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BULLETIN
' ^EW ORLEANS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1874.
PRICE—FIVE CENTS.
Ik* Printers' Union and Associated
? . Press.
It is a'matter of regret that in con sei
qence of differences between the Assoc
ed ttess aud the New Orleans Typog ra l» h
»l'Union, in relation to the price ofeonipo
«on, that only two of the four daily jour
lousing to the Association were en a
morning ;
contain, mg;
idvertise
lOUts^Mnd an exccc
f îrçâdin
The Ac
ljIh belonging
bled th appear tbi
lotliing beyond usual staudin
diugly limited amount
„matter.
Associated I'rcss, it would a !T '
its' a reduction of fifteen cents per
JB—a Reduction of over twenty-three 1 i t
, *>^w'hile the Union consents to a ri.
l ?ß h nearly eight per cent.
jTfar as we can judge from ovnvcrsatton
on til the leading members of the Typo
,w*tphicai Union, thtre is °° eural y
wb'fr part toward the proprietors of the
wl 1
Ia>v
tion
if
ionrualft, and this » further evi
" need by tb* fact that, in »spirit of con*
hi cat ion and to view of the
^pression, the Printer a Uut > P 1
At boit to a reduction of five cent» per I
suit» » a*, which proposition was rejected by 1
too i .«ociated Pres». 1
' j r nar
\MA JO
«hilf, understand if it bo necessary, in due
W0Ul a lull atatementef their case will be
bad: " , . . ■ i, th«i r
m tb before the public, from which their
pant« went can be formed.
whit
v«x-ei .... _
>P b; Wky ?
ir years the people of New Orleans
■ted beneath the incubus of the Bank
oamt Court. Lawyers spoke in bated
ed ie » of the eno-urties practiced there and
the t '"•gs victims * otested and bewailed >u
*Th» ^ It really -oied that there was no
w **jlp on earth for s as against this gliastlv
P «ockery o! justice, aud there was not a
w urnal in New Orleans, if we except the
lines "Older i* 'onner management, l>old
BobertF ' true enough to the peoples' in
fluence of denounce the Universal Assignee
'eleven he ByB tcm of highway robbery prac
-'street^ . iu bis office. Tho Times
' not dearly for its temerity in
roir'ulting the purse-proud assignee and his
einet 3 friend, his alter ego, Durell, and
•on found itself captured and thrust iuto
' 1 e "black fiole" of bankruptcy, whence it
never since fully emerged. Finally,
joining ver ; 8 P' te °f the long silence of the
pearauo» nd of the bar—the bar w hieb owed
the enté duty to itself, as well as to the peb
work ar combat this monstrous sarcasm on
end tbe^_ the Congress of the United States
^ us an investigating committee whose
tainea *«ioe it was to examine thoroughly into
under act» o(f Durell and the uni
today a | assignee aud to take testimony
pied .chtng their complicity in schemes of
*° n "uder. The committee came aud took a
„ijjutjlme of-testimony, which if it did not
on furieed in establishing complicity between
in tho dl and Norton, at least proved the
.ioiUrij trn pt Conrt to be quite as rotten as hail
wll4 *°i supposed. The committee occupied
at tho St. Charles Hotel, and their
dollar jsedings were canvassed daily in the
belamnda and on the streets, but save an oc
flve ihjnal squib in the <°'icayune, which
,nla:f w no light on the subject, the papei
^ ^ as quiet and ^ "in^emonstri
tl» It ZÎZ and not an investigation
Into otief the most monstrous wrongs and
hideoinifibtmares that ever inflicted a
sommuy, without driving it to despera
tion anioknee. ....
Not v were
Vbont 1 : lO this morning a ft-erprine ol tbe
M. Vtiry »treat, the premises a laying beio
Addre
ored families and owned by ^«titnony take* J be i
__ ..«t-anK ftinsumed by the f _______
l *- -
C* J held
was entirely oonaumed by the ' pap er9, a t
the T afsyette Insurance ^ werd uf
adjoining on.-story frame
was owned by Mr. Hacke-l at all, or copied
llutuil Insurance C°"5 ns thereof as they
mlted V«*™: . T ,u*ld not hurt the delicate
( 0 f Norton aud Durell
«S*
3
Fi
«I word of the robbery of Wycho &,
' nil • not a syllable that could by any
' srtity excite the ire of the vicieront or
. , ji * 1 " gained access to the columns of
glish journal in this city, and the
\ fcwere left to draw the inevitable con
i'' f that those who controlled those
were actuated either by fear or
persil interest. Unfortunately so.ne ot the
joum are involved in litigation, and it
may that fear of,an unfavorable decision
du ttr "little cases" exercised a poteu
' ,'al lu, >iice in the course they pursued.
,uld dislike very muçb to think so,
ut i», perhaps, the most charitable eou
itrucn to place upon their actions.
Thibet is patent, and known to tip.'
lorithat whereas almost every paper in
j 1 * 3 « nntry, of any standing, has de
^ • üuni in tilting terras the iniquities of
. >-» likrupt Court, the journals of New
A since the demise of the Herald
, «en shamefully silent.
was
The
tion
5
the
\ S»K ,l ''tty of a J
fUashua Telegraph rel
.aTViinroached theClci
Judge)
Blutes that recently
»Approached the Clerk of the Supreme
Me Court and stated that it would be
j."°hle for him to serve.
* AV uott" inquired the clerk.
, 8 \ BS e I'm deaf," responded the juror.
