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AMI MUSfT fAVW.
Sifellette Offered h i.,hsai Freight
SLines to the North and Wce.t.
.be trouble with New Orleans of latter years
'i s' been that the ooean tonnage brought here by
i.IIMaase export trade has been obliged to
6iim la ballast, the result being that the oar
a0 b ellppd here have had to beat the entire
B ssl u of the round voyage and compensate
i°,t thbo lack of return freights. With those
;iuntlsln. of South and Central America from
nearly all of our imports come we
bK no direct exporting trade, while
sik. sme lack of reciprocity exists be.
gree1 as and the countries to which we
Ss11~iport, in that from these we import almost
sl 0 gal" . The landing here, then, the other day
the English steamer St. Louis with a cargo of
4~4 si merchandise was an event of not lose
, lsance than would be the departure of a
Svessel and cargo direct for Laguayra or
.4 To illustrate the resulte of this singular
-gdhitlon of affairs, the agent of a line of British
amers stated to uas that he had offered to fur
a steamer direct for any South American
rhenever a cargo was furnished that would
stpeanrses thither, relying for his profits upon
1N4ttan trip, but that his offer had never been
4. We Inquired how it was, then, that he
afford to come here from
LIVERPOOL IN UALLART
o0tUld not go trom here to lio on the same
His answer was that he did not come
Lrverpool to New Orleans direct. He took a
of otton from here to Liverpool, whence
wAot to Bio with merchandise, and thence to
Otieans with coffee, etc. Surely it is not ne
to point out the incalculable benefits and
rea.lts to New Orleans that would be achieved
'cant out steamers to Rio loaded, and re
those from Liverpool with full freights.
are the two results she has to achieve, and
ha h.s done this, then she will have solved
of her dibtress Land established the
u tioni obf herifuture commercial great
l circumstanoes have necessarily oper
scarcely less extent upon our inland
the boate and barges that bring down
of the West going back empty, thus
the freight rates to this city. Even
boats in the tributary streams from re
olos traded exclusively with New Or
Mhvo found difficulty in securing enough
ht to pay expenses; and it was but
a that Mr. O.ark, speaking for the
a and Chicago road, declared in a
ipeach that as much as seventy per cent
, Le that came to this city went out of it
TEtan 1S BUT ONE REMEDY
condition of affairs: and that is, the
at of something like a correlation be
S 4export and import traders; and until
te this one-sided commerce must bear
ebrdens of a reciprocal trade.
bfyorable opportunities, however, than
offered by these very ciroumstances for
up of an immense import trade in
d not be conceived of, and this fact
be thoroughly appreciated by both our
hiver shipping interests, as well as by
The meroantile and agricultural
of the West have also had their atten
to New Orleans as a port of entry in
forcible way by the recent railroad
in the East, the influence they have had
g continuous freights between the in.
and Europe.
& 'cnTAIN AMOUNT OF TONOAOE
here to carry away the yearly asoon
oI grain and cotton, and it can certain.
to bring cargoes at any price better than
ballast at a dead loss. While no ar
upon this subject has taken any
still we feel assured that the ship
will readily appreciate the advan
derived, and will make arrangements
down here from abroad at the same
rates than are paid to New York
s ports. On the other hand, a very
Ition has sprung up among our in
all of which are offering to carry
and West at the most liberal and
rates.
t 5TSRDAY WE HAD A VISIT
A.i BBabcock, representing the South
h Fast Freight Line Road, from
to Terre Haute and on to Chicago,
lons extended all through the West.
who is in the city with a view to estab
zrecproeal commeroual relations between
and that entire section. Mr. A. P.
Is the agent of this line at this point.
leimen assure us that they can and
ht in Chicago from New Orleans at
as it can be carried for from New
en s eth cheaper, if necessary. This com.
Lnd Its connections
RAvYS PEFECTrE ARRAN(IEMENTS
(th regular Cdinoinnati and Louisville pack
n all freights, on through bills of lad
a h point to Evansville, on the Ohio
about 150 miles above its month, where
ndistributed to all points in the North
tates. There are also running in con
wth this line the E. M. Norton, Sam
and Raven with barges. By utilizing the
hundred miles of river between New Or
end Evansville, this combination, it is
can put transportation down to figures
render all competition on the part of all
tee, impossible. It is the purpose of this
et every inducement to buyers of cot
the spinners in the interior, and even in
and Eastern States, to make ship
S their route.
H33 SOLE PURPOSE OF THESE EXERTIONS
return freights from New Orleans, which
measure lift the burden that now rests, in
of heavy freights, on the trade coming to
The opportunity is one that should
ked by the people of the West, and
assured that it will not be. The forecast
popittous for New Orleans, and while we
not cffensively intrude any suggestions of
eý.u on our own good old fashioned com
. stlwe must take notes and print them.
cAMBER OF COMIEERCE.
ber of Commero e met in their cham
evening for the purpose of reorganize.
Oyrus B3ussey in the chair, with a fair
Bussey stated to those present that
Otheabsence of members and from other
.. . meetings had not been regular of
g M eid further, he had, however, of late
himself personally to the work of bring.
all the old members, as well as re
the signatures of those who had not
belonged to the Chamber, in the hope
that body on a frm basis.
then read a list of many of our most promi
..merchants who desired to perpetuate the
Bandidge moved that the names of those
.eoeived as members. Adopted.
3. M. Sandidge then presented the follow
on:
That a committee of seven members
to inquire what amendments to
-4 by-laws are required to make the
more efficient; and that they report at
regular meeting in December.
