,
where the ar
OPZATES. DIFFICULTIES TO NAVIGATION EXIST,
bhow upon the man a clearly defined channel of
over eight feet, On Monday morning early the
Tex.s, drawieg five and a half feet, passed
through the gut in my presence without deten
tion.
If the water could remain at its present stage,
or even fall not more than fire feet more, no
serious trouble would arise, but on the day of
the examination the water gauge showed a mark
of twelve feet above the lowest water of last
year. On reaching this lowest mark, therefore,
without any chances in the situation, there
would be found a ridge or bar of mad font feet
out of water through the entire gut for a distance
of about 3000 feet.
Thb removal of this sccumulation of mud at
the earliest possible moment as the problem to
.be solved.
At the present stage of water there is still
SOIETHING OF A CUtiaNT
past the Atchafalaya and through the gut into
she isiwsippl,'and this may be maintained for
nsome time to come, especially as the Miasissippi
trier seems to he falling more rapidly than the
Iled. The water at present coming out of Bed
i.ver is quite free of sediment, and it is fair to
rsume that no more deposits will be accumu.
thisd season in the gut, and we have, there
lbre. to deal with only what is already there.
If the situation at the head of the Atchafalava
ahad been more favorable, it would have been ad
visable to try the experiment of a mattress sill
!similar to what has been eff..ted by Oapt. Eads
at the head of Southwest Pase) in order to deflec
some portion of the water from the Atchafalaya
-wn through lower Old river, thus creatine a
etiable current through the gut. which would
g-retir aid the proposed work. But the great
depth of water d scovered there places such an
mperimett beyond the reach of the means at
Qar disposal, and we are furcod consequently to
resort tO some etpedlent more simple and less
eatpenalve.
I would propose to have one or more powerful
steam tugs, suitably rlged uip with adjustable
rakes and sotepers behind, to be opera in onn.
bection with the propellers, and to plane these at
work
NIOhtT AND DIAY IN Tit#r 'ANNRLtl
way or the gut, which can be plainly marked out
by a line o small buove. The renul antiolpatod
would be to stir up the soft loose mud, which ex
ltse to a considerable depth, and have it snooped
out in seeaseilve layers to a point lammediately
below and adjoining the gIut where a great
depth of water eslsts, fhrnushleb a nitable re*
eeptacle for the surplus stuff wlthot in the least
endangerin navigation in that quarter.
If the work under this plan shoiud be under.
taken without delay, and while there is still si
outward mrret to asseelst the oation of the
scrapers, there is strong hope to believe that the
plan would prove ueasawful in iffording the re*
lef desired. But in any event, and even without
the benefit of the outward natural current, I en
tertain the opinion that the artifbloldl urrent
which oan be generated, together with the favor,
able consistency of the material to be dealt with,
promisee such a favorable result that there
should be no hesltation under the olroumstanoes
in incurring the expense and
RAV|INl TEtM wt'PBiIMSNIT TRIAtD.
Fro.m lformation I have obtained since my re.
turn to the city, I think the expense of the work
as designed would not amount to more than 9t800
per month for one boat, or $8.00 for two, and if
the plan proves llcasooneus, whobh nan be fully
tested after a few days trial with one, the whole
work can be completed probably within the flrt,
month. I see no other plan within our reahob
wh!eh can affotrd the nelded relief, or tinder
which a portion of the legislative appropriation
can be better expended to carry out the objects
intended.
I would, therefore, most respeelfully reoom
mend its adoption, and that immediate steps be
taken to carry it into execution.
Very respeutfulty
TIIOMAN H. AIIltBJl.
n I'lwTOMiHOUJMI NMATTERM.
or
IEverybody, "ins" and "outr," parties Inter
ested and dislnt, rested, are anxiously watching
the advices from Washington now to see
Ao NOW MUCH o U A KICK
the Iteturnilg Board dtlegation will make there.
le 1'lvate dispatches announce their arrival at
d that point, and while one says that they will
await the arrival of the President another Intl.
mates that they will find him and lay their onee
before him as soon as possible.
En-Marshal Packard was at the Custom-House
t duringithe morning, attending to some of his sold
1. offiial bustines, confining hil visit, however, to
III the Marshal's office.
O. onalderable comment was occasioned in and
about the building over the esolusive publics.
tion in the Dasto.nAr
B. or T1ru OOMMtstONt' RI'OaRT,
. and as a reult the demand for the InP)MOInAT
was 'argely increased when the "outs' and
"ins" desired to know what recommendations
had been made, and all of the former who could
d raise a nickel went for it only to see that Ladd
was to be made
SI T oE I 1OiOL tOtUNrxBt,
e and that " outse" and loungers were to be sum.
manly "slid" down that Iron causeway.
A Heasdlese Corpe.
Yesterday morning the headless body of a
white man was found floating in Bayou at. Jobr,
n near the Island, between the lake and bayou
r bridge.
When the body was hauled ashore, besides the
head, one of the arms was also missing. The
body was in an advanced state of deo.aposi.
tion, and the arm and head are supposed to have
I dropped off from long exposure.
