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Mi JNI[IPAL MATTIEI.
r KISAwna AetnLUM vommNiasolo.
is. T.lrpin, Orewoour, Dlakham, Omatellanos
;.awis have all maoepted the trust placed
tlt by the Mayor, to Inquire lnto the oundi
it the inmates of the oity's Insane asylum,
(evise a plan for their better treatment
the ltnestigation require it. The mem
of the commiesion will hold their prelimi
oesting to-night. With snoh distingaulhed
a as compose it, there Is every reason to
that much good wll reealt from the In
SLAUtBNrmIe os TUa InNoCIKlltT.
Sayor Otrders the Chler of Poller to
stop It.
R9uI Pllebury has addressed the followlog
ttO OlerChif la, with a view to stopping the
Sdriving of olty oare partluclarly. For
gart we eea delgnat ae a subject wor
attention of the oblchier, the reckless drliv
h e ars of the Mtagmlne street and Pry.
ftl hee, as they come down Oanal
Magaesne street to the station, be.
gap Ianst. Charles:
MArORALTtrr or Naw OarAwn, ,
New Orleans, December 11, 1877.
I. . l Bolan, Chief of Pollcer
I have the honor to tall your attention to
t necessity of enforcing the ordinance
eakloess and furious driving of carte,
ear and other ehbloles through the streets
atiy, by which life and limb are constantly
, artncularly at oroessngs.
f.tal amNse Is sulthcent evidence of
.ey of a vigilant supervision by your
Youi obedient servant,
NB. PILttBURY, Mayor.
IT riM Yb.OI.4APHIC IURVIVY.
Shad work of the hydrdgraphlo survey was
ps.terday morning by two partles under
3. 0. Colline and M. W. Darton, re.
Valy. The starting point is Olmp Parapet,
she work will be carried on continuously
both banks of the river to the lower limits
ldi. When thisle s completed the rros
had motndinge will be made,
ert rey, of the Enterprise, will for.
Sboeegsaary details for the soundings
bahlp and the Oanonioue.
1 1 OLD S YTEaM WANTED.
SOity unt Algiers Asking for
ASu. umy and self-Government.
We learn that a petition is now being eirl
Which thus far has been signed by every
t and taxpayer of the Sixth District (late
Olt) to whom it has been presented,
the coming Legislature to repeal the
0 the Warmoth Leglslature of 1871 annex
Jlre.on 0city to New Orleans.
petition avers that not only was the said
tlaon of the constitution, in that it
the boundaries of the eoond Judicial
but that also their property rights have
m ed by an illegal tax levied thereon
Sto year by the ity Council to pay the
d tin of the so-called bonded
f thety of New Orleans (amounting to
.000) whioh debt was created years
bity was annezed to New Or
It which therefore they had no voice or
and from whioh they have not and
rlive any benefits.
petition assert that '% per cent tax is
enugth to operate their own government
eash bais,as wa the oue before annexa
whereas they have been taxed as follows:
I city tax 2% per cent; 1878 (7T), 3 per
1.h4, 1/ pernt; 1875, 1Y, per cent; 1876,
seet; 1877,1 a per cent. While their
are negleoted, they ave no police and
itjhout any of the beneflt to whicoh they are
They pray, therefore, that the aot of
be repealed and that they be restored to
- rights under the old charter,
. M also that Alglers ld coming with a
dei. Their aoe is even worse than
e-iron City. They were annexed at the
time a Jefferson City. They say they used
a tax of a to k, per cent, which was ample
- urposes, but have since been called
for the increase given above for the old
debt, to pay for paved streets, gau, water
Asd sundry contracts tn this side of the
TEB 1NTOCK rXCrNArGO.
Pldeat'se Repeot for the Past Year.
ihe fodllowing report, read before the meeting
-.e Blook Exchange, will be read with Interest
oer commercial community :
ItI ert the condition "wise and conservative
Sbecaue I believe that in commercial
made up as they always are and must be
w.els differing types of mind and tempera
there is great danger in a season of
ty as in the day of adversity. lIfetly
eonclusione are frequently followed by
action, and thus the slow building-up pro
of years can be overthrown in a day. Pro
has been slow, but sure, and the eoonomy
your management perhaps has been the secret
your auocees. If I should give any advice to
today, after an experienoe of over two years
our presiding ofoer it would be:
"Put your best men in the governing oom
en of broad views and calm, deliberite
t--and then trust them. Make haste
when you propose organio changes and be
at tmesu to 'endure some of the evils
you have, rather than fly to those' you know
recommendations of last year's report
the president have nearly all been acted
and have passed into the organio life of
It is proper, however, that I should
to some of the changes of the year.
Inoorporaton and limitatien of member.
recommendation of last December was to
the limit of members to sixty-five. After
deliheration the limitation was fixed at
and your number of members soon
Alled up. A system of life insurance
teod upon the membership, by which a
Sprovison was mde forthe heir o
members, and in order to give effiioency
oy to these provisions your body
I tod by notarial a3t, according to
la, last spring. Under the amendment
Sin the earl fall and incorporated in
youear seventy memberships now coneti
eatiretie, autbj equally to dues and
ts, and which cannot be increased or
so long as you have existence as a
very share must always have a
and your insurance meet therefore work
,and i guaranted during the corporate
pur aseooiation.
mats feature of both the Insurance plan
emeodm et referred to, were introdued
SA. Leeassier, your retiring vice
, t ho e penetrating, cool judgment
should and ever will eel itself a
l nlao of commissions. This was
" eat er's report, and the result was,
became incorporated in your by.
lav whiob your transactions, for the
of the year, have been made.
ba .".reaMOnale men .mniverally
the clple of let hve, and will yield
º"i yab e to a not exorbitant re
;, tia fr performed. We cannot
down our aeons on a level wtsh
i Eatera bemuse of our neose
volume of tran. -
r n run ale has worked
and , and, in the vast
or7y to in
a, aw, ith
ona s some, h
e ill *sesurity. recommenda
l yer was hPi by the on
pf.of m pesi, out or
SsinUking Pul tis latter tea.