President appointed Messrs. SBandidge,
wrd~ Heater, Bowlani, A. K. Miller
Joseph.
dent stated that it had been some
the Chamber had met, and no action
taken on several important subjects,
t, Mississitppi levees, etc.
thought ttat atthe next meet
wuld be a larger attendance,
dbe better prepared to discuss
remad the lsnier :
ilsalý~rg
S morobabit of ti. differm t We.t India Islands
anld those here, I am convinced a very large
number will at ones avail themselves of the
facility to visit New Orleans and select and estab
t lish with yourselves and others their monthly
requirements; they fully comprehend the ad
vantages to be derived from a personal visit
at a moderate outlay of passage money and
a small sacrifice of time. This valuable
trade has hitherto been a monopoly of the North
ern cities, and the parties carrying it on at the
present time are very decidedly opposed to the
intrusion on their established rights. The trade
in all these West Indian possessions is established
on a sound poliy, and here pnd at each one of
the islands are solid banking institutions. sales
are generally effected at three months' time,
which the banks promptly discount at 8 per cent
per annum. The imports to this one market
alone will give some idea of the value of the gen
eral trade to these West India possessions in
your branch of business annually. In
1870 were imported 100,000 barrels flour,
8000 barrels beef in pickle, 10.000 barrels
pork 2,000,000 lbs navy bread and 000,000 lbs but
ter, 250,0L0 lbs candles, 300,000 lbs cheese, 8000
dozen brooms, 8000 bblse meal 10,000 bushels
corn, 4500 tierces codfish, 3200 bbis mackerel,
11,000 bble pickled fish, 600,000 lbs hamse 700
tons hay, 800,000 lbs lard, 100,000 bush
els oats, 40.000 bbls rice from India, 1,000,000
lbs soap, 27,000 lbs tea. 500,000 lbs tobacco in
hhde, 27,000 lbs manufactured tobacco, $50,000
worth of general groceries and apotheoaries
wares, etc. A fair estimate can be arrived at of
the wealth of these lands when the soil is known
to yield on an average o000 lbe sugar per acore
and some lands 60 0 Ibs.
"I proceed to the Island of Trinidad on the
5th, thence to Legnayra, and on my way back to
New Orleans.
"R espetfully, "COIAS. NATHAN."
After the reading of the letter Gen. Buesey in
an earnest manner called the attention of the
members to the fact that there was too much of
a laxity of feeling amongst the merchants of our
city regarding the importance of a Chamber of
Commerce. Some complained that they had no
time to attend the mtetings; others could not
appreciate the benefits to accrue from its estab- i
liehment. He then referred to the dignity which
its communications enjoyed by boards of trade
and other chambers in Northern cities, and
urged, as we have now many vital commercial
questions before business men that required
combined efforts that steps be taken to increase
the membership of the Chamber. Beferriog to
Mr. Eads' presence in the city he said:
Capt. aEds has been traveling through the
country, ,eliver.ng addresses upon the subject of
deepening the channel of the Mississippi river,
from Cairo or St. Louis to New Orleans. He
has, I believe, delivered addresses at Pittsburg
and Cincinnati on this subject, and his views are
certainly entitled to a hearing here. It would
gratify me very much if, as individuals or as the t
Ohamber of Commerce, we could invite
h m to address the Chamber br the
public at some place that may be procured,
which would accommodate the number of per
sones that would probably desire to be present.
The question of deepening the channel of the Mis
siseippi river is one of vital importance to the
people of this community, and it is also one that
presses for immediate attention. It strikes me,
therefore, that perhaps it would be well to confer
with Mr. Black, of the Cotton Exchange, as to
whether or not their room could be obtained, and
also to invite the public to hear Capt. Eads upon
that subject.
I would be glad to hear the members of this
b:dy upon the subject.
On motion the questiom was referred to the
e',mmittee on amendments to the charter, which
meets this evening at the office of the secretary
of the Chamber.
Col. Saudidge offered the following:
Whereas, it has been brought to the attention
of the Chamber that owing to the absence of
lightsst the head of South Pass and at the sea
ends of the jetties, steamships and other vessels
cannot use South Pass on dark nights, and
Whereas. it is deemed necessary to the com
merce of the city that every facility should be
afforded for the use of said pass both night and
day; therefore,
Resolved, That the Light House Board be and
is hereby respectfully requested to cause lights
to be placed at an early date on the works at the
head of South Pass, and also at the sea ends of
the jetties.
Resolvtd, That the Secretary be and hereby is
requested to transmit a copy of the foregoing
resolution to the chairman of the Light-House
Board at Washington City.
Mr. O. J. Berry offered a motion that a com
mittee of three be appointed to solicit our mer
chants for membership of the Chamber. Car
ried.
Messrs. Raymond, Berry and Samuel Mullen
were appointed.
Mr. John F. Cahill, of St. Louis, who visited
our city with the Oowden committee, was then
elected a member of the Chamber.
The Chamber then adjourned.
Got your kid gloves at Kreeger's.
Road Navra's invitation to the China Palace.
VAUDItY IRIFLES, ATTENTION.-See special no
M. L. B3yrne &ACo., 1n3 Canal street, will offer
this week ltoO pieces Knii-kerhocker dress goods,
in entirely new and handsome styles, from ten
cents a yard upward.
Get your kid gloves at Krneger's.
Bead Navra's Invitation to the China Palace.
AMENDIE HONORABLE.
We are happy to state that the marker at the
500 yards target of the New Orleans Rifle Club,
reported to have been killed by one of the repre.
sentatives of this paper, last Sunday, is doing
very well now. He was only, so to speak, as it
were, slightly killed, and has entirely recovered.
