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Y. -Five banking irms of London can be traced beak to 1677. -. The Grangers of Western New York are con- sernlg the feasibility of establishing grange uateual insurance companies. -- Many inhabitants of Lower California are re- holring to United Staps territory, on account of Iae unsettled state of affairs there. -ni the Servian military bands the base dram is placed upon a two wheeled cart, and is drawn by a trained dog while the drummer puands it. -The two hottest days ever known in Austealia were the 15th and 10th of January, when the tlrsmometer registered 105 degrees in the shade -- The lateat news from Cape Town represents ik LZulus as exhibiting a restless feeling, lead- ug to the suppolition that at any moment they Iry break into Transvaal. -The Ban Franoisco Common Council has pised a special bill permitting a certain ChinA- i-ito carry a pistol three months, because his i1 Is threatened by persors against whom he has lasooded. .- 4he Fruit Growers Association of Florida ~ itione the Legislature to appropriate $5000 an- s-elly to the newly established Board of Im -a. getlo to properly advertise the inducements Aeoolonising in the State. -M. Guillemare has reported tc the French Aeademy of Sciences that from the gum of pine tues in a sandy waste between Bordeaux and byonne he has extracted a very valuable oil, partuolsrly suitable wbere a white and steady .ght Is needed. -A bill to incorporate "The Real Estate Bank do Virgnlia" Is pending in the Legislature. The 4dls beak will be established in Blchmond, and .erifolk, Lynohburg, Itaunton, Winchester, Alex- ludrk and Danville will each have a branch. A useLdent and board of twelve directors will be 4 ted by the Legislature for each bank. The 11 house will be authorized to sseue $500,000, ind each branch $400,000, in notes of small de- wndantlon. -The attempted assassination of the family ot Mr. Wm. H. Price, of Davenport, Iowa, in ovem•ber last, is explained by a girl employed *a the house as a domestic at the time. She Mates that a shell, which had been picked up on ugms battle-field, had been taken from the gar- i, where it had been lying for years, a few days ore the occurrence referred to, and placed on •asPtel, whence it probably fell to the floor and ied-s the explosion which was attributed to a -- d_.grenade throwrtby an aseassin. e Icwa lawyers •ave had a wrangle over a g ter. Alarge fragment of the big meter of 1875 gi in the highway on-lands owned by the Amana Udalety, and a Germid named Mase picked it up. reeoolety claimed tle under the law of score- tIa, the realty in the highway belonging to trm, and whatever came to the land's natural .iitiion being part bf the realty. The G,rman •• In a counter oltmn based upon original dies- Oeery and the nine points of the law. The cart has decided that the society have the bet. t 4tle, and the fragment of the meteor will be placed in the State University. -------- o c--- A GOLDEN RULE. she Eayes KMul4Put Southern Men In eouitlern omees. [N. ~. Herald.] Concerning the Southern question we little apprehension. The remedy , at least for the most glaring _Mbles, is so easily applied and so gene- ra•y demanded that we have no fears tflr the future of Louisiana and South oIlina. But a thorough reform of the Federal civil service in the Southern States is one of the greatest needs of that Geotion. The venerable ex-President Woolsey spoe words of wisdom when. last fall, he urged that Mr. Hayes, it elected, should "put Southern men in Southern offices." No one can read the letter of acceptance without seeing in it a purpose to do just this, and to redeem the Federal civil service in the Southern States from the hands of men who have no root in the soil of that region, no in- terests in common with the. people, but are mere placemen, who have too long made office their sole livelihood and abused their places for political pur- poses and intrigues. We hope not to see under the administration of Presi- dentHayes the scandalous spectacle of a man like Packard at the same time naited States Marshal and chairman of apolitical State committee. DouuLan DAU.Y.-On and after dunday next, 41 It inst., the Jackson Road will have two irsa daly, running to and from the Omnaetlons for all poista North, in elegantbottler as a, SOUTHER NIEWS. Louisiana. Natchitoohes enjoyed a frost Sunday, Steamboat racing has revived on the Red. A pottery has been established at H ahnville, parish of St. Charles. The Attakapas Begixter has changed hands. Messrs. Brookahier & Wood: are its present owners. There are several cases of small-poi among the colored people in the vicin- ity of Casey's mill, in East Feliciana. A negro deck hand employed on the steamer Frank Pargoud fell into the river, between the boat and a coal barge, at Baton Rouge on Tuesday night and was drowned. As an evidence of the mortality 6 among horned stock in Louisiana, the editor of the Lake Charles Echo noticed last week fifty-seven dead cattle alone the road from the Lacasine to Lake Ar. thur, a distance of only fifteen miles. It will take a tax of 12 mills to defray the parish expenses of Lincoln paris; for the present year. The sentine wants the Police Jury to hold an eleo. A tion at once to order such a tax, as Ii ,t cannot be collected except it be so or e dered by the jury, under the recent de- elsion of the Supreme Court. We hope the following remark of the Attakapas Register, concerning the health of Morgan City, is only the usual exaggeration of country papers: "An unusual amount of sickness prevails in Sand around this city. Scarcely a house is free from some form of sickness, and funerals are not among the most unfre- quent gatherings." STwo new post routes have been estab- lished in St. Mary's parish, one from Centreville to North Bend, on Bayou Sale, and the other from Cypremorl ' Landing to Kemper's, on Bayou Cypre. mort. This will supply mail faotitles to the large number of people living on SBayou Cypremort and Bayou Sale, who now have to go from ten to twenty miles for their mail. The steamer Minnie, on descending l the river, was in the act of landing at Pringle's Landing, parish of Pointe Coupee, when one of the deck hands, preparatory to landing, threw out a stage-plank and started for shore. An individual standing on the shore neat 1 by the stage-plank, named Despalia, recently come to the parish, instantly and without apparent cause, drew his pistol and shot the hand who had thrown out the plank, and attempted to shoot at the mateand engineer ol the boat. The boat lstantly backed from the shore and attempted to land at some distance further at another land- ing. Despalia followed the boat to the second landing, and fired three sue- cessive shots at the officers of the boat on her second attempt to land. Unable to land, the boat continued her course down the river. The deck hand is sup- posed to be mortally wounded. Des- palia has not yet been arrested, ana is yet at large in the parish. Texas. The measles prevail at HIotncon. There are only four Radical papers in Texas. Last Friday, March 2, was Texas In- dependence Day. The State Medical Association con- venes at Galveston, April 2. The Dallas Mail has been changed from an evening paper to a morning paper. The negro who so brutally murdered policeman Neal, at Waco, has been ar- rested at Jewett. One hundred and thirty-two recruits for the Tenth Cavalry, colored, passed through Comanche the other day.. Two new postoffioes have just been es- tabllshed in Comanche county, Oliver Springs and Sabana Creek. A gentleman in Jefferson has placed a fine marble tombstone at the grave of the unknown woman murdered there. At Winchester, in Fayette county, Joe Isaac was shot and killed by one Clark Oliver. An old feud and bad whisky. The large cattle firm, Coleman & Mathias, have lost 3000 head of cattle, mostly cows, out of a herd of 100,000 during the past season. The Paris North Texan chides a min- later who refused to perform the mar- riage ceremony for a love-lorn couple of the "colored persuasion." A stabbing affray occurred at San Saba the other day. A young man from Colin county, named Ben Watts, fatally stabbed young Hadenbaum, a Swede. The loss of the Baptist Church and Opera House by fire at Waco last week entails a severe loss upon that city.