.adesned lats' In rport, I
time, te value
,wmatlr degrea or
You had uoon your roll lst yar .. .......S.
fl4 added tis ysw ......................... t
Makiag a total of. .............7........i9
You have lost (laelftding one member aus.
pended and not yet setded with erediters).1i
Leaving total present active membership..87
Withheld by creditors in trust ................
Withheld ay creditors in suspense .......... 1
70
The seoretary's report gives you some interest.
ing figures; out of which I would particuiarly re
fer to the aggregate transactions bonds, vie:
Aggregate males of State and Premium Bonds
reported for the year ending December 10, 1877,
$84,198,400, divided as follows:
Console ..................87,805,800
Premiums. ............. ........... 40,00,011
Your finane, according to the reports of the
treasurer and finance committee, show a healthy
state.
There sl to the hands of flnance commit
tee, as true see of the insurance fund.. $1,065 00
In hands of the treasurer............ 00 O08
In hands of the secretary (petty cash). 20 00
Due by members. ................ ... .... 02 40
And i000 in Premium Bonds of the city
of New Orleans, bought as an lnvest
ment at 88Y,....................... 2,485 00
The compilation and publication by the eeres.
tary, Mr. Brinsmade, of the laws governing the
consolidated bonds of the BState, the weekly ou.t
reotion of the funding operations of city and
State, together with other statisties and data
which he has furnished from time to time, much
outside of regular duties calls for notice at my
hands and the thanks of the txohange as adding
materially to the reputation of our body as a me
diam for useful Information.
Your various committees have worked well and
harmoniously, and my personal thanks are due
to the chairman of each for valuable aseistance.
I regret the decision of Mr. Isidore Newman,
r your able treasurer since the organisatlon of the
Exchange, to no longer serve in that capacity.
As a member of the governing committee, the
Exthabnge will lose one whose heart has ever gone
heartily into his work and whose conservative
counsels bave aided no little the success of the
* undertsking.
I would again return my acknowledgements to
the secretary and his assistant, Claude Tuayer,
for valued assistance in my work, and in this
connection would suggest that, if the way be
clear with your finances, thes laries of these
officers, whose work has beea rebled by multi.
plication of "calls," should be increased.
And now gentlemen, in entering upon my re
commendations for your future action, I beg
leave
1. To call attention to a Iatter which en.
gaged considerable space in my report of last
year. I refer to the laxity, not Of rule, but of
practice, respecting stooks and seeurities upon
your regular list. The community, whom we
represent, in nearly all our transactions, has a
right to demand a rigid inspection of eecuritiee
at our hands, and our duty to constituents and
to ourselves would seem to require greater care
and vigilance than we have exercieed.
Your books should contain an accurate state.
ment, so far as possible, of the investments and
assets of every incorporated institution on your
list. If this cannot be procured or Is withheld.
then the security or stock should be stricken off
and no longer oalled.
This is due as much to our sound corporations
as to the public whom we represent. It is alike
to the Interests of both. The investor should
I know somewhat of the stock he is buying, and
the institution should be gratified to make known
lie smuand condition. Mere sensational rumor
could not then operate disastrously upon prices,
and confidence would be engendered and trust in
vited.
Your "bond committee," which is charged
with the gathering of data from corporationse
should be composed of men, carefully selected
by you for the work which they have to do, of
which this is the most important. Properly
organized, this committee is no place for an idle
workman. It should be filled with men of wis.
dom and sound discretion, and having accepted
the responsibilities of the office, they should be
held by you to a strict acconntability.
All you want.-all that the public d& sires from oar.
porations is what stockholders or investors have,
or should have a right to know, and when the
object of the inquiry is fairly and courteously
stated, I believe you will find few, if any, boards
of directors who will refuse information.
2. I would recommend the creation of a sink
ing fund in connection with your Insurance plan,
by which the reserve shall be annually increased.
I would suggest for this purpose an annual as
seesment, say of ten or fifteen dollars per mem
ber. By this method, without the expenditure
being felt by any single individual, i reserve
would be accumulating, whicho in a few years,
could be put into a building for our own occu
pansy or some other shape which might be
deemed better for income. Whatever the future
investment, you would only be adding to the
present value of your insurance under the plan,
and thus to the value of your membership in the
Exchange.
8. I would recommend that your governing
committee be instructed to secure at the next
session of the Legislature the passage of a spe
cial act of incorporation. This to cover all possi
ble legal contingencies.
4. That before yoq proceed to election this
evening, you should pass a resolution authoriz
ing a second vice president, who shall be an oill
cer outside of the provisions of the constitution,
and therefore not a member of the governing
committee. This will insure you an ofiHoer at all
calls, who, by study of the constitution and by
laws, will be competent to decide the many in
tricate questions which will constantly present
themselves. I advise this the more because I
believe it impossible for any one man, or even
two, to be present at all calls, and that the labor
of the position should be divided, as well for the
necoseary drudgery of the place as for the value
of the training.
5. I would advocate a changeof location for the
Exchange so soon as the way can be made clear;
not because I believe with some that locality
would have much to do with the volume of busi.
ness, nor with others that we ought to take grad
ual steps toward an op n board, but on the
ground alone of convmenice and accessibility.