He admits that he was somewhat stunned by the
extraordinary shooting done, and made many
apologies for not having counted the multitudin
onu bull's eyes and cartoons made by the DEMO
caAT representative. In acknowledgment of the
error, the gentlemanly President of the New
Orleans Rifle Club sent yesterday a fine cut glass
inkstand to the DEMOCBAT, with the following
courteous letter to its representative:
NEw ORLEANs, November 10, 1877.
Editor Democrat-I regret to inform you that
an error occurred in adding up the scores made
yesterday at the grounds of the New Orleans
Rifle Club, by members of the press, you being
credited wti 18 in a possible 25. An expert has
discovered that your score should have been 28
thersbyentitling you to the accompanying prize. I
take pleasure in handing )on the same, and trust
that it;mayalways remind you of the prowess,vigor
and skill displayed by you in the contest with
your confreres, and that its use may assist you m
recording the success of our club.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOHN 8. RlkI\EY,
President New Orleans Rifle Ciub.
Got your kid gloves at Kreegor's.
Read Navra's invitation to the China Palace.
ATTENTION VAUDRY RIFLES.-See special no
tice.
M. L. Byrne & Co., 163 C(anal stroeet, will offer
this week 00 pDi('Ce Fronell mierinoos,. forty
inches wide. superior quality, in all the new
shades, at 50 cents a yard. Dositively worth 85
Get your kid gloves at Kreeger's.
Read Navra's invitation to the China Palace.
THE WEATHER YESTERDAY.
Frigerlo reports the temperature yesterday as
follows: 8 a. m. 44 deg., 2 p. m. 59 and 6 p. m.
55; and reports also a white frost on the m,,rn
ings of Sunday and Monday, and the lowest tem
perature on either Saturday or Sunday night as 35
deg. Fahrenheit. The signal service telegrams
yesterday reported the lowest temperature in the
North as 45 and the highest as 67 deg., while at
Key West, the warmest place in the South, the
thermometer was reported at 72 deg.
Got your kid gloves at Kreeger's.
Read Navra's invitation to the China Palace.
M. L. Byrne & Co.. Ia3 Canal street, will offer
this week an extraordinary large stock of fine
hosiery, in solid colors and newest styles.
Bead Navra'a invitation to the China Palaoc
E, .~Jtyouz kI Io1Ut n~~8sa p's ~
SMUII P'AL MATTRS.
THEII CITY PAIRK.
The proposed improvement of our city parks
meets with universal approbation. We have had
r the pleasure of conversing with several gentle
men on the subject and find that there will be no
diofculty in obtaining promiient and trust
worthy men to accept positions, without pay, on
the boards of control should the citizen commis
sion plan prevail. It is probable that Adminis
trator Diamond will to-day introduce an ordi
nanoe at the Council meeting on the subject,
which, as we have already said, will lie over to
await suggestions from those of our citizens who
may be willing to take an acotive interest in the
matter.
TIlE POLICl ROLLIA.
The police pay rolls for October were trans
mitted yesterday by the Chief of Police to Ad
ministrator Diamond. The total cost for run
ning the department for that month amounts to
$94,707.
THE S.ALL-POX HOSPITAL.
Drs. O. Anfoux and E. A. Gandet have ad
dressed a note to the Mayor offering to treat
indigent small-pox patients at it 50 a day at their
hospital, formerly used for the purposr, and then
known as the City imall-Pox Hospital. The
price asked by Dr. Ha}es, the proprietor of
the old Lnzenburg Hospital, on Elysian Fields
street, is $2 50 a day f *r each patient.
TIIE CONDITION OF THE WHARVEq.
There are only three wharves to be completed
on the entire river front line. An old ship cap
tain, who was in the oflloe of Administrator UCv
anac yesterday, on lbniness connected with the
river landings, incidentally said that the wharves
wore now in a better condition than they had
been in a number of years.
THE FERNANDINA MUPPFFEREIS.
Mr. John Phelps has transmttitted to the Mayor
an additional sum of $187 50, collected by the
committee appointed to raise funds for the relief
of the Fernandina suff rprs.
IMPRII VE,!MENTM.
The office of the Administrator of Police is
undergoing a general cleaning up--a needed
one-and is temporarily established in the ad
jolning room, where the secretary of the Police
Board keeps his records.
Get your kid gloves at. Krcttgr's
Read Navra s invitation to thin China Palane.
M. L. Byrne (o.. 1t3 (!tn llla t root, will offer
this week an imlmonse Iltrg sto'k of now goods
at extraordinary popular pr,,los.
(LUSTOM-IIOUSE NOTES.
ANDERaON NOTIFIKE HING THAT HIS
NAME WILL GO TO THE IENATE.
Speculatlons as to the Chan(es of the
Other Candildates-Another Dark
Horse.
Pitkin, John Ray, Esq., and Mr. Hutchinson,
returned from Washington yesterday and the
day before, and on yesterday the two first named
visited the Custom-House to convey that grain of
comfort to the disconsolate there who were
anxious to hear the latest
STRAIGHT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
One of those named reported to Oollector King
that he had it from Gen. Anderson that Judge
King's name would be submitted to the Senate
either yesterday or to-day. Consequently, the
collector expects to hear from the senate to-day.
In this connection it is hinted that there is an
other dark horse in the field for the Collectorship
in the person of Hon. P. J. Kennedy, a member
of the House of Representatives, who it is said
has a petition on file at the White House for the
position, and has been indorsed by a large num
ber of merchants, bankers and business men and
it may be that, in case of the rejection of Messrs.
King, Packard and Lawrence, the latest candidate
might secure the appointment.
