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MUIUTAL &AT . 170. ITr INI£AN AUYLVUi. Omter Plan to be Adopted by the City to Care for the Insane. t.ie rport of the Grand Jury published yes .egarding the condition of the city In. Asilum, now occupies the serious attention t lle members of the city adminietration. In Y tO with some of these gentlemen, yes. Swe were at first led to believe that the {in Jury (while exonerating the City Insane lam employee) were in error when they oiated that the employes were prevented = hrough the absence of a sufficient appropria !4s ftrom affording these unfortunate creatures more than a bare subsistence." Iu Sin conversation with Mayor Pilebury, he in. ea that the financial condition of the city, igitat it might be, could not deprive these Agg emated people of any of the neoeesities ,g .Mt situation. Ve t. , however, go to show that his honor, as geyitM Administrator Edwards, is mistaken, and the employee of the asylum, and the Grand SIn its eonolusions, are right. Upon ipplioa to Mr. Brown, the Administrator of Aocounte, Swere furnished with the information that S the Atst ten months of the year Tas ooe or RUNNINGt intame aeylum (salaries of employes, pro otlt hing and everything included), was 80, for the entire year of 18t; it was e& the year 1875, $17,800, of which i_~etiloned sum $5800 were for salaries of eof these sums, upon investigation, can amaldered suffiotent to run the asylum. as we so to show hereafter. f'tseS writer, about three years ago, when the city Mayusr was under the superintendence . lrety Andry. spent two days in the insei and wrote three or four columns of m ,tt, r mtlt en jeut, wh o, was published in one of tht is, for which, by the way, he never any credit. The article was mainly de of the peculiarittee of some of the in bat inodentaly referred to the inesofl of the treat mea received by the insane, the o.ity of the food, the want of serious medi .slndanoe, etc. No blame, however, was at to Mr. Andry, who, on the contrary, was ented for the many beneficial changes e wrought in the institution within a few after hib appointment as superintendent. deftote an the management *ere ascribed to the inancial embarrassment of tue Sraunlt of the article was the organization tsecomlmended) of the Ladies' Insane Asylum on, of which Mrs. 8. N. Moody is the nt, and which from time to time has the asylum with its limited means. etriking instaunes convinced the writer at e of the insufficiency of the food in point a tley uand qual ty. One was the hankering *1 idiot for gtnger-cake, whl.h she devoured Ven to her; the other manifested itseef itn eton with a youuu lady Inmate, who ilsai raised in prosperous circumstances. Sthe to the writer that she was pefectly eatis W 'th her treatment and had no desire to leave jlstltution except to obtain better food. wee plenty to eat, she said, but it was so that she had ALMOST CEASED TO BAT rT. v tow let us see if at is possible for the city rite present appropriation to furnish these people with anything but the coarsest of subsistence. Grand Jury report tells as that there are inmtates in the asylum and 10 employee. We we oan asfely adopt the present number of Sa a fair average, which would require rations a year, not including the rations of ?esplayee. Sthe rateof $12 979 89 for ten months, ex on the asylum for all purposes, it would ia 615,6 16 to run it during the entire year. Salaries of the employee am,)unt to about. per annum, which, deducted from the total leave only $9975 to teed and o'othe the and pay for all other supplies for the in N ow. to provide even prison fare to tesof the asylum, at twenty cents a head would require $10,658. Where the cloth the ehoee, blankets, bedding, wood, coal, dol ther supplies come in we are at a lose inae their cost has to be deducted from $9975 l ap end that the rations of the inmates of asylum cost very little more than ten cents And we leave it to our City Administra sdes to deoide whether such rations are fit for the _me of dea.ented people, many of whom might brought back to reason, or at least their suf. lStias g alleviated, by a more delicate and gen Howbeit, the city Administratore propose to easome other plan of conducting the asylum, .j the lprobabilities are that it will be put partly ethe tender charge of the Sistere of Mercy, shle devotion to the afflicted is too well-known Sbelnltedhere. It is also possible hat the . of the asylum will be transferred to the Retreat, where they will be cared for i:J a 0omipensation, to be paid by the city. TEE I ARKRET REVENUES. 'Ths following bids were accoepted yesterday for te markets which were not sold ow Monday, for ;' month of December. We include in the re. gast the bids which were rejected at the auction amlseon Ronday: Bids ro- BidRsa fused. celptod. , ench and Meat-G. (Gast ...... 2,. 2 375 00 dras and Pilio-C. Fo ... 2,7,55 2.l0) o0 i r me-F. Aufoenkolk.......... 1,.1o 1.605 00 SLBernard-B. enac ........... t :308s Lary-J. H. Dum.stre ... 42 450 oo tne-Wm. Buoel .. . 1.000 1.710 (i) n- Street-A. Lindon....... 540 c10e to rne-Emile Dumestre .... 2t nos 0(0 S e-Joan Artigue......... 1.73o0 1.o)o Total......................$11,385 511,163 1)0 THE BELT R tILROAD. 6Iurveyor d'Hemecourt yesterday made a writ .mm report to the Mayor relative to the Belt Rail. . tMd track on Water street, in the rear of the socent Oity Railroad Company's station at .lrtlstana Avenue. Mr. d'Hemeourt gives it as i' s lO niton that it will be necessary to remove hei sChes 4nt Oity Ruilroad track ten feet towad. Sewamp aide of the street iu order to aff,rd to +,1 Belt lalroad a suffioient curve into Louietans WHARF BONDS. e he following bids tur tn wbarf improvement `:' Bss were opened in the Mayor's office yester a y, the iArt bid being aooepted : Wt. Ollnnigham ...................48.o. . L. Thomes ...... ................51 ~, I . Janet Daheret .....................49 Basset ............ ................49 TlE STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY. It the request of Dr. Newman, Dean of the .Salight University. the Mayor has authorized ae Faulty to open an amphitheatre and dissact 4-g room in the institution, which is situated at ltheootner of Marais and Oanal streets. CAPITOL NOTES. Of Election Wilt Net Probably be .4spu4 to Fill Vacancies in thre House. .eacn or Nicholls yesterday issued a pardon J.sb Ouasimere, of Assumption parish, con of wounding lese than mayhem and sen to aix months imprisonment in the Par and to pay a ine of $25, the pardon OrLY THE IMYPBRONMIENT, this the txoeauve business traneact to answering Inqiries submitted ro on ie datm . has l ot et dedahe whether or writs oft sieein fr the pa a-e vasnesiste the lower w0=6r0,04 b mor ,r O tics de `*kta: act In M tes regintUtion et direst. tlr i as wTell he other rleson, it is believed that the Ouvernor WILL aor testri TEMn WITrn for any of the parishes. There was considesable talk in State-House oirles yesterday over the Washington situation and the probability of the admission of Kellogg to a seat in the Senate by the vote of the presi dent of that body, the general opinion being that the e.r de fu,'lo could only get in by that vote. During a discussion over that question the point was raised that the Vice President, being not a mnember of the Senate, could not vote in such a case, but it was not doubted that he would. 4 .Preparations are now being made to remove the c ollice of the Secretary f State to the rooms fronting on it. Louis slreet, lately occupied by the Attorney General, which, when the Governor removes his oflice. will be muoh more convenient. Secretary Strong is now OOING OVER OLD DOCUMENTS and records left in his ofnoe when Honors waltzed out and will have a few historical items, doubt le.s, to include in his report to the General As sem oly. Now Arnriain Sowing Maclhino. 185 Canal street. PEIRONIAL. Yesterday Senator Will Steven was sub jected to a very painful and delicate opira tron, which consisted in the resetting of his broken limb. Ei'her by fault of the original operation, or because of his having been moved sowmer than was advisable, the broken member got misshapen and had to be reset. The opera tion was nuceasfully performed by Drs. Bchup pert, Ohoppiu, Beard and Smythe, and we are gyad to learn that Mr. Steven parsed through it io a manner that gives promise of the most favor able result. We hope his recovery will be early and complete. Senator Steven's services to the State in the Senate, judging from his past record, can ill be spared. His energy, tact and industry as chairman of important committees made him a valuable servant of the people. In search of health and pleasure the Senator met with a terri ble accident in New York, from the effects of which we, as his personal friends, and because of his usefulness to our people's interests, as we understand them, hope to see him up and doing on the first Monday of January next. Our friend, Gen. W. J. Behan, of the firm of Zuberbier & Behan, is back at his business head quarters. The general was away for sev ral days in Washington and St. Louis, whither he had gone for the purpose of urging the government to a speedy trial of the charges pending against his old firm of Behan, Thorn & Co. At the general's urgent ri qu st, the charges pending against the firm at St. Louis were brought to trial the other day, and the govern. ment having failed to make a case, the District Attorney entered a rlle prosequi. Gen. Behan is now pressing the authorities here to grant his old firm the constitutional right of a speedy trial. Henry A. Montgomery, Esq., of Mempuis, and the proprietor of one of the largest cotton com presses in that c ty, with Majo M. Burke, of the Miesisippi and Tennessee Railroad, and Capt. Ed. Hart, formerly agent of one of the fast freight lines, are all at the St. Charles, having ar rived yesterday. Hon. J. H. Acklen arrived in the city yesterday f.om his plantation on the Tecle. Our lhchrym ,se friend, with a lugubrious coun tenance, Mr. Alexander Moses, the general agent of the New Orleans Board of Underwriters, left last evening to settle up matters growing out of the late fire in Chicago. Being a modest, inex perienced you'h, we earnestly hope that he will be tenderly dealt with by our friends in the lake city. We had the pleasure of greeting, last evening, our friend Mr. Robert Catheart, who visits New Orleans in order to preside ov, r the pool sales at the coming races. Mr. Catboart has for some years poet won golden opinions at Jerome Park and other well known tracks. He will open Fri day evening at Hawkins' saloon. Road Navra's invitation to the China Palace. THE LOG SEIZURES. Yesterday a representative of the DEMOCRAT visi ed the well-known Major Carter, who has for some time past figured so conspicuously in the log seizures, both in the parish of Calcaieu and on the Pearl and Pasoagoula rivers, and who is now stopping at the St. Charles Hotel. Reporter-Major, hearing that you had arrived in town, I ca led upon you for the purpose of learning from you the present status of the log cases. Major Carter-I'll give you, sir, whatever in formation I have with a great deal of pleasure. What do you particularly desire ? Rep.-What is now most i tereeting here is the present avpoot of the late seizures made over in Alacama and Mississippi, at the mouths of the Pearl and Pascagoula rivers. Major C.--lhere is little to tell about that be. cause it was eslmoly a reproduction of the Calta steu case. Crtain parties had cut from publio lands, and the logs out from these lands were detected and discovered Rlp.