I regard all open boards as delusions, magnfi
cent in theory, in practice, humbugs. Failure
has been written upon every attempt to form one
in the United States. Even in New York city,
with its apparently immense advantages for the
successful workings of such a scheme, every at
tempt has resulted in complete discomniture, al
though undertaken under the most favorable au
spices. The fact is, confidence underlies the
brokerage business, and brokers, whose general
reputation i such that men cannot trust them
and must needs see what they do, cannot do bus
iness snooccessfully anywhere. On the other hand
men of character and responsibility soon tire of
paying for privileges in an association wherein
outsiders (generally street or curbstone brokers)
have equal if not surpassing facilities with them.
selves. The old New Orleans Board of Brokers
under the presidency of the late honored George
W. Lawrason, did well, as many of you .will re
member, antil converted into an open board, after
which it died a natural death within a few weeks.
Let us take heed and not be wrecked upon the
same shoal.
6. Should larger and more convenient quarters
be secured, I would also advocate the admission
of visiting members under proper restrictions
and by election, in the same manner as prescribed
for active members. These members so elected
to pay an annual fee of not less than $50 each,
and to be entitled to all privileges of the room
with exceptions of dealings during calle, when
their transse'ions would be made through a
member. A failure in contract to work su.pen
sion until settlement was made, as is the case
now with active members. Other features may
occur to others of you in this connection which
altogethpr would go to make visiting members,
under some such restriotions, valuable aooee
sione.
7. So frequent inquirles having been made on
the part of investors for registered bonds of the
consolidated issue, State of Lmisians, I wdald
recommend the passage of a resolution instruct
ing the bond committee to ceasult with the
proper State officials, and ascoertain it proper ar
rangements cannot be made for the exchange of
coupon bonds for registered bonds by parties de
stronu of such ties er, and the placing of regis
tered State console on a basi imilar to those of
the United States government.
8. I would urge the appointment of a commit
tee to take under advisement the rates ofho enses
charged to brokers by city sad State. I am ex
tremely anxious that the Exchange should be
able to respond rmptlyand cheerfully to the
demands of our city and State governments and
to this eand would like to see rates vednae. to a
p t iber all col4d meet themawIbout eve
sion or t. The perast i out of a
ISo te aoradeutti
to the authoriis by i
yoa , til aess1t4 T:11
1 hws is ~liiiF i
Il.n.a e do nottfeel at liberty to rtsase
howeet, my fourth term, will be rIy Iast.
,rom the various tickets before you I would
rge eo to aela)t men of oaim ,enservative
vews for the governig committee, to that tinder
their management our Rxcehange may assume
even a still higher and more eoommandng posi
tion in the community.
I thank you, one and all, for a hearty support
and oheerhil no-operation in the past. For the
future, with an earnest personal aoquiescence
to law and order on the part of every individual,
and a patient waiting upon appointed methods,
each feeling the honor of the Exchange in his
own keeping, I believe our career will be one of
constant progress, and our destiny that of good.
W. B. LYMAN.
CAPIrOl. cOOMIP.
The Ensue Vacancy to be Pilled-A Del
gation from the North.
Liet-Gov. Wits has received the resignation
of Btate Senator Enstis and has transmitted the
same to the Executive, who accepted it, and will
at onee issue his proelamation for a special
election so fill the vacancy in the
FOURTHt 8INATORIAL DtIr'UtT,.
The census of the Tenth and Eleventh wards
will be taken at once, and when completed
Registrar Landry will so distribute his registra
tion ofioes, or precincts, that the registration of
the two wards can be made in a few days, In
this matter he calls especial attention to that
portion of the election law which prohibits any
person from voting unless reglstered which is
an important fact when it is known that efforts
are being made by the Republicans to obtain coo
trol of the Senate even during the coming ses
slon.
Gov. Nicholls on Tuesday morning was waited
upon by
(tOVERNOR CULLOM AND PARTY,
of Illinois, who were shown about the State
House, and who subsequently visited various
parts of the city, in company with Guyov. Nihobolls.
The entire party subsequently took passage on
one of the steamers p:ying in the lower coast
trade to obtain a view of the coast, and expected,
before their return last night or this morning, to
visit the plantation of Representative Kernoonan,
in Plaquemines parish.
The treasury investigating committeoe met at
12 m., and adjourned until Saturday at 12 m.
The State Board of Liquidation met at 12 m.,
and in the absence of a quorum adjourned until
Wednesday at 12 m.
Ittranspires now that the invitation extended
to the Governor to visit the Barracks on .unday
came from Gen. Dbernbrland, who is in com
mind of the troops, and who by the way enter
tained his guests in a hospitable manner.
THE Gq ANGW ERU.
Meeting of the ,oulifana State Grange
lere To-Day.
Yesterday was the appointed time for the meet
ing of the State Grange of Louisiana, but, owing
to the necessities of the crops and business e.
gagements, all of the delegates did not arrive in
time to participate in the opening.
There being no quorum present the meeting
was postponed until to-day. A representative of
the DEMOCRAT had the good fortune to meet Dr.
Ryland, who is the presiding officer, and from him
gleaned much of interest to our country readers.
Dr. Ryland expressed the opinion that the
(Irangers a.ver stood in a better position than
they do to-day. At first when the organization
first started many became members simply to
serve their own ends and to further individual
lnterests, but gradually these have all dropped
off and now the order is working more effiolently.
Some mistook the nature of the grange move
ment and thought that commercially or other
wise benefits might accrue from membership of
it, but now it has been brought down to a farmers'
basis, where it was originally intended to be, and
things were working most smoothly.