.i«erk had reason for incredulity, and
4 fne<l the deaf man in a whisper tfcat
;#qi report his case to the judge. T«n
, tos honor, he said: "Mr. Badman, of
Liît inciter, desires fo be exoused."
Sot "f^t are his reasons f* asked his honor,
aro aitlo raising his eyes from the paper he
tlect Ni*fliiig,
foil "fUtys he iedeaf," replied the clerk,
the , excused," said the judge, quickly,
TV,# " deaf, we don't want him ; if ho iff
North' *4y-e don't want him."
seetic »todman is at home now.
issues,
with/
rec«f
line
elligl
sen
ä) j
jfTow York Post says: "Wherever we
4 this moiety place we strike Butler,
•certain as Dow, of Dow's Flat, used
\ water wherever he dug for gold."
* is streng in the new Parliament AH
,t brewers are in it—the two Basses,
I, Allsop and Coope,
--*
I Enqal ia popular song* at th* *cademy.
BY feilPH.
LATEST ALL POINTS.
TAMfllNGWN
DEATH ofW dJ
TJIE p^ideWUL PnK.mt.NT ON INI-LA.
TION.
Washington. Mf'-h 03 .—Judge Dent, broth« r-iu
Ia>v « f the Presi<'e& widely liuo'vn in earlier «lays in
aliforula ami lat-i»* a* candidate lor governor of
Mi.-.- s i]>pi
«-as a c-tton planter, and in his candidacy
opposed by the adn/Ustration, and In all known re
s[«t-i-ts a liigly n ii'dd and honorable gentl in in, ia
dead. Judge Dent 3*d in the Catholic laith.
President Giant yalerday, in conversation with a
leading Western Replblican Senator, said the state
ment in a Wasbiugt» special despatch to a New York
paper, published Sat»»day morning, that any legisla
tion tending to inflation must run the gauntlet of his
veto, was wholly without foundation; that he bad
conversed with no on»at all on that subject; and that
if he were himself a Member of Congress he should
regar d an intimation sf a veto on legislation as an
unbecoming threat by the Executive, and should
^wamisaToti, March JS.-The New Orleans mail of
^ ^ u ^te as du* has been received.
Among taills i »reduced and referred In the
1 g ouu W ss one by Mi Hunter, of Virginia, repealing
1 tbs law forbidding pajnent for army supplies, etc., to
■' " ' .... re b«uior.
discussed
momiit
persons not known to * opposed to the i
to the BenaU the danciri que.Uon v
attoagth in the morniç hour.
it
of
a
FffiEIGV.
wtich was hanging cv the army, and dcc'ared hf
wie determined to mailain its strength and thereby
insure peace toEurop«,
8avon.N r, yiarch 22.The wife of Don Carles ha
bon. delivered of a dauiter.
ïhc French officers he ar- estoil the Cure of Sana
Cnz on the front-« r, fct brought him to this city.
ffUNNA, March ii^'lie appointment «f BaAi
Sciuartz Penborn, to 1 Austrian Minister at Waa
ir$on, is gazetted.
Icsnos, MarA 23.—special to the Standard, datd
Pataodce, Sunday, sayt
The first movement' tho government troops, 3 r
tbi relief of biiboa, b^-ay of Bilboa river, wai a
failre. It was found ^possible to effect a landhg,
amthe expedition retitd to Santoue."
Mispatch to the Jotnal reports the f xploaiorof
a munition at Serranoamp, killing and wouudng
an.
»ME.
CEXBRATION OF TE TWENTY-FIFTH AINI
rEKSAHY OF TH: ACCESSION OF VICTOR
Manuel to thi throne of Sardinia—
ÎINE CARDINALS X)'H2 CREATED BY THE
OPE.
B«B. March 23.—Thliia tic twenty-fifth amiver
»aryf the accession to tb th*ne of Sardinia ol King
Victf Emanuel, and tie dy Is being celeirated
thregfcont the eount.y.
^kfope has Intimated tha Archbishop Mmning
~ " J other Archbishops wï be created Cadinala
txt consistory.
Addre en fiOirTAM^wtia-enter nib
«tft E. CTu
J be i d mler the auspice* of îev. Willin H. B ale, and
f^Svèft E- tKurch* tenwrance pnpr mecllng was
J held r£er th(
a t thelbrsyth street M. E. Church aether meeting
BIRTHDAY OF THE MPEROR OF PRUSSIA—THE *
CTRE0F SANTA CUZ ARRESTED BY FRENCH 8
OFFICERS—AUSTIAN MINISTER TO WASH
INGT0X ABPOINTD_THE ATTEMPT TO RE- ^
LIEVE BILBOA A F AILURE
Berlin, March 22.-rhe Generals of the army ed
wrted in »body on thEmperor to-day and congratu
lated him on reachinjhis 77th birthday. The Em*
peror, in the course rf is reply, referred to the crisig
r
to
be
of
a
a
affl
ty
the
of
LONDON
1LISH TROOPS RI URNING FROJ THH
ASHANTEE UR.
March 23.—TheretuBcd Highland*!from
itee war were lande« from the stcmahlp
at Portsmouth, and alite was given n their
the populace. t
xvr, - " -
fiiflit NEW YORK.
P3^JaJI\- ce CRUSADK-TIHK ER1ISTKIK
ni'iiooe wop.th oi freightawait
t?ORTATION A1ÏHE LON1 DOCK.
('pCh 23.—The tedlrance ertsade yea.