- Both buildings will speedily be rebuilt. Fort Worth has voted, by a handsome majority, to take charge of her public schools, which is a sensible and pro- gressive step on the part of Fort Worth. The commissioners to revise and di- gest the laws of Texas have been in session at Austin this week. They met to compare notes and mark out more work. Mr. G. B. Nicholls, the first announc- ed candidate for the Mayoralty of Gal- veston, has withdrawn from the field and given in his adhesion to Col. Stone, Democratic nominee. There are only three candidates: Messrs. Stone, Ful- ton and White. It is generally understood at Austin that the contract entered into between the State and Messrs. Kampman & Dieng, of Ohio, for building the East- ern Branch Penitentiary, has fallen through. the specifications being so de- fective as to vitiate the whole proposi- tion. A serious, if not fatal, cutting affray took place on the streets of Jefferson last week between A. V. Callen, an old and highly-respected citizen of this county, and a man named Demsey. It seems that Demsey made some asser- tion which Callen said was a lie. Dn- sey, meeting Callen on the 'streets, called him to account, when a difficulty ensued, in which Demsey received a very dangerous and probably fatal stab with a knife. Callen surrendered to the authorities, but has since been released under bond. The physicians say it is almost impossible for Demsey to re- cover. The New York Herald thinks " it is a queer sight, that of a Boston girl and her beau at eventide trying to look at Venus through the same telescope," but it Is a queerer one when a visiting lover hides in a Chicago girl's overshoe in the hall while her father parades the house with a big club looking for the invader In vain.-[St. Louis Republican. BUmrrr's F.Avoxno ExmAcrs.-The superi Uwe of es extracts oonsisl in their perfeo and great strength. They are warranted ofr the poisonous oils and asde whioh a. suluto the of many ol the feo oum os* lth. guke. in amaci 3$ - THE LEGISLATURE. The Hoase The House assembled at the appoint- ed hoair; Speaker Bush in the chair, and a quorum present. Prayer by the Rev. Father Hubert. COMMI TTEE REPORT. By Mr. Jonas, of Orleans, Chairman of the Committee on Judiciary-By sub- stitute for House bill No. 124, repealing the act creating the Louisiana Lottery Company, etc. Mr. Voorhies, of Orleans, made a separate report, as follows: I concur in the report of the majority. I am of opinion that the State can at any time repeal the act No. 25, of 1868, incorporating the Louisiana State Lot- tery Company. That act does not im- port a contract with the State, and i if it did, the State has reserved to itself the right to dissolve this corporation under the provisions of the Civil Code, act 447 (438), which forms part of the con- tract, and fully protects that right, as follows: "A corporation legally established may be dissolved by an act of the Leg- islature if they deem it necessary or convenient to the public interest: pro- vided that, when the act of incorpora- tion impairs a contract on the faith of which individuals have advaneed money,or engaged their property it can- not be repealed without providing for the reimbursement of the advances made or making full indemnity to such individuals." The act of 1868, No. 25, is in my opin- ion, unquestionably repealable. ALB1iRT Voonmraus. The substitute was taken up and read a second time, but the House, by a vote of 46 yeas to 21 nays, less than four- fifths refused to suspend the rules asked for by Mr. Fitzpatrick, of Or- leans. On motion of Mr. Fitzpatrick the bill was made the special order of the day for to-morrow at 1 o'clock. House bill No. 164, relating to a con- tinuation of the charter of the New Or- leans Mechanics' Society for the full term of thirty years, was called up under a suspension of the rules, and passed finally. Mr. Ryland, of West Feliciana, chair- man of the Committee on Agriculture, Commerce, etc., reported: Favorably, with amendments, on Senate bill No. 99, to amend section 2702, e, ., of the Re- vised Statutes; favorably, with amend- ments, on House bill No. 135, to amend section 1682 of the Revised Statutes; favorably, with an amendment, on House bill No. 115, regulating the office of Port Warden of New Orleans; un- favorably on House bill No. 168, regu- lating the office of Harbor Master of the port of New Orleans. Mr. Voorhies, of Orleans, called up House bill 115, to regulate the office of Warden of the Port of New Orleans. Action was suspended on the arrival of the Senate, when the G-eneral As- sembly in joint session, proceeded to ba!l!ot for a United States Senator, with the following result: Bnate. Hounse. Total Jonase.............. r,2 - Gibson..i ............... 1 14 17 Robertson...... ............ 4 7 S heeler ......... ...... 7 9 11 Jno. Young. .......... r, 1t 1 Total............... . 21 6n 87 No choice and the Senate withdrew. The Port Warden bill was again taken up by the House. Mr. Voorhies explained that this was the same presented in the last Legisla- ture. It reduced the wardens one-half, the total expenses nearly one-half, and did away with the compulsion of masters to have their vessels inspected, and generally to do away with one of the drawbacks to commerce. The bill was passed finally. A motion to reconsider was followed by a motion to lay on the table, which was carried. House bill 135, to amend article 1682 of the Revised Statutes, relative to har- bor masters, was taken up on motion of Mr. Voorhies, and passed finally. Mr. Lyons, of East Feliciana, chair- man of the Committee on Corporations, reported favorably on House bill incor- porating the Mississippi, Terre-aux- Boeufs and Lake Railroad Company. Mr. Bowden, of Franklin, called up House bill No. 143, to amend and re-en- act section 683 of the Revised Statutes, relative to corporations. The bill is like the old law in every particular except that its operation ex- tends to the co-operative and Grangers' stores. The bill passed finally, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the t.ablhl Mr. Lyons, of East Feliciana, in the chair. Mr. Leonhard, of Orleans, by consent introduced a bill to repeal, to amend and re-enact article 644 of the Code of Practice and to repeal act 79 of 1876 and act 39 of 1872, etc. The House bill relative to taxing lands in Lafourche parish for drainage purposes, was called up by Mr. Blllleu and passed finally. By Mr. Ferguson, by consent-A bill creating an additional justice of the peace for the parish of Orleans, and providing for the appointment andelec- tion of a justice of the peace and a con- stable for the upper districts of the parish. Referred to the Judiciary Com- mittee. By Mr. Kidd, of Jackson, by consent - A bill providing that the warrants of the census takers of 1875 shall be receiv- able for the taxes of that year. Referred to the Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Barbin, of Avoyelles by con- sent-A bill creating two additional justices of the peace wards for Avoy- elles, and giving the Sixth and Seventh Ward justices concurrent jurisdiction. The bill was passed finally. By Mr. Bell, of Orleans, by consent- House bill No. 104, a bill to amend and re-enact an act incorporating the Fac- tors' Warehouse Bank. Referred to the Committee onzBanks. By Mr. Lea, of St. Helena, by con- sent-A bill authorizing judges to issue rules on application for injunction and try the same in chambers. Referred to the Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Washburne, of Morehouse, by consent-A bill amending sections 815 and 816 of the Revised Statutes. Re- ferred to the Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Jonas, of Orleans, by con- sent-A bill providing for an appro- priation to pay - Maclin for wood and coal supplied to the State-House and other government buildings in 1875 and 1876. Referred to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. Sellers, of Union, by consent- A bill to fix the salary of the private secretary of the Governor, and to pro- vide for the mode of paying the same. Referred to the Committee on Retrench- ment and Reform. House bill 153, the bill re-organizing the Board of Health was taken up, and the question of giving the board the control of the ofice of Recorder of Births, Marriages and Deaths. The proposition of Mr. Voorhies of the previous day to strike out this see- ve gavseProa lively debate between Investing such extraordinary powersr t the Board of Health as the control of the slaughterhouse inspection, of the coal oil inspection and of the office of records of births, marriages and deaths, The opposite party contended that it was necessary, in order that the reve- nues of these offices should defray the expenses of the Board of Health. The motion to strike out was lost and the section adopted. Mr. Aldige, of Orleans, now offered an additional section, providing that the recording of births, marriages and deaths be made obligatory in the coun- try parishes as in the city of New Or- leans, and constituting the parish re- corders as recorders of births, mar- riages and deaths. This was opposed by Mr. Billieu, of Lafourche who contended that the Board of health bill was of benefit to New Orleans alone, and that the coun- try had no business to contribute to de- fraying its expenses. Several amendments were offered, and during consideration of the section it was discovered that there was no quo- rum of the House and an adjournment occurred. The Senate. The Senate met at 12 m., Lieut. Gov. Wiltz presiding. Prayer by Rev. Father Hubert. A message from the House announced that that body had passed House bill 133, amending section 1929 of the Re- vised Statutes; House bill 189, regula- ting the sale of sewing machines- House bill 189, regulating the sale ot coal oils, etc., and House bill 188, rela- tive to criminal