-H iw was it that you found means to discover the clue to the identity of those logs ? Major U.-The proces is perfctly simple. We examine the towitship map, and from thum find out how much land in aoiy certain twnship is en tered and does not belong to the United itatee. !hen we ixtmine the laInd and flnd out whether treea have beencut from unen:ered lands or not. If rees have been cut from government lands we trace them down the sasercourses to the mills. Rep.-What is the pbosi*ion of these logs seized over the lake in the Pearl and Pasagoula rivers? Maj r C.-We examined the lands belonging to the goveroment, and found that a lrge amount of tre had been cut from them. Beiz ures were aooo dingly made, but after the depu'y marhale took bcharge the State of Alabama, trnder a writ of replevan, put a deputy sheriff in keeping. The question now is between the United States and the utate of Alabama, and it involves questions of ttaten rights. Rep.-H w so ? Major 0.--S.mp y this. The United States findsug that raids had been made upon the forests, seized the logs cut from them, and after t'ese seizures were made the State of alabama filed a wait of replevin, and now the question is which has possession of the property. Read Navra's invitation to the China Palace. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER BULLETIN. Where the Icy Breezes Came from that Prevailed "Yesterday. According to the Chartres street "Probe," Fri gerio, the lowest temperature on Tuesday nig}:t was 49 degrees, and the lowest yesterday was 50 degrees, that being at 8 a. m. The SBignal service telegrams, received and made from observations throughout the North aLd West at 3.45 p. m., show A SUDDEN TUMBLE in the temperature at nearly all points north of Mason and Dixon's line. Scow fell during the day at Cincinnati, Dubuque, Laorosse, St. Paul and other points, and at 68. Paul the mercury crept down to 14 degrees above zero. The re por a from other points were as follows: Davenport 17, Dubuque 17, Lacr see 18, Oma ha 21, Yankton 17, L,)teville 38, Cairo 40, Mem phi" 42, Vicksburg 50, St Louis $0, Shreveport 46, and K$y West 80. The velocity of the wind at Galveston was 28 miles an hour, Corsicans 14 and Indianola 32, with the wi.d from the north at each point. The Signal Service report, dated at 10 o'elock last night, show that the polar wave is extending soutbward, the merury at Loni ville indicating 44; Memphis. 41; Nashville, 41; Shreveport, 45; Vicasburg, 48; Galveston, 56; Indianola, Tex., 53; Oorsiana, 43; Montgomery, Ala., 49; Mobile 51, and at the Observatory here 56 degrees above .ero. Y. L, Byrne & Co.. 163 Canal street are offer ing unusual bargains in blankets and flannels, soc pieoes bro canton flannel from %c and upward. _ ~guaaanF44 CUSTOM-HOUSE TALK. TRW OFFICEIOLDIIER AND OFFICE SBEEKER JUBILANT OVER THE WASHINGTON NEWS. They ay I f Kellogg Is neated lie Will Have the LIon's Share of "Patronage." .ustom-Housersrgenerallv were jubilant yester day afternoon over the Washingion dispatches, claiming that their man]Kellogg would manmruvIe wilh some of the other bright lights of the party to get his case before the Senate in advance of a decision in the Butler-Corbin case. Information to that effect was received by telegraph by some of Packara'= friends during the afternoon, and as soon as it was circulated A MUTUAL ADMIRATION HOCIETY was organized f r the purpose of giving expres sion to the joy of the "outs." Once in a seat (mis) representing the State of Louisiana, they claimed that KlIlogg could not be ousted, as his assistance would be necessary to secure for the party the supremacy in the Senate. Some asserted, while talking in a confi dential way, that there were greater questions at stake than the mere seating of Kellogg, one of the Important questions being the lion's share of th' Federal patronage in this State, which they thought Kellogg could control, and, havingjan eye to business, each oue seemed anxious that he should secure his seat. Should the 8. nate not'confirm any more of the appointments made for this State the President will, under the law, be compelled to either reap point THEi PRESENT INCUMBENTS or make new appointments, and that was urged as a reason why many of the Louisiana oflticial rtmainer in Washington. The Oollecuor has information that neith or Wells nor Anderson will return from Washington until the end of the session, and as Naval Oliocer Lewis has se nt here for more funds, he, too, will doubtless remain. J. D. 1OORE00 Vs . T. A. CAGE. Mr. J. D. Moore who is contesting the seat of T. A. Cage, from the Eighth Senatorial District, will base his case, in addition to the proof that illegal votes were cast and large frauds perpe trated, upon the following grounds: That previous to and on the day of the last electi in Cage had been and was parish school treasurer of the parish of Terrebonne, and as nobh was entrusted with the custody of public moneys, and that on that day he had not, nor has be since, even up to ibthis day, obtained a dis charge "for all public moneys with which he has been trusted," hence be was ineligible to the General Assembly. This obj otion is founded on Section 1130, hay's Revised Statutes, which reads as follows: " No person who at any time may have been a colleotor of taxes, whether State, perish tr mN. nicipal. or,, who r!ayt h/i'are beeni oltherere ., .nlstlled with imtblit. moniys, shall be cligyible to the Geinrol AsseIi-bly, or to au tothlice of pl fl soil 'rlst un ;der the state government, until he shall harve ob Cained a disrtlrare for the ali'ounta of i-nch ou liee lions and ,for oall puldi mw y with which he mrrr 1a.ce been trustefl." Does the ineligibility of the