Imbued by meetln» in man» of the
WO Hie Church of tbBtrangerwhere was
't c*f and much cntta*i»f m wai evinced,
arfivered by a,T. McMilen. Mrs.
X
&,
was c «ducted by Rev. J. M. barn hart
The Might handler* at the long dos refuse terms.
The B» company employed 5oO liters, who will
come »the dock by w»ter. Seventjive police are
detalldto protect tbe meu. It is nl hat there are
$3,00000 worth of freight now »warn g transporta
tion at*e long dock. The company ib suffei s heavy
loss ft® its inability to remvetrelg:.
SAN PKANClgCt
San IgAScisco, Marck 23.—Jniesooth fell under
the caljt Virginia, Neiada, to-hy, id bad both leg
out ofi A young manwho w#»e*ii the accideu 1
faiuteddnd hi# hair, which «Àhck, tuined iu
stsutlydi - - Probably neither wB$'vive.
IVmANAPDlM
folis, March 23.—»air Half million fire
i xckange and btoc tu Pennsylvania
iuctndiary.
WasI
people
the P:
of
he
iff
we
used
AH
! r umlli
« wing
♦ *
misce^aneHi. ,
.ton, March 13.—Ncift arolina colored
e say that the' will Im i tnter\iew with
lent m Frii a^to i change in the
WUmiiro. N. C., Colljtor of t ^ brt.
GenJ rke. PostmasIT Gilvl m, lia* resigned,
andre! ation accepted The» 1( big struggle for
guccesi
The» also a strugS ove h»Rome, Ga., l>oet
uffloe.
Thel «promise bill* tIls i4ite reopens tbe
whole! iect, and a vof 8eltli >a e> fiaajjpial ques
tion, ai living a safe b# u P°v|ich prudent mer
chant*! lli opérât », aeSf t° udeflnitely poet
pouad) lar as tlj e Senat» 8 COI tied. It ia to be
hoped t,ha House bi^ wh Sassed today, will
be thr !° wu Hie Senat»- H^and choke ofi' its
j n j] mate, the New '°tl Exchange mem
orialia ?inat inflation ->r , ( , ie reea nptiori
Seven tte s were reM '"^Congress to aay
whi-th t would infiate * c 'TBy or do nothing"
sayluj ttheyeaent ujdint^ »ralyte« spring
nmUtefonFin^* *po»n , new bill aa a
substi for th ^ °" fork ediat-ibutiou of
the« "'y. UPrerid.^tellkingandUmits
wai Éer clrclla'on. ?"■ '»♦omi* measure.
wfc> bP ort ^^ e «id re gave hi*
w- g Q&n » w "
adhe* t0 »om»oUl» Pi
•nce-1 MlU.fto»**
mocro
U r . rton »1
After ch
th*%< ' th * n
In* ,oa,a
trodu W'?]
a *» ren
!h gïat reluct
»nd karlnga to.
»vor «f inflation,
tebate, and
^ 10 ' 000for eert^ùn
?
» two If
4ng
Unbill* in
auttorizlng the
Railroad to ex
The House
" >*jorl^ Ibfll re
* V* and Mean*
at $400,000.000'
Amendm.nts by two members of the committee, to fix
the amnuit at $356,000,000, the present legal limit^
aud at $38^000,000, the am«-,unt fi tually In circulation,
were detsaM by majoiitl -s consideraMy over two
thirds. ThS representatives from the New Kuglaud
States aud New York voteil for the most part acamst
the.bill;those from Pennsylvania, the West and the
South gmei-ally for it. Also, ; a-se«l bill for the re
nioval o tl e Kk-kapo«) and other Indian trih* s fr. m
the hoalc-s of T^xas and New Mexico to the Indian
Territory.
Pie,as» of the late Judge Underwood a-iinst Mc
\cUh, from the Virginia C« uit of Appeals, having
hem submi'to«] to this court < u a m tion to dismiss
fm wai t if jurisilictn u, the ino'inn was to-day
pruted. ard ti e case dismissed, beraum th<' writ er
eror should have be«n directed to the Court tf Ap
pels instead of tbe judge of the Corporation Ccurt
cd Alexandria. M". Justice Clifford dissented. The
Ckirt below rave a ind ment in favor of McV igh, on
a'erdlct which fouud that there was frau«l in th«
pocuremeijt of the sale and confirmation under the
poceeilings in confiscation.
Tho case of Epsy Heilteback & Co. against the First
îational Bank of Cincinnati was to-day decided in the
frpr« me Court. A check drawn by H. M. on the
link for $2650, in favor of H., waa raised to $3920,
*id the payee'! name changed to E. H i Co., and of
»red to thé latter by a atranger in payment for bonds
pd gold purchased by them. E. H. A Co. sent the
beck for information to the bank, where the teller
«plied, "It is good," or "lt'e all right."* Suit being
nought by the bank against E. H. k Co„ Judgment
vas for plaintiff and on error to this conrt, it la held;
1. That where money is] paid on a railed check,
leitl er party being at fault, the general rule la that
t may be recovered back aa paid without considers
OD.
2. But that if either party has been guilty of negli
* eDce or ca, ' ele * SIje,iH b y which the other haa been in'
8 llTed the negligent party must bear the loss.
3 - That where a party to whom such a oneck is of
^ p red sends it to the bank on which it ia drawn for in
formation, the law presumes that the bank has kcowl
ed « e of the dra wer's siguature and the state of his
accoun t' and il iB responsible for what may be replied
on points.