proceedings by Justices of the Peace in Claiborne. Mr. Goode, for the Judiciary Commit- tee reported favorably on the act to define the limits of the Second Judicial District, etc., and to reannex the Sixth and Seventh Municipal Districts of New Orleans to the First Judicial District. Report lies over. Mr. Mitchell, for Committee on Railroads, reported favorably on House bill 191, "An act to incorporate Mor- gan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Company." Mr. Breaux called for the reading of the bill, pending which the Senate jolned the House to ballot for United States Senator. Returning in a short while, the read- lng of the pending bill was resumed. MIr. Breaux withdrawing his call for the reading of the bill, nevertheless took occasion to speak in general terms against the passage of bills creating corporations, as he wished to guard the Senate against monopolies. Mr. Kelly in the chair. Messrs. Ellis, Boatner and Robertson explained that there was no monopoly in the bill and could be none, as noth- ing was asked from the State but the simple right of way usually granted to all railroads. It did not conflict with the privileges of the New Orleans and Pacific or any other road. Mr. Mitchell, in answer to the intima- tion that there was any monopoly con- templated by the bill, replied warmly on the part of the Committee on Rail- roads, that the committee would not have entertained such a thtug. It was not a bill sought by Mr. Morgan, but one proposed as an acknowledgment of the enterprise of that gentleman, and to encourage his desire to promote the interests of the State. The report of the committee was adopted by a vote of yeas 13, nays 9, and, on motion of Mr. Steven, the bill, under a suspension of the rules, was finally passed as amended by the House and reconsideration refused. It will be remembered, as explained by Mr. Robertson that the bill originated in the Senate under a resolution of Mr. Goode requesting the committee to con- fer with Mr. Morgan to induce him to extend his road to Texas. The bill as it originated in the Senate during the reg- ular session was reproduced in the House in the present extra session. Mr. Breaux gave notices of bills to repeal the private market act, and the bill creating the New Orleans Sanitary Excavating Company. Mr. Wheeler, without notice, intro- duced an act to abolish the parish of Carroll and create instead, out of the same, the parishes of East and Wes Carroll. The bill is accompanied by a memorial stating that the seat of Jus- tice had been peremptorily changed by the Legislature in 1870, from Floyd on Bayou Macon, to Lake Providence, af- ter public two-story fire proof building, sixty feet square, had been erected at a cost of $42,000. The memorial alleges that for several months in the year it is mpossible for the people west of the Bayou Macon overflow to attend court x~cept at great expense and trouble, by way of Vicksburg, by a route of 130 miles. The bill lies over under the u!es. On motion of Mr. Zcharle, the Faill vs. Stamps contestation for a seat in the Senate, was made the order for one o'clock Monday. Senate bill No. 29, to enlarge the ju. ridiction of the Third District Court ol New Orleans, was taken up and discus. sed by Messrs. Georue, Zaoharie, Du cros, Goode, Ogden, Grover, Ellis and Breaux. Mr. Steven in the chair. The majority report was adopted by a vote of 12 to 7. The bill was placed back on the calendar. The only objection to it resulted from doubts as to its constitutionality. Dr. Perkins asked to call up House bill 179, to provide for gauging and the sale of coal oils, etc. Referred. The bill relative to the sale of pianos sewing machines, etc., passed its second reading and was referred. The Senate went into executive ses- sion, and thereafter adjonrned till 12 m. Thursday. - *--~c --- TRAINED ACQUIESCENCE. How the News of the Final Decision was Received in New York. [N. Y. Herald.] The state of feeling in regard to the settlement of the Presidential question which was evinced in this city may be described as complacent. A drearier or more disagreeable morning has seldom broken over New York city than that of yesterday was. The wind blew in sudden gusts between momentary lulls and the rain beat mercilessly. The statistics of ruined hats were tremendous. Dis- gusted with the inefficiency of the Street Cleaning Bureau the' Celestial Street Commissioner took the matter into his own hands and made thorough work of it. But better than this, the )residential question, which has dragged its slow length along for months, to the detriment of business and the disgust of business men, was settled at last. The state of the weather was in itself sufficient to prevent any general expression of opinion, but wherever little knots of men were to be seen there the presidential question was, in a subdued manner, the ,iopic of he day. After all, however the won- derful part of it was how little was said b a s. In the sreet eams eer'bryb - st s eedlp sul all the day long It waso.nl when tmen Came into friendly contact that the sub- Ject was referred to, and then, even, where opinions were widely apart, in the most friendly spirit. As men shook hands one would say to the other, "Well, it's settled at last-- Hayes has bulldozed Sammy complete- ly." In nine cases out of ten the sub- stance of the political conversation was embraced in the three words-"Hayes bulldozed Sammy." Republicans as well as Democrats used this favorite form of expression, which, when it came from Democrats. was usually supplemefted by an intimation that Sammy was wil- ling, only that he was not able, to bull- doze Hayes. But the remarkable fea- ture of the day was the general, almost painful, silence on the subject. In no other country in the world could the inhabitants of a great city have re- mained so absolutely quiet on the day which settled the rulership of the na- tion. It has been the habit to speak of the loquacity of the American peo- pile, but when a whole population can hold its tongue under such circum- stances the fact is proof of a contrary disposition. An Indian stoicism seems rather to have taken the place of talka- tiveness with us, and it was certainly a sin ular spectacle to see a dozen men facing each other in the Broadway stages without any one of them opening his lips on the subject which was in the minds of all. This silence, however, does not indicate a want of interest in the politics of the country, as would appear at the first blush. Apathy is scarcely a characteristic of the Ameri- can people, however apathetic they may seem. It does not even indicate a want of strong party feeling, for with us par- tisanship always runs high, but rather what must be termed, for want of a bet- ter phrase, the spirit of trained acqui- escence. ..... 4@4w,---- A Western Opinion. [Muncie (Ind.) Courier-Democratl. The South came in solid array to the assistance of the Democratic party, and for that evidence of their faith in Democrary, they have been ignomini- ously sold out to the enemy. If the South now makes terms with this ene- my, instead of being the victims of a bargain and sale by pretended friends, the Democracy of the North have no right to speak or say them nay. The Eastern leaders have proven cowardly, venal and corrupt, and the West has blindly followed their lead. ------ s.------ A horrible accident occurred in Hous- ton on the morning of the 26th inst. Two little children, named Eddie and Willie, aged respectively four and two years, sons of Mr. Adam Clay, were playing in a buggy house, which caught fire by some unknown means, and the little fellows were burned to death. --- •.k *-- - Important to sugar planters. See Trouard's advertisement. FINAbCIAL AND COMMElCIAL. MONETARY. OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, Wednesday Evening, Marchi, -7,, I NEW ORLEANS CLEARING HOUSE. Clearings. Balances. March 3...... .... $1,350,875 76 202.L67 24 March 5.............. 1,62023 73 139,091 09 I March 6 .............. 1,983 228 49 148,295 92 i March 7 ........... 1,817,550 49 223,169 40 Thus far this week.... $6.774,678 47 $713,123 65 Mame time last week.. 6,911,579 93 651,817 71 Total last week....... 10,231,849 75 1,118,761 54 Total week before..... 7.040,51X 08 988,981 08 J The demand,tfor money was light to-day, both in bank aid on the street, and commercial paper was unchbnged, Under the advance at New J York gold ruled Igo higher, and sold to a fair I extent. Foreign lExchauge followed the course of gold, closing 1@1%c higher for sterling, and 3 cent for france. hbe bu iness in both was moderate. With larger offerings New Yolk sight was easier. Stocks were quiet. A moderate business was done in State Uonsols at stronger rates. Premium bonds ruled at about previous quotations. h1 e following were to-day elected Directors of the Crescent City Live Stock Landing and Slaughterhouse Company: Messrs. Jos. Heran dez, J. N. Avegno; Chas. Deluyter, T. 8. Terrill, Robt. Mott, B. Saloy, C. J. Nicholson, Chas. 8il- lingham and J. J. McGinnis. We continue to quote: Exceptional commercial paper at 8@- per cent per annum discount; Al c do. 910; second grade do. 121•5; collateral loans a 7@9; frat class mortgages 8%@9Y%, and second grade do. 10(12. Gold opened at l05/@105%, against 105? at New York, and after a fair busiLees, closed at 4 05%(@105%, against 105% in that market. The C sales summed up $46,(,'0, embracing $5000 C at 105%, $12,000 and $20,000 at 10b5, and 3000 C nd $6,00 at 105%. Under the course of goil sterling gave way 1@ -/o, and francs 3 i cent. ihe movement in both was limited. The sales of ,terling comprised 30.500, em- bracing 2000 bill of lading at 500, 2000, 4000, C 5000 and 14,000 do. at 506@3507, and 3000 bank C at MD0. The sales of Framnc comprised 100,000 commer- cial at 4.97%,@4.91.