The Doctor was warm in the expression of his
opinion that we have had enough of politics for
some time to come, and that the people snooli
direct their attention now to the judicious use of
our agricultural resources. He saw no reason
why, with our soil and our climate, where the
richest grasses can be grown, we should be de
pendent on either the West or Texas for the
choloest of beef. Our facilities, and, indeed.
everything was in our favor in that respect, and
if the people would only forego politics; the
State would be a hundred times benefited.
WEATHER AND RIVERS.
Frigerio reports the lowest temperature on
.onday night as 45 degrees above zero, and for
yesterday from 49 to 59, the highest point being
reached at 2 and 6 p, m.
The Signal Service repou te received last evening
show a further softening in the temperature at
Northern and Western points, the softening re
ferred to being as much as 10 degrees, as Is
shown by the following:
Cairo 64, Cincinnati 61, Davenport 51, Dubuque
409, Galveston 57, Indianola 60, Keokpk 57 La
crosse 48, Leavenworth 65, Louisville 63, Hem
p his 01, Nashville 60, Omaha 57, Pittaburg 50,
Shreveport 63, St. Louis 67, St. Paul 40, Vicks
burg 64, Yankton 44, Augusta (Ga.) 68, COrsicana
64, Key West 71, Mobile 60, Montgomery 64, and
Savannah 66 degrees above zero.
The river telegrams furnished by the Signal
Bureau show a further rise of three feet in the
Ohio at Cincinnati, and a twenty-inch rise at
Louisville, but at all other points on that stream
the water is declining. The Missiceippi rose four
inches at Dubuque and pix inches at St. Lou.s,
but was declining at all other points, except
Vickesbrg, whi re the rise has ceased and the
water level is stationary.
PEBRONAL.
The many friends of our confrere, Don Jose A.
Quintero, will be gratifled to learn that Judge
blilings has appointed him United States Com
missioner for the District and Circuti Courts. It
is unnecessary to say that we congratulate our
genial friend and true gentleman on his new
honors.
Mr. Quintero is one in a thousand, strong
handed, lion-hearted and genially inclined. We
will always feel kindly towards Fortune when
she pushes forward such a good man.
"WOLLOPED" AGAIN
By Henry Miller, but at a Discount Carom
Cushion Game.
Sexton didn't play Abrams last night, but be
had a "bout" with Henry Mtller at the Crescent
Billiard Hall, and was once more defeated. The
game was
THE OUSHION CAROM
of 100 points, in which Sexton discounted Henry,
both playing the cushion carom. Miller's best
run was 20, and his average 2 22 39, while Sex
ton's best run was 18, and his average 2 35-39,
and Miller winning by 12 points.
To-night Sexton will play Col. John Oberlander,
the game to commence at 8 p. m.
HONORABLY ACQUITTED.
Daring race week a Mr. Chappu was arrested
by the police force for passing a counterfeit $5
bill and somewhat rudely incarcerated in the sta
tion-house. When the inquiry was made before
Commissioler Southworth it turned out that the
bill was a genuine one, and Mr. Chappu was
honorably acquitted.
THE SENATORIAL ELECTION.
We understand that the Democratic Parish
Committee will meet in a day or two for the pur
pose of communicating to the presidents of the
Tenth and Eleventh Ward Central Clubs the
necessity for calling a meeting of their respective
clubs for the purpose of electing delegates to a
distriot convention to nominate a candidate for
State Senator to fill the va anoy. occasioned by
the seating of Senator Eustie in the United
States Senate.
New American Sewing Machine, 185 Canal
street.
The Home Parliament Is divided on the ues
tion of capital paw i~4at-the Lower House
being in iavor cf it ahoton, while the Senate
desires tb keeD oa 1 ad gullotainng
The. t~tt ! °l ledthe
CUSTOM-HOUSE NOTES.
ABOUT THAT ILLO)UIQ INTIERVIEW
AND THE C( LLECTOHIIH P.
Aeeordlin to Reliable Information Pack
ard Will Be the Next Collector.
Kellogg's talk with a Cincinnati Enqirer cor
respondent, as given in yesterday's DaEMO(RAT,
caused some amusement as well as comment in
Custom-House circles yesterday, and attracted
more than ordinary attention, perhaps from the
fact that some of those in the Custom-House are
conversant with some of the points made by Kel
logg, as they say, to show that in his own esti
mation, at least, he is a great man, or, as one ex
pressed it, "a h-I of a Senator." Among those
who
PERIUR'E THAT INTERVIEW
was the acting Collector and Special Treasury
Agent Anderson, who read the Interview in the
presence of several gentlemen, commenting
upon the various "points" as he read.
When he came to that portion wherein LGen.
Williamson is, by Kellogg, made a native of the
State, the acting Collector saift that Kelorg was
wrong there, but he didn't suppose he knew it.
Alluding to his administration of the Cus'tom
House, when that was reached, a by-stander re
marked that Kellogg always boasted that he left
the Oollectorshipihere with a balance of a few
dollars to his credit, which, he thought, was a
big thing.
As to his getting hundreds of Demoaratoe votes
in 1872, there seemed to be some doubt in the
minds of some of those who were listening to
the reading of the interview, and when, in the
interview, Kellogg said that Hell gg and Penn
were elected, (en. Anderson remarked that he
believed that
SUiH WAS THE FAIT,
and that he had reason to believe so, although he
did not act as a member of the Ieturning Board
at the time, but when he came to that portion
where Kellogg said in referrnoe to the Latin
portion of our population, "Y,.u can fire a rifle
from the Custom-House and its range will inclue
35,(000 people who can scarcely speak the English
language, and who do not use it--some of thorn
have never been above Canal street," (Gn. An
derson thought that was drawing it a little too
strong and didn't believe it.