The atir Knightsl Mobilllng.
f The Knights Templar of Louisiana having con
t eluded arrangements for transportation to Cleve.
F land, Ohio, and return with the Mobile fast line,
the nommanderes will leave Oanal street depot,
Ion Friday evening, August 24, at 5 o'clock. At
Mobile and Montgomery they will be joined by
the knights from Alabama. Every preparation
tending to comfort has been made by the officers
of this popular line, and Pullman's palaoe sleep.
ing ears will be run through to Oleveland without
ohange. Major 8. 8. Parker, general passenger
agent, Louisville and Oinoinnati Short Line, has
arranged for a grand reception at Louisville by
the oommanderies of that city. The knights will
be accompanied to their destination by that vet.
eran of railroad agents, Mr. Bell Howell, of this
city.
Youngr Men's Literary Aesnrtation.
This ansooiatlon is to give another brilliant en
lettainment this evening in the shape of literary
exercises at Grunewald Hall meeting rooms.
The exercises will embrace an oration by J. N.
Hagtne, declamation by Bamuel Moses, essay
by W. A. Flynn, seloct reading by J. B. Jonas,
and a debate upon the question of the day-Was
Russia justilled in dooelaring war against Turkey
between the following disputants, Lionel Adams
and Morris M. Rohlman, in the affirmative; and
D. Rosenberg and E. Well in the negative. A rare
treat is promised, and honorary members and
friends of the asesooiation are invited to attend.
Reception of Mir. O'Donnell.
Last evening Mr. Jas. O'Donnei,, of the Hope
Rowing Club, returned after his brilliant ex
ploits at Detroit. Notwithstanding the many
obstacles to surmount he came in ecoond to
those who had been long preparing for the con
test, and he proved that our boys at home, if
an opportunity was offered, could vie with even
the most experienced oarsmen. The Hope Club
turned out in force with a brass band, and sere
naded the newspaper offices and friends.
How is This?
Capt. O'Neil, commanding the Fifth Precinct,
reported to Chief Boylan that at 9:20 a. m.
on Tuesday he notified Coroner Rance to hold
an inquest on the body of a child lying dead at
the house of Henry Stewart, No. 618 Love street,
and at 8:15 Wednesday morning the Coroner had
not put in an appearance. Decomposition had set
in, and the neighbors were complaining of the
odor.
A Race on the River.
There was considerable excitement in Levee
circles yesterday over a race that occurred on the
river between two of our harbor tugs, the M. N.
Jones and the Ella Wood. The field was from
the head of Jackson street down to OCanal, and as,
there was considerable feeling over the subject,
both parties left nothing undone to insure nsuo
ce.s. At about noon both tugs started, the M
N. Jones about two hundred feet ahead, and both
turned on full steam. From the point near the
starting to the finish the Ella Wood led, and won
the race handsomely by fully two hundred feet.
It is stated on the part of those in charge of the
Ella Wood that a twenty mile match for from one
to five thousand dollars could be gotten up be.
tween these two boats, if it was wanted.
Remarkable Shootlna.
Yesterday Judge Moody, of the Ogden Guards,
and Chas. F. Trust, of the Crescent Greys, at the
Crescent City B fie Park, at 2%0 yards, off-hand,
with a Springfield rifle, made the following score:
Judge Moody 73 out of a nossible 75. Chas. F.
Trust 73 out of a possible 75; Moody 23 out of a
possible 25, and Trust made the same score
tied. Score to settle: Moody 15 out of 15, Trust
14 out of 15.
Alexander Dnmas' daughter GQllette, aged sev
enteen, i sbhnrtlv to be married 'o !nnis Denay
rouse, the well known French dramatic author.
S PROMAWAI1 POT.ITY'.
I he Doleful lletory to "IAttle Willie,"
tie IlRobber.
| What's In a name ? that which we call a night.
ourt by any other name would smell as sweet
(Shakspeare)--and so did "Little Willie' when
Judge Smith directed a keen eye upon him,
1 Little Willie was arrested for robbery and looked
I up aecording to the recognized usages to await
trial in the morning. When the court opened
and his honor, with majestic brow, began to
nod terror into the hearts of the customary
efeunders, a genial faced man tremulously
approached the awful bench, and bending obse.
qulously before his honor begged to intercede in
favor of his friend, "Little Willie." "Judge,"
aid the petitioner, "Willie was simply on a little
spree; he is young and artless. If you will only
let him go this time he will never go on a spree
again." The appeal was so pathetio that his
honor was curious to see this victim of
misplaced confidence, and repaired to the
dock where, upon being introduced to
"Little Willie," he found a burly negro about
als and a half feet high and broad in proportion,
fearfld to look upon. The result of the inepeo
tion war that "Little Willie's" case was tried, and
he was sent up for trial for robbery before the
Superior Crlminal Court. But this Is not the
worst of It. The untoward fortunes of "Little
Wilie" excited the sympathies and roused the
dormant lyre of a reportorial bard who oranked
off the following, grinding sweet music from his
organ-like fancy:
"tirnTT, wtitt.a"-A ballad.