4 - That ,,u1 ' ss there is « »mething In the terms in
which information is asked that points to the atten
tion of the bank officer beyond these two matters, his
r '-epocse that lhe check is gooii will be limited to
them, and will not exlcml to the genuineness of the
fiilling iu of the check as to payee or amount.
5. As to whether he Indorsement of the word
"good," with tin" officer's initials, under au- h circum
stam-es, would make tho lank liable beyond tho
genuineness of the signature and the possession of
funds to meet the check certified querie.
6. Whore (he ckeck is certified for tbe purpose known
to tbe bank, of giving it credit for negotiation, or to
be used as money, ami it so passed into the hauds of
third persons, tbe bank would be bound though tbe
case might he otherwise when it was only certifie«! to
give the party presenting it assurance that it was
good for his own satisfaction in taking it.
7. But it is clear that a verbal reply that a check Is
good, given for the information of the party about to
receive, extends only to inattars of which the bank
had knowledge, or ia presumed to have bv the law,
unless be is told that morn extended information is
expected or asked for as to the validity of tlie check.
Mr. Justice Miher delivered an opinion in the case
of Burke against Gregre et al .. from the Supreme
Court of Louisiana, in which the question was whether
a sale of real estate, in pursuance of an order of the
Provisional Court of Louisiana, was operative to pas 8
a title after the surrender of the rebel ton-es in thaj
district, when tbe terms of the order creating the
court limited its existence to tbe restoration ef civi|
authority in the State. The court answered ln tb»
affl mative, hojding that notwithstanding tie cessa,
.tion of actual hostilities, military rule prevailed; wa*
city of New Orleans in that state long after tha 1
event, a d after the sale in controversy. This
fd ia a conclusive proof that the civil authori
ty was not restored when the sale was ordered,
and that the Irovisional Court waa in th*
rightful exercise of its authority. Mr. Justice Dawes
delivered the opinion.
Senator West introduced a bill to-day appropriating
$50 000 fer the removal of the Bailey dam, nea r
Alexandria, in Red River. He also called up the bill
appropriating a d flciency of $30,000 for the work at
the mouth of the Mississippi, but under the pressure
of the flnauce question the bill went over.
Hartford, March 23.—Landers, Frary, Clark 4
Co.'s cutlery works. New Brighton, burned; loss
$800,000. Insurance nearly half a million. About 500
hands are thrown out. Incendiary it is believed.
The fire first appeared in the cupola.
Augusta, March 23.—The Exchange pfisaed résolu"
♦ion* »aroiigu ♦♦ovnri.ment »id 4a Ute Texas Pacific
Railroad, and requesting members 0 f Csngress from
X
Georgia to advocate an appropriation.
Jude B. 8mythe, of Charleston, spok, j n f avor of a
line of steamships from Charleston to Myerpoo' or
Bremen. Resolutions passed indorsing th. project,
and pledging support to the same.
LATEST FROM HAVANA.
Fy the regular mail lino of steamers between this
city and Havana we are p'aced in possession of dates
of the latter city up to the 18th.
Great dissatisfaction continues to be manifested a t
tbe cirait, and at the necessity, which tbe volunteers
have thus far escaped, *f performing active military
duty in the field. This will be better umlorstood
wuen it is remembered that no quarter is given or
sho« n on either side, and that at present victory in.
clincs to the side of tlie C ubans.
Letters from the interior are mostly male up of the
exploits of different batialions aud «cf puffs of the
"jefes" or officers.
Hal« ini is playing at the Alblsa.
Apr >pos of the last military execution, the follow
ing is given from an authentic source:
On the 12th of the present month, ;u the town ol
Cruces, Fenor Don Manuel Cruces died, a martyr to
his country. You all know what a Spanish court mar
tial aud execution is. 1 need hardly say that one fo'.
lows rapidly upon tbe heels of another. The rkpid in
terro 'ation oi a few witnesses, whose answers are well
known beforehand, an hour or so of preparation
short shrift, and then, with aims piuioned ami
bandaged eyes the prisoner is Lurried off to the plaza.
It is rather hard to be forced upon your knees, shot
like a dog by a detachment of men aligned to this
duty in the presence of enemies who gloat over your
ruin, or of friends who can render you n< assistance;
or what is still harder, to have them write yonr epi
taph. But that is what the Spanish paptrs do. For
example, the constderative old Diario uf the l"th inst.,
the most humane of ail tbe island-papers, «imply cou
cludes a three line paragraph with the pious hope
tu Irüte fin tirra Je mludabl' ejemplo. _
Aradcmy of Mustc.
Last night tke Academy was attended by a fair and
appreciative audience, to witness the spiandii entsr
tiinmant afforded by the accomplished variety com
pany who have gained a popularity in this city which
ia only surpaaed by their superior merit. Wt have
not space to enumerate all the good things in th. way
of comic songs, eccentric dances. German apecWties,
or "StreetScenes in Washington," but we can aftrm
th* th* audience was pleased, judging from the fre
quent encores and the prolonged applante In which
!.. g*ve vent to their feeling*. The whole concluoed
with 8 tbat popular burleaque, the "Black Crook."
which is replete with wonderful tran.fonnatioiu. gc*
geou* scenery and »pirited acting.
The same p rogramme will be repeated to-night.
The origin of the word "mnff," ApP 1 "« 1 to
.ÏÏtoMid to be that amaff holds a
yftoman'a hand without squeezing it.
TO, Black CrôokBurlesqne la oüTtf th* best ever
preaec ed at the Academy.
City Council.
Th»* Couni il met at noon. Mayor L. A. Wiltz pre
siding, and all the Administrators present.