%, and 60,000 at 4.963,. We also notices a sale of 90,000 Marks at 4.98%. At the close sterling bills were quoted at 506 @507 for bill of lading and Al cicar, and -(- 510 for bank, (bank counter rate at -@-510,) and france at [email protected]% for commercial awlnd nominal for bank. Under more liberal off, rings, commercial sight on New York was easier. the sales comprised $280,000, embracing $10,000 and 20.000 commer- cial at 3-16 V cent discount and $20,000 and $50,- 000 do, and $100,000 private bankers' at 7-32. The banks continue to check on New York at V cent discount, while commercial eight was still quoted at 8.16, against 8 16@- yesterday. The following is the official statement of the sales reported to-day at the Stock Exchange : 15 shares Citizens' Bank at... ..... 63 9 shares Sun Mutuai Insurance Co.... 94 15,000 btate Consols at............... 62% 8,000 do. ................ 63 5,010 Premium Bonds at .............. 82/ 21,000 do. ................ 82/ 20,000 do. B. 80 flat............. 88 500 Nicholls Police Warrants........ 57/ 500 do. do. ....... 572 1,000 do. do. ......... 58 500 do. do. ......... 59 Stocks were quiet. State Consols were stronger, clos'ng at 603 GS%~ against 62%@63%. Premium Bonds were in fair request, but were still quoted about 82%(@82%. COMMERCIAL. OFFPIE NEW ORLEANS DEMOORAT, Wednesday Evening, March 7, 1877. Quotlaions represent prices for round lots from first hands. unless otherwise stated. In filling small orders higher prices are paid. COTTON-The sales today (not Including 180 and 150 bales additional yesterday, when the ac- tual business was 6300 bales,) were confined to 8850 bales at prices requiring no change in our quotations. We give also the figures and report of the Exchan,e as below: Gen'l Quotations. Ex. Q. Inferior ..................- @- Low Ordinary..............10 (@10% Ordmary.............. 1lt'j lt)/ 10 s/ Strict Ordinary .......... l.(.10 O1i4 - Good Ordinary........... l10••10% 103% Strict Good Ordinary.......11 @11; - Low Middling .............. @l 11%r Striot Low Middling........11./@i1 S - Good Middling............12 12 - od Middling ir..............12.. :12l6 Fair........ ........... 1 @-18-3 The market opened with a moderate inquiry, but although, the movement was cheeked by brokers claiming oone ons, which factors were I unwiing to = n, Yet the sal daring the MW nom i. Aeiuesian4 egt g kilt #$a., tai >i eat Paid UP CapiLta6 $1, P . FROM THE TWENTY-EIST A rA STATEMENT FOB L*IV. Net annual earned pre- mlums and Discounts and Interest .............. I4sit,7I Losses, Expenes, Taxes, et....... ........... 77, 94 Reserved fund S0t,0o00 and Dividend on capital 10 per ent.................. 69,547 47-886,70:12 Net Profit ......... ... 71, Assets of tlhe, ,...arny as- tlmated at their cash market value: Stocks, Bonds, Loans and Bills Receivable.......... 898,08 7 Cash on hand and premi- ums in course of collec- tion......................... 16sem,01 yl Dividend paid on stock ten per cent per aR- num, and on participating policies twentppr cont, pay able in easn. This old and reliable com any is lmui g 3OIl- oles on Fire, River and Marine risks on the 9 + favorable terms. All losses promptly .ajuaeu and settled upon liberal terms o t thir oMa. a2 amp street. JAMES J. DA', H. CantmP R, Seeretary. Jail eATWENTY-SEIENTB ANNUAL STAT l. MENT -- or Ta- CESCOENT MUTUAL INSURANOB CO•- PANT. New Orleans. Mar 90, 1878. The trustees in conformity to the amet charter, submit the following statement of i affaIrs of the company on the aOth April. 7ll7: Fire premiums.............lol201,006 Marine preuims..........8$7,48 97 iver premiums ............ 114.818 6-118.0 Earned premiums less re•D' c .ance and ro- turnr premiums...... . An,. Losses paid and esti- mated, including all known and unpaid: On fire.........sie,e~s 10 Marine........ 18,988 65 On river....... 71,471 90-9147,890 55 Taxes, expenses, re- bate in lieu of par- tIcipation, less inter- est. discount, etc..... 88,79 11- 281.110$ Leaving, after paying 10 per cent in cash Interest on capltal stock, profits.......... ... .8.8 W The company t..ve the owing assets: Bills receivable............. $03,728 75 Loans on bond and mort- gage........ ........... 448 u-416,7 15 Loans on pledge at call..... 120,711 87 Cash....... ............ 67.88804- 186Mg 41 Heal estate.......... ... .. City bonds, bank and other stocks..... 186,181 9- 'remlums in course of collection...,.. i7.68 97 Total luwets...........................$s6o0 71 The above statement is a true and correQ transcript from the books of the company THOS. A. ADAMS. FreeldenMt HENRY V. OGDEN, Secretary. Sworn to and subscribed before me thhLs d, day of May, 1878. WM. H. HOLIw,- eoond Justice of the Peace. parish o af Or - The Board of Trutees resolved, That - paying the annual interest of ten oer 0et the caltal stock of the company thata diyd of TWENTY PER CENT be paid in cash on after the 12th day of June next, to those Insuring with the company entitled to reodivg' the same. TBUSTEES. hos. A. Adams Edw'd Pillbury. iam'l B. Newman. Jno. E. King, iam'l H. Kennedy Fred'k Camerden, Fohn Phelps, L. Harris idam Thomson, Andrew Stewart, enry Abraham, Joseph itone, ". N.Strong, George artin. lctor Meyer Alfred Moulton) roseph Bowling. L.O . aJure , no. M. Sandidge. eo. W. Ientell. imon Hernsholm, A. Levi, imon Forcheimer. John Brunaso o, B. Wolfe Wmin. H. hew Sl. rtot.m . John V. Moore. is M •HANTS' MUTUAL INSURANCE O.. f OF NEW ORLEANS. 104 .............. Canal treet.............t1. TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL STATEMENT.. i In conformity with the requirements of their 1 charter the Company publish the followlnge statement: d Premiums received durine the year ending May 81, 1876, including unearned vremiuzn of tile previous year- On Fire Risks ....... .......... ..... 41,4a o On Marine Risks........................ av8s at On River Risks ......... ..... .... 46,7'8-$ Total Premiums.....................689,4 105 Less Unearned Premiums.......... 114,604 0 Net Earned Premiums al8t May. 1876...80M,19 Losses Paid- On Fire Risks............ 89,911 42 On Marine Risks......... 55,744 22 On River Risks ......... . 8a406s 7 8181.061 87 Taxes.............. 11 81 ,t Rinsurane c and Rieturned . Premiums............ .. 6.148 22 G Exveneos and Fifteen Per Cent Rebate Less Interest. 61,480 48 Proflt............................L1' The Company have the following Assete- al Estate .............................. e Bank. Raiiroa anid other stoeks.. e.. Ia Notes secured by mortgage and DIo(p ~ 0 Bil Receivable ..................... 0, Premium in course of collection..... 66.110 State Bonds....... ............. Insurance storky 1.e 0 i D tockofValetDr ockCo a.. 19,0 * i arineDry Dook and Ship Yard Mo•eBonds urnerAssociation 70 9 Mo ae Bonds Odd Fellows' Hall... 5A00 0! Judgment on Mortgage Notes......... 1 Cash on hand.......................... 6,0 a The above statement is a ust, tr and . Srecttransceriptfrom the booksof G. W. NOTT. Seoretary. BTATE OF LO BIN . Parish of Orleans. City of NewOr i Ssworn to and subscribed before me. the id 4ap? of June. 17e. JAMES FAHEY. Notary Publis- 4 At a meeting of the Board of Directors on the ad day of June. 187 it was r Day to the Stockholders. on demand 0ENT interest on their stock. DIRECTOBS: P. MASPEBO ED). TO Y D FATJO. P. YOU . SZ. RELP. A[ W. SJ. J FERNANDEZ. D. A. J. lLL. OHS.L. ieis tf SAVINGS INSTITUTION. TEW ORLEANS SAVINGS INSTIT 1 No. 15 Canal street. Trustees-A. ton, E. A. Palfrey. Carl Kohn, T. L.Bayne Urquhart, George Jonas. John G. Gai A. Adams. Thomas Allen Clarke, ihneider. Charles J. Leeds. Samuel J Interest Allowed on Depo it.. D. UBQUHART. Presidest. CHAS. KILSHAW. Treasurer. asl•r, FOR RENT,. 0 BENT.-Three elegantly furnishedf'om~, in a central location, eonvenient to two of caty •lradeds, to rent, y eases+
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NOTES.-GLas prings have been discovered near Utica,
M. Y.-Five banking irms of London can be traced
beak to 1677.-. The Grangers of Western New York are con-sernlg the feasibility of establishing grange
uateual insurance companies.-- Many inhabitants of Lower California are re-
holring to United Staps territory, on account ofIae unsettled state of affairs there.
-ni the Servian military bands the basedram is placed upon a two wheeled cart, and isdrawn by a trained dog while the drummerpuands it.