From Kellogg's talk about Packard's not per
mitting his legislature to disintegrate, Gen. An
derson suggested that Kellogg
WOULD HIAYIt'RADED,
had he been in Packard's place, and following
that he wondered how Hayes would like the shot
Kellogg gave him when he spoke of Packard's
losing the vantage when he rested his case on
that of Hayes.
"He don't care a cent for Hayes," said one of
those present.
"Yes, he dogs, though," said another; "and
you see if he don't care just enough to get Pack
ard into this office."
Bnbsequently, in conversation, one of those
who had listened to the reading of the inter
view remarked as very signollast the fact that
one of the press or special dispatches a day or
two ago had intimated quite strongly that Hayes
wanted Lawrence to follow the
EXAM'PLE SET IY KIN',
and relieve him from a pledge, if there was any,
by writing a glowing letter, and request him not
to send his name In again.
None of Lawrence's friends sremn to think that
be will adopt this oeurse, however, until the last
moment, even if he does at all.
From information derived from some of the
latest arrivals, mentioned previously, it ii per
feotly safe to prdtict that Packard will be the
next Collector of this port, but whether his nomi
nation will be sent in before or alter the holiday
recess of the Senate, is rot known. If his name
is sent to the tonat", he will be confirmed.
PltlOIEMOUR FONTAIN1'M IECTIBRE.
Some Interest Aroused thnt Promlise to
be quite Lively.
Last evening Professor Fontaine lectured to a
somewhat larger audience than had attended
either of the preceding addresses. This, the
third and last of the series, suggested a "plan
for controlling the current of the Misslssippi
rver, to protect its banks from undermines and
crevasses, to remove its bars and so deepen its
channel by erosion as to prevent overflows."
The essay was too long, elaborate and learned,
illustrated as it was by numerous drawings and
charts, for anything like justice to be done it in
a mere newspaper notice, though we shall en
deavor, at another time, to condense the salient
points presented. Aside from the merit of the
lecture itself, we are induced to do this that the
public may get at the merits of what just now
promises to be quite an interesting and lively
discussion that the Professor has started.
When he had finished last evening, Capt. Roy
arose and contradicted several statements made
by the professor, which he proceeded to elaborate,
besides presenting drawings, which he stated
would suostantiato his having originated "ekmn
zesis" as muoh as twelve years ago. By reason
of the lateness of the hour and the irrelevancy
of this claim t) the subject matter of the lecture,
Uapt. Roy was asked to defer his criticisms and
the presentation of his views to some future even
ing, which wes not designated for the reason
that Capt. Roy's proposed lecture is now in the
hands of the printer, for the purpose of publica
tion in the Neo 'Era.
Judge Hiestand also criticised the Professor's
theories. He said that th, utter impracticability
of his suggestions, their wild improbability, re
minded him of Jules Verne's "Journey to the
Moon." To carry out the projects suggested
would require the labor of four hundred millions
of men a thousand years, and would drain the
treasuries of the world. It would be cheaper to
encase the Mississippi in a sheet Iron ease from
St. Louis tq the sea. H 3 proposes on next Tues
day evening to demoiiah the Professor utterly
and show, to the satisfaction of all senaible men,
that his whole theory is but one of the wildest
romances, violative of every law of nature.
From which promise we anticipate a lively time
of it on next Tuesday evening.
ARIY OF TENNESSEE.
This association met i. regular session last
night, at their hall, Gen. G. T. Beauregard in
the chair. The secretary and recording secre
tary both sent excuses and were relieved from
fines on that account. After this the executive
committee reported on the question of badges and
certificates. The constitution and by-laws re
ported by the executive committee, and adopted
at the last meeting, became the subject of quite
a spirited debate. Capt. U. E. Fenner, third vice
president, objected in a very vigorous and em.
phatic manner to the fines and penalties for non
attendance to the duties of membership of the
association. The by-laws, as reported and
adopted at the last meeting, were amended ac
cordingly, but on motion of Col. James Lingan
the whole matter (f fines and penalties was re
ferred to a committee of three members, com
posed of those objecting, Capt. Fenner being
made chairman.
PORT HUDSON DEFENDERS.
There was a meeting of this association last
evening at the office of the president, Col. Mar
shall 3. Smith, on Gravier street.
The business transacted was, however, entirely
of a routine character. Several new members
were admitted.
POLICE BOARD.
The Police Board, which met last evening at
the Central Station, were as lenient as usual on
guilty pohliemen.
The Afirst two lambs who came up expecting to
be slaughtered were Supernumeraries J. Dillon
and J. Olevier, of the Third Precinct, who were
esrged with havin, on the 4 h inst., disturbed
the lbli peace in the Beef Market while uuder
th-e shine of hquor, and with also having as
sanlted. a a'd created a second disturbance
of tiphe e ns b@tUi#5 hodne.
j jsad tha board
~3: ~~tits iaalsPd.
beut of him for whieh offnese th dasy of bis
pa Will be dslueted.
Patrolman P. Hnas, Third Preolnet, left him best
to the eatent of two squares, sad *hen be re.
turned lastead of doing his duty sat down. For
the two experiments flas gives up three days'
pay.
tHupernumerary A. Millet was found sitting
down on his beat, and the board sentenced him
to a fine of two days' pay.
Patrolman J. Megron absented himself from
his beat without leave, and was reprimanded.
John Morale pleaded guilty to sitting down on
his beat and going to bleep, and gave up three
days pay.
tlioer F. W. iohubert, for the same offense,
suffered the same penalty.
F. Prioo, for sitting down on his beat, was
flued three days' pay.