Can I epesk to son a nmoment, judge,
It's a favor I wish to ask ?
And I hope ton won', refuse me,
For I swear t'il be my last.
I have a friend in trouble, Judge,
For the first lime in his life;
And I ask you to r lease him
For the sake of his poor wife.
Little Willie is his name, Judge;
Come back to the dock and see,
And I am sure when you meet him,
'au'll turn him loose for me.
Willie is solid in the ward, Judge,
For he did good work for me;
If von let him olt'jst this time,
He'll never go on a spree.
And God knows of what may happen, Judge,
When election day comes y;
Little Willie is no common fudge,
And he never tells a lie.
Unless it is a matter of statesmanship in wards,
Then let your brow unbend, Judge,
For Mercy, when well.timed, will bring its own
rewards,
And there's nothing like a nigger to bear a I
hateful grudge.
lnt the Judge's brow unbended not,
And "we mile Little Willie now."
For he's boo,-d to board with (ept. OCan,
Who wall "kiss him for his mother!"
A TIDAL WAVIE.
Peoit ilear and Another Fellow Insdan.
gered by a lanker's Dive.
We are gratified to be able to allay the anxist]
and alarm that have for some time oct a gloom
over the usually v.vaoionl circles of Oaroudelet
street by the mysterious disappearance of a
notable banker and broker, whoes capacious ana
expansivo form has for the last twenty years beet
regarded as inseparable from and Indlspeneable
to the unity of the view and identity of the char.
aoter and aspect of that great mart of the mone.
ohangers and bond dealers. We have now a.u
thentio and gratifying intelligence of the where.
abouts and whatabouts of this conspicuous rep
resentative of our Rialto. It somes to us in no
questionable shape from that delightful retired
nook so much affected by gentlemen of thought
fat and retiring habite and of strong tastes for
the voluptuous sea breseze and nvigorating sea
bath. These are nowhere more enjoyable than
at Point Olear on Mobile Bay.
Thither modestly glided our capacious Banker,
with all the secrecy practlicable to so conspicuous
a specimen of enlarged humanity. What better
Place for the ruminations of one whose life for
the past twenty years was crowded with so many
stirring events, and where the whole gulf was
so open to the embrace of his capacious figure,
and the bracing sea breer. brought such animat
ing and cooling sensations to his expanded
brow, and so sportlivly toyed with his hyacinf
thian look I.
The presenca of our banker at Point Olear,
though modestly and even furtively made, was
not long unannounced. I .deed it was male far
more conspicuous thaLn comported with the tastes
and desires of our banker. And this by a strange
inoidgnt. After securing his quarters and re
freshing himself from the fatigues of his jour
ney, our friend hastened to the bathing grounds
with impatient appetite to enjoy the pleasure of
breasting the briny surr, for which he had so
long panted as the deer for the clear brooks. He
was accompanied by a friend from the city, coon
neoted with a large wholesale dry goods store. It
is no disparagement of our banker's companion to
say that he presented a very strong contrast in
figure, height, breadth and periphery with the
great banker. Whilst without exaggeration the
one may be styled huge and amplitudinous, it is
with historical fidelity we are compelled to
describe the other as stumpy, slight, not to say
diminutive. The two proceeded hastily to the
surf. The great banker, in his impatience, could
hardly complete his bathing toilette, wherein he
was impeded by an apprehended brevity and
lightness of the inadequate garments before he
rushed into the comparatively placid gulf with a
gracefully rising surf. He was followed by his
frinnd from tha aitw as Tnlna follonwd Enaa.
Non passibus equus.
With a reckless and impetuous dash, our
banker, being an experienced swimmer, boldly
pushed forth for the deep water, where his whole
body could be embraced by th~ Waves. • In this
he quickly succeeded, and now ensued an alarm
ing phenomenon. The large displacement of the
waters of the Gulf by the immersion of his vast
form produced a sudden and violent agitation
which set in motion the waves and cauasd them
to rise to each height and ts dash upon the
shore with such violence as to create the great
surprise and alurm of all the guests at the hotel
and the dwellers by the bayside. There was no
wind, the sky was calm and the bay in its porm l
condition; that it should suddenly fly into senc a
passion and rave and toss so unprovokedly, niJght
well create general surprise and alarm, a~d draw
a crowd of the curious to the beach to investliate
the cause of this sudden freak of nature. Among
them, of course, were a number of indies, who
had been drawn to the scene by the suggestion
that a large white whale had got ilto the bay and
was disporting there for their amrJsement.
All unconscious of the exeitment which he
had created on the shore, the great banker con
tinued his gambols wi'h tbj high waves, and
rolle'l and plunged, dived and turned somer
seults and out all the capters, so vividly recalled
of hii juvenile days. 8rddenly it occurred to
him that he was all'alona. Where was his friend
who entered tlhe Waer with him ? He had for
gotten to inquire whither he could swim. If he
could not, and pert isted in following him, he
must have been ov jrwhelmed by the agitated
waves and drownbd, This was an agonizing
thought, and banitohed immediately all sportive
inclinations, and ,eeeeeitated an immediate re
tracing of his ccarse. to the shoal water of the
beach. Not a v(,tig9 of his friend could be seen.