FiKiX-JIAL BrSI\E.-S.
Mr. Calhoi.n called up several f>rJinance8 for third
reatliug, which w re j as-t d,^ti iking appropriations to
pay certain bills. Anumg tbe it«ms were: Pay of
tax hid makers. $15. Ü; Dennis Ahru, trails ft ree ol
•John Ihirke. e'erk of îîie Sum ri-'r District Court, for
Jock*-timr, etc., »ux Fuit-, Diîpavtment <»f Ini'
t rovt meats. $'2 ID ; ur%efor'.s 1» partment, $ 1 *2'J 07.
(DM MITT Id*-: It i : £*< .» WTiL
The /Mayor, on be ha f ofjiie Commit tee of the Whole,
imported favorably by resolution on the petition oi
Homer Kellogg, utdciug to hate tue tf*le ot' a certain
strip ' Man », bought from the city,ti austerred to him*
Also, on behalf of tin»-Comt* ittoe of the Whole, on
the petition oî J. Benjamin Chandler, iu regard to his
contract with Mayor Lowe, of Jefferson City, asking
to have it compromised—that the city has no Jurisdic
tion, refeiring Mr. Chandler to the Park Commis'
rioners.
Administrator Sturcken reported unfavorably on the
petition* of Ignacio Frenna, E. J. Florauce, Miss
Mary A. May, Lehmann, Abraham & Co., and Mrs.
Emily E. Farriday.
RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES.
By Mr. Lewis: To accept William Henry, transferee
of J. J. O'Hara, as contractor for shellroad on Hem y
Clay Avenue. Adopted.
Resolution to authorize the Mayor to issue title for
property bought from the city to Homer Kellogg was
laid over.
The ordinance, reported by the Committee on Rail'
roads, to change the right of way of the Canal street
Ci y Park and Lake Railroad Company, from Conti to
Bienville street, passed. •
Resolution, by Mr. Stucrken, in regard to reducing
assessments, etc., of Charles B iggs, Mrs. M. J. L.
Macazthy, Joseph Leblanc, Mrs. V. Girodias, Hugh W*
Montgomery, P. Sullivan and Mrs. J. M. Whann, wa»
adopted.
Mr. Calhoun offered several ordinances for appro
priations, which were laid over after sec ond reading.
PETITIONS, ETC.
A communication was received from Sanitary In
spectors, Dr. Drew ami Dr. Newman, both of whom
have agreed to accept the terms ef the city budget in
regard tu their pay, stating that they think that re
trenchment in regard to a!l tbe nalar es oî public offi
cers is necessary at present. The communication was
received
Petition of N. Paner, No. 79 Chart -es street, asking
four months»' time to pay a judgment for taxes of LV7J,
was rejected.
Petition of A. Scbmattla h stating that he l, « erect
ing a frame building at No. 282 Magazine street, which
he will cover with tin, and has been stopped by order
of the authorities, askii g for permission to continue
tlie work, was referred to the Department of Police.
The protest of Thomas McNamara, Joseph Wagner
Morre k Znntz, Rev. N. Simon, of St. Francis Roman
Cathode Church, <\ J. Berry A Co., New Orleans
Mutual Insurance Company, and Mrs. Jane T. Punch
were referred to the Administrator of Assessments.
The Council then adjournment.
The Courts.
First District Court.— In the case of W. L. lur
gielweicz, charged by W. C. Harriaon with libel, the
counsel for defense, George H. Branghn, on Monday,
after a jury had been empanneled, moved to quash the
Indictment. Tbe conrt took the matter under advise
ment aud the case went over until Tuesday morning,
when the indictment was qnaahed.
The District Attorney entered a nolle prosequi to
the cases of Thomas Conners, Love Adams, charged
with wounding; Louis Maater, A. Adler and Patrick
O'Neile. assault and battery; and Charles McCarthy,
trespass. _
WEAVING CARPET.
I am silting in the sunshine,
Gathering up the sunny gleams.
And weaving them with tear drops
Through the chain-work of my dreams.
I am weaving me a carpet
For the floor of coming years.
An«! the sunshine woven in it
Will engild the mist-dimmed tears.
I will sprinkle It with roses.
And the sunbeams shining through
Will drink up the drops of sorrow
They mistook for drops of dew.
Wi en the roses grow all faded.
And their fresh young beauty dies,
The pale leaves will bid sweet fragrance
From their dead crushed hearts uprise.
Then I gather blushing roses,
Ere the hearts are filled with tears,
Weave them with the treasured sunshine
In the garnered wealth of years.
Bat sometimes I'll tread a carpet
Made of clouds and stars above.
With the rainbow for its chain-work,
By the great All Master wove.
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*• Sauce for the Goose, Sauce for the
Gander."