Mr. Kennedy, during the political rumpus last
winter, was generally considered the
INDEPENDENT BRPURLICAN MEMBER
of the Nicholls House of Representatives and
cast his lot with the people's representatives
from the first. He is also a planter of no small
means, but has not, up to the present time, ex
hibited any remarkable political ambition, nor
was it known until a day or two ago that he was
after Judge King's position.
Some of the private information reported to
have been received from Washington by Law
rence's friends yesterday was to the ef cot that
another objection had been urged at Washing
ton against Judge King, which was the fact that
he was one of
KELLOOG'S SUPREME COURT IUD4F.s,
who held the c.urt that attempted to oust the
civil sheriff, and afterwards held court in the
State-House, but whether or not this will have
any great effect further than locating him for a
short time in the same building with the Return
ing Board remains to be seen.
United States Marshal Wharton informs his
friends that his name will go through "like hot
cakes," and Lewis, naval officer, writes that he
shall soon start for home, but further than that I
information nothing was heard yesterday direct
from the "ines" or "outs" now at Washington.
Got your kid gloves at Krneger's.
Read Navra's invitation to the China Palace.
M. L. Byrne & Co. ir: Canal street. will offer
this week ro) pio:es French merinom, forty
inches wide, superior quality, in ail the n,,w
sha~des, at r( cenLts a yard, positively worth ,5
cents.
CAPIrOL GOSMIP,
A Couple More Levees to be Constructed. 1
Nothing of special importance transpired at the I
State-House yesterday in the various State offices,
where routine matters only occupied the atten
tion of officials and employes. Gov. Nicholls
was at the executive office, where he received I
quite a number of callers, included among whom 1
was Dr. Finney, who presented a statement of
his case, which, in substance, has already been
given in the DEMOCRAT.
The State Board of Engineers has, as will be
seen in another column, completed the estimates 1
of the Hard Times levee, in the oarish of West
Baton Rouge, and also the Himel levee, in the I
parish of St. James, and to-day advertise for
proposals for the construction of the work.
Get your kid gloves at Kroeger's.
Read Navra's invitation to the China Palace.
M. L. Byrne & Co.. 1s:; Canal street, mark ail
goods in plain Ilgures, and no soecnd price, and
sell for ready money only.
BREVITIEN.
Rumor has it that Gen. McMillen, lately ap
pointed pension agent, has furnished a new bond
or strengthened the old one'by securing as sure- I
ties Col. Effingham Lawrence and P. J. Kennedy,
Esq.
The three United States commissioners, located
in the next story to the roof of the Cusatom-House,
had "nary a case" yesterday, which occasioned
long faces upon the numerous corps of deputies.
If this we ether continues a week longer, re
m-rked a sugar planter yesterday, the crop in
the State will average a hogshead to the acre.
The President of the Cigar Makers' Association
yesterday received a telegram from the Cigar
Makers' Union at Key West, couched in the fol- I
lowing words: "Stand firm. We have means to
aid youe."
Get your kid glou es at Kreeger's.
our and carriages from L. T.
o B, tet street, near eorner of
.I!
@ltTf IRtO€ii.,
Gambling oh the banquette caused Frank Dan.
Ien's arrest and inosroeration in the Seventh
Presint Station.
Offloer Duffl shot and killed a vicious dog at
the corner of Felicity Road and Dryades street,
Sunday mornmg.
Stealing oranges caused the incaroeration In
the Suburban Seventh Station of two juveniles
named P. Williams and Henry Sharp.
Homer Bird was arrested by Capt. Manning
and lodged in the Seventh Station, charged, from
information received, with till tapping and lar
ceny.
At half-past 7 o'clock a sneak thief entered the
house, No. 15 St. Louis, but was frightened away
by the inmates before the pollce could be sum
moned.
Yesterday at noon the boiler leading to the
machine of the Planters' Oil Works, in Algiers,
exploded. No damage of any consequence re
sulited.
The line wire attached to box No. 412, corner
of Laharpe and White streets, is broken, and
should a fire ocour in the district, an alarm
could not be sounded.
At 8 o'clock Sunday evening the draing ma
chine coiner of Melpomene and Claiborne streets,
was slightly damaged by fire. The flames were
extinguished by Officer Griffin and Corporal
Murphy.
An inspection of the lugger Fortuna, run down
by the steamer Era No. 10, on Sunday night,
reveals that she was struck on her port side, just
aft her mainmast. The wreck is lying about live
miles below Algiers.
At an early hour Monday morning a thief, sup-.
posed to be a nepro wood sawyer, entered the I
residence of J. J. Hofer, 381 Jackson street, and
carried away the following articles: One-third of r
a barrel of flour, and some wearing apparel. d
George W, ods, who is characterized among
the " gang " as a "woman beater," was 1 edged e
in the Fourth Station at five minutes past 2 a
o'clock on Monday moring, charged with assault n
and battery on one Dora Williams.
M. (Gordon and L. J. Mather, clerks by occunna
tion, were furnished departments in Capt. Kel- a
ley's hotel. Gordon is oearged with being drunk it
and carrying a concealed weapon, and Mather
with b, ing drunk, attempting to rescue a priso- 9
ner and threats. 11
At 5 o'cleck Sunday morning, in front of the d
Catholic church on Verrette street, Algiers, a ti
brick bat entertainment was given by Ohas. ai
Patrick, Geo. Cogan and Geo. Forester. One of is
the bricks acted very ugly by playing crack-about ti
on Forester's head, who is now in the hospital it
being repaired. ti
At a quarter past 1 o'clock Sunday John ei
Francis, after partaking of a quantity of benzine, 0o
made bod to create a disturbance of the peace at w
the house No. 13i Burgundy street. Officer Fer- *
gnson put in an appearance, and while attempt- d
ing to make Francis a prisoner he became ob- t
streperones, and seizing a rifle, threatened the 3
officer's life Ferguson proved himself the best fC
man by disarming his opponent and landing him 9
in the Third Precinct Btation.