majority candidate give the seat to the eligible minority one ? Both the English and Amer can decisions are agreed thbt the ineligible candidate is not en titld to the office, but on the question of the right of ihe minority the d fference drawn it this: Tbhat in England it in helt that the minorily candidate cln only claim the t flice when the in eligibility of lb' thther is ]known to the voter. Now even under the English autlhorities Mo re would be entitled to his seat, for this: that under the theory of our government, the t flicer is the lgent of the people. The people are the princi pals. The principal knows who his agents are. Hence, when he votes for a public filter he votes ktnot'ing that he is voting for Lie agent. He cannot have an agent, is not presumed to have an agent, that he does not know of. It was notorious to the voters of Te re honne at least that Cage bad been parish school tre asurer; it was equally notorious that he had not obtained his discharge "tor all public moneys with w lch be had been trusted," for his oflicial bond was of record in the olfice of the Reeori er of Mortgages of that parish, and was on the day of election and is still uncanoelled. In Gulick vs. New, 14 Indiana Rep., p. 93, it is held: -'Where a majority of the ballose at an election were for a person not eligible to the ofice * * * the person receiving the great est number of legal votes, though not a majority of the ballots, is duly elected and entitled to the office." * * * This doctrine is reaffirmed in Price vs. Baker, 41 Ind., 577, where the court said: "It is a principle of law, well settled in this State, that where a majority of the ballots at an election are given to a candidate not eligible to the ofli3e, the ballots so csat,,are not to be counted for any purpose. They cannot, be torunted to elect the ineligible can didate, or to defeat the election of an opposing candidate by sho', ing that he did oit receire a ,najority of the votes cast at such election. They are regarded as ill gand as hat.Ving no effi et Irpoai the election for any purpose. As a consequence IT F'ILL)OW5 THAT THE CANDIDATE WHO IM ELIGIBIi, HAVING THE IIOHE.AT NUMBER OF LEGAL, VOTEt, THOUGH THAT NUMBER MAY BE LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF VOTES CAST FOR TIHE INELIG.II.E (ANDIDATE, AND LESS THAN A MAJORITY OF ALL TlHE VOLES CAST AT SUCH ELECTION, IS ENTITLED TO THE OFFICE. A like doontine was held in Hnohinson vs. T 1 den et aie.. 4th Harris & McHenry, 280, (a Mary land case.) Commonwealth vs. C uley, 56 Poun solvania State Rep.. 273, 7 Maine 497 and 501, and numerous other authorities. WELL WORKED UiP. How Our Criminal Juries are Tampered Wilth. The DEMOCRAT has very p'ainly intimated for some days past that there had not been careful drawing on the part of the jury commie sioners of good and true men to serve as jurors. The comments then made and the observations given have been verified by the expositions of Special Aids Frank Minor and Dave Hennessey. During the trial of the case of the State vs. Mortimer Carr, for issuing a forged bill of lading, Aid Frank Minor discovered the fact that one, or even two, of the jurors were too well FIXED, and at that time so said. The jury went out and a verdiot of acquittal was br ,ught in. there can be no q aestion but what there were some members of that jury whose characters are ab ve reproach, but the facts given below bear with severity oa certain members of the panel that had the Carr case in their hands. During the past few days Detectives Minor and Hen nessy have been assiduously at work at the case. The result is that they discovered the f ct that Carr before his trial had employed certain parties TO BUY OFF jurymen. It has been learned that one of these outside parties had offered bribes to jurorsof $500, and the proof, from what can be learned, is most convincing. eIsaase Abbot, a few days after the rendition of the verdict, met one of the jurors, and, present ing him with a five dollar bill, stated that it would have been a suit of clothes, but that Carr was too poor to give much. After consulting with the attorneys of the State, Aid Minor, having all the testimony requisite, appeared yesterday evening be ore Judge Miltenberger and made affidavit, charging Motimer Carr and Ieao Abbott with bribery. The punishment for attemp'ing to bribe a jury i fine of not less than $100 or more than $500, and imprisonment at hard labor from six months to two years. These two efficient officere are to be commend ed for their industry and energy manifested in this cease. M. L. Byrne & Co.. 103 C ,nal street, are offer lng unusual bargains in blankets and flannels. 500 pieces brown canton flannel from 5Y5c and upward. New American Sewing Machine, 185 Canal street. Bead Navra's invitation to the China Palace. A WORTHY 'BIKEFIT. Next Bunday, the 2i o D oembed, those well known sad appreolated amateur performers, the 1OClb Dranatique LIauPlsls *woL give a pesr me. Marie Yeasan. That I1ad in famed in the atriol senile as one of the oset talented aid ooiles.tomas actresses on the Frenoh stage, bhe possesses talent, intelligenoe and study, and whenever the caune of charity has been brought forward she has devoted all her energies to sub serve the purpose. We hope that Mrs. Veztar,'s benefit will be well patronized and the talented amateurs applauded by a numerous audience. AMUSEMENTS. IL TROVATORE. "Of all the operas that Verdi wrote, The best to my taste is the Trovatore, And Mario can sooth with a tenor note The souls in purgatory." "The moon on the tower shone soft as snow, And who was not thrilled in the strangest way, As we heard him sing while the gas burned low, "Non ti scardar di me." Bulwer, otherwise known as Owen Meredith, or the Viceroy of India, Is a