The St Louis Republican, discussing
Simmons and Massachusetts, has these
pointed, and, in the main, sensible remarks:
Massachusetts is like the ancient female
described in tlie nursery story, who "didn't
care what' happened, so long as it didn't
happen to her." When Butler was ru'ing
New OiVans with a rod of iion
and covering tho American
and nation with ineffaceable disgrar
Massachusetts thought it was all right, n ul
applauded him to the echo. But when Bifi
......
name j
ventures to squint at the guhernatoriii
chair,'and wants to get. bis understrappers 1
and wire pullers in comfortable position for
working in his behalf, then Massachusetts
rises upon her tiptoes and shrieks forth
vituperation like a crazy lishwoman. When
Northern carpet-baggers of the Kell
and Scott stripe are forced upon the
helpless people of the Southern States by
federal laws and Federal bayonets, Massa
chusetts lends her voice and her vote to a
system which is literally the sum of ail in
iquities But when a disagrealde person is
noinininated for tiic Boston Collectorship,
then Massachusetts is almost ready to got tip
a little rebellion of her own and establish
a codfish confederacy When the rest
of the country is lamenting the pernicious
results of the Presidential weakness and
favoritism, Massachusetts smiles serenely at
influences which have not chanced to hit
either her pride or her pocket.. But when
the President is weak enough to yield to
Butler, and obstinate enough to cling to
Butler's tavorite, then Massachusetts excom
municates him with bell, book and candle,
ami sits in sackcloth and ashes because the
Government is going to smash.
Me have not an atom of sympat hv for
the Republicans of Massachusetts in this
their day of trial aad tribulation. In fact,
we are rather disposed to "laugh at their
calamity and mock when their fear conieth."
The cup they have commended to the
lips of others is now preased to their
own reluctant lips, and we shall not
be sort-y if they are obliged to drain
!t to the very dregs. Outside of Massachu
setts uo tears will be shed if Simmons is
made collector of Boston, and if next year
Untier "turns up trumps" and wins the
gubernatorial game. Of Graniistn and
Butler,sm Massachusetts is jnstiy entitled
° the heaviest dose that can be crammed
down her throat.
Courier-Journal allows its proof
° K °, prize-fights, on steamboat
«r # :\ d0W ?' n mines, and up in bal
®°ns, but it can't kill him.
the new burlesque at tbe Academy—Oro^k.
Washington News.
(From the St. Louis Globe.)
Washington, D. C., March 20.—The re
port of the First National Bank investiga
tion. just concluded by a portion of the
House Banking aud Currency Committee,
was made to-day. It consists in great part
of a recapitulation of the Receiver's report,
and show* how this hank, doing a prosper
ous lui-iiiiiss. was wrecked l»y the specula
tive neces-ities of .lay Cooke A Co. Tim
sub-committee aiv unite emphatic in then
characterization of the loose manner in
which business was conducted. The hank
acted as agent for other banks in the re
demption of mutilated currency. The
funds thus received are shown to have been
handled by all parties in a manner criminal
ly careless. The general business of the
bank is shown to have been loosely conduct
ed Tlie Cookes were the principal stock
holders iu the bank. They are shown to
have drawn and used the assets of the
hank, the mutilated currency, etc., in ways
not only outside of, hut in
VIOLATION OF LAW.
The whole busines is severely assailed.
Reports are agaia circulating in relation
to Secretary Richardson and his probable
nation.
ie Secretary declares there is no truth
whatever in tlie storieg. On the other hand
influential persons affirm that he will retire.
Iu their ease the declaration is probably
fathered liy their wishes. The rumors grow
out of tlie charges made that the Treasury
has withheld information in relation to the
Sanborn contracts. Among other statements
is a curious one from Judge Peudry,of Leav
enworth, that when the law passed he asked
for a contract, specifying that Kansas was
withholding taxes to the amount of $ 11 , 000 ,
000 , but t liât he could not obtain the con
tract, which was afterwards awarded to
others. The statement of any such sum be
ing due is regarded as extremely tisliy.
The inter-convertible bond proposition as
a basis for expansion of the currency ap
pears tobe growing in favor. Congressmen
are receiving letters from all quarters, crit
icising sharply the delays iu settling some
financial policy. Senator Sherman does not
seem to he desirous of pressing the financial
debate to a conclusion.
The Senate Finar.ee Committee are said
to desire to report a bill fixing the green
back volume at an amount now believed to
lie but ■ÿW), 000,000. There is a minorit y ot
tlie committee in favor of fixing it at ij-100,
000,000, thus
LEGALIZING THE ISSUE
of the balance of tbe forty-four million.
The feeling iu tlie House in favor of a large
addition to the volume of the currency in
creases with the, delay. It is predicted that
no concurrent action will lie ha«l during the
session, except, perhaps, the legalizing ot
the issue of the forty-four million reserve,
and fixing the volume of the currency at
four hundred million. These will probably
be taken by both Houses as a compromise.
Senator Witidom, chairman of the Com
mittee on Transportation Routes, has his
his report nearly ready for submission to
the committee. Many parts of his report
have been prepared in consultation with the
other members.
Senator Morton will make another speech
on Monday on the financial qneston.
Mr. Dawes will, on Monday, for the Ways
and Means Committee, endeavor to procure
action under suspension of the rules on
their bill restoring the greenback vol
ume to
FOUR HUNDRED MILLIONS.
He will permit only two amendtnents to
be offered, namely: One to fix the legal
tender volume at the old limit of three hun
dred and fifty-six millions, and another at
its present volume.
HEAVY REAL ESTATE SPECULATIONS IN THE
DISTRICT Ot COLUMBIA — CONGRESSMEN
AND HIGH OFFICIALS BELIEVED TO BE IN
VOLVED.
[Courier-Journal.]
Washington, March 21.—The District in-
- - the
vestigation has reached a stage when the
proceedings begin to be decidedly lively.
In the first charge ot the counsel for the
memorialists, which the ring newspapers
affected to treat with ridicule as unimpor
tant, it was alleged that there had been
formed some years ago a real esta'e pool
and conspiracy, and that Messrs. Kilboum
and Latta, said to be in the ring, had in
vested $718,081 58 in real estate in the north
western part of the city. To-day Mr. Latta
was put on the stand and interrogated
prettv closely on the subject. It appeared
that Henry D. Cooke &. Co. liacl advanced
$25,000 about the 25th of August, 1871, for
this purpose.