Carefully and fi.arfully groping his way back,
treading water a.nd fedling in every direction for
his eubmerged friend, our banker slowly ap
prowhed the Sbore in a state of the deepest anxi
ety and terror.
" My God I t~le man must be drowned, and I
shall be charg~d with his murder. What pos
wessed him to 4ollow me if he could not swim ?"
In the midst of this awful terror, but still pursuing
is setarch and feellng in every direotion with
ands and feet, staddentl the banker sprung
saIde as it he had felt a shark or stlugaree mtv
ng rountld his feet. "Well, I touo',ed something
solid; it didn't feel like a 8imb was a little ti o
s eolId ad quiet." I'll take a dive down a d see
Wbht it it . Accordingly he plunged headfore
most near the locality of the object he had touthed,
and approaching it carefully was strl ken with
horror to find that the object was a human
form, and feeling his way to the head, he
grasped it by the bair and, with a vigorous pull,
drtaggtd tp the unmistakable form of his friend
i and companion, and lifting the body on his ahoul
der bore it to the shore and laid it in the white
sand. Then feeling the breast, he discovered
that life was not estlnaot, (Jaling loudly for
sealetance, our banker proceeded to administer
sach remedies as a very limited pratlee In that
line suggee s ed.
He e gave several vigorous shakes to his unro.r
tInate friend, rolled him overon the sand, rub.
bed him down with terrlfio vigor and shampoon
Sed him wt*'h desperate energy, Under tblebhiserolo
Spractie his friend soon began to give evidences
of reviviftoatio, and in the meantime some per.
Sson arriving to his aslesetnce the unfortunate
r gent eman gradually emerged from his asphitl
ated otundtion, and opening his mouth and his
eyes discovered and recognised as his savior
and rescuer the genial and now joyful counte
nance whom he had good reason to suspect of
homilcdal intents when he decoyed him Into deep
water, and then raised the waves so high by
plungIng his capactous form therein as to over
whelm and drown him.
* Well, old follow, I am very grateful to you for
pulling me out, but hang me If I go ont sea bath
ing with you again. When you go out in the
bay there Is no room for anybody else."
And that night the relieved banker and his
resu.eliated victim celebrated their escape by a
jolly supper and a liberal outpouring of Itoederer
and other demonestratons of joyfulness.
Ot;i QARMIKN PITRIItI .
A IteIllnllliesnre of lhe Old ihrye of 1l25.
Those of our oldest oitituene-arid they mu~t be
very old-- will doubtlesd recall that veteran and
courteous old gentleman, Hamuel Livermorp,
who for so long a time enlivened our city during
the good old days of '2.. He was a man of keen
observation and strict business habits, aid his
acumen was seldom faulty in an investment. To
come to the circumstance we are about to relate:
1; was about 18a0, when the Fourth Distriot was
one broad meadow for lowing kine, that Liver
more heard that Madame Livaudais was anxious
to sell her plantation. Madame Livaudals, it
will be recalled, lived in what was afterwards
termed the "heaunted house," on Washington,
corner of Tohoupitoulas street. 8the had for a
long time been anxious to dispose of her plantation,
the limits of which embrace now almost the
whole of our Garden District. Few takers were
found for the place, and for some months it was
a question whetbhr It would be sold or not.
Samuel Livermore apprerciated the situation, and,
gathering as many of bin monied friends together
as he couli: muster, hi. went up to Madame
Livaitlais. The party was received with all the
attention every guest at our Oreole manelons
always are tendered, and after titessting a good
dinner all aijurned to the terrace roof, and after
einelglng from the observatory the broad fields
of one of the Livaudais and Bialigny plantations
were spread before the eye. Livermore, looking
down to what was then the old city oalled his
Intimate friend Mr. Cole, and, stretbohng out his
broun.d hand, said :''You see this broad plain
of cane and grass. This will be the garden por
tion of that city," pouinting to what was then the
confiued litits of New Orleans. "Mr. Cole, leI
us secure Madame Livaudais' plantation, and
there's money for us."
A stock company was shortly formed, Madame
Livaudaie' place was ptuhaseed, and the now
densely populated neighborhood was oflLr ed on
the market. Pnrchasers were ready and they
came early, and in a very short time the best
corner Io a were taken up. The stock comptny
that bought Madame Livaudals' place madtie
money and those who purcabsed from the onm.
psny did likewise. From a vast field of waving
cane and corn the Fourth District became the
centre of settlement, and to-day it atests the
foreslght of its founder, damuli Livermore.
Omlr Riflemen Away fronm Hlme.
teooentl dl'atohee from New York bring the
plesant intelligenoe that our local team have
been doing as good work as they did on their
own dang bill. The following was received yes
terday :
Nzw Yoot, August 21, 1877.