-The two hottest days ever known in Austealiawere the 15th and 10th of January, when thetlrsmometer registered 105 degrees in the shade
-- The lateat news from Cape Town representsik LZulus as exhibiting a restless feeling, lead-ug to the suppolition that at any moment theyIry break into Transvaal.
-The Ban Franoisco Common Council haspised a special bill permitting a certain ChinA-i-ito carry a pistol three months, because his
i1 Is threatened by persors against whom he haslasooded.
.-4he Fruit Growers Association of Florida~ itione the Legislature to appropriate $5000 an-s-elly to the newly established Board of Im -a.
getlo to properly advertise the inducementsAeoolonising in the State.-M. Guillemare has reported tc the French
Aeademy of Sciences that from the gum of pinetues in a sandy waste between Bordeaux andbyonne he has extracted a very valuable oil,partuolsrly suitable wbere a white and steady.ght Is needed.
-A bill to incorporate "The Real Estate Bankdo Virgnlia" Is pending in the Legislature. The4dls beak will be established in Blchmond, and
.erifolk, Lynohburg, Itaunton, Winchester, Alex-ludrk and Danville will each have a branch. A
useLdent and board of twelve directors will be4 ted by the Legislature for each bank. The
11 house will be authorized to sseue $500,000,ind each branch $400,000, in notes of small de-
wndantlon.-The attempted assassination of the family
ot Mr. Wm. H. Price, of Davenport, Iowa, inovem•ber last, is explained by a girl employed
*a the house as a domestic at the time. She
Mates that a shell, which had been picked up onugms battle-field, had been taken from the gar-
i, where it had been lying for years, a few daysore the occurrence referred to, and placed on
•asPtel, whence it probably fell to the floor andied-s the explosion which was attributed to a-- d_.grenade throwrtby an aseassin.
e Icwa lawyers •ave had a wrangle over ag ter. Alarge fragment of the big meter of 1875
gi in the highway on-lands owned by the AmanaUdalety, and a Germid named Mase picked it up.
reeoolety claimed tle under the law of score-tIa, the realty in the highway belonging totrm, and whatever came to the land's natural
.iitiion being part bf the realty. The G,rman•• In a counter oltmn based upon original dies-Oeery and the nine points of the law. Thecart has decided that the society have the bet.t 4tle, and the fragment of the meteor will be
placed in the State University.-------- o c---
A GOLDEN RULE.
she Eayes KMul4Put Southern Men Ineouitlern omees.
[N. ~. Herald.]Concerning the Southern question welittle apprehension. The remedy, at least for the most glaring
_Mbles, is so easily applied and so gene-ra•y demanded that we have no fearstflr the future of Louisiana and South
oIlina. But a thorough reform of theFederal civil service in the SouthernStates is one of the greatest needs of thatGeotion. The venerable ex-PresidentWoolsey spoe words of wisdom when.last fall, he urged that Mr. Hayes, itelected, should "put Southern men inSouthern offices." No one can read theletter of acceptance without seeing in ita purpose to do just this, and to redeemthe Federal civil service in the SouthernStates from the hands of men who haveno root in the soil of that region, no in-terests in common with the. people, butare mere placemen, who have too longmade office their sole livelihood andabused their places for political pur-poses and intrigues. We hope not tosee under the administration of Presi-dentHayes the scandalous spectacle ofa man like Packard at the same time
naited States Marshal and chairman ofapolitical State committee.
DouuLan DAU.Y.-On and after dunday next,41 It inst., the Jackson Road will have two
irsa daly, running to and from theOmnaetlons for all poista North,
in elegantbottlerasa,
SOUTHER NIEWS.
Louisiana.
Natchitoohes enjoyed a frost Sunday,Steamboat racing has revived on the
Red.A pottery has been established at
H ahnville, parish of St. Charles.The Attakapas Begixter has changed
hands. Messrs. Brookahier & Wood:are its present owners.
There are several cases of small-poiamong the colored people in the vicin-ity of Casey's mill, in East Feliciana.
A negro deck hand employed on thesteamer Frank Pargoud fell into theriver, between the boat and a coalbarge, at Baton Rouge on Tuesday nightand was drowned.
As an evidence of the mortality6 among horned stock in Louisiana, theeditor of the Lake Charles Echo noticedlast week fifty-seven dead cattle alonethe road from the Lacasine to Lake Ar.thur, a distance of only fifteen miles.
It will take a tax of 12 mills to defraythe parish expenses of Lincoln paris;for the present year. The sentinewants the Police Jury to hold an eleo.A tion at once to order such a tax, as Ii,t cannot be collected except it be so ore dered by the jury, under the recent de-elsion of the Supreme Court.
We hope the following remark of theAttakapas Register, concerning thehealth of Morgan City, is only the usualexaggeration of country papers: "Anunusual amount of sickness prevails inSand around this city. Scarcely a houseis free from some form of sickness, andfunerals are not among the most unfre-quent gatherings."
STwo new post routes have been estab-lished in St. Mary's parish, one fromCentreville to North Bend, on BayouSale, and the other from Cypremorl' Landing to Kemper's, on Bayou Cypre.mort. This will supply mail faotitlesto the large number of people living onSBayou Cypremort and Bayou Sale, whonow have to go from ten to twentymiles for their mail.
The steamer Minnie, on descendingl the river, was in the act of landing atPringle's Landing, parish of PointeCoupee, when one of the deck hands,preparatory to landing, threw out astage-plank and started for shore. Anindividual standing on the shore neat1 by the stage-plank, named Despalia,recently come to the parish, instantlyand without apparent cause, drew hispistol and shot the hand who hadthrown out the plank, and attemptedto shoot at the mateand engineer olthe boat. The boat lstantly backedfrom the shore and attempted to land atsome distance further at another land-ing. Despalia followed the boat to thesecond landing, and fired three sue-cessive shots at the officers of the boaton her second attempt to land. Unableto land, the boat continued her coursedown the river. The deck hand is sup-posed to be mortally wounded. Des-palia has not yet been arrested, ana isyet at large in the parish.
Texas.
The measles prevail at HIotncon.There are only four Radical papers in
Texas.Last Friday, March 2, was Texas In-
dependence Day.The State Medical Association con-
venes at Galveston, April 2.The Dallas Mail has been changed
from an evening paper to a morningpaper.
The negro who so brutally murderedpoliceman Neal, at Waco, has been ar-rested at Jewett.
One hundred and thirty-two recruitsfor the Tenth Cavalry, colored, passedthrough Comanche the other day..
Two new postoffioes have just been es-tabllshed in Comanche county, OliverSprings and Sabana Creek.
A gentleman in Jefferson has placeda fine marble tombstone at the graveof the unknown woman murdered there.
At Winchester, in Fayette county,Joe Isaac was shot and killed by oneClark Oliver. An old feud and badwhisky.
The large cattle firm, Coleman &Mathias, have lost 3000 head of cattle,mostly cows, out of a herd of 100,000during the past season.
The Paris North Texan chides a min-later who refused to perform the mar-riage ceremony for a love-lorn couple ofthe "colored persuasion."
A stabbing affray occurred at San Sabathe other day. A young man fromColin county, named Ben Watts, fatallystabbed young Hadenbaum, a Swede.
The loss of the Baptist Church andOpera House by fire at Waco last weekentails a severe loss upon that city.-Both buildings will speedily be rebuilt.
Fort Worth has voted, by a handsomemajority, to take charge of her publicschools, which is a sensible and pro-gressive step on the part of Fort Worth.
The commissioners to revise and di-gest the laws of Texas have been insession at Austin this week. They metto compare notes and mark out morework.
Mr. G. B. Nicholls, the first announc-ed candidate for the Mayoralty of Gal-veston, has withdrawn from the fieldand given in his adhesion to Col. Stone,Democratic nominee. There are onlythree candidates: Messrs. Stone, Ful-ton and White.
It is generally understood at Austinthat the contract entered into betweenthe State and Messrs. Kampman &Dieng, of Ohio, for building the East-ern Branch Penitentiary, has fallenthrough. the specifications being so de-fective as to vitiate the whole proposi-tion.
A serious, if not fatal, cutting affraytook place on the streets of Jeffersonlast week between A. V. Callen, an oldand highly-respected citizen of this
county, and a man named Demsey. Itseems that Demsey made some asser-tion which Callen said was a lie. Dn-sey, meeting Callen on the 'streets,called him to account, when a difficulty
ensued, in which Demsey received avery dangerous and probably fatal stabwith a knife. Callen surrendered to theauthorities, but has since been releasedunder bond. The physicians say it isalmost impossible for Demsey to re-
cover.