Here Latta's memory began to fail him,
and Judge Black, who had given his aid as
counsel to the ring, came to his aid, but
without avail. Tho committee insisted on
his answer. Mr. Stewart, a member of the
committee who has been understood to be
largely interested in these real estate tran«
actions, thought it tlie most politic course fur
him to come out and make a clean breast ot
it, which he did by owning up to the pur
j chase, in 1871, of .$;!<il,940 worth of real estate
for himself and two others, and a sale of his
portion at a profit of $18,0<i0, tlie virtuous
Senator stating that in building his house
he did hot know w hat iinproveitu uts were to
1 ! be made on the street. It so happens by the
most curious coiicidence that a very extrav
(agant and costly set of improvements was
I aade ill that very direction soon afterward,
told the property of the ring purehasers
t&xed only at a nominal rate pay for them.
HIGH Oi l ICI ILS S\m TO HE INVOLVED.
^r. Latta was next brought to book on
the question where begot the money for
the .and which he bought as trustee; this
he tutly refused to answer. Judge Tliur
înati informed the witness that lie must
answo-, citing the rules of law on this sub
ject. The pushing home of this matter
goes ovr till Monday, when Mr. Latta is
told to Uing his deeds and answer all ques
tions. Tf course, if there was nothing
rotten ii^t.his business, Latta, who is said
to be intirtately connected with the District
ring, wonh. lie glad to answer at once. The
general belefis that among the people for
whom Kilboini and Latta hold as trustees
there will he found a number of members of
Congress andhfgb government officials, and
some predict that they will be strong
enough in Congress to prevent any real aud
effective punisbuent of tbe witness for his
contumacy.
THE KFKftffT ON THE HOUSE.
The proceeding», in the House to-day upon
District matters Slowed the effect of the
pending investigation. The bill to apprt'
riate $250,000 for a bridge over Eastern
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Branch received it« quietus, and the bill to
appropriate $97,400 Sm the salaries of the
District school teachers came very near being
beaten. The bill provides for a levy on
personal property in «»he District to repay
thi« sum, but the District Government will,
of course, manage to evade, in some way,
obdience to this requirement.
Nellie Grant's accepted suitor, Mr, Sart orto—a
Englishman—is driving he r abou t kerJafaer'» « ^
bra warden, the country '» ]]■*** * * r ** al *•%_.
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glittering eh? *
é tandle the loog- white" 1 *
», of tb* servait^
beg pardon, the coon'
ment* drawn
m en ted with
The g8x«m-l
most dexl
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It will Interest our young ladles to leora thst Mies
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[From the New Orleans Bre, J2>1 March.]
Tne Trial of the Grant Parish Prisoner**
Wi closed our article of Tuesday on the result ot
leli derations in this trial, with the following
appei.l to the District Attorney, Mr. Beckwith:
" ' v ° appeal to his intelligence, his heart, and to his
»«■ntonents as a good citizen, with the confidence (liât
he w*ff not di?appoint our expectaiion."
Mr Bi okwi'h has di-appointed our expectation. We
pro. limed ton much on his intelligence, his he.irt, ami
Pi.-« ntirncuts as a good eitiz«'n. He persists in pur*
s.iiiq tu— ii, who. in . ur opiuion, have done ie more
tliai. eso t to tbe ré ht of legitimate defense. Tne
«lnu*-t unanimous opinion ot tho community, soweit
rette« ted by the division of the jury, lias no we ght
with Mr. Beckwith.
l.'u: we leave aei.l the question « f fiwliiig to calmly
examine the affair from the standpoint ol criminal
law.
Mr. Beckwith pretends that the fight at Ootlax was
the result of a great conspiracy, and that all thoi-e who
had any part cipation iu it are responsible for the
death of thethirty-aix negroes killed at the close o*
the contest He has gone so far as to say that those
who have done nothing more than approve aud ratify
these things alter they were done shonld he con
demned as the ethers. From his own avowal there is
then but a single and identical criminal «(hit, which
should comprise all the homicides. How in it then
lhat he has divided his accusations, and that Mr.
Lewis, acquitted of the murder of two of the killed
negroes, finds himself under an analogous accusation
with the simple substitution of one name for another f
Has Mr. Beckwith the intention of trying the accused
thirty-six times in succession ? This wruld he more
than hatefully ridiculous; it would be illegal. Tbe
constitution of the United States says that no pri
son shall have bis life pnt in peril twice for the soilO
offense. But if the death of the thirty-six negro**
at Colfax bas teen the result of a crime, as Mr. Beek
with alleges, it is ve, y evident that there is aoonnse
tion between the (acts, and there is only a single and
identical criminal offense. All of Mr. Beckwith's ar
gument. in effect, was directed to that connection. A"
he could not prove that it was such and such a onô c^
the aocusod who ha«l killed such and such a negro, he
has maintained that thrir criminality resulted from
their participation in the fight. Consult the criminal
jurisprudence of all countries, aud it wdl lie seen that
the attempt of Mr. Beckwith to divido —to detail, so to
speak—bis accusation, isan unjustifiable proceed tug:
or it teuda lo nothing less than to elnile tlie v«ry pre
cise provision of tho constitution which we have cited
above—a provision which renders sacre d a prii.cip tv
recognized by all cedes. ,
Judge Woods well understood itfffor he ordered the
release on bail of Mr. Alfred Lewis, acipiittod, on th«
ground that the new accusation was of an offense
analogous with the first, with tbe simple substitution
of tbe name of William Williams in place of that of
Tillman.