Last evening at half-past 5 o'clock a loud re
port s'artled every one in the vicinity of Canal o
and Ioyal streets, and for a time intense excite- ,
ment prevailed, which, however, was subdued m
when it was learned that the noise was ooosa
sioned by the explosion of the gas retort in the 1
third story of the building over Noda's cigar
store, occupied by Mr. W. L. Frost, the "magic 4
lantern" illuminated advertiser. No damage at
was done other than the breaking of all the w
panes of glass in the retort room. e
Disappeared.
On Saturday Wm. O'Donnell, aged 21 years, hi
mysteri -usly disappeared from his residence. oc
Yesterday a bible belonging to the missing man a
was found in the Jesuit's COnroh, and on the fly- ti
leaf was written a farewell to his family. The A
supposition is that, as he was mentally deranged, tt
he committed suicide. di
A Painter's Tumble.
At half-past 9 o'clock yesterday morning a
white man named Wm. Cross, while painting a
- shed of the International Cotton Press, corner of
Peters and Erato streets, accidentally fell from
the shed to the ground, and was injured about
the face and the body. He was attended by Dr.
I Oxon, who pronounced his injuries serious and
ordered his removal to the hospital.
Bounced by Fitzgerald.
Yeoserday morning the DEMOCRAT chronicled
a difficulty which took place in the house No. 40
Basin street, during which a man named John
Villere was kicked in the eye and assaulted with
a pistol by one Bonny Daily.
Although the accused escaped immediately
after committing the deed, Officer Fitzgerald
kept on his track, and succeeded in making him
a prisoner last evening. When incarcerated in
the OCetral Station he was charged with fighting I
and disturbing the peace and assault and battery
I on one John Villere.
M. L. Byrne & Co.. 16:3 Canal street. will offer
this weenk tIr0 yper='.s handsome Inglish dress
goods, at 25 cents a yard, positively worth 40
cents.
Get your kid gloves at Kreeoger's.
M. L. Byrne &. Co., Ir, Canal stroot, will offer
this week an immense large slock of new goods
at extraordinary popullar prir:s.
AIUSEMENTSI.
Varieties Theatre.
The second week of the Claxton Combination
opened auspiciously last evening, a numerous au
dience attending the first performance of the
new play, "Conscience." The play possesses
great qualities, and great faults as well. As a
romance it is certainly engaging, and even very
intense, and deserves the attention of the public.
Its faults lie in its stage construction. It will be t
repeated to-night. t
Ft. Charles Theatre. I
The famous German Military Band will enter- I
taip their admirers with selections from the beet
masters to-night at this theatre. t
M. L. Byrne & Co., 163 Canal street. will offer
this week 500 pieces ,hoie French all wool I
I ress go',ls at frt y-llive cents; positively worth i
seventy-five cents.
Goet your kid gloves at Kreeger's.
M. L. Byrno & Co.. 16t Canal street, will offer
this week unusual bargaius in blankets and
flannels.
What a Beautiful Day. t
Yesterday was undoubtedly one of the most
pleasant days of the season. Hundreds crowded a
the streets and thronged the stores of those who, v
upon Sunday, were wise enough to advertise v
their specialties. M. L. Byrne & Co., for instance, o
advertised a large selection of specialties, at ii
marvelously low figures. What was the conse- b
quence? Those who saw the long array of prices q
were astonished to find that such goods could be
sold at such low rates. Yesterday their establish- A
ment was crowded with eager purchasers. Those
of our readers who visit H. L. Byrne & Co.'s it
must not forg t to walk up stairs and inspect the s
handsome selection of elegantly finished cloaks, a
and on thd same floor will be found a large and i
full assortment of shawls, blankets, etc. Messrs. e
Byrne & Co. mark all their goods in plain figures s
and seem always glad to show them to visitors. a
M. L. Byrne & Co., 10:C Canal street. will offer a
thi - weý k 400 very handsome and elegantly 11a- c
ished cloaks. at extraordinary low pries., t
Got your kid gloves at Kroeger's.
Read Navra's invitation to the China Palace. v
M. L. Byrne & Co., 183 Canal street, will offer C
this week 1000 pieces handsome English tldrss t
goods, at 25 cents a yard. positively worth to c
cents. C
Get your kid gloves at Kroeger's
M. L. Byrne & Co.. 103 Canal street. will offer a
this week 1004) pie('e Kn ikerboeker dlress goods, r
in entirely new and handsome styles, from ten t
cents a yard upward.
Get your kid gloves at Kreeger's.
M. L. Byrne & Co., 163 Canal street, will offer
this week unusual bargains in blankets and
Ilannels.
Wiley Wells.
[.ackson Clarion.]
Wiley Wells has not been confirmed as Consul i
General to China. The nomination of this Du
gald Dalgetty politician and foul-mouthed
calumniator was an insult to the people of
Mississippi, and an effront to the intelligence of
the whole country.
M. L. Byrne & Co., 163 Canal street, will offer
this week 15o pieces uperior black alpaca. ver
THE COURTS.
3 [Merchants and others interested in cases in
the district oourts, as prinoipals or as witnesses,
t can be notified by telegraph when to appear in
court, thus avoiding the necessity of a constant
attendance.]
SIXTH DISTRICT COURT.
THE DIBBLE CASE.
Mandamus and Intervention of J. C.
Egan, Asslstant Attorney ien
eral--lth Dismissed.