The New York Herald thinks " it is aqueer sight, that of a Boston girl andher beau at eventide trying to look atVenus through the same telescope," but
it Is a queerer one when a visiting loverhides in a Chicago girl's overshoe in thehall while her father parades the housewith a big club looking for the invaderIn vain.-[St. Louis Republican.
BUmrrr's F.Avoxno ExmAcrs.-The superiUwe of es extracts oonsisl in their perfeo
and great strength. They are warrantedofr the poisonous oils and asde whioh a.suluto the of many ol the feo oum
os* lth. guke. in amaci
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THE LEGISLATURE.The Hoase
The House assembled at the appoint-ed hoair; Speaker Bush in the chair,and a quorum present.
Prayer by the Rev. Father Hubert.COMMI TTEE REPORT.
By Mr. Jonas, of Orleans, Chairmanof the Committee on Judiciary-By sub-stitute for House bill No. 124, repealingthe act creating the Louisiana LotteryCompany, etc.
Mr. Voorhies, of Orleans, made aseparate report, as follows:
I concur in the report of the majority.I am of opinion that the State can atany time repeal the act No. 25, of 1868,incorporating the Louisiana State Lot-tery Company. That act does not im-port a contract with the State, and i if itdid, the State has reserved to itself theright to dissolve this corporation underthe provisions of the Civil Code, act447 (438), which forms part of the con-tract, and fully protects that right, asfollows:
"A corporation legally establishedmay be dissolved by an act of the Leg-islature if they deem it necessary orconvenient to the public interest: pro-vided that, when the act of incorpora-tion impairs a contract on the faith ofwhich individuals have advaneedmoney,or engaged their property it can-not be repealed without providing forthe reimbursement of the advancesmade or making full indemnity to suchindividuals."
The act of 1868, No. 25, is in my opin-ion, unquestionably repealable.
ALB1iRT Voonmraus.The substitute was taken up and read
a second time, but the House, by a voteof 46 yeas to 21 nays, less than four-fifths refused to suspend the rulesasked for by Mr. Fitzpatrick, of Or-leans.
On motion of Mr. Fitzpatrick the billwas made the special order of the dayfor to-morrow at 1 o'clock.
House bill No. 164, relating to a con-tinuation of the charter of the New Or-leans Mechanics' Society for the fullterm of thirty years, was called upunder a suspension of the rules, andpassed finally.
Mr. Ryland, of West Feliciana, chair-man of the Committee on Agriculture,Commerce, etc., reported: Favorably,with amendments, on Senate bill No. 99,to amend section 2702, e, ., of the Re-vised Statutes; favorably, with amend-ments, on House bill No. 135, to amendsection 1682 of the Revised Statutes;favorably, with an amendment, onHouse bill No. 115, regulating the officeof Port Warden of New Orleans; un-favorably on House bill No. 168, regu-lating the office of Harbor Master ofthe port of New Orleans.
Mr. Voorhies, of Orleans, called upHouse bill 115, to regulate the office ofWarden of the Port of New Orleans.
Action was suspended on the arrivalof the Senate, when the G-eneral As-sembly in joint session, proceeded toba!l!ot for a United States Senator, withthe following result:
Bnate. Hounse. TotalJonase.............. r,2 -Gibson..i ............... 1 14 17Robertson...... ............ 4 7S heeler ......... ...... 7 9 11Jno. Young. .......... r, 1t 1
Total............... . 21 6n 87No choice and the Senate withdrew.The Port Warden bill was again taken
up by the House.Mr. Voorhies explained that this was
the same presented in the last Legisla-ture. It reduced the wardens one-half,the total expenses nearly one-half,and did away with the compulsion ofmasters to have their vessels inspected,and generally to do away with one of thedrawbacks to commerce.
The bill was passed finally. A motionto reconsider was followed by a motionto lay on the table, which was carried.
House bill 135, to amend article 1682of the Revised Statutes, relative to har-bor masters, was taken up on motion ofMr. Voorhies, and passed finally.
Mr. Lyons, of East Feliciana, chair-man of the Committee on Corporations,reported favorably on House bill incor-porating the Mississippi, Terre-aux-Boeufs and Lake Railroad Company.
Mr. Bowden, of Franklin, called upHouse bill No. 143, to amend and re-en-act section 683 of the Revised Statutes,relative to corporations.
The bill is like the old law in everyparticular except that its operation ex-tends to the co-operative and Grangers'stores. The bill passed finally, and amotion to reconsider was laid on thet.ablhl
Mr. Lyons, of East Feliciana, in thechair.
Mr. Leonhard, of Orleans, by consentintroduced a bill to repeal, to amendand re-enact article 644 of the Code ofPractice and to repeal act 79 of 1876 andact 39 of 1872, etc.
The House bill relative to taxinglands in Lafourche parish for drainagepurposes, was called up by Mr. Blllleuand passed finally.
By Mr. Ferguson, by consent-A billcreating an additional justice of thepeace for the parish of Orleans, andproviding for the appointment andelec-tion of a justice of the peace and a con-stable for the upper districts of theparish. Referred to the Judiciary Com-mittee.
By Mr. Kidd, of Jackson, by consent -A bill providing that the warrants ofthe census takers of 1875 shall be receiv-able for the taxes of that year. Referredto the Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Barbin, of Avoyelles by con-sent-A bill creating two additionaljustices of the peace wards for Avoy-elles, and giving the Sixth and SeventhWard justices concurrent jurisdiction.The bill was passed finally.
By Mr. Bell, of Orleans, by consent-House bill No. 104, a bill to amend andre-enact an act incorporating the Fac-tors' Warehouse Bank. Referred to theCommittee onzBanks.
By Mr. Lea, of St. Helena, by con-sent-A bill authorizing judges to issuerules on application for injunction andtry the same in chambers. Referred tothe Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Washburne, of Morehouse, byconsent-A bill amending sections 815and 816 of the Revised Statutes. Re-ferred to the Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. Jonas, of Orleans, by con-sent-A bill providing for an appro-priation to pay - Maclin for woodand coal supplied to the State-Houseand other government buildings in 1875and 1876. Referred to the Committeeon Claims.
By Mr. Sellers, of Union, by consent-A bill to fix the salary of the privatesecretary of the Governor, and to pro-vide for the mode of paying the same.Referred to the Committee on Retrench-ment and Reform.
House bill 153, the bill re-organizingthe Board of Health was taken up, andthe question of giving the board thecontrol of the ofice of Recorder ofBirths, Marriages and Deaths.
The proposition of Mr. Voorhies ofthe previous day to strike out this see-
ve gavseProa lively debate between
Investing such extraordinary powersr tthe Board of Health as the control ofthe slaughterhouse inspection, of thecoal oil inspection and of the office ofrecords of births, marriages and deaths,
The opposite party contended that itwas necessary, in order that the reve-nues of these offices should defray theexpenses of the Board of Health. Themotion to strike out was lost and thesection adopted.
Mr. Aldige, of Orleans, now offeredan additional section, providing that therecording of births, marriages anddeaths be made obligatory in the coun-try parishes as in the city of New Or-leans, and constituting the parish re-corders as recorders of births, mar-riages and deaths.
This was opposed by Mr. Billieu, ofLafourche who contended that theBoard of health bill was of benefit toNew Orleans alone, and that the coun-try had no business to contribute to de-fraying its expenses.
Several amendments were offered, andduring consideration of the section itwas discovered that there was no quo-rum of the House and an adjournmentoccurred.
The Senate.The Senate met at 12 m., Lieut. Gov.
Wiltz presiding.Prayer by Rev. Father Hubert.A message from the House announced
that that body had passed House bill133, amending section 1929 of the Re-vised Statutes; House bill 189, regula-ting the sale of sewing machines-House bill 189, regulating the sale otcoal oils, etc., and House bill 188, rela-tive to criminal proceedings by Justicesof the Peace in Claiborne.
Mr. Goode, for the Judiciary Commit-tee reported favorably on the act todefine the limits of the Second JudicialDistrict, etc., and to reannex the Sixthand Seventh Municipal Districts of NewOrleans to the First Judicial District.Report lies over.
Mr. Mitchell, for Committee onRailroads, reported favorably on Housebill 191, "An act to incorporate Mor-gan's Louisiana and Texas Railroadand Steamship Company."
Mr. Breaux called for the reading ofthe bill, pending which the Senatejolned the House to ballot for UnitedStates Senator.
Returning in a short while, the read-lng of the pending bill was resumed.
MIr. Breaux withdrawing his call forthe reading of the bill, neverthelesstook occasion to speak in general termsagainst the passage of bills creatingcorporations, as he wished to guard theSenate against monopolies.