poet, and when he wrote the above stanzas, we have no doubt that, in his mind, he paid very little attention to the set ideas and critical ma'inerism of the classics who sneer at this opera, Verdi's rhef d',rwn~'r, so full of beautiful and soul.inspiring harmony. It was presented last night at the Varieties Theatre to an audience that reminded us of the palmiest days of the opera. Not a seat was va cant, and how deliciously were those seats filled I The youngest and beat were there, as in "the lden golden time," wh n the Orleans Theatre, and later, the Opera House, were tableaux by themselves, and when the critical eye and the admirer of the beautiful in nature and art went 'to the theatre as much to enjoy the sight of the beauties in the hall as to appreciate the beauties of the great composers and the talent of the artists. We could not help regretting, as we listened to the magnificent strains, and beheld the splendid array of youth and beauty that there should not be more "set off " in the audience. In old times the ladies never thought of going toi the opera without having their hair dressed as for a ball and wearing the "costume de rigueur." The low-necked dresses, #well. rounded white arms, environed by the pride. pomp and circumstance that makes loveli ess lovelier, all contributed to make the opera a thing of art and a realized dream of fancy. these days will come again, we doubt not, if we may judge from what we saw last night; in the meanwhile we are happy to see th t New Orleans has lost none of its taste and appreciation for music, and the opera none of its attractions. tRegarding the performance of " rrovatore" by the Pappenheim troupe, we have now to cot fess to an agreeable disappointment. We have been deceived so frequently heretofore by Io madioopera companies comtsg here heralded by anenthus'astic "Northern press," that we natural. ly entertained great fears that the I'appenhelm company, whilat it might present one (or two at mrst) mertotrious sulbj o , would in t' e main manifest nothlng but medi ority. Our first sur prise last evening occur red when we cast a glance at the orchestra, which consisted of forty mu sicians, and whose part. of the task during the cvI utng satisfied us that when they shall grapple theclassical harmonie s -f Meyerbeer to-night there wi l be no room for serious orit.cism. The first act had not closed when it became evident that Pappenhbim, Adeltide Ptillipps, Obarles Adams and T'agiapletra had not recov ered irom the fatigue of their jourifey from (Chicago. which city they left on Sunday nithb. I' pponhelm is phvaically a magnificent, hand. some young woman, and ar~iically (fr there is no question that she is an artist of a high orderi possesses a warm, seonor',us and long voice, trained and oultivated for the falcon roles, with oily a slight weakness in the lower register, which was not so manifest at the close of the opera, when, also, this lady did not avoid the iglthe r notes of the score as she had done in the flirt act. Of Mr. Adams, after listening to the candlano. of the romansz of the third act, the judgment of everybody was that he was a cultivated singer, and we have but one regret to express, that is, that he should have ounsentid to repeat the alte!tro. Mr. Adams will certainly agree with us that he sang with great eflf.rt and that his voice was not in a condition to justify him in indulging in musical gymnastics. He is what the Italians have gracefully named a tenor di gracciao While we recognize his talent as a singer we must defer an appreciation of his voice, which in the higher register poe. sesses remarkable qualties. Mr. Taglispietra, (,unt1 di Luna, is what the French call a lenor baritot.ant; voice rather metalio; sings with taste and ardor, but somewhat regardless of the score. Mr. Taglispletra received an encore after the andante of his solo. We had had the pleasure already of hearing Miss Phillipps in concert, but never before in opera. The role of Az'cetna has found few per. fect interpreters in the world, owing to the scarceness of pure contralto voices. Miss Phillipps is a mezzo soprano, who redeeme4 her. self most admirably in the prison scene, for still owicg to fatigue, she manifested weakness in the gypsy scene. But we must pause in our re ference to this lady, to say that we have never seen the great part of Azucena acted more mag nificently than it was last night by her. Miss Phillipps is magnetic. Our criticism is written too hastily to do justice to the singers individually, and we must choose another opportunilty to do so. As a whole, the performance was most satisfactory, and whatever delects were apparent at the beginning of the opera were c ,mpensated for by the close, which was charmi' gly rendered. To.night we are to have the "Huguenote." This signifies another full house. ST. CHARLES TtIEATRE. Macallisterin magic again to-night, when an other hudred presents will be distributed among the audience. At both performanoes yesterday the theatre was crowded. At the matinee the sewing machine was won by Miss A. Courpert, No. 2610 Camp street, and at night the side-board by Mr. W. H. Long, No. 219 Bixth street. MrILTON NOBLES will again appear at the Academy to-night in the "Phaouix." Read Navra's invitation to the China Palace. Bead Navra's invitation to the China Palace. THE ARREST OF JOHN TILLEHMAN. He is Held to Answer a Charge of Mur der. Yesterday Aids Minor and Hennessey, assisted by Special Tracy, arrested on the levee the noto rious character, John Tillehman, and had him looked up in the Central Station. The accused, who is a negro, on the 22d of January last, shot and killed a man named Frank Steele, in the Second Ward, and after commit ting the deed made good his escape. The coroner's jury, after