The Orescent City iix fired their first scores at
Creedmoor this afternoon, the six men scoring
1110 points, whloh is an average of 185 per man.
Capt. Helph lead with 201, making 76 In a poe
sible 75 at the 8,0i yard range. Major Arms sec
ond, Evrioh third.
Mr. Helph's roire is looked upon as something
extraordinary, and encourages his friends to be
lieve that he will make a remarkable record
before the month's prac Ice is finished.
The following named gentlemen of the Ams
teur t1fi, Club, of this oely, have been chos n to
shoot against them in the inter-dtate match:
Jewell, 1227; Allen, 1221; Weber, 12(.i; lyde,
1105; or Dakm, 1187.
If Gon. Dakin makes a higher s.orn in the
competition to-day than that of Mr. Hlyde, he
will be the fourth man. W.
In corroboration of the above, the following was
received :
Creedmor, August 21 1877.
Headquarters New Orleans Bfle C1lub.
To M. Vonderban :
Selph led with two hundred and one. Arms
and Eyrioh next. Team's total eleven hundi ed
and ten. Wind bad. Wit. Ants.
Railroad Personals.
1Y THE ;ACKXON HOUTEr.
The following are a portion of the departures
by the Great Jsekoon route, last uvoulog: Mrs.
M. Murray, San Francisco; Hp:oial Treasury
Agent Thou. J. Kisella, It. G. ushb, W. D.
Smith, G. L. Hubbell, Uhicgo; J. J. Brown, L.
E. Crane, P. Brown. (steamer Alvin), Capt. N.
Scovell and son, Rev. Fathers A. de Ham and
Murphy, Louisville; A. M. Mayo, C. G. Brown,
8. E. Russell, St. Louis; J. C. Stewart, Aaron
Wolf, W. D. Worlftein, Mrs. A. C. Van"Benthey
sen, T. Drenux, Jerry Lee Bob Lee. New York;
Ohus. Bell, Monroe: Miss E. Whitehrad, Peters
burg, Va.; Miss M. Cuonlnngham, Petersburg,
Va.; Wm. Hunt, Niagara Falls; 0. H. Heck, Oin
omnnati.
Sent Down.
Louis R. Laun, charged by Mortimer Carr with
forgery, waived examination before Judge Smith,
and was sent before the Superior Criminal Court
under $10i;0 bail. Laun could not furnish the
amount required, and went back to prison.
Brevitles.
There is little or nothing doing in the Federal
courts, except the preparation of transcripts of
appea._. There is a very large docket of appeal
able cas·s, and this winter the Circuit Court will
have its hands full.
Last night there was a repetition of the phe
nclnenon mentioned in the DEMOCRAT a few days
",go. Lights sad n airy form were witnessed by
several parties in the third story window of a
store on Gravier, between COmp and St. Charles
streets, south side. The policeman on the heat
is stiff-necked this morning trom looking up try
ing to ferret out the mystery.
The principal avocation of Camp street
loungers is now the taking in of the improved
mode of erecting telegraph poles. The laborers
enjoy the attention of these lookers-on.
They still keep those stones in their places in
the front of the Custom-House. If these old
remnants of granite were worth stealing, the
thief ought not to be prosecuted.
And still the milliners persist in having awn
ings that reach within five feet of the sidewalk on
Royal street.
Short Items.
Larceny of sugar is the charge that holds
Henry Robinson in the Harbor Station.
On a charge of larceny Albert Beynolds was
lodged in the Suburban Station.
Peter Friabie was fined $2 50 by Judge Smith
Wednesday morning for being drunk and attempt
ing to commit suicide.
Solomon Carter was yesterday sent by Judge
Smith before the Superior Criminal Court, under
$500 bonds, on the charge of robbery.
Amanda Moses was sent before the First Dis
trict Court, under $250 bonds, on the charge of
Ipatty larceny.
Chas. Madison was pulled at 7 tulock Tuesday
night and lodged in the Sixth Station, charged
b with having entered the reeidenre of Mary Pe
t berson, at the time being armed with a dangerous
weapon,
SJosph t orl m refroml, A shoemaker, wals mmured
in tie Fitrth i'tree,,ot iatirn, charged with ob
S raining money from A. Testart under false pro
tenses.
Jim Moott for plundering goods aboard the
steamship Alabama, can be lound behind the
bare of the iarbor tLation.
Benjamin Ellison, who alleges that he is a mer
ohant, Is oootipying suace in the Third Olsnbuose,
charged with obtaiiUng money from Louis eligier
under false pretenoes.
1 Maria Higgans, alias Maria Williams, was ar
rested at her place of abode, corner of Treme
r and Oonti streete, and lodged in the Third I're
v ant i tation, charged by M. Harris, a stranger
in this city, of having robbed him of 0140.
THgU IOUltnt,.
ºmeond Distriet Court.,
In this tribenal the following suooessions were
opered : E. W. Urbe, Ipoulue (Onillet, wife of A.
noutamat; Juan Birisolare and John d. Angell.
Thilrd District (Iours.