Officer John Allen tendered hie resignation,
which was aooepted.
Oftloer G. W. Ober's communiletion to the
board, asking for his money during the time he
was If.i up from injuries received while in the
Second Precinct, was referred to the Mayor and
Administrator Diamond.
Geo. M. Daro, who is under charges of a very
grave nature, tendered his resignation, which
was accepted by the board.
AMUSEMENTS.
FIDELIIO.
This opera was sing last evening at the Vanie
ties for the first time in this city. We confine
ourselves to a synopsis of the argument.
The first at introduces Fididlio (Mme. Pappen
helm,) who has sought and obtained the hos
ptdalit? of Rorquo, (Mr. Wiegand ) the jailor of a
Htate prison near Ieville, in Spain. Fidllio, by
his gentle demeanor and hie industry, wins the
confidence of his employer, and unintnntionallv
the heart and hand of his daughter, Mrc·eline,
(Miss Cooney,) who disca'de a former lover,
Jarcquino, the porter of the prison. Fidello is in
a perplexing dilemma, for this personage is none
else than Leonora, wife of Florest.n, Mr. Fritsch,
who is arbitrarily incarcerated in a dungeon by
lDon Pt.zrro, Mr. Bium, governor of the prison,
Leonora'e purpose, of course, is to gain access to
her hqlband, which she succeeds in doing after
two yellrs of patient toil and care, as is shown in
the scoond act.
The second act represents iltorestan in a dark
dungeon. The news has reached the prison that
the minister of state, I)on Fernand', d' Zeea,
Mr. Adolphe, is about to visit the State prisons
to satisfy hmmself as to the reports that have
been made to him, that prisoners were illegally
detained in them. In the first act Don Pizarro
has endeavored to persuade Boequo to kill Flores
tan, who declines, however, and only consents to
prepare his grave in a compartment adjoining
the dungeon. Fidelioaooompanies the jailor, and
jost as Don Pizarro is about plunging a dagger
into florestan's breast, she rushes in between
them, and revealing herself, drawns a pistol with
which she threatens to slay the would-be mur
derer of her husband.
The plot is flimsy, as will be seen by the above,
and with little, if any, continuity; but the same
might be said of some of our greatest operas,
owing to the exigencies of music, which must
predominate the drama in such oases.
"Fldello" is a grand vocal and instrumental con
cerlo, full of the light and graceful yet aonan.res
melodies of the easily flattered Beethoven. It is
worth seeing, like everything else that has been
written by the great master, and the oftener the
better. But we doubt very much whether it is
such an opera as would pay the management to
produce again.
Onr compliments are due to Mme. Pappenheim,
Mr. Wingaod and Mr. Fritsch for the manner in
which they sang their parts. We may on some
other occasion speak of "Fldeho" at greater
length.
To- night "Tannhauaser," whose adventures so
many poets have sung. By many this opera is
considered much superior to "Lohengrin.'
THE nlot Rnow,
Oole's menagerie and circus, established at the
corner of Canal and Iocheblave streets, drew an
immense audience at the matinee yesterday. At
night the rush was so great that it became again
impossible to admit all the applicants for tickets,
although preparations had been made for an or
dinary emergency, and when the counting up of
the receipts was made after the performance it
was found that they exceeded by 1500 those of
the first night. Last night in speaking of the
members of the company we omitted the name
of Mr. Molutyre, the clown of the troupe, wht
is ready witted and possessed of excellent humor.
We also omitted the name of Mr. Long, who, to
gether with Mr. Frank Gardner, occupies the
leading place among the lofty leapers of thecom
pany.
We take pleasure in expressing again our de
light at the exquisite acrobatic teats of the Snow
brothers, who can be appreciated only by a visit
to the circus. They will appear every night, and
every day at noon, during the stay of the circus
in this city, and so will Mr. Conklin, whose thrill
ing act in the lion's den cannot be described with
the pen.
THE EVANAriEIINE (OMPANY
continue to attract at the Academy of Music.
The burlesque of "Evangelint." will be repeated
to-night.
eHELTON'4 MTIRENGTH.
With One Blow He Killed Ned Norman.
Between 5 and 6 o'clock Sunday night a rough
and tumble fight took place at the corner of
Tohoupitoulas and (eleste streets between two
negroes namen Alexander Shelton and Ned Nor
man, which subsequently resulted fatally to Nor
man. I, appears that a number of cotton press
men were standing at the corner, among whom
were the two parties named, when one of the
crowd alleged that Norman was a better man
than Shelton.
Shelton replied that Heaven had endowed him
with a large amount of muscle, which was backed
by a certain amount of courage, and he was of
the opinion that when it became rnecessary he
could show the stuff he was made of.
Ned Norman, who seems to have been slighted
by nature and left nothing to bragg on save his
strength, was ambitious to have his companion
believe that he was the best man that hung out
at those corners, and inaugurated the fight by
striking Shelton in the face.
Shelton, who seems to have been a careless
fellow in a hand-to-hand fight and would make
more passes than blows, but when be did suc
ceed in getting in a blow he generally earthed
his man. This was the result when he struck
Norman in retaliation, a well directed lick in the
face. Shelton, after knocking his assailant down,
walked off, but Norman appears to have had a
reputation at stakes and following up Shelton,
drew a knife with the evident intention of slay
ing him.
Some one of the crowd cried out to Shelton to
look out, as Norman had a knife. The pursued
party turned upon his pursuer, and being a per
fect Hercules in his way, struck him a lick in the
face that felled him insensible to the ground.