viewing the body of the deceased and after eliciting certain testi. mony, returned a verdict of accidental shooting. lhis verdict was rendered on the 25th of Janu ary, and then the case was cropped. But few weeks bhad elapsed when Tillehman was again heard of in the role of a highwayman. It appears that he, with two companions, were comiug to this sity on a gravel train, atnd on boara they discovered a negro man named Ed ward Akerious, who had some money about him and who was an employe of the road. The trio, headed by lillehman, made an ar rangement to rob the unfortunate Americus as soon as night came on. The arrangement was put into exec ation, but the victim being ob streperous they were forced to threw him off the train. In the fall Americus' arm was broken and his skull fractured. He laid all night in the swamp until the morning following, when he was brought to this city on an excursion train. On his arrival in the city he was taken to the Charity Hospital, a place he never left alive. The accused had up to yesterday evaded arrest, but, like all law breakers, has finally come to grief. He does not deny either of the charges, but he is true to his pals and refuses to divulge the names of the two men who assisted him to murder Americus. New American Sewing Machine, 185 Canal street. THIS IS THE WEATHER FPO BLANKETS.-Messrs. M. L. Byrne & Co have an ususually large as sortment of blankets which they offer to their custom.-rs at grva bargains. Do no; fail to go up stairs wh-n you visit their establishment. They bave on the second floor cloaks, shawls, b at .e. e thtan we have eer seen PREPARE FOR THE RACES. FOR THEY WILL DBIEIN ON OATURDAY. When there will be Rare Sport and Juli lant Enthuslasm. On Saturday next the opening notes of the fall racing meeting of the Louisiana Jockey COlb will sound in merry style to the musio of scores of flying hoofs and the cheers of thousands of happy people who are sure to lend their enlivening pres ence to that felicitous occasion. Those who in this section are fond of the exci ting sports of the running turf--and their name is legion-are looking forward to the fall meet ing with more than ordinarily eager expectations, whetted by the promise of a rare turf feast and a natural inclination for a desire to renew a famil iar acquaintance with their favorite pastime, after the interregnum of a long summer's silence on the running track in the South. Everything necessary to a triumphant in augural on Saturday is in a state of perfect pre paration, and all now required to make the open ing day a great sncoees is a disposition on the part of old Probs to provide fine weather. Every race on the card will be gallantly and gameti contested, and in each there will be big flilds of starters, for there are more horses here now than w,,'ve had at a fall meeting for many years, and stable owners are ken n on the scent for a dash at the numerous purses hung up for their benefit. Among the most conspicunos improvements to be introduced by the Jockey Club's enterprise at. this meeting may be noted the furnishing of handsomely cuslionedl seats in the ladies' quarter of the grand stand. This grace ful considera ion for the comfort of the fair ones is quite in keeping wi h the elegant way in which the club dispenses its hospitalitJ; and it will, of course, be warmly appreciated. Another new feature will be the of a Western Union telegraph station in the grand stand, whence reports of the races may be sent direct to any part of the countri. During the meeting an operator will be in attendance each race day for the transmission of messages. To turfmern who use the wires frequeutly ahen the races are on this will be a great convenience. There seems to be every reason fir believing that popular ene uragement will be liberlly ex tended, at the coming meeting, to the tfforts ol the Louisiana Jockey Ulub, toward a maintenance in Louisiana of the interests of the running turf, and that it should be so, would seem no more than a simple recognition of the value and use fulness of the work to which the club has been devoted since its creation. Let the mark of that recognition, therefore, be firmly set upmtn the club's latest labors, and let it be accordingly on d.rstood in a substantial way that the task of re storing to New Orleans the l'igh turf p estige she once held will not fail for lack of public support. Ttl E COURTS. [ Merchants and others interested in cases in the district courts, as prnocipals or as witnesses, can be notified by telegraph when to appear in ourt, thus avoiding the necessity of a constant attendance.] NITE'rEI) STATES ('IRI('CIT ('(IIT. BAZ tAR MARKET CASE. Rehearing . ranted and Supplemental Bill Filed on the Part of thle (Cily. City Attorney B. F. Jonas has notified r. J. 4emmes, Esq , counsel for John A. Morris, thae he has apph, d f.r and obtained an order from the ircuit Court granting a rehearing on the orit a.l application for injunctton, and also leave to file a supplemental bill in which the point will be made hbat the land upon which the market is located i' a part of the batture, and as such is dedicated to public use and exempt from seizire, and also the point that the aot of the General Assembly of Louisiana of 1870, which forbids the issuance of writs of execution against the city by the State courts is also applicable to the Federal courts. Phe argument is fixed for Tuesday next, Decem ber 4. Arnold Bertonnean vs. Board of Directors of the UIty Public Schools et als.