The Hibernia Insurance Company has filed a
suit against the civil sheriff, Thomas H. 1Handy,
and the taite asking for a writ of injunction.
The petition alleges that the insutrance company
purchased, at a sale by the sheriff under a writ of
fiert faies, in the ease of tie city vs. ,. L. Mon
tien, three lots of ground, boueded by (lanai,
U(asquet l'rieur and Hlomen streets, and in the
player of the petition a restraining order is asked
to prevent the further sale of this property as
advertised by the sheriff.
ten. ti. J. Campbell has also filed a petillon
for an trlnjcutio tl gatnst thio cIty to restrain tihe
city from selling a certain piece of property on
trsulines street.
Fifthl Is)l* rict. C.Ort.
Flmnith A (ii vs. .fJohi, . It ,lne,--P'etitioers
allege that on the ninletern l lh of Augruat one M
tiirmn died, havig lin his ppe sessiorn certain
property 4brlo.inig to the pllintliff, and that
John O Itiolre, coiner, held an inqneqst on Iivi
brody of the deoeased anrid took the property al,urd
nd to aihove ineto his possssior and refuses to
deliver rup the same. A writ of sqeluretratinll is
Rhked for ad was grarlltd on plinrtll.ls giving
bond in the erro of $1()0.
lire In tirc' Third Distrlct.
At 1 o'cloltk Thursday mornitg, the house of
Oeo. Mick, occupied by MArs. IFrarnoit flyle, silt,.
ated on St. lerriard street, near Force, was tota'
ly destroyed by fire. The total leeo was esti.
mated at $2rl00. The property was insured, but
for what amount or in what oompany could not be
ascertasind. The slarnr was turned in from boy,
Sit.
WM.'.l ON ThK PIi.sIrllbSNT mOU'rNi.
ERN POLICY.
OlnolareStl Euquirer lIterview.]
Reporter---qr. Wells, will you favor
the l.,npulre'r by an expression upon the
political situation?
Gov. Wells -We are not in politics
now, and I don't see any reason for any
expression on my part.
Rep.--But there e an anxiety to learn
the teeling in regard to the de facto
roesident's Southern policy.
Gov. Wells- -Well, it suits me. I am
in favor of it,
•lsop. -And how do you think the
southern people generally like It?
GCov. Wells--Very well, I think.
Irpp.--All of them?
G(ov. Wells-- Well, the majority of
them. With the colored it is eminently
satisfactory.
eep.-And with the whites?
(Gov. Wells-- With the majorlty of the
whites it is considered good, especially
with the natives of our State. Those
who have emigrated there are not so
well plearsed with it.
Rep.-You think, then, that it Is for
the best Interests of the Southern peo
ple?
Gov. Wells -Yes, I think so. It seems
to be working satlsfactorily so far, and
I think (here the Governor made a
quick movement to thbe rzht. anil, pras
Ing the reporter, landed in the elevator)
and I think it will work out all right in
the end. Go ahead, Mr. Conductor
and the elevator moved quickly sky
ward.
The ex-Governor is evidently not as
pirlng for newspaper notoriety just at
present.
The Peace netween NAgypt and Atdyelni a
Peace is concluded between Egypt
and Abyssinia, on terms which make
the miserable war between the Khedive
and John King a drawn battle. The old
frontiers are to be restored, and the
I3ogos country will be given to Egypt;
and on the other hand A byssinia is to
be at be at liberty to have an agent at
Mlassowah, and to have free communi
cation with foreign countries, except
that the importation of powder and
guns is limited to flfty pounds of pow
der, ten guns, and t(0)0 caps-an ar
rangement not likely to be long satis
factory to warlike, powder-loving Abys
sinlans. Col. Gordon is not, however,
yet free to begin his often postponed
task of putting down the slave trade in
the Rtcd Sea, for an insurrection has
broken out in the province of Darfur,
and he is busy suplpres.ing It.
There Is a large export from Marseil
les to Egypt of sugar plums containing
basheesti and opium.
Cremation has been legalized in the
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, under
certain sanitary restrictions.
Ten thousand visitors are said to be
summering in the mountains of North
Carolina.
.qt--o~t --
Palaln Royal.
Among the many changes to take place soon
on the grand boulevard none will be more strik
ing and more indicative of the good time to come
than the swaying to the breeze the banners of the
grand "Palais Royal." Our enterprising friend
Levy, who bas for so many years been the pope.
lar proprietor of the dollar store, No. 137 Canal
street, seems to have had his faith shaken in re
pubhlcan instittions and ideas, and is deter
mined, with one fell swoop, to obliterate the
name of dollar store forever. he is making prep
arations for the opening of this elegant and gor
geous establishment, and nothing will be spared
in making it the most attractive place in the
Southern country. Levy's dollar store is known
throughout the whole South, and as it has been
known for its promptness in filling orders and
the polite attention of the clerks, and the place to
get everything, so will the Palaie Royal grow
into popular favor, for we will see in the large
and gilded signs that are to adorn the building
evidences of a new era, a prosperity which we
have longed for but never expected until the
present time.