The crowd gathered around the apparently dead
man, and conveyed him to his domicil on (orda
roy Alley, on Theresa street, between Tchoupi
toulas and Thomas, where he expired twenty
four hours afterwards from the effects of the
blows received.
Sergeant Galvin and his men were ignorant of
the difficulty until Monday night, when they
learned of it by chance. It appears that Dr.s
Higginbotham and Monette attended to the de
ceased up to the time of his death, but made no
rep irt of the affair at police headquarters, as is
customary.
It is also rumored that there was another ne
gro beaten severely in the same difficulty, but
his'whereabouts have not been aocertained.
Coroner Roche and City Phyeician Beard held
a post mortem and the dictor's certificate is to
the effect that the cause of death was concssion
of the brain.
The inquest was continued until 6 o'clock
Wednesday evening.
BREVITIEB.
A slip of the pen in our account of St. Barbe's
Day made us represent Col. LeGardeur as acting
adjutant of the Louisiana Field Artillery. when
it ought to have read Lieutenant Colonel. We
know Col. LeGardeur's rank too well, and) have
seen him too often in the hour of danger, to wit
tingly make a mistake of the kind.
Last Sunday two of our city hunters went to
Bayou Labranche on a hunt and killed 125 ducks
in an hour-so they say. They came back sick
and disgusted after traveling over the prairies
with their tremendous load. They brought home
about twen y teeI ducks. The balance is re
ported to have been left on the prairies because
i was too heavy to carry.
Staub's counters continue to groan under the
weight of news. He has papers from the North.
East armaWest, ging the news from day to
.anl d . s s f{illf paeriodicals as a nut is
mt tai ede tifm go to Qoldth
mt ·arc.n
J. aff and J. Leah were lodged in Ile IWb
Station, charged with pilferilg aoal.
On Monday a viololu dog bit a little girl mnd
Maggie Olstr and wa shot by Ofe lfrFlatb.
For assaultling El.a Haley with a dansfrotu
weapon Laura Bell was itmured in the M nald
Precinct station.
John HFrris went on a spree, disttrbed the
public peace, and carried a concealed Weapon.
His reward was a cell in the station.
By virtue of a warrant gmms Toro was ianded
in the Fourth Station charged with ussaniting
Larina Nelson with a daugerous weapon.
John Bugle, a lsborer, was lodged in the Third
itration charged with being dr.nk, disturbing the
peace and carrying a ooncealed weapon, to wit, a
razor.
M. O'Rorke, a police offier, surrendered at the
Third Precinct 9ta'ion, charged with being an
accessory after the fact to the charge of petty
larceny.
T'lel Ltndry was lodged In the Third Btation,
charged with allowlng a violous dog to ran at
large, and which attempted to nake a meal of
Joe Reves.
At half-past8 o'elook Tuesday morning a man
named FH rman Plpgrv, aged ity ears, a natlve
of (termany, dlel suddenly at io. 7 TatUlouse
street.
Filmore Durell, charged by Ben Blndsoe withl
having picked his pockets at the Maeslilster
show was on Tuesday morning honorably dis
charged by Judge Smlth.
Marshal Keer waived examination on a ebarge
of shooting and wounding with intent to commit
murder and was sent before the BIsperior Orim.
iual Court under bonds of $2000.
Pat McDonough, the driver of the eoa that ran
over and injured the child Olsiborno Flyan, on
Runnday at 9 or'clck, Monday morning errten.
d:raid At the Sixth Precinot Station and was trans
ferred to the docond.
At half.past 10 o'clock Monday morning, as
Mr. W. Fredenstein and Chbc. Rice were driving
down Pryltsnia street, the horse became unman
ageable and ran away. Both ooupanute were
prrcipitated to the ground, receiving slight in
Jures.
Mery Dexbeimer was arrested by Sergeant
O'lonrke and landed in the Suburban Station,
charged with having abandoned her child, an
inftant a few weeks old. An investigation of the
matter by Chief Boylan diselosed tse fact that
there was nothing in the charge.
At half-past 0 o'clock Monday evening Oler
Witler found a boy named Buddy Jet, aged sis
years, astray at the New Lake fond. The little
boy stated that a man had pulled him aboard
a schooner as the city and put him ashore at
the Lake End.
At about half-past 8 o'clock yesterda1 morJing
a horse attached to a baker's cart, owned by
Ohas. Flat, took fright at the corner of St. Ann
and Obartres streets, and ran away. A man
named N. Luak, who was croseling the street, wes
run over and slightly injured.
Merlileee Means.
At an early hour last night Thom. Sers, a
clerk, after partaking of a goodly qMantity of
shained lightning, got on the war path Iantd.hen
at the corner of Poydras and Camp streets
tackled Offoier Cheevers. As the c..oer attemp
to make him a prisoner he drew hise att, 40lt'l
navy revolver, and was on the eve of doing m.ier
derone work, when the ofiotr proved himself the
best man of the two and disarmed him, lears
was lodged in the (lentral Station ohatbed with
being drunk, or'tying a ooncealed weapon, and'
attempting to shoot an ofioer in the disnharge of
his duty,
ROTEL ARRIVALS.
HT CHARLES HOTEU-Wm L Roche, La; K
Hlioorpard. U 8 M: R L Bartley, Washington'
Jias Johnson, Cincinnati; A Platt, ew York;
W I)iggs,.city; Phil G Cooks an boy, M.
Hon Maxwell, England; O Horsey, eltai
more; Thee Bakewell. Pittsburg; Henry Rob
inson, New York; W F (IOndkin, New York; D
P West. Montgomer; W Brooks New York:
J F Richards and wife. Kansas; W tler Dun
ran New York; Wm H Dennis, wife and child.