--The plaintiff al leges that he is a citizen of African descent, a property holder and a taxpayer, and resides at No. 367 North Rampart street. His two chil dren, aged respectively nine and seven years, were sent by him to the Filmore School, being the nearest to his residence, and were refused ad mittance by George H. Gordon, the principal ,f the scbool, under directions from Wm. (O Rogers, Chief Superintendent of Public Schools, solely on the ground that they were colored, and inobedience to a resolution of the Board of School Directors, which resolution is in violation of the fourteenth amendment to the constitu tion of the United States, of the Civil Rights bill and article 135 of the State constitution. Plaintiff complains that by said acts of the school board Wm. O. Rogers and George H. Gordon, he has been irreparably damaged in the deprivation of the right to have his children schooled, and in his degredation of himself and family. He therefore asks a judgment declaring the said resolution of the School Board violative Sf the constitu'ion, and for an injunction restrain ing the aots of said board, Rogers and Gordon, and commanding them to admit his children into the Filmore School, or any other public school in the State, and for $1000 special damages. UNITED STATEM DINTRICT COURT. United States vs. John Doherty.-The defend. ant, who is mate of the steamboat 0. H. Durfee, was arrested October 27 on the complaint of Adam Holmes for beating him. Defendant was brought before Commissioner Southworth and released on bond of $300. Not aprearing for trial, his bond was forfeited and a capias issued. SUPERIOR CRIMINAL COURT. The following oases were continued yesterday: State vs. E. Murphy, charged with assault and battery; State vs. Annie Johnson, for man slaughter, and the State vs. E. SBeube and R. Seube, for robbery. In the case of the State vs. Michael McLangh lin, after some time expended in getting a jury, the case was at last submitted, and a verdict of not guilty brought in. SE]COND DISTRICT COURT. Suit fi'ed-J. M. Bilgery vs. Mrs. M. M. Bilgery. Emancipated-Margaret MoBoberts, wife of 0. O. Ingram. Successions opened--O Francisco Penyra y Castro and wife, Giovanni Vergona, Polycarpe Fortier and John J. Salter. FOURTH DISTRICT COURT. New suits filed-J. H. Campbell vs. W. P. Fre. ret; Lionel A. Sheldon vs. George Rosenthal; Alexander Botsay vs. Simon Hernhbeim et al. Mrs. O Hagan vs. her husband.-Judgment for plaintiff as prayed for. Auguste Larrien vs. F. L. Fernandez.--Rule ,f E. DeBlois against Waggaman, late civdil sheriff, for costs, discharged. State ex rel. Uhas. Kummel vs. B. C. Bond, Tax Collector, et al.--Relator represents that he is the owner of a certain pi ce of property which was assessed in 1876 at $8000, and be asks a mandamus to compel the Auditor and R. C Bond, Tax Collectnr, to recei'e taxes on the same at a valuation of $6000 for that year. Rule nisi made returnab,e December 5. FIFTH DISTRICT COURT. New suits-Peet, Ya e & Bowling vs. J. J. Warren; Moses Lobe vs. Frank Zacherie et als. Read Navra's invitation to the China Palace. CITY ECHOEM. Mary Lang was lodged in the Central Station, charged by S. KRiser with lgrceny. Dominiqle Milhas died suddenly at his resi dence, 67 North Market street, of hemorrhage of the lunge. The charge of being a vagrant caused E.A. McGinnis to be ludged in the dixth Precinct Sta tion. A coal oil lamp also exploded at Mr. Hylan's house on Ca np s:reet, between Terpsichore and Melpomene, but did no damage. The she l at 175 Peters street is in a danger ous conditiQn. liable to fall at any moment and i jure pedestrians. A man named Geo. Dixor, died suddenly at Rohaum's bonrding-nonse yesterday. The coroner returned a verdict of congestion of the brain. a vilous dog, Tuesday evening bit Mr. Ose. Hill'i .er. The animal was killed by OEicer tatlgny. The h eacsltlc-MOo 30eh pite. Mh Joe Murphy, charged with.enttlug and wend ing John Crosby, was yesterday sent to the Parish Prison without ball by Judge Smith, to await a doctor's certificate. Win. Conners, charged with breach of trust and embezzlement, was yesterday sent before the First District Court under bonds of $250 by Judge Smith. Tuesday night a coal oil lamp exploded at Mrs Rodgers' residence on Roman street, between Palmyra and Gasquet. The kames were extin ogished after they bad destroyed ten dollars worth of furniture. Tuesday evening, while Phillip Dealer was at work screwing cotton in the hold of the ship Algiers, a bale of cotton fell on him, iflStoltag s.e inous injuries. ie was taken to his residence corner of Vallons and" Market streete, where he received me dical attention. At quarter past 10 o'clock last night a Are broke out in the wood yard of Mr. Durell on Dauphine street. between Dmainoe and St. Ann streets. The flames were extinguished with slight damage. An Insane Act. Last night, at half pest 11 o'olook, a man named 1Ihos. Hanel p was brought to this city from McComb City and sent to the Chbi.r Hnoscital for surgical attendance. Raselep suffering from the ffiots of a wound in the eye, which he etates was inflicted by himself with a hatchet in an attempt to take his life; he is supposed to be insane. A Cruel Mother. TueRday night ome- flutb-hearted maother placed hier bane, aged about a week, on the step of the St. Anna's Orphan Asylum. The sister superior was notiflid, who took charge of Ute little waif. Boad Navra's invitation to the China Paleso . lBREVITIE.le if the steamboat it Francis Belle, whictoh rune to Westwego in connection wi'b the railroad to. Doneldenville, would land at Jackson street feo p.ssengers, it would be a great convenience to pas.ongers living in the upoer part of the city. Winter cloaks, wraps and ulsters were donned last evening by those who took the usual Canal street stroll. On Saturday last the young st son of Col. A. W. Bosworth had this left arm crushed in a sna., mill on a plantation on the Teobe, and scstall ed such injuries tat am ,ntation wae necessary, but at last accoonts was do ng well although suffer ing terribly. -- -- .