MEssas. A. ROCHEREAU & Co.-Our epicures
should take note of the fact that that old and
long established firm, Messrs. a. Rochereau &
Co., are now receiving per the barb Alphonse and
Marie, from Bordeaut, a select importation of
vermouth, claret and olive oil. Those who are
connoisseurs ought to call at once and secure
what is needed for home consumption.
BARGAINS TO BE HAD -House-keepers who
have an eye to economy ought to note the al
vertisement in another column of that veteran
h use of J. G. Gaines, liquidator of that old firm
of Henderson & Gaines. rtooe seeking bargains
ought to drop in at 100 Canal street and inspect
the splendid stock there offered at fabulously
low prices.
Buy your buggies and carriages from L. T.
Maddux, 35 Carondelet street, near corner Gra
vier.
-OP` tngr
New Orleans Pacific 11511
way Company.
Thisc NFW Off, ANH VAnr ulcl BAlLWAY
UOMI'AN'Y wo sprusrnlrstid Ju.in, 1f47, sundert i
tlrirr lIons tht ho Hlstt sf lr, iieinsp,5 nssthoriu-.
I II It tro r'o))(trto(t it ralrrarv from Nolw Oriol nrii
tot Miirnvttrt 0tod Msrssiiii, ira 'I'lnas, sllytrrt.
ins ft Knarlttlsi fir Hitrovnprirt,
Ti'hes 1 11ritino loltti oI I'Vitvlll for liti inttrs
tlltlttia I', sn i llltmt, friots NOw ()s'iunisna, vhs
l)i(psllIItiilllst mpil Ai'xnrlanlri, to ti point of
n- lnr loh with fllts rOI I' And l'lflt Itsilwsap
st Hitrnvitirt tstitl AltItInPill, I'Tsss, where the
rostil will form 'I 511 il 't ioi w Ith )lla, l$htr
rnan, Fart~r. Worthr. Jonflrrscn. Tnlrnrkrsnn, nnct all
Nan f tiara rt Toxna awlll A trknnana, Mta/R~onrl and
IISpstS#, atif tr inlttl 5 POw hsighswayfor the
At Naw lrit'sIs, Lit naisIti will ioonnititt, with the
Ntow ltr'sitiit t lt l lrt o rlalrot dl for sill Honttp
.ini potiitts, sinit with It1,i' Now (rloipnns, Mit fLotls
sittil (ihls ltuist sil-sl nii fir sill 5;tiist. In thin Nritrth
Ipttln Entafl l.. At tlis tport if NiW OrlossIf dlirnst,
tittllitt~ Iftttt tit1i- nilttils wills stpsnierp aRnld
taril Iss vr'scolp If f ill pitlltfs i,1tr lCh Attl usiol
natnfit. anal 15lurrolcnr l loaoclrl,1lr .
It, Is pritisissnrl it ililtit tirtrn Olin lispo it 1ir
Miist.Kssics, ita, toi s'sii'ttl 012,tts pisr a ints. jJl j
It hipti tt pattrs r'ptl Intl"'cs-tt. trttynbll ptra-i-Itflnpp
tIlly istrial tinsin ftr forrtvy yt'tIt: tiny sin the al6
cilltri tif tiriul *1,ts;ii.riss, tif wtlilii are now oftsred
It thi,' prwpln of Nisw Orlnntss $l10,00h -prossnde
'if whirl, will ittsitiit tins aotopsiny to Ftade
lhtlrlcsi trital i'itarii~ -listst ' S Irs lisno, whitit)
wllt', ilripr,, that Iirpoitno tof Ilo hlptinslu Will prow
itri, tso aits r tii'sslpip'ttit' sititi r'and liSstiont, P141
M sili t I~ flogistsul In tow isii rise t littprovirs lyssl
i'iritt1'ipll I ltit wins dol"t, s lit, It'sstsrov il rpolnlt
spoirtn lho I Inst int pisstil i Iwis-thirrs 'if the sst
serr,1ti rnil ii r'ol l's titiislirtss thi rostl'lss.I
'nTan ftlliiwlli'gtillpripti. pirnt,itrtl will t nar' by
lIsts (ltainut iSsglsstaar ' it hltnwlItt is s ismlitol
i'no Far, PoR'rtnslAt
ilirorit Now Orlt'srisu ls, MrlshaIls.. ,..tign miler!