State ex rel. Henry 0. Dibble vs. Allen Jamel,
Auditor State of Louisiana, J. 0. Eagan, Assist
ant Attorney General, intervenor.-The relator
represents that he is entitled to receive from the
Auditor of the State of Louisiana a warrant on
the Treasurer for an amount of salary as Assist
ant Attorney General from January 1, 1877, to
March 22, 1877, the date upon which his succes
sor qualified.
Relator was appointed Assistant Attorney Gen
eral under the provisions of sat No. 85, approved
March 3, 1874.
The present Assistant Attorney General has
intervened in these proceeding,, and urges his
appointment to office by virtue of the provisions
of act No. 10, approved March 24, 1877, and
claims that the appropriation of $3000 made by
oat 47, extra session of 1877, is solely for the of
f3e created by said act No. 10, of which he is in
cumbent, and that he is entitled to all the Palary
and emoluments thereof and to the benefits of
all appropriations therefor, and he asks this
court to adjudge him entitled to the $3000 ap
propriated.
The Auditor, through the Attorney General,
resists the demands of relator, and alleges that
during the entire time for which he demands re
muneration he was in aotive hottility to the gov
ernment of the State, and actually participated in
a conspiracy to resist and overthrow the govern
ment.
Thes portion of the defense has been urged
very strenuously by the Attorney General and
counsel for intervenor, but it appears very c early
to me that there exists no difficulty in dcttrmin
ing the proposition.
There has been but one government in the
State of Louisiana since the 9th day of January,
1877, to which the allegiance of the citizeon was
due, and, as a result, if government was cr rmpe
tent in force and authority to execute the laws,
and when the power exists to enforce and pun
ish, and it has not been deemed necessary by
the constituted authority to exercise that power,
it must be an interference by the judicial with
the executive prerogatives to determine a fact
entirely subject to the will, power and discretion
of the Governor. The act No. 35 of 1874, under
which relator claims title, provided that the As
sistant Attorney General should hold his office
during the term of the Governor, and that he,
the Assistant Attorney General, sh Id be sub
ject to removal or impeachment. W1n, there
fore, His Excellency Governor Nicholl assumed
the duties of the office to which he had been ad
judged by the proper authority under
the laws of the State, the power
to appoint a successor was in him, or with
out this, the General Assembly was in regular
session, and could have proceeded to the dis
missal of relator. If neither the executive nor t
the l- gislative branch of the government
thought it wise or proper to assert their
powers, I know of no authority
in the judiciary, in a proceeding like the present,
and counsel have furnished me none which would
warrant a decree of forfeiture for acts the rem
edy for which is provided in the statute. f
It is true, as contendrd by counsel, that the
courts are bound to take judicial notice or facts
historically known, a'd it is in view of this prm
olple, as well as the facts established in this re
card, that I have expresed an opinion in opposi- F
tion to this theory of forfeiture argued by the
Attorney General. In my opinion the merits of 8
this controversy rest on other facts and on well
defined legal principles.
In 1874 the Legislature of the State of Lonisi
ana created the office of Assistint Attorney
General, and that statute remained on the statute t
books until the 24th day of March, 1877. The d
intervenor, and present Assistant Attorney Gen
eral was first appointed under this law, viz: on
the 16th of March, 1877. and filed his oath of
office on March 22d, 1877; on the 24th of March,
1877. the noact No. 10 was passed, which was an
act, as asserted in its title, "An act to authorize t
the Governor to appoint an Assistant Attorney v
General, defining mis duties and fixing his com- }
pensation; to fix the commissions which shall be 1
pai he Attorney General upon all sums collected A
by lfm in litigated cases and paid into the State ,
treasury, and to repeal act No. 35, approved y
March 3 1874," it is very clear from this statute (
that in legislative contemplation the act of 1874 3
was still in force at the passage of act No. I
10, and I do not conceive that this vtew c
will be questioned. The first proposition, then,
to be considered is, did the act No. 10 oreate a
new office? Ana this must appear from the
words of the statute; it matters not when the b
power to repeal and create exists-whether the 1
new statute is clothed in the words of the old or
in different words-it is sufficient if the old has v
been swept from the law. In reviewing the legie- y
lation which gave rise to the creation of the office
of Assistant Attorney General in 1874-its repeal
and subsequent enactment in 1877-the only pur
pose that could be served would be that of ascer
tainiug from the two acts the will of the law- F
maker, and while I am aware that our courts t
have held such review within the province and 1;
duty of the judge, it has always been restricted ci
to such laws when the words of the statute are ci
ambiguous and susceptible of different interpre
tations. Under such restriction it is the duty of E
the court to give sueach construction as will not
lead to injustice or absurdity. The act of 1874 B
fixes the duties and salary of the Assistant At- tl
torney General; the act of 1877 fixes the duties C
and salary of the Assistant Attorney General. n
e the same salary, viz: $3000 per annum. The du
ties defined by the act of 1877 are distinct from
those defined by the act of 1874, and it is ex
pressly declared by the provisions of the act No.
it 10, approved March 24, 1877, that the act creating
the office of Assistant Attorney General, ap
proved March 8, 1874, is repealed.
It is not necessary therefore to enter into a
I review of the legislation or to seek to reach the
h intention of the Legislature beyond the words of
the statute. The words are clear and admit of
only one intarpretation and that is that the
Legislature abolished an old office,created a new
one and provided for the appointment of a new
officer. 11 An. 439.