J ud; e Woods refused to put the other accnscd un.
der bait, although one of the jury, culled lor the pur
pose. testified that there were nine jurymen for ac
quittal of four of the accused and eleven jurymen for
the acquittal of four others. We bow before the de'
ciBiou of the court, but we deplore the fate of the un
fortunate citizens who will be sn'jected to long
mouths of continued imprisonment, possibly for the
whole summer, when the opinion ol tbe majority ef
tbe jury established so strong a presumption in Ihvor
ot their innocence.
We have never ceased to say that the accused had
acted only in the case of the most legitimate defense,
and we persist in believing that no jury will be
found in New Orleans, impartially chosen, who wil 1
find them guilty. Only in the court that Mr. Beck
with may succeed in composing his Jury, entirely of
ignorant and fanatical negroes, will he succeed in a
conviction. The testimony of the defense lies fully
confirmed whet has been stated relative to tbe force
of the negroes and to their military organization
Tbe d« fense was able to cite on this point extracts
lrom the Radical organ of New Orleans, who, during
the fight at Colfax, published the following in its
issue of April 12, 1873.
" But there is one thing apparent—the I, cal majority
of Grant parish is prepared to «run uut tbe local mi
nority of Orant in twenty-four hours or lese, if not
prevented. * * * ln Orant parish it *« cm s
there is a local majority of colored inen, not only ac
customed to tho trade of war, but equipped with arms
of the most perfectcharacter."
Another article of the same number rootainst l
following:
" According to the last reports from the scene f
conflict, the difficulties in Grant parish seem to hat
been more serions than at first believed. Tho colorai
population seem to have reached a height of exaeperr
tion und resolved to obtain a redress of the wrong*
they had suffered, or believed they bad suffered, am)
not to disband until they had obtained guarantees (ol
the future. ,.
"According to statements most worthy of belief,
they are well armed, well disciplined aud are confi
dent of success. The provocatiou winch has driven
them to tl at attitude is not very clear. At h ast we
have bearel nothing snffieieut to jnstiry it. * * *
The negroes, not even the field hands, ere do longer '
tbe weak and simple creatnres they were befoie the
war. The years of freedom which they have en
joyed have had their effect on them, as well as the
military education which many of them have received
iu tl»e United Stales army. The tune in passed, if
ever it < xisteil, when a handful of whites could
frighten a regiment of colored men."
Well, Federal justice has not enough perseentior
for the handful of whites, who to dtf< ud their prop
erty, their liberty, their wives and their ilanphtorf
have not hesitated to meet inarms a troop of fill
er five huud.-ed negroes, intre nch« «1 in the Conrt«
house at Colfax, and who bad been living (here, froc
pil'ago during several wicks, throwing a terra:
throughout the neighborhood ami forcing white Luiu
lies to quit the palish.
The privilege of being ailmitted to bail 's refnsed to
«bese '.vbitr.B aft«:r a qnnsi-ai-quitiai by the laajuri'y of
Hie jury. It will probably be their lat.« lo undergo a
year of imprisonment. We can not help thinking that
Federal justice has two scales ami we g its wb« n we
reflect that the mnrelerers of .Iu Igo Liweo oml Mayor
Schonberg, assassinated while they were proc«:eding
unarmed, on a mission of peace, by a laud of armed
negroes, »re still at liberty without an « Hurt on the
part of federal justice to disturb them.
The Colfax fight was deplorable indeed, bnt those
who were the victims were the aggressors and the pro
vokers; and the Governor, recognized by tbe Federal
authority, though fully forewarned of the trouble*'
did nothing to prevent a conflict which he knew to be
inevitable. Nothing in the whole course of the trial
h .* »hak« n cur conviction that thr whites of Colfax
had acted in a case of legal self-defense. The majority
of the jury thought as we do, and this authorizes us to
invoke anew in behalf of tbe prisoners the sympathie*
of all friends of justice. *•
Black Crook—Acailemy—Black Crook.
The full return* from the New Hampshire election*
show a largely increased vote over that of tact year,
the candidate* of all parties gaining, bnt the prepon
derance of gain being with the Démocrate. Never
theless no one candidate received a majority over *11
competitors, and the legislature will * boose the
Governor. The Republican vote was ineieeaedJror-
~ ic fMb 32,*» p
34,033, in 1873, to 34,138 ; the Democratic
to 35 811, and the Prohibitory andjra'^nng fire
1757 to 2135. The total increase #7 nom 67,796
71,882. In 1873 Straw, Republican, had a
over all of 228, bnt thi* year WeetOU, Dei
of a majority over all by 681 vote*. Thf
consist of four Republicans odd eight Dei
the Hop»" vof 175 Republicans itljll
UiflovH'^Sbe Democrats » -v-' ' A?
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, lT ___________ APPEARED »
JL 'lhe Times and Picayun* of Sunday, and emanRsfl
■ruin one James Wood, w bo is without authority to
uae tne name of Allen Broth ra in au y maul. or. And
1 here announce that th« firm ot Alien Brother* hag
b en dissolved, and that hereafter I shall eondnoi th*
RICE Mi LING BCelNE'B. at Noe. MB, M wd m
Tohoapitoalaa Street for my own oocouut.
CULUUJJUN H. ALLEM.
mh24 If Proprietor Brook Mim MB*