rtrots K't h .1 nh i 1istipi so Hlirovs'irptL. 265 mIlne
Ttlla.... ...............,... .......isN;lmiles
(lrsiulpttitsp itind Irrliluti s .........., S1,119i,'fma
Ms iisrsl unutu fi5isl dwIttyi notn riusit. . . 2,574'1100
tir, olntti I n stial sur' piotstnl h,'nsii,(
woa~rd and wtto.tr ataatjonna, antd Hird
i aka........'....' . ~r "tnt...,.........200,4th
(!-nI llls r'lna rilll d tlmrlnriln lt·tlt ax
panan, 7'. (ro r oh, .. .... . "....... 7116 ,4(X/
Total. ic,'luplvn oIf r'rnlllsg sshirtk.. E4,749,1,1J
Stiltlits (1 if srill "lsaissns sit Sttitt., .gýiajp45(a
To-tpl. ltiitltilvis if rtolllng itoakIt. . $4,f14,nn
L's Isl Iii *i.tltos pr 1i1t 1 illis--sivsorssi tMet ff wholo
ritip IIoI ptitl.i' sants fiy sup ssli~p i,
M'ts al,si pln pl VI 1WHtaritniliri III pits'tiitsa svivullsbls'. . 440.006
'isi,72i5 iwritrs 'if liiatti in Tr1'µ1i, "sitlnttslc
ntfw otWlil -Ilv a'is tittslIrE!rsi 71.5(X1
ltlpsst, rii'rlstt,i naci . oliiilis iiffira.tl Io Nttw
til iiit 51. Oll ins' Sri rust, i
itilal· putt vi Yd(ar 5i1ii5 ll,', 'PriilA)SNP
Ll'ar )),'va 0 e75,m* - 1,4167,nAs
With rah-r-mi'r r to ti, eillltv of thU rorad ttp
ereirn tisr rtoroersrt rupn the 1,rrndee, attenlLion i
'nll~ d tI' 1m frollorwing uret.ilint.', or the urslnerrm
that root, 101 nreiiuy 'Ieiieetitl-a d 11up1, anL alny o0n
f!rrnllar willh the , i~r, try travrrred by the Nerw
Orloirr i'ewlfie lhtllweey etnel tho rotton l nd
rugar groufwin rrcleen tri tetnry thorrto, and the,
advarntogrue of Noiw O)rieeuere ito a rotten market
will tsar ire out in oiur rtnttrmehtn.
Tie uertlmnter oef rrnltrgr fler the litre will
atetrnr l'ew, but l cton at, Liter frolowing moelelato
lituree ane ampleul~ maergcln in Ilft, albove the Inter
apt cmn titiHolrereri'r Ieee.
Tho, erarniieegr for thte irrt. yvor nfterr onmple
tiun of this reoad, "retirreeeiet e tIhrus:
2ru,,991 btlom or rrhtton at. $2.. . . . . 16,r0,B~
211.oeH r h ruierr n of srtl'rk at. tir
1,1 cittr lorede ii Crina, a i tr $3 eropre
setrtling eatrout 2Amf 000, hitehoire) .. 2 0.0144W
U. t. Mal, $100 .oar mile por mnnu3m 30,10
.,e xpre~e etnel a ulls noiineriour frroliht. fev
pucrrneelrer trinloew. .. 20 .101
Tirrroregl anrd ioer'aInl pi ereerngirr trctlio; . lfcreer
Mirrr'aruei le rrlm gooi)l re ann gier
Ojuerat~i rg erpo inerio and tmorno.( Lr'rr p
Net,. irriitr ainr toe Iret er'net ., V,4El441I
Anu ereal lefnrtn.nrt oiierknrg o lirrt rnert
Krai,,. *e,:::e4,1)4%, at (; p+;r n::rut ...... 21;9,2
N'ot, nppiinetulu, te rein kinrug fewll and
divlidreelri #J1leOayce
GREAT CLEARANCE SALE
-oF
DRY GOODS !
Entire Present stock to be sold at Any
Price up to September lit,
-AT
PEPIN & BRIOUSSARD,
18........... CANAL STREET ........... I
White Building, eorner Baroanne.
Wishing to open the fall and winter season
with an entire'y new stock of goods, we will
continue on MONDAY our great sale at sacri
fice. We have reduced all our Summer Goods
To Fifty Cents on the Dollar.
and will give special bargains in White Goods.
VICTORIA LAWNS. BISHOP LAWNS, SWI88.
FRENCH NAINSOOKS and ORGANDIES.
CHECKED and STI'IPED NALN
OOKS, 3MULL.S. etc.
We have reduced our Blawk Goods and Black
Grenadines far below the cost of importation.
and will offer on MO - DAY
1500 yards Black an 1 Color.d Grenadines at 1236.
formerly sol at 0r ercutts.
25 Dieces Black Alpau:as at 25 cents, formerly
sold at 40 cents.
Great reduction also in
HOUSEFURl .lsiIlNG GOOIDS
Such as Towels, Napkins. Table Damask.
French Table Covers, Marseilles Quilts, etc.
Our Domestic Department is complete, and
all the leading brands of White and Brown
Cottons, Cotton Flannl'. Sheetings, etc.. will be
sold up to the 1st of September at manufac
turer's prices. Also 200 pieces White and Check
Mattings. PEPIN & BROUSAuD,
aul2 138 Canal street.
P. BrRoUD,
CARRIAGE MANUFACTORB Y
70 and 72 St. Joseph street,
Between Tchoupitoulas and Peters streets, New
rl-ans.
Barouches. Buggies and Spring
Wagons at the lowest prices. General
repairinw done on most reasonable terms.
Jy18 3m