As far, therefore, as the intervenor's claim to
the office of Assistant Attorney General exists at
this date, it is by virtue of the act of 1877.
t In my mind there is no doubt that relator held
I office under act No. 85 of 1874 until his successor
, was appointed and qualified under the same act,
a viz: until March 22, 1877. Whether the relator can
obtain from the treasury of the State of Louis
t iana payment out of the appropriation warranted
by act No. 47, approved April 4, 1877, is another
question.
a The appropriation for the office of Assistant
- torney General by this act reads:
"SECTrroN 1. Be it enacted, e:c., That the fol
lowing sums, or as inuc,h thereof as ,mal be neces
sary, be and they are hereby appropriated from
any moneys in the treasury, not otherwise appro
priated, to the following persons for the year
ending the 31st day of December, 1877: For
salary, Assistant Attorney General, three thou
sand dollars."
The only Assistant Attorney General at the time
of the passage of this act was the intervenor-thle
office of Assistant Attorney General then known
to the law was the one created by act No. 10,
apnroved March 24, 1877, and it was for this
office that the appropriation, or so much of it as
was necessary, was made.
It has been stated that in the opinion of the
r court relator held office under the act of 1871
q until March 22,81877. The authority for this
a opinion is based on article 122 of the constitution
of the State and the deoision of the Supreme
Court in 21 An. 138, that the article of the consti
tution refers aq well to offices created by statute
ras those provided for in the constitution. The
remedy of the relator, therefore, is by appeal to
the Legislature, and it is here affirmed that noth
ing in this opinion or decree shall be taken or
construed to the prejudice of his right to so ap
peal.
The present Assistant Attorney General in his
intervention insists that this court shall adjudge
him entitled to the whole of the appropriation
for the salary of the Assistant Attorney General
for the year ending 31st December, 1877. The
office which intervenor holds was created March
24, 1877, and he is allowed an annual salary of
I $3000. The act making the appropriation of
$3000 does not absolutely direct the payment of
the specific amount, but says, "or so much there
of as may be necessary."
It makes no different provisions for the pay
ment of intervenor than it does for any of the
r other efcers of the Miste; nor does the act re
pealany akw theStae regnuang the Utmeof
oi pa gxrar
you, and wheno the a+vmom ltit+ o f n Le
year ending Dseembser 81. 771
year oommenoee January i, l'7, for it is e
templation that the work for the eatire s
will be performed. The application of the fmae
appropriated must be made und'er the lea| d
the 8tate. No statute can be held Impliedly e.
trospective; its provisions must apply to the fi.
future unless expressly provide.d otherwise
The laws of this State require that all person_
appointed or elected to office shall taise and sub
scribe the necessary oath before they b'hall elem
cise the daties of office, and all incumbents holt
ofdloe until their successors are qualiffed. In
providing for the salary of the Assistant Attorney
General, the Legislature certainly considered the
existing laws of the State, and that knowledge 1w
evident from the act which appropriates so mush of
a specified amount as may be necessary. If, as seo
tended, it was the intention of the Legislature to
award an entire year's salary to an office cream
after nearly one-quarter of the year had elapsed
it is not evident from the statute. The word
necessary to joetify such intention cannot be sa.
plied by the court.
It is ordered that the intervention of tie
Assistant Attorney General be dismissed, with
coats of intervention.
It is furthered ordered that the mandamns ag.
plied for by relator be refused, at his coats, wite.
outprejudice to any rights he may have to obtain
xich relief as the nature of his canese may justify.
Frank Mayeur vs. Bloomfield & Co,-Pialntff
seeks to obtain judgment, in rule, against the
sureties on appeal bond. The writ directed the
sheriff to make his return within thirty days. In
the opinion of the court this view is not sustaiUaA
by the law. The plaintiff, in proceeding against
the surety on an appeal bond, is not obliged to
have the execution against the principal made
returnable at the loogeet per,od prescribed by
law. It may be returnable in the shortest lesal
delay, 5 Avn., 523. Rule made absolute.
Alter the above decision had teen rendered,
Mr. .Jas. (. Lingin,of counsel for the relator, H,
U. Dibble, floed a motion for a new trial on the
following grounds:
1. That the judgment herein is cont'ay to law,
in this, that it recognize. the office of Assistant
Attorney General to have existed for the entire
year, and to have been legally filed by relator
and intervenor respectively during tie entire year
so far, and at the same time refuses a manda
mus on a fund not yet exhausted and expressly
appropria'ed by ith, Legislature to pay the salary
of, hat fcioe for the year ending December ?I
1877.
2. That the point of law on which, in the opin
ion of the court, the caee turned, was not sug
gested or argued on the first trial.
oUPE.BIOU CRIMINAL COURT.
The case of the State vs. Simon St. Genie,
charged with murder, and which has be eem
trial two days, excited yesterday more than or
dinary attention, on account of the heinous char
acter of the orime, a rep :rt of whihob was pub
liehed in yesterday morning's DlO.RaAT. The
prisoner, who is a small, saffron complected man
came before the bar sbowing visible signs a
nervousness. After some delay the jury was
completed and the testimony given. After arg.
roment and the charge of the judge the jury re
tired, and at about half past 8 o'clock last night
returned into court with a verdict of manslaugh
ter. This will probably consign St. Gems to the
penitentiary for twenty years.
Fixed.
The ease of Mortimer Carr, charged with utter
ing as true a certain bill of lading for 500 bales of
cotton, and obtaining thereon a large amount of
money from the Citizens' Bank, has been tazd
for the 16th inst.
SECOND DI TRICT COURT.
Samuel Green, Emma Miller and Jaunlulg e
phy prey to be emancipated.
Successions of John Jacob Kaiser and Davil
Snider, Jr., opened.
Get your kid gloves at Kreeger's.
M. L. Byrne . Co.. lt;:t Canal street, will offer
this week s,.t pinecs choice Fronbh all wool
dress goods at forty-five cents, positively worth
seventy-flve 'ents.