U t Coast Survey: A J Robinson and wife,
Memphis' LouisB Bishop, boston; M Moore,
Poston : C W Chamberlain. Borton V Curtis.
Middletown, O; E L f4bhffer Hamiton, O'; B
Kerr, Pltteborg; F B Williams and i tfe, Mt
Mary: (0 Walker, St Mary; A l DeLane. 8t
M'r.- JAMERS HOTEL--J Rhodes La; V
Shearer, city : E Burlin ham, SBt Louia: R
Brown. Galveston 8 It Perry city; IBA Wil
liams and wife. Memphis' C t Fre iEh.Pa;:
W Parr and wife, McComb ity; m an nd
wtfi Phila; T A Nlicholl, Ala; P ]'Jas Ala
R 1 'etkin. Southern Expresso:a A P llon,
Stouthern Express Co, John Applewhite Miss;
II LLewis. ctl.y; T C Oarris, Teann; RJ ilson,
La 8 T Bradford, snmmit; Edward Bommers,
N Y; F J Wamslew San Antonio: M Bobertson
Ohio; A James. Ohio; H D Stapleton, Mobile;
N W Oelsaby. Brook lyn.
CASSHIDY'H HOTEL.--CaRt A J Davis, bark
Cara Eton; Capt J A Capp, bark Enma Ver
non: L RB Draughan, Tangpahoa. La; B Duke,
Helena; M Pinski, Crystal Mprinuýs, Iis; Victor
M Abraham. Cincinnati; RIJ McOabe, Baton
Rouge, La: L ilvoers, Concordisa: Frank
Howe. Cairo Ill J W Regilter, Tenses; WW
Pell, river:; 1C Comstoek, Clinton ; Ben 4lbson
Ascension; W C Whltaker. t James: E F Pope.
Carroll parish; E L James. Dr A P Champlil,
Biloxi; C B Johnson. Pass Christian;
ihlanchard, Ohio: John Ryan. Mobile; *F F
BIcker, Brookhaven; J H Parker J I Davis,
citfy: Jesse Martin Kentucky; J J Ifebert, Ibor
ville, I a; J M Sargent, Lexington, Miss: J Bal
lor. L Ballou, Bolivar county Miss: J J Brown.
T J Broadlwavy Columbia. La; R G Weir, Mo
bile; Harvey Diorey, Evangeline Company; J
W Scott. Atlanta: L Scharf, Iborvilie; Leon
Wolf, J Simon, Baton .,ouge: W E Mahoney.
L,,xtngton. Ky; Chas Montgomery. Han Anto
nio, 'lTex.
RAILROAD DEPARTURBS.
Among the departres last evening by the
Mobile fast line were the following: J. E. Mat
thews, for Wheeling, Va.; J. C. Clasgett, Baltf
more J Morgan. Nashville: A. le. Dohrman,
New York; H. Bischoff Charleston: W. H.
I)ouglass. New York; S. H. Schroeder. Mont-
gomery; Carit. (has, Hz,7xard New York; 3.
r'lm, bt. Louis ; Lorns P. Mefdham. New York;
Louis Brown Lexington, Ky.; W. J. Gray,
J homasville, ~ln.; E& . Gardner, Nashville;
Mrs. M. Berne, Jacksonville; Robert Cathcart,
New York.
New American Sewing Machine, 185 Canal
street.
Sugar Cane Yield.
The government of Guadeloupe offers the.
sum of $20,000 to the inventor of a new process.
of extraction of juice of sugariane or of sugar
fabrication, this prize to be given to whoever ob
tanes from the cane a yield of 14 per cent of
sugar, and the crst of application of the new
process not to exceed 4o per cent of the value
realized. The cane raised at Guadeloupe eon
tains 18 per cent of sugar, and hitherto a per
centage of 9.4 on an average has reoulted from
the ordinary factory machinery, Recently M.,
Ducharsaing invented an imbibition process by
waich, it appears, the yield is increased from
9.4 to nearly 12 per cent: in fact, according to
the claim of the inventor, the advantage derived
from his process is a gain 19 the percentage of
yield of 2.3s. At any ra'e. M..Duncharsng's in
vention was deemed suffciently important
warrant the awarding 'o him of a $20,.fo priA.
The present premium, therefore, is a second
one, and it calls for a still further improvement
to be made. The exteriments on at least O60,
000 pounds of cane are to be conducted under
the auspices of a government commission.
New American Sewing Machine, 15a Canal
street.
Berke county, Pennsvlvania, farmers propose
to go largely into sugar-beet raising.
Who. that has ever visited Hawkins' saloon.
does not remember the genial and smiling
countenance of Jim Bogart. His host of friends
will be delihrted to hear that James has deter
mined to venture out on his own account, and
has purchased Nug,.nt's neat saloon, No. 156
Common street. which "-e will open to his
friends and the public to-day. His friends are
so numerous that the simole announcement of
the above will be sufficient to bring them for
ward en f.asse.
BLATZ's LAmdsa BExa.-The sale of the
largar he-r manufactured at the world renown
ed brewery of Mr. Valentine Blatz. Milwaukee.
has been placed in the hands of Messrs. Shrop
shire & Co., No. 18 South Peters street, and we
take pleasure in recommending it to our read
ers. We have tried I- ourselves; owing to our
usual abstention from the use of strong drinks.
we retain that delicacy of taste in such matters
that ebarac erizes our lady friends. Therefore,
having sipDed, very lightly, this beer, we boldly.
and without auttiflation, pronounce it to be
most.e tful, healthful and invigorating.
Call n at rohre's and test it, if you do not
plansmicit confdenee tL our njudgement.
P~~~ scre~~~n e so,