Mr. Kelly in the chair.Messrs. Ellis, Boatner and Robertson
explained that there was no monopolyin the bill and could be none, as noth-ing was asked from the State but thesimple right of way usually granted toall railroads. It did not conflict withthe privileges of the New Orleans andPacific or any other road.
Mr. Mitchell, in answer to the intima-tion that there was any monopoly con-templated by the bill, replied warmlyon the part of the Committee on Rail-roads, that the committee would nothave entertained such a thtug. It wasnot a bill sought by Mr. Morgan, butone proposed as an acknowledgment ofthe enterprise of that gentleman, andto encourage his desire to promote theinterests of the State.
The report of the committee wasadopted by a vote of yeas 13, nays 9,and, on motion of Mr. Steven, the bill,under a suspension of the rules, wasfinally passed as amended by the Houseand reconsideration refused.
It will be remembered, as explainedby Mr. Robertson that the bill originatedin the Senate under a resolution of Mr.Goode requesting the committee to con-fer with Mr. Morgan to induce him toextend his road to Texas. The bill as itoriginated in the Senate during the reg-ular session was reproduced in theHouse in the present extra session.
Mr. Breaux gave notices of bills torepeal the private market act, and thebill creating the New Orleans SanitaryExcavating Company.Mr. Wheeler, without notice, intro-duced an act to abolish the parish of
Carroll and create instead, out of thesame, the parishes of East and WesCarroll. The bill is accompanied by amemorial stating that the seat of Jus-tice had been peremptorily changed bythe Legislature in 1870, from Floyd onBayou Macon, to Lake Providence, af-ter public two-story fire proof building,sixty feet square, had been erected ata cost of $42,000. The memorial alleges
that for several months in the year it ismpossible for the people west of theBayou Macon overflow to attend courtx~cept at great expense and trouble, byway of Vicksburg, by a route of 130miles. The bill lies over under theu!es.On motion of Mr. Zcharle, the Faill
vs. Stamps contestation for a seat inthe Senate, was made the order for oneo'clock Monday.
Senate bill No. 29, to enlarge the ju.ridiction of the Third District Court olNew Orleans, was taken up and discus.sed by Messrs. Georue, Zaoharie, Ducros, Goode, Ogden, Grover, Ellis andBreaux.
Mr. Steven in the chair.The majority report was adopted by
a vote of 12 to 7. The bill was placedback on the calendar.
The only objection to it resulted fromdoubts as to its constitutionality.
Dr. Perkins asked to call up Housebill 179, to provide for gauging and thesale of coal oils, etc. Referred.
The bill relative to the sale of pianossewing machines, etc., passed its secondreading and was referred.
The Senate went into executive ses-sion, and thereafter adjonrned till 12 m.Thursday.
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How the News of the Final Decisionwas Received in New York.
[N. Y. Herald.]The state of feeling in regard to the
settlement of the Presidential questionwhich was evinced in this city may bedescribed as complacent. A drearier ormore disagreeable morning has seldombroken over New York city than that ofyesterday was. The wind blew in suddengusts between momentary lulls and therain beat mercilessly. The statistics ofruined hats were tremendous. Dis-gusted with the inefficiency of the StreetCleaning Bureau the' Celestial StreetCommissioner took the matter into his
own hands and made thorough workof it. But better than this, the)residential question, which hasdragged its slow length alongfor months, to the detriment of businessand the disgust of business men, wassettled at last. The state of the weatherwas in itself sufficient to prevent anygeneral expression of opinion, butwherever little knots of men were to beseen there the presidential questionwas, in a subdued manner, the ,iopic ofhe day. After all, however the won-
derful part of it was how little was said
b a s. In the sreet eams eer'bryb-st s eedlp sul
all the day long It waso.nl when tmenCame into friendly contact that the sub-Ject was referred to, and then, even,where opinions were widely apart, inthe most friendly spirit. As menshook hands one would say tothe other, "Well, it's settled at last--Hayes has bulldozed Sammy complete-ly." In nine cases out of ten the sub-stance of the political conversation wasembraced in the three words-"Hayesbulldozed Sammy." Republicans as wellas Democrats used this favorite form ofexpression, which, when it came fromDemocrats. was usually supplemeftedby an intimation that Sammy was wil-ling, only that he was not able, to bull-doze Hayes. But the remarkable fea-ture of the day was the general, almostpainful, silence on the subject. In noother country in the world could theinhabitants of a great city have re-mained so absolutely quiet on the daywhich settled the rulership of the na-tion. It has been the habit to speak ofthe loquacity of the American peo-pile, but when a whole populationcan hold its tongue under such circum-stances the fact is proof of a contrarydisposition. An Indian stoicism seemsrather to have taken the place of talka-tiveness with us, and it was certainly asin ular spectacle to see a dozen menfacing each other in the Broadwaystages without any one of them openinghis lips on the subject which was in theminds of all. This silence, however,does not indicate a want of interest inthe politics of the country, as wouldappear at the first blush. Apathy isscarcely a characteristic of the Ameri-can people, however apathetic they mayseem. It does not even indicate a wantof strong party feeling, for with us par-tisanship always runs high, but ratherwhat must be termed, for want of a bet-ter phrase, the spirit of trained acqui-escence. ..... 4@4w,----
A Western Opinion.[Muncie (Ind.) Courier-Democratl.
The South came in solid array to theassistance of the Democratic party, andfor that evidence of their faith inDemocrary, they have been ignomini-ously sold out to the enemy. If theSouth now makes terms with this ene-my, instead of being the victims of abargain and sale by pretended friends,the Democracy of the North have noright to speak or say them nay. TheEastern leaders have proven cowardly,venal and corrupt, and the West hasblindly followed their lead.
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A horrible accident occurred in Hous-ton on the morning of the 26th inst.Two little children, named Eddie andWillie, aged respectively four and twoyears, sons of Mr. Adam Clay, wereplaying in a buggy house, which caughtfire by some unknown means, and thelittle fellows were burned to death.
--- •.k *-- -Important to sugar planters. See Trouard's
advertisement.
FINAbCIAL AND COMMElCIAL.MONETARY.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT,Wednesday Evening, Marchi, -7,, I
NEW ORLEANS CLEARING HOUSE.Clearings. Balances.
March 3...... .... $1,350,875 76 202.L67 24March 5.............. 1,62023 73 139,091 09 IMarch 6 .............. 1,983 228 49 148,295 92 iMarch 7 ........... 1,817,550 49 223,169 40
Thus far this week.... $6.774,678 47 $713,123 65Mame time last week.. 6,911,579 93 651,817 71Total last week....... 10,231,849 75 1,118,761 54Total week before..... 7.040,51X 08 988,981 08 J
The demand,tfor money was light to-day, bothin bank aid on the street, and commercial paperwas unchbnged, Under the advance at New JYork gold ruled Igo higher, and sold to a fair Iextent. Foreign lExchauge followed the courseof gold, closing 1@1%c higher for sterling, and
3 cent for france. hbe bu iness in both wasmoderate. With larger offerings New Yolk sightwas easier. Stocks were quiet. A moderatebusiness was done in State Uonsols at strongerrates. Premium bonds ruled at about previousquotations.
h1 e following were to-day elected Directors ofthe Crescent City Live Stock Landing andSlaughterhouse Company: Messrs. Jos. Herandez, J. N. Avegno; Chas. Deluyter, T. 8. Terrill,Robt. Mott, B. Saloy, C. J. Nicholson, Chas. 8il-lingham and J. J. McGinnis.
We continue to quote: Exceptional commercialpaper at 8@- per cent per annum discount; Al cdo. 910; second grade do. 121•5; collateral loans a7@9; frat class mortgages 8%@9Y%, and secondgrade do. 10(12.
Gold opened at l05/@105%, against 105? atNew York, and after a fair busiLees, closed at
405%(@105%, against 105% in that market. The Csales summed up $46,(,'0, embracing $5000 Cat 105%, $12,000 and $20,000 at 10b5, and 3000 C
nd $6,00 at 105%.Under the course of goil sterling gave way 1@
-/o, and francs 3 i cent. ihe movement inboth was limited.
The sales of ,terling comprised 30.500, em-bracing 2000 bill of lading at 500, 2000, 4000, C5000 and 14,000 do. at 506@3507, and 3000 bank Cat MD0.
The sales of Framnc comprised 100,000 commer-cial at 4.97%,@4.91.%, and 60,000 at 4.963,.
We also notices a sale of 90,000 Marks at4.98%.
At the close sterling bills were quoted at 506@507 for bill of lading and Al cicar, and -(-510 for bank, (bank counter rate at -@-510,)and france at [email protected]% for commercial awlndnominal for bank.
Under more liberal off, rings, commercial sighton New York was easier. the sales comprised$280,000, embracing $10,000 and 20.000 commer-cial at 3-16 V cent discount and $20,000 and $50,-000 do, and $100,000 private bankers' at 7-32.
The banks continue to check on New York atV cent discount, while commercial eight wasstill quoted at 8.16, against 8 16@- yesterday.
The following is the official statement of thesales reported to-day at the Stock Exchange :15 shares Citizens' Bank at... ..... 639 shares Sun Mutuai Insurance Co.... 9415,000 btate Consols at............... 62%
8,000 do. ................ 635,010 Premium Bonds at .............. 82/
21,000 do. ................ 82/20,000 do. B. 80 flat............. 88500 Nicholls Police Warrants........ 57/500 do. do. ....... 572
1,000 do. do. ......... 58500 do. do. ......... 59Stocks were quiet.State Consols were stronger, clos'ng at 603
GS%~ against 62%@63%.Premium Bonds were in fair request, but were
still quoted about 82%(@82%.COMMERCIAL.
OFFPIE NEW ORLEANS DEMOORAT,Wednesday Evening, March 7, 1877.
Quotlaions represent prices for round lots fromfirst hands. unless otherwise stated. In fillingsmall orders higher prices are paid.
COTTON-The sales today (not Including 180and 150 bales additional yesterday, when the ac-tual business was 6300 bales,) were confined to8850 bales at prices requiring no change in ourquotations. We give also the figures and reportof the Exchan,e as below:
Gen'l Quotations. Ex. Q.Inferior ..................- @-Low Ordinary..............10 (@10%Ordmary.............. 1lt'j lt)/ 1 0
s/Strict Ordinary .......... l.(.10 O1i4 -Good Ordinary........... l10••10% 103%Strict Good Ordinary.......11 @11; -Low Middling .............. @l 11%rStriot Low Middling........11./@i1 S -Good Middling............12 12 -
od Middling ir..............12.. :12l6Fair........ ........... 1 @-18-3
The market opened with a moderate inquiry,but although, the movement was cheeked bybrokers claiming oone ons, which factors were Iunwiing to = n, Yet the sal daring the
MW nom i. Aeiuesian4 egt gkilt #$a., tai >i eat
Paid UP CapiLta6 $1, P .
FROM THE TWENTY-EIST A rASTATEMENT FOB L*IV.
Net annual earned pre-mlums and Discountsand Interest .............. I4sit,7I
Losses, Expenes, Taxes,et....... ........... 77, 94
Reserved fund S0t,0o00 andDividend on capital 10per ent.................. 69,547 47-886,70:12
Net Profit ......... ... 71,Assets of tlhe, ,...arny as-
tlmated at their cashmarket value:
Stocks, Bonds, Loans andBills Receivable.......... 898,08 7
Cash on hand and premi-ums in course of collec-tion......................... 16sem,01 yl
Dividend paid on stock ten per cent per aR-num, and on participating policies twentpprcont, pay able in easn.
This old and reliable com any is lmui g 3OIl-oles on Fire, River and Marine risks on the 9 +favorable terms. All losses promptly .ajuaeuand settled upon liberal terms o t thir oMa.a2 amp street. JAMES J. DA',
H. CantmP R, Seeretary. JaileATWENTY-SEIENTB ANNUAL STAT l.
MENT
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CESCOENT MUTUAL INSURANOB CO•-PANT.
New Orleans. Mar 90, 1878.
The trustees in conformity to the ametcharter, submit the following statement of iaffaIrs of the company on the aOth April. 7ll7:Fire premiums.............lol201,006Marine preuims..........8$7,48 97
iver premiums ............ 114.818 6-118.0Earned premiums lessre•D' c .ance and ro-turnr premiums...... . An,.
Losses paid and esti-mated, including allknown and unpaid:
On fire.........sie,e~s 10Marine........ 18,988 65On river....... 71,471 90-9147,890 55Taxes, expenses, re-
bate in lieu of par-tIcipation, less inter-est. discount, etc..... 88,79 11- 281.110$
Leaving, after paying10 per cent in cashInterest on capltalstock, profits.......... ... .8.8 W
The company t..ve the owing assets:Bills receivable............. $03,728 75Loans on bond and mort-
gage........ ........... 448 u-416,7 15Loans on pledge at call..... 120,711 87Cash....... ............ 67.88804- 186Mg 41Heal estate.......... ... ..City bonds, bank and other stocks..... 186,181 9-'remlums in course of collection...,.. i7.68 97
Total luwets...........................$s6o0 71
The above statement is a true and correQtranscript from the books of the company
THOS. A. ADAMS. FreeldenMtHENRY V. OGDEN, Secretary.Sworn to and subscribed before me thhLs d,day of May, 1878. WM. H. HOLIw,-eoond Justice of the Peace. parish o af Or -
The Board of Trutees resolved, That -paying the annual interest of ten oer 0etthe caltal stock of the company thata diydof TWENTY PER CENT be paid in cash onafter the 12th day of June next, to thoseInsuring with the company entitled to reodivg'the same.
TBUSTEES.hos. A. Adams Edw'd Pillbury.
iam'l B. Newman. Jno. E. King,iam'l H. Kennedy Fred'k Camerden,Fohn Phelps, L. Harrisidam Thomson, Andrew Stewart,enry Abraham, Joseph itone,". N. Strong, George artin.lctor Meyer Alfred Moulton)roseph Bowling. L.O . aJure ,
no. M. Sandidge. eo. W. Ientell.imon Hernsholm, A. Levi,imon Forcheimer. John Brunaso
o, B. Wolfe Wmin. H. hewSl. rtot.m . John V. Moore.
is M •HANTS' MUTUAL INSURANCE O..f OF NEW ORLEANS.
104 .............. Canal treet.............t1.
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL STATEMENT..
i In conformity with the requirements of their1 charter the Company publish the followlnge
statement:d Premiums received durine the year endingMay 81, 1876, including unearned vremiuzn oftile previous year-On Fire Risks ....... .......... .....41,4ao On Marine Risks........................ av8s atOn River Risks ......... ..... .... 46,7'8-$
Total Premiums.....................689,4 105Less Unearned Premiums.......... 114,604 0
Net Earned Premiums al8t May. 1876...80M,19Losses Paid-
On Fire Risks............ 89,911 42On Marine Risks......... 55,744 22On River Risks ......... . 8a406s 7
8181.061 87Taxes.............. 11 81,t Rinsurane c and Rieturned .
Premiums............ .. 6.148 22G Exveneos and Fifteen PerCent Rebate Less Interest. 61,480 48
Proflt............................L1'
The Company have the following Assete-al Estate .............................. e
Bank. Raiiroa anid other stoeks.. e.. IaNotes secured by mortgage and DIo(p ~ 0Bil Receivable ..................... 0,Premium in course of collection..... 66.110State Bonds....... .............Insurance storky 1.e 0 iD tockofValetDr ockCo a.. 19,0 * i
arineDry Dook and Ship Yard
Mo•eBonds urnerAssociation 70 9Mo ae Bonds Odd Fellows' Hall... 5A00 0!Judgment on Mortgage Notes......... 1Cash on hand.......................... 6,0 a
The above statement is a ust, tr and .Srecttransceriptfrom the booksof
G. W. NOTT. Seoretary.
BTATE OF LO BIN .Parish of Orleans. City of NewOr i
Ssworn to and subscribed before me. the id 4ap?of June. 17e.JAMES FAHEY. Notary Publis- 4
At a meeting of the Board of Directorson the ad day of June. 187 it was rDay to the Stockholders. on demand0ENT interest on their stock.
DIRECTOBS:P. MASPEBO ED). TO YD FATJO. P. YOU .SZ. RELP. A[ W.SJ. J FERNANDEZ. D. A.J. lLL. OHS.L.
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SAVINGS INSTITUTION.
TEW ORLEANS SAVINGS INSTIT1 No. 15 Canal street. Trustees-A.ton, E. A. Palfrey. Carl Kohn, T. L.BayneUrquhart, George Jonas. John G. GaiA. Adams. Thomas Allen Clarke,ihneider. Charles J. Leeds. Samuel J
Interest Allowed on Depo it..D. UBQUHART. Presidest.
CHAS. KILSHAW. Treasurer. asl•r,
FOR RENT,.
0 BENT.-Three elegantly furnishedf'om~,in a central location, eonvenient to twoof caty •lradeds, to rent, y eases+