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
ST. CHARLES HOTEIr-Cas A Moore, B -
ton: It C Peckham. St Lou!=: S E heris. it
vannah: H A Bodlne and wife, New York; Wr
Williams. Denver; A C Tuttle and wife, Vleka
burg; Wm Robertson, New York: Prof Mae
Allrtc'r, Henry Westen. Frank Rose and J L
Kennedy, from around the world; J Herzberg.
New York; J A Walkley and wife. Detroit; T W
Fawcett. New York' L J Miller. Reading. Pa;
C G Meriwether, Mobile: Mauri(e McCarthy.
Mobile; P A Fuereana, St Louis; C G Ioe.
Mi=s; A Moreland, Cincinnati; W B Crawford.
ciT. JAMES HOTEL.-Capt. T. Stevenusoh.
England: T. A. Baylis. wife and son, Miss.;
John F. Cohilt. St. Louis; Owen Finegan Mo
bile; James Thompson, St. Louis; It. It. White
head. St. Charles La.; G. A. Woodson, city; J
B. Denson. Brookhav.n, G. D. Hanhus, Jack
son: H. C Barnet Canton ; W. M. Preston and
wifn. city; John f. Siebert. Pointo Coupee; Ed
ward I. Felton. Old River; .J. W. Themas, city;
Mark Anthony, steamer J G. Fletcher; N. M.
Campbell. New Y rk; .. fl. Watkins, Mobile;
I). Lewis. avannanih.
CITY HOTEL-J H TTind. Crystal Srilngs;
- E Matthws, Crystal Springs: AE Banr.
Bleauregard, Miss; W H Wadldell Harriaville;
Thos SH Ells, Jacksonville: E W Wilids Baton
H.onge; Wm Johnson, city: W H Giihertson.
city; D1) Hurlbut, Hezlehurst; R B Matthews.
city: John C( Gordy. Franklin: Mrs A E Tiltor
and child. Now York; (: I t henanlt. New York_
Ers H M IHiestand. Han Fran.isco; Miss
Hiestand. San Francisco; D ; Metaney. Miss:
W D Bradley. St Louis- W P Dulaney. Miss; O
R Cook Morgan City: 1 A Crichlow. Nova Sco
tia: L de Prisegur and wife,. P'arisa; I I Moore,
Cincinnati; (C RiNewell. wire and child Cincin
nati: ; F L Moody. Brooklyn, N Y; G W Kirk.
Happy Jack.
CASMIIDY'S HlOTFT-.John Haye. M N Wil
bur, Jorhn Smith. (I (I Park,-r. city: F L Jones.
H Chanmplin. 1C M Bell, S (I Dunning i( EEl
lts. G W .Johnson, Miss; Mrs Laura Golton,
Miss M E Ford. La; John P Adams. Miss: R J
Ilamilt. n, Morgan City: J W Jawres. M L Pol.
( Bniaun, La; John Curling. Ill; Dave Bolt,
Texas; A Du)rkee,. Liderpl, ol.
CONTI VERANDAH-C F [.humacher. J
Klorper, Gromev. Wm I'Paopelnhlimer. Mo,
JI Y ilmore RID RPesen:rnce. Mrs C W Rose and
son. M as Miller. Thoes Bryson, . Williams, La:
,Jacol, IBurkhard, Pa: Henry Ashland. Ill;J 0
Ford, Tex.
RAILROAD PERSONALS.
Among the departures by the Mobile fast line
Sunday and Monday evenings we note the
following: W. L. Campbell and family, Ponsa
cola; M. L. Barnes. Montgomery; H. Mcintyre,
Atlanta: H. Samfron Washington: J. I. Hay
thorne Charleston; .Y. S. King, C,lumbus, Ga.;
J. 1'. Tuc'kerman, New York; J. W. Collins.
(l,,veltand(. Ohio; Wm. Miller. Pittsburg; G.
Warden .Jacksonvill": B. Adams, West Point;
R. J. Wil-on. New York: J. A. Penninston.
Washington: O. H. Woolley and wife. Louis
ville; W. C. Goolett. St. Louis; C. H. Bower At
lanta; D. Vincennes, Cirncinnati: Mrs. Jose
phine Lewis, Washington; Bennett Levy. Col
umbus.* (Ga.; W. $talmond.u . Louisville: Z. M.
Libermann. Meridlan: Dan A. Mayer. New
York: Mr. Hayden, agent of Cole's circus, for
Montgomery.
PROPOSAL.S ORB LEVEE WORH.
EXECUTIVEt DrPARTMEfNT.
State of Louislana,
New Orleans, November 12, 1877.
Sealed proposals will be recelved at this office
until MONDAY, November i,. at 12 in., for the
construction of the following levees:
Hard Times Levee, parish of West Baton
Rouge.
Ilimrol Lrvee, l,arish of St. .ames.
I'laus, profiles and _pecificalions ,of the above
works will be ready for inspection at the State
Engineer's office between the 12th and 19th of
November.
Proposals shall be addressed, to the under
signed. and each nme iniorsed for the partica
lar levee on which the bid is rande.
Parties bidling are hereby not :l1,1 of the fol
lowing requirement: The staled proposal must
contain a deposit amrounting to one cent for
each yard of the estimat.d ootentrns up to te.
thousand ya:'4s, and an additional quartor of
one cer:nt for evry yard over, to be forfeited to
the State in cas, of the foilure of the contractor
or bondsmen to qualify within forty-eight
hours after adjudication. or else the hondsmnh
must te present at the opening of the bids pre
Dared to sign immediately.
The board reserves to itself the right to re.
jest any or all bids.
S FBANCIS T. NICHOUlS,
Governor and President of the Board of Stas
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