--.41.... THI FISIB.iT AWARD. The Posslbility of ita Prodeling Serleas Trouble Hrtween England and the lni ed stales. [St. Loul Timesi WASIINISTON. Nov. ur,.-The award of U$5 500,000 againsil the Unitedc' -tilte. by the Fishery ClaimB Cn,,mmissioin at Halifax. as co'mp,.nsation for flsh .ry privi eges In (Cnadian wa ers, is the most inmortint event in the foreign reai ons of the United Stttts teat has o curred since the award in our i Ivor was nlad" -t Geneva on the Al.thamira elirn. Te dil'i(ion will of course he i n importanlt topic in the Pr.osldnt's m.e sage to the ogullar esWiO1i of Congress. It derives its imp,ortaner from the fact that y th the treaty of Washington the finding of this comnm i ion is not finally binding upon our unovi'trnient. it woutl I, dftlloult to ex aig-rate the surprise of Mr. Hayos and the ('hinel. as w II is rnmembers ,,f th.- Committee on For' ign Affair-, at the m.unitudle of the award. ndl it i» thought to li a very serious ,i.estion with the govetnment whethet the int ring should not hbi ro.unuinated, on aceoutt of the gro-s iijusti(e of the amount awarded. it is more thin pr,,bible tha,. in case no re. via on of the taward shall avail, the finding will not be afirmedtl. The sum name Ilf least threoe 'ii-'l grea'"e than an equltae awardi dil'manlded, and . it 1" ir. i.d that our goy ernmnt. Ihrs as g ofd a right to refuse to pay it as the IBrit sh ,over.nment hI id to d'eline in d vanri(e the Ipayrment of conHequ ntlal dainage-.tl thei Alabama iseo In la t t is urged our is stilt better. b'ut-u, in. the debate in far mint, on, )ear ago,. the fa,-t was ginerally a mill, th that h, award of this comml-sion w d not, he biinging, wh ,roas the Geneva award was binling ip-,n Cr at Britain. It is bIltIvel by o it government that the' Canadlian govern ment his for a lon tim e trying to get th, adcv intage o, us in this ter. and now it has sue medled to a cer -.rie. It is fiared jerious troubl ma fyi.pfg out of this question between the o 3hed Sta* rand Great Itritain. A SENATORIAL PURICBIT.ION. A Senator Who Thinks Tilden will hbe President Within Four Meaths. (Cincinnati Enquirer.l WASHINGTON. Nov. 2a.-The rupture between the R epublicans and Hayes Is so comolete that ,re Senator said t i-day he would make a pre diction tha' within four months Samuel J. Til lden would be Presi tent of the United States, Asked how this could possbly be, he said that the Inst Con ress, after accepting the Electoral Tribuia's repoet, passed an over whelming resolution that Tilden hatd been electied President of the United States. "We also know," hbe said. "that Tilden took the oath of office befere a qualifled magistrate in Nw York. Now, suppo e the Senate passes a resolution a'eorlant with that o' the House, aiknowledging Tili-en to bmq President, and at ,nee we go into exiceu' ive session and conflirm Tilden's Cabinet. Wn't that be a revolution. complete and silent ?" The same Senautor arntted that Demooratje ,opinion would act upon nlough Democratt in th,- Senate and Congress to bring this aboutit It came to te a soheme. Enmisstrles acttlngi Mr. Tildeni's name are in this city. taking ad vantage of the present remarkable situation. The Cause or anba. [iincintiati E'quirer.] WAsIIINGTON, Nov. 19.--There is a lady agent of the Cubans here lobbying their cause, and she claims that sixty-six members of the House and twenty-three Senators have already pledged themselves to vote for a res olution recognizing Cuban independence. She claims that Hannibal Hamlin, chairman of Foreign Relations in the Senate, will advo cate it. M. L. Byrne & Co., Ia Canal s'rset, are offi . rig unulua bargains in blankets and flannels.-: tao Dpiecest brown canton flannel from 5e and,`. ui pward. Read Navra's invitation to the China Palaeoe HOTEL ARRIVALSS. ST. CHARLES HOTEL--John 8 Canno Frankfort, Ky: E M-antell, St .James, La; H Armstrong England ; 0 Clif on and wile, N C Dougherty, Brazil. In t; C Adams Mi.s zelli, Mr SaglUip, tto, D M True. Chicag Copp, Mobile; T Or phbus. J C Fryer. EPa heim Arens. Tros Areas, Mi - APhillips Cowing. S H Gale, New York; A B Plt V lksbur-z; H J Hart, J B I zier. Hugo St L iis: a H Alk l n, st Mary. La: J W Shelbyrvlle. Ky; Jl J Hormbrick. N,'shville; (ffut , Kv; ,as AnIdrews, Port Fads; Major M Burke, H A Montgomery E Hart, M.-mph-s JIke Stiman.Cincinnati; E 4torriewDadevfll Ala; A . Raymoud, Jackron; H Cliford, Jo Clark. Bsraott n. ST. J MEE HOTEL-Floyd Farrar. Phil.p' Hickey. Viokbur H F lieese. (ity; t M Iees,&. (ranld Bay, Ala' HH Stotesbhr, Jr lr~yoi To.m H W-ller, Louisville: J H Akirvingl - A Y YomkjW P Clothw rthy, Baltimpre; i ,Tit c('o k. Misissisp ai; E Goking. Louisiana.; . Doyle, San Antoni; G W Bowling, Al WAm H Harris. Lou sa, a; Tim A 3mith, M&" Louis: James E T, was nid. new Yu rk CITY HOTEI-S S Bowman, Denmark J G Lyell. Wesson, Miss;J T Mieintyre, C.r. ton, Mis s; L I; Walker, Missis-ippi; Henr Smith, J ins .Jaekon, city: Cap Frank s r: steamr Kate D Aixon; H G Summeers, 8 el: enhack, New Yotk; A Kitein, John Dahbm Milwaukee: S ( Weaver St Louis: PBlm Herman, Miss Cooney. New York: J M H L fourehe; A C Dlendin, Missi-sippi. J Clar M-'Comb City; J M Nattians Phila Ilbihta; Duhamel, A Bonrner, Hiouston, Texas; Bead Navra's invitation to the China ý ;. New American Sewing Machine. is OP street. RAILROAD DHEPATUIJRg. The following were among the by the Mobile fait line last evn ng: j;art. Mlarks and Miss L. D. Si,, k,. Pl;renee. 8. Mirs. ile4lh. New Yrk; E. T. HuDSt8t Pbhil Enbch. New York; J. C H, rter t,,n; E . Schmidt. Lou~sv.,..;: A. Wun vannah; M. V. Gavi . Mlontwouo,,. ; Ten,,ly Loui-,it.; J. A. Ballard. New Yost Stinson aid wfe tkoeton; H Wese Howard. Jaameaun lle. New Amotlau &ew M sueaohie, ij